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Volume 91, Number 47 - May 23, 2006
PROGRAM for MAY 30:
Lt. Governor Becky Skillman "Tourism is BIG business in Indiana"
MEETING FUNCTIONS:
Money Collectors:
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June 6 - Monty Moss of Moss Farms located in Burnettsville, IN
- Pork producers
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June 13 - Alan Rebar,
- Purdue's Discovery Park
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June 20 - Connie Weaver, Distinguished Professor and Dept Head, Foods
and Nutrition
- Osteoporosis: Treatments but no Cure
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June 27 - 11:30am -1:30pm Pass the gavel Annual Meeting
- Celebrate Rotary bring spouse & family
CLUB CONCERNS:
PRESIDENT SUSAN asked that we keep the following member in our thoughts and prayers: BOB BROCK; Bill, husband of NELLIE LECHMAN; and Diana, daughter of Gary and BARB REIF.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- There will be a Finance Committee (JANLE, LAHNER, LANDGREBE, POLAND, K. SMITH) meeting next Tuesday at 11:00 in the back of the meeting room.
- The Lafayette Daybreak Rotary Club will move its meeting site to a central location in Downtown Lafayette, beginning July 6, 2006. They will meet at the Lafayette City Grill, 2 South Fourth Street (at South Street). The meeting time remains Thursday morning at 7:00 am.
- JACK KELLEY will have photos of the India Sewing Machine and the Haiti Water Wells projects soon. Both projects helped people's lives in significant ways.
- Committee Selection forms are available at the back table. We need one from each of you.
- Rotarian of the Year nomination forms are available. This award is presented
PROGRAM:
| JAN GRIFFIN KOEHLER introduced DON GENTRY, 23 years on the Purdue staff, who talked to us about his latest project. The Lafayette/West Lafayette Development Corporation is the next step in promoting economic development in our community. It combines six existing organizations that all agree: Lafayette/West Lafayette as a Place of Choice. The mission, goals, and structure have been established. And the estimated launch date of July 1st has been moved up to this afternoon, May 23rd, 2006. DON was elected chairman of the board of directors and interim chief executive officer. | 
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ED ELLIOTT, Naples, FL, DICK SMITH, Santa Fe, NM; JIM BACKOFF, Reno, NV; Tom Gravitte, Greenville, NC
STUDENT GUESTS:
PAT COREY introduced Sharon Powell from Indiana Business College. She received a certificate and a travel mug with the four-way test to commemorate meeting with us.
GUESTS:
Ed Jarvis, guest of BOB MEYER; Dennis Carson and Jody Hamilton, guests of DON GENTRY; Bart Collins, Anne Leftwich and David Huang, guests of MARNE HELGESEN; Kathy Dale, guest of JOHN COREY; Craig Hubele, guest of JIM HANKS; Amy Hutchinson, guest of JOHN MEYERS; Steve Hychka, guest of SUSAN HYCHKA.
THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTION:
Money Collectors: VICKI BURCH and DAVID BRIDGES; Greeter: PAT CUNNINGHAM; Invocation: RICH GROEBER; Dinner Music: HARLEY FREY; Singing: HARLEY FREY and DAVE LUHMAN; JO WADE for taking attendance and for help at the back table.
- DICK GRACE is looking for any information about a home builder in the Lafayette/West Lafayette area around 1956 to 1959 as follows: Robert L. Turner Construction, 1734 Greenbush Street, Lafayette, IN (Wife: Ruth L.). Please Contact DICK at 463-5271. Thanks!
COMMITTEES FOR 2005-2006:
Click on the above link to see those who work to make our Club great.
PRESIDENT SUSAN'S
WISDOM: "Consensus: The process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved, merely because you cannot get agreement on the way ahead."
- Margaret Thatcher
"Consensus: The process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects."
- Margaret Thatcher
"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened."
-Winston Churchill
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."
- Will Rogers
MEMBER PROFILE:
| Registrar Emerita of Purdue University, BETTY SUDDARTH received her BS, MS, and PhD from Purdue University. She was born in Kokomo, Indiana. She has two children, Jane and Steven. Jane has three children, Michael, Anne and Kristen. Steven has two children, Mary and Sam. BETTY has had numerous pets over the years including a dachshund, German shepherds and English pointers. Currently she just has a beta fish. Her hobbies include walking, bridge, reading, knitting and crossword puzzles. |
Mantra/Life philosophy:
-Brighten the corner where you are.
What is the one thing you would like to learn or accomplish next in life?
-I want to learn how to grow old gracefully and to continue to participate in my community.
If you could meet anyone, living or deceased, who would it be?
-Saint Paul
If you didn't do what you do, what would you do?
-I would study more history.
What events/experiences have most shaped your life?
-Growing up in a stable with a loving family where both my mother and father encouraged my brother, sister and I to do our best and follow our dreams.
-The typical Midwestern town of Kokomo allowed me to believe in the goodness and fairness of others and helped me to view life with an optimistic attitude.
What is in your VCR/DVD player?
-Family DVD of trip to Yellowstone Park with Jane and family
What is the last good book you read?
-Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes (In preparation for a trip to Italy.)
What is your favorite movie?
-My Fair Lady
What is your favorite restaurant in the Lafayette area?
-McGraw's
Do you know any hidden treasures in the Lafayette area?
-I am amazed at the geology found in the Attica area around Portland Arch and the potholes; they are truly hidden.
What is the one thing missing from the Lafayette area?
-We really need to take more advantage of our river. I hate to see it so commercialized and have no continuous walking area or riverfront parks.
When did you join Rotary and why?
-I joined January 31, 1989. I knew that Rotary was active in the community and the world with humanitarian projects and I wanted to be a part of that.
What positions have you held and in what projects have you been involved?
-I served on the scholarship, student guest and invocation committees and served as a chair of the birthday and community services committee. I served as a director for the community avenue of service and was the vice president, president elect, and president. I am currently the past president and also serve on the planning committee.
-I initiated the activities with the YWCA and worked on many other community projects, including the Singing for Greater Lafayette project. Currently, I am working with the Rotaract club at Purdue.
What other community programs or organizations do you support?
-I served on the board of the Greater Lafayette Volunteer Bureau and the Area IV Agency on Aging and Community Action Programs. I was a member and the chair of the J.C. Penney's Golden Rule award committee. I served, both as a member and chair, of the communications and the community services committees of the Purdue University Retirees Association.
Who have you sponsored as a member and who sponsored you?
-I sponsored Joyce Hall and Betty Nelson sponsored me.
What is one thing you would like Lafayette Rotary to do/tackle?
-I would like Rotary to become involved in the riverfront beautification in a big way. I have seen Rotary Parks in other localities and wish we could do something lasting like this for our community.
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