Publisher's Synopsis
: At a businessmen's luncheon, members of the KiRoLi Club (Kiwanis/Rotary/Lion) try to decide how to fulfill their charter. After telling jokes, passing gossip, and discussing commemorating awards that include the naming of the county, they begin to discuss Miss Edith Banning's imminent retirement. She was a favorite high school teacher and had taught almost every man in the room. They start to extol her virtues, even an Hispanic who had threatened everyone in her in class. (On that day, he caves in due to her sternness and he later is tutored by her, winning a merit scholarship.) What starts out as a feel good exercise to honor a favorite teacher leads to a discovery. If they want to bestow a meaningful boost to her retirement income, they might have to do the same for many others. What ensues is the conflict between conservative and liberal views of rewards.
