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HAUNTING ISSUE
OCTOBER 31, 2020
NEWS-NOTES-NONSENSE
GOOD BYE POLIO, ONE PINT @ A TIME
We welcomed a couple of very nice folks from the Alton Little Theater on Thursday. Executive Director Lee Cox and Artistic Director Kevin Frakes, both have a very long associations with the organization.This is ALT's 87th season, and they are having a season, with seating for 60 in the theater that normally accommodates 240. Everyone associated with ALT is working hard to entertain the public in a virus free environment. Prior to the pandemic they had built a season ticket base of 1,000 subscribers. There are still long range plans to relocate to a five acre donated site in Alton. This season still has four shows left. Since there is currently almost no live theater in the STL area why not check out the upcoming production of "Sister Act", directed by Kevin, making its debut on December 11th. They are also actively shopping for some warehouse space to store their props. Head to their website for more info http://www.altonlittletheater.org
The regular program schedule has resumed. If you are unable to attend your scheduled presentation meeting let Prez Chris know so he can find a replacement presenter. Remember, your speaker can attend via Zoom if that is their preference.
MarkS reported that our merger committee has sent a revised proposal concerning our foundation to the Wood River club for their consideration.
Prez Chris and our merger committee have extended an invite the the Wood River club members to join us for lunch this Thursday, November 5th. We will be gathering in one of the front spaces in Julia's. Plan to spread out and get to know our future fellow Rotarians. Singing? Optional!
Allen and Prez Chris want to know what is Wong with our Cardinals?
A big THANKS to Rhonda for doing such a great job with our Pints for Polio program last Saturday @ JJ's. She's still selling commemorative pint glasses to area Rotarians. All funds will be donated to RI for the international PolioPlus program, so far about $200.
Tonight we will be participating in the Eastgate Halloween event. We will be passing out candy in front of Julia's from 5-8. Fell free to stop by and say hey, bring your kids or grandkids for a handfull of treats.
Lunch featured beef 'n noodles, steamed baby carrots, rolls, salad, and toffee layer cake.
Rhonda made it to her first Alton-Godfrey club meeting as our ADG, and guess what? She enjoyed it!
One table talk thread revolved around what restaurants were still open for inside dining.
The Turkey Fund is now @ $232. All $$ collected will be given to Operation Blessing to use for Thanksgiving food purchases. If you want to donate via check, make it payable to Operation Blessing. If you prefer to donate via PayPal of Venmo, Rick will accept payment and convert it to cash for the cause. Find him via phone 618.792.0256 or @john-hooks-7 on Venmo or @JrTheChief on PayPal.
Early rain soaked arrivals included Prez Chris, Allen, Rod and Alex. Last in of our 18 included BradP, Rhonda, Bill and MarkV.
Our bring a vet program will be at our meeting on November 12th. let Lori know if you are bringing someone.
See your Thursday PM email from Lori for a Football Mania update. If you have sold tickets let her know today so that the ticket holder can be entered for week 1. Tickets can still be sold. So far, tickets sold will net us north of $1,000.
SAA Sherry returned and drafted Prez Chris to serve as the designated lugmeister. She had a shameless plug. We sang birthday wished to Wendell. MarkA was busy with a well intentioned masked insult. We aced the trivia Q's. Topics included Disney films, U.S. Capital, National Lampoon Vacation and malls.
Opening duties were handled by ChrisH, Alex and Bill who found thanks in the fact that our "liquid sunshine" was not the white stuff.
During his last meeting (for a bit) Alex had two tickets drawn for the $49 jackpot, he found no joker joy. Sherry did win a buck on the scratch-off.
Have a fine and dry weekend, stay safe. Ciao!
ALEX'S SEARCH FOR THE JOKER, TWICE
TRIVIA
Chairman Jerome Powell says the Fed will only proceed with caution-in doing what?
A-Flooding the world with cheap greenbacks
B-Launching a digital currency
C-Adding timber and fine wine to its balance sheet
D-Addressing possible asset bubbles
Today is National Knock-Knock Jokes Day
What is the highest point in the Americas?
Denali, Alaska
Coropuna, Peru
Mount Aconcagua, Argentina
Mount Logan, Canada
Standing 22,831 feet above sea level, Mount Aconcagua — located in western Argentina near the Chilean border — is the highest point in the Western Hemisphere. In comparison, the highest peak in North America, Denali, is 20,308 feet tall. Called the “Sentinel of Stone,” the double summits of Aconcagua are connected by a half-mile-long ridge.
On This Date-
1517 – Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.
1913 – Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States..
1922 – Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy
1923 – The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia.
1941 – After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.
1961 – In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from the Lenin's Mausoleum, also known as the Lenin Tomb.
1968 – Vietnam War October surprise: Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces to the nation that he has ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam" effective November 1.
1984 – Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards.
2000 – Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.
2002 – A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
OCTOBER 21, 2010
Current members in a leadership position-Prez ChrisH, Dave, Lori, Cory, Paul, Rhonda, Rod and Rick
The program presenter was future Rotarian Brad Levite. He told us all about the Madison County Veterans Assistance Commission
Allen was fasting
Rick was dressed for directing traffic, not wearing a yellow vest? pay a fine!
Wood River's resident crumudgeon, Dick Bell, was our only visiting Rotarian
It was announced at the previous weeks' Steak Fry that we would sponsor a Lawn and Garden show at the airport in the spring of 2011
Happy birthday to Wendell
Do you remember Eric Barger?
SEPTEMBER 2014
DATELINE:RI
Reshaping Rotary’s future with online learning
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a challenge to the way Rotarians meet and provide training. But it has also provided an opportunity for Rotary to adapt and innovate.
We’ve seen that district and club leaders have turned to the Learning Center for resources and materials to help convert in-person training events to virtual learning sessions. Between April and June 2020, the number of people using the Learning Center rose from 2,800 per month to 10,000.
Some highlights of how the Learning Center has grown from its August 2018 relaunch to June 2020 include:
Members took more than five times as many courses in June 2020 as they did in August 2018.
The zones with the highest course completion rates are in Asia, Africa, and South America.
Our most popular courses are Getting Started With the Learning Center, Rotary Club Central Resources, and Protecting Personal Data.
The Learning Center is ready to support your online learning future!
Featured breakout session recordings from the 2020 Rotary Virtual Convention
You can still access featured breakout sessions from the virtual convention on convention.rotary.org Learn about new club types, digital trends, disruptive innovations, and engaging families in Rotary. Click the session title to access the recording. The recordings play best using the Chrome browser. You can find presentation materials that accompany the featured breakout sessions in the Learning Center.
You can also access some July breakout session recordings and session resources through the Learning Center under the Convention Breakouts learning topic. Note that not all July sessions are available, and those that are available are in English only.
.AND I QUOTE
"You can never be overdressed or overeducated."-Oscar Wilde
"Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do."-Isaac Asimov
"A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse-not a remarkable mathematician."-Warren Buffett
"If skill could be gained by watching, every dog would become a butcher."-Turkish proverb
SMILE
Turning back the clock and adding an hour to 2020 is like getting a bonus track on a Yoko Ono album
Alexa, home school the children
I thought the dryer made my clothes shrink. Turns out it was the refrigerator
Due to the short supply of disinfectants and cleaning supplies, dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap
I recently switched all the labels on my wife's spice rack...She hasn't realized it yet , but the thyme is cumin
I taught a wolf to meditate. Now it's aware wolf
My wife is threatening to leave me because of my obsession with wearing different clothes every hour. I said, "Wait, I can change."
BY THE NUMBERS
Almost 34% of American employees were working remotely full time in October, up from 2.5% before the pandemic-Stanford University
Mattel’s Barbie doll posted a 29% sales increase in the third quarter
60.2% of consumers plan to shop in-store during the 2020 holiday season compared to 87.4% in 2019-DealAid.org
The average FICO credit score stood at 711 in July, up from 708 in April and 706 a year earlier, according to Fair Isaac Corp.
In the first three years that the Rubik cube was licensed to an American company, it sold 100 million copies around the world
Human Resources professionals ranked maintaining employee morale as their most difficult Covid-19 issue in a recent survey by XpertHR. More than three-quarters of the 835 people surveyed described the task as somewhat or very challenging
1954-Burger King is founded in Miami
Rotary factoid-The Rotary Foundation raised $408.6 million in 2019-20
