CONGRATULATIONS:
RICHARD BARTHOLOMEW, President of the Lafayette Rotary Club Foundation, presented Golden Service certificates to JANE SMITH, GEORGE RAMSEY and MICHAEL HUNT. 
He presented a Diamond Service Certificate to PAUL POST and thanked them all for their generosity in helping the local foundation achieve its goals.
CHRISTA KECK, on behalf of the International Foundation Committee, presented DAVE MC GAW with his first Paul Harris Fellow. His contributions help Rotary’s mission all around the world.
THANK YOU:
We received a very fine thank you note from Mary Kate Haan, our scholarship recipient from Central Catholic H.S.
PROGRAM:
CHRIS JOHANNSEN introduced Dan McCain, President, Wabash & Erie Canal Association, whose topic was “Volunteers Make the Difference!” 
Dan and his family have been connected to the canal in Delphi for several generations. It was his playground when parents of other children were admonished not to play near the rat and snake infested stagnate water. In 1971 the Canal Association was formed. By 1997 volunteers began working together three mornings a week and some of those original people are still showing up regularly. They have built a swing bridge, the lime kiln, a static canal boat for the playground and a real canal boat for the canal. They have moved an iron bridge and rebuilt lock gates. By getting the kids involved in clearing trails and other manageable projects, they were able to interest the parents in rebuilding the canal as an attraction. This brought in grant money from governmental and industrial entities.
Three miles of canal and ten miles of trails have been deeded to the park – which is run by a not-for-profit organization. This is the 5th season for the canal boat on the water. The park is operates every day of the year except winter holidays. The next canal festival is Canal Days on July 6 & 7.
THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH
MEETING FUNCTIONS:
Money Collectors: TOM PEARSON and JACK KELLEY; Greeters: RALPH GANN and ELIANE TODD; Invocation: JACK KELLEY; Piano: HARLEY FREY; Song Leader: ARVID OLSON; Help with attendance and facilitating a smooth meeting: JO WADE and JANE SMITH. Webmaster: LARRY HUGGINS.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:
“Every day we meet someone who knows something that we don’t.”
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