Leroy listed six goals he wants to accomplish in the coming year:
- Increase attendance by three percent.
- Identify a major fund project to replace the Battle of Tippecanoe Outdoor Drama that will end this year.
- Appoint new committee chairmen to get more involvement.
- Acquire five new Paul Harris Fellows.
- Encourage committee chairmen to motivate their committees.
- Pursue, at district governor's encouragement, club expansion in greater Lafayette area.
Paul Harris Fellows for the year included Pete Putnam, Herb Hunsaker and Leroy Silva. Jim Emerson became a Paul Harris Sustaining Fellow. Golden Service members included Sam Keller, Rudy Mahara and Virgil
Drake.
Leroy Silva also presented plaques to John Jamison, Jim Williams and Joe Sicer recognizing their 50 years of service to Rotary.
Winners of the high school Scholarship/Citizenship awards
this year included: Central Catholic: Laura A. Hunckler and Casey L. Pickerill; Harrison: Shannon M. Muller and Charles E. Schrader; Jefferson: Patrick D. Elmore and Lisa K. Petit; McCutcheon: Rick A. Lindecker and
Kimberly A. Kochert; West Lafayette: Dana M. Hartel and Howard S. Weingram. Winners of the two $500 Rotary scholarships were Dana Hartel and Patrick Elmore. Central Catholic student Bob Hausladen won the Curtis
Hostetter Journalism award.
Bob Verplank donated an organ that belonged to Elizabeth V. Liste, Bob 's mother, to the Rotary Club for its members to use and enjoy. Jim Andrew, the lumber and wheels for a
rolling platform.
New directors elected during the year were: Town: Craig Irvine and Bill Pape; Gown: Dale McHenry and Mark Tomes.
The Salvation Army fundraising project netted $9,724. Of this, $6,133 was
cash/checks from Rotarians and $3,591 from the kettles.
The Board of Directors voted to fund the following projects:
- $3,000 to the YMCA to assist with purchase of a micro computer system
- $250 to Leadership Lafayette to sponsor a position
- $4,200 to Battle Ground Historical Association to assist with equipment for and work on a new orientation theater
- $2,000 to Sagamore Boy Scout Council to assist in fiberglassing bottom of swimming pool at Cary Camp
- $450 toward District's Grace Children's Hospital, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- $30 for a new Rotary Club in Zionsville
- $1,600 more to the hospital project in Haiti
- $857 for Lyn Treece Boys Club to purchase computer tables and library shelving
At the annual Glee Club party, Mark Erwin won the "Service Above Self" award. Other winners included: Rex Kepler: Albert Stewart Gleetarian Award; Jim Backoff: Golden Award; Leroy Silva: Vociferous Award.
Once again, the Board of Directors polled members regarding formation of a second Rotary Club in the Lafayette area. Ninety-nine (99) of those voting were in favor. This was 55 percent. Another 81 of those voting
were against—or 45 percent. The directors then voted two in favor and seven against starting the process that would form a new club.
