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HABITAT ISSUE
OCTOBER 21, 2017
NEWS, NOTES & NONSENSE
SOAPBOX SMILES
Finally...a new Banner, but just one. Look for the next issue on November 4th. So much for that.
Thursday's program was presented by Sherry Gilleland, founder of Dream Home Charities. She spoke about the significant growth of the charity and its long term plans. Take a look at the video.
In review-thanks to all who helped at the Soapbox Race last month, congrats to Lori for receiving the district "Difference Maker" award, thanks to all the folks who provided support to Mark 3 at the Family Cookout last Thursday.
Next week we will be installing fiberglass insulation at the Habitat for Humanity house located at 429 Lincoln (5th and Lincoln Streets). Gloves are a great idea. Long sleeves may be in order to keep the itch factor down. If you have a staple gun (with staples) and utility knife, bring those too. We gather at noon with a box lunch. Mark thinks we can knock out the project in about three hours. Whatever time you can spare would be helpful. Two years ago this project was voted the most popular program of the year. Just sayin'...
We had 24 members in the house including Bill and Rhonda who arrived before 11:40 and Paul who arrived an hour later. Other post-noon, pre-bell arrivals included Rod, "whistling" Dave, Patty and Chris 2.
Sherry's mum, Karen, joined us for the meal before she returned to Stuart, Florida.
Lunch include a brown protein, semi-mashed taters, Rotary g-beans, salad and cookies.
We hit the member trifecta on Thursday. In the house were all our Mark's, Brad's and Chris's.
Joe won the washer toss last week.
Bill make-up at the Riverbend Rotary recently.
Mark 3 really enjoys his Edwardsville 3-peat. Wife Nancy, not so much.
Our speaker was once known as Sherry Tite. (Insert comment here.) Our Sherry told an amusing tale about some poor high school lad mistaking her for the other Sherry.
The Turkey Fund continues to make the rounds.
East Alton-Wood River High School scholarship interviews were recently completed by Lindsey and Randy. Roxana interviews happen in two weeks.
SAA Lindsey recruited Randy to help with the fleecing duties. Announcements were made by Dave, Brad 2 and Randy. All the trivia q's were from the October Rotarian magazine. Correct answers were hard to come by.
Randy announced that the dedication of the new veterans pocket park would be held on November 11th at 11AM. Hope you can make it!
Rhonda announced that the Christmas party would be held on December 14th at Tony's Bluff City Grill.
The 50-50 $45 jackpot was unscathed by Rick and Lori. Randy had the scratch-off.
Opening duties were performed by Mark 3, Brad 1 and Dave.
That's all from here. Have a fine and dry weekend.
FINDING SLINKY
TRIVIA
(The answer can be found at the end of the newsletter)
The Coach brand will live on, but Coach Inc. is changing its name-to what?
A-Quirt
B-Damask
C-Tapestry
D-First Class
October 21 is National Reptile Awareness Day
The No. 1 choice for pet costume this year is a pumpkin-National Retail Federation survey of 7,013 consumers
Current members in a leadership position: Chris 1, Lori, Cory, Paul, Rhonda Rod, Dave and Rick
Mark 2 introduced program presenter Tim Gross. He spoke about walking the prayer labyrinth
Chef Bob served Salisbury Steak (created by 19th century English physician J.H. Salisbury). Cory brought dessert
Our solo guest Rotarian was none other than Dick Bell
Scholarship interviews were scheduled for October 16 and 19
Our Chili Supper was scheduled for October 23rd
The Halloween parade would be held on October 29th
The Christmas party was scheduled for December 3rd
Salvation Army bell ringing was scheduled for December 12th
Do you remember Kevin Stuby?
DATELINE:RI
Why Rotary scholarships are sustainable investments
By Sarah Ehlinger Affotey
After receiving an Ambassadorial Scholarship from Rotary in 2011, I put a lot of pressure on myself to “do it right,” or in other words, give Rotary a solid return on its investment. With each passing month in Ghana, what I had first deemed as peripheral – the friendships, conversations, and breakdown of stereotypes – were actually advancing world understanding, goodwill, and peace. How ingenious that this scholarship allowed me to advance Rotary’s mission subconsciously?
Despite all these “non-tangible” returns, at the end of my master’s program in Ghana I was itching for real-world action. While waiting for my thesis review and graduation schedule (sometimes a yearlong process), a Rotarian from my host club told me about her NGO on the outskirts of Accra. She mentioned the community suffered from a large waste pile contaminating their water. With my background in environmental health, I immediately latched onto the potential project but didn’t know how to help make it happen. To continue reading link herehttp://bit.ly/2hMYeRX
AND I QUOTE
"One must not wait until liberty is called treason. One must not wait until the snowball has become an avalanche."-Erich Kästner
"People assume that they are most creative at a certain age. But if you look at truly great artists, they always get better."-Jeff Koons
"Life is only lived full time by women with children."-Marguerite Duras
SMILE
A DOG'S LIFE
"The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue." - Anonymous
"Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful." - Ann Landers
"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." - Will Rogers
"There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face." - Ben Williams
"A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself." - Josh Billings
"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person." - Andrew A. Rooney
"No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation." - Fran Lebowitz
"I wonder what goes through his mind when he sees us peeing in his water bowl." - Penny Ward Moser
"Anybody who doesn't know what soap tastes like never washed a dog." - Franklin P. Jones
"If your dog is fat, you aren't getting enough exercise." - Unknown
"Outside of a dog, a book is probably man's best friend; inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx
THE BOTTOM LINE
Annual sales of bottled water in the U.S. have reached $16 billion. This is the first time water has outpaced annual sales of soda.-Bloomberg Businessweek
Apple has generated more profit than any other company in U.S. stock market history. Going back to 1926, just 30 stocks account for 30% of the net wealth generated by stocks, including Exxon Mobile, General Electric, IBM and Coca-Cola.-The New York Times
Adults ages 34 and younger say they would be willing to pay about $35 per year, on average, to eliminate ads on social media, according to digital survey company Morning Consult. More than 25% of internet users in the U.S. now use some form of ad blockers.-Axios
