Jenny Stotts currently volunteers as the Membership Chair of Rotary District 6690. She is a charter member and past President of the Rotary Club of Athens Sunrise. Her favorite Rotary activities include RYLA and Paddle for Polio Plus, an annual event featuring kayaks. Professionally, Jenny Stotts is the Executive Director of the Athens CASA/GAL program, and the Regional Coordinator of Southeast Ohio CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates). She describes herself simply as: Mother, Wife, Friend , Social Worker, Rotarian and Trouble - Making Millennial.
Synopsis of todays presentation: Jenny Stotts shared some updates and resources from the District Membership Team as well as share a little on her perspective of membership engagement and sustainable growth , Which she fondly calls "Rotary Happy".
Dr. Elaine Mardis is Co-Director of the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children's Hospital. Dr. Mardis shared with us the tremendous strides made in Genomic Medicine. Genomic is a field of biology which focuses on the structure , function evolution , mapping and editing of genomes. Here are a few of the screenshots from today. See more screenshots on our Flickr site. https://flic.kr/s/aHsmUnTPjX
Dr. Mardis provided a comprehensive overview of the past, present, and future of genomic medicine for treating cancers in adults. This background served as a foundation for describing the program she and others developed for The Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine (IGM) at Nationwide Children's Hospital to advance research and treatments for pediatric cancers.
The human genome is the collection of genes that comprise all humans. This mapping of the human genome, first completed in 2003, established the baseline. By comparing this baseline with the genes in cancer cells, researchers can isolate the differences and develop targeted drug therapies.
She went on to talk about some of the challenges unique to pediatric cancer research, including obtaining FDA approval, clinical trials often exclude pediatric patients, the rarity of certain pediatric cancers. More importantly, while long-term survival has improved, adult survivors of pediatric cancer remain at risk for a shortened life span, including a secondary cancer diagnosis. IGM studies are committed to changing this reality.
She concluded her presentation by talking about what's next. This research holds promise for improving health outcomes in other areas, including behavioral health, epilepsy, immune response, and infectious diseases.
Dublin Chief of Police Justin Paez began his career in law enforcement in 2001 and has been a member of the Dublin Police Department since 2003. During his career, Chief Paez has served as a Patrol Officer, Patrol Corporal, Accreditation Sergeant, Community Impact Unit Sergeant, Lieutenant, Operations Bureau Commander, Services Bureau Commander, and Deputy Chief of Police.
See more photos from the meeting on our Flickr website, including some of the presentation and screenshots of our group!
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Polar Bear was a great success again! Special Recognition Pete Fuhlbrigge and Sinan Yaykin and all the members that contributed to a great Event.
Sunny Street Café again had a terrific breakfast for our 77 golfers and see all the pictures on Flickr. A few are below on our website.
Our sponsors make it all worthwhile:
Event Sponsor Andy Keeler with Keeler & Nadler
Todd Beckett – VCA
Calvin Gebhart – First Citizens National Bank
2021 Goal: Critical incident response
and preparedness
In-service training for officers
Legal update
Weapons proficiency
Scenario-based training
Policy updates
Duty to intervene
Duty to report
Pointing of a firearm
Officer-involved critical incidents
2021 Goal: Enhance and demonstrate our ability to effectively address issues of significant community concern
Chief’s Advisory Committee resulted from local protests; focuses on equitable police practices
PD building connection with the community
Topics of discussion: Officer-involved critical incidents, response to resistance, rendering aid, body camera policies, response to civil disturbances, School Resource Officer program
Framework
Critical incident response and preparedness
Theft offense reduction throughout the city
Overall traffic safety improvement
Addressing issues of significant community concern
While the crime rates are low in Dublin, as you can see on this visual slide, the message is clear:
The 24th Annual Dublin AM Rotary Polar Bear Golf Open was on Saturday, February 6th. - Photos from the event are now on our Flickr website: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmUcqrNv
Thank you to Pete Fuhlbrigge and Sinan Yaykin for leading a successful 24th Annual Polar Bear Golf Outing.
What did our success look like?
14 degrees
Sunshine
4 - 6 inches of snow
72 happy golfers
The Polar Bear Golf Outing raised over $ 9,500.
A special thank you to our Sponsors:
Major Sponsors were:
Keeler & Nadler Family Wealth Planning – Andy Keeler - Title Sponsor - $2500
and
Veterinary Centers of America – Tod Beckett - Penguin Sponsor - $2500
Sunny Street Café and Catering – Aschraf Mikhail, $500 in kind
First Citizens Bank – Calvin Gebhart, $500
Embroidery Design Group – Jim Bandeen
Jeff Schoener – Golf Clubs and Pull Cart - $100 Subsidy
Steve Newell – Guest Sponsor, $100
Faye Herriott – OSU Grey foursome top prize, $320
24 Golf Hole Sponsors, $2400
Thank you to our Volunteers:
Bruce Andrews
Joel Campbell
Amy Barnhart
Rich Weber
Roberta Kayne
Andy Keeler
Allen and Victoria (Rotaract)
Raffle Winners were:
Golf Clubs: Teresa Russell
Pull Cart: John Thompson
Overall Golf Outing Winners:
1st Place: Jonathon Peirson, Jon Vulgmore, Lucas Thornton, Matt Duer
2nd Place: Matt Williams, Ryan Westman, David Boone, Eric Dawson
3rd Place: Keith Larmi, Zach Shenk, Evan Wilcox, Phil Lowden
*Our Polar Bear fundraiser continues strong! Tomorrow February 6th we have 77 golfers, 5 foursomes from Mike Isler’s guests alone and super event sponsor Andy Keeler and participating Sponsor VCA and Todd Beckett and First Citizen’s sponsorship Calvin Gephardt. We also have several Hole Sponsors that continued from last year’s Polar Bear event.
*Thank you to the many guests attending this morning’s meeting, please come visit again.
*Welcome to our newest member Stephanie Murrow, glad Dwight sponsored you and you will be in our Club.
*Two board seats are now vacant with the move of Jim and Sue Burness to new community and career opportunity in Florida. Please see David Bentz or Mike Isler if you would like to discuss a role.
*Tom Kleven joined the meeting this morning to announce our club won 3 awards for our contributions to the District and national level programs and a Special Award was given to Claudia Trusty for her work and diligence for the district and Rotary.
*Sue Robenalt congratulated Paul Harris contributors : Laurie Reinbolt
Page Vornbrock
Ramona Penland Coyle
Dwight Seeley
Our very own Susan Burness introduced our guest speaker today:
Brent Crawford has guided the vision of Crawford Hoying since 1994, in which he has grown a single investment property into one of the largest real estate firms in Columbus, Ohio.
Brent Crawford has spoken at many events as a guest speaker covering topics on current real estate trends, multi-family markets and development growth in Central Ohio.
Brent Crawford serves on the Boards of Sophisticated Systems and The Ohio State Sports Medicine Center, Cameron Mitchell Restaurants and is the current President of the Center for Real Estate at The Ohio State University . Brent Crawford is a 1995 graduate of The Ohio State University holding a Bachelor's Degree in Communications .
Brent Crawford shared the status of residential, hotel and retail property occupancies and how well Bridge Park is doing in the current environment. Bridge Park development is continuing to expand and grow and we heard about Block G activities in the future.
This week we welcomed Anita Zucker who spoke to the club about Leadership and Resilience. You can see the video of our meeting here; Anita was introduced by former member Sandy Morckel (starting at 9:09) Anita's speech starts at 13:28). To see more screenshots, go to our Flickr page
Anita is past President of the Charleston Rotary club and the Chairman and CEO of The Intertech Group. She is an education activist and philanthropist who supports and serves on the board of numerous non-profits and institutions in the Charleston region and nationally.
Anita said in her family resilience was taught by her mother. Though she was small in stature with humble demeanor, Rose had the heart of lioness. When the Germans invaded her Polish village, Jews were sent to live in ghettos. Over the next year, the Germans conducted several actions against the Jews in the ghetto, killing many, including Rose’s father, brother, and other family members. Rose hid her family in multiple places she called “living graves”: underground, under barns, and other places. She saved her mother, 2 younger brothers and a baby niece. When she returned to Ludmir in 1945, there were only 125 surviving Jews from what was a population of over 25,000.
Anita spoke of the leadership qualities of Women. Women tend to view work more holistically, as a component of their life than men. They value meaning, purpose, and connection with co-workers. They are great listeners, motivated by challenge, multi-taskers, and have high emotional intelligence.
Thanks to values and perseverance of late husband Jerry Zucker when the time came for her to step forward and lead, Anita was ready to put her own strengths into action. She said they had a wonderful team in place and no leader can accomplish great things without talented and gifted individuals who support them.
Her company has adopted a strategic approach to make a profit and give back. Their mission statement: Invest profitably in a diverse global group of business while retaining our core values and providing for our employees, communities, and world at large. They strive to be good stewards in companies in which they invest. Anita feels that great achievements are made by leading by example and inspiration rather than dictation. She said one of the major realizations she had as a leader was recognizing the power of her voice. No matter what our position or role in life, each of us was placed here for a reason, and we all need to speak up for a greater good.
Anita said that 2020 has challenged us to be resilient, but life and healing must go on.We have to be aware of the impact of our actions and the legacy that we leave. Legacies are not just about oneself, they are about other people and what they gain as a result of interacting with us. The key question we must consider is: How am I making a difference?
She fights hard for racial equity, social justice, diversity, and inclusion and educating people about these issues.She is using her voice to fight for hate crimes legislation in South Carolina.
Lyle Brown-Past Rotary President in Upper Arlington & potential member
Stefanie Morrow- prospective member and potential future speaker
Morgan Jolliff Mellon- Alpha Group came back to visit
Frank Dillenschneider- consummate guest and always welcome
Ben Shinaberry- ACPA joined and had an announcement
Announcements – Happy Birthday this week - Lou Charobee
Polar Bear guarantees a snowy day and we are only 15 days away!
Ben Shinaberry joined the meeting to share a big Thank You for the contribution to the Arts focused school and the good work they were able to share because of the Dublin AM Rotary donation. Jim Burness shared and introduced Ben.
An interesting and impressive presentation on Equine Therapies by Dr. Lori Kepford
Many different programs are helping many different young people:
Tjeraputic Riding
Equine Assisted Therapy/Counseling
Equine Assisted Learning
1. Respect for self and others
2. Improved Communications and Counseling
3. Boundary Setting
4. Empathy towards others
PTEC programs
Pony Pals
Funding Sources are community clubs and organizations, individua donors and the founder herself.
Doug McCollough, the Chief Information Officer of the City of Dublin for the past five years, provided an overview of the journey the City has taken to reach the goal of pursuing to make Dublin “The Most Connected City in the World”.
DublinAM Rotary Presentation
January 15, 2021
Our invocation was led by Julie Rinaldi and Calvin Gebhart led our pledge of allegiance.
Our Assistant District Governor, Tom Kleven, recognized the participation of the DublinAM Rotary members in the 125 club this year.
Peter Fuhlbrigge provided an update on the Polar Bear. Keeler&Nadler is the event sponsor, with proceeds from the event to the Dublin Food Pantry. While this year's event will be different, probably limited to golf, outdoor drinks, and two raffle items, this is an essential fundraiser for the club. There are still hole sponsorship opportunities and plenty of room for more golfers! See https://www.dublinam.org/sitepage/polar-bear-golf-open for registration details.
Doug McCollough has been the Chief Information Officer of the City of Dublin for the past five years. As CIO of the City of Dublin, Ohio, Doug McCollough has embraced the rich community of innovation that is Central Ohio. Through collaborations and partnerships he has worked to connect people to opportunities, remove barriers, and promote change in initiatives ranging from Smart and Connected Cities, IT Workforce Development, expanding broadband access, Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, and Blockchain in Government. He has spoken as a Subject Matter Expert and advocate on technical subjects, diversity and inclusion, and using technology for community development.
Prior to joining the Dublin team, Doug held positions within the State of Ohio Departments of Public Safety, Commerce, Industrial Commission, and Medicaid. He served as the Director of Information Technology for the City of Richmond, Virginia, and as a Project Manager at Nationwide Insurance and Alcatel-Lucent. He is on the boards of Per Scholas Columbus, TECH CORPS, Black Tech Columbus, and Jewish Family Services of Columbus.
Doug earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Toledo in Information Systems and Operations Management and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Notre Dame. He is a 2019 Top Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers Honoree, and 2018 Ohio Public Sector CIO Academy Municipality CIO of the Year.
Doug provided an overview of the journey the City has taken to reach the goal of pursuing to make Dublin “The Most Connected City in the World”.
Some of the completed and on-going projects are listed below.
Residential Broadband, Fiber to the Home (FTTH), Dublin is the Most Connected City in the nation
Beta District - attracting new technologies, new companies, new innovators and innovations to the region.
Connected Residents and Smart operations - Forever Dublin, godublin, AR/MR, Kiosks, Dublin Information Bot, Dublin Digital Identity, Blockchain
Dublink 100gig Project, 5G in business, entertainment
Doug described the journey that began with the Dublink fiber project which led to the Smart City and Mobility project. The Smart Mobility project was instrumental in the 33 Smart Mobility Corridor project.
Dublin is also pursuing a smart parking initiative that will eventually allow Dubliners to know where parking is available. Currently there is a pilot with the Darby parking lot.
Internal initiatives include the GoDublin App for service requests, a QR code initiative and a Dublin Chat Bot.
External initiatives include a 100 gig project to enhance our economic development activities and a residential broadband initiative.
Doug wants to continue the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF Institute) which Dublin has won seven times.
Some ongoing projects include the Aging In Place, continuing the Connected Roads initiative and working with MORPC on a Hyperloop initiative.
For more photos/screenshots from the meeting, go to our Flickr page.
David Bentz led the invocation, followed by the pledge led by Dave Williams.
David led the club in a moment of silence for our friend and fellow Rotarian, Mohan Viddam. Mohan offered his talents in service to the club for more than ten years. He was passionate about providing water purification plants in India, free IT training for veterans, and retaining jobs in America. David committed to continuing stewardship for the water purification project through the club and the district.
Julie Rinaldi, CEO at Syntero, introduced Sara Hinson-Mills, Chief Clinical Officer. Sara talked about recognizing and dealing with grief and loss and reminded us that we are not alone, and there are resources available to help us cope. You can watch this segment in the video starting at 4:05.
Announcements:
Polar Bear: Peter Fuhlbrigge provided an update on the Polar Bear. Keeler&Nadler is the event sponsor, with proceeds from the event to the Dublin Food Pantry. While this year's event will be different, probably limited to golf, outdoor drinks, and two raffle items, this is an essential fundraiser for the club. There are still hole sponsorship opportunities and plenty of room for more golfers! See https://www.dublinam.org/sitepage/polar-bear-golf-open for registration details.
Scholarships: Gene Oliver solicited volunteers to review and score scholarship applications; this is work worth doing. You will find it rewarding or double your money back! Thanks to everyone who volunteered during the meeting. Given the volume of applicants, we still need more volunteers. Please email geneoliver@gmail.com with any questions or to volunteer.
Emerald Campus Program Updates: Dr. Hoadley introduced Dr. Julie Blevins and Kristy Vanne, who updated the club on current and new programs available at the Emerald campus. Dublin Schools offers a comprehensive set of offerings to help students achieve academic goals as well as gainful and fulfilling employment. This presentation starts at 21:25, and a PDF copy of the slides can be found here.
Our next meeting will feature Doug McCollough, CIO for the city of Dublin. We hope you can join!
"Husband, father, uncle, brother, friend, businessman and philanthropist, Madan Mohan R. Viddam touched the lives of hundreds of people. Although we are saddened of his passing on January 02, 2021 from COVID-19, his spirit is alive through our shared memories.
He is survived by his wife, Geeta Viddam, and daughters Megana Veeranki & Anjana Viddam.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday, January 06, 2021 between 11am to 1pm EST (9:30pm - 11pm India Time). Due to COVID-19 restrictions and for the safety of everyone, there was no in-person attendance except for immediate family, however, the video is available to view. The eulogies in English begin at 52:50 in the video. Link to view the video: https://pixelrainbowphotog.wixsite.com/mohanviddam
Those who were lucky to have met him know how incredibly passionate, kind, and giving he was throughout his lifetime. Therefore, to commemorate his memory we have set up a donation link to the “Friends of the Homeless” shelter where he cooked and served meals every month for over 15 years. Link to donate: http://gf.me/u/zfgrkt
Lastly, we are awed by the sheer number of people who admired and loved our father dearly and have reached out to us in support. We wish to hear your personal stories and memories to preserve the legacy of our father and his accomplishments throughout his life. If you would like to share a video or letter, please email anjana.viddam@gmail.com or text/WhatsApp to (614)-634-2962 with your name and relationship to Madan Mohan.
Our family truly wishes to thank you for your support and prayers. ૐ
Elliott Castello -Community Services Director- The Alpha Group - presented to Dublin AM Rotary on Friday, 12/18/20. To view the meeting, click here.
Elliott is a 2004 graduate of The Ohio State University who began his professional career as a Group Leader and Clinician at Starr Columbus. In 2009 he entered vocational rehabilitation field as a Job Developer in Columbus. In 2014 the opportunity expanded into and to provide additional services as Director of Community Services at The Alpha Group.
Alpha Group is committed to the belief that people with disabilities have the same rights and responsibilities as all people . The distinct service areas are : community development - integrated adult day services-support living-transportation - work training.
Congratulations to Dave Williamson, 2020 recipient of the Dave Holliday/Faith Williams Leadership Award, chosen by the Dublin AM Rotary Foundation Board of Trustees!
Thank you shoppers! The club surpassed its goal and raised $3,550 for our adopted families this year. The shopping trip was successful and all families are getting everything they asked for.
District Veterans Committee: Thank you to Dwight Seeley and Dave Williamson for their work in establishing the new District veterans' committee, and their leadership on the committee going forward.
Tom McGloshen highlighted an article about Barrow, Alaska, provided some insight from his time spent there, and shared the message that across locations and cultures, we are all more alike than we are different.
Today's Presentation:
Jensen Hykes is a local representative for Boy Scouts of America. Jensen is a product of the Girl Scouts program, having earned her Gold Award. From a scouting family in Northern Ohio, she went on to earn a Bachelor's Degree at Kent State University and now serves as Senior District Executive for Boy Scouts of America.
Dublin is home to 12 Cub Scout packs (grades K-5) and 6 Boy Scouts of America troops (grades 6-12), including one troop of girls. Girls were admitted to Boy Scouts of America beginning in 2019.
Local scouts have met the challenges of 2020 by hosting socially distant and virtual meetings. Programs such as the merit badge and camps were also done virtually. BSA has focused on mental health awareness this year, including leader training. The scouts have shown that they are more committed than ever to community service during these difficult times.
The future of scouting depends on the support of the community. You can help by volunteering as an adult leader, and financial contributions are always needed. Reach out to Jensen at Jensen.Hykes@scouting,org, or visit www.skcscouts.org/donate.
Adopt a Family Shoppers- December 5: It's not too late to help the club reach its goal of raising $3,000 to support families in need. Look for the email from Mike Isler for details. Shoppers will be busy the morning of December 5 followed by wrapping and delivery. Please reach out to Susan Robenalt to join in the fun!
Red Kettle Bell Ringing - December 5 and 12: Come and say hello to your fellow club members at the Kroger on Bridge Street or Perimeter Loop as we raise awareness and much-needed cash. And look for emails from Bruce and Claudia for volunteer opportunities.
Polar Bear Open - February 6: To learn more about how to become a hole sponsor and to register a foursome, click here.
Holiday Zoom Party: Claudia is seeking suggestions for how to do this virtually while still connecting with one another in a meaningful and fun way!
Club Election of Officers - 2021-2022: The proposed slate of officers was introduced. Please see the email from Claudia with details and to register your vote. The deadline to vote is December 5, 2020.
Today's Presentation:
Joe Yersavich is the Manager of your Dublin Branch of Columbus Metropolitan Library and a proud member of the Dublin AM Rotary. Joe has worked for Columbus Metropolitan Library for over 25 years.
The library faces many challenges keeping patrons and staff safe while sustaining core services, including story-time, homework help, public access to computers, job search assistance, reference and research, and access to collections.
The library met those challenges with solutions focused on health (masks, social distancing, health checks), enhancing access to staff (screen sharing and Zoom) and resources online, quarantine protocols for loaned physical materials (96 hours), and curbside delivery for physical materials.
A presentation wouldn't be complete without a Top Ten List - see the full list and presentation here. One key takeaway: If you are not already a member, you can apply for a library card online here. You get the card at home and use it at home to gain access to an extensive collection of physical and e-materials, including books, magazines, databases, and audiobooks.
Thanks to Joe for an engaging presentation and his work in service to an organization that is such a vital part of the community.
Red Kettle Bell ringing is happening on the first 2 Saturdays of December, sign up for your time slot and location now! Check your email from Bruce and Claudia please.
We are all happy to hear that President David Bentz is recovering well with his new bionic hip!
December 5th Adopt a Family Shoppers will be organizing at Kohl’s- please see your Handbid link in email to pass the hat for this long standing holiday Rotary tradition and call Susan Robenalt to join in the shopping, wrapping and driving.
Today's Presentation:
Michael Schoedinger is President of Schoedinger Funeral and Cremation Service in Columbus, Ohio. Mike is the 6th generation owner of the firm.
Todays presentation: Mr. Schoedinger presented facts about Schoedinger Funeral Home and " How do you support the bereaved " , "The Do's and Don'ts of advance funeral planning ", and shared pictures of the new funeral home on Perimeter Drive in Dublin.
Mike Schoedinger - "How do you support the bereaved"
Susan Robenalt is welcoming shoppers again for the Adopt a Family buying event at Kohl’s 12/5 on Sawmill Road. We will be shopping for 3 Salvation Army families and a similar number of Syntero families. Please contact Susan if you can help shop, wrap or transport the gifts.
Handbid has been set up again by Mike Isler to use as our “Pass the Hat” equivalent for the Adopt a Family donations since we are not at our usual meetings. See emails with the links please!
12/5 is also one of the 2 Saturdays for our Red Kettle Bell Ringing at our 2 Kroger locations. Please see your email from Bruce Andrews for the signup.
Pete announced that Polar Bear Golf fundraising is on again this year, in the snow and with fun outdoor times. Possibly a raffle will take place and sponsors, hole sponsors and donations accepted – please book February 6, 2021 for this event at the Safari Golf course for an 8 am shotgun start.
Roberta was pleased to donate the calendar proceeds to the club and raised $400 for our club to support our programs.
Dennis Muchnicki shared concerns about the new North Market not observing safety guidelines or perhaps the patrons were now. He is interested to hear if others experience the same issue. (Word has it that a certain Rotary member familiar with the Dublin City officials took action and we could notice changes?)
Peter Georgiton commented on a news editorial by David Brooks commenting on the decline in socially responsive services clubs including Rotary, known for our generous members, among others.
Peter was brilliant at reminding us how we have kept members, done so much needed work in our community and continue to contribute our time, talent and treasure to global needs.
Perfect transition to David Uhl’s talk about the Polio Plus Program!
Susan West introduced David Uhl, Chair of the District Polio Plus program for our District 6690.
David has an excellent presentation about Keeping Our Promise to the Children of the World to eradicate polio. A few interesting facts:
$1 donated = $3 dollars received because of the Rotary and Bill and Melinda Gates matching gift program.
Other partners include the CDC, World Health Organization and Unicef
150 people have died in the work to eradicate polio
There is a personal fund raising platform available with Rotary International for members who want to raise more for this cause.
Ryan Scribner from Pickaway Progress Partners and Colleen Gilger, City of Dublin Economic Development Director, discussed the two communities' approach to economic development on Friday, 10/30.
Everyone enjoyed the Hybrid Meeting format and the distancing available.
Susan West Announced good news that Africa is now Polio free and that we are down to only 2 countries now with Polio!
Roberta announced that the coat collection started today will continue- please bring to David Bentz porch or make arrangeements with Roberta.
Mike Close collected used flags for proper disposal. If you have one please contact Mike, he makes sure it is appropriately handled.
We Have a New Member that was welcomed officially today - please Meet Kurt Brown
Goodwill is more than a retail store! Their mission is Building Lives that work. Today's presentation highlighted the information about their mission , retail stores, and program and services. Michelle Roberts walked us through the lifecycle of a donation and exactly how that donation impacts our community. All of Goodwill consumers have one thing in common, and that is some type of barrier to employment. Goodwill programs address these barriers and prepare individuals for work.
Michelle L. Roberts - has been employed with Marion Goodwill Industries for 12 years as its Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Mission Services. Michelle Roberts accomplished her Master in Business Administration from Franklin University . Michelle has applied, awarded, managed and developed over 26 programs/grants totaling over 1.2 million dollars .
Justin Vanderhoff - Justin is the Mission Service Development Director . He has worked at Goodwill since January 2017 . Justin develops new partnerships with community businesses, specializing in community collaboration.
Goodwill Industries Speaks at Rotary Hybrid Meeting
This meeting was a very interesting and reassuring time with our Rotary Leadership. Steven Heiser shared why it is more important and impactful now to be a Rotarian.
But first a few announcements:
Saturday is our Rotary Virtual Summit from 9-4:30 and you can come and go on Zoom as the sessions interest you. Please see the emails that have been sent to sign up or go to the Rotary 6690 website.
Next Friday will be a hybrid meeting- Zoom and in person 10/16. Please wear your masks and join in person or on Zoom.
10/20 Rotary Master Class by Ann Ralston
10/24- World Polio Day
District Web site also has service projects
Steve shared his own global experiences in Rotary ad discussed our new President of Rotary's 4 pillars
New inovative club models
Strategic Planning and Next steps
Select New Members
End Polio nd keep our promise to the children of the world
Be for affirmative working for others-Time, Talent, Treasure
Felowship and Service
Discussion on the next 2 annual conferences
A Visit with our District Governor and Leadership Team
David Bentz’s porch is the new location for Roberta’s Toiletries donations and her efforts on behalf of our club has resumed this week in a collection. Here is the information Dave Bentz shared:
This morning, Roberta announced that we are once again collecting toiletries or taxes for the Dublin Food Pantry. You may drop your donations in the box on my front porch for the next several days. My address is 9080 Moors PL N, Dublin 43017 in The Moors section of Muirfield Village.
Next week’s meeting starting at 7:40 will have Steve Heiser as our focused presenter. Please be early and join in.
Julie Erwin Rinaldi CEO of Syntero. Syntero is a long standing contract agency of the Franklin County ADAMH Board shared information about Issue 24 - Franklin County ADAMH levy ballot for this November 3rd , 2020.
Julie Rinaldi shared details about supporting Issue 24 for the mental health levy renewal and slight increase. Julie estimated the costs at $1.90 a month and seeks support for Issue 24 on the ballot. This levy supports critical work happening in our community.
Dwight Seeley, David Williamson, and Skylar Burgess presented the Rotary 6690 research and community focus they advocate in the strategy and plan VetWorks.
Our very own Dwight Seeley has over 30 years of employee benefits management experience in a variety of industries , including professional services , healthcare , insurance , and manufacturing.
Our member David Williamson has had a career that provided a wealth of leadership and administrative experience. David attended Ohio University and upon graduation was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the U S Air Force, and after servicing on active duty for 28 years and completing service with the rank of Colonel.
Mr. J. Skylar Burgess is managing Director of Strategic Clients for Deloitte. He has over 35 years of experience in consulting , sales , sales management and business development.
During Dwight presentation the following content was discussed. Please see the pdf or recorded meeting to see the entire presentation.
Executive Summary
Understanding the VSO Landscape
Defining the Brand
Member Recruitment
Hosting the Symposium
Establishing a Brick and Mortar Location
What’s Next
Please continue the dialogue with our presenters and consider the next steps presented.
Dwight Seeley, David Williamson and Skylar Burgess share the VetWorks strategy and plan
Dublin AM Rotary Zoom Meeting Friday, September 25, 2020
Dublin AM Rotary
Trent Smith, Executive Director of about the Franklinton Board of Trade - A Chamber of Commerce and 501 C3 Organization caring for development and people and community.
Claudia shared a shredding event will be hosted by the city and happening 11/7 from 9-12 here in Dublin at the Rec center parking lot and she will share logistics and more details in an upcoming email.
Calvin introduced our speaker Trent E. Smith and a former banker, now the Executve Director at the Franklinton Board of Trade.
Our speaker today at our Dublin AM Rotary meeting (9/25) was Trent Smith who has been the Executive Director of the Franklinton Board of Trade since January of 2010. The Franklinton Board of Trade serves as the Chamber of Commerce for the Franklinton Community, but unlike a traditional Chamber it is a 501c3 non-profit. This status gives Franklinton the latitude to do important community work based on the three pillars of focus: Advocate - Beautify - Connect. Trent Smith works to create strong relationships in the Business Community , Non-Profit Community and the Residents of the Franklinton.
Very interesting development was shared: the 775 West Broad Fortuity Calling doing call center work and will be doing workforce development.
The Harley Davidson oldest dealership in the country and a major rennovation has been committed to for this area.
Cover My Meds Campus is the other big development news in Franklinton area. Very exciting expansion in this Opportunity Zone area. It is also amazing to hear that 2,000 employees are planned for this HQ building!
The Carol Stewart Village helps At Risk Youth and is a significantly improved area now.
Idea Foundry is also a strong contributor to the access small companies need.
The idea of gentrification without population displacement was a central theme this morning.
Of course the beer must be mentioned as well and Land Grant and Brew Dog come recommended for a game day beverage.
We would have discussed more about the Sciota Peninsula and the development in process but maybe next meeting :)
Calvin’s email and Susan West’s Biography Notes for our 2 speakers today:
Jill Kranstuber , Area Director : Jill is a New Jersey native who moved to Ohio over 30 years ago to attend The Ohio State University. Jill and her husband Chuck have 7 children , all whom attend Dublin City Schools . Jill is an active volunteer in the schools and the community.
Sarah Savage , Area Director : Sarah has been a Dublin resident for over 15 years . She received her undergraduate degree in Education and Counselling Psychology from Vanderbilt University and her master’s degree in clinical counselling from The Ohio State University. Sarah and her husband Brian have 3 children. Sarah is thrilled to promote kindness in our amazing community through Dublin Bridges.
Jill Kranstuber and Sarah Savage, Area Directors for Dublin Bridges , will be sharing the successes and struggles of this relatively new 501(c)(3) organization. Dublin Bridges takes advantage of technology and social media to identify needs in the Dublin Community . Then solves them ! They bridge needs to existing services whenever possible. "Everyone is welcome on our Bridge"
Their attached presentation highlights:
Two truths driving neighborhood bridges…
There are real unmet needs in most communities
There is an ample supply of kindness and resources…
to help us fill these needs J
The rise of poverty in suburban America in this century has been swift and dramatic
More Americans now live in poverty in rural/suburban communities than in large urban centers.
Neighborhood bridges takes advantage of technology & social media to:
Engage the community
Identify needs through an advocacy program
Protect the privacy of those receiving kindness
Foster ANY neighborly act
We will BRIDGE needs to existing organizations who are well suited to provide assistance
a few examples of kindness…
Personal care pantries in all Dublin City Schools!
Financial help with Utilities
Furniture / beds
Summer school intervention fees
School supplies / back packs
Support for homeless students
Grocery Shopping and yard work for the elderly
“Snacks for Students” program during the summer for students in need
We work closely with the Dublin Food Pantry and Welcome Warehouse
Announcements and Fines deferred to allow our speakers to share their talks.
Calvin’s email this week shares 2 excellent biographies about our speakers today:
This Friday September 11, 2020 , we will have two presenters . One presenter is our very own Michael L. Close and our second guest presenter is Kirk Lippold.
Michael L Close, is a Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army Captain.
Mr. Close has had successful business career in Columbus, Ohio. He is a graduate of The Ohio State University, and a graduate of Juris Doctor, Capital University Law School. Mr. Close hasbeen a State of Ohio, Common Pleas Judge, State of Ohio Appellate, and is currently the Managing Partner Isaac, Wiles, Burkholder, and Teeter, LLC.
Mr. Close will present the turmoil of the 60's, the unity of 911, and the repeat of the 60's in 2020.
Commander Kirk Lippold, USN (Retired),was the CommandingOfficer of the USS Cole when it came under a suicide terrorist attack by al Qaeda in the port of Aden, Yemen. This event is widely recognized as one of the most brazen acts of terrorism by al Qaeda prior to September 11, 2001.
Commander Kirk Lippold is a graduate of the US Naval Academy and received his commission in the Navy in 1981. He served on several ships, including a tank landing ship and guided missile cruisers and destroyers . He attended the Navy Postgraduate School where he received a Master of Science in Systems Engineering and a 1994 graduate of the United States Army Command and General Staff College.
Commander Lippold will present his synopsis: In the past six months, our nation has been challenged in ways that were never expected. Nine months before 9/11, USS Cole pulled into Aden, Yemen, expecting a normal brief stop to refuel the ship. Similarly, almost a year later, the nation was thrust into a war against an enemy that we knew about but were unprepared to act against. The War on Terror had begun.
We heard thought-provoking analysis and comments this morning about the past, the present and the similarities of current challenges. Please watch the recorded session for a very good meeting.
Mike has been our Mayor, a pilot in Viet Nam, a judge, a president of our Rotary Club and a welcome speaker on several occasions.
His talk compared the events of 1965 in the Watts riots, 1967 the Detroit burning of over 4300 buildings, the 1968 Chicago violence during the Democratic Convention and the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy.
Mike spoke of the gentlemen that we valued and exchange of ideas and opinions we once had.
Mike spoke of the hope we might still have, that we can all remember and return to the feelings of unity and cause we felt on 9/11.
Mike spoke if the goodness still around us and the humanity we share as the source for that hope.
Commander Lippold shared the day the USS Cole was attacked and the events that unfolded and were discovered about the terrorists that caused those 17 deaths and continued to plan further damage to the US.
Commander Lippold also shared the idea of State Sponsored Terrorism. Kirk also shared his duties in Washington and his experiences on 9/11 when the Pentagon was attacked as he headed there for a meeting. I imagine Kirk’s book is very interesting for further analysis.
We welcomed guest Kurt Brown and District executives Tom Clevins and Steve Heiser.
DRUM ROLL - John and David picked the winning raffle tickets and paddle #125 David Bentz won the Ladies Golf Clubs and #127 Barb Bartholomew won the Mens Golf Club prize!!
Announcements
The auction on Handbid is still live till Friday at 5 and you can bid on the packages for your golf, dining or entertainment here:
John Susie provided an update on our fundraising success so far: We have much to be grateful for, in spite of the changing formats the handbill auction has great packages, our members have been generous sponsors and our members and guests have purchased 100+ raffle tickets. Please keep bidding till tonight!
David Bentz added his thanks to Co-Chairs John Susie and David Lundergan, Mike Isler for setting up the Handbid, Page Vornbrock and Susan West for the great job facilitating our event, Sponsors and Sponsor organizers, Roberta for her art donation and the entire Committee.
Claudia asked committee chairs to send her updates. Julie Rinaldi will be in touch with the Literacy committee.
Sue Burness introduced our keynote speaker Daniel Power Sullivan.
Dan is president and managing partner of HNS Sports Group, a golf management company based in Dublin, Ohio specializing in event management, hospitality management, sponsorship and contract representation. Sullivan is also the executive director of The Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide, Jack Nicklaus hosted PGA TOUR, directing all business, marketing, community, philanthropic and operational aspects associated with the world-class tournament. Sullivan leads a HNS organization through management, operations and consulting relationships which includes over 25 professional, corporate and charity events conducted domestically and internationally including AT&T Pebble Beach, Zurich Classic and A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier on the PGA TOUR.
In Columbus, Sullivan and HNS have led the 2013 Presidents Cup, the 2016 U.S. Senior Open, the annual Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship on the Korn Ferry Tour in addition to the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide.
Sullivan holds a seat on the boards of Tourism Ohio, Greater Columbus Sports Commission (Chair), Nationwide Children’s Hospital, St. Charles Preparatory School and First Tee of central Ohio.
Sullivan holds a bachelor of science (business marketing) degree from Miami University. Sullivan lives in Marble Cliff with his wife, Alyson, and their four (4) children.
About The Memorial Tournament The Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance is held annually at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus. The Tournament, which was founded and is hosted by Jack Nicklaus, is conducted each year with three goals in mind: to honor the memory of individuals living and deceased who have distinguished themselves in the game of golf; to showcase the world’s best golfers competing on one of the most challenging venues in the world for the enjoyment of spectators; and to benefit charitable organizations in central Ohio.
Dan shared interesting stories about the pandemic’s impact on preparations, changing focus from spectators to a non spectator event, the insurance coverage for major events and the safety procedures for both tournaments this year.
The positive economic impact of the 2 Tournaments include:
$1 M donated to Nationwide Children's Hospital
2,000 carryout meals
7,000 hotel room nights
representatives from over 220 countries
CBS Coverage with Jim Nantz on the world stage for 2 Tournaments
Dan answered questions and also discussed the renovation of the course in process and the 2021 Memorial Tournament.
Raffle Winners and Dan Sullivan sharing the Memorial Planning and Execution in 2020
The auction on Handbid is still live and you can donate to the Dublin Food bank, buy a raffle ticket and check out the packages to bid on for your golf, dining or entertainment.
Congratulations to Co–Chairs John Susie, Dave Lundergan, and Virtual fundraising committee contributors Rotary VP Mike Isler, Claudia Trusty, Wolf Lant and the entire fundraising committee.
Congratulations to The Masters of Ceremony- Page Vornbrock and Susan West for their outstanding job facilitating our Virtual event.
Thank you to our sponsors
VMware
VCA
First Citizens Bank
Joe and Patty Evans/ReMax Town Center
University of Findlay
Stratos Wealth Partners
Celebrating 30 years of Giving to our community -please thank our interesting speakers:
Susan Burness – Director of Communications and Public Information – City of Dublin
Christine Nardecchia – Director of Outreach and Engagement – City of Dublin
Dinky Youngsteadt-Parrish – Executive Director of Dublin Food Pantry
Dr. Chrisann Gordon – Founder and Executive Director of Resurrecting Lives Foundation
John Susie and David Lundergan discussed the Silent Auction and event this next Friday. See the recorded link of the meeting again on Handbid directions or call Mike Isler if needed. Check out the Dublin Food Pantry matching contribution available from the same Handbid sign in!
The auction on Handbid is in full swing and members have jumped to outbid each other on many great packages! Please see our event and virtual fundraising event August 21st with special golf clubs available for raffle. Our virtual event will replace the meeting on Friday August 21.
STACY JAMES has had more than a little adversity and change in her life, she shared a very moving story of her sudden change from young athlete to being told she would not walk again.
Stacy’s talk centered around these themes of motivation:
Vision
You choose- Bitter or Better?
Attitude
Goals
Strong Inner Core
See her poem here and a few favorite quotes and bible passages too:
Perseverance
By Stacy James
May 16, 2003
Perseverance means keeping on
When your muscles hurt and the road is long;
Perseverance means pushing alone
When the stadium's bare and your friends are at home;
Perseverance means trying again
For the ump-teenth time to fulfill your dream;
Perseverance means keeping the faith
When you don't understand, and your life isn't great;
Perseverance means trusting in God
When your heart is broken, and your loved one is gone;
Perseverance means enduring pain
And building strength of heart and brain;
Perseverance means day by day,
Moment by moment, walking by faith;
On the road of life, we keep pressing on;
Perseverance means internally strong -
No matter how hard, no matter how tough;
Perseverance means never giving up!
Perseverance: The number one element of success.
"You need to persevere, so that when you have done the will of God,
you will receive what He has promised." - Hebrews 10:36
"Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. . ."- Hebrews 12:1
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. And perseverance must finish its work so you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” James 1-2-4
“Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Romans 12:11-12
“Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourself fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.” 1 Corinthians 15:58
“Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.”
1 Corinthians 16:13
“I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With Him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.” Psalm 16:8
“Truly He is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will not be shaken.”
Psalm 62:6
Stacy James
Author, Speaker, Coach
Cell: 614-397-5597
Email: stacy@meetstacyjames.com
Website: meetstacyjames.com
Stacy James – Motivational Speaker- timely for this special group of Rotarian Members!
Countdown - 2 days to go!! Dublin AM Rotary's Online Silent Auction & Raffle to benefit our Covid19 Community Response is going live on Friday, August 14. Please share!
Some of our auction items pictured below:
Two sets of Callaway Irons with bags will be raffled off. See photos below! Tickets are only $25. We hope you buy at least one. You can purchase those tickets right now. Go to www.tinyurl.com/dublinamauction then register and buy your tickets.
$110 Value Gift Basket and Energy Combo from The Reiki Center in Grandview
3 framed photos by Roberta Kayne! See photos below. (1) 20x30 Framed photo of The White Horses of the Camargue (Provence, France) (2) 20x30 Framed photo of A Whale's Tale (Sitka, Alaska) (3) 16x20 Framed photo of Hamnoy Snow Scene, from Hamnoy, Norway
We have lots of other exciting items to bid on including: 2 Sets of Callaway Golf Clubs with Bags Rounds of Golf at several area Golf Clubs and Courses Top Golf Party Artwork Gift cards Rounds of Golf at several Golf Clubs
All proceeds benefit our community COVID-19 response including support for Dublin Food Pantry, Dublin Bridges & Welcome Warehouse, and our ongoing support for Veterans Services. Dublin AM Rotary Charitable Foundation is a 501(c)3.
Also, the Dublin Food Pantry needs our help. Donate through this auction and the Dublin AM Rotary Charitable Foundation will match all donations up to $3000!
Auction Opens on August 14, 2020 at 8am. Auction Closes on August 28, 2020 at 5pm
John Susie and Mike Isler discussed the Silent Auction open before our event and virtual fundraising event August 21st with special golf clubs available for raffle. Our virtual event will replace the meeting on Friday August 21.
Roberta announced we are in the final days of collecting toiletries at the Dublin Chamber front door where the box is located.
Claudia has the masks and Claudia and Ingrid are distributing or you can pick them up.
If you ordered masks, call Claudia to pay by phone and discuss pickup arrangements and if you did not order but would like to now that you see the Rotary fashion statement they make, Claudia is keeping a waiting list.
Dave Bentz announced our newest Board Member Steve Schmitt! Steve is using all his robotics leadership skills and leading our Education Committee-Welcome Aboard and thank you for your service to the Club.
Dave also announced we are going to a Zoom only format again given Ohio’s current condition and the economics of using the club in person with smaller in person attendance. We have a robust Zoom platform continuing for the Club.
We are grateful for Wolf Lant and Ron Morgan’s Zoom expertise keeping us meeting virtually this last several months.
Gene Oliver produced and revealed a wonderful video with our scholarship winners and thanked our diligent judges:
Laurie Penland, Ramona Penland-Coyle, Claudia Trusty, Cap Clegg, and Sinan Yaykin, Ron Morgan, Bob Rosenberg, Ryan Keenan, and Joe Yersavich
Please watch the meeting recording and enjoy the stories and plans of these bright spots in our community.
The winners are :
The Dublin A.M. Rotary Interact Community Service Scholarship
This scholarship is available to active Interact Club seniors who have supported their Club through avenues of community service and volunteer work. Additional considerations included length of membership in Interact during high school, and if they held an office within their Club, however, Community Service was very heavily weighted. They were also required to write an essay outlining the avenues of service they participated in, which event meant the most to them, and why.
The first-ever recipients of the Dublin AM Interact Scholarships are:
Lily Kiefer - Jerome High School
Anushka Das – Coffman High School
Rishit Desai – Scioto High School
The Dublin AM Rotary Community Service Scholarship
This scholarship shares many of the criteria of the Interact scholarship program. Applicants are assessed based on academic success, demonstrated leadership and community service, a pledge that they have led, and will continue to lead an alcohol and drug-free lifestyle, an essay, and financial need.
The winners this year are:
Coffman:
Claire Feit
Aaliyah Franklin
Lanai Stevenson
Jerome:
Gillian Eberhardt
Camryn Reitz
Scioto:
Margaret Marando
Alexandra Tanner
Gene Oliver and Laurie Penland
Enjoy the video replay!
Meet our Scholarship Winners from Dublin Schools – Great Video!
Dublin AM Rotary In person & Zoom Dual Format Meeting 7/24/20
Exceptional Dogs for Exceptional People®
Canine Companions for Independence
Announcements
John Susie, Dave Lundergan and the committee have arranged a Silent Auction between August 14th to August 28th with our fundraising event August 21st. Page has agreed to facilitate the virtual event and Mike Isler secured the Hand bid capability for the auction setup.
Claudia announced the Rotary Face Masks will be delivered this next week and the pickup details will be arranged. Excellent timing as Ohio has gone to mandatory facemasks- Thank you Claudia!
Roberta announced toiletries are being collected for Dublin School families in need. Please use the box in front of the Chamber of Commerce in historic Dublin.
Dr. Todd Wurschmidt, joined by Ms. Lauren Brown and Dr. Nicole DiGiacomo
Discussed Exceptional Dogs for Exceptional People
Training campus was built in 1987 in New Albany
Delaware campus
Assistance dogs in multiple categories
Service dogs expertly trained dogs to assist veterans with disabilities and Children
John Susie announced that since our fundraising event has changed to a Silent Auction and event August 21st we need to raise Silent Auction items. Please book this event on your calendar!
John Susie, Dave Lundergan and the rest of our committee will appreciate donated items you can help us secure for this silent auction. We will bundle donations into nice packages and all members are asked to reach out with contribution items to John or David or consider making a cash donation in lieu of Pro - Am tickets.
Lou Charobee announced that our Dublin AM Rotary Auto Show has been deferred till next year after many discussions and considerations were made.
Roberta announced a new toiletries collection effort at the Dublin Chamber front door where the box is now located for distribution to Dublin school kids in need.
David introduced each of the committees for your volunteer role opportunities:
Membership - Laurie Reinbolt
Engagement with current members and new member recruiting
Community Services - Sharon Kendall
Outreach in our community and many member driven areas for support
Veterans Affairs - David Williamson
Supportive liaisons, programs and next steps for our veterans initiative
International Services – Jim Burness
Mission trip 2021, Kenya Life & Land donation and other international programs
Vocational services like Robotics, Scholarship and Literacy programs
Communications Committee – Ingrid Fields
New committee members requested for occasional weekly reporting and special Passion project communications- please email Ingrid at ingridsvirtualdesk@gmail.com
President Elect Mike Isler also shared the need for additional fundraising volunteers given the opportunities for new fundraising events for our club and methods in a social distancing environment. Please see Susan West.
Dublin AM Rotary In person & Zoom Dual Format Meeting 7/17/20
David Bentz announced that since this is our first hybrid Zoom/In Person meeting expect some format updates. We will have the new technology for next week’s hybrid format.
Box Lunch success for the seniors in our community. Positive Shout Out for Claudia, Sue and Sharon for pulling us together to volunteer and be part of this positive impact. Our lunch guests are enjoying the field trip.
The fundraising program is actively working into the silent auction and virtual event happening on August 21st. Please book on your calendar! John Susie, Dave Lundregan and the rest of our committee will appreciate any donated items you can help us secure for this silent auction.
Dustin Snow owner of Coast Wine House
Dustin is a St. Charles High School, Miami University, Ohio State Fisher School MBA program graduate.
Power of the Brand and attention to details were important learnings while in the career in corporate retail with A&F.
Dustin then decided to be an entrepreneur and engaged in his business planning.
Core principals and Dustin’s pillars:
Ethics, Evidence (Fact Based Decision making) and Empathy
Passionate Power of Empathy was central to Dustin’s talk about his journey on hospitality and sharing the founding of Coast in historic Dublin.
Leading with authenticity humbling making sure guests are served well.
Dustin shared his thoughts on purpose-based leadership and business (in a Venn diagram of course!).
We touched on the COVID impact and the fast and flexible business model requirements to survive the changing daily impacts. We enjoyed some live participants and some Zoom participants for this first hybrid meeting format.
As Kent started the Installation meeting with a tear in his eye, he generously thanked so many members and the board for supporting his Presidential year.
As he shared his advice cards, he also had humor in his heart and received the gratitude of all the members for a successful and enjoyable year that marked many outstanding events, service delivery and true community action!
Naming our Rotarian of The Year- Lou Charobee! Another highlight of our Installation Meeting today! Congratulations all around were cheered!
A few words that were said about Lou by a board member:
"Lou was like a dog with a bone when leading the car show...passionate and tenacious. He delivered a professional first show that made Rotary and the City of Dublin proud. With that success, Lou set the stage for a long-term source of funds and exposure for our club. Lou is ever-present in every fundraising effort, including the Irish Festival, Pro-Am, and now an alternative Covid-19 [silent auction] fundraiser. Friendly and sincere, Lou is a prized contributor to our club."
Visiting Dignitaries like Steve Heiser, our District Governor Elect, were there to perform the official ceremonies
And a New Year with President David Bentz has Begun!!
Two Announcements:
No Meeting Friday, July 3rd
Attend the Rotary International Convention closing days and recorded breakouts at www.riconvention.org, the sessions have been great and more details in a newsletter to come soon!
If you missed our 6-26-20 Installation Meeting with the installation of our new Board and David Bentz as our new President, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaoRbT7d32U&t=13s Thanks to Ron Morgan for his tech skills in getting this uploaded to our youtube channel!
Next Week’s meeting will be in person at the TCC. The Zoom option will be operational by then to do Zoom and in person. The TCC can handle 60 of us in person, this allows for enough space for some distancing as well. This board installation will include masks please.
We have filled our sign up in July to help our local elderly that are food insecure. Looking forward to serving our shifts together!
Mask design with Rotary fabric needs to be ordered today with a response to Claudia’s email.
David Lundergan, John Susie and the fundraising committee have had to pivot to fund raising efforts around our Silent Auction as planned 7/15. More details will be provided around this as it is finalized. Please contact Dave or John if you can contribute auction items please!
Page announced that Rick Schwieterman sent his thanks for our well wishes, he is recovering and welcomes our prayers and continuing positive energy is welcome.
Tom Kleven -AG- was our guest today.
President Elect David Bentz shared slides summarizing his vision for this next Rotary year.
Rotary Opens Opportunities is our theme this year and David shared his stories of joining Rotary and how it still provides these opportunities:
Friendships
Community Connections for Service
Professional Networking
Fun!
Member Engagement is the central focus for 20/21 and $20,000 has been allocated in the budget for member projects. David shared the process for members to request project funding. The 1 page form was shared.
Also some structural board roles was discussed:
Joe will the Educational Services committee leader combining Community and Vocational Services.
Claudia has agreed to take the Secretary position that was newly created as a separate role.
The Rotary Convention is all on line and free and we can join selected sessions. Roberta also has joined the Convention Walk Challenge and welcomes more walkers.
Significant Comments, Thanks and Praise from the 43 attendees was appropriately directed to Kent Underwood for his gracious transitions to Zoom meetings during this time and his whole tenure of leadership and calm progress for this Rotary club!
Next Week’s meeting will include the Zoom format with David Bentz live at the TCC meeting location. Plan on joining to hear about his year and goals with our club. There might be a possibility for a few in person attendees, look for more emails through the week.
6/26 there will be the Board installation in person with masks and appropriate social distancing.
Watch emails from Claudia for the sign up in July to help our local elderly that are food insecure, there are 3 dates for to staff for drive through food box distribution volunteers.
Mask design with Rotary fabric is in motion, please expect news about available masks once they are in production.
David Lundergan announced that the fund raising efforts continue to adapt. From Pro Am to Drive In movies, it appears the City has planned a similar event so our fundraising will continue with the Silent Auction as planned 7/15 with more details around this as it is finalized.
Please keep 2 special gentlemen in our thoughts and prayers:
Rick Schwieterman is being treated at The James and even though the serious nature of this disease makes for a long fight, treatment is being successful and very positive
Chris Curry updates from Sharon Kendall share that Chris is showing neurological improvements and further improvements are expected, this is good news and continuing positive energy is welcome.
The Ohio Youth Livestock Event is new this year due the State Fair cancellation. It is an event founded by the parents of the youth that have put so much into raising and grooming their livestock for exhibition. The Wendt family as an organizing focus has been joined by Marlene Eick as volunteer Marketing effort and hundreds of families are now participating along with previous State Fair sponsors, donors and a few traditions brought in as well.
From start to event, in less than 60 days this event has 2 major locations, a 17 day exhibit planned with over 3,000 animals and 1,500 exhibitors! Ohio Youth Livestock Expo (OYLE) has been born.
The Ohio State Fair has only been cancelled 1 other instance, during WW2 since it’s founding in 1850. This transition to the Ohio Youth Livestock Expo private event has been quickly successful in establishing fundraising and donations as well as a Livestreaming portion for other family embers to attend safely.
The attributes of the fine youth involved include:
Children demonstrating learned work ethics and task management.
Knowledge learned in terms of animal care, science in real live animal breeding and care.
Accountability to a budget- the family bears all the costs in hopes of a sale of the livestock after the show
Family connections and teamwork are a tremendous outcome of the work with family and friends side by side from early hours till late nights at times.
Dublin AM Rotary Zoom Meeting 6/12/20The Ohio Youth Livestock Expo
A volunteer effort is being organized and we will have the opportunity to feed hungry senior citizens who have been unable or unwilling to do grocery shopping. Claudia and Kent announced the goodie bag plan. More to follow.
We heard special news about our exchange student Lara and her time in Dublin schools, here is a summary and link from Sinan:
Hello! I hope you are doing well! As I mentioned before you left Lara, I nominated you for the Celebration of Excellence Award. Each teacher is allowed to nominate one student per year that they feel is exceptional. I chose you! Typically we would have an award ceremony for it in April, but given the situation, that didn't happen this year. Therefore, we put together a video recognizing all the recipients. You don't have to watch the entire video, but thought you would like to see it. If you skip to about a half hour in you will see my portion about you! I miss you and wish you all the best!
Claudia is working on Rotary branded masks- please contact her if you would like to purchase any masks.
We will be moving to a fundraiser versus the ProAm event, more details to come
Unfortunately, the 2020 Miracle League Season has officially been canceled
Meeting format will remain virtual for the time being.
Tom McGloshen- Dealing with Friends that are Seriously ill
We had the great privilege to hear from Tom McGloshen regarding how we can better support friends who are critically ill, or have experienced a loss of a loved one. We don’t always know what to say, or do when someone is critically ill, or coping with loss.
Two very important things to keep in mind:
Remember who we are and who we are not
Expressing we care, listen to what our friend or loved one is saying and learning from them is extremely important
Another approach you can take is to use empathetic guessing. An example may be; “If you want to talk, I am here”. It is a great way to show someone you care.
The key is that we listen very carefully as the person struggling will tell you what to say next. Dealing with loss and illness is never easy. The most important thing you can do to support a friend, or loved one is to be there for them.
If you are someone you know is struggling, please leverage your club and community resources.
In dealing with friends who are seriously ill, we often don’t know what to say. We do a dance of approach and avoidance. We’re interested. We care. And, we want to communicate all of that—without being intrusive or insensitive—but we’re not sure how to make that connection appropriately.
John Coyle is back from his duties in the east and west coasts serving the healthcare workers for Battelle. He is in an operations role and we love the updates.
There will be a new meeting id coming for our meeting next week. Please watch for emails from Claudia and make sure your calendars are updated with the new Zoom.
John Susie shared the committee members are preparing alternative fundraising venues and style for our event. Lots of great creative ideas and participation requests with be forthcoming!
Sue Burness shared City of Dublin updates and what is happening with the recreation facilities, pools and parks. There will be an alternate July 4th celebration. Stay tuned in to the City communications for updates. The city is working with the Franklin County Public Health guidelines.
The Irish festival decisions could be discussed around June 1st.
Dr. Hoadley also shared events and happenings with Dublin schools and the lunch programs that are still supporting over 1,000 meals a day at 21 locations. The commencement process has certainly changed but sounds like a celebration and a 1st year anniversary event is in planning too.
Since Peter Georgiton has been a student volunteer, a student employee and now a Board member of COSI, he shared Dr. Bertley’s impressive biography and wealth of experiences both as a science educator, global programs health leader and now as leader of our local gem, COSI. It was a rare treat that we had an immunologist speaking!
Dr. Bertley mentioned the membership drive going on now with 2 years for an annual membership fee.
He mentioned all the things that COSI does and is doing to support science learning even in this environment. With only 20 % current staff levels, COSI is seeking membership and donation support and also still offering great entertainment and educational value to members and our community.
COSI is also a Columbus Foundation Collective member.
Check out the COSI Connects as the Digital Doorway to the Dinosaur gallery, the Digital Science festival and the many resources available.
Dr. Bertley also had an interesting slide presentation about the Covid virus and why the cell binding stickiness matters in terms of vaccine effectiveness and development. A very informative talk about the typical vaccine testing steps and work in motion around the globe today for rapid testing. It sounded like there are 8 top development efforts in play and numerous others trying new strategies.
Please enjoy the recorded meeting link and send to potential members as well.
COSI President and CEO Dr. Frederic Bertley ~Very Interesting Meeting- Dr. Bertley and the Immunology science behind a virus and vaccines!
Chris Humphrey has safely arrived home from his Rotary exchange experience in France. It was great to see you on the Zoom meeting in this time zone, Chris!
Our Rotary Club has now contributed over 55 lbs. of food this week putting our contributions well over 150 lbs. of food and over 50 lbs. of toiletries.
There is a Pro AM committee meeting over Zoom at 5 pm Monday. Dave and John are preparing alternative fundraising venues, there is still a lot to plan whether the fan participation portion happens or not for the Tournament.
Sue Burness shared City of Dublin and Columbus thoughts for July 4th and alternatives to Red, White and Boom and our Dublin fireworks. The City of Dublin Development offices are moving during this quiet time and we hope they inhabit these offices in good health soon. The Irish festival decisions could be discussed around June 1st.
Thank you to Julie Rinaldi -
Julie interviewed her Chief Clinical Officer and raised several examples of care and support we can do for our selves and our loved ones to handle the collective stress that is naturally part of our life and ever present now. Please see the pdf attached and in email for their Syntero talk:
Sustaining Well-being & Resilience During Stressful Times
A special thanks to Mike Rankin for giving as update on the Ohio Compliance drivers licenses and the Transportation Research Center.
The Ohio Compliance License update has been extended until October 2021. To get your new license, you will need to provide:
1. Either your birth certificate, or passport
2. SSN and address (W-2)
3. Written proof of where you reside
Just a reminder after October 2021, you will need either a compliance license, or a passport to fly.
Transportation Research Center
Self -Driving cars continue to be a major trend in the Automotive industry with many advantages. Safety is one of the biggest advantages, due to the removal of human error. Self-driving cars will also lead to greater productivity and allowing elderly and handicap individuals experience greater mobility. Additional advantages we could see is reduction in costs for insurance and the potential for fractional car ownership.
If you have additional questions, please feel free to reach out to Mike at mike.rankin1953@gmail.com.
Cap, Claudia, Sinan, Andy and Ash were thanked for their leadership by our Interact Advisors and Interact Clubs
Announcements today:
We will be meeting virtually through May 8th, stay tuned for further announcements.
Our Interact club Summary today:
Jerome High School Advisor Matt Williams and Interact Officers
Projects for Fire, Police, UNICEF donations, Children’s Hospital, Salivation Army, and many more monthly activities
Scioto High School Advisor John Witt
Toy Collections, School supplies, Friendship Village, Polio Eradication, Brady Quinn’s 3rd and Goal, Sole Hope, Veterans honor flight support, World Polio Day
Coffman High School Advisor Karen Brothers
Touching comments from the club officer about going to OSU Rotaract and the monthly projects for Yemen humanitarian international project, St. Jude Rally, Salvation Army, Dog Biscuits, Drive in fundraiser
Davis Middle School Advisor Susan Jacoby and Emily Temple
Sole Hope and Shoe kits, Canned Food Drive, Empty Bowl project and many nice young students doing projects
Thanks to Tom Reiland, General Manager of WOSU, for his great presentation on the history of radio and WOSU.
Also Huge Thanks and Recognition to WOSU for their Corona Coverage and Public Service Communications Commitments through these trying times.
Enjoy Screenshots of Dublin AM Rotary's Zoom meeting today and please check out our Facebook page or our Flickr page for more photos.
Reverend Steve Smith led our invocation and Colonel Dave Williamson led our pledge Friday morning as we conducted another terrific meeting while being socially distant and responsible.
Announcements today:
Pro Am is looking more feasible since recent announcements indicate the Memorial Tournament is now scheduled for July 16th! John Susie reminded us that the announcements cannot be made yet about spectators and fans but we are all pleased for the dates. Next committee meeting is 7/27/20 at 5, thanks to Wolf for the Zoom support.
A donation of $1,000 has been made to the District 6690 fund contributing to 3 Food Banks.
Kate reminded us about the Rotaract grocery delivery service for members and non-members -please see more details further down on this website. Good to see Victoria Hardesty and Allan joining the meeting.
Tom is President of the Ohio PBS Stations and on the board of the United Way and the Gateway Film Center. He is also the author of Sparks Flew WOSU’s Century on the Air.
Tom’s talk shared much of the historical background associated with WOSU and the Radio Wireless Transmission Innovations:
G. Marconi 1894-1895 had the first worldwide wirelss transmission
Robert Marriott -leading radio transmission engineer here at OSU, local farm boy as were many students in our land grant OSU background
1913-J. Mercer kept radio station transmitting during the flood emergency
1918- First voice transmissions
KDKA 1920 election news
WOSU was the 6th educational station in the country. Football news, farming communications and band music were all the rage for the 2-4 hour transmitting time windows.
Dr. Charles Wright and the live radio orchestra, lectures, surging across many states.
1926-1936- huge morale help during the Great Depression years
1949 FM Spectrum launched
OSU instrumental in public hearings with FCC to keep educational channels and TV
Emmy award winning station with sizable digital presence, PBS, NPR, Opening the Digital Media Maker in the new building under construction.
Chris Humphrey, our outbound exchange student is safe in France. Like most of the United States, France is practicing social distancing to slow the Covid-19 spread, so Chris is in confinement and safe.
Jim Burness and Moises gave us an update on the Dominican Republic. Tourism is the #1 source of income, so the Covid-19 pandemic has severely affected the Dominican Republic people. Based on the needs, the $2K that was collected for school supplies has been reallocated to use for food and basic supplies during this difficult time.
It’s likely the Memorial Tournament (and our Pro-Am Day) will be postponed and moved to a date later in the summer. More to come.
The Miracle League season has also been postponed and a date has yet to be determined of when the season will kick-off.
The city of Dublin has a You-Tube page please subscribe to get the latest updates on the community.
Thank you to Dr. Hoadley and the entire School district for being so agile, developing a plan and executing so quickly! Screenshot photo of Dr. Hoadley.
The school system has 7 buses delivering breakfast and lunch to students in need.
Dublin Bridges is also supplementing dinners and weekend meals for families in need.
The need is great to support the welcome warehouse, Dublin bridges and the Dublin food pantry. Every dollar counts and is appreciated.
Getting students to migrate to online learning has posed many challenges- hats off to Dr Hoadly and the entire Dublin school system for making it happen.
Some of the challenges to moving to online include, getting internet access for all students, hardware, developing curriculum and the challenge of working parents and parents at home juggling home schooling.
We will be doing grocery pickups / deliveries from the Kroger's/Giant Eagle curbside pickup. & then delivering those products to you!
What is awesome about picking up curbside at Krogers or Giant Eagle?! They sanitize every product before that product goes in the bags. We will wear gloves during pickup and delivery if there's anything else that you need us to pick up while we're out we will do that! Medicine picking up business mail if it's not at your location...we will not go inside the house. We will call / text you when we've arrived to let you know your bags are on your front porch.
There will be no delivery fee for Rotarians! This service is considered a foundation service so we ask for "donation tips" whatever you can give to our Rotaract Foundation to help our club grow and our community grow!
This is how it works Pre pay for your groceries through the Kroger's/Giant Eagle curbside pickup. If there are other places that are offering curbside pickup, we can curbside pick up for you! Just prepay ahead of time, say that Rotaract will be picking up! Thank you
Contact our lead Rotaractor to sign up for this service! When you call / text that number, our lead Rotaractor will ask you for a pickup location and a 3 hr timeframe (we may be picking up other orders as well) pick a time that best suits your needs...we can go to multiple locations!
Special Thanks to Wolf for editing the meeting and moderating our first remotely enabled Friday session. Kent also spent hours for rehearsals with our first remote speaker, Craig Truax, Mid-Ohio Food Bank. Claudia provided extra communication all week on what to expect and how we could click the links or dial the audio numbers. Our own tech members offered input and Wolf leveraged district programs.
Our Rotary meetings are indeed Connecting Our World in an unprecedented time. Just as our work and family communications, our shopping and entertainment are all changing, our Dublin AM Rotary is leading the access for our members.
With leadership, patience and endurance, we are staying at each other' sides- even from separate houses.
Announcements:
Special Thoughts and Prayers- Ramona and Barry’s son Jonathan is one of the Battelle engineers going to New York City then Seattle with new technology to sterilize protective equipment like N95 masks for health care workers in the highest crush of demand in the country. Catch a replay of Governor DeWine’s briefing Saturday at 2 pm March 28, 2020 discussing the Battelle innovation.
It will mean extra distance and separation for Jonathon and this team when they return to family and friends and we all appreciate the knowledge and risk-taking efforts to do this work.
Our First Two Grants this last week: Claudia worked with City of Dublin teams and our Dublin AM Board and Susan Robenalt for our Foundation to grant a $5,000 contribution to Dublin Bridges and a $5,000 Grant to the Dublin Food Pantry. More discussion to follow at the next Board meeting.
Toiletries and cash -Roberta is asking for the donations to be placed on Kent’s front porch -see the emails this week for address and requested contributions.
Sue Burness asked us to remind families and individuals of the need for social distancing. As we all want to enjoy a nice spring day, too many are not observing the guidelines on the new Dublin bridge, in parks or in playgrounds. Parental control of their families in these public places will make everyone safer.
Mid-Ohio Food Bank
Craig Truax delivered a fact filled and interesting talk about the Mid-Ohio Food Bank and the 15 associated organizations here in Franklin County making available 66,990,011 pounds of food, 151,000 meals every day helping t end hunger through the Fod Bank, MOFB Farm Farmacy, Kitchen and Market.
Volunteers and donations work with over 700 agencies here in Ohio.
We are ready to kick off Dublin AM Rotary's Friday Club Meeting, teleconference style!
Wolf Lant and a group of semi-techies worked over the past weekend to test out how a virtual meeting might work...and it did. Well, to be honest, it worked most of the time! Wolf setup a club meeting via an app called Zoom that will begin at 7:45am each Friday and last for about 45 minutes.
Not familiar with Zoom or web conferencing? Now is a great time to learn more about it!
Not interested in learning more? That's okay, you can join the meeting via phone...just no pictures of your Rotary friends.
Here are the details:
Join Zoom Meeting via your computer, laptop or notebook
That's easy. Click on the link below to access Zoom. If you are a new user you will be asked to download and install the app, or enter a url into your browser. For the first meeting plan to do this around 7:30am on Friday.
Meeting ID: 891 009 1468 (you will be prompted to enter this in order to join the meeting)
Join Zoom Meeting via mobile phone
+1 646 558 8656 8910091468# (this is the Meeting ID and you will be prompted to enter this in order to join the meeting)
Join Zoom Meeting via other phone
Dial by your location (any of these should work)
+1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 253 215 8782 US +1 301 715 8592 US
Meeting ID: 891 009 1468 (you will be prompted to enter this in order to join the meeting)
Learn more about Zoom Meetings
One of our Rotary friends put together a tutorial for another club and graciously shared it with us. Check out this very helpful YouTube video for lots of information about the app.
If you do need help, maybe someone to help you setup the app, we are here for you. Please email Ingrid or Mike who are our team experts!
Not interested but still want all the news
Okay, so you're enjoying your respite from meetings, and don't want to get up that early. Not a problem. Zoom can video our meetings and we will add that link to our website home page each week along with key announcements.
This will be a learning experience for all of us, so expect some glitches, some laughs and, maybe, a little bit of frustration. On the very huge upside, we can be together again!
The Club’s board of directors has made the decision to suspend all regular club meetings and other activities of the club until Sunday, April 5th. As of last evening (Sunday 3/15/20) the CDC has made the recommendation to curtail any events with 50+ people for 8 weeks..which is May 10th. While at first blush, this seems excessive, it's the current recommendation and these recommendations may actually become mandates. I'm prepared to extend the suspension, if necessary for the health and well-being of our Club members and community. My ask is: PLEASE STAY UP WITH YOUR EMAILS. Important club information will be shared as appropriate.
Stay engaged with other club members through email and the telephone. Just because the club is not meeting does not mean members can’t maintain their relationships and support one another during these uncertain times. Attached is a list of club members with their contact information. If your computer or device cannot open this attachment, you can go into Clubrunner and find this contact information under "Member List".
Without jeopardizing the health and welfare of you and your family members, help neighbors and friends who may need special support.
And what will club leaders be doing to find ways to continue our momentum and commitment to service?
Exploring alternative methods for meetings, such as using technology like Webex or Zoom to conduct virtual meetings, or making arrangements for conference calling so committees may continue to function. If you have expertise in these areas, let us know. The board strongly advises committees to not hold in-person meetings. Make no mistake....this is temporary. As soon as possible, we'll be getting back to our normal in-person meetings.
Working with our partners, including the Dublin City Schools, Dublin Food Pantry and Dublin Neighborhood Bridges to determine if there are ways our club and members may be of assistance in providing support for children and families who face meal and food shortages because of closure of schools for the next three weeks. We are in contact with Dr. Todd Hoadley, Dinky Youngsteadt-Parrish from the Dublin Food Pantry and Jill Kranstuber from Dublin Neighborhood Bridges. Stay tuned for opportunities to serve...
Probably the most important thing we can do issupport each other! Reach out to check on each other. If you need (or know of something someone needs) needs anything..ANYTHING...we are here for you/them. Please reach out the Family of Rotary chair, Cindy Groeniger or me. We are always better together!
These are certainly unsettling and unusual times. There is no "playbook" on how to deal and manage with situations like this and these decisions are not easy and certainly not perfect. Hopefully, what we're facing will be resolved expeditiously and we can resume club activities and our 'normal lives' soon. If you have concerns about the action the board has taken or suggestions on how we proceed, please let me know. Thank you so much for your understanding and patience and, again, please stay attentive to your email for updates.
The 2020 Saint Patrick’s Day parade will be on Saturday, March 14. The Dublin AM Rotary club is looking for volunteers to be parade marshalls. This is a great opportunity to help our community and get your daily steps in, by walking the parade route.
Thursday, March 12, the State of the City will be held at the Exchange in Bridge Park area. Dublin AM Rotary is planning a pre-meeting gathering at Z Cucina at 5PM. If interested, please RSVP with Ramona Penland-Coyle.
Our club is putting together ideas for a spring outing. An idea that has gotten traction is one of the new Ax-Throwing venues in town. Please look for future specifics about this interesting outing.
On March 13 the Dublin pedestrian bridge opens. The ceremony starts at 7PM with bridge lighting at 8. If you want to participate in a pre-ceremony gathering, please let Claudia Trusty know.
Dublin AM Rotary’s annual Pro-AM committee is meeting on Monday, March 2, at the Dublin Chamber office from 5 to 6PM. If interested in helping the Pro-Am committee and helping shape this year’s event, please attend the Monday meeting.
The Rotaract club will meet at the Dublin Chamber office at 6:30 on Monday, March 2. Prospective members are encouraged to attend.
Roberta Kayne is hosting an exhibit of her photographs at the 1st Unitarian Church on Sunday, March1 from 12:30 to 2PM. The exhibit will be up until April 27.
GUEST SPEAKER: Colonel Richard Fambro - Ohio State Highway Patrol
Richard has over 30 years of service in the Ohio State Highway Patrol. His distinguished career as resulted in his holding the prestigious position of Colonel.
Richard’s message covered two topics: Pursuits and Distracted Driving.
Every day in Ohio, three to five criminal suspects flee the scene of a crime. A pursuit of a suspect in an automobile, while exciting and almost common in movies and on television, is a dangerous endeavor. So, most municipalities ban the active pursuit of a suspect. In Ohio, the Ohio Highway Patrol is one of only a few law enforcement agencies that has the discretion to decide whether or not to engage in a suspect pursuit.
During a pursuit, public safety is the number one concern. To protect the public, our Highway Patrol uses 13 airplanes, 2 helicopters and 1 air van (high altitude aircraft) to reduce the “on-the-ground” risks.
Another epidemic that Ohio drivers face as a daily driving danger is distracted driving. This isn’t just with cell phones but could include watching mobile televisions, putting on makeup and, as Richard showed is in a real incident video, getting dressed for church.
Since today distracted driving is a secondary offense, in order for a person to be charged with distracted driving, that person has to be pulled over for some other driving offense, such as weaving or turning without a signal. Then that person has to admit that he or she was distracted.
There is proposed legislation being worked in Ohio that will allow distracted driving to be a primary offense. If this legislation becomes law, the act of being distracted will be enough for an officer to pull you over.
Big Thank You to Jim Listebarger and from Jim to his committee and all who helped make the Polar Bear a successful event.
Letter of gratitude from Chris Humphrey, the exchange student year is going quickly and Kent shared his letter.
Kudos to Susan West for the Narcan training and there was enough interest it could be run again.
Jim and Roberta are collecting sunglasses, baseball hats and contributions for the Dominican Republic Mission Trip.
Kristin Hapton -Harmon shared the 1865 London founding of The Salvation Army and the current and needed work they do today in Union, Delaware and Franklin Counties of Ohio
Learning Centers
187,546 Nights of lodging
PTSD Veteran examples
590,000 meals served through the Pantry
547 Men served in adult rehabilitation centers for free
12,893 local children received Christmas toys from The Salvation Army these holidays
24,000 people received Red Box gifts on Christmas Day
All thanks to local volunteers, local donors and Red Kettle efforts to fundraise so this dedicated staff can serve our counties and community.
Call 1-800- SATruck for pick up coordination.
Michelle Hannan spoke abot the critical nature of the Anti- Human Trafficking programs where 71% of the victims are women and children.
SA Justice was explained as well as the Soap project that has been s successful helping victims escape their situations.
Soap outreach is most effective during the Arnold Classic, The Muirfield Tournament and Quarter Horse Congress events locally that causes an increase in this terrible crime.
May 9th is a volunteer day we will be hearing more about from member Dennis Muchnicki to help recovering victims. Call 1-888-373-7888 for information.
Kristin Hampton-Harmon, Public Relations Coordinator, and Michelle Hannan, Anti-Human Trafficking Director, speaking to Dublin AM Rotary on Friday 2/21.
The Polar Bear golf outing is just a week away! There is still time to sign up to be a golfer or to be a sponsor. We are even expecting good weather! Please note: Check-in for the event begins at 8 AM on 2/8. To date, 90 golfers are registered to participate, and 25 people and/or companies have agreed to be sponsors of the event. For more information please contact Jim Listebarger.
Planning for Dublin AM Rotary’s annual Pro-Am golf tournament is underway. This event benefits veterans and local schools and will take place on 6/3. Additional sponsorship opportunities are available. More information will be coming soon.
GUEST SPEAKER: Tom Stickrath - Director of the Ohio Department of Public Safety
Tom has over 30 years of public service experience and has worked under six Ohio governors. He was a significant force to make major improvements in Ohio’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety arenas.
Even while Ohio’s prison populations grew 625% (from 8,000 inmates to 50,000 inmates), using processes improvement methods like LEAN Six Sigma, Tom oversaw meaningful enhancements in:
Prison Operations
Juvenile Justice System
Youth Services and
Criminal Evidence Processing
Additionally, he helped drive more effective employment practices such as increased diversity and increased academic standards for personnel.
Near term public safety focuses in Ohio include finding solutions to problems including:
Opioid Addiction
Human Trafficking
Youth & Driving Issues
Texting and Driving
Not wearing safety belts
It is also important to note that big changes are happening in and around the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Ohioans can register online at several BMV locations and reduce their wait times. In fact, online users of this tool cut wait times from an average of 26 minutes to an average of 3 minutes.
Further, Tom reminded Rotarians that 10/1/2020 is when new identification requirements will be implemented. After that date a “Real ID” will be required to enter federal buildings and to board flights. NOTE: The requirements for obtaining the Real ID at your local BMV can be found on the Ohio BMV website.
Thomas Kleven, Rotary Assistant District Governor recognized our club's twenty winners of the 125 Club member pins. To become a 125 Club member, Rotarians must contribute at least $100 to the Rotary Foundation’s Annual Fund and at least $25 to the global PolioPlus effort.
The recognition goes to:
Emmet Apolinario
James Bandeen
Trevor Donaldson
Ingrid Fields
Faye Herriot
Todd Hoadley
Andrew Keeler
Mike Isler
Jim Listebarger
Thomas McGloshen
Ronald Morgan
Dennis Muchnicki
Roland Pagniano, Jr.
Timothy Redman
Laura Reinbolt
Susan Robenalt
Daryl Schorsten
Page Cornbrock
Janes Warburton
Phil Yoder
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Next week is an important week for Dublin AM Rotary club. Next week, our Friday morning meeting will be led by the Rotaract team
The February 8, Polar Bear golf outing is filling up with 53 golfers signed up, 24 hole-sponsors committed and several volunteers lines up. “But we can do better!” says Jim Listebarger as he reminded the club that friends and family are welcome to golf, help out as volunteers and sponsor holes. With 3 weeks to go, there is time to get involved
GUEST SPEAKER: Tim Petska with the Joseph Group discussed the Economic Outlook for 2020.
Tim made no recommendations for stock or bond purchases, but rather discussed ways of thinking about this year.
Possible considerations when thinking about 2020 capital markets:
1.) A wise investor focuses on scenarios, not forecasts or predictions
2.) It may be a good idea to consider Small caps, value style and foreign stocks when making 2020 investment decisions because they are relatively discounted compared to other stocks trading at 20X PE
3.) In an election year, the Fed is not as likely to modify interest rates. This belief is driven from the thinking that the Fed may not want to appear politically motivated in making monetary decisions
4.) Bond performance varies inversely with interest rates. Interest rates are at very low levels currently
5.) Investment considerations should include factual, macro level policy decisions and not one’s own political preferences or fears
Tim explained that a good amount of the equity growth in 2019 was a likely a result of stocks trading at higher PE ratios. Further, for continued sustainable growth, it is likely that strong 2020 corporate earnings are needed for continued equity appreciation.
Club Announcements – There's So Much Happening With Dublin AM!
Wine not Wednesday gathering this Wednesday, 1/15, at 5:30pm at Coast Wine House on S High Street in Dublin – For more information please contact Bonnie Coley-Malir
Robotic Middle School Competition being held this Saturday, 1/11 at Dublin Jerome High School beginning at 8AM – For more information please contact Wolf Lant
Communication Meeting kickoff for 2020 to be held immediately after the Rotary AM meeting next Friday, 1/17.This is great way to get involved in the club – For more information please contact Ingrid Fields
Photographers needed!If you have a cellphone and can take a picture you may be qualified to help – For more information please contact Roberta Kayne
Super Bowling fund raiser to raise money for scholarships for Dublin and Worthington Rotary Clubs taking place on 2/1.Thanks to Jim Miller visiting Rotary member from Dublin/Worthington club for bringing this to our attention
Polar Bear Golf:Taking place on 2/8 this year.At present we have 50+ golfers signed up, but we are still looking for additional players.Further, sponsorships for several holes are still available.Please sign up online.If you have questions, please contact Sinan Yaykin
Pro Am Committee announced that this years Pro Am, benefitting veterans and local schools will take place on 6/3.More information will be coming soon
2020 Mission Trip March 14 through March 21.Jim Burness reminded members that if you are interested in participating please contact him
The club recognized the newest Dublin City Council member, Dublin AM Rotary’s very own Andrew Keeler – Congratulations!
Our Speaker – Aaron Greene, Founder of College Liftoff
College Liftoff wants to ensure parents and prospective college students think of college expense as an investment.This thinking is akin to how one thinks of a home purchase or retirement saving.
This morning's meeting continued our Holiday Tradition of the Rev Steve Smith spreading the message of the true meaning of Holidays and the importance of story telling. In addition to hearing a great message of hope and joy, Lara our exchange student also spread the holiday spirit with homemade cookies. On behalf of Dublin AM, wishing all a safe and joyous Holiday season with Friends and Family!
Announcements:
No meetings December 27th, or January 3rd
The Polar Bear Open is right around the corner Saturday, February 8th to benefit Children's charities and the Dublin AM rotary club. Sign-up now and get more details at polarbeargolf.org.
Photos from top left - Jim Bandeen receiving his Paul Harris Fellow Recognition Pin. Susan Robenalt receiving her 8th Paul Harris Fellow Award/Pin (ruby).
Photos bottom left and right - Reverend Stephen Smith speaking to Dublin AM about Christmas.
Our guest speaker -Our Own Special Dr. Todd Hoadley and Deputy Superintendent Dr. Tracey Deagle
Todd and Tracey shared the Districts Redistricting Plans, Budget and Student Population Demographics in an excellent summary
Announcements:
Remember to take pictures of your Red Kettle Bell Ringing squad and send the photo to Kent please! Bruce wants to see our ringing form and style.
WOW-The Mission Trip is expanding, Jim Burness announced we have 24 people going so far. Please look again at the dates and feasibility that you can join too. Multiple doctors providing dental care will be joined with children’s services and prosthetic fittings too so many skill sets will be appreciated.
Salvation Army Kohl’s Shoppers for the Holidays -Susan Robenalt and members have contributed again to a Happy Holidays experience for over 19 families. Susan’s thanks for the continued giving, shopping expertise for best deals and contributions have been shared. Contributions are in process to Synteroo and the Salvation Army this weekend.
The Dublin City Schools are undergoing a redistricting effort due to student population increases. Drs. Hoadley and Deagle quickly gave us an excellent view of some events and facts about our city schools:
70+ Non English native languages in Dublin students - we have become quite the global school district.
Global travel is an option for high school and middle school studies.
The Dublink network continues to save the school over $100,000 in operating expenses annually.
Over $1.5 M in revenues are received from the Bridge Street project
2 New elementary schools are coming on line
1 more middle school is in process to be added now
A centralized Preschool has been established and is now serving the community
The partnerships, grants and Dublin taxpayers are all very much appreciated for their support and contributions to this excellent school district doing very innovative programs from Be Well initiatives to IT networking and coding, Emerald Campus curriculum and engineering studies.
District 6690 Foundation Chair, Price Finley, was our speaker this past Friday. He gave us an update on The Rotary Foundation and how we can all support The Foundation. November is "Foundation Month"
We had the honor to get an update on the state of the 2019 Buckeye Football Team from Ohio State greats Craig Krenzel and Ryan Miller. For the Rotarians in the crowd who are Buckeye fans the news was overwhelming GREAT! Craig and Ryan were very excited about the job Ryan Day is doing in his first year at the helm. They feel he is doing a great job building a special culture, recruiting the best players in the country, in addition they view him as one of the best coaches for his game day strategy. They were also very excited about the talent and the results they have seen on defense, offense and special teams this year.
In addition to providing great insight on the game, Ryan and Craig have also done a great job supporting the Dublin community and beyond. They are both active in the 2nd and 7th foundation, a community outreach program geared at promoting literacy and providing positive role models for children. To see how you can get involved go to https://www.secondandseven.com/donate/donate-online/ to help with this great cause!
Announcements:
The Holiday season is here and the opportunities to celebrate with your Rotary Family is great!
Dec 5th- Contact Claudia Trusty to volunteer for Hot Chocolate sales on Dec 5th at the Dublin Tree lighting
Dec 6th- Holiday Party- Sign-up for a night of fun and fellowship
Dec 7th & 14th- Volunteer to ring the Salvation Army bell
Coffman Interact will be offering their annual dog biscuit sales on Dec 6th. Contact Claudia Trusty to place your order, all sales benefit Canine Companions.
Our guest speaker focus today was our Dublin AM Rotary Foreign Exchange Student “Inbound to America” Lara Kranke with a guest appearance from France- our “Outbound” Chris Humphrey.
Kent Underwood showed great technology trust and fortitude with a Zoom call to France, the video of Red Skelton and Lara’s presentation in our meeting today.
Announcements:
Wine Not Wednesday at Z Cuccina this week! Ramona announced that the Social Committee events continue this Wednesday in the Bridge Park area at 5:30 and some will be starting closer to 5 so come early and come all, these have been great little get togethers!
December 5th we will be serving hot chocolate and hot cider to raise funds for the historic society at the Dublin Tree Lighting. Claudia assured us no cooking skills needed but she would appreciate a few hot water carafes if possible? Volunteers too from 5-7 pm.
Kent reminded us of our Snow Policy: If Dublin schools are delayed or cancelled then the Rotary meeting is also cancelled. Just a timely reminder before our first big snowfall of the season.
Bonnie announced that the Holiday Party emails invitations are out and should be in your email as of yesterday- please find and reserve your spot among the happy holiday partying going gang on December 6th!
Andy Keeler appreciates the support received, we applaud his win to Dublin City Council and anticipate his continued service to our great city.
Tom McGloshen shared the 4 Way Test content as discussed last meeting and provided handouts today from the Rotarian Magazine article.
Roberta is still collecting canned goods and needs a volunteer to collect our goods and deliver to the Food Pantry next week. Please bring your food item to the meeting next Friday.
Our guest speaker focus today was our Dublin Rotary Foreign Exchange Student “Inbound to America” Lara Kranke with a guest appearance from France- our “Outbound” Chris Humphrey.
Kent Underwood: Dublin Am Rotary raised $3,625 net to end polio through bourbon sales
Kent: There is a Christmas lighting on 12/5. Will be selling hot chocolate
Bruce Andrews: Red Kettle Bell Ringing for Salvation Army signup will begin next week. Rining dates are 1st three Saturdays in December 12/7, 12/14 & 12/21
Kaitlyn Gushue: Due to recent exits from Rotaract club, the club is in need of new members between 23 and 30 years of age. Katitlyn and Sinan Yaykin urged Dublin AM Rotary members to help recruit for Rotaract
Stephen Schmitt: Next Wednesday night, 11/6, Dublin Robotics Boosters is hosting a Lego robotics competition at Jerome High School at 6:45. The theme is problems in your city. Participants will be expected to Identify a problem, Propose a solution using robotics and Be judged
Ingrid Fields: Please offer feedback on how Dublin AM Rotary members would like to receive news about the club - online or paper copy
Ramona: Thanks to those who attended bourbon tasting last week. It was good time.
David Bentz: If you've purchased bourbon to benefit polio cure efforts, see David for your bottles.
Mike Close: Election Day next Tuesday, 11/5. Remember to vote!
Cap Clegg: Next two weeks Dublin AM Rotary will be conducting a food drive for the Dublin Food Pantry. Please bring food items for each of the next two weeks to our Friday morning meetings
Lucas Bauer, Principal of Daniel Wright Elementary School, presenting to Dublin AM Rotary this morning. Group photo includes Dr. Todd Hoadley, Superintendent of Dublin Schools, Kent Underwood and other administrators of Dublin Schools.
Thanks to Kaitlyn Gushue for taking the group photo today, Roberta Kayne for taking pictures and posting and Shannon Stover for writing!
Our guest speaker Leigh Burnside The Wendy’s Company Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer
Leigh shared an interesting perspective on Wendy’s and the values that Dave Thomas still influences in our community and in Wendy's corporate culture over these past 50 years.
Announcements:
The Holiday Season is coming soon….
December 5th- Tree Lightening and Hot Chocolate Sale- please see Kaitlyn Gushue or Claudia Trusty to volunteer
Our 2019 Holiday party is scheduled for Friday, December 6, 6:00 pm at the Country Club at Muirfield Village.
December 7th, volunteers are needed to shop for our Adopted Families Christmas Gifts
Fundraising Committees Meetings already in progress
Polar Bear meetings Friday- more frequent- See Jim Listebarger and Jim Bandeen for weekly schedule
Pro Am committee meetings – only monthly for now -see John Susie and David Lundgren
Leigh Burnside has a rich background in financial management and has been a long term leader for The Wendy’s Company. 1969 was Dave Thomas’ founding of The Wendy’s Company headquartered in Dublin, Ohio. It is now a $10 Billion publicly traded company including all franchise and corporate store sales. The Dublin campus is approximately 600 employees upporting operation of over 250,000 employees and franchisees globally. The company maintains approximately a 95% to 5% franchise to corporate store ownership model.
Past District Governor Craig Maxey speaking to Dublin AM on Friday, 10/18, about Polio Plus - End Polio.
Guest Speaker- Craig Maxey, World Polio Day- Oct 24th
We are still working hard to eradicate Polio, and continue to make progress
Thanks to the efforts of Rotary, only 2 Countries remain with cases- Afghanistan and Pakistan
In 2018 our district raised $218K to battle Polio, in 2019 our goal is $265K
Thanks to all members who supported the 125 Club and to City Barbeque for donating a portion of their sales on Oct 24th to this worthy cause
Together we continue to make a difference for Children throughout the World
Announcements
Mark your calendar for all these upcoming events
Support World Polio Day Oct 24th at City Barbeque -25% of proceeds at the Powell and Upper Arlington will be donated to the fight against Polio
Bourbon Tasting Party- Oct 25th from 6-9:30pm at Ramona and Barry’s House
Please join us as we gather with friends, eat good food and toast to the upcoming holiday season! As we have done in the past we will be pairing the PERFECT PARTY with a BOURBON TASTING!
Polar Bear Committee will hold a meeting at 7:00am Oct 25th
The Holiday Season is coming soon….
December 5th- Tree Lightening and Hot Chocolate Sale- please see Kaitlyn Gushue or Claudia Trusty to volunteer
Our 2019 Holiday party is scheduled for Friday, December 6, 6:00 pm at the Country Club at Muirfield Village.
December 7th, volunteers are needed to shop for our Adopted Families Christmas Gifts
On October 24th, World Polio Day, City Barbecue has generously offered to donate 25% of the proceeds of their sales to Dublin AM Rotary/Rotary International’s efforts to help eradicate Polio.
All we have to do is present the attached coupon to the cashier and they will scan the barcode at the register. The coupons can be printed and presented or simply scanned off of our phones.… no printing required.
The two participating locations are in Powell (3758 W Powell Rd) and Upper Arlington (2111 W Henderson Rd).
But why dine alone? Let's take this opportunity to dine for a cause together! Come to City BBQ on Powell Rd. anytime from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm and we can share in great fellowship and great food.
Please share this email and information with your friends, families and co-workers. Working together we can finally wipe Polio from the face of the earth while enjoying the some of the best barbecue around! This generous offer from City BBQ is valid October 24th only and please reach out to me if you have any questions.
Dublin AM Rotary October 4th, 2019 Meeting Dr. Katherine Fell President University of Findlay
Announcements:
Monday October 7th Rotaract Elections will be held at Dublin Library
October 8th there will be a Meet the Candidates evening at the BMI Credit Union. Come and support Andy Keeler, our Rotary member running for council.
October 11th at our club meeting we will also host the Meet the Candidates session during our meeting.
October 13th is the Robotics competition and Wolf Lant needs judges, set up and tear down volunteers. It is a fun event to see the schools show off their talents.
October 14th, Interact meetings- Sinan has the details
At our meeting Friday, October 18th our featured speaker will be our own Assistant District Governor Craig Maxey sharing our Rotary work on Polio Eradication.
October 24th is World Polio Day and City BBQ has a generous donation and discount program going so enjoy BBQ and do some good for Polio eradication.
Bourbon Tasting and the Perfect Perfect Party October 25th with Ramona and Barry – sign up now as a bourbon taster or non-bourbon taster for this party. See emails from Ramona.
Mark Saturday February 8th, Polar Bear fun again! Expect committee meetings to commence.
Hope everyone enjoys the Rotary gift this morning-more swag coming to preview during a November meeting as Claudia helps us raise our Rotary visibility.
Friday, 9/27, we had the honor of hearing Eric Rood from the Ohio Veterans Oral History Project. He gave us an overview of the great work that is being done to preserve the oral histories of our Veterans. He has made it his mission to record Veterans telling their stories so generations of their Family can hear their story and history can be told from all perspectives; photos, film and recorded interviews.
If you would like to watch some of the great interviews Eric has created you can go to YouTube under “timeless voices of aviation”, or if you have a Veteran who would like to tell their story, Eric can be contacted at rood.eric@gmail.com. Thanks to Eric for everything he is doing to honor the sacrifice of our Veterans.
The Ohio Veterans Oral History Project is an ongoing initiative of the Ohio History Connection to collect and preserve the stories of Ohio’s veterans. The Ohio History Connection believes that every veteran’s story is important and shows different aspects of military service and sacrifice. They are collecting veterans’ stories of their military experiences to make them available for future generations. They have partnered with the National Veterans Memorial and Museum and Honor Flight Columbus to locate veterans interested in participating in the project. These histories help inform designers working for the Ohio Veterans Memorial and Museum and some will be used in the memorial and museum itself.
Announcements
-September 28th the Perfect party starts @ 6:00 at Andy & JJ Keeler’s
-Oct 8th @PMI credit Union you can meet the candidates- doors open @ 6:00pm- come and support Andy Keeler in his candidacy bid.
-Oct 24th World Polio Day- Dine at City BBQ where a portion of the proceeds will go to ending Polio
October 8th there will be a Meet the Candidates evening at the BMI Credit Union. Come and support Andy Keeler, our member running for council.
October 11th at our club meeting we will also host the Meet the Candidates session during our meeting.
125 Club – Dwight has the final signup sheet for the Irish Whiskey fundraiser to contribute to Polio Plus eradication funds. Please reach out to him if you have missed the signup sheets, only 2 bottles left.
Wolf is looking for judges, set up and take down volunteers for the Robotics competition on October 13th. It is a fun event to see and participate in with an energetic group of school age kids showing their talents.
Sue Burness gave a big Dublin Am Rotary welcome to our guest speaker - Chief Justin Páez.
Chief Justin Páez began his career in law enforcement in 2001 and has been a member of the Dublin Police Department since November 2003. During his career, Chief Páez has served as a patrol officer, patrol corporal, accreditation sergeant, community impact unit sergeant, lieutenant, operations bureau commander, services bureau commander and deputy chief of police.
Chief Páez earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Bowling Green State University. He is a graduate of the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police Leadership Courses, which include the “Supervisory Training and Education Program (STEP)” and “Police Executive Leadership College (PELC)” as well as the Northwestern University’s School of Police Staff and Command.
The Chief told us a bit about his family’s public service background and his personal inspiration demonstrated over 35 years by his father. We learned a bit about his 5 kids and wife Abby.
We learned about Public Safety roles of the 113 officers working across the 3 shifts and the community impact we have seen from this dedicated team. Chief Páez helps our citizens Be the Best Version of Ourselves in many ways:
Community Education
Traffic and Freeway Patrol
Detective Bureau and incident triage
Address crime and neighborhood patterns for lower occurrences
Addiction reduction among our community
School support in many ways
Dispatch services for many surrounding communities
Chief Páez took time for a questions and answers session and we will certainly look forward to another visit to Dublin AM Rotary!
Marysville Auto Plant Vice President and General Manager
Honda of America Mfg., Inc.
Bill gave a very comprehensive overall presentation of the growth of Honda’s business facilitated by the Marysville Manufacturing capability and the resulting community growth and success as well over these past 40 years.
Bill had a team with Stephanie for professional video set up and his wife, Dori Easdale with Coldwell Banker.
Announcements:
Rita appreciated the personal items and toiletries donated to the human trafficking outreach and support efforts. Kent will share more details from the human trafficking training and awareness session.
Polio Eradication will be the topic when Craig Maxey comes to speak to our club with this important update.
Rotaract initial meeting successfully touched 10 – 15 attendees and charter members in this young professional group. This is a big initiative expanding the college Rotaract clubs. Congratulations Kaitlyn & Sinan, more god news to come from this group. Possibly a community garden we heard?
Camp Mary Orton was home as Claudia and Kent’s leadership focus was a big success wit the Interact clubs across Dublin high schools. See your August newsletter for a great picture!
The very first ever Rotary Dublin AM Car Show is almost here! As Lou announced at the meeting, your presence and conversation and attendance is so very important to our event and our sponsors. September 1st -please see what other roles are still needed by watching your emails and come out and see the cars!
Honda Manufacturing……. Bill Easdale
Bill shared the 40th Year Anniversary of Honda in Marysville:
Mr. Soichiro Honda invests in the locations where cars and motorcycles are sold. He believes that is where they need to be built. Purpose of technology is to help people.
Power of Dreams was very important to Mr. Honda and his leadership.
Monozukuri is The Art of Manufacturing.
Growth of the Marysville Motorcycle facility from 64 initial employees to over 15,000 now over 4 plants, testing center and R&D facilities.
Our District Governor Gary Vaughan referred to this theme as he shared great hapenings in Rotary across the district and across the globe. Gary discussed Vision 2020 and regognized Jim Bandeen, Pete Fuhlbrigge, Andy Keeler, Mike Isler and Ingrid Fields
Annoucements:
Come and volunteer Setember 1st Rotary Car Show
August 22 at Fado restaurant in Historic Dublin 7-9 RotoAct Young Professionals
District Assembly August 24th and Student Exchange, Host Famly Training August 24th
Hold September 28th for our Progressive Perfect Party at 6 pm
October 12th Unicef Fundraiser Drive in Movie Night
Celebrate Your Rotary Achievements Our speaker and Honored Guest- District Governor Gary Vaughan
Gretchen Spears gave us a great update on her Rotary exchange year. She had the opportunity to stay with 3 families in Slovakia, 1 family from Radosovce and 2 Families from Skalica. During her time in Slovakia she experienced many opportunities; learning the culture, traveling across Europe and enjoying meeting new Friends. In addition, she studied Chemistry, Math and Physics and completed a full marathon!
She was very passionate about her time in Slovakia and remarked that the program gave her incredible insight to other cultures, showed her new ways of doing things and really got her outside of her comfort zone. In addition, it gave her additional confidence in herself and what she can achieve.
Gretchen was a model student for the program and we are so proud of how she represented Dublin AM during her time in Slovakia. Very soon we will be sending another Student, Chris to France to study for the upcoming school year. We will also be receiving Lara Kranke from Wilsdruff, German for the upcoming school year.
Thanks to Gretchen and good luck to Chris! Also thanks to Sinan Yaykin for his passion and dedication to making this program a success.
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Rotary Sponsored Exchange Student returns from Slovakia
Our speaker Dr. Michael Suplicki, DC, The Winchester Institute of Chiropractic Health & Wellness discussing Ergonomics
Announcements:
Dublin Irish Festival- Please see this link to register. We are meeting at the same Beverage Barn (Dublin Rec Center Art Barn) as last year for your shift. Please be a few minutes early for your shift and bring your Rotary Irish Festival Shirt:
Claudia, Kent and many will be attending the August 24th District conference.
School is back in session soon and our School Supply Drive has started! Roberta and Claudia will be collecting supplies and or contributions starting this next week.
Dr. Mike Suplicki gave an interesting talk on our Physical, Chemical and Social Well Being and how the ergonomics in our life contribute to these outcomes.
We are sitting 9.3 hours every day- more than sleeping, exercising and eating.
Dr. Mike shared how inflamation shows up in our bodies, relates to Diet, Stress, Micro & Macro Trauma
How we sit, our monitor distance and how often we move all affects our health
In the 14 years The Winchester Institute has operated in Dublin, currently on Post Road, they have offered chiropractic care, massage therapy, health coaching, orthotics, nutrition counseling, health services.
Our speaker Dr. Michael Suplicki, DC, The Winchester Institute of Chiropractic Health & Wellness discussing Ergonomics
Our speaker was “Dinky” Denise Youngsteadt Parrish, the new Executive Director of one of our favorite local organizations, The Dublin Food Pantry. We heard stories and used Play- Doh! The Impact of Trauma on our brain was a very passionate talk. Denise shared not only who has food insecurity and hunger but the bigger picture of the impact of trauma on our brain.
Operating since 1978, Dublin Food Pantry has been serving our community.
Denise shared that it is a need still growing. Over 60% of the Dublin elementary school students qualify for the national free lunch program so even a wonderful area like Dublin has residents and families in need.
Denise “Dinky” also used Play-Doh to demonstrate the impact that trauma has on the human brain and how that relates to life circumstances that cause food and shelter insecurities. Other discussion included that the problem with being poor is that it takes all your time. Kent summarized it well when he said it was a passionate and compassionate talk that Denise shared.
Jack Curtis discussed the First Monday of every Month is our volunteer time and the whole family is now welcome to help.
Announcements:
Wine Not Wednesdays at Tucci’s was a great success. Thanks toour social committee! We spent time getting to know a few of our newer members and welcomed Betty Isaac who sends her regards and affection to all Dublin AM. Join the next one in August at Tucci’s.
9/1- Put the Rotary Car Show on your calendar for Sunday, September 1st. Lou Charobee will be recruiting volunteers to share flyers, work the registration and logistics the day of the event too.
Dublin Irish Festival- Andy has 25 Slots to Fill. If you need assistance, email andy.keeler@keelernadler.com or call Andy at (614)402-3765.
Click on the “Sharing o’ the Green” button at DublinIrishFestival.org
Calvin has vintage cars and the lobster food truck today at First Citizens Bank in Powell.
Claudia, Kent and many will be attending the August 24th District conference, carpooling is suggested.
Today’s Meeting focused on the International literacy and language learning that is the mission of SIL -Presented by Scott Dysart
Scott shared the organization’s founder and mission in 1914, the Summer Institute in Linguistics by William Cameron Townsend, shares many literacy goals with Rotary.
Scott shared the many benefits of education in the home country language and the additional learning accomplished when students have a multi-lingual approach.
Scott also shared details and a video of live classroom interactions that demonstrate the Thai school approach and shared interviews of family members. The observations shared were very interesting to educators and parents alike.
Links to free book templates were shared for our members to use:
http:BloomLibrary.Org
http:BloomLibrary.Org/ArtofReading
Announcements:
Wednesday 7/17 Our social committee has fun things in store for Rotary this year! We are also bringing back our monthly event with a new name - Wine NotWednesdays!Starting Wednesday, July 17, 5:30 pm, we will have a monthly gathering at a favorite Dublin restaurant/bar with our favorite people - our fellow Rotarians. The first three months will be at Tucci's.
9/1- Put the Rotary Car Show on your calendar for Sunday, September 1st for this inaugural event. Contributors already include Steve Gunder, Andy Keeler and Fields Auto Works.
Dublin Irish Festival- Sign up on the Dublin Irish festival site- see Andy’s email for instructions. Andy sent around the clipboard, there are still a few desirable shifts to be covered by our club.
District Dignitary - We heard encouraging words from Tom Clevens, our District AG. Claudia will be speaking August 24th at District conference in Newark and guarantees good learning and good fun. Kent and Claudia would love to carpool and have a good presence of Dublin AM members, please hold August 24th on your calendar!
A Heartfelt Thank You was presented at the meeting by Mike Isler and Ingrid Fields to the Pro AM Committee team, the Pro AM sponsors and all the members who worked so diligently to make this financial and meaningful event happen for our guests and our members. It was very successfully financially, exceeded budgetary contributions and was well supported by member attendance.
Today’s Busy Meeting featured our Scholarship Winners, our new President and the Board Installation.
Announcements:
6/29 Dalma’s Farewell – 4-6 pm at PINS Bridge Park Area to say farewell and safe travels to Dalma
9/1- Put the Rotary Car Show on your calendar for September 1st and share our Facebook and web postings for this inaugural event.
Dublin Irish Festival- Sign up on the Dublin Irish festival site- see Andy’s email for instructions
Pete - needs a few more Parade Marshalling volunteers for July 4th
Sinan thanked Wolf and Bonnie for all they have done for Dalma. We do have a 3rd host family slot open for our new Exchange Student Laura coming from Germany. Ingrid to be her Rotary counselor.
We thanked Steve Heiser for his 3 years as our District AG and we met Gary Vaughn who recognized Claudia Trusty for her InterAct work . July 12 &13th District Leader training.
Congratulations to our Scholarship Winners- Amazing young talent and promise:
Larkin Thomas
Sophia Longo
Sophia Maggs
Samiya Alam
Jenna Leuzinger
Jeff Bryden
Helee Dasai
The Celebration – The Installation of the new President and Board
Recognition of the Outgoing Board Service - Comments from Dwight Seeley and Kent Underwood
Susan Robenalt had Foundation announcements and Jim Listebarger was recognized for his Paul Harris
Claudia Trusty was recognized by Gary Vaughn for her Interact work
Dwight thanked his board, Kent invited his new board to join in the picture taking and Roberta and Bonnie organized and accomplished the board pictures.
Today’s Meeting was held at our new Dublin Library building with a tour from our own Joe Yersavich!
Announcements:
6/21 Board Installation Dinner at TCC- Please see Claudia’s email and register if you have not done so yet.
6/29 Dalma’s Farewell – 4-6 pm at PINS Bridge Park Area
9/1- Put the Rotary Car Show on your calendar for September 1st and share our Facebook and web postings for this inaugural event.
Joe Yersavichintroduced our library tour with initial comments from Page Vornbrock and Rick Schwieterman on the history and strategic planning over the last 10 years that have produced such an amazing new community space for our Dublin families. Over 10,000 visitors have come through the library in the first 3 days of public operations.
Transparency with Open Space for different groups: Kids, Teens and Adults
Focus areas of the tour also included discussion:
Electronic resources
Meeting room reservations online
Core book resources surrounded by glass and accessible space for that transparency
Auto Renew policy
Kids Story Time learning objectives
Young Minds Whole dedicated Floor
Tribute to Jean Walker- honor her contributions with this memorial fund
Dublin AM Rotary June 14, 2019 MeetingToday’s Meeting was held at our new Dublin Library building with a tour from our own Joe Yersavich!
The Miracle League of Central Ohio was formed in 2004 with the Mission of raising funds to build a unique baseball experience for children with mental and physical challenges in the Central Ohio area. Dublin AM will once again be sponsoring the Dodgers Team and we are looking for Buddies to assist at the games. Games are held on Saturday’s at Darree Fields in Dublin and the time to volunteer as a buddy for the games is only about 1 hour, but the impact is ongoing. To get involved in volunteering for this great cause, go to the Miracle League website and sign-up as a Dodgers volunteer. Each week the buddy coordinator will email you for your availability, so you can help as your schedule allows. Please contact Laurie Reinbolt with any questions. Thank you and go Dodgers!!!
Mike and Ingrid shared the Pro Am Parking logistics and Claudia answers Q&A for our May 29th Pro Am. David Bentz is recruiting van drivers -a few more fine drivers needed-please reach David.
Susan West introduced our speaker Joy Xaybandith, Volunteer Coordinator Franklin County Children Services. Joy has held many roles in the Children Services Agency for Franklin County. Her time in the Intake Department, Investigator and the Professional Development leadership at the Agency provided great stories of her theme:
Today’s Speaker - Dublin Public Works Megan O’Callaghan PE
Speaks on The Smart Mobility Initiatives &
Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge Spanning the Scioto River
Announcements:
Calvin’s buying lunch! Quick- get to the Powell Banking Center & Lobster Food Truck
To purchase tickets for the Pro-Am Day, click here
Tod Beckett and Ingrid shared the Pro Am Timeline for the Governor’s visit during our May 29th Pro Am lunch- come early and enjoy the guests and fellow club members.
David Bentz is recruiting van drivers -a few more fine drivers needed-please reach David.
Cindy Groeniger is also recruiting a few more charming reception volunteers-please call her now if you can be there for 3 hours 5/29.
Megan brings her experiences at ODOT, her Engineering certifications and experience and her Juris Doctorate to our Public Works here in Dublin.
Smart Mobility: Columbus Region Smart Mobility
Dublin’s City Service Vehicle fleet is 32nd is largest in the US
Today’s Speaker - Dublin Public Works Megan O’Callaghan PE Speaks on The Smart Mobility Initiatives &Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge Spanning the Scioto River
Ingrid Fields shared information about our May 29th fundraiser, the Dublin AM Memorial Tournament Pro-Am Event. If you have not registered for your two tickets, please do that today. If you have any problems with that, contact Claudia Trusty. We need volunteers to man the registration desk and drive the shuttle bus that day. Contact Ingrid for more information.
Sharon Kendall is again heading up our Group Study Exchange and is looking for home hosts for the team traveling to our area from Romania. They are all professional adults, and will be here August 24 - 28.
Ohio’s Climate Change and the Global Warming Impact
Dr. Stuart Ludsin
Associate Professor
The Ohio State University
Dept. of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology
Aquatic Ecology Laboratory
Dr. Ludsin gave a very informative talk about:
What is Climate Change?
How is it different from Weather?
National Oceanic Research and The Great Lakes Basin associations and research institutes
The Ohio winter and summer seasonal changes we can anticipate
Impacts on the agriculture here in Ohio?
Dead Zones in Lake Erie and the impact on fishing?
How can we make a difference? Human Drivers that increase greenhouse gasses
Dr. Ludsin made excellent points about our future and the quality of life we enjoy and want to share with our kids and the next generation. He also shared flyers about the Aquatic Ecology Laboratory (AEL) and the work happening right here on Kinnear Road at OSU.
Today’s Announcements:
Pro Am day ticket sales- we have an immediate need for your help to raise the funds for our Club. Mike Isler shared an update of the members visiting other clubs to drive attendance at the Pro Am fundraiser. Please see Mike’s message and forward the Pro AM Eventbrite link to your friends and colleagues! Don’t forget to register yourself and a guest on the Club runner link for your tickets too!
17! We have 17 members that received 125 Club pins today for their generous contributions to Rotary and the Polio initiative. In alphabetical order the members recognized by our Assistant Governor Steve Heiser: Jack Curtis, Steve Gunder, Faye Herriott, Mike Isler, Wolf Lant, David Lundregan, Deb Lutz, Tom McGloshen, Ron Morgan, Laurie Reinbolt, Susan Robenalt, Dwight Seeley, Kent Underwood, Page Vornbrock, Jim Warburton, Rich Weber and Phil Yoder.
A well deserved recognition was awarded to Bonnie for the positive community impact that she achieved through her leadership as President of our Rotary Club. Bonnie accepted the plaque and acknowledged our members.
Susan announced the fundraising event at the Dublin Event Center Friday evening for Nationwide Childrens Hospital.
Cap Clegg and the Interact Groups for all 3 Dublin High Schools and Davis Middle School
Today’s Announcements:
Pro Am day ticket registration – please see Mike Isler’s message and forward the Pro AM event to your friends and colleagues! Don’t forget to register yourself and a guest on the Club runner link -Thanks Claudia!
The Pro Am committee was pushed back a week since we do not have a meeting on Friday. Please meet Friday 4/26 at 7 am – TCC as usual before the meeting.
Sad news about Fay’s family and the loss of her brother- please keep them in our prayers this week.
Dalma announced that the exchange student Fundraiser Dinner Saturday evening was very successful in raising funds for the Polio Fight and thanks everyone for their generosity and St. Patrick’s for hosting.
Rev. Steve Smith encourages Fish Fry Friday at St. Pat’s as the proceeds are going to Habitat for Humanity this week.
Lou shared the progress with the City for a car show September 1st. Much more to follow over the coming months.
Paige shared the growth of the Dublin Schools, positive news and names for these additions to the School District.
Cap introduced the Interact Clubs and their advisors. These very impressive, young speakers shared their presentations. Here are a few details:
Dublin City Manager Speaking about our Connected Community here in Dublin!
A Technology Update and additional State of the City information
Dana McDaniel
Dublin City Manager
Brigadier General (ret.)
Today’s Announcements:
Pro Am day ticket registration on Club runner for members and their guests should be easy now that you have Mike Isler’s message and the ticket invoices from Amy in Quick Books. Claudia and Ingrid answered questions.
Our exchange student, Chris Humphrey, shared his artistic creation for the Silent Auction at the Polio Eradication Fundraiser Dinner Saturday evening. He also shared the event details that Dalma shared: a Youth fundraiser happening April 6th at St. Patrick’s that will raise money to fight Polio through Rotary. Please look at https://rotary6690.org/training-events/calendar/ for more details.
Sue Burness introduced today’s speaker and her leader at City of Dublin, Dana McDaniel. This is a follow up to our discussion with Donna Goss, Ph.D. Director of Development.
Dana took us on a technology view of the Connected Community and how it impacts our economic competitive edge for our businesses, residents and Ohio. We covered topics:
The State of Innovation
Disrupters effecting us such as Blockchain, Augmented Reality, AI, Work from Home initiatives by employers in Dublin, More below.....
Our club has supported local, national and international projects that promote literacy.
The Dublin A.M. Rotary’s Literacy Committee supported the following literacy initiatives this Rotary year:
For the second year in a row we worked in collaboration with the Dublin City Schools to purchase Story Works magazine subscriptions for 316 students at Olde Sawmill Elementary School (91 students), Thomas Elementary School (157 students) and Riverside Elementary School (68 students). The teachers use the lessons in the magazines to teach reading skills and it is a fun way to learn. There are also on-line lessons that can be used with the magazines covering a variety of topics.
For many years our Club’s Literacy Committee donates dictionaries to 3rd graders in the Dublin City School District who can benefit from utilizing the dictionaries for word recognition, word finding and learning definitions of new words. This year the school district requested that we provide donated dictionaries to all of the 3rd graders at Indian Run Elementary. Some of the thank you notes we received from students are attached to this e-mail.
We are excited to report that our Literacy Committee is working with the Dublin Library to create a book collection for young children that will focus on the Rotary’s values of inclusion, kindness, respect, giving, empathy and love for our neighbors.
Our Club provides an annual donation of $500 from the Club President’s budget to fund literacy initiatives at Daniel Wright Elementary. This donation will be presented to Daniel Wright’s Principal and Librarian at a Club meeting this spring.
We also contribute to a Book and Magazine Drive for Dublin Methodist Hospital.
Dublin Development: Significant Projects and Events
Be in the know on hot happenings at home
Today’s Announcements:
Recognition of Calvin Gebhart and the Gold sponsorship for the Pro Am Day contributed by First Citizens National Bank .
Mike and Ingrid shared the details on Pro Am day tickets and the Clubrunner registration process and the day's schedule to relax and enjoy the social setting with good food and beverages in a private hospitality house and The Memorial at Muirfield.
Dublin Food Pantry volunteers are needed and Dave sent a sign up sheet around at the meeting. Volunteers work the first Monday of every month. Please reach out to David Lundregan to schedule yourself.
Our exchange student, Chris Humphrey, is going to France in August and expressed his appreciation to our club. He also shared the event that Dalma shared: a Youth fundraiser happening April 6th at St. Patrick’s that will raise money to fight Polio through Rotary. Please save the date and look at https://rotary6690.org/training-events/calendar/ for more details.
Sue Burness introduced today’s speaker and colleague at the City of Dublin, Donna Goss, Ph.D. Director of Development.
Womens Health Center Taking Shape at Dublin Methodist Hospital
Our guests today were Dr. Shannon Ho, Internal Fetal Medicine Specialist and Sherry Valentine, Director of Womens Health, from Dublin Methodist Hospital.
Page Vornbrook introduced our guests and explained that the growth in the hospital since it opened 10 years ago has far exceeded expectations. Last year, 2,800 babies were born at Dublin Methodist, and over 14,000 babies have been born there overall. It's projected that in the coming years, more than 4,000 babies will be born each year!
A 30,000 square foot addition is underway at the hospital to address the expanded requirements. As part of this expansion, a Womens Health Center is being opened. Our own Bonnie Coley-Malir is chairing the committee that is raising awareness/funding for this center.
The new center will offer outpatient services for women. Dr. Ho explained to us that pregnancy can create long-term risks to the health of the mother, leading to cardiovascular, diabetes and other long-term risks.
A Busy day with over 12 guests and an interesting Panel
Today’s Announcements:
Recognition of the VCA Donation to Polar Bear and the Pro Am with Tod Beckett and his work also securing University of Findlay’s sponsorship and Governor DeWine’s participation on May 29th.
David Bentz recognized the diligent work of Jim Listebarger and Bob Rosenberg for the over 50 raffle contributions that have been donated for Polar Bear. Sinan and Jim Bandeen remind you that TOMORROW is the big day of fun at the Polar Bear.
Dublin Food Pantry volunteers needed now and the first Monday of every month.
Please reach out to David Lundregan and serve our community.
Dalma shared a Youth fundraiser happening April 6th at St. Patrick’s that will raise money to fight Polio through Rotary. Please save the date and look for more details here and at the meetings.
Elli Santala, visiting Youth Exchange from Finland was visiting from another Rotary club and she will be visiting again and would love to get engagement with our club and will need transportation from Powell/Lewis Center area.
BIG Dublin Library Openings to be announced next week, we received a preview that the Library Opening will June 6th and there is a Hard Hat Tour we can reserve a spot in – reach out to Joe Yersavich for this Tour on March 12th
Abbreviated Meeting Due to Weather – Today’s Announcements:
Jim Bandeen is representing our Polar Bear Fundraising team and Dublin AM Rotary in an interview with Karina Nova at 6:50 AM on Channel 10 tomorrow Saturday February 2nd. Grab a warm cup of coffee and tune in early to watch and support Jim in his first live TV appearance for our club.
Kent Underwood thank everyone for completing the surveys and to the folks that came out last night to participate in the visioning exercise. Some great ideas came out and great support for our Dublin AM Rotary Club. Look for more output over the next several weeks and months.
Progressive dinner - February 23th 2019 is the date.
Sharon Kendall shared news about the 2019 New Generations Service Exchange. This is a unique vocational exchange happening with Romania May 28th till June 17th. Sharon shared that the eligible participants will be business professionals from 25 to 45. For more information please text Sharon at 614- 286-0989.
The Rev. Stephen Smith shared the religious significance of February 2nd and shared a description of the winter days and CandleMas celebrating Jesus as a 6 week old baby boy being presented at Temple. From CandleMas and the long winter shadows we have the origins of Groundhogs Day.
Wikipedia has quite the reference to Candlemas and the I am sure Rev. Stephen can share more about the Presentation of Jesus and the ritual purification of Mary for interested members.
Dublin AM Rotary February 1, 2019 Meeting Abbreviated Meeting Due to Weather – Good Announcements!
Nate Traucht, Founder of The Fitness Advantage, spoke about Exercise, Nutrition and The Myths
Today’s Announcements:
Kent Underwood requested the remaining members who have not completed the Survey Monkey to complete the survey and let their voices be heard. The link is in his email and Kent reiterated the importance of your input.
Progressive dinner format was described by Claudia and it sounds like a good time will be had by all! One more host house is needed for the Progressive dinner. Contact Claudia or Peter please - February 23th 2019 is the date.
Jim Bandeen is being interviewed Live! about the Polar Bear on Channel 10 at 7 am Saturday February 2. Listen in and enjoy The Dublin Am Rotary fame as Jim describes one of our key events.
Dwight shared that 3rd and Goal has an event May 3rd called Heroes in the Hanger and we will be hearing more about that over the next several weeks.
Here's the big news: Susan Robenalt won the big pot! See, it really does pay to come to our Friday morning meetings!
In other news...
The Polar Bear Golf Open will be held Sat., Feb. 9. If you have not registered yet, go to www.polarbeargolf.org and do it today!
Sinan Yaykin shared that we will be hosting an inbound exchange student in the next school year. We are also sponsoring 1 long-term outbound student and 4 short-term inbound students. That's putting the International in RI!
Tod Beckett announced that Classic Limousine will be a Pro-Am sponsor and will offer free transportation for the veterans who will be our guests that day. Stay tuned for more details about the Pro-Am.
Kent Underwood asked that all members complete the Club Vision survey he sent out previously. It takes only a couple of minutes...you can do it.
C. Matthew Curtin, Founder of Interhack, spoke about The Threat, The Response and Our Responsibility
Today’s Announcements:
Kent Underwood explained the Survey Monkey link in his email and reiterated the importance of your input and interest in member comments. Please complete your surveys.
Progressive dinner is here! February 16th 2019 is the date and Peter Georgiton is ready to discuss your home and where we will be enjoying this social event together.
Polar Bear volunteers needed- please contact Jim Bandeen if you are not golfing and can volunteer. Polar Bear registration is Open and ready for your RSVP, attendees and guests for February 9th, make sure it is on your calendar and that you register to play or volunteer.
Sinan has a foreign exchange dinner and driving opportunity coming up for 2 families on January 19th! Drivers and Dinner hosts for 4 students are needed. Please volunteer by contacting Sinan directly.
Susan West is on the lookout for your recommendations and interesting Speakers for our Friday meetings.
Wolf announced the middle school robotics have a big competition at Coffman High School starting Saturday around 1 pm, come support Steve Schmitt as coach, Jim Listebarger as judge and Peter’s daughter as team member.
Claudia has Roberta’s calendars today and the proceeds go to our club, see them in person
Susan was a great Sergeant At Arms and collected Happy Bucks and we heard an amazing story from Steve about his holiday sermon -make sure and ask him!
Today’s Meeting
Ron Morgan introduced Matt Curtin, subject matter expert in Cyber security, author of 2 books Brute Force: Cracking the Data Encryption Standard and Developing Trust: Online Privacy and Security. Matt is Founder of Interhack, a Columbus based expertise firm and national resource for expert witness on privacy, security and forensics.
Matt covered
The Threat
The Threat Response
Our responsibility
Matt’s discussion included the Al Qaida’s goal of economic disruption. Bankrupting American companies, loss of IP and costly security solutions is their strategy.
Matt also discussed the problems depending on surveillance. Resilience, what resilience looks like and how to manage the risk in our eco-systems concluded the talk.
C. Matthew Curtin, Founder of Interhack, The Threat, The Response and Our Responsibility
Rich Weber and the Committee Leaders shared the financials and programs this morning. A few announcements:
Calvin has the famous Lobster Food Truck at First Citizens Bank today at lunch time. Stop by if Powell and Sawmill are on your way.
Look for an updated slate email later today shared Dwight, next week are our club elections.
Friday, December 7th – Annual Dublin AM Holiday Party at the Country Club at Muirfield Village is tonight See you there with Santa.
Bruce Anderson and our Bell Ringing schedule is on for this weekend. Please check your volunteer times.
Sharon mentioned the Dublin Chamber coat drive, all gently used coats welcome.
Our visiting Rotary officer Steve reminded everyone interested in the RI Convention in Hamburg that early registration rates drop off soon. The Rotary International is a life changing experience happening June 1st- 5th.
David mentioned Wreaths Across America will still be needed for both Arlington cemetery and our Dublin Memorial Cemetery.
Sgt. At Arms volunteers still welcome, Dave has developed the schedule and a few more folks can join in the fun.
Dublin Historical Association still has the Coffman house Holiday decorations in place to view and your visit is a mere $5 for a great cause and Rich Weber says- Go Soon!
Polar Bear Open is ready for your RSVP, attendees and guests are now registering for February 9th, make sure it is on your calendar.
Today’s Meeting
Rich Weber moderated the panel of Services Chairmen and reviewed our financial contributions and distributions.
Of our membership dues:
25% goes to Rotary International
10% to our District 6690
6% to RI Foundation
59% for our Dublin AM Club and these Services Committees
Fundraising is vital for the club from 4X4s, the 125 Club and our fundraisers Polar Bear and Pro Am events.
The President budget and committee’s programs were reviewed in detail in a great presentation by Rich and the panel:
Club Services -Sarah Richardson
Community Services – Jack Curtis
Veterans Programs – Dave Williams
International Services – Jim Burness
Vocational Services – Laurie Penland, presented by Dwight
Youth Services - Sinan Yaykin
This was a great review of all our programs and where we spend our time and treasure for the local and global community.
Rich Weber and Committee Leader Programs December 7, 2018
Susan Robenalt provided an annual update on our club's charitable foundation. Founded in 1999, the foundation endowment has increased to a healthy balance due to great fundraising activities over many years and a prudent investment strategy. With a separate board of directors, the Foundation is designed to serve the charitable giving goals of Dublin AM while remaining an independent entity. Susan encouraged our members to continue to consider Paul Harris Fellow contributions as well as to bring forward ideas for charitable giving either through the foundation or through grants available via Rotary International.
Announcements
Holiday Party Dec. 7th - sign up is still open.
Polar Bear Open is Feb. 9th - mark your calendar.
Dec. 7th is the financial review of our club finances.
Dec. 8th - 8AM at Kohl's - Let Susan R. know if you'd like to help with shopping for the Salvation Army and Syntero family Christmas adoptions. Collections will be requested at the Dec. 7th meeting and at the holiday party.
Dec. 14th we will vote for next years officers.
The 125 Club whiskey raffle awards for the Worl Polio Day fundraiser will be delivered at the holiday party. Contact Dwight f you are not able to attend the party.
Thank You to the members who helped sell cider at the Dublin holiday tree lighting on Thursday evening. Proceeds benefit the Dublin Historical Society.
If you're interested in participating in Wreaths Across America by contributing a donation for wreaths in the Dublin Memorial Cemetery, please go to the following link and be sure to enter code OH0183 to designate the cemetery in Dublin:
Nate discussed the 4 Factors driving Economic Development across the country and in our community; Automation/Artificial Intelligence, Re-urbanization, Age of energy and the Skilled Labor Crisis.
1.Automation and Artificial Intelligence
The driving force is technology and the impact the internet has made across all industries and in all communities.
2. Re-Urbanization
A trend driven by the millennials is seeing a 12% increase of individuals moving back into urban centers, while non-urban areas are growing at 8%
The Bridge Park project was a great example of Dublin city proactively putting a plan in place to attract individuals that may have chosen to move into urban centers vs. the suburbs.
3. Age of Energy
We now live in a country where we are becoming more and more independent for our energy sources. We have more and more sources for oil and Natural Gas which has played a major role in reducing our dependency of other countries for energy sources.
4. Skilled Labor Crisis
This crisis is being felt multiple industries; construction, electrical, and even in IT we are seeing a shortage in skilled workers. This is being driven by low unemployment and in addition it is impacted by the opioid crisis. There is a strong need to get more students engaged earlier, specifically in technical and trade schools.
Announcements:
The Annual Interact Dog Biscuit Sale is coming! Place your orders with the one and only Claudia Trusty. Cost is $1 Per Bag, orders will be delivered at the Nov 30th meeting
Roberta Kayne- New Calendars are now available-all proceeds benefit Rotary. Calendars can be purchased online at LULU.com and by searching Roberta Kayne, or you can also place an order directly with Roberta.
Wreaths across America is taking orders for their annual Christmas Wreath Program. What does it mean to sponsor a veteran’s wreath? It means you’ll honor an American hero at one of more than 1,400 locations nationwide this year on Wreaths Across America Day. It’s a day that’s been set aside to lay wreaths at the places where we remember, honor and teach about our veterans. Go to www.wreathsacrossamerica.org to donate a wreath for this year’s event.
The Perfect Party will be held November 17th at Peter and Betsy Georgiton’s home. Come and prepare for the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday with your Rotarian Friends
The annual Bell Ringing for the Salvation Army is coming up at the Bridge Street and Perimeter Kroger stores – Please see Bruce Andrews to sign-up for this great cause.
The Annual Holiday Party will be held December 7th from 6:00- 9:00pm at the Country Club at Muirfield Village. Space is limited sign-up as soon as possible
As we all know, Roberta Kayne is an amazing photographer who travels the world, bringing gorgeous images back with her. Oh, and she is one of our Dublin AM photographers, too! Roberta has created three calendars for 2019 that feature her work. One is images of flowers, one from her time in Cuba, and the third shows bears in Alaska. You can purchase any of her calendars online here or email Roberta directly. Cost is $20 and all proceeds benefit our Dublin AM Rotary foundation. Thanks, Roberta!
Sharing the veteran's journey is the primary goal of this local Ohio treasure- the new National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Just in time to help us honor and remember on our Veterans Day this Monday, Al spoke Friday morning about this first national veterans memorial and museum and how it was created in Ohio and the mission it serves but first a few announcements:
Claudia’s Social Announcements Friday morning:
Saturday, November 17th – "Friends-giving” Perfect Party at Peter and Betsy Georgiton’s home. Please bring a non-perishable item that can be served at Thanksgiving to donate to the Dublin Food Pantry.
Thursday, November 29th, 5 - 7 pm – Holiday Tree Lighting celebration in Coffman Park. We will meet at the big white barn for this annual family event. Kaitlyn Gushue is organizing a cider and hot chocolate sale at the barn with proceeds going to the Dublin Historical Society.
Friday, December 7th – Annual Dublin AM Holiday Party at the Country Club at Muirfield Village. Invitations going out to members this weekend.
Bruce Anderson passed the Bell Ringing schedule clipboard and our Kroger’s duty slots were filled with promises of training to come for our Bell Buddies.
Kent did the New Member honors and Ingrid Fields appreciates being a full member in this Rotary Club and the terrific members.
Cindy and Dwight shared a somber moment discussing the tragic death of a vivacious lady and past Rotary president in the Worthington Dublin Club and a dear neighbor, BJ Stone.
Over $2,000 was raised for Rotary International’s Polio fund.
Dwight mentioned Wreaths Across America will be discussed in upcoming meetings.
Al Burzynski shared the mission of the First National Veteran’s Memorial and Museum as sharing the veteran’s journey, creating multi-purpose space for groups and families to use and a quiet place in Memorial Grove for reflection and celebration.
From the pictures Al shared of the impressive and unique building and setting on 7 acres along the Scioto River, one can easily see the appeal of visiting and spending time reviewing all the wars that our military has served in and learning from the interactive displays of the veterans from each era.
Uniquely both a memorial and a museum, it hosts special events, has an innovative Ribbons Display and a Great Hall. There is also an area to Honor the Fallen and share their stories in an educational way creating connections to these heroes. Video vignettes and green space combine for a layout that is truly a new national treasure and available to us here locally through the vision of leaders like Senator John Glenn and Congressman Steve Stivers, our Columbus Foundation and our military and city leaders. With the 6th largest veterans’ population in the US and such terrific reviews from our fellow Rotarians Tom, Dwight and Kent, we are expecting great use and visits to the National Veterans Memorial and Museum.
Former OSU QBs Discuss Buckeye Football and Literacy
Former Ohio State QBs, Craig Krenzel and Justin Zwick were our guest speakers. This is an annual club favorite, and Craig and Justin did not disappoint. Their lighthearted storytelling from their playing days - in addition to insights into the current, confounding Buckeye Football team - kept the club members interested until after our regular scheduled end time. Unfortunately, they had no good answers or optimism to share about the recent challenges with this year's edition of the gridiron Bucks.
More important to our Rotary charter, Craig also provided an update on behalf of the 2nd and 7 Foundation which was founded by Ryan Miller who was traveling and unable to join us on Friday morning as he normally does. Founded in 1999, 2nd and 7 has football players in college and high school read to 2nd grade students and donate books - all of course to encourage literacy. Currently, 2nd and 7 operates in 26 states, with 47 colleges and university football teams participating in the program. More than 67,000 books have been donated, and the foundation has published its 13th original book.
Announcements
- Holiday Party is December 7th at 6:30 in our meeting room at TCC.
- November 17th Perfect Party at Peter Georgiton's home - email to follow soon.
- Dec. 1st and 15th Bell Ringing at the Bridge Street and Perimeter Kroger stores - Bill Andrews circulating the sign up sheet.
- Dec 8th shopping @ Kohl's for the Salvation Army Christmas Drive - our club's annual family adoption will be funded by donations made at the Holiday Party and most likely at one of our Friday meetings - contact Susan Robenalt if you're interested in helping with the shopping.
- Polar Bear sponsorships are needed. Contact Jim Bandeen - reminder to mark your calendar for Feb. 9th for the Polar Bear Open.
- Dublin Scioto H.S. - 5th Annual Veterans Story Event is Thursday Nov. 8th - 3:30-6:00 - students, staff and community members will be honoring the service of over 225 veterans and military through musical performances, speeches and student presentations.
Life in the Fast Lane with Bob Fields of Fields Auto Works
Dublin's own Bob Fields (spouse to Dublin AM member, Ingrid Fields) provided a fascinating presentation on his vision for Fields Auto Works, a local start-up business that designs and builds cars for track driving. Bob explained that Track Day events are becoming increasingly popular for driving enthusiasts. With the direction of autonomous cars and smart roadways, it is expected that more and more track driving hobbyists will emerge. The clientele that Fields serves is the driving enthusiast who wants to hone their driving skills and be able to drive fast but not necessarily have interest in racing. We learned that to convert a street car into a track track ready car is very expensive. Fields' approach is to design the car from the chassis up and provide better vehicles at similar prices to those that are converted to track cars. Many of the components that his company uses are sourced locally.
Bob also talked about the plentiful resources and expertise that are available to him and his associates in the Central Ohio area, from the Transportation Research Center to Ohio State, Battelle, Honda, TrueSports and Rahal. His aim is to get student apprentices and build interest in local vocational schools as well. There were many questions that followed Bob's presentation; clearly our club has quite a few car enthusiasts!
Announcements
Upcoming social activities to mark on your calendar include a Perfect Party on Nov. 10th, Holiday Party on Dec. 7th and Dublin Holiday Tree Lighting on Nov. 29th. Watch for upcoming emails on these events.
Also watch for an upcoming email from Jim Burness about meetings scheduled for the Mission Trip that is planned for early Spring.
The Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix collection continues on Nov. 2nd for the Thanksgiving Food Drive.
World Polio Day raffle continues until Nov. 2nd. Please reference the email from Dwight and contact Dwight or Rich if you want to participate in the $125 Club.
City Barbeque's Columbus Area stores are donating 25% of proceeds on Nov. 5th toward efforts to eradicate Polio. See the email from Dwight with the coupon.
- Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix Collection October 26th and November 2nd for the Thanksgiving food drive.
- Holiday Party is December 7th - Mark Your Calendar - More Details to Come
- World Polio Day Challenge - watch for an email with details - collections at the meetings October 26th and November 2nd - we will have a raffle to win whiskey and all donations will contribute to the eradication of polio.
Guest Speaker Notes
Ryan Scribner, Economic Director of PPP, Pickaway Progress Partnership, of Pickaway County was our guest speaker Friday morning. He spoke of the strong manufacturing base in Pickaway County that become challenged over the past several years dating back to before the Great Recession; in Chillicothe, the town of 12,000 lost 3,000 jobs in a couple years. PPP is a public-private, non-profit partnership that is having success bringing in new manufacturing, logistics and other businesses with many new jobs. Dupont cited its reason for selecting Chillicothe as the lack of political headwinds it encountered because of the cooperation of the PPP. With $1billion in new investment and 2,500 new jobs and counting, Pickaway County is close to covering the job losses. In the Rickenbacker area, the warehousing and logistics growth is excellent. A big reason for the success that the PPP is having is due to its embrace of Regionalism, such as being active in Columbus 2020 and creating a joint economic development district with Columbus in the Rickenbacker area.
Learning About Del-Co and The History of Water Management
Our guest today was Glenn Marzluf, CEO of Del-Co. Marzluf provided some interesting information about Del-Co, including; 1) It was founded in 1974 and includes 1800 miles of water pipeline in 7 counties covering 800 square miles, 2) Del-Co is a customer-owned cooperative that services 140,000 customers. The Duott Reservoir currently holds more than 3 billion gallons of water.
What was more interesting was the history of water management that he provided us. Beginning with the Roman Empire's aqueduct system, water management and waste-water management has certainly evolved; however, today's systems use the same principles of pressure created by gravity. Our above-ground storage takes use the effects of gravity to create the water pressure in our homes and businesses. The New York City metro areas are served by aqueducts from up-state New York with the longest reaching 129 miles. In Chicago, pumps reserve 1 billion gallons of water daily from Lake Michigan to change the flow of the Chicago River.
Announcements
On Oct. 17th, the American Lung Association is hosting a Better Breathers Club gathering at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at 6PM in Metro Center. Cindy shared that persons with chronic lung diseases including CPOD, pulmonary fibrosis, Asthma and lung cancer should consider joining in this event to learn better breathing techniques using yoga.
The 2019 Polar Bear Open is set for Saturday, Feb 29th. If you are able to assist in gathering sponsors, please reach out to Ingrid Fields or Susan Robenalt.
Sinan is looking for students interested in being exchange students in the next school year.
The international Rotary convention is scheduled for June in Hamburg. If you're interested, consider registering before the Dec. price increases.
We provide a hand up, not a hand out through the Freedom Station, a place where veteran injured warriors go to receive housing, care, and assimilation to make the critical transition from military service to civilian life.
Today’s Speaker Vic Tambone, Colonel, USAF (Ret.) is a member of the Board of Directors of the Warrior Foundation, a non-profit veteran help organization that established the Warrior Foundation Freedom Station.
Our announcements:
Wolf has requested more volunteers to help on Saturday set up or to judge the robotics competition on this Sunday September 30th in Worthington. Please reach out to Wolf if you can help with any set up on Saturday or to judge the competition on Sunday.
Jack Curtis reminded the club tat we serve the Dublin Food Pantry the first Monday of every month from 5:30 to 7:30.All are welcome participants.
Dave Williamson will send out the details and logistics once finalized for the Motts Military Museum tour by ur favorite tour guide and 911 Barn.
On 10/24 we will honor the Rotary Polio Remediation progress and global impact. Dwight will share more as we get closer to that date.
Today’s meeting hosted several guests to hear our keynote speaker, Vic Tambone, Colonel, USAF (Ret.). Vic shared the founding of the Warrior Foundation Freedom Center in San Diego and the passion and drive of the all-volunteer organization that we will pattern for the Freedom Station Ohio.
Vic is a lifetime appointed board member of the Freedom Center San Diego and with his distinguished service in Washington DC to President Bush, Henry Kissinger and to our nation with his service.
Clarence Mingo, Franklin County Auditor, Talks of Unprecedented Growth
Our guest today was Clarence Mingo, Franklin County Auditor. Mingo is a native of Canton and holds undergrad and law degrees from OSU and is an Army veteran who served in the Persian Gulf War. He has volunteered his legal services to indigent citizens through the Legal Aid Society.
According to the Auditor, Franklin County is in a period of unprecedented growth which is evident in the growth in property values. Post-Great Recession, we experience modest growth in the 2011-2014 period, but in the pervasive property value assessment that was completed in 2017, property values were up 10-60% since 2011. In 2017, a home sold every 30 minutes, and so far in 2018, a home has sold every 56 minutes in the county. Per Mingo, Franklin County is becoming the "jewel of the Midwest" and has the highest bod rating possible and an excellent cash and liquidity position.
With all of this prosperity, it was especially sobering but important to be reminded that 32% of citizens in Franklin can't afford a 2-bedroom apartment, 25% of children live in food insecurity, 28% of Ohioans don't have a bank account, and due to stagnant wages, the working class ($80K per year income) cannot afford to own a $150K home (and our county increasingly does not have homes available in this price range).
Announcement Reminders
The Memorial Tournament Pro Am Day fundraising committee met on Friday and will meet every 3rd Friday of the month at 7AM. We welcome any interested members to join.
We need video and recording equipment for our exciting upcoming meeting on September 28th when we will have distinguished speakers sharing the Veterans Freedom Center effort that was built in their community and what we might consider for our community. The intent on recording this session is that we create a communications tool that can be reused often with partners and donors. Please connect Kent or Dwight to anyone who can help.
The donations we made to The Andrew Green Foundation were well used and effective. Dave McKee shared that the Haiti High School receiving those funds achieved 28 out of 29 students passing the mandatory exam compared to a much lower average normally. The connection to our friends in The Prodigals from Irish Festival days with Andrew’s brother, has been a meaningful opportunity for us to support this school and in Andrew’s honor.
Our most heartfelt condolences go out to Claudia and Tom Trusty with the passing of Claudia’s sister, Elena. We have signed and sent a card from our group and ask to keep them in our thoughts and prayers.
Wolf has requested more volunteers to judge the robotics competition Sunday September 30th in Worthington. Please reach out to Wolf if you can help judge the competition.
Dr. Todd Hoadley, one of our very own members led the discussion about the November 6th Ballot information and Issue 5.
Page introduced Dr. Hoadley, Superintendent of Dublin City Schools, Kristy Venne Director of the Emerald Campus and Brian Kern, Financial Officer.
This quote is from Dalma Kiss, the exchange student from Budapest, Hungary that our club is sponsoring this year. We are lucky to clearly have one of the nicest Hungarians in Dalma! She did an incredible presentation for us today followed by an extended Q&A which provided us with great insights into her home country and city.
Hungary, with a population of 9.8M people is smaller in size than New York State with just a fraction of the people. The language is quite difficult to learn, given the alphabet has 44 letters.
Hungarians invented Vitamin C, the ballpoint pen, Rubic's Cube and matches among other things. Lake Balaton is there and is the largest lake in Central Europe.
Hungary is part of the European Union. Dalma described different cuisines - all of which look and sounds delicious. Budapest, her home city, has 2.5M people.
In addition to educating us about Hungary, Dalma shared that she has two sisters, one older and one younger, and she enjoys playing and watching basketball, listening to music, including TwentyOne Pilots, and she is an excellent artist.
Thank You, Dalma, for your very poised and well-prepared presentation.
Announcements
Reminder that the fall district meeting, Ro Talks, is being held in Pickerington on Sept. 29th. Contact Kent Underwood for more information,
Polar Bear Open raffle items are needed. If you are interested, please contact Jim Bandeen.
Veterans Affairs committee is meeting at 6:45AM SHARP on Sept. 21st. to prepare for the presentation to the club on Sept. 28th and discuss plans for the Freedom Center. Contact Dave Williamson with interest.
Our guests today features Sharon Schrieber and Maddie Mattey from Adaptive Sports Connection as well as two board members and an inspiring spokesman, Adam Greathouse.
Adaptive Sports Connection is a chapter of Disabled Sports USA, and they serve disabled children, adults and veterans with a wide range of adapted sporting opportunities. They have been operating for 25 years. Examples of the opportunities that they have available with adapted equipment include Kayaking, Sailing, Paddle Boarding, Water skiing on the Scioto, as well as adaptive bicycling at Glacier Ridge Metro Park, Snowboarding or skiing at Mad River and more.
Our guests shared a number of very inspiring stories about how they have positively changed the lives of many disabled individuals. Adam Greathouse shared his own incredible story of how Adaptive Sports quite literally saved his life.
Check out AdaptiveSportsConnection.org to learn more about how to volunteer and support this fantastic organization.
Announcements:
Welcome and Congratulations to Joe Yersavich, our newest Dublin AM Rotarian! We're thrilled to have Joe officially on board; he is the leader of the Dublin branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library.
Jim Burness made note of the interest to participate in a Mission Trip to the Dominican Republic. Please see the email that Jim sent earlier this week and reach out to him if you are interested or need more details.
David Bentz provided these updates: two fundraising sub-committees have been assembled, and the Polar Bear Open committee will begin meeting the fiest Friday of each month at 7am, and the Pro Am Day committee will meet the 3rd Friday of the month.
Claudia Trusty announced that she is looking for a person to volunteer to be our club's liaison to the Interact Club at Dublin Jerome H.S. Contact Claudia if you are interested.
Roberta announced that we need Greeters to sign up for September and October. Please sign up via the website (search for the email from Roberta for the website link).
The District Fall Seminar is being held on Saturday Sept 29th in Pickerington. Save the date if you are interested; more details to follow.
We need 4 more sign-ups for the Food Pantry in September.
"Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others can't help buy to enjoy it themselves."
This quote from Areyah Kaltman, Executive Director of Lifetown, was a fitting opening to today's speaker topic. Also joining us was Lifetown's COO, Shaunacy Webster. Rita Hook invited and introduced our speakers; Rita is a volunteer at Lifetown. It is a simulated village in new Albany that provides critical life-skills training for disabled and economically disadvantaged public school students. Lifetown's mission is to provide these skills to our areas's most marginalized children - with a particular emphasis on educating these children to avoid substance abuse and addiction. Research shows that disabled children as 2-4 times more susceptible to addiction.
Lifetown serves 50-70 school aged children every day - requiring 20 volunteers daily, or 1,300 through the school year. The children visit Lifetown 4-6 times per year for each school year - K-12. Lifetown has developed a curriculum called Stop to Live to focus on stemming the tide of opiate addiction as these children become teens and adults. Visit www.lifetown.org for more information and to seek volunteer opportunities.
Announcements:
Irish Festival this weekend: Contact Andy Keeler is you can help out with shifts - 8pm Friday, Saturday 4pm, 8pm and Sunday 8am.
Dublin Food Pantry - we need a couple of volunteers for this Monday evening, 8/6.
School Supplies or Cash Donations - next week is the last week for collections by Claudia.
Congratulations to Dave Lundregan who had his red New Member sticker removed!
Perfect Party Aug. 18th at 6:30 at Andy Keeler's home to welcome our new exchange student from Hungary. She arrives August 8th.
Roberta Kayne delivered the highlights of today's meeting by sharing a slide show of photos and commentary on her January trip to Cuba. Roberta joined a group from Global Volunteers that traveled there to tutor English. Roberta's talents as a photographer shown through in the amazing pictures she shared. Global Volunteers (globalvolunteers.org) boasts 35,000+ volunteers in over 35 countries. You can see most of the photos from Roberta's presentation at www.RobertaKayne.com/Cuba.
Gretchen Spears, a student at Dublin Coffman, provided us a terrific presentation about the history and culture of Slovakia. Gretchen will be traveling there this coming school year as an exchange student sponsored by our club.
Pat Losinski, CEO of Columbus Metropolitan Library, joined us to deliver his personal thanks for the donation that we have pledged to the new library branch under contsruction in Dublin.
Announcements
Dublin Irish Festival - shifts are still needing filled - particularly Saturday morning and on Sunday. Contact Andy Keeler. Also, for training on the inventory control application on the iPads, please stay after next Friday morning's meeting or arrive 10-15 minutes early for your shift.
Fundraising - David Bentz announced that the two main fundraisers this year are the Memorial Tournament Pro Am Day and the Polar Bear Open.
August 18th Perfect Party - mark your calendars for 6>30pm on Aug 18th for a perfect party at Andy Keeler's home. Watch for more details coming via email.
August 10th - Emerald Campus Grand Opening - if you are interested, please sign up. Contact Peter Georgiton for details.
Our Literacy Committee has launched the tenth annual Back To School Supply drive. We will be collecting supplies on July 27, August 3 and August 10. Cash donations are very welcomed! Check your email for a list of the items requested by teachers at the 3 schools we support.
Register to join us for the ribbon cutting and tour of Dublin's new Emerald Campus on Emerald Parkway. We'll meet up at 9:50 at the school. Check your email for an invitation and registration info.
We had an engaging Main Speaker today, Bradley Frick sharing “Constitution 230”.
But first our announcements:
Bob Rosenberg was recognized “Rotarian of the Year” in this 20th year of his membership and some of his contributions were announced. Best wishes also to Bob and Irene for their 46th wedding anniversary this weekend.
We had visitors from Taiwan Rotary 3461 and 3462. Sharon Kendall and The GSE Taiwan Director introduced the students and professionals visiting the area and reviewed some of the highlights of their trip.
Andy reminded us that there are still vital volunteer opportunities for our Irish Festival and the signup link is right here for you to use now:
Registration Site:
Click on the “Sharing o’ the Green” button at DublinIrishFestival.org
If you did serve for an organization in the past please sign into your account OR enter your username, click on the Forgot Your Password? link. Note: if you forgot your username, the group leader will have access to that information. Please DO NOT create a new account if you have served in the past • A new page will open, reenter your username in the space provided and click Continue • An email will be sent to your e-mail account prompting you to reset your password. Follow the instructions provided in the email and choose a password that you can remember for the rest of the season!
If you did not serve for an organization in the past please click the Create New Account.
Create a username and password, click Next. (We recommend using your first initial and last name all LOWERCASE case as your password)
Enter Dublin AM Rotary join code: 18blarney (all join codes must be entered in ALL LOWERCASE. Click Next. If you have multiple join codes, enter one and proceed to the next page where you will receive instructions on how to enter another. IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, YOU CAN CONTACT BONNIE COLEY-MALIR AT BONNIE.COLEY@ME.COM OR 614-330-6540, OR ANDY KEELER AT ANDY.KEELER@KEELERNADLER.COM OR 614-402-3765
Wolf talked about our exchange student and her upcoming arrival August 8th and a possible Perfect Party around August 11th. Cindy has graciously volunteered if no other hosts anxiously steps in.
Dwight won the big pot and donated $1,000 to the veteran’s committee fund.
Our guest speakers today were Dr. David Guion, Executive Director, and Janet Cooper, Director of Engagement, from the Dublin Arts Council. David and Janet walked our members through 8 Trends and discussed how the DAC is responding to those trends. The presentation was very informative and affirmed Dublin's rising national and international acclaim for our the arts in our city.
The Trends that DAC is Responding To:
1) Using Technology to Engage and Measure
2) Community Artmaking
3) Equity, Inclusion, Diversity - Example is the B.R.E.A.D Festival which this year is Oct. 14th at Coffman Park.
4) The Participatory Museum
5) Multi-faceted Experiences - Example is Sundays @ Scioto which is in its 35th Year
6) Social Justice Focused Programming
7) Understanding Relevance - Example is the Riverboxes project
8) Creative Placemaking
Announcements:
Last Call for confirming attendance at the June 29th Installation Dinner - contact Kent
Irish Festival Sign Up - only 15% of shifts filled - contact Andy
Dublin Food Pantry - volunteers needed 1st Monday of July or August 5:30-7:30 -contact Jack
Parade marshaling July 4th - need a few more volunteers - contact Dwight
August 13th - 8th Annual Blue Jackets Outing - volunteers needed to assist during this outing which benefits the 3rd and Goal foundation (Brady Quinn) which re-habs housing for veterans - contact Dwight
Independence Day Parade Marshals Needed - We need volunteers to serve as marshals during the parade on July 4th. See email from Dwight.
Dublin Food Pantry Volunteers Needed - July 2nd shift has no volunteers - register via our website or contact Dave Lundegran (davelundegran@gmail.com) to sign up.
Host Family Needed July 10-13th for Taiwan Exchange - contact Sharon Kendall skendall@healthy-goals.com if you would like to host.
June 29th Installation Dinner - See Kent's email and register for the Installation Dinner Party at Bonnie and Rick's party barn.
It's time to register to volunteer for the Irish Festival beverage inventory control service that our club provides each year. See the email that Andy Keeler sent out. Registration instructions below:
Registration Site:
Click on the “Sharing o’ the Green” button at DublinIrishFestival.org
If you did serve for an organization in the past please sign into your account OR enter your username, click on the Forgot Your Password? link. Note: if you forgot your username, the group leader will have access to that information. Please DO NOT create a new account if you have served in the past • A new page will open, reenter your username in the space provided and click Continue • An email will be sent to your e-mail account prompting you to reset your password. Follow the instructions provided in the email and choose a password that you can remember for the rest of the season!
If you did not serve for an organization in the past please click the Create New Account.
Create a username and password, click Next. (We recommend using your first initial and last name all LOWERCASE case as your password)
Enter Dublin AM Rotary join code: 18blarney (all join codes must be entered in ALL LOWERCASE. Click Next. If you have multiple join codes, enter one and proceed to the next page where you will receive instructions on how to enter another.
IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, YOU CAN CONTACT BONNIE COLEY-MALIR AT BONNIE.COLEY@ME.COM OR 614-330-6540, OR ANDY KEELER AT ANDY.KEELER@KEELERNADLER.COM OR 614-402-3765
Dublin Library is receiving a donation from Dublin Rotary Foundation for $25,000. The announcement made at today’s meeting by Susan Robenalt also discussed the community presence and direction of this donation.
The Irish Festival time is upon us and Andy will be emailing links to our membership for volunteer registration. This is an important fun and “fund-raising” event for our club, please look for the email and register!
Mike Isler announced that we are looking for additional members for the communications committee. There will be a meeting announced for this committee through email. Please join us at the meeting and get in touch with Mike now if you are interested.
Exchange students are arriving from Taiwan in conjunction with other Rotary groups and Sharon announced that we are looking for 2 additional host families now. She offered to help with transportation and other support if you can host one of the students.
Kent Underwood reminded our members that 2 emails have gone out and we have many members attending the installation dinner 6/29 and 1 final email will be sent to encourage all the members to sign up. Also make sure to make the meeting!
Kent also did an honorary guest membership badge presentation to Frank Dillenschneider recognizing his fabulous attendance at our club meetings.
Susan West reminder us to enjoy the Dublin Arts Sunday evening Summer Concert Series on Dublin Rd. at the park, the Dublin Arts group will be speaking at one of our meetings soon also.
Tim Byrd from Sales XCeleration was our guest today, in addition to Frank of course.
Featured Speakers: Kirsten Minnie Intelligence Analyst
Krista Weida and Heidi Hrabcak, Lawyers for American Vets, speaking to Dublin AM Rotary today about assistance for disabled veterans. Photos by Mohan Viddam
Many Visitors From Our Interact Clubs at the Dublin High Schools!
It was a great meeting today, as we had many visitors from our 3 Dublin high schools as well as several educators visit to provide updated in the Interact Clubs. We also had 4 additional students from Dublin Coffman who came to speak about their Ted-x Innovation Drive initiative.
Each of the clubs provided inspiring lists of great service activities which they have already completed as well as planned activities. It is great to see these young people so committed to service to others, and we hope they all become future Rotarians.
Here are examples from each presentation:
Coffman - St. Jude Walk, Dog Biscuits sold to raise money for guide/assist dogs, and St. Jude Really all completed and plans for a Mongolian Pen Pal project
Scioto - Hurricane Relief through Goodwill clothing drive, Donations for Honor Flight, Thanksgiving Dinner donations, Toys for Tots collections completed
Jerome - Project Linus with 22 blankets made and donated, Cookies for the Convalarium, sold Paper Hearts for Valentines Day to raise money to combat childhood cancers completed and plans for flower pots for Mothers Day to residents at Convalarium.
Ted-x Innovation Drive
Four very industrious students from Coffman visited to share the initiative they are executing to bring a Ted-x event to Dublin. On July 7th, the first independently organized Ted event will occur in Dublin with the topic being "Challenging the Status Quo" with 7 planned speakers talking about Innovation. These students are seeking volunteers to assist at the July 7th event.
Announcements:
May10th-12th - Our Washington Township FD is selling hangining baskets for $15.00 at Station 91 on Shier Rings and Station 92 on Hard Rd. All proceeds benefit Honor Flight.
The Rotary exchange student program is having a dinner at St. Patricks on May 12th to raise money for a service project which is designed to aid Shelter Box.
Also looking for one of our Rotary families to host the incoming exchange student from Budapest for one month of the stay. Contact Sinan.
The District Meeting is on May 19th.
Also on May 19th at Otterbein is the All State Robotics competition. Contact Wolf if you could volunteer to help with set up or tear down.
Pat Losinski who leads the Columbus Metropolitan Library system and Nikki Scarpitti who is acting development leader visited our Club this morning and provided an update on the new Dublin branch of the library that has construction underway.
A scale model of the new library enabled our members to visualize the impressive architectural plan for the library itself and the surrounding grounds. The architectural firm nbb,j which is a globally recognized firm, is involved in the design and construction plan. The presentation provide imagery of the inside of the new library which will feature public meeting rooms, study rooms, naturally lighted spaces, a cafe, outdoor community plaza and other features that the previous library did not have. The new library will increase the space for children to over 5,000 square feet from less than 1,000, will increase overall square footage to over 40,000 on 2.5 floors up from from 20,000, and the adjacent parking structure will include 200 spaces reserved for library patrons during operating hours.
The Dublin branch had 333,000 visitors, a circulation of 1.5M books, and 186,000 audio book downloads.
The new library construction budget is $21.1M, with $2.8M to be raised through private donations. The new library is planned to open in May 2019.
Announcements
Perfect Party tomorrow night beginning at 6pm at Sarah Richardson's home.
If you are interested in leaning more about hosting an exchange student. reach out to Sinan.
Strides for Sobriety 5K raised over $11K! Congrats to Jack, Ramona, Laurie, Dave and all who helped planned and participated!
Rotary Business Cards are available each Friday at the sign-in table and should be used to invite prospective members to join a Friday morning meeting and have breakfast on the Club's dime to learn more about Rotary and DublinAM.
Our guest speaker today was Merry Korn, President/CEO of Pearl Interactive (website is pinsourcing.com). Merry spoke about her personal journey with Pearl as an example of how to cultivate a Social Enterprise, i.e., a for-profit business that serves a social mission. At Pearl, they have focused on hiring disabled individuals, including disabled veterans, retired veterans, military spouses and other disenfranchised workers. She told some amazing stories of how they have enabled their workers to change their lives using technologies that allow remote contact center work. In addition to the good that they do through hiring the workers that they do, Pearl also has honed its mission to a social mission - remote health monitoring of those with chronic health issues.
Because of the attraction of both Enterprise and Government entities to Pearl's mission to hire disenfranchised workers, it is aiding them in growing the business profitably. Federal Government contracts have increased in particular because of the veterans they employ.
Announcements
Strides for Sobriety 5K run is this Sunday. There is still an opportunity to participate - or to donate. Visit Columbus Running for more details or reach out to Jack Curtis.
Sharon Kendall announced that we are participating with 7 local area Rotary clubs in a New Generations Service Exchange in June. Our club is expected to host the Taiwanese exchange students during the firs half of June. Reach out to Sharon if you are interested in being a host family. Also, June 27th will be an outing to a Columbus Clippers game which is an opportunity to interact with the students.
Dwight announced that the final Blarney Bash numbers are being tallied, and we expect to earn between $5K-$15K for our Foundation, plus we raised $7.500 for Syntero and Strides for Sobriety.
April 13th Meeting Notes - Merry Korn, CEO, Pearl Interactive
Our Main Speaker was Steve Bunyard, President Dublin Methodist Hospital
We had visitors from Dublin Coffman High School Water Club, Brad Rasberry and Sri Varre looking for support for their Water Walk April 7th 9-11 to raise funds for water filtration systems and help with access to safe and clean water. Frank D. committed $50 from the Hilliard club to the Water Club. This of course stimulated great competitive pressures with Dave Williams and our sergeant at arms today, Lee Beall, and we collected a matching amount from the pot for these fine young folks and their cause
Announcements:
Rev. Steve Smith announced tonight is Fish Friday at St. Patrick’s tonight at 6 pm.
Heartland High School lunch volunteers will be working Saturday.
Dwight Seeley announced that we will be covering the financials and Blarney Bash contributions at an upcoming meeting.
Jack Curtis welcomes more sponsorship, walkers and runners and company giveaways for the gift bags at the Stride for Sobriety event coming soon.
Our Guest Speaker- Steve Bunyard is here to commemorate the first 10 years of the Dublin Methodist Hospital and the care they bring to our community. Joining Steve was Athena Sidenstricker and Betsy Ralley.
Terry Lyden, founder of The Miracle League of Central Ohio, and supporter of Canine Collective, speaking to Dublin AM Rotary today about Miracle League and Canine Collective.
Jean Lally, owner and founder of Canine Collective. Canine Collective rescues dogs from kill shelters and from abusive and neglected situations and finds them good homes.
Go to dublinbridges.org and enroll to assist others in need.
Our guest speakers today were Rick Bannister, who founded Westerville Bridges just over a year ago and has expanded that to Neighborhood Bridges. In addition, Jill Kranstuber, co-director of Dublin Bridges joined our meeting. What began with Rick's simple idea has become a huge success in connecting advocates for those in need in our suburban Columbus communities to volunteers in the community who can fill the needs. Using email and social media to connect advocates to volunteers, the Neighborhood Bridge has connected over 500 advocates to fulfill over 8,000 needs in the first 400 days. As Rotarians, we can be both volunteers - of goods, services or financial assistance - and we can be advocates.
Dublin Bridge has a 100% success rate in fulfilling the requests for assistance that advocates have brought forward. Many of these are coming from advocates within the Dublin City Schools. Other advocates include Washington Township Fire, Dublin Police, Syntero, Welcome Warehouse, and the Dublin Food Pantry. Rick, who is a member of the Westerville Rotary and Westerville School Board, explained that since 2000, the percentage of those in the U.S. living below the poverty line in the suburbs has grown to exceed that of the inner cities. Jill and Rick shared several heartwarming stories about how moving the kindness of the community has been to readily fulfill a wide range of needs to others in their community. More than 15 of our Dublin AM Club members took the challenge and signed up during the meeting and hopefully many more will do the same!
Announcements:
Blarney Bash is March 10th - Go to the Blarney Bash website dublinblarneybash.com/volunteer to sign up for a volunteer shift. Remember that you'll be required to attend Alcohol Server Training if you are signing up to volunteer for beverage serving.
Congratulations to the Polar Bear committee (Sinan and Pete especially) for a record-breaking fundraising year ~$8,800!
Watch for an email from Bonnie about a program on March 8th at 5PM with the District Governor and a discussion about giving to Rotary.
March 16th is the tour of Tolles and Luncheon. If interested, reach out to Claudia.
Meeting was run by Dwight Seeley and the Committee Panel today was run by Sarah Richardson
Guest Kyle Harnden Host Ryan Keenan
Happy Bucks announcements shared our good news today.
Announcements:
The Polar Bear Review was announced by Sinan Yaykin and was a great event. Record golfer levels, exceeding 85 participants and successful fundraising from Sponsors and Hole Sponsors. A detailed event financial summary will be forthcoming in a future meeting. Thanks to all those who organized and contributed and attended to make it such a fun and successful time for our club. More to follow.
Wine Down Wednesday was announced by Peter Georgiton as a coming event this week. Join fellow Rotarians around 5:30 in the Shawnee Hills Wine shop and be social together.
Roberta Kayne will be collecting electronics this next Friday at the meeting. Look for details from Roberta and just bring working or non-working electronic hardware to the meeting.
Claudia Trusty shared good news about a new Interact Club, more opportunities to get involved with be discussed.
Dave Williams had several updates for Blarney Bash:
Go to the volunteer site www.dublinblarneybash.com and sign up for your volunteer shift if you have not done so yet.
Friday 3/9 our meeting will be held at the set up site again this year and alcohol sales training covered by the Dublin police. (Yes-mandatory for this event again). Please plan on volunteering Friday.
Connect with Alan Abouhassan to add swag or marketing materials to be handed out from the sponsors.
You have hopefully received your 4 tickets that every member purchased for Blarney Bash. Special thanks to Kent Underwood and his son for organizing these into cheerful envelopes waiting for YOU!.
• Paul Harris and 125 Club- Ramona Please contact Ramona to sign up for these important giving opportunities
• Tour & Lunch of Tolls March 16th, 11:30 $8.50 Per person Contact Claudia to sign-up
• Honor Flight April Timeframe Dave is looking at pulling together a honor flight for 5-6 Veterans in the April timeframe, more details to follow
• Heartland Recovery High School Fundraiser March 24th 12-14 Volunteers needed Contact Jack to sign-up
• Strides for Sobriety April 15th, more details to follow
• Blarney Bash March 10th- 30 days away and we are still in need of sponsors Please contact Dwight or Alan for more details We have a need to have the ability to broadcast the Big 10 tournament in the tent- if you have any resources or ideas please contact Dwight
• Wine Wednesday Moved to Feb 21st at the Village Wine Shop due to Valentine’s day
Today's Speaker:
We had the privilege of welcoming food critic Steve Stover to discuss some of his top food picks for Central Ohio dining and trends he is seeing in dining. We have a wide variety of foods to discover everything from Vegetarian, Japanese, Thai, and Vietnamese in Central Ohio. Now is a great time to get out of your comfort zone and try some of the new and exciting dining options!
Welcome our newest Dublin AM Rotary Club members announced today: Dave Lundregan and Ryan Keenan!
Dave is a long time Dublin resident and a VP at Park National Bank. He has raised 4 daughters and has dedicated his community service interests toward education initiatives.
Ryan is also a Dublin native - a DCHS grad and Miami U alum - and grew up knowing Rotary through his Dad's participation in our club. Ryan works in the family's insurance business.
Announcements:
Don't forget Feb. 3rd (tomorrow night) is the Progressive Dinner starting at the McKee's.
Polar Bear Open is February 10th and sign ups are going great (70+ golfers) and gift baskets to be auctioned also are going great. Get registered and register your friends and family. Contact Pete F. or Sinan with questions.
Blarney Bash is just 5 weeks away! March 10th. We are still short of the fundraising goal but with some good prospects according to Alan. Contact Alan with opportunities for sponsors. Dwight updated on the family activities planned for the afternoon following the parade. There is a fantastic line up of activities and entertainment. Wolf updated the the Best Legs in a Kilt contest has already signed up some key participants including Dana McDaniel, Mayor Greg Peterson and our own Superintendent Todd Hoadley.
Dwight announced that we will be participating in an opportunity to donate children's picture books that will be translated and provided to communities in need. Watch for future emails from Dwight about this endeavor.
Curling Presentation!
Thank You to Stephen and Jan Smith for providing a very entertaining and interesting presentation on the sport of curling. With the Olympics about to kick off, it was great to understand all of the details (the stone is made of a unique granite and way around 42 pounds), the methods (the broom sweeping actually speeds up the stone by heating the ice), the history and the rules!
Today's presentation featured Kristy Venne, Director of the Emerald Campus, and our club's own Dr. Todd Hoadley, Superintendent of Dublin City Schools. We also welcomed numerous guests to the meeting from Dublin Schools and the Board of Education, Tolles, Dublin City Council and the Dublin Schools Business Advisory Council.
Dr. Hoadley shared some facts about our schools; 16,300 students speaking 61 languages and coming from over 100 countries. Enrollment has grown 20% in the past decade and 40% of students live in the City of Columbus limits.
The Emerald Campus is located in the former Verizon Wireless building on Emerald Parkway across from Dublin Coffman High School. Instead of investing to build a traditional 4th high school, our schools leadership elected to pursue an innovative approach with a flexible space geared to innovative programming. At the heart of this decision is the need to address the changing workforce and changing economy that is requiring new approaches to educational opportunities for our kids.
Financially, a traditional 4th high school would cost taxpayers ~$100M, while the Emerald Campus facility will be 20% of that cost.
Ms. Venne discussed the various academies and programming that is available and will be available in the future at Emerald Campus. With a focus on a non-traditional, problem-based experiential learning approach, the academies include Engineering, Dublin Teachers, Young Professionals, Biomedical, and IT.
The school board is also considering a proposal to relocate the Central Office to the 4th floor of the Emerald Campus building and convert the current Central Office location to a preschool center to free up space in the elementary schools.
Wolf Lant shared that March 10th Blarney Bash will include the Best Legs in a Kilt event, a fundraiser to support Strides for Sobriety. Details to come.
Alan Abouhassan asked all members to contact him with any potential sponsors for Blarney Bash.
Sinan Yakin said the Polar Bear Golf Open has 50+ registered golfers. You still have time to signup your foursome for this fun event.
Sinan also introduced Gretchen, the outbound student we are sponsoring. Gretchen asked that any members interested in hosting an inbound student during the 2018-2018 school year please contact Sinan. Gretchen will find out soon where she will travel in August.
The Progressive Dinner is planned for Feb 3. Please signup today online or contact Peter Georgiton.
Our Speaker
We were very fortunate to have Dana McDaniel, Dublin City Mgr, share 2018 updates with our club. In fact, Dana share so much information that it would be impossible to capture it all here. Sue Burness made the PowerPoint presentation available to our members as well as a video that shows how the Bridge Street project a will look when completed. Please review them all and share with friends and family. It is a very exciting time in Dublin!
Exciting and Busy Friday Meeting today! Focus on Education in Mongolia and in our Community in Ohio.
With many visitors from Tolles and the focus on the Technical and Career Guidance we are fortunate to have for our Dublin students and 6 other communities served by Tolles, we also had the opportunity to hear from Ari Khurelbaatar, Past President of the Narlag Ulaanbaatar Rotary Club visiting with David Hansen and David Kittredge of the Hosting Dublin Worthington Rotary Club.
Announcements:
• Peter Georgiton shared February 3rd is the date of the Progressive dinner, Sarah Richardson is sharing her home and has the details!
• Peter Fuhlbrigge shared that the Polar Bear Open is up to 40 golfers on February 10th, more are welcome. A good crowd is expected for sure.
• A reminder that our major fundraising event is March 10th this year and Blarney Bash can use more sponsors, Allan will be sharing more on this. We will be getting a volunteer opportunity for sign ups as well from Cindy Groeniger. Volunteers will be appreciated during the event, before for set up and the day after for take down activities.
• Jack Curtis is still asking volunteers to contact him for the March 24th fund raising lunch event benefiting Heartland High School.
• A new date, April 15th, the Strides for Sobriety 5K event and more details to follow.
Visitors from Mongolia
Our visitors from the Rotary Club of Narlag Ulaanbaatar shared their appreciation for kindergarten and primary school books that were shared from the State of Ohio. Past President Ari Khurelbaatar discussed the importance of early childhood schooling and shared many data points such as 60% of Mongolian citizens are below the age of 30!
Meeting was run by Dwight, Get Well wishes go out to Bonnie
Announcements:
• Jack Curtis announced a new Recovery High School has been announced in Columbus and our Rotary has been asked for Volunteers to staff their fund-raising event 3/24/2018 around 11:30 am. Jack will welcome all volunteers now and look for follow up on that request.
• Claudia Trusty is encouraging our creative skills -please use your smart phones to take pictures at our meetings and events. The Communications Committee needs more photographers and reporters and the sign-up email will be coming out. Please join in this method of club support.
• The Polar Bear Open happening February 10th needs an attendance push, please socialize this among your community friends and family. Contact Sinan Yaykin for more information.
• Wine Down Wednesday is coming up this week. Join fellow Rotarians around 5:30 in the Shawnee Hills Wine shop for a comfortable, casual glass and fellowship.
• Roberta Kayne expressed her appreciation for our support of her Global Volunteers efforts and the imminent trip to Cuba with school supplies. She will have photos and a good experience to report when she returns soon.
Our Main Speaker was Nate Traucht, founder of The Fitness Edge Company.
The Fitness Edge has been a Dublin company at 6419 Old Avery Road since 2000 with a continuing focus on long term health through nutrition and fitness. Personal training and semi private lessons are offered to create a Life Transformation. Nate has achieved amazing results including national titles in his own program and works with many of our Dublin neighbors.
Nate also shared the priorities he recommends based on his own success and the successful work with his practice:
Focus on Nutrition first
Look at adding weight training next for the best benefits
Add Cardio to your training third-walking, running, bicycle or other preferred methods
Supplements are another step in the progression
Use a professional trainer for the most important thing- your heath and well being
Thank you for sharing these tips Nate! A great time to focus on our Health and Wellness Goals.
Our Literacy Committee had a great time with 3rd graders at Olde Sawmill Elementary, one of 5 Dublin City Schools receiving dictionaries this year. Jack Curtis, Bob Rosenberg, Todd Hoadley & Claudia Trusty were treated to a special performance the kids wrote and performed, highlighting why dictionaries are important. Just one more way Dublin AM partners with Dublin City Schools to make a difference in the lives of students in our community.
Our speaker this week was our own Stephen Smith of St. Patrick's Episcopal. Bonnie shared some facts about Stephen. Did you know that he has been leading St. Patrick's since 2003, is a tri-athlete and an author?
Stephen shared Christmas inspiration he has gained from comic strips and Charlie Brown's Christmas. He talked about how we are all flawed and in some way each of us is a mess and needs a divine presence in our lives.
The straightforward message is this: we work Christmas so hard, but Christmas is supposed to work us.
Announcements
No meetings Dec. 22nd or Dec. 29th due to the holidays
Blarney Bash Sponsorships have increased to $9,750. The goal is $60,000
Julie Rinaldi offered the opening prayer on kindness & Dave Williamson led the pledge.
Announcements:
• Dwight Seeley said they still need Blarney Bash sponsors
• Paige Vornbrock announced that Dec. 15th we will honor two Dublin citizens: Judge Clayton Rose and Chai Weber
• Peter Fuhlbrigge provided an update on the Polar Bear Golf Open event being held on February10th.
• Jack Curtis announced their need for more Food Pantry volunteers on Mondays 5:00 to 7:00
• Rich Weber announced a Christmas event at Coffman High School
• Dave Williamson needs sergeant-at-arms volunteers for January through June.
• Susan West sent around sign up sheets for speaker suggestions
• Sarah Richardson reminded members of the Holiday Party Friday, December 8 at Muirfield Country Club starting at 6:00
• Susan Robenalt needs shoppers for Saturday December 9th meeting at Kohl's on Sawmill at 9:00. Money for the families will be collected at Friday meeting on Dec. 8th as well as at the Holiday Party that evening
• Claudia Trusty was Sergeant-at-arms – She opened with riddles which nobody got but were good for laughs
• Guests were introduced: Frank from Hilliard, Dave Lundergan with Park National Bank guest of Ramona, Steve Heiser Asst. District Governor (Area 2)
Thank you, Dave Williamson, for sharing your presentation today and reminding all of us of the meaning and purpose of Veterans Day.
Happy Veterans Day to all of our club members those family members and friends who are veterans.
Dave explained that Veterans Day was originally Armistice Day, commemorating the end of WW1. Veterans Days is celebrated on Nov. 11th because it was 11am, on 11/11 in 1918 that the armistice was executed to end WW1.
While Memorial Day honors the veterans who died in active combat, Veterans Day honors all Veterans - living and passed. Veterans are defined as those in Active Duty, Reserved Forces and National Guard.
Honoring our veterans is something that dates back to George Washington who spoke about the importance of our country holding veterans in high esteem. There are ~22M living veterans. When you add those living veterans to active duty military, this represents just 7.3% of the U.S. population.
Announcements
No Meeting on November 24th due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
December 8th is the Holiday Party - watch for the upcoming invitation email.
Dec. 4th 5:30-7:30 is our next shift at the Dublin Food Pantry to assist shoppers. Sign up on Club Runner or reach out to Jack Curtis.
The Polar Bear Open date has been changed to February 10th.
Sarah is in recovery herself, after struggling with addiction since the age of 15. She discussed her substance abuse disorder and how community aided her recovery. “I felt very limited and trapped…But I’m really grateful that my high school community in Houston, Texas had a really strong youth recovery community and continuum of care. I never stopped receiving services, and that’s what made it so successful for me,” says Sarah.
Welcome Maurie Donnelly and Sam Laufersweiler - our newly inducted Dublin AM Rotary Club members!!
Announcements:
-First Monday of the Month (including this Monday, Nov. 6th) - our club volunteers to assist at the Dublin Food Pantry helping shoppers. Please contact Jack Curtis to sign up.
-Slots remain for Bell Ringing at the Dublin Kroger stores on Dec. 2nd and Dec. 16th. Contact Bruce Andrews.
-Greeters needed to sign up for December. See email from Roberta, and please sign up.
-Save the Date for the Polar Bear Open on Feb. 4th.
- Remember to join the "dublin a.m. rotary club" Facebook Group.
Speaker Notes:
Today's discussion was all about the 2018 Blarney Bash. March 10th, 2018 is the day! Save the date and plan to volunteer.
Please Like and Share the Blarney Bash Facebook Page to being spreading the word.
Help is needed to drive sponsorships to the $65,000 goal. Sponsorships range from $250 to $20,000. Reach out to Wolf, Dwight or Alan.
There are some key changes planned for this year's Blarney Bash;
The afternoon, post-parade activities will continue to be family focused with a number of enhancements including magicians, Boy Scout and Lego League activities, performance by the Dublin Cornet Band, and the Wee Folk Crafts area.
Everything will occur in a single tent this year, and we will reconfigure the tent between the afternoon and evening activities.
'Ol Bag of Nails will be serving food this year, instead of the food trucks.
The big change for the evening activities is the addition of the "Best Legs in a Kilt" Contest which will be advertised in advance and will draw interest and participation in the evening portion of the Bash.
Today was the annual return of former Buckeye Football stars, Ryan Miller and Craig Krenzel. Ryan updated us on the great work that the 2nd & 7 foundation (www.secondandseven.com) continues to do to improve literacy skills for 2nd graders. Now in its 18th year, the foundation has expanded into 20 states and will deliver its 200,000th book this year!
Claudia Trusty and David Bentz at Daniel Wright Elementary delivering school supplies from Dublin AM Rotary. We heard from a reliable source that the much needed supplies were "grabbed up" quickly by the teachers and were greatly appreciated!
Delivering School Supplies to Daniel Wright Elementary School
District Governor Shane Pyle - Even Ordinary Rotarians are Extraordinary
This week's speaker was our District Governor, Shane Pyle. His presentation was part performance art, part stand-up comedy routine and part serious reminder of the purpose of Rotary. The main themes of his talk were about how even ordinary Rotarians do extraordinary things. He shared a story about how Rotary International's Polio Plus effort to eradicate polio worldwide began with an average Rotarian, an M.D. who convinced his local club to contribute to a service project to provide the polio vaccine to villages in need. Shane also spoke about how we need to balance the traditions or Rotary with the changing times. Our traditions can't be more important than our membership.
He also invited our club members to participate in the district conference - Zanesville 360 - May 19-20th at the Zane State campus.
Pyle is a third-generation Rotarian. He was born in 1964, the year his grandfather James Pyle was president of the Coshocton Rotary Club. His mother, Sandy Pyle, was club president in 2002-03, and his father Kevin Pyle was president-elect when he died in 2005. Shane served as club president in 2003-04, while his stepfather, Roger Viers, of the Gahanna Rotary Club, was District Governor of District 6690 in 2000-01.
Shane joined the Coshocton Rotary Club in 1998, and became very involved in district – level activities in Rotary, having served as assistant district governor, Rotary Youth Exchange, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA), and district legislation. At the club level, Shane is involved with Youth Exchange, Rotary Foundation, Group Study Exchange, Kick Cancer, African Water Well projects and mosquito netting projects, and newsletter/social media editor.
Our speaker today was Dr. Lisa Hinkelman and the topic, "What’s Going on For Girls and How Can We Help Them?”. This was a fascinating, concerning but hopeful discussion about how our society needs to improve experiences for girls in grades 5-12 to ensure they are happy, safe and able to realize all of their potential.
Dr. Lisa Hinkelman is the Founder and Director of Ruling Our eXperiences, an evidence-based empowerment program for girls that focuses on equipping girls with skills to effectively negotiate the challenges of adolescence. Started in 2006 in Columbus, Ohio, ROX has grown to a nationally operated program with thousands of participants in urban, suburban, and rural schools. Hinkelman has spent years working with girls, parents, and educators in both educational and counseling settings and has been aggressively researching the experiences of diverse girls for the past ten years.
The life of an adolescent girl can be hard: dealing with friendships and girl drama, navigating dating relationships and sexual pressure, battling concerns with weight and body image, and coping with stress and pressure. All of these issues are currently influencing the lives of girls. Add to this the constant usage of technology and social media, and these struggles are significantly amplified. Technology is more present than ever, and the temptation to engage frequently with social media can be challenging for girls to manage. These factors make middle and high school years challenging for many students— and particularly difficult for girls. Girls often report feelings of isolation, self-consciousness, and sadness and even experience depression and anxiety—at twice the rate of boys. The reality is that there is relevant and important local and national data that we will share on how girls are feeling, experiencing themselves and other girls, what they think about their options and futures, and what they want and need from the adults in their lives.
Announcements:
On August 25th, please bring school supplies (or cash for purchase of school supplies) to donate to students in need at Riverside, Daniel Wright and Chapman elementary schools.
Supplies needed:
Supplies requested:
5th grade: colored pencils, composition noteboooks, binders and hand sanitizer 3rd grade: #2 pencils, clorox wipes, gallon and quart bags, plastic school boxes, 2nd grade: pencils, crayons, tissues 1st grade: fat markers, clorox wipes, dry erase markers, glue sticks Special education: hand sanitizers, tissues, 3 ring binders, notebooks, glue sticks ELL teachers: crayons
Clippers Game this coming Sunday August 20th spearheaded by Pete Georgiton Go to Club Runner to sign up. Tickets are $14 and game starts at 5:05.
Rotarians had a successful Wine Wednesday this past week. There will be a Wine Wednesday on the 2nd Wednesday of each Month at The Village Wine Shop, 9280 Dublin Rd., Powell.
Next two Fridays we Roberta Kayne will be collecting electronics of all kinds to benefit MCS at T.O.U.C.H.
Next two Fridays Claudia Trusty will be collecting school supplies or money for school supplies.
This coming Tuesday there will be a marketing planning meeting at Wolf Lant’s office to come up with Blarney Bash marketing strategies.
Cindy Groeniger thanked everyone particularly Andy Keeler for their help at Irish Festival. All who participated had a great time and Andy did a great job organizing again this year.
Dave Williams was Sargent- at-Arms:
Guests: Price Finley District Rotary Foundation Chair
John Mederos District Global Grant Chair
Brad Reinbolt
Steve Heiser Asst. Governor
Frank Dilenschneider Rotarian Guest Hilliard Club
Nick Glimsdahl , Chair of the International Committee, introduced Mohan Viddam to present an update on the Global Grant for Water Purification project to provide water purification equipment to villages in cooperation with Community Pure Water (CPW) organization in the parts of India.
Mohan gave an impressive presentation of how the purification system actually works and how it is introduced to and set up in communities along with the corresponding commitment that needs to be made by the village and CPW. A big part of this is educating the villagers on the benefits of clean water and presenting it in a way to show the economic benefit to them and their families.
Big thanks to Andy Keeler for once again coordinating our club's volunteer participation this year - the 30th Annual Dublin Irish Festival. We have many club members volunteering time for beverage inventory control - ensuring that the adult festival goers are able to celebrate responsibly once again this year. Numerous club members have volunteered for more than one 4-hour shift. Andy will personally log about 40 hours Fri-Sun!
Don't throw out those unused, broken or outdated electronics. Roberta Kayne is organizing a drive to collect items for T.O.U.C.H., a group that helps previously incarcerated people learn new job skills by repairing broken electronics. Roberta says "if it plugs in, bring it!" Collection day is being planned but will probably be in September.
Presentation:
Today's speakers are well-known to us all: Bonnie Coley-Malir, Dwight Seeley and Wolf Lant. Today they shared some of their experiences at the 108th Rotary International Convention in Atlanta. Over 33,000 attendees from 174 countries traveled to the convention to learn more about RI's efforts and plans for the 2017 - 218 Rotary year.
Our guest speaker today was a very impressive 12-yr. old young lady, Lilly Byrne, who was introduced by her Dad, Matt.
Lilly is a rising 7th grader at Weaver Middle School in the Hilliard district. Lilly's extra-curricular interests include Entrepreneurship and Synchronized Swimming. In swimming, Lilly's team made it to the Junior Olympics and placed 8th in the U.S.! But, the main focus of Lilly's visit with our Club was her impressive entrepreneurial pursuits.
Lilly participated in the Young Entrepreneurs Academy which is a 30-week program designed to enable and empower children in grades 6-12 to identify their passions and transform their ideas into fully formed business or social movements.
Lilly's passion is to ensure that people have ready access to healthy food and snack alternative instead of unhealthy junk or fast foods.
Lilly developed her idea for a healthy snack vending operation called Love to go to Lilly's (www.lovetogotolillys.com). Lilly developed a business plan and a sales pitch and competed "Shark Tank" style with 1,500 other participants across the U.S. She was one of 100 finalists and finished 7th in the U.S.! She has launched 2 vending machines and is looking to expand through a franchisee program. She hoped to empower other young woman in a "Girl Powered" business. She intends to sell 5,000 healthy snacks by the end of this year, and she would like to have over $100K in franchise revenue in 10 years. Lilly's passion is for healthy food alternatives and choices for a healthy lifestyle. She intends to donate a portion of her franchisee profits to local childrens' hospital nutrition programs.
Lilly is an inspiration, and we were privileged to have her speak to our club.
Welcome, Laurie Reinbolt , who was announced as our club's newest member. Laurie and her husband are proud parents of a young son and daughter. Laurie's reasons for joining Rotary are to get involved and give back to the community. Laurie will definitely help keep our club great!
Irish Festival Volunteers - we still need to fill approx. 40% of our Irish Festival volunteer spots. Please refer to the email sent by Bonnie previously, or reach out to Andy Keeler (andy.keeler@keelernadler.com), who will help you get signed up for a shift. The festival is in 2 weeks, so please sign up soon!
August 20th 5:30pm Columbus Clippers Outing - please mark your calendars for this upcoming social event. More details forthcoming.
Julie announced Miracle League next team session will be at 10:45
Andy needs more volunteers for the Dublin Irish Festival
Peter announced the Columbus Clippers social event is 8/20
Claudia announced the Communications Committee is welcoming more volunteers and is meeting at 7 am next Friday-we need reporters and photographers
Unused or obsolete electronics will be collected-Roberta Kayne will email details
Nick announced a new member to the International committee will be arriving in about 8-9 months during Happy Bucks-please congratulate our future father
Guests at our meeting Friday July 14th:
Chris Amorose Groomes City of Dublin City Council
Dana McDaniel City of Dublin City Manager
Greg Peterson City of Dublin Mayor
Heinz von Eckartsberg City of Dublin Chief of Police
Tim Lecklider City of Dublin City Council
Lynn May Dublin Board of Education President
Stu Harris Dublin Board of Education
Dr. Todd Hoadley Dublin Board of Education Superintendent of Schools (and Dublin AM Rotary member)
Our Meeting today was facilitated by our new President Bonnie Coley-Malir as she creates a greater understanding of the Opioid Epidemic in our community. We were fortunate to have our past President Ramona Penland-Coyle and Julie Erwin-Rinaldi as our speakers as each have been affected by the challenge of Opiate dependency and are working in our community to conquer the epidemic’s effects on our loved ones and our community and our State. A few facts that were shared with us:
Heroin was created as a pain killer in 1898 and has been used in the morphine and heroin forms.
This morning we enjoyed a wonderful presentation from the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium. Melissa and Ashton brought four of their animal ambassadors so we could learn more about them and see close up how beautiful the animals are. Quite amazing! What a great way to start the day.
June 23 Meeting Notes & Photos COLUMBUS ZOO VISITORS
Want to join a Dublin AM committee? Here are a few...
If you would like to offer an invocation to open our Friday meetings contact Faye Herriott
If you would like to serve on the Communications Committee as a reporter contact Claudia Trusty
Have ideas for our club social activities? Contact Peter Georgiton
Help our club and city as a Marshall for the July 4th Parade. Contact Dwight Seeley
If you are a veteran you can help lead the Pledge each Friday. Contact Dave Williamson
Bonnie sent out an invite for everyone to sign up to help our club at the Dublin Irish Festival. Your friends and family are welcome to help us at the very fun event. More volunteers, more fun!
Alan Abouhassen is heading up our Sponsorship Committee for the 2018 Blarney Bash and he is looking for a co-chair to help lead this effort.
Today's Speaker: Lena Sloutsky
Wolf Lant introduced Lena Sloutsky with T.O.U.C.H., Teaching Opportunity Unity by Connecting Hearts. As Board President for the group, Wolf knows first hand the work they do to help and support ex-offenders and at-risk men and women in Central Ohio.
- We will not have meeting on Friday, June 2nd due to The Memorial Tournament.
- June 23rd is the Installation Dinner celebration at Bonnie's home. Please see the registration email from Dwight and RSVP.
- Our Dublin AM Rotary Foundation Board is seeking a new member to replace Dave Holliday, whose term is coming to an end July 1st. Please reach out to Susan Robenalt if you are interested.
- June 9th Meeting will involve our Club's Communications tools and capabilities.
Welcome to our two newest club members, Kaitlyn Gushue and Steve Schmidt! Kaitlyn is a small business owner focused on children's parties and corporate events and is the daughter of our own Grace Gushue. Steven is retired from Battelle but continues work there occasionally and is an active volunteer. We are trilled to have both of you as members of Dublin AM Rotary!
The principal and librarian from Daniel Wright Elementary School received a $500 donation from our Club. They reminded us of the unique needs of the school, which has more than half of the 700 student population on free or reduced lunch, 37 different countries of heritage and more than 20 primary languages that are spoken with English being learned as a second language.
The annual installation dinner will be held on Friday evening, June 23rd, at the home of Bonnie and Rick Malir.
David Bentz would like any family volunteers to contact him if they are interested in hosting an 18 year old exchange student from Thailand during the weeks of June 19th and June 26th.
Julie Rinaldi reminded us that there is a Miracle League league game tomorrow that will include a balloon launch to honor one of the past participants who recently passed away. Those members who can volunteer as buddies for tomorrow's game should arrive around 12:00.
The Interact Club at Dublin Coffman High School is hosting its Drive in Movie on Saturday evening - featuring Back to The Future. Proceeds support Strides for Sobriety.
Friday meeting breakfast options are increasing in price. Some new choices are available and coffee will continue to be one of the options. John Susie let us know that Sarah Richardson was recently recognized by the professional health insurance underwriters association of which they are both members. Bob Heatherington and the Interact Club are looking for volunteers and ticket buyers for the drive-in movie coming up this weekend. Dave Williamson is recruiting for Sargent at Arms for all interested in this club role. Jack Curtis and Dave Williamson endorsed the experience of being a Miracle League player buddy. Julie Erwin Rinaldi announced that the next game for our Miracle League Dodgers is Saturday, May 20, 12:15pm; we have a big team and buddies are always needed. Claudia Trusty reminded committee chairpersons to submit all outstanding touchpoints as this Rotary year is drawing to a close.
This morning's presenters were two Coffman students, Ellie Blankenhorn (center) and Paige Warren (rt), and their Broadcast Video Instructor, Amanda Blackburn (lt). Amanda is an instructor at Tolles Career & Technical Center. Tolles works in each of the Dublin School District and provides instruction in all three Dublin high schools.
As part of their studies these students, along with Coffman students Abby Vollmer & Kylie Young, created a public service announcement video which was later entered into a competition sponsored by the Business Professional of America. Their video, Tire Safety, was entered into regional competition. The all girl team won first prize and will be competing at a national competition in May!
Dwight: June 23 installation dinner at Bonnie's house
Claudia and Bob: Seeking a variety of forms of support for the Coffman Interact club's drive-in movie night on Saturday, April 22. Proceeds will benefit Strides for Sobriety
Volunteers to assist with traffic flow and parking; arrive at Coffman about 7:30pm
Movie tickets can be purchased, concession refreshments can be donated, and monetary donations gladly accepted
Ramona: food price changes for next Rotary year are coming; additional info and options will be communicated soon
Dave H: A Paul Harris fellowship was presented on behalf of Ramona
Dave W: contact Dave if you are interested in serving as Sergeant at Arms
Guests
Kaitlyn Gershue (daughter of Grace)
Steven Schmidt (Wolf)
Nick ? (Dwight)
Guest Speaker: Pat Losinski, CEO, Columbus Metropolitan Library (CML)
Pat provided a brief overview of awards presented to the CML and the future direction of libraries throughout the world. This served as a precursor to what is coming to Dublin and why the design is so important. It will be an integral part of the community located on the current site, but design will complement the Bridge Park area and will include a transition that links to the historic district. Highlights of the new library include:
41,000 square feet of space which is double the current library
More parking with the construction of a parking garage
areas for young children, teenagers, and community meeting rooms
a Cafe
In the near future, a development campaign will be communicated. Funds raised will address the gap in costs from original estimates to what it will take in today's market. Early corporate and community interest is very promising for a successful campaign.
For comments and questions, you can e-mail newdublinbranch@columbuslibrary.org.
For more information and details, go to http://bridgestreet.dublinohiousa.gov/dublin-branch-of-the-columbus-metropolitan-library/
Pete Cushnie introduced two new Rotarians and their sponsors. Susan Robenalt sponsored Bob Heatherington and Rich Weber sponsored Brian Hill. Welcome to Dublin AM!
Cap Clegg opened the meeting with a devotional, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.
Jeff Schoener was Sargent of Arms. Guests were: BJ Stone from Dublin/Worthington selling 50/50 tickets, Frank Dilenschnieder from Hilliard promoting the Great Comedic Debate between OSU and Michigan,
Interact Students from Coffman, Jerome and Scioto High Schools.
Announcements:
Jim Listebarger announced 2 Robotic Competitions May 27th at Otterbein and June 24th at Coffman HS. Wolf Lant announce they are looking for two sponsors for local Metro HS Team going to Nationals in St. Louis.
Sadly, we must say goodbye to Sara Ott’s, who is heading to Aspen as their new Assistant City Manager.
Presentaton:
Dublin AM Interact committee chair, Cap Clegg, introduced each high school's faculty advisosrs: Jill Harris from Jerome, John Witt from Scioto, and Megan Burton and Karen Brothers from Coffman. Our club committee includes Asch Mikhail, Claudia Trusty and Raj Hora. Students from each High School talked about the projects Interact had done at each of their respective schools.
Dublin AM Rotary is very happy to welcome our newest member, Joe Evans. His sponsor, Dave McKee, introduced Joe to the club. Joe may be new to our club but he is definitely not new to Rotary. Joe is a Past President of the New Albany club. We look forward to getting to know you better, Joe!
Ann Marie Hughes shared the story behind her book, Letters to Ann. Capt. John F. Hughes, a Columbus native, served as a doctor in the Korean war. Ann Marie talked about not only Capt. Hughes' letters and the stories he shared with his daughter, but also some of the history behind the stories.
Blarney Bash thank you from Ramona to Raj, Cindy and Dave and all who volunteered and participated in the many committees and tasks
Cindy also announced the thanks for the support and efforts of all the members of the club.
The Interact Club from Coffman High School came to share news about their upcoming April 22 Drive In Movie. They asked for Dublin AM for participation in both the concessions and the donations. Details will be emailed to all members next week.
Julie announced a successful event and recognition for Betty Isaacs and the Author event.
Wolf has $100 raffle tickets for a corvette giveaway
Sara has openings for the food pantry shift 4/3 from 5:30-7:30 pm
Dave can use volunteers for follow up Blarney Bash Saturday 10 am at Fifth Third Bank
Featured Speakers: Mike Close and McGee Isaacs
A Talk About The Supreme Court
Out of the 104 Million cases filed with the state and federal courts, only 80 cases will have permission to have The Supreme Court hear the case. We are fortunate to have 2 members that have been heard in the US Supreme Court. READ MORE
On February 10, 2017, Dublin AM hosted a Rotary Conversation about technology and the impact on ourcivilization. The hope was that we could bring an important social issue to Dublin AM and invite the club to engage in a stimulating and awareness-building conversation. Ann Ralston, with the support of Gene Oliver and our table technology translators, curated a conversation seeded by a TED Talk called "How
Do We Fix Civilization?” by Salim Ismail.
Steve Sandbo, District Governor, attended our meeting and asked Ann to submit an article about the meeting, which was published this week in the District 6690 Newsletter. Read it here.
Speaker Price Finley, our District Foundation Chair and Ramona Penland, Dublin AM Rotary's 2016-17 President
Announcements:
March 17's meeting will be held at the Blarney Bash tent at Metro Center. Please plan to help with movement of tables, chairs, etc. - and dress appropriately.
Volunteers needed for the Blarney Bash 8-11pm shifts. According to Ron Morgan, we need 5 beverage ticket sellers and 9 servers for this shift.
A few iPads with 3G/cellular service are needed for Blarney Bash. Please contact Bonnie if you can donate the use of an iPad for the day.
Sara Ott is recruting Scholarship Committee members to help review and select our Club's scholarship application winners from the 3 Dublin High Schools.
Claudia Trusty is seeking a couple of volunteer to help review and select Scholarhip application winners for the District Scholarhip award winners that our Club awards to high school seniors from within our Rotary District.
Miracle League - we are seeking a volunteer to take over our Club's assistance with the Miracle League team that we sponsor. Contact Julie Rinaldi if you are interested.
March Madness - a group has been set up by Alan Abouhassen on the ESPN Tournament Challenge app; Group Name: DublinAM Rotary Password: rotary
$20 entry to participate, and the winnings will be split 50% to the winner of the bracket challenge and 50% to our Dublin AM Rotary Foundation charities.
It's all about the Blarney Bash! We need everyone to volunteer on March 18 to support our biggest fundraiser. Ask friends, family, co-workers to join you. It's fun and a great community event. Signup HERE.
Our Speaker: Ryan McCarty
Without a doubt, Ryan's message reached every member, and reflected what Rotary is all about, too. Ryan spoke about creating a Culture of Good with business leaders to energize, empower and engage employees. He is completing a 2 month bus tour, taking his message across the country. Imagine what could happen, he said, if all employees of all businesses were given the permission to care about not just their job but also their fellow employees, customers & causes they were passionate about.
It's all about the Dublin Blarney Bash! Our meeting was led by co-chair Raj Hora (his co-chair is Cindy Groeniger) who shared news & updates about the Blarney Bash, scheduled for March 18, and there was a lot to share!
Raj asked all members to volunteer for at least one shift during the Bash. It is our biggest fundraiser and needs the support of all our Rotarians. It is easy to volunteer with the new online signup. Why come alone? Ask family, friends and co-workers to join the fun!
The Polar Bear Open is Saturday, February 4th! Club members are encouraged to register to golf and raffle prizes are still wanted. Contact Sinan Yaykin if you can offer raffle items.
Sara Richardson acknowledged several club members whose companies have signed on as sponsors for The Blarney Bash. Sponsors are still wanted, so please keep recruiting.
Dave Williamson spoke about an enhancement to this year's Blarney Bash. There will be two tents this year to allow for more focus on children's activities in one area and expanded fundraising opportunities in the main tent. This will result in an increased need for members to volunteer to help with the expanded logistics.
Guest Speaker Notes:
Our guest speaker was Brian Zuercher, the CEO of SEEN, and also the son of our fellow Rotarian Marilee Chinnici-Zuercher. Brian has spent the last decade building companies from consumer software to ag tech industries. Most recently Brian led SEEN, a marketing technology firm to become a leader in influencer marketing working with global brands like Reebok, Hilton, Hershey's, Scotts and more.
Brian has made his presentation slides available here.
Following the Prayer/Pledge opening several “Thank You” letters received from Dublin 3rd graders to whom the Club had given dictionaries were read by a variety of members.
The program was conducted by club member retired Air Force Colonel Dave Williamson who presented a multiple slide program depicting the 8th club sponsored “Veterans Honor Flight” to Washington D.C.
This year’s flight was hosted by Rick Malir and his wife Club President-Elect Bonnie Coley-Malir, who arraigned transportation for the six veteran honorees, from Net Jet Air.
We welcomed Ingrid Fields as our newest Dublin AM Rotary member. Ingrid is a Strategic Solutions Director for VMware, a cloud computing software company. Ingrid and her husband, Bob, reside in Muirfield Village and have two sons who have recently completed college and started their careers.
Bruce Andrews shared that the Red Kettle campaign made over $8,000 during the weekend collections that our club members participated in!! With the additional donations from our Club members to the family gifts adoption program, over $10,000 was donated to those in need during the holiday season.
Tomorrow, Saturday, January 7th, at Dublin Jerome High School, there is a Robotics competition. Volunteer judges are still needed (report time 7:30AM). If you can't volunteer, please join as a spectator during the day.
On Friday, Jan. 13th, a performance - A Celtic Evening - at Abbey Theatre featuring the Richens Timm irish dancing troupe is planned. Complimentary tickets can be obtained for our club members and their guests by contacting Dwight Seeley.
Our Communications Committee will be meeting at 7:00AM on Friday the 13th and additional club members are being welcomed to the committee.
The Progressive Dinner is planned for January 28th. Cindy Groeniger is looking for volunteers to host homes and to help deliver food items to the host homes on the day of the event.
The Polar Bear Open is planned for February 4th. Please signed up for golf and encourage your friends and neighbors to join in as well. Please reach out to Sinan Yaykin or David Bentz with raffle items or to donate as a hole sponsor. The Polar Bear committee is meeting each Friday at 7:15AM weekly until the event.
Guest Speaker Notes:
JL Holdsworth, Founder and Head Performance Coach of The Spot Athletics provided us a very insightful talk with tips on "training for a pain free body".
Do you grocery shop at Kroger? If so, you can now designate Dublin AM Rotary Charitable Foundation to get a portion of your grocery bill - at no additional cost to you. All you need to do is register your Kroger Plus card identifying our foundation as your Kroger Community Rewards partner. Register online at krogercommunityrewards.com. Be sure to have your Kroger Plus card handy or simply login to your existing Kroger account. Our NPO number is 37564 or you can search by simply entering Dublin (I just did it - super easy!!).
Sarah Ott - Looking for 3 volunteers on January 2, 5:30pm - 7:30pm at the Dublin Food Pantry
Sinan Yaykin - Polar Bear Open on February 4 is now accepting player registration. Do you have any potential raffle items? Please join the Facebook page. More event emails will be coming soon...
Cindy Groeninger - Holiday Party is tonight starting at 6pm. Please remember your White Elephant gift (for each attendee). Remember, re-gifting and items currently in your home that might be looking for a new home are strongly encouraged. Less is more!
Cash was found in the meeting room following the December 2 meeting. If you are the person who lost it, please contact Ramona.
Guests:
Ingrid Fields (Mike Isler)
Ted Smith (Bonnie Malir)
Mike Adolph (Alan Abouhassan)
Katie Rapp (Bonnie Malir)
Our speaker this week had to cancel, but thanks to some quick thinking by Ramona, we got a glimpse into one of her family's holiday traditions called "Whatzit?". The meeting was divided into table teams and we worked together to guess what item might be enclosed within the giftwrap. It was harder than you might think and it was another opportunity to get to know some fellow Rotarians just a little bit better.
The 3rd grade classes at Olde Sawmill Elementary School received their dictionaries November 22! Everyone was very excited and thankful! Rotarians and Literacy Committee members Dr. Todd Hoadley, Claudia Trusty and Julie Erwin Rinaldi represented our Club today!
In addition to words, these books share amazing facts, maps and fun factoids that inform and entertain. Dublin AM has donated dictionaries to every 3rd grader in the Dublin School District for 11 years. Thanks to our club members, over 13,200 children have enjoyed the books. We hope they all become life-long learners.
Rotarians & District Staff Working Together on Project Dictionary
Dublin AM Rotary supports Dublin Schools in many ways. One of our favorites is Project Dictionary, and Literacy Chair Julie Erwin Rinaldi championed the effort again this year. Each year we purchase a teacher-chosen dictionary for every third grader in the district. That's about 1300 dictionaries every year! Rotarians join district staff and Central Office to place a book plate in each book. For some children, this may be the first book they have owned. For others, it is a right of passage to get their very own dictionary.
According to teachers and Supt. Toad Hoadley, a Dublin AM member, the books serve a critical link for students. While digital tools and the Internet are far more progressive than a paperback dictionary, the books help students connect their imagination to learning and exploring.
- The holiday party is in one week - December 9th - at Tartan Fields. See the invite in your email and R.S.V.P
-Susan Robenalt spoke about the shopping and gift wrapping that members of our club are doing on December 3rd. With donations from our members. we have adopted families through the Salvation Army and Syntero.
- No meetings December 23rd and 30th due to the holidays.
- Sarah Richardson reminded everyone to review and respond to the Blarney Bash Sponsorship request (see emails from Sarah).
- Bruce Andrews reminded us that Salvation Army Bell Ringing begins this weekend. Please remember your shifts! Thank You, Bruce, for reminding us all of the importance of proper, constant ringing of the bell, maintaining a clear "vortex" surrounding the kettle for maximum donations, and being overall exemplary "Ringmen" and "Bell Buddies".
Guest Speaker:
Our speaker this week was Kamal Boulos, owner of the very popular Refectory Restaurant and Bistro. Kamal provided us with a fascinating glimpse into the approach and values that have elevated The Refectory to elite status in the 40 years that he has been its leader.
Rather than discussing the details of great food preparation, menu choices, ambiance, etc, Kamal talked about the values and leadership principles that propel his success. Relentless focus on increasing knowledge and applying that knowledge is one of his keys to success. Another key is aligned values across all of the restaurant staff; for example, focusing equally on the quality of experience of every diner and not focusing more on those who happen to be spending more. Another key to success that aligns closely to our Rotary values is the focus on giving to the community. The Refectory - even in tough economic times - has continually increased their community involvement. In particular, they are taking a comprehensive approach to supporting the Arts community in Central Ohio.
Kamal graciously offered an opportunity for our club members to attend an upcoming Music Series dinner event with a waiver of the $20 cover charge. Email kamal@refectory.com to participate.
- Sarah Richardson announced that over $700 was raised today in addition to donations of boxes of stuffing in the first week of our Club's support of the
Dublin Food Pantry (DFP) and their 2017 Harvest of Hope event. Each year, DFP provides families the opportunity to have a Thanksgiving meal, and we are collecting boxes of Thanksgiving stuffing/dressing and/or monetary donations again next Friday, 11/11.
- Claudia Trusty announced that the Literacy Committee is planning to meet at 10:00 AM on the 14th at the Dublin Schools Administration building on Coffman Rd. to apply labels to the dictionaries to be donated. Any Club member who is available is welcome to join in.
- Bruce Andrews passed the clipboard for the first time to generate sign-ups for Salvation Army Bell Ringing on Dec. 3rd and 17th
- Susan Robenalt announced that the shopping at Kohl's for 22 people is planned on Saturday, Dec. 3rd beginning at 9:00. We are adopting families through the Salvation Army and Syntero. Please email Susan if you can help with the shopping.
- On Friday the 18th, a perfect party is being planned at Mohan Viddam's house, and attendees will get to see pictures from Mohan's India trip and Roberta Kayne's Italy trip. More details to come.
- Dave Williamson reminded everyone about the Nov. 19th scheduled tour of the Mott's Military Museum beginning at 9:30. Warren Motts, who was our speaker at last Friday's meeting, will be our tour guide. Cost is $8 per adult and $5 per child. Check your email for a message from Cindy with the registration link.
Notes from our our Guest Speaker, Molly Arbogast, Executive Director of the Dublin Food Pantry:
The Dublin Food Pantry (DFP) was started in the Dublin Community Church in the 1970s and has grown significantly since then and was officially incorporated as a non-profit entity. This is a "Choice Pantry" which is set up like a grocery store where volunteers assist patrons in selecting food items that they know how to use and prepare. This ensures that the food items that are donated to no go to waste and are utilities once brought home.
DFP has ~100 weekly volunteers and ~500 one-time event volunteers during the year. The pantry serves residents of the City of Dublin or those with the Dublin City Schools boundaries. 49% of the patrons have children under 18, while over 50% have a household member over the age of 60. 36% are of Middle East/North African origin, and 32% are of Asian origin. It's important for the DFP staff to be able to adapt to the changing origins of its patrons to ensure that the food items offered are appropriate.
Food insecurity is a growing concern, and suburban food insecurity in communities like Dublin is often a hidden need. Ohio ranks 3rd highest in the U.S. in 2015 in food insecurity. The food insecurity problem impacts performance in school, job performance, short and long term memory issues and other health issues, including mental health concerns.
In 2015, DFP provided ~130,000 meals for ~9,000 families. In addition to providing the food items and hygiene items, DFP serves as a point of referral to other services that these residents may need (e.g., Welcome Warehouse, Syntero, etc).
Over 260,000 pounds of food were donated to DFP in 2015. Donations can be made between 8am-8pm daily. Specific food items requested include Dried Beans, Rice, Peanut Butter, Baking Items like Sugar, Flour, Baking Soda, etc., and Condiments. Toiletry items including Toilet Paper and Feminine Hygiene items are also of particular need.
This year, in addition to our Club's current collections in support of Harvest of Hope and our ongoing collection of toiletry items monthly, we will also be including DFP in The Blarney Bash.
A total of 48 Rotarians and 1 guest attended the meeting and heard announcements concerning a speaker’s survey, The Polar Bear Open and learned the Veterans Honor Flight has been postponed until late October or early November.
Tim Redman introduced the speaker – Ruth Milligan, co-founder with Nancy Kramer – of Tedx an outgrowth of an organization called “TED” founded in California some 25 years ago. The acronym “TED” stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design.
Ruth Milligan has a strong background in the Rotary organization through her father who was a founder of the Clintonville Rotary Club and was a Rotarian for 55 years.
Ruth explained TED is a non-profit organization devoted to spreading ideas through short powerful talks – no longer than 18 minutes – covering almost all topics from science to business to global issues, with the motto “ideas worth spreading.”
Over the years the TED conferences have spread both nationwide and globally. It has remained based in California and now supports independent organizers in cities across the nation identified now as Tedx.
Eight years ago Tedx was brought to Columbus by Ms. Milligan and Ms. Kramer.
Ruth completed her presentation by recalling speakers who have appeared at Columbus conferences covering topics “you may have not heard before or are uncomfortable with.”
Speakers are allowed no notes and there is no podium “to hide behind.” Ruth discussed the impact speakers have had and show showed a series of slides of Columbus speakers.
Debbie Lutz invited anyone interested to join she and Susan Robenalt at the Salvation Army kickoff luncheon on Thursday, October 20. They have secured a table sponsorship so please contact them if you are interested in joining.
Dwight Seeley announced that Sinan Yaykin will be the Polar Bear Golf Open Chairperson assisted by Pete Fuhlbrigge. An event date has not yet been confirmed, but those interested in participating on the planning committee are invited to attend the committee meeting on Friday, September 16, 7am.
Cindy Groeninger announced that Tuesday on the patio will be held on Tuesday, September 13, 5:30pm, Muirfield Vilage Country Club. All are welcome!
Sarah Ott is looking for volunteers to support the Dublin Food Pantry. A signup sheet was circulated. Ramona reminded us of the importance of serving those in our own local community and this is a great opportunity. Contact Sarah for more information and details.
Kent Underwood introduced Gene Oliver as a full member in Dublin AM following the successful completion of all orientation activities. Congratulations Gene!
Kent also announced that he will be stepping back from his role as the leader of new member orientation and that Amy Snow will step into this role. Kent, as a new member of Dublin AM and on behalf of all of us who were welcomed warmly into the club through your leadership, thank you for your time and being among the first to represent our great club! Amy, thanks for stepping up and best wishes for successful new member orientation.
Lucy Depp Park and the Underground Railroad
We know that Dublin has a rich history which is often recognized in street names and school names. Today, we learned more about contributions made through the Underground Railroad and with whom it all started...drive slowly the next time you are on Harriott Rd. and you will see more detail on historical markers and a beautiful white barn.
Our guest presenters were Gwynn Stetler, Theresa Deering, Zelda McDaniel, and Mike Hamilton. They shared with us the rich history of what is now commemorated by historical markers at Lucy Depp Park. Each of them has a personal connection to this history and have put in an extraordinary amount of effort and time to ensure that its significance is recognized and not forgotten. This Lucy Depp Park link will provide much better information than could be provided in this meeting summary. This Dublin history is an important period of time in our past and another piece of the puzzle that contributes to where Dublin stands today. Everyone is encouraged to visit this site located on Harriott Rd. near Dublin Rd.
Following the opening prayer, announcements and the Sargent-at-Arms, the speaker, Dublin A.M. Rotarian Sara Ott, Washington Township Administrator, made a presentation around her participation in the Rotary Group Study Exchange (GSE) trip to Rotary District 4620, in Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil in May of 2016.
Assisting in the presentation were Michelle Ritchlin, of the Lancaster Noon Rotary Club and Will Fountain, sponsored by the Circleville Sunrise & Noon Rotary Clubs and employed at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Others on the trip included Team Leader, Emilia Alonso-Sameno , President of the Athens, Ohio Noon Rotary Club, a professor of Spanish – Katie Schafer, sponsored by the Zanesville Daybreak Rotary Club, employed at Zane State College.
The team traveled to three Host Cities. In addition to Sorocaba. They included Itapetininga and Cerqueria Cesar. In addition they visited nine other satellite cities. The GSE program was stopped by Rotary International in 2013, but revived in 2015 by Jan Zupnick and was completely funded by eight Rotary Clubs including – Dublin A.M.; Bexley-Whitehall; Dublin-Worthington; Columbus, Zanesville Daybreak; Circleville Sunrise, Circleville Noon and Marietta. A Brazilian inbound team is scheduled for 2017.
During a Q/A session the three presenters answered a series of questions covering such topics as health care, education, living conditions, the coming Olympics and politics both in Brazil and the United States. In several areas, such as education and healthcare, they reported a noticeable disparity between rich and poor or as the presenters put it – between the haves and have nots.
They were received very well in all places visited and spoke highly of the friendliness of the people. They also noted that Rotary Clubs in each location were among the leaders of the city and populated mostly by the well to do.
There will not be a September 2 Dublin AM Rotary meeting due to the Labor Day Holiday Weekend ---Wolf Lant
It was sadly announced that Kimberly Joan Lipovsek, the daughter of Thomas and Joan McGloshen, died on August 12th, following a sudden cerebral hemorrhage. Services were held on August 20th. ---Wolf Lant
The Veteran’s Honor Flight to Washington D.C. has been scheduled for Sunday, October 2nd.Please share with Dave the names and contact information of Veterans you know who may want to participate in the annual Veteran’s Honor Flight. ---Dave Williamson
Warren E. Motts is the October 28 Dublin AM Rotary speaker. Mr. Motts is the founder and executive director of the Motts Military Museum. ---Dave Williamson
Columbus Clippers Baseball Game. Time is running out on registering for the Dublin AM Rotary get together, scheduled for August 28. The event risks being cancelled if not enough Rotarians and guests register. ---
PRESENTATION: Bob Gecewich, Head Football Coach for Dublin Jerome High School---introduced by Dr. Todd Hoadley, Superintendent Dublin City Schools
Coach Gecewich made a strong case and provided descriptive examples of how business principles are applicable to managing a football team. Some of the key points incorporated into his engaging presentation included:
The value of hard work.
Working with an expansive number of“shareholders”.
Developing partnerships (with the community/middle school and youth programs, and others).
Proactive utilization of public relations, marketing, budgeting and knowing your competition.
The importance of consistency of culture to lead change and maintain growth.
Acknowledging obstacles and playing to the strengths of student athletes.
Continually assessing operations, inventorying the assets, prioritizing and planning for the future.
Demonstrating that people matter and that as a leader you listen and gather insights from others.
Celebration of life for Paul Buchanan is tonight starting at 6pm at the Cedarbrook Nursery. Please register for this event and bring an appetizer, side dish, or dessert (depending on last name). Similar to a perfect party, meat, beer, and wine is being provided. Lots of laughter and memory sharing is the main event.
The social committee has registration open for the Columbus Clippers game on Sunday, August 28, 4:05pm. This will be a great way to wind down summer before the season is over.
Andy Keeler thanked all volunteers for their service with the alcohol inventory during the Dublin Irish Festival. Similarly, we thank Andy for leading our effort in preparation and execution as he made it easy for us to both work and enjoy ourselves during our shifts. (Special kudos to those who worked the Friday noon - 4pm shift where the lion's share of work was done in the heat and humidity.)
Our Speaker
Page Vornbrock and Dr. Todd Hoadley introduced our speaker, Ryan Prestel, CEO, JadeTrack, as they have gotten to know him through his work with the Dublin Schools Business Advisory Council. Todd noted that Ryan has saved the Dublin school district $3.7 mm through his work on sustainability. Ryan is a 2002 graduate of the Dublin school system and is an exemplary example of our school system and the impact being made in our own community.
Ryan began by providing a description of what is meant by sustainability, including what it means to different people and varying perspectives. He created JadeTrack which provides technology-enabled energy and sustainability solutions. Through a combination of software, data, and analytical tools, organizations can improve their energy management, carbon management, building analytics, and sustainable surveys. To highlight the importance of this, Ryan noted that companies are utilizing JadeTrack's tools for ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) reporting to meet regulatory requirements and the needs of a variety of stakeholders who monitor corporate social responsibility. Examples of what has been done with the Wendy's Corporation and Dublin City Schools were highlighted. The company currently has 7 employees and is expected to grow to 10 before the end of the year. To learn more, check out the JadeTrack website (www.jadetrack.com).
Clipper’s Game Outing – Jim Warburton announced that an outing to take in some baseball and socialize with Rotary friends and family is planned for Huntington Park on Sunday August 28th – 4:05PM. Sign up on the website is forthcoming or see Jim or another member of the Social Committee to sign up. The tickets are $20, or $17 for Seniors and Kids, and it includes a $10 food/beverage voucher.
Chris Curry announced a Celebration of Life party to honor our departed friend and Rotarian, Paul Buchanan. It is being held at Cedarbrook Nursery on Friday, August 12th, 6-9pm. Attendees can bring a side dish to share.
David Bentz announced that our Tuesday fellowship will be held this coming Tuesday at Le Chatelain on Bridge St. beginning at 5:30. Please stop by after work for some fellowship on the patio!
Ramona Penland-Coyle presented a Paul Harris Fellow to her friend and co-worker of 16 years, Dr. Bob Derick. Ramona chose to honor his many contributions to charitable activities local and internationally. Dr. Derick has arranged financing for doctors to travel to third world countries to perform surgeries to the disadvantaged in those countries, he has been on a number of mission trips and gives generously to a number of charities. Ramona reminded us that while Bob is not a Rotarian himself, he lives in our spirit of Service Above Self.
Our Speaker
Our Guest Speaker was Mark Deans, Practice Lead for Sequent’s Organizational Development Practice. Mark is a member of the Association for Training and Development and the Association of Change Management Professionals.
As explained by Mark, Change Management is involved in initiatives that significantly reshape a company or organization. Organization Change Management (OCM) is the practice of managing this change across the organization through effective planning, deployment and sustainability. The need for OCM is evident in the research which shows that 17% of projects fail so badly that they put company’s at risk. Also, on average, key project investments only deliver 56%, on average, of their predicted value.
There are a variety of causes for these failures, which can be avoided through an effective OCM process. Whether fuzzy business objectives or lack of executive support and leadership, there are pitfalls that Mark talked about avoiding through a methodic OCM approach. For example, executive leadership must set the tone and vision and hold the organization accountable for the change on a sustained basis.
July 29, 2016 Meeting – 49 Rotarians and 6 Guests in Attendance
Andy Keller reminded that there are still shifts unfilled for the Irish Festival next weekend. Please consider filling one of the open shifts. Bonnie Coley-Malir offered to help sign up anyone who is interested in volunteering. Please email Bonnie at bcoleymalir@yahoo.com.
Dave Williamson reminded everyone that there is an upcoming Veterans Honor Flight on October 2nd with an invitation to fly World War 2, Korean War and Vietnam Veterans to our nation’s capital to visit the monuments honoring their service to our country. Information and registration can be linked to from the link on our club’s website.
Steve Osbourne introduced four young women who participated this in the Youth Exchange that Dublin AM has sponsored. The Spears sisters introduced their exchange “sisters”, Antonia from Austria and Elena from Barcelona. Antonia and Elena have enjoyed their time so far in Dublin with the Spears family and have visited Niagra Falls, Clipper and Crew games, a performance of Tecumseh, Cedar Point and the State Fair.
Martin Golden, District Director from the U.S. Small Business Administration, was our guest speaker. The SBA was formed by President Eisenhower in 1953, and it has been elevated to cabinet-level status to reflect the importance of small businesses in driving our country’s economy.
While the agency has just 1,500 employees, it’s supported more than 28 million small businesses. The categorization and definition of “small business” varies by industry, but roughly any company with less than 500 employees is in this classification. The SBA does not lend money but, instead, guarantees loans made by banks to small businesses. A variety of different loan options exist, some of which include SBA service fees. Those service fees allow the loan guarantees to not require taxpayer subsidization. Loans of up to $5M can be obtained at Prime + 2.75% up to 6% and loans under $150K can be obtained with no fees. There are also options for Fixed Asset Loans at higher amounts for manufacturing, heavy equipment, real-estate, etc. which can be obtained with requirements for job creation and retention. Micro-loans are available at higher interest rates than be used for a very wide variety of small business needs, which is an attractive option to consider instead of credit card use. Marty noted that Huntington Bank is the top lender of small business loans in Ohio.
Marty noted that the lending guarantees and loan options are only a portion of the SBA’s responsibility. The SBA also runs a contracting business development program which enables qualifying small businesses to participate in the Federal Government’s $90B worth of product and service purchasing. These programs ensure that Minority, Disadvantaged, Veteran owned and other qualifying businesses act as suppliers to our government. The SBA also does a considerable amount of Counseling and Education to small business owners and entrepreneurs.
Club Announcements
Andy Keeler reminded that there are still shifts unfilled for the Irish Festival next weekend. Please consider filling one of the open shifts. Bonnie Coley-Malir offered to help sign up anyone who is interested in volunteering. Please email Bonnie at bcoleymalir@yahoo.com.
Dave Williamson reminded everyone that there is an upcoming Veterans Honor Flight on October 2nd with an invitation to fly World War 2, Korean War and Vietnam Veterans to our nation’s capital to visit the monuments honoring their service to our country. Information and registration can be linked to from the link on our club’s website.
Steve Osbourne introduced four young women who participated this in the Youth Exchange that Dublin AM has sponsored. The Spears sisters introduced their exchange “sisters”, Antonia from Austria and Elena from Barcelona. Antonia and Elena have enjoyed their time so far in Dublin with the Spears family and have visited Niagra Falls, Clipper and Crew games, a performance of Tecumseh, Cedar Point and the State Fair.
Our Speaker
Martin Golden, District Director from the U.S. Small Business Administration, was our guest speaker. The SBA was formed by President Eisenhower in 1953, and it has been elevated to cabinet-level status to reflect the importance of small businesses in driving our country’s economy.
While the agency has just 1,500 employees, it’s supported more than 28 million small businesses. The categorization and definition of “small business” varies by industry, but roughly any company with less than 500 employees is in this classification. The SBA does not lend money but, instead, guarantees loans made by banks to small businesses. A variety of different loan options exist, some of which include SBA service fees. Those service fees allow the loan guarantees to not require taxpayer subsidization. Loans of up to $5M can be obtained at Prime + 2.75% up to 6% and loans under $150K can be obtained with no fees. There are also options for Fixed Asset Loans at higher amounts for manufacturing, heavy equipment, real-estate, etc. which can be obtained with requirements for job creation and retention. Micro-loans are available at higher interest rates than be used for a very wide variety of small business needs, which is an attractive option to consider instead of credit card use. Marty noted that Huntington Bank is the top lender of small business loans in Ohio.
Marty noted that the lending guarantees and loan options are only a portion of the SBA’s responsibility. The SBA also runs a contracting business development program which enables qualifying small businesses to participate in the Federal Government’s $90B worth of product and service purchasing. These programs ensure that Minority, Disadvantaged, Veteran owned and other qualifying businesses act as suppliers to our government. The SBA also does a considerable amount of Counseling and Education to small business owners and entrepreneurs.
Following the standard meeting opening Dave Holliday, President of the Dublin A.M. Foundation was recognized to request additional Paul Harris Fellows to complete a 4X4 begun by Mike Isler and Roberta Kayne. Susan Robenalt and Tricia Arndt volunteered.
Cindy Groeniger offered to form a new PH 4X4 in recognition of recent deceased club member Paul Buchanan and was joined by Betty and McGehee Isaacs and Debbie Lutz.
Following announcements concerning the need for Greeters, Salvation Army workers, and volunteers and sign-ups for the Irish Festival – Assistant District Governor Steve Heiser introduced the main speaker from the Upper Arlington Rotary Club and this year’s District Governor Steve Sandbo.
Sandbo’s presentation centered on the decision by Rotary International to give greater flexibility to local clubs to achieve more relevancy in today’s environment, particularly with Millennials whom he mentioned several times.
He quoted Rotary International President John Germ as having told a gathering of District Governors to “Throw out the rule book and be free to do what is best for their Clubs.” In the absence of such a move Rotary’s survival could be in question without operational change . Sandbo also cited Michael McQueen observing – Survival for clubs like rotary is not based on how large you are, but how you adapt to changing times.
As two examples – RI is telling local clubs they have the choice of meeting only twice a month if they so desire and attendance requirements are, in Sandbo’s word “gone”.
He listed three goals to grow Rotary this year;
1. Grow membership
2. Promote gender diversity (which he defined as recruiting more women. Some clubs have no women members at present.)
3. Give a little extra to the Rotary Foundation in recognition of the Foundation’s 100th anniversary.
On the subject of the RI Foundation, Sandbo urged members to attend the 100th anniversary of the Foundation at Atlanta in August.
Sandbo also asked each Rotarian to do three things this year;
1. Ask a new person to come into the club – not by coming to a meeting, but as a volunteers for a Rotary project – which, he said, is the type of activity what speaks to Millennials.
2. Support the Rotary International Foundation, which he described as the glue which holds Rotary worldwide together – the common ground for all clubs.
3. Do one thing that makes your club more relevant – support change.
Sandbo also took time to ask continued support for Polio Plus – a program which began to 1984-85 to eradicate Polio. 2.7 Billion Children have been vaccinated. Know cases have been reduced to 19 this year – but there is more to be done.
He described his role as DG to share with the clubs in District 6690 – “What works.”
After the quote for the day, President Ramona Penland adjourned the meeting.
Dave Holliday opened the meeting with a very thoughtful invocation. President Ramona Penland-Coyle followed with her thoughts on Paul Buchanan’s impact on us as people and Rotarians. His spirit of fun and service to others were highlighted. Reverend Steven Smith offered comments about tragic loss of those close to us and the importance of being patient and letting the grief happen. Several members shared perspective and stories of Paul and his example of how he lived life to the fullest and served others.
Paul, you will be dearly missed, but never forgotten.
Speaker: Ian Wolfgang Hinz, Tantrum Theatre Producing Director
The Tantrum Theatre is a professional theatre group, made possible by a partnership between Ohio University, the city of Dublin and the Dublin Arts Council.
The mission of Tantrum Theatreis to connect and impact the Dublin and Athens communities through educational outreach and culturally diverse innovative programming that encompasses multiple theatrical disciplines, as well as to develop new work and offer new points of view on classic stories that have contemporary relevance, and offer opportunities for intercultural exchange.
Performances are currently held at the Abbey Theatre (Dublin Community Recreation Center) and will move to a permanent home in The Bridge Street District. The theatre expects to make an economic and educational impact on the city and enhance the quality of life for the community. To learn more about the Tantrum Theatre and performance schedule, visit tantrumtheatre.org
ANNOUNCEMENTS (with name of presenter in italics)
Rotarian Guest---Claudia Trusty
Dr. Ken Boltz was introduced.
Social Committee---David Bentz
There was a 63% participation response to the Social Committee survey. The most popular event requested was for a Christmas Party. There were other top activities requested and David will be providing updates. Twenty-one Social Committee members participated in that morning’s meeting.
Miracle Games Season---Ron Morgan
There are 2 games remaining for this year’s season. Please contact Ron to volunteer.
Sergeant-at-Arms ---Dave Williamson
Dave is scheduling a Rotary Sergeant-at-Arms Training Session. Please contact Dave to learn about this opportunity to be trained and how to successfully fulfill this role.
Veteran’s Honor Flight---Dave Williamson
Please share with Dave the names and contact information of Veterans you know who may want to participate in the annual Veteran’s Honor Flight to Washington, DC.
New Member Induction---Pete Cushnie
Brandon Tucker (who prefers just “Tucker”) became the Club’s 103rd active member.
New Member Committee---Pete Cushnie
Request made to Club members to donate one hour a month to join the Membership Committee.
Salvation Army Mobile Canteen---Bruce Andrews
Volunteers needed for food preparation (2 pm to 4:15 pm) and food service (4:15 pm to 7:30 pm) for first Saturday of month---for September. Fortunately, most of the year is covered.
Communications Committee---Claudia Trusty
There are still members who have not posted their photographs on the Club website. Please do so. And if you need to support to update or download a recent photograph, the Committee will provide assistance.
Dublin Slider Challenge—Pete Cushnie
There were 100 tickets available the day before the event (7/9/16).
Officer Installation Dinner ---Bonnie Coley-Malir
There were over 100 people registered to attend the event (7/8/16).
MEETING ATTENDANCE: Provided by Rich Weber
57 Total (54 Dublin AM Members, 1 Visiting Rotarian and 2 Guests)
Hope you enjoyed this morning's speaker Ian Hinz and his presentation on the Tantrum Theater. As he mentioned - he is offering our members comp tickets to Tammy Faye's Final Audition.
Enjoy!
TAKE A TIME OUT!
We invite you to be our guest at several performances of Tantrum Theater’s production of Tammy Faye’s Final Audition!
Tammy Faye’s Final Audition
· A New Play by Merri Biechler
· Directed by Dennis Delaney
Reveal yourself.
Tammy Faye Bakker was the sweetheart of Christian television in the 1980s until fraud and sex scandals brought her world crashing down. In this fevered dream at the end of her life, Tammy Faye enlists the men she loved to help her get back on TV and tape one last media extravaganza. Merri Biechler’s new play wipes clean the mascara and tears to make known the naked truth, and ask: to whom, and for what, do we so desperately devote ourselves?
To reserve your complimentary tickets, please email Ledger Free at free@ohio.edu with your name and performance of your choice (see list below of available dates)and how many tickets you’d like. We can offer up to 4 tickets a person. Tickets will be available on a first come first serve basis. We ask that if you cannot use the tickets you sign up for, please do let Ledger know so that they can go to someone else.
Friday, July 8th at 8PM
Saturday, July 9th at 8PM
Sunday, July 10th at 2PM
Wednesday, July 13th at 8PM
Thursday, July 14th at 8PM
All performances are at the Abbey Theater in Dublin’s Rec Center—5600 Post Road, Dublin, OH, and your reserved tickets will be waiting at the box office when you arrive for the show.
Tantrum Theater is a new professional theater in Dublin, Ohio. Read more at tantrumtheater.org. We hope to see you at the theater!
For the 10th year, Dublin AM Rotary has provided each third grader in the Dublin City Schools with a dictionary of their very own! This year over 1200 dictionaries were delivered to students in the district.
At Indian Run Elementary, Dr. Todd Hoadley, Supt. of Schools, joined fellow Dublin AM members in distributing the books. In return, the students gave an excellent skit on how valuable the dictionaries will be for them.
"We believe Project Dictionary supports the RI focus on literacy in a real and meaningful way," said Julie Erwin Rinaldi, the club's Literacy Committee chair.
The 55 Rotarians, 3 Rotaract members and 3 guests heard Steve Stover discuss restaurants and food in Central Ohio.Stover began by lamenting the loss in the past few years of several fine dinning restaurants including Hanke’s Cuisine, Rosendale’s and Grisby’s. This is partially due to the reduction in what Stover called “fine dinning” facilities as well as a trend toward smaller Chef owned places. “Fine Dinning” facilities simply can’t make it on their own.
Other trends he mentioned included young entrepreneurs opening eateries and what have been food truck moving to brick and mortar establishments.
Stover said there are still “fine dinning” establishments available – places like the Refrectory – but it seems people just do not want to get dressed up and get serious about dining out. In country clubs and the downtown clubs the dress codes have changed as a further sign of this trend. Further evidence that this trend is not confined to Ohio, what Stover described a one of the “finest restaurants” in the world, located in New York City, has opened a casual section where the entrees are $10 to $15 dollars.
His list of new restaurants opening included the Guild House (Cameron Mitchell), Los Alamos, Angry Bear (which, he said, not everyone likes due to it’s edginess), and Wolf Creek.
Speaking of trends Stover said “fried chicken is back” , plus egg and noodle places as well as ethnic and international cuisines. Stover had praise for local entrepreneurs who are expanding their brands such as City Barbeque, operating now with some 24 locations in four states and Cameron Mitchell who is now operating in Beverly Hills, Boston and Manhattan.
In response to a question about family dining he listed the Refrectory, Worthington Inn, Guild House, Ms, Lindys and G Michaels. Stover mentioned several other eating establishments and said for a review of many of those places go to WOSU.org. At the end of the meeting Stover passed out a 5 page list of eateries in various parts of the area.
This is your humble editor's last Reveille. Thank you for putting up with my often infelicitous prose and occasionally elephantine sense of humor. I wish I could have delighted you with the style of a Jane Austen, the insight of a Proust, the energy of a Dickens, the vision of a Shakespeare. Such excellence is, alas, beyond my abilities. I did the best I could.
All best in life to all of you: love, joy, health, wealth, and wisdom. Thanks for the chance to serve you and to join an international organization that I hope to contribute to for the rest of my life.
This past month has seen the Speaker's Committee extend themselves to give us reason (other than fine fellowship and a chance to win the Big POt) to wake up early on Fridays.
Walt Dennis explained how Scioto County Club is going to be a fantastic venue for a fantastic tournament, the 2016 U.S. Senior Open. A field with many champions will contend to win this senior Major Tournament, as Walt tells us here.
Self-described political "wonk" Mike Close displayed his usual acumen in explaining the complexities of three proposed amendments to the Ohio Constitution, bringing far more clarity to the issues than we likely would have had in a debate from proponents and opponents. Good job, Mike! Watch him here.
The six candidates for the three vacant Dublin City Council seats displayed a pleasing civility and respect for each other and the political process as they made their cases for election. Would that some national level political forums be run with such enviable grace and lack of ego. Watch them here.
Brandon Lewis made an elegant case for helping the work of the Columbus Community Hunger Project. According to Brandon, "the Columbus Community Hunger Project is focused on combating food insecurity in Ohio. Additionally we seek to set an example for our children of giving back to those in need. We are blessed to be a blessing." Watch Brandon, with an able assist from our own Todd Hoadley, here.
Recently two of our younger and active and dynamic members, Greg Gleaves and Nick Glimsdahl, were recently in the Rotary spotlight. Let's learn more about them here.
Getting to Know You: Rotary Spotlight on Greg and Nick
Put on a costume (optional) and
ride your broomstick (not optional)
over to the Burness Haunted House for a
SPOOK-TACULAR PERFECT PARTY!
Saturday, October 31 - 7:00 pm until the witching hour
The Burness Haunted House
A perfect party is the perfect way to get together.
This one just offers a little extra SPOOK!
Bring a bottle of wine (or beverage of choice)
and either an appetizer or a dessert.
Last names beginning with A-L - you are bringing a dessert.
Last names beginning with M-Z - you are bringing an appetizer.
We are hoping for a beautiful but scary fall evening so that we can tell ghost stories by the fire!
So dress for the weather!
The Holiday Party will be December 11th, from 6 to 11 pm, at Tartan Fields County Club.
Expect lots of holiday cheer, great food, and great company!
Save the Night(s): Halloween Perfect Party and Holiday Party
We are still accepting applications for the upcoming Honor Flight. Veterans of the all services during the World War II, Korean, and Vietnam conflicts are eligible (need not have seen shots fired in anger). For more information, please contact Dave Williamson. For an application, look for "Honor Flight 2015" under "Download Rotary Forms" on the right of our homepage.
Three speakers recently spoke in favor of levies that will be on the ballot this fall. Because no organized opposition to the levies has emerged, Rotary did not, as it typically would, bring in opposing viewpoints. Let's listen to their presentations and make up our own minds:
The International Services Committee recently gave an overview of their many activities, bringing literacy, clean water, health assistance, and Rotary's hopes for peace and understanding literally all over the world. Click here to see their inspiring presentation.
Recent Speakers: Dublin A.M.'s International Services Comittee
In this segment of the member spotlight, we hear from Amy Snow and Ron Morgan. Amy and Ron, thanks for sharing! Click here to see their presentation and find out whose fault it is that Amy has come to Dublin to hate teh Buckeyes.
Thanks to Kent Underwood for updating our New Member Checklist for this Rotary year. Our new members may visit the "New Member" site on our page to get a handy checklist of the landmarks to become a fully fledged Rotarian. The list is also on the home page under "Download Rotary Forms" (look to the right and lower on the page).
In 1905 Paul Harris and three of his business associates formed a club and began meeting for business networking purposes, camaraderie and friendship. They called their club “Rotary” because they rotated the meetings between each of their businesses. It soon became clear to these Rotary members that they could and should expand their purpose to include public works. Their first project was building public toilets in their hometown of Chicago.
As more Rotary clubs were established and grew, so did their public service projects based on the Rotary motto “Service Above Self” and as a way to promote, fund and recognize those who participated in such projects, the “Paul Harris Fellowship” program was established.
The Fellowship program now provides funds for District and Global Grants to local clubs, including Dublin A.M., as well as educational opportunities, food, potable water, health care, immunizations and shelter for millions of people around the world.
Over the years Dublin A.M. has received many Grants from the Paul Harris program – to mention only two - our Dictionary Project, providing dictionaries to all 3rd graders in Dublin and to our International Committee providing a library for a school in Turkey. There are, of course, others.
Over the next weeks you will have the opportunity to join 77 Dublin A.M. members to become a Paul Harris fellow or as many have done – to become a multiple Paul Harris Fellow.
It takes a commitment of $200 in each of four years to become a Paul Harris Fellow. At the end of your commitment the Club will add $200 for a total of $1,000. That money is forwarded to Rotary International which invests it for three year at the end of which 50% of the accumulated funds are returned to our District 6690 to fund District Funds, such as those mention above, and Global Grants. The other 50% is used by Rotary International to fund larger worldwide projects.
As a bonus, for every Paul Harris Fellowship you achieve Rotary will provide an additional Fellowship for you award to anyone you designate – such as Ron Morgan recently gave to Cindy Groeniger in honor of her work on Rotary projects or the three Susan Robenalt awarded to Dwight Seeley, Wolf Lant and Sue Burness for their work on the Blarney Bash. Such awards can be given by you to anyone, not just fellow Rotarians – a spouse, a friend or any one you feel exemplifies the Rotary Motto of ‘Service Above Self.”
I hope you will consider becoming a Paul Harris Fellow or a multiple Paul Harris Fellow and uphold the tradition of Rotary and most of all help those in need at home and around the world. Thank you for your consideration.
Dave Holliday – President – Dublin A.M. Charitable Foundation.
Although we had many cancellations due to the rainy summer, we had a wonderful 2015 Miracle League season! Thanks to the following Rotarians and their family members for volunteering this summer:
Cap Clegg
Dave Williamson
Brian Briggs
Grace Gushue
Bill Rish
Jim Warburton
Dave Holliday
Ramona Penland-Coyle
Marilee Chinnici-Zuercher
Todd Hoadley and his family
Julie Rinaldi and her husband David
Ron Morgan and his wife Janis
David Bentz and his wife Joanna
The miracle is helping kids who would not otherwise get to feel the crack of bat on ball.
The miracle is creating a sense of teamwork, of family, and of belonging.
The miracle is joy . . . an you created it.
Looking forward to seeing everyone out on the field again in 2016 for another UNDEFEATED season! Go Dodgers!
With gratitude-
Julie Erwin Rinaldi
Todd Hoadley and his family
William and Service Dog Tanis
Paul and his buddies! This is Paul’s 10th year with Miracle League! We have watched him grow up!
Sara and her buddies. Grace Gushue horsing around with her!
Brynn and her buddy Marilee!
Max and his buddy Jim Warburton!
Charlie and his buddy C.J.!!!
Thanks, Rotary, for Helping Make the Miracle Happen
After a summer filled with rain, Dublin's Irish eyes were smiling under perfect weather for the Irish Festival. Dublin A.M. was on hand to do our part for the city and perhaps a hundred thousand guest and, of course, to earn a little green to continue our work in the community. We worked hard but had a great time and impressed our city contacts, who said we have the beverage delivery and control system "totally wired." A special thanks to Bonnie Coley-Malir for her volunteer coordination, to the redoubtable Andy Keeler--a great combination of project manager, forklift, cheerleader, and chef--and to the dozens of Rotarians who gave of their time, sweat, and good humor to help the Club.
tly volunteers as the Membership Chair of Rotary District 6690. She is a charter member and past President of the Rotary Club of Athens Sunrise. Her favorite Rotary activities include RYLA and Paddle for Polio Plus, an annual event featuring kayaks. Professionally, Jenny Stotts is the Executive Director of the Athens CASA/GAL program, and the Regional Coordinator of Southeast Ohio CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates). She describes herself simply as: Mother, Wife, Friend , Social Worker, Rotarian and Trouble - Making Millennial.
Dublin Chief of Police Justin Paez began his career in law enforcement in 2001 and has been a member of the Dublin Police Department since 2003. During his career, Chief Paez has served as a Patrol Officer, Patrol Corporal, Accreditation Sergeant, Community Impact Unit Sergeant, Lieutenant, Operations Bureau Commander, Services Bureau Commander, and Deputy Chief of Police.
This week we welcomed Anita Zucker who spoke to the club about Leadership and Resilience. 
Our invocation was led by Julie Rinaldi and Calvin Gebhart led our pledge of allegiance.
Our Speaker was Doug McCollough - 
Emerald Campus Program Updates: Dr. Hoadley introduced Dr. Julie Blevins and Kristy Vanne, who updated the club on current and new programs available at the Emerald campus. Dublin Schools offers a comprehensive set of offerings to help students achieve academic goals as well as gainful and fulfilling employment. This presentation starts at 21:25, and a PDF copy of the slides can be found 
From the Viddam Family 
ongratulations to Dave Williamson, 2020 recipient of the Dave Holliday/Faith Williams Leadership Award, chosen by the Dublin AM Rotary Foundation Board of Trustees!
Joe Yersavich is the Manager of your Dublin Branch of Columbus Metropolitan Library and a proud member of the Dublin AM Rotary. Joe has worked for Columbus Metropolitan Library for over 25 years.
Everyone enjoyed the Hybrid Meeting format and the distancing available.
ho has been the Executive Director of the Franklinton Board of Trade since January of 2010. The Franklinton Board of Trade serves as the Chamber of Commerce for the Franklinton Community, but unlike a traditional Chamber it is a 501c3 non-profit. This status gives Franklinton the latitude to do important community work based on the three pillars of focus: Advocate - Beautify - Connect. Trent Smith works to create strong relationships in the Business Community , Non-Profit Community and the Residents of the Franklinton.
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Dustin is a St. Charles High School, Miami University, Ohio State Fisher School MBA program graduate. 
ent David Bentz has Begun!! 
Enjoy the meeting here on the recording Link for 6/19/20: 
Tom McGloshen- Dealing with Friends that are Seriously ill
ankin for giving as update on the Ohio Compliance drivers licenses and the Transportation Research Center.
Thank you to Dr. Hoadley and the entire School district for being so agile, developing a plan and executing so quickly! Screenshot photo of Dr. Hoadley.
GUEST SPEAKER: Colonel Richard Fambro - Ohio State Highway Patrol
Andy Keeler receiving his Paul Harris Fellow Award from Susan Robenalt
Tom has over 30 years of public service experience and has worked under six Ohio governors. He was a significant force to make major improvements in Ohio’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety arenas.
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Happy Holidays from Dublin AM Rotary
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On October 24th, World Polio Day, City Barbecue has generously offered to donate 25% of the proceeds of their sales to Dublin AM Rotary/Rotary International’s efforts to help eradicate Polio. .png)
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at the BMI Credit Union. Come and support Andy Keeler, our member running for council.
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experienced many opportunities; learning the culture, traveling across Europe and enjoying meeting new Friends. In addition, she studied Chemistry, Math and Physics and completed a full marathon!
tary - We heard encouraging words from Tom Clevens, our District AG. Claudia will be speaking August 24th at District conference in Newark and guarantees good learning and good fun. Kent and Claudia would love to carpool and have a good presence of Dublin AM members, please hold August 24th on your calendar!
eartfelt Thank You was presented at the meeting by Mike Isler and Ingrid Fields to the Pro AM Committee team, the Pro AM sponsors and all the members who worked so diligently to make this financial and meaningful event happen for our guests and our members. It was very successfully financially, exceeded budgetary contributions and was well supported by member attendance.
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Areyah Kaltman, Executive Director of Lifetown, was a fitting opening to today's speaker topic. Also joining us was Lifetown's COO, Shaunacy Webster. Rita Hook invited and introduced our speakers; Rita is a volunteer at Lifetown. It is a simulated village in new Albany that provides critical life-skills training for disabled and economically disadvantaged public school students. Lifetown's mission is to provide these skills to our areas's most marginalized children - with a particular emphasis on educating these children to avoid substance abuse and addiction. Research shows that disabled children as 2-4 times more susceptible to addiction.
a Kayne delivered the highlights of today's meeting by sharing a slide show of photos and commentary on her January trip to Cuba. Roberta joined a group from Global Volunteers that traveled there to tutor English. Roberta's talents as a photographer shown through in the amazing pictures she shared. Global Volunteers (globalvolunteers.org) boasts 35,000+ volunteers in over 35 countries. You can see most of the photos from Roberta's presentation at .jpg)
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Our visitors from the Rotary Club of Narlag Ulaanbaatar shared their appreciation for kindergarten and primary school books that were shared from the State of Ohio. Past President Ari Khurelbaatar discussed the importance of early childhood schooling and shared many data points such as 60% of Mongolian citizens are below the age of 30! 
The Fitness Edge has been a Dublin company at 6419 Old Avery Road since 2000 with a continuing focus on long term health through nutrition and fitness. Personal training and semi private lessons are offered to create a Life Transformation. Nate has achieved amazing results including national titles in his own program and works with many of our Dublin neighbors.
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Today was the annual return of former Buckeye Football stars, Ryan Miller and Craig Krenzel. Ryan updated us on the great work that the 2nd & 7 foundation (www.secondandseven.com) continues to do to improve literacy skills for 2nd graders. Now in its 18th year, the foundation has expanded into 20 states and will deliver its 200,000th book this year!
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Today's Speaker: Lena Sloutsky
This morning's presenters were two Coffman students, Ellie Blankenhorn (center) and Paige Warren (rt), and their Broadcast Video Instructor, Amanda Blackburn (lt). Amanda is an instructor at 
Pat provided a brief overview of awards presented to the CML and the future direction of libraries throughout the world. This served as a precursor to what is coming to Dublin and why the design is so important. It will be an integral part of the community located on the current site, but design will complement the Bridge Park area and will include a transition that links to the historic district. Highlights of the new library include:
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Our guest speaker was Brian Zuercher, the CEO of SEEN, and also the son of our fellow Rotarian Marilee Chinnici-Zuercher. Brian has spent the last decade building companies from consumer software to ag tech industries. Most recently Brian led SEEN, a marketing technology firm to become a leader in influencer marketing working with global brands like Reebok, Hilton, Hershey's, Scotts and more.
Following the opening prayer, announcements and the Sargent-at-Arms, the speaker, Dublin A.M. Rotarian Sara Ott, Washington Township Administrator, made a presentation around her participation in the Rotary Group Study Exchange (GSE) trip to Rotary District 4620, in Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil in May of 2016.
PRESENTATION: Bob Gecewich, Head Football Coach for Dublin Jerome High School---introduced by Dr. Todd Hoadley, Superintendent Dublin City Schools
Our Guest Speaker was Mark Deans, Practice Lead for Sequent’s Organizational Development Practice. Mark is a member of the Association for Training and Development and the Association of Change Management Professionals.
or the 10th year, Dublin AM Rotary has provided each third grader in the Dublin City Schools with a dictionary of their very own! This year over 1200 dictionaries were delivered to students in the district.
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