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Club Meeting Summary, Aug 4, 2003
A quick summary of the August 4 meeting of the Jefferson City Evening Rotary Club.
Announcements
- Club Meeting Summary, Aug 4, 2003 announcement
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Guests
- **Christina Van Houtan**, granddaughter Harry & Suzanne Richter
- **Kim Hegemeyer**, guest of Jennifer Lamb
GSE group from Japan coming
Steven Stark, of the Breakfast Club, GSE Counselor, spoke to us about this year's exchange with Japan. The US team went to Japan this spring. The Japanese team will be here Aug 21-25. He needs host families for those four nights. The GSE team will present at Rotary West on Friday Aug 22 and will attend the JC noon club on Monday Aug 25. For more information, or to volunteer, contact Steve at 893-8860 or sjjstark@msn.com.
Club Family Outing
The Libeys are working on a family outing for our club, to be held September 6 or September 13. Confirmed details will be announced by next week.
Main Speaker: James Mottaz
James Mottaz from Montgomery County, introduced by member Tony Hiesberger, spoke to the club. Suicide is a growing problem, esp in the 15-24 year-old group. James has been working on developing suicide survivor support groups in central Missouri.
James showed video clips from his appearences on channel 13 locally and on the Dr. Phil show nationally. He shared his experience, as an adolescent, when his best friend committed suicide.
He discussed the climate of secrecy and guilt that accompanies a suicide in our culture. This situation makes it hard for survivors to heal and move on with their lives.