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Organized by Christy Barnett & Mindy Wagner
Nov 05, 2024 12:00 PM
Bring one dollar bills to cast votes for your favorites! Don't go to Rolling Hills Country Club this week. Instead, join us at Starkey, 144 S. Young St., for our Annual Soup Luncheon. A map will be emailed showing where to park and enter the building. If you signed up to bring food, please arrive early to allow time to set up and don't forget to bring a serving utensil. A little history about our Soup Luncheon... Our club’s first Soup Luncheon took place on April 25, 2000, with the goal of raising funds and awareness for Hunger Plus, Inc., a non-profit relief agency dedicated to providing food and essential supplies for emergency situations and, for longer term projects, to improve food security — a project supported by Rotary International. The money we saved by not eating lunch at RHCC for that meeting was directed toward sponsoring shipments of dehydrated soup from the Breedlove Dehydrated Foods facility in Lubbock, Texas. Initially, we prepared bags of the dehydrated soup for our luncheon, which, although nourishing, lacked flavor. To enhance the experience, John Mosley proposed a Soup Contest for the following year, inviting members to bring their own creative soups using the dehydrated mix as a base. By 2006, we evolved our approach, allowing our talented “chefs” to showcase their favorite soups without the mix. Over the years, this event has transformed from a simple soup cook-off into a full-fledged soup, chili, and dessert competition with members casting $1 votes for their favorites, raising a few extra dollars for the project. In 2017, we decided to shift our donations from Hunger Plus, Inc. to local organizations, such as the Lord’s Diner and Paxton’s Blessing Box. Another recent recipient has been ShelterBox who is focused on disaster relief. They have now become the established beneficiary of our proceeds, largely due to the fact of our close connections since they are a Rotary International Project Partner, Ed Frey is the Rotary District Coordinator for ShelterBox, and it is one of our club’s International Service projects. |
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Nov 05, 2024 12:00 PM
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District 4, City of Wichita
Nov 12, 2024 12:00 PM
Dalton Glasscock was elected as the council member to District 4 on November 7, 2023. Glasscock is the chief executive officer for a national media company and also owns a consulting company. Glasscock previously worked for the U.S. House of Representatives where he specialized in military and veteran casework. Glasscock grew up in a working-class family in west Wichita where he learned the value of hard work from his mother’s small business and his father’s work in the aviation industry. In 2020, Glasscock won a special election and was appointed by the governor to fill a vacancy on the Sedgwick County Commission. Problem solving and coalition building became signature issues during his tenure.
Glasscock has a Master of Arts in Education and Human Development degree from The George Washington University and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Wichita State University. He has served the community in a multitude of ways, including as a lecturer of American Politics at Wichita State University, member of the Sedgwick County Mental Health Advisory Board, member of the Wichita Metro Crime Commission, and formerly as Chairman of the Fourth District Advisory Board, member of the City of Wichita’s Grant Review Committee, City’s Bicycle Steering Committee and more. Glasscock is an active member of his church, Wichita’s First United Methodist Church, in which he serves on its leadership board.
Glasscock is a fourth-generation lifelong Wichitan who attended Maize South High School, where he first started his local civic involvement as a Wichita Mayor’s Youth Council member. Glasscock is a long-distance runner and has completed marathons and triathlons. He’s climbed at least eight mountains and has traveled around the world. Glasscock can normally be found walking his dog, Astra, and hosting dinner parties in the historic Delano district.
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Nov 12, 2024 12:00 PM
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Nov 18, 2024 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
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Nov 19, 2024 12:00 PM
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Wichita Police Department
Nov 19, 2024 12:00 PM
Detective Roddy Winder is a 20+ year veteran of the Wichita Police Department. He has worked as a patrol officer, community policing and is currently assigned to the financial crimes unit for the past 3 ½ years. The financial crimes unit receives over 12,000 cases per year including forgery, embezzlement, identity theft, computer crimes, confidence games and mistreatment of dependent adults. Detective Winder regularly provides training to local banks regarding new crime trends and how to recognize current ones.
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Kansas Honor Flight
Nov 26, 2024 12:00 PM
Kenny White is an Army Vietnam Combat Veteran, having served in Vietnam for 14 months in 1968 & 1969. He has been the Commander of the American Legion Post 4 here in Wichita since 2015 and a Board Member of Kansas Honor Flight since September 2014. He has been on several trips as Flight Leader.
Today, Mr. White will share what the flight consists of and encourage everyone to talk with family and friends that are veterans to encourage them to go to DC to see the monuments built in their honor.
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Nov 26, 2024 12:00 PM
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Friends Concert Choir
Dec 03, 2024 12:00 PM
Friends Concert Choir, under the direction of Rolaine Hetherington, will perform a selection of songs to usher in the holiday season!
NOTE: Our buffet line will open at 11:45 today.
We are planning to do our "Angel Tree" Christmas gifts and groceries for needy families but are waiting for family information. Watch for an email soon with updates!
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Dec 03, 2024 12:00 PM
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Dec 10, 2024 12:00 PM
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Roxy's Downtown
Dec 10, 2024 12:00 PM
Rick Bumgardner is a nationally acclaimed, award-winning Director, having been nominated for the prestigious Zelda Fischandler award and was named the Individual Arts Advocate in 2023 by the City of Wichita Arts Council.
Rick’s theatrical training includes the formal classroom training at Wichita State University, and the University of Connecticut for graduate work. He also attended mini master classes with a variety of artists, including Hal Holbrook , Stephen Sondheim, Jarek Stremien, Richard Allen, Nichols and Mary Jane Teal.
Rick has worked the alongside artists such as En Vogue, RuPaul, Dee Wallace Stone, Jennifer Holiday, Rod Loomis, Gus Kaikonen, Mauricio, Bustamante, Chaka Khan, Karla, Burns, and many others either producing/acting/directing.
Rick has finally landed back in Wichita Kansas, where he serves as producing artistic Director at Roxy’s Downtown. Since joining the organization in September 2017, Roxy’s has produced 60 productions overseeing all artistic elements. Roxy’s has won the Best Live Theatre from the Wichita Eagle Readers’ Choice awards four of the past six years and is awaiting the results for this year‘s voting. Last year Roxy’s won the Best Live Theatre from Broadway World and is looking forward to repeating this year.
A member of Rotary, Rick puts the four-way test to work not only in his own life but on the stage as well.
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Dec 16, 2024 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
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National Association of Homebuilders
Dec 17, 2024 12:00 PM
"Update on America's Housing & Light Construction Industry, Including Economic Outlook"
Carl Harris, a Wichita-based small volume spec and custom home builder with over 40 years of experience in the home building, remodeling, and light commercial construction industry, is the National Association of Home Builder's (NAHB) current Chairman of the Board. The association has over 140,000 members and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. NAHB represents over 700 state and local associations which, all combined, make up NAHB. Their mission statement is: "NAHB strives to protect the American Dream of housing opportunities for all, while working to achieve professional success for its members who build communities, create jobs, and strengthen our economy."
As co-founder and president of the Carl Harris Co., Inc. and Managing Partner of Harris Homes, Harris has built homes in many communities around the state of Kansas.
He is actively involved in his local community and, as an Eagle Scout, he volunteers with the Boys Scouts of America.
Carl has been married to his wife, Lori, for over 40 years and they have one son, Christian Harris, with whom they also build.
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