BOY SCOUT NORTHVIEW FLAG PLACEMENTS

In honor of our deceased veterans, Boy Scout Troop 65 places flags on approx. 500 graves at Northview for Memorial Day and Veterans Day.
It takes about four hours for twelve scouts and leaders to accomplish this task. With the placement of each flag comes a salute and the call out of the name of the veteran as they are thanked for their service. The Northview flag placements have happened since 2010.
In addition for a number of years they have also placed flags on approx. 500 veteran graves at Memorial Gardens. Cub Scout Pack 65 was formed and for the last two years have taken on this responsibility.
Troop 65 has 29 scouts with twenty one Eagle Scouts, eight who are currently active. In December Troop 65 participates in Wreaths Across America and will place wreaths on veteran graves at the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Milledgeville.
Paul Donnell is the Scoutmaster and is assisted by six Assistant Scoutmasters, Wendell Smith, Dana Patisaul, Ryan Cook, Chris Mackey, Martin Kehayes and Aaron Rodriguez

The Nielsen Company

Christian Dixon is a Client Solutions Executive for Local Media Client Services with The Nielsen Company. Christian just celebrated her third year at Nielsen after being in the media industry for a total of seven years. Her past experience includes work at Turner Broadcasting, CNN, and FOX Broadcasting.
Nielsen is a media research company which studies consumers in more than 100 countries to provide the most complete view of media trends and purchasing habits worldwide. Christian is the account manager for the Sinclair Broadcasting Group account within Nielsen. Sinclair Broadcasting is the largest station group owner and operator in the U.S., covering 153 TV stations nationwide. Aside from Christian’s focus on Sinclair’s local TV business, Sinclair has several national and international ventures. Christian graduated from Georgia Southern University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Arts with an emphasis in Broadcasting. Christian grew up in Dublin, Georgia and current lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband.
ABOUT NIELSEN Nielsen Holdings plc (NYSE: NLSN) is a global performance management company that provides a comprehensive understanding of what consumers watch and buy. Nielsen's Watch segment provides media and advertising clients with Total Audience measurement services for all devices on which content — video, audio and text — is consumed. The Buy segment offers consumer packaged goods manufacturers and retailers the industry's only global view of retail performance measurement. Nielsen, an S&P 500 company, has operations in over 100 countries, covering more than 90% of the world’s population. For more information, visit www.nielsen.com.

Student of the Quarter

Group picture of student of the quarter: Left to right: Jordan Oliver East Laurens, Holden Baisden Dublin, Dublin Rotary President Candace Christian,Samantha Sharpe Trinity and Disha Patel West Laurens.

Rick Hudson YKK

Rick was born and raised in middle Georgia. He received his BBA in Management and Marketing from North Georgia College in Dahlonega, and earned his MBA from Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville.
Rick began his career with Blue Bird Corporation. He worked at Blue Bird for 25 years, serving the last 10 years as Director of Human Resources. In 2004, Rick began working at YKK AP in Dublin as the Director of Human Resources.
Rick is married to his high school sweetheart, Belinda. They just celebrated 36 years of wedded bliss. Rick and Belinda have 3 children and 2 grandchildren.

Davis-Hilburn Scholarship Recipients and Fellows

Scholarship recipients (ul) Joanne Hilburn, Cammie Hatchett, Candace Christian, Brooke Nardi, Judy Davis. (ur) Davis-Hilburn Fellow Frank Seaton with Rotary President Candace Christian.(ll)  Davis-Hilburn Fellow Ashley Torpy(r). (lr) Davis-Hilburn Fellow Ben and Pat Cochran.

Don Avery Fairview Park Hospital

Don Avery became the President and CEO of Fairview Park Hospital in May of 2008. Don is a former U. S. Air Force captain and has held executive positions with several healthcare systems. He holds a master’s degree in business administration and hospital administration from the University of Florida, and a bachelor’s degree in management from the Air Force Academy.

District Conference

Lance Jones City Manager

Lance Jones was appointed City Manager in 2017, after serving as interim manager due to the retirement of Mr. George Roussel. Prior to City Manager, Lance served as Municipal Court prosecutor and then as the City Attorney. As City Manager, Lance advises the Mayor and Council on their decisions and supervises day-to-day operations of the City.

Heart of Georgia United Way

Johnny Payne - United Way, Marie Townsend - TLC CASA, Vicky Dave - United Way Internand Candace Christian Dublin Rotary President.

St. Patrick's Festivities Update

Preston Johnson Speech Contest

Pictured (l-r) Maxwell Wallace, West Laurens High School  third place, Laralin Rogers,Trinity Christian School second place, Jordan Oliver, East Laurens High School first place, Rotary Club president Candace Christian.

OFTC GOAL Program

Pictured(l) Nathanael Williams of Sandersville was announced as the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner for Oconee Fall Line Technical College. Also pictured, Rotary President Candace Christian and OFTC  Instructor of the Year Kevin Corbin.
The GOAL award is a statewide program of the Technical College System of Georgia that honors excellence in academics and leadership among the state’s technical college students. Williams, along with the three other semi-finalists, competed in a series of interviews and evaluations by a selection committee of representatives from local business and industry and was judged on qualities like academic achievement, personal character, leadership ability and enthusiasm for technical education.
Williams is enrolled in OFTC’s Networking Specialist Program and was nominated by OFTC Computer Information Systems Instructor, Laura Layfield.
As the college winner, Williams will compete in regional judging against winners from other TCSG and Board of Regents colleges in February. The top region finalists will go to Atlanta to compete at the state-level in April where one student will be named the statewide 2017 GOAL winner.

President-elect Ian H.S. Riseley chose Rotary: Making a Difference as his theme for 2017-18.

Hans Christian Kjolseth

Hans Christian Kjolseth was a Dublin GRSP student (2002—2003) from Norway and attended Georgia Southern University. He grew up on a rural Norwegian farm but does not miss having to tend to the fox they raised. Bob and Marcia Dixon were his host parents. His sister, Marie, was the Dublin GRSP student in 2004. Today, Hans is representing his country as a diplomat, currently serving at the Permanent Delegation of Norway to NATO in Brussels. Prior to this, he worked three years at the Norwegian Embassy in Luanda, Angola. Educated with a Master of Political Science at the University of Oslo, Hans also participated in exchange programs at Universidad de Costa Rica and Freie University of Berlin.
Before joining the National Foreign Service Academy in 2010, Hans worked as a researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs as a journalist and political advisor to the Centre Party in the Norwegian Parliament. Hans enjoys writing and has won awards in several essay contests.