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Rotary Club of Louisville

“Unite for Good”

Date: July 9, 2025

Call to Order: Prayer by Mark Sigler

Pledge of Allegiance

Four Way Test:

Is it the truth?
Is it fair to all concerned?
Will it build goodwill and better friendships
Will it be beneficial to all concerned

Happy Dollars- Denny Valentine - a guy at 2nd Fridays gave a $1 donation at the Rotary Booth

Song: Marc Sigler: God Bless America

Introduction of guests: High School Ambassadors: Amanda DeJacamo, Estrella Lopez-Cruz, Elizah Adkins, Cohen Rodgers, Brent Price from Wooster Rotary

Roto-ball weekly winner- Evil Steelers Fan aka Dr Pansino

New Business:

Financial report Sandor-
Vote on Rachael Carosello membership- Approved ( Mark Sigler motioned, Pat Fallot 2nd)
Youth exchange update Bill Wood/Barb Dejacimo- Urgently needed host families!! Host family for the girl from Brazil secured for first semester. Urgent need for someone to house the student from Italy. High School Ambassadors - Estrella drove them and went to dances and hung out, Amanda loved spending time together, Elizah enjoyed building friendships. The Ambassadors are already reaching out to the exchange students. Ambassadors took flags down from the green space. Elder Eliza is spending the month in Germany with Helen, a former exchange student.
Second Friday July 11/Cynthia Kerchner- help needed 3-4 or 3-5
Constitution banquet September 17, citizens of the year nominations /suspend club meeting
Peace pole ideas/ lead- Jim Edwards
100 year anniversary updates Cynthia- 9/27 @ Water’s Edge Silent Auction Baskets needed and $25 gift cards from each Rotary Member requested.
Anything else for the good of the order?
Dr Pansino suggested a booth on 2nd Fridays to sign up for the flags. There is one but the club has to be careful of how fast we grow. The 57 flag routes. Currently 10 boxes have not been picked up. Currently the flag program makes around $40k per year. 1 person sold 10 flags on their route. But help is needed! Brent Price suggested asking area clubs as that is what they do in Wooster.
2nd Fridays Schedule: 5pm Bike Parade, 615 Cheerleaders perform, the Y will be on Main, St Louis Parking Lot will have the Farmer’s Market, Youth Group from St Louis will be there.
Randy! 123k Land Water Grant was approved for the Amphitheater build out!! The club will be working with the City of Louisville on this.

Guest Speaker: Brent Price (Wooster)Youth Exchange Ambassadors: Appreciation on working with Bill and Barb and Denny for taking pictures. The Louisville Rotary is a model for all the other Rotaries for their work with the Exchange and Ambassador programs.

July 16 Chris Kappas Football preview

July 23 James Warnken from A11Y Stark

July 30 District social at Gervasis Vineyards 5-8pm, free admission, No meeting

August 6 business meeting

August 13 Dr Brenda L’Amoreaux

August 20 Alan Harold

August 27 evening meeting Gwen & Kathy tell us what we should know about them

Sept 3 business meeting

Sept 10 Top Flight Pasta

Sept 17 no meeting Constitution banquet at Paradise

Sept 24 evening meeting, Derek Nottingham school treasurer

Sept 27 100 year banquet at Waters Edge

Louisville Rotary Club

Meeting Minutes

July 17, 2025

This week’s Rotary lunch meeting was held at the Louisville Eagles. Newly minted President Jim Dutter called the meeting to order and led the club in prayer, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and Four-Way Test. Guests Jack Boleander – long time banker and Leopards Football fanatic

Happy Dollars Cynthia Kerchner – Thanked everyone for a wonderful Second Fridays event.

Ron Derry – Happy to announce that the Historical Society has started a historical tour with QR codes that detail local history on buildings in Louisville’s Historic corridor.

Denny Valentine – Shared with the club that today would be his mother’s 113th birthday.

Announcements New Members – Rachel Carosello was sworn into the club by Greg Anderson.

Youth Exchange Students – Barb DeJacimo announced that she is still searching for a host family for next school year. Flag Banners – President Dutter announced that the club will be purchasing flag banners for exchange students to take back to their home clubs.

Foundation for Texas Flooding Tragedy – Our Rotary District has established a foundation to help. Our club will give a donation to be determined by the Board. Scooter Israel asked if there would be a way to take up a collection at Second Fridays to help.

The Program:

Louisville Head Football Coach, Chris Kappas was the day’s speaker. Coach Kappas thanked the club for their community support and tries to instill the same community mindset into the students in his football program. Coach Kappas was proud to share some of the team’s recent community involvement and asked that if anyone has a need that the team can fill to let him know. This upcoming season is Coach Kappas’ third year. The team has developed a strong culture around hard work and values that will help the players grow into confident young men and professionals. Coach Kappas is confident in this team’s depth, size and talent. His team has 76 players and a strong pool of underclassmen and eighth graders. He is also proud of their weight training program and the development of the team’s mental fortitude. Finally, Coach Kappas was asked to comment on the potential new league. He believes being in a league is a positive and will allow players to receive various honors and opportunities that they have not been afforded by being an independent program. He also mentioned that playoffs have gone from 16 to 12 teams and that Louisville is now in a different playoff region.

Coming Events:

July 23 James Warnken from A11Y Stark

July 30 District social at Gervasis Vinyards 5-8pm, free admission, No meeting

August 6 business meeting

August 13 Dr Brenda L’Amoreaux

August 20 Alan Harold

August 27 evening meeting TBD & Kathy tell us what we should know about them

Sept 3 business meeting

Sept 10 Top Flight Pasta

Sept 17 no meeting Constitution banquet

Sept 24 evening meeting, Derek Nottingham school treasurer (tentative)

Sept 27 100 year banquet at Waters Edge

July 23rd, no minutes were handed in for Stark Parks speaker James Warnken

July 30th - no meeting this week due to the District Social at Gervasi Restaurant

Louisville Rotary Club

Meeting Minutes

August 6, 2025

This week’s Rotary lunch meeting was held at the Eagles. The majestic President James Dutter called the meeting to order and led the club in prayer, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and Four-Way Test. Guests Barb DeJacimo introduced Serena, our new exchange student from Italy and Riley her host sister. Announcements Barb DeJacimo announced that our Brazilian exchange student is working on her visa and will be staying with the Andersons when she arrives.

Business 1. Financial Reports – President Jim Dutter gave the financial update with balance sheets distributed amongst the rounded tables. Mr. Gyarmati was able unable to attend today. Mrs. Raineri asked if we make money from Second Fridays. President Dutter and the Honorable Barb DeJacimo declared that we actually spend money on Second Fridays. President Dutter waxed poetically about the farmer’s market and elaborated on the ways in which the proceeds are distributed to assist in further developing the market and event.

2. New Members – Applications have been received for Nicole Israel and Shannon Benson. The Board of Rotarian Trustees approved both applications. Shorty Weisel motioned/ Joannie Aljancic seconded a motion to approve Nicole Israel. The motion was approved unanimously. Brock Hutchison motioned/ Donald Marshall seconded a motion to approve Shannon Benson. The motion approved unanimously.

3. Flag Banner Proposal – The noble Dennis Valentine has submitted a proposal for the flag banner.

4. Peace Pole Update – The exalted duo of Shorty Weisel and Jim Edwards have been working on this. President Dutter would like to invest $500 in this project from the project fund. He believes this will pay for three poles. The poles will say, “May Peace on Earth Prevail” in multiple different languages. The Board would like to also include a Rotary emblem on the pole. The Board has approved this request and the vote must now be presented before the membership. President Dutter is still deciding on locations, but expects these poles to land in our parks. Kathy Raineri motioned/ Eva Roshong seconded a motion to approve a not-to exceed amount of $500 for the Peace Pole Project. Discussion – Don Marshall inquired about diverting the funds to the Texas Relief program, instead of the poles. He also asked how the pole idea came to fruition. President Dutter exclaimed that the poles are a Rotary International Project. Denny Valentine informed the Club that there is or was a similar pole at Paradise Church. The motion was approved unanimously.

5. Second Friday Collection for Sister Club in Kerryville, Texas – The Rotary Club will collect donations at Second Fridays. The money will be donated to the Rotary Club in Kerryville, Texas. Volunteers are needed around 3:30pm to set up tents and vendors at the Market. Volunteers are also needed at 10:00pm to help take down tables. We are now trying to find families for the next round and establish a bank of hosts.

6. $100, 100 years, 100% goal for Rotary Foundation – Greg Anderson is the Foundation Chair. His goal is to have 100% of the Rotarians give $100 to the Foundation for the 100 Year Anniversary.

7. Amphitheater – Randy is working on this project. There is a lot of bureaucracy required to administer the grant. The City is working on this project with Randy. President Dutter addressed concerns about the soft-top. He said it is out of the budget to continue with the hard-top. At this point, the project belongs to the City of Louisville.

Adjournment – The meeting was adjourned at 1:02pm.

Coming Events:

August 13 – Dr. Brenda Ramsey L’Amoreaux

August 19 – Grand Opening – LNHS History Trail – Ribbon Cutting – 5:45-6:15p

August 20 – Commissioner Alan Harold

August 27 – Evening Meeting – Rachael and Kathy

September 3 – Business Meeting September 10 – Top Flight Pasta

Submitted by Brock

Rotary Club of Louisvillee

Unite for Good

Date: AUG 13, 2025

Call to order / Prayer

Pledge of Allegiance:

Four way test:

Is it the truth?
If fair to all concerned?
Will it build goodwill and better friendships
Will it be beneficial for all concerned

Lunch

Happy Dollars

Song- Hang on Sloopy by Marc Sigler

Introduction of guests Serena DiPaolo,Dr Brenda L’Amoreaux

Rotoball weekly winner- Pat Fallot

New Business:

Kerrrville Texas / 2nd Friday - amazing reception at 2nd Firday! Were able to raise $500 in donations. Our club will match the donations and the check will be sent to the local Kerrville Rotary so that they may distribute the funds.
100 year banquet reservations - must be paid for on line by Septembe 6th
$100, 100 years, 100% Rotary Foundation goal- all Rotary members are encouraged to help meet this goal

District Learning Assembly Saturday, August 16th

YMCA in Canal Fulton

10 am to 2:30 pm

Jim Dutter cannot attend but encourages anyone that can attend to attend.

Constitution banquet / parade float/ nominations for citizen of the year - will 9/17 please sign up on line on the Costitution Town website

Guest Speaker: Dr Brenda L’Amoreaux:

Brenda is a local Louisville High School Graduate and Ohio State Alumni. Dr L'Amoreaux grew up on a dairy farm in Louisville and worked for a local veterinarian during high school. After graduating OSU, she returned to Louisville to practice Veterinary Medicine. She and another Vet, Dr. Gary Evanich opened West Main Veterinary. Today she is in practice with 2 other veterinarians Dr Hoover and Dr Leatherman. Recently, West Main underwent a remodel and is now expanded to include more examples rooms, a larger reception/waiting, and a fenced private dog park. Brenda is married and has 2 daughters Lindsey and Laura. Lindsey and Laura are both Louisville grads and are currently studying medicine. Brenda still enjoys farming and raises Holsteins. She and her daughters enjoy exhibiting the cattle and have won numerous awards. Brenda is currently a judging team coach and a board member on Louisville Coty School Board. She enjoys serving the community and making a positive impact on students.

Calendar:

August 19 grand opening LNHS History Trail ribbon cutting 5:45-6:15 pm

August 20 Alan Harold

August 27 evening meeting Rachel & Kathy speakers

Sept 3 business meeting

Sept 10 Top Flight Pasta

Sept 17 no meeting Constitution banquet

Sept 24 evening meeting, Derek Nottingham school treasurer

Sent 26 Mac Aljancic & students at flag barn to volunteer

Sept 27 100 year banquet at Waters Edge

Submitted by Cindy

Rotary Club of Louisville

Unite for Good

Date: AUG 20, 2025

Call to order / Prayer

Pledge of Allegiance:

Four way test:

Is it the truth?
If fair to all concerned?
Will it build goodwill and better friendships
Will it be beneficial for all concerned

Lunch

Happy Dollars-Alan Harold:school is back and the house is orderly as teens are in class.

Song- Mark Sigler Your Grand Old Flag

Introduction of guests- Jim Edward's Grandson Charlie Roberts, student at Malone, a former intern of Alan Harold, and current intern with Congressman Rulli.

Rotoball weekly winner- Kathy Rainieri

100 year banquet Cynthia, and a word on reservations- 4 weeks away! Location is Water's Edge. Menu was printed. All reservations must be in by 8th of Sept. 5-6 pm will be the Reception hour 6pm Dinner. Speaker and fellowship to follow dinner. 4 options for dinner available. Great meal in a beautiful location. Cash bar..
$100, 100 years, 100% Rotary Foundation goal- Greg Anderson is out of the country for update
Constitution parade float update- Lisa Lingenhoel and Eva Roshong will be in charge of finding a float. Possible to use the wagon in the barn. The 100th year will be the main theme. Place in Dover rents floats however is quite expensive. The hay wagon may be $1300 we have a $1500 budget.
Citizen of the year nominations- still open. Their service cannot be job related must be community related.
Peace pole update- Jim Edward's friend Richard fell off the golf cart and is on a ventilator. The wording on the poles will be translated in multiple languages. Poles should be done by late November. Jim and Shorty will set the poles in a liquid foam setter. 1 peace pole will be at the Rotary Garden behind the Library. Planting and plaques not done yet. All peace poles will be by the foot trail so people's will be able to walk by it.
Flag Banners-The 25 flag banners for the exchange students have been ordered. The have been paid for by an anonymous donor.
Ads for 100 year book-
October 29th - Chamber/Rotary networking event.

Speaker Alan Harold- Mark Sigler thrilled that Alan Harold is here. Mr Harold grew up in Louisville and is a long time friend of Mark Sigler's son. Thrilled to be back in Louisville. Alan was appointed in September as County Commissioner and had been county auditor 14 years. As the Commissioner he has a responsibility to the 375k residents of Stark county. Commisioner gets to decide how much to spend in each category. He is responsible for the record center (back to 1800s). The commissioners own all county property- vehicles included. The Commissioners are the contracting authority, over see Stark Job and Family Services, sanitary engineering, building department, and human resources. Other Commissioners Richard “route 30’ Regula and Bill Smith work as a team with Mr. Harold. As a Commissioner there are alot of direct responsibilities. County government is the long arm of the state and they have to follow the state law of the letter. The way he, as county commissioners, can make a difference is to find a way to help what is going on with the local community and find ways to get it done. We have alot to be proud of in our county. The Stark Commity Foundation put out a report that states that we are getting older and smaller. We have been relatively steady at 375k for two generations. We need to set conditions for growth and focus on Economic development. It is a long game to create the conditions that will enable that to happen. We look at ways to clean up and attract new business. We are in desperate need of income aligned/affordable housing.That is a barrier to expansion. Stark County did a study on the continum of housing life cycle and the housing market. There is a void of affordable housing. We can't be afraid of having options. #1 other than if ther is available land to develop, is do you have the people that can do the jobs? Currently Stark County is building a new jail on 62. We are going from needing 8 staff to needing 3 staff per unit. 70% of the construction work is going to Stark County contractors. That's something that we “tout” to companies that are looking to come to Stark. We look to capitalize on that. What attracted me most to the job of Commissioner is being able to create and attract opportunities for Stark County residents.

Questions: we have vacant J&L Steel building any plans for it? Answer : we have limited $$s to invest in growth and did a land study and we don't have a lot of room for commercial growth. That site needs a lot of work.

Question: 20 years ago the Commissioners paid $1 for Molly Stark how much will it cost to tear down? Answer: It's going to be 2.4 million and should be down in November. The front part is interesting architecture but the back is very utilitarian 1940s hospital. Molly Stark is full of asbestos and not safe.

Guest Charlie Roberts was an intern with Alan.

Calendar:

August 27 evening meeting Rachel & Kathy speakers

Sept 3 business meeting

Sept 10 Top Flight Pasta

Sept 17 no meeting Constitution banquet

Sept 24 evening meeting, Derek Nottingham school treasurer

Sent 26 Mac Aljancic & students at flag barn to volunteer

Sept 27 100 year banquet at Waters Edge

Submitted By Cindy

Rotary Club of Louisville
Unite for Good
Date: SEPTEMBER 3, 2025

Call to order / Prayer

Pledge of Allegiance:

Four way test:
• Is it the truth?
• If fair to all concerned?
• Will it build goodwill and better friendships
• Will it be beneficial for all concerned

Happy Dollars 1. Cynthia: Next Friday is 2nd Fridays and the Last Farmers Market. We need help to set up tables at 3pm
Song-no song
Introduction of guests: No guests
Rotoball weekly winner- Denny Valentine

New Business:
Financial Report: Some larger expenses this quarter including money outgoing for Banquet. See financial report for numbers.
• Received $250 grant from Rotary Foundation to be used for amphitheater landscaping. We have up to 1 year to spend the funds. Anthony Petitti Organic Greenhouse to do the landscaping.
• Received membership application from Scott Bolster and it was approved by the board and approved by the members present.
• 100 year banquet reservations - must be paid for on line by September 5th- reservations are slow to come in.
• $100, 100 years, 100% Rotary Foundation goal- all Rotary members are encouraged to help meet this goal. Go to Rotary.org to donate to the foundation.
• Constitution banquet- everyone is encouraged to go. The Rotary will be getting 2 tables
• Constitution parade float - there will be no throwing candy this year. Candy must be handed to people. Shorty will get a haywagon. Brock needs help with set up and getting riders for the float
• Speaker committee fourth quarter: Brock and Kathy Raineri
• 1409 flags this year!!
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Calendar:
Sept 10 Top Flight Pasta
Sept 17 no meeting Constitution banquet
Sept 24 evening meeting, Derek Nottingham school treasurer , new member induction
Sent 26 Mac Aljancic & students at flag barn to volunteer
Sept 27 100 year banquet at Waters Edge

Submitted by Cindy Fisher

I did not receive minutes for the Top Flight Pasta program on September 10th. The Sept 17th meeting was the Louisville Constitution Banquet. George Kiko received the Citizen of the year. I did not receive the minutes for the Sept 24th meeting with Derek Nottingham, LHS treasure as the speaker.

The last Garden on the right is the Rotary Garden