Centerville Rotary Club Meeting Feb. 20, 2020
Official Greeters for the week:
02/20/2020 Rick Hauser and Terry Hanauer
02/27/2020 Jim Stuart and Brad Thorp
03/05/2020 Tom Groszko and Katie Neubert
03/13/2020 Jill Reid and Bill Menker
Our official greeters for the day were Rick Hauser and Terry Hanauer
Before they arrived Dale Berry and Harvey Smith shared the duties
They greeted our official greeters when they finally arrived, shortly before the meeting began.
Harvey's on the left, Dale on the right and in between is Rick (left) and Terry (right)
Jeff Senney arrives with his guest, Suzanne Summers.
Sofie Ameloot is greeted by the group of four.
It's a busy day for all and cold and blustery outside, but Rick and Terry make it all seem warm
and cheerful inside. As did Harvey.
It's steak this day and baked potatoes and pumpkin and lemon pie and other choices too.
You see Don Overy (L) and Susan Schnell fourth from left, in this picture below.
Susan has agreed to look into taking the RYLA position left vacant by John Beals passing.
It's a leadership two-day program held at Camp Kern and our club usually pays for two
local students to attend. The school helps find the students who would most benefit from
this program. Students who have attended usually come back with loads of new friends and
ideas. They come to Rotary and tell us about their experiences.
Everyone is well into the meal now.
Bill Menker was made a new member last week.
Mike Norton-Smith, Centerville's Economic Development Administrator,
who is the guest of Wayne Davis, said he is a potential club member.We hope so.
And from the looks of things here, it's about time to go home after the speeches, as this
shows the end of the meeting.
The Centerville Rotary Club met at Yankee Trace at noon for the weekly meeting. President Chuck King led the Pledge of Allegiance. Vice President Brian Hayes gave the prayer, and the singing of My Country Tis of Thee was led by Brad Thorp.
Irene Ullmer couldn't quit singing it and was interrupting those trying to give their 4-Way Test Contest speeches, so we were asked to leave the room after the first speech was given. At 96, one has a mind of her own. Anyway, we weren't the judges, so the speeches went on without disruption.
Guests this week: Suzanne Summers, guest of Jeff Senney, Mike Norton-Smith, guest of Wayne Davis.
Menu this week: NY Strip, baked potato with sour cream, broccoli.
Menu next week: Chicken Alfredo and garlic rolls
President Chuck King presided over the meeting.
Announcements:
President Chuck King thanked our official greeters and helpers.
Last week just one student out of four supposed to show up from Centerville High School for the 4-Way Speech Contest arrived and gave his five minute speech. This week the 7 Alter High School students participating in the contest all showed up along with their teacher, Audrey Miller. Sofie Ameloot, Mark Febus, Deb Dulaney, Judy Budi, and Jim Harris were the original judges who volunteered to listen and rate the speeches. No decision was made during the meeting.
President King noted that the presentation of the Paul Harris pins will be Feb. 27, when Frank Scott, currently our Rotary Foundation chair, will preside in Joyce Young's absence.
The Senneys will be hosting an event at Zinks, Tuesday March 31st from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. featuring guest speaker Andra Watkins, a best-selling author and motivational speaker, who spoke to the club August, 2018. If interested, RSVP Jeff at jsenneny@pselaw.com.
President King noted earlier that Frank Scott has been chosen to be District Governor for the year 2022 to 2023.
He said Shannon Graham sent an e-mail to everyone looking for people to attend Rotary District 6670 membership champion facilitator training on Feb. 15 at the Greene County Career Center from 8:30 a.m. to noon. RSVP to GSlcontractors@gmail.com
President King said Service Days will be in late April and include Hannah's Treasure Chest, the Food Bank, Project Read, and Shoes for the shoe-less.
Ron Hollenbeck said he will be going with Greg Bixler to Florida to meet with and hopefully partner with clubs there to do more projects in Africa to provide clean and fresh water.
President King said the District Conference will be April 23-25 in Wilmington,OH. The project on the 25th from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. will be supporting "Sleep in Heavenly Peace," a project building beds for children who don't have any. Mike Watkins from Butler County was our guest speaker Dec. 5. They are hoping for 150 people to participate.
District grant requests are due at the end of April. Operation Warm, Dictionaries and Thesauri, are on the agenda and possibly Caring cradle/cuddle cot.
Happy Bucks were not collected by Sgt.-at-Arms Erich Eggers and Gerry Eastabrooks
because of the time needed for the speeches this day. This is a past picture.
Happy Bucks this quarter go for our local chapter of the Alzheimer's Association.
Speakers of the Week: Seven students from Alter High School delivering five minute
speeches for the 4-Way Test Contest.
The seven students from Alter High School showed up with their teacher Audrey Miller, who teaches speech and English.
They are (L to R): Shay Hicks, Lydia Alexander, Anna Brown, Lindsay Rich, Anna Sweeney, India Murphy, and Branden McDonald.
The meeting is usually adjourned with the reciting of the Four-Way Test
