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HAPPY EASTER ISSUE APRIL 8, 2023
VOL. 3 NO. 34
FIRESIDE DINING
NEWS-NOTES-NONSENSE
On Thursday BradL presented a very interesting slide show about his 2003 M.A.S.H.-like adventure in Iraq trying to protect his soldiers by armoring their supply vehicles.
Early birds included AllenH, arriving @ 11:36. He was followed by LoriP and BillP
Congrats to TomS and the City of Wood River for their Growth Association's Captains Award.
LoriP has your Baseball Mania tickets. Pickup your 10 pack today!
Congrats to AllenH and DaveA on their elective office victories. Allen observed that "It ain't over until the last precinct is counted"
Unhappy with your property tax multiplier? SandyS would be happy to help you find the NINE comps required to file an appeal.
Birthday wishes to PaulG on the 10th.
We welcomed regular maker-uper Riverbend Rotarian JeanneT.
Among the last to arrive-GeorgeM, PattiA, PaulH and BradL.
17 members enjoyed beef 'n noodles, steamed broccoli, rolls, salad and cake. By the way, Julia's is sold out for their Easter buffet.
SAA LeonardB was up and down in a flash. Happy Fines were paid by Prez Robin and MikeK. Didn't vote on Tuesday? Pay a $. Over and out!
Opening duties were handled by Prez Robin, PaulH and BillP.
AllenH and Prez Robin took their shot at finding Mr. Joker. The $441 jackpot continues to grow. LoriP took home the scratch-off.
Ciao! Have a fine and dry weekend.
Au revoir!
BILL HOPES ROBIN FINDS THE JOKER
READY TO ROLL? NOT SO FAST!
ALL THINGS TRIVIAL
One company's products include "Perennial Rye." what's that?
A-A pigment for lawn paint
B-A grain bred for climate change
C-An old-fashioned bread
D-A 120 proof whiskey
(Answer is found near the end of the newsletter)
Today is National Zoo Lovers Day
Which city’s metro system has the most stations in the world?
New York
Paris
Tokyo
London
The city with the most stations within its network is New York City. However, the number of subway stations in New York depends on which source you cite. Some networks say the city has 468 stations, but 47 of those may or may not be counted. That's because a number of "complexes," for example, the 14th Street-Union Square station, are counted as two or more stations by the Metropolitan Transit Authority, but only as one by other standards. Regardless, NYC is far ahead of Shanghai, which comes in second place with 337 stations.
FROM OUR ARCHIVES
Sourced from the Make-Up and Banner newsletters
Early-April 2011
Current members serving as club officers included-ScottL, ChrisH, GeorgeM, LoriP, GeorgeT and CoryG
The WR club heard a presentation by Dr. Charles Erickson. The EA club heard a program about the Illinois Extension Service.
ADG LeonardB told the WR members that $886 had been collected to donate to the Rotary Japan 2011 Disaster Recovery Fund.
24 EA Rotarians dined with Bethalo member "cousin" Jeff Dyer, recently returned from his Florida snowbird siesta. Since MarkA had recently made-up at Jeff's home club, he shared some insider info with Jeff.
The WR club noted the recent passing of former member Bob Kolarich, retired J.C. Penny store manager.
Prez ChrisH gaveled the EA meeting to order precisely @ noon.
The next WR Adopt A Highway project was ticketed for April 30th.
The EA "late table" group included PaulH, BradP, RhondaB and ErinP.
Two EA-WR Interact Club students dined with WR club members-Cazarea Buie and Carly McCleland. The EA club hosted scholarship students from RHS.
The next tri-club meeting was slated for April 28th, hosted by the Bethalto club at the Bethalto Senior Center.
ScottL introduced visitors at the WR meeting.
ErinP told fellow EA members that scholarship interviews were scheduled for May 11 @ RHS and May 12 @ EA-WR.
NEW WORDS
Words that were listed in the Merriam-Webster dictionary for the first time in
By Eve Fraser, charter president of the Rotary Club of Global Water Safety & Drowning Prevention
Who would have thought a soccer team getting stuck in a cave in remote Thailand would lead to the chartering of a new Rotary club for water safety and drowning prevention? Yet here we are!
In April 2021, the United Nations declared drowning to be the number-one cause of preventable deaths around the world. Africa and Asia were identified as the most affected regions. I had observed over the years swimming teachers delivering lessons to communities in need, struggling with the sheer volume of people who needed to learn to swim and the funding to deliver those programs. I imagined a club where members with the knowledge, skills, and experience worked together to train swimming teachers and help communities deliver sustainable programs.
Charter President Eve Fraser with reused swimwear, caps, goggles, and equipment.
Last year on UN World Drowning Prevention Day, 25 July, we chartered a cause-based Rotary club with a group of passionate aquatic educators and industry leaders who were committed to advancing access to quality swimming lessons. We’re focused on bringing minds together in a supportive, collaborative, and collective environment to save lives globally and attract people to Rotary through our results.
Our goal is to ensure that every child can swim before they finish primary school to create generational change. To achieve that, we launched our Swimming Gift project, where we ask Rotary clubs to give US$650 a year to support swimming lessons for primary school children. If every club around the world supports one school a year, we can teach every child to swim before they finish primary school. To continue reading, link herehttps://bit.ly/414eoKG
AND I QUOTE
Confucius quotes-
The man of virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
How do lumberjacks know how many trees they've cut down? They keep a log!
My neighbor asked why I bought a new lawn mower...I told him my old one just wasn't cutting it.
Did you hear about the dyslexic zombie? He only eats Brians.
what do you call a woman who sets fire to bank loans? Bernadette.
What do you call people who take care of chickens? Chicken tenders.
BY THE NUMBERS
87% of U.S. internet households having at least one subscription video service. 40% of them share or use shared credentials/passwords-Parks Associates
In the fourth quarter of 2022, the average household’s credit-card balance was $9,990, up 9% from in the fourth quarter of 2021-WalletHub
60,732-The number of complaints air travelers lodged against U.S. and foreign airlines, third-party booking sites, travel agents and others between January 2022 and November (vs 15,342 in the same period of 2019)-U.S. PIRG Education Fund
The median starting price—meaning half were higher and half were lower—for a newly approved drug rose to $7,034 per patient monthly in 2022, from $2,624 in 2011-46brooklyn Research
The average office worker uses 11 applications on the job, and 17% use 16 or more apps-Gartner’s 2022 Digital Worker Survey
The average U.S. round-trip ticket price booked in February cost $571. That was up 23% from a year earlier and 8% from January-Airlines Reporting Corp
(Trivia answer-A)
THE OBJECT OF ROTARY
The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
First:The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service.
Second: High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society.
Third: The application of the idea of service in each Rotarian's personal business, and community life.
Fourth: The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
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