Dear Florence Exchangites,

Here is the bulletin for this coming Tuesday’s program on March 23.  We will be in the Coliseum, not the conference center, for this special event of Youth-in-Government Day.  Make sure you come to meet tomorrow’s leaders.

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March 23, 2010

GO TO COLISEUM      GO TO COLISEUM      GO TO COLISEUM      Y-I-G DAY TODAY!

THIS WEEK’S PROGRAM

            Let’s all show up to see what the next generation of leaders looks like in the Shoals community.  Florence High School seniors shadow city & county elected officials as well as department heads to learn more about what makes government tick and how they can get involved—immediately and in the future.            The Exchange Club’s Youth-in-Government Day can make a difference in a young person’s choice of career & civic involvement. 

LAST WEEK’S PROGRAM

Pete Henry introduced David Duford (my apologies for the Buford in last week’s bulletin) with Wise Aluminum (with one “l” this week), who filled us in on the really big contract they procured with Budweiser recently.  A Michigan native with experience with UPS & General Motors in Ohio & Michigan, Mr. D has a background in labor relations.  He reminded us that Wise is 3^rd aluminum company in the nation, producing can stock for aluminum cans & is the largest recyclable aluminum user in the U.S., using only 15% of “prime” materials (85% is recycled materials).  Wise’s payroll is $75 million, with an average salary of >$78,000.  With their Budweiser contract 94% of their production, they also make Spam cans, wine caps, boat sheet, “Star Brite,” and the tops of Great Dane trucks.  They can boast of having the best injury rate in the industry.  We saw pictures of the shredder, ingots that produce 1 million cans, the hot rolling process producing coils, the cold mill, coating line, and slitter, all part of their upgraded facility.  The 3-stand mill was widened to make Wise eligible to do business with Budweiser, resulting in a multi-year contract with AB-In Bev, the company that produces  cans from Wise’s can stock.  The local plant has added 120 new employees in the last 6 months due to this important contract.  Mr. Duford was very complimentary to the earlier engineers and other employees of Reynolds, who made the base of the plant solid enough to run it well into the future.  Some of our own members were there to help make the original plant a great addition to the Shoals industry and economy, now refurbished & ongoing for our area, some 10 years after Wise bought the Reynolds plant.    

CLUB NEWS

Food Run happens on Saturday, April 24, at Foodland in Killen.

            Harold Parker was reported in ECM ICU at the time of our meeting, and Mrs. Lou Batson was recovering from her surgery but still needs our attention. 

PROGRAM ASSIGNMENTS

March 30        Joe Patterson                                     April 6             Alan Riethmaier       

April 13           Teresa Robertson                              April 20           Norm Ross                 

April 27           Tom Sauls                                           May 4              Brian Scheri

GUEST ASSIGNMENTS

March 30        James Bobo                                        April 6            Bill Bowen                 

April 13          Ricky Brewer                                    April 20          Chris Cabaniss         

April 27          Bill Cadenhead                                  May 4             George Chambers

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Sandra Sockwell, Ph.D., SPHR

Director of Business Development

D & D Case Management, Inc.

121 E. Mobile Street

Florence, AL  35630

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