Lafayette Rotary Club Ripples

Ripples

Volume 89, Number 4 � July 22, 2003

NEXT WEEK'S PROGRAM

Sana Booker, Executive Director - Hanna Community Center

MEETING FUNCTIONS:

Money Collectors -- MARTHA CHISCON -- 11:15 to 11:45 a.m., and PAUL POST-- 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; Greeter -- JACK KELLEY; Invocation -- TOM SCHMIDT;

AUGUST PROGRAMS

TED WOLFE, chair -- Theme: "There is hope with Cancer."

August 5 Barbara Coury of the Purdue Cancer Center is going to tell us about the Cancer Center and some of the exciting research projects that are going on in an effort to defeat this disease.
August 12 YWCA Women's Cancer project
August 19 Li-Fen Chang, M.D., Ph.D., Radiation Oncologist from the Oncology Institute, presenting high tech treatment opportunities available today and prospects of new advances in 2004.
August 26 Purdue Football/Volleyball Coaches combined service clubs

CLUB CONCERNS

PRESIDENT BETTY SUDDARTH, requested members/spouses to keep the following in their thoughts and prayers: JOHN and EUDORA MC KEE; ED PAGE; FAE SPURLOCK; Marjorie spouse of DICK WALKER; BOB BROCK; and ED HEMMER who suffered a heart attack in Maine and is reportedly doing fine (ED's summer address is available from JANE). It was wonderful to have TOM MORAN (the bionic man) back at Rotary today.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

If you would like an Indiana ROTARY license plate, please see JANE for forms.

ELSA JANLE announced two Vocational Projects and asked for volunteers.
1. Volunteers to be on a panel at area high schools to discuss professional and vocational requirements.
2. Job shadowing

If you can help, please contact ELSA or JANE.

TERRY WEST announced that our Ambassadorial Scholar for this year is Takashi Higuchi from Japan who should arrive here in mid August. He will be studying Veterinary Medicine. Gordon Coppoc and Kirk Clark have volunteered to share hosting duties for him.

PROGRAM:

TIM LUZADER introduced Pam Biggs-Reed, Executive Director of the Community and Family Resource Center. Founded in 1929 by Grace Bower (a probation officer), one of the center's missions is delinquency prevention. Youth Programs include "40 Developmental Assets", Teen Court, working with expelled students in the Lafayette School Corporation, the Youth Service Bureau, the South Side Community Center, Family events at Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Center employs about 100 people and served 20,000 people last year.

GUESTS:

Bob Wilkinson, guest of JAY WILEY

VISITING ROTARIANS:

ED ELLIOTT from Naples, FL and CRAIG LYSINGER of Daybreak.

MAKE-UPS:

SUSAN SMITH twice at Bull Run Rotary in Manassas, VI

THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTIONS:

Money Collectors: MARTHA CHISCON -11:15 to 11:45a.m., PAUL POST 11:45 -- 12:15; Greeter � FRED MANNERING; Invocation -- SUSAN SMITH; Music and Culture � BARB REIF with HARLEY FREY at the piano, and ERNIE POLAND for help at the back table.