Rotarian Bob Hammond gives a recognition tribute to departing Rotarian Paul Michel who has been a member of Sycamore Rotary for over 30 years.
Kane County Judge Susan Clancy Boles explains the court created social media awareness program “Worries of the World Wide Web” she helped create for Middle and High School students.
Rotarian Bob Hammond gave a special send-off to Rotarian Paul Michel who is leaving the area and attended his last meeting in Sycamore as a club member. Michel joined the Sycamore Club on January 9, 1992 and has been actively involved in club activities throughout his tenure. Hammond pointed out it was Michel who brought the concept of the Hula-for-Loota fundraiser to the club generating thousands of dollars to support local projects. Hammond said that when Michel first relocated to Sycamore and sought to transfer his Rotary membership, he thought he recalled him from earlier days. It turns out that Michel was playing football for Western Illinois University at the same time Hammond was in high school at Macomb and Paul’s wife was Hammond’s English teacher. Hammond also got to observe Michel’s skills as a bouncer at a local tap when waiting right across the street to enter the local movie theater. As Hammond noted, you just never know when you will meet up again with someone from your past. Best wishes, Paul!
The co-creator of the program “Worries of the World Wide Web”, Kane County Judge Susan Clancy Boles, explained the many challenges of social media facing teens during this week’s Rotary meeting. Her program hopes to help teens avoid criminal issues in court and is certified by the Illinois Judges Association. Launched in 2015, it is the outcome of Judge Bole’s observation that teens do not understand the serious ramifications of certain messages and photos shared via social media channels. She warned that what may be thought of as private sharing of an item can easily turn into widespread sharing causing embarrassment or harm.
Judge Boles said understanding social media trends and impact is a topic for parents as well as teens. She said there needs to be ways to open up frank discussions between parents and children on messages shared through social media channels. She explained how there needs to be accountability when harassment and school threats are made. Her hope is that the proactive dialogue on these topics as a result of her web awareness program can bring a reality check to content shared and stored on mobile phones and the internet. Judge Boles sees this as a way to s avoid the path that could lead to issues becoming a formal judicial matter.
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Donations are currently being requested for the Sycamore Food Pantry. Bring a bottle of laundry detergent...or $10 for Julie Sgarlata to purchase one. Money is easier to handle.
Personal hygiene items (bar soap, shampoo, etc.) are also being sought.
April 26, 1954 – The Salk polio vaccine field trials, involving 1.8 million children, begin at the Franklin Sherman Elementary School in McLean, Virginia. Children in the United States, Canada and Finland participated. One year later, researchers announced the vaccine was safe and effective and it quickly became a standard part of childhood immunizations.
April 26, 1994 – Multiracial elections were held for the first time in the history of South Africa. Anti-Apartheid leader Nelson Mandela was elected President.
April 28, 1789 – Three weeks into a journey from Tahiti to the West Indies, the HMS Bounty is seized in a mutiny led by Fletcher Christian. Captain William Bligh and 18 loyal supporters were set adrift in a small boat. Christian and other mutineers eventually establish a settlement on Pitcairn Island. Bligh survived and resumed his shipping trade.
April 29, 2004 – President George W. Bush dedicates the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.D. It consists of 56 pillars, representing U. S. states and territories, and a pair of small triumphal arches for the Atlantic and Pacific theaters of the war and sits on the National Mall between the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument.
2022 Hula-for-Loota attendees enjoyed good food, challenging trivia, and an exciting drawdown raffle which concluded with the final six deciding to split the $3,000 prize! Thank you to all who attended, purchased raffle tickets, sponsored, and/or supported the event...especially Jeff Petersen and his amazing staff at The Chapel in the Pines!
Eric Jones was Hula-for-Loota's lead organizer and trivia "host with the most", with valuable support provided by Jeff Jacobson and Michelle Jones. Service above self, indeed!
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