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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
Robinson introduced a former Member and Visiting
Rotarian, Mark Delher
Our guests included:
Duane Spruell, Career and Technical
Education Director for the City Schools of
Decatur, guest of Phyllis
Edwards;
Elizabeth Ford, Ira Leads,
and Patricia Engle, first year Emory medical
students, guests of the Club
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Announcements
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Club quarterly
invoices are available and will be mailed to any
member not in attendance. Each member is
encouraged to timely pay their dues.
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Speakers
At-a-Glance
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September 4, 2009:
John Yow
September 11, 2009: Peter
Andruszkiewicz
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Officers
of the Decatur Rotary Club:
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President - Bryan
Downs
President-Elect - C.J.
Becker
Past President - Mark
Hastings
Secretary - Alan
Dishman
Treasurer - Jason
Conn
Sergeant-at-Arms - Doug
Torbush
District Governor - Roy
Strickland
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The
Decatur Rotary Club wrapped up its last meeting in
the month of August far from the doldrums.
With a visit from some very special guests as well
as an award-winning "panel" for our program, we
had much for which to be thankful this past
Friday. Since my writing skills are as bad
as my editorial skills, perhaps the Club should
consider outsourcing the editing of the newsletter
to a more qualified group of high school
students?!! Happy reading!
Brian Cayce
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| President's
Corner |
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 Before inviting
Bill Moon to give our invocation, President Bryan
coaches Darren Wang on how to stay cool under
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VOX Teen
Communications, with Rachel Alterman Wallack and
Hank Klibanoff
Member Darren Wang introduced the speakers,
Hank Klibanoff, Chairman of the Board of Directors
of VOX Teen Communications, and Rachel Alterman
Wallack, Founder and Executive Director of VOX
Teen Communications, as contributors to an
admirable student-driven program thant empowers
teens with ways to express themselves and
communicate with each other and the
community.
 Rachel founded VOX sixteen years
ago. VOX is latin for "voice" and signifies
the timeliness of language, use of language, and
imporance of civic involvement. VOX allows
teens an opportunity to communicate, empowerment
of their own voices, prespective of the world
around them, and the ability to notice and
appreciate differences among themselves. VOX
is an after school program where diverse teens
from sixty-five metro-Atlanta high schools produce
a newspaper and electronic media of their own
articles and editorials reaching more than 80,000
student readers. Approximately 100 teens
regularly participate in the VOX after school
program with another 100 teens participating in
drop-in or guest programs and 200 teens attending
VOX community workshops.
VOX allows teens to develop new skills and
make a plan for life after high school. VOX
promotes diversity and understanding of
others. VOX links teens to tangible
resources for self-help, including resources
enabling teens to complete school.
Sixty-five percent of teachers observe improved
skills among VOX teen participants and
readers. You can learn more about the work
of VOX by visiting http://www.voxrox.org/. On
behalf of Rachel and Hank's visit to our Club the
book entitled, Career Ideas For Kids That Like
Writing, was donated to the DeKalb Public Library
System.
Report by Kyle
Williams
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Decatur Rotary Club Hosts its Agnes Scott
College Scholarship Recipient
Suu presents a beautiful "banner" to
President Bryan
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Sincerely,
The
Rotary Bulletin Committee
Decatur Rotary Club
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