In July, club secretary and treasurer were accorded voting status on the board.

Also in July, the new international president announced his theme for the year: "Mankind is one—build bridges of friendship throughout the world."

In September, the International Foundation Trustees changed rules for Paul Harris Sustaining Members designated after July 1, 1982 to: A minimum gift of one-tenth of required contribution for a Paul Harris Fellow, made with stated intention of becoming a Paul Harris Fellow within 10 years by donating the balance of the required contribution.

Also in September, the club started a new program of inviting exchange students and Rotary scholars to be guests on the second week of each month and host families to be guests one of these months.

Average attendance for August was 71.76 percent—21st in the district.

Alpha Gray became the club's 21st Paul Harris Fellow, John Dubberley became the 22nd, and Virgil Drake became the 23rd. A record number of Paul Harris Fellows, 13,333, helped Rotary International Foundation achieve its highest income in history last year -17,636,952. There were also 12,071 Paul Harris Sustaining Members, also a record number. Bill Heath became the eighth and George de Long became the ninth Rotarian to move into the Golden Service Contributions category, those having given $1,000 or more to the Lafayette Rotary Foundation.

Six Rotary highway signs were posted this year on Highway 25 North, Highway 52 North and South, Highway 26 East, Highways 43 and 25 South and Highway 43 North.

The Board of Directors funded these projects:

• In September, the Board recommended giving 50% of the cost ($425) of a new typewriter to the International Center at Purdue.
• The club also purchased 24 mattresses for hospital beds owned by the American Cancer Society and a Record-a-Call (Vox 70) for the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Lafayette.
• The club supported Lafayesta with a $200 donation toward a permanent stage for community use at the Indiana Veterans' Home and sponsored one athlete in the Tippecanoe County Special Olympics.

In November, District Governor Vern Vanderbilt made an official visit to the club.

Directors elected in December were: Town: Ken Koger and Jack Mollenkopf; Gown: Gene Courtaney and Win Phillips.

Rotarian kettles collected $1,638 for the Salvation Army on December 10. There was an additional $5,679 collected from envelopes.

In February, the cost of lunch went up to $4.50.

The Scholarship/Citizenship awards were presented in April to outstanding high school students. They were: Central Catholic - Kathryn Lux and Jerome LaReau; Harrison - Amy Smith and Jonathan Fish; Jefferson - Elizabeth LeDonne and Robert Harlan; McCutcheon - Julie Wolf and David Horn; West Lafayette - Diane Tsao and Daniel Fuchs. Rotarian Eldon Ortman organized the presentation. Amy Smith and Daniel Fuchs were awarded the two $500 Rotary Scholarships.