After almost four decades in the service of the Canton Museum of Art—since 1988 its Executive Director and now in retirement Executive Director Emeritus—MJ (or AL, as his is known to all his friends,) continues his long association with Kent State University Stark Campus as Adjunct Professor teaching classes on the History of Architecture.
His extensive travels since his days in the US Navy to recent years have resulted in many illustrated lectures on art, architecture, and music. He is best remembered for two publications and exhibitions on “Architecture in Canton” and “Clyde Singer’s America,” but for our program he is planning something “special.” Be prepared!
Al is familiar to many Canton Rotarians, as he was an active member for many, many years. We welcome you back, Al, especially as our special speaker!
For those of us who are joining our Friday meetings via Zoom, a new link has been created to use starting with this Friday's meeting. The old link will no longer be active so please save this new link for future reference. Thank you and we'll "see" you Friday!
Past President Craig Young has been working with Habitat for Humanity on two community "Pocket Parks", as part of their Neighborhood Renewal Projects, one in the Northeast section of Canton and one in the Southeast section of Canton. The Rotary Club of Canton has sponsored both of these parks.
The Northeast section park was completed in November of 2017, with about 10 Canton Rotarians and spouses showing up to assemble benches, move stuff, and shovel mulch and ground cover. That park is at 19th and Edwards in the Harrisburg-Royal Neighborhood, where Habitat had a Renewal Project taking place. (click here to see a photo gallery of Rotarians in action at that site:
CAN YOU JOIN US TO HELP WORK ON THE NEW POCKET PARK (INSTALLING PAVERS AND SPREADING GRAVEL) ON FRIDAY SEPTMEBER 23. WORK STARTS AT 8:30, SHOULD BE DONE BY NOON. If we can work out the details, we plan on holding our regular meeting at the park that day, with box lunches provided by Mr. Mike's.
August 22nd - Dine-to-Donate at Kozmo's Grille 5 to 9 PM. 20% of food purchases will be donated Kozmo's to the Canton Rotary/SARTA Bus shelter project, to provide weather protection to SARTA users (see separate article for more info)
September 2nd - Canton Rotary Social Hour +, Great Court/Canton Museum of Art, 5:30 to ?; cash bar at Great Court, gallery visits encouraged; dinner at Desert Inn after (optional). (see separate article)
September 9th - Stark Flavor Downtown Canton Cigar & Whiskey Festival, 5 to 9 PM. Sponsored by Canton Rotary. Limited to 100 tickets. Go here for tickets and info https://www.facebook.com/starkflavor
September 23rd - Habitat for Humanity Pocket Park work day. 8:30 AM to noon. Allen Ave SE and John Ct. SE. Please let Craig Young know if you can help.
October 17th - Rotary Pints a & Pours for Polio Plus, 5 to 7 pm Kozmo's Grille. Celebrity "bartenders" will accept additional tips which will go to the District 6650 Polio Plus Fund. This will be a competition between the Canton and Massillon Clubs to kick of McKinley/Massillon Week! Most tips wins! All Rotarians in District invited to attend.
November 5th - A Night for Ukraine, St. Nicolas Orthodox Church, North Canton, 6 to 10 pm. Ukrainian food, music, and dancing, plus a live auction. special guest is Past RI President Barry Rassin. (see separate article for more info)
After members Dan and Suzette Matthews saw bus shelters adorned with the famous Rotary logo on a trip to Turks & Caicos, they brought the idea back to Sue Marzano, who, as one of 11 children, used SARTA's service extensively as a child. Having experienced waiting for a bus in the elements, including rain, sleet, and snow (and having to sometimes spend the day with wet socks), she got together with Rich and they hashed out a plan to see if we could partner with SARTA on some new shelters at their bus stops.
After considerable discussion and coordination, SARTA chose a site at 4th St. and Hartford Ave SE for the first new Rotary shelter, as it is one of the busiest stops in the city. Cost to build a new shelter is $8,000, and, thanks to the generosity of a couple of Rotarians (who wish to remain nameless), as well as a donation from our Rotary Club of Canton Charitable Fund, the new shelter is now scheduled to be built!
Sue and Rich are now working on raising funds for the second bus shelter, with a "Dine-to-Donate" event being held on Monday August 22, 2022 at Kozmo's Grille in Massillon from 5 to 8 PM. During that time, 20% of your food purchases will be donated to the Canton Rotary Bus Shelter Project. Just print the flyer above, or take a screenshot, and show it to your server at Kozmo's when you're there.
The flyer above also shows some other ways to donate if you wish to. Please reach out to Sue or Rich if you have any questions or comments.
Social committee chairs, Sue Marzano and Becky Clark, have announced a new Canton Rotary social event, a soiree at the Canton Museum of Art for First Friday September 2, 2022!
PLEASE RSVP TO SUE SO SHE CAN MAKE DINNER RESERVATIONS AT DESERT INN! ammarzano@aep.com or cell at 330-312-0486.
The plan is to meet in the Great Court at 5:30 for socialization and camaraderie (cash bar available, but no drinks in the galleries), then those that wish, can visit the exhibits in the museum galleries. Dinner to follow at Desert Inn for those interested.
- Unseen, The Process and Art of Printmaking
- Continued Continuing, Paintings by Amy Casey
- Lessons and Landscapes, Legacy of Gerry Bernhardt
- Illusions: Seeing is Deceiving, art from the CMA Private Collection
- Shadows, the Art of Marcus Schafer
(Here's a link to the Canton Museum of Art's website, if you'd like more info on the exhibits: http://www.cantonart.org/
Did you hear that there has been a new case of polio reported recently in New York State for the first time in almost a decade. And, polio is trying to spread once again in some countries overseas. It is extremely critical NOW that we continue our efforts to wipe out polio!
Our own District Governor, Michelle Charles, is asking each club in our district to contribute $1,000 or more to Polio Plus this year.
One of the ways the Canton Rotary Club will address this...........PINTS & POURS FOR POLIO! Michelle and her husband, JC, will be serving as CELEBRITY BARTENDERS at Kozmo's Grille on Monday October 17th from 6 to 9 PM. Any tips they receive for their, ahem, service, will go toward Polio Plus. It's very likely that there will be other 'celebrities' as well, including our current club president, yours truly.
BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! That day is the kickoff for Rivalry Week between the Canton McKinley Bulldogs and Massillon Washington Tigers, so we've decided to make this a COMPETITION! Which club will raise the most money that night, Canton or Massillon?
So mark your calendars! Come and join your fellow Canton Rotarians to not only support your club, but to help Rotary wipe out polio!
District Governor Michelle Charles has set a goal for District 6650 to raise $100,000 for the Rotary International Disaster Relief Fund, specifically to benefit the Ukraine.
Therefore, we are all invited to "A Night for Ukraine", a special event on Saturday November 5th at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, 5305 Massillon Rd, North Canton starting at 6 PM. Cost is $60 per person and includes an authentic Ukrainian ethnic menu, performances from local Ukrainian musicians and dancers, and a special appearance from Past RI President Barry Rassin.
At our meeting on Friday August 12, 2022, President-Elect Paul Hervey, subbing for a traveling President Rick, welcomed 37 Rotarians and 5 guests: our speakers, Tom Tunison & Gary Kaschak, as well as Tom's wife, Suzette, and Dr. Jane Biehl and Jerome Pruett, Lehman High School teammate of Thurman Munson. Our speakers presented a very interesting story on the many serendipitous connections between Tom Tunison and Thurman Munson, long time captain of the New York Yankees.
Secretary Paula welcomed our guests and accepted Happy Bucks from the following:
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