Byesville Rotary awards 2018 scholarships

 Pictured: Byesville Rotary 2018 Scholarship awards: Olivia Yerian, Olivia Simon, and Brook Clendenning; Jim Bakos, Scholarship Chair.

Pictured: Byesville Rotary 2018: Cassie Edwards and Jim Bakos, Scholarship Chair.

Golf tournament raises near record for scholarships

Pictured: Matt Miller, Tracey Singleton, Chris Miller—winners of the 32ed Annual Byesville Rotary Scholarship Golf Tournament and Larry Miller, tournament organizer.

Golf tournament raises near record for scholarships

Larry Miller, chair of the Byesville Rotary Scholarship Golf Tournament, reported that the club’s 2018 scholarship golf tournament held on May 6 at the Cambridge Country club netted $3500 to support scholarships for seniors graduating from Meadowbrook. He said that participation by players and sponsors was greater this year than in 2017. Twenty-five teams participated in the tournament and 35 local businesses and organizations supported the tournament.

Miller reported that the winners of the tournament were Matt Miller, Tracey Singleton, and Chris Miller.

Jim Bakos, Chair of the Scholarship Committee, thanked the club members who served on the committee. The committee evaluated 15 student scholarship applications and decided to interview 6 students. Four scholarships will be awarded by President Rhonda Stemmer at the Meadowbrook Award Dinner.

Melinda Yerian updated the club about plans for a “Pints for Polio” event to be held Wednesday, June 6, at the Wagon Wheel Bar and Grill in Buffalo. Yerian explained that this event will be a “party with a purpose.” The club and the Wagon Wheel will be raising funds to support the eradication of polio. Polio will be the second disease after smallpox to be eliminated. 

Yerian explained that for a $5 donation, attendees will receive an exclusive Pints for Polio mug which The Wagon Wheel is going to fill with a beverage for free. You get to fill the mug with the drink of your choice—tea, colas, beer. You will pay for each refill and the Wagon Wheel will donate another $1 to Polio eradication. For every dollar that Rotary raises for Polio the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will match that donation 2 to 1. That $5 donation for the mug is now worth $15 to help eradicate Polio!

Club members will be selling 50/50 tickets and having Purple Pinky! What is Purple Pinky? Come and see us on June 6th and find out. There will also be corn hole out on the patio. Bring the whole family for a fun time.

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