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The Rotary Club of Greenfield, Ohio meets each Thursday for a noontime luncheon meeting at the Catch 22 Sports Pub located at 250 Jefferson St., Greenfield, Ohio.
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Rotary Club sponsors annual Greene
Countrie Towne Festival July 19-21 Downtown Greenfield will soon be filled with vendors, rides, parades and crowds, as the Greenfield Rotary Club's annual Greene Countrie Towne Festival takes place July 19-21. Hosted by the Greenfield Rotary Club, the Greene Countrie Towne Festival is headed by chairman Andrew Surritt III, co-chairmen Virginia Purdy and Angela Shepherd and treasurer Wesley Surritt. The annual event brings a variety of fun activities to Greenfield, including parades, music, antique tractor shows, carnival rides and games and many more. This year’s queens pageant, sponsored by the Greenfield Women’s Queen Association, will be 7-9 p.m. Thursday, July 18 at the McClain High School auditorium. Opening ceremonies will be 4 p.m. Friday, July 19 followed by the queens pageant from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Popular country music artist Sean Poole will perform from 7:30-10:30 p.m. Friday. On Saturday, July 20, the Rotary Club’s charity auction will be 1-3 p.m. The queens parade and introductions will be 3:30 p.m., followed by the antique car parade at 4:30 p.m. Local band Dumbfounded will perform from 5-8 p.m. as the warmup for popular Ohio country-rock group McGuffey Lane, who will play from 8:30-10:30 p.m. McGuffey Lane includes: Terry Efaw – steel guitar, electric guitar; Steve Reis – bass, vocals; Molly Pauken – mandolin, acoustic guitar, vocals; Jerry Cummings – keyboards, vocals; Randy Huff – drums, vocals; Kevin Reed – harmonica, vocals; and John Schwab – lead guitar, lead vocals. The Greene Countrie Towne Festival concludes on Sunday, July 21 with the grand parade at 2 p.m. The annual Edward Lee McClain Day celebration will be 1-4 p.m. Sunday at McClain High School. The Greene Countrie Towne Festival got its start in 1967 when the main feature was an antique and classic car show. The group responsible for that car show was the Greenfield Antique Car Club. In the early days, other organizations such as the Greenfield Jaycees, Lions Club and Rotary Club sponsored other activities, such as the Rotary Club’s putt-putt booth. Over time, the festival became more organized with a committee and the name, Greene Countrie Towne Festival. The name is based on a description of Greenfield by its founder, Gen. Duncan McArthur, who used the old English spelling in describing Greenfield as a “Greene Countrie Towne,” which hearkens back to Greenfield’s rich history dating from its founding in 1799. * * * Schedule of events Thursday, July 18, 2019 7-9 p.m. – Queens Pageant at McClain High School auditorium, sponsored by the Greenfield Women’s Queen Association. Friday, July 19, 2019 Main Stage 4 p.m. – Opening ceremony. 4:3-6:30 p.m. – Pageant, sponsored by the Greenfield Women’s Queen Association. 7:30-10:30 p.m. – Sean Poole. Other activities 4-11 p.m. – Carnival rides and games open. All day – Antique Tractor Show, 400 block of Jefferson St., sponsored by the Greenfield Antique Tractor Club. 7-10 p.m. – Rockin’ Ron’s, 233 Jefferson St. Saturday, July 20, 2019 Main Stage 9:30 a.m. – Baby Contest, sponsored by Edgewood Manor. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. – Modern Movement Dance Company. 1-3 p.m. – Rotary Charity Auction. 3 p.m. – Queens Parade on Jefferson Street. 3:30 p.m. – Queens introductions. 4:30 p.m. - Antique Car Parade. 5-8 p.m. – Dumbfounded. 8:30-10:30 p.m. – McGuffey Lane. Other activities 9 a.m.-4 p.m. – Car Show, sponsored by the Greenfield Car Club. All day – Antique Tractor Show, 400 block of Jefferson St. 1 p.m. – Kiddie Tractor Pull, 400 block of Jefferson St., sponsored by Greenfield Antique Tractor Club. 2-11 p.m. – Carnival rides and games open. 1 p.m. – Queens luncheon, Greenfield Schools cafeteria 200 N. 5th Street. 3 p.m. - Queens parade on Jefferson Street. Sunday, July 21, 2019 Main Stage 2-3:30 p.m. – Grand Parade announcements and Grand Parade on Jefferson Street. Noon-5 p.m. – Carnival rides and games open. Edward Lee McClain Day, 1-4 p.m. – McClain High School open house, tours and video. Festival Committee Chairman – Andrew Surritt III Co-Chairman – Virginia Purdy Co-Chairman – Angela Shepherd Treasurer – Wesley Surritt Entertainment Committee Chairman – Eric Zint Co-Chairman – Blain Bergstrom Co-Chairman – Ron Coffey Vendor Committee Chairman – Andrew Surritt III Co-Chairman– Bev Giffin Rides & Games Committee Chairman – Andrew Surritt III Setup/Cleanup Committee Chairman – Larry Hayes Co-Chairman – Cleve Bartley Co-Chairman – Mike Penn Co-Chairman – Heath Fettro Advertising & Promotion Committee Chairman – Angela Shepherd Co-Chairman – Chuck Miller Co-Chairman – Andrew Surritt III Auction Committee Chairman – Chuck Miller Co-Chairman – Steve Pearce Co-Chairman – Wesley Surritt Beer Garden Committee Chairman – Blain Bergstrom Co-Chairman – Heath Fettro Co-Chairman – Andrew Surritt III Co-Chairman – Wesley Surritt For more information, visit www.greenecountrietownefestival.org. Extension Agent Brooke Beam tells Rotary
about International Film Fest set for August 16-17 Brooke Beam of the Highland County Extension Office spoke to Greenfield Rotarians on May 2, informing the club about a new international film festival scheduled Aug. 16-17, 2019 at Southern State Community College. The Germinate International Film Fest will feature a diverse range of films highlighting agriculture and rural communities, and submissions are coming in from filmmakers near and far, amateur and professional. Films will be selected based on their ability to tell a compelling and logical story, as well as providing factual information about the topic being discussed, Beam said. In addition to the video category there will be a still photograpy division. Categories to be considered at the festival include feature documentary, short documentary, feature narrative, short narrative, a short of any kind, virtual reality, student films, scholarly or Extension videos, and photography focusing on agriculture, nature or rural communities. Full rules and details can be found on the submission site: https://filmfreeway.com/GerminateInternationalFilmFest For more information about the festival and upcoming workshops, contact Brooke Beam at the Highland County Extension Office, 937-393-1918, or email her at beam.49@osu.edu. 47th annual HCSCA radio-telethon nears $100K
The Rotary Clubs of Greenfield and Hillsboro worked together to raise funds for the Highland County Society for Children and Adults, and totals for the 2019 event were approaching $100,000 at the close of the event March 27. Fore more information about the radio-telethon, visit the HCSCA PAGE on this website. 
Club Armor Teen Nightclub launched by Rotary club
Greenfield Rotary Club has launched a teen nightclub at the Ralph W. Phillips Civic and Recreation Center, 156 Jefferson St., Greenfield, Ohio. The inaugural event took place Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018 and several events since then have been well attended by youth of the community. Greenfield Rotary President Andrew Surritt said this project came about following a discussion of club members who wish to provide a safe and wholesome environment for local teens. The result is Club Armor, which according to its Facebook page, “creates the best and safest dance music atmosphere for youth.” For more information about Club Armor, including dress code and safety rules, visit the Facebook page at the link below: https://www.facebook.com/ClubArmor/  Four cadets from the new Cadet Corps program at McClain High School visited Greenfield Rotary Club on Nov. 8 with their instructor, MSgt. John Wilson. Also pictured is Rotary President Andrew Surritt.
Rotarians learn about new
McClain Cadet Corps program Four members of the McClain Cadet Corps, along with their adviser, MSgt. John Wilson, were guests Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018 at the weekly meeting of the Greenfield Rotary Club. MSgt. Wilson told Rotarians that Cadet Corps is new this year at McClain High School and currently has more than 60 cadets participating. Cadet Corps teaches students to develop character and leadership skills and to serve not just in the military but in life. The cadets had an opportunity to speak, and each one mentioned that the program has made a difference in his or her life. The cadets said that participating in the Cadet Corps has helped them to become more focused, respectful of authority, and better students. Wilson, a 1986 graduate of McClain, served in the United States Air Force for 20 years. During the last half of his career, he served as a Ceremonial Guardsman with the USAF Presidential Honor Guard in Washington DC. While there, he was the Superintendent of the Honor Guard Technical Training School and Superintendent of Air Force District of Washington Ceremonies and Protocol. Wilson said seeing kids succeed and learn the will to serve is the best part of his job as a military science instructor. Wilson said there are only two Cadet Corps programs in Ohio – at McClain and Paint Valley high schools. After seeing the Paint Valley program’s success, McClain administrators decided to make Cadet Corps a part of the curriculum options. A similar program, ROTC Jr., was first started in 1916 by Congress as a defense program, but McClain and Paint Valley’s Cadet Corps is different in that it has no military branch affiliation. Rotary supporters honored
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ROBOTICS TEAM VISITS ROTARY
Three members of the McClain High School robotics team visited the Greenfield Rotary Club on Dec. 14, 2017 to talk about the team’s activities, describe how they built a robot to use in competitive events with other schools. The students, Makayla, Natalie and Rachel, demonstrated how the robot works by having it roam around the Catch 22 Sports Pub where Rotary meets, and pick up plastic cups in a display of dexterity. The robotics team has at least 14 members and is growing in popularity as students learn about technology and teamwork. |
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Festival website launched for Greene Countrie Towne Festival
Andrew Surritt III, festival chairman for the Greene Countrie Towne Festival, announced that a new website has been created to keep everyone up to date about the festival.
Some nice changes are planned to help the festival grow bigger and better than ever in 2019. Click on the link below to have a look, and visit often!
The new website can be found at:
http://www.greenecountrietownefestival.org/