President Uriah Anderson welcomed everyone to the Centerville Rotary Club and led reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Brian Hayes provided the prayer.
Today’s quote provided by Don Overly: "Kindness is like snow - It beautifies everything it covers.” – Lebanese writer Khalie Gibran
Today’s Announcements:
Thanks to today’s greeter, Dale Berry
Welcome today’s guests:
Guest of Wayne Davis, Judge Steven Abshire
Kristy Spivey’s husband Blake
Brad Huffman’s daughter, Bella
The Board approved the following new members -Tom Achor, Jake North, and Patricia Campbell (note: slides were shown of Patricia’s son, Colin, speaking at a Rotary Club in Germany.)
First Pancake Committee meeting of the year was held today. There’s still time to join!
PDG Sivaji Subramaniam inducted Gary Hayes as a member of the Centerville Rotary Club. Sivaji was his sponsor and Adam Manning was his mentor.
Gary is the General Manager at Bob Ross Buick GMC, and has been in the car business for 36 years. He said he joined Rotary to “Be a part of where I’m at, not just where I live.” He and his wife have 4 kids and 13 grandkids, the 13th was just born. Welcome to the club, Gary!
Happy Bucks recipient this quarter is District 6670 Local Disaster Relief.
Pat Beckel was our Sergeant at Arms with assistance by Brian Hayes.
Happy Bucks were generously given for:
Pat B for the younger folks here today as speakers, and tomorrow night Duncan performs live with guests at Beckel’s Humidor.
Don O enjoyed being here.
Harvey S for the new member.
Elda GG was happy to be back, her allergies are down.
Bob D said we are one day closer to football starting up again.
Jackie D for today’s guests
Brad H shared Bella is starting golf lessons.
Adam M for guests and sad for passing of Washington Township Trustee, Sharon Lowry.
Gina S said her Dad received 10 birthday cards one day, then 25 the next, and is still receiving them. There’s still time to send one if you’d like.
Carol K for new member, Gary and today’s guests.
Ron H for today’s guests, new member, Gary, and he is happy to take notes next week.
Mark K for the cooler weather and that OSU football starts in 5 weeks.
Jeff S had a great time at Lake Geneva.
Sofie A welcomed Gary and today’s guests, and she had a great time exploring the Akron/Canton area, including President McKinley’s house, and the historic Seiberling House.
Tom A celebrated his 76th birthday with UDF peach ice cream. Happy Birthday!
Lee H’s Farm Report was on 4-H being the largest youth development program with 500,000 volunteers, 3,500 volunteers, and 6 million 4-H’ers. The program was started in Conover, Clark County, OH by A.B. Graham.
Uriah A will miss next week.
Wyatt T had a great vacation last week - he and his wife left the country while she’s 32 weeks pregnant but didn’t give birth yet.
Kristy S had a great time on an 8-day cruise, it’s almost the weekend and she’s looking forward to listening to live music (Duncan).
Gary H gave thanks for accepting him into Rotary. He’s very excited to be part of the Club.
Sivaji gave congratulations to Gary and welcomed today’s guests.
Judge Abshire said Rotary is a great organization, and he’s happy to be here.
Pat B shared that during last week’s Party in the Park, the wind started dragging a tent. Wayne rescued ladies and tents, while the storm raged on and made sure all were safe. Thank you, Wayne!
Our speakers today were members of the Young Professionals Club: Ryan Fox, President, Blake Spivey, Secretary, and Stephen Sleazack, Vice President.
Pat Beckel introduced our speakers as part of the group first called 30 Under 30 but now, Young Professionals. They are a networking group of young people doing great things. And we want to keep them here.
Ryan shared the group started with a 5-person group chat at Beckel’s Humidor. There are currently 20 members and most are under 30 years old. They are the business leaders of the future and include eight CEOs. They meet at 6 pm every other Thursday at the Humidor.
The meeting structure includes:
Introductions. Some people come from as far as Cincinnati.
“Flowers” handed out to thank others for what they did to help.
Guest speaker. Previous speakers include Pat Beckel, Tom Young, Jesse Gaither, Butch Carter, Judge Patricia Campbell, Kenny Williams, John Thomas. They share about various aspects of business practices, leadership skills, etc. Pass along any that would fit, and inspire.
Breakout groups.
End with dinner.
Blake Spivey, Secretary, shared about the change in technology in business. He said those who will survive are using AI. AI is in 91% of all marketing. 80-90% of Super Bowl commercials were AI generated. Businesses who utilize AI will be the successful ones. He uses an AI Notetaker to take notes at meetings.
Stephen Slezack, VP, said the most beneficial aspect of this group is the peer to peer interactions. It is impactful to be able to share problems, talk through issues, and mentor each other. He said he originally lacked confidence, but networking at the Humidor helped him gain confidence.
President Anderson thanked the speakers, led the group in reciting the 4 Way Test and wished everyone a good week.
GREETER SCHEDULE
Please arrange for a sub if you are unable to greet on your assigned day or contact Jackie D'Aurora.
JULY
July 30 Bill Menker & Arnie Biondo
AUGUST
August 6 Ron Bowersocks & David Williamson
August 13 Bob Daley & Rand Oliver
August 20 Wayne Davis & Don Overly
August 27 Frank Perez & Ron Hollenbeck
ROTARY NEWS
Rotary District 6670 Night at the Dragons at Day Air Ballpark.
We have reserved Saturday night, August 8, for our event. Game time is 7:05 PM. Tickets are $18.32 including a small service charge, and $7.50 from every ticket will be donated to the End Polio Now fund at The Rotary Foundation. You can use this link to purchase tickets:
and pay for your tickets by credit card. Dragons’ tickets are virtual. Tickets can be put right on your phone. Order now for the best seats.
FROM ARNIE BIONDO:
Hey, you avid golfers. Here is a cool (in more than one way) opportunity for golf. See attached.
The Fairborn Rotary and Jordan, Ink., host the event to raise money for outbound youth exchange students. This year, Isa Wright,he daughter of our former member Sherre, was awarded a $2000 scholarship. That pretty much covers the round trip air fair.
So, if you would like some golf without sweating your brains out, sign up and help an area kid go on exchange next year.
Winners get $200 each!
Club Information
Welcome to our Club!
Service Above Self
Thursdays at 12:00 p.m.
Golf Club at Yankee Trace
10000 Yankee Street
Centerville, OH 45458 United States of America
Join us any Thursday Noon-1 pm for lunch, camaraderie, and an interesting program!
This is a new section where members can share Rotary projects they discover as they travel around the world. Please send your photo and location to Carol at cgkennard@woh.rr.com
Rotarian Sofie Ameloot found these Rotary signs in Canton, OH.
