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    Volume 90, Number 43 - May 3, 2005

    PROGRAM for MAY 10:

    May 10, Rotary Annual Dinner, at 6:00 p.m.

    Bach Chorale Children's Choir,

    NO NOON MEETING

    MEETING FUNCTIONS:

    Money Collectors:
    LEW RUNNELS - 11:15 to 11:45 a.m.,
    JOHN CARPENTER - 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

    Greeter:
    MARIELLEN NEIDECK, chair

    Invocation:
    Invocation: FRED KUIPERS

    MAY PROGRAMS:

    • May 17 - Steve Visser - Industrial Design

      Making Daily Life Better for People.

    • 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 ELECT SUSAN HYCHKA requested members/spouses to keep the following in their thoughts and prayers: JOHN MC KEE; MARGARET HALL; DALE MC HENRY; FAYE COLE's sister, and daughter of GENE COURTANEY.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS:

    • SUSAN announced the dedication of the Riverfront Overlook (our Centennial Project) will be held Tuesday, May 31st at 1:30 following our regular meeting. Instruction on where to park will be announced. It is hoped that we will have a respectable contingent of Rotarians present for this important event.

    • We are planting flowers at the overlook on Wednesday, May 25 from 9 a.m. to noon. Rain date, Friday, May 27, from 9 a.m. to noon. Joe Payne says we could use 20 people!

    • The Columbus Sunrise Rotary Club is proud to announce Indiana Rotary Clubs had 400 special license plates sold in 2004. Many thanks to all the great Rotarians Statewide for their support and for displaying these "moving billboards" while CELEBRATING ROTARY across the state. More importantly, these plates will heighten the awareness of Rotary's good works every where we drive.

      To ensure Indiana Rotary License Plates (IRLP) will be available for many years to come, we have to maintain a level of 500 sales per year. If you ordered one last year or making a first time purchase, submit your application form now. You must have a validated IRLP application form when you go to the BMV to get your new plate or mail in for a renewal sticker.

      http://www.rotary6560.org/Plate05.doc

      RENEWALS or NEW APPLICATIONS MUST BE VALIDATED BEFORE VISITING YOUR BMV!!!

      The fee structure is designed to share the revenue among all Rotary Clubs in Indiana and to offer clubs an opportunity to raise funds for various projects. $15 from every sale is rebated to the Purchaser's designated Rotary Club.
      This 100 Year Commemorative License Plate is sure to be a Collector's Item (We have had many calls from other States expressing their compliments on our plate design).

      Get on board and order or renew your plate today! Please ensure all members of your Club are aware that they too should Step Up to the Plate!!!

    • JOHN SANDERSON announced that tickets for the Annual Dinner are available for $25 each. Mark your calendar: NEXT 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.

    BIRTHDAY TABLE:

    BOB VERPLANK (standing in for MARGERY ISMAIL) introduced the Rotarians celebrating a birthday in May and announced that more than $700.00 had been collected so far.

    THANK YOU:

    Lafayette Rotary Club,

    Thank you so much for selecting me for your scholarship-citizenship award. What an honor and a privilege this is! My whole life I have strived to be the best I could possibly be, and through this I have developed leadership, mental fortitude, and a sense of charity. This award is a verification of my efforts a nd only makes the desire to secceed in life that much stronger.

    Sincerely,
    Thomas Haan
    Central Catholic High School


    Lafayette Rotary Club,

    We, too, are very appreciative of the wonderful lunch you invited us to enjoy. We are especially trateful for your grnerous scholarship. We are so lucky to live in this community where there are active groups such as yours, who feel it is important to support our youth - the future of this community.
    What an impressive group of young people you hosted on Tuesday! Thank you from some very proud and humbled parents.

    Jeff and Mary Haan
    Parents of Thomas Haan
    Central Catholic

    ROTARY FACT:

    The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has contributed over $25 million in the battle to eradicate polio. Bill Gates, Sr., who is Co-chair of the Foundation said: "Back when Rotary became involved with polio, most people thought volunteer organizations were about tackling projects down the street or across town - not across the world. Rotary changed all that, and in the process, you reminded us that there is no human problem so daunting that it can't be overcome by people."

    PROGRAM:
    SUSAN introduced 40 year member DICK GRACE, who has written a book titled When Every Day is Saturday. By surveying 700 people, he was able to put together a retirement guide for boomers. The most important components for surviving retirement are attitude, coping and helping others. At the end of this interesting presentation, a drawing was held and two books were given away. ARVID OLSON and CHRISTA KECK were the lucky winners.
    STUDENT GUESTS:

    LEW RUNNELS introduced Kate Crecelius and Tommy Szlasny from West Lafayette High School. Each received a certificate and a travel mug with the four-way test to commemorate meeting with us.

    GUESTS:

    Lola Huggins, wife of LARRY HUGGINS; Sherm Kessler, guest of BETTY NELSON.

    THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTION:

    Money Collectors: DON GUSTAFSON 11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., and JOHN CARPENTER 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m,; Invocation: KIM REISMAN; Dinner Music: HARLEY FREY; Singing: HARLEY FREY and KATHY MEEKS; 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.

    100% CLUB:

    ANDERSON (5); BARRETT (92); BOORMAN; CARNEY (5); CARPENTER; CHISCON, AL (184); CHISCON, MARTHA (177); CLARK (8); COHEN, FRITZ (3); COHEN, LEONA; COPPOC (3); DIESSLIN (2); FEATHERS (2); FEUER (268); FILMER (111); FOSTER (116); FREY, HARLEY (212); FREY, TOM; FULLER (252); GRIFFITHS (2); GUSTAFSON; HANKS; HANSEN (11); HARDING (22); HATFIELD (292); HEATH; HEMMER (5); HERNANDEZ (2); HOBBS (134); HOPKINS (3); HUNT (5); HYCHKA (21); JANLE (93); KECK (111); KELLEY, JACK (30); KELLEY, LETA (30); KLINGER (3); KLUSMAN (4); GRIFFIN KOEHLER (165); LAHR; LANDGREBE (178); LIGHT (24) LUHMAN; MEEKS; MILLER, W.R. (393); MITCHELL (183); MITHOEFER; MORAN (5); NELSON (125); NEUDECK; NORBERG; PARK (4); PEARSON; PEETERS (4); POLAND (33); PRITSCHER (3); RAHDERT (154); REGER (4); RUNNELS; SANDERSON (39); SCHMIDT (318); SMITH, JAMES (5); SMITH, KEITH (97); SMITH, SUSAN (154); SOLBERG; ST. JOHN (86); STEVENSON; SUDDARTH (93); TEDER; TROTT (36); VERPLANK (480); WALKER; WADE (136); and WEST (142).

    CONGRATULATIONS to DOROTHY LIGHT who had 2 years, JOHN TROTT who had 3 years, BILL FULLER who had 21 years and BOB VERPLANK who had 40 years of 100% attendance as of the end of April, 2005.

    SUSAN'S WISDOM:

    A reporter was interviewing a 104 year-old woman: "And what do you think is the best thing about being 104?" the reported asked. She simply replied, "No peer pressure."

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