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Volume 91, Number 42 - April 18, 2006
PROGRAM for APRIL 25:
Harlan Day - Financial Literacy In Indiana
MEETING FUNCTIONS:
Money Collectors:
MAY PROGRAMS:
- May 2 - Keith Smith, "Surviving Financially for Ninety Years"
- May 9 - President Gora, Ball State University
- May 16 - Mary Cutler, Tippecanoe County Naturalist - "Uses of the
Wabash River"
- May 23 - Don Gentry, A new organizational plan for economic and
community development
- May 30 - Lt. Governor Becky Skillman "Tourism is BIG business in Indiana"
CLUB CONCERNS:
PRESIDENT SUSAN asked that we keep the following member in our thoughts and prayers: BOB BROCK; Bill, husband of NELLIE LECHMAN.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Committee Selection forms are available at the back table. We need one from each of you.
- There will be no Annual Dinner this year. Due to decreasing interest for the last several years the Committee decided to cancel the event. We will do all of the usual annual recognitions at our regular meeting on June 27th. This will be a longer than usual meeting, so please block 11:30 - 1:30 p.m. on your calendar that day.
- Junior Achievement is looking for volunteers. This is a Vocational Project of this Club. Anyone who can help should contact JAN.
- Rotarians who attended the District conference may request reimbursement of $100 in conference expenses. Present a conference or hotel receipt or other documentation to ELSA JANLE or JANE.
- Dues are due by May 1. Feel free to add to your payment a contribution to The Rotary Foundation for Every Rotarian Every Year (supports Ambassadorial Scholars and GSE Teams, among other programs) and the local Lafayette Rotary Foundation, which supports local charities and funds our scholarships.
- SUSAN thanked JACK KELLEY for his tireless work in obtaining the Matching Grant for Haiti Water Wells. The number we have been waiting for is #60340! Members of Daybreak Rotary Club and Interact Club (Central Catholic) went to El Salvador for Spring Break to work on projects there. The First Lady of El Salvador will be in Indianapolis on Thursday, June 8th for a dinner sponsored by The People Helping People Network. If you are interested in attending, contact Jeff Cardwell 317-413-1331 or or by e-mail at jcardwell@phpnetwork.org
- DAVE LAHR and a team of Rotarians will be walking in the Homeward Bound 5K Walk on Sunday, April 23rd at 1:30 PM. So far ZBIG AND MAUREEN GRABOWSKI, DOROTHY LIGHT AND SUSAN HYCHKA are joining him. There is room for more. The Salvation Army will be the recipient of any donations DAVE collects. So far $219 has been raised.
- JACK KELLEY received a round of thankful applause for being a tax preparer at LUM.
- PHIL SWAIN announced that last Thursday evening members of Lafayette
Habitat for Humanity, Purdue Habitat chapter, and The Lafayette Rotary Club
met. There were about 20 students there from the Purdue chapter, including the
chapter president who has played a major organizing role.
The project is on schedule. Publicity activities are underway - watch for an
article in the Journal & Courier this week. The publicity will really ratchet up in
August.
Students have begun seeking sponsors by approaching local operations of national chains (e.g., Applebee's, Home Deport, Circuit City). For Rotary's part, we will be approaching larger firms in the community to become major sponsors. As you came in today, PHIL handed out an invitation for YOU to become more involved, either in the project logistics or in the fund-raising effort. TOM FREY and PHIL will be glad to have any of these that you have filled out now.
NEW MEMBERS:
| JEANNE NORBERG introduced Marianne Rose, who lives with her husband, Larry, at 640 Shady Creek Drive, Lafayette, IN 47905. Phone 449-7908. mariannerose@insightbb.com She is the marketing manager for the Greater Lafayette Community Foundation, 1114 State Street, Lafayette, IN 47905. Phone 742-9078. marianne@glcfonline.org |  |
 | SUSAN HYCHKA introduced Bryan Metzger, who lives with his wife, Cindy, at 1658 South Black Oak Court, Lafayette, IN 47905. Phone 447-7109. He is the Tippecanoe County Extension Director, Purdue Extension Service, 3150 Sagamore Parkway South, Lafayette, IN 47905. Phone 474-0793 bmetzger@purdue.edu |
PROSPECTIVE NEW MEMBER:
Jerry Bean, sponsored by JOHN MEYERS, has been approved for membership by the Board of Directors. Barring objections, he will be introduced soon.
PROGRAM:
PAUL ZIEMER, chair of the Scholarship/Citizenship Committee, introduced and
thanked his committee, LETA KELLEY, BILL LOVELL and ROB NOLL.
Representatives of the schools and parents were introduced. Those attending
were Sister Lois Ann Meyer, Superintendent, Lafayette Catholic Schools; Susan
DeLong, Director, Administrative Services representing Richard Wood,
Superintendent, Tippecanoe School Corporation; and Iran Floyd, Acting
Superintendent, West Lafayette Community School Corp. Principals: Joesph A
Brettnacher, Central Catholic High School; Cheryl Minniear, Associate Principal
representing Vince Bertram, Lafayette Jefferson High School; John Beeker,
McCutcheon High School; Dr. Ann Koivo, West Lafayette High School; and Doug
Lesley, William Henry Harrison High School. Guidance Counselors: Velma
Fonderoli, Central Catholic High School, Joyce Grimble, Lafayette Jefferson High
School; Paula Green, McCutcheon High School; Sue MacOwan, West Lafayette
High School; Betty Burkinshaw, William Henry Harrison High School.
Kellie L. Brown, 4020 S. 900 E., daughter of Kevin and Judith Brown. Kellie expects to major in communications at Purdue University. She has been active with McCutcheon student government, newspaper, tennis team and National Honor Society. Her volunteer activities have included relief efforts in Louisiana and Habitat for Humanity. * Harrison High School Brandon W. Henderson, 221 Hartman Ct., West Lafayette, the son of David and Sharon Henderson. He plans to study history at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. At Harrison, Brandon has been involved with soccer and volleyball, as well as the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. His community activities have included service to Habitat to Humanity, Trinity Mission and Lafayette Urban Ministries. * Central Catholic High School Andrea N. Kochert, 4640 S. 900 East, daughter of Francis and Carolyn Kochert. She plans to study finance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. At Central Catholic, she has been involved with varsity basketball and cross-country teams and Academic Super Bowl. Her community activities have included participation in 4-H and Interact, Rotary's organization for high school students. * West Lafayette High School Hong Yee "Connie" Lee, 3134 Soldiers Home Rd., West Lafayette, daughter of Kwok Wai Lee and Fung Ming Ngan. Hong Yee plans to study business management at Purdue. At West Lafayette, she has been involved with the student newspaper, Spanish Honor Society, National Honor Society and the West Side Service Organization. She also has supported the Salvation Army, area libraries, and area elderly, and was a delegate to Hoosier Girls State. * Jefferson High School Lauren R. Russell, 2308 Bennett Rd., daughter of Danny and Mary Russell. She plans to major in biomedical engineering in college. At Jeff, Lauren has been involved with concert and show band and the wind ensemble; junior and varsity soccer and the National Honor Society. Her community activities have included serving as a camp counselor and Salvation Army bell ringer and assisting with Lafayette Urban Ministries' Christmas Jubilee. The scholarships were presented in memory of three past-presidents of Lafayette Rotarian: Thomas F. Moran, Sr., former professor of history at Purdue and Lafayette Rotary's founding president; Eric A. Holm, an agricultural Extension specialist who started the Lafayette Rotary scholarship program in 1945; and Frank K. Burrin, a director emeritus of continuing education at Purdue who was instrumental in starting Lafayette Rotary Foundation, Inc., which funds the scholarships. SUSAN thanked PAUL for a super job in chairing the Scholarship/Citizenship Committee again this year. VISITING ROTARIANS: ED ELLIOTT, Naples, FL, JOHN MORRIS and CAROLINE BRIGGS, Lafayette Daybreak. GUESTS: Dave McGaw, guest of CARL REW, Marilyln Ziemer, wife of PAUL ZIEMER; Jerry Bean, guest of JOHN MEYERS. THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTION: Money Collectors: JULIE LAHNER and VICKI BURCH; Greeter: MARIELLEN NEUDECK; Invocation: BILL BAUMGARDT; Dinner Music: HARLEY FREY; Singing: REX KEPLER and BOB VERPLANK; TOM MORAN for taking attendance and JO WADE for help at the back table. COMMITTEES FOR 2005-2006: Click on the above link to see those who work to make our Club great. MAY BIRTHDAYS:
PRESIDENT SUSAN'S  WISDOM: In high school, you're told what classes to take. In college, you get to choose; that is, as long as the classes don't conflict and you have the prerequisites and the classes aren't closed and you've paid your tuition. In high school, when the teacher said, "Good morning," you mumbled back. In college, when the professor says, "Good morning," you write it down. In college, weekends begin on Thursday. In high school, you can't go out to lunch because it's not allowed. In college, you can't go out to lunch because you can't afford it. In college, any test accounts for a larger percentage of your grade that your high school final exams did.
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