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The Bill Brown Memorial Coat/Warm Clothing Drive
Plan to bring your coats and warm clothing to our Rotary luncheon meetings this Thursday, Dec. 2 and Dec. 9.
Chairman Kent Fulton and tyros will be in the
entry lobby of the Muehlebach Hotel (Wyandotte Street side) to collect
your coats and warm clothing.
This drive is important to the many people in Kansas City who need
clothes. If you haven't worn it in two years, you probably no longer
need it.
We still need a couple of volunteers to assist with the weekly collections
from 11:00 a.m. to noon on Dec. 9.
Tyros, you can earn six points for helping with the collection. If you
can help out or have questions, contact Kent Fulton
at 913/236-7223.
Our 100th Annual Rotary Holiday Party
 On
Thursday, Dec. 16, we will hold our 100th Annual Holiday Party at
the Hyatt Regency Crown Center in Pershing Hall.
Social time begins at 6:30 p.m. followed by dinner at 7:15 p.m. The
Club 13 Auxiliary will hold a silent auction.
There will be dancing to the music from the Chuck Eddy Band.
The menu is as follows: Bibb & Endive Salad with Asian Pear;
Sun-Dried Cherries & Caramelized Walnuts served with Feta
Vinaigrette; Hyatt Signature Bread Presentation with Belgium Butter
and Olive Oil; Sliced Tenderloin of Beef with Jack Daniels Demi;
Paired with Salmon with Thyme Cream Sauce; Maple Mashed Sweet
Potatoes; Asparagus, Chef's Selection of Holiday Assorted Cakes,
Tortes and Miniature Pastries; Coffee and Tea.
RSVP by Dec. 13 to 816/842-2322. Cost is $60 per person; After Dec.
13, the cost is $65 per person. The attire is black tie optional.
Complimentary parking and $79 Rooms available.
Reminder ...
Ballots were mailed out before Thanksgiving. Be
sure to return your Rotary election ballot to the Club 13 office by
noon on Thursday, Dec. 2.
Ballots are required to be signed in order to be counted so please
sign the back of your ballot envelope.
Results of the election will be announced at the Dec. 9 Rotary
luncheon meeting.
Ukraine Trip Set for Early Spring
Calling all professors, teachers, former
teachers, politicians and anyone who would like to stand up in front
of a group of university students to tell them about life and
government in the US of A. We have been invited back to Ukraine, in
late April or early May, to spend a week in the university classrooms
to do an intense review of what happens here for students who are
studying English and to be interpreters. We'll also need at least one
IT person to help with computerized presentations there. We will have
help here to get the computerized stuff ready. We will also have help
from the USUkraine organization in Washington with preparation. This
will be the 10th "mission" trip by members and friends of Club 13, and
will be the most intense. Contact Bob Lager at
mandblager@kcnet.com quickly to get planning underway.
In Memoriam
 Lloyd
Duncan, our Rotary Youth camp superintendent, passed away on Monday,
Nov. 15, 2010. Lloyd was 91 years old.
Lloyd and his wife, Juanita (affectionally known as "Cookie") were the
caretakers of the camp beginning June 1, 1955.
For 35 years Lloyd and Juanita touched the lives of more than 20,000
area children each carrying the memory of one glorious week at our
Rotary Youth Camp. Many of the former campers continued to correspond
with them as they made their journey into adulthood.
Lloyd was a Pearl Harbor survivor from WWII and was so proud of his
son, Dwayne Duncan in California; daughter, Helen Harle in Peculiar,
MO; and his four grandchildren.
Lloyd and Juanita were made honorary Rotarians in 1992. Lloyd was a
Paul Harris Fellow as well as a K.C. Rotary Club Foundation Fellow.
He will be sadly missed by members as he always made it out to our
Memorial Day Service and our Annual Family Picnic in spite of his
declining eyesight and health.
A contribution to the K.C. Rotary Club Foundation has been made in
Lloyd's memory.
25% Discount for Foundation Fellows - Regular and Sustaining
Members!
In an effort to "close the gap" for our Comfort Care shortage, one
generous Rotarian has offered to donate $250 to the next 40 Rotarians
who become K.C. Rotary Club Foundation Fellows.
This program is good from now until Dec. 31,
2010.
You can receive this by making one check payable to the Foundation for
$750 or becoming a sustaining member ($100 this year and $100 each
year for the next six years and $50 on the seventh year.) This is tax
deductible.
Once your pledge is paid, you will receive a handsome plaque for your
home or office, as well as recognition at the Rotary Youth Camp. Plus,
you will have the satisfaction of paying off our advance for the
Comfort Care Station.
Please contact Jim Porter, Janet or
Marilyn at the Rotary office. It doesn't get any better than this!
Jim Porter, President
K.C. Rotary Club Foundation
Last Thursday - November 11, 2010 by Jim Holmberg
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This is not a time when women should be
patient. We are in a war and we need to fight it with all our ability
and every weapon possible. Women pilots, in this particular case, are
a weapon waiting to be used." Eleanor Roosevelt, 1942.
Last Thursday was a special remembrance of Veteran's
Day in a big part through the charm, humor and special story of our
guest and speaker Marjorie Ellfredt Rees. Marjorie and approximately
25,000 other women applied to serve as pilots during WWII. After four
months of training she was one of the 1,074 to receive the silver
wings of a Fly Girl, a Women Air Force Service Pilot. WASPs were
required to complete the same primary, basic, and advanced training
courses as male Army Air Corps pilots The WASPs logged sixty million
air miles flying every airplane in the air force armada. Marjorie Rees
served as a test pilot, flight testing repaired air craft before they
could be returned to service.
When the WASP mission concluded at the end of 1945, Rees and the other
women pilots were sent home with a thank you from Air Force General
Hap Arnold and literally nothing else. We even
"had to pay our own way home Rees quipped. Some fifty two years later, in 1977, Congress finally
got around to awarding full military benefits to the women who served
as WASPs. In 2009 the WASP as a group were awarded the Congressional
Gold Medal. The medal itself is in the Smithsonian but Rees has a
bronze replica but she says as time passes it gets golder and golder.
We enjoyed the traditional veteran's day
musical tribute as keyboard Commander Carl Bolte and
Charlie Huffman led us in songs recognizing all five
of the military services. Marty McInerney presented
our invocation including asking for guidance for each of us as we
teach our children and grandchildren the reason behind and the extent
of veteran's sacrifice. Jason
Roske welcomed eight guests.
How many times do you recite the Pledge of Allegiance each year? When
was the last time you really consider the meaning of those words you
learned so long ago? David McCaughey shared Red
Skelton's version of the Pledge
detailing the meaning behind the words.
My hat's off to Ross Donnell
for a very special member's minute. He told us of his history in military schools and his
experience at Park College where he received "one
of the finest educations. He told us of "the
invitation from Draft Board 52 to join the US Army which led to time walking
point in the mountains of North Vietnam and the bitterness
that lingers even to this day. And Ross also told us
of his company's commercial furniture business. Next time you're
dining at Applebee's or Red Robin's remember Ross made
the chair you're sitting in.
President Ford Nelson introduced Chuck Eddy,
Randy Sisk and Marla Svoboda
as candidates for director in the upcoming Club 13 elections. He also
asked us to send notes and cards to Tony DiPardo and
Pat Dunn who are recuperating in Recovery Bay. Prez
Ford concluded with a poignant Veteran's
Day thought, "those who have been
exposed to the elements of war are probably the biggest pacifists.
Together we sang a "Let There
Be Peace on Earth" as a closing song.
It was a special Veteran's Day meeting.
I look forward to meeting you for lunch next Thursday.
Collaboration for Successful Rotary
Projects in Mexico City
 Good
news – Club 13, in collaboration with Rotary Clubs in northern
Missouri, Tennessee, Indiana, Louisiana and Mexico City, has raised
the funds and successfully submitted grants for three projects in
Mexico City: a water project, kidney transplant project and girl's
shelter project. Club 13 raised $1,500 for the projects. With the
grants approved, implementation can now begin.
The water project provides water tanks, filtering systems and
dispensers to schools. Clean water is a precious resource that many
take for granted. Imagine the consequences of sending children to
schools that do not have clean, safe water. Each tank system costs
$3,280, there will be 44 systems installed and the total project is
$144,320.
The kidney transplant project provides funds for 8 disadvantaged
teenagers to have kidney transplants and includes surgery preparation
and follow up for both the recipients and donors. The total project
cost is $73,600 and nearly half of the project funds will be donated
by the Mexican National Transplant Foundation.
The girl's shelter provides a safe
environment for girls ages 5 through 18 who have been abused. The
shelter provides a dormitory, meals, counseling and some medical
attention. The $35,000 project includes bathroom upgrades and
playground equipment.
With many Rotary Clubs across multiple Rotary Districts contributing
funds, the implementation of the projects will be a great example of
successful collaboration to make a difference in the world.
DIDISTRICT 6040 FOUNDATION DINNER
 The
Rotary District 6040 Foundation Dinner was held on Saturday, November
6, 2010, at the Airport Embassy Suites. This was District 6040's 11th
annual major event to celebrate The Rotary Foundation and was led by
District Governor Jeff Romine. The event theme was "The Stories of the
Rotary Foundation.” Stories about the Foundation in action were told
at the podium and on written on table top displays at the each banquet
table. Matt Meyer's
story about the Rotary Youth Camp and Rowland Nofsinger's
story about Peace Scholars were highlighted. Individual contributors
and Clubs with high percentage of giving were honored. The keynote
speaker, PDG Jennifer Jones, a member of the Rotary Club of Windsor
Roseland in Ontario Canada, shared why generous giving is so
important. A silent and live auction netted several thousand dollars
for The Rotary Foundation. The Klinginsmith Cup, a traveling trophy
for the club with the highest average giving to The Rotary Foundation
plus receiving the Presidential Citation, was awarded to the Kansas
City Plaza Club. Club 13 members attending were Jan Armstrong,
Rick & Sarah Beyer, Sally
Bibb, Dick & Doris Burnett,
Marc Horner, Matt & Suzy
Meyer, John & Mary Ann Miller,
Ford & Carolyn Nelson, Bill
& Bonnie Nofsinger, Rowland & Judy
Nofsinger, Jim & Molly
Porter, Dick & Carol Retrum,
and Marla Svoboda & Michael Dean.
Bowling Report - Nov. 17, 2010
by Dick Retrum
 It was Two-Dollar Tuesday on Wednesday at Ward Parkway Lanes today.
This is an added attraction to our regular match play. Three colored
pins (red) are placed in the mix of white pins on each lane. If a red
pin is racked up as the head pin (#1) and you get a strike, you are
awarded a two-dollar bill. By the end of the three games on fourteen
lanes,
46 bills were passed out. It was reported that Bob Weir got four of
them. Skills improve when there's money on the line……and the Weir-Do's
are still in first place.
Speaking of skills, here are the high games for today. Ted Middendorf,
216 & 267; Norm Waters, 210; John Reynolds, 204;
Bob Lager, 201 and Kent Verden 201. Congratulations all!
Some of you have been anxiously waiting for Norm Waters to pick a name
for his team. Of course at almost three month into the season, most of
us have been content to simply refer to them as
"Team 8. Last week Norm was challenge to submit a name and today he picked Hot Pockets
Thank you Norm. Great name.
Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Bowling!
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Thursday, Dec.2, all are welcome to attend the luncheon at
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when the San Jose copper-gold mine collapsed in August. After 69 days in
the damp and dark pit all of the men were rescued in a big part due to
the resources, technology, skill and grit of Mission Woods based Layne
Christensen Company.