President Adam Manning welcomed everyone to the Centerville Rotary Club and led reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. PDG Harvey Smith provided the prayer.
Today’s quote provided by Don Overly:"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." William James (American Philosopher)
Thanks to today greeter - Lee Hieronymus
Today’s Announcements:
- Pancake yard signs are available - please take some and put them up all around town.
- President Manning shared photos of Brad Huffman - Rotarian Abroad. He is in Munich for Oktoberfest, with his brother and his host family when he was on a Rotary Exchange in Austria.
- Thanks to Ron, Boyd, Sofie, and Jake who volunteered to help build shelves at Hannah’s Treasure Chest this week.
- Highway cleanup this Saturday could use a few more helpers.
- Victory project was moved to next Thursday, 4-6 pm so Interact students can help.
- Sing Out Polio, District event is on October 23 at On Par in Beavercreek. Karaoke singers will register and perform, then you vote with donations to their jar and all proceeds will go to Polio Plus. You don’t have to sing but come for a great time and vote for the best singer with your donations. See the Sept 22 email from Heidi Schiller for all of the details.
- Sofie announced the next Social will be on Oct 16, at Uptown Cottage again, starting at 5:00 pm.
- Nov 11 - save the date for another social; details to come.
- Arnie announce he and Sofie represented our club as the District hosted this year’s exchange students last Saturday at On Par. Students and their families were in attendance.
- Thanks to Sofie for bringing cookies to the meeting today.
Happy Bucks this quarter will go to Disaster Relief for those affected by the recent flooding in Texas. Rotary District 5840 will distribute the funds.
Pat Beckel was our Sergeant at Arms.
Happy Bucks were generously given for:
- Pat B played golf in Brookville Lake, his son Duncan’s album is available, and he got a 3rd called back from The Voice.
- Dan J looking forward to the daddy/daughter camp out at Camp Kern this weekend.
- Gina S for the rain.
- Ron H shared while he was walking his dog in the morning, he noticed a collection of parents/kids having a breakfast tailgate at the bus stop.
- Patty M (Speaker) was excited to be here and to be Pat’s guest.
- Elda GG was glad to be back after COVID.
- Harvey S was also glad to be back after COVID. It was not fun.
- Lee H Farm Report was about a dog named Maple, who is used by Michigan State to sniff out threats to bee colonies. He can detect a bacterial disease called American foul brood that threatens honeybee larva. Maple even wears a protective suit so he doesn’t get stung by the bees.
- Bob D is hoping for a big OSU win this Saturday.
- Chuck K was glad to see Harvey/Elda and rain.
- Brad T reminded all the Ryder Cup is this weekend and said Mark F 10th anniversary party was great.
- Jim H was glad Elda & Harvey are back.
- Rand O commented about Pat’s friends.
- Jake H shared his wife and her mom went on a trip to Scotland and discovered a Rotary garden.
- Uriah A said the Art Show was a wonderful event: 121 pieces of art and 166 people came to look at it all. Lori Hollenbeck won the People’s Choice award for her sunflower painting.
- Arnie B is looking forward to the Oregon State/Penn State game this weekend, and feels the winner will become #1 in the rankings.
- Sofie A noted the cookies were left over from the social - frozen/thawed for freshness! And gave thanks to Gina for helping with sponsorship seeking. They made several connections one wrote a check right then and there. She’s planning a 63 mile bike ride.
- Carol K was thankful her brother-in-law walked away unscathed after a rollover crash in PA that totaled his car.
- Bill M had a good vacation at Beaver Island in Michigan celebrating his 32nd year anniversary, Saturday after litter pickup, he will be in the dunk tank, at Centerville Library. They had a goal to issue 500 more library cards. He tried to have it be Dunk the Director, but when she declined, they went with Soak the Smarty.
- Adam M turned 41 this week and gave thanks to Boyd for a surprise birthday.
Our speaker this week was Patty McCormick with the Institute of Holistic Leadership.
Patty noted the Institute has been around for 40 years. She is also a member of Heart of Centerville.
Using holistic health includes anything that promotes health and wellness, including eating healthy and exercising,
Patty was born in Beavercreek, where here grandmother owned a grocery store called Cyphers Market. When she got ill, her grandma took her out back to collect something from the woods and make a tea. Try natural remedies first and if that didn’t work, seek medical help. She thought that was the norm for everyone.
Their goal is to take Holistic Medicine into several hospitals. They have been able to improve post opp pain/naseau. They have a 94% success rate with aroma therapy. The biggest problem is not having enough certified aroma therapy/holistic health providers.
The Institute is a state registered school - Institute of Holistic Leadership LLC and have been in Washington Township for 15 years..
They are interested in setting up in schools.
Kettering Hospital is using some of their students in the Cancer center. One of their recent graduates is an 80 year old nurse - did all her classwork on a typewriter, since she doesn’t use computers..
Their goal is more education of the public so everyone can be an educated consumer when choosing health care.
It is a non-regulated industry. Classes teach how to use holistic health options. The also do Employee Wellness programs, including serving healthy brownies - made with beans & spinach.
The website
pubmed.com gives examples of what you can do to improve your health through holistic methods. Lavender oil helps sleep problems without the side effects of drugs.
Patty warned to make sure you’re getting a pure oil. She also recommended taking D3 this time of year keep from having respiratory problems.
The Blue Zones - studied cultures of places in the world where people live to over 100 to learn about their health habits.
They are having a Holistic Health Education Forum on Sat, Nov 1. See the flyer below.
Scotland Rotary garden. Sent by Jake H's wife.