This Friday Chairman Ed Eilert of the Johnson County Board of Commissioners will be speaking to us about the upcoming tax initiative for the Johnson County Courthouse.
Voters will be asked whether the sales tax should be increased by a quarter of a cent for 10 years to raise money to tear down the existing courthouse in downtown Olathe and replace it with a new building just across Santa Fe Street to the north. The money also would go to build a new lab for autopsies, which are currently done in Kansas City, Kan. The new coroner’s facility would be at 119th Street and Ridgeview Drive in Olathe.
Donate to The Rotary Foundation
Time is running out to donate to The Rotary Foundation for this year! Lenexa Rotary has been recognized as a "Star Club" for many years. To become a Star Club, our club needs to average a donation of $100 per member to The Rotary Foundation. Members that want to make their annual $100 contribution to The Rotary Foundation can do so by either giving a check to Phil Hammond at our meetings or donate online at www.rotary.org. Phil will bring an updated list of where each member stands as to their next level of Paul Harris Fellow.
Welcome New Member - Charles Earnest
I was born and raised here in Kansas City. At the age of 17, I graduated high school and enlisted in the United States Marines. While in the Marines, I married my beautiful wife, Ali. We both did multiple combat deployments to Afghanistan; going twice myself, and she went three times. We have a handsome one year old boy, Harlan. I run an Edward Jones office in Merriam, where we help families create, protect, and transfer wealth. Helping others and being involved in the community will always be of the utmost importance to myself and my family.
Please welcome Charles to Lenexa Rotary!
Lenexa BBQ/Adopt-A-Spot Opportunity - THIS SATURDAY!
A Message from Jenny Doty, Recreation Director - Lenexa Parks & Recreation
It’s hot out there and our parks staff have been working through it this week to get the Great Lenexa BBQ Battle set-up and ready for a wonderful festival in Lenexa!
I am contacting all of our adopt a spot groups to see if we can recruit some help this weekend at the Great Lenexa BBQ Battle to pick up trash at the end of the event. Typically it takes our staff several hours to pick up all the trash and debris left behind. The staff is meticulous and when we leave the park on Saturday evening it is with the intention that besides worn grass and some tent rentals that you wouldn’t be able to tell there was an event in the park the previous day. With the extended heat this week and expected warm weekend we know that the staff is going to be exhausted. It would be great to have extra hands to get the park back to normal. I would love to have an army of people to help them get it completed in record time.
We will be cleaning up the event on Saturday, June 25th, starting at approximately 4:30 p.m. and will be done no later than 6:30p.m. As always I will provide all materials necessary for the clean-up.
If you are able and interested please contact me and I will give you details on where you can park and meet me at the event. If you are unable to attend feel free to still share with your group and they can contact me directly.
Jenny Doty
913-477-7100
jdoty@lenexa.com
Lenexa Rotary Receives RI Presidential Citation
Lenexa Rotary was recognized as achieving the Rotary International Presidential Citation. There were only three clubs in District 5710 who received this award.
Each year the President of Rotary International sets specific standards for local clubs to achieve to receive this award. This year the requirements were:
Membership development & retention - Grow by at least one member. Lenexa Rotary has grown by 4 members this year!
Foundation giving - Club members donate to The Rotary Foundation.
Online tool adoption - Setting goals and reporting detailed club activities online.
Humanitarian service - Lenexa Rotary formed the Lenexa Rotary Community Corp for volunteers to support Lenexa Rotary; have a hands-on project with 75% club participation (ShrimpFest); establish a partnership with a corporate entity; and do a joint project with 5 other Rotary clubs (Coats for Kids)
New Generations - sponsor an Interact Club (Shawnee Mission Northwest); send students to RYLA (we are sending 4 students); participate in Rotary Youth Exchange (we hosted one inbound student and sent two students outbound to Italy and Austria)
Public Image - Update club website and social media; and update newsletter
CONGRATULATIONS to Lenexa Rotary for achieving this recognition. It takes the ENTIRE club to accomplish this!
Lenexa Community Days Parade
The Lenexa Community Days Parade is July 4th at 10:00 a.m. in Old Town Lenexa. Lenexa Rotary will be in the parade this year. The Lenexa Fire Department will be pulling the Fire Safety Trailer and Lenexa Rotarians and families will be walking with it handing out candy. Jerry Bowmer is coordinating this event and is looking for people to walk in the parade. If you are interested, please contact Jerry at bowmerj@gmail.com or write your name on the YPad at the meeting.
This year's theme is "Red White and Royal (Kansas City Royals theme)." Entries should be family friendly, patriotic and highlight Lenexa's community spirit.
Installation Dinner - June 27th
If you have RSVPd to attend the Installation Dinner -- see you Monday! We will celebrate the end of President Amy's Rotary year and welcome in JC Burcham as our new President along with the new Board
WHERE: Holy Land Cafe, 12275 W. 87th Street Pkwy., Lenexa
DATE: Monday, June 27th
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
COST: $10 for guests of Lenexa Rotarians. The cost for Lenexa Rotarians is included in your annual dues.
Lenexa Rotary 50th Anniversary
On February 6, 2017, Lenexa Rotary will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary! A committee is being formed to come up with ideas on how to celebrate this milestone. If you are interested in being on the committee, please contact Amy Ruo at amyruo62@gmail.com.
Notes from the "YPad"
Evelyn Hornaday signed up to be on the 50th Anniversary Committee.
During the meeting if you think of some thing that you want to share, feel free to jot it down on the YPad -- a random thought, a suggestion, a compliment, an idea for a speaker, a joke, etc. Each week President Amy will pick up the YPads and report any messages in the newsletter and at the following meeting.
Menu for June 24th
Chicken Florentine
Chef's Choice (a dish prepared by Chef Igor especially for Lenexa Rotary)
Caesar Salad
Roasted New Potatoes
Vegetable Medley
Egg Knot Rolls
Assorted Desserts
Summary of Last Week's Meeting:
Classification speaker: None
Guests: Dinah Sykes - guest of Jason Lieb; Carolyn Habighorst - Lenet Compton's mother
Visiting Rotarians: Hulyn Farr - Rotary Club of Milwaukee (Lenet Compton's sister); and Hughie Habighorst - Rotary Club of Crestwood, Missouri (Lenet's father)
Speaker - Carl DiCapo, local restaurateur, community volunteer and member of Club 13
Lakeview Northpointe Building Access
There is a way to access security to buzz yourself in if Don Simmons is not present.
Read the instructions, and then access Security by arrowing up to the S’s, stop when on “Security” -- press the call button and Security will buzz you in after you state your name plus saying you are a Lenexa Rotarian.
Lakeview Village
Food service line opens at 11:45 a.m. For those who have business pressure they can arrive at 11:40 a.m. starting with salad, eat at 11:45 a.m. and be gone by 11:50 a.m. and still record for attendance. As you leave, be sure to check with the Secretary to ensure your attendance is recorded.
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