Timothy A. Dimoff, CPP, a multi-certified, award-winning and internationally-recognized security and HR management consultant, speaker, author, media commentator and expert witness is president and founder of SACS Consulting & Investigative Services, Inc., a high-risk HR and security consulting and investigation firm located in Akron, OH.
Dimoff is an internationally board Certified Protection Professional (CPP); a registered national security and HR expert with the Technical Advisory Service for Attorneys (TASA); a member of the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS); a member of InfraGard, a joint professional organization between the FBI and security professionals; a member of The National Council of Investigation & Security Services (NCISS); a member of the Ohio Association of Security & Investigative Services ((OASIS,); and a nationally certified ALICE (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate) training instructor.
Dimoff was named Ohio’s Top Police Officer in 1989; was awarded the International Narcotics Special Award of Honor in 1991; and provided security for the 2016 National Republican Convention in Cleveland, OH.
Dimoff is the author of Life Rage, and training programs on workplace violence, active shooter, sexual harassment and self-defense. He has provided commentary for newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, Internet and print media worldwide. Dimoff serves as an expert witness throughout the United States. He holds a B.S. in Sociology, with an emphasis in criminology, from Dennison University.
Former Rotarian, Gary Evan Gerber, passed away on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. The following obituary was posted in the Canton Repository on June 20, 2021.
Gary Evan Gerber
Husband, Father, Grandfather, Educator, Mentor, Business Owner, Artist, Community Volunteer, GG the Clown, Friend to Many. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 18, 1938, to Jay and Selma (November) Gerber. He passed away on June 15, 2021, in Surprise, Ariz. after an extended illness. He graduated from Buchtel High School in Akron, Ohio in 1956 and attended Ohio University. Gary was a veteran of the U.S. Army Reserve.
He is survived by his wife, Patricia (Hastings) Gerber; three sons, Dr. Brian Gerber, Itasca, Ill., Steven Gerber, Rockwood, Mich., and Jeffrey Gerber; step son, Kenneth Klika, Akron, Ohio; daughter, Kathyann Fuller of New London, Ohio; 11 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Gary worked in the Beauty Industry his entire life. Early in his career he was an educator. He was a national platform artist working for many major brands, demonstrating new products, techniques, introducing new trends and styles at most of the national hair shows. His teaching techniques could be found in several national magazines and books. He was the owner of Gerber Beauty School and Gary's Place Hair Salons and Spas located in the Akron/Canton area. He retired to Arizona in 1999 with his wife, Pat. Gary and Pat spent 11 years traveling the country in their motorhome.
With the new Rotary year fast approaching, it is once again time for your Rotary dues invoice to be arriving in your mail.
As a reminder, you may pay your dues at a weekly Friday meeting, mail your dues payment to the office, or go to our website, www.cantonrotary.org and pay through the "Donate Button".
Checks should be made payable to the Rotary Club of Canton and mailed to our NEW address at: 116 Cleveland Ave. N.W., Suite 525, Canton, 44702.
If you have any questions or concerns after receiving your invoice, please contact the Rotary office at 330-452-2882.
Like everyone and everything, COVID did a number on our Rotary Club!
Since we couldn't do our fundraisers or hold live meetings, our income took a BIG hit! We're talking TENS OF THOUSANDS of smackeroos!
We need a certain amount of money to operate our Club and perform the community support projects that we are famous for.
But, we're NOT ASKING YOU FOR A HANDOUT!
We're asking you to BUY SPRING RAFFLE TICKETS (or have your friends and family do so), FOR THE CHANCE TO WIN SOME GREAT PRIZES, and to SUPPORT OUR CLUB FUND!
Tickets are just: 6 for $25, 13 for $50, 27 for $100!
When you purchase your tickets, you can then choose to put all or some of them in one of 8 'baskets', attempting to win one or more of these great prizes:
- YEARS WORTH OF TAGGART'S ICE CREAM AND KENNEDY'S BBQ!
- A DAY AT THE SCOTT TALBOT SPA!
- $300 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO USE AT LANDOLL'S MOHICAN CASTLE!
- OVERNIGHT STAY, DINNER, AND BREAKFAST AT SPREAD EAGLE TAVERN!
- FOUR DIFFERENT BASKETS OF TWO BOTTLES OF PREMIUM BOURBON EACH!
* Blanton's 93 Proof & Blanton's Gold
* EH Taylor Small Batch & EH Taylor Single Barrel
* Weller Antique & Weller 12 Yr
* Widow Jane 10 Yr & Widow Jane Decadence
Our goal is to sell 500 of the $25 packages, and we have a ways to go!
Whether you joined Rotary for the fellowship, for the support for our local community, for the international support, or "all of the above", we ask you to help us KEEP OUR CLUB ALIVE!
You can click on the button below to buy raffle tickets.
If you need help navigating the process, reach out to Mark Clendenin, Rick Taylor, Jeff Scott, Jim Molnar, or Becky Clark, or contact Lauri at the Rotary office 330-452-2882 and she will put us in touch with you.
THANKS FOR HELPING TO SAVE OUR ROTARY CLUB!
(Editor's note: Prez-elect Mark Clendenin and Ticket Diva Becky Clark have put a lot of time and effort into organizing this raffle and trying to make it successful. Let's thank them and show our support for their efforts by scarfing up these tickets!)
Timothy A. Dimoff, CPP, a multi-certified, award-winning and internationally-recognized security and HR management consultant, speaker, author, media commentator and expert witness is president and founder of SACS Consulting & Investigative Services, Inc., a high-risk HR and security consulting and investigation firm located in Akron, OH.
Gary Evan Gerber
