CLUB CONCERNS:

PRESIDENT CHRISTA KECK, asked us to keep the following in our thoughts and prayers: ROY WHISTLER; FRANCIS PRITSCHER (FRANCIS would appreciate visits and calls from Rotarians); and GENE COURTANEY who is recovering from hip replacement surgery.

CONGRATULATIONS:

SUSAN HYCHKA presented DAVE FILMER with a new Paul Harris pin with two sapphires on it. DAVE'S generous contributions help Rotary projects all over the world.

Thanks, DAVE!

WELCOME NEW MEMBER:

JIM HANKS introduced Mindy Deno, who lives with her husband, Steve, at P. O. Box 188, Otterbein, IN 47906, phone 583-4677. She is an agent for State Farm Insurance Companies, 2635 Yeager Road, Ste. E, West Lafayette, IN 47906, phone 463-3554.

E-mail: mindy.deno.g4h3@statefarm.com


PROGRAM:

BILL HINZE introduced Margot Marlott, Musical director for the Tippecanoe Chamber Music Society with a degree in cello performance, and owner of Classical Music Agency. The Society was founded in 1997, has had four musical directors over the years, but continues to call Duncan Hall its home. Chamber music is "music in a room". Usually 2 to 12 musicians (one instrument to a part) who work together as a team with no conductor. The society has an active educational outreach program, offering Masters Classes, Pre-concert Lecture/Demo, and offering affordably priced tickets for students. They also have "Concert to Go" where a string trio or brass quintet visit elementary schools in the county to be "up close and personal" with 1,200 students each year. She closed by reviewing the upcoming season.


GUESTS:

Jung Koh, Ambassadorial Scholar and guest of JACK KELLEY; Bill Grillel, guest of BOB GRIFFITHS; Gary Blau, guest of BOB HANNEMANN; and Harriet Coppoc, wife of GORDON COPPOC.


THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP WITH
MEETING FUNCTIONS:

Money Collectors: JOE BONNER and KIM MOTULAIK; Greeter: CHARLOTTE HOWELLS and JERRY MCCARTHY; Invocation: JAYNE FEATHERS; Piano: HARLEY FREY; Song Leader: BOB VERPLANK. Help with attendance and facilitating a smooth meeting: JOHN TROTT and TOM MORAN; Help with Ripples: BILL FULLER.
LINK OF THE WEEK:

This link was forwarded by member JIM CARNEY. Thanks, JIM. Americas Heartland is a weekly public television series. This one provides us insight into a ``one-tank trip" to Fair Oaks, just north of us on I 65. Click here to view the video. The site also offers several other Heartland videos.


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