Rotary Club of El Dorado, KS

Dear Club Presidents, Secretaries, Assistant Governors and District Leaders: The Rotary Club of El Dorado and Rotary District 5690 are proud to announce participation in a service project phenomenon developed by one of their own, Rick McNary. Mark your calendars now for Wednesday, December 29th from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. for “Rotary and Friends Feed Haiti,” hosted by the El Dorado Rotary Club and District 5690 with Numana, Inc. at the El Dorado Civic Center. Rotarians, friends and families of District 5690 will gather together on the 29th to package a container of food -- 261,000 meals -- to send to the Cap-Haitien Rotarians for distribution in Lambert, Haiti, near the north coast. This is the same area clubs have supported with contributions of sun ovens, a solar powered water well, computers, bicycles, etc. Numana, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) international hunger relief organization whose mission is to empower people to save the starving. Since its first packaging event on Decemb...

Rick McNary will update us Wednesday at Prairie Trails on the remarkable work of Numana and Rotary's potential involvement this December. Mary Luebbert is ROD. You're also welcome to come to the board meeting at 11 am.

image credit: Jo Keller, USFWS Our meeting takes place this Wednesday, back at Prairie Trails. The program will be quite interesting, says Kurt Bookout, ROD, who has Nick Sanchez presenting some extraordinary pictures on his wildlife studies in the Arctic. See you there... And Happy Thanksgiving!

The November 2010 edition of the D5690 Newsletter is attached and is available on the District Website. Read what is happening in Rotary and our district. Direct link to the November newsletter is: http://www.rotary5690.org/IMupload/newsletter/20101117_newsletter.pdf In this month's issue: Lots of news and photos of RI President Ray Klinginsmith's visit to the Wichita area and D5690 November is Rotary Foundation Month. Includes report showing how each club is doing as of 10/31/10 Interact Club of Newton High School is chartered - and visited by RI President Club News from around the district Deadline to register for RI Convention at Early Bird rate is 12/15/10 Nominations now being accepted for 2013-14 District Governor Monthly Membership & Attendance Report . . . and much more Send us your club news. Share with all of us what is happening in your club and community. Photos with your story are always welcome! Also, if you have your club history, ...

Geri Appel, District 5690 Rotary Foundation Chair, writes: "Are you looking for a fun fundraiser to support the Rotary Foundation and get all (or more) of your members contributing to TRF? Here's a great idea from the Rotary Club of El Dorado (courtesy of club Foundation Chair Steve Pershall) that you might want to try this year. Time is short - so make it happen soon. Good luck - and may the best team win!" Dear Rotarians, Our Rotary Club will be conducting our 4th annual K.U. and K-State Football Challenge this fall. The Football Challenge was initiated in 2007. The Jayhawks were victorious in 2007 and 2008. The Wildcats won last year and will be seeking to tie up the series at 2-2. Here is how the Challenge works. Members sign up for their favorite team. The game will be played in Lawrence on Thursday, October 14th. Each member of the losing team will contribute $10.00 to the Rotary Foundation account of a member of the winning team. It has bec...

We hear from John Bailey, presenting El Dorado, Inc.'s Housing Report. Please consider joining us. Stan Stewart is Rotarian of the Day. From Geri Apple: The September 2010 edition of the D5690 Newsletter is available on the District Website. Click here to read what is happening in Rotary and our district. In this month's issue: RI President Ray Klinginsmith is visiting Wichita on October 18! - pg. 4 September is New Generations Month (pg. 2) & October is Vocational Service Month (pg. 12) Lots of GSE news - pgs. 5, 6, 7 and a must-read article on pg. 10 Order form for TRF Recognition items available - pg. 6 Credit card contributions to TRF now accepted by phone - pg. 6 Memoriam for Mike Hawkins, President of Syracuse club - pg. 7 RI President nominee for 2012-13 from Japan Lots and lots of Club News throughout Abbreviated history of the Rotary Club of Winfield - pg. 11-12 2010 Ambassadorial Scholar departs for Russia - pg. 12 PDG Geri Appel, Newsletter Editor D...

Bank President Mark Utech will be describing the new building project for the Commerce Bank in El Dorado this Wednesday.

John Prather of the Groendyke Transport Co. is speaking. Ken Nakaten is the Rotarian of the day. Please join us!

I made an unfortunate misspelling on the Rotary newsletter I send each Monday. Maybe it was the holiday, or maybe because I was so focused on the fact that it was now Tuesday and Rotary of El Dorado meets on Wednesday, therefore, tomorrow. So I sent the subject line "Ratary Meets Tomorrow". Of course, there's no way to recall an email! Rotary meets tomorrow, Sept. 8, to discuss the School Bond Issue for USD 490 . From the news release : Bond issue to be placed on November 2nd ballot The USD 490 Board of Education approved a resolution to place a $36,105,000 bond issue on the November 2, 2010 ballot to build a new middle school on a new site and a new Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 5 elementary school on the Skelly site. The cost of construction is $35.51 million. The cost of issuance of the bonds and capitalized interest is estimated at $595,000. The request by the district for allocation of Qualified School Construction Bonds (federal stimulus funds) was recentl...

Auction time again! A special item from the District Conference will be put up to bid, benefiting the Rotary Foundation. Rotary welcomes Karen Moore of the Kansas Eye Bank this week. ROD is Mark Wirth. And look who else is joining us: Ryan Leiss is inducted; Victoria Corriveau receives her second publication; and Salvation Army member Katie Pinkston makes good on her promise to join with her first publication! See you this week. Micaela

This is a reminder that the El Dorado Rotary Club will bestow a Paul Harris Fellowship on Bernadette (Bernie) Spradling at Wednesday's Rotary meeting. Bernie is the first female member in our club history to receive this honor. Making the official presentation will be Past District Governor Geri Appel. Geri was the first female President of the Wichita Rotary Club and the first female District Governor of Rotary District #5690. She is currently the Rotary Foundation Chair for District #5690. I ask each Rotarian to make every effort to attend this meeting. See you on Wednesday. . Steve Pershall El Dorado Rotary Club ...

August 18 Mike Smith CEO, Weather Data Services ROD: Ayers Bernie Spradling Receives Paul Harris Fellow Award August 25 Karen Moore Kansas Eye Bank ROD: Wirth Sept 1 Zach Hood EHS Football Coach ROD: Anderson Sept 8 Speaker to be named later USD 490 Bond Issue ROD: McCully and, finally, TENTATIVE Dec 29 El Dorado Rotary hosts Numana packaging event at Civic Center

In this month's issue: Take a look at the quilt auctioned at district conference this weekend - pg. 11 August is Membership & Extension Month - pg. 2 Water CAN Change the World - one bottle of water at a time - pg. 4 Ulysses welcome Youth Exchange student from Argentina - pg. 4 Lots and lots of Club News GSE team preparing to Denmark 1480 - follow their blog and check out their itinerary - pg. 6 & pg. 10 Rotary Foundation News & Polio Update - pg. 6 PLUS see page 7 for detailed giving by club for 2009-10 Are You an Effective Leader? - pg. 8 Clubs set Membership & Rotary Foundation Giving Goals for 2010-11 - See details for each club on pg. 9 Integrity is the key to One's Character - pg. 10 . . . and much more Direct link to the newsletter is: http://www.rotary5690.org/IMupload/newsletter/20100812_newsletter.pdf

The program this Wednesday, given by Paul Erickson, is "Raising Pigeons." Join us for dinner at noon at the Prairie Trails Restaurant, El Dorado. Rotarian of the Day: Tom Boren

2010-2011 Program Committees & Chairpersons Remember – each committee is responsible for supplying an item for the monthly Rotary Foundation auction on the last Wednesday of the month. Month Chair Committee Members July: Christian, Green, Boren, Loucks August: Wirth, Greene, Ayers, Griffin September*: Nakaten, Anderson, Koontz, S. Stewart, McCully October: Powell, Campbell, Korkki, Coryell, Zieman November: Utech, Givens, Bookout, Chapin December: Luebbert, Fitzgerald, O’Reilly, Shipley January: Coffey, Spradling, Baines, Hand, McNary February: Storrer, Williams, Fry, D. Sundgren, Hysom March*: Morris, Burk, Koke, Rehder, Dankert April: Joyce, S. Sundgren, Prigmore, Morrell May: D. Stewart, Johnson, Murfin, Pershall, Llewellyn June*: Patton, Randall, Hill, Carter, Metcalf, Vietti

Please join us this Wednesday when President Bret passes the gavel to President Matt. Thanks Bret for a great year and for all you have done for Rotary. We will also be inducting our newest member Curtis Zieman. Judy Hawkins from SBA Diabetes Education Dept will come to speak to us about new guidelines and update us on how to prevent diabetes. Hope to see you then. Bernie

Please join us this Wednesday when President Bret passes the gavel to President Matt. Thanks Bret for a great year and for all you have done for Rotary. We will also be inducting our newest member Curtis Zieman. Judy Hawkins from SBA Diabetes Education Dept will come to speak to us about new guidelines and update us on how to prevent diabetes. Hope to see you then. Bernie

Rotary Board Minutes June 2, 2010 Present: Steve P., Dave Stewart, Mary L., Matt R., Kurt B., Bret K., Travis G. and Bernie S. A request from Jean Shodorf’s representative to have Jean visit Rotary was presented and our policy is to not have candidates running for office speak at Rotary meetings. Bernie will notify them of this. Steve reported that the Tornado Memorial rememberance program will take place June 10 at 5:45 pm. All Rotarians are encouraged to attend. Dave will follow up with Dana Korki and Dan Hill to see what needs to be completed at the work party on Saturday, June 5. Dana provided a sign-up sheet for the work party at the Rotary meeting. Should it be pouring rain at the time of the program, it will be cancelled. Slight rain—bring your umbrella! Steve mentioned that two plaques would be added this year. One plaque will commemorate the damage to Skelly school and the other commemorating the work provided by staff of Susan B. Allen Hospital. He also mentioned th...

Hope you are having a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. Let us remember all who have served and are serving our country especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Join us this Wednesday when we hear from Evan Graber our Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar and hear about his year in Scotland. The following week we will be touring the new Butler Welcome Center at the college. I will need an accurate count for box lunches by this Friday. If you will not be at the meeting this Wednesday and are planning on attending the following week please let me know so I can order a lunch for you. For board members, a reminder that there is a board meeting at 11 this week prior to the club meeting Bernie and Micaela

Good morning all, This Wednesday we will be receiving an update on the USD 490 facilities study. Hope you can join us to hear about the proposed plans for the school district and receive answers to your questions. Bernie

The May 2010 edition of the D5690 Newsletter is attached and is available on the District Website. Click here to read what is happening in Rotary and our district. In this month's issue: Governor's Message - Randomness Rotary Night at Wingnuts Game for Polio Eradication Youth Exchange News - Greensburg & Ulysses hosting in 2010-11 New Rotary Club in Old Town (Wichita) being organized - page 4 GSE team now visiting Germany 1850 - follow them at their blog - page 10 GSE team selected to visit Denmark 1480 - page 8 Report on Council on Legislation - what affects clubs - page 5 Rotary Foundation News & Polio Update - Read about recent polio outbreak - page 6 Vocational Service - the Soul of Rotary, an article - page 9 Club News from around the District April Attendance Report - page 8 District testing GoToWebinar - first webinar scheduled May 26 for Rotary Foundation! - page 10 More PETS/SETS photos (see group photo) - page 11 Presidents-elect ...

Join us for a Webinar on May 26 Join us for our first ever D5690 Rotary Foundation Webinar as we reach for the stars in our Rotary Foundation Giving! Rotary Foundation Chairs, Committee Members, Club Officers and anyone else interested in learning more about the Rotary Foundation and how to promote it and encourage giving in your club is invited to attend. In this meeting, we will review where we are year-to-date in our giving and what we need to do to achieve our goal for DG Mike's year. You will also have the opportunity to share fundraising ideas and how your club has been successful in reaching your goal. Please join us! These quarterly meetings will be held on the following dates: May 26, 2010, August 25, 2010, December 1, 2010, February 23, 2011 and May 18, 2011. Mark your calendars now! System Requirements PC-based attendees Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP, 2003 Server or 2000 Macintosh®-based attendees Required: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer Reserve your We...

Howdy Rotarians, Sure hope we see some sunshine today! This Wednesday we will be hearing from Denise Schmidt from the Rehab Department at Susan B. Allen Hospital. Hope you can join us. Bernie

Good day Rotarians, This Wednesday we will be paying tribute to Cliff Stone. Ray Connell will be speaking about his Uncle Cliff and the presentation of the first El Dorado Rotary Clifford Stone Memorial Scholarship will be made. Please join us for this memorable occasion. Bernie

Rotary Board Minutes May 5, 2010 Present: Steve, Kurt, Bret, Matt, Dave Stewart, Micaela, Travis and Bernie Steve reported on the Polio Walk. He thinks we will raise between $600 and $700. There were thirty people walking and nine were Rotarians. Board members reviewed the applicants for the Junior Rotarian scholarship. Ashley Jo Leckliter was selected to be the first Clifford Stone Memorial Scholarship winner. The scholarship will be presented to her at the May 12 Rotary meeting when we pay tribute to Cliff. Bernie reported that it has been difficult to find RYLA prospects because of the date of the RYLA camp. The high school counselor is still trying to fine two students who can attend. Bret shared a request from the Bradford Memorial Library for a donation to help with the summer reading program. Travis moved and Kurt seconded to donate $100 for the program. The motion was approved. David Stewart reported that we would have a clean up at the Tornado Memorial on June 5. R...

Dear Rotarians, About 30 Rotarians, family members and friends participated in the second annual Polio Benefit Walk for the El Dorado Rotary Club. The Walk commenced at the North Main Park and followed the Bike Path along the West Branch of the Walnut River. After the walk, the participants enjoyed a pizza lunch provided by the club. The picture shows the walkers who were present at the start of the event. Rotarians participating in the event included Club President Brent Koontz, Matt Rehder, Steve Pershall, Don Koke, Dave Stewart, John Prigmore, Morgan Metcalf, Dana Korkki and Micaela Ayers. David Yoder of Newton, Assistant Governor of Rotary District #5690, was a special guest walker. Other walkers included family members of a deceased polio victim. The Benefit Walk raised funds for the Rotary International End Polio Now campaign which seeks to eradicate polio worldwide. Preliminary numbers indicated that over $500 was raised by the Benefit Walk. Final numbe...

Find info here: Rotary District 5690 Golf Tournament to be held Friday, August 13, 2010 at Sand Creek Station located in Newton, KS.

The two websites Carmen mentioned in the Rotary presentation today at Rotary included: Father's House International at http://www.fathershouseghana.com/main.htm and Numana: Saving the Starving at http://www.numanainc.com/

Good Morning Rotarians, Please join us this Wednesday when we hear from Rick McNary about all Numana has accomplished. Hope you are getting pledges for the Polio Plus Walk which is this coming Saturday. Bernie

The April 2010 edition of the D5690 Newsletter is available on the District Website. In this month's issue: Governor's Message Remembering PDG Ray Gaskill Special thoughts for special Rotarians Our Polio Walk in El Dorado! RYLA, Rotary Night with the Wingnuts Haiti updates from RI and The Rotary Foundation Rotary Foundation News & Polio Update Hugoton District Simplified Grant success Club News from around the District Attendance Report Monthly Membership Conference Call this month 2010-2011 PETS/SETS photos (pgs. 7 & 11) Much, much more . . . club, district and RI news Send us your club news. Share with all of us what is happening in your club and community. Photos with your story are always welcome! PDG Geri Appel Direct link to the newsletter is: http://www.rotary5690.org/IMupload/newsletter/20100415_newsletter.pdf

El Dorado Rotary Board Minutes April 7, 2010 Present: Bret, Steve, Kurt, Matt and Bernie Steve gave the treasurer’s report. It was decided to make a $100 donation to SCARF. Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) was discussed. It was decided to pay half of the $260 registration for two El Dorado high school students. April 20, 2010 is our club’s 90th anniversary. Bernie has checked the RI website and has ordered two DVD’s. One tells the Rotary story and the other is a free DVD about the Polio Plus program. We discussed the importance of monthly program committee chairs to communicate their list of programs with Matt so it can be published in the Bullwheel. The 2nd annual Polio Plus Walk will take place May 1. It will begin at 10:30 at North Main Park. Red Devils will cook and a picnic for all walkers and their families will follow the walk. Steve encouraged members to secure pledges from others in the community. Bring your spouse, children and grandchildren and enjoy the fu...

Good day Rotarians! Hope you can join us this week for Tom Spencer who will be discussing the CAST for Kids fishing program. Bernie

Greetings to my fellow Rotary Club members from the fabulous Rotary Club of Las Vegas West. Why is this club so fabulous all of a sudden? Well, it isn't that recent. We've always been fabulous. But we're even more talked about these days because of our club's new fundraising effort. We call the fundraiser It's Vegas, Baby. It's a global Internet-based effort to raise money for our charitable works for underprivileged youth with a raffle to win a four-day, all expenses-paid vacation for two people to our exciting home town, fabulous Las Vegas. Some lucky couple in Paris or Peru; Kazakhstan or Katmandu; Sydney or Salt Lake City will win a vacation to a town filled with the world's grandest hotels; glittering global stars; exquisite restaurants with the most palate-tempting menus; and round-the-clock gaming excitement, all bathed in the brilliant sunshine of a desert oasis. That's our home town. That's Vegas, baby. But there's another side of Las Ve...

Dear Members, The El Dorado Rotary Club will hold its second annual Polio Benefit Walk and Family Picnic on Saturday, May 1, 2010. This year, the Polio Walk will start at 10:30 A.M. at the North Main Park, 900 N Main. The course will cross the recently renovated North Main bridge and follow the Bike Path along the West Branch of the Walnut River. The turnaround point will be just short of the Burlington Northern railroad bridge on East Central.. Construction work on the railroad bridge has caused us to change the course this year. Members are urged to collect pledges from the general public. Once again, the money raised will be matched by the Bill Gates Foundation. Mr. Gates has pledged $355 million to the End Polio Now campaign if the local Rotary Clubs raise a cumulative total of $200 million by 2012. Last year, our club raised $1,616.00 in our inaugural walk. It will be a challenge to match last year's total but every dollar raised brings us one step closer ...

Hello Rotarians, Hope you can join us this week when we hear Katie Banks perform. Also, if you have not sent in your dues payment, please do so as soon as possible. Have a wonderful day! Bernie

The March 2010 edition of the D5690 Newsletter is attached and is available on the District Website. Click here to read what is happening in Rotary and our district. Thanks! In this month's issue: Governor's Message March is Literacy Month PDG Ray Gaskill Memorial Meeting in Kinsley - April 1 2012-2013 District Governor Larry Rumburg confirmed Group Study Exchange Team Members needed for GSE to Denmark New Clean Water Project in India Announced Rotary Foundation News & Polio Update Call for Nominees for Ambassadorial & Rotary Peace Scholars Club News from around the District Attendance Report Join our monthly Membership Conference Calls - new ideas, sharing, and learning without traveling! Update on Ambassadorial Scholar Evan Graber in Scotland 2010 World Affairs Seminar for High School Students Register for RYLA Much, much more . . . club, district and RI news Send us your club news. Share with all of us what is happening in your club and community. Photos ...

Hello Rotarians, OK--after all the snow I am ready for spring and I am certain that I have shoveled snow for the last time this winter!!! I know I should not put that in writing--will probably have to "eat" those words. Please join us this Wednesday when we hear from Susan Koslowski from SCARF. Hope to see you! Bernie

Top of the morning to you! Just a reminder that we will be meeting on St. Patrick's day!!! Wear your green. Jeannie Parscall will present the program about the American Cancer Society. Hope you can join us. --Bernie

Rotary Board Minutes March 3, 2010 Present: Bret, Steve, Mary, Dave S., Matt, Kurt, Roger, Travis and Bernie The board approved posting the Rotary board minutes to our blog. Bret talked about the Group Study Exchange and will mention it to members to see if there are any members who may know a non-member who would be interested in spending a five-week study exchange in Denmark. The deadline for the application is March 31. The information is available on the District 5690 web site. We also discussed having the GSE team from Denmark visit our club. Bret shared a letter from ARC of Butler County requesting the opportunity to present a program and also a donation to their Special Olympics. Matt and Mary will look over the proposed bylaws changes and be prepared to vote on them at PETS. Matt will be attending PETS both days and Steve and Mary will go on Friday. Bernie will send registration for Mary and a check for Mary’s and Steve’s registration. Matt’s registration is covered. The ...

Good Morning Rotarians, This week we will be hearing from Linda Jolly and our own Shirley Patton about 360El Doardo. You might want to check it out at www.360eldorado.com before the meeting. Hope to see you then. Bernie

The February 2010 edition of the D5690 Newsletter is attached and is available on the District Website. Read what is happening in Rotary and our district. Thanks! In this month's issue: Governor's Message February is Rotary Awareness Month PDG Ralph Hight Recovering from Accident 2012-2013 District Governor Nominee Larry Rumburg 2010-2011 Theme Announced - Report from DGE David Nygaard Several articles about Haiti - Sun Ovens, ShelterBox, Numana and more Rotary Foundation News & Polio Update Call for Nominees for Ambassadorial & Rotary Peace Scholars Club News from El Dorado, Pratt, Dodge City, Syracuse, East Wichita and more Attendance Report "We Are All the Public Face of Rotary" - message from RI President John Kenny Learn about Rotary in a "Rotary Minute" Membership - A Posse is Forming PLUS New Member Orientation help and more RYLA Dates Announced Rotary is celebrating its 105th Birthday! Much, much more . . . club, district and RI news Se...

Hello Rotarians, Just wanted to remind you that we will be meeting Thursday evening at 6:00 pm at the Prairie Trails Restaurant for our German program and meal. Spouses or guests are welcome. Please let me know if you would like to attend and did not sign up last Wednesday. I need to give the country club a number Tuesday morning. Also, let me know if you plan on eating the German meal or if you prefer to order off the menu. We are not sure of the price of the meal but we think it will be around $11.50. Those of you who are on the meal plan or lunch ticket plan will pay approximately $3.25. Thanks and hope to see you Thursday. Bernie

This Wednesday we will be hearing from Jeff Miller who will be talking about an orphanage. Please remember we will be meeting on Feb. 18 at 6:00 pm at the country club and Kurt Bookout will be sharing his trip to Germany. There will be a choice of German food or you can order from the menu. Spouses or guests are welcome. We will have a sign up at the meeting this Wednesday and you can indicate your preference for the German meal or the menu option. We will not meet Feb. 17. Hope to see you Wednesday! Bernie

Please see message from Geri about help for Haiti. --Bernie ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Geri Appel To: 2009-10 Presidents ; 2009-10 Secretaries Sent: Tue, February 2, 2010 9:25:28 PM Subject: Haiti Aid - Opportunities to Help Hello everyone. Below is a message I have been sending re: Haiti. During my 2 week absence I received many emails of concern. I truly appreciate your thoughts and prayers for Haiti's desperate and sad situation. Hopefully much good will come from the terrible disaster there. District Governor Mike asked that I forward the following information to all clubs in the district. Message follows: ------------------- I have been asked by many, many friends and family how they can help. Here are my suggestions. Obviously long-term work is needed and I am sure Rotary and the groups named below will be involved for years to come. I have spoken with Rotarian Sam Muyskens (my Haiti travel partner and founder of Global Faith in Action http://globalf...

Also, wanted to remind you that Dave Stewart will become our next Paul Harris Fellow this Wednesday. Hope you can attend. Bernie

Hello Rotarians, Please join us this week for Rotary. We are hoping Rick McNary will be back if not, possibly Captain Rick will share about the Haitian relief. Here's a video that Salvation Army made of delivering some Numana food in Haiti! This link takes you to Numana's Facebook Page (while there you can join us as a "fan" of Numana!) http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=275325276439&ref=mf Note: If you wish to be removed from the Numana email list, then please send an e-mail to volunteers@numanainc.com with unsubscribe in the subject. Thank you. Bernie

Good day Rotarians! Please join us this Wednesday when we hear about the Butler Community College Livestock Judging Program – ROD will be Kent. There are still several members who have not paid their dues for this quarter. Hope to see you Wednesday. Bernie

Hello Rotarians, We will be meeting back at the country club this Wednesday. Please join us as we hear from Josh Goodmanson, Plant Manager, Frontier Refinery . I know some of you helped with the Numana packaging event this last weekend. Thanks to each of you who helped. It was truly amazing to see so many people lined up to volunteer. Hope to see you Wednesday. Bernie

To All Rotarians: A portion of our District's International Flags have been retired from our collection of flags used at all district conferences have been placed on EBay for purchase. Terri Weaver has agreed to do this for us and use her EBay store (Terri's Gift Store) to display these flags. We will put more flags up for sale as time goes on. If you are interested in looking at or purchasing some of these flags, please go to EBay.com and search for "antique flags". That will bring up several items and you can type in the following item numbers to see our flags. The proceeds from the sale of these flags will go to help pay for our new flags and staffs that completed our collection. Please share this information with your club members. 290391299342--Iceland 290391300100--India 290391300846--Indonesia 290391301469--Iran 290391302065--Israel 290391600153--Uruguay 290391661619--Italy 290391662885--Japan 290391664441--Columbia 290391671752--Czech 290391672533--Ch...

http://www.rotary5690.org/IMupload/newsletter/20100111_newsletter.pdf The January 2010 edition of the D5690 Newsletter is attached and is available on the District Website. Click here to read what is happening in Rotary and our district. Thanks! In this month's issue: Governor's Message - It's A New Year - DG Mike's reflections and some confusion Remembering PDG Lloyd T. Smith - pg. 3 GSE Team Leader and Team Members for Denmark are wanted - pg. 4 El Dorado: Feeding the Children of Haiti - pg. 5 Rotary Foundation News & updates- pg. 6 Ambassadorial Scholars Hamoudoun & Billinger receive assignments for 2010-11 - pg. 6 Can you spell D-I-C-T-I-O-N-A-R-Y? Attendance Report & Presidential Citation Deadline - pg. 8 Focus on Membership - now and during Rotary Awareness Month - pg. 9 Club news - pg. 2, 10 and elsewhere All Aboard for District Conference in August 2010 - pg. 11 Much, much more . . . club, district and RI news Send us your club news. Sh...

Hello Rotarians, I want to remind you that we are meeting this week at the new Flint Hills Services building. It is located at 505 Walnut Valley Drive. I have 30 people signed up for lunch. If there is anyone who plans to eat and did not sign up at the meeting last week or did not email me, please let me know ASAP. I have to turn in a final number this afternoon. I don't want to run short on food like we did last week. Thanks and hope to see you Wednesday. Please remember your dues payments and thanks to those who have already made your payments. Bernie

Happy New Year Rotarians!! Please join us this Wednesday when we meet at the Butler library, 2nd floor of the 600 building, right behind the flagpole (elevator is straight to the back as you enter). Plenty of parking at the front entrance to the college. Two Brothers BBQ will be catering the meal. Hope to see you then. Dues statements were mailed last week so you should have it by now. Please let me know if you did not receive it. Help the secretary out and pay your dues as soon as possible. Thank you!! Bernie