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In Memory of Jerry Root
In December this Club lost a good brother and good friend who will be deeply missed by many. Speaking at his funeral, Jerry’s cousin, Donis Osborn expressed her feelings and those of many of the people there that day when she offered up some memories and some words of wisdom. One part stood out as especially fitting not just for this sad time, but for all of life. Donie gave me a copy to share with the members through the newsletter.
Jerry’s death is sad and tragic!! If anything can be learned from it . . . to me it would be the following three things:
1. Tolerance of others. I ask you to practice tolerance everyday.
2. Editing. Edit what you say before it is said – because once something is said you cannot take it back. So ALWAYS EDIT your comments.
3. Compassion. Compassion for Jerry and how much Jerry must have been hurting to have taken his life.
And now, compassion for all of us to help get through this. Give compassion sincerely and unconditionally.
Tolerance – Editing – Compassion
Club News
The Christmas dinner was a success as always. We had a big crowd and Santa was there to the delight of all the children. The Christmas breakfast was also a hit and once again, Santa and the Mrs. were on hand to greet the kids. A big thanks to all who helped with both events.
Virginia Woodworth outdid herself once again on Christmas Eve by cooking up a big bunch of her famous eggrolls and rice dishes. The social room was full when she arrived and I didn’t see anyone miss a trip to the food table.
Euchre is again in full swing with tournaments every other Sunday at 4 pm. See the calendar for the schedule.
Snowflake Ball is coming up January 24th. Plan to come in for a good dinner and an evening of dancing.
Capitol Report
This year the Senate passed a bill that would have ended smoking everywhere including the Eagle's Clubs. However the House passed a different version. Because they were different then no bill could be sent to the Governor. I will continue to vote for the club membership to decide on smoking rules and NOT the State Government.
Everyone is very concerned about the survival of General Motors. I will continue to do everything I can from my position to support GM. We need a strong GM for Michigan.
I served on the Leadership Advisory Committee supporting MSU in their effort to bring the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams to MSU. We won the contract from the Federal Govt. It should bring in a Billion dollars of investment and 500 new jobs to Mid-Michigan. Many of these jobs will be construction jobs. The new facility will do research and may bring new medical advances!
Rep. Rick Jones
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