Upcoming Meetings:

July 25— TBA—Rotarian Paul Quilantan

Aug 1—TBA—Rotarian James Rincones

Aug 8—TBA—Rotarian Anna Ricker

Aug 15— TBA—Rotarian

Aug 22— TBA—Rotarian

Aug 29— TBA—Rotarian

Rotarian Birthdays—July: July 8—George Payne

Rotary Anniversaries—July: None

THE FOUR WAY TEST Of the things we think, say, or do: 1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and

BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all

concerned?

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Levelland Housing Authority 14th St & Avenue J

2017-2018 Board of Directors

Officers:

John Clary, President

Landon McCormack, President Elect

Alycyn Keeling, President Nominee

Amber Hinson, Secretary

Abel Perez, Treasurer

James Rincones, Sergeant at Arms Stephen Henry, 2nd Sergeant at Arms

Steve Wright, Past President

Directors: Jim Cole

Stan DeMerritt

Officer TBD

Rotary International President Ian Riseley

District 5730 Governor

Charles Starnes

July 18, 2018 Today’s Program:

The Her Initiative— Ms. Rebecca Thomman

The Rotary Year 2017-2018 Update—President Clary

Rotary’s Goal is Global Polio Eradication! End Polio Now Campaign Update (see endpolio.org)

Eradicating polio is the ultimate in sustainable service. It will yield perma-nent benefit on a global scale. It is and must remain Rotary’s number one priority until the job is done.

Ian Riseley, 2017-2018 President of Rotary International Circulating Vac-cine-Derived (non-wild) Polio Virus from oral vaccine paralyzed 26 in Syria and Demo-cratic Republic of Congo—caused by poor sanitation, low immunity, and conflict. Rotary is immunizing

400,000 children in this outbreak area. 2 Wild Cases in Afghanistan and Pakistan in the last 30 days!

LOCAL MAKE-UP OPPORTUNITIES Mondays, Noon Greater SW Lubbock TTU Merket Alumni Center Tuesdays, Noon Plainview Plainview Country Club Wednesdays, Noon Lubbock Rotary First Methodist-Life Center Thursdays, Noon Littlefield Rotary Lamb Healthcare Center Fridays, 7AM Levelland Breakfast Taqueria Guadalajara

CLUB ROSTER 2017-2018 Member Name Classification Charla Baldridge Judicial System +Phelps Blume*^ Accounting Judy Broussard* Banking Jose Cavazos John Clary* Economic Development +Jim Cole (PDG)*§ Past Service +Pat Cowan* Oil Production Stan DeMerritt, Ph.D*§. Education Administration Shanna Donica* Education +Richard Ellis* Trucking Ryan Gibbs Academic Administration Stephen Henry* Newspaper Editor Harrison W. Hill Banking +K.W. Hill* Banking +Amber Hinson* Abstracts Tracy Jenkins Alycyn Keeling Jim Mara* Grocery Landon McCormack Banking Tania Moody +Sham Myatt* Accountant Amanda Neal* Optometry Jeff Northern Superintendent +Rick Osburn* City Manager +George Payne* Senior Active +Abel Perez* Banking Russ Pinkerton* CPA Accountant Paul Quilantan Service Manager Anna Ricker* Attorney James Rincones Funeral Home Director Robin Satterwhite, Ed.D.* Academic Studies Annette Smith* Professor/Coordinator Trey Smith* Youth Organizations Eric Taylor* Writer Bruce White* Hospital Administration +Steve Wright* Financial Advisor * = Paul Harris Fellow §= Paul Harris Society ~ = Bequest Society ^=Benefactor + = Past President

Paralysis Cases YTD,

2017

YTD,

2016

Total

2016

Total

2015

Total

2014

-endemic countries 7 19 37 74 340

-post-endemic countries 0 0 0 0 19

Rotary Club Challenge Set goals to donate $30 per member to PolioPlus. Go to https://www.endpolio.org/donate. Rotary 2017-2018 Polio-Fundraising Goal = $50 Million + $2 for $1 Gates Foundation Match

AT THE JUNE 27, 2017 MEETING…

Prayer: Sham Myatt Pledge: Russ Pinkerton Song: Smile, let by Tania Moody Guest: Rob Martin, City Bank guest of Rotarian KW Hill Brags:

• Stan DeMerritt—bragged on the installation of Dis-trict Officers ceremony on 6/30/2017; daughter successfully completed her General Chemistry I class!

• Stephen Henry—bragged on the New Press surviv-ing the Early Settlers Day; his son-in-law worked on a tractor for the parade and it made it through the entire route!

Program: Abel Perez introduced the program. Kathryn Perez the Associate Dean of Students presented the current initiative to fight student hunger. If you are interested in as-sisting with this project, more information is avail-able by calling the Physi-cal Activity Center at South Plains College. Scholarship Recipients: The 2017 Scholarship recipients gave a word of thanks to the club. Students in attendance were Del-lanie Salinas, Hannah Cal-cote, and Joseraul Ornelas.

Announcements:

• Still need a person to be the chair of the Service Projects Committee

• President Clary will do a presentation regarding some club issues at the next meeting.

Weekly Drawing: $14 was added to the pot brining the total to $379. Stephen Henry was the ticket holder. Unfortunately, he didn’t draw the right card. Maybe next time! The Four Way Test was led by Rotarian Abel Perez and President Wright dismissed the club to Service Above Self.

MORE FROM ROTARY INTERNATIONAL…. Understanding the recent polio outbreaks By Ryan Hyland and Teresa Schmedding, Rotary Outbreaks of vaccine-derived polio have been report-ed this month in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Syria, according to the World Health Organization. At least 24 cases were identified in Syria and at least four in Congo. In both countries, health officials are working with the Global Polio Eradication Initiative to respond immediately to the outbreaks with supplemen-tary immunization activities and field investigations. To prevent the virus from spreading further, investi-gations and immunizations are also being strengthened in neighboring countries, the World Health Organization said. Despite the new cases, the push to eradicate polio is stronger than ever, with fewer cases reported so far this year than ever before. It also got a boost at the Rotary International Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where donors pledged $1.2 billion for the effort. Vaccine-derived cases are rare, and they differ from wild cases. Here’s what you need to know to under-stand these outbreaks. Q: What are the two kinds of polio cases? A: Wild cases of polio are caused by poliovirus that is circulating naturally in the environment. Vaccine-derived polioviruses are extremely rare and exist under specific circumstances. Oral polio vaccine contains live virus that is weakened so that it will

prompt the body’s immune response without causing paralysis. The vaccine is ingested, and the weakened virus replicates in the child’s gut and is then excreted. In areas with poor sanitation, this excreted vaccine virus can spread to other children. This can actually be good because it then immunizes them. When the strain no longer finds susceptible children, it dies out. The problem occurs in areas of low vaccination cover-age. There, such vaccine-derived strains of the virus can continue to circulate as long as they continue to find unvaccinated or otherwise susceptible children. While they continue to circulate, they mutate. Eventually, if they are allowed to circulate long enough — at least 12 months — they can mutate into strains that are strong enough to cause paralysis. Q: Is the vaccine safe? A: Yes. The oral polio vaccine has reduced the number of polio cases by 99.9 percent since 1988. The risk posed by wild poliovirus is far greater than the risk of an out-break caused by circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus. Once wild polioviruses have been eradicated, use of oral vaccine will be stopped. Q: Are vaccine-derived cases common? A: Polio cases caused by circulating vaccine-derived po-liovirus are extremely rare. Wild poliovirus remains the far greater risk. Nevertheless, because of the small risk of vaccine-derived outbreaks, use of oral vaccine will be stopped when wild polioviruses have been eradicated. Q: Are wild cases common? A: Wild poliovirus occurs only in the countries where polio remains endemic: Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Paki-stan. Only six cases of polio caused by the wild virus have been reported so far in 2017. That’s the lowest number of polio cases in history, with fewer cases re-ported in fewer areas of fewer countries than ever be-fore. Q: How are polio cases detected? A: Polio surveillance has two parts: Doctors and health workers monitor children for the virus, and authorities test sewage samples from sewer systems or elsewhere, in areas that don’t have adequate sanitation facilities. The detection of these most recent cases demon-strates that polio surveillance systems are functioning in both countries. Q: What is the science behind the vaccines? A: There are two types of vaccine: oral and inactivated-

virus. The original oral vaccine protected against types 1, 2, and 3 of the virus. Type 2 wild poliovirus was eradicated in 1999 so the current vaccine contains only type 1 and type 3. This allows it to provide quicker and better protection against the two remaining types. The inactivated-virus vaccine, administered by injection, contains virus that is dead. Because the virus is dead, the vaccine cannot cause polio outbreaks.

CLUB HAPPENINGS:

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Club Committees If you are interested in assisting the club as a committee member, please see President Clary. There are plenty of places for you to Make a Difference through Service About Self! NOTES: