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DAD'S ISSUE
JUNE 16, 2018
NEWS, NOTES & NONSENSE
CLEAN-UP CREW
THE BLUES NEED HELP...
Our program was presented by retired Navy chaplain and retired Methodist minister, Bob Phillips. He's a very entertaining person. Take a gander at the video.
Early arrivals were represented by Bill, Sherry, Mark1 and Pat. Among the last of 18 members in the house were Dave, Rod, Matt and Brad2.
Our speaker advised us to not refer to him as a "friend" of Bill, but as an "acquaintance". We get it. (Actually they have been friends through a long ministry career.)
Prodigal Fred returned as Queenie's escort. Good to see him.
Lunch featured oven "roasted" pasta in red sauce, carrots, Rotary g-beans, salad, rolls, cookies and a strawberry something.
Sherry kept waiting for Sandy to arrive. One wag suggested that she may be "assessing" the ice cream shop across the street from her office.
Bill returned from the gathering of 800 fellow Methodist ministers in Peoria. His enthusiasm resulted in a broken bell.
Don't forget to RSVP to Lori's email reference the Installation Dinner.
Rhonda is recovering from her four screws and a plate ankle surgery. We wish her a speedy recovery.
Next Thursday will be Prez Bill's final board meeting.
SAA Queenie recruited Chris2 to collect the $$. Dave and Rick had announcements. Not here last week, pay a $. Not on an airplane the past week, pay a $. Trivia topics covered cows, soccer and 1990's homes. Happy Rotary anniversary to Erin-11years.
Mark1 reports that Chris1 had just returned from Italy, with an unplanned overnight stay in the Toronto airport.
Both Bill and guest Bob have an abundance of knowledge about the "Land of Goshen".
Lori still has BaseballMania tickets left.
The meager $13 50-50 was left to grow by Mark 3 and Sherry, who also won the dud scratch-off.
Opening duties were performed by Wendell, Mark3 and Dave
That's all from here, have a fine and dry Fathers's Day weekend.
FRED RETURNS!
TRIVIA
(The answer can be found at the end of the newsletter)
The Pentagon wants to harness artificial intelligence to America's 60-year-old fleet of U-2 spy planes. Which U-2 pilot was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960?
A-Francis Ford Coppola
B-Frances Oldham Kelsey
C-Francis Gary Powers
D-Francis Scott Key
June 16 is National Fudge Day
17.2 is the average number of vacation days working Americans took in 2017, the most in seven years-Time Off survey of 4,349 adults who work full-time and earn paid time off
19% of workers said their company has a scent/fragrance-free policy, such as not allowing food with strong smells or using strong cologne-Office Team survey of 1,011 workers
Origins:galaxy-The Greek galaxis, "circle of milk", a reference to the Milky Way, gives us our word galaxy, first recorded in about 1398.
JUNE 18, 1998
Current members in a leadership position: Allen, Paul and Rick
The program was presented by Winchester Facilities Engineer Brent Peterson, who told us all about the new pistol range
The Installation Dinner would be the following week at Lockhaven CC. The two recent scholarship student graduates would be present to receive their checks.
We would welcome new District Governor John Forbes at our July 2nd meeting
Going forward, our board meeting would be held at the Roxana Church of the Nazarene (new Prez Larry Lacher's church)
Our foundation non-profit paperwork was almost ready to file
By Rebecca Fry, a member of the Rotary E-Club of Silicon Valley
In 2005, I made a seemingly small decision to apply for “science camp.” It happened to be the Rotary-sponsored, National Youth Science Forum. Fast forward 13 years and I’ve been heavily involved in the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA), Rotaract and most recently I took the next exciting leap and joined the Rotary E-Club of Silicon Valley. Selecting the best Rotary club to join was an 18-month journey.
As a past-president of Sydney City Rotaract, I had existing relationships with a couple of local Rotary clubs in the city, however it was challenging for me to attend their weekly meetings based on meeting location, time and in some circumstances, cost.
A Rotaract friend invited me to attend one of their e-club meetings back in early 2017. I’ll admit I was a little hesitant at first as I love the personal interaction, friendships, and networking that stem from being involved in my local Rotaract club and I was unsure if an e-club would be able to provide me with the same personal connection. Soon I came to appreciate the meeting format, online initiatives, and international network. But there were still some questions I needed to answer – Why was I joining Rotary? and What did I want to both give and get out of my Rotary membership? These are two critical questions that I anticipate many of us don’t answer, yet are essential for us to find the right club. To continue reading, link herehttps://tinyurl.com/y8k49lz3
AND I QUOTE
"An intellectual is a person knowledgeable in one field who speaks out only in others."-Tom Wolfe
"Mankind, it seems, makes a poorer performance of government than of almost any other human activity."-Barbara Tuchman
"Civilization begins with distillation."-William Faulkner
SMILE
MIXED-UP METAPHORS
I was so surprised you could have knocked me over with a fender.
Regret to inform you that the hand that rocked the cradle has kicked the bucket.
From now on, I'm watching everything you do with a fine-tuned comb.
That guy's out to butter his own nest.
I would not have gone in there over my dead body.
He threw a wet towel on the meeting.
We both had crewcuts, which made our ears stick out like sore thumbs.
In our school, freshmen are on the lowest rungs of the totem pole.
Let us nip this political monkey in the bud before it sticks to us like a leech
He was a very astute politician with both ears glued to the ground.
I do hope that you don't think I've been making a mountain out of a mole hill, but that's the whole kettle of fish in a nutshell.
THE BOTTOM LINE
American consumers use the Starbucks app more than any other to make mobile payments, thanks to the company's rewards heavy progeram. By the end of this year, 23.4 million people will have used the Starbucks app, compared to 22 million for Apple Pay and 9.9 million for Samsung Pay-Barrons.com
Tying the knot costs the average American couple $26,000 last year, according to the Wedding Report, a market research firm. Newlyweds forked out a total of $56.2 billion on getting hitched at 2.2 million ceremonies, which is more than the annual GDP of half the countries in the world.-The Economist
More than 40% of all housing wealth in the U.S. is now in the hands of those ages 60 and older, according to the New York Fed. In 2006, on the eve of the financial crisis, that figure was 24%-Financial Times
