Ripples

    Volume 90, Number 11 - September 14, 2004

    PROGRAM for SEPTEMBER 21:

    Terry Wilson,
    President and CEO, Greater Lafayette Health Services, Inc and Western Indiana Region of Sisters of St. Francis Health Services,
    "The State of Home/St. E Hospitals"

    MEETING FUNCTIONS:

    Money Collectors:
    VICKI BURCH - 11:15 to 11:45 a.m.,
    JIM FOSTER - 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

    Greeter:
    BILL LOVELL, chair Invocation: STEVE THOMPSON

    Invocation:
    STEVE THOMPSON

    SEPTEMBER PROGRAMS:

    • September 28 - Dr. Michael Skehan,
      President and CEO, Arnett Clinic,
      "The State of Arnett Clinic"


    CLUB CONCERNS:

    PRESIDENT TOM SCHMIDT requested members/spouses to keep the following in their thoughts and prayers: JOHN MC KEE who is hospitalized; FAE SPURLOCK; BOB WILKINSON; HANLY HAMMEL; and the family and friends of DICK HOLTZ who passed away last Wednesday.

    ARVID OLSON and SUSAN SMITH delivered beautiful eulogies in memory of DICK HOLTZ.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS:

    • New Directories are available. Please pick up yours at the next meeting.

    • SUSAN HYCHKA announced that so far $26,865 has been raised for the Centennial Project. Construction has begun. Many thanks to the 65 members who have contributed or made a pledge. It's not too late for the rest to help with this project.
      Work in Progress at Overlook Site

    • Ben Birtles, an exchange student to Russia and recently back from Iraq with the 209th Quartermaster Company is a student at Purdue and involved with us in forming a Rotaract Club on campus. He invited us to a forum from 6 - 8 p.m. on Friday evening concerning journalism and the media. Anyone wishing to attend should contact him.



    CONGRATULATIONS:

    ZBIG GRABOWSKI became a Paul Harris Fellow today. JIM TURLEY made the presentation, noting that money given to the Rotary Foundation improved lives of people around the world who we have no way of knowing.

    FAMILY NEWS:

    Alma College Graduate. Charlotte Hanna, Hillsdale, Michigan received a Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude with departmental honors in International Business Administration. She was also named to the Dean's list for the 2004 winter term.

    Hanna is the daughter of Robert and Lesley Hanna, Hillsdale, Michigan and the Granddaughter of Robert and Mary Hanna.

    CULTURE COMMITTEE:

    LES REKER, chair of the Culture Committee, reminded us of upcoming events:

    • September 10 - 26 weekends Crimes of the Heart Civic Theater
    • September 18 - Lafayette Symphony Orchestra with guest violinist Jonathos Carney
    • September 18 - November 11 - Paintings by Indiana Artists exhibited at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair - Art Museum
    • September 18 - George Carlin - Elliott Hall of Music
    • September 26 - Ravi Shankir - Loeb Playhouse
    • October 2 & 3 - Feast of the Hunter's Moon - Fort Ouiatenon

    ROTARY FACT:
    Two years ago, Rotarian Anne Cleveland, whose club classification is "channel swimming," and secretary of the Rotary Club of La Jolla Sunrise, California, stood on the cliffs overlooking the English Channel and thought to herself that making it to the other side wouldn't be all that difficult. In the August Rotarian the story about her desire to make the double crossin g of the English Channel was reported with a desire to raise $100,000 for the UCSD Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego. On August 4, Anne Cleveland successfully crossed the English Channel, twice, with a total time of 28 hours, 6 minutes, at age 48 becoming the oldest woman and the 17th person in the world to complete the 44-mile swim.

    PROGRAM:
    LAWRENCE TEDER introduced Elizabeth Taparowsky, a research scientist in the Department of Biological Sciences at Purdue University. She has been involved with the study of cancer for twenty years. She said that cancer is the second leading cause of death by disease and that the incidences of cancer increase with age. The overall death rate hasnot improved dramatically in the past thirty years, but success has been shown with childhood cancers. She described how two types of genes work that effect the nature of diseases. And she reminded us that Purdue's Cancer Center has seventy-five staff members from several departments working to understand the nature of cancer for the betterment of all of us.

    VISITING ROTARIANS:
    ED ELLIOTT, Naples FL.

    STUDENT GUESTS:

    MARGARET HALL introduced Elizabeth Day and Shea Kock from Harrison High School. Each received a certificate and a travel mug with the four- way test to commemorate meeting with us.

    GUESTS:

    Michelle Gaines, guest of LETA KELLEY; Ben Birtles, guest of TOM SCHMIDT

    THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTION:

    Money Collectors: VICKI BURCH 11:15 to 11:45 a.m., and JACK KELLEY 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m,; Greeters: BILL LOVELL; Invocation: JOHN SANDERSON; Music: BOB VERPLANK with HARLEY FREY at the piano for singing and BOB GRIFFITHS for dinner music; JO WADE for help at the back table; JAN GRIFFIN KOEHLER for photographs; BILL FULLER for help with Ripples.

    COMMITTEES FOR 2004-2005:

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

    PRESIDENT TOM'S WISDOM:

    Someone has recorded this brief history of medicine: A Brief History Of Medicine

    "I have an earache".

    2000 B.C. - Here, eat this root.
    1000 A.D. - That root is heathen, say this prayer.
    1850 A.D. - That prayer is superstition, drink this potion.
    1940 A.D. - That potion is snake oil, swallow this pill.
    1985 A.D. - That pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic.
    2003 A.D. - That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root.





    • The Mission of Lafayette Rotary Club reads: "The Lafayette Rotary Club is a fellowship of men and women dedicated to high ethical standards, serving others, and advancing community and international goodwill." The foundation of this mission is four fold: fellowship, high ethical standards, serving and goodwill. In an attempt to fulfill this mission, the Board of Directors recently reviewed and clarified the previous policy on attendance that calls for a 25% meeting requirement for every member. Except for extenuating circumstances that require an exception to the 25% attendance policy, every Lafayette Noon Club Rotarian is expected to fulfill the meeting requirement. This is accomplished through attending our club noon meetings, providing make-ups from other Rotary Club's, by attending committee meetings or involved in other Rotary sponsored events, activities or programs.


    POLICY

    Because an important aspect of membership in Rotary International is club fellowship, members will be encouraged to attend regular meetings of this club.

    Accordingly,

    1. Active members of the Lafayette Rotary Club are encouraged to attend an average of one regular meeting of this club each month.
      1. Makeup attendance at meetings as outlined in the club constitution (other Rotary Club meetings, Lafayette Rotary Club committee meetings, etc.) will be permitted for up to three of the required six meetings each half-year. Make-ups must occur in the same six-month period as the missed meeting(s).
      2. Members who are absent for good and sufficient reasons may apply in writing to the President to request board action for an exception to this policy.
      3. Makeup meetings accumulated by active members prior to December 31, 2004. may be "banked" for future use.
      4. d. A member shall be counted as attending a meeting if the member is present for at least 60 percent of the meeting.
      5. Active members whose combined age and years of Rotary membership equal 85 years or more are excused from the attendance requirements of this policy.
      6. Honorary members are excused from the attendance requirements of this policy.


    2. The following procedures shall be followed in the case of members who fail to meet the above attendance requirements:
      1. The club secretary shall provide names of delinquent members to the chair of the membership committee semiannually.
      2. The membership committee shall notify the member that he or she is being considered for termination for non-attendance and invite the member to respond.
      3. If a response is received, the membership committee shall evaluate the response and submit it, with a recommendation for action, to the board.
      4. If no response is received within one month of initial notification, the chair of the membership committee shall submit the name of the member to the board for appropriate action.

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