The guests at the meeting included: Doug Bockrath, a former member who has had his application to rejoin the club accepted; Saloni Bagwani, our exchange student from India who came dressed in a Chicago Bulls jersey for Jersey Day at CHS; and Pat McGuire, a housing developer from Columbus, who plans to do business in the area. He was the guest of member Raj Grandhi.

 

Saloni is seen here with the jersey on loan from her host's family, the Biondos, with member

Arnie Biondo to her left. The Biondos came to the area from Chicago.

 

Below is our guest Pat McGuire and his host member Raj Grandhi to his right. Pat was a 

Columbus Rotarian for five years and could possibly join our club.

 

 

Greeters for the next meeting will be: Jennifer Webb and Mark Febus

 

The Centerville Rotary Club met at noon at the Clubhouse at Yankee Trace Golf Course. President Ron Hollenbeck led the Pledge of Allegiance, PDG Sivaji Subramaniam gave the prayer and Don Gerhardt 

led the singing of The Pancake Song to the tune of Take me out to the Ballgame.

 

Unfortunately I did not capture Don as he robustly led the singing of the song, but here 

he is back at the table after the hearty rendition was sung by all.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 

 

Club President Ron Hollenbeck reminded members of the upcoming Rotary Leadership Institute Nov. 5, noting the club will pick up the cost.

 

He said Reclaiming Futures has an event coming Oct. 25, but the late notice said the deadline for letting them know was last Friday.

 

Ron said the Centerville Band is hosting its inaugural Centerville Jazz Band Community Night at the Centerville High School Stadium Oct. 22, on Pancake Breakfast fundraiser day. It's from 4 to 8 p.m. and includes a food truck rally from 4 to 8:30 p.m. At 6:30 p.m. the Jazz Band will be performing its competition show, The Windmills of Your Mind. There's no charge, but the band will be selling drinks and accepting donations. Proceeds go to the Centerville Band Boosters, who support the more than 600 students in the band programs.

 

Ron said our Operation Warm project coats, all 414 new winter coats for kids, 69 cases of coats, arrived and that Hannah's Treasure Chest had begun the unwrapping of the coats for distribution. The club brought in about $7,400 for coats in the last five years, buying 1,350 new coats that were donated to area kids through the help of Hannah's Treasure Chest and local social agencies that supplied the names and sizes of those in need. He took pictures, which should be posted soon on our Facebook Page.

 

Ron said we should be thinking of our pick for the Rotarian of the Year Award and he noted that the board has approved updates to the bylaws, which he will provide more details on later. 

 

We will also have a special guest, DG Mike Kelly, at the holiday dinner, who has accepted our offer to be there after his great speech.

 

Ray Merz said 15 people signed up to help in distributing the thesauri and dictionaries

in the area third and fifth grades and said several more people were needed so there will

be two people going to each school. Two more people volunteered. 

 

Joyce Young said the Lincoln Society of Dayton president sent a letter of appreciation for the club's donation for the Lincoln statue by the County Courthouse in Downtown Dayton. The Centerville Rotary name is on the plaque there as well as Joyce Young's name, Ron said, as Joyce also gave a contribution on her own.

 

Boyd Preston noted that Friday, Nov. 18, will be our next service day at the House of Bread. Volunteers are needed from 9 to 2 p.m. to help with making and serving a warm meal to those in need.

 

Chuck King noted that there were 11 dictionaries and 24 thesauri at the back of the room for those needing one to take along when they distribute the books to the third and fifth graders.

 

HAPPY BUCKS:

Sgt-at-Arms Erich Eggers collected Happy Bucks for A Day of Caring, 365. Last week the money went to CHS's Spirit Chain Challenge.

Carol Kennard gave Happy Bucks for missed meetings because of her Springfield parks job.

Shelley Fisher gave $5 for being here and for Pancake Breakfast Week.

Harvey Smith and Brad Thorp gave Happy Bucks and Jim Hester gave $10 in Happy Bucks, chiding the Biondos for decking Saloni out in a jersey other than one from an Ohio team like the Cleveland Indians or Cleveland Cavaliers.

Kim Senf-Paras also gave a Happy Buck for Jersey Day at the high school.

Arnie Biondo gave for the new member social, which had about 20 people at Ollies Oct. 18.

Tom Broadwell gave for A Day of Caring, 365, and Adam Carter gave $5 to mention the MUSICA program at St. George's Episcopal Church Saturday and Sunday...Times  and cost..$12,,were included in the last bulletin, though somehow the computer deleted the location when an addition was added to the notice (too much backspacing).

Matt Kuhn gave $20 for letting us know his daughter had a perfect score on her law school entrance exam. Way to go! Matt said she got her brains from her mother. "I've still got mine," he added, to everyone's delight at his quick wit.

Deb Dulaney gave $2 Happy Bucks for being here and for the Pancake Breakfast Fund-raiser Saturday.

Tracie Hoker gave $2, Jim Harris gave, and Brian Hayes gave, noting his daughter got grades in the upper 95-96s....another smarty in the family.

John Beals gave to mention again the upcoming election Nov. 8, noting it includes Issue 3 for Centerville, a half a percent income tax increase that would help fund police and other budget needs.

Greg Horn gave a couple Bucks, noting the asphalt paving on Main St. has been successfully completed with work during the night-time hours.

Raj introduced his friend Pat, and Sivaji Subramaniam gave, and Dan Johnson thanked those who came to the Oct. 18 social, despite knowing that Boyd, Ron and Peachy would all be there.

Dave Trout was happy about a number of things, including football games, grandchildren playing select soccer and a straight-A Vanderbilt granddaughter home for three days. 

Erich added his Happy Bucks at the end, mentioning the Alabama, Texas A&M game. He said he would not be here for Pancake Day, but made up for it as a Platinum Sponsor, with his business Remodeling Designs, along with Ardent technologies, the other Platinum Sponsor.

The Gold Sponsors included: Bob Ross Auto Group, The Edward Jones Offices in Centerville, and WesBanco.

Silver Sponsors included: Pickrel, Schaeffer and Eberling; Paragon Financial Services Ltd.; Oberer Companies; Centerville Service Center; Lexur Appraisal Services; Taft; LCNB National Bank; Americcan Testing Services, Ltd; Winans Chocolates and Coffees; Mark Fornes Realty; Snyder (Brick and Block); and Robertson Law, A Legal Professional Association.

 

Judy Budi gave, noting that the clean-up crew for Pancake Day has one of the tougher jobs, though it does not compare to the heavy lifting of the crew that moves the signs, grills, etc. A good job by all...Thanks in advance to the volunteers in and out of the club that help make this a success year after year, especially the Pancake Committee workers...led by Carol Kennard and Gerry Eastabrooks, who are pictured below and led the speaker section of our meeting, making sure everyone, especially those new to the club, know the way the various shifts work and the process of sign-in, etc. See below.

But first, a word and pictures from our member PDG Sivaji Subramaniam, who had the pleasure of sitting with both the famous Dr. Henry Heimlich and our International Rotary President John Germ and his wife Judy at the Hyatt Regency in Cincinnati at the recent conference of the Southwest Rotary districts 30 and 31. Seats for 50 Rotarians outside those districts were available and a number of our Rotarians attended. Thanks for the pictures Sivaji. He said Dr. Heimlich is 97. Included below is a brief statement about Dr. Heimlich and a statement from him listed on the Internet.