Break out your toe-tapping shoes and come enjoy a delightful musical performance courtesy of the Beaumont Community Players as a preview of the upcoming production of "The King and I."
"The King and I" is the moving story of Anna, an English governess, who tries to help an Eastern king to come to terms with the modern world, but he is unable to resist the forces of ancient customs. The conflict between Eastern and Western cultures inspired this well-loved musical, which has been revived professionally many times and is always a firm favorite with the public.
The musical pieces you will hear will earn great reviews!
The first wine-tasting event to benefit the Beaumont Rotary Foundation and the education projects it funds, "Wine Down With Rotary," will take place on Thursday, October 1 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the Beaumont Event Centre. Get tickets by linking here.
Envisioned and inspired by President Pat Anderson, the event will recognize the selfless work of the members of the Board of Managers while the Club raises necessary funds for our education projects. And, as Pat has said many times, it will meet the FIFTH question of the Four-Way Test: Is it fun?
We need sponsors for many aspects of the event: $400 underwrites a table of appetizers, $250 funds a case of wine, even your $100 donation will help us in important ways like complimentary tickets and gifts to our honorees, cover printing and advertising costs, etc. (Click on image below to see what Sponsorships are still available.)
(Click on image to view the growing list of sponsors and call to add your name.)
We are grateful for the growing number of sponsors who have already confirmed their support. We will be advertising for them in return for their donation. Please patronize these businesses in return for their support of our efforts and please add your business to the list of sponsors!
Of course, the event will only be successful with lots of people attending. We need Rotarians to purchase and sell tickets! For only $35 (in advance), you and your friends can enjoy a tasting of up to six carefully selected, choice wines. ALL TICKETS THAT ARE OUT ON CONSIGNMENT NEED TO BE RETURNED BY WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 SO WE CAN HONE IN ON A HEADCOUNT. PLEASE RETURN STUBS AND PAYMENT FOR THOSE SOLD. (Hopefully, you have sold them!)
The site is ready for Phase II: building the planter beds!
THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19: - volunteers will measure and "string" mark the planter bed areas. Bring a hammer and, if you have one, a 100' tape measure. Volunteers will measure the dimensions of the beds and mark with string lines in preparation for the bed-building day.
ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, we will construct the 8"x8"x16" cinder block planter beds where some delicious homegrown vegetables will soon grow! The beds are only one block (8") tall. Volunteers will need shovels that weekend to make sure the ground under the beds is level. The work will be dirty; it is recommended that volunteers bring a pair of shoes to work in that they can take off when driving home to protect the floor of the vehicle. No power tools, generators or air compressors will be needed. Just good strong backs to lift, tote and stack!
September 11 might have had grey skies but the red, white and blue flags put out by Rotarians across Beaumont were the bright colors needed on the streets of our proud city.
Thank you to our volunteers who braved the weather and created another amazing display of patriotism.
The Polio Pig was filled with $22.50 last week. Keep that loose change coming in for polio eradication. With the current match from the Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation, MORE THAN 100 children can be vaccinated for life with that donation!
Before coming to the meeting, clean out your desk drawers and the drink holders in your vehicle, and bring all that change to the meeting. Dollar bills and your checks to The Rotary Foundation are accepted too!Feed the Polio Pig!
The effort to eradicate polio from the globe will continue until completed and successfully accomplished!
Interact and Rotaract clubs are joining together to pack toiletry bags for local youth rescued from human trafficking. Please help by saving small personal care items such as soap, deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, lotion, ponytail bands, combs, and hairbrushes. You can bring donations to any meeting and we will see that it is given to the youth organizations.
We send wishes for a quick recovery to our friends and fellow Rotarians who have been ill or had a recent surgery. We hope you are better soon!
Lee Freeland
Sylvester Hill
UPDATE ON Lee Freeland:
Lee has been absent from his very regular Rotary attendance and missed by many due to illness. He has undergone some surgery, recuperation, and therapy only to learn he needed another surgery that was scheduled last week. We will get another update on him soon.
UPDATE ON Sylvester Hill:
Sylvester was in a car accident on August 28. After several surgeries and a long stay in ICU, he is now recuperating in Room 609A of Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital and is improving. He is able to receive visitors.
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Please let us know of others to be included in our weekly good wishes article.
Our speakers today were Daniel Frick and John Hixson, Certified Financial Planners for Financial Management Professionals. Both were introduced by Rotarian Scott Hatcher, Owner and CEO of M & D Supply.
Dan Frick graduated from Loyola with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a double major in Finance and International Business. Following his initial work at Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management in Houston, Dan joined Financial Management Professionals as a financial advisor. At FMP, John works directly with clients and takes an active role in financial planning and portfolio management. John speaks frequently to civic groups, physicians, accountants and attorneys on many different financial planning topics.
Entitled "Social Security: Maximizing Your Benefits", John identified Social Security as a "part of one's financial picture....a funding stream of a larger picture that encompasses one's Accumulation Phase and one's Distribution Phase."
John went on to present an overview of Social Security, as follows:
Social Security provides benefits to retirees, spouses of retirees, people with disabilities, and survivors of deceased workers.
Benefits received in retirement, based upon contributions to Social Security, max out at $31,956 at full retirement age.
Where does the revenue in Social Security come from?
Deductions from paychecks (6.2% from the employer contribution, and 6.2% from the employee).
When can an individual draw from Social Security?
Age 62, at 75% of full retirement-age benefits
Age 66+ at full-retirement age benefits
When benefits are delayed until age 70, those benefits increase by 8% each year the receipt of those benefits are postponed.
John Hixson was one of the first advisors in the country to receive the Fee-Only professional designation from the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors. Consecutively from 2000-2014, John was named by Medical Economics magazine as one of the 150 Best Financial Advisors in the country.
John stated that "Social Security is not bankrupt, although it does need some adjustments in order to get into a better, sustainable position." Some potential solutions that could be used are:
increase payroll taxes
reduce the benefit amount
reduce cost of living adjustments
increase full-retirement age to 70
Any of these solutions or combination of these solutions could put Social Security on solid ground. The Congressional Budget Office says that if we simply increase retirement age to 70 at least HALF of the problems with Social Security would be solved.
John concluded the presentation by stating, "Do not expect the Social Security Administration to tell you how to maximize your retirement benefits. Be informed."
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