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TIME TO RING ISSUE DECEMBER 11, 2021
VOL. 2 NO. 20
SANTA VISITS WONDERLAND
NEWS-NOTES-NONSENSE
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LeonardB provided the program which he called "Lessons from the Pandemic". He shared a few of his pandemic experiences. Let's cut to the chase and say that he does not plan a second career as a travel agent.
Early arrivals included MarkA, MarkS, WendellR andLoriP.
Continue to keep RandyN and TommieM in your thoughts and prayers as they deal with their medical issues.
MikeK provided an update on his mum. He is very pleased with Tommie's progress. She's not where she wants to be but is pushing hard to get there.
Congrats to RandyN on his six years of service
Salvation Army bell ringing will take place at the WR Wal Mart Market Place door from 10-8 TODAY and the evenings of December 12th and 14th. If you signed up, don't forget to show up.
Ring, ring-MarkS
This Thursday is our Christmas party. Don't forget to RSVP so we have a solid head count. Spouses and guests are welcome to attend.
BillP thanked the 14 folks who assisted at the Christmas Wonderland event on Wednesday. 177 vehicles meandered through Rock Springs Park checking out the lights and displays. We collected $300 in tips which was returned to grandpa and the boys. Now we wait until spring for our $400 check. Thanks to Bill for coordinating.
Our intrepid explorer, PaulH, uncovered the grave of Charles Lindbergh while on the road to Hana, Hawaii.
BillP covered for Prez Lindsey and started the meeting with a resounding bang of the bell.
The small Christmas box circulating around the room is for donations that will be used to purchase clothing and toys for our adopted family. Donations will be accepted through December 16th.
The final total for our Turkey Fund was
$537. Thanks to all for your generous support.
Chef Bob returned to serve us pot roast and veggies, salad and multiple cake choices.
It seems as though BillP and MarkS couldn't wait to clean their plates before hitting the dessert corner.
Among the last of the 18 Rotarians to arrive were MikeK, LeonardB and RobinK.
Opening duties were handled by MarkV, PaulH and RodneyD.
SAA LeonardB took a free will offering after regaling us with the chemical make-up of Twinkies. They can explode!
Houston, we may have a problem! It seems as though RickH refused to draw the joker to give WendellR an opportunity to do so, and he did! It was later discovered that there was a second joker in the deck (or up a sleeve??). Wendell took home $10 with the other $180 in dispute. BillP won the scratch-off.
Ciao! Have a fine and dry weekend. Stay safe.
PODIUM POW-WOWING
THAT'S A WINNER, SORT OF..
ALL THINGS TRIVIAL
Aquatint sounds pretty good and could be a blockbuster. Explain please.
A-The new Marvel film premiers this weekend
B-It's a new exhibition at the National Gallery
C-L'Oreal is betting on blue hair for the masses
D-At last, a way of safely coloring swimming pool water
(Answer is found at the end of the newsletter)
Today is National App Day
What is the northernmost capital city in the continental U.S.?
Augusta, Maine
Olympia, Washington
Montpelier, Vermont
Bismarck, North Dakota
Maine may reach the furthest above the 49th parallel, but the honor of the northernmost capital city in the continental U.S. belongs to Olympia, Washington. To be fair, Maine's capital of Augusta is nearly on par with Washington's — Augusta clocks in at 44 degrees north, while Olympia is just a few degrees higher at 47 degrees north.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Sourced from the Make-Up and Banner newsletters
Mid-December 2015
The EA-WR High School Choir provided the program @ the WR meeting.
The weather was so nice that VirgilM attended the EA meeting in a polo shirt.
Betty Moxey was recognized @ the WR meeting for serving 50 years as the music accompanist.
PaulH and BillP provided opening duties for the EA meeting.
EA-WR High School Junior Rotarians Courtney Beneke and Colin Gibbons attended the WR meeting.
New/returning member DarrenC was welcomed back to the EA club.
RhondaB's lack of basketball clock discipline was once again a topic of conversation, ten months later!
Happy Fines were paid by WR members GeorgeT, DonnaK,JeanK and PaulG.
PattyW, SherryT and CoryG accepted nominations as club President, Prez-Elect and Treasurer for the 2015-16 EA Rotary year.
MikeK provided an update on the WR Rotary Shelter and thanked JeanK and PaulG for their assistance with the project.
In an effort to avoid the dreaded lump of coal, BillP promised the EA members that he would be on his best behavior the next couple of weeks.
MikeK introduced guests and PaulG fined those WR members who had not traveled outside the U.S.
MarkS and MarkA failed to claim the $38 jackpot @ the EA meeting. Likewise, the $654 WR jackpot rolled.
WORD PLAY
Words that were listed in the Merriam-Webster dictionary for the first time in 1990-
big-box, clap back, fam, gene editing, gift card, hoodie, internet service provider, left-click, malware, McMansion, mixed martial arts, props, shout-out, soundbar, spam, walk-off, World Wide Web
DATELINE:RI
Discovering the impact of Rotary grants in Zimbabwe
By Carolyn Schrader, Rotary Club of Denver Mile High, Colorado, USA
When I first joined Rotary, I was encouraged by another member to join in sponsoring a $14,000 AIDS awareness grant in Harare, Zimbabwe. I helped raise funds and worked with the Harare Rotarians to write the grant completed in 2005. But my connection to Zimbabwe lasted much longer.
As I was writing the grant report, I realized I had no idea what had really happened because the grant activity was in Zimbabwe and I was in Denver. I needed to go see the project. That was perhaps one of the most fateful decisions I ever made.
Along with volunteers for the training organization that had designed the program, I went to Zimbabwe, starting a love affair with Rotary grant projects. I learned more about sustainable projects, and why Rotary is encouraging members to focus on increasing impact.
I saw so much need that I started a grant for $330,000 for economic development. We trained over 3,000 women in basic economic skills during a four-year period.
The structure of that particular grant was powerful, sustainable, and well organized. I could see the level of commitment that Rotary had made to enable members to actually implement life-changing grants. I visited the project 21 times over the next nine years and saw how truly transformative the process can be. When we interviewed the women, they said again and again how much the project changed their lives. They said “I never thought that I could save money.” To continue reading, link herehttps://bit.ly/3y8p0uO
AND I QUOTE
"Knowledge slowly builds up what ignorance in an hour pulls down."-George Elliot
“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."-Thomas Edison
"What garlic is to food, insanity is to art."-Augustus Saint-Gaudens
"Little league baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets."-Yogi Berra
SMILE
If a drummer comes out of retirement will there be repercussions?
Yesterday I bought a thesaurus. When I got home I discovered that all the pages were blank. I have no words to describe how angry I am.
I got pulled over in the HOV lane and when the officer asked where's my passenger I told him due to social distancing he was in the car behind me.
Did you know Bruce Lee had a faster older brother? Sudden Lee.
For chemists alcohol is not a problem, it's a solution.
A farmer wins the lottery. Asked what he will do with the pile of cash, the farmer says he plans to keep farming until it’s gone.
BY THE NUMBERS
The number of unincorporated self-employed workers has risen by 500,000 since the start of the pandemic, to 9.44 million-U.S. Department of Labor
In 2020 there were just 24 Electric Vehicle models for sale in the U.S. By 2025, consumers will have 146 EV models to choose from-IHS Markit
The Spotify streaming service has listed the top streaming artist for 2021-Bad Bunny received over 9.1 billion streams. Taylor Swift, Korean pop band BTS, Drake and Justin Bieber rounded up the top-five streamed artists globally.
The number of theaters operating in North America dropped nearly 12% to 4,877 today, down from 5,524 in 2019-Comscore
This year retailers are expected to open more stores than they close for the first time since 2017-IHL Group
On average there’s a total solar eclipse somewhere on earth every 1.5 years. The next one occurs today deep in the Southern Hemisphere. Our next one will be on April 8, 2024.
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