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SUMMER FUN ISSUE JUNE 7, 2025
VOL. 5 NO. 30
MARK PINS KRISTEN
NEWS-NOTES-NONSENSE
There's no meeting on June 19th. The following Thursday is our Officers Installation dinner @ Rustic Roots.
On Thursday we welcomed our newest member, Kristen Burns, Director of the Wood River Business Alliance. It's great to have her on board.
A shout out to AlanaY for receiving the RBGA's Perseverance Award at the Chamber Choice Awards luncheon on May 28th. It's a well deserved honor for her and Waggoner Equipment!
We had 10 members and Prez Bill's wife Brenda sanding, pounding, screwing and assembling beds at the Sleep in Heavenly Peace facility on May 29th. It was dusty, loud and very rewarding knowing that your work will make it possible for a young person to have his/her own bed, something we take for granted. The local chapter has delivered 1160 beds since its inception inn January 2020. That's impressive! An album has been created with all the photos taken during our work session.
Birthday wishes go out to PatA on the 9th.
Golf tournament update-As the date draws closer JoeS shared a couple of reminders. If you/your business were a sponsor last year you will automatically have the same sponsorship this year, unless you tell Joe otherwise. If you know golfers and/or potential sponsors get their contact info to Joe ASAP and he will solicit them directly.
Early birders included-AllenH, MarkA and LoriP.
Our Installation Dinner will be held at Rustic Roots with dinner by Food A Fare. June 26th is the date. Fellowship @ 5:30, dinner and program to follow. Prez-Elect MarkSm encourages everyone to sign-up ASAP.
RobinK covered for Prez Bill and opened the meeting with a gentle ding.
The slide-right-inners were represented by MikeK, PattyA, GlennB and GeorgeM.
Late arrivals included JohnP, GeorgeM, BradP and MarkV.
GeorgeM reminded everyone that you recently received an email with your dues notice.
Our Color Run event has been penciled in for a September 27th.
During the next nuclear attack look for JoeS in the Alton limestone cave. He wants us to do lunch there.
SAA Patti promised summer fines during June. If you have not attended a farmers market or outdoor event this year, pay a $. We sang the birthday song to MarkA (but not MarkV) and we sounded terrible, but sincere.
We had 20 members in the house, our best attendance since Dec. 5, 2024. Way to Go! Everyone dined on red sauced noodles, corn, garlic bread, salad and cake.
With 5 cards left, RobinK and MikeK each had an opportunity to find the joker. There's now 3 cards left. $300 is on the table. LoriP won the scratchie.
Opening duties were covered by MikeK, WendellR and MarkV.
54% of Eastender News subscribers opened the last newsletter.
THE JIG IS UP
SHP BEDDING ROOOM
FROM SANDER TO HAMMER
FOUNDATION FUNDAMENTALS
SANDMEN
ALL THINGS TRIVIAL
During health exams, some doctors are letting patients opt out of something potentially 'triggering." What's that?
A-A urine sample
B-A prostate exam
C-A biopsy
D-A weigh-in
(The answer is found near the end of the newsletter)
Today is National Chocolate Ice Cream Day
Which beach town is trademarked “Surf City USA”?
Waikiki Beach, Hawaii
Huntington Beach, California
Miami Beach, Florida
Malibu, California
Although Hawaii is considered the birthplace of modern surfing, Southern California’s Huntington Beach is the official Surf City USA. The town holds more than 50 surf contests each year, including the US Open of Surfing.
FROM OUR ARCHIVES
Sourced from the Eastender News, Make-Up and Banner newsletters
June 2013
The EA club heard a presentation about the MadCo Veteran Treatment Court.
The WR Installation of Officers banquet would be held @ the Belk Park clubhouse on June 27th.
CherylM was welcomed as the newest club member.
MarkA was deeply disappointed that there was no "shake cheese" available for his mostly meatless spaghetti.
The WR club board authorized a $600 donation for the Back to School Bash.
MarkV used an IOU to cover his birthday lug.
Business of the Year nominees were being accepted.
MarkSp posed the philosophical Q- What is a lawnmower but a blade?
The WR club said a fond farewell to Dan Powers as he moved on to a new ministerial assignment.
New 2013-14 WR club officers included AlanaY, JeanK, GeorgeM and GeorgeT.
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
DATELINE:ROTARY
Rotary clubs unite for
EPIC Day of Service
By Brianna Sherman, Rotary Club of Denver Metro South, Colorado
“This is the best thing our club has done in a long time!”
I got several calls like that after the 2024 EPIC Day of Service, and every single one made me smile. As the outreach chair for EPIC, I get to hear the stories – of joy, teamwork, and transformation. Clubs were energized by how many members showed up, how much fun they had, and the real good they achieved together.
EPIC started in 2022 as a grassroots idea. District governors Jeff Krause and Joanne Alfieri from Connecticut and Massachusetts answered then Rotary International President Shekhar Mehta’s call for a global day of service. They expected a one-time event. But clubs responded with such enthusiasm that they demanded it continue. It was clear to us that EPIC wasn’t just an event – it was a movement.
That movement is now international. Clubs across the U.S., Canada, Australia, Netherlands, and the UK are joining in, creating projects that reflect the needs of their own communities. That’s what makes EPIC so powerful: every project is unique, but we’re all united in purpose.
One of my favorite moments was watching a video of the Southington Club in Connecticut, USA. Dozens of Rotary members were packing meals at long tables, music playing in the background. Then the Neil Diamond song “Sweet Caroline” came on. The room was buzzing, but when the chorus hit – “Sweet Caroline… Da… Da… Da!” – everyone paused to belt it out together before going right back to work. That’s the kind of joyful spirit EPIC brings.
The vision is bold: for every Rotary club, in every community, in every country, to serve together on one EPIC Day. Imagine the impact of thousands of projects happening at once, all driven by Rotary’s core mission to create lasting change.
It’s easy to get involved. The 2025 EPIC Day of Service is on 17 May. Club presidents can simply designate an EPIC Champion to lead a local project and register it at www.epicdayofservice.org. Once listed, it appears on our interactive map where Rotary members – even non-members – can sign up to help. It’s an incredible way to connect with your community and show what Rotary is all about.
There’s also huge potential to raise funds for future service. One club, Denver Southeast, raised nearly $100,000 through a combination of member donations, friends, family, and sponsorships. That one day supports their service all year long. Another club, Parker Cherry Creek Valley, raised over $13,000 by hosting a free electronics recycling event and encouraging donations at drop-off.
EPIC also boosts public image and brings in new members. When people see Rotary in action – doing something visible, meaningful, and fun – they want to be part of it. We’ve seen it time and again: service opens doors.
To me, EPIC is Rotary at its best. It reminds us why we joined: to serve, to lead, to connect. Whether you’re planting trees, hosting a food drive, or packing hygiene kits, you’re part of something much bigger. You’re part of a global wave of good.
Brianna Sherman is the immediate past president and 2024-25 service chair of the Rotary Club of Denver Metro South. She is also the global expansion chair on the EPIC Day of Service board of trustees.
AND I QUOTE
“Never give an order that can be understood; always give orders that cannot be misunderstood.”-Gen. Douglas MacArthur
"If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.”-Morris West
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — / I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference."-Robert Frost
"I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity."-Albert Einstein
SMILE
What does a baby computer call his father? Data.
I only seem to get sick on weekdays. I must have a weekend immune system.
My friend was showing me his tool shed and pointed to a ladder. “That's my stepladder,” he said. "I never knew my real ladder.”.
What brand of underwear do scientists wear? Kelvin Klein.
Which days are the strongest? Saturday and Sunday. The rest are weekdays.
I just found out I’m colorblind. The news came out of the purple!
My wife asked me the other day where I got so much candy. I said, "I always have a few Twix up my sleeve."
How do cows stay up to date? They read the Moo-spaper.
What's the difference between a well-dressed man on a unicycle and a poorly-dressed man on a bicycle? Attire.
Of all the inventions of the last 100 years, the dry erase board has to be the most remarkable.
BY THE NUMBERS
Since 2017, the value of U.S. pistachios shipped into China has shot up 20-fold from $42 million to $842 million last year, accounting for almost a third of the $3 billion crop-federal data
Bat facts-Can live up to 30 years, can find food in total darkness, eat up to 1,200 insects in one hour, fly over 100MPH.
In January, the Agriculture Department reported the total cattle herd in the U.S. is 86.7 million head. That is the lowest since 1951-USDA data
60% of actively circulating coins, or as much as $14 billion, sit in coin jars-Federal Reserve
As of last year, 78% of companies said they used artificial intelligence in at least one function, up from 55% in 2023-McKinsey’s State of AI survey
Sorghum is now in 1,677 items at the grocery store, up from 800 in 2017-National Sorghum Producers
(Trivia answer-D)
OBJECT OF ROTARY
The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
First:The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service.
Second: High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society.
Third: The application of the idea of service in each Rotarian's personal business, and community life.
Fourth: The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
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