Volume 91, Number 15‚ October 11, 2005

PROGRAM

October 18 ‚ NO MEETING • JOINT SERVICE CLUB MEETING OCT 20

October 20 program: Purdue Basketball coaches, Matt Painter & Kristy Curry

MEETING FUNCTIONS:

Money Collectors:
FRANCIS PRITSCHER - 11:15 to 11:45 a.m.,
JIM FOSTER - 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Greeter: DAN HEMAN and PAT COREY

OCTOBER PROGRAMS:
Oct 25th • Dr. Thomas Summer, Unity Medical Center: Healthcare in Lafayette and the part Unity hopes to play 

NOVEMBER PROGRAMS:
November 1‚ Ron Ellis, President and CEO, Endocyte, Inc.
November 8‚ Robert Thompson, Gardner Prof. of Agricultural Policy at the Univ. of Illinois
& former Dean of Agriculture at Purdue: Reducing Global Poverty: the right thing to do 
and in our Own Interest to Do It.
November 15 ‚ Veteran's Day program • Fritz Cohen
November 22 ‚ Joint meeting with Kiwanis (Kiwanis does program)
November 29 ‚ Dr. Clayton: Parish twinning in Haiti

CLUB CONCERNS:
PRESIDENT SUSAN HYCHKA requested members/spouses to keep the following in their thoughts and prayers: RAY KAVANAUGH

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The Lafayette Rotary Foundation is looking for someone to serve on its Board as Investment Committee Chair. Anyone interested may contact DICK BARTHOLOMEW or DAVE LUHMAN.

Lafayette Daybreak Rotary will meet at the Holiday Inn Select during the month of November. Every Thursday at 7 A.M. you will find they gathered in Rotary fellowship. They welcome members of our group who want to make-up

KATHY MEEKS announced that CARL REW, chair of the Salvation Army Bell Ringing Committee, now has help from DAVE LAHR and TOM MORAN. Mark your calendar for December 3rd and be prepared to sign up to RING THE BELL!

KATHY KROLL, chair of the Family of Rotary Committee needs committee members. Anyone interested in helping with events and communication with members who are ill, please contact KATHY. She announced that two Euchre parties are planned and subs are needed.

Friday, October 14, 6:30 at the VERPLANKS

Saturday, October 29, 7:00 at the BOUGHS

Family of Rotary, Small Group Dinner
Sarah's Oak Restaurant, Thursday, November 3rd, 5:30 P.M.
$20 payable at dinner • Reservations due by November 1 • Contact ADRIENNE BOUGH 420-8020

FRITZ COHEN is organizing the program for November 15, observing Veteran's Day and the 60th anniversary of VJ day. All veterans of any military service are urged to participate. Fritz asks anyone who has had such service to submit one or two photos representative of that service for inclusion on a video to be projected as part of the program. Include: Name, time, place and branch of service. Time is short, so please contact Fritz as soon as possible. If you don't have a photo, contact him anyway with the other data, at cohenfg@purdue.edu.

Dues statements have been sent. Payment is due by November 1st. Please don't make more work for the treasurer and the board. Pay on time.

Every Rotarian Every Year Report:

With five members contributing in the past week, we have $3,258 from 26 members, representing 11% toward our goal of $100.00 per member. The present total is $14.16 per member.

PROSEPCTIVE NEW MEMBER:
The Board of Directors approved Mary Ostrye as a member at Monday's meeting. If there are no loud objections, she will be introduced on October 25th.

ROTARY FACT:

Here's a fun fact from the Rotary District 6560 newsletter. Leading the clubs in our district for Attendance percentage in August 2005 was Crawfordsville with 89%. Second, and a pretty close second, was Lafayette Noon Club with 84.6% attendance! Your participation in our Tuesday meetings -- plus alerting Jane to make-ups at other Rotary clubs, participation in Rotary committee meetings and service projects, and telling Jane when travel or work schedules make attendance impossible. It all adds up to improved participation. Thanks to all and please keep up the good work!

PROGRAM:

JIM HANKS introduced his long time friend, Cary A. Mitchell, Professor of Horticulture and Director of the NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training in Advanced Life Support, along with Dave Kotterman, the Center's Operations Manager. Dr. Mitchell talked about farming on the moon, showing interesting graphics of what a lunar outpost living space might look like. His team is also working on a 1,000 day camping trip to Mars, scheduled for about 2030. To learn more specifics about this interesting program, please go to www.alsnscort.org.

STUDENT GUEST:
KEN EWING introduced Judith Asem and Brent Schleck (grandson of ED PAGE) from West Lafayette High School. Each received a certificate and a travel mug with the four- way test to commemorate meeting with us.

GUESTS:

Andrea Kuipers, wife of FRED KUIPERS; Ralph Davis, father of MARK DAVIS; Mary Ostrye and Pam Windler, guests of FAYE COLE;

THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTIONS:

Money Collectors: CECIL BLIGNAUT and JIM FOSTER; Greeter: DAN HEMAN; Invocation: VICKI BURCH; Dinner Music: BOB GRIFFITH; Singing: REX KEPLER and BOB VERPLANK; LLOYD WEAVER for photographs; JO WADE for help at the back table.

SUSAN'S HUMOR:

It was a celebratory mood with the boys at NASA; they had just made the scientific achievement of a lifetime. As they were uncorking a bottle of champagne, the head scientist at NASA asked everyone to be quiet as he had received a congratulatory phone call from the President of the United States. He picked up a special red phone, and spoke into it. "Mr. President," said the scientist, grinning broadly, "after twelve years of hard research and billions of dollars spent, we have finally found intelligent life on Mars." He listened for a second, and his smile gradually disappeared, replaced by a frown. He said, "But that's impossible ... we could never do it. ... yes Mr. President," and hung up the phone. He addressed the crowd of scientists staring at him curiously. "I have some bad news," he said, "the President said that now that we've found intelligent life on Mars ... he wants us to try to find it in Congress."

JANE"S CORNER:

Highlights of Monday"s Board of Director's meeting:

  • An Investment Policy for Club funds, which is managed by the Investment Committee of the Lafayette Rotary Foundation, was adopted.
  • Enforcement of the current attendance policy has been suspended until the committee (Boorman, chair, Kelley, Neudeck, Tyner) reports to the Board.
  • A funds request from Leadership Lafayette is under consideration.