ur Rotarian of the Day today is Jessica Cox. Jessica was born in Denver, Colorado, and has lived in Tulsa since she was 7 years old. She went to Wright Christian Academy for high school and graduated from the University of Oklahoma in May 2006, with a B.A. in journalism (professional writing). She never attended more than one football game during her entire career at college, much to the dismay of her father and grandfather.
Graduation wasn’t the only major event for Jessica in May 2006: she married Jonathan Cox just two days before getting her degree.
Since then, Jessica has put her degree to use helping businesses market themselves online. Currently, she is the marketing director for Aqua Vita Creative, a creative design and development firm.
She has been a member of Southside since April 2008, and was asked to help with publicity before she even got her blue badge. Thanks to her efforts, we were able to garner tons of positive publicity early this year as we built the Biscuit Acres Dog Park. This year, Jessica was asked to take over as membership chair, and she’s been doing a great job so far.
Jessica, it’s great to have you in the club!
This Week’s Program
Steve Hahn
oday’s speaker is Steven Hahn. Steve holds a Master of Science degree in teaching, learning, and leadership from Oklahoma State University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in theology from Oral Roberts University. Steve has worked in the field of drug and violence prevention education for nine years in the State of Oklahoma.
Steve began his career working at Brush Creek Boys’ Ranch in Jay, Oklahoma, as the program director and chaplain, continuing on to Tulsa Boys’ Home as a youth guidance specialist. In 2001, Steve joined the team at Operation Aware as a prevention educator, teaching drug and violence prevention curricula to more than15,000 students.
While at Operation Aware, Steve was promoted to Director of Curriculum and Instruction and led the organization to national recognition from the National Association of State Alcohol/Drug Abuse Directors as an exemplary program.
Steve joined the team at Family & Children’s Services as a program coordinator for the Fatherhood/Healthy Marriage Initiative program in January of this year. Steve’s major role at F&CS is to co-coordinate and implement the Within Our Reach program, which focuses on fatherhood and healthy marriage.
Steve also teaches Project ALERT, a drug prevention program, to middle school students through F&CS Family Life Education department. Steve lives in Broken Arrow with his wife, Gayle, and their two children, Seth and Candace.
Steve, thank you so much for being with us today. The Rotary Club of Southside Tulsa welcomes you!
Southsider Quick Notes
Last week…
- Our ROD on Sept. 3 was Don den Daas, and the United Way filled in for Mike Klemme, who couldn’t make it. Last week, we went to the President-elect’s luncheon at the Southern Hills Marriott for the Zone Institute meeting. If you didn’t get a chance to make it, you really missed out. It was a very entertaining meeting, and it was great to meet so many Rotarians from all over the country.
- We have two new member proposals that the board has voted on!
- Joshua Butts – Graphic Design
Proposed by Steve Gray - Bryan Osbourne – Childhood Education
Proposed by Jack Koehle
Speak now or forever hold your peace!
- Dues for the first quarter and Change of Horses are due, and Tracy has sent out statements to all of us. Be sure to pay up!
- Scotch and Cigar Night will be October 23 at Tom Wilson’s house. Cost will be about $25-$30; we’ll let you know soon. Tom Wilson will not be repeating his magnificent fall of last year, but it should be a fun event all the same!
- Also around that same time is the District 6110 conference in Rogers, Ark., at the Embassy Suites. It’s October 22-25, and if you’d like to go, all the information is on the district website, 6110times.org.
- Bob Winters had his very first picks of the year! Let’s see how he did:
September 5
- Arkansas vs. Missouri State
Bob’s pick: 42-14, Arkansas. The real score: 48-10, Arkansas - TU vs. Tulane
Bob’s pick: 35-21, TU. The real score: 37-13, TU - OSU vs. Georgia
Bob’s pick: 35-31, OSU. The real score: 24-10, OSU - OU vs. BYU
Bob’s pick: 31-17, OU. The real score: 14-13, BYU
September 12
- Be sure to check the website for our speaker list through November. Information on it is subject to change, but we’ll do our best to keep it updated! - Next week our speaker is Jeff Mulder.
Bob’s pick: 28-27, TU. The real score: 44-10, TU
Bob’s pick: (the editor wasn’t fast enough to write it down). The real score: 45-35, Houston
Bob’s pick: 55-10, OU. The real score: 64-0, OU
