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Rochelle Center's Debbie Chadwick to speak at Nashville City Civitan Feb. 20 The next meeting of the Nashville City Civitan Club will be Weds., Feb. 20 at Swett's in West Nashville. The luncheon meeting will begin at 11:30 am with a program at noon. The speaker will be Debbie Chadwick, who is the President of Rochelle Center. Article at: Rochelle Center's Debbie Chadwick to speak at Nashville City Civitan Feb. 20 - Nashville Civitan Clubs Examiner

The story of little Amelia, a precious child with a mental disability who is being denied medical treatment is all too common, but it is a broader issue than precious children. I went through something similar when my father had Alzheimers. My father, a decorated WWII and Korean veteran, was otherwise healthy as a horse, and used to sit out in the garden with me singing children's songs after many of his other memories had faded away. When he broke his hip, it was all I could do to get him any kind of treatment. Dr. Bodner at the old Donelson hospital didn't think he deserved treatment because he "had no quality of life." Sure, my father had Alzheimer's, but does THAT define "quality of life" any more or less than mental retardation? It took my father three months to die a slow, painful death with me begging for treatment for him. It's a slippery slope -- and this was TWENTY YEARS AGO. Imagine how far down this slope the medical community has s...