ur Rotarian of the Day today is Dolly Dixon. Dolly was born in Okemah, Okla., and moved to Okmulgee at an early age. She graduated from Okmulgee High School and attended OSU Okmulgee. She worked for 14 years in insurance and real estate.

In 1966, Dolly moved to Tulsa, and worked for Bryce Insurance. In 1972, she married Don Thomas and moved to El Dorado, Kansas. Dolly and Don owned and operated Thomas Drum Co., a company that reconditioned oil drums. After Don’s death, Dolly operated the drum plant until 1980.

She returned to Tulsa for family reasons, and to manage their 360-acre farm in Wagoner County. When she came back to Tulsa, she also went back to work for Bryce Insurance, where she retired as office manager in 1997.

In 1994, Dolly met Stan Dixon, a.k.a “Mother Hen.” Dolly and Stan enjoyed traveling and each other’s company, and they married in 2001 on the beach of Kauai. Dolly enjoyed working with Stan on his passion, the Dictionary Project. Stan passed away in March 2006.

Dolly was one of the first women to join Southside, and became a member in May 2007. She was proposed by Larry Boyer.

Dolly, thank you for being a part of Southside. It’s good to have you in the club!

This Week’s Program

Mona Wright

oday’s speaker is Mona Wright, the executive director of the Tulsa County Medical Society. Mona has been with Tulsa County Medical Society for the past 14 years. She was promoted from associate executive director to executive director of TCMS in January 2009. She is the fourth executive director of the 102-year-old organization.

Prior to joining the staff of the medical society, Mona worked at Tulsa Regional Medical Center for 20 years. Her position at TRMC was manager of the Medical Staff Office, where she worked closely with the clinical department chairs and the staff officers.

Mona, thank you for being with us today. Tulsa Southside Rotary welcomes you!

Southsider Quick Notes

Last week…
- Our ROD was Teresa Wixson, and our speaker was Neil Thruston of the Tulsa Air & Space Museum.

- The 2009 Will Rogers Gala will be Sunday, Nov. 8, starting at 5:30 p.m. at Cain’s Ballroom. The recipient of the Will Rogers Spirit Award for this year is Vince Gill. Individual tickets are $125 apiece.

- The annual Rotary Anns fundraiser will be 11/5 at Freddie’s. Talk to Dolly Dixon for more information.

- Scotch and Cigar Night will be October 23 at Tom Wilson’s house. Cost will be $30. We’ve been told that Ben Estes will be making his famous brisket, so you don’t want to miss out!

- Dues statements should be coming out this week. See Tracy if you don’t get yours by Oct. 24.

- Get your Dictionary lists in! We’ve finally gotten our dictionaries, so now it’s time to start delivering!

- Here are the picks from the sports report last week. How’d Bob do?

• TU vs. UTEP
  Bob’s pick: 28-24, UTEP. The real score: 28-24, UTEP
• Arkansas vs. Florida
  Bob’s pick: 38-10, Florida. The real score: 23-20, Florida
• OU vs. Texas
  Bob’s pick: 28-17, Texas. The real score: 16-13, Texas
• OSU vs. Missouri
  Bob’s pick: 35-31, OSU. The real score: 33-17, OSU.

- Board meetings have now been moved to the second Wednesday of the month. At this most recent one, the board discussed a potential fundraiser with Green Mountain Coffee.

- Be sure to check the website for our speaker list through the end of the year. Information on it is subject to change, but we’ll do our best to keep it updated!

- Next week our speaker is Mona Wright, executive director of the Tulsa County Medical Society.