At our weekly meeting on April 29, 2016, President Paul White welcomed our members and guests to the meeting.
 
PDG/PP Bob Pattison gave the invocation.
 
Club Secretary Michelle Mullaly welcomed the following guest to the meeting:  James Van Etten (guest of Bill Maddox).
 
The "Happy Bucks" news was then provided by the following Rotarians:
 
  • Suzette Matthews was very pleased to announce she DID finish the HOF marathon.  Suzette stated due to all the support from her fellow Canton Rotarians we were "the wind beneath her wings for the last 4 miles".  Suzette was very pleased to note the pledges/donations received from Canton Rotarians raised $1,200.00 for smoke detectors;
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  • Richard Regula (Massillon) gave $2 towards the Happy Bucks because President Paul White reminded him the Massillon Rotary still owes $500 for the McKinley Bulldog win over the Massillon Tigers:
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  • Tim Furbay was happy to announce it was a great Lacross day - his daughter was pictured in the Canton Repository for the Jackson Lacrosse team and he also noticed today's speaker's license plate uses "Locrosse" in it;
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  • Bob Matthews was very excited to announce the pre-registration for the Health Screen was up 500% from the last event in November.
Club Secretary Michelle Mullaly introduced the newest member to the club, Max R. Barton II, Executive Director Canton Museum of Art (see story above for more details).
 
President Elect Craig Young took to the podium to announce a survey will be handed out to each Canton Rotarian.  Your input will help take the club to a new level of "Service Above Self".  He is asking everyone to participate in this survey. For those who do not complete a hard copy of the survey someone will be contacting you by phone for your input.
 
 
President Paul reminded everyone to bring a business card with them to next week's meeting.  Your card will then be eligible for a Raffle prize drawing by next week's speaker, Jeff Stocker, from the Cleveland Indians!
 
The following Rotarians will receive a makeup for their participation in the Health Screen Committee meeting on Friday, April 22, 2016: Bob Matthews, Mark Rojek, Shawn Dougherty and Tim Furbay.
 
The following Rotarians will receive a makeup for making phone calls for the benefit of the Health Scree and Wellness Fair: Sharon Sirpilla, Kim Kroh, Judy Lorigan, Teresa Dixon, Lucia Cirese and Denise Burton.
 
The following Rotarian turned in a makeup: Jerry Ortman (Plain).