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Volume 85, Number 17 � October 31, 2000 UPCOMING PROGRAM (November 7, 2000) NOVEMBER PROGRAMS � Originally the November Program Coordinator was to
be Marvin Blade, but Marvin was transferred by Cinergy PSI to Cincinnati, OH. JIM TURLEY has agreed to be Program Coordinator for the balance of November.
MEETING FUNCTIONS: Money Collectors � MARTHA CHISCON, 11:15 to 11:45 a.m., and TOM SCHMIDT, 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; Greeter � GENE HILLS;
Invocation � HANLY HAMMEL; Music � PAUL ZIEMER; and High School Guests (Jefferson) hosted by EARL PARK. CLUB CONCERNS Prior to the invocation today, President DAN TEDER (President DAN) requested
members to keep the following in their thoughts and prayers: YB HALL; BOB HIATT; JOHN MC KEE; BEV STONE; and MARJORIE WALKER, spouse of DICK.
LE ROY SILVA noted that he will be retiring from Purdue on October 31, 2000. In December he and JEANNE will be moving to Naples, FL for the winter months, but
intend to keep their home in West Lafayette and spend the warm weather months in the north. LE ROY plans to keep his Rotary membership here and makeup at the Naples Club while in that area.
STEVE THOMPSON has a new residence address: 204 Rosebank Lane, West Lafayette 47906-8613. BOB MODLIN's e-mail was not correct in last week's "Ripples", it should be
GRIFF has copies of MARTIN JISCHKE's presentation, and poem, "How to Live Your Dash", offered by DICK HOLTZ, at last Tuesday's meeting; if you would like a copy of one or both, contact GRIFF. Welcome New Members
President DAN presented WENDELL and ELAINE framed copies of Rotary's Four-Way Test for their home or office. ANNOUNCEMENTS
Rotary International (RI) Director, James R. Shamblin, M.D., representing Zones 29 and 30, has appointed BILL HATFIELD to his advisory committee and requested
BILL to be his District #6560 contact. Director Shamblin is requesting, via BILL, input from Rotarians regarding Rotary programs, policies, procedures, and priorities.
He wants to know what Rotarians think is wrong in the way RI carries out its missions, and if there is a better way of doing business both internationally and
locally. BILL indicated that while unanimous recommendations from the Club Board of Directors will have more influence, any Rotarian may send his/her ideas to him
and he will include them with his report to Director Shamblin. Comments/suggestions should be into BILL prior to his leaving for the Zone Institute in Montgomery, AL, on November 15-19, 2000.
Kim Clevenger will make a presentation about Rotary's "Gift of Life Program" at the Attica-Williamsport Rotary Club (Harrison Hills Country Club), 6:30 a.m., Wednesday, November 8, 2000.
MEMBERSHIP EDUCATION & INFORMATION COMMITTEE is planning another new member Information Session (Session) to be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday,
November 7th, Tailgate Lounge, University Inn Conference Center and Suites. This Session will be conducted by JANE TURNER with possible assistance from JERRY
MC CARTHY and/or BRUCE OWENS. If you are considering sponsorship of a new member, please complete a "Membership Proposal" card, and return to GRIFF.
REGISTER FOR the 2001 Rotary International 92nd Annual Convention, June 24-27, 2001, San Antonio, TX. Only eight months before Rotary's Fiesta in San Antonio,
and this annual event is planned as a family oriented Rotary International Convention. Four great reasons to attend: (1) Night in Old San Antonio, Saturday,
June 23, 2001 � a welcoming Fiesta Party with food booths and entertainment in the old city and on the banks of the San Antonio River; this will recreate the city's
famous 4-day block party that annually attracts hundreds of thousands every April; (2) Host Hospitality Night will accommodate many thousands to include either:
Barges on the famous San Antonio River Walk (Texas' number one attraction) with dinner hosted by local Rotary clubs; Authentic Texas BBQ in the old city, La Villita;
or Dinner in a local home with one of your 3,000 host Rotarians; (3) Three River taxis (free) will be available during the convention each day to all Rotarians
displaying their official convention badge; ride to/from your hotel or favorite restaurant and wave to the many other tourists also enjoying the River Walk; and (4)
Texas Ranch Dinner Party in Welfare, TX (35 miles north) hosted by District 5840 and served by San Antonio's premier caterer; enjoy an authentic rodeo, view
cowboy gunslingers, be photographed on the back of a Texas longhorn steer, enjoy Texas delicious cuisine, and play cards with Texas card sharks; this night figures
on being a great evening in the famous Texas Hill County. Above text is courtesy of "Link", the Rotary Club of Indianapolis' newsletter. Registration forms for the Rotary
International Convention in San Antonio, TX are available from GRIFF. MAKEUPS: MARGARET HALL, VICKI MAYES (two times), and SUSAN SMITH (three times), Daybreak; and BOB GRIFFITHS, Evora, PORTUGAL. NOVEMBER BIRTHDAY TABLE � First Tuesday of November, Tuesday, November 7, 2000. NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS and DATES � KATHY MEEKS, Chair, November Birthday Table.
SEPTEMBER 100% CLUB: Number indicates months of continuous attendance; no number indicates one month: ADAMS (100); ANDREWS, BILL; BARRETT (37); BECK; BROCK (75); BUCHANAN, BERTIE; BUCHANAN, JEFF; BUESCHER; CARPENTER (3); CHISCON, AL (129); CHISCON, MARTHA (122); COHEN, FRITZ (57); COHEN, LEONA (3); COLE, FAYE; COLE, JERRY; COURTANEY (38); DIESSLIN (63); EWING (63); FEUER (213); FILMER (56); FOSTER (61); FREY, HARLEY (157); FREY, TOM; FULLER (198); FUNK, CHRIS (32); GARRISON (36); GRIFFITH (260); GRIFFITHS (60); GUSTAFSON; HALL, MARGARET (115); HALL, YB (498); HAMMEL (18); HANKS (87); HANSEN (26); HATFIELD (237); HOBBS (79); HOLTZ (13); HOPKINS (62); HYATT; HYCHKA (39) JACKSON (57); JANLE (38); JOHANNSEN; KECK (56); KEPLER (124); KLUSMAN (66); KOEHLER (110); KOSMAN (29); KRAUSE; KUIPERS; LANDGREBE (123); LANE (465); LOVELL (10); LUHMAN (76); MC CARTHY (28); MC HENRY (61); MC KEE (255); MILLER, BILL R. (340); MITCHELL (130); MOTT (59); NELSON (71); OWENS; PAGE (2); PAPE (241); PARK (11); PARKHURST (9); PEARSON; POLAND; PRITSCHER (11); RAHDERT (99); RUNNELS (139); SANDERSON (2); SCHMIDT (263); SILVA (243); SMITH, KEITH (42); SMITH, SUSAN (99); SOLBERG; ST. JOHN (132); STEVENSON; SUDDARTH (38); TAYLOR, HAROLD (429); TEDER, DAN (102); TEDER, LAWRENCE (10); TURLEY (159); TURNER, JANE (120); VERPLANK (425); WADE (81); WALKER (185); WEST (87); WHITE; and WILEY (241). CONGRATULATIONS to EARL PARK who had one year; to BOB GARRISON who had three years; to BOB GRIFFITHS who had five years; to JANE TURNER who had ten years; and to VIRGIL St. JOHN who had 11 years of 100% attendance at the end of September. Contact GRIFF for lapel attendance pins.
NOTES FROM CLUB, Monday, October 9th, and FOUNDATION, Wednesday, October 11th, BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS: Club Board: (1) Minutes of the Monday, September 11th Board meeting were
approved; (2) DAVE LANDGREBE, Foundation Treasurer, reviewed the Treasurer's First Quarter Report, 7/1/00-9/30/00; (3) KEITH SMITH, Club Assistant Treasurer,
substituting for DALE MC HENRY, Club Treasurer, reviewed the Cash Receipts and Disbursements Summary Report for September and Summary Comparison of Year-to-Date Income and Expenses through the end of the First Quarter,
7/1/00-9/30/00 versus 7/1/99-9/30/99, and noted negative cash flow through September 2000 is $22,168.00 including the $3,341.00 expenditure for computer
hardware; Receipts are up because 13 new members paid dues and enrollment fees during the first three months of this year to only three during the same period last
year; Six-page review from Thieme & Adair CPA's for Fiscal Year 7/1/99-6/30/00 was forwarded to each Director; and Thieme & Adair also prepared the Club's IRS
Form 990-EZ and IDR Form IT-35AR fiscal year tax returns which are necessary to maintain the Club's tax exempt status as a 501©)(4) organization; (4) Approved
membership proposals, pending Membership Selection & Classification and membership Education Information Committees approval, J. Christopher Smith and
Kevin O'Brien; approved Philip Swain's request to rejoin the Club; and approved Patty Jischke's and Wendell Seaborne's request to transfer membership from the
Ames, IA Rotary Club (Patty) and Madison Rotary Club (Wendell); (5) Reviewed a report from BOB GRIFFITHS, Co-Chair, Rotary/PMO Service Above Self Committee
(DAVE LUHMAN is the other Co-Chair): DAVE and BOB met with BRIAN BREED, Director, Purdue Musical Organizations (PMO) and other PMO staff members on
Wednesday, September 20th; Co-Chairs's proposal to have the Service Above Self fund raising concert each year on the Saturday following Purdue's Spring Break was
agreed to; PMO will contact the Long Center for the Performing Arts (Long Center) to reserve the corresponding Friday night, for setup and rehearsal, prior to the
scheduled Saturday evening performance; PMO will contact Ann Harringan to eliminate any future scheduling conflicts with the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra;
and the possibility of the concert benefiting Habitat for Humanity appeals to BRIAN and his staff; (6) Annual Dinner for 2001 will be on Tuesday, May 8, 2001 since
Varsity Glee Club's recording session has been rescheduled; (6) BOB GARRISON, Chair, Retention Committee, reported that the "colored circle on name badges with
colored coded tables" seemed to be successful and was approved to be continued on the last Club meeting each month; (7) JAN GRIFFIN KOEHLER reported that the
Service Above Self Award, formerly Vocational Service Award, to be awarded in February; (8) ELSA JANLE, Chair, Public Relations Committee, noted that initial
review forwarded to each Director; Some success with media coverage, but media does not always cover an event even though a commitment made; A number of
Rotarians provide event information in sufficient time to arrange coverage; Club's web site, maintained by CHRIS FUNK, is a wonderful publicity tool; and Felt
connecting Club web site with other local web sites, i.e., Convention and Visitors Bureau, Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce; Lafayette; and West Lafayette,
etc. would be very beneficial; and (9) Accepted the Nominations Committee's report. Next Club Board meeting is Monday, November 13th. Foundation Board: (1) Minutes of the Wednesday, October 11th Foundation
meeting were approved; (2) DAVE LANDGREBE, Foundation Treasurer, reviewed the Treasurer's First Quarter Report, 7/1/00-9/30/00; President DAN reviewed the
Club's October 8th meeting; and TOM PEARSON, Vice President, led a discussion regarding techniques that might be used to encourage Rotarians to make contributions to the Foundation. PROGRAM (October 31, 2000) VISITING ROTARIANS: Phil Anderson, Carmel; and Dr. Michael J. A. A. Korthals, Naarden-Bussum, THE NETHERLANDS.
VISITORS: Brandt Hershman, Republican candidate for the State Senate, District #7, guest of BOB GRIFFITHS; Ronnie Alting, State Senator, 22nd District, Sheila
Klinker, State Representative, 27th District, Sue Scholer, State Representative, 26th District, and Charlie Shook, Chairman of the Board, Long Center for the
Performing Arts, guest of ED HEMMER; Todd Wetzel (Director, Convocations and Lectures, Purdue), guest of BILL LOVELL; Sherm Kessler (New Ross farmer and
former Purdue and Ivy Tech Trustee), guest of BETTY NELSON; and Angel Hernandez, guest of BILL PAPE. HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL GUESTS: Amy Fallon and John Burgner, were guests
of the Club and hosted/introduced by CHIP RUTLEDGE. President DAN presented certificates of recognition and Rotary travel mugs (Four-Way Test on them) to Amy
and John. Information brochures about Ambassadorial Scholarships for future reference will be mailed to Amy and John. SPECIAL GUEST: Hiroaki Watanabe, Ambassadorial Scholar from JAPAN, was
guest of the Club and hosted/introduced by Host Counselor, AL CHISCON. Hiroaki is pursuing a double major Ph.D. in Economics and Political Science.
MEETING FUNCTIONS: Money Collectors � MARTHA CHISCON and FRANCIS PRITSCHER; Greeting by FRITZ COHEN; Invocation by SUSAN SMITH; Rotary piano by REX KEPLER. |
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Marshall A. Martin, Associate Head, Agricultural Economics, and Professor of Agricultural Economics, will speak on "Agricultural
Biotechnology: What's All the Fuss About?" Prof. Martin joined the staff at Purdue in 1976, and has a B.S. degree (1966) from Iowa State, and M.S. (1972) and Ph.D. (1976) degrees from Purdue.
Prof. Martin will be introduced by DENNIS WEIDENAAR, Program Coordinator for the month of October and first Tuesday in November.
WENDELL SEABORNE (WENDELL) with classification
ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY�Electrical Light & Power Service, was introduced by his sponsor, JAN GRIFFIN KOEHLER. WENDELL and his spouse, DEBBIE, are the parents of four children and
reside at 2315 Natalie Lane, Lafayette 47905-8894 � telephone 420-7580. WENDELL is transferring his Rotary membership from Madison and also has previously been a Rotarian at Wabash.
WENDELL is Lafayette District Energy Services Manager, Cinergy PSI, with office at 601 North 3rd Street, Lafayette 47901 � telephone 423-9829; FAX 423-9838; e-mail 
ELAINE ELLISON (ELAINE) with classification EDUCATION�Public School-West Lafayette-Mathematics
Teacher, was introduced by her sponsor GRIFF. ELAINE is the parent of three children and resides at 4203 Peterborough Road, West Lafayette 47906-5680 � telephone 497-2220; e-mail 
DENNIS WEIDENAAR, October Program Coordinator, introduced Gerald Lynch who made a most interesting presentation regarding
the current boom and whether it would continue. Prof. Lynch's presentation was WAY over the Editor's head, so no coverage. Prof. Lynch requested that in lieu of a Rotary wheel that a $10.00
contribution be made to the Lafayette Urban Ministry (LUM).