“The road to success is always under construction.” – Lily Tomlin – Actress

“The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.” – William Blake – 1757-1827 – Poet-Painter-Printmaker

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci – 1452-1519 – Painter, Inventor

ANNOUNCEMENTS

(notes provided by the distinguished gentleman from Urbana, Ed Perry)

Ata requested that members take a moment to answer these two questions and email your answers to him: Why are you a member of CU Sunrise Club? What does CU Sunrise Club mean to you?

Ata also shared the new membership cards that Scott designed and Paul printed for us to distribute.

Bucket Bucks for October: GSLC Operation Turkey Sandwich

UPCOMING EVENTS

10/4-5 – District 6490 Conference

10/5 – GSLC pumpkin unloading – time TBA 

10/8 – 5-7pm – EI Foodbank re-pack, sign up online

10/17 – Club Assembly

10/24 – World Polio Day

10/26 – 1-3pm – Sola Gratia Work Day

10/26 – Interact 5K + costume contest

PROGRAM

Joe introduced Tom Kacich as this morning’s speaker. Tom received a warm welcome as he is a person who is well loved in our community for his many years of service to our area through his work as a journalist with the News Gazette. Tom is known for his wealth of historical knowledge about our towns and state.

This morning’s topic was a historical review on how our area and state voted on presidential elections and the changes that have occurred.   Starting with Abraham Lincoln, Illinois historically had voted Republican for presidential candidates with a few exceptions from 1865 into the 1960s. Tom gave examples of the voting result percentages for many elections.

Today, Illinois is known as a strong democratic voting state as the higher populated cities carry the state over the rural districts which continue to vote Republican. Champaign-Urbana and Champaign County are now voting strongly for democratic candidates with some of the candidates running unopposed. Tom noted how Champaign County has voted with the state for several decades now.  For the elections in 2016 and 2020 the republican presidential candidate received 36% and 35% of the vote in Champaign County, the lowest percentage ever.

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee members listed in parentheses)

October 3^rd – Dr. Michael Aiualasit, Assistant Research Scientist, Environmental Archeology, Illinois State Archaeological Survey (Darrell)

October 10^th – Michelle Gonzales, Executive Director/CEO, Champaign Urbana Schools Foundation (Michael)

October 17^th – Club Assembly

October 24^th – Bob Cloverdill will talk about finding the crash site of his father’s B-24 in 1944 (Darrell)

October 31^st – Club Social

November 7^th – TBD

November 14^th – Veteran’s Dinner at City View

November 21^st – TBD

November 28^th – No meeting – Thanksgiving

December 5^th – TBD

December 12^th – TBD

December 19^th – TBD

December 26^th – No morning meeting

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

October 23 – Jarrod Scheunemann

October 29 – Robb Patton

“You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.” – Tina Fey – Actress-Comedian-Writer-Producer

“Everything you need to be amazing is already inside you.” – Darren Hardy – Author

“Ships don’t sink because of the water around them; ships sink because of the water that gets in them. Don’t let what’s happening around you get inside you and weigh you down.” – Unknown

ANNOUNCEMENTS
(Notes provided by Lisa Crane)

Thanks to Jen Shelby for the home baked breakfast!  If there is anyone with dietary restrictions, please email Lisa.

We still need members to sign up for breakfast for the months of January, February, and March Please see Lisa.

We are asking for donations for the raffle basket at the District Conference. See Lisa Crane. We will include gift certificates to area breakfast places and our signature coffee.

Bucket bucks for September will go The Family Room.

UPCOMING DATES

September 26 – 5-6:30pm – Books to Prisoners

October 4-5 – District 6490 Conference – see the website for sign-up details

October 5 – 9-11am – GSLC needs help unloading pumpkins

October 8 – 5-7pm – EI Foodbank repack sign up online

October 17 – Club Assembly

October 24 – World Polio Day

October 26 – 1-3pm – Sola Gratia work day with UI student group @ Sola Gratia farm

October 26 – Central Interact 5K + costume contest

November 18 – Annual Veteran’s banquet at CITIVIEW

PROGRAM

Charlie interviewed the Schultes and they shared some interesting personal stories.  Rita was born in Evergreen Park and went to school in South Holland.  Les was born and raised on a farm in Missouri. They met in college and have been married for over 50 yrs.

Rita talked about eradicating Polio as she was a Polio victim. She brought her elephant which they told her to look at when her legs were being stretched.

Les spoke about a little river town down from St Charles, West Dalton, Missouri.  He was a broadcasting DJ for 40 years in Missouri.  He has since worked for WDWS and WILL.

The Schultes have two daughters.  One daughter is a Physics professor at the University of Illinois.  The other daughter has a theater degree and works as a film editor.  She moved from Chicago to LA and has been out there for 22 years.

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee members listed in parentheses)

September 26^th – Tom Kacich, retired News-Gazette staff writer (and continuing contributor), will discuss the 2024 election (Joe)

October 3^rd – Dr. Michael Aiualasit, Assistant Research Scientist, Environmental Archeology, Illinois State Archaeological Survey (Darrell)

October 10^th – Michelle Gonzales, Executive Director/CEO,  Champaign Urbana Schools Foundation (Michael)

October 17^th – TBD (Club Assembly)

October 24^th – Bob Cloverdill will talk about finding the crash site of his father’s B-24 in 1944 (Darrell)

October 31^st – Club Social

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

September 25 – Tod Satterthwaite

September 25 – JP Thompson

“Your passion is waiting for your courage to catch up.” – Isabelle Lafleche – Writer

“No one is ready for a thing until they believe that they can acquire it. The state of mind must be belief and not mere hope or wish.” – Napoleon Hill – 1883-1970 -Author

“The only journey is the one within.” – Rainer Maria Rilke – 1875-1926 – Poet-Novelist

ANNOUNCEMENTS

(notes provided by the erudite Mary Hodson)

We welcomed guests a few guests, including Good Shepard pastor Chatman and Les and Rita Schulte.

President Ata thanked Rob and Vickie Patton for hosting last week’s social at their Lake Maynard home.

Joe will perform Octoberfest-themed music with his group, The Thirsty Five, at Riggs Brewery from 5-7 PM on Sept. 21 and 22.

UPCOMING EVENTS

9/9 – 3-5 PM – Feeding Our Kids

9/12 – Ties and Tennies fundraiser for Champaign Park District

9/19 – Operation Orange – 6-7:30 PM – Help needed – contact Michael

9/26 – 5-6:30 PM – Books to Prisoners

10/4-5 – Rotary District 6490 Conference

10/8 – EIFB Repack

10/24 – World Polio Day

10/26 – Sola Gratia Work Day

PROGRAM

Charlie introduced his friend, Kathy Grill, who has written 80 books.  She encouraged anyone with an urge to write to “just do it!”  Kathy said Amazon sells 70% of books sold on-line and they will help you self-publish.

Kathy started with children’s books.   She writes children’s picture books that encourage readers to interact with their children.  She gave away copies of “Play with Me” and “Play outside with Me” written under the pen name of Kat Chen.   See http://www.kat-chen.com. for a complete list of the “Play with Me” series.

She has published 28 books that she calls “naked man” books under the name of Katherine Grail.   A book inspired by her Chinese family is under the name of Jade Li.   She has also used the penname Kathy Lyons.

Kathy said that after you have written a few unsuccessful books, you should adopt a new pen name, ideally, a “girl next door” name.    For optimal shelf placement, the last name should start with a letter in the middle of the alphabet.    Before using the name, be sure to google it to see what else comes up.

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee members listed in parentheses)

September 12^th – Cole Alvis, Athletics, Inclusion, and Volunteer Coordinator, Champaign-Urbana Special Recreation (CUSR) (Cary)

September 19^th – TBD (Charlie)

September 26^th – Tom Kacich, retired News-Gazette staff writer (and continuing contributor), will discuss the 2024 election (Joe)

October 3^rd – Dr. Michael Aiualasit, Assistant Research Scientist, Environmental Archeology, Illinois State Archaeological Survey (Darrell)

October 10^th – Michelle Gonzales, Executive Director/CEO,  Champaign Urbana Schools Foundation (Michael)

October 17^th – TBD (Club Assembly)

October 24^th – TBD (Mary)

October 31^st – Club Social

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

September 11 – Eddie Bridges

September 25 – Tod Satterthwaite

September 25 – JP Thompson