During the June 14, 2019 meeting, President Michelle Mullaly welcomed 52 members and 7 guests to the meeting. President Michelle asked everyone celebrating a June birthday to please stand and be recognized.
Past President Paul White gave the Invocation.
Rotarian Julia Dick had the winning 50/50 raffle ticket worth $43.00.
Rotarian Julia Dick filled in for a traveling Club Secretary Suzette Matthews. Julia welcomed the following guests to the meeting: Ken Babby (speaker); Sonia Bravo and Ian Wilkinson (guests of the speaker); Bill Smith (Canton South Rotarian); Sam Shaheen (guest of Ernie Schott); Zak Fettman (guest/son of Steve Fettman), Kevin Warren (guest of PP Dan Matthews).
The "Happy News" was provided by the following:
- Amy Mustafaga - Very thankful for the Rotary Exchange students. She recently spent six weeks in Europe enjoying wonderful visits with her former Exchange Students. She is very proud of the program and urges Canton Rotary to become a host Club again.
- President Elect Mark Rojek - Happy to return safely from the Rotary International Convention in Hamburg, Germany where he participated with 25,000 fellow Rotarians from 185 Countries. He was very proud to represent the Canton Rotary and be part of something very special. It reaffirmed his belief in the power of Rotary.
- Bill Liber - reminded Rotarians of our annual golf outing in two weeks (June 28th). Please sign up by next Friday June 21st to play. Hole sponsorships are still available and the golf committee is still looking for door prizes. During this Friday's meeting, Bill will be awarding a 2019 Masters golf hat to the Rotarian who has brought in the most hole sponsorships.
- PP Rick Taylor - echoed what Mark Rojek said about the RI Convention being a wonderful Rotary experience. He was also glad the Toronto Raptors won the NBA Championship.
- PP Virginia Neutzling - very happy she just returned from a fantastic trip to Egypt, including a visit to the Nile River. Since returning from the over 100 degree weather conditions in Egypt, she has already had to use her electric blanket in Ohio!
- Jon Adland - Happy to announce that at the end of June he will be retired. He and his wife love this area so much that they are planning to stay.
Rotarian Stephanie Werren introduced the newest member to the Rotary Club of Canton, Jennifer George. (*see story above);
"Unevent" Raffle Committee Chairman Mark Clendenin did the first drawing of prizes. Rotarian Jim Molnar was the winner of 5 premium Italian wines and 2 entrance passes to the Italian American Festival wine tasting. Rotarian Don Peterson was the winner of the cooler stocked with beer and a 2019 family summer membership at the Hall of Fame Fitness Center.
President Michelle then introduced the speaker for the meeting, Ken Babby, owner and CEO of the Akron RubberDucks.
President Michelle concluded the meeting with the following announcements:
- this week's speaker will be Sherri McKinney-Frantz from the Children's Network of Stark County;
- deadline for golf registration is Friday, June 21st. Call the Rotary office and let Lauri know if you are playing. We need to turn in a count to the golf course so they can order food;
- if you are interested in being a hole sponsor, please let the office know ASAP. We need to email Dr. Wraps on Monday, June 17th. They need to have time to prepare the signs for the event.
- there is a brief golf committee meeting following the conclusion of this Rotary meeting.
The following will receive a makeup for attending the golf committee meeting on Friday, June 14, 2019: Bill Liber, Wilbur Allen, Julia Dick, Shawn Dougherty, Rick Taylor, Paul White, and Jim Molnar.