PROGRAMS
September 30th: Punderson.
October 3rd: Work project on Rotary building at fairgrounds.
October 14th: Cluster Clambake at the Bond Building at Century Village. Please see Jodie Swartwout for more info. Reservations need to received no later than October 5, 2009.
October 31st: Doubletree in Independence off of Rockside. Membership meeting. Please see Dave Zmek for details.
December 2nd: Christmas Party at Pine Lake Trout Club. Jim Pascoe has said that this party will be a first class "ordeal".
December 23rd: County Home Christmas Party.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Coin toss won by Rich Newsome.
We need new members. Jim Pascoe has guaranteed he will add a new member in 6 weeks and asks us to help do the same.
Ralph Hurd is doing well at Burton Healthcare.
Bob Johnson handed out info on this year's Every Rotarian Every Year campaign. We are trying for our 6th year in a row of 100% member participation in the program.
Chuck White has handed out 5 truck raffle tickets to sell to each member in attendance. Please see Chuck if you have not received your tickets yet.
Congratulations to Ray Sullivan who sold 20 tickets for the truck out of the Bell Station in one day!
PROGRAM - Ravenwood Mental Health Levy. Beth Matthews - Geauga County Board of Mental Health.
Beth works for the Geauga Board of Mental Health. There are 18 volunteer members on the board and 5 paid staff members. Services that the Board provides include drug prevention, suicide prevention, and various other mental health support functions. Their budget is $8,000,000. Demand for their services has been up 58% in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year and they have provided 7500 county residents with services over the past 5 years. However, the state has slashed mental health funding to Geauga County.
Issue 5 is a replacement levy that the Geauga County Board of Mental Health will have on the ballot this November. The levy is 7/10 mill and will cost $21.44 per year for homeowners with a home valued at $100,000. Passage of the levy will keep services at their current level.