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NEW (NOT NO) NAME ISSUE
APRIL 17, 2021
VOL. 1 NO. 12
JOE AND CHERLY WELCOME JACON
NEWS-NOTES-NONSENSE
The ballots have been tabulated and by a 2-1 margin, Eastender News is the new title of our newsletter. The Connection and Newswheel tied for second place. Thanks to all who voted and submitted suggestions.
On Thursday VirgilM invited fellow Rotarian Pat Anderson to talk about his avocation. Pat is the Superintendent of the Wood River-Hartford School District. That's his day job. He has a passion for book writing, acting and creating stage plays. He's been writing most of his life. Pat didn't try acting until his mid-forties. His first play "School Secrets" was performed by the Alton Little Theater and his second play will be part of the 2022 season. Pat spent a few minutes explaining the "sausage making" process of writing a play. Basically, if you don't follow all the traditional constructs no one will even give it a read.
Congrats to Jason Woody for being our first RBE Rotarian. He is the Wood River Parks & Recreation Director. If you have not already done so please give him a warm RbE welcome.
Our young club set an attendance record on Thursday 28 in the house and 5 Zoomies, including at least two first timers.
An FYI-The photos taken during our meetings and events are available for viewing in the photos section of our web site by looking under the Rotary year or event title. The thumbnail pix can be enlarged by double-clicking on the photo.
Early arrivals included AllenH,VirgilM and Lori P
The lunch buffet featured Italian beef, cheezy taters, Rotary g-beans, veggie tray and double chocolate cake.
Birthday greetings to EmilyW on the 10th and LoriP today. Let's make sure we don't sing to Lori on Thursday.
Reminder-don't forget to submit your name badge info to LoriP ASAP.
For those of you who have not yet added a photo of your smiling face to your club profile page, look for RickH to request that you put your back to the wall and pose for a quick maskless pix. Thanks in advance for your cooperation.
Opening duties were provided by WendellR, BradP and BillP, who gave thanks for a day when the Cardinals will not lose (they didn't play).
Congrats to RickH on 30 years of club service.
We mourn the loss of Operation Blessing's founder and long serving Director, Virginia Kirkpatrick. There was no one more committed to serving those in need within our service area, and she did it without receiving a salary. In the recent past she was honored by the Wood River club with a Paul Harris Fellowship award. Well deserved!
According to AllenH's grandmother, Florida doesn't start until you get below Orlando.
Prez Chris used PaulH's patented late arriving trick to slide right into the buffet.
Programing note-Every member is` responsible for securing a program on their designated date. Our current membership numbers mean that you will need to find a program no more frequently than once every 13 months +/-. Programs are assigned in alphabetical order by surname. Secretary Lori usually sends an email to everyone with upcoming program responsibilities at least a month in advance of your assigned date. If you/your speaker have a conflict with your assigned date please feel free to swap dates with another member. Once your program has been selected, let Lori know so it can be added to the program list that you will find on our web site and in the Eastender News. Our program presenters offer a wide variety of views on a endless array of topics and serve to enrich our member experience. By the way, nothing precludes you from making a presentation on a topic of general interest.
PrezChris handled the SAA duties and "volunteered" LindseyH to serve as lugmeister. We nailed 4 out of 5 trivia Q's. Our only wiff was on social media.
With VirgilM, JohnP and PatA in the house on Thursday, the meeting resembled some sort or Riverbend educators conference. At some point in the future we hope they are joined by EmilyW and DebK for an on site education opportunity.
Post-nooners included were PaulH, JoeS and JohnP.
Virtual Color Run registration is under way. Adults are $30, kids are $25. Sponsorships are available from $100 to $500.The event is scheduled for the June 4-6 weekend. It's time to start promoting this great event Here's the link to sign up https://bit.ly/3kOlgrp
LoriP has your pack of 10 Baseball Mania tickets. Each ticket sells for $10. Complete the bottom of each ticket and return with payment to her. We keep 65% of each ticket sold. The contest begins in July and runs 10 weeks. There are 35 weekly winners, from $10 to $250. If you win, look for a check in the mail.
The opportunity to win the $102 jackpot was offered to, and as predicted by BillP,TommieM, who also receive the scratch-off. DaveA also missed the opportunity to pick the joker.
At the kids' reading platform EPIC (where a time traveling owl is a hit), which of these do young reader search for most?
A-Pizza
B-Cake
C-cowboys
D-Poop
(Answer can be found at the end of the newsletter)
Today is National Crawfish Day
What highway is officially called the "loneliest road in America"?
Nevada's Highway 50
Arizona's I-10
Montana's I-94
Alaska's Glenn Highway
In 1986, Life Magazine dubbed a barren stretch of U.S. Route 50 through the middle of Nevada “the loneliest road in America.” With no attractions or points of interest along the 400-mile route, the magazine said simply, “We don’t recommend it,” and that drivers would need serious “survival skills.” Despite the words of caution, the nickname stuck and has been embraced by the state’s tourism board. Along with plenty of peace and quiet, drivers will find road signs outside sides like Austin, Nevada, officially labeling it as “the loneliest road.” You can even pick up an Official Highway 50 Survival Guide and earn stamps along the route to join the Highway 50 Nevada club.
Today in History-
1521 – Trial of Martin Luther over his teachings begins during the assembly of the Diet of Worms.
1524 – Giovanni da Verrazzano reaches New York harbor.
1861 – The state of Virginia's secession convention votes to secede from the United States, later becoming the eighth state to join the Confederate States of America.
1907 – The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
1961 – Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.
1969 – Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy
1970 – Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
2014 – NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Sourced from the Make-Up and Banner newsletters
April 2014
Applications for the WR Rotary Scholarship were available to students of both high schools.
The EA program presenter was the Edwardsville Children's Museum Executive Director Stacy Bauer.
AlanaY and PaulG were in a pix featured in the district newsletter. They were part of the recent Adopt A Highway club project.
EA Rotary Banner Editor Larry Lacher bid everyone a fond farewell after many years of outstanding club service. He was returning to his native New Mexico. Larry encouraged everyone to always follow the Rotary Motto-Service Above Self.
JeanK fined everyone for suggesting that she was grouchy because of the rain. PattyA ands CherylM gladly paid Happy Fines. DaleA passed on the opportunity to win the $128 jackpot.
The EA club feasted on Julia's "pasta overload".
DebK's daughter Katie presented the WR program, speaking about spending her senior year as an outbound Rotary Exchange Student in Chile.
The EA club welcomed former member Mark Kratschmer and potential member Tyler Pitchford.
EA member Marvin "Red" Littleton was mentioned in both newsletters.
TRI-CLUB MEETING 2008
DATELINE:RI
Philippine WASH project delivers toilets, hygiene education to villages
In 1991, Mount Pinatubo erupted after 600 years of inactivity and destroyed homes and farms, displacing many indigenous Aeta living in the highlands of central Luzon, Philippines.
While Aeta can refer to several different related ethnic groups, the Aeta here are descendants of Mag-Antsi, who following the eruption, were resettled by the government. Since then, many have returned to their ancestral lands to rebuild and reestablish their communities.
The world governments have been making progress on increasing access to safe drinking water, but progress on sanitation lags. People lack basic facilities in places you might not expect.
The roughly 43 families in Flora and 79 in nearby Kawayan make a living farming. While Aeta in other areas have been granted title to their ancestral land by the government, these Aeta have seen their lands shrink and their source of livelihood suffer as people from the lowlands staked competing claims during their resettlement years.
Like more than 10 million households in the Philippines, they lack sanitation facilities. The Philippines government has made progress in extending water to its 109 million inhabitants, but long-term plans to expand sanitation are running behind, especially in rural regions. This reduced access to personal hygiene exposes communities to diseases like diarrhea and cholera, and can lead to decreased school attendance, malnutrition, poor oral health, and fear of violence in women who must practice personal hygiene outdoors, according to a report by UNICEF.
To combat these problems, the Rotary Club of Intramuros-Manila developed a water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) project that installed 25 toilets in the Aeta communities of Flora and Kawayan and three in Babo. Rotary members made visits to the community to learn about and understand current hygiene practices, willingness to work on the project, and the communities desire for toilets.
Before a single brick was shipped, Rotary developed friendships and gained buy-in from the community. Rotary was able to leverage an existing profile of Flora and Kawayan to guide the project, including information on race, history, socio-economic conditions, family units, source of livelihood, and means of transportation.
“On our first visit, one of the leaders said that nongovernment organizations and politicians had visited them often, promising to build toilets,” recalls Floren Naguit, project manager and member of the Intramuros Rotary Club. “But none had ever been built.” Until now. To continue reading, link here https://bit.ly/2Qt2yLa
AND I QUOTE
"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get."-Warren Buffett
"The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid."-Art Spander
"Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine.Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden."-Erica Jong
"Play is the beginning of knowledge."-George Dorsey
SMILE
The meaning of opaque is unclear.
Have you ever tried to eat a clock? It's very time consuming.
A man tried to assault me with milk, cream and butter. How dairy!
I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I can't put it down.
So what if I don't know the meaning of 'apocalypse'? It's not the end of the world.
Need an ark to save two of every animal? I Noah guy.
Did you know they won't be making yardsticks any longer?
What is a thesaurus's favorite dessert? Synonym buns.
A relief map shows where the restroom are.
There was a big paddle sale at the boat store. It was quite an oar deal.
BY THE NUMBERS
The Brookings Institution estimates that there will be 300,000 fewer U.S. births in 2021 than would have been expected prior to the pandemic. (There were 3.8 million U.S. births recorded in 2019).
A recent survey of high school students found that the likelihood of attending a four-year school sank nearly 20% in the last eight months — down to 53%, from 71%-ECMC Group
At the current pace, recent pet scams reported to Better Business Bureau will be nearly five times as many as in 2017, when BBB published its first study on pet scams
The pause on interest accumulation during the pandemic on student loans has saved borrowers roughly $4.8 billion a month-Education Department
123456-most common password among those exposed by hackers in 2020, more than 2.5 million people used that combination of numbers this year-NordPass
More than 70% of Americans live within 100 miles of a national forest, there are 44 national forests in 44 states-U.S. forest Service
The world's most spoken language is Mandarin, followed by Spanish and English. The most spoken 2nd language is English, followed by Hindi and French.
