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8 MORE W's ISSUE
OCTOBER 12, 2019
NEWS-NOTES-NONSENSE
THE WORD WAS "EAT"
Reminder..no noon meeting this week, hope to see you at our family cookout on the 17th. Set-up starts @ 4, dinner is served around 6. Don't forget your side.
Look for the next Banner on October 26th. Until then...there are a host of new "vintage" club documents that have been downloaded to keep you occupied.
Wendell introduced magician Joshua Weidner. He shared a few illusions/tricks with us and did not disappoint. Lori is already lobbying for the Program of the Year. Cory, Darren, ChrisH, Paul, Bill and Sandy were "drafted" as Joshua's assistants. He even showed us how to do a card trick.( Don't give up your day job.) He's been doing magic since age five and now makes a living doing it for a living. He loves it! Want more info? Link here http://www.joshuaweidner.com
It's not too late to turn in chili $$ to MarkS.
Allen has jumped on the Cardinal bandwagon. What a leap! Rod, MarkS and ChrisL were all sporting Cardinal red. Is BradL a closet Cubs fan?
We found out that Rodney Palmer is not a weather prognosticator.
Roast beast was the entree of the day. sides included baby carrots, mexicorn, salad, rolls, pudding and cookies.
Happy birthday to Wendell on the 21st.
The pre-nooners included Allen, Darren, BradL and Lori. Among the last of 22 members to arrive were BradP, Dave, Paul and Rhonda.
Prez Brad's garden is still "producing".
Our magician guest pointed out that sawing someone in half is the easy part...
If you have an interest in prep football, see Rhonda's email from October 9th about the Riverbend Rotary luncheon this Thursday (we have no noon meeting).
The Turkey Fund is now at $170. All donations will be given to Operation Blessing to purchase Thanksgiving food items. If you are donating via check, make it payable to Operation Blessing.
Opening duties were capably performed by Rhonda, Sandy and Bill.
It looks like IDOT will grant Virgil his I-255 wish in 2020. An early Christmas gift indeed!
Rhonda was proud to announce that one of her children were recently married. One to go.
The New Legacy bluegrass gospel group will perform at the Nazarene Community Theater next Saturday (the 19th) @ 7pm.
SAA Chris returned and brought Alex along to collect the $$. The trivia questions were all about animals. Three out of four tables nailed the answer.
Our Olga's fund raiser is on November 1st. You must present the flyer for us to benefit. Lunch or dinner. Pass the info along via talk, text or social media.
For the first time ever, Alex had his ticket drawn, for the scratch-off. The $103 chances went to Wendell and Lori.
That's it, have a fine and dry weekend. Ciao!
TRICKS AND TREATS
FI-NAL-LY!
TRIVIA
After three decades of growth, what U.S. phenomenon finally dropped a little bit per a new report? (Hint: it's twice as high as in 1980).
A-The rate of twin births
B-The incident of car theft
C-The rise in inflation-adjusted home prices
D-The average price of a new car
Today is National Motorcycle Ride Day
Which of these capital cities is the farthest north?
Helsinki, Finland
Moscow, Russia
Reykjavik, Iceland
Stockholm, Sweden
Reykjavik is the northernmost capital of a sovereign country.
On This Date-
1492 – Christopher Columbus's first expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically in The Bahamas.
1692 – The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Province.
1792 – The first celebration of Columbus Day is held in New York City.
1793 – The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid at the University of North Carolina.
1799 – Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse becomes the first woman to jump from a balloon with a parachute.
1810 – The citizens of Munich hold the first Oktoberfest.
1847 – Werner von Siemens founds Siemens & Halske, which later becomes Siemens AG.
1892 – The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
1918 – A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota.
1928 – An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
1933 – The military Alcatraz Citadel becomes the civilian Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.
1945 – World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.
1960 – Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at the United Nations to protest a Philippine assertion.
1964 – The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew, and the first flight without pressure suits.
1970 – Vietnamization continues as President Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas.
1971 – The 2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire begins.
1984 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army fail to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. The bomb kills five people and wounds 31.
1994 – The Magellan spacecraft burns up in the atmosphere of Venus.
2005 – The second Chinese human spaceflight, Shenzhou 6, is launched, carrying two cosmonauts in orbit for five days.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
MARCH 6, 2014
Current members serving in a leadership role: Prez Rhonda, BradL, Lori, Cory, Paul, MarkA, Rod and Rick
Rhonda presented Sandy with her name badge.
MarkS returned with his "winter tan" and presented two make-ups
Joe handled the SAA duties
Cory was the baseball trivia ace (what, no Allen?)
Lori announced the return of Baseball Mania
Bill thanked everyone for their help with the funeral arrangements for Isaac Thaxton
Do you remember Sue Alhmeyer?
JUNE 2006
DATELINE:RI
RETURNING HOME AGAIN: HOW YOUTH EXCHANGE BUILDS RESILIENCE
By Julia Chalifoux, former Rotary Youth Exchange student to Japan
In 1997, at 17 years old, I spent a year living and learning in Tokyo, Japan, as a Rotary Youth Exchange Student.
Thanks to Rotary International, my time in Japan afforded me the opportunity to open my heart, mind, and eyes to a new language, land, and culture; all of this has had a profound and subtle impact and influence on the woman I am today.
In the months leading up to my exchange, I prepared myself for a year abroad, but what I wasn’t prepared for was the post-exchange experience – how returning ‘home’ again to my country of origin would also have an impact.
For me, the post-exchange experience and the subsequent reverse culture shock that I experienced was far more difficult to navigate than the initial culture shock I experienced upon arriving in Japan.
For example, communication style differences between Japanese (indirect) and Canadian/North American (direct), made verbal and written self-expression difficult. This was proven to me during my first year of University after my return, when my professor asked me to attend his office hours so that he could identify my first language. (Yes, he was that concerned about the quality of my written work). To continue reading, link herehttps://bit.ly/2VsJKd5
AND I QUOTE
"Life is never easy for those who dream."-Robert James Waller
"The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common."-Ralph Waldo Emmerson
"Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness."-Frank Tyger
"People who want to share their religious views with you, almost never want you to share yours with them."-Dave Barry
SMILE
If a fire hydrant has H20 inside, what does it have on the outside? K9P
Lying about my age is easier now that I have trouble remembering what it is
I started a new exercise routine. Everyday I do diddly-squats
doing crunches twice a day now. Captain in the morning...Nestle in the afternoon
Ignorance can be educated, crazy can be medicated, but there's no cure for stupid
People are usually shocked when I tell them I'm not a very good electrician
BY THE NUMBERS
The U.S. flock of laying hens rose to 331.4 million in early September, up 800,000 birds from a year earlier. Chickens in the U.S. produced more than 65 billion table eggs through August this year, up 3% from that period last year-U.S. Department of Agriculture
Globally, the number of garments purchased annually by the average consumer jumped 60% from 2000 to 2014, according to McKinsey & Co. The number of times an item is worn before it is discarded dropped 36% between 2002 and 2016, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. In the U.S., clothes are worn for around a quarter of the global average
Nationally $448 billion is spent on home remodeling, up 31% since 2013-Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
The average surcharge that ATM operators charge non-customers to withdraw cash is now $3.05, up 2% in the past year, the 15th consecutive year of increases-Bankrate.com
United States alcohol consumption stood at 8.65 liters per person in 2017, compared with 10.34 liters in 1980, according to research firm Bernstein
One in seven Americans drink water from private wells-U.S. Geological Survey
