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    Volume 91, Number 49 - June 6, 2006

    PROGRAM for JUNE 13:

    Alan Rebar, Purdue's Discovery Park

    MEETING FUNCTIONS:

    Money Collectors:
    JERRY BEAN - 11:15 to 11:45 a.m.
    MORRIS WANG - 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

    Greeter:
    KEVIN JENNINGS

    Invocation:
    JOE BOORMAN, Chair

    JUNE PROGRAMS:

    • June 20 - Connie Weaver, Distinguished Professor and Dept Head, Foods and Nutrition
      - Osteoporosis: Treatments but no Cure

    • 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:

    • HAL THOMPSON, from District 6560, recognized four club members who have agreed to be part of the Paul Harris Society in District 6560. Those individuals have pledged to give at least $1,000 a year to support the programs of Rotary International. MARNE HELGESEN, SUSAN HYCHKA, BILL LOVELL and JIM TURLEY were recognized. Hal also encouraged others in the club to consider joining the Paul Harris Society.

    • TIM LUZADER reported that plans are progressing nicely to sponsor two days of career exploration for participants in this summer's National Youth Sports Camp at Purdue. On Friday, July 14, participants will visit with professionals in a variety of careers and participate in activities at several locations on campus. On Friday, July 21, career-related activities will take place at the Purdue University Airport. Rotarian volunteers are needed to help chaperone and interact with campers.

    • PHIL SWAIN gave an update on the organizational activities for the Gus Macker Tournament. TOM FREY will give an update on fundraising next week.

    • KATHY KROLL announced that there still openings for Euchre on June 17 and July 15. The August date is TBA and will be at Jan and FRED ANDERSON's home.

    • VICKI BURCH gave a pitch for the Fiddler's Gathering on June 23, 24 and 25 at Battleground.

    BIRTHDAY TABLE:

    CORKY MITCHELL reported on the June birthday table, 17 Rotarians have contributed $1765.00 so far.

    PROGRAM:
    Jan Griffith Kohler introduced Dr. Monte Moss from Moss Farms as our speaker. Mr. Moss is a 1980 Graduate of Purdue Veterinary School. He owns Moss Farms in White county and produces Pork. The farm has been in the family since 1963. Today's pork is raised inside with great technology. He took us through the process of the birth of a hog through it's life on the farm until it is sold. He discussed the fertilizing benefits with the process he goes through. There are four Education Opportunities that he works on with his process: 1. Swine Welfare Assistance Program 2. Pork Quality Assurance Programs 3. Environmental Assurance Programs 4. Trucker Quality Assurance Programs.
    VISITING ROTARIANS:

    HAL THOMPSON, Indianapolis, IN; WARREN STEVENSON, Punta Gorda, FL; TOM SCHMIDT, Fremont, MI.

    GUESTS:

    Mary Ellen Lovell, wife of BILL LOVELL; McKenzie Pankey and Heather Stout, guests of MARNE HELGESEN; Judy Stevenson, wife of WARREN STEVENSON; S Viswanathan and Bala Viswanathan, guests of CHRIS JOHANNSEN; and Nate Barrett, guest of JERRY COLE.

    THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTION:

    Money Collectors: CHRIS JOHNSEN and FRED ANDERSON; Greeter: DAVE MCGAW; Invocation: JOE BOORMAN; Dinner Music: RAY PEETERS; Singing: HARLEY FREY and ARVID OLSON; JO WADE and DAVE LAHR for taking attendance and 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.

    100% CLUB:

    ANDERSON (4); BARRETT (4); BURCH (3); CHISCON, A (12); CHISCON, M (12); COHEN, F (123); COPPOC (3); COREY, J (2); . EWING (4); FEUER (281); FILMER (124); FREY, T; FREY, H (225); FULLER (265); GALBRAITH; GANN (2); GRABOWSKI (3); HANKS (3); HANSEN (6); HARDING (35); HATFIELD (305); HEATH; HILLS (2); HOBBS (147); HYCHKA (34); JANLE (106; KECK (124); KELLEY, J (43); KELLEY, L (43); KEPLER (2); KLINGER (3); KLUSMAN; GRIFFIN KOEHLER (178); LAHR (2); LANDGREBE (191); LIGHT (38); LOVELL (2); LUHMAN (3); MCCARTHY (2); MILLER, W.R. (406); MITCHELL (196); MITHOEFER (2); MORAN; NEUDECK (6); NORBERG (2); OLSON (3); PEETERS (3); POST (3); REGER; RUNNELS (3); SANDERSON (52); SMITH, KEITH (110); SMITH, SUSAN (167); ST. JOHN (99); SUDDARTH (2); VERPLANK (493); WADE (150) and WEST (155).

    Congratulations to AL and MARTHA CHISCON who had 1 year of perfect attendance as of the end of May, 2006.

    PRESIDENT SUSAN'S WISDOM:

    Moment of humor: A city boy decided to quit the rat race and bought himself a farm, which included a few sows. He wanted to breed the sows, but had no idea how to go about it. His neighbor volunteered his boars for the job, and told the city boy to bring them over in the pickup the next day. In the afternoon when he went to pick them up, the city boy asked how he would be able to tell if the sows were impregnated. He was told to look and see where they were early in the morning. If they were up on the hill, they were pregnant; if they were in the sty, it hadn't worked. The next morning, he leapt from the bed and looked up the hill, but alas the pigs were down in the mud. Grumbling, he loaded them back into the pickup and headed for the neighbors. The following three mornings were just the same; he would leap from the bed, look up the hill, find the pigs down in the mud and have to return them to the neighbors to let the boars have another shot at them. On the fifth morning, he looked up the hill, and there were no pigs. He looked down in the sty; still no pigs. He called to his wife, "Where the hell are the pigs today?" Amid hysterical laughter, she managed to choke out, "They're down in the truck, and the big one is honking the horn!"

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