Tina Khan arranged for Deputy Jacob Welsh from the Lyon Sheriff's department to present our program on November 10. He will be speaking about community policing, which includes the new program called Offender Watch.
The picture shows two of the three Little Libraries that have been put together and painted, thanks to Jamie Reever and company. We look forward to positioning these in several places around Emporia so people can borrow books. At our board meeting it was discussed to narrow down the locations for these libraries to Las Casitas Park, C of E Park and the Lyon County Health Department.
For our program on October 27th, Carl Antes, talked about the art of beekeeping. Carl is a beekeeper and explained a lot about the world of bees. Carl explained the life cycle of a colony of bee's. The queen bee is the leader in each hive. Each hive consists of the Queen bee, drone bees and worker bees. Honey is the result of a very complex set of circumstances that occur with in the hive.
Thank you to Carl for informing us on the production of honey.Carl is the husband of Rotarian Shirley Antes,
Emporia Rotarian Marshall Miller continues to work wonders serving the needs for the SOS Safe House. Continuing where he left off with our Rotary Club project recently, Marshall has repaired a door in the breezeway, fixed a toilet, assembled a new storage cabinet, adjusted a door latch so that it will latch property when closed, and he and Ken Buchele attached art work to their wall. Thanks, Marshall and Ken for seeing a need and doing it!
Emporia High School Debate Coach, Scott Bonnet, spoke at Rotary on October 13th about the EHS Debate team. Mr. Bonnet talked about the topic that was being debated and the season that was underway. Debate is an extra-curricular activity at EHS but is also a scheduled class. Emporia High School Debate is ranked high in the nation and has about 50 students who participate each year. Mr. Bonnet thanked the school district for their support of the program and the students.
Our Rotary Club made a $25,000 donation to Mission Madagascar, the new lemur exhibit at the David Traylor Zoo during a dedication held last week at the zoo. After several years of successful fund raising to fund a goal set by our club, the donation coincides with the start of construction for the new exhibit after getting the total funding needed.
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