The Scoop - June 16, 2014

Posted by Michael Frueh

on Jun 20, 2014

Can your business survive a disaster?

Mary Elmquist provided fellowship, and she gave us all a brief lesson on all things "Father's Day" - a holiday conceived in 1907, but not signed into law until 1972 by Richard Nixon.

Everyone - please try to attend the the Changing of the Guard party on Thursday, 6/26 at 6pm. Contact Rita Brown for more information.

Five new members were inducted today:

Marcy Boone - Site Director, INEOS

Douglas Degan - Allen County Drainage Engineer & ONU Faculty

Kirk Slusher - Deputy Director of District 1, ODOT

Dale Gisi - Vice President of Operations, SRMC

Steve Barker - Lima Community Church

Our speaker today was Dave Finchum from Swartz Contracting, which specializes in disaster planning and restoration work. He pointed out the greatly increasing costs of rebuilding a business after an accident, and offered helpful hints on how to survive a business shutdown.