December 6, 2017 Member Assignments

Greeters

Please Arrive by 11:50 a.m.

12/13 – Joe Morgan

12/20 – Heather Sahli

12/27 – Bob Faulkner

Mobile Meals

12/15 – Bob Sauer & Jim Jastett

12/22 – Pat Miller & Dave Taylor

12/29 – Dan Rowland & Cleo Royster

Fellowship 2.0

12/13- Ken LaPolla

12/20 – Chris Shape

12/27 – Chris Shape

Invocation

12/13 – Denise May

12/20 – Dave Jenkins

12/27 – Dan Rowland

Magazine Report

December – Darlene Mink-Crouse

January, 2018 – Diane Sauer

ROTARY NOTES A publication of the Rotary Club of Warren

Upcoming

Speakers

Dec. 13

Christmas Party

Dec. 20 Cindy

Woodford - First Step Recovery

Dec. 27 Paulette

Eddington – Warren Family

Fitness

Jan. 3 Anthony Ramos

Warren’s Do Not Knock Program

Jan. 10 Jim Tressell – YSU President

Harriet Taylor Upton (AKA

Diane Sauer) spoke at the

December 6, 1919 meeting of the

Warren Women’s Suffrage

Association. She indicated that

she was so looking forward to the

suffrage movement march being

held that afternoon. She was

very excited to see so many

members in attendance, but was

quite distressed that some felt

the need to dress as men in order

to stay safe. Harriet individually

addressed these women, including

Candy Bednar, Antoinette Cafaro,

Mrs. LaPolla, and a newcomer

(who even went so far as to shave

off her hair!), and encouraged

them to stand up for their rights and give it all they’ve got during the

march. She also announced that Christina Shape was sadly unable to

join them, as she was injured during the last march.

As you all know, Harriet lived in Warren for a while but recently

relocated. In 1880, her father was elected to the United States

Congress as a Republican from Ohio, succeeding President James

Garfield in the position. This provided Harriet an entry into the world

of politics and an opportunity to meet leading political leaders, including

Susan B. Anthony who brought her into the movement to win the

woman’s right to vote. Harriet reported that she feels we are getting

close to getting that amendment ratified, but we have to remain

diligent in our protests!

Harriet was a key organizer and the first president of the

Suffrage Association of Warren, as well as a member of the National

Woman’s Suffrage Association. In 1891, she hosted, in her home, a

conclave of women seeking equal rights with men. In 1894, she was

elected treasurer of the NWSA and brought the headquarters of that

association to Warren, where it remained from 1899 to 1908. This is

Harriet’s second term as president of the Ohio Woman’s Suffrage.

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

Areas of

Focus

Promoting

Peace

Fighting Disease

Providing Clean

Water

Saving Mothers & Children

Supporting Education

Growing Local

Economies

2017 – 2018

Club Officers

President

Andy Bednar

President Elect Venita Collins

Vice-President

Teri Surin

Secretary Judy Masaki

Treasurer

Cheryl Oblinger

Past President Julia Wetstein

Board

Members Ginny Bond

Christine Cope Tony Iannucci

Dominic Mararri Ted Stazak

Kim Straniak Nick Verina

We would like to invite former Rotarians and other guests to our

January Centennial Celebration. Please forward the invitation on the previous

page to individuals with whom you are acquainted, and don’t miss your

one and only one and only chance to celebrate the Rotary Club of Warren’s 100th

birthday!

Please submit the name of your favorite charity to Venita Collins by 12/31/17 as part of our 100 Good Deeds! A donation of $100 will be

given to your non-profit organization of choice.

Reverse Raffle tickets are now being sold at the price of $100 a

piece! To date, approximately 60 tickets have been sold. Help us meet

our goal of selling 200 tickets! Proceeds will help to fund our 100 Good

Deeds. Buy yours before the end of the year to earn a tax deduction.

Consider buying one for a friend or family member as a Christmas gift!

You and your colleagues can purchase a ticket as a group, as well.

Congratulations to Our next Early Bird Drawing will take place the Wednesday after

Christmas. A complete listing of Reverse Raffle rules can be found

on the Rotary Club of Warren’s website. You may email Diane Sauer

(dsauer@dianesauerchevy.com) to buy your ticket today!!

Christine Cope will be taking pictures of Warren Rotarians during

the next two weeks of December for a slide show to be shown at the

Centennial Gala.

President Andy Bednar is compiling a list of District Awards

received by past and current Warren Rotarians. Please forward any

information that you may have to Andy.

Monday, January 29, 2018 is our Club’s actual anniversary. As a

result, for that week only, our Club meeting will be held on Monday,

January 29, 2018 at the Hippodrome in Warren. Our regular

Wednesday meeting on January 31, 2018 is cancelled.

January

WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS

UPCOMING MEETINGS - The next Rotary Club of Warren Board of

Directors Meeting Directors meeting be held Tuesday, December 19th at Salvatore’s in

Howland. Fellows Howland. Fellowship will begin at 5:30 p.m., with the meeting to follow

promptly at 6:00 at 6:00 p.m. Our host for the evening is Julia Wetstein. The Rotary

Club Club of Warren Foundation will meet on Wednesday, December 20th at

11:30 a.m. at Enzo’s. Please note that these meetings are a week early

due to the upcoming Holidays. Mark your calendars accordingly.

WELCOME – Our Club welcomed Rob Berk’s daughter, Zoe, as his guest

at our December 6th meeting. Consider bringing your family, friends,

and colleagues to our weekly meetings!!

Rotary Club

Foundation

Board

President Chris Shape

Vice-President Diane Sauer

Secretary

Judy Masaki

Treasurer Cheryl

Oblinger

Andy Bednar Jim Ditch

Cindy Matheson Teri Surin

Contact Us At:

Rotary Club of

Warren

P.O. Box 68

Warren, OH

44482

Our Website: Warrenrotary.org

If you have

any

suggestions or

comments

regarding our

newsletter, or

if you would

like to become

a sponsor,

please contact

Judy Masaki

IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME!!- The Rotary Club of Warren’s Annual

Christmas Party will be held on Wednesday, December 13th. Please

plan to attend and help bring the magic of the Holidays alive for the

kids from Children’s Rehabilitation Center. The children will begin

arriving at 11:30 a.m., and the festivities will begin at Noon.

Warren’s Warren’s Mayor, the Rotary Wheels, the Warren G. Harding Madrigal

Singers, Sesame Street characters, and that jolly old man himself,

Santa Santa, will be here! Rotary members and the band will order off of

the the menu. A buffet lunch will be available for the children and their

family members.

SLICE OF THE VALLEY- This year’s fundraiser will be held at the

Metroplex on Sunday, February 25, 2018 from 2:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Everyone is encouraged to participate by attending, through monetary

donations, by donating gift baskets, gift cards, or items for the

auction, etc. Three to four people are also needed to help secure

sponsors. Contact Bill Beinecke if you can help out.

BASIC ESSENTIALS DRIVE – A drive is being held to help collect

basic essentials from now until the first Wednesday in January. A

list of needed items will be available at Club meetings. Lauren

Kramer is coordinating the event. Donated items can be brought to

our weekly meetings or dropped off at Baker, Bednar, Snyder &

Associates. Please give generously to those in need! PLANT 100 TREES – Bob Hoy announced that five parks in Warren

will be beautified by our efforts. Committee teams of two are

like exploring the sites. The committee will meet again in early spring to

put final touches on the project. We will know what types of trees

will be planted by March, 2018.

SUCCESSFUL BELL RINGING!! – In case you haven’t heard, Warren

Rotarians won the friendly competition of Bell Ringing with the

Kiwanians!! Our Club members collected $643, while the Kiwanis

Brought in $589.55 (and the Kiwanis had the better door!!). Thanks

to to all members of both organizations who went out to support the

Salvation Army.

PAUL HARRIS FELLOW CHALLENGE – Any Rotarians who wish to

contribute to the District’s Paul Harris Fellow Challenge should do so

by turning in your check in the donation envelope provided by the

District Governor no later than December 20th. Cheryl Oblinger will

be mailing checks to the District before Christmas so that those

individuals who give a donation can be entered into the drawing.

A HOLIDAY BLOOD DRIVE – is being held at Packard Music Hall on

December 22nd, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and our Club is a co-sponsor.

Volunteers are needed to cover the raffle table for one hour shifts.

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Twenty $20 gift cards will be awarded to raffle winners. Please email

Tony Iannucci (aaiwarp@earthlink.net) or CJ Stephenson (cstephenson@warren.org) if you are able to help out, specifying the

time time slot that you plan to cover. Sign-up sheets will also be available

at our December 20th meeting. Any Rotarian who donates blood or

staffs the raffle table will earn a make-up.

THE MISSION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL – We provide service

to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding,

goodwill, and peace through our fellowship of business, professional,

and and community leaders.

ROTARY CLUB OF WARREN:

SUPPORTING COMMUNITY OUTREACH

It was good to see our

friend, friend, Mike Wilson,

from S.C.O.P.E., the

largest senior citizen

organization in Warren.

Our Rotarian CJ Stephenson

presented a check to

Mike Mike on behalf of our

Club Club in support of

S.C.O.P S.C.O.P.E.’s free

grocery program. The

organization provides

free free groceries to approximately 240 shut-ins.

Our own Kim Straniak

accepted a charitable

contribution on behalf of

Trumbull County Mobile

Meals, presented by Dan

Rowland. Kim, who is new

to Mobile Meals, expressed

appreciation for all of the

volunteer support from

Warren Rotary. More than

200 meals per day are

delivered by Mobile Meals

volunteers.

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SAFETY & SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF WARREN

The Director of Services and Safety is appointed by the Mayor and serves a four-

year term. The office is charged with

supervising numerous City services, public

safety operations, and support functions.

A life-long resident of Warren, Director

Enzo Cantalamessa consistently strives to

streamline the functions and operations of

government in order to achieve maximum

efficiency. After graduating from John F.

Kennedy High School, Enzo earned his

Bach Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy at John

Carroll University and his Juris Doctorate at

Barry University School of Law. He serves as a local business owner

and and managing member of a law practice, roles in which he has

accumulated accumulated a wealth of private sector experience. Enzo resides in the

City of Warren with his wife and two children.

As a city manager, Enzo oversees thirteen departments, including

the police and fire departments. He reported that the largest project

currently being undertaken, and close to being realized, is the Auto

ParkIt program. This project brought the CEO of Auto ParkIt back to

his hometown his hometown of Warren to transform the former Delphi Packard

manufacturing site into a warehouse and assembly plant for automated

parking systems. parking systems. This investment in Warren will bring 1,000 new

manufacturing jobs to the city and develop more efficient parking

solutions for our metropolitan area.

Also on the Golden Triangle, Novelis, the leader in automotive

aluminum innovation aluminum innovation, has dedicated a large investment in their Warren

plant. Enzo stated that this shows a commitment to growing their

business business here in our community.

In addition to business growth, the recent increase in income tax

has been has been earmarked for improvements to the police and fire

departments and departments and area roads. 15 firefighters and up to 15 new hires

in in the police department are in place. Road paving is proceeding

quickly, especially quickly, with projects estimated to total more than $25 million by the

end of the five-year tax plan.

Enzo reported that there are no vacant store fronts on

Courthouse Courthouse Square downtown. A Safe Exchange Zone has been

established established near the Municipal Building, allowing for safe economic

transactions and domestic custody exchanges in a well-lit, video

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monitored area. A database has also been established which allows

families to register loved ones with physical and mental challenges,

in giving advanced notice to the police and fire departments that special

care care needs to be taken in the event of an emergency.

The Rotary Club of Warren would like to thank Enzo for taking time

out of his busy schedule to update us regarding the progress being made

in our community.

TRIPLE JACKPOT

This week, the Grand Jackpot totaled $904.

Congratulations to Daily Winner, Bob Sauer!!

HAPPY BUCKS

*** Bob Sauer was happy about being a daily winner!

*** Ken LaPolla’s daughter has submitted all of her applications for PhD

Programs in Psychology. She was recently awarded a Psych Department

scholar scholarship to fund her senior thesis research!

*** Janet Schweitzer offered a Happy Buck in honor of Mike Wilson and

S.C.O.P.E.’s good work.

*** Kim Straniak once again thanked all of our Club’s Bell Ringers. She

also also appreciates our Club’s donation to Mobile Meals.

*** Cindy Matheson appreciated being able to ring the bell for the

Salvation Army with her son. She also announced that her son will be

playing with a jazz band at the Mocha House on Monday, December 11th

at 6:00 p.m.

*** Christine Cope offered a Happy Buck in honor of Diane Sauer being

acknowledged at a recent event, Women in Entrepreneurship: Breaking

Boundaries. She also encouraged everyone to check out Diane’s Carpool

Karaoke performance on YouTube!!

*** Scott Lewis was happy to see his friend Harriet Taylor Upton, and

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he indicated that he, too, is against discrimination.

*** Mike Wilson thanked our Club for its donation to S.C.O.P.E.

He, also, enjoyed hearing Harriet speak today! Finally, Mike thanked

Tony Cafaro for the free space allotted in the Eastwood Mall for

Someplace Safe’s Gift Tree Program.

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