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Volume 89, Number 18 -- October 28, 2003

NEXT WEEK'S PROGRAM

Ambassadorial Scholar Jaewoong Kim will talk about the culture of Korea as compared to that in the U.S.

MEETING FUNCTIONS:

Money Collectors:-- DALE MCHENRY -11:15 to 11:45 a.m., and TED WOLFE - 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; Greeter: PAUL POST, chair; Invocation: JAN GRIFFIN KOEHLER, chair.

NOVEMBER PROGRAMS:


• 11 November: Veteran's Day, featuring Military Education Programs at Purdue -Tri Service ROTC by LTC (USA) Cliff Wojtalowicz, Captain (USN) Will Jordan, and Colonel (USAF) Ronnie Wright.


• 18 November: Community supports for Older Adults. Linda Poland (wife of Rotarian Ernie), Homecare Coordinator at Family Services, Inc. and Milissa Lake-Spencer, Longterm Care Ombudsman at Family Services, Inc.


• 25 November: Joint meeting with Kiwanis, who are in charge of program. They have arranged for Rev. Joe Wick, retired pastor of First Christian Church in Lafayette and noted humorist, to speak.

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; JOHN BARRETT, BOB BROCK, Beverly spouse of OSCAR HOPKINS and BUD BAUGH. It was wonderful to have RALPH MORRIS back with us today.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:


• Daybreak Rotary Club's auction is this Saturday, November 1st from 9:30 -- 12:30 at the Fairgrounds. The proceeds will be divided between the Senior Center, the YWCA's Women's Shelter and Lafayette Resource Academy. They would appreciate our support of this activity.


• District 6560 and 6580's Annual Mid-Year Rotary Foundation Seminar will be Saturday, November 15 at the Country Club of Indianapolis from 8:00 3:15. If you would like to join the group that is going, please contact BETTY SUDDARTH or JANE. These meetings are a great way to meet other Rotarians, learn more about what other clubs are doing and get a picture of the larger mission of Rotary.


• WARREN STEVENSON has called a meeting of the Community Service Committee at 11:30 in the Tailgate Lounge before next week's regular meeting.


• JIM BODENBILLER has called a meeting of the Communication Committee after the regular meeting on November 4th. If you are on this committee, plan to be there.


• It is time to select your time slot and place to ring the Salvation Army Bell on Saturday, December 6th. The sign up sheet is at the back of the room.

NEW MEMBERS:



JAY WILEY introduced Sandy Daniel, Director of Marketing and Public Relations, Westminster Village. She lives with her husband Donald at 4700 North 140 West, West Lafayette, IN 47906. Phone: 497-4874 Work address: 2741 North Salisbury, West Lafayette, IN 47901 Phone: 463-7546 FAX: 463-6846 E-mail: twomeadowwoods@yahoo.com

BOB VERPLANK introduced Chuck D. Grant, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church. He lives with his wife Janis at 2160 North River Road, West Lafayette, IN 47906 Phone: 497-4006. Work address: 310 Kalberer Road, West Lafayette, IN 47906 Phone: 463-2622 FAX: 463-9348 E-mail: cgrant@calvarybc.net

JON HUSTON introduced Donna Meloy, Senior Learning for Life Executive, Learning for Life - Sagamore Council, Boy Scouts of America. She lives and works at 813 Lazy Lane, Lafayette, IN 47904 Phone: 447-0272 FAX: 800-494-5625 E-mail: djeanm@gte.net

Dues will be considered delinquent (and therefore your membership in jeopardy) after November 1, 2003. If you have not done so, please mail your check in the envelope provided with the dues statement, or get your payment to JOHN TROTT before this Saturday.

• BILL FULLER has received several "bounce backs" when he e-mails notification of Ripples postings on the web site. We suspect this is due to spam filters working overtime. If you are not receiving the reminder, please check into it or contact JANE with a correct e-mail address.

PROGRAM:



TOM FREY introduced David Miller, Senior Law Advisor in the Indiana Attorney General's office. He gave an interesting presentation on the Indiana No Call List. The program has 60% of the telephones in Indiana registered and has paid for itself through the sale of the list to telemarketers and through fines to violators of the law. Charitable organizations are exempt from the law, but he advised us to be careful of professional fund-raisers.


GUESTS:

Arvid Olson, guest of JANE TURNER; Mara Casavona and Varinia Barreto, guests of ANDRES SANCHEZ; Rich Groeber, guest of JERRY COLE; Bryan Hughes, Jonathon Swoboda and Julie Ricciardi, guests of TRACIE HUGHES; and Takashi Higuchi, Ambassadorial Scholar and guest of KIRK CLARK.

STUDENT GUESTS:

GREG REGER introduced Melissa Mendiola from Indiana Business College. She received a certificate and a travel mug with the four-way test to commemorate her visit with us.

MAKE-UPS:

DON GENTRY on 10/14 in Indianapolis, BRUCE HARDING on 10/21 Sydney, Australia at the Menzies Hotel and 10/22 at Sydney Darling Harbor; JACK KELLEY on 10/21 at Rotary One, Chicago.

THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTIONS:

Money Collectors: VICKI BURCH -11:15 to 11:45a.m., DAVID BRIDGES - 11:45 to 12:15; Greeter: RONDA WALSH SCHWAB; Invocation: LEE ANNE SCOTT; Music: TRACIE HUGHES and friends; and JO WADE for help at the back table. Thanks also to LEE ANN SCOTT for big help writing the RIPPLES last week.

COMMITTEES FOR 2003-2004

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

NOVEMBER BIRTHDAY TABLE:


ABBERT, MARTIN F.	11/6	COPPOC, GORDON L.	11/11
HANNA, ROBERT L.	11/28	HEMAN, DANIEL L.	11/25
HUGGINS, LARRY F.	11/30	IRVINE, J. CRAIG	11/28
KINGMA, GORDON J.	11/3	KLEMME, LEO F.	11/26
KUIPERS, Fred	11/16	LAHR, DAVID	11/21
LANE, LAWRENCE C.	11/6	LOVELL, C. WILLIAM.	11/16
LUZADER, TIMOTHY	11/9	MANNERING, FRED.	11/3
MAYES, VICKI	11/24	MEEKS, KATHERINE L..	11/11
NEUDECK, MARIELLEN	11/25	PIGGOTT, J. MICHAEL	11/8
STEVENSON, WARREN H.	11/18	TEDER, LAWRENCE F.	11/9
TURLEY, JAMES M.	11/2


President BETTY'S WISDOM   

If you think nobody cares, try missing a couple of payments.

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