Hope you all had an enjoyable Memorial Day weekend, the traditional start to summer. Unfortunately I had a run in with a power washer and broke my foot last week so no water skiing for me for a couple weeks!

Sherry Joy is seeking a few volunteers for the annual clean-up at the Gazebo for May 29^th at 9am.  Please bring garden tools.

 

Curtis Stumpf announced that the Imagination Library committee will meet tonight at 6:30 pm. 

 

Amanda Senn Our first Rotary After Hours will be on June 23 at the Kent State Hotel, rain or shine.

 

Carol Crimi The Rotary Foundation will meet on June 8^th.  Any organization with requests for funds should be turned in by June 1 on the new form.  Any questions please reach out to Carol.

 

Carol Crimi announced Edible Kent, the organization that plants and maintains the community garden by Haymaker Farmer’s Market needs volunteers to help on June 12.  More details to follow next week.

 

President Randy announced our first in person meeting will be June 29 in the Methodist Church gymnasium.  There will be no lunch provided but you are welcome to bring your own.  The Club is working on making the meeting virtually as well.

 

See Jim Myers post below.

 

Tom Larkin introduced our speaker Marc Crail.  Many of you may remember Marc as he is a past Kent Rotarian and Superintendent of the Kent School system.   Marc is living in Mt. Dora, Florida with his wife Jane.  They both are working for Disney in different capacities.  As a brief update on Marc’s family, Dan is living in Boone, North Carolina and is a High School counselor.  John is living in Sydney, Australia and is a program director for an eye care clinic that operates around the world.  Marc has written two books and shared them with the club.  His first book titled Tales Out of the School was published by Amazon Publishing.  It is a fictional account of a rookie teacher with funny stories.  Some of the points in the book are concepts he uses in his works with Disney.  Disney has 4 cornerstones – Safety, courtesy, show, and efficiency. Marc believes you must treat people well.  He also said outcomes are driven by teams, but impressions are driven by individuals.  His second book titled More Tales from the School is being published by C.L. Press is being released May 26, 2021.  This book follows the same character in the first as he moves into his first year as a principal.  Both of his books are available at www.crailtales.com.

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

Michael Lewis