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Tusgone Children's Ministry
Aug. 22, 2018
Bill & Kathy Musgrave traveled to Uganda in early June. A few years ago, a group of children from Uganda toured the U.S. They were part of a children’s choir call Tusgone Children’s Choir. Louisburg was one of the host stops for their trip. Several Louisburg families hosted the kids in their homes. The organization provided schooling to the children and also worked with them as the choir. After they returned to Africa, the organization folded. After the organization folded, some of the local church members plus a few in other locations banded together to create Tusgone Children’s Ministries to help get these kids through school. The Musgraves and some of the other Louisburg families that supported the project went to Uganda to meet the kids, see the ministry first-hand and help build a house for the children to stay in when they aren’t in school.
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Miami County safety
Aug. 29, 2018
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Aug. 31, 2018 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
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Rocking Goat Farms, LLC
Sep. 05, 2018
Michael Amen and his family relocated from Colorado to Louisburg a year ago. He lives on Rocking Goat Farms, a small commercial dairy, in New Lancaster, where he has a herd of milking goats, sells raw milk, makes farm stead cheese, goat milk fudge, soap, caramel, and sells fresh eggs. He will have a sampling of his products for usto taste! Check out Rocking Goat Farms - they have a website, FB page and are on Instagram. |
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Rotary 2018-19
Sep. 12, 2018
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Military Intelligence
Sep. 19, 2018
Our program this week is Rotarian and retired Army Colonel Russ Thaden. The Colonel's experise is in Military Intelligence with an emphasis on Russia, a lot of years of service in Europe, and quite a few operational tours of duty in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Balkans. He speaks at his Rotary club about every 6 months, so his presentation routinely changes. Most recently he's discussed the Russian attack on the US elections, the Iranian nuclear program, the North Korean nuclear weapons program, and the situation in Syria and Iraq. Colonel Russell Thaden retired from the Army in 2004 after 34 years as an intelligence officer. He originally served in the Army as a Russian linguist and more than half of his career was focused on intelligence gathering and monitoring of the Soviet Union and Russia. He has degrees in Russian language and European Area Studies focused on Russia. He spent a combined total of 5 years deployed to various theaters of war from 1990 through 2009. He is probably the only US intelligence officer ever to serve as chief of intelligence in three different theaters of war. His final operational deployments were as chief of intelligence for NATO’s Kosovo Force, as deputy chief of intelligence for US Army V Corps during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and as chief of intelligence and senior US officer in 2003-04 as NATO took over the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. After retiring from active duty, he returned to Iraq for two tours of duty as a senior Army civilian (1-Star general equivalent) as the deputy intelligence chief for US and Coalition forces in 2006 and again in 2008-09. He was the acting intelligence chief for several weeks in February 2006 when violence exploded after the Samara mosque bombing. While not deployed, he worked at the Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas as an Assistant Professor of Joint and Multinational Operations. He instructed officers attending a graduate level course in military operations with a focus on the strategic and operational levels of war. |
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One Book, One Burg: Louisburg Reads 2018
Sep. 26, 2018
The 2018 selection for One Book, One Burg: Louisburg Reads is Wonder by R.J. Palacio. The book focuses on compassion, encouraging readers everywhere to Choose Kind. Thorughout the month of October you will have multiple opportunities to #choosekindlouisburg in our community and on social media. We hope you will take advantage of it and to engage with the people around you to create our own Choose Kind movement. Please remember one of our most popular events of the program is the Intergenerational Book Discussion where members of the adult community have the chance to talk with Louisburg High School students about the book. Free up your lunch hour on Thursday, October 26 from 11:30am-1pm and join us in the LHS library for lunch (paid for by the library) discussion. In case you haven't picked up your complimentary copy of Palacio's Wonder at the library yet, here's what you can expect: born with several genetic abnormalities, 10-year-old August Pullman, called Auggie, dreams of being “ordinary.” Inside, he knows he’s like every other kid, but even after 27 surgeries, the central character of “Wonder” bears facial disfigurations so pronounced that people who see him for the first time do “that look-away thing” — if they manage to hide their shock and horror.“ Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse,” he says of his face as the book begins. He’s used to the stares and mean comments, but he’s still terrified to learn that his parents have gotten him into middle school at Beecher Prep and want him to go there rather than be home-schooled. But they persuade him to give it a try — and by the time this rich and memorable first novel by R. J. Palacio is over, it’s not just Auggie but everyone around him who has changed. Stories about unusual children who long to fit in can be particularly wrenching. At their core lurks a kind of loneliness that stirs primal fears of abandonment and isolation. But Palacio gives Auggie a counterweight to his problems: He has the kind of warm and loving family many “normal” children lack. Among their — and the book’s — many strengths, the Pullmans share the, um, earthy sense of humor that all kids love. Over the years his parents, Nate and Isabel, have turned the disturbing story of Auggie’s birth into high comedy involving a flatulent nurse who fainted at the sight of him, and they persuade him to go to Beecher by riffing hilariously on the name of the school’s director, Mr. Tushman. It also helps that the Pullmans’ world — they live in a town house in “the hippie-stroller capital of upper Upper Manhattan” — is the privileged, educated upper-middle class, that hotbed of parents who hover and micromanage the lives of their perfectly fine children. It’s somehow weirdly satisfying to see what happens when something actually alarming enters this zone of needless anxiety. Palacio carves a wise and refreshing path, suggesting that while even a kid like August has to be set free to experience the struggles of life, the right type of closeness between parents and children is a transformative force for good.
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Future Business Leaders of America
Oct. 03, 2018
Adrianne Lane is in her second year at Louisburg High School. She is breathing life into the Future Business Leaders of America organization. Find out more this week! |
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Service Above Self
Oct. 10, 2018
Hear from Rabbi Zalman about the importance of and benefits of living a life with a Service Above Self mission. Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel
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Rotarian International Exchange
Oct. 24, 2018
Kathy Musgrave is a Rotarian in Olathe and is also a member of a club in Florida where she and her husband vacation. She will share information about a Rotary International Exchange trip she took to South Africa. |
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Polio
Oct. 31, 2018
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Rotary Foundation
Nov. 07, 2018
November is Foundation Month. This week we will welcome back to Louisburg Past District Governor Jim Mattes, a long-time Rotarian committed to the values of the organization. He was given the Dr. John Hollyman Award for "Service Above Self," an award meant to honor exceptional commitment and action toward the goals of Rotary. |
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author of Hidden History of Kansas
Nov. 14, 2018
Join us in welcoming author Adrian Zink who penned Hidden History of Kansas |
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Reindeer Games
Dec. 19, 2018
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Recycling
Jan. 09, 2019
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Classification Talk
Jan. 16, 2019
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RezVets
Jan. 23, 2019
Col. Fred Reynolds was invited to join us this week by Rotarian Chris Rembold. Col. Reynolds has been a member of the Rotary Cub in Ankara, Turkey, as well as CLub #13 in downtown KC. he will hsare information about what RezVets is doing to honor and support the veteran women and men in our area who have served us by protecting our freedomes, American values and way of life. RezVets seeks to assist these veterans and their families as they reintegrate into society and the workforce after deployment. Plan to be in attendance to welcome Col. Reynolds and to learn more about how to provide encouragment to Fred and those who are meeting critical needs through RezVets. If you know of any veteran in Louisburg, please invite him/her to join us! |
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RYLA
Feb. 06, 2019
Faron Barr will join us this week to explain RYLA - Rotary Youth Leadership Award that takes place each June on the University of Kansas campus. Please...someone ask why it's an AWARD instead of a CAMP!
Faron E. Barr, ChFC, CLU, CFP® |
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Operation Red File
Feb. 13, 2019
Irina Strakhova will be our program this week. She will distribute and talk about how to use Operation Red File to help first responders in case of an emergency.
Irina Strakhova Kansas Department For Aging And Disability Services Phone (785) 296-8450 E-mail Irina.Strakhova1@ks.gov |
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National FFA Week!
Feb. 20, 2019
Rotarian Kevin Symes invited Jim Morgan from Louisburg High School to tell us a little bit more about FFA. |