Byesville Rotary looks forward to spring

Readings for next meeting:

• February Rotarian, "President's Message," p. 1, and "Living with land mines." p. 30.

Members interested in helping with the Rotary Gazebo landscaping project should contact Grizz Smith.

Members interested in working on the high school student 4-Way Test Speech Contest should contact Sharon Miller.

The club will be staffing a booth at the Community Resource Day on Thursday, Feb. 7, 3:00-7:00pm, at the Armory. Joe Waske is organizing this. If you would like to work a shift at the booth, contact him.

Byesville Rotarians began discussing spring projects. Club members will be staffing a booth at the Community Resource Day on Thursday, February 17. Everyone interested in knowing more about the Byesville Rotary and club projects is invited to stop by and talk to a current member.

Joe “Grizz” Smith has organized a committee to work on improving the area around the Rotary Gazebo in Byesville. Committee members include Joe Waske, Jim Vaughan, and Shana Fair. The group plans to upgrade plantings around the gazebo. They are planning to add color and to focus on using native, Ohio plants.

The club is sponsoring a Four-Way Test Way Speech Contest. The student winning the Byesville contest will also serve as the club’s representative at the Rotary District Contest on April 16. Prizes for the District Contest are: first place--$1000, second place--$750, and third place--$500. The Byesville club is currently discussing the prizes they will offer.

The Byesville Rotary invites any Meadowbrook High sShool student interested in competing to contact Sharon Miller, Four-Way Test Speech Contest chairperson, 740-685-6513.

Students must write and present a 5-7 minute speech examining how the Rotary Four-Way Test applies to every day relationships in the life of a student.


Rotary encourages everyone to use high ethical standard in their business and home lives. The Four-Way Test is a 24 word measuring stick that can be used as a guide for right thinking and ethical behavior.

The Four-Way Test is: “Of the things we think, say or do—

1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it BUILD GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?”
   

The winner of the Byesville Rotary Speech contest will compete in the District contest and present his/her speech at the Byesville business meeting in May.

The club’s next meeting will be 7:30 am, January 25, 2011, at the Stop Nine Senior Center at 60313 (GPS use 60299) Southgate Road, Byesville. Anyone interested in learning more about the Byesville Rotary can call Membership Chairs Marty Patchen, 740-685-3828, or Larry Miller, 740-439-2767.