Tag: 2026

05/28/2026

Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor

June 4th: Tom Kitchen – Pickaway Co. ESC

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Presiding:  President Rob Radcliff

Greeter: David Crawford

Pianist: Anita Wilson

Invocation:  Joe Brown

Song Leader: Jim Reitano selected “The Band Played On”, “Better Than Ever This Year”

Attendees: R.Radcliff, D.Wolfe, Crawford, Nemes-Crawford, Blanton, Brown, C&T Chamberland, Dreisbach, Duvall, Fountain, Hedges, Horning, Hooks, Justinger, Kitchen, Lambert, Logan, Mavis, McCrady, McNemar, G.Montgomery, Poling, Rawlins, Reitano, Riegel, Robinson, Searls, Sneed, Spangler, B&T Tootle, I&D Webb, Weller, R.Wolfe, Gouge, Hill, Bull

Visitors: Edward Stolarz-guest of the Crawfords; Anita brought along her husband; Jeff Martin from Ashville guest of Michelle Blanton; Jo Welsch from Bottoms Up

Club Announcements:  

1. May diaper drive – Jo Welsh from Bottons Up collected our 10 boxes of 2,080 diapers plus $165. Emergency Clearinghouse, Corner Closet and Haven House are local recipients
2. Jayme Fountain presented Connie Chamberlain her PHF+2 & Marie Nemes-Crawford received PHF+6 
3. Sid Limimg retires Tuesday with presentation at City Council meeting, all invited
4. Hocking Valley Scenic Railroad (www.hvsry.org) schedule is out. Have questions on how to volunteer or take a trip – our own Mr. Railroad, Warner Searls, is the guy in the know.
5. Membership dues final call is June 1st – we want to see those 11 outstanding members come on back! Please get your money to Daryl.

SAA:  Tom Duvall

• Herald pictures/Birthdays/Anniversaries 
• 1937 Volkswagen founded; Golden Gate Bridge opened
• 1961 Amnesty International founded; 1892 Sierra Club founded
• Ohio became a state in 1803

Scholarship Drawing: This week’s winner of $19 is Betsy Weller – BABY bean is $39

Program:  David Frash – Director, State & Local Government Affairs – Anduril Industries; Director of External Affairs, Kristin Easterday

• P3 and Jobs Ohio were very influential in Anduril choosing Pickaway County
• 4,008 people in the next decade needed to run the operation
• Currently building in Pickaway County with Pickaway County employees running the manufacturing
• Anduril started 9 years ago as software company; defense product company today
• One product 9 years ago to multiple products for allied partners world-wide
• National search for the land to increase manufacturing – January 15, 2025 announced plans to move to Pickaway county to land that was ready
• Anduril is ready to hire two new teams to get trained in California and then come back to work here
• Building 1 was already built so Anduril could move right in. July 2025 started inside construction with March completion and first product is almost ready to be distributed
• 5 million sq.ft after all 7 buildings are done
• 100 job positions are currently open and waiting for employees
• All products are autonomous and manufacturing still takes wrenches turned by a person (autonomy drives the product, people make it)
• Anduril is producing the vehicle. No explosives are on it (only in classified locations in the country)
• This will be the largest campus in sq.ft. with more people in the California headquarters

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The Presidential charity is Soldiers Monumental Society – caring for the graves of our service men and women

05/21/2026

Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor

May 28th: David Frash – Anduril Industries

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Presiding:  President Rob Radcliff

Greeter: David Crawford

Pianist: Anita Wilson

Invocation: Dr. Mark Smith

Song Leader: Jim Reitano selected “America”, “Battle Hymn of the Republic”

Attendees: R.Radcliff, D.Wolfe, Crawford, Nemes-Crawford, Brown, C.Chamberlain, Droste, Duvall, Foster, Fountain, Gibson, Hedges, Hooks, Horning, Justinger, Lambert, Lanman, Mavis, McCrady, McNemar, G&S Montgomery, Neff, Poling, Rawlins, Reitano, Rhodes, Riegel, Robinson, Sneed, Spangler, Saunders, B.Tootle, Weller, White, Wilson, R.Wolfe, Wolford, Gouge, Hill 

Visitors: Anita Wilson brought along her husband, Dr. Mark Smith is visiting town, Molly Fountain brought her mom, Jane Pulson guest of Jean Droste

Visiting Rotarian: Larry Davis from Sunrise

Club Announcements:  

1. Ellery update: Rob talked to his son this morning. Hopefully moving to a rehab facility soon. 
2. Jim Hooks received his Major Donor award today from Jayme Fountain. Jim joins Dick Patrick, Charlie Hedges, Dannie Fouts, Susanne Phillips, and James River as members from our club forever recognized as financial supporters of the Rotary Foundation.
3. Applications for Drexel Poling Service Above Self Award for community members- please see Michele Lanman for application. Due the 28th of May.
4. May will be a diaper drive – please bring in child diapers or give money to Connie – larger sizes are in more need. Bottoms Up out of Lancaster will be the recipient, they distribute to Pickaway Co.
5. Monday Community Kitchen is cancelled because of the holiday

SAA:  Tom Duvall

• Business Person of the Year- portrait of Carly Neff by Dave Webb presented
• Birthday/Anniversary
• 1891 – America Red Cross established
• Eat more fruits and vegetables day
• New travel center being built – Racetrack
• River Ridge new homes on N. Court – builder is Horton Homes
• N. Court gas station is a Shell
• Alta development – behind old Carnival- Multi-family ~ 19 acres; single family homes ~ 41 acres
• Walnut St. rebuild of sewers, water, gutters, repaving – $1.5 million

Scholarship Drawing: This week’s winner of $20 is Charlie Hedges – BABY bean is $20.

Program:  Matt McCollister: Montrose Group: Economic development group

• Data Center is a facility that stores, processes and distributes large amounts of digital data using computer systems and networking equipment
• Data centers support everyday services like banking, healthcare, cloud computing, education and emergency systems
• Need data centers, why? Streaming movies and music, gps navigation, cloud file storage, medical records, reservation systems, social media, smart home devices
• Impact in our supply chain: Vertiv is adding 730 jobs in $50M expansion at two Ohio locations. They are a Westerville company that produces cooling wraps for data centers.
• Data centers challenges: water usage, electric usage, noise
• Resolution: Jurisdictions may limit the amount of water data centers can use. Utility providers are working with data centers to manage the burden on our 13-state PJM grid. Jurisdictions can require buffer zones, mounding, trees, etc. to reduce noise.
• Data center companies often pay 2-3 times more for land than other industrial projects
• Average cost of land for projects in New Albany area is $300,000/acre
• Increase in land taxes goes from $50-$100 per acre to $3,500-$4,000/acre after data center goes in
• The increase in land taxes is not abated, providing increase to schools, municipalities and county taxing agencies
• Data center construction requires upwards of 500 construction workers
• Data centers employ 20-50 people per building once up and going. For entry level jobs they are working with local tech schools teaching students what they need.
• Data center jobs pay $85,000-$100,000 per year
• Approach for data’s centers is changing – Hilliard and New Albany are still building
• When measuring size – use giga-watts: Northern Virginia number 1 in the world; Pacific NW number 2 in the states; Ohio is currently third
• Ohio is third because we started early and data centers like to cluster. AEP providing the electricity transmission lines has been the big draw.
• Pickaway county has good, flat land that is why data centers are looking for land for sale
• Minimum acreage? 25 acres at least – need to build two or three buildings 

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The Presidential charity is Soldiers Monumental Society – caring for the graves of our service men and women

05/14/2026

Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor

May 21st: Matt Mcollister: Montrose group: Economic development

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Presiding:  President Rob Radcliff

Greeter: David Crawford

Pianist: Ellery Elick

Invocation: Tony Robinson

Song Leader: Warren Spangler: “Battle Hymn“, “Roll Rotary”

Attendees: R.Radcliff, D.Wolfe, Crawford, Nemes-Crawford, Elick, Hill, C&T Chamberlain, Driesbach, Droste, Duvall, Foster, Fountain, Hedges, McCrady, McNemar, Poling, Rawlins, Robinson, Sneed, Spangler, B.&T. Tootle, I&D Webb, Weller, R.Wolfe, Bull, Soboloc

Visiting Rotarian: Keith Summers from Sunrise

New Member Andy Bull initiated into our club today! Andy is the Pickaway County Health Commissioner. Andy spent three years in South Korea teaching English and looks forward to helping the local community in a different way than his job.

Club Announcements:  

1. Daryl Wolfe thanked bonus community kitchen volunteers: Rob Radcliff, Daryl Wolfe, David & Marie Crawford, Betsy & Julia Weller, Warren Spangler and Bob McCrady. Under Alice Harker’s direction, we served 151 meals.
2. Applications for Drexel Poling Service Above Self Award for community members- please see Michele Lanman for application. Due last week of May.
3. May will be a diaper drive – please bring in child diapers – larger sizes are in more need. Bottoms Up out of Lancaster will be the recipient, they distribute to Pickaway Co.
4. Board meeting: we will be sponsoring a Cub Scout pack to be the feeder group for our Boy Scout troop

SAA:  Tom Duvall

• Japan’s contribution to build plant in Portsmouth: $33 million
• Construction will begin end of this year
• Something about ballot issues 
• 250th celebration at A.W. Marion State Park: Marion was born in what township? Walnut
• National Bond with your dog day
• Seinfeld ended in 1998 – number of viewers: 76million
• Frank Sinatra died on this day in 1998

Scholarship Drawing: This week’s winner of $22 is Joe McNemar – Big bean PULLED for $1,724!!

Program:  Jamie Green – Planning NEXT : Future of Agriculture in Pickaway

• His firm serves communities across the country
• Unprecedented development on northern part of the county AND significant loss of agriculture across the county
• Agriculture is a way of life; stewardship of the land; drives the economy (still largest sector of the county and state)
• Pickaway county will grow by around 18,000 people by 2050, nearly 30%. Approximately 5,732 new households
• Farmland is selling far above the appraised value
• Average age of farmers is increasing – our county over 65 years old
• Environmental conditions are less certain today and in Ohio and much of the Midwest, water use for agriculture is expected to increase significantly
• County-wide land use study which is going to build on the planning work done; outlines future vision and sets goals; input from the community
• 500 sq miles of Pickaway County mapped 
• Future work will be on shaping recommendations to manage growth and encourage prosperity
• Central Ohio is known in the country as Data Center hub
• Matt Mcollister: May 21st: Montrose group: Economic development 
• David Frash: May 28th: Anduril Industries Inc.

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The Presidential charity is Soldiers Monumental Society – caring for the graves of our service men and women

05/07/2026

Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor

May 14: Jamie Green – Planning NEXT

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Presiding:  President Rob Radcliff

Greeter: David Crawford

Pianist: Ellery Elick

Invocation: Norm Wilson

Song Leader: Warren Spangler selected “I’ve Been Working On The Railroad”, “Rotary Will Go Round the World”

Attendees: R.Radcliff, D.Wolfe, Crawford, Nemes-Crawford, Elick, Wilson, Duvall, Liddy, B.Liggett, Droste, Mavis, Blanton, McCrady, R.Wolfe, Hedges, Sneed, Lambert, McNemar, Riegel, Rawlins, Horning, Robinson, Driesbach, Spangler, Foster, G&S Montgomery, Hill, Poling, C.Chamberlain, Hooks, Weller, B.Tootle, Fountain, Gouge

Guests: Warren Spangler reintroduced Andy Bull (he is on the membership track); Brian Hill brought along Chris Davey & Tiffany Anderson; Bob Sneed introduced Elizabeth Furniss, Director of Visitors Bureau (who has applied for membership)

Club Announcements:  

1. Bonus Community Kitchen: Monday, May 11th, 4pm, Presbyterian church
2. Board Meeting: Tuesday, May 12th, Noon at Watt St.
3. Applications for Drexel Poling Service Above Self Award for community members- please see Michele Lanman for application. Due last week of May.
4. May will be a diaper drive – please bring in child diapers – larger sizes are in more need. Bottoms Up out of Lancaster will be the recipient.

Community dates to remember: 

1. Saturday, May 9th, 1pm is dedication of reconstructed Pioneer Log Cabin.
2. Other Mount Oval events, please see the Montgomery’s
3. Bill Stout Memorial Cinco de Mayo celebration: Jackie Rays – 5:00pm-8:00pm on May 11th. $20 buffett. Come join us to remember our Governor!

SAA:  Tom Duvall

• Birthdays/Anniversaries for the week (a few people might have to pay twice this month, just sayin’)
• National Pet Day; National Tourism Day; National Beverage Day
• Year Eiffel Tower opened? 1889
• Beethoven’s 9th first performed? 1824
• German’s surrendered WWII when? 1945
• What year Sony electronics founded? 1946

Scholarship Drawing: This week’s winner of $23 is Rob Radcliff – Big bean holding at $1,702!!

Program:  Brian Hill – Director of Pickaway Progress Partners

• P3’s mission is to serve as a catalyst, promoting investment, growth, and job retention in Pickaway County
• Anduril – $1 billion, 5 million sq ft manufacturing facility, over 4,000 jobs
• Sofidel – $185 million expansion adding 100 new employees. Over 599 employees total over 9 years.
• Commercial Point – Rickenbacker Exchange now has about 4 million square feet of warehouses 
• Continued efforts looking for state money: Barthelmas Park Multi-use path on Ohio St., community pool at Barthelmas, new building at fairgrounds
• Also financial incentives for small business assistance. Meeting with local business reps to find out how to keep them in Pickaway Co.
• Transportation improvements- state and local dollars: roundabout at SR 762 and Ashville Pike; US 23 & SR762 interchange with 23 going over 762; US 23 safety corridor, South Bloomfield; roundabout at Airbase Rd & Anduril Ave
• Housing: Pickaway Co. is one of the top 10 fastest growing counties in Ohio. Five or six new housing developments on the books for Circleville alone.
• Six spec buildings are on the books for starting in hopes to attract manufacturing jobs
• Local movie theatre has received some state funds for updates
• Programs the rest of month:
• Jamie Green: May 14th: Future of agriculture with NEXT group
• Matt Mcollister: May 21st: Montrose group: Economic development 
• David Frash: May 28th: Anduril Industries Inc.

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The Presidential charity is Soldiers Monumental Society – caring for the graves of our service men and women

04/30/2026

Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor

May 7: Brian Hill with P3 updates

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Presiding:  President Rob Radcliff

Greeter: Ian Webb

Pianist: Ellery Elick

Invocation: Norm Wilson

Song Leader: Ian Webb; “In The Good Old Summertime”, “Sing Rotarians”

Attendees: R.Radcliff, D.Wolfe, Crawford, Nemes-Crawford, Brown, Driesbach, Droste, Duvall, Elick, Foll, Foster, Hedges, Hooks, Horning, Justinger, Lambert, Logan, Maroscher, McCrady, McNemar, G&S Montgomery, Poling, Riegel, Searls, Sneed, Spangler, B.Tootle, I&D Webb, Wilson, Wolford

Guests: Warren Spangler invited Doug Culter (who has applied for membership) and Andy Bull (another friend of Warren’s has applied for membership!)

Students: Westfall High School Emily Smith introduced Caleb Lowe and Keirra Maynard

Club Announcements:  

1. Community Kitchen: Thank you to Gary & Sandy Montgomery, Marie Crawford, Bob McCrady, Bob Foster, Warren Spangler, new kid on the block, Jim Hooks! 151 meals this month.
2. Applications for Drexel Poling Service Above Self Award for community members- please see Michele Lanman for application. Due last week of May.
3. May will be a diaper drive – please bring in child diapers – larger sizes are in more need. Bottoms Up out of Lancaster will be the recipient.

Community dates to remember: 

1. Law Day with Circleville Sunrise is May 5th – 7am-8am. Krista Bower taking reservations. Meeting is at Presbyterian Church.
2. Scouting Mayor’s Breakfast – Thursday, May 7th, 7:30am, Emmett Chapel on Tarlton Rd. Honorees will be Randy Beach and Ohio Christian University. See Joe McNemar to sign up. $50 per person or sponsorships available.
3. May 9th, Mt. Oval Pioneer Cabin Dedication Ceremony. RSVP by May 6th – 740-497-0612.
4. Bill Stout Memorial Cinco de Mayo celebration: Jackie Rays – 5:00pm-8:00pm on May 11th. $20 buffett. Come join us to remember our Governor!

SAA:  Dave Webb

• Today is anniversary of Mr. Potato Head (1952)
• Carly Neff received Business Person of the Year award and Dave recreated the picture in the paper (we’ll see it again since Carly’s not here)
• Roanoke Island is part of North Carolina
• What famous sailor captained the ship that landed on Roanoke Island? – Sir Walter Raleigh in 1587
• Name of first English child born on Roanoke Island, Virginia Dare
• Cape Hatteras is famous for tallest lighthouse
• Over 600 ships wrecked off the coast of the Outer Banks
• Which pirate lived in the vicinity and captained many ships – Blackbeard (Edward Teach)
• Wild Horses in the area where shipwrecked from Spain, 500 years ago

Scholarship Drawing: This week’s winner of $25 is Daryl Wolfe – Big bean holding at $1,679!!

Program:  Chris Matheney, Ohio State House Historian

• Ohio Rising: People Making Choices written with a grant from the America 250 committee by Chris Matheney
• It covers Ohio Country c1774-1803
• What does Ohio have to do with the American Revolution? We helped start the “Resolves” (we were part of the Virginia colonies at the time)
• Liberty is what all the Resolves had in common – protection of liberty and rights
• Suffolk Resolve – first resolution by Dr. Joseph Warren author  – Paul Revere delivered to Philadelphia in 1774. Resolution to end trade with Britain, Ireland & West Indies, create militias to fight off British, 
• Fort Gower Resolve – last one written by Frontier folk in Ohio. It was an expression of defiance to the crown as the American Revolution was about to begin

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The Presidential charity is Soldiers Monumental Society – caring for the graves of our service men and women