During the January 18, 2019, meeting, President Michelle Mullaly welcomed the 50 members and 9 guests to the meeting.Rotarian Frank Fleischer provided the Invocation.
Congratulations to President Michelle for holding the winning 50/50 ticket worth $66.00
Secretary Suzette Matthews welcomed the following guests to the meeting: Judge Frank Forchione (speaker); Jordan Warrick (guest of Mike Brown); Anthony Parker and Jayauna Tyler (January Character Counts); Nathaniel Thompsen, Vassa Delis-Parker, David Kliem, Nour Kelly, Estlin Hiller (guest of Character Counts).
President Elect Mark Rojek provided the Rotofact on Martin Luther King.
The "Happy News" was provided by the following:
- Steve Fettman - to invite all to the Rotary Club of North Canton's 28th Chili Open Golf Classic on February 2, 2019. Tickets are available to golf and for the raffle. *Please see Steve if interested in purchasing tickets for this event.
- Bruce Schorsten - to celebrate his trip to Hawaii with his wife (a gift from his daughter and son-in-law);
- Paul Hervey - to recognize our speaker, Judge Frank Forchione, and his hard work ethic and dedication to the heroin epidemic;
- Lynn Hamilton - to encourage all to attend the next two Symphony events: "Eroica: Beethoven Symphony No. 3" on January 26th and "A Night at the Movies 'The Freshman'" on February 2, 2019.
Rotarian Mike Brown introduced the January Character Count students, Jayauna Tyler and Anthony Parker (*see story above)
President Michelle reminded everyone about the upcoming District Art Auction. She stated at this time she had more art to auction off than tickets sold. Please consider joining her on Friday, February 1, 2019 from 6:30 - 9:30 pm at The SOAP Gallery in Youngstown.
Raquel Raderchak, Co-Chair of the Oktoberfest, made an announcement stating this year's event will be held on September 19, 2019. Plans are beginning for this event and individuals are needed on the Committee.
January speaker chair Jim Molnar welcomed Judge Frank Forchione, founder and Chairman of the "Stop Heroin from Killing Committee"
President Michelle concluded the meeting with the following announcements:
- please remember to turn your cell phones back on
- next week's meeting will be our monthly Fellowship meeting. We will have a presentation from Christen Sedmock (Ernie Schott's daughter), principal at Allen Elementary School in Canton, regarding the "Pack The Bus" program.
- reminder about the upcoming District Art Auction
The following Board members will receive a makeup for attending the Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 meeting: President Michelle Mullaly, President Elect Mark Rojek, Vice President Drew Pelger, Secretary Suzette Matthews, Treasurer Tom Clevenger, Trustees: Mark Clendenin, Bruce Hale, Jeff Scott, Kim Kroh, Stephanie Werren, Steve Fettman, and Kurt Goodenberger.