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COURTING ISSUE
AUGUST 5, 2017
NEWS, NOTES & NONSENSE
BILL PRESENTS ERIN'S 10 YEAR AWARD
This week's program was presented by Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Managing Attorney Clarissa Gaff. With great enthusiasm, she talked about the services her agency offers. Take a look at the video. You may know someone who would benefit from their services.
Mark 2, Dave, Chris 1 and Nathan were among the last of the 22 members to arrive. Allen was in the house about 11:40, followed by Darren, Wendell, Lori and Bill.
Lunch featured vintage ham, shredded BBQ pork (served on a bun of your choice), g-beans, sweet tater casserole, Cole slaw and cake.
Ty, Lindsey and Wendell are all back from vaycay. Branson, Wisconsin and Cuba have now returned to normal.
Last Saturday Mark 1, Paul, Rod, Rick, and their spouses, helped to celebrate Red and Helen Littleton's birthdays in Jacksonville.
Wood River member "Uncle" Leonard was in the house drumming up support for the Rotary Foundation.
The Madco bar was well represented on Thursday, with Erin, Leonard and Clarissa in the house.
Dave circulated a ballot to vote on whom you would like to present a 5th Thursday personal classification talk (Please don't suggest Lori, you betcha).
Wendell does not recommend eating Cuban lasagna. He suggests that you can get any kind of cheese you want in Cuba, as long as it's mozzarella.
SAA Lindsey returnedand posed this conundrum. Is pop really soda? She received an abundance of advice. Ty took the bag to help with the shameless fleecing. We sang a very lame rendition of the birthday song to recognize Chris 2 on his 29th. Lindsey offered some late 20's observations. Dave, Sandy and Lindsey all made announcements. The all Wisconsin trivia topics included Saturday Night Live, state capitol, astronaut, Dungeons and Dragons, West Allis and Firestone.
Opening duties were performed by Brad 1, Ty and Dave.
Paul, Wendell and Rick firmly, but politely, let Ty know that age 65 is NOT old.
Erin accepted her 10 year service award from Prez Bill.
Joe indicated that the East Alton American Legion will be adding veterans memorials to the two green spaces at the corners of Main and Shamrock Streets. He suggests that we may want to consider buying bricks honoring our deceased vets. Charlie Kunz, Ed Keller, Cecil Neunaber come to mind, anyone else?
After "scooter "Paul's 50-50 number was drawn, the next three numbers all came from the same table. That's the second time that has happened in the past month. Of course, nothing suspicious, just saying... At any rate, Sherry, Lindsey and Chris 2 left everything on the table.
That's all from here. Have a fine, dry weekend.
THE WINNING TABLE, AGAIN!
TRIVIA
(The answer can be found at the end of the newsletter)
Goats have been put to work clearing weeds at Western Michigan University. So what's the problem?
A-Animal-rights activists are demanding that the goats get minimum wage
B-Protests erupted when the goats were named for Plato, Aristotle and other dead white men
C-A campus union, claiming the goats are subcontractors, filed a grievance
D-Administrators didn't provide trigger warnings to campus capraphobes
August 5 is National Mustard Day
67% of Americans who have ordered takeout via app/website say they prefer ordering digitally to over the phone-Order Talk Inc. survey of 2,246 adults
Riddle-What can be seen once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer:The letter 'M'
AUGUST 19, 1999
Current members in a leadership position: Prez Rick, Dick, Mark 2, Paul and Mark 1
Golf tournament chairs Scott Smith and Matt Maberry announced that the event made $3200
Candy Mark is chairing the spring Trivia Challenge that would be held on March 5th at the Wood River Moose Lodge
Rick was looking for a Race of Fun driver
Chili Dinner tickets would be on sale soon. The game is set for September 17th at RHS
The Operation Blessing roadblock would be held on October 9th
We would be hosting a Russian leadership team on the 26th of August
Do you remember John Millican?
DATELINE:RI
WHY WE CHANGED OUR MEETING FORMAT
Past President Chris Brand works the webcast computer during a recent meeting.
By Margie Kersey, Rotary Club of Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA
I love my club, but I was concerned. When I joined in 2006, there were over 60 members. By July 2016, there were only 43. We were adding new members every year, but we were losing more. Looking at the average age of my club, I was more worried – over 30 percent of the club was over the age of 70. The future didn’t look bright. My goal as club president in 2016-17 was to make my club stronger. Membership was at the top of my agenda. The board and I identified two major issues: 1. We charged the second highest dues in our district and 2. Many members couldn’t make a weekly meeting. We addressed dues first. We moved our meeting to a church hall and hired a caterer that charges far less than the country club. We presented the plan to our members, who enthusiastically supported reducing our dues from $800 per person to $380 annually. Our dues didn’t include food or anything else, meals and Foundation donations were on top of this charge! To continue reading, link herehttp://bit.ly/2v2kE7U
AND I QUOTE
"The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers."-Ruth Benedict
"Resentment is like drinking poison and hoping it will kill your enemies."-Nelson Mandela
"It is better to live as your own man than as a fool in someone else's dream."-Martin Landau
SMILE
Mr. and Mrs. Brown had two sons. One was named Mind Your Own Business & the other was named Trouble. One day the two boys decided to play hide and seek. Trouble hid while Mind Your Own Business counted to one hundred. Mind Your Own Business began looking for his brother behind garbage cans and bushes. Then he started looking in and under cars until a police man approached him and asked, "What are you doing?" "Playing a game," the boy replied. "What is your name?" the officer questioned. "Mind Your Own Business." Furious the policeman inquired, "Are you looking for trouble?!" The boy replied, "Why, yes."
THE BOTTOM LINE
44% of Americans have regrets about buying their current home, according to a survey by real estate listing site Trulia. The most common source of regret was not choosing the right home size, with nearly 1/3 of homeowners wishing they'd bought a bigger house.-CNBC.com
70% of Americans think it is "very important" or "somewhat important" to buy U.S.-made products, according to a recent survey, but 37% say they wouldn't pay higher prices for American-made goods. 26% say they would pay only up to 5% more to buy U.S. products.-Reuters.com
More people now watch Netflix in other countries than in the U.S. The streaming video site has 52 million subscribers overseas, compared with 50 million in the U.S.-BuzzFeed.com
