Rotary Club of Warren

February 15, 2017

Member Assignments

Greeters

Please Arrive by 11:50 a.m.

2/22 – Venita Collins

3/1 – Mike Bollas

3/8 – Cindy Matheson

Mobile Meals

2/24 – Don Powers and Don Moore

3/3 – Bob Sauer and Jim Jastatt

3/10 – Pat Miller and John Campolito

Fellowship

February – John Robertson

March – Judy Masaki

April - TBA

Invocation

2/22 – Andy Bednar

3/1 – Denise May

3/8 – Frank Bodor

ROTARY NOTES

A publication of the Rotary Club of Warren, Ohio

Upcoming

Speakers

February 1 Augie Thumm – Thumm’s Bike and Clock Shop

February 8 Bob Jadloski – The Future of Green Energy is Here February 15 Stephanie Shaw – Eastern Ohio Education Partnership

February 22 Lou Limongi – Hope Center

Weekly News and Announcements

Hello Rotarians and Friends! A HUGE THANK

YOU to all the club members who joined us on

Saturday for our Slice of the Valley. For those

who arrived early to help set up, it was

definitely a disappointment that the gun group

was still there and in no hurry to leave. This

put us under even more pressure to get everything ready for our event.

However, we managed to get things done through the hard work of our club

members. We cannot begin to express how much we appreciated

everyone’s help. We are still working on preliminary numbers and may have

those to share on Wednesday. Suffice it to say, though, I think everyone

will be very pleased.

Some of the highlights: Our Platinum Sponsor for this year’s event was

the Cafaro Company, thanks to Tony Cafaro, which will take us a long way

toward meeting our $10,000 goal. Thank you, Tony! Last year’s Platinum

Sponsor was Diane Sauer Chevrolet, another generous Warren Rotarian!

We have 13 pizza vendors this year and with the HUNDREDS of guests in

attendance, they were busy all evening passing out their pizza slices and

encouraging guests to vote for them. In the end, the winners of the Pizza

Challenge were Belleria Pizza (First Prize), Russo’s (Second Prize), and

Ianazone’s Pizza (Third Place). The Specialty Winner was Primanti

Brothers and the People’s Choice Award went to Ianazone’s. Thank you and

congratulations to all our winners!

At last week’s meeting, John Robertson again handled Fellowship. We

started with everyone shaking hands and then him recycling some stories

told before. He told us a story about a 1955 movie called On the Wings of

Angels with John Wayne playing the main character. John fell down some

stairs and suffered a neck injury that paralyzed him and our John quoted

one of the lines in the movie that went like this “Don’t touch me, call the

ambulance.”

He said he remembered those famous words in 1972 after he had a car

accident that caused his paralysis and used them when the first good

samaritan showed up to help him. Had he not done so, John said he

probably would have died. He said we should watch movies, pay attention

and use some of the wisdom shared in our own lives.

Rotary

Motto

Service Above Self

4-Way

Test

Of the things we think, say

or do:

Is it the truth?

Is it fair to all concerned?

Will it build

goodwill and better

friendship?

Will it be beneficial to

all concerned?

Avenues

of Service

Club Service

Vocational Service

Community

Service

International Service

Youth Service

Our guests this week were Vic Russell, Joe Moore, and Nick Orison from

the Youngstown Rotary Club.

Foundation Board Meeting – The Foundation Board will meet on

Wednesday, February 22, at 11:30 a.m. at Enzo’s. Members should

confirm their attendance with Cheryl so we can be assured of a quorum.

District Conference Subsidy – The Club Board wants to make it easy for

members to attend the District Conference on April 7th and 8th at Avalon

Inn. Therefore, the Club will reimburse any member who wishes to attend

up to $40 toward the cost of their meals. In order to receive the

reimbursement, members need to do the following:

Go to rotarydistrict6650.org - register, pay, and print out your receipt.

Attend the District Conference.

Show proof of attendance to Cheryl Oblinger.

Get your reimbursement.

It’s just that easy!

RI International Convention – As you know, next year our club will be

celebrating its 100th anniversary. Julia Wetstein would love to have a

booth at the Convention in the House of Friendship to let our closest

35,000+ friends know what we have accomplished in our first 100 years.

The Convention will be held from June 10 to 14, 2017. The deadline for

early registration is passed, but it’s not too late to get registered.

Expect to hear more about the upcoming convention in Atlanta, GA as the

year goes by.

Hospitality Suite at the District Conference –

President Julia announced that Warren Rotary would

be hosting the Hospitality Suite at the District

Conference next April. A committee has been

identified and will be working on plans. More

information will come as the year progresses. Please mark your calendars

that the Conference will take place at Avalon Inn on April 7 and 8, 2017.

There will also be Golf Outing held to benefit the Women Veteran’s Golf

Program.

Rotary

Code of

Conduct

As a Rotarian, I will:

Act with integrity and high ethical standards in my personal

and professional

life.

Deal fairly with others

and treat them and their

occupations with respect.

Use my

professional skills through

Rotary to mentor young people, help those with

special needs, and improve

people’s quality of life

in my community

and the world.

Avoid behavior that

reflects adversely on

Rotary or other

Rotarians.

Eastern Ohio Education Partnership

Stephanie Shaw, the Executive Director from

Eastern Ohio Education Partnership, was our

speaker this week. Stephanie is a graduate of

Warren City Schools, YSU and Northeastern

University. She is also a former Warren Rotarian.

Eastern Ohio Education Partnership is designed to

bring a broad sector of community partners together to implement a

cradle to career vision for education. EOEP focuses on four critical areas

of student growth: early childhood, third grade reading, eighth grade

mathematics, and postsecondary/career readiness.

These community partners create, and are accountable for, a shared set

of measureable goals.

The EOEPMission: Collaborating to align proven practices for educational

success, cradle to career.

THE EOEP Goal: Prepared Students. Successful Careers. Improved

Communities.

Stephanie shared information on why EOEP has chosen four key areas of

focus. It included:

Early Childhood Readiness

Early childhood education matters! It can also be a predictor of future

success. Economic studies have shown a rate of return of $7 or more on

each dollar invested in early childhood through a reduced need for

spending on other services, such as remedial education,

grade repetition, and special education.

Third Grade Reading Readiness

In an executive summary by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Early

Warning! Why Reading By the End of Third Grade Matters, ”Of the

fourth-graders who took the National Assessment of Educational

Progress (NAEP) reading test in 2009, 83% of children from low-income

families, and 85% of low-income students who attend high-poverty

schools, failed to reach the ‘proficient’ level in reading. Reading

proficiently by third grade is a crucial marker in a child’s educational

development. Failure to read proficiently is linked to higher rates of

school dropout, which suppresses individual earning potential as well as

the nation’s competitiveness and general productivity.”

Areas of

Focus

Promoting peace

Fighting disease

Providing clean water

Saving mothers and

children

Supporting education

Growing local economies

2016-2017

Club

Officers

President Julia Wetstein

President Elect Andy Bednar

Vice President Venita Collins

Secretary-Treasurer

Cheryl Oblinger

Past President Mike Bollas

Board

Members Roxy Vaughn

Tony Iannucci Cleo Royster

Paul Pal Teri Surin

Kim Straniak Nick Verina

Eighth Grade Mathematics Readiness

Mathematics is critical at every level, but students are often more

challenged in the middle grades. EOEP is working to leverage best

practices around what will work for our students. Families are encouraged

to take advantage of online programs such as Kahn Academy. Kahn, and

similar programs, or Apps, can help families start fun conversations about

math.

Postsecondary/Career Readiness

On average 10-20% of partner district students who take the ACT do not

matriculate in the fall. Harvard reports that 10-40% of low-income

students never make it to college the fall following graduation. This is

coined Summer Melt. EOEP works with admissions at Kent State, Eastern

Gateway and Youngstown State to understand why students aren’t

matriculating. They use a texting program that will deliver reminders

regarding enrollment, financial aid and registration. As students enter

area colleges, they connect them with Admissions in an effort to support

first semester completion. Recognizing that students don’t matriculate for

a variety of social, fiscal and academic reasons, results may vary each

year. EOEP works to close the gap, on average, by 5% by 2018. Boston’s

uAspire has seen an increase in on-time college enrollment by 7% their

first year.

We thank Stephanie for joining us this week and invite her to return any

time she wants to report on EOEP’s success.

Proposed Member

The following individual has been proposed for membership in the Rotary

Club of Warren:

Moody, Benjamin

Proposed by: Venita Collins

COO, INFI, LLC

Any member having an objection to our accepting the above individual in

our club must put their objections in writing to the Club President within 7

days of this notice.

Rotary Club

Foundation

Board

President

Chris Shape

Vice President George

Thompson

Secretary-Treasurer

Cheryl Oblinger

Julia Wetstein Venita Collins Diane Sauer

Cindy Matheson

Contact Us

Rotary Club of Warren

P. O. Box 68 Warren, OH

44482

Our

Website

warrenrotary.org

If you have suggestions or

comments regarding our newsletter, or would like to

become a sponsor,

please contact Cheryl

Oblinger.

Celebrating February Birthdays

The following Rotarians celebrated birthdays this month. We wish

them many years of happiness and good health.

Genevieve Bauman

Janet Schweitzer

Jim Bugos

Mike Bollas

Triple Jackpot

The Grand Jackpot this week was: $38

Our Daily and Grand Jackpot Winner was:

Chris Shape

Happy Bucks

Chris Shape – For winning the daily jackpot, for

Stephanie Shaw being here, for Rob and Nick

picking him up for today’s meeting, for having

lunch with Pete Biltz, and for being here.

Genevieve Bauman – For Stephanie, for all

the auction items members have donated for the

Slice of the Valley, for our Wonder Woman and Superman who will be at

Saturday’s event.

Ken LaPolla – For Stephanie Shaw.

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