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November 21, 2008

PRAYER
Warner Richeson

 

PLEDGE
Vickie McClurg

 

4-WAY TEST
Steve Blair

 

RENE dishes up breakfast as Sgt-at-Arms Scott Villines and ROTOPIG look for victims among those arriving after 7:00:00.0 a.m.

VISITING ROTARIANS, introduced by Secretary Joyce, were Alice Hobbs [Symphony] from the Plano Rotary Club, City Manager Tom Muehlenbeck [Tourist] from the Plano Rotary Club, Bruce Glasscock [City Administration] from the Plano Rotary Club, ADG Courtenay Tanner [Import Sales] from the Richardson Rotary Club, and Brad Keith [University Administration] from the Plano Rotary Club.

SPECIAL VISITING ROTARIAN, introduced by Governor Nominee Bud McBrayer, was Joe Hidalgo [Drug Dealer] from the Opelousas Sunrise Rotary and his granddaughter Lauren Hidalgo, who is a local student and may be able to attend RYLA. Bud and Joe became acquainted during Bud's trips to South Louisiana to help after the Hurricane Katrina Disaster. Joe and President Randy exchanged banners.

LUCKY GUESTS were Warner Richeson's guest Ben Harris [Drug Dealer], who announced for City Council and paid the two-bit/per person fine and George Elwell's guest Beth Ann Johnson, who was from AXA Advisors.

ABSENT WERE Richard Biggers, Rick Chron, David Daniels, Ronnie Day, Yvonne Hanks, Ray Hopper, Pat Hite, Juergen Mahneke, Don Mellor, Bill Moore, John Payton, Bill Peterson, John Roach, Michelle Robbins, Brenda Rogers and Jennifer Smith.

CLASSIFICATION TALK by Steve Dippel [Pools and Spas] was cancelled due to shortness of time.

PRESIDENT RANDY called on George Elking to update us on Thanksgiving at Poor Richard's Cafe for the less fortunate, but poor Richard came in late and preempted poor George.

CHRISTMAS PARTY with the Thursday Club will be Wednesday, December 10th at the Love and War in Texas Restaurant on Central at Plano Parkway.

TODAY'S PROGRAM, introduced by Foundation Chairthing Rod Hogan, was Polio Plus Pusher Frank Meier, an Architect from East Dallas Rotary Club. RI set a goal in 1985 to eliminate Polio from the world in 20 years.  In 1985 there were 350,000 cases of Polio worldwide. The last polio case in the U.S. had been in 1979. So far this  year, 1491 cases of Polio have been reported in the world.  Four countries are not yet certified Polio free: Afghanistan, Nigeria, India and Pakistan. More than 2 billion children have been vaccinated. There is a Polio Vaccine Service Opportunity on Jan 4 in India. A team of up to 16 Rotarians from D5810 will partner with Rotarians in India...to administer vaccine during Polio National Immunization Day. Eradicating Polio: the last Hurdle. Your contribution will help Rotary match a $100 million challenge grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The resulting $200 million will directly support immunization campaigns in developing countries, where polio continues to infect and paralyze children, robbing them of their futures and compounding the hardships faced by their families. As is our custom, a book was donated to the Nellie McCall Library at the David McCall Elementary School in the name of the speaker and signed by him.  The book was "Where Does the Butterfly Go When it Rains? by May Garelick.

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