ur “Rotarian of the Day” today is Robert A. (Bob) Hinton. Bob is a civil engineer and a Life Member of the National Society of Professional Engineers and American Society of Civil Engineers. He is a registered civil engineer in the states of Missouri and Oklahoma. He received his education from Finlay Engineering College in Kansas City, Missouri.

Bob has had 48 years of experience in the design and construction of civil engineering projects for water, sewer, roads and airports. Some projects of note included the first River Parks project, construction of the sewer system that serves all of southeast Tulsa, the 72″ waterline bringing water from Oolagah Lake to Tulsa, the six laning of 71st Street from Woodland Hills Mall to Mingo Valley Expressway, and designing part of the Creek Turnpike.

Bob has been involved in the support of candidates for office in both the Republican and Democratic parties. He has his base political ideals and supports those most akin to his beliefs. He has been involved in many local efforts such as sales tax and other drives to advance the future of greater Tulsa. His latest effort was concentrated toward the election of Kathy Taylor, our present Mayor.

Bob has two children who also live in Tulsa, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. His hobbies mostly involve the outdoors which includes hunting, fishing, golf and slrig.

He was introduced to Rotary over 60 years ago as his grandfather was a charter member of the Downtown Club. John Benjamin, a friend of over 30 years, was his sponsor to Southside, so you can blame John for Bob.

Bob, thank you for arranging today’s program.

This Week’s Program

Trooper Antonio Porter

ur speaker today is Trooper Antonio Porter. He is assigned to the Public Affairs Division of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. He works as an LEL (Law Enforcement Liaison) and has been in this position since May of this year. His duties include contacting local police departments and guiding them through the process of registering and participating in state and national safety campaigns such as our current “Drunk driving…over the limit-under arrest,” which focuses on preventing DUI.

Another of Trooper Porter’s duties is to conduct safety talks to private groups. He works very well in groups and uses his experience as an associate pastor of his church to speak to young and old in the area of traffic safety. He began his career with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in January 1990 and has spent the entire 18 years in and around the Tulsa Metro area.

His topic today will be road rage, drunk driving, seat belt laws, and new state laws pertaining to driving.

Trooper Porter, the Rotary Club of Southside Tulsa welcomes you today. Thanks for being with us.

Southsider Quick Notes

Last week…
-The ROD last week was our illustrious president, Don den Daas, and our speaker was our district governor, Ron Petersen.

- Happy birthday to Jonathan Cox and Steve Haas!

- So far, 12 people have given to Rotary International. Let’s keep it going!

- Bob Winters made his predictions for the first games of the year. Want to know how he did?

• TU vs. UAB
  He predicted 35-28, TU. The real score: 45-22, TU
• Arkansas vs. Western Illinois
  He predicted 45-7, Arkansas. The real score: 28-24, Arkansas
• OSU vs. Washington State
  He predicted 38-24, OSU. The real score: 39-13, OSU.
• OU vs. Tennessee Chattanooga
  He predicted 56-7, OU. The real score: 57-2, OU.

- Leon reminded everybody to get their guests signed in.

- Tom Wilson presented Ron Petersen with a check for $3,000, which was our club’s part of a matching grant for the Gates Foundation.

- Kevin Blair talked about the Run for the Roses, a 3K on October 8 at Centennial Park. The run is for Fitness for 50+, so most of our members are eligible to run.

- Last year’s district governor, Ellis Potter, is getting people together to go to Chile.