The Scoop - January 25, 2016
Posted by Michael Frueh
on Feb 05, 2016
A coalition is working to improve housing in Allen County.
Dick Riggs brought his lovely wife Norma to the meeting today, celebrating 66 years of marriage. Congrats !!
Andy Farley provided fellowship, giving the club trivia for the upcoming Super Bowl. (Carolina is a 4 point favorite)
My take-home bit for the day - Super Bowl Sunday is the largest pizza delivery day of the year.
Member Spotlight - Kelli DeLong from Springview Manor. Kelli is married to Doug, and has been a life-long horse lover. She has been riding and showing horses since she was a little girl, and often helps other people select horses. She attended Ohio State, sang in woman's Glee - and is a rabid Lebron James fan.
Jeff Tracy auctioned off 5 yards of mulch for Polio Plus - congrats to David Runk.
The Rotary Christmas auction raised over $12,000 this year!
President Runk encouraged everyone to signup for MyRotary...
Our speaker today was Dan Faraglia from Coleman Behavioral Services. His topic was housing standards for clients in the Lima area, and his efforts to improve them. Often, a client with emotional or mental issues does not need to be institutionalized, but just needs help with housing and food. These clients are often threatened with eviction if they complain about problems with even the most basic housing essentials, like working plumbing and electrical systems. A new housing consortium has been formed in order to make sure that client housing is safe. Both landlords and tenants should be held accountable to standards, as public funds are being used. This is a much larger issue than one might imagine - over 9 million dollars per year are spent on housing services.
Andy Farley provided fellowship, giving the club trivia for the upcoming Super Bowl. (Carolina is a 4 point favorite)
My take-home bit for the day - Super Bowl Sunday is the largest pizza delivery day of the year.
Member Spotlight - Kelli DeLong from Springview Manor. Kelli is married to Doug, and has been a life-long horse lover. She has been riding and showing horses since she was a little girl, and often helps other people select horses. She attended Ohio State, sang in woman's Glee - and is a rabid Lebron James fan.
Jeff Tracy auctioned off 5 yards of mulch for Polio Plus - congrats to David Runk.
The Rotary Christmas auction raised over $12,000 this year!
President Runk encouraged everyone to signup for MyRotary...
Our speaker today was Dan Faraglia from Coleman Behavioral Services. His topic was housing standards for clients in the Lima area, and his efforts to improve them. Often, a client with emotional or mental issues does not need to be institutionalized, but just needs help with housing and food. These clients are often threatened with eviction if they complain about problems with even the most basic housing essentials, like working plumbing and electrical systems. A new housing consortium has been formed in order to make sure that client housing is safe. Both landlords and tenants should be held accountable to standards, as public funds are being used. This is a much larger issue than one might imagine - over 9 million dollars per year are spent on housing services.
