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SLIPPING & SLIDING ISSUE
JANUARY 14, 2017
NEWS, NOTES & NONSENSE
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT
This will be the last Banner until sometime in March. So, pay attention to your emails about the basketball tournament and disco bingo. And don't forget to eat your veggies.
The program was presented by A J French. She told us about the Gift of Voice program that she directs. The video has been posted. A J can be reached at aj.french@giftofvoice.com or 618.792.2049. Her organization has raised $6,000 toward a goal of $50,000. Donations can be made via the web site www.giftofvoice.com
20 members were on hand to nosh on the spaghetti in meat sauce, g-beans, bread sticks, salad, coconut cream and pumpkin pies.
Fred will soon be heading to Houston to cover the Super Bowl as a media rep. That sounds like fun. It looks like Brady will be adding another ring to his collection.
Brad2, Allen, Bill and Pat were part of the early vanguard. Paul, Mark2, Erin and Rhonda represented the "laties".
Does everyone look better in low lighting?
Wendell was moving a wee bit gingerly after having lost his appendix this past Sunday. Views of his shaved spot could be had for $1. He also lost his deck tarp in the wind. If you see it blowing around Rosewood Heights, give him a holler.
Lori dared to be different...with her table selection.
Bill once again covered for Sherry. He promised she would return from her Florida vacay by next Thursday.
Mark2 presented a make-up from the Alton-Godfrey club. He reported, with some degree of glee, that the SAA did not fine anyone. Is it some sort of ceremonial title?
Sandy suggested that Sherry lacks respect for her elders, especially her aunt!!
This past Wednesday you received an e-mail about the disco/blacklight bingo event on March 11th. Please reference that e-mail for the current details. Rhonda hopes that tickets can be distributed at our meeting on the 19th. Donations for baskets are needed. Event day volunteers can sign up by contacting Wood River Rotarian Donna Karpan at DKarpan@firesafetyinc.com
Joe sez he has never seen a Star Wars movie. Can anyone else make that claim?
Mark2 shared an e-mail form the Salvation Army about their upcoming appreciation lunch for volunteers. $97,000 was raised during the campaign. Bill plans to attend.. Anyone else?
Chris1 began circulating a list of concession items that he would like to have donated for the basketball tournament concession stand.
SAA sub Rick recruited Fred as the lugmeister. Right or wrong questions were asked about the inauguration, iPhone and reality. Did you know that you can legally fish for Illinois catfish with a pitchfork?
Opening duties were provided by Rhonda and Dave.
50-50 opportunities were rejected by Chris1 and (here we go again) Lori. Rick got the scratch-off but sold it to Wendell (at face value) who promptly gifted it to Sandy. The $48 jackpot awaits its next challenge.
That's all from here. Have a fine and dry weekend.
TRIVIA
(The answer can be found at the end of the newsletter)
Almost 40% of Americans 18 to 34 years old-the largest percentage since 1940-were doing something in 2015. What?
A-Limiting their vocabulary to "like" and "literally"
B-Smoking cigarettes
C-Living with kin
D-Paying off student loans
January 14th is National Dress Up Your Pet Day
17% believe they need to win the lottery to reach their financial goals in retirement.-Bank of America "Fall 2016 Merrill Edge Report" of 1,045 U.S. adults
January 17, 2002
Current members in a leadership position were: Joe, Paul, Lori, Rod, Mark1 and Rick
Lori was assuming the club Secretary role for a two year term (that never ended)
The program was presented by Frank Akers
Mark2 reported that our foundation paperwork was complete
Red and Helen Littleton were picking grapefruit (or maybe cotton) in the Texas Rio Grande valley
This was our second meeting at the UMC fellowship hall
Lori, Joe, Rose and Doug Sebastian were our poinsettia delivery crew in December
Paul was going to assume the last year of Joe's club Treasurer term
Do you remember Martha Morse?
DATELINE:RI
Corporate membership: What has worked for us and what hasn’t
By Robert Fisher, Rotary Club of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
As the first club chartered in Australia, we have a membership of around 250 people. We had two ‘champions’ who were keen to introduce corporate membership. Over several years, they sought acceptance of this category in the upper layers of Rotary, and eventually were given the go-ahead to try it as part of a pilot project in 2011.
Motivators
We saw corporate membership as a way to uphold our club’s long tradition of attracting the most senior members of Melbourne’s business community, and tap into corporate networks to use their expertise to enhance our social programs. It was our belief that we could achieve significantly greater impact by getting entire corporations involved. We are able to offer them access to a highly respected service organization, and opportunities for their staff to put in volunteer hours and engage in projects. To continue reading link herehttp://bit.ly/2gXrjZ1
SMILE
IT'S ANAGRAM TIME
PRESBYTERIAN:(When you rearrange the letters) BEST IN PRAYER
A DECIMAL POINT: I'M A DOT IN PLACE
SNOOZE ALARMS: ALAS! NO MORE Z'S
ANIMOSITY: IS NO AMITY
SLOT MACHINES: CASH LOST IN ME
THE MORSE CODE: HERE COME DOTS
THE EYES: THEY SEE
ASTRONOMER: MOON STARER
ELEVEN PLUS TWO: TWELVE PLUS ONE
BOTTOM LINE
The average flight now has 142 seats on board, compared with 137 two years ago, thanks to the installation of skinnier bathrooms and smaller galleys to squeeze in more rows.-The Wall Street Journal
94% of the 10 million new jobs created between 2005 and 2015 were either temporary or contract based, not traditional 9-5 positions, according to a study by Princeton and Harvard economists.-Qz.com
LAST WORD
"Nothing ages as fast as the future."-Stanislaw Lem
"To live in freedom, one must grow used to a life full agitation, change and danger."-Alexis de Tocqueville
