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Frances Holt & Duane Sprull Be THE Voice Implementation
Frances Holt, the assistant superintendent of City Schools of Decatur, and Duane Sprull, the principal of Decatur High School, will speak about Be THE Voice, a program that uses peer-to-peer messaging to support mental health awareness and to reduce bullying among school children.
GREETERS THIS WEEK
Carl Seville and Elliott Augustine
Weekly luncheon meetings begin at 12:15 pm
on Fridays unless otherwise noted.
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THURSDAY
MARCH 6
THIRSTY THURSDAY O’Sullivan’s
Irish Pub
On the Square
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FRIDAY
MARCH 7
SPEAKER: Wendy Battaglia Trellis
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FRIDAY
MARCH 14
SPEAKER: Ray James The Ansley School
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FRIDAY
MARCH 21
SPEAKER: Sara Junkin Woodard Jubilee House Community, Inc.
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FRIDAY
MARCH 28
SPEAKERS: Rob Johnson,
Greg White A Home For Everyone Inc.
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THURSDAY
APRIL 3
THIRSTY THURSDAY
Location TBA
SAVE THE DATE: Spring Fundraiser May 1
Save the date for a fun time doing good! President-elect Alison Weissinger announced that the club’s annual fundraising event will take place at the Lost Druid Brewery on May 1. The fundraiser committee is currently seeking auction items. If you have items for the auction, contact Alison.
SERVICE PROJECT: Bring Canned Goods to Rotary on Friday
Our February Food Drive ends on Friday, so please bring canned food and other non-perishable food items to our meeting this week. Contact Maria Alvarez or Bob Ettensohn with any questions. Thank you!
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Milestones | February
Club Anniversaries
Harl Pike, 39 years
Art Rosser, 18 years
Stacey Stevens, 11 years
Alan Yorker, 9 years
Tim Moore, 9 years
Birthdays
Julian Fitts, 2 years
Luis Abularach, 2 years
Shara Sanders, 1 year
Andrea Arnold, 1 year
TES Stewart, February 1
RJ Jawanda, February 6
Danielle Jones, February 12
Laura Brookshire, February 15
Brenda Leder, February 24
FRIDAY | APRIL 18, 2025
Dud Larus, Steve Szeremeta and Jason Conn
Tom Adams gave the invocation. Dud Larus shared the positive news that our club has been noticed at the district for being active and having a growing, thriving membership. Dud also thanked Charles Lutin for creating the greeter program this year, and noted that managing the greeters would be a great job for a newer club member when Charles rolls off in July.
Jason Conn inducted a new member, Steve Szeremeta (pronounced SHUR-meta), who is a retired attorney.
Maria Alvarez introduced our speaker, Emily Holden. Emily is a stand-up comedian from Decatur who mines the rich field of motherhood and family life for her comedy. She entertained the club members with parenting jokes and referred to herself as the “poor man’s Reese Witherspoon.”
Visitors included Kurt Blumthal, guest of Jason Conn; Nancy Lucas, guest (and wife) of Eric Lucas; Holly Bennett, guest (and wife) of John Bennett; and Rachel Cogburn, current host mom to our Rotary exchange student and also a guest of John Bennett.
Scenes from our most recent meeting and events. Individuals are identified from left to right.
Dud with speaker Emily Holden (Dud shows the book donated to the public library in the speaker’s name).
Speaker Emily Holden, Doug Robinson, and Doug Tozzi
Eric Lucas with wife Nancy Lucas
Exchange student Selma with current host mom, Rachel Cogburn
Congrats to Maria, winner of this week’s bottle raffle!
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