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ESU Basketball
Posted by Jim Wayman on Dec 08, 2015
Shaun Vandiver and Jory Collins will be featured at this week's Rotary Club meeting talking about Emporia State University Basketball.
 
 
Rotary Club Food Drive for Salvation Army during December
Posted by Jim Wayman on Dec 01, 2015
Greg Seibel is leading our Rotary Club food drive during the month of December. Bring non-perishable food or a $5 or more donation to one of our December club meetings. The food and proceeds are going to the Salvation Army.
 
 
It's Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas!
Posted by Jim Wayman on Dec 01, 2015
It's hard not to get into the Christmas Spirit when we get to see and hear great Christmas music from Emporia High School's Viva Voce. Sarah Bays does a great job leading this group. 
 
 
 
 
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Happy Bucks Going to Boy Scouts
Your Happy Bucks contributions this quarter are going to the Boy Scout program in this area. We urge you to be generous the rest of December!
 
 
Marshall Miller Chosen as Best Rotarian
Posted by Jim Wayman on Dec 01, 2015
While serving as greeter at our last meeting, Rotarian Sam Purohit ran an impromptu poll for the Rotarian who has recently best exemplified Rotary in our club, demonstrating the following characteristics:
  • Smiling, talking, and fellowship
  • Attendance and participation
  • Foundation and Rotary knowledge
Congratulations to Marshall Miller for being recognized as a great example for everyone in our club!
 
 
 
 
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Java Cat Coffee & Gravel City Roasters
Posted by Jim Wayman on Nov 24, 2015
Nick and Angie Baker talked to our club about running a coffee shop (Java Cat Coffee) and roasting their own coffee (Gravel City Roasters). They purchased Java Cat in August 2011 when they wanted to become a bigger part of the Emporia community. Angie serves as the barista, and Nick (as the resident scientist) decided to try roasting their own coffee during his down time from his day job. Now EVCO and Gravel City Roasters are the only two coffee roasters in Emporia. Nick roasts 60-70 pounds of coffee a week and sells it by the pound. 
 
Did you know that the coffee bean is actually a seed inside a fruit? The original characteristics of that fruit are kept in tact with light roasted coffee. 
 
It was announced at the meeting that Java Cat Coffee will be changing its name to Gravel City Coffee.
 
 
 
 
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Emporia Rotary Club Strong in Foundation Giving
Posted by Jim Wayman on Nov 24, 2015
It was announced at the Rotary Foundation Banquet that the Emporia Rotary Club is currently ranked sixth in our Rotary district for Rotary Foundation Giving. Congratulations to everyone in our club for such a strong showing!
 
 
Rotary Club Meetings at Nona's Restaurant Dec 22 & 29
Posted by Jim Wayman on Dec 01, 2015
Our last two meetings of December will be held at Nona's Restaurant, located at 3021 West Highway 50. We are meeting in the meeting room at the back of the restaurant.
 
 
Dictionaries Distributed to Area Third Graders
Posted by Jim Wayman on Nov 18, 2015
The Emporia elementary school principals were on hand at our Rotary Club meeting on the day of and prior to our presentation of dictionaries to third graders in Emporia. Tim North talked about the dictionaries that will be distributed.
 
On Tuesday afternoon after our club meeting, several members of our club assisted in the distribution of the dictionaries to every third grader in Emporia and a special version to the Adult Basic Education students. Those members participating in distributing the dictionaries were Tim North, Teresa Maley, Marshall Miller, Gary Ace, Michelle Malone and Alex Mosakowski.
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Victor Sidortsov - Belarus
ESU student Victor Sidortsov presented an interesting program to our club about his home country of Belarus. It was granted independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Tragically, Belarus was particularly hard hit during Nazi occupation during World War II, losing roughly two to three million people (about a quarter to one-third of its population).
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Little Libraries
Posted by Jim Wayman on Nov 18, 2015
Rotarian Jami Reever and Hannah Crowl from the United Way showed our Rotary Club one of three little libraries for which we provided funding. For use as neighborhood lending libraries, they will be located at C of E Park (adjacent to Emporia Child Care), Las Casitas Park and the Lyon County Health Department. 
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Speakers
Dec 08, 2015
Shaun Vandiver and Jory Collins
ESU Men's and Women's Basketball
 
Dec 15, 2015
Subhashchandra V Purohit
My Rotary Experiences in USA
 
Dec 22, 2015
Dustin Malone
EHS Wrestling
 
Dec 29, 2015
Beau Welch and Carolyn Lee
EHS Basketball
 
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Upcoming Events
January Board Meeting
ESU Memorial Union Kanza Room
Jan 07, 2016
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
 
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Jami Reever
December 5
 
Jeanine McKenna
December 12
 
Greg Seibel
December 16
 
Lisa Kirmer
December 17
 
Chris Correll
December 19
 
Don Hill
December 28
 
Mike Helbert
December 30
 
Spouse Birthdays
Bhadra Purohit
December 16
 
Chris Correll
December 19
 
Anniversaries
Greg Bachman
Karen Bachman
December 3
 
Ken Martell
Liz Martell
December 4
 
Liz Martell
Ken Martell
December 4
 
Gilan Cockrell
Susan Cockrell
December 21
 
Mark Shook
Martha Shook
December 21
 
Jim Wayman
Landace Wayman
December 23
 
Tom Mais
Pat Mais
December 23
 
Join Date
Jim Kessler
December 1, 1993
22 years
 
Julia Pyle
December 9, 2010
5 years
 
Mark Remmert
December 15, 2010
5 years
 
Michelle Malone
December 18, 2012
3 years
 
Jeanine McKenna
December 31, 2000
15 years
 
Teresa Briggs
December 31, 2001
14 years
 
Russell Hampton
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