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Volume 89, Number 12 - September 16, 2003

NEXT WEEK'S PROGRAM

"The Chemical Industry and Chemical Weapons in Today's world."
Presented by Will Carpenter -- VP Monsanto: He is an expert on biological warfare and has an honorary PhD from Purdue.

MEETING FUNCTIONS:

Money Collectors - CAROLYN JONES -- 11:15 to 11:45 a.m., and SALLY WATLINGTON -- 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; Greeter - FRED ANDERSON; Invocation - JOHN CARPENTER

SEPTEMBER PROGRAMS


• Sept 30 -- Rotary Area of Service - International

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; ED HEMMER; RALPH MORRIS and BEN DAY.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:


• The Communications Committee requests that you complete the questionnaire on your table to assist them in knowing how to improve Rotary communications.
• LEE ANNE SCOTT invites everyone to the ground breaking on the final section of Bristol Park Subdivision on Wednesday, September 17 at 5:30. It would be a good opportunity to see the finished version of the house we built.
• The next Small Group Dinner will be held on October 8th at the home of TOM and Ruth MORAN, 760 Cardinal Drive, Lafayette. The time is 6:30 p.m and the cost is $8 to be paid to Tom on the evening of the dinner. There will be seating for 8 guests. Please contact ADRIENNE BOUGH with your reservation.
• BETTY DOVERSBERGER has scheduled a meeting of the Youth Committee on Oct. 7, immediately after the regular meeting.
• WARREN STEVENSON announces there will be a meeting of the Community Service Projects Committee in the Tailgate Lounge at 11:20 next week, September 23rd. Plan to be there!

PROGRAM:

President BETTY introduced the Chairman of our Lafayette Rotary Foundation, TOM PEARSON, who called to order the 30th Annual Meeting of the Lafayette Rotary Foundation. He reported on the year's activities, announced that scholarship amounts for high school seniors and vocational students have been increased, explained that $2,000 per year will be returned to the club for use by the Club's Funds Request Committee, and informed us that the revised Foundation By-laws provide for a two year rotation for Chair and Vice-Chair. A sizeable gift from the Beverley Stone Trust has been received and the board will remember her interest in youth and young professional development when making decisions about its use.


TOM presented a plaque to STEVE THOMPSON (Photo at the left) thanking him for his service as President of the Lafayette Rotary Foundation Board for 16 years.


Certificates were presented to (Above L to R) LEW RUNNELS, VIRGIL ST. JOHN and BETTY SUDDARTH and will be mailed to MIKE KING, BUTCH HANCOCK and Mrs. Lyn Treece (no photo) recognizing their contributions to our local foundation.

The Annual Financial Report was reviewed. TOM MORAN moved with a second by HARLEY FREY that the report be approved as presented. Motion carried. The meeting was adjourned.

TOM introduced fellow Rotarian DICK BARTHOLOMEW, CPA and attorney, who made a very interesting presentation concerning "Almost Painless Charitable Giving". He explained the different tax advantages, discussed trusts and summarized by saying that Uncle Sam helps us to underwrite charitable giving.



Committee sheets are available at the back table or on-line. They are still a work in progress and if you notice changes that need to be made, please contact me.

• If you are receiving RIPPLES by e-mail and would prefer to receive them by snail-mail, please let me know.
• Now that committees are meeting, make-up credit can be given if committee chairs will report attendance to me by e-mail or bringing a list to the next meeting.
• If you find anything regarding you that needs to be corrected in the new Directory (i.e., employer, position, e-mail, spouse's name, etc.), please contact me or DAVE LANDGREBE. We are now working with one database instead of two, making it easier to keep updated and accurate records. Information that was correct in last year's directory was in Chris Funk's database and not necessarily in the one we are currently using. We can update as we go so that next year's directory will be correct.
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VISITING ROTARIANS
ED ELLIOTT from Naples, FL

GUESTS:

Cindy Smith and Nola Gentry, guests of DICK SMITH; Sandy Daniel, guest of JAY WILEY; Donna Meloy, guest of JON HUSTON; Chuck Grant, guest of MILLARD PLUMLEE; Steve Rye, guest of SONYA MARGERUM.

STUDENT GUESTS:

Our student guests today were Jessica Chinn and Ted Arthur from Harrison High School, introduced by MARIELLEN NEUDECK. They received a certificate and a travel mug with the four-way test to commemorate their visit with us.

MAKE-UPS:

SUSAN SMITH on 9/11 at Daybreak

THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTIONS:

Money Collectors: CAROLYN JONES -11:15 to 11:45a.m., RALPH GANN 11:45 -- 12:15; Greeter - FRED JORDAN; Invocation - VICKI BURCH; Dinner Music -- REX KEPLER; Music - DAVE LUHMAN with HARLEY FREY at the piano; JO WADE and ERNIE POLAND for help at the back table.

COMMITTEES FOR 2003-2004

Click on the above link to see those who work to make our Club great.

PRESIDENT BETTY's WISDOM

Thought for the day from Tom Snyder: Misers are no fun to live with, but they make great ancestors.


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