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I-L-L-I-N-I WINSISSUE MARCH 23, 2024
VOL. 4 NO.25
BLUE BELL GOOEY BUTTER, YUM!
NEWS-NOTES-NONSENSE
On Thursday BillP introduced fellow retired Methodist minister Mike Smith. Mike made a humorous presentation about his recent self-published book "Teaching The Preacher To Curse". The book contains 47 stories drawn from Mike's life experiences. He related one when he was a young single minister offering marriage counseling to a couple that had six marriages between them. Mike sees great value in the ability to tell a good story, on the page or verbally. His book is available on Amazon for $18.95. Are you thinking about self-publishing your next book? Mike can help navigate the experience via http://www.storieswithstrategies.com
Prez Rodney wants to restart our 5K Color Run event, with a proposed date of June 1st. He's looking for help. Time to step up?!
Heads up-In a few weeks we plan to start profiling each member in our weekly newsletter. Look for an email from RickH requesting some info about yourself. Start thinking about what you would like to share about yourself.
LoriP reports that we have four students who will be attending the upcoming RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award) weekend event.
BillP announced that we have received a $500 check from grandpa and his gang for our Christmas Wonderland work in December. Once again, thanks to all who assisted that evening.
It was nice having LeonardB and PaulH in the house prior to noon.
Early arrivals included AllenH, BillP and Prez Rodney.
BillP and Prez Rodney had nice things to say about their recent Rotary Spring Training experience. LoriP also attended.
The SRI (slide right in) crowd was represented-ChrisH, WendellR and PattiA.
Opening duties were handled by ChrisH, WendellR and BillP.
CoryG was last in, preceded by KyndraG and JohnP.
PattiA was flashing back to the high school lunch room in Nashville (IL) when trying to find a seat at SandyS's and SherryT's table. Thankfully MarkV and CoryG were there to calm the turmoil.
17 members dined on roast beast, tiny carrots, mac 'n cheeze, rolls, salad and cookies.
JohnP was sporting his I-L-L-I-N-I gear.They won their first tournament game on Thursday.Let's hope for a win today, and then four more wins to go!
SAA Patti posed some sports trivia Q's. The answers were lacrosse , or was it ice hockey, turkey and 18". We got 2 out of 3.
The $330 +/- jackpot was left on the table by WendellR and JohnP. KyndraG took home the scratchie.
TENDING TO THE FLOCK
ILLINI FAN FANS ON 50-50
ALL THINGS TRIVIAL
What's the latest consumer-oriented business to experiment with surge pricing?
A-Funeral homes
B-Air conditioning repair
C-Restaurants
D-Flower delivery
(Answer is found near the end of the newsletter)
Today is National Chip and Dip Day
The magnolia is both the state tree and state flower of which state?
Maryland
Virginia
Mississippi
Arkansas
Mississippi lives up to its “Magnolia State” nickname in more ways than one. The magnolia was named the state’s official flower in 1900, and the legislature went all-in on the beautiful white blossom by also naming it the official state tree in 1952. No specific species of magnolia was designated as the state tree of Mississippi, but the Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) — which grow in abundance throughout the state — probably best represents it.
FROM OUR ARCHIVES
Sourced from the Make-Up and Banner newsletters
March 2018
Thanks were offered to JeanK and Rhonda Breslin for organizing the successful Disco Bingo event.
The EA club heard a presentation about the Mustard Seed Project.
It was Speech Day for RHS students Dickson Wong and Taylor Whitehead.
District governor-elect Brian Barstead visited the EA club and announced that Rhonda Breslin would be the new Assistant District Governor, a position once held by "uncle" LeonardB.
CherylM and JeanK each paid a Happy Fine.
SherryT announced that she has a problem serving Dum Dum candy to early voters.
JohnP took a big Cubbie K on the $53 50-50 jackpot. PauH and LoriP met a similar fate.
Want to know how to fluff a baked potato? SherryT will demo.
SAA JohnP posed several Q's about the current NCAA men's basketball tournament.
MarkS returned with five Florida meeting make-ups.
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
DATELINE:RI
How does Rotary thrive if our leaders change every year?
By Tom Gump, aide to 2024-25 Rotary International President Stephanie Urchick
It starts with our Vision Statement:
Together we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change across the globe in our communities and in ourselves.
It is not an accident that our Vision Statement begins with “Together we . . .” Together we are making, have made, and will continue to make a difference in the world. How?
Leadership change
One of Rotary’s strengths is its term limits on leadership positions. This ensures that our leaders have energy and that they bring in fresh ideas. And yet, some of our key initiatives, such as eradicating polio and empowering women and girls, require an unbroken and consistent operation. Success in these areas depends on it.
Continuity explained
President R. Gordon R. McInally, in his International Assembly remarks to district governors-elect, artfully described what “continuity” is and what it is not:
“Continuity in Rotary isn’t about doing things the exact same way we’ve done them before, or merely continuing every project begun by your predecessor. Rather, it’s about embracing the formula for change embedded in the Rotary Action Plan and committing yourself to creating lasting change in the world. It’s about moving Rotary forward year on year in a continually improving manner.
In Rotary, today, continuity is about transformation. It’s about adapting to a rapidly changing world and reshaping our service projects so they are data-driven and bring about lasting change for years to come. It’s about developing more consistent messaging that is more readily understood.
It’s about becoming more inclusive so we can expand our reach, and it’s about creating meaningful relationships — lifelong friendships — that enhance participant engagement.”
I don’t believe it could be said any better than that!
"Owning less is better than organizing more."-Joshua Becker
"You cannot find peace by avoiding life."-Virginia Woolf
"Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow."-Vincent van Gogh
"I write so much because my cat sits on my lap. She purrs so I don’t want to get up. She’s so much more calming than my husband."-Joyce Carol Oates, who wrote an ode to cats based on her love for her feline companions
SMILE
Why aren't there a lot of jokes about peaches? Because most of them are pit-iful.
What's the best way to catch a squirrel? Act like a nut.
Did you hear about math book that got a therapist? It had a lot of problems.
Why shouldn't you play poker in the jungle? Too many cheetahs.
Did you hear about the cat that aced the test? It got a purr-fect score.
Why did the king go to the dentist? He needed a crown.
Did you hear about the archeologist who got fired? His career was in ruins.
I'd tell you a construction joke, but I'm still working on it.
Did you hear about the ghost that joined a soccer team? It wanted to be a ghoulie.
BY THE NUMBERS
About one-third of adults 65 to 69 have jobs, up from less than one-quarter in 2000-Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
American households spent 43% more on home appliances in 2023 than they did in 2013, rising from an inflation-adjusted average of $390 to $558-Euromonitor International
Book tracker Circana BookScan said 8,300 new cookbooks were published in 2023
Seatings for dinner between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. now make up 31% of Yelp reservations, up from 19% in 2017
Nearly 30% of Americans surveyed said they wanted a financial adviser to help them budget, up from 21% the year before-Edelman Financial Engines’ 2023 Everyday Wealth in America Report
$404,000 is the potential total compensation a Walmart superstore manager can earn annually, without a college degree
(Trivia answer C)
THE 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.
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