ROTARY FLASHES
ks
Ago
07/24/2008
Greeter: None
Presiding:
Eric Liggett
Invocation:
Offered by Dale Delong, with a special blessing for Monty Kirkwood “as he seems
to be in his last days.”
Visiting
Rotarians: (Read by ?- Sorry, I missed who it was) Circleville Sunrise –
Steve Gary, Rich Elsea, & Jayne Barr; Jackson – Fred Mavis; Dublin Worthington –
Jerry Speakman; Logan – Damon Kuhn.
Guests:
Dale Delong re-introduced a former member of our Rotary club (and a current
Methodist minister), Charles Hemming; Dan Fouts brought along Brian Druley; Todd
Stevens had Ike Stage as a guest.
Absentees:
Campbell, Canfield, Catlos, Dean, Dutton, Eitel, Elsea, Feeley, Fluhart, Ford,
Gaugh, Hill, Holbrook, Jack Hooks, Imboden, Bob Liggett, Lucas, Mabe, Messick,
Metzler, Patrick, Queen, Riegel, River, Scherer, Smith, Steve Stevenson, Theller,
Vickers, Wellman, Wilson, Wippel, Woodward.
Make-ups:
Circleville Sunrise – Harry Canfield; eClubOne – Roger May, John Prince, Hayes
Wilcox.
Birthdays:
(July) 10th – Earl Palm; 11th – Jason Eitel,
Tim Tener; 14th – Joe Brown, Rojanne Woodward; 23rd –
Emily Lutz.
Anniversaries:
(July) 4th – Eric Liggett, Judy Wolford; 6th - Chuck
Wellman; 14th – Ian Webb; 15th – Dale Delong, Nelson
Stevens, Barry Burns; 21st – Jim Hill; 24th – Mike Fluhart;
27th – Roy Huffer, Glenn Reeser; 31st – Joe Brown.
June Attendance:
80.41%; in 2007: 82.43%; in 2006: 84.38%.
Piano:
Ellery Elick
Songs: Mark
Taylor chose “Battle Hymn of the Republic” and “Rotary Will Go Around.”
Student Guests:
None. (Summer vacation.)
Announcements:
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Tim Tener gave a
last reminder about the Community Kitchen on July 28th (Mon.) at
3:00 pm at Presbyterian Church.
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Glenn Reeser
distributed flyers & gave a reminder that Circle of Caring’s annual golf
tournament is scheduled for Aug. 16th at Cook’s Creek. They are
still in need of sponsors & players. If interested, call 474-7844.
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Ian Webb gave
another reminder that Rotary’s Annual
Golf Tournament is set for Sept. 11th at Cooks Creek. Sue
Pairan is selling raffle tickets again. Also, they are still in need of
volunteers for the event. If interested, call Ian (474-4400) or Amy Elsea
(474-4923).
SAA: Bill
Stout served as a substitute, on behalf of Jim River.
Bill began by
fining our program speaker, Steve Davies, who is the Publisher of The
Circleville Herald. Bill stated that he knew his (Bill’s) info for today’s
fines “is the absolute truth because it was in the Herald.” The fine actually
came from when Bill stated, “it took $1 worth of soap just to get the
(newspaper’s) ink off of my hands.”
Bill then took aim
at one of our guests, Charles Hemming, for being a “good old Methodist minister
who is still working, which is an oxymoron.”
Dick Gerhardt got
fined for his photo in the paper of when he attended the Chamber’s recent Blues,
Brews, & B-B-Q event.
Cindy Ritter took a
hit, on behalf of Sam Lucas, for the “shake-up that was in the paper.” When
Bill asked where Sam was, Cindy stated she thought he was at a conference in
Vegas. Someone in the room then commented that Sam “must be there fixing the
school budget!”
Chris Mullins
received multiple fines for the articles on the county’s roadwork that is
underway, and for bridgework & inspections.
Lottery:
Dave Moss had the lucky ticket for $29, but the lucky bean was nowhere to be
seen. The pot has grown to $2,672.
Program:
Jim Hooks introduced today’s program speaker, Ste ve
Davies, Publisher of The Circleville Herald.
Steve Davies
stepped to the podium and made a prompt good-natured response, to his fine from
the SAA, by stating that he could “feel the love immediately in the room!”
Steve gave a brief
bio, and summed it up by saying that he has been “in this business almost my
whole life.” He stated that he had always dreamt of being a publisher of a
small-town newspaper, and after a brief pause, he added with a smile “I just
didn’t know it would be in Circleville…I was thinking more of somewhere on the
east coast.”
After explaining
that he felt very strongly about maintaining an open-door policy with his
employees and his readers, he proclaimed that his first order of business & his
on-going mission is “to keep it local.” By providing local news to a small-town
community, the newspaper creates interest, which in turn creates readership,
which then leads to increased advertising revenue, which allows the continuation
of the newspaper’s publication. Besides local news, the Herald strives to
inform the public on a wider scope as well. By informing the public, they are
also “promoting thinking.”
Steve stated that
his main goals are to: 1) always give local news, 2) give a good balance of
information, 3) be objective, and 4) give a relevant opinion. Even though
electronic versions of newspapers are becoming more popular, Steve stated that
he felt “the printed versions
will probably not go extinct in our lifetimes.” But due to the increase in
computer-savvy readers, The Herald is “ramping up” its on-line advertising and
increasing the level of viewable details by offering a pdf form of each page.
Steve concluded his
presentation by taking many questions, and then followed with a reading of the
poem “The Man in the Glass,” which he claimed was “like a legacy from my
father.”
Contact info:
Steve Davies
c/o The Circleville
Herald
210 N. Court St.
Circleville, OH
43113
(740) 474-3131
e-mail:
sdavies@circlevilleherald.com
Eric regained the
podium to inform Steve that a donation will be made in his name to the Community
Park fund.
Meeting adjourned.
July’s program
schedule: (as submitted by Bob Johnson)
August’s program
schedule: (as submitted by Vince Yaniga)
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7th:
Digitalization of television broadcasting – David Dunham from WOSU
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14th: Live demo
of a massage – Patricia Walen-Shaw, Medical Massage Therapist
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21st: Rotary
GSE – Anthony Neff & the 2008 American GSE Team
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28th: Update on
Berger Health System – Larry Thornhill
Until next week…,
Patty Rothe,
Editor
E-mail: pjrothe@rpjohnson.net
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