Ripples - May 25, 1999

Volume 83, Number 47 – May 25, 1999

Thomas Phillipp Deinet, Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar (enrolled in Business/Industrial Administration, Krannert Graduate School of Management), from Weisbaden, GERMANY.

CALENDAR on back of “Ripples” lists June programs, GORDON KINGMA, June Program Coordinator, and other Rotary and community functions and dates.

MEETING FUNCTIONS: Money Collectors - LAURIE BROSE substituting for JERRY MC CARTHY (JERRY conducting an “Information Sessions” for potential candidates), 11:15 to 11:45, and MILLARD PLUMLEE, 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; Greeter - TRUDY TROCHTA; Invocation - ANNETTE VALENTINE; and Music - MARY HALEY.

CLUB CONCERNS: Prior to the invocation today, President BOB requested that members remember ELIZABETH BARRETT, spouse of JOHN (JOHN indicated that ELIZABETH’s hip is pinned, not in a cast, she has been immobilized for three weeks, and will be immobilized for three more weeks); BILL HAYT; LINDA EWING, spouse of KEN; BEV STONE; and MARJORIE WALKER, spouse of DICK, in their thoughts and prayers. CORRESPONDENCE from ELIZABETH BARRETT...Two weeks ago Rotary sent me the most spectacular geranium I have ever seen. It is gracing our deck where both of us can enjoy it. Thank you for your generous gift of concern.

DEEPEST SYMPATHY to BYRON ANDERSON and family on the unexpected death of spouse/mother, AVIS, 2:30 p.m., Friday, May 21, 1999, in Home Hospital.

CONGRATULATIONS to VIRGIL ST. JOHN who on Sunday, May 23, 1999, received an honorary doctorate degree from Manchester College, Manchester, IN.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for the OPENING DAY of SENIOR GAMES: (1) Opening Ceremony-7:00-8:00 a.m. (Fairgrounds) - Still need five volunteers; (2) Breakfast-8:00-9:30 a.m. (Home Ec.) No Volunteers needed - ADAMS; FOSTER; KOSMAN; and MOTT helping; (3) Euchre-10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon (Home Ec.) - Still need one volunteer - BROSE; GARRISON; HINZE; ISMAIL; and SUDDARTH helping; (4) Lunch-12:00 noon-2:00 p.m. (Fairgrounds) - Still need one volunteer - DOSTER and HAMMAN helping; (5) Bingo-1:30-3:30 p.m. (Fairgrounds) - Still need one volunteer - LECHMAN helping; and (6) Takedown-3:30 p.m. (Fairgrounds) - Still need four volunteers.

PLEASE NOTE: Today’s “Ripples” has an insert of a very rough draft of Rotary committees for the 1999-2000 Rotary year. President Elect GENE COURTANEY requested this enclosure so that members could review and sign-up for committee work. This copy goes to Lafayette Printing on Monday, June 7, 1999 in order to be ready for Tuesday, July 6, 1999; therefore, if you would like to join a Rotary committee, please contact GENE or GRIFF.

BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING scheduled by DALE MC HENRY, Treasurer and Chair, immediately after the regular Club meeting, Tuesday, June 1, 1999, Tailgate Lounge, University Inn and Conference Center. 1999-2000 Rotary year members: KEITH SMITH, Assistant Treasurer and Vice Chair; FRED ANDERSON; DICK BARTHOLOMEW; DON BIDDLE; JIM DWORKIN; JIM FENN; GENE HILLS; CHRISTA KECK; DICK KOHLS; and MARA WASBURN.

NEW MEMBER:

JOANN J. CHANEY (JOANN) with classification EDUCATION--University-Lifelong Joann Chaney Learning-Educational Study Tours, was introduced by her sponsor GORDON YOUNG. JOANN and her spouse, BILL, are the parents of two children and reside at 1536 Summit Drive, West Lafayette 47906-2228 - telephone 463-4216. BILL is Professor of Tree Physiology, Forestry and Natural Resources, Forestry Building-Purdue and JOANN is Manager, Instructional Tours with office in Stewart Center-Purdue - telephone 494-3894. JOANN’s Rotary committees are Group Study Exchange (WALLY TYNER, Chair), and World Community Service (DAVID BOUGH, Chair).

CLUB MEMBERSHIP: Total of 286 - 165 Active; 4 - Additional Active; 106 - Senior Active; 6 - Past Service; and 5 - Honorary.

SMALL GROUP DINNER: JANE TURNER announced that the next small group dinner will be 6:00 p.m., Thursday, June 3, 1999 at NELLIE and BILL LECHMAN’s home, 1636 Cottonwood Circle, Lafayette - a Ukranian dinner. Cost is $8.00 per person and there is a limit of 16. Reservation need to be made by Tuesday, June 1st - contact JANE for reservation(s).

LAST CALL FOR PICTORIAL DIRECTORY CHANGES - currently proofing copy prior to publishing. This year’s Pictorial Directory, thanks to CHRIS FUNK, will have some neat features, i.e., spiral bound for better utilization, symbols indicating levels of participation in the Lafayette Foundation and Paul Harris Fellow awards in International Foundation, and more streamlined Rotarian information.

DON’T FORGET THIS SPECIAL WORLD COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMITTEE (Committee) PROJECT: Club and Foundation Boards of Directors approved this Ethiopia Project (Project) which permits members to make contributions and receive tax exemption. Checks are already arriving, members should make checks payable to the Lafayette Rotary Foundation and note in the lower left-hand corner that it is for the Ethiopia Project.

JUNE BIRTHDAY TABLE - First Tuesday of the month - June 1, 1999.

JUNE BIRTHDAYS and DATES - HOWARD DIESSLIN, Chair, June Birthday Table.

JOHN BARRETT	10	CORKY MITCHELL	14
LAURIE BROSE	28	RAY PEETERS	2
MIKE DELL	1	ERNIE POLAND	26
NEAL ECKARD	22	DICK RAHDERT	27
DAVE FILMER	4	LEW RUNNELS	13
DICK GRACE	26	JOE SICER	11
LARRY GRAHAM	24	TOM SMITH	23
BOB HIATT	13	BEV STONE	10
FOREST HOWELL	26	BOB TAYLOR	24
MIKE KING	14	MAURI WILLIAMSON	21
NELLIE LECHMAN	29	PAUL ZIEMER	28

APRIL 100% CLUB: (Continued from last week) Number indicates months of continuous attendance, no number indicates one month. KECK (39); KING, M.; KINGMA; KLUSMAN (49); GRIFFIN KOEHLER (93); KOHLS; KOSMAN (12); LANDGREBE (106); LANE (449); LUHMAN (59); MAYES (4); MC CARTHY (11); MC HENRY (44); MC KEE (239); MEEKS, K. (7); MICHAEL (113); MILLER, BILL R. (323); MITCHELL (113); MOTT (42); NELSON (54); PAGE; PAPE (224); PARKHURST (2); RAHDERT (82); RUNNELS (122); SCHMIDT (246); SICER (287); SILVA (226); SMITH, K. (25); SMITH, S. (82); ST. JOHN (115); STEELE (279); SUDDARTH (21); TAYLOR, H. (412); TEDER, D. (85); TEDER, L.; TURLEY (142); TURNER, J. (103); VERPLANK (408); WADE (64); WALKER (168); WEST (70); WILEY (224); and ZIEMER. Congratulations to MIKE KOSMAN who had one year; to DICK WALKER who had 14 years; to BOB VERPLANK who had 34 years of 100% attendance at the end of April. Contact GRIFF for 100% lapel pins.

MAKE UPS: BILL FULLER, Westminster, CO; FAE SPURLOCK, Franklin, NC; and BOB VERPLANK, Daybreak.

VISITING ROTARIANS: Sam Deiwert, Delphi; and Ted Paget, Daybreak.

VISITOR: SHERI RAHDERT, spouse of DICK (SHERI is Director of Operations, Museums of Prophetstown); SHARI RODRIGUEZ, spouse of MIKE SANDERS (SHARI is Director of Development, School of Mechanical Engineering); Doug Gutridge (Greater Lafayette), guest of JIM HANKS (Doug is Vice President, Human Resources, Kirby Risk Electrical Supply, and Vice President, Board of Directors, The Museums of Prophetstown); and Diane Jarvis (Greater Lafayette), guest of KENT MILLS (Diane is an intern with Kaeser and Blair, Inc.).

The program today was presented by JIM HANKS, Dennis Dunn, NICK CLARK, and JIM BODENMILLER about The Museums At Prophetstown, Inc. (Museums) which is a huge public/private partnership which includes the State, nearly two dozen Great Lakes Native American Tribes, the Greater Lafayette Community, and corporations, foundations, and individuals from across America. The State Park will be approximately 3,000 acres with 338 acres of that designated for the Museums. In exchange for this acreage the Museums have agreed to raise \$30 million privately over the next five years to build four museums: The Eagle Wing Visitor and Education Center, the Woodland Native American Complex, the Wabash Valley Living History Farm, and the Prophetstown Prairie Environmental Center. Phase #1, lowest in cost at \$6 millions, has already been started with some buildings, plans in progress for the Kampen Eagle Wing Visitor and Education Center, and planting, the past two Springs, of 220 acres of prairie, and planning to plant 44 additional acres next Spring. Phase #2, cost to be \$24 million, hopefully to be completed by 2003. The Lafayette Rotary Foundation Board at their meeting on Wednesday, April 14, 1999 voted to contribute a minimum of $25,000.00, over a five year period, toward the development of a beautifully landscaped oval area which will be named “Lafayette Rotary Plaza ” (Plaza ). The estimated cost of the Plaza is $50,000.00 and it is hoped that Club members and their families will give generously to match the Foundation’s gift. Gifts and pledges for the Plaza may be made over one to five years between 1999 and 2004. Pledges of $250.00 or more will be recognized with a “Footstep In History” placed along the Rotaryi section of Prophetstown’s trails. All members will receive, either handed out at today’s meeting or by mail, information about the Museums and the Plaza with a pledge card; pledge card should be completed and returned to DAVID LANDGREBE in the enclosed addressed envelope. All checks should be made payable to the Lafayette Rotary Foundation with designation for Museums. All donations are tax deductible to the full extent of Internal Revenue Service Code. Copies of the poem, “Walk A Little Plainer, Daddy”, that Dennis Dunn offered are available from GRIFF.

MONEY COLLECTOR, CAROLYN JONES, substituting for DICK KOHLS and CHARLOTTE HOWELLS; Invocation by JIM HANKS; Greeting by JO WADE; Singing led by CORKY MITCHELL; and Rotary piano by REX KEPLER.