Bulletin for September 19, 2013
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| Jill Moon gets a hand of applause from Ricky Hood and the club |
Upcoming Rotary Programs and Events
September 26, 2013: Jeff Rust from Corporate Alliance will
talk about Building Successful Business Relationships.
Report of Provo Rotary Meeting Held September 19, 2013
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| Ricky Hood conducts meeting |
Today's meeting was held at the Riverside Country Club at Noon with President-Elect Ricky Hood conducting. President Glen Zaugg was excused due to business obligations. Ron Roberts provided dinner music and Jill Moon lead the singing of the National Anthem and the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. The opening prayer was offered by Kevin Williams. Sergeant duties were handled by Nathan Beesley.
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Ron Roberts an unsung hero |
Carol Walker was acknowledged for her work with the "Chalk the Block" fund raiser in the community. This was a well attended event at the Riverwoods shopping mall where numerous local artists and aspiring artists demonstrated their skills with chalk art. (Editors Note: Pete Pletsch's daughter Rebecca Pletsch was one of the featured artists. Nathan Beesley extracted the appropriate fine when this was pointed out to the club.)
On a serious note, Chaplain Paul Warner informed the club about a serious medical situation with a new grandson born in Julie Bolton's family. The baby was born prematurely and weighs only 3 pounds and is in the ICU. Paul request our prayers in behalf of Julie, her grandson and his parents.
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| Susan Larsen - Guest and Potential Club Member |
Guests at the meeting included Susan Larsen who is with AmericaWest Bank and is serving as manager of their downtown Provo office and Alan Cutler who is the principal of First Financial Advisors. Both are looking at becoming members. Susan was introduced by Jill Moon and Alan was previously introduced by Tom Powell and David Rogers.
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John Lewis and Linda Palmer enjoy a lighter momentSpeaker |
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| Jeff Alexander introduces today's speaker |
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| Natalie Gochnour, our speaker |
Jeff Alexander introduced Natalie Gochnour, Economist for the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce and Associate Dean in the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. Natalie updated us on the current status of the economy in Utah. Highlights included that our state's unemployment rate is currently 4.6% which is getting close to full employment and one of the lowest in the country. The national average is 7.4%. Job growth in Utah is running at 3.5% which is double the national average at a meager 1.7%. Clearly Utah is doing very well compared to the rest of the nation. Natalie suggested that this was because of good decision making within the state. However, she also noted that we are at risk of bad decisions made at the national level, which could seriouly negatively impact our economy. She also answered questions after her presentation which included a prediction that interest rates should remain approximately where they are for the near term. Details of her presentation follow below.
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