Dublin AM Rotary presents Scholarship Awards to students at Dublin High Schools. Thanks to Steve Schmitt and Steve Burigana for their work on this initiative!
Maddy Andrews presentation on her participation in Leadership Dublin sponsored by Dublin AM Rotary.
5-16-25 Scholarship Awards & Maddy Andrews on Leadership Dublin
2FGR Run for Down Syndrome Race Presentation, which our club begins to sponsor this year.
Topic: 2FGR Run for Down Syndrome Race and Welcoming Mike Close back to Dublin AM Rotary
The 2FGR Run for Down Syndrome event benefits the Down Syndrome Association of Central Ohio (DSACO). DSACO’s mission is to support families, promote community, and encourage a lifetime of opportunities for people with Down syndrome.
Guest Speakers: Tim Mills
Philanthropy: Tim has dedicated 16 years as the Event Director for the 2FGR Run for Down Syndrome. He has also served as the company captain for CAS in the Pelotonia event for 10 years and has been a board member for the non-profit Oyate Concern.
Professional Experience: With over 35 years of experience in program and operations management across various industries, Tim currently leads portfolios at CAS in Columbus, Ohio.
Guest Speakers: Keith E. Willis
Philanthropy: For the past 16 years, Keith has served as the Logistics Director and committee member for the 2FGR Run for Down Syndrome race, demonstrating a deep commitment to community service and advocacy.
Professional Experience: A licensed professional engineer with more than 30 years of expertise in real estate development, design, construction, and facilities management. His work spans across retail, restaurant, and large-scale municipal projects.
5-9-25 Presentation on 2FGR Race for Downs Syndrome
Navigating the Current Economic Landscape: Impact of Recent Tariffs.
Market Update Christian Hviid, Removing red badge - full members, and visit by Sandy Morckel to thank Dublin AM for contribution to Montaña de Luz charity in Honduras
Guest Speaker: Christian Hviid
Christian Hviid, CFA®, is the Senior Vice President and Director of Private Bank Investments at Fifth Third Private Bank, overseeing investment management activities and client portfolios across Indiana, Michigan, and Central and Northern Ohio. With a robust background in asset allocation, risk management, and securities analysis, Christian has held key roles at Wells Fargo Private Bank, Point Guard Capital, and Genworth Financial Asset Management. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in business administration and finance from American University, where he graduated summa cum laude. Fluent in multiple languages, Christian is actively involved in various professional and community organizations including the Dublin Education Foundation, and resides in Muirfield in Dublin, Ohio, with his family and English Pointer.
Topic:Navigating the Current Economic Landscape: Impact of Recent Tariffs
4-11-25 Christian Hviid - Navigating the Current Economic Landscape: Impact of Recent Tariffs.
We had an inspiring presentation by Ryan Miller, founder of 2nd & 7 - They promote reading! 2nd & 7 has donated over 800,000 books to kids in need all across the country since it started in 1999. By engaging thousands of college and high-school student-athlete volunteers across the country, they are inspiring the next generation of readers and leaders.
Topic: 2nd & Seven
Program: Since 1999, 2nd and 7 has read and donated over 1 Million books with help from over 170 Universities and High Schools throughout the country.
Guest Speaker: Ryan Miller
Co-Founder of The 2 & 7 Foundation, Board Chair Co-Founder of m2 marketing, LLC, Partner 1995 to1996 Iron-Man Award (The Ohio State University) 1996 OSU Football Defensive Co-MVP 2002 Emmy Award (Best Sports Reporting) 2002 Emmy Award (Best Feature Sports Story) 2004 Allen Park, MI High School Sports Hall of Fame 2005 MBA The Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business 2013 National Football Foundation and Collegiate Hall of Fame Award (Community Service) 2015 Robert M. Duncan Alumni Citizenship Award (Community Service) 2015 Ohio State Sports Medicine Champion, Committee Member 2016-2018 Scioto Country Club Diversity Enhancement Committee 2017-present UAJBA Board Member 2018-present UAYF Board Member 2022-present First Community Church Board of Deacons 2024-present UA Community Foundation Board Member
One Dublin is a community nonprofit located in Dublin, Ohio.
Heather manages the overall functions of the organization.
Under her leadership, Heather has led the nonprofit through a national pandemic and has rebranded the organization under the new name One Dublin. Her personal goal is to cultivate new relationships and reenergize and build excitement and solidarity within the community. Heather currently sits on the Dublin-Worthington Rotary Club Foundation Board of Trustees, is the Founder of the Dublin Nonprofits Advisory Council, and has been a long-standing volunteer with Dublin City Schools.
Heather earned a B.S. in Business Administration with a major in Marketing from The Ohio State University.
Program Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer at Adaptive Sports Connection
Topic: Learn About Adaptive Sports Connection's new Adventure and Wellness Lodge in Shawnee Hills.
Preston Shepard is a dedicated leader in adaptive sports and therapeutic recreation with extensive experience in program management, volunteer coordination, and adaptive sports instruction. He now oversees staff and volunteer management, program development, facility operations, and strategic planning to enhance accessibility and inclusion in adaptive recreation. With a Bachelor of Science in Education specializing in Sport Industry from The Ohio State University, Preston has held key roles in organizations such as Columbus Recreation and Parks, New England Disabled Sports, and The Adaptive Adventure Sports Coalition (TAASC). His expertise spans adaptive skiing, cycling, mountain biking, kayaking, and program development for veterans and individuals with disabilities. A U.S. Army, Ohio National Guard veteran, Preston brings strong leadership, operational management, and community engagement skills to every role, ensuring impactful, high-quality programming for all participants.
Video Recording of this and our past meetings are on our YouTube Channel.
For the Club Service Project we heard a presentation from a representative from Children’s Hospital, and then we worked together to write some cards to kids who are in Children’s Hospital and can’t be home with their families.
Video Recording of this and our past meetings are on our YouTube Channel.
Join us this Friday at 7:30 AM at the Country Club at Muirfield Village for the Outbound Student Exchange
Everyone is welcome to attend!
Guest Speaker: Sinan Yaykin and Exchange Students
Sinan Yaykin is the Business Development Manager at Autohub.
"Where are they now?"
The first 10 minutes of the meeting will be about our latest outbound long term exchange student Skai Komine (joining in person), who spent a year in India. She will talk about her experience and has a presentation.
And it will follow up with 4 former exchange students (joining via Zoom) and what they are up to now. These students are Dalma Kiss (spent a year in Dublin from Hungary), Lara Krank (spent a year in Dublin from Germany), Gretchen Spiers (spent a year in Slovakia from Dublin) and Chris Humphreys (spent a year in France from Dublin).
Skai will have 10 minutes and the other students will have 5 minutes each. 30 minutes total.
We’ve got some exciting updates to share about our club’s finances, projects, and ways we can serve our community. Members were able to join committee chairs for a chat and learn more about what each service area has accomplished so far this year, what we have planned for the rest of the year, and how together we can make a difference.
Chief Executive Officer of Syntero, a leading behavioral health organization in central Ohio. With over 20 years of experience in community mental health, Sara has demonstrated expertise in strategic planning, program development, and fostering collaborative partnerships. She began her career at Syntero 14 years ago as an Outpatient Clinician and has risen through the ranks, holding leadership roles such as Director of Youth and Prevention Programs and Chief Clinical Officer before being named CEO in August. Sara holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan and has been recognized for her leadership and dedication to making behavioral health services accessible to all, including receiving the Helping Hands Award from the Delaware Morrow Mental Health & Recovery Services Board. Passionate about promoting wellness and innovation, Sara is committed to advancing Syntero's mission to support the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities and creating positive change throughout central Ohio.
Guest Speaker: Candy Nelson - Candy Nelson spoke about Ohio Medicaid and the needs of their clients.
Public Consulting Group (PCG) has partnered with the Ohio Department of Medicaid to recruit providers for the Home and Community-based waiver services. Public Consulting Group (PCG) is recruiting Personal Care Aides, Licensed Practical Nurse and Registered Nurses. I can assist anyone with the enrollment process.
Several members of the Worthington Rotary were in attendance - see photo below.
Video Recording of this and our past meetings are on our YouTube Channel.
Jacob will be speaking about Rumpke Waste & Recycling’s new Material Recovery Facility (MRF), and how this facility is on the cutting edge of technology helping Dublin residents and residents across the state recycle more and keep material out of the landfill.
Jacob Heffron is a skilled Municipal/Public Sector Representative with over 2.5 years of experience managing a portfolio of municipal contracts across the Columbus and Circleville regions. In his role, he oversees approximately 50 contracts, generating a total of $50 million in annual revenue.
Thank you to the Dublin A.M. Rotary Club members and friends who volunteered to ring the red kettle bell to support the Salvation Army at Kroger locations in Dublin on Dec 7 and 14. Stop by to shop, share some cheer, and drop a contribution in the bucket.
Stay warm out there ringers - Trish Piliado x2, Bob Rosenberg, Dwight W. Seeley, James Warburton, Laurie Reinbolt, Claudia Mann Trusty, Roberta Kayne, Erin Prescott, Julie Erwin Rinaldi x2, Gene Oliver x2, Cindy Steinbrick Groeniger, Susan West, Jack Curtis, Scott Lewis, Ronald Morgan, Janis Morgan, Calvin Gebhart x2, Michael Shuchter, Nathan Shuchter, Dennis Muchnicki, Mike Isler, John Susie, Cap Clegg, Jeffrey Schoener, Sara Harrison-Mills, Maddy Andrews, Clay Horvath, Jaden Carter, Lou Charobee, Bonnie Coley-Malir, David Williamson, Nate McCormick, Andres Pagniano, and Rolly Ragniano.
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12-7 & 12-14-2024 Rotarians & Friends Ringing the Bell for Salvation Army
The government and industry relations director for American Honda Motor Co., in Ohio.
Prior to Honda, the global communication leader in corporate social responsibility for a global diesel engine manufacturer headquartered in Indiana.
Before entering the business sector, Jeff held communications and public-policy positions with national nonprofits in Washington, D.C. and Indianapolis.
Topic: Honda's Journey to 2050
Looking at the past, with pictures of faded memories
Looking at the future, with cool images of future cars. Environment Protection and Safety.
Clover Coffee is a for-profit pop-up coffee shop that provides meaningful employment for adults with intellectual & developmental disabilities. Three founders will present their inspirational missions and goals and share local community service events information.
Guest Speakers
Megan Temple:
- An Intervention Specialist through Dublin City Schools
- Board Member of Miracle League of Central Ohio as well as We R One Community
Former professional football player, a NFL quarterback Former OSU Football Buckeyes Quarterback, Who led their 2002 team to a national championship Principal at Arthur Krenzel Lett Insurance Group
Guest Speaker: David Williamson - Dublin AM Rotary Member, Veterans Committee Chair - Executive Director of State of Ohio, Superintendent, Division of Industrial Compliance, Board of Trustee Member40 Plus of Central Ohio
Topics:
Veterans' Day Presentation
Presentation by Dublin Scioto High School Students Purple Star Club
Prizes given by Dan Schwegman for 125 Club
Member Introductions/Three Truths & Lie - Jim Warburton & Michael Darling
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11-8-24 Veterans Committee Update - Dave Williamson
Together with: Mohan’s wife Geeta and his daughter Anjana
Mother Teresa, was actually one of her elementary school teachers!
Deepa is an active Rotarian and served as the District Governor for Rotary District 5240 in 2010-2011. She is the Past President of the Rotary Club of Santa Ynez Valley, was named the Rotarian-of-the-Year during her year as President, and has been the winner of many humanitarian awards including the winner of Santa Barbara’s ‘Gutsy Gals You Inspire Me Award’ in 2013! She was one of the “Women of Action” Honoree at the White House in 2014; Time Now – Global Amazing Indian awardee from the Times of India in 2015; and one of three Inspiring Women of Action at World Bank’s celebration of International Women’s Day in Washington DC, 2016.
Topic: PAGE UNIVERSAL SCHOOL for GIRLs-India
A tribute to Rotarian of the Year Mohan Viddam and the philanthropy he did personally and through our Dublin AM Rotary club. Mohan helped organize the construction of over a dozen water treatment plants in India, developed a program to train veterans on software testing at Halcyon IT, and always looked for additional ways to help people. We’ll be joined by Mohan’s wife Geeta and his daughter Anjana and special guest PDG Deepa Biswas who is also the founder of PACE Unlimited. PACE is a girl’s school in India that with Mohan’s and Dublin AM’s contributions, we helped them build a new wing in the school for vocational training.
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10-18-24 Deepa Biswas - PACE School for Girls & Mohan Viddam Family
Certified Financial Planner with Beacon Hill Investment Advisory
Member of Financial Planning Association of Central Ohio
Rotary member since December of 1998 in Coastal Georgia
Former Club president of Reynoldsburg/Pickerington in the 2005/2006
Polio Plus Society Member, Paul Harris Society Member, Benefactor, Major Donor, Sustaining member and EREY of the Rotary Foundation
Fomer Army Major
Topic: Polio Plus Update
Mr. Shorthill, our District Polio Plus Chair, discussed Rotary International's efforts to help eradicate polio, and in particular, Rotary International's PolioPlus initiative.
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10-11-24 William Shorthill - Polio Plus Initiative
In addition to the Zoo, it also includes The Wilds, a 10,000-acre wildlife conservation center located in Muskingum County, Zoombezi Bay Water Park, the Sarari Golf Club
President & CEO of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Former President & CEO of the Texas State Aquarium
Board of Advisors for the Columbus Partnership.
Board Member of International Elephant Foundation.
Former Chairman and Director with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
Started his Career at the Sea World in Orlando, Florida.
This Friday - 9/27 - we welcomed Julie Erwin Rinaldi, a Dublin AM Rotary member and the new Executive Director of the Dublin Food Pantry.
For over 46 years, the Dublin Food Pantry has provided food and essential items to individuals and families within our community who are experiencing food insecurity. The Pantry serves residents throughout the City of Dublin and Dublin City Schools District who are spread across eight zip codes and three counties.
Erwin-Rinaldi has been an active member of the Dublin A.M. Rotary since 2009, serving as president and Literacy Committee chairperson. She and her husband, David, have enjoyed volunteering together for the Miracle League of Central Ohio, Meals on Wheels, Salvation Army, and other local non-profits through their years in Dublin.
“I am thrilled to continue to work with the community to develop creative, caring ways to support those who need a helping hand. I hope to maximize the long-standing community partnerships that I have made in my previous work to continue to find ways to create hope and healing.”
While not everyone realizes the extent of hunger in the Dublin community, hunger continues to grow. More than 4,700 households live on less than $35,000 annually in our community and nearly 16% of Dublin students are considered economically disadvantaged.
To meet the growing needs of its neighbors, the Dublin Food Pantry launched a $3 million comprehensive capital campaign in 2022 to purchase and renovate a larger, more accessible facility from which to serve the community. Thanks to the generosity of the Dublin community, the Pantry began serving clients at its new home at 6608 Dublin Center Drive on October 11, 2023.
The new space is certainly being put to good use. Compared to the first quarter of 2023, the Food Pantry has had a nearly 30% increase in the number of households served, with a 22% increase in overall Pantry visits during the first quarter of 2024. That equates to 171,447 equivalent meals distributed in just the first three months of the year.
As the Dublin Food Pantry enters this new phase, the continued support of the community is vital to ensuring the most vulnerable receive the food and essential items necessary. As the demands on the Pantry continue to increase, additional financial and human resources are required to meet those needs.
If you have not visited the new Pantry, we invite you to do so. To learn more about the Pantry and how you can get involved, visit us online or email Julie at Director@DublinFoodPantry.org.
Video Recording of this and our past meetings are on our YouTube Channel.
Erin's role as a Transition Coordinator is to assist students with disabilities with making the transition to adulthood, primarily through coordinating services and activities in the areas of post secondary education, employment and independent living. She facilitates internship and job shadow opportunities in the community and works with families and service providers to create individualized plans to meet the needs of our students. She serves on multiple school teams that work together to provide experiences to our students to best prepare them for life after graduation.
Dr. Christopher Hoch is in his fourth year as director of The Ohio State University Marching and Athletic Bands. He also is associate director of bands and an assistant professor in Ohio State's School of Music. Prior to his appointment, he served one year as interim director, two years as associate director and one year as assistant director of Marching and Athletic Bands. He served for seven years as the director of bands at Rutherford B. Hayes High School in Delaware, OH, and three years as director of The Ohio State University Marching Band Alumni.
Dr. Hoch’s work with The Ohio State University Marching Band has received national and international recognition for innovation and creativity in show design; he has been the architect behind many of the shows that have been watched by millions of people on YouTube and at various locations around the country. Under Dr. Hoch’s leadership, the marching band performed at the first College Football Playoff National Championship game after the 2014 season, and at Wembley Stadium in London in 2015.
In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Dr. Hoch serves as the musical director of the Scioto Valley Brass and Percussion Company, a Columbus-based British-style brass band, and he is active around the state of Ohio as a clinician, guest conductor, musical arranger and guest speaker.
Dr. Hoch’s Ohio State education includes bachelor’s degrees in music education and mathematics, master’s degrees in instrumental conducting and music education, and a PhD in music education.
Raised in Ripley, Ohio, Steve Stivers learned from his mother and father the importance of family, hard work and public service, which have been the values he has carried with him throughout his life.
In May 2021, he was selected to lead the Ohio Chamber of Commerce as President and CEO. The Ohio Chamber of Commerce is the state’s leading business organization whose mission it is to aggressively champion free enterprise, economic competitiveness and growth for the benefit of all Ohioans. In addition to his responsibilities as President and CEO, Stivers works with legislators, business leaders and government officials every day on issues affecting Ohio Chamber member companies.
Prior to joining the Ohio Chamber, Stivers represented Ohio’s 15th Congressional District from 2011 until May 16, 2021. He served on the Financial Services Committee and was the Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance.
In January 2003, he was appointed to the Ohio Senate and successfully ran for a full term in 2004. He was assigned to various committees and chaired Insurance, Commerce and Labor. He served in the Ohio Senate until 2008.
Throughout his career, Steve Stivers has led the way supporting programs and initiatives to encourage job creation, promote economic development, and put our country’s fiscal house in order.
A career soldier, Stivers has served over 30 years in the Ohio Army National Guard and holds the rank of Major General. He served the United States overseas during Operation Iraqi Freedom in Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar and Djibouti where he led 400 soldiers and contractors and is proud that each and every one returned home safely to the United States. Stivers received the Bronze Star for his leadership throughout the deployment.
Stivers received both his bachelor’s degree and his MBA from The Ohio State University and a master’s degree in strategic studies from the Army War College. He resides in Upper Arlington with his wife, Karen, and children, Sarah and Sam.
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9-6-24 Steve Stivers, President & CEO, Ohio Chamber of Commerce
There will not be a meeting on Friday, August 30. Have a great Labor Day weekend. Looking forward to seeing you at the Dublin AM Rotary Classic Car Show on Sunday, September 1.
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FRIDAY - AUGUST 30 - NO MEETING! SEE YOU AT THE CLASSIC CAR SHOW ON SUNDAY, 9/1
Former Senior Regional Vice President of Invesco. Retired with 5 Adult children and 11 Grandchildren
Topic: TrueSport and Auto Racing
TrueSport is founded on three cornerstones: Sportsmanship. Winning the right way - with respect and gratitude for teammates, coaches, parents, and competitors. Character Building & Life Skills.
The TrueSport mission is simple and bold: to change the culture of youth sport by providing powerful educational tools to equip young athletes with the resources to build life skills and core values for success on and off the field.
Sportsmanship
Winning the right way – with respect and gratitude for teammates, coaches, parents, and competitors.
Character Building & Life Skills
Using the sport experience to develop positive whole-life attitudes and behaviors: perseverance, courage, honesty, and more.
Clean & Healthy Performance
Wellness-centric lifestyles that fuel athletic and personal success – in sport and in everyday life.
We’re powered by the experience and values of USADA – the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency – the country’s most trusted guardian of sport, dedicated to preserving the integrity of competition at every level.
We’re all about the true essence of sport – integrity, respect, teamwork, courage, and responsibility.
Rich Fletcher - Senior Vice President, Business Development of Columbus Region & One Columbus
One Columbus is the dedicated economic development organization for the 11-county Columbus Region. Our team is committed to helping new and existing businesses grow in the Region by working with both local and state partners to pave the way for your business’s success. Our goal is to ensure the Columbus Region remains vibrant and economically healthy by creating more opportunities for its businesses and residents.
If your business is expanding, One Columbus can help you assess locations, recruit and retain a talented workforce, and secure public and private resources available to growing companies.
About One Columbus As the economic development organization for the 11-county Columbus Region, One Columbus’ mission is to lead a comprehensive regional growth strategy that develops and attracts the world’s most competitive companies, grows a highly adaptive workforce, prepares our communities for the future and inspires corporate, academic and public innovation throughout the Columbus Region. One Columbus expertly guides companies through the location decision process. Through strategic business outreach and customized research, the One Columbus team leverages public, private and institutional partnerships to grow the Columbus Region’s economy and strengthen its national and international competitiveness. Funding is received from more than 300 private organizations, local governments, academic institutions and JobsOhio. Learn more at ColumbusRegion.com.
Earlier this month, One Columbus was recognized for the 7th year in a row as a recipient of the Mac Conway award by Site Selection for being one of the top 20 economic development organizations in the nation. Learn more about that award here.
We are delighted to invite you to an inspiring presentation by Jessica M. Rudolph, the founder and CEO of My Very Own Blanket. This event is a unique opportunity to hear directly from Jessica about the compassionate initiatives and touching stories behind the organization's commitment to providing comfort and smiles to children in foster care.
Since 1999, My Very Own Blanket has been dedicated to warming the hearts of children in the foster care system through the gift of personalized blankets and pillowcases. These items offer comfort and a sense of security during challenging transitions, reminding them they are cared for and remembered. Under her leadership, and with the support of volunteers and community partners, nearly 7,000 blankets are lovingly crafted and donated each year, each personalized with a child’s name.
Director, Communications & Public Affairs, for the Columbus Regional Airport Authority,
Former Vice President of Government Relations for the Columbus Chamber of Commerce.
Ohio Aviator of the Year in 2022, a Columbus CEO Magazine Future 50, Columbus Business First’s 40 under 40 etc.
Topic: John Glenn Columbus International Airport - CMH Next
Kristen will share the plans and provide an update for CMH Next, the planned new terminal.
The existing terminal at CMH was opened more than six decades ago in 1958 and is reaching the end of its useful lifee. The CRAA is set to embark on a significant development project at the John Glenn International Airport, involving the construction of a new passenger terminal and adjacent parking garage. Learn more at the meeting this Friday.
Everyone is welcome to attend! Bring your guests too.
Guest Speaker: Tammy Noble
Long Range Planning Manager for the City of Dublin and an OSU alumna
Previously Dublin Area Housing Study Manager
Topic: Envision Dublin Community Plan Update
This presentation include an overview of the project, which marks the first update to the City of Dublin Community Plan in 11 years. Serving as the long-range planning document, it strategically manages the city's growth for the coming decades and provides policy direction for the City Council, Planning and Zoning Commission, the development community, and city staff. The plan encompasses growth management strategies for all aspects of the City of Dublin, including land use recommendations, infrastructure needs—such as sewer and water improvements—roadway and multi-modal infrastructure, sustainability efforts, and parks and recreation needs. The presentation includes extensive public engagement, and how it impacts all members of the City of Dublin.
"The Evolution of City Barbeque," featuring guest speaker Rick Malir, Founder and Executive Chairman of City Barbeque and Pilot of Single-engine Planes.
Rick recounted the remarkable journey of City Barbeque, which began in Columbus in 1999. From crafting restaurant tables in Rick's garage to becoming a major barbeque chain with 65 locations across eight states, City Barbeque's story is one of authentic entrepreneurship and vision. Raised on a Kansas farm, Rick developed a robust work ethic and a keen entrepreneurial spirit from a young age. We were excited to have Rick share his inspiring story, his strategic vision for his business, his insights on the importance of culture and people, and much more.
The Fiber to Every Home project, a partnership between Dublin and Altafiber. This project will ensure that every premises in the city has access to internet service up to 10 gigabits, which helps meet our community's growing broadband demands and supports Dublin's goal of being the most connected city in the nation.
Joining us for the presentation from the City were:
Paul Hammersmith – Director of Engineering/City Engineer,
Brandon Brown – Director of Innovation and Performance Analytics and Interim Director of IT
Brian Gable – Director – Capital Projects
Representatives from Altafiber explained the project in more details and answered questions.
Video Recording of our past meetings are on our YouTube Channel.
We enjoyed an extraordinary program honoring our club's past presidents!
Most past presidents were in attendance so we highly encourage reviewing the Flickr page for photos!
City Manager Megan O'Callaghan, Mayor Chris Amorose Grooms, and other members of the city council presented a proclamation from the city.
As part of our program, we also conducted a leadership workshop positioning past presidents to facilitate break out sessions with club members to share leadership insights, highlight special projects, programs, fund-raisers, and lessons learned from their year of service.
District Governor David Uhl will conclude our program.
Video Recording of this meeting and other meetings is on our YouTube Channel.
Scholarship winners and their families were honored at the meeting. Dublin AM Rotary is pleased to offer annual scholarships to students who reside in the Dublin City School District and have been selected from a very competitive field based on their academic success, demonstrated leadership and community service, a pledge that they have led, and will continue to lead an alcohol and drug-free lifestyle, quality of a written essay, and financial need.
Video Recording of this meeting and other meetings is on our YouTube Channel.
We answered a member survey a few months ago that Kurt created for our club. We are pleased with the positive results and the detailed comments and feedback as well. Another copy is available for your review attached.
Friday’s meeting was an opportunity for all of us to share another level of discussion on 1 of 5 topics:
Speaker time
Communications
Member Engagement
Social & Services events Feedback
Growing membership/recruiting/attracting community awareness
Kurt & Ingrid asked us to move to 1 of 5 tables based on the topic you preferred. Every table shared 2 or 3 recommendations after 10 minutes of discussion for going forward leadership to consider.
We have such a strong club and there are always ways to improve. We want your opinion and consider this ideas speed dating another visioning exercise to grow on for coming years at our club.
This meeting featured speaker J.M. Rayburn discussing the Dublin City Division of Transportation & Mobility.
J.M. Rayburn is a Transportation & Mobility Planner for the City of Dublin. He works toward Dublin's vision to be the most connected, sustainable and resilient global city of choice. This presentation will center on how the City’s Division of Transportation & Mobility is implementing that vision with new policies and transformative projects.
J.M. also serves as LGBTQ+ Liaison between the community of the City of Dublin and the Office of the City Manager. He volunteers his time, effort and skills as a board member with Central Ohio Greenways and the Pat DiNunzio Ovarian Cancer Fund.
Video Recording of this meeting and other meetings is on our YouTube Channel.
This meeting featured speakers Dawn Anderson-Butcher, Tyler Wolfe, and Jim Sauter with the OSU LiFESports Initiative.
Dawn Anderson-Butcher, PhD, is a professor in the College of Social Work at The Ohio State University and a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW-S) in the State of Ohio. She also holds a courtesy appointment in Physical Activity and Educational Services in Ohio State’s College of Education and Human Ecology. She has a B.A. in psychology, a B.S. in exercise and sport sciences, and a M.S. in health and sport studies, all from Miami University. She also has a M.S.W. and Ph.D. from the University of Utah. Her primary research interests focus on positive youth development in various social settings, such as schools, afterschool programs, and youth sport. Her secondary research interests include exploring how school-family-community partnerships maximize school- and community-based resources for learning and healthy development, especially in communities serving vulnerable children and families. Her research in these areas has been widely published. At OSU, Dr. Anderson-Butcher serves as the Executive Director of the Community and Youth Development Institute, as well as the Director of Teaching/Research for the OSU LiFEsports Initiative (www.osulifesports.org).
Tyler Wolfe is the Director of Student Wellness at Dublin City Schools where he is responsible for mental health and wellness including 18 Mental Health Specialists, 25 Mental Health Specialist "interns" in the OSU College to Social Work Cadre, 2 Substance Use Disorder Counselors, 50+ School Counselors, LiFEsports, Hope Squad, ROX, Go Guardian, Character Strong, MS Advisory, Attendance Intervention Plans, Behavior Team. His career in education spans 31 years including 19 years with Dublin City Schools.
Jim Sauter is vice president of the Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern and operating partner of Cameron Mitchell Restaurants. Sauter provides strategic direction for the brand and leads a team of managers and directors who oversee all restaurant operations – from identifying new site locations to the overall expansion of Rusty Bucket. Sauter is a graduate of The Ohio State University and currently resides in Dublin with his wife and two children. He is a LiFEsports Advisory Council Member, Dublin Youth Athletics At-Large Board Member, Ohio Restaurant Association Workforce Development Advisory Council, and a member of the Cameron Mitchell Restaurants Executive Team.
Video Recording of this meeting and other meetings is on our YouTube Channel.
During this meeting we celebrated the hard work and community impact of our local Rotary Interact Clubs!
Rotary Interact clubs bring together young people ages 12-18 to develop leadership skills while discovering the power of Service Above Self. Interact clubs organize at least two projects every year, one that helps their school or community and one that promotes international understanding. In Dublin, Interact clubs are associated with our three area high schools and have even been started in the middle schools. This meeting will feature an update from the dedicated teachers/advisors who support the students as well as those youth who are the future of community service and Rotary in Dublin! Please come to applaud these young leaders for all the work they do here in our backyard and connections they make around the world.
Video Recording of this meeting and other meetings is on our YouTube Channel.
Michael began working for the City of Dublin in 2018 as the Operation Administrator of the Solid Waste Department in Public Works. Michael oversees several key city contracts that affect the health and safety of community residents including the Rumpke Solid Waste Collection Agreement, the Rumpke Recycling Processing Agreement, the Franklin County Mosquito Control Agreement and the Contract Sweeper Street Sweeping Agreement. Michael’s other responsibilities include serving as the city liaison to the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio, grant writing for the city’s Green Initiatives, oversight of the Annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event and Document Shredding Events, as well as the Food Waste Drop Off, Styrofoam Drop Off, and the popular Pumpkin Composting Drop Off. Michael also serves as Secretary on the Board of Directors for the Association of Ohio Recyclers and as Solid Waste Chair for EcoDublin.
Michael has recently been nominated for the American Public Works Association Solid Waste Manager of the Year Award, and has also recently received his Envision ENV-Sustainability Professional Certification from the Institute of Sustainable Infrastructure.
Prior to his employment at Dublin, Michael worked for Rumpke Waste and Recycling serving as the Central Ohio Municipal Representative where he was responsible for the administration of all Rumpke Residential Collection and Recycling Processing Agreements in Franklin County as well as each of the surrounding Central Ohio Counties. Michael’s responsibilities also included the oversight of waste management practices of events including the Columbus Jazz and Rib Fest, Dublin Irish Festival and Red, White and Boom.
Previous to Rumpke, Michael was the owner of Great Lakes Paper Reclamation which specialized in mobile document shredding services for northern Ohio including the greater Cleveland, Toledo and Columbus areas. Great Lakes Paper Reclamation is recognized as an early innovator for the brokerage of paper, cardboard and other fiber materials allowing smaller companies to create revenue by combining and collectively marketing recyclable material that would have otherwise been landfilled.
Michael is a graduate of The Ohio State University where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Landscape Horticulture and was a member of the Ohio State University Marching Band. His future plans include working towards a Master of Public Administration Degree and pilot’s license. Michael has a son named Logan, and enjoys operating a sustainable hobby farm in Delaware County with his wife Laura.
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UNTIL HELP ARRIVES: If you are ever involved in or witness a traumatic accident, will you know what to do until first responders arrive? Would you be prepared to help save someone’s life? This meeting walked us through each step: how to recognize that there is a problem, how to assess the surroundings so you can act safely, what information is most important to share on your 911 call, and the care you can administer until law enforcement and or fire/EMS arrive. Washington Township Fire Department Battalion Chief Mike Riebel and emergency dispatcher (Northwest Regional Emergency Communications Center) Stephanie Skipworth were our presenters.
Battalion Chief Mike Riebel
Started in the fire service in 1994 and has worked for Washington Township since 1996. Co-coordinator of the “Until Help Arrives” program since 2017, teaching hundreds of Dublin residents, thousands of Dublin City Schools employees, and numerous local colleges and businesses.
Communications Manager Stephanie Skipworth started dispatching for Montgomery County Sheriff's Office in 2001. Communications Manager for NRECC and has been with the City of Dublin for 16 years. Co-coordinator of the "Until Help Arrives."
A plant was presented to Gene Oliver as a memoriam for the loss of his brother. (bottom center photo)
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We heard from John Diehl, senior vice president of applied insights for Hartford Funds. He educates financial advisors and their clients about current and emerging opportunities in the financial services marketplace. These opportunities range from retirement planning, investment planning and charitable planning, to anticipating and preparing for demographic and lifestyle changes.
John joined Hartford in 1988 and now overseas their relationship with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Age Lab. For more than a decade, Hartford has partnered in research related to retirement topics with the MIT AgeLab. John will translate this research to help us plan for 8,000 days of retirement.
John has been a featured guest on CNBC and Bloomberg Television to discuss retirement-related topics and has been widely quoted in The Wall Street Journal. He attended Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and earned a bachelors degree in economics.
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Our guests were Deb Papesh and Melissa Bogner who are on the board of the Dublin Education Foundation.
Deb holds an M.Ed in Early Childhood Education with a focus on Family Literacy. She was an adjunct professor at the Oklahoma City University and co-developed FILM: the Family Intergenerational Model which was approved as one of four national family literacy models in the 90’s. She currently also serves on the board for the Dublin Food Pantry. Deb lives in Dublin with husband Brian and has raised two daughters who graduated from DCS. Dr. Ashley Papesh Place of Legacy Family Dental and Hopewell Elementary teacher, Katie Papesh. Deb’s motto: Life is a Networking event… celebrate the simple and share the good!
Melissa is a graduate of Ohio University and spent 8 years in finance at Charles Schwab before deciding to stay home to care for her young children and become a community volunteer, advocate, and connector. Expanding her involvement and leadership from her children’s elementary PTO Board, Melissa became a member of the Dublin Education Foundation Board in 2020 giving her the opportunity to serve the entire DCS district. She enjoys boating and snow skiing with her husband Joe and three children, Taylor, Carter, and Charlie, and hosting spontaneous backyard gatherings with extended family, friends, and neighbors.
We also recognized Bob Rosenberg for his herculean efforts to obtain gift cards for the Polar Bear auction! Thank you Bob!! (photo on left bottom center).
Kerstin Carr, PhD shared updates from projects of the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission.
Dr. Carr currently serves as Chief Regional Strategy Officer & Sr. Director of Planning at the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC). In this role, she leads and oversees large-scale regional planning initiatives, sustainability programs, and data projects that help empower and support community leaders to implement equitable and sustainable solutions around growth and development, housing, and greenspace that benefit every resident.
Dr. Carr is a founding board member of RAPID 5 and the former chair of the governance committee of the Neighborhood Design Center Board. As a certified professional coach, she is also a life coach to program participants of the Families Flourish non-profit organization. She previously chaired the Scenario Planning Consortium of the National Association of Regional Councils and was an advisory member to the OSU Center for Real Estate and a member of the Early Childhood Advisory Council. Dr. Carr is a 2019 graduate of Leadership Columbus, was part of the 2020 Future 50 class, and has a doctoral degree in geography from the University of Regensburg, Germany.
And we inducted three new members Ed Edin, Greg Topps and Sean Becker (bottom left and bottom right).
We were pleased to hear from Jenny Stotts an inspiring message about Rotary Membership. Jenny is one of the most energetic leaders in our district and will be sure to reignite the spark in all of us to share the message of Rotary with prospective members.
Jenny R. Stotts, MS, LSW volunteers as an Assistant Rotary Coordinator in Rotary International Zone 30 and as the Public Image Chair in her local club. She is a major donor, a benefactor, a member of the Paul Harris Society, the Polio Plus Society and the Bequest Society. Each member of her family, including her two children, are Paul Harris Fellows. She is a charter member and past president of the Rotary Club of Athens Sunrise, a past Assistant Governor, and previously served as the Membership Chair in District 6690, creating several resources and toolkits that are now used worldwide. In 2023, she spearheaded an effort to train Rotary members across southern Ohio in Mental Health First Aid. Her favorite Rotary activities include RYLA and Paddle for Polio Plus, an annual event featuring kayaks.
Professionally, Stotts was appointed in 2022 by Governor Mike DeWine to serve as Ohio’s first Youth Ombudsman. As Ohio’s Youth Ombudsman, she is responsible for investigating and resolving complaints and concerns submitted by foster youth, including suspected violations of Ohio’s foster youth bill of rights. She previously served for 9 years as the Executive Director of the Athens CASA/GAL Program and the Regional Coordinator of Southeast Ohio CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), supporting the development of three new court-based child advocacy programs in Appalachia. She developed a hybrid volunteer training program that has been scaled and implemented nationwide. Prior to that she worked as a children services investigator and worked in higher education at Ohio University’s Department of Social Work. She is a licensed social worker, a trauma specialist, and a trained forensic interviewer. Notably, she has taught courses on evidence-based communication, conflict resolution, and trauma-informed care. She holds a black belt in Lean Six Sigma and is a graduate of Leading in Appalachia. She has devoted her career to serving foster children. This work is near to her heart as she was adopted from the Ohio child welfare system and grew up in a foster home. She and her husband, also a Rotarian, continued the tradition, building their family through foster care adoption, as well. She is an outspoken advocate for youth voice and youth rights.
This meeting time was dedicated to assembling 100 bags of toiletry items for victims of human trafficking to be distributed by the Salvation Army. Thanks to Claudia Trusty for organizing this project to show care for some of the most vulnerable members of our community.
This meeting featured Dr. Sarah K. Douglas with an update on Ukraine.
Dr. Sarah K Douglas obtained her MA from the Ohio State University in 2010 and her Ph.D. from OSU in 2015. Her specialties include military history, disease history, medieval European history, and world history. Dr. Douglas has served as a Fellow at the West Point Summer Seminar in Military History; she has received eight Ohio State College of Arts and Sciences and Department of History Awards/Fellowships; two research fellowships from the Mershon Center for International Security Studies; and she has been awarded four dissertation fellowships from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation of Milwaukee. She has four peer-reviewed articles, two editor-reviewed articles, and one edited volume now in print, while her dissertation manuscript is going through the editorial process in preparation for publication. She is currently a Senior Lecturer at The Ohio State University, where she teaches various undergraduate courses covering topics from the Crusades to the Vietnam War. She also works as a Senior Lecturer at Norwich University, where she teaches graduate courses and advises Masters theses in both military history and global history.
Dr. Douglas was brought back by request from club members who heard her speak last year. As Rotarians, caring about people all over the world is in our nature. We appreciated the opportunity to come together to remember those continuing to suffer in Ukraine.
Our meeting speaker was Diane Doucette is President and COO of Mount Carmel New Albany, Mount Carmel St. Ann’s and Mount Carmel Lewis Center. With more than 30 years of experience in health care, she has been with Mount Carmel New Albany since its inception in December 2003. Thanks to Diane’s guidance and leadership, Mount Carmel New Albany (MCNA) is an award-winning, nationally recognized musculoskeletal surgical hospital built on providing an exceptional patient and family experience with clinical outcomes which are unparalleled. In addition to MCNA, she assumed the presidency of Mount Carmel St. Ann’s (MCSA) in 2020, a full-service inpatient hospital known for its Women’s Health Center. Today, she is the Executive Sponsor for the Mount Carmel Dublin campus projected to open in 2025.
Prior to becoming president of Mount Carmel New Albany in 2015, Diane served in several leadership positions at various health systems across administration and clinical services. Diane was a principal in a consulting firm for 20 years across the country as a subject matter expert in periop efficiencies, patient experience and architectural design of hospitals. She is a member of the Association of Operating Room Nurses, the American Nurses Association, and the National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses. She currently serves as a board member for the Mount Carmel Rehabilitation Hospital and Easton Surgery Center.
Diane received her nursing education from Canadore College in Canada, her bachelor's degree in business administration from Otterbein University and her master's degree in business administration from Franklin University.
During this meeting, we took Flight with NetJets as their team members Sara Abele and Halle Markwas (Dublin AM Rotary Club Member) pulled back the curtains and showed us what’s behind the world’s largest, leading private jet company. We learned about what sets this Columbus-based company apart and what it’s like onboard a NetJets aircraft.
Sara is Senior Vice President of Sales at NetJets. During her 19 years at NetJets, she has held a variety of roles in customer service and sales, now focusing on customer accounts and new business development in Ohio and Michigan.
Halle is the Senior Project Manager on the Global 5 Senses Team, a unique team dedicated to curating the onboard experience for Owners and creating that ONLY NetJets experience. Halle has over a decade of project management experience and is a former luxury hotelier and Certified Meeting Professional.
Our apologies to David Uhl, District Governor, who was scheduled to speak before the meeting was canceled due to snow. David Uhl will be rescheduled to speak on a future date.
While we didn't get to gather, it was a beautiful snowy day in Dublin, Ohio. Enjoy that winter weather, Rotary!
Dr. Christi Scott Bartman has been involved in anti-human trafficking efforts in Ohio for over a decade. She is the founder of Eyes Up Appalachia, an anti-human trafficking initiative focusing on the Appalachian Counties of Ohio. She operates as a compassionate catalyst to push for better ways to address human trafficking and the vulnerabilities that underlie it. In 2021 she received The Social Justice Leader Award from the University of Toledo's Human Trafficking and Social Justice Institute, was a semi-finalist in the Everyday Heroes of Central Ohio and was chosen as one of the inaugural fellows for the Foundation for Appalachian Ohioan 2022. In 2023 she was awarded the Everyday Ohio Heroes Award for the Southeast Region by the Ohio Children's Trust Fund. She served as the Co-Chair of the Ohio Attorney General's Trafficking Commission Research/Gap and Data Analysis Subcommittee until January 2022 and continues to serve on that subcommittee. Christi is an Air Force Veteran.
Christi's website http://eyesupappalachia.org/ has lots of resources that are divided into interest groups - all focused on general audiences, not just the Appalachian area. If anyone would like to follow-up on familial trafficking, there are some great podcasts and information under that tab. https://www.eyesupappalachia.org/familialtrafficking
Another resource - “Be Safe, Know Safe, Stay Safe” campaign. You can access the social media posts at https://www.eyesupappalachia.org/safeperson . If anyone is interested in posting that on their social media that would be great!
"Please feel free to share the above links . I had so many positive responses that I would love for them to know I truly appreciate their interest and concern for those that fall victim to human trafficking!"
Photos of our team putting together toiletries kits for the victims of sex trafficking at Gracehaven on the left.
We were pleased to hear from our club member Dr. Tom McGloshen addressing life transitions.
Thomas H. McGloshen, Ph.D., is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Independent Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice. Formerly Clinical Assistant Professor in Family Medicine at The Ohio State Wexner College of Medicine, he is a Clinical Fellow and Approved Supervisor in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy,
After serving a Presbyterian pastorate in Russellville, Kentucky, from 1963 to 1968, he accepted the position of Pastoral-Alcoholism Coordinator at the Barren River Comprehensive Care Center in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where he was subsequently appointed Director of Emergency Services, Director of Staff Development and Training, and Supervisor of Outpatient Services. In 1978 he came to Ohio to provide career development counseling to church professionals. He began private practice in 1981.
In addition to his clinical work, Dr. McGloshen has held part-time faculty appointments at the University of Kentucky (Hopkinsville) Community College, Vanderbilt University Divinity School, Western Kentucky University, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, the University of Dayton, The Ohio State University, the Methodist Theological School in Ohio, and National University (formerly North Central University).
Dr. McGloshen received the B.A. from Centre College of Kentucky, the M.Div. from McCormick Theological Seminary, the M.A. (in Psychology) from Western Kentucky University, and the Ph.D. (in Family Relations and Human Development) from The Ohio State University.
In 2014, The Ohio Association for Marriage and Family presented Dr. McGloshen the Award of Honor for the Advancement of the Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy. “His greatest contribution,” it was noted, is “his willingness to continue to teach and develop individuals in our field. His investment is carried forward by each person he has supervised and is handed down to the next generation of MFT’s.” This is the second time Dr. McGloshen was so honored by the Association. In 1988, he received the Award of Honor for his contribution to psychotherapy, education, research, and to the Ohio Division of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
In 2011, Dr. McGloshen was presented the Charles "Chuck" Weaver Award by the Ohio Counseling Association as a person "who has shown long, consistent and distinguished service to the counseling profession and who has shown exemplary caring for people." He was also a 1988-1989 Fellow at the Institute for Humanities and Medicine.
He served as member and Chair of the Marriage and Family Therapists Professional Standards Committee of the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board. He is past-president of the Ohio Council on Family Relations, the Columbus Chapter of the Association for Psychological Type, and the Tri-State Group Psychotherapy Society. He is a member of the Groves Conference on Marriage and Family.
In addition to serving on the editorial boards of the Career Development Quarterly and the Journal of Counselor Practice, he has also published in the areas of marital relations, child management, older recent widows, education, alcoholism as a family disease, and career development.
We all gathered to assemble “Snowman Gloves“ for the kids of the Dublin Food Pantry. Scott from the Dublin Food Pantry was on hand to take the finished gloves in time to spread some extra holiday cheer to pantry clients. We appreciate everyone’s help, with a special thanks to Claudia Trusty, who ordered all the supplies!
It was festive holiday-themed fellowship meeting. This joyful meeting was arranged thanks to Gene Oliver and Barb Anderson. They also arranged live music which was performed at the open and close of the meeting!
Julie Erwin Rinaldi led a special invocation followed by a gratitude exercise.
A moment of silence was observed in honor and memory of Daryl Schorsten. Members shared their memories of Daryl and how they knew him, some going back to high school.
Thanks to our meeting speakers Lili C Reitz, Esq. and Rob Graessle, DO, for discussing Fund The Climb Foundation. The mission of Fund The Climb Foundation is to remove barriers that stand in the way of patients seeking treatment for the brain disease of addiction.
Lili C Reitz, Esq., a licensed attorney and executive director of Fund The Climb Foundation. She worked at the Attorney General’s Office for 5 years, and as an agency director for the state of Ohio for 20 years. Ms. Reitz served as the compliance officer for an addiction treatment facility prior to her current position.
Rob Graessle, DO, an emergency medicine physician. He worked in the ER at Grant Medical Center for 10 years, seeing the impact of the opioid epidemic. As a result, he left Grant and in August of 2020, opened Basecamp Recovery Center, an addiction treatment center in Franklinton, on the near west side of downtown Columbus.
We were also reminded of the flurry of volunteer and giving opportunities with Dublin AM Rotary this holiday season. Please see the sign up for Red Kettle Bell Ringing in support of Salvation Army. We will pass-the-hat again next week to collect donations for our holiday adopt-a-family efforts supporting clients of Salvation Army and Syntero.
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A letter to our members from Fund the Climb:
Thank you for the opportunity to share the work we are doing to help patients who seek treatment for the disease of addiction. These are the people who are often overlooked in our community. They are suffering from a brain disease that has taken over their lives, and when they take the brave step to ask for help, we at Fund The Climb Foundation want to give them the best opportunity to succeed. We do this by removing the barriers they face, such as the lack of safe, sober housing, lack of transportation, food insecurity and personal hygiene needs.
Our Peaceful Living United + Sober (PLUS) Housing Program provides beds to the most vulnerable patients in the early stages of treatment. We provide transportation and bus passes to patients in need. We provide lunch, food bags and Kroger gift cards to hungry patients. We provide care packages to patients who have personal hygiene needs. When these basic needs are addressed, the patients can focus on the treatment they need that will save their lives. In time, and with hard work and support, they can rejoin our community and their families hopeful and healthy, and with the tools they need to lead transformed and productive lives.
We cannot do all this without support. Every donation is used to remove the barriers patients face when seeking help from this deadly disease. We have a fundraising page that gives you the opportunity to help make a difference in the lives of those wishing to break the cycle of addiction and enter treatment.
Our meeting speaker was Warren Motts, Founder and Chief Curator of Motts Military Museum in Groveport. Warren E. Motts, a graduate of Groveport-Madison High School, joined the Ohio National Guard at the age of eighteen. He received basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. After his training he was sent to Ft. Monmouth, NJ where he was trained as a photographer. He was in the ONG for nine years obtaining the rank of Staff Sgt. in charge of the Photographic Section, HQ & HQ, 37th Infantry Division.
He also obtained a job in the photographic department at Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio, receiving a secret and top secret security clearance working on government projects. At Battelle he met Daisy Blair and they were married. They have two children Wayne and Lori, three grandchildren Brittney, Taylor, and Lexi. He was the owner of Motts Photographic Center, Inc. for 25 years. He is past president of The Professional Photographers of Ohio, The American Society of Professional Photographers, and The Professional Photographers of America and has many degrees and awards from these organizations. He founded Motts Military Museum Inc. in his home in 1988 and moved to the present location in 1999, where the museum continues to thrive and expand.
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This meeting was full of energy as we heard from former OSU football players Ryan Miller and Craig Krenzel.
These football experts shared their take on the season thus far and predictions for the end of the season. We also learned about the mission of 2ND & 7 and what our club is doing to support their work. Their mission is to promote reading by providing free books and positive role models to kids in need while encouraging young community athletes to pay it forward.
Julie Rinaldi and Ingrid Fields presented Ryan Miller with a $2,000 check for 2nd & 7 as part of our Literacy Project.
Ingrid Fields displayed the certificates and awards that Dublin AM Rotary received at the District Awards Program - photos below.
Wolf Lant received the District Rotarian of the Year Award at the District Awards Program. - photo below
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Thanks to our very own club member Dr. John Marschhausen for enlightening us on current strategic plans for Dublin City Schools and the potential impact of a levy on the ballot next week.
Dr. John Marschhausen is the Superintendent of the Dublin City School District. John is in his nineteenth year as a school Superintendent with six additional years as a high school principal and six years as a classroom teacher. John also serves as Visiting Associate Professor in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University and as a member of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine's Executive Workforce Board.
John believes successful leaders build trust through their actions and relationships; he knows that culture eats strategy for lunch. John and his wife, Susan, are the proud parents of two current Ohio State Buckeyes.
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Thank you to our speaker, Michael Wilkos of United Way of Central Ohio, who spoke about central Ohio growth patterns and demographics, the second part of a presentation he has been working on for about 40 years!
Michael Wilkos is Senior Vice President of Community Impact at United Way of Central Ohio. His team develops strategies to invest in and improve our community. Prior to his current role at United Way, Michael was Director of Community Research at The Columbus Foundation. During his tenure at the Foundation he initiated and managed competitive grant-making to support holistic community revitalization in the Weinland Park neighborhood. Throughout his career he has also led many initiatives to coordinate volunteers and funders in developing and implementing strategies supporting housing and community safety programs.
Michael earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography and a Master of City and Regional Planning degree from The Ohio State University. He has served on many boards including: United Neighborhood Centers of America, Columbus Landmarks Foundation and Columbus Neighborhood Design Center.
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Our speaker was Bruce Barnes, an award-winning faculty member at The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business, speaking on the theme of, "Chat GPT, Bard, AI, Oh My! Separating hype from reality."
As a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Accounting and MIS, Mr. Barnes instructs in both the undergraduate and graduate level programs. In addition, Mr. Barnes is also the co-founder and on-going co-producer of the industry acclaimed “Digital Solutions GalleryTM” series, nationally hosted out of The Ohio State University’s College of Engineering. Coincident to his current faculty role, Mr. Barnes is the founder of BOLD VISION®, a senior consulting consortium of “C Level” executives, focused on building an active and creative network of senior leaders devoted to sharing best practices, leveraging their strengths and perspectives, and raising the level of digital and leadership “literacy” within their own organizations. He also continues to serve on multiple industry advisory boards and as an executive coach and advisor to a number of noted senior executives. He also serves as an Executive Consultant for Business Development Specialists Inc. (BDS), based out of Phoenix AZ. BDS is an innovative firm providing trusted solutions to clients seeking greater levels of business success.
Mr. Barnes has over forty years of experience as a senior executive in the technology arena, including multiple influential CIO leadership roles up to and including the Fortune 100 level. He has a multi-industry background, and has received numerous industry accolades, including having been once recognized as one of this country’s most noted CIOs. A former officer in the United States Army, Mr. Barnes remains a frequent, visible and familiar voice at national industry events and in major industry publications.
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Our meeting speaker was Ed Zirkle, a world traveler, storyteller, and documentarian. Ed has worked for several newspapers including the Louisville Courier Journal, the Evansville Courier & Press, and the Mansfield News Journal. He has worked with the Associated Press Wire Service, United Press International Wire Service, and was represented by Woodfin Camp and Associates, SIPA France, and Image Brokers. Ed's work has extended far beyond covering local events - he has documented Ukraine, Cuba, Nicaragua and events around the US such as presidential elections, Kentucky Derby, Indy 500, PGA Golf, Rose Parade, Rose Bowl. Plus cultural gathering; Inter Trible Indian Ceremonial and Amish life.
Ed has taught photography at The Ohio State University and at Columbus State Community College. He also served as Education Chairman for the annual Ohio News Photographers Association conference. Ed opened the first photography gallery in Columbus and worked on the revival of a 1930 Paramount movie theater in Mansfield, Ohio where they hosted the Miss Ohio Pageant, classical, jazz and rock groups, and classic movies.
Ed is a proud member of Tri-Village Rotary and has been a Rotarian off and on since 1994. He is also a member of National Press Photographers Association, Ohio News Photographers Association and an original member of Nikon Professional Services. With many local and national awards for his photography from National Press Photographers Association and the Ohio News Photographers Association, Ed has learned that photojournalism isn’t something he does, it’s something he lives.
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Our speakers were three members of the Dublin AM Rotary Club: Sharon Kendall, Roberta Kayne, and Rolly Pagniano, along with one non-member, David Deuschle, Sharon's friend. They went on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic in March 2023 sponsored by Dublin AM Rotary and in conjunction with World Mission Partners! Also, Rolly's wife, Lisette Pagniano, who was instrumental in staffing the Dental Clinic, was in attendance.
This team partnered with a non-profit hospital in LaRomana called El Buen Samaritano (Good Samaritan) serving some of the most vulnerable people in the Dominican Republic. Activities supported general dentistry, fluoride treatments, medication, reading glasses distribution, and donations of food and other basic need items.
Thanks to this group of members for keeping the international connections of Rotary present of mind. They presented great stories with inspirational photography. We hope you will think about participating in the next mission trip likely to take place in 2025.
This meeting's presentation was on the Dublin Historical Society from speakers Tom Holton and Clay Rose.
Tom Holton grew up in London, Ohio. He Graduated from Miami University in 1972 and was commissioned 2nd Lt. USMC from the Navy ROTC program. He was in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1972-1979. He went on to work in training and development with Marriott Corporation in Bethesda, Maryland before returning to Ohio to work in the Training Department with Wendy’s International in Dublin. He then worked in Training and Human Resources with Abbott Laboratories Ross Division for 16 years.
Tom served in a variety of Scouting leadership roles with Scouting USA including Cub Scout Cubmaster, Boy Scout Troop Committee Chairman, and Buckeye District Commissioner. He is a founding member and past president of Leadership Dublin and has participated in the program since its beginning in 1997. Tom served on the City of Dublin Architecture Review Board from 2003-2009. Tom met his wife Gayle at Miami University and they married in 1972. They have one son and three grandchildren.
Clayton Rose III is a lifelong resident of Dublin. Clay graduated from Dublin schools in 1970 and The Ohio State University in 1974. He is a retired CPA having practiced accounting for 44 years, including 38 years with Rea & Associates Inc. and its predecessors in their Dublin office.
Clay is a 42-year member of the Kiwanis Club of Dublin, including serving twice as the club President and for more than 30 years as Treasurer. He has provided leadership on the Visit Dublin board for 35 years, including serving twice as board President and for more than 25 years as Treasurer. He has also provided many years of service and leadership to the Dublin Irish Festival committee, Dublin Historical Society board of trustees, Dublin Historic Task Force, and City of Dublin Tax Board of Review. He was inducted into the Dublin Schools Hall of Fame in 2012 and has received alumni recognitions from OSU. He and his wife Lynn have three children.
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Tom Barry discussed Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Franklin County. Please note the meeting also included introduction of special guests from Japan-American Society of Central Ohio (JASCO).
Tom Barry is a retired attorney, business redeveloper and fundraiser. Originally from New York, Tom practiced law in New Jersey, where he also volunteered as guardian ad litem in child abuse and neglect cases. After retiring from his law practice, Tom moved to Chicago. While there, he had the opportunity to consult with the City of Chicago Human Services Department to help identify the needs and obtain funding for the 162 homeless services providers and shelters in Chicago.
Tom moved from Chicago to Columbus in 2003 to take a fundraising position at Faith Mission and Lutheran Social Services. He then assisted the Ohio History Connection with fundraising. From there he became executive director at Columbus Humane for 2 years to help with fundraising and administration restructuring. Tom retired in 2019 as a major gift fundraiser for the Ohio Living Foundation.
Tom has been a CASA of Franklin County guardian ad litem since 2012. He is currently the board president of Friends of CASA of Franklin County.
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This meeting was spent prepping bags that will be used by LifeCare Alliance for Meals-on-Wheels. The Dublin AM Rotary Club proudly supports Meals-on-Wheels and has adopted an area route for weekly meal delivery.
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9-15-2023 Club Service Project for LifeCare Alliance
Dublin AM Rotary Club Launching Community Veterans Project
The Veterans Affairs Committee of the Dublin AM Rotary Club is partnering with Dublin-based Resurrecting Lives Foundation (RLF) to sponsor and promote a community and region-wide art project to benefit RLF’s programs assisting veterans experiencing Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). The project is also joining forces with the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, Rotary District 6690, and veteran’s groups that are aligning to address the increasing numbers of veteran suicides through the nationwide Stop Soldier Suicide project.
The RLF/Dublin AM Rotary Club partnership is unique in many aspects. The project had its origin with a 3-D art piece by Navy Chief Petty Officer (CPO) Joe Pisano that featured a background painting of a military scene that utilized a blend of canvas, metal, wood and paint into three dimensional tributes to the sacrifice, duty and honor of military service members and veterans.
His collection began with a flag-oriented painting titled “Stand Together – A Veterans Flag” which featured a waving flag painting that was enhanced with painted drywall screws that were installed at various depths to provide the 3-D effect. The collection has expanded to over seven patriotic paintings depicting World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam Conflict, the Global War on Terrorism, Tomb of the Unknown, and Freedom Wall.
The Dublin-based RLF has sponsored a painting titled “ The Global War on Terrorism” that includes a like-sized set of boots, rifle, helmet with approximately 6000 drywall screws. The flag in the picture is at half-staff to honor those who lost their lives in the global war on terror along with over 1,000 official sized dog tags.
RLF and Dublin AM Rotary club have joined efforts with the Ohio Chamber of Commerce to sponsor another painting of a waving American flag with a combination of drywall screws, and featuring a canvas border that will be signed by local veterans and family members on behalf of veterans in their family. The project, a joint public display and fundraising initiative, has been designated “Veterans Stand Together Across America” or VSTAA. The plan is will be to have a “travelling art project” designed to be displayed throughout central Ohio cities, towns, and communities to enable veterans from the area to be a part of the project and recognized for their service and sacrifice on behalf of a grateful nation.
The goal of VSTAA is to enable the public to become aware of the terrific need for awareness and assistance required for veterans who have encountered PTSD, TBI, or significant issues leading the to contemplate suicide - that America cares about its veterans, the desire to support and assist them in becoming aware and seek proper treatment for their issues and know that their service was not in vain or unappreciated.
As the travel schedule for the VSTAA project is finalized look to your community bulletin boards for the date and times it will be arriving in your areas in the following weeks. Additional information on the project can be obtained by contacting RLF or Dublin AM Rotary Club officials.
The Vietnam War panel entitled "Welcome Home" pays tribute to the iconic statue of three soldiers returning from patrol. The panel, created with over 20,000 screws, also reflects the environment Vietnam Veterans recall - monsoons and jungle. One Veteran suggested a red, white, and blue theme. The question Joe asked himself when creating this piece was, “How can I make these soldiers look like superheroes?” The answer was creating red, white and blue lightening bolts in a stormy monsoon jungle.
Shirley is a native of Vinton County, Ohio and the eldest of nine children. For 34+ years she was an administrative staff member in The Ohio State University’s College of Agriculture & Natural Resources (now Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences). Her responsibilities included budgeting, long-range planning, and staffing. She was also involved with programs in India, Brazil, Somalia, Uganda, Poland, Colombia, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic. After retiring with Emeritus status, she enrolled at OSU as a non-traditional undergraduate student, receiving BA in English—40 years after graduating from high school!
Following retirement, her time has been devoted to volunteer activities, both short- and long-term, including serving as delegation leader for numerous international exchanges in dozens of countries on six continents. She is the fourth woman inducted into the Ohio Agricultural Hall of Fame, and second woman in Farm Science Review Hall of Fame. She is also member of Vinton County 4-H Hall of Fame.
Shirley has been honored for her work, both professional and volunteer at the local, national and international levels, including the Robert M. Duncan Alumni Citizenship Award as an alumna who has exemplified “Disciplina in Civitatem” (Education for Citizenship); the Everett Reese Medal for exceptional service in private philanthropy; The Columbus Foundation’s Acorn Award; the Eisenhower Distinguished Service Award; OSU’s Outstanding Staff Award and its Distinguished Service Award. And, for her work following the 9/11 terrorist activities, she received the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador. The date on which this honor was received was December 7, 2007—an extremely emotional event—occurring on Pearl Harbor Day for another event that, as President Roosevelt said, “will live in infamy.” And—Shirley’s efforts to establish a scholarship benefiting the young people of the communities that cared for her following the 9/11 terrorist attacks are included in the hit Broadway musical COME FROM AWAY. She and the famous actor who portrays her have become good friends.
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The 5th Annual Dublin AM Rotary Classic Car Show was held on Sunday, September 3.
Congratulations to Lou Charobee and all the volunteers, sponsors, vendors, and Rotaractors for a fabulous car show this year. Links to event photos follow.
Twenty four trophies were presented plus the Best of Show. Of the 24 awards, six were special category awards. These included Sports Car, Rotarian, Veterans Award, Motorcycle Pick, Judge's Pick, and a Memorial Trophy honoring Pete Fuhlbrigge, our Dublin AM Rotarian who passed away last fall.
Here are the cars that received the special category awards: (a few photos courtesy of Car Show Talk)
BEST OF SHOW - 1940 Ford Panel Truck. - Owner - Harry Ours,
Pete Fuhlbrigge Memorial Award - 1967 Austin Healy 3000 - Owner Matt Swan
Veterans Award - 2017 Corvette Grand Sport - Owners Rick & Cindy Frye
Rotarian Award - 1981 Jeep CT - Owner Steve Schmitt
Judges' Pick - 1961 Chevy Impala - Owner Joe Wood
Motorcycle - 2021 Can Am Spyder Rt Ltd - Owner Ted Krouse
Sports Car - 1962 Corvette - Owner Deam Lampman
As a reminder, not only is this event a fantastic opportunity to connect with the community to share information about Rotary in a high visibility event in downtown Dublin, it is also a fundraiser for the Dublin AM Rotary Charitable Foundation. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the 5th year of this successful event!
Chief Justin Páez leads the Dublin Police Department, focusing on the leadership, direction, guidance and management of the agency. The chief directs and manages all functions of the department, through a strong partnership with the bureau commanders, to ensure that laws and ordinances are enforced ethically and impartially.
Chief Páez began his career in law enforcement in 2001 and has been a member of the Dublin Police Department since 2003. During his 22 years of public service, Chief Páez has held numerous roles, eventually serving as the seventh chief of police for the Dublin Police.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Bowling Green State University and his Master of Business Administration in Leadership and Change from Tiffin University. In 2022, Chief Páez completed the Northwestern University Leading Diversity, Equity and Inclusion online program focused on managing and leading transformative change.
He is also a graduate of leadership courses from the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police and serves as chair of the association’s leadership committee. Chief Páez has been appointed by Gov. Mike DeWine as a representative to the Ohio Collaborative Community-Police Advisory Board. He and his wife, Abby, are proud parents of five children and active members in the Dublin community.
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Dublin AM Rotary Club works year-round to gather support for significant causes in our community; one of the more important over the last year has been giving to and promoting the capital campaign for a larger and more accessible location for the Dublin Food Pantry. The reasons for the move from the current pantry location in historic Dublin are myriad, including an increase from 1,800sf to 7,750sq feet to support the more than 32,000 people served annually by the pantry, an increase of more than 200% since 2019. Dublin Food Pantry and Dublin AM Rotary member Dinky was our meeting speaker and tour guide for the new site, anticipated to open in the coming weeks.
Denise Youngsteadt-Parrish, who goes by Dinky, has 30+ years’ experience helping people in need. She has spent her professional career working in not for profits serving individuals and families experiencing the crisis of interpersonal violence, poverty and sexual assault. She brings varied leadership experiences from the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks, Lifeline of Ohio, Columbus Humane and Columbus Parks and Recreation.
Dinky completed her undergraduate degree in Cultural Anthropology from the Ohio State University. While attending OSU she received the highly competitive Critical Difference for Women Scholarship. She earned her Masters of Science in Professional Advancement and Community Leadership from Duquesne University in 2010. She has recently taken a break from completing her Educational Doctorate Degree from Walden University in Adult Education and Learning focusing on the impact of trauma on adult learning. Denise received the Dublin Chamber of Commerce President’s Award in 2021. Recently nominated and received the Living Faith Award.
Sensei Parrish is a black belt first degree in Wae Kune Do Karate. She is the mother of two children, and has four grandchildren and one great nephew. Additionally, Dinky had the life changing experiences of growing up in East Africa; Sudan, Algeria and Ethiopia, her father worked for USAID. She is also the proud recipient of the NAACP Freedom Fund Award, has an honorable mention in a book and film and has been published ECRP. Vol 3 No 2 Multicultural Education.
The Franklin County Office on Aging exists to provide resources and services for all residents in Franklin County, ages 60 and older, to assist them in maintaining their independence and age in place within their own home. The Franklin County Office on Aging is fully funded by a county levy which has been overwhelmingly approved by Franklin County voters for the past thirty (30) years.
Dennis Wheeler, the Outreach Supervisor with the Franklin County Office on Aging, will provide a brief overview of the agency and services provided. Mr. Wheeler has been with the Franklin County Office on Aging for six (6) years and was previously employed with the Ohio Department of Insurance / Ohio Senior Health Insurance Information Program.
This informative presentation will help you understand how you, your family, your neighbors and your community can benefit from the Franklin County Office on Aging's many programs and resource connections that expand access to prescriptions, food, health clinic services, utility and other subsidies, health screenings, employment services, legal aid services, household budget management assistance, volunteer services, support services, caregiver consultation & other services, senior fitness centers, respiratory services, deaf/blind specialized services, hearing/screening/aids, refugee support services, communication interpretative services, and intergenerational services.
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Brent covered examples of emerging threats and the basic blocking and tackling that everyone should do in the modern, connected world.
Brent is an expert-level security & criminal researcher with a history of innovative approaches, responsible disclosure, rational control development & substantial findings. He has experience with IoT, ICS/SCADA, utility & critical networks including threat modeling, segmentation, pen-testing, protocol/process/business logic weaknesses & incident response. His deep knowledge areas include application security, fuzzing, honeypots, open source intelligence & attacker deception/tampering.
To date, Brent has brought more than a dozen technology products to market & holds two US patents. He acts as an advisor, mentor & investor in multiple technology companies around the world. Brent has reviewed hundreds of products for security & scalability, prepped many entrepreneurs for funding & performed market & trend analysis for several highly recognizable brands & product companies.
His background includes educating boards about risk management & technology issues, mentoring executives/regulators & working as a part of a US Congressional Oversight Committee task force. He has earned the following recognitions: BBB Torch Award, US DOE Gold Medal & ISC2 Lifetime Community Service award.
Our speaker was Bill Stanley, Director of The Nature Conservancy in Ohio and Board Member of RAPID 5, introduced by Erin Prescott.
Starting with The Nature Conservancy in 1999, Bill Stanley was previously the director of conservation and is now the director of The Nature Conservancy in Ohio. In this role, he leads a team of over 60 staff members throughout Ohio working to secure clean waters for all, conserve climate-resilient lands, drive science-based action on climate change, and support conservation beyond our state’s borders. Prior to these roles in Ohio, he lived for 10-years in Washington, DC and led a team working on forests and climate change for The Nature Conservancy globally. He is proud of the tangible results he and his teams have achieved through conservation in forests, freshwater, and agricultural settings. Much of this work was made possible by innovative approaches to simultaneously meet the needs of governments, businesses, communities and the environment.
Bill has served at the request of three Governors of Ohio in several capacities, including as a member of Ohio’s Forestry Advisory Council and the Ohio Water Development Authority. Bill also serves on the Vice-President’s Advisory Council to the College of Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University and on the Board of local nonprofit RAPID 5. A forest scientist by training, with work experience in climate, agriculture and water, he has published conservation-related articles in several publications. He holds a Master’s degree in forest science from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and a BA in Environmental Science from the University of Virginia.
The Nature Conservancy in Ohio is headquartered in Dublin.
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Imerman Angels is a one-on-one cancer support community that matches cancer fighters, survivors, and caregivers to provide supportive connections. Through a personalized matching process, cancer fighters are connected with someone who has experienced a similar cancer situation (a Mentor Angel). While each cancer experience is unique, Mentor Angels are matched by similar age, gender, cancer type and stage, giving fighters the chance to ask personal questions and receive support from a peer. Their motto is that "Someone Understands."
Vicki Bender was an international flight attendant for many years with Delta Air Lines. She heard about Imerman Angels while living in Chicago eight years ago. Her father died of cancer, so she was drawn to share the mission at local cancer centers and events. She relocated to Ohio two years ago, after retirement, to be close to family. Realizing there is a need to spread the word in the Midwest, she continues sharing her passion for Imerman Angels and their peer-to-peer support program.
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Through Program 60, Ohio residents age 60 or older are invited to take courses and connect with The Ohio State University community tuition-free! Program 60 provides participants with access to undergraduate, graduate-level and distance learning (online) courses on an instructor permission, space-available, audit basis during the spring, summer and fall terms. Speakers Rosemarie Deschler and Gene Oliver spoke about the program.
Rosamarie is a two-time graduate of The Ohio State University. She received her certificate of dental hygiene and bachelor of science in education. Since graduation, Rosemarie has worked as a dental hygienist, an educator, had her own business, “Rosemarie’s Pastries –Simply Delicious,” and most recently as a banker. Yes, she has had a diverse work background, and the one common thread that links these professions is helping people. The skills she acquired from one she adapted and applied to the other professions. Rosemarie has also had several leadership positions at The Ohio State University, in the Dublin individual school community, and in her church and homeowner’s communities. She currently is serving on the OSU Program 60 Association Board, her homeowner’s association board, and leads the BREAD ministry at her church in Dublin. She is recently retired after 25-plus years working in the banking profession. Rosemarie now enjoys being a Grammy, seeing life through her grandchildren’s non-judgmental eyes. With the love of her life, her husband Tom, Rosemarie, has traveled extensively in Europe, and is planning more travels abroad. When she is not attending Blue Jacket games, Ohio State football games, soccer or lacrosse games watching her granddaughters compete; she can be found taking long walks, reading a good novel, baking, going to the art museum, symphony, taking in a good movie at the theatre, and connecting with friends.
First and foremost, a lifelong learner, Gene is the IT director for the City of Worthington, overseeing applications and technology modernization and cybersecurity. He is also a member of the Regional Data Advisory Committee at MORPC. Previously, he held global executive leadership roles at HKT Teleservices and OCLC Online Computer Library Center, driving global growth through operational excellence, systems, and security initiatives. Gene actively participates in local CIO leadership groups and holds degrees from The Ohio State University, where he studied music and computer science, and Ohio University, with studies in business. In the community, he served as the Dublin Chamber of Commerce board president and is president elect of the Dublin AM Rotary. Gene resides in Dublin and is a proud parent of two daughters, Sarah and Anna, and his dogter, Ella.
Additionally during this meeting Dublin AM Rotary Club inducted new members Maddy Andres, Jim Bishop, and Luke Thomas. Welcome to our three new members!
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Our speaker for this meeting was Joshua D. Sinclair with Dinsmore. Josh advises his clients on family wealth and estate planning, probate and trust administration, business formation and succession planning, and probate and trust litigation. He acts as both defense and plaintiff’s counsel representing executors, trustees, and beneficiaries in disputes involving breach of fiduciary duty and breach of trust. He is a graduate of Capital University School of Law where he was on Dean's List and Law Review and received five CALI Awards for Excellence, an honor given after the completion of each class to the student earning the highest grade. Josh is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association and the Columbus Bar Association. He earned his undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University.
During the meeting we also welcomed new club members Barb Anderson, Michael Darling, and Scott Lewis. Please offer them a warm greeting at upcoming meetings.
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In our first community service project of the new Rotary year, our Parade Marshall volunteers had plenty of walking time to swap parade stories and enjoy!
Our Marshalls: Dignitaries In the Parade
Lou Charobee Andy Keeler
Cap Clegg Margery Amorose
Ingrid & Bob Fields Lisa Travis
Calvin Gebhart
Peter Georgiton Cheering Section
Rob & Barb Humphrey Cindy Groeniger
(Guest volunteers)
John Susie
Jim & Gail Warburton
Good work Trevor, Claudia and Community Services Committee Team, first one down for the year!
Dublin, OH (June 28, 2023) — As part of the global service organization Rotary International, the Dublin AM Rotary Club has elected new board leadership for the year beginning July 2023. Incoming president and Muirfield resident Ingrid Fields joined the club in 2017. In that time, she has filled leadership roles in club fundraising, speaker programs, and communications.
Fields, who works as a Global Partner GTM Lead at VMware, is replacing Susan West as Dublin AM Rotary president. West, who works as Regional Sales Manager for The State Bank and Trust Company, will remain on the board.
During West’s term, the club supported the installation of a peace pole at Coffman Park to celebrate diversity in the Dublin Community, adopted a weekly Dublin-area Meals-on-Wheels route, collected in-kind donations for LifeCare Alliance and CHOICES for Victims of Domestic Violence, participated in the Dublin Community Service Day by planting a garden at Veteran’s Park, awarded scholarships to six seniors graduating from Dublin City Schools, and committed a gift to the capital campaign for the new Dublin Food Pantry site through the Dublin AM Rotary Charitable Foundation.
During her one-year term as president, Fields plans to focus on expanding club membership, continue support for the Dublin Food Pantry, expand education and youth support, and maintain Veterans programs and international projects. The vision of Rotary is to provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.
"Dublin is a fantastic community, and at Dublin AM Rotary we take seriously the opportunity to serve our community, our schools and our members. When I observed that this club was full of people doing great work both inside Dublin, and also internationally, I just had to join. We have interesting weekly meetings here and fun fundraisers to grow our ability to serve.
We invite the community to join us at the Classic Car Show in Historic Dublin over Labor Day weekend, the Polar Bear Golf outing in February, and The Pro AM Day during the Memorial Tournament. Over the holidays, we volunteer for Salvation Army bell ringing and hold a Rotary Foundation gift drive. The Rotary motto is Service Above Self, and I am fortunate to follow great past Presidents, have a Board with continuity of leadership and serve a vibrant, active membership,” said Fields.
The Dublin AM Rotary Club boasts nearly 100 members and meets Fridays at 7:30am at the Country Club at Muirfield Village. Guests are welcome with RSVP. Learn more at dublinam.org
Dublin AM Rotary Board pictured from left to right: Rich Weber, Susan Robenalt, Peter Georgiton (back row), Erin Prescott, Cap Clegg (back row), Gene Oliver, Ingrid Fields, Steve Schmitt (back row), Susan West, Kent Underwood (back row), Claudia Trusty, Sharon Kendall, Roberta Kayne, Mike Isler, and Pete Cushnie. Not pictured: Kurt Brown, Trevor Donaldson, Cindy Groeniger, and Dave Williamson. Photo courtesy of Roberta Kayne, Dublin AM Rotary photographer and professional artist.
About Rotary: Rotary unites a global network of volunteer leaders dedicated to tackling the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges and creating lasting change. Rotary connects 1.4 million people of action from more than 46,000 Rotary clubs in almost every country in the world. Their service improves lives both locally and internationally, from helping those in need in their own communities to working toward a polio-free world. For more information, visit Rotary.org.
Congratulations to our new Dublin AM Rotary 2023-24 Board and our new President, Ingrid Fields! Fields is pictured below (right) with immediate past president Susan West, during the new board installation meeting held on June 23, 2023.
Congratulations also to Erin Prescott for receiving the "Rookie of the Year" award and to Jim Warburton for receiving the "Rotarian of the Year" award.
Describing the formula for success and speaking about Sports World was former Ohio State University and National Football League defensive lineman Jimmie Bell of Columbus.
Bell describes himself as an empowerment coach and speaker. He is one of a number of professional athletes associated with Sports World, a nonprofit organization based in Indianapolis that relies on donations to fund assembly programs with students across the country.
From a recent Dispatch article, Bell said:
"We kind of live in a society where people are constantly telling you what you should do and be. People kind of just seek other people's approval on things and how they should act,” she said. “It's really important to just know your worth and know that you can just do whatever you put your mind to and you should work hard. ... Just shut those voices out that are telling you that you can't do something." He said that understanding, empathy and compassion are essential elements in communicating his message to students and young adults.
"Within 30 seconds, I'm hoping I can find out exactly what that individual needs from me" to establish a personal connection, he said. "I'm not telling them something someone hasn't told them. ... Ultimately, it's that soulful connection that requires empathy, that allows us to engage the way that we do."
The key to understanding a child often is simply to pay attention, he said. A child might be hungry, confused, misunderstood or struggling with something crazy he or she had witnessed at home, Bell said. Educators have difficult jobs, he said, because they often are forced into the role of life coaches or social workers – needs that go beyond their level of training. Bell said he tries to place himself in the shoes of each person he meets."
During his presentations to schools, Bell said reaching life goals and attaining dreams are based on attitude, actions and legacy. Read more here
From: ThisWeekNews
We also sang Happy Birthday to Dave Williamson!!
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Tyler Puhl is the Senior Vice President of Development at The Wood Companies. He oversees all efforts related to development, financing, commercial leasing, and legal activities for new and existing assets. Since Tyler’s arrival in 2016, the development team has completed over $200 million in new construction value and placed over $160 million in permanent debt. Tyler has leased a transaction value of over $30 million consisting of retail, restaurant, and office space. He is the Vice President of the Short North Special Improvement District, and is a graduate of The Ohio State University and The Moritz College of Law. Tyler lives with his wife, Jessica, and sons, Charlie and Danny, in Victorian Village.
The Wood Companies is the largest property owner in the Short North and has developed over 1 million square feet since its inception in the early 1980s. Founder Sandy Wood was instrumental in resurrecting the neighborhood from its derelict condition to the premier historic neighborhood it is today. Through a robust commitment to first-in-class architecture, finishes, and retail tenant selection, The Wood Companies seeks to make the Short North one of the best urban neighborhoods in the United States.
We also welcomed new members' removing their "red sticker" - David Grubbs and Joel Kretz.
Thank you to Rebecca L. Grant, MD and Benjamin V. Bring, DO with OhioHealth Dublin Methodist Hospital for speaking about the services offered through the school-based clinic with Dublin City Schools. Learn more in this video!
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5-19-23 OhioHealth Partnership with Dublin City Schools
Congratulations to students receiving scholarships from Dublin AM Rotary this year! Scholarship winners and their families were honored at the meeting. Dublin AM Rotary is pleased to offer annual scholarships to students who reside in the Dublin City School District and have been selected from a very competitive field based on their academic success, demonstrated leadership and community service, a pledge that they have led, and will continue to lead an alcohol and drug-free lifestyle, quality of a written essay, and financial need.
Thanks to Steve Burigana and the scholarship committee for their work to review scholarship applications and for organizing this program. We're inspired by the future leaders in our community!
Dana McDaniel, former City Manager of the City of Dublin, receiving an honorary Paul Harris Fellow award and pin for his many leadership efforts in the City of Dublin to promote goodwill and peace. Dana is pictured with Page Vornbrock and Claudia Trusty, who presented the pin.
Trent Smith has been the Executive Director of the Franklinton Board of Trade (FBOT) since January of 2010. FBOT serves as the chamber of commerce for the Franklinton neighborhood, but unlike a traditional chamber it is a 501c3 non-profit. This status gives FBOT the latitude to do important community work based on three pillars of focus: Advocate, Beautify, Connect. In addition to business development, Trent organizes networking events, clean-up / beautification projects and socializing hours for FBOT members and guests. He works to create strong connections and relationships between the business community, non-profit community, and the residents of Franklinton. Franklinton Board of Trade also serves to manage the Franklinton Special Improvement District of Columbus, Inc., which is designed to provide full time safety and cleaning services to a defined area of the Franklinton community.
Prior to 2010 Trent spent 18 years in banking, most recently as the Branch Manager/AVP for WesBanco Bank’s Gahanna, OH office. Part of his role there was to serve as the community development outreach director, which is what brought him to Franklinton in the first place. Trent has had the opportunity to serve as a trustee on a variety of boards through his career, including the Neighborhood Design Center, the East Franklinton Review Board, Community Crime Patrol, Habitat for Humanity, Gahanna Area Chamber of Commerce, Community Shares of MidOhio, Lower Lights, Inc., Franklinton Development Association, Franklinton Area Commission, and the Gravity II NCA board. He is a resident of Franklinton where he lives with his wife, Joanna, his son, Quinn, and two rescue cats, Petals and Frankie.
On Saturday morning, May 6th, 24 Dublin AM Rotarians plus guests helped the City of Dublin with one of their Community Service Day projects - planting small and medium plants at the Veterans Park / Grounds of Remembrance - across from the Dublin Library. Lots of wonderful, caring, generous, giving people doing great things for others - that's Rotary - "Service above Self".
A special thank you to Mike and Heather Isler and Ingrid & Bob Fields for opening their homes to us on Cinco de Mayo for a fabulous Progressive Party. The venues, food, weather, and fellowship were all top notch. Here are a few photos.
On Friday, 5/5, over 30 Dublin AM Rotarians and a few guests helped the City of Dublin get supplies ready for the Dublin Community Service Day. Club members spent 5/5 at the Dublin Rec Center assisting the set-up for Dublin Community Service Day, including preparing packets, arranging t-shirts, and organizing supplies for the volunteers and their assignments.
And many of these Rotarians also showed up on Saturday morning to work with the City of Dublin doing for their Community Service Day (photos in a separate post). Great turnout with wonderful and generous people doing community service - that's Rotary!
Scott Lockhart spoke about the state of car markets and searching for a vehicle.
Scott became the Executive Manager at Infiniti of Columbus in February 2023 and moved to Dublin in May.
He previously lived in Strongsville, Ohio and worked the last 20 years with a family owned Ford dealership.
He attended University of Rochester, earning Degrees in Political Science and Film Studies. A college athlete, he then had a short stint with the Montreal Expos Minor League system in 1994.
Scott is married with 4 kids. He is a past member of the Strongsville Rotary Club.
Rotary Interact clubs bring together young people ages 12-18 to develop leadership skills while discovering the power of Service Above Self. Interact clubs organize at least two projects every year, one that helps their school or community and one that promotes international understanding. In Dublin, Interact clubs are associated with our three area high schools and have even been started in the middle schools. This meeting will feature an update from the dedicated teachers/advisors who support the students as well as those youth who are the future of community service and Rotary in Dublin! Please come to applaud these young leaders for all the work they do here in our backyard and connections they make around the world.
Megan O’Callaghan is Dublin’s sixth city manager, a role she assumed on October 1, 2022. O’Callaghan has been serving the City of Dublin since 2014, when she was hired as the City’s Public Service Director. Prior to her appointment to city manager, she served as the City’s deputy city manager/chief finance and development officer, deputy city manager/chief operating officer and director of public works. She has successfully formulated and executed strategic plans in areas including Finance, Development, Economic Development, Building Standards and Transportation & Mobility, a division she created in 2020 to advance the City’s Connected Dublin initiatives.
O’Callaghan has overseen nearly all of the City’s departments and divisions including Engineering, Street & Utilities Operations, Fleet & Facilities Management, Park Operations, Parks and Recreation, and Asset Management. During her tenure, she has planned and executed the City’s Capital Improvements Program, including many highlights such as her passionate involvement, oversight and project management of the Dublin Link pedestrian and bicycle bridge over the Scioto River.
O’Callaghan is a graduate of The Ohio State University, where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering degree. She attended Capital University Law School, where she graduated magna cum laude and earned her Juris Doctorate while she was working as a full-time engineer. She is a registered Professional Engineer and attorney in the State of Ohio. Before joining the Dublin team, O’Callaghan worked for the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) as a Deputy Director responsible for delivering the Department’s nearly $2 billion annual construction program.
Throughout her career, O’Callaghan has demonstrated a commitment to innovation and technology - learn more on Friday!
Outside of work, O’Callaghan is a Dublin resident with two children. She and her family love going to the Dublin parks, riding bikes on the paths, and attending as many city events as possible.
Joe Fox, Director of the Miracle League of Central Ohio was our featured speaker. He has been involved with the Miracle League for 14 years and has served as the league's director since 2011. Joe and his wife Susan have lived in Dublin since 1994. They have 4 grown children and 9 grandchildren.
Miracle League of Central Ohio was formed in 2005 with the mission to create a unique baseball field for athletes with mental and physical challenges in the Central Ohio area. The City of Dublin kindly donated the land required for this field at Darree Fields and Dublin AM Rotary was among the major supporters to build the field.
Also during this meeting, Past District Governor Peggy Murgatroyd spoke about Kick Cancer. Proceeds from the weekly fines were donated to Kick Cancer.
Imran is a multilingual, cross-cultural expert, interfaith-outreach ambassador and community leader. He is a staunch believer in service to others. While his professional career in engineering and systems management is impressive, Imran focused his talk on his role as Chairman of the Dublin Community Inclusion Advisor Committee, or CIAC. Imran has served on many advisory boards including those for Dublin Police Chief Justin Paez, Veterans Interfaith Bridge of Ohio, First Social Justice Park of America, and as a founding member of Safe Alliance of Interfaith Leaders (SAIL) of Northwest Columbus region. Imran was a finalist for the Every Day Hero Award in 2019, received the Community Service Leadership Award in 2016 from the Asian American Commerce Group of Ohio and the Jefferson Award in 2015 for interfaith and outreach efforts in Central Ohio to help build bridges between faith and cultural diversities.
In this meeting Betsy Liska Goldstein spoke about the Impact of Intel on Central Ohio. Betsy has nearly two decades of experience in the building industry and as Founder and CEO of Betsy Goldstein Consulting has made a career of community engagement and connecting people together in partnerships to create the most effective outcomes. After learning early about the Intel project, Betsy met with various elected officials, community stakeholders, and business leaders while researching the Intel impact in other cities. In the past year she has shared her presentations more than 50 times, helping various organizations, communities, firms, and nonprofits prepare for Central Ohio’s once in a lifetime transformation.
Announcements for this meeting included a recap of the most successful Polar Bear Golf Event to date!
The featured meeting speaker was Matt Earman, Director of Parks and Recreation, City of Dublin, who spoke about notable parks and recreation projects and programs in Dublin. Matt Earman has served the City of Dublin since 2004. Prior to his career in Ohio, Matt has served in various positions with the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority between 1981 and 2003. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Forestry and Wildlife and served on the Ohio Parks and Recreation Association Board of Directors between 2010 and 2015. Matt now sits on the Association’s Foundation Board to help raise funds to support the profession throughout the state of Ohio.
In reflecting on one-year since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the club was honored to have Sarah Douglas, PhD, of The Ohio State University speak.
Dr. Sarah K Douglas graduated with bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in history from The Ohio State University. Her specialties include European history, world history, climate and disease history, and military history. In addition to serving on a myriad of University councils, organizing several national and international history conference at OSU, and presenting at six such conferences herself, Dr. Douglas has served as a Fellow at the West Point Summer Seminar in Military History, and she has received eight OSU College of Arts and Sciences and Department of History Awards/Fellowships. She serves as a lecturer for the OSU Department of History, Central State University’s Department of Humanities, Wright State University’s Department of History, and Norwich University’s graduate MA program in military history.
If you missed this meeting, please watch it on YouTube! It may have been the longest meeting of the year as the questions flowed for speaker Michael Wilkos of United Way of Central Ohio, who presented on central Ohio growth patterns and demographics, a presentation he has been working on for about 40 years!
Michael Wilkos is Senior Vice President of Community Impact at United Way of Central Ohio. His team develops strategies to invest in and improve our community. Prior to his current role at United Way, Michael was Director of Community Research at The Columbus Foundation. During his tenure at the Foundation he initiated and managed competitive grant-making to support holistic community revitalization in the Weinland Park neighborhood. Throughout his career he has also led many initiatives to coordinate volunteers and funders in developing and implementing strategies supporting housing and community safety programs.
Michael earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography and a Master of City and Regional Planning degree from The Ohio State University. He has served on many boards including: United Neighborhood Centers of America, Columbus Landmarks Foundation and Columbus Neighborhood Design Center.
This meeting featured a surprise visit from district governor Price Finley and a feature presentation from Katy Oberle, of Katy Oberle Creative. Katy's presentation on Creative Mindfulness came to us highly recommended from the Tri Village Rotary Club.
Katy is a licensed marriage and family therapist turned Creative Mindfulness Coach. She provides creative mindfulness programming to individuals, businesses, and organizations to help them manage stress, improve their relationships, lean into gratitude, and bring more joy and creativity into their lives so they can thrive at home, at work, and out in the world. Katy holds a MS in Marriage and Family Therapy from Northern Illinois University and a BA in Psychology from Miami University.
This meeting featured Brittany Sinzinger, the Executive Director for the American Lung Association (ALA) of South-Central Ohio, which promotes the mission to see a world free from lung disease. She began her journey at The ALA after her son had a near fatal asthma attack, 10 years ago, and now strives to ensure no other parent has to endure that experience. Brittany lives in Delaware, OH with her husband of 21 years, her 3 teenage children, and loves running half-marathons, spending time with her family, and volunteering at other organizations.
We also heard from Susan Robenalt and guests about the life-changing work of the Rett Syndrome Research Trust, which will be supported through proceeds of the upcoming Polar Bear Golf Outing.
This meeting, the Dublin AM Rotary Club pulled our hearts and hands together to complete a service project to assemble Therapeutic Care Kits for clients of CHOICES for Victims of Domestic Violence. CHOICES is a program of Lutheran Social Services and operates the only shelter geared toward victims of domestic violence in Franklin County. Not only do they offer emergency services 24/7, but CHOICES facilitates counseling and peer support groups. It was in support of these programs we assembled kits that included materials for journaling, goal setting, and stress relief. Our club committed to this project after CHOICES executive director Dr. Maria Houston spoke during a meeting in October.
Special thanks to Bonnie Coley-Malir, Claudia Trusty, Kent Underwood/Smile Doctors Orthodontics-Powell, and Susan West/The State Bank and Trust Company, for their efforts in planning and donating.
Thank you to our very own member and Past President, Dwight Seeley, for providing our club with an important and educational presentation on Medicare.
Dwight has 30+ years in employee benefits and health insurance-related fields. He is the former Executive Vice President for the Sequent Midwest Business Health Fund which provided health insurance to over 1,200 employees and their families from over 120 small businesses in Central Ohio. While in this role, working with the Ohio Department of Insurance and involving Chambers of Commerce across the state, he led a successful effort to change the Ohio Revised Code to allow Chambers and 501.C.9 Trusts to operate Multiple Employer Welfare Plans in Ohio.
Dwight is the founder of the Seeley Group which offers Medicare Consulting to individuals who are eligible for Medicare. Dwight currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Ohio Chamber Health Benefit Plan and is a member of the National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals, formerly known as the National Association of Health Underwriters.
Dwight and his wife, Pam, live in Dublin where they have lived for 20+ years and raised two children...both of whom have left the nest.
This meeting featured comments from Steve Stivers, who was selected in May 2021 to lead the Ohio Chamber of Commerce as President and CEO. The Ohio Chamber of Commerce is the state’s leading business organization whose mission it is to aggressively champion free enterprise, economic competitiveness, and growth for the benefit of all Ohioans. The Ohio Chamber works with legislators, business leaders and government officials to pursue its vision of a growing and prosperous economic and business climate in Ohio.
Prior to joining the Ohio Chamber, Stivers represented Ohio’s 15th Congressional District from 2011 until May 2021. In January 2003, he was appointed to the Ohio Senate and successfully ran for a full term in 2004. He served in the Ohio Senate until 2008. Stivers has served over 30 years in the Ohio Army National Guard and holds the rank of Major General. He served the United States overseas during Operation Iraqi Freedom in Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar, and Djibouti where he led 400 soldiers and contractors and is proud that each and every one returned home safely to the United States. Stivers received the Bronze Star for his leadership.
Stivers received both his bachelor’s degree and his MBA from The Ohio State University and a master’s degree in strategic studies from the Army War College. He resides in Upper Arlington with his wife, Karen, and children, Sarah and Sam. He is also a former member of the Dublin AM Rotary Club!
The Dublin AM Rotary Club kicked off 2023 with our Annual Club Assembly. The agenda featured reports from each committee leader and an election of board members for the 2023-2024 Rotary Year.
The meeting on Friday, December 16, 2022 was an extra special time to gather and share fellowship among our Dublin community members in honor of Dana McDaniel, recently retired Dublin City Manager.
More on Dana McDaniel:
Dana led Dublin in its growth as the Economic Development Director and its City Manager for the past 34 years. Over his career, Dana has been instrumental in the success of many Dublin AM Rotary projects. A recent meaningful project is the newly installed Peace Poll, located in Coffman Park, which displays the phrase “MAY PEACE PREVAIL ON EARTH” in twelve languages.
Across the community, Dana was instrumental in Dublin establishing Dublink, the state-of-the-art broadband fiber optic network. He was the vision behind the Dublin Entrepreneurial Center, which currently supports more than 100 start-up businesses. Dana and his economic development teams have overseen programs resulting in the attraction, retention and expansion of more than 14,000 jobs. Under Dana’s leadership, the City of Dublin was twice named one of the top seven smart cities in the world by the New York-based Intelligent Community Forum. The City has also received numerous awards.
Dana also retired from the Ohio National Guard following a 35-year distinguished career, retiring as a Brigadier General and is an Iraq war veteran.
Our speaker on 12/9 was Rachel Lustig, CEO of Catholic Social Services, who spoke about the Stay the Course program and promoting the social determinants of health in support of lifelong wellness. She asked that we share the attached slides that explain this idea in further detail and underscore the importance of our collective efforts as a service organization in supporting many organizations that improve quality of life. All ships rise together!
This meeting was an in service project and a memorial service for Pete Fuhlbrigge. There was no zoom recording, however, a few photos are here and more are on our Flickr website: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dublinam/albums
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11-18-22 In Service Project for Dublin Food Pantry
Salute to Veterans at our meeting on Veterans Day, November 11th.
We heard about the amazing veterans support program that is taking place at Dublin Scioto High School and the outstanding work done at Dublin's own Resurrecting Lives Foundation for veterans with PSTD and TBI.
We also received an update by our Veterans Affairs Committee on club actions and activities assisting and supporting veterans.
Our speaker on November 4th at Dublin AM Rotary was Moises Sifren, CEO of El Buen Samaritano Hospital in La Romana, Dominican Republic. He is also a member of the Rotary Club in La Romana and one of the Executive Directors of World Missions Partners. Moises stayed after the meeting to discuss further any in depth questions about mission work in the Dominican Republic and our mission there in March 2023.
Moises is the son of Haitian immigrants and was born in the Dominican Republic. He grew up living in a Batay, a poor community in the Dominican Republic sugar cane fields. Moises currently lives and works in the Dominican Republic providing medical services to Dominicans as well as Haitian immigrants living in the Dominican Republic. He also built and operates a large private school for poor students in the Dominican Republic. He has a passion to help the poor and to provide them with care they may not otherwise have access to. He enjoys giving them hope for a brighter future. You will never meet a man with a bigger heart. Moises is the man that makes all the magic happen smoothly when missions teams come to serve in the La Romana region of the Dominican Republic.Moises has traveled far to come speak to our club.
Peter Martin Fuhlbrigge passed away suddenly on Friday November 11th, 2022 at the age of 64 years old. Peter was truly loved by his friends, family, and pets. His humor and wit made him the light in every room, and he was never afraid to ask for an extra side of bacon. He was a best friend to many, and will be deeply missed by all.
Pete Fuhlbrigge joined Dublin AM Rotary as a member in April 2002. He had long served on and most recently led the efforts of the Polar Bear Golf Open committee. He was a board member for the past several years and sat on many committees during his 20 years as a Rotarian. You could find him at a Friday morning meeting reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, talking and laughing amongst friends, and gearing up to share his next joke. We will miss his festive Christmas blazer and ringing the bell for the Salvation Army contributions at Kroger. Pete had a passion to help those in need and made sure that anyone participating was having a good time.
Pete's family has asked that in lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Dublin A.M. Rotary Club. Donation information:
Mail check made out to :
Dublin AM Rotary Charitable Foundation (a 501(c)3
P.O. Box 671
Dublin, OH 43017
Include In Memory of Pete Fuhlbrigge in the memo section.
Dublin AM Rotary Club members may contact us to request an invoice in the amount you specify in your email.
Sharon Kendall, Chair of the International Committee for Dublin AM Rotary, is planning a mission trip for any member of our Rotary Club who wants to volunteer to go the Dominican Republic on March 18 to 25, 2023.
Moises Sifren, CEO of El Buen Samaritano Hospital in LaRomana, D.R. is presenting to our club meeting on November 4th to give us an overview of what the trip entails. Hope you can attend on November 4th and/or join us in the Dominican Republic! Contact Sharon Kendall if you are interested.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and we heard an update about this issue in our community from Dr. Maria Houston, executive director of CHOICES for Victims of Domestic Violence. CHOICES is a program of Lutheran Social Services and operates the only shelter geared toward victims of domestic violence in Franklin County. Dr. Houston is a licensed clinical psychologist and adjunct professor in psychology at Columbus State Community College.
Price Finley, our District Governor, gave us a lot to think about during his presentation at our meeting on Friday, October 7th. He reminded us of some amazing things we no longer have to IMAGINE, due to the spirit and can-do attitude that Rotary brings to the table. He also challenged us to IMAGINE what still needs to be done.
Thank you for providing a warm welcome to our guests from Dublin Worthington, Marysville, and Worthington AM Rotary Clubs. The room was brimming with great energy and fellowship.
Here is what I IMAGINE for the future: continued positive growth in attendance at our Friday Meetings. We have so much that we want to accomplish, but first and foremost, we need to see each other in person and re-establish the connection.
My vision: I IMAGINE a meeting room full of energy. I IMAGINE members talking to members. I IMAGINE how good this will feel to have the magic of fellowship back.
This week we heard about the Ohio University Dublin Campus. Our featured speaker was William J. Burke, DO, who serves as Dean of the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (Heritage College) Dublin Campus, which opened in 2014. Dr. Burke has been actively involved in graduate and undergraduate medical education for over 25 years. He received his BA in history from Capital University and his doctorate in Osteopathic Medicine from Ohio University.
Our feature speaker was Jimmy Stewart, the president of the Ohio Gas Association (OGA), whose members serve over 3.6 million customers in Ohio. The primary functions of the OGA are to monitor and report on legislative, regulatory, and compliance activities.
His talk focused on three points: the supply side - sources of gas and price volatility; the demand side - the role that gas plays in maintaining a secure energy future; and the ever-increasing importance of gas to generate electricity.
"Showers on Sunday morning held attendance down at the 3rd Annual Dublin AM Rotary Classic Car Show in the historic downtown Dublin, Ohio business district. When I arrived around 11 o'clock, only 18 cars had registered for the show. After the rain took a break for a few hours and the roads started to dry, the final registration reached 51 cars.
The show presented "Top 30" picks and a Best of Show.
Our good friends, Jeff Shankle and Dave Bratton received special awards. Jeff's 1972 Buick station wagon received the Woodhouse Day Spa's pick and Dave's 1937 Ford convertible received the "Wild Ride" award.
The Best of Show award went to the 1961 Morgan 4/4 Series III belonging to Chuck Putsch.
We asked Rick Stein for a return engagement speaking on Autonomous Vehicles. In this humorous overview of the talk Rick and Jason will be delivering, we can get a sense of the good time to come Friday morning at our meeting:
Jason Sudy and Rick Stein are co-researchers on issues surrounding autonomous technology related to land use, transportation and the overarching impact on cities.
Over the past six years they’ve conveyed ideas and predictions for the future to local, regional and national audiences with an accuracy rate that, had they been ballplayers instead of urban planners, would assure enshrinement in Cooperstown.
Uncontented with past triumphs, the team further extends these speculative claims based on real-world data, trends, and the abiding belief that nothing that allows corporations to make a ton of money is too weird to be considered possible. The group is also in the pre-pre-submittal stage for Nobel recognition, just as soon as they can find the online application form on the website.
As you can tell, we are in for good information, astute analytics, and good fun! See you Friday AM.
This week's exciting program featured Dwight Smith. Dwight's many accomplishments as a business and community leader include CEO of Sophisticated Systems, Director of The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, and member of the Nationwide Children's Hospital board of directors. When I spoke with him earlier this week, he reminded me, "those are things I do, not who I am." His talk is devoted to a program he co-founded - My Special Word (www.myspecialword.com).
My Special Word is a not-for-profit program with the aspiration of inspiring our youth to think about the wonderful people they are and that they hope to become through the use of positive words.
Here are the values they seek to instill in young people:
- We believe that having positive self-esteem and a positive attitude are foundational to leading a happy and fulfilling life.
- We believe in honesty and openness in how we describe, define and share ourselves with others.
- We believe in mutual respect and honoring the view of others.
- We believe in personal accountability and to living our lives in a manner that is consistent with our personal values.
Video Recording of this meeting and other meetings is on our YouTube Channel
Excerpt From an article in COLUMBUS MONTHLY:
"Dwight Smith's Quest to Empower Children Through Words" by Peter Tonguette
When is the last time you thought about how best to embody a word?
My Special Word co-founder Dwight Smith frequently asks young people to think about the words they use to describe themselves. In fact, when the Dublin resident introduces his program to children, he peppers them with questions.
After selecting a word they feel defines them—say, smart or caring—children explain their choice as well as how they express it in everyday life. “The fourth question is, ‘What can we do to help you become that very special person that you aspire to be?’” Smith, 63, says. “That’s simple, but it’s impactful.”
Smith, chairman and CEO of the technology services company Sophisticated Systems Inc., developed the nonprofit My Special Word with his wife, Renee, with the idea that language could be a change agent: If young people associate themselves with a positive word they can claim as their own, good outcomes can follow.
Where does your interest in working with young people come from?
When I was young, like maybe 20, 25 years old, I prayed the following prayer: “Lord, you have blessed me. What would you have me do with the talent and the opportunities that you have given me?” The answer, as clear as I’m talking to you, was, “Help my children.” There are a lot of causes to fight for—a cure for cancer, injustice, aging, domestic violence—but, for me, from the time I was in my early 20s, it was always on my heart to support and love children. (More at https://www.columbusmonthly.com/story/lifestyle/2020/12/09/dwight-smiths-quest-to-empower-children-through-words/43276791/ )
This week we took an active look at our Brain Fitness and how Exercise Fitness relates to our Brain Health.
David Zid and Jackie Russell expand the fight for brain health every day through so many methods:
“All Together Now” – the Moving’ It! 5k Run/Walk Parkinson’s Disease benefit now includes the Alzheimer’s (AD) and MS communities every year.
Parkinson’s Delay The Disease Bootcamps every week in Columbus
Adult fitness and "Life Altering” Exercise programs
Teaching Certification for 35 states of therapists
MS appropriate fitness private & group sessions
Total HealthWorks is expanding its programs to improve brain health, serve more people living with neurodegenerative conditions, and grow our facility. Total HealthWorks gym with moving to a new location for growth, equipment, and updates so we can help those afflicted with PD, AD, and MS.
Jackie is an RN, BSN, CNOR and Co-founder of Total HealthWorks, Delay the Disease and member of the American council on exercise.
David is co-founder of Total Healthworks, Delay the disease, and as a graduate of The Ohio State University, is also and ACE and APG certified trainer.
I love his sessions best for the strength training and Multi-tasking drills.
To see more photos from this or other meetings go to our Flickr page
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8-12-22 Total Health Works - Jackie Russell & David Zid
Claudia Trusty, long-time member of Dublin AM Rotary, started a Peace Building committee with co-chairs Stef Morrow and Jill Kranstuber, during the pandemic to help address the spread of divisive and unproductive dialogue among neighbors and even families. We thought a PeacePole would be a good symbol, a gentle reminder that Peace On Earth can be more than a motto.
We approached Councilman Andy Keeler and Christine Nardecchia, Dublin’s Dir. of Outreach and Engagement, to see if that was a do-able project. They both quickly endorsed our efforts and directed us to City Manager Dana McDaniel. He was totally onboard, and asked us to think big. Big PeacePole, more languages and definitely a very prominent location.
Our partnership with the City allowed us to do that. We thank everyone who has collaborated with us: City Leadership, Planning and the Parks & Rec team who handled the installation and landscaping. And we asked Dublin school students to suggest which languages to include for the saying May Peace Prevail On Earth.
This PeacePole is one way in which Dublin AM Rotarians demonstrate our commitment to peace building through respectful conversations among diverse communities. We hope it serves as a reminder to those who see it that creating peace here and throughout the world is an inclusive effort.
To see more photos of the Peace Pole Installation go to our Flickr album
We had the opportunity for our club to enjoy a private tour of the Transportation Research Center. This is the largest vehicle test facility in North America.
It has a 7 ½ mile oval track and offers many other tracks within the compound. There are certainly unique capabilities at TRC. It is a component of the 33 Smart Mobility Corridor on Rt. 33.
This is a special opportunity Tour arranged by Lou Charobee for our Dublin AM Rotary Club and our guests, friends & spouses.
Because it is not open to the public, there were no photos allowed except in the conference room and outside the front entrance.
LifeCare Alliance states" OUR GOAL: Keeping people safe, independent, and living in their own homes – where they want to be!"
We welcomed Claire Eastman, Director, Corporate & Community Engagement for Life Care Alliance and Tricia Strahler, Director of Strategic Communications for Life Care Alliance.
Claire discussed the Programs and Services of LifeCare Alliance, where she is the Director of Corporate and Community Engagement. Claire oversees relationships for the Agency’s Advancement team including volunteer partnerships, in-kind donations, and outreach/public speaking engagements. She is responsible for managing the recruitment, training, and retaining of over 7500 annual LifeCare Alliance volunteers.
Claire also oversees the intake, pick-up, and placement of in-kind donations to the agency as well as our signature Senior Pet Care program. Before coming to LifeCare Alliance, she worked in multiple management roles at Nationwide Insurance, NetJets Aviation, and Accenture. Claire lives in Westerville, Ohio, with her husband of 9 years and between them, they have 5 kids ranging in age from a 17-year old Senior in High School to an almost 21-year old Senior in College.
Tricia Strahler is a past president of Downtown Columbus Rotary. She has had her own marketing communications consulting agency and she led efforts that got the City of Columbus honored as the ICF’s 2015 Intelligent Community of the Year. With LifeCare Alliance, she is responsible for marketing, branding, and public relations for all the agency’s programs and services.
This was very informative and interesting for our members!
Another year is here with a new President … with a major fear factor … “just don’t screw this up”. However, when I look around the club, I see so much talent and desire to provide ‘service above self’, I am confident our members will keep the momentum going. So here we go!
Besides keeping the good stuff going, my goal is to encourage fellowship via the following communication initiatives:
Walk With a Rotarian – Wednesdays at 7:30 AM – opportunity for members to enjoy
Use old school communication – phone calls and US Mail (bust through the plethora of email)
Get Back in The Habit – encourage more attendance at meetings and volunteer efforts with some new twists and ideas:
Field Trip – August 5th – to get in the ‘Car Show’ spirit, we will tour the TRC (Transportation Research Center - 10820 State Route 347, East Liberty, OH 43319). Lou Charobee coordinated this very special tour opportunity which is not open to the general public.
Rotary Club Field Trip – September 23rd – Members are encouraged to attend a different Rotary Club this week, to learn more about what other clubs are doing. Board Members will help with coordinating car pools if needed.
Multi Club Meeting – October 7th – District Governor Price Finley will join us at our meeting venue, along with the Marysville, Worthington AM, and Dublin Worthington Clubs to present District 6690 Efforts.
IMAGINE. “You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one …” These are John Lennon lyrics from the 1971 song, “Imagine”. This song is featured as our Rotary theme for our 2022 – 2023 calendar year. You will get tired of this song but I hope you will not tire of its meaning and what dreams our Dublin AM Rotary Club can achieve.
I am privileged to have the opportunity to lead our Dublin AM Rotary Club. What I have found thus far is a ridiculous amount of talent within our club. We are 90+ tireless members who continue to answer to the call. We have 20 Board Members who commit to year round planning and execution. We have 32 years of Past Presidents who provide wisdom and continued energy and enthusiasm.
If you IMAGINE – the possibilities are endless. Let’s go!
The featured speaker for our meeting on July 15 was Robert Whitman,Director of the Leadership Institute,Union County Chamber of Commerce
Bob attained his Masters Degree and Undergraduate Degree from The Ohio State University. His Ph.D in educational administration is from Penn State University. He has been a school superintendent for 24 years, led as a school principal and started as an English teacher.
Throughout his career, he has been actively involved in research and writing. Books he has written include Planning, Promoting and Passing School Tax Issues, A Resource Manual for School Levy Campaign Leaders and Jim Thorpe and the Oorang Indians: The NFL’s Most Colorful Franchise, and Jim Thorpe: Athlete of The Century.
The retelling of the WW2 Airforce Doolittle Raiders story is a real treat for our club.
Joining us on June 17th was Aaron Westbrook, CEO of Form5Prosthetics, a nonprofit organization focused on empowering people to successfully interact with their world and their future. As part of its mission, Form5 is committed to providing custom-application prosthetics at no cost to recipients.
Despite being born with only one hand, Aaron didn't try out his first prosthesis until he was a freshman in high school. Unfortunately, it did not fit well – and it was expensive, especially considering that he would eventually outgrow it. Disappointed but not defeated, Aaron embarked on a do-it-yourself mission to make his own prosthesis.
At 15, Aaron designed and 3-D printed his own prosthesis utilizing New Albany School’s MIT Fabrication Lab. With the help of E-Nable, a global movement dedicated to 3D printing prosthetics hands and arms for those in need, Aaron collaborated with them to test their open-source designs.
Inspired to purchase his own 3D printer, he raised enough money through a Kickstarter campaign to make this a reality and then later launched Form5Prosthetics. In its first year as an organization (2018), Form5 provided five recipients with prosthetic devices, held various fundraising events, and collected plastic waste that could be recycled into 3D printer filament material. Additionally, Aaron began bridging industries, inviting passionate, talented professionals to serve on Form5’s board of directors.
In conjunction with running a full-fledged nonprofit organization, Aaron recently graduated from The Ohio State University. Aaron is also President Elect of the New Albany Rotary.
Our new President, Susan West, spoke at this week’s meeting about her vision for our Dublin AM Rotary Club and the focus for this year. Susan recently attended the Rotary Convention and reported on some of the ideas from the convention.
More about Susan West:
Susan’s leadership experiences include her current role as Private Banker and Vice President at The State Bank and Trust Company. Susan has worked in banking and finance since 1986. One of the things she enjoys about working at State Bank is the service-minded team approach; how the goals and needs of her clients always come first. As Vice President and Private Banker, she understands the complex financial situations and advanced service needs of her clients, and is confident in providing a range of products and services to help them meet their short-term and long-term goals.
Susan received her bachelor’s degree from The Ohio State University. She’s most proud that she and her husband raised their four children to be positive contributors to society. Speaking of kids, Susan is the ninth of ten kids in her family.
When she’s not working, she enjoys a wide range of outdoor activities, including: biking, sailing, windsurfing, officiating rowing regattas, and attending OSU tailgates.
“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” Susan has held several roles in our Rotary Club. She is hoping you will join her in a "Walk with a Rotarian" this year - a new initiative Susan is starting... stay tuned for more information.
This Friday our featured speaker is Shruti Gupta, Regional Director of Columbus Let Me Run.
Let Me Run is a non-profit, curriculum based, wellness and run program for boys in grades 3rd-8th grade. We train volunteer coaches to guide boys through the lessons and trainings. The teams meet twice a week for 7 weeks, concluding in a 5K race to commemorate their social, emotional and physical growth.
Shruti has served as a coach for 8 seasons and been on the board for several years. She became the RD in Spring 2021. She is also a personal trainer and fitness instructor, for both youth and adults. She currently teaches classes at The Lagree Method, a fitness studio in Dublin. Shruti has 3 children, a junior at Jerome, an 8th grader at Eversole Run MS, and a 5th grader at Pinney Elementary. Shruti was a special education teacher in Cincinnati Public Schools, prior to having children.
The meeting on May 6th, 2022 was at The Ohio State University Airport. OSU opened the new Austin E. Knowlton Executive Terminal and Aviation Learning Center in 2019. The two-story, 29,500-square-foot building is home to flight school classrooms and simulators, a student flight hub, private aviation services, administration offices and meeting rooms. Large windows overlook the airfield, providing an observation deck that is especially popular among children in the community.
Bruce founded IMPACT60 (aka i60) on the belief that individuals who share their time can change a community for the better. IMPACT60 devotes resources (such as volunteers, funds, in-kind donations) to help fuel causes that fill unmet needs and bring awareness to issues that affect our quality of life. While i60 strives to assist many causes, we’re particularly engaged in addressing food insecurity, homelessness, health issues (addiction, cancer, mental health), youth wellness and workforce development..
Bruce is also owner, partner, and operator in Central Ohio Automotive Dealerships that include Honda, Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram and Toyota franchises along with owner of Leon's Garage Restaurant and Pub located in Marysville, Ohio.
Bruce's presentation will be two fold. He will share with us his vision for IMPACT 60 and its accomplishments thus far. He will also give us some insight into the car industry in 2022, the challenges of inventory levels and logistics.
Honoring our 2022 Dublin AM Rotary Scholarship recipients from the Dublin high schools.
This year the Club supported two scholarship programs for seniors who reside within and attend the Dublin City School district. These students must be seniors who are graduating in the Spring of 2022 and enrolled in an accredited university, college, or technical school for Fall 2022.
The Dublin AM Rotary Interact Community Service Scholarships are awarded to students who have participated and are currently active in their high school's Interact Club. Additional consideration will include the length of membership in Interact during high school, if they held an office within their Club, and work outside the Club through community service and volunteer work avenues.
Four students received this scholarship: Avani Ghosh Jerome $500 Joseph Bender Jerome $500 Saeed Sanaallah Scioto $1,000 Sharayu Kadam Coffman $1,000
The Dublin AM Rotary Community Service Scholarship applicants are assessed based on academic success, demonstrated leadership and community service, a pledge that they have led, and continue to lead an alcohol and drug-free lifestyle, an essay, and financial need. This year's recipients are:
Coffman Laksh Dhir $1,000 Dane Piekarski $1,000
Jerome Dinesh Bojja $1,000 Ciara Reitz $1,000
Scioto Moksh Desai Spencer J McClellan
Thanks to your hard work and generous support, we awarded nine scholarships totaling $9,000 - $3,000 for each high school. You will have an opportunity to hear their's stories and career aspirations at the April 22nd meeting. You'll want to join this meeting in person, if possible.
As you listen to their stories, you will realize you have made a lasting impact on each of these students and raised awareness for the mission of Rotary.
Our meeting on April 8, 2022 was hosted by Cap Clegg and our Interact Clubs. We were excited to hear about all of the amazing activities our Dublin High School and Middle School club members have coordinated over the past year.
These students are our future Rotarians. Let give them some attention and gratitude for learning to give back to the community at an early age!
This Friday's speaker was our City Manager, Dana McDaniel. There is so much good news surrounding the City of Dublin. You will want hear all about it.
Dana L. McDaniel became the City of Dublin’s fifth city manager on January 31, 2015. As city manager, he serves as the chief administrative and law enforcement officer and is responsible to City Council for the day-to-day operations of the City. McDaniel has been employed by the City for 30 years. He has served in various roles, including management assistant to the city manager, director of service, deputy city manager/director of economic development and director of development. Prior to starting his career in Dublin, he served as an intern in both the Cities of Lebanon and Gahanna, Ohio.
McDaniel served with the City of Dublin during a time of rapid growth and expansion. As the City’s first director of service, he led the establishment of a service department that was one of only nine in North America to be accredited by the American Public Works Association.
McDaniel was instrumental in the development of Dublink, Dublin’s state-of-the-art broadband fiber-optic network. He is co-founder of the Central Ohio Research Network and helped create the Dublin Entrepreneurial Center, which currently houses more than 50 start-up companies. McDaniel oversaw the expansion of economic development programming resulting in the attraction, retention, and expansion of more than 14,000 jobs.
Under his leadership, the City was twice named a Top 7 Intelligent City in the world by the New York-based Intelligent Community Forum and also received numerous awards from the International Economic Development Council, the Ohio Economic Development Association, and the Mid-America Economic Development Association.
In 2018, McDaniel was recognized by the Asian-American Commerce Group as the Government Leader of the Year for his efforts in increasing the visibility of Asian-Americans. McDaniel also received the 2018 C-Suite award from Columbus Business First as one of the most admired executives in Columbus in the category of institutions. This award acknowledged McDaniel among the region’s most-accomplished business leaders, “inspiring and encouraging others in the community with his integrity and excellence”.
In 2016, he was recognized by the Ohio State University Alumni Association for Outstanding Public Service. Five years earlier, he was awarded the Outstanding Alumnus Award from The Ohio State University John Glenn School of Public Affairs. In 2013, McDaniel was honored with a lifetime achievement award by the Intelligent Community Forum. The Dublin Chamber of Commerce recognized him with its President’s Award in 2014 for his dedication to the Dublin Chamber and its business community.
McDaniel earned his bachelor’s degree in public administration from Miami University of Ohio and his master’s in public administration from The Ohio State University John Glenn College of Public Affairs. McDaniel also received a master’s degree in strategic studies from the United States Army War College.
McDaniel currently serves on several regional and local boards, including the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission’s (MORPC) Transportation and Policy Committee, Development Advisory Committee of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District, Franklin County Emergency Management & Homeland Security Agency, Ohio City/County Management Association, the Central Ohio Mayors and Managers Association, and Dublin Chamber of Commerce. He recently chaired MORPC’s Smart Region Task Force and is currently Chair of the US33 Corridor Council of Governments.
He retired from the Ohio National Guard following a 35-year distinguished career. McDaniel enlisted as a Private/E1, rising to the rank of Brigadier General. McDaniel served in numerous command and staff positions from platoon to division levels. He is an Iraq war veteran.
He and his wife Lisa Patt-McDaniel are Dublin residents and the parents of two daughters, Caitlyn and Colleen.
Joining us on Friday, March 25 as our featured speaker, was Jonathan Thomas, Vice President of Planning & Evaluation at the Alcohol Drug and Mental Health Board of Franklin County. Jonathan spoke about the new crisis center plans and status.
The Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board of Franklin County (ADAMH) is partnering with community stakeholders to address the continuum of crisis care in our community. The cornerstone of this continuum is the development of a new crisis center that will be the central and preferred destination in Franklin County for mental health and addiction crisis needs.
The crisis center will provide a safe and secure location offering a full array of services with integrated peer support at all levels. Most importantly, the crisis center will offer a no-wrong-door approach to ensure any adult arriving at the crisis center receives services. This new resource is intended to benefit everyone from individuals in crisis and their families to the overcrowded hospitals and first responders currently stretched to their limits.
Jonathan Thomas joined the ADAMH team in January 2015. In his role as Vice President, Planning & Evaluation, Jonathan is responsible for leading ADAMH’s planning and evaluation functions. He began his career working at an ADAMH-funded agency that focused on youth residential and treatment foster care programs. Jonathan then went on to learn from additional experiences with public policy, strategic planning, and program monitoring and evaluation in positions with the Ohio Department of Health and Ohio State’s Harding Hospital. Jonathan completed studies in both psychology and social work before earning his master’s degree in public policy and management from the John Glenn College of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University.
Our March 18th Rotary Meeting was hosted by our Dublin Rotaract Club.
We were excited to have Kaitlyn Gushue and Rotaract members present achievements over the last two years, as well as give us a preview of their future goals, and programs designed to meet those goals.
Rotaract clubs bring together people ages 18 and older to exchange ideas with leaders in the community, develop leadership and professional skills, and have fun through service. Rotary club sponsors offer guidance and support and work with Rotaract as partners in service.
Rotaract began in 1968, as a wall divided East and West Berlin, and the Cold War raged on. The U.S. and the Soviet Union were locked in a space race, and Apollo 8 became the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon, sending back pictures of Earth from deep space.
It was at time this that Rotary members in North Carolina, USA, chartered the first Rotaract club, to provide young people opportunities for service. A half-century has passed since those first Rotaract clubs began inspiring young leaders to take action to improve their communities. The world has changed, as has the way Rotaract members connect with one another. But the underlying values of the program, and what attracts people to it, remain remarkably the same.
Rotary International currently has over 10,000 Rotaract clubs with over 200,000 Rotaractors.
Friday, March 11, we had an In Service project to support victims of humantrafficking. We stuffed 500 goodie bags that morning! The bags will go to "She Has a Name" - an organization that aids survivors of HumanTrafficking. Courtney Schmackers, Executive Director of She Has A Name, was our guest speaker at March 4th Rotary meeting. Thanks everyone for your participation in this great event!
This Friday's guest speaker is Courtney Schmackers, Executive Director of She Has A Name, a nonprofit organization committed to engaging the community to strengthen the anti-human trafficking ecosystem in central Ohio, and empower those locally impacted by this issue.
Human Trafficking is a vast and complex issue, but there are tangible ways for business owners and professionals to join the Anti-Human Trafficking movement in meaningful ways. Courtney will focus on what human trafficking is and how you can respond.
She Has A Name is a strong community that exists to fight human trafficking through education, advocacy, and care for those impacted. She Has A Name has a vision to see all those impacted by human trafficking restored into society, welcomed in the workplace, and thriving in community.
Courtney graduated from Capital University in 2013 with a degree in Communications, Spanish, and Journalism. As executive director Courtney is responsible for implementing the mission and vision of She Has A Name. Her favorite part of her job is training individuals and organizations in understanding the cause and discovering how they can join the movement in unique and meaningful ways. She has led conversations with JP Morgan Chase's HABIT team, the sustainability department at Abercrombie & Fitch world headquarters, and countless other professional spaces around Central Ohio. She loves drinking tea, baking bread, and hiking.
This Friday's guest speaker was Anne Farley, Community Relations Director at Ganzhorn Suites, a Dementia and Specialized Memory Care Facility in Powell.
Anne has been with the Ganzhorn Suites for six and a half years. One of her passions is to make sure that caregivers, to someone living with dementia, stay connected to their communities, which led Anne to create the Dementia Friendly Powell initiative.
Anne has been in several Rotary clubs: The Rotary Clubs of Kettering, Whitehall/Bexley Club and The Dublin/Worthington Rotary Club.
Joining us this Friday as our featured speaker was Dr. Kathryn Sullivan.
Kathy was one of the first six women to join NASA’s astronaut corps in 1978 and holds the distinction of being the first American woman to walk in space. Her submersible dive to the Challenger Deep in June of 2020 made her a triple Guinness World Record holder, as the most vertical person in the world, the first person to both orbit the planet and reach its deepest point, and the first woman to dive the full ocean depth.
Sullivan has held a variety of senior executive and advisory positions since leaving NASA, the most recent of which is her September 2021 appointment by President Biden to the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology. She serves on the boards of International Paper, Accenture Federal Services, Terra Alpha Investments and the National Audubon Society. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies and Ambassador-at-Large for the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum.
Dr. Sullivan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Earth Sciences from University of California at Santa Cruz and a Ph.D. in Geology from Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia.
She is the author of the children’s book To the Stars! (Charlesbridge Press, 2016) and Handprints on Hubble, An Astronaut’s Story of Invention (MIT Press, 2019)
Fun & Freezing at our 25th Annual Polar Bear Golf Open!
Congratulations on a fun, sunny and successful fundraising at Polar Bear Golf Open 2022.
With freezing weather, fresh snow and a big group of 90+ golfers walking across Safari Golf Club, we have had another successful fundraising event and one of the largest financially!
Thank you to Pete Fuhlbrigge, our Event Chair for our 25th Annual Polar Bear Golf Open
Thank you to Our Key sponsor: Stratos Wealth Partners by Susan Robenalt
Thank you to Our Signature Sponsor: VCA Sawmill & Mill Run by Dr. Todd Beckett
Thank you to our Contributing Sponsors :
First Citizens National Bank by Calvin Gebhart
Dinsmore by Peter Georgiton
Smile Doctors by Dr. Kent Underwood
City BBQ by Bonnie Coley-Malir
Sunny Street Cafe by Aschraf Mikhail
Our Hole Sign Sponsors - special thanks to our 32 hole sponsors for their continuous and ongoing support!
And thank you to our Participating members, committee members and so many great volunteers:
Sinan Yaykin
Susan Robenalt
Jeff Schoener
Faye Herriott
Bob Rosenberg
David Williamson
Kaitlin Gushue
Grace Gushue
Peter Georgiton
Rich Weber
Amy Barnhart
Roberta Kayne
Claudia & Tom Trusty
Ingrid Fields
Wolf Lant
Kurt Brown
Bruce Andrews
Dinky Youngsteadt Parrish
Susan West
Gene Oliver
Trevor Donaldson
Our gratitude to Susan Robenalt for arranging a special presentation about Rett Syndrome Research Trust.
Your contributions to the Rett Syndrome Research Trust are still welcome at :
This Friday, as our featured speaker, is Justin Paez, Dublin Chief of Police. The meeting will be on ZOOM only.
Chief Justin Páez leads the Dublin Police Department, focusing on the leadership, direction, guidance and management of the agency. The chief directs and manages all functions, operations, programs, services, activities and resources of the department through partnership with the bureau commanders. The chief also ensures that laws and ordinances are enforced ethically and impartially.
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 is the seventh Chief of Police for the Dublin Police Department following retired chiefs Harold Rose, Robert Mayer, Ron Ferrell, Rob Geis, Mike Epperson and Heinz von Eckartsberg.
Chief Páez earned his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Bowling Green State University. In 2022, Chief Páez completed the Northwestern University Leading Diversity, Equity and Inclusion online program focused on managing and leading transformative change. In 2021, he earned his Master of Business Administration in Leadership and Change from Tiffin University.
Chief Páez, and his wife, Abby, have five children and are proud members of the Dublin community.
On Friday, 1/28, we had as our featured speaker, our own member, Todd Hoadley, Superintendent of Tolles Career & Technical Center
Todd shared brief historical background on the development of career technical education in Ohio. He covered programs offered at the Tolles Campus, as well the satellite Tolles Programs offered at the Dublin Emerald Campus. Todd concluded with information on future career tech programs at Tolles, including adult education opportunities available for all at Tolles.
This school district is named for Harry E. Tolles, the district’s first superintendent.
Central Ohio Joint Vocational School District was founded in 1971 and opened its doors to students in 1974.
Tolles services seven school districts (Dublin, Fairbanks, Hilliard, Jonathan Alder, London, Madison-Plains, Jefferson).
20 career-technical programs are available to students on the Plain City Campus.
20 middle school and high school career-technical programs are available to students in various satellite locations.
Tolles features adult and continuing education opportunities in ASPIRE, ESOL, GED, RAMTEC and diversified industrial training and public safety.
Patrick O'Loughlin, President and CEO of Buckeye Power, Inc and Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives, presented to Dublin AM Rotary on January 14.
Buckeye Power is a member-owned generation and transmission cooperative supplying electric power and energy to 25 electric distribution cooperatives serving member consumers in Ohio. Ohio Rural Electric is the trade association which provides safety, education, communications and government relations services to 24 electric cooperatives in Ohio.
Pat will review 1) Electric generation market fundamentals, 2) Efforts to provide reliable, affordable and responsible electric supply, 3) Renewable energy resources role in electricity supply and, lastly, 4) Decarbonizing our electric supply mix, the progress and challenges.
Pat has been with Buckeye Power since 2002, initially as VP of Engineering and Power Supply. He worked in various management capacities at Dayton, Power and Light for 19 years, prior to Buckeye Power. Pat is a graduate of Miami University of Ohio and holds both a Master of Environmental Sciences degree and a BS in Engineering Physics.
On Friday, January 7th, Marti Bledsoe Post, the Executive Director of the On Our Sleeves movement for children’s mental health spoke to Dublin AM Rotary.
A national crisis has been hiding in plain sight. Children's mental health has been one of the least talked about issues in pediatrics — until now.
With the creation of On Our Sleeves, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, America’s largest network of pediatric behavioral health treatment providers and researchers and home to the Big Lots Behavioral Health Pavilion, is determined to give this cause a voice.
Because children don’t wear their thoughts on their sleeves, On Our Sleeves will break stigmas and educate families and advocates about children’s mental health. Their mission is to provide every family in America access to free, evidenced-based educational resources, powered by the experts from Nationwide Children’s and its collaborating partners. Since launching on 2018, On Our Sleeves has reached more than 2 million people with free educational resources to start conversations, educate families, and boost mental health and wellness.
In Marti's role with the On Our Sleeves movement, Marti leads strategy and operations. Marti is passionate about advocating for children, families and wellness as the founder of a’parently, a consultancy offering programs and resources to support parents in the workplace. Marti is a published author and sought-after national speaker on parents in the workforce.
In addition to founding a’parently, Marti has a distinguished career in leadership roles. She most recently served as chief strategy officer for Mindset Digital and prior to that as vice president, Strategy, for the digital agency Mindstream Interactive.
Marti is the proud mom of two school-aged kids and an Ohio native. She earned her undergraduate degree from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, and her master’s degree from Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York.
The photos for the Dublin AM Rotary Holiday Party are on Flickr. Click here to see the album with the photos. Here are a few photos. It was a great evening of fun and fellowship!
Roberta Kayne was awarded the Dave Holliday/Faith Williams Leadership Award.
Joining us as Guest Speaker this Friday, was Candice R. Greenwade, Executive Director and Head of School for Heartland High School, which is located at 760 E Broad Street in Columbus..
Heartland High School is a private school for students in recovery from substance use disorder that awards graduates with a state-recognized diploma. Inclusion and accessibility are fundamental to its vision. The school believes all adolescents in recovery deserve access to specialized educational and recovery supports, regardless of their socioeconomic status, background, race, religious affiliation, gender expression, etc.
Candice Greenwade is a visionary leader in the field of education who is committed to the needs of youth and families.
Greenwade was previously the Director of Youth and Family Services at the Columbus Urban League, where she was responsible for overseeing economic opportunities and community change for public system reform. Under her leadership, she pioneered a summer-work program for inner-city youth and developed strategies and systems to ensure economically challenged youth were provided stability and opportunities.
Greenwade’s previous work in behavioral health allows her to have a unique perspective when meeting with Heartland’s students and families. At Pomegranate Health Systems Acute Hospital and Center for Psychiatry, she led the Community Psychiatric Supportive Treatment team. Prior to her tenure at Pomegranate, she served as a Treatment Manager at Pastoral Counseling Service of Summit County. Greenwade also served as the Educational Director at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, and as an Academic Advisor for the Strive for Excellence Program at her alma mater, the University of Akron, where she received her MA in Higher Education Administration and a BA in Child Development with a minor in Family Development.
Her diverse work experiences in education, behavioral and clinical healthcare, and social justice, allows her to have a 360 degree view on the complex needs of Heartland’s students and families.
This week at our meeting on Friday, 11/5. In preparation for Veterans Day next week, Dave Williamson provided comments surrounding the upcoming holiday as well as updates on our Veterans Committee.
Dave introduced our Guest Speaker, Steve Stivers.
A career soldier, Steve served over 30 years in the Ohio Army National Guard and holds the rank of Major General. He served the United States overseas during Operation Iraqi Freedom in Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar and Djibouti where he led 400 soldiers and contractors and is proud that each and every one returned home safely to the United States. Stivers received the Bronze Star for his leadership throughout the deployment.
Stivers received both his bachelor’s degree and his MBA from The Ohio State University and a master’s degree in strategic studies from the Army War College.
Steve is currently President and CEO of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. Prior to joining the Ohio Chamber, Steve represented Ohio's 15th Congressional District for ten years (2011 - 2021), and the Ohio Senate for 5 years (2003-2008).
Member to Member Introductions were Linda Cochran and Mike Isler (see photo).
Adam Carr was our speaker on Friday 10/29/21. Adam is from Save A Warrior. Save A Warrior is the original, Warrior-led, timeless journey for active duty military, returning veterans and first responders who feel desperately alone. Save A Warrior offers an alternative holistic service that equips veterans, military personnel, police, firefighters and other first responders with a community of support and effective techniques to overcome the symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress and suicidal ideations
Adam Carr has over 12 years of service in the U.S. Army. As a Special Forces Green Beret, Adam hunted Al Qaeda operatives, developed intelligence networks, conducted diplomatic relations, and briefed Ambassadors and Generals on Geopolitical environments. In 2006, Adam earned his B.A. in Security and Intelligence from The Ohio State University. He spent the next eight years deploying to Asia, the Philippines and Afghanistan. Adam's passion comes from a deep-rooted desire to serve others and save lives.
Adam has been profoundly affected over the loss of his teammates, mentors, and close friends to suicide. He currently speaks to students, corporations, and a wide variety of audiences all over the country. He has over 20 years of leadership and managerial experience and is a Business Coach for MBA Students at The Ohio State University.
Karen is the president of the Friends of the Delaware County District Library. They advocate, provide fun raising support and provide volunteer opportunities for the Delaware Library.
George Needham is the Director of the Delaware County (Ohio) District Library, a position he has held since October 2015. A graduate of the University at Buffalo (New York) for both his BA and MLS degrees, George has enjoyed a varied career: reference librarian, branch manager, technologist, state librarian, consultant, and association executive, as well as public library director.
Their mission: The Delaware County District Library serves as the public information provider for our community, using traditional and innovative technology to encourage curiosity, free inquiry, and lifelong learning in a friendly environment.
George shared an overview of services offered by the library and their current construction plans for the branch in Liberty township. Any Ohio resident can apply for a library card. Even if you already have a library card for another library, this may provide access to e-content not typically shared across systems.
Rick Weber provided the annual financial report. The club and the foundation's finances are in great shape thanks to your ongoing support and stewardship of the board and financial management team.
Ken Boltz and Tom McGloshen were featured in the member-to-member spotlight.
Gene Oliver presented a video reviewing our 2021 Rotary Scholarship Winners.
Ingrid Fields reviewed our Polio Plus efforts this year and introduced Monica Wilford, a polio survivor. Monica shared her experiences with the disease and the amazing strides that have been taken, to almost eradicate this debilitating disease.
Dublin Deputy City Manager/Chief Finance and Development Officer Megan O’Callaghan spoke to Dublin AM Rotary on Friday, 10/15 about the state of development in Dublin, and future plans. The meeting was held in the new section of the Dublin City Hall. Great presentation, beautiful building, wonderful member participation!
PeterGeorgiton, a commercial litigator at Dinmore and Shohl LLP presented to Dublin AM Rotary today. Peter works tirelessly to aggressively represent clients, seeking unique solutions to resolve disputes favorably and with efficiency. Clients look to him to handle an array of high-stakes litigation matters in all phases, including mediation, trial, arbitration and appeal. He has represented clients in deceptive trade practice, disparagement, and tortious interference with contract disputes, breach of contract claims, antitrust claims, product liability litigation, patent litigation, closely-held corporation litigation, and transportation litigation, to name a few examples. He has represented clients in trial and appellate courts throughout Ohio and in multiple states, including the Supreme Court of Ohio and the United States Courts of Appeal for the Sixth and Federal Circuits.
Guest Speaker this Friday, was Renee Jordan, Director of Human Resources for Columbus Oncology Associates. Renee was involved in the creation of the Dublin Cancer Center which opened in June 2021. She gave us an update on the center since its opening.
The 32,000-square-foot Dublin Cancer Center, located at 6700 Perimeter Drive, also features the community’s first cancer-specific infusion service. More photos on our Flickr page. Video on our YouTube Channel.
On September 24th, 35 members and one spouse showed up to make Kids Packs for the Dublin Food Pantry! We had an assembly line going of people making boxes, writing cheery notes and packing juice, goldfish crackers, granola bars, oreo packs, and applesauce packs. (Mac and Cheese cups will be added when the shipment arrives). The photos by Kaitlyn Gushue, Craig Truax, and Roberta Kayne are on Flickr https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWPzVJ3. Here is the group photo with the stack of boxes we packed! Video of Dinky's remarks is on our YouTube Channel. Thank you to everyone who showed up and to our committee who organized this!
Dublin Community Bands - How we started, where we stand, and what we aspire to
Our featured guest speaker was Tim Jameson, Dublin Community Bands founder and board member, and the Dublin Silver Band director.
The Dublin Cornet Band was founded in 1879 and remained active until 1929. This program was a precursor to the revival of the Dublin band tradition in 2010, whose initial focus was to form an elite performance group modeled after the British brass band. A British brass band is a musical ensemble comprising brass and percussion instruments. These groups perform a variety of traditional and contemporary repertoire and have a strong focus on competition.
Since its founding in 2010, the Dublin Community Band program has grown to include:
Dublin Silver Band: The Silver Band is a British brass band with 32 members who have competed nationally and internationally and is the current North American Brass Band reigning champion.
Dublin Wind Symphony: The Wind Symphony is a concert band open to all to participate that typically performs 9-10 times per year to audiences ranging from 300-400 in size.
Dublin City Swing Orchestra: The Swing Orchestra is a jazz band that performs 15-20 times per year at various indoor and outdoor venues.
Their offerings for musicians have further expanded recently to include British brass band experiences for students - the Dublin Youth Brass Band and the general public - the Dublin Metro Brass Band.
Be sure to attend one of the performances of these exemplary groups soon. They are an important cultural asset for our community.
Wow, Another Super Successful Dublin AM Rotary Car Show!
Congratulations to Lou Charobee and the Car Show Committee!
Best of Show - Mark Richmond with his 1967 VW Karmann Ghia
Show Chair - Lou Charobee with Best of Show Winner - Mark Richmond with his Blue 1967 VW Karmann Ghia
Congratulations on a beautiful fundraising event, so fun and successful!
Lou, Lyn and a huge cast of volunteer members held our Dublin AM Car Show in historic Dublin with 103 cars, 6 Sponsors, 2 fun raffles for desirable local vendors, a State Bank Food truck, kid's games and lively music with a dancing Elvis.
Current and former Rotary Presidents were in strong attendance and it was great to see John Williamson, Dwight Seeley, Ramona Penland Coyle, Kent Underwood, David Bentz and Mike Isler. We had at least half the club working registration, traffic management, canopy set up, tear down, boy scout flag and trash coordination, power and sound connections, raffle signs and cash managements and more.
After a drizzly, wet start to the day, we slowly saw the sun come out and an increasing set of beautiful vehicles arrive and register for consideration for 1 of the 30 Trophies. Roberta Kayne captured hundreds of winning photos and smiling members and Kaitlyn Gushue captured some wonderful photos and videos!
Many members brought family, twin girls with leopard tennis shoes, sons with cars and patient spouses seeing it all.
Lou will share more thanks and impressions, please send your congratulations to Chairman Lou and this club of terrific people.
Our next big effort will be chaired by Dave Williamson at the OSU/BMI Credit Union parking over 3 football dates in September. See you all there and at next Friday's meeting.
To view the photos and videos from the Classic Car Show, go to our Flickr website:
Joining us as Guest Speakers this Friday were Alan and Heather Grossman. They shared with us how Search and Rescue Dogs are trained, the scope of their abilities, and how working dogs should be treated by the general public. Heather and Alan have three working dogs; all of whom are certified in some aspect of search and rescue. They also have a new puppy who has begun her training journey.
Heather is a member of Ohio Task Force One. Alan and Heather are members of Midwest K9 in Columbus, as well as the Kentucky Search Dog Association.
Alan is a member and Past President of the Rotary Club of Dublin-Worthington and a Financial Advisor with Edward Jones in Powell. Heather is CEO of QRT Consulting Group where she helps small to mid-sized medical device businesses attain business strategies. The Grossmans live on a small farm in Marengo, where they have horses, goats, chickens, dogs, and cats.
Alan and Heather joined us in person for their presentation and brought their crew of dogs and provided demonstrations. We will continue offering the presentation via Zoom as well.
Water is life, and clean water means health. Audrey Hepburn
Our featured guest speaker was Aaron Stanford, Deputy Director of Engineering, the City of Dublin.
Aaron is a Professional Engineer licensed in the State of Ohio with over 18 years of experience, including a broad range of project experience and technical abilities. As Deputy Director of Engineering, Aaron oversees the Utilities in Dublin. This position, created in 2021, focuses city expertise and resources on utility management, including waterways, supporting systems, and stormwater management.
Dublin partners with the City of Columbus for water and sewer services. Dublin's goal for water quality management is to serve our residents' public health, safety, and welfare. To this end, Dublin maintains over 260 miles of infrastructure for fresh water delivery, separate storm and sanitary sewer infrastructure, and 581 stormwater retention basins.
The city also partners with Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District to conserve, protect, and improve soil and water resources across Franklin County.
Dr. Kathryn Nuss, Cousins Maine Lobster, Columbus Franchisee.
Dr. Kathryn Nuss is a board-certified pediatric emergency medicine physician and has worked at Nationwide Children’s Hospital since 1992. Her roles include Medical Director of the Emergency Department, Associate Trauma Medical Director and currently she sees urgent care center patients and works as a clinical informaticist to support physician workflows.
In 2012, Kathryn saw an episode of Shark Tank that featured two cousins from Maine who wanted to bring lobster from the east coast to the west coast and do it on a food truck! The Shark, Barbara Corcoran, invested $55,000 (15% of their company). The cousins opened three food trucks in Los Angeles, franchising the brand in 2015.
In August of 2017, Dr. Nuss saw a Shark Tank episode called “Beyond the Tank” that features success stories from the show. She filled out an online application to become a franchisee in Columbus. She was awarded the franchise in December of 2017 and opened a food truck in April of 2018.
Our member to member introductions this week were Ramona Penland Coyle and Tim Redman introducing each other:
Ramona is from Newark, married to Barry; she has been in Rotary 10 years; her career is a practice Director, Endodontics. Fun fact - she got in a lot of fights; she is "feisty"; won a marble tournament in her back yard. Favorite hobby is gardening and people. Passions: people and singing. Role Model Jesus and Mom and Dad. Music likes Folk, Christian Rock, Beach Boys. Last book read Genius Foods. Best vacation - Turks & Caicos with the kids. Favorite holilday Christmas. Guilty pleasure - homemade noodles. Favorite quote Be still and know that I am God. Celebrity crush growing up - Davy Jones. What makes my day - hugs from my kids.
Tim was born at Grant Hospital and raised in Columbus Oh. Married to his lovely wife, Jan for 51 years in Sept. Have 3 daughters, all living in Central Ohio, 9 grandchildren from 4 months to 23 years. 4 month is a miracle baby who had open heart surgery at 5 days old. He has been in Rotary since 1999, 22 years. Care - attorney. Semi retired and working toward that completely retired by end of this year. Fun fact - is his contribution to our history and those serving overseas. Hobby - acoustic guitar. Was in a band at 20; played folk music. Auditioned for the American College Show; asked to be on Paul Dickson show; Mel Cooley from Dick Van Dyke show asked his band to go on our playing for the troops - they did a 50 day tour through Vietname and Thailand with the USO. You can find Tim on YouTube looking up New Folk Singers
Joining us as guest speaker this week was Maryjane Shackelford, District Governor, Rotary District 6690.
Maryjane (MJ) Shackelford joined The Rotary Cub of Zanesville Daybreak in 2006, serving in various roles: Public Image Chair, World Community Service Co-Chair, Rotary Youth Exchange Officer, Sergeant-at-Arms, and President 2015/2016.
On the District level, MJ has served as Public Image Chair, Co-Chaired the 2017/18 District Conference and Assistant Governor to five clubs (2017 -2020). She also served as Assistant Governor Coordinator in Rotary year 2019/2020.
Professionally, Maryjane is the President and Co-Owner of Barnes Advertising Corporation in Zanesville. Barnes Advertising is 5th generation family-owned Outdoor Advertising business with 613 faces in fifteen counties throughout Southeastern Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Our speaker today was Dr. John Marschhausen our new superintendent of Dublin Schools. Dr. Marschhausen was introduced by Dr.Todd Hoadley.
Dr. Marschhausen will begin his new position as Superintendent on August 1st (consultant role 5/1 - 8/1). Prior to his new role, he was Superintendent in Hilliard (2013-2021), Loveland (2010-2013) and East Knox (2005-2010). He also taught at The Ohio State University, Ohio Dominican University, and Capella University.
His wife teaches in the Dublin school system at Eli Pinney and he has two daughters at The Ohio State University, one a senior, one a Junior.
Dr. Marschhausen earned his B.A. in Political Science and History at Wittenberg University, his Master’s degree from the University of Dayton and a Doctorate of learned philosophy and leadership from Capella University.
He spoke about three areas – Leadership, challenges in public education and some possible solutions.
He believes there are three things great leaders do
They build Connections
They buils Character, Consistency, Core Values and Trust
They are able to Communicate face-to-face, in written word and in videos
He then discussed some challenges in public education
Offering elite academic experiences while supporting the social and emotional growth of the students and families
How to recover from the disruptions of the Covid pandemic with mitigation strategies
Dealing with race relations and equity issues
He discussed having to use with “productive discomfort” conversations
What are some of the solutions
Agreeing on common language and definitions to help reach consensus
Common definitions for Excellence and Equity
Need to align the Mission and Purpose with a common vocabulary
Need to provide elite preparatory academic processes and opportunities for students going to career colleges
At the same time provide opportunities for those students who will not be going to 4-year colleges – earn to learn
Our speaker on July 23 was Christine Nardecchia, Director of Outreach and Engagement for the City of Dublin.
Christine shared in depth information concerning Forever Dublin, an effort to enhance the Aging in Place Plan for the City of Dublin. “Aging in place” is the ability for individuals to remain in their homes or neighborhoods, safely, independently and comfortably for as long as possible, regardless of age or ability. Every older adult in our community has a different set of needs that allow him/her to live a full life.
Tammi provides leadership in her role which encompasses Purpose, People, and Place. Prior to joining OCLC in 2006, she was Vice President, Human Resources and Organizational Development for Dominion Homes and from 1998 to 2002 she served as Vice President, Human Resources and Organizational Development for Inoveris (formerly Metatec). Tammi has also held various administrative management positions at OhioHealth.
OCLC is known for its exceptional work environment, wellness initiatives and mission to the world’s libraries. Under Tammi’s leadership, best employer awards including ComputerWorld’s Top 100 list and Business First Best Places to Work have honored OCLC repeatedly.
Named as the HR Executive of the Year in 2012, Tammi has served on several work groups and local Boards including the Columbus Speech and Hearing Center. She received her undergraduate degree in Sociology from The Ohio State University.
Photos in collage below: Claudia Trusty introducing our new member Jill Kranstuber; Mike Isler, President; Peter Georgiton, Chair of Club Services; Sinan Yaykin, Chair of New Generations; Ingrid Fields, Chair of Fundraising and Vice President; John Susie and David Lundregan giving their report on the fundraising event - Silent Auction - which raised $14,000.
Note from Mike Isler:
It's officially the New Rotary Year. One of my goals is to help you find opportunities to participate in all of the ways that you wish to. Below, you will find a list of each of our various committees and leaders. Please reach out to any of these individuals to learn more and to express your interest in joining in these opportunities to make our club continue to thrive. Or, feel free to reach out to me directly to arrange a discussion about what areas you might want to get involved in.
To view photos of this meeting click here . For photos of the Dublin AM Board of Directors, click here. And for photos of the Installation Dinner, click here
Tyler Pugh is the Senior Vice President of Development at The Wood Companies. He oversees all efforts related to development, financing, commercial leasing and legal activities for new and existing assets. Since the early 1980s, Sandy Wood was instrumental in resurrecting the Short North neighborhood from its derelict condition to the premier historic neighborhood it is today. The Wood Companies seek to make the Short North one of the best urban neighborhoods in the Unites States.
THE DEADLINE FOR BIDDING ON THE DUBLIN AM ROTARY SILENT AUCTION AND/OR BUYING YOUR RAFFLE TICKET IS TODAY AT 5PM!!
We have added Gift Cards to three of the packages in the auction!! THE AUCTION ENDS TODAY AT 5PM!
** Added $50 Kohl’s and $50 Cameron Mitchell gift cards to package #5 - Fanciful Flowers Painting by Gayle Holton
** Added $25 Chipotle and $25 Hen Quarter Gift Cards to package #14 - 24x36 Framed Photo "Rainbow at Kfar Adumim" by Roberta Kayne
**Added $25 Cameron Mitchell and $25 Rebol Gift Cards to package #13 - Fine Art Framed Painting "Dusk at Glacier Ridge" by Bev Goldie and Fine Art Framed Encaustic- Bunny Heaven by Bev Goldie
Even if you don't want to win the golf clubs, please buy a Raffle Ticket! Think of it as a donation to the Dublin Food Pantry, Welcome Warehouse or Dublin Bridges - or our Veterans' Program. If you win the golf clubs, and don't want them, you can sell them or donate them or give them as a wonderful gift!
There is a lot of great artwork by many local artists and photographers: Bev Goldie, Linda Turvy, Karen Shepherd, Ria Waugh, Tom Trusty, Donna Winters, Gayle Holton, Karen Groeniger and Roberta Kayne.
You will definitely want to bid on some of these items! Please share this email with your friends, family, co-workers, employees.... We are raising money for great causes that need our help!
Download the Handbid mobile app (in your app store on your phone) to keep up with the auction on the go!
Here's a sample of the items:
** 13 Different Golf Packages with Gift Cards for Lunch or Dinner! - Golf for 4 at Scioto Reserve with a $50 Cameron Mitchell Gift Card
** 5 Packages with Gift Cards, Gift Baskets, Golf Bags & More!
- A Day of Pleasure: Woodhouse Spa, A Concert and Breakfast/Lunch at Sunny Street Cafe
- Membership to COSI
- Gift card package with City BBQ, Home Depot, Target and more
** 9 Art Packages! .... Paintings & Encaustics by Bev Goldie - "Bunny Heaven" & "Dusk at Glacier Ridge" - pictured below
Or "Summer Garden" a painting by Karen Groeniger, renowned painter and wife of member Tom Groeniger - pictured below.
Or Three framed photos by Roberta Kayne (Dublin AM Rotary member): ** A 24x36 Framed Photo: "Rainbow at Kfar Adumim, Israel" ** A 22x26 Framed Photo: "Sunrise at Boneyard Beach, Botany Bay;" ** A 16x20 Framed Photo: "Hamnoy Snow Scene" (which won Best of Show in the Dublin Art League competition.)
Your Dublin AM Rotary Auction Committee Dave Lundregan John Susie Ingrid Fields Roberta Kayne Claudia Trusty Susan West Mike Isler Wolf Lant Lou Charobee Dave Williamson David Bentz
Bonnie needs 2 more volunteers for the Senior meals handout Wednesday at 11 in the parking lot of the Rec Center. Please connect with her to help.
Claudia announced that we have a combined list for all the committees that need new members in the committees. Please see her email coming soon and see what other interesting roles we have here at Dublin AM.
Thanks to Ron Morgan for all the tech setup to support a working Hybrid meeting today.
Next Friday is a Hybrid meeting format as well.
Tax Day Extension reminders make David Bentz smile!
Our very own Sinan Yaykin introduced our Guest Speaker, Patrick Terrien.
Mr. Patrick Terrien leads all aspects of programming and strategy for the Columbus Council on World Affairs including revenue generation, community partnerships, staffing , and strategic planning. With a degree in International Politics from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.
The Columbus Council on World Affairs is a nonpartisan , 501(c)(3) non profit organization founded in 1975. The Columbus Council on World Affairs aspires to be the leading nonpartisan, globally focused organization in the Columbus region.
Columbus Council on World Affairs
Started here 45 years ago.
Global employers locally include Wendy’s, Cardinal, OCLC and Abbott.
Colleen Gilger made a presentation to Dublin AM Rotary on Friday, May 7th. Colleen Gilger is the City of Dublin’s Economic Development Director. She has served the City’s Economic Development office since 2003; and in its Community Relations office from 1997-2003. Colleen leads the City’s economic development initiatives and oversees the City’s economic development administrators. According to City Manager Dana McDaniel, Colleen has helped build many of the City’s economic development incentive and broadband programs.
Colleen has more than two decades of experience leading a broad range of community development initiatives and was named 2020 Economic Developer of the Year by the Ohio Economic Development Association.
Synopsis:
The Beta District: Welcome to one of tech's fastest growing hotspots. Spanning three municipalities (Columbus, Dublin, Marysville)in one of the fastest - growing metros in the United States, the Beta District is an innovative region that provides a competitive edge to businesses and project teams alike. The Beta District is located in the Columbus Region, which is home to some of the world's most recognizable brands and is one of the fastest - growing tech hubs in the country. In addition to being the 14th largest city in the U.S, Columbus is known for its friendly and open atmosphere. Whether you need talent, capital, or collaboration-you'll find it here.
John Lowe shared some of the inside scoop of Jeni's rise from a 4 shop local ice cream company to its national footprint, success in the pandemic and plans for the future.
John Lowe took the leap from General Electric Company to the then four-shop ice cream company based on his belief the Jeni Britton Bauer was a generational talent making the World's finest ice cream. Prior to Jeni's, John served in numerous leadership roles with General Electric Company, including stints as General Counsel of GE's Business and General Aviation startup, General Counsel of its Aviation Services Global Operations, and as Officer of Honda Aero engines, and more.
Dinky Youngsteadt-Parrish shared a story of how the pandemic is affecting families and how the Dublin Food Pantry is helping. They really need our help and our donations!
Our Rotary District 6690 is having a food drive competition, and we - Dublin AM Rotarians - are competing against all of the other clubs in the District starting April 23. We are hoping that every Rotarian in our Club will help us - not only to win against the other clubs, but to WIN BIG for the Dublin Food Pantry!
New Info (also detailed below): (1) The district is accepting money and every dollar counts as a can. (2) We now have 6 drop-off points - see below.
Here are the particulars:
What - Food Drive for the Dublin Food Pantry - collecting cans and dollars
Why - Community Service and District Competition - Do some good! Have some fun! What could be better?
When - Now through May 31
What we Need - The Dublin Food Pantry needs these canned items: Condensed soup , beans, vegetables, and meals in a can (ie, ravioli, spaghetti, mac and cheese, chile).
Alternative to Cans - Dublin AM will take your cash, check or credit card - AND every dollar will count as a can!! For cash or check, make it out to Dublin AM Rotary Foundation and send to Claudia Trusty, 7268 Achill Dr, Dublin 43017. For Credit Cards, call, text or email Claudia Trusty (claudia@trustyandcompany.com or 614-581-3874) and she will take your credit card number and process it.
Where - Drop Off Points:
(1) David Bentz's home: 9080 Moors Place N., Dublin or
(2) Roberta Kayne's home: 6251 Hampton Green Pl, Dublin.
(5) Susan West's office: State Bank, 4080 W. Dublin Granville Rd., Dublin - In the lobby, M-F, 9am-5pm
(6) City Barbeque Corp Office: 5168 Blazer Parkway - In the Lobby or leave outside the door anytime
The Bonus - The Club with the highest number of cans (and/or dollars) contributed per club member will win a Happy Hour at a bar/restaurant in your area hosted by District Governor Steve Heiser (up to a $500 value). We need you to donate cans or money directly to us (not the Dublin Food Pantry) so we can keep track of the amounts that our club donates.
Jimmy Snyder with Dan Tobin Buick/GMC spoke to our club today, Friday, April 23rd, about the state of the Auto Industry and its future.
Jimmy was born and raised in the car business, now having 50 years of experience in the industry. His father was a luxury import car dealer and Jimmy has spent most of his career in South Carolina, Florida and Ohio. Presently he is partner and Executive Manager of Dan Tobin Chevrolet - Buick - and GMC. Jimmy gave us an overview of the Auto Industry trends and the Electric Future of cars.
Melissa’s House is a non-profit organization fueled by dedicated volunteers who understand that individuals struggling with mental illness are more than a disease. They restore hope for those living with mental illness by renewing existing spaces to create warm, comfortable surroundings for those who live, visit and work there.
Many have us have watched our sons, daughters, sisters, brothers, friends and neighbors struggle with a mental illness, ranging from depression to schizophrenia.
We understand that for many, a supportive, comfortable and nurturing environment will be critical to their recovery. Thus, we are focused on updating and renewing existing group residences with aesthetic changes in order to positively impact the well-being of those who live and work there. That is our goal, thereby restoring Hope.
Elaine and Nate Goldberg—Melissa’s House Founders
Jeff Knupp— Melissa’s House Chairman
Bill Hall –Board President, Executive Committee. Bill is the co-founder and president of Pretium Partners, where he leads client engagements with companies of all sizes around the world, helping them build high performing sales teams and sales processes. Bill serves on advisory boards for two industry associations and volunteers for Upper Arlington’s Civic Association, Rotary International, Syntero’s older adult programs, and is a strong supporter of local Cystic Fibrosis fundraising. Bill received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia and shares three sons with his wife of 35years,Robin.
Jenny Schoning - Board Vice President, VP of Resource Development, Grants Committee, Executive Committee, Play Fore Melissa’s House Jenny joined the Melissa’s House board in 2018. Previously, she spent15 years at a public relations firm, focusingon internal communications and strategic planning. Today, Jenny spends most of her time advocating for people living with mental illness through her volunteer work with Mental Health America of Franklin County, the Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board ofFranklin County (ADAMH) and the county’s Crisis Intervention Training for first responders. She is originally from Centerville, Ohio and attended The Ohio State University, earning a Bachelor’s of Arts degr
For more information: Go to Melissa's House website - https://www.melissashouse.org/
New Member WELCOME and Induction for Lyle Brown, an experienced Rotarian and Paul Harris Fellow joining Dublin AM Rotary.
Bonnie announced that she would like to hear from interested members for her Community Services Committee. Already on the committee are members Bruce Andrews in charge of Salvation Army Bell Ringing, Susan Robenalt for Holiday shopping, Roberta Kayne for Food Pantry Collections, and others are needed for Parade Marshals and such important Rotary events and contributions to our community.
Roberta is collecting for the Food Bank, please put donations on Dave Bentz's home porch or take items yourself to the Food Pantry and check in your goods.
Amber Hulme announced that the YWCA Women’s Center had a disaster and they are welcoming donations of supplies, gift cards, and money. The Board will be in discussions for a grant as well.
No Rotary Meeting April 2-Enjoy your holiday weekend!
The Key to surviving Melanoma is Early Detection and Fast Removal with a dermatologist.
Do self-skin checks monthly so you notice changes and use www.Skin Check.orgfor education.
Steve presented the following::
Keys to detection
Types of Melanoma
Warning signs of skin cancer
Nodular Melanomas
EFG Signs:
*Elevated
*Firm to touch
*Growing more than 2 weeks
Common Body locations
Solar Radiation Spectrum and UVA and UVB
Please be aware for early detection and treatment for you and your families - early detection prevents more serious cancer. For more information go to https://www.skincheck.org/
Our speaker for March 19th was Jenny Amorose, Chief Operating Officer, Dublin Chamber of Commerce. Jenny spoke to us about the many projects and programs supported by the Dublin Chamber. You can see more screenshots on ourFlickr pageor view the video on our YouTube channel.
Jenny has been with the Chamber since 1998 and during her tenure has been responsible for many of the Chamber initiatives such as
The Dublin School Champions Program
The Taste of Dublin
Women in Business
Human Resources Luncheons
The Dublin Economic Forecast
The Dublin Corporate Challenge
The Breakfast Series
Jenny is an alumnus of the Ohio University with a Journalism degree from the Scripps College of Communication. She lives in Dublin and has two college-age daughters.
Jenny spoke of the many programs and initiatives supported by the Chambers. Some of those are –
The Community Champions Awards in partnership with the Dublin City Schools which has recognized over 3100 students and teachers
Several Community Leadership programs such as Dublin Leadership and the YP (Young Professional) leadership Program
The Taste of Dublin that draws more than 1,000 participants and is currently scheduled for September 22nd of this year
The Dublin Corporate Challenge scheduled for October 14-25 this year. This is competition among the various businesses in Dublin and is divided into large, medium and small business competitions and has generated over $30,000 for the Dublin City Schools Business Academy.
The Dublin, Westerville and Hilliard Multi-Chamber Business Expo
The Chamber has continued to operate during the COVID-19 pandemic through a careful planning process and the use of technologies such as Zoom
They have begun a “Support Local” business promotion program for local business through the creation of a website and targeted ads in various publications
Over the next several months, the Chamber will be preparing for its future by remodeling its office space in Old Dublin, upgrading its technology and providing a drop-in workspace for professionals.
The Chamber sponsors a Dublin Community Service Day currently scheduled for May 1.
Our very own Sinan Yaykin introduced our guest speaker Chris Humphrey.
Chris Humphrey is currently attending Dublin Coffman High School. As part of Rotary's Student Exchange program, Chris Humphrey lived in Annemasse, France. Chris states that it was an incredible once-in-a-lifetime experience. Chris Humphrey spoke about his Youth Exchange year from August 2019 to May 2020. Today's presentation Chris shared his experience in France, information about his host family, the school that he attended, Rotary events, and living in France. His French Host Family joined our Zoom meeting, along with the Rotary 1780 Veronique and other French Rotarians. It was so good to see all the menbers of the Rotary Club in France on our Zoom meeting and hear the tales of nice restaurant, meetings and Rotary dinners and a caring host family.
Chris had wonderful trips with his host family Daniel and Marie Bonnet including Paris, Snowshoeing, Dog Sledding and para-gliding. The CERN visit, of course, was very interesting as Chris is preparing to choose his college for Aeropace engineering. Chris also shared the Food Bank and other community service projects this Rotary Club does in their community.
Chris had family members Barb and language teacher sister Stephanie on the Zoom to add to our meeting.
Dana L. McDaniel has extensive experience in all facets of local government and unparalleled dedication to public service. In his 32 year career with the City of Dublin, he has professional experience in economic development, public works, budgeting, finance and administration.
Mr. McDaniel is also a retired Brigadier General with thirty five years of service in the Ohio National Guard. He has Masters in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College, Masters of Public Administration from The Ohio State University, Bachelors of Arts in Public Administration from Miami University. He and his wife Lisa are long-time Dublin residents with two adult daughters .
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.
As members of our great Club, one thing we can all say that we have in common is that we remember the day when we were Inducted as a new member into our Club. I was fortunate to be Inducted during an “off site” Friday meeting at our Columbus Zoo. You can be assured that even after 15 years of being a member I can recall that day very well.
As we progress into a new Rotary year, we would like to grow and enhance even more our Membership Committee. We are looking for great ideas on how to enhance things like:
Communicating with new members so that they feel welcome to our Club and engage in Fellowship events outside Friday meetings to meet members of our Club.
What can we do to ensure we are exhibiting behaviors to make Rotary workable in today’s world.
Communicate with perspective Members of our Club to provide them accurate and up to date information about joining our Club.
Enhance the value of coming to a Friday meeting and a Member’s engagement to our Club.
The time commitment will be very minimal – possibly 1 hour per month. If you are interested please give me a call or send me an email to pwbgcush@gmail.com. I would be happy to share additional ideas and thoughts.
District 6690 Governor Tara Craybeeck visited to tell how she became involved with Rotary, explain her hopes for the upcoming year, and provide an inspiring view of Rotary International's work. Please click on this Linkto see her presentation.
Megan O'Callaghan, Dublin's Director of Public Service, visited give an update on the many projects happening in Dublin, including the 33/270 Interchange and the Riverside Drive/Bridge Street roundabout. Megan explained how the City is working to keep Dublin "Open for Business" during a challenging time. To see her presentation, please click on thisLink.
Note: If you'd like to see a copy of Dr. Gordon's PowerPoint presentation, look on our club website, to the right of the page under "Download Rotary Forms."
When Dublin A.M. Rotary began helping Dr. Chrisanne Gordon start up the Resurrecting Lives Foundation (Chrisanne has offered special thanks to Faith Williams for grant writing advice and Mohan Viddam for veteran job assistance), nobody was aware we were harnessing a force of nature. It seems we did, however, as Dr. Gordon has empowered, suborned, pleaded, and simply worked to create a nationally known organization working for the good of veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). To learn more about these conditions, which are affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of veterans and their families, please read this white paper. Please click here to see Dr. Gordan's presentation to the club. Dr Gordons' Foundation is making a huge difference in the lives of our veterans and those who love them. Rotary can be proud of the support we have offered.
Dr. Chrisanne Gordon and the Resurrecting Lives Foundation
Mohan Viddam provided photos of the opening of the Pure Water Center in Railkal, India, funded in part by Dublin A.M. Rotary. We'll hear more about this in our next report from our International Committee.
Each May, the Board of Dublin A.M. Rotary face a daunting task: choose from the many people who do so much for the club, and from the new members who are helping to ensure the future of the club, a Rotarian of the Year and a Rookie of the Year.
As challenging as it is to narrow down our choices when so many are deserving, it is also a joy to reflect upon what we have achieved through the power of great people.
Congratulations to Rotarian of the Year Cindy Groeniger and Rookie of the Year David Bentz! Please click here to see a video of the ceremony.
As always, July brings new officers and a new board to Dublin A.M. Rotary.
Wolf Lant has been inducted as President. Please click here for a video. [Your humble editor apologizes for the darkness of the videos. I may ask the club to turn up the lights on rainy days!] Thanks, Wolf, for your leadership in the past and in the coming year.
Transitional times require thanks for past service, and we at Dublin A.M. have been fortunate in having exemplary service this past year. Dave Holliday paid tribute to the past year's Foundation Board.
Special thanks are due to Bonnie Coley-Malir and Ramona Penland-Coyle for organizing a fun Induction Party, and to Chris and Mike Close for opening their beautiful home for the event. Hot guitar licks and cool vocals were provided by the Rockin' Reverend, Steve Smith.
Thanks are of course due to Outgoing President Julie Erwin Rinaldi, who guided Rotary through a year of successes. With typical modesty, Julie gave credit to everyone on the board and in the club for making the year a good one, but we all know that her commitment of time, her organizational ability, and her guidance were fundamental to the year's success. Thanks, Julie!
Thanks, too, to Alan Reuter, who donated a lovely spa package to Julie to thank her for her work this year.
We have a very dynamic speaker for this Friday’s (July 10th) meeting. Dr. Chrisanne Gordon will update the club on the activities and programs that her organization, Resurrecting Lives Foundation, has been doing to work with veterans suffering from Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and efforts to reintroduce veterans into the work force after having encountered TBI or PTSD as a result of recent military service.
Dublin A.M. Rotary Club has provided assistance to Dr. Gordon’s Dublin-based organization ever since its inception. Having had a chance to review her presentation in advance, I am sure that you will be impressed with the breadth and scope that Dr. Gordon has taken the organization since her first presentation to the club back in 2012. I encourage everyone to attend and hear this highly energetic and enthusiastic speaker on a topic on which she has become one of the nation’s leading experts on and is benefiting so many of our returning veterans. You definitely need to hear her presentation!
Dave Williamson, for the Veterans Affairs Committee
We could still use three volunteers for the Second Annual Historic Dublin Slider Challenge. Duties are easy: you'll sell tickets, punch tickets as people visit six area restaurants to get a slider at each one, and collect tickets when people are finished. If anyone asks about Rotary, explain who we are and that all the proceeds fro the event will benefit us and be used for helping children's education here and internationally. The volunteer shift will last from 5:15 to 7:30 pm. We still need two people at La Chatelaine, and one at Tucci's. Signup on our website (under "Events," upper right hand side) or talk with Michael Blackwell.
Note: Tickets are now sold out! Volunteer opportunities still exist. Contact Michael if interested!
Volunteer Opportunities: July 2nd, The Slider Challenge
We have recently heard from Jennifer and Katie Spears, who told us about the upcoming (and some past) experiences in the Rotary International Youth Exchange program. Dublin .M. has fostered this program local for many yeas,providing young minds with growth opportunities both hear and abroad. To hear more about the program, watch this video.
For the 25th anniversary of our club, Page Vornbrock emcee'd a panel of our founding members, who discussed how the club was started and some of the memorable moments from their experience. To see this loving tribute to friendship, promoting equality and service, overcoming challenges and shared good times, watch this video.
Dr. Bob Derick of Columbus Ophthalmology Associates discussed his trips to Jamaica and Nicaragua to perform eye surgery on people suffering from ailments that could blind them. To see his inspiring story, watch this video.
Every year, we make thousands of dollars for the club by supporting the City at the Dublin Irish Festival. Our duties are fun and light: we deliver alcohol to the serving stations. We drive carts, communicate with walkie-talkies and iPads, and make sure the World's Great Irish Festival is enjoyable. We also have a lot of fun, sharing cookout food and laughter.
For detailed signup instructions, visit our club website. Look to the top left of the page and click "Dublin Irish Festival" under "Site Pages." You see complete sign-up instructions. If you have volunteered in the past and don't remember you account information, follow the instructions to get your username and password, or talk with/call/email Andy Keeler.
See you there! It's going to be a fun, and profitable, time.
Volunteer Opportunities: July 31 - August 2, Dublin Irish Festival
We need help with our annual volunteering for the City of Dublin at the Fourth of July Parade. You'll be a marshal, wearing an official vest, working to keep people (especially kids) safe while keeping the parade running smoothly. You'll get to blow a whistle and have children obey your orders to behave--and who hasn't always wished they could do that? You'll be looked up to as a respected authority, with the glamor of being in law enforcement with out the need to deal with the dangerous and unsavory. Help the city, and help Rotary. Volunteer! See Dwight Seeley to get signed up.
Volunter Opportunities: July 4th, Part 2, Parade Marshaling
As always on the first Saturday of the month, we need volunteers for the Salvation Army Mobile Canteen. You may sign up for a shift from 2 to 4:15 pm, making food that wil be taken to needy people in Downtown Columbus. You may sign up from 4:15 to 7 pm, delivering the food from the Canteen. For many people served, this might be their only hot meal of the day. This is a good opportunity for Dublin teens to see that others, including children, in Central Ohio are far needier than they ever imagined. Sign up under "Events" (upper right side our our web page) or talk with Bruce Andrews. You'll be back in time for July 4th Fireworks at Dublin!
Volunter Opportunities: July 4th, Part 1, Salvation Army Mobile Canteen
One of our International Projects is to support La Via as it in turn supports a children in Chișinău, Moldova, a part of the former Soviet Union where harsh economic conditions make life difficult for young people. They fae issues that seem almost Medieval. We pay for the work of Doina, who recently sent the following report to Rita "Smiley" Hook. Rita, thanks for relaying the news of how Rotary is (once again) helping young people all over the world to live better lives.
"As a part of the general afterschool program for the children, ages 7 to 17, about 50 kids brush teeth and receive a vitamin daily, together with an apple. I prepare and present lessons on health and hygiene monthly for each of the 6 groups, on topics such as nutrition and eating healthy, the importance of bathing and washing hands, healthy ways of dealing with stress, dental hygiene, bodily hygiene and puberty (for the older girls).
As the children are all from socially vulnerable families with limited facilities for bathing and hot water. Many use our shower facilities uring the course of the week, especially if suggested by their mentor/educator during the program. Teaching the kids to take responsibility for their hygiene and care for themselves is an important part of encouraging their self-respect.
Any child who does not have facilities at home to wash their clothes are encouraged to bring their clothes to be washed with our machine. As part of the shower routine, the child will put on clean clothes provided by La VIA. The clothes are then washed, and the child will have a change of clothes for next time. Many times I will simply throw away the underwear from home, as it is tattered and torn.
I also function as our nurse, treating superficial wounds and infections, stomach sicknesses, and ENT problems. If I take a child to the doctor, she will talk often with the parents and the child to make sure any treatment prescribed is actually being followed. La VIA helps with medical expenses as needed as well. I provide regular therapy for 3 children with varying degrees of scoliosis. One 4th grade boy also receives massage therapy weekly to help circulation on the level of skin growth and development as he has burn scars on 50% of his body.
At the beginning of the school year (September 2014), I did an assessment of the children's dental health. Of the 50 children that attend the program, 23 need dental treatment. I found a good dentist nearby that is willing to treat the children for a reduced price. The process has been slower, as the parent must go together with the child to the dentist, but this keeps the parent connected to them.
During the course of the year, the children are checked for lice. Three girls have been treated repeatedly, but now all the kids are being checked again, as we are going to camp – and trying to avoid an outbreak of lice! I collaborate with the school, but the problem is difficult to eliminate because the children often bring the lice to school with them from home. Currently 12 girls are being treated for lice.
We have also received a large donation of multi-vitamins, and have been able to share them with the families of our children. I has also collaborated with The Rehabilitation and Treatment Center for children with Turberculosis in Cornești, a transition/placement center for children in Anenii Noi, the Pediatric Unit of the Oncological Hosptital in Chișinău, and a private community center for the socially vulnerable in Chișinău to provide vitamins for them as well."
Thanks for your generosity, which makes possible the help these young people receive.
Remember we will not be having our usual Friday morning meeting on June 5th, due to capacity issues associated with the tournament. It's a good chance to get to your favorite Memorial watching spot early, exercise a bit before work, or just sleep late. Enjoy!
We recently heard from our Interact Clubs. A big thanks to the following for their work with Interact, growing the next generation of Rotarians and helping young women and men experience the joy of giving to their communities: Cap Clegg, Greg Gleaves, Claudia Trusty, Asch Mikhail, and Raj Hora. A special thanks are due, too, to school advisors: Megan Burton, John Witt, and Jill Harris.
Seeing the Interact students present always gives a great feeling. With so many young people doing so much, it makes one feel the future will be in good hands.
We also heard from this year's scholarship winners. Thanks to Rick Schwieterman and the committee (Debbie Lutz, Bonnie, Cap, and Steve Osborne) for making the difficult decision of selecting winners form the over 90 talented students who applied. Here are this year's winners. A complete list of their accomplishments, especially their community service, is available for the asking.
Coffman High School:
Jonathan Coyle
Michael Coyle
Kathleen Serio
Michelle Zych
Jerome High School:
Linda Gin
Rachel Haeuptle
Sarah Han
Scioto High School:
Vanessa Robinson
Nazar Salman
Zachary Spoelstra
William Murdoch, the CEO of Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, presented on Insight 2050 (https//www.getinsight2050.org) about the demographic changes expected in Central Ohio in the next 30 years and the likely effects of those changes in housing, retail, and transportation. Smart developers and employers should plan for changes away from single family houses towards mixed use developments, foregrounding "Infill" (revitalizing currently existing spaces rather than building new strip malls increasingly distant from urban centers). Dublin's Bridge Street Corridor Plan is looking very forward facing in light of Murdoch's presentation.
Principal Brian Blum and School Media Specialist [i.e. librarian] Marisa Saelzler visited Dublin A.M. to thank the club for the many contributions made to Daniel Wright Elementary this year. They are most grateful for the weekly speakers books we give them, our support for their book fair in which kids get free books. our support for their bike rodeo that provides kids bikes and helmets, and the Celebration of Literacy on which we partnered this year with Daniel Wright PTO, Dublin Branch Library, the Friends of Columbus Metropolitan Library, The Columbus Zoo, and COSTCO. They presented the club with thank-you notes from the kids and explained how we are helping a generation of young minds become better readers and life-long learners. Ove 20 languages are spoken at the school, and Dublin A.M. is a part of making it a unified school where great learning takes place. Click here to see parts of their presentation.
Please welcome Harvey Schwartz as our newest full-fledged member. Good work, Harvey!
In other member news, Page Vornbrock (2 times), Faith Williams (3 times) and Susan Robenalt (5 times) are our newest multiple Paul Harris Fellows. The club has many creative ways to become a Paul Harris Fellow, the funds from which come back to local Rotary clubs in the form of grants. For more details, see Dave Holliday. Click here to see a video of our generous members' recognition.
Oil up with the Ohio Machine on Rotary Night! Rotarians from all over Central Ohio will be descending Selby Stadium (Ohio Wesleyan) on May 16th to watch some of the finest lacrosse in the entire world. The Ohio Machine will be hosting the Charlotte Hounds on the first ever Rotary Night. Share fellowship with not only Dublin AM Rotarians and their families, but with other Rotarians from clubs across Central Ohio. We will be getting admission at the discounted rate of $10, of which $1 will come back to our club. Reserve your tickets now by signing up for the event, and the club will bill you. We need to give The Machine a headcount by Thursday, May 14th, so don't wait till the last minute.
We're collecting new and gently-used Children's Books at the Club Meetings on May 8. Picture Books, Children's Fiction, Graphic Novels for Young Minds, all are acceptable. Each book will be given to the right-aged child at a book fair at Daniel Wright Elementary. If you have books your children or grand-children no longer read, or if you'd simply like to go by a book store for a quick purchase, you will help bring smiles.
Daniel Wright is also refurbishing bikes for kids. If you have a bike on hand that would suit a young person, even if it isn't in good shape, bring it by Daniel Wright (2335 West Case Road) anytime during school hours. The bike will be refurbished and given (complete with helmet) to a child who often wouldn't otherwise have one.
Kim Miller, the Chief Academic Officer for Dublin City Schools, informed the club about how the Common Core Curriculum and the new State-Mandated Testing are being implemented and administered in our schools. Briefly, the Common Core sets a high level of achievement that all schools in the country should have their students in different areas, without setting out the exact subjects taught; while Dublin Schools often push students to go beyond this level, teachers l.ike the direction and rigor the Common Core has brought. State mandated testing has brought challenges that are difficult to face in an increasingly large and diverse district. For a far more nuanced treatment of this crucial subject, please click here to see the presentation.
Joe Fox, Director fo the Miracle League, told us about the new season and some of the improvements being done to the playing field as Dublin A.M. Rotary's on Dodgers poise themselves for another undefeated season. Click here to see a video about the Central Ohio Miracle League and the great work it does.
Steve Giles, VP of Alternative Energy for HULL, told us more about this Dublin-based company and the innovative project it has completed at the Dublin Community Recreation Center that will save energy and costs over the next 15 years. Please click here to see Steve's presentation.
Greg Gleaves and Steve Osborne have become our club's newest Paul Harris Fellows. Please click here to see Greg being presented his certificate by Dave Holliday. Thanks for your generosity, Greg and Steve! The Paul Harris program is a great way to further the work of Rotary International, and Dublin AS.M. offers several creative ways to get involved. Please see Dave for more details.
We are fortunate to have two new members joining our ranks. Please click here to see Sara Ott's Induction (with sponsor Mike Close) and some information about her. Click here to see Nick Glimsdahl's Induction (with sponsor Mohan Viddam). Please welcome them and help them get involved in Rotary!
The Wounded Warrior Project is a charity and veterans service organization that offers a variety of programs, service and events for wounded veterans of the military actions following the events of September 11, 2001. They provide emergency assistance, food, clothing, and other services to returning vets and their families. Last year, the club helped out two veterans through this service. This year, we are going to help out four. You can support a vet for only $20 a month. You may sign up for just one month, or however many months you like. You'll be billed through the Dublin A.M. Rotary Foundation, so your contribution wil be tax deductible. I'm pleased and proud to announce that thanks to your generosity, our club has now pledged to support at least 17 veterans for a year each. If you would like to contribute, please see Dave Williamson. [Click here to see a video of Dave addressing the club with more details.]
Yes, this is the event you have heard about, talked about, and had so much fun at in the past. Mark your calendars for a Rotary "Spring Fling" Perfect Party. April 17, 7 pm, at the lovely home of Ramona and Barry: 6352 Conleth Circle, Dublin, OH 43017. Taxes will be done (or at least extended), grass will be greenin', and spring fever will be rising. What better way to celebrate spring than a Rotary Perfect Party? Same rules apply: bring a bottle of wine (or your beverage of choice), and either an appetizer or desert. If your last name begins with A-M, bring an appetizer. Last Name N-Z, you're bringing the deserts. We are hoping for good weather, as a few outdoor activities are planned. Ever played Bocce? Cornhole? You get the picture. Rotary Fellowship doesn't get any better than this. Sign up online or contact Jim Burness.
My, the years do fly; it seems hard to believe, but this spring is our 4th annual Daniel Wright Elementary Community Literacy Event.
It will take place at Daniel Wright on April 28th from 9:30 to 10:20 A.M.
We are having a visit from Ohio author David FitzSimmons; a copy of his work Curious Critters will be given to all of the second grade students at Daniel Wright. This work was chosen for its lovely and detailed photography, reading level suitability, and subject interest. Second graders have been targeted for this year to help create excitement about reading as they prepare for the challenge of next year’s Third Grade Reading test. The book is non-fiction and supports the Common Core’s focus on reading across the curriculum. School Media Specialist Marisa Saelzler is working with teachers to fit the book into the students’ lessons. Among other things, each student may be asked to create t-shirt with written clues on the front and the name of the animal on the back to highlight a writing component.
The Columbus Zoo is bringing animals to increase the students’ excitement and appreciation for the importance of reading.
Many thanks to Dublin A.M. Rotary, Daniel Wright PTO, and CML Friends of the Library for funding; to the Zoo for their support of the event; and to our friends at Costco, Karen Williams and Everitt Lilly, for donating water and non-allergenic snacks for the day.
As far as I know, this event may be unique in Ohio, and likely rare in the United States, for having a school, library, parents’ group, service organization, a well-loved institution such as the Columbus Zoo, and a giving business such as Costco work together as a community to a literacy issue.
Sign up online to volunteer or contact Michael Blackwell.
Of course we all love coming to early morning meetings just for the fellowship, but isn't it great that the Speakers Committee excels at providing great presenters to make us think anf help us learn?
We have recently heard from Amy Taylor, Chief Operating Officer for the Columbus Downtown Development Corporation and Capitol South. Amy is a shaker and mover in Central Ohio, and the downtown area wouldn't look the same without her efforts on such huge projects as The Scioto Mile and Columbus Commons. This work is vital for Dublin, too, as we won't be able to grow and prosper if downtown is a moribund and blighted area. You can see Amy's lively and enjoyable presentation here (your editor apologizes that the last few minutes were lost due to a low camera battery).
We also heard from Greg Winslow, Vice President for Development of Mid-Ohio Food Bank. Greg gave a a great overview of how wide-ranging the Food Bank's activities are and how much good they do coordinating resources and people to help the needy in our community. You can see Greg's presentation here.
Please welcome to the club our newest members, Betty and McGehee Isaacs. If you missed it in person, you can see their induction here. Thanks for joining us, Betty and Mcgehee, and we look forward to fellowship and great accomplishments.
Click hereto see hundreds of fun photos from our Flikr page of the event, with thanks to Mohan Viddam, Roberta Kayne, Sharon Kendall.
See more photos and lots of social media blasts here. Central Ohio loves the Blarney Bash!
Watch fun D-TV video coverage of the Bash and St Patrick's Day 2015 here. 2 minutes of rollicking times!
Message from Julie Erwin-Rinaldi, Club President:
The BASH came back big time! Thank you to the planning committee headed by Wolf Lant and his many Rotary partners! Thanks also to everyone that volunteered. Many of you worked countless hours to make this event a success! You brought Rotary and our mission to countless individuals and families who now know the important work that we do and that we like having fun! Dublin should be proud of what was accomplished yesterday!
Way to go!!! With great gratitude to all!
Message from Wolf Lant, Incoming President and Blarney Bash Committee Chair:
Thanks to everyone in the club for helping out on our first Blarney Bash event this year! It was very successful, despite the rain before the event and even though many people in Dublin were already on their spring break. Everyone who volunteered chipped in to ensure the event was successful and, despite a few minor glitches during the day, the response was overwhelmingly positive from both the crowds and the performers. We got many words of thanks for bringing back the Bash!
I'd like to especially recognize the entire Blarney Bash committee who spent countless hours over the past year pulling all the details together to make this event the success that it was. All the committee heads did a great job making sure their parts of the project were well covered and it all came together by Saturday morning so that we were ready when the first crowds from the parade followed the bag pipe player to the event grounds. The tent was better than half full by 12:30 and increased from there until late in the evening when the last band hit the stage!
The volunteers worked multiple shifts to make sure all areas were covered, and people shifted around to cover all the areas that needed extra help so that any lines that built up were quickly serviced. Some of the volunteers who worked on Thursday and Friday to help us set up, also started at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday and stayed until 1:00 a.m. on Sunday morning to help clean up and tear down the site, and were right back at it by 9:00 a.m. on Sunday to help sweep the tent and clean up the surrounding grounds. I'm very honored to be a part of such an incredibly dedicated group of Rotarians who worked so hard to make sure this inaugural event was a complete success for our community.
I spoke to the Dublin police, the County Sheriff, the Washington Township EMS and Fire inspectors during the event and they all were very complimentary as to how well run our first event was. I think we can all be very proud of the job we did to bring this event back to the Dublin community and raise money for the charities we support!
We will be scheduling a wrap up meeting very soon to go over what was done well and what we can do better next year to make this event even more successful. If you all can send me an email letting me know your opinions of what was great about the event and what could be improved next time, I'd really appreciate it! We will use these comments at our wrap up meeting to help our planning for this event next year and we will communicate back to the club as soon as we have a final accounting of the financial aspect of the event.
Thank you all again for your incredible support of this project and an extra thank you to those of you who financially sponsored this event too. I'm humbled and honored to part of such a dedicated and hard working organization, and on behalf of all the people who worked on this event, we look forward to seeing this event grow and raise even more funds for the charities that we support.
Thanks to everyone who helped to organize, worked at, or played in the 2015 Polar Bear Golf event. it was a fund day and (preliminary figures suggest) raised over $15,000 to further Rotary's mission in Dublin, Ohio, the country, and the world.
Planning Committee Members: Thanks for your energy, resourcefulness, and great project skills!:
Sarah Richardson (Chair)
Ramona Penland-Coyle
Jim Bandeen
Elisabeth Berry
Pete Fuhlbrigge
Susan Robenalt
Carl Bara
Dave Bentz
Bill Rish
Jeff Schoener
Hole Sponsors--Thanks for your generosity!:
Bill Rish and the Rish Family
Bruce & Bill A., Page V., John Susie & Joel Campbell, self
Ramona, Columbus Ophthalmology Associates
Laurie and Ramona, self
Jim Bandeen, First Merit Bank and Embroidery Design Group
Cap Clegg, Columbus Financial Concepts
Claudia Trusty, Trusty & Co.
Carl Bara, State Bank
Wolf Lant, CompuCorp
Rev. Stephen Smith, St. Patrick's Episcopal Church
Sarah Richardson, Anthem BCBS
Carl Bara, State Bank
Julie Erwin-Rinaldi, Syntero, Inc. @ Dublin Counseling Center
We are in the early stages of planning a Mission Trip to fit LN-4 prosthetic hands on amputees. We are looking to travel The Dominican Republic either in October 201
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In June 2012 Rotarians Jim Burness, Sue Burness, Sharon Kendall, Paul Buchanan, Rita Hook, Bonnie Coley-Malir, along with Harvey Hook, Sarah Lutz, and 2 Interact Students traveled to Santo Domingo in The Dominican Republic to fit LN-4 prosthetic hands (http://www.ln-4.org/). We were hosted by local Rotarians, who opened their homes to accommodate us and work on this project together. Most of the "advance" work had been done by them even before we arrived, making the experience very smooth. The fellowship we shared made the trip unforgettable, as the showed us around the Capital City and even took us to a Cocoa Plantation. We also took one day to travel to Mission Emanuel, where Harvey Hook (The Gathering) has been traveling for many years, to work on a mission project. For us on that day, it was building a wheelchair ramp at Mission Emanuel's Health Clinic. We envision the next trip having a similar opportunity.
The biggest cost of this trip is the airfare. Currently, round trip tickets are between $650-$1000, depending on airline, stops, etc. The Rotarians picked us up at the airport, housed and fed us. For the Mission Emanuel volunteering, we stayed in the same hotel for 1 night as mission volunteers that came from all over the US. We ate at the hotel and I think that total cost was around $200. Some of us went to an all inclusive beach resort, of which there are many, on the front side of our trip.That part was a lot of fun but definitely optional
Last year
, we received an email from the President of the Rotary Club that hosted us in Santo Domingo, asking when we were coming back and they were looking forward to working with us again. That's where we are now. At this point we are just looking at the level of interest in our club. If you have an interest in possibly going or just questions, you can talk to or email me or any of the above Rotarians.
I think I speak for all of us who went, when you get off the plane after the trip you are a different person. It was a life changing experience.
The Speaker Committee have been working overtime to get us excellent speakers. Here are overviews of their presentations with links to videos if you'd like to see what they had to say.
Mike Bianchi, Assistant Vice President of Oncology Services for Ohio Health, explained how Ohio Health has created a national outreach to better fight cancer through the MD Anderson Cancer Network. In this video, Mike explains how a local cancer patient might benefit from this service.
Judge Paul Herbert presented on fighting human trafficking and how his specialty CATCH Court is helping victims of the sex trade create free and better lives for themselves. Judge herbert did not wish to be videoed because his presentation included about women in Central Ohio whom the court has helped, but you can learn more from this WBNS-10TV video on his inspiring work.
Township Administrator and friend of Dublin A.M. Rotary Sarah Ott presented on the operations and contributions that the Township makes to area residents, plus some recent interesting developments. Click here to see her presentation.
Informative and Entertaining Speakers: Steve Bunyard, Mike Bianchi, Judge Paul Herbert, and Sarah Ott
Former Dublin A.M. Rotarian Sinan Yaykin has shared photos from Batman, Turkey, of a portable library created by donations from Dublin A.M. Rotary. Thanks, Sinan! Children there are enjoying books in an area that doesn't often see a library. Thanks to the International and Literacy Committees from using the power of Rotary to foster literacy. Speaking of literacy, Batman in this case isn't a typo or a superhero, it's the name of a town. But Rotarians can all feel like superheroes when they see this photo.
Thanks to John Williamson for coordinating another successful progressive dinner, and thanks to Sharon Kendall and Paul Buchanan, Sue and Jim Burness, Grace Gushue, Steve and Debbie Lutz, Janis and Ron Morgan, Amy and Glenn Snow, and Evie and John Susie for graciously opening their beautiful homes. The food was tasty, the surroundings are worthy of any Tour of Homes, and the company was wonderful!
We have been joined by three wonderful new members: Steve, Mke, and Todd. Watch this video to see their induction and hear more about them and their families, and remember to give them Rotary welcomes as they start making contributions to Rotary and our community.
Also, David Bentz has completed his introductory duties, removed his red badge, and become a full-fledged Rotarian. Here's a video of his ceremony. Great work, David!
Dublin A.M. Rotarians once again showed their holiday spirit with Salvation Army Bell Ringing and Adopt a Family, benefiting families chosen by the Salvation Army and also by Dublin Counseling Center/Syntero. 38 people enjoyed a holiday this year that they might not otherwise have had. Between the Bell Ringing and our direct contributions, Dublin A.M.l Rotary raised of $15,000 this year to benefit families in the holiday season. A special thanks are due to our Interact Clubs, as students from Dublin high schools took all the shifts on one Saturday of bell ringing. In this video, Bruce Andrews and Susan Robenalt give us more details about our great holiday work.
Dwight Seeley has become a Paul Harris Fellow for the third time, benefiting Rotary International and all its good work. Thanks for your generosity, Dwight! Click here for the video!
Date of Dublin Robotics Tournament: Saturday January 10, 2015
From: 7:00 am to 5:30 pm
Location: Dublin Jerome High School
Tournament Theme: World Class Learning Unleashed
Cindy Bryden of Dublin Robotic Boosters still needs three judges for team work and is also seeking extra Robot and Project judges in case someone gets sick. The concession stand is always a great way to help for a couple of hours and no special training is required. Please review available positions below.
If you have questions, please contact Cindy Brydenat 614-793-9568 to discuss a volunteer position.
Certain jobs are limited to persons over 18 years of age and FLL has a background check for all volunteers over the age of 17. It is very simple and takes about 15 minutes. To sign up for the Dublin Ohio District Tournament, pick the volunteer positions you are interested in and do the background check.
After you pass the background check, for some positions (such as concession) you are done. For those that require training, there is an online training video and a quiz that takes about an hour.
Please consider volunteering. If you want a detailed description of the different volunteer tasks, please check the email I’ll be sending or click on the document under the “Download Rotary Forms” link (below and to the right on the front page of the website).
Thanks!
Jim Listebarger
Volunteers Needed to Help Future Leaders in Technology
Maureen Conley gave our club a dynamic presentation on a difficult and yet important topic: the need for court-appointed advocates for children who are abused, neglected, or in foster homes. They need more help than they can usually get from the foster care system. What they most need is a volunteer adult who will work with them until their case is resolved. Only about 23% of them have this sort of help in Franklin County. This short video provides a idea of who CASA volunteers help:
In her presentation, Maureen discussed the specifics of being a CASA volunteer. You can watch her presentation here.
For more details about CASA and information about how to volunteer to help ensure children grow up protected in a safe environment, visit the website http://www.casacolumbus.org/.
Maureen Conley on CASA: Court Appointed Special Advocates
The Dictionaries have been distributed to all the third graders in Dublin City Schools. Each year, we choose one of the elementary schools to present them in person from Rotary. This year, we presented at Riverside. Project Dictionary helps prepare kids for the 3rd Grade reading Test; they all must pass this test, or risk being held back from 4th grade. We've presented dictionaries since 2007. We've given over 9,000 children their own books! The first group of students we gave them to are now in 10th grade. Thanks to all of you for your support of our literacy projects and for making a huge difference in the lives of Dublin's young minds.
The holiday season wouldn't be complete without tips on how to enhance our bell ringing. I've been viewing films from last year's bell ringing, and I noticed a problem area and a way we can up our game to continue to reign as the Number 1 bell ringing group. Watch this video and remember what to do when you hit the red kettles this holiday season.
On December 4th, we had a very joyous Holiday Party at Corazon. Renowned local musician Tracy Carter provided all our favorite holiday music, while an artist captured Rotarians and their guests having fun. It was a fun night of fellowship and excellent food.
Join your fellow Rotarians, Thursday December 4th, to celebrate the season at our annual Holiday Party. We will have fun at The Club at Corazon. The theme and attire is “holiday casual.” The party begins at 7pm and ends at 10pm. Price is $30 per person, which includes 2 drinks (beer or wine) and heavy appetizers. The club will bill you. A full cash bar will be available as well.
The club is helping to subsidize attendance, so you'll get more than holiday rubber chicken. Expect to indulge in some Flatbread Pizzas, Beef Wellington, Crab Cakes, Sea Scallops Wrapped in Bacon, Sesame Chicken, and more. We have hired the renown local musician Tracy Carter to provide the music, and an artist to capture Rotarians and their guests having fun. Come early and stay late. Enjoy food, fellowship, and maybe a colorful (or sparkly) sweater or two.
We've recently heard from Jeff Oberlander, a brewmaster from Anheuser-Busch. Travis was very entertaining about the types of beer, how they are made, and what happens at the A-B plant here in Columbus. No doubt the nice samples he brought helped his presentation to go down smoothly as a fine stout. Click here to see what he had to say.'
We also heard from our own Dave Williamson, who talked about the recent honor flight. A more detailed write-up, with thanks to the vets and our pilots, will soon appear on the Honor Flight page of our website. For now, click here to see Dave's presentation--as always, passionate and caring.
District 6690 District Governor Randy Davies visited Dublin A.M. to bestow an award from Rotary International, based on our 2013-14 giving to the Polio Plus Fund. We are one of the very few clubs who contributed more than $1,500 to the fund. Click here to see the presentation. Thanks, Randy, and great job, Dublin A.M!
Thanks to everyone who helped put Rotary stickers inside our Project Dictionaries, with a special thanks to the Dublin Schools staff who also helped. Many of the books have been delivered already. Every third grader in Dublin City Schools will get one. As this lovely photograph from Cap Clegg shows, Lila is one of the many students who love their new dictionaries!
Thanks, too, to everyone who donated books so that Mike Close could enhance the library at the Veterans Apartment downtown. Mike reports that the veterans now have the books they need, with much more variety and interest than before. Great work, everyone!
We all joined our great Rotary Club for different reasons. I get that! One constant in my 15 years as a Member is the value of coming to a Friday Meeting. I always feel so engaged when I leave a meeting being WOW’d by an awesome speaker, reconnecting with an individual that I haven’t spoken to in a while, being inspired by the great things we do in our community, or getting a good spirited laugh. I leave at 8:30am ready to tackle my day with a sense of pride, excitement, and energy. When was the last you spent time in thought about the value that a Friday Meeting has on you? I challenge each of you to spend a few minutes thinking about this.
I promise a smile will cross your face.
I look forward to catching up with YOU at a Friday Meeting. I am the guy wearing a suit and tie.
Shifts are still available for Ringing the Bell at the Salvation Army Red Kettle. We are at three locations on December 6 and 20 (December 13 is being covered by our fine young Interact members): Kroger Bridge St, Kroger Perimeter, and Anderson's. Come on out for a two hour shift, or split one with a Rotary buddy: family, friends, cute kids, and friendly dogs welcome. Sign up right from our webpage (see the upper right of the page, under Events) or by communicating with the redoubtable Bruce Andrews. Thanks for helping!
Due to moves or changes in work or family situations, we regret to report that three Rotarians have tendered their resignations from our club. Thanks very much to Ken Boltz, Ryan Hoefling, and Sinan Yaykin for their many contributions to Rotary. Bon voyage, and all best for a blessed future!
We're also offering sponsorship opportunities, ranging from a very reasonable $100. A very special sponsorship, available only to Rotarians, can help with both the Polar Bear Open and the great new Blarney Bash. Talk with Wolf Lant for details.
Polar Bear Open Coming Up, Plus a Unique Bear/Bash Sponsorship Opportunity
Once again, we're working with Dublin Counseling Center and the Salvation Army to provide gifts for those who might not otherwise have a Christmas. We've upped the number of people we are going to support: we'll support six families with the Salvation Army and three with the Counseling Center. That's a huge, huge number of people we'll helping this year. Save some change, for we'll need lots of money to help. We'll pass the hat at the Holiday Party on December 4th and then again on the following Friday meeting, December 12th. Shoppers will be spending on Saturday, and we'll be delivering the gifts on Monday, so we'll be on the fast track once again to get this done and create a great holiday for those in great need. Please put these dates on your calendars. if you'd like to help with shopping, please let me know!
A special thanks are due to Raj Hora, who donated 10% of the proceeds from our recent Tuesdays at Tutto to the effort.We have kicked off with $100 thanks to their generosity. Thanks, too, to all the Rotarians who turned out to support the effort!
The Shopping Season is Upon Us . . . And You Can Help
In addition to our monthly Tuesday at Tutto Vino event on November 11th, we have several other fun opportunities to share laughter and companionship.
On November 15th, we'll gather at Shade on Muirfield (7148 Muirfield Drive) to watch the OSU Buckeyes play the Minnesota Golden Gophers. The game begins at noon, but we'll be there a bit earlier to get the party started. Even if you're not a fan, the fellowship will make this a great event.
Save the date on December 4th for our annual Holiday Party. The party will be held at The Club at Corazon , will be "Holiday Casual" attire, and go from 7-10pm. Expect some special fun events to make this a magical night to remember! Details and cost will follow shortly.
Last week, many of us met at the Dublin Food Pantry Warehouse for some much needed organization and inventorying. Many hands made for light work, and we finished lots of tasks quickly. Thanks to Dave Matthews (and a special thanks to his wonderful family for their paint work), Dave Holliday, Faith Williams, Susan Robenalt, Michael Blackwell, and Cap Clegg for joining me, giving up part of their Saturday morning so the Food Pantry would be better ready for a busy holiday season. This was a joint effort with the Dublin Worthington Club, and we hope it will be the first of many joint projects. Thanks to Dublin Worthington Rotarian and friend of our club, Al Woo, for bringing coffee and Timbits!
Once again our Speakers Committee has done a good job lining up speakers, giving us yet more reason to be out of bed for Friday meetings.
We heard from Dublin City School's Kim Claven on an exciting new initiative, K to Career. Funded by a $ million grant and created in partnership with a who's who of Dublin's IT and business community (including our own Mohan Viddam's Halcyon), this program will introduce young minds to the concepts and skills needed for a successful 21st Century Career and even equip them with programming skills that will help them with college expenses and in launching themselves in the job market. Kim is still seeking business and individual volunteer mentor help; check out the http://www.ktocareer.com/ website for more details on the program and to find out how to get involved. Click here to view Kim's lively presentation to Rotary.
We also heard from Rachel Koon, daughter of our own "Smiley" Hook, on her work with her husband in an orphanage and school in Moldova. Moldova is one of the poorest, if not the poorest, country in Europe; perhaps its only wealth is the sheer number of social problems it faces. Supported in part by Dublin A.M. Rotary, the school helps students learn for a better future, improve their hygiene, and treats the medial ills. To find out more about their work, click here to watch Rachel's inspiring presentation.
We also heard from our illustrious president, Julie, pinch hitting when a speaker has trouble making it. She covered Syntero, the joint venture between Dublin Counseling Center and Northwest Counseling, continuing to do great work helping those in our area work though psychological and substance abuse issues. Thanks, too, to Dwight Seeley (who asked not to be video'd) on his exciting new product launch of plum pudding. Dwight faced a "Shark Tank" of Rotarians interested in helping him develop his product idea. True to Rotary's traditions, our tankful of sharks may have had the least appetite and fewest teeth in the history of entrepreneurship; still, Dwight got some good help and certainly some good encouragement.
Another in our Spotlight series, introducing our members in more detail. If you haven't done the spotlight yet, please step forward. Thanks to Wendy and Laurie. Here's your video!
Spotlight on . . . Wendy Sheridan and Laurie Penland
We're enhancing the work we are doing with veterans; in the past, we've helped them training for IT careers. Now, working with Bob Evans, we are looking for veterans to train to become restaurant managers. If you know a veteran who might be interested in this program, please make sure to let me know. We're recruiting in the next few weeks. You'll be helping the someone very deserving have the opportunity to grow into a rewarding career.
We've migrated to a new version of the Dublin A.M. website; we had to, for the old version was no longer being supported. Thanks to Wolf Lant for managing the migration!
We've chosen a theme as close as possible to the old one, and many of you may notice very little difference. For the next few newsletters, however, I'll try to note a few differences you might see. Please call or email if you have any issues with the website, and we'll work through them.
This issue's tips:
If you enter an address for your event location, the website will create a map for you. Try it!
If you create a story for the website, you can enable the "Display Social Media Share Bar." Others can quickly share your information in various social media, extending your reach!
Chris Curry recently returned from a trip to Budapest, where he took the opportunity to visit a local Rotary club and exchange banners. Chris reports that the Budepest-City Club is small but very active and represents a cross-section of the some of the city's most influential and engaged citizens. Budapest, he says, is rather like the American Midwest in how friendly people are. Not so Midwestern are the gorgeous setting on the Danube and the ancient age of the city. Talk with Chris for more details about visiting one of Europe's loveliest and least touristy capitals. Thanks, Chris, for taking the Dublin A.M. banner to Hungary!
What do a diary farm in Butler, Franklin County Children's Services, and OSU Buckeyes Football all have in common? Dublin A.M. Rotary, of course, and thanks to our Speakers Commitee for getting engaging presentations to get us up on a Friday morning.
Ken Ruprecht from Ruprecht Dairy Farm visited to tell us about changes in farming practices that have increased production and efficiency while making dairy more environmentally friendly than it has recently been.The farm has 130 diary cows and 135 younger stock, producing 1,200 gallons of milk per say (up 45% per cow since 1978).Water usage is 65% less per gallon of milk, while land usage is down 90% and the carbon footprint down 64% per cow. At the same time, the cows are treated as well as ever, and, in fact, are housed more comfortably and are even more content, for contented cows produce more and better quality milk. Synthetic hormones are not use and are not present in the milk. Ken's presentation was very informative for an audience that is, for the most part, at some remove from the actual production of food and without a lot of knowledge of current farming practices. In this video, Ken talks about sustainability: how it can be defined and what it means in diary farming.
Deborah Armstrong joined us for a presentation of Franklin County Children's Services mission ("Franklin County Children Services is Protecting Children by Strengthening Families. Through collaboration with families and their communities, we advocate for the safety, permanency and well-being of each child we serve in a manner that honors family and culture.") and an update on how they are serving children and our county and on how we might volunteer to help in Friendship (sharing time and activities), in the Crisis Center, or in providing support and assistance to college-bound youths. Deborah's passion for helping children was inspiring. In this video, tells us about an important change made a Children's Services, from Foster Families to Kinship Caregivers.
We also received a visit from former OSU (but once a Buckeye, always a Buckeye) stalwarts Craig Krenzel and Ryan Miller. This year's prognosis: the Bucks are loaded, hungry, and ready to rule the Big 10.
Go, Bucks. Er, Bobcats, Um, Roll Tide? Go, Gators? Okay, never mind, enjoy the team of your choice and remember that you can see more of our speakers, events, and fellowship events on our pages in Youtube, Fickr, Facebook, and Twitter.
We are fortunate to have been joined by two new members. Both are Dublin residents. Carl Bara works at State Bank. David Bentz works for Dublin Advisors in accounting and finance. Thanks for joining us, Carl and David! We look forward to getting you involved in club activities and to years of friendship.
Thanks very much to Raj Hora, who served as Tasting Trainer at our Brown Bag Fellowship event. Rotarians brought a bottle of wine valued at less than $20, hidden in a bag; we tasted them to decide which was the best. Raj gave us expert in advice in flavor nuances and tasting techniques. It was a fun night of learning and friendship. The top three wines, as selected by Dublin A.M. Rotarians, are pictured above. Thanks to Sue Burness and Mohan Viddam for taking photos at the event. Don't forget to join us for our next Fellowship Event, Tuesday at Tutto Vino, on October 14. Raj will be on hand to help us enjoy fine wine and delicious food.
Posted by Michael Shuchter, Jeff Hullinger, & Bill Rish on Oct 07, 2014
"Dublin A.M. Rotary's Environmental Services Committee has been reformed, with an additional focus on state and even national environmental concerns," notes former committee chair Michael Schuchter. "If anyone has any ideas or concerns to bring forward for your individual or community awareness, please let me know what they are," requested new chair Jeff Hullinger. "I'll be serving as interim chair, but in sixth month's time, once is schedule is more free, I'll be turning it over to Bill Rish, our club's environmental expert." Thanks to Michael, Jeff, and Bill for their service!
Dave Williamson, Veterans Honor Flight Coordinator
Greetings Rotary: Wanted to provide an update on one of the club’s favorite projects – the annual Veterans Honor Flight. This year’s flight will take place on Sunday, October 5th. We have three airplanes currently available and can accommodate up to 12 veterans and caregivers as needed. We depart
Don Scott Airport here in Columbus at around 6:30 a.m. and return that evening around 7:30 p.m. I am encouraging members to canvas their family, neighbors, friends and acquaintances for names of veterans they know who would be interested in flying to Washington D.C. and touring their memorials with us this year.
We are actively soliciting applications from veterans for this year’s flight. We fly on private airplanes to Manassas, VA where we load into vans and drive into D.C. for our tours of the WWII Memorial, Korean War Memorial, and Vietnam Memorial in the morning. We have lunch at Fort Meyer Army Post and then travel to the Air Force Memorial, Pentagon Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery and observe the Changing of the Guard Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns, and finally over to the Iwo Jima Memorial before heading back to the Manassas airport and flight home. It is a long day, but on each of our previous trips our veterans have commented how important it was to see them all as each one had a special meaning to each of them.
We are open to accepting applications from veterans of WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam War eras. The application is available at the Friday club meeting, is posted on the club web site, or can be obtained from me personally via email or just call and I can send one out.
If there are any questions, please feel free to contact me via phone (614-327-8102) or by email at Dave448@columbus.rr.com and I would be happy to answer them for you.
Do you ever use Amazon to order anything? If so, you now have a way to contribute to Dublin A.M. Rotary Charitable Foundation without any cost to you or the Foundation. Go to Amazon Smile (http://smile.amazon.com/), log-in with your Amazon account, and select Dublin A.M. Rotary Foundation as your charity of choice. Nothing will change when you order from Amazon except that .5% will get donated to our Foundation. Hooray! Thanks to Lisa Blackwell for alerting the club to this possibility and Amy Barnhart for setting up our account.
We heard from Alex Sheen, who started the group "Because I Said I Would" (http://becauseisaidiwould.com/). Alex spoke movingly (and received a standing ovation) about how a movement has inspired people to pledge, and honor, their word to make the world better one promise at a time.
According to the website, Alex's "father died of small cell lung cancer on September 4th, 2012. His father was good with his promises, so Alex titled his father’s eulogy “because I said I would” and created the promise card in his memory. Eventually Alex would decide to resign from his corporate position in order to advance because I said I would‘s mission.
Alex now works to better of humanity through the importance of a promise in what little ways he can. It started by waking up early before going to work and handwriting letters to people thanking them for requesting promise cards. This dedication continued to develop as he began fulfilling charitable promises. These promises include getting 100 tickets to Disneyland for children with cancer and walking 245 miles across the entire state of Ohio in 10 days to raise awareness for the victims of sexual violence (a promise he made to Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight," who were held prisoner in Cleveland for years in a dark chapter in the city's history.
Alex asked that we not video him, wanting the focus to be on "Because I Said I Would," and not himself. You can, however, see Alex in this video, if you want to hear his inspirational message. Visit the "Because I Said I Would" website to see more amazing stories of promises kept.
On Friday, September 5, 2014 from 12:00 to 1:00p.m, at the Athletic Club of Columbus (ACC), Columbus Rotary and the ACC will be sponsoring the Rotary/ACC networking event, First Friday. Any Rotarian from any Rotary Club (and any guest they might bring) is invited, as is any ACC member. You must bring a business card with you (hopefully more than one) to gain entrance to the luncheon. The luncheon will be in Talley Ho Room on the first floor of the ACC, and each person will order from the lunch menu and pay their own bill. There is no agenda, no program, just networking. Jim Bishop, the Columbus Rotarian organizer of this event, will probably take a minute to welcome everybody, but that will be all. The idea is for persons to network, and if any ACC members who are not Rotarians decide they wish to learn more about Rotary, so much the better. This event is limited to the first 40 persons who register. If the demand is great, we will increase the number who may attend and find a larger room for future First Fridays. To RSVP, please contact Jim Bishop of Columbus Rotary at (614) 229-4969. If you do not reserve a place ahead of time, please come anyway, as we always seem to have enough room for last minute guests. Also remember that this event is every First Friday, so please put in your calendar for 2014: October 3, November 7, and December 5. I look forward to seeing you there.
Randy is promoting Rotary through Service Above Selfies.
If you're at a Rotary service function, please take a "selfie" and send it Michael Blackwell. He'll post it on our website and Facebook page, plus send it to the District 6690 newsletter.
District Governor Randy Davies at Dublin A.M.: Service above Selfies
It's always a pleasure to have a visit from Police Chief Heinz von Eckartsberg (click here for a biography), a pillar of the Dublin community for 31 years, instrumental in creating a force that has helped make Dublin safe and prosperous. In his most recent visit, Heinz discussed the growth of Dublin's police force as the city has grown, the consolidation of several suburban dispatching services in Dublin, and trends in policing, including dealing with distracted driving, the growth of technology, and use of social media in police work. In this video, Heinz discusses the consolidation of many area dispatching services in Dublin. [Note: your editor apologizes for the darkness of this video and vows never again to face the windows on a bright sunny morning.]
District Governor Randy Davies and his lovely wife Kristi ("very much the better half," he says) visited Dublin A.M. to talk about activities in Rotary International and District 6690, emphasizing both the challenges in communication and membership retention and the opportunities we have for doing great things as we live Rotary's values. In this video, Randy talks about things both small and large that we can do to help make Rotary more visible.
Don't forget that Kristi and Randy welcome us to the District 6690 Conference, October 11-12 at Shawnee State Lodge and Conference Center, including bonfire, entertainment, geocaching, and hiking. A splendid time is guaranteed for all! Click here for details.
Rotary Spotlight highlights our members, with two members introducing each other, sharing some biographical details and some fun facts. This week, the spotlight is on Sharon Zimmers and Dwight Seeley. Thanks, Sharon and Dwight, for sharing more about yourselves and helping us to know you better. Click here to view the Spotlight video.
Thanks to Evie and John Susie for opening their amazingly lovely home and to Jim Burness and the Fellowship Committee for planning a Perfect Party. Thanks, too, for everyone who brought appetizers and desserts. It is the rare Central Ohio restaurant where one would eat as well as at a Rotary party. As promised, dozens of famous people attended, including international stars of stage and screen, U.S. Presidents, First Ladies, and important world political leaders, and many sports greats, including Jack Nicklaus, who admired the view of the 13th at Muirfield right next to Evie and John's yard. "I never hit the ball out-of-bounds, even by a yard," said Nicklaus, "so I've never seen the 13th from this angle before. Evie and John have a beautiful view. The course looks great from here!" A wonderful time was had by all. Thanks to Sue Burness for taking photos.
Can you best John Susie's caption?: "Talk about a rose between two thorns!"
Thanks to the Speaker's Committee for giving us yet more reasons to get out of bed early on Fridays, learning more about Rotary, our community, and the world.
Brooke Perrin visited to tell us more about Rotary District 6690's Youth Exchange Program, promoting peace and understanding and profoundly enhancing the lives of young minds.
In this video, Brooke tells us about the history and basic ideas behind the exchange program.
We also heard from Valarie Deck and Laurel Marks of Canine Companions for Independence. As explained in their website, Canine Companions is "a non-profit organization that enhances the lives of people with disabilities by providing highly trained assistance dogs and ongoing support to ensure quality partnerships. . . . Canine Companions is the largest non-profit provider of assistance dogs and is recognized worldwide for the excellence of its dogs and the quality and longevity of the matches it makes between dogs and people. The result is a life full of increased independence and loving companionship."
Finally, we heard from Joan Coughlin of the Better Business Bureau of Central Ohio about how the BBB serves as a neutral intermediary between consumers and businesses, trying to ensure mutual satisfaction and good service. In addition, the BBB certifies businesses as accredited that meet particular standards; accredidation is reviewed and businesses that do not maintain high standards can lose it. In this way, consumers can find trustworthy businesses and also nominate businesses they think particularly trustworthy for a Torch Award for Ethics, celebrating innovation and excellence in ethical enterprising.
In this video, Joan explains Better Business Bureau's mission.
Remember you can see many of our speaker's full presentations on our YouTube channel. Don't forget to visit our Flikr page and our Facebook page to see great photos from Mohan, Roberta, and Bonnie.
Next March, we are bringing back the Blarney Bash as our premier fundraiser. A committee has been working with the City of Dublin for a year now to sort out the details, and now it's time to start generating interest and excitement. What's a Blarney Bash? Watch this video of Wolf Lant and Sue Burness to find out!
The Bash is Back!: A preview of Dublin A.M.'s Biggest Fundraiser
Join your fellow Dublin AM Rotarians for a night of fun, food and fellowship Friday, August 22 at the home of John and Evie Susie.
The Perfect Party is the perfect way to get together. Just bring a bottle of wine (or your beverage of choice) and either an appetizer or dessert. Last names A - M please bring an appetizer, N - Z please bring a dessert.
Feel free to bring guests. We look forward to seeing you at the Perfect Party!
Contribute to the cleanliness and beauty of the Scioto River. Sign-up on Clubrunner today! Alternatively, email or call me and I'll add you to the list - how's that for service!
Please join us for this fun and helpful annual event. Wade the Scioto River, picking-up garbage -- sounds gross, but it is a lot of fun! We are usually surprised with some of our finds!
We'll meet at:
Dublin Municipal Building
5200 Emerald Parkway
9am Briefing, August 16th
Gloves and garbage bags provided.
Please bring closed-toe footwear that can get wet and will help you walk along the slippery river bottom. Hat, sunglasses and sun screen are strongly recommended.
This is a great event for children, if they are old enough to wade the river shallows safely.
Please sign-up yourself and a few of your family and friends, today! Thanks for helping to keep Dublin Green.
The Dodgers, our Rotary sponsored Miracle League baseball team, had another amazing season this summer! They finished (as always) undefeated and above all, thanks to you, had a wonderful summer of camaraderie and happiness. Volunteer Rotarians are paired with the players who have a variety of disabilities. Our job is to provide the players with the support they need to participate and enjoy the game of baseball, and enjoy it they do!
A special thanks to the following Rotarians who volunteered this summer:
Thanks to everyone who volunteered at the Dublin Irish Festival, with a special thanks to Dwight, Bonnie, Rich, Andy, and Dave. While we had some storms, it was generally much cooler than usual, with the weather actually sometimes resembling that of Dublin, Ireland, rather than, as usual, Texas on a more than unusually hot summer day. Our new streamlined duties (alcohol support only) made this the best organized and smoothest running DIF for us yet. We made thousands to support our great work in the community, helped the world's greatest Irish festival run well, and had lots of fun. Great work!
Okay, so we're not yet any competition for that large corporation with the clown and hamburgers, but I'm proud to announce that Dublin A.M. Rotary has now served over 15,000 meals through the Salvation Army Mobile Canteen. Thanks to all of you who have given your time so that those in need so close to Dublin might have hot food and warm smiles.
Over 15,000 Served [Eds note: we ran this story last time, but it's too fun not to include again]
The 2014-15 Speaker's Series is off to an excellent start, providing a great reason to be up early on Friday mornings.
Sara Mitchell engaged us on the Woman's Fund of Central Ohio (http://www.womensfundcentralohio.org/), an organization that "transforms the lives of women and girls by mobilizing the collective power and passion of all women working together, [creating] gender equality and influence through our research and collaborations, [promoting] social change by growing women’s philanthropy, and [making] grants to programs that raise awareness and educate on issues affecting women and girls." You can learn more about the Women's Fund in this video of Sara's presentation.
Andre Porter, Director of Ohio's Department of Commerce, told us about how the department is organized, what it does, and how it has started a new customer service initiative that incentivizes compliance with regulation. The department no longer wants to operate as a "gotcha!" agency. Instead, while it will still rigorously enforce commerce as needed, it will give small financial breaks to the many companies and operators that are consistently in compliance, spending more time and charging a bit more for those that need help coming into compliance. You can learn more about the department in this video of Andre's presentation.
Informative Speakers: Sara Mitchell and Andre Porter
This issue's spotlight in on Susan Robenalt and Rick Schwieterman. Active not only in our club but also on more foundations and boards than you can shake a stick at, they grace us with their presence. Watch this video to learn more about each of them:
Thanks to Mohan Viddam for his generosity. Mohan has become the our club's newest Paul Harris Fellow. The Paul Harris Fellowship benefits Rotary International, allwoing them to continue their work. Our club has many creative ways to become a fellow. If you'd like more details about being a Paul Harris Fellow, communicate with Dave Holliday or Ann Ralston.
Jim Listebarger, having completed all the requirements, has now become a full member of Dublin A.M. Rotary, and is entitled to all the benefits and responsibilities adhering thereunto. Watch this video of the event. Congratulations, Jim!
Terry Foegler gave an excellently organized and cogent update on the City of Dublin's Bridge Street Corridor plans. He reviewed the demographic and economic reasons why Bridge Street is important for keeping Dublin vital. He also discussed progress so far and talked about immediate and long-term plans, including a video of what the Bridge Street/Riverside Drive roundabout will look like.
Unfortunately, your humble editor only captured the first three minutes, which you may view here.
Last week saw the installation of next's years officers and board, plus recognition of contributions for the past year.
Our 2014 Rookie of the Year is Sarah Richardson. Click on the link to see her accept the award. Your humble editor apologizes for the darkness of this and the other installation videos--the club had very low light conditions that day.
This week's spotlight is on Ann Ralston and Debbie Lutz, both long-time members who have kept giving amazing time, talent, and energy to club. Is Debbie a big-time lottery winner or not? Was Ann once the sidekick for Ronald McDonald? Watch this video of their spotlight introduction to find out!
Thanks to Michael Shuchter and Lee Beall for their generosity. They have swelled our ranks of Paul Harris Fellows. Lee is a multiple PH Fellow. Click here to see a video of the announcement of the event.
Many are the ways to become a Paul Harris Fellow. Talk with Dave Holliday for more details.
The most recent Installation Brochure did not properly list all of our Paul Harris Fellows. We regret any omissions. Here is a corrected list, which may also be downloaded from the club documents portion of the webpage. Let Michael Blackwell know if you want him to get you a copy.
Elizabeth Berry has become our newest member. Elizabeth is in financial services and brings a lot of energy and ability to the club. Click here to see her induction and make sure to welcome her warmly!
Dublin A.M. had a fun evening of fellowship (and a little fundraising) to celebrate the installation of this year's officers. Thanks so much to Chris and Mike Close for opening their lovely home; Steve Smith and Rev'd Up, who rocked the night away; City BBQ for the amazingly delicious and hearty fare; Mohan Viddam for memorializing the event in pictures; and to all who contributed to fundraising in one way or another. Together we raised over $4,000 for the good of Dublin and Rotary . . . and had a great time.
The Dublin Irish Festival is only a week out. Dublin A.M. is again "sharing o' the green," volunteering to help make the happiest Irish Festival in the world a smooth and fun event. We'll have fewer shifts this year (but still 57) and are working to streamline your volunteer experience even more to make it enjoyable as well as helpful. We'll only be handling alcohol distribution this year. Thanks to everyone who has already signed up. We still need some help for shifts, especially these:
Friday 8 pm - 12 am
Saturday 4 - 8 pm
Saturday 8 pm - 12 am
Sunday 4 - 8 pm
Sunday 8 pm - 12 am
If you haven't yet signed up for a shift, or if you'd like to do a bit more to help out, please communicate with Bonnie Coley-Malir, Dwight Seeley, or Rich Weber.
Recently, the Club met at Dublin Methodist Hospital to hear from its President, Bruce Hagen. Hagen discussed the hospital's affiliation, founding, history, areas of excellence and awards, and plans for expansion. You can find out more about Hagen in this link. Hagen was introduced by our own Page Vornbrock, who serves on the Dublin Methodist Board and who has been instrumental in the hospital's establishment. Dublin and the surrounding communities are blessed to have on of America's top-rated hospitals. You can hear about Dublin Methodist's most recent award and plans for expansion in this video.
Perhaps you saw the great presentation at our recent District Conference from Price Finley (President of the Upper Arlington Club) and Andy Mills (President of the Tri Village Club) on how their clubs have engaged in meaningful World Service Projects in Guatemala with their partner NGO, Mayan Families.
In November of this year, 11/2 - 11/7, members from both clubs will be making their 12th trip to Guatemala to inspect current Rotary projects and explore new Rotary focused potential projects in the areas on education, water, health, community economic development and literacy. Many of these projects are not large dollar projects; for any club wishing to expand their clubs impact in the area of World Service, this could be a wonderful opportunity.
The Upper Arlington Club and Tri Village club would like to invite any members of Dublin A.M. who are interested to accompany them on the trip. Please contact DGN Steve Sandbo from the Upper Arlington Club who will be coordinating and leading the trip. His contact info is as follows:
A personal note from District Governor Bart Mahoney:
Many of you know that Kathleen and I made this trip in November 2013. It forever changed our lives and is a Rotary Moment without equal. This is a wonderful opportunity to participate in an International service project with a wide variety of projects and a very broad range of commitment financially. Steve is a wonderful host and the Mayan Families (Dwight and Sharon) will show you Guatemala like nothing you will evere experience.
Please take advantage of this opportunity and see Rotary beyond District 6690.
This edition's Rotary Spotlight features Pete Cushnie and John Williamson. They introduce each other to the Club in this video, and also play "3 True things and One Lie." See if you can guess what's true and what isn't. Thanks, John and Pete, for sharing in such a fun way.
On July 3rd, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., Dublin A.M. Rotary will partner will HDBA on the Great Slider Challenge. 5 Historic District Restaurants will compete to see who can make the best small burger: Brazenhead, Dublin Village Tavern, J Liu's, Mezzo, and Oscar's. You have two fun ways to help. First, you can volunteer to help. Our duties will amazingly light: we just have to sell tickets and collect voting ballots that determine the winner. We need two or three people per restaurant. Look for your email invite to sign up or talk with Michael Blackwell. Yes, this is the same time as Red, White, & Boom, but what a wonderful excuse to miss the mess downtown: stay in Dublin, enjoy a beverage, and help us raise money for the club. You can still go to Dublin's superior fireworks event on July 4th. If you prefer, you can help us raise money by attending the event and eating sliders. Tickets are $10 or may be ordered ahead for $8 athttp://www.usaseats.com/Other-Events/Historic-Dublin-Slider-Challenge-Information. The restaurants are in it to win, so the food will be fabulous. Come help at 4:30 pm or just join your Rotary buddies for fun between 5 to 7. Either way, Dublin A.M. wins!
A Delicious Fundraising and Fellowship Opportunity
Our contributions to Daniel Wright Elementary's Free Book Fair were recognized in the Columbus Dispatch. School media Specialist Marisa Coneglio does a great job explaining in why Dublin A.M. supports Daniel Wright: they are the Dublin elementary with the greatest need. Thanks to Claudia Trusty and the Literacy Committee for supporting the book fair! Check out the story here.
We recently heard from Robin and Don Rose, friends of many of our members, about their 2 1/2 year, 11,000 mile sailboat journey to many ports of call in the United States and the Bahamas. Don has written a book based upon Robin's diaries of the cruise. For more information about their voyage and the book, including many photos, please see this link and also this write-up in the Dublin Villager about the book and cruise. Thanks for sharing your journey, Robin and Don!
We also heard from Dublin City Manager Marsha Grigsby about the State of the City, a state which is, in a word, "Excellent." Marsha spoke of the significant events in the City in the last year and some upcoming developments. She shared some videos with us to provide an overview of her topics. In this video, you'll see some of the significant events that took place in 2013. In this video, you'll see some of the significant capital improvements of 2013.
Marsha's talk reinforced that from snow removal to the development of an even brighter future, Dublin is in good hands. Thanks for your visit, Marsha!
Speakers: An International Sailing Cruise and the State of the City
Thanks to Emmet Apolinario and Ron Morgan, who have completed "4 x 4's" to become Paul Harris Fellows. This is Ron's second time being a Paul Harris Fellow. These donations to Rotary International help do great work all over the world. The club offers several creative ways to become a Paul Harris Fellow. Please speak with Ann Ralston if you'd like more information.
Jim Bandeen and Laurie ("The Nice One") Penland recently removed their red badges and become fully-fledged members of Dublin A.M. Rotary. Congratulations and welcome!
It's been a very productive year for the International Services Commitee, with lots of activity and achievements. Please click on "International Services" under "Club Information Pages" [upper left of club website] or click here to download a 2014 Progress Update. We made significant contributions in many countries: Sierra Leone, India, Turkey, Kenya, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Moldova, and even Germany, fighting disease, providing prostherics or aid in the aftermath of natural disasters, fostering literacy and health literacy, and providng clean water. Thanks to all our International Services Committee Members: Lisa Blackwell, Jim Burness, Faye Herriott, Rita Hook, Sharon Kendall, Wolf Lant, John Miller, Susan Robenault, Debbie Sheppard, Claudia Trusty, Mohan Viddam, Scott Williamson, and Sinan Yaykin.
An Amazing Year for the International Services Committee
In addition to giving a book a week to Daniel Wright's Elementary's Library and helping bring author Meghan McCarthy for a visit, we have benefitted the school yet again by sponsoring a children's book drive. Hundreds of titles were donated. They were put on display and kids from the school were able to pick books to read over the summer, keeping them interested in learning and improving their literacy skills. Thanks to our Literacy Commitee and everyone who donated for helping Daniel Wright kids thrive. The aliens in the photo, incidentally, were drawn by chidlren from the school, taught by the author we brought, further proof of the impact Rotary has had on the school.
Daniel Wright Elementary Book Fair a Success: Thanks, Rotary!
Chief Allan Woo of Washington Township Fire Department and in-coming Chief Alec O'Connell (who will take over when Chief Woo retires after a distinguished career) recently visited for an update on our local fire department: its changes, challenges, and achievements. In general, training requirements are becoming tougher with new equipment, while the education of new recruits is also tending upwards. Budget constraints are an ever-present concern and the division works hard to ensure complete readiness to fight fires, provide emergency services, and save lives. In this video, Alec discusses some of the changes in technology that are occurring, and the advantages and challenges such changes have brought.
We also heard from Purba Majumder and Susan Watson. Purba is President of Cybervation, a firm providing comprehensive technology services in the United States and India, while Susan is Director of Enterprise Customer Data at Cardinal Health. A passion for educating young women and providing guidance for Science, Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) careers led Purba to found CoolTechGirls, a joint venture of City of Dublin, Dublin Entrepreneurial Center, and Cybervation, and Susan to serve on its board.. They work to give girls knowledge of tech careers, mentoring and motivating to enter a growing and lucrative field in which women are under-represented. This video provides a great overview of how CoolTechGirls fosters excitement about STEM careers.
Speakers: Fighting Fires, Providing Services, and Creating Careers
Most weeks at Rotary, we are putting the spotlight on our members, who introduce each other to the club and fill in some interesting details about that person. In this edition of the newsletter, the spotlight is on Asch Mikhail and Roland Pagniano. Find out about them in this video.
Many of the 2014 Dublin A.M. Rotary Scholarship Winners recently visited the club to express their thanks and talk about the community projects in which they have been involved. Dublin A.M. presented $2,000 in each of the three high school, based upon Community Service, Demonstrated Leadership, Academic Achievement, Financial Need, and Living a Drug/Alcohol Free Lifestyle. They were introduced by Scholarship Committee chair Rick Schwieterman. You can meet them in this video.
We are adding an Archive section to the website to capture print documents that might be of interest for the future. Items that might be included are letters of thanks from individuals or organizations that have received grants or other assistance from Rotary, or other correspondence sent to us. If you have an item that you think should be included, please give it to Michael Blackwell. It will be returned once it is digitized, if you want it back.
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px;"><img align="left" alt="Image" class="AddImageButtonImage" src="https://www.crsadmin.com/Gen/Accounts/5164/General/1c8371c5-ba2a-4323-adbc-4a534650a663.jpg" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left;" />In addition to the &quot;Rotary Touchpoints Guide&quot; posted on the <a href="http://www.dublinamrotary.org/" target="_blank">website</a>, we now have a list of everyone&#39;s touchpoints so far. It is now current as of the end of April. Look on the right of the page, under &quot;Club Documents.&quot;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px;">Currently, the Touchpoints system, is under review. For now, let&#39;s be clear about how to get touchpoints and what the touchpoints are.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px;">To submit your touchpoints for consideration, please email your name, the date, and what you did for Rotary to <a href="mailto:RotaryTouchPoints@gmail.com">RotaryTouchPoints@gmail.com</a>. </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">If you don&#39;t use email--hey, not everyone does!--tell Rich Weber or Michael Blackwell. Committee chairs, please remember to report your committee member&#39;s touchpoints!</span></p>
<p>Here&#39;s a list of the current Touchpoints:</p>
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I would like to thank those of you who have attended Murali Ramisetty’s presentation recently at our club. As many of you have requested, attached is the slide presentation that Ramisetty showed. Click here for photos at this event. Click here for photos of usage of water backpacks and safe water plants that I visited in Warangal on my previous visit to India.
Murali Ramisetty is a full-time social worker, heading MARI (Modern Architects of Rural India) and FAN SA (Freshwater Action Network of South Asia) NGOs. Of the many social work programs that he/MARI are involved in, I am keen on the “safe water plants/water purification systems.” He/MARI have installed 39 such plants and are planning to set up more in AP. Here are some reasons we should be interested:
1. Having executed one social work program in Warangal through Murali/MARI, which is the distribution of 300 free water backpacks to tribal villagers, I am convinced with the efficacy/integrity/sincerity of MARI. They have lower overheads and a dedicated team, headed by a passionate social worker, Murali. Either through our Rotary or Tony Somers of PackH20 & Grief, we are planning to send another batch of water backpacks to tribal villagers near Warangal, India
2. Proven technology (Reverse Osmosis) and backed by US based Safe Water Network (SWN) NGO
3. These safe water plants are self-sustaining ventures, with 20L of purified water being sold at Rs. 4
4. Water is purified indigenously in a village, as opposed to buying commercial grade and expensive purified water
5. This provides a long-term solution to various diseases borne throiugh drinking polluted water
Depending on our budget and other international projects that we are and will be involved in 2014, we can consider funding such safe water plants in India through Murali/MARI. As discussed earlier, we can consider reaching out to other Rotary clubs in our District for funding and participation.
I am also reached out to my friends of Indian origin in Columbus and Hyderabad, to consider sponsoring such plants in their ancestral villages in India. I myself am planning to sponsor one plant in my parent’s birth place/village in India and have verbal commitments from some of my high-school friends to do the same.
Together, we in Rotary can benefit an area that desperately needs our help.
Murali Ramisetty's presentation to the International Committee
Thanks to Mike Close and Cap Clegg for attending our recent Rotary literacy event, in which we were joined by the Dublin Foundation, the PTOs of Daniel Wright and Eli Pinney, and Columbus Metropolitan Library and the Friends of CML. We provided an author visit to four schools and are putting books into the hands of all Wright third graders, supporting literacy.
But let's let a better writer describe the event for us. Click here for coverage in the Dublin Villager.
A big thanks again to Claudia Trusty for providing Rotary bookmarks for the students of Daniel Wright and Eli Pinney!
Celebrating Literacy through a Great Community Partnership
We are in the early stages of planning a Mission Trip to fit LN-4 prosthetic hands on amputees. We are looking to travel to the Dominican Republic either in October 2014 or April 2015. The timing would depend on what works best for everyone.
In June 2012, Rotarians Jim Burness, Sue Burness, Sharon Kendall, Paul Buchanan, Rita Hook, Bonnie Coley-Malir, along with Harvey Hook, Sarah Lutz, and 2 Interact Students traveled to Santo Domingo in The Dominican Republic to fit LN-4 prosthetic hands (http://www.ln-4.org/). We were hosted by local Rotarians, who opened their homes to accommodate us and work on this project together. Most of the "advance" work had been done by them even before we arrived, making the experience very smooth. The fellowship we shared made the trip unforgettable, as they showed us around the capital city and even took us to a cocoa plantation. We also took one day to travel to Mission Emanuel, where Harvey Hook (The Gathering) has been traveling for many years, to work on a mission project. For us on that day, it was building a wheelchair ramp at Mission Emanuel's Health Clinic. We envision the next trip having a similar opportunity.
The biggest cost of this trip is the airfare. Currently, round trip tickets are between $650-$1000, depending on airline, stops, etc. The Rotarians picked us up at the airport, housed and fed us. For the Mission Emanuel volunteering, we stayed in the same hotel for 1 night as mission volunteers that came from all over the US. We ate at the hotel and I think that total cost was around $200. Some of us went to an all inclusive beach resort, of which there are many, on the front side of our trip.That part was a lot of fun but definitely optional
Two weeks ago, we received an email from the President of the Rotary Club that hosted us in Santo Domingo, asking when we were coming back and they were looking forward to working with us again. That's where we are now. At this point we are just looking at the level of interest in our club. If you have an interest in possibly going or just questions, you can talk to or email me or any of the above Rotarians.
I think I speak for all of us who went, when you get off the plane after the trip you are a different person. It was a life-changing experience.
Potential Mission Trip to the DR to Fit LN-4 Hands
Spring is here, the arctic vortex has released its icy grasp, and that means it's time for Dodger baseball. No, not those professionals in Los Angeles--they lose games. I'm talking about our Miracle League Team, the undefeated Dublin Dodgers. Their first game is Saturday, May 3rd, at 11 a.m. and, as always, we'll need volunteers to help. Look for the games to be posted as Rotary events. Please come out to assist. The games are fun, and the kids need (and love getting) your help.
Dublin A.M. recently had a visit from Interact students from the three high schools. Interact is Rotary's farm team: young people who care about giving to their communities learn about Rotary principles and work on projects that benefit others. It's always a wonderful day to see how much they give. Thanks to our Interact Leader Greg Gleaves and to the Rotarians who serve as advisors to the Interact Clubs: Cap Clegg, Raj Hora, Asch Mikhail, Claudia Trusty.
We heard from Coffman teacher/advisors Megan Burton and Karen Brothers, and fromstudent officers Kelly Shockley, Sue Strange, Jenni Slack, and Joy Head. Jerome was represented by advisor Jill Harris and student officers May Chen, Ridah Khan, Mahnoor Naqvi, and Sarah Han. Scioto advisor Andy Feicht could not be on hand, but the school was ably represented by student officer Sam Lyons.
This video of the Jerome presentation (chosen because it is the most suitable length for present purposes) nicely summarizes the many amazing things these young people do. All the videos can, however, be seen on our Club's Youtube channel.
Seeing how committed and excellent the students are always makes we old folks feel the future is in good hands. Thanks again to the Rotarians who are helping to guide them so we all have a better future!
Due to popular demand, we are continuing our coverage of The Rotary Spotlight, in which two of our members introduce each other to the club and tell us a bit about theirSpotlight partner. Your editor unfortunately missed one week of the Spotlight, but in this video we do have the pleasure of seeing Faye Herriott and Andy Keeler.
Did you know . . . . that Faye Herriot spend her summers and weekends on a farm in Blacklick, Ohio?
Dublin A.M. has developed a contact from Sierra Leone, a country recently wracked by civil war. We are providing LN-4 artificial hands (many people lost limbs in the war) and H2O Water Backpacks for distribution, but the people of this poor country could use more help. Next Friday, April 18, please consider bringing the following to our club meeting: household goods, especially cooking utensils (but not electric or gas appliances--electricity or gas is often unavailable); clothing of any size, men's, women's, or children's; books; or medical equipment, such as crutches, wheelchairs, scooters , prosthetics. All will be shipped to Sierra Leone without cost to us. Thanks!
As you have perhaps seen, another stride in eradicating polio has been made: the World Health Organization has declared India to be polio free. As long as Polio remains in the world (and nearby countries have seen some increase in cases due to civil strife), India and many other nations will remain at risk. Still, this is a time of celebration for India, the world, and Rotary, which has done so much eradicate this horrible disease. Click here for a CNN news story.
Once again Rotarians have had excellent reasons to brave cold weather early on Friday mornings, with speakers who are engaged, informative, and enjoyable.
Kathy Gill, COO and Publisher of CityScene spoke on the changes faces media creators in the digital age. The changes crated by moving from print environment to a operation to an online and virtual realm have been profound and far-reaching. What worked even 20 years ago no longer works in marketing and messaging now. In this video, Kathy shares some of these changes, including some that can help any business owner market better today.
In addition, Dr GeorgiAnn Dinanco, Drug Support Specialist, spoke about Strides for Sobriety, an organization that benefits young people who are trying to recover from addiction. Often, addition treatment is not covered by health insurance, leaving teens (once they are no longer treated for suicide or medical symptoms) unable to be in rehabilitation and at grave risk for recidivism. In this video, Dr. Dinanco discusses who is at risk and also an upcoming fundraiser (for which Dublin AS.M. is a major contributor) to help.
At a recent meeting, Ann Ralston gave an excellent presentation on the Dublin A.M. Rotary Foundation, Rotary International Foundation, and Paul Harris Fellowships. It was a brief and clear explanation of what these groups do and how they help people all over the world. She also thanked Rick Schwieterman for completing his fourth Paul Harris donation and Cap Clegg for completing his third. She also welcomed Jeff Schoener to our club's distinguished group of Paul Harris Fellows. Thanks, Rick, Cap, and Geoff!Watch this video of the ceremony.
Thanks to all Dublin A.M. Rotarians who helped keep order and promote safety at a blustery St. Patrick's Day Parade. You made sure it was not only the grandest and greenest but also the happiest and safest celebration. Good work!
Here's our list of honored marshals: Jim Bandeen, Paul Buchanan, Lou Charobee, Cap Clegg, Pete Fuhlbrigge, Robert Hoppe, Raj Hora, Sharon Kendall, Jim Listebarger, Ron Morgan, Ann Ralston, Julie Erwin-Rinaldi, Bill Rish (guest), Jeff Schoener, Dwight Seeley, and John Susie.
The past three weeks have brought a diversity of topics, from helping the young minds in need, through innovation in technology and business, to helping the terminally ill die in peace and comfort.
Former OSU Basketball and NBA star Lawrence Funderburke presented on his Youth Organization. Raised by a single mother in Columbus's Hilltop area, Funderburke knows what it means to grow up without advantages. With single-minded determination to create a better life, first for himself and then for his family, he has earned an advanced degree in addition to his OSU undergrad degree; he's a Certified Financial Planner, but his passion is helping young people succeed by taking advantage of education, especially through attention to finance. His story and his dedication are an inspiration. In this video, he discusses his organization's focus:
Bret Bordner, the Vice-President of Laser Reproductions ("a leading provider of rapid prototyping, manufacturing and product development services" in Columbus), spoke on 3D printing. Using spools of what look like fishing line, 3D printers are able to work directly from documents to create prototypes and even finished products, greatly simplifying, speeding up, and in some ways even revolutionizing the design and manufacturing process. Bret is shown here with some of the products produced by a 3D printer.
Steve Wishart of VITAS Healthcare spoke on the misconceptions and facts of hospice care. In this video (the darkness of which I apologize for), Steve discusses the hospice health benefit: when hospice care usually begins for patients, how the decision to begin hospice care is made, the importance of having directives for health care to ensure that one's wishes are followed in the event of health crises, and what VITAS does in the Dublin community.
We need to kick-start the Scholarship Committee very soon. So far, we've received applications from students at two the the three high schools and expect to hear from the third soon. Once we know many applications we have, we'll put together the timing and process by the end of the month. We'll review the candidates, pick the top one or two from each school and make a decision about whom to award the money. We'd welcome your participation. It's always amazing to see how much these young people have to offer, if difficult to decide between so many gifted and qualified candidates. You'll enjoy it! If interested, please let me know!
A few weeks back, we heard from Lawrence Funderburke about his foundation and youth organization, helping kids and especially those in the most disadvantaged areas get an education boost. After it, a number of us with him and among ourselves abut ways we could help, either by making connections with schools or through volunteering. If you'd be interested in participating in an initial dialog with him and in helping, please let Susan Robenalt, Claudia Trusty, or me know.
Just a reminder – We are collecting new and gently used CHILDRENS BOOKS!
Daniel Wright Elementary will host a book fair for its students, many who do not have access to books in their homes. The book fair will be held in May so kids will have books to read over the summer.
Books for this drive are for children in grades Pre-K thru 5th only (ages 4 to 12)
Bring your book donation to our club meetings on March 28
Please share the book drive with friends, co-workers and relatives
If you prefer to make a cash donation, we will purchase books on your behalf
Wendy Sheridan will be at the meetings to collect your books
We recently received this message from Andy Feicht, who works with our Interact Club at Scioto High School. Andy brought some of the students from Scioto to experience the Salvation Army Mobile Canteen. It turned out to be not only a great but a greatly educational experience for them:
Five kids came for the first part (cooking the meal), which may have been 1 or 2 too many. They got in each others' way as much helped each other. Still, they had fun working in the kitchen and getting to know each other.
For the second part (driving downtown in the canteen and serving the food), two students joined me and and one of my friends. It was awesome taking the kids out and letting them see firsthand how people outside of their "bubble" actually live. They talked about how much it helped them to appreciate what they have in their lives. It was especially alarming for them to see kids of their own age coming out to receive the food. My students were surprised at how friendly and thankful all of the people were to be receiving the food they didn't think would make a great meal. Overall it was a fantastic experience for them, both fun and meaningful. It made them, and me, realize how many privileges we enjoy and how much work we all have to do to help everyone in Central Ohio have what they need.
Our organization has just celebrated the 109th anniversary of its founding. As part of the celebration, the room where it all started is being moved, renovated, and being made more accessible and interesting for visitors. Here are some of the details. If you're ever in Chicago, it's worth a visit to see how history was made.Enjoy!
23 February 1905 was a cold winter night, but Paul and Sylvester were used to the cold of Chicago's winters, and after dinner, they walked to the Unity Building to meet two other men in Room 711 of the Unity Building. www.room711.org is where the story begins.
Visit this website for 10 minutes, 10 hours, or 10 years of enjoyable reading. Share it with your friends. It's the true story of one man's dream, made greater by millions of Rotarians. There's a great video there of the early years.
Room 711, which has been located on the 16th floor of Rotary World Headquarters in Evanston, IL since 1993, has been recently relocated to the 1st floor. Visitors will have better access to the room which will become part of a larger visitor experience that is being developed. A re-dedication and ribbon cutting was held on 21 February 2014 with many 711 Club members in attendance. 711 Club President Dick Galitz spoke about the significance of the room and its place in Rotary's history.
In the photo, History and Archives Manager Stephanie Giordano, 711 Club President Dick Galitz, and Deputy General Secretary Pete DeBerge cut the ribbon at the dedication of Room 711 at RI World Headquarters.
The Speaker's Committee continues to give us good reasons to get up early on a Friday mornings.
Recent speakers have included, among others, Dave Kott, Erica Shell Castro, and the club's own Steve Smith.
Dave Kott, Chair of District 6690 Rotary Foundation, discussed how Rotary's Foundation works at the local, district, and international levels, as well as giving us interesting facts about and ways to give to foundation locally or at the district or higher levels. In this video, he thanks a few members of Dublin A.M. who have been playing important district roles as well as setting out the Rotary Foundation's main goals and areas of focus.
Erica Shell Castro is the Executive Director of Montaña de Luz. This "Mountain of Light" is a home for children HIV/AIDS in Honduras. Erica notes that "Montaña de Luz began as a place of rescue and hope for children living with HIV/AIDS, at the top of a small mountain in south central Honduras. In 2001, it welcomed its first child, and by 2010 it had grown to be a home for 35 children of all ages, complete with clean living quarters, purified water, proper medical care, loving staff, educational support and a nurturing family atmosphere." Advances in medicine have allowed it to become a launching pad and not just a hospice, but the need for help is still great. Visit their website for more information.
Steve Smith gave us an update on curling, a fun and accessible Winter Olympic sport, which (amazingly enough) one does NOT have to be young and formidably athletic to enjoy immensely.
Steve began with this video from the Columbus Dipspatch, taken of members of his curling club, setting out the basics of the game, including scoring.
He then presented on the sport's history, Olympic tradition, and fun factors, as we see in this video.
If you'd like to see a speaker on a particular topic or know of someone who would make an interesting speaker, please let Faith Williams know.
Don't forget you can see more great club photos on our Facebook Page and our Flickr page, as well as videos of the speaker's presentation on our Youtube page.
The Rotary Global History Fellowship exists to give Rotarians messages about our rich traditions:The fellowship accumulates and preserves the complete history, values, and philosophy of the Rotary movement, as well as encourages others to do the same at every level of the Rotary movement, and publishes those histories, values, and philosophies. If you never visited the site, it is well worth a look. It includes among other pages one called "What Paul Harris Said" that sets out the philosophy of Rotary in Harris' words in brief snippets. Included is this radio interview from 1945, in which Harris describes how Rotary was founded and what he hoped for it in the present and the future. His message will still seem timely today. Enjoy!
Jim Bush has removed his "red badge" and become a fully-fledged Rotarian. Jim, Vice-President of First City Bank, and his wife Lisa are Dublin residents. He was instrumental in the success of our recent Polar Bear Open. Congratulate Jim when you see him. Jim, welcome, and thanks for all the great things you've done for the Club so far.
And speaking of the Polar Bear Open, this year's event was a great success. Thanks to Sinan Yaykin, who started the planning, Sarah Richardson who saw the day through to completion, and the whole team who supported Polar Bear. Rich Weber and Amy Barnhart report the following:
We had 112 golfers
The golf club raffle sold all 50 tickets, so it grossed $1000
The regular raffle brought in around $1,123
The live Woodhouse Spa Package Auction brought in $500
Income was over $21,000, and nearly all of it has been collected already
Expenses are likely to be small, so nearly all of the funding can go to our great causes!
Thanks to our generous sponsors, with special nods to Asch for the great food and Alan for the Spa Package: Medical Mutual of Ohio, Stratos Wealth Partners, Underwood Orthodontics, Dublin Cleaners, Dublin Springs Hospital, First City Bank, and the Dental Care Plus Group.
In the last two weeks, we've heard from informative expert speakers a two widely diverse topics: the treatment of childhood cancers and the Iraq War.
Dr. Timothy Cripe, Division Chief of Oncology at Nationwide Children's Hospital, discussed the challenges confronting he research and cure of childhood cancer. New and innovative treatments are needed to make progress, and yet many of the treatments are unbillable to insurance; meanwhile, funding for childhood cancers is surprisingly inadequate when compared for funding for many other types of cancer. As a result, the resources and funding to treat the number one disease killer of children can be difficult to find. Nevertheless, Nationwide Children's has built an expert team and become a leader in the field. At once humble, passionate, engaging, and informative, Dr. Cripe quickly made many friends at Dublin A.M. In this short clip, he discusses cancer funding and introduces us to a patient, and concludes his talking points:
Dr. Dr. Peter Mansoor, General Raymond Mason Chair of Military History, OSU, has recently written a book on the Iraq War: Surge: My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War. Providing an insiders view of the Surge--a massive increase in U.S. forces that pacified the country after an outbreak of civil war following the U.S. occupation--Dr. Mansoor honestly and thoughtfully analyzed the errors in judgement that created an unstable climate in Iraq while revealing how U.S. forces learned from experience to enlist the aid of Iraqis to pacify the country, if only temporarily. His impressive analysis created lots of questions and certainly left us better informed about a world trouble spot. In this clip, he discusses the effects of the Surge:
Faith Williams and the Speaker's Committee continue to do an outstanding job bringing thoughtful and engaging speakers on a wide variety of topics. If you know of a speaker from whom we should hear, let Faith know!
This year's annual Progressive Dinner was yet another great success. Thanks to Sharon Kendall, Paul Buchanan, Susan Robenalt, Sue and Jim Burness, and Ron Morgan for opening their homes and providing warmth on a very cold night. Thanks, too, to the mystery family who briefly hosted Sue Burness for dessert. Funny story--you'll have to ask her for details. Thanks to Alan Reuter and the Fellowship Committee for working out yet another fun event!
In January, Dublin A.M.'s Board regretfully accepted resignations from Bill Young and Ricard Ulm. Both have other commitments or an increase in business that prevents them from continuing. To both, we send thanks for their service to Rotary and to the Dublin Community with a wish that they rejoin us if time ever allows.
Once again the Speaker's Committee, headed by Faith Williams, has given Rotarians great reasons to get out of bed early, even on the coldest of winter days.
Celeste Carano presented on More Than Me, an organization that helps girls in Liberia, Africa. They work with community leaders to identify girls at risk of being forced into sexual or domestic slavery in one of the world's poorest slums. The girls are given an education and support to ensure that their lives become about opportunity and achievement rather than exploitation and misery. It's at tough fight: the opportunities in a country disrupted by civil war and cultural divisions are often all too few. Still, More Than Me has success stories and is providing hope where there would otherwise be none. You can find out more about More Than Me here, including how to give to the foundation.
In this video, Celeste talks about how the organization was started and introduces us to some of the young women it has helped.
We also heard from Dublin City Schools Superintendant Dr. Todd Hoadley. Todd is working to to take an already great school district, and make it even more excellent. He presented some biographical information and then discussed some of the challenges that he and our teachers face with new state-wide curricula in a time of increasing student diversity in Dublin.
In this video, Todd discusses the "whirlwind of changes in public education" clearly but compellingly. His energy and passion are clear; Dublin AM members have reason to be pleased that, even though we miss David Axner as a member, our schools continue to be in excellent hands and will become even better as our educators and student prepare to provide and receive the best of 21st-Century educations.
Don't forget you can see our speaker's presentations in their entirety on our Youtube Channel.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Salvation Army Bell Ringing this year. It was a smashing success!This year, our club alone raised more than $19,000. If you add to that the amount we contributed to the Adopt A Family program, it was well over $21,000 cash money that we contributed to those causes. This money is not a line item in our budget because of how it is raised, and so we might forget it later in the year; however, as you think of all the other great fundraising we'll do this year, keep it in mind and be very proud of how much you've done, and are doing, to help those in need.
Incidentally, we don't yet know if we rang the bell more hours than Kiwanis in our friendly competition with them. Details on that as soon as I know them!
The Polar Bear Open is this Saturday, February 1, and Old Man Winter, batting 1,000 in January, is going to strike out big time on that day. Sub-zero temperatures will give way to a high of 40 degrees. Don't miss this chance to celebrate the first day of real golfing weather 2014, laugh at Old Man Winter's feeble attempt to frustrate us, and help Dublin A.M. help our community
Remember, you don't have to be good at glf. In fact, you don't even have to have played ever before. It's fun, and you'll earn the bragging rights to say you golfed in February in Ohio. Click here to sign up. Why not sign up a foursome--the more golfers, the more fun! A light breakfast and great lunch are included for the February 1st shotgun start at Safari Golf Club. See you there!
Our December speakers presented on very diverse topics but were both very enjoyable.
Jeff Sondles told us about the Liberty Aviation Museum in Port Clinton, an excellent outing for families and anyone interested in the history of aviation history. In this video, Jeff tells us about some new buildings and provides information on their vintage B-25, which actually still flies.
Our own Rev. Steve Smith told us about Hanukkah traditions. In addition to playing a mean lead guitar for the band Rev'd Up, Steve is gifted at explaining the history of biblical times in a way at once clear and fascinating. His holiday presentation is always enjoyed by the club. In this video, having explained the historical geography, Steve explains how the Maccabees were able to create a Jewish state in Palestine for the first time in centuries, leading to the start of the Festival of Lights.
In a world in which there is so much need, it can be difficult to decide how best to make a difference. One option for truly helping is to give to The Rotary Foundation. I did so as part of the holidays, and I encourage you to consider it. This thank-you message from the foundation explains why it is so vital:
"Thanks to your support of the Annual Fund, a teacher will have books and supplies for her students, an expectant mother will receive regular prenatal care, and neighbors will greet each other around their newly constructed well.
Rotarians are the hands, eyes, and ears of The Rotary Foundation. Because they understand the communities they serve, Rotarians can identify the most pressing needs and work in the most efficient way to produce sustainable solutions. Through our Foundation, Rotarians provide essential resources and expertise to these projects, increasing both their scope and their effectiveness. Thank you formaking these vital efforts a priority."
A Merry Christmas to all and my thanks to you for all you have done for the world through Rotary and for trusting me with the honor of being your president.
Club Member Sinan Yaykin is sojourning in Vienna and took the opportunity to exchange Rotary pennants with a club there.
Sinan reports, "During my time here, I had a chance to visit the Rotary Club of Wien-Ring in the first district. They meet every Friday at 1 PM in the famous Hotel Sacher (where John F. Kennedy, Indira Gandhi and Queen Elizabeth had stayed), and were very welcoming. I have included my picture with the president exchanging our banners for you to enjoy.
I will be back in Central Ohio in mid-February and certainly will come to one of our Dublin A.M. meetings. Till then, Happy New Year to everyone!"
Thanks to all of the Dublin AM Rotary members and their family members who donated money, shopped or wrapped gifts for the Adopt-a-Family program! A special thanks to Bruce Andrews for his leadership with the Rotary sponsored Salvation Army efforts throughout the year and to Susan Robenalt for once again taking the lead on organizing the shopping efforts of our very special and dedicated shoppers! We were able to purchase gifts for 29 children and their family members in need this year! Families served by both the Salvation Army and the Dublin Counseling Center received gifts as a result of your generosity.
We are grateful to all who were involved in this giving campaign. Please know that your efforts and your contributions made a tremendous difference in ensuring that needy, vulnerable families in our community have a happy holiday. Only the families with the highest degree of need were chosen to receive gifts. You've given them a Christmas they would otherwise not have and have made Central Ohio a happier place over the holidays.
The Dublin AM Rotary’s Literacy Committee is at it again! All of the third graders in the Dublin City School District received their own copies of “A Student’s Dictionary” from the Dublin AM Rotary on Monday, November 18th. The picture(s) below are of 3rd graders from Thomas Elementary School who had just received their dictionaries from our Literacy Chair Claudia Trusty and Superintendent Dr. Todd Hoadley. It was pajama and reading day at the school so everyone was perfectly attired and psyched for the event! I think that Claudia and Dr. Hoadley were in their street clothes, but there are no pictures to prove it. The students thanked the Rotary for their dictionaries in the 19 different languages currently used at the school! Over 1,200 3rd graders received dictionaries this year across the District!
Claudia explained that an English as Second Language (ESL) teacher stopped her and wanted her to tell the Club that the dictionaries have been a very helpful tool with their ESL students. This effort is especially significant given the State of Ohio’s 3rd Grade Reading Guarantee, which focuses on reading skills and reading improvement.
The dictionaries are funded through the Club’s Community Services budget and a grant that we received from District 6690 and is an annual literacy initiative facilitated by the Club’s Literacy Committee.
Happy reading!
Dictionaries Arrive on Pajama and Reading Day at Thomas Elementary!
Golfers of all ages and abilities have the opportunity to face Central Ohio's biggest links challenge: The Polar Bear Open. We'll tackle Safari Golf Club, made even more challenging by February weather. Neither rain nor snow nor sleet nor missed shots will keep us from the swift completion of our appointed round, after which we'll enjoy great chili from Sunny Street Cafe. $80 gets a cart, a goodie bag, food, and the right to brag about playing golf in Ohio in February. Great raffle prizes will be on hand too. It's great fun even if you don't really play golf. Reach out to your friends and sign up now!
In mid- to late November, we heard about helping the needy (and especially the elderly) in Central Ohio, Helping Vets on our wonderful Veterans' Flight, and the Columbus Blue Jackets' efforts to build a contender:
In this video, Chuck Gering of LifeCare Alliance tells us about his organization, which doe so very much in Central Ohio, including providing Meals on Wheels, Cancer Support, and ever so much more.
In this video, Dave Williamson gives an overview of this year's Veteran's Flight to Washington, including information about the two vet who were honored. Special thanks this year to John Miller for flying to our Capitol, and to Mohan Viddam for making a contribution that paid for the aviation fuel.
Finally, in this video, Greg Kirstin, Senior VP of the Columbus Blue Jackets, tells us about some of the front office changes that have happened this year at the Columbus Blue Jackets as they work to build a contender and win the Stanley Cup.
Don't forget you can see videos of the entire presentations on our Club's YouTube channel, including all of Greg's presentation on the Blue Jackets.
Many hands made short work as we put Rotary bookplates in the dictionaries we are going to give (again) to every Dublin City Schools' Third Graders. There were a total of 1,200 dictionaries donated this year! I would like to thank Claudia Trusty, Dave Holliday, Marilee Chinnici-Zuercher, Bonnie Coley-Malir and Jim Warburton for helping, and for the Administration of Dublin City Schools for joining in.
Thanks for Help Putting Rotary Bookplates in our Project Dictionaries
Thanks to everyone who helped families get holiday meals on November 23rd: Marilee Chinnici-Zuercher, Lisa Blackwell, Sharon Kendall, Paul Buchanan, Laurie Penland, Ramona Penland-Coyle, Valerie Pesson, Tony Gugliemotto, Michale Shuchter, and Jim Warburton. (Editor Blackwell is working from someone's memory of an event he couldn't attend--sorry to anyone I missed!). Thanks in part to your help, the Dublin Food Pantry was able to provide meals for 250 families, who would not have had a Thanksgiving family meal otherwise. Wonderful Work!
We are looking for volunteers to help receive and stock goods at the Dublin Food Pantry on Monday, December 9th, starting at 5 pm. Many hands make short work! Teenagers are welcome. If you can't make it by 5, get there as soon as you can. All help is appreciated! Sign up to volunteer in Clubrunner or talk with me
Thanks for Your Help at the Dublin Food Pantry in Nov, and Another Chance to Help in Dec
The Salvation Army of Central Ohio, has recently began to provide short-term, emergency housing to human trafficking victims at an undisclosed location. The Guest House is Central Ohio's only emergency shelter for
victims of human trafficking.
To make this location safe and welcoming to escaping victims, The Salvation Army is in need of individuals willing to donate their time and talents in the following areas:
-Licensed Electrician
-Qualified Plumber
-General Contractor (kitchen and bathroom repair) Please e-mail Samantha Hudson at samantha.hudson@use.salvationarmy.orgif you are willing to help in this capacity or support someone who is able to do the work.
Samantha Hudson, LSW
Anti-Human Trafficking Specialist
The Salvation Army, Columbus
Office (740) 369-4821 EXT 215
Work Cell -(614) 935-1511
Central Ohio Rescue and Restore http://centralohiorescueandrestore.org/
Plan to join us for our only Holiday Party this year, at Tartan Fields on Thursday, December 5 with drinks and appetizers at 6:00 pm and dinner at 7:00 pm.
You'll have great fun with a photo booth on site and visiting with new and old friends!
The price for this priceless evening is $35 per person. And remember, there is no meeting the day after the party - so you won't have to wake up early for Rotary on Dec 6!!!
Fun, a memorable evening, a Rotary touchpoint, and no early-morning alarm--what could be better?
Please come to a special Rotary Day/Night at the Columbus Zoo!
This is an opportunity to visit one of the greatest zoos in the world and see Christmas lights like none other. What a great way to involve the Family of Rotary! Thanks to the Rotary Club of Columbus for arranging this opportunity.
Rotary Day at the Zoo is December 17th. In your email, you've already received an invite and a voucher for discount tickets and free parking. If you need another copy, though, call or email Michael Blackwell.
Hope to see you there!
Bart P. Mahoney
District Governor 2013-2014 Rotary Club of Whitehall-Bexley
The Rotary Reveille was on temporary hiatus due to the editor's schedule, but we're back with all the Rotary news that's fit to print, and maybe some that isn't, in a detail-packed holiday edition of the newsletter. Lots of great events are happening in Dublin for the holidays, and Rotary has many fellowship and community giving opportunities this month. If you can find any time around our Holiday Party and our first Saturday of Salvation Army Bell Ringing, make sure to attend the Tree Lighting on December 5th and the Historic Holly Days on December 7th: music, dancing, gingerbread houses, animals from Columbus Zoo, live reindeer, and of course the Big Elf himself will be on hand. Click here for full details. See you there!
Happy Thanksgiving and Best Wishes for a Joyous Holiday
My Company, Halcyon Solutions, is seeking help from Dublin AM Rotarians to find IT jobs for the recently graduated class of military veterans. Halcyon has been training military Veterans free of cost in IT (software testing) for the past two years, and helping them get jobs. Halcyon has about a 70% success rate finding jobs for these Veterans. We train about 5-10 Veterans in each batch. Our current class, which started on September 23, 2013, graduated on Fri., Nov 1st, and we are looking for jobs for them.
Some of the veterans from this class are willing to relocate outside Columbus. You can find downloadable resumes for all our trained veterans.
Click here for more information about our free and non-profit IT training for Veterans. Attached is the Veterans training program brochure. Halcyon wishes that more Employers can partner with us, to help veterans by giving them jobs after the training. Halcyon is also planning to providing customized training in non-IT skills, such as Customer Support, Help Desk, Call Centers, etc., in order to reach out to more veterans.
Please help us and the veterans by referring veterans to us, so we can consider them for our future IT training classes. Also, please introduce employers in your area to Halcyon and our vets, so that they can partner to provide jobs to our trained Veterans.
Here is a list of some companies in Columbus, who are currently hiring Software Testers, in which Halcyon’s Veterans are trained: 31 Gifts, NetJets, DSW, Big Lots, Worthington Industries, Honda, Limited, Abercrombie, Battelle, OSU, State Auto, Safe Auto, Safelite Autoglass, Nationwide Insurance, JPM Chase, OCLC, Scotts Miracle-Gro, Mettler-Toledo, Huntington Bank, various State Agencies of Ohio, AEP, BMW Financial Services, Grange Insurance, NiSource, OhioHealth, Progressive Medical, CenturyLink, White Castle and Wendys. Companies in Northern Ohio include Keybank, Smuckers, Medical Mutual of Ohio, GoodYear, Timken, Progressive Insurance, Nestle and Diebold, while Southern Ohio includes Fifth Third bank, P&G, Great American Insurance and Kroger.
If you have an HR contact at any company that hires for IT, please let them know about a great source for trained and reliable help.
For more information, please contact me, and thanks.
Kiwanis Club has shown surprising and admirable spirit of late, stepping well above its weight class to challenge reigning champion Dublin A.M. Rotary for the honor of ringing the Salvation Army Red Kettle Bell the most hours this holiday season.
Let's watch this video from the Club's Bell Ringing Expert Bruce Andrews, who provides us with details of THE CHALLENGE and also helpful hints on avoiding bell-ringing injuries while in competition.
Some shifts are still waiting at Kroger Bridge Street, Kroger Perimeter, and Anderson's, December 7, 4, or 21. Sign up on the Club's website (see Events), if you haven't yet.
Because this time, yes, it's personal. The Club's pride rests on you. And your children. And your grandchildren. And your dogs. This is a great family event. Why not sign up now!
This Time, It's Personal: Ring the Bell, and Beat Kiwanis
Come on out for our second annual wine tasting. Bring two identical bottles of wine and an appetizer. Wine expert Raj Hora will put them in covers so we can do blind tasting. He'll also provide expert instruction in wine tasting, with score sheets. We'll taste a bit of wine, score the results, and award prizes to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd finishers. Great company, great wine (mostly), and great company. Thanks to hosts Sharon Kendall and Paul Buchanan for opening their home for this event!
We are delighted to have Laurie Penland join Dublin A.M. Rotary! According to her sister, Dublin A.M. Rotarian Ramona Penland-Coyle, Laurie is the "nice one." Please welcome Laurie and help make sure she feels at home! Please click on this video to see her remarks upon being inducted.
We received the following information about the Rotary Global Essay Competition, with a request to pass it along. It looks to be a great way to make new Rotary friends and take a trip to a fascinating destination. It could be a great opportunity for a Rotarian or an Interact student!
Dear Friends,
I am District Governor of District 3131 Pune, India and on behalf of my district and members wish you all a great year ahead. Together we will make this world a better place to live.
I am writing to you all to appraise you on a unique event that our district is organizing this year. One of the clubs in my district, RC Pune Katraj has organized a global essay competition (ROGEC) with a view to Engage Rotarians and allow them a platform to express themselves on global issues concerning Rotary. The theme for the year is World Understanding and Peace.
This competition is open to all Rotarians, Anns, Annets, Rotaractors and Interactors from across Rotary world. The winners will be invited to India for 5 days and will get involved in various informative and cultural activities.
A literature is attached with this mail giving elaborate information. Detailed information is available on www.rogec.org and updates are available on www.facebook.com/rogec2013.
I request you to circulate this mail among your members, share this information through your Club bulletins and encourage participation in this event from your club.
Looking forward to a great year ahead.
Regards,
Rtn. Dr. Deepak Shikarpur
District Governor, RID 3131, INDIA
Thanks to our Speakers Committee, led by Faith Williams, for bringing in more great speakers to enlighten and entertain us on our Friday mornings. Remember, if you have a great idea for a speaker, reach out to Faith!
Recently we heard from Harvey Hook, husband of our own Rita "Smiley" Hook, on how his organization, The Gathering, has partnered with Mission Emanuel in the Dominican Republic. One the the loveliest countries in the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic is also one of the most desperately impoverished. These two organizations are doing amazing and heartening work lifting people out of poverty by providing education opportunities, building a medical center, sponsoring medical and dental missions, improving sanitation and access to water, and partnering with Rotary to help accomplish more than any single group could do alone. Thanks to Harvey and to all who help him give the children of the DR a brighter future.
John Algie, President and GM of the Columbus Machine, told us about how professional lacrosse is growing in popularity as a spectator sport. He encouraged people interested in a fast-moving and fun spectator sport to come watch a game.
In this video, John tell us about the beginnings of the Machine and of professional lacrosse.
On a more serious topic, Ohio Representative Teresa Fedor told us about recent developments in Ohio's Human Trafficking laws, with an emphasis on how big the problem is in every area of our state and how legislators are working in a bi-partisan way to help combat this shameful final vestige of slavery.
In this video, Rep. Fedor talks about the horrific effects of human trafficking and explains how what is sometimes dismissed as voluntary or victimless is generally neither. Her passion on solving a problem that is very much in alignment with Rotary's principles is inspiring.
Remember that you can watch videos of the full speakers' presentations on our YouTube channel.
Former member and still club friend Sharon Custer has been traveling the world. Her most recent trip was to Spain and Portugal. While there, she stopped to take pictures at Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in Europe. When she saw this monument, she had to send us a photo to show Rotary's international reach. She sends her best to everyone!
International Services has supported a part-time medical assistants for an orphanage in Chisinau, Moldova for two years. Rita and Harvey Hook's daughter, Rachel, and her husband, John Koon, are missionaries at this La Via orphanage. Formerly in the Soviet block, Moldova is a very poor country where many parents abandon their children to seek work in another country.
For this year, we have supplied funds to hire a new assistant, Donica.
Donica will work with 60 children who come from socially-vulnerable families or who have been orphaned. These children are taught basic hygiene like bathing and proper dental care. They also are checked regularly for lice and other medical issues which then need to be addressed by a medical doctor, dentist or ophthalmologist. In after school programs, the children learn how to wash themselves and their clothing and to maintain good personal hygiene and clean living environments.
The Membership Committee regretfully announces two resignations, both from members who changes in life do not currently leave them time to participate fully.
Thanks very much Neil Thompson and Dr. David Axner for their contributions to our club and for having enriched our lives.
Thanks to Rick Weber, who presented on Dublin AM Rotary's finances: where the money comes from, where it gets spent, and what we have on hand now. Between the efforts of Treasurer/Secretary Rich and Bookkeeper Amy Barnhart, Dublin AM's financial house is always in order, with 100% transparency and accountability.
Also presenting were former OSU Football stalwarts Ryan Miller and Craig Krenzel, who discussed OSU's upcoming football season. Funny, lively, and articulate, Ryan and Craig engaged their audience with a detailed look at both offense and defense for 2013. They predict a great year but warn that OSU, should the Buckeyes make it through the season undefeated, will face a level of competition in a national title game far greater than they have seen all year, It may take as much focus and effort to win any final game as it does to go the entire rest of the season without a loss.
In this video, selected because of its great commitment to supporting literacy, Ryan Miller discusses his Second and Seven Foundation, which gets college and high school athletes into elementary schools to foster reading. If you want to hear about prospects for OSU's 2013 season, please visit our YouTube page for videos of Ryan and Craig's complete presentation.
I'm happy to report that the International Services Committee continues to make progress on existing initiatives even as it creates new ones.
We are partnering with PackH20 to send water backpacks to India, Haiti, and Kenya.
We will have mission opportunities in 2014 to Nairobi, Kenya, to provide healthcare seminars and distribute reading glasses, and to India to work in leper colonies and provide glasses and dental care. We may have opportunities to fir LN-4 artificial hands as well. Either will cost $3,200 but also offer opportunities to go on safari or see the Taj Mahal. The trips are open to Rotarians and families.
We are helping support John and Rachel Koon, who made a presentation to the club in July about their mission to Moldova. They will let us know when they have hired new medical staff to assist so we can send funding.
In our school libraries in Turkey project, the small portable libraries were stored for the summer, but will be redeployed in September. We will see photos. We are partnering with the Literacy Committee on a fund raising shredding event to support this effort. We will also be receiving a $500 District 6690 grant.
So far, we have spent $1,196 of our total budget of our $13,000 budget.
Thanks to committee members Lisa Blackwell, Jim Burness, John Cunningham, Faye Herriott, Rita Hook, Sharon Kendall, Wold Lant, John, Miller, Susan Robenalt, Debbie Sheppard, Mohan Viddam, Scott Williamson, and Sinan Yaykin.
We meet the second Friday of each month. Please join us!
Rotarian of the Year Mohan Viddam has provided us on an update on his company's Veterans training program:
"We are glad to announce that our next class for military Veterans in IT (SQA; Software Testing) is scheduled to start on Mon, September 23, 2013. Please refer Veterans to contact Alan Day (aday@halcyonit.com ; 614-322-3951), if they are interested in attending this free 5 week course at our Dublin office. A few Employers in Northern Ohio and one in Pittsburgh, PA, are also interested in partnering with Halcyon by giving jobs to our trained Veterans. Accordingly, we are hoping that some of the Veterans in our next class would be willing to relocate to Northern Ohio or Pittsburgh. We are also open to Veterans, currently residing in Northern Ohio and Pittsburgh, to come to Columbus and attend the course. Classes are held from 6PM-8PM every week-day.
We hope that Employers in Central and Northern Ohio will continue to partner with Halcyon, by offering jobs in SQA to our trained Veterans. Click here to know more about our “Halcyon’s Veteran’s Workforce Development Program.” Halcyon started this program at the end of 2011, and is having 70% success rate in places vets with jobs. We have started interviewing Veterans to be considered for our next class. Thanks!"
This program gives valuable IT skills that make our vets competitive in the job market. Thanks, Mohan, for what you do for our vets and our community!
The BIG GIVE, held for 24 hours from September 17 11am - September 18 at 11am, is hosted by the Columbus Foundation to celebrate the 'spirit of Columbus.' The Columbus Foundation, its donors and community partners have provided a $1 million bonus pool to encourage community support. The $1million will be prorated to participating organizations.
There are over 600 non-profits who are eligible for contributions. Our Foundation is one of them. We'll be listed at THE DUBLIN AM ROTARY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION. The minimum donation is $20 and the Columbus Foundation is covering ALL credit card fees, so the money you donate goes directly to the organization.
Please share this link and information with your friends, colleagues, employees and on your social media sites and encourage contributions to The Dublin AM Rotary Charitable Foundation.
Lots of fun fellowship events are coming up! On September 13, join your fellow Rotarians for a Perfect Party and Scotch Tasting, brought to you with the help of the Master of the Single Malt, the Perfectionist of Peat taste, Mike Close, and host Ramona Penland-Coyle. The same procedures as usual apply: bring an appetizer, dessert, or perhaps even main course of your choice, bring the beverage of your choice, and bring some friends. Weather permitting, we will be using her beautiful patio and fire pit. Participation in the Scotch tasting will be $25.00/person. The choice is yours ... just attend the Perfect Party and watch with envy the Scotch Tasting, or join us for both!
In addition, on September 10, we'll have our monthly Tuesday at Tutto Vino event with good times at great wine. I hope you've already RSVP'd for that. Check your email for an invite.
Later in the year, we'll celebrate an OSU victory at the Bogey Inn in October, and enjoy a "Plaid Bag" wine tasting in November, while the Holiday Party and a Zoo Lights event will glitter in December. More details about how to RSVP will follow on the website and newsletter.
Faith Williams and the Speaker's Committee continue to bring informative speakers each week. Dublin A.M. Rotary has moved to a touch points attendance system, but, between good fellowship and enjoyable presentations, we still have great reasons to come to every Friday meeting.
Kristin Yorko, an engineer from the City of Dublin, discussed storm water management. Kristin proved that proper water management is not only essential for preventing floods and harmful pollutant run-off, but is also an interesting topic. Her department's efforts have helped to cleanup the Scioto and in its many tributaries in Dublin despite Dublin 's explosive growth in the past 30 years. The are an essential part of planning in all development.In this video clip, Kristin discusses outreach efforts to create awareness about Dublin's water barrel program and algae prevention efforts.
Elizabeth Harsh of the Ohio Beef Council and Ohio Cattleman's Association also visited to talk about the activities of her two organizations and to give us some interesting news about the nutritional value of beef. Her pesentation was a useful bookend to a talk we heard last year on the benefits of a vegetarian diet that encouraged us to "eat nothing coming from anything that has a face." It would seem that, whatever ethical advantages a vegetarian diet may have, noted author Michal Pollan's advice to "eat real food, not too much, and mostly vegetables" may be the best diet for most people. In this video, Elizabeth discusses beef's nutritional properties.
You can see more of both speaker's presentations on our Youtube site.
Have a good suggestion for a speaker? Make sure to tell Faith Williams and the Speaker's Committee!
Mime Migliori and Samantha Haberkamp from the City of Dublin sent us this thanks for helping with the Mike Utt River Cleanup this past Saturday. To their thanks, I join my own. The growing number of river clams and crayfish are a great testament to how our efforts are helping the Scioto become even more healthy!
Michael Shuchter
"A BIG thanks to each and everyone of you for coming out this weekend to help clean-up the Scioto River!
A handful of you braved the water and got in up to your waist, while others collected debris along the bank, and some even climbed into kayaks to travel up and down the river. But anyway you look at it, you all gave a helping hand to clean up a huge waterway that runs through Dublin and 12 other major Ohio Cities. Keeping the Scioto River clean is important because it feeds into so many different lakes and rivers and runs more than 200 miles through Ohio and you all had a helping hand in keeping it clean this weekend - thank you!!"
The fifth annual Veterans HonorFlight will take place on Sunday, September 22nd this year. If you are aware of a WWI, Korean, or Vietnam war veteran whom we might include on this year's trip, please get a nomination form from the club web site, provide it to them to complete or fill it out yourself, and return to the club address show on the form.
This year's trip will leave around 6:30 a.m on that Sunday morning and return around 7:30 p.m. that evening. We try to include visits at seven D.C. memorials as part of the annual trip.
If you have any questions on qualifications or the nomination process, please see me at the meeting. Thanks for helping to recognize the veterans who have served so that we might all live in freedom.
We've received the following invite from David Kott, District 6690 Foundation Chair. It's a great opportunity to find out more about Rotary Foundation and is necessary if we want District grants this year or next. Zanesville is a drive, but I'd like to encourage anyone working on a grant, considering a grant request for next year, or simply interested to consider attending.
Thanks!
Mike Close
We are very excited to be presenting this year’s District 6690 Rotary Foundation Seminar. It is being held on Saturday, September 7, 2013 at Zane State College, 1555 Newark Rd.,Zanesville, OH 43701. The doors open at 8:00am. Program starts at 8:30am. We are done at 1:00pm. Cost is $20.00 per attendee. Registration is available on the District website www.district6690.org
This is the main venue the District Rotary Foundation Committee uses to provide training in the following areas:
· Latest information on the programs of the Rotary Foundation
· Updates on Recognition Awards, such as Paul Harris Fellow, Paul Harris Society, etc.
· Review of new Rotary Foundation Grant programs
· Requalification for current and next year’s District Grants
We are asking the following Rotarians to attend this event:
· All Club Rotary Foundation chairs, new and veterans
· All Club Grant Coordinators
· Club members working on a current District Grant (2013-14)
· Clubs wanting to do a District Grant for 2014-15
· Clubs wanting a short overview of the Global Grant system
· Any Rotarian that wants to learn more about the Rotary Foundation
District 6690 Rotary Foundation guidelines require attendance by at least one member of a Club that is currently involved in a District Grant (2013-14). In addition, attendance is required by at least one member of a Club that wishes to do a District Grant for Rotary year 2014-15. This will be the only opportunity for Clubs that wish to be eligible to apply for District Grants in 2014-15.
We look forward to meeting with each and every one of you as we "Engage Rotary and Change Lives” through our work in the Rotary Foundation.
Thank you for another great Miracle League season! The following Rotarians and their family members volunteered their time this summer, helping our Dodgers to another undefeated season:
Ron Morgan (Co-Coach) and Janis Morgan (Buddy)
Julie Erwin Rinaldi (Buddy Leader), David Rinaldi (Co-Coach) and Colin Rinaldi (Buddy)
Ramona Penland-Coyle, Barry (husband) and Jon and Mike (sons)
Dave Williamson
Jim Warburton
Cap Clegg
Marilee Chinnici-Zeurcher
Dave Matthews and family
Page Vornbrock
Ryan Hoefling and family
John Duff
Go Dodgers!!!!
See you on September 29th for the World Series! More to come about that event.
In the last Friday in August, instead of our usual Toiletries or Taxes collection, we will collect school supplies for Daniel Wright Elementary. Here's a list of the supplies that are needed:
crayons
colored pencils
composition notebooks
3 ring binders
#2 pencils
plastic school boxes
fat markers
glue sticks
dry erase markers
clorox wipes
hand sanitizers
tissues
gallon & quart bags (with zipper closure)
If you're out shopping and see school supplies on special, please keep the young minds at Daniel Wright in mind!
Once again, Dublin AM Rotarians were crucial to the success of Dublin's signature Irish Festival. How crucial were we?, Well, we volunteered to get the adult beverages to their vendors, and no Irish Festival would be authentic with this essential ingredient. Neither rain nor heat nor throngs of people prevented Rotarians from completing their assigned rounds. 40 Rotarians filled 80 shifts. Next year, we hope to have wider club participation. This was the smoothest year yet, for careful work with the festival organizers has streamlined our role and made our task easier. Without us, sales would cease and the festival would grind to halt. The vendors we aided were supremely complimentary about our prompt and friendly courtesy. A big thanks to all Rotarians who helped us earn some of the festival green to continue our work in the community, and a special big thanks to organizers Dwight Seeley, John Duff, Cindy Groeniger, or Andy Keeler, who all but lived at the festival for three days..
Last year through our International Committee, Dublin AM Rotary made a $2,000 contribution support the work of Rachel and John Hook Koon with Word Made Flesh. Rachel (daughter of our own Rita Hook) and John recently spoke to the Club to give us an update on their work in Moldova. Moldova, they explained, is a land-locked country with a very high percentage of young people in its population. Because of the country's poor economy, many adults leave to become guest workers. As a result, many children end up staying with relatives or in schools that we would consider orphanages. There is much work to do feeding, educating, and caring for these children; Rachel and John are at a school with some 170 of them, helping to give them the care and attention that will allow them to thrive. There is a great need for skilled medical care; as they explain in this video, that is where Rotary's contribution has been helpful:
The entire presentation (sorry about the bad lighting!) is available on our YouTube channel.
Rachel and John followed up their visit with a thanks to Rotary. Their passion for their work comes through in it, as it did in their presentation. By partnering with caring people who work to make a difference, Rotary is making a difference in lives all over the world.
“Dear Friends and Partners of Rotary Of Dublin,
Thank you so much for welcoming us to speak last Friday. We felt warmly welcomed and encouraged by your questions and interest. We are extremely grateful for your partnership and financial support. Thank you for donating $2,000 this past year to pay Natasha’s salary. We look forward to a continued and growing partnership!
Last week at the White House, a special ceremony honored the 5,000th Point of Light.The Points of Light Program has a giant impact: the website explains that "people of all ages, races, ethnicities and faiths step up to tackle problems in their communities and around the world. Points of Light connects people to their power to make a meaningful difference by providing access to tools, resources and opportunities to volunteer. In 2011, 4.3 million volunteers and 77,052 partners in 20 countries around the globe were mobilized through Points of Light." Now is the perfect time to recognize one of our community's Points of Light, Marilee Chinnici-Zuercher.Marilee is a board member of Points of Light.
For the 2012-13 year, Dublin AM Rotary won a President's Citation in District 6690, signifying that we met goals set out for being an outstanding club. Dublin AM Foundation and Coffman Interact Club were also cited for excellent work. Great job, everyone!
One of the busiest junctions in Central Ohio, and certainly the most important for Dublin's growth and prosperity, is the I-270/33 Interchange. Instrumental in Dublin's growth--indeed, without it today's Dublin might not exist--it provides access to our corporate engine and is used by many of our members on a daily basis. The interchange has, however, become congested and at times even dangerous. An enhancement is badly overdue. Recently, City of Dublin Engineer Jeannie Willis visited us to explain plans for improving the interchange.
Jeannie explained why the interchange needs to be improved, the goals and objectives of the project, and the detailed routing for planned Phases 1 and 2. She also set out the cost and made a call for action: the City is seeking additional funding to help ensure the project kicks off next year. It's important for Dubliners to be informed and to have their support for the project heard.
In this video, Jeannie explains the proposed routing details of Phase 1. You can see all of Jeannie's presentation on our Youtube Channel.
It is a rare speaker who can make a road interchange seem compellingly important and interesting. Jeannie did an outstanding job. Make sure to voice your opinion in support of the project for the good and growth of Dublin!
Two recent visitors to the Club, Lilly Perrin (to the left in the photo) and Madison Braun, are going on an international adventure.These two Dublin High School students, explained Youth Services Leader Steve Osborne, are being sponsored by our club to go to South America. They will learn about the countries they visit, serve as Rotary and the United State's youngest ambassodors of good will, sharpen their language skills, make life-long friends, and promote peace through an increased understanding (there and here) of another culture.
Lilly is going to Brazil for her journey. Here's a video of her presentation (click here if viewing in email) , in which she introduces herself and talks about where she is going and what she hopes to do:
Madison is going to Chile. Here's a video of her presentation (click here if viewing in email) , in which she introduces herself and talks about where she is going and what she hopes to do:
As the videos suggest, both students are poised and well-spoken beyond their years. They are certain to have memorable adventures. While they are fortunate to be sponsored by Rotary on their trips, we are fortunate to have two such fine women representing us and sharing Rotary's words of understanding and cooperation.
Thanks to Faith Williams, Dave Holiday, Ramona Penland Coyle, Rich Weber, Ann Ralston, Wolf Lant, and Mohan Viddam (and anyone whose name I may have missed!) for attending the CORI event and helping high school students from Dublin and throughout Ohio have a smooth and enjoyable robotics competition. The club has supported CORI financially and through the even more generous gift of time as the students learn valuable lessons in designing, building, and programming robots and equally valuable life skills of team work and leadership.
At a recent club meeting, the new officers and board of Dublin A.M. Rotary began their term in office. The swearing-in was conducted by Susan Robenalt in her last official act as Assistant District Governor. Congratulations and thanks to President Mike Close, President Elect Julie Erwin Rinaldi, and Vice President Wolf Lant and (left to right) Dwight Seeley, Michael Blackwell, Wendy Sheridan, Steve Smith, Ramona Penland Coyle, Amber Hulme, Debbie Lutz, Alan Reuter, Chuck Stein, Rick Gerber, Bonnie Coley Malir, and Rich Weberfor stepping forward to guide the club in the new year. Thanks too to Sgt. at Arms Dave Williamson (not pictured), who owes a fine for not being present for the photo.
Here's a video of Mike Close taking the oath of office (click hereif viewing in email) :
A special thanks to Past President Dave Holliday for his dedication and passion leading the club the past Rotary year. Dave's tenure was marked by growth in membership, remarkably successful fund-raising, and an expansion of community services, especially internationally and in veteran's services. Dave led with well-chosen words, encouragement, and a calm and measured dignity that inspired his fellow Rotarians to live their passion in service to the club and Rotary. Traditionally favorite projects continued to succeed while new projects were begun and started to thrive. Dave found a special reward waiting for him: a gift from his fellow officers of an engraved bottle a personal favorite from the state of Kentucky.
Congratulations to Rotary Rookie-of-the-Year Richard Ulm and to Rotarian of the Year Mohan Viddam.Richard's leadership of the Fellowship Committee helped make the past year enjoyable for all, while Mohan's commitment both inside the club and through his business to international service, veterans affairs, and taking good photos to capture Rotary events was outstanding.
Congratulations to the following Rotarians for compiling ten or more years of consecutive perfect attendance: Jim Burness (12), Cap Clegg (11), Claudia Trusty (11), and Dave Holliday (10).
Pictured from left to right: Shilpa Revi, Jon Buckley, Isaac Goldthwaite, Jon Coyle (son of Ramona Penland-Coyle), Troy Dramble, Greg King, Wolf Lant, Ann Ralston, and Dr. David Axner.
Recently we welcomed students and teachers from Dublin Coffman High Schoolto report on this year's robotics project. Our club began supporting robotics in 2002 to help address our country's general decline in students interested in STEM: science, technology, engineering, and math. At that time, we formed our science and technology committee and began researching ways to help. We found an organization called FIRST: For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. FIRST alumni are more likely to attend college, choose a STEM career, and earn a scholarship than similar students who are not in FIRST. Through FIRST, we began our commitment to robotics. We have formed a non-profit organization, CORI [Central Ohio Robotics Initiative], to support robotics throughout Central Ohio. Thanks to the support of our presidents and club members, we have helped young people, especially those who might struggle in STEM but who get involved because their friends do, have fun, learn valuable life skills, and enjoy teamwork and companionship. The organization has continued to grow, and we are working on creating participation in robotics across the state.
In this year's competition, the robots were assigned to thrown Frisbees into targets and then climb an incline. The students are given their task in January and have to build and program the robots themselves, with help from coach Greg King and mentor Troy Dramble.
You can see the Coffman "Bad Robot" team and their robot in competition this upcoming Friday evening the 21st and on Saturday the 22nd from 9 am to 5 pm at Dublin Coffman High School. I encourage you to join us. We're going to have 36 teams and about 500 children and their parents, so we could use your volunteer help at concessions and in other ways. No robotics experience is necessary. You can meet and help the students who will be building the future. For more details, please contact Wolf Lant.
Here's a video of Coffman's robot in action; the students also explain some facts about their work (click here if viewing in email):
Speaker: Science and Technology Committee: Robotics
This year's Aces High!: Winning for Kids came off in great style. It's too early yet to know exactly how much money we earned to support young minds in Dublin, and beyond, but attendees had a wonderful time and we certainly raised a lot to support our club's charitable activities.
A special thanks go to Paul Buchanan, Sharon Kendall, and the entire Aces High! committee for their organization of the event. Thanks, too, to everyone who donated raffle items. Thanks to all club members for their support of our biggest fundraiser.
Please look at our club's Fickr account to see more of Mohan Viddam's photos of the event. Thanks, Mohan!
Don't forget the upcoming Installation Reception! The format will be a bit different this year: we'll have a cocktail party on Tuesday, June 25that the Muirfield Country Club towelcome our incoming President, Mike Close, and thank our outgoing President, Dave Holliday. The evening will celebrate this year's activities and good fellowship. We'll have heavy appetizers, a scotch bar, cigar bar and cash bar for our guests in addition to live jazz on the patio. On this night, we'll hear the announcement of Rookie and Rotarian of the Year. Our “official” installation of officers and other award will be held at our regularly scheduled meeting on Friday, June 28th. Hope to see you at both!If you haven't yet done so, please RSVP with Julie Rinaldi.
Recently Wolf Lant and some committee members from Vocational Services presented an overview of that service point, as well as introducing some guests who have benefited from the work of the committee--and from your generosity.
In this video, Wolf explains the main subcommittees and talks about their funding.
A visit to our YouTube page will show details of all Vocational Service's activities: Challenge Day, Mentoring, Scholarship, Human Trafficking, Leadership Dublin, and Science and Technology. One can also learn about the dedicated Rotarians who do so much for our community, and most especially for young people.
Wolf also introduced Rick Schwieterman, chair of the Scholarship Committee, who explained how we give scholarships to Dublin High Schools students and introduced scholarship recipients from the three schools. The students explored the service projects that they most enjoyed, with community srvice counting the most in the weighing of criteria. In this video, we see Rick and Cameron Locker from Dublin Coffman High School. Cameron tells an inspiring story of his service, exemplifying why he was one recipient.
Visit our YouTube page for a look at all the scholars and to hear more about how Vocational Services--and you--play an important role in helping the community, and most especially hundreds of young people who have received a better education, a sense of team work and belonging, and support for their further educations. Thanks, Wolf, and your entire committee for the great work!
Project Share, a Delaware County organization that makes sleeping bags for the homeless in Central Ohio, needs your unwanted items to help fulfill their mission.
From May 20 – May 31, we will be collecting the following items for Project Share at the Dublin Community Recreation Center:
Rotarian Page Vornbrock recently arranged one of the most exciting speaker events we've seen at Dublin A.M. Rotary: a look at the new Ohio University Medical Center.
Speakers included Dana McDaniel, Deputy City Manager and Director of Economic Development for Dublin; Barbara Evert, Vice Presdient of Medical Affairs; Sharon Zimmerman, Executive Director of Constituent Relations for OU; and Dr. Jack Brose, OU's Vice provost for Health Affairs.
All the speakers shared important details about a development that is economically and intellectually important for our community. The new medical school is going to create jobs in, attract fine minds to, and ultimately provide skilled medical practitioners for Dublin.
All our speakers' presentations can be found on our Club's Youtube page here.
Here (click if viewing in email) is Dr. Brose presentation which provides the most detail about the new medical school. It is 17 minutes long but well worth a watch to get the facts about an event that will have beneficial effects for all of us over the years. Thanks, Page, for organizing a most interesting day at Rotary!
Dublin AM Rotarian Rita Hook recently returned from a visit to Moldova, where her daughter is supporting a medical mission. She met with Rotarians there and exchanged pennants. Here's a brief video in which she shares information (click here if viewing in email).Thanks, Rita, for extending Dublin A.M.'s reach (again).
Rita Hook Shares Details of a Rotary Visit to Moldova
Thanks to Club members who provided input to the Speakers Committee for next year! The survey asked you to rank your interest in certain topics. The results – from most to least interested – were as follows:
Local Business Issues
Local Community Issues
Health/wellness/fitness
Education/Workforce Development
Rotary Projects (What are other clubs doing?)
Local Nonprofits
In addition, several topics and specific speakers were recommended. All of the input will be considered by the Speakers Committee.
Several people offered to participate in the committee – and they’ll be contacted directly. If you have additional ideas for the Committee, or would like to join, please contact Speakers Committee Chair Faith Williams at fwilliams@bricker.com
Speakers Survey Results--What (and Whom) You Want to Hear
On Friday, June 7th, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dublin A.M. presents Aces High! This event features live music, dancing, great food, a live auction with fantastic prizes, and a variety of valuable raffle items, and the most fun casino action in Ohio.
All proceeds go directly to charities that support children through grants made by the Dublin A.M. Rotary Foundation.
We invite individual and corporate support to benefit our community: give a gift card, gift certificate, or merchandise, become a sponsor, or just come out for a great time. For more sponsor information, click here.
We'll supply the chips and the luck, and you'll supply the laughter and good times! The event runs from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm at 600 Metro Place North, Dublin, 43017.
Auction prizes include golf packages to exclusive clubs, great travel packages including a stay in Cabo San Lucas, and a sumptuous meal for 8 prepared by Master Chef Hartmut Handke. Click here for the menu of this once-in-a-lifetime, mouth-watering meal.
For more information, please contact Event Chair Paul Buchanan by phone (614-717-3496) or email.
Tim Sells visited the Club to discuss his book When Dublin Wasn't Doublin'. Combining local history of his family and our city the area with humorous personal memories, Tim's book is an interesting read for anyone familiar with our area. Copies are available at some merchants in the Historic District, but may also be purchased from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or the Friends of the Library Bookstore at the Main Library in Downtown Columbus.Thanks to Tim for an entertaining morning!
Speakers: Tim Sells on When Dublin Wasn't Doublin'
Group Study Exchange provides grants for young professionals to travel abroad, promoting peace and understanding by allowing people to understand other cultures and countries. People between the ages of 24 to 40 get grants to travel. We recently partnered with the Downtown and Dublin-Worthington Clubs to host some visitors from Peru. Joining us were (see photo from left to right, with President Dave Holliday) Prescilla Paolo Cervantes Yabar (a dentist), Maria Dolly Parra Bernal (a teacher), Janet Erika Vargas Motta (a dental surgeon), Sheyla Perez Grecco (a dentist), and Carlos Andres Ramirez Ramirez (business administration).
The group was sponsored by three Rotary Clubs in Peru: Club Lima Colonial, Club Chorrillos, and Club Camacho.
Ms. Bernal gave the club an informative presentation on Peruvian culture, cuisine, climate, and geography. All of the visitors talked about their backgrounds and travel experiences. Please visit our club's Youtube page for a video on each one of them.
After their presentation, they also demonstrated a traditional dance wearing lovely costume, asking us to join in with them. Their grace and friendliness made them excellent Rotary ambassadors! Click here to enjoy a video of the dance.
Speakers: Rotary International Group Study Exchange with Peru
At their most recent meeting, the Dublin A.M. Rotary Board regretfully accepted resignations from members who are moving or whose work commitments have changed: Bill Hilton, Julie Hubler, Mike Jewell, and Alison Mausser.
This baseball game is different. Nobody is ever out—although sometimes players will tell you somebody really was out. Every player gets to bat in every inning. At the end of every inning, the last player to bat always hits a home run. The players alternate so that over time, everyone gets to hit a home run. And at the end of each game, which always ends in a tie, everyone wins.
These are some of the interesting ground rules of Miracle League, which was started with the idea that "every child deserves to play baseball."
Miracle League started five years ago to help the disabled play a game that many of them had only dreamed of playing. They are able to play because of the help of volunteers. A Buddy helps each player, assisting them to hold the bat, swing, and start on the bases. The Buddy is also the personal cheerleader, encouraging and rewarding.
Buddies' duties vary, from full assistance for players needing support with mobility to offering guidance to players just learning the game.
Being a buddy, as many Rotarians can attest from the club's 7 year association with Miracle League, is as rewarding as being a player.
You don't have to come to every game. Even one is wonderful. But usually when you come once to help, you will come back because helping somebody so deserving and appreciative gives you a huge share of their joy.
Above all, we are building friendships," said Christy. It is no surprise that Miracle League should have grown from 100 to 300 players in its seven years of existence.
Why not consider coming to Daree Fields to see the beautiful facility built by the City of Dublin and watch a game? You'll want to be a Buddy then! Visit http://www.ohiomiracleleague.orgfor details or talk with Julie Rinaldi. You're likely to make a new friend.
You can also sign up on Upcoming Events (left column). Julie has set up the dates for the Dodgers games (the unofficial Dublin AM Rotary team). Click on the dates you can be a "Buddy" and share in the fun.
Dublin A.M. Rotary is fortunate to support Interact Clubs in all three area high schools allowing students to give back to their community and learn to be community leaders. A big thanks to Claudia and Raj for the work they do on this important project, and a special thanks to the faculty advisors who give their time and energy to help young minds grow: Megan Burton and Karen Brothers (Coffman), Jill Harris (Jerome), and Andy Feicht (Scioto). The Interact students had a hugely successful year, giving help to organizations as diverse as Canine Companions for Independence to Dublin Food Pantry to local senior centers, helping us at Salvation Army and Mobile Canteen, and raising money for St Jude's and local charities. Hearing from them always cheers one up and makes one hopeful for the future of our country and humanity.
Here are Marina, Krissy and Jenny (forgive me if the names are wrong--I had to leave right after the presentations and couldn't verify) talking about Coffman's activities:
In this video, Katie discusses activities at Scioto:
And in this video, Allison and Nisha discuss the activities at Jerome.
Former OSU Buckeye Ryan Miller recently visited the club to talk about a topic dear to his heart, and on which he and Rotary have a mutual interest: promoting literacy. Along with OSU players Mike Vrabel and Luke Fickell, he started the 2nd and Seven Foundation, which promotes literacy in Ohio by giving away books. Here's how their website explains it:
The mission of The 2nd & 7 Foundation is to promote literacy by providing free books and positive role models for kids in need.
About The 2nd & 7 Foundation
The 2nd & 7 Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Columbus, Ohio. Three former Ohio State University football players, Luke Fickell, Ryan Miller and Mike Vrabel, started the foundation in 1999. Inspired by their involvement in various community outreach programs as student athletes, they decided to continue making a difference by promoting literacy and providing positive role models for children in central Ohio.
The foundation was born from funds generated by the first annual FUNdamental football camp. The camp generated enough money to buy books to hand out to seven different second grade classrooms. Using a down & distance term used in football, the foundation became known as The 2nd & 7 Foundation.
Ryan, Mike and Luke took the books to each of the seven different schools, read to the kids, talked about the importance of literacy, and handed each child a book to take home with them. Since 1999, The 2nd & 7 Foundation has continued to extend its reach and now involves student-athletes from The Ohio State University and other collegiate athletic programs around the country.
Click here for a look at Ryan's presentation. Visit the website http://www.secondandseven.com/ for still more info or to make a donation. It's great to see athletes use their community standing to make a difference for kids in need!
We have received an update
on a water project on which we started funding, and eventually received help
from five other clubs in District 6690.
The project has been
completed and we’ve received a lovely letter of thanks.
The letter includes these
words, which indicate how very remote the area is.
“The Head (Teacher) said
he’d written and posted a letter a while ago, though it never reached us, so we
eventually managed to get the message back up to him (where he has no phone
reception)… and he has now sent us another by hand all the way from Engilai to
Nairobi, via numerous hands and villages.
Three months’ into the
installation of the rainwater harvesting system and now well into the rainy
season, the tanks are full and the system is running perfectly. It is now for
us to see how long the water lasts the community through the dry season and we
shall report back accordingly.”
Thanks to all of you for
the generosity that allowed this project to happen.
Last week, Mohan Viddam's company, Halcyon Solutions, won the prestigious Corporate Caring Award. This award is given to companies and organizations that make a significant contribution to the local community, including one he has spoken to the club about:
Veterans Workforce Development Program: Since 2011, Halcyon provides free IT (Software Testing) to military Veterans and helps them get jobs, with 70% success rate
Friends of Homeless Shelter: Since 2001, our staff cooks for and serves complete and balanced meals to around 80-100 men every month at the men’s homeless shelter
LifeCare Alliance’s Meals On Wheels: Since 1998, our staff delivers hot cooked meals to around 40 seniors/families at their homes every month
Dublin Food Pantry: Since 2008, Halcyon staff volunteers every month to distribute food to the needy
Salvation Army: Since 2011, Halcyon staff collects money, standing outside grocery stores, on behalf of this organization
Halcyon's contributions are certainly significant; our club is proud to call him a member and to have supported the Veteran's Workforce Development Program.
Dublin Television (DTV) just released a piece about our Club's partnership with Dublin City Schools, Dublin Branch Library, the Friends of Columbus Metropolitan Library, Dublin Foundation, Daniel Wright Elementary PTO, and Columbus Zoo on our annual literacy event. Please click here to view it. We're right at the front. A special thanks to Marilee Chinnici-Zuercher, Rick Gerber, and Rita Hook for reading, to Rita for being a great liaison with the Columbus Zoo, and Joe Fox of DTV for making your humble newsletter editor look nearly human on tv camera. Click here to see the video!
President of Chambelain College of Nursing, Columbus, and member of Downtown Rotary Club, Dr. Judy Kimchi-Woods recently spoke to us about Nursing. The largest of all health professions, Nursing is a vital service, without which hospitals could not run and our health care system would not function. In this video, Judy discusses the wide variety of specialties in the nursing profession and the number of nurses in Ohio and the country. Please visit our club's Youtube channel for complete videos of Judy's informative and interesting presentation.
Speaker: Dr Judith Kimchi-Woods on Nursing: What It Is and Why It Matters To You
As Dublin AM Rotarians are by now aware, the club is considering a new way to count our membership to the club. The meeting attendance requirement would be dropped. In its place, we would get "service points": a certain number of points based upon attending an event, doing some sort of activity for Rotary, or simply attending a morning meeting. We are already dong something similar when we earn "make ups" for our activities. For us, then, the major change would simply be to drop mandatory attendance so that members could belong even if their schedule does not always allow them to attend half the Friday morning meetings. District Governor Brent Rosenthal and Hilliard Rotarian Frank Dilenschneider attended the club to the discuss service point concept. In this video, Brent discusses some of the changes in Rotary and our society that have led to the creation of the service points idea. Please visit our Youtube channel to see videos of the entire presentation.
Speakers: Brent Rosenthal and Frank Dilenschneider on Service Points
Last week, Dublin Branch of CML, CML FOL, Dublin City Schools, Dublin A.M. Rotary, Dublin Foundation, Daniel Wright Elementary PTO, and Columbus Zoo partnered on a literacy event at Daniel Wright Elementary. Community leaders read aloud from the book, Zoo Borns, to match a natural history unit that the first graders were studying. After the reading, the Columbus Zoo brought out animals, including a fennec fox , a kangaroo, and a serval, bringing the lesson about animals to vivid life. All 112 first graders were given a copy of the book and a snack. Thanks to everyone in Rotary for their generosity! You're helping create life-long readers and giving a boost to the kids working towards Ohio's 3rd grade reading guarantee. It was wonderful day for all, including readers Rick Gerber, Marilee Chinnici-Zuercher, and Rita Hook!
From a list of many qualified students, the Dublin A.M. Scholarship Committee has selected the following applicants, all of whom possessed an fine combination of community service, leadership, grades, and some financial need. Congratulations to all of them, and thanks to the members of the committee: Gayle Holton, Sharon Kendall, Ken Boltz, Ramona Penland, Cap Clegg, Faith Williams, Alan Reuter, Debbie Lutz, Sue Burness, and Michael Blackwell.
We are fortunate to have been joined by two new members, Sarah Richardson and Jim Listebarger. Both have already been very active and promise to be great additions and friends.Sarah promises to break the record for removing the "red badge," recently established by Sinan Yaykin. Please welcome both!
Long-time Dublin AM Rotarian Master Chef Hartmut Handke has become our newest Honorary Member. His travel schedule and other duties do not give him time to continue his membership, but we are delighted to give him honorary status in recognition to his many contributions to the club. In this video, Debbie Lutz discusses those contributions, and we hear from Chef himself:
Rotarians Dr. Axner, Superintendent of Dublin City Schools, and Steve Osborne, CFO of the schools, recently addressed us. They were joined by Chris Valentine, president of the school board.
All three were able to report that our city's schools are thriving. They compete well in quality of education offered not only locally but also nationally and even internationally. They fare well in average test scores and college placements against even private schools, which do not have to wide range of student abilities and economic backgrounds that our public schools do.
In this video, Dr. Axner discusses this past year at the schools and the school system's rating. Please click here if you'd like to see all of the presentations for that day.
And in this video, Steve Osborne discusses school funding in Ohio, especially as it affects Dublin.
All three speakers dedication to our schools clearly shows; we are fortunate to have them with us, helping our schools to be one of the great assets of living in Dublin.
Speakers: Dr. David Axner and Steve Osborne on Dublin City Schools
Dr. Derick of Columbus Ophthalmology Associates visited our club to discuss his volunteer work in Nicaragua. Dr Derick visits annually to perform life changing cataract operations in a country that is poor and too lacking in health care to provide such care on its own. In this video, he explains the great need for his work. Please view all of his informative presentation by visiting our Club's YouTube site: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheDublinAMRotary
Speakers: Dr. Bob Derick on Bringing Eye Care to Nicaragua
Sinan Yaykin has just removed his red "in training" badge to become a fully fledged Rotarian. This energetic new member accomplished this feat in record time, as we can see in this video. Good work, Sinan, and thanks to Kent Underwood for his work with our new members!
One of the organizations we partner with internationally is The PackH2O Team ( http://www.packh2o.com). With them, we are working to provide water in many countries where it is a scarce and precious commodity. Recently, they celebrated World Water Day. So far, after only one year, they have distributed the following:
25,000 water backpacks!
Impacting 125,000 people!
In 10 different countries!
Currently, we are working with PackH2O and Chamberlain College of Nursing to create a local industry producing the backpacks in Kenya. Women will have a source of income and be better able to transport water. Thanks to all of you for your generosity in helping to solve an international problem!
Dublin A.M. Rotarians recently joined in what is becoming a popular annual event: curling.
Perhaps the most gentle and sporting of Olympic events, curling requires teamwork above all else. Our members enjoy the light exercise and camaraderie.
The fact that the winners traditionally stand the loser a round afterwards is another very popular feature. :-)
Thanks to all who came out this year. Plan on joining us next year for a cool sport and warm friendship.
On April 6th, Andy Keeler and his family have generously opened his lovely historic home for a Perfect Party! Come to 5281 Brand Rd at 6 pm. Bring your choice of an appetizer or a dessert and your beverage of choice and enjoy good times. It's going to be PERFECT!
Our monthly Tuesday at Tutto Vino gathering will be on April 9th. Join your fellow Rotarians for the best in food and beverages and fellowship.
Friend of the Club Christine Nardecchia and Cpl. Kieffer of Dublin Police visited to discuss the City's Bicycle Ambassador Program.
Equipped with first aid basics, cell phones, and leg muscles of iron . . . well, with leg muscles, anyway . . . the Bike Ambassadors ride the over 100 miles of multi-use paths in Dublin, reporting on problem areas on the trails, helping those who might have taken a minor spill, and notifying the police of any potentially unsafe or dangerous activities.
The Ambassadors perform a wide range of tasks to make biking in Dublin safer and more fun.
In this video, Christine reviews some of these tasks.
And in this video, Cpl Kieffer explains how the Dublin Police appreciatethe Ambassadors' assistance.
The Bicycle Ambassadors are yet another way one can volunteer to help the City of Dublin. Ambassadors Ron Morgan, Dave Matthews, and Michael Blackwell also discussed their experiences. If you'd like to join the fun and ride along, contact Christine at the City of Dublin website.
Speakers: Christine Nardecchia and Cpl. Kevin Kieffer
Posted by Deborah Sheppard (Simon) on Mar 07, 2013
Dublin A.M. and other Rotary clubs recently sponsored a visit to Nationwide Children's Hospital by Dr. Raza Sayani.
Dr. Sayani received training from honorary Rotarian Dr. Bill Shiels in interventional radiology: using small needles to inject medicines into problem areas, avoiding invasive procedures and promoting faster healing with equal or even better results than traditional surgery.
Dr. Sayani will return to his native Pakistan to train others in these techniques, fostering health internationally.
Dublin A.M.'s commitment to this program is so efficacious that other clubs in District 6690 have joined us to help countries around the world.
March 12: Tuesday at Tutto Vino. Join us at 5:30 pm for the best bistro food and great company.
March 16: Post Parade Bash. Dehydrated from marshaling in the parade? Get re-hydrated with your fellow Rotarians at 1 pm at Rusty Bucket on Perimeter Loop
April 6th: Perfect Party. Andy Keeler and family have generously opened their beautiful historic home. Join us at 6 pm with your favorite appetizer or dessert and beverage of choice.
Col. Noble visited Dublin A.M. Rotary to present some of our members with a certificate of appreciation for our Honor Flight activities. Special thanks are due this year to Phil Yoder, John Miller, Dave Williamson, and honorary Rotarian flyer Bob Banacek. Please view Col. Noble's presentation in this video (click here if viewing in email).
A Visit from Col. Jeff Noble of American Legion Post 800
At a recent Club assembly, we heard details about two important committees.
Bonnie Coley-Malir talked about the Club Services Committee. Club Services harness the efforts of Greeters, Chaplains, Fellowship, Speakers, and Family of Rotary to make our club run smoothly and create a welcoming and friendly atmosphere. Bonnie particularly wished to thank the chair of these areas: (in order) Allison Mauser, Faye Herriott, Richard Ulm, Mike Close, and Debbie Lutz. Let's hear Bonnie's thanks and learn more details about the committee's activities in this video (click here if viewing in email).
Steve Osborne talked about New Generations, which reaches out to young people in our community to share Rotary's message, allows them to give back to their community, and possibly recruit the next generations of Rotarians. Steve particualry wanted to thank Asch Mikhail, Raj Hora, and Claudia Trusty for working with our high schools students through Interact, and Greg Gleaves for working with college students in Rotaract. He also discussed the details of our growing International Exchange program for students, the Rotary Youth Leadership camp (with thanks to Amy Snow), and the Rotary Ethics Four Way Test. Let's hear from Steve himself in this video.
Thanks to bothy Bonnie and Steve for the great work for Rotary!
Speakers: Bonnie on Club Services and Steve on Youth Services
I recently made a trip to Hyderabad, India. As part of my journey, I wanted to spread the word about four social projects dear to our Club. Before leaving for India, I spoke to the Rotary District Governor of the State of A.P., to recommend a suitable Rotary in Hyderabad to work with our Rotary to implement these projects. After he recommended Rotary Banjara, I spoke to its President, Mr. Suresh Reddy. I met him initially at his business office and later attended their regular club meeting, which also included a board meeting. I spoke to the board about our programs and gave them samples of the LN4 prosthetic, a water backpack and our pennant/flag. They are all interested in partnering with us in implementing these programs. I have given them the water backpack brochure, and emailed all relevant information/videos about LN4 and water backpacks. I have not yet involved them in the Intervention Radiology program, as they may not add value at this time. I’ll continue to facilitate between Apollo Hospitals and Nationwide Children’s hospital for now.
The connections I made are too numerous to report here, but I'd like to to tell you about one person I met. He was a 7th grade kid from a village, through a friend. While playing cricket and trying to locate a lost cricket ball, he got electrocuted by an electrical transformer and lost both his arms. He is from a poor family who had previously lost his father. He and his mom visited me in Hyderabad, just to try LN4 on him. As the portion below his elbow is short, LN4 fitted him, but not firmly. He is still keen on getting LN4s for his arms. When we send more quantities of LN4 from here, he can be given a couple of them. Photos of him are posted in our Rotary Flickr stream.
As prosperous as India is becoming, it is still a country that needs Rotary's support. I hope to tell you more about my journey at an upcoming Rotary meeting.
Our Own Mohan Viddam: A Rotary Ambassador to India
On April 3rd at 1:30 pm, come out Daniel Wright Elementary (2335 W Case Rd Columbus, OH 43235) to support the students and foster literacy. We'll have a reading of the books ZooBorns by community leaders. We'll enjoy an inspirational presentation about the importance of reading featuring President Dave Holliday, and another about how zoos are preserving animal diversity. We'll also have a visit from animals of the Columbus Zoo. All first graders at Daniel Wright will receive a copy of the book. Don't miss this chance to see how our schools, and Rotary, are helping our youngest students to thrive. This year's event is brought to you by a partnership of Dublin A.M. Rotary, Dublin City Schools, the Friends of the Columbus Metropolitan Library, the Dublin Foundation, Daniel Wright Elementary PTO, and the Columbus Zoo.
On Saturday, March 2nd, we will be getting together to do some curling, not curling with dumb bells but curling like they do in the Winter Olympics. Rotary has done this in the past with rave reviews. It's easy and it's fun! We will start at 7:00p at the Columbus Curling Club. The cost is $30.00/person. Sign up on the Club's Website. Ask me if you have any questions. See you there!
The City of Dublin will present the annual State of the City Town Hall event, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday, March 14 at The Wendy’s Company Thomas Conference Center, One Dave Thomas Blvd, Dublin, OH 43017
“We invite our residents, neighbors and business community to join us as we celebrate the past year’s success and look ahead to plans for 2013,” said Grigsby. “We are excited to present the State of the City from The Wendy’s Company new Thomas Conference center. And it seems fitting as they were a newsmaker in 2012 bringing their headquarters back to Dublin from Atlanta.”
The theme – A World-class city. Global opportunities. will highlight the milestones and accomplishments of 2012 and preview priority projects and initiatives for 2013. City Manager Marsha Grigsby will present the State of the City, HNS Director Dan Sullivan will provide an update on the Presidents Cup, Dublin Finance Director/Deputy City Manager Angel Mumma will present a financial update and Economic Development Director/Deputy City Manager Dana McDaniel and Special Projects Director Terry Foegler will reveal implementation plans for the Bridge Street District Scioto River focus area.
A record 107 golfers enjoyed perfect weather (for Polar Bears--which is to say snow and cold) and great fun at the Polar Bear Golf Open. Over $13,000 were raised to benefit charities, also a record amount. Thanks to Claudia Trusty and her committee for their organization of a great event, to all who volunteered to make sure it ran smoothly (especially Jeff Schoener), and to Roberta Kayne for documenting the good times with photos. Our golfers and volunteers were well taken care of: thanks to Kate and Asch Mikail for providing delicious chili, to Winan's Fine Chocolates and Coffee for the wonderful hot coffee service and to Merissa McKinstry and Dublin Springs Hospital for the breakfast items and yummy sandwich wraps. Don't forget to visit Dublin A.M.'s Flickr account to see more photos.
Kent Holloway, CEO of Lifeline of Ohio, presented at the club. He was introduced by Sharon Custer. Lifeline of Ohio shares a parking lot with Sharon's recent employer, BMI, and together these two companies allowed Dublin A.M. to use that parking lot for fundraising at OSU games. Here's (click if viewing in email) a video of Sharon's introduction and an expression of our Club's gratitude to Lifeline of Ohio.
Kent explained his company's mission: "to save and enhance lives by realizing every opportunity for donation among those we serve." Lifeline of Ohio connects with 72 hospitals in 37 counties in Ohio to make sure that organ donations can proceed whenever feasible. Here (click if viewing in email), Kent tells us more about Lifeline of Ohio and how it conducts its delicate but vital mission. If you would like to see all of Kent's presentation, please visit our YouTube Channel.
Jaime Burke, project coordinator for the Adolescents and Community Together (A.C.T.) coalition delivered an update on how A.C.T. is working in Dublin to help to prevent and reduce substance abuse. Jaime is a familiar face to many of us, either because we volunteer to help A.C.T. or are a community partner. In this video (click if viewing in email), Jaime explains how A.C.T. got started and what it does. If you'd like to see all of Jaime's informative and energetic presentation, please see our Club's YouTube channel.
Speaker: Jaime Burke of A.C.T. (Adolescents and CommunityTogether)
Thanks to Tim Michaels for becoming Dublin A.M. Rotary's most recent Paul Harris Fellow. The Paul Harris Fellowship is for Rotarians who contribute $1,000 to Rotary International to benefit people in need. Dublin A.M. offers several plans for participating. Please see Ann Ralston if you'd like more details. Thanks, Tim, for your generosity!
Posted by Deborah Sheppard (Simon) on Feb 03, 2013
Dublin A.M. Rotary has led the effort to spread knowledge of Interventional Radiology--a branch of medicine that effects cures through non-invasive surgical procedures--throughout the world. On February 22, our most recent fellow, Dr. Sayani, and own honorary member Dr Shiels, will be presenting on what Dr. Sayani has learned and how he will be training others. They will also be at Tutto Vino to visit with club members on Tuesday, Feb 12, for the our popular "Tuesday at Tutto Vino" evening. Please join us for both events.
International Interventional Radiology: Meet Drs Shiels and Sayani
I saw this clip on the Today Show. In it, Bill Gates, whose foundation has spent 18 years giving away huge amounts of money to help those in need, discusses polio eradication. It is a great overview of an important cause and a great plug for Rotary International, which has been the foundation's partner in this effort. We can all be proud of helping an effort that has done so very much under very difficult circumstances to accomplish so much.
Bill Gates on Eradicating Polio and Rotary International
Over 40 Rotarians enjoyed this year's Progressive Dinner. It was a great night of fun and fellowship. Thanks to Sharon Kendall and Paul Buchanan for hosting appetizers, Susan Robenalt for hosting dessert, and to all the members who hosted dinner. And special thank you to John Williamson who organized the event, menu and delivered the delicious beef tenderloins. Can hardly wait till next year!
A record 107 golfers enjoyed perfect weather (for Polar Bears--which is to say snow and cold) and great fun at the Polar Bear Golf Open. Over $13,000 were raised to benefit charities, also a record amount. Thanks to Claudia Trusty and her committee for their organization of a great event, to all who volunteered to make sure it ran smoothly (especially Jeff Schoener), to Kate and Asch Mikail for providing delicious chili, and to Roberta Kayne documenting the good times with photos. Don't forget to visit Dublin A.M.'s Flickr account to see more photos.
Situated on a lovely 40 acre ranch in rural Knox County, Equine Assisted Therapy is non-profit organisation that assists people with disabilities through innovative equine therapies. Young people (often assisted with monetary and volunteer help from service organizations, including Dublin A.M. Rotary) learn to care for and ride horses in a controlled program designed to benefit them mentally and physically. Founded by Karen and Joel in 1993, it is the oldest therapeutic riding program in Central Ohio and has an outstanding reputation as a safe and effective aid for rides and their families. It is a member of PATH (Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship) International, the oldest and most widely recognized organization that promotes equine therapy. Riders improve their fitness and motor skills, build self-esteem, social skills, character, and confidence, and have fun while making new friends, human and horse. In this video (click here if viewing in email), Karen explains some of the programs offered. You can view their entire presentation on Dublin A.M.'s YouTube Channel. Equine Assisted Therapy is yet another way that Dublin A.M., and foundations across Central Ohio, help people with disabilities to live rich lives. You can find out more about them and their many programs to help the disabled here. Keep up the great work, Karen and Joel!
Speaker: Karen and Joel Sanchez of Equine Assisted Therapy
Rhonda and Ida are an inspiration. After retiring as educators to Florida, they became passionate about doing something about the epidemic of childhood obesity in the United States. With no experience writing a book, they sat down to create a work to inform young minds and inspire kids to eat better and exercise more.
The result is Carrots for Charlie, a lively children's book about an adorable King Charles Cavalier Spaniel who is adopted from the shelter by a man named Max. Max begins by walking Charlie often, and both are trim. As Max gets busy in life, however, Charlie is left at home alone too often with too many treats and, as so often happens in a world of sedentary beings with ready access to processed foods, becomes unhealthy. What will it take for Charlie to get back into shape and healthy again? Kids will learn valuable lessons in this lavishly illustrated and fun-to-read book and its many songs.
Since publishing the book, Rhonda and Ida have traveled to promote its lessons, engaging kids all over the country. You can find out more about the book here. Here's a video (click here if viewing in email) of part of their fun presentation at Dublin A.M, in which they discuss their inspiration for writing the book. You can see their entire presentation on Dublin A.M.'s YouTube channel. They are at once entertaining and educational; we can hope their energy will engage more children (and adults) to live healthy.
In January we celebrate the addition of another new member. Sinan Yaykin has joined us. Please watch this video (or click here if viewing in email) to see Sinan introduce himself. Welcome, Sinan!
On February 13th,four Rotarians (Paul Buchanan, Jim Listabarger, Lou Charobee, and me) assisted at the First Lego League (FLL) Tournament. FLL is a robotics group for young adults aged 9-14. Using Lego pieces as building blocks, teams build robots, learning about science and engineering and gaining skills that will make them employable in the future as they discover life lessons. The teams then meet for competitions to see which robot can perform set tasks the best. This league is a sort of "farm team" system for the Robotics team that Dublin A.M. has sponsored for many years.
We helped to set up for and judge the competition. The kids had a great time and also experimented and learned as they programmed their robots to solve the tasks best. We also had a good time helping them out, mentoring a bit, and enjoying the competition. As future competitions occur, there will be other opportunities to volunteer to help young minds and contribute to strengthening our country's science and technology future. I'll make announcements as opportunities arise. Please consider helping out!
Rotarians Help Build the Future of Youth and Technology
Rotary International has presented a new way to recognize the spouse or partner of its members.
The Service Award may be presented to living spouses or partners who have demonstrated exemplary humanitarian service through Rotary. They must be non-Rotarians, and the partner or spouse of a Rotarian. They will be considered solely on the humanitarian service they have provided, with an emphasis on personal volunteer efforts and active involvement helping others. Financial contributions are not considered in the award. Up to 100 awards will be given.
To nominate someone, you must fill out a form and submit it by March 1. You may not nominate your own partner or spouse. You may scan the form to an email address provided, so you have a little bit of time.
For more details, or to get a copy of the nomination form, please contact either Dave Holliday or Michael Blackwell. The form is also posted on our website.
If you think the partner or spouse of one of our members has put service before self through a Rotary project, please consider nominating her or him for this award. it would be a great way to recognize some special for helping us help others.
Announcing the Rotarian Spouse/Partner Service Award
The Polar Bear Golf Open is Feb 2 - that's less than a week away. This event would be an even more AMAZING success for our club if we could fill our field. We still need about 30 golfers. You can help. Here's how!
1. Bundle up and play! It's a day full of fun and fellowship and a great way to introduce your friends to our club.
2. Be a hole sponsor - its $100. You can split this with other organizations. Trusty and Company & Ralston Consulting share a sign. To be a hold sponsor, contact Amber Hulme.
3. If you do nothing else - please forward the flyer at www.polarbeargolf.org to friends, clients and your employees.
The Polar Bear is one of two major fundraisers that the club does each year. The greater our success, the greater the positive impact we can have in our community and our world. In our club, one person can change the world. The gift of books and reading at Daniel Wright Elementary, Interventional Radiology that reaches across international boarders to train doctors, and clean reliable water for a Kenyan school, are all club projects driven by the passion of our members.
This fundraiser helps our passion and caring create greater impact!
Here are the details:
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Safari Golf Club
Registration opens at 8am, Shotgun start at 9am
Lots of food, fun and festivities
$80 fee includes golf, cart and ticket to The Chilly Open (starts at noon at The Columbus Zoo & Aquarium)
Thanks to everyone from Dublin A.M. Rotary, we helped those in need this past holiday season most generously through our work with the Salvation Army and Dublin Counseling Center. By ringing the bell, we collected $10,497. Your donations to adopt four families--two sponsored by Salvation Army and two by Dublin Counseling Center--raised another $2,220 and gave those families, who might otherwise have had nothing, a wonderful holiday season. In all, we raised $12,717. This was one of our most generous years. Your time and your donations, once again, have given hope and made others' lives joyful.
Our own Mohan Viddam is taking a month long trip to Japan and India. While in India, he will be visiting one of the 33 Rotary Clubs in Hyderabad to exchange pennants and also to start work on three possible future partnerships for our International Committee: the LN-4 artificial hand, the water back packs, and Interventional Radiology. The president of Rotary Hyderabad Banjara is eager to meet Mohan and begin work. Thanks, Mohan, for looking for ways to extend our club's work to a place that needs help and for creating international friendships and partnerships!
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Save the evening of Saturday, January 26th, for on our most popular and enjoyable fellowship events, the Progressive Dinner. We begin at one house for appetizers and progress though an entire wonderful dinner, with different courses at different locations. More details will be available soon!
For many years, Dublin's Special Olympics athletes have worked in a program through Hilliard. While that was an outstanding program, Dublin now has enough potential competitors that we have started our own program and Dublin A.M> is at the point in helping. Here's Dave Holliday presenting a check of $2,000 to Dublin Special Olympics Coordinator Krista Keir and Special Olympian Ian Clark to help get the program rolling thanks to Mohan Viddam for taking photos and click here to see more on our Flikr photo stream.
Let's hear from Krista about starting and growing Special Olympics in Dublin. In this video (click here if viewing in email), Krista explains where the donation will go, why we are starting a team here, and what Special Olympics is.
Here we hear from one of the athletes, Ian Clark, and also some testimonials from parents.
Here Krista tell us about the year-round activities and practice schedule for Dublin Special Olympics, the importance of practice, and how coaches help.
In this video, Krista talks about Dublin Special Olympics organizational structure, some fund-raising efforts, and community support they have received.
Krista's passion for the Special Olympians clearly shines through in her presentation. She has proven to be an amazing administrator for the new program. If you'd like to get more involved, Krista would welcome your help in any number of roles. Click here for a volunteer form and to find out more.
As close to Veteran's Day as we can manage, our Friday Nov 9th meeting showcased our annual Veteran's Honor Flight. In September, the Club took 5 veterans to Washington DC to see war memorials, to meet each other, and to share their memories, in thanks for their service. This year's veterans (pictured here with our own Dave Holliday, pilot John Miller, and Dave Williamson) are, from left to right,
Jack Frambiss, Earl Burden, Pat Monohan, and Frank Kirk. Veteran Tom Goebel was not able to attend but sent a gracious thank-you letter that was read by John Duff.
Honor Flight Day is always one of the most inspiring and moving of our meetings. Let's see some videos of Dave Williamson presenting the story. Dave is the leader that day, but he is always eager to thank the Club's pilots, who donate not only their time and airplanes but also gasoline for that day, making theirs one of the most generous gifts we receive all year. Thanks, John Miller and Phil Yoder!
In this video, Dave discusses their veteran's visit to the Korean War Memorial:
Finally (though this was not the end of Dave's presentation--ask him for more details. He's inspiring on this topic), in this video we hear about the visit to the Vietnam War Memorial.
Dublin A.M. Rotary does so much for so many, but our in-house Veteran's Honor Flight is surely one of the most gratefully received of all our programs. The veterans, as we heard from Tom Goebel, are profoundly moved by the experience. The honor is ours to share with those who helped fight for our freedom and to free the world from a tyranny that we have never had to live, thanks to them.
The Honor Flight: Giving Back to Those Who have Given So Much To U.S.
As everyone knows, the Buckeyes thumped the Team From Up North this past Saturday to end with a perfect season. Also ending with a perfect season was Team Dublin A.M. Rotary. We had our 8th and last fundraiser of the year at BMI Credit Union, collecting another $2,400 to support our mission. Thanks again to Sharon Custer for arranging this great opportunity for us. It was a cold day, but Debbie Lutz, Lisa Blackwell, Michael Blackwell, my wife Faith, and I kept our hands warm by briskly handling cash. The lot was filled by 9:45. I'll have a complete report to you soon, tallying all the money we earned and thanking all who participated. Great job, OSU, and great job, Dublin A.M.!
On November 20th,Dublin A.M. Rotary's Project Dictionaries were given to all third graders in Dublin City Schools. Dr. David Axner, Julie Rinaldi, and Michael Blackwell visited Chapman Elementary School to present the dictionaries in person, meeting Principal Scott Zeoli and Director of Elementary Education Jill Abraham. Dr. Axner asked the students to look up words conveying the importance of literacy and giving. Julie and Michael talked about what Rotary does in the community and in the world. Each of them then met with students individually to hear how they were using the dictionaries.
The students and their teachers made a banner for Rotary. They wrote the words "Thank you" in all the many languages spoken by the school's students. Here young Haruto and Bella join Dr. Axner, Michael, and Scott. The students were all smiles, and so were we. They are bright, engaged, and eager to raise their hand to answer questions--a great testimony to their parents' and teachers' commitment to excellence in education and to the outstanding work being done in Dublin City Schools.
Project Dictionary: Look up "Literacy" and "Success"
It's that time of year again. There'll be much mistletoing And hearts will be glowing When loved ones are near. Yes, it's the most wonderful time of the year! And that can only mean one thing: Dublin A.M. Rotary is ringing bells at the Salvation Army Red Kettles! You can sign up for shifts on December 1, 8, 15, or 22 at three locations. Feel free to share a shift with a Rotary buddy or friends or the whole family. It helps to dress up in festive holiday clothes. If you bring along a cute kid or dog, you'll be especially effective at getting people to give. You can sign up the new-fangled electronic way at our website (see link on the right side of the page), but I'll bring my trusty clipboard to meetings for sign-ups, too.
Now, I know what you're asking: "You mentioned a prize. What do I win if I ring the bell?" It's the most wonderful prize of all--the special feeling of helping others at "a time, of all others, when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices." Dickens got it right. It feels great to give anytime, but especially now. You don't want to be a Scrooge, do you? Why not sign up now!
Recently our own Mike Close went (with no advanced notice, since a speaker couldn't attend--great job, Mike!) head-to-head with Steve Ewing on Issue 2: a constitutional amendment that would change how Ohio sets up voting districts.
Here Dave Holliday gives a nice, concise introduction to the issue:
Here Dublin A.M. Rotary political guru Mike Close takes the pro-Issue 2 side, doing well on an impromptu basis:
Here Steve Ewing gives a well-organized critique of Issue 2:
Issue 2: a protection against gerry-mandering or a bad solution to a problem that does need attention? Make sure to cast your vote this election season!
The Club recently received its annual visit from Dr. (and Honorary Club Member) Bill Shiels and the Interventional Radiology Fellow Dr. Ines Solis from Spain. Dr. Solis is visiting Nationwide Children's Hospital to study with Dr. Shiels, learning new minimally invasive surgical techniques that reduce pain and scarring, speed healing, and generally have a higher success rate than conventional surgical procedures. Dr. Solis's visit was funded by Dublin A.M. Rotary; all of us can be proud that she will teach this techniques to her fellow doctors in Spain, helping children and adults to live healthier, happier, and more fulfilling lives.
Here (click if viewing in email) Dr Shiels discusses the success of his "train the trainer" approach, gives us some updates on Nationwide Children's Hospital, and progress in interventional radiology.
Dublin A.M. Rotary's generosity is clearly reaping many rewards and benefitting many people through our support of interventional radiology at Nationwide Children's Hospital. Our own Debbie Sheppard has provided some video links that tell of success stories that Dr. Shiels himself may be too modest to share. Please watch and be prepared to be astonished. Dr. Shiels may be an honorary member of our club, but much of the honor is ours.
Dublin A.M. Rotary is directing a project to provide water catchment and storage to the Ngalai School in Kenya. I'm pleased to announce that Grove City Rotary has now chosen to participate, joining Whitehall-Bexley, Lancaster and the Marietta/McConnelsville clubs! Five District 6690 clubs are now partnering on this project.
This project ranks high in four of RI's six areas of focus:
Disease prevention
Water and sanitation
Maternal and child health
Basic education and literacy -- allows students to attend school instead of fetching water for the families
It's exciting to see so many clubs coming together to help those in need!
[Photo: the first meeting up the Veteran's Committee--up before dawn to serve!]
We've started a new committee at Dublin A.M. Rotary, dedicated to serving the interests of our country's veterans. We have a lot of enthusiasm to support our annual Honor Flight but we're planning on starting several other initiatives.We're going to assist Dr. Chrisanne Gordon with her work on veterans who suffer from Traumatic brain Injury--the project we heard about at a meeting three weeks ago. We are going to work to inform and educate the community about ways to help veterans and the families of veterans who have continued deployments, especially perhaps through the Blue Star Moms initiative. We've going to work to get returning veterans more education so that they can be competitive in the job market.
I encourage everyone to get involved! You don't have to be a veteran to be on the committee. The more folks we have on the committee, the more activities we can sponsor. The need for action is great. Thanks for your help.
If youwould like help funding a great project to help others, please remember to submit your grant application to Dublin A.M. Rotary Foundation. The deadline for this cycle is October 31st. For more information, contact Ann Ralston.
Application For Foundation Grants due on October 31st
Dublin A.M. Rotary's Science and Technology Committee helps sponsor the Dublin High School Robotics team, the "Bad Robots." We also help sponsor and promote a Dublin Lego Robot League in the Dublin middle schools and a Jr. Lego League in the elementary schools to help promote awareness, interest, and excitement in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields. We’ve expanded this program to a new non-profit organization called CORI (Central Ohio Robotics Initiative) to help promote Robotics in all the central Ohio school systems. There are now about 20 teams in Central Ohio and CORI organizes an off-season competition for those teams every June. The event was most recently held at Dublin Coffman High School.
We are now also helping sponsor a Mini Maker’s Faire program, which is designed to help bring together families and individuals to celebrate the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset and showcase all kinds of incredible projects. At a typical Maker Faire, you'll find arts and crafts, science and engineering, food and music, and fire and water, but what makes this event special is that all these interesting projects and smart, creative people belong together. It is a show-and-tell format for people of all ages that brings out the "kid" in all of us. Maker Faire is a community-based learning event that inspires everyone to become a maker and connect to people and projects in their local community.
Our Rotary Science and Technology committee works hard to help students and other members of the community get excited about science and technology, which helps our community provide talented new engineers and scientists to area businesses. It's an effort that helps Dublin, Ohio, our country, and the world realize Rotary's mission of education, peace, and shared prosperity. If you’d like to be involved in this effort, even just to volunteer for a day, please contact Ann Ralston or Wolf Lant for more information!
Rockin' Robots with the Science and Technology Committee
Save the evening of Friday, November 2nd, for a Perfect Party Wine Tasting. Each couple will bring two bottles of the same wine in plain brown paper bags. Single attendees may bring two bottles or join with another single and bring one (of the same kind) each. As you come in, the bags will be numbered. Everyone will have a score sheet and we'll have tastings. Our own Raj Hora will help with the tasting details. We have a target of $20 per bottle, so you could bring, say, two $10 bottles of wine that you think taste like $40 bottles of wine or you could bring two $20 bottles. If you want to bring something more expensive, okay, but just remember the priciest wine doesn't always win. At the end, we'll add up the scores and give away prizes. You may bring a red or a white wine. Sharon Kendall and Paul Buchanan have opened their home for the event. Thanks, Sharon and Paul! An email went out with more details. I hope you've registered! We have a beautiful home to visit with a fun host and hostess, great company, and wine. What could be more perfect? See you there!
The Perfect Party: Rotary company and Wine in Brown Bags
Recently Dublin School's Superintendent Dr. David Axner and CFO Steve Osborne visited Dublin A.M. Rotary to explore Issue 48: the Dublin City Schools Levy.
In keeping with Rotary procedure, we looked for organized opposition to Issue 48 in order to present a balanced overview.
We did not find any such opposition but decided the issue is of such importance to our community that we should hear the facts.
Let's see what Kent Underwood and our speakers have to say.
In this video, our own Kent Underwood introduces the speakers and the issue.
In this view, Dr. Axner and Mr. Osborne explains what the issue is, how much it will cost, what it delivers on, and what will happen if it does not pass.
Dublin Schools have once again achieved the highest rating in the State of Ohio. It behooves every resident of the school district to get informed before casting a vote on this vital issue. Dave and Steve are ready to answer any and all questions, so contact if you have any. You can also email any question to info@dublinschools.net.
Speakers: Dr David Axner and Steve Osborne on Issue 48
Antonia Carroll, Director, Franklin County Office on Aging at Franklin County, visited Dublin A.M. Rotary to discuss Issue 56. Issue 56 would renew a levy that supports seniors through home delivered meals, medical transportation, adult day health care, caregiver support, and homemaker services.
In Rotary's bet tradition, we sought organized opposition to the issue, but found none. The topic was deemed to be of sufficient interest to warrant a hearing.
Let's see what our own Marilee has to say by way of introduction and listen to Ms. Carroll's presentation.
Here Marilee (click if viewing in email) explains the relationship between her organization, Hands On Ohio, with the Office of Aging and explains Ms Carrol's background.
In this video, Ms Carroll explains what her office does, why Issue 56 is on the ballot, what we will get if it passes, and what seniors will face if it does not.
Two qualified and excellent candidates for State House District 21 recently made their case for election before Dublin A.M. Rotary. Democratic Candidate Donna O'Connor and Republican Candidate Mike Duffey presented articulate and persuasive points, with one's view on the "winner" of the debate very likely depending upon one's own political preference. In a striking and pleasant change from an election season that has been notably uncivil, both candidates were respectful of each other and cordial. They bring different experiences and aims, but both are qualified, passionate about their ideas, and yet likely to work to create successful bi-partisan initiatives to solve Ohio's issues and enhance our quality of life.
But let's allow the candidates speak for themselves.
No matter who wins the election, we in Dublin will be winners, ending up with a dedicated representative to serve our interests at the state level. Make sure to vote and, no matter who wins, pledge to work with each other to create viable compromises to address our country's problems. Surely we have enough people in the world who don't like us and thus little reason to treat each other like enemies.
The International Committee meets the second Friday of every month, at 7 am, before our regular Friday meeting. I know, I know, that's early, but please consider joining us. You'll hear about how YOU, as a member of Dublin A.M., are making a difference in the world, fighting disease, providing clean water, and literally offering a helping hand to people who have need of prosthetics. You might just want to keep coming back and joining our committee, where a passion to help finds and assists some the neediest people in the world.
We owe a special thanks to Sharon Custer, who has arranged us to benefit from collecting parking fees for OSU Football Games at the credit union where she used to work.So far, we've collected at five games, averaging about $2,200 per game. We've collected nearly $11,000. We do need a volunteer for October 20th. It's the easiest Rotary fundraiser you'll ever do. People pull up, give you $15, and are delighted to give you the money. See me if you'd like to help. Go, Bucks, and Go, Bobcats, too!
Still news! Challenge Day at Dublin Schools is Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of next week (10/30, 10/31, and 11/1). Please help!
Imagine a world in which every child, no matter what size, shape, color, or identity, felt safe, valued, and not just accepted but loved and honored.We may never see such a world. For one thing, children can be very cruel to each other. A program exists that tries to realize this vision, however, and once again Dublin A.M. Rotary is helping with it. It's called Challenge Day. It is the peer program that might get our children closest to that vision of everyone being safe, secure, and esteemed.
Let's see this video (click to view in email) that demonstrates "the possibility of love and connection through the celebration of diversity truth and full expression." It takes place in a particular school, but it could have been filmed anywhere where Challenge Day occurs including Dublin.
Dublin Schools are having three Challenge Days. The dates are October 30, 31 and November 1 and the time commitment is 7:15-3:15 with lunch provided. We needvolunteers to help make these days a success for the kids. We promise you an amazing experience. You'll be moved, you be involved, and after you see how wonderful the children of Dublin Schools are, you'll always be optimistic about the future of our city. Come be a part of the Challenge. To help, contact Sue or Wolf.
In one of our most engaging of recent speaker events, we heard from Ben Marrison, editor of what can only be called a great (if compared to anywhere else in Ohio) hometown newspaper, The Columbus Dispatch. The Dispatch is working on a new format, and Ben told us about the reason for the change and how the paper hopes to serve Central Ohio even better as a news source in the future.
In this video, Ben explains some of the specific changes (and continuities) we will see in the new Dispatch.
Here Ben explains some additional content that we'll see in the new format, including news we've generally never seen before, and how the new format is likely to be copied by other news organizations across the country.
Ben also fielded some tough questions from Rotarians. Here, he discusses why the new size has was chosen and what the Dispatch does about video content.
Ben's sense of humor and joy in his work clearly come through. If newspapers will continue, providing a truly accountable source of information in an age when so much "news" is merely a cover for sensationalism and barely disguised political shilling for the corporation paying for the programming, we are fortunate to have Ben and those like hiom who stil view giving the news as a high calling, worthy of Rotary's challenge of 4 Principles.
Dr. Gordon works with Resurrecting Lives, an organization that helps veterans of the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan who have suffered traumatic brain injuries return to life and living as well as possible after their service has concluded.
In this clip (click here if viewing in email), Dr, Gordon discusses how she, a most unlikely person to get involved with this cause, came to start helping the veterans.
Here (click if viewing in email) Dr Gordon explains the "signature" problem experienced by returning Ohio vets, traumatic brain injury, and one good reason to hire them when compared to many others in the job market.
Here (click if viewing in email) Dr Gordon explain the causes, effects, and need for quick treatment of traumatic brain injury, and how more recent cases can be worse than ever before in war zones.
Dr Gordon explains (click here if viewing in email) why what used to be called Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome is now know as Traumatic Brain Injury, why we need quick treatment, and what can stand in the way of that treatment.
In this clip (click if viewing in email), Dr Gordon explains the mission of the recently founded Resurrecting Lives Foundation and how a local giant may not be doing everything it can to help a giant problem
In this clip, Dr Gordon explains how individuals and organization can begin to help vets with Traumatic Brain Injury:
Here (click if viewing in email), Dr, Gordon concludes and passionately links her cause with Rotary values. The applause that accompanies her conclusion shows how infectious her enthusiasm is, and how important her cause is to all who wish the best for those who have given so much--often, the ultimate sacrifice--to Dublin, Ohio, the country . . . to us. Thanks to Dr Gordon for her great work and the lively presentation. Expect updates as Resurrectign Lives continues to help those in need who deserve our greatest thanks.
Speaker: Dr. Chrisanne Gordon of Resurrecting Lives
Although the Buckeyes will be in Indiana, we Rotarians will be cheering them on at the Bogey Inn on October 13th! We will start the festivities at 7:30pm with a game time of 8pm. It will be similar to our Tuesday nights at Tutto where you are responsible for your own food and drink. The Bogey stands ready with big screens and big food taste to help. COME ON OUT and help us celebrate a Buckeye victory!
"I'd like to thank Mark Greene and John Susie," announced Dave Holliday, "who served on our first OSU football game parking detail. I'd also like to thank Sharon Custer for setting up this wonderful opportunity for us. It's really easy: you stand there, people give you $15 per car to park, and when the lot is full you go to the game or wherever you want to be that Saturday. Mark and John brought in $2,100. If we make the same on all the games--and we should--we'll have nearly $17,000 to support our work." Slots are still available. See Dave to volunteer and make a difference.
In one of the most entertaining of our speakers series, Tom Stalf visited Dublin A.M. Rotary to discuss what's new at the zoo. He was joined by animal handlers Whitney and Beth and a cast of amazing animals including, in the photo at left being held by our own Rita Hook, a joey--a baby Gray Kangaroo. Other animals included the Kit Fox, a light-weight, big eared resident of the Sahara that subsists on an omnivorous diet featuring scorpions as the main course; America's only marsupial, the Opossum; a Black-footed Penguin, also known as the Jackass Penguin because of its raucous cry; a lynx; the rare and beautiful Snow Leopard.
Click here to be taken to the Dublin A.M. Rotary Flikr Photostream to see more pictures of the visitors. Many thanks to Roberta Kayne for taking pictures! Skip a few photos if you want to get right to pictures of Tom, Whitney, Beth, and the critters.
In this video (click here if viewing in an email), Rita Hook introduces Tom, who has a most impressive list of accomplishments leading up to his fine work at our #1 nationally ranked zoo. Tom currently lives on a farm near Ostrander with his wife Colleen, their two young children Kylee and Brendan, and a host of farm animals.
In this clip (click here if viewing in email), Tom discusses why he went to work in zoos, why zoos paradoxically are so very crucial for maintaining the life of wild animals as we know them in nature, and how Columbus Zoo in particular is fostering conservation efforts that help people live in ways that alow animals to be protected and even viewed as an important resource.
Tom introduces the Snow Leopard (click here if viewing via email). The Snow Leopard is amazingly beautiful but this one might have been awakened a bit too early. it has a grouchy moment. :-)
In this clip (click if viewing in email), Tom begins discussing the new African Safari exhibit at the zoo, which will open in 2014 and bring 70 additional types of animal. He also introduces the striking Siberian Lynx.
Here Tom provides more details about the Africa Exhibit, how Columbus Zoo strives to be more interactive than most zoos, the Jack Hannah presence in the exhibit. It is going to be an outstanding addition to the experience. He also discusses the Wilds, a part of Columbus Zoo by Zanesville. He concludes with a discussion of how Columbus Zoo is making a difference for people and animals here and throughout the world.
Tom, Beth, and Whitney did an outstanding job entertaining while explaining the reason why the zoo helps the world as much as it helps our local economy while it educates our children. We're fortunate to have such a world class facility only a few miles away. Thanks to Rita Hook for working to bring an entertaining and educational speaker to Dublin A.M.
The Kit Fox, who is plainly thinking as follows: "Why does this guy have a camera in my face? It's too early to be awake--I'm nocturnal, darn it! All these people and not one of them gave me a tasty scorpion or even a piece of bacon. See if I ever come back to Rotary again!"
Speakers: Tom Stalf, C.O.O. and Interim C.E.O. on "What's New at the Zoo?"
Dublin Chamber of Commerce, of which many Rotarians are members, is sponsoring an all-inclusive mission trip to China on March 23-31, 2013. This exciting trip is open to business professionals, educators, families, and/or anyone interested in traveling to the best cities in China!
Travelers will stay in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Suzhou and visit many memorable locations including The Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, The Great Wall of China, Tiananmen Square and the Ming Tombs, to name a few.
In addition, guests will experience a traditional Chinese music performance, be hosted at a special Beijing duck dinner, learn first-hand about the 1,000 year history of silk embroidery, and tour the wealthiest regions in China and its Economic Development Zones. Meetings can be scheduled for those looking to explore business development opportunities in China.
For only $2,300 per person for Dublin Chamber members and $2,500 for non-members, the trip will include a motor coach to JFK, round-trip airfare from JFK to Beijing, first-class accommodations, three full meals daily, English-speaking guides, professional drivers, admission to sightseeing activities, baggage handling and taxes.
On August 30th, Dublin A.M. Rotarians visited Huntington Park to watch the mighty home town Columbus Clippers take on the Louisville Bats. The hapless Bats seemed to forget how to use their wooden namesake, scoring no runs as the Clippers shut them out 2-0. Rotarians enjoyed the home team's win, good weather, and the great company. Thanks to Richard Ulm for organizing this Fellowship event and to Sue Burness for the photo!
September 14th speaker: Dr. Chrisanne Gordon will discuss Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders in returning veterans. Join us to hear about helping those who answered the call of 9/11.
September 21st Speaker: Ben Marrison, Editor, Columbus Dispatch, on the new Dispatch format.
October 13th: Combination OSU Tailgate and Perfect Party at 7 pm. Hosted by the ever-gracious Susan Robenalt. Join us for an evening of fun and fellowship while the Buckeyes dismantle Indiana.
October 31st: Current deadline for submitting grant request to Dublin A.M. Foundation. See Ann Ralston for details
November 13th: Dublin A.M. Foundation Board Meeting, 5 to 6:30 pm. See Ann Ralston for details.
One of our more active and impassioned committees is the International Services Committee. In a recent forum, committee chair Debbie Lutz and the committee members spoke of their many projects and the great good they do throughout the world. Here they are to tell their story (if viewing in email, please click on the blue links to see the videos):
Debbie Lutz concluding with Montana de Luz (in support of Amy Snow, our leader on this project):
This committee is plainly active and passionate. If you'd like to support them, they will gladly welcome you. Or you could find your own way to make a difference. On thing for sure is that Rotary offers many avenues to serve and help those in need.
Speakers: Dublin A.M. International Services Committee
Our own Julie Erwin Rinaldi, Director of
the Dublin Counseling Center (DCC), joined us to talk about the great work the
Center and its staff do promoting health and happiness in the community, especially for those in need with no other outlet to get help. For over 30 years, the Center has provided supportive and professional care for students, professionals, families, and seniors. All benefited from its supportive and caring atmosphere.
Dublin's mental health care needs are many and complex but this private, not-for-profit organization, working with its many partners, helps treat them all: depression, substance abuse, stress, loss and grief, or relationship and family issues.
Julie's presentation shows how fortunate we are to live in a community that supports those in need in so many ways and a tribute to her own passion and organizational skill. Thanks, Julie, for your great work in the community and in Rotary.
Speakers: Julie Rinaldi of Dublin Counseling Center
On August 18th, Dublin A.M. assisted with the annual Mike Utt River Clean-up. After donning gallons of sunscreen, bug repellent, poison ivy guard, and, of course, the tres chic orange volunteer vests, Rotarians waded through a generally clean but sometimes slippery river, removing many pounds of trash and recyclables.
Club members Mike Close and Julie Rinaldi were grateful to have their backyards picked up. Rotarians saw deer, minnows, herons, clams, ducks, and crayfish in an increasingly healthy river system. Thanks to all who helped and especially to Michael Shuchter for leading the charge.
Photo caption:
"Hey, I know! Let's turn this into a Rotary Wheel and mount it on the County Club wall."
District 6690 Governor Mike Brown visisted Dublin A.M. to discuss goals for our district and our club, suggesting how we will attain our humanitarian international aims through some specific local tactics on recruitment, retention and engagement of each member in the club.
After a big thanks to our District Rep Susan Robenalt for taking some good videos, let's let Mike speak for himself. In this clip (click here if viewing in email), he talks inspirationally about what Rotary might achieve and sets out ideas on how and why we need to recruit, retain, and engage members, realizing that Rotary is nothing without its customers: each one of us.
And here (click here if viewing in email) Mike discusses how we can help members, especially new members, better understand Rotary at the local, national, and international level through the efforts of many clubs working together and how contribributions to the Rotary International Foundation can help achieve huge results while ultimately benefitting our club locally.
Mike's visit is a celebrartion that Rotary's best days are now and yet a passionate reminder that we must, like any great business, be nimble and change to ensure that we attract great new talent.building a foundation so our childen can create even better days for themselves and for our ever-increaslingly interdependent world.
Nicole Durant from Chapman Elementary visited to provide us with some surprising information about hunger right here at home, including the fact that half the students at an elementary school right here in Dublin are eligible for the Federal Free and redcued Price Meal Program. She discussed a way to help these students, the "Blessings in a Backpack" program. But let's let Nicole speak more eloquently in her own words about the needs of young people right here, and a program that might help. Click here to see Nicole's story and learn how you, and we as a Club, might help hungry children right in our backyard.
Speakers: Nicole Durant on Blessings in a Backpack
Each month, Dublin A.M. Rotary Board Members are presenting on the actvities of Board Committees, with an emphais on how YOUR contribtions help people and Rotary. This month, 2012 Rotarian "Co-Rookie of the Year" Ramona tells us about the Community Service Committee.
The history behind the Rotary Pin began in 1905, when Montague M. Bear sketched a wagon wheel with 13 spokes. Throughout the early years of Rotary the design continued to change, until the final design in 1924 when the Rotary Wheel was modified to include a keyway. This addition has been attributed to Will R. Forker. Forker believed the design made no provision for the transfer of power to or from a shaft, which rendered the wheel idle. Forker saw Rotary as a “living force." With the keyway inserted into the hub of the wheel, the wheel became functional, or as Forker stated, a “real force."
Part of that “real force” of Rotary is the movement behind Dublin AM’s ommunity Service Committee.
Community Service has always been part of the fundamental footprint of Rotary. Dublin AM has paved its own path and actively serves our community and especially those in need. Dublin AM serves the hungry through the Salvation Army’s Mobile Canteen. Honor Flight has been an important part of our efforts to serve our Veterans. This year we will be adding two new Veteran initiatives: first, in the Wounded Warrior Project, we to help injured warriors returning home from current conflicts and provide assistance to their families; we are also educating club members by presenting “Military 101” at Friday morning meetings.
Our Literacy Committee and reading campaigns have provided books, dictionaries, and support to enhance reading opportunities in Central Ohio.
Throughout the United States and here in Dublin, Miracle League has provided over 200,000 children and young adults the opportunity to participate in American’s favorite pastime, baseball. We have adopted a team, the Dodgers, and provided hundreds of volunteer hours so that those who would otherwise never have the chance can play baseball.
We also focus on the environment and participate in cleanup projects. Annually, we help to restore the beauty of the Scioto River.
Money raised through Rotary initiatives help support community service programs. Dublin AM Rotary is a powerful force for good, and the Community Services Comittee helps focus us to embody the mantra “Service Above Self." Through that functional wheel, we will continue to move forward the initiatives Dublin AMers are committed to: Feeding those in need, including Salvation Army Mobile Canteen, Veterans Affairs, Literacy, and Miracle League. We are always looking for new ideas and energy. If you have a passion to serve, we will welcome your help.
Board Report: Ramona Penland-Coyle on Community Service
Stepping into the shoes of a well-loved and involved community figure such as Andrea Cambern is no easy task. As her presentation to Dublin A.M. Rotary indicates, however, new anchor Kristyn Hartman has the energy and the commitment to make a positive impact in Central Ohio and continue WBNS's solid commitment to service in Central Ohio.
In this video (click here if you are viewing in email), Kristyn talks about getting her start in reporting, her move to Columbus, her hopes to be involved with the community, and the sense of energy and authenticity she has found in Central Ohio.
Here Kristyn talks about some of the projects and organizations she hopes to be involved with and the commitment she and her station have to the area. She also answers a few questions about her work (click here if you are viewing in email).
Rotarians asked Kristyn many questions about her job but also indicated that they often get news from sources other than television and that WBNS would have to work to provide hard and politically unbiased news if they were to become regular viewers. Kristyn promised to take our feedback to the station while encouraging us to call on her if we know of a story—even a happy one!—that we thought worthy of coverage and to let her know if there were community projects she could help with.
Delaware is one of the fastest growing counties not just in Ohio but in the whole country. Tim and Dennis told us about some of the challenges in managing such rapid growth along with the amazing opportunities for business it has brought. Please click here to see their nicely detailed presentation on the state of the county.
Speakers: Tim Hansley and Dennis Stapleton from Delaware County Development
“We had hoped to make $1,500,” reports President Dave Holliday, “from driving shuttles for the Memorial Tournament, but thanks to everyone who volunteered, we made a little over $2,000. I’d like to express my gratitude to everyone who helped. I’m also grateful to Sharon Custer for providing the opportunity to help with parking at eight OSU home football games this year. Opportunities like shuttle driving or the Irish Festival or OSU parking are wonderful for the Club because we can draw funds from outside sources by giving our time and effort. We make ourselves visible in the community, winning friends and good-will. We meet people and enjoy ourselves. We earn money to support our wonderful work. I’m also happy to announce that Paul Buchanan has already stepped up to take the lead on next year’s Aces High event. It looks like we’ll be able to help even more people in need in years to come. Thanks for your time and your energy, everyone!”
Dublin A.M. has once again earned a “Share o’ the Green” by volunteering for beverage control at the Dublin Irish Festival. Operations were much streamlined this year from in past years, with virtually no “heavy lifting” of cases of water or bags of ice, far fewer vendors being served and and thus far fewer random panicked requests on the communication radios, and much tighter organization. More details and many photos in later newsletters, but for now a big thanks to all who volunteered; a special thanks to Dwight Seeley, John Duff, Cindy Groeniger, and Andy Keeler for leading; and thanks to the City of Dublin for the opportunity to raise funds to serve the community!
Here, neither rain nor dark nor sometimes finicky iPad apps will prevent Grace Gushue and Dwight (who were joined by many others!) from ensuring the speedy delivery of beverages.
Give me your thirsty, your parched, your assembled masses, yearning for Irish Festival Stout . . .
Our own Momin Durrani attended Leadership Dublin on grant from Dublin A.M. Rotary and engaged in a program that is very much in line with Rotary's emphasis on helping others. Momin worked with the Dublin City Schools Transitions Program, which allows disadvantaged young people a chance to excel in a business environment. Kids who might have difficulty finding a job are assigned a job coach and go to retail stores, restaurants, or even Dublin giants such as OCLC to do jobs that others might not want to do. Both employer and new employee end up winners. Here Momin explains the basics of the program and provides contact information. This innovative program is yet another way Rotary and our Schools have worked together to enhance the quality of life in Dublin. In this video, Momin discusses the program (click here if you are viewing via email).
Momin clearly excelled in his participation in leadership Dublin. Well done, Momin! For more details, please contact Momin.
Alex Bandar, who is very much a shaker and mover not only locally but nationally, visited to talk about the Columbus Idea Foundry and the Columbus Mini Maker's Faire.
"The Idea Foundry is Central Ohio's own community workshop," explained Alex, "Do-It-Yourself learning center, exhibition hall, and creative space. It supports the local creative and crafts community. We provide classes in how to use tools, build art and other fabrication projects, perform design and light manufacturing services, and sponsor scientific and artistic presentations on- and off-site visits to high schools and organizations." In this video, Alex explains more about the Idea Factory (click here if you are via via email).
"The Maker's Faire," continued Alex, "is a fun and entertaining event for the whole family that fosters innovation. It includes science, technology, art, engineering, toys, and music. Basically, provides a forum and celebrates those who create, build, re-purpose, hack, alter, or otherwise change the world around them through thinking and creativity." In this video, Alex explains a bit more about the event, which be held on September 29th (click here if you are viewing via email).
For more information on The Columbus Idea Factory, visit here. For more info on the Mini Maker's Faire, including sponsorship opportunities, click here. Both are exciting in the vision for and fostering of innovation in a time when our area, state, and country need to be doing all we can to celebrate and encourage new ways of thinking and creativity in technology and art.
"Tony Collins is not able to continue his duties due to a job conflict," announced Dave Holliday. While we are very sad that Tony will not be helping us, I'm pleased to announce that Alan Reuter will be stepping into this position as an At-Large Board member." Thank you for you service to Rotary so far, Tony, and welcome, Alan!
"Family of Rotary exists," explains Debbie Lutz, "so that we can know when any former or present Rotarian gets GOD news, such as the birth of a child or grandchild, a marriage, or business success. We also want to know when a Rotarian is experiencing a difficult life event and offer our Rotary family strength and support. We are looking for ways to increase our activities and be even more effective. If you have ideas or would like to get involved with our committee, please see me. We have developed a form for you to use to help notify us. It is available on the sign-in table at Friday meetings and can also be downloaded from the "Download Rotary Forms" section of the website."
"As you probably already know," announced Mohan Viddam, "my company has been giving veterans free IT job training through the Halcyon Veterans Workforce Development Program. We trained seven veterans in our last training group in software testing and found jobs for four of them. Our next training group in software testing for veterans will start on July 23rd and end around late August or early September. We are still accepting applications from veterans to be part of this next group. Please refer Veterans to us for this free IT training, by having them email their resumes to veterans@halcyonit.com. Click here for more information about our free and non-profit IT training for Veterans. Thanks!"
August 4th: Salvation Army Mobile Canteen: make and serve food to some very needy and very grateful needy people and families down. Volunteer on ClubRunner or see Bruce Andrews.
August 18th: Scioto River Cleanup, 9:00 a.m. to Noon. Keep Dublin Green by clearing debris and monitoring the quality of a great natural resource. Great fun for the family! Sign up on Clubrunner or see Michael Shuchter.
September 11th: Dublin A.M. Foundation Board Meeting. See Ann Ralston for details.
Here are Instructions for registering in the Sharing O’ the Green Beverage Fundraising Program (and this time for sure!): Access the TRS registration site through the Dublin Irish Festival website at www.DublinIrishFestival.org. Click on the Sharing o’ the Green box located in the center lower left side.
1. Once you have reached the registration page, Click Register NOW. Go to pop/water (not beverage server) to continue.
2. Enter your e-mail address, desired password, and contact information.
3. At the bottom of the profile page enter your group ACCESS CODE Dublin AM Rotary access code is ROT1
4. Proceed to the scheduling page.
5. Select your desired shift(s) and complete your registration.
6. Once registration is complete, you can print your itinerary – your itinerary will automatically be emailed to you.
Reminders: Each registrant is required to schedule themselves and are not to be scheduled by the organization leader. Save your password so you can login at a later date to view or edit your schedule. Any changes to your schedule must be made before Friday, August 3, 2012. Thanks in advance for your help! Please contact Dwight Seely at dseely@sequent.biz with any questions you may have.
Dwight Seely, Cindy Groeniger, John Huff
We have put together a great program with City of Dublin this year, helping distribute pop, water, ice and adult beverages for the Dublin Irish Festival. The Dublin AM Rotary will NOT be responsible for any of the heavy lifting or delivery of pop/water or ice to the vendors in the festival. Yay!
Again: WHEN SIGNING IN TO VOLUNTEER (SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN "DOWNLOAD FORMS" ON OUR WEBSITE, DO NOT SIGN IN AS AN "ALCOHOL BEVERAGE SERVER." SIGN IN AS A "POP & WATER BEVERAGE SERVER."
Here's what we'll be doing:
We will take inventory at the pop and water locations and radio in orders to restock the locations to a pre-established level that has already be established on an iPad supplied by the city. This is an inventory position out in the festival grounds. Orders will be radioed directly to another Rotarian at the dispatch location, South Corral. We will divide the Festival in to several zones.
In our second role, our volunteers will accept the new inventory orders (from Rotarians) and give these orders to another set of volunteers for delivery. The folks at South Corral will record orders sent via an iPad.
At NYROP we will also accept adult beverage orders from the inventory folks, but we will also be delivering these products to the appropriate locations.
The last shift of the day will be closing down locations, while morning shifts will be opening up locations throughout the festival grounds. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the beginning of your shift for any training or questions you may have. We have eliminated all the physical work. This year will be an enjoyable experience for everyone! Thanks in advance for your help.
John/Dwight/Cindy
Dublin Irish Festival: Sign up and What We'll Do (Other than Have Fun)
I can attest to the range of emotions that flow while taking the Oath of Office as President of the Dublin AM Rotary Club. There is gratefulness for the leadership and friendship I received from Claudia Trusty over the past year to say nothing of the valuable lessons learned in watching and participating in her stewardship. Those emotions extend to the members of the 2011-2012 Board of Directors and to Mike Close and Julie Rinaldi for their encouragement and willingness to take on any requested task.
There is a measure of anxiety that you and your plans will be worthy of the membership of a club which has continually demonstrated their commitment to the Rotary Motto of “Service Above Self” and their fidelity of the Four Way Test.
There is pride and humbleness in the unflagging support of my wife.
With these swirling emotions, next comes the challenging words of the District Governor – “You must accept this new responsibility as one of trust as upon your judgment and knowledge of people, will rest the success of this club as an instrument of service to your local community and the world.” This was the point where I thought of looking around for an exit! As great a challenge as those word bring forth (and they are challenging) I believe an even greater challenge for me is to recognize the proliferation of talent, intelligence and energy which resides in our membership and having so recognized – stay out of the way!
In many ways with the wealth of ability and experience which resides among our membership, with the base provided by Past Presidents, with the innovative mindset of those who are entering the life of Rotary, this club almost runs itself.
I have strong confidence in the in-coming Board of Directors and I look forward to executing the business of the Club with the their advice, direction and what I know will be unvarnished debate. Most of all it is vital the I as Prescient and the Board of Directors listen and learn from you, the members. Dave Connolly said it best a couple of years ago: "This is not my Rotary year, or the Board’s Rotary year – this year and every year is the Club’s year and the leadership must conduct itself accordingly." The future shines, the horizon is attainable, the path beckons – together we can, and I believe will continue to grow and prosper both as individual Rotarians and as the dynamic, productive and proud club named Dublin AM. God Bless.
For all to come to the aid of Dublin A.M. Rotary! Volunteer for the Dublin Irish Festival. It's fun, it's easy, and it's a great way for Rotary to raise funds to support our mission from an outside source! Open "Dublin Irish Festival Volunteering" under "Download Rotary Forms" below and to the right on this webpage for complete instructions, or check your email for the same form. Thanks! NOTE: WHEN SIGNING IN, DO NOT SIGN IN AS AN ALCOHOL SERVER. SIGN IN AS A "POP 7 WATER BEVERAGE SERVER"
"One again we are earning funds by helping the City at the Dublin Irish Festival," announced Dwight Seeley. "Great news! We've streamlined our operations to eliminate the heavy lifting. We will need to fill many shifts, though, from August 3 - 5, so please plan on coming out to help." Look for an event sign-up on the website soon, but please see me if you want to choose early to get shifts at the time you most want. C'mon out, do a little light work--mostly just talking--have fun with your best Rotary buddies, and help us earn some GREEN to help our community."
I am part of the first generation to grow up in Japan after a terrible war. I think it is natural that my countrymen now place a great priority on peace. We saw where militarism brought our country, and we also saw the great economic growth that came when our nation made the choice to embrace peace.
This was the decision that allowed Japan to grow and thrive. It allowed generations of children to grow up in safety, to become educated, to improve their lives. It fundamentally changed the Japanese attitude toward other countries and cultures. It caused us to open our minds, to become more tolerant, to seek greater understanding. And it allowed us to redirect our energies toward positive goals.
In Japan, it is traditional to prioritize the needs of the society over the needs of the individual. This has always been part of our culture. In the weeks and months following the great earthquake and disaster of March 2011, this was what helped us to survive and rebuild. This is a lesson that I think the whole world can learn from, in a positive way. When we see the needs of others as more important than our own needs – when we focus on a shared goal that is for the good of all – this changes everything. It changes how we relate to the world. It changes our priorities. And it changes how we understand the idea of peace.
In the 2012-13 Rotary year, peace will be our focus and our goal, and I will ask all Rotarians to actively work for Peace Through Service.
For more about the incoming R.I. President and his goals for Rotary, click HERE.
Rotary International's New President: Sakuji Tanaka
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled on the constitutionality of the Affordable health Care Act, sometimes colloquially know (especially to its opponents) as "Obamacare." The next day, three Dublin A.M. members set out to explain to the club what the decision might mean to citizens and business owners, trying to be totally non-partisan and informative.
Here Faith Williams explores what the decision was from a legal perspective. From a "big perspective," the decision has been rendered and it was a "big surprise" to many. The decision reveals much about what the role of the court is, approaching laws with the "presumption that a law is constitutional" and that the court's job is "not to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices."
Sharon Kendall took the podium after after Faith to discuss the effects of the decision on employers--how they are still offering healthcare while working for efficiencies. Our system is "broken and needs to be fixed" in order to "promote healthier living, better health outcomes, and an accountable healthcare program."
Dwight Seeley then took the podium to discuss some of the increases in costs for healthcare, some of the implications for small businesses, and some of the benefits and limitations that appear to be in the act for business owners, with a focus on practical advice for what to be aware of now that the law has been ruled upon.
The Affordable Health Care Act is likely to be controversial for years to come--bitterly contested politically, supported and opposed. The perspective from our three Rotarians is refreshing in its practicality and clear-sighted look at what we all need to be aware of in light of the recent decision.
The Supreme Court Decision of the Affordable Health Care Act: A Rotary Perspective
Sheryl Klinger, an expert in domestic violence, presented to Dublin A.M. on a most serious topic. While not always easy to think about, domestic violence is a serious issue and its victims can often be helped by people in their workplace. The point, as Sheryl makes in this first video, is not to be a counselor. It is to recognize, respond appropriately, and refer. With some awareness and appropriate action, one might be able to help an employee or co-worker. Here Sheryl defines abuse: what it is, how it can happen to anyone, and a few myths and realities.
Sheryl follows up her general definition of abuse by pointing out some of the warning signs to watch for in the workplace that indicate a possible abusive relationship, how difficult it can be for an abused person to leave an abusive relationship, and how an employer or co-worker might being to approach person who might be the victim of abuse.
Sheryl concludes her presentation by talking about some of the resources that victims of abuse can employ to help escape their situations, resources employers can provide to help with help with education, and a call for the right sort of action.
The topic Sheryl discusses is certainly challenging to think about but is surely something that all large or medium sized employers might face as a challenge to the workplace. Remember that you do not have to solve the problem, but awareness, support, and a reference just might save the life of someone you know.
Sheryl Klinger: Family Violence, A Workplace Perspective
Installation Dinners are perhaps the most joyous event of the Rotary year. We celebrate the achievements of the past year and welcome the new officers in anticipation of doing still more to help Dublin, Ohio, our country, and the world gain in peace, literacy, and health, while ameliorating strife, ignorance, poverty, hunger, and disease.
Here husband Tom helps Claudia Trusty enjoy her last evening as President. Thanks for your service this year, Claudia, and thanks for your wonderful love, support, and patience with the demands of the office, Tom!
Dave Holliday takes the oath of office from District 6690 Governor Mike Brown, while wife Faith Williams shows her proud and happy support.
A special congratulations to Rotarian of the Year Ann Ralston and co-Rotarian Rookies of the Year Ramona Penland-Coyle and Greg Gleaves.
Everyone enjoyed a great dinner planned by Mike Close, shared memories of success, and looked forward to the year to come.
Thanks to (alphabetical by last name) Lisa Blackwell, Jim Burness, Sue Burness, Cap Clegg, Chris Close, Bonnie Coley-Malir, Pete Fuhlbrigge, Greg Gleaves, Mark Greene, Cindy Groeniger, Dave Holliday, David McKee, Ira Shakeri, Amy Snow, John Susie, Jim Warburton, Rich Weber, and Faith Williams for keeping law and order in Old Dublin as Marshals at the Fourth of July Parade.
Later at the annual City of Dublin July 4th celebration, concert, Margery Amorose helped judge table decorations and many a Rotarian braved the heat and stormy weather to rock out to the music of Joe Walsh and "ooh" and "aah" to great fireworks.
"The Veteran’s Honor Flight 2012 will take place on Sunday, September 30," explained Dave Williamson. "We will continue to focus our recruitment to WWII and Korean War veterans, but have included some Vietnam veterans lately. The trip will add a new stop to the tour this year (the Pentagon 9/11 Memorial), but otherwise will include the standard WWII memorial, Korean and Vietnam memorials, Air force Memorial, Iwo Jima memorial and Arlington Cemetery and Tomb of the Unknowns. We anticipate we will have five aircraft this year and hope to be able to accommodate 8-10 veterans on the trip." Look on our website's homepage under "Download Rotary Forms" for the application. [Eds note: This trip can be life changing for you as well as a vet--nominate someone eligible and volunteer to help. You'll be moved and very glad you did.]
With the deepest of thanks to our own (and Cardinal Health employee) Amy Snow, we present to you George Barrett, CEO of Cardinal Health. Mr. Barrett gave an overview of Cardinal’s operations, history in and connections to Dublin, an RX for healthcare in the U.S., and general advice for succeeding in business. Here are some highlights of his presentation:
We are a business that allows health care professionals—nurse practitioners, nurses, and physicians—to do their work providing care. We work behind the scenes so that they can succeed.
We rank 21st on the Fortune 500 list, with$106 billion in revenues annually and 32,000 employees worldwide, so we are a fair sized company. We deliver about 25% of all medications in the U.S. and approximately half of all surgeries in the U.S. use our services.
One of my major aims is to be the best place on Earth for people to grow a career. I don’t care what color they are, what their gender is, what sexual orientation they are, we want to attract the best and the brightest and be the place where they grow and thrive. It is ultimately about talent! I don’t care how large your organization is, you must surround yourself with good people. You should always make sure you don’t have to be the smartest person in the room.
We are now primarily a services business. We’ve spun off most other lines to focus on our core.
We have a very strong presence in Central Ohio, with about 4,200 employees. We have many reasons to give back to the community. Most of our employees used to be scattered throughout the area but now they mostly in one facility. There’s a synergy that happens when people are in one place. Face to face interaction creates an environment to get people out of their offices and go down the hall to make action happen. This community has given a lot to us and so we try to give back. But the selfish reason behind our commitment is that the better the region is, the better it is for us. Some of our most exciting talent comes from outside the area, and we want to attract the best and brightest not only from here but from all over the world.
If you look at medial tourism, people from all over the world still come to Central Ohio and to the U.S. to get the very best medical care.
But we are still struggling in many ways as a healthcare system. We’re inefficient, sometimes our outcomes are no better even though we spend more money, so what do we need to do improve healthcare?
We have been a cautious supporter of healthcare reform and we think it is right for the nation to ask how we can improve it for everyone. We do believe the healthcare system needs to be fixed. But the Affordable Health Care Act has introduced complexities that we think are inefficient.
We need to take complexity out of the system. We need to create a more coordinated and better organized system. We been organized around providers and not patients. We must make care about outcomes, and that’s a healthy patient, and not about just more procedures. We can’t have a perverse incentive for more procedures.
Most IT systems are billing systems and don’t have the patient care information that they need to ensure healthy, evidence-based outcomes. · We are living longer but are less healthy. We have chronic health issues, real epidemics, and we need to get healthier as a society.
We had a passive consumer—people can make better decisions about buying a car than getting healthcare—and we need to change to provide the tools to let people make better choices.
Pharmaceuticals will have to change to more targeted medicines, so that we identify genetic makers that allow drugs that work better for individuals and not work for some people in a large group.
Health care is going to change. We, and every business, need to compete to win every day. We can’t say, “It is going to change in the future, we don’t have to worry about the present.” Strategy is a constant process, not a meeting you have once a year. We meet for strategy all the time. You must always listen to your customers and convert insight into action. Talent is everything. Agility and speed are important no matter how big you are. The bigger you get, the more hierarchical you get, and the more isolated the leader gets. That won’t work. You need an organization that is so fast and so open that the leader is always in the know and you can always be nimble. Threats will always come from unexpected directions. The world is much bigger than you ever thought, so always be alert and ready for action.
If Rotary is in part a meeting of business with philanthropy, learning with working for a better region and world, then we at Dublin A.M. have just had a great example of what Rotary is. Dublin is fortunate to have Cardinal here, and we are fortunate to have had an inspirational message in the Cardinal Rules of business.
The question I’ve been asked most often this year is “How do like being president of Dublin AM?” For anyone wondering...I have thoroughly enjoyed it! There are many reasons, but here are just a few:
I had the wonderful opportunity to represent our club at the RI Convention in New Orleans. That experience enhanced my understanding of RI, exposed me to different ideas and projects and deepened my commitment to Rotary. As a PE and a President, I have met the leaders of other clubs, formed friendships and alliances and, I believe, we have forged a new way to achieve the goals of each club. We sent Interacters and supplies to CARE in Vinton County; we received financial support for our Kenyan water project; Dublin AM now co-sponsors the OSU Rotaract Club; we spearheaded a city-wide Polio Plus fellowship event. These great multi-club projects and many others were developed through discussion and fellowship at the District level. I was very fortunate that our DB, Brent Rosenthal, encouraged collaboration among clubs and supported us in our endeavors. I hope these Rotary friendships continue to grow because I am sure that through club friendships we will realize great outcomes.
Our club Past Presidents are an amazing group! I am so grateful for their support and friendship. With so much Rotary knowledge and experience, this is the group to tap into for advise and guidance. Thank you for helping me and Dublin AM this year.
It has been so rewarding to meet our new members, get to know each of them and learn a bit more about their personal stories. Same holds true for some of our more veteran members. This year I have had the opportunity to spend time with many club members to discover where their interests lie, how they would like to serve our community and how Dublin AM might be a part of that. So many wonderful ideas and each deserves attention!
Here’s the thing about being president of Dublin AM...you spend a lot of time on Rotary...a lot! And much of that time I spent with Dave Holliday. How lucky am I to get to know Dave better! Same for Mike Close and Julie Rinaldi. Dublin AM’s future is definitely in the right hands.
Hope you all know that I will be there for you. As remarkable as the year has been, the work is never done. There are more water projects to fund, more hungry families to feed, more children to mentor. While my year as president is ending, my commitment to our club and Rotary does not. The strongest message I learned at convention--and one I have shared with you several times--is that RI is the peacemaker of the world. I believe that. And I believe that together, we can change the world. So here's a nod to the past year as we eagerly approach the new year. Being Dublin AM President will always remain one of my most rewarding experiences.
Thank you so much for giving me the chance to serve our club and Rotary International.
Yours in Rotary,
Claudia
A Year to Remember: I'm Profoundly Grateful for the Opportunity to Serve
"Back in the Old West," announced Dwight Seeley, "when our country was still growing and the peace was threatened by the unruly, people called on the marshal to keep law and order. Well, come July 4th in this here fair town, we'll need a plentiful helping of that thar law and order. Sign up to be a marshal for the July 4th Parade. You'll get a vest and the authority to keep the peace and make sure folks are safe, out of the path of the dangerous parade floats. Tarnation, Rotary needs ya! You'll git paid with an attendance make-up and my gratitude. C'mon out, now." Sign up on ClubRunner or talk to Dwight to help keep Dublin safe.
Representatives from The Bad Robots, a part of the Central Ohio Robotics Initiative, visited to talk about their progress this year. The Bad Robots, which build their Robots and Dublin Coffman with students from all Dublin High Schools, compete in FIRST: For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, a organization that teaches young people how to be leaders in innovation and use science and technology to improve our quality of life. This year, the Bad Robots went to the national competition and finished fourth in the entire country. But let's let our own Wolf Lant, teacher Greg King, and students Lindsey Fox, Sam Kieffer, Emily Sharick, Jon Buckley, and Lucas Beaufore tell the story.
Here (if in the email newsletter, please click blue links for videos) Wolf discusses how Rotary supports CORI, what the students learn, and why the Robotics Initiative is so important to the students, and to us:
Greg King discusses how important Rotary's support has been, why the teams are so successful, and introduces Lindsey, who tells us what the teams do in competition:
Let's watch the robot in action as it performs this year's competition tasks: picking up and shooting bastketballs, sometimes with help from students drivers but often on its own using programming from the students.
Many organizations help CORI and The Bad Robots succeed, but Dublin A.M. earns special mention for its support of scientific and technological literacy. A special thanks are due to Wolf and Ann Ralston for all they do to support Robotics. Don't forget you can help at the next competition on June 23rd. No experience with robots or technology necessary! Ask Wolf or Ann for details.
What began as a mere Scotch whiskey tasting morphed into a PERFECT Party, much to the delight of all.
A huge thanks to Chris and Mike Close, our perfects hosts!
Here, the Master, replete in black, tempts Rotarians with a roguish smile and the nectar of the north. What is the best Scotch? The Master knows. Seek his wisdom!
Richard Ulm helped plan and spearhead the event. Here, his mom and wife Jackie approve. Thanks,Dr. Ulm--it was good medicine! What happens on the Close's patio says on the Close's patio . . . or would have, except for the lively photography by Bonnie Coley-Malir. Thanks, Bonnie, for memorializing a great event. See the smiles--the evening was just PERFECT!
Two more scholarship recipients have visited to give personal thanks.
Jeffrey Lamb will be attending Brown University. His most memorable volunteer experience was at James Cancer Center, assisting on a study that may help unravel a cause for that dreaded disease. He plans on vbecoming a doctor. Here he is with Dublin A.M. Scholarship Committee chair Rick Schwieterman and his proud father.
Kyle Ritterbeck has received not only a Dublin A.M. but also a District 6690 Scholarship. Look for Kyle to make a mark in Dublin and Ohio in the future. This fine young Interact member had already distinguished himself by serving at Montana de Luz and in the Dominican Republic on the LN-4 project as well as in Dublin schools. His energy and commitment are utterly infectious. Good luck, Kyle!
"On June 28th, from 6 to 9 pm," announced Mike Close, "we are having the Installation Dinner at the Country Club at Muirfield Village. We have many great achievements from this past year to celebrate, and we'll look forward to another great year to come. The food and wine will be a delightful gustatory experience, and the Club has arranged to defray some of the cost. It's going to be a fun evening, and I promise you that nobody will drone on. I have a hook ready to yank anyone who talks too long. Come out for great night of fellowship. You'll leave proud to be a part of Rotary."
"Just look at this great menu:" Hors D'oeuvers on the Patio
Prosciutto wrapped Asparagus
Bruschetta
Mini Beef wellington
Smoked Chicken Quesadilla Cornucopia Dinner Buffet Summer salad
Rolls, Butter
Carved Beef Tenderloin (can preorder vegetarian option)
Chicken Farci
Hanna Potatoes
Wild rice Pilaf
Vegetable Medley
Coffee
Chocolate Molten Cake with Fruit Compote
Penfolds Chardonnay or Cabernet
Jackie Ulm, spouse of club member Richard Ulm, represented the United States in the Hammer Throw at the Olympic Games in Athens. She presented an informative personal view of how one prepares to be in the Games and what it is like to be an athlete in the Olympic Village. Jackie's passion for competition and excellence shone in her every word. Dublin is fortunate that this same passion is currently guiding young athletes in our area to excel, helping them to be faster, higher, and stronger on the athletic field and in life. See Jackie's remarks here, thanks to video from Sue Burness. Thanks, Jackie, for being an inspiration to the children . . . and to us.
Speaker: Jackie Ulm on What it Takes to be an Olympian
Dan Sullivan, CEO of the Memorial Tournament, and Heather Baxter, Director of Marketing and Communications, gave an exciting preview of the Memorial Tournament and the upcoming 2013 President's Cup, an event that will bring the world's greatest golfers to Dublin as the U.S. takes on the world in a match that determines international bragging rights . . .and benefits charities. Heather spoke of the great good that the Memorial dos every year, bringing huge sums to area charities, including the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Nationwide Children's Hospital, while Dan spoke of the changes made in the course to make it suitable for the long-hitting youngsters coming up on tour, Jack Nicklaus's hopes for keeping his tournament an elite event, and the excitement that a prestigious international event will bring to Muirfield Village and Dublin. See their remarks here, thanks to video by Sue Burness. A big thanks is due also to all who have volunteered for the Club to drive shuttles at the Memorial this year, earning money for Dublin A.M.
Have you ever thought about who our customers are? They are the people we serve but they are also OUR MEMBERS!!!!
We are quickly approaching our new Rotary Calendar Year in July. We normally have a goal of net 1 new member. This is a wonderful goal to have, however, let’s try to achieve our goal by 200%.
According to the Standard Club Constitution, Article 7, Section 1 – Who is eligible to be a Rotarian? “adult persons of good character and good business, professional, and/or community reputation.” I know that we can all come up with a list of many that fit this description.
We have implemented a new policy for bringing guests, 1st time it is FREE!!! I encourage everyone to think of people that you feel would be good Rotarians and invite them to join us some Friday morning. I know that we all are busy with our personal and professional lives so if you have someone that would be a good fit and can’t find time to meet with someone, please just pass their name to me and I will contact them on your behalf.
We are also hoping that our membership will grow with our new program Corporate Memberships. I am still looking for volunteers to be on this committee.
Corporate Memberships –
We are excited to share with everyone that we have a new membership for corporations. A corporate member: consists of at least two management individuals within the same company. A senior Officer (the Chairman, President, C-suite or Vice-President) becomes an Executive Member; attending as their schedule permits and paying for meals when they do attend (minimum times a year is negotiable). The other individual becomes a regular, active member with regular participation in the Club’s business activities. The Executive Member selects the management candidate in his/her organization to fill the active membership role, subject to the candidate satisfying the criteria for membership of all Rotarians. For more information please contact me.
Also thank you to Kent Underwood for the excellent job he does with all of our new members. He is instrumental in getting the new Rotarians off to a great start. He meets with new Rotarians once a month to help them through the new member tasks. Thank you, Kent!!
Many happy returns of the day to our May birthdays:
Jeff Schoener May 03 Richard Ulm May 03 Jeffrey Kaplan May 05 Julie Rinaldi (Erwin) May 06 Sharon Custer May 08 Dwight Seeley May 08 Rick Schwieterman May 09 Mohan Viddam May 09 Ryan Hoefling May 13 Wendy Sheridan May 16 Michael Shuchter May 16 Tom McGloshen May 17 Ann Ralston May 17 Chris Waynar May 18 Momin Durrani May 25 Sue Burness May 26 Asch Mikhail May 26 Paul "Best Legs" Buchanan May 29
Dublin AM Rotary Interact Chair Amy Snow presented the hard working and inspiring young men and women representing the three Dublin High School Interact Clubs as they provided updates on their projects and success stories to Dublin AM Rotary on May 4th.
All three high schools have active Interact Clubs and are always in need of Adviser/Mentors from Dublin AM Rotary. If you are interested in serving as an Interact Adviser - please contact Amy Snow.
Click on the YouTube presentations. We are so proud of these young men and women - they are the future of Rotary.
Interact Students Inspire and Promise Bright Future for Rotary
I would like to personally invite you to sample food from the best area restaurants and caterers while mingling with the area's movers and shakers at Taste of Dublin on May 15 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Cassidy Turley Atrium II Building at 5455 Rings Road in Dublin.
More than 30 restaurants and catering firms have signed up to serve their delicious specialty items at this not-to-be-missed event, including:
• Aboxa Fudge
• BD's Mongolian Grill
• Bogey Bar & Grill, The
• Buffalo Wild Wings
• Caffe Tomaso, Inc.
• Carrabba's Italian Grill
• Chile Verde Cafe
• City Barbeque
• Corporate Caterers
• Der Dutchman Catering
• DiBella’s Old Fashioned Submarines
• Dutch Kitchen
• Embassy Suites Dublin
• G & J Pepsi-Cola of Columbus
• Giant Eagle
• J. Liu Restaurant & Bar
• Jimmy John's Dublin
• Made From Scratch
• Mezzo Dublin
• Morgan House Restaurant
• Party Panache
• Rusty Bucket Tavern - Dublin
• Salvis Bistro - Dublin
• SAM'S Club #6242
• Sisters Sweet Shoppe
• Subway - Dublin Recreation Center
• Sunny Street Café - Hospital Dr.
• Tim Hortons USA
• Trillium Place (Brookdale Senior Living)
• Uno Chicago Grill
Thank you event sponsors Cassidy Turley Commercial Real Estate Services, Shawan-Marquis Agency, Inc., G & J Pepsi-Cola of Columbus and Black Diamond Casino Events for making Taste of Dublin possible.
In honor of Memorial Day, the Club thought it would be a good idea to do something for our troops in Afghanistan.
It was decided to help an organization called Buckeye Military Moms (Blue Star Moms) that supports the troops (out in the war zones) by sending shoe boxes filled with useful items or goodies to eat. Our club has supported the organization in the past with both goods and money. On Friday, May 11th we will take up a strictly voluntary collection of items per the list below or a monetary contribution. The collection will take place in the registration lobby. Thank you for your donations for these Ohio men and women serving our country.
SUGGESTED ITEMS FOR OUR SERVICE MEN/WOMEN
FOOD ITEMS (individual serving sizes)
Pre-sweetened powered drink mix packets
Beef Jerky – huge hit – love these
Gum
DVD’s and/or CD’s
Cup O Noodles or Cup O Soup
Protein/Granola Bars
Coffee creamer and sugar packets
Ground coffee packets and tea bags
Hot chocolate mix
Trail mix, nuts
Small boxes cereal
Cookies
Candy
Fruit snack (roll-ups, gushers)
FUN THINGS (individual or travel size)
Hand held games
Board games (small travel size)
Word games (small travel size)
Tuna or chicken creations lunch kits with condiments
Nerf footballs, basketballs (any small balls)
Playing cards/card games
Dice games (Boggle, Mississippi Marbles)
Batteries – AA, AAA, C and D
Whoopee cushions
Paddle balls
Hacky sacks
Yo-Yo’s
Jigsaw Puzzles (small travel size)
Velcro darts
Squishy balls
Magazines/books (love computer mags)
TOILETRIES (Travel Sizes)
Lip balm/chap stick
Deodorant
Toothbrushes and toothpaste
Eye drops
Baby Wipes
Gold Bond powder (for their feet)
Foot powder
OTHER
Socks (heavy white or black cotton only)
Phone cards (really need these to call home)
Fabric softener sheets (inside their boots)
Bug wipes
Sunglasses
Blank cards with envelopes
Brown T-Shirts (sizes, Med/Large/XLarge)
Boxer Shorts (sizes, Med/Large/XLarge)
Executive Director of Miracle League Joe Fox presented information and an update on the amazing impact The Miracle League has had on central Ohio kids, families and volunteers.
The 2012 Miracle League season kicked off with its first game Saturday, May 5th at 12:15 p.m. The rotary-sponsored Dodgers are looking for buddies to assist players in the field. Anyone who is interested is encouraged to join us at Darree Fields. Please contact Julie Rinaldi for more information.
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Joe Fox and the Miracle League of Central Ohio - April 27th speaker
Welcome New Member Please welcome Mark Greene to Dublin AM Rotary
Sponsor: Ken Boltz
Leave of Absence
Steve Smith from May 4, 2012 - August 17, 2012
Corporate Membership Committee
There will be a corporate membership committee meeting on Friday, May 11 at 7 a.m. If you are interested in serving on the committee, please attend the meeting or contact Committee Chair Amber Hulme.
Learning about Rotary and everything we do can be daunting for members. I remember as a newer member being overwhelmed by acronyms, committee names, what we were doing, how Dublin AM fit into the District and felt totally lost on Rotary International.
Being our club’s president is a remarkable opportunity but before I leave this role, I want to share a bit of advice with all members: make new friends and try new experiences.
Our Red Badge program is a great starting point. By serving as a Greeter you get to meet so many members. Do that 3 or 4 times and you’ll know names and get to know your fellow Greeters. We ask you to join committees and get engaged in our projects. Even "veteran" members benefit from being a Greeter...there's no reason to feel like you don't know newer members!
Go to our fellowship activities, they are fabulous! Whether it is an intimate gathering at Tutto Vino each month or a Perfect Party, a ball game or Aces High, the conversations with members are lively. Spouses and friends get to meet your Rotary friends and have a much better understanding of why Dublin AM is the place to be every Friday morning! We build trusted relationships through volunteering and fellowship. Take it from me, it's good to do both frequently!
Make plans to attend a district event. Several members just went to the District Assembly but if you didn’t, don’t worry...there’s more! On Friday & Saturday, May 18 & 19, the Annual District Conferencewill be held at the Northpoint Conference Center. There are quite a few sessions that are geared around making clubs stronger. I know you’ll want to make the Friday 2:30 session on Rotary Fun...Amy Snow, Bonnie Coley-Malir and I will be part of the group facilitating that session and could sure use your support. Awards are given at the lunch/dinners, plus a speaker from RI. But mostly you have the opportunity to meet people from other clubs, share ideas and make new friends. Luckily when I first joined Rotary I was “persuaded” by the club president at the time to go to a district meeting. My commitment to Rotary and Dublin AM deepened with my understanding of RI, the district and all the people involved.
So, here it is...make new friends, get involved. I hope you can make at least part of the District Conference. Checkout the schedule and registration information at http://www.district6690.org/index.php?id=13136.
Mark your calendars for upcoming 2012 Fellowship events.
Tuesday at Tutto Vino -May 8, 5:30 - ?Cash bar. Guests are also welcome.
Scotch Tasting - June 8, 7 p.m. - at the home of Mike Close. $25 per person for tasting. Don't like Scotch? No problem - think of it as a Perfect Party - bring a bottle of wine. Sign up on Clubrunner Events.
Independence Day Celebration in Dublin July 4: Music and Fireworks Fee: $10.00 per Person Coffman High School Football Stadium Join your fellow Rotarians at Dublin Coffman High School football stadium for an evening of Red, White and Walsh - Joe Walsh. Gates open at 5 p.m., Joe Walsh at 8 p.m. and fireworks at 9:50 p.m. Sign up on Clubrunner events.
"Non-native invasive species such as the Japanese honeysuckle can look pretty," said Fred Hahn, City of Dublin director of parks. "They are, however, destructive in many ways. They crowd out native species and often create a monoculture where nothing else grows. Nothing keeps them in check, so they spread quickly and create environments less able to support a variety of wildlife. If a blight comes along that does kill the invader, then the monoculture is very susceptible. Park areas can be left barren. Unfortunately, spreading of non-natives is all too easy, often because they grow out of yards where people have planted them for their looks."
"While fighting these invaders isn't easy," added City of Dublin Volunteer Administrator Christine Nardecchia," we are taking steps and you can help us. We schedule days when volunteers help eradicate the non-natives. You pull them out or cut them down, and City crews follow to clean them up and help start native species growing again, creating a diverse environment that can support a wide variety of native wildlife and that is beautiful throughout the growing seasons of the year.
We are having one such day on April 21st, but more will be available in May. You can also apply to help the City's Green Team on an ongoing basis. It's good exercise, it's fun, and it helps Dublin stay Green."
For more details, please go to volunteer services .
You can also help by eradicating Japanese honeysuckle wherever you might find it on your property!
Christine Nardecchia and Fred Hahn: Invasive Species - April 13 speaker
"Typically on an Easter," explained Dublin AM's own Steve Smith, "I tell you about religious and social traditions, such as why we have an Easter Bunny. Today I'm going to talk about something different. I wish Terry Hofecker were here today, for he has been instrumental in starting SAIL.
A few years back when there was a controversy over building an Islamic Center in Manhattan, near where the World Trade Towers stood, he heard some Christian commentators say "Fine, let them build it, and then we'll bomb it so they can see how it feels.' He was appalled that anyone could say something so very un-Christian. He wondered what we might do in our area to build bridges and create understanding between people of different faiths. And so we started SAIL to help create understanding and to come together as people of many different faiths to do projects. The projects have been slow in getting started, though we are having a food drive for the Hilliard Food Bank this week. But we have met and gotten to know each other and to share and learn from each other."
"For us," added Imran Malik, a Muslim member of the group, "meeting someone of a different faith provides an opportunity to learn and not to proselytize. By coming together, we learn ourselves and we hope to show others how by working together, people of many faiths can do more good and create a better life for all of humanity than each faith can do by itself. And in this way we also show respect for all those raised in any of the three great Abrahamic religious traditions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, all of which worship the same God and all of which share a belief in many of the same prophets." Imran showed a fine example of how learning can create understanding when he was asked what efforts those of his faith had made to combat terrorism. "We have made many media disclaimers, though often those get little of the attention they should because of the bias of some media commentators. More importantly, in our community, we have stressed the need for peace and forbearance and to avoid doing any acts that would give Islam a bad name. True Muslims are against terrorism, and we are creating a solid movement against terrorist acts. It is important to understand that only 11% of the 1.7 billion Muslims live in the Middle East, and that the great majority of them, and certainly and overwhelming majority of all of my faith do not promulgate terrorism. We educate ourselves on cross-cultural matters and we believe that peace and understanding are God's way and that hate and violence are evil and ungodly."
It was an instructive and interesting Good Friday presentation for Dublin A.M. Rotarians, all of whom were glad to see a group standing up so firmly for the core beliefs that Rotarians share with them.
Thanks to Mohan Viddam for taking photos!
Rev. Steve Smith & Imran Malik of SAIL (Safe Alliance of Interfaith Leaders) - April 6
"Flying Horse Farms provides transformative experiences for children with serious illnesses," noted speaker Don Wiggins. "We're a provisional members of the Association of Hole in the Wall Camps, founded by actor and philanthropist Paul Newman in 1988. It costs the kids nothing to attend. Our 192 bunk beds keep young campers snug under the stars, and they enjoy camp activities during the day. For many, it is the only time of the year they are really happy and pain-free. Our view is that when they are at Flying Horse, they are not sick. They are not patients. They are not different. They're kids." To hear more about the kids and Flying Horse, watch this videos.Volunteers are always needed!
Don Wiggins of Flying Horse Farms - March 30 Speaker
The Arts are alive and well in Dublin, and we were fortunate to have a visit from two people who do so very much to bring art to the City and celebrate art and cultivate talent, Executive Director of Dublin Arts Council David Guion and Marketing and PR Manager Janet Cooper.
Here are highlights of their presentation:
“Dublin Arts Council [DAC] engages the community, cultivates creativity and fosters life-long learning through the arts.”
“DAC is a 501C charitable organization that receives its funding through bed tax grants from the City of Dublin, donations from private individuals and corporations, fund raising events, and substantial grants from agencies such as the National Endowment for the Arts.”
“Our Art in Public Places now has a 17 stop cellphone tour. One can call cell phone numbers at places such as ‘Field of Corn’ to hear the artists’ views on their creations. A grant from the NEA is allowing us to develop our own mobile app, too.”
“Our Riverboxes fit in well with Healthy Dublin, getting people out along the Scioto, tracking hints to find the boxes, leave a message, and get a stamp on their geo-caching records. Many boxes also have a unique treat for those who discover them. It's a great family activity”
“The ‘Shifting Perspectives’ display celebrating the lives of people with Down’s Syndrome has garnered national attention.” See this 3 minute video for details: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ61vJdqyWw
“Week-long art camps for children will run from June 11 – Aug 13, with classes for ceramics, acting, drawing, painting, and photography.”
“DAC Sundays at Scioto will continue this year, with eight free concerts featuring some of the best and most popular local musicians.”
“Please save Friday, April 27, from 6:30 to 9:30for our Garden Party Fundraiser at OCLC Atrium, featuring food from great restaurants(including local favorites Jeni’s, J Liu’s and Sister’s Sweet Shoppe), fine wine, and great music.”
The arts are alive at Dublin Arts Council. For more information, visit their web site ( http://www.dublinarts.org/ ) or stop by their beautiful facility on Riverside Drive. Don’t forget to say hi to art kitty, D’Art, and make sure to see the Dublin A.M. Rotary Room there!
Speakers: David Guion and Janet Cooper of Dublin Arts Council
Dublin is distinguished by having one of its own finest, Sgt Hungler, involved with the International Conference of Police Chaplains (http://www.icpc4cops.org/). Sgt Hungler presented to Dublin A.M.about the Chaplains, explaining that they are a multi-faith organization that serves all law enforcement officers and the people that police serve by helping in the event of community disasters, counseling in a time of loss or job stress, especially just being there with a ‘Ministry of Presence,’ visiting sick or injured officers, and helping with death notifications. Sgt. Hungler has demonstrated yet again how fortunate we are to have yet another organization in Dublin committed to the same values as Rotary: helping and fostering peace.
These videos capture some of his moving presentation first with an overview of the Chaplain's Mission:
And also with a discussion of their services:
Speaker: Sgt. Craig Hungler on International Conference of Police Chaplains
The 2012 City of Dublin St Patrick's Day Parade went off in grand style, thanks in
part to the intrepid efforts of the Rotarians who bravely parade marshaled. Thanks to Emmett Appolinario,Michael Blackwell, Lou Charobee, Cap Clegg, John Duff, Pete Fuhlbrigge, Chuck Giska, Tony Gugliemotto, Rita and Harvey Hook, Raj Hora, Sharon Kendall, Julie and David Rinaldi, Dwight Seeley, and Claudia Trusty. Special congratulations to Grand Marshal (and Grand Leprechaun!) Rich Weber for lending tone to the parade and to "Best Legs in a Kilt 2012" winner Paul Buchanan for showing how fun Rotarians are!
"Prosecutors must always live by the first of Rotary's Four Principles," noted Carol, "in that we must always tell the truth. Thus, we are handicapped against defense attorneys. Their job is to get people free. Often they don't want to know the truth. Mine is to do justice, and the truth is an absolute. I don't want to talk about specific cases today. I learned that lesson from my son. One evening as we sat at family dinner and I was relating the details of the murder case I was prosecuting, he picked up his hamburger and said '57 stab wounds? Really! Mom, can we PLEASE not talk about this at dinner.' I would like to talk about what we do in the prosecutor's office since most of you probably don't know about it."
We have a victim-centered office. In everything we do, we aim to get justice for victims. Often these days, that means working with drug users. Despite what you might have heard, drugs are not a victimless crime. Thefts from business, break-ins, and most robberies are typically caused by people who need a fix. They don't care about the stuff they take or the people they hurt. They don't care about the computer that has all your business records or the wide-screen television that you saved up for. They just need drugs.
We work closely to address this problem. My advice to help with it is that we need a dual approach - mercy and a hammer. We need early education and instruction to help prevent children from getting involved. First or second time offenders get remanded to a treatment program. They have two years of treatment to prove they can get straight. I love to sign release orders because it means we've saved someone. At the same time, I have no problem putting someone away. We need to be strong to protect society from people who have been given chance after chance and who still commit drug-related crimes."
"While most crime is drug-related, sometimes we see simple greed. Often it involves people stealing from their relations, and most often from elderly relatives. It is disillusioning to be a prosecutor. You lose a tremendous amount of trust in your fellow human beings because you see the worst that people can do to each other. That desire for justice is what keeps you going, but you must always temper that desire for justice with a total respect for the truth."
"Ours is definitely not a 40 hour a week job. Our prosecutors work evenings and weekends. Criminals are often very inconsiderate, and commit their crimes at the most inconvenient times. We are on call 24 hours a day. It never stops. We usually work with a backlog of at least 125 cases. We have a Criminal Division, with four prosecutors. They handle everything from the lowest level felony of drug possession up to murder.
We have a Civil section, with three prosecutors. They represent county officials any time the officials get sued. They handle foreclosures. Fortunately, those are down in 2011 after hitting a record in 2010. Mostly foreclosures are related to job loss these days, unlike before, when too many people were in over their heads with properties they could never have afforded. Once they are out from under their mortgages, they typically are much happier and are financially okay. These prosecutors have to deal with a lot of paperwork and emails. It's a big job."
"As busy as we are and as stressed as we can be, we have a great staff. We have great working relations with local law enforcement agencies, and we can't do our job without them. Our prosecutors all give their time and their passion to create justice. I've been a prosecutor for 29 years now, and I want to go on. I love it. If we often see the worst in people, we also get to see creating justice is the foundation of a great society, allowing people to live together and lie with a trust that ours is a land of peace and opportunity."
March 2 Speaker: Carol O'Brien, Delaware County Prosecutor
Some good news on a sad subject: "Theresa Flores, who spoke to us a few years ago about being forced into human trafficking, has started S.O.A.P: Save Our Adolescents from Prostitution," announced Susan Robenalt. "The organization provides bars of soap in motels with the numbers of agencies that will help get young people out of sexual servitude. So far she has saved at least five young women after just a month." See http://www.traffickfree.com/about/what-is-soap/ for more details.
The theme - A Healthy City in Motion - will feature the health of the City from fiscal, city services to infrastructure, and highlight innovative projects like the Bridge Street Corridor and the City’s compressed natural gas filling station slated to open this spring.
Inspired by the Healthy Dublin initiative launched in 2011, Grigsby said the City and the Healthy Dublin community partners are presenting a Wellness Premiere beginning at 4:30 p.m. in the Dublin Community Recreation Center Community Hall, prior to the State of the City address. This open house expo will feature the ingredients that go into creating a healthy community, including fitness programs, safety, sustainability, lifelong learning, recreation and live cooking demonstrations and samples from local chefs, including Wellness Forum Executive Chef and cookbook author Del Stroufe.
“We invite the community to join us on March 15 as we celebrate a healthy City,” said Grigsby. “This is a casual event. We encourage participation and hope our residents will be inspired by the resources, services and information available through the City of Dublin and our community partners.”
Healthy Dublin is a visionary and goal-oriented community health and wellness initiative designed to provide Dublin community residents and businesses with access to free health and wellness events, activities and programs. Healthy Dublin partners include the City of Dublin, the Dublin Chamber of Commerce, Dublin City Schools, Dublin Counseling Center, Columbus Metropolitan Library-Dublin branch, Dublin Methodist Hospital, HealthSpot, Washington Township and 411fit. Wellness Forum Executive Chef Del will be providing cooking techniques, tips and samples of his favorite healthy, low fat dishes at the Dublin Community Recreation Center Community Hall at 5:00 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 6:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Wellness Forum Executive Director Dr. Pam Popper will also be on hand to answer questions on the movie/book Forks Over Knives, in which she appeared. Dr. Popper recently spoke to Dublin AM Rotary.
One of the least understood Avenue of Service is Vocational Services. Our club has always supported projects that fall under this umbrella but few of us know what V.S. is all about. In a nutshell, it is about sharing professional expertise and skills to address problems and to promote high ethical standards in the workplace. In fact, while Vocational Services does serve others, it also serves each of us.
According to Rotary International, Vocational Service is all about helping others using what we know. Sometimes those “others” are on the other side of the world; sometimes they are right in our club. A few RI guidelines include:
Strengthening the emphasis on professional diversity in member recruitment by asking our friends and business colleagues to join us. Including various professions helps enhance projects with various needs. Steve Osborne and David Axner have helped strengthen our Interact clubs, Mentoring and Next Gen work in ways that would not be possible for a non-educator.
Identifying ways to emphasize professions in club activities. Our club has benefited from the advise of our CPAs, attorneys, medical providers, insurance professionals and a myriad of other member skills. We count on member expertise to help us achieve our club goals. Each of us should know what our fellow club members do for a living, where their vocation meshes with their avocation. I know that I can ask any member for professional advice or help, and they will be there for me. Can’t imagine being part of a better network!
Placing a stronger emphasis on business networking with integrity at the club and district level -- which also is a means of attracting and mentoring the next generation. When we develop business relationships and collaborate with our club members and other Rotarians we know there are shared values in business. Given a choice, I would rather work with a fellow Rotarian, wouldn’t you?
Wolf Lant chairs our Vocational Services committee, which is involved a various projects including Robotics, Mentoring, Leadership Dublin and Scholarship committees. Contact Wolf to learn how you can share your professional skills to improve someone else’s life.
India, one of the 4 remaining countries with active polio outbreaks, reported that the last case of wild poliovirus type 1 recorded in India was on January 13, 2011 in the state of West Bengal. This is a giant step on the way to polio eradication in India. To achieve eradication a country must be polio free for 3 consecutive years. More than 900 million doses of polio vaccine were administered in India in 2011. Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan are still reporting polio cases and this is why we continue the fight. Our Rotary International funds are a huge part of ensuring that this war is won. It is a war that we WILL win through strength in numbers.
Jack Partridge brought great news to the club: a break on natural gas prices!. See these short You Tube clips from his presentation for more information on the natural gas market, new and better ways of metering gas use, interesting facts about the Utica Shale level and possibility of new jobs in Ohio, and a consideration of controversial process of hydraulic fracturing, or 'fracking.'
On Friday, March 2, 2012, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m, at the Athletic Club of Columbus (ACC), Columbus Rotary and the ACC will be sponsoring the Rotary/ACC networking event, First Friday. Any Rotarian from any Rotary Club (and any guest they might bring) is invited as is any ACC member. You must bring a business card with you (hopefully more than one) to gain entrance to the luncheon.
The buffet luncheon costs $12 per person (this includes beverage and a gratuity).
There is no agenda, no program, just networking. Bill Shelby, the Chairman of Columbus Rotary’s Vocational Service Committee will probably take a minute to welcome everybody, but that will be all. The purpose is networking, and if any ACC members who are not Rotarians decide they wish to learn more about Rotary, so much the better. This event is limited to the first 40 persons who register.
The luncheon will be held in the Tally Ho Room on the first floor of the ACC. To RSVP, please contact the Front Desk at the ACC 614-221-3344 or e-mail Marte Dobosh at mdobosh@accolumbus.com. If you do not reserve a place ahead of time, please come anyways, as we always seem to have enough room for last minute guests.
Monthly First Fridays - Networking For Rotarians at the Athletic Club of Columbus
More than 50 Dublin AM Rotarians and guests attended this year's Progressive Dinner. Many of us mark this as the best Rotary event of the year. A huge thank you to John Williamson for planning and organizing the event - including the menu, host homes and recipe assignments.
Thank you to all the host homes: Sharon Kendall and photographer Paul Buchanan, Angel Rhodes and J.D. Kaplan, the Burness's, the Susie's, the Morgan's, the Williamson's (John), the Penland-Coyle’s.
Progressive Dinner - Great time. Great food. Great fellowship!
Our club sponsors a number of interesting and worthwhile International Projects around the world. The table below outlines many of these efforts and which of our club members is responsible for leading or managing each project.
Name of Project
and Country
Purpose of Project
Club Members
Montana de Luz
- Honduras
Support AIDS orphanage. Mission trip every other year.
Amy Snow
Blue Star Moms
- Afghanistan
Food and support for US troops abroad.
Jim Warburton
Wolf Lant
Shoes for Shoeless Kids
-Thailand
Provide shoes for poor school children who are shoeless.
Debbie Lutz
LN-4
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Rwanda
Provide free, “below the elbow” prosthetics to people who have lost an arm.
Jim Burness
Rita Hook
Claudia Trusty
Group Study
Exchange (GSE)
Organize non-Rotarian groups visiting other countries, and welcoming foreign groups to Dublin.
John Miller
Interventional
Radiology – Doctors from various countries (Spain,
Philippines et al)
Train foreign doctors in the USA in interventional radiology techniques. Joint project with Nation-Wide Children’s Hospital.
Debbie Sheppard
Chuck Giska
Provide Quality Water Sources
Philippines
Dominican Republic
Work closely with Rotary clubs in foreign countries to fund deep water wells & filters or other means of improving water quality for school kids.
Scott Williamson
Sharon Kendall
Assist with Malaria Prevention-Tanzania
Provide funds to purchase treated nets to deter mosquitos.
Scott Williamson
Future Planning
Investigate opportunities in Iraq and other countries
Momin Durrani
The above list may look long, but at any given time there are 200-300 clubs around the world who are asking for help in terms of resources or volunteers to improve their communities. Rotary International maintains an on-line list of these projects, the local contacts and the estimated cost of each project.
Halcyon Solutions, Inc., a software solutions company, owned by Mohan Viddam, has been active in the community for more than a decade. Halcyon providing free IT training to military Veterans and to help them get jobs.
The seven Veterans, who got trained in Quality Assurance/Software Testing recently, are now looking for entry-level jobs in software testing. We need help from local private companies and State of Ohio Agencies to provide these jobs. Introduction to the CIO/CTOs of these companies to Mohan/Halcyon would be greatly appreciated. As Halcyon will soon begin recruitment of Veterans to start the next batch of IT training, referring Veterans to Halcyon (www.halcyonit.com) would be appreciated.
This Veterans program at Halcyon is non-profit in nature, Halcyon is looking for funding to pay for the training expenses.
For more information and list of veterans, download documents on the website homepage.
Program Provides Free IT Training for Veterans Looking for Jobs
Claudia Trusty presents Dr. Villanueva with a Dublin AM Rotary banner along with Debbie Sheppard and Dr. Shiels.
Dr. Bill Shiels, Chairman of the Department of Radiology at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Dr. Dennis Villanueva, an interventional radiologist from the Philippines presented an update on the impact the Dublin AM Rotary International Fellowship program has had on docs training docs in the Philippines.
Villanueva was the first doctor to be trained by Dr. Shiels under a two-week fellowship funded by Dublin AM Rotary in 2009. He trained with Dr. Shiels and the team of interventional radiologists at Nationwide Children’s Hospital to learn minimally invasive interventional radiology procedures which he took back to the Philippines to treat children in need at St. Luke’s Hospital in Manila, and teach other radiologists.
Dr. Villanueva is back for another training period and will continue to participate in the docs training docs International Fellowship program.
To hear and see the extraordinary impact and the great return on Dublin AM Rotary’s investment in this life changing program in the Philippines and Spain, view speaker highlights from the YouTube videos from the February 17th club meeting.
The 15th Annual Polar Bear Golf Open was a big success! Snow, sleet, rain and cold did not stop our 87 golfers from enjoying themselves.
Together with our sponsors, you helped raise $11,300 at the 2012 PBGO. The funds raised from the event are targeted toward our programs supporting kids and families in the Central Ohio area including:
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Welcome Warehouse
Dublin Food Pantry
Columbus Metropolitan Library
Hands On Central Ohio
We have posted all the photos from the event on our Flickr pagefor you to enjoy and share with friends. Thank you club photographer Roberta Kayne - the event photographer.
We also had an OSU student from The Lantern on the course with one of our foursomes. Thanks go out to Wolf Lant and Pete Fuhlbrigge for hosting Lindsey Barrett. She has created a short video and she has given us access to her Flickr photostream of the images that she used.
Dublin City Manager Marsha Grigsby provided Rotarians an update on the City’s activities, projects and successes during the past year on January 20. She also announced the date for the State of the City, March 15, at the Dublin Community Recreation Center and Abbey Theater. She said the theme is: A Healthy Community in Motion. A “Wellness Premiere,” starting at 4:30 p.m. at the Community Hall, will feature the Healthy Dublin partners and an experiential display of cooking demonstrations, fitness and wellness experts and more. The State of the City presentation will begin at 7 p.m. in the Abbey Theater.
“If you have never attended the State of the City – this is one not to miss,” said Marsha.
Some highlights from her speech:
Dublin’s 2011 tax revenues exceeded projections by more than 6% ($71 million), which is a positive sign for our local economy. Dublin’s financial stability got another boost with the reaffirmation of its AAA rating – the highest attainable – by Fitch Ratings in September for the tenth consecutive year.
Staff worked diligently on a rezoning plan for the Bridge Street Corridor to establish the mix of land uses and housing types addressed in the plan. It is anticipated that the zoning code amendments will be considered for adoption and implementation by Dublin City Council in February 2012.
On the business front, nearly 1,000 new jobs were created. Dublin welcomed home an old friend when Wendy’s announced the return of its headquarters to Dublin in August. .
Construction activity was up in 2011. Total number of permits issued in 2011 – 529 (excluding fire and over the counter – heating, plumbing and electrical) – compared to 404 in 2010
It was a successful year for special events capped by the 24th Annual Dublin Irish Festival. We hope you’ll plan to attend the silver anniversary celebration, which will take place Aug. 3-5, 2012.
Over the summer, the Dublin Division of Police introduced “Meet the Police” meetings to speak with residents and provide education on crime prevention.
Dublin continues to work with other municipalities and organizations throughout the Central Ohio region in an effort to identify opportunities to share services resulting in cost savings and more efficiency. We will continue to collaborate with other communities to help alleviate traffic concerns, such as our partnership with Franklin and Union counties, and the City of Marysville to seek federal and state assistance for the redesign of the Interstate 270/State Route 33 interchange.
Dr. Pam Popper from the Wellness Forum in Worthington shared the health benefits of a whole food plant-based diet on January 27. Her presentation certainly provoked a lot of questions and left Rotarians thinking about the food we eat.
Dr. Pam Popper is a naturopath, an internationally recognized expert on nutrition, medicine and health, and the Executive Director of The Wellness Forum. The company offers educational programs designed to assist individuals in changing their health outcomes through improved diet and lifestyle habits; to assist employers in reducing the costs of health insurance and medical care for employees; and to educate health care professionals about how to use diet and lifestyle for preventing, reversing, and stopping the progression of degenerative disease.
Dr. Popper is the author of several books; her most recent is Solving America's Healthcare Crisis. She is the Founder of The Wellness Forum Foundation, which offers programming in schools designed to improve children's health through better nutrition.
Dr. Popper serves on the Physician's Steering Committee for the Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine in Washington D.C. Dr. Popper is one of the health care professionals involved in the famed Sacramento Food Bank Project, in which economically disadvantaged people were shown how to reverse their diseases and eliminate medications with diet.
Dr. Popper is part of Dr. T. Colin Campbell's teaching team at eCornell, teaching part of a certification course on plant-based nutrition. She has been featured in many widely distributed documentaries, including Processed People and Making a Killing and appears in a new film, Forks Over Knives, which opened in major theaters in May 2011. She is one of the co-authors of the companion book which has been on the the New York Times bestseller list for 28 weeks.
You can view a portion of her presentation to Dublin AM Rotary via YouTube link below and on www.dublinamrotary.org
One of the main features in this month's The Rotarian magazine is a story on the LN-4 project . The eight page feature highlights the history of LN-4 - but also the labor of love teams of volunteers experience as they assemble and package the hands for distribution.
Rotarians and others have distributed more than 8,200 of the prosthetic hands in 57 countries, most of them assembled from kits at similar corporate team-building events and at Rotary club, church, and civic gatherings. See the link below - but for the full story and photos check out your current issue of The Rotarian.
And if you haven't viewed the LN-4 training video professionally produced by Glenn Snow, spouse of member Amy Snow, directed by Claudia Trusty, Jim Burness and Rita Hook, take a few minutes to watch the video posted to our website. You will see how these lite plastic prosthetic hands are changing lives.
Manual Labor - Story about the LN-4 Project in February Rotarian
We have more than 75 golfers registered for this year's Polar Bear Golf Open!!! This year, we are actually playing with real golf balls!
The planning committee has been hard at work securing some great raffle prizes. Here are a few:
GOLF! - A foursome with carts on OSU's Scarlet Course, as well as foursomes at Kinsale Golf and Fitness and Scioto Country Club.
HEALTH! - Woodhouse Day Spa is providing 2 gift certificates for a 50min sports massage, Columbus Chiropractic and Rehabilitation Center is providing gift certificates for four Golf Functional Assessments (this is a great way to tune your body for a fabulous season of golf!)
SPORTS! - We have tickets to the Blue Jackets and to an OSU Basketball game, and of course the Taylor Made Burner Iron Golf Clubs!
You still have time to recruit your friends, colleagues or clients for a great morning of golf then pop across the street to the Wendy's Chile Open. To register go to www.polarbeargolf.org
Polar Bear Update - It is not too late to register
In an informative presentation, Claudia and Ann described the Dublin AM Rotary and Rotary International Foundations, which are, Ann explained, “separate, but work together.”
Anne explained that the nine-member Dublin AM Rotary Foundation Board works to “improve future for people of Dublin, Central Ohio, the country, and the world through fundraising efforts.”
“The money comes from the Polar Bear Open and Aces High.”
“Fundraising money is put into an endowment, from which we disburse money to help others.”
“We have a decision matrix for giving, based upon the club president's focus, the district governor’s focus, the possible impact for people at risk, the educational value, environmental value, meeting basic human needs, and having measurable results.”
Our endowment is currently at $187,000 and $25,557 went back to the Club this year to fund our Avenues of Service, and, among others, the Field of Honor, Montana de Luz, Dublin Historical Society’s Fletcher Homestead, the Furniture Bank’s Tables for Families project, the Welcome Warehouse, and the YWCA of Central Ohio.”
“The Rotary International Foundation,” explained Claudia, “allows us to advance understanding, goodwill, and peace in the world. Rotary is the peacemaker of the world. We are perceived internationally as a non-political facilitator for peace.”
“It concentrates on six areas: peace and conflict resolution, disease prevention & treatment, water & sanitation, maternal and child health, basic education & literacy, and economic & community development.”
“It gives grants that fund, among other things, our dictionary project.”
“There are many ways to contribute: for example, part of your dues go to RI through the Every Rotarian Every Year program.”
The most accessible and easily understood way is to become a Paul Harris Fellow.” It involves a $1000.00 contribution. There are multiple recognition levels, In our club, 77 members have been Paul Harris Fellows, and 19 have multiple fellowships.”
“Dublin AM offers an easy way to get involved: join a 4 x 4, give $200 for 4 years, with the club adding the final $200.
“The bottom line for both Foundations is that we can do anything, we can make dreams come true, we can make the vision a reality, because we are Rotarians.”
Rotary Foundations: How we raise money and what we do with it.
"Last spring," announced Lisa Blackwell, "I heard about a State Library of Ohio grant called Choose to Read Ohio and thought it would be a wonderful opportunity for us to promote reading with the schools. I brought the idea to the Literacy Committee. Julie Rinaldi wrote the application. We got the grant! On April 19th, author Marcia Schonberg will read her book "B is for Buckeye" to the 4th graders at Daniel Wright. Every 4th grader will receive a signed copy. She will meet parents at the Dublin Branch Library that evening.
On Friday April 20th, she will join us at our morning meeting. What a wonderful way to promote reading where students have the greatest need and in our community!"
Thanks to Claudia and Dublin AM for providing 25% matching funds to make it happen.
Enhancing Rotary’s public image and awareness is one of Rotary International’s three strategic priorities.
Communications is the link that connects Rotary Clubs internally and with their community and beyond. We also know PR can open the door to new members and give our existing members a sense of pride.
Both internal and external communications are two main areas Dublin AM Rotary’s Communications Committee focuses on each year. And with evolving and expanding tools in the toolbox – our communications efforts range from producing the bi-weekly Reveille, to capturing club events and meetings in photos, using social media and working with local media to tell our stories of service to our community.
PR Grant Campaign
Our District Governor Brent Rosenthal made a commitment early on to encourage clubs to enhance the public image and awareness of Rotary in our local communities. The District applied to RI for a PR Grant and has invited clubs in District 6690 to apply for grant money to promote Rotary in their local communities using one of RI’s campaigns: “This Close – Stop Polio Now” or “Humanity in Motion.”
We have great news to share with the club. We received $1000 from the District (in addition to a $500 match from our club) to implement a print ad campaign featuring the Humanity in Motion “faces” ads. We are excited to connect our local members to our local community and showcase our passion for service and fellowship that happens through Rotary. We hope to create some buzz and interest in Rotary through the ads. We will also leverage the ads using a QR code, our website, social media and Facebook ads.
I want to recognize the efforts of the Communications Committee for the work they do for our club. From taking notes at meetings, photos at events, producing the Reveille and assisting and training members with Clubrunner, updating the website, working the AV equipment – the committee exemplifies Rotary in Motion! Thank you Michael Blackwell, Lisa Blackwell, Bonnie Coley-Malier, Raj Hora, Roberta Kayne and Mohan Viddam!
There are so many wonderful photos from the December holiday party on our Flickr site. You can download photos in a variety of sizes for digital use or to print out at your favorite photo site online or places like Walgreens. If you need help or a quick find - contact Sue Burness 561-1617
Thank you Bonnie Coley-Malir for capturing the evening in photos.
More photos from the holiday party - see them all on Flickr
How would you like the opportunity to play golf in February?
The 15th Annual Polar Bear Open will be held this year on Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. to noon at The Safari Golf Club, 4850 West Powell Road, Columbus, OH. The registration fee of $80.00 also gives the player a ticket (valued at $30 for the Wendy's Chili Open which will take place across the street at the Columbus Zoo starting at noon http://www.wendyschiliopen.com/
This unique golf event is held wind, rain, sleet, snow, sunshine or whatever! Come and challenge yourself to play a round of golf under possibly (and probably) unusual circumstances. Invite your friends to join you. Every player will be treated to a light breakfast, lunch and the opportunity to win great raffle prizes including a set of Taylor Made irons, prizes for the winning teams as well as a fantastic round of golf you can brag about all year long! You also receive a ticket to the Wendy’s Chili Open event which begins at noon.
The Dublin A.M. Rotary’s Holiday Party was filled with very generous party goers this year! Rotarians emptied their pockets on demand to ensure that local families in need had a nice holiday filled with cheer! Well over $1,000 was collected in about 2 minutes after Bruce Andrews made his plea for assistance. Thank you to the shopping teams led by Rita Hook and Cindy Groeniger who led the present shopping efforts for the selected families!
The Dublin A.M. Rotary and the three high school Interact Clubs helped ring in the holidays by providing weekend bell ringing coverage for four weekends at three locations throughout the Dublin community in support of the Salvation Army Red Kettle program. Rotary/Interact Red Kettle ringing this holiday season totaled 204 volunteer hours!
Thank you to everyone who volunteered with their family, friends, dogs, etc! We are so grateful to all that hung out in the cold for such a great cause. Please forgive us if we missed anyone, but here are the names of our wonderful volunteers:
John Susie, Page Vornbrock, Bruce Andrews, Susan Robenalt, Claudia Trusty, Tim Redman, Cindy Groeniger, Joel Campbell, Bill Andrews, Kent Underwood, Daryl Schorsten, Asch Mikhail, Carol Friedhoff, Angel Rhodes, J.D. Kaplan, Jim Warburton, Mohan Viddam, Chuck Giska, Dave Axner, Steve Osbourne, Chris Curry, Tricia Arndt, Ramona Penland, Sharon Kendall, Paul Buchanan, Mike Lusk, Sharon Custer, Brent Bigelow, Walter Zeirer, Richard Ulm, Faye Herriott, Steve Lutz, Jack Curtis, Pete Fuhlbridgge, Greg Gleeves, Rita Hook, Ron Morgan, Rich Weber, Julie Rinaldi, Pete Cushnie, Dwight Seeley, Bonnie Coley-Malir, Cap Clegg, Raj Hora, Sue Burness, Jim Burness, Andy Keeler, Chuck Stein, Ken Goldberg, John Duff, Amber Hulme, Ryan Hoefling, Lisa Blackwell, Michael Blackwell, Margaret Butler, Debbie Sheppard, Dave Holliday, Faith Williams
If we missed your name we apologize! This effort cannot be successful without a big bunch of volunteers to thanks to the big whole bunch of you! A special thank you to Bruce Andrews for organizing this effort on behalf of the Club and members of our community who are in need of support.
Congratulations Ryan Hoefling as he recently received full member status upon removal of his red badge. Ryan will be captain of the Polar Bear fund raiser, so he is raising the level of his Rotary game in a big way.
Polar Bear Planning Underway
“Perfect golf weather is almost here!,” announced Ryan Hoefling. “Polar Bear Open will be February 4th. We need lots of help. Our most important needs right now are for event sponsors and volunteers .If you or somebody you know would like some great publicity while doing good for Dublin, talk with me about becoming a sponsor.”
Upcoming Fellowship Events
“Don’t forget Tuesday at Tutto Vino on December 13 starting at 5:30 p.m.,” reminded Ramona Penland. We meet the second Tuesday of each month. Tuesdays at Tutto Vino are a fun and informal way to mingle with fellow Rotarians. Cash bar.
Greeters
Sign up to be a greeter on Clubrunner and earn a make-up while you start your day greeting some of the nicest people in Central Ohio.
The Dublin AM Rotary’s Dictionary Project is only successful if we reach and impact our intended audiences-young children and their families. As we have in the past, our Club donated over 1100 dictionaries to all of the 3rd graders enrolled in the Dublin City Schools this fall. Our hope is that they utilize the dictionaries and share their knowledge and excitement about words and their meaning with their families. Many of the students are new to the United States and are just learning the English language along with their parents and extended family members.
Dublin City Schools Superintendent and Dublin A.M. Rotary member Dr. David Axner was on hand on November 28th to disseminate the dictionaries to the 3rd graders at Olde Sawmill Elementary School. I had the pleasure of being present when the children received their dictionaries. The students were so excited and pleased to have been given this gift by our membership! The 4th and 5th graders at Olde Sawmill developed a video message for this year’s third graders telling them how they have used their dictionaries as a learning tool. It was a creative way to get the message across to their younger peers about the importance of words and reading!
Here are some examples of some of the “thank you” messages we have received from some of the students this year:
Dear Rotary,
Thank you so much for the dictionary. Now I can spell my name in sign language. I can read Braille, I know roman numerals, I know the fifty states and I can learn about the Presidents. I can see places on maps, see the planets, look up words, and see the longest word! I only got to the 12th letter, but I’ll keep trying though. Plus I have fun because I stick my thumb in the page, pull it apart and see the words I get! Thank you so much!
P.S. On Monday I missed my dictionary so much I kissed it! Thanks!
Sincerely, Anna
Dear Rotary,
I love the dictionary! Thank you so much! I loved it so much that me and my two friends spent the first recess looking at it and we started a “Dictionary Club.” First recess only!
Sincerely, Lauren
Dear Rotary,
Thank you for the dictionary. Now that I have it I can use my clean one and not those ones that have germs.”
Dr. Richard Rodenberg is
overseeing the new Nationwide Children’s Sports Medicine facility in
Dublin. The two story 25,000
sq. ft. facility will open on 5680 Venture Drive and be a huge benefit to the
young athletes (and their parents) in organized sports and an exciting
extension to NCH’s services in Dublin. Rotarian Lisa Blackwell booked Dr.
Rodenberg to speak with us as soon as the new facility was announced, while
Rotarian Chris Waynar proved an outstanding introduction of the doctor and
facility to Dublin AM. Here are a few
highlights:
“Sports medicine doctors are primarily
non-surgical specialists in muscle and bone systems, working from Little League
and high school athletics up to the professional and Olympic athlete
“Sports medicine cases requiring non-surgical
treatment and therapy have risen from a little over 1,000 in 2002 to over 9,000
in 2010.”
“The most common complaints are knee pain,
back pain, concussions, stress fractures, and foot and ankle pain and sprain.”
“The injuries most likely to cause injury are
football and soccer, followed by basketball, track, and baseball. Cheerleading,
volleyball, dance, and gymnastic and a host of others also contribute, with
marching band being a least common source.”
“Nationwide Children’s will be the only
pediatric hospital in the country with two facilities dedicated to sports
medicine and orthopedic care, offering both non-surgical and surgical
alternatives.
“Our second floor will be completely dedicated
to rehabilitation, with a track, rehabilitation gym, dance therapy, throwing
cage, and machines to analyze and improve athletic motions, ensuring athletes
can and will be rehabilitated and better able to prevent future injuries.”
“Thirty million young people participate in
U.S. sports every year. 1.6 million to 3.2
million suffer a traumatic brain injury [concussion]. 300,000 suffer a loss of consciousness. Over
half go unreported. These injuries can be
life threatening and a source of great concern to doctors in the field.”
“If an athlete suffers Second Impact
Syndrome--a second injury before the first is healed-- brain swelling can
occur, resulting in 50% mortality and 100% morbidity. There will be some
permanent effect for the rest of the athlete’s life in every case.”
“It is important to have rest, even from
schoolwork, to ensure recovery starts.”
80 – 90% of victims recover in the first ten
days. Some 240,000 to 525,000 will not and require longer term treatment.”
“We primarily work on headache control, sleep
hygiene, with some anti-depressant medication. These young people can in some
cases have their reason for living taken away if they can’t play sports, and
they can suffer situational depression.”
“Participation in sports can only be allowed
again after the athletes are asymptomatic, with a 5 step process in place to
ensure that.
“It is important that we create awareness of
concussions. The NFLs campaign has
helped. Kids will lie in order
to keep playing, and some coaches will play injured kids even when they know of
the concussion. We need to work to
help the good coaches respond, and get the bad coaches off the field so they
can’t endanger lives.”
Dr. Rodenberg’s
presentation generated many questions about the facility and the treatment of
sports injuries. In March 2012, we can look forward to the opening of a center
that will provide great service to some of Dublin’s most active and energetic
young minds.
Dr. Richard E. Rodenberg, M.D., Nationwide Children’s Hospital (NCH) & OSU College of Medicine
“When we forget ourselves, we usually do something that everyone else remembers.”
-Anonymous
The above quote fits perfectly with the spirit of the community services initiatives the Dublin AM Rotary currently has in place and nicely mirrors this year’s Rotary International theme of “Reach Within to Embrace Humanity.” The goal of the theme of reaching within is to “look within your selves to understand that all of humanity has the same dreams, similar hopes, the same aspirations and similar problems.”
The current projects under our community services umbrella are the following:
Veterans Honor Flight
Literacy
Miracle League
Dublin Food Pantry Toiletries and Taxes
Salvation Army Mobile Canteen/Red Kettle/Adopt-a-Family
Parade Marshaling
All of these projects reach out to members of our community and beyond in some unique way to embrace our collective humanity. “Veterans Flight” honors veterans of foreign conflicts to remind them that their sacrifices for us have not been forgotten. Our literacy efforts reach out to children and adults in a variety of ways to send the consistent message that literacy is a means to improved educational outcomes and lower poverty rates. Miracle League provides an opportunity for children with disabilities to play baseball like their non-disabled peers.
The “Toiletries and Taxes” initiative reaches out to individuals and families in our community who are hungry and hurting by helping the Dublin Food Pantry keep its shelves filled. Our Salvation Army efforts focus on individuals and families in our community who are homeless, hungry and struggling economically. Our parade marshaling efforts are a nice way to honor members of the community for their community service and sacrifices in a fun way.
The following Rotarians are heading up these initiatives on behalf of the Club:
Veterans Flight - Dave Williamson
Literacy - Julie Erwin Rinaldi
Miracle League - Julie Erwin Rinaldi
Dublin Food Pantry Toiletries and Taxes - Sharon Custer
Salvation Army Mobile Canteen/Red Kettle/Adopt-a-Family - Bruce Andrews
Parade Marshaling - Dwight Seeley
All of the efforts noted above require a tremendous amount of volunteer effort from our membership. We would like to take this time to thank all of you who have volunteered throughout the years to ensure that these initiatives are successful. Many times your volunteer efforts are behind the scenes. You have fully and completely accepted the charge to embrace humanity and we could not do any of these things without you.
Dublin AM Rotary Charitable Foundation Board: Chris Close, Susan Robenalt, Page Vornbrock, Sharon Kendall, Dave Connelly, Ann Ralston, Rick Gerber, Marilee Chinnici-Zuercher, Cap Clegg and Amy Barnhart.
The current economy is creating a greater need for support from service organizations such as ours. Your Dublin AM Rotary Charitable Foundation approved two grants that serve a common theme: Poverty.
A recent publication by the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program shows that 26.2% of children in Franklin County live in poverty , and from 2005 – 2010, the percentage of needy students in Dublin jumped from 7% – 13%!
One grant helps fund a test for Hands on Central Ohio (formerly First Link) to take a mobile unit into the Dublin community to assist people where they live and work. Hands On Central Ohio matches an individual’s needs with community resources. If effective, this approach of going into communities will be expanded.
The second grant was awarded to the YWCA Family Center, originally created as the intake site for homeless families. Although the Center was designed to handle 50 families, for much of this year it has been operating at more than double its capacity. The grant will help provide food for the residents. A time is being identified for club members to serve a meal to the residents.
As you wrap up your year-end giving, please consider donations to our club’s own Dublin AM Rotary Foundation as well as to the Rotary International Foundation. You can drop off the checks to Rich Weber at any meeting.
Please join Claudia Trusty and Ann Ralston at the January 6th meeting to learn more about both our club’s foundation and the RI Foundation.
On January 13th, Elfie DiBella, CEO of the YWCA will be our speaker, exploring the state of poverty in central Ohio.
Reminder - there are only a few days left to order OSU vs Nebraska basketball tickets for the 6:30 game on January 3, 2012.
In order to order the tickets and be assured of sitting together, I need to submit the order by November 21, 2011. The tickets cost $21 and will be billed to you by the club. You should have received an invitation thru Clubrunner. You can sign up via Clubrunner Events - or contact Jim Warburton 717-9534.
Dave Williamson: "This year, we were fortunate to have Joe Fox from Dublin Television along with us on the flight and he took hours of footage of our trip. The result of his work and editing expertise means that we have a captivating tribute to our veterans who joined us and we are able to share it with the entire community. We owe our deep gratitude to the pilots whose generosity allowed us the opportunity to honor these special veterans who have given so much for our country: Jim Arnold, Brad Guthrie, Dr. Robert 'Rocket Bob' Banasik, Phil Yoder and John Miller. Thanks also to Jennifer Miller and Michael Blackwell who served as caregivers."
Our deepest respect and gratitude goes to our Veterans:
Hank Abele (Navy)
Henry Cunningham (Army)
David Hinds (Marines)
Robert Koehler (Army)
Dick Loveland (Marines)
Dale Seiberling (Navy)
It takes a tremendous amount of time, energy and commitment to make this trip happen flawlessly. Dave Williamson is the heart and soul behind this event and deserves accolades from the club for organizing it and bringing the veterans to our meeting to share the special moments from the trip with his unwavering passion. Take the opportunity next year to recommend or bring a veteran and travel as a caregiver. You will enjoy a deeply rewarding trip.
Scott White founded IGS Energy with 3 employees and an annual revenue of $1 million. Today the employees number 200 with revenue at $1.4 billion. Their Dublin Headquarters is the only Platinum LEED building in Central Ohio. Scott and his family make their home in Dublin.
Scott shared the vision that drives IGS:
IGS operates in 11 states with plans to expand as utility deregulation continues
IGS sells energy with a commitment to helping consumers to educate themselves about their energy costs and choices. Consumers already understand how to calculate gasoline mpg for their cars and with the right tools they can do this for other forms of energy consumption
Competition among energy retailers leads to better pricing options for consumers
The United States is second only to China as an energy consumer and our energy use is unlikely to lessen.
Petroleum accounts for 37% of energy usage, more than any other type. Because oil is a global commodity and we use more than we can produce we must import much or our needs - at increasingly heavy costs as producers command prices to match demand. We have cleaner alternatives to exploit to lesson the vulnerability that comes from being heavily dependent on foreign oil.
Natural gas is an abundant domestic resource for which there is also not currently a global market. While the export model to create a global market is developed we can invest in using is as a cheaper and cleaner alternative to petroleum. Natural gas can power vehicles for the equivalent of $2 dollar per gallon while emitting 25% less CO2 and 95% fewer particularates than diesal.
IGS envisions growing the market for natural gas in a variety of ways:
Create energy price transparency that will lead consumers to view natural gas as a smart alternative
Increase industrial demand for domestic natural gas
Increase transportation use of natural gas, promoting electric and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicles by strengthening the infrastructure and supply
One final note that may have surprised a few in the audience -- the City of Dublin is a leader in fostering CNG vehicle adoption. They have successfully converted 44 vehicles out of a planned 200. Due to the City's commitment to green energy they are also supporting the work necessary to make CNG available and appealing to consumers.
Ryan Hoefling announced that "Perfect golf weather awaits on February 4th for our annual Polar Bear Golf Outing!" Restaurateur Asch Mikhail will once again provide delicious hot food (thank you Asch!!) that is guaranteed to taste fantastic after a brisk round on the course. Volunteers are needed so please contact Ryan Hoefling or Mike Close to help with one of our most important annual fundraisers!
Bruce Andrews announced that "once again, it's time to ring the kettle bells for the Salvation Army!" Sign ups are for 2 hour shifts at 3 locations and we prefer 2 volunteers per shift. Mark your calendars for a shift on December 3rd, 10th or 17th. Shifts are 10am-12pm; 12-2pm; 2-4pm; 4-6pm. Children are always welcome so this can also be a great family volunteering opportunity. Bring a cute pet, wear an elf costume or exercise your "ho! ho! ho's!" -
whatever gets you in the spirit to help bring in donations! Contact Bruce Andrews to sign up.
Local Dublin chiropractor Dr. Richard Ulm is now a member of Dublin A.M. Rotary. He and his wife Jackie are looking forward to becoming more active in our community.
Q: What do you consider the best part of your career and would you have
guessed when you were a teenager that you would be in this career today?
My father was a doctor, my mom was a nurse, and I always knew that I also wanted
to help people on a personal level.The best part of what I do is the opportunity to help people with unique
problems and challenges. Financial planning
allows me to create successful outcomes for clients on a very personal level and because every client’s situation is unique, I am never bored. When I was in high school there really wasn't a "financial planning" career. I studied architecture and finance in college but then realized I wasn't cut out to sit in a cubicle creating spreadsheets. My advisor told me to consider "financial planning" and here I am!
Q: Describe your perfect day - where you would be, what you would be doing, who, if anyone would you want to share it with?
I spend the majority of my time away from the office doing one of two things - restoring our historic fam at the corner of Brand and Coffman or exercising at LifeTime. I don't enjoy sitting still but do enjoy seeing the benefits of hard work. A perfect day would be one where I work outside with my wife and son transforming a once-abandoned property from an eyesore to a gem. But every day starts with at least an hour of intense exercise which I find I need for the energy and mental focus to be effective.
Q: Tell us about one of your favorite hobbies and how you became interested in it.
My father was a woodworker and shared that hobby with me as a boy. I learned to build things for the historic home I grew up in on Broadway in Granville. I prefer working with cherry, walnut and mahogany and my style has generally been more traditional. I hand-dovetail joints and cornice moldings - cutting and shaping by hand using the old methods. I made a cherry pencil post bed for my wife's birthday and a period reproduction corner cupboard a year later.
Q: When your inner creative spirit gets restless do you engage in an activity that allows you to express yourself?
Woodworking and home restoration are obvious outlets. Fitness is the other. I like to get creative with my exercise routines. I do get looks when I do a barbell flat bench press with a plate on only one side of the bar... Next time you are at the gym, try it! You really have to enlist your core to keep the bar parallel with the ground. (editor's note - we are not responsible for any harm incurred by readers who attempt this maneuver)
Q: Do you have a personal "bucket list"? If so, share a few of the more surprising things on that list that someone who doesn't know you well would never believe unless you told them.
I have a long list of goals. Professionally - all of my goals pont to excellence in what I do and being recognized nationally as an authority in my field of expertise. Toward that end, I testified before the Senate Committee on Small Business in 2009 and I have begun work on a personal finance book. Personally - I completed a fitness competition this year and took 4th place out of 12 just by changing my diet. I hope to compete in 2012 and place in the top 5 in a CrossFit competition.(additional editorial note: picture in fitness pose requested but politely declined. special prize if you can score a pic for the editor)
“Let me tell you about the day I knew I was irrelevant,” began Rotary AM member Stephen Smith, a.k.a the Rockin’ Reverend of the band Rev’d Up. In a survey done in the 1990’s, about 40% of the people polled claimed they went to a religious service at least once a week. A religious group, the Church of Christ in Lorraine, thought the number seemed high. They did a follow-up study to find out how often people really go to church. They found that people were—to put it politely—exaggerating their attendance. In fact, about 20% of people were regularly attending.”
“The numbers are even lower today. Recently, as I was working with a wedding party, I found that only two of the 16 people knew the Lord’s Prayer. All along, I thought I was working with people who knew religion and I was there to help those who wished to explore more deeply. It isn’t so. People don’t just absorb religion through osmosis. They are lacking in a basic understanding of the tenets of the Christian faith and, perhaps even more alarmingly, in the knowledge that helps to create a shared culture.”
“It raises the question of how ethics and values are learned in our culture. There are two basic ways. The first demands,
‘Do this because I say so, and I’m right.’ It leads to little common ground, little understanding, and much fighting. The second posits ‘Follow these rules because they are good, and here is why.’
Such is the Constitution. It tells our story. It shapes our values. It defines who we are as a culture. It reduces conflict because people know the document and can see that they have shared values.”
“What is happening now is that the common story is changing. I can no longer assume that people know the Christian story. When we lose the common story, we go into conflict, even if, as is the case, we (like Republicans and Democrats) might each have a piece of the common story. We are bifurcated.”
“What then IS our common story as Americans? If anything provides it today, I think it is work. And this raises a question for me: what is the connection between faith, or our ethical values, and work? If they are in conflict, we will need to develop a new common story. We all work more and more, and we all have our own deepest values—do we have times when those are in conflict? If so, that’s when we are writing a new story for ourselves. I’m not sure what that story will be. But I’m researching it. I’d like to know what our changing story is, if we are no longer sharing some of the older sources of a common story. And I do believe we need a common story to emerge. If we are just content to stare at each other we will may find that a story, a culture, develop that we don’t like or want.”
Stephen is studying this fascinating if vexing question as part of his doctoral research. If you’d like to help Steve with his research, and to learn better what our sources of values might be, ask him for his short survey. As he does his research, perhaps we will all have a chance to hear from him again to see what he is learning about what we share and, just maybe, help to create a common story that Rotarians would like to see.
The Reverend Stephen Smith: “Faith, Values, and Work”
“What is better than seeing a friendly face here to great you on Friday mornings, with a smile, a handshake, or maybe even a nice hug?,” asked Bonnie Coley-Malir. “Only one thing: being the person who greets! You get the warm feeling of making everyone’s day. It’s like being Ebenezer Scrooge after he learns the meaning of Christmas. Your heart opens up and you want to celebrate with everyone!
So, why not sign up to be a greeter today? Ask if you need help with ClubRunner. You’ll be glad you did.”
On Sunday, September 25th four private airplanes belonging to Dublin AM Rotary’s Flying Rotarians and Friends of Rotary took off from Don Scott Airport en route to Manassas, VA with six veterans of WWII, the Korean War, and Vietnam War in a Veterans Honor Flight Project the club has sponsored the past three years. In Washington D.C., the group visited six memorials dedicated in honor of these veterans and their brothers and sisters in bond for the service and contributions to our freedom and way of life today.
Making the trip this year were former Marines David Hinds (Vietnam veteran), Richard Loveland (Korean War veteran); Navy veterans Henry Abele (Korean War), and Dale Seiberling (WWII); and Army veteran Henry Cunningham (Korean War) and Robert Koehler (Korean War). The veterans and their Rotary hosts visited the WWII Memorial, Korean War Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, Air Force Memorial, and Arlington Cemetery to include the Tomb of the Unknowns.
One highlight of this year’s trip was the opportunity for two of the veterans, Dick Loveland and Dale Seiberling, a pilot member of the group John Miller, and Rotary Club representative and Vietnam veteran Dave Williamson, to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown in honor of our veterans and our Rotary Club’s program to salute these veterans and their many brothers and sisters in arms for their service to the country.
The trip is conducted at no expense to the veterans, with the Rotary Club picking up the tab for the ground transportation, meals, and other expenses in Washington D. C. Pilots John Miller, Phil Yoder, Dr. Bob Banasik, and Jim Arnold volunteer their aircraft and time to fly the group to Washington and to whom the Rotary Club and veterans are eternally grateful and appreciative.
It was a successful and inspirational trip for the Dublin AM Rotary club members accompanying the veterans to see their reactions and listen to their recollections of various experiences as we toured each of the memorials. Each year, it is these reactions and recollections that make the trip so much a privilege and honor to conduct. The Veterans Honor Flight is a three-year tradition that we plan to continue in the future.
Dublin A.M. Rotary Veterans Honor Flight – A Flying Tribute to America’s Heroes
Rita Hook's broken arm "ordeal" continues - but we are happy to report that she will have surgery Friday to repair the bone that has not healed correctly. Surgery is usually not a welcome proposition for most people - but in this case Rita is hopeful it will properly repair the bone that was broken in late June.
We have asked Harvey to keep us updated on her progress. Keep Rita in your thoughts and prayers.
Kicking off the commemoration weekend of the 9/11 tragedy, a panel of Dubliners shared with the club the community collaboration that brought the Field of Honor to Dublin, Ohio. From left to right: Claudia Trusty, Dave Connelly, Sue Burness, Chief Al Woo, Amy Snow, Christine Nardecchia, Sgt Craig Hungler and Chris Kelley.
Dave Connelly: “This tragedy has affected all of us, and many of us have a personal connection to the events of that day, not only watching on television but knowing somebody who died. We owe it to those who died that the day never be forgotten. A special thanks are due to our Commemorative Sponsors: BMI Federal Credit Union, Cardinal Health Foundation, Cassidy/Turley, Delta Energy, Dublin AM Rotary Foundation, Dublin Cleaners, Dublin Dance Center/Gymnastics, OCLC, Andrews Architects, and Schottenstein, Zox & Dunn Co., LPA. Many Rotarians also stepped up to provide financial support, including Margaret Butler with Dublin Cleaners and Kent Underwood with Underwood Orthodontics. Finally, thanks to all of you who have volunteered or will volunteered to help. You have made it happen for our City.”
Christine Nardecchia, City of Dublin Director of Volunteer Services: ”The Field of Honor is a great reminder of why I became a public servant. It was an extraordinary partnership between City and community, with an amazing number of organizations coming together. Over 300 have volunteered their time to get the event set up. But hundreds of people and thousands of hours have not only created a memorable event to help us reflect, but also ensured that a scholarship for first responders will be a lasting result and tribute.”
Chris Kelly, Dublin Foundation Executive Director: “Long after the event is a memory, we will have a pool of money for the first responders’ scholarship. We will begin with at least $10,000. This scholarship will be administered by a committee of all the stakeholders in the community and will be a fitting tribute to bravery of those who gave their efforts or even gave their lives so that so many lives could be saved on that tragic day 10 years ago.”
Chief Al Woo, Washington Township Fire Chief: “With all respect to everyone at the City, we tried to make this event apolitical, and I wish to thank City Council for contributing to the solemnity of the day. When this idea was first proposed, I have to admit that I was skeptical. I loved the idea of a tribute to the fallen, but I was concerned about the scholarship for first responders. I didn’t want Washington Township to seem in any way self-serving or self-promoting. Once I understood it was all about community, we were all in and ready to offer complete support. The City and so many partners have pulled together in a way that makes everyone in the Fire Department proud to be a part.”
Sue Burness: “It takes a whole community to raised 3,000 flags. This has been an amazing community collaboration. I wish to extend thanks to the Communication Committee who worked with me. Their collaborative effort, using both traditional media tools and social media, got our message of reflection, remembrance, and community out not only to Dublin but to the whole world. Through the City’s website, you can see remembrances from people across the country and the globe, with amazing and moving stories. If you haven’t visited it www.DublinFieldofHonor.org, go and prepare to be moved. You will be moved, too, when you attend and hear Dublin school children reading the names of the victims. Thanks to Dublin City Schools for providing the land and coordinating this effort.”
Sgt Craig Hungler, City of Dublin Division of Police: “After 9/11, I and two others peer counselors and chaplains were released by the City of Dublin to go to New York to help. Thanks to the City for giving us that release and the tools to assist. We counseled the Port Authority Police Department, which had charge of the World Trade Centers and which lost more officers than NYPD.
When we think of 9/11, we think of tragedy and lost life, but somehow I also feel blessed to have been a part. I saw the goodness that was there in the midst of the tragedy: in the way the city came together, in the search for survivors, how different organizations and groups wanted to be part, in how for a moment everyone set aside their differences and worked together with shared humanity. For a time, for all too brief a time, we were a better, more loving, more caring country. By the first anniversary, it seemed we were back to business as usual.
If I had one wish, it would be that we could go back to the spirit of 9/11. And the Field of Honor, in which so many have come together, shows that if we try, maybe we can. The world would be a better place if we could. Let the Field of Honor—a difficult but meaningful weekend—be the serene place where we can be together to gain strength to work for that spirit in the world.”
Thanks to all Rotarians and to everyone in Dublin and beyond who helped make Field of Honor an event that fulfilled the promise of Sgt. Hungler’s words. His thoughts express the very essence of what it means to be a Rotarian. May we all live and work to be equal to them.
Photo taken from air courtesy of Dublin AM Rotarian Mike Close
Dublin Field of Honor - a Community Collaboration - a Tribute to 9/11 Victims
Join your fellow Rotarians at Tutto Vino on the second Tuesday of each month for a social hour (or hours) with fun, food and drink. Bring a friend or come solo. Just plan to have a great time and lively conversation! (This is a cash bar event)
So please let us know your plans to accept or decline the invitation. See Upcoming Events in the E-Newsletter and Website.
It truly takes a community to raise 3000 flags. Hundreds of volunteers are ready to mark the field, pound rebar and post 3000 flags as the Dublin community presents the Dublin Field of Honor - a community commemoration paying tribute to the 10th anniversary of 9/11, September 10 - 12 at the practice fields at Dublin Coffman High School across from Cardinal Health.
Invite your family, friends and neighbors to attend the opening ceremony Saturday, September 10 at 7 p.m. This short reflective ceremony will feature brief remarks from Dublin Police Chief Heinz von Eckartsberg and Washington Township Fire Department Chief Al Woo. In addition, the final flags will be posted by corporate sponsors and community leaders.
You can still purchase a flag online at www.DublinFieldofHonor.org
See the schedule of weekend reflections below:
Saturday, September 10, 2011
7 p.m. – Opening Ceremony
• Posting of flags by sponsors
and community leaders
• Wall of Remembrance
Sunday, September, 11, 2011
• Bell ringing to mark each of the plane crashes
• Honoring the victims - reading of the names
recorded by the youth of Dublin
• Wall of Remembrance
• Bagpiper tributes every hour
Monday, September 12, 2011
8 a.m. - 3 p.m. – School group tours hosted
by Dublin City School Resource Officers
6 p.m. – Closing Ceremony
featuring Dublin Cornet Band
www.DublinFieldofHonor.org
Dublin Field of Honor 9.11.11 - Reflect. Remember.
Front row (left to right): Scott Williamson, District 6690 Governor Brent Rosenthal, Dublin AM President Claudia Trusty, Vice President Dave Holiday and Treasurer Rich Weber.
Top row (left to right): Dwight Seeley, Amber Hulme, Dave Williamson, Sue Burness, Michael Blackwell, Wolf Lant, Julie Rinaldi and Steve Osborne.
Missing: Past President Dave Connelly,President-elect Mike Close, Bonnie Coley-Malir, Debbie Sheppard and Steve Smith
The 2010-2011 school year was a very active year for our club’s association with several youth-oriented Rotary programs, and the 2011-2012 school year looks to be just as busy and rewarding!
Club member Sandy Beetner continued to lead our involvement with the Interact Clubs at all three Dublin High Schools. The service projects these clubs are involved with are integral part of highlighting the benefits of community service to our youth.
We were proud to sponsor four Dublin High School students this past year in the Rotary Youth Exchange Program. Olivia Gugliemotto, Holly Brown and Sara Giska participated in the short-term program to Spain, while Sam Gugliemotto was able to participate with a journey to Istanbul, Turkey. We are excited to sponsor Dublin students through this program again for the 2011-2012 school year. We will be announcing the program at all three Dublin High Schools early this fall. Interested participants must attend a mandatory orientation on September 17 and 18 at Camp Mary Orton. For more information, contact me or visit the District website at Rotary Youth Exchange
The Four-Way Test Speech Contest, held at Westerville North High School in April at the District Assembly, showcased the speaking talents of Simranpreet Singh. Simranpreet, a junior at Dublin Scioto High School, was selected to represent our club at the contest and did an outstanding job. We look forward to selecting a student to represent our club again at the 2012 contest.
New this past year was the Rotary Youth Leadership Conference (RYLA), held at Ohio University in Athens this past July. Our club sponsored two Dublin Coffman High School Students, Kyle Ritterbeck and Emily Sharick. Our club member, Amy Snow, volunteered to facilitate at this inaugural event, and because it was so successful, we look forwarding to sponsoring area students for years to come.
This is just a small glimpse into the many activities taking place through New Generations. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you wish to participate in any of these activities throughout the year!
Brent Rosenthal who could, in the unlikely event he should he ever wish to, make a fine living as a motivational speaker, addressed the Club on the emphases and goals of District 6690 for this year. Here are some excerpts:
•“I’d like to start by taking time to recognize Past District Governor Ram Gawande, who was a giant person in a humble body. Ram’s service to Rotary was an inspiration for all of us. There will be a memorial service for him on August 20th, at 2 pm, at the Margaret Walter Hall Rotunda on the Ohio University Campus.”
•“Rotary, like never before in history, is changing, and it’s going to be an exciting year. We face unprecedented economic and demographic challenges. We’re all going to have to be creative, cooperative, and above all flexible to meet the challenges that face us so that we can work together to be, the words of Gandhi, “the change that we want to see in the world.”
•“District 6690 will have three emphases this year.”
Family and home. All of our service begins with our family, and we must be our best there, so that we can then better and fully serve Dublin, and then extend that involvement to embrace our larger family of the world.”
Continuity. We must continue our great tradition of aid: eliminating polio, improving sanitation, providing disaster relief, and fostering peace and understanding. That tradition is certainly alive here in Dublin, in one of the clubs that works so well locally to help internationally.”
Change. Change begins with us. If we do not have inner peace, we cannot extend peace. There is a need for change in Rotary, if we are going to help others while maintaining our core values. As individuals, you need to learn what it is you want from Rotary, and make sure the Club is offering it, even if that means taking on new projects and doing some things in new ways. The new slogan for 6690 is ‘Our members are our customers.’ We need to do all we can to make them satisfied. As a Club, we must serve members and their passions to enhance recruitment and retention. Look for flexibility and innovation. Leaders must find out what members want and give it. Members must be honest and open about what they want. We must seek out and engage the next generation of Rotarians, and yet offer all members of all levels of experience to engage and fulfill the passions that bring them to Rotary. ”
•“As a district, we have one top priority: to strengthen and support all our clubs so that you can fill your mission of support locally and in the world. You best know your needs locally, so we will have no district wide initiative. In our district, we have both the richest and the poorest zip codes in the state. And from richest to poorest, we have a hunger problem. Many people must choose between utilities and food, between medication and eating. We have a duty, and an opportunity to help. To be eligible for a District Presidential Award this year, then, a club must have a service project to address hunger and create awareness of it.”
•“Wherever people are in want and suffering, we can be there. What makes Rotary special and unique is individual Rotarians. We can be there, even when governments and other organizations cannot, because of our simple and pure motto of service before self. It is not just those whom we serve who benefit. We get great benefits from giving. When you do, you know how you feel inside. It feels good to do good. If you are not yet involved, you are not only denying the world but also yourself of the chance to gain riches that cannot be lost or stolen.”
•“As rich as our tradition is, Rotary will be bigger, better, and more effective. Its achievements in its second hundred years will dwarf those of the first hundred. Rotary is many things to many people. It is individual and local, it is a group and international. It is service and it is social. It is as big as eliminating polio and as small as one child getting a first book. It is as big as a water well, and as small as one person tasting fresh water for the first time. There will always be a need for people who ask how else they can help make their community a better place. Dublin is a better place for Rotary. Dublin needs Rotary. Let us have the strength and courage to be the change.”
Speaker: Brent Rosenthal, Rotary District 6690 Governor
Guest Richard Ulm gave an update on the Rotary “First Friday” networking Lunch he attended. “The event is at Athletic Club of Columbus, downtown. It’s a casual lunch, and $12 covers meal and gratuity. It’s a good way to get to know people from other clubs, and the food is good, too. If you haven’t been yet, you should give it a try!” Thanks, Richard! The next event is September 2nd. Details here: http://www.directory-online.com/rotary/Calendar/Calendar.cfm?D=6690 .
Help the City, Help the Club
Get Wet! “Saturday, August 20th, is the annual Scioto River Cleanup,” reminded Michael Shuchter, “ and we’ll start at 9 a.m. at the Southeast Shelter at Coffman Park before dispersing to the river. Every year we pull less and less junk from the river, but we always find something interesting. It’s a great family event. Bring your kids and let them splash in the river. It will be fun and help keep Dublin Green.”
Baseball, 10 cent hotdogs, and Rotary!
Monday, August 29th, is Dime-a-Dog night at Clipper Stadium. It’s also our next Fellowship Event. Come one, come all, for great baseball and great fun! Sign up on Clubrunner. The cost is $10, which will be billed through the Club. See you there!
Welcome new member Alan Reuter,
President/Owner of Woodhouse Day Spa, sponsored by Susan Robenalt.
“It’s wonderful to be given the opportunity to join such a fine
organization,” noted Alan, “and I look forward to being able to give back even
more to the community.” A special thanks to Alan for his past generosity in
giving spa treatments as prizes at Dublin AM fundraisers. Welcome, Alan!
Dublin AM Parade Marshals take their job very seriously.
After many years of leading the Rotary's parade marshaling efforts, Bruce Andrews is willing to give this prestigious leadership position up in order to allow for a new "water cannon expert" to take his place. Most of the work associated with this important, behind-the-scenes role, is to get volunteers for the three Dublin City parades that we support (e.g., St. Patrick's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day). You do not have to be at all of the parades as the Coordinator (aka "Marshal of Marshals). We need someone to coordinate the volunteers before the event.
If this is something that sounds interesting to you, and you like ordering large groups of people around, please contact Julie Rinaldi at 889-5722, ext. 232 to discuss.
After many years of leading the Rotary's parade marshaling efforts, Bruce Andrews is willing to give this prestigious leadership position up in order to allow for a new "water cannon expert" to take his place. Most of the work associated with this important, behind-the-scenes role, is to get volunteers for the three Dublin City parades that we support (e.g., St. Patrick's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day). You do not have to be at all of the parades as the Coordinator (aka "Marshal of Marshals). We need someone to coordinate the volunteers before the event.
If this is something that sounds interesting to you, and you like ordering large groups of people around, please contact Julie Rinaldi at 889-5722, ext. 232 to discuss.
A special "School Supplies or Taxes" collection is scheduled for Friday, August 26th instead of our traditional toiletries and taxes. The school supply collection will benefit Davis Middle School. Davis has a high percentage of students whose families are struggling and this collection is going to be very helpful to those students who desperately need supplies.
The collection is a collaborative effort between the Rotary's "Toiletries and Taxes" initiative and the Rotary's Literacy Committee.
Thank you in advance for your generous donations!
Sharon Custer, Chair
Toiletries and Taxes
Julie Erwin Rinaldi, Chair
Literacy Committee
Special School Supplies or Taxes Collection Friday, August 26th
Dublin AM members attending a meeting of the Santo Domingo Rotary club the night before the LN-4 fittings.
Of all the things we in Rotary do to serve others, “hands on” help is perhaps the most rewarding (I apologize for the terrible pun). Giving face-to-face and seeing the gratitude fills the heart’s yearning for connection and provides that deep sense of well-being that lies at the root of true service.
Thanks to some Rotarians, their relatives, some Rotary Interact members, and Bonnie Coley-Malir’s typically excellent photography, we all got to experience that sense of reward, as they brought the LN-4 project trip to the Dominican Republic to life for us, from the work they did though moving interactions with local Rotarians to lessons learned:
Harvey Hook: “The work began with building a wheelchair ramp to provide access to Mission Emanuel’s medical facility. This photo is of the block line. People pass along cinder blocks along as they can stand it. We got the American visitors properly broken in and sweaty. The ramp will allow some of the 70 people we employ at Mission Emanuel to provide service to disabled people visiting the clinic.”
Jim Burness: “We fitted about 75 hands. Some will need to be refitted. Carlos Somenta (from the Santo Domingo Club – and Ph.D. and active volunteer to the largest Rehabilitation Clinic in the Dominican Republic, didn’t want to say no to anyone, and we did a lot of work trying to make the hands work for everyone. Seventeen of the 24 Rotary Clubs in the Dominican Republic assisted, finding people who needed hands and learning themselves how to fit the hands. The idea is for Rotarians there to carry on the work. We had two stations: one to fit the hands and one to teach people how to hold a pen, a cup or a toothbrush. You won’t believe the emotions that they displayed, with one person often going from tears to smiling ear to ear. And the Rotarians who helped us and welcomed us into their homes are some of the most amazing people you could ever meet.”
Rita Hook: “Most of the people who need fittings were injured in accidents. Some are there due to birth defects, but electrocution of people trying to tie into power lines and machete attacks on people during attempted robberies of motor scooters make up a sad majority of cases.”
Sue Burness: “Everyone there was so full of life and gratitude even though they don’t live lives of privilege. I learned from them how to be grateful and happy, and to strive to be kind, no matter what stage we are in life.”
Kyle Ritterbach: “They don’t have much, and it was a great lesson for me to see how they make life matter so much no matter how little they might have.”
Emily Sharrick: “I’ve had many great experiences in Rotary Interact, but I’ve never experienced anything as moving as this before. I know I’ll never take things as simple as clean water and air conditioning for granted again. Thanks for sending me. I’ve learned that giving is the greatest happiness.”
This project demonstrates the power of Rotary – it began at a castle in England at the International Convention in 2009 – and two years later Dublin AM Rotarians were working with new Rotary friends in the Dominican Republic changing lives and teaching others to continue the project to those in need of a helping hand.
Update from LN-4 Project - Fitting Hands in the Dominican Republic
“Thanks to Kyle Ritterbeck and Emily Sharick,” said Amy Snow, “for attending the Rotary Youth Leadership (RYLA) Awards training for leaders of the future. They represented our Club well. Additional thanks to Kyle for making the trip to Montana de Luz to help our work with this AIDS hospice and home for young people in Honduras.
Both Kyle and Emily attended the recent LN-4 trip to Santo Domingo with the team of Rotarians from our club fitting prosthetic hands on amputees in the Dominican Republic.
“My son (left) is back from his exchange to Turkey,” explained Dublin AM member Tony Gugliemotto, “and joining him here is his exchange fellow, Umut Asil from Istanbul."
Said Umut, “I’m so glad to be here. This is a beautiful city. Thanks to all of you for having me visit.” Amut presented President Claudia with the banner from his sponsoring Rotary Club in Istanbul.
The primary attractions of Friday meetings are enjoying great fellowship, keeping up with Club developments, and having opportunities to serve the Club and the community. Hearing a good speaker, however, is a definite bonus.
Dublin AM’s Speakers Committee brings interesting and enjoyable presentations to our meetings, balancing charitable organizations, important issues, and sometimes simple fun. We also highlight important Club initiatives.
Speakers do have ground rules: one political side must be balanced by its opposition, and business and charitable contributions may not be directly solicited. We have a number of wonderful events already scheduled, including hearing about the LN-4 project, medical advances, the Honor Flight, political issues, and some local organizations that do great work. We’re working to bring Jeni (as in ice cream—yea!), a congressional leader, a very important Ohio political figure, and a VERY important OSU leader. If you have ideas, please share! We are always looking to make your Fridays mornings interesting, thought-provoking, and enjoyable.
Your Speakers Committee: Amy Snow, Bonnie Coley-Malir, John Patrick Carney, Lisa Blackwell, Roberta Kayne, Ron Morgan, Steve Smith, Sue Burness, and Michael Blackwell (Chair)
It's a new Rotary year and a good time to review your Club Directory information on Dublin AM Rotary's ClubRunner website.
Sick of the old photo - easily upload a new one.
Be sure to add best phone numbers to reach you - including cell numbers.
Update job information, home address etc.
It is easy to keep information updated.
Just login to ClubRunner and go to My ClubRunner - Click on Edit Your Profile Information (see all My ClubRunner edits options below).
And please remember - our directory information is propriety. Please respect the use of our club information which is only available to club members. It is not to be used for solicitation, sales/marketing or distribution or material other than Rotary-related or Rotary approved activities and initiatives.
Dublin's Independence Day is one of the City of Dublin's signature events. And Dublin AM Rotarians left their mark in a variety of ways - marshals at the Parade, members on floats and of course many attending the Smokey Robinson and fireworks celebration at Dublin Coffman Stadium Monday evening.
Thank you to the parade marshals: Lisa Blackwell, Michael Blackwell, Cap Clegg, Chris Close, Cindy Groeniger, Tom Groeniger, Dave Holliday, Bob Hoppe, Alison Mausser, John Miller, Jeff Schoener, Amy Snow, John Susie, Faith Williams and John Williamson.
Member support is so important to the growth of our club. One way we all help Dublin AM, District 6690 and Rotary International realize remarkable achievements is through our dues.
This year, for the first time in five years, the Dublin AM Board of Directors has approved an increase in dues. This is necessary because of increases in dues at both the district and RI levels. Membership dues will increase from $110 per half to $125 per half, a $30 per year increase.
Invoices will be emailed to all members in early July for the first half of the Rotary year.
Ready for a new Rotary Year - President Claudia Trusty is inducted as Dublin AM Rotary president on June 28th by District Governor Brent Rosenthal. 2010-2011 President Dave Connelly reflected on the past year with a visual display of members doing what they do best - serving our community and the world - and having fun. Dave thanked the board and recognized members for their service.
First time in club history - a dynamic "couple" sweeps the awards. Congratulations to Rookie of the Year Lisa Blackwell and Rotarian of the Year Michael Blackwell. Congratulations to Amy Snow who also received Rotarian of the Year, but was not able to attend the dinner. Dave Connelly also presented Rich Brown the Five Avenues of Service Award.
Thanks to Mohan Viddam for taking photos which you can view and download on our Flickr site. Here are a few photos from a beautiful evening at Muirfield Country Club applauding a great 2010-2011 year under Dave's leadership and ringing in another new Rotary year - with endless possibilities to "reach within to embrace humanity."
Congratulations to 2011-12 officers and board of directors.
We have uploaded photos to our Rotary Flickr page - and will continue to add photos from Santo Domingo.
Today we spent the day with Mission Emanuel in Cielo - a little town outside of Santo Domingo. Rotarians worked with other adults and high school students from Winston Salem, North Carolina to help build a ramp and paint the future boys club at the Mission.
We also got to walk through the town with Harvey and Rita Hook as our guides. The children shouted "Americana" as we walked the streets and ran to hug Harvey as the locals know and love him and Rita. We visited families - many who are captured in these photos. We were touched by their warmth and hospitality. And you too will fall in love with the children whose smiling faces touch your heart.
Our Interact students on the trip - Emily Sharick and Kyle Ritterbeck not only worked hard building the ramp - but were a magnet for the children of Cielo. Kyle, wearing an OSU cap, was quite the young celebrity with the kids.
On June 3rd, at 7:00 a.m. before our regular meeting, Christine Nardecchia and Mime Migliori will meet with us to discuss ways Dublin A.M. Rotary can volunteer with the City on environmental projects.
Contact Michael Schucter to find out how you can become involved.
Dublin’s three Interact Clubs, sponsored by Dublin AM Rotary and led by Interact leader Sandy Beetner showed promise for Rotary’s future at the May 6th meeting. Sandy spoke of Interact’s ability to “create leadership in the District and support for our mission, to grow commitment to ideals of service, and to provide a rewarding shared experience.”
Hearing the Interact teens speak is always an inspiration. They have the expected revved-up energy, even early in the morning, but more than expected maturity and presence in front of a group. Dublin Jerome students spoke of a blanket drive for Project Linus, a toy drive for needy children, painting flower pots for nursing home residents, participating in the St Jude’s Rally, and Salvation Army bell ringing.
Scioto students also participated in the St Jude’s Rally, had a trick-or-treat that collected 1,000 food items for Dublin Food Pantry, collected 750 pairs of shoes for Soles for Souls, worked the Salvation Armey Mobile Canteen, held a Connection Carnival, and helped with Miracle League. Emily, a student, testified “Rotary completely changed my life and helped me find my place in a big school, Thank you!”
Teacher Karen Bothers at Coffman said “These young people amaze me every day. I don’t know how they do it. Their energy is endless.” Coffman students took part in an autism walk, a walk for diabetes, and other autism fund-raising, volunteered at Dublin Food Pantry, helped raise funds for Montana de Luz, worked at Capital Area Humane Society, raised $11,225 for St. Jude’s Rally for Cancer, and also took part in the Connection Carnival.
Interact Students Inspire and Promise Bright Future for Rotary
Can we think of anyone in our lives that exemplifies service above self than a mother?
Today we honor the mothers in our lives – our own moms – living or passed. And the many moms in the lives of our Dublin AM Rotarians.
And to all the moms in our club who inspire us everyday balancing motherhood (and grand motherhood) while serving as business, community leaders and Rotarians.
[Please note that much information on a complicated topic was presented in a short time; any errors in the following piece are those of your humble scribe.]
Lynn, Stephen, and David voiced a strong and passionate critique of recent changes in how Ohio funds education—changes that threaten to hurt most profoundly the highest-performing public schools, such as Dublin City Schools which boast the highest of state ratings - “Excellent with Distinction.”
“Up till about eight years ago, local businesses funded about 40 percent of our budget,” David explained, “but in 2005 the state changed the corporate tax structure.”
“Now these taxes go to state and not local schools,” added Lynn, “and while legislation was passed to replace the lost revenue, it has never completely closed the funding gap and is a band-aid, not a cure. Funding has been precarious since then, but new funding proposals have been made that will have devastating effects on our schools.”
“We’ve known for over a year that we would be facing a loss of revenue in this bi-annual budget,” Steve said, “and we made responsible plans to meet them. Changes in funding in the most recent budget, however, have produced cuts way beyond what could have been predicted from the budget figure, producing $14.5 million cut over the next two years, $8.5 million of which could never have been expected. We knew the one time Federal stimulus money from the past would not be available. We knew we would see cuts as the state phased out the tangible personal property tax. What nobody could see were changes in foundation funds that have been rolled out a funding ‘increase’ but in fact represent a funding cut of 18 percent for Dublin, instead of the 9 percent cut to the fund and the 10 percent we had therefore budgeted for.
Steve added some districts may actually get an increase in funds, based upon property values, but we will be $8.6 million down. Their assumption is that we can go to our voters to get the money back, but we passed a levy in 2008 with the promise it would last us until 2013.
“Asking for more, when it looks like we have broken a promise, is not something we want to do,” Steve said. “So, how do we make it to 2013?”
Join us for a relaxing, casual happy hour fellowship event at Tutto Vino this Tuesday starting at 5:30 p.m.
Cash bar - great selections of wines or the beverages of your choice. Raj can help you pick out a bottle of wine with no corking fee - and you can even take the open bottle home to enjoy later.
You also get a make-up for attending Tuesday at Tutto Vino - or any Dublin AM Fellowship event.
Don't forget that you can sign up to be a Greeter online (Events) at the www.DublinAMRotary.org website. In addition to saying a pleasant hello to your fellow Rotarians, you do get a "make-up" for serving.
Dublin Jerome Principal Cathy Sankey introduces the Dublin Jerome Jazz Band who performed their musical magic for Dublin AM Rotary on Friday, April 8th.
The City of Dublin Director of Land Use and Long Range Planning Steve Langworthy presented the club with an overview of the Bridge Street Corridor –Dublin’s key signature project and a City Council goal. And one that is also getting nationwide attention.
Langworthy said he had just returned from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) conference in Boston. The country’s planning industry is buzzing about the Bridge Street Corridor vision plan – and is excited to see it evolve.
Langworthy credited City Council for being forward thinking. He emphasized the main thrust of the Bridge Street Corridor is job creation and economic vitality.
“The Bridge Street Corridor is only six percent of Dublin – but it is the cultural heart of Dublin,” note Langworthy. “The aim is to create the vitality of Easton – but not recreate Easton.”
“We know both the Baby Boomers and Gen Y want the same things,” said Langworthy. “They want walkable communities with easy access to parks and amenities. This will look and feel different than most of Dublin – but it will still maintain the high quality development standards that are the hallmark of Dublin.”
Langworthy said the mixed use development requires a building code and zoning which is currently under draft review by Council and the various City commissions. This new code and zoning will allow developers who meet the criteria to get quick approvals or “speed to build”.
The goal is to expand the range of housing choices in the region.
Langworthy showed several slides of the vision – and the illustrative plan.
“We want to have the kind of community where people stay and their kids come back to Dublin to live and work,” added Langworthy. We want the community to have an experience with the river by accessing pedestrian bridges that connect the east side of the river the west side. Rivers divide communities. But if you connect people - you connect the community.”
Steve Langworthy Presents Dublin's Bridge Street Corridor
Speakers: Bryan Saums and Jeff Stephens of Consider Biking
“We are a ‘bike-partisan’ organization,” explained Jeff Stephens, Executive Director of Consider Biking. “We want to unite people to ride bikes and work to ensure that everyone can share the road in a friendly and cooperative way. We are not anti-car. I drove here this morning. You don’t have to eat crunchy granola to be our friend and join us for a ride. You don’t need a race bike. You don’t have to wear Spandex shorts or a yellow jersey. I’m here this morning to explain to you not why you shouldn’t drive but how biking can be good for our health and for your business’s bottom line.”
“Consider Biking,” continued Jeff, “ has three main goals: to help create a regional infrastructure of bike paths, lanes, and routes, to be an information source for cyclists, and for drivers about cyclists and road laws, and to advocate for cycling. We believe that cycling can help with the obesity epidemic facing our country and especially our young people. We know that we live in a car culture and for many 16 year olds, the car is a sign of independence and adulthood. Did you know that 41 percent of driving trips are two miles or less, and 85 percent are five miles or less? And yet less than 10 percent of children walk or bike to school. The rest take a bus, get rides, or drive themselves. Evidence suggests that we as a society, and especially our children, are getting heavier for many reasons, one of which is reliance upon mechanical transportation. We need to think of ways to make exercise and alternative modes of getting around are cool.”
In addition his activities with Consider Biking, Jeff has also been on Dublin’s Bike Advisory Task Force, which has recently presented its finding to Dublin City Council. “Our report included 15 policy recommendations and 50 task force objectives. Our goal is get Dublin nominated as a Bike Friendly Community. I’ve seldom seen so much passion in a group before. Dublin’s infrastructure and developing network of paths and bike lanes already allows for great riding, and we think that the City is going to become an even greater place to bike thanks to the efforts of grass roots experts.”
If you are at all interested in biking, a visit to Consider Biking’s website is a must: a wide range of biking events, educational resources, and maps are waiting to be explored, and the organization is welcoming new partners.
“Biking is not going away,” concluded Jeff. “It’s here to stay. The real question is how we can integrate it into our community and culture so that we can all share the road and be safer and more considerate to each other. We need to educate bikers about the fact that they are a vehicle and need to obey all laws of the road, and drivers about effective ways to share the road to ensure their convenience and the safety of biked riders. If we can all work together and share the road and the message, we will have a healthier and happier community.”
Inspired by the presentation - look for an upcoming fellowship event in the planning stages - the Bicycle Poker Run.
Jeff Stephens and Bryan Saums Present the Health and Sustainable Benefits of Biking
Alison is a Dublin resident, a sales manager for AAA of Ohio, a graduate of the University of Dayton, and “glad to be in the club and looking forward to helping with Dublin AM Rotary’s work.”
Jennifer Gaylord, Jeff Reinhard and Dr. David Axner accept a check for $500 from Dublin AM Rotary to purchase books for Daniel Wright Elementary School.
“Thank you on behalf of the 537 students and 70 staff of Daniel Wright Elementary School,” announced Principal Jeff Reinhard upon receiving a check from Dublin AM Rotary’s Literacy Committee, “and from the School Board and Dublin City Schools Administration.
The money is used to buy books for the children. Twenty one languages are spoken at the school, half of the students are economically disadvantaged, and many of them don’t have books of their own at home. Your support of the children is awesome!
Every day, we see the love of learning that you help to foster reflected in the eyes and smiles of the children.”
Principal Reinhard concluded by promising that Daniel Wright staff would lay a beat-down on Dublin Schools Administration in an upcoming Dodge Ball Tournament. Rotarians are encouraged to check Superintendent Dr. David Axner for bruises at our next Rotary meeting.
Daniel Wright Elementary Receives Rotary Support for Literacy
Dublin AM members Cap Clegg and Amy Snow along with Interact Members from Dublin Coffman and Dublin Jerome High Schools recently participated in a mission trip to Honduras.
Montana de Luz is a home for children affected by HIV/Aids and with our help the children there will be better fed and our team is more educated about how we can make a difference in the lives of 35 children from another country who don't have the same advantages we do.
During our eight day trip we completed projects to help MdL become more self sufficient including clearing land for a garden and clearing brush from an overgrown fruit orchard. In addition we helped with the up-keep of the property by painting buildings and clearing gravel for the road. Most significantly we spend several hours everyday interacting with the children of MdL playing games, doing crafts and reading books. What a great adventure for all our participants and thank you to Dublin AM for helping to make this possible.
Participants on the trip included 4 adults: Cap Clegg, Amy Snow, Brian Graham, Debbie Cautela; and 5 students: Meredith Hall. Irene Byun, Kyle Ritterbeck, Mitchell Graham and Kelsey Cautela.
Rich Brown expressed thanks to the many Rotarians who helped with the Rotary Youth Exchange program in March as drivers as the students delivered Meals on Wheels and saw a side of the city and life they would not typically see. Rich said being in the cars with them facilitated close conversations that we might not otherwise have had. They also learned about raining money for Shelterbox to help those in need. A special thanks to Asch, who provided the food from Sunny Street Cafe. The students all agreed it was the best food they had ever had at a Rotary event. Thanks to everyone who helped!
Congratulations to the 2011 4X4 Paul Harris participants!
Rick Schwieterman Debbie Sheppard Susan Robenalt Lee Beall
“Club members pay $200 for four years, and the club adds an additional $200 to create a $1,000 Paul Harris Fellowship. The money goes to support Rotary International’s great work like the "Stop Polio Now" campaign. Contact Rick Schwieterman for more details.
“Thanks to all those who have donated medical and legal expertise to our initiative to help the victims of human trafficking,” saidDr. Lisa Skeens.
“We do need more, including people to serve on an emergency cell phone service. You don’t have to be a therapist. In the case of emergencies, you’d be a resource to make phone calls.” Anyone interested in helping should contact Lisa.
The Miranova Building in downtown Columbus, carried the Rotary’s End Polio Now message on February 23rd.
In addition to the lighting of The Miranova Building in Columbus, other sites scheduled for illumination included The New York Stock Exchange Building in NYC and The Trevi Fountain in Italy.
"By lighting up the Miranova Building with Rotary's pledge to end polio, Rotary is saying to the world that we will fight this disease to the end. We hope that the people of Central Ohio will see these words and join Rotary and its partners in the historic effort to eradicate polio." District 6690
Classical Music - ProMusica Performance at The Southern Theatre
The Dublin A.M. Rotary has an opportunity for a great social event, with special ticket pricing of $10 per person for our group for tickets for the March 13 (Sunday) 2010 ProMusica performance at The Southern Theatre, in downtown Columbus.
See details and sign up on ClubRunner events.
Let's Go Bowling!
Sunday, March 6th
Please join us for a great afternoon of fun at the Plain City Bowlilng Lanes on Sunday, March 6th from 3:30 to 5:30 PM.
It is all you can eat bowling (shoes included), pizza and soda. 6 YRS old and under $9 7-17 Yrs old $13 18 and older $14 So bring the entire family
The Dublin AM Rotary Progressive dinner is always one of the featured fellowship events of the year.
Thank you John Williamson for planning this year's Italian-themed dinner, including organizing the host homes, menus and the 52 guests who participated.
Thank you Club Photographer Roberta Kaynefor capturing the evening's fun and fellowship available for viewing and downloading/printing via ourFlickr page.
We have published a few - but so many great photos to view on Flickr.
Dublin AM Rotary 2011 Progressive Dinner - Now that's Italian!
“The Emerald Celebration, which benefits the Dublin Foundation, will be held on February 26th,” announced Sharon Zimmers. “Festivities begin at 6:30 pm, with dinner and dancing to follow. Join us as we honor the Dublin Chamber of Commerce, now celebrating its 35th year. Tickets are $100 apiece or $200 per couple. They make a great Valentine gift, promising a lovely evening in great company while helping the community. Get information and tickets at http://dublinfoundation.org/emerald.html .”
Rotarians Chris Close, Gayle Holton, and Sharon serve on the Emerald Committee, and our own Margie Amorose is the chair. Judy, great friend to the club and wife of Dave Williamson, is also on the committee. Thanks to all of you for giving so much to Dublin!
·We hold to the 14 club limit for the Polar Bear Open.Popular choices of club include Driver, 3 wood, 3-PW, Putter, Broom, Flask, and Handwarmer
·There really are golf club flasks; they are disguised as drivers and hold up to 48 ounces of your favorite adult beverage. That’s two bottles of wine! We won't tell if you bring one to Polar Bear Open.
·Alaska has 25 golf courses.All are closed in February. Hey, if you come to the Polar Bear Open, the golfers in Alaska tip their hats.You’re tough, even if you just walk around and don’t actually play golf.
·If you don’t help spread the word and/or play, Dublin A.M. Rotary’s ability to help the community will be substantially lessened due to lack of funding.
·At least one of these facts is (still) true—please share the message and help. See you on the links!
A Friendly Reminder...
A Dublin AM Rotarian's financial obligations to the club include:
Membership Dues - $220.00 per year. These are invoiced semi-annually (December and July).
The new Website, hosted through ClubRunner, is a total club communications tool. We are learning and experimenting with the functions each week and are quite pleased with the ease-of-use and capabilities.
Dublin is most fortunate to be partnering with Ohio University to provide a site for a school of Osteopathic Medicine; the new school will not only raise Dublin's profile and add well-educated new residents but also be an economic boon. Recently, we heard from Dr. Burke, who explained what the school will do, why it is being welcomed by OhioHealth and OSU, and what its economic impact is likely to be. In this video, he discusses some aspects of the campus and how its graduates will benefit Ohioans.
Remember that his entire presentation can be viewed on our club's Youtube Channel.
With new developments happening almost everyday in the Bridge Street Corridor project, the 33/161 Interchange work getting ready to start, and the new med school coming in, things are certainly hopping in our town!
Speakers: Dr. William Burke, Dean, OU College of Osteopathic Medicine
Don't forget to visit the club Photostream (click here) to see fun photos of our Irish Festival Volunteering, including heart-breaking photos of Wolf Lant pouring out not only wine, but the Irish Whiskey! Ah, Wolf, me lad, we know ye had to pour it out . . . the city, alas, has its rules . . . but sure'n the wee folk are likely to haunt ye forever and a day for perpretating such an outrage as to water the mere green plants with such a treasure.
Thanks to all who volunteered to make it fun as well as to raise money for our great work in the community!
Click on this link to see some of the interesting projects being done throughout our Rotary district. It gives one a sense of pride to belong to Rotary when we see all the good that we do by coming together to make the world more peaceful and prosperous. http://www.directory-online.com/Rotary/Accounts/6690/Newsletter/0/District_Newsletter_2011-12//March_2012_DG_Newsletter.pdf
District 6690 Newsletter Highlights Clubs and their Projects:
Dublin AM Rotary sponsored the club's second Veterans' Flight on Sunday, October 3 to Washington DC to tour the Nation's signature memorial sites in honor and recognition of the men and women who have served our country.
Eight veterans, two World War II and six Korean War, were flown to DC by club flying Rotarian pilots Mike Close, John Miller, Phil Yoder and friend of Rotary Dr. Bob Banasik.
Veterans included: Willis James Harper, Kenneth Breckler, Vincent Cahill, Pete Cole, Cas Bondarewicz, Michael Durso, Ed Elfrink and Kent Williamson.
Caregivers included: Sgt Elise Leandres, US Army National Guard, Columbus, and club members Cindy Groeniger and Sue Burness.
Special thanks to Dave Williamson for coordinating the trip and the pilots who donated their time and the personal planes in the name of service.
My, how the summer flies by! It's been almost two months since our Rotary year changed over, and there are a lot of exciting things happening in our club. Many folks ask me what kind of time I spend as Club President on Rotary each week, and my response is always that "It's hard to tell..." I say that because the lines of spending time "working on Rotary" and what I would refer to as "working with friends" is virtually indistinguishable. I continue to meet with dedicated Rotarians working to shape programs, initiatives, etc, almost daily. Many hours have been spent at Caribou Coffee (in the mornings) and Brazenhead (in the later afternoons)... and I try my best to make sure I don't mix up those times and locations. :)
I'd like to take a moment to point out some of the big picture activities going on as we speak, and to recognize a few folks for the time and energy that they are devoting to our Club...
Can you still hear the flutes and bagpipes? Still smell the corned beef or taste the stout?
Are you waking up in the night with terror as you hear Dave Williamson barking orders at you on your radio?
What about Michael Blackwell sporting the kilt? Is that keeping you awake at night? (Or was it Dave Williamson that was wearing the kilt?)
Are you driving like a madman down Coffman Road thinking you're still on a golf cart?
The 2010 Dublin Irish Festival is in the books, and the City of Dublin's reputation and economy were once again raised to a higher level thanks to it. More than 100,000 people attended the three-day event last weekend. Our Dublin AM Rotary Club was an integral part of its success, having been the "driving force" behind everyone having their favorite beverages. Quite simply, the festival just wouldn't have been the same without us!
Our participation was threefold: 1) Raise Dublin AM Rotary's awareness in the community. 2) Raise the fun-factor and fellowship among our members and their friends/neighbors who worked with us. 3) Raise $4000 for our club activities and projects.
The tasks and challenges were many:
Taking beverage orders by radio Driving pop, water and ice out to sales locations Tracking the bottles of Baileys, Bushmills Whiskey and Mead wines Slinging ice out of an ice truck into golf carts Siphoning water out of 50 gallon ice troughs...with broken siphons (Dwight) Dumping a golf cart full of Mountain Dew into a creek (Bonnie and Dave Connelly, Sr.) Getting lost while driving on the festival grounds, even with a map in hand (too many people to name...)
On an anecdotal level, I can personally say that I had many weekend conversations with many community leaders and residents about our club. "What's Rotary, I've heard of it...?" or "I saw your picture in the paper - what a fantastic group Rotary is." or "You guys are a class organization - thanks for all of your help at the Festival." or "We couldn't have done this without Rotary."
The City of Dublin is very impressed and happy with our efforts, and many went out of their way to express their gratitude.
The DIF Honorary Chair Randy Hicks, even mentioned our group during his remarks at the Finale on stage on Sunday night.
Moving forward, a get together will be planned for all interested to help share their thoughts, observations and lessons learned so that we might determine our interest in serving again.
Look for an invitation soon on that...
So many things make us proud to be Dublin AM members. This was not saving a life or feeding a hungry person. This wasn't performing minimally invasive surgery or giving an amputee the gift of a new hand. This was a great opportunity though, to enjoy some fellowship and relationship building with one another, and to realize again that we are all fortunate to be surrounded by fun and dedicated people each week at Dublin AM Rotary.
So many great pictures thanks to Bonnie Coley Malir.More on the Dublin AM Flicker link on www.dublinam.orghome page - left side - Club Links.
Our club's "Family of Rotary" wants to let members know when other members have things happen to them. Like what, you ask? Well, things like illnesses, surgeries, passing of loved ones, and celebrations! Just call or e-mail any of the following committee members: Debbie Lutz
"Following hard on the heels of the Dublin Irish Festival is a double-edged sword," began Joel Campbell introducing the 2010 Can-Am Games to Dublin AM Rotary.
"We start the week after the Irish Festival. The Festival is a tough act to follow. We can, however, use some of the set-up for the festival for the Games and perhaps some of the big crowds from the Festival will be drawn to the games. One thing is certain, though, the games will help provide great exposure for the City of Dublin throughout the country and the world," said Joel.
Dublin is a new and different venue for the games in many ways, and not just because the games go to a new location every time they are held: "This is the first time the games have been held east of the Mississippi River," said Joel.
"Thanks to the City of Dublin and our volunteers, the 750 competitors and their families will have a good feeling about being here and will go back to their communities with great memories. The games will have a positive social and financial impact for us, helping to fill the local hotels in what is typically a slow time while providing recognition and camaraderie for the police and firefighters in our area. We have raised more than $100,000 from our sponsors to help ensure that the games are successful and visitors and competitors enjoy them."
Josh Bricker of the Dublin Convention and Visitors Bureau and Director of Can-Am Games, further explained the economic impact and provided details about the games themselves.
"The aim is to increase the economic impact of sporting events on and for the City," explained Josh. "We couldn't do these games without the help of the City, volunteers (including many local police and firefighters), and the great venues provided by the schools. 750 competitors are here from 39 states and provinces, representing nine different countries. And we are presenting Dublin to the world in a new way. We know the Memorial Tournament gets us lots of visibility, but we have sent flyers about the games to every police and fire station in the country and are reaching people who may never have heard of Dublin before."
The games, Rotarians will be pleased to hear, do benefit two worthy causes: "All proceeds go to the Muscular Dystrophy Association and 'Get Behind the Badge,' a charity that helps police injured in the line of work and their families right here in Central Ohio." The games themselves are "the Olympics for police and firefighters and allow displays of skill and strength in many areas that improve their work." Josh said most of the 45 events will be right here in Dublin, but a few events (such as the Skyscraper Climb at LaVeque Tower or some of the shooting skills events) are offsite. Some events are mostly for fun, though the level of skill can be high and the competition fierce: billiards, darts, and Texas Hold'em. Other events are gruelingly difficult: arm wrestling, dead lift, Judo, Karate, power lifting, wrestling, and Tug-O-War.
Perhaps the most popular spectator event involves not just the police but man's best friend: "The K9 competition embraces narcotics detecting, obedience, and apprehension of criminals, when a man in a padded suit gets to see what it like to be attacked by trained German Shepherds," Josh noted.
The Opening Ceremony is this Sunday, August 15th, from 4:30 to 9:00 PM. Said Josh, "It will be a great, family-friendly event. Admission is free. Kids and their parents will be able to sit in MedFlight and Ohio Police helicopters. The police will battle the firefighters in a tug-o-war. The K9 units will show off the talents. Food and beverages will be on hand, and Phil Dirt and the Dozers will play a concert. There will also be an honor guard. Attending this event will not only be fun but also a great way to honor the courage and sacrifice of those who do so much to protect us all.
The Closing Ceremonies on August 21st, from 5 PM to 1 AM, will offer even more fun. Come on out and enjoy a great event that is also great for Dublin." For more details, a list of sponsors, or a schedule of events, visit
http://www.DublinCanAmGames.com
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Dave Connelly began his first meeting as Dublin AM Rotary President by giving thanks, making a pledge for the upcoming year, and making a plea for help.
"I thank the outgoing board for their dedication and service and the incoming board for agreeing to serve. I extend a special thanks to Claudia Trusty for putting her heart and soul into the Installation Dinner and for all her great work for the Club, and I'm profoundly grateful that I won't have to follow her as President.
Thanks, finally, to Jim Burness, a great mentor and one of the first people I was involved with in Rotary. His presentation at the Installation Dinner was a moving tribute to all the great work done during his term by the highest quality of people. I'm humbled to stand in front of you when all 124 other people in the Club might be more qualified, but I will work hard so you will all be proud.
We do not have a single signature program. Our signature is that we are so diverse and deep in our commitment. Our theme for the year is 'Building Communities, Bridging Continents.' Our depth and diversity make us uniquely qualified to help realize this theme. Thanks for the gifts of your time, talents, and treasures. I hope that as the year goes on, we will all think of how we can be involved in one of our many projects."
Mike Moulton (Dublin Worthington President), Dave Connelly, Pat Knott (Westerville Sunrise President) and District 6690 Governor Calvin Gebhart at the RI Convention in Montreal.
Dave continued by describing his visit to the Rotary International Convention in Montreal.
"Montreal is a trendy and international city," said Dave. "I'm profoundly grateful for the chance to represent us there."
One highlight of the trip included meeting Rotary International President Ray Klingsmith (3rd from left with Assist Dist. Gov Larry Jenkins, Pat Knott and Dave), "who wanted to know how he could help all of us at the club level-for the club is the most basic and important unit of Rotary."
Another highlight was hearing the speakers: Queen Noor, "who has
been working with Global Zero to help bring a nuclear peace and whose dream is a Rotary chapter in Jerusalem that could bring together the different factions in the city"; Dr. Bruce Aylward, "who announced that he didn't have bad news about polio being on the run. He had great news: there were only 30 new cases in the world last year. Rotary may soon realize one of its greatest projects: the end of polio"; Greg Mortenson, the author of Three Cups of Tea, who explained "how education, especially education of women, will do more than anything else to bring peace to Afghanistan and the world." [Please visit Rotary International to read more about these and other speakers whom Dave discussed:
http://www.rotary.org/
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Dave also discussed building friendships in a "city in which to wear a Rotary pin was to make a friend." The members who heard Dave all came away certain that the Club is in good hands. His photos and message were a tribute to Rotary's international message and an inspiration for all of us to be equal to his commitment locally to help "build our community and so to bridge continents."
2010-2011 President Dave Connelly (right) presents 2009-2010 Jim Burness the honorary gavel in recognition of his service as Dublin AM President.
The June 29th Installation Dinner was an evening to remember - and that is exactly what Dublin AM Rotary 2009-2010 President Jim Burness did during an inspiring and touching photo presentation showcasing the incredible acts of service, fellowship and hours members devoted to Dublin AM Rotary's mission and goals this year.
The images presented were a reminder of the year-long impact Dublin AM Rotary membership has had on our community, region and the world.
Editor's note: We hope to convert the large presentation file into a viewable file accessible through our website or Flicker site. Stay tuned.
The evening was a celebratory recognition of the past year's work, leadership and progress made by board members, committee chairs and the membership at large. And it was an evening dedicated to looking forward to "Building Communities Bridging Continents" with the induction of 2010-2011 President Dave Connelly and the 2010-2011 Dublin AM Rotary Board.
Several members were recognized for their service above self including Rotarian of the Year Debbie Sheppard and Rookie of the Year Michael Blackwell. Rookie Michael has served in a key role in a myriad of projects and committees during the year including the weekly E-Reveille "reporter", the club's major book drive last winter, Caddyshack and attended numerous social and service events. Debbie has worked with Jim Warbuton collecting school supplies and winter clothing for children in Afghanistan. She has traveled the District with Susan Robenalt and Dr. Shields championing the Interventional Radiology "Docs Teaching Docs" Rotary Fellowship program to other clubs across the district. She also worked extremely hard with the CaddyShack Committee, where she was responsible for putting together the auction baskets which were very well received.
Jim presented two special Paul Harris Fellows to Rich Brown and Dave Williamson. Jim recognized Rich for bringing in new members and organizing the largest Coats for Columbus drive in our club's history. Jim thanked Dave for leading the club's first Veteran's Flight project last fall and his always willing "can do" leadership role.
Jim also presented Sue Burness the Four Avenues of Service Citation from Rotary International for her daily/weekly work in supporting him and the club during the past year in the four avenues of service: Community, International, Vocational and Club.
District Awards presented to Dublin AM Rotary at the District Conference recognized our achievements and excellence in Literacy and Public Relations. Claudia Trusty accepted the award on behalf of the Literacy Committee and Sue Burness accepted the PR award on behalf of the Communications Committee.
Incoming District Governor Calvin Gebhart also presented Paul Harris Fellow Awards to the following: Sue Burness, Dave Connelly and Bonnie Coley-Malir. Calvin also had the honor of installing the 2010-2011 Assistant Governor Susan Robenalt.
The Club extends a huge thank you to Claudia Trusty for chairing the Installation dinner and serving as the evening's eloquent emcee. The atmosphere at Tartan Fields, the food and the fellowship truly made it a night to remember.
Pictures from the Installation Dinner and other Rotary events are on the Club's website Flicker link. Just click on the Flicker link (left hand side under Club Links) and the photos are available for your viewing and you can download save for printing. There are so many beautiful photos from the Installation Dinner - and many other photos from recent meetings and social events. Thank you photographers Bonnie Coley-Malir and Roberta Kayne for your time and talents.
"To quote Duane Elgin, the character of a society is the cumulative result of the countless small actions, day in and day out, of millions of people," began Jennifer Miller, DDS (and daughter of proud Dublin AM Rotarian John Miller), in a message that surely resonates with all Rotarians.
Jennifer's quote, however appropriate for us, turns out to be too modest. She will soon be leaving for Cambodia, in an action that can in no way be described as small, to provide free dental care and cleft-palate surgeries with the group Free to Smile.
Byron Henry is co-founder of the group, which also takes volunteers to Guatemala, Colombia, Cameroon, and Tibet.
"Cleft palate is the 4th most common birth defect," Jennifer explained, affecting 1 in 700 Caucasians and as many as 1 in 400 Asians. Cleft can occur as early as the 5th or 6th week of pregnancy; it can have genetic causes and is also associated with environmental factors, especially a lack of multivitamins. Cleft results when there is not enough tissue in the mouth or lips and the tissues present do not join properly, leaving a split or splits in the lips and the roof of the mouth."
While generally treated at an early age in the US, except in the poorest rural areas, cleft is a "frightening defect in other areas, especially communities without education. " If left untreated, cleft often has "devastating effects, with people not getting enough nutrition and facing ostracism because even their mothers think of them as 'evil'."
Byron explained Free to Smile recruits volunteers and sometimes pay people to go throughout the countryside to let people know the group is visiting. When they arrive, "children are standing in line to get care. The group performs basic dental care, including cleaning and filling cavities; this care is vital, explained Byron, since in these n areas the infection resulting from a single tooth cavity "can cause a major systemic reaction, leading to blindness or even death."
In addition, the group can do some "25 cleft palate surgeries in a week." The choice of who might or might not get the surgery can be a painful one, said Byron:
"Not everyone is a good candidate because of possible reactions to anesthesia or other reasons, but often simply because we can't treat all of the 300 people who might show up in need."
Individual stories and successes make all the work and hard choices worthwhile. Byron discussed a few examples of the huge difference that the surgery can make, including a "47 year old man with a bilateral (two-sided) cleft." When he came for the operation, he was emotionally distant, seemingly even unreachable. He had a farm, but no companions. He had been shunned all his life. He never smiled. I left thinking I had fixed his mouth but not his heart. When the group came back two years later, however, he made a special effort to come see us. He had a huge smile, not one but two wives, and a baby on the way. He was returning to school to get an education. He stayed for some time, talking and laughing; the surgery had allowed him to turn around his life."
Jennifer reiterated this point, concluding the presentation with by saying "life begins at the end of your comfort zone." For her, the "sweet smile that comes to the faces we help makes me know that Free to Smile is something I want to do. Those smiles are more than enough reward for the long hours and the challenges we face."
Jennifer and Byron clearly know about the glory that trained and dedicated people can win, and bring to others, when they go outside their comfort zones. Our Rotary friend John Miller, however, can take great comfort in knowing that he has raised a talented and giving daughter who lives the values that we all joined Rotary to support.
This wraps up my year as President of Dublin AM Rotary.
A year ago at this time I had one goal, to see that we make our community a little bit better over the next 12 months. Reflecting back, I am proud to say WE accomplished that goal.
It is truly amazing to look at all that we have accomplished.
• We sent school supplies to children in Afghanistan and provided volunteers every month for the Salvation Army Mobile Canteen. • We manned the Red Kettles at Christmas time, providing over 100 volunteer hours. • With the help of Rich Brown, we collected more than 900 Coats for the Salvation Army's "Coats For Columbus Campaign". • We flew World War 2 Veterans to Washington DC and toured them thru the Memorials. • We provided financial assistance to the Dublin Food Pantry, as well as providing them with volunteers at Thanksgiving time handing out meals. • We provided Marshalls to the City of Dublin for the St. Patrick's Day Parade as well as mentors to Middle Scholl Students in the Dublin City Schools. • We sponsored 3 Interact Clubs, with over 250 student participants. Those students went on to raise more than $20,000 for the St. Judes Children's Hospital. • We provided prosthetic hands for amputees in Haiti and sent financial relief there to help with the Earthquake disaster, as well as funds to the Philippines to help with a typhoon disaster. • We collected more than 3,000 books to help literacy in our community as well as adopted three families at Christmas time, providing them with a Christmas they otherwise wouldn't have had. • We volunteered for Hazardous Waste Collection and our members worked for a day to clean up the Scioto River. • We provided $4,500 in Scholarships to High School Seniors in Dublin as well as sponsoring a doctor from the Philippines to study non-invasive surgical techniques at Children's Hospital.
The newsletter editor says I am up against my word count, but you get the picture. We made a difference. I wish Dave Connelly well as he gets ready to start his year.
"In 1970, before the Memorial Tournament began, Dublin was a city of 600 people. Today it is 40,000, with 60,000 during working hours. These exciting decades of growth and expansion presented challenges-challenges that will only increase as demographics, available land, and the economy continue to shape us and we manage our city to keep it a great place to live."
With these words, Dublin City Manager Terry Foegler launched a clear and insightful overview of Dublin's favorable condition. "That Dublin has been managed well, especially in light of its quick growth," noted Terry, "is proven by its residents' extraordinary response to the 2009 National Citizen Survey, in which Dublin finished first among 306 communities. Dublin finished in the top five of all 50 categories, as well as rated first overall," suggesting that residents have every reason to be proud of our quality of life (see
"We have also managed that growth in a fiscally responsible way," Terry explained, "even in a recent time of tax revenue decreases. With the health of our revenues and our ability to manage cuts, we have grown our reserves to be 65 percent of our expenditures. The forward-thinking leadership of our City Council and our conservative, sound approach has produced fiscal health unparalleled in the area."
In light of Dublin's success in maintaining quality of life while creating solid economic growth, there might be some temptation to continue business as usual.
"We need to be forward-facing when managing Dublin's modern development, which will change so radically in the next decade that we cannot afford to rest on the past," said Foegler. Several unprecedented factors impinge upon Dublin today. One such factor is demographics, with a profound change in "population age related to residential housing."
Terry explained, "In the last 40 years, 24 - 64 years olds, who are net buyers, have dominated Dublin's market, while those 65 and older, who are net sellers, have not been a force. Seventy-five percent of our population has been net buyers in the past. In 2010 the demographic ratio changes. By 2025, the buyer/ratio flips with more sellers than buyers."
Another factor is immigration. "Unlike countries like Russia, which may have half its current population by the year 2050, the US will add 30 to 40 million people. Eighy percent of this growth will come from immigration. Without immigration, the US's workforce would be 7 million smaller than it is, with a corresponding decrease in productivity and revenues. Obviously, we face increasing diversity. What will Dublin be like when the majority of the population is non-Caucasian? Certainly, most real estate buyers are likely to be non-Caucasian."
Other demographic changes are in evidence: "People are getting married later and having fewer children. The single family unit will no longer be the primary driver of real estate here, and the implications for how we collect revenues and provide services are huge."
An important question is how will Dublin respond effectively to these trends.
"We may not remain viable if we do not change," said Terry. " All of these trends have implications for our Bridge Street Corridor plan. We will be looking at more multi-family units, with a denser population and more mixed-use areas. We will need to attract numbers of singles and young childless couples as well as find attractive places for retirees who will want to be in the area without the upkeep of a single family home. Attracting the mobile 25 to 35 year olds, and especially the 25 to 30 year olds, is essential. We also need to explore ideas of sustainability. These groups see a mixed-use and walkable area not only as more attractive and livable but also more environmentally sound and sustainable. And there will be serious fiscal and developmental impacts as fuel costs rise, as they certainly will. We must anticipate these changes and act so that Dublin maintains its quality of life and economic vitality."
A lively question and answer session followed. Terry's fascinating presentation gave Rotarians a glimpse of Dublin's future, the challenges we will face to maintain our community's quality of life, and the rewards we might reap through careful planning and management. Your humble correspondent is certainly eager to hear more.
I hope all Rotarians will join me the evening of Monday, June 21st, at Wendy's International on 161 to hearthe consultants from Goody-Clancy discuss the the Bridge Street Corridor Plan. Come hear about the future of our City!
"Who will be tomorrow's Rotarians, " asked Lee Smith, District 6690 Interact Director, "and how can we best reach them so that Rotary's work can be continued?"
This past December, Lee's company, Ad-ology, surveyed over 2,111 people to find out the "psychographics" of current and potential service club members.
"Current service club members have characteristics not at all surprising to most of us here today," Lee said, "but potential members differ in some surprising ways from those who are here today." Most current service club members are male (58% of those surveyed), 45 - 74 years of age, suburban, affluent, married, well-educated, likely to be church goers, interested in sports such as college football and basketball, and most likely to be reached by a Sunday newspaper, radio, television, and email.
Potential members, as identified in the survey, differ from this profile in important ways while still having as strong a commitment to "volunteering for a cause" and "to be involved in their community."
While still well-educated and primarily suburban, they tend to be younger, "mostly in the 25 - 44 age bracket." They are more likely to be women: "about 63% of those identified as being potential service organization members were women." They are "at least so far, a little less affluent and more likely to be interested in debt consolidation." They are less interested in sports and, "in spite of our perception that they are primarily interested in online interaction, very are interested in socializing in person."
They can still be reached through television and the Sunday papers, but they are "far more likely than current social organization members to be reached through the Internet and social media, with 63% of them being regular users of Facebook."
"So," asked Lee, "in light of these differences, how can we reach these potential Rotarians? We will have to develop new methods."
Lee recommended targeting mobile media, especially "using YouTube videos to broadcast our service projects, which are far more likely to attract them than our club meetings. Remember, they want to join a cause, not to be in a club."
He explained that we must work harder to "find ways to attract women to Rotary," that "we need to increase diversity," and "we must find ways for people to be active rather than just to donate big money to causes." Lee added that "we need to be more flexible about our meeting attendance--these potential new members may not make every meeting but they will turn out heavily for social and service events."
What Lee said reminded at least one Rotarian of Rotary's "Fifth Avenue of Service: New Generations." "The Avenue of New Generations recognizes the positive change implemented by youth and young adults involved in leadership development activities, community and international service projects, and exchange programs that enrich and foster world peace and cultural understanding" (
http://www.rotary.org/en/mediaandnews/news/pages/100428_col10_5avenue.aspx
). Lee's message challenges our Club, and all of Rotary, to change and adopt effective new ideas and procedures to guarantee that Rotary's great work continues here and internationally. Lee made us think about how our club can grow and flourish in changing times. We are already making great strides in how we communicate, but we will have to continue to make ourselves attractive in new ways to bring the best and most committed new Rotarians into Dublin AM Rotary and ensure that our tradition of service goes on in the future as proudly as it has been sustained in the past.
"The Central Ohio Robotics Initiative [C.O.R.I.], and Dublin AM Rotary, are transforming students one robot at a time," stated Wolf Lant.
"In the last two decades," Wolf explained, "there has been a general decline of interest in math and science in a time when technological, political, and economic forces make these subjects more important than ever. C.O.R.I., which grew from a Dublin team to become a Central Ohio organization, helps fight that decline. It is an inspiration to learn and achieve, a competitive sport that creates energy, a life experience, teamwork, an opportunity to grow and forge friendships, and a sense of community."
Teams in four categories-Junior Lego, Lego, Tech Challenge, and Robotics-learn to build and program robots, "engaging their imaginations and creativity and fun as well as teaching them increasingly complex computer and engineering skills." The robots must accomplish particular tasks in competition. As competitors grow older and gain in abilities, they move up through the categories and mentor those entering the program. The robots grow in size and ability to accomplish tasks.
"The competitions are like a basketball game and rock concert for geeks," explained Ann Ralston, "intensely competitive and alive with energy." A team's schedule is ambitious. Teams start planning in January and have to have a design ready by the end of February. Members work after school and on weekends for 40 hours per week. "What do they learn?" asked Ann. The answer is, much! "Design and programming; working with tools; fundraising; presentation skills; working as a team under pressure; how to fix problems in the moment; science, math, and language; perhaps most importantly, they learn a gracious professionalism, even helping other teams in the competition to excel."
The program brings results, Ann reported. "OSU professors say these students are more ready for engineering courses than others; they know the technology, the ideas, and the outlook."
C.O.R.I. goals for 2012 include hosting a regional competition of 24 teams, providing and pooling resources in both a virtual and physical space, and developing the Junior Lego and Lego divisions as "farm teams." They are having a competition on June 26th, at South High School. Searching youtube.com for "FIRST robotics" will show some of robots in action, but a visit to the competition is a great opportunity to see the teams competing and learning.
Dublin AM Rotary Foundation gave a $5,000 grant to C.O.R.I. to help them grow and meet their goals. The Robotics Program was one of six projects recently recognized by the District for a Significant Achievement Award. In light of Program's success, that $5,000 is likely to produce many dividends in young minds ready and eager to help Central Ohio progress technologically.
At the July 8th Dublin AM Rotary Board meeting, Board member Flite Freimann announced that he and his family will be moving to Granville. Flite regretfully then stepped down from the Board. His resignation was accepted with sadness, as Flite in his short time with our club has had a real impact. He was named Rotarian of the Year for 2007-2008 and was about to begin his second year on the Board. Flite and his wife Bernita found a few acres of land with a horse barn and a spot they envision realizing Bernita's dream of starting a vineyard and producing wine. We wish them the best.
Dublin's loss is Granville's gain.
The Board met and nominated a replacement for Flite. Rich Weber accepted the Board's nomination and will finish out the remainder of Flite's term thru 2010.
We welcome Rich to the Board and thank him for agreeing to serve our club as a Director.
Flite Resigns from Board, Weber will Resume Duties
It
is traditional in Rotary that each Rotary International president is
given the opportunity every month to write a message to all Rotarians
in the pages of this magazine. I am grateful for this tradition, which
gives me the opportunity to communicate with every one of you directly,
for it is my firm belief that The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands.
It
is a great honor to have been chosen as the first RI president from
Scotland in the 104 years of this organization, and to have the
privilege of serving the Rotarians of the world. Because there is no RI
– no Board of Directors or president, no world headquarters or Rotary
convention – without the ordinary weekly meeting of Rotarians in our
own home clubs.
Wow. That was a word Sue and I used frequently on our trip to the 100th Rotary International Convention in Birmingham England. We met so many unbelievable people doing great things from all over the world. It started first thing in the morning at our hotel, meeting people who were leaving for the Convention Center. It continued as we took the train, meeting Rotarians and their families, some attending their 25th convention.
The "Wow's" continued as we entered the Hall of Friendship" , where Rotarians, passionate about their service projects, had booths to educate others about their missions. We then attended breakout sessions, learning ideas on how to run a club more effectively, membership challenges, communications, and the Polio Plus campaign, just to name a few.
What a great year this has been for our club. " Making Dreams Real" was a perfect theme for my year as President. I want to say thank you to each member of our club and to my wonderful board and committee members.
In planning for my year in review and looking back at
what we have been able to accomplish this year we should all be very
proud of our club. We met all of our goals, we had great projects and
community service. Our Foundation did a great job in allocating monies
to organizations that will make a difference in our community. We had
lots of time for fellowship, made new friends for life, and we all gave
much more than we received in terms of our time to helping make a
difference in peoples lives.
Dublin City Manager Terry Foegler spoke to Dublin AM Rotary on Friday, June 12th. Foegler reported on Dublin's strong fiscal health despite the economic downturn. He also shared some profound shifts in demographics and consumer trends that will impact future residential planning for Dublin.
The Journal of the American Planning Association recently reported: for the past three decades 75% of the population has been ages 25-55. This population segment drove the economy and had the buying power that fueled the housing boom. In the next decade – the population demographics shift – 75% of the population will be 55+. Foegler asked, "What does that mean for our housing stock?"
Foegler said population and economic shifts are driving consumers to desire communities with more mixed-used, diverse density , walk-able and more urban-like neighborhoods. He said Dublin's housing stock has served the community well during the past decades of growth – but changes need to be made for the future to attract and retain the young professional entrepreneurial workforce and provide empty nesters with the kind of housing stock they desire.
Signing up to be a weekly Greeter has never been easier. At the bottom of the Website under "Upcoming Events" and the "Upcoming Events" link on the left column of the E-Newsletter, there is a live link for "Greeter Sign-up". Click on the link. It will take you to a page for Greeter Volunteers. Click on "volunteering" and the link will take you to the page with all the available greeter slots for the next Rotary year. You just hit the "book" link - and you will be signed up.
Remember, you will receive a make-up for each morning
you serve. What a great way to earn a make-up and get to engage with
your Club members. The new site makes it easier than ever.
If you have any
question about being a Greeter, please contact Tim Michaels at
timichaels@deloitte.com.
The Angel Fund has been established to assist members of the Dublin AM Rotary Club, having economic difficulties, meet their basic financial obligations to the club. The Fund is administered by the current President Dave Connelly, the immediate past President Jim Burness, the club Treasurer Rich Weber and an at-large member, Gene Belew, appointed by the current President Dave Connelly.
www.DublinAMRotary.org
is now officially being hosted through Clubrunner. The new website is very interactive, and you will get the latest news each week on the website and through our new enewsletter (Reveille).
Ride a bicycle. Construct a levee. Bury some carbon dioxide. Rescue a polar bear. Is that what you do in your time off?
Eighty-eight elementary students from Dublin did that and more in April and May as they programmed their LEGO robots to address climate challenges all around the world!
The 4th and 5th graders (from Glacier Ridge, Wyandot, Chapman and Eli Pinney) spent six weeks building their robots, developing their strategy, and learning to program before pitting their bots against each other in a battle where seconds count but gracious professionalism trumps all!
The 2nd annual Dublin LEGO Robotics Challenge Tournament, held on May 16 at Coffman High School, challenged everyone to apply math and science skills from school to the real-world problems we face. The local tournament is an unofficial offshoot of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), hosted by the high school Robotics team, the middle school LEGO Robotics teams, and the Dublin Robotics Boosters. It is designed to give elementary students a taste of engineering and a desire to use their minds to make the world a better place.
Caddyshack chairs Dave Williamson and Amy Snow are pleased to announce Caddyshack grossed $40,981 and will net $29,000 for the Dublin AM Rotary Foundation.
Dave said approximately 220 attended the event on May 23rd at the Dublin Embassy Suites, including a record number of guests.
Amy and Dave thank the committee for their hard work and the club members for their support.
Guest Speaker: Heather Heins
Guest Speaker: Jeremiah Gracia
Club Meeting Service Project for Nationwide Children's Hospital
We’ve got some exciting updates to share about our club’s finances, projects, and ways we can serve our community. Members were able to join committee chairs for a chat and learn more about what each service area has accomplished so far this year, what we have planned for the rest of the year, and how together we can make a difference.
Guest Speaker: Sara Harrison-Mills 
Guest Speaker: Candy Nelson - Candy Nelson spoke about Ohio Medicaid and the needs of their clients. 
Guest Speaker: Jacob Heffron
Guest Speaker: Brian C. Mayer - Healing Power of Nature - How the Save the World and Yourself in your own backyard
Topic: Clover Coffee - Dublin Schools
aker: Craig Krenzel
Guest Speaker: David Williamson - Dublin AM Rotary Member, Veterans Committee Chair - Executive Director of State of Ohio, Superintendent, Division of Industrial Compliance, Board of Trustee Member40 Plus of Central Ohio
ltural and multilingual interfaith leader
Guest Speaker: Deepa Biswas
Guest Speaker: William Shorthill
Guest Speaker: Erin Canaday
Dr. Christopher Hoch is in his fourth year as director of The Ohio State University Marching and Athletic Bands. He also is associate director of bands and an assistant professor in Ohio State's School of Music. Prior to his appointment, he served one year as interim director, two years as associate director and one year as assistant director of Marching and Athletic Bands. He served for seven years as the director of bands at Rutherford B. Hayes High School in Delaware, OH, and three years as director of The Ohio State University Marching Band Alumni.
ch’s Ohio State education includes bachelor’s degrees in music education and mathematics, master’s degrees in instrumental conducting and music education, and a PhD in music education.
Ripley, Ohio, Steve Stivers learned from his mother and father the importance of family, hard work and public service, which have been the values he has carried with him throughout his life.
Guest Speaker: Andy Beal.
Guest Speaker: Gary Baker ~ District Governor of Rotary 6690
One Columbus is the dedicated economic development organization for the 11-county Columbus Region. Our team is committed to helping new and existing businesses grow in the Region by working with both local and state partners to pave the way for your business’s success. Our goal is to ensure the Columbus Region remains vibrant and economically healthy by creating more opportunities for its businesses and residents.
Guest Speaker: Jessica M. Rudolph
Guest Speaker: Kristen Easterday
"Envision 
The Fiber to Every Home project, a partnership between Dublin and Altafiber. This project will ensure that every premises in the city has access to internet service up to 10 gigabits, which helps meet our community's growing broadband demands and supports Dublin's goal of being the most connected city in the nation.
Thank you to the wonderful committee members who shared updates! Watch the YouTube video, linked below, to learn more.
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This meeting featured speaker J.M. Rayburn discussing the Dublin City Division of Transportation & Mobility.
This meeting featured speakers Dawn Anderson-Butcher, Tyler Wolfe, and Jim Sauter with the OSU LiFESports Initiative. 
UNTIL HELP ARRIVES: If you are ever involved in or witness a traumatic accident, will you know what to do until first responders arrive? Would you be prepared to help save someone’s life? This meeting walked us through each step: how to recognize that there is a problem, how to assess the surroundings so you can act safely, what information is most important to share on your 911 call, and the care you can administer until law enforcement and or fire/EMS arrive. Washington Township Fire Department Battalion Chief Mike Riebel and emergency dispatcher (Northwest Regional Emergency Communications Center) Stephanie Skipworth were our presenters.
We heard from John Diehl, senior vice president of applied insights for Hartford Funds. He educates financial advisors and their clients about current and emerging opportunities in the financial services marketplace. These opportunities range from retirement planning, investment planning and charitable planning, to anticipating and preparing for demographic and lifestyle changes.
Kerstin Carr, PhD shared updates from projects of the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission.
Dr. Christi Scott Bartman has been involved in anti-human trafficking efforts in Ohio for over a decade. She is the founder of 
afe, Know Safe, Stay Safe” campaign. You can access the social media posts at 
We were pleased to hear from our club member Dr. Tom McGloshen addressing life transitions.
Thanks to our meeting speakers Lili C Reitz, Esq. and Rob Graessle, DO, for discussing Fund The Climb Foundation. The mission of 
meeting speaker was Warren Motts, Founder and Chief Curator of Motts Military Museum in Groveport. Warren E. Motts, a graduate of Groveport-Madison High School, joined the Ohio National Guard at the age of eighteen. He received basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. After his training he was sent to Ft. Monmouth, NJ where he was trained as a photographer. He was in the ONG for nine years obtaining the rank of Staff Sgt. in charge of the Photographic Section, HQ & HQ, 37th Infantry Division.
Thanks to our very own club member Dr. John Marschhausen for enlightening us on current strategic plans for Dublin City Schools and the potential impact of a levy on the ballot next week.
The Veterans Affairs Committee of the Dublin AM Rotary Club is partnering with Dublin-based 
blin AM Rotary club have joined efforts with the Ohio Chamber of Commerce to sponsor another painting of a waving American flag with a combination of drywall screws, and featuring a canvas border that will be signed by local veterans and family members on behalf of veterans in their family. The project, a joint public display and fundraising initiative, has been designated “Veterans Stand Together Across America” or VSTAA. The plan is will be to have a “travelling art project” designed to be displayed throughout central Ohio cities, towns, and communities to enable veterans from the area to be a part of the project and recognized for their service and sacrifice on behalf of a grateful nation. 
Our speaker was Bill Stanley, Director of The Nature Conservancy in Ohio and Board Member of RAPID 5, introduced by Erin Prescott. 
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Describing the formula for success and speaking about Sports World was former Ohio State University and National Football League defensive lineman Jimmie Bell of Columbus.
of Development at The Wood Companies. He oversees all efforts related to development, financing, commercial leasing, and legal activities for new and existing assets. Since Tyler’s arrival in 2016, the development team has completed over $200 million in new construction value and placed over $160 million in permanent debt. Tyler has leased a transaction value of over $30 million consisting of retail, restaurant, and office space. He is the Vice President of the Short North Special Improvement District, and is a graduate of The Ohio State University and The Moritz College of Law. Tyler lives with his wife, Jessica, and sons, Charlie and Danny, in Victorian Village.
Congratulations to students receiving scholarships from Dublin AM Rotary this year! Scholarship winners and their families were honored at the meeting. Dublin AM Rotary is pleased to offer annual scholarships to students who reside in the Dublin City School District and have been selected from a very competitive field based on their academic success, demonstrated leadership and community service, a pledge that they have led, and will continue to lead an alcohol and drug-free lifestyle, quality of a written essay, and financial need. 
Dana McDaniel, former City Manager of the City of Dublin, receiving an honorary Paul Harris Fellow award and pin for his many leadership efforts in the City of Dublin to promote goodwill and peace. Dana is pictured with Page Vornbrock and Claudia Trusty, who presented the pin.
Trent Smith has been the Executive Director of the Franklinton Board of Trade (FBOT) since January of 2010. FBOT serves as the chamber of commerce for the Franklinton neighborhood, but unlike a traditional chamber it is a 501c3 non-profit. This status gives FBOT the latitude to do important community work based on three pillars of focus: Advocate, Beautify, Connect. In addition to business
Scott Lockhart spoke about the state of car markets and searching for a vehicle.
Rotary Interact clubs bring together young people ages 12-18 to develop leadership skills while discovering the power of Service Above Self. Interact clubs organize at least two projects every year, one that helps their school or community and one that promotes international understanding. In Dublin, Interact clubs are associated with our three area high schools and have even been started in the middle schools. This meeting will feature an update from the dedicated teachers/advisors who support the students as well as those youth who are the future of community service and Rotary in Dublin! Please come to applaud these young leaders for all the work they do here in our backyard and connections they make around the world.
Megan O’Callaghan is Dublin’s sixth city manager, a role she assumed on October 1, 2022. O’Callaghan has been serving the City of Dublin since 2014, when she was hired as the City’s Public Service Director. Prior to her appointment to city manager, she served as the City’s deputy city manager/chief finance and development officer, deputy city manager/chief operating officer and director of public works. She has successfully formulated and executed strategic plans in areas including Finance, Development, Economic Development, Building Standards and Transportation & Mobility, a division she created in 2020 to advance the City’s Connected Dublin initiatives.
Joe Fox, Director of the Miracle League of Central Ohio was our featured speaker. He has been involved with the Miracle League for 14 years and has served as the league's director since 2011. Joe and his wife Susan have lived in Dublin since 1994. They have 4 grown children and 9 grandchildren.
Imran is a multilingual, cross-cultural expert, interfaith-outreach ambassador and community leader. He is a staunch believer in service to others. While his professional career in engineering and systems management is impressive, Imran focused his talk on his role as Chairman of the Dublin Community Inclusion Advisor Committee, or CIAC. Imran has served on many advisory boards including those for Dublin Police Chief Justin Paez, Veterans Interfaith Bridge of Ohio, First Social Justice Park of America, and as a founding member of Safe Alliance of Interfaith Leaders (SAIL) of Northwest Columbus region. Imran was a finalist for the Every Day Hero Award in 2019, received the Community Service Leadership Award in 2016 from the Asian American Commerce Group of Ohio and the Jefferson Award in 2015 for interfaith and outreach efforts in Central Ohio to help build bridges between faith and cultural diversities.
In this meeting Betsy Liska Goldstein spoke about the Impact of Intel on Central Ohio. Betsy has nearly two decades of experience in the building industry and as Founder and CEO of Betsy Goldstein Consulting has made a career of community engagement and connecting people together in partnerships to create the most effective outcomes. After learning early about the Intel project, Betsy met with various elected officials, community stakeholders, and business leaders while researching the Intel impact in other cities. In the past year she has shared her presentations more than 50 times, helping various organizations, communities, firms, and nonprofits prepare for Central Ohio’s once in a lifetime transformation.
In reflecting on one-year since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the club was honored to have Sarah Douglas, PhD, of The Ohio State University speak.
If you missed this meeting, please watch it on 
This meeting featured a surprise visit from district governor Price Finley and a feature presentation from Katy Oberle, of 
me with her family, and volunteering at other organizations. 
We also heard from Susan Robenalt and guests about the life-changing work of the Rett Syndrome Research Trust, which will be supported through proceeds of the upcoming Polar Bear Golf Outing. 
Thank you to our very own member and Past President, Dwight Seeley, for providing our club with an important and educational presentation on Medicare. 
This meeting featured comments from Steve Stivers, who was selected in May 2021 to lead the Ohio Chamber of Commerce as President and CEO. The Ohio Chamber of Commerce is the state’s leading business organization whose mission it is to aggressively champion free enterprise, economic competitiveness, and growth for the benefit of all Ohioans. The Ohio Chamber works with legislators, business leaders and government officials to pursue its vision of a growing and prosperous economic and business climate in Ohio.
We heard about the amazing 
Our speaker on November 4th at Dublin AM Rotary was Moises Sifren, CEO of El Buen Samaritano Hospital in La Romana, Dominican Republic
Peter Martin Fuhlbrigge passed away suddenly on Friday November 11th, 2022 at the age of 64 years old. Peter was truly loved by his friends, family, and pets. His humor and wit made him the light in every room, and he was never afraid to ask for an extra side of bacon. He was a best friend to many, and will be deeply missed by all.
Price Finley, our District Governor, gave us a lot to think about during his presentation at our meeting on Friday, October 7th. He reminded us of some amazing things we no longer have to IMAGINE, due to the spirit and can-do attitude that Rotary brings to the table. He also challenged us to IMAGINE what still needs to be done. 
We asked Rick Stein for a return engagement speaking on Autonomous Vehicles. In this humorous overview of the talk Rick and Jason will be delivering, we can get a sense of the good time to come Friday morning at our meeting:
This week's exciting program featured Dwight Smith. Dwight's many accomplishments as a business and community leader include CEO of Sophisticated Systems, Director of The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, and member of the Nationwide Children's Hospital board of directors. When I spoke with him earlier this week, he reminded me, "those are things I do, not who I am." His talk is devoted to a program he co-founded - My Special Word (
club to enjoy a private tour of the Transportation Research Center. This is the largest vehicle test facility in North America. 
nce states" OUR GOAL: Keeping people safe, independent, and living in their own homes – where they want to be!"
Our speaker this week, Jack Young, shared the Rotary International Shelter Box effort.
The featured speaker for our meeting on July 15 was Robert Whitman,Director of the Leadership Institute,Union County Chamber of Commerce
The meeting on May 6th, 2022 was at The Ohio State University Airport. OSU opened the new Austin E. Knowlton Executive Terminal and Aviation Learning Center in 2019. The two-story, 29,500-square-foot building is home to flight school classrooms and simulators, a student flight hub, private aviation services, administration offices and meeting rooms. Large windows overlook the airfield, providing an observation deck that is especially popular among children in the community.
Bruce founded IMPACT60 (aka i60) on the belief that individuals who share their time can change a community for the better. IMPACT60 devotes resources (such as volunteers, funds, in-kind donations) to help fuel causes that fill unmet needs and bring awareness to issues that affect our quality of life. While i60 strives to assist many causes, we’re particularly engaged in addressing food insecurity, homelessness, health issues (addiction, cancer, mental health), youth wellness and workforce development..
Honoring our 2022 Dublin AM Rotary Scholarship recipients from the Dublin high schools.
Our meeting on April 8, 2022 was hosted by Cap Clegg and our Interact Clubs. We were excited to hear about all of the amazing activities our Dublin High School and Middle School club members have coordinated over the past year. 
This Friday's speaker was our City Manager, Dana McDaniel. There is so much good news surrounding the City of Dublin. You will want hear all about it. 
Joining us on Friday, March 25 as our featured speaker, was Jonathan Thomas, Vice President of Planning & Evaluation at the Alcohol Drug and Mental Health Board of Franklin County. Jonathan spoke about the new crisis center plans and status. 
Our March 18th Rotary Meeting was hosted by our Dublin Rotaract Club. 
Friday, March 11, we had an In Service project to support 
This Friday's guest speaker is Courtney Schmackers, Executive Director of She Has A Name, a nonprofit organization committed to engaging the community to strengthen the anti-human trafficking ecosystem in central Ohio, and empower those locally impacted by this issue.
This Friday's guest speaker was Laura Rozcicha, Hospice & Palliative Care Manager, Nationwide Children's Hospital.
This Friday's guest speaker was Anne Farley, Community Relations Director at Ganzhorn Suites, a Dementia and Specialized Memory Care Facility in Powell.
Joining us this Friday as our featured speaker was Dr. Kathryn Sullivan. 
Fun & Freezing at our 25th Annual Polar Bear Golf Open!
This Friday, as our featured speaker, is Justin Paez, Dublin Chief of Police. The meeting will be on ZOOM only.
On Friday, 1/28, we had as our featured speaker, our own member, Todd Hoadley, Superintendent of 
Patrick O'Loughlin, President and CEO of Buckeye Power, Inc and Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives, presented to Dublin AM Rotary on January 14.
A national crisis has been hiding in plain sight. Children's mental health has been one of the least talked about issues in pediatrics — until now.
Joining us as Guest Speaker this Friday, was Candice R. Greenwade, Executive Director and Head of School for Heartland High School, which is located at 760 E Broad Street in Columbus..
This week at our meeting on Friday, 11/5. In preparation for Veterans Day next week, Dave Williamson provided comments surrounding the upcoming holiday as well as updates on our Veterans Committee. 
Adam Carr was our speaker on Friday 10/29/21. Adam is from Save A Warrior. Save A Warrior is the original, Warrior-led, timeless journey for active duty military, returning veterans and first responders who feel desperately alone. Save A Warrior offers an alternative holistic service that equips veterans, military personnel, police, firefighters and other first responders with a community of support and effective techniques to overcome the symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress and suicidal ideations 
Karen is the president of the Friends of the Delaware County District Library. They advocate, provide fun raising support and provide volunteer opportunities for the Delaware Library.
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Dublin Community Bands - How we started, where we stand, and what we aspire to
rs this Friday were Alan and Heather Grossman. They shared with us how Search and Rescue Dogs are trained, the scope of their abilities, and how working dogs should be treated by the general public. Heather and Alan have three working dogs; all of whom are certified in some aspect of search and rescue. They also have a new puppy who has begun her training journey.
Our featured guest speaker was Aaron Stanford, Deputy Director of Engineering, the City of Dublin. 
Dr. Kathryn Nuss, Cousins Maine Lobster, Columbus Franchisee.
Ramona is from Newark, married to Barry; she has been in Rotary 10 years; her career is a practice Director, Endodontics. Fun fact - she got in a lot of fights; she is "feisty"; won a marble tournament in her back yard. Favorite hobby is gardening and people. Passions: people and singing. Role Model Jesus and Mom and Dad. Music likes Folk, Christian Rock, Beach Boys. Last book read Genius Foods. Best vacation - Turks & Caicos with the kids. Favorite holilday Christmas. Guilty pleasure - homemade noodles. Favorite quote Be still and know that I am God. Celebrity crush growing up - Davy Jones. What makes my day - hugs from my kids.
Joining us as guest speaker this week was Maryjane Shackelford, District Governor, Rotary District 6690.
Tammi Spayde, Corporate Vice President at OCLC.
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Colleen Gilger made a presentation to Dublin AM Rotary on Friday, May 7th. Colleen Gilger is the City of Dublin’s Economic Development Director. She has served the City’s Economic Development office since 2003; and in its Community Relations office from 1997-2003. Colleen leads the City’s economic development initiatives and oversees the City’s economic development administrators. According to City Manager Dana McDaniel, Colleen has helped build many of the City’s economic development incentive and broadband programs.
yder with Dan Tobin Buick/GMC spoke to our club today, Friday, April 23rd, about the state of the Auto Industry and its future. 
Presentation by Bill Hall, President of the Board of Directors of Melissa's House and 
Rotarians, Interact Youth and Counselors 
New Member WELCOME and Induction for Lyle Brown, an experienced Rotarian and Paul Harris Fellow joining Dublin AM Rotary.
Presentation by Stephen Fine, President of the 
Our speaker for March 19
Dana L. McDaniel has extensive experience in all facets of local government and unparalleled dedication to public service. In his 32 year career with the City of Dublin, he has professional experience in economic development, public works, budgeting, finance and administration.
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 
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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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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)
Dublin's New Library Taking Shape
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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We have a very dynamic speaker for this Friday’s (July 10th) meeting. Dr. Chrisanne Gordon will update the club on the activities and programs that her organization, Resurrecting Lives Foundation, has been doing to work with veterans suffering from Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and efforts to reintroduce veterans into the work force after having encountered TBI or PTSD as a result of recent military service. 
We could still use three volunteers for the Second Annual Historic Dublin Slider Challenge. Duties are easy: you'll sell tickets, punch tickets as people visit six area restaurants to get a slider at each one, and collect tickets when people are finished. If anyone asks about Rotary, explain who we are and that all the proceeds fro the event will benefit us and be used for helping children's education here and internationally. The volunteer shift will last from 5:15 to 7:30 pm. We still need two people at La Chatelaine, and one at Tucci's. Signup on our website (under "Events," upper right hand side) or talk with 
As always on the first Saturday of the month, we need volunteers for the Salvation Army Mobile Canteen. You may sign up for a shift from 2 to 4:15 pm, making food that wil be taken to needy people in Downtown Columbus. You may sign up from 4:15 to 7 pm, delivering the food from the Canteen. For many people served, this might be their only hot meal of the day. This is a good opportunity for Dublin teens to see that others, including children, in Central Ohio are far needier than they ever imagined. Sign up under "Events" (upper right side our our web page) or talk with .jpg)
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Oil up with the Ohio Machine on Rotary Night! Rotarians from all over Central Ohio will be descending Selby Stadium (Ohio Wesleyan) on May 16th to watch some of the finest lacrosse in the entire world. The Ohio Machine will be hosting the Charlotte Hounds on the first ever Rotary Night. Share fellowship with not only Dublin AM Rotarians and their families, but with other Rotarians from clubs across Central Ohio. We will be getting admission at the discounted rate of $10, of which $1 will come back to our club. Reserve your tickets now by signing up for the event, and the club will bill you. We need to give The Machine a headcount by Thursday, May 14th, so don't wait till the last minute.
We're collecting new and gently-used Children's Books at the Club Meetings on May 8. Picture Books, Children's Fiction, Graphic Novels for Young Minds, all are acceptable. Each book will be given to the right-aged child at a book fair at Daniel Wright Elementary. If you have books your children or grand-children no longer read, or if you'd simply like to go by a book store for a quick purchase, you will help bring smiles..jpg)
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The Wounded Warrior Project is a charity and veterans service organization that offers a variety of programs, service and events for wounded veterans of the military actions following the events of September 11, 2001..jpg)
Of course we all love coming to early morning meetings just for the fellowship
We also heard from Greg Winslow, Vice President for Development of Mid-Ohio Food Bank. Greg gave a a great overview of how wide-ranging the Food Bank's activities are and how much good they do coordinating resources and people to help the needy in our community. You can see Greg's presentation 
We are in the early stages of planning a Mission Trip to fit LN-4 prosthetic hands on amputees. We are looking to travel The Dominican Republic either in October 201
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Join your fellow Rotarians, Thursday December 4th, to celebrate the season at our annual Holiday Party. We will have fun at The Club at Corazon. The theme and attire is “holiday casual.” The party begins at 7pm and ends at 10pm. Price is $30 per person, which includes 2 drinks (beer or wine) and heavy appetizers. The club will bill you. A full cash bar will be available as well.
Thanks to everyone who helped put Rotary stickers inside our Project Dictionaries, with a special thanks to the Dublin Schools staff who also helped. Many of the books have been delivered already. Every third grader in Dublin City Schools will get one. As this lovely photograph from 
We all joined our great Rotary Club for different reasons. I get that! One constant in my 15 years as a Member is the value of coming to a Friday Meeting. I always feel so engaged when I leave a meeting being WOW’d by an awesome speaker, reconnecting with an individual that I haven’t spoken to in a while, being inspired by the great things we do in our community, or getting a good spirited laugh. I leave at 8:30am ready to tackle my day with a sense of pride, excitement, and energy. When was the last you spent time in thought about the value that a Friday Meeting has on you? I challenge each of you to spend a few minutes thinking about this.
Shifts are still available for Ringing the Bell at the Salvation Army Red Kettle. We are at three locations on December 6 and 20 (December 13 is being covered by our fine young Interact members): Kroger Bridge St, Kroger Perimeter, and Anderson's. Come on out for a two hour shift, or split one with a Rotary buddy: family, friends, cute kids, and friendly dogs welcome. Sign up right from our webpage (see the upper right of the page, under Events) or by communicating with the redoubtable 
Due to moves or changes in work or family situations, we regret to report that three Rotarians have tendered their resignations from our club. Thanks very much to Ken Boltz, Ryan Hoefling, and Sinan Yaykin for their many contributions to Rotary. Bon voyage, and all best for a blessed future! 
Once again, we're working with Dublin Counseling Center and the Salvation Army to provide gifts for those who might not otherwise have a Christmas. We've upped the number of people we are going to support: we'll support six families with the Salvation Army and three with the Counseling Center. That's a huge, huge number of people we'll helping this year. Save some change, for we'll need lots of money to help. We'll pass the hat at the Holiday Party on December 4th and then again on the following Friday meeting, December 12th. Shoppers will be spending on Saturday, and we'll be delivering the gifts on Monday, so we'll be on the fast track once again to get this done and create a great holiday for those in great need. Please put these dates on your calendars. if you'd like to help with shopping, please let me know!
Save the date on December 4th for our annual Holiday Party. The party will be held at The Club at Corazon , will be "Holiday Casual" attire, and go from 7-10pm. Expect some special fun events to make this a magical night to remember! Details and cost will follow shortly.
Last week, many of us met at the Dublin Food Pantry Warehouse for some much needed organization and inventorying. Many hands made for light work, and we finished lots of tasks quickly. 
We heard from Dublin City School's Kim Claven on an exciting new initiative, K to Career. Funded by a $ million grant and created in partnership with a who's who of Dublin's IT and business community (including our own Mohan Viddam's Halcyon), this program will introduce young minds to the concepts and skills needed for a successful 21st Century Career and even equip them with programming skills that will help them with college expenses and in launching themselves in the job market. Kim is still seeking business and individual volunteer mentor help; check out the 
We're enhancing the work we are doing with veterans; in the past, we've helped them training for IT careers. Now, working with Bob Evans, we are looking for veterans to train to become restaurant managers. If you know a veteran who might be interested in this program, please make sure to let me know. We're recruiting in the next few weeks. You'll be helping the someone very deserving have the opportunity to grow into a rewarding career..jpg)
6th Annual Veterans Honor Flight is Coming Up
On Friday, September 5, 2014 from 12:00 to 1:00p.m, at the Athletic Club of Columbus (ACC), Columbus Rotary and the ACC will be sponsoring the Rotary/ACC networking event, First Friday. Any Rotarian from any Rotary Club (and any guest they might bring) is invited, as is any ACC member. You must bring a business card with you (hopefully more than one) to gain entrance to the luncheon. The luncheon will be in Talley Ho Room on the first floor of the ACC, and each person will order from the lunch menu and pay their own bill. There is no agenda, no program, just networking. Jim Bishop, the Columbus Rotarian organizer of this event, will probably take a minute to welcome everybody, but that will be all. The idea is for persons to network, and if any ACC members who are not Rotarians decide they wish to learn more about Rotary, so much the better. This event is limited to the first 40 persons who register. If the demand is great, we will increase the number who may attend and find a larger room for future First Fridays. To RSVP, please contact Jim Bishop of Columbus Rotary at (614) 229-4969. If you do not reserve a place ahead of time, please come anyway, as we always seem to have enough room for last minute guests. Also remember that this event is every First Friday, so please put in your calendar for 2014: October 3, November 7, and December 5. I look forward to seeing you there. 
Thanks to Evie and John Susie for opening their amazingly lovely home and to Jim Burness and the Fellowship Committee for planning a Perfect Party. Thanks, too, for everyone who brought appetizers and desserts. It is the rare Central Ohio restaurant where one would eat as well as at a Rotary party. As promised, dozens of famous people attended, including international stars of stage and screen, U.S. Presidents, First Ladies, and important world political leaders, and many sports greats, including Jack Nicklaus, who admired the view of the 13th at Muirfield right next to Evie and John's yard. "I never hit the ball out-of-bounds, even by a yard," said Nicklaus, "so I've never seen the 13th from this angle before. Evie and John have a beautiful view. The course looks great from here!" A wonderful time was had by all. Thanks to Sue Burness for taking photos.
Join your fellow Dublin AM Rotarians for a night of fun, food and fellowship Friday, August 22 at the home of John and Evie Susie.
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The Dodgers, our Rotary sponsored Miracle League baseball team, had another amazing season this summer! They finished (as always) undefeated and above all, thanks to you, had a wonderful summer of camaraderie and happiness. Volunteer Rotarians are paired with the players who have a variety of disabilities. Our job is to provide the players with the support they need to participate and enjoy the game of baseball, and enjoy it they do!
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Perhaps you saw the great presentation at our recent District Conference from Price Finley (President of the Upper Arlington Club) and Andy Mills (President of the Tri Village Club) on how their clubs have engaged in meaningful World Service Projects in Guatemala with their partner NGO, Mayan Families.
This edition's Rotary Spotlight features 
Our contributions to Daniel Wright Elementary's Free Book Fair were recognized in the Columbus Dispatch. School media Specialist Marisa Coneglio does a great job explaining in why Dublin A.M. supports Daniel Wright: they are the Dublin elementary with the greatest need. Thanks to Claudia Trusty and the Literacy Committee for supporting the book fair! Check out the story 
We recently heard from Robin and Don Rose, friends of many of our members, about their 2 1/2 year, 11,000 mile sailboat journey to many ports of call in the United States and the Bahamas. Don has written a book based upon Robin's diaries of the cruise. For more information about their voyage and the book, including many photos, please see 
Thanks to 
It's been a very productive year for the International Services Commitee, with lots of activity and achievements. Please click on "International Services" under "Club Information Pages" [upper left of club website] or 
Chief Allan Woo of Washington Township Fire Department and in-coming Chief Alec O'Connell (who will take over when Chief Woo retires after a distinguished career) recently visited for an update on our local fire department: its changes, challenges, and achievements. In general, training requirements are becoming tougher with new equipment, while the education of new recruits is also tending upwards. Budget constraints are an ever-present concern and the division works hard to ensure complete readiness to fight fires, provide emergency services, and save lives. 
We also heard from Purba Majumder and Susan Watson. Purba is President of Cybervation, a firm providing comprehensive technology services in the United States and India, while Susan is Director of Enterprise Customer Data at Cardinal Health. A passion for educating young women and providing guidance for Science, Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) careers led Purba to found CoolTechGirls, a joint venture of City of Dublin, Dublin Entrepreneurial Center, and Cybervation, and Susan to serve on its board.. They work to give girls knowledge of tech careers, mentoring and motivating to enter a growing and lucrative field in which women are under-represented. 
I would like to thank those of you who have attended Murali Ramisetty’s presentation recently at our club. As many of you have requested, attached is the slide presentation that Ramisetty showed. Click 
We are in the early stages of planning a Mission Trip to fit LN-4 prosthetic hands on amputees. We are looking to travel to the Dominican Republic either in October 2014 or April 2015. The timing would depend on what works best for everyone.
Spring is here, the arctic vortex has released its icy grasp, and that means it's time for Dodger baseball. No, not those 
Dublin A.M. recently had a visit from Interact students from the three high schools. Interact is Rotary's farm team: young people who care about giving to their communities learn about Rotary principles and work on projects that benefit others. It's always a wonderful day to see how much they give. Thanks to our Interact Leader 
Dublin A.M. has devel
As you have perhaps seen, another stride in eradicating polio
Once again Rotarians have had excellent reasons to brave cold weather early on Friday mornings, with speakers who are engaged, informative, and enjoyable.
Thanks to all Dublin A.M. Rotarians who helped keep order and promote safety at a blustery St. Patrick's Day Parade. You made sure it was not only the grandest and greenest but also the happiest and safest celebration. Good work!
Congratulations to Dublin Robotics Team 1014, who won the engineering excellence award at a FIRST competition in Terra Haute, IN. Great work, team!
We need to kick-start the Scholarship Committee very soon. So far, we've received applications from students at two the the three high schools and expect to hear from the third soon. Once we know many applications we have, we'll put together the timing and process by the end of the month. 
A few weeks back, we heard from Lawrence Funderburke about his foundation and youth organization, helping kids and especially those in the most disadvantaged areas get an education boost. After it, a number of us with him and among ourselves abut ways we could help, either by making connections with schools or through volunteering. If you'd be interested in participating in an initial dialog with him and in helping, please let 
Five kids came for the first part (cooking the meal), which may have been 1 or 2 too many. They got in each others' way as much helped each other. Still, they had fun working in the kitchen and getting to know each other. 
23 February 1905 was a cold winter night, but Paul and Sylvester were used to the cold of Chicago's winters, and after dinner, they walked to the Unity Building to meet two other men in Room 711 of the Unity Building. 
Thanks to everyone who participated
In a world in which there is so much need, it can be difficult to decide how best to make a difference. One option for truly helping is to 
Thanks to all of the Dublin AM Rotary members and their family members who donated money, shopped or wrapped gifts for the Adopt-a-Family program! A special thanks to 
The Dublin AM Rotary’s Literacy Committee is at it again! All of the third graders in the Dublin City School District received their own copies of “A Student’s Dictionary” from the Dublin AM Rotary on Monday, November 18th. The picture(s) below are of 3rd graders from Thomas Elementary School who had just received their dictionaries from our Literacy Chair 
Fellow Rotarians:
My Fellow Rotarians, of Dublin A.M. Rotary,
Come on out for our second annual wine tasting. Bring two identical bottles of wine and an appetizer. Wine expert 
We received t
Thanks to our Speakers
John Algie, Pre
On a more serious topic
Jim Warburton Oct 03
Thanks to Rick Weber, who presented on Dublin AM Rotary's finances: where the money comes from, where it gets spent, and what we have on hand now. Between the efforts of Treasurer/Secretary Rich and Bookkeeper Amy Barnhart, Dublin AM's financial house is always in order, with 100% transparency and accountability.
Also presenting were former OSU Football stalwarts Ryan Miller and Craig Krenzel, who discussed OSU's upcoming football season. Funny, lively, and articulate, Ryan and Craig engaged their audience with a detailed look at both offense and defense for 2013. They predict a great year but warn that OSU, should the Buckeyes make it through the season undefeated, will face a level of competition in a national title game far greater than they have seen all year, It may take as much focus and effort to win any final game as it does to go the entire rest of the season without a loss.
I'm happy to report that the International Services Committee continues to make progress on existing initiatives even as it creates new ones.
Rotarian of the Year Mohan Viddam has provided us on an update on his company's Veterans training program: 
Lots of fun fellowship events are coming up! 
Kristin Yorko, an engineer from the City of Dublin, discussed storm water manageme
Elizabeth Harsh of the Ohio Beef Council and Ohio Cattlema
The fifth annual Veterans 
Thank you for another great Miracle League season! The following Rotarians and their family members volunteered their time this summer, helping our Dodgers to another undefeated season:
In the last Friday in August, instead of our usual Toiletries or Taxes collection, we will collect school supplies for Daniel Wright Eleme
Last year through our International Committee
Last week
For the 2012-13 
Unfortunately, we are saying goodbye to some of our club members:
Two recent vis
Thanks to 
At a recent club meeting, the new officers and board of Dublin A.M. Rotary began their 
Pictured from left to right: Shilpa Revi, Jon Buckley, Isaac Goldthwaite, Jon Coyle (son of 
The first meeting of our 2013-14 Literacy Committee is at 
This year's Aces High!: Winning for Kids came off in great style. It's too early yet to know exactly how much money we earned to support young minds in Dublin, and beyond, but attendees had a wonderful time and we certainly raised a lot to support our club's charitable activities.
Don't forget the upcoming Installation Reception! The format will be a bit different this year: we'll have a cocktail party on Tuesday, 
Recently Wolf Lant and some committee members from Vocational Services presented an overview of that service point, as well as introducing some guests who have benefited from the work of 
Project Share, a Delaware County organization that makes sleeping bags for the homeless in 
Rotarian 
Thanks to Club members who provided input to the Speakers Committee for next year! The survey asked you to rank your interest in certain topics. The results – from most to least interested – were as follows:
On Friday, June 7th, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dublin A.M. presents Aces High! This event features live music, dancing, great food, a live auction with fantastic prizes, and a variety of valuable raffle items, and the most fun casino action in Ohio. 
Tim Sells visited the Club to discuss his book When Dublin Wasn't Doublin'
Group Study Exchange provides grants for young professionals to travel abroad, promoting peace and understanding by allowing people to understand other cultures and countries. People between the ages of 24 to 40 get grants to travel. We recently partnered with the Downtown and Dublin-Worthington Clubs 
This baseball game is different. Nobody is ever out—although sometimes players will tell you somebody really was out. Every player gets to bat in every inning. At the end of every inning, the last player to bat always hits a home run. The players alternate so that over time, everyone gets to hit a home run. And at the end of each game, which always ends in a tie, everyone wins. 
Former OSU Buckeye Ryan Miller recently visited the club to talk about a topic dear to his heart, and on which he and Rotary have a mutual interest: promoting literacy. Along with OSU players Mike Vrabel and Luke Fickell, he started the 2nd and Seven Foundation, which promotes literacy in Ohio by giving away books. Here's how their website explains it: 
We have received an update
on a water project on which we started funding, and eventually received help
from five other clubs in District 6690.
Last week, 
Last week, Dublin Branch of CML, CML FOL, Dublin City Schools, Dublin A.M. Rotary, Dublin Foundation, Daniel Wright Elementary PTO, and Columbus Zoo partnered on a literacy event at Daniel Wright Elementary. Community leaders read aloud from the book, Zoo Borns, to match a natural history unit that the first graders were studying. After the reading, the Columbus Zoo brought out animals, including a fennec fox , a kangaroo, and a serval, bringing the lesson about animals to vivid life. All 112 first graders were given a copy of the book and a snack. Thanks to everyone in Rotary for their generosity! You're helping create life-long readers and giving a boost to the kids working towards Ohio's 3rd grade reading guarantee. It was wonderful day for all, including readers 
From a list of many qualified students, the Dublin A.M. Scholarship Committee has selected the following applicants, all of whom possessed an fine combination of community service, leadership, grades, and some financial need. Congratulations to all of them, and thanks to the members of the committee: 
We are fortunate to have been joined by two new members, 
Tim Redman Apr 04
Rotarians Dr. Axner, Superintendent of Dublin City Schools, and Steve Osborne, CFO of the schools, recently addressed us. They were joined by Chris Val
Dr. Derick of Colum
One of the organizations we partner with internationally is The PackH2O Team ( 
Dublin A.M. Ro
The fact that the winners traditionally stand the loser a 
On April 6th, Andy Keeler and his family have generously opened his lovely histo
Friend of the C
At a recent Club assembly, we heard details about two important committees.
On April 3rd at 1:30 pm, 
On Saturday, March 2nd, we will be getting together to do some curling, not curling with dumb bells but curling like they do in the Winter Olympics. Rotary has done this in the past with rave reviews. It's easy and it's fun! We will start at 7:00p at the Columbus Curling Club. The cost is $30.00/person. Sign up on the Club's 
The City of Dublin will present the annual State of the City Town Hall event, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday, March 14 at The Wendy’s Company Thomas Conference Center, One Dave Thomas Blvd, Dublin, OH 43017.jpg)
A record 107 golfers enjoyed perfect weather (for Polar Bears--which is to say snow and cold) and great fun at the Polar Bear Golf Open. Over $13,000 were raised to benefit charities, also a record amount. Thanks to .jpg)
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Thanks to Tim Michaels for becoming Dublin A.M. Rotary's most recent Paul Harris Fellow. The Paul Harris Fellowship is for Rotarians who contribute $1,000 to Rotary International to benefit people in need. Dublin A.M. offers several plans for participating. Please see 
Dublin A.M. Rotary has led the effort to spread knowledge of Interventional Radiology--a branch of medicine that effects cures through non-invasive surgical procedures--throughout the world. On February 22, our most recent fellow, Dr. Sayani, and own honorary member Dr Shiels, will be presenting on what Dr. Sayani has learned and how he will be training others. They will also be at Tutto Vino to visit with club members on Tuesday, Feb 12, for the our popular "Tuesday at Tutto Vino" evening. Please join us for both events.
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Over 40 Rotarians enjoyed this year's Progressive Dinner. It was a great night of fun and fellowship. Thanks to 
A record 107 golfers enjoyed perfect weather (for Polar Bears--which is to say snow and cold) and great fun at the Polar Bear Golf Open. Over $13,000 were raised to benefit charities, also a record amount. Thanks to 
Situated on a lovely 40 acre ranch in rural Knox County, Equine Assisted Therapy is non-profit organisation that assists people with disabilities through innovative equine therapies. Young people (often assisted with monetary and volunteer help from service organizations, including Dublin A.M. Rotary) learn to care for and ride horses in a controlled program designed to benefit them mentally and physically. Founded by Karen and Joel in 1993, it is the oldest therapeutic riding program in Central Ohio and has an outstanding reputation as a safe and effective aid for rides and their families. It is a member of PATH (Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship) International, the oldest and most widely recognized organization that promotes equine therapy. Riders improve their fitness and motor skills, build self-esteem, social skills, character, and confidence, and have fun while making new friends, human and horse. In this video (
Rhonda and Ida are an inspiration. After retiring as educators to Florida, they became passionate about doing something about the epidemic of childhood obesity in the United States. With no experience writing a book, they sat down to create a work to inform young minds and inspire kids to eat better and exercise more. 
On February 13th,
We helped to set up for and judge the competition. The kids had a great time and also experimented and learned as they programmed their robots to solve the tasks best. We also had a good time helping them out, mentoring a bit, and enjoying the competition. As future competitions occur, there will be other opportunities to volunteer to help young minds and contribute to strengthening our country's science and technology future. I'll make announcements as opportunities arise. Please consider helping out! 
Rotary International has presented a new way to recognize the spouse or partner of its members. 
Save the evening of Saturday, January 2
For many years, Dublin's Special Olympics athletes have worked in a program through Hilliard. While that was an outstanding program, Dublin now has enough potential competitors that we have started our own program and Dublin A.M> is at the point in helping. Here's 
As close to Veteran's Day as we can manage, our Friday Nov 9th meeting showcased our annual Veteran's Honor Flight. In September, the Club took 5 veterans to Washington DC to see war memorials, to meet each other, and to share their memories, in thanks for their service. This year's veterans (pictured here with our own 
As everyone knows, the Buckeyes thumped the Team From Up North this past Saturday to end with a perfect season. Also ending with a perfect season was Team Dublin A.M. Rotary. We had our 8th and last fundraiser of the year at BMI Credit Union, collecting another $2,400 to support our mission. Thanks again to Sharon Custer for arranging this great opportunity for us. It was a cold day, but 
On November 20th,
The students and their teachers made a banner for Rotary. They wrote the words "Thank you" in all the many languages spoken by the school's students. Here young Haruto and Bella join Dr. Axner, Michael, and Scott. The students were all smiles, and so were we. They are bright, engaged, and eager to raise their hand to answer questions--a great testimony to their parents' and teachers' commitment to excellence in education and to the outstanding work being done in Dublin City Schools. 
It's that time of year again. There'll be much mistletoing 
Dublin A.M. Rotary is directing a project to provide water catchment and storage to the Ngalai School in Kenya. I'm pleased to announce that Grove City Rotary has now chosen to participate, joining Whitehall-Bexley, Lancaster and the Marietta/McConnelsville clubs! Five District 6690 clubs are now partnering on this project.
If you
Dublin A.M. Rotary's Science and Technology Committee helps sponsor the Dublin High School Robotics team, the "Bad Robots." We also help sponsor and promote a Dublin Lego Robot League in the Dublin middle schools and a Jr. Lego League in the elementary schools to help promote awareness, interest, and excitement in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields. We’ve expanded this program to a new non-profit organization called CORI (Central Ohio Robotics Initiative) to help promote Robotics in all the central Ohio school systems. There are now about 20 teams in Central Ohio and CORI organizes an off-season competition for those teams every June. The event was most recently held at Dublin Coffman High School.
Two qualified and excellent candidates for State House District 21 recently made their case for election before Dublin A.M. Rotary. Democratic Candidate Donna O'Connor and Republican Candidate Mike Duffey presented articulate and persuasive points, with one's view on the "winner" of the debate very likely depending upon one's own political preference. In a striking and pleasant change from an election season that has been notably uncivil, both candidates were respectful of each other and cordial. They bring different experiences and aims, but both are qualified, passionate about their ideas, and yet likely to work to create successful bi-partisan initiatives to solve Ohio's issues and enhance our quality of life. 
The 
We owe a special thanks to 
Imagine a world in which every child, no matter what size, shape, color, or identity, felt safe, valued, and not just accepted but loved and honored.We may never see such a world. For one thing, children can be very cruel to each other. A program exists that tries to realize this vision, however, and once again Dublin A.M. Rotary is helping with it. It's called Challenge Day. It is the peer program that might get our children closest to that vision of everyone being safe, secure, and esteemed. 
Although the Buckeyes will be in Indiana, we Rotarians will be cheering them on at the Bogey Inn on October 13th! We will start the festivities at 7:30pm with a game time of 8pm. It will be similar to our Tuesday nights at Tutto where you are responsible for your own food and drink. The Bogey stands ready with big screens and big food taste to help. COME ON OUT and help us celebrate a Buckeye victory!
Do you have a great project that could use Rotary's help?
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Dublin Chamber of Commerce, of which many Rotarians are members, is sponsoring an all-inclusive mission trip to China on March 23-31, 2013. This exciting trip is open to business professionals, educators, families, and/or anyone interested in traveling to the best cities in China!
On August 30th, Dublin A.M. Rotarians visited Huntington Park to watch the mighty home town Columbus Clippers take on the Louisville Bats. The hapless Bats seemed to forget how to use their wooden namesake, scoring no runs as the Clippers shut them out 2-0. Rotarians enjoyed the home team's win, good weather, and the great company. Thanks to 
Our own 
Nicole Durant from Chapman Elementary visited to provide us with some surprising information about hunger right here at home, including the fact that half the students at an elementary school right here in Dublin are eligible for the Federal Free and redcued Price Meal Program. She discussed a way to help these students, the "Blessings in a Backpack" program. But let's let Nicole speak more eloquently in her own words about the needs of young people right here, and a program that might help. .gif)
Each month, Dublin A.M. Rotary Board Members are presenting on the actvities of Board Committees, with an emphais on how YOUR contribtions help people and Rotary. This month, 2012 Rotarian "Co-Rookie of the Year" 
Stepping into the shoes of a well-loved and involved community figure such as Andrea Cambern is no easy task. As her presentation to Dublin A.M. Rotary indicates, however, new anchor Kristyn Hartman has the energy and the commitment to make a positive impact in Central Ohio and continue WBNS's solid commitment to service in Central Ohio.
Delaware is one of the fastest growing counties not just in Ohio but in the whole country. Tim and Dennis told us about some of the challenges in managing such rapid growth along with the amazing opportunities for business it has brought. Please click 
“We had hoped to make $1,500,” reports President 
Dublin A.M. has once again earned a “Share o’ the 
Our own 
Alex Bandar, who is very much a shaker and mover not only locally but nationally, visited to talk about the Columbus Idea Foundry and the Columbus Mini Maker's Faire.
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"Family of Rotary exists," explains 
I can attest to the range of emotions that flow while taking the Oath of Office as President of the Dublin AM Rotary Club. There is gratefulness for the leadership and friendship I received from Claudia Trusty over the past year to say nothing of the valuable lessons learned in watching and participating in her stewardship. Those emotions extend to the members of the 2011-2012 Board of Directors and to Mike Close and Julie Rinaldi for their encouragement and willingness to take on any requested task. 
"One again we 
Dear fellow Rotarians, 
Dave Holliday
A special congratulations to Rotarian of the Year 
Everyone enjoyed a great dinner planned by 
Thanks to (alphabetical by last name) Lisa Blackwell, Jim Burness, Sue Burness, Cap Clegg, Chris Close, Bonnie Coley-Malir, Pete Fuhlbrigge, Greg Gleaves, Mark Greene, Cindy Groeniger, Dave Holliday, David McKee, Ira Shakeri, Amy Snow, John Susie, Jim Warburton, Rich Weber, and Faith Williams for keeping law and order in Old Dublin as Marshals at the Fourth of July Parade. 
"The Veteran’s Honor Flight 2012 will take place on Sunday, September 30," explained 
With the deepest of thanks to our own (and Cardinal Health employee) Amy Snow, we present to you George Barrett, CEO of Cardinal Health. Mr. Barrett gave an overview of Cardinal’s operations, history in and connections to Dublin, an RX for healthcare in the U.S., and general advice for succeeding in business. Here are some highlights of his presentation: .jpg)
The question I’ve been asked most often this year is “How do like being president of Dublin AM?” For anyone wondering...I have thoroughly enjoyed it! There are many reasons, but here are just a few:
"Back in the Old West," announced Dwight Seeley, "when our country was still growing and the peace was threatened by the unruly, people called on the marshal to keep law and order. Well, come July 4th in this here fair town, we'll need a plentiful helping of that thar law and order. Sign up to be a marshal for the July 4th Parade. You'll get a vest and the authority to keep the peace and make sure folks are safe, out of the path of the dangerous parade floats. Tarnation, Rotary needs ya! You'll git paid with an attendance make-up and my gratitude. C'mon out, now." Sign up on ClubRunner or talk to Dwight to help keep Dublin safe. 
fellowship. You'll leave proud to be a part of Rotary."
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The Arts are alive and well in Dublin, and we were fortunate to have a visit from two people who do so very much to bring art to the City and celebrate art and cultivate talent, Executive Director of Dublin Arts Council David Guion and Marketing and PR Manager Janet Cooper. 
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The Dublin A.M. Rotary and the three high school Interact Clubs helped ring in the holidays by providing weekend bell ringing coverage for four weekends at three locations throughout the Dublin community in support of the Salvation Army Red Kettle program. Rotary/Interact Red Kettle ringing this holiday season totaled 204 volunteer hours! 
The 2010-2011 school year was a very active year for our club’s association with several youth-oriented Rotary programs, and the 2011-2012 school year looks to be just as busy and rewarding! 
Brent Rosenthal who could, in the unlikely event he should he ever wish to, make a fine living as a motivational speaker, addressed the Club on the emphases and goals of District 6690 for this year. Here are some excerpts:
“My son (left) is back from his exchange to Turkey,” explained Dublin AM member Tony Gugliemotto, “and joining him here is his exchange fellow, Umut Asil from Istanbul."
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“Thanks to all those who have donated medical and legal expertise to our initiative to help the victims of human trafficking,” said
More photos from the August 27th Dublin AM Rotary meeting are available on our Flickr site/homepage.
Don't forget to visit the club 
Click on this link to see some of the interesting projects being done throughout our Rotary district. It gives one a sense of pride to belong to Rotary when we see all the good that we do by coming together to make the world more peaceful and prosperous. http://www.directory-online.com/Rotary/Accounts/6690/Newsletter/0/District_Newsletter_2011-12//March_2012_DG_Newsletter.pdf
My, how the summer flies by! It's been almost two months since our Rotary year changed over, and there are a lot of exciting things happening in our club. Many folks ask me what kind of time I spend as Club President on Rotary each week, and my response is always that "It's hard to tell..." I say that because the lines of spending time "working on Rotary" and what I would refer to as "working with friends" is virtually indistinguishable. I continue to meet with dedicated Rotarians working to shape programs, initiatives, etc, almost daily. Many hours have been spent at Caribou Coffee (in the mornings) and Brazenhead (in the later afternoons)... and I try my best to make sure I don't mix up those times and locations. :)
Are you waking up in the night with terror as you hear Dave Williamson barking orders at you on your radio?
"Following hard on the heels of the Dublin Irish Festival is a double-edged sword," began Joel Campbell introducing the 2010 Can-Am Games to Dublin AM Rotary.
The Club extends a huge thank you to Claudia Trusty for chairing the Installation dinner and serving as the evening's eloquent emcee. The atmosphere at Tartan Fields, the food and the fellowship truly made it a night to remember.
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This wraps up my year as President of Dublin AM Rotary.
"In 1970, before the Memorial Tournament began, Dublin was a city of 600 people. Today it is 40,000, with 60,000 during working hours. These exciting decades of growth and expansion presented challenges-challenges that will only increase as demographics, available land, and the economy continue to shape us and we manage our city to keep it a great place to live."
"Who will be tomorrow's Rotarians, " asked Lee Smith, District 6690 Interact Director, "and how can we best reach them so that Rotary's work can be continued?"
"The Central Ohio Robotics Initiative [C.O.R.I.], and Dublin AM Rotary, are transforming students one robot at a time," stated Wolf Lant.
At the July 8th Dublin AM Rotary Board meeting, Board member Flite Freimann announced that he and his family will be moving to Granville. Flite regretfully then stepped down from the Board. His resignation was accepted with sadness, as Flite in his short time with our club has had a real impact. He was named Rotarian of the Year for 2007-2008 and was about to begin his second year on the Board. Flite and his wife Bernita found a few acres of land with a horse barn and a spot they envision realizing Bernita's dream of starting a vineyard and producing wine. We wish them the best.
Dublin's loss is Granville's gain.
