Rotary Club of El Dorado, KS

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