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President Shelley's Weekly Update

Hello Rotarians!

Pleast Note we are NOT meetingas usual this week. Instead, I encourage you to register and attend the District 5710 Annual Conference Friday and Saturday - even if you can only make it Saturday for the dinner.
For info and to register, visit : https://www.rotary5710.org/page/district-conference or scan the QR code with your phone:

Signature Projects:

* We had a good turnout for our monthly shift at Common Table last week. Thanks to Mike Dodson, Rebecca Gould, Alison Wheatley, Jim Wright and Fr. Don Zimmerman for joining me. Our next shift will be November 10th.

* Community CARES Chest was not open last week, as we await a new shipment. We hope to be open again this week.

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The meeting started by reciting The Pledge of Allegiance, followed by The 4-Way Test.

We had our Fall Club Assembly in lieu of a regular speaker, and the agenda was quite full.
Our guests were Tristan Griffin, who's transferring to MRC, and Rotaractors Skyler Lea and Caylie Van Meter from KSU.

October's theme is Community Economic Development, with our CUP Money going to Yuma Street Cultural Center.

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Our greeters were Blake Flanders and George Ham, with Bill Muir on Zoom. Blake joined Rotary last year and retired this year as President and CEO of the Kansas Board of Regents; he is now doing some consulting work. He and his wife Resa have 3 children. What he likes best about Rotary is learning more about the community than he thought. Few know Blake has judged livestock in Kansas a long time, and it prepared him well for his career - as one party will be happy and the others offer 'constructive criticism'!

George Ham came to K-State in 1980 as head of Agronomy, and later worked and retired as head of K-State Research & Extension. He's been a member of Rotary for 42 years and served as Club Secretary for 13 years. What he likes about Rotary is how we serve the local community in ways that really matter. Something you may not know it that he was born and raised in Nebraska, and still can be seen donning Husker Red on occasion!

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After some announcements, we segued into our Club Assembly. I discussed our 2026-27 Financial Standard Operating Procedures and Club Action Plan, one part that includes 100% participation in the Paul Harris Fellowship and PolioPlus contributions. I was also honored to present Secretary Mike Heylin with a Paul Harris Fellowship +3 pin, recognizing 4 years of $1,000 contributions. Congratulations and thank you, Mike. Heylin put in a pitch for making monthly contributions to enable an annual contributions easily.

dd Holmberg, Director of the KSU McCain Auditorium and Executive Director of the McCain Performance Series. Todd took the mic to tell us about the number of performances and ticket sales over the years, and highlighted an increase in corporate sponsorship. He also introduced this summer's upgrade to the T-Link Mobile system for hearing aid users.

Wrapping up the Assembly, we acknowledged the tremendous contribution of Rotarian Stormy Kennedy, who has selected over 570 books per week since 2010 for the Club to donate to USD 383 elementary schools. The value of our contributions has been about $7,400.
In her honor, we will presented the children's book 'XXX' to YYY Elementary School next week..

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Thanks to Blake, George and Bill Muir for greeting, all the board members that contributed to the Assembly and YOU, our members, for the input and feedback you gave.

Again, we will not meet this week, but will be back on the 29th with Dean Debbie Mercer from the College of Education. Greeters then will be Tom Giller and Rebecca Gould.

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Lunch RSVP: click https://manhattancc.surveysparrow.com/s/Rotary-Club/tt-deafc2 to register by Wednesday 10/14/2026. Lunch is served at 11:30AM for $12.

Attend via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87387499653?pwd=eVdYZ29zdDhnQ0MrZWVXMklPNC9IQT09 - Meeting ID: 873 8749 9653 / Passcode: 280408

We do review them, so please leave any ideas for speakers, service projects, etc. in the Suggestion Box in back.

Yours in Rotary.

Shelley
Shelley Carver, President
(cell) 785-317-7606
shelleycarver0576@gmail.com

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Opportunities to Participate:

* Rotary on Tap

Please join the Konza Club at their social on Tuesday, October 27th, 6-8 PM at Pour Decisions Tasting Room. The fee is $15, and please RSVP with Duane Dunn.
* 2026-27 District 5710 Annual Conference

The District Annual Conference will be held in Manhattan October 23-24 at the DoubleTree Inn. Register at https://qrco.del/jointdc26 or use the QR code:

* Essence of India National Immunization

RI will be immunizing in Agra, India from 10/22 to 11/3/2026. Link details: https://worldpolioday.agratajmahalrotary.org/

* CAAHT (Community Action Again Human Trafficking) Club
Monthly meetings are at noon on first and third Tuesdays on Zoom. For info contact Sharon Sullivan or Patti Mellard: sharon.sullivan@washburn.edu / patti@keystaffing.com

Opportunities to Contribute:

* October Cup Money - Yuma Street Cultural Center.

Mail it to Manhattan Rotary Club, PO Box 331, Manhattan, KS 66505-0331, or the Greater Manhattan Community Foundation, 555 Poyntz, Suite 269, Manhattan, KS 66502-0127, with the memo saying, ‘Rotary Club Cup Money.’

You may also contribute Cup Money via Venmo with QR Code:

* Rotary Foundation - To make contributions:
  1) Go on-line to www.rotary.org and click Donate and then Annual Fund. You sign in to pay.
  2) Send a check to the Rotary Foundation at:
     Rotary Foundation, 14280 Collections Center Drive, Chicago, IL 60693 -or- Manhattan Rotary Club, PO Box 331, Manhattan KS 66505-0331.
  3) Write a check to Rotary Foundation and give it to Liz or Janet at a meeting.

Opportunities to Show Rotary Pride:
* Complete your Profile in My Rotary

Fill in your biography in My Rotary to share your background, Rotary programs and professional expertise.
Go to https://my.rotary.org and click My Profile.

* Rotary Goods

You can find Rotary clothing, membership items and other gear at Russell Hampton online: http://bestclubsupplies.com