Doug Collins Legislative Update

Doug Collins is a conservative Re-publican proudly representing Georgia’s 9th Congressional Dis-trict. A former pastor, Doug also serves as a chaplain in the U.S. Air Force Reserve with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He and his wife Lisa have been married more than 30 years and live in Gaines-ville with their three kids: Jordan, Copelan and Cameron.
While in Congress, Doug has fought tirelessly for our conservative values. He’s worked with President Trump to deliver tax cuts, and he authored the First Step Act, a criminal justice reform bill endorsed by President Trump. Doug’s fearless defense of President Trump against the radical left has conservative leaders in Geor-gia and across the country lining up in support him.
Georgia Agriculture Commissioner, Gary Black, Former Gov. Mike Huckabee, Congressman Devin Nunes and Congressman Drew Ferguson know Doug is the con-servative who is tested, proven and trusted to get the job done. Doug maintains a 100% rating from the Amer-icanConservativeUnion,an“A” rating from the NRA, but most proudly, he’s known as public enemy number one to Jerry Nadler, Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi.

OFTC Rotaract Club

OFTC Rotarct member, Destiny Blizzard in front of the Rotaract Club sign at OFTC. She is holding a bookmark she created about Rotaract at OFTC.Destiny  is in the Cyber Security Program.

Dr. Arthur Wayne Johnson

Dr. Arthur Wayne Johnson is a public servant, accomplished businessman, veteran, student loan expert, and life-long Georgia native.
From 2017 to 2019, Wayne was a senior official in President Trump’s Administration serving as the Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer and Chief Operating Officer for the Department of Education’s Office of Federal Student Aid. Overseeing the largest provider of student financial aid in the country, Wayne successfully led thousands of employees whose mission was to make college education accessible and affordable for millions of Americans.
Prior to entering public service, Wayne amassed over 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur, senior executive, and CEO of multiple businesses, both domestic and international, in the consumer finance and customer service support industries. Wayne’s professional career has given him first-hand knowledge of how to make higher education more cost-effective so that students and their families receive an education that improves their long-term employment prospects without taking on crushing levels of debt. He knows how to run organizations efficiently and effectively, and wants to bring this solutions-oriented approach to the Senate.
Wayne is a U.S. Army veteran, an Eagle Scout, and a product of Georgia’s education system. He holds a PhD in Higher Education Leadership from Mercer University, a Masters of Business Administration from Emory University, and Bachelor of Arts from Mercer University.

Football Coaches visit Rotary

Dublin High School Coach Roger Holmes Trinity Christian School Coach Bin Turner / East Laurens High School Coach Jimmy Fields and West Laurens High School Coach Kagan McClain

Installation of Officers

Today the torch was passed and new officers were initiated. Thank you Jack Walker for your service as president for the 2019-2020 year. Will Curry is our 2020-2021 president and this year’s theme is “Rotary Opens Opportunities.”

Super Raffle Winner

June 11th drawing. Bob Walker presents this Schwinn Aerodyne from Little House Self Storage on Marion St to Griffin Lovett for winner Autumn Lovett ticket #704.

Dr. Kyle Marrero, President Georgia Southern University

Dr. Kyle Marrero started as Georgia Southern University’s 14th president on April 1, 2019. Previously, he was president of the University of West Georgia, where he consistently worked to honor the past while forging a new West Georgia. Under his guidance since 2013, the university built a culture of high performance and data-informed decision-making by focusing on a new strategic plan (2014-2020) and assessment methodology aligned with UWG’s new strategic imperatives: Student Success, Academic Success, Partnership Success and Operational Success.
rior to his appointment at West Georgia, Dr. Marrero served as vice president for university advancement at the University of West Florida, overseeing the university’s integrated marketing communications efforts, fundraising, development and alumni relations’ activities. His background in the arts has taken him to 10 foreign countries as an artistic ambassador for the United States Embassies and 40 states as a singer and stage director. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in vocal performance from Bowling Green State University and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Michigan. He has been married to nationally acclaimed opera singer Dr. Jane Redding for 24 years and they are blessed with a beautiful daughter, Lily.

Dublin-Laurens St. Patrick’s Festival

Royce Hall is a life-long native of Dublin, Georgia. He has been employed with the City of Dublin for 23 years as an Engineering Drafter and Computer Aided Designer. Currently, Royce serves on the City of Dublin Youth Coun-cil Commission Board, the City of Dublin International Committee Board and as the Youth Director at his church.
Royce is a 2014 alumni of Georgia Leadership and a 1999 alumni of Dublin-Laurens Leadership. He served as the secretary for the Dublin-Laurens St. Patrick’s Festival Committee from 2015-2017 and since then has served as 2018 President of the Order of Shillelagh, 2019 Vice –Co-Chairman and is presently the 2020 General Co-Chair