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3 CLUBS TO 1 ISSUE
AUGUST 22, 2019
NEWS-NOTES-NONSENSE
MERGING CHATTER
Look for your next Rotary Banner issue on September 5th.
It was good to see Andrew and ChrisH for their first face to face meeting return.
Happy Birthday to Sherry...today!
We dined on salisbury steak, whipped taters, mexicorn, rolls, salad, cake and cookies.
Pre-nooners included Allen, Dick, Bill and MarkS. Paul arrived @ 12:17, after Rhonda, Cory and BradP.
Our merger committee met after Thursday's meeting to be briefed by Prez Chris and to decide what our next step will be. It looks like the Bethalo club may also be interested in combining with us and WR. Prez Chris will have more info at our next meeting.
If you are looking for Sherry and Prez Chris, check under the bus.
MarkV has been in touch with the Salvation Army about bell ringing. They have not made a final decision about their plans. Mark suggested that if ringing happens, that we should do our regular all-day Saturday shift(s) and pick up some additional evening shifts during the Christmas season in order to help during these unprecedented times. Your thoughts?
Some club member milestones-Emily 2 years, Virgil-13, Rod-38 and Paul-39. Congrats to all!
When we resume inviting speakers, BradP has agreed to provide the technical support to allow the speaker to participate via a Zoom session if they prefer
Emily wryly observed that Virgil did not prepare her for how to deal with a pandemic. She did receive high praise from Joe for her groundwork in preparing the schools to reopen.
Darren told us about the back to school program that the police department is sponsoring today at the rec center.
Lori has Football Mania tickets. Winning opportunities begin on October 29th. Sherry encouraged everyone to sell/buy the tickets so we don't leave a big winner sitting on Lori's desk.
Congrats to Rhonda who's granddaughter was born early Thursday morning.
Joe spent a few minutes briefing us on how things are going around the village. He pointed out that Fischer Lumber, Community Seed & Feed and Sever's Market had their best quarters ever.
Sherry served as the alternate SAA and Bill collected $$ from everyone. Trivia topics included fish, beaver, planets, movies and war. We nailed 4 out of 5.
Bill reminded everyone that our Winter Wonderland date is set for December 9th, assuming the event is happening.
Opening duties were performed by Paul, ChrisH and Bill
While we wait for the 50-50 card deck to return Joe and Allen had their numbers drawn. Wendell claimed the scratch-off for the second week running.
Have a fine and dry weekend and stay safe. Ciao!
WAITING FOR DESSERT
TRIVIA
The largest U.S. mall owner has been in talks to convert anchor stores such as Sears and J.C. Penny-into what?
A-Socially distanced schools
B-Homeless shelters
C-Amazon distribution hubs
D-Polling places
Today is National Tooth Fairy Day
What is the least rainy state in the U.S.?
Arizona
Utah
New Mexico
Nevada
Nevada takes the top spot as the driest state with an average yearly rainfall of only 9.5 to 10.3 inches. One key reason for this is that moisture from the Pacific Ocean is blocked by the Sierra Nevada mountain range
On This Date-
1770 – James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
1780 – James Cook's ship HMS Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
1851 – The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.
1902 – Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
1902 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
1968 – Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
1989 – Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.
2007 – The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history
FROM THE ARCHIVES
AUGUST 22, 2013
Current members serving in an official capacity-Prez Rhonda, BradL, Lori, Cory, Paul, MarkA, Rod, Paul and Rick
Our program was presented by the president of Ranken Technical Institute Stan Shoun
We found out that it takes a minimum of four members to replace Prez Rhonda
Wendell wound up ringing the bell...with a pen?
18 members dined on ham and taters
Erin was promoting the Shop for a Cause program. $5 got you a big discount at Macy's
Dave talked about a new restaurant opening at the airport
Pat won the $9 50-50 and ChrisH took home the scratch-off
The Race of Fun was slated for September 7th, quarter auction on September 19th, chili supper on October 11th.
SEPTEMBER 2016
DATELINE:RI
PEACEBUILDING DURING A TIME OF UPHEAVAL
By Elaine Pratley, Rotary Peace Fellow
This has not been an easy year. I attended my first virtual funeral because of local lockdowns due to COVID-19. Friends have lost jobs and loved ones, and the news about the global recession remains bleak. And to think that it was only three months ago when I thought the Australian bushfires were the biggest disaster to hit us this year! I feel the word "upheaval" would be an understatement, but I cannot think of a better word.
As a peacebuilder, conflict is at the core of my business. Peacebuilders do not consider conflict as inherently bad but recognize its potential for growth and positive change.
Nevertheless, I find it hard to foster hope and avoid despondency in the face of growing divisions over issues like Black Lives Matter and the resurgence in nationalist movements. How can one not be politically depressed given how readily our politicians take advantage of the pandemic to dehumanize others in order to score a few more points in the polls?
Perhaps the lesson to take from 2020 is that we need each other. Our lives are inextricably linked whether we like it or not. Every decision we make, no matter how passive or conscious, has ethical consequences, from how we respond to the lockdown restrictions, whether we choose to wear masks, whether we hoard food or buy locally, and how we respond to structural violence that benefits us.
Thankfully, I had the pleasure of being part of the committee that organized the Rotary Peace Fellowship Alumni Association’s inaugural Global Cyber Peace Conference on 27 June. Despite being a global event, we were all linked by our shared experiences of navigating life with COVID-19. My role infused me with renewed hope and joy when I saw firsthand what can be achieved when a group of passionate people come together to build peace. The global lockdown provided us with the impetus to redesign a conference that was not only truly global but also accessible to those in more geographically isolated regions. The events of 2019 and 2020, moreover, made the need to rethink a world grounded in peace both critical and timely.
About the author: Elaine Pratley is a Rotary Peace Fellow and has worked in international development, criminal law, corporate law and start-ups in New Zealand and China. She is currently completing her PhD in food and peacebuilding at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
.AND I QUOTE
"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd."-Voltaire
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."-Andy McIntyre
"When you've got them by their wallets, their hearts and minds will follow."-Fern Naito
"No I don't have a solution, but I certainly admire the problem."-Ashleigh Brilliant
SMILE
If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these State of the Union speeches, there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven-Will Rogers
Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you-Author unknown
Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other-Oscar Ameringe
I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them-Adlai Stevenson
A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country-Tex Guinan
I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians-Charles de Gaulle
BY THE NUMBERS
U.S. ad revenue from podcasts rose an estimated 42% to $678.7 million last year and is projected to rise to $863.4 million this year and exceed $1 billion by 2021-Interactive Advertising Bureau
Millennials have overtaken baby boomers as the country’s largest pet-owning demographic, making up 35% of all pet owners-American Pet Products Association
Viewers spent 1.72 billion hours watching live-streamed content on Twitch in May, nearly double the 867 million hours spent in December-International Data Corp
75% of hiring managers find lies on resumes-CareerBuilder
There were 4,750 community banks (less than10 billion in assets) in 2019, down from 4,980 a year earlier-Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
The share of children regularly playing team sports in the U.S. dropped from nearly 45% in 2008 to 38% in 2014-Sports and Fitness Industry Assoc.
Apple Inc.'s current stock market valuation of $2 trillion is roughly the size of Visa Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Walmart Inc., Procter & Gamble Co., PayPal Holdings Inc. and Netflix Inc. combined. To put it another way, Apple's size is equivalent to the combined value of the housing stock of Chicago Houston and Dallas
