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Posted by Rick Taylor
on Nov 11, 2014
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Please mark your calendar for these upcoming events:
- Canton Rotary's Annual "Pancake Day" - March 14, 2015
- Health Screen and Wellness Fair - March 14, 2015
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Posted by Rick Taylor
on Jan 12, 2015
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 Bill Smith was born and raised in Canton, Ohio and graduated from East Canton, where he met his high school sweetheart, Diana, who he married. They have two married children, Billy and wife Amy and Jennifer and her husband Jerry. Bill and Diana have also been blessed with nine grandchildren between the two families.
Bill holds an FAA certificate for Hot Air Ballooning with a Commercial and Instructor rating. Bill has been a pilot since 1987 in which time he has flown in rallies and charitable events in several different states. He has been involved in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Balloon Classic through sponsorship, flying his IGA Balloon, or volunteering for over 25 years. When his balloon was inflated, it was 105,000 cubic feet in size and stood 8 stories tall. Bill has over 350 flights recorded and has tethered countless passengers over the years at IGA stores for local charities earning the stores thousands of dollars in donations.
Bill is the owner of Smith’s Waco Market which has been the “Home of the Famous Wild Bill’s Pizza and Chicken” since 1976. He owns a property management company and an Aunt Mary Ann Donuts Café franchise in Canton South. Bill has also been a Canton Township trustee since 2002.
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Posted by Rick Taylor
on Jan 12, 2015
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PASTA BAR (MARINARA, MEAT, ALFREDO)
MEAT BALLS/GARLIC BREAD
SPEAKER CHAIR - ERNIE SCHOTT
INVOCATOR - DALE HOLWICK
SONG LEADER - MIKE GREGOREK
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Posted by ROBERT K. MATTHEWS
on Dec 22, 2014
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To those Rotarians who are on the "Health Screening" Committee please mark your calendar for the following meetings dates:
- Friday, January 23, 2015,
- Friday, January 30, 2015
The meetings will take place immediately following our regular Friday Rotary meeting.
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Posted by Dean Wallace
on Nov 18, 2014
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 Please mark your calendar for Saturday, March 14, 2015, for the Rotary Club of Canton's Annual Pancake Breakfast, Pick Your Prize Raffle AND Health Screening Events! This year's event will once again be held at McKinley High School. The Pancake Breakfast will include: Pancakes, Sausage, Orange Juice, Coffee and Milk.
Please note: Chairperson Dean Wallace and his committee have decided to offer an incentive to other charitable groups to sell tickets to our Pancake Breakfast! These groups will be paid $2.00 for every ticket they sell! So, if you have a church group, Scout troop, sports team, or favorite charity that would like to earn a little extra money, please let Dean know. Information and sign up sheets will be available at this week's meeting.
A Pick Your prize Raffle will be displayed with many wonderful items to choose from! You can purchase tickets the day of the event and then decide what prizes you want to win by placing your ticket(s) into the corresponding bag in front of the item you are interested in. You will not need to be present to win.
The breakfast and raffle combine to make the Rotary's largest fundraiser and help fund our many local charitable efforts through the year, including:
- Rotary Scouts
- Foster Parenting
- Rotary Youth Exchange program
- Interact Club
- Rotary Youth Leadership Awards
- Junior Achievement In a Day
More information will be forthcoming at a later date, but make sure to mark your calendar for Saturday, March 14, 2015, at McKinley High School!
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Posted by Rick Taylor
on Jan 12, 2015
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 At our weekly meeting on January 9, 2015, President Tom Clevenger asked members to keep Rotarian and Club Treasurer Dave Schrade and his family in their prayers on the passing of Dave's father, Herbert Schrade. President Tom also informed the members that the Club received a Mayor's Proclamation honoring the 100th anniversary of the Rotary Club of Canton. He then reminded the Pancake Committee members there would be a planning meeting directly following today's meeting.
President Tom then presented new member sponsor pins to Rotarians Tena Wilson and Taylor Schauer.
President Elect Paul White was very pleased to inform the members that he has surpassed his goal for the Charitable Fund. During the Charitable Fund Drive Paul was able to raise $14,093.34.
Club Secretary Amanda Tietze then welcomed the following guest to our meeting: Teresa Fedorchak.
The "Happy Bucks" news was then provided by the following Rotarians: Rick Taylor said "GO BUCKS!"; Denny Fulmer said the YMCA had its first race on Saturday; Tim Shetzer then stated that he was happy that Denny Fulmer was one of the runners in the YMCA race. Tim was also pleased that Donny Peterson was in a suit and tie (for a change!); Jerry Ortman announced he was celebrating his 49th wedding anniversary; Lynn Hamilton stated that Marty Rowe predicted the Buckeyes will win; Paul White was pleased to announce he had had surgery on his second eye and he no longer needed to wear glasses; Dan Matthews was pleased his guest, Teresa Fedorchak, was attending our meeting today.
The following Rotarians will receive a makeup for attending the December 8th Endowment Committee meeting: Tom Clevenger, Paul White, Craig Young, Amanda Tietze, Dave Schrade, Curt Werren, Lynn Hamilton, Greg Luntz, Don Sultzbach, Dave Roberts, Tena Wilson and Bill Liber.
The following Rotarians turned in makeups: Phil Lattavo (turned in 7 makeups); Rick Taylor (turned in 1 makeup).
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Posted by Joseph Niamtu
on Jan 12, 2015
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 Remembrances of Joseph Niamtu, President 1974-75
We had a membership of 225-250 that year in spite of the now relaxed “Classification” restrictions in effect at that time and our members had excellent attendance of about 97% per meeting. Members took great pride in their own good attendance at meetings. We mailed ongoing reminders to encourage good attendance and we celebrated those with perfect attendance. Good speakers also kept our members interested in attending. We insisted our members “make-up” at other clubs when they missed a meeting and we terminated several members who had poor attendance.
We met on the second floor, in the Garden Room of Mergus Restaurant in downtown Canton and one very memorable program was when the entire Supreme Court of Ohio visited our club. We also attracted the President of PepsiCo as a speaker that year.
All four Avenues of Service (Club, Community, Vocational and International) were very active and our club won the District Governor’s Cup. We won district awards in all four avenues of service that year. Many members assisted with the Pro Football Hall of Fame Festival.
Our biggest fund raisers were the Christmas Party, Pancake Day, Golf Outing and Cleveland Indians Baseball game trips. We also held a past presidents’ social at the Canton Club.
A Paul Harris Award was presented to a guest visiting from Honolulu Hawaii. I had the privilege of attending the RI Convention in Minneapolis, MN and I was interested to learn that our own club was on the mark as related to RI’s international projects and programs. This convention guided our meetings at the club level and helped us achieve the awards at the district level.
I was motivated to serve as club president because I wanted to contribute and lead our club to successfully completing our avenue projects. Most of all I enjoyed all our active committees and how willingly our members wanted to serve. Jack Maxwell was my very able Vice President. Jack had previously served as President of the Marion, Ohio Rotary Club and he went on to serve as District Governor after his stint as our club’s president in 1975-76. Naomi Wiskofske served as our club’s administrative secretary. Our offices were in the Kolp Building on Cleveland Avenue, across the street from where they are today.
Past President George Swallow sponsored me into Rotary and I have had the privilege of sponsoring Ray Pelanda and Phil Jones as new members. All great Rotarians!
In addition to those already mentioned, I have enjoyed many great friendship through Rotary over the years, including Stan Ewing, Phil Furbay, Merritt Wolfe, Jack Maxwell and Robert J. (Bob) Matthews.
Rotary is much less formal now than it used to be. We are a smaller club now and as a club we are not as committed to good attendance and active participation as we used to be.
More than anything, I enjoy interacting with fellow members.
I think the most important thing for people to know and understand about Rotary International and the Rotary Club of Canton is our desire to put the Four Way Test into practice, how we use the Four Avenues of Service to improve the world and our desire to be a positive force in our community.
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Posted by Rick Taylor
on Jan 12, 2015
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JANUARY 2015
At the beginning of this Rotary year, I asked Rotarians everywhere to Light Up Rotaryby holding a Rotary Day. How you do this is something I'm leaving up to you: It can be a full day or just a few hours. It can be organized by your club, by your district, or even across your entire country. It can be a service project, a festival, or any kind of event you want. As long as it's open to the community, embraces the whole family of Rotary, and is fun, it's a Rotary Day.
The goal of a Rotary Day is to shine a light on Rotary. For many years, we in Rotary felt that it wasn't appropriate to boast about our good work. We felt it was best to serve quietly and let our work speak for itself. But today, in many communities, people aren't even aware that they have a local Rotary club. Not because the clubs aren't strong, or because they aren't serving well. They are. But if Rotarians don't talk about their work, people will never know about it.
It is time for us to Light Up Rotary and let people know what we are doing. In the first half of this Rotary year, I've been thrilled to see how many Rotarians have taken up my Rotary Day challenge. I've attended Rotary Days in so many places, including the Philippines, Korea, China, the United States, Turkey, India, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. Every one has been different, and every one has met the challenge to Light Up Rotary in its own way.
If you've organized a Rotary Day in your community, tell us about it: Email details and photos of your event torotarian@rotary.org, with "Rotary Day" as your subject line. We'll do our best to feature as many Rotary Days as possible in the coming months.
And if you haven't planned a Rotary Day yet, why not? It's a great way to share your love for Rotary with your community. When we tell others about Rotary and let them know how membership can enrich their lives, we share a gift that was given to us when we were invited to join our clubs. By passing that gift on, we help ensure that Rotary, and its service, will endure for generations to come.
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