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COMMITTEE MEETINGS
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ATTENTION:
Please note room changes
September 2:
New Member Orientation
10:30 - Nixon Room
Membership C & Q
11:15 - Roosevelt Room
Vocational Service
11:00 - Eisenhower Room
Community Service
11:00 - Reserved table in
Colonial Ballroom
September 9:
Program
11:00 - Burgundy Room
Education Excellence
11:00 - Trianon E
September 15:
Board of Director's
4:00 - Armstrong Teasdale
2345 Grand Blvd.
September 16:
Advancement & Charitable Giving
11:00 - Taft Room
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This space is available for your company's ad. Call the Rotary
office for more information. 816.842-2322
Remember
Kansas City Rotary Club Foundation
with your contributions.
Comfort Station - The 2009 -
Now $197K
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 $124,029.95
leaving us just $72,970.05 to go. We are 88% of the way there. Keep
those checks coming... Thanks to all of those who have already
donated to this cause. Contact our Rotary office for more information.
We can only succeed with your help.
We are now on YouTube! Our Rotary Youth Camp video is now on YouTube! Go to the link:
http://www.youtube.com
The Rotary Club 13 Podcast
Just a reminder that
our weekly speaker's talk can be found on the club's website. For
"The Rotary Club 13 podcast, "go to www.rotary13.org and scroll down
on the right until you see "Did you miss this week's meeting?" and
then choose either option for listening.
Thanks to David McCaughey
for maintaining the podcast so everyone can enjoy the presentations
again.
David also updates our
webpage weekly with our Buzz Saw so you can read online and
be current on all of our upcoming meetings and events.
 Rotary International Convention in New
Orleans
Many Club 13 Rotarians traveled to Chicago in 2005 for the Rotary
International Convention and then again to Los Angeles in 2008.
Everyone had a great time both at the convention activities and
also the Club 13 dinner.
Mark your calendar for the RI Convention in New Orleans, May 22-25,
2011. It will be tremendous
fun! The Rotary
International President presiding over the New Orleans convention will
be Ray Klinginsmith from Kirksville, Missouri.
The Hampton Inn & Suites New Orleans Convention Center has been
designated the "Missouri" hotel
but will fill quickly.
Make your reservations today!
A $150 is required but is refundable if your plans change.
Book on-line at
http://registration.experient-inc.com/ShowROT111/
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Muehlebach Hotel
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12 Noon
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Colonial Ballroom
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"The Best Way to Rob a
Bank is to Own One"
William
K. Black, PhD, Associate Professor of Economics and Law, University of
Missouri - Kansas City (UMKC)
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Bill Black details an alarming story about financial - and
political - corruption. The specifics go back twenty years, but
the lessons are as fresh as the morning newspaper.
An Associate Professor at UMKC, he teaches White-Collar Crime,
Public Finance, Antitrust, Law & Economics and co teaches Latin
American Development. He was the Executive Director of the
Institute for Fraud Prevention from 2005-2007. He has taught
previously at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University
of Texas at Austin and at Santa Clara University, where he was
also the distinguished scholar in residence for insurance law
and a visiting scholar at the Markkula Center for Applied
Ethics.
He recently helped the World Bank develop anti-corruption
initiatives and served as an expert for OFHEO in its enforcement
action against Fannie Mae's former senior management. Black
developed the concept of "control fraud" - frauds in which the
CEO or head of state uses the entity as a "weapon." Control
frauds cause greater financial losses that all other forms of
property crime combined and kill and maim thousands.
He was litigation director of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board,
deputy director of the FSLIC, SVP and General Counsel of the
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, and Senior Deputy Chief
Counsel, Office of Thrift Supervision. He was deputy director of
the National Commission on Financial Institution Reform,
Recovery and Enforcement. Black earned AB and JD degrees from
the University of Michigan and his PhD from the University of
California, Irvine.
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Invocator-
Gene Freeman
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Welcomer-
Rick Usher
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Centennial Minute-
Bob Weir |
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GREETERS: Our newly inducted
members and their sponsors will serve as our greeters this Thursday.
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CPR/AED DUTY SCHEDULE
September 2, 2010
1. Leader - Christy Chester
2. Compress - Ron Trachsel
3. Defib - Phil Kinney
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UPCOMING SPEAKERS & EVENTS: |
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September 9 |
Judge Gary Fenner, U.S. Court of Appeals; Todd Bartels and Lisa Nouri,
attorneys with Polsinelli, Shughart, PC will speak on "Making a
'Federal Case' in Western Missouri" |
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September 10-11 |
Rotary Youth Camp Rummage Sale - Mark your calendars! |
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September 16
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Colonial Ballroom at the Muehlebach -
George Lombardi, director, Missouri Department of Corrections will speak
on "The Evolution of Corrections in Missouri" |
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September 18-19 |
Camp Enterprise 2010 |
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September 23
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R. Scott Hawley, American Cancer Research Professor & Investigator,
Stowers Research Institute, "Why Basic Research Really Matters" |
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September 25 |
American Royal Parade |
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September 30 |
Program to be announced. |
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October 7
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Centennial Dinner at the Marriott - Mark your calendars and watch for
more details in upcoming Buzz Saws!
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WANTED: Auction Items for Camp Enterprise
A key component of Camp Enterprise involves a
live and silent auction on the last day. All weekend, presenters award
CE dollars to the students based on their participation in various
activities. We hope to get lots of exciting prizes that teenagers would
enjoy. Think about what a junior in high school would appreciate. No
item is too small! You can bring the items to the Rotary office, or we
will make arrangements to pick them up. DEADLINE to donate is Sept. 10.
Diane Scott & Dennis McKeehan, auction
co-chairs.
Rotary Camp Rummage Sale -- Sept. 10-11
The camping season is coming to an end soon and we will be preparing for
the first ever Rotary Camp Rummage Sale. If you need assistance getting
your donated items to the Camp, call or email Laurie to make
arrangements. Those of you bringing items out be sure to call first so
the gate will be open for you. Laurie's
cell number is 816-309-6651and her email is rotarylaur@aol.com .
If you are going to be able to assist the days of the sale (Sept. 10-11
from 8 am – 6 pm) or want to assist with setting everything up
call/email and let Laurie know.
THANKS for all your help with this new project!
Faces of Rotary
Every Club 13 Rotarian contributes time, talent or resources to
our great Rotary Club. Every Rotarian, both current and past members,
has a story of service – community service, international service, or
club service! The Centennial Dinner on October 7th will be an
opportunity to hear the stories and celebrate the unique character of
Club 13. The stories may be sentimental and meaningful but will be told
with humor and light hearted fun. Don’t miss this evening of laughter,
enjoyment and memories.
You see the faces of Rotary each week when you come to lunch - you see
the faces around your table and across the Trianon Room. But how well do
you know your fellow Rotarians and their stories of service? Following
are headlines for the stories of our Club members. Can you match them
with the faces?
1. Initiated effort in Club 13 participation in a water project
2. Led effort in sending a fire truck to Brazil in 1995
3. Collects funds & counts the $$ from area Rotary Clubs on Greater
Kansas City Day
4. Attended Camp Enterprise as a student and later became a Rotarian and
Camp Enterprise Chair
5. Is a Rotary Golf Fellowship member and 1st place winner of the
international Rotary Golf Fellowship tournament in 2007
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Thursday - August 19, 2010 by Pete Burgess
 President Ford Nelson called the meeting to order, thanked the
Greeting/Meeting Arrangements Committee members who served as greeters
and called on Bob Lager and Carl Bolte
for song. Ford led the pledge and David
McCaughey provided the invocation. Edie Waters
welcomed six guests and Ed Stevens who joined us from the Plaza club. We
heard Jim Humphrey's member minute and
Steve Dicus present a Centennial Minute about Past President
Rickert Filmore who in 1927-28 presided over a rambunctious club that
bought an airplane, had to sell it after 1929; and how Club 13 finally
repaid the costs of sale and losses three years later.
Our recovery members in recovery included past president Chuck
Fowler, George Bittner, Ross Marine,
and Tony DiPardo. A pleasure to see John
Platt and Bob Moffit released from
sick bay this week.
Tom Van Dyke introduced Dr. Roy Jensen from the
University of Kansas Cancer Center. Dr. Jensen "returned to Kansas to be
a part of a very big dream: to create a truly world-class cancer center.
I do not intend to rest until that dream becomes a reality."
His interesting presentation related that KU School of Pharmacy is the
number 2 ranked pharmacy school in the nation. His goal at KU is to lead
the nation in the development of new drugs. He recited several cancer
drugs that originated at KU and now are widely used in cancer treatment.
He spoke of Johnson County’s 1/8th cent tax to fund a phase I clinical
trials unit that will be built on Shawnee Mission Parkway. Dr. Jensen
said that progress is underway to provide an MCI designation for our
greater Kansas City area. The MCI designation was established by the
National Cancer Act of 1971. Area hospitals and research centers joined
in an alliance to get an MCI designation for the University of Kansas
Cancer Center. To that end key leadership positions at the center have
been filled and highly respected people have joined the center. There
are 66 MCI designated centers in the nation. The nearest designated
center is at Omaha. The application for an MCI designation for KU will
be submitted next year and benefits from that designation include the
use of new cancer drugs at area hospitals and centers in the alliance.
Join the Fun at Club 13's 33rd
Annual Camp Enterprise, Sept. 18-19
 Camp Enterprise
2010 is just a couple of weeks away.
Each year, as many of you know, Club 13 members volunteer to
work at Rotary Youth Camp for our Club’s unique annual business camp.
"CE," as those of
us on your planning committee call it, is the Club's only annual
opportunity to work directly with the youth of our region at RYC.
Our campers are college bound High School Juniors, and come
from schools all over the region: urban and suburban, public and
parochial.
I've heard it said
that Camp
Enterprise
is one of the few opportunities for such a diverse student mix to
share a High School activity.
All weekend, students will be engaging in a
"live" business
simulation together, and investing in things like Marketing and R&D.
They will also qualify for auction prizes, work closely with
Rotarians, seminar with business leaders, enjoy Campfire Karaoke,
sleep in RYC cabins (separated by gender!), and join the
Tony DiPardo Talent Show.
And, they will be
learning and celebrating
America's free enterprise system.
Which sounds like a perfect Rotary weekend to me.
Indeed,
"CE" is a
brand used by multiple Rotary Clubs across the nation for youth
business camps. And if you
search the Web, you will see articles that cite Club 13 for having the
very first Camp Enterprise,
and for having the only one which is in an overnight camp setting.
So,
Camp
Enterprise is YOUR one
unique chance during your Rotary year to work with kids who enjoy the
CROWN JEWEL of Club 13, Rotary Youth Camp.
Won’t you join us?
We need Club
members to serve as Rotary
Counselors who can lead discussions with our CE Campers (during
the day on Saturday and Sunday), as
Support Workers who will
help our great RYC staff in the kitchen (for just one or more meals),
and as Greeters to meet our
students and parents at the four bus pick-up points across the region
on Saturday morning.
Yes, we pick our
Campers up in school busses!
Indeed, CE is a "real" High School activity which your Club 13
CE Committee plans each year.
Our business campers are nominated by High School counselors,
and they will put their selection to CE in their college resumes.
This year, in
fact, Camp
Enterprise
was selected by the 'Camps for Kids' organization as one of the fine
camps of our region which deserved their financial support.
Finally, and not
to put too fine a point on it, you should know that 4 of our most
recently elected Club 13 Presidents were leaders of Camp Enterprise.
So, whether or not you are a Tyro,
if you have not experienced CE
it is fair to say that you really need to do so in order get the full
experience of Club 13 and of our wonderful Rotary Youth Camp.
And Tyros get points!
Please call our
CE Co-chair, Elliott Goldstein (at 816/346-4020),
to find a sign up time now that works for you.
Sign up sheets will also be at each Club lunch until spots are
full, but it’s a once a year opportunity so please get out your
calendar and give Elliott a call to join us.
Thank you, and we hope to "CE" you there!
Don Stebbins: CE Committee Chair,
2009-2010
Elliott Goldstein &
Paul William
(Tyro): CE Operations
Co-chairs
Randy Sisk:
CE Program Director
Teresa Montgomery (2009 Tyro):
Student Recruitment Director
Diane Scott &
Dennis McKeehan: CE
Auction Directors
Bowling News: by Dick Retrum
As I write the first column of the season, I am filled with
nervous anticipation
about the up-coming
draft. This is always a
challenging event and this one has new
rules to follow.
Guidelines that will certainly
change the make-up
of each team
created.
Our new League President, Peter Ho is determined to
improve the bowling
experience and increase the number of teams to get back
a financial cushion we had a
few years ago.
When asked to comment on his strategy, he said, "Oh sure, you
want
me to put my two cents in…..but it’s only a penny for my
thoughts. Where does that
extra penny go to?"
Fortunately, the new rules were e-mailed to all of this seasons
team Captains. Let's
take a look:
1.) All team
Captains must be Rotarians.
2.) At least one other Rotarian
besides the Captain must be on the team.
3.) Rotarians from
other Clubs can be Captains
and fill the second spot. 4.)
The weekly cost will increase to $13.00 for three games. 5.)
To be included in the draft you must be committed to
bowl for the full 31 weeks or you
become a sub and available to fill in on any team that
needs a player.
The draft will be held on Sept. 1 at Sherilyn Seitz
home in Mission Hills.
The
media and general public will not be allowed. Bowler
contracts, signing bonuses, holdouts and who is playing for who will
be addressed and announced. On Sept. 8 we establish our averages and
gear up for the start of the season on Sept 15.
Item of interest:
The first report of bowling in America occurred in colonial Virginia.
Capt. John Smith banned the sport in Jamestown in 1608
after he found colonists bowling
rather than working.
Violations of the law was punishable by up to three weeks in
the stocks.
To join the fun and fellowship of the Club 13 Bowling league,
contact Janet in the
Rotary office,
Peter Ho or Dick Retrum.
Peter, that extra
penny goes to pay the Bowling News writer's overhead, travel expenses
and benefits. But keep
that to yourself, will you?
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Rotary Club 13 Office - 1219 Wyandotte - Kansas
City, MO 64105 - 816.842.2322
www.rotary13.org
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