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RESOLUTIONS ISSUE
JANUARY 5, 2019
NEWS NOTES & NONSENSE
PICK THAT CARD!
The program was presented by the recently appointed Operation Blessing Executive Director Karen Wilson. She was named in October to replace legendary founder Virginia Kirkpatrick. Karen is retired from SIUE and has served in a variety of volunteer roles with a number area non-profits. The organization has about 50 volunteers that provide the backbone of the organization. OB is a member of the St. Louis Food Bank and United Way. The majority of the 6,000 people served in 2018 live in the Wood River and East Alton communities. In addition to providing food, they also distribute clothing and household items. Got something to donate? Drop it by OB in downtown Wood River from 9AM-1PM, Monday-Thursday. Did you know that Joe serves on OB board as the Vice-President? You do now.
Condolences to Sandy and her family on the passing of her father. May he rest in peace.
The sign-up sheet for the basketball tournament on February 2nd is now circulating. Shifts are 7:30-12:30 or noon-close. Teams are still needed.
Don't forget that Disco Bingo is scheduled for March 23rd. Rhonda reminds us that our clubs made $8,000 last year. Flyers and tickets are being printed.
We received several thank yous for the Christmas flowers.
Anyone else experience the friendly service at the Bethalto Water Company?
The arrangement of the room tables created the need to find a new place to sit for several members. Nothing wrong with that.
The earliest of the 18 members to arrive were Allen, Darren, Bill and Lori. Last to arrive included Paul, Patty, BradP and ChrisH
Congrats to Cory on his 13 years of service and to DaveM for his 11 years. Two fine members!
The new year began with the "carbo load" lunch buffet special (Dave suggested that he may need 14 units of insulin)-lasagna and/or noodles with broccoli, warm bread sticks, salad, two types of cake and/or pumpkin pie.
One of our servers told Allen that he missed his special meal last meeting.
Not with us Thursday: MarkA,Ty, Pat, Rod, Matt, BradL, Virgil, Erin, DaveS, Sandy, Joe, MarkS, Dick, Sherry, Emily and Jamie. Hope to see some of you fine folks next week.
SAA Queenie abdicated her position (for the day) to able wingman ChrisL. With Queenie holding the bucks bucket, we answered all four trivia Q's correctly. The topics-Cambodian language, nine sided objects, square root and the Greek alphabet. Not here for the last meeting of '18, pay a $. Not wearing argyle socks, pay a $.
Opening duties were performed by MarkV, Nate and Bill.
The $10 jackpot was left in the bag by Allen and ChrisH. Patty won the scratch-off.
That's all from here, have a fine and dry weekend. Ciao!
EARTHQUAKE? NOPE, REMODEL
DEEP THOUGHTS
TRIVIA
A deal involving the U.S. and Cuba will make it much easier for who (or what) to come from the latter to the former?
A-Vintage cars
B-Baseball players
C-Cigars
D-Tourists
January 5 is National Whipped Cream Day
45% of people with workplace health insurance have opted for high-deductable versions-J.P. Morgan
In 2016 only 9% of IRA-owning households contributed to their account-Investment Company Institute
Roughly a third of the recent Christmas season’s $123 billion in estimated online sales are expected to be returned-B-Stock Solutions
The number of breweries operating in the U.S. has grown to over 7,000, with about 1,000 more expected to open in 2019-Brewers Association
Students gain about one to five additional IQ points for every year they remain in school, according to the analysis of 42 data sets with a total of 600,000 people published in June in Psychological Science
53% of Americans say holiday decorations should be taken down before the first of the year- Survey of 1,000 adults by Wakefield Research
85% of timeshare owners who go to contract regret the purchase-University of Central Florida
The list on automobiles ending production in 2019 include:Ford Taurus, Ford Focus, Chevrolet Impala, Chevrolet Cruze, Chevrolet Volt, Volkswagen Beetle, Honda CR-Z, Ford C-Max, Cadillac CT6, Cadillac ATS and Cadillac XTS
Origins:expletive deleted-It is used as a euphemism to use in place of a curse word, especially for four-letter words. The phrase originated in the 1970's after Watergate, deriving from the transcripts of President Nixon's White House tapes in which many curses are rendered as "expletive deleted."
What is the only living structure that can be spotted from space?
White Cliffs of Dover
Great Barrier Reef
Miombo Woodland Termite Mound
Wood Buffalo National Park Beaver Dam
The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth, so it figures that if anything can be spotted from space, it would be this incredible geographical feature. The reef extends for over 1,200 miles along the northeastern coast of Australia. Up close you may see some of the 1,500 species of fish that make the maze of reefs, passages and cays their home. It’s from space, however, that the true scope of the extraordinary marine landscape can be admired.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
JANUARY 5, 2006
Current member(s) in a leadership position: Prez Joe, Lori, Allen, Paul, Rod and Rick
Joe presented a meeting make-up from Wood River
The last meeting of 2005 had us gathered around the Centennial Clock near the Village Hall for its official dedication. (Some unknown (?) suspect went on to photobomb the group shot. You know who you are!)
The buffet featured baked beans and chocolate cake
Dick was moonlighting as a busboy
Allen promised that the quarterly billing statements would be available soon
Nominations for President-Elect were being accepted
The basketball tournament would be held on February 11th
Do you remember Rose Sebastian
JUNE 2007
DATELINE:RI
LIVING LIFE FORWARD IN ROTARY
By Alexandra Hudson, former Rotary Global Grant Scholar
Looking back on my year in London as a Rotary Global Grant Scholar, I am overwhelmed with gratitude for all that Rotary has enabled me to do. On one level, I was born into a family of Rotarians: my grandmother was a founding member for her club in Streetsville, Ontario, and my grandfather was a Paul Harris Fellow.
On another level, I chose to become part of Rotary when I was asked to reinvigorate my community’s RotaractClub in Langley, British Columbia. Service of others was always a family value, instilled in me from youth, but it wasn’t until I was in Peru’s Amazon rainforest on a humanitarian relief trip – where I encountered abject poverty and deep human need first hand – that my love of service became my own. Becoming Rotaract President fostered that love, and gave me an outlet to channel it.
As Rotaract President, we raised funds for women who were victims of domestic abuse, an organization which rescues young girls from the sex trade in Southeast Asia, a microfinance organization, and a foundation that trains teachers in post-genocide Rwanda. It was an honor to represent my Rotary district, club, and community when I was invited to speak about our work to hundreds of young leaders from across the world at the International Rotary Youth Leadership Awardsin Sydney, Australia, in May 2014. Observing the depth of human suffering, and learning about the excellent work of many organizations to alleviate it, I was inspired to be a part of the solution, too. To continue reading, link herehttps://bit.ly/2ApmZxy
AND I QUOTE
"Any definition of a successful life must include service to others"-George H. W. Bush
"So much of joy is made worse by trying to make it stay"-Max Ritvo
"Statistics are human beings with the tears dried off"-Paul Brodeur
"Those who take the high road of humility in Washington D.C. are not bothered by heavy traffic"-Alan Simpson
SMILE
Whydo we love children?
NUDITY
I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark naked! As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my 5-year-old shout from the back seat, 'Mom, that lady isn't wearing a seat belt!'
OPINIONS
On the first day of school, a first-grader handed his teacher a note from his mother. The note read, 'The opinions expressed by this child are not necessarily those of his parents.'
KETCHUP
A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup out of the jar During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her 4-year-old daughter to answer the phone. 'Mommy can't come to the phone to talk to you right now. She's hitting
the bottle.'
MORE NUDITY
A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women's locker room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover The little boy watched in amazement and then asked, 'What's the matter, haven't you ever seen a little boy before?'
POLICE
It was the end of the day when I parked my police van in front of the station. As I gathered my equipment, my K-9 partner, Jake, was barking, and I saw a little boy staring in at me. 'Is that a dog you got back there?' he asked. 'It sure is,' I replied. Puzzled, the boy looked at me and then towards the back of the van. Finally he said, 'What'd he do?'
ELDERLY
While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my 4-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds. She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs. One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, 'The tooth fairy will never believe this!'
SCHOOL
A little girl had just finished her first week of school. 'I'm just wasting my time,' she said to her mother. 'I can't read, I can't write, and they won't let me talk!'
BIBLE
A little boy opened the big family Bible. He was fascinated as he fingered through the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. He picked up the object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed in between the pages. 'Mama, look what I found,' the boy called out. 'What have you got there, dear?' With astonishment
in the young boy's voice, he answered, 'I think it's Adam 's underwear!
THE BOTTOM LINE
A study of the top 350 grossing films released from 2014 to 2017 shows films with female leads outperformed those in which men received top billing. The 105 films headlined by a women led in every budget category-Variety.com
51.2% (3.9 billion people) of the world's population is now online. 96% of the world's population are now within reach of a cell network-DailyMail.com
There are more than 30,000 dollar stores across the country, up from 18,000 a decade ago-Axios.com
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