Port Isabel Texas Rotary Club District 5930, Area 9 Est. 1936 http://portal.clubrunner.ca/8285 MARCELLO’S ITALIAN RISTORANTE

SERVICE ABOVE SELF FRI. APR. 6, 2018

ROTARY BOARD 2017-2018 (Roberta “Betty” Ramirez-Lara District Governor) Roberto “Chiefee” Rodriguez President John Magee Treasurer Jacqui Dempsey Youth Service Bettina Tolin Past President Diana Delgado Secretary Jim Enholm Community Service Kent Mallquist President Elect/Membership Sherman Lee International Service Cristin Howard Club Service Lonnie Gillihan President Elect Nominee/Vocational Auxilliary Board Members: Jacqui Dempsey Foundation, Bob White Sgt. At Arms, Ralph Ayers Pilot/Program Calendar, Lonnie Gillihan Printing/Distribution, Paul Cardile Song Master

ROTARIAN SPEAKER NEXT WEEK of the David & Chris Hughston No meeting - Monterrey trip (Round Tbl)

WEEK TOPIC REMINDERS & NOTICES Jerry The RGVCAF TODAY IS OUR ONLY MEETING Adams History & Future THIS MONTH...(See below)

TWO WEEKS AGO Five Port Isabel high school students competed for the annual 4-Way Speech Contest,(L to R) Cesar Zapata, Jarrad Galvan, Amar Patel, Crystal Cruz, Lourdes Mercado.They all did a great job. Zapata took first place. Second and Third went to Cruz andPatel respectively. (Hope you saw this nice photo in the PI Press) Cesar will berepresenting our club in the next level tomorrow morning...make us proud Cesar.

CLUB NEWSToday we welcome our Students of the Month for March, April and May. Congratulations to all three.

Last Friday, Good Friday, ten club members and a couple offriends met at 10:00 am at the golf course to plant ten oaktrees as part of our commitment for 2017-2018. That’stwenty down and ten more to go. Thanks to all whoparticipated.

NOTE: Today is our only regular Friday meeting this month. Next week a dozenmembers and guests will be traveling to Monterrey to meet with our sister club, TheObispado Club. If you do not go on the trip you are free to meet at Marcello’s for anunscheduled round table. The following week, is the district conference luncheon to beheld on the island. (Details will be emailed) We urge everyone to attend if possible. The last Friday of the month, April 27, is a scheduled Round Table. Our next regularFriday meeting will be May 4.

PICTURE of the WEEK PROGRAM AND EVENTS CALENDAR CELEBRATIONS APRIL ANNIVERSARIES 9 - Board Mtg., Noon, Marcello’s 3 - Jeff & Alejandra Hughes 13,14,15 - Monterrey Trip BIRTHDAYS 19,20,21,22 - District Conference 1 - Jacqui Dempsey 20 - Dist. Conf. Lunch, SPI (Details TBA) 6 - Kitty Ayers 26 - April Social cancelled (Held over from Mar. 23 meeting) 27 - Round Table 18 - Valerie Green MAY 21 - Claudia Rivera 4 - Jacqui Dempsey 24 - Arnold Benson 11 - Pam Dean Today, 1483 - Raphael Sanzio

(We don’t care why...just tell us how???) (Renaissance painter)

THOUGHT for the DAY:

Why do we get so hyped up about saving trees, when we’respending billions to help humanity relocate to Mars wherethere aren’t any?

JOKE of the WEEK: Doctors are used to getting calls at any hour. Late one night a man phoned, wakingthe doctor up. "I'm sorry to bother you so late," he said, "but I think my wife hasappendicitis." Still half-asleep, the doctor reminded him that he had taken his wife'sinflamed appendix out a couple of years before. "Whoever heard of a secondappendix?" the doctor asked. "You may not have heard of a second appendix," theman replied, "but surely you've heard of a second wife."

QUOTE for the DAY:

“Merely selling things is boredom; selling services is the stuff of which self- respect and dignifying one’s vocation are made.” - Robert E. Lee Hill, Rotary Club of Columbia, MO.

STUFF YOU NEED TO KNOW April 6, 1930: Hostess Twinkies were invented by James Dewar, a baker for the ContinentalBaking Company (which soon became the Hostess Company) in Schiller Park, Illinois. Dewar, acompany executive, had realized that several of the machines used to make cream-filled strawberryshortcake were idle when strawberries were not in season, came up with the idea of filling a small,oblong, snack cake cake with banana cream. He named it the Twinkie, a name that supposedly wasinspired by a billboard he’s seen in St. Louis, promoting “Twinkle Toe Shoes.” When World WarII started, bananas were rationed so he switched to vanilla cream, a change that became instantlypopular. They again started producing the banana-cream Twinkies in 2005 as a promotion for themovie King Kong, and sales instantly soared 20%. In January 2012, Hostess filed for bankruptcyprotection evn though Twinkie sales were close to 36 million per year. In November they sold theirassets, suspended production of all their iconic brands and ceased bakery operations at all plants.Twinkies were dead. (Or were they?) For a brief period Twinkie lovers raided shelves buyingevery Twinkie they could find and stockpiling them in freezers or having “Binge Parties”consuming their favorite snacks one last time. Then, in 2013, sensing consumer demand, Twinkiesand other Hostess items were purchased out of bankruptcy by Apollo Global Management alongwith Metropoulos & Co. For $410 million. Twinkies were back on shelves by July! Apollo later soldHostess for $2.3 Billion. (Nice profit) The new Twinkies are a bit smaller than the originals but now have a longer shelflife of 45 days instead of the original 26, and are now used in many more ways. Fried Twinkies were first introduced atthe Texas State Fair. They are first frozen, then dipped in batter and deep fried. The creamy white shortening melts intothe cake which softens and warms inside the buttery crust. What’s not to like? OK...you know they aren’t good for you,high in sugar, fat and calories. However, there really is a Twinkie/Oreo diet for losing weight.(Look it up) Still, we suspectthat 2000 years from now some archeologist will dig up our culture and wonder what the hell drove us to eat somethingcalled a “Twinkie.” (We hope he doesn’t think it’s some kind of twinkle toe shoe)

USELESS FACT OF THE DAY: Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s, and today wehave more trees than any time in the past 100 years. According to the Food andAgriculture Organization (FAO) - Pictured, White Mountains, NH

HOW ROTARIANS ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCEWhile it is true that the US now grows more trees than it harvests (as mentioned above), that is notthe case in many other countries, especially 3rd world nations with neither the resources to managetheir trees or awareness of the importance to do so. Rotary, this year has tried to shine a light on theproblem. Our club’s tiny participation of planting some 30 trees will have little effect if we don’tbroadcast to the community what, and why we’re doing it. World wide, Rotarians are indeed makinga difference. The Mauritius Island (Africa) Rotary is planting one Million Trees. Australia’s district9810 has planted over 10,000 trees in the past five years and has initiated a 1.2 million tree projectgoing forward. Rotary district 3830 has helped the Batak indigenous people of the Philippines plant1,250 trees. Clubs here in the US have partnered with clubs in Mexico on numerous tree projects.There’s no doubt Rotarians are making a difference in public awareness, education and perhaps theenvironment through their efforts. More can, and should be done....and most importantly, before the year passes, weshould do more to help our children understand the moral imperative we have to preserve our world. THEY are the futureRotarians that MUST make a difference in the future. -ED