PROGRAM:

SALLY SIEGRIST introduced Tippecanoe County Commissioner Tom Murtaugh, who gave us a quick update on county government activities. Tom Murtaugh He began by saying what a privilege it is to work with wonderful elected officials and city officials.  Then he reviewed:  road projects, asking us to reach out to legislators to increase the gas tax; economic development, which is the envy of the state, asking us to express opinions concerning long term development plans for the Hoosier Heartland; sentencing reform, where the state has shifted all felons to be housed locally; Amtrak, celebrating the take over by Iowa Pacific of service on August 1st; and fairgrounds sports, which is a huge success.   He answered several questions and reminded us to attend the Wabash River Enhancement Corp. meeting at the Library tonight.

THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH
MEETING FUNCTIONS:
 Money Collector:  SUSAN HYCHKA and CECIL BLIGNAUT;  Greeters:  VICKI BURCH and RENEE FIGUEROA; Invocation:  SUSAN HYCHKA; Piano Player:  HARLEY FREY; Song Leader:  DAVE LUHMAN; 50/50 Raffle:  GEORGE RAMSEY and CELE FREEMAN.  Help with attendance and facilitating a smooth meeting:  JO WADE.  Webmaster:  LARRY HUGGINS.


THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:
“If you don’t have many possessions, then you don’t need to work all your life like a slave to sustain them.”  Jose Mujica, 40th President of Uruguay

JANE'S CORNER:
Highlights from the Club Board Meeting:
•    The Secretary’s Report contained two deaths (HANKS and MILLER) and the resignations of JAN BLAU, JOHN COREY and MINDY DENO.
•    The contract for the Executive Secretary was approved.
•    Jewelry sales by JANLE and toffee heart sales by TURNER were approved.
•    Funding for the Family of Rotary holiday open house received approval.
•    A back-up for the treasurer was discussed.  
•    About 70 members missed the November 1st deadline for payment of dues.  Board members will be making phone calls.
•    The slate of candidates for officers and board members received approval by the board and will be presented to the club membership in December.

In today’s invocation, SUSAN HYCHKA reminded us of what JIM HANKS wrote a couple of years ago.  Here is the link to it.  We all loved JIM and appreciate SUSAN’S tip of the hat to him today.