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THE HEAT IS GONE ISSUE AUGUST 31, 2024
VOL. 5 NO. 7
TURKEY OR ROAST BEAST?
NEWS-NOTES-NONSENSE
Let's start by thanking those who helped assure that we had a great meal at Belk Park on Thursday-MarkSm, LoriP, KendraG and our caterer Rachel & Company. Full plates and smiles were everywhere.
On Thursday Jonas Cathey, owner of Rachel & Co. and Secretary of the Wood River Business Alliance, made a presentation about both. Jonas and wife Rachel own a successful coffee shop https://www.rachelscoffeehouse.com/located @ 84 E. Ferguson, inside a vintage gas station. Their business had a positive cash flow after seven months in business. He's convinced that any business with a solid business plan is capable of being successful in downtown WR. That's where the Business Alliance comes into play. The Alliance is developing a solid network of folks to provide support to new businesses. The Alliance is now associated with the Illinois Main Street program. Jonas is confident that downtown WR's positive movement will continue to grow.
Early arrivals included BradSm, Prez Bill and BradP.
Best birthday wishes go out to RodC on the 4th. He is also celebrating his 42 year as a Rotarian.
Congrats to PaulH on his 43 years of service.
JoeS indicated that golf tournament sponsorships and team reservations are starting to trickle in. He encouraged everyone to get busy encouraging your golfing/duffer friends to get a team(s) together and recruit sponsors. The end of October is not that far off.
Here are the details about our upcoming club foundation golf scramble on October 25th. Registration starts @ 11 with a shotgun start @ noon. A foursome will cost $400 and include a BBQ lunch and steak dinner. There are five sponsorship levels available from $100 to $1000. He then distributed flyers and encouraged everyone to share them with the golfers you know, friends, family and social media. It's going to be a fun day on a beautiful late October Friday. All proceeds will be used for community enhancement with a goal of making a $15,000 contribution every other year. Make checks payable to our legal name East Alton Rotary Club Foundation. All checks need to go through JoeS so that all sponsorships and teams are correctly recognized. Thanks in advance for your support.
Post-nooners included ScottL, GeorgeM, PaulG and DaveA.
LoriP insists that her Texas sheet cake is fish flavored. JoeS didn't but that.
BradP is coordinating our Soap Box Race crosswalk duties on September 7th. Two-hour shifts starting @ 9:00AM. There are still two crossing guard slots open for the 1-3 shift.
Happy Fines were paid by PaulG who promoted the ad booklet for the Great Rivers Choral Society and by CherylM who announced her re-retirement.
AllenH introduced spouse Pam.
Prez Bill observed that he has never met a mic he didn't like. Amen to that.
SAA Patti fined everyone who has not cut their grass in the past week.
We had 17 members enjoy a turkey club or roast beef sammie, secret sauces, chips, slaw, potato salad, King cake, Texas cake and canoli. Drinks included lemonade, ice tea and Italian ice. (Let's do this again!)
Last week 55% of Eastender subscribers opened the newsletter.
OUR BOARD IS NOT BORED
SALAD OR SAMMIES
SCOTT SETS THE TABLE BUSSING EXAMPLE
ALL THINGS TRIVIAL
In what new context are people being asked for their credit scores?
A-Job applications
B-Pet adoption
C-Online dating
D-All of the above
(The answer is found near the end of the newsletter)
Today is National Eat Outside Day
Mississippi's name comes from an Algonquian word meaning what?
Southern land
Big river
Petite lady
Delicious drink
The state of Mississippi is named after the river, and the river's name comes from the Ojibwe or Algonquian word "Misi-ziibi." In the Native American language, the roots of the word mean "big river," which is apt because the Mississippi is often considered to be the longest river in North America.
FROM OUR ARCHIVES
Sourced from the Make-Up and Banner newsletters
August 2017
In honor of the total eclipse the WR club gathered @ the Rotary Shelter in Belk. AlanaY would provide eclipse info and PaulG would bring eclipse glasses for everyone.
ChrisH and RichH were among the members selected to provide 5th Thursday classification talks.
A Happy Fine was paid by JohnP.
AllenH and DarrenC were the earliest of the 23 members at the EA meeting. Bringing up the rear were SandyS, SherryT and PaulH.
DonnaK encouraged everyone to get busy selling their Cash Raffle tix.
MarkA announced that the Family Cookout was scheduled for October 12th and that we would be installing insulation in the new Habitat house in late October.
PattiA and Lindsey Herron announced the the first Color Run would be held in Belk Park.
BillP was distributing Rotary decals and warned everyone that not displaying it on your car is a finable offense.
DaveA filed an application for a district Literacy Grant to be used to buy dictionaries for distribution to local third graders.
Happy Birthday to SherryT.
JohnP announced that work on the firehouse art project would begin as soon as school was in session.
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
DATELINE:RI
Responding to a ‘friendship recession’
Rotary members are finding ways to make connections they cherish
When Phil Clarke was in his early 70s, he set a goal: to make new friends. This was in 2021, and Clarke felt he’d drifted far from the days when he could turn to the next desk at work or school and find conversation and camaraderie. The writer and novelist does relish a bit of solitude for his creative work. But he’s also gregarious when he wants to be. He grew up with 10 younger siblings, after all. Yet, like many people his age, he was frustrated.
Why does something that once felt easy now seem so hard?
He wrote about the quandary in an online community section of The Denver Post, reflecting on an uncomfortable reality of older adulthood: Close friends grow apart, or even die, and replacing them feels daunting. He mused to himself jokingly that reversing that trend would have the ancillary benefit of increasing the turnout at his funeral. And then he set out on a friend-finding mission.
He browsed studies on the importance of social networks, pondered where he could find a pool of possible friends, and decided on the ideal criteria: a group that met regularly, welcomed people of all backgrounds and interests, stimulated his mind, and inspired action. Then he found a place that checked all the boxes: the Rotary Club of Highlands Ranch, just outside Denver. To continue reading, link herehttps://rb.gy/ddto9s
AND I QUOTE
"“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” -Mark Twain
"If you can’t fly, run; if you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl; but by all means keep moving."-Martin Luther King Jr.
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."-
Thomas Edison
"I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate."-Julia Child
SMILE
Did you hear about the stolen dog collar? Police are looking for leads.
Two fish are in a tank. One turns to the other and says, “Any idea how to drive this thing?”
Have you ever played quiet tennis? It's the same as regular tennis, but without the racket.
What did the mummy say after getting detention? “This sphinx!”
I used to be addicted to the Hokey Pokey, but then I turned myself around.
Two guys walked into a bar. The third one ducked.
There are three kinds of people in the world. Those who can do math and those who can't.
BY THE NUMBERS
In 2006, 57% of employees aged 25 to 40 were enrolled in workplace retirement plans in which Vanguard was the record-keeper. In 2022, 83% were enrolled
31% of Americans say they have been the victim of a cybercrime-Ipsos
The percentage of 19-year-olds with a driver’s license dropped from 87.3% in 1983 to 68.7% in 2022-Federal Highway Administration
More than six in 10 Americans said hobbies or recreational activities were extremely or very important to them, according to a 2023 poll from Gallup
32% of U.S. adults have a tattoo, 22% have more than one-Pew Research Center
Enrollment in languages other than English at U.S. colleges and universities dropped 16.6% between the fall of 2016 and the fall of 2021-Modern Language Association
(Trivia answer C)
Rotarian Code of Conduct
The following code of conduct has been adopted for the use of Rotarians:
As a Rotarian, I will
1-Act with integrity and high ethical standards in my personal and professional life
2-Deal fairly with others and treat them and their occupations with respect
3-Use my professional skills throughRotary to: mentor young people, help those with special needs, and improve people's quality of life in my community and in the world
4-Avoid behavior that reflects adversely on Rotary or other Rotarians
5-Help maintain a harassment-free environment in Rotary meetings, events, and activities, report any suspected harassment, and help ensure non-retaliation to those individuals that report harassment
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