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Governor's Corner
Govenor's Corner
March 2024
   
I was thinking about a historical fiction novel I read a while back. Taking place in about  925 A.D., as the Norse sailing vessel left the North Sea and entered the estuary of the Thames River at night, the ships “skeppare” gauged the distance to the approach to London by the intensity of the stench of air and water. All sewage, rubbish, and refuse from the city went into the river to be washed towards the North Sea. The inhabitants of London went upriver of the city to get their water. A great practice to realize provided you didn’t live in Gravesend, several miles downriver. We don’t see this type of problem much in modern civilization. Well, unless you consider situations like the decades old struggle of Apalachicola, Fl.  Lake Seminole is the headwaters of the Apalachicola River and is fed by the Chattahoochee River. The Chattahoochee River supplies 70% of Atlanta’s drinking water and its headwaters comprise the smallest watershed providing the major portion of the water supply for any major metropolitan area in the country. The uses and misuses of water in Atlanta has affected Lake Seminole and then the Apalachicola River in volume and constituents so that the waters of the Apalachicola Bay have changed in acidity, salinity, volume, and clarity.  These changes have severely affected the oyster crop, which had always been a mainstay of the Apalachicola economy.
     WATER, SANITATION, and HYGIENE is Rotary International’s theme for March.  Just a little thought shows how these three, seemingly slightly related factors, are so closely intertwined as to be almost inseparable in our lives.  How goes our water, goes our life.  On the hierarchy pyramid of survival, water is second only to air.  And yet we waste and pollute our water as if it will always be there for us.  Rotary so recognizes this importance of WATER, SANITATION, and HYGIENE that it is considered one of our main areas of focus. Rotarians have taken part in dozens of projects to establish wells throughout the world. But we recognize that as important as the water source is, it is wasted without sustainability. The water must remain potable! While the goals of sanitation and hygiene are similar – to prevent the spread of disease – they are not the same. Sanitation is about creating an environment safe from pathogens, while hygiene is about personal cleanliness and preventing the spread of illness through individual action.  Poor hygiene will often cause poor sanitation.  And poor sanitation can contaminate water. Contaminated water will result in disease.
   
District Hearing Mission
On the Line
ON THE LINE
        Though a person is the District Governor for only one year, the road to and through the position is a bit longer. District Governor Nominee Designate; District Governor Nominee; District Governor Elect; District Governor; Immediate Past District Governor; Past District Governor.  Accepting the appointment is a six, and sometimes seven, year commitment. As such, it is a good idea to know who is coming along, as well as who has already passed through the line.

ROTARY DISTRICT 6650
DISTRICT GOVERNOR NOMINEE DESIGNATE: David Stillwagon (DG, 2026-2027)
 
       David Stillwagon is the C.E.O. of Community Corrections Association, Inc. (CCA), located in Youngstown, Ohio.  CCA is a not-for-profit organization that operates three halfway houses, a community-based correctional facility, day reporting program, intensive outpatient programming and a G.P.S. monitoring house arrest program licensed by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Ohio Medicaid, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. CCA also operates the Mahoning County Adult Probation Department, providing pre-sentence investigations for the Common Pleas Courts. pre-trial assessments in the Mahoning County Jail and probation supervision.  Community Corrections Association, Inc. is accredited by the American Correctional Association.  David is responsible for all aspects of agency operations, including fiscal, programming, operations, development and planning.
David is a member of the Mahoning County Stepping-Up Committee, Mahoning County Common Pleas Honor Court, Drug Court and Reentry Court Advisory Committees, Ohio Chief Probation Officers Association, and president of the Ohio Community Corrections Association.  He serves as the Project Director for the Mahoning County Corrections Planning Board. 
David graduated from Kent State University with a Bachelor of Arts in justice studies and from Youngstown State University with a master’s in business administration.  David is a lifelong Boardman resident and serves on the boards of Youngstown Cityscape, Mahoning Valley Historical Society, Salvation Army and the Boys and Girls Club of Youngstown.
Q & A,,,
1) What is your most memorable Rotary experience or occurrence? Traveling to the 2019 International Rotary Convention in Hamburg, Germany with my wife and fellow Youngstown Rotarians.
2) What is your favorite sport to watch and/or participate? Baseball
3) What is your favorite “comfort food” meal? Pot Roast with mashed potatoes
4) What new activity would you love to learn to do? Play the guitar
5) Which activity would you feel more preferrable: mow the lawn or clear the snow  I enjoy mowing the lawn.
RI Monthly Theme
Four Way Test Competition
Rotary Mental Health Initiative
RI President Gordon McInally is asking all Rotary members to offer help to those affected by mental health challenges.
RYLA 2024
Rotary Women's Day
Operation Pollination
 
 
Quote of the Month
QUOTE OF THE MONTH
Photo of the Month
PHOTO OF THE MONTH
 
 
 
District Clubs in Action
BOARDMAN ROTARY
 
BOLIVAR ZOAR ROTARY
 
 
CANTON SOUTH
Vacation Raffle 2024 -Canton South Rotary Club Raffle Week vacation at The Cove Ormond Beach, Florida - June 8-15, 2024 - Tickets $20 each
Only 200 tickets sold! - All proceeds benefit Bridge Point
 
CANAL FULTON ROTARY
 
CHAMPION ROTARY
 
DENNISON ROTARY
 
HUBBARD ROTARY
 
JACKSON TOWNSHIP ROTARY
 
LOUISVILLE ROTARY
A group of Louisville Rotarians volunteered at Refuge of Hope to help serve meals and sort donated clothing. It was an honor to present a $500 donation to help further their cause
 
NORTH CANTON ROTARY
The 28th Annual Chili Open Golf Classic was an awesome success thanks to our generous event sponsors and our community attendees
The club sponsored the local speech and debate tournament, hosting 55 high school and middle school students
North Canton student was awarded a Youth In Action Grant from CHARACTER COUNTS! in North Canton and the North Canton Rotary Club to help the library start a new collection of Magic the Gathering Cards.
 
ORRVILLE ROTARY
 
PLAIN TOWNSHIP ROTARY
 
POLAND ROTARY
 
 
SALEM ROTARY
 
SUGARCREEK ROTARY
WOOSTER ROTARY
 
The club celebrated the dedication of the Rotary Clock at the Oldman/Oak Hill Roundabout.
 
YOUNGSTOWN ROTARY
 
 
Rotary...What We Care About
WHAT WE CARE ABOUT...
 
 
District 6650 By  the Numbers
   
1800+
Total Active Members
   
46
Clubs
   
$50,000+
Annual District Grants
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District 6650 Contact Information
District 6650 Contact Information
Joan Cauley, District Secretary
Email: rotarydistrict6650@gmail.com
Phone: 601-654-4720
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 2376
North Canton, OH 44720
 
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