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STANDARD TIME ISSUE
NOVEMBER 4, 2017
NEWS, NOTES & NONSENSE
HABITAT SNACKS
Thursday's program was presented Michael Haynes, Alton Parks and Rec Director. He talked about the recent upgrades to Gordon Moore Park and future plans. It's a big upgrade. The video is posted.
Allen was the first of 21 members to arrive. He was joined by all three Mark's and Wendell. The bell beaters included Patty, Ty, Joe and Lindsey.
Do you want to know more about the new Gordon Moore playground? Paul's your man.
Lori is looking to gather enough orders to get to the minimum number of t-shirts. You received an email on Thursday PM with the details.
If you know someone who would like to receive a Christmas flower, let Lori know.
The serving line featured mostaccioli, steamed veggies, rolls, salad and apple cobbler.
The Turkey Fund can reappeared and left the building with $151. If you would like to write a donation check, make it payable to Operation Blessing. The final day for contributions will be the 16th.
A belated happy anniversary shout out to Lori and Rodney on their 35th. Congrats!
Rhonda, Sherry and Mark 1 got all caught up with crosstalk with Lindsey.
Our Christmas gathering will be the evening of December 14th. We will gather at the Bluff City Grill on Broadway.
Our Winter Wonderland date has been set for December 10th. Online signup will be available soon.
Mark 2 announced that we will have three blocks of time to ring the Salvation Army bells. After the signup sheet made the rounds on Thursday, most, but not all, of the slots have been covered.
Joe announced that all are welcome to attend the new Veterans Memorial plaza dedication on November 11th at 11AM. It's located on the corner of Main & Shamrock.
SAA Lindsey and bag guy Chris 2 worked the crowd with Day of the Dead trivia. Captain (of the Riverbend) Dave offered a standing O for the East Alton History Museum. A missing name badge cost a $.
The meeting concluded with a double clang of the bell.
The 50-50 $53 jackpot was left unscathed by Joe and Dave. Sherry took the scratch off straight to the lottery office, not!
Opening duties were performed by Chris 2, Brad 1 and Dave.
That's all from here. Have a fine and dry weekend, and don't forget that we return to standard time on Sunday.
WE THREE MARKS
TRIVIA
(The answer can be found at the end of the newsletter)
Wal-Mart is nearing a deal to give dedicated space on its website to which of these retailers?
A-Cartier
B-Kmart
C-Lord & Taylor
D-Amazon
November 4 is National Bison Day
46% of workers say they know someone who included false information on a resume, up from 21% in 2011.-OfficeTeam survey of 1,007 workers
Riddle-I have many keys but I never open doors. What am I?
Answer:A piano
November 6, 2003
Current members in a leadership position: Lori, Mark 1, Paul, Rod, and Rick
Wood River's Dick Bell (on a holiday fruit sales mission) and Bethalto's Ken Harmon (also on a fruit sales mission) were our visiting Rotarians
Paul had a make-up from Bethalto
Hartford Ribs Bob Dannenburg served his namesake dish for lunch. Extra napkins were required
Charlie Kunz reported that six of the East Alton-Wood River scholarship applicants were excellent candidates. Five Roxana candidates would be interviewed soon
The 50-50 jackpot was won by Dick T, who donated his winnings to our Turkey Fund
SAA Rick fined himself (what's up with that?)
Mark 1 introduced program presenter Harry Windland. Harry spoke about the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial
A Krispy Kreme sale was scheduled for November 14th. Donuts may be picked up after 6:30 AM
We celebrated Wendell's birthday
Do you remember Gregg Kirkland?
DATELINE:RI
3 LESSONS I LEARNED AS ROTARY CLUB PRESIDENT
By Quentin Wodon, past president of the Rotary Club of Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., USA
Every year, 35,000 new presidents pick up the reins to guide their Rotary clubs. Having recently completed a year as president myself, I thought it would be beneficial to share three lessons I learned from the experience.
1. Prioritize
Unless you are a member of a large club, it is probably best to focus your club’s energy on only one main goal each year, as opposed to pursuing many different goals. A year goes by quickly. Trying to achieve too many goals may mean not achieving any of them very well.
Our top priority was to rebuild our membership. After many years of decline, we started the year officially with 18 members. Practically, we had at best 15, because two told us they were relocating over the summer and another had to be terminated. Of those 15, only about half were fully engaged. Thanks to a few initiatives I’ve spelled out in a free e-book, and a bit of luck, we ended up with 40 members. In some areas, we did well with our objective. In others, we still have a long way to go. But what helped is we had one main strategic objective. To continue reading, link herehttp://bit.ly/2zEffVD
AND I QUOTE
"There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond and to know one's self."-Benjamin Franklin
"The other day I was thinking, 'I just overthink things.' and then I thought, 'Do I, though?"-Demetri Martin
"Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you."-Joey Adams
SMILE
A kangaroo walks into a bar and orders a beer. The bartender says, "That'll be $10. You know, we don't get many kangaroos coming in here." The kangaroo says, "At $10 a beer, it's not hard to understand."
A termite walks into a bar and asks, "Is the bar tender here?"
A cheeseburger walks into a bar, and the bartender says, "Sorry, we don't serve food in here."
A dog with his foot wrapped in a bloody bandage hobbles into a Western saloon. He sidles up to the bar and announces: "I'm lookin' fer the man that shot my paw."
A baby seal walks into a bar. "What can I get you?" asks the bartender. "Anything but a Canadian Club," replies the seal.
THE BOTTOM LINE
1 in 4 American workers has less than $1000 saved for retirement, according to a survey from the Employee Benefit Research Institute. Nearly 1/2 of U.S. workers have less than $25,000.-Money.com
The biggest single age cohort in the U.S. is 26-year-olds, who number 4.8 million. People in age brackets 25, 27 and 24 follow close behind. This demographic bubble is leading businesses to develop new products and overhaul their marketing in a bid to appeal to the archetypical Millennial.-The Wall Street Journal
The Department of Agriculture projects U.S. butter consumption in 2017 will rise 10% from 2016. Americans will consume 940,000 metric tons, or more than 6.1 pounds per person-the highest in half a century.-Bloomberg.com
