 |
||||||||
|
||||||||
|
 |
|
|
 |
||
Volume 87, Number 31 - February 5, 2002 UPCOMING PROGRAM (February 12, 2002) FEBRUARY PROGRAMS:
MEETING FUNCTIONS: Money Collectors - FRED ANDERSON - 11:15 to 11:45 a.m., and JIM FOSTER - 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; Greeter- MIKE PIGGOTT;
Invocation - JIM HANKS; Music - GREG DEASON; and High School guests Harrison), hosted by LIZ SOLBERG. CLUB CONCERNS PRESIDENT OSCAR HOPKINS, requested members/spouses to keep the following in their thoughts and prayers: BEVERLY HOPKINS; JOHN AND EUDORA MC
KEE; ED PAGE; FAE SPURLOCK; BEV STONE; and HARLAND WHITE. DEEPEST SYMPATHY to the family of ROGER D. "DOUG" BRANIGIN, who died at 10:30 a.m. at his home on Thursday, January 31, 2002. DOUG will be missed a
great deal by the Greater Lafayette Community. John Walling, longtime hospital administrator was quoted, "Mr. Branigin was one of the most creative and bright individuals that I have ever had the privilege to work with."
ANNOUNCEMENTS
GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE (GSE) OPPORTUNITY: The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International is accepting applications for the US 2002 GSE Team Leader
and Members. GSE is a program that facilitates exchange visits of teams of young professional and business people between paired countries. Our District 6560 will
exchange with District 9320 and visit Lesotho and the South African provinces of Free State and Eastern Cape. The purpose is to promote international goodwill and
understanding, share knowledge of the US, and experience the customs and cultures of S. Central Africa. Criteria for Team Members include: US citizen, 25-40
years old, good health, employed full time, not directly related to a Rotary Club member, and must reside in District 6560. The Team Leader must be a Rotarian
from District 6560. The trip will take place from mid-July to mid-August. The timing of the trip makes it an excellent opportunity for individuals involved in education. The
deadline for submission of applications is February 28, 2002. For more information or an application, contact JEAN JACKSON at 497-0653 or jackson@cs.purdue.edu. More information is available at http://www.rotary.org/foundation/educational/gse/index.html. Please note: Two special Vocational Projects committee projects deserving every Rotarian's attention:
LAFAYETTE ROTARY CLUB "SERVICE ABOVE SELF" VOCATIONAL SERVICE AWARD NOMINATION - announced today by ELSA JANLE, Member "Vocational Service Award Committee": Nomination forms are available from Committee
members (STAN MITHOEFER, Chair; ELSA JANLE; JAN GRIFFIN KOEHLER; TOM SCHMIDT; and JENNIFER SHANAHAN; or at Secretary's table). Criteria set forth by the Rotary Declaration of those in businesses and professions:
Past winners were:
VOCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS: TOM SCHMIDT, Chair, Vocational Scholarships Committee, has forwarded letters and four copies of the Vocational Scholarship
application form to BETTY DOVERSBERGER, Chancellor, Ivy Tech State College, and GREG REGER, Executive Director, Indiana Business College stating, "The
Lafayette Rotary Club, through their continuing generosity to students in our community, is offering scholarships for vocational students. Four scholarships of
$400.00 each will be awarded on Tuesday, March 26, 2002, at the noon meeting of the Club." These scholarships will be given to students from Ivy Tech State College
and Indiana Business College. An application copy, if desired, may be acquired from either TOM or GRIFF. DAN TEDER offered a fine eulogy to WILLIAM "BILL" PAYNE who died December
13, 2001 at his home in St. Petersburg, FL. A copy, if desired, is available from GRIFF. SINGING FOR GREATER LAFAYETTE (SFGL), a benefit concert for scholarship
and citizenship awards, recognizing high school seniors who have consistently exercised principles of good citizenship and achieved exceptional scholastic
records is scheduled for Saturday, February 9, 2002, at Cumberland Place. Tickets for the performance by the Purdue Musical Organizations (PMO) and other
participating County High School choral departments (Henry Harrison, Jefferson, and West Lafayette High Schools) have already agreed to participate. There are three levels of tickets:
DALE MC HENRY, Club Treasurer will be selling dinner/performance tickets. Tickets are also on sale at Arni's, PEFCU, or Hall of Music and Loeb Play House Ticket Offices.
AMBASSADORIAL SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS: TERRY WEST, Co Chair, Ambassadorial Scholars Committee announced today that the Committee is seeking applications for the one Ambassadorial scholarship available to District
6560. There will be two "callouts' for students to learn more about this scholarship at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 7, 2002 and Thursday, February 14, 2002 in
Room 3201 of the Civil Engineering Building, Purdue. If you know of anyone who might be interested, please direct them. PROGRAM (February 5, 2002) PRESIDENT OSCAR introduced JIM HANKS, who in turn introduced Todd Wetzel
and Don Seybold, Convocations and Lectures, Purdue who made a power point presentation regarding special performances that Convocations and Lectures have
presented over the past 50 years. 2002 will be the 100th birthdate for Convocations and Lectures, which was started in 1902 as a committee by Purdue President Stone.
MAKE UPS: BILL HATFIELD, Lake Hickory, NC; Hickory, NC; Hickory Sunrise, NC (Son, Bret, introduced as a Rotarian); and Hickory, NC; and BILL HINZE on board Queen Elizabeth 2 (Cunard).
VISITORS: Jan Mills, Member of the West Lafayette City Council and Board of Works, and Co Chair along with TOM ROBINSON of the Community Issues Committee, guest of MARTHA CHISCON; Mike Ullery, Sales Associate for
Cumberland Exhibition Place, guest of ERIC MURPHY; and Wayne Newcomer, guest of MAURI WILLIAMSON. MEETING FUNCTIONS: Money Collectors � Jo WADE, substituting for FRED
ANDERSON and JIM FOSTER; Invocation by GORDON KINGMA; Greeting by JERRY MC CARTHY; Special music by PMO members introduced by BRIAN BREED: Annie Lemon, Sophomore from Indianapolis in School of Liberal Arts,
Purdue; and Chad Gorrell, senior in Schools of Engineering (Food Processing), Purdue; Annie and Chad were accompanied by Jay Bailey, Assistant Director, PMO; Rotary piano by REX KEPLER; and Free Meals Drawing � JIM
BODENMILLER and CHRIS SAHLEY . Thanks to JO WADE who assisted at the Secretary's table. JANUARY 100% CLUB Number indicates months of continuous attendance; no number indicates one month.
Adams (46); Barrett (53); Bough (13); Brock (91); Chavers; Chiscon, Al (145); Chiscon, Martha (138); Cohen, Fritz (73); Courtaney (4); Diesslin (79); Ewing (79);
Feuer (229); Filmer (72); Foster (77); Frey, Harley (173); Fuller (21); Funk, Chris (48); Griffith (276); Griffiths (76); Hall, Margaret (131); Hammel (2); Hansen (44);
Hatfield (23); Hobbs (94); Holtz (6); Hopkins (78); Jackson (73); Janle (4); Keck (72); Kepler (140); Klusman (82); Griffin Koehler (240); Kosman (42); Landgrebe
(139); Lane (482); McHenry (7); Miller, Bill R. (356); Mitchell (14); Pape (27); Park (38); Parkhurst (5); Post (15); Pritscher (3); Rahdert (115); Reger (2); Reif; Runnels
(155); Schmidt (279); Smith, Keith (58); Smith, Susan (225); Suddarth (54); Teder, Dan (48);Turley (175); Turner, Jane (136); Verplank (441); Wade (97); Walker, Richard (101); West (103); and Wiley (257).
CONGRATULATIONS to DAVID FILMER and CHRISTA KECK who each had six years; to CHRIS FUNK and DAN TEDER who each had four years; and to GRIFF who had 23 years of 100% attendance at the end of January 2002. Contact GRIFF
should you wish a new lapel attendance pin. |
||
Copyright © 2000 Lafayette Indiana Rotary Club. |
||
Rotarian JOANN CHANEY and others will talk about Purdue's Educational Study Tours. JOANN will be introduced by RAY PEETERS, Program Coordinator for February 2002.