Last week we still did not get a Queen of Hearts winner (11 cards left!) and Craig Roberts of Family Promise spoke to us.
WELCOME VISITORS
Cindy Timerson was a guest of Jean Bendix. Graig Roberts was a guest of Linda Werts and Suleyman joined us on Zoom from Turkey.WELLNESS REPORT
Bob Bendix reported on his sister, Jean Williams, who usually gives the wellness report. We could see on zoom that Jean had a black & blue chin. Attempting to walk in her new sneakers, she caught the edge of the carpet and down she went! Fortunately she only suffered a sore knee and chin!
BAD DAD JOKES - GARY REILLY
COMPLIMENTS OF JEAN BENDIX
You should always knock on the fridge before opening - just in case there’s a salad dressing.
COMPLIMENTS OF MARYJO
What happens when you put your hand in a blender? You get a handshake
What do you call a line of rabbits hopping backwards?
A receding HARE line
TERRIFIC TAX TIPS - DOUG FORGUE
Here’s a little history of the IRS. You may not find this as funny as Doug did - but that explains why he’s in the business.
The IRS originates from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, a federal office created in 1862 to assess the nation’s FIRST income tax to fund the American Civil War. In 1913 Congress was authorized to impose a tax on income and established the Bureau of Internal Revenue. In 2017 they collected $3.4 trillion in gross revenue and THAT’S NO LAUGHING MATTER!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
President Donna had 4 reminders:
1 Sunday April 11th - BBQ from 11-2 at the village parking lot. Pick up pre sales by 12:30
2 Bob Goodman blood drive is on Tuesday April 20th at the American Legion from 2-6:30
3 Saturday April 24th is the Canal Clean-up. Meet at 8AM. Bring your interesting finds to the open meeting in May to win a $50 Amazon gift card.
4 There will be NO meeting on April 29th. This is the rain-date for the Great Lakes Water Shed project.
The highway clean-up team under the leadership of Fred Hicks will meet at the Cornell Co-op, NORTH OF TOWN also on April 24th at 8:00.
Gary Reilly - save the date for the Camp Onseyawa golf tournament on Saturday, June 12th. Hoping for at least 4 Newark teams.
Get your clubs out and polished up!
HAPPY MOMENTS
Gary Reilly was happy to report that he paid last weeks fines - the check was REALLY in the mail.
I was happy that Ruffalo Appliance fixed my freezer and I don’t have to go out to the garage to get Fred his ice cream!
Mitch was happy that I was a satisfied customer of Ruffalo Appliance!
Cindy Timerson is happy to be moving to a condo in North Carolina to be close to her family. Jean Bendix is happy that Cindy will be able to transfer her membership to a club in that area. Jean and Bob’s daughter and husband have purchased Cindy’s house here in Newark. It’s a win-win!
Dave Hannan is happy to be a part of the District training assembly to be held on Saturday April 10th.
GUEST SPEAKER GRAIG ROBERTS
Linda Werts introduced Graig as the Executive Director of Family Promise. Graig referred to Linda as being very active and the DRIVING FORCE in this program. Moving beds every week-end was one important aspect of the program in which Newark Rotary was involved. Linda Werts and Paul Salisbury helped to renovate the Day Center. Also involved in food delivery is our own Ann Rogers.The Family Promise mission is to support the homeless and help them sustain independence.
Presently there are 22 people in apartments in Savannah that hope to graduate into stable housing.
Two of the biggest problems are transportation and child care. During Covid, funding was helped by United Way grants and PPE loans. The area most affected was in-person volunteers.
Linda announced that we have lost our host location at the Park Presbyterian Church. Anyone with ideas should contact Linda.
April 15th’s meeting will host a surprise speaker - JOIN US!