Board Meeting
The June Board of Directors meeting will be Tuesday, June 8, beginning promptly at 10:45 AM in the G.A.R. room at the Coliseum. All Board members are requested to attend. If you cannot attend, please contact President Brian Williams.

Paul Harris Fellow
Past president Matt Volkman  presented a Paul Harris Fellow Award to Cathy Sickman-Renner for her outstanding service to the community and to Rotary by chairing the Reading Rotarian program and securing corporate funding for the books from St. Mary’s via Tom Lily. Congratulations Cathy

Welcome
P. Michael Mitchell introduced his son, Edward A. (Ned) Mitchell II, Export & Business Development Manager, Air Liquide DMC, as our newest Rotarian. Ned’s  classification is  Gas Production. Welcome Ned.

Club Assembly
Thursday, June 10 is the annual Club Assembly. This is an opportunity for all members to learn what is going on in your Club. The assembly will be held at Kahn Dees Donovan Kahn, 501 Main Street, in the lower level. The program begins at 4:00 PM. Please contact President Brian Williams or Club Assistant Keely Griggs, if you plan to attend. This meeting will be an opportunity for a make-up, if needed, provided the time frame is appropriate.

Thoughts and Prayers
Please continue to keep all Rotarians and their families in your thoughts and prayers, especially Ray Arensman and family as his wife Mae recovers from a broken hip, Bill Spice and his family and Matt Volkman, who has torn his Achilles tendon on his right foot – yes, playing basketball. The first time; however, it was his left foot.

Steve and Sally Jennings Scholarship
Jeff Deig and Randy Miller introduced the Friends of Steve and Sally Jennings Scholarship. If you would like a donation card, please see Jeff or Randy. Gifts may also be made on line at: www.evansville.edu/give
 

WNIN
From President Brian Williams: Watch WNIN Channel 9.2 and WNIN cable 12 at 9:00pm on the Tuesday, a week, following our Rotary meeting to hear the speaker in a telecast.  Also at periodic times in the WNIN schedule you can see replays of other Rotary Speakers. 

Good News and Bad News on Polio
The good news on polio is that in the first quarter of 2010 there were only 71 new polio cases reported worldwide versus 328 in the same period in 2009. Other good news is that Bill Gates has obtained a pledge of support for the polio eradication efforts from the Sultan of Sokoto, spiritual leader of Nigeria’s 70 million Muslims. Last year Nigeria had half of the world’s 1,600 polio cases. The bad news is that polio is breaking out in new places. Very recently there was a new polio outbreak in Tajikistan, which had not seen a polio case for 19 years. A new polio front recently opened in Uganda. This was Uganda’s first polio case in 12 years. New polio cases also popped up in Mali, Togo, Ghana, and Kenya. Polio spreads through water contaminated by human feces. Polio paralyzes just one person for every 200 infected. If a few cases of polio are discovered, it means that thousands of additional people have been infected. Accordingly, massive vaccination campaigns are needed to achieve the total eradication of polio. Polio has evaded a two-decade-long, 8.2 billion dollar effort to kill it off. The “vertical” strategy to eliminate polio is now coming into question. The vertical strategy worked with smallpox, but it has not yet worked with polio. Some consideration is now being given to a broader, “horizontal” strategy to treat other diseases as well as polio. The basic idea is that if the child is being treated for polio, it is probably a good idea to give the child a vaccine for diphtheria, hepatitis B, and yellow fever at the same time, and also give attention to sanitation problems. – John Whinrey 

GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS ON POLIO
The good news on polio is that in the first quarter of 2010 there were only 71 new polio cases reported worldwide versus 328 in the same period in 2009. Other good news is that Bill Gates has obtained a pledge of support for the polio eradication efforts from the Sultan of Sokoto, spiritual leader of Nigeria’s 70 million Muslims. Last year Nigeria had half of the world’s 1,600 polio cases. The bad news is that polio is breaking out in new places. Very recently there was a new polio outbreak in Tajikistan, which had not seen a polio case for 19 years. A new polio front recently opened in Uganda. This was Uganda’s first polio case in 12 years. New polio cases also popped up in Mali, Togo, Ghana, and Kenya. Polio spreads through water contaminated by human feces. Polio paralyzes just one person for every 200 infected. If a few cases of polio are discovered, it means that thousands of additional people have been infected. Accordingly, massive vaccination campaigns are needed to achieve the total eradication of polio. Polio has evaded a two-decade-long, 8.2 billion dollar effort to kill it off. The “vertical” strategy to eliminate polio is now coming into question. The vertical strategy worked with smallpox, but it has not yet worked with polio. Some consideration is now being given to a broader, “horizontal” strategy to treat other diseases as well as polio. The basic idea is that if the child is being treated for polio, it is probably a good idea to give the child a vaccine for diphtheria, hepatitis B, and yellow fever at the same time, and also give attention to sanitation problems. – John Whinrey