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Volume 84, Number 45 – May 16, 2000 J. Michael Brooks, President, Greater Lafayette Progress, Inc., will speak on “High Technology Initiatives in Indiana.” Mr. Brooks will be introduced by MARK DAVIS, Program Coordinator for the month of May. MEETING FUNCTIONS: Money Collectors - MIKE SANDERS, 11:15 to 11:45 a.m. and DICK KOHLS, 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; Greeter - SCOTT RUMBLE; Invocation - MARGERY ISMAIL; Music - CORKY MITCHELL; and High School Guests (West Lafayette) hosted by JIM FENN. CLUB CONCERNS: Prior to the invocation today, President GENE requested members to keep the following in their thoughts and prayers: LEONA COHEN, spouse of FRITZ and a member of Daybreak, who had surgery on Friday, May 12th, to remove a malignant tumor; LINDA EWING, spouse of KEN; BOB HIATT; BOB HOGUE, spouse, MARTHELLEN, this p.m. indicated that BOB’s status is pretty much the same as last week; MARV PHILLIPS; BEV STONE; and MARJORIE WALKER, spouse of DICK. - JAY WILEY has a new address: Westminster Village; #2106, 2741 North Salisbury Street, West Lafayette 47906-1499. EDITOR’s NOTE: Apologies to CHRIS FUNK, CHARLENE SULLIVAN, and District Govenor Jerry Erskine, in moving items around on the computer last week, three important items from last week’s meeting were deleted: (1) Award to CHRIS; (2) New member CHARLENE; and (3) District 6560 Golf Outing. - President GENE, last week, presented an appreciation plaque to CHRIS FUNK, a former Varisty Glee Club member, for his many past and current contributions to the Club; some cited were: (1) Establishing the Club’s highly acclaimed website; (2) Taking pictures of individual Rotarians for the Pictorial Directory and “Ripples”; (3) Performing a major part in making the Pictorial Directory much more informative and functional; (4) Producing the educational video that was shown at the Annual Dinner; and (4) Noting that both CHRIS and spouse, JACKIE, are holders of a Paul Harris Fellow recognition. - JAY WILEY noted that Jurgen Grossman, who received a Purdue honorary degree in Management last Sunday, was a Rotary Ambassdorial Scholar here in 1973-74. He is CEO of the largest independent steel mill in GERMANY and largely responsible for the Purdue program being in Hanover, GERMANY. WELCOME NEW MEMBERS: CHARLENE SULLIVAN (last week - Tuesday, May 9th), with classification EDUCATION--University-Krannert School of Management-Management,
FAYE COLE with classification BUSINESS SERVICES- Relocation Services,
STEVE THOMPSON, President, TOM PEARSON, Vice President, and JIM HOBBS, Director, Lafayette Rotary Foundation, Inc. (Foundation) presented Double Diamond Level plaques (contributions of $10,000.00 or more) to BOB JEFFARES; VIRGIL ST. JOHN; and STEVE STUCKY, and Diamond Level plaques (contributions of more than $5,000.00 but less than $10,000.00) to JIM BODENMILLER; BILL HEATH; DAVE LUHMAN; ERIC MEISTER; NORM RITTER; and KEITH SMITH. ANNOUNCEMENTS: - SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Frank J. Devlyn, Rotary International (RI) President for the 2000-2001 Rotary Year, will be visiting in District 6560, July 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th. In order to accommodate RI President Devlyn meeting with our Club, the Club Board decided to make the official Tuesday, July 18th Rotary meeting an evening meeting at the University Inn Conference Center and Suites (University Inn). Tentative plans call for invitations to be sent to surrounding Clubs offering them an opportunity to attend and hear RI President Devlyn speak. - ROTARY INFORMATION SESSION (Session): JERRY MC CARTHY, Membership Education & Information Committee, will be conducting another Session for prospective members at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 23rd, Tailgate Lounge, University Inn. - SMALL GROUP DINNER: CARL and CAROL REW are hosting the next small group dinner in their home on Wednesday, June 7th. Cost is $8.00 per person, if interested, contact JANE TURNER. - BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING (Committee): DALE MC HENRY, Treasurer and Chair, has scheduled a meeting for immediately after the regular Club meeting, Tuesday, May 23rd, Tailgate Lounge, University Inn; Committee members are listed on the back of “Ripples.” - DISTRICT 6560 GOLF OUTING, Ulen Country Club, Wednesday, May 24th, if interested contact Allen Bolante, Comfort Inn, 210 North Sam Ralston Road, Lebanon, IN 46052 - telephone 1 + 765 482-4800. - THE ROTARY CLUB OF INDIANAPOLIS is planning train transportation to the 2001 Rotary International Conference in San Antonio, TX, June 20-28, 2001. Plans call for bus transportation from Indianapolis to Champaign, IL, board Amtrak there, spend first night in New Orleans, LA, and then on to San Antonio. Cost is $375.00 for coach seat or $550.00 for standard compartment. Reservations need to be made by Friday, June 9th; the need for this early reservation time is to reserve hotel space in New Orleans. Contact GRIFF if interested. MAKE UPS: BILL PAPE, Daybreak. VISITING ROTARIAN: Roger Sims, Munster (today’s speaker and President of the Munster Rotary Club). VISITORS: JANE SMITH, spouse of KEITH; Kate Teder, granddaughter of LAWRENCE TEDER; Camila Bronhara (Rotary Exchange Student from BRAZIL who was with today’s speaker, Roger Sims, President, Munster Rotary Club); Deb Hoppes (Partner, Huth Thompson LLP), guest of CHRIS FUNK; David Roquemore (Senior Pastor, Central Presbyterian Church), guest of BILL LOVELL; Gordon Beemer (Ocean Ridge, FL), guest of ROY MEEKS; Sherm Kessler (Former Purdue trustee from New Ross), guest of BETTY NELSON. MC CUTCHEON HIGH SCHOOL GUESTS: Lynsie Greener and Kale Blickenstaff, guests of the Club and hosted/introduced by JIM EMERSON. JIM presented certificates of recognition and President GENE presented information brochures about Ambassadorial Scholarships for future reference and Rotary Travel mugs (4-Way Test on them) to Lynsie and Kale. DANA SMITH, substituting for MARK DAVIS, introduced Roger Sims (replaced listed speaker, Joseph H. Seaman),
MEETING FUNCTIONS: Money collectors: MIKE SANDERS and DICK KOHLS; Greeting by - DAVE WILLIAMS; Invocation by JIM FENN; Singing led by CORKY MITCHELL; Rotary piano by REX KEPLER; and Free Meal Drawing - RAY KAVANAUGH and JIM RISK. |
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was introduced by her sponsor GENE HILLS. CHARLENE resides at 2128 Happy Hollow Road, West Lafayette 47906-1705 - telephone 497-4230. CHARLENE has been/is extremely active in community functions; has been associated with Purdue since 1978; and has an office in the Krannert Building, West Lafayette 47907 - telephone 494-4382. 
was introduced by her sponsor GRIFF. FAYE and spouse, JERRY, also a Rotarian, reside at 4626 S 100 E, Lafayette 47905-3604 - telephone 477-7126. FAYE has two children, Susan and Matt, and is the owner of Lafayette Relocation Services, 848 Main Street, Lafayette, 47904 - telephone 429-5141. FAYE’s Rotary committee selection is Membership Selection & Classification (GENE HILLS, Chair). 
a graduate of Valparaiso University in Civil Engineering, who made a presentation about high speed rail transportation. High speed rail is the movement of people and products by rail on certain corridors at higher speeds sufficient to enable competitive and/or substantial reduction in total travel time. He also provided literature about the Indiana High Speed Rail Association and discussed briefly the proposed high speed rail corridors in IN.