WEEKLY MEETING NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Posted by Rick Taylor on Jun 02, 2017
At our weekly meeting on June 2, 2017, President Craig Young welcomed the 64 members and 6 guests to the meeting.  President Craig then asked the members to keep President Elect Amanda Tietze in their prayers.  Amanda injured her knee and is awaiting results from an MRI to show whether she will have to undergo surgery.
 
President Craig then reminded everyone about the upcoming meeting on June 9th, featuring as our speaker Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. Everyone is being asked to RSVP for themselves and any guests with the Rotary office. This meeting is being moved into the Ballroom at Meyer's Lake to accommodate an anticipated large crowd.
 
President Craig informed everyone of the upcoming "change of meeting venue" beginning July 7, 2017: the Alex D. Krassas Event Center located at 251 - 25th Street N.W., Canton.  He thanked Rotarian Greg Triner for the supurb accomodations and service his crew has provided, and wished him the very best of luck in his retirement. It was noted that Greg has sold Meyer's Lake Ballroom, which prompted the need for this change of meeting site.  **Further details will be forthcoming in next week's Rotogram regarding the upcoming change of meeting venue for the 2017-2018 Rotary year.
 
Secretary Suzette Matthews then welcomed the following guests to the meeting: Ted Good (speaker); Peggy Holwick (guest/daughter of Dale Holwick); Josh Bowen (guest/grandson of Becky Clark); James Boggs (Rotarian-Greensburg, PA); Joan Werren (guest/wife of John Werren); Richard Gano (guest of Dan and Suzette Matthews).
 
The "Happy Bucks" was then provided by the following Rotarian:
  • $1:  PP Virginia Neutzling - to thank all veterans and especially to recognize and thank Canton Rotarian veterans;
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  • $1:  Becky Clark - in honor of her grandson, Josh Bowen, who is a Rotary Exchange Student going to Germany;
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  • $1:  PP Rick Taylor - to encourage everyone to vote for businesses owned by Canton Rotarians in The Canton Repository's "Best of the Best" Contest;
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  • $1:  Bruce Schorsten - to celebrate his grandson being a top science student;
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  • $3:  Shawn Dougherty - to celebrate the success at the state track meet of the boys and girls track teams from the East Canton High School, and to honor Curt and Stephanie Werren's daughters who were both competing at state meets Friday;
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  • $2:  President Craig Young - to recognize the Rotary Club of Dennison as a significant supporter of Habitat for Humanity of East Central Ohio and their participation in a Habitat project in Dennison. Also, to further recognize the Werren girls (Hannah & Grace) for their participation in the state meet and for their recent graduation;
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  • $10:  PP John Werren - to celebrate his grandchildren, the Werren triplets - Grace, Hannah & Jack- , and their recent graduation at the top of their class; and for their acceptance at the Naval Academy (Grace and Hannah) and The Ohio State University (Jack);
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  • $1:  Becky Callahan - to recognize our speaker, Ted Good, and to thank Michelle Mullaly for bringing him to our club to speak;
 
President Craig then filled in for an injured President Elect Amanda Tietze by reminding everyone about signing up for committees for the upcoming 2017 - 18 Rotary year. All of the poster boards were available to view during the meeting with a description of each committee available.
 
Rotarian Jon Adland then took to the podium to ask members to consider signing up to present the invocation during a meeting in 2017 - 18.  The sign-up sheet will be available or you may contact Jon or the Rotary office.
 
Speaker Chair Michelle Mullaly then introduced speaker, Ted Good, from Steinway Hall Cleveland.
 
President Craig concluded the meeting with the following information:
  • Next week's speaker will be Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine;
  • RSVP if you plan to attend or bring any guest to the June 9th meeting;
  • Next week's meeting will be held in the Ballroom at Meyer's Lake;
  • There was an Oktoberfest meeting last Friday at 2:00 pm at Day, Ketterer;
  • There was a Presidential Advisory Committee meeting right after Friday's Rotary meeting;
  • If you have not already done so, please sign up for one of our many committees;
The following Rotarians will receive a makeup for attending the Endowment meeting held on May 31, 2017: PP Curt Werren, Dave Schrade, Don Sultzbach, Treasurer Tom Clevenger, Kurt Goodenberger, Lynn Hamilton.
 
The following Rotarians will receive a makeup for attending the Presidential Advisory meeting on June 2, 2017 - PDG/PP Bob Pattison, Jim Blake, Jan Baker, PP Bob Carr and PP Rick Huetter.
 
The following Rotarians will receive a makeup for attending the "Oktoberfest" committee meeting on June 2, 2017 - President Craig Young, Rob Roland, Lynn Hamilton, Bruce Hale, Justin Candea, Kevin Heraghty, Jim Blake, PP Rick Taylor, Dave Beule.
 
The following Rotarians turned in a makeup to the Rotary office: Jerry Ortman (Plain); Ernie Schott (North Canton, Canton South, East Canton); Tom Sinclair (North Canton).