Edmond Rotarian for July 1, 2009

This weeks Edmond Rotarian is available online.  Click here to read the PDF.

January 28 Meeting Cancelled

Our Club’s meeting for January 28 is cancelled due to inclement weather and anticipated poor road conditions.  Please join us on February 4th!

2009 Edmond Rotary Scholarship Applications Now Available Online!

We encourage all local high school seniors to see if they are eligible for our Scholarship Program.  Application forms can be downloaded on the same page.  Applications are due to the school counselors’ offices February 14, 2009 so be sure to get yours in timely.

Maj. Gen. Billy Bowden, U.S.A.F. (Ret.) speaks on November 5

Retired Air Force Major General William P. “Billy” Bowden will be our guest on November 5th. Although he has already visited our club in his capacity as our current Rotary District Governor, his visit this time is do talk more about his experiences in his many years serving our country in the U.S. Air Force. Better be on time or be ready to drop and to quite a few push-ups.

Omelettes and Pancakes on November 8th!

Don’t forget to sell or give away your tickets to people who would like to join us for a fantastic breakfast on November 8th at Sellers.  Both OU and OSU are playing away games that weekend and the election will be over, so there won’t be any people out trying to get you to wear stickers supporting this candidate or that one. Make your plans to participate in this fun time with your fellow Rotarians.

Hall & Jolley Prognosticate Decision 2008 on October 29

With the election less than one week away, two fellow Rotarians from opposite ends of the political spectrum join us to talk about what they expect will be the result of the upcoming elections, both nationally as well as locally.  Pat Hall is the former Executive Director of the Oklahoma Democratic Party and is a member of the Norman Sooner Rotary Club.  Pat is now a registered lobbyist working the halls of our state capitol.  Senator Clark Jolley is a member of the Senate Republican leadership and is finishing his first term in office representing Senate District 41, which includes most of Edmond and parts of Oklahoma City and south Logan County.

Pat and Clark will give their perspectives and would love to answer your questions.

Julie Knutson with the Oklahoma Academy for State Goals on October 22

Tomorrow Julie Knutson, President and CEO of The Oklahoma Academy for State Goals, will join us to talk about this private citizen-based organization for nonpartisan public policy development and implementation designed to improve Oklahoma’s quality of life.  Julie’s background is education and her resume is impressive serving on numerous state boards.  She is certified in scenario thinking, an approach to strategic planning. 

Western and Native American Historian Barry Hardin Joins Us October 15th

Barry Hardin, a historian of the American West and Indian Culture, will be our guest on October 15. As a boy, Barry and his family attended a Sioux Pow-Wow in South Dakota. From that point forward his consuming passion has been the study of Indian cultures and thd American West. He now lives in Denison, Texas and is an active crafter in beadwork, leatherwork and German silver smithing. He is Sales Manager for Crazy Crow Trading Post, the largest Indian/Mountain Man mail order craft supply business in the world which he helped develop in his early years.

Career Shadow Day on October 8

Every year we have the opportunity to share our vocations with high school students from the three Edmond public high schools.  This year we are pleased to welcome those students to Edmond Rotary.  You might want to show up early so you don’t have to sit in the library for overflow seating.

Anthony McDermid. Core to Shore. October 1 at Edmond Rotary

Anthony McDermid arrived in the U.S. as a young man with plans to hitchhike across America.  Out of money and needing funds to continue his journey across the “colonies”, he found himself in OKC.  He was offered a job in construction and now is the Vice President and Principal of TAParchitecture.   

Anthony is one of the main players in the development of the Core to Shore concept which is currently being planned for the realignment of I-40 through the Crosstown area.  It will eventually allow for a major redesign and repurposing of a good portion of downtown Oklahoma City, further invigorating the area for development and investment.