Ohio JCI Senate

51st President Joe Callison #71418

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

AVP 2

PVP 3

Secretary 3

Treasurer 4

Thank You 5

Sponsors 6

Future Events 7

Buckeye Connection J A N U A R Y , 2 0 1 9 V O L U M E 5 1 I S S U E 3

Happy New Year Ohio JCI Senators & Friends,

I sincerely hope you all had a wonderful & joyous holi-

day season. I know, for us, it was great to spend time with our

family and loved ones. Apparently we were all on the nice list,

because Santa was good to us this year. Prior to the holidays,

we did do a little more traveling. Several Senators helped judge the Jaycee

Haunted Houses in Ohio, during the month of October. It was nice visiting

the Hudson, Portsmouth, and Riverside Jaycees at their haunted events.

They all showed us a warm welcome and we had a lot of fun. Also in Octo-

ber, we met up with fellow Senators from across Region V, as we hosted the

OH-MI-IN Border Bash in Oregon, Ohio. Everybody had a blast, and I’m

proud to say that Ohio won almost all of the competitions. In fact, the only

competition we didn’t win was the one in which you had to suck the most.

Thanks again to our “Hospitality Queen” Jenny Bruner #64688 for another

outstanding job as chairperson. We had our fall meeting on November 10th,

at the Ohio Jaycees Annual Convention. We had a great turnout for the

meeting, and we had a good time hanging out with the Jaycees. Especially

during their “Experience Auction” on Saturday night. Kudos to Stu O’Hara

#39768 for doing an awesome job as the auctioneer. Also, congratulations to

Annie Yoder on being elected as the 90th President of the Ohio Jaycees.

Coming up, we have the Michigan JCI Senate Post Holiday Party on

January 12th, and of course the Pre-Post Holiday

Party in Toledo, the night before. Then we will

be heading New Orleans for the USJCI Senate

Winter Board Meeting. I do believe we will be

“Living It Up” in NOLA. Our next Ohio Senate

meeting will be on February 9th, at the Cambria

Hotel Columbus-Polaris. This will be during the

Ohio Jaycees Year-End, so let’s all join them in

celebrating their 2018 successes and achievements. And I would be remiss if

B U C K E Y E C O N N E C T I O N

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I didn’t remind you that the Region V Spring Fling is being held in Ohio at the Holiday Inn Day-

ton-Fairborn on March 15th-17th.

And finally, the Ohio JCI Senate Directory is done. You should be receiving

it in the next couple of days, if you haven’t already. It has been a long ardu-

ous process, and I want to thank everyone who provided your information.

It is being distributed by email only, with a few exceptions. If you do not

receive it, or if you need a hard-copy mailed to you, please contact me. Al-

so feel free to let me know about any corrections that will need to be made.

Yours in Service,

Joe Callison #71418

51st President (2018-19)

Ohio JCI Senate

614-905-1008

Jcallison71418@gmail.com

Welcome to 2019. Hope all of you had a wonderful holiday season celebrating with family and friends. The months of January and February are bringing many JCI Sen-ate events. Things start out with many Senators from our Region attending the Pre Post Holiday Party in Toledo on Friday, January 11, hosted by Jenny and Jon Bruner. They will then travel the next day to Michigan to attend the Post-Holiday Party host-ed by the Michigan JCI Senate. The US JCI Senate meets January 24 - 26 in Kenner, Louisiana (by the New Orleans Airport) for the Winter Board Meeting. Many Sena-

tors, including the Rice's and Bruner's, will be extending their time in New Orleans to enjoy all the history and entertainment New Orleans has to offer. The next Saturday, February 2 we will be meet-ing in Delphos for our annual scholarship judging. If you have never joined us for judging before, please consider joining us. It is a great experience and awesome to see what our high school seniors in Ohio have accomplished through their high school years. The February All State will be held Febru-ary 8 - 9 at the Columbus Cambria Suites near Polaris. Please join us as we celebrate our own Ohio Jaycees with their yearend awards and the swearing in of President Annie Yoder and all the 2019 State Team. Hope to see you soon! Sharon Rice 71524 Administrative Vice President

AVP Sharon Rice #71524

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PVP Michele Tomer #70491

Secretary Allison Geddes #74777

Hello Ohio JCI Senate and friends!

I hope that everyone had a fantastic holiday season full of family and friends!

Now that the Winter Solstice is behind us, I can feel the days getting longer

and the sun a little higher in the sky (at least I can convince myself of that!).

With the New Year comes the tradition of resolutions for some of us. Whether

or not you make these resolutions, I wish that each of you have Peace, Health,

Love and Happiness in this New Year! Starting off this year, Michigan is hosting the Post-Holiday

Party on January 12, 2019. And, of course, don’t forget about the Pre-Post-Holiday Party the even-

ing before at the Days Inn Swanton/Toledo Airport. Get your RSVPs in now!! Shortly thereafter,

from February 8-10, 2019, we will have our Senate meetings and celebrate the accomplishments of

the Ohio Jaycees at their Year-End Awards, being held at the Cambria Hotel at Polaris. It’ll be a

great way to help President Melissa celebrate the successes of 2018 and see the new leadership

take the reins for the 2019 year. Speaking of the Jaycees, please make sure to keep track of any time

you spend for the Return the Favor program. Whether it’s helping with an event, training, or giv-

ing advice, please document these hours so we can make sure that the Senate members, as well as

our state, get the credit that is deserved. I know that you all do so much with the Jaycees, so let’s

make sure that gets recognized!

I hope to see you all soon!

Michele Tomer #70491

Hello Fellow Senators!

Welcome to 2019, things are good with me I have been very busy with work, I

am looking forward to attending Winter Boards in NOLA. If you have an arti-

cle /event you would like to see covered in the newsletter or added to the

web site please let me know. I am still looking for someone that is interested

in being Secretary next year. I will be available to help my replacement if they

need me. I currently have templates set that make the job easy and can be easily adapted to an in-

dividuals preferences. If your interested or just want additional information please feel free to

contact me at JCI74777@aol.com or in person is fine as well. Hope to see you all soon!

Allison Geddes #747777

B U C K E Y E C O N N E C T I O N

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COB Sherry Fitzgerald #68958

Scholarships 2019

May your 2019 be all YOU want and need it to be! May you all be blessed and bless others. Be safe in your travels and enjoy your friendships.

The Power of "I"

I WILL DO MORE I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And what I can do, I ought to do. And what I ought to do, by the grace of God, I will do. I will do more than belong...I will participate. I will do more than care...I will help. I will do more than believe...I will practice. I will do more than be fair...I will be kind. I will do more than dream...I will work. I will do more than teach...I will inspire. I will do more than earn...I will enrich. I will do more than give...I will serve. I will do more than live...I will grow. I will do more than talk...I will act. I will be more than good...I will be good for something.

Anonymous

Sherry Fitzgerald #68958, COB

It is that time of year to plan on helping with the Ohio JCI Sen-ate Scholarships. Judging will be held Saturday February 2, 2019 9:00 am at the VFW Post in Delphos 213 W 4th St. There is a motel in Delphos, the Microtel 480 Moxie Lane. I am planning on screening the applications and removing any that is not complete before judg-ing. We are trying to cut down the time that it takes to judge the ap-plication. Coffee and doughnuts and lunch provided

If you are planning on attending please let me know so if the weather does not cooperate I can let you know if judging has to be canceled.

Hope to see you in Delphos.

Melissa Schnipke #70590

419-203-3845

ohiojcischolarship@gmail.com

Treasurer Jon Bruner #58932

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HAPPY NEW YEAR,

Hope everyone had a great Christmas or any other holiday that you may cele-

brate this time of the year. On the 1st of December we renewed 126 members

after dropping 7 members 4 of which have passed away. It seems like this is

becoming a normal and reoccurring situation with us as well as other states

all across the country. The next dues billing to the US Senate will be due on March 1st when we

will be renewing approximately 75 members of which 23 are not life members and will be getting

a Dues billing notice in early February. So PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE

send in your dues as soon as you get the bill. That will make my job so

much easier and save us the cost of sending a second billing notice or

dropping someone that doesn’t want to be dropped. If you get a dues bill-

ing and chose not to renew Please let me know so we don’t waste time and

money trying to make contact with you again and again.

WE are looking forward to a great time beginning this New Year with the Michigan Post Holliday

Party and Jenny’s PRE-POST HOLLIDAY party the night before. Then after that we will be off to

New Orleans for the Winter BOD meeting where I understand they are expecting a possible rec-

ord number of attendees. Then February brings our next meeting and the “Mini National” in Pi-

geon Forge TN. Hopping to attend all these and see lots of you there as well as all our friends

from across the country. Reminder, the by-laws of the Ohio JCI Senate states that an officer can

only hold an office for 2 terms in a row. The treasurer is a 2 year term and

this will be my 4th year so next year we will need to elect a new treasurer for

the 2019-2020 year. So if you know of someone that you think would be a

good treasure for the Ohio JCI Senate, please talk to them and any of the

current officers so we can see if we can make it happen. We don’t want to

wait till the last minute to try to get someone to volunteer.

Once again, thanks for your support.

If you need to get a hold of me for any reason please feel free to do so in any way that works best

for you.

Ohio JCI Senate Treasurer

Jon Bruner #58932

10935 County Road M

Wauseon, Ohio 43567

419-279-5164

Mentors Sponsors from 11/10/18

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Stu O’Hara 39768 OH

E.J. Rice 47046 OH

Ron Kimmet 43520 OH

Jane Hider 47491 OH

Jon Bruner 58932 OH

Jenny Bruner 64688 OH

Paul Hartmann 58202 OH

Steve Swartz 37690 OH

Karen Swartz Fr. 0009 OH

Keith Steiner 36446 OH

Bruce Geddes 35527 OH

Rockne Clarke 38035 OH

Darlene Linder 45863 OH

Larry Dawson 55622 OH

Ray Stevens 58549 OH

Marilyn Jones 63590 OH

Melissa Schnipke 70590 OH

Leanna Schnipke Guest OH

Jesse Callison 39970 OH

Betsy Callison 75154 OH

Allison Geddes 74777 OH

Sharon Rice 71524 OH

Michele Tomer 70491 OH

Joe Callison 71418 OH

Kristi Callison 69284 OH

Emma Callison Guest OH

Melissa Salamon 76805 OH

Susan Geddes Guest OH

Justin Wutzke Guest MT

We believe:

That faith in God gives meaning and purpose to human life;

That the brotherhood of man transcends the sovereignty of nations;

That economic justice can best be won by free men through free enterprise;

That government should be of laws rather than of men;

That earth's great treasure lies in human personality;

And that service to humanity is the best work of life.

-C. William Brownfield #197

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Upcoming Events

Jan 24th-26th US JCI Senate Winter Board

Mtg. New Orleans, LA

Feb 8th-10th Ohio Jaycee All State Polaris, OH

March 15th-17th Region V Spring Fling Fairborn, OH

March 29th-31st IN Senate “50th” Anniversary Indianapolis, IN

June 16th-20th National Convention Clackamas OR

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