Erin Dickerson’s Prayer
We are likely all familiar with Psalm 46:10, “Be still and know that I am God”, yet we fail to live out this scripture in our lives. We are a people constantly on the go, overloaded with responsibilities, wanting to be in control, and carrying the weight of our troubles with us.
Lord,
Help us to remember you are God, we are not. You are in control, we are not. Even you paused and took a day of rest. May we take time to be still, to let you help carry the weight we have placed upon our shoulders and allow you to guide us.
Amen.
Thank You President Gary Hansen
Today was Gary Hansen’s last regular lunch meeting of CNO as President. Gary, you have been a great leader of our club and we appreciate everything you have done for our community and club!
Announcements
- Chris McAlpine announced that Tri-Star Soccer will be held on Friday September 30, 2022, at 6 PM. Volunteers should arrive at 5:15 PM. They need a lot of volunteers to do registrations and scoring. No knowledge of soccer is needed and you won’t be running around. Kids from CHS will be there to help run the soccer activity stations. You can register online here.
- Gail Aiken announced that Haunted Trail is on October 11 and October 12. They need lots of volunteers for trail guides, to hand out donut holes and other tasks that don’t require walking the trail. You can register online here.
CHS Spirit Chain
CHS students were guests at today’s lunch. They requested donations for their annual Spirit Chain fundraising for a community gift. Those at lunch today donated $906 in cash. The CNO board matches this each year, and it was rounded up to $1000 for a total of $1906 for Spirit Chain. The money raised this year will be given to TJ’s Place of Hope (Hope Beyond Addiction) located across from the High School, House of Bread, and The Battle Buddy Foundation. Another $1000 was awarded as an investment at the last board meeting for the new Spirit Fest event that will be held at the High School. Those funds will be used by the students to buy equipment and supplies that they believe will bring in an additional $5000 in funds from the community for their cause each year.
Dayton Children’s Hospital Donation
In August, CNO hosted the 30th annual Tom Frazier Tee Off for Youth Golf Classic. Adam Blanchard, the Director of Donor Engagement from Dayton Children’s Hospital, was presented a check today for $14,000. The money each year is used for the “Traveler’s” fund that supports families of patients with their travel and other expenses while their children are being treated. This has been a 20-year partnership with Dayton Children’s Hospital.
Social Events
- Friday October 14, 2022, 5:30 PM, Euchre Party in the upstairs private room at Bennett’s Publical Family Sports Grill in Miamisburg. You can register online here.
- Sunday October 23, 2022, 1:30 PM, Tom’s Corn Maze in Germantown, afterwards the social moves to dinner at Bennett’s Publical Family Sports Grill in Miamisburg. You can register online here.
Dayton Society of Natural History, Jill Krieg
Liz Fultz introduced Jill E. Krieg, MA RPA, Curator of Anthropology & Exhibitions at the Dayton Society of Natural History (DSNH).
From the DSNH website:
Jill Krieg currently oversees the Collections and Exhibits Departments for the Dayton Society of Natural History. She specializes in interpretative exhibition design, collections management, and pre-contact period archaeology. She received a BA in Anthropology and Classical Art and Literature in 2007 and a M.A. in Anthropology in 2009 from Indiana University. She has worked as a curator at the DSNH since 2009 and as an instructor at Wright State University since 2010. She is a Registered Professional Archaeologist.
She is known for her big laugh; in fact, you can hear her coming a mile away.
View Jill Krieg’s slide deck here.
Dayton’s Natural History Museum
Krieg explained that Dayton’s Natural History Museum has existed since September 15, 1893 and they curate 1.8 million objects. It has been renamed many times and many incorrectly believe it was replaced by the Boonshoft Children’s Museum. DSNH is the parent organization of the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery and its sister organization, SunWatch Indian Village (a museum of the area’s 12th century Fort Ancient Native Americans).
As an archaeologist. Krieg is active in excavations at Sunwatch and was there this week working.
Mission
The mission of the Dayton Society of Natural History is to create and provide meaningful and entertaining learning experiences for curious minds to engage with natural history, science, and nature while honoring and preserving collections for future generations.
Timeline of the Dayton Museum of Natural History
- 1893-1921, Opened as part of and located in the second floor of the Dayton Public Library which is fortunate because the collection survived the 1913 Dayton Flood
- 1921-1927, Moved to the Steely Building
- 1927-1941, Moved to the Library Annex
- 1941-1958, Moved to the Roberts Pump Building
- 1952, Dayton Society of Natural History Forms
- 1954, Land is purchased near Triangle Park; Neutra is hired as architect
- 1956, Construction begins on new site of Museum
- 1958, Dayton Museum of Natural History officially opens to the public
- 1958-1991, Dayton Museum of Natural History
- 1993, Joins with Children’s Museum
- 1996, Joins Sunwatch Village and becomes Dayton Museum of Discovery
- 1999, Name change to Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
- 1999, Addition of Education Wing, Main Exhibition Hall, & Amphitheater
- 2000, Addition of Mead Treehouse
- 2010, Wild Ohio becomes Discovery Zoo
Timeline of SunWatch Indian Village Archaeological Park
- 1971: Excavations Begins
- 1974: National Register of Historic Places
- 1988: Interpretative Center Opens
- 1990: National Historic Landmark
- 2006: Facility Expansion
What Comprises the Museum
- Natural History Museum
- Science Center
- Children’s Museum
- Discovery Zoo
- Planetarium/Observatory
- Archaeological Site
Beiser Room of Wonders
Krieg has worked on this room for three years and it just opened. Displayed items will rotate every quarter.
Bieser Room of Wonders: Is now open to the Public. A complete transformation of the Bieser Discovery Center has been completed on the first floor of the museum. The final step in a multi-year project to better display more artifacts from our 1.8 million object collection. It is a family friendly learning environment, with an emphasis on discovery. In this space you are able to see some of our impressive collection like never before, taking a deeper look at our history and learn why natural history museums are so important to current and future generations.
Dayton Has a Human Mummy
A 2700-year-old female human mummy from Ancient Egypt is in their collection and you can see it. Nesiur was added to the collection in the 1920’s. They know that she had a tumor and arthritis. She was only 18-22 years old when she died. The arthritis indicates she had a very physical job.
The less you touch an artifact the better. To learn more about the mummy they had a CT scan done at Dayton Children’s Hospital. They then sent the scans for processing and you can see these results at the museum. There is an interactive touch screen that allows you to see her coffin, her wrappings, and her skeleton.
Thank You
Thank you, Jill E. Krieg, for informing us about the Dayton Society of Natural History.
New Member Readings and Inductions
| Name | Sponsor | 1st 2nd 3rd Reading or Induction |
| David Cordonnier | Joan Cordonnier | 3rd Reading |
| Lisa Maciejewski | Gail Aiken and Emily Duke | 1st Reading |
Welcome Guests!
| Guest | Guest Of |
| Adam Blanchard | Mike Bevis |
| Beth Julian | Mike Bevis |
| Jill Krieg | Speaker |
| Kate Barret | Mike Bevis |
Happy Bucks
| Member | Reason |
| Don Kelley | Celebrating 39th Wedding Anniversary with Sandra. |
| Jim Mogan | Don Kelley made friends at the Reds game with a statue. |
| Donna Huss | Flags put up for WWII Veteran James “Pee Wee” Martin who passed away at 101 years old. He was one of the first paratroopers and has spoken to CNO. |
| Myron Rheaume | Not being fined for insulting Gail Aiken last week. |
| Jane Fiehrer | Gail Aiken found an old sponsor banner that can be used for Haunted Trail in storage that Bob Lawson has encouraged people to clean up. |
| Gary Hansen | $5, This is his last week as CNO president. He has really appreciated being president and thanked the members. He is glad to get some free time back, |
Sergeants at Arms
| Member | Infraction |
| Beth Duncan | Advertising her business. She brought her company van to today’s meeting. |
| Tim Clemmer | At today’s meeting but it has been too long since he last attended. |
| Dav Kay | At today’s meeting but it has been too long since he last attended. |
| Roy Barclay | At today’s meeting but it has been too long since he last attended. |
| Tom Novak | His keys he lost 18 years ago were found in the CNO storage unit. |
Membership Anniversaries
| Member | Joined | Years |
| Mike Cordonnier | September 26, 2018 | 4 |
| Dana Dring | September 26, 2018 | 4 |
| Steve Linder | September 26, 2018 | 4 |
| Carolyn Taylor | September 26, 2018 | 4 |
| Ken Irwin | October 2, 2012 | 10 |
| Rick Kempfer | October 2, 2012 | 10 |
| Larry Larrimer | October 2, 2012 | 10 |
| Christy Gariety | October 3, 2011 | 11 |
| Sue Brubaker | September 23, 2008 | 14 |
| Pat Behn | September 29, 2003 | 19 |
| John Powell | September 29, 1999 | 23 |
| Stephen Walker | September 28, 1998 | 24 |
| Mike Wall | September 26, 1995 | 27 |
| Brooks Compton | September 30, 1994 | 28 |
| Denise O’Neil | September 30, 1994 | 28 |
| Bill Williams | September 20, 1993 | 29 |
| Karl Frydryk | October 1, 1988 | 34 |
Birthdays
| Harry Bossey | September 22 |
| Carol Smerz | September 22 |
| Jon Werts | September 22 |
| Mark Karns | September 23 |
| Dan Thalheimer | September 24 |
| Diane Arehart | September 26 |
| Casey Dixon | September 26 |
| Evelyn Griffin | September 26 |
| Jeff Kujawa | September 27 |
| Roy Barclay | October 1 |
| Mike Fanelli | October 1 |
| Anne Kohls | October 4 |
CNO Donations – 2013 through July 2022
Click here to see a summary of donations the club has made since 2013
Thank You Notes Received
CLICK HERE to see this Week’s Thank You Notes