July 19, 2012 Volume 2, Issue 1 Exchange Club of Montgomery www.montexchange.net The Exchange Club of Montgomery July 19, 2012 UPCOMING EVENTS Bingo Volunteers This Week Friday-July 20 th -Wiley Cutts Tuesday-July 24 th -Tommy Hollimon 2012-2013 President: Wiley Cutts President-Elect: Maureen Murphy Secretary: Rhonda Cope Treasurer: Rudy Ohme Past-President: Henry Davis, Jr. AUGUST-Begin Meeting every 1 st and 3 rd Thursdays at The Farmer’s Market Café. TODAY’S MEETING President-Elect Maureen Murphy led today’s meeting and welcomed everyone. President Wiley Cutts was attending a workshop in Prattville today. Rhonda Cope led club members in prayer and Wanda Robinson led us in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. We were delighted to have Jess Hawthorne visiting the club today. He updated club members on his travels and sale of his house in Montgomery. He plans to travel to Germany to visit relatives in Wiesbaden in the near future. Mike Murphy also visited the club, and was celebrating his 72 nd birthday. Maureen announced that The Montgomery Advertiser and The Montgomery Independent both featured a story and picture of Madeline Pendley, the Montgomery Exchange Club Youth of the Year and the ADEC Youth of the Year winner. Our speaker today was Larry Newton, 2009 Huntingdon Political Science major and former Scheduler/Operations Manager for the Kay Ivey Campaign in 2010 and Operations Manager for the current Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries for the state of Alabama. Larry served as 2009 National Vice- Chief of the Order of the Arrow, and is very active in local, state, and national Boy Scouts of America programs and troops. Larry spoke of the history of the positive economic impacts on the state of Alabama, including the location of the Mercedes, Hyundai, and Airbus factories in the state and commented on how agribusiness remains the number one industry in the state. He gave an excellent review of the current economic status of industry/agribusiness in Alabama, with suggestions for improvement via individual service through organizations such as Exchange Club. Thank you, Larry, for an informative and positive talk! FUTURE SPEAKERS Next Meeting-July 26 th : ADEC President-Elect Tommy Holliman and President-Elect Maureen Murphy give a report on the 94 th National Exchange Club Convention in Chandler, AZ. Aug. 2-Jeff Shearer WSFA Sports Aug. 16-ADEC President Joyce Franklin