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by Cassie Barlow President Elect Jean Maychack welcomed all and reminded Rotarians to get involved in our club. There are many different subcommittees based upon your interests. She reminded the group that you get as much out of Rotary as you put in as a member. She also reminded everyone of the 25 June Rotary Presidential Gala that will honor our President Rick Wegmann for his many contributions to our Rotary Club. Bill Nance was then called to the podium for the prayer, the 4-Way Test and the Pledge. The invocation reminded everyone that we are called to use our many gifts for the betterment of others. Specifically, we are to use our eyes to see the best in other, our hands to help those around us and our ears to listen to the needs of others. News of the day from Bill included details of an earthquake that oc-curred today in Cleveland Ohio. It was a mag-nitude 4.0 and was centered to the West of Mentor Ohio. Bill also discussed the ongoing imports war with China, the CBS and Viacom merger that is worth over $30B and the special pinkie donut that was created by a Dunkin Donuts in Knoxville Tennessee in collabora-tion with the Knoxville Rotary. This donut was

THIS WEEK AT ROTARY . . . Monday, June 17, 2019

  This Happened Last Monday . . .

     

   LOOKING      AHEAD . . . 

 

The meeting of June 24th will be held at the

Sinclair Community College Earley Auditorium

12:00 Noon

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June 24 Changing of the Rotary Guard June 25 Rotary Presidential Gala @ The Dayton Club July 8 William Trollinger, University of Dayton July 12 Rotary Concert at Levitt Pavilion & Dinner at Warped Wing 5:00 p.m. July 15 Terry Slaybaugh, Dayton International Airport July 22 Deb Feldman, Dayton Children’s Hospital July 24 Rotary Foundation Meeting 4:00 p.m. July 25 Board of Directors Meeting 12 Noon August 5 Shauna Green, Coahc, UD Women’s Basketball August 10 Rotary District 6670 Night at the Dragons August 19 Rick Stock, University of Dayton August 26 Jim Heitmann, University of Dayton "Zen and the Art of Doing Automotive History Fast and Furiously."

  LOOKING AHEAD . . .

Speaker: Neil Sullivan, Vice President and Director, University of Dayton Division of Athletics Mr. Sullivan will be updating the Rotary on the UD Arena Transformation now in its third and final phase. He will also be talking about the upcoming 2019-20 men’s basketball season and the na-tional issues, lawsuits and proposals that effect collegiate athletics in the US. Chair of the Day: Gary Gottschlich

Today’s Meeting Assignments

Invocation: Bill Nance News: Bill Nance Welcome Visitors: Mike Pabst SMILE: Sue Taylor Badge Board: Shaun Yu

Sergeant-at-Arms: Jim Steen Steve Rubenstein Greeters Melissa McGhee Sarah Hippensteel Hall

Rotary Interna onal Theme   2018‐2019 

          

   

   

   

William Shula District Governor 6670

Rotary Club of Cincinnati   

The Mission of Rotary International  

To support its member clubs in fulfilling the Object of Rotary by:

Fostering unity among member clubs; Strengthening and expanding Rotary around the world; Communicating worldwide the work of Rotary; and providing a system of international administration.

  

The Mission of Dayton Rotary  

The Rotary Club of Dayton is a fellowship of diverse business and professional leaders who commit their time and talent to staying informed and serving the

club, the community and the world.  

 

Rotary Club of Dayton, Ohio 40 South Perry Street Suite 110

Dayton, Ohio 45402  

Phone: (937) 228-3331 Fax: (937) 331-5406

Email: contact@daytonrotary.com Website: www.daytonrotary.com

  

2018-2019 Officers and Directors  

Rick Wegmann President Jean Maychack President-Elect Ken Herr Vice-President Shaun Yu Secretary Terry Offenberger Treasurer Sue Taylor Immediate Past President Brian Martin Director (2020) Glenn Costie Director (2020) Gerry Chadwick Director (2019) Kim Bramlage Director (2019) Walt Hibner Director (2019) Laura E. Erbaugh Executive Director  

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The Presidential Gala is a fun, business casual "send off" recognizing the

selfless contributions of President Rick Wegmann to the

Rotary Club of Dayton

Come and Enjoy Heavy Hors d'oeuvres and Beer & Wine

RSVP by June 17th

to commemorate the ink dab on the pinkie received as a result of receiving a polio vaccination. Last but certainly not least he talked about how clothes make the man since an identical twin brother was able to escape prison by dressing in his brother the lawyer’s clothing when his identical twin brother visited him in prison. Katie Klain then came to the podium to welcome visitors. Walt Hibner welcomed Amy Donahoe from the Springfield Chamber of Commerce. Bob Hoopes welcomed William Strong from the Rens-selear, Indiana Rotary, who may soon be moving to Dayton. Georgie Woessner then welcomed Melis-sa Keller from Tipp City who will be part of the Ro-tary Foundation Grant presentation. Steve Naas then welcomed Elena Dusak, Dayton Rotary Ex-change Student for 2018-2019. Shaun Yu was then welcomed to the stage for Sec-retary’s Announcements. Shawn reminded every-one again of the Rotary Presidential Gala on 25 June. He played a quick song intro on his phone and asked everyone to name that tune. A smart Rotarian guessed very quickly and Shawn told eve-ryone they would know the meaning of that exer-cise when they came to the Presidential Gala. Shawn reviewed the birthdays that included Cathy Ponitz (June 13th); Fran Rickenbach (June 13th); Rosemary Bradley (June 15th); Katie Klain (June 15th); Nora Vondrell (June 16th); An announce-ment was made regarding the health of Clarence Bitner and his daughter and how they are both in need of our prayers. Shawn thanked everyone for their generosity towards the Tornado Relief Efforts and was pleased to announce that the Rotary col-lected over $45,000 last week. He said the dona-tions are still coming in. The generosity of the Club continued with the Day Tens and more: Nora Vondrell gave a Day 48 for her Birthday and a Day 52 for SICSA beam signing ceremony. She said they are literally raising the bar to take care of animals in our community. Fran Rickenbach gave a Day 100 for disaster relief. Matt Scarr gave a Day 90 for his father Harris Starr who would have turned 90 today. Cathy Ponitz gave a Day 100 for her birthday and thanked her father for dealing with her at age 13 and 14. Heath McAlpine cave a Day 10 for his bike ride from Bar Harbor to Seattle that abruptly stopped in Buffalo because of landlord issues. He was happy to have made it 716 miles in 16 days. Paul Gruner gave a Day 10 for anyone who wants to join him at the Dayton Dragons game on Tuesday 11 June. Ni-cole Sturk gave a Day 32 for the 32 Echoing Hills residents who were hit by the tornados and are without a home while they wait for repairs to their facility. ...continued on page 4 

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Rotary Book Club The book club met and we had an invigorating and thought provoking conversation about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and how Eleanor Roosevelt and her unique style of leadership lead a diverse group for the United Nations. Our world is a better place because of this work and each of us resonated with different parts of the document. Af-ter all the criticism they received, it is obvious the world was united for the first time and the document received unanimous approval from the UN.  

For our next book, we decided to look at one man’s journey and we selected the book: Sing for Your Life: A Story of Race, Music, and Family by Daniel Bergner The touching, triumphant story of a young black man's journey, Ryan Speedo Green, from violence and despair to one of the world's most elite artistic institutions, as if The Blind Side were set in the world of opera. There was a story on 60 minutes last Novem-ber about his accomplishments and he has

recently performed here in Dayton. Our next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 9, 2019, at Flyboys Deli, 2515 Far Hills Avenue, Oakwood, Ohio 45419, (937) 723-6135, www.flyboysdeli.com, 6:00 - 8:00 PM. Any questions please contact Susan Hayes drsusanmhayes@gmail.com 937-750-7400

 

 

 

       

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Lois Elrich Lorna Dawes Jim Gallagher 673-6558 609-2794 433-1977 June 21 June 22 June 22

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This Happened Last Monday Continued Greg Birkemeyer gave a Day 10 for the Rotary International Conference in Hamburg Germany. He suggested we have a Dayton Rotary meeting at the next Rotary International Conference in Hawaii! Lissa Brown offered a Day 100 for the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio and she introduced Cassie Barlow, a GSWO Board Member for an announcement. Cassie asked for everyone’s support in developing the Female leaders of the next generation – our girls. She then announced that the GSWO are hosting Mae Jemison in Dayton on 26 September for a special event at Sinclair Community College called The Sky’s The Limit. She asked everyone in the audience to join them for a fun evening either as a sponsor or as an individual attendee. She also mentioned the great STEM activities offered by the GSWO and how over 1500 girls participated in those STEM activities last year. Jean Maychack then welcomed Elena Dusak to the podium to talk about her year as an Exchange Student from Croatia. Elena’s exchange student year began in August of 2018 and throughout her presentation she continually mentioned the fun she had throughout the year. She thanked the Rotary as well has her host families for allowing her the opportunity for a fantastic year. Based upon her presentation, the social events at her school were the places where she had the most fun, to include a pool party to kick off the year, an effort to join her school’s cross country team, homecoming dance, a trip to Jungle Jims, multiple movies, Halloween and Thanksgiving, Winter Formal Dance, a Rotary Meeting in Cincinnati, Prom, and participating in a children’s play and winning the best actress award. She was thankful for the year and her ability to grow her skills in photography and drama while she was here. Luke Dennis then came to the podium to talk about the awesome experience of being a host family for a Rotary exchange student. He men-tioned his family’s experience hosting Roger Mehija from Mexico and what a great experience it was for the entire family. He said these expe-riences make a lasting impact on students and those with whom they interact. He said that being a sponsor family is a great way to build a bridge of understanding. He said he is very proud of the program and that they are looking for host families for next year for the first three months of the student’s time in the Dayton. The student the Dayton Rotary is sponsoring next year is Augusto Oliveira from Brazil who will attend the Miami Valley School. Walt Hibner then welcomed our Guest Speaker for the day – Horton Hobbs who is the Vice President of Economic Development from the City of Springfield. Horton Hobbs thanked all of the Rotarians for their great work on Tornado Relief and told everyone that everyone in Springfield was hoping and praying for a quick recovery. Horton then mentioned how important partners are at times like these and talked about how Springfield and Dayton are great partners in Economic Development. He said that the Economic Development team in Springfield works very closely with the Dayton Development Coalition to grow the region together. Horton mentioned that their Economic Development arm, the Community Improvement Corporation was developed to help consolidate resources and improve growth in Springfield. He said that Economic Development is all about raising the economic vitality of those across the region. He said that they spend a lot of time in Springfield looking at that jobs in the region and the needs of businesses in order to determine how they can grow together. He said their focus is on their five in-demand industry clusters and that they work to bring together their partners around these clusters to roll up their sleeves and move forward together. He said they are more fully aligned today with all of their partners than they were in the last decade. He said they have worked in Springfield on Hiring, Investing, Training and Space in order to unlock opportunities for many industries. He said they wouldn’t have been successful if they weren’t aligned. He talked about the 8th grade program they instituted in Springfield where all students are exposed to in-demand occupational areas of their choice. He said this exposure happens in face to face conversations and leads to High School intern-ships. He said their goal is to connect all students with pathways and to build a future pipeline of employees for Springfield. Horton men-tioned their goal of connecting employers in the region with their future workforce. He said all of their decisions and directions are data in-formed. He said they want to fully understand the Return on Investment and the Return on Community. He said Springfield has the largest 45 minute drive time in the State – they have a lot of partners within 45 minutes. Horton also mentioned how Springfield is working hard to upgrade their image and rebrand themselves. He said that Springfield is fully on the rebound and talked about working hard on many recent projects to include Speedway/Yamada/Topre America/Dole/Navistar/Silfex/Pentaflex/HerouX-Devtek. He said we need to celebrate our success together as an entire region. He said that Springfield is exceeding the state aver-age at 4% growth last year. Horton then discussed the $400M investment they made in their downtown which is the hear of the community. They have new condos, restaurants and are looking forward to a new parking garage. Horton closed his presentation with a short video on Springfield. All Rotarians thanked Horton for his great presentation this a hearty round of applause.

 

Happy Hour and Levitt Concert Event Friday, July 12th

5:00 p.m. Meet at Warped Wing at 5:00. Drinks and food on your own.

Afterward, head to the Levitt Pavilion Concert starting at 7:00.

Dave Greer’s Classic Jazz Stompers Bring your own blanket or chair to watch the concert.

RSVP to Laura laura@daytonrotary.com