Ripples

    Volume 90, Number 24 - December 14, 2004

    PROGRAM for DECEMBER 21:

    Holiday Music by the Burnett Creek Elementary School Choir

    Directed by Mary Jane Gregan singing Holiday Music

    MEETING FUNCTIONS:

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

    Greeter:
    BILL PAPE

    Invocation:
    LETA KELLEY

    DECEMBER PROGRAMS:

    DECEMBER 28 - No Meeting

    CLUB CONCERNS:

    PRESIDENT ELECT SUSAN HYCHKA requested members/spouses to keep the following in their thoughts and prayers: JOHN MC KEE; FAE SPURLOCK; HANLY HAMMEL and TOM SCHMIDT'S son and his best friend.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS:

    • ELSA JANLE announces there w ill be a Vocational Service and Youth Committee meeting on Tuesday, January 11, at 1:00 PM after the meeting.

    • ELSA also announced that A Vocational Moment (about 5 minutes) will begin this summer in the place of Student Guests. Members will be asked to share their vocation or profession with the club.

    • CARL REW thanked all members and family who rang the Salvation Army Bells last Saturday. Stay tuned for the financial report.

    • DAVE LAHR, Community Service Projects chair, announced that on Monday, January 17th (Martin Luther King Day) we have a project to paint classrooms at Glen Acres Elementary School. A sign up sheet will be on the bulletin board next week.

    • The silent auction for the Colts/Chargers Game on December 26th netted $290 for the Foundation. DAN HEMAN got 4 tickets. TOM MORAN won 2. Thank you, guys!

    • Mark your calendars! Wednesday, February 23, 2005. And plan to help with our community wide celebration chili supper.

    • There are 17 days to register for the Rotary International Convention in Chicago before the registration rate jumps from $250 to $275.

    • Thank you to five Rotaract members who helped ring the Salvation Army Bells last Saturday! There are 17 days to register for the Rotary International Convention in Chicago before the registration rate jumps from $250 to $275.

    • We're looking for Rotarian Euchre players!
      • When: Saturday, January 8th, 7:00 p.m.
      Where: Home of Linda and ERNIE POLAND
      What to Bring: Hors'doeuvre
      RSVP to ADRIENNE BOUGH 420-8020


    PROGRAM:
    JOHN MEYERS introduced his colleague and fellow Daybreak Rotarian, BOB POYNTER, esq., to speak to us about estate planning. Through a slight of hand, and with the help of Becky Alway-Cooper (at this point DAVE LAHR couldn't concentrate on counting the money!), BOB POYNTER the magician showed up! We were entertained with magic tricks for the next fifteen minutes. ADRIENNE BOUGH and SUSAN SMITH even made it into the act! A good time was had by all.
    STUDENT GUESTS:

    CECIL BLIGNAUT introduced Ryan Svenstrup and Laural Avery from Central Catholic High School. Each received a certificate and a travel mug with the four-way test to commemorate meeting with us.

    VISITING ROTARIANS:

    BOB POYNTER, Lafayette Daybreak and guest of JOHN MEYERS

    GUESTS:

    Daniel Carpenter, guest of JIM TURLEY

    THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTION:

    Money Collectors: MARTHA CHISCON 11:15 to 11:45 a.m., and PAUL POST 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m,; Greeter: BILL PAPE, Invocation: TERRY WEST; Dinner Music: BOB GRIFFITHS; Singing: REX KEPLER and SUSAN SMITH; DAVE LAHR for help at the back table; BILL FULLER for help formatting and distributing Ripples; and JAN GRIFFIN KOEHLER for photographs.

  • At the Board Meeting there were several changes made to policies.
    • 1. Our membership policy now includes a Life Member, defined as an active member who is unable to attend meetings due to infirmity and who has served Rotary for 25 years or more or is a Rotarian who has served Rotary in an especially selfless way. The Board of Directors may confer this status on active members who are no longer able to attend meetings and could be excused from attendance because of the Rule of 85.
    • 2. Club meetings are not open to the public. Rotarians may invite guests at their own expense.
    • 3. When a member Rotarian dies, the club in memorial to his/her death will donate $50.00 in their memory to The Rotary Foundation of Rotary international. A sympathy card stating such donation will be sent to the family of the deceased. In the event of the death of an immediate family member of a Rotarian, a sympathy card will be sent to the family.
  • The Board approved a proposal for a program "Remembering Retired Rotarians". This plan involves having a gathering every three months at Retirement Facilities where 5 or more Rotarians reside. LETA KELLEY was asked to work on implementation plans.
  • FRED MANNERING resigned from Rotary.
  • In order to help Rotarians in Haiti build a Habitat House with the help of DOUG TAYLOR and TOM FREY, $800 was appropriated for this International Avenue of Service Project.
  • Wednesday, February 23, 2005. Our club will celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Rotary by inviting the whole community to join us in a chi li supper at the Fairgrounds. There's a job for everyone. It will be fun. "Be There or Be Square!" (an expression Father Tim uses frequently in Jan Karon's Mitford books)
  • Prepare yourself for the coming year by determining to attend Rotary luncheons or make-up at another club at least once a month. All accumulated make-ups disappear at the end of this year. Attendance will be reviewed monthly and membership evaluated each six months. You are encouraged to make Rotary a priority!


    • COMMITTEES FOR 2004-2005:

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

    PRESIDENT ELECT SUSAN'S WISDOM:

    "A man who dies without a will has lawyers for his heirs." -- Anonymous

    "I, Lucius Titus, have written this, my testament, without any lawyer, following my own natural reason rather than excessive and miserable diligence." -- The Will of a Citizen of Rome

    and...
    An elderly woman was working with her lawyer to complete her will. When they finished, she asked him how much he would charge for his services. He told her the fee would be $100. She rummaged in her purse and withdrew a crisp, new hundred-dollar bill. She did not notice that, as crisp new bills sometimes do, a second hundred-dollar bill had stuck to the first one. When the lawyer took the money from her hand, he was faced with an ethical dilemma - "Should I tell my partner?"

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