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TASTE OF SPRING ISSUE MARCH 26, 2022
VOL. 2 NO. 27
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NEWS-NOTES-NONSENSE
Don't forget to check out our Facebook and Instagram pages (links are available at the top of our main web page. Also, join our Facebook group. Want to like/share something, give it a tag @riverbendeastrotary
**NOTE**Julia's has increased our weekly facility/meeting charge to $10 per person starting January. 2022.
The President of the Alton Symphony Orchestra, Jessica Poddig, joined us on Thursday to talk about the symphony that is celebrating its
75th anniversary. They present four concerts a year to 400 guests at Hathaway Hall. The programs last under two hours and usually have a music theme. The orchestra has about 50 members who represent a wide range of ages and work in a variety of "day jobs". Music is their passion. In additional to sponsoring scholarships they offer other outreach opportunities to the Riverbend area. More info can be found at their web site http://www.altonsymphonyorchestra.org/
Baseball Mania tickets are now being distributed by LoriP. Get your pack of 10 today. She still has 10 packs of tickets available. The game kicks off in July.
MarkV was our solo "scooter".
We will be attending the season opening game of the Alton River Dragons baseball team on June 1st First pitch is @ 6:00. Let LoriP know ASAP if you want to be there. She plans to get a group rate on the tickets, around $10 per ticket. Your ticket charge will appear on your quarterly billing statement. Fireworks to follow the final pitch. It should be a fun group outing.
Happy birthday to PatA on April 3rd.
Thursday was a good day for coffee talk, especially from Germania.
RobinK requests that everyone complete a profile form (see above) and send the info to her ASAP. She is putting together a member directory containing our profiles. Email it to amy.b.martin@edwardjones.com
Congrats to RickH on his 31st anniversary as a Rotarian.
TyB has recently (re)discovered the simple pleasure of the vintage TV program Little House on the Prairie
PaulG plugged the upcoming Great Rivers Choral Society fundraiser and CherylMwas offering $10 "beefy" raffle tickets to benefit the WR library.
Please remember to share our 5K Color Run information with your social media contacts. It's slated for Saturday June 4th @ Belk-8AM. The sign-up link is available on our Facebook and web pages. The race will be in person and on a new circuit that JasonW designed so runners/walkers won't get lost in the Belk forest.
Opening duties were provided by Prez Lindsey, TyB and RodneyD, who requested better spring weather. Amen!
LoriP reported that the sign for Joe's Pizza and Pasta was being installed Thursday.
If you plan to attend our district Rotary Day at the Ballpark on June 26th give your form to LoriP before April 6th and she will submit the forms together so all our seats are adjacent. The early-bird price is $45 per. It's @ Busch, Cards vs Cubs.
Are you interested in an Amare benefit trivia night on April 22nd? It takes place at the Wood River Roundhouse, 1st Q @ 6:30. Let LoriP know. Our club will sponsor two tables.
It's open to all members and guests, especially librarians.
SAA Sherry and lugmeister BillP circled the room collecting many $$. We only got one of the five trivia Q's correct. How much air is in an apple???
Early arrivals included AllenH, BillP and LoriP
Don't forget to share your favorite Madison County based small business with RickH. All he needs is the business name, address and a sentence, or two, on why you like the business. Send your info to him j.r.hooks@outlook.com.
24 members sampled two sizes of hot dogs, matching buns, kraut, nacho cheeze, Caesar salad and two types of cake.
Last to arrive include MarkV, PaulG, CherylM and ScottL.
50-50 opportunities were presented to JoeS and JohnP. The jackpot rolls. SherryT hoped that her scratch-off will win her some evening help for the Airliner.
Ciao! Have a fine and dry weekend.
OUR BOARD GATHERS
POST-MEETING NIT-PICKING
ALL THINGS TRIVIAL
Ernest Shacketon's ship Endurance, which disappeared under Antarctic ice in 1915, was found in what sea?
A-The Ross
B-The Wendell
C-The Amundsen
D-The Sargasso
(Answer is found at the end of the newsletter)
Today is National Spinach Day
Which famous figure stands on top of a column in London's Trafalgar Square?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Winston Churchill
Admiral Horatio Nelson
William Shakespeare
Trafalgar Square may be one of the best-known tourist sites in the city of Westminster, London, but fewer people know the story of the majestic 185-foot-tall column that stands at its center. Nelson's Column was built in 1843 as a tribute to Admiral Horatio Nelson, who famously led the British to victory over Napoleon Bonaparte (and lost his life) in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Designed by architect William Railton, the column features a 17-foot granite statue of Nelson, which was sculpted by E. H. Baily. At the corners of the column’s plinth are four bronze lions that are said to protect the column.
FROM OUR ARCHIVES
Sourced from the Make-Up and Banner newsletters
Late-March 2012
Current members serving as club officers:ScottL, LoriP, JimH, CoryG, GeorgeM and GeorgeT.
The tri-club meeting would be hosted by the EA club @ Julia's Banquet Center on April 26th.
Members who assisted with the WR Trivia Night included TommieM, JohnP, JeanK and GeorgeT.
Federal Judge Patrick Murphy presented the EA program while the WR members heard from Conoco-Philips rep Melissa Erker who observed that the cost of refining adds about 60 cents to the price of a gallon of gas.
ErinP returned to the EA meeting after recent back surgery, just in time to be serenaded with the birthday song.
JohnP said "No thanks" to the $520 50-50 jackpot at the WR meeting. AllenH failed to claim the jackpot at the EA meeting.
The EA club was invited to assist with the RHS Rotoract club concession stand fundraiser on May 12th.
DonnaK served as the WR meeting greeter.
RodC was the solo EA meeting "scooter".
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NEW WORDS
Words that were listed in the Merriam-Webster dictionary for the first time in 2005
In the mid-18th century, Benjamin Franklin wrote: “When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.”
Right now, in the 21st century, many of us take water for granted because we have been fortunate to live in places where clean water is plentiful. But that’s not the case for millions of others around the world. The United Nations estimates that 2 billion people — about 1 in 4 people on the planet — lack safely managed drinking water. Just under half of the world’s population lives without access to safely managed toilets and sanitation systems, and nearly a third lacks basic hand washing stations with soap and clean water.
Isn’t it astounding that, in an age of instant information and space tourism, we still haven’t managed to guarantee the necessities of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) to so many?
Rotary is doing something about it; WASH projects are among the most funded within our areas of focus: Since 2014, Rotary clubs have carried out more than 2,100 global grants related to WASH by using $154 million in Foundation funding, impacting countless people.
In addition, Rotary’s WASH alliance with USAID, more than a decade strong, is considered Rotary’s largest partnership outside of PolioPlus. Rotary and USAID have committed a combined $18 million in WASH funding to large-scale strategic efforts at the national level in countries such as Ghana and Uganda. The partnership unites the technical expertise of USAID’s development professionals with the local leadership and advocacy of Rotary members to find workable, sustainable WASH solutions in hundreds of communities. You can learn more athttp://www.riusaidwash.rotary.org
AND I QUOTE
"The formula for a happy marriage? It's the same as living in California: when you find a fault, don't dwell on it."-Jay Trachman
“What do you do when there's nowhere to turn? You drive straight ahead."-Leslie Gordon
"A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat."-Louis L'Amour
"Life has no rehearsals, only performances."-Anon
SMILE
I made a playlist for hiking. It has music from Peanuts, the Cranberries and Eminem. I call it my trail mix.
You know how they throw the ball into the crowd after they win the game? That's not allowed in bowling. I know that now.
If you get lost in the woods find a possum and follow it. You will be in the middle of the road in no time.
I want to tell you about the girl who only eats plants. You've probably never herbivore.
With all this rain we need an ark. Fear not! We Noah guy.
Start every phone conversation with "My battery is almost dead." That way you can hang up when you get bored.
A NESTING FALCON
BY THE NUMBERS
Vinyl LP sales reached 41.7 million units in 2021, up from 21.5 million in 2020-MRC DataBillboard
In the U.S. nearly 25% of all full work days will happen at home after the pandemic ends, as opposed to 5% before the pandemic-Sanford University and University of Chicago
Zillow Group Inc.’s home value index, which estimates the value of the typical U.S. home, rose 19.6% in 2021 to $321,634, an increase of $52,667 from 2020
Among people 60 and older, 60% visit social media sites at least once a week, 82% own a smartphone and 21% play video games-Euromonitor
64.1% of Americans have been victims of package theft in the last year — a 36% increase from the prior year — and 53.5% had multiple parcels snatched during that period-Safewise
Thirty-two states have said revenue collections for fiscal years ending in 2022 were ahead of projections. Total state revenues between April and November of 2021 increased 24%-Urban Institute, National Association of State Budget Officers