The guest speaker was Joel Baumgardner, the golf pro at Harrison Hills Country Club.  He shared with members the difficulty in becoming a PGA Golf Professional.  It took Joel 6 years to complete the requirements.  He told us that his job includes much more than just the golf course.  He also is responsible for the tennis courts and the pool.  In addition, Joel teaches golf at Purdue University and coaches the Girls' Golf Team at Attica High School.  He also has goals for the Harrison Hills course that include increasing membership, recommending improvements for the club, and improving revenues through additional greens fees and merchandise sales.  He is also responsible for providing numerous activities to appeal to the Country Club members as well as to the community. 

    After Joel completed his talk, Rotarians held a "putting" contest on the practice green.  Joel had it arranged so that participants would have an opportunity to putt into each of 5 cups.  The member doing it in the least amount of strokes would win. 

Twelve people participated and the results will be known at the September 4 Rotary meeting.  Prizes will be awarded then.  Some Rotarians are quite good considering that play was occurring in the early morning light. 

August 29 - the guest speaker will be Dale White from the Covington Community Foundation.