Danville Rotary Club Blog: Purdue University

Sunday, October 28, 2012

The Big Picture

Dr. Ward

Denis Ward was our speaker host this week. There are some big things happening at the school. Changes that include a pilot program for Customized Mass Learning. Denis introduced Matt Vandermark and Karen Perkins, both Danville Community School Principles. Matt and Karen gave us the "Big Picture" of what the programs are about. They are trying to provide the best learning environment and maximizing each of the children's potential. The program has been working very well and the school will be in a position soon to determine how they proceed from here.

Visiting our club today was Troy Gill, Kelso Wessel, and Betsy Bassett. Troy is a project manager for Danville Heat and Cool, Kelso is a visiting Rotarian from Loundon, Ohio, and Betsy Bassett is the owner of a new shop coming to Danville called The Beehive. We also have the following interactors at lunch: James Thorpe, Amanda Cooper, and Sara Hill.

Yes, I am sure Tracie "Can do it!"

Speaking Easy!!!

This weekend was a "Big Picture" Rotary event. The 2012 - 2013 District 6560 District Conference. Danville Rotary Club attendees were: Greg VanLaere, Suzanne Whicker and David Whicker, Tracie Shearer and Danny Shearer and Flory and Jim Phillips. Held at Purdue University, a number of speakers shared with us information about food quality, agriculture in Afghanistan and womens health. Tom Turpin even served us up gourmet meal worms. Friday evening was capped with a costume party. Our own Tracie and Flory were got into the swing of things in their outfits. It was great to visit with some old Rotary friends and make some new ones. On Saturday, there were breakout sessions that all Rotarians attended. Learning about the Rotary Foundation, RYLA and Strategic Planning. Greg VanLaere was one of the speakers sharing his experience attending the International Conference.

In the end it was a great time had by all and another conference is the books. I was able to spend the conference learning to run the AV equipment for the District. Here was my view for the weekend.

Dual Laptops and a Mixing board.... Oh my!!!!

Monday, September 3, 2012

All About Football

Ron Monts was the program chair last week. Eric Ivie was our speaker. Eric is a contributor to Yahoo Sports and is the owner of Red Zone Writing. Eric is covering all sports, but has a niche for Arena Football. Eric gave us a brief overview of what Arena Football is and how it is different from playing in the NFL. Suzanne was very interested in hiring Eric to manage her Rotary Fantasy Football Team. Eric has press passes for most Arena Football games. The games run from March to August so that they do not overlap that of the NFL. Most players are paid about $400 per game with a $50 win bonus. Most of these guys play as a second job. You can learn more about writing, football or Arena Football by following Eric from his website.

Congratulations to all Rotarians for bringing guests to our Rotary meeting this week. Visitors included: Mike Larr (Huntington Bank), Duane Lane (Lane Reality and LPM Properties), Luke Stevenson (Running for School Board), and Mandy Shelly (Danville Chiropractic). Please get an application to each of these individuals if they have an interest in joining.

This Labor Day weekend was all about football. A few Rotarians and their spouses attended the Purdue football game. There was a visit from Purdue Pete and Olympic Gold metal winner, David Boudia. A big thank you to Charlie and Jennifer Jones for their hospitality before, during and after the game.

Don't forget that all Rotarian are able to attend the board meeting that will be Thursday morning at 7:30am at Court House Grounds. It counts as a make up.