- 4 November -- Special Presentation. The Rotary Foundation of RI. PDG BILL HATFIELD, and JIM TURLEY, Club Committee Co-Chair. We hope to have a special speaker from Rotary International.
- 11 November -- Military Education Programs at Purdue-Tri Service ROTC. LTC (USA) CLIFF WOJTALOWICZ, Captain (USN) WILL JORDAN, and Colonel (USAF) Ronnie Wright.
- 18 November -- Susan Smith TBA
- 25 November -- Thanksgiving meeting. Kiwanas in charge
- Communication Committee will meet on November 4 after the meeting.
- Annual Mid-year Rotary Foundation Board Seminar will be November 15 in Indianapolis. Please contact Jane Turner, Jim Turley, or Betty Suddarth for details.
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Volume 89, Number 17 -- October 21, 2003
NEXT WEEK'S PROGRAM
David Miller, representing Attorney General Steve Carter
MEETING FUNCTIONS:
Money Collectors: VICKI BURCH -- 11:15 to 11:45 a.m., and DAVID BRIDGES -- 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; Greeter: RONDA WALSH SCHWAB; Invocation: LEE ANNE SCOTT
NOVEMBER PROGRAMS
CLUB CONCERNS
PRESIDENT BETTY SUDDARTH, requested members/spouses to keep the following in their thoughts and prayers:; ED PAGE; FAE SPURLOCK; Marjorie spouse of DICK WALKER; JOHN BARRETT, Beverly spouse of OSCAR HOPKINS, and BOB BROCK. The family of BILL BARNES, past District Governor, who passed away this weekend. We are glad to have JOHN MC KEE back with us today.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
PROGRAM:
 | DOUG TAYLOR introduced CALEB LUCIEN, District 7020, from Pignon, Haiti. Doug related first living near Pignon over twenty years ago and then seeing the changes brought about by the efforts of Rotary and the coordination by Caleb Lucien. |
| Caleb Lucien shared his story of growing up in Pignon and then being educated in the United States. In 1989, he returned to Pignon to begin several projects that have had tremendous impact on the community. They have built a community center for the youth to train and play sports. They have built a secondary school for 850 students which includes the first library and computer lab in the area. Rotarians from Brainerd, Minnesota mentored Caleb and the residents of Pignon to extend the airstrip, add fencing to keep animals off the airstrip, and relocate families living on the airstrip. |  |
This year Rotary has funded a grant to add three new surgical units to the hospital. Rotary has already funded the addition of a second floor with 35 beds to the hospital which is still run off of generator power. Rotary has helped create the "Happy Homes" program through which they build a very simple two-room house with a cement floor and tin roof. This house costs $800 to build and vastly improves the living conditions for many families.
Their current project is to bring electricity to the entire community of Pignon. To help with this project they will need help acquiring 281 power poles.
VISITING ROTARIANS
ED ELLIOTT from Naples, Florida and CALEB LUCIEN from Pignon, Haiti.
STUDENT GUESTS:
MARGARET HALL introduced Central Catholic High School students Jennifer Farrell and Zack Featherstone. They received a certificate and a travel mug with the four-way test to commemorate their visit with us.
GUESTS:
Arvid Olson, guest of DICK HOLTZ; Sandy Daniel, guest of JAY WILEY; Bob Goins, guest of BOB MCKEE; Student Ambassador Jae Woong Kim and his wife Eun-Jin Park, guests of AL CHISCON; Buddy Miles, Klein Ileleji, Jephthe Lucien, Richard Sandy Doyle, guests of DOUG TAYLOR; Lori Stein-Sable, guest of ADRIENNE BOUGH; Brian Hughes husband of TRACIE HUGHES.
THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTIONS:
Money Collectors: CHRISTY SMITH -11:15 to 11:45a.m., RONDA WALSH SCHWAB - 11:45 to 12:15; Greeter: WILLIAM PAPE; Invocation: LETA KELLEY; CHRISTA KECK and JO WADE for help at the back table.
COMMITTEES FOR 2003-2004
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