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TAXING ISSUE
APRIL 14, 2018
NEWS, NOTES & NONSENSE
LET ME EXPLAIN...
Virgil made a very good presentation on Thursday about the rather opaque Illinois school funding formula. His transparent video has been posted.
21 members were in the house. Darren and Allen were, once again, the earliest birds in the house. Bill and Lori followed. Post-nooners included Brad1, Paul, Nate and Matt.
The g-beans and mexicorn were replaced by...broccoli. The serving line also included 'grilled' chicken breast, baked taters, salad, rolls, cupcakes, cookies and roll cake.
After lunch at Julia's next week (19th), we move up the street to the Piasa Armory for time on the shooting range. If you plan to go, here are a few things you need to know: there will not be a charge for range time, but you will need to sign a release form. You may bring your own gun and ammo. If you want to use a range provided gun, you must buy your ammo from the good folks at the Armory.
Don't forget, our scholarship students will join us on April 26th.
The fine weather brought the return of Mark3 from Florida and guests Wood River Rotarian Dale and new school super Emily Warnecke.
Lori has your Baseball Mania tix. Rhonda is selling the hell out of Mania e-tix. way to go girl!
Prez Bill presented a check from grandpa and his gang for $400 for our Winter Wonderland work last December.
Chris1 loves ice fishing for trout.
It was good to see some demolition taking place at Eastgate.
SAA Queenieaccepted Randy's generous offer to be the bowl guy. Announcements were made by Rick, Dale, Queenie and Virgil. If you weren't wearing shorts, pay a $. Not here last week, pay a $. Trivia topics included dynamite, ticks, Great Britain and juniper berries. All were answered correctly, unitl Allen was asked a baseball question...
50-50 tickets were drawn by Matt and Mark3, Queenie took the scratch-off. The $50 jackpot survived.
Opening duties were performed by Dick, Matt and Dave.
That's all from here, have a fine and dry weekend.
SHOWING CORY THE MONEY
TRIVIA
(The answer can be found at the end of the newsletter)
As a challenge, young people are sleeping someplace offbeat (and uncomfortable). Where?
A-Classrooms
B-Subways
C-Atop water towers
D-Overnight in chain stores and restaurants
April 14 is National Pecan Day
39%of Americans say they have enough savings to cover a $1,000 unexpected expense-Bankrate.com survey of 1,010 adults
Riddle-I am a word of six; my first three letters refer to an automobile; my last three letters refer to a household animal; my first four letters is a fish; my whole is found in your room. What am I?
Answer:A carpet.
APRIL 7, 1994
Current members in a leadership position:Rod, Paul, Brad1 and Rick
Paul introduced the program presenter, Terri Rusk. She was the Director of the Growth Association's Visitors and Convention Bureau
Next week's program would be a presentation about the Oasis Women's Center in Alton
Our Steak Fry was scheduled for May 5th at the Westerner club
Paul Harris nominations were due
Charlie Kunz requested everyone to turn in their McDonald's coupon money
July 1st was East Alton-Wood River night at Busch Stadium
Do you remember Ed Keller?
December 20, 2011
DATELINE:RI
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER
By Gabriel de Jesus Abade, former Rotary Youth Exchange Student
When I was 16, like most teenagers, I was focused on my own life. I hadn’t really thought about joining a service club or dedicating myself to helping others. But that changed when a high school friend began talking to me about Rotary, and its local and global actions. I was captivated and wanted to learn more. So I took my first steps in Rotary as a member of the Interact Club of Lauro de Freitas. Through the club, I was able to contribute in small ways to changing my community for the better.It was also there that I first came into contact with the Rotary Youth Exchange program through exchange students who lived in my district. It aroused something inside of me, and I felt an urge to also go away and experience something new. I took part in a youth exchange to Freeport, Bahamas, in District 6990 and it changed my life in so many ways I can’t explain. It is still shaping many of my current decisions. A lot of what I do today is related to the change I went through nine years ago. The exchange opened my eyes to a world bigger than my own neighborhood, city, state, and country. And there was no turning back. To continue reading, link herehttps://bit.ly/2IDZ3Z6
AND I QUOTE
"Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we often might win by fearing to attempt."-William Shakespeare
"A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go but ought to be."-Rosalyn Carter
"You can cut all the flowers, but you can't stop spring."-Pablo Neruda
SHAMELESS PLUG
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SMILE
-An onion can make people cry but there has never been a vegetable invented to make them laugh.
-When I come to one of the forks in the road of life, I don’t waste time and energy wishing it was a spoon.
-The first rule of holes: If you are in one, stop digging.
-I went to school to become a wit, only got halfway through.
-It was all so different before everything changed.
-Some days you're the dog, some days you're the hydrant.
-I wish the buck stopped here. I could use a few
-It's hard to make a comeback when you haven't been anywhere.
-If God wanted me to touch my toes, He would have put them on my knees.
-When you're finally holding all the cards, why does everyone else decide to play chess?
-It's not hard to meet expenses. They're everywhere.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Swedish fashion giant H&M has roughly $4.3 billion in unsold shirts, dresses and accessories sitting in its 4,700 stores globally-up 7% from last year.-The New York Times
U.S. sales of physical music, including CD's, vinyl, and cassettes, overtook those of digital downloads last year for the first time since 2011. Overall U.S. music sales for 2017 increased 16.5% to $8.7 billion, with digital downloads dropping 25% to $1.3 billion; physical music sold $1.5 billion-PasteMagazine.com
India's state-run railways have received more than 20 million applications for about 100,000 driver, technician and security job openings.-BBC.co.uk
