Jan 22 Club Bulletin

Posted by Roger Cline 
on Jan 22, 2014
 

ROTARY CLUB OF STOW MUNROE FALLS NEWSLETTER: JANUARY 22, 2014

Invocation:  Carrie Leising opened the meeting with a humorous but meaningful invocation..

Guest Announcer Jeff Wagner was today’s announcer and began by thanking Tony Falcione for assisting Mark Lucco at the sign-in table.

Visitors:  George Rooney of the Akron Rotary, Dennis Eberhart and Brian Walters, our speaker were all welcomed as guests. Harry Newman, Doris Stewart and Katie Wright all forgot their pins.

Happy Bucks:  There were none today.

Drawing:  Steve Fry’s ticket was the winner but he drew the queen of clubs.

Rotary Fun Fact:  What is green and white and wins all over?  The answer was Michigan State and Doris Stewart won the Handle’s Ice Cream card.  (We know this was not exactly a Rotary Fact.)

Joke: Jeff told a great joke about advice that Mother Superior gave as she was dying.  Ask him about it. 

Special Days:

Rotary Anniversaries:  Jim Laber, 3 years on 1/27.

Wedding Anniversaries: Mike Sekulich, 16 years on 1/26.

Birthdays:  No birthdays this week

Presidential Announcements: by Bob Oborn   

·         Bob presented Katie Wright with her blue badge so she is no longer a new member.

·         We have had an encouraging response for volunteering at the Food Bank since Dave Renninger clarified our responsibilities last week.

·         Karen Monbeck is at home and doing well after knee surgery last week.

·         Rick Archer attended the Berwick Upton Tweed Rotary Club meeting in England last night.  He told Bob about this in an e-mail.

·         Bob introduced George Rooney from the Akron Club to talk with us about the upcoming Chili Open and Raffle.  It will be held on February 1st for the benefit of the Rotary Camp.   The camp served 1700 children who have disabilities last summer.  No one is turned down for their lack of ability to pay.  Raffle tickets which sell for $20.00 could entitle the winners to win a 2014 Chevrolet Sonic, a Cleveland Indians package or a Bridgestone package.   Each person who buys a ticket receives a coupon for $15.00 to Bravo’s Restaurant at Summit Mall.

·          Mark Lucco announced that this year’s Golf Outing Committee will meet at 7:00a.m. at Bob Evans this Friday, January January 24th.

·         Bob reported that next week we will have Club Assembly, and the Interact Officers will also be with us.  At that meeting we will hear about the potential for Youth Exchange and an International Project for next year.  We will also hear about this spring’s membership event and the possibility of a Hole in One Contest.

Member Moment:  Carrie gave her member moment.  We learned that she lives in Kent and has been with Charter One Bank for 12 years.   She is currently the Business Banking Officer and loves her job.  Her husband, Brian is a firefighter in Stow and they are the parents of Sienna, who is a sophomore in high school and Keeley who is a 5th grader. Sienna is very involved with soccer and Keeley is a student at the Expedition Academy where they receive their education both in and out of the classroom. 

Program:  Carrie introduced our speaker, Brian Walters of the Summit/Medina/Portage Small Business Alliance.  He is a graduate of The University of Akron and Youngstown State University with degrees in business and marketing.   They are funded by the Small Business Administration and so there is no charge for their services.  They work with a combination of existing businesses and new starts to help the businesses be successful.  They also put on educational seminars.   Primarily they work on marketing and financial understanding elements with their clients.  They generally work with individuals from 6 months to 2 years.

We missed many people today either due to illness, the cold weather or travel plans.   Those who attended today were:  Rich Bedell, Dave Christman, Jim Callahan, Roger Cline, Andrea Denton, Sara Drew, Chris DiMauro, Ray Evans, Tony Falcione, Mark Ferguson, Carol Flask, Steve Fry, Christina Gary, Dick Hall, Anne Hanson, Bruce Hill, Brad Jagger, Debbie Kilgore-Eichler, Jim Laber, Carrie Leising, Tom Loepp, Mark Lucco, Jay Minkin, John Murphy, Harry Newman, Bob Oborn, Annette Oborn, John Pribonic, Dave Renninger, Nancy Rice, Dick Spangler, Doris Stewart, Jim Stimler, Marty Tass, Jeff Wagner and Katie Wright.


Bob Oborn
Rotary Club of Stow-Munroe Falls