Check out the newest section of the BPW/RC eNewsletter, “Networking Opportunities,” on page 4 of this issue.

BPW SCHOLARSHIP

OPPORTUNITY

BPW scholarships will be awarded in August for the 09-10 school year. The applica-tion is attached to this eNewsletter.

Virginia L. Woodward

Virginia is the newly appointed executive director for the Gov-ernor's Office of Boards and Commissions for Governor Steve Beshear. She is the former executive director of the Ken-tucky Commission on Women, the immediate past president of

the Kentucky Women’s Political Caucus, and current president of the Louisville Metro Women’s Network.

A member of the 1997 Leader-ship Louisville Class and listed in the 1993 Oxford's Who's Who in America, Virginia was also a finalist for the Business and Professional Women's Federa-tion "Woman of Achievement Award" in 1994. She was recipi-ent of the 1995 American Dental Hygienists' Association Out-standing Service Award and the 2001 ADHA/ Warner Lambert Award for Excellence.

Virginia is a native Louisvillian and alumna of the University of Louisville. Virginia’s advocacy

has involved her commitment to ensure affordable, quality day care for children as well as adults. Virginia has actively supported initiatives to promote pay equity within state govern-ment resulting in a bill for Pay Equity which passed Kentucky’s General Assembly in 1996 and a Women’s Health Initiative which became law in 1998 addressing some of the key health concerns for Kentucky’s women.

Virginia has maintained a clini-cal practice in dental hygiene and was an adjunct clinic in-structor at the University of Louisville. Married to Jim Wood-ward, professor emeritus from the University of Louisville, they share three sons and a grand-daughter.

APRIL MONTHLY

LUNCHEON MEETING

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

For lunch reservations email your reservation to Jeanine Holden at

JHolden@kforce.com

You may register in the same manner for a member or a guest, please be sure to specify that the person is a guest. Be advised: You are financially responsible for any reservation you make whether you (or a guest) attend. Reservations are not required for non-eaters.

Our menu for this meeting is: LUNCH BUFFET: The Buffet includes Salad Bar, Soup of the day, two Entree selections, a Starch & a Vegetable, along with Rolls & Butter, Iced Tea

and Coffee, and platters of Brownies and Cookies on each table. Meeting attendance is free, and open to the public. Lunches are $20.

Please have checks made out in advance to speed-up the check-in process.

For lunch reservations email your r e s e r v a t i o n t o Jeanine Holden at JHolden@kforce.com

BPW “Building Phenomenal Women” Lorie Marcum, 08-09 BPW/RC President

BPW River City An edition of the News and Views

Inside this issue:

Letter from the Prez 2

We Are Now on Facebook! 3

Networking Opportunities 4

BPW Leadership 7

March Calendar 9

BPW/KY North Region Spring Meeting Information

10

Our Sponsors 11

March Luncheon Speaker: Virginia Woodward

Make Your April Luncheon Reservation Today!

March 10, 2009

BPW scholarships will be awarded in August for the 09-10 school year. The ap-plication is attached to this eNewsletter.

Women 25 years of age or older by July 1.

U.S. citizen and resi-dent of the Louisville metropolitan area.

Evidence of acceptance into an accredited pro-gram.

Need financial assis-tance to complete edu-cation or upgrade skills.

Applicants need not be BPW members or require en-dorsement of a BPW affili-ate.

Please pass this information on to all women who meet the below qualifications. Call Alex Rohleder 429-8223 for information or ques-tions.

“Of course we are all in a pendulum swing in looking ahead to some fabulous changes but there is always work to be done and hope

for a very strong finish!“

Ladies,

Spring…..so close and yet sometimes seemingly, so far away, BUT it is a perfect picture of hope AND change. There is much going on with BPW/USA, BPW/KY as well as BPW/RC. Of course we are all in a pendulum swing in looking ahead to some fabulous changes but there is always work to be done and hope for a very strong finish! One of my favorite bible verses is, “Therefore, … let us throw off everything that hinders ...and so easily entangles, and let us run with persever-ance the race marked out for us.” Hebrews 12:1-3. I have an outstanding team that are persevering very powerfully and we know we have been blessed this year. This weekend is the North Region meeting (here in Louisville) and I will re-port out on the strength and successes of our year. We are so very blessed and while my term will end in May, BPW stands strong and will continue with skilled, phenomenal women who stand up for one another and others who cannot do so for themselves!

Spring…..hmmmmmm, can’t you smell the easy, fresh breeze and feel the sunlight on your face?!

Blessings abundant!

Lorie Marcum BPW/River City

2008-2009 President

A Letter From the Prez:

BPW SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY

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Lorie Marcum BPW River City President,

2008-2009

The University of Louisville Women’s Center has published a Women’s History Month cal-endar http://louisville.edu/womenscenter/calendar of events in conjunction with the Spring 2009 issue of the news-letter. It lists various on and

off-campus events such as ad-vocacy and legal aid work-shops, international women’s day, multicultural celebrations, displays honoring women, luncheons, diversity lecture series, films, lectures, etc. Hard copies of the calendar/

newsletter are available at specific locations on U of L campus, including the Women’s Center or you can download a copy from the Women’s Center web site at http://louisville.edu/womenscenter.

For more information, call

852-8976.

Thank you!

The Staff of the U of L Women's Center

The Business and Professional Women of River City now has a Facebook page! Become a fan.

Anyone “Facebook challenged” like our esteemed but humble BPW/RC President? After you sign in on your Facebook ac-count, search for Business and Professional Women of River City or click on the link below to find us. Once you find our page, click on the “become a

fan” link in the upper right hand corner…you’re in!

http://www.facebook.com/business/dashboard/#/pages/Business-and-Professional-Women-of-River-City/65602694477

Celebrate Women’s History Month in March

BPW/RC Now Has a Facebook Page!

In Memory of Past State President Henrietta Culver Henrietta Priest Culver, 89, Henderson, passed away Friday afternoon, Feb. 20, 2009, at Redbanks Nursing Home.

She was born to the late George F. and Annie Denton Priest on October 21, 1919.

She was a member of First Bap-tist Church, where she had been a member of the Mizpah Sunday School Class and Silver-tones. She was civilian person-nel director at Camp Brecken-

ridge when it closed as an army base. She retired as an orienta-tion officer at the Job Corps in 1982 and increased her volun-teering at Methodist Hospital, where she was a member of the auxiliary. She received a 5,500 hour pin in 1994. She was very active in the Henderson Business and Professional Women, serving in many of-fices. She was named the Busi-ness Woman of the year in 1962. She was a past president

of the Kentucky Federation of Business and Professional Women's Club and past presi-dent of the local club. She was a member of the Hebbardsville Homemakers Club. During her retirement year, she loved her hobbies of sewing and needle-point. She was an avid Ken-tucky Wildcat Basketball fan.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Fanny Jones and Carrie Jones; one brother, George

Norris Priest; and one niece, Rita Cottingham.

Survivors include two nieces, Margarett Tharp of Henderson and Sunga Priest Kenyon of Decatur, Ala.; two nephews, Austin R. Priest and Norris O. Priest, both of Henderson; eight great-nieces and great-nephews; 12 great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews.

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You Can Obtain a Free Credit Report A credit report contains infor-mation on where you live, how you pay your bills, whether you have been sued, arrested or filed for bankruptcy. Nationwide consumer reporting companies sell the information in your report to creditors, insurers, employers and other businesses that use it to evalu-

ate your applications for credit, insurance, employment or renting a home. There are three nationwide consumer reporting companies – Equifax, Experian and Trans Union. You can request a copy of your report via the Internet or over the phone. The website for your annual free credit report is: www.annualcreditreport.com.

You must request the report from each of the three bureaus separately. It is suggested that you request reports from the three bureaus at different times throughout the year rather than all at one time to track any changes in your re-port. Your spouse can also request a separate report three times a year which means you

can alternate months and re-ceive a report six out of 12 months each year. The toll free number to request your report is 877-322-8228. Here are the websites for the three credit bureaus: www.equifax.com www.experian.com www.transunion.com

The 100 Wise Women series is an ideal forum for developing a network of mentors, colleagues and friends. This kind of network is essential in help-ing young women establish themselves as leaders in their careers and in the community. The atmosphere is welcoming and supportive. The takeaway

is an abundance of positive energy and a sense of empow-erment. Each breakfast forum fea-tures a keynote presentation by one of Louisville's esteemed women leaders. Following the presentation, established women leaders identified as Wise Women facilitate lively discussions at tables of 5-6 emerging women leaders. 100 Wise Women keynote speakers for 2009 Attend any of the 2009 100

Wise Women Breakfast Forums and register to win a strand of pearls! For more information, contact Jackie Nash Hornstein. 100 Wise Women is designed to increase the base of Louis-ville’s qualified, connected women leaders and is pre-sented by the Leadership Louis-ville Center and Today’s Woman magazine. Supporters include Louisville Urban League Young Professionals, Women 4 Women, Young Professionals

Association of Louisville and Delta Dental of Kentucky. Location for March and May events University Club on the campus of the University of Louisville Driving directions (Location for Sept. and Nov. dates to be announced.) C o s t $25, or $15 for students (limit o f 2 0 s t u d e n t s ) payable with credit card via online registration.

100 Wise Women in Louisville Breakfast Series

BPW “Building Phenomenal Women”

Louisville Business Xchange Wed., April 15th 11:30a - 1:00p

Carrabba's (617 S. Hurstbourne Pkwy)

Register NOW! $30 pre-registration / $35 on

site -Includes Lunch-

Connect and forge new rela-tionships among many of Lou-

isville's leading professionals. Engage in a rapid series of relevant conversations.

Network Your Way Out of the Recession

By Louise Yates

With the current economic climate and the prospect of challenging times ahead as a small business you may be looking to answer the following q u e s t i o n s :

· How are you going to bring in the business you are looking f o r ? · What other opportunities should you be seeking out? · How can you keep your pro-file raised so you win over your c o m p e t i t i o n ? · How should you spend your limited marketing budget?

You may already be out there promoting yourself and your

business and at times wonder-ing whether you are still get-ting the return you are looking for. One of your marketing activities may be business net-working and this may be one expenditure that you are look-ing to cut, especially if the results are not instantaneous.

Network Your Way Out of the Recession

Gallopalooza 2009 Gallopalooza 2009 is kicking off with a 3 day public preview event held at Churchill Downs April 9th, 10th and 11th. These are all-day events and are open to the public. This will be the only time the horses will be altogether before being placed around the city for the summer, so it's a great time to see them and take pictures. We are expecting big crowds and

Sat-

urday will be our busiest traffic day with lots of families attending. However, we thought it would be nice to offer a special eve-ning geared more towards just adults and we are doing this Thursday evening, April 9th from 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm (the public preview day will end at 4:00 pm). We are inviting many of the business and professional associations

from the area to join us for this special net-working event. Admission price is $5.00. A cash bar and concessions will be available. Entrance to the event is through Gate 10 and there is ample free parking. Please make announcements to your members, send an email, or include this information in your next news-letter. We would love to see as

many people as possible come down or stop by after work! If you have any questions, feel free to call me at 502-409-9047. Wendy Kroeger Gallopalooza 2009 Event Committee

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The River City BPW Foundation is offering tours of the historic Churchill Downs Backside/Stable area. 100% of the proceeds will go to the scholarship fund.

Tours are being offered Sunday, April 19, 2009 and Saturday, May 9, 2009. Tours begin PROMPTLY at 7:00 AM. Cost $25 per person, which is tax deductible. Breakfast can be purchased after the tour at the Track Kitchen on the Backside. Reservations are required and limited to the first 30 registering for each day. Tours will be held, rain or shine. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐

Name: ______________________________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Phone: ______________________________________________________________ Email: _______________________________________________________________

Please reserve ___________ tickets @ $25 each. The total amount enclosed is $_______________. (Reservations are made on a first come, first serve basis)

I prefer to attend _____________ Sunday, April 19, 2009 _____________ Saturday, May 9, 2009

Mail your reservation form and check to: Phyllis Hargrave 1411 Vixen Court New Albany, IN 47150‐9658 Checks should be made to: River City BPW Foundation Questions: Call Phyllis at 812‐944‐4411

River City BPW Foun‐dation

Churchill Downs Backside Tour Fundraiser

River City BPW Foun‐dation

Churchill Downs Backside Tour Fundraiser

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In preparation for Equal Pay Day on April 28, 2009 let’s take a moment to celebrate the passage of Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law. President Obama signed this legislation on January 29 making it the first legislation of his admini-stration. How significant!

National data indicates earn-ings changed by less than one

percent from 2006 to 2007, narrowing the wage gap only slightly, from 76.9 to 77.8 per-cent. Women are still earning $.78 to a man’s dollar.

As we tighten our belts to deal with an ailing economy, women must become more vigilant than ever in negotiating sala-ries. Failure to negotiate sala-ries upfront costs us and our families in the long run, in some cases, over $2 million throughout our lifetime. There are resources to help you ask for what you truly need and are worth despite economic influ-ences.

To help women become more agile at salary negotiation the National Women’s Law Center presented, WORK$MART: Pay Negotiation for Women, a two-part webinar by Evelyn Murphy of The WAGE Project. To ac-cess the webinar, visit http://www.pay-equity.org/ and then follow the instructions pro-vided.

You will be asked to submit a small amount of demographic information including your name and an organization. You will then have the option to download a file with the re-cordings inside. It’s easy and it’s worth it!

You’ll learn how to benchmark what your job is worth in the job market. Do not go to an-other job interview without it!

As the Business and Profes-sional Women of River City plan for its own Pay Equity Day we look forward to your in-volvement. If you are inter-ested in becoming a part of the planning process for this year’s event contact me at

apabinprusak@yahoo.com.

Equal Pay for Women Remains a Key Issue

BPW/RC Legislative Committee Your BPW/RC Legislative Committee for 2008-2009 consists of co-chairs Phyllis Hargrave and Jamie Patrick. The Legislative Committee will keep all our members informed on our USA National Legislative Platform as well as Local and State issues.

BPW Websites – Keep Informed by Checking Us Out Regularly:

BPW River City: www.bpwrc.org

BPW of Kentucky: www.bpw-ky.org

BPW USA: www.bpwusa.org

Here is your connection to Legislative Hotlines:

• BPW/USA Legislative Hotline: See www.bpwusa.org/custom/getactive/iframe.cfm

• Kentucky Political News - U.S. Politics Today: www.uspolitics.einnews.com/kentucky/

• Kentucky Legislature Home Page: www.lrc.ky.gov/home.htm

• Louisville Metro Council Home Page: www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroCouncil/default.htm

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BPW eNewsletter Submission and Distribution –

BPW’s eNewsletter goal is distribution on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month. If you would like to include information in the eNewsletter, please submit your announcement via email, in paragraph form, in 50 words or less to BPWeNwslet-

ter@aol.com by 7pm on the Friday prior to that following week’s eNewsletter’s release. ALL SUBMISSION REQUESTS WILL BE FORWARDED FOR APPROVAL BY A MEMBER OF THE BPW/RC BOARD. If approved, announcements will be posted to the next re-lease. Preference is given to BPW members and sponsors. By default, all submissions will be posted on a one-time basis in the next pending BPW eNewsletter. If you require your submission to run more than one time, you will need to include the “run-

until” date in your submission request

Leadership BPW consists of meetings with community leaders who will share their knowledge about vari-ous community initiatives, community resources, places of interest and corporations. The goal is to be-come more educated about our city’s resources, while developing attributes to become future business/community leaders. We are able to ask all the questions we want of these community leaders who have specifically opened their doors to accommodate our leadership program.

LEADERSHIP BPW DATES:

April 7, 2009 St. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital’s Women’s Center 5:30 – 6:30 pm

May 13, 2009 BPW/River City Luncheon and Graduation! 12 noon – 1pm

All 2008 Leadership BPW event meetings are held on the 1st Tuesday of each month.

Listed below are the graduation requirements:

1. Attend at least four (4) Leadership BPW scheduled events.

2. Attend at least three (3) BPW/River City luncheons throughout the 2008-2009 year, under the leader-ship of President Lorie Marcum.

3. Attend at least one (1) National Business Women's Week event (October 20-24).

4. Write a one-page (1 page) white paper on: What Leadership Means to Me and How I Plan to Give Back to My Community (or How I Have Given Back to My Community). This one-page paper is due by the March 2009 BPW luncheon meeting.

5. Attend at least one BPW Board Meeting.

6.Attend at least one Metro Council Meeting OR one Mayor's Community Conversation Meeting.

For additional information contact Cindy Vaughan at 588-9769. CindyVaughan14@bellsouth.net

Cindy Vaughan Leadership Chair

2008-2009 Leadership BPW Program

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“The goal is to

become more

educated about our

city’s resources,

while developing

attributes to

become future

business/community

leaders.”

March e-Newsletter article deadline – 1st & 3rd Friday of the month March is Women’s History Month!

11th Monthly BPW/RC Meeting – Jefferson Club

14th North Region Meeting

15th Kentucky Cardinal deadline

16th Board Meeting – Arison Insurance

April e-Newsletter article deadline – 1st & 3rd Friday of the month

1st Deadline for STATE awards submissions 8th Monthly BPW/RC Meeting – Jefferson Club

20th Executive Board Meeting – Arison Insurance

30th BPW/KY Foundation Scholarship Application deadline

May e-Newsletter article deadline – 1st & 3rd Friday of the month

1st Deadline for Membership and Regional Award Submissions Submit Regional YC information to State YC Chair

13th Monthly BPW/RC Meeting – Jefferson Club

18th Board Meeting – Arison Insurance

Important Dates:

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3

Leadership BPW Papa John’s Corporation 5:30—6:30

4 5

Deadline to make Luncheon

Reservation for the monthly

meeting on the 11th

6

E-Newsletter Article Submission

Deadline

7

8 9 10

E-Newsletter Distribution

11

12:00 Monthly BPW/RC

Meeting @ Jefferson Club

12 13 14

North Region Meeting

15

Kentucky Cardinal

deadline

16

5:45 BPW/RC

Full Board Meeting Arison Insurance

17 18 19 20

E-Newsletter Article Submission

Deadline

21

22 23 24

E-Newsletter Distribution

25 26 27 28

29 30 31

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BPW/KY NORTH REGION Spring Meeting

2009

MARCH 14, 2009 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Meeting Site: University Club University of Louisville – Belknap Campus

(Driving Directions) If coming from I-265 (Gene Snyder) or I-264 (Watterson Expressway), you will want to head North on I-65.

If coming from I-71 South or I-64 East or West, you will want to head south on I-65. Directions, if traveling south on I-65:(I-65 South is accessible from I-71 and I-64) 1. Take I-65 South (Toward Nashville), to the Arthur Street exit (Exit 134).

2. Continue to the first stop sign, Arthur street and Brandeis Avenue.

3. Turn right onto Brandeis Avenue / Cardinal Boulevard.

4. Continue through 2 stop lights.

5. Turn left at the intersection- Cardinal Boulevard/Brook Street

6. Turn left onto Brook Street. Continue on Brook Street to 2001 S. Brook

7. You will be facing the University Club Building

The parking lot is to the left of the University Club Building Directions, if traveling north on I-65: (I-65 North is accessible from I-265 and I-264) 1. Take I-65 North (Toward Indianapolis) to the second Eastern Parkway exit (west 133B).

2. There is a stop sign at the end of the exit ramp.

3. Veer right, following the curve around to the traffic light at Eastern Parkway. (Denny's is on the opposite corner).

4. Turn right onto Eastern Parkway.

5. Continue on Eastern Parkway until it dead-ends at Third Street.

6. Turn right onto 3rd Street.

7. Continue on Third Street to the third traffic light at Cardinal Boulevard.

8. Turn right onto Cardinal Boulevard.

9. Turn right onto Brook Street

10. Continue straight through the stop sign to 2001 Brook Street The University Club Building is directly ahead. – to the left is the parking area.

***Please telephone the University Club at 852-6996, with questions concerning the directions***

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A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR CORPORATE SPONSORS:

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