STOP THE VIOLENCE: Washington (noon) Rotary Club member Valerie Kines (right) welcomed guest speaker Jessica Yoder (left), Ruth House’s client services manager, to the club’s Oct. 28 noon luncheon at King Chicken. Yoder briefed club members about some of the new programs developed by Ruth’s House that are designed to confront and reduce domestic violence in Beaufort County. For more information about the Washington (noon) Rotary Club and how you can be involved, please call Rotarian Steven Wood at 252-717-3497.