Tag: January

01/29/2026

Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor

Feb. 5th: Fred Kennedy from Pickaway Co. 100 Plus Men Who Care

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Presiding:  President Rob Radcliff

Greeter:  Sr. Monica Justinger

Pianist: Ellery Elick

Invocation: RD Saunders

Song Leader: Carly Neff – “Jingle Bells”, “Sing Rotarians”

Attendees: Radcliff, Ankrom, Brown, C&T Chamberlain, Duvall, Elick, Foll, Fountain, B.Gibson, Hedges, Hooks, Horning, Justinger, Lambert, Lanman, E.Liggett, McCrady, McNemar, G&S Montgomery, Neff, Poling, Reitano, Riegel, Searls, Sneed, Spangler, Saunders, B.Tootle, I&D Webb, Wilson, D.Wolfe, R.Wolfe, Schobeloch from Gouge Roofing

Guests: Tom Duvall introduced new councilman Jake Davison

Club Announcements:  

1. Euchre tournament Feb. 27th, 6:00pm at Rhoadhouse 56. Play as individual. Eventbrite for tickets.
2. Winter Assembly, Feb. 28th, 9:00am-3:00pm at Newark – $25 fee will be reimbursed by club! Great for new members and members who want to reconnect about why they joined Rotary. Sign up on line: rotary6690.org. Topics: grants, how to get involved at the district level, service projects, DACdb help, membership, fundraising ideas and all the updates for the RYLA program.
3. Community Kitchen – Was cancelled this past week because we were under level 3 

SAA: Jayme Fountain

• Birthdays/anniversaries
• National puzzle day; National Curmudgeon Day
• National Corn Chip Day

Scholarship Drawing: Someone won $20, but did not find the bean for $1,387!

Program:  Jeremy Graves, Ohio Christian University

• Director of Center for Executive Leadership; Dean of School of Business
• Author of many books – “The Leader Paradox”, “Change Leadership”, “Leading Across Generations” 
• How can we develop leaders in school systems is a new focus
• OCU is planning for offering community professional development programs
• Servant Leadership in Action – Feb. 12th. 9am-4pm
• Discover your leadership DNA – Feb. 17th 9am-4pm
• Making AI Work for You – March 19th 9am-4pm
• March 18th – Chamber Coffee Chat to listen from speaker of AI chat workshop for free
• Developing Leaders at the Intersection of Business & Belief
• Entrepreneurial Leadership Summit April 13-14. Anyone wanting to work on a business plan and pitch event.  Kingdom Realty and Joy House Coffee both came through the incubator project.
• Join mailing list so you can stay current ocubic.org/ocubic

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

01/22/2026

Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor

Jan.  29 – Jeremy Graves, Ohio Christian University

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Presiding:  President Rob Radcliff

Greeter:  Sr. Monica Justinger

Pianist: Ellery Elick

Invocation: Norm Wilson

Song Leader: Carly Neff: “Home On The Range”, “Viva-La-Rotary”, Happy Birthday Dave Webb

Attendees: Radcliff, D.Wolfe, Ankrom, Brown, C&T Chamberlain, Crawford, Droste, Duvall, Elick, Foster, Fountain, B.Gibson, Hedges, Hooks, Horning, Justinger, Lambert, E&B Liggett, Logan, Mavis, McCrady, McNemar, G&S Montgomery, Neff, Nemes-Crawford, Poling, Rawlins, Riegel, Sneed, Spangler, Saunders, I&D Webb, White, Wilson, R.Wolfe, Wolford 

Visiting Rotarians: Bill Grindle, Worthington A.M.

Club Announcements:  

1. Euchre tournament Feb. 27th, 6:00pm at Rhoadhouse 56. Play as individual. Eventbrite for tickets.
2. Jan. 24th – Dueling Piano’s – Sunrise Rotary fundraiser for Inspiration Station. Our board approved buying 5 tickets in support of our sister club – the tickets will be the second drawing today.
3. Winter Assembly, Feb. 28th at Newark – $25 fee will be reimbursed by club
4. Four Way test contest and RYLA work starting 
5. Community Kitchen – Monday 4:00pm 
6. Brazil team What’sApp – Ty has a site set up if you want to stay connected
7. Peace Pole – will be put up on the courthouse after historical review board approval
8. Dues increase effective July 2026 up $50 to $265. March 1st invoice will show the increase. This is a result of the RI and District dues increasing – the current dues are not leaving enough to cover the work we want to do.

Presentation – 125 Club members are up to 17 and were recognized – Marie received her PHF+5 pin from Bill Grindle

SAA: Jayme Fountain returns for a really short trip to the podium about RI Foundation

• What is average cost to fully protect a child against polio? $3
• Cost to maintain water filters to prevent waterborne illness? $50
• How much does it cost to replace livestock after disaster?  $200
• How many billion dollars has Foundation spent on life-changing, sustainable projects – over $4 Billion

Scholarship Drawing: Dr. Bob won $22, but did not find the bean for $1,357! Support Sunrise Dueling Piano’s second drawing for 5 tickets – Brenna Gibson!

Program:  Bill Grindle, Rotary District Foundation Chair 

• Bill thanked our club for our efforts over the years – Last year’s foundation giving of $11,519 to the annual fund and $5735 to Polio Plus turned into $17,206 because of the gates foundation 2-1 match of Polio dollars
• 28,677 children can live polio free because of just our club efforts
• We have 17 – members donating to the 125 club
• Our clubs history has 45 Paul Harris Fellows
• We currently have 6 members in the Paul Harris Society – signing up to pledge $1,000 each year
• Once a Major Donor – you are remembered at events even after you pass as was shown in Bill’s presentation, remembering Dannie Fouts, Susanne Phillips and Jim Rivers as Level 1 Donors. He thanked Charlie and Mollie Hedges and Dick Patrick as Level 2 Donors
• David and Marie have added the Foundation in their wills and are recognized as Bequest Society Members
• Charity Navigator has awarded their highest 4 star award to the RI Foundation for the last 17 consecutive years

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

01/15/2026

Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor

Jan.  22 – Bill Grindle, Rotary District Foundation Chair

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Presiding:  President-Elect Connie Chamberlain

Greeter:  Sr. Monica Justinger

Pianist: Ellery Elick

Invocation: Warren Spangler

Song Leader: Rick Rawlins: “America”, “R-O-T-A-R-Y”

Attendees: C&T Chamberlain, D.Wolfe, R.Wolfe, Poling, Crawford, Justinger, Robinson, Driesbach, Lambert, B.Tootle, Rawlins, Sneed, Logan, Droste, G&S Montgomery, Elick, McNemar, Foll, B.Gibson, Wolford, Lanman, Fountain, Spangler, Searls, McCrady, Brown, I&D Webb, Neff, E.Liggett, Riegel, Nemes-Crawford

Visiting Rotarians: Jo Welsh from Lancaster noon

Students: from Teays Valley Eric Farrell introduced Jensen and Preston

Club Announcements:  

1. Rotary exchange group from Brazil : After Hours Wednesday, Pizza Cottage. Thank you Jayme, Ty, Daryl, Rob, Warren, Gary & Sandy, Tony, Bob F, Judy, Joe Mc, Rick, & Marie for showing up to spend time with the exchange group.
2. Thank you to following members who helped Jan. 12th community kitchen: Daryl, Bob Mc, Warren, Gary, David & Marie, Michelle, Jayme, Rob & Dodie, along with the Brazil team. 175 meals served. 
3. Euchre tournament Feb. 27th, 6:00pm at Rhoadhouse 56. Play as individual. Eventbrite for tickets.
4. Jan. 24th – Dueling Piano’s – Sunrise Rotary fundraiser for Inspiration Station. Held at Amvets 5:30pm with dinner. Tickets are on Eventbrite or from Sunrise member 

SAA: Jayme Fountain

• National pothole day; national strawberry ice cream day
• January 8th (pretend)- what famous singer was born Jan. 8th – Elvis
• Elvis’ debut single “Heartbreak Hotel”
• Number 1 song and longest hit – “Now or Never”
• What song did he not want to record? – “Blue Christmas”

Scholarship Drawing: Marie won $22, but did not find the bean for $1,345!

Program:  Bottoms Up Diaper Bank, based in Lancaster – Jo Welsh

• Co-founder 7.5 years ago with her husband (her husband’s 40th anniversary gift to her 🙂
• 28 counties served to 90 food pantries
• 2025 – 1.6 million diapers distributed through Bottoms Up
• Potty training kits also being delivered to child care partners to help the development of children
• Pickaway Co – 26,000 diapers distributed last year to Haven House, Community Cupboard & Food Pantry
• May – World’s Largest Diaper Drive. (Sunrise collects – 20,000-25,000 diapers, we should join them)
• Volunteers are always needed – sign-up list passed around or go to website for more information: https://bottomsup.life
• Follow on social media – bottomsupdiaperbank
• Sizes needed – 4, 5, 6 – In size 4 until 1 year old and then 5-6 up through 3 years old
• Diapers are not covered by SNAP
• Bottoms Up INFANTry – monthly supporters who provide hope and dignity to families across Ohio. See website to sign up.

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

01/08/2026

Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor

Jan. 15 – Bottoms Up Diaper Bank – Andrea Drumm

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Presiding:  President Rob Radcliff

Greeter:  Sr. Monica Justinger

Pianist: Anita Wilson

Invocation: Jim Rogers

Song Leader: Rick Rawlins: Auld Lang Syne & Rotary Will Go Round the World

Attendees: Blanton, Brown, C.Chamberlain, Hill, Dreisbach, Droste, Duvall, Foster, Hedges, Hooks, Horning, Justinger, Lambert, Lanman, Logan, Mabe, Maroscher, Mavis, McCrady, McNemar, G.Montgomery, Neff, Poling, Radcliff, Rawlins, Reitano, Rhodes, Riegel, Robinson, Searls, Sneed, Spangler, B.Tootle, I.Webb, D.Webb, Weller, White, Wilson, D.Wolfe, R.Wolfe

Visiting Rotarians: Jim Rogers from Logan; Sunrise: Krista Bower, AG Jan Shannon

Students: from Circleville, Emily Walker introduced Auri and Madison

Club Announcements:  

1. Bonus Community Kitchen: Monday, Jan. 12th 
2. Rotary exchange group from Brazil will be in town Jan. 12-15th. After Hours Wednesday, Pizza Cottage – 5pm-7pm
3. Voting on slate of officers for terms beginning July 2026: Connie Chamberlain, Pres.; John Lambert, Pres-Elect; Daryl Wolfe, Exec. Secretary; David Crawford, Secretary; Ellery Elick, Treasurer; Tom Duvall, Jim Reitano new board members. VOTE: approved unanimously 
4. Missi Rhodes to fill the remaining board term for Paula Routt who transferred to Sunrise
5. Voting on updates to by-laws. Minor changes to language and duty of officers. VOTE: unanimously approved
6. Thank you to following members who helped Dec. 22nd community kitchen: Bob McCrady, Warren Spangler, John & Traci Lambert, Gary & Sandy Montgomery, Betsy Weller and family, Tony & Vickie Robinson. 163 meals served. 
7. Euchre tournament Feb. 27th, 6-9 pm at Rhoadhouse 56
8. Jan. 13th – noon at Watt St. board meeting
9. Jan. 24th – Dueling Piano’s – Sunrise Rotary fundraiser for Inspiration Station. Held at Amvets 5:30pm with dinner. Tickets are on Eventbrite or from Sunrise member 

Scholarship Drawing: Tony Robinson won $24, but did not find the bean for $1,323!

Program:  Jim Rogers, District Polio Plus chair

• In last 40 years with $2.1 Billion and countless volunteer hours – Rotary has been a part of preventing over 16 million cases of polio
• $1 Billion annually is needed to vaccinate 370 million children
• Ways to get involved are Polio Plus Society-pledging $100/year; 125 Club (we have 16 members currently) donation $100 Foundation and $25 Polio Plus
• District thanks Circleville Rotary for last year’s contribution of over $5,700 which equates to 28,679 children vaccinated

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

01/30/2025

Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor

Feb. 6 – will it be Columbus Blue Jackets or PAAC? Show up to find out!

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• Presiding:  President Heidi White
• Prayer:  Norm Wilson
• Piano: Ellery Elick
• Song Leader: Bob Foster “Singin’ In The Rain”, “Sing Rotarians”
• Attendees: Elick, Wilson, Weller, Brown, Horning, Droste, Rhoads, Ellis, B.Tootle, Foster, Robinson, C.Neff, Maroscher, Gibson, Sneed, I.Webb, D.Webb, Lambert, Lanman, Hedges, Logan, Riegel, R.Wolfe, D.Wolfe, Poling, Reeves, Ankrom, Routt, Hooks, C.Chamberlain, Nemes-Crawford, McNemar
• Visiting Rotarian: Shay Hoelscher – Grove City
• Students: not today

Announcements: 

• Euchre – Rhoadhouse 56 Wednesday, February 19th. Sponsorship levels are being advertised. Diamond Level : $200 with promotions on print media, event slideshow & social media; Heart Level: $100 includes event slideshow; Club Level: $50 snack bar donor with sign; Spade Donor: gift basket donor or door prize for winners. Sign-up link is ready.
• Thank you Community Kitchen volunteers: the Foster’s , the Lambert’s, Warren, Ty, Gerhard, Bob Mc, David C, Betsy, and of course Alice Harker was in charge with the Montgomery’s out of commission.
• Short North Rotary is advertising their Music in the Round fundraiser. March 1st, 2025 at the Greek church in the Short North. Visiting Rotarians receive a 10% discount with code “Service20”. www.ShortNorthRotary/MITR for further details
• Shopping List: to augment our $2,000 donation to Soap-N-Hope, please consider purchasing Laundry Pods or travel size shampoo, soap, toothpaste. If you would like to support the community cupboard – we are also collecting Progresso or Campbell’s chunky soups. Boxes for donations will be at the meeting through Feb. 20th – our 103rd birthday celebration.

SAA: Dave Webb

• Quotes

Scholarship Drawing:  This weeks winner is Suzie Reeves for $23 and she put it back – Big Bean is holding at $483.

Program:  Sharon Jeanneret- Yoga Balance owner

• Yogabalancecircleville.com
• Co-Founder of Touched by Cancer
• Learn Yoga through practice – 6 movements of the spine were experienced during the meeting
• Breathing exercises – inhale and exhale to count of 5
• Breath is first responder of any situation – slow breath to calm the situation
• Movement is the only lubrication your joints get
• Yoga is for every…body at every stage of life
• Mind-Body-Spirit modality
• Practice mindfulness everywhere – doing dishes, you feel the water, is it too hot or cold, what are the thoughts going through your head?
• Yoga is meant to be a daily practice – it is training our mind to be more focused. Grounding yourself.
• Classes can be taken one time a week, it will reset your stress baseline

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In appreciation for the speaker today, a donation will be made to Anne’s Smiles of Ashville

01/23/2025

Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor

Jan. 30 – Sharon Jeanette – Yoga

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• Presiding:  President Heidi White
• Prayer: Norm Wilson
• Piano: Ellery Elick
• Song Leader: “Sing Out a Song of Rotary”, “America The Beautiful” a cappella in honor of Carrie Underwood’s performance at the inauguration 
• Attendees: Ankrom, Elick, C.Neff, Wilson, Young, Foster, I.Webb, Droste, Radcliff, Driesbach, Gibson, Lanman, Robinson, Routt, Lambert, D.Webb, Sneed, Riegel, Hedges, McCrady, R.Wolfe, C. & T.Chamberlain, Wolford, Poling, Schreiner, G&S Montgomery, Spangler, Logan, Weller, Maroscher, McNemar, D.Wolfe, Nemes-Crawford, Searls
• Visiting Rotarian: Carolyn Johnson from Maine!
• Students: not today – they have to catch up

New Corporate Member – Betsy Weller, COO of CIMS Property Mgmt.

Heidi White is her sponsor. CIMS is based in Ashville – services for corporate, residential, hoa, multi-family communities. 2,000 doors spread across Ohio. Grad of Logan Elm and OU. Proud mom of two girls, Julia we know from her help at the community kitchen and one of our 4-way test winners!

Announcements: 

• Rotary Frosty 5K — Feb. 8th – 10am race time at MVCH Park. Rotary Fundraiser with both Circleville clubs – Shirt & Mug for your $35 donation (don’t have to run, but donate and of course volunteer). On website and facebook page. Please see Heidi or Marie if you need help registering.
• Euchre – Rhoadhouse 56 Wednesday, February 19th. Sponsorship levels are being advertised. Diamond Level : $200 with promotions on print media, event slideshow & social media; Heart Level: $100 includes event slideshow; Club Level: $50 snack bar donor with sign; Spade Donor: gift basket donor or door prize for winners
• Speech contest – March 15th – at the library. Please consider coming and volunteering. See Heidi
• Community Kitchen on Monday, Jan. 27th. 4pm at the Presbyterian Church. We are serving 150 people – please consider volunteering
• Board meeting determined March the yearly dues invoice will go out  with due date of April 15th. This is so we are ready for our Rotary International bill based on paid members.
• Next month we will be collecting money and items for Soap-N-Hope and Community Cupboard. List will be distributed next week.
• After Hours is pending – more info to come when finalized

SAA: Dave Webb

• Ohio State WON the Natty!!!
• Movie Quotes

Scholarship Drawing:  This weeks winner is Larry Logan for $23 – Big Bean is holding at $461.

Program:  Beth Kowalski – Tree Commission Chairman

• Paul Hang, Sheri Theis also accompanied Beth
• 2015 started the tree commission and Paul was commissioner and on the board until 2021
• Circleville Rotary’s own Rick Rawlins was on the tree commission and assisted Paul with weekly watering of the 25 trees planted at MVCH Park in 2019 with $5K grant from DuPont
• 2021 – planted 24 trees
• 2022 – 75 trees
• 2023 – 117 trees ($25K grant from ODNR)
• 2024 – 51 trees – 200 staked out from $1million grant from Federal Govt. Now can hire out the tree planting and have arborist on staff
• Watering done by city service department which is part of the $1million grant to cover expenses
• Arbor Day has designated Circleville a “Tree City” with signs to be put out at the entrances of Circleville
• 300 trees can be planted for the next three years as part of the grant
• Tree commission is also looking for volunteers
• By 2029 commission is on track to have planted over 1,000 trees
• Root guard can also be installed to keep the tree roots from lifting sidewalk

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In appreciation for the speaker today, a donation will be made to Anne’s Smiles of Ashville

01/16/2025

Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor

Jan. 23 – Beth Kowalski – Tree Commission

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• Presiding:  President Heidi White
• Prayer: Norm Wilson
• Piano: Ellery Elick
• Song Leader: Brenna Gibson selected “In the Good Old Summertime”; “Roll Rotary”
• Attendees: Ankrom, C.Chamberlain, Crawford, Dean, Driesbach, Droste, Elick, Ellis, Farris, Fountain, Gibson, Hafey, Hedges, Lambert, Lanman, Liddy, Logan, McCrady, McNemar, G&S Montgomery, C.Neff, Nemes-Crawford, Poling, Radcliff, Reeves, Riegel, Robinson, Searls, Sneed, Spangler, B.Tootle, Weaver, Webb.D, Webb.I, White, Wilson, D.Wolfe, Wolford
• Visiting Rotarian’s: Jan Shannon & Krista Bower from Sunrise
• Guests: Taylor Gibson introduced by her proud mom 
• Students: Teays Valley counselor Eric Farrell introduced Brenna Carothers (valedictorian with 4.711 gpa) will be attending Columbus State/Ohio State studying medical imaging in hopes to go into oncology; Cameron Crego (4.64 gpa) will be attending BGSU or OU studying journalism with hopes of a sports journalism career

Announcements: 

• Rotary Frosty 5K — Feb. 8th – 10am race time at MVCH Park. Rotary Fundraiser with both Circleville clubs – Shirt & Mug for your $35 donation (don’t have to run, but donate and of course volunteer). On website and facebook page. Please see Heidi or Marie if you need help registering.
• Sunrise Rotary Dueling Pianos Jan. 25th at Amvets – Little Italy catering out of Groveport.  www.Eventbrite.com for $50 ticket
• Sunrise sponsored a Rotary learning session, 10 people wanted more information. Another info meeting Feb. 10th if someone is interested in being part of a satellite club. (Contact Jan Shannon if interested)
• Bonus Community Kitchen thanks to Daryl, Rob & Dodie, Darlene, Warren, John & Traci Lambert, Bob  Mc, Gary M, David & Marie and Alice for keeping us in line.
• Speech contest – March 15th – at the library. Please consider coming and volunteering. See Heidi
• Euchre – Feb. 19th more info to come
• Matt Hafey – Feb 15th – Haven House Valentine’s dance at Amvets. 740-474-9430 for tickets or see Matt
• New surgery remodel starting Monday at Ohio Health Berger-18 months of construction per Casey Liddy

SAA: Dave Webb

• Happy Dollar’s
• Worst Christmas gifts

Scholarship Drawing:  This weeks winner is Jan Shannon for $20- Big Bean is holding at $438.

Program:  Jessica Lowe- Pickaway County Extension Services

• Extension is the outreach of Ohio State
• An extension office in all 88 counties in Ohio
• Real Money program for 8th graders – if you are interested in volunteering please contact the Extension office
• An education-driven organization that promotes lifelong learning
• Benefits of tai chi with warm-up exercises today to help with balance, muscle strength
• What causes falls? Medical; Environmental; Personal Factors
• Pickaway.osu.edu for more information about classes and new tai chi series
• If interested in remodeling your home to stay in place – www.go.osu.edu/udhometour. Can take a tour of the home in London,OH with Jessica as your tour guide

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In appreciation for the speaker today, a donation will be made to Anne’s Smiles of Ashville

01/09/2025

Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor

Jan. 16 – Jessica Lowe – Pickaway County Extension Services

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• Presiding:  President Heidi White
• Prayer: Norm Wilson
• Piano: Ellery Elick
• Song Leader: Bob Foster “He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands” in honor of today being the National Day of Mourning for President Jimmy Carter 
• Attendees: D.Wolfe, C.Chamberlain, Spangler, McNemar, Searls, Mavis, G&S Montgomery, Rhodes, Hedges, McCrady, R.Wolfe, Gibson, Riegel, Sneed, Driesbach, D.Webb, Robinson, Routt, Moore, Foster, Elick, Wilson, Duvall, C.Neff, Lambert, Young, Foll, White, Poling, Crawford, Horning, Dean, Maroscher, Fountain, T.Chamberlain, Lanman, Brown, B.Tootle, Nemes-Crawford
• Guests:  Morgan Windsor was introduced by Stacy Young
• Students: from Westfall Mrs. Smith introduced seniors Paige and Jared 

Announcements: 

• Rotary Frosty 5K — Feb. 8th – 10am race time at MVCH Park. Rotary Fundraiser with both Circleville clubs – Shirt & Mug for your $35 donation (don’t have to run, but donate and of course volunteer). On website and facebook page. Please see Heidi or Marie if you need help registering.
• Bonus Community Kitchen will be Monday at 4pm. Please come to the Presbyterian Church on Mound St.

SAA: Dave Webb 

• Ashville made the news while Warren was shoveling his driveway
• Dave Horning is the new Editor of the Herald
• College football 

Scholarship Drawing:  This weeks winner is Pam Moore for $17- Big Bean is holding at $418.

Program: Jeb Bowen from Clarke May Museum

• Jeb see’s in the audience – Kevin Driesbach one of the trustee’s for the museum; Gary & Sandy Montgomery very active with Mt.Oval
• Metal pieces: axe and wedge
• Hammer for auto body work
• Boiler makers 
• 400 million years ago we were part of an ocean – Jane Shaw found a fossil in a rock from the corner of her property
• Bison horn (made from compacted hair)
• 5000 year old axe – found at the mouth of Hargus Creek and Rt.23
• Indian arrowheads
• Museum is open free of charge Tuesdays thru Saturdays 1:00-4:00pm
• Can also call the museum for appointments 740-474-1495
• 162 West Union St. Circleville

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In appreciation for the speaker today, a donation will be made to Anne’s Smiles of Ashville

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01/25/2024

Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor

Feb 01: Blanket Tie for CASA – service project ——

• Presiding:  President Warren Spangler
• Prayer: Norm Wilson
• Piano: Ellery Elick
• Song Leader:  Tom Duvall – “For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow”; “Viva La Rotary”
• Attending: (Drexel has official list) 39 today – Spangler, Poling, Crawford, Nemes-Crawford, Rhodes, Fouts, Elick, Wilson, Duvall, Canfield, Lambert, Droste, Young, Foster, Robinson, Schreiner, C.Chamberlain, Routt, Ellis, Palm, D.Wolfe, R.Wolfe, Rietano, E.Liggett, Ankrom, T.Tootle, Riegel, McCrady, Beavers, I.Webb, Fountain, McNemar, Koch, Lanman, D.Webb, Stevenson, Radcliff, Hooks, Searls
• Visiting Rotarians: Marie Wilbanks from Sunrise and our speaker Erin Allsop from Chillicothe Noon
• Guests: Earl Palm invited Wayne Gray today
• Students: Pam Younkin introduced Teays Valley Seniors Gabrielle and Tommy. Both high achievers and are going places with college credits already on record.

Announcements

• Our Rotary Euchre Tournament – Feb.8th. It is a fundraiser for our scholarships so please come to play, gift someone else to play, volunteer. See Stacy, Jayme, Karlyn or Carly for info..
• Inspiration Station invitation we are invited – Feb 8th – 4-6pm, North end of Library to tour prior to construction starting
• Rural Urban Day – Feb. 29th. Speakers from division of wildlife – with critters! Presbyterian Church – 11:30am start time
• Soup Kitchen this past Monday served 108 meals – Thank you to Gary & Sandy Montgomery, Tom Duvall, Ned Riegel, Warren Spangler, David & Marie Crawford, Bob Sneed, Bob McCrady, Daryl Wolfe
• February-April: Prize for club hosting the most guests per capita. Please bring a friend to a meeting.
• District 6690 training – Feb. 24th – Newark OSU branch. District would like at least 2 members from each club. Rotary is trying to introduce training for people thinking of leadership roles in their clubs or to provide more Rotary general info. If you would like to attend – sign-up on rotary6690.org. Cost is $20 for the day.
• Congratulations to David Crawford for being named Assistant Governor starting in July. David will be the second AG from our club, with Ty Ankrom serving 2010-2017.
• March 23rd – 4-way Speech contest 10am – Circleville Library. Judges should be past-presidents. Speeches start at 11am. Please see Tony Robinson to help.
• March Madness – Women’s Products Drive will start in March!!! Michelle Stevenson and Paula Routt will be co-chairs. Last year we reached THIRD place in the District!

SAA:  John Lambert 

• Birthdays/Anniversaries – $3.00 was made – where was everyone?
• How many countries have Big Brothers/Big Sisters branches – 12
• BB/BS was founded in 1904
• BB/BS Littles are 46% less likely to do illegal drugs
• How much time is required to be a Big? – 1 hr per week

Scholarship Drawing:  Earl Palm was the winner of $21! The jackpot is $491 and it will continue to grow!

 Program: Erin Allsop is the President and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters (BB BS)of South Central Ohio. She has held this position since May 2021, before which she was a Spanish teacher at New Hope Christian Academy and a missionary in Valencia, Spain.

• BB BS cover’s 5 counties (Ross, Pickaway, Pike, Fayette, Highland). Ross and Pickaway are the most active.
• Mission/Goal: Create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships so all youth achieve their full potential
• Currently serve 237 Littles and 132 school-based Bigs
• 84% of the Littles plan to graduate high school and/or college
• A lot of Littles have a unstable home life and their Big is stability
• 503 youth served in 2023, which is a record 
• Fundraiser – Bowl for Kids March 3rd. Shawnee Lanes in Chillicothe. All money stays local and goes to programming in 5 counties
• Three local school based programs: Teays Valley, New Hope and Westfall
• Www.bbbssco.org. For information and donations
• Geography and interests are basis for matching. Bigs and Littles go through interviews.
• Age limit – Bigs 21+yrs.; Littles 7-14yrs
• Before the match – the Big has to meet the parent/guardian of the Little
• Not involved with local universities yet – but trying 

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In appreciation for the speaker today, a donation will be made to the Foster Care Program of Pickaway County through Jobs and Family Services

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01/18/2024

Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor

Jan 22: * Community Kitchen

Jan 25: Big Brothers and Big Sisters

Feb 01: Blanket Tie for CASA – service project 

*extra event

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• Presiding:  President Warren Spangler
• Prayer: Joe McNemar
• Piano: Ellery Elick
• Song Leader:  Tom Duvall – “America the Beautiful”, “ROTARY”
• Attending: (Drexel has official list) 42 today – Spangler, Poling, Crawford, Nemes-Crawford, Beavers, Duvall, McNemar, McCrady, R.Wolfe, Lambert, Wilson, Fouts, Canfield, D.Wolfe, Mavis, T.Tootle, Montgomery, Ankrom, Maroscher, Robinson, Rothe, Young, Radcliff, Schreiner, Fountain, Wolford, D.Webb, Justinger, Dean, I.Webb, Weaver, C.Neff, Sneed, Nichol, Droste, B.Liggett, White, B.Liggett, Horning, T.Chamberlain, Hooks, Ellis
• Guests: Catherine Farynowski from Orlando, FL
• Students: Westfall represented today with Mrs. Clark introducing Jerry Layton and Bailey Burke

Announcements

• Joe McNemar – latest 125 club member 
• Euchre Tournament – Feb.8th
• Sunrise Dueling piano’s – Jan 27th
• Rural Urban Day – Feb. 29th. Speakers from division of wildlife – with critters! Presbyterian Church – 11:30am start time
• Soup Kitchen, Monday 22nd – Presbyterian church anytime between 3:30pm – 5:00pm
• Hocking Hills this Saturday, Winter Hike 9-11am
• March 23rd – 4-way Speech contest 10am – Circleville Library. Judges should be past-presidents. Speeches start at 11am. Please see Tony Robinson to help.

SAA:  John Lambert 

• Happy Dollars – Bob Sneed’s son rang the bell at the NY Stock exchange today
• Stacy Young – honor roll student in her home
• Ned Schreiner’s sister is going to be 100yr old tomorrow
• Tony Robinson was not hurt when his car was
• Some card game thing….

Scholarship Drawing: Dave Horning was the winner of $24! The jackpot is $470 and it will continue to grow.

 Program: PICCA, Nick Pruitt spoke to us about the Public Hygiene station

• Anyone who needs help, homeless, people whose pipes froze, anyone
• 32 feet trailer: 3 showers, one laundry room, 2 commercial grade washers/dryers
• Propane tanks for heating water
• Generator for electric
• PICAA is hiring a staff person for community outreach, mental health outreach, trailer support
• Only needs access to water source and storm drains since only gray water
• Goal is to setup around Pickaway County – Monday-Friday possibly Saturday
• June 30, 2024 is hopeful launch date
• Also working with county EMA – can be used as community emergency response
• $88,000 trailer cost (vehicle not included)
• Working with Pickaway-Ross carpenter students 
• Initial start up costs – Mobile hygiene Unit $140,000
• Approximate annual costs $60,000
• Looking to serve 15-20 people a day
• Need financial aid, as well as, laundry pods, hygiene products (travel size), linens. List is being constructed now.
• Communication piece is being worked on now with Scioto County since they have 2 trailers in use

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In appreciation for the speaker today, a donation will be made to the Foster Care Program of Pickaway County through Jobs and Family Services