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Meeting Friday, July 31
Historic DeKalb County Courthouse
101 E. Court Square | 12:15 pm
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OUR SPEAKER THIS WEEK
Jim Logan Author, Just Keep TRI-ING
Jim Logan is an endurance athlete and author of Just Keep TRI-ING: The Faith-Fueled Formula to Push Through Pain, Face Your Fears, and Finish Your Race. In April 2024 he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and given six months to two years to live. Twenty-seven months later, he has no evidence of disease and is training for the IRONMAN World Championship in October, racing for the IRONMAN Foundation. Jim has a home inspection business, and he and his wife have one son.
GREETERS THIS WEEK
DeAnna Julian and Bryan Markowitz
Weekly luncheon meetings begin at 12:15 pm
on Fridays unless otherwise noted.
Friday, August
7 MEETING SPEAKER Brian Green
Feel Big, Live Bigger
How can you support our club's efforts to give back to the community AND make your car look new and shiny?
Go to Caliber Car Wash, on Memorial Drive, July 31 through Aug. 2 and tell them you are from the Decatur Rotary Club. 50% of all proceeds go to the club. Tell your friends and neighbors.
. . . . . PROGRAM UPDATE: New Rotary Exchange Student Arrival: Welcome, Alice!
Alice, left, was greeted at Hartsfield by Celie, whom our club is sponsoring for exchange to France this year.
Our club is hosting Alice from Brazil for the coming school year. We look forward to getting to know her and learning about her community and culture – while introducing her to ours.
. . . . . ONE WEEK (ISH) AWAY! FODAC Service Project Is August 8
Be sure to save Saturday, August 8, 2026, as the date to participate in the FODAC home medical equipment drive. Join Decatur Rotary Club members, along with other clubs in DeKalb County, in picking up donated equipment and organizing donations.
The event begins with breakfast and networking at 8:30 am on the back patio of the 57th Fighter Group Restaurant. Volunteers will leave in their groups to collect equipment and return to the 57th to unload the collected medical equipment. Volunteers should be finished between 1-2pm.
This event is being sponsored by the North Atlanta Rotary Club along with the DeKalb Rotary Council. Please contact Ralph Sims of the North Atlanta Rotary Club at 770-778-1907 or ralphdsims@gmail.com if you have questions or would like to volunteer.
Details:
📍 57th Fighter Group Restaurant, 3829 Clairmont Rd.
Chamblee, GA 30341
📅 Saturday, August 8, 8:30 am-2 pm
. . . . . SAVE THE DATE!
Fall Fundraiser Set for Thursday, Oct. 22
Mark your calendar and stay tuned for more details about what is certain to be a fun event!
. . . . . Milestones: July
Birthdays
James Herndon, July 2
Harl Pike, July 4
Linton Broome, July 6
Leo Ladefian, July 7
Tim Moore, July 8
Walt Drake, July 10
Barbara Tedrow, July 17
Joe Kusmik, July 17
Jack Kirivong, July 19
John Bennett, July 21
Bryan Markowitz, July 22
Marion Curry, July 27
Al Adams, July 30
Club Anniversaries
James Smith, 43 years
Carl Seville, 17 years
John Drake, 17 years
Alison Weissinger, 13 years
Douglas Tozzi,12 years
Gyimah Whitaker, 3 years
Willie Acree, 1 year
Jack Kirivong, 1 year
Friday, July 24: Meeting Recap
Jack Kirivong introduced speaker Louie Northern
Our speaker last week was Louie Northern, a stunt driver, pilot, and the CEO of Ascend Aerials, a specialty camera movement company. He gave a presentation about how his company got its start by creating corporate drone videos (for instance, covering the unveiling of the newly named Mercedes-Benz stadium), then pivoting to employing stunt-driving vehicles with a camera arm for film and TV productions. More recently, Ascend developed a new technology, Helix, which is the first universal multi-camera array stabilizer. Louie also offered to give a tour of his stunt-driving car, equipped with cameras, at Ascend’s shop!
We welcomed several visitors:
Muftau Bello, guest of Genevieve Hampton
Joanne Kent, guest of Maria Alvarez
Bailee Yarbrough, guest of Alison Weissinger
Jack Llewellyn and Danny Gershwin, guests of Eric Lucas
Perry Smith, guest of Lawrence Sharp
Jack Brillante, guest of the club and pending new member
Individuals are identified from left to right.
Speaker Louie Northern fielded lots of questions after his presentation
President Eric talks to board members
Willie Acree and Kalia Morrison exchange info
Doug Robinson chats with guest Bailee Yarbrough, of Decatur Book Festival
Dud and Eric figure things out
Lawrence and Kelly share a laugh
Thank You to Our Club Sponsors
We are grateful for the support of our local sponsors, and we encourage our members to support them in return.
OUR SPEAKER THIS WEEK
How can you support our club's efforts to give back to the community AND make your car look new and shiny? 
