THE
ROTO-TILLER
THE ROTARY CLUB
OF
Organized
1958
______________________________
Meetings on
Tuesdays at 7:15am
Tuesday,
January 31, 2012
Rotary
International Theme for 2011-2012:
Reach Within to
Embrace Humanity
Officers
President-Veronica
J. Kovach-Dodd, CCLC
President
Elect-Dan Varn
Secretary-Vita
Schmidt
Treasurer-Dave
Leuenberger
Board of
Directors
Club
Service/Social- Dan Varn
Club Service
/Fundraising- Barry Axelrod
Community
Service Director- Todd Seabold/Dan Bowman
International
Service Director- Rex Nash
Vocational
Service Director- Ken Ferguson
Past-President-
Tom Mastroianni
Invocation–
Tim Graydon
God Bless
America–
Rotarians saved their singing voices for the next Rotary meeting.
Future
Invocations–
MakeUps
–
-Dr. Charlie Greenwald – Web
-Rex Nash
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**Please give
your make-up cards to our club secretary, Vita Schmidt, or if she is not at our
meeting, please give them to the Sergeant-At-Arms
Visitors
–
DG Steve Zabor
DG Elect Julie West
AG Coordinator Jim Lechko
Becky Kasper – guest of Dr. Jeff
Graham
Beth Bowman – wife and guest of Dan
Bowman
Bev Bryski – wife and guest of ADG Ron
Bryski
Brendan Koch – husband and guest of Peggy
Koch
Jill Graydon – wife and guest of Tim
Graydon
Kathi O’Connor – wife and guest of Pat
O’Connor
Kelly Mastroianni – wife and guest of Tom
Mastroianni
Krysta Dodd – daughter and guest of President Veronica
Kovach-Dodd
Laura Axelrod – wife and guest of Barry
Axelrod
Melanie Baird – wife and guest of Dave
Baird
Shirlee Straight – mother and guest of Peggy
Koch
Tammy Goralczyk – wife and guest of Wally
Goralczyk
Fellowship/Happy
Dollars
– Happy Dollars were not collected.
Club News &
Announcements –
1.
ADG Ron Bryski
led this evening’s special banquet ceremony as our Master of
Ceremonies.
2.
Please see
below the Board Members’ recommended slate of candidates for Officers and Board
of Directors for the Election of the Parma Rotary Club
2012-2014
Dan Varn – President 2012-2013
(2014)
Dan Bowman – Vice President/President Elect 2013-2014
(2015)
Rev. Jon Paulus – Board of Directors
2012-2014
Brian Winslow – Board of Directors
2012-2014
Open Board Position – Board of Directors
2012-2014
Dave Leuenberger – Treasurer
2012-2014
Vita Schmidt – Secretary
2012-2014
Board Carryovers:
Veronica J. Kovach-Dodd – Past President
2012-2013
Rex Nash – Board of Directors
2011-2013
Tom Mastroianni – Board of Directors 2011-2013 (replacing
Ken Ferguson’s term)
Please keep these candidates in mind, elections will be
February 7th.
3.
The Annual Parma Rotary
Reverse Raffle is scheduled for Saturday March 31, 2012! Everyone has
their tickets! Please do your best to sell them. As always the
Club’s goal is to have a sell out! Anyone wishing to have more tickets –
please call Vita at 440-783-3395/440-888-5952 or email at vschmidt@aaaec.com.
When turning in your money – please make sure to include the stub to the
ticket.
Remember we are always looking for Sponsorships, Silent
Auction Items, Prizes for Gift Baskets to make an attractive presentation.
Letters and emails have already been sent out by Tom Mastroianni to our past
contributors – if you know of anyone who would be interested in supporting our
club – just let us know! Everyone’s support is needed to make this another
successful event!
4.
This year’s Fishing Outing
for
5.
Treasurer Dave Leuenberger
has notified the group that this year’s Rotary Golf Outing will be Tuesday, June
26th at Ironwood Golf Course in
6.
Just a Reminder: If the weather is bad, we are following
the Parma City Schools’ protocol on the weather; please check your emails and/or
cell phones to make sure the meeting is still on.
Upcoming
Programs
–
February 7th – Tony Stastny, co-founder of the
“Next Level” workshop
Today's
Program–
ADG Ron Bryski welcomed all to this evening’s Paul Harris Fellow Awards
Banquet. This evening’s ceremony is
to honor all Paul Harris Fellows, including this year’s recipient, Peggy
Koch. Congratulations
Peggy!
A special “thank you” to ADG Ron Bryski for being our
Master of Ceremonies, and to our District leadership representatives, for
participating in this evening’s banquet ceremony.
Trivia/Heads
& Tails–
There was no split club this week, but there were numerous Rotarians who won
bottles of wine for participating in the evening’s Trivia Challenge from ADG Ron
Bryski. Congratulations also to
Heads & Tails winner, Krysta Dodd (who wasn’t keen on playing, but is glad
she did!), who won $33!
Additional
Drawing
– None.
Thank
you all, have a good week!
Websites
Our Club:
www.parmarotary.org
Our
District: www.rotarydistrict6630.org
Web
Make-Ups: www.rotaryclubone.org
Rotary
International: www.rotary.org
PACT TV on Cox
Channel 74:
www.parmacityschools.org/pact/index.cfm
Scribe
– Krysta Dodd