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e R O T A R Y R E M I N D E R - Downtown Topeka Rotary Club
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usually sent each Wednesday no. 0708-25

For Thursday, December 13, noon at the Ramada Inn Downtown

1. Place: Grand Ballroom

2. Program: Topeka High Madrigals (Steve Eubank, Conductor)

3. New Member Introduction: Maggie Warren, President, Wheatland Property
Management, Inc.

4. Reminder: No meeting on Thu, Dec 27.

5. Recording Meeting Make-ups:

For your convenience, at Thursday meetings there will be a book on the back tables for reporting your meeting make-ups and also you can report them on the website by going to http://www.downtowntopekarotary.org/ where you can click on the make-up button to record your make-up information in an e-mail, and then click send to send it to the office to be recorded.

6. December Cup Money will be donated for the purchase and possible shipping cost of books (in the Spainish Language) for the Library Project in Paraguay. This project request comes to us from Don Chronister and Vickie Chronister George on behalf of Beth Chronister. Beth is Peace Corps Volunteer in Paraguay. Paraquay is bilinqual nation-with significant gaps.
However the children must learn to speak Spanish when they attend school.
The school system experiences a high drop out rate beginning in the Third Grade. Beth thinks the difficulty in learning Spainish contibutes significantly to the problem. Generous contributions during this short collection period in December can make a significant difference in reducing this early drop out rate and increasing the literacy rate of the children of Paraquay.

7. New Member Table:

In order to acquaint new members with our Rotary Club and Rotary International, the board is asking all 2007-08 new members to sit at the designated "New Member Table" for the first four weeks after you become a member. This week the table will also include:
Past President: Bob Miller
Board Member: Gary Ely
Membership Committee Member: John Hutton

8. Holiday Party Details, Dec 20:

The annual Rotary Holiday Party will be on Thursday December 20, in the Regency Suite, Topeka Ramada Inn. The photographer will be available at 10:30 am, and the buffet will open at 11:30 am.
There will be Santa hats, cookies, and candy for the children, group singing with piano accompaniment by Hurst Coffman, combo music by the Heart Strings, interactive story telling by Rosie Cutrer, and finally Santa's arrival to hear children's requests. Charges are the normal $10 luncheon fee for members, $10 adult guests, $5 children 3-12, free for children under 3. The photographer's basic charge is $15.
Sign up sheets will be on the tables on and after November 29. We hope that all of you can be there.

9. Greeters:

Dec 13 - Mike Hall, Jennifer Haller, Martin Halley, Greg Hill,
Richard Hoffman, Don Hogue, Wendell Graham

Dec 20 - Gerald Holley, Don Horttor, Johnny Huffman, John Hutton,
Terry Iles, Jay Ives

10. Reception: Dec 13 - Joyce Martin

11. Program Preview:

Dec 20 - Holiday Party

Dec 27 - No Meeting

Jan 3 - Barry Feaker, Director, Topeka Rescue Mission, "Topeka
Rescue Mission"

Jan 10 - Roger Viola, Topeka Community Foundation,
"TCF, Philanthropy and Giving"

Jan 17 - Kathy Smith, Arts Connect, "Topeka, a Great Arts Town"

Jan 24 - Jeff Taylor, President of PT's Coffee, "Juan Valdedz and
Kuppa Joe"

Jan 31 - Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, "Kansas Economy and
Issues"

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John Christensen, Club Internet Communications Officer Questions? E-mail
address change? Contact me via e-mail: john.christensen@washburn.edu or
work phone: 785 670-1658
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Downtown Rotary Office (Ruth) e-mail: dtrotary@swbell.net
phone & fax: 785 232-7216. Ruth's office hours: Wed & Thu 9:30 am-3:30 pm
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Meeting Make-up Info:
Topeka West - Wed 7 am - Marriott Courtyard, 2033 SW Wanamaker
Topeka South - Fri 7 am - Kansas Room, Washburn U. Memorial Union
Topeka North - Wed noon - Godfather's Pizza, 1835 N Topeka Blvd
See District 5710 web site for other make-up options: http://rotary5710.org
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Club Web Site - http://downtowntopekarotary.org
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Rotopeka Blog - http://rotopeka.blogspot.com
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