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MAKE UP SITESMONDAY

NOON•Wood River—St. John

UCC, WR•Jerseyville—Peace

United Church6 PM

•Alton-Godfrey—AltonSports Tap

•Bethalto—Spirit Hall

TUESDAYNOON

•Collinsville—HolidayInn

•Granite City—NiedringhausMethodist

•Highland—Michael’sRestaurant

WEDNESDAYNOON

•Goshen—LCCC Center,Edwardsville

THURSDAYNOON

•Riverbend—Mac’s TimeOut Lounge, 315Belle St.

•Edwardsville—FirstChristian

FRIDAYNOON

•Troy, Silver Creek—Pizza Man

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Just One ShiftAdam King came at the invitation of Lori P. last week to talk

to the club about Wine to Water. Adam has two bachelorsdegrees from SIUE and is working on two Masters degrees. Toearn a living, he tends bar in Alton.One day, Adam read a book by Doc Hendley telling his story

of the need for clean water in third-world countries. Hinley'sapproach is to involve local residents in the process of buildingthe wells so that they know how to repair it if it fails. Workingwith Samaritan's Purse, Hendley has devised severalapproaches to providing access to clean water for people inthese countries.Following the example of Gaz Regan, Adam decided to

organize local bartenders to give their tips from "Just One Shift"to Hinley's organization. He recruited area bartenders to do thesame and wound up raising $5100 from twenty-six bartendersin eighteen bars. The dollars raised through this project wentto Uganda.Adam said that one-third of all hospital beds in the world are

filled by people who have water-related illness. Next year,Adam hopes to expand the number of bars and bartendersinvolved. More information is available at winetowater.org.

News, Notes, and NonsenseTwenty-five Rotarians and guests attended our last meeting. Julia was inan Italian mood. Mark S. brought makeups from McKinzie, TN, which is"always interesting." Robert Oseja was present as guest of our speaker.Brad made it today, but he was post-Brad. Rhonda was looking for a poll-dancer.

Erin announced that we made $245 at the Macy's fundraiser-- about thesame as she spent shopping at Macy's. Rhonda said that we are movingforward with the plans to build a pavilion at the Hartford water park inconjunction with the WR and Bethalto clubs.

Quarter Auction posters were distrubuted. Paul said that he would needhelp with the set up and tear down. We are also looking for donatedbaskets to sell.

New badges were distributed via a "know your Rotarian" quiz. If you werenot here, you cost someone $3.

Jeny and Mark S. had shots at the $75 in the 50/50 pot. Their luck has notchanged. Rick got the scratcher.

PROGRAMTODAY

Erin PhillipsJohn Dunphy

Underground RRNEXT WEEK

Rhonda PluesterKathryn Holt

BIRTHDAYS9-4: Rod Croxford

Upcoming Events9-7: Soap Box Race9-19: Quarter Auction9-26: Board Meetingand District Governorvisit10-11: Chili Dinner--Roxana10-17: Cookout

CLUB OFFICERSPRESIDENT

Rhonda PluesterPRESIDENT -ELECT

Brad LaviteSECRETARYLori PalmerTREASURERCory GallivanDIRECTORSCLUB SERVICEPaul Hoover

VOCATIONAL SERVICEBrad Lavite

COMMUNITY SERVICEMark Allison

INTERNATIONAL SERVICERod Croxford

NEW GENERATIONSJeny Lewis

NEW MEMBERSHIPPaul Hoover

SERGEANT AT ARMSRick Hooks

BANNER EDITORLarry Lacher

CLUB ARCHIVESRick Hooks

FOUNDATION OFFICERSPRESIDENTErin PhillipsTREASURER

Mark SpecialeSECRETARYJeny Lewis

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From the ArchivesSept. 14, 1995

-Brad P. was our VP andLarry our Treasurer.-At last week's meetingEd Keller introducedthree representativesfrom St. Anthony'sHospital who told usabout the Lifelineprogram.-Charlie's program nextweek will be provided byMike Roark, OlinEnvironmental Manager.-The golf outing andsteak fry will be acombined event thisyear. It will be held atBelk on Oct. 26th.Starttime is 12:30.-Our 25th anniversarycelebration will takeplace next October.-Last week we inductednew member TomDavidson.

$500K forSomolia

Rotary has approved a$500,000 RapidResponse grant to theWorld HealthOrganization (WHO)to address a recentpolio outbreak inSomalia. The outbreakoccurred in theBanadir region ofSomalia, where a largenumber of childrenhad not beenvaccinated againstpolio due toinaccessibility.

As of 14 August, 110cases of wildpoliovirus have beenreported in the Hornof Africa—100 cases inSomalia and 10 inKenya. This is the firstoutbreak in Somaliasince 2007 and inKenya since 2011.

The Rotary grant willcover operationalcosts, including

human resources,training, andtransportation ofhealth workers, aimedat immunizingchildren under 10 inall accessible areas ofSomalia in August.

To date, fivevaccination campaignshave been held inSomalia, three inKenya, two each inEthiopia and Yemen,and one in Djibouti.Additional campaignsare planned throughthe end of the year.

Drawing on lessonslearned from previouspolio outbreaks, thefirst vaccinationcampaign was carriedout within a week afterthe first case wasconfirmed.

“Until poliotransmission isinterrupted in theendemic countries,outbreaks such as theone in Somalia are tobe expected,” says Dr.Hamid Jafari, directorof Polio Research andOperations at WHO.“So long as the budgetfor the new PolioEradication andEndgame StrategicPlan is fully funded,we’re well-equipped topursue endemic andoutbreak prioritiessimultaneously.

Just For FunTwo snails went to an auto race. There were twenty six cars, soinstead of numbers the cars were identified by letters from A to Z.As the race started, the S car quickly sped away from the trailingpack of cars. Seeing this, the one snail said to the other, "Hey, lookat that S car go!"

A woman is paying for some purchases at Macy’s. As she reachesfor her card, a TV remote control falls out of her purse. The salesclerk asks, “Do you always carry your TV remote?” “No.” thewoman says, “But my husband refused to come shopping with metoday. I figured this was a great way to pay him back.”