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September 16, 2020 Virtual Club Meeting

By Thursday, September 17, 2020
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President Jim Miller opened the lunch meeting at 12:03 PM. Al Woo gave the invocation and led the Pledge of Allegiance. 

President-Elect Steve Payerle then called for any “Happy Dollar” announcements:
  • President Jim Miller was happy that OSU will be playing football and “threw in” $2.00.
  • Jerry Katz is happy that he and his wife are celebrating 58 years of marriage today.
  • Roe Mauro was happy that the ladies of our rotary club will be meeting tonight at Cap City Diner in Dublin. Yes- in person!
  • Wynn Wiksell was happy that member George Norris had a successful knee replacement yesterday and was recovering at home.
  • John Butterfield was happy that his oldest grandson, a senior at Thomas Worthington High School, placed 1st and 3rd at his first 2 cross country meets.  In addition, school superintendent and club member, Trent Bowers, recorded a video of his grandson at a meet to post on his Facebook page as well as sent him a handwritten letter of congratulations.
  • Pete Barnhart was happy to announce that his granddaughter, a high school junior in Grove City, was awarded a full scholarship to Towson University in Maryland for volleyball.
  • Mike Moulton was happy that he was able to replace a wireless router yesterday that he recently lost.
President Jim Miller then called for announcements:
  • Jerry Katz announced that the Community Service Committee will be meeting tomorrow, Thursday the 17th, at 3:30 PM via Zoom.
  • President-Elect Steve Payerle reminded everyone that the Bill Shantz Memorial Golf Outing is coming up on Tuesday, September 22, at Safari Golf Course in Powell. A few members are looking for more participants to complete their team. Please contact Steve or Alan Grossman if you would like to play or get involved in other ways.  For more info: https://www.powellchamber.com/events/details/the-bill-shantz-memorial-golf-outing-4841.
  • Steve also announced that the board will be meeting tomorrow, September 17, and a major topic of discussion will be the viability of in-person meetings.
Dave Hansen then introduced today’s speaker, soil scientist Rattan Lal, a professor at The Ohio State University in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. He is the recipient of this year’s World Food Prize for his work in increasing the global food supply through soil improvement.  His work with small farmers over the course of five decades has resulted in reduced hunger by restoring degraded soil and reducing global warming.  The goal is to be able to produce more from less- less land, less labor, less fertilizers and pesticides, and less water. We don’t need more land in order to meet demand.  Utilizing no-till practices, carbon-based fertilizer, and retaining crop residue are ways in which we can improve our soil while protecting the land to be preserved for nature. If we can better manage our land to protect it from global warming, we can create global peace and security.  He is seeing a lot of government support for this type of farming around the world and is confident that change will happen.  There are so many benefits to local farmers including less labor, less equipment and less fertilizer which translate to more money and an increase in yield over time.  We need pro-farmer rewards and policies for success worldwide.



President Jim Miller brought our meeting to a close at 12:57 PM with the recitation of the Four Way Test.

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