This Week's Speaker is Chris Cotten, Director, KC Parks & Rec. HIs topic is: "Where KC Plays."
Chris Cotten is a parks professional with 30 years of experience in sports management and parks and recreation operations including 16 years as department director in the cities of Salina, Kan., Normal, Ill., Joplin and Harrisonville, Mo. He previously worked for KC Parks managing the Brush Creek Community Center from 1999-2004. Mr. Cotten received his bachelor’s degree in Secondary & Physical Education from Drury University and a Master of Physical Education with an emphasis in Sport and Leisure Management. He is also a Certified Parks and Recreation Professional.
In 2019, the club donated $50,000 to the Paul Harris House restoration project in Chicago, IL. In recognition of the donation, bricks were made with all of the club members names at that time. Now that all of the bricks have been laid, we have been approached by Rotary Club One with an offer for a special private tour of the home for any KC Rotarians who wish to travel to Chicago. Please click this link to fill out a short survey so we can gauge interest in this trip. Thank you!
Attention Rotarians! We need one more host for one member of the Rotary Friendship Exchange from Zambia in June. The host will house and feed the visitor for the three days of their visit. We will be taking them to some events as well. Those are yet to be determined. If you are interested in hosting these Rotarians from Zambia, please contact Marc Horner.
It’s that time of the year again! District 6040 will partner with District 6080 and Buckner International to improve the lives of underprivileged children worldwide, in the USA, and in our home communities. A new pair of shoes protects a child's health, supports the opportunity to improve their education, and provides hope.
We need your help to support this shoe drive! Tiny Shoes will be on lunch tables for our Rotary lunch on April 17 so please bring your cash!
Please join the Rotary Book Discussion Group for the discussion of the book The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. The book discussion will be led by Vivien Jennings and all Rotarians and guests are welcome.
Date: Monday, May 12, 2025, 6:30 PM
Location: J. Wilbur Company
3242 Roanoke
Kansas City, MO 64111
About the book:
Texas, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over, the bounty of the land is plentiful, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic era. But for Elsa Wolcott, Deemed too old to marry in a time when being a wife is a woman’s only option, the future seems bleak. Until the night she decides to change the direction of her life and makes an impulsive choice that ruins her reputation. Elsa is faced with only one respectable choice: marriage to Rafe Martinelli, a man she barely knows.
By 1934 the world has changed; millions are out of work, and drought has devasted the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as crops fail, water dries up, and the earth cracks open. Dust storms roll relentlessly across the plains. Everything on the Martinelli farm is dying, including Elsa’s tenuous marriage; each day is a desperate battle against nature and a fight to keep her children alive.
Just a few weeks to go and the Split Kickers, led by Tim Tholen, winners of the first half, are in the lead by 2 games. Next week we bowl against Stir Fry, headed by Peter Ho, who has to win 3 to beat us to get to the league Championship.
200 games:
Peter Ho-213, 218
John Lawrence-227
Will Patrick-200, 254, 252 for. 705!!
Splits and Spares:
Del Karmier-5/10
Rotary Youth Camp Update
by Laurie Mozley
Our eaglets are now much more visible! They are keeping their parents busy providing meals for them. I am sure the eagle is telling them about the fish that got away!
Centennial Memory
The comfort station was built through the off season 2007-2008. It is a much appreciated addition to the camp, providing private showers and accessible toilet stalls. It continues to be a building that well serves our campers all year around.
Attention Rotarians! We need one more host for one member of the Rotary Friendship Exchange from Zambia in June. The host will house and feed the visitor for the three days of their visit. We will be taking them to some events as well. Those are yet to be determined. If you are interested in hosting these Rotarians from Zambia, please contact 
Please join the Rotary Book Discussion Group for the discussion of the book The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. The book discussion will be led by Vivien Jennings and all Rotarians and guests are welcome.
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