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THE ROTARY CLUB OF ROME

May 31,

2012

2011-2012 OFFICERS

President… JANICE WRIGHT

Vice President.… JOHN WARE Past President… KING ASKEW President Elect PETE McDONALD Treasurer… DENISE TILLMAN

Ass’t Treasurer TRESSIE WILSON Secretary… JAC WHATLEY

Exec. Secretary PEG AREY Sergeant-at-Arms… GREG SUMNER Club Service… CURTIS GARDNER Community Service…MARY HARDIN THGRNTON

Vocational Service.. JONATHON BARTLESON International Service MIKE MATHIS

New Generations WHIT WHITAKER District Governor… William L. St.Clair GRSP Advisory Trustee KARL WAECHTLER

Scotty Hancock and the CRIMINAL JUSTICE

FOUNDATION

Scotty Hancock served in

the U.S. Army and was work-

ing for the Floyd County Sher-

riff, Tim Burkhalter, when he became the first recipient of

Rome Rotary’s $1,500 Criminal

Justice Scholarship.

It helped him earn a two-year Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice at

Georgia Highlands College and provided the impe-

tus to go on to BA and MA degrees in management

from Shorter. The whole time, he was working... See Hancock, page 3

PROGRAM, May 31: Bruce Day, Executive Di-rector, Habitat for Human-ity in Rome.

GET DOUBLE

RECOGNITION

POINTS WITH

ROTARY

INTERNATIONAL!

Details page 5

Deadline: July 1

Rotary's Humanity In Motion For Health

Presents... Presents... Presents... Presents...

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All Rotarians are All Rotarians are All Rotarians are All Rotarians are

asked to purchase asked to purchase asked to purchase asked to purchase

two tickets at two tickets at two tickets at two tickets at

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• Benefit is not open to general public, but you may purchase more tickets and bring guests. • ALL proceeds benefit the Free Clinic of Rome, thanks to generous donors. • Tickets will be automatically billed, but if you do not wish to buy any, contact Peg • Raffle tickets to win a complete wine cellar at $5 each or $20 for five; they may be billed.

RI PRESIDENT TO SPEAK IN CHATTANOOGA

See page 4

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GET ‘EM BEFORE THEY’RE ALL GONE

MICAELA’S LAST DAY

Shown with Mary Hardin Thornton on the

left, Micaela De Freitas joined Rome Rotary for

lunch one last time.

What an incredible GRSP student she’s

been and Micaela will make the world a better

place.

We hope to hear from her often.

Sylvia Lanier, left, and

Kay Chumbler, right, check

out the Rotary merchandise

presented by Mary Hardin

Thornton.

There are car decals,

magnetic pins and T-shirts,

and yes, you allowed to put

them on your bills.

Jimmy Kelley holds up one of

the T-shirts he bought.

Watch for members wearing

them out in the community.

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Hancockthree jobs. He said that Sherriff Burkholter told him he needed more

education to advance just at the time the Rome Rotary Criminal Justice Scholar-

ship Foundation was created. He credits Rome Rotary with getting him on the

road to his advancement and accomplishments. “How can I ask my children to do

something I haven’t done?” in regard to their going to college.“

Mr. Hancock is now Director of the Floyd County Emergency Management Agency and

has won almost every award in sight for his work, both professionally and within the commu-

nity. He was elected EMA Director of the Year by his peers.

Rome Rotarian Greg Sumner was one of the founders of the Community Criminal Jus-

tice Scholarship Foundation which gives a barbeque honoring all law enforcement members

annually. This year’s $1,500 scholarship was presented to Georgia Highlands College and the

Foundation by President Janice Wright and was in honor of former Chief Justice of the Geor-

gia Supreme Court and Rome Rotarian, Norman Fletcher.

Perhaps Mr. Hancock’s greatest success will be the completion of the Floyd County

communications’ radio towers. Currently, all police, fire and emergency personnel use differ-

ent radio systems that are old and run on a single tower on Mount Alto.

A SPLOST product that created 600 jobs, the new communications system has been a

massive undertaking. The $27 million state-of-the-art digital radio system will have 10 towers

scattered around the county when it is completed in January, 2013. The coverage has multiple

redundancies built in so every part of the county and all the services can stay in touch with

each other.

Mr. Hancock says, “We have learned a lot. Towers are starting to go up and shipments

of equipment are on the way.” Never one to overlook all opportunities, he reports there will be

plenty of room on those towers to rent space to cellular companies.

In December of 2011,

an F-2 tornado hit Rome and

Floyd County. Six busi-

nesses and 23 homes were

badly damaged. This storm

was one of two of such size

in one year. Mr. Hancock

and the EMA were invaluable

in dealing with the damage

and the citizens affected.

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Rotary Pins & Pride

Each Thursday our Ser-

geant-at-Arms will draw the

name of a Rome Rotarian. If he

draws your name and you are

wearing your rotary pin, you will

win a special prize donated by

fellow Rotarians. It’s easy. It’s

fun and it’s a chance to say,

“I’m proud to be a Rotarian.” -

Janice Wright

Tressie Wilson asks that dues be mailed to: Rome Rotary, PO Box 71, Rome, GA 30162-0071

ROME

ROTARY

CLUB

MAKE- UPS

Anne Kaiser 1 Bill Davis 1

Tim Arnold 1

Rita Odom 1

Frank Pinson 2

CONTRATULATIONS TO SEVEN HILLS’ ED WATTERS, WINNER OF DISTRICT 6910’s

LEE ARRENDALE AWARD FOR

VOCATIONAL SERVICE.

SEVEN HILLS PROGRAMS

Tuesdays at noon, Coosa

Country Club June 6- Martin Rhiner Brugg Cable; World Trade Center project June 12- RYLA and Robots June 26-Club Assembly/ Officer Instal- lation

UNEXPECTED ROTARY OPPORTUNITY

The Rotary Foundation is giving every Ro-tarian (and friend of Rotary) an unexpected op-

portunity. Between now and July 1st, you can re-

ceived double recognition points by signing up for

automatic contributions. These contributions can be for $25, $100, $250, $500 or $1,000 and will

be charged to a credit card of your choice either

one-time, monthly, quarterly or annually.

To take advantage of this wonderful oppor-

tunity of doubling your points while supporting

world-wide goodwill and peace through the im-

provement of health, the support of education,

and the alleviation of poverty, log onto rotary.org or call +1-866-976-8279.

How to Log IN: Rotary International

Foundation Member Access is a secure, acces-sible location for Rotarians and club and district

leaders to conduct Rotary business and access in-

formation.

To start using Member Access, click create ac-

count on the Member Access log-in page

found at https://www.rotary.org/en/selfservice/

Pages/Login.aspx (or just try rotary.org)

Ed Watson, after many

years as a loyal and

valuable Rotarian, has resigned.

COME HEAR ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT

As Rotarians, we have an opportunity to hear RI president

Kalyan speak in Chattanooga, June 7, noon...Bruce Watter-

son

Greetings from Rotary Club of Chattanooga:

I am writing to invite you to join Rotary Club of Chatta-

nooga on June 7th to hear Rotary International President,

Kalyan Banerjee. We meet at the Chattanooga Conven-

tion and Trade Center at noon. Reservations are due to the

Rotary Office by June 4 at 1:00PM. (423-267-1621 or

chattrotary@epbfi.com)… Erin Kelley

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ROTARY

INTERNATIONAL and

DISTRICT 6910 NEWS

GRSP STORIES—SARA J. HONDROU Australia — University of Georgia It's true; this year really has been one of the best years of my life. I really can't express how thankful I am to Athens Rotary Club and the whole pro-gram for giving me this amazing opportu-nity. It really is a once in a life time ex-perience. I have met so many amazing people throughout the year, each who have had their own impact on me. They have all helped me grow as a person and opened my eyes to other possibilities. All the students this year have been amazing. We all get along so well and although we come from different back-grounds and cultures, we are all so similar. I know that I have made friends for life here and I can't wait to travel and see where they all come from. My host family here has been incredible. I cannot thank them enough for what they have done. Deborah is one of the most amazing people I have ever met, her energy is just awesome and she has done so much for me this year, more than I think a host family is supposed to do! She has taken me to parts of America that I didn't think I would get to see and happily invites me to so many of her events which are always a lot of fun. Deb and Peter let me into their home and made me feel comfortable straight away. They both have busy lives so I really appreciate what they have done for me this year, giving up their time to make this a great experience. I know that I will be close with them forever and it will be very hard to leave them. Living in America has been so much fun. A lot of aspects are the same as home but then there are parts that are completely different. I love the southern hospitality. Everyone is so welcoming and kind, which is not something you find just anywhere! I'll admit that adjusting when I first came here was difficult, I wasn't used to sharing a room and not having a car but everyone here helped me through and I am very thankful for that, especially for all the lifts people have given me! The American college life has been like nothing else. It is very different to University back home. I have attended UGA this year and I love it. The spirit of the school is something else. Everyone gets into the sports and events going on around campus and I just love the real college feel that the school has to it. I have come to like American football and I am now a proud supporter of the Dawgs. I can't wait to see how they do this season. America is so huge that I will definitely need to come back to explore more but all the places I have been I have enjoyed tremendous amounts; I can't wait to see more of America. I am going to miss it here very much. This second semester has gone way to fast and I really wish I could stay longer but I am looking forward to the next stage of my life. I want to thank the GRSP program for everything, all the weekends and lovely Rotarians for letting us stay in their homes and all the Rotarians that let me into their lives. I also want to let all the other GRSP's know how much I will miss them and can't wait to reunite one day, we all know it will always be amazing if we are just all together! It really has been in-credible.

The Rotary Foundation

WEEK 47 - May 20-26, 2012

WHAT CAN YOUR $1,000.00 DONATION

TO THE ROTARY FOUNDATION DO?

Your $1,000.00 donation to The Rotary Foundation can help provide all materials necessary for the construction of a deep bore well in India which supplies clean drinking water to more than 300 people, materials to treat and prevent parasites and anemia in need children in Uru-guaiana, R.S., Brazil, or purchase a tree nursery in Jamaica that will annually pro-duce 5,000 tree seedlings and increase family income for 700 farmers, or provide artificial limbs to 25 disabled persons in Calcutta, India, or buy kitchen equipment for an orphanage in Peru, or provide a cow and animal husbandry training to a widow in Uganda where civil war shattered the economy and children die because of a lack of protein and calcium in their diets, or buy polio vaccine for 2,000 babies in Nige-ria, or fund enough textbooks to educate 2,000 children in a school in Papua New Guinea, or provide 20 $50.00 micro-loans enabling women in Nicaragua to start a craft business to support their families.

YOU CAN COMMIT TODAY TO DONATING $100.00 PER YEAR TO THE ROTARY FOUNDATION AND START MAKING A DIF-FERENCE IN PEOPLE’S LIVES. WILL

YOU? . WILL YOU?

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PROGRAM SCHEDULE PETE McDONALD, CHAIR

June 21 Jonathan Bartleson

Bill Bolling, Executive

Director, Atlanta Community Food

June 7 Al Hodge

David Newby, General

Manager, Profile Extrusion

Company, on Regional Transportation plan for

northwest Georgia

June 14 Randy Quick

Lake Point Sporting

Community and Town

Center, Judy Sparks and

MAKE-UPS

Since Rotary e-club has changed its site, I’m getting very few make-ups from

members. Before the average was five to ten a week; that’s dropped to one or

two. Either few are worried about attendance or they are not getting to me.

Until we know what’s going on, I suggest you drop me a separate e-mail let-

ting me know how many articles you have read. I’ll take care of the rest.

...Peg Arey pegarey@att.net

June 28 Janice Wright

and Pete McDonald

Installation of officers

for

Rome Rotary, 2012-13