THIS PAST WEEK.........

 
 
At our meeting last week, President Mark welcomed 31 Canton Rotarians, all LIVE, as well as the following guests:
 
- Jennifer Anderson, District Executive Director of the Stark YMCA, guest of Jennie George
- Rev. Dave DeVries, Pastor of our host church, Christ Presbyterian Church, and guest of Jennie George 
- Rich Micelli, pending new member
- Brent Watts, pending new member
 
Immediate Past President Drew Pelger filled in for Secretary Paula Mastroianni, and provided the following:
 
This day in history:
  • 1866 –  President Andrew Johnson formally declares US Civil War over
  • 1896 – The dial telephone was patented.
  • 1920 – The American Professional Football Association was formed with Jim Thorpe installed as president. Of course it later became the NFL.
  • 1960 – USSR recovered 2 dogs, the first living organisms to return from space.
  • 1965 – The Rolling Stones released their single "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction". It was their first US number one hit. (Editor's note: RIP, Stones' drummer Charlie Watts, who passed this week). 
  • 1977 – NASA launched Voyager 2 Spacecraft toward Jupiter, Saturn Uranus and Neptune.
  • 2018 – Pope Francis released a letter to all Catholics condemning the sexual abuse atrocities and clerical cover-ups.
  • 2020 Kamala Harris accepted the nomination for the vice presidency 
 
Fun Fact:
 
        In 2015 thirty students at West Point Military Academy were injured in a massive pillow fight. Really???
 
Happy Bucks: 
 
      Happy Bucks were received from
  • President Mark:
    • happy to have Virginia Neutzling and Bill Maddux off of Zoom and back to LIVE meetings
    • happy to have taken his daughter down to University of Cincinnati (Editor's note: Go Bearcats!) 
  • Brent Watts: took his son to the Pro Football HOF for the first time! '
  • Dave Beule: happy to be back at a LIVE meeting
  • Rick Taylor: asked Brent which Texas football team he rooted for (neither, Atlanta Falcons!)
  • Lynn Hamilton: presented a bad joke, which solicited 1uite a few moans (Editor's note: it was bad enough that, as a public service, we will not present it here!)
  • Tom Clevenger: asked that Lynn be barred from joke telling
  • Chuck Smith: grandson awarded a Scholar-Athlete Award from Hoover HS
  • Dan Matthews: reminisced about his family's connection to Christ Presbyterian Church and long time CPC pastor, George Parkinson
  • Lynn Hamilton: obviously trying to atone for his terrible joke, also indicated his family's long connection to Christ Presbyterian Church
Prior to the presentation of our speaker, Austin Miller from Kahiniwalla, President Mark introduced Rev. Dave DeVries, who welcomed the club to our new weekly home.