Volume 84, Number 34 – February 29, 2000

Robert Gardner, Commissioner, Indiana High School Athletic Association, will be the speaker. Mr. Gardner will be introduced by KAE MOORE, Program Coordinator for the month of March.

MARCH PROGRAMS: KAE MOORE, Program Coordinator for the month of March.

• Tuesday, March 7, 2000: See Above;

• Tuesday, March 14, 2000: Vocational Scholarships, ELAINE CUE, Chair, Vocational Service Projects Committee;

• Tuesday, March 21, 2000: ANNUAL DINNER - Grand Ballroom, University Inn Conference Center and Suites

• NO REGULAR CLUB MEETING AT 11:45 A. M. ON THIS DAY; and

• Tuesday, March 28, 2000: Richard Cosier, Dean and Leeds Professor of Management, Krannert School of Management.

MEETING FUNCTIONS: Money Collectors - JUDITH HAMMAN, 11:15 to 11:45, and ERIC MEISTER, 11:45 to 12:15; Greeter - DENNIS DUNN; Invocation - ERIC MURPHY; Music - BOB GRIFFITHS; and High School Guests (McCutcheon) hosted by TOM SCHMIDT.

CLUB CONCERNS

Prior to the invocation today, President GENE requested members to keep the following in their thoughts and prayers, especially BOB BROCK who had neck surgery in Indianapolis last Thursday, February 24th, and will have knee replacement surgery at Home Hospital today, Tuesday, February 29th, and JO WADE who is having gall bladder surgery today, Tuesday, February 29th; also, LINDA EWING, spouse of KEN; YB HALL; BOB HIATT; MARV PHILLIPS - JIM FOSTER reported that in a telephone conversation with MARV, he indicated the he was over the pneumonia and feeling better, JIM asked about playing golf and MARV was quite receptive to that, providing they could use a cart; JOE SICER - talked with the family after Rotary and was told, JOE still about the same (became quite agitated due to being confined in bed and medication causes him to sleep a lot of the time), received word today that there was a bed at St. Anthony Healthcare in Lafayette, so JOE will be coming back to Lafayette via an air ambulance on Thursday, March 2nd (no visitors please until further notice); and BEV STONE.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• SHOTS NOT SPOTS (immunization of Tippecanoe County children against childhood diseases), Tuesday, March 14th, Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds, still needs volunteers during the following times: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon (setup) - have four (HAMMEL; HOGUE; and JAN KOEHLER and daughter, Madison) lost one so now need two more volunteers; 12:00 noon - 2 p.m. - have three (HINZE; KATHY MEEKS; and SUDDARTH), need one more volunteer; 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. - all spots filled (ADAMS; HANSEN; PAPE; and PRITSCHER); and 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. (tear down) - have two (COHEN and RUNNELS), need three more volunteers. Please sign up to assist with this very worthwhile project - sign-up sheets will be on the bulletin board at the back of the University Square banquet room.

• 83RD ANNUAL DINNER (Dinner) - TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2000, UNIVERSITY INN (please remember, no regular Club meeting). A significant part of the Club’s costs related to the Dinner are the costs of meals provided to the members of the Glee Club and spouses of deceased Rotarians. Even if you are unable to attend the Dinner, please consider financial assistance to sponsor one or two of the Club’s guests, spouses of deceased Rotarians and Glee Club members. Make an effort to be present for the Dinner, Tuesday, March 21st. The evening starts with an open cash bar at 6:00 p.m. and dinner at 6:30 p.m. Tickets, $25.00 per person, are on sale each Tuesday by DALE MC HENRY, or designee, at the money collection table.

• ROTARY/PURDUE MUSICAL ORGANIZATIONS (PMO) SERVICE ABOVE SELF COMMITTEE : President GENE provided background and current status of this Committee. An ad hoc committee was appointed and met for several months to review the Club’s relationship with the Purdue Musical Organizations (PMO). The ad hoc committee developed a five-point proposal that was approved by the Club Board and BRIAN BREED, Director, PMO; the five-point proposal was: (#1) Continue with the Annual Dinner; (#2) Club and PMO plan an Annual Community Fund Raising Event; (#3) Continue with presentation of “Service Above Self Award” and mugs to senior members of the Purdue Varsity Glee Club (Glee Club) and in the future possibly expand to include all senior members of PMO; (#4) Club sell PMO tapes, cassettes, and CDs prior to Holiday Season; and (#5) Current and future PMO Directors to be honorary members of the Club.

• The Rotary/PMO Service Above Self Committee (Committee) was formed (Point #2 above) with the responsibility to annually identify, with Club Board and PMO approval, and conduct an appropriate COMMUNITY FUND RAISING EVENT (Event). This year the Event is entitled “SINGING FOR GREATER LAFAYETTE” and will be held at the Long Center for the Performing Arts (Long Center), Saturday, April 8, 2000, and funds raised will be directed toward the Long Center Restoration Project (it should be noted that this expands the Club’s relationship from only the Varsity Glee Club to include the entire PMO which is composed of five separate musical groups, i.e., Bell Choir, PMO Express, Purduettes, Purdue Varsity Glee Club, and University Choir). JIM HANKS is Chair of this Committee and he and a Steering Committee composed of HANKS, Chair; BREED; BROCK; GRIFFITHS; GENTRY; HOLTZ; MC HENRY; NELSON; and SUDDARTH, have organized the Committee into the following subcommittees: Budget: MC HENRY, Chair; BREED; BROCK; GENTRY; GRIFFITHS; HOLTZ; NELSON; SMITH, K.; and SUDDARTH; Marketing: COLE, Chair; FRED ANDERSON; BOUGH; ARNI COHEN; Bill Farner, Facilities Manager, Long Center; HOPKINS; JOHNSON-HOFFMANN; KOHLS; NAPIER; PARKHURST; Julie Ricciardi, PMO; and WADE; Performance: BREED, Chair; Jae Israel-Kellogg, PMO; and MITCHELL; Printed Program: SUDDARTH, Chair, CHRIS FUNK; and SATTLER; Professional and Business Partners (contact individuals, businesses, corporations, etc. for significant contributions): GENTRY, Chair; DELL; GRIPE; HANCOCK; JEFFARES; KUIPERS; and DAN TEDER; Publicity: HOLTZ, Chair; and JANLE; and After Performance Party (everyone invited to four serving areas, i.e., stage, mezzanine, lower lobby, and St. John Pavilion): MITCHELL, Chair.

• Today, JERRY COLE, Marketing Subcommittee Chair, announced plans for purchase of tickets to the “SINGING FOR GREATER LAFAYETTE” (Performance, 90 minutes with no intermission, by five difference musical groups from PMO). JERRY noted: (1) 1,200 tickets on sale, there will be no complimentary tickets, i.e., 340 seats, down front, @ $50.00; 508 seats back of these @ $30.00; and 508 seats in the balcony @ $10.00; (2) Order forms to purchase tickets to be distributed, no handling fee, use only VISA or Master Card credit cards and ticket orders to be processed and tickets distributed by the Long Center Ticket Office (IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT WORDING ON TICKET ORDER INDICATES THAT ANY AMOUNT OVER $10.00 IS TO BE CONSIDERED A CONTRIBUTION AND IS TAX DEDUCTIBLE and THESE CONTRIBUTIONS COUNT TOWARD FOUNDATION LEVELS OF GIVING); (3) If Long Center is sold out and the Club receives other contributions, it is estimated that “SINGING FOR GREATER LAFAYETTE” will raise a minimum of $20,000.00 for the Long Center Restoration Project; and (4) There will be free parking in the City Parking Garage, located approximately one block from Long Center.

  More about “SINGING FOR GREATER LAFAYETTE” in future issues of “Ripples.”

• “Come Sail the Rotary C’s” (Consistency, Credibility, and Continuity) is the theme for the Rotary District 656 Conference, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, April 28-29, 2000, Holiday Inn and Conference Center, Lebanon. The theme revolves around the Rotary International theme of Carlo Ravizza, Rotary International President - “Rotary 2000: Act With Consistency, Credibility and Continuity.” Friday, April 28th: 9:00 a.m. - Registration; Afternoon - Plenary Sessions #1 and #2; Spouses tour Donaldson’s Chocolate; 6:45 p.m. - Dinner (coat & tie, appropriate dress) and entertainment by Opus, Vocal ensemble. Saturday, April 29th: 7:00 a.m. - Registration; Morning - Plenary Sessions #3 and #4; Spouses tour Nancy Noel’s Studio (Lunch at Studio); Afternoon - Plenary Session #5 and reception for Governor Erskine and Governor Elect Bragg; 6:45 p.m.: Dinner (coat & tie, appropriate dress) and entertainment by Jeanie Kittrell & The Old St. Louis Levee Band.

  Registration Costs: Registration is $30.00 for Rotarians and $10.00 for guests; dinner/entertainment portions on Friday and Saturday evenings are $25.00 per person; Saturday lunch is $12.00; and president’s, president elect’s, alumni, and new member breakfast will be available Saturday for $8.00. Rotary has a block of 52 rooms, priced at $69.00, for those who will need overnight accommodations. Rotary District 6550 Conference registration forms are available at GRIFF’s table.

GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE (GSE) TEAM from ITALY will be visiting District 6560 the month of April 2000. BILL HATFIELD, Chair, GSE Committee, announced today that the Team Leader, Gaetano Toccafondi, and four female team members, all with Ph.D degrees, Maria Elena Giorgin (International Political Sciences); Gioia Rita Telli (Law); Barbara Ferretti (Architecture); and Silvia Valentini (Law), are to be hosted by the Club from Tuesday, April 25th until Friday, April 28th. Host families will be needed, more information in future “Ripples.”

JANUARY 100% CLUB: (Continued from February 8th) Number indicates months of continuous attendance, no number indicates one month. ANDERSON, FRED (2); KLUSMAN (58); LANDGREBE (115); LANE (457); LOVELL (2); LUHMAN (68); MAYES (13); MC CARTHY (20); MC HENRY (53); MC KEE (247); MILLER, BILL R. (332); MITCHELL (122); MOTT (51); NELSON (63); PAPE (233); PARK (4); PARKHURST; PEARSON; PLUMLEE (2); POLAND (2); PRITSCHER (3); RAHDERT (91); REEVES-KERNER; RUNNELS (131); RUTLEDGE (3); SANDERSON; SATTERLY (2); SCHMIDT (255); SICER (296); SILVA (235); SMITH, CHRISTY; SMITH, JIM; SMITH, KEITH (34); SMITH, SUSAN (91); ST. JOHN (124); SUDDARTH (30); TAYLOR, HAROLD (421); TEDER, DAN (94); TEDER, LAWRENCE (2); TURLEY (151); TURNER, JANE (112); VERPLANK (417); WADE (73); WALKER (177); WEST (79); WHISTLER (2); WILEY (233); ZACHMANOGLOU; and ZIEMER. Congratulations to CHRIS FUNK who had two years; to DAVID FILMER and CHRISTA KECK, who had four years; and to GRIFF who had 21 years of 100% at the end of January. Contact GRIFF for lapel pins.

MAKE UPS: VICKI MAYES, Daybreak.

VISITING ROTARIANS: Keith Klein, Bloomington; Merle Buss, Danville, IL; Brent Mithoefer and Michael Wilson, Daybreak; and Dan Smith, Logansport.

VISITORS: Greg Eberhard (Senior Pastor, First Christian Church) guest of GENE COURTANEY; Dick Jaeger (Arts Critic for “JC” and “Leader”), guest of JIM HANKS; and Major Robert Meyer (Salvation Army), guest of TOM SCHMIDT.

NEW MEMBER RECEPTION, BOB BROCK and BOB GARRISON, Co-Chairs, was held Thursday, February 24th, University Inn Conference Center and Suites (University Inn), with approximately 60 Rotarians and spouses in attendance. BOB BROCK arranged for George Koehler, accordion, and Merle Teel, guitar, to provide background music. Everyone seemed to have an enjoyable time.

NOTES FROM CLUB (Club Board), Monday, February 14, 2000, and FOUNDATION (Foundation Board) Wednesday, February 16, 2000 DIRECTORS BOARD MEETINGS:

Club Board: (1) DALE MC HENRY, Treasurer, reported that major expenditures in January 2000 were $4,726.50 to Rotary International (RI) for semi-annual dues, semi-annual dues are paid at the per capita rate of $23.50, including $17.50 for dues and $6.00 for “Rotarian” magazine subscription, for members of record as of July 1st and January 1st; $1,689.40 to President Elect DAN TEDER for round-trip airfare to attend the 2000 RI Convention in Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA; $371.00 to Lafayette Printing for “Ripples” bulletin heads; and annual dues are paid to District 6560 at the per capita rate of $20.50, (including $1.50 per capita for liability insurance, for members of record as of July 1st. The cash balance of $15,600.14 on January 31st this year is $5,765.25 more than the $9,294.89 balance a year ago. A copy of DALE’s “Cash Receipts and Disbursements Summary Report for January” is available upon request to GRIFF. (2) The following membership proposal(s) were approved by the Club Board (a) Following review by the Membership Selection & Classification and Membership Education & Information Committees: Carl Braunlich and John Hatcher; (b) The following membership proposals to be forwarded to the Membership Education & Information Committee pending review by the Membership Selection & Classification Committee: Robert Chalmers, Greg Eberhard, and Charlene Sullivan; and (c) Transfer membership of Rotarian Larry L. Tipton, Operations Manager, Indiana-American Water Company Inc., from the Shelbyville Rotary Club. (3) OSCAR HOPKINS, Vice President and Chair, Annual Dinner Committee, reported that the Annual Dinner would be held on Tuesday, March 21st, Grand Ballroom, University Inn - 6:00 p.m. cash bar and 6:30 dinner; cost is $25.00 per person; Varsity Glee Club will be in the center of the Grand Ballroom and not on risers, tables around the outside; there will be a nine-minute video about Rotary, what it is and what it does, produced by CHRIS FUNK and narrated by JIM HANKS; and need to sell extra tickets to feed the widows of deceased Rotarians and the Varsity Glee Club; (5) JIM HANKS, Chair, Rotary/Purdue Musical Organizations (PMO) Service Above Self Committee (Committee) provided an update on that Committee’s function, refer to information under “Announcements”; (6) BOB BROCK, Senior Director, Club Avenue of Service, reported that Rotarian-of-the-Year Committee met and made a selection, presentation to be made at the Annual Dinner; and (7) President GENE noted: (a) District Conference, Friday and Saturday, April 28th and 29th, Holiday Inn, Lebanon; (b) PETS Program schedule for Saturday, March 11th, Fishers; and (c) Stressed the need to recruit new members. Next Club Board of Directors meeting is 5:15 p.m., Monday, March 13th, Cinergy PSI Community Room.

Foundation Meeting: (1) No Treasurer’s Report, next Report will be Wednesday, April 12th; (2) HOWARD DIESSLIN, Chair, Foundation Investment Committee, presented an “Annual Investment Report for 1999”, copy available by contacting GRIFF; (3) President GENE provided a review of the February Club Board meeting; and (4) Board thanked JIM HOBBS and BETTY SUDDARTH for doing a good job of presenting plaques and framed Golden Service Awards on Tuesday, February 8th. Next Foundation Board meeting, 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 15th, Huth Thompson LLP Conference Room.

JIM HANKS introduced Rotarian DENNIS DUNN who made a most interesting, and hurried, presentation, “Understanding the Future of the World in the Next 100 Years.” DENNIS was gracious enough to provide a copy, via e-mail to CHRIS FUNK and CHRIS will put it on the internet, and a paper copy, the antiquated way, to GRIFF, if you would like copy, please contact GRIFF.

COLLECTORS: DON GENTRY and JERRY MC CARTHY; Greeting by GIL SATTERLY; Invocation by JOE KRAUSE; Special Music by four young women from PMO’s Purduettes - Anna Craig, Indianapolis, Public Relations; Casandra Graham, Zionsville, Telecommunications; Nana Jackson, Indianapolis, Public Relations; and Becky Sibley, Indianapolis, Education; and four young men from PMO’s Glee Club - Mike Allen, Newburgh, Communications; Matt Broge, Shipshewana, Computer Technology; Chad Gorrell, Roanoke, Food Process Engineering; and Jeremy Long, Hammond, Building Construction Management Technology - both groups accompanied by Jae Israel-Kellogg, Associate Director, PMO; Rotary piano by REX KEPLER; and Free Meal Drawing - BILL FULLER and GORDON CHAVERS.

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