By Tim Dempsey

 

President Taylor opened the meeting and Doug Fendon led us in the pledge. No Greeter – no prayer. Songmeisters were strangely silent.

 

BRAGS:
-John McDonald is leaving in the morning for England to see his 2 year old granddaughter. In an effort to receive pity for his advanced age he said his oldest son is 50 and his oldest grandson is 21.

-Peggy Freese is retiring on June 4 as Libertyville Township Assessor. Good luck in retirement.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
-Misericordia Candy Days are coming. Rich Babjak will send out an email.

-The village board approved the upcoming Wine Beer & Cigar Fest.

 

-5/1 there will be no morning meeting. The Charitable Giving dinner at White Deer Run is that night.

 

-At the 5/15 morning meeting we will be giving the proceeds of the paddle raise at the fundraiser to our 2 recipients: Pads and the Haven.

 

- The Installation dinner will be 6/26 at White Deer Run. Details will follow.

 

-There will be no morning meeting on the last Wednesday of the month. A Fun and Frolics event that night TBD.

 

-The next Board meeting will be 4/16 at Chili U at 5:30pm. All are welcome.

 

-Dave Potts announced his annual Smiles from the Heart event on 5/31. Volunteers and donations welcome.

 

FUN & FROLICS:
Scott Adams entertained us with music trivia.

 

PROGRAM:
Today’s program was long distance swimmer Marcia Cleveland. Marcia’s many achievements include several marathon swims. Her first was around Manhattan in 1991. She swam the English Channel in 1994, Key West, Bermuda, Catalina, Lake Tahoe, Tampa Bay and the North Channel.  The North Channel water was 53 degrees.
In 1999 she published Dover Solo, a bible for swimming the English Channel. Capt. Matt Webb was the first to swim the Channel. To certify the swim you cannot touch the boat or people. She has suffered hardships during her swims. She had hypothermia in the North Channel. She was stung by jelly fish in a swim at Santa Barbara. She got through it by envisioning her success. Marcia is one of 200 people who have completed swimming’s Triple Crown: English Channel, Manhattan and Catalina and she is the fastest.
She lives by several motivational thoughts. Define your goal, keep it honest and trust your gut. Plan to succeed. Hardest part is commitment, you fail over and over. “To kick your butt you have to pick up your foot!” Pay it forward. Exhibit grace and gratitude. Always dream big and aim high. Train, train, train. 

 

RAFFLE:
Daily: $26 won by Ron Lapins
Progressive: $151 (48 cards) Rich Babjak drew the 10 of spades. Rollover!

NEXT WEEK:
-Greeter & Prayer:  Tucker Olson
-Fun & Frolics: Carol August
-Program: Scott Hezner with the results of the survey.

 

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
“If you kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.” Theodore Roosevelt