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SUMMER SOLSTICE ISSUE
JUNE 23, 2018
NEWS, NOTES & NONSENSE
OUR BOARD SEZ SO LONG TO THE PREZ
Look for the next BANNER on July 14th. Have a great Independence Day!
Dick introduced program presenter Erin Bickle. She is the Executive Director of Refuge, a MadCo agency serving children who are victims of violence, neglect and abuse. The video has been posted. While we are on that topic...after two years of podcasting and eight years of video, it's time to put the camera back on the shelf and move forward. Thanks to all who listened/viewed the recordings over the years.
Early arrivals included Brad2, Dick, Allen and Pat. Post-nooners were Brad1, Joe, Dave and Nate.
22 members dined on fried chicken, Rotary g-beans, corn, seasoned taters, mac 'n cheese, salad and red cake.
"Fireman" Bill came to the rescue and moved the chicken away from the Sterno flame from hell.
Mark3 suggested that Bill's shorts exposed legs that would be rejected by KFC.
Bill opened his final noon confab by blasting the bell and knocking the cog for a loop.
Are you dealing with rabbits in your garden? Sandy, Sherry and Wendell will help you cope with the little nibblers.
One wag suggested that the reason Dick brought his wife was due to confusion about when the Installation Dinner was scheduled. Remember, no noon meeting next week.
If you plan to attend the dinner, and have not registered on-line or via the hard copy sign-up sheet circulating Thursday, respond promptly to the email from Lori (if you have not received it yet, you will soon.
Whatever you do, stay away from Wendell's first tomato of the season.
Paul was the last patient his dentist will ever treat. (Insert punch line here).
Lori reports that she has received payment for 82 of 300 paper Mania tickets and 27 e-tickets. Net to date is $625. She still has two ticket packet left, 15 tickets per.
SAA Queenie was MIA. Chris2 covered for her and recruited Paul as the $$ collector. Mark3 and Andrew made announcements. Not here last week, pay a $. Wearing shorts, pay a $. Trivia topics included runners, boxers, golf and WWE. All Q's were answered correctly.
Bill told us that serving as Prez is a snap, as long as Lori is there with her safety net. We agree.
Visitors included semi-regular Andrew and Carole Thompson. Good to see them both.
$31 50-50 opportunities were squandered by Nate and Lori. Joe's scratch-off was equally unsuccessful.
Opening duties were performed by Mark3, Sandy and Dave
That's all from here, have a fine and dry weekend.
SMILES ALL AROUND
TRIVIA
(The answer can be found at the end of the newsletter)
Elon Musk's Boring Co. was tapped for a new project. what was is it?
A-A program of therapies for people whose lives are too exciting
B-An express train from downtown Chicago to O'Hare International Airport
C-A pneumatic people-mover connecting San Francisco to Silicon Valley
D-A new tunnel between New York and New Jersey
June 23 is National Pecan Sandies Day
More than 400 food products featuring mushrooms were introduced in 2017, up 22% from a year earlier-Innova Market Insights
45% of Americans know someone who has been helped by a blood transfusion, yet only 3% donate blood each year-American Red Cross
Origins:Linguine-A thin, flat pasta, so thin that it reminded some poetic person centuries ago of "little tongues," which is what linguine means in Italian
JUNE 18, 2009
Current members in a leadership position: Lori, Cory, Paul, Chris1, Rod, Dave and Rick
The program was presented by Madison County Transit Director of Marketing S.J. Morrison
Mark2 presented a make-up from Bethalto
We welcomed "Big" John and Tommie from Wood River, who reported a successful mouse race fundraiser
The sign project at Main & Shamrock is complete
Lori reported that 260 of the 500 Baseball Mania tix had been sold
Wendell missed his opportunity to claim the $92 50-50 jackpot
The Installation Dinner would be held the following Thursday at Moonlight Restaurant
The next session of our oral history project was scheduled for August 6th
Do you remember Kevin Stuby?
JULY 2010
DATELINE:RI
How our club attracts and retains alumni as members
By Mandy Warfield, president, and Emma Satzger, membership coordinator, Rotary Club of Dupont Circle, Washington D.C., USA
The Rotary Club of Dupont Circle was started six years ago by a group of Rotary alumni, and since then, the club has grown to include many other facets of the community, including individuals who have not had any previous experience with Rotary.
Over the last few years, our club has continued to attract and retain alumni members. Sometimes RI finds the alumni and introduces them to our club, and sometimes the alumni find us. We are lucky to have naturally open and social members, and everyone makes a concerted effort to make any visitor feel welcome. One of our Rotary alumni members, Molly, recounts, “When I started attending meetings, no one treated me like a joke or a second-tier Rotarian because I was so young. Fellow members treated me as an equal who had ideas and skills to contribute to the club.”
Our club meets at a neighborhood bar and we meet in the evening. This rather informal environment also allows us to keep dues at a minimum, which is often a swaying factor for younger members. Because we are a small club, we’ve adopted an “all hands on deck” approach in order to execute on our club’s goals; new members frequently become active members of our committees, and even volunteer to step up into the committee chair role. Their fresh insights and perspectives have helped our club grow and have shaped our club over time. To continue reading, link herehttps://tinyurl.com/y7gnzsk3
AND I QUOTE
"In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable."-Dwight Eisenhower
"Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible."-George Orwell
"Even when all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken."-Bertrand Russell
SMILE
APHORISMS
The nicest thing about the future is that it always starts tomorrow.
Money will buy a fine dog but only kindness will make him wag his tail.
If you don't have a sense of humor you probably don't have any sense at all.
A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water.
How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night?
Business conferences are important because they demonstrate how many people a company can operate without.
Why is it that at school reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks?
There are no new sins; the old ones just get more publicity.
There are worse things than getting a call for a wrong number at 4 am; for example, it could be the right number.
No one ever says "It's only a game" when their team is winning.
Be careful about reading the fine print, there's no way you're going to like it.
Do you realize that, in about 40 years, we'll have thousands of old ladies running around with tattoos?
Always be yourself because the people that matter don't mind and the ones that mind don't matter
Life isn't tied with a bow but it's still a gift.
BTHE BOTTOM LINE
As of 2016, the median net worth of those born in the 1980's was 34% lower than what past trends would predict for the group. Those born in the 1970's, the Gen Xers, were 18% behind.-Slate.com
America's shortage of truck drivers is getting worse. About 51,000 more drivers are needed to meet demand from companies such as Amazon and WalMart, according to the American Trucking Associations, up from a shortage of 36,000 in 2016.The shortage is already leading to delayed deliveries and higher prices for consumer goods.-The Washington Post
The number of female CEO's in the Fortune 500 has dropped from an all time high of 32 in 2017 to 24 this year.-Fortune.com
