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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6
Past Presidents Reception
at Bench Warmers | 240 W. Ponce de Leon Ave. Decatur
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Friday Lunch Meeting Feb. 7 | Special Start time: 11:30 am
The Student Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) program honors Georgia’s highest achieving high school seniors and the teachers who have been most instrumental in their academic development. To obtain the STAR nomination, high school students must have the highest score on any single test date of the SAT and be in the top 10 percent or top 10 students of their class based on grade point average. Locally, STAR Students and STAR Teachers are honored by their schools and receive special recognition in their communities from one of the more than 172 civic organizations and businesses that serve as local STAR sponsors. Decatur Rotary serves as the local STAR sponsor for DeKalb County.
Be sure to arrive early for this special program. Lunch buffet will open at 11:45. Come at 11:30 to help us welcome our many special guests.
GREETERS THIS WEEK
David Ewing and Jason Conn
Weekly luncheon meetings begin at 12:15 pm
on Fridays unless otherwise noted.
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FRIDAY
FEBRUARY 14
SPEAKERS: Shaakira Silvera
& Michelle Kuperman The Global Village Project
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FRIDAY
FEBRUARY 21
SPEAKER: Gretchen Hiley CISO Data Security
Randstad
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FRIDAY
FEBRUARY 28
SPEAKERS: Frances Holt & Duane Sprull, Ed.D. Be The Voice Implementation
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Rotary Swag Available
Art is modeling the cool-blue Rotary polo, which gets two thumbs up from Maria.
Need some Rotary-branded clothing items to show off around town? If you would like to get your hands on a Rotary polo shirt or Rotary hat, contact Art Rosser.
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Bring Canned Goods to Rotary on Friday
Please bring canned food to our meeting this week to support our canned food drive. Other non-perishable food items are also welcome. Contact Maria Alvarez or Bob Ettensohn with any questions. Thank you!
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Milestones
Club Anniversaries
Harl Pike, 39 years
Art Rosser, 18 years
Stacey Stevens, 11 years
Alan Yorker, 9 years
Tim Moore, 9 years
February 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!
Danielle Jones and TES Stewart
Another good crowd for the meeting
Visiting Rotarian Dr. Mohamed Saleh, of Cairo, Egypt, and President Dudley
Pete Pfeiffer and visitor Dr. Mohamed Saleh
Winners of the gift card raffle: Doug (above) and Bryan (right)
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