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Volume 91, Number 37 - March 14, 2006
PROGRAM for MARCH 21:
President Jo Anne M. Gora, Ball State University,
MEETING FUNCTIONS:
Money Collectors:
MARCH PROGRAMS:
- March 28 - Vocational Scholarships & Service Above Self Award
APRIL PROGRAMS:
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April 4 - Dean Craig Brater of the IU School of Medicine
- April 11 - Richard Richardson, Adult Guardian Advocacy Program
- April 18 - High School Scholarship & Citizenship Day
- April 25 - Harlan Day - Financial Literacy In Indiana
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- EARLY START NEXT TUESDAY!!! We have a full program, so come early and be prepared to enjoy the whole meeting.
- FRED ANDERSON announced that members are welcome to join the GSE Team from Mexico on Thursday, March 23rd, 6:30 P.M. at the Trails. If you would be interested in joining the fun, contact GORDON soon.
- ARVID OLSON distributed business card sized guest invitation cards, explaining that we must keep out dynamic club growing. Each of us is responsible for bringing in new members.
- FRITZ COHEN announced that Wednesday, March 29th is the next SHOTS NOT SPOTS service project. Mark your calendars and sign up with FRITZ.
- BETTY SUDDARTH announced that Rotaract, in conjunction with Marco's Pizza, is having a "Pizza Night" to benefit the Wheelchair Foundation. Order a pizza from Marco's next Tuesday night (March 21st) between 6 and 10 P.M. Marco's will donate 15% of your order amount to the cause.
EVERY ROTARIAN EVERY YEAR:
Ninethy-seven members have contributed $10,674, which is 42% of the members participating, equaling $46.41 per capita.
THANK YOU:
St. John's/LUM Food Pantry and its clients wish to thank you for the food donation. Your support is greatly appreciated. You have assisted in helping many families. During 2005 we served 6,799 families. The clients represented 21,207 people. May God bless your families with good health and happiness.
Sincerely,
Jacki Paar and Jim Hess, Coordinators
NEW MEMBER:
| FAYE COLE introduced her friend, Pam Windler, who is the sales manager for Best Western. Pam and husband Doug live at 1638 Tanglewood Drive, Lafayette, IN 47905. Phone 447-5105. E-mail: pamwindler@yahoo.com Work address: 4343 St. Rd. 26 East, Lafayette, IN 47905. Phone 490-6737 |  |
PROGRAM:
| JIM HANKS introduced SALLY WATLINGTON, noting that she has had several careers after retiring from the Navy at the rank of Captain. She retired a second time as the President of the Community Health Clinic, which she help to bring into being. In 1996 the Clinic separated from the County Health Department, began a building campaign and opened for business in 1998. With a staff of 96 plus many volunteers, the Community Health Clinic is the third largest of the sixteen federally qualified health centers in Indiana, serving a nine county area. The challenges facing the clinic are space, funds and maintaining the professional staff. | 
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STUDENT GUESTS:
DAVID BRIDGES introduced Maureen Doyle and Greg Tao from Jefferson High School. Each received a certificate and a travel mug with the four-way test to commemorate meeting with us.
GUESTS:
Dave McGaw, guest of CARL REW; Sarah Steele, guest of CHRISTY SMITH; Charles Bossert, guest of DONNA MELOY; Carmen Hurst, guest of PAT COREY; Lynn Cheeseman, guest of PAULINE SHEN, Megan Zehring and Veronique LeBlanc, guests of SALLY WATLINGTON.
THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTION:
Money Collectors: FRANCIS PRITSCHER and JIM HOBBS; Greeter: CAROLYN JONES; Invocation: DAVE BOUGH; Dinner Music: REX KEPLER; Singing: HARLEY FREY and MAURI WILLIAMSON; JO WADE for taking and help attendance at the back table.
Board Meeting Highlights:
- STAN MITHOEFER has pulled together an enthusiastic team to organize the Gus Macker Tournament in partnership with Habitat. Stay tuned for more details.
- It's time to sign up for committees for next year.
- The 4-Way Test is to be prepared for every member
COMMITTEES FOR 2005-2006:
Click on the above link to see those who work to make our Club great.
PRESIDENT SUSAN'S
WISDOM: In the 60's people took acid to make the world weird.
Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
Did you hear about the depressed dyslexic?
He threw himself behind a bus.
And from a health clinic doc: At the beginning of my shift I placed a stethoscope on an elderly and slightly deaf female patient's anterior chest wall. "Big breaths," I instructed.
"Yes, they used to be," sighed the patient.
MEMBER PROFILE:
 | Treasurer of Lafayette Rotary, ERNIE POLAND was born in High Point, North Carolina on June 26, 1943. He is currently working at his alma mater, Purdue University as the Director of University Residences. He is a certified BBQ judge with the Kansas City BBQ Society and regularly travels around to judge in BBQ contests. He is married to Linda and they have a son Chris. Chris is a Ball State graduate and lives in Denver with his wife. Ernie and Linda have two cats named Randy and Cleo. |
Q: If you could meet anyone, living or deceased, who would it be?
A: Colin Powell
Q: If you didn't do what you do, what would you do?
A: Manage a serious bakery
Q: What's the last good book you read?
A: Smoke Jumper by Nicholas Evans
Q: What's in your DVD/VCR player?
A: The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Q: What's the one thing you would like to learn next in life?
A: how to BBQ a great brisket
Q: What is something you would like to accomplish still in life?
A: A smooth transition to retirement in about four years
Q: What's your favorite restaurant in the Lafayette area?
A: McGraw's
Q: Do you know any hidden treasures in the Lafayette area?
A: Prophetstown State Park
Q: What's the one thing missing from the Lafayette area?
A: good airline service
Q: What other community programs or organizations do you support?
A: I was active in the original Vision 2020 program. I continue to volunteer actively with Camp Tecumseh YMCA camp.
Q: Why did you join Rotary?
A: joined to broaden friendships in the community. As a Purdue staff member, it was easy to get to know some people at Purdue, but Rotary has given me a good chance to meet new people from town and even from areas of Purdue with which I don't normally work.
Q: What project are you most proud of in Rotary, either local or otherwise?
A: Polio Plus
Q: What is one more thing that you would like Lafayette Rotary to to/tackle?
A: I would like them to sponsor more fund-raising projects; the chili dinner should be just a start.
Q: What events/experiences have most shaped your life?
A: I spend nearly 23 years on active duty in the Army before retiring in 1990. Those experiences, including Viet Nam, and the opportunity to travel and live in a wide variety of places certainly have helped shape me. Being married for 35 years has held an even more positive impact.
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