Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary continues “full speed ahead” toward the big fall event, the Reverse Raffle and Silent Auction coming up at Sugar Bush Golf Club in November. Sponsors and donors are still welcome; attendees from across the community can begin lining up their tickets now. See any Rotary member. It’s an enjoyable evening with friends, old and new, and great food. Don’t miss it.
Items of business included Lisa Muldowney’s announcement that the Dictionary Project books are in. They will each be outfitted with a sticker outlining the Four-Way Test and giving the name of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club as the dictionary sponsor. They will be distributed, classroom by classroom, to third graders at Garfield Elementary School as soon as they get their stickers.
The last home soccer game of the season will be on Tuesday; it’s Senior Night and the local Rotary Student Exchange guy in residence, “Zad”, has been part of the team since his arrival, making some major contributions.
The program for the meeting came from member Tanay Hill, of Huntington Bank, who started off with a clever quiz, designed to encourage focused observation by bank personnel and others who might be at the scene of an untoward event at a bank…or anywhere. Observation works to protect customers as well as bank employees when situations are out of the ordinary and may need investigation.
Ms Hill has one daughter and graduated from Youngstown State University in 2003 with a degree in accounting; her scholarship from Sky Bank led to her employment there and when Sky Bank became part of Huntington, there she was. She started in Warren, has risen through the ranks and has spent 9 years in management. She is a past president of Business Network International, is involved in Junior Achievement and heads up a team of eight—with many years of experience– at the Garrettsville branch of Huntington Bank. Her special field of expertise is in business development, which fits well with Huntington’s recognition as a #1 Small Business Administration lender. Her branch has been a proud supporter of the Friends of Melana organization and is becoming more involved with the Garrettsville Chamber of Commerce. She asks the right questions and gets good answers
The welcomed guest for lunch was Josh Prest, a regional representative for the state treasurer’s office. His contribution to discussion was to mention that the Youngstown Business Incubator has recently been ranked #1 in the world. Rising from the ashes is good for the region and good for the state treasurer’s office
