Jan Nowak

business.  Not quite the aspect you would assume. As a graphics major in college he ended up working on the inside advertising in bank branches. This expertise took him to Saudi Arabia to help a bank there with its own in bank advertising.

Jan travelled to Saudi Arabia for three years and learned much about their culture and rules.  Ask Jan more about his experience at one of our meetings.

See more of Jan here.

Overlooking the Lobby

again. (see slideshow here)

We started the day with lunch and a regular meeting. Our tour guides joined us and gave us some background about the hospital and how to become a volunteer.  Hang in there, George.  Your time will come.

We visited the meditation room which included the sacred books from many religions.  Tim thought he could potentially be taken by the rapture. The view of the lobby from above was great. Our guide pointed out that the waterfall has three layers each originating from a different level.

The tour included many areas – Emergency, maternity, pharmacy, a patient room, and the surgery waiting room as well as a peek into one of the operating rooms. Photography was limited to protect the privacy of patients. There is plenty of light throughout the facility, outdoor seating areas and a central atrium with a huge bird mobile. Good bye Birds…

Tim Woodard, Managing Director of Development, The Buckeye Ranch

While The Buckeye Ranch does have residential services (they house 88 children currently) they offer a wide variety of other services throughout the community.  They have community based programs (one of their centers is a renovated Big Bear)that accept Medicaid clients, foster care in Columbus, Grove City, Newark, Cincinnati, and Dayton, educational programs and more.

The  Buckeye Ranch has over 400 employees and is embarking on a campaign to raise $7.5 million to fund critical renovation and expansion.  If you would like to give to the Ranch go to http://www.buckeyeranch.org/How_to_Give.html.

Bill Hutter - CEO of Sequent

Bill Hutter CEO of Sequent spoke at our meeting about the recently passed Healthcare Reform Act.  Sequent provides Professional Employer Services in a variety of areas.  See http://www.sequent.biz for more information. 

 Bill spoke to us about the impact that he feels the act will have on employers and the country as a whole.  He mentioned some contradictory tax effects the bill will have if enacted in to law.  Only a portion is law so far.

Mark Farnham

Golf Outing chairman, Mark Farnham, shared some of his story with our Kiwanis group.  Mark is a Financial Planner with LPL Financial and his office is located in Dublin.  

We had a wonderful time and mostly sunny day at the York Country Club in Columbus.  Our event raised over $2,000 for our scholarship fund.   Thanks to all the players and sponsors.

The Winning Team with a score of 59 was Team 5.

David Sutherland, Dusty Bowling, Greg Helton, and Steve Nangle
(Link to more photos)

Rachel Ray

Dublin City Planner, Rachel Ray spoke to our group about a study the city is conducting to improve the Bridge Street Corridor.

(more photos)

 Our first ever Member Sharing spotlighted Josh Lantz (right) of Griffin-Lantz Insurance and Greg Morck (below) of gdm Specialty Printing.

 Josh covered some of the ins and outs of Property and Casualty Insurance.  He reminded us to get another quote for our coverage just to make sure we are getting the best price for our needs.  

 Greg shared with us some of the products he can provide to help us promote are business. The printing he does on products like t-shirts is a process that binds with fabric it self and is permanent. Greg gave us tips on what products to use where.  

Josh and Greg – Thanks for being the first members to Share!

Julie Fletcher of
Welcome Warehouse talked to us about their mission.

Cindy Bryden, President of the Dublin Area Art League (DAAL), shared information about  many of the League’s activities.  Each year members may participate in Art Shows in Dublin.  The most current is a Fall Show that is being displayed at the Dublin Recreation Center.  The shows are judged and prizes awarded.  In the summer there is a “Paint Out” competition.  Participants are assigned a theme in the morning and must complete it within a specific time period that day.  Entries are shown at the Dublin Library after the judging. 

DAAL has taken over the Annual Art Show in Summer.  The venue in 2009 was in front of the middle school on Bridge Street.  Members also participate in Slainte Thursday.  They can be seen creating artworks in front of BriHi businesses.  Members’ works can be seen around Dublin throughout the year at the Rec Center, Starbucks, Edward Jones, and National City Bank.

The DAAL meets the second Thursday of the month at the Dublin Public Library.  See http://www.dublinohioart.com/ for more information.