Love is in the air…
 
Our guest for the annual Sweetheart Breakfast this week is Katy Madison, a romance author. 
 
Katy has always loved stories. As a child she was always lugging a book around. At the age of eight, after having gone through over a hundred Nancy Drew mysteries, all the Laura Ingalls Wilder books—at least twice—and many others including her full weekly allotment of library books, Katy went to her mother and begged for a new book to read. Her frustrated mother handed her a romance novel. Katy fell in love with the romance genre. 
 
She quickly found where her mother hid the rest and began sneaking them out to read. She cut her eye teeth on books by Georgette Heyer and Mary Stewart, not to mention dozens of Barbara Cartland’s. With a nod to great Gothic novels like Jane Eyre and Rebecca, Katy took up writing her own gothic romances.
 
FictionDB website lists 17 titles by Katy, including ones published by Harlequin Historical.
 
Ahh, love…
 
 
…and Whiskey! 
Last week’s Vocational Visit was a rousing success and loads of fun. Did you miss the photos from the event? Check out the Kansas City Plaza Rotary Club’s public page on Facebook.
 
 
Stories from the Shoe Aisle 
Our three shoe teams are getting started on the annual Shoes for Orphan Souls drive. Line up with your team -- the Shoe-Shoe-Be-Doo's, the Royal Blue Suede Shoes or The Shoe-Ins! Go shopping! Bring contributions! We'll have regular progress reports coming soon right here. 
 
No Foolin’! 
Kansas City Day will be April 1. Get ready — sign up sheets are coming. This will be a great way to celebrate our World Champion Royals and kick off the new season, while raising money for Rotary.  Erik Dickinson has the details. 
 
Mark your Calendars
Wed., Feb. 17, 12 noon – 1 p.m.: Community Service committee meeting at Urban Ranger Corps Headquarters, 5908 Swope Parkway. Lunch will be provided. Contact Community Service Committee Chair Erik Dickinson if you have questions and/or would like to attend the meeting. Erik.dickinson@urckc.org; cell 816-682-6098; office 816-256-3562.
 
Sat., Feb. 27, 2016 – District 6040 Foundation Dinner, KCI Embassy Suites near KCI Airport.
5-6pm Cocktail hour and Foundation Auction 6pm Dinner and Recognitions. Registration deadline: Feb. 20. All club members and their significant others who attend will pay the full price of the ticket ($75.00). Make checks payable to the Plaza Foundation; the entire amount of those tickets will be credited as a contribution to the Rotary Foundation.  A portion, to be determined later, may be tax deductible.
 
There is no limit to the number of club members who can attend the dinner! Please sign up at an upcoming meeting or email Jennifer Kyle at jmkyle55@gmail.com with the number of tickets you wish to purchase. We will keep you posted on how many seats remain available as we fill the club tables.