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Volume 90, Number 20 - November 16, 2004

PROGRAM for NOVEMBER 23:


Nov. 23 - Thanksgiving Meditation, "A Humble Thanksgiving", Rev. JACOB WILLIAMS


MEETING FUNCTIONS:



Money Collectors:
	JIM SMITH - 11:15 to 11:45 a.m.,
	JAN GRIFFIN KOEHLER - 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Greeter:
	FRANCIS PRITSCHER, Chair
Invocation:
	VICKI BURCH



NOVEMBER PROGRAMS:


November 30 - Saving Taxes through Charitable Giving, DICK BARTHOLOMEW and DAVE LUHMAN

CLUB CONCERNS:

PRESIDENT TOM SCHMIDT requested members/spouses to keep the following in their thoughts and prayers: JOHN MC KEE; FAE SPURLOCK; HANLY HAMMEL and Gerry, husband of MARIELLEN NEUDECK.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Gerry Neudeck is recovering nicely from 12 hours of surgery. The address for cards is: Mariellen and Gerry Neudeck, 2 East Patient Mail, National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Building 10, 10 Center Drive, MSC 1522 Bethesda, MD 20892-1522


• JACK KELLEY announced that there will be a meeting of the World Community Service Committee next Tuesday at 11:30 in the room where we eat lunch.


• JOE BOORMAN asked us to indicate our interest in touring the business of a member or in hosting such a tour.


• BOB MEYER reminded us to sign up for your time and place to ring the bell for Salvation Army on December 11th.


• DAVID BOUGH, Nominating Committee Chair, announces that election of Directors and Officers will held Tuesday December 7, 2004. Nominations will be accepted from the membership, but must be in the hands of the Nominations Committee by Friday November 26, 2004. Each nomination must have written support of two (2) additional members and the written consent of the nominee.


• PRESIDENT TOM reminded us that Polio Eradication pledges are due.


• If you would be interested in going to Chicago on the Saturday preceding the start of the Rotary International Convention to rub elbows with Rotarians from all over the world and to see a big parade through the heart of the city, please sign up on the bulletin boards. This is a survey to see if there will be enough interest to charter a bus.


• Keep the contributions for the Centennial Overlook Project coming. We are gaining on the goal with only $5,450 to go!


• Assistant District Governor Roberta Graham explained the Gift of Life program, one of the District's humanitarian efforts. A child in another country with an operable heart condition is sent to Indianapolis for surgery. The District provides the transportation for the child. A child has been identified by a Rotarian in our District serving in the military in Afghanistan. As soon as the government paperwork is complete, the child will be here and receive the Gift of Life. All contributions toward this effort would be gratefully accepted. See BILL HATFIELD


• BILL FULLER is interested in finding one or two host families for a Brazilian student who is involved with the Rio Grand do Sul Youth Exchange through Indiana Partners of the Americas. The need is for one or two host family in Jan-Feb 2005. Also, if you would know students interested in outbound exchange opportunities for two months next summer should also see BILL.


• December 7 program chair JOHN MEYERS asks that members who have actual memories of December 7, 1941, to contact him. at 423-9168 (weekdays) or 414-0886 (cell) or at e-mail, either meyerslaw@aol.com or meyers@county.tippecanoe.in.us.


• A sizeable pile of non-perishable food was collected for the Rotaract Club's project today.

ROTARY FACT:

November is Rotary Foundation Month, a time to consider how you can make a meaningful contribution. The Foundation provides an effective vehicle for Rotarians to realize their own dreams of helping others. Whether it's in the form of financial support or hands-on service, everyo ne can participate in the programs of the Foundation. In 2001, the Council on Legislation set a goal for every Rotarian to contribute $100 or more each year to the Annual Programs Fund. During the 2004-05 centennial year, we hope to raise a total of $100 million through the Every Rotarian, Every Year initiative.

Perhaps the greatest achievement of Rotary's first century has been PolioPlus. In August, at a RI's Polio Summit in Delhi, India, where more than 1,300 Rotarians, health officials and government leaders (including India's president) convened to coordinate the final push to wipe out polio in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Epidemiologists report that India is on track to stop poliovirus transmission by the end of 2004. It is only a matter of time before polio is eradicated forever, thanks to the Foundation and our global health partners. PolioPlus will serve as our lasting legacy to the world's children.

PROGRAM:



BARB REIF introduced Cathy Dale, the Managing Director of Vision 2020, and JOHN COREY, general chairman for the massive community visioning process, which began four years ago. They presented the overall plan and many of the implementation steps in place. Implementation is a continuum of the involvement of the 300 community leaders who made a commitment to this plan. Education of the community to the needs and communication between agencies or departments involved in any given area are key to the success of the plan. Dates to remember: February 8, 2005, Stakeholders meeting; April 19, 2005, Diversity Summit


STUDENT GUESTS:

EARL PARK introduced Elizabeth Rauh and Cory Cunningham from Jefferson High School. Each received a certificate and a travel mug with the four- way test to commemorate meeting with us. VISITING ROTARIAN: ROBERTA AND JIM GRAHAM, Brownsberg, IN; ED ELLIOTT, Naples, FL.

GUESTS:

Kim Reisman, guest of BARB REIF; Darlene Leman, guest of MIKE PIGGOTT.

THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTION:

Money Collectors: BILL HINZE 11:15 to 11:45 a.m., and JAN GRIFFIN KOEHLER 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m,; Greeter: FRANCIS PRITSCHER, Invocation: JOHN COREY; Music: REX KEPLER for dinner music; HARLEY FREY at the piano for singing, BOB VERPLANK; JO WADE for help at the back table; BILL FULLER for help formatting and distributing Ripples; and JAN GRIFFIN KOEHLER for photographs.



• Did you know that BILL HEATH, HANLY HAMMELL and BOB VERPLANK were incorporators of Lafayette Rotary Foundation?
• RON FRUITT resigned from the club.
• The Directory is available in "soft" form. We print it in August and by November there are always several changes. If you would like an updated "soft" copy, please let me know.
• Beginning Tuesday, January 4, 2005, the price for lunch will be $10. If you have ever made up a meeting in another city (and especially in another country) you know that this is still a bargain.


COMMITTEES FOR 2003-2004:

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

PRESIDENT TOM'S WISDOM:

Seeing that Vision 2020 is directed toward hunting for ways to enhance the community, and that this past weekend was the beginning of firearm season for deer in Indiana, I thought I would share the following story of Big Game Hunting .

"Against his better judgment, the big game hunter is talked into taking both his wife AND her mother along on one of his expeditions. It does not go well. The mother-in-law is, if anything, harder to get along with in the wilds than she was in the city. And to make matters worse, she won't even abide by the simple camp rules designed to keep the safari safe. One night after dinner, the hunter's wife realizes her mother is missing. Panicked, she rushes to her husband and begs him to institute a search.

He sighs, and together they set out. But before they've gone far, they hear throaty growling. Soon they come upon a small clearing in which the mother-in-law stands, backed up against thick, seemingly impenetrable jungle brush, and facing a huge male lion.

The wife whispers urgently, "What are we going to do?" "Nothing whatever," responds her husband. "The lion got himself into this mess, now let him get himself out of it."


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