A Review of the Monday, July 21, 2008 Meeting

Rotary International - Rotary Club of Springfield Ohio

Newsletter Volume 95, Issue 3

Addressing Teen Sexual Behavior

Left to right, Faye Flack, executive director of the Community Hospital Health Services Foundation, and Kathie Harbaugh, the project coordinator for the Clark Champaign Health Education Collaborative

With a teen pregnancy rate that is higher than the U.S. and Ohio average—and rising, the Clark Champaign Health Education Collaborative is a prevention program that wants to educate teens so they can make healthy decisions. Faye Flack, executive director of the Community Hospital Health Services Foundation who partners with Planned Parenthood on the curriculum, said many factors affect young people’s sexual behavior. Flack noted the U.S. teen pregnancy rate is much higher than many European countries because U.S. teens are less likely to use contraceptives and have shorter relationships and more partners. The collaborative believes abstinence plus birth control should be taught by schools, parents and others. It doesn’t address abortion because it is not relevant to their goal of reducing teen pregnancies. The collaborative offers tailored, age-appropriate education for youth, education for parents who are primary influencers, education for professionals who work with youth and wants to address community norms. Flack would like to see sex education, abstinence plus, taught in middle schools because teens hit puberty at age 13 or 14. The cost is high with teen pregnancy costing $352 million for 2004 in Ohio.

Recyle Your Old Attendance Award

Please consider giving your OLD attendance pin back to Sue Hebner to be used by someone else and to save the Club some money.

Upcoming Duty Assignments

	Greeters	Fellowship	Blue Tickets	Invocator	Sergeant At Arms
8/4	Keriazes, Potts, Neely, Melchi	Culp	Foley	Sisler	Hannel
8/11	Koumoutsos, Secttor, Teusink, S. Moody,	Kmett	Crompton	Moormann	Hannel
8/18	Kreckman, Sidlo, Corbin, Wagner	Goodrich	Clark	Sisler	Hannel
8/25	Larson, S. Smith, Cox, E. Bell	Pavlatos	Krafft	Detrick	Hannel
*Please get a substitute if you are unable to serve.*

Perfect Attendance Recognized

Attendance awards were presented to Steve Field (33 years), John Emerich (18), Norine Kmett (15), Linda Shaffer (13), Bonnie Bartos, John Detrick and Sue Hebner (11), Jane Deer and Mark Robertson (9), Herb Greer, Dale Hazelbaker, Ed Leventhal and Charlie Patterson (7), Doug Deer (6), Ken Hershberger, Maribeth Mahoney, Plato Pavlatos and John Roberts (5), Woddy Cornette (4), Mel Marsh, Steve Neely and Jim Roediger (3), Rod Beninghaus and Randy Richardson (2), Stu Secttor, Paul Smith and Chris Widener (1). The following new members had perfect attendance for the year they joined: Ray Hagerman, Jenny Baader, Charlie Rinehart, Valerie Juergens Wilt, Shane Farnsworth, Folker Hemmann, Nicole Roberts and Mike Houseman. Congratulations to all!

Next Meeting, Monday, July 28 12:10 PM

Community Disaster Preparedness

Speaker: Lisa D'Allessandris, Clark County EMA, Sandy Miller, Clark County Combined Health District

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Duty Assignments

Greeters: Melchi, McCready, Ingle, Greer
Fellowship: D. Deitrick
Blue Tickets: Peifer
Invocator: Moormann
Sergeant-At-Arms: Dolbeer

This Week's ...

Guests:

Linda Butler (with Louise Lambert), Dr. Angela Jackson (with Roger Storer), David Zak (with Sue Hebner), Christina Conover (with Steve Neely), Fred Wagner (with Hans Wagner), Lori Maute, Stephanie Gillepsie and Nickie Turner (with Tom Rue), Charlotte Conley and Kathie Harbaugh (guests of the club)

Welfare Funders:

Bob Warren (vacation), Folker Hemmann (publicity), Mark Robertson (SBDC), Sue Hebner, Doug Lineberger, Steve Moody, Sarah Wildman, Ross McGregor, Andy irick

Rovatarians:

Maria Messer (New Carlisle), Chris Widener (Beavercreek), Horton Hobbs (New Carlisle)

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The Rotary Club of Springfield Ohio
1324 Richmoor Road, Springfield, OH 45503
Phone: 937-399-4994 Fax: 937-390-7863
Email: info@rotary98.org
We Meet: Every Monday at Casey's, 2205 Park Road.

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