LAST WEEK at ROTARY- District Governor Larry Dimmitt Made the Governor S Annual Visit To s1

NEXT WEEK AT ROTARY- Stan Weber, CFO of Tower Properties and Color Commentator for the Kansas State University Basketball and Football programs will be our speaker next week. Stan will be talking about the Big 12 season and the upcoming Big 12 Tournament.

John Freshnock will be the program chairman for the day

Websites: Club: www.rotarydowntownkck.org, District: www.rotary5710.org, International: www.rotary.org and for the month.

Volume 77 March 4, 2016 No. 3 All Club Members and their guests are invited to

LAST WEEK AT ROTARY- Michelle Rivera, Director of Spray and the Centennial Gala, a celebration of 100 years Neuter KC, talked about the animal program. This clinic is the of service, on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at the Lake second of two clinics in the metropolitan area. The first clinic was Quivira Country Club 100 Crescent Blvd, Lake opened in Kansas City, Missouri in 2002. The program is targeted to low income area . Their goal for the first year in Kansas City, Quivira, Ks 66217.Cocktail reception at 5:30 p.m. Kansas is to spay 5,000 animals. They are offering this service with live jazz by the KCKCC ensemble. Dinner at free to the first 600 animals in the 66102 and 66104 areas. The 6:30, Program to follow. $50 per person. Please group works with the local animal control department. They also vaccinate the animals and encourage the keeping of animals around RSVP to Jim Knight for this splendid evening of the home rather than let them run loose in the streets. They do not fellowship and celebration. shelter the animals, just help families to provide housing for them. They do have a truck in these neighborhoods that provides housing PLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS FOR THE for the dogs as well food for the pets. She answered questions after CENTENNIAL GALA CELEBRATION NEXT WEEK. her presentation. KANSAS CITY DAY- Dave Skidgel reminded members that President Hank opened the meeting and Merle Parks gave the Kansas City Day is on Friday, April 1st and NOT on April 4th as was invocation, Scott Kaufmann led the singing. Karole Bradford reported last week. introduced the visitors. MULLARKY’S MINUTE- Bill reminded members to practice the BIRTHDAYS- Scott led the members in singing “Happy Birthday” three Ps as a Rotarian. They are PROVIDE A PROGRAM. to President Hank. Hank was the only member in attendance with a PROPOSE A PROJECT DURING THE YEAR AND PROPOSE A birthday. Other members with birthdays in March are Kelly Allison, NEW MEMBER during the year. Connie Moritz and Terry Robinson. CLUB PICTURE-The Board has made arrangements to have OUR ROAMNG ROTARIAN a CLUB PICTURE taken during our luncheon at 12:30pm on Shawnee Mission------Greg Shondell th Overland Park------Greg Shondell March 15 . All members are asked to make a special effort Village West------Greg Shondell to be a part of this historic picture. PLEASE mark this date Bonner Springs------Hank Chamberlain and time on your calendars and be present.

. WHERE NEARBY TO MAKE UP ATTENDANCE Where the Gate to Kansas Swings Open MONDAY Bonner Springs (11:45am) ------Twister Bar & Grill, 13100 Kansas Ave. The Kansas City, Kansas Rotary Club was organized on November 2, 1915 and Overland Park (11:30am) ------Doubletree Hotel, 10100 College Blvd. received its charter as Club No. 195 in January 1916. Its members take pride in TUESDAY more than 90 years of Rotary service to the community and to international Gladstone (7:00am) ------Fairview Christian Church, 1800 N.E. 65th fellowship. From this Club have come five District Governors and two Directors of Johnson County-Sunset (5:15pm) ------(Grand Street Café) 8815 Renner Rd, Lenexa Rotary International. The Club’s history is as rich as that of the community it WEDNESDAY Overland Park South (7:15am) ------Deer Creek Country Club, 7000 W. 133rd represents. Leavenworth (Noon) ------Riverfront Community Center, 123 S. Esplanade KCI, Missouri (Noon) ------KCI Expo Center, 11730 N. Ambassador Dr. Following the Lewis and Clark expedition which camped at the confluence of the Shawnee Mission (Noon) ------Sylvester Powell Center, Martway & Lamar Kansas and Missouri rivers on June 26, 1804, in present day Kansas City, Kansas, Olathe (Noon) ------Mahaffie/Heritage Center, 1200 E. Kansas City Road this area became an important center for fur trappers. In the following years, many Kansas City South, Missouri (Noon) ------EBT, 1310 Carondolet, 2nd Floor Indian tribes were relocated here from the East. In 1842 the Wyandot Indians THURSDAY acquired land here and founded a town. During this period, and for the next five South Platte, Missouri (7:00am) ------Trezo Mare, 4105 Mulberry Drive, KCMO th decades, this area became the main gateway to the inviting majesty of the Johnson County (7:15am) ------Crowne Plaza Hotel, 12601 W. 95 , Lenexa Leawood (7:15am) ------Hereford House, Town Center Dr. & Nall sprawling Kansas Prairie and the American West. This was where the frontier Village West (7:15am) ------Dave & Buster’s, 1843 Village West Pkwy., KCK began. Pioneers found river transportation, outfitters and the beginning of the Gardner (7:30am) ------Senior Citizen Bldg., 128 E. Park Santa Fe and Oregon Trails. After the covered wagons came major trunk railroads Olathe Santa Fe Trail (7:30am) --- Mid-Am Nazarene U, 2030 E. College Way, Campus Ctr. and barge lines. Kansas City, Missouri (Noon) ------The Gallery, 61 E. 14th Street, KCMO FRIDAY In 1886, Kansas City, Kansas received its charter as an incorporated city, Desoto (7:00am) ------Desoto United Methodist Church, 8760 Kill Creek Road combining the towns of Wyandot, Argentine and Armourdale. (Rosedale was Shawnee (7:15am) ------Town Hall, 11600 Johnson Drive added in 1922.) Kansas City, Kansas is the site of the first industrial park in the Plaza, Missouri (7:15am) ------Intercontinental Hotel, 401 Ward Parkway United States, home of the prestigious University of Kansas Medical Center, and North Kansas City, Missouri (Noon) ------Finnigan’s Hall, 505 E. 18th Ave. the location of the National Agricultural Hall of Fame and the nationally recognized Parkville, Missouri (Noon) ------Park University Underground, Woodard Center Kansas Speedway. Lenexa (Noon) ------Lakeview Village, Northpointe Bldg., 91st & Park St.

Near the geographical and population centers of the contiguous United States, it is Meeting make ups can be made 14 days before or after the missed meeting. in the temperate latitudes at an elevation of 726 feet above sea level. The average Please see the Secretary for the world directory of all Rotary Club’s meeting times, days and places. rainfall is 35 inches. The average mean temperature ranges from 30°F in January to 80°F in July. The lowest recorded temperature was -23°F on December 23, 2015-2016 Board of Directors 1989, and the highest was 113°F on August 14, 1936. Our city’s population of Officers Directors 145,000 and 155 square miles rank it 158th among cities in the United States. Hank Chamberlain Rick Behrens President Karole Bradford Welcome to Kansas City, Kansas Rotary, and the vibrant community it represents. Ashley Adorante John Freshnock Vice President Phil Gibbs Greg Shondell Melissa Mundt Treasurer Bruce Schlosser Service Above Self Jim Knight Donna Severance Secretary Mark Wiebe Rotary Websites: Rosemary Podrebarac Fred Zimmerman KCK Club: www.rotarydowntownkck.org, District: www.rotary5710.org, International: www.rotary.org Sergeant at Arms Ken Davis Past President