Left
to right: Marybeth and Frank
DiVito, Maureen and Mike Kilroy
My wife
and I were
married 27 years
ago, and this is
when my life
really
began. We
knew each other
at Brush High
School as
friends, but it
was not until 10
years later that
we were reunited
and
married.
At the time, I
was waiting to
go to Officer
Training School
for the Air
Force, and our
marriage was
immediately
tested when I
was assigned to
a 4 year stint
in Clovis, New
Mexico. Since
that time, we
have lived in
Columbus,
OH;
Aurora,
OH;
Buffalo, NY;
South Euclid, OH
and finally
settled in
Chesterland
about 3 years
ago.
I have
two bright young
ladies for
children.
Leah is a second
year student at
Ohio State and
Claire will
start at De Paul
in Chicago next
fall.
These two are
amazing to me
with their over
the top beauty,
artistic and
academic
skills.
They got most of
this from their
mother which I’m
sure most of you
would figure out
soon anyway.
With my
girls leaving
the nest and
getting settled
in to a new
town, I decided
to check out the
Kiwanis as a way
to “give back”
to the
community.
It has been a
lot of fun so
far and I look
forward to many
years of your
friendship and
camaraderie.
Lived in
Chesterland
since 1995. Grew
up in Northeast
Ohio. Graduate
of University
School 1975, I
went to
Yale
1979,
graduated
UVA Business
School
1983.
Worked for IBM
for 7 years and
in family
Business since
1987.
5th year
West Geauga
School Board,
member of St
Anselms Church.
Married
to Maureen we
have her 2
children Dana
and Matthew and
My 2 children
Taylor and
Devon.
Taylor
attends
Rochester
Institute of
technology and
Matthew is at
Ohio State.
Have
also been
involved in
Scouting for the
past 10 years -
Pack and Troop
193
I am
president of
Koldweld LLc and
Koldweld Holding
Co Inc.
Dec
11, 2012 Xmas dinner and Induction
Chris
Bukvic
(L)
Chris
and
his beautiful wife Laurie will be
celebrating their 25th wedding
anniversary Oct 10, 2012: “We moved to
Chesterland 23 years ago and never
left."
He
has worked at Kennametal Inc. for the
last 19 years, and a year ago
took a
position in the design engineering
group. "I
enjoy golfing with friends even though
I am
not very good - it's
all about being with friends and
having a good time.
I also enjoy fishing, mostly
wading thru the
rivers of northeast Ohio
for Steelhead Trout.
After it's all said
and done nothing beats sitting in the
hot tub with a cold beverage."
Geoff
Palmer
(R)
Geoff
Palmer
is our new West Geauga School
Superintendent, and a new Kiwanis
member. Born
in Sandusky, Ohio and a
graduate of Sandusky St. Mary’s
Central Catholic and Bowling Green
State
University for both bachelors’ and
masters’ degrees.
He
is married to a lovely wife Jodie and
has three sons:
Blake,
currently working for Huntington
Insurance in Findlay, Ohio;
Jude,
a sophomore at the University
of Michigan;
and
Tory,
a junior at West Geauga HS.
His
previous experience in education
includes high school business teacher,
head
basketball coach, technology
coordinator, dean of students and high
school
principal at various schools in NW
Ohio. He
served nine years as superintendent of Hopewell-Loudon
Local Schools in Seneca County
prior to accepting the superintendency
of West G. He
and
his family are very excited to be a
part of the Chesterland/West Geauga
School community.
Oct
2, 2012 Installation and Induction
Doug
Balzano
Doug
is
a firefighter and paramedic, but now
happily retired after 33years
in the
fire Service (13 years City of
Cleveland/20 City of Willoughby). He is a
State certified Paramedic and Fire
safety office. Also a level one Arson
Investigator. He
was a member of the Lake County WMD
Team.
The Hazardous Materials Team is made
up of members from various fire
departments throughout the county. Monthly
drills are conducted at various
locations in the county
including large commercial and
manufacturing businesses. The Lake County
team
is 1 of only 3 agencies in
the State of Ohio
that has achieved Level One Haz-Mat
response capability rating. He was also
a member of the Technical Rescue
Task Force - deisgned to regionalize
and coordinate specialized rescue
response
throughout the county.
Beyond his
work,
he is probably best know to the local
youth as the Assistant Freshman
Football
coach for 9 seasons at WG and is
currently the Lacrosse Coach for the
past 5
seasons. He
says he has been happily
Married for 26 years to his great wife
Kay. They
have 4
children
Greg 24: is
an RN at Metro Hospital
and Head
Lacrosse Coach for West G
Alyssa 22:
Accountant/Business degree from
North Carolina Wesleyan
Jeff 21:
currently Student at Walsh
University
in Nursing and Goalie for their
Lacrosse Team
Scott 18: a
senior at West Geauga going to Belmont
Abbey
College
on a Lacrosse Scholarship
Doug
McKinney
Grew
up
in Erie,
PA,
graduated from the University
Of Pittsburgh
w/BS in
Life Science, moved to Cleveland in
1979, Doug
is
a professional recruiter. He
joined United Consultants, and was top
salesman/recruiter 3yrs running, He
then joined Technical employment
services, for 3yrs as Agency
Manager/part
owner, before starting Exclusive
Search Consultants, a technical
executive
staffing firm he started in 1986, and
which he still operates.
He enjoys softball, and other
professional
supports, and working out. Word of
caution - be prepared when he shakes
your hand! In
his application, the answer to the
question
"What prompted you
to join Kiwanis?..."
was
"Being asked"!
He knows
many of the members, but all it took
was for one to ask!
What does he see as the most
important need
in the community?
“Advance in state of
the art facilities,
amenities,
restaurants in
the
community as a whole.
Continue to
reach out to youth, letting them
know how much life they really have to
live.”
May
5, 2012 Induction
Tammy
Randall
My
husband, Wayne, and I moved our family
to Chesterland a little over 5
years
ago. I
was attracted to the area because
of the parks and wildlife, and just
the overall beauty of the area. I have been
employed at Progressive Insurance
Corp since 1990, with over 14 years in
management.
I
am a wife and mother of 4 fabulous West Geauga
students - Paige (17), Morgan (13),
Wayne Jr., and Grace (8 year old
twins).
My
hobbies include gardening-flower and
vegetable, scrapbooking and
enjoying
family time. I
love to pack the kids up
and take road trips to visit various
tourist destinations around the
state. My
community volunteerism has includes
serving my second year as the PTO
President
of our West Geauga Middle School.
My
introduction to Kiwanis stemmed from a
project and interest that I have
in
building an inclusive playground at Lindsey
Elementary
school. As a
parent of a special needs child, I
have
a fast growing passion for positive
advocacy for our children who need
just a
little extra help.
As I learned about
what it means to be a part of Kiwanis-
the mission of building a
stronger
community and supporting our kids, I
found it to be an organization
that I am
proud to join and support!
Kit
McKinney
We
have lived in Chesterland 48 yrs. I
graduated from West G and worked at
the Post Office for 13 yrs. I grew up
showing horses, barrel racing and
rodeos. I
have worked fairs and
festivals all my life – 16 yrs ago we
bought 5 food concession trailers
and hit
the road hard. I
am a fun, dedicated and
hard working person who volunteers for
Feed My Sheep (10 yrs), Clay
Eddy Fields
and Aktion Club (which I love).
Anyone
interested
in membership or information may
call Ken Mantey at (440)
729-2869 or
klmantey@earthlink.net
