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TALL TALES ISSUE
AUGUST 25, 2018
NEWS NOTES & NONSENSE
IT'S ALL UPHILL!
Darren presented his classification talk this past Thursday. He has been married to his wonderful wife Robin for 36 years and they haver six children. Did I mention that Robin is his wonderful wife? ( If you know her, you would agree.) Darren's a local guy who graduated from EA-WR High School. He also attended LCCC, Concordia College, the FBI Academy and University of Phoenix. He began his police department career with the Brighton PD in 1981. He also worked with the Bunker Hill Police Department before joining the East Alton PD. He retired from East Alton in 2007 as the Chief of Police and spent seven years running the Criminal Justice program at LCCC. When good friend Joe was elected Mayor, Darren returned to serve another tour as Chief. He plans to be around as long as Joe is Mayor, or until age 65. He especially loves interacting with the citizens of the village.
District Governor Brian makes his pilgrimage to our club this coming Thursday. Good attendance and East Alton hospitality are in order.
It seems as though a youthful Darren was unable to make it up the Berkshire hill and a young hill dweller, Allen, would not cross the railroad tracks by the lumber yard.Then there was the youthful BradL who loved to hop the northbound freighter to Brighton. They all agreed that when they cut lawns to make a few $$ all the yards seem to run uphill!
Prez Patty circulated a thank you from former member Rose Sebastian thanking us for our memorial donation in honor of her long time spouse Doug.
The sign-up sheet for the Soap Box Race is making the rounds. The date is September 8th.
Prez Patty got Acting SAA ChrisL all wound up by pimping with the line "princess for a day". Queenie needs to get a handle on this! Chris drafted Paul to collect the $. Not here last week? Pay a $. Not involved with accounting? Pay a $. Patty and MarkS had announcements. The trivia topics included the Liberty Bell, Mount St. Helens, the Superbowl and answering machines.
Allen, Virgil (1st official day of retirement), Darren and Lori were the early birds amongst the late arriving crowd. Last of the 17 members to arrive were ChrisL, Patty, Paul and Rhonda.
The entree was a fish fillet shaped hush puppy. It was accompanied by fries, rotary g-beans, corn topped with some sort of red flakes (help me here), cornbread, salad, red cake and a cooling citrus whip.
We welcomed two visiting Rotarians, Gary from Bethalto and Pat from Wood River. Gary made a pitch about his clubs current raffle. Pat was chatting about her Busey bucks.
Can you believe than Wendell has never been to Key West? That visit will soon be off his bucket list, just as soon as he lays a wreath at Castro's tomb.
Congrats to Cory on being made a principal at Scheffel Boyle.
Virgil celebrates his 11th year as a club member on the 30th.
For the second week in a row Bill took 2/3 of the 50-50 opportunities (what are the odds of that?) MarkS took the other 1/3. The $29 jackpot rolls.
That's all from here, have a fine and dry weekend.
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TRIVIA
(The answer can be found at the end of the newsletter)
What program did New Zealand just enact to rein in runaway real estate prices?
A-A hefty property transfer tax
B-A massive program of government building subsidies
C-A virtual ban on foreign purchases of existing homes
D-A dismantling of restricting zoning rules
August 25 is National Kiss and Make Up Day
Youth unemployment (ages 16-24) fell to a low this summer of 9.2% (July), last reached in 1966—U.S. Department of Labor
New U.S. consumer debt climbed to $13.3 trillion in the second quarter, continuing a gradual rise in household borrowing over the past four years-Federal Reserve Bank of New York/Equifax
78% of couples would rather share their full financial history vs. their full dating history-2018 Fidelity Investments survey of 1,662 couples who are married or in a long-term relationship
Origins: pretzel-There is no proof that pretzels are twisted to represent "the folded arms of praying children," as is often claimed, and they certainly don't take their name from the latin pretiola, "little reward," because they were given by monks to religiously faithful children. Why they are twisted, no one really knows, and the word pretzel, first recorded in 1824, is a reference to pretzels eaten by the Dutch, derives from the German word for "branch," in reference to the branches of a tree that the "arms" of the pretzel resemble.
Which capital city is closest to the equator?
Athens
Quito Buenos Aires Cairo
Not only is Ecuador’s capital city the closest to the equator, but it's also the second-highest elevated capital in the world (La Paz, Bolivia just beats it). Sitting at 9,350 feet above sea level, Quito has long attracted visitors, mainly to its stunning Old Town which was the first city to be considered a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
AUGUST 22, 2013
Current members in a leadership position: Prez Rhonda, BradL, Lori, Cory, Paul, MarkA, Rod and Rick
Dave was the program host and introduced Stan Shoun, President of Rankin Technical Institute
Lori's program next week would be presented by Adam King
It turns out that it takes four men to replace Prez Rhonda
Erin told us about the "Shop for as Cause"program sponsored by Macy's
Dave touted a new restaurant at the airport
Pat won the $9 50-50
Our Quarter Auction was scheduled for September 19th. Our Chili Dinner for October 11th
Do you remember Jeny Lewis?
JUNE 2014
DATELINE:RI
WHY YOU SHOULDN'T BE AFRAID TO TAKE RISKS
By Daniel Vankov, Immediate Past President, Rotary Club of Brisbane, Australia
Rotary’s secret is cooperation. Alone we are useless. Together we are powerful. And together in a million we are unstoppable. I had the honor of serving as president of the Rotary Club of Brisbane in 2017-18. It was a task that was not only challenging, but highly rewarding. My desire had been to make a difference, which also happened to be the theme 2017-18 Rotary President Ian Riseley put forward for the year. Reflecting back, I realize that at that point of time, I was unprepared in many ways for the enormity of it, given my limited exposure to both Rotary and the club. But I embraced the opportunity I was given with a passion and desire to learn and grow as a person and as a Rotarian. And I had many great former presidents to learn from.
One thing in particular I learned, and it would be my advice to those that follow, is to take risks. To continue reading, link herehttps://bit.ly/2w7ovlN
AND I QUOTE
"Only the educated are free."-Epictetus
"Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame."-Benjamin Franklin
"People who love to eat are always the best people."-Julia Child
My philosophy is help yourself, don't hurt the other guy."-Vinve McMahon
SMILE
The meaning of opaque is unclear
Have you ever tried to eat a clock? It's very time consuming.
A man tried to assault me with milk, cream and butter. How dairy!
I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I can't put it down.
If there was someone selling marijuana in our neighborhood, weed know about it.
It's a lengthy article about ancient Japanese sword fighters but I can Sumurais it for you.
So what if I don't know the meaning of the word "apocalypse"? It's not the end of the world.
Police were called to the daycare centre. A three-year old was resisting a rest.
The other day I held the door open for a clown. I thought it was a nice jester.
Need an ark to save two of every animal? I Noah guy.
Alternative facts are aversion of the truth.
I used to have a fear of hurdles, but I got over it.
Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
Did you know they won't be making yardsticks any longer?
The patron saint of poverty is St. Nickeless.
My tailor is happy to make a new pair of pants for me.. Or sew it seams.
What is a thesaurus's favorite dessert? Synonym buns....
A relief map shows where the restrooms are.
There was a big paddle sale at the boat store. It was quite an oar deal.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Urban areas make up 3.6% of the total land in the 48 contiguous states, but now 4 in 5 Americans live in these areas-Bloomberg.com
Alcohol consuming habits for those between the age of 21 and 27 are moving away from beer and toward wine and cocktails. Drinkers chose beer 49.7% of the time in 2017, down from 60.8% in the mid '90s-The Wall Street Journal
The bankruptcy rate for Americans over the age of 65 has tripled since 1991. A total of 12.2% of all bankruptcy filings are now 65 or older (up from 2.1% in 1991)-The New York Times
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