Roseland Rotary Meeting August 17, 2017
Roseland Rotarians met at the Waterford Lodge for another day of fellowship, food, entertainment and good information. Most impressive is the 18 members in attendance for today’s meeting, and I believe 18 are the most in a long time. For all those Roseland Rotarians who missed today’s meeting, you were sorely missed. We hope you can join us for another outstanding Roseland Rotary meeting soon. Today’s menu included salad, mixed vegetables, rice and stuffed cabbage.
Q: Which months have 29 days in them?
A: All of them.
Wally Johnson is back from his boating cruise and reported a few problems with the yacht. He was still able to complete the cruise and have a good time. Don Kulwicki is back from his motorcycle trip out West. Don bravely faced 130 degree temperatures and some of the hardest rainfall he has ever faced. Glad to have him back in one piece. Winnie Farquhar was back today after suffering a fall while on her Disney Cruise with the family. Winnie put a big gash in her leg but was lucky no bones were broken. Still she had a great time cruising with the family. Winnie also took a trip to California to visit her 98 year old brother on his birthday. He will be visiting for the Notre Dame, Navy game this year. He was a combat pilot in WWII, Korea and VietNam. Winnie’s dad lived to be 102 and her mother into her late 90s. I hope all of us can make it to Winnie’s 100th birthday party. Dr Frank Toepp will be having surgery next week. His doctors say its minor surgery. Frank says doctors may call it minor but patients don’t see it
that way. We will keep you in our prayers Frank.President Paula Sours presented Jay Harwood with the Distinguished Robert L. Garvey Award. Well deserved Jay!
Kobe Bryant wears the number 24 to remind himself about how many seconds he has to hog the ball.
By-the-way, last week I wished Frank Toepp a happy birthday. It was not his birthday it was his lovely wife Rosemary’s birthday. Belated Happy Birthday Rosemary. Evidently Frank does not want any more birthdays than he already has!
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
A few announcements from President Paula Sours. Roseland Rotary’s meeting on September 28 is tentatively scheduled for an evening meeting. October twelfth lunch meeting is tentatively scheduled at the Kroc Center. After lunch there will be tour of the center. Anyone with special diet needs, for these meetings, please call David Keck. More information to come.Jay Harwood reported on the Hole In One Contest and thanked Roseland Rotarians for the work they did in helping to make the event a success. $25,000 was raised and will go towards Kroc Center scholarships for needy children. Jay also discussed some of the problems and some of the needs for next year’s event. This was the first year for the event and there were some growing pains. Even so, it was a successful event.
Answers to last week’s riddles were, keyboard and casket. Joe Maloney got the keyboard answer but called it a typewriter. Had Tom Hickey been in attendance I am sure he would have got the other answer. We do miss you Tom.
Instead of "the John," I call my toilet "the Jim." That way it sounds better when I say I go to the Jim first thing every morning.
Happy Dave Keck fined Bob Sones for his phone going off during the meeting. Bob also was very happy Winnie was back. Joe Maloney was happy to have a new granddaughter. Dave Kulwicki was glad to be back after his 2,000 mile ride out west with the Tired Butt Association. Now that is a very inventive name for a motorcycle club. Wally Johnson was real glad to be back. George Stump no pin. Ben Bendit was happy for such a good attendance. Cliff Witkowski was happy for the Hole-In-One contest. Al Veldman was happy for what Cliff was happy for. Winnie Farquhar was happy her injury was no worse than it was. Jay Harwood was happy his daughter‘s wedding went well. Erin Bonin told a joke about toilet paper crossing a street. You had to be there, she got lots of laughs. Morey Rosen told a joke about an electrician pushing the up button and getting lost in the attic. You had to be there, just saying! The result of this story was a dollar fine. Meetings are not the same when Morey’s not there.
At the thought of personal injury Your Little Old Editor apologized to Erin Bonin for the picture in last week’s Newsletter. It is good to see that Erin has a good sense of humor, very good!
If the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then lefties are the only ones in their right mind
Paula Sours introduced our speaker Jason Taege. Thanks to Jason for filling in at the last minute and
doing an excellent job. Jason has taken part in a Saturday morning, money matters, radio show on FM 95.3. As a banker they have Jason on to bring a bankers perspective when discussing various money issues. Jason discussed, with us, the problems associated with starting a new business. He got the audience involved in the discussion which became very lively and informative. Great job Jayson!A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?
Bob Sones is on a roll as he has won another weekly drawing. Bob quickly turning his phone back on and ordered a Rolls Royce Phantom.
Confucius say… he who crosses ocean twice without washing is dirty double crosser.
Go forth Rotarians knowing you are needed in the world.