| The Four-Way Test:
In everything that we
think, say or
do:
Is it
the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all
concerned?
Will it build
GOODWILL and BETTER
FRIENDSHIPS?
Will
it be BENEFICIAL to all
concerned?
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| Announcements |
Rotary
Networking ResourcesDistrict 6900 has
created this resource to help Rotarians in our
district find employment. To find out more
visit the district web site and
look for Career Networking. Decatur Rotary
is now on Facebook. Check out the page for
updates and become a fan. View the Decatur Rotary Facebook
Page here.
NEW!! Link to the most recent
District 6900 Newsletter:
District Newsletter
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| Book
Of
The Week |
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There
was no book of the
week.
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| Guests & Visitors |
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James
Brewer-Calvert
gave
the invocation.
Doug
Torbush
introduced
the visiting Rotarians.
Our
Guests included:
Timothy Lloyd, Minister of United
Methodist Church, guest of the Club
Jacqueline Ryan Kocker, daughter
of Bob Ryan
Mark Mapp, TRC Stevenson, guest
of Bob Ryan
Our Visiting
Rotarians included:
none |
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| Speakers
At A Glance
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February
4, 2011:
Dr. Gina Lundberg,
The
Director of the Heart Center for
Women
February 11, 2011:
Dr. Mandy
Joye,
Director of the Heart Center for
Women
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Officers of the Decatur
Rotary Club:
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| President:
C.J. Becker
President-Elect:
Jason Conn
Past President:
Bryan
Downs
Secretary:
Betty
Spiker
Treasurer:
John
Bennett
Sergeant-at-Arms: Doug Torbush
District Governor:
Casey
Farmer
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| Birthdays! |
February 10:
James
Brewer-Calvert
February 13: Frank
Matthews
February 15: Buck
Buchanan
February 23: John
Shelton
February 24: Brenda
Leder
February 26: Cynthia
Becker
February 26: Walt
Bryde
February 27:
Peter
Michelson |
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Since
this is our last time editing the Rotary
newsletter, as we hand it off to the capable hands
of John Drake of Pattillo
Construction, we would like to thank
everyone who has helped us to provide the
members of the Decatur Rotary Club with the
Spoke 'N Wheel every Wednesday.
Everyone
at WebXperts would like to
thank President CJ, and all the
people who served as reporters: Peggy
Merris, Susan Cobleigh, Linda Morris, John Adams,
Todd Speed, Jon Manns, Linton Broome, Kyle
Williams, Julia Carter & President
CJ. We would also like to thank the
following photographers: Mark
Burnette & Mark
Hastings.
Elliott
Augustine & Andrea
Greengard |
| President's
Corner
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President C.J. called the meeting
to order
President
CJ made the following
announcements:
Sara
Fountain noted that information for
applying for the upcoming Leadership DeKalb class
was available on the tables. Sara added that
here were three open house opportunities for
potential applicants to attend to get to know more
about the program.
Clark Candler
reminded everyone that the next social event would
be on the Second Thursday, February 10th.
There will be a reception with beverages and heavy
appetizers beginning at 5:30pm and a program with
Chris DuPree from 6:30pm -
7:10pm. To help cover costs, $10 per person
will be added to each attendee's bill.
President CJ
encouraged Club members to consider attending the
District "Onto Callaway" Meeting.
President CJ pointed out that
this would be a great time to socialize and have
some fun with fellow Club members.
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Linda
Morris introduced our speaker,
Donna Hyland who serves as
President and CEO of Children's Health Care of
Atlanta, an organization that resulted from the
merger of the Scottish Rite Children's Hospital
and Egelston Hospital in 1998. Ms. Hyland
added that in addition to the two original
partners, Hughes Spaulding merged in 2006 and the
Marcus Autism Center merged on 2008.
Ms.
Hyland added that while Children's Health Care of
Atlanta served metro-Atlanta, it also served
patients throughout the State of Georgia. It
is also the teaching hospital for Emory University
and Morehouse School of Medicine. It has
also been names one of the Fortune 100 best places
to work for the past six years.
Ms.
Hyland stated that pediatric cancer has an overall
cure rate of 75% which is a significant increase
over the 20% cure rate from the 60's.
Interestingly, chemo treatment for girls is 2.5
years while it is 3.5years for boys. Ms.
Hyland attributed the increase in cure rates to
the collaboration between doctors, researchers and
patients who were competing against cancer
together instead of competing against each other.
Ms.
Hyland noted that collaboration was a key piece of
improving pediatric health care and that just
recently two doctors and a Georgia Tech researcher
had been awarded the Eureka Award from the
National Cancer institute for development a
process and surgical instruments to address brain
cell cancer.
Speaker Photo: Donna Hyland
On behalf
of our speaker, the book " How Your Child
Heals: An Inside Look at Common Childhood
Ailments" by Christopher M. Johnson was
donated to the DeKalb County Library
System.
The
meeting was then adjourned.
Reported
by Peggy Merriss
Photography
by Mark
Burnette
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'Round the
Room...
Speaker Donna Hyland,
Linda Morris, and President CJ
(from left to right)
Walt
Bryde and Julia Carter
Another great shot of our
Rotary Members hard at work while
at the MLK
Day Volunteer Event earlier in the
month! |
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Sincerely,
The Rotary
Bulletin Committee
Decatur Rotary Club
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