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LET'S GO BLUES ISSUE
APRIL 27, 2019
NEWS,NOTES & NONSENSE
SCHOLARSHIP STUDENTS
RYLA GUYS
Jim Folsom presented a program about Serving Our Streets. Once per week volunteers and groups meet at a park in downtown St. Louis and offer a variety of items (food, drink, clothes, etc) to upwards of 200 homeless people. He describes the event as a sort of "pot luck", you never know what groups will show up and what they will have to give away. Jim finds the event very fulfilling and spent some time describing a few of his encounters. If you want additional information, take a gander as the SOS Saving Our Streets facebook page, or contact Jim via his page.
Six of our scholarship students and their Roxana and East Alton-Wood River High Schools support staff were in the house on Thursday. They were joined by our two 2019 RYLA guys, Graham and Colin. Each of the students shared their summer plans. The RYLA students both indicated how much they enjoyed the weekend program. It forced each of the guys out of their comfort zones.
Roxana Super Deb K. reports that our most recent exchange student, Dani Fuentes, is doing well and attending college.
Paul returned from a family visit to California.
The buffet featured the most items EVER. Julia's cleaned out the freezer and cupboard to put out a "Chinese buffet", with no Chinese food and no signs.
Joe presented a make-up from a Memphis club, dating to 2006. Statute of limitations?
Rotary Banner scanning continues. Issues thru 2001 can now be viewed at our web site.
With all the students in the house the average room age dropped sharply, and that's always a good thing.
Joe and Lori teamed up to tell us about the Village clean-up day taking place on June 8th. We will meet at the Keasler Rec Center at 8:30, work until 2. Lunch is provided. Last year 200 bags were collected. The sign-up sheet is circulating.
We know that Candy Runion/Mark was our first female member. Who was #2,3,4,5...? Wait for it...Thursday.
Pat and Darren arrived before Allen, holy cow! Pat did save him a seat. Among the last of 22 members to arrive were Prez Patty, Nate, Rhonda and BradP.
SAA Quennie "recruited" Randy to give her a hand collecting the mega-bucks. We "serenaded" Paul for his birthday. Not here last week? Pay a $. Not part of the school groups, pay a $. Trivia topics included cats 'n dogs, corn rows, tourism, plane crashes, roller coasters, card kings and baseball.
The $72 50-50 jackpot was not claimed by BradP or Nate. MarkA's scratching was for naught.
That's it, have a fine and dry weekend. Ciao!
A "SUPER" CHAT
TRIVIA
The Justice Department asked a judge to terminate the 1911 antitrust decree breaking up Standard Oil. Which industry was the target of another such decree the government wants ended?
A-Dirigibles
B-Flip-phone styluses
C-Horseshoes
D-Typewriter ribbons
April 27th is National Tell a Story Day
Which state has both the highest and lowest points in the contiguous U.S.?
California
Colorado
Montana
Washington
You can visit the Lower 48's highest and lowest points without even leaving the same California county. Inyo County is home to both Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous U.S., and the lowest, Death Valley's Badwater Basin. Mount Whitney soars 14,505 feet above sea level and Badwater Basin sits 282 feet below sea level — and they are only 84.6 miles apart. Inyo County, at 10,227 square miles, is bigger than Vermont and New Hampshire. You'll also find the oldest living non-clonal organism on Earth here too — the Inyo National Forest's bristlecone pines. One tree named Methuselah is almost five thousand years old!
On This Date-
1296 – First War of Scottish Independence: John Balliol's Scottish army is defeated by an English army commanded by John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey at the Battle of Dunbar.
1509 – Pope Julius II places the Italian state of Venice under interdict.
1521 – Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu.
1539 – Re-founding of the city of Bogotá, New Granada (now Colombia), by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar.
1667 – Blind and impoverished, John Milton sells the copyright of Paradise Lost for £10.
1813 – War of 1812: American troops capture York, the capital of Upper Canada, in the Battle of York.
1861 – American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
1865 – The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
1936 – The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
1941 – World War II: German troops enter Athens.
1945 – World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.
1961 – Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister.
1974 – Ten thousand march in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon.
1981 – Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
1992 – The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.
1992 – The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
1993 – All members of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.
2005 – Airbus A380 aircraft had its maiden test flight.
2006 – Construction begins on the Freedom Tower (later renamed One World Trade Center) in New York City.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
APRIL 22 ,2010
Current members in a leadership position: ChrisH, Lori, Cory, Paul, Rhonda, Rod, DaveM, and Rick
The program was presented by Conoco-Phillips Director of Government/Community Relations Melissa Erker
Chef Bob served fried chicken
DaveM presented a make-up from the Wood River club
Prospective member Missy Walsh was in the house
Lori was pushing BaseballMania tix
Do you remember Kevin Stuby?
AUGUST 2011
DATELINE:RI
ROTARY CHANGED THE WAY I SEE THE WORLD
By Christian Miguel da Silva, alumnus of Interact and Rotaract clubs, Rotary Youth Exchange program, and the New Generations Service Exchange program.
Watching the news today can create a lot of anxiety. Have you noticed how upside down the world can seem at times? But whenever I find myself feeling the darkness of the world we live in, I remember the positive experiences I have had in Rotary programs, and how they have made me an optimist.
I’m 30-years-old, and my first experience in Rotary was at 13. Invited by friends, I went to my first Interact Club meeting, and didn’t want to leave.
I grew up in Chopinzinho, a small Brazilian city with less than 20,000 inhabitants. Teenagers have two options for fun: Interact or the church. I chose the first. In Interact, I learned values that only volunteer work can instill: empathy, responsibility, and a sense of community.
But my greatest experience in Rotary was yet to come. At 16, I left my village to spend a year in La Paz, Mexico as a Rotary Youth Exchange Student. Few things make a young person mature as quickly as a cultural exchange. In Mexico, I was welcomed by incredible families; each family had its differences, and each taught me lessons I will carry with me the rest of my life.
During my exchange year, a tsunami devastated several countries in Asia in December 2004, killing millions of people. Among the victims were relatives of a Thai friend of mine who was in the same region where I was. That was the first time I realized that borders were nothing more than meaningless conventions. The pain of our friends is also our pain, as long as we are able to open up to the world. To continue reading link herehttps://bit.ly/2GFgl9X
AND I QUOTE
"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them."-Albert Einstein
"The book is like the spoon, scissors, the hammer, the wheel. Once invented, it cannot be improved."-Umberto Eco
"In every walk with nature, one receives more than one seeks."-John Muir
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."-Steve jobs
SMILE
COURT REPORTERS’ NOTES
Attorney: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
Witness: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
Attorney: What is your date of birth?
Witness: July 18th.
Attorney: What year?
Witness: Every year.
Attorney: How old is your son, the one living with you?
Witness: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.
Attorney: How long has he lived with you?
Witness: Forty-five years.
Attorney: Now doctor, isn’t it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
Witness: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
Attorney: The youngest son, the 20-year-old, how old is he?
Witness: He's 20. Very close to your IQ.
Attorney: Were you present when your picture was taken?
Witness: Are you kidding me?
Attorney: She had three children, right?
Witness: Yes.
Attorney: How many were boys?
Witness: None.
Attorney: Were there any girls?
Witness: Your Honor, I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?
Attorney: How was your first marriage terminated?
Witness: By death.
Attorney: And by whose death was it terminated?
Witness: Take a guess.
Attorney: Can you describe the individual?
Witness: He was about medium height and had a beard.
Attorney: Was this a male or a female?
Witness: Unless the circus was in town I'm going with male.
Attorney: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
Witness: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
Attorney: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?
Witness: All of them. The live ones put up too much of a fight.
Attorney: ALL of your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you attend?
Witness: Oral.
Attorney: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
Witness: The autopsy started around 8:30 PM.
Attorney: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
Witness: If not, he was by the time I finished.
BY THE NUMBERS
Gen Zers will purchase about 120,000 fewer new vehicles this year compared with millennials in 2004, when they were the new generation of drivers—or 488,198 vehicles versus 607,329 then-J.D. Power
The average PGA Tour (golf) watcher in 2016 was 65 years old—2½ decades older than those watching Major League Soccer. That figure represented a five-year jump since 2006-Magna Global
Since 2010 the biggest share of immigrants-41%- have come from Asia. 21% have come from Mexico or Central America-U.S. Census Bureau
The global “advanced baby monitor” market is projected to reach nearly $943 million in sales in the next four years, up from $561 million now-Technavio.
72% of U.S. employees said they are content in their current roles, eight out of 10 said they were likely or very likely to job-hunt after one bad day at work-Addison Group
15% of consumer products listed on U.S. online grocery ordering services are out of stock when it comes to fulfilling them, nearly double the rate in stores-Grocery Manufacturers Association
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