The Scoop - October 31, 2016

Have you read Amy Eddings' column in The Lima News and SALT magazine? Eddings is an Ohio native who spent fifteen years working as reporter and announcer at WNYC in New York City, but last year she moved to Ada to be closer to her sister. "I thought I would never dark Ohio's door again," says Eddings. "I wanted the big city life at an early age." She and her husband decided to make the change after her husband's sister and mother died and she started spending more time with her own sister. During one of those visits she toured Easter House on Ada's main street, "broke into tears and knew I had to be there." Eddings and her husband now own the house and have turned it into a B&B. "As I get older and wiser I know that it is the small conversations where connections are built. That's where closeness develops. Not in the big things. I was looking for the big gestures, but found out that it is the little gestures that lead to the grander things. Our lives are stories and we are writing them every day. Challenge and risk create the story, and give lives structure, meaning and resonance. The journey transforms us." Eddings loves her new journey. "I love the beauty of rural Ohio and the ability to see the sky. It's great hanging out with my sister." You can read Eddings' column on Thursday in The Lima News.

Also at Monday's meeting, Dick Warren challenged us to Halloween trivia with pumpkins and apples as prizes. Rita Brown was awarded the Paul Harris +1 pin, Michael Frueh recieved the Paul Harris +2 pin, and Tracie Sanchez received the Paul Harris +3 pin. Dave Cockerell thanked everyone who helped with last week's Dictionary Ditribution. Paul Swartz thanked those who donated to help flood victims in Louisiana. And President Dave reported that our club's donations on World Polio Day totaled $2,430, which increased to $9,729 with matching funds - enough to vaccinate 16,200 children! Don't forget that our fall Blood Clinic is Saturday, November 5 from 6:30-9:30 at Senior Citizen Services.