Lafayette Rotary Club Ripples

Emily Dawes, "2010 Ambassadorial Scholar Report".
Rotary Exchange Student participating in Arabic
and Middle East Studies at Beirut, Lebanon.

Money Collectors:
BECKY ROBLEDO - 11:00 to 11:30
TIM LUZADER - 11:30 to 12:00 NOON
Greeters:
BARBARA HANSEN- 11:00 to 11:30 CECIL BLIGNAUT - 11:30 to 12:00 NOON
Invocation:
ARVID OLSON, chair

EULOGY: ELDON ORTMAN shared some interesting stories in his eulogy for JOHN OSMUN. JOHN had a long and
meaningful life.

JANUARY PROGRAMS:
-15 - Wil & Mary Painter, Engineers Without Borders (EWB) "Sustainable Safe Water Supply Mayanja-Kibuke, Kenya"
- 22 - Rocky Killian, Superintendent of West Lafayette Schools.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
BOB HANNEMANN'S tan London Fog coat was picked up in error a couple of weeks ago. His name is in the coat. Please look to see if you have his coat. He has your coat. BOB will be happy to swap with you.

The Holiday Open House beginning at 5:00, is Thursday, December 20th is at JANE TURNER'S house. Please join us for a cup of good cheer with fellow Rotarians.

50/50 RAFFLE:
CHRIS BIANG asked ARVID OLSON to draw a ticket. The owner of the ticket was BOB HANNEMANN. Unfortunately, the Aces eluded him and he selected office supplies as a consolation prize.

VOCATIONAL MOMENT:
SCOTT RUMBLE introduced STEVE STUCKY who was born in Berne, IN and graduated from Butler University with a B.S in Economics. He went to work in Philadelphia in 1965 before moving to Lafayette in 1969 to become a vice president of Lafayette Life Insurance Company. STEVE created a product to provide stop loss insurance for self-insured employers. In 1981 he started is own business and sold it in 2000. He married his high school sweetheart, Pat, and together they have several grandchildren and even great grandchildren.

PROGRAM:
Today's program was organized by the music committee, chaired by JOHN BARRETT. The prelude was performed by HARRIET COPPOC on flute and GORDON COPPOC on bells. With HARLEY FREY at the piano, BOB VERPLANK led us in singing. Before singing "Go Tell it ono the Mountain", BOB read a lovely note from Pat Kepler describing why that song was important in their family.

Williamson2 MAURI WILLIAMSON asked us to remember Rotarians who are no longer able to attend Tuesday meetings and suggested a phone call or note from us would mean a lot. In describing scenes from Indiana, MAURI'S religious and political comments were laced with chuckles. But laughs were difficult to provide today as he lamented the death of first graders in Connecticut and four volunteers attempting to deliver polio immunization in northern Pakistan. He ended by saying we need to get your priorities in order.

With RAY PEETERS at the piano, JOHN BARRETT led us in singing more favorite Christmas songs.
MIKE PIGGOTT in MIKE'S Moment, shared PIGGOTT family traditions like Christmas jammies and Cookie Day, when four generations of girls make cookies. He also read a poem based on "Twas the Night Before Christmas" which is printed at the end of this edition of Ripples.

ARVID OLSON led in singing songs of faith and CORKIE MITCHELL closed the program with "We wish you a Merry Christmas."

BIRTHDAY TABLE:
DAVID BRIDGES 1/16
CAROLINE BRIGGS 1/4
PAT COREY 1/19
BARBARA DOSTER 1/7
JONATHAN FISHER 1/28
SOL GARTENHAUS 1/3
HANLEY HAMMEL, JR. 1/11
BILL HATFIELD 1/2
KEVEN JENNINGS 1/9
KIM MOTULIAK 1/24
ALAN REBAR 1/27

Twas' 11 days before Christmas, around 9:38 when 20 beautiful children stormed through heaven's gate.
Their smiles were contagious, their laughter filled the air. They could hardly believe all the beauty they saw there. They were filled with such joy, they didn't know what to say. They remembered nothing of what had happened earlier that day. "Where are we?" asked a little girl, as quiet as a mouse. "This is heaven." declared a small boy. "We're spending Christmas at God's house." When what to their wondering eyes did appear, but Jesus, their savior; the children gathered near. He looked at them and smiled, and they smiled just the same. Then He opened His arms and He called them by name. And in that moment was joy, that only heaven can bring, those children all flew into the arms of their King. And as they lingered in the warmth of His embrace, one small girl turned and looked at Jesus' face. And as if He could read all the questions she had He gently whispered to her, "I'll take care of mom and dad."
Then He looked down on earth, the world far below He saw all of the hurt, the sorrow, and woe. Then He closed His eyes and He outstretched His hand, "Let My power and presence re-enter this land!" "May this country be delivered from the hands of fools" "I'm taking back my nation. I'm taking back my schools!" Then He and the children stood up without a sound. "Come now my children, let me show you around." Excitement filled the space, some skipped and some ran. All displaying enthusiasm that only a small child can. And I heard Him proclaim as He walked out of sight, "In the midst of this darkness, I AM STILL THE LIGHT."

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:
"And I heard him exclaim as he rode out of sight, Happy Christmas and to all a good night." -- Either Major Henry Livingson or Clement Clark Moore

GUESTS:
Miriam Heath, wife of BILL HEATH; Shirley West, wife of TERRY WEST; Pris Gerde, guest of TERRY WEST; Steve Magensen, guest of JAYNE FEATHERS; JoAnn Bonner, wife of JOE BONNER; Elizabeth Barrett, wife of JOHN BARRETT; Bev Hancock, wife of BUTCH HANCOCK; Nancy Piggott and Julie Smith, wife and daughter of MIKE PIGGOTT; Chase Geswein, grandson of ED GESWEIN.

THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH THE MEETING FUNCTIONS:
Money Collector: JACK KELLEY; Greeters: JEAN JACKSON and JOE PEKNY; Invocation: JAYNE FEATHERS; Piano: HARLEY FREY and RAY PEETERS; Song Leaders; JOHN BARRETT, BOB VERPLANK, ARVID OLSON, and CORKY MITCHELL; 50/50 RAFFLE: CHRIS BIANG; Help with attendance and facilitating a smooth meeting: JO WADE, TOM MORAN and JANE SMITH. Webmaster: BRUCE HARDING.