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LOVE YOUR MUM ISSUE
MAY 8, 2021
VOL. 1 NO. 15
OILER PURPLE PRIDE
NEWS-NOTES-NONSENSE
Let's take a moment to thank all our mothers for what you have done, and continue to do, to make your children and, by extension, your family, the best it can possibly be.
On Thursday RandyN introduced Mallory Jones, Assistant Director of the YWCA Child Enrichment Program. Mallory gave us a brief overview of all the programs offered at the Y and did a deeper dive into the program she helps coordinate. The Child Enrichment Program serves three area school districts at four locations. During the school year the program focus is on before-school programs starting at 6:30 AM. During school breaks and the summer months full day programs are available. She pointed out that the fully trained and certified staff offer a comprehensive educational opportunity to the program participants. .
Thursday's head count showed 25 members in the house and one Zoomie.
Time to push our VirtualColor Run. It's less than one month away. Adults are $30, kids are $25. Sponsorships are available from $100 to $500.The event is scheduled for the June 4-6 weekend. It's time to start promoting this great event via social media and word of mouth. Here's the link to sign uphttps://bit.ly/3kOlgrp
Early arrivals included DarrenC, BradP, RandyN and LoriP.
Prez Chris returned from his undisclosed location the previous Thursday to bring the room to order.
A Cinco de Mayo (+ 1) feast was featured on Thursday. Muy bueno!
Congrats to CherylM on her eight years of Rotary service.
Opening duties were provided by CoryG, RickH and a communal "Big Amen"!
LeonardB offered a suggestion regarding a yet to be designed club mini-banner. He thought including Lewis & Clark into the design would be a good idea, especially, as JoeS pointed out, Lewis was from Wood River and Clark was from East Alton.
PattiA and JoeS spent a few minutes comparing notes on adult children.
GeorgeT gave a shout out to National Prayer Day and his vintage WR polo shirt as part of National Relic Day.
BradP would like your feedback on the need to continue Zooming our meetings. You can reach out to him with your thoughts and suggestions-bp5602@sbcglobal.net
It would appear that literature is our trivia achilles heel. Prez Chris and RandyN collected a bunch of $$ when we missed 3 out of 5 Q's. Thank goodness for Homer and Harry.
Post-nooners included a whole bunch of surnamed "H's"-Chris, Allen, Lindsey and Paul along with DaveA.
LoriP still has lots of packs of 10 Baseball Mania tickets available. Each ticket sells for $10. Complete the bottom of each ticket and return with payment to her. We keep 65% of each ticket sold. The contest begins in July and runs 10 weeks. There are 35 weekly winners, from $10 to $250. If you win, look for a check in the mail.
Catching up with last week's 50-50 winners Prez Chris had ChrisH and RandyN (pulling for the absent MarkA). No winner. Under the title of what's new? TommieM had two of her tickets pulled. GeorgeT pulled the other one. The jackpot rolls.
Ciao! Have a fine and dry (not likely) Mother's Day weekend. Stay safe.
WANT TO KNOW WHY I'M SO LUCKY?
TACO TIME-MUY BUENO!
ALL THINGS TRIVIAL
Clutter expert Jes Marcy offers tips on de-hoarding. How should you begin?
A-Make a nice stiff drink
B-Close your eyes and deal with the first thing you touch
C-Start with the garage
D-Pick a room and work high to low
(Answer can be found at the end of the newsletter)
Today is National Miniature Golf Day
Where is the world's tallest clock tower?
Dubai, UAE
London, England
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Toronto, Canada
It’s easy to tell time in Mecca — just look up at the Makkah Royal Clock Tower. Located near the Grand Mosque, it is the world’s tallest clock tower at 1,972 feet. (Thought Big Ben was tall? It stands at a mere 315 feet.) The tower itself is the world’s third-tallest building. The four massive clock faces on the exterior are the largest in the world — illuminated at night, they can be seen for up to 16 miles in any direction.
Today in History-
1541 – Hernando de Soto stops near present-day Walls, Mississippi, and sees the Mississippi River[3] (then known by the Spanish as Río de Espíritu Santo)
1877 – At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
1886 – Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
1912 – Paramount Pictures is founded.
1976 – The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
1978 – The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
1980 – The World Health Organization confirms the eradication of smallpox
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Sourced from the Make-Up and Banner newsletters
Mid-May 2018
A special board meeting of the WR club approved the awarding of two $500 vocational scholarships, one to each high school. The funding was made possible by the July 2017 4th of July event hosted by MikeK.
The smell of garlic filled the air at Julia's while the EA club dined on "wedding fare".
PattiA introduced potential member Debbie Davis.
ChrisL was sporting some high vis shoes.
LindseyH was promoting the Color Run scheduled for June 3rd. PaulG distributed info packets about the event.
PattyW was the lone EA "scooter."
LeonardB paid a Happy Fine in honor of SamB's Indy 500 attendance.
The sign-up sheet for the village clean-up day in EA was circulating.
JimH provided the WR invocation.
ChrisL and RandyN planned to present scholarship awards at both high schools.
PattiA fined those who did not participate in any outdoor activity the previous weekend.
LoriP reminded EA members that she still had some Baseball Mania tix available.
Rotary Day at Busch Stadium was scheduled for June 17th.
JoeS had not attended an EA meeting since winter ended, two weeks ago.
DATELINE:RI
The Rotary Foundation is giving a significant boost to the fight against malaria in Zambia with a new $2 million Programs of Scale grant that will scale an already successful program model. Partners for a Malaria-Free Zambia is a Rotarian-led effort that will use a community health worker model proven to effectively respond to cases of malaria and prevent transmission. The program aims to help reduce malaria cases over time by 90% in 10 target districts in two of the country’s provinces.
Malaria, a preventable disease caused by a parasite spread through the bites of infected mosquitoes, continues to be one of Zambia’s leading causes of illness and death, especially infant and maternal deaths.
The grant will allow Partners for a Malaria-Free Zambia to strengthen the country’s health system by working with Zambian health officials at all levels and training 380 health facility staff members, as well as training and equipping more than 2,500 new community health workers. This will increase access to malaria diagnosis and treatment for the more than 1.3 million people in heavily affected areas in the Central and Muchinga provinces and greatly contribute to the national effort to eliminate the deadly disease. Ton continue reading, link herehttps://bit.ly/3eo6feq
AND I QUOTE
"If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses."-Henry Ford
"Running into debt isn't so bad.It's running into creditors that hurts."-Anon
"If you're not confused, you're not paying attention."-Tom Peters
"Always read something that will make you look good if you die on the middle of it."-P.J. O'Rourke
SMILE
A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.
A backward poet writes inverse.
What's the difference between a hippo and a Zippo? One is really heavy and the other is a little lighter.
Never trust a train. They have loco motives.
The other day I spotted an albino Dalmatian. It's the least I could do for him.
BY THE NUMBERS
More than 90% of plastics generated in the U.S. winds up in landfills or incinerators-Environmental Protection Agency
There will be 116.3 million iPhone users in the U.S. this year, compared to 131.2 million Android smartphone users-eMarketer
Boot maker Johann Adam Birkenstock founded the company in 1774. German dressmaker Margot Fraser introduced the sandals to the U.S. market in the 1960’s
The labor force participation rate-the proportion of the population working or seeking work-for Americans age 55 and older has fallen from 40.3% in February of 2020 to 38.3% this February-representing a loss of 1.45 million people from the labor force-Department of Labor
3 million Americans played golf on a course for the first time last year, up about 570,000 from 2019
In the third quarter of 2020, about 3.2 million more baby boomers said they were out of the labor force due to retirement than in the same period a year earlier-Pew Research
