Three men: an editor, a photographer, and a journalist are covering a political convention in Johannesburg. They decide to walk up and down the beach during their lunch hour. Halfway up the beach, they stumbled upon a lamp. As they rub the lamp a genie appears and says "Normally I would grant you three wishes, but since there are three of you, I will grant you each one wish."
The photographer went first. "I would like to spend the rest of my life living in a huge house in St. Thomas with no money worries." The genie granted him his wish and sent him on off to St. Thomas.
The journalist went next. "I would like to spend the rest of my life living on a huge yacht cruising the Mediterranean with no money worries." The genie granted him his wish and sent him off to the Mediterranean.
Last, but not least, it was the editor's turn. "And what would your wish be?" asked the genie.
"I want them both back after lunch" replied the editor, "the deadline for tomorrow's newspaper is in about ten hours.
Announcements:
District Conference – this weekend in Clear Lake
Thank you to everyone that made the food packaging a success. We packaged 20,000 meals just before 1pm. Special thanks to Cheri and Nate for organizing everything.
Second reading for Luke Franzenburg.
We presented a badge to David Bowes development director with Trees Forever.
Make a Wish Golf Outing Sunrise Rotary May 23. (Flyers on your table). Email crsunriserotary@gmail.com for more information.
Membership drive – we have a fun incentive to bring in new members to our club. You have until June 27 to recruit new members for a chance at a $100 gift card to Cedar Ridge Winery. Some fun events are our visit to Cedar Ridge on May 16 and then our meeting with Tom Pientock with Timberline Manufacturing on June 20. If you bring a guest to a meeting your name gets in the drawing one time and if that member signs up before June 27 you get your name entered 5x.
Golf Outing will now be on Thursday, June 6 at Hunters Ridge.
Payment policies were sent out to everyone. Please sign and get them back to Dave Carlson.
Our annual fundraising event Lager ‘Lympics is right around the corner on Saturday, June 15, 2019 at NewBo City Market from 11:30 am -3:30pm. As you know the money we raise at this event supports all the great projects we do to support disadvantaged children in our community and internationally. We need your help to secure sponsorships for the event. The sponsorship packets and last year’s list of sponsors were emailed out. The event flyers were also emailed out so please print and post wherever you can to help promote our event. Please contact Chelsea Lammers at clammersyfc@gmail.com with any questions pertaining to sponsorships. Thank you for your support!
Grant applications are due April 30th. more info can be found here.
TJ will be leading the meeting next week.
Make a Difference: Leftover food was taken to the Ronald McDonald House.
Speaker: Zach Kucharski with the Gazette to share about Ideas to Shape the Future of Iowa
Zach Kucharski is the executive editor at The Gazette. He spoke to us about Iowa Ideas, a conference on October 3-4, 2019 at the DoubleTree. Iowa Ideas is a nonpartisan, statewide learning experience designed to explore the key questions and big ideas that will shape the future of Iowa. The Iowa Ideas conference mixes panel discussions, interviews with state leaders, and thought-provoking experiences to help move complex issues forward. Learn more at https://www.thegazette.com/iowaideas.
