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News Exchange
From The Rome Exchange Club
Recipient of Exchange National Service Award 2014-2015
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Rome's #1 Service Club For Over 79 Years
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February 5, 2016
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Winner of the
Leonard Grace Best Club Bulletin 2013-2014
Greg Gaston - Editor
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Exchange Club of Rome Newsletter
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Greetings!
Next Meeting
February 5th, 2016
Business Meeting
Remember - No Guests at Business Meetings
Menu:
Ham, Chicken & Dressing, Green Beans, Sweet Potatoes, Yeast Rolls, Salad, Cobbler, Cake and Ice Cream.
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Night at the Movies
Make your plans to attend. Tickets are available from the Family Resource Center beginning this week. This is not only a great, fun-filled evening, but a chance to see a first run major motion picture, sample the fare of several local eateries, and is also a major fund raiser for the FRC.
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Special Sweetheart Exchange Meeting
In Celebration of Valentines Day, you are invited to our Exchange Club's Sweethearts Party to be held on Friday, February 12th, We have moved our regular noon buffet to a evening buffet to allow you to bring your special Sweetie, or come along anyway if you are still playing the field.What a night we have planned:- Wine and conversation beginning at 6, buffet at 6:30
- Crooning by "The Bottom Feeders"
- Earl Tillman as special guest speaker
- A Very Special Version of "The Newlywed Game"
- Door Prizes!
This party is covered by your dues, but to allow Marie to have an accurate figure for the buffet, we ask that you RSVP for yourself and your Sweetie. See separate email to make a reservation. |
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At our last meeting.....
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| | Judge Jack Niedrach, a fellow Exchangite, outlined the plans to create a "Mental Health Court" in the Rome Floyd County Superior Courts. As Jack explained, the mental health court is not another court, but rather, provides an alternate method of sentencing those with mental illness. As Jack pointed out, the present system of sending those with mental illness to prison does not work effectively. The goal of the mental health court is to reduce recidivism by diverting the mentally ill from jails and prisons and into a treatment program. "It's a concept that the state would rather spend its tax dollars, not on incarceration, but on treatment and supervision," Judge Niedrach said. |
Click on the picture above for a video of Judge Niedrach's presentation. |
Here's Some Good News
Kerce Joins Development Authority
Congratulations to Exchangite Cathy Kerce on being sworn in as a member of the Joint Rome Floyd Development Authority. Cathy, as Chair of the Greater Rome Existing Industries Association joined Rome Mayor Jamie Doss, County Commission Chair Larry Maxey, and New Chamber of Commerce Chair Curtis Garner to be administered by Judge Walter Mathews.
Dr. Jack Runninger, a retired local Optometrist and former Exchangite, was recently featured in his alumni newsletter. Jack, as always, has some interesting observations as well as how he got to be an Optometrist. Click on Visions to see the story.
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Gather Up Your Stuff
 Call For Yard Sale "Goodies"
Our own Mr. yard sale, Scottie Edwards, is gathering up the goods for a spring sale to aide the Americanism projects of our Exchange Club. If you have anything
to sell, call Scottie, 706-346-5998, and he will pick them up and hold them for the sale. One person's junk is another person's treasure, so look around and give him a call.
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Are You Saving Those Bottle Tops and Carton Ends?
At a previous meeting, Exchangites Barbara Carter and Meredith Brown outlined plans for this years scrapbook. The duo explained they are also asking Exchangites to save bottle tops from Coke products and the end package panels from Coke can products. There will be a basket in the lobby of the Palladium to deposit them and they will be exchanged for on-line services in producing the scrapbook.
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| | Exchangites Barbara Carter and Meredith Brown who preparing our annual Scrapbook shown here collecting the Coke labels and caps from Exchangite Dan Caesar and others who brought their labels and caps to our last meeting. |
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Exchange Fellowship
This week please remember these Exchangites in your thoughts and prayers:
Exchangite Julia Dent remains in Floyd Hospital. Julia was originally admitted with pneumonia, and she feels this is pretty well cleared up, but she is having problems stemming from degenerative disc disease and she is having problems standing up. She is working with physical therapists and Fred says they are still trying to work out a transfer to intensive rehab. Please keep Fred and Julia in your thoughts and prayers.
Exchangite Bill Irmscher had additional out patient surgery on the hand he injured while using a power saw last fall. He reports that he has gone to physical therapy several times this week and there is some improvement, although very painful. Please remember Bill in your thoughts and prayers for a fast and full recovery.
If you have fellowship information, please let us know. The email addresses are:
If you have emailed one of the above and your fellowship need has not been announced within a few hours, please email one of the other contacts.
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Rome Exchange Club
Meetings Held Friday At Noon
The Palladium
Coosa Valley Fairgrounds
1400 Martin Luther King Blvd
Rome, GA | |
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