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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

January 29, 2009 Meeting Reminder

Speaker: Don Lambert, Early Kansas

LOCATION: Grand Ballroom

INVOCATION: Norton Bonaparte

GUEST INTRODUCTIONS: Jane Mackey

GREETERS: Roger Aeschliman, Ron Andersen, Dale Anderson, Phil Andruss, John Arnold
CUP MONEY: Ross Elementary School

RECEPTION TABLE: Joyce Martin

MENU: Not Available

NEW MEMBER TABLE: Phil Elwood, Fred Gatlin, John Wall

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
New Member Announcement: (10-day waiting period): Mark LeNeave, CEO, Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital (2nd Time)

Bring Your Valentine to Rotary on February 12. Special relevant entertainment is planned. In order to get an approximate count for lunch, sign-up sheets will be on the tables January 29 and February 2 to indicate whether or not you will be bringing a guest.

Youth Exchange: We have one host family for a foreign exchange student from France for the school year 2009-2010 and need one or two more. The student’s name is Pauline Vidal, and she is 16 years old. In addition to French she speaks English and Spanish and she is studying Russian. She plays the saxophone and has many other interests including drama, photography, reading, and art history. Host families do not have to be Rotarians but should live in Shawnee Heights school district or be able to transport Pauline to school there. The commitment would be for a 3 – 5 month period, depending on how many host families we can recruit. For more information see David Beck.

2008-09 Club Rosters are available. If you have not picked yours up at a Thursday meeting, stop by the office and pick one up.

Read the December '08 - January '09 Rotopeka online.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Reminder Information - January 22, 2009

Please join us tomorrow for the weekly meeting of the Topeka Rotary Club. Our speaker is State Treasurer Denis McKinney who will speak on the State Treasurer's Office.

LOCATION: Madison Ballroom (Lower Level Left)

INVOCATION: Joan Wagnon

GUEST INTRODUCTIONS: Susan Mauch

GREETERS: Michael Worswich, Tom Wright, Charlotte Adair, Jason Adair

CUP MONEY: Ross Elementary School

RECEPTION TABLE: Staci Williams

MENU: Not Available

NEW MEMBER TABLE: Larry Dimmitt, Gordon Lansford, Chris McGee

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
New Member Announcements: (10-day waiting period):
Eileen Caspers, Kaw Area Technical School (2nd Time)
Mark LeNeave, CEO, Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital (1st Time)

Youth Exchange: We have one host family for a foreign exchange student from France for the school year 2009-2010 and need one or two more. The student’s name is Pauline Vidal, and she is 16 years old. In addition to French she speaks English and Spanish and she is studying Russian. She plays the saxophone and has many other interests including drama, photography, reading, and art history. Host families do not have to be Rotarians but should live in Shawnee Heights school district or be able to transport Pauline to school there. The commitment would be for a 3 – 5 month period, depending on how many host families we can recruit. For more information see David Beck.

2008-09 Club Rosters are available. If you have not picked yours up at a Thursday meeting, stop by the office and pick one up.
The December-January 2009 issue of the Rotopeka is now online. Read it here.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

On the Eve of the Inauguration

I scrapped my first editorial. It just didn’t seem right on the eve of this historical event in our nations history. You see, as I wrap up this issue and send it off to press, I am re-writing my editorial at 9:30 p.m. on January 19, 2009. For the Rotary historians who might be reading this in some sixty years, this is the night before Barack Obama is to be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States.

I can’t tell you how history will look back on this event. But I can tell you how I hope that this amazing sense of optimism we as a country feel on this date will continue well beyond the pomp and circumstance of the Inaugural. I could write how President Obama should look at the Rotary Four Way to help guide him over the next four or eight years, but I think he already has a pretty good grasp on what it means to put service above self.

No, what I have to say is that I believe we as a nation are going to be stronger tomorrow and that what President Obama is going to bring is a sense that we are ALL responsible for making our world better each and every day.

I am proud to be a Rotarian and proud of those things we are doing throughout the world. I sense that in a way, we are all being called to service and to act in unison, bound together by promise and hope of a better world around us. We are called to use our resources and our own unique abilities for the betterment of the community in which we live and to help our fellow human beings in their time of need.

Each of us as Rotarians must do something more than come to a meeting once a week. We must utilize our talents and our unique skills to harness the power of our millions of members. Acting together, we can continue to change the world.

Monday, January 19, 2009

December 2008 - January 2009 Rotopeka

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January 2009

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Weekly Reminder - January 15, 2009

REMINDER INFO

Hope you will join us for today's meeting of the Topeka Rotary Club. Today's speaker is our own Bob Clawson who will be speaking on the Topeka Rotary Foundation.

LOCATION: Jefferson Ballroom (Lower Level Right)

INVOCATION: Ted Bryan

GUEST INTRODUCTIONS: David Long

GREETERS: Barbara Wiggins, Eugene Williams, Kathleen Williams, Staci Williams, Al Williams, Anita Wolgast

CUP MONEY: Ross Elementary School

RECEPTION TABLE: Jane Mackey

MENU: Not Available

NEW MEMBER TABLE: Hurst Coffman, Blanche Parks, Tom Gorrell

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

New Member Announcement (10-day waiting period): Eileen Caspers, Kaw Area Technical School

Fireside Chat Surveys will be on the tables for each member to complete.

Career Day will be held on March 13. Please mark your calendars.

Holiday Pictures are here. There are two left. They will be on the back tables at the meeting.

The Rotary District Youth Exchange Officer is beginning to receive applications from foreign students interested in spending the 2009-2010 school year in Northeast Kansas. We have applications from Spain, France, and Italy and will probably get applications from Denmark, Chile, Romania and Switzerland. If you have an interest in hosting a high school student for part of the next school year (2 or 3 host families per student) or just want more information please contact David Beck davidbeck@cox.net or 274-3382.

2008-09 Club Rosters are available. If you have not picked yours up at a Thursday meeting, stop by the office and pick one up.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Heart to Heart International

Jon North of Heart to Heart International presented our program today. His presenation was titled, "Connecting you to a World in Need". Both the video of his presenation along with his Powerpoint presentation are available to view. The presenation begins about 9:00 into the video.



Rotary Presentation 2009


Rotary Reminder

REMINDER INFO

Sorry this did not get out yesterday.   Today's speaker is Jon North - Heart to Heart International - Creating a Healthier World

REMINDER INFO

LOCATION: Grand Ballroom

INVOCATION: Jamie Dultmeier

GUEST INTRODUCTIONS: Stan Martindell

GREETERS: Karen Weichert, Dan Welch, Michael Welch, John Wendling, Dana Wethington, Carol Wheeler

CUP MONEY: Ross Elementary School

RECEPTION TABLE: Jennifer Haller

MENU: Tossed Green Salad, Chicken Breast w/Chardonnay Sauce, Wild Rice Pilaf, Glazed Baby Carrots, Chocolate Mousse Tart

NEW MEMBER TABLE: Carol Wheeler, Joy Moser, Andy Chandler

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Holiday Pictures are here. They will be on the back tables at the meeting.

The Rotary District Youth Exchange Officer is beginning to receive applications from foreign students interested in spending the 2009-2010 school year in Northeast Kansas.  We have applications from Spain, France, and Italy and will  probably get applications from Denmark, Chile, Romania and Switzerland. If you have an interest in hosting a high school student for part of the next school year (2 or 3 host families per student) or just want more information please contact David Beck davidbeck@cox.net or 274-3382.

2008-09 Club Rosters are available. If you have not picked yours up at a Thursday meeting, stop by the office and pick one up.