CYNDI KANE
Member, Akron Rotary Club and
A.M. Akron Toastmaster Club
Cyndi has run a successful real estate business for the past 18 years. She has been very active in her REALTOR Association at the State and Local Levels. She is a Past President of the Akron Area Board of REALTORS. She has served on numerous committees and task forces over the years including Co-Chairing the Committee charged with the merger of the Akron and Cleveland REALTOR Associations, now the Akron Cleveland Association of REALTORS, where she currently serves on the Grievance Division and on the RPAC Trustees. On the State Level, She is currently the Chair of the RPAC Trustees, Vice Chair of the Legislative Steering Committee and Serves as the State Political Coordinator for Senator Roegner. She holds many REALTOR Designations and Certifications from the National Association of REALTORS. Prior to Real Estate, she was a Licensed Optician for 16 years.
Cyndi has been a Rotarian for about 3 years. She has volunteered on a regular basis for many organizations over the years and especially enjoys working on Service Projects.
Cyndi has been a Toastmaster since 2008. She is both an Advanced Leader and Advanced Communicator, having served as President of the Club in 2013.
Cyndi lives in Cuyahoga Falls with her husband of 28 years, Michael.
Michael Gallucci was inducted on January 12, 2021. His sponsor is Dan Reynolds.
Michael has been a member of the Rotary Camp Board of Trustees for approximately 8 years and became the President of the Board on January 1, 2021.
Reynolds shared, “he is very dedicated to the camp and is a fantastic leader in our community. He sees the big picture and has the unique ability to work with anyone to accomplish a goal.”
Michael is the Executive Vice President of RDA Hotel Management Company and President of the Cornerstone Management Company, which over the past 32 years has owned and operated seventeen hotels/restaurants and offers hotel consulting services. He graduated from Bowling Green State University and Cleveland Marshall College of Law and has been a licensed attorney since 1980.
He also serves on the boards of Akron General Health System and is a Trustee of the Esther Lewis Warburton Foundation.
He and his wife Grace enjoy traveling and spending time with family.
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Condolences
Akron member John A. Mogen passed away on January 11, 2021. He was born in Owatonna, Minnesota. He received a bachelor’s degree in architecture and a Master’s degree in public administration from the University of Minnesota. He then worked for two years for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development in Chicago and then another two years with the Cornell University/Ford Foundation consortium in Santiago, Chile.
John moved to Akron in 1969 and worked for Forest City/Dillon as a development manager. In 1976, he became a licensed real estate broker and later became a partner in the Spalding/Mogen Real Estate Company. He formed Mogen Real Estate in 1989.
John joined Akron Rotary in January, 1979. He was a very active member and always involved at the Rotary Camp and all of our other service projects. He served in many capacities including as a member of the Akron Rotary Foundation Board.
Outside of Rotary, John was a true community leader serving on many boards including Akron General Partners, the Akron Chapter of the American Red Cross, United Disability Service, Greater Akron Music Association, Sumner on Merriman and Summit County’s Social Services Advisory Board and the Akron Symphony Foundation. He was a member of the Commerce Club and a past president of that organization. He was a long-time member of the Akron Board of Realtors and was selected as the commercial/industrial realtor of the year. Read the full obituary by clicking here
In his leisure time, John enjoyed travelling (he had visited every nation in South America), playing tennis and an occasional round of golf.
John is survived by his wife of 51 years, Kristine (Tina); sons Nicholas (Bronwyn) and Alexander (Emily); four granddaughters and one great grandson. He is also survived by siblings Kay (Howard) Anderson, Karen (Jerry) Ingvaldson, Lucy (William) Monahan and James (Monica); and his step-mother Ruth.
There will be no calling hours and no service at this time. A Celebration of Life will take place at a later date.
If you wish, please make a donation in John’s name to the Akron Rotary Camp, 4460 Rex Lake Dr., Akron, OH 44319.
Tim Miller, husband of Rotarian Katy Miller is a small business owner and 35-year member of NFIB. Tim has been appointed to a seat on the Ohio Board of Education by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine. Mr. Miller has been extremely active with NFIB in his local Area Action Council in Akron and also the statewide Leadership Council for the organization.
The State Board of Education consists of 19 members, 11 elected and eight appointed by the governor. The chairs of the education committees of the Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Senate serve as non-voting ex officio members, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction serves as secretary of the State Board of Education.
Mr. Miller was also elected to serve for two terms on the Akron Public School Board. Serving on their Finance Committee gave him a great understanding of the intricacies of school funding. He also participated as a stakeholder in the Ohio School Board’s Strategic Plan. While on the school board he did an excellent job of inviting educators to understand the needs of the business committee, bringing several to attend NFIB meetings as his guest.
He is active in the Akron Rotary and is also the current president of the Cascade Locks Park Association which serves to preserve, protect and promote the industrial, commercial and cultural heritage of the Park along locks 10-16 of the Ohio & Erie Canal.
“Tim Miller has the temperament, judgment, dedication, and desire to be an excellent member of the Ohio Board of Education. During his participation with NFIB, he has demonstrated a firm belief that the Ohio business and education communities can come together to prepare our students for the workforce in the Akron area, and now he can help carry that forward at the state level,” said Roger Geiger, Executive Director for NFIB in Ohio.
“A thank you to Governor DeWine for appointing a small business owner who understands what skill sets it takes to be meaningfully employed in today’s economic climate. It is important to have Tim’s voice on the Ohio School Board of Education, bringing the perspective of job creators to the table,” Geiger continued. Click to view full press release
Dr. Robert McGregor is the Chief Medical Officer of Akron Children's Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics at NEOMED. He spoke to our members about Covid and Covid vaccine status and distribution plans evolving in Akron as well the pros & cons of the new Covid vaccines. He then opened up an interactive and fairly lively Q and A session. View the presentation by clicking here or on the above graphics.
As CMO, Dr. McGregor is a voting member of Akron Children’s Hospital board of directors, and his CMO responsibilities include: implementing the hospital’s strategic plan; overseeing all provider clinical care delivery; directing medical education; and overseeing physician and nurse practitioner recruitment contracting and retention. During his tenure he has facilitated re-design of the quality oversight structure and has recently taken over the oversight of the Research Institute. For the past 11 months Dr. McGregor has serves as co-incident commander beside the Chief Operating officer and has been instrumental in working with the hospital and community throughout the pandemic on safety protocols. Prior to Akron Children's, Dr. McGregor was the pediatrician-in-chief and interim pediatrics chair at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia and a pediatrics professor at the Drexel University College of Medicine.
The Chili Open is only 25 days away and we are counting on your support to make this event successful!
Raffle Tickets Please take a moment to watch this message (click on the photo) from Jerry VanDevere from The VanDevere Bunch about Chili Open Raffle Tickets! If you have not returned our raffle tickets yet, please show your support and purchase them today at ChiliOpen.net. Please share with your friends, family and colleagues and support this great cause.
Help fill the Wheelbarrow of Good Cheer and Wine Fridge
The 2021 Chili Open Silent Auction will again feature a Wheelbarrow of Good Cheer and a Wine Fridge! Please help us fill these items with any donation of unopened bottles of wine, spirits and mixers, bar glassware, cocktail napkins, etc. If you can’t make it shopping, we will be happy to accept donations for this. Your contributions can be sent directly to Nichole Major through Venmo @Nichole-Major, or Paypal, Nichole2282@yahoo.com. These will be very desirable items to bid on during the auction, and the winning bidder gets to take home their new wheelbarrow along with all of its contents.
Collecting Items:
The Rotary Camp Staff will be happy to meet you during selected times and several drop-off locations to bring raffle tickets, silent auction items, or bottles of liquor on:
Thursdays: January 14, January 21 and January 28 12-1 pm at Akron Rotary Camp (4460 Rex Lake Drive, Akron, OH) 5-6 pm at Akron Rotary Camp (4460 Rex Lake Drive, Akron, OH), or
5-6 pm at World Elite Kids (81 Northwest Ave, Tallmadge, OH 44278), or 5-6 pm at Hilton Akron Fairlawn (3180 W Market St, Akron, OH 44333)
Thank you in advance for your donations to help make the Chili Open a continued success to benefit Akron Rotary Camp for Children with Special Needs!
Wayne Homes didn’t invent custom, on-your-lot homebuilding. But for nearly 50 years, we’ve been working hard to reinvent it. To make it more customer-oriented. More affordable. And even more flexible, with practically unlimited customizable choices. In other words, to make it more do-able for more people.
That’s our mission. And we’re happy to say we’ve made some great strides. Our customer satisfaction rating is among the best in the industry, and we’re one of a handful of builders in the entire country to win the National Housing Quality award.
Brennan, Manna & Diamond LLC Exteriors Plus Construction
O’Neill Insurance
Perrin Asphalt & Concrete
SeibertKeck Insurance Partners
Stutler Leasing, Inc.
Whitey’s Premium Chili
Wright LaHaie Jarvis Wealth Advisors
Caring Partners $1,250
The Billow Funeral Homes & Crematory
CLA
The Davey Tree Expert Company
Firestone Country Club
FirstEnergy Family Credit Union
Focal Point Social Media
Hasenstab Architects, Inc.
Huntington National Bank In Memory of Wanda Laura Fair
Pamela Kiltau
Lang Financial Group
Martins Steel Fabrication, Inc.
Sandy and Jeff Naragon
David and Susie Nelson
Paul J. Kruder Family Ports Petroleum Co., Inc. John and Linda Reyes
S Group, Inc.
Smithers-Oasis Company
Summit Construction Company
TNT Exterminating
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Cheryl and Steve Warren
Camperships
Akrochem Corporation Akron Porcelain & Plastics Co. Akron Tool and Die Co., Inc. Artists, Inc. Blind & Sons The Brandle Family W. Stewart Buchanan, CPA Cell-O-Core Choice Home Inspection Services The Caroline Lyman & Family Foundation Concordia at Sumner John Daily DKC-Warfield and Company Dominion East Ohio Jim and Ann Durr (5) Galehouse Lumber Co. The Geopfert Company GMP Friction Products (2) Morgan Goldthwaite Graves Lumber Co. Andrew and Amanda Grover Jeff Grosenbaugh, Citizens Bank, Commercial Banking Harwick Standard Distribution Marcia Holcomb
Holmes Siding Hudson Technology Partners Hummel Funeral Homes (2) Oscar and Barbara Hunsicker Terry and Jennifer Jarvis Cyndi Kane - Re/Max Crossroads Kovatch Castings, Inc. Kyocera SGS Precision Tool Margida & Associates, Inc. (2) Steve and Jeannine Marks Rob and Sharon McGregor Joe and Tamara Mora Northern Lighting & Supply Dan & Sheila O'Connell Peninsula Associates Architects LLC Pleasant Valley Teardrop Trailers Polymer Valley Chemicals and Minerals Portage Community Bank Premium Balloon Accessories
Raging Wolf Solutions LLC Roger Read/Sally Miller Dan and Carol Riemenschneider Stark Truss Company, Inc. Stillpoint Therapeutic Massage Center Stow Munroe Falls Community Foundation, Inc. Scott and Dorie Stutler Wayside Furniture Western Reserve Hospital Westfield Bank
In-Kind Supporters
Fox Sports Ohio/SportsTime Ohio
Hale Farm and Village
hfa
S Group, Inc.
CHILI OPEN
LINKS
ABOUT US
The Akron Rotary Camp 4460 Rex Lake Drive Akron, OH 44319 P: 330-644-4512 E: amandaw@akronymca.org
Akron Rotary’s Chili Open is one of Summit County’s largest and most unique promotional venues. The event consists of a day long golf outing and chili dinner at Hale Farm and Village in Bath, Ohio on Saturday, February 1, 2020.
On February 2, 2021, our weekly virtual meeting will be a Club Assembly focusing on our Strategic Plan initiatives. A club assembly is a meeting that all members should plan to attend to discuss club programs and activities. This allows our members to brainstorm ideas for projects and activities, along with set goals and develop action plans.
We plan to do breakout sessions during the virtual meeting based on our six Strategic Plan initiatives: Impact, Experience, Include, Engage, Transform, Innovate.
To achieve this, we ask that all members check your email for a survey sent to you January 12th from Sandy Naragon.
It is very important that you complete the survey and at the end of the survey you will register for the February 2nd meeting.
Registering for the meeting: You will do this within the survey that Sandy Naragon is sending you.
You will be asked to provide the email address that you will be using to log into zoom on the day of the event.
This is critical as it will allow us to pre-schedule you for the breakout sessions and alleviate any delays during the meeting. This email is how the zoom platform allows us to link you to the appropriate breakout room.
If you do not wish to complete the survey, but you do want to attend, please contact Cheryl Warren (click here to email her) as there is information we will need from you in advance.
This is YOUR Club and we need your input to continue to help us grow and achieve success in all of our efforts.
We hope you will take the time to complete the survey that Sandy will send you and plan to join us on February 2, 2021.
Connor Jarvis will be our host and below is his Manhattan ingredient list with snack suggestions.
Don't drink Manhattan's? That's okay... have your favorite beverage on hand and come to enjoy a little social time!
Connor’s “go-to” Manhattan ingredient list:
Bourbon or Rye Whiskey
A non-wheated or more “rye” forward Bourbon is preferred (i.e. not Weller, Larceny, etc.)
Connor likes high-quality, low-mid to mid-priced labels that are readily available / easy to find for my Manhattans (such as, Four Roses Yellow Label, Elijah Craig, Woodford Reserve, Knob Creek (Bourbon), Evan Williams Single Barrel, Templeton Rye) – I save the Buffalo Trace, Weller, Eagle Rare, Henry McKenna, etc. for sipping, not mixing
Sweet Vermouth
Connor’s pick: Carpano Antica Formula or Carpano Punt e Mes
Bitters
Angostura Aromatic bitters are my classic, but feel free to get creative here to add some expression to the cocktail (for example, I used cranberry bitters around the holidays)
Cherries
Please, please, please don’t just use a “run-of-the-mill” maraschino cherry – this isn’t a Shirley Temple
Connor’s pick: Luxardo Brand , Fabbri Amarena, or Bada Bing
Martini Glass or Rocks (lowball) Glass
Accompaniments / Snacks:
Spiced nuts
Pretzels
Crackers
Sharper cheeses
Buffalo Chicken Dip
Flatbreads
If a meal: steak, chops, pasta
PLEASE SUPPORT THE
2021
AKRON ROTARY
CHILI OPEN
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Our thoughts are with all of you and our sincere appreciation goes out to every individual working to help keep us safe and healthy.
After successfully establishing a presence in Great Britain and Ireland, Rotary expanded its reach to mainland Europe with the chartering of a club in Madrid, Spain, on New Year’s Day 1921.
Michael Gallucci was inducted on January 12, 2021. His sponsor is Dan Reynolds.
Akron member John A. Mogen passed away on January 11, 2021. He was born in Owatonna, Minnesota. He received a bachelor’s degree in architecture and a Master’s degree in public administration from the University of Minnesota. He then worked for two years for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development in Chicago and then another two years with the Cornell University/Ford Foundation consortium in Santiago, Chile.
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