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    Volume 89, Number 37 - March 9, 2004

    PROGRAM for MARCH 16:

    LES REKER, Executive Director of Art Museum of Greater Lafayette - Talk on the Renaissance of the Art Museum

    MEETING FUNCTIONS:

    Money Collectors:
    JIM HOBBS -11:15 to 11:45 a.m.,
    MIKE PIGGOTT - 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
    Greeter:
    SANDY DANIEL
    Invocation:
    DAVID BOUGH


    MARCH PROGRAMS:DAVE LAHR, Chair

    • March 23 - Vocational Avenue of Service (Scholarships and Service Above Self Award)

    • March 30 - Karen Wolford, CEO, and Kitty Brooks, Director of Development of the Girl Scouts. "Girl Scouts, Beyond the Three C's".


    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 BOB WILKINSON.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS:

    • A BIG thanks to the following people who helped with the Technology Park Job Fair on March 2nd: JANE GRIFFIN KOEHLER, PAUL POST (who worked a double shift!), SUSAN HYCHKA, FRANCIS PRITSCHER, BARB HANSEN

    • Newly elected Board Member WARREN STEVENSON has resigned from the board. The call of Florida is stronger than the tug of Rotary's board. The Board of Directors filled the vacancy left by WARREN with WALLY TYNER.

    • The next Shots Not Spots will be March 23rd at the Tippecanoe County Health Department, 629 North 6th Street (not at the Community Health Clinic as previously printed in error).

    • Anyone interested in attending the Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre production of Godspell playing from March 18 - April 11, please contact ADRIENNE BOUGH.

    • In order to avoid being placed on a committee you feel you have little interest in, please fill out the Committee Selection Sheet and return it to TOM SCHMIDT or to JANE as soon as possible.

    • FRED ANDERSON, co-Chair of the GSE Committee, announced that host families are needed for two team members - one male and one female. Anyone able to help should contact FRED ANDERSON or GORGON COPPOC.

    • President BETTY announced the District Conference to be held in Muncie the weekend of April 16 - 18. You can get more information by clicking on http://rotary6560.org or contacting JANE.

    PROSPECTIVE NEW MEMBER:

    Ann Hunt, Professor Emeritus, School of Nursing, and proposed by Jan Mills was approved by the Board of Directors at their meeting this week. Unless objections are heard, Ann will be introduced in the near future.

    CONGRATULATIONS:

    MARTHA CHISCON received a Salute to Women Award, one of five from thirty finalists. The Woman of Wisdom (an older woman of great accomplishment) was awarded to Gwen Daniel, mother-in-law of ED EILER and SANDY DANIEL.

    BETTY DOVERSBERGER'S Rotary family is wishing her a happy retirement after serving her institution and the community with distinction for many years.

    PROGRAM:

    DAVE LAHR introduced Susan Kisinger, Managing Director of Civic Theatre since 1996, who reminded us that Civic is 75 years old; the third oldest community theater in Indiana; operates in the black; and helped revitalize downtown by restoring the Monon Depot for use as a theater. She talked about Civic Youth Theatre and the classes offered to elementary students (thanking Rotary for scholarships) before introducing Sally Coffman, founder 15 years ago of Civic Theatre Comedy Readers. Sally, with help from Mary Ellen Lovell, Susan Kisinger and Rotarians JIM HANKS and BILL LOVELL, entertained us with humorous stories.
                                       

    STUDENT GUESTS:

    LIZ SOLBERG introduced Patrick Roe and Allison Burns from Central Catholic High School. Each received a certificate and a travel mug with the four- way test to commemorate meeting with us.

    VISDITING ROTARIAN:

    David Walker from East Chester, New York and son of DICK WALKER

    GUESTS:

    Sally Coffman, guest of DAVE LAHR; Ann Hunt, guest of JAN MILLS; Mary Ellen Lovell, wife of BILL LOVELL; Monica Sanchez, sister of ANDRES SANCHEZ.

    THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTION:

    Money Collectors: VICKI BURCH 11:15 to 11:45 a.m., and DAVID BRIDGES 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m,; Greeter: PAUL ZIEMER; Invocation: SUSAN HYCHKA; Dinner Music: RAY PEETERS Music: CORKY MITCHELL with HARLEY FREY at the piano; and JO WADE for help at the back table.

    • Have you sponsored a member in the past couple of years and notice that that person is not joining us for lunch on Tuesdays? How about calling and offering a ride or checking to see if there are circumstances preventing attendance that we should know about.

    • Rotary's Behind the Scenes helpers deserve a BIG THANKS:

      Jo Wade for making the transparencies each week
      Dave Landgrebe for keeping the main database, teaching your technology challenged secretary, acting as a back-up at all times
      Bill Fuller for translating and formatting the Ripples every week
      Jan Griffin Koehler for being our photographer at most meetings
      Bruce Harding for keeping the web site up to date
      Dorothy Light for distributing the Ripples at Westminster Village, therefore saving lots of postage


    COMMITTEES FOR 2003-2004:

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

    PRESIDENT BETTY'S WISDOM:

    Just remember, the sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up.

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