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EASTER ISSUE
MARCH 31, 2018
NEWS, NOTES & NONSENSE
CAN WE TALK?
Randy presented his classification program. He had to fend off some minor heckling from the cheap seats. We found out that he is the youngest of six siblings. He spent several years as a member of the Boy Scout program. Worked at Farm Fresh (on Central) in high school. Enlisted in the Air Force 10 days after high school graduation. He was part of the Air Force fire brigade and spent time at bases in Alaska and South Dakota. He spent 31 years in fire fighting. He has a strong public service ethic and considers Allen and Joe his Rotary "mentors". We are glad to have him as a member. There is video archive.
Disco Bingo was a grand success. Rhonda and Wood River's Jean did a fantastic job of organizing the event. More than half of our membership were involved on the event day in some capacity (several family members too). Thanks to all who sold tix and donated baskets. Randy sold the hell out of special game tickets. Deisy won over $200 on one of them.
Allen, Lori and Bill were the early birds. Dave, Mark 2 and Randy arrived a wee bit later and bumped our attendance for the day to 22.
Lunch featured a chicken (goolash, stew, burgoo or Glady's Surprise, your call) entree. Also on the buffet were smashed taters, rolls, salad and apple cinnamon crisp. Sherry really misses the Golden Corral rolls.
"Groundhog" Paul predicts that if it rains on Easter expect six more weeks of Sunday rain.
The District Assembly will be held in Springfield in April 21st. No charge to attend.
Dates to remember: After lunch on the April 19th we will adjourn to the Piasa Armory for time on the firing range. Our scholarship students will join us on April 26th.
Bill the "bell banger" opened the meeting with a solid effort.
We welcomed guests of Lindsey and Allen.
Lori began distributing BaseballMania tickets. If you buy 5 online tix online you get one free.
Sandy and Sherry said the salads from the the new ice cream place (9th and Airline) are very good. (You received an email link from Rhonda about the place, Sugar's Ice Cream, earlier this week).
How many restaurants called the airport home?
SAA "Queenie" gave Ty the collection bowl, and collect he did. The trivia questions were all about opening day baseball. Correct answers included Bob Feller, President Taft, Giants and Reds. (The onfield results sucked.)
Randy pulled his number along with the numbers for Allen and Wendell. No know 50-50 winners.
Opening duties were performed by Mark 1, Bill and Dave, who offered blessings for a "special message", perhaps presaging Randy's presentation.
That's all from here, have a fine and dry Easter weekend.
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KITCHEN KREW
TRIVIA
(The answer can be found at the end of the newsletter)
MIT scientists created a soft robot that can swim among fish without drawing attention to itself. How?
A-It wears a nose, glasses and mustache as a disguise
B-It says "glub glub" periodically
C-It uses ultrasound signals to set other sea creatures at ease
D-It's small and quiet and has a fishlike silicone-rubber tail
March 31 is National Crayon Day
84% of employers plan to give base pay increases this year-PayScale survey of 7,100 employers
Riddle-What has a foot on each side and one in the middle?
Answer:A yardstick.
APRIL 5, 2001
Current members in a leadership position: Prez Mark2, Joe, Dick, Paul, Mark1, Rick
The program about Habitat for Humanity was presented by Brad Martins
Prez Mark2 and Charlie Kunz would be making a presentation at the District Assembly about our scholarship program
We made a $500 donation toward a Granite City club sponsored project in the Philippines to fund hearing related services. The $7000 donated by the East Alton, Wood River and Granite City clubs was matched by our district
The Operation Blessing roadblock was scheduled for April 21st. Cardinal concessions for the 24th
Do you remember Joyce Kitchell?
DATELINE:RI
GROWING ROTARY KNOWS NO BORDERS
By Tony Quinn, Rotary Coordinator
Recently, I attended a memorable event, the inauguration of a 15-member satellite club, Garth, in South Wales District 1150. What is unique about this satellite is that it is being hosted by my own club of Chelwood Bridge, which is in District 1200. How is that so?
Last summer, one of our members invited three of his friends from Wales to our charity golf day. They were so taken with the fun and fellowship that day that they made inquiries about our club and Rotary and subsequently attended one of our meetings.
As a result, they were keen to establish a new club in their home location just north of Cardiff. Although Cardiff is some 50 miles from Chelwood Bridge, it is in fact two districts apart in Rotary terms. Nevertheless, we encouraged and facilitated the establishment of the satellite club through a number of visits as well as guidance by phone and email.
District governors from both districts attended the inauguration. Already the club has projects under way. We are talking with them to help them with a district grant.
We are confident that the satellite club will become a fully chartered Rotary club before very long at which point it will of course become a club in District 1150.
It just goes to show that there are opportunities to find new members virtually anywhere.
AND I QUOTE
"It's the brain, not the heart or lungs, that is the critical organ."-Roger Bannister
"I cannot afford the luxury of a closed mind."-Clara Barton
"No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up."-Lily Tomlin
SMILE
Golfer walks into the pro shop at the Vegreville course and asks the golf pro if they sell ball markers.
The golf pro says they do, and they are $1.00.
The guy gives the golf pro a dollar.
The golf pro opens the register, puts the dollar in, and hands him a dime to use as the marker.
This economic model is also used by governments.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Of the 2,208 people with a nine figure fortune on Forbe's list of the world's richest people, 256 are women, a record high.-Forbes.com
The U.S. imported 53.1% of its fresh fruit in 2016, up from 23.1% in 1975, according to the Agriculture Department. The share of imported vegetables was 31.1%, up from 5.8% in 1975.-The New York Times
Sales of high heel shoes fell 12% last year, while sales of women's sneakers rose 37%, to $2.3 billion .-The Washington Post
