February 2010

Governor Mark Parkinson Discusses State Budget

Missed the Governor’s Speech?

Click the video camera to watch.

Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson spoke to

the Topeka Rotary Club about the 2010 Leg-
islative session . The Governor discussed the
state budget, how much he enjoys living in
Topeka and the ongoing renovation of the
Kansas Statehouse.

Topeka Rotary Meets Every Thursday 12 Noon Downtown Ramada Inn

 The Editor’s Blog
W hat are those comments on the front
page titled “From the Twittersphere”?

Those were comments made on Twitter

from people watching the Governor speak during
our weekly meeting of the Topeka Rotary Club.
We encourage you to add your ideas, give feed-
back and share what we are doing with others.

Also beginning this month, thanks to some ad-

vances in the Scribd software we use to host the
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6 - 10, 2010 at the University of Kansas. RYLA is designed for Foundation—
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 Jeff Moe, member of the Topeka Rotary Club, recites Mike Morse speaks to the Topeka Rotary Club about the
the Boy Scouts Motto as part of his presentation cele- efforts to Revitalize Downtown Topeka.

brating the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts.

Rotary Club of Chicago Marks 105 Years

As members of the Rotary Club of Chicago celebrated

Rotary's 105th anniversary at a downtown hotel on 23 Feb-
ruary, the city's historic Wrigley Building was illuminated in
the background with an urgent message: End Polio Now.

(Read the full article)

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 Rotary Club of Topeka
Officers

PRESIDENT—Terry Wages
PRESIDENT-ELECT—Gordon
Lansford
VICE-PRESIDENT—Anita
Wolgast
TREASURER—Alisa Snavely
SECRETARY—Blanche Parks
SERGEANT AT ARMS—Mike Locke
Board Members Norma Pettijohn has been a Topekan since age 4, moving here from
David Beck Illinois when her father took a job at Security Benefit Life. She is a
Doug Scott graduate of Topeka High School and of the University of Kansas,
where she earned Bachelors and Masters degrees in Organ Perform-
Glenda DuBoise
ance, Music History and Literature. She has served as organist at West-
Fred Gatlin minster Presbyterian Church, First Methodist Church (for 32 years,
Jennifer Haller where she played 3 Sunday services and directed 4 bell choirs and a
youth choir), and since 1997 at First Presbyterian Church.
Henry McClure
Joy Moser She has taught piano students for 48 years, and as Washburn faculty
Greg Hill organ instructor. She was a member of the Topeka Symphony Board
for 30 years, president for 2 years, and also president and treasurer of
Susan Mauch
the Symphony League. She has served as president of PEO, Sigma Al-
Past President—Kirk Johnson
pha Iota music sorority and Panhellenic Association of Topeka.
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