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PINTS 'N PARADES ISSUE OCTOBER 18, 2025
VOL. 6 NO. 11
EA-WR SERVICE ABOVE SELF AWARDS
NEWS-NOTES-NONSENSE
There is no noon meeting this Thursday October 23rd. We will be busy with our Pints 4 Polio fundraiser that evening.
Look for your next Eastender News on November 1st.
On the 9th we recognized the EA-WR HS September Service Above Self award winners, Tam Marshall and Brooke Parker.
On Thursday we were joined by Heather Garrigus, owner of Heather's Zen Den in Eastgate Plaza. She spoke briefly about some of the services she offers at her yoga studio and then led us in a five minute meditation session, very relaxing. Want to know more? http://heatherszenden.com
Please continue to promote our Pints 4 Polio event this coming Thursday evening. We need more participants. See the event flyer below for all the details. Thanks to all who signed up to assist.
Halloween parade season is upon us. A big thank you to AlanaY and DianeS for coordinating our Haunted Pumpkin Patch themed float. The downtown WR candy walk is this Wednesday October 22nd. The WR and Hartford parades are this Saturday October 25th and the EA parade steps off on Thursday October 30th. We need donations of pumpkins, candy and/or $$. You can drop off your donations at Prez Mark's office. Assembly instruction for the parade walkers will be forthcoming.
Early-birders included AllenH, Prez Mark, MarkA and BillP.
It was great to have JeanK and AlanaY in the house.
The SRI (slide right in) crowd featured PaulH, GlennB, RobinK, ChrisH, CoryG and ScottL.
Our Turkey Fund now stands at $288. It's worth noting that the previous $40K plus United Way funding has gone away. This means that your generous donations are even more important during this holiday season. The donation jar will be on hand every Thursday.
Congrats to GlennB on his 1 year of club service.
Our Christmas party is scheduled for December 18th @ Rustic Roots. Food service from Food A Fare. Put it on your calendar. Prez Mark is looking for someone to coordinate the fun and games that evening. You in?
The post-nooner list included DaveA, PattiA, ScottL and CoryG.
SAA RickH recruited CoryG to serve as the official lugmeister. There were four polio trivia questions, we got two correct. Where was WendellR on his birthday??
Once DaveA arrived we had 21 members dining on golden fried chicken, roast beast, whipped taters, rolls, Caesar's salad and cobbler.
The new jackpot was left unclaimed by RobinK and BillP. MikeK won the scratchie. LoriP claimed the $155 jackpot the previous week.
Opening duties were covered by PaulH, RickH and MarkA.
20 members forgot to take a look at the last issue of the Eastender News.
THAT'S A $155 WINNER!
POST-MEETING VISITATION
A GREAT DAY FOR A RIDE
NO JOKER FOR ROBIN
PINTS 4 POLIO HELPERS
ALL THINGS TRIVIAL
Flexjet, which sells fractional shares of private planes, is buying 300 planes that fly without what?
A-Pilots
B-Wings
C-Windows
D-All of the above
(Find the answer near the end of the newsletter)
Today is National Chocolate Cupcake Day
What is America’s most populous county?
Cook County, Illinois
Maricopa County, Arizona
Harris County, Texas
Los Angeles County, California
With 9.8 million residents, Los Angeles County is the nation’s largest county, followed by Cook County with 5.2 million Illinoisans.
FROM OUR ARCHIVES
Sourced from the Eastender News, Make-Up and Banner newsletters
October 2018
The EA club heard a presentation from Circuit Judge Dave Dugan.
The dedication ceremony for the firehouse statue was presided over by Prez JohnP who commended PaulG for his efforts with the project.
The Steak Fry was scheduled for October 11th @ Kendall Hill park.
RHS Junior Rotarians Micaela and Victoria Tarpley (yes, they are twin sibs) visited the WR club.
AllenH was proud to announce that the Hale family has been doing business in EA for 100 years.
Betty Moxey returned to tickle the ivories. JohnP was thanked for subbing.
WendellR was showing photos of a 200 year old tree that was recently felled.
The Turkey Fund can was making the rounds. LoriP noted that Virginia Kirkpatrick would soon be retiring after 35+ years of running Operation Blessing.
MarkA opined that all truck traffic can be found on I70.
DonnaK was looking for candy or $$ donation for the Halloween parade.
MikeK and JeanK failed to win the $356 jackpot. The same fate befell MarkA with the $71 pot.
Thanks went out to DaveA for coordinating the dictionary distribution @ Central elementary.
DonnaK encourage WR members to sell their Cash Raffle tix.
PaulG paid a Happy Fine.
Somehow WendellR missed the Roxana Rock "n Roll Reunion.
SherryT needed more cheese in her salad.
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
DATELINE:ROTARY
TREKKING TO EVEREST BASE CAMP TO END POLIO
By Jessie Harman, past Rotary International director and chair of Rotary Foundation Australia
In April, I stood at 4,400 meters (14,435 feet) taking in the incredible view from Dingboche. The previous day’s chill had turned to snow and we’d been walking in sub-zero temperatures. I was feeling well, no obvious effects of the altitude – and hoping it would stay that way. As Everest Base Camp got closer, I reflected on how Rotary’s goal of a polio-free world was also getting closer. When my legs got weary, that thought spurred me on.
I reached Everest Base Camp, the goal of my challenge, two days later. Everything about it was incredible – the landscape, the challenge, and the opportunity to raise funds to support Rotary’s polio eradication campaign.
Raising funds was important for me. I used Rotary’s Raise for Rotary platform with all its benefits; simple to set up, funds straight to PolioPlus, shareable via social media. I shared my journey via Facebook and Instagram and collected supporters along the way. The generosity of people is inspiring, and by the end, my supporters had donated more than AUD $30,000 (about US$20,000).
The trek itself was demanding. I’ve completed many long-distance hikes, but this one was the hardest. Ahead of the trek, I walked 6 kilometres (about 3.7 miles) every day for 60 days and made that part of my campaign. However, even with the preparation, the walk to Everest Base Camp was physically and emotionally tough. There were days when I wondered whether I would ever make it. To continue reading, link herehttps://rb.gy/om9mbp
AND I QUOTE
“My hell is going to be the StairMaster wing of Dante’s inferno, where they’re gonna tape my feet to the pedals and the only music I get is Michael Bolton karaoke-style."-Janeane Garofalo
"If you don’t like change, you are going to like irrelevance even less."-Eric Shinseki
"It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one."-George Washington
"I went to a place to eat. It said “breakfast at any time.” So I ordered french toast during the Renaissance."-Steven Wright
SMILE
Italian police raided a Salvador Dalí exhibit and confiscated 21 suspected forgeries, which must’ve been a surreal experience for museum guests.
Just sold my homing pigeon on eBay for the 22nd time.
If cats could text you back, they would not.
Two fire department signs-Satisfaction guaranteed or your fire back. Help wanted-odd hours, no pay, cool hats.
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THE NUMBERS
Nearly a fifth of summer travelers planned to pay with buy-now-pay-later services in 2025-NerdWallet
Just over half of internet-connected U.S. households own at least one smart speaker-Parks Associates
36% of the salaried US workforce identifies as Taylor Swift fans-BambooHR
Last year, the U.S. registered a record 5.5 million applications for new businesses—one for every 24 household
In 2015 U.S. consumers used cash 46% of the time for purchases of $20 or less. In 2019 that figured had dropped to 37%-Square
Some 500 hours of content is uploaded to YouTube every minute
(Trivia answer-C)
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.
