Michael Sciortino Joins Austintown Rotary

Posted by Gary Reel
WELCOME NEW MEMBER, MIKE SCIORTINO: Chuck Baker inducted Michael Sciortino, the Mahoning County Auditor, as a new member sponsored by Ron Carroll.  Mike is a Fitch alumni, father of 3, Austintown resident, and commented that he had been approached by several other organizations and Rotary clubs to join, but chose us because he is from Austintown and plans to stay here. We're happy to have you, Mike!

Shown in picture from left to right:
Ron Carroll, Mike Sciortino and Chuck Baker

President Michael Cafaro opened the meeting at Quaker Steak and Lube with nice crowd present.  Gary opened with the invocation, pledge, and singing of God Bless America.

Visitors: Our only visitor was Erica Cunningham, Mike's fiancee.
 
Song leader was Deanna who chose "Smile", a Rotary favorite.
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Mike reminded us that tomorrow our club will be hosting the Group Study Exchange from Sweden, with Mike, Ron, Gary and Susan acting as hosts and transportation. We will meet them at Panera Bread in Canfield at 9, tour Falcon Transport and Boak and Sons, Austintown Schools in morning, lunch at Barry Dingles, then the Austintown Library and Township Hall with Lisa Oles in the afternoon, returning to Panera in late afternoon. 
  • Thursday night, eight of us will attend the recognition dinner at Avion on the Water, where the six area clubs will hear a presentation from the team.   Brian Laraway has stepped up to chair this for our club. Thanks Brian.
  • Mike reported a profit of about $9000 from the Reverse Raffle and thanked everyone for their support.  We will have some changes next year to make it even better.
  • Brian announced a Social meeting on April 16 at the Upstairs Lounge (Downstairs) with the six Mahoning County clubs joining us from 6-9 p.m. Everyone is welcome.  
  • District Conference in Canton is April 17-19 at McKinley Grand Hotel. You can sign up and get details online at District 6650 website. We will be entering competition for recognition in areas of publicity, newsletter, and literacy.
  • Mike proudly announced that the Club Annual Report was submitted today, and we achieved 26 out of 31 goals, including increasing membership by one. Congratulations to the Club and to our esteemed President Dr. Michael Cafaro!
  • April 25 will be roadside cleanup on Kirk Road.
  • May 18 will be a visit by principal of Woodside School to speak about our Literacy effort "Woodside Reads."

PROGRAM:
Today's program was a club assembly with the topics of Reverse Raffle and Bike Night at Quaker Steak.  Many good ideas were presented, and hopefully we will run a smooth operation next year.

Jason Kather from Quaker Steak told us about Bike Night which will benefit Polio Plus for our club.  We have no risk (even if the weather is bad). We can also run a 50/50 if we choose. They normally expect up to 6000 people on a good night, and non-profits make about $500 for their efforts.  We plan to have two nights.