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Greenville
BPW Kicks off 2013-2014 Business Year
October
4, 2013 - Greenville, OH. The Greenville
Business & Professional Women’s (BPW) Club kicked off the new
2013-2014 business
year by holding their first meeting on Thursday, September 12, 2013 at
Brethren
Retirement Center.
The
Legislation Committee consisting of Chair Tasha Anderson and members
Opal
Lease, Deb Smith, and Miriam Knick hosted the meeting.
The club invited Mike Stegall to be the guest
speaker. Mike spoke on the United States
Constitution that was adopted on September 17, 1987.
September 17th was designated Constitution
Day in 2004 to recognize the importance and promote the education of
the U.S.
Constitution. James Madison was
responsible for writing the document with assistance from Benjamin
Franklin and
Thomas Jefferson. The Constitution was
adopted by the Constitutional
Convention in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and ratified by
conventions in eleven States.
It went into effect on
March 4,
1789. Since the Constitution was
adopted, it has been amended
twenty-seven times. The first ten amendments are known as
the Bill
of Rights.
Stegall emphasized how the document begins
with ‘We The People’ to
represent all citizens. Originally three
of the delegates refused to sign the document.
Benjamin Franklin was the oldest being 81
years old. The document is on public
display in the main
chamber of the National Archives Building, which is called the Rotunda
for the
Charters of Freedom located on Constitution Avenue in Washington D.C. The document was housed at Fort Knox during
World War II.
Stegall
is owner of Stegall Construction . He was
elected as Darke County Commissioner in 2010.
He has been involved in Darke County’s
economic development, increase in
employment and the growth of several businesses in Darke County.
The
Greenville BPW Club’s mission is to achieve equity for all women in the
workplace through advocacy, education, and information.
The Club holds fund raisers throughout the
year to raise money to grant scholarships to Darke County senior high
school
girls and young women furthering their career.
The Club meets the second Thursday of every
month for a dinner
meeting. Those interested in learning
more about the club can contact Membership Chair Gail Snyder at
937/423-4854 or
through e-mail gails669@embarqmail.com.
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