August 2, 2017

Member Assignments

Greeters

Please Arrive by 11:50 a.m.

8/09 – Denise May & Kim Straniak

8/16 – Diane Sauer & Deborah Burn

8/23 – John Campolito & Deborah Burn

Mobile Meals 8/11 – Genevieve Bowman & Joe Morgan

8/18 – Don Powers & Don Moore

8/25 – Bob Sauer & Jim Jastett

Fellowship 2.0

8/09 – Diane Sauer

8/16 – Dave Smith

8/23 – Ken LaPolla

Invocation

8/09 – Dan Rowland

8/16 – Denise May

8/23 – Diane Sauer

Magazine Report

September – Diane Sauer

October – Kim Straniak

ROTARY NOTES A publication of the Rotary Club of Warren

Upcoming

Speakers

August 9th John

Pluchinsky – Boston Beer

Company

August 16th Cheryl

Tarantino – Northeast Ohio

Adoption Services

August 23rd Jack Alpern &

Michael Astrab- Estate

Planning

August 30th

District Governor Mike

Raulin

President Andy Bednar called our meeting to order today, August 2,

1920. How remarkable it is that we

are already in our third year of existence

as a Rotary Club! He was honored to

have the distinct privilege of introducing

our distinguished speaker, Mayor John D.

McBride (AKA Chris Shape). This was

Mayor McBride’s first visit since being

elected eight months ago.

The Mayor proudly proclaimed that this is an exciting time in Warren!

He reported on three important areas of growth. First,

industry is booming in our area, especially evident in the advancements

of the Trumbull Steel Company and Packard Electric. Industrial jobs

have attracted people to our town. In fact, according to the most

current records of the U.S. Census Bureau, since 1910, our numbers

have expanded from 11,081 to 27,050 individuals, a population

increase of 144 percent. This has given Warren the distinction of

being the fastest growing town in Ohio during this decade! With that

in mind, plans are under way for development of more housing, especially east of town. In addition, in order to meet the needs of

our families, construction is about to begin on the new East Middle

School.

Many thanks to Mayor McBride for addressing our Club today and

sharing his plans for the continued growth of Warren.

There were no visiting Rotarians present for the Mayor’s speech.

However, Stephanie Marsico, a Youngstown State University intern

at the United Way of Trumbull County, joined Christine Cope today.

Lauren Kramer, who is a proposed member for our Club, was once

again the guest of Andy Bednar.

Rotary

Motto

Service Above Self

4-Way

Test

Of the things we think, say

or do:

Is it the truth?

Is it fair to all concerned?

Will it build goodwill and

better friendship?

Will it be

beneficial to all concerned?

Avenues

of Service

Club Service

Vocational Service

Community

Service

International Service

Youth Service

In January, 2018, as part of our Centennial Celebration, a

series of proclamations obtained from area dignitaries will be

presented to our Club. If any member has ideas of who we can

approach for these proclamations, please contact President

Andy Bednar.

We would like to invite former Rotarians to our Centennial

Gala, especially Past-Presidents who are still living. Please

forward names and addresses of any of these individuals with

whom you are acquainted to Andy Bednar.

If you have any items pertaining to the history of the

Rotary Club of Warren for our Virtual Museum, contact Andy

Bednar or Christine Cope so that arrangements can be made for

a photo shoot.

Don’t forget to submit the name of your favorite charity to

Venita Collins as part of our Club’s 100 Good Deeds! A

contribution of $100 will be given to the non-profit organization

of choice for each Warren Rotarian. Actually, we received a generous donation of $100 towards our project from former Warren

Rotarian, George Papp. So, we’ll really be doing 101 Good Deeds this

year!! Many thanks, George, for your continued dedication to our

Club!

A Commemorative Centennial Group Photo will be taken in the

near future, possibly at Eastwood Field, via use of a drone!

Details are being finalized.

If you have not picked up your Centennial Pin, please see

Venita Collins.

Mark your calendars and plan to attend our Centennial

Celebration on Saturday, January 27, 2018 at Avalon Inn!

More information to follow!!

WEEKLY NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Upcoming Meetings – Charitable Projects will meet the

second Wednesday of the month following our Club meeting

beginning August 9th. The Board of Directors is scheduled

Areas of

Focus

Promoting

Peace

Fighting Disease

Providing Clean

Water

Saving Mothers & Children

Supporting Education

Growing Local

Economies

2017 – 2018

Club Officers

President

Andy Bednar

President Elect Venita Collins

Vice-President

Teri Surin

Secretary Judy Masaki

Treasurer

Cheryl Oblinger

Past President Julia Wetstein

Board

Members Ginny Bond

Christine Cope Tony Iannucci’

Dominic Mararri Ted Stazak

Kim Straniak Nick Verina

to meet on Thursday, August 17th at Vernon’s Café in Niles.

Fellowship will begin at 5:30 p.m., with the meeting to follow

at 6:00.

Rotary District 6650 Golf Challenge – The Rotary

District 6650 golf outing will be held on Monday, September

18, 2017 at Squaw Creek. Proceeds will benefit Clearview

H.O.P.E.’s Women Military Veterans. The Golf Challenge is

open to Rotary members and friends. Registration deadline is

September 1st. For more information, contact Rick Peduzzi

at (330) 727-5024.

Help Wanted – Chris Shape announced that he will be

undergoing more surgery soon. As a result, he is looking for

someone to help head up the Dictionary Project. If you are

able to lend a hand for this worthwhile project, please contact

Chris. Also, please keep Chris in your thoughts and prayers

during his recovery process.

Condolences – CJ Stephenson’s father passed away on August

1st. Our deepest sympathy goes out to CJ and his entire

family during this difficult time.

Rotary Exchange Student – The Rotary Club of Warren

shares an exchange student with Champion’s Club by providing

financial support as part of our sponsorship. This year’s

student will be coming to the United States from Germany.

Attendance – President Andy reported that in Rotary year

2015-2016, our Club’s average attendance at meetings was

65%. The following year, attendance dropped to 60%.

ANDY IS CHALLENGING ALL MEMBERS TO WORK TOGETHER

IN ORDER TO BRING OUR ATTENDANCE UP TO AND

BEYOND 66% FOR OUR CENTENNIAL YEAR. ARE YOU UP

TO THE CHALLENGE??

Rotary Club

Foundation

Board

President

Chris Shape

Secretary

Judy Masaki

Treasurer

Cheryl Obinger

Andy Bednar

Jim Ditch

Diane Sauer

Cindy Matheson

Teri Surin

Contact Us

At:

Rotary Club of

Warren

P.O. Box 68

Warren, OH

44482

Our Website: Warrenrotary.org

If you have

suggestions or

comments

regarding our

newsletter, or

if you would

like to become

a sponsor,

please

contact:

Judy Masaki

MAGAZINE REPORT

Mike Morales described

the August, 2017 issue of

The Rotarian as an

\ “awesome magazine”, and

his rendition of this

month’s Magazine Report

was pretty awesome, too!

Mike enthusiastically

summarized several of the

articles that caught his

attention. First, in The Mind’s I, we can learn about how our

subconscious subconscious plays a major role in the decisions that we make

in I throughout the course of our lives and in our day to day

activities activities. One tip that Mike took away from this article: if

you you are looking for something and just can’t seem to find it,

distract yourself with something else, and your subconscious

will brin will bring its location to mind.

Next, My Journey Into Rotary made Mike think about how he

originally originally came to be a Rotarian years ago in Norwalk, Ohio.

Reading about the He said that reading about how the author developed a sense

of purpose as a of purpose as a new Rotarian helped him solidify his own self-

identity identity as a Rotarian. One adventure that the author

undertook undertook was to visit seven different Rotary Clubs in a

weekin week in order to discover what different Clubs have in

common common, as well as what makes each Club unique. Mike

indicated indicated that the journey was really interesting, and he

challenged all o challenged each of us to visit different Clubs and explore

their diversity and their diversity and ethnicity.

Finally, Mike’s favorite article, Family Tradition, told the

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fascinating story of the Marinellis. Their family owns the

second second oldest family business in Italy, and they have been

making bells by hand for 1,000 years! The article describes

in detail how they design and cast bells. Perhaps the most

interesting part of this story was the company’s connection to

Rotar Rotary. The Marinellis’ family foundry made the bell which rang

at the Rotary Int at the Rotary International Convention in Atlanta this past

June! June.

In closing, Mike said that when we hear a bell ring this coming

Holiday Holiday season, he hopes that it triggers a bell in our

subconscious, remi subconscious, reminding us to read The Rotarian!

2017 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL ADDRESS

In June, 2017, Past-President Julia Wetstein joined a crowd of

more than 20,00 more than 20,000 individuals at the Rotary International

Convention in Atlanta, Georgia to hear an address given by Bill

Gate Gates. Despite being hundreds of miles from home, Julia didn’t

forget about her fellow Rotarians in Warren, Ohio. She held

her cell her cell phone high in the air for twenty minutes in order to

tape video tape the speech, so that we, too, would have the

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opportunity to view it today.

In 1985, Rotary launched the first initiative to eradicate

polio, a paralyzing nervous system disease that is vaccine

preventable preventable. In her introduction to Gates’ address, Julia

indica indicated that since our project’s inception, Rotary has

donated donated more than 1.5 billion dollars and countless volunteer

hours to the effort to immunize children against this disease.

Whereas 125 countries had known cases of polio in 1988,

today there are only three countries where transmission of the

disease still occur disease occurs today. – Pakistan, Nigeria, and Afghanistan.

In 2016, less than 40 cases existed. According to Julia,

Rotary’s biggest partner in the fight against polio is the Bill

and Melinda Gates Foundation.

In his address, Gates praised Rotary’s efforts, stating that

thanks to more than 20 million volunteers and healthcare

workers, greater than 16 million people are walking today who

otherwise would have been paralyzed. Originally, the goal

was was to end the spread of this devastating and sometimes

fatal disease by the year 2000. However, eradication was

harder than anyone expected. Why? Advocates for this

project found that children who needed to be immunized

lived in places of war and areas that lacked healthcare

systems. systems. It was difficult to reach some children due to

mistrust. Some families refused to be immunized out of fear

and misunderstanding.

Yet, Gates indicated that through persistence and innovation,

global partners have risen to the challenge, making him

optimistic that eradication of polio will become a reality.

Rotary and its partners have built bridges with foreign

government leaders to ensure that children do not suffer due

to to conflicts between adults. Mistrust has been overcome by

working with scholars and religious leaders to build awareness

of the need for vaccines. These social mobilizers have

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visited remote villages to educate families and ensure that

all individuals are protected. Great progress has

been made with making detailed maps that identify all

village locations and sizes so that healthcare teams can be

managed more efficiently. 200,000 samples of fecal

matter from children who are paralyzed are tested each

year to see if the paralysis was caused by polio. Finally,

sewage systems in high risk areas are being examined in

order to identify the polio virus before it affects children.

Mr. Gates stated that these innovations can be used

to help with other global efforts as well. He said that

our efforts are a testament to how important foreign aide

is in making the world more stable. In the last 25 years,

the world has cut the number of childhood deaths in half,

and he feels we can do it again if all countries invest in

preventative measures, such as vaccines, maternal health,

HIV treatment, etc. For in Gates’ own words, “we

accomplish great things when we are bold, determined, and

willing to work together”.

Thank you, Julia, for

presenting all of us

with the opportunity

to hear this inspiring

message. I’m sure

many of us now have a

clearer understanding

of your passion for

and dedication to

Rotary International.

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TRIPLE JACKPOT

This week, the Grand Jackpot was $509.

The daily winner was Nick Verina.

HAPPY BUCKS

Nick Verina – for winning the daily jackpot; and for his

identical twin brother, who had double bypass surgery and

is doing well.

Rob Berk - for a great Magazine Report from Mike

Morales, who used to be a “nervous Nellie”.

Ginny Bond – for Chris Shape’s upcoming surgery.

Julia Wetstein – for being absent too much lately; and she

encourages everyone to write a check in support of polio

eradication!

Chris Shape - for the recent visit from our former

exchange student; and in two weeks, Robbie will be living in

Bowling Green!

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Diane Sauer – for Chris Shape’s recovery; and for her new

Daughter-in-law, Danielle.

Mike Bollas – for Chris Shape finally making the switch to

The Cleveland Browns’ colors (too funny!)

When Cheese gets its picture

taken, taken,

what does it say?

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