VOL. 70, NO. 17- October 22, 2008
(215-360)Published weekly except, Labor Day, New Years, Christmas, Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving and Quilt Show
"A Polio Free World"
Dr. Dee Boswell
For more than 30 years, Rotarians have been focused on eradicating the deadly childhood disease of polio all around the world. Fellow Rotarian, Dr. Dee Boswell, a retired cardiologist from Centralia, Illinois, has been actively involved in Rotary's efforts to immunize children since 1980, when Rotary International was first asked by polio vaccine inventor, Dr. Albert Sabin to get involved.
By 1985, Rotary International had pledged to raise $250 million toward providing the oral vaccine to children in all parts of the world. Rotary's success was acknowledged by the World Health Organizaiton, Unicef and the CDC, when the four organzations came together to form the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988, which continues to this day.
At that time there 350,000 new cases of polio annually, but the Polio Plus program managed to reduce that number to only 700 cases by 2001, and Rotary was well on track to meet its goal of eradicating polio completely by 2005. Unfortunately, in 2002 something happened to derail the effort.
Muslin fundamentalist parents in Northern
Nigeria and Northern India began to refuse to allow their children
to take the oral vaccine and reported polio cases ballooned again
to 2,000. Dr. Boswell, who has traveled to both countries to
immunize children, says the cases number more than 1,300 in those
areas today. 
Over the years, Dr. Boswell has gone to India, Nigeria and Niger to assist in the polio immunization programs sponsored by Rotary International. As volunteers, they paid their own expenses including air fare, food and lodging. On June 17, 2008, he was awarded the International Service Award for a Polio-free World at the National Conference of Rotary International in Los Angeles.
He reminded the Rotarians the fight against polio is not over, but because of Rotary's Polio Plus, some five million children have been spared death, illness and handicap from polio.
Rotarians are asked to fill the orange Unicef boxes on the lunch tables this week and next week to continue funding the fight against Polio.
October 29 - Dave Washburn, Director of Administrative Operations. FLW Outdoors
Georgann Lookofsky - October program chair
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Rotary Club of Paducah is moving after more than 30 years of meeting in the ballroom of the Irvin Cobb Hotel. President John announced that beginning Oct. 29th, all meetings will be held in the Myer River Room at Carson Four Rivers Center.
The Charity Committee is accepting applications through Oct. 24th. President John also asked members to check with their employers about paying the optional $25 toward charity programs included on each quarterly dues statement.
Happy Birthday to Art Feather, who is celebrating 85 years young this week. Looking good, Art!
Congratulations to Debbie Wattier and Sara Bynum on receiving Women of Achievement awards.
GUESTS
Ross Miller - Dick Veazey; Marj Heyduck - Chuck Heyduck, Tom Grassham.
STUDENT GUESTS
John Evers - CCA; Mary Catherine Zellmer- St Mary's; Monica Spees- Lone Oak; Mackensie Austin- Heath; Ryan Heinrich-Reidland; Rachel Castillo-PTHS;
REPORTED MAKEUPS
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Gear Teeth
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Desiree Owen
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Invocation
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John Williams Jr
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Song Leader
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John Williams Jr; Greg Menke
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Family of Rotary
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Phylliss Russell, Gayle Kaler |
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Sgt. At Arms/Set-up
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Art Feather, Ken Schuppert, Bill
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May Louise Zumwalt, Student Guests; Nominating: Debbie Stone, George Shaw, Jim Sigler, John Halsell;Attendance: Jamie Futrell, Debbie Stone, Barry Smith, Brandon Barnhill, Allison Ogden; |
BIRTHDAYS
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Bill Howerton
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October 22
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Jeff Steiner
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October 23
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Art Feather
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October 26
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Mike Livingston
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CLUB
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Jennifer Dearness
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Jayson McKeown
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Bud Qualk
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October 26
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List of Unfilled Classifications
Artist/Retail, Arts
Administration, Attorney (Civil, Commonwealth, Social Security Administration,
Marine Law), Banking (Mortgage Lender, Trust Management), Bed &
Breakfast/Hospitality, Building Materials, Cable TV/Advertising,
Chemical Plant, Chemical Plant Management, Commercial Door Contracting,
Communications Systems Integration, Community Development/Administration,
Contractor/Commercial, Day Care Management, Director/Substance Abuse
Prevention, Education ( Pre-school, Administration), Employee Leasing
(Permanent, Temporary) Engineering/U-235 Plant, Equine Farming,
Facility Manager, Film Making, Financial Management/Jewelry Business,
Financial Planning, Government/Risk Management, Hardware/Retail,
Hospital, Human Resources, Industrial Supplies/Wholesale, Information/Management,
Information Technology, Information Technology/Internet Director,
Insurance - Sales, Judge/Family Court, Judge/District, Law (Corporation,
Litigation, Domestic), Medical/Podiatry, Medical Center Management,
Medical/Public Relations, Men's Clothing/Retail, Ministry/Christian,
Motion Pictures Theatres, Moving & Storage, Municipal Human Relations,
Nursing/Geriatric, Orthodontics & Facial Orthopedics, Photography
Equipment & Supplies, Public Service/Emergency Services, Rape Crisis
Manager, Real Estate/Commercial, Refined Oil Products/Retail, Restaurant/Italian,
River Transportation/Port Authority, Sales - Temporary Employees,
Scout Executive, Space Education, Special Gifts/Retail, Total Wellness,
Waste Water Utility
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Area Rotary Meetings Monday Tuesday
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