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    Volume 90, Number 13 - September 28, 2004

    PROGRAM for OCTOBER 5:

    District Governor DON PHELAN



    MEETING FUNCTIONS:

    Money Collectors:
    JIM HOBBS - 11:15 to 11:45 a.m.,
    PAUL POST - 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

    Greeter:
    JOHN COREY

    Invocation:
    PHIL KLINGER

    OCTOBER PROGRAMS:
    • October 12 TBA
    		 Thursday, October 21 Service Club Luncheon

    with Coaches Keady and Curry

    Kiwanis to chair the event.
    • October 26 TBA

    CLUB CONCERNS:

    PRESIDENT SUSAN HYCHKA requested members/spouses to keep the following in their thoughts and prayers: JOHN MC KEE; FAE SPURLOCK; BOB WILKINSON; and HANLY HAMMEL.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS:
    • Don't forget to bring non-perishable food items next week.
      The collection will go to LUM
    .
    • Board of Directors should plan to meet with District Governor DON PHELAN in the Purdue Room at 10:15 a.m. next Tuesday.

    PROGRAM:
    MIKE PIGGOTT introduced Dr. Michael Skehan, CEO of Arnett Clinic. He gave a brief history of one of the country's largest clinics with 140 physicians. The Clinic supported the hospital mergers in 1997, but has since been disappointed with the progress of clinical programs that were planned. After listing several failures on the part of GLHS, including the lack of a shared vision of the future of health care, he presented Arnett Health Systems' dream, noting better use of technology to share patient information and collaboration with the tremendous local resource of Purdue's Pharmacy, Nursing and Engineering schools.
    Several good questions were presented by the group with the general agreement that the Clinic's message had been poorly presented by it's public relations department. Dr. Skehan reassured the club that Arnett Clinic physicians are in the community to stay and that patient care would always be available.

    VISITING ROTARIANS:

    VISITING ROTARIAN: BOB BOOK, Carmel, IN; LARRY VANDERWIELEN, Lafayette Daybreak; STEVE YOUNG, Fishers, IN.

    GUESTS:

    Lowell Hardin, guest of JOHN OSMUN; Rebecca Carl, guest of MIKE PIGGOTT; Pauline Shen, guest of MARTHA CHISCON; Marsha King, guest of DICK GRIPE; Jayne McCliment, guest of JEANNE NORBERG; George Ramsey, guest of JACK KELLEY; Bonnie Andrews, wife of BILL ANDREWS; Jim Bien, guest of BOB HANNEMANN; Marian Miller, guest of BILL MILLER; Sheila Klinker, guest of ANN HUNT; Tom Werner, guest of DAN HEMAN; Phyllis Hemmer, wife of ED HEMMER; Caroline Hass, sister of MARGARET HALL.

    STUDENT GUESTS:

    GREG REGER introduced Garianne Terrill from Indiana Business College. She received a certificate and a travel mug with the four- way test to commemorate meeting with us.

    THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTION:

    Money Collectors: VICKI BURCH 11:15 to 11:45 a.m., and JIM FOSTER 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m,; Greeters: BILL LOVELL; Invocation: FRED KUIPERS; Music: BOB VERPLANK with HARLEY FREY at the piano for singing, REX KEPLER for dinner music; JO WADE for help at the back table; JAN GRIFFIN KOEHLER for photographs; BILL FULLER for help with Ripples. END BLOCK

    COMMITTEES FOR 2004-2005:

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

    OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS:

    ANDREWS, LINDA 10/25 BLIGNAUT, CECIL 10/17
    BOUGH, DAVID M. 10/20 COLE, JERRY V., II 10/16
    DOVERSBERGER, ELIZABETH J. 10/1 FEATHERS, JAYNE 10/28
    FOSTER, JAMES R. 10/7 FULLER, WILLIAM R. 10/27
    GRIPE, RICHARD P. 10/24 MILLER, WILLIAM J. 10/21
    MORAN, THOMAS F. 10/14 NOVAK, JULIE C. 10/2
    RISK, JAMES K., III 10/4 RUTLEDGE, CHARLES O. 10/1
    SMITH, JAMES F. 10/11 SUISMAN, GARY M. 10/2
    THOMAS, GUY 10/22 WEIDENAAR, DENNIS J. 10/4

    PRESIDENT ELECT SUSAN'S WISDOM:

    An elderly husband and wife noticed that they were beginning to forget little things around the house. They were afraid this could be dangerous, as one of them could accidentally forget to turn off the stove and thus cause a fire. So, they decided to go see their doctor to get some help.

    Their doctor told them that many people their age find it useful to write themselves little notes as reminders. The elderly couple liked the suggestion and left the doctor's office very pleased with the advice.

    When they got home, the wife said, "Honey, will you please go the kitchen and get me a dish of ice cream? And why don't you write that down so you won't forget?"

    "Nonsense," said the husband. "I can remember a dish of ice cream!"

    "Well," said the wife, "I'd also like some strawberries on it. You better write that down, because I know you'll forget."

    "Don't be silly," replied the husband. "A dish of ice cream and some strawberries. I can remember that!"

    "OK, dear, but I'd like you to put some whipped cream on top. Now you'd really better write it down now. You'll forget," said the wife.

    "Come now, my memory's not all that bad," said the husband. "No problem, a dish of ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream."

    With that, the husband shut the kitchen door behind him. The wife could hear him getting out pots and pans and making lots of noise. He emerged from the kitchen about 15 minutes later.

    Walking over to his wife, he presented her with a plate of bacon and eggs. The wife took one look at the plate, glanced up at her husband and said, "Where's the toast?"

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