Ripples

    Volume 90, Number 31 - February 8, 2005

    PROGRAM for FEBRUARY 15:

    KD Benson, County Commissioner Topic: Tippecanoe County

    Government: Challenges and Opportunities.


    MEETING FUNCTIONS:

    Money Collectors:
    DALE MC HENRY - 11:15 to 11:45 a.m.,
    ROB NOLL - 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

    Greeter:
    MARTHA CHISCON

    Invocation:
    JACOB WILLIAMS

    FEBRUARY PROGRAMS:

    February 22: Marcus K. Rogers, Associate Professor, Computer Technology

    Topic: Computer Forensics

    CLUB CONCERNS:

    PRESIDENT TOM SCHMIDT requested members/spouses to keep the following in their thoughts and prayers: JOHN MC KEE; Marjoriey, wife of DICK WALKER.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS:

    • ELSA JANLE, chair of the Vocational Projects Committee, reminded us that the deadline is February 22nd for applications for the Vocational Service Above Self Award. Submit applications on line or get them to ELSA or JANE.

    • Get your tickets and bake a cake. In 14 days we'll be celebrating Rotary's 100th Birthday! JAN GRIFFIN KOEHLER asked everyone to take fliers to post around town inviting the community to help us celebrate on Wednesday, February 23, 2005. Adults $5, Children $3, Families $15. Best deal in town! Bring sheet cakes to Rotary on February 22nd. Tickets are available at our meetings and at PEFCU.


    ROTARY FACT:

    Rotary Friendship Exchange is Rotary's international exchange program for Rotarians and their families. Friendship Exchange provides participants the opportunity to experience other cultures by staying in the homes of Rotarians in other countries. The program aims to advance international understanding and peace through personal contact across borders while developing interclub relationships for fellowship and service projects.

    There are three types of Friendship Exchanges:

    Visitor Program

    Individual Rotarians, who may be accompanied by family members, spend a few days in the home of a Rotarian in another country.

    Team Program

    Rotarian couples, typically four to six, visit several communities in a host district for up to one month.

    Uni-vocational

    Host and guest Rotarians of the same occupation observe how their job is done in other countries.

    PROGRAM:
    JEANNE NORBERG introduced JOE HORNETT, Sr. VP and Treas. of Purdue Research Foundation, who brought us up to date on the progress at Purdue Research Park. The $50,000 donated by David Ross and J. K. Lilly to found PRF has grown to $600 Million. The award winning Research Park now has 110 companies (70 technology based) employing 2,500, 40 incubator businesses, 41 separate facilities (representing 1.30 million square feet under roof), and $75 million invested venture capital. HORNETT said this is just the beginning. The aim is to double all of this in the next 5 - 7 years. YOU SHOULD HAVE A PHOTO CROPPED APPROPRIATELY
    STUDENT GUESTS:

    MARIELLEN NEUDECK introduced Stephen Jones and Lauren Hudson Harrison High School. Each received a certificate and a travel mug with the four-way test to commemorate meeting with us.

    VISITING ROTARIANS:

    DON TEDER, Daybreak Rotary Club.

    GUESTS:

    Pat Corey, wife of JOHN COREY; Kathy Mullins, guest of BETTY NELSON; Sonja Margerum, guest of LIZ SOLBERG; Thad Thompson, guest of FRED ANDERSON; Martha Hoyos, wife of ANDRES SANCHEZ.

    THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTION:

    Money Collectors: DALE MC HENRY 11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., and TOM WERNER 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m,; Greeter: AL CHISCON; Invocation: GORDON KINGMA; Dinner Music: RAY PEETERS; Singing: HARLEY FREY and BOB VERPLANK; JO WADE for help at the back table; BILL FULLER for help with Ripples; JAN GRIFFIN KOEHLER for photographs.



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    COMMITTEES FOR 2004-2005:

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

    PRESIDENT TOM'S WISDOM:

    Let me share some actual misphrased excerpts from student science exam papers that will not be confirmed in research:

    * Benjamin Franklin produced electricity by rubbing cats backwards.
    * Three kinds of blood vessels are arteries, vanes and caterpillers.
    * To remove air from a flask, fill it with water, tip the water out, and put the cork in quick before the air can get back in.
    * The process of turning steam back into water again is called conversation.
    * A magnet is something you find crawling all over a dead cat.
    * The Earth makes one resolution every 24 hours.
    * To collect fumes of sulfur, hold a deacon over a flame in a test tube.
    * Algebraical symbols are used when you do not know what you are talking about.
    * The pistol of a flower is its only protection against insects.
    * When you haven't got enough iodine in your blood you get a glacier.
    * It is a well-known fact that a deceased body harms the mind.
    * For asphyxiation: apply artificial respiration until the patient is dead.

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