Sofie Ameloot, whose application to be a club member has been accepted. She's the guest of Rebecca Quinones. Sofie is seen in a recent picture above from last week's meeting, and also is seen in the picture with Rebecca under the Happy Bucks information.
Dottie Overly, wife of Don Overly. Notice she has a new shorter hair cut.
She and Don are seen with Tom Broadwell, who was in charge of the sign-in table this day. Tom had been away visiting a son.
And club member Pat Beckel brought a guest: Kathy Jablinski, president of The Heart of Centerville, the downtown business organization.
And here you see former guest Eric Beach, who became a member this day.
And Jeff Wolff, a principal in the West Wing at Centerville High School, is seen below. He is the guest of fellow CHS principal Jack Durnbaugh, sitting behind him.
And our guest speaker, Greg Wallace, the executive director of the Montgomery County Agricultural Society, is seen below:
The Centerville Rotary Club met at The Golf Club at Yankee Trace at noon. Past President Ron Hollenbeck led the Pledge of Allegiance; Harvey Smith gave the prayer, asking God's blessing on those killed and/or wounded in the recent Las Vegas massacre, and their families and friends.
Ron reminded everyone of the Rotary Leadership program beginning Nov. 4 that costs $50 for the three sessions. Our club will pick up the cost for individuals attending. The first and third sessions will be held Nov. 4.
He also reminded everyone of the House of Bread dinner coming up in October.
He reminded people to sign up for Pancake Breakfast Day in case they haven't already done so.
Frank Perez and the Rotarian volunteers will be doing labels after the meeting, he said. That 's at the school office behind Cline Elementary School.
Frank said the sponsorship drive had a "fantastic finish," with $13,685 in sponsor money. He thanked everyone for helping in this regard.
Ron said delivery of the 510 coats paid for with our Happy Bucks, should be on their way, though the Operation Warm photographer will not be, as they had a budget cut back in that regard, so we will be taking our own pictures of that delivery. About 85 cases, he said.
Ron said he received an e-mail from past District Governor Mike Kelly stating that they are looking for someone who wants to be the District Governor in 2020-21. Applications for such can be found on the District 6670 Web site, he said.
Ron mentioned the Northmont Rotary and then went on to say that our club will be matching $500 donations for advancement in Paul Harris fellow donations from club members. The awards will be made at the Christmas party in December. Also Rotarian of the Year ballots will go out soon.
He announced that Sofie Ameloot should be inducted into the club next week, if materials arrive.
Our two inductees to the club this week, Eric Beach and Wayne Davis, each gave a short bio synopsis.
Eric said he moved two years ago from Columbus to Centerville. He is from Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and now works with InterMetro sales, dealing with food service and health, on a regional Mid-West basis.
He said he is the father of two children, a six-year-old son and an 8-year-old daughter.
Wayne Davis, Centerville's new city manager, said he has lived in Centerville for two decades. He loves the community, he said, though he's originally from Massachusetts, and grew up in Vermont, New York, and Massachusetts. "I'm still growing up," he added. He said he is married to Kate Huffman, an attorney, and has three step children through Kate, and his own son living in Las Vegas.
Wayne said he has been in local government for 26 years and before that was in the U.S. Air Force. "Dayton has grown on me," he said, "and I'm hopeful I've grown on them."
HAPPY BUCKS:
Sgt.-at-Arms Erich Eggers was not at the meeting. For the past months he has collected Happy Bucks for Operation Warm. Each $20 donation buys a new children's winter coat distributed by Hannah's Treasure Chest in partnership with local social agencies.
Ron noted that with last week's collection, and the help of two anonymous donors from the club giving $1,000, for the club reaching the goal of 500 coats, actually 510 coats, the order has been placed and the coats should soon be on their way.
Gerry Eastabrooks, our club treasurer, made the the rounds with the collection cup this week, as Patrick Beckel served as Sgt.-at-Arms. Happy Bucks were for the Centerville High School Spirit Change Challenge with Kettering's Fairmont High School.
Patrick took the time to laud the efforts of our club member Rebecca Quinones for organizing a local effort to help the victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. He said 104 pallets had been loaded and another 30 pallets with clothing, food, water, and personal items went out through Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on Wednesday on another flight. He said donations from Centerville have been greater than those in the Greater Cincinnati area.
Rebecca Quinones is at the left in the picture below. Her friend Sofie Ameloot is on right.
In the picture above you see the CHS students and Patrick Beckel and Gerry Eastabrooks. The charities the CHS Spirit Chain is supporting this year are Oaktree Corner, used to support children suffering grief from a lost one or other issues; and Brigid's Path, a Moraine medical facility that helps infants with opioid addictions.
Anna Marie Demos said she was running for Spirit Queen in hopes of making a difference at school.
Megan Knauer explained the Oaktree Corner, noting it is there to help families get on with their lives in a positive way. The kids can come there and enjoy life again, she said. More than 1,000 families have been helped thus far, she said.
Jackson Stoller said the two charities they picked are very relevant for the community, especially since Ohio's opioid epidemic is so prevalent now.
The Happy Bucks collected from club members amounted to $355, and the club pitched in another $500, so the total given to the CHS Spirit Chain effort was $855, Ron said after the Happy Bucks were added up.
Jeff Senney started off the Happy Bucks giving with $10, and then Brian Hayes gave $5 and Arnie contributed six dollars, noting that he has Yes for Parks yard signs available. As Centerville-Washington Part District director, he has a vested interest in seeing the passage of the renewal of the Park District's current levy on the November ballot.
Sally Beals contributed for the lovely tribute given to her last Thursday by the Centerville Foundation. She said more than 90 people attended and she thanked the Rotarians who attended.
Rebecca Quinones gave a Happy Buck for her friend Sofie Ameloot being accepted into the club and another $5 for the Rotarians who helped with the Puerto Rico relief effort. She said she was going to rent a U-Haul, but there was truck after truck and then help at Bill's Donut Shop and Pat Beckel, who gave her the key to his office as a drop off place, and then the Rotarians who opened their wallets to pay for another day for a truck they were using.
Sofie Ameloot gave, noting she is happy to join the club, and then Ray Merz gave a roll of 94 pennies for Cincinnati losing 94 times, and then Katie Neubert gave a Happy Buck and Kitty Ullmer gave $10, $5 from her and $5 from Irene Ullmer, her mom. Jim Harris gave $20, and Tom Broadwell gave for visiting his youngest son, and Don Gerhardt and JackWorkman gave and Judy Budi gave for our guest speaker and guest principal, and Don Stewart gave for his 13-year-old dog rallying after going down with vertigo. And John Beals gave and others who got lost in the rapid-fire giving, gave for the new members and Sally.
And there was a $40 donation, with the man noting there was a Fair Queen and a Spirit Queen and a Spirit King among his grandchildren...the donor's name was not in my notes, but it was either Mike or someone near him, as it is noted that Mike Wier gave for being happy that his relative in Las Vegas was with ten people who all escaped being shot or killed in the recent Las Vegas massacre. Another $5 was given for the new members, and several others gave for the new members and Carol Kennard gave to say she has magnets for on your car touting the park district levy renewal.
Pat Beckel then spoke up and said that Carol had been on TV and thus owed a fine, but that he was paying the $10 fine because it was about Springfield where she has been serving as an interim director. Her appearance had to do with showing people how to enjoy nature.
Ron gave for the new members and Wayne Davis gave for being a member of the club and for Rebecca and Sally, and also $20 for the charities.
Then.....Sofie Ameloot ran over with six pennies, "making it a dollar" for Ray Merz, she said.
And now for some general club pictures showing our good crowd on this day: