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7 de MAYO ISSUE MAY 7, 2022
VOL. 2 NO. 33
RHS SCHOLARS
RYLA LADIES
NEWS-NOTES-NONSENSE
Don't forget to check out our Facebook and Instagram pages (links are available at the top of our main web page. Also, join our Facebook group. Want to like/share something, give it a tag @riverbendeastrotary
Look for the next issue of Eastender News on June 11. Until then...(promote our Color Run)
KSDK and PREMION Sales Manager Aaron Hooks presented Thursday's program. He pointed out that this is the 75th anniversary of Channel 5. It's the second oldest TV station west of the Mississippi. He used a slide presentation to show us the the many different avenues available to anyone wanting to spend dollars on advertising. He advised us that the death of TV advertising is a bit premature, but it is a changing environment. We are all presented with a lot of "screen" options in our daily lives. Matching our potential purchasing interests with the correct advertiser is the secret sauce to keeping the ad dollars flowing.
Get your pack of Baseball Mania tickets from LoriP today. The game kicks off in late July. We net $6.50 on each $10 card sold.
Early arrivals included DarrenC, AllenH and BillP.
Congrats to CherylM on her 9 years as a Rotarian.
Let's take a moment and thank DonnaK for serving as our scholarship program coordinator. There's a lot of unseen work required to make sure that all the required information is gathered and organized. We also want to thank others who have helped with interviews and SherryT and MarkSm who have/will be making the 2022 presentations at our two high school's senior awards programs.
We welcomed three RHS scholarship students along with our RYLA twins on Thursday. Each student had a moment at the podium to tell us about their future plans and RYLA experiences, respectively. They all appreciated our support efforts.
Prez Lindsey was sporting her Oiler t-shirt. We're not sure what the Shell kids thought about it, but JohnP was in favor.
Please remember to share our 5K Color Run information with your social media contacts. It's slated for Saturday June 4th @ Belk-8AM. The sign-up link is available on our Facebook and web pages. Prez Lindsey has a goal of having 100 runners, 25 have signed up so far.It's time to get busy promoting our event. We now have $5K in sponsorship dollars.
Opening duties were handled by Prez Lindsey, RickH and BillP, who was thankful for dessert.
BillP took a moment to thank JohnP and TammyI for assisting at the National Day of Prayer event on Thursday morn.
Why was Julia's parking lot so busy?? Cinco de Mayo perhaps?
The Library; Where The Books Are Human Beings is an interesting read in the May issue of Rotary magazine
20 members dined on glazed chicken breast, Rotary g-beans, rolls, salad and cake.
Among the last to arrive included CherylM, GeorgeM and MikeK.
LoriP and BillP took the opportunity to search for the elusive joker. Nope. Lori also won the scratch-off.
Ciao! Have a fine and dry weekend.
LORI BIDS HIGH
KSDK
PROBLEM SOLVERS
ALL THINGS TRIVIAL
Many people see trouble coming between May 10 and June 2. Why?
A-A crucial wave of oil futures will expire
B-A massive series of Russian bonds will come due
C-Many central banks, including the Fed, have meetings scheduled
D-It's the next Mercury retrograde
(Answer is found at the end of the newsletter)
Today is National Roast Leg of Lamb Day
Which U.S. national park is 95% underwater?
Biscayne
Acadia
Great Basin
Hot Springs
Located just a few minutes from downtown Miami, Biscayne National Park covers 173,000 acres — 95% of which is underwater. The stunning aquatic landscape of the park includes a swath of mangrove forest, a chunk of the world's third-largest coral reef, and Biscayne Bay itself. More than 500 native fish species call the park home, as do pelicans, sea turtles, and Florida's official state marine mammal, the manatee. On the little land in the park, visitors can check out campgrounds, picnic areas, hiking trails, historic stilted homes, and the Boca Chita lighthouse. The park's Maritime Heritage Trail features several shipwrecks and is popular with snorkelers and scuba divers.
FROM OUR ARCHIVES
Sourced from the Make-Up and Banner newsletters
Early May 2009
Current members serving as club officers in 2009-JimH, LoriP, GeorgeM, CoryG and GeorgeT.
JohnP was looking for help at the WR Mouse Race event scheduled for May 8.
Foundation Treasurer MarkSp shared current foundation balance sheet information with the EA board.
PattiA and TommieM were recognized for their Mouse Race donations.
The EA-WR and RHS scholarship students would be visiting the EA club in May.
May birthday wishes were offered to GeorgeT by fellow WR members.
The EA board agreed to fund two "spring" toys for the playground under construction at the Keasler Rec Center. They would also assist with the installation.
Jean and SteveK and Henry and DoloresS were recognized at the WR meeting for their wedding anniversaries.
The EA club funded decorated street signs would soon be installed at the Main and Shamrock Streets intersection.
EA-WR Junior Rotarians Matt Sanders and Kelsey Westbrook were welcomed at the WR meeting.
The May 7th meeting of the EA club would be the first attempt to create the oral history of the club.
NEW WORDS
Words that were listed in the Merriam-Webster dictionary for the first time in 1975
When you create training plans for officers or other members, you can include a variety of tools. The Learning Center, which is flexible and accessible, can be a useful part of any plan. Here are five reasons to use Learning Center content in your training plans:
It’s customized for you. In the Learning Center, you’ll see the courses and learning topics that are the most relevant to you, based on the browser language you chose and your zone, district, and role.
You can customize it even more. You can create favorites lists of the courses and materials that you use most and hide materials that you don’t need. Districts and zones can also decide which courses to use and group them into learning plans. Contact us to customize a learning plan for your district.
It has the most up-to-date information. Our courses are revised regularly to reflect our current practices and recommendations, and it’s easy to find out if they’ve been updated: If they have, a note in the description will usually say when that happened. Also, the Rotary Learning Center Courses list includes direct course links that will work with any My Rotary sign-in. It’s updated four times a year and notes when courses have been revised.
You can track people’s progress. Visit the My Activities page from the user menu to monitor your own progress. You can also check global, zone, and district leaderboards on the My Dashboard page. Governors, district trainers, district membership chairs, and district Rotary Foundation chairs can track the courses and learning plans that members have completed by asking for permission to review them and completing the Access to Learning Center Reports course.
It improves the Rotary experience. Members who have used the Learning Center report greater satisfaction with their ability to develop leadership skills.
Review our recent webinar for more ideas about how to use the Learning Center and customize it for your district’s needs.
AND I QUOTE
"The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn."-David Russell
“If you can’t see anything beautiful about yourself, get a better mirror."-Shane Koyczan
"Indecision is the key to flexibility."-Anon
"In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman."-Margaret Thatcher
SMILE
One thing no one ever talks about being an adult is how much time you debate yourself on keeping a cardboard box because it's, like, a really good box.
To measure puns properly use a sighsmograph.
Husband: Honey, I broke a glass in the kitchen. Wife: I am coming with the broom. Husband: It ain't urgent. You can come on foot.
My bluetooth speaker wasn't working so I threw it into the lake. Now it's syncing.
Cosmetology student misses class. Forced to make up makeup test.
Someone threw a jar of mayo at me. I was like what the Hellmann.
BY THE NUMBERS
TiVo's latest survey said that U.S. consumers who still take traditional bundled video are spending, on average, $124.40 a month for pay TV and broadband. Add to that a bill Netflix and other subscription streaming services, and pay TV consumers are paying an average of $203.60 a month for internet and video entertainment.
Lenders originated $222 billion of personal loans last year, up 31% from a year earlier and 22% from 2019-Experian PLC
The U.S. market for used home goods and furniture is projected to grow by 38% by 2025, from $17.05 billion last year to $23.56 billion-Statista
There are 481 U.S. cities where the typical home is worth $1 million or more, 146 more "million-dollar cities” than last year. Pre-pandemic there were just 285 such locations-Zillow
About 20% of workers aged 25 to 54 foresee leaving a job within a year, and 26% said they see staying one to two years-ZipRecruiter
The lawn-care industry shipped 38 million products in the U.S. in 2021 including 21 million that were electric or zero-emission products-Outdoor Power Equipment Institute
