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Jail -n-Bail
The Lima Rotary Club's Jail & Bail is today! Call these numbers to have someone arrested: 740-243-4900, 419-230-6251, 419-230-2269.
The Lima Rotary Club presents a Lima Rotary Foundation fundraiser - Jail-n-Bail on Friday, December 10th from 12:00 to 4:00pm.  The Honorable Judge Richard Warren will be presiding over this kangaroo court!
 
How it works: Anyone in the Lima community can call one of the 6 arresting officers (the day of the event) or fill out this form and snitch on someone to be arrested anytime prior to the event. Get pledges for your bail (use attached form to submit to Catheryn) and you'll be free of your charges! The cost to have someone arrested is $20. To issue a warrant with their arrest, add $10. 
**Anticipate being jailed for approximately one hour.
Mug shots will be taken for fun to post on social media!
PLEASE DROP OFF, EMAIL, OR MAIL THIS FORM TO:
Lima Rotary Club: Attention Catheryn Sarno
PO Box 1111, Lima, OH 45802
 
All proceeds benefit the Lima Rotary Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)3 organization.
 
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Christmas Party
The Lima Rotary Club's Christmas party is Monday!
You don't want to miss Monday's Christmas party. Lima Senior's Scarlet and Gray Show Choir will be entertaining us with Christmas carols and we have some great auction items to bid on. All proceeds support the Lima Rotary Foundation, so come prepared to bid. These are just a few of the many great items that will be available:
  • A Yeti Tundra with beer and goodies
  • 80’s themed bash for New Year’s
  • A farm fresh basket of wine and goodies
  • Doggie treats and dog spa day
  • An Ohio State Football
  • A Whiskey & Cigar basket
  • Blackstone Grill Accessories and Cooler kit
  • Coffee & Ice Cream
  • A Goody Bag from Premier Bank
  • College credits and tchotchkes
  • And……..A Christmas Eve visit from Santa Claus
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Special Needs Christmas Party
What a lot of smiles at this year's Special Needs Christmas Party. Thank you to everyone who made it possible!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The Scoop - December 6, 2021
Most of our lives are touched by Allen County Probate and Juvenile Court.
Judge Todd Kohlrieser manages both Allen County Probate Court and Juvenile Court. He told us that his courts touch most of our lives. "I, good or bad, have the opportunity to handle a case from the time a child is born until the time a person apsses away, even after, dealing with the estate. We have that opportunity to touch the lives of so many people and families and deal with so many difficult situations on a daily basis." Probate court handles estates, marriage licenses, name changes, birth certificate corrections, adoptions, guardianships, mental health and civil commitments, minor settlements, wrongful death cases, and much more. He also oversees the new Guardianship Services Board which handles guardianship cases. Cases which come before Juvenile Court include everything to do with youth, from traffic tickets to murder and rape cases, and neglect and abuse cases that come through Children Services. "We handle murders, we handle rapists, abuse of children. Some days you just go home and hug your family members, hug your kids and you're thankful for what God's blessed you with. Those are difficult days. Our goal at Juvenile Court is to hold children accountable, hold parents accountable, provide services to rehabilitate and then to return those kids back into the community as productive members of society."
 
Judge Kohlrieser oversees more than 80 employees, the Community Control/Probation Department, and Juvenile Detention and Treatment Center, and oversees a $2 million budget. Judge Kohlrieser says Community Control/Probation is going to be moving to Market Street to the former sleep clinic which will enable it to provide more services to families. Juvenile Court handles approximately 2,500 cases a year and Probate Court handles 700 cases a year.
 
Also at Monday's meeting, we met the new leadership of the Bath High School Interact Club: Kendal Doyle - Secretary, Kalie Kitchen - President, Samantha Klinger - Treasurer, Andrew Stahr - Vice President and Chief Joe Kitchen - Lima Rotary Liaison.
 
We also welcomed three new members to the club: Douglas Wise - Managing Director of Hanneman-Siferd Funeral Home, Ronda Lehman - President of Mercy Health - St. Rita's Medical Center, and Kevan Unverferth - Administrator at Shawnee Manor. Welcome! It's great to have you join us.
 
 
Three Rotarians exchanged their red badges for blue badges at Monday's meeting: Andy Lotz, Cindy Endsley and Sarah Newland. Congratulations!
And Elizabeth Brown-Ellis received her Paul Harris +3 pin. Thank you for your generosity!
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Social Meeting
Regretfully, we are cancelling tonight's Lima Rotary Club social meeting. We will be back with more fun and fellowship in the new year. Merry Christmas and happy New Year!
 
One Rotary Summit
Register today for One Rotary Summit!
Please plan to attend this annual event which will be held in person on January 29, 2022 from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM at Terra State Community College in Fremont, Ohio.

At One Rotary Summit, you will participate in focused discussions about Membership, Public Image and The Rotary Foundation.  Please see attached a flyer for more information.  All Rotarians are encouraged to attend!

Register NOW for One Rotary Summit

Hope to see you there!

Yours in Rotary,

Mary

Mary AufdenKampe

District Governor
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Health Advancements
Committing to health advancements amidst a global pandemic.
Since it was first declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020 by the World Health Organization, the United Nations reports the novel coronavirus outbreak has halted or reversed progress in health around the world. 90% of countries are still reporting one or more disruptions to essential health services and a shortage of health workers remain an issue in many regions of the world.
 
By working with Rotary’s experts in the medical sector, we have an opportunity to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on our global health systems and continue advancing our work towards the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals 3, good health and well-being.
One strategy to tap into the professional expertise of Rotary members across the world include collaborations through Rotary Action Groups. Action Groups are organized and led by Rotary members and friends with an expertise in and a passion for an area of specialization. Supporting clubs and districts with humanitarian projects in their field, Action Groups can help clubs undertake a community assessment, create a project plan, find partners, and develop a monitoring and evaluation framework to help you quantify outcomes and increase impact. 13 of our 27 Action Groups work in disease prevention and treatment. Connect with one directly to explore how to work together:
  • Addiction Prevention advises clubs and districts how to tackle substance abuse and addiction in a structural long-term manner. 
  • Alzheimer's/Dementia supports Rotary members with family members afflicted with Alzheimer’s or dementia and assists with projects to support the care offered to individuals with Alzheimer’s or dementia. 
  • Blindness Prevention promotes eye health and vision worldwide.
  • Blood Donation supports volunteer blood donation and local community blood centers. 
  • Diabetes works toward the awareness, prevention, treatment, management, and rehabilitation for complications of the global diabetes epidemic. 
  • Family Health/AIDS Prevention works across Africa and India to provide free quality health resources to people in need. 
  • Health Education and Wellness promotes good health and wellness through healthy lifestyle choices and disease prevention.
  • Hearing helps clubs and districts participate in projects to help those with hearing loss. 
  • Hepatitis Eradication helps clubs and districts with hepatitis screening and testing campaigns. 
  • Malaria works to end malaria by adapting methods to lower transmission rates and scale up prevention and treatment interventions. 
  • Mental Health offers practical activities and toolkits that any club can use as part of an advocacy campaign or intervention project
  • Multiple Sclerosis promotes awareness and encourages clubs to partner on projects to support impacted individuals and their families. 
  • Polio Survivors supports and promotes projects that improve access to quality health services for people with disabilities, strengthen rehabilitation services, and include access to assistive products. 
Working in partnership with these groups, we can help advance key targets within Sustainable Development Goal 3, including:
  1. Ending the epidemic of water-borne and communicable diseases by 2030;
  2. Strengthening the prevention and treatment of substance abuse;
  3. Achieving universal health coverage;
  4. Supporting the research and development of vaccines and medicines for communicable and non-communicable diseases;
  5. Increasing health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of health workforce;
  6. Strengthening the capacity for early warning, risk and management of national and global health risks.
Connect with a group directly or reach out to your district international service committee to identify a nearby member with expertise in disease prevention and treatment.
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Upcoming Events
Social
Feb 23, 2023
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
 
Joint Board Meeting
Apr 11, 2023
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
 
Annual Meeting
Apr 17, 2023
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
 
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Feb 20, 2023
Happy Presidents' Day!
Mar 06, 2023 12:00 PM
Girl Scouts
Mar 13, 2023 12:09 PM
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