Sheriff Mark Owen started with the Platte County Sheriff’s Department in 1979 and after working his way through the ranks was elected as Platte County Sheriff in 2012, and is now serving his third term as the Platte County Sheriff. While providing law enforcement services to the citizens his office also operates a 180 bed detention facility, provides security services to the court house and courts, provides dispatching services to 24 police, fire, and ambulance agencies and is responsible for emergency preparedness and animal control for the county.
Sheriff Owen's bio can be found in the link below.
Thank You to All Who Attended the Snowflake Party!
Cafe Des Amis treated us to a wonderful meal and a great time was had by all who attended. Thank you to Sandy Knoernschild for organizing the party.
Parkville Pulse Email
A special thanks to the City of Parkville for the shout out in the Parkville Pulse email that went out last week. They had the Parkville Spotlight on Parkville Rotary!
Upcoming City of Parkville Program
Alexa Barton, Parkville Rotarian and Parkville City Administration, will be presenting the two ordinances shown below at the March 24th Rotary meeting. Please mark your calendar to attend this meeting to learn more before the April vote.
Parkville-San Juan Puerto Rico Global Grant, GG2094899, Culture of Peace in New Generations is COMPLETE!
Our Global Grant has been submitted for final approval after authorization by two San Juan PR Rotarians, President Kathy Leibrand, and Dalyn Novak, Grants Chair. We are waiting to hear back from RI for the final acceptance.
This grant was supposed to be a one year grant that was started mid-2019 but due to the Covid pandemic the work stretched out over multiple years.
Rotary International Conference
Melbourne, Australia!
Dear 6040 Rotarians
A few months ago, I had the pleasure of attending my first Rotary International Convention in Houston.
It was amazing!
Meeting Rotarians from other part of our country and the world and listening to them share their Rotary experience was one of the most profound things I have encountered in my Rotary journey.
Not only did I make new friends and get reacquainted with Rotarians from the Philippines whom I have not seen since my GSE trip back in 2001, but I was able to bring ideas back to our district and share those ideas with Rotarians with specific project priorities. Projects addressing human trafficking, Alzheimer's therapies and better community engagement are now being implemented in our district thanks to International Convention.
Next year's convention is in late May in Melbourne Australia. The prospect of traveling that far for a week or so may sound daunting but it is totally worth it! You have no appreciation of the power of Rotary until you attend one of these events.
I am inviting you to join my wife and I at the Convention.
If you register before December 15th, you get $100 off your registration fee.
The Membership Committee has been hard at work putting together new membership forms! All members can `access the forms by clicking on the blue box below which will take members to a dropbox link with the forms. Give these to potential members! The new spouse forms can be found here as well.
The following forms can be found in the link:
Standard Rotarian Membership Packet
Corporate Membership Packet
Spouse Membership Packet
Please submit the forms filled out to Dalyn Novak (dnovak@wskfarch.com) so she can get new member information added to ClubRunner after the board's approval!
