P ro v i ding Hope For 6 0 Ye a r s

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1 R o t a r i p o s t A p r i l 2 4, CADA P ro v i ding Hope For 6 0 Ye a r s William E. Rose, Jr. (Bill) has been a Licensed Addiction Counselor (LAC) through the Addictive Disorders Regulatory Authority (ADRA) since He has been with the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse of Northwest Louisiana (CADA) for 19 years, the past six of which he has served as executive director. CADA is a 501(c)(3) private health organization that has been providing substance abuse services with 14 programs and four facilities serving Shreveport-Bossier. Bill is a member of the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Association of Substance Abuse Counselors and Trainers and he is treasurer for the Shreveport Area Bill Rose Counselors Associations. He is the Louisiana representative for the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium. He is a past chairman for the Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority. CADA received a civic grant from our club for $4,000 to purchase treatment literature 600 pocket-sized Big Books and 600 pocket-sized Twelve and Twelves. Tuesday, 1 2: 0 0 Noon 1 2: 1 3 p.m. Histori cal St art S h reve p ort Conve ntion Cent er James Adams Margaret Wallace Keith Hanson Rotarians Serving Others Money Table Raffle Scanner- Greeter-4Way Test Centennial Umbrella Project Rick Bateman Invocation Inspiration Thanks to the leadership of Rotarian Mark Snow along with our two centennial club presidents (Carol Barnes and Francesca Moreland) for working on this project from its start to completion. We want to give special recognition to Rotarian Kristen Brown and Brown Builders for storing the umbrellas since 2015 and for installing the umbrellas and the plaque. Tom Arceneaux And Kermit Poling Music

2 P a g e 2 R o t a r i p o s t Last Tuesday we recognized Tom and Elizabeth Arceneaux for becoming Major Donors to The Rotary Foundation. Tom received his B.S. degree (magna cum laude) from LSU Baton Rouge and afterward he earned his J.D. degree from LSU Law Center. He served on the Shreveport City Council from and continues to be involved in the community by his participation in the Highland Restoration Association and many other boards, committees and efforts. He is vice-president of marketing for the Blanchard, Walker, O Quin & Roberts Law Firm and serves on their executive committee. He is a community columnist for The Shreveport Times. Tom Arceneaux speaks to the members after president Teri Haynes presented Tom and Elizabeth with their Major Donor award and pins. In 1994 Tom was sponsored in our club by Jay Murrell. He served as our club president in and the following three years he was Rotary District 6190 s Foundation Chair. Many of our members have been honored when Tom has surprised them with a Paul Harris Fellowship. Club Match of TRF donations Several weeks ago Lawrence Calhoun, our club s chair for The Rotary Foundation, announced that our club is offering a match of foundation points to your donation to TRF. The dollar amount of your tax deductible donation will be matched by club recognition points. This can move you up a level in your PHF or you can become a new Paul Harris Fellow. This offer is available through the end of April and is capped at 5,000 points. We have approximately 2,000 points still available for matching. Contact Judy if you plan to take advantage of this during April.

3 Rotaripost (Above) Rotarian Onega Ulanova, on the right, with her guest Kendra Wessels (Below) Peyton LaBorde at the buffet line Page 3 (Above) Billy Washburne has been enjoying Rotary. He retired from his medical practice in January (Below) K.C. Kilpatrick is checking out those great baked potatoes.

4 Page 4 N R eo w t asrl iept toes rt T i t l e Scenes from our centennial umbrella dedication In case you re wondering about the 2015 date on our dedication plaque, this ceremony was to have taken place in 2015 during the last half of our Rotary centennial year. The Red River flooded in 2015 and Because of the flood waters the Riverfront Park was underwater for quite some time and sustained significant damage. SPAR and the City have only recently completed the repairs to this area.

5 V o l u m e 1, I s s u e 1 R o t a r i p o s t P a g e 5 Visit Riverview Park to see the umbrellas and plaque Our club provided white umbrellas designed with our club s centennial logo. We have some of them left. If you would like to have an umbrella let Judy know.

6 P a g e 6 R o t a r i p o s t Judy Bellew Executive Director P.O. Box 380 Shreveport, LA Phone: Fax: shreveportrotary@gmail.com Call Judy Bellew if you have any questions about the club. Follow us on Facebook Raffle Winners Last Week TRF Raffle Charlie Henington Thanks for donating to TRF this goes toward your next PHF Flowers from Rose-Neath Florist Doug Bland Andy Shehee s hen eggs Lawrence Calhoun (Above) Our club president Teri Haynes is resourceful. She had a 10 second notice that we didn t have a flag at the Municipal Auditorium. So, she called for a flag from the audience and Greg Juneau came to the rescue with a lapel flag! Program on May 1, 2018 The Audubon Society Erik Johnson We ll be in our regular room next Tuesday, April 24th Rooms Convention Center