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Sertoma
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Chairman
Woodrow Hudson
CALENDAR
Next Meeting:
January 9, 2009. Speaker and topic to be announced.
Next Board Meeting:
January 19th at 5 p.m. at Carroll EMC.
Schedule for 2009
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SERTOMA WISHES YOU A JOYFUL AND PEACEFUL NEW YEAR
Sertoma says Goodbye to One of Its Own:
a Career Public Servant and Good Friend
Dr. Tracy Stallings
A native of Carroll County, Tracy Stallings attended local schools, majored in journalism at the University of Georgia,
held a master's degree in counseling from the University of West Georgia, and earned a Ph.D in educational leadership
from Georgia State University. He began a journalism career as a sportswriter while in high school and served as a reporter
and editorial writer on the Atlanta Journal for three years. He then worked at West Georgia College (now the State
University of West Georgia) for more than three decades, serving as Director of College Relations, Dean of Student Affairs,
and Director of Continuing Education. His political career included six years as a member of the Carrollton Board of Education,
nearly fourteen years as mayor of Carrollton, and representative from District 100 in the Georgia House of Representatives. He
was active in the First Baptist Church, the Sertoma and Rotary Clubs, the American Legion, and other civic organizations. In
January he was ordained a minister in the Universal Life Church and performed his first wedding in August. His hobbies
included collecting old western novels, writing country songs, learning to play the violin, and collecting antique stock and
bond certificates. He was working to turn his diary entries from his years at West Georgia College into a publishable book.
Tracy died Tuesday, November 18, 2008, and was laid to rest on Sunday, November 23rd.
"I've tried to enjoy life." ~ Tracy Stallings
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Service to Mankind Awards Banquet
The Bowdon, Carroll County, Carrollton Evening, and Villa Rica Sertoma clubs held their annual Service
To Mankind banquet on Thursday, October 30th, at Sunset Hills Country Club.
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On behalf of the area's four Sertoma clubs, Jim Gill presented the 2008 Service to Mankind Award to
Susan Lester, seen here with her daughter Hannah, age 2.
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The Carroll County Sertoma Club presented its 2007-2008 Sertoman of the Year Award to Dr.
Charles Hodges for his leadership in coordinating the Fantasy Baseball Camp for hearing- and speech-impaired children,
service as club president (2005-2006), and continuing service as sergeant-at-arms. The award was presented by club chair
Jay Gill (right).
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Rebecca Smith of the Carrollton Evening Sertoma Club presented the 2006-2007 North Georgia District Sertoman
of the Year Award to Chris Pyles.
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Sertoma Drug Awareness Day Rally 2008
Fourth Graders Learn the Ugly Truth About Drug and Alcohol Abuse
On October 24th, Tabernacle Baptist Church in Carrollton played host to over 1,600 students from Carroll County schools,
who gathered to dance to the upbeat music, shout out with the UWG cheerleaders, and watch drug dogs from the Carroll
County Sheriff's Office sniff out drugs and take down a drug dealer (portrayed by a well-padded deputy). All this activity
was part of the 21st annual Sertoma Drug Awareness Day rally, which takes place each year at the end of
Red Ribbon Week. The rally is organized by the Carroll County Sertoma Club and
supported by Tanner Medical Center, Carroll EMC,
the county's three other Sertoma clubs, the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, and
local businesses. While among the most anticipated of the field trips the students are allowed each year, the rally is not
all fun and games. Its main purpose is to educate children about the dangers of substance abuse in ways that they will
understand and remember. There were some very sobering moments during this year's program when the students viewed diagrams
depicting the physical effects of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco products on the human body and before-and-after photographs of
drug abusers, dispelling any ideas the kids might have had that drug use is in any way glamorous.
Special thanks should go to master of ceremonies Jay Gill of River City Bank of West Georgia; Sheriff Langley; Tracy
Wilson of the Carroll Meth Awareness Coalition; Investigator Reagen Clayton; Deputy Greg Holcomb; Deputy Dave Elliott; the
University of West Georgia Cheerleaders; technical help provided by Carroll EMC; the staff of Tabernacle Baptist Church;
illustrator Ivan Stalio of Florence, Italy, whose owl cartoon favored the front of this year's T-shirt; William and Leslie
Harris of T-Graphics, Inc., who produced the 1,758 shirts and then packaged them in such a way as to make their distribution
simple and painless; the Serteens of Carroll County, who helped the students find their seats; and all the fourth-grade
teachers, administrators, and bus drivers from the thirteen county schools that attended.
For questions about this event, e-mail our vice president of programs,
Ian Davis.
Please support those who have made this important educational program possible, our 2008 Sponsors:
- Tanner Medical Center
- Bowdon Sertoma Club
- The Carroll Co. Sheriff's Office
- Carroll County Chamber of Commerce
- Carroll County Sertoma Club
- Carroll EMC
- Carrollton Evening Sertoma Club
- CB&T of West Georgia
- Chick-fil-A of Villa Rica
- Classic Gardens & Gifts
- First National Bank of Georgia
- Garrett & Robinson Investment Management
- Greyfield Resources, Inc.
- Gump W.A.G.D.
- H. Jeffrey Lindsey, D.M.D., Orthodontist
- Harry T's Car Wash
- The Little Hawaiian Seafood Grill & Tiki Lounge
- Morgan Oil
- Tabernacle Baptist Church
- Tisinger Vance, PC
- United Community Bank
- Villa Rica Sertoma Club
- The Wash Bowl
- Wendy's (CraveCo Eateries, LLC)
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Welcome to the Carroll County Sertoma Club website!
Sertoma is a non-profit civic organization that exists for the high and
noble purpose of SERvice TO MAnkind
by communication of thoughts, ideas, and concepts to accelerate human progress in health, education, freedom, and
democracy.
When and where do we meet?
The Carroll County Sertoma Club gathers at Noon every second and fourth Friday at the
Z-6 Food Services Building, Hubbard Dining Room, on the campus of the University
of West Georgia. Meetings generally include a nice lunch, a guest speaker, discussion of upcoming club projects, and the fellowship
of service-minded women and men who work enthusiastically to make a difference in their community.
Guests are welcome! Come see what we're all about!
September 12th Meeting
Georgia author and poet Ruby Johnson spoke about her semi-autobiographical novel
Banning Road, which describes rural life in Carroll County, Georgia, during the early 20th century.
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September 12th Meeting
Author, journalist, and retired economics professor Dr. Carole E. Scott wrote an
article in 1999 about Hungarian immigrants who settled in
Tallapoosa in the 1890s and established vineyards in Georgia. In 1896 vineyards covered approximately 12,726 acres of land
in Haralson County. By the turn of the century, Georgia was rated the sixth largest wine grape-producing state in the U.S.
All of that changed with passage of the Georgia Prohibition Act of 1907, followed a few years later by the Eighteenth
Amendment to the federal constitution, establishing national prohibition.
The current county government is exploring the possibility of encouraging growth into the wine grape industry again.
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August 8th Meeting
In 2004, Joe Persichetti (middle), at 62 years of age, received a life-saving transplant of
a heart from a 14-year-old donor. Now he speaks to families and groups about his experience on behalf of LifeLink of Georgia
and the Georgia Transplant Foundation, urging people to consider organ and tissue donation and talk to their families about
this choice. There are currently 2,300 Georgians waiting for organ donations. 88 are waiting for
hearts, 17% of which will die before a suitable donated heart is found. |
July 25th Meeting
Jonathan Dorsey (see photo at right) outlined the work of the Carrollton Area
Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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July 11th Meeting
At our first meeting under the direction of President Michael Keefe (at left in photo), Dr. Martha Ann Saunders and
Dr. Ron Reigner of the Ferst Foundation for Cultural Literacy spoke about the
foundation's mission to "provide books for local communities to prepare all Georgia preschool children for reading and learning
success." In participating Georgia counties, registered children receive a new book each month until age five, up to a maximum of
sixty books. These become the child's own to read over and over and perhaps pass down to their children. A benefit, known as
"Bands, Burgers & Books," was held at the Carroll County Ag Center on Saturday, August 9th, from 6-9 p.m. to raise
funds to promote childhood literacy in Carroll County.
Our 2008-2009
club president,
Michael Keefe. |
We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.
Edith Lovejoy Pierce
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