Charles D. Bunker discovered a time-saving way to clean skeletons. He put decaying animal remains into a corrogated cardboard box along with dermestid beetles. The bugs ate the flesh, leaving a clean specimen for the… Read More »Beetles in a Box and Other Legacies

Former club president Jim Peters recounted the history of Nicodemus, an all-African American community founded in 1877 in Graham County in northwest Kansas. Jim traced the legacy of slavery in America which existed in all… Read More »Nicodemus and the African American Migration to Kansas after Reconstruction

Gina Meier-Hummell, Executive Director of the O’Connell Youth Ranch, spoke to Rotarians about the work at the Youth Ranch. She is the former Secretary of the Kansas Department for Children and Families. For 45 years,… Read More »Boys Thrive at O’Connell Youth Ranch

Dawn Buehler, Executive Director of Friends of the Kaw and Kansas riverkeeper, spotted otters on the Kaw recently. Buehler is one of only a few riverkeepers in the Midwest. Riverkeepers are committed to protecting and… Read More »Riverkeepers Monitor Kansas Waterways