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Meet a Scientologist

MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST—TIM BOWLES, IDEALISM IN ACTION

PASADENA, CALIFORNIATHURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2011

As you read this page, untold millions on five continents are attempting to scratch out a subsistence living, many unsuccessfully, deprived of their basic human rights.

A trip to Africa in 2005 changed Tim Bowles’ life.

“When I arrived in Ghana, it was like coming home,” he says. “I knew I had to do something to help.”

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MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST—SERENA ZOCCATELLI: A SIMPLY HAPPY LIFE

ITALYSATURDAY, JULY 30, 2011

In her “Meet a Scientologist” video on Scientology.org, Serena Zoccatelli and her family are happy, relaxed and at ease. Life wasn’t always that way.

Serena Zoccatelli used to find her name ironic—she was anything but serene.

“Confusion, doubts, uncertainty.” That was how Zoccatelli characterized her life—the way it used to be.

But that was before her husband Andrea introduced her to Scientology in 1999.

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MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST—ARTIST ROBERT BLEHERT, BATTING 1,000

NEW YORKTHURSDAY, JULY 28, 2011

On Sunday July 24, 2011 baseball fans at the Twins game left Target Field with a work of art—a poster by artist and Scientologist Robert Blehert.

When commissioned to create a poster in honor of former Minnesota Twins’ pitcher Bert Blyleven, Seattle-based artist Robert Blehert was ecstatic. A dedicated sports fan, Blehert was on hand at Target Field July 24, 2011, to autograph copies of the poster that was presented to fans in honor of Blyleven’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST—CHERYL DUNCAN, USING PR AND PUBLICITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

NEW YORKMONDAY, JULY 25, 2011

Entertainment publicity is no ordinary profession, but then entertainment publicist and Scientologist Cheryl Duncan is no ordinary person. Her video is one of 200 “Meet a Scientologist” videos available on the Scientology website at www.scientology.org.

Sometimes, a sense of humor is all that keeps you sane.

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MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST—JOAVA GOOD LIVING UP TO HER GOOD NAME

UTAHMONDAY, JULY 18, 2011

Just returned to Utah after five weeks in Alabama on the Churches of Scientology Disaster Response following the April tornados, Scientologist Joava Good is a 35-year veteran Scientology Volunteer Minister who has helped put the program on the disaster response map.

Pratt City, Alabama, was like a war zone.

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MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST—SAM BUTLER BRINGS IT ALL INTO FOCUS

UNITED KINGDOMSUNDAY, JULY 17, 2011

Scientologist Sam Butler: his voice and vision.

As a child, Sam Butler was known as the boy who was always asking "Why?"

That hasn’t changed.

Through Scientology, he gained answers he sought about life and the spirit. But this also opened an entirely new zone to his questioning: Why, with all the technology we can leverage today to resolve material needs, do so many resort to drugs to “solve” their problems, and are millions still deprived of basic human rights?

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MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST—CICILY BAARDSETH’S SUCCESSFUL SEARCH FOR UNDERSTANDING

NORWAYFRIDAY, JULY 15, 2011

Cicily Baardseth prevailed time and again against the odds, but it was not until she found Scientology that she finally made sense of it all. Her profile is one of 200 Meet a Scientologist” videos available on the Scientology website at www.scientology.org.

Cicily Baardseth is a survivor.

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MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST—DR. CHIH-YUAN (OLIVER) HSUEH PROVIDES SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL CARE

TAIWANTUESDAY, JULY 5, 2011

Dr. Chih-Yuan (Oliver) Hsueh found in Scientology the perfect complement to his medical training: a way to address the spiritual aspects of life to truly help others.

Chih-Yuan (Oliver) Hsueh became a medical doctor so he could save lives. But to do so, he had to overcome a considerable challenge.

“I had to study very hard—only one in 10,000 applicants is accepted each year in Taiwan medical colleges,” he says.

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MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST—JULE ROTENBERG WELCOMES NEW MEMBER OF HER FAMILY

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIATHURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2011

Sculptor Jule Rotenberg is entering a new phase of life as a mother and loving it. Her “Meet a Scientologist” profile is featured at www.scientology.org.

Sculptor Jule Rotenberg had been looking forward to being a mother for a long time when the Los Angeles-based artist and her husband actor Jack Armstrong decided to adopt.

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MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST—AL ADRIANCE, HELPING PEOPLE PICK UP THE PIECES

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON STATEWEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2011

The meaning of the word “devastation” was brought home once again to Al Adriance. Although a disaster relief veteran who provided help after the 2007 Greensburg, Kansas, tornado, Adriance was stunned by the destruction he saw in Joplin, Missouri, in May 2011.

Al Adriance will long remember Memorial Day Weekend 2011, not for the celebrations and parties, but for what he confronted in Joplin, Missouri, after the May 23 tornado.

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MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST—THE PRACTICAL IDEALISM OF MEREL REMMERSWAAL

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON STATEFRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2011

Always an idealist, Merel Remmerswaal found the perfect fit for herself in Scientology.

Merel Remmerswaal always believed in creating a better world.

Now she is focused on accomplishing her purpose through the community programs and humanitarian activities of the Church of Scientology of Amsterdam.

“My personal goal is to create an environment where people respect each other—to build trust among people,” she says.

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MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST—DAVID SCATTERGOOD, ALL THE GOOD WE CAN DO

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON STATETUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011

Scientologist David Scattergood is a fixture in the volunteer community in Seattle, Washington. Here is his story.

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MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST—MARY SHUTTLEWORTH, OPENING THE DOOR TO OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF YOUTH

USATHURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2011

Overcoming her own study difficulties through L. Ron Hubbard Study Technology, Dr. Mary Shuttleworth became an educator and touched the lives of millions of youth with her human rights education initiative.

How many bright, creative children give up on their goals, frustrated with learning difficulties they simply cannot overcome?

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MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST—CATHERINE REMISE: WISDOM SOUGHT, FOUND AND SHARED

PARIS, FRANCEMONDAY, JUNE 13, 2011

Catherine Remise of Paris, France, found in Scientology the wisdom she had searched for, and a personal mission and true home in the West African nation of Mali.

In her pursuit of truth, Catherine Remise looked to the East.

Yet a yearlong stay in India and several years traveling through every country from her native France to Japan left her disappointed.

“I still had an unquenched thirst for spiritual freedom and to truly understand life,” says Remise.

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MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST—CATHERINE REMISE: WISDOM SOUGHT, FOUND AND SHARED

PARIS, FRANCEMONDAY, JUNE 13, 2011

Catherine Remise of Paris, France, found in Scientology the wisdom she had searched for, and a personal mission and true home in the West African nation of Mali.

In her pursuit of truth, Catherine Remise looked to the East.

Yet a yearlong stay in India and several years traveling through every country from her native France to Japan left her disappointed.

“I still had an unquenched thirst for spiritual freedom and to truly understand life,” says Remise.

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MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST—ANNE FEWELL, GIVING FORM TO THOUGHT

LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSASSUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2011

Sculptor Anne Fewell has the uncanny ability to capture the essence of someone’s personality in three-dimensional bronze. A Scientologist for 51 years, she talks of how her religion bolstered her confidence and helped her tap her potential.

The sculptures of Anne Fewell take on a life of their own.

Fewell has been an artist since age 6 when she first discovered the joy of representing her ideas in tangible form.

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MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST—ANNE FEWELL, GIVING FORM TO THOUGHT

LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSASSUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2011

Sculptor Anne Fewell has the uncanny ability to capture the essence of someone’s personality in three-dimensional bronze. A Scientologist for 51 years, she talks of how her religion bolstered her confidence and helped her tap her potential.

The sculptures of Anne Fewell take on a life of their own.

Fewell has been an artist since age 6 when she first discovered the joy of representing her ideas in tangible form.

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MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST—LINDA DRAZKOWSKI, WALKING THE EXTRA MILE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDAFRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2011

Founder and chairman of the St. Petersburg, Florida, Human Rights Walkathon, Linda Drazkowski believes a better world is in our own hands.

In 2007, Linda Drazkowski was shocked.

“Like so many others, I believed slavery ended a century ago,” she says.

Then she discovered that human trafficking is one of the largest criminal industries in the world today, second only to the drug and arms trades. She was outraged to learn that children as young as 12 or 13 are often the victims.

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MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST—ANNALISA TOSONI: A SEARCH FOR MEANING IN LIFE FULFILLED

ITALYTHURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2011

Annalisa Tosoni of Milan, Italy, found long-sought answers through Scientology.

At age 16, Annalisa Tosoni’s youth came to an abrupt end. At the center of her world was “the best dad anyone could ever have.” When he died, so did her childhood and her happiness.

“I could not understand why it happened,” says Tosoni. “Nothing people told me made any sense. I needed answers to questions I had never thought to ask before: Who are we really? Why are we here? And why him?”

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MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST—JULIE BRINKER, DOING WHAT SHE LOVES IN SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEEWEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2011

Scientologist Julie Forney Brinker has been making a difference in people’s lives through community service for most of her life.

Julie Brinker, née Forney, is carrying forward a family tradition of service. And she is having the time of her life.

Now 21, Julie was only 4 when she first insisted that her mother, Ellen Maher-Forney, President of the Church of Scientology of St. Louis, Missouri, swear her in as a Drug-Free Marshal. That way, she could help other kids pledge to live drug-free lives.

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