Ripples


    Volume 89, Number 44 - April 27, 2004

    PROGRAM for MAY 4:

    THERE IS NO MEETING AT NOON. SEE YOU AT 6:00 FOR THE ANNUAL DINNER!

    MAY PROGRAMS: LETA and JACK KELLY, co-chair

    • May 11 - Cheryl Ubelor, Director of the Lafayette Crisis Center,
      "Lending a Hand in Our Community"
    • May 18 - Susan Snyder DDS, Sue Green DDS, and Ray Dubea,
      "Putting Teeth into Lending a Hand to Haiti"
    • May 25 - Judge Loretta Rush,"
      Obstacles to Lending a Hand to Children"

    CLUB CONCERNS:

    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:

    • Don't forget to get your tickets for Our Annual Dinner next Tuesday evening. Camaraderie (with a cash bar) begins at 6:00p.m. and dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. Opera de Lafayette's "Opera in a Briefcase." is providing entertainment. Tickets are $25/person and will be available until Friday April 30th. Please come and bring your spouse and/or special guests.
      • For tickets contact SUSAN HYCHKA.

    • The Red Cross is conducting a fund drive through the sale of First Aid kits. The kits cost $25 which is totally tax deductible. For more information or to order a kit contact JERRY COLE.

    • Dues are due by May 1st. Please respond NOW so that your name won't be mentioned at the Board Meeting.

    • Leadership Lafayette is hosting a luncheon on Thursday, May 6th at the YWCA focusing on Business Ethics. Frank Walker is the featured speaker. Cost: $15.00 per person. Reservations due by Thursday, April 29th. Contact CHRISTIE SMITH for more details.

    • The next Family of Rotary social event will be at The Museum at Prophetstown Farmhouse Suppers. This will be held on Sunday, May 23rd at 5:00 p.m. and will include the meal in the farmhouse and horse-drawn ride. The minimum number of reservations is 8 and the cost is $35/person. Make your reservation with ADRIENNE BOUGH by May 11th.

    • 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.

    • BRUCE has put up some photos from the recent GSE team's visit. On the Rotary Home Page (the one you get from the weekly Ripples Announcement) click on Committees, then on Group Study Exchange.


    THANK YOU:

    Dear Rotarians:

    Thank you very much for awarding me with the Rotary Scholarship and Citizenship Award. I truly admire your organization.

    Sincerely,
    Nicholas Rudder

    WELCOME NEW MEMBER:

    WELCOME NEW MEMBER: Rotarian DON FRANKLIN, CEO of the Lafayette Family YMCA, transferred his membership to our club today. Don's wife, Mary, and two children are still in Wisconsin Rapids, WI, but he may be contacted at the YMCA, 1950 South 18th Street, Lafayette, IN 47905, Phone 474-3448. E-mail: don@lafayettefamilyymca.org

    PROGRAM:

    STELLA BATAGIANNIS, co-chair of the Community Service Committee, introduced and thanked the committee members and others who have helped to develop a plan for service projects that are both short term and long term in nature. She explained the concept of Reaching Out to Our Neighbors and helping the various agencies who serve the homeless with providing basic needs efficiently.
    STELLA then introduced Jennifer Layton, director of the Transitional Housing Center. Jennifer, speaking for all the agencies that work with the homeless, described some of the programs and the challenges of providing help. Substance abuse and mental health issues are the major cause of homelessness, but the working poor are also clients.

    STUDENT GUESTS:

    JOHN SANDERSON introduced Diane Webb from Ivy Tech State College. She received a certificate and a travel mug with the four- way test to commemorate meeting with us.

    GUESTS:

    Kathy Kroll, guest of ADRIENNE BOUGH; Judy Stevenson, wife of WARREN STEVENSON.

    THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTION:

    THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTIONS: Money Collectors: BOB GRIFFITHS 11:15 to 11:45 a.m., and JIM HOBBS 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m,; Greeter: GENE COURTANEY and JERRY COLE; Invocation: ED HEMMER; Music: REX KEPLER and BOB VERPLANK; and DAVE LAHR for help at the back table.



    • Foundation Factoid:
      Did you know that The Lafayette Rotary Foundation has committed to providing $25,000 of support to the Prophetstown project? ($10,000 has already been paid).

    • Dates to remember:

      October 12th - GSE Team from Australia
      October 28-31 - District Conference in French Lick
      November 13 - Foundation Meeting in Indianapolis
            (Foundation Chair and World Community Service Chair should plan to attend.
            All others welcome)
      June 18-22, 2005 - International Convention, Chicago (Let's ALL go!)

    • BIRTHDAY TABLE WILL BE CELEBRATED AT THE REGULAR MEETING ON MAY 11


    MAY BIRTHDAY TABLE:


    COLE, FAYE 5/9 GUSTAFSON, DONALD P. 5/21
    HEATH, WILLIAM W. 5/20 ISMAIL, MARGERY J. 5/20
    MCCARTHY GERALD D. 5/9 5/9 MILLS, JAN 5/17
    OLSON, ARVID 5/24 POST, PAUL 5/13
    SANCHEZ, ANDRES 5/15 VERPLANK, ROBERT E. 5/26
    WATLINGTON, SARAH J. 5/6 WOJTALEWICZ, CLIFFORD 5/27

    COMMITTEES FOR 2003-2004:

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

    PRESIDENT BETTY'S WISDOM:

    From Reminisce magazine:

    Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson...you find the present tense and the past perfect.


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