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Volume 85, Number 9 � September 5, 2000 UPCOMING PROGRAM (September 12, 2000) MEETING FUNCTIONS: Money Collectors - JIM CARNEY, 11:15
to 11:45 a.m., and ERNIE POLAND, 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; Greeter - JIM HANKS; Invocation - ED PAGE; Music - BOB VERPLANK; and High School Guests (Harrison) hosted by TERRY WEST. 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; BEV STONE; and MARJORIE WALKER, spouse of DICK.
DEEPEST SYMPATHY to the family of MARV PHILLIPS who died at 9.37 a.m., Sunday, September 3. 2000, in Home Hospital. MARV had been fighting a health
problem for the past three or four years. He had been a Rotarian since December 21, 1971. CHRIS JOHANNSEN will offer a eulogy to MARV at the next Club meeting.
DEEPEST SYMPATHY to NANCY SATTLER, spouse of DAVE, whose father was killed in an airplane accident, Friday, September 1, 2000 near Carmel. VIRGIL ST. JOHN back at Rotary today following back surgery a few weeks ago in
AZ. He turned in five makeups, indicated that since there was nothing to do he had spouse, RUTH, drive him around to various club meetings in the Phoenix area.
CONGRATULATIONS to HANLY HAMMEL on the arrival of a great granddaughter, Brooke Nicole McDonald , born to Purdue graduates Judith and Douglas Hanly McDonald on August 8, 2000, in Dayton, OH. Thanks to HANLY for
his significant contribution to the Lafayette Rotary Foundation in honor of Brooke Nicole McDonald. ANNOUNCEMENTS SMALL GROUP DINNERS: JANE TURNER announced the following "Small Group
Dinners" program: (1) Thursday, September 14th p.m., - Beef & Boards (Dinner & Theater - Indianapolis), show is "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers", cost will be
between $29.00 to $37.00 per person depending on the number signing up. Transportation to be shared by Rotarians with vans and sedan cars. Those interested need to respond quickly to CHRIS FUNK via e-mail or by calling
583-4413; (2) Thursday, October 5th, 6:00 p.m., CAROL and GRIFF, 3527 Canterbury Drive, Lafayette, cost $8.00 per person, limit of 12 - 14; and (3) Thursday, November 2nd, 6.00 p.m., CHERYL BUTCHER and JACK HATCHER,
1401 Kingswood Road, West Lafayette, cost $8.00 per person, limit of 12-14. For reservations on October 5th and November 2nd, contact JANE TURNER. VOCATIONAL PROJECTS COMMITTEE MEETING: TOM SCHMIDT, Committee
Chair, has scheduled a Committee meeting (see back of "Ripples" for members), for immediately after the regular club meeting, Tuesday, September 12th. AMBASSADORIAL SCHOLARS COMMITTEE MEETING: TERRY WEST,
Committee Chair, has scheduled a meeting, with appetizers, for 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 19th, at his residence, 5 Tall Oak Lane, West Lafayette, for
Ambassadorial Scholars, Host Counselors/Sponsors, and Committee members (see back of "Ripples" for members). Should you need directions, TERRY's
telephone numbers are: Office - 494-3296 and Residence - 463-3818. MAKEUPS: JIM HOBBS aboard the Crown Princess; LE ROY SILVA, Naples-Pelican, FL; Chicago, IL; Louisville, KY; and Carthage and Joplin, MO; and
VIRGIL ST. JOHN, North Phoenix (two times), Phoenix West (two times), and Sun City, AZ. SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAY TABLE: CHIP RUTLEDGE, Chair, announced that
Rotarians with birthdays in September contributed $1,647.00 to the two Foundations. PROGRAM (September 5, 2000)
MEETING FUNCTIONS: Money collected by - JIM CARNEY and ERNIE POLAND; Greeting by - LEW RUNNELS; Invocation by - BOB VERPLANK; Singing led by � BOB GRIFFITHS; Rotary piano by � Rex Kepler; and Free Meals � Bob Feuer and
Butch Hancock. VISITING ROTARIANS: Ed Elliott, Naples, FL; Elaine Ellison, Daybreak; Lloyd Orrick, Pekin, IL; and Dave Wright, Delphi. VISITORS: ELIZABETH BARRETT, spouse of JOHN; Chris Smith (Director of
Development, School of Pharmacy) guest of JIM FENN; Paul Post (Retired Vice President, Andover, Inc.) guest of HARLEY FREY; Gyorgy Buttner, guest of CHRIS
JOHANNSEN; Bob Beck (Training Manager, Purdue Buildings and Grounds) and Jeff Buchanan (Communication Specialist, TRAX Project), guests of BILL LOVELL; and Marty Becker, guest of Visiting Rotarian, Elaine Ellison.
CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL GUESTS: Alexis Gernhardt and David Lidd, guests of the Club and hosted/introduced by TOM FREY. President DAN presented
certificates of recognition and Rotary travel mugs (Four-Way Test on them) to Alexis and David. Information brochures about Ambassadorial Scholarships for future reference will be mailed to them.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first issues of "Ripples" using Rotary's new computer. While most of my past 35 years have been in continuing education, I feel that you
can teach "old dogs new tricks"; however, this new computer makes it a certainty that it takes much longer. �Griff. |
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Rotarian JIM BODENMILLER, Commissioner, Indiana Arts Commission, will talk about "Partnering with the Indiana Arts
Federation." JIM will be introduced by NELLIE LECHMAN, Program Coordinator for the month of September. Check out the Indiana Arts Commission web site.
CONGRATULATION to VICKI MAYES ("Leader" picture) who became the latest Rotarian featured as a "Lafayette Leader" in the
series of articles by Lillian Price. A most interesting article about VICKI's background and provides details about the scope of her position as Superintendent, Lafayette Parks & Recreation Department.
WELCOME NEW MEMBER: MARTIN C. JISCHKE (MARTIN) with
classification EDUCATION-University-Administration, by his sponsor STEVE BEERING. MARTIN and his spouse, PATTY, are the parents of two children and reside at 500 McCormick Road,
West Lafayette 47906-4911 - telephone 496-7800. MARTIN indicated that it was an enormous honor to become Purdue University's 10th President and that he has been a Rotarian for 16
years, most recently in Ames, IA. His office is located in the Hovde Hall of Administration, Purdue, West Lafayette 47907 - telephone 494-9708.
NELLIE LECHMAN introduced Todd Wetzel, Director, Convocations and Lectures, Purdue University, who made a most interesting presentation. He noted that: Convos will present 30-35
touring/professional performing arts events each year; Began as a committee around 1902-3 and will celebrate a centenary observance in 2002-3; Has grown to a $1.3 million program with
eight full-time and two part-time employees; and will participate in 10-15 outreach and arts education activities with local schools each year. Mr. Wetzel then discussed trends in the arts and entertainment industry
that have impact: (1) Consolidation of commercial promoters into large corporations changed programming decisions from local to regional and/or national; (2) Move
toward total venue ownership; (3) Downward trend in subscriptions purchased (down from 60% in 1990 to 30% in 2000); value of subscriptions allows savings on
promotion and allows popular performance to carry the important, but less commercially viable events; and (4) Increase in artist fees. Mr. Wetzel closed by
citing economic impact from the arts: (1) Generates approximately $4.00 in revenue through restaurant, hotel, retail sales, advertising, etc. for every $1.00 spent; (2)
Leverage for recruiting; (3) Most frequently cited reasons to invest are to enhance the quality of life in communities; stimulate the local economy; attract visitors to the
area; provide entertainment experiences for employees and the community; and increases the value of commercial and residential real estate by making the overall community a more desirable place to live.