Last week Representative Doug LaMalfa updated Quincy Rotary on the work of the 114th Congress. Rotarian Bob Edwards discussed the recent Loyalton Lamb Feed (spoiler alert - it ended Baaa-dly for the lambs). Rotarian David Windle explained why the Club is no longer allowed to use school property. Rotarian Gerry Hendrick was assessed a milage tax and President Little demands federal action to find his lost bell.
Rotary was honored to host 4-H for a lunch this past week and was treated to rabbit, goats and steer, oh my! We sang the Marines' Hymn. Darren Beatty, our newest member and Marine pointed out that our songbook version was over 70 years outdated, as the current Hymn mentions "air" to reflect the addition of aviation to the Corp. We also sang a hopefully error-free version of "Happy Birthday" to our supreme (bell-less) commander, David Little!
Belldo Sighting.
Belldo was spotted being put out with the trash. Does the address look familiar to anyone?
Luckily He was saved by Tim Gallagher. Not sure if they planned the matching shirts though.
Many of you, myself included, have been wondering where our historic bell might be. A good President usually keeps close eye of the bell. It is to nobody’s surprise that this year’s leader has lost it. Being the great President elect that I am I decided to do some investigated. We all know the history of the bell from what is written on it. I had to dig deeper. An anonymous letter pieced together out of magazine scraps showed up on my office front door. It read “To find the bell you must look to genealogy.” I wasn’t quite sure how to take that. It turns out after researching on Ancestry.com that the bell didn’t originate with Quincy Rotary. I looked through census after census. I found the missing link. It turns out that the bell came over to America in 1906. His father and mother, Belldor and Bella, had three children. The names of those children were Neldo, Belldo, and the man pictured below.
It turns out that Neldo tragically based from Polio. After hearing of this Belldo decided to dedicate his life to a cure and to Rotary. Belldo did that until just a few weeks back. He received a ring from his older brother. It was time to finish what they started, to wipe out Polio. The rest of the magazine clippings said he would send pictures of his travels along the way. I will share these pictures as I receive them from this anonymous source.
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Rotary President K.R. Ravindran has named six Rotary Global Women of Action for 2015. The honorees were chosen for their dedication and service, which has improved the lives of thousands around the world.
“Every day at Rotary I see firsthand how our members work to change lives and make a significant impact,” said Ravindran. “Rotary’s Global Women of Action embody Rotary’s motto, Service Above Self.”
The women will be honored at Rotary Day at the United Nations in New York City on 7 November. They will address attendees and lead discussions on various topics related to their work.
The six...
When Mariana Day moved in 1989 to the small beach town of Chacala, in Nayarit, Mexico, she noticed that the surrounding rural areas struggled to maintain schools. And most children weren’t able to go beyond an eighth-grade education. Day, who is a member of the Rotary Club of Bahía de Jaltemba-La Peñita, in Nayarit, had started a local scholarship program before she joined Rotary. Called Changing Lives, the program provided students with high school tuition, uniforms, school supplies, and transportation.
In addition, Rotary clubs from the United States and Mexico have been investing in the...
From the September 2015 issue of The Rotarian
Eradicating polio is a complex job. Since 1988, we’ve collaborated with the World Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and UNICEF to tackle the disease through our Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Here’s how our roles break down.
The Strategist: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) coordinates the management and administration of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative and provides technical and operational support to ministries of health in countries around the world. WHO is responsible for monitoring...
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