Greta Batton Costa

Steve Temple

Born and raised in Bellefontaine Ohio.  She graduated from Benjamin Logan High School in Logan County.  She did it all there, band, choir, theater, yearbook and flag corps.  By the way she played drums!  She went on and earned a bachelors from Minot University in Minot North Dakota.  You may have already guessed she was stationed at Minot Air Force Base.  She enlisted in security and was later commissioned as an officer and retired after 26 years as a major.  Surprisingly never stationed at Wright Patt.  She lives in Beavercreek with her son Niko who is 19 and a full time student at Sinclair.  She is a realtor with Coldwell Banker on Indian Ripple.  Greta enjoys volunteering at Senior centers and food pantries.  She is a member of the VFW and enjoys traveling, hiking, kayaking and downhill skiing.  In fact, on her bucket list, is to ski every mountain range in the world.  She says the coolest place she has been was Caldas Novas in Brazile.  It’s a hot springs kind of jungle area.  She has also met Bill Clinton.  She is no stranger to Rotary having belonged to the Houston Rotary club from 2007 thru 2012 and is looking forward to getting involved in our club.  Her Rotary Sponsor is Jerry Pfeiffer and she will be pinned by Jerry.

Born and raised in Knoxville Tennessee, Steve graduated from Coffee County High School where he played linebacker, ran track and baseball.  He attended Middle Tennessee State and earned his bachelor in business administration.  He was a manufactures rep for Broyhill furniture and an account executive with the Berry Company.  Steve went out on his own when he was 36 starting Pinnacle Investment Advisors providing financial planning for his customers.  He has his life license, series 7, 63 and 65.  His office is on Beaver Vu in Beavercreek.  He is certified in the Uniform Investment Advisor Law Exam.  He has two hobbies listed, the first one is golf.  The other is very unique, high power rocketry.  Ask him to show his pictures.  This hobby came at a very young age because his father worked for NASA testing aircraft.  He hand builds 10 foot tall 60 pound rockets that can reach 17,000 feet.  He has to get FAA approval before he can launch.  The motor’s cost $800 so its an expensive hobby.  The rockets have GPS locators so he can recover them after flight.  The fuel is a solid that is used in space shuttle rockets.  He belongs to the Tripoli Rocketry Association and the National Association of Rocketry.  He has 2 adult children and is married to Kathleen Wright, of the Greene County Convention and Visitors Bureau.  His rotary sponsor is Don Adams and he will be pinned by Mayor Adams.