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Painesville Rotary 4 Way Speech Contest was held on March 5, 2024. Three schools were represented with honor, Fairport Harbor, Perry, and Riverside. The ladies' speeches were well done and utilized the Rotary 4 Way Test. The runner-ups were Dionysus Kugler from Fairport Harbor and Allison Camper from Perry. The winner and the student representing our club at the district level was Lindsey Pulling from Riverside. Thank you ladies for participating and making your schools proud!

Dionysus Kugler from Fairport Harbor High School.

Allison Cooper from Perry High School.

Lindsey Pulling from Riverside High School.

The speakers waiting to hear the results of the judging.

The 3 speakers with Sue Ellis, President.

Brian Kane congratulating the speakers on a job well done.

Lindsey Pulling hearing that she will be representing the Painesville Rotary at the District Level 4 Way Speech Contest.

This Week's Program was . .

Posted by Lori on Apr 09, 2024

April 23, 2024

This week's speaker was Ron Dustman, from Eastlake's Boulevard of 500 Flags Cruise In. He has been planning and organizing the car cruise ins since 2003. The cruise-in is every Thursday starting May 2nd this year. Cars begin cruising in about 4:00, they have a DJ or band to entertain and about 100-150 cars to walk around and look at. This is a free event every week for both the cruisers and those coming to see the boulevard and cars.

The Boulevard of 500 flags was established in 1995 when a group of people from Eastlake thought that they should honor our local veterans all year, not just on Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and Independence Day. There is also a memorial to 9/11, "America Remembers Memorial" which honors all three sites affected by the tragic events of 9/11. The pentagon shaped memorial represents the Pentagon, there are 2 pillars which represent the twin towers of the World Trade Center, and the grass in the center represents the earth from the Shanksville, PA site. There are a couple other memorials in honor of the dogs of war and an eternal flame from the 1996 Olympic games torch that traveled through the area on it's way to Atlanta.

If you haven't seen the Boulevard of 500 Flags, please visit, make it a Thursday if you'd like to see some classic cars. It's an easy trip there, take Route 90 to Route 91 and head north to Lakeshore Boulevard, turn right and it is just to the right.

Ron Dustman, visit his website to see his photos of classic cars, http://dustmanart.smugmug.com

Next week our speaker is Dawn Fleming-Kendall, from Global Connections Academy.

Minutes from meeting

February 27, 2024

Meeting began at approximately 12:23PM

MEMBERS PRESENT
Patrick Armstrong

Don Lucker
Lori Benjamin

Stu Lucker
Maureen Conway – President Elect

Christy Magyar – Board Member
Sue Ellis – President

Pam Martin
Dave Franz – Sergeant-At-Arms

Dave McCall
Bob Fratino - Secretary

Mary Jo Miller
Becky Garry

Julie O’Neil
Dan Garry

Chris Price
Brian Kane

Ron Robertson – Immediate Past President

Amy Kapostasy

Anita Walters - Treasurer
Dick Kretschman

Kathleen Cotter

GUESTS – Judy Sisler (Guest of Sue Ellis)

PRAYER – Julie O’Neil

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Patrick Armstrong

SONG(S) – Don Lucker – “God Bless America”

4 WAY TEST – Stu Lucker

HAPPY BUCKS/SAD BUCKS – Stu Lucker, Dave Franz, Dan Garry, Pam Martin

QUEEN OF SPADES – Sue Ellis

PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS
~ Birthdays

Deb Remington – February 29th

~ Anniversaries

Jim Federico – 26 years

~ Painesville Rotary Fundraiser can be found on District 6630 Website

~ Youth Protection Training/Test will appear as “Nayen Training Administrator,
Rotary District 6630 Training Course: Youth Protection Awareness” on email.

MEMBER COMMENTS
Bob Fratino – Youth Protection Test needs to be completed. Please turn in baskets
and wine for wine pull.
Amy Kapostasy – Announced the passing of Former District 6630 Governor, Mike
Johns.
Dan Garry – Grant Seminars upcoming on Zoom. Two members from Club have
to participate in order for Club to be eligible for District Grants. All Ohio PETS
taking place March 15th and 16th in Columbus.
Anita Walters – Asked members for a motion for Club to release earmarked funds
for the Camp Koinonia Project ($3,811.94)
Motion was made by Dan Garry and Seconded by Stu Lucker
Motion passed by Membership (quorum present)

SPEAKER - Christine Margalis with the Lake County General Health District.

NEXT MEETING – Tuesday, March 5th 2024 at Lake County History Center at 12:00
noon. High School 4 Way Test Speech Contest

Meeting adjourned at approximately 1:02 PM

Respectfully Submitted
Bob Fratino - Secretary