- Jan 18 Mayor JAN MILLS, "State of the City of
West Lafayette"
- Jan 25 Professor Michael Morrison, "The
Declaration of Independence
and Gettysburg Address" Comments are in conjunction with a
special exhibit of rare historic documents and books at Stewart
Center Galleries.
- CLUB CONCERNS:
- PRESIDENT TOM SCHMIDT requested members/spouses to keep
the following in their thoughts and prayers: JOHN MC KEE; FAE SPURLOCK;
and HANLY HAMMEL.
- ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- ELSA JANLE announces there will be a Vocational Service and
Youth Committee
meeting on Tuesday, January 11, at 1:00 PM after the meeting.
- MIKE PIGGOTT, reminded us that on Monday, January 17th
(Martin Luther King Day) we have a project to paint classrooms at Glen
Acres Elementary School from 10AM – 1PM. A sign up sheet will be
on the bulletin board next week.
- Wednesday, February 23, 2005. Bake a birthday cake for us
to share at the Chili Supper.
- ANN PIECHOTA reported that the Salvation Army effort raised
$13,730 between kettle collections and donations from 108
members. Thanks to all who participated!
- HISTORY OF ROTARY FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO SALVATION ARMY
REPORT as of 12/22/2004 (after the meeting)
YEAR
KETTLES
ROTARIANS
TOTAL
DONORS %
OF CLUB
2004 5,595
8,135
13,730 108
43%
2003
4,624
9,644
14,268 125
48
2002
4,763
10,410
15,173 124
48
2001
3,544
10,613
14,156
115
43
2000
5,523
13,317
18,840 142
52
1999
6,304
14,927
21,231
150
56
1998
5,074
11,642
16,716
152
56
1997
4,452
11,883
16,335
141
53
1996
5,153
11,016
16,169 135
49
1995
2,217
11,771
13,988
150
59
1994
3,498
11,360
14,779
161
65
1993
3,749
11,030
14,779
174
70
1992
3,200
11,920
15,120
174
67
1991 3,498
10,610
14,108
159
57
- LES REKER chair of the Culture
Committee announced the
following events for January.
Jan 8 & 9
"The
Nutcracker" Lafayette Ballet
Company, Long Center
Jan 10 - 31 "Adams,
Forsyth and Steele, Paintings by Hoosier
Regionalist Artists" Robert L. Ringel
Gallery,
Public reception on the 20th,
Purdue Galleries
Jan 15
Heywood Banks, Comedian, Long
Center
Jan 15
Learning
to Look: Pottery and Sculpture Free tour & Lecture, 1
- 4 PM, Art Museum of Greater
Lafayette
Jan 21
Another kind of Blue: The Latin Side of Miles
Davis, Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center,
Purdue
Convos
Jan 27
"42nd Street" Elliott
Hall of Music, Purdue Convos
Jan 29
"Tasting Tradition with Porter and Carmichael"
Lafayette
Symphony Orchestra Pops
Concert, Long Center
- BIRTHDAY TABLE:
- OSCAR HOPKINS introduced members celebrating a birthday in
January and announced that $820 had been collected so far.
- CONGRATULATIONS:
- PAST DISTRICT GOVERNOR BILL HATFIELD presented KATHY MEEKS with
a Paul Harris Fellow. There are 100 current members who have
achieved that status. Thanks KATHY!
- ROTARY FACT:
- The tremendous tsunami trauma that has affected the Pacific
Region of South Asia is being
responded to by Rotarians around the
world. Relief efforts are being undertaken
by
individual Rotary clubs and
districts in the disaster regions in a race against time to prevent
other people
from dying of disease and starvation. To
find more about contributing to the
local efforts directed by Rotarians, link
onto the Rotary International Website and go to the
corresponding information
to contact the Rotarian Disaster Relief Coordinator. Contributions
should be
sent directly to the account set up
by the sponsoring Rotary entity.
- PROGRAM:
-
| PRESIDENT
ELECT SUSAN HYCHKA introduced PRESIDENT NOMINEE JOHN SANDERSON who made
a very interesting attempt to explain the complex Healthcare War for
Economic Supremacy. He gave a fast
overview of the history of hospitals, insurance and Medicare. He reviewed pricing policies and showed
comparisons of Lafayette to other Indiana cities. After
declaring that the whole system is broken, he made several suggestions
for how it might be fixed. Judging by the
amount of after meeting interest and conversation, this topic may come |
 |
- VISITING ROTARIANS:
- GERRY ISAACS, Gainsville, FL
- STUDENT GUESTS:
- VICKI BURCH introduced Morgan Crawford and Anthony Lee from West
Lafayette High
School. Each received a certificate and a travel mug with the
four-way test to
commemorate meeting with us.
- GUESTS:
- Mary Scarlett, guest of VICKI BURCH; Dan Carpenter, guest of
JIM TURLEY.
- THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING
FUNCTION:
- Money Collectors: JIM SMITH 11:15 to 11:45 a.m., and JOHN
COREY 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m,;
Invocation: BARB REIF; Dinner Music:
HARLEY FREY; Singing:
HARLEY FREY and
BOB
VERPLANK; JO
WADE for help at the back
table.
- A
resignation has been received from RONDA WALSH
SCHWAB. Failure
to pay dues forced the
Board to drop JULIE NOVAK'S membership.
- The
attendance policy
going into effect this week really
only affects those who don't participate in Rotary activities and those
who are
members of the100% Club. The Board has
indicated that all members need to find time for Rotary at least once a
month. Seven meetings in six months meets
our local 25% rule. Rotary
International's attendance requirement is 60%. If
you come to the meeting to just check your name
on the sheet and
don't stay, you won't be counted. A
make-up will be needed for that meeting. Each
month a list of members who have not attended
will be given to the
Membership committee to follow-up.
-
All
"banked" make-ups
disappeared at the beginning
of this year. For concerned 100% Club
members and all other members, this means that you can continue to
serve Rotary
and "bank" make-ups for the next six months. The
"bank" will be eliminated
again at the beginning of July. Like
our membership policy, this practice is much more lenient than Rotary
International's rule. If you have
questions, please feel free to contact TOM SCHMIDT, KIRK CLARK or me.
- FOUNDATION FACTOID:
- Did you know that Lafayette Rotary Club is one of 2 clubs in
our
District with our own Foundation? The
other one is Indianapolis.
- COMMITTEES
FOR 2004-2005:
- Click on the above link to see those who work to make our
Club great.
- PRESIDENT TOM'S
WISDOM:
-
From
Doctors Lounge.net
we find these actual doctors statements
written on patients' charts.
-The
lab test indicated
abnormal lover function
-The baby
was delivered,
the cord clamped and cut, and handed
to the pediatrician, who
breathed and cried immediately.
-She
stated that she had
been constipated for most of her
life until 1989 when she got a divorce.
-The
patient was in his
usual state of good health until his
airplane ran out of
gas and crashed.
-The
patient lives at
home with his mother, father, and pet
turtle, who is presently enrolled
in day care three times a week.
-She is
numb from her
toes down.
-When she
fainted, her
eyes rolled around the room.
-The
patient has been
depressed ever since she began seeing
me in 1983.
-Discharge
status: Alive
but without permission.
-The
patient refused an
autopsy.
-
Now do what is
right and keep serving our community and the world!
100% CLUB:
ADAMS
(151); ANDERSON;
BARRETT (88); BOUGH, DAVE (48); CARNEY; CHISCON, AL (180); CHISCON,
MARTHA
(173); CLARK (4); COHEN, FRITZ (107); COURTANEY (88); ELLISON; EWING;
FEATHERS;
FEUER (264); FILMER (107); FOSTER (112); FREY, HARLEY (208); FULLER
(248);
GALBRAITH; GRIFFITH (291); GRIFFITHS (111); HALL; HANKS (79);
HANNEMANN; HANSEN
(7); HARDING (18); HATFIELD (288); HEMAN; HEMMER; HILLS; HOBBS (130);
HOPKINS
(113); HUNT; HYCHKA (17); JACKSON; JANLE (89); JOHANNSEN; KECK (107);
KELLEY,
JACK (26); KELLEY, LETA (26); KEPLER; KLINGER; GRIFFIN KOEHLER (161);
KUIPERS;
LAHR; LANDGREBE (174); LIGHT (20); LUHMAN (4); MC CARTHY; MC HENRY
(112);
MEYERS; MILLER, W.R. (389); MITCHELL (179); MORAN; NELSON (121);
ORTMAN; PAPE
(292); PARKHURST (7); PEARSON (2); POLAND (29); POST (2); PRITSCHER
(2);
RAHDERT (150); REW; SANDERSON (35); SCHMIDT (314); SMITH, JAMES; SMITH,
KEITH
(93); SMITH, SUSAN (150); ST. JOHN (82); STUCKY (4); SUDDARTH (89);
TIGER;
TROTT (32); TURLEY (210); VERPLANK (476); WADE (132); WEST (138); and
WILEY
(3).
CONGRATULATIONS to DAVE BOUGH who had 4 years, to AL CHISCON who had 15
years,
to BOB FEUER who had 22 years; and to BILL HATFIELD who had 24 years of
100%
attendance as of the end of December, 2004.
