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January, February, and March 2017
SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATION
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Happy Birthday
JANUARY CALENDAR
4
Congressman Rodney Davis
4
Sen. Gary Forby
9
Sen. John Sullivan
12
Sen. Martin Sandoval
16
Rob Schwartz
21
Cris Cray
24
Bret Stawar
27
Jim Anderson
28
Martha Warford
28
Rep. Jim Durkin
29
Jonathon Becker
30
Sen. Donne Trotter
31
Mike Walters
Member of Congress
Illinois State Senate
Illinois State Senate
Illinois State Senate
The Bank of Edwardsville
State Board of Elections
Alton Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau
JSA Consulting, Inc.
Beverly Farm Foundation
Republican Leader, Illinois House of Representatives
Senior Services Plus, Inc
Illinois State Senate
S. I. E. A.
FEBRUARY CALENDAR
1
Dave Breen
2
Rep. Robert Pritchard
11
Mark Kratschmer
13
Rep. Jerry Costello
18
Bruce Rauner
18
Rep. Donald Moffitt
18
Sen. Tony Munoz
20
Congressman John Shimkus
27
Emmett Fitzgerald
Special Olympics Illinois
Illinois House of Representatives
Wegman Electric Company
Illinois House of Representatives
Governor of Illinois
Illinois House of Representatives
Illinois State Senate
Member of Congress
Hoagland, Fitzgerald, Smith & Pranaitis
MARCH CALENDAR
1
Congressman Randall Hultgren
1
Darryl Slater
4
Rep. Al Riley
11
Sen. Matt Murphy
15
Jeff Davis
16
Sen. Linda Holmes
18
Sen. Melinda Bush
20
Sen. Terry Link
26
Dir. Raymond Poe
29
Rep. Bill Mitchell
Member of Congress
Dial Properties
Illinois House of Representatives
Illinois State Senate
Phone Masters, LTD.- Retired
Illinois State Senate
Illinois State Senate
Illinois State Senate
Illinois Dept. of Agriculture
Illinois House of Representatives
Fun Facts About the Super Bowl
Player’s Take Winner’s Share: Super Bowl 1 = $15K Super
Bowl XLVII - $88K..
Price for 30 Second Commercial: SB I = $42K, SB V = $72K,
SB X = $110K, SB XV = $275K, SB XX = $550K, SB XXX =
$1.085MM, SB XL = $2.4MM, SB XLVII = $3.8MM.
Super Demographics: According to the Associated Press, 80
percent of Super Bowl ticket holders are in executive,
management, professional, or sales positions; 35 percent attend the
game on corporate expense accounts; 27 percent own their own
companies; 25 percent are corporate officers; and 22 percent are on
boards of directors.
414: Passing yards in Super Bowl XXXIV for Kurt Warner of the
St. Louis Rams, the most in history. Warner also holds the mark
for the second and third most yards in Super Bowl history with 377
in XLIII and 365 in XXXVI.
$12.00: The most expensive ticket for Super Bowl I between
Green Bay and Kansas City in Los Angeles.
$1,200.00: Most expensive ticket for Super Bowl XLVI.
First Famous Super Bowl Commercial: 1974 ad for Noxzema
featuring Super Bowl Legend Joe Namath.
Words Worth Noting
It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.
There is something in humility which strangely exalts
the heart.
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best
speech you will ever regret.
It is always too early to quit.
Wisdom does not enter a malicious mind.
Correction does much, but encouragement does
more.
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream
a new dream
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Try to be rainbow in someone’s cloud
Araprosdokians:
Since light travels faster than sound, some
people appear bright until you hear them
speak.
If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism.
To steal from many is research.
I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was
blaming you.
You don’t need a parachute to skydive. You
only need a parachute to skydive twice.
Change is inevitable, except from a vending
machine.
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.
FINNALLY:
I’m supposed to respect my elders, but now a
days it’s getting harder for me to find one.
Did You Know????
A bear has 42 teeth.
No two corn flakes look the same.
The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.
You burn more calories eating celery than it
contains.
The longest street in the world is Yonge street in
Toronto Canada measuring 1,896 km (1,178 miles).
Toilets use 35% of indoor water use.
The average human brain contains around 78%
water.
Dreamt is the only word that ends in mt.
Money is the number one thing that couples argue
about.