Welcome New Member Joan Wulff

Joan sent me to the website of the Bowling Green Western Symphony Orchestra - bgwso.org. I got her bio there and I'm reproducing it here.

"Joan Sadler Wulff has lived in Bowling Green since 2002 and joined the the BGWSO in June of 2006. Joan has prior experience with two other symphony orchestras before becoming the the Executive Director for the BGWSO. She was the Audience Development Manager for The Philadelphia Orchestra marketing department and the Development Assistant for the Cedar Rapids (IA) Symphony.

Joan also has experience in banking, sales administration & management, direct mail and telesales. She has lived in 4 other states but grew up in Iowa and graduated from Northeast Missouri State with a BS in Business Administration. Joan has been a member of the Lil' Angel's Attic Committee since 2004 and is currently a co-chair. She is an active member of Broadway United Methodist Church.

Phil Cavender Talks About Finances

Travis Keller is September's Program Chair. His Dad Ray is District Governor this year in the Northeast section of Arkansas. Ray is from the huge metropolis of Wiener, population 755. It's a little to the southwest of Jonesboro. Travis's guest today is a friend of the family, Phil Cavender from Murfreesboro, TN. Phil is President of the Cavendar Financial Group in the Boro. Phil started by talking about Ray and what a dynamic speaker he is. It sounds like we need to get him here to speak some day.
He made several poignant points about investing and financial planning. One point that struck me was his illustration of a million, a billion, and a trillion. He said that you can retire a debt of 1 million dollars by paying a dollar a second for 12 days. It would take 31 years to pay off a billion dollars at the same rate and 31,000 years to pay off a trillion dollars. (assuming no interest accruing of course) WOW! He talked more about making your money work for you in the environment in which it will be invested. Good program Phil and thank you Travis for inviting him.

Meet Petal the Pig

Cheryl Kirby-Stokes came up with the idea of Petal the Polio Pig. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $100 million for the world fight against polio but it is a matching grant and over the next two years Rotary has to raise a matching amount. Cheryl's idea was for our members to put into the pig our pocket change each week so that over the next two years we can raise a substantial amount. Cheryl reports that so far we are off to a good start.

The Hoptown Rotary Auction - WOW!

The Hopkinsville Rotary club President, Jim Dunn (R), was here today along with Past President Ted Jatczak (L) to discuss their 58 year old Rotary Auction. This year's auction raised over $300,000 and they discussed the club's commitment to help local students continue their education past high school. To date they have loaned nearly 9 million dollars to local students as well as given scholarships. They are now working with the Technical and Community College in Hopkinsville to give virtually all local students the opportunity to further their education past high school. The President of the Community College, Dr. Jim Selbe, was here to explain their participation. Program Chairman Walter Hawkins had been a member of the Hopkinsville Club and is trying to get our club to pursue something similar. The Trigg County Club in Cadiz is doing an auction and this year their 24 member club raised $160,000. The numbers are just too compelling to ignore. Thanks Walter for bringing these guys over and thank you Ted and Jim for taking the time to talk to our club.

Margaret Curtis featured in April Rotary World

A Changing of the Guard

On our July 2, 2008 meeting Judge Steve Wilson swore in our new officers. Here we see Left to Right: Mac Jefferson, President, Joe Taylor, past treasurer, Kevin Mays President Elect and Director of Club Service, Alan Vilines, Secretary, Ron Wilson, Director of Vocational Service, Patty Alford, Sergeant of Arms, and Kevin Counts, treasurer. Not present were Sally Ray, Director of Community Service and Jim Allen Director of International Service. A great slate of new officers and we're looking forward to a great year!

Joe Taylor Steps Down

We are going to miss seeing Joe Taylor at the head table. After a little over eleven years Joe has decided to let someone else take over the job of club treasurer. Joe has done a fabulous job and outgoing President Alex Downing gave Joe a gift in recognition of his service. The treasurer's work goes unnoticed if done well and Joe's tenure has gone well. Our club is on sound financial ground thanks in large part to Joe's leadership and guidance. Thank you Joe for a job well done from all of us.