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1918 - Kiwanis Club of Atlanta - 2016 Celebrating 98 Years of Service to Atlanta APRIL 12, 2016 HONORABLE KASIM REED, Mayor City of Atlanta “State of the City” Kasim Reed is the 59th Mayor of the City of Atlan- ta. Since taking office, he has hired more than 900 po- lice officers and created the largest police force in the city’s history, re-opened all of the city’s recreation centers as safe havens for young people and improved fire-rescue response times. He successfully initiated a series of sweeping reforms to address the city’s $1.5 billion unfunded pension liability. Beginning his term with a $48 million budget shortfall; the city has had four years of balanced budgets with no property tax increases, and its cash reserves have grown from $7.4 million to more than $127 million. Mayor Reed has received numerous accolades since taking office and his civic leadership and service have been nationally recognized on major news outlets and publications including. He has been a guest speaker at numerous national and international conferences and is a champion for Atlanta and the State of Georgia, serving on a number of advisory committees. Prior to his election, Mayor Reed established a track record of leadership during his 11 years as a member of the Georgia General Assembly. He is a former part- ner of Holland and Knight LLP. Mayor Reed is a graduate of Howard University, where he received his BA and JD degrees and an hon- orary Doctor of Laws. He enjoys attending sports events, reading and spending time with his family. He lives in the Cascade community with his wife and daughter and is a member of Cascade United Method- ist Church. INTRODUCTION— Phil Smith INVOCATION— Russ Wagner APRIL 19, 2016 EASTER/PASSOVER PROGRAM FATHER VICTOR GALIER, PASTOR St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church Prior to Padua, Fr. Victor Galier served as Pastor of St. Matthew Catholic Church in Tyrone and as parochial vicar at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Atlanta. He re- ceived a bachelor’s degree in natural science with a mi- nor in philosophy from St. Meinrad Seminary and at- tended St. Vincent Seminary where he earned a M.Div and was ordained a priest in 1998. In 2010 he returned to school at Boston College School of Theology & Min- istry and earned a ThM focusing in Catholic Social Teaching. Fr. Vic has been a Catholic Relief Services Global Fel- low since 1997 and traveled internationally. He is an avid tennis player and endurance athlete, completing 4 full Ironman distance triathlons and 5 marathons. RABBI WILLIAM L. ROTHSCHILD Ogier, Rothschild & Rosenfeld, PC Bill Rothschild was born in Atlanta, the son of Rabbi Jacob and Janice Rothschild. He graduated from the Westminster Schools, Yale College, and Harvard Law School, and then received his rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion. After a short stint as a pulpit rabbi in New Rochelle NY, he returned first to the practice of law, and then home to Atlanta. Since 1993 Bill has taught Bible part time at Westminster, along with his law practice. Bill is married to Brenda Wise Rothschild, and together they have three children and three grandchildren. INTRODUCTION—Jackie Montag INVOCATION— Paul Marston GEORGIA’S FIRST KIWANIS CLUB Volume 95 Number 14
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1918 - Kiwanis Club of Atlanta - 2016
Celebrating 98 Years of Service to Atlanta
APRIL 12, 2016
HONORABLE KASIM REED, Mayor City of Atlanta
“State of the City”
Kasim Reed is the 59th Mayor of the City of Atlan-ta. Since taking office, he has hired more than 900 po-lice officers and created the largest police force in the city’s history, re-opened all of the city’s recreation centers as safe havens for young people and improved fire-rescue response times. He successfully initiated a series of sweeping reforms to address the city’s $1.5 billion unfunded pension liability. Beginning his term with a $48 million budget shortfall; the city has had four years of balanced budgets with no property tax increases, and its cash reserves have grown from $7.4 million to more than $127 million.
Mayor Reed has received numerous accolades since taking office and his civic leadership and service have been nationally recognized on major news outlets and publications including. He has been a guest speaker at numerous national and international conferences and is a champion for Atlanta and the State of Georgia, serving on a number of advisory committees.
Prior to his election, Mayor Reed established a track record of leadership during his 11 years as a member of the Georgia General Assembly. He is a former part-ner of Holland and Knight LLP. Mayor Reed is a graduate of Howard University, where he received his BA and JD degrees and an hon-orary Doctor of Laws. He enjoys attending sports events, reading and spending time with his family. He lives in the Cascade community with his wife and daughter and is a member of Cascade United Method-ist Church.
INTRODUCTION— Phil Smith INVOCATION— Russ Wagner
APRIL 19, 2016
EASTER/PASSOVER PROGRAM
FATHER VICTOR GALIER, PASTOR St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church
Prior to Padua, Fr. Victor Galier served as Pastor of St. Matthew Catholic Church in Tyrone and as parochial vicar at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Atlanta. He re-ceived a bachelor’s degree in natural science with a mi-nor in philosophy from St. Meinrad Seminary and at-tended St. Vincent Seminary where he earned a M.Div and was ordained a priest in 1998. In 2010 he returned to school at Boston College School of Theology & Min-istry and earned a ThM focusing in Catholic Social Teaching. Fr. Vic has been a Catholic Relief Services Global Fel-low since 1997 and traveled internationally. He is an avid tennis player and endurance athlete, completing 4 full Ironman distance triathlons and 5 marathons.
RABBI WILLIAM L. ROTHSCHILD
Ogier, Rothschild & Rosenfeld, PC
Bill Rothschild was born in Atlanta, the son of Rabbi Jacob and Janice Rothschild. He graduated from the Westminster Schools, Yale College, and Harvard Law School, and then received his rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion.
After a short stint as a pulpit rabbi in New Rochelle NY, he returned first to the practice of law, and then home to Atlanta. Since 1993 Bill has taught Bible part time at Westminster, along with his law practice. Bill is married to Brenda Wise Rothschild, and together they have three children and three grandchildren.
INTRODUCTION—Jackie Montag INVOCATION— Paul Marston
GEORGIA’S FIRST KIWANIS CLUB Volume 95 Number 14
FIRST CLASS
KIWANIS CLUB OF ATLANTA “Serving the Children of the World”
Barbara Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President
Ernie Prickett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Immediate Past President
Mike Halpin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President Elect
Blake Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice President
Sandy Welfare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Treasurer
James Ottley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Secretary
Karen S. Losin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Executive Director
Phone: 404.521.1443 [email protected]
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MEMBER AREA LOGIN CONTINUED: password via your email address. Write down your us-er name that Club Runner assigns to you. Then log in with User Name and password and you will be at the Admin page where you can do all of the above activities and more!!! Start surfing! INTERCLUBS Mon, Apr 11, Buckhead, 12:30-Egg Harbor, 1820 Peachtree Rd. Karen Carlisle, [email protected] Mon, Apr 18, Druid Hills, Noon, Petite Auberge Rest. Chuck Bruce, [email protected] Fri, Apr 22, Northside, 12:15 pm at First Presbyteri-an Church. Mike Halpin, [email protected] Tue., May 3, Peachtree, 7:30 am, Landmark Diner , 3652 Roswell Road. Bob Wiggins, 404.552.1707.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS APRIL 26 Dr. Meria Carstarphen, Superintendent, APS MAY 3 LAW DAY—Richard Schneider, King & Spalding 10 Monique B. Seefried, Ph.D., Commissioner 17 Mary Pat Matheson, Atlanta Botanical Gardens 24 Derek Schiller, EVP, Atlanta Braves 31 Derreck Kayongo, CEO, National Center for Civil
and Human Rights JUNE 7 Kevin Greiner, CEO, Gas South UPCOMING EVENTS: May 6—Division One “Spring Fling!” Theme is “Denim and Diamonds,” 6:30 pm, Maggiano’s Little Italy, Buckhead. Enjoy appetizers, a four course family style dinner, entertainment by the Big Chicken Beatles Band, silent and live auctions. This is our club’s only fund raising event for the Kiwanis Founda-tion of Atlanta and all proceeds from the auctions go toward our annual fund. Tickets are $75 per person, or $650 for tables of 10. RSVP to [email protected]. EXPLORE YOUR CLUB WEBSITE! You haven’t explored the Members Area on the website yet??? What are you waiting for? There is so much to do and see! For instance you can: Update your profile Look up another member Pay your dues by credit card Explore all the committees and activities Check out the calendar to see who is speaking To get started, simply go to our CLUB WEBSITE. Then click on Member Login at top right of home page. For first time users or if you forgot password: Click on “New and Existing Users: retrieve login and/or reset password” and follow the instructions to retrieve your
