Rotarian JO WADE,
President, Greater Lafayette Convention & Visitors Bureau (Bureau), will discuss "Who Is Traveling to Greater Lafayette & Indiana and Is It Really an Important Economic Force for Us?" She has been with
the Bureau for 18 years and CEO 14 of those years. The purpose of the Bureau is to promote the development and growth of the travel industry in Tippecanoe County by increasing the number of visitors who come here for
business and pleasure. Basically it is an economic development organization that brings dollars to our community through visitor spending. JO will be introduced by President BOB GRIFFITHS (President BOB). MEETING
FUNCTION5: Money Collectors - DAN HEMAN, 11:15 to 11:45, and WALT VALENTINE, 11:45 to 12:15; Greeter - NELLIE LECHMAN; Invocation - AL CHISCON; Music - BOB VERPLANK; and high school guests (Central Catholic) GENE HILLS.
CLUB CONCERNS: Prior to the invocation today, Vice President GENE COURTANEY (Vice President GENE) requested members to remember the following in their thoughts and prayers: JERRY COLE who had surgery at the Mayo
Clinic on Friday, December 41h and according to BOB BROCK a benign lump and a small portion of lung was removed - will be home soon; LINDA EWING, spouse of KEN, who is in Chicago for special treatments; LINDA GRIFFITH,
spouse of GREG and daughter-in-law of GRIFF, now home; CONNIE GRIFFITHS, spouse of President BOB, CONNIE had surgery at St. Vincent's Hospital on Friday, December 41h for heart valve replacement, Pres. BOB indicated
that she was doing fine; and JIM HOBBS in bed with a back problem. District Governor BILL HATFIELD noted that Blair Collings' (son of Joe Collings, President, Rockville Rotary Club, and grandson of 1994-95 Past District
Governor Dick Collings, who was murdered in Paris, FRANCE on Thanksgiving Day) body is being returned from Paris today with funeral at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, December 10th, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Rockville. Please
no flowers! Contributions may be made to the Blair Collings Memorial Fund, c/o David Willis, World Community Service Foundation, P. 0. Box 36425, Indianapolis 46236-0425.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
NO ROTARY CLUB MEETING ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22.1998.
VOCATIONAL PROJECTS COMMITTEE (ELAINE CUE, Chair) noted that Vocational Service Award nominations are due by Tuesday, January 12, 1999. Criteria for nomination,
nomination form, and a listing of past winners will be included with the next issue of "Ripples."
MEMBERSHIP & EDUCATION INFORMATION COMMITTEE MEETINQ (BOB GARRISON, Chair, and JERRY MC CARTHY, Vice
Chair), 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 15, 1998, Alumni Room, University Inn and Conference Center. This meeting is for potential candidates to learn more about Rotary in order to decide whether they would like to become
a member. If you are thinking of nominating someone for Rotary, please contact GRIFF and schedule that person to attend this meeting, it will speed up the process significantly.
SCHOLARSHIP & CITIZENSHIP
COMMITTEE MEETING (KAREN JOHNSON-HOFFMANN, Chair), 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, December J5, 1998, Tailgate Lounge, University Inn and Conference Center.
FAMILY DAY, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1998: JEFF DARLING, Chair of this
event, needs number attending information for a guarantee to the University Inn and Conference Center. Sign-up sheets will be at GRIFF's table for you to designate, the REGULAR CHECK-IN SHEETS WILL BE USED- IT IS
ASSUMED THAT THE NUMBER THAT YOU LIST INCLUDES YOUI
SALVATION ARMY BELL RINGING: ANN PIECHOTA, Chair, and JERRY MC CARTHY, Vice Chair, sign-up chart at Rotary until "Bell Ringing" on Saturday, December
19th. A complete "Bell Ringing" schedule will be a part of next "Ripples." BELL RINGER CAMPAIGN ENVELOPES ARE AVAILABLE, envelopes may be turned in to GRIFF. CALL JERRY TO GET SIGNED UP FOR BELL
RINGINGI
REMINDER FOR YEAR-END CONTRIBUTIONS, TAX PLANNING, and PORTFOLIO REALIGNMENT. Many Rotary members are concerned about the 'impact' of their gifts. It is hard to imagine the total impact on this community
from the half million plus dollars provided by the Lafayette Rotary Foundation over the years. Thank you for your participation.
NOVEMBER 100% CLUB: Number' indicates months of continuous attendance, no number
indicates one month. ADAMS (78); BARRETT (15); BLADE (3); BOWERS (3); BROCK (53); CARSON (2); CHISCON, AL (107); CHISCON, MARTHA (100); COHEN, F. (35); COURTANEY (16); DIESSLIN (41); DOVERSBERGER; EWING (41); FEUER
(191); FILMER (34); FOSTER (39); FREY, H. (135); FULLER (176); FUNK, J.; GARRISON (14); GRIFFITH, H. (238); GRIFFITHS (38); HALL, M. (93); HALL, Y. (476); HAMMAN (2); HAMMEL (2); HANKS (6); HANSEN; HARDING (2); HATFIELD
(215); HEMMER (5); HILLS (10); HINZE; HOBBS (57); HOGUE (2); HOPKINS (40); HUNT (2); HYCHKA (17); ISMAIL; JACKSON (35); JANLE (16) - balance next week.
MAKE UPS: PHIL KWIATKOWSKI, Daybreak; JOE SICER, Lake Placid, FL
(three times); LE ROY SILVA, Elkhart, Greenwood, Indianapolis, and Michigan City; DICK SMITH, Espanola, NM (two times); and HUGH STEELE, Great Falls, MT.
VISITING ROTARIANS: Simeon Ehui, Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA; and
Chuck Sessions, Kokomo Noon.
VISITORS: Roger Johnson (Greater Lafayette), guest of JIM FOSTER (Roger a retired accountant); Leo Farrell (Greater Lafayette), guest of JIM FUNK (Leo is President, The Copy Print Shop);
Jim Smith, former Lafayette Rotarian (Greater Lafayette), guest of BILL HEATH (Jim has moved back to the Greater Lafayette Community from SC); and Jerry Knorr (Winamac), guest of ANNE KOIVO (Jerry is Interim
Superintendent, West Lafayette Community Schools).
WEST LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL GUEST: Yi Ching Ong (other guest, Brian Berndt was ill, will attend with next group from West Lafayette), guest of the Club and
hosted/introduced by MARGARET HALL. MARGARET presented certificate of recognition and Vice President GENE presented a "Rotary Travel Mug" (4-Way Test on it) to Yi Ching.
SPECIAL GUESTS: Sunni Billingsley,
soon to be graduated student from Indiana Business College, guest of the Club and hosted/introduced by JAN GRIFFIN KOEHLER; Thomas Deinet, Ambassadorial Scholar from Wiesbaden, GERMANY, guest of the Club and
hosted/introduced by JUDITH HAMMAN; and Camille Bencteux, International Youth Exchange Student from FRANCE, guest of the Club and hosted/introduced by NICK CLARK (today was Camille's birthday so Club sang Happy Birthday
and NICK presented a present to her).
DAVE SATTLER introduced Judge Gregg Donat who made a most interesting presentation regarding the developing Tippecanoe Co. Therapeutic Drug Court (Court). Judge Donat explained
that the difference between this Court and regular drug court is that this Court will see an individual on a regular basis and provide a ten-phase holistic approach. He noted that Tippecanoe County's main problem is not
hard drugs but alcohol. Judge Donat closed by indicating that the Court is in the planning stages and he hopes it will be in place in 12 to 18 months.
INVOCATION by JIM HANKS, singing led by BOB VERPLANK, and Rotary
piano by REX KEPLER.
