We had one visiting Rotarian, Fred Carter, of the Port-Summit Club.  Ann Moneypenny was a guest of Todd Kamenash.  Kathy Myers introduced her guest, Candace Curtis.  Todd Packer was a guest of Asad Khan.  Amanda Senn brought her son Davey to the meeting as a guest.

 

President Dave introduced Jason from the Rural Relief Mobile Food Pantry.  The green bus was parked in our lot to receive hygiene items being collected this year.  President Dave provided a link to a Go Fund Me site in the latest e-bulletin for those who want to give monetary contributions for this relief effort.

 

The Rotary Club Board will meet on October 20^th at 7 pm at the Kent Library.

 

Monday, October 24^th is World Polio Day.  Donations by Rotarians are triple-matched by the Gates Foundation.  President Dave will send out a link to take us to the Rotary International site for giving.

 

The Kent Downtown Halloween Fest is next Friday evening from 5 to 7 pm.  Donations of candy are needed as well as volunteers to hand out candy.  Candy donations can be dropped off next week at the Club meeting.

 

Dennis Love introduced Donovan Daetwyler, the Roosevelt High School October student of the month.  Congratulations were offered to Donovan’s parents, Jennifer and Jason Daetwyler. Donovan is a Senior with a 3.7 GPA.  He is taking advanced classes.  He is a member of the National Honor Society.  He was also chosen as Homecoming King.  Teachers praised his leadership capabilities and his hard work ethic. He has excelled in athletics and hopes to play football at the college level. Donovan notes that he tries to be a leader in whatever way he can. He is personable and well-liked by peers and teachers.

 

Amanda Senn introduced Robert Kunst, an anthropologist who has been a KSU instructor and now is with the Portage County Historical Society.  Amanda said that Robert is known as Dakota Bob, a science teacher let loose in the woods.

Dakota Bob wants to teach youth to get them excited about history and caring about our heritage. Bob leads classes in learning about the ancient native peoples that lived in this part of Ohio.  Students have been able to build houses in the styles used long ago. He showed us photos of buildings made in the style of Iroquois round houses that would have existed in Ohio about a thousand to two thousand years ago.  We saw students learning to weave with grasses using large looms.  Then natural materials are used to tie the parts of the structures together.  Since Ohio’s climate is wet and cold, materials had to withstand the elements. Students have experimented with various native grasses and bark to construct wigwams in the style of the Iroquois.  The wigwams we saw in the photos are in a nature preserve on the land of the Portage County Historical Society.  We saw photos of wigwams in various stages of construction and in different seasons of the year.  In addition to building wigwams, students constructed stockades for security and learned how to make “Dakota” fire, which gets hot enough to fire pottery.  The students seemed enthusiastic about their “hands on” learning and successful constructions of replica wigwams.

 

Tom Hatch thanked Bob Kunst for his talk and for the opportunity that adults and kids have been given to learn about life from long ago.  He encouraged us to visit the Portage County Historical Society.

 

Tom also reminded us of the Tap Talk at North Water Brewing Co. on saving the Depot in Kent.  Several Rotarians will take part in the program.

 

The meeting ended with reciting the Four Way Test.