ROTARY NOTES

A publication of the Rotary Club of Warren,

Rotary Club of Warren

Upcoming Speakers September 28, 2016

October 5 Thomas Batten – Member Assignments Poland’s Social and Economic Revolution Greeters Please Arrive by 11:50 a.m. 10/5 – Ray Sinchak October 12 10/12 – Don Powers Victoria Nalongo 10/19 – Dallas Woodall Namusisi – Micro- Mobile Meals Loans/Gender Violence- 10/7 – TBA Uganda Project 10/14 – TBA 10/21 - TBA

October 19 Kalim Johnson – Fellowship Youngstown- October – Judy Masaki Warren Regional November - TBA Chamber

Invocation October 26 10/5 – Diane Sauer TBA 10/12 – Dave Jenkins 10/19 – Andy Bednar

Rotary Serving Humanity Rotary Weekly News and Announcements

Motto Hello Rotarians and Friends! The sun has finally come out…just as I finished work on my Ark. My goodness, did it rain! All summer long I was Service Above Self watering my flowers and talking to them and encouraging them to grow. Now that we are only a few weeks away from our first frost, they are blooming like crazy. Never fails.

4-Way John Robertson wrapped up his month of Fellowship this week and tried Test to educate us about the first artificially produced bacteria which led to the development of penicillin. Are most Rotarians going to remember Of the things this? No, of course not. They ARE going to remember, however, his joke we think, say about what you call a camel without a hump….Humphrey! This is sooooo or do: Pete Biltz!

Is it the truth? Starting next week Judy Masaki will be handling Fellowship and we can’t Is it fair to all wait! concerned?

Our Guests and Visiting Rotarians were: David Barren from Children’s Will it build goodwill and Services, Jackie Yung from China, and Heather Sahli from the Mahoning better Valley Scrappers. Mary Williams, a Cortland Rotarian, also joined us friendship? today and even committed to donating a basket to our Chocolate Festival. Thanks so much!! Will it be

beneficial to all concerned? Chocolate Festival – We are only a couple of weeks away from this year’s event. We still need Silent and Chinese Auction items. Tickets will be Avenues distributed next week. It’s not too late to take flyers to share with co-workers and friends. They of Service are available at our meetings each week. Club Service Set up for the event will be on Wednesday, October 12th. We will Vocational definitely need volunteers. If you can help that day, please see Teri Service Surin.

Community th Service The Chocolate Festival will be held on Thursday, October 13 , from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at St. Demetrios on Atlantic Avenue. Tickets are $15 for International individuals, $25 for couples. It’s tons of fun so make plans to attend. Service

Homecoming Float – If you are on social media, check out Warren Rotary Youth Service on Facebook. Teri Surin posted a montage of pictures of our Float in the parade. Fabulous!!

RI International Convention – As you know, next year our club will be celebrating its 100th anniversary. Julia Wetstein would love to have a Rotary booth at the Convention in the House of Friendship to let our closest 35,000+ friends know what we have accomplished in our first 100 years. Code of The Convention will be held from June 10 to 14, 2017. Expect to hear Conduct more about the upcoming convention in Atlanta, GA as the year goes by.

As a Rotarian, I Perfect Attendance – We will be presenting club members who have will: maintained perfect attendance over the past year with their pins at next

Act with week’s meeting. For those who are “perfect” please plan to be there. It integrity and never fails that when we plan to present these pins, our “perfect” folks high ethical aren’t in attendance. Go figure! standards in my personal and professional Rotary Tidbit life.

Deal fairly President Julia talked today about Paul Harris Fellows. Rotarians and with others others who are awarded this distinction have donated $1,000 to the RI and treat them Foundation. One of the really great ways to achieve this is by giving $100 and their annually through the Every Rotarian Every Year (EREY) Campaign. occupations Members can slowly work toward this goal and provide valuable support to with respect. Rotary and its many humanitarian programs around the world. Our club Use my sometimes offers incentives as well to those who wish to earn their Paul professional Harris Fellow. For more information, see Dallas Woodall. skills through Rotary to mentor young people, help those with Miss Ohio/Mrs. Ohio special needs, and improve This week, our speaker was Melanie Murphy Miller, people’s quality of life the 2007 Miss Ohio and the 2011 Mrs. Ohio. in my Melanie is a singer, dancer and former community CAV’s dancer. She attended Cleveland State and the world. University and is now married to Mark Miller, a Pastor at the Church of the Savior in Wooster, Avoid Ohio. behavior that reflects adversely on As a girl, Miller scooted as close to the TV as she could to watch the Rotary or annual pageant. She desperately wanted to be on that other stage someday. Still, she was bullied so badly in middle school and high Rotarians. school by tormentors who threatened to kill her that she could have

easily given up on a goal that required confidence, mental fortitude and Areas of purpose. Focus She escaped her bullies when she graduated Midpark High School in Promoting peace Middleburg Heights, Ohio, but she still felt as though she had not yet found her life’s purpose. That soon changed during her first week at

Fighting CSU. Armed with newfound faith and purpose, she dove headfirst into disease her goals. She joined the CSU Vikettes dance team and landed a job

Providing clean hosting a Time Warner Cable TV show, Another Look at the Movies. The water opportunity set her on a path toward a bachelor’s degree in digital film

and media production with an emphasis in journalism. Saving mothers and children She went on to compete in the Miss Ohio beauty contest in 2007 and was honored to receive the title. Supporting education After Melanie graduated from CSU in 2008, she worked part time as a Growing local TV personality at WBNX but felt the need to go into a more service- economies oriented profession. She started mentoring at-risk kids, the same kind of kids who had once bullied her, as youth director for the Salvation Army Kroc Center. There, she realized that though she had escaped her 2016-2017 bullies years earlier, she had never forgiven them. So she finally did. Club Officers Melanie met her future husband, Mark, while touring the state as Miss Ohio. She said her faith was and is very important to her and she felt President called to the ministry. She now works as a youth ministry coordinator Julia Wetstein and counsels young pregnant women about the options of parenting or President Elect Andy Bednar adoption instead of abortion. After her marriage, she competed in the

Vice President Mrs. Ohio beauty contest and won that title as well. Roxy Vaughn

Secretary- We were so happy to have Melanie and Mark join us today. We wish Treasurer them both much success and happiness as they continue to build a life Cheryl Oblinger together in service to God. Past President Mike Bollas

Board Triple Jackpot Members Venita Collins Tony Iannucci The Grand Jackpot this week was: $588 Cleo Royster Our Daily Jackpot Winner was: Paul Pal Patti Augustine and Tablemates Teri Surin Kim Straniak Nick Verina

Happy Bucks Rotary Club Foundation Patti Augustine – For winning the daily jackpot. Andy Bednar – For all the help from club members Board on the Homecoming Float and Parade, for Diane Sauer being awarded the Business Legacy President Chris Shape Award and the key to the City last week.

Vice President Rob Berk – For Jackie joining us today, for George our speaker and her husband, for a great flight on Sky Lux Airlines. Thompson Chris Shape – For Robbie turning 18 and a sad buck for losing a bet with Secretary- Dave Smith over the Steelers game. Treasurer Cheryl Oblinger Teri Surin – For our speaker, for the Homecoming Parade. Mike Bollas – For our speaker and her husband. Julia Wetstein Dave Smith– For the upcoming Career and Volunteer Fairs at KSU, for Roxy Vaughn being able to torment Chris Shape and his co-workers over the Steelers Diane Sauer Cindy Matheson loss last weekend. Cindy Matheson – For the Chocolate Festival challenge to members about a gift basket from everyone. Contact Us

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of Warren P. O. Box 68 Reminder Warren, OH 44482 President Julia will auction off our bottle of Rotary Centennial Wine

th at a meeting in November in celebration of the 100 anniversary of Our the RI Foundation. Website warrenrotary.org

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