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Volume 90, Number 40 - April 12, 2005
PROGRAM for APRIL 19:
Scholarship/Citizenship Awards
MEETING FUNCTIONS:
Money Collectors:
Greeter:
Invocation:
APRIL PROGRAMS:
April 26 Club Assembly
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; MARGARET HALL; and DALE MC HENRY who is recuperating at home after triple bypass surgery.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- JOHN SANDERSON announced that tickets for the Annual Dinner are available for $25 each. Mark your calendar: Tuesday, May 10, 6:00 P.M. University Inn. And plan to join the fun.
- PHIL KLINGER announced the Golf Tournament scheduled for June 30th at the Lafayette Elks Club at 1:00 P.M. Florida scramble. Prizes. Co-ed. The funds collected will go toward Polio Eradication.
- GORDON COPPOC announced that the next GSE team will be from Mexico and we have a good chance of hosting them the week of March 20, 2006. An outbound team will be going to Mexico. If you would be interested in being the leader (a month in Mexico!), please contact GORDON before September.
- LETA KELLEY encouraged us to join the tour to Lafayette's sister city, Ota, Japan, scheduled for September 24 to October 6. Those who are interested in more details should contact her.
CONGRATULATIONS:
| JIM TURLEY presented PHIL SWAIN with his first Paul Harris Fellow and CHRISTA KECK with her second. Paul Harris Fellow is recognition for funds given to The Rotary Foundation (International) that help support Ambassadorial Scholars, GSE Teams and hundreds of humanitarian projects worldwide. |  |
The Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member Program
A Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member is a person who contributes US$100 or more per year to the Annual Programs Fund.
Why are Rotary Foundation Sustaining Members critical to the Foundation?
Rotarians recognize that without sustained support of the Annual Programs Fund, the programs of The Rotary Foundation cannot happen. With contributions of US$100 from every member every year, Rotary could nearly double its efforts to help needy people the world over, supporting the continued growth of programs. In April 2001, the Council on Legislation unanimously passed a resolution approving the goal of US$100 per capita by the year 2005.
What a great difference is made with just a $100 donation per year, but you can give more, but that should be the minimum donation of every Rotarian in the Lafayette Club. Presently about 20% of our club members have given to the Annual Fund. Is that enough?
THANK YOU:
A lovely card was received from Twila Dowell with the hand written note saying "God Bless You All, as you spread sunshine around the world! You have made my life a little brighter. Many, many thanks to everyone.
"She also wrote a letter.
Dear Lafayette Noon Rotary Members,
It was a great honor to be included in your luncheon on March 29 at the University Inn. I was moved to meet the little face that I have seen on TV so much in the past month. And what a great difference you have made in that child's life. Your members should feel great pride in the things you have accomplished, with the honorable gifts you have given to so many. The Gift of Life program impressed me as much as your contribution to my future.
I wanted to write a little thank you letter, just to express my appreciation in your efforts to help others. Your scholarship donation in my future success is greatly appreciated. After returning home, while boasting about my afternoon, I found out that my grandfather was a Rotarian himself. As if I needed more to impress me of your organization, my respect grew even more when I found this out. I would be honored to learn more about your memberships. I can't remember the last time I was so moved during one meal.
Thank you so much for your thoughtful donation and definitely keep up the great work that you all do, and thank you so much for making me a part of it.
Respectfully yours,
Twila J. Dowell
Future IT Professional
ANOTHER THANK YOU:
Dear Jane,
My cousin, Jay Wiley, Jr., asked me to send a note thanking the Lafayette Rotary Club for the memorial donation to the Lafayette Rotary Foundation. Jay and our whole family appreciates your thoughtfulness in memory of my uncle, Jay Wiley, Sr. He was a strong supporter of Rotary and would have been pleased.
Judy Matousek
PROGRAM:
| TOM PEARSON introduced Alan Alexander, administrator of the local Social Security Administration office, who gave us the history of Social Security and the funding formula that was to support it. The Social Security Fund has 1.5 Trillion Dollars invested in treasury notes. Thirty - nine million Dollars is paid every month from the Lafayette office. One third of local citizens receive social security. For more statistics, please visit their web site: www.ssa.gov. | 
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STUDENT GUESTS:
CECIL BLIGNAUT introduced Kendall Huffer and William Bowman from Harrison High School. Each received a certificate and a travel mug with the four-way test to commemorate meeting with us.
GUESTS:
Beth Hoffman, wife of ROB NOLL; Laura Simmons, guest of MIKE PIGGOTT; Liane de Souza Weber and Diogo Barcellos Ferreira, guests of CHRIS JOHANNSEN, and David Kasmiri, guest of TOM PEARSON. HELP BLOCK
THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTION:
Money Collectors: DON FRANKLIN 11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., and ADRIENINE BOUGH 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m,; Greeter: ELSA JANLE; Invocation: SUSAN SMITH; Dinner Music: REX KEPLER; Singing: REX KEPLER and BARB REIF; JO WADE for help at the back table; BILL FULLER for help with Ripples.
- At the April Board Meeting it was decided to apply money received in the "change basket" to our Centennial Project.
- Ten of our members will be attending the District Assembly on April 26th. Three will be presenters.
- The Budget Committee is preparing next year's budget. All committee chairs and Directors are asked to submit information to ERNIE POLAND, Treasurer, before May 6th.
- Next year's GSE team will be from Mexico and arrive on March 20, 2006.
- The Board accepted the resignations of ED EILER, JOE HORNETT, ANN PIECHOTA, and SALLY MASON. LARRY TIPTON and ROB MILLER have moved.
MEMBER PROFILE:
By Laura Simmons:
President of Lafayette Rotary, Tom Schmidt was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on September 5, 1953. He attended Indiana Wesleyan University and is currently the minister at Schuyler Avenue Wesleyan Church. He has been married to Denise for 30 years and they have two children, Jan and Jeff. Jeff is married to Becky and they have a son Michael who is 18 months old.
What is your mantra/life philosophy?
-Live for God and do your best for your fellow mankind
What's one thing you could not live without?
-My spouse, Denise
What's the last good book you read?
-The Leader Within, by John Maxwell
If you didn't do what you do, what would you do?
-Teach in a third world country
If you could meet anyone, living or deceased, who would it be?
-Jesus Christ
Name three things in your refrigerator
-asparagus
-chicken and noodles
-Pepsi
What's the one thing you would like to learn next in life?
-How to relax
What is something you would still like to accomplish in life?
-Travel to Alaska- I've already been to the other 49 states
What's your favorite restaurant in the Lafayette area?
-Christo's New American Grill
Do you know any hidden treasures in the Lafayette area?
-De Ja Vu Antiques
What would be a good mascot for the Lafayette area?
-An eagle - our community soars above so many others
How do you describe Rotary to people who ask?
-It is involved in lives of people around the world. It is involved in education, promoting peace, goodwill and friendship.
What is one thing you would like Lafayette Rotary to do/tackle in the future?
-more involvement with high school students in the Youth Exchange
Who have you sponsored as a member?
-Bob Meyer from the Salvation Army
COMMITTEES FOR 2004-2005:
Click on the above link to see those who work to make our Club great.
PRESIDENT TOM'S
WISDOM: A true story of a college Philosophy Exam:
A college student in a philosophy class was taking his first examination. On the paper there was a single line which simply said: "Is this a question?" - Discuss.
After a short time he wrote: "If that is a question, then this is an answer."
The student received an "A" on the exam.
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