Rotary Club 13

"Hallmark Hall of Fame: Baked from Scratch in Kansas City"

Brad Moore, President, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions 

The Hallmark Hall of Fame is the most-honored series in U.S. television history. Brad Moore has been at the helm for 27 years.

Under his leadership the series has produced more than 80 movies and received 31 Emmy awards (5 for "Best Picture") plus 7 Golden Globe awards and numerous other honors. Those films have included the single most honored program in U.S. television history (Promise, 1985) and the four movies with the largest audiences on any television network over the past 20 years.

Moore has also served in a variety of other responsibilities at Hallmark. He is currently a director of Crown Media Holdings, Inc., which operates the Hallmark Channel in the United States; and he oversees branding and program content for the Hallmark Channel in 130+ countries outside the U.S. (operated by NBC-Universal under a license from Hallmark).

Moore received his BA in English from Southern Nazarene University in 1968 and his MBA in marketing and international business from Northwestern University in 1972. For ten years prior to joining Hallmark he held positions in brand management and marketing at Procter & Gamble.

His wife, Laura, teaches at Central Baptist Theological Seminary. His son, Todd, is chair of the department of Surgery at St. Luke’s Hospital, and daughter Erin teaches in the Blue Valley School District.

CPR/AED DUTY SCHEDULE

Comfort Station - The 2009 - Now $197 Challenge

This summer our campers enjoyed our new comfort station, including state of the art showers, bathroom facilities and three washers and dryers. The new facility should last us a half-century. The total cost was $503K. We have raised $246K. The Hall Family Foundation has offered a $40K Topping Grant once we reach an additional $217K. We recently received an additional Topping Grant of $20K from the Oppenstein Foundation, reducing the challenge goal to $197K.  To date, we have received $82,282.95, leaving us just $114,717.05 to go. We are 76% of the way there.

You know, the bricks and mortar of our comfort station in themselves don't pull at the heartstrings but what about our camp users? This past summer in our 85th Summer Session we offered a camp experience to the following groups:

Mark your calendars-March 4 Centennial Blood Drive!

CPR-AED Training and Refresher Classes

It has been a year since we offered a refresher course for our CPR-AED training. Bruce Ludeman, our instructor, will be conducting refresher classes on Thursdays, Feb. 25 and Mar. 11, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Trianon E at the Muehlebach Hotel. There is no charge for the refresher class but please RSVP to the Rotary office at 842-2322 the date you are choosing to attend.

We have also added a CPR-AED training class for new folks on Thursday, Mar. 18, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Trianon E.  Cost to participate is $35, half of which will be paid by the club if you are willing to be a part of our team roster. Please call and register today for this training class.  

Greater KC Day will happen on Monday, April 5

The Centennial Committee is taking the show on the road!

The Centennial Committee has produced a power point slide show titled Service in Kansas City … One Club at a Time that recognizes 100 years of Rotary in Kansas City

The Committee has contacted all 37 of the area clubs that are the offspring of Club 13 and asked to have program time to present the slide show.  We are off to a great start and are currently booking dates through April, with the goal of reaching as many clubs as possible before the May luncheon at Union Station. 

Committee members are trained and ready to present the show but want to extend an invitation to any Club 13 member that would like to go along and be a support for the speaker as well as indicate our Club's commitment to the Centennial activities. 

On Feb. 25 a presentation will be made at the Olathe Santa Fe Trail Rotary Club; on Feb. 26 at the Parkville Rotary Club; March 3 at the Shawnee Mission Rotary Club and March 5 at the Richmond Rotary Club. Let Evie Craig know at ecraig@restartinc.org or 913.706.1469  if you are interested in signing up.  Our Centennial Committee members will present the program and welcome Club 13 colleagues!

Rotary Club 11, St. Louis Centennial Gala

Dinner Dance Gala Celebration
Millennium Hotel, 200 S. 4th St., St. Louis, Mo. 63102
For information contact Club11@rotarystl.org or 314-894-1759
$100 per person
Checks payable to: Rotary Club Welfare Fund, 405 Washington Ave., St. Louis, MO 63102
Special room rate of $99 for overnight guests.
To reserve a room at the Millennium call 314-241-9500.
Be sure to tell them Group Code: 1003ROTARY to get the special rate 

Call for Memories

The momentum for Club 13's centennial is heating up. But it won't be complete without the personal memories of our members.
     To those of you who have been members for awhile (we'll leave that loosely defined), reach back into your memory banks for anecdotes, reflections, observations…the kind of things that never make it into the official record, yet reflect the heart, compassion – and humor – of Club 13.
     We plan to set aside a section of the centennial book for these memories that are an important part of our club's history.
     So start reminiscing! Send your contributions and any questions to Jane Lee at jane@janeleecomm.com

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IT'S KICK-OFF TIME FOR SHOES FOR ORPHAN SOULS.

Rotary Night at the American Heartland 

It’s time for the 16th Annual Literacy Kansas City Corporate Spelling Bee. And we need donors and sharp spellers to compete in the city-wide event Thursday, April 8, at Johnson County Community College.

Can’t spell. No problem. We’ll take a C-H-E-C-K!

It’s all for the benefit of Literacy Kansas City, an organization dedicated to reducing illiteracy through a variety of programs and services.

But first we need to raise funds for our $3,000 sponsorship and select four spellers for the Rotary Club 13 team at our pre-Bee Rotary Spell-Off Party on Tuesday, March 16 at 4545 Wornall Rd., KC, MO.  We’ll begin at 5:30 p.m. with wine and hors d’oeuvres. Those interested in becoming team members then participate in a spell-off to determine the final four.

Those attending the Spell-Off make a donation of $100. You may bring a guest at no additional charge. Rotarians and non-Rotarian guests competing for a place on the team need not make the $100 donation.

Your $100 donation also includes two tickets to the Corporate Spelling Bee April 8 that will include heavy hors d’oeuvres and an entertaining evening with raucous cheering for the Rotary team. (Anyone for cheerleader?)

If you wish to attend or just contribute, please send a check for $100 made out to "Literacy Kansas City," and mail to the Rotary Club 13 office, 1219 Wyandotte St., Kansas City, MO 64105-1621. A ticket will be mailed to you.

We can be proud that Rotary Club 13 has competed in this event since its inception. Last year our team took 4th out of 13 competing teams…and our cheering section took second place!

If you’re interested in being a team member, check out sample “bee” words at myspellit.com.

Please direct any questions to Rotary Club 13 Literacy committee chair Mary Kingsley at mary@jwilbur.com, or to the club office, 816.842.2322.

BOWLING NEWS:  by Dick Retrum         (Feb. 10, 2010)

I think it was our old friend, Jim Shultz who proclaimed years ago, "Nobody misses the five pin." Almost weekly this familiar phase is repeated on the lanes when someone is faced with the lonely five pin for a spare. It stands there in the middle of the alley begging to be
knocked down. Right dead center in the middle. It seems to be an easy shot. Well, ask Wesley Gill. She had seven of them in her first game today. She picked up five.  Proving Jim Shultz now famous pressure slogan wrong. Most of us do. However, she did pick up the 4-7-10 split. One of those shots you wish you had on film to show your grandkids.

Our high games today were: Norm Waters 257 (610 series), Peter Ho 205 and Troy Harrison 205. I think Norm had nine strikes, seven in a row. Congratulations.

The Glitzy Gals are in first place with 13 wins. While the Past Prez’s and B’s with B’s are tied for second with 11 wins each.

Our Total Pin Count leaders are:
Wesley Gill  -   8,808
Kent Verden   -  8,465
Kay Roscoe  -  8,229
Dave Boone  -  8,208
Bob Weir   -  8,097
Bob Lager   -  8,007

There will be a slight change at the end of the season this year. The roll-off will not be on a Wednesday and the date for our Columbia trip will be different. Stay tuned for more details.

Last Thursday - February 11, 2010

by Jim Holmberg

The tale of love and courtship was a perfect fit for our Annual Spouses' Day lunch.  Author and STAR columnist Bill Tammeus charmed us last Thursday with a glimpse of "the astonishing and moving relationship" between our 33rd President and Bess Wallace Truman.

Tammeus told us Harry Truman loved Bess Wallace since he first saw her in Sunday School in Independence at the age of six. Tammeus painted a picture of a humble Missouri citizen farmer and his lifetime love drawing from a palette of more than 1300 letters faithfully saved by Bess and now resting at the Truman Library.

The letters span time from New Years 1910 through service in France in WWI and include Truman's struggles to be a successful businessman, his early years in Missouri politics, the Vice Presidency and the White House itself. Truman's focus through them all was his love and admiration of the woman who had captured his heart.

Tammeus theory is right. Perhaps Truman's greatest legacy is not the ending of WW II nor the use of the atomic bomb, nor integration of the American armed forces, not the start of the United Nations and NATO nor any of the remarkable political events of Truman's era. Perhaps his most important gift to us is the story of persistence, boundless love, respect and admiration for Bess that is framed in those letters.

Club 13 Auxiliary President Carol Retrum introduced Bill Tammeus.

Charlie Rogers welcomed our guests but President Matt Meyer jumped the gun with a special welcome of two of our favorite couples Tony and Dodie DiPardo and Jim and Barbara Shultz. Bob Lager and Carl Bolte led musical birthday greetings and the singing of  "God Bless America". Tom Davis give our invocation sharing one of Harry Truman's favorite prayers.

Steve Burger told us this year children in Haiti will be getting shoes to wear as he kicked off the Shoes for Orphan Souls project. You can either buy shoes or donate money to help reach our goal. If you write a check make it payable to the K.C. Rotary Club Foundation and write "shoes" on the memo line.

The Foundation grew larger as President Jim Porter introduced six new fellows: Ivy Mumford, Liz Norton, Paula Willett, Kristina Thompson, Robert Thompson and Dennis McKeehan.

Remember to sign up for the Centennial Blood Drive on March 4th and for the CPR/AED classes.

I look forward to seeing all of you next Thursday at the world's greatest Rotary Club.