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 If you live in West Central Georgia, Warm Springs is probably less than 45 minutes away, but chances are you don't have to drive even that far to experience outpatient rehabilitation ... Roosevelt Style. 
Comprehensive treatment with a variety of diagnoses and individualized therapy with the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation is also available in LaGrange (706-845-7002), Newnan (770-252-4799) and Griffin (770-233-9922). In Warm Springs, call 706-655-5738. 
Contact any of our Outpatient Clinics for more information about our extensive outpatient services. 
 
Examples of services offered and diagnosis treated include, but are not limited to, the following: 
 
Sports Rehabilitation Wound Care Foot Care Ligameritous Deficiencies Sprains/Strains Chrondromalacia of Patella Arthritis Spinal Cord Injury Degenerative Joint Disease Patella Femoral Syndrome Sciatica Rotator Cuff Syndrome Joint Instability Dysfunctions of the Spine Child Development Conditions Hemiplegia 
 
Pain Syndromes Plantar Facitis Tendonitis Fractures Carpal Tunnel Joint Contractures Cerebral Palsy Amputation Nerve Lesions Muscle Spasm Meniscus Tears Epicondylitis Bursitis Scleraderma Radiculitis Frozen Shoulder 
 
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Post Office Box 1000 Warm Springs, Georgia 31830-1000  706-655-5000  fax 706-655-5011  www.rooseveltrehab.org 
 
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WARM SPRINGS INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION 
EDITOR Martin Harmon Public Relations Director 
LAYOUT & DESIGN Image by Design 
Columbus, Georgia 
PHOTOGRAPHY Multi-Image 
LaGrange, Georgia 
PRINTING Communicorp Columbus, Georgia 
REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS 
Mike Shadix Jacqueline Davis 
Dawn Freelin Joe Bankovich 
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Frank C. Ruzycki 
CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 
]. Bruce W illiams, Jr. 
Roosevelt Warm Springs Development Fund, Inc. 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Daniel W Brin ks 
]. Harper Gaston, M.D. F Stuart Gulley, Ph. D. 
Charles H. Hood D. Gaines Lanier Stephen A Melton Sr Judge J ames W Oxendine 
Elik Vonk 
 
TheSpirit is produced quarterly by tile Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation. 
RWSIR ~ a branch of tile Georgia Department of Labors Divisionof RehabilitationSer\lices. 
 
 
 
GEORGIA D EPARTMENT 01' L ABO R 
 
Warm Springs Roll Call .... ..... .2 Staff Guest Column ...... ...... ....4 Cornerstones .. .... .......... ... ....... 8 
 
Tributes ........... .. ........ ...... .. .. .18 Georgia Hall Society .... ...... ..19 News and Notes ..... ........... ..20 
 
Program Feature: 
Providing Vocational Pathways 
Roosevelt Institute Partnering with West Georgia Tech ........ ......... ... 6 
Individual Success Story: 
Changing Attitudes Stroke Survivor Realizes Second Chance in Warm Springs ......... .10 
Cover Story: 
Roosevelt Pastoral Care 
Rehabilitation for the Body, Mind .. .and Spirit .. ... ... ........ ...... ...... 12 
History Story: 
A Tradition of Publications 
At the Roosevelt Institute .... ......... .... ... .... .. ... .. ...... .. ..... .. .... ..... .16 
 
G DO L'S REHABILITATION SERVICES 
 
Now in irs third year under the Georgia Depamnent of Labor, the Roosevelt Wann Springs Institute for Rehabilitation is an integral part of GDO!'.s Rehabilitation Services. The purpose of Rehabilitation Services is ro help people with disabilities reach their potential through independence and employrnern. 
Other Rehabilitation Services programs include: the Vocational Rehabilitation Program, which prepares people with disabilities ro achieve workplace success; the Business Enterprise Program, which provides business management opportunities for persons who are blind; Georgia Industries for the Blind, which provides jobs in manufacturing, packaging and 
 
specialized assembly for individuals who 
 
are severely visually impaired; and, 
 
Disability Adjudication Services, which 
 
works with the Social Security 
 
Adminisrration ro make disability pay- 
 
mern determinations for Georgia citizens. 
 
Commissioner 
 
of the Georgia 
 
Depanrnent of 
 
Labor is Michael 
 
L Thurmond 
 
and the assisrarn 
 
comm1ss1oner 
 
for Rehabilitation 
 
Services is 
 
Larry Beck 
 
Michael L Thunnond 
 
ON THE COVER 
RWSIR Chaplain Jan Stew art Tolbert 
admini sters communion during 
a regular Sunday morning se rvice at historic Rooseve lt Chapel. 
 
 Tracking the former patients, students and staff of the Roosevelt Institute 
 
Carolyn Raville The "spirit of Warm Springs" is what Carolyn Raville remembers most about her days as a patient here in 1941. She was twelve years old and one of the many young people told they would never walk again due to polio. She left what was then the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation with an attitude to "prove them wrong." The determination instilled as a result of her stay has served to inspire her to this very day. In 1943 she began taking ballet to strengthen her muscles and by 1946 she no longer needed ballet. As an adult, she has been very active in the post-polio syndrome movement. She and her husband, Jerry, also a polio survivor, started two postpolio support chapters. The first was in Miami and more recently one in the small Central Florida community of Dunellon (near Ocala). They attended the post-polio symposium held at the Institute in 2000. She currently arranges and conducts a day of training for therapist each year in Florida. She can be contacted through the North Central Florida Post-Polio Support Group. Their website is www. postpoliosupport. com. 
Dewey Moody It's been many years since Dewey Moody last visited Warm Springs. But while growing up he was certainly no stranger. He was diagnosed with polio in 1951 and treated in Warm Springs twice a year through 1964. In 1965 he had surgery and spent that entire summer as a patient. He remembers "the wonderful campus-like facilities" and the very caring people who aided his recovery. He has fond memories of the aviarium, visiting the old brace shop and spending that summer with his eight ward mates. He especially remembers being chauffeured on gurneys to the movies and chapel. He graduated from Wayne County High School in 1967 and from the University of Georgia in 1971, and has spent the past 15 years in Norcross, Ga., working for Alcoa Aluminum. A native of Jessup, he and his wife of 26 years, Brenda, currently reside in Grayson, Ga. 
Joe Lyttle The recreation director at the Roosevelt Institute for 22 years, Joe Lyttle and his wife, Nancy, are finally living in their dream house 
 
in the mountains of Southwest Virginia, a new home that was three years in the making. Their move to Waynesboro, Va., was completed on Oct. 21 and the new house is just five miles from Virginia's Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center; the place Joe got his start in the rehabilitation business in 1968. After retiring in January of 2002, he was recognized by the Roosevelt Warm Springs Development Fund Board of Directors for his leadership and contribution in the building of RWSIR's Center for Therapeutic Recreation and Camp Dream (early to midl 990s). He underwent colon cancer surgery this past March at the Augusta (Ga.) Veterans Administration Hospital. Despite complications that resulted in a month-long hospital stay and two additional weeks in a cancer clinic in Houston, Tex., he is currently doing much better. As you might expect, he strongly recommends a colonoscopy for anyone over 50 years of age. 
Joe Lyttle 
Benny Farley A member of the Institute's Housekeeping Department for 34 years, Benny Farley retired in 1997. Nevertheless, he remains a very active member of the local community. He is involved in evangelical ministry, speaking often at churches located throughout Central and West Georgia. He is currently helping his wife, Mary Jane, recover from a recent stay in the hospital, and enjoys doing some yard work in his spare time. His daughter, Nakeitha, is a mainstay of the Institute's mailroom. 
 
Don Osborne Many readers may remember Don Osborne, an Institute volunteer from 1991-1997. In 1995 alone , he put in nearly 700 hours for Volunteer Services. He was a jack-of-all-trades for RWSIR and worked all over campus. Volunteer Services Director Carol Blair (until recently Carol Barnes) once accused him of being psychic. It seemed that whenever she called "to ask for his help, he was walking through the door as soon as I was hanging up the phone ." Don currently resides in Paonia, Colo., on the western side of the Rocky Mountains. He fills his days rebuilding his circa 1917 mountain home and traveling. This past spring, he incorporated a stop in Warm Springs as part of a trip encompassing 18 states. "The Institute is a wonderful place with some of the friendliest people anywhere" was his response when asked what he remembered most about the Roosevelt Institute. 
Jean Ertwine Disterdick Jean Disterdick's career as a physical therapist spanned more than five decades. It was the spring of 1951 when the Air Force First Lieutenant arrived in Warm Springs to attend a six-month physical therapy course being offered by the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation. The course covered Sister Kenny's methods and approach to physical therapy for adults and children suffering from the aftereffects of polio. During her stay here she was promoted to the rank of Captain and initiated a distinguished career in physical therapy. Retired and now living in Oakdale, Calif., she submitted the photographs on the facing page, testimony to her Warm Springs years. 
- Compiled By Joe Bankovich 
Where Are They Now? 
If you or someone you know is a former Warm Springs patient, student. volunteer or staff person that you would like to see included in our Warm Springs Roll Call in a future issue. please send a name and telephone number to Roosevelt 
Warm Springs Development Fund, PO. Box 1050. Warm Springs. GA 31830 
... or call us with that information 
at 706-655-5666. 
 
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 Views from the Past 
Recently, j ean Disterdick, a physical therapist of 50 years who served at the Roosevelt Institute for a time in the mid-1900s, submitted some old photographs of her Warm Springs years from her current home in Oakdale, California. Check out the differences . 
 
Early Quadrangle - That's Kress Hall on the left. Notice it's not attached to anything in the foreground - like the Columbus Colonnade - and there's no Founders Hall adjacent on the other side. 
 
Dirt Roads - The Foundation roads were obviously dirt. Notice the dust being stirred up by the car as it makes its way down Pine Road through the cottages known at that time as The Colony. 
 
Vintage Gathering - Check out the vintage automobiles assembled in front of Georgia Hall. Nowadays they would constitute an antique car show. And wonder when those trees in front of the building were removed? 
 
Balcony View - Yes ... that's a balcony on the front of North Wingjust behind the walking court. Once upon a time, patients could obviously exit the top floor of North Wing on the Quadrangle side and enjoy the view 
 
All White - That's North Wing and East Wingforming the south- Jean Disterdick - That's jean, the fifth from right, along with 
 
east corner of the Quadrangle just as they do today, but their all 
 
other dress-clad physical therapists of the time. No pants. Special thanks 
 
white look at the time makes it seem like another place. 
 
to herfor sharing her photographs and these views from the past. 
 
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 The Who, What, When, Where of RWSIR Outpatient Services 
By Carlyle McConnell 
 
The Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation's Outpatient Services Department is comprised of outpatient therapy clinics, vocational rehabilitation therapy and rehabilitation technology. Vast arrays of services are provided by each of these major program areas. 
Our four area outpatient clinics are located in Warm Springs, LaGrange, Newnan and Griffin . Their services include physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology and podiatry. Each clinic serves a unique population that includes the full range of pediatric patients to geriatrics. At all four, services are tailored to fit the needs of every individual we serve. 
All four clinics will soon be able to provide functional capacity evaluations. This will be an excellent resource for surrounding companies that need to get employees back to work. 
The Institute recently took over operation of the clinics, which were formerly managed under a JOint contract with Rehab Associates . That change in management led to a lot of new faces. 
Tim Moore is the clinic director in the LaGrange clinic. He is a physical therapist from Valdosta and married to a physical therapist at the Warm Springs clinic, Kristen Moore. He's also an avid University of Georgia football fan. His talents and skills allow the Institute to provide services to a large number of clients in the LaGrange area. Moore is ably assisted by Tarlisha McFerson, the OT/PT tech for the LaGrange clinic and a LaGrange native. 
The Newnan clinic is under the direction of Kim Lewis, another physical therapist. She hails from Florida and has been in the Newnan area for four years. When not treating patients in the clinic, most of her spare time is spent with her 15month-old daughter, Jessica. She brings a background of quality care. 
 
Working with Lewis is Quentin Birk, the Newnan OT/PT tech. It helps that Birk is a Newnan native and has worked in the clinic for over a year. Wanda Davis is the patient accounts tech. She is from Minnesota but has grown to love the Georgia climate. She has been with the clinic for over two years. With her expertise, the clinic can provide services that are needed and seek the appropriate funding. 
Michael Vaughn is the clinic director for Griffin. He previously gained valuable skills and honed his talents while treating patients in the Warm Springs clinic. A Griffin native, Vaughn has used his local knowledge to provide valuable insight and services to area physicians. 
Jennifer Whitley is the patient accounts tech for Griffin. Whitley came to us from nearby Fayetteville and has since relocated to Williamson. She has been in this clinic since it opened. Ashley Trotter is the OT/PT tech. She has a B.S. degree in recreation, is from Griffin and adds to the level of services we offer there. 
The Warm Springs clinic provides physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech-language pathology throughout the surrounding area. Housed in RWSIR's Center for Therapeutic Recreation, it has the unique advantage of a fully equipped weight room and 25-meter indoor pool close at hand. The therapy that goes on here is often very intense. 
This Warm Springs clinic has three new employees. Kristina Oliver, an occupational therapist, formerly worked with RWSIR's inpatient therapy for five-plus years and recently returned to Warm Springs to provide quality care in the outpatient area. Katie Fletcher, a physical therapist along with Kristen Moore, previously served an internship here. She is from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and a serious LSU fan. Chikitheya 
 
Williams-Travis is the new OT/PT tech and lives in nearby Greenville. 
The Vocational Unit Therapy Team serves the student population in RWSIR's Vocational Rehabilitation Unit (VRU) Physical therapy and occupational therapy are provided in VRU's dormitory setting. Speech therapy is provided to the students at the Warm Springs clinic, with special emphasis being placed on helping students become more school or work ready. The team has a wide variety of means to increase independence, including computer access, activities of daily living and worksite accommodations. 
Meanwhile, RWSIR's Rehabilitation Technology continues a 75-year tradition of supplying needed orthotics, prosthetics and durable medical equipment. These equipment needs can be as simple as a cane to assist in ambulation, costing less than $15, or as complex as a power wheelchair with a power tilt or recline mechanism that might cost as much as $15,000 . Custom bracing is designed and fabricated to fit the needs of each individual. Prosthetics are provided through Hanger P&:O. These devices help provide the client with needed assistance to allow for maximum independence. 
RWSIR's Outpatient Services strives to provide quality care and equipment to each client it serves. Every effort is made to ensure that the most current treatment methodology is used. Equipment is evaluated throughout the year to make certain the latest technology is available for those that require it. 
Outpatient therapy, vocational rehabilitation therapy and rehabilitation technology - put them all together along with our dedicated staff and the locations we serve and you have the successful who, what, when, where of Roosevelt Institute Outpatient Services. How we do it is yet another story, one that we invite patients to find out. 
 
Our Guest Columnist 
Carlyle McConnell is the director of Outpatient Services at the Roosevelt Institute. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of South Caro lina in applied professional sciences and a graduate degree from Valdosta State University in public admin istrat ion. He is a certified assistive technology suppl ier with the Rehabilitation Engin eering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA), and a certified rehabilitation technology supplier w ith the National Registry of Rehabilitation Technology Suppliers (NRRTS). He also serves on the Georgia Medicare Advisory Board for Durable Medical Equipment and Orthotics and Prosthetics. He is currently in his 10th year with the Institute. 
 
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 Ladeen Howard understands academic education at every level. The director of the Roosevelt Institute's Vocational Rehabilitation Unit's Academic Education and Certificate Program always has the best interests of students in mind. 
That's why her idea for an expanded partnership with nearby West Georgia Technical College in LaGrange several years ago was "right on the money" in terms of the muchneeded opportunities it created for Roosevelt Institute vocational students, who come to the Warm Springs facility because of a disability but with the desire to achieve academic and/or vocational skills necessary for increased independence and future employment. 
"West Georgia Technical College needed to expand its off-campus training programs into Meriwether County and in turn they provided for our greatest needs - needs we identified," Howard said. "It's a relationship that already had a working foundation after 10 years of our involvement in their Adult Literacy Program (GED preparatory) and it has assured our students of a chance to attain a higher level of academic or vocational expertise even if they are unable to achieve a GED or other secondary education diploma." 
Officially designated as a "Certified Training Site" for West Georgia Tech in September of 2001, over a year after the first certified training program was initiated, the partnership has grown into five separate training programs, each of which offers Roosevelt Institute vocational students (and area residents) the chance to achieve an authentic certificate from a technical college, greatly enhancing their future employment chances. 
 
The first of these, Certified Customer Service Specialist (CCSS), has already provided two years worth of opportunities for VRU students desiring a job in marketing, service positions that deal directly with the public, or the kind of basic skills needed to go into business for oneself. A GED or regular high school diploma is required and students 18 years of age or older must make acceptable scores on the ASSET Test or have acceptable SAT or ACT scores. 
"It has not only created desire among many of our students to achieve secondary education diplomas, it's also inspired some to continue their education at junior colleges and even four-year colleges and universities," Howard said. 
Two more Certificate Training Programs, Lawn Maintenance Assistant (LMA) and Basic Printing Assistant (BPA), were added last year. Taught by longtime Roosevelt Institute staffers Nancy Jones (1989), the grounds maintenance manager, and Kim Creamer (1986), the print shop supervisor, both of these programs feature three major areas of study. For the LMA Program, these include horticulture construction, landscape installation and pest management. The BPA Program begins with an introduction to the printing industry and also encompasses image output and assembly, and basic press operations. Both are three quarters in length. 
Working with two classes (8 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-5 p.m.) of six to eight students each weekday, Creamer calls his experiences with the BPA Program so far "especially rewarding." He added, "When one of our students gets a printing job and calls me back to tell 
 
me how much they appreciated the training we provided, well, that's what it's all about as far as I'm concerned." 
Meanwhile, two new certified training programs were up and running at the Institute as of this fall. They included Patient Nursing Assistant (PNA), which includes licensure as a certified nursing aide, and Basic Computer Skills (BCS). 
The CNA program is designed to serve as a preparatory program for people hoping to become Licensed Practicing Nurses (LPNs) or Registered Nurses (RNs). Given the current healthcare personnel shortages throughout the region, area hospitals, home health centers and nursing homes could all benefit. At the same time, the BCS program, as the name implies, will include an introduction to computers and training in the most common business software applications . 
In addition, yet another certified training program, Warehouse Distribution, is currently being considered for Roosevelt Institute, one that would involve video instruction and online assignments and testing. 
"It all makes for a very unique situation," Howard emphasized. "It's been a motivating factor for our students, boosted our GED classes and testing, and provided them with better access to a broader job market." 
Jacobi Brown, a June graduate of the Basic Printing Assistant Program now working nights as a pressman for his hometown Valdosta Daily News, recently summed up the certified training initiative by saying, "It gave me the experience I needed for a career path. I would recommend it to anyone in need of a head start." 
 
Ladeen Howard has headed up the Institute's Academic Education and Certificate Program in the Vocational Rehabilitation Unit for 21 years. 
 
Athens' Roy Holmes and Augusta's Nick Anderson classify the leaves of Georgia's state tree, the magnolia, during a recent Lawn Maintenance Assistant classroom session. 
 
One of two Basic Printing Assistant classes each day, the morning group for Fall Quarter included Steven Thompson, Michael Peace, Calvin Washington, instructor Kim Creamer and Alex Strickland. 
 
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New Development Fund Board Structure Approved 
By Jacqueline Davis 
 
During the Roosevelt Institute's 75th Anniversary Celebration in 2002, the Board of Directors of the Roosevelt Warm Springs Development Fund appointed a Long-Range Planning Committee to explore new avenues of potential growth. Many industries have been hit hard by the recent economic downturn, including healthcare. The Institute responded by taking positive measures to control costs, but it was determined that an even more proactive approach would be necessary to ensure that its innovative programs and quality services would be available to the disabled residents of Georgia well beyond its lOOth year: 
The first recommendation of the committee was to change the structure of the Board to allow for more flexible avenues of participation that would attract a wider base of participation locally, as well as from other areas of the state and nation. A framework was designed that would allow busy community leaders, politicians, physicians and other friends of the Institute to be members of the Board over the 
 
course of many years, becoming more or less active for periods of time as their personal and professional lives change. 
In September 2003, the Board agreed to divide into two bodies, each with distinct duties and levels of commitment:  Board of Trustees The "resource group" of the Development Fund, its primary function will be to design creative ways to further the Roosevelt Institute's mission and ensure its continued viability. Critical for procuring the resources that will be needed to assist the Institute in reaching its short-term goals and long-term plans for the future. Will meet twice per year with most of its work being accomplished through committees. Number of members is open-ended with a long-range goal of about 100 active trustees. No term limits will apply to trusteeship.  Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees Performs long-range planning, makes operational decisions, oversees the financial status of the 
 
Development Fund and assigns projects to Board committees. Immediate priorities will be to design a long-range plan, develop the Board membership and establish an active committee structure. Will meet five to six times per year with additional conference calls as needed. Comprised of 10-12 members recruited from the Board and assigned staggered terms of membership. 
Executive Committee officers elected for 2003-2004 are]. Bruce Williams, Jr., Chairman, Senior judge James W Oxendine, Vice Chairman, Stephen A. Melton, Treasurer, and Erik Vonk, Secretary. 
The Board of Trustees will play an integral role in developing a plan to ensure that the Roosevelt Institute will thrive, enJOying a future as productive and innovative as its past. By placing the needs of the Institute's rehabilitation patients and vocational students as its highest priority, the Roosevelt Warm Springs Development Fund is helping to build a bright tomorrow for rehabilitation in Georgia. 
 
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]. Bruce Williams, Jr: 
Chairman 
 
Senior Judge James W Oxendine Vice Chairman 
 
Stephen A. Melton Treasurer 
 
Erik Vonk Secretary 
 
Daniel W. Brinks  President &: CEO, Bank of Upson Thomaston, Ga. Board member since 2000 
James E. Butler, Jr. Senior Partner, Butler Wooten Columbus, Ga. Board member since 2002 
Edgar E. Chapman, Jr. Owner, Talbot State Bank Peachtre~ City, Ga. Board member since 1990 
Rep. Carl Von Epps LaGrange, Ga. Board member since 1993 
 
2003-2004 Board of Trustees 
 
David L. Foy, DDS Knoxville, Tenn. Board member since 1989 
J. Harper Gaston, M.D.  
President&: CEO, Gaston Enterprises Greenville, Ga. Board member since 1993 
F. Stuart Gulley, Ph.D.  
President, LaGrange College LaGrange, Ga. Board member since 2000 
Jimmy Hill Chairman of the Board Greenville Banking Company Greenville, Ga. Board member since 1990 
 
Charles H. Hood  Vice President, Gov. Affairs, Georgia-Pacific Corporation Atlanta, Ga. Board member since 1998 
D. Gaines Lanier  
President&: CEO, J Smith 
Lanier &: Co. West Point, Ga. Board member since 1999 
Senator Daniel W. Lee LaGrange, Ga. Board member 1993-1995 and since 2001 
Donna R. McNeilly Knoxville, Tenn. Board member since 1987 
 
Leonard R. "Nookie" Meadows Manchester, Ga. Board member since 1986, chairman 1986-1992 
Stephen A. Melton  President &: CEO, Columbus Bank and Trust Columbus, Ga. Board member since 1996 
Senior Judge James W. Oxendine Gwinnett County Superior Court Lawrenceville, Ga. Board member since 1990 
 
Rep. Jimmy Skipper Americus, Ga. Board member since 1993 
Erik Vonk Chairman &: CEO, Gevity HR Bradenton, Fla. Board member since 1999 
J. Bruce Williams, Jr.  President, Bruce Williams Properties, LLC Marietta, Ga. Board member since 1989, chairman 1992-Present 
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 Governor Perdue Honorary Chair for 16th Annual Georgia Hall Society Ball and Auction 
By Dawn Freelin 
 
The Roosevelt Institute is currently busy making preparations for its 16th annual Georgia Hall Society Ball to be held on Saturday, February 28, 2004. 
Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue will serve as Honorary Chairman for the annual gala, which will feature the theme "A French Quarter Fantasy," blending old New Orleans style with Mardi Gras gusto. 
Guests can expect Mardi Gras masks, exquisite Cajun cuisine, and moonlight carriage rides around campus. New Orleans jazz will echo throughout Georgia Hall early in the evening and a topnotch dance band will round our the black-tie festivities for those willing to "laissez le bon temps rouler" (let the good times roll). 
LaGrange College President Stuart Gulley and his wife Kathleen will serve as Ball Chairs for this year's event, lending their leadership and direction to this annual highlight of the West Georgia social calendar. 
The event, which includes live and silent auctions, attracts between 350 and 400 guests each year. Both auctions add excitement and fun to the night, simultaneously offering guests the opportunity to bid for great items and lend their support to a wor- 
 
thy and historic cause . As always, all event proceeds go to the programs and services of the Roosevelt Institute. 
For information on the Georgia Hall Society Ball or to request an invitation, call the Development Office at 706-655-5666 or send a fax to 706-655-5673. 
Honorary Chairman Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue 
 
PAST & PRESENT GHS BALL CHAIRS 
1989 - Mary Chapman, Alexa Meadows 1990 - Alexa Meadows 1991 - Darien and Judy Foster 1992 - Bobby and Molly Carmichael 1993 - David and Lin Jordan 1994 - Joe and Eileen Morrow 1995 - Steve and Dana Langford 1996 - Sid and Lana Miles 1997 - Libba Kersey, Sid and Lana Miles 1998 - 10th Anniversary Ball Committee 1999 -Alex and Beverly Saint-Amand 2000 - Dan and Susan Lee 2001 - Dan and Susan Lee 2002 - Lenn and Paula Chandler 2003 - Jimmy and Dianna Skipper 2004 - Stuart and Kathleen Gulley 
 
Historic Georgia Hall will take on the look of old New Orleans, when the Roosevelt Institute features '.4. French Quarter Fantasy" at its 16th annual GHS Ball. 
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Despite diabetes and high blood pressure, Freddie Traylor, 42, had always enjoyed "the good life." A resident of Thomaston, Ga., where he worked as an auto salesman, he was accustomed to a full schedule and normal routine for both work and pleasure. 
On May 29, 2003 that all changed. That's the day Traylor suffered a severe stroke brought on by an inflammation of his pancreas. Too much alcohol and too many departures from his recommended diet were to blame. 
"I literally stopped breathing," he recalled. "I was in a coma for four weeks, my weight ballooned from 260 pounds to 350 because of all the fluid I retained, and I spent days and days on a ventilator and dialysis machine at Upson Regional (Medical Center). When they finally released me, I couldn't walk or use my right arm. The doctors all said they had seen very few people live through something like that." 
That's where friends, fate and having a devoted and knowledgeable wife paid dividends for Freddie Traylor. From her years of working at a local nursing home, Shirley Traylor knew of the superior rehabilitation opportunities available at the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation and she wanted those opportunities for her husband. 
At the same time, Traylor's previous employment for five years in nearby Manchester connected him to Leonard Meadows, chairman emeritus of the Roosevelt Wann Springs Development Fund and someone who had always spoken highly of the historic Warm Springs facility. 
"I was so happy to get him over there," Mrs. Traylor stated recently. "At the nursing home I had always heard about what a great job the Roosevelt Institute does and they really worked hard to make him work hard ... to make him improve." 
Prior to admission at the Institute, Traylor was told it would take at least six weeks of intensive therapy to regain use of his arm and legs, and the first thing he had to overcome was his own attitude. According to his physical therapist, Susan Stooksbury, he started out as a very unwilling patient. 
During an initial examination, he could perform only 25 to 75 percent of the effort required to complete any given task and he was totally dependent on others to perform all self-care and mobility skills, including dressing, bathing, standing, walking or even propelling to a wheelchair. 
Among those welcoming Freddie Traylor home after extended stays at both Upson Regional and the Roosevelt Institute were Drew Tomberlin and jack Smith, representatives of RWSIR's Volunteer Services and award-winning Voluncheers Program. 
 
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"It really got me down at firs t," he admitted. "I had always been used to being independent and it was hard to be positive. I was lucky to still be in the world, bur all I could think about was negative." 
Stooksbury rook that a step further by saying, "In addition to his functional limitations, he presented an 'I can't' attitude. In therapy we would repeatedly hear 'I can't believe you want me to do this, I'm crippled' or 'you know I can't do that, I'm not even going to try'." 
Nevertheless, with patience and persistence, Stooksbury, occupational therapist Patricia Kelly, recreational therapist Stephanie Stewart and the rest of the Institu te medical staff headed by Dr. Enrique Isidro somehow convinced him to keep working and striving for his goals, and gradually his condition and attitude began to change . ''As he progressed, you could tell he had a better attitude and was going to get better," his wife confirmed. 
 
"He began refusing treatment less and less, and cheering on fellow patients more and more," Stooksbury said. "He began providing encouragement to others, sharing his story and telling them that if he could do it, so could they." 
By the time Traylor was discharged on August 8, the only assistance he needed was "supervision with ambulation." Or, in layman's terms, just having someone close by when walking. That's right ... walking. 
"The Good Lord must have decided he has something else for me to do and the Institute helped me appreciate how fortunate I was," Traylor added. 
As for the care and service he received: "A+. Those people made me feel like I was right at home. I would recommend the Roosevelt Institute to anyone who is sick like I was and needs rehabilitation," he said. 
Now the father of three and very young grandfather of a beautiful, two-year-old girl, 
 
Anyia, is hoping to put his life back in order. He's hopeful of returning to work, bur if unable to do so in the same capacity or fulltime status as before, he may seek disability benefits and believes he has earned that right. At the same time, the independence and lifestyle change he has already achieved in his daily home life has given him and his family the positive outlook they will need to face the future. 
"That's a nice family," stated Jack Smith, one of two RWSIR Voluncheers (Institute Volunteer Services follow-up group) who visited with Traylor shortly after his return home. "He realizes he's lucky to be alive and he's going to try to do whatever it takes to ensure his health and his family's future. Visiting people like that and learning firsthand about their Warm Springs experience makes you appreciate what's going on over there ." 
 
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Stewart (RT) and Patricia Kelly (O T) earned high marks for their work with 42-year-old stroke survivor Freddie Traylor. 
 
Roosevelt Institute Staffers Making A Difference - Susan Stooksbury 
A grad uate o f the Universi ty of Georgia. where she received a B.5. Degree in ed ucatio n for exercise and spor ts science (1999). and No rth Georgia Col lege and State Unive rsi ty, whe re she earned a Master o f Science in physical therapy (2002). Susan Stooksb ury is in her second yea r at th e Rooseve lt Insti tute as a phys ica l therapi st in the Neuro logica l Program. Prior to joining th e RWSIR tea m. she worked as a lab ass istant For Ath ens Resea rch and Technology in Athens. Ga .. fo r two yea rs. and also did clinica l intern ships at Margaret R. Pardee Memori al Hos pital in Hendersonville. N C. . and Bradl ey Center for Rehab in Dalton. Ga . One o f the newes t Institute PTs. she is a native of Decatur. Ga., and currently res ides in nea rby Peachtree City. 
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Roosevelt Pastoral Care 
 
By Martin Harmon 
 
When it comes to rehabilitation, the Roosevelt Institute has always been a trendsetter. When it comes to pastoral care, it's more of a trend buster. 
With a long-standing motto of "rehabilitation for the body, mind and spirit," the Institute has always offered its patients, students and staff pastoral care, and this concern for the spiritual well-being of its constituents continues into the 21st Century despite the fact that many other hospitals and campus-oriented institutions of healthcare and higher learning are moving in the opposite direction. 
While many "bottom-lines" are relegating other chaplains and chaplaincy programs to the expendable side of company ledgers, a full-time chaplain with a full-time program of pastoral care remains a priority at the Roosevelt Institu te. 
"I guess the bottom line for many hospitals right now is to find programs that can be cut and the services a chaplain provides are definitely not billable," Roosevelt Institute Chaplain Jan Stewart Tolbert stated recently. "Fortunately, our Board of Trustees understands that the healing process very often starts with spiritual healing and they have decided to move opposite the trend. I think that speaks to their vision and commitment." 
In fact, the Roosevelt Warm Springs Development Fund Board of Trustees is currently working to ensure the future of the Pastoral Care Program by establishing a $1. 5 million endowmen t. Already three $120,000 pledges are on the table and the prospects for more appear favorable despite the tough economic times . 
These funding efforts will preserve a program that has been in existence in one form or another since 1939, when the Roosevelt Chapel was dedicated and Robert Chaplain (that's right, Chaplain), a retired British Royal Air Force chaplain, was recruited by Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the rest of the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation Board of Trustees to begin a new ministry at what was then a worldfamous polio treatment facility. 
Since then, the chapel, which was restored in 199 1 (and includes a rare, 193 7 AEolian Skinner pipe organ), has been the site of thousands of interdenominational (as well as interfaith) services for patients, students, staff, their families and even local citizens. "In the 1940s, we know a Jewish congregation worshipped here on Saturdays in addition to the regu- 
 
lar Christian services on Sundays," Tolbert said. The chapel guest register is filled with out-of-state and even 
out-of-country visitors, and a recent poll of Institute employees listed the building itself as a spiritual strength since it's a constant reminder of "enduring faith " at the Georgia Department of Labor's comprehensive rehabilitation facility. 
In addition, a recent issue of American Family Physician Qan. 1, 2001) indicated "up to 77 percent of patients would like spiritual issues considered as part of their medical care." 
"I consider it a big part of our care for the body, mind and spirit," Tolbert added. "From an ethical and moral standpoint, it's absolutely the right thing to do. As a long-term medical rehabilitation facility and a residential vocational rehabilitation facility, we have patients and students here for months at a time, and it's very important that we provide them the spiritual resources they need in the healing process." 
Trained to be a comforting presence rather than an overbearing distraction, Tolbert goes by three Ps in her work presence, proclamation and provision. She describes the first as "just being there," the second as "sharing or lifting up issues of hope," and the third as "providing" fo r whatever needs she possibly can. "I've done things like pick up clothes for patients, provide transportation to such things as AA meetings (Alcoholics Anonymous), and once upon a time I even took one to meet with a parole officer," she said. 
A native of Woodland, Ala., and a graduate of West Georgia State College, Tolbert attended Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur and did her CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education) work at Atlanta Medical Center (formerly Georgia Baptist Hospital) in Atlanta. That followed 11 years as a teacher in the Fayette County school system. 
"Following a model" is the way she described her 1996 CPE training. It included ministering to patients in a hospital setting, writing an account or "verbatim" of the meeting and then meeting with peer groups to establish their recommendations for each circumstance encountered. ''As a chaplain you are trained to listen in a non-judgmental way," she said. "The observations from your peers might include questions like 'Why did you say that7' or 'Why did you do that7' but it's all done in a way to help you recognize certain things and make you a better chaplain." Accordingly, any chaplain without this CPE training could be considered an untrained chaplain. 
 
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  Polio patients of the 1940s enjoy the sunshine in front of what was then an all-white Roosevelt Chapel. 
 
]an Stewart Tolbert is in her fifth year as chaplain at the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation. 
 
Weddings are among the many special services held in Roosevelt Chapel. Pictured is the wedding of Kris Kates of Columbus, Ga. a spinal cord patient. 
 
Tolbert's duties as a full-time chaplain include making her daily rounds just like a doctor or nurse, visiting the patients that have been referred to her either by family or staff, or even as a special request by the patients themselves. She also has two groups she meets with each week in RWSIR's medical unit, the Brain Injury Day Program and Neurodevelopmental Program, and one group she meets with for the vocational unit as part of the Center for Therapeutic Recreation's Wellness Program. "These groups are a point of entry for me with many of our patients and students," she said. 
In addition, she leads an interdenominational worship service at the chapel every Sunday at 10 a.m. that attracts approximately 40 people, and serves on numerous campus committees, including RWSIR's Ethics Committee, the Institutional Review Board, the Leadership Redwood Steering Committee and the Medical Rehabilitation Unit Service and Support Team. She even makes off-campus arrangements, including transportation, should a student or patient desire a particular place to worship. 
 
Obviously, grief and/or spiritual crisis are the most prevalent issues she deals with in a rehabilitation setting where people with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, strokes and traumatic orthopedic problems (amputations, etc.) are being treated. As a result, questions like "What did I do to deserve this7" and "Why me?" are a daily part of her ministry. 
At the same time, special services for All Saints' Day, Good Friday and Christmas adorn her calendar like any other pastor, and she is an active participant in campus-wide special events, including hosting an annual Music on the Lawn lunch in the spring, special recognitions for Pastoral Care Week in October and even community-based special services such as the one she led on Incorporation Sunday, July 28, 2002, as part of the Institute's 75th Anniversary Celebration. 
As an added feature of the endowment and what it will mean to pastoral care at the Institute, Tolbert is working to establish a yearly CPE internship, providing a training ground for future chaplains and a valuable means of assistance for her own ministry in Warm Springs. 
 
Needless to say, the presence of pastoral care remains a priority at the Roosevelt Institute. Speaking for the entire Board of Trustees, Gwinnett County Senior Judge James Oxendine recently seemed to sum up the reasons why when he said, "Have you ever seen a minister or chaplain taking time to visit with a critically ill patient or their family' That's care that can never be overestimated ... a service that we must never lose sight of and always have available." 
Donations Appreciated 
To make a donation in support of pastoral care at the Roosevelt Institute or to help provide for its future through an endowment gift. contact the Roosevelt Warm Springs Development Office at 706-655-5667 or via mail at Roosevelt Warm Springs Development Fund. PO. Box 1050. Warm Springs, GA 31830-1 050. 
 
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 Carol Rushing, a vocational coordinator at the Roosevelt Institute, offers a flute solo during a chapel service at Christmastime. 
The Roosevelt Chapel's rare, 1937 AEolian Skinner pipe organ still "making a joyful noise" each and every Sunday. 
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Roosevelt Chapel 
Actually entitled "Your Chapel" this Roosevelt Chapel synopsis was written by former Georgia Warm Springs Foundation therapist Janice Raper (date unknown). It serves as proof of the important role pastoral care has always played at Warm Springs. 
It takes many hands and many hearts to build an edifice to God; to perpetuate it. That is why your Chapel stands where it is. That is why Sunday Chapel Services have been perpetuated all these years. 
In 1939, the Episcopal Bishop of Atlanta consecrated your chapel (Roosevelt Chapel) to the worship of God. It was dedicated as an inter-denominational chapel offering three forms of worship - Protestant, Catholic and Jewish. The generosity of the late Ms. Georgia Wilkins of Columbus made the building possible. The creative mind and hands of Mr. Henry Toombs, an Atlanta architect, designed your chapel to serve both patients and staff. The bell which calls us to worship was donated by the late Dr. G. H. Huntington and Mrs. Huntington. Mr. and Mrs. James MacHutchinson provided the beautiful pipe organ so that a joyful noise could be made unto the Lord. The hymnal boards were a gift from Ms. Plastridge of physical therapy fame. Two more generous hearts, those of Mrs. Hanson Black and her daughter, Harriet Black, gave the baptismal font. 
These are only some of the gifts given to enrich our chapel. Other gifts laid upon his altar are those of willing, working hands whose time and efforts help to preserve the Chapel's beauty of simplicity. Perpetual gifts are those of reverent hearts, minds and voices participating in weekly worship. 
Following the consecration of your chapel, volunteers consisting of staff members and their families formed the Protestant Chapel Committee to help direct, to help finance and to help unify the Protestant religious program of the Foundation. The committee set in motion the means for maintaining the necessary financial support for the Chaplaincy Service and other religious functions, such as Church School for children, Bible Class for adults and Fellowship Hour for young people. It is this committee that, in the past, procured the additional ministerial services necessary for us to have church worship each Sunday. It is this group that has helped to arrange for special services throughout the year. The.Protestant Chapel Committee, together with the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation administration, continues to stand behind the Chaplaincy Service. 
It is through the efforts of Rev. Robert Chaplin that a formal membership of your chapel was instituted. On Sunday, January 15, 1956, at the close of the regular service, two members of the Foundation staff were baptized and a formal service of admission to membership was conducted for 18 other staff members. Rev. Chaplin's sermon that day emphasized the true meaning of the word "tithe." It is not just a monetary obligation but rather one of giving - giving of your time, of your talents, of your efforts, small or large. 
Remember the little boy in the Christmas play, "Why The Chimes Rang?" His gift was the smallest that lay upon the altar, but it was his gift that made the chimes ring. 
The Protestant Chapel Committee is powerless to execute the plans designed for your benefit without your support, financial or more importantly, time and effort-wise. 
It does take many hands and hearts to build an edifice to God and to perpetuate it. - Janice Raper 
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 A Tradition of Publications 
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By Mihe Shadix 
 
The Spirit magazine you have in your hands is the newest member of a grand family of publications established in Warm Springs over the years. 
Since the creation of what has become the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation 76 years ago, staff and patients alike have felt a need to share news of Warm Springs with each other and the general public. This has led to the creation of numerous publications for a variety of audiences. The Institute archives contain many examples of these publications. 
The oldest known publication of this type is a single copy of a newsletter called The Bulletin, dated January 1931. This short, four-page document contains, for the most part, news of the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation Board of Trustees and a photo essay about FDR's activities in Warm Springs. 
 
The big news of the day was that $1,550 had been raised for the purchase of a "talking picture machine" for the Foundation. 
Another story tells of nearly 200 people attending a Founders Day Dinner on Thanksgiving 1930, with the patients and staff celebrating Roosevelt's re-election as Governor of New York via a stagecoach and costume parade. Although there's only one issue of this publication in the archives, at least three others must have been printed, because the issue we have is labeled "Number 4." 
The Institute launched The Polio Chronicle in July of 1931. The National Patient's Committee published 26 issues of the Chronicle from I931 until February 1934, and the committee's creation is the best source we have about the activities and spirit of Warm Springs during that time. The 
 
On-campus publications didn't provide the only reading material during the Institute's early years, as witnessed by these three polio patients checking out the Atlanta Constitution's dayafter version of FDR's death in Warm Springs (April 13, 1945) 
 
Foundation established and supported the National Patient's Committee because the patients kept asking for a way to help with Warm Springs goals. 
The main goal of the committee was to help raise money for the Foundation's Patient Aid Fund, but the committee also served as a social committee for the Warm Springs community by organizing plays, card games, lectures and parties. The committee reported on these activities through the pages of The Chronicle. The writers also shared information about polio , current treatment methods, advice on living with a disability and the comings and goings of staff and patients. It is clear from the pages of The Polio Chronicle that the Foundation was blessed with many enthusiastic and talented people in those early days. 
The Chronicle celebrated FDR's election to the presidency, the design and construction of Georgia Hall and the first Birthday Balls. Reading The Polio Chronicle, one is struck by the contemporary attitudes and concerns of the patients at that time. The National Patient's Committee had subcommittees on rehabilitation, hotel and travel accommodations, as well as architectural and mechanical hints. The members called themselves the "Polio Crusaders," and pledged themselves to "spread the gospel that the physical handicap of polio does not make one a cripple." Each issue contained a roll call of patients living at Warm Springs at the time. 
The publication of The Polio Chronicle ceased after the fabulous success of the first Birthday Balls. The patients, however, did not cease from creating a variety of newsletters in the succeeding years. The Polio Chronicle was succeeded by the The Crutch and Foundation News in the late 1930s. Another patient newsletter called The Wheelchair Review appeared in the late 1940s. 
In January 1964, the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation launched a new publication called Contact that for several years kept former patients and friends informed of the goings on at the Institute. The first issue of Contact summarized the 1963 annual report of the Foundation and looked ahead 
 
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 to the grand opening of the Georgia Rehabilitation Center. 
The GRC was quick to establish its own newsletter called the GRC Info , which was distributed to staff here and to other rehabilitation professionals around the state. Student newsletters at the GRC over the years included The Changing Times, The Quill, and The Silver Spokesman. 
Shortly after the state took over operation of the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation Hospital, an on-campus, staff newsletter began which still continues today. What we know as Confidentially Speaking actually began as Complexia in 1976. The current name wasn't adopted until 1987. 
The Institute began publishing The Spirit of Wann Springs newsletter for the lnstitute's donors and friends in 1983 and that tradition continues today, 20 years later, as s magazine. 
All of these publications are currently held in the RWSIR Archives. They are excellent sources of information about the history of Warm Springs. Anyone can view them by making an appointment with the Professional Library, 706-655-5616. 
 
Severalfemale patients in the 1950s share a laugh while checking out one of the on-campus publications that have always "graced the pages" of Wann Spri.ngs. 
 
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 Gifts of Special Significance Oanuary-October 2003) 
 
In Honor of Mr. &: Mrs. William Newt Hinton Mr.&: Mrs. Newt Hinton, Jr. 
In Memory of Russell Cawthon Leadership Redwood, Class of 2002 
In Memory of Mary Louise Flournoy Mr. Gordon Flournoy 
In Memory of Dr. Anne Carrington Gawne Ms. Cheryl Brackin Mr. &: Mrs. Paul E. Cosby Mr. &: Mrs. Frederick M. Maynard Mr. &: Mrs. Ben Miller Mr. Calvin W Stillman Peachtree Wind Ensemble Community Band School of Optometry, University of Alabama, Birmingham 
In Memory of Ella Mae Harper Mr. &: Mrs. Jim Moreland and Family 
In Memory of Clarence Leroy Lake Mr. B. B. Coker Mr. &: Mrs. Alan Davis and Mr. Ray Lesesne Mr. &: Mrs. Sam Harlan Ms. Linda R. Kay Mr. &: Mrs. David H. Martin Mr. &: Mrs. Robert G. Merritt Mr. &: Mrs. Bob Pierson 
 
Mr. &: Mrs. Raymond D. Trotter Mr. &: Mrs. Bill Wilson Mr. &: Mrs. Bill Young Georgia Outdoor News, Inc. Society of Allied Weight Engineers, 
Atlanta Chapter 
In Memory of Laverne Mason The RWSIR Education Department 
In Memory of Buck Moran Mr. &: Mrs. Jim Moreland 
In Memory of Jack Perry The RWSIR Education Department 
In Memory of Betty F Thornton Mr. &: Mrs. Timothy N. Thornton 
In Memory of Ed Wilson Mr. &: Mrs. Carlton A. Andrews 
In Memory of Luther Wright Mr. &: Mrs. Jim Moreland and Family 
In Memory of Vernon Yates Mr. &: Mrs. Wayne Blackmon Mr. &: Mrs. Jim Moreland and Family 
In Memory of Warm Springs Mrs. Judy Castellow 
 
In Grateful Appreciation 
Our grateful appreciation to these individuals who have made gifts in tribute to others to benefit the programs and services of the Roosevelt Institute. Through the contributions of these caring people, we are empowered to expand upon Franklin Delano Roosevelt's original vision of the Institute as a place of healing "for the mind, body and spirit." 
Tributes is a regular feature of The Spirit. To make a gift in honor or memory of someone who has touched your life, simply fill out the enclosed response envelope with the person's name and include contact information for individuals to notify of your tribute. If you do not wish to have your name published in The Spirit, please make note of this preference. 
Please address donations to: Attn: Tributes Roosevelt Warm Springs Development Fund, Inc. Post Office Box 1050 Warm Springs, GA 31830-1050 
Make checks payable to: Roosevelt Warm Springs Development Fund [Gifts to the Roosevelt Warm Springs Development Fund are tax deductible.} 
 
Road To Gold Passes Through Warm Springs 
By Jacqueline Davis 
 
In September 2003, the USA Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team came together at the Roosevelt Institute as part of its ongoing preparations for the 2004 Paralympics in Athens, Greece. Funded by a Quality of Life grant from The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation to provide wheelchair sports and outdoor adventure camps at the Institute, this training camp provided four days of intensive training for thirteen athletes and five staff. 
Working together monthly since the national try-outs at the Institute in March, Team USA has made a commitment to 18 months of intensive physical conditioning and training in teamwork and strategy. The competitors, who hale from nine states and 10 of which have collegiate team experience, have been challenged by disabilities of many types: spinal cord injuries, spina bifida, cancer, bone diseases and orthopedic injuries. 
 
Susan Katz, a Washington, D.C., resident said, "It was incredibly helpful for our team to be able to train together in Warm Springs. Not only is it beneficial for us as a group ... [and] helps us improve our skills as a whole, but it is especially helpful for those of us who are unable to practice team skills and game situations on a regular basis." 
Renee Tyree-Gross from Arizona agreed, "As a previous USA team member who did not have the benefit of regular and consistent team training camps, I can say it has made a difference in the level of play of the team that can only carry over to being more successful in the future." 
When asked why the camp in Warm Springs was valuable in creating a cohesive team, Jennifer Wark.ins of Illinois explained, "First, we are able to bond together, on the court and off. We have a great place to stay, with no travel time, so we can walk around 
 
the grounds or stay in the cottage, as well as play on the court. Second, it allows us an opportunity to work together on our team performance. Third, being a team is about playing as a unit. You cannot learn to play with one ano ther in a few days before a key tournament. It takes months of playing together and learning each other's strengths and weaknesses in order to be a team." 
She continued, "[At the Roosevelt Institute] we were treated as elite athletes, not people with disabilities who come to play recreational basketball, and this is very important in dismantling stereotypes surrounding people with disabilities." 
RWSIR Executive Director Frank Ruzycki remarked, "The Roosevelt Institute is proud to have been given the opportunity through the generosity of The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation to assist these worldclass competitors in realizing their dreams." 
 
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 UJorgia Hall Society 
 
The 2003 Membership 
 
Presidential Level Mr. &: Mrs. Edgar E. Chapman, Jr. Mr. &: Mrs.]. Bruce Williams, Jr. 
Roosevelt Level Meriwether Bank &: Trust Drs.]. Harper &: Anne Gaswn 
Founders Level Georgia Power Company Ms. Donna R. McNeilly Mr. ]. Gregory Spon 
Georgia Level Mr.&: Mrs. Daniel W Brinks Mr. &: Mrs. Jack P. Buchanan Mr. &: Mrs. Lenn Chandler Mr. &: Mrs. Hugh M. Chapman Dr. &: Mrs. James E. Collins Mrs. Mary Jane Dunlap Mr. Gordon Flournoy Mr. &: Mrs. Darien Foster Dr. &: Mrs. F Stuan Gulley Mr. &: Mrs. Roben Harris , Jr. Mr. &: Mrs. Jimmy Hill Mr.&: Mrs. Donnie W Koon Mr. Gaines Lanier Mr. &: Mrs.]. Smith Lanier, II Ms. Janet Lawand Sen. &: Mrs. Daniel W Lee Mr. &: Mrs. Richard L. Limeris Mr. &: Mrs. Joseph F Lyttle, Jr. Drs. James P. &: Diane McGowan Mr. &: Mrs. John McNeill Mr. &: Mrs. Stephen A Melwn Senior Judge&: Mrs. James W Oxendine Mr. &: Mrs. Frank C. Ruzycki 
 
Mr. &: Mrs . Kem L. Shalibo Mr. &: Mrs. Thomas P. Sleesman, Jr. Mr. &: Mrs. Constamin Soulakos Mr. &: Mrs. Gary R. Tilt Mr. &: Mrs. James H. Zachry 
Meriwether Level Mr. &: Mrs. Kenneth Aird Mr. &: Mrs. Tony Alswn Mrs. Miriam R. Clifton Mr. &: Mrs. Charles K. Dunn Mr. &: Mrs. David Garren Mr. &: Mrs. M. Norman Gibbs Mr. &: Mrs. Phillip L. Greene Mr.&: Mrs. Walter E. Gresham Mr. Randy Hall Ms. Nancy L. Hanung Mr. &: Mrs. Marcus Hicks, Jr. Mr. &: Mrs. Brian H. Hickson Mr. &: Mrs. T H. McWilliams Mr. R. A Mitchell &: Ms. Bonnie A Adams Mr. &: Mrs. Francis I. Nelson Mr. &: Mrs. W S. Perry Mr. &: Mrs. Winn Self Mr. &: Mrs. Jody Strickland Mr.&: Mrs. Timothy N. Thomwn Ms. Glenda Walker Mr. &: Mrs. Chriswpher R. Ward Mrs. Jane C. Williams 
Warm Springs Level Claud A Sears Foundation, Inc. Mr. Glenn Akin Mr. &: Mrs. Richard L. Alexander Dr. &: Mrs. Garry L. August Ms. Judi K. Beech Ms. Hauie Benneu 
 
Ms. Margaret Bradshaw Ms. Annie Ruth Brawner Ms. Mary Ann Cheek Dr. &: Mrs. Jong Choi Mrs. Mildred R. Corley Mr. &: Mrs. David Elder Mrs. Benie Elliou Ms. Rmhie Faulds Mr. &: Mrs. James D. Faulkner Mr. &: Mrs. Aaron C. Fisher Mr. &: Mrs. Rodger L. Johnson Mr. &: Mrs. James E. Jones Mr. Jack Kahn Ms. Helen Kendrick Mr. &: Mrs. Kenneth G. Kilby Dr. &: Mrs. James B. Knowles Mrs. Jane McAbee Ms. Rachel McClelland Judge &: Mrs . Ben Miller Mr. Joseph Parello Mr. &: Mrs. Tripp Penn Mr.&: Mrs . Mike Redden Mr. Jake Riley Mr.&: Mrs. James A Robinson Mr. &: Mrs. Roy Rogers Mr. Jesse E. Rosinbaum Mr. &: Mrs. Spencer Schaefer Mr. Andy B. Shepherd Dr. &: Mrs. Richard Aurelius Smith Mr. &: Mrs. Jack L. Smith Ms. Phyllis Starling Mr. &: Mrs. Randall C. Stewan Mr. Joe Stricklin Mrs. Frances B. Watson Ms. Alleyne Wommack 
 
The Georgia Hall Society 
While proud of its rich and hiswric past, the Roosevelt Institme must remain focused on the future, dedicated to improving and expanding facilities and programs to beuer serve its constituents. 
Annual memberships in the Georgia Hall Society are used to supplement a variety of needs, including purchases of medical equipment, advances in research and technology, facility improvements, staff recruitment and many others. 
Members of the Georgia Hall Society join forces to enhance the lives of clients served by this great organization. Membership allows participants to play a part in the great vision that started with Roosevelt and is limited only by our ability to dream. W ith your support of the Georgia Hall Society, there are no limits to what we can achieve. 
The Georgia Hall Society includes six levels of giving, each with its own specific benefits and privileges. For more information on membership, contact Dawn Freelin, annual gifts manager, at 706-655-5670. 
 
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 Roosevelt Institute Hosts Wellness Day October 21 was Wellness and Renewal Day at the Roosevelt Institute, as senior citizens from throughout the area enjoyed the opportunity to receive wellness exams , listen to health-related educational seminars, take part in therapeutic activities such as water aerobics and shop with 20 on-site local vendors. Approximately 130 local seniors took part. 
Two meals, a continental breakfast and lunch, were provided and the Auburn University Singers provided lunchtime entertainment. An antique car show was also held in RWSIR's historic Quadrangle. 
"We wanted to involve as many seniors as possible, " stated Rondalynn Warrior of the Institute's Conference and Continuing Education Center staff. "We wanted them to spend a very rewarding day with us experiencing the spirit of Warm Springs." 
 
RWSIR Entertains U.S., Canadian Teams Recently, the Roosevelt Institute was again the site of Paralympic team training camps, as the USA Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team and Canadian Wheelchair Track Teams both spent time in Warm Springs utilizing the facilities of RWSIR's Center for Therapeutic Recreation and Camp Dream. 
The USA women hoopsters gathered here from throughout the country for three days of practice in mid-September and the Canadian men's and women's track teams spent a week working out here in mid-October. 
The 2004 Paralympics will be held next year in Athens, Greece. Prior to the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney, Australia, the Roosevelt Institute also hosted numerous training camps involving teams from Canada, the USA, Mexico and Germany. 
 
Gates Nominated For Historic Marker The old Georgia Warm Springs Foundation Gates on Roosevelt Highway, located between the Roosevelt Institute 's main entrance and the Historic Treatment Pools, have been nominated for a state historic roadside marker. 
Refurbished prior to the 2001 Warm Springs Reunion, the gates stand as a proud reminder to all who pass of the Foundation and the fight it led against polio in the early to mid- l 900s, including the birth of The March of Dimes. 
If approved the marker would be the fourth Georgia State Historic Marker in the immediate Warm Springs vicinity, joining one at The Little White House, one at the Warm Springs Welcome Center (formerly site of historic Warm Springs train depot), and one at the Treatment Pools. 
The buildings that compose the Institute's original Quadrangle are already listed as a National Historic Landmark under the heading Warm Springs Historic District. 
 
Diabetic Foot Staff Demonstration Representing the Roosevelt Institute's Diabetic Foot Center, Dr. Bhavin Mehta, Sharon King, RN, and Cathy Maddux, HST, all took part in a demonstration of new wound care equipment this past August in nearby Newnan. 
About 100 attendees were on hand, including physicians and wound care specialists from throughout the state of Georgia, as they demonstrated the KCI Wound Vac and ways it can be used to serve the foot care needs of diabetic patients. 
 
CPSI Creates Technology Upgrade In an effort to remain up-to-date with technology issues, the Roosevelt Institute recently took the major step by of upgrading its technology services. 
Computer Programs&:. Services (CPSI) is now the primary vendor for all Institute technology services and support systems. New applications provide for registration of all patients and students; financial applications for billing purposes; clinical applications for order entry; and point of care for medical assessment and treatment documentation in a totally computerized format. The point of care segment of the program was initiated in the Medical Rehabilitation Unit in September. 
 
Physical Therapy Month Observed In keeping with both state and national observances, the Roosevelt Institute recently recognized October as Physical Therapy Month. 
RWSIR Executive Director Frank Ruzycki inked an official proclamation to that effect and Roosevelt Institute PTs hosted a blood drive the second week of the month. 
 
Guided Tours Available Twice Daily Guided tours of the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation are now offered every weekday at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., departing from the Georgia Hall Information Desk. 
]oe Bankovich of nearby Greenville, Ga., serves as the tour guide. For more information, call 706-655-5669. 
 
The Auburn University Singers entertain Wellness & Renewal Day attendees i.n the Roosevelt Institute Quadrangle. 
 
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 ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE FOOT CARE 
 
Bhavin Mehta, DPM 
Under the direction of Dr. Bhavin Mehta, the Roosevelt Institute's Diabetic Foot Center specializes in the prevention and treatment of diabetic foot problems as well as comprehensive foot and ankle care for the non-diabetic patient. 
 
The Center's featured treatments include: 
 
 Computer-based gait training analysis  OTC and custom orthotics and shoes  Conservative and surgical management 
of both diabetic and non-diabetic feet 
 
 Comprehensive wound management, including total contact casting, oasis, dermagraft, promogran, apligraf, and wound VAC therapy 
 On-site physical therapy services 
 
For more information on our foot care services or to make an appointment, call (toll-free) 1-888-805-0876 
or e-mail us at rwsirdfc@dol.state.ga.us. 
 
6315 Roosevelt Highway Warm Springs, Georgia 31830 706-655-5000 I fax: 706-655-5011 
www. ro os eve l tre hab. o rg 
 
 Building on 76 years of care and service to the people of Georgia, the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation will soon be the site of construction on Blanchard Hall, a state-of-the-art, 34,000-square-foot complex designed to house all Outpatient Services under one roof. This $5.6 million project would not have been possible without both public and private support. Special thanks go to the generous organizations and individuals listed below as well as the many others who have turned this dream into reality. 
 
Blanchard Hall Campaign Donors of $1,000 and above 
 
Foundations and Corporations 
 
Individuals 
 
Bradley-Turner Foundation Callaway Foundation, Inc. Carmike Cinemas, Inc. Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit The Coca-Cola Company John & Mary Franklin Foundation Georgia Health Foundation, Inc. Georgia Rehabilitation Association Horace W Goldsmith Foundation Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics, Inc. John H. & Wilhelmina D. Harland 
Charitable Foundation ING Americas John P & Dorothy S. Illges Foundation Norman & Emmy Lou Illges Foundation Meriwether Bank & Trust Patrick Family Foundation Stanley Beaman & Sears State of Georgia The Synovus Foundation, Inc. The Tull Charitable Foundation Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. Robert W Woodruff Foundation 
ROOSEVELT 
WARM SPRINGS 
 
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel W Brinks Mr. & Mrs. James E. Butler, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Edgar E. Chapman, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Colwell Mrs. Mary Jane Dunlap Memorials for John Michael Ellington Dr. & Mrs. David L. Foy 
Dr. J. Harper and Anne Gaston 
Dr. & Mrs. F Stuart Gulley Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy Hill Mr. & Mrs. William B. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Donnie Koon Mr. D. Gaines Lanier Mr. & Mrs. John Lynch Mr. Eric Maxwell Ms. Donna R. McNeilly Mr. & Mrs. T H. McWilliams Mr. & Mrs. Stephen A Melton Mr. & Mrs. George Moore Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Joe Morrow Dr. & Mrs. Donald S. Nelson Sr. Judge & Mrs. James W Oxendine Ms. Betty Sue Rives State of Georgia Employee Giving Campaign Mr. & Mrs. James M. Stubbs Ms. Josephine M. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Erik Vonk 
Mr. & Mrs. J. Bruce Williams, Jr. 
Mr. Mark Williamson 
 
DEVELOPMENT FUND, INC. 
 
The Roosevelt Wann Springs Development Fund, supporting the programs and services of the Roosevelt institute since 1986. join us in securing FDR's vision for all Georgians. Be a part of the legacy of Wann Springs Don't miss this chance to contribute to the fature of rehabilitation. For more infonnation, call 706-655-5666 or visit our web site at wwwrooseveltrehab.org. 
 
Roosevelt Wann Springs Institute for Rehabilitation 6315 Roosevelt Highway (PO. Box 1000) Warm Springs, Georgia 31830-1000 706-655-5000 / fax 706-655-5011 www.rooseveltrehab.org 
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OF LABOR 
 
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