The following local organizations have special web resources to help you navigate through the on-going COVID-19 sheltering directives:
DeKalb County Health Department: The latest DeKalb County COVID-19 data and coordinated response information is available at www.health.dekalbcounty.org.
Family Service Agency of DeKalb County: A resource guide listing agencies and community groups providing help to those adversely impacted by the COVID-19 crisis may be accessed at www.fsadekalbcounty.org.
Kishwaukee United Way: People seeking volunteer opportunities to help in the community may go to www.kishwaukeeunitedway.com/volunteer. People with health and human services needs and questions may access information by dialing 211 on their telephone keypad or by going to www.findhelp211.org.
Sycamore Chamber of Commerce: The Sycamore Chamber offers weblinks and information on local businesses with adjusted types of services and hours of operation along with help for businesses that are disrupted because of the COVID-19 directives. Go to: https://sycamorechamber.com.
DeKalb County Economic Development Corporation: Links to multiple ways on how to help local businesses as well as resources to help local businesses disrupted by the COVID-19 directives are at www.dcedc.org/resources.
April 6, 1896 – After a break of 1500 years, the first Olympics of the modern era was held in Athens, Greece.
April 8, 1913 – The 17th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution was ratified requiring direct popular election of U.S. Senators instead of being chosen by state legislators.
April 9, 1865 – General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox effectively ending the Civil War
April 11, 1970 – Apollo 13 was launched from Cape Kennedy; 56 hours later an oxygen tank in the service module exploded prompting the message “Houston, we have a problem.”
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS;
April 6, 1856 – Tuskegee Institute leader Booker T. Washington
April 8, 563 BC – Celebrated as the birthday of Buddha; an estimated 350 million people currently profess the Buddhist faith.
1. SPEAK TO PEOPLE - there is nothing so nice as a cheerful word of greeting.
2. SMILE AT PEOPLE - it takes 72 muscles to frown, only 14 to smile.
3. CALL PEOPLE - the sweetest music to anyone's ears is the sound of his own name.
4. BE FRIENDLY and helpful, if you would have friends, be a friend.
5. BE CORDIAL - speak and act as if everything you do is a genuine pleasure.
6. BE GENUINELY interested in people - you can like almost everybody if you try.
7. BE GENEROUS with praise - cautious with criticism.
8. BE CONSIDERATE with the feelings of others - there are usually three sides to a controversy: yours, the other fellow's, and the right side.
9. BE ALERT to give service - what counts most in life is what we do for others.
10. ADD TO THIS a good sense of humour, a big does of patience and a dash of humility, and you will be rewarded many-fold.
From the pages are from The Streetsville Rotary Anns Cookbook Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, published May 1987. The Club had been formed in October 1961.
If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn.
If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight.
If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy.
If a child lives with shame, he learns to feel guilty.
If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient.
If a child lives with encouragement, he learns confidence.
If a child lives with praise, he learns to appreciate.
If a child lives with fairness, he learns justice.
If a child lives with security, he learns to have faith.
If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself.
If a child lives with acceptance and friendship, he learns to have love with the World.
From the pages are from The Streetsville Rotary Anns Cookbook Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, published May 1987. The Club had been formed in October 1961.
Day 1 – I Can Do This!! Got enough food and wine to last a month!
Day 2 – Opening my 8th bottle of Wine. I fear wine supplies might not last.
Day 3 – Strawberries: Some have 210 seeds, some have 235 seeds. Who Knew??
Day 4 – 8:00pm. Removed my Day Pajamas and put on my Night Pajamas.
Day 5 – Today, I tried to make Hand Sanitizer. It came out as Jello Shots!!
Day 6 – I get to take the Garbage out. I’m so excited, I can’t decide what to wear.
Day 7 – Laughing way too much at my own jokes!!
Day 8 – Went to a new restaurant called “The Kitchen”. You have to gather all the ingredients and make your own meal. I have No clue how this place is still in business.
Day 9 – I put liquor bottles in every room. Tonight, I’m getting all dressed up and going Bar hopping.
Day 10 – Struck up a conversation with a Spider today. Seems nice. He’s a Web Designer.
Day 11 – Isolation is hard. I swear my fridge just said, “What the hell do you want now?”
Day 12 – I realized why dogs get so excited about something moving outside, going for walks or car rides. I think I just barked at a squirrel.
Day 13 – If you keep a glass of wine in each hand, you can’t accidently touch your face.
Day 14 – Watched the birds fight over a worm. The Cardinals led the Blue Jays 3–1.
Day 15 – Anybody else feel like they’ve cooked dinner about 395 times this month?
Posted by Andy Kessler, Wall Street Journal on Mar 30, 2020
"By now you may have read about how Isaac Newton while sheltering in place during the 1665 closure of the University of Cambridge for the bubonic plague, used his free time to discover gravity and invent calculus. And how during the closing of London theaters due to plague in 1606, William Shakespeare had nothing better to do and wrote "King Lear" and "Macbeth. Those guys didn't even have Wi-Fi. You do, plus extra time. Be productive."
"...Many jobs have long been ripe for disruption and now they're being upended in real time. Productivity---doing the right things the right way---is progress, is wealth creation, is what pays for government stimulus."
"Most exciting are new waves of productivity not yet imaginable. Like it or not, we have this forced lull. I know your mind is wandering, solving critical real-world puzzles. Email me your coronavirus lockdown productivity story, big or small. First prize: a box of Cracker Jack. Write to kessler@wsj.com "
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Birthdays & Club Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
MJ Schwartz
April 2
Heidi Wright
April 3
Paul Loner
April 15
Troy Oates
April 22
Join Date
Douglas Johnson
April 1, 2017
3 years
Ann Reaves
April 3, 2018
2 years
Barry Schrader
April 3, 2018
2 years
Dan Kenney
April 3, 2018
2 years
Gayle Thistlethwaite
April 3, 2018
2 years
James Lehan
April 3, 2018
2 years
Joe Vaughn
April 3, 2018
2 years
John Peterson
April 3, 2018
2 years
Jonathan Crail
April 3, 2018
2 years
Kenneth Moeller
April 3, 2018
2 years
Larry Sill
April 3, 2018
2 years
Linda Sherman
April 3, 2018
2 years
Maylan Dunn-Kenney
April 3, 2018
2 years
Nancy Castle
April 3, 2018
2 years
Nicole Linke
April 3, 2018
2 years
Robert Meissner
April 3, 2018
2 years
Sally Stevens
April 3, 2018
2 years
Steven Johnson
April 3, 2018
2 years
Lawrence Sallberg
April 4, 2018
2 years
Terrie Tuntland
April 4, 2018
2 years
Thomas Mangan
April 4, 2018
2 years
Kathy Countryman
April 8, 2004
16 years
Jeffrey Jacobson
April 10, 2000
20 years
Joan Stanley
April 11, 2019
1 year
Brad Hoey
April 12, 2018
2 years
Christine Kyler
April 12, 2018
2 years
Dorothy Stoddard
April 12, 2018
2 years
Janice Docherty
April 12, 2018
2 years
Jim Walter
April 12, 2018
2 years
Tim Neubert
April 18, 2018
2 years
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