Teresa Maley will be presenting the Interact Club at the Emporia Middle School. If all goes well, we'll get to see a video of their actives, and hopefully get a glimpse of their seemingly endless energy.
We'll also be providing more details on the Rotary Club Grocery Grab coming up in November. Join us by Zoom at Noon!
Tim North arranged for Emporia State University Football Coach Garin Higgins to speak to our Rotary Club. Garin is in his 14th year as head coach of the Hornets. He is the second winningest coach in ESU history behind Fran Welch. The challenges and the cost of the NCAA-mandated COVID testing proved to be the stumbling block to a potentially promising season. The cost of $90-$100 per test made the cost unworkable for the schools in the MIAA. The MIAA was one of the last two conferences that made the decision not to play. Will ESU play games in the spring? Probably not if testing continues to be mandated. The NCAA has allowed seniors one extra semester of eligibility to enable them to play their last season. ESU has two new coaches this year: Eric Moore from Southeast Missouri, and Vincent Cashdollar from Manchester, Indiana.
On our Rotary zoom call on August 25, 2020, we discussed the balance in the Rotary fund at ECF. The balance at 6/30 was $7,939. The balance as of yesterday was at $8,217. We need to get the fund to $10,000 in a three year period. This is our third year. We would like a push by members to get to this amount by December 31, 2020. If not we would need to go to the ECF board and see if we can get more time. We are $1,783.00 short. Divided by our membership of 64 members this would be just $27.86 a member. I know not all members will participate so it might take a little more from those of us that do. I am pledging to send a check for $100 and would challenge all others to do the same, or do what ever you feel you can do. If you are interested in donating to the fund to help us reach this goal you just need to mail a check made out to Emporia Community Foundation and mail it to 527 Commercial St., Ste. B, Emporia, KS 66801. Please note in the memo of the check "Rotary Club of Emporia Fund". We discussed this for the last three years, let's get it done this year! All contributions will be greatly appreciated and only used for the good of community services in the Emporia Area.
If you have any questions you can email me at dan@agc-cpas.com or call me at 620-342-7641.
Tim North arranged for Emporia State University Football Coach Garin Higgins to speak to our Rotary Club. Garin is in his 14th year as head coach of the Hornets. He is the second winningest coach in ESU history behind Fran Welch. The challenges and the cost of the NCAA-mandated COVID testing proved to be the stumbling block to a potentially promising season. The cost of $90-$100 per test made the cost unworkable for the schools in the MIAA. The MIAA was one of the last two conferences that made the decision not to play. Will ESU play games in the spring? Probably not if testing continues to be mandated. The NCAA has allowed seniors one extra semester of eligibility to enable them to play their last season. ESU has two new coaches this year: Eric Moore from Southeast Missouri, and Vincent Cashdollar from Manchester, Indiana.
