Newsletter-Dec. 1, 2017 (Nov 17, 2017)

Lenexa Rotary Club

Chartered 1967

Welcome to The Rotary Club of Lenexa!

We meet Fridays at 12:00 PM

Southridge Building at Lakeview Village (the big highrise) **NOTE NEW LOCATION

14001 W. 92nd St. (5th floor, turn right when you exit elevator)
Lenexa, KS 66215
United States

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This Friday's speaker . . .

This Friday our speaker will be Interim County Manager, Penny Postoak Ferguson. Penny was appointed Interim County Manager in December 2017. Prior to that she was appointed Deputy County Manager at Johnson County Government on August 19, 2012. She was previously the Assistant County Manager since June 2010.

She came to Johnson County from the City of San Antonio, Texas, where she served as Assistant City Manager for nearly four years. Prior to that, she worked for the City of Overland Park for four years, as a Deputy City Manager and Assistant City Manager. Her career also includes serving as Core Manager/Executive Director of Budget and Research (2000-02) for the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, and Assistant City Manager (1997-2000) for the City of Hays, Kansas.

A native of Lawrence, Kansas, Ms. Postoak Ferguson attended Haskell Indian Nations University, located in Lawrence, and is a member of the Choctaw Tribe of Oklahoma. She received her bachelor’s degree in business administration (1992) from the University of Kansas, and a master’s degree (1994) in public administration from KU.

Coat Collection

LAST CALL FOR COATS! Bring your new or gently used coats to be donated to Johnson County Christmas Bureau -- Friday is the LAST DAY!

Look through your closets, ask your friends and family, and be on the lookout at estate sales, garage sales, thrift stores for coats and bring them to the meeting this Friday!

Woodland Public Charity 15th Anniversary!

Woodland Public Charity is celebrating its 15th Anniversary! Rotarian (former Lenexa Rotarian) Jorge Coromac is the head of this organization and has coordinated with the Shawnee Mission Northwest Interact Club on their trips to Guatemala and Panama.

Woodland Public Charity became involved in Central America in 2002, to address the worldwide crisis of lack of access to education, health and safe drinking water. Ongoing community participatory programs have been established to respond to these critical needs working closely with the local leaders and families of Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama.

The goal of the program is to facilitate education, health, nutrition, dental care, neonatal care, and access to safe drinking water.

If you would like to attend this event, please contact Jorge. If you or your company wishes to become a sponsor of this event, see the sponsorship information below and contact Jorge.

Tree Planting - THANK YOU!

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came out to plant trees to make Lenexa beautiful! Lenexa Rotarians worked with the Lenexa Parks & Recreation staff last weekend to plant 33 trees along the trail at Clear Creek as part of a challenge to plant one tree for every member of our club. We plan to plant another 17 trees in the spring.

Rotary Holiday Party - THIS SATURDAY

Lenexa Rotary Holiday Party

December 16, 2017

Social Hour - 6:00 p.m.

Dinner - 7:00 p.m.

Crescent Apartments Clubhouse

8500 Maurer Road

Lenexa, Kansas 66219

Cost is $15.00 per person for a holiday dinner buffet including beer, wine and soft drinks. All members, spouses and friends are invited and welcome to attend. This is our second year at this fabulous facility with plenty of parking and easy access. If you are a member and spouse, Jerry will bill you. You can pay for guests in advance or at the door.

The sign up sheet will be once again available at our meeting this Friday or please RSVP to President Terry if you have not already signed up and plan to attend so we can get an accurate head count.

Tossed Green Salad

Caesar Salad

Pumpernickel Bread with Butter

Roasted Corned Beef

Pork Schnitzel with Lemon Caper Cream Sauce

Cabbage

Boiled Red Potatoes

Assorted Desserts

Upcoming Projects

If you are interested in helping on any of these projects, contact the Chair by clicking on his/her name below.

December 9, 2017 - Tree Planting at Clear Creek Park - 8:30 am-12:00 pm - Phil Hammond - Chair
December 16, 2017 - Holiday Party - 6:00 pm Social Hour; 7:00 pm Dinner
March 3, 2018 - ShrimpFest - Matt Janes - Chair

Need a Make-Up?

When a member misses a meeting, there are several ways to make up for the absence:

Attend a Club function -- board meeting, committee meeting, project, Youth Exchange
Attend a District or International function -- Rotary Youth Exchange, PETs, District Conference
Online make-up - Rotary eclub One - go to www.rotaryeclubone.org
Attend another Rotary Club meeting
- While out-of-town for vacation or business
- In-town around the KC area
- Download the app "Rotary Club Locator" and find a Rotary club anywhere in the world.

Rotary International bylaws state that a member can make up for a missed meeting within two (2) weeks before or after the meeting. if you anticipate missing a meeting, you can make up for it up to 2 weeks before that date. If you miss a meeting, you have up to 2 weeks after the missed meeting to make up. If a member attempts to make up at another club and that club either did not meet that week, or changed venues, the club member can let their club's secretary know the date and time of the attempted make-up and it will count as a makeup toward a missed meetings. Send all make-ups to our club secretary, Jerry Henson via email.

Here is a list of area Rotary clubs:

Monday

11:30 am - Overland Park - Doubletree Hotel, 10100 College Blvd., Overland Park

11:45 am - Bonner Springs - Twisters Grill & Bar, 13100 Kansas Avenue, Bonner Springs

Tuesday

7:00 am - Gladstone - Fairview Christian Church, 1800 NE 65th St., KCMO

12:00 pm - Kansas City, Kansas - Reardon Community Center, 500 Minnesota Ave., KCK

12:00 pm - Spring Hill - K & M BBQ, 603 N. Webster, Spring Hill

5:15 pm - Western Johnson County - Eggtc., 7182 Renner Rd., Shawnee

5:15 pm - Johnson County Sunset - Hilton Garden Inn, 119th & I-35, Olathe

Wednesday

12:00 pm - Shawnee Mission - Sylvester Powell Comm. Ctr, 6200 Martway, Mission

12:00 pm - Olathe - Olathe Community Center, 1205 E. Kansas City, Road, Olathe

12:00 pm - Kansas City South - Jess & Jim's Steakhouse, 517 E. 135th St., KCMO

5:15 pm - Waldo-Brookside - Waldo Pizza, 7433 Broadway, KCMO

Thursday

7:15 am - Johnson County - Clarion Hotel, 12601 W. 95th St., Lenexa

7:15 am - Leawood - Hallbrook Country Club, 11200 Overbrook Rd., Leawood

7:15 am - Village West - Famous Dave's BBQ, 1320 Village West Pkwy, KCK

7:30 am - Gardner - Gardner Community Center, 128 E. Park, Gardner

7:30 am - Olathe Santa Fe Trail - Mid American Nazarene College, 2030 E. College Way, Olathe

12:00 pm - Kansas City, Club 13 - The Gallery, 61 E. 14th St., KCMO

Friday

7:00 am - DeSoto - DeSoto United Methodist Church, 8760 Kill Creek Rd., DeSoto

7:15 am - Shawnee - Shawnee Town 1929 Town Hall, 11600 Johnson Dr., Shawnee

7:15 am - Kansas City, Plaza - Grand Street Cafe, 4740 Grand Ave., KCMO

Jan 19, 2018

Doug Gorham

Classification Speaker

Jan 19, 2018

Brian Hanni

"Voice of the Jayhawks"

Jan 26, 2018

Louise Eisenbrandt

"Viet Nam Nurse"

Jan 26, 2018

Mike Dix

Classification Speaker

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