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Volume 85, Number 6 � August 15, 2000 UPCOMING PROGRAM (August 22, 2000) NOTE: There will no Club meeting on Tuesday, October 10, 2000; this Club meeting is scheduled for the Thursday luncheon meeting (second of these all-service club
meetings), October 12th, with Coaches Gene Keady, Purdue Men's Basketball Team, and Kristy Curry, Purdue Women's Basketball Team, as speakers.
MEETING FUNCTIONS: Money Collectors - LAURIE BROSE, 11:15 to 11:45 a.m., and JOE KRAUSE, 11:45 am. to 12:15 p.m., plus an additional set of money
collectors, due to the large anticipated number of individuals attending, arranged by FRED ANDERSON, Chair, House Committee; Greeter - JANE TURNER; Invocation - DAVID ROQUEMORE; and Music - GREG NAPIER. CLUB CONCERNS
Prior to the invocation today President DAN TEDER (President DAN), requested members to keep the following in their thoughts and prayers: BOB HIATT; MARV
PHILLIPS; VIRGIL ST. JOHN; BEV STONE; BETTY SUDDARTH; and MARJORIE WALKER, spouse of DICK. President DAN at the Club Board of Directors meeting Monday evening and again
from the podium at the Club meeting today thanked: (1) FRITZ COHEN and the Rotary volunteers for the excellent job done with the "Shots Not Spots" program last
Wednesday, August 9th, at the Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds; and (2) CHRIS and JACKIE FUNK for their hosting a most enjoyable "Summer's End Family Picnic" at their home on Saturday, August 12th. ANNOUNCEMENTS RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, consisting of a small of group Russian
judges and Russian interpreter, will be hosted by the Club, September 21-25, 2000 with BILL HATFIELD as Program Chair. BILL announced to the Club Board of
Directors at their meeting Monday evening the following working itinerary. Thursday, September 21st: Arrive at Indianapolis International Airport and proceed to the State
Judicial Conference, French Lick, accompanied by BILL and DAVE LUHMAN. Friday, September 22nd: Attend State Judicial Conference and arrive back in
Lafayette for dinner with host families at the University Inn Conference Center and Suites (University Inn). Saturday, September 23rd: In the morning meet with Judge
Gregg Donat in his court with orientation and discussion with several judges; attend Purdue versus University of Minnesota (Homecoming) football game that afternoon;
and evening with host families. Sunday, September 24th: Morning with host families, attend church if appropriate; early afternoon meet with Congressman Ed
Pease, State Representatives Sheila Klinker and Sue Scholer, State Senator Ron Alting, and SONYA MARGERUM, West Lafayette Mayor; late afternoon visit the
Tippecanoe County Jail with Sheriff Murtaugh and staff; and a cookout that evening at home of OSCAR HOPKINS. Monday, September 25th: Morning observe in
Juvenile Court, Superior Court 3, Judge Rush and observe in Judge George Heid's court; lunch with Judges Heid and Rush; visit Lafayette City Hall and Police
Headquarters with DAVE HEATH, Lafayette Mayor, and Gene Reed, Police Chief; and late afternoon depart from Riehle Plaza for Indianapolis to continue the Program with the Rotary Club of Indianapolis.
PICTORIAL DIRECTORY for the 2000-2001 Rotary Year now available at GRIFF's table in back of room. Please review and if there are corrections/additions, please get them to GRIFF. Already some noted corrections/additions:
STEVE BEERING has a new office address: Purdue Memorial Union; #218, 101 North Grant Street, West Lafayette 47907. JIM SMITH should have the designation as having a Paul Harris Fellow Award.
MAKEUPS: BILL FULLER and STEVE MOTT, Daybreak. PROGRAM (August 15, 2000)
VISITING ROTARIANS: Elaine Ellison and Don Teder, brother of President DAN, Daybreak; Walter Evans, Crawfordsville, guest of GREG NAPIER; and Lloyd Orrick, Pekin, IL.
VISITORS: Mark Kuipers (Junior at Purdue in School of Aeronautics and Astronautics), son of FRED; Matt Slayton (Director of Corporate and Alumni
Relations, Department of Computer Sciences, Purdue), guest of AL and MARTHA CHISCON and son of FAYE COLE; Marce Pearish (Business Administrator for
Business Development, Marketing, and Advertising, Union Planters Banks), guest of FAYE COLE; Bob Beck (Buildings and Grounds Training Manager, Purdue),
guest of BILL LOVELL; and Kevin O'Brien (Executive Director, Tippecanoe County Historical Association), guest of JIM TURLEY. MEETING FUNCTIONS: Money collectors - LAURIE BROSE and JIM FOSTER
substituting for JOE KRAUSE; Greeting by - CARL REW; Invocation by MARGERY ISMAIL; Singing led by GREG NAPIER; and Rotary piano by REX KEPLER; and Free Meals Drawing - SONYA MARGERUM and DOUG TAYLOR. |
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In an effort to preserve the tradition of having Purdue coaches available as guest speakers for Greater Lafayette Area service club luncheons and dinners, and also in an attempt to help the coaches with
their hectic schedules; Jim Vruggink, Athletic Relations Director, again this year requested the area service clubs to consolidate their plans for Tuesday, August 22, 2000, and Thursday, October
12, 2000. Therefore, next week, Tuesday, August 22nd, the Lafayette Rotary Club (Club) will host the first of these two all-service club luncheons. The speakers will be
Joe Tiller, fourth-year Head Coach, Purdue Football Team, and Jeff Hulsmeyer, second-year Head Coach, Purdue Women's Volleyball Team. Coaches Tiller and Hulsmeyer will be introduced by Rotarian MORGAN BURKE, Director,
Intercollegiate Athletics or Jim Vruggink.
SHOTS NOT SPOTS was a big success. According to
Donella Carter, the county nurse, about 300 children were immunized, with about 700 inoculations given. Special thanks to the following Rotarians: Fritz Cohen, Lew Runnels, Jim Buescher, Sandy Pearlman, Mike
Kosman, Hanly Hammel, Bob Adams, Bill Hinze, Gene Hills, Francis Pritscher, Barb Hansen, Tracie Hughes, Bill Pape, Jim Foster, Tom Gregory, Dan Taylor, 
Stephanie Hyatt, Jack Hatcher and Bob Griffiths. Jim Buescher and his committee solicited favors from local
businesses and industries, which were given to children coming out of the immunization line. Judging by the quantity and quality of the items, Jim and his
committee did a thorough job (even Attila the Hun would find nothing more of value in the surrounding area). 
SCOTT RUMBLE, August Program Coordinator, introduced STAN MITHOEFER, Director of Real Estate, Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) who
provided information regarding PRF's Technology Business Incubation. STAN noted that: (1) PRF established the Purdue Research Park (PRP) to create an environment in which private business and
industry could interact with Purdue University; (2) The current four technology centers, Business & Technology Center, Hentschel Center, Innovation Center, and Purdue Technology Center, provide an opportunity for
developing technology based companies to participate in a stimulating work environment designed to assist new and emerging business; (3) Main goal of these
business incubators is to produce successful firms that will leave the program financially viable and freestanding; (4) The Innovation, completed November 1999,
and Purdue Technology, completed May 1999, Centers were expected to have space for one or two years, but will be fully occupied by the end of this year; and (5)
PRP consists of 36 start-ups; 4 graduate firms; 61 high-tech companies, with 100,000 sq. ft in high-tech incubation space. STAN then introduced Dr. Sam
Florance, Director, Purdue Gateways Program (Gateways), Gateways' mission is to assist high-tech start-up businesses. Dr. Florance noted the following about
Gateways: (1) Represents a single point of contact, providing many of the resources needed by start-up ventures to increase their likelihood of surviving the early
rapid-growth years, characterized by what have been called the "hazards of newness"; (2) Based on innovation, insight, and incubation; (2) Creates a vital
linking process connecting product research with a commercial application; (3) Reviews prospective clients following the Stage Gate Method, i.e., soft review, due
diligence, and commercial transaction; and (4) Clear path to success steps are task force, mentor program, accelerate the timetable, get into the market, form a
management team, and financing for rapid growth. Dr. Florance closed by citing several high-tech companies that are involved with Gateways. There was a Q and A session following these most interesting presentations.