This weekend! The Tour of Lawrence is a weekend of individual Pro-AM USA Cycling races, children’s races/events & live music organized in partnership with Free State Racing and promoted and made possible by the Lawrence Convention & Visitors Bureau held July 1-3, 2011 in the city of Lawrence KS.
The Lawrence Central Rotary is sponsoring the Kids Play Zone Friday night's Sprints at 8th and Mass and Sunday for the Crit at 9th and Mass.
We were treated to a talk from Coach Gill who discussed his positive coaching philosophy and what 
values he imparts in his players and some wonderful stories from his years before coming to KU. One great acronym he imparts on his players is “BELIEVE”
Here’s a pic of Club President Carolyn Chinn-Lewis with Coach Gill.
Thanks Coach!
This is a copy of a story posted by Jane Stevens on the Lawrence WellCommons Site about KU’s Jayhawk Buddy System
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Frank DeSalvo tells Lawrence Central Rotary members about Jayhawk Buddy System by jestevens
Frank DeSalvo stopped by the Lawrence Central Rotary meeting yesterday at the Eldridge Hotel to tell us all about the Jayhawk Buddy System, which takes a positive solution-oriented approach to reducing alcohol-related trauma among KU’s 27,000 students.
The Jayhawk Buddy System, which was launched six months ago, is a protective campaign, said DeSalvo, who’s KU’s associate vice provost of student success. “Nine out of 10 students do okay with alcohol. So the idea is that if you’re in a group that’s making smart choices, you’ll be okay.”
When his office was developing the Jayhawk Buddy System, said DeSalvo, the students made it clear that information that tried to scare them or that told them not to drink wouldn’t work. Instead, they said, they wanted tools.
Frank DeSalvo, KU’s associate vice provost of student success by jestevens
So the Jayhawk Buddy System gives them tools that don’t make them look silly or prudish by doing the right thing:
They made it fun — sponsored a flash mob at the recent KU-Mizzou game, shown in this video.
And they delivered the serious with a sense of humor — here’s the poster.
Jayhawk Buddy System poster by jestevens
Reminders about the buddy system appear on every flat screen on campus. On Thursdays, the frequency of the messages increases. Ten bars participating in the system ask students when they walk in the door if they have a buddy.
The system’s messages are aimed at freshmen and sophomores, said DeSalvo. “When they become juniors and seniors, they start moving away from hard partying.”
Taking a solution-oriented, protective approach makes more sense than a punitive tack, said DeSalvo, because alcohol is already a part of most students’ lives before they arrive at KU. “Most students have their first drink at 12 years old,” he said. “Their tolerance increases because started younger. They can drink enough to get their blood alcohol level to near toxic levels and still remain conscious.”
“There’s no magic answer” to keeping students safe, said DeSalvo. “You just pull together a lot of solutions and weave a safety net.”
Lawrence Central is honored to welcome Jane Stevens to Rotary! Jane is the Director of Media
Strategies for the World Corporation and the face behind WellCommons – Who's mission is to Create a safe place and a trusted source for local health news in Douglass County.
Jane's a journalist who's specialty is working with news organizations as they make the transition from print, magazine, TV and radio to the Webworld.
She's traveled the world and in her classification talk discussed her time abroad and a study that explores traumatic events in raising children and the correlation to chronic health issues later in life. Welcome Jane!
From all of us at the Lawrence Central Rotary Club, may happiness be yours during his Season of Goodwill and may the New Year bring peace on Earth.
To celebrate, we were treated to a performance from the Lawrence High Chorale at our annual Holiday lunch in the festive Eldridge Hotel Crystal Ballroom. Here is one of the selections they presented.
