Ripples

    Volume 90, Number 37 - March 22, 2005

    PROGRAM for MARCH 29:

    Vocational Avenue of Service Presentation of Vocational Scholarships and Vocational Service Above Self Awards

    MEETING FUNCTIONS:

    Money Collectors:
    JOE BOORMAN - 11:15 to 11:45 a.m.,
    OSCAR HOPKINS - 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

    Greeter:
    MICHAEL HUNT

    Invocation:
    ARVID OLSON



    APRIL PROGRAMS:

    • April 5 - John Sanderson,
      Part 2 of "Health Care Diagnosis and Treatment - A 40-year Perspective of What Broke and One Approach to Fixing It."

    • April 12 - Alan Alexander,
      District Manager of the Social Security office in Lafayette.
      "Background Facts about Social Security"

    • April 19 - Scholarship/Citizenship Awards


    CLUB CONCERNS:

    PRESIDENT TOM SCHMIDT 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; FAYE COLE whose sister is in grave condition; MARGARET HALL.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS:

    • VICKI BURCH presented a banner from the Racine, Wisconsin Rotary Club, the birthplace of Paul Harris in 1868.

    • Rotarian of the Year applications are available. Please submit your completed application to JANE by April 5th.

    • Three years ago our Club pledged $25,000 to the Eradicate Polio project. We are $1,272.16 short of that pledge. If you can help, please write your check before June 15th.

    • 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.



    ROTARY FACT:

    You can find this information on the Rotary International Web-site:

    A 14-month-old Afghan boy, Qudrat Ullah, successfully underwent open-heart surgery at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, on 8 March. The Rotary Club of Greenfield facilitated Qudrat's trip to the United States through its Gift of Life program and helped cover costs for the boy's $50,000 surgery. Gift of Life International was launched in 1974 by the Rotary Club of Manhasset, New York, USA, to provide surgeries to children with life- threatening heart conditions. It has since helped some 4,000 children from more than 60 countries worldwide. The Greenfield club has provided lifesaving surgeries for more than 60 children.

    What you will not find is that The Gift of Life program for our District 6560 was initiated seven years ago under the direction of Past District Governor Bill Hatfield. Also that Qudrat and his father are staying with Rotarians Jim and Roberta Graham as Qudrat is quarantined for 3 weeks for chicken pox. PROGRAM BLOCK

    PROGRAM:
    FAYE COLE, Program Chair for March, introduced Sanders Howse, President of the Greater Lafayette Community Development Corp. In spite of technical difficulties, Mr. Howse presented the history of the organization and its vision for the future. The Loan Fund has helped several projects including the Schultz Building owned by Tom Walgamuth, Studio 835 owned by Faye and Jerry Cole, and Stockton Crossing on Erie Street. He answered several questions after his presentation.
    STUDENT GUESTS:

    GREG REGER introduced Zach Shoemaker from Indiana Business College. He received a certificate and a travel mug with the four-way test to commemorate meeting with us.

    GUESTS:

    Bob Fuller, brother of BILL FULLER; Susan Williams, guest of FAYE COLE; Rich Groeber, guest of JERRY COLE; Laura Simmons, HELP BLOCK

    THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTION:

    Money Collectors: KATHY KROLL 11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., and BETTY SUDDARTH 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m,; Greeter: JEAN JACKSON; Invocation: BETTY NELSON; Dinner Music: RAY PEETERS; Singing: HARLEY FREY and ARVID OLSON; JO WADE 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



    • Foundation Factoid: Did you know the Lafayette Rotary Foundation currently provides 10 college scholarships of $1,000 each year for local high school seniors and 4 vocational scholarships of $600 each year for local technical college students? Your undesignated contributions fund these scholarships.


    COMMITTEES FOR 2004-2005:

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

    PRESIDENT TOM'S WISDOM:

    Morris walks out into the street and manages to get a taxi just going by. He gets into the taxi, and the cab driver says, "Perfect timing. You're just like Dave."

    "Who?"

    "Dave Aronson. There's a guy who did everything right. Like my coming along when you needed a cab. It would have happened like that to Dave."

    "There are always a few clouds over everybody," says Morris.

    "Not Dave. He was a terrific athlete. He could have gone on the pro tour in tennis. He could golf with the pros. He sang like an opera baritone and danced like a Broadway star."

    "He was something, huh?"

    "He had a memory like a trap. Could remember everybody's birthday. He knew all about wine, which fork to eat with. He could fix anything. Not like me. I change a fuse, and I black out the whole neighborhood."

    "No wonder you remember him."

    "Well, I never actually met Dave."

    "Then how do you know so much about him?" asks Morris.

    "Because I married his widow."

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