Carolyn Iamon

Rotary Club hears from new Recreation Authority Director Joel Holmes, the new director of the Bainbridge-Decatur County Recreation Authority since January, spoke to Rotary this week and updated the activities and sports events available there. Holmes, a native of Rome, Ga., graduated from Georgia Southern University with a major in sports management. He came to Bainbridge after 6-1/2 years as the recreational director in Albany, and he brings a total of 22 years’ experience in the field.

Rotary Club gets ready for some football Bainbridge Rotary Club heard from the Bearcats head coach Jeff Littleton Tuesday, who described some the preparations that have been ongoing throughout the spring and summer to get ready for the opening football season. He referred to the team members as “an investment,” saying the coaches’ intentions are to teach accountability and things that will help them survive in life. “We try to make a difference,” he said.

Our family, and indeed the Bainbridge community, lost a good friend this week when Jim Gisondi passed away following a brief battle against cancer. It is hard to fathom anyone with Jim’s enthusiasm and dynamic personality being gone. When we first met Jim and his wife Linda they were prospective buyers for a home in Bainbridge, wanting to escape the long cold winters of Ohio. He and Linda were both retired from the U.S. Air Force, and lived near Wright Patterson Air Base at Dayton.