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QEII ISSUE SEPTEMBER 10, 2022
VOL. 3 NO. 10
"BIG CHECK" CREW
NEWS-NOTES-NONSENSE
On Thursday the Wm DeBell ARC school principal Jessica Walton joined us to accept our $2,700 donation for the sensory room update and to tell us a bit about the school. The ARC offers four programs, one of which is the school. It serves 70 students from age 3-22. The sensory room provides an opportunity for students to seek a calm place to unwind.
Birthday greeting go out to BarbO-today and BillP on the 15th.
MarkSm provided all members attending Thursday's meeting a sheet of 10 Chili Dinner tickets. Not @ the meeting? Your tickets will find you! The sign-up sheet for the event is now making the rounds or you can sign-up online. We need everyone to sell their tickets and find a shift to help on October 14th @ EA-WR high School.
MarkA offered a prayer for the family of a third grade teacher at Lewis & Clark elementary school whose husband passed away on Wednesday. They are the parents of 9 year twins.
BradL was spied being our solo scooter.
Thanks to BradP for securing our "big check".
ChrisH offers this personal PSA- Avoid touching something that could be HOT.
Prez Robin gave us a heads up regarding the RLI (Rotary Leadership Institute) training on September 15th. This will be part 1. It will be available via Zoom and cost $15. She has taken the course and found it to be very useful. You should try it. (Here's info from the district web site-District 6460 will be offering Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) Part I through Zoom on the Thursdays of September 15th and 22nd from 5:30-8:10 pm. RLI is a fast paced, interactive, series of sessions designed to improve leadership skills and enhance one’s knowledge of Rotary. details at http://rotarydistrict6460.org
Once again, there were 22 members in the house on Thursday (our version of Groundhog Day). Early arrivals included AllenH, BradP and MarkSp. LeonardB entered Julia's @ 12:08. He was proceeded by Prez Robin, RodneyD, and SteveD.
Prez Robin is looking for someone with a pickup truck, along with a few helpful souls, to assist with the setup and teardown of the Vintage Voices event on October 9th.
The Soapbox Race for Fun is TODAY. If you signed-up, show-up! See you "on the hill". DonnaK's granddaughter will be the first driver of our new race car.
The Cardinals got spanked on Thursday. BillP assures us that he was not at the game and not responsible for the loss.
SAA LeonardB drafted WendellR as his lugmeister. Happy Fines were paid by MarkSm and Prez Robin. A smart-ass fine was levied against BradL for attempting to sell Chili Dinner tickets to fellow members. Not here last week? Pay a $. We failed to correctly answer 3 of the 4 trivia questions.
An early fall picnic lunch was served on Thursday, featuring pulled pork sammies, corn, tater salad, slaw, salad and bags of Cracker Jack.
Opening duties were handled by Prez Robin, MarkV and RodneyD
The $126 50-50 was left undisturbed by LoriP and JohnP.SteveD won the scratch-off.
Ciao! Have a fine and dry weekend.
Au revoir!
WILL LORI FIND THE JOKER?...NOPE
CHILI CHATTER
ALL THINGS TRIVIAL
SeatGeek raised $238 million. What business is it in?
A-Glute maximization
B-Travel booking
C-Events ticketing
D-Home office chairs
(Answer is found at the end of the newsletter)
Today is National TV Dinner Day
What is the southernmost capital city in the continental United States?
Jackson, Mississippi
Austin, Texas
Tallahassee, Florida
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Although Florida is the southernmost state in the continental U.S., and home to the southernmost point in the contiguous 48 states, its capital of Tallahassee is just ever-so-slightly north of another state capital. Austin, Texas, sits at 30°16'2" N, a fraction of a degree south of Tallahassee, which is located at 30°27'18" N. That makes Austin the southernmost state capital in the continental U.S.
FIELD OF HONOR
The Forest Rotary club (in Virginia) sponsors an annual event they call the 1000 Flags Field of Honor. The display is designed to showcase what people have given and continue to give in service to the country. That includes the military, first responders, EMTs, firefighters, police, and more. If you would like watch a local TV stations coverage of the event, link herehttps://wset.com/news/local/1000-flags-forest-rotary-club-celebrates-5th-annual-field-of-honor
FROM OUR ARCHIVES
Sourced from the Make-Up and Banner newsletters
Mid-September 2011
Club officers included ScottL, LoriP, JimH, GeorgeT, CoryG, GeorgeM and GeorgeT
The WR club's Adopt-A-Highway cleanup crew included DonnaK, AlanaY, ScottL and JohnP.
Te EA club welcomed DG Gordon Jumper, who was introduced by Assistant District Governor LeonardB.
JohnP reminded the WR members that the Mouse Derby was scheduled for October 29th.
After dining on Julia's fried chicken, BradP led the EA club in the pledge of allegiance.
WR members welcomed RHS Junior Rotarians Clayton Locher and Justin Karpan (Donna's son).
EA member Charlie Kunz was recognized for his long-time leadership of the scholarship program. ( He actually proposed the program after hearing about a similar one while attending a Davie, FL Rotary club meeting years earlier.)
GeorgeT served as the WR meeting greeter.
PaulH was unable to find the joker and allowed the $175 EA jackpot to roll.
NEW WORDS
Words that were listed in the Merriam-Webster dictionary for the first time in 2015
Aquafaba--aphantasia--cloud kitchen--ghost kitchen--red flag law--sponcon
DATELINE:RI
BASIC EDUCATION AND LITERACY MONTH
We are fortunate to be able to read these words, or any others. And we are fortunate to be a part of an organization that is dedicated to making our world a better place by helping those who can't read. There are an estimated 773 million illiterate adults who can't read these words or write their own names. They are at a clear disadvantage in life, with limited opportunities to work. And the situation is not necessarily their fault. Last year The Rotary Foundation approved 104 global grants totaling $6.3 million for basic education and literacy projects. At the community level Rotary clubs are well known for book drives that have changes the lives of so many children. But when we gather many clubs and districts together and work on large-scale Rotary Foundation projects, we have the potential to impact entire communities for generations. The opportunities for Rotary to make a difference in literacy are boundless. Once basic reading and writing is achieved, it opens a path to other types of literacy, such as numerical literacy, digital literacy, and financial literacy.
From an article by Jan H.S. Riseley-Foundation trustee chair
AND I QUOTE
"Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light."-Oliver Wendell Holmes
"It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers."-James Thurber
"The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong."-C.G. Jung`
"Think before you speak. Read before you think."-Fran Lebowitz
SMILE
Why are elevator jokes so good? They work on many levels.
I asked the librarian to recommend an author who writes dinosaur books. "Try Sarah Topps," she replied.
Did you know you can't use "beef stew" as a password? It's not stroganoff.
Why is dark spelled with a K and not a C. Because you can't C in the dark.
Safety meeting at work. They asked me "What steps would you take in the event of a fire?" "Really big ones" was apparently not the right answer.
As I put my car in reverse, I thought to myself..."This takes me back."
BY THE NUMBERS
About 66% of Americans drink coffee every day-National Coffee Association
Seated reservations in restaurants from Aug. 1-21 this year rose 10% compared with 2021, reaching the pre-pandemic level in 2019-OpenTable
Average scores in reading for 2022 declined to 215 out of a possible 500, falling five points from 2020. Math scores fell seven points, to 234. The results mark the largest drop in reading scores since 1990 and the first statistically significant decline in math scores since the math portion of the test began in 1973. Math and reading scores for the exam are now at their lowest levels since the 1990s-U.S. Department of Education
40% of 18- to 24-year-olds in the U.S. surveyed by Google saying they use TikTok to find information
The U.S. market for secondhand clothing, footwear and accessories is expected to total $43 billion in 2022, up 23% from last year-thredUP and GlobalData PLC
More than 70% of the smartphones bought this year have been either in iPhone or Samsung device-IDC
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