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    Volume 91, Number 25 - December 20, 2005

    PROGRAM for DECEMBER 27:

    Matthew Williams, former Ambassadorial Scholar from District 6560 to China, on his experience and current work.

    Terry West, chair, Ambassadorial Scholars Committee, update on our club's Rotary Scholars program.

    MEETING FUNCTIONS:

    Money Collectors:
    TOM WERNER - 11:15 to 11:45 a.m. and
    11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

    Greeter:
    VICKI BURCH, Chair

    Invocation:
    DAVE LAHR

    JANUARY PROGRAMS: Rotary Awareness

    • January 3 - Jack Kelley, Haiti Project and John Morris (Daybreak Rotary), El Salvador projects
    • January 10 - Sidney Thomas, Regional Manager, Vectren Energy Delivery
    • January 17 - Craig W Davis is the Executive Director of The Chao Center for Industrial Pharmacy & Contract Manufacturing
    • January 24 - Dr. Martin Jischke, A Gathering Storm: U.S. Faces Challenge as World Leader in Science and Engineering
    • January 31 - Sallie Fahey, APC - Tippecanoe County Housing Situation

    CLUB CONCERNS:

    PRESIDENT SUSAN HYCHKA requested members/spouses to keep the following in their thoughts and prayers: RAY KAVANAUGH, and Carol, wife of CARL REW, ARVID OLSON and Ann, wife of DAVE LANDGREBE.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS:

    • SUSAN reported members have given $8,305 to Salvation Army, so far. More is needed to bring us to last year's total of $8,970. It's not too late. We are taking contributions all month and into January.

    • BETTY SUDDARTH, chair of the Nominating Committee, presented the slate again. TOM MORAN moved that we unanimously accept the slate presented. There was a second by VICKI BURCH. Motion carried. Congratulations to all the new officers and board members!

      President JAN GRIFFIN KOEHLER
      President Elect JOHN SANDERSON
      President Nominee ROB GALBRAITH
      Executive Secretary JANE TURNER
      Treasurer ELSA JANLE
      Assistant Treasurer RALPH GANN
      Directors (gown) BETTY DOVERSBERGER
      JEANNE NORBERG
      Directors (town) FRED ANDERSON
      TOM FREY

      Lafayette Foundation Treasurer BRUCE HARDING
      Lafayette Foundation Director BETTY NELSON
      Lafayette Foundation Investment Chair JAY SMITH


    CONGRATULATIONS:

    BILL HATFIELD presented MARNE HELGESEN with her first Paul Harris Fellow recognition and CHRISTA KECK with her second. Generous giving by both of these members makes our world a better place.

    PROGRAM:
    SUSAN introduced STAN MITHOEFER, chair of the Community Service Task Force, who said the task force decided that Rotary needs to focus on the needs of children - our most valuable resource.
    Pam Biggs-Reed, Executive Director of Community and Family Resource Center, said her agency is stressing that we all know the names of the children in our neighborhoods and treat kids like people, not problems to be fixed. She recommends the book, What Kids Need to Succeed, provided to us by The Community Foundation.
    MIKE PIGGOTT suggested we consider sponsoring a Job Fair on a Friday in July for 12 to 15 year olds. This would expose them to several career opportunities and perhaps give them some hands on experience.

    MARY OSTRYE spoke about Everyone Reads, an economic development issue started in Louisville.
    The CAPE Grant will provide a head start opportunity to more kids as a way to build assets. Rotary help could be used here, too. We will hear more about abused children from Judge Loretta Rush, next month. Last week we heard about Teacher's Warehouse from JUDY WITT and how it works in Bloomington, IN.
    KAREN HIRSH-COOPER told of her experience with another club that has breakfast with elementary school children.
    A questionnaire was made available for members to express thoughts on these projects or any others. We will discuss these ideas further to come to agreement on a project. A questionnaire was made available


    VISITING ROTARIANS:

    CHARLOTT HUDGIN, Dallas, TX

    GUESTS:

    Pam Windler, guest of FAYE COLE; Chris Johnsen, guest of JOHN SANDERSON; Elizabeth Barrett, wife of JOHN BARRETT; Jacki Swain, wife of PHIL SWAIN; Pam Biggs-Reed, guest of JOHN COREY.

    THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTION:

    Money Collectors: WES MCDIVITT and TOM WERNER; Greeter: JIM HOBBS; Invocation: BETTY NELSON; Dinner Music: BOB GRIFFITHS; Singing: HARLEY FREY and JOHN BARRETT; JO WADE for help at the back table.



    MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!

    COMMITTEES FOR 2005-2006:

    Click on the above link to see those who work to make our Club great. PRESIDENT SUSAN'S WISDOM:

    The moment of humor, such as it was:

    The wife is shopping for Christmas gifts
    With purchases small and large.
    She doesn't believe in Santa Claus,
    She believes in Master Charge!

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