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CLOCK STOPPER ISSUE NOVEMBER 5, 2022
VOL. 3 NO. 22
BLESSINGS GALORE
NEWS-NOTES-NONSENSE
This coming Thursday we will be meeting in Mr. Pancho's secret dining room. If you go to Julia's by mistake, Chef Bob will put you to work as part of the catering crew. See you @ Mr. P's!
On Thursday Prez Robin reviewed last week's board meeting. The minutes have been posted under the documents section of our web site for your review.
We need someone to chair our Christmas event. Interested? Let Prez Robin know ASAP.
Our basketball tournament is TODAY. If you signed-up to help you should be at the junior high school instead of reading this. Get going!!
Happy Birthday to Prez Robin whose natal day is Tuesday.
Congrats to DonnaK on 12 years of service and PattyW on 9 years.
Thanks go out to LoriP, CherylM and TylerL for assisting with our scholarship interviews and selection. EA-WR student selections are Dannika Hopkins and Kansas McLain. RHS selections are Bianca Lowenstein and Paige Elledge. Female mentors are needed for these young ladies. Let LoriP know if you are interested.
Early arrivals were AllenH, LoriP and RodneyD.
The Turkey Fund can is now making its weekly rounds. All donations will be presented to Operation Blessing. If you want to make a donation via check, make it payable to Operation Blessing. To date, $151 has been donated. Thanks in advance for your generous support.
Post-nooners included a potential new late arrival record. BradL came aboard @ 12:49. Much earlier late arrivals included MarkV, DaveA and GeorgeT.
After reading a brief history of the memorial poppy, RickH distributed an enameled lapel pin version to anyone wanting one. The poppy symbolizes the blood of the men and women who have given their lives for their country. Please remember them on Veterans Day.
If you would like to ring the bell for the Salvation Army this Christmas season, the web site is now open for you to make your selections. Click here to make your individual shift selections http://registertoring.com
The buffet included sliced roast beast, mashed taters 'n gravy, Rotary g-beans, rolls, salad and cake.
AllenH observed that mashed taters 'n gravy are the "staff of life".
RodneyD distributed flyers announcing free family movies at the Nazarene Community Theater tonight, December 2nd and 3rd. 7PM start time.More info http://NazareneTheater.com
SAA LeonardB distributed a list of fact or fiction trivia Q's. Each table had to figure out their answers. The table with the most correct answers did not pay a $ fine, everyone else did. GeorgeT noted that at one time he knew all the answers, but has since forgotten them.
Happy Fines were paid by WendellR (new grandchild) and CherylM (tanker flying adventure).
Opening duties were handled byPrez Robin, GeorgeT and RodneyD. Our rendition of the 4-Way Test was a messy mash-up.
Thursday's census revealed 23 members and no guests.
In the quarter ending June 30th Amazon paid our foundation $33 for participating in the http://smile.amazon.com program. Encourage your family and friends to participate and select our foundation to receive .5% of most purchases.
You will find our 'smile' link listed as the East Alton Rotary Foundation.
TylerL and MarkSm had the opportunity to win the 50-50, both declined. RickH won the scratch-off.
Ciao! Have a fine and dry weekend.
Au revoir!
AND THE WINNER IS...
ALL THINGS TRIVIAL
Taylor Swift's new album set fans agog. What's it called?
A-Swift and Sure
B-Taylor Made
C-Modest Proposals
D-Midnights
(Answer is found at the end of the newsletter)
Today is National Play Outside Day
Where can you find the tallest sand dunes in North America?
Colorado
Nevada
Arizona
Utah
Standing in Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado, you might think you're smack dab in the middle of the Sahara. The park boasts the tallest sand dunes in North America, with at least five measuring more than 700 feet. The tallest of these is the famed Star Dune, which towers 750 feet high. According to the National Park Service, you can hike the Star Dune in about five hours, round-trip. The dunes were formed when the large lakes that once covered the region dried up, leaving a 30-square-mile dunefield in their wake. Scientists don't know exactly how old they are, but today the dunes are relatively stable, with just a few inches of dry, moveable sand.
FROM OUR ARCHIVES
Sourced from the Make-Up and Banner newsletters
Early-November 2018
The WR Rotary Raffle was drawing to a close. The winner(s) would be chosen on November 19th.
The EA club heard a presentation from a representative of the Restore Network.
DaveA told his fellow WR members that Salvation Army bell ringing would take place on November 24th. MarkV provided a similar message to the EA members, bell ringing on December 8th.
WR member PaulG was still recovering from bypass surgery.
After ChrisH told the EA club that he had no interest in playing Santa Claus at the Winter Wonderland event wagging tongues quickly nominated SandyS and BillP as replacement candidates.
LindseyH returned to the WR meeting after a bit of time away for maternity leave.
EA members were encourage by BradL to invite a vet to next week's lunch.
RHS Junior Rotarians Michaela Tarpley and Victoria Tarpley broke bread at the WR meeting.
The EA Turkey Fund balance stood at $236.
WR Happy Fines were paid byJeanK, JimH and MikeK. WR member PatA was spotted in the ALT production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
ScottL announced to the WR members that the fine formerly know as the Sam Brinkley Tardy Fine has been renamed in honor of LeonardB. Quite an honor!
PaulH and MarkA wiffed on the opportunity to claim the $94 EA jackpot.
DonnaK introduced Dwight Darden from Fire Safety at the WR meeting. He presented a program on portable fire extinguishers.
The EA club celebrated WendellR's birthday, he claims for the second time. Oh well.
NEW WORDS
Words that were listed in the Merriam-Webster dictionary for the first time in 1971
By Edward Hicks, a member of the Rotary Club of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
I first became acquainted with The Rotary Foundation and its Fellowship for Undergraduate Study Abroad in 1970, as a sophomore at the University of Oklahoma. My faculty adviser suggested I apply for the fellowship. Little did I imagine how much it would change my life. I used the fellowship to study Economics at the University of Melbourne in Australia during the 1971 academic term.
Australia was very far from Oklahoma. There were no cell phones or internet service available for the typical college student. There were one-page aerograms which carried news to and from home that was already over a week old by the time it reached the reader. International telephone calls were few and far between and could quickly deplete a student’s discretionary budget.
Fortunately, the family of my Rotarian host and the Fitzroy Rotary Club quickly made me feel at home by welcoming me to the beautiful city of Melbourne. Many Rotarians in Melbourne and other areas graciously invited me to their homes, businesses, and sporting events so that I could get a taste of the culture down under.
Melbourne University was on a trimester system and the breaks between the sessions and occasional weekend trips provided ample time for me to travel and become acquainted with other parts of Australia. I was able to spend time in all major Australian cities except Perth. My host club, Fitzroy, used their contacts to make sure I always had accommodations and a host for my travels during the academic breaks. I was also very fortunate to be able to attend the Rotary International Convention which was held in Sydney in 1971. To continue reading, link herehttps://rb.gy/ctwzxc
AND I QUOTE
"Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true, but it's father is creativity, and knowledge is the midwife."-Jonathan Schattke
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage."-Anaïs Nin
"Success comes in cans; failure in can't."-Wilfred Peterson
"Country music is three cords and the truth."-Harlan Howard
SMILE
Do you need a current license to drive an electric car?
I got hit in the head with a can of soda yesterday. Luckily it was a soft drink
Man, i really love my furniture...Me and my recliner go way back.
I've been trying to think of some vegetable jokes. If you can think of any, lettuce know.
What do you call the fear of giants? Feefiphobia.
BY THE NUMBERS
More Americans are getting married for the first time in their 40s and 50s. The rates of first marriages in midlife have increased by 74% for women and 45% for men between 1990 and 2019. About 10% of people marrying for the first time are ages 40 to 59-National Center for Family and Marriage Research
People aged 18 and up accounted for 14% of U.S. toy industry sales for the 12-month period ended June 30, up from 9% in 2019. The $5.6 billion in sales to this group was up 26%, the second-biggest rise after customers aged 12 to 17. The most popular items for older consumers were building sets (Legos), traditional plush (stuffed animals) and action figures (Star Wars and Marvel characters)-NPD Group Inc.
Approximately one in five American adults say they regularly wear a smartwatch or fitness tracker-Pew Research Center
More stores opened than closed last year for the first time since 1995-Morgan Stanley
Energy-drink sales in the U.S. were 17% higher in August compared with a year ago, and up 56% since summer 2019-NielsenIQ
The average cost-per-pound of whole frozen turkeys was $1.47 last week, compared with $1.15 last year-U.S. Agriculture Department
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