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STANDARD TIME ISSUE
NOVEMBER 3, 2018
NEWS NOTES & NONSENSE
CHAT STEW
Restore Network Development Director Ashley Aim made a presentation about the Alton based organization. What started in 2009 as a way to help provided assistance to the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) network of foster families morphed in 2013 to a program that helps recruit foster families and provide wrap around support. The organization now has 26 partner churches in four Illinois counties. Ashley shared that as of last week there are 595 children in foster care in Madison county. In Illinois 39% of all foster children change families at least once. There is an ongoing need for additional foster families. Can you or your place of worship help find potential foster families? Additional information can be found via this link http://www.therestorenetwork.org
Congrats to Prez Patty as she celebrates five years of club membership.
The sign-up sheet for our Salvation Army bell ringing gig at the East Alton Schnucks on December 8th, 10A-8P, is making the rounds. There's still some slots open. Direct any questions to MarkV.
We had a ton of post-noon arrivals, highlighted by Dave's 12:35 entrance. We rebounded from last week's Growth Association event attrition and wound up with 22 members on hand. Not to be found included: Ty, Darren, Nate, Matt, Virgil, Erin, DaveS, Joe, MarkS, Dick and Sherry.
Lunch featured your choice of chicken tenders or chicken teriyaki (or both), mac ' cheese, mexicorn, Rotary g-beans, rolls, salad, cake, cookies or Halloween cupcakes.
Prez Patty presented Jamie with her member badge.
The 4-way test took a beating at table #2. What started out as a reasonable discussion about the Grandpa Gang's short circuit problem descended into cross-table pot shots. One wag suggested that the problem was the presence of the "Spice Girls" (Rhonda and Sandy) At any rate, who will serve as Santa this year? Wendell's wife Deisy, Sandy or Bill? It WON'T be ChrisH! Bill assured us that a sign-up sheet for the event will be circulation shortly. Put December 12th on your calendar.
MarkA wonders how you schedule an event to start at 6PM and have no food. A good point.
Bill, Rick, Lori and Queenie all made announcements.
Queenie brought one of her coworkers as a guest.
Please invite a veteran to lunch this Thursday in appreciation for their service. The meal's on us. Let Lori know BY THIS MONDAY if you plan to bring a vet. In lieu of a formal program, each vet will be given an opportunity to introduce themself.
The Turkey Fund has grown to $236. The can will be on hand each Thursday thru November 15th (two more weeks). All donations will be given to Operation Blessing to assist with Thanksgiving meals. If you are so inclined, make your check payable to Operation Blessing.
SAA Queenie finally returned to pump up our treasury. ChrisL also returned to serve as her wingman. Not at the Captains' bash last week, pay a $. Did you vote early? No? Pay a $. Wendell got the birthday treatment (for the second time, according to him.) Trivia topics include Beverly Hills veggies, red lights, baseball and civil law.
Opening duties were performed by Jamie, Sandy and Bill
The $94 50-50 jackpot was left on the table by Paul and MarkA. Sandy predicted that she would win with the scratch-off "when pigs fly".
That's all from here, have a fine and dry weekend. Ciao!
CAPTAINS BASH CREW
RHONDA'S FLYING HER BANNER
TRIVIA
(The answer is found at the end of the newsletter)
Disneyland and Disney World don't much talk about it, but some loyal customers stay a bit too long. Explain.
A-People spread the ashes of their departed loved ones around the theme parks
B-Visitors hide all over the parks in order to spend the night partying
C-Employees have been found living in the parks for weeks at a time
D-Imposters in Mickey Mouse costumes linger after closing time
November 3 is National Sandwich Day
Uber and Starbucks are the top vendors that business travelers are expensing-Certify
63% of respondents in a survey conducted in 25 countries think that social media has too much power-Center for International Governance Innovation
College graduates who studies homeland security and law enforcement had a 65% probability of being underemployed in their first job out of school. Those with degrees in psychology and biology stood chances of 54% and 51% , respectively, of working jobs that don't require college degrees-Burning Glass Technologies
In the second quarter of 2018 24% of U.S. homes had a smart speaker, up from 22% in the first quarter-Nielsen MediaTech Trender Survey
Origins: millionaire-Fur and real estate tycoon John Jacob Astor was probable the first American to be called millionaire, for the word entered English from the French millionnaire in about 1820, but there were Americans who accumulated millions before him, the first probably being Virginia planter and banker Robert "King" Carter, who owned more than 300,000 acres in the late 17th century.
Which U.S. state has the most golf courses per square mile?
Florida
Rhode Island
California
Connecticut
Don't count out Rhode Island because of its size! The smaller state comes in at the top of the Golf Magazine list for most golf courses per square mile. With just 1,545 square miles in the entire state, and 56 golf courses, there's a course approximately every .03 miles.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
NOVEMBER 1, 2012
Current members in a leadership position: Rhonda, Lori, Cory, Paul, BradL, MarkA, Rod, Allen and Rick
The program was presented by Cara Lane. She was a member of our Rotary District sponsored Group Study Exchange (GSE) program that recently returned from Sweden
"Cousin" Jeff Dyer was in the house to announce that the Bethalto club had (once again) changed its meeting location
We raised $1300 at our Chili Supper
Wendell was serenaded for his birthday. He may have overpaid
MarkA missed his chance to claim the $65 50-50 jackpot
Our Christmas party would be held on December 20th
Do you remember Kelli Keller?
OCTOBER 2009
DATELINE:RI
HOW TO SPREAD POSITIVE PEACE
By Laurie Smolenski
When I learned about the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), a think tank dedicated to using empirical research to better understand the drivers of peace, as a Rotary Peace Fellow in 2016, I was fascinated. The idea that peace – which often lives in a lofty realm of aspiration and emotions – could be articulated in concrete metrics, underpinned by data, and visualized through heat maps and charts was new and profoundly impactful to me.
I hadn’t yet known that the following year, Rotary and IEP would embark on a strategic partnership. As I see it, this partnership represents a critical bridge between research and action, as it will equip Rotarians working on the ground with concrete tools and frameworks to promote “Positive Peace.” Defined as the attitudes, institutions, and structures that correlate to the world’s most peaceful societies (a framework IEP has developed through statistical analysis), Positive Peace is a natural foundation for this collaboration. To continue reading, link herehttps://bit.ly/2De7hs5
AND I QUOTE
"This is an interesting planet. It deserves all the attention you can give it."-Marilynne Robinson
"Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed."-Michael Pritchard
"If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell."-Carl Sandburg
"Mystique is 100 times better than publicity."-Michael Ovitz
SMILE
QUOTES
"Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year." - Victor Borge
"Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint." - Mark Twain
"By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher." - Socrates
"I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury." - Groucho Marx
"My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe." - Jimmy Durante
"I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back." - Zsa Zsa Gabor
"Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar, and fat." - Alex Levine
"My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying." - Rodney Dangerfield
"Money can't buy you happiness, but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery." - Spike Milligan
"Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was SHUT UP." - Joe Namath
"I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap." - Bob Hope
"I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it." - W. C. Fields
"We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress." - Will Rogers
"Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you." - Winston Churchill
"By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere." - Billy Crystal
THE BOTTOM LINE
U.S. homeownership rates are rising again, now at 64.3%. They peaked in 2004 when 69.2% of households were owner-occupied residences. During the Great Recession the rate fell to 62.9%-The Washington Post
Following his recent death it was revealed that pioneering U.S. physicist Leon Lederman sold his Nobel Prize medal for $765,000 in 2015-Vox.com
A bottle of 60-year-old Macallan Valerio Adami 1926 single malt whisky sold for a record $1.1 million at a recent Scottish auction-The New York Times
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