| 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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Guests
& Visitors
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John
Bennett introduced our Visiting
Rotarians:
Michael Olsen,
Elmwood
Our Guests included:
Patti
Garrett, hosted by Robert Soens
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Announcements
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District Governor Roy
Strickland will be our speaker on August 21.
All are invited to attend and encourage fellow
members and guests to join our meeting with the
District Governor.
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Speakers
At-a-Glance
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August 21, 2009:
District Governor Roy Strickland
August
28, 2009: Hank Klibanoff & Rachel Alterman
Wallack
September 4, 2009: John
Yow
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Birthdays! |
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August 03: Desiree
Peagler
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August 06: Clark
Candler
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August 08: Peggy
Merriss
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August 09: Scott
Drake
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August 12: John
Scott
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August 13:
Bill Harshman and
Stephen Ortlib
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August 17:
Curtis Branscome
and Jeff Hancock
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August 19: Michael Hancock and
David Jollay
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August 22: Thomas
Brown
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August 25:
John
Adams
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August 31: Douglas Torbush
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CORRECTION: Some
of you have already commented that the new
template had obscured President Bryan's photograph
in the lead section. I want to assure you
that that was operator-error, so I submit an
amended edition for your pleasure. It's a
great photo of our current President, so apologies
for the duplicate email but here you
go!
New Rotary year and a new look!
The Bulletin Committee has transitioned to a new
template for the weekly Spoke 'n Wheel, and we beg
your pardon as we get the look right. We
hope that you will feel free to send feedback,
comments or requests our way. If anyone has
a particular interest in graphic design and wants
to spend some time on the template, we would
welcome the support!
Brian
Cayce
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| President's
Corner |
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 Following the
invocation by David Hughes, President Bryan
reminds the Club of his expectations for District
Governor Roy Strickland's upcoming
visit |
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Member
Report: Walt Drake
President
Bryan introduced a new weekly addition to our
program that will highlight a different member
each week. This week, our club heard from
Walt Drake who provided a historical account of
farming and gardening in DeKalb and an account of
his personal gardening that begins in January with
soil preparation with planting traditionally
taking place on Good Friday and through harvest of
tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, zucchini, eggplant,
radishes, squash, okra, beans and cotton.
Report by Kyle Williams
 President
Bryan and Walt Drake eating fresh
greens |
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Nancy
Chandler, CEO, Georgia Center for Child
Advocacy
Bob
Wilson introduced the speaker Nancy Chandler,
Chief Executive Officer of the Georgia Center for
Child Advocacy, as someone he tremendously
respects for her work to protect children and heal
the damage inflicted by sexual and physical
abuse. Mr. Wilson highlighted the work of
Ms. Chandler and the Center as originating and
being based in Decatur, but reaching nationwide
through its leadership and membership with other
child advocacy centers.
Ms. Chandler
praised the Decatur Rotary Club and its members
for their involvement, support of and service to
the Center, including the work of Mr. Wilson to
establish the Center twenty-two years
ago.
Ms. Chandler outlined that the mission
of the Center is to champion the needs of sexually
and severely abused children through prevention,
intervention, therapy and collaboration. One
in four girls is sexually abused before she
reaches the age of eighteen. One in six boys
is sexually abused before he reaches the age of
eighteen. Thirty to forty percent of victims
are abused by family member. Since its
inception, the Center has served more than 9,000
children through its advocacy efforts.
However, less than 10% of children report
abuse. The Center seeks to heal trauma,
prevent abuse and hold the abusers accountable at
no cost to children under seventeen years of
age.
The Center sees improvement in
behavioral problems, self-esteem and hope through
its work with each child it sees. Ms.
Chandler believes that all abuse is preventable
through education, reporting and criminal
prosecution of abusers. The Center teaches
children to report if anyone touches them where
they wear their bathing suit and educates others
to recognize signs of sexual and physical abuse.
The Center faces a financial crisis as a
result of funding decreases due to the economic
downturn. However, the need for the Center's
services has increased. The Center will
continue to its work of the past two decades to
ameliorate the trauma inflicted by childhood
abuse.
You can learn more about the
work of the Center by visiting
http://www.georgiacenterforchildadvocacy.org.
On behalf of Ms. Chandler's visit to our
Club the book entitled, Justice Denied: What
America Must Do To Protect Our Children, was
donated to the DeKalb Public Library System.
Report by Kyle
Williams
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'Round the
Room...
Our speaker Nancy Chandler and Bob Wilson
enjoy their meal together  Fred Boykin
and Jason Conn discuss the program following the
Q&A with the
speaker
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Sincerely,
The
Rotary Bulletin Committee
Decatur Rotary Club
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