March 7, 2018 Member Assignments

Greeters

Please Arrive by 11:50 a.m.

3/14 – Marilyn Pape & Mike Bollas

3/21 – Joe Morgan & Cindy Matheson

3/28 – Dan Rowland & Ray Sinchack

Mobile Meals

3/16 – Genevieve Bauman & Joe Morgan

3/23 – Don Powers & Don Moore

3/30 – Bob Sauer & Jim Jastatt

Fellowship 2.0

3/14 – Dan Rowland

3/21 – Dave Smith

3/28 – Chris Shape

Invocation

3/14 – Frank Bodor

3/21 – Dave Jenkins

3/28 – Denise May

Magazine Report

March, 2018 – Mike Morales

April, 2018 – Venita Collins

ROTARY NOTES A publication of the Rotary Club of Warren

Upcoming

Speakers

March 14 Molly Toth –

YWCA of Warren

March 21 Patrick

Dochenetz – Trumbull County

Courthouse Carillon Bells

Project

March 28

Senator Joe Schiavone – Protecting

Wage & Collective

Bargaining Rights

April 5 Guy Coviello – Youngstown-

Warren Regional

Chamber of Commerce

The Rotary Club of Warren

was pleased to welcome

Marion Gilmer Kroehle (AKA

Diane Sauer) as a part of

Fellowship 2.0 on March 7,

1969. Many of you may

know her husband, Ralph

Kroehle, the President of

Peerless Electric.

Marion was born on

September 17, 1897 in

Warren, Ohio and lived in

her childhood home on

Mahoning Avenue. She

attended the Bennett School

in New York, graduating in

1917. Two years later, she

married Ralph, and they had

three children: a daughter,

Mrs. Margaret Dennison, who

was a former Trumbull County Commissioner amd state legislator, and

two sons, David and Hugh.

Marion has always been a devoted patron of the arts, and her

interests include the Warren Chamber Orchestra, Trumbull New

Theatre, and Trumbull Art Guild. She donated her childhood home,

known as the Gilmer House, to the Trumbull Art Guild, and Mrs.

Dean Spithaler, the President, received the keys. She not only

wanted to help the arts in the community; she wanted the house to

be preserved, which the Trumbull Art Guild promised to do. It is

Italian Pallazzo in design and had the first plate glass windows used

in Trumbull County. It is Marion’s hope that the children who come

to TAG for art lessons will develop a keen interest in the history of

Warren.

Memberships are available to TAG, ranging in amounts from $12 to

Rotary

Motto

Service Above Self

4-Way

Test

Of the things we think, say

or do:

Is it the truth?

Is it fair to all concerned?

Will it build goodwill and

better friendship?

Will it be

beneficial to all concerned?

Avenues

of Service

Club Service

Vocational Service

Community

Service

International Service

Youth Service

$120. A TAG fund drive continues to thrive and raise funds

to refurbish the home.

Marion Gilmer Kroehle passed away in 1986, and her children

wanted material tributes to take the form of contributions to

Hospice of Trumbull County or the Trumbull Art Guild.

pictures of items d The Rotary Club of Warren has undertaken several projects

Museum. An e-bo and held activities throughout the year to celebrate its Centennial.

One of the remaining projects is “Plant a Tree”, spearheaded by

Bob Hoy. In honor of the Rotary colors of blue and gold, we will

Warren, such be planting Colorado Blue Spruce trees. The date of the project

will be determined in the near future, but Earth Day is the target.

Volunteers are needed. If you are interested in helping out, a

meeting has been scheduled right after our weekly Club meeting on

March 14th.

Our Club has also agreed to be part of the funding for the

restoration of the fountain on Courthouse Square. Updated

construction costs are estimated to be approximately $80,000,

although the project is still being fine-tuned. The City of Warren

will be providing in-kind support.

WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS

UPCOMING MEETING – The Rotary Club of Warren Board of

Directors will meet at Café 422 on Thursday, March 15th. Fellowship

will begin at 5:30 p.m. Our host for the evening will be Nick Verina.

The meeting will follow promptly at 6:00 p.m. Directors are asked to

RSVP and forward reports to Judy Masaki.

DISTRICT CONFERENCE – Mark your calendars and plan to attend

The District 6650 Conference at Avalon Inn on May 10th and May

11th.

THANK YOU – to the set up and tear down committee that gets us

ready for our meetings every week!

Areas of

Focus

Promoting

Peace

Fighting Disease

Providing Clean

Water

Saving Mothers & Children

Supporting Education

Growing Local

Economies

Club Officers President

Andy Bednar

President Elect Venita Collins

Vice-President

Teri Surin

Secretary Judy Masaki

Treasurer

Cheryl Oblinger

Past President Julia Wetstein

Board Members Ginny Bond

Christine Cope Tony Iannucci

Dominic Mararri Ted Stazak

Kim Straniak Nick Verina

COMMUNITY STARS BANQUET – Venita Collins will be picking up the

tickets for all those who pre-registered to attend the Community Stars

Banquet, where our own Andy Bednar will be among those being

honored. You may still purchase tickets directly from the Tribune

Chronicle through Monday, March 12th, but you will need to pick them

up yourself after 5:00 p.m.. The cost of tickets is $20 per person.

VISITING ROTARIANS & GUESTS – At our March 7th meeting, Rob

Berk introduced Bob Petty, manager of Frank Sinatra

(AKA Bo Wagner), who sand at our Slice of the Valley Pizza Challenge.

Dominic Mararri’s guest was his friend, Cindy, Owner of Amdecon, a

Bio hazard clean-up company.

THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC AND MEDICAL MARIJUANA

Tony Coder is a part of

the Ohio Association of

County Behavioral Health

Authorities, and he has also

worked at the Drug Free

Action Alliance, where he was

the Policy Director for

behavioral health issues. He

was appointed to the Ohio

Medical Marijuana Committee

in 2016 by Governor John

Kasich. In 2015, Mr. Coder

led the grassroots

organizational efforts

against the marijuana

legalization initiative in Ohio,

which was soundly defeated

by a 64 – 36 margin.

Previously, he worked as the

Project Director for Ohio’s

First Lady Hope Taft on drug

prevention issues and also served as the Legislative Director of the Ohio

Department of Job and Family Services, where he was the chief lobbyist

for the agency under Governor Ted Strickland. Mr. Coder is the main

liason to SAM’s more than three-dozen affiliates and the central

contact for all state and local campaigns related to marijuana policy.

He presented an update regarding drug use in the Buckeye State, as

Rotary Club

Foundation

Board

President

Chris Shape

Vice-President Diane Sauer

Secretary

Judy Masaki

Treasurer Cheryl Oblinger

Andy Bednar

Jim Ditch Cindy Matheson

Teri Surin

Contact us at: Rotary Club of

Warren P.O. Box 68 Warren, OH

44482

Our Website: Warrenrotary.org

If you have any

questions or

suggestions

about our

newsletter, or

if you would

like to become

a sponsor,

Please contact:

Judy Masaki

well as information about Medical Marijuana laws, to our Club members. Mr. Coder reported that there were a record 4,050 overdose deaths in Ohio during 2016, the second highest in the nation behind

West Virginia. 38% were attributed to fentanyl, a powerful opiate

being mixed with other drugs, including cocaine and marijuana.

As a result, cocaine elated deaths have increased by 64%.

carfentanyl, an analog of fentanyl which is 100 times as potent as

fentanyl and 5,000 times as potent as heroin, is incredibly cheap.

It It is also dangerous for law enforcement, because it can get on

their their skin, causing overdose. These numbers are amazing,

considering, in comparison, deaths related to the following:

the entire Vietnam War - 58,000; car accidents – 55,000; HIV -

43,000.

So, why aren’t we winning the battle against drugs? Mr. Coder

believes we are focusing on the wrong thing. Individuals go from

drug to drug – meth, ecstasy, prescription drugs, oxycontin, heroin,

cocaine. Every time we shut off the supply, those with addictions

go to another source. Instead, we need to look at why people are

using in t using in the first place! This is especially important since research

has has shown that if an individual uses drugs before the age of 15, the

chance of developing an addiction increase threefold. We need

prevention and education.

On September 8, 2016, the governor signed a bill legalizing

medical marijuana, and it will become fully operational in Ohio on

September 8, 2018. It is a seed to sale system, where each plant

will have a bar code in order to stop illegal action. Individuals will

registry need to have a registry identification card in order to obtain

medical marijuana and must be 18 years of age or older. Minors

will need a parent signed form.

Medical marijuana will not be smoked. It will be in an edible

oil form or a dried plant form which can be vaped. No drive-

through suppliers will be available. Physicians will be required to

obtain continuing education in order to recommend, and they cannot

recommend for themselves. The Board of Pharmacy is required to

put a program in place to allow veterans and indigents to obtain

medical marijuana at reduced prices. Suppliers must not be within 500 feet

of a church, school, or library, and half of them have to go to

businesses which serve ethnic and minority individuals. Local

communities can ban medical marijuana businesses, and there will be

no home growth.

Ohio’s program will be regulated by the Department of Commerce

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which will manage the growers, the Board of Pharmacy which will manage

dispel dispensaries, and the Medical Board which will manage physicians. There will be 12 large scale growers and 12 smaller grow houses. All cultivators must use enclosed warehouses, no fields. Incidentally, it

costs about $30,000 per month for the electricity required to run a

grow house! There will be 60 dispensaries in Ohio, five in NE Ohio.

There will be a $50 annual fee for patients.

AIDS, Alzheimers, Lou Gehrig Disease, and seizure disorders are

among the illnesses for which medical marijuana may be recommended.

However, the number one reason for use is pain. The vaped form is up

to 35% THC, while the edible form is up to 70% THC. There is a higher

risk of psychosis with edibles, especially in young people, and it takes 30

to 45 minutes to go through the digestive system. Thus, parents really

ne need to be educated about the side effects. There has been a 400%

increase in ER visits in Colorado due to difficulties managing the use of

medical marijuana in children, and the long term physical impacts are

unknown. A study completed by Northwestern University indicated short

term memory problems, especially in teens, due to brain development.

TRIPLE JACKPOT

This week, the Grand Jackpot totaled $37.

Congratulations to our Daily Winners at Dan Rowland’s table!

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HAPPY BUCKS

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*** The members at Dan Rowland’s table were happy! What has

happened to the rest of our happy Rotarians??

To be wronged is nothing

unless you continue to

remember it.

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