Rotary Club of
Dublin, Georgia USA
Of the things we think, say or do:
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Rotary Global
Rewards
Read back issues of The Rotarian Magazine dating back to January 1911.
Promoting peace: Rotary encourages conversations to foster understanding within and across cultures.
Fighting disease: We educate and equip communities to stop the spread of life-threatening diseases like polio, HIV/AIDS, and malaria.
Providing clean water, sanitation, and hygiene: We support local solutions to bring clean water, sanitation, and hygiene to more people every day.
Saving mothers and children: Nearly 6 million children under the age of five die each year because of malnutrition, poor health care, and inadequate sanitation. We expand access to quality care, so mothers and their children can live and grow stronger.
Supporting education:Globally, more than 775 million people over the age of 15 are illiterate. Our goal is to strengthen the capacity of our community to support education and literacy, reduce gender disparity in education, and increase adult literacy.
Growing local economies: We carry out service projects that enhance economic and community development and create opportunities for decent and productive work for young and old.
Yours in Rotary Service,
Will Curry
2020-2021 Club President
About Rotary
Rotary International is the world's first service club organization, with more than 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs worldwide. Rotary club members are volunteers who work locally, regionally, and internationally to combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide education and job training, promote peace, and eradicate polio under the motto Service Above Self.
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
BRANDON RAPHAEL - TEAM PRESIDENT
Brandon
Raphael is going into his second season as Team President of
the Macon Bacon.
In Brandon's first season, he helped lead the Bacon to its
most successful season on and off the field. The Bacon had
its best record and made the Championship Series, along with
helping raise over $50,000 for local organizations. With
this, Brandon was named the Coastal Plain League Executive
of the Year in 2019.
Before the Bacon, he has more than 18 years of experience in
various roles in sports including the Senior Associate
Athletic Director of Development and Ticket Sales at the
University of Texas – San Antonio. Brandon previously worked
with DeLay with the Frisco RoughRiders and the Las Vegas
51s.
He is from St. Louis and attended Maryville University where
he also played baseball. Rumor has it, he will take a few
at-bats each season.
Brandon is married to his wife, Kimberly and has two
children: Caden (12) and Brooklyn (10).
Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership
The GOAL (Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership) Program celebrates it’s 49th year this year! Outstanding students attending Georgia’s technical colleges are recognized for academic excellence and personal achievement. GOAL emphasizes the importance in technical education in today’s world and rewards students who exemplify excellence in their chosen program of study.
This year’s 2020 GOAL Winner for Oconee Fall Line Technical College is Summer Pope. Summer is in the Associate Degree in Nursing Bridge Program. Summer was nominated by Math Instructor, Lecresicia Marion.
The RPA (Rick Perkins Award) Program
The Rick Perkins Award for Excellence is awarded annually and is designed to recognize and honor technical college instructors who make significant contributions to technical education through innovation and leadership in their fields. The award has been an ongoing statewide event since 1991. This year’s 2020 RPA WInner is Kelly Braxton, Clinical Coordinator and Instructor in the Respiratory Technology Program and Division Chair for Allied Health.
Pete Stuart Morris Bank
Pete
Stuart is the Corporate Security Officer for Morris Bank.
Pete assists with the security efforts of Morris Bank and
is responsible for fraud investigations, restitutions,
employee security training, and acts as liaison to external
law enforcement officials in criminal investigations and
prosecution. Pete earned a certification in At-Risk Adult
Crime Tactics (ACT) focusing on elder financial
exploitation. Prior to joining Morris Bank, Pete Served as a
Special Agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI)
for 30 years with the last seven years as the GBI Director
of Training. In this role, Pete specialized in the
development and implementation of advanced courses to
include firearms, warrant service, active shooter response,
death investigations, interviews and interrogations and
career development courses.
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