President Jim reported that our club had a large contingent participate at the Dist. Conference in Sheboygan, that the event was well worth attending. Highlights included a speaker from a south side Chicago Rotary club who has doubled membership in two years. Key is inviting business leaders you know to attend a Rotary meeting, especially one at which we have an especially interesting speaker. Another interesting presenter was the son of U-2 captured pilot Gary Powers; the movie Bridge of Spies was about his father’s return. A third topic was polio eradication – a traveling “iron lung” display is available to Rotary clubs to remind the public of what polio meant years ago. There was also an exemplary young woman who raise $90,000 as part of a polio fund-raising bike ride. Next year’s district conference will be close to home in Schaumburg.
