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HOUR GAINED ISSUE
NOVEMBER 2, 2019
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Joe introduced Alton Works Redevelopment Company representative (and former Marquette High School catcher for Joe's baseball team) Nick Schrenk. Alton Works is John Simmons' plan for revitalizing Alton's city center. The plan is to focus on three districts: Grand Entertainment, Jacoby Arts and Broadway Makers. The overall costs are projected to be around $100 million and add 500 residents to downtown Alton. The Grand Theater rehab is currently job 1. Nick shared a video about the project and answered several questions from the peanut gallery.
The cold and windy day provided the opportunity for the first snow bird chatter.
Our 24 members in the house was a mighty improvement over the previous week's 13. Allen, MarkA, Paul and Rod were the early birds. End of the liners included BradP, Rhonda, MarkV and ChrisH.
Congrats to Patty as she celebrates six years as a club member.
We welcomed guest (and potential member?) Laura from Zion Luther School in Bethalto. She was proud to announce that her father was a Rotarian.
MarkA announced that he wished he wasn't here. We think his reaction was more toward the harsh weather than the company he was keeping. He did announce his target date to decamp to Tampa.
Good luck to Rhonda's Shells and Emily's Bulldogs as they hit the road to play in today's first round of the IHSA football playoffs.
December 10th is our date for the Winter Wonderland. You in? Who will be chosen for the honor of playing SC?? Look for the sign-up sheet shortly.
Delicious fried chicken was front and center on Thursday. Sides included boiled red taters and boiled corn on the 1/2 cob, rolls, salad and spooky dessert.
Several members had announcements, some paid.
Dave was the only member spied sporting halloween accessories, a neat tie. MarkS' orange Illini sweater does not count. All the band wagoners start appearing after a couple of wins in the Big10.
Bring a veteran day is this Thursday (the 7th). Please invite a vet to join us for lunch. Let Prez Brad or Lori know by Wednesday. The program will feature a presentation by folks from the VA.
The Turkey Fund is now at $225. 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 handled by Rick,ChrisH and Dave.
It doesn't appear that there's much to be said about home field advantage in the World Series. MarkS donated his "bet the field" winnings to the Turkey Fund.
SAA Chris recruited Alex to handle lugmeister duties. Not here last week? Pay a $. World Series trivia covered a pantheon of legendary baseball names-Mantle, Larsen, Stengel, McCarthy, Ford.
Anyone interested in visiting Wendell in his Columbian palace? Don't forget the ice!
The $114 50-50 jackpot was studiously avoided by BradP, and Paul. MarkS was looking for his own jackpot from the scratch-off.
That's it, have a fine and dry weekend. Ciao!
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TRIVIA
German tech firm Rheingans Digital Enabler is trying something new to keep morale and productivity high. What's their approach?
A-Private offices for everyone
B-A five-hour workday
C-A three-day week
D-Nude Fridays
Today is National Deviled Egg Day
Where is the tallest building west of the Mississippi River?
Los Angeles
Denver
Seattle
Phoenix
Standing at 1,100 feet and occupying an entire city block, the Wilshire Grand Center in Los Angeles, California, is not only the tallest building in the city and state, but also the tallest building west of the Mississippi River. Originally opened in 1952 as the Hotel Statler, it was a Los Angeles landmark for the next 59 years and hosted guests including former President John F. Kennedy and Pope John Paul II. It would not be until the early 2010s that the idea of turning the old hotel into a new landmark of Los Angeles and icon of the 21st century would occur. Officially opened on June 23, 2017, the Wilshire Grand Center today serves a mixed use building
On This Date-
1675 – Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow leads a colonial militia against the Narragansett during King Philip's War.
1889 – North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
1920 – In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.
1936 – The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
1947 – In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
1951 – Six thousand British Troops flown into Egypt to quell unrest in the Suez Canal zone.
1959 – Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
1960 – Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd, the Lady Chatterley's Lover case.
1963 – South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm is assassinated following a military coup.
1965 – Norman Morrison, a 31-year-old Quaker, sets himself on fire in front of the river entrance to the Pentagon to protest the use of napalm in the Vietnam war.
1966 – The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
1988 – The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
1990 – British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.
2016 – The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
NOVEMBER 3, 2005
Club officials included: Prez Joe, Lori, Allen, Paul, Rod and Rick
MarkS introduced the program presenter Alley Ringhausen, Executive Director of the Great Rivers Land Trust
Lori was reported in South Florida visiting her "aunt Wilma"
Ron Eaton was working on a date for the clock dedication
An announcement about Salvation Army bell ringing was forthcoming
Our Christmas party would be held at Tony's on December 15th
Do you remember Debbie Brazier?
OCTOBER 2010
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WORLD POLIO DAY UPDATE
By Ryan Hyland
Rotary and its partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) are celebrating a major milestone this World Polio Day: confirmation that a second type of the wild poliovirus has been eradicated, which is a significant step toward the ultimate goal of a polio-free world.
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), announced the historic feat in a video address during Rotary’s Global Online Update on 24 October. He said an independent commission of health experts certified the global eradication of the type 3 strain, which hasn't been detected anywhere in the world since Nigeria identified a case of polio that it caused in November 2012. The type 2 strain was certified as eradicated in 2015.
“That leaves just wild poliovirus type 1,” Tedros said. He also commended Rotary’s long fight against polio. “Everything you [Rotary] have done has brought us to the brink of a polio-free world.”
Tedros balanced the good news with a note of caution, saying that the biggest enemy of global eradication is complacency. He encouraged Rotary members to redouble their efforts. To continue reading, link herehttps://bit.ly/2Py6nMg
AND I QUOTE
"The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance."-Benjamin Franklin
"Anyone who thinks talk is cheap should get some legal advice."-Franklin P. Jones
"Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away."-Thomas Fuller
"Forty is the old age of youth. fifty is the youth of old age."-Victor Hugo
SMILE
Six retired guys are playing poker at George's house when Burt loses $300 on a single hand, clutches his chest and drops dead at the table.
George asks, "Who's going to go and tell his wife?"
They cut the deck, lowest card loses. Harry draws a two and loses. They tell him to be discreet, be gentle, and not to make a bad situation any worse.
"Discreet? I'm the most discreet person you'll ever meet-discretion is my middle name. Leave it to me," he says.
He goers over to Burt's house and knocks on the door. The wife answers an asks what he wants. Harry answers, "Your husband just lost $300 and is afraid to come home. He has asked me to come and apologize." "You tell him I said to drop dead!" says his wife.
"OK, I'll go tell him," says Harry.
BY THE NUMBERS
Generation Z (those currently ages 7 to 22), influences up to $1.2 trillion of annual purchases in the U.S.-Cassandra
The number of female truckers has increased by 68%, to 234,000, since 2010. Women make up 6.6% of the trucking workforce-American Truckers Association
In 2019, about 19% of U.S. households with six-figure incomes rented their homes, up from about 12% in 2006-Wall Street Journal analysis of Census Bureau data that adjusted the incomes for inflation
Christians make up about 65% of the U.S. adult population, down from 77% in 2009. Those who don’t identify with any religion now make up more than 25% of the population compared to 17% a decade ago-Pew research Center
97.5% of the 51 million annual travelers between Chicago and St. Louis drive. Slightly over 1% of travelers fly, 0.2% take a bus, and 1.3% ride Amtrak trains.
85% of consumers aren’t willing to pay more than $5 for restaurant delivery-Tillster
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