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    Volume 90, Number 34 - March 1, 2005

    PROGRAM for MARCH 8:

    Dr. David Waters Title: Dietary Supplements. Good, Bad or Neither?


    MEETING FUNCTIONS:

    Money Collectors:
    SCOTT RUMBLE - 11:15 to 11:45 a.m.,
    GREG REGER - 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

    Greeter:
    MICHAEL HUNT, chair

    Invocation:
    TOM PEARSON

    CLUB CONCERNS:

    VICE PRESIDENT JAN GRIFFIN KOEHLER requested members/spouses to keep the following in their thoughts and prayers: JOHN MC KEE; Marjorie, wife of DICK WALKER; Ellen, wife of LES REKER who is having more back surgery; and FAYE COLE whose sister is in grave condition. It was great to have MAURI WILLIAMSON at the meeting today.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS:

    • JAN thanked all Chili Supper Helpers - those who signed up for jobs and those who offered help and all those who brought cakes and those who came to eat and enjoy the fellowship!

    • PHIL KLINGER want all of you golfers (men and women) to put June 30th on your calendar. There will be another Fun Raiser at the Elks Golf Course at 1:00. Stay tuned for details.

    • We are about $5,000 short of our goal of $35,000 for the Centennial Overlook Project on the Wabash Heritage Trail. Contributions would be welcomed by the Lafayette Rotary Foundation.

    • JACK KELLEY announced that we will participate in the Open World Program by linking up with the Indianapolis Rotary Club to bring six Russians to Indiana to study our legal system. Homes will be needed for these six people in early September. Please see JACK if you can help.

    • FRITZ COHEN, chair of the Community Service Committee, announced that Shots Not Spots will occur again on Wednesday March 30th from 11 AM to 6 PM at the Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds. Sign up sheets will be on the bulletin board next week.

    • Past District Governor BILL HATFIELD brought us up to date on the most recent Gift of Life recipient, an 18 month old boy from Afghanistan with serious heart defects. He will be in surgery tomorrow. This child was found in a refugee camp by a physician from the Greenfield Club who was serving in the National Guard in Afghanistan. Two additional children will arrive from El Salvador this week for surgery at Riley's Children Hospital as well. Since the inception of the program seven years ago, while BILL was District Governor, the lives of 61children have been restored to normal following heart surgery at Riley and St. Vincent hospitals. Rotary pays only $5,000 to the hospital for each surgery performed. Funds are needed to continue this humanitarian project. Rotarians are encouraged to make contributions to District 6560 World Community Service Foundation, P.O. Box 6381, Fishers, IN 46038. On the memo line of the check should be written: Gift of Life.

    • LES REKER, chair of the Cultural Committee, asks that we put the following on our calendars:

      March 5 - Brad Paisley, Sara Evens and Andy Griggs,
      Elliot Hall of Music
      Sponsored by: Purdue Convocations

      March 6 - MIKE MULLIGAN AND HIS STEAM SHOVEL
      3:00 p.m., Loeb Playhouse.
      Sponsored by: Purdue Convocations

      March 18-19 - SPRING OPEN HOUSE/DAFFODIL DAYS
      Downtown businesses and West Lafayette at Chauncey Village, Levee Plaza, Wabash Landing and River Market will be selling daffodil bundles with proceeds benefiting ACS. Many shops will offer refreshments and live music. Carriage rides will be available Friday evening 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. and trolley services throughout the open house event. Saturday a special Farmers Market.

      March 19 - ELECTRIC AMISH BAND
      7:00 p.m., Long Center for the Performing Arts.
      Sponsored by: Long Center

      March 26 - LOCAL HISTORY SEMINARS 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
      Sponsored by: Tippecanoe County Historical Association

      March 26 - ONE SIZE FITS ALL: COMPETITIVE COMEDY IMPROV SHOW
      9:00 p.m. Sponsored by: Civic Theater

      • JIM HANKS presented a thoughtful eulogy for JAY WILEY
      For the full Eulogy, please click here.


      FAMILY NEWS:

    • Baby Nolan arrived at 11:15 a.m. on Saturday, February 26. He weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces and is 20 inches long. His proud grandparents SUSAN HYCHKA and husband Steve) had just arrived at the hospital minutes before and we were able to see him before he was half an hour old. We thought that was great timing. Congratulations, SUSAN!

    • CARL REW and his wife Carol made a significant donation to the Rotary Foundation (International) in celebration of a new granddaughter, Tia Linh Chan. Thank you and Congratulations to you and your family!

      ROTARY FACT:

      INDIA IMMUNIZATION DAY - NOT YOUR TYPICAL DAY

      One hundred thousand (100000) Indian Rotarians, Rotractors, Intractors & Innerwheel members are committed to eradicate Polio from India by 2005 itself as per the Goal set by Rotary International, so join us.

      The next Polio Immunization days will be held on 10thApril'05 (Sunday) & on 15th May'05 (Sunday).

      If you are planning to visit India nearby on the above mentioned dates & wants to participate in Polio NID, so you are most welcome. Taj Hosting & Fellowship Society extend you & your friends a standing invitation to participate for the noble cause & society will happy to provide you the home stay in Agra on first come first served basis.

      PROGRAM:
      FAYE COLE, Program Chair for March, introduced Dr. Ketan Sheth, who specializes in allergies. About forty million people are affected by allergies and it is the most chronic ailment for children. Dr. Sheth explained the connection between allergies and asthma, how both conditions have adverse affects on quality of life and mentioned some famous people who suffered from asthma.


      STUDENT GUESTS:

      JAN GRIFFIN KOEHLER introduced Casey Weigle and Jolene Beck from McCutcheon High School. They received a certificate and a travel mug with the four-way test to commemorate meeting with us.

      VISITING ROTARIANS:

      TERRY JOHNSON, Fishers, IN

      GUESTS:

      Wes McDivitt, guest of GORDON KINGMA; Carrie Ehresman, guest of ERIC MURPHY, Kim Reisman, guest of LETA KELLEY; and Tanuja Sheth, guest of FAYE COLE.

      THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTION:

      Money Collectors: JOHN TROTT 11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., and PHIL KLINGER 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m,; Greeter: MICHAEL HUNT; Invocation: GREG EBERHARD; Dinner Music: HARLEY FREY; Singing: HARLEY FREY and ARVID OLSON; ERNIE POLAND for help at the back table; BILL FULLER for help with Ripples; JAN GRIFFIN KOEHLER for photographs, and BRUCE HARDING for continual help with the web site. JANE'S CORNER BLOCK



      If success of the Chili Supper is defined by the level of fun, food, and fellowship, several of us are declaring it a hit. And it appeared that the worker bees were among those having the most fun. At the risk of missing someone, I'd like to list the volunteers (and make some comments!):

      • Planning Committee: JAN GRIFFIN KOEHLER (a fearless leader!), KATHY MEEKS, JANE TURNER, JEANNE NORBERG (amazing connections!), BETTY SUDDARTH, JOHN TROTT (taste tester!).
      • Set Up, Tear Down, and Servers: BOB VERPLANK, TOM MORAN (the BOB and TOM Team!), JACK KELLEY (in his Rotary Surgical cap); LETA KELLEY; RAY PEETERS; DON FRANKLILN, MICHAEL HUNT; BETTY NELSON; JIM FOSTER; DAVID LAHR; PAUL POST; FRANCIS PRITSCHER; KIRK CLARK; CECIL BLIGNAUT; CARL REW; CRAIG IRVINE; ROB NOLL; JOHN BARRETT; JERRY MCCARTHY; FRED ANDERSON; AND Rotaract members ALEC SCHENK AND JOEY MADRU.
      • Kitchen: OSCAR HOPKINS (stirs a mean pot), TOM MORAN (knows where to borrow pots!), BOB VERPLANK, ADRIENNE BOUGH, CHRISTA KECK, BETTY SUDDARTH, (three women with dull knives are a dangerous trio!), MICHAEL HUNT; PAUL POST, KIRK CLARK, (an efficient three guy team who can serve hundreds in minutes), SUSAN HYCHKA, KATHY MEEKS, Ruth Moran, Shirley West, Jan Schmidt, (how many cakes did you women cut?).
      • Drinks: CRAIG IRVINE, ALEC SCHENK AND JOEY MADRU
      • Tickets: JAN GRIFFIN KOEHLER and daughter Madi
      • Program: ARVID OLSON (talk about the man with equipment!), TOM SCHMIDT (able to MC anything), and song leader KATHY MEEKS
      • Publicity: JEANNE NORBERG, DAVE SATTLER, and photographer Denise Schmidt.
      • CAKES: To all who brought cakes, BIG THANKS. Every cake was enjoyed, even if it wasn't by people at the dinner.
      • Your help made it happen!!!!!!!

      SOME OF THOSE HAVING FUN



      COMMITTEES FOR 2004-2005:

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

      100% CLUB:

      ANDERSON (3); BARRETT (90); BLIGNAUT; BOORMAN; BURCH (2); CARNEY (3); CHISCON, AL (182); CHISCON, MARTHA (175); CLARK (6); COHEN, FRITZ; COPPOC; DOVERSBERGER (2); FEUER (266); FILMER (109); FOSTER (114); FREY, HARLEY (210); FULLER (250); GRABOWSKI; GRACE (2); HANKS; HANSEN (9); HARDING (20); HATFIELD (290); HEMMER (3); HILLS (3); HOBBS (132); HOPKINS; HUGGINS; HUNT (3); HYCHKA (19); JANLE (91); JOHANNSEN; JONES; KECK (109); KELLEY, JACK (28); KELLEY, LETA (28); KINGMA; KLUSMAN (2); GRIFFIN KOEHLER (163); LAHR (3); LANDGREBE (176); LIGHT (22); LUZADER; MC CARTHY (3); MC HENRY; MEEKS, KATHY; MILLER, W.R. (391); MITCHELL (181); MITHOEFER (2); MORAN (3); NELSON (123); NEUDECK; NOLL; NORBERG; OLSON (2); PARK (2); PEARSON; PEETERS (2); PIGGOTT (2); POLAND (31); POST; RAHDERT (152); REGER (2); REW; SANDERSON (37); SATTLER; SCHMIDT (316); SCHWARZ (2); SMITH, JAMES (3); SMITH, KEITH (95); SMITH, SUSAN (152); SOLBERG; ST. JOHN (84); STEVENSON; SUDDARTH (91); TROTT (34); VERPLANK (478); WADE (134); WEST (140); and WILKINSON.

      CONGRATULATIONS to VIRGIL ST. JOHN who had 7 years, to JIM HOBBS who had 11 years of 100% attendance as of the end of February, 2005.


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