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FARM ISSUE APRIL 12, 2025
VOL. 5 NO. 26
JAMBALAYA TICKET DISTRIBUTION
NEWS-NOTES-NONSENSE
On Thursday we heard an interesting presentation by Taylor Justice, Chief Developmental Officer for Beverly Farm in Godfrey. The facility was established 137 years ago has 300 clients, hailing from 43 states, living on the property in a variety of living quarters. Some of the clients need almost no care and range throughout the spectrum to those needing almost constant care. It cost a yearly average of $26,000 per person to maintain service, with only 26 clients paying fully for their care. Taylor pointed out that the state Illinois' contribution is small vs the overall cost of care. Fundraising is critical to the survival of the facility.
Program note-BradP has been recording our weekly program and posting it on our internal Facebook page. The videos will be available for 30 days. Go enjoy!
Happy Birthday to LoriP on the 17th.
JoeS is looking for help with our July 19th golf tournament.
In Prez Bill's absence RobinK took the gavel, after a threatened comic warmup by JohnP. BradP did tell a joke.
Early birders included-PaulH, LoriP, SandyS and SherryT.
Please keep AllenH, RodC and his spouse Virginia in your prayers as they deal with health issues.
MarkSm began distributing tickets for our Jambalaya Dinner.
GlennB has returned from his month long trip to Australia and New Zealand. It sounded fantastic. He spent a couple of nights in a zoo with roos at his patio door.
The slide-right-inners were represented by ChrisH and PaulG.
MarkSm introduced his guest.
PaulH told us about a Rotary zone membership contest where the club can accumulate points based upon inviting a potential member, referring a potential member or adding a new club member.
MarkSm brought a cake in honor of PaulG's 75th natal day. We sang the birthday song. Paul paid $5. He sez he's in a good place.
SherryT's Bar Rescue TV special will air on Easter evening via the Paramount Network. She is hosting a watch party at the Airliner starting at 7PM. The bar will be open, bring your own snacks. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Late arrivals included PaulG and JohnP.
RobinK congratulated LoriP, ChrisH and SherryT for their election wins, and then fined everyone else a $ for not running for office.
We had 14 members dining on dollar sammies, sauced wings, salad and fruit.
The 50-50 rolls after KyndraG and LoriP pulled non-joker cards. SandyS won the scratch-off and promised that she would sponsor $5 cards with more payout. We'll see.
Opening duties were covered by PaulG, ChrisH and JohnP.
61% of Eastender News subscribers opened the last newsletter.
POST-MEETING DISCUSSIONS
SANDY PONDERS, SHERRY SMILES
JAMBALAYA DINNER
We will be serving our Jambalaya Dinner on Saturday April 26th from 4:30-6:30 at the Keasler Rec Center on 3rd street. Dine in or carry out.Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 @ the door. Your ticket gets you an order of Kyndra's jambalaya (smothered pork, smoked sausage, Cajun holy trinity, serviced over rice) cornbread, strawberry crunch cake and a drink. Proceeds will benefit Roxana School District Special Eduction program. It's flavorful, not spicy! Get your tickets today!
ALL THINGS TRIVIAL
Thanks to eater and eateries avoiding seed oils and seeking more flavor, what's in short supply?
A-Chicken fat
B-Beef tallow
C-Margarine
D-Crisco
(The answer is found near the end of the newsletter)
Today is National Record Store Day
Which U.S. national park is home to the Grand Prismatic Spring?
Yosemite
Yellowstone
Hot Springs
Zion
Many visitors come to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming to see the magnificent colored bands surrounding the Grand Prismatic Spring. Around the deep blue waters of the spring are concentric rings in shades of green, yellow, and orange. Each ring’s color is due to different types of bacteria in the different temperatures of the water.
FROM OUR ARCHIVES
Sourced from the Make-Up and Banner newsletters
April 2018
The WR club received an update about the sculpture that will be placed in front of the firehouse.
Dave Miller did a "knotty" demo at the EA club.
It was Taco Thursday at the EA meeting. SherryT rearranged the serving table so WendellR could find the lettuce.
CherylM was congratulated on the birth of a granddaughter.
The EA club was headed to the Piasa Armory for a shooting range session.
GeorgeT suggested that some warm weather meeting should be held at the Belk park shelter.
SherryT's recent Easter egg hunt consisted of empty plastic eggs.
JeanK and Rhonda Breslin were thanked for organizing the recent Disco Bingo event. Each club received $4,700.
TommieM visited the EA club.
The Color Run was a go for June 3rd.
BradP and RickH allowed the jackpot to roll.
EA-WR Junior Rotarians Justin Englar and Rachel Staten were in the house.
PaulG and DonnaK paid Happy Fines.
The WR Club Social was scheduled fro April 26th at the Pump House.
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
DATELINE:ROTARY
HOW ROTARACT CHANGED MY LIFE
The author (second from left) with members of the Rotaract Club of Dhaka North on a service project.
By M. M. A. Al Numan Tonmoy, Rotary Club of Habiganj Khoai, Bangladesh —
When I began my university education in 2012, I was very introverted. I tried not to talk with people much and I would avoid social gatherings. During that time, I met an elder classmate who would become my mentor. His name is Md. Raihan Kabir and he was president of the Rotaract Club of East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. I had heard lots of stories about Rotary and Rotaract but didn’t know much about them. He was the first person who helped me understand what Rotary is all about.
One day, he invited my friends and I to help his team gather students for a blood donation campaign which the Rotaract club had organized. I was a bit scared but didn’t want to say no to my mentor so I took part. It was my first introduction to Rotary.
A few days later, my mentor asked me to go with him to attend an installation program of the Rotaract Club of Dhaka North, one of the oldest Rotaract clubs in our country. The seniors of their club invited us to join their club, and it was the greatest decision of my life.
After joining, I became very involved and received an award from Rotary District 3281 as the “Most Promising Rotaractor.” My club also gave me “The Best Rotaractor” award for my work during 2014.
I served as sergeant at arms, community service director, service director, secretary, vice president, and eventually president in 2015-16. After serving as the zone secretary and regional secretary in our district, I became the district secretary in 2020-21.
I have enjoyed organizing a variety of programs including working with my fellow Rotaract members on a Rotaract Model United Nations, Rotaract Career Gridline Seminars, and Rotaract Club Assembly. We also organized an art program for underserved children and a chess competition.
All these things allowed me to express myself and give back to my community. My participation in Rotaract made me the person I am today. It allowed me to be a better version of myself. It also helped me grow professionally in my career by instilling in me self-confidence.
After experiencing all these things in Rotaract, I have now moved on to join the Rotary Club of Habiganj Khoai. I am excited to continue serving my community and living out Rotary’s motto of Service Above Self.
AND I QUOTE
"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."-Mae West
"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses."-Abraham Lincoln
"Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine."-Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."-Mahatma Gandhi
SMILE
I have an inferiority complex, but it’s not a very good one.
I told my doctor that I broke my arm in two places. He told me to stop going to those places.
What vegetable is cool, but not that cool? Rad-ish.
Why did the employee get fired from the calendar factory? She took a day off.
Worrying works! Case in point: 90% of the things I worry about never happen.
My teachers told me I’d never amount to much because I procrastinate. I told them, “Just you wait!”
Why do seagulls fly over the sea? If they flew over the bay, they would be bagels.
I broke my finger last week. On the other hand, I am OK.
I went to the doctor with a suspicious-looking mole. He told me they all look that way and I should have left it in the garden.
Every morning, I announce that I’m going running, but then I don’t. It’s a running joke.
What do you call a line of men waiting to get haircuts? A barberqueue.
BY THE NUMBERS
In 2016, Americans held on to their phones for an average of 2.38 years before trading them in or upgrading. In 2024 it was 3.64 years-Assurant
Americans spend an estimated $120 billion a year on app-based food delivery alone-DoorDash and Bloomberg Second Measure
There were 11 million households with backyard chickens in 2024, up from 5.8 million in 2018-American Pet Products Association
Zillow estimates the U.S. housing market is short by about 4.5 million homes
For a two-parent family with two young kids, a typical four-day visit to Walt Disney World, including a stay at a value-priced, Disney-owned hotel, cost $4,266 in 2024-Touring Plans
Americans quit 39.6 million jobs in 2024, down 11% from the year before and down 22% from a recent peak in 2022-U.S. Labor Department
(Trivia answer-B)
OBJECT OF ROTARY
The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
First:The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service.
Second: High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society.
Third: The application of the idea of service in each Rotarian's personal business, and community life.
Fourth: The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service
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