Minerva

Rotary Club

Newsletter

May 10, 2016 Rotary Meeting -- May 13th

Beverly Kennedy

Superintendent

Minerva Area

Christian School Rotarian Life Story – Chris Debo

13th – Weiss 20th – No Meeting (Person of the Year Dinner on Thursday, May 19th ) 27th – Mueller / Vitor Guimaraes

On Friday, May 6th , we were entertained with the soothing sounds of the Minerva High School Jazz Ensemble.

2015 – 2016

Officers Theresa Linder

President

Vicki Grindstaff

President-elect

Mike Repella

Vice President

Teresa Arrasmith

Secretary/Treasurer

Board of Directors

Dave Harp

Mike Hoffee

Carl Michael

Matt Kishman

District 6650 Governor

Joe Belinsky, Jr.

Rotary International

President

K. R. Ravindran

The Four - Way Test of the way

we think, say or do

1) Is it the TRUTH?

2 )Is it FAIR to all concerned?

3) Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4) Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned

www.minervarotary.com

June 3

rd – Ables / Arrasmith

June 10th

– Zahn / Rutledge

June 17th

– No Friday Meeting

Homecoming Week

June 23rd

-- President’s Dinner

Edgewater GC – White House

June 24th

– No Friday Meeting

Sell, Sell, Sell

Homecoming

Car tickets

To Date: $1,410

Art Spot second Friday reception – 5-9 PM

This month’s featured artist

is Steve Shonk. On display

will be Steve’s photographs

and watercolors of Minerva

scenes, surrounding landscages,

rural landmarks and work

inspired by his distant travels.

Music will be provided

by the Raines Sisters.

Looking Ahead Early May – Rotary Park work day May 21st – Art & Jazz Festival June 11th – Cuyahoga RR trip June 15th – 18th -- Homecoming June 23rd – President’s Dinner

Rotary Scholarships for 2016 In recognition of their outstanding academic achievements as well as their extracurricular and community activities, the Minerva Rotary Club awarded $1,200 scholarships to Lacy Marshall and Michaela Trussel to pursue a four-year college degree, $600 scholarships to Macy Hawk and Turner Kauffman to pursue a two-year associates degree.

Object of Rotary -- to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise through -- the development of acquaintance as the opportunity for service, -- the promotion of high ethical standards in business and professions, -- service in one’s personal, business and community life, -- the advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace.

New District Foundation Website

Dr. Peter Apicella, District Rotary Foundation Committee Chair, has created a new website to highlight our District Foundation activities at www.Rotary6650.org. The new website highlights both local and global grant activity and includes an interactive webinar to provide qualification for Rotary Foundation Grants. “As local District Grant projects are completed this year, information and photos will be posted for all to admire,” said Dr. Apicella. “The site will archive all the Foundation work we do as a District and in our local clubs to provide ideas for future and collaborative projects for all of us.” - from District 6650 Newsletter

On October 23rd, 2016, the home District of Arch Klumph in nearby Cleveland will be hosting a special celebratory concert performed by the Cleveland Orchestra with dinner to follow including feartured speakers, Rotary International President-Elect John Germ and the Rotary Foundation Chair-Elect Kalyan Banerjee. More information about the special concert and dinner including tickets is available at www.trf100.org.