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This Week at Centerville Rotary 
April 6, 2017
 
Our two new members, Kisha Taylor and Brad Huffman, are seen below at today's induction.
Kisha is second from left and Brad is next to her with his sponsor Ron Hollenbeck, our club president. Ann Blackburn, Kisha's sponsor, is at very left and PDG Harvey Smith, who conducted the induction is at the right of the picture. Congrats to both!
 
 
 
 
Speakers
Apr 13, 2017
Co. Overview & Importance of Helping Our Community
Apr 20, 2017
Club Assembly @ Kennard Nature Nook
May 04, 2017
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) Retreat
May 11, 2017
Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission - A Shared Vision Across the Region
May 18, 2017
Montgomery Cty Planning Commission- Latest Developments/ Plans Overview
Jun 01, 2017
Various- To be determined
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Bulletin Editor
Kitty Ullmer
Sponsors
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Arnie Biondo
April 11
 
Mark Febus
April 14
 
Dan Johnson
April 16
 
Dale Berry
April 20
 
Lee Hieronymus
April 30
 
Anniversaries
Jim Briggs
Mary Ann Briggs
April 9
 
Join Date
Dale Berry
April 2, 2009
8 years
 
Gerry Eastabrooks
April 5, 2012
5 years
 
Jim Harris
April 5, 2012
5 years
 
Kitty Ullmer
April 10, 2008
9 years
 
Carrie Lifer
April 28, 2016
1 year
 
Russell Hampton
National Awards Services Inc.
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Rotary's Theme for 2016-17
 
The GREETERS​​​: ​​​​ 
 
04/13/2017 Sara McGarvey and Joyce Young 
04/20/2017 Graham Ross and Brian Bergmann (At Kennard Nature Nook on McEwen Road)
04/27/2017 Sara McGarvey and Kisha Taylor
05/ 04.2017 Brad Huffman and Raj Grandhi
If you cannot greet on the day assigned, contact Kitty and she will schedule a replacement.
 
Meeting on 04/06/2017
 
Carrie Lifer and Brian Bergmann were listed as the greeters for this week and both were at the meeting, though it is unclear who was actually greeting, as Carrie said she was merely standing at the door talking to Jim Hester, who was the greeter. Only Jim said he wasn't a greeter. Officially no, but maybe people thought he was. Carrie had been busy with her five month old for several weeks so it was good to see her back and active with the club. We thank whoever shook hands with the incoming crowd. 
 
The greeters at the next meeting will be Sara McGarvey and Joyce Young 
 
This week's guests included: 
 
Autumn Taylor, the daughter of Kisha Taylor, one of our two members inducted today; Rick Hood, a visiting Rotarian from Freemont, Calif., who has visited us several times before when in town; Dr. Sheila Rajaratnam, a guest of PDG Sivaji Subramaniam. Sheila is on the staff at Greene Memorial Hospital and is a prospective member; Missy Mae Walters, in Community Relations for McAfee Heating & Air Conditioning, and a Beavercreek Rotarian; our speaker Greg McAfee, founder and president of McAfee Heating and Air Conditioning; and Al Scott, Miamisburg Rotarian and frequent visitor to our club.
 
 Guest Autumn Taylor (L) is seen here with her mom, our new Rotary member, Kisha Taylor
 
 
Rick Hood, of Freemont, Calif., gives us a big smile in picture below. Thanks for the visit.
Rick. 
 
 
Dr. Sheila Rajaratnam, a prospective new member (hopefully soon), is seen here with ever
loyal to the club, PDG Sivaji Subramaniam.
 
 
Missy Mae Walters, with McAfee Heating & Air Conditioning, is pictured below.
 
Out speaker for the day, Greg McAfee, is seen in the following picture.
 
Al Scott, of Miamisburg Rotary, reminding us of an upcoming Rotary auction...
 
The Centerville Rotary Club met at noon at the Clubhouse at Yankee Trace Golf Course. President Ron Hollenbeck led the Pledge of Allegiance, Brian Hayes gave the prayer, and past club president Brad Thorp led the singing of God Bless America
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 
 
Club President Ron Hollenbeck reminded people to bring in wine, shoes and socks, for the April District Conference in Mason April 28 and 29. The golf outing is April 28. Rob Hendrix is collecting the shoes and socks for the Shoes for Orphan Souls program. Doc Hoback is collecting the wine and cheese/snacks..for the wheelbarrow of wine from our club, to be auctioned off. Jim Harris is collecting it in his vacation absence.
The club will pick up the $100 cost of the conference.
 
A short video was shown about the Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls program with several Rotarians giving a testimonial about the joy of giving new shoes to the orphans and getting a hug in return. Children at Buckner Dominicana were shown receiving the new shoes in a video titled: Hope Shines Here. Since 1999, Buckner has delivered more than three million pairs of shoes to children in 82 countries. Some 30 percent of the shoes stay in the U.S., according to the program's literature.
 
Ron mentioned the Rotary Leadership Institute April 22 at the Greene County Career Center in Xenia. Cost will be picked up by the club. 
 
Ron noted that there is still a need to fill the Club Affairs Director position. It is a coordinating job and allows one to get to know the club and its members and activities better. Ron noted that the Pan Cake Breakfast already has Gerry Eastabrooks at the helm and that Kitty Ullmer writes the Bulletin, and Carol Kennard said she will continue with the Web input, so the work will not all be on the director's shoulders. 
 
Ron said the memorial ceremony for Fred Weir will take place at Grant Park by the Kennard Nature Nook which has just 15-20 parking spaces, so some should park at Normandy Church and car pool to the site at our April 20 meeting.
 
Ron called Kisha Taylor and Brad Huffman, seen below, to be inducted as new members of the club.
 
 
 
After getting their badges with yellow ribbons for being a new member, and having the Rotary pin put on by their sponsors, Kisha and Brad were asked to say something briefly about themselves.
 
Kisha said she has three girls, two in college and her daughter Autumn, who attends Bellbrook High School, where she is a star in track, and also plays basketball.  She is the owner of Green Apples Academy, offering extended care for kids. She said she is excited to get started in Rotary activities.
 
Brad said he is in IT work for the schools, with CDW. out of Chicago. He is the regional executive account manager for K-12 Education at CDW-G. He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Ohio University and an MBA in business administration from Miami University. He said he has five kids and works out of his home. He was a Rotary exchange student in 1995, which "changed my life," he said, adding that it still took him 15 years to join a club. He was attending Miami University and Mike Kelly came as a speaker. He learned that Kelly was the District Governor for our Rotary when he told Kelly he was interested in joining some sort of service organization, he said. Kelly put him in touch with Ron Hollenbeck, our club president, and the rest is history.
 
Ron had sign-up sheets on each table for members to let him know if they will be at the April 20 meeting at the Kennard Nature Nook, as box lunches will have to be ordered for that and he needs to know the exact number needed for the day. 
 
Happy Bucks: Sgt.-at-Arms Erich Eggers collected Happy Bucks for The Victory Project, a privately funded Dayton after-school program for young men involving the three "E's": Education, Entrepreneurship, and Enlightenment.  
 
 
 
Jeff Senney last week told of Rebecca Quinones gathering a trunk load of peanut butter for the House of Bread, which was running short.  He said she also found out they need $1,040 a year to supply milk and he said he thought she got a $250 grant from the AF Base and that we might be able to help out there in the future also. It turns out Rebecca thanked everyone donating to the cause after last week's meeting, as she said she cleared off the Kroger shelves of peanut butter, buying 77 jars. As for the milk, she said she got $500 from the Wright-Patt Officer's Club. The $1,040 would just buy enough milk for a year to be served on the weekends. She said she'd like to get $2,000 so they could also get milk for the kids during the week. 
 
Rob Hendrix gave for the new members and Brian Hayes said he was giving the last dollar he'll ever see, as his daughter's 16th birthday is next week. 
Joyce Young gave for the new members as did many others, including Sivaji Subramaniam, sitting next to his guest, a prospective new member. Peachy gave for being Peachy, and Ann Blackburn gave for the new members. 
Carrie Lifer gave, noting she had been absent for a while with her 5-month old taking a lot of her time. Also, she's a State Farm Insurance Agent, and was picked to be one of 30 agents on a State Farm Advisory Commission, which requires traveling around. 
Arnie Biondo gave for the new members and said he hoped Brad will take an interest in working with the Rotary Youth Exchange program, since he has had a personal experience with the same.
Kisha Tayor gave cheerfully her first Happy Buck as a new member and just for being here.
 
Al Scott....that Miamisburg Rotarian guy.., hearing of the need for milk. said he was giving "$20 to get in touch with the area Mafia to try to get you a cow." He noted that April 22 is the Miamisburg auction, and asked everyone to "hug your family, your spouse..." He said he lost his wife Gail from cancer, and you never know when something will happen.
Lee Hieronymus gave a Happy Buck for a scooter...Jim Harris gave for new members and Ed Flohre gave for the scholarship applicants. Ray Merz also gave for the scholarship applicants, saying all 17 were wonderful.
Greg Horn gave $20 for mulching trees and preparation for Fred's memorial ceremony.
Brad Thorp gave for Boyd coming dressed as Eddie Albert to something or other.
Brian, Dale and Matt gave, and Jim Hester gave for the Reds being tied with Chicago for third place, noting he felt sorry for Brad, Rick and Arnie, of Chicago ilk.
Ron gave for Project Victory, and someone gave for Jim Brigg's colorful socks. Everyone asked about them then, and Jim said on Sunday he would be married for 57 years. 
Our California guest said he was giving the club $20 but would give another $20 if someone would take him home so he didn't have to call a taxi., home being around Clyo and Spring Valley roads, where he has been visiting family. It was agreed, as several members quickly offered him a ride.
 
Today's Speaker:  Greg McAfee, Founder and President of McAfee Heating and Air Conditioning
 
 

Boyd Preston gave a brief introduction of our guest speaker, noting that he is the founder and president of McAfee Heating and Air Conditioning. He said it was started in 1990 by Greg McAfee with $274 and one used truck.

Greg, who wrote It's MY (the MY is x-ed out) Your Dream, with eight tips on how to be successful and build your business, using his own experiences as background, said he had done a lot of odd jobs growing up and at age 19 loaded up a pickup truck and came to Dayton to work for Firestone at the old Dayton Tire Warehouse. He immediately took a liking to Dayton when he went to a phonebooth on Philadelphia Drive in 1983 to look up a place to live. He said a lady overheard what he said and told him he could come home with her and her husband to live until he found a place. "I'm a realtor," she said. That's when he first learned about giving, he said. "We give a lot. We do a lot of giving," he said. He stayed with them for a week and a half near Hara Arena and they helped him find a place to stay.

He said he worked at Firestone for three years and made a lot of money. He was breaking records in lifting and moving heavy objects quickly with a forklift, "but the union said no, you can't do that," he said. At 22 he joined the Marine Corps. He served two years active duty and two years in the reserves. When he came back he took courses in Refrigeration and Heating and Air Conditioning at what is now the Montgomery County Career Center. 

He started out taking a 50 percent pay cut but he learned you start out low and work your way up. After ten months with a company he was told he would never make it as a mechanic.

He went with another company for nine months, with a six percent pay cut. 

Then he decided to put his own shingle out and continue his self education, reading Business by the Book by Larry Burkett. He started his business with an old used truck and adding just one person a year for the first fifteen years, he said.

He got married the same year he started his business in 1990, he said. The kitchen cabinets were filled with sticky notes. He said you've got to be on the same page with your spouse when starting a business. You have to be a team. 

He started right away getting his name out by sponsoring a little league baseball team. It only costs $75 to $250 to sponsor a team, he said. At first it found it "really cool to see my name on a shirt," he said. Firestone puts its name on Hot Wheels, he said. People remember. 

In 2006 he started the McAfee Foundation for children and youth, partnering with Children's Hospital, to help children with respiratory problems. Sometimes a family needs to have an air conditioner put in before the child gets home from the hospital, he said. They may need asthma pumps or air filters. The Foundation helps support the Freedom Alliance and the Victory Project. They just donated a van to the latter group, he said. They also help Artemis. They found little kids didn't have beds to lie on so they had a program to give 12 twin beds a month, and a Safe Sleep Program. They had a Radio-thon, raising $350,000 to $400,000 in two days. They co-sponsored a Ronald McDonald House Radio-thon, to get money to help with their needs. 

He said they also give out ten scholarships of $2,500 each to high school seniors who win through an application process. They only have to have a C average, but have to show that "we can count on them."

He said a girl with spina bifida had a team of friends who helped her get $2,500 towards getting a dog to help her. They needed $20,000, so McAfee stepped in and paid for a pretty good chunk of it, he said. They have also sponsored Shop With a Cop.

Rather than paying back, he said he believes in paying forward. Paying it forward makes you more content, he said. "It evokes gratitude. You get for giving. We want our hands open, not always closed. Sometimes we've got to let go. Have you ever seen a U-Haul behind a hearse?" he asked to everyone's laughter. "My relationship with God and Giving fills me," he said. 

In closing, he was asked to pick a ticket out of the club's basket for the 50/50 raffle.

He did, and then he asked that four more tickets be drawn, as he wanted to give out four of his books, It's My (My is crossed out) Your Dream; Eight Elements to Guide Your Business Success.

As one of the lucky recipients of the book, I can attest that Greg walks the walk. His book is filled with examples of how he built his business step by step, with one of the main tenets, working hard, along with learning to delegate, advertising, planning, giving, innovation, etc.

Next week's speaker is Lisa Tucker, the owner of Bill's Donut Shop, along with her brother Jim. They are the daughter and son of the late Bill Elam and his widow Faye Elam, who started the shop and moved it several times before locating where it now is. He (Faye has always kept in the background, though she has always been a part of the business) was known for his giving spirit and helping others, and Lisa and Jim have carried on that tradition, as you will hear from her. Their brother Bill decided against becoming a part of the business when their father died, and he now works in the construction field.

 

Behind the scenes greeter Jim Hester...Who me?...seen below.

 

 

The club members ended the meeting by reciting the words of Rotary's Four-Way Test.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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