10-25-2012 meeting of the Rotary Club of Chickasha

The Oct. 25, 2012 meeting of the Rotary Club of Chickasha opened with a prayer, pledge and song.

Guests included Paul Lewis and Ryan Posey, co-chairs of Leadership Chickasha and 25 members of the current class. Other guests: Walt and Leann Voss, Jim Tibbetts, Marvin Quinn, Seth DeHart, Jacoby Jarnigan and Ann Fairburn.

Prayer concerns include Jerry Mottinger and Bill and Janice McVey.

Reminder: See raffle tickets for Christmas Party. You can win all-in-one computer or an Ipad.

Rotarian of the Day Jim Parker introduced U.S. Rep. Tom Cole, R-OK, as our guest speaker.

Cole spokes on the state of the U.S. government on the even of the Nov. 6 election. He is running for a sixth term representing Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District.

His titled his talk "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly"

Among the good:

-- Numerous compromises

-- Extension of tax cuts

-- Agreed on $60 billion in budget cuts

-- Debt Ceiling

-- Free trade agreements

Among the bad:

-- Huge of amount of thing left undone, awaiting the outcome of the election, including extension of the Bush tax cuts and  $1.2 trillion in budget cuts

The Ugly: The 12 days left before the Presidential race, which he called the most consequential in our lifetimes.

The meeting adjourned after recitation of the Rotary 4-Way test.