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FIRST LADY ISSUE
NOVEMBER 16, 2019
NEWS-NOTES-NONSENSE
SALLY CENTERS OUR CREW
This past Wednesday marked the passing of our First Lady, Sally Speciale. Even though she was never an "official" club member during her 45 years of service, no one embodied the 4-Way Test more than this fine lady. If you needed assistance, she was there to provide high quality help, without seeking any personal recognition. Our deepest and heartfelt condolences to Mark and their family. She will be greatly missed.
ChrisL introduced Joel Halvorsen and Greg Klote, principles of the Halvorsen & Klote Law Firm, located at Olive and 270 in St. Louis County. In additional to personal injury they represent clients regarding the Telephone Protection Act, Fair Credit Collection Act. They serve clients from both Missouri and Illinois The firm performs pro-bono work for civil cases within the Southern Illinois Federal District Court. Greg did a quick review of auto insurance and suggested that you have sufficient coverage for under insured, uninsured and medical care. All three are relatively inexpensive and can be quite useful.
ChrisH has his Christmas lights in place (well, Stacey does), do you?
We had 18 members in the house. Early birds were Allen, BradL, Virgil and Wendell. ChrisH, Rhonda, Paul and Cory were all second shifters.
The sign-up sheet for the Christmas Wonderland event on December 10th is now circulating.
Don't forget about the Empty Bowls fund raiser on November 20th. It's co-sponsored by the Metro East Rotary and the SIUE Rotaract clubs. It will be held in the Meridian Ballroom on the SIUE campus from 10:30AM-1:30PM. 20 local restaurants will be serving soups, salads, sides and dessert. All you can eat for $10.
Soup(s) and sandwich were the lunch feature. Rolls, salad, cookies and cupcakes were also available.
The tentative date for the basketball tournament will be January 25th.
Our Christmas party will be during our December 5th regular noon meeting. Please bring a guest. Fun and games for all! Even though it's a regular meeting, You MUST respond to Lori's email to confirm attendance in order to have a firm count on members and guests. Bring a $10 gift and wear your ugly Christmas sweater.
The Turkey Fund is now at $282. Thursday will be the final opportunity to donate. All donations will be given to Operation Blessing to purchase Thanksgiving food items. If you are donating via check, make it payable to Operation Blessing.
We will be ringing bells for the Salvation Army on December 7th from 10AM-8PM at the Wood River Wal Mart.The sign-up sheet is circulating.
Opening duties were performed by Rod, ChrisH and Rodney.
ChrisH will be following up with particulars on a family we will adopt for Christmas.
Prez Brad shared information about the Marine Corps Toy for Tots program.
Alex announced that he and ChrisL selected our two scholarship students from EA-WR. He indicated that the six applicants represented a strong candidate pool. Interviews at Roxana will take place on Wednesday.
BradP reminded everyone that if they did not receive a Scouting for Food bag, and want to make a contribution, they can do that at son Scott's Piasa Armory business.
SAA Chris had Alex serving as the "tax" collector. Lori offered a "standing-O" for Sally. Birthday wishes were sung to Pat and Rhonda. BradP was recognized for his 29 years of club service. Not here last week? Pay a $. Trivia topics included TV shows, comics, Elton John and Broadway shows. Chris reminded us "That's what the internet said!"
The $135 rolled after our guests managed to pull all three of their tickets, yikes.
That's it, have a fine and dry weekend. Ciao!
FRIENDLY REMINDED-
SHOP AMAZON AND BENEFIT OUR
EAST ALTON ROTARY FOUNDATION
TRIVIA
Experian has set up a new credit score called Lift. Which of these could boost your rating under this plan?
A-A combined SAT score above 1400
B-Holding a professional license such as those for hairdressers, plumbers and lawyers
C-Blood pressure under 120/80
D-Agreeing to random drug testing
Today is National Fast Food Day
Supporting visual for questionWhat does "Texas" mean in its original Caddo language?
Lone Star
Cowboy
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Friends
The state’s name (and motto) has its roots in friendship. The word “Texas” is derived from the Native American Caddo language word “teyshas,” meaning "friends/allies." When Spanish explorers landed in what is now Texas in the 16th century, they believed “teyshas” was the name of a tribe. They began labeling the area north of the Rio Grande “Teyas” or “Tejas,” which came to be known as Texas.
On This Date-
1776 – American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
1822 – American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.
1904 – English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
1907 – Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
1914 – The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
1920 – Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.
1933 – The United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations.
1938 – LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.
1945 – UNESCO is founded.
1973 – Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.
1973 – U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.
1990 – Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It's True album. Session musicians had provided all the vocals.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
NOVEMBER 15, 2007
Club officials included: Prez BradP, Lori, Cory, ChrisH, Rod and Rick
Wood River Area Habitat for Humanity President MarkA (pre-Rotarian) made a presentation about the local program
Bob Dannenberg served up excellent ribs from his Hartford Ribs restaurant
Roger Werts was circulating the Christmas party sign-up sheet. We party at Gentelin's on December 13th
Prez Brad was looking for a few good officers for the 2008-09 Rotary year
Riverbend Head Start provided a Christmas wish list for some families in need
Prez Brad won the $56 jackpot leaving ChrisH holding the rest of the deck
Salvation Army bell ringing was scheduled for December 8th
JUNE 2011
DATELINE:RI
ROTARY PEACE FELLOWS INSPIRE
AT SPECIAL CONCERT
By Carol Hall, Rotary Foundation Chair for the Rotary Club of Abingdon Vesper, Oxfordshire, England
I recently had the privilege of hosting two Rotary Peace Fellows from Bradford University – David from The Gambia and Ghenwa from Syria. Ghenwa comes from southern Syria which has not had the destruction, bombing, and killing that has taken place in northern Syria. However, she cannot live in Syria for fear of reprisal or arrest because of her association with Rotary.
The government in Syria is suspicious of any nongovernmental organization and organizations such as Rotary. Because of that and out of concern for her family who still live there, she and her husband must live outside Syria. These Peace Fellows are exceptional young people. I loved hosting them and felt so privileged to be in their company and to share their experiences.
The highlight of the weekend was the concert performed by The World Orchestra for Peace on 21 September, comprised of musicians from around the world who are the “crème de la crème” in their field. Many of the violinists are the leaders in very prestigious world orchestras. Between pieces of music, the Peace Fellows told their personal stories and why they wanted to be a Peace Fellow. to continue reading, link herehttps://bit.ly/2Od9nf3
AND I QUOTE
"A business absolutely devoted to service will only have one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large."-Henry Ford
"Love may be blind, but marriage is a real eye-opener."-Pauline Thomason
"You will never change your life until you change something you do daily."-John C. Maxwell
"Having a two year old is like having a blender you don't have a top for."-Jerry Seinfeld
SMILE
Aging gracefully is an art. Aging disgracefully is an absolute blast
I spend a great deal of my life realizing I should've shut up 10 minutes ago
Get your relatives speaking to one another again by sending a heartfelt Christmas card with a picture of your family with an extra child nobody knows
I pretended to be asleep and then I fell asleep. I'm going to pretend I'm skinny
They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. At this point I should be able to bench-press a Buick
I wouldn't mess with me. I've seen so many Law & Orders, NCIS's, Criminal Minds and CSI's I can make your death look like Santa Claus did it
BY THE NUMBERS
85% of Americans are in favor of policies to restrict the rise of robots beyond hazardous work-Pew Research
The typical U.S. homeowner stays in their house for 13 years, five years longer than 2010-Redfin
The share of millennials who trust influencers is 50% , compared to 38% who say the same about their favorite celebrities-Morning Consult
U.S. workers say they’re uncomfortable when their colleagues: gossip too much-53%, talk about politics-39%, talk about romantic relationships-32%, use too much profanity-31%-Udemy
The average concert ticket price in the U.S. jumped from $12 in 1981 to $69 in 2017-Princeton University
The number of potential occupations has more than doubled since the early 1990’s-Labor Department
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