Rotary Club of El Dorado, KS

Last summer, Rotary Club heard from Christie Branugh, the State Librarian. From one of the library/system directors in the state comes this alert: State aid to local libraries faces the real possibility of sizable reductions this session. A Senate Ways and Means Subcommittee will soon consider the State Library's budget, where state aid to local libraries is funded. Now is the time to share with your Kansas legislators about how important state aid is to your library. Many libraries are experiencing increased use and growing demand for services during these difficult economic times. Reducing state aid hurts libraries just when their communities need them the most. HomeworkKansas is also in trouble. In spite of overwhelming student approval it appears HomeworkKansas will not be funded next year. Sharing with your legislators about what the loss of and interruption in service for HomeworkKansas means for local students is also important. Even if your legislators are not membe...

Jim Goering, City Commissioner for North Newton, “Green Initiatives in North Newton”, that he presented at the 2009 Regional Energy Conference in Wichita last month. North Newton recently completed construction of a “Green City Hall” as well as some other environmentally friendly initiatives. They have promoted homeowner use of CFL's, funded greenspace tree planting (up to 75.00), and distributed 1000 canvas shopping bags in a privately funded attempt to clean up the plastic bag mess. Just a start, but it helps!

David Coryell has been recognized as the El Dorado, KS, Rotary Club's newest Paul Harris Fellow . He and his wife Pat, an artist, own and operate the “Gift Horse Farm Gallery and Gardens,” along with maintaining rental housing in El Dorado. They have 3 daughters and a son ... two educators, a library services director, and a programmer for NASA. They enjoy 8 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren, with one on the way. David A. Coryell, BSEE, MS grew up in western Oklahoma and attended Oklahoma A&M College, (now Oklahoma State University.) From college, he worked for 19 months in a copper mine in New Mexico, of which 3 months was spent with the miners on strike! Douglas Aircraft in Tulsa, Oklahoma was hiring, and during a “visit home” he got work there. After 5 years at Douglas, he worked as a computer design engineer at IBM in Endicott, New York for 15 years. Retiring early, he moved to El Dorado, Kansas and took up computer programming as a consultant in local businesses, i...

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Please join us this Wednesday when we hear from Don Smith of the Butler County CERT team. He will discuss the Citizens Emergency Response Team .