Tag: March

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03/23/2023

Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor

March Calendar – Bob Sneed, Program Chair

23rd: Megan Moorman – CHS FFA

27th: Soup Kitchen

30th: Terry Klinker – Hurricane Katrina

April Calendar – Heidi White, Program Chair

April 6: Katarina Sharp – Water conservation and rain barrels

April 13: Jan Shannon for the Uganda project

April 20: Joy Sharp from OSU Extension for Pickaway County

April 27: Kevin T. Donahue – Abe Lincoln, part 2

April 28 & 29: District 6690 Conference – Columbus State / Veteran’s Memorial, Columbus

Upcoming Dates:

• June 1, 2023 – First Annual Euchre Tournament
• June 16, 2023 – Golf outing at Pickaway Country Club

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• Presiding: President David M. Crawford
• Prayer: Norm Wilson
• Piano Player: Ellery Elick
• Song Leader: Heidi White selected “Hey Look Me Over”, “Sing out a song of Rotary”
• Attending: (Drexel has official list) 48 members today: Crawford, Nemes-Crawford, Poling, Spangler, Hooks, Rothe, Wolford, D.Wolfe, Radcliff, Hafey, Horning, McNemar, D.Webb, Blanton, McIlroy, Mavis, Ellis, Montgomery, Fouts, Beavers, Riegel, Hedges, Foster, E.Liggett, B.Tootle, T.Tootle, Canfield, Robinson, Elick, Wilson, C.Chamberlain, T.Chamberlain, J.Mullins, C.Mullins, I.Webb, Young, White, Duvall, C.Neff, K.Neff, Ankrom, Dean, Droste, Fountain, Mabe, Sneed, Whitten, Vitartis
• Guests: John Lambert, with Atomic Credit Union was introduced by Gary Dean; Michele Blanton introduced Grant Davis, new Clerk of Courts; Stacy Young introduced Katie Randolph
• Students: from Logan Elm High School – Dan Hugus introduced Gavin Griffey and Zach Parks

New Member Day times Two! We welcome Paul Vitartis and Michael Whitten into membership today. Ty Ankrom and Fred Mavis are their sponsors.

Executive Board highlights:

1. Rotary District 6690 conference is April 28-29. There are cost breakdowns for single and half-day attendance. Rotarians are urged to participate

2. No new member applications.

3. Warren provided highlights from the statewide conference for incoming presidents

4. D. Crawford noted that new members to the club are quickly becoming active and leading projects

5. Karlyn, Stacy, Jayme and Carly are putting together a Euchre tournament for June 1 to raise scholarship funds

6. Paula is chairing the drive to collect womens products. Circleville currently in 2nd place in the District for collection total

7. Daryl and Rob started a second date for Rotary food kitchen. 90+ meals served last week.

8. B. Stout chairing the Service Above Self selection committee with Ty and M. Lanman. Application deadline is April 10

5. Ian and D. Crawford are moving forward with new member orientation sessions

6 Ellery asked for board approval to remove the final two Rotary accounts held by US Bank. Motion passed.

7. Rural Urban Day was a great success. Approx. 40 Rotarians and approx. 50 guests in attendance. Cost to club was $1,800. Discussion took place as to how to manage the cost of future Rural/Urban days.

8. The 4-Way speech contest was very successful with a large field of applicants. Many thanks to Tony Robinson and his committee.

9. Ellery went over Rotary financials. Board approved.

10. The April 18 executive board meeting will be utilized to put final touches on leadership and committee assignments for the 2023-24 Rotary year. Drexel and Ellery also will review the different financial accounts for the new directors.

Announcements

• Soup Kitchen extra: last week we started our new rotation of the second Monday of every other month. Rob Radcliff thanked his wife Dodie, Daryl Wolfe, Warren Spangler, David and Marie Crawford. We are now seeing 90 meals being requested, so help from members is needed. We had a tour of the church’s kitchen supplies – they will accept monetary donations, as as well food items.
• Rob is also next year’s Program Chair – we are looking for program chairs for April/May/June. If you would like to sign up, please see Rob.
• Gary Montgomery: our fourth Monday Soup Kitchen is this coming Monday at 4:00pm. If you can make it, please let Gary know.
• Joe McNemar: Have a meal at City BBQ on March 31st between 11am-8pm and tell them you are there for the Boy Scout Troop 52 fundraiser. Proceeds will help scouts attend Camp Falling Rock this summer.
• “March Madness for Women” Last collection is next Thursday. We are in second place in our district! Help finish strong.
• Tony Robinson: Nine students competed in last Saturday’s Four-Way speech contest. Sunrise Rotary co-sponsored the event. Thanks to Tom Duvall, Ellery Elick, Connie Chamberlain, Bill Kramer, Sr. Monica Justinger for working the event, Warren Spangler, Gary Dean, David & Marie Crawford for attending. Our two first prize winners will compete in the District contest at Columbus State, April 28th.
• New Fundraiser – June 1st – Euchere Tournament. More details to come.
• April 28/29 – District conference in Columbus. Rotary6690.orgto register. See Marie for help in registering.
• Photo’s will be in the new directory – make sure you like yours or see David for a retake.

SAA: Dave Webb

• Tamale National Day; Chip and Dip Day; National Puppy Day
• NCAA basketball – Men’s – if you went to any of the schools
• Michael Whitten quoted in paper
• Berger hospital affiliation in paper
• OCU affiliation in paper

Scholarship Drawing: Marie was the winner of $36. The jackpot is $1,082 and it continues!

Program: Megan Moorman – CHS FFA

• Megan worked for Pickaway Ross for 7 years and she started first ag program at Circleville High School. She won the 2022 Ohio Association of Agricultural Educators Early Career Teacher award.
• Megan is joined today, in their official FFA uniforms, by CHS First FFA President, Sterlin Mullins; CHS First FFA Secretary, Allie Mullins; CHS First FFA Student Advisor, Lillianna Stafford; CHS First FFA Development Chair, Emma Groff
• Supervised Agricultural Experience(SAE): Each student participates in activities (it’s not all farm based): Sterlin & Allie Mullins have turkey’s; “Ag for All” Podcast was created by Pickaway County Fair Queen Lillianna Stafford; Tutoring in schools is Emma Groff’s SAE.
• Lab activities included harvesting strawberry DNA
• Learning about the different components of Agriculture; woodworking, construction projects, Animal and Plant Science, Ag Business
• Career Development Event – compete against other chapters . Livestock sales, Public Speaking, Dairy Quality, etc.
• CHS FFA chapter has 115 members
• They have been involved with: Tree Planting; National convention; Operation Christmas Child Boxes; Toured Ag campus at OSU; Community Breakfast at the Fairgrounds April 4th 6am-10am; Farm To Plate dinner servers
• Financial support is always welcome and anyone who would like to be a Coach of a topic, please see Megan Moorman
• Flower sale currently until March 29th: https://app.fundraiseit.org/shop.php?code=18B03B

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In appreciation of this year’s speakers sharing their time & efforts, donations to Pickaway Pathways for Success will be made in their names.

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03/16/2023

Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor

March Calendar – Bob Sneed, Program Chair

2nd: Rural Urban Day

9th: Ana Dutra – Brazil Rotary Student Exchange

13th: Soup Kitchen

16th: New Hope Students – Guardians on Honor Flight

23rd: Megan Moorman – CHS FFA

27th: Soup Kitchen

30th: Terry Klinker – Hurricane Katrina

April Calendar – Heidi White, Program Chair

April 6: Katarina Sharp – Water conservation and rain barrels

April 13: Jan Shannon for the Uganda project

April 20: Joy Sharp from OSU Extension for Pickaway County

April 27: Kevin T. Donahue – Abe Lincoln, part 2

 April 28 & 29: District 6690 Conference – Veteran’s Memorial, Columbus

Upcoming Dates:

• June 16, 2023 – Golf outing at Pickaway Country Club

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• Presiding: President David M. Crawford
• Prayer: Joe McNemar
• Piano Player: Ellery Elick
• Song Leader: Heidi White selected “Irish Eyes Are Smiling”; “Rotary Will Go Round The World”
• Attending: (Drexel has official list) Crawford, Nemes-Crawford, Poling, Spangler, Ankrom, Beavers, Bidwell, Brown, Canfield, C.Chamberlain, T.Chamberlain, Colburn, Dean, Elick, Fouts, Hedges, E.Liggett, Mavis, McCrady, McIlroy, McNemar, Montgomery, Palm, Radcliff, Riegel, Robinson, Rothe, Sneed, D.Webb, White, Wilson, D.Wolfe, Wolford, Simmons, Catlos, Layton, Hafey, Reitano, Blanton, Liddy, Routt, Duvall
• Guests: Paula Routt introduced her dad, Paul Vance; Tony Robinson introduced his wife Vickie; Bob Johnson introduced his wife of 68 years, Marilyn; Ty Ankrom introduced Terry Thoren
• Students: from New Hope Christian Academy are presenting our program today

New Member Day! We welcome Tom Duvall today and thank Gary Dean for being his sponsor. Tom is currently serving on Circleville City Council and is retired from PPG Global Director.

Announcements

• Warren Spangler attended the All-Ohio President Elect Training Session (PETS) this past weekend.
• Board meeting is Tuesday, 11:30am at Watt St.
• Tony Robinson: This Saturday is the Four Way Speech Contest – 11 students will be competing at the library on N. Court. Starts at 10am if you can make it to cheer the students on.
• Service Above Self nominations are being taken. Please see your email for the application or ask David for a printed copy. Deadline for submissions is April 10th. Selection committee is Bill Stout, Michele Lanman and Ty Ankrom. Mail applications to Bill or drop off at his house.
• Joe McNemar: Have a meal at City BBQ on March 31st between 11am-8pm and tell them you are there for the Boy Scout Troop 52 fundraiser. Proceeds will help scouts attend Camp Falling Rock this summer.
• Paula Routt : “March Madness for Women” We helped our district win the statewide contest this weekend at All Ohio PETS and are now competing against clubs in our district. Items being collected are deodorant, shampoo, soap, wipes, tampons, sanitary pads, incontinence products until March 30th. Monetary donations can be given to Paula/Angie/Marie and they will shop for you. If you would like to donate and cannot attend the meeting, please drop off items at the Crawford’s.
• April 28/29 – District conference in Columbus. Please see your email from Governor Price Finley. Rotary6690.org to register.
• Photo’s will be in the new directory – make sure you like yours or see David for a retake.

SAA: Bob Sneed

• National “Everything you do, it’s right” day & Artichoke Heart’s Day
• Police chief with colorful past is related to Bob McCrady
• KNB in the news – Heidi
• Tim Colburn’s picture in the paper as new Health Commissioner
• CHS wrestler won Wrestling State Championship
• New Hope won Basketball championship
• St.Patty’s Day celebration – Leprechaun’s occupation is shoe maker

Scholarship Drawing: Tim Colburn was the winner of $33 – AGAIN, (3 out of the last 6 drawings!) but doesn’t get the big bean. The jackpot is $1,046 and it continues!

Program: New Hope Christian Academy Seniors introduced by Allison Catlos: Ella Hood, Maren McCallister, Effie Tsitroulis, Jenna Tripp

• The students were Guardians on Honor Flight Mission 119, November 2022
• The mission of Honor Flight is to honor America’s senior Veterans with a free trip to Washington D.C. to visit the nation’s memorials. To help them share their stories. To celebrate and affirm their service and homecoming.
• Honor Flight is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization funded by charitable contributions
• Guardians are encouraged to meet their veterans before the flight and go through a day of training to prepare. Maren’s veteran even comes to her basketball games and will be invited to her graduation party.
• Monuments visited were emotional for the veterans
• People wait for the veterans at the monuments to welcome them
• Welcome home tunnel of people at the Columbus airport ends the day
• Beth Johnson, Executive Director of Honor Flight Columbus, explains the Columbus HUB started in 2007. There are 129 hubs in 43 states. Those HUBs West of the Mississippi make it a 2-3 day trip.
• America’s senior veterans 65 years and older are eligible for the trip. Honorflightcmh.org for more information and the application.
• Guardians pay for their own way and volunteers are always welcomed – see the website to sign up
• Circleville Rotary donated $250 to Honor Flight Columbus and Thank You notes for the next Mission

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• In appreciation of this year’s speakers sharing their time & efforts, donations to Pickaway Pathways for Success will be made in their names.

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03/09/2023

Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor

March Calendar – Bob Sneed, Program Chair

2nd: Rural Urban Day

9th: Ana Dutra – Brazil Rotary Student Exchange

13th: Soup Kitchen

16th: New Hope Students – Guardians on Honor Flight

23rd: Megan Moorman – CHS FFA

27th: Soup Kitchen

30th: Terry Klinker – Hurricane Katrina

April Calendar – Heidi White, Program Chair

April 6: Katarina Sharp – Water conservation and rain barrels

April 13: Jan Shannon for the Uganda project

April 20: Joy Sharp from OSU Extension for Pickaway County

April 27: Kevin T. Donahue – Abe Lincoln, part 2

 April 28 & 29: District 6690 Conference – Veteran’s Memorial, Columbus

Upcoming Dates:

• June 16, 2023 – Golf outing at Pickaway Country Club

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• Presiding: President David M. Crawford
• Prayer: Dan Fouts
• Piano Player: Ellery Elick
• National Anthem of Brazil in honor of our speaker today
• Song Leader: Jayme Fountain “Battle Hymn of the Republic” and in honor of the OSU Basketball win over Wisconsin “Sing Rotarians”
• Attending: (Drexel has official list) Crawford, Nemes-Crawford, Poling, Spangler, Fouts, Wilson, Canfield, Palm, Johnson, Routt, Riegel, McCrady, Hedges, Mavis, Dean, Montgomery, Ellis, Dailey, Beavers, Elick, Liddy, Sneed, Reitano, Robinson, Horning, McIlroy, Brown, Young, T.Chamberlain, D.Wolfe, Droste, Radcliff, C.Neff, K.Neff, Foster, Fountain, Hafey, Rawlins, E.Liggett, McNemar, Hooks, B.Tootle, Mabe, Blanton
• Guests: Dan Dailey introduced his wife Donna; Jayme Fountain brought her family; Paula Routt introduced Trisha Johnson; Gary Dean introduced Tom Duvall; Earl Palm introduced Cindy Palm
• Students: from Teays Valley – Pam Younkin introduced Audrey Kepler and Dominic Doan. We thank the students for fitting us in their schedule today – they were off to donate their first pints of blood at the school blood drive! Well done Audrey and Dominic!

New Member Day! We welcome Karlyn Neff today with her sponsors Carly Neff and Heidi White. You see Karlyn behind the counter at Schieber’s Pharmacy.

New Member application approved by the board: Paul Vitartas, principal of Ralph Starkey High School at the Department of Youth Services has been approved for membership by the board. His sponsor is Ty Ankrom.

From district Governor Price Finley: Thank you to those Circleville Rotarians who made a contribution to the 125 Club! Donate to The Rotary Foundation by giving at least $125, with $100 to go to the Annual Fund and $25 to go to the PolioPlus Fund and become a member of the District 6690 125 Club for 2022-23, and get a cool pin! Donate online at www.givebutter.com/125_club or contact your club president. Thank you Dannie Fouts, David M. Crawford, Jayme Fountain, Judy Wolford, Norman Wilson, Marie Nemes-Crawford, Robert Sneed, Robert Tootle, Robert Liggett, Tyrus Ankrom

Announcements

• Rural Urban Day lunch was a great success with 50 guests along with 41 members. Thank you to Ellery, Judy, Warren, Fred and Rick
• Service Above Self nominations are being taken. Please see your email for the application or ask David for a printed copy. Deadline for submissions is April 10th. Selection committee is Bill Stout, Michele Lanman and Ty Ankrom.
• Paula Routt introduced “March Madness for Women” the state-wide service project and contest collecting toiletry items for women. We will be collecting deodorant, shampoo, soap, wipes, tampons, sanitary pads, incontinence products through the month of March. Monetary donations can be given to Paula/Angie/Marie and they will shop for you.
• Charlie Hedges – Norm Wilson presented with his Paul Harris +1 pin

SAA: Don McIlroy

• Birthdays/Anniversaries/how many joined in March?
• CHS State of the School report was an excellent – any grads of CHS?
• Don introduced a new game: “How well do you know your Rotarian?” It didn’t make one dollar, but it was fun!

Scholarship Drawing: Tony Chamberlain was the winner of the drawing $27. The jackpot is $1,013 and it continues!

Program: Ana Dutra – Brazil Rotary Student Exchange

• “One of my biggest dreams was to be part of an exchange program and my family has been so supportive”
• Ana’s mother is a Rotarian in Brazil and Ana is involved in Interact and plans to be in Rotaract in college
• 18 exchange students from Brazil are in 6 different countries currently
• Brazil is the biggest country in South America with 27 states
• Soccer is the most famous sport in Brazil
• Economy in Brazil is agricultural along with steel and metal industries
• Sao Paulo has 12.4 million residents
• Rio: 6.78 million residents. Used to be coffee producers, but warmer now and that is not good for coffee beans
• Tourism is large and getting bigger
• Catholic Religion is the religion of the country
• Carnival is the main festivity in Brazil “The Greatest Show on Earth”. Jennifer Jones was in Brazil for Carnival. Starts 44 days prior to Easter.
• Only country to have 5 World Cup titles
• Two of the service projects for her Interact club – 1. teaching people how to sew. Made masks for pandemic 2. Collect soda pull tabs and plastic bottles to turn in for wheelchairs donated to a local hospital
• Brazil has mandatory English classes in school
• Ana plans on journalism as a career and will go to OU for a campus visit in hopes of studying in the USA

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• In appreciation of this year’s speakers sharing their time & efforts, donations to Pickaway Pathways for Success will be made in their names.

03/02/2023

Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor

March Calendar – Bob Sneed, Program Chair

2nd: Rural Urban Day

9th: Ana Dutra – Brazil Rotary Student Exchange

13th: Soup Kitchen

16th: New Hope Students – Guardians on Honor Flight

23rd: Megan Moorman – CHS FFA

27th: Soup Kitchen

30th: Terry Klinker – Hurricane Katrina

Upcoming Dates:

• April 28-29, 2023 – District 6690 Conference – Veteran’s Memorial
• June 16, 2023 – Golf outing at Pickaway Country Club

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• Presiding: President David M. Crawford
• Pledge of Allegiance: Judy Wolford
• Prayer: Norm Wilson
• Attending: Crawford, Nemes-Crawford, Poling, Spangler, Ankrom, Beavers, Brown, Canfield, C.Chamberlain, Colburn, Dailey, Dean, Droste, Elick, Ellis, Foster, Fountain, Fouts, Hooks, Johnson, Justinger, Kramer, Maroscher, Mavis, McNemar, C.Neff, Rawlins, Riegel, Robinson, Rothe, Schreiner, Sneed, I.Webb, Wilson, R.Wolfe, Wolford, Layton, Hafey, Young, Blanton, Horning

Merit Badge help needed: Scouts in Troop 52 are working on their Geology merit badge. They are in search of a geologist or Civil Engineer willing to help them learn about our environment. If you can help out, please contact Joe McNemar (614-580-8074) or Scoutmaster Rob Fanska (850) 529-6724‬.

New member board approved: Tom Duvall has been approved by the executive board for membership. He is a retired product manager and currently serves on Circleville City Council. Tom is sponsored by Gary Dean.

Rural Urban Day: We had approximately 90 people in attendance, one of the largest crowds in the past several years. Rotary showed its appreciation to the agricultural community who keeps us food secure and provides stewardship of the land. We thank the Presbyterian Church congregational care team for our wonderful meal and table decorations.

Earliest mention of Rotary’s Rural Urban Day in the Herald is 1965.

Ellery Elick thanked his committee – Warren Spangler, Judy Wolford, Angela Beavers, Fred Mavis & Rick Rawlins. He introduced Mike Estadt from Pickaway Co. OSU Extension who spoke on “Pickaway County – A Look Back, A Look Forward”

1 – 49 acres: 1920 – 429 farms; 2020 – 346 farms

50-179 acres: 1920- 1,085 farms; 2020 – 183 farms

180-999 acres: 1920 – 604 farms; 2020 – 323 farms

1000+ acres: 1920 – 2 farms; 2020 – 88 farms

Farmland Value Per Acre: 1920 – $148.48 ($2,324 adjusted for inflation); 2020 – $6,033

Major Crops

Corn Acres: 1920 – 85,871; 2017 – 105,880

Corn Production: 1920 – 4,231,316; 2017 – 19,214,444

Wheat Acres: 1920 – 78,069; 2017 – 9,386

Oats Acres: 1920 – 2,346; 2017 – 1 farm

Livestock

Sheep: 1920 – 10,727; 2020 – 1,062

Swine: 1920 – 57,761; 2020 – 2,841

Beef Cattle: 1920 – 17,784; 2020 – 2,155

Dairy Cattle: 1920 – 9,933; 2020 – 1,775

Fruits and Vegetables

Acres of potatoes: 1920 – 632; 2017 – 117

Trees in orchards: 1920 – 36,860; 2017 – 39

Strawberries/Raspberries/Blackberries: 1920 – 22 acres; 2023 – 1 farm

What is going on right now?

Electric tractors and laser weeder in development

Vertical farming

Gene splicing to help those with celiac disease and gluten sensitivity

High rise hog farm in China currently used – 100,000 sows in the building

Artificial Intelligence is coming – sensors in fields to measure insects, moisture, etc. keeping farmers in front of computers more and more

A look back at the Stevenson family and others who farmed our county