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THE BEEHIVE

Medina Rotary Club Newsletter

April 24

, 2003

Invocation:  By Brian Feron

Upcoming programs:     May 1st – Exchange Student Speech – Vincent Philippart

                                      May 8th – District Program at Quail Hollow

                                      May 15 – Scholarship Awards Presentation

                                      May 22- Bernie Greenberg

THERE WILL BE A BOARD MEETING AT 5:30 ON MAY 1ST. 

Sergeant @ Arms:  Rod Cook served as our substitute Sgt @ Arms.  He contributed $1 for name badges.  Other dollars were collected for: the beautiful day, Sobo’s picture in the paper, auction recognition, good company, missed meetings, new members, the great Citizen of the Year Ceremony, the Fireside Chat, Linda’s hard work and the Golf Committee, seeing Bill Breck again, Brad and those helping with the exchange, Bob B’s son batting .500, no news, Rod’s great job, never running out of new members, Dr. Thiru visiting from India, visiting Tom Block, the speakers, DC trip with the Exchange Students, leaving early, Ralph and Kevin’s souvenirs from DC (they looked so cute in them!!), the students, Rotary being 50 years old, both of Rick’s children getting straight A’s, those who helped with the highway clean-up, the award from ODOT for our service, Jochen being at the meeting, Rick as a prospective member, John Jeandrevin lending Hall dollars, general principles, John J’s trip to FL to see daughter, son-in-law and new grandson, the 15 bags of trash picked up by the super team of Kristin See, John Jeandrevin and Hall Cary, those who helped Brian get his boots off, Cinzia for her wonderful job on Citizen of the Year, being late, Rich B’s mother who is in the hospital, Steve Klein’s 50 years in Scouting. 

District Conference:  May 8th, 9th, and 10th

May 8th:  Our Club will attend the District Conference as our regularly scheduled Thursday night meeting.  If      enough people commit to attend, transportation will be arranged.

               Schedule:  5:30pm-Cocktails

                                    6:30pm-Dinner Meeting

May 9th:   9:00am-District Golf Outing at Quail Hollow

                          or 9:30am-Tour of Lake County Landmarks

                              5:00pm-7:00pm-Wine Tasting

                              7:00pm-Governor's Dinner

 

            May 10th:  8:00am-Breakfast

                               9:00am to Noon-"How to” Sessions

                                        Sessions will include:

                                     *Member Recruiting, *Member Retention, *Creating Fun and Fellowship at Meetings,

                                    *Ideas for Club Newsletters, *PR & Club Publicity, *Reviving Vocational Service,

                                    *Polio Eradication, Plus 9 other topics

Do you want to learn more about Rotary?  Do you want to have some fun?  Are you going to be an officer or Avenue of Service Chair next year?  Do you hope to be one someday?  Then the District Conference is an opportunity for you.  You need to register by April 30th, so see Quine right away.  Don't make him call you, he knows where you live.

Service Opportunity:  On May 17th, we will be having a “Clean-up the Square Day" and clean-up at Camp Paradise.  Sign-up sheets will be circulating at the meetings. 

Camp Paradise:  They need help for Kitchen Clean-up.  See Ken Tender for details. 

Proposed New Member:  Rick Roush-Auto Dealer; proposed by Linda Radencic

Beehive Mailing:  If you would prefer to have your Beehive mailed to you, (at a cost of 50 cents per week to cover postage and materials), please notify Michelle Rogers.

Volunteers needed for Project Munch:  May is already taken care of, but volunteer opportunities are available for June.  The June dates are from Sunday, June 22 through Saturday, June 28.  There are two shifts- from 2 to 4 p.m. (Cooking and preparing the meal) and from 4- 6 p.m. (Serving and cleaning up).  Anyone interested can see Kristin See to schedule their shift, or they can call Sue at 330-722-6488

Rotary Shirts:  John Sobotincic is still taking orders for shirts.  The order will go in the second week of May.

Benefit Golf Outing:  This year’s Golf Outing will be held on June 16th at Fox Meadows.  The cost is $140 to participate and it will be a scramble format.  The committee is now planning and working hard.  Ask Linda Radencic what you can do to help. 

New Member Speeches:  Tonight we learned a little more about some of our new members (and no so new).

     Dayne Wendling:  Has is BS in Accounting and interned with the CIA, NCB and American Express.  He now works as a financial advisor with Hudson Financial Advisors and is working on his Master of Science in Finance.  He is married to Kim and has 2 daughters.  He enjoys playing softball, jogging and boating.  He joined Rotary so he could give back to the community and help worthwhile causes.

     Hall Cary:  Has been on a lifetime search to find what is worth doing and is still waiting to see what he will do when he grows up.  He had much to share and only 4 minutes to summarize 74 years.  His business purpose is to give people a creative outlet.  Music has always meant a great deal to Hall, and he shared a song with us on a guitar that he built himself. 

     Melanie Hillebrand:  Works as a Group Service Representative for a Third Party Administrator.  She is widowed and has 2 step-children.  She also has 4 dogs and loves to travel. 

     Cinzia Rolling:  Is originally from Boston and has her Bacheloer of Science/Finance.  She had an exciting career in the Corporate World that included a lot of moving.  Now her husband, Chris and herself havve a Geographic Information Systems business.  She has one daughter.  She enjoys mountain biking, snow boarding, photography and do-it-yourself projects.

    David Ruebensaal:  David has a 7 year old daughter and owns Mason’s Meat Market.  He had worked there for many years and bought if from the former owner (paperwork and all!).  David joined Rotary to help others.

     Kristen See: is an officer in the Salvation Army and an ordained minister.  She was ordained in 1998 and sent to Ecuador and then tranferred to Massachusetts.  In May 2002 Krisitin was transferred to Medina.  As a child she moved to Buenos Aires with her parents (who were missionaries) and her father was in Kiwanis.  She liked the people involved and decided that she would join a good organization as an adult.

     Ellen Magdefrau:  Has traveled a lot and lived in many areas.  Ellen confessed that she lived in Wisconsin for some time and is a BIG Green Bay Packers fan.  She has been back in OH for 9 years.  She has 3 children with the youngest being an adopted child.  She shared how great that experience has been and how it has helped her to make a difference. 

     Rod Cook:  Has a Bachelor of Science/Aviation and loves to fly.  He comes from an Insurance Family and used to be a Aviation Insurance Adjustor and Casino Liability Claims Adjustor.  He has been married 18 years and has 2 children.  He currently is an Insurance Sales person.  Rod was a member of the Ravenna Rotary Club previously and is very impressed with how much our club does.

     Kevin Gifford:  Has been married 21 years and is from the Akron area.  He used to work for Acme Click at nights and began attending auctions during the day.  Eventually he became a dealer and was encourage by others to become an Auctioneer.  He tried it and has done very well.  

THE FOUR WAY TEST

“Of the things we think, say or do:

First - Is it the Truth?

Second - Is it Fair to all Concerned?

Third - Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?

Fourth - Will it be Benefitical to all Concerned

 

 

 

Officers & Directors 2002-2003

President-Ron Quine
President-Elect-Rich Bidinger
VP-Program Chair-Ed McGannon
Secretary-Michelle Rogers
Treasurer-Steve Klein

Directors

2003- Linda Radencic Kevin Wermer &
Mark Farnham,
2004-George Bufkin, John Sobotincic &
Ken Tender
2005- Darrell Jenkins, Sue Kozak & 
Andrea Pohlod

Avenue of Service Chairs

Club Service-Ben Hallock
Community Service-Ken Tender
International Service- Kevin Werner
Vocational Service-Darlene Wredberg
Club Appointments
Sergeant@Arm--Don Rossman
Beehive Editor--Melanie Hillebrand

Special Event Chairs

Wine & Cheese Reception
Bill Breck & Michelle Rodgers
Reverse Raffle
George Bufkin & Ed McGannon
Benefit Auction
Dan Watson
Benefit Golf Outing
Linda Radencic

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