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NO MORE POLIO ISSUE OCTOBER 23, 2021
VOL. 2 NO. 15
WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEETING ROOM
NEWS-NOTES-NONSENSE
Don't forget to check out our Facebook and Instagram pages (links are available at the top of our main web page. Also, join our Facebook group.
Our weekly meetings will now be in the back room @ Julia's.
Refuge Director Erin Bickle spoke to us on Thursday about the services her organization offers to children from birth to age 11. The focus of Refuge is to prevent childhood exposure to violence and abuse by offering direct therapeutic services to families. Erin is very appreciative of the community support provided to Refuge. She shared with us that her organization and all the groups associated with Riverbned Family Ministries will be moving into their new digs across Ferguson Avenue within the next month.Usable space will grow from 7,000 sq ft to 24,000.
FYI-We now have 2-7'X3' and 2-8'X1' RbE club banners that are available for use at any event. Additionally, we have 6 safety vests and 6 aprons with our club name/logo on them.
Early arrivals included AllenH, BradL, LoriP and RodneyD.
Continue to keep RandyN and TommieM in your thoughts and prayers as they continue to deal with their medical issues.
Well done to MarkS and the crew for the excellent ChiliDinner event last week. Thanks to all who provided dessert and sold their tickets. A financial report will follow.
We will be handing out candy to Riverbend ghosties at the Eastgate Halloween Party on the Plaza on the 29th (this coming Friday). Our table will be in front of Julia's. There are openings for the 7 and 8 pm shifts. Each shift lasts one hour. Sign-up by texting RickH @ 618.792.0256. Candy donations will be accepted at the Thursday meeting.
LoriP announced that we will be assisting with a Covid clinic at the Keasler Rec Center next month.
Congrats to BradL on celebrating 11 years as a Rotarian.
Your weekend PSA-10 digit dialing begins tomorrow.
The Turkey Fund has grown to $276. All donations will be turned over to Operation Blessing. If you want to write a donation check, make it payable to Operation Blessing. The can will circulate weekly until Thanksgiving.
Congrats to ChrisL on being appointed the Godfrey Parks & Recreation Director.
22 members dined on sauced brisket, super cheezy red taters, rolls, salad and chocolate cream pie.
Our polio events at Blue Ice (all day today) and JJ Thermo's (from 3-7 Sunday) are both be "dine to donate" affairs. The businesses will donate a percentage of their receipts during the designated hours toward the polio eradication program.
SherryT is off this weekend to Oxford, MS to enjoy tailgating in The Grove before the Old Miss vs Bama football game. What fun!
It was great to have AlanaY in the house.
Quick poll-Should RhondaB be allowed to run the game clock at the b-ball tournament?
Last to arrive included CherylM, Prez Lindsey, PaulH and BradP.
The 5th & 6th grade basketball tournament is scheduled for Saturday November 20th. You may sign-up under the events link at our web site. We need a lot of help to make this event a success. Work shifts will begin at 7AM and end around 6PM. You don't have to have any particular skill set to help that day. Shirt sponsorships are available for $50 and $100 levels. The $50 donation will get your business name on 1/2 the shirts. The $100 level puts your name on all the shirts.
Prez Lindsey fined everyone who did not stay for the entire game last Friday or, adding insult to injury, was a Roxana fan.
Chief bandwaggoner JoeS was sporting his Oiler hoodie to impress Prez Lindsey. It worked!
Opening duties were handled by Prez Lindsey, BradP and JoeS.
MarkA and JoeS each tried to find the joker, both failed.
Ciao! Have a fine and dry weekend. Stay safe.
SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE FUN!
EARLY CHILI CREW
WE'RE BETTER TOGETHER!
HAPPENING TODAY
SEE YOU TOMORROW!
IT'S SHOWTIME THIS WEEKEND
SPOOKY STUFF COMING ON FRIDAY
ALL THINGS TRIVIAL
The World Health Organization asked that young children in high-risk regions be given the world's first vaccine against what disease?
A-Ebola
B-Malaria
C-Sleeping sickness
D-River blindness
(Answer is found at the end of the newsletter)
Today is National Boston Cream Pie Day
What state is home to the country's highest speed limit?
Alaska
Montana
Nevada
Texas
Everything is bigger in Texas, including the speed limits. On a 40-mile stretch of State Highway 130 between Austin and San Antonio, drivers can legally cruise as fast as 85 mph — the highest posted speed limit in the country. Since 1995, 35 states have raised their speed limits to 70 mph or higher as cars have become faster and safer. And though 85 mph is now the record, in the 1990s, Montana had no speed limit during daytime hours, simply directing drivers to operate at "reasonable and prudent" speeds.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Sourced from the Make-Up and Banner newsletters
Mid-October 2009
DaveA, JimH and TommieM were among the WR Adopt A Highway clean-up crew.
The EA club heard about the LCCC program called Accelerated Instructional Methods.
JohnP wanted to know if everyone had sold their WR Mouse Race tickets?
JoeS and MarkS were exempt from fines because they co-chaired the recent Chili Dinner event.
Any WR member wanting to donate candy for the Halloween parade could drop it by GeorgeT's office.
WendellR and Red Littleton had not so fond memories of wearing Snoopy and Charlie Brown paper mache heads during a previous EA Halloween parade.
The 2010 WR heritage Council calendars would feature photos of JohnP and HenryS. (The calendars are collectables now!)
RodC and PaulH are busy prepping for their winter golf adventure.
JohnP failed to claim the $70 50-50 prize at the WR meeting, ChrisH did the same with the EA $8 jackpot. The previous week AllenH won the EAS drawing and donated his winnings to the club foundation.
PaulG was the WR meeting greeter.
DATELINE:RI
Eradicating polio amid a pandemic and political upheaval
Against the backdrop of an ongoing global pandemic and political upheaval in Afghanistan, we continue to make significant progress in polio eradication, demonstrating the resilience and determination of all those who are working to achieve a polio-free world for children everywhere.
Although this year may feel a little different, given current events, on World Polio Day, 24 October, we reflect on the progress we’ve made and the challenges we’ve faced not only over the past year but throughout the history of the PolioPlus program.
As of 29 September 2021, only two cases of polio caused by wild poliovirus have been reported — one in Afghanistan and one in Pakistan. There has also been a significant reduction in wild poliovirus detected in the environment. Also in decline are cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV), which occur when the live, weakened virus used in the oral polio vaccine circulates in underimmunized communities and reverts in strength in a way that can cause paralysis. (The Global Polio Eradication Initiative [GPEI], of which Rotary is a founding partner, introduced a new vaccine to lower the risk of cVDPVs.)
There is no doubt that the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic was a period of extreme uncertainty for global polio eradication efforts and for immunization efforts overall. Within a few months, though, the PolioPlus program adapted and learned new ways of working to ensure that polio immunization activities could safely continue. At the same time, those who work in polio eradication used their expertise and the GPEI used its infrastructure to support the response to COVID-19.
The situation in Afghanistan presents more uncertainty but also possible opportunities. As a nonpolitical entity, the GPEI has a long history of working with various stakeholders in the country, including government officials and nongovernmental organizations. World Health Organization and UNICEF staff have largely remained in the country. Polio vaccinations continue through permanent transit teams posted in high-traffic areas of most regions, at border crossing sites, and at a Rotary-sponsored transit point in Kunar Province.
Rotary’s Afghanistan PolioPlus chair is part of discussions with local authorities to resume immunization campaigns as soon as possible to protect the progress made to date and safeguard children from the poliovirus.
Despite the political changes, there has been no major impact on surveillance to detect the poliovirus. Case investigation, stool sample collection, and environmental testing continue, and sewage and stool specimens are being shipped to a lab in Pakistan.
We are also monitoring the potential impact of the situation in Afghanistan on Pakistan, the only other country where polio remains endemic, such as an influx of refugees. The PolioPlus program in Pakistan is building on progress it has made by improving campaign quality and increasing community outreach to immunize children who continually miss polio vaccinations in the highest-risk areas: Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Baluchistan. To continue reading link herehttps://bit.ly/3jgS9O0
AND I QUOTE
"The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action."-Alexander Graham Bell
“Luck is the greatest stabilizer in baseball."-Tris Speaker
"He's got a few roos loose in the top paddock."-Australian saying
"Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out."-John Wooden
SMILE
I asked my wife when her birthday was. She said March 1st. So I walked around the room and asked again
I just switched from eating venison to pheasant. Absolute game changer
How do you stop Canadian bacon from curling in the pan? Take away their little brooms
I often worry about the safety of my children. Especially the one that is rolling their eyes and talking back to me right now
Before my surgery the anesthetist offered to know me out with gas or a boat paddle. It was an ether/oar situation
BY THE NUMBERS
Sotheby’s is auctioning off a pair of Michael Jordan signed Nike Air Ships sneakers that he used in one of his first NBA games.
They expect to sell for between $1 million and $1.5 million
Almost 13% of house appraisals came in below the contract price in August, vs the more typical 7.3%-CoreLogic
U.S. consumers paid an average of $42,368 for new vehicles in September, up 17% from the same month last year- J.D. Power
Halloween spending will reach $10.1 billion this year, up from a record of $9.1 in2017-National Retail Federation
In the U.S., the number of YouTube channels making at least $100,000 in revenue grew by more than 35% in 2020-YouTube
Charter school enrollment increased by 7.1% in the U.S. between the 2019-20 school year and the 2020-21 school year, a jump of about 240,000 students-National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
