Breakfast with the Easter Bunny and the Byesville Rotary

Pictured: Richard Dair, head chef, Chuck Fair, assistant, Phyliss Jeffries, assistant.

More pictures.

Reminders:

• Remember to come to the Easter Bunny Breakfast.
• Readings for next meeting: April Rotarian: Professionals Courtesies, pp. 23-25 (includes Really Good Business Etiquette).

Members of the Byesville Rotary finalized plans for their “Breakfast with the Bunny” fundraiser. Members were asked to let people know that everyone is welcome to meet the Easter Bunny at “Breakfast with the Bunny” on Saturday, April 11, at the Stop Nine Senior Center on Southgate Road in Byesville. Breakfast will be served from 8:00am-11:00am.

Richard Dair, a Rotary member, is head chef for this event. He and his assistants will be cooking up a delicious breakfast of hot pancakes, sausage, and eggs served with juice and coffee. The breakfast is $5. Children under 5 eat for free.

A big Easter bunny named Harvey will be at the breakfast. The bunny is looking forward to meeting lots of kids and having his picture taken with each child attending the breakfast. The pictures are free. Photos will be taken by Allie Beros.

Children will get an Easter egg filled with treats from the bunny.

The organizing committee reported that local businesses have been generous in providing support for this event. Bob Evans, Byesville McDonalds, Riesbeck’s Food Markets, Broughton Food, Speedy Print, Byesville Furniture, Whistle Stop, Stop Nine Church, and Cracker Barrel have donated supplies and the location. Moore Brothers, WP Brown, Timco, J+N Electrical, Roffee Hobby Shop, David R. Hill Inc., Byesville Pharmacy, RoMar LLC, Black Epperson Funeral Home, Mattmark Property Co, People’s Bank, US Bank, and WalMart, made cash donations.

Funds raised by the breakfast will be used by the Byesville Rotary to support local Rotary projects which include providing dictionaries to Rolling Hills School District 3rd graders, awarding scholarships to encourage local students to attend college, and providing Christmas food baskets.

For more information about the breakfast or to make a donation to this fundraiser, call Christina Morris at 740-432-1377.

The club’s next meeting will be April 14, at the Rolling Hills Schools Administration Building. Anyone interested in learning more about the Byesville Rotary can call Membership Chairs Marty Patchen, 740-685-3828, or Larry Miller, 740-439-2767.

Byesville Rotary Learns About MRDD’s Response to Budget Challenges

Pictured: Phyliss Jeffries, Byesville Rotary President-elect, Stephanie Neuhart, MRDD.

Reminders:

• Bring meat to next meeting.
  Readings for April 7—April Rotarian, “Presidents Message,” p. 1 and “E-mail: Boon or Bane?” p. 27-28.

Stephanie Neuhart was guest speaker at the weekly meeting of the Byesville Rotary. She presented MRDD’s plan for meeting their budget challenges in the coming year.

She explained that MRDD revenues come from three sources-- local monies (tax levies), state and federal monies. Less than half of the monies (48% ) needed to provide services come from state and federal sources. The rest comes from local monies (39%) and 13% comes from various such as grants. Local support is a significant part of the MRDD budget.

The current economic crisis in the state and national poses long-term challenges for MRDD. The MRDD had chosen to be proactive in facing these challenges and work to insure that local monies are used as effectively and efficiently as possible in the coming year. They are enrolling more of their clients on Medicaid waivers. This action saves MRDD 60% of the cost of Medicaid services. Staff at MRDD is actively identifying federal, state and local grants with the goal of defraying maintenance and/or repair costs.

In other business—plans for the Breakfast with the Bunny fundraiser which will be held on April 11, 8-11:00am at the Stop Nine Senior Activity Center in Byesville were finalized. Registrations for the Health Fair Screening on April 24 are going well. Club members were asked to sign up to work on the chicken BBQ scheduled for April 25 in Byesville. Monies from these fundraisers will be used to support local service projects.

The club’s next meeting will be April 7, at the Rolling Hills Schools Administration Building. Anyone interested in learning more about the Byesville Rotary can call Membership Chairs Marty Patchen, 740-685-3828, or Larry Miller, 740-439-2767.

Byesville Rotary Learns about Services for Autistic Children

Pictured: Mary Ann Hooper, founder of PATH, Jenny Brandt, MRDD, Tanya Hitchens, Speaker Chair, Phyliss Jeffries, Byesville Rotary President-elect.

Read the March newsletter for next meeting.

New activities on the calendar:

• April 11, 8-11am--Breakfast and pictures with the Easter Bunny at the Stop Nine Senior Center.
• April 24, 7-9am, 8th Annual Health Screen in co-operation with Southeastern Med at Main Avenue United Methodist Church activity building.
• April 25, 7am--?, 1st chicken BBQ of the year.

Mary Ann Hooper, founder of PATH, a local support group for parents of autistic children, and Jenny Brandt from the MRDD discussed autism and the needs of autistic children with the Byesville Rotary. Autism is the best known of about 5 disorders that are clustered under the heading Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD). These disorders include Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, and the relatively rare Childhood Disintegrative Disorder and Rett’s Syndrome.

Children and adults with autistic or Asperger behaviors have difficultly with socialization and developing relationships with others, problems with communication, and do not develop normal behavior and play skills on their own. Minor irritations of daily life that most people would be able to ignore--like perfumes or scratchy clothing labels--can become major challenges for an autistic child.

Autism usually shows up by age 3. Diagnosis and intervention has proven effective in helping a child suffering from autism or Asperger to develop effective coping and living skills. Beginning intervention as soon as possible is best.

Autism occurs in about 1 of every 150 children born. Boys are four times more likely to be autistic than girls. Services to help autistic children and their families are hard to find in this area. For more information and support, contact May Ann Hooper at 740-439-3768 or autismgc@yahoo.com.

In other business, the club is planning an Easter Bunny Breakfast on Saturday, April 11, 8:00-11:00am, at the Stop Nine Senior Center. The breakfast is $5.00. Kids under 5 eat free. The Easter Bunny has agreed to attend the breakfast and pose with children for pictures. The club is providing a photographer and the pictures for free.

The Byesville Rotary and Southeastern Med are working together to sponsor a Health Fair on Friday, April 24. On Saturday, April 25, the club will be holding their first chicken BBQ of the year. Look for club members selling chickens at the Byesville gazebo in Byesville.

The club’s next meeting will be March 31, 7:30am, at the Rolling Hills Schools Administration Building. Anyone interested in learning more about the Byesville Rotary can call Membership Chairs Marty Patchen, 740-685-3828, or Larry Miller, 740-439-2767.

MR/DD Habilitation Center and Guernsey Industries Topics at Byesville Rotary

Pictured: Rotary President, Christina Morris, Karrie Laferre and Pat Reineccius—MR/DD staff, Tanya Hitchens, Speaker Chair for March

Reminder: Wear something green for the next meeting.

Readings for next meeting: The Rotary newsletter. Between the readings and the green, we will all probably be broke.

Pat Reineccius and Karrie Lafferre informed Byesville Rotary members how to obtain MR/DD services.

One type of service to both the community and to people with disabilities is provided by Guernsey Industries. Guernsey Industries works with local companies to custom tailor services to provide job opportunities for people with disabilities. Subcontracts with local business have provided for various packaging needs and the assembly of products such as screens for window frames, boxes/inserts for packing candles, and rake handles. Specialty items produced by Guernsey Industries include picnic tables, swings and benches.

Results of partnerships between local business and Guernsey Industries are two-fold. Local companies get a subcontract custom-tailored for their needs, and local people with disabilities get to develop work and life skills as well as become involved in community activities. Currently, about 125 people work at the sheltered workshop.

A second service provided by the MR/DD is the Habilitation Center. The staff at the Center works with adults with disabilities to develop individualized program that will encourage each person to experience a successful and fulfilling life.

Services provided at the Center include supervised Day Programming, training goals in social skills, communication, and hygiene, and daily activities such as gym and outdoor activities, group discussions of current affairs cultural diversity experiences, bell choir, and craft activities. Participants may also choose to have a hot lunch or work part of the day.

After hours activities can include field trips such as dinner and a movie or quarterly meetings to make seasonal crafts.

More information about these services is available at the Guernsey County Board of MR/DD, 740-439-4451.

Byesville Rotary’s next meeting will be March 17 at 7:30am, at the Rolling Hills Schools Administration Building. Anyone interested in learning more about the Byesville Rotary can call Membership Chairs Marty Patchen, 740-685-3828, or Larry Miller, 740-439-2767.
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Reminder for March 10th meeting

Donations for the Wright-Patterson's Fisher House (the on-base version of the Ronald McDonald House for military families) are needed by the March 10th meeting. Recommended donations include:

Paper and plastic products

• Kleenex/Puffs--small boxes
• Paper towels
• Toilet paper
• Paper/plastic plates and bowels
• Plastic or styrofoam cups
• Plastic bast (sandwich, quart, gallon sizes)
• Four gallon trash bags
• Trash/garbage bags

Personal items:

• Disposable razors
• Bar soap
• Band Aids--regular and latex free
• Travel sizes of -- shampoo, conditioner, hairspray, toothpaste, mouthwash, shaving cream
• Small bottles of hand sanitizer

Misc:

• Individually packaged food items (cookies, pretzels, chip, crackers,, etc.)
• Cases of individual bottles of water
• Coffee creamer, sugar, sweetener
• Laundry detergent
• Phone cards
• Stamps
• Boxes of note cards and thank you cards
• Current DVD's and children's DVD's
• Crossword puzzle books
• Soduku puzzle books
• Bond paper for printers

Byesville Rotary Interact Club Inducts New Members

Readings for next meeting: Rotarian, Feb 2009--"The Moveable Feast," p. 57-59, and "An Education in Illiteracy," p. 63-64.

Top picture: Interact members receiving Distinguished Service Citations.
Bottom picture: Newly inducted members of the Meadowbrook Interact Club.

The Meadowbrook Interact Club sponsored by the Byesville Rotary inducted 22 new members on Tuesday. New members are Mara Cain, Kelly Delancey, Brittney Doty, Ali Feyko, Mekenzi Gray, Sarah Hull, Matt Kennedy, Nathan Kennedy, Brennan Lehotay, Taylor Lehotay, Shayla Mallett, Kelsi Moore, Andrew Nichols, Greg Riggs, Kirstin Roe, Steven Rose, Maeve Scott, Levi Snyder, T’Neill Treherne, Teiah Watson, Jared Williams, and Nick Yakubik.

Meadowbrook students interested in joining Interact should contact Pres. Jaclyn Woodby, V. Pres. Carlo Rodiquez, or Ryan White, Meadowbrook Counselor.

Interact Clubs are Rotary’s international service clubs for young people ages 14-18. These clubs are a good opportunity for students to get involved in community service and to get acquainted with local business and community leaders.

Each club is responsible for at least two service projects per year. This year the Meadowbrook Interact Club service projects were---

Ryan White, Interact Director, also awarded Distinguished Service Citations to club members for their enthusiasm, willingness to work on club projects and dependability. Citations were awarded to Kody Gann, Jamie Hopps, Laura Janosko, Emily Jirles, Katherine Jirles, Matt Kennedy, Margarita Loy, Candace Neff, Greg Riggs, Carlos Rodriguez, Lindsay Roe, Britinai Smith, Leighanna Stone, T’Neill Treherne, Breann Voytko, Julie Williams, and Jaclyn Woodby.

The next meeting of the Byesville Rotary will be March 3, at the Rolling Hills Schools Administration Building. Anyone interested in learning more about the Byesville Rotary can call Membership Chairs Marty Patchen, 740-685-3828, or Larry Miller, 740-439-2767.

Byesville Rotary Learns about Southeastern Med’s Sports Medicine and Rehab Services

Next meeting will be at the Rilling Hills High School Library. The program will be induction of new Interact members.
No reading assignment.

At this week's meeting, Joe Ogle, physical therapist from Southeastern Med’s Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Services, described the variety of services available at the facility. Joe stated that his goal as a physical therapist is rehabilitation. “I hope not to see my patients again,” he said.

One of his special interests is industrial medicine. He visits local industries and works to “Stop the Bleeding” which means he works to prevent injuries to workers that can cost both the business and the worker money and time lost from the job.

The rehab facility offers services to all age groups. Therapists help children with developmental delays and work with young athletes to enhance performance. Athletic training services are provided to Cambridge, Meadowbrook and John Glen. The facility also offers the PEP--Performance Enhancement Program which is designed to help local athletes improve performance through the use of plyometrics and agility training.

The facility offers programs to treat dizziness, to reduce lymphedema, and provides programs to help diabetics patients improve their nutrition and develop and individualized exercise programs. For discharged PT patients, the facility offers the PLUS Program which helps former patients continue with their exercise programs and remain healthy.

In other business, Byesville Rotary members were informed that the deadline for donations to the Wright-Patterson Fisher House is March 11. The Fisher House is an on-base version of the Ronald McDonald Houses which provides housing for military families while a family member is hospitalization at a military hospital. For more information about this program and Fisher House needs, call Oziel Jeffries, 740-638-2290.

Applications for Byesville Rotary Scholarships are now available to students at Rolling Hills High School and the Mid-East Career and Tech Center Buffalo Campus.

The club’s next meeting will be at February 24 at 7:30 a.m. at the Rolling Hills High School Library. Anyone interested in learning more about the Byesville Rotary can call Membership Chairs Marty Patchen, 740-685-3828, or Larry Miller, 740-439-2767.

Pictured: Christina Morris, Byesville Rotary President, Joe Ogle, guest speaker, Randy Launder, Speaker Chair.