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End Polio Now

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As the organization that made the first commitment to eradicate polio from the world, we need Rotary members and clubs to use their collective voice to advocate, raise awareness, and fundraise on 24 October for World Polio Day." Taken from the October End Polio Now newsletter.

The subject of polio eradication had cautious optimism within Rotary last year with only 12 cases of the wild polio virus in only two countries. Now that optimism has turned to guarded concern with 54 cases between Pakistan and Afghanistan already in 2024. This marked increase of polio cases is a reminder of how important it is that as Rotarians we MUST keep the promise to eradicate polio. As the subject of polio eradication becomes a distant memory it is fair to assume that many club members have little or no knowledge about Rotary's efforts to eradicate only the second disease in history. The continued support of Rotary Clubs and their members is essential to ensure the successful completion of this task.

Update from Tanzania

Jumbo from Africa!

I just wanted to send you an update. It has been a busy first month here and it was good to get my feet back on the ground in Tanzania and boy have I hit it running. I’ve been in my happy place again busy with many clinics and school visits along with the most recent trip to Kenya. Our dear friends, the Perlmans’ were up there doing a launch for their Malaria project and I joined them for about a week. We organized a huge Dental camp at a local school in Kakamega. With Dan and Bryna’s help along with two other Kenyan dentists we were able to see and treat many students and staff.

These patients had never seen a dentist before and suddenly they had the excitement of seeing 3. We were so thankful for all the items donated, along with items I was able to purchase due to donations I received. They helped us through these busy days where Approximately 250 children and 30 staff were seen. We performed 68 interventions that included extractions and fillings. Below you’ll see just a few Photos from our busy days. I hope you all know how much I miss you and how excited I am to be here. Without all of your help, this would never be possible. Truly, thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping me to help others.

Asante Sana,

(Thank you: Swahili)

Dr Annie: The Tanzanian Tooth Fairy

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Join or Die movie released on Netflix

So much of the national conversation these days is intensifying our civic ills: polarization, screen addiction, alienation, distrust, and distraction from local community problem-solving. We hope JOIN OR DIE being more widely available can expand our efforts to offer critical counterprogramming: an urgent message that the fate of our democracy depends on our real-world engagement with our neighbors and routine participation in our local communities.

🔊 We would love your help in spreading the word about JOIN OR DIE’s Netflix premiere:

The link to watch on Netflix is here
The trailer is here on: Vimeo, Instagram, Twitter, and downloadable at this link
Our announcement posts are here on: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn
For more information on the film and our team, our website is here and press kit is here

While we're excited to have the film available to a wider audience on Netflix, the center of our work remains JOIN OR DIE’s in-person community screening tour, which we will be continuing throughout 2025. 300 communities and institutions across the country have already hosted community screening events — and we hope this is just the beginning! We see the film as an organizing tool for local community builders to gather neighbors, spark conversation, and spur local action.

For this that missed the downtown screening of the movie, here is your chance to watch.

Amazing Water Engineering

As John Sikora, AECOM Water Resources Engineer, shared his presentation about construction of the Colorado River Connectivity Project in the Upper Colorado River system, members were stunned by the enormous complexity of the project and the intelligent engineering that went into its design and creation. This specific diversion project at Windy Gap was built to pump water into Lake Granby when it is "called for" by existing water contracts with communities up River as well as on the Front Range. As I understood John's detailed and technical presentation, this diversion enhances the aquatic habitat for fish and all other animal species that are part of that food chain.

The nature of water management has changed in the past 30 years as water engineers have learned more about what makes a healthy ecosystem that will thrive and grow, as well as provide water for human users. Now we know that sediment is important to a river's health so there must be ways to address allow sediment to pass through the water that exits a dam, not be trapped by it. With the aid of sophisticated computers that provide hydraulic modeling, engineers can test out their designs and modify them to address potential problems BEFORE they build them. And earth moving and construction equipment that is GPS enabled allow the plans to change during construction and immediately be transmitted to the equipment to achieve immediate results. That's huge cost savings in time and money, as well as getting the build right the first time!

The $33 million project was supported by a huge number of municipalities as well as some private corporations; a real example of cooperative support! In addition to building the diversion "river" that replicates natural river behavior, the AECOM team also restored over 90 acres of land, planting 15,000 trees and shrubs to ensure the health of the entire ecosystem. Early evaluations of the new channel by CPW staff show evidence of stone flies upon which the trout and sculpin feed, as well as the eagles and hawks returning to his impressive space.

Thanks to Joe Mueller for bringing John and helping us learn about how effectively water is being managed in collaboration with the environment. And to John for helping make complex engineering more understandable. Any errors in this summary are my own and not those of the presenter!

Shulet in Concert

Steve Shute and Jim Drolet (cleverly named Shulet by President Nick!) presented a delightful concert on Friday, September 20 at our regular noon meeting. Participants enjoyed a concert filled with old favorites and learned about how these talented and modest men came to love music and sing so well. Both spent hours of solo time working on their respective ranches and farms as young men listening to music and singing their songs into the quiet of those landscapes.

These two harmonized so beautifully and sang songs that we all know and love. Steve noted how music is a common language that speaks to all of us regardless of our backgrounds, beliefs, politics, economic status, etc. I hope we can hear from this duo again as the music was truly a wonderful gift and a delightful way to spend time together.

Play List

Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett
The Boxer - Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel
City of New Orleans - Steve Goodman
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys - Sharon Vaughn (made famous by Willie Nelson)
The Dance - Steve Arata (made famous by Garth Brooks)
Country Road - Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver.

Strawberry Days Parade