Volume 51, Issue 29 An Official Publication of the Rotary Club of Westerville February 5th, 2017 – Since 1959
ROTARY THIS WEEK
This week we will move to The Medallion
Club, 5000 Club Drive
President Mike Ronau will conduct a
Club Assembly this. Discussions will be
had at each table that relate to our club.
Meeting Assignments
Please plan on being at the m eeting by no later
than 11:30AM if you see your nam e published here.
If you cannot m ake it, please either call your
chairperson or get a replacem ent that you know
can be there. Note that changes you m ake m ay not
be reflected in the following schedule.
THIS WEEK:
February 9th, 2017
Cashier – Mike Groseclose
Greeter – Jim Meacham
Invocator – Justin Young
Sgt.-at-Arms – Kirk Lawson
Raffle – TBD
Club Assembly at The Medallion Club
February 16th, 2017
Cashier – Jim Meacham
Greeter – Brent Rosenthal
Invocator – Mike Groseclose
Sgt.-at-Arms – Steve Malik
Raffle – Carol Groseclose
Scott Marier, Excutive Director of WARM at Villa
Milano
February 23rd, 2017
Cashier – George Gummer
Greeter – John Oleyar
Invocator – John Powell
Sgt.-at-Arms – Steve Malik
Raffle – Dave Bystrom
TBD at Villa Milano
March 2nd, 2017
Cashier – Paula Harrington
Greeter – Rodney Peters
Invocator – Patricia Hughes
Sgt.-at-Arms – Dawn McDaniel
Raffle – Tom Staebler
Golf professional, Josh Boggs at Villa Milano
Your officers and board of directors for
the rotary year 2016-2017
John Germ , International President
Steve Sandbo, District 6690 Governor
Darnell Perkins, Assistant Governor
President: Mike Ronau
B oard Members:
President Elect: Lisa Janszen
President Nominee: Brian Fenstermaker 2014-2017
2015-2018
2016-2019
2017-2020
Past President: Tom Staebler
Paula Harrington*
Del Robeson
Michael Valley
Tom Shaver
Secretary: Wendell McCurdy
John Powell*
John Oleyar
Justin Young
Ellen Cathers
Treasurer: David Coffman
Steve Malik*
Dave Krebs
Glen Arbogast
David Merrick
Assistant Secretary: Bill Tompos
Assistant Treasurer: Kirk Lawson
President Emeritus: Bill McLoughlin
*Appointed to fill a vacancy. **President Nominee Designee 2018-19 (vacancy filled by Paula Harrington starting 7-1-2016)
Rotary Club board meetings are held every third Wednesday at various locations. If you wish to attend please notify the secretary.
Westerville Rotary Foundation 2016-17
President: Roger Hubbell
B oard Members:
Vice President: Jeff Krieger
Carol Groseclose, Bill Dolbier, Mike Ronau, Kirk Lawson
Secretary: Dave Bystrom
Wendell McCurdy (Foundation iPP), John Swartz and Tom Staebler (Club iPP)
Treasurer: David Coffman
Westerville Rotary Foundation board meetings are held when announced. To attend, please contact Foundation president Roger Hubbell.
Harris-Askins House
President: Bill Tompos
Vice President: Tom Staebler
Secretary: Joe Barone
Treasurer: George Gummer
B oard Members:
Carol Groseclose, Rock Lantz, Lee Ann Shortland, Jim Biven,
Jacqueline Haverkamp
Harris-Askins House Board meetings are held when announced. To attend, please contact HAH president Bill Tompos.
IMPORTANT “Save the dates” TO REMEMBER
Up Next:
February 11th, Westerville Bowl-a-Thon
February 26th, Annual Fish Fry at Otterbein Campus Center (All Day Event)
Did you know that you can access our interactive club calendar by going to this link?
Click here to view our interactive club calendar
Click here to view the District interactive club events calendar
CLUB Make ups AND OTHER INFORMATION
The following make ups were turned in this week to the Secretary:
If you are not able to attend a Rotary meeting soon to submit your make -up, drop it in the mail to:
Rotary Club of Westerville P.O. Box 595
Westerville, Ohio 43086-0595 Or FAX it to: 614-895-1700 or email to: [email protected]
Attend a committee meeting or event with 3 or more Rotarians and the Chairperson can submit a “banked
make-up” for you. These make-ups do not appear in the Rotogram.
Use your artistic skills, get your adult coloring kits out or give this to
the kids and color the fish below but don’t forget to sell your ticket
packet!
Rotary announces our 49 th Annual Fish Fry
Sunday, February 26 th 11:30 to 5:00PM
Otterbein Campus Center
Ticket packets with your name on them are
waiting at our weekly meeting. Please get them as
soon as possible and “Sell….Sell….Sell!!!”
Posters for your business are also available for
you to take back to your location and display in
your window and any area that the public can
view.
For more information, please see Eric Gibson or
Dave Coffman, Co-Chair’s
Rotary February Birthdays
February Birthdays
February 3 rd, Charles Vonder-Embse
February 11 th , Steve Malik
February 15 th , Rick Vilardo
February 20 th , Dan Leonard
February 23 r d , Jim Meacham
If your birthday is in the month listed above please let us know. Our records come from
our own private Member Manager Database and the District DacDb Database
How long have you been a Rotarian?
PP Tom Blackburn, February 1 st, 1990, 27 Years
Larry Shepherd, February 2 nd, 1989, 28 Years
Jack Moreland, February 7 th, 1980, 37 Years
Laurie Pfeiffer, February 7 th, 2013, 4 Years
PP Kirk Lawson, February 9 th, 1989, 28 Years
PP Bill Dolbier, February 12th, 1976, 41 Years
Chris Butcher and Whitney Smith, February 23 rd, 2012, 5 Years
Bud Hoffman, February 27 th, 2003, 14 Years
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Notes from the Editor:
Please don’t forget that we are at The Medallion Club this week for our Club Assembly!
Have a great Rotary week and don ’t forget to sell your Fish Fry tickets!
A New 20 week series on Why Rotary?
What Our Members Receive
Brad Howard, RID 2015-17
Week 5: Community February 5th 2017
Rotary clubs give our members a way to get involved in making their local communities
better. Membership and involvement in a Rotary club makes an individual a better
community citizen and more connected with community leaders and the needs of the
community.
Rotary International’s Theme Logo for 2016-17
Click here to hear the new RI President Elect John Germ’s message
Westerville Rotary Students of the Month for February 2017
Pictured left to right: Jackson Blackstone, Westerville North; Emme Vair, Westerville Central; Amy Feltz,
DeSales; Parker Williams, South; and Janet Withers, Rotary Club of Westerville member.
Emme Vair is a junior at Westerville Central. Last quarter she earned a 4.6 grade point average (GPA). She
enjoys studying English and is a member of the volleyball team, Key Club and Spanish Club. She tutors at
Fouse Elementary; is a Junior Mentor at Genoa and Blendon Middle Schools; and works as a swim instructor at
Aqua Tots. This scholar athlete hopes to attend The Ohio State University.
Anatomy, Government and Psychology are favorite subjects of study for Westerville North senior
Jackson Blackstone, who holds a 3.79 GPA. He participates in wrestling, baseball, National Honor Society
and the Superintendent’s Advisory Committee. He coaches youth wrestling and baseball teams in the
community and has volunteered to feed the homeless. Blackstone is a Captain on his wresting and baseball
teams, and has earned spots on the Honor Roll and Merit Roll. He was also named Student of the Month. He
plans to attend Columbus Community College and the Columbus Fire Academy to become a firefighter and
paramedic.
Westerville South senior Parker Williams is a four-year varsity cross country runner, three-year varsity
bowler, and one of the founders of the Genoa Middle School Garden. He is also a Genoa Legacy Mentor.
History and Law are his favorite subjects. He runs in many charity races and enjoys visiting National Parks and
exploring nature. He has helped organized food collections for Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts. Williams earned
his Eagle Scout in May of 2013 and received six Eagle Palms. He has been accepted to Otterbein University
where he will study Education.
Amy Feltz holds a 4.0 GPA at DeSales, where she likes Biology and Spanish classes. This senior participates
in volleyball, track and field, and the Environmental Club, and she serves as a Student Ambassador. She also
volunteers at the Westerville Area Resource Ministry and the Franklin County Dog Shelter. Feltz is a member
of the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society, and she was 1st Team All League and 2nd Team
All District in volleyball. Feltz plans to major in Pre-medicine and minor in Spanish at the University of
Dayton or the University of Cincinnati.
Westerville Community Bowl-a-Thon 2017
February 11, 2017
The Columbus Bowling Palace
Benefit for the Westerville Education Foundation, Westerville Public Library, and the Westerville Symphony.
The Morning Rotary Club (in the person of Bob Gibson) has challenged our club to a contest to see which club
prevails in numbers of participants, highest score, and dollars contributed. Even if you don’t bowl, please feel free
to ask someone to bowl in your/our club’s name and/or you can make a donation.
The Executive Bowl is at Noon and is limited to 64 players. Gwen Nichols and Janet Scott are participating in that.
Sign up to bowl yourself, or if you could put together a team of five players, that would be great! (Name to be
inserted) is coming on a team from his office.
Executive Bowl: $300
Single Player: $25
First flight: 1:00 pm
Team: $ 125
Second flight: 2:45 pm
Patricia Hughes will have the sign-up sheet available in each meeting leading up to the event. On
February 2, Tara Trigg, the chair of the Bowl-a-thon committee is coming to our meeting as Patricia’s
lunch guest and if you’d like to donate, you could do it directly to her during that meeting.
Thanks for your support of this worthy community event.
www.westerv illebowlathon.com
You can get 50% OFF YOUR DUES Next
Year!
THE CLOCK IS TICKING – BRING A NEW MEMBER INTO OUR ROTARY CLUB BEFORE JUNE
30, 2017 AND YOUR DUES FOR NEXT ROTARY YEAR WILL BE reduced by half!
New Member Rodney Peters
Rodney Peters has been approved for membership in our club.
Rodney lives in Westerville, is married to his wife Mackenzie and is
employed by Lifetime Financial Growth in Columbus. Rodney has
been to the last two meetings and is sponsored by Bill Tompos. This
is the second of the required two publications in our Rotogram.
Concerns and/or objections should be directed to the Secretary.
Rodney will be inducted this week at our meeting.
Last week at our meeting:
Laurie Pfieffer was our greeter this week and welcomed our guests
and visiting Rotarians. PP David Read did our invocation and pledge.
PE Lisa Janszen was in charge of our meeting this week as President
Mike Ronau was on a business trip to the sunshine state. Janet Scott
pulled the 9 of clubs for a quick $10.00 win but the Joker is still hiding
in the deck for you to win. The jackpot is well over $500.00 now and
growing! Value strip of 10 tickets for a mere $5.00 is yours this week
at Medallion!
This week, Steve Malik was our Sgt.-At-Arm’s and picked John
Swartz for his special person of the week. Steve did a great job again
this week but still failed to hit the record set by Dawn McDaniel. The
challenge is on!
Justin Young and Tom Shaver presented a slide show of the RHV5K
Run and Walk. The results were positive as the event continues to
grow. Special thanks was given to the presenting member of our
club, PP Aza Bittinger for his hard work and timeless dedication to
make this event possible in the beginning. Thanks also went out to all
of the members that worked so hard that day to make this new annual
event possible.
PP rock Lantz informed our group of the upcomming
Honor Flight Pancake Breakfast and thanked our club
for the donation to this organization from our road run event.
Rotary Weekly is Next:
Weekly
3 February 2017 | A roundup of Rotary news
Rotary Youth Exchange empowers tomorrow’s leaders
Canadian Joel Dzuba credits his Rotary Youth Exchange year in Lower Saxony,
Germany, with inspiring him to pursue a career in International Affairs and Policy.
Says Dzuba, “my exchange year played a fundamental role in forming and shaping
the person I am today.” Read more of Dzuba’s story.
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Education on the front lines
In Nigeria, a university president and Rotary club are fighting Boko Haram by
educating and feeding victims. Margee Ensign, president of the American University
in Nigeria, arrived in Yola in 2010, and found herself in the middle of efforts to help
hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing attacks in the north.
Read the story in The Rotarian
Learn about the Rotarian Action Group for Peace
FOUNDATION NEWS
Rotary International adds new staff
Fundraising expert Eric Schmelling will manage philanthropy and fundraising for
The Rotary Foundation as chief philanthropy officer. Eric Jones joins Rotary's staff as
chief investment officer to manage and grow the Foundation’s $1 billion in assets.
Read more about Eric Schmelling
Read more about Eric Jones
ATTEND PRESIDENTIAL PEACE CONFERENCE IN ATLANTA
Join us 9-10 June for the Presidential Peace Conference at
the Georgia World Congress Center. We’ll celebrate our
work on the underlying causes of conflict and our successes
in making peace a priority, while also looking ahead to
opportunities to continue our commitment.
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Learn more about the event
Register for the conference
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ROTARY FOUNDATION CENTENNIAL
The Rotary Foundation turns 100 in 2016-17! Our Foundation stands at the
forefront of humanitarian service, having supported thousands of projects to
provide clean water, fight disease, promote peace, and provide basic education — as
well as the historic project dedicated to eradicating polio worldwide.
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Learn more about the history of The Rotary Foundation
Find information on how to celebrate and download resources
Purchase centennial commemorative book, "Doing Good in the World"
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Show us your world
Do you have a great shot from a club project or fundraiser? Enter your image in The
Rotarian’s 2017 photo contest and you might see them in the pages of the magazine. The
contest runs through 15 February.
Submit your photos
Resources & reference
Rotary Voices: Stories of service from around the world
Rotary Service Connections: Connect, partner and serve through Rotary
Rotary Leader: Helping club and district officers achieve success
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Other art clips from Microsoft Office open clip art files and other open sources.
Photo panels credits in this issue to staff photographer Ralph Hoffman. Other pictures and images may
appear from Carol Groseclose, John Powell, Dave Coffman, Wendell McCurdy.
Disclaimer! The proofreader would like it made clear that articles submitted by others are not always
reviewed by her and she takes no responsibility for those errors.
Article and photos for the Students of the Month (in season), courtesy of Lynn Maslowski, Westerville City
Schools.
Other information obtained through Wikipedia and other open resources as noted.
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