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VOL. 14, NO. 49, JUNE 13, 2013 * EDITOR: * DOUG GROSE*

LAST MEETINGReported by Linda Clements

Sgt.-at-arms- Ken Jones

Prayer – The prayer was led by Tom Parkhurst who was grateful for the time to slow down and forget the IT and share this time of camaraderie together.He asked for guidance for our law en-forcement officials who are so chal-lenged in our society today

Guest/visitors: There were no guests present today except those here with our presenter.

Rotabuck: The winning number was 365153 and was held by TR. He drew the jack of spades.

Word for the day- The word for the dayis participants and several dollars were collected.

Upcoming/special events: There are signs at all of the tables to remind us of the mission of Rotary. We can refer to them to help answer any questions that people may have about our group. Theywill be on the tables for the next severalweeks. It is rumored that Lee will also have this tattooed on his body some-where as an additional reference. We are looking forward to seeing that.

Announcements: Vicki Curtis told us that we received an award for our dona-tion to the United Way. There is also a Be the Match “talk and Walk” flier on the tables.

President Tom congratulated Roger Sustar and the AWT sponsored Robobot winners from Beaumont High School who went on to the National competition and placed third out of 56 teams. This is such a great effort on the

part of Roger and AWT for sponsor-ing this event to promote manufactur-ing in this way.

Waite Talbot announced that there are 10 people confirmed for at-tendance to Frank Caliento on June 22nd. Dinner will be at 7:30 and the show begins at 9:30.President Tom receives the check from Randy. Photo by Dan Welker.

Randy Carver reported on the golf outing. It went very well and MikeScruggs could be heard talking to theman upstairs all day long about something or other. This year there was the largest group of Rotarians participating at 16. The money raisedwill total between $8,000 and $10,000. Randy then presented the Club with a check for $4,000. Thank you, Randy!

President Tom accepts a $4000 check from Randy. Photo by Dan Welker.

President Tom then welcomed all of our guests from Leadership Lake County and asked them to con-sider joining Mentor Rotary after theircommitment is finished.

John Solich reminded the groupabout the Installation Dinner and asked that the RSVP’s be returned ASAP.

Program – John Solich introduced Jessie Baginski, the Executive Direc-

tor of Leadership Lake County. Prior to assuming that position in January of 2012, she worked for Laketran for ten years. She has her Ph.D. in Urban Edu-cation. She gave us some updates on programs.

Leadership Lake County currently runs four programs. Their signature program is the year- long program for Leadership Development. Program members meet one day per month from7:30-5:30 as they look at Lake County from the inside out. There are currently 850 alumni from the program and they comprise a very strong network.

Jessie Baginski addressing the Mentor Ro-tary Club. Photo by Dan Welker.

There is a Junior Leadership LakeCounty Program for 11th graders. Men-tor Rotary provides scholarship money for this program. Communication skills are emphasized in this program.

There is a Leadership Program for6th graders where teamwork, collabora-tion and goal setting are stressed.

A forth program was started for Community Builders which targets the front line employees in companies. They are hoping to begin a program for college-level students.

Jessie then introduced the mem-bers of this year’s Leadership Lake County class:

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Tom Tuttle – Mentor Board of Educa-tionEileen Yates – Senior Independence, Breckenridge VillageDenise Alsack – Lake National BankJackie Swanson – along with her son, Michael the first mother/son teamErin Nunn – Director of Career Ser-vices for Lake Erie CollegeAmy Olbrysh – Component Repair TechnologiesAnn Mahler – Director of Employment Services for DeepwoodRyan Old – Event planner for Ceder-brookKathy Adams – University Hospitals Geauga Medical CenterKim Franks

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Photos of the class members above by DanWelker.

This year’s class adopted five Community Service Projects. More in-formation can be obtained at the follow-ing link: http://www.leadershiplake-county.org/signature

John Solich, himself a 2005 grad-uate of Leadership Lake County, and our new president elect, talked about our diverse membership in our Rotary group of 88 members strong. He en-couraged these LLC graduates to con-sider visiting and joining our group.

Lee and Bob Z. presented a videothat was created about our club. This is a great video, wonderfully narrated by Bob Z. Seeing this video presentation can’t help but make us all proud to be a Rotarian. And we do have such fun while doing all that we do! Congratula-

tions on putting this together. It will bea great tool.

The meeting was then ad-journed by current president, Tom.

JOCOE'S JOURNALA famous antiques collector is

walking through the city when he no-tices a mangy cat lapping milk from asaucer in the doorway of a store and he does a double take.

He notices that the saucer is extremely old and very valuable, so he walks casually into the store and offers to buy the cat for two dollars.

The store owner replies, "I'm sorry, but the cat isn't for sale."

The collector says, "Please, I need a hungry cat around the house to catch mice. I'll pay you twenty dol-lars for that cat."

And the owner says "Sold." Andhe hands over the cat.

The collector continues, "Hey, for the twenty bucks I wonder if you could throw in that old saucer. The cat's used to it and it'll save me from having to get a dish.".

And the owner says, "Sorry buddy, but that's my lucky saucer. So far this week I've sold sixty-eight cats."

UPCOMING EVENTS.

June 19 – Lake County United Way Day of Caring. All day at Deepwood Center.June 20 – Paul VanekJune 27 – Installation dinner at Kirt-land Country Club – No lunch pro-gram.June 28 – Retirement Party for Rick Cooper, 5PM to 9PM at LaMalfa Center.July 4 - Independence Day. No meetingJuly 11— Carly at Quality HealthcareTraining Center—CPR July 18— Tricia Vidovic, Alzheimer’s Association. July 25— OFF SITE @ YMCA Dreamhouse August 1— NO LUNCH MEETING—Trout Club dinner August 15 – Jill Korosok from City of Mentor – State of the City August 27 – David Joyce, Con-gressman

BIRTHDAYSJune 1 – Alex CooperJune 8 – Dan WelkerJune 14 – Gary EstadtJune 21 – Lou KreiderJune 24 – Elfie RomanJune 26 – John SolichJune 28 – John TrebetsIf I have missed anyone, please call 257-9827 or email d.grose@sbcglob-al.net

THE 4-WAY TESTOf the things we think, say or do...Is it the Truth?Is it Fair to all concerned?Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?

OFFICERSMENTOR ROTARY CLUB

2012\2013President Tom Hough PHFImmediate Past President Wayne Brodnan PHFPresident Elect John SolichVice President Amy KapostasySecretary Kevin Newcomb PHFTreasurer Curt Jones, PHF Sergeant-at-Arms Fred Lariccia, PHF

Board Members T. R. Hach PHFShane Novak PHFRon Traub PHFBob FrittsBill Robertson PHFTom Weiss PHFBob Boyd PHFCheryl NoviskiTom LemireMembership ChairVicki Curtis

WHERE WE MEETLaMalfa Center,5783 Heisley Road,Mentor, Ohio

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Thursday at 12 Noon

OUR MAILING ADDRESS PO Box 1177Mentor, OH 44061-1177

OUR WEB SITEwww.mentor-rotary.org/

ROTARY INTERNATIONALwww.rotary.org

MEETING MAKE-UPSFollowing are a few nearby RotaryClub meeting sites and times for make-ups;MONDAYWilloughby at Dino's in Willoughby at 12:00 PMTUESDAYPainesville at Hellreigel’s Inn at12:00 Noon.WEDNESDAYBurton-Middle field at Welshfield Inn Banquet Hall, 14001 Main Market Rd., Burton, at 7:00PMCleveland East at Nighttown Restau-rant 12387 Cedar Road Cleveland Hts. At Noon.THURSDAYCleveland at Windows on the Riverin the Flats, Bridge View Room,Third Floor, Windows on the River, Powerhouse. Nautica EntertainmentComplex, 2000 Sycamore at 12:00FRIDAYChagrin Highlands (Beachwoodarea): at Mitchell’s Fish Market, 28601

Chagrin Blvd., Woodmere (at EtonSquare).

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