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Volume 91, Number 52 - June 27, 2006
THERE WILL BE NO MEETING NEXT TUESDAY. HAPPY JULY 4th!!!!!
PROGRAM for JULY 11:
PROGRAM FOR JULY 11
DAVE LAHR - 9th Street Hill Assn.
MEETING FUNCTIONS:
Money Collectors:
JULY PROGRAMS:
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July 18 Gary Suisman - J&C update
- July 25 John Kirby - Great books
CLUB CONCERNS:
In the absence of VICE PRESIDENT JOHON SANDERSON, INCOMING PRESIDENT NOMINEE ROB GALBRAITH was master of ceremonies today, welcoming everyone to the 90th Annual Meeting of the Lafayette Rotary Club. He asked that we keep the following member in our thoughts and prayers: BUD BAUGH, BOB BROCK, HANLY HAMMEL, LARRY LANE, RALPH MORRIS, ED PAGE, MILLARD PLUMLEE, ROY WHISTLER, HARLAN WHITE, Bill, husband of NELLIE LECHMAN; and Diana, daughter of Gary and BARB REIF. He also asked us to remember those members who passed away this year: JOHN MC KEE, HOWARD DIESSLIN, DICK KOHLS, and MARGARET HALL.
SPECIAL GUESTS:
We were very pleased to have Mrs. Robert Fields, Mrs. Varro Tyler, Mrs. Fred Andrews, Mickie Diesslin, Sylvia Levinson and Sue Mollenkopf with us today. Each was presented with a rose.
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PRESIDENT SUSAN presented the Rotarian of the Year award to JACK
KELLEY, reminding us of his tireless work on obtaining matching grants and
organizing the Russian judges' visit to our area. Because JACK and LETA are
both in Ota, Japan, participating in a trip to our official "sister city," his plaque will
be presented when he returns to Lafayette.
NELSON PARKHURST and JOHN OSMUN celebrate 50 years of service to Rotary. Lafayette Rotary Club will donate $75 in each of their names toward our commitment to build a playground to support the efforts of this community to provide quality childcare and education for our youngest citizens. SUSAN went on to thank those who helped to make the successes of this year possible. Her husband, Steve, her boss, Rotarian TIM LUZADER, his boss, Rotarian TOM ROBINSON, and his boss, Rotarian MARTIN JISCHKE, for their support; JAN GRIFFIN KOEHLER and her program committee; JEANNE NORBERG'S brought frequent coverage by J&C, The Exponent, WBAA, and WLFI; The Community Service Task Force, under the leadership of STAN MITHOEFER; National Youth Sports Camp under TIM LUZADER'S leadership, Every One Reads � MIKE PIGGOTT ; Pre-Kindergarten Programs with PAT COREY leading that effort. TOM FREY and PHIL SWAIN are co-managing the Gus Macker Tournament fundraising effort that will allow us to build the playground. Abused Children � PAULINE SHEN and SONYA MARGERUM are working on identifying specific ways for Rotarians to assist with this work. Ongoing community service efforts were successful as well. CARL REW organized the Salvation Army Bell Ringing campaign; Shots Not Spots and Women's Shelter Holiday Baskets were managed by FRITZ COHEN; monthly food drives organized by DAVE LAHR. Through the efforts of BETTY SUDDARTH, BILL LOVELL and DAVID BRIDGES Rotaract at Purdue become officially chartered last fall. The scholarship task force reviewed our scholarship award programs. Five scholarships were awarded in a moving program organized by PAUL ZIEMER. DONNA MELOY and her committee awarded scholarships to Ivy Tech and IBC students. The Club also added a scholarship award for a Leadership Lafayette participant that will begin with the fall '06 class. In world community service, GORDON COPPOC organized the visit of the GSE team from Mexico. TERRY WEST again led the Ambassadorial Scholars program. All past presidents were asked to stand and be recognized. Directors completing their terms, DAVE BOUGH, KATHY MEEKS, PHIL KLINGER, JEFF DARLING and KIRK CLARK were thanked. Continuing Board Members: JOHN SANDERSON, JANE TURNER, ELSA JANLE and RALPH GANN, Directors STAN MITHOEFER, GORDON COPPOC, MAIRELLEN NEUDECK, LETA KELLEY, ARVID OLSON, WALLY TYNER, GREG REGER and JOE BOORMAN were thanked for continued leadership. Incoming board members FRED ANDERSON, BETTY DOVERSBERGER, TOM FREY and JEANNE NORBERG, incoming president JAN GRIFFIN KOEHLER and incoming President Nominee ROB GALBRAITH took part in a short installation ceremony before SUSAN presented the gavel to JAN.
JAN then introduced guests, Paul Harris Fellows, Golden Service and higher contributors to the Lafayette Rotary Foundation, and new members. She talked about involving families in Rotary the way her family was involved in a service organization while she was growing up and her efforts to involve her children in Rotary activities. Everyone was encouraged to bring family members to meetings and projects and to check up on fellow members we may not have seen for awhile. JAN closed by presenting a bouquet of roses to JANE and another to SUSAN, while reminding us that there will be no meeting on July 4th. VISITING ROTARIANS: TOM BRANUM, Indianapolis Northwest; JERRY ERSKINE, Lebanon; ED ELLIOTT, Naples, FL GUESTS: Susan Kisinger, guest of JIM HANKS; Vivian Frank, guest of RAY PEETERS; Barbara Kingma, wife of GORDON; Cindy Metzger, wife of BRYAN; Jacki Swain, wife of PHIL; Steve Hychka, husband of SUSAN; Jerry Neudeck, husband of MARIELLEN; Andrea Kuipers, wife of FRED. THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTION: Money Collectors: CHRISTA KECK and FRED ANDERSON; Greeter: MARTHA CHISCON; Invocation: JIM KLUSMAN; Dinner Music: West Lafayette String Quartet members Kate Letcher, Sheetla Chaturvedi, Josh Frank and Jinty McTavish; Singing: REX KEPLER and BOB VERPLANK; JO WADE for taking attendance and for help at the back table; and BILL FULLER and JO WADE for help with RIPPLES. JULY BIRTHDAYS:
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