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Announcements:
Doug Fuller announced that the next Tap Talk at North Water Brewing will be next Tuesday, June 20. The Kent Historical Society event will feature the history of the hotel downtown and hotels from the same period. He also reminded the members that 1001 bikes would be rolling into Kent next Thursday. Roger Sidoti thanked all the Rotarians who signed up for Rough Riders Read summer program. Literacy is a main focus for our club and the participation shows the members' enthusiasm. The AV presentations displayed what volunteers were working which of the four events. Roger said he was still taking volunteers. Larry Lohman thanked all the volunteers that helped with Grill for Good Saturday. The club didn't place in the competition but we did smoke 80 pounds of chicken wings. Kathy Myers said she had a conflict and couldn't make tonight's Rough Riders Read program and was looking for a volunteer to switch with her. Tom Hatch announced Chas Madonio would be talking about his book Bars, Bands, and Rock'n Roll: The Golden Era in Kent, Ohio on June 22 at the Kent State University Alumni Center. Admission is $10; books are $30. So far 100 will be attending via streaming and 50 in person. President Dave gave a shout out to Larry Lohman for his leadership in Grill for Good and reminded members that the club would have a booth at the Heritage Festival July 1 and will need volunteers. Grill for Good was the first use of the new Rotary tent that Stacey Richardson helped us procure. Happy Bucks:
John Flynn's happy buck was for his oldest grandson who was named MVP in Kenston High School's winning of the Division II baseball tournament. Stacey Richardson's happy buck was for her daughter who will be performing in Akron City Theatre's production of Oklahoma. Shawn Gordon's happy buck was for successfully moving her daughter to Las Vegas for her new job and her son for his Ohio State club team winning the baseball national championship. Lee Higgin's happy buck was for his stepdaughter in England who was participating in the 100 mile walk for cancer. District Governor Dave Jones gave a happy buck for the birth of his first grandchild while he and his wife were at the Rotary International conference in Australia. Larry Lohman's happy bucks were for Grill for Good volunteers and District Governor Dave Jones. Bill Childers gave 2 happy bucks for Larry Lohman and Tom Myers. Kathy Myers happy buck was for Larry Lohman. Birthdays:
Only 3 of the June birthday Rotarians were in attendance. Tom Hatch's birthday was June 4. His first concert was seeing his older brother perform on the Ed Sullivan Show as part of the University of Rochester's men's glee club. His favorite was in NYC where he saw Junior Wells, the greatest harmonica player in the world. Dave Summers birthday is June 17. His first concert was at Chippewa Lake when he was a senior in high school. He doesn't remember the band but he does remember his parents letting him drive there with his girlfriend. His favorite was the Moody Blues at Blossom. Sue Hetrick's birthday is June 25. She remembered that Bruce Hansford's birthday was always the day before hers and wondered what his first and favorite concerts would be. Her first concert was the folk group Chad Mitchell Trio. Her favorite was hearing The Three Tenors at Cleveland Municipal Stadium on her birthday. Free lunch was won by Tammy Hunter who wasn't in attendance. Speaker:
Past District Governor Larry Lohman introduced District Governor David Jones. The club gave the governor a standing ovation Dave Jones gave a brief introduction of his background and his year as district governor Dave comes from a military family. His Dad served 30 years in the Air Force. Dave lived in five countries growing up. Since returning to the US, he has lived in four states. He and his wife Georgeann have been married since 2019. Together they have four adult children, three sons and one daughter who just presented them with their first grandson Our district governor took RI President Jennifer Jones's motto of Imagine what our clubs can do to help their communities and the world to heart. His focus has been on increasing membership by reestablishing relationships with members or bringing in new members. We have only been able to be together in person for 370 days during that time membership has increased 202; his goal was 200. Unfortunately due to deaths, the district's member gain is only 17 above last year. Another goal was to engage our clubs with other service organizations to bring back projects and fund raisers now that we can be together. He has tried to continue Past District Governor Larry Lohman's focus on getting the word out about Rotary through changing the front page of the district newsletter and showing our clubs in action. Other accomplishments included successful fund raising for the Rotary Foundation. Last July 301 Rotarians participated in the Rotary Guardians game raising $6,000 for Polio Plus. The district's foundation committee is chaired by Larry Lohman and Shawn Gordon is a valuable member of that committee. The committee held a workshop on how to write grant proposals and gave 31 grants this year. Governor Jones said there are now 30 interact clubs and RYLA is this week with a capacity of 60 young people. He said the highlight for him was working with Interact and the clubs. Response was given by President Dave Myers.
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