During the weekly meeting on July 12, 2019, Outgoing President Michelle Mullaly welcomed 52 members and 12 guests. She then asked anyone celebrating a July birthday to stand and be recognized. A "Thank You" went out to Georgia, one of the volunteers from the Krassas Center, for the delicious dessert she prepared for the luncheon! Rotarian Alexandra Dowell gave the Invocation.
Congratulations went to Don Sultzbach for having the winning 50/50 ticket worth $39.00.
Assistant Secretary Paula Mastroianni welcomed the following guests to the meeting: Bill and Arlene Hazlett, Ben, Nathan, and Ryan Mullaly, Mike Polnik (all guests of Michelle Mullaly); Annetta, Danny and Andrew Rojek (guests of Mark Rojek); Megan Roberts (guest of Brad Carpenter); Monica Warfield (guest of Raquel Raderchak); Jack Brannen (substitute pianist).
The "Happy News" was then provided by the following:
- PP Rick Taylor - recognized and congratulated the Bruce and Gregg Schorsten and their family for their Schorsten Memorial Junior Golf Invitational, featured recently in the Canton Repository;
- - to recognize Rotarian Ernie Schott for the Repository review of Woody's Rootbeer Stand;
- Bill Liber - Thanked everyone who helped with the golf outing and especially Lauri and Barb for all their hard work on that and other projects;
- Raquel Raderchak - happy to announce her daughter is starring in "Matilda" last weekend and to invite everyone to attend;
- Ernie Schott - thanked Bill Liber for an excellent golf outing;
- - recognized Michelle Mullaly for the outstanding job she did as President;
- - clarified that he is definitely NOT associated with Woody's Rootbeer Stand, in spite of what the Rep wrote;
- Suzette Matthews - to celebrate her first month as PAST Secretary; she gave thanks to Lauri and Barb for their continuous help to all club officers and members by giving a "Million Dollar" chocolate bar to both Lauri and Barb;
- Jerry Ortman - Thankful that his son is safe and healing after incurring just minor injuries after getting hit by a car while on his bicycle;
Outgoing President Michelle then thanked her retiring Board of Directors for their years of service: Bruce Hale, Drew Pelger, Don Peterson and Mark Clendenin. Also recognized for their outstanding and dedicated service to the Rotary Club of Canton were: Suzette Matthews - Club Secretary from 2016-2019; Frank Fleischer - 50 years of membership; Bill Griffing - 40 years of membership. Michelle also asked all Past Presidents and past District Governors to stand and be recognized.
Past President Rick Taylor served as the installing officer for the incoming 2019-2020 Officers and Board of Directors, and installed new President Mark Rojek; President Elect Drew Pelger; and Vice President Mark Clendenin, as well as new directors Justin Candea, Paula Mastroianni and Raquel Raderchak. (* Treasurer Tom Clevenger, Secretary Julia Dick and Sergeant-at-Arms Robert Matthews were not able to attend and will be installed at the next Board of Directors meeting on 7/16/19).
**To view more photo's from this meeting, please visit cantonrotary.org homepage.
Brief remarks were then given by outgoing President Michelle Mullaly.
President Mark Rojek then thanked Past President Michelle Mullaly for her service, and presented her with gifts from the Club: a Rotary necklace and earrings and a Rotary jacket.
Rotarian Ernie Schott then took to the podium to re-introduce a past member to the Rotary Club of Canton, Sam Shaheen (*see story above);
Unevent Raffle chair Mark Clendenin conducted the next-to-last last raffle ticket drawing for prizes. Winner of the Lake Cable Beach Club prize was PP Fritz Spring and winner of the Walsh University prize, including three on-line credit hours, was PP Dan Matthews. The final prize drawing, including the Grand Prize drawing of $500, will take place at our meeting this week (July 19th).
President Mark concluded the meeting with the following:
- next week's speaker will be M J Albacete speaking on "The Sculptures of the Stark County Courthouse: Unique in Ohio".
The following will receive a makeup for attending the farewell celebration party for outgoing President Michelle Mullaly held on Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at Burntwood Tavern: Paul White, Drew Pelger, Theresa Blocher, Dave Schrade, Frank Fleischer, Mark Rojek, Karen Brenneman, Paul Hervey, Shawn Dougherty, Tom Clevenger, Becky Clark, Craig Young, Bill Maddox, Scott Sandrock, Bob Pattison, Amanda Tietze, Lynn Hamilton, Brad Carpenter, Bruce Hale, Ron Haines, Dave Ewing, Denny Fulmer. Also attending was PDG Scott Schulick.
The following will receive a makeup for attending the District Banquet Dinner on Thursday, July 11, 2019: Jack Barkan, Michelle Mullaly, Theresa Blocher, Amanda Tietze, Mark Rojek, Drew Pelger, Bob Pattison and Frank Flesicher.
The following turned in a makeup during Friday's meeting: Mark Clendenin (Wadsworth Rotary); PP Dan Fuline (Military Family Advisory Committee meeting).