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PATTY'S OUR PREZ ISSUE
JULY 14, 2018
NEWS NOTES & NONSENSE
PAUL PRESENTS TO PATTY
Mark2 introduced our speaker Tim Gutknecht (pronounced just as it's spelled). He is a Rotarian with the Columbia, Illinois club. Tim's spoke about the Belize Children's Rotary Project, now in its 41st year. Via a series of clinics in Belize, children with a variety of orthopedic problems are identified and treated. The most serious cases are treated at St. Louis Shriner's Hospital. Even though financial donations are always appreciated, Tim indicated that the most significant need is for families to host one of the children while they receive treatment. The age of the child and their length of stay varies. Please contact Charlene Brennan, 618.691.9120, for additional hosting information. Thanks for your consideration and please share this information with others.
Rotarian Paul Hart with the Mabalacat, Philippines club was in the house to thank us for being one of 15 clubs in District 6460 to help support a global Grant for their children's hair lip palate project. He presented a memento and club flag to Prez Patty.
Brad2 and Mark2 (deuces wild!) were the first in the house, followed by Allen, Rod and Mark1. Post-noon arrivals included Sherry, Randy, Bill and Chris1.
MIA were Rhonda (we know why) , Lori (we suspect Florida), Queenie and Cory (no clue on those two).
Lacking an official Rotary make-up form, Bill and Sherry decided that he would sign-off for an attendee as a minister and she would notarize. Sounds pretty official to us.
Rick distributed Program of the Year forms. Please vote ASAP. Voting ends on the 19th.
Welcome to our vegan world. Our lunch entree was white fish with rice and spinach. More rice and corn were the sides. The strawberry salad was a first. "veggie" carrot cake was also served. Is calling corn a veggie a push? (It's also a grain and a fruit).
"Farmer Bill" brought a selection of veggies to distribute. Paul scored a giant heirloom mater.Thank you very much!
Our 3 Mark's and 2 Brad's were in the "full" house of 19 members.
It sounded a lot like Chris2 was planning some sort of palace coup to remove Quennie as our SAA. We think that his threat was "in the moment" and not too serious. Not in the house last week? Pay a $. Wearing shorts? Pay a $. Trivia topics covered M & M's, McDonald's, baseball and the U.S, President's cabinet.
Visitors included Wood River's Tommie and Paul Hart from the Mabalacat Philippines club
50-50 opportunities were waived off by Mark3 and Tommie. Dave pondered his scratch-off opportunity.
Opening duties were performed by Mark2, Chris2 and Bill
That's all from here, have a fine and dry weekend.
MATER MATES
TRIVIA
(The answer can be found at the end of the newsletter)
In a case of terrible timing, Britain faces a shortage of some beer brands during the World Cup. What is to blame?
A-Barley blight in northern Scotland
B-Malt mildew in Wales
C-Hop rust in Germany
D-A shortage of carbon dioxide
July 14 is National Mac and Cheese Day
58% of drivers don’t know how to use all the tech features in their cars-Shift Technologies survey of 993 U.S. adults
6 in 10 homeowners say they don’t plan on moving out of their house, ever-Bankrate financial Security Index survey of 1,330 homeowners
$50,390 is the expected average starting salary for 2018 U.S. college grads, 2.8% more than 2017-Korn Ferry analysis of 310,000 entry-level positions from nearly 1,000 organizations
Origins:Podunk-"a neck or corner of land" in the Mohegan dialect of Algonquian. Originally an Indian place name used by settlers on Connecticut and Massachusetts, it came to be a derisive name for any small or insignificant, out-of-the-way place.
Which of London's famed bridges was built primarily bY women?
London Bridge
Waterloo Bridge
Millennium BridgeWestminster Bridge
Nicknamed the "Ladies Bridge", Waterloo Bridge in London was constructed primarily by female welders, stonemasons and laborers. Construction on the bridge took place in the middle of WW2, when there was a shortage of able-bodied male workers
FROM THE ARCHIVES
JULY 15, 1999
Current members in a leadership position: Prez Rick, Dick, Mark2, Paul and Mark1
We were breaking bread at Wood River Township Hospital
The Program presenter was Monica Bristow, representing Olin Corp. She pointed out that Olin was making coin blanks for the U.S. mint state series and the Euro
Rick was looking for a new club secretary to replace John MIllican
ADG Rosemary Brown was in the house sharing current district info
Rose Sebastian won the 50-50
The football Chili Dinner was scheduled for September 17th
October 9th was the scheduled date for the Operation Blessing roadblock
Late arrivals were fined heavily by SAA Nick Adams
Do you remember Mike Gray?
JULY 2011
DATELINE:RI
DOING GOOD IN VIETNAM
By Shahul Hameed, Rotary Club of Singapore (District 3310)
For some of us, it might be hard to imagine life without clean water. We may have suffered the inconveniences of temporary water cuts due to breakdowns or repairs in the water network. And we may have felt frustration after working out at the fitness center if the shower was broken. But those are just minor inconveniences compared to what people in the Huong Nguyen commune live with. Until recently.
It takes a drive over many miles through tortuous and bumpy roads to reach Huong Nguyen commune. It is located in a very mountainous region, close to the Laos border, in the A Luoi District, Thua Thien Hue Province, one of the most affected areas during the Vietnam War. Through the assistance of a Rotary Foundation global grant, a project provided a water supply system and environmental sanitation benefitting 1,252 people in 316 households. The project also enabled construction of 50 hygienic latrines. These play an essential role in keeping waste away from living spaces, which means less disease and better health for all the affected people. to continue reading, link herehttps://bit.ly/2m1uSSa
AND I QUOTE
"You give little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give."-Kahil Gibran
"That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach."-Aldous Huxley
"The future has arrived-it's just not evenly distributed yet."-William Gibson
SMILE
-You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy. - Erica Jong
-I've been on so many blind dates, I should get a free dog. - Wendy Liebman
-Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth. - Erma Bombeck
-If high heels were so wonderful, men would still be wearing them. - Sue Grafton
-I think - therefore I'm single. - Lizz Winstead
-When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. - Elayne Boosler
-Behind every successful man is a surprised woman. - Maryon Pearson
-I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch. - Gilda Radner
-In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman. - Margaret Thatcher
-I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog which growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon, and a cat that comes home late at night. - Marie Corelli
-Nagging is the repetition of unpalatable truths. - Baroness Edith Summerskill
THE BOTTOM LINE
The percentage of American women who are out of the labor force has decreased from 66% in 1950 to 43% today. Men show the opposite long-term trend. 14% were out of the labor force in 1950. Today, that figure is 31%-The New York Times
Google is investing $550 million in JD.com, one of China's biggest e-commerce companies. The firm is largely run on automation: One of its fulfillment centers in Shanghai can pack and ship 200,000 orders per day with four employees, all of whom service the robots-Axios.com
Starting salaries at elite law firms have hit $190,000 a year.-The Wall Street Journal
