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BIG CHILL ISSUE NOVEMBER 12, 2022
VOL. 3 NO. 23
BASKETBALL SALES TEAM
NEWS-NOTES-NONSENSE
On Thursday we dined at the communal table (except for the four grumpy old men) in Mr. Pancho's party room. We were entertained by members of the the Goshen Theater Project, who sang selections from their upcoming musical presentation of Meet Me In St. Louis. They will be performing on December 9, 10 and 11 at the Roxana Nazarene Community Theater. Showtime is @ 7 on Friday and Saturday, 2 on Sunday. Score your tickets @ http://gtp.booktix.com
We need someone to chair our Christmas event. Interested? Let Prez Robin know ASAP.
Birthday greeting go out to CherylM on the 14th, PatB on the 15th and RhondaB, LindseyH both on the 18th. Happy Birthday to you...
Congrats to BradP on 32 years of service.
The Turkey Fund collection now stands at $405. Let's set a goal of at least $500. Thursday will be the last time to donate. All monies will be donated to Operation Blessing. Make your check payable to Operation Blessing.
Early arrivals were RodneyD, RodC and LoriP.
Post-nooners included LeonardB, GeorgeM and TylerL.
Many thanks to TylerL and ChrisH for serving as our basketball tournament honchos. A job well done! Let's also thank all our game day helpers and concession donaters. Tyler indicated that we will net about $600 from the event.
We dined off Mr. Pancho's lunch menu. The pre-meal chips and salsa were quite popular.
LeonardB arrived looking all dapper with his flag tie claiming to have been playing a lawyer Thursday AM.
MarkSm told everyone that our chili event will net us over $2000.
We are thankful for members like MarkSm and TylerL for their willingness, especially as new members, to take charge of our events and help make them more successful. A standing O for these guys!
RodneyD subbed for Prez Robin and proposed a slate of officers for the 2023-24 Rotary year. BillP for prez, LoriP for secretary, GeorgeM for treasurer and, for good measure, PattiAfor sergeant at arms. Voting will take place at our first meeting in December.
GeorgeM reminded everyone that your dues statement was emailed to you on Thursday AM. Since it covers two quarters, feel free to pay in installments.
Flyers were circulating regarding the Great River Choral Society presentation of "To Life and Liberty". You can catch it tomorrow afternoon (Sunday) at the Godfrey First United Methodist Church, 3PM, no charge. More info can be found at http://grcssing.org
RodneyD and BillP handled opening duties.
Thursday's census revealed 20 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.
Ciao! Have a fine and dry weekend.
Au revoir!
SCHOLARSHIP STUDENT "COACHING"
FANS IN THE STANDS
CHIPS AND SALSA FOR ALL!
ALL THINGS TRIVIAL
Texas barbecue eateries are struggling with high meat prices. Which meat predominates in these places?
A-Sweetbreads
B-Turkey
C-Brisket
D-pork ribs
(Answer is found at the end of the newsletter)
Today is National French Dip Day
Which U.S. state has moved its capital the most times?
Louisiana
Maine
Georgia
Washington
Many states have moved their capitals at least once. In fact, only a handful have had a single capital from their creation as a colony or territory to the statehood they enjoy today, but only Georgia has had five. In the 18th century, Savannah became the site of the area’s first British settlement and was the first official seat of government when Georgia became a state in 1776. In 1778, they were forced out when the British took the city. Although there were those who wanted Savannah to be restored as the capital when it was taken back, others wanted to recognize the city of Augusta, so legislators moved back and forth between the two cities before agreeing to officially designate Augusta as Georgia’s new capital. The agreement didn't last, as concerns that Augusta was not centrally located led to the building of a new city named after Louis XVI of France. By 1796, the state government moved into Louisville's newly completed red-brick capitol building where they remained for 10 years. During that time, the capture of Native American lands expanded Georgia's Western border and, as before, a new capital was constructed in the more centrally located Milledgeville. It remained the capital through the Civil War, but in 1868, the state government moved for the fifth and final time to Atlanta because of its importance as a railroad hub.
FROM OUR ARCHIVES
Sourced from the Make-Up and Banner newsletters
Mid-November 2019
BillP reminded EA members to signup for the Winter Wonderland event.
MikeK won the WR Cash Raffle grand prize of $1,500.
EA Prez BradL encouraged members to participate in the Empty Bowls project sponsored by the Metro East Rotary and the SIUE Rotaract clubs.
PaulG reminded fellow WR members about Salvation Army bell ringing on November 30th. MarkV made a similar announcement to the EA members.
The EA Christmas party would take place during the noon meeting on December 5th. Members were requested to bring a $10 gift and wear an ugly Christmas sweater.
WR members recently distributed dictionaries to 3rd grade students at Lewis & Clark elementary. DaveA coordinated. Helpers included LindseyH, RobinK, CherylM, LeonardB and JohnP.
RIckH told fellow EA members that the next meeting would be the final opportunity to donate to the Turkey Fund. To date, $282 had been donated.
JimH provided the WR invocation.
Happy Birthday greetings were offered to WR member LindseyH.
ChrisH told fellow EA members that we would sponsor a family for Christmas and that he already had his Christmas lights in place (spouse Stacey really did most of the work).
Happy Fines were paid by WR members PaulG, SteveD and MikeK.
EA Prez BradL shared info about the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program.
DG Mark Roberts attended the WR meeting and told the members that the club has donated about $260,000 to the Rotary Foundation over the past few decades. He also thanked LindseyH for keeping the club's Facebook page current.
MikeK let the $287 WR jackpot roll.
NEW WORDS
Words that were listed in the Merriam-Webster dictionary for the first time in 1988
ROTARY MEMBERS, UKRAINE FRIENDS DELIVER AMBULANCES TO UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS
By Ryan Hyland
A convoy of nearly 40 ambulances wound its way from Slovakia, around mountains and through roadblocks, military checkpoints, and torrential rain to arrive in Kyiv, bringing the critically needed vehicles to Ukrainian government officials.
The US$600,000 initiative was the first joint project between Rotary and Ukraine Friends, which agreed in July to collaborate to provide resources, organize logistics, and distribute funds for high-impact projects that help Ukrainians affected by the war with Russia. Each organization donated US$300,000 to get the ambulances, and Rotary districts in Ukraine and Slovakia coordinated the delivery. Rotary's funding came from a Rotary Foundation disaster response grant.
After a journey of about 870 kilometers (540 miles) that took more than twice as long as it would have in normal circumstances, the convoy arrived on 27 September at Mariinsky Park in Kiev.
Brock Bierman, the CEO of Ukraine Friends and a member of the Rotary Club of Staunton, Virginia, USA, says the logistics of moving that many vehicles to another country would always be difficult, and doing it across a border into a war zone was especially complex. Yet the ambulances were delivered without any major incidents.
“I don’t think the trip could’ve gone any better,” says Bierman, who was at Mariinsky Park for the arrival. “The way people worked together to get this done was spectacular.”
Ukraine Friends secured the ambulance drivers, while Rotary District 2232 in Ukraine and Belarus bought the fuel. The ambulances are equipped with oxygen tanks, defibrillators, electrocardiogram machines, mechanical ventilators, and other medical equipment.
Twenty-two of the ambulances were procured by Rotary District 2240 in Czech Republic and Slovakia and went to the Department of Health for civilian use. Ihor Kuzin, Ukraine’s deputy minister of health, was there to see the transfer of ambulances. To continue reading, link herehttp://shorturl.at/vxAPW
AND I QUOTE
"Foolproof systems don't take into account the ingenuity of fools."-Gene Brown
"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."-Thomas Edison
"A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window."-Gilles Deleuze
"If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing your grandmother with her teeth out."-George Brett
SMILE
It's my wife's birthday tomorrow, she's been leaving jewelry catalogues all over the house, so I've bought here a magazine rack.
The recipe said, " Set the over to 180 degrees." Now I can't open the oven, as the door is facing the wall.
Ladies, if he can't appreciate your fruit jokes...you need to let that mango.
I injured myself measuring radio frequency yesterday. It still hertz.
How does a penguin build his house? Igloos it together.
BY THE NUMBERS
Vacation rental site VRBO reports a 15% spike in searches for Thanksgiving week this year compared with November 2019.
39% of U.S. households own at least one smart home device-CCS Insight
Used cars were 43% more expensive in October than three years earlier-Manheim
Americans now think they need at least $1.25 million for retirement, a 20% increase from a year ago-Northwestern Mutual
There were roughly 52,000 catalytic converters stolen last year, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, three times as many as in 2020 and a more than 10-fold increase from 2019.
Land now accounts for 47% of U.S. home values, up from 38% in 2012 and less than 20% in the early 1960s-Rutgers Business School
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