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FINE & DRY WEEKEND ISSUE
SEPTEMBER 5, 2020
NEWS-NOTES-NONSENSE
WINNER, WINNER...
District Governor Maura Donnelly will be in the house this week sharing her vision for the Rotary year. If you can't join us in person, BradP will be providing a Zoom option for remote viewing. Board members are asked to join our gov for an 11:30 session, also available via Zoom (se the email from Lori for the link.)
Birthday wishes to Rod and Darren!
Lunch featured tortellini, corn, mixed veggies, torpedo rolls, applesauce and cake.
In case you missed it, check out Ty's piece titled "Restoring the Soul is the First Step to Healing" that appeared in the August 30th edition of The Telegraph. Good read.
Early arrivals included Bill, Allen, Lori and BradL. Early departures were logged by Emily and BradL.
Bill served as acting Prez while Prez Chris was spending some quality time romping in the front range near Rocky Mountain National Park.
Brad P will be providing a Zoom link for all September meetings.
Lori has Football Mania tickets. Winning opportunities begin on October 29th.
The merger committee has penciled in a meeting with the Wood River reps on Thursday.
Sherry served as the alternate SAA and Bill collected $$ from everyone. Trivia topics included Social media, the brain and counties. We were 0 for 3. When's the last time that happened??
Bill asked each table to share their favorite Rotary moments. Habitat for Humanity and toilet paper were fondly remembered.
Rhonda was off to the "The Lake" for a long weekend romp on her jet ski.
Opening duties were performed by Rhonda, Paul and Bill
Paul drew the joker after Sherry missed the opportunity to claim the $85 jackpot. Will Paul tell Chris about his good fortune? MarkS won the scratch-off.
Have a fine and dry long weekend and stay safe. Ciao!
ANOTHER INCORRECT ANSWER
TRIVIA
A song by Cardi B and which other performer broke the record for the most streams of a song in its debut week?
A-Megan Three Stallion
B-Missy Elliott
C-Lil' Kim
D-Foxy Brown
Today is National Cheese Pizza Day
The name for PEZ candy came from the German word for what?
Sweet
Tasty
Peppermint
Trinket
The origins of PEZ candy can be traced to Vienna, Austria, in 1927, when Eduard Haas III created the tiny treats to help people curb their smoking habits. According to PEZ.com, the candy was peppermint-flavored, so when it came time to name his confection, Haas looked to the German word for peppermint, "pffefferminz." He took the first, middle, and last letters of the word — "P," "E," and "Z" — to form a new word, and "PEZ" was born. The candies were originally sold in small tins, but in the 1940s, inventor Oscar Uxa created a small dispenser for the tablets, which he introduced at the Vienna Trade Fair in 1949. The first dispensers topped with character heads came eight years later, in 1957.
On This Date-
1666 – Great Fire of London ends: Ten thousand buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral, are destroyed, but only six people are known to have died.
1725 – Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.
1774 – First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
1836 – Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
1882 – The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
1882 – Tottenham Hotspur, a Premier League football club from North London, is founded (as Hotspur F.C.).
1906 – The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
1927 – The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
1960 – Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.
1972 – Munich massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two die in the attack and nine are murdered the following day.
1975 – Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
1977 – Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 1 spacecraft.
1978 – Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland.
1980 – The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32 km) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo
FROM THE ARCHIVES
JANUARY 30, 2014
Current members serving in an official capacity-Prez Rhonda, BradL, Lori, Cory, Paul, MarkA, Rod, Paul and Rick
Two representatives from the University of Illinois Extension Service made the program presentation
20 members dined on a baked chicken entree.
Wendell, Allen and Bill provided the pledge, 4-way and invocation.
Paul reminded everyone that another quarter auction was scheduled for April 3rd.
Rhonda announced a "Dine to Donate" night at Applebees.
Wendell served as SAA Rick's lugmeister.
ChrisH suggested a fine for anyone not signed up to work at the basketball tourney.
Lori took a futile crack at the $42 jackpot. Pat won $5 on the scratch-off, he donated it back to the club.
MAY 2009
DATELINE:RI
Why Africa's success in eradicating polio is important today
"Could you patent the sun?" This is how American virologist Jonas Salk responded when asked whether he would be patenting his breakthrough polio vaccine.
The polio virus, which once killed or maimed hundreds of thousands of children every year and led to summertime lockdowns, is a step closer to being consigned to the history books.
With no recorded cases since 2016, the African region has received certification as wild polio virus free by the World Health Organization (WHO) - and this is one of the greatest achievements in public health history.
Delivering polio vaccines to every child in the African region and wiping out the wild virus is no small feat, and the human resources, skills and experience gained in the process leave behind a legacy in how to tackle diseases and reach the poorest and most marginalised communities with lifesaving services.
Leadership from all levels of government across party lines, a historic public-private partnership which raised billions, millions of health workers reaching children across the region - from conflict zones to remote areas only accessible by motorbike or helicopter - and a culture of continual improvement were all critical to overcoming challenges and bottlenecks.
As countries work to suppress COVID-19, many of the same basic traditional public health methods used in polio eradication, including contact tracing and surveillance, are key to breaking the chains of transmission and saving lives and livelihoods from the first coronavirus pandemic in human history. To continue reading, link here https://bit.ly/2EIt3qh
.AND I QUOTE
"I dream my painting and I paint my dream."-Vincent van Gogh
"Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once."-Anon
"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams."-Dr. Seuss
"Well, what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today."-Phil Conners (Bill Murray) in Groundhog Day
SMILE
Did you hear Spider Man made a winter coat out of Greek bread? It was a pita parka
I lost my notes I was writing for my book called "1,001 ways to cure an itch." Guess I'll have to start from scratch.
I was practicing telekinesis and cooking at the same time. I actually made an apple turnover.
I had a happy childhood; Dad would roll me down the hill in a tire. Those were Goodyears.
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BY THE NUMBERS
37% of U.S. jobs can be done entirely from home-University of Chicago
The National League of Cities projects that American cities, towns and villages will experience a shortfall of roughly $360 billion through 2022
Roughly 50% of U.S. restaurant units are independently run-Stephens
Between April and July U.S. households reduced their credit card debt by $106 billion, more than doubling the rate of deleveraging during what is still called the Great Recession-MacroMavens
First-time home buyers (mostly millennials) accounted for 34% of sales in July-NAR
In 1906 The Rolls-Royce company is formed and launches the six-cylinder Silver Ghost
