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  Dave Beule is the owner of Appalachian Basin Business Advisors & CPA. He is a graduate of the Akron University/ BSBA Accounting. Dave has been a member of Rotary for 13 years and has been involved in Pancake Day and various other committees; Canton Kiwanis, Past President; Helped Merritt Wolfe and Robert J. Matthews start Canton Excellence Program; current Vice-Chair of the Special Improvement District; Board Member of Canton Tomorrow, Canton Country Day School.

 

SPEAKER CHAIR - CRAIG YOUNG

INVOCATOR - BECKY CLARK

SONG LEADER - BOB PATTISON

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The following individual has made a contribution to the Endowment fund in memory of Canton Rotary Past President John Lauritzen:

 

     - Virginia Neutzling

At our weekly meeting on September 11, 2015, President Paul White asked Rotarians to keep Canton Rotary Past President John Lauritzen's family in their thoughts and prayers.  John recently passed away.  President Paul then presented members who had Perfect Attendance for the 2014-2015 Rotary year with Perfect Yearly Attendance pins.  The following members were recognized with perfect attendance: Jack Barkan (14), Jim Blake (2), Tom Clevenger (9), Don Coen (38), Dave Ewing (30), Paul Feaser (2), Steve Fettman (14), Dan Fuline (31), Tim Furbay (2), Mike Gregorek (11), Lynn Hamilton (3), Dale Holwick (24), Phil Lattavo (26), Bill Maddox (14), Bob Matthews (7), Dan Matthews (13), Suzette Matthews (2), Virginia Neutzling (20), Jerry Ortman (24), Bob Pattison (29), Kitty Pelanda (2), Ray V. Pelanda (35), Nick Perini (1), Larry Pitts (30), Mark Rojek (2), Ernie Schott (15), Dave Schrade (9), Rick Sherer (31), Tom Sinclair (27), Pete Taflan (6), Amanda Tietze (5), Curt Werren (6), Paul White (5), Craig Young (2).

 

Club Secretary Michelle Mullaly welcomed the following guests to our meeting: Mike Conway, Erick Kieffer, Jim Kling, Hank Kerns (West Seattle Rotary), David Pehanich, Dave Waikem and Alicia Bardelli.

 

The "Happy Bucks" news was then presented by the following Rotarians: John Werren was very happy that his triplet grandchildren would be turning 17 on Tuesday; Rebecca Marchino was very happy to have her friend and fellow Rotarian Becky Clark return to the meetings; Bob Pattison was sorry he missed last week's meeting because he missed the presentation to Tom Clevenger on his Major Donor recognition; Mark Clendenin was very happy about the donations he received for the Domestic Violence organization.  Mark also stated he was looking for anyone who had time on their hands to volunteer for the Canton/Akron food bank; Dan Matthews was happy about celebrating his 15th wedding anniversary with his wife and fellow Canton Rotarian Suzette Matthews. The couple just returned from a two week trip to Spain.

 

The following Rotarians will receive a makeup for attending the Oktoberfest committee meeting held on September 11, 2015: Michelle Mullaly, Paul White, Bruce Hale, Drew Pelger, Rick Taylor, David Beule and Mark Rojek.

 

The following Rotarians turned in a makeup during Friday's meeting: Ray V. Pelanda (2 - Plain), Kitty Pelanda (2 - Plain).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER 2015

There was once a strong young man who was offered a job as a woodcutter. He set about his task with energy: The first week, he turned 18 trees into firewood. The second week, he worked just as hard, but was surprised to find he had chopped only 11 trees. The third week, despite working nonstop from morning till night, the number was six, and he went despairingly to the foreman to offer his resignation. "I am losing my strength. I can no longer cut as many trees as I once could."

The foreman looked at the young man, who seemed to him in fine health. "Have you thought of sharpening your ax?" he asked.

"Sharpen my ax? Who has time to sharpen an ax?" the young man asked indignantly. "I have been too busy chopping wood!"

When we aren't making the kind of progress we feel we should be making, the natural response is to redouble our efforts. Sometimes, though, the better response is not to work harder, but to work smarter. Look at your tools. Analyze your processes. Are you directing your resources in the most effective ways? Or are you pouring all your strength into chopping wood with a dull ax?

For the last 20 years, we have relentlessly beaten the drum of membership in Rotary. We set goals and launch campaigns, all focused on bringing in more and more members. And yet, our overall numbers remain the same.

It is time to sharpen our tools. Instead of focusing on the question, "How can we bring more members into Rotary?" we should be asking ourselves, "How can we add more value to Rotary membership, so that more will join and fewer will leave?"

One way we are doing that is with the new Rotary Global Rewards program, which launched in July. This innovative program allows Rotarians to connect with, and receive discounts and concessions from, businesses and service providers around the world. Individual Rotarians may submit their own business to be included alongside those with which Rotary has already negotiated relationships; the most appropriate offers will be added to the listings. We have also created the option of allowing businesses to return a percentage of their profit on each transaction to our Rotary Foundation, and several companies have already been locked into this part of the scheme. Each month we will update the list with additional offers that we may receive. I urge all of you to try it out by signing up on My Rotary at Rotary.org now. The more Rotarians participate, the stronger, and more beneficial, the program will be.

Much more than another loyalty program, Rotary Global Rewards is a new way to benefit from being a Rotarian, and being part of the Rotary network. It is another way to combine business and service. And it is yet another way to add value to Rotary membership. We cannot forget that our potential members will be asking themselves, "What's in it for me?" We need to demonstrate the value of Rotary by showing that becoming a Rotarian will enrich their lives, as it has ours.