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.
With the help of Rotary International Polio has almost been completely eradicated. But as Bruce Aylward says: Almost isn't good enough with a disease this terrifying. Aylward lays out the plan to continue the scientific miracle that ended polio in most of the world — and to snuff it out everywhere, forever.
Below is his presentation at the March 2011 TED Conference
For more information on Rotary's End Polio campaign navigate your browser to:
At this year's District 5710 banquet Lawrence Central Rotary was awarded the Significant Achievement Award for our community service project: Ride Lawrence.
Ride Lawrence's intention is to be a clearinghouse for bicycling information in the City of Lawrence and the Douglas County Kansas area.
On July 16th we are also sponsoring a Community Bike Ride that will offer activities for every age and skill level, including a Training Wheels Take-off area for kids wanting to learn how to ride without training wheels.
The event will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 16, at the Lawrence Rotary Arboretum. Several bicycling organizations have already volunteered to help with the event. Contact me if you would like to help or need more information (gbrenner@sunflower.com).
The following is a repost from the LJWorld WellCommons Site written by Jane Stevens:
Check out this cool new bike rack at Health Care Access Clinic, 330 Main Street!
Nikki King officiates at ribbon-cutting (uh, duct-tape cutting) ceremony
Nikki King, executive director of the clinic, which provides health services for people in our community who don't have health insurance, cut the ribbon in an impromptu ceremony during the clinic's Health, Wellness and BBQ Bash this afternoon. (Note: the ribbon is duct tape.)
Marilyn Hull, an avid biker, says that having a bike rack at a health clinic sends a good message.
Marilyn Hull, program coordinator at the Douglas County Community Foundation and fearless leader ofLiveWell Lawrence, which provided funding to the Central Lawrence Rotary for its biking initiative, said it was fitting that a bike rack be located at Health Care Access, since it sends a good message about healthy living. In addition to the bike rack, part of the biking initiative is a website, RideLawrence.com, whose goal is to be a clearinghouse for bike info in Lawrence and Douglas County.
Jane Hueseman, Lynn O'Neal, Larry Rankin, Scott Wagner, and Steve Lane celebrate the new bike rack.
The guy with the hat on in this photo is Larry Rankin, who planted this bike rack and made sure it's solid enough to be used by generations of Lawrencians. He's surrounded by members of the Central Lawrence Rotary (l to right): Jane Hueseman, Lynn O'Neal, Scott Wagner and Steve Lane. This is the third RideLawrence bike rack in town: No. 1 is at the Rotary Arboretum; No. 2 is at the Farmer's Market. Lane is organizing the Lawrence Community Bike Ride, a family ride scheduled for Saturday, July 16 at the Rotary Arboretum.
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!
