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    Volume 89, Number 39 - March 23, 2004

    PROGRAM for MARCH 30:

    Karen Wolford, CEO, and Kitty Brooks, Director of Development of the Girl Scouts.

    "Girl Scouts, Beyond theThree C's."

    MEETING FUNCTIONS:

    Money Collectors:
    VICKI BURCH -11:15 to 11:45 a.m.,
    DAVID BRIDGES - 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
    Greeter:
    FAYE COLE
    Invocation:
    BOB GRIFFITHS

    APRIL PROGRAMS: KEN EWING, Chair

    • April 6 - Group Study Exchange Team from Jordan
      Introductions by GORDON COPPOC and FRED ANDERSON

    • April 13 - Ambassadorial Scholar - Takashi Higushi, Japan
      Introduction by TERRY WEST

    • April 20 - Scholarship/Citizenship Awards Day
      Introductions by BOB HANNEMANN

    • April 27 - Jeffrey Layton from Transitional Housing
      Introduction by STELLA BATAGIANNIS

    CLUB CONCERNS:

    PRESIDENT BETTY SUDDARTH, requested members/spouses to keep the following in their thoughts and prayers: JOHN and EUDORA MC KEE; FAE SPURLOCK; Marjorie spouse of DICK WALKER and BOB WILKINSON.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS:

    • SUSAN HYCHKA announces that our Annual Dinner will be held on Tuesday, May 4, at 6:00 p.m., University Inn Ball Room. Please save the date and invite your spouse or significant other. More information about the evening's events soon...stay tuned.

    • Four tickets are available for the Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre production of Godspell on April 3rd. Cost is $48.50. Please contact ADRIENNE BOUGH.

    • GORDON COPPOC, Co-Chair of the GSE Committee, announced that a host family is needed for a male from Lebanon. Anyone able to help should contact FRED ANDERSON or GORGON COPPOC.

    • Nominations for Rotarian of the Year are being accepted. Forms for this award, which is presented at the Annual Dinner, are available from JANE.

    • A Paul Harris Luncheon will be held at the Holiday Inn North on May 6th. All Paul Harris Fellows are welcome to attend.

    • 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.

    • Rotary License plates are still available. Of the $25.00 extra you will pay to have this special identification, $15.00 returns to our club. This is a fairly painless way to support Rotary and to demonstrate your pride in belonging to one of the world's finest organizations.

    • A continuous reading of Miguel de Cervantes' novel Don Quixote will take place in the Purdue Memorial Union on April 22, 23 and 24. In addition to the novel being read in both Spanish and English, there will be a lecture on April 21st by Diana de Arman Wilson, one of the world's foremost authorities on Cervantes and his work.

    • Applications for the 2004 Fall Evening Leadership Lafayette class will be accepted through June 4, 2004 and are available online at www.wcic.org/LeadershipLafayette/

    PROGRAM:

    ELSA JANLE, Senior Director in the Vocational Avenue of Service, explained that Guidelines for High Ethical Standards were adopted by Rotary International in 1989. Our Club annually awards a Service Above Self Award to individuals who have met these standards in the course of their career and four $600 scholarships to deserving technical college students. This year's recipients of the Service Above Self Award were BOB BROCK and Sonya Margerum.
    JIM HANKS reminded us of BOB'S many contributions to our community, including his work with youth, the Long Center for the Performing Arts, Lafayette Symphony Foundation, July Fourth Stars and Stripes Concert, Rotary's membership committee and the Federated Church. JIM described BOB as the "consummate community volunteer."
    JAN MILLS and BETTY NELSON shared some of Sonya Margerum's many accomplishments in her service to the community. Curbside recycling, an upgraded sanitation system, Morton Community Center, Wabash Landing, the Celery Bog and miles of trails, cooperation with Purdue and Purdue Research Park, major roles in state and national organizations exist with thanks to her vision as a public servant. On the private side she served as president of the League of Women Voters and aided the consolidation of the two cities' leagues into one organization; taught Sunday School for first graders of years; was a Red Devil Mother and actively supported baseball, basketball, and football events; and served two terms (six years) on the Board of Regents for St. Olaf College.
    Scholarship Recipients are: Elaine Blankman and Jamie Lattimore from Indiana Business College; Trudy Garrison and Toni Kinslow from Ivy Tech State College. Each of these women has a compelling story of courage and determination. They will represent Rotary well with their use of the scholarship to make a difference in their lives (and the lives of their families).

    GUESTS:

    John Laws and Joyce Kinslow, guests of BETTY DOVERSBERGER; Valerie Brock, guest of JIM HANKS; Maricula Alvarado, guest of MIKE PIGGOTT; Paul Carter and Gilbert Rochon, guests of CHRIS JOHANNSEN; Gerry Neudeck, husband of MARIELLEN NEUDECK; Kathy Kroll, guest of Adrienne Bough; Jay Smith, son of JIM SMITH; Dale Margerum, guest of JAN MILLS.

    THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTION:

    Money Collectors: LETA KELLEY 11:15 to 11:45 a.m., and JACK KELLEY 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m,; Greeter: KEN THOMPSON; Invocation: RAY PEETERS; Music: MAURI WILLIAMSON with HARLEY FREY at the piano; and JO WADE for help at the back table.



    • Board of Director's News

        • 1. Vice President Elect SUSAN HYCHKA presented a plan for the Centennial Project (a project requested of every club to be completed by early 2005 to show Rotary at work in the community) that involves an overlook of the Wabash River on the West Lafayette side at the old Brown Street Bridge site. She believes $37,500 in cash, in-kind services and materials and labor will allow Rotary to have its name at the site.

        2. STELLA BATAGAINNIS, co-chair of the Community Service Project committee, presented a plan for service projects that will be helpful to local agencies helping the homeless. There will be a wide array of opportunities to serve.

        3. The Planning Committee, represented by JIM KLUSMAN and BETTY NELSON, presented facts and questions for the board to discuss concerning Membership and Attendance Policies. The discussion centered on procedures and not on policy, but the planning committee offered to present a draft based on thoughts that evolved.

    • The Lafayette Rotary Foundation Board approved a $25,000 level of recognition called Platinum

    • FOUNDATION FACTOID:

        • The Lafayette Rotary Foundation is capable of accepting and would gladly welcome non-cash contributions of stocks and certain other assets.

    COMMITTEES FOR 2003-2004:

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

    PRESIDENT BETTY'S WISDOM:

    Motivation is when your dreams put on work clothes.


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