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Volume 89, Number 45 - May 4, 2004
PROGRAM for MAY 11:
Cheryl Ubelor, Director of the Lafayette Crisis Center, "Lending a Hand in Our Community"
MEETING FUNCTIONS:
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| ARVID OLSON - 11:15 to 11:45 a.m., | |
| JEANNE NORBERG - 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. | |
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| GENE HILLS, chair | |
| Invocation: | |
| GORDON KINGMA |
MAY PROGRAMS: LETA and JACK KELLY, co-chair
- 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:
PRESIDENT BETTY SUDDARTH, requests 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:
- Members celebrating birthdays in May will be recognized at Birthday Table next week.
- 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 payable with your reservation tro 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.
| 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 |  |
ROTARIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD - 2004:
President BETTY SUDDARTH presented DALE McHENRY the Rotarian of the Year Award for 2004 with the following comments:
The Rotarian of the Year selection criteria is based on participation in Rotary and on Community service exemplifying Service above Self. Tonight's recipient has clearly done both of these. Our sixth recipient for this award has been active on a number of club committees, serving in various capacities in all avenues of service. He has been an active participant in many of our community projects, such as bell ringing for the Salvation Army, building the Habitat House, Singing for Greater Lafayette, landscaping for the YWCA, Girl Scout Camp, and the Tippecanoe Battleground Memorial, where he went above and beyond the call of duty by trying to clear the ravine.
Now that most of you know who it is, let me tell you a little more about him. He has served on the Board of Directors and is a past president of the club. He was the treasurer of the club for many years and is currently the assistant treasurer for the Foundation. Serving on the Group Study Exchange committee, Dale has driven the inbound team to Evanston to visit RI headquarters for the past two years.
You have seen him often, collecting the money for lunch, selling tickets for events and just generally helping out. He is a golden service plus contributor to the local foundation and just recently received his second Paul Harris award. Dale's community and professional activities include board membership and former president of the Greater Lafayette Convention and Visitors Center, as well as, former board member and president of the National Association of College Unions. Dale and Judy have been active in the Lafayette Jefferson High School Band Boosters. Dale is an active participant in the Purdue Retirees Association, has served as chair of the benefits committee and is currently the retiree representative to the University-wide benefits committee.
| Before retirement, Dale was the Director of the Purdue Memorial Union, which at that time included overseeing the Black Cultural Center and the Elliott Hall of Music. The Lafayette Rotary Club is indeed fortunate to have such an active and involved member and I am very pleased to present Dale McHenry as the 2004 Rotarian of the Year. |
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PROGRAM:
At this evening's Annual Dinner, we celebrated Rotary and this year's theme, Lend a Hand. Following dinner Paul Harris was summoned from heaven to give us some of his thoughts about the organization he created that cold February day in 1905. He's been watching the growth worldwide and is even aware of activities in our club over the years. JIM HANKS. playing PAUL HARRIS, was interviewed by SUSAN HYCHKA, providing a very special Rotary moment.
Dinner music was provided by the Lafayette Area String Quartet. The evening ended with Alison Camillo, Chris Clarke, Jo Gelfand, Craig LaFuse, Kathy Lind, Julie Ricciardi, Reid Ricciardi, Cathy Russell, Alice Schwind and Jon Ranard presenting "Opera in a Briefcase". It was opera as you've never heard it before. Fun!
Thanks to the Annual Dinner committee who made this evening a success: LEONA COHEN, JIM HANKS, TRACIE HUGHES, DALEL MCHENRY, JAN GRIFFIN KOEHLER, KATHY MEEKS, THOMAS MORAN, ERIC MURTHY, NELSON PARTHURST, STEVEN STUCKY, PAUL ZIEMER, AND COMMITTEE CHAIR SUSAN HYCHKA.
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CONGRATULATIONS to JOHN TROTT who had 2 years, to BILL FULLER who had 20 years, and to BOB VERPLANK who had 39 years of 100% attendance as of the end of April, 2004.
COMMITTEES FOR 2003-2004:
Click on the above link to see those who work to make our Club great.
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SCENES FROM THE DINNER: With thanks to Steve Hychka
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| String Quartet | Jim & Bess Hanks with wives of former Rotarians | The elegant table |