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Announcements 2009 Rotary Charity Golf Tournament   Click here for more information  and sponsorship opportunities:   http://www.fayettedaybreak.org/Golf.html       HOSTED BY: Fayetteville, Fayette Daybreak and Coweta Rotary Clubs   Friday, September 25, 2009 Flat Creek Golf Course Peachtree City, Georgia Mark Your Calender! June 27, Saturday night, 5pm at Irene's home it will be our annual Officers' Installation Banquet. Come give Scott a big send off and welcome Tony as our new President. More information is on the way! Prayer & Pledge Filling in for Phil McMullin with the Prayer, Pledge and 4-way Test was Marion Wells. Thank you Phil McMullin for allowing Marion to act with  continued "Service Above Self".   Phil McMullin Song of the Week Paul Oddo- always excellent in his choice of songs.  Thank you Paul for your never ending "Service Above Self".   COMING ATTRACTIONS!   A Patriotic Summer !  Check out the song page and visit the video.

EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT!:  FUTURE EVENTS TO TAKE PLACE IN THE FUTURE.

1. Official District Governor Visit is July 13, 2009.  Board Meeting at 11:00 am.
2. Mark your calendar now for our "Family of Rotary" event on Monday, August 3 at 6:00 p.m. at Upscale Pizza. This meeting replaces our 12:15 p.m meeting. Please bring your spouse/guest and children/grandchildren.

 Next meeting date: July 6, 2009. 12:15pm at Baci Restraurant banquet room (Bella Sera). 174 N. Glynn St., Fayetteville, GA. 770-460-0400.  The program will be hosted by  Past President Paul Oddo.

OFFICERS' INSTALLATION BANQUET---

June 27 was our annual Officers and Directors installation banquet. The old officers and Directors  steped aside as the new Officers and Directors tookl their oath of office.  The Banquet had a Mexican theme this year and was held at la hacienda de Irene y Alan Edwards. President Scott presented the following awards at the officers and directors installation.  Congratulations to the following Rotarians: (A) Service Above Self Awards:  Tony Fritz and Phil McMullin  (B) Four Avenues of Service Citation for Individual Rotarians: Irene Edwards (C) President's Award:  Jack Smith and (D) Rotarian of the Year:  Dale Kreutter.

JUNE 20, 2009: Dr. Dave Lee was the speaker.

Dr. Dave Lee presented an entertaining slide show of his mission trip to Honduras  and to his visit to the peace park in Hiroshima, Japan.  As part of the mission trip Dave performed dental work on people who otherwise would not have had access to needed medical treatment. Thanks Dave for spreading the word about Rotary while doing God's work.

It's a sad day. Our friend and companion in rotary has issued a letter of resignation to the club. Al Dapkus resigned today stating that he loves the club and will miss us all but has taken a new job down near Columbus. Al, Rasa and Babora will be missed, too. Al served as our club Vocational Director for the past three years. We hope that Al will stay with the Rotary because his leadership and work ethics are the foundation of Rotary and people like him are valued. Thank you Al for your continued "Service Above Self". We'll miss you.

May 18, 2009 - The YMCA has been around in Fayette County for over 29 years. Pam Young and Catherine Sanderson presented a summary of activities that our young men and women can participate in at their YMCA.

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May 11, 2009-

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Well, Phil McMullin was called away unexpectedly, so the Club unexpectedly called upon Parks Redwine for a program. Parks spoke about his recent trip to the great North West where he was the judge for a local wine tasting contest. An interesting side note is that Parks began his wine career writing the the Atlanta Journal and Constitution back in the 1970s under the alias (nom de plume) Richard P. McKenzie.  This was done partly because no one would believe his real name was Redwine and partly to avoid angry crowds.

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May 4, 2009-

TODAY’S SPEAKER was Georgia House Representative Matt Ramsey. Matt, who has a ‘day job’ with the law firm of Warner, Hooper & Ramsey, P.C. in Peachtree City, gave the Club an update on the last legislative session.

The big area this year was budget cuts!  In so doing, the Legislature had to set their priorities. Education and Public Safety and health care for the indigent were three that received the least amount of cuts.

It the area of Education the state temporarily suspended some unfunded mandates for two years so that school systems would be able to use available money.  But they voted to spend some more money to lure graduates to pursue math and science teaching since the state has a shortage of such teachers.

As to transportation, the state reorganized the DOT.

And in the area of Ethics, the state passed a law to weed out legislators who do not pay their income taxes.

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April 20, 2009-  CLUB ASSEMBLY

President Scott Williamson lead a lively discussion of recent Club events and a preview of coming events in the new Rotary Year. Membership was discussed and it was noted that we are losing ground in this arena. After giving a nod to the current economic collapse, Presdent Scott said must all work on getting new members in the new year. Darryl Cutts won the lottery and got to cut the losing card.

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THIS JUST IN-   Jekyll Island, GA April 24, 2009. Good evening Mr. and Mrs. America and all the ships at sea. Representatives from the Rotary Club of Fayetteville are having a grand time at the District 6900 Convention in Jekyll.  Reports from Tony Fritz, President Elect, are that the group went on an ocean going boat cruise Thursday night and on Friday they are headed for the Rotary Roundup. Everyone is wearing their Cowboy gear and Tony promises to lasso the District Governor off the podium. (editors comment.)

Saturday night will see the Swingin Medallions hit the stage (but not each other) as they will enthrall the Convention with their raucous brand of good time rock and roll!

Attendees from our Club are  Hector (Foundation Director) and Carol (Past President) Colon, Scott (President) and Amy Williamson, Tony (Vice President and President Elect) and Alice Fritz.  Those not in attendance will be required to write an essay on why they should be excused from all the fun!

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April 20, 2009-

Congressman Lynn Westmoreland spoke to our Club today. He addressed questions mostly about the current economic crisis. He does see some light at the end of the tunnel, but it presently is only a dim light (editor's comment.)

Lynn is a resident of Coweta County, Georgia and is in his third term as our Congressional Representative.

April 13, 2009-

Dr. Bryan Kaiser spoke today about his charitable organization known as God's Eyes. This company makes eyeglasses free of charge for poor people in Haiti, Peru, and Honduras. As a Christian based organization, its mission is to help alleviate the burden of an estimated 100,000,000 people who need vision correction but cannot afford it. For more information see www.GodsEyes.biz.

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.Brian Kaiser and Scott Williamson, President

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April 6, 2009

Today is an OFF DAY for our Club. We don't meet today as the Board has declared this to be "Spring Break."  It's a day when we get to collect our thoughts, recollect and spend some time away from the hustle and bustle of the world of Rotary! See you next week!

Remember this week is Holy Week in the Christian world. And the first day of Passover is this week also.

March 30, 2009 -

Today's speaker was Brian Wismer, Director of Main Street in Fayetteville. He gave the Club an outline of the plans, programs and vision of Main Street. Fayetteville is the 37th such designated city in Georgia. So we were out in front in this arena.

Be sure to check out the upcoming shows at the Amphitheater. See the page on the City's web site. Just "Google" it.

March 23, 2009-

Speaker Garland Hunt

State Board of Pardons and Paroles

Special Guests:

Steve Heaton- Fayetteville Chief of Police

Brandon Perkins- Tyrone Chief of Police

Wayne Hannah- Fayette Co. Sheriff

We hope you enjoyed the speaker. Garland Hunt presented our group with statistics comparing our State with national statistics. Some were good, some not so good. An astonishing 1 out of every 13 adults in Ga. have some type of criminal record.

L-R Fayetteville Chief of Police, - Fayette County Sheriff, Wayne Hannah; Steve Heaton; State Board of Pardons and Paroles, Garland Hunt; President Scott Williamson; Brandon Perkins, Tyrone Chief of Police.

Today is the Rotary Convention update. Tony Fritz, President Elect, presented to the membership an outline of the activities at the upcoming convention. The dates are April 23-26, 2009, at the Jekyll Island Convention Center.

Register now. The early registration period has been extended until April 1st. You can register at the District 6900 web site. Just "Google" it!