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WORLD POLIO DAY ISSUE OCTOBER 24, 2026
VOL. 7 NO. 11
EA-WR SAS STUDENTS
MADELYN & JERALD
NEWS-NOTES-NONSENSE
EA-WR HS Service Above Self students Madelyn Stone and Jerald Downs joined us for lunch and certificate presentation.
On Thursday we were joined by Melissa Erker, Government & Communications Director for the Phillip 66 refinery. The big news was that the refinery has been processing 400K barrels of crude oil a day. Safety is always job one, accompanied by reliable production and properly executed maintenance turnarounds. The refinery is involved with a Western Gateway program that allows fuel products to be shipped to the west coast and receive renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel products in return.
We had another successful bed building session on the 15th. Thanks to all who helped build three beds that will eventually allow children to sleep in heavenly peace. Since it's inception in 2020, the local Sleep In Heavenly Peace chapter has built/distributed 1900 beds. MarkA did a great job of hearding us cats. An event photo file was created and can be viewed on the left side of our home page under photo albums.
Early arrivals includeJoeS, KarenJ, MarkA and AllenH.
Heads up-If your program presenter needs AV equipment please let BradP know right away.
FYI-Our meeting/event photos are posted in a variety of places. All of them can be found in our photo albums by year/event. They can be accessed on our main web page. Select photos will also be posted on our members only Facebook page and on our Instagram account.
The Turkey Fund jar is now circulating. All donations will be given to Operation Blessing. If you plan to donate via check, please make it payable to Operation Blessing. Thanks for your generous support. to date-$340 has been collected.
MarkSm told us that there were about 1,000 folks doing the candyland perp walk in downtown WR on Wednesday. The sweets at our Rotary table lasted for about an hour.
A big Rotary thank you to BradP for helming our Chili Dinner, he did a great job. There were at least 17 members helping at the event. Thanks to all who sold/bought tickets. To date we have a net of $950. Please get your outstanding ticket $'s to Brad ASAP.
Slide-right-inners-Old pro's PaulH and ChrisH were joined by DaveA and GeorgeM.
We welcomed former members Brad Lavite and Leonard Berg. Brad brought his pop and another business gentleman. Leonard brought his discounted Gledale Riders tickets, $10 for their concert on November 14th.
JoeS posed the question, "who signed off on allowing LoriP to choose Branson over our gathering?
The sign-up sheet for the November 7th basketball tournament is now making the rounds. If you have not previously been a shirt sponsor, and want to participate this year ,let JoeS know ASAP.
Prez Patti announced that the date for our Christmas party is set for December 17th. She is looking for someone to coordinate the games/entertainment that evening. We also need someone to coordinate our Salvation Army bell ringing day in December. Let Patti know ASAP of your interest.
DianeS announced that our new Interact club met this past Tuesday. There were 10 students in attendance, with 3 more wanting to be involved. She thanked GlenB, LoriP, KristenB and JoeS for their help giving the kids a Rotary orientation. The plan is to meet monthly, probably at the WR library. Up next are culb officer selection and bylaw drafting. We appreciate Diane's hard work to launch our club.
Opening duties were covered by ChrisH, LindseyH and KarenJ.
Post-nooners included ChrisH, GeorgeM, CoryG and DaveA.
18 members dined on teriyaki chicken, Italian beef, mixed veggies, rolls, salad and some very tastee lemon filled cookies.
SAA RickH recruited KarenJ as the Finemaster. After a couple of Happy Fines we answered 3 out of 5 trivia Q's correctly. WendellR received his birthday serenade. Not helping at our bed build? Pay a $.
The jackpot rolled after AllenH and MarkA couldn't locate the joker. Leonard Berg won the scratchie. By the way, all three of these guys we seated next to each other, interesting…
50-50 GENTS
IT'S CHILI OUTSIDE
ALL THINGS TRIVIAL
Starship entered orbit for the first time, deploying 26 satellites. Whose massive rocket is it?
A-SpaceX
B-Blue Origin
C-Rocket Lab
D-Arianespace
(Find the answer near the end of the newsletter)
Today is National Make A Difference Day
What is the most common official U.S. state bird? Western meadowlark Northern cardinal American robin Eastern bluebird
The bright red northern cardinal sings its way to number one as the most common state bird. Selected by seven states, the species can be found mainly in the eastern United States. The cardinal can easily be identified by its prominent crest, and male cardinals sport brilliant red feathers all over their bodies. The western meadowlark is the second most common bird; six states have selected it.
THE COLONEL'S SANDERS
PRESSING ON!
DOUBLE DIPPERS
BRANDED!
SEE YOU THERE!
FROM OUR ARCHIVES
Sourced from the Eastender News, Make-Up and Banner newsletters
October 2023
We heard a presentation about the local Head Start program.
Prez Rodney was looking for an assist with our Christmas party.
SherryT shared some insider info regarding the recent Chili Dinner debriefing at the Airliner. She also pushed for a debrief after our upcoming Christmas Wonderland event.
The Turkey Fund jar was making the rounds.
SAAPatti fined everyone who did not help with our Chili Dinner.
PaulH and SherryT went on a futile hunt for the joker. LoriP won the scratch-off.
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
DATELINE:ROTARY
Finding my way home through Rotary
By Glenda Dela Cruz, Rotary Club for Global Action
When I returned to the Philippines after living in Canada, I thought I was simply coming home to care for my son.
What I didn’t expect was to find myself on a mission, and that Rotary would help me start over. Through Rotary, service became my path from personal pain to healing, purpose, and community peacebuilding.
I had been adopted and brought to Canada during my preteen years. I became a mother before I felt prepared, survived domestic abuse, and eventually became my son’s caregiver after he developed schizophrenia.
I returned home lost, confused, and filled with uncertainty. After leaving behind the life I had spent years building in Canada, I found myself asking: What can I do now?
Then Rotary came my way.
Service became part of my healing
When I joined Rotary, I did not know what it meant. I simply knew I needed to do something meaningful at a time when my anxiety was high and it felt as though I had nothing left.
Rotary gave me opportunities to connect with people and listen to their stories. Through those encounters, I discovered what else I could give.
I began to understand that service is not only about what we give. Sometimes, service ignites something within us. It certainly did for me.
It began with mothers
In 2022, during my term as president of the Rotary Club of Tiaong-Hiyas, we organized a 12-week health challenge for mothers in our community. At the end, the mothers asked a simple question: “What happens next?” They did not want the connection, encouragement, and sense of belonging to end. To continue reading, link here
AND I QUOTE
“Education, for most people, means trying to lead the child to resemble the typical adult of his society… But for me, education means making creators… You have to make inventors, innovators, not conformists."-Jean Piaget
“For the things we have to learn before we can do, we learn by doing."-Aristotle
“With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings."-Ezra Taft Benson
“The smallest deed is better than the grandest intention."-Anonymous
SMILE
It's important to look closely at lawn signs during election campaigns. Last time I voted for a real estate agent.
What’s the best thing about Switzerland? I don’t know, but the flag is a big plus.
Why do we tell actors to “break a leg” Because every play has a cast.
Helvetica and Times New Roman walk into a bar. “Get out of here!” shouts the bartender. “We don’t serve your type.”
Hear about the new restaurant called Karma? There’s no menu: You get what you deserve.
A woman in labor suddenly shouted, “Shouldn’t! Wouldn’t! Couldn’t! Didn’t! Can’t!” “Don’t worry,” said the doc. “Those are just contractions.”
A bear walks into a bar and says, “Give me a whiskey and … cola.” “Why the big pause?” asks the bartender. The bear shrugged. “I’m not sure; I was born with them.”
Why don’t scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything.
Where are average things manufactured? The satisfactory.
THE NUMBERS
Self-checkout use among retailers fell 16.3% year over year-Toast
There are already roughly 2,700 operational data-center facilities in the U.S-Data Center Map
Roughly one in five students in 10th and 12th grade reported drinking energy drinks daily in 2025-University of Michigan
Between 2019 and 2024, average family spending on baseball jumped more than 68%, from $660 to $1,113 annually-Aspen Institute’s Project Play
About $7.12 trillion sits in consumer and business bank checking accounts-Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Spending on U.S. auto service is projected to grow from $211 billion this year to over $280 billion by 2031-Mordor Intelligence (Trivia answer-A)
OBJECT OF ROTARY
The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster: First:The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service. Second: High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society. Third: The application of the idea of service in each Rotarian's personal business, and community life. Fourth: The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
