TransCanada Pipeline Focus of August 20 Meeting

The TransCanada Pipeline Keystone Extension, a 1,842 mile crude oil pipeline, will be heading through Cushing, Oklahoma within about three years.  Read more about that here. Jim Prescott, Senior Consultant for the project, will be joining us to discuss its impact on Oklahoma and its economy.

A public relations agency veteran, Jim has provided public affairs and crisis management counsel to such clients as Marathon Ashland Petroleum, Bridgestone/Firestone, United Healthcare of Illinois and CMS Energy Corporation. He also has supervised integrated communications programs for the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, Ben Hogan Gold Company, the NutraSweet Company and the Illinois Department of Transportation.

Mr. Prescott gained political, government and intensive media relations experience as Assistant Press Secretary to former Gov. James R. Thompson of Illinois, the state’s longest-serving governor. In addition to working in the State Capitol, Mr. Prescott managed the Governor’s Chicago press office.

Mr. Prescott holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Illinois State University.

Steve Kime with Oklahoma City Junior Achievement visits on August 13

Record-setting track athlete, former broadcaster and twenty year veteran in the corporate leadership world, Steve Kime has served as a Public Relations, Marketing and fund-raising consultant for over twenty years to various companies.  In addition, he spent a decade working in radio in stations across the U.S.  

He graduated from Perry High School in Perry, Oklahoma and obtained his Radio-Telephone Broadcast license from Elkins Instituted of Broadcasting.  In addition, Steve earned his Bachelor of Liberal Studies degree from the University of Oklahoma.  Steve earned his Masters of Management degree from Oral Roberts University.

He is the author of two books entitled How Will They Remember Me? and Highway to Your Dreams!  In 2006, Steve served as Project Manager for the Oklahoma Centennial coffee-table book entitled JOURNEY.  Recently, Steve presented Governor Brad Henry with a copy of this 192-page historical book.

Steve spends time volunteering to work with the homeless and spends much of his time volunteering with Special Olympics Oklahoma.  He was a member of the Rotary Club of Tulsa for three years and is a Paul Harris Fellow.  He served as Membership Chairman and served on the “programs” committee while serving in the Tulsa club.

Steve is noted for spending the last twelve years volunteering for Special Olympics Oklahoma.  For the past ten years in various events, Steve has dressed as “Forrest Gump” and eventually ran 397-miles across Oklahoma along historic Route 66.  Dressed as Forrest, it took Steve sixteen days to run across the Sooner state in an effort to raise money and awareness for Special Olympics. 

Steve was recognized by former Governor Frank Keating for his philanthropy work on behalf of Special Olympics and was awarded the honor of “Steve Kime Day” in the state of Oklahoma on April 5, 2001.  He was selected to receive the “Prestigious Award” from the 2004 Oklahoma State House of Representatives for his work on behalf of Special Olympics. 

He is married and his wife Cheryl teaches at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond.  They attend First United Methodist church in downtown Oklahoma City.

Presently, he serves as President of Junior Achievement for the Greater Oklahoma City area.  

Rotary International’s new website requires new registrations

If you are wanting to know how much have have contributed to the Rotary Foundation, you can access that information simply by visiting Rotary International’s website, www.rotary.org.  From there, you can simply click “Member Access” (or click on the link just provided) in order to register.  If you had previously registered, it may likely be necessary for you to re-register under RI’s new software.  You can track your contribution history and see how far away your next Paul Harris Fellowship is from becoming a reality.

State Museum’s Director to Speak At Edmond Rotary

Brenda Granger, no stranger to Edmondites, is returning to Edmond to speak to the Rotary Club of Edmond at the Club’s August 6th meeting. Granger, who served for years as the Executive Director of the Edmond Historical Society and Museum. Since January 2005, Brenda has served as the Executive Director for the Oklahoma Museums Association. Prior to her work in Edmond, she was Volunteer Coordinator/Promotions Manager at the Harn Homestead Museum in Oklahoma City. Immediatley following her graduate work, she was employed by the University of Oklahoma College of Architecture and Meacham and Associates Resource Planning and Design in Norman, Oklahoma where she conducted research, completed preservation surveys and wrote historical contexts for National Register Nominations.

Brenda grew up in Oklahoma and received her bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma State University and a master’s degree from the University of Central Oklahoma. She received museum training at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. Brenda is also a graduate of Leadership Edmond, Class XI. She serves on non-profit boards and commissions including the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Oklahoma Chapter.

Chief Judge of the Federal Court in Oklahoma City visits Rotary

Judge Robin Cauthron, the Chief Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma will be the speaker for the July 31st meeting of the Rotary Club of Edmond. Judge Cauthron was appointed to the federal bench by President George H.W. Bush in 1991 and was confirmed by the Senate to be the first woman to serve as a District Court Judge in state history. She currently is serving as the Chief Judge of the Court, handling all of the administrative duties of the court as well as continuing to preside over her own regular docket.

Judge Cauthron has served as President of the Luther Bohanon American Inn of Court and in addition to her duties on the federal bench, she has taught courses at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, remained an active leader in the Arts Council of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence.

Judge Cauthron and her husband, noted trial attorney Hank Meyer, reside in Edmond.

Langston University President JoAnn Haysbert joins us on July 23rd

The fifteenth President of Langston University will be our guest on July 23.  Dr. JoAnn Haysbert came to Langston, Oklahoma’s only historically black university from Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia.  She has spent over three decades in higher education. Langston University was established as a land grant college in 1897 and currently has campuses in Langston, Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Dr. Haysbert earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Johnson C. Smith University, and a master’s and a doctoral degree in administration and supervision in higher education from Auburn University.  She also studied at California State University in San Jose, and earned a certificate for educational management from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education.

Rotary gets healthy

Last week representatives from the YMCA and The Catering Company came together to give a presentation on living a healthy lifestyle.  The program was delivered after a healthy lunch of lettuce wraps with various fillings was served.  Jefferson Kilgore from the YMCA talked about the importance of activity.  His message was to incorporate activity and exercise wherever you are:  home, work, travelling.   JUST GET MOVING!  And Kevin Schoenhoff gave a cooking demonstration by preparing a low fat & delicious seviche.    

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Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett to visit Edmond Rotary

Mayor Mick Cornett will be our guest at the Rotary Club of Edmond on Wednesday, July 9, 2008.  Mayor Cornett became Oklahoma City’s 35th mayor on March 2, 2004. Cornett was re-elected on March 7, 2006 with over 87 percent of the vote, the highest percentage in Oklahoma City history. When first elected at age 45, Cornett was the City’s youngest mayor since 1959.

As mayor of America’s 29th-largest city, Cornett has focused on two fundamental priorities - education and jobs. At the top of his list has been the implementation of MAPS for Kids, which continues to keep its promise to renovate or rebuild every single building in the Oklahoma City Public Schools system, while also providing capital funding to the 23 other school districts that serve Oklahoma City. In 2007, the U.S. Conference of Mayors awarded Cornett the “City Livability Outstanding Achievement Award” for those efforts. Later that year, Mayor Cornett led the charge to pass another initiative addressing school infrastructure in the inner city.

Since Cornett’s arrival in the Mayor’s Office, the City has continued an economic renaissance, strengthened by significant and rapid growth, and marked by thrilling accomplishments that seem to arrive almost every day.

Click here for the Edmond Rotarian for 7/9/2008

Congresswoman Mary Fallin Speaking at Edmond Rotary

Two days before the country’s 232nd birthday, Congresswoman Mary Fallin will be the guest speaker at the Rotary Club of Edmond’s weekly luncheon at the Sellers Special Event Center. Congresswoman Fallin is finishing her first term in office as the United States Representative from the Fifth Congressional District of Oklahoma.

She is only the second woman to represent Oklahoma in the United States Congress, the previous being Mary Alice Robertson, who served until 1920. Fallin currently serves on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, the Committee on Small Business, and the Committee on Natural Resources. She is also a member of the Executive Committee of the National Republican Congressional Committee, and serves as Small Business Chair on the Republican Policy Committee and Vice Chairman of the Women’s Caucus.

Prior to being elected to the United States Congress, Fallin was the Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma for 12 years and a State Representative for four years prior to being elected Lt. Governor. She resides in Oklahoma City with her two college children.

A copy of the bulletin for this week can be found here.