New District 5710 Gover-nor, Jim Mattes, will make his official club visit to the Leavenworth Rotary Club on Wednesday, July 15. He will outline the goals of Rotary for the 2009-2010 year and his personal goals for the district. An informal reception and dinner will be held at the Riv-

erfront Com-munity Cen-ter, at 5:30 pm on Tues-day the 14th. President, Mike Lehnherr, said the event will be “very casual”

and grilled hamburgers and hot dogs will be served. A sign-up sheet was available for members to indicate whether or not they would be in attendance. Lehnherr said it would be an excellent chance to get the know our new governor, and to mingle with our friends in Rotary.

Miss Wagga-Wagga, Sally Taber, and Nikola

Clark, Wagga-Wagga Commu-nity Prin-cess, shared their commu-nity with the mem-

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Wagga-Wagga royalty visit Rotary

LEAVENWORTH

ROTARY CLUB July 8, 2009

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bers of the Leavenworth Ro-tary Club at their meeting on July 1. Wagga-Wagga, is Leavenworth’s sister city in Australia. A slide show presented their beautiful city which has a number of parallels to Leavenworth; size, historic city with extraordinary build-ings, next to a river, and stunning scenery. They also had a slide presentation of the Miss Wagga-Wagga Pageant and

explained the process of how the city’s ambassadors are chosen. Members were ready to visit Wagga- Wagga when the la-dies had finished their presen-tation.

Lehnherr out-lines goals for new year.

New president, Mike Lehnherr, shared with the club his goals for the 2009-2010 year. They are: • Gain and Maintain club

membership — 100 members and 95% re-tention.

• Every Rotarian Every Year — not just average $100 but every member actually GIVE $100.

• Establish 501 (c)(3) status for club.

• Projects: • Heifer Project-

$1,000. • Shelter Box-$1,000 • Polio Plus-Gates

Foundation Matching Grants-$2,000.

• Gain one new member each:

• Paul Harris Society • Rotary International

Benefactor

July Birthdays…

Having birthdays in July are (l-r) Erica Sten-berg, Billy Whiteside, and John Donovan. Also having birthdays but not pictured are: DeEtte Lombard, Dusty Boat-wright, Vicky Kaaz and David VanParys,

Happy Birthday Rotarians!

Sally Taber Miss Wagga-Wagga 2009

Nikola Clark Community Princess

District Governor official club visit will be July 14-15

Jim Mattes District Governor

Meeting Notes…July 1, 2009…

Baker receives award for service

Leavenworth Rotary Club — 1621 Meets — Wednesday Noon

Riverfront Community Center 123 Esplanade, Leavenworth KS www.leavenworthrotary.org

Important Dates to Remember

Jul 14 Reception for Dist. Governor Jul 15 District Governor’s Official Visit

Upcoming Programs

Jul 8 Dennis Fackler Jul 15 Dist Gov Visit Jul 22 Heather Hascall

Meals on Wheels Schedule Jul 6 Charlie Rees — Beau Kansteiner Jul 13 Brett Napier — Keith Rickard Jul 20 Rod Rivard — Ryan Markle

Invocation Schedule

Jul 8 TBA Jul 15 TBA Jul 22 TBA

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The meeting was led by Mike Lehnherr. Following the singing of the National Anthem, Karel Sigtenhorst gave the invocation and led in singing, “You’re a Grand Old Flag” Announcements: Shay Baker announced the club would sponsor a pancake breakfast for the First City Festival on Satur-day morning September 12 from 7:30-10:30. Stan Cherrie was pre-sented the “Top Gun” award, by Shari Hansen, for being the top fundraiser for the recent Relay for Life. Guests of Rotarians: New Paul Harris Fellow and one of those involved in selecting Wagga-Wagga Australia as a sister city, Margarite Strange, was a guest of the club. Former member Meredith Timmons was the guest of Dru Wheatcroft. Meredith talked on behalf of the

“Young Professionals” who participated in the Scaven-ger Hunt to benefit the Guid-ance Center. She shared their experiences in coming up with many “weird” items on the list. Over $27,000 was raised for the center. Bill Orlov introduced coworker, Gregg Buehler. Pot Drawing: This week’s lucky num-ber was held by new presi-dent, Mike Lehnherr, who donated the $20 pot to the Rotary Foundation.

Officers

Mike Lehnherr

President

John Donovan

President Elect

Foundation

Tom Gray

Vice President

Vicky Kaaz

Secretary

Teri Yunghans

Treasurer

Directors

Deb Snider

Membership

Heather Haskall

New Projects

DeEtte Lombard

Service

Shay Baker

Fund Raising

Public Relations

Jayne Aylward

Past President

“When a job needs to be done, Shay Baker always steps forward,” said past president Jayne Aylward, as she presented the Out-standing Service Award to Baker. Shay said the “Paul Harris Fellowship” and the “Service Award” were her “proudest” achieve-ments.

Baker cited for achievements in club

Shay Baker, (r), accepts Service Award from Jayne Aylward.

New president Mike Lehnherr presented past president, Jayne Aylward the President’s Award for achieving the club goals for the 2008-2009 year.