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TODAY'S MEETING
Mar 03, 2026 12:00 PM
Kansas State Fair
Kansas State Fair
Bryan Schulz serves as the General Manager of the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson, Kansas. He has served in this capacity since August 2021. Prior to this position, Schulz served as the General Manager of the Las Cruces Convention Center and the Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Red River Valley Fair Association in West Fargo, ND. He is a graduate of North Dakota State University with a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications, Speech, and Animal Science.
In addition to his work with the Kansas State Fair, he is also active within the International Association of Fairs and Expos (IAFE) where he graduated from the Institute of Fair Management in 2012, received his Certified Fair Executive (CFE) certificate in 2013 and currently serves as the Zone 5 Director on the IAFE Board of Directors. He is a board member of the Hutchinson Rotary and the Hutchinson Executives Committee.
Bryan also served as a West Fargo, North Dakota, City Commissioner for 8 years where he served as Vice-Mayor for two years and as a member of the 119th Wing of the North Dakota Air National Guard.
Bryan, his wife Lisa and two daughters Karli and Katie. 
Mar 10, 2026 12:00 PM
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We are excited to announce!
Our Wine Dinner Event Committee met for the second time last week to continue preparations for this year’s event. After considerable discussion, the committee developed a new plan for our annual fundraiser.
 
As a recap of the discussion, Mark Chamberlin reported that after nearly a dozen years hosting the Rotary Club of West Wichita Wine dinner, the committee has decided to freshen our approach. We feel that our focus on wine has run its course, so we're opening up the playbook to make us more nimble.
 
Our new operating umbrella will be:
West Rotary Gala
Date: Saturday, October 3, 2026
Location: Newman University
Event Theme "A Night in Tuscany”
 
Save the date and spread the word! Join us for a  fun evening of dinner, auctions, and fellowship — all in support of our Rotary service projects. 
 
  
Rotary Flashback...
Brian Goudie, DeAnn Sullivan, Diane Walker, Sharon West, Vern Klassen
January 2019 - One of our members captured this picture of several of us wearing our new (now old) Rotary polos at a meeting.
 
Last week's meeting...
Thanks to Ed Frey for stepping in as our program presenter at last week’s meeting when our scheduled speaker was unable to attend.
SIGN UPS BEGIN
 for our Spring
Club Social!
 
Mosley Street Melodrama
Friday, April 10th
Our members: no charge / Guests: $44 each
Includes dinner & show
Last call!
Email Diane with your nomination (name & reason) of a fellow member for our club's
SERVICE ABOVE SELF AWARD
Past recipients that are not eligible: Bob Goebel, Roger Bowles, Mike Ludlow, DeAnn Sullivan, Paul Blissett, Mark Hansen, Sharon West, Brian Goudie, Jamie Wise, John Mosley, Mark Chamberlin, Tony Morrow, Terry Gardner, Randy Bowles, Dave Abbott & Diana Fredelake.
Deadline to nominate: March 4th
 SIGN UP TO HOST
A FIRESIDE MEETING 
ON APRIL 14
This is a great opportunity to showcase your place of business and enjoy lunch with a small group of your fellow Rotarians! If you are willing to host a group of 6-10, please sign up at the meeting.
CLUB INFORMATION
CLUB MEETING
Attendance: 53% 
Membership: 79 (59 RCWW + 20 Satellite)
Last year:
Attendance: 59%
Membership: 74 (58 RCWW + 16 Satellite)    
HAPPY BASKET: $3.00
HOLIDAY RAFFLE: Misty Jack drew a 5 and won $5 in last week's raffle. This week, if an Ace is drawn, the pot will be worth $23 plus half of the meeting ticket sales. Proceeds from the raffle are used to fund our Monthly & Holiday Grocery project so thank you for supporting this effort!  
No STAR Class in March 
Monthly Grocery Shoppers
MARCH
John Mosley & Gregg Greenwood
Scott Hinderliter & Ed Frey
 
MARCH BIRTHDAYS
Member Birthdays
Dale Rein
March 23
 
Bob Broeckelman
March 28
 
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