Program Topic: The history of the Masters golf tournament via a review of the book, "The Masters: Golf, Money, and Power in Augusta, Georgia" by Curt Sampson, a well known author of golf history.
Gregg and his brother, Canton Rotarian Bruce, started the Schorsten Memorial Junior Golf Tournament, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year.
He was the founder and Board President of the The First Tee of Canton for 12 years and now is a volunteer and cheerleader for the organization.
Gregg was a member of the Rotary Club of Jackson from 1976 - 2000 and served as Club President twice.
He has been married to his wife, Sharon, for 45 years this month and they have two sons and five grandchildren.
Gregg has had the opportunity to attend 10 Masters tournaments between 1975 and 1999 ...
It is that time of year when each Canton Rotarian has the opportunity to vote for who they think should be the Club's newest "Rotarian of the Year". Earlier this year, our members cast their preliminary votes and below you will find the four (4) candidates. Voting will take place during this Friday's meeting. The ballots will provide you with information pertaining to each Rotarian who has been selected. The winner will be announced at a later date.
For our 'Non-Event Raffle', we hope that you won't come to the event we are not having and not eat the great food that we are not providing. Okay, so now you have an idea of what this Non-Event event is, or I guess in this case, what it isn't.
Our Non-Event Raffle raises funds to benefit our various Canton Rotary Projects, as well as providing funding for the Youth Backpack Food program, Youth Mentoring programs, and an Opiate Neutralization Bag program. All such projects are in the Canton City Schools and/or in the City of Canton. The ticket price is low and purchasing is available online, so we encourage you to get others, even those outside of our club, involved in buying or selling tickets, so they have the opportunity to be part of our community support.
At four weekly meetings between May and June, we will draw two door prize winners at each, with a $500.00 grand prize to be drawn at the fourth meeting. (Winners need not be present, door prize winners can only win once, but all winning and non-winning tickets will be eligible for the $500 grand prize.)
Tickets are $20 each and may be purchased on Eventbrite at:
There are 120 active members of the Rotary Club of Canton and we have 500 tickets to sell before the first Friday in May. Please commit to selling at least 4 or 5 tickets before the end of April because "many hands make for light work". Thanks!
Mark your calendar for the Rotary Club of Canton's upcoming Semi- Annual Health Screen & Wellness Fair scheduled for Saturday, April 27, 2019, from 7 am - 11 am! The event will once again be held at the Mercy Hall Auditorium located at 1320 Mercy Drive, Canton.
Registration is now open, so please follow this LINK!
Please follow thisLINK to print the flyer for the April 27, 2019 event.
The Rotary Club of Canton will once again host its 5th Annual Oktoberfest on Thursday, September 19, 2019 in Downtown Canton! We will feature beer tastings from local breweries, food, musical entertainment and a genuine Oktoberfest band with dancing and singing.
So dust off your Lederhosen and Schnitzel and mark your calendars for this FUN event! You can follow this LINK to grab some tickets for this year's event or thisLINK to view sponsorship information! Please keep in mind that we also need lots of volunteers to present this signature event in Downtown Canton!
A person called the Canton Rotary office today looking for someone to possibly volunteer their time to to help her with her comprehension while she reads or to read to her. She struggles with comprehension when she reads.
Although this person lives outside of Kimbolton in Guernsey County, she is willing to drive to this area if anyone would be interested in helping her. She has reached out to the Rotary club in her area, as well as the library and schools, but has not found anyone willing to help her. She attends school on Monday's and Wednesday's from 9 am - 12 pm.
You may contact the Rotary office at (330) 452-2882 and we can provide you with her contact information if you are interested in helping.
During the April 5, 2019 meeting, President Michelle Mullaly introduced the newest member of the Rotary Club of Canton, Jeff Stem. Jeff's sponsor in Rotary is Rotarian Kyle Brown.
President Michelle read Jeff's introduction:
"Jeff Stem has been in the HVAC Industry for 33 years. He has been with Miracle Plumbing, Heating and Cooling for 6 years and is now the service manager.
Jeff has lived in Springfield Township for the last 17 years with his wife, Andrea, and his two boys, Gavin and Nathan.
Jeff was a coach for the Springfield Youth Football program for 8 years. He now enjoys watching his son play football and wrestle for Springfield High School.
Some of Jeff's hobbies are: shooting sporting clays, fishing and Ohio State football."
During the April 5, 2019 meeting, Rotarian Dave Schrade (sponsor) introduced the newest member to the Rotary Club of Canton, Barry Adelman. Dave had this to say about Barry:
"Barry Adelman was born June 20, 1952 to Evelyn and Sidney Adelman in Akron Oh. Barry graduated from Oakwood High School in 1970 and earned an accounting degree from The Ohio State University in 1974. After a year and a half stint working for the Public Utilities Commission, he took 3 years to travel the world while working as an accountant and as a scuba diving instructor. Upon his return to Canton in 1980, he joined the family business, Adco Distributors Inc, and is currently president of the company.
In 1990, at age 37, he married the lovely former Michelle Schillig. Barry and Michelle have 4 wonderful children, Zachary, 27, Sarah, 25, Nathan, 23, and Michael, 20.
Barry has been a board member with The Players Guild, United Way, Temple Israel, and GlenOak soccer and wrestling. He has also coached youth baseball and soccer and is currently on the ArtsInStark board. Barry was recently inducted into the Canton Rugby Hall of Fame.
His favorite activities include traveling, reading, biking and swimming and he is a big fan of the Cleveland sports, Ohio State athletics and rugby."
During the April 5, 2019, President Michelle Mullaly (sponsor) introduced the newest member to the Rotary Club of Canton, Ron Haines. Ron comes to us from the Rotary Club of Sumner, Washington. Here is a brief introduction about Ron:
"Ron Haines is retired, but his business experience spans several diverse industries, including retail shopping centers, senior living housing, multi-use apartment buildings, auto parts, restaurant and hospitality services, elevator/escalator companies, and various nonprofits across the United Sates, including six years in the mission field. Ron was ordained as a Pastor in 1999 and assisted with planting churches throughout the world. Ron has served various capacities during his working tenure including, Owner/Operator, CEO, COO, Executive Director, VP of Corporate Real Estate, among others, and handling any and all challenges ranging from construction to operations. During his hitch in the United States Air Force, he married his first wife Jacque. During their 45 year partnership they successfully raised three sons, who have provided eight grandchildren, all of whom reside in the Seattle area.
In the past he has served on several non profit boards including: Optimist Clubs of America (Lt. Governor of California), Salvation Army, Domestic Violence Emergency Response Team (DEVRT), Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Colorado Springs Fire Department, East Pierce County Chaplaincy Service, Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration, and the Sumner Downtown Association to name a few. He recently served on several School Districts' Advisory Boards, as Vice President of the Sumner School District CTE Board, and President of the Superintendents Task Force, President of the White River School District CTE Advisory Board, Mt. Tahoma School District Advisory Board, and he has assisted with many other nonprofits as a volunteer. Ron is the immediate past Chairman of the City of Sumner, Planning Commission. As a past member of the Rotary Club of Sumner he assisted in a multitude of events to assist the organization in providing funding for many nonprofits in the area. He has enjoyed membership in many professional organizations over the years.
He recently moved back to Canton, where he was born and raised, in order to marry the young woman he proposed to 47 yrs ago during his high school years. Ron hopes to finally marry her in the very near future. Ron currently manufactures and designs custom metal wall art as shown at the recent Rotary Art Auction where he made a donation from his company MAGICAL METALS."
During the April 5, 2019 meeting, President Michelle Mullaly welcomed 60 members and 4 guests to the meeting. She asked everyone celebrating an April birthday to please stand and be recognized. President Michelle then thanked Krassas Event Center volunteer, Georgia, for making her amazingly good coconut dessert!
Rotarian Chris Burt gave the Invocation.
Congratulations go to Rotarian Dan Fuline for having the winning 50/50 ticket worth $56.00.
Secretary Suzette Matthews welcomed the following guests to the meeting: Ted Swaldo (speaker); Marisa Rohn (Jackson rotarian) and Dan McMasters (Massillon Rotarian) (both guests of Mark Rojek); Penni Ewing (guest/wife of PDG/PP Dave Ewing).
The "Happy News" was then provided by the following:
PDG/PP Dave Ewing - to celebrate his wife, Penni, being at the meeting;
PP Craig Young - to celebrate the fact that PDG/PP Bob Pattison is back in attendance;
- also to celebrate that his new grandson spent the night with him recently;
PP Dan Matthews - to celebrate the fact that his wife, Suzette, is an expressive Rotary Secretary!
James Boggs - to celebrate the tournament success of Marshall University basketball team;
PDG/PP Bob Pattison - to announce that he's glad to be back in Canton so he can attend our Rotary meeting's again;
Tim Franta - to announce that he's excited that his son, Matthew Franta, will be carrying on the family tradition of being a Canton Rotarian by becoming a member soon!
Suzette concluded her time at the podium by letting the members know it was time once again to consider making a donation to her "Run, Run, Run-raiser", which will benefit the "Pack the Bus" program. *editor's note: Suzette was able to raise $180.00 during this meeting
President Michelle reminded everyone of the upcoming Health Screen & Wellness Fair on Saturday, April 27, 2019. She also made the members aware of information on each table about the Rotary Club of Canton's Facebook Page. If you have a Facebook account, please take the opportunity to follow this Rotary account!
President Michelle was very pleased to introduce two of the three new members being introduced that day. The first new member was Ron Haines, who transferred from a Rotary Club in Washington state. The other new member that Michelle introduced was Jeff Stem, sponsored by Kyle Brown.
Rotarian Dave Schrade then took to the podium to introduce his new member to the Rotary Club of Canton, Barry Adelman.
You can read the bio's of all three new members in the stories above.
Dave Schrade then welcomed and introduced his speaker for the meeting, Ted Swaldo. Ted is the founder of Gervasi Vineyards and gave a presentation about their new distillery and all of the exciting things happening at Gervasi.
President Michelle concluded the meeting with the following announcements:
She will not be in attendance at next week's meeting because she will be attending the District Conference in Columbus;
Vice President Drew Pelger will be filling in for her and running next week's meeting;
For anyone interested in helping with the Annual Golf Outing committee, there was a meeting immediately following the conclusion of the Rotary meeting. Bill Liber and Brad Carpenter are co-chairs;
next week's speaker will be Gregg Schorsten, who will discuss the History of the Masters Tournament.
The following turned in makeups during Friday's meeting: Bob Matthews (2 - Venice Nokomis Rotary).
The following will receive a makeup for attending the Annual Golf Outing committee meeting held on Friday, April 5, 2019: Co-Chairs Bill Liber and Brad Carpenter, Terri Barry, Ryan Parkinson, Jim Molnar, Paul White, Paul Hervey, Shawn Dougherty, James Boggs, Dave Ewing and Bruce Schorsten.
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For our 'Non-Event Raffle', we hope that you won't come to the event we are not having and not eat the great food that we are not providing. Okay, so now you have an idea of what this Non-Event event is, or I guess in this case, what it isn't.
Mark your calendar for the Rotary Club of Canton's upcoming Semi- Annual Health Screen & Wellness Fair scheduled for Saturday, April 27, 2019, from 7 am - 11 am! The event will once again be held at the Mercy Hall Auditorium located at 1320 Mercy Drive, Canton.
The Rotary Club of Canton will once again host its 5th Annual Oktoberfest on Thursday, September 19, 2019 in Downtown Canton! We will feature beer tastings from local breweries, food, musical entertainment and a genuine Oktoberfest band with dancing and singing.
During the April 5, 2019 meeting, President Michelle Mullaly introduced the newest member of the Rotary Club of Canton, Jeff Stem. Jeff's sponsor in Rotary is Rotarian Kyle Brown.
During the April 5, 2019 meeting, Rotarian Dave Schrade (sponsor) introduced the newest member to the Rotary Club of Canton, Barry Adelman. Dave had this to say about Barry:
During the April 5, 2019, President Michelle Mullaly (sponsor) introduced the newest member to the Rotary Club of Canton, Ron Haines. Ron comes to us from the Rotary Club of Sumner, Washington. Here is a brief introduction about Ron:
