Rotary Rounds October 5, 2016
Bonnie Denzel was at the desk and Missy Isaac was our greeter. Tim Hunt gave the invocation and Steve Leitte led us in song. There was a Rotary Minute based on the October Rotarian and we only managed to answer two of five questions correctly.
Bonnie Denzel was at the desk and Missy Isaac was our greeter. Tim Hunt gave the invocation and Steve Leitte led us in song. There was a Rotary Minute based on the October Rotarian and we only managed to answer two of five questions correctly. When President Katie solicited brags there were many Rotarians willing to contribute to our coffers. A dollar was given by Hal Leland who had to leave early; by Buzz Lundeen to promote an autograph signing by author Hank Christopherson (for his new book, Hank: One Man, a Handful of Dreams and the Miracles that Followed); Stan Carignan for work being undertaken at the Prince Honeycutt house at 612 E. Summit by Flowing Brook Ministries and Lutheran church members; Dave Johnson for the assistance of Steve Leitte and John MacFarlane in fulfilling our fall highway clean-up obligation; Keith Olson who was getting ready to leave for “God’s Country” to hunt and awaiting the arrival of a grandchild; Josh Heggem to say he was at the Ryder Cup on Saturday and it was an amazing experience; and Randy Kempfer on a trip to the Twin Cities and to wish Keith luck on his trip to Foxhome.
While Dave Johnson was talking about the highway clean-up, it was decided the club should sign-up for another two years of doing this. Dave will more than likely be looking for a replacement to lead this effort at least by the next time we have to decide whether or not to commit for another two years.
Program:
Our scheduled program (Police Officer Nate Frieler to talk about the drug situation in our town) had to cancel at the last moment so for the second week in a row the meeting was called to a close early.
Our scheduled program (Police Officer Nate Frieler to talk about the drug situation in our town) had to cancel at the last moment so for the second week in a row the meeting was called to a close early.
REPORT ON PROJECT IN CHAD:
From Dan Venberg, who brought us the project: Good morning. Just wanted to inform you that the Rotary well project in Chad is under way. Fourteen communities have been identified that will be receiving a well. I am pretty confi¬dent that the grant will cover all of these wells. Two weeks ago, work commenced on the first well, a community called Mailao, a small sedentary village in the bush, north west of Bousso. My colleague, Malloum Eloi, sent me the inserted picture of the crew starting the drilling process. I will be visiting in late November, and plan to visit the wells. You will receive more pictures and reporting after my return. Thank you for all the work you have put into this project. It will have far reaching impact on these communities.
OCTOBER 24th: WORLD POLIO DAY:
Where are we in the fight to eradicate polio? What's left to do? And why does it cost so much? Rotary's World Polio Day event on 24 October will answer these questions and more.
From Dan Venberg, who brought us the project: Good morning. Just wanted to inform you that the Rotary well project in Chad is under way. Fourteen communities have been identified that will be receiving a well. I am pretty confi¬dent that the grant will cover all of these wells. Two weeks ago, work commenced on the first well, a community called Mailao, a small sedentary village in the bush, north west of Bousso. My colleague, Malloum Eloi, sent me the inserted picture of the crew starting the drilling process. I will be visiting in late November, and plan to visit the wells. You will receive more pictures and reporting after my return. Thank you for all the work you have put into this project. It will have far reaching impact on these communities.
OCTOBER 24th: WORLD POLIO DAY:
Where are we in the fight to eradicate polio? What's left to do? And why does it cost so much? Rotary's World Polio Day event on 24 October will answer these questions and more.
Health officials from our partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative will join Rotary leaders and special guests at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, to give a status update on the eradication campaign. The wild poliovirus has caused fewer new cases of the disease so far this year than this time last year, but recent setbacks in Nigeria — which was re-classified as polio-endemic in September 2016 — underscore the need for vigilance. Yet the detection of new cases in northern Nigeria also demonstrates that surveil¬lance efforts are reaching children even in areas affected by conflict. The challenge now is to contain the outbreak and boost immunity in affected areas until the virus is eradicated worldwide.
This year also saw the largest and fastest vaccine roll-out in history, as 155 countries and territories switched from the trivalent oral polio vaccine to the bivalent oral polio vaccine.The bivalent oral polio vaccine protects against the only two strains still in circulation and reduces the likelihood of vaccine-derived cases.
Stream the 24 October event live at endpolio.org.
Share the live-stream and educate your social networks about the campaign to #endpolio. More on our efforts in Fergus Falls to educate the public about the polio eradication effort will be shared at this week’s meeting and in next week’s e-Rounds.