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| Rotary Member of the Week |
Tim Deets
Tim was born in Pennsylvania but grew up in Manitowoc. After college, the Air Force, and an advanced degree, Tim worked in environmental engineering. Arriving in Marshfield in 1999 with his physician wife, Cheryl, they decided Tim would stay home and take care of their three children, Stuart (now a sophomore), Aaron (7th grade), and Elena (4th grade). Stuart is on the mock trial team at MHS and starting to think about college and law school. Aaron loves technology, singing, and theater, and belongs to a group call Sonic Explosion (performances coming in March), and Elena loves gymnastics and trains at/competes for Oshkosh Gymnastics Center. All three of the children are involved in scouting programs. The family enjoys many outdoor activities during the varied seasons of Wisconsin. Tim has served on the school board since 2002 and has been the Board President for several years. Tim joined Noon Rotary in 2009.
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Marshfield Area Coalition for Youth with Dorothy Chaney
Dorothy Chaney is the Director of the Clinic’s Center for Community Outreach. She introduced two of her colleagues in the Center, Ashley Normington & Danielle Luther. Dorothy manages the substance abuse programs for the Clinic throughout the state. In Marshfield, her team provides staff support for Marshfield Area Coalition for Youth or “MACY.” MACY started in the mid-90’s in response to an alarming rate of teen-age pregnancies. Over the years, MACY has evolved in response to whatever is happening in the community. MACY’s vision is “to make Marshfield the best place to raise a family.” Last September, Tony Evers, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, presented MACY with a 2011 “Friends of Education” award for the significant contributions the organization has made to our students. MACY is a broad-based community initiative. Dorothy said, “We all know that obesity is a problem.” We can see it. We can measure it. But unfortunately the substance abuse problem is often given less credence even though substance abuse and obesity are neck and neck as health problems. Substance abuse is important because statistics indicate that a child who starts using alcohol at 15 is four times more likely to develop a substance abuse disorder over their life span than someone who starts drinking at age 21. Dorothy said, “Most treatment providers actually call substance abuse a pediatric disease…MACY’s goal is to provide programs, services, & opportunities that will create healthy communities that will empower you to make positive choices.”
One of the programs initiated by MACY is the “Marshfield C.A.R.E.S.” program. This program is designed to recognized local establishments who are actively working to reduce underage drinking while promoting healthy drinking habits among adults. Another example of a broad-based community effort, C.A.R.E.S. brought together the Tavern League, law enforcement, the school district, and the Clinic to address the problem of youth obtaining alcohol from retail establishments. However, 70% of youth consuming alcohol are getting it at home. To respond to that, the Marshfield Area Parent Network was established to help connect to parents and for parents to connect with each other. With modest beginnings, the Network now has some 845 parents signed on. (Room here is limited, so for more information, please go to www.marshfield4youth.org.)
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