Lafayette Rotary Club Ripples

Ripples

NEXT WEEK'S PROGRAM:

LTC CLIFF WOJTALEWICZ, U.S. Army;

Captain WILL JORDAN, U.S. Navy; and

Colonel Ronnie Wright, U.S. Air Force.

MEETING FUNCTIONS:

NOVEMBER PROGRAMS:

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:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

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.
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.
The nominating committee has a slate for next year. If you wish to nominate a candidate, nominations will be accepted from the membership, but must be in the hands of the Nominating Committee chair (OSCAR HOPKINS) at least ten days before the first regular Club meeting in December. Each nomination must have the written support of two additional members and the written consent of the nominee.
The Zionsville Rotary Club will have an Art Auction on November 8th at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church. If you can go, see BETTY for details.
LES REKER, chair of the Culture Committee prepared the following announcement for activities in Novmeber:

PURDUE CONVOCATIONS
- NEIL SIMON'S PLAY "RUMORS", PERFORMED BY THE SYCAMORE PLAYERS, 11/14-15, DUNCAN HALL
- BROADWAY DANCING, 11/8, LONG CENTER
- LOVANO NONET: MILES DAVIS BIRTH OF THE COOL SUITE, 11/13, LOEB PLAYHOUSE
- KRONOS QUARTET PERFORMS SUN RINGS, 11/20, LOEB PLAYHOUSE
- CHRLOTTES WEB, 11/23 ,LOEB PLAYHOUSE
LAFAYETTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA "THE PIED PIPER RETURNS"
WITH CHRISTOPHER LAYER, 11/22, LONG CENTER
CIVIC THEATER, "THE QUILTERS", 11/7-11/23, CIVIC MAIN STAGE
ART MUSEUM OF GREATER LAFAYETTE
The Italian Landscapes of Al Pounders AND Al Pounders: A Retrospective.
Beginning November 14, 2003
Al POWNDERS is a professor emeritus of Purdue University who shares over 50 years of work in these two exhibitions.
BACH CHORALE, 11/9, 4:00 P.M., FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, WL

WALLY TYNER has returned from an academic year sabbatical leave in France. He presented our club with a banner from the club he attended regularly. He described the interesting differences and similarities, noting that the gathering usually began with wine, and the food, though expensive, was worth it!

BIRTHDAY TABLE:

CONGRATULATIONS:

PROGRAM:

AL CHISCON introduced Jaewong Kim, an Ambassadorial Scholar from South Korea. Jaewong's interesting presentation included a history lesson followed by some current cultural and political thinking. He noted that the people of North and South Korea would very much like a unified country.

STUDENT GUESTS:

MAKE-UPS:

THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTIONS:

As of today, 41 members have not paid dues. Please use the envelope included with your dues statement and send in your dues so that we don't have to send you a second bill.

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COMMITTEES FOR 2003-2004

President BETTY'S WISDOM

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