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Volume 92, Number 8 - August 29, 2006
PROGRAM for SEPTEMBER 5:
Lafayette Symphony Orchestra
MEETING FUNCTIONS:
Money Collectors:
SEPTEMBER PROGRAMS:
- 12 Bob Bernhard � "Why do Highways Make so Much !*&%# Noise?"
- 19 Jim Elsner or Jim Beckley � Butler International
- 26 James McGlothlin � Avian Flu
CLUB CONCERNS:
PRESIDENT JAN asked us to keep the following in our thoughts and prayers: BOB BROCK; Diana, daughter of Gary and BARB REIF; PDG BILL MCFADDEN who suffered a hart attack; and JACK KELLEY who had surgery for pancreatic cancer on Monday.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- JOHN TROTT reminded us that this Saturday between 8:00 and noon we will be selling BBQ Chicken at the corner of 25 and 52. More workers are needed.
- PHIL SWAIN said it's 5 weeks till Gus Macker weekend. Court sponsors are needed ($300 - $500) and gifts for Gus Busters (officials). Volunteer to have fun!
- We are looking for young professionals aged 25 - 40 who are not Rotarians for the outbound GSE Team. The deadline is September 9th. A group leaves January 13th for one month in Bangladesh and April 24th for one month in Mexico.
PROGRAM:
| Morgan Burke, Athletic Director at Purdue University, introduced Dave Shondell, Purdue Volleyball coach who said he was thankful for a great team and their potential. There is great excitement for this year after a trip to the Sweet 16 last year. The team is rated 16th in the country to start the season. The Big Ten is the best volleyball conference in the U.S. and the new facility at Purdue with it's specially designed floor to prevent injuries improves recruiting. Student athletes with a 3.52 grade point average; a 45-piece pep band; cheerleaders and a dance teams; two nationally televised games. Shondell guarantees a great show and invites the community to become involved with his team. | 
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 | Morgan Burke introduced Brock Spack, defensive coordinator for the Purdue football team, who told us players are excited about the new season, the new playing surfaces at Mollenkopf, and the Bermuda grass in the stadium. Pre season training camp was the best this year in many years. The team is focused. The offensive line is the best since the Rose Bowl team. He reviewed the players and invited us to enjoy Saturday's at Ross-Ade Stadium. |
VISITING ROTARIANS:
PDG JERRY ERSKINE, Lebanon; ED ELLIOTT, Naples, FL
GUESTS:
Lola Hudgins, wife of LARRY HUDGINS; Ji Young Kim, Ambassadorial Scholar and guest of AL and MARTHA CHISCON; Mary Ellen Lovell, wife of BILL LOVELL; Gary Blau, guest of BOB HANNEMANN; Heather Stout, guest of Marne Helgesen; Steve Hychka, guest of SUSAN HYCHKA; Corey Back, guest of KATHY KROLL; Nate Barrett, guest of JERRY COLE; Sherm Kessler, guest of BETTY NELSON; Jeri Cain, guest of JAN GRIFFIN KOEHLER.
THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH MEETING FUNCTION:
Money Collectors: JIM CARNEY and CHRISTA KECK; Greeter: PAUL POST; Invocation: DAN HEMAN; Dinner Music: HARLEY FREY; Cheers and Singing: REX KEPLER and BOB VEPLANK; DAVE LAHR for taking attendance and for help at the back table; and BILL FULLER for help with RIPPLES.
Taken from The Exponent, Monday, August 28, 2006
Local club focuses on service commitment
By Manda Ramirez
Publication Date: 08/28/06
The Rotary Club of Lafayette, in conjunction with University student groups, will continue its commitment to service with two new fundraisers this year. The Rotary Club, which was founded in Lafayette in 1916, is composed of 231 members of Purdue faculty and staff and community business people. The group meets weekly at the University Inn for lunch and educational programming, where it emphasizes the importance of serving others. "Supporting the youth and the community is our priority, especially the community development area," said Stanley Mithoefer, a Rotary board member and senior director of the club's community avenue of service committee. The club offers service opportunities in both its domestic and international programs in Haiti and El Salvador.
The Rotary Club will be teaming up with Habitat for Humanity to sponsor the Gus Macker 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament in Lafayette on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. Profits from the event will go to sponsoring a community house and building a playground for Lafayette community preschoolers. "This is just another example of how the community and University students come together to support an activity," said Mithoefer.
The Rotaract Club, Purdue's collegiate level of the Rotary Club, will be assisting the Rotary Club in another of its planned fundraisers. The club, which started in 2004 at Purdue, also enforces the importance of community service. "Our goal is to foster a lifelong dedication to helping others," said Kara Jensen, president of the Rotaract Club. There are currently between 10 and 15 members in the club with a variety of majors represented. We have members in chemical engineering, political science and kinesiology majors, said Jensen.
The partnership of clubs will begin selling Nelson's barbecue chicken before every football game. Purchasers can stop by and pick up their chicken on the northeast corner of State Rd. 25 and Sagamore Parkway. Half-chickens will sell for $5 each and water will be sold for $1. Funds raised from this event will go to supporting the Rotary Club's domestic and international programs. The Rotaract Club will use its proceeds to help those in need. "Our proceeds will go to the Wheelchair Foundation, an organization that provides a wheelchair to people who can't afford them," said Jensen.
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SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS:
| BYRON L. ANDERSON | 9/20 | ETHERIDGE B. BAUGH JR. | 9/24 |
| JOHN R. CARPENTER | 9/2 | DENNIS E. COURTANEY | 9/4 |
| MARK S. DAVIS | 9/2 | GREGORY DONAT | 9/14 |
| HARLEY J. GRIFFITH | 9/26 | EDGAR H. HEMMER | 9/8 |
| STEVEN KNECHT | 9/9 | THOMAS B. ROBINSON | 9/6 |
| GILBERT ROCHON | 9/8 | GILBERT T. SATTERLY | 9/27 |
| JAY SMITH | 9/8 | KEITH V. SMITH | 9/26 |
| STEVEN P. STUCKY | 9/25 | RICHARD O. WALKER JR. | 9/26 |
| DAVID WILLIAMS | 9/15 |
PRESIDENT JAN'S
THOUGHT: We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
--George Bernard Shaw
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