WEEKLY PUBLICATION OF THE
MIAMISBURG ROTARY CLUB
The Cog Log
Secretary: Barry Barnhart
Treasurer: Judy McCartney
Sgt-at-Arms: Bob Nicholas
Cog Log Editor: Brielle Maynor
President: Doug Barry
President Elect: Debbie McLaughlin
Vice Pres/Club Serv Dir: Jim DeYoung
Past Pres/Fund Rais’g Dir: John Ebersole
February 5, 2014
VOLUME 91, NUMBER 28
Comm Serv Dir: Melinda Moore
Itnl Serv Dir: Shon Myers
Voc Serv Dir: Jeff Nestor
Youth Serv Dir: Greg Whitehead
Asst Sec’y: Debbie Posey
Asst Treas: Pete Woodward
Asst Sgt-at-Arms: Ron Smith
General Announcements
Meeting Notes
President Doug Barry opened the
January 29, 2014 meeting
of the Miamisburg Rotary Club at
the Baum Opera House.
He welcomed 36 members and
all visitors and guests.
Judy McCartney reminded those who have not yet turned in the correct amount for their
Pancake Day ticket sales to please do so.
Barry Barnhart reminded those who have not yet paid
their most recent invoice for dues to please do so.
Jeff Nestor announced that the Miamisburg Merchants Association’s
Monte Carlo event will be held upstairs in the Baum Opera House on the
first Friday in March (March 7). Tickets will be $12 in advance, $15 at the
door. Volunteers needed!
Rotary Moment
Phil Callahan asked: One of the criteria for the Presidential Citation is that a Rotary club grow by a certain
number of members that year. What is that number? Guest Lauren Ehrler and her table guessed 6 and 10%
of the total membership. The correct answer: 1. Our Rotary club has earned approximately 15 Presidential
Citations.
Please submit any questions that you would like used for Rotary Moment to Bob Kilpatrick, Phil Callahan, or
Jim DeYoung.
SPEAKER: Brian Martin, Executive Director, Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission
Keith Johnson introduced Brian Martin, Executive Director of the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission (MVRPC). They have known one another since working together in the planning department of the city of Athens, Georgia. Brian was happy to
visit a new Rotary club; he joined the Rotary Club of Dayton last fall and can walk to
their meetings at Sinclair Community College.
This is the MVRPC’s 50th year in existence. The commission was formed in 1964
under Ohio Revised Code and was one of the requirements for localities affected by the
federal interstate system. Members of the commission are responsible for transportation planning in Greene, Miami, Montgomery and parts of Warren County. Brian is only
the sixth executive director, and next week is his 1 year anniversary on the job. It is a
voluntary association of local organizations and governments and is supported by
membership dues and a portion of the gasoline tax that we all pay at the pump. Each member organization has 1
representative on the board of directors, for a total of 77!
The commission provides resources for its members, such as geographical information systems (GIS) and mapping
data for individual entities’ planning purposes, and works on transportation and other regional needs. They play a
central role in setting transportation policy and channeling federal dollars to highway and other projects The MVRPC
is working from a new strategic plan, adopted last summer, that reaffirms the needs for sustainability and regional and
community cooperation. They estimate projected population and traffic patterns for 20-30 years into the future in
order to set the region up for success by starting the right projects now.
Brian shared some current and projected statistics for Miamisburg (22,984 residents expected to live here in 2040)
and the area (Montgomery County is expected to have a population of 518,788 in 2040). The MVRPC’s Rideshare
and vanpool efforts have been very successful, especially around Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the universities. Our bike and pedestrian trail network is the largest they know of in the country. More efforts are being put into
marketing our travel and tourism offerings, since there is no convention and visitors’ bureau for our region. For more
information, go to www.mvrpc.org.
Is it the TRUTH?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Greeters
Keith Johnson
Gong
Jim DeYoung
Prayer
Brent Ashcraft
Pledge
President Doug Barry
Opening Song
Ted Fink
Acting Sec’y
Dave Hafenbrack
Guests
Don Pabst (Jim DeYoung)
Lauren Ehrler (Al Scott)
Visiting
Rotarians
Brian Martin (Dayton)
Prospective
New Members
Greg Allison (Niraj Antani)
Daniel Davis (Jim DeYoung)
Prizes
Keith Basinger
Greeters Schedule
2-5-14 Phil Johnson and Bob Kilpatrick
2-12-14 Rick Melton and Clair Miller
2-19-14 Melinda Moore and Gary Muñoz
Prizes Schedule
2-5-14 John Bowen
2-12-14 Phil Callahan
2-19-14 Mayor Church
Upcoming Programs
2-5-14 Mayor Church - City Update
2-12-14 Jenny Brocker - Care House
2-19-14 Stephen Grismer - Dayton Police History
Foundation
TOP DOG!
The LUCKY Card
is the 5 of CLUBS
The winner’s share is $655.
Bill Skudlarek drew the THREE of CLUBS!
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Bob Nicholas, Sergeant-at-Arms
FINES, PINS & BADGES
On your honor!
$$$$$$$$$$ HAPPY DOLLARS $$$$$$$$$$
Eric Cluxton’s son and daughter-in-law are expecting twins!
Ted Fink insisted that his wife really was happy
about her anniversary vacuum cleaner!
Davis was happy to be a member of Rotary now. Comoros has Rotary,
just not on the island where he works, and he would like to learn what he can
while on leave here in the U.S. and go back and start a Rotary club.
Greg Allison is happy to be a member and
is looking forward to telling his father and grandfather
that he has joined Rotary.
Make Up Locations
Monday
Ponitz Center, Sinclair CC - noon
444 W. 1st Street
Eaton
Eaton Country Club - noon
Tuesday
Farmersville Community Center - 6:00 PM
Middletown
Senior Center - noon
Wednesday
Moraine
Payne Rec Center - 7:00 AM
3800 Main St
Thursday
Centerville
Yankee Trace GC - noon
New Lebanon American Legion - 6:00 PM
Friday
Oakwood
Dayton Country Club - 7:00 AM
555 Kramer Rd
Springboro
Coffman YMCA - 7:30 AM
Germantown Emmanuel's Lutheran Church - noon
30 West Warren Street
Franklin
United Methodist Church - noon
Dayton
On Line www.RotaryEclubone.org
Shon Myers is not happy about the FDIC examiners or state auditors at
Famers & Merchants Bank right now and not happy that the bank’s
health insurance plan has been found unsatisfactory. He is happy that
Al Scott has found someone to help him!
Jane Seibert was happy about her daughter’s dive meet.
Rotary Leadership 2013-2014
District 6670
Rotary International President
Ron D. Burton
District Governor
Mac Hickman, Batavia
District Governor-Elect
Eric Marcus,
Beavercreek
District Governor-Nominee
Bill Shula, Cincinnati
February Rotarian Membership Anniversaries
Dave Hafenbrack was happy to have sold one of his companies.
Al Scott was happy to have received a package, happy to welcome an
East Palestine Bulldog to the club [Greg Allison] and happy to have his
guest Lauren Ehrler helping him at work now.
Doug Barry was happy for another week of marriage and for his birthday.
NEW MEMBER INSTALLATION
Gregory J. Allison of Miamisburg (center in photo) was installed as a member of the Miamisburg Rotary on January
29. Greg is employed by the Ohio Republican Party as their West Regional Director. Greg worked for the Romney
campaign in 2012 and was involved with the College Republicans while at Ohio State University. Greg is from
Columbiana County and both his father and grandfather are past Rotary presidents. Greg's classification is Political Organization, Regional Director and his sponsor is Niraj Antani.
Daniel M. Davis (left in photo) of Miamisburg was installed as a member of the Miamisburg Rotary on January 29.
Davis is employed by Groupe De Service Volontaire and his position
is Country Director (Comoros). Davis has traveled throughout Africa
and has seen the good that Rotary is doing there. He is on leave from
his work in the African country of Comoros, on the Indian Ocean.
Davis’ classification is Service Organization, Country Director, and his
sponsor is Jim DeYoung.
Welcome, Greg and Davis!
Doug Talmage, 14 years, Feb. 2
Karen Euse, 12 years, Feb. 6
Bob Bell, 47 years, Feb. 8
Bob Kilpatrick, 41 years, Feb. 10
Melinda Moore, 4 years, Feb. 17
Gary Muñoz, 4 years, Feb. 17
Tom Nicholas, 28 years, Feb. 19
Ted Fink, 8 years, Feb. 22
Judy McCartney, 8 years, Feb. 22
Julie Grice, 5 years, Feb. 25
February Rotarian Birthdays
Al Scott, February 9
Larry Zumstein, February 17
Jennifer Hampton-Montavon, February 19
Niraj Antani, February 26
Brian Yeakley, February 27
Bob Davis, February 28
February Spouses’ Birthdays
Kathleen Vail (David), February 1
Kristen Woodward (Pete), February 9
Carolyn Kilpatrick (Bob), February 16
Kelly Hardin (Rick), February 18
Dana Adams (Bob), February 24
Debbie Johnson (Keith), February 25
Jim McCartney (Judy), February 28
Rotary Knowledge
How many of the Miamisburg City School District schools are
named for Rotary Club of Miamisburg charter members?
Answer: 2: Bear Elementary (H.V. Bear) and Kinder Elementary (Charles E. Kinder).
Orville Tysseling was happy about his great-grandson’s birth.
Prize Winners
Ron Smith and Doug Griffith
Photos by
Jim DeYoung
February 5, 2014 MIAMISBURG ROTARY, DISTRICT 6670, CLUB 3637 COG LOG Vol. 91 No. 28
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