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Volume 90, Number 42 - April 26, 2005

PROGRAM for MAY 3:

Richard Grace, Emeritus Vice President for Student Services,
Purdue University,

"When Every Day Is Saturday"

MEETING FUNCTIONS:

Money Collectors:

DON GUSTAFSON, chair - 11:15 to 11:45 a.m.,
TBA - 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Greeter:
MARIELLEN NEIDECK, chair

Invocation:
KIM REISMAN

MAY PROGRAMS:



May 10, Rotary Annual Dinner, at 6:00 p.m. Bach Chorale Children's Choir, NO NOON MEETING



• May 17 - TBA
  
  


• May 24 - Leslie Taulman,
  
  Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar to Bolivia and current MS student in Agricultural Economics,
  
  "My Experience in Bolivia."
  


• May 31 - Adrienne Bough and Fred Anderson,
  
  "Health Savings Accounts - How They Work and Could They Help You?"



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; DALE MC HENRY; FAYE COLE's sister.

EULOGY:


JOHN OSMUN delivered a thoughtful eulogy for Bob Wilkinson who died of lung cancer early this month. His bright smile and positive attitude will long be remembered by this Club.

Click here to Read the full Obituary

ANNOUNCEMENTS:


• DAVE LAHR says there will be no collection of food next week. Food that is brought will be delivered to an appropriate agency, but the collection will stop until next fall.


• JAN GRIFFIN KOEHLER announced that tickets for the Annual Dinner are available for $25 each. Mark your calendar: Tuesday, May 10, 6:00 P.M. University Inn. The Bach Chorale Children's Choir will entertain us.


• PHIL KLINGER announced the Golf Tournament scheduled for June 30th at the Lafayette Elks Club at 1:00 P.M. California scramble. Prizes. Co- ed. $50 to play. The funds collected will go toward Polio Eradication.


• President TOM read a note from the Tippecanoe Health Department thanking us for helping with Shots Not Spots and saying 62 children were served.


• BETTY NELSON announced the meeting tonight sponsored by the Community Foundation regarding "The Scope of Child Abuse and Neglect in Tippecanoe County. County Office Building at 7:00 P.M. This meeting is the first in a series of three.



CONGRATULATIONS:


TOM PEARSON, president of the Lafayette Rotary Foundation, presented Stan Mithoefer, Jack and Leta Kelley (left: top to bottom) with Golden Service Certificates in recognition of their generous contributions to our local foundation.


JIM TURLEY, chair of the International Foundation Committee, presented Paul Harris Fellow recognition to CARL REW and JOHN OSMUN (Right: top to bottom). Each of them has contributed at least $1,000 to The Rotary Foundation (International), helping Rotary help others.


Thanks to all of you!!!!


THANK YOU:

Dear Jane,

Please convey my heartfelt thanks to the officers and members of the Lafayette Rotary Club for the live plant delivered to my house by Rustic Bouquet. It's a lovely antherium plant, which will remind me of your thoughtfulness for a long time.

The surgery west well and my recovery is on schedule. I expect to be back at Rotary in 3 - 4 weeks.

Gratefully,

Dale


Dear President Schmidt and Rotary Club Members,

After attending the Rotary Luncheon two weeks in a row (April 12th and 19th) I wanted to take the time to thank you for the invitations. I truly enjoyed eating lunch with outstanding members of our community who dedicate their time and efforts to benefit others. I was honored to be in such great company!

Thank you for recognizing me as both a student guest and scholarship recipient. Both actions were very encouraging and reassuring to my success in the future.

To Cecil Blignaut, thank you for driving us to and from the luncheon. Will and I both enjoyed your Rotarian enthusiasm, entertaining sense of humor, and familiar kindness.

May warmer weather and sunny days soon find us all! With admiration and thanks,

Kendall Huffer

Lafayette Jefferson High School

ROTARY FACT:

A World Community Service (WCS) project is born when Rotary clubs from two or more countries join together to accomplish a community service project. The WCS program links Rotary clubs needing extra help with clubs in other countries that are willing to provide funds, materials, and technical and professional assistance. The World Community Service program was officially launched in 1967. Since then, thousands of WCS projects involving Rotarians around the world have been completed. Each year, Rotary clubs provide an estimated US$26 million in funds and supplies.

World Community Service projects have three criteria.
The project must be humanitarian in nature.
• Rotarians in two or more Rotary countries must be involved.
• One of the participating countries must contain the site of the project . Eligible World Community Service projects include international projects that are:
• Listed in the WCS Projects Exchange Database;
• Formed through networking at international conventions or other meetings;
• Identified by Group Study Exchange teams;
• Completed with pooled funds, shared donated goods, or volunteers assistance; or
• Recipients of grants from The Rotary Foundation.


PROGRAM:
SUSAN HYCHKA, President Elect, conducted a Club Assembly. She began by asking everyone to fill out the Committee Selection Sheet and turn it in. With the help of slides and committee chairs, she reviewed the programs that are funded through annual giving to the Rotary Foundation. Presenters Left to Right: GORDON, SUSAN, JACK, TERRY
PHIL KLINGER talked about the upcoming Russian Open World Program which our club will participate in September 17 - 24, 2005. GORDON COPPOC spoke about both outbound and inbound Group Study Exchange opportunities. A group from Mexico will be here March 20, 2006. The Outbound team of 25 - 40 year olds involved in public safety, medical responders and emergency workers will have an all expense paid trip to Mexico, April 19 - May 17, 2006. TERRY WEST reminded the group of our involvement in the Ambassadorial Scholars program. We have had both inbound and outbound students whose generous scholarships were funded by our gifts to The Rotary Foundation. In addition, the Rotary Centers for International Studies, District Simplified Grants, Matching Grants and the 3-H Grants are programs that exist because Rotarians fund them. SUSAN explained that incoming presidents are required to make a commitment of how much the club will contribute to the Foundation. Our club has had a low level of giving for several years. BILL HATFIELD moved with a second by JIM TURLEY, that we commit $100 per member for next year. Brief discussion centered on keeping track of where we are in that commitment during the next year. The motion carried.

VISITING ROTARIANS:

TOM GRAVITTE from Greensboro Airport, SC

STUDENT GUESTS:

BOB HANNEMANN introduced Christa Kaeser from McCutcheon High School. She received a certificate and a travel mug with the four-way test to commemorate meeting with us.

GUESTS:

Lloyd Weaver, guest of ELSA JANLE

THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTION:

Money Collectors: FRED ANDERSON 11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., and DOROTHY LIGHT 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m,; Greeter: JOHN TROTT; Invocation: CHUCK HORNER; Dinner Music: RAY PEETERS; Singing: REX KEPLER and ARVID OLSON; JO WADE for help at the back table; BILL FULLER for help with Ripples.

COMMITTEES FOR 2004-2005:

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

MAY BIRTHDAYS:


COLE, FAYE	5/9	GUSTAFSON, DONALD P.	5/21
HEATH, WILLIAM W.	5/20	ISMAIL, MARGERY J.	5/28
MCCARTHY, GERALD D.	5/9	MILLS, JAN	5/17
OLSON, ARVID	5/24	POST, PAUL	5/13
REISMAN, KIM	5/11	SANCHEZ, ANDRES	5/15
VERPLANK, ROBERT E.	5/26	WATLINGTON, SARAH J.	5/6
WILLIAMS, ED	5/24


PRESIDENT TOM'S WISDOM:

Only in America do we have a General in charge of the post office and a Secretary in charge of defense. --Unknown
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