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LIONS ROAR ISSUE APRIL 18, 2026
VOL. 6 NO. 26
DAISY & TROY RECEIVE THEIR SAS AWARDS FROM MARK
NEWS-NOTES-NONSENSE
We welcomed past Lions District Governor Leroy Emgelke to our Thursday gathering. Lions International can be found in 200 countries with a global membership of 1.4 million. Closer to home, his district has 31 clubs with 654 members. Vision and hearing are among the seven causes that Lions focus on. Leroy also shared several initiatives that the Lions of Illinois Foundation support.
RHS students Daisy Daugherty and Troy Rahn were on hand receive their March Service Above Self award certificates. These are two very active students.
Congrats to Prez Mark on his 4 years of club service (including a great presidential year).
Our Pork Jambalaya Dinner is scheduled for Saturday April 25th @ the Keasler Rec Center. Everyone is asked to sell at least five tix @ $10 per. Please turn in your ticket $'s ASAP so KendraG can have an accurate idea of how much product she will need to prepare.You can sign-up to help using the the event link on our web page. We will need donations of soda and water. Proceeds will benefit the EA-WR High School Special Ed program. See flyer below for more details.
Let's take a moment to thank our RYLA drivers-LoriP, DianeS and RobinK.
Opening duties were covered by DaveA, JoeS and JohnP.
April 30th will find us at our Belk Park pavilion for the annual cleanup day. We'll dine on pizza and then roll up our sleeves to get to work. See your email from Thursday to put your name on the pizza list.
Birthday wishes go out to TommieM on the 23rd.
GlennB sent you an email recently regarding Business of the Year nominations. If you have a business that you want to nominate let him know ASAP.
Early birders included -AllenH, JoeS and LoriP.
PattiA sez we need sponsors and runners for our Color Run on June 13th @ Belk. Registration will be live soon.
Our golf tournament is on Saturday July 18th @ Belk. The event needs teams and sponsors. See the flyer below for the details.
Our club's 100th anniversary is coming up in 2029. How will we recognize and celebrate?
We had a record number of Slide-right-inners-DaveA, MattK, ChrisH, LindseyH, KelliD, PattiA, CoryG and RobinK.
Last to arrive included RodneyD, GeorgeM, RobinK and CoryG.
There were 20 members dining on ham, mixed veggies, rolls, salad and cookies.
SAA RickH recruited MonicaB to serve as the finemeister. DianeS and AllenH paid Happy Fines.We wished LoriP a very happy birthday. We answered 4 out of 5 trivia Q's correctly. (maybe it's time for more challenging Q's?) Naming the 9 states that don't tax earned income proved way more difficult. Not sharing your idea for a 100th club anniversary project with Prez Mark? Pay a $.
The $34 jackpot went unclaimed by BradP and DianeS. PattiA plans to use her scratch-off winnings to help pay for her upcoming Danube River cruise.
EXCHANGE STUDENTS @ RYLA
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED
LOOKING FOR TEAMS AND SPONSORS
POST-MEETING INTEL
APRIL 23RD PROGRAM
A ROUTE 66 ST. LOUIS FAVORITE
ALL THINGS TRIVIAL
Leaping Asian carp are battering Midwestern boaters.In a marking push, Illinois wants us to call them what?
A-Cavil
B-Copi
C-Mither
D-Kvetch
(Find the answer near the end of the newsletter)
Today is National Animal Crackers Day
What is the least populous U.S. state capital?
Juneau, Alaska
Montpelier, Vermont
Charleston, South Carolina
Frankfort, Kentucky
With a population of just over 8,000 people, Montpelier is the least populous state capital in the country. The small city was chosen as Vermont’s capital in 1804.
FROM OUR ARCHIVES
Sourced from the Eastender News, Make-Up and Banner newsletters
April 2021
Eastender News was voted to be the name of our newsletter.
We had 28 members in the house and an additional 5 Zoomies.
Birthday wishes went out to LoriP.
Everyone was encouraged to get their name badge info to LoriP ASAP.
RickH was actively soliciting member profile page photos.
We noted the recent passing of Operation Blessing founder Virginia Kirkpatrick.
AllenH observed that his grandmother advised him that Florida doesn't start until you pass Orlando.
Virtual Color Run registration was underway.
LoriP was promoting Baseball Mania ticket sales.
BillP and TommieM let the $102 jackpot roll. DaveA won the scratch-off.
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
DATELINE:ROTARY
The Four-Way Test: a road map we need now more than ever
By Haresh L. Ramchandani, past district governor and member of the Rotary Club of L.I.F.E, Jamaica
Prominently displayed on my office door is a small sign featuring The Four-Way Test. It recently caught the eye of a customer, sparking a 15-minute deep dive into morals and ethics. That conversation stayed with me because, while our world is changing at breakneck speed, this 24-word code remains one of the most powerful ethical guides ever written.
But where did it come from, and why does a test written nearly a century ago still feel so relevant today?
The story begins in 1932, during the darkest days of the Great Depression. A businessman named Herbert Taylor was asked to save the Club Aluminum Company of Chicago from certain bankruptcy. The company was $400,000 in debt — a staggering amount at the time. Taylor risked everything, taking an 80% pay cut and lending the company his own savings just to keep the lights on.
He knew he couldn’t out-spend his competitors on advertising or price. Instead, he decided to build a “corporate character” so dependable that it would become his competitive advantage. He turned to prayer and reflection, eventually distilling a 100-word guideline down to just four questions.
The result? Within five years, the debt was paid in full. Within the next 15 years, the company distributed $1 million in dividends to stockholders while its net worth climbed to more than $2 million. Taylor proved that even in the worst economic climate, simple ethical guidelines could provide a clear path to success.
What makes The Four-Way Test unique is its design. It doesn’t bark orders at you; it asks questions. It invites us to search for our own answers and constantly examine our own behavior. It’s also broad and inclusive, highlighting values of truth and fairness that resonate across every culture and religion. It’s so universal that honorary Rotarian Buzz Aldrin even planted a Four-Way Test pin on the moon’s surface! To continue reading, link herehttps://shorturl.at/PeLzS
AND I QUOTE
“Don’t ever forget two things I’m going to tell you. One, don’t believe everything that’s written about you. Two, don’t pick up too many checks."-Babe Ruth
“Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber."-Elbert Hubbard
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions."-Leonardo di Vinci
"When there is no hope, it is incumbent on us to invent it."-Albert Camus
SMILE
I'm looking froward to watching the World Origami Championship. It's on Paper View.
The leading cause of dry skin is towels.
Stop hating on lazy people. We didn't even do anything.
What do you call 10 rabbits walking backwards? A receding hare-line.
Where do bad rainbows go? To prism. It’s a light sentence, but it gives them time to reflect.
What do you call a sleepwalking nun? A Roman Catholic.
THE NUMBERS
Enrollment at vocational-focused community colleges has grown by nearly 20% since 2020-National Student Clearinghouse data
U.S. burger chains last year hit consumers with roughly 3,000 promotions, nearly triple 2019’s total-Technomic
A March NBC voter poll found 61% of respondents ages 18 to 34 said they hold negative views of AI (Artificial Intelligence)
Almost 70% of Gen Zers said last year that they’d been influenced by a financial trend they saw online, compared to 51% of millennials and 27% of Gen Xers-H&R Block
Service-based tenants leased just over 50% of total retail square footage in 2025, Fifteen years ago, service tenants accounted for 40% of total leasing-
CoStar
Nearly 60% of Americans aged 12 and up say they tuned into a podcast in the past month-Edison Research
