Meeting start time: 12:15 Meeting time end: 1:30 p.m.
Pledge led by Aaron Meadows; “The Four-Way Test” led by Paul Woodring; Blessing given by Tom Davies. Lunch included Caesar salad, chicken cutlet with marinara sauce, green beans and rolls, roasted potatoes, raw veggies and cheese and a white cake for dessert.
PRESIDENTIAL MOMENT FROM LARRY NEAL1) Thank you to Gloria Murray and Sam D’Angelo for hosting the wonderful wine-tasting at the Anton Art Center.
2) We need a flatbed truck for the Rotary float for the Santa parade 11/17
3) Pres.-Elect Karan Bates-Gasior will be hosting next week as Larry will be out of town.
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ROTARY MINUTE - PAUL WOODRING
Paul has lived in Clinton Township and raised his family here and has been a Rotarian for many years. When he moved to Rochester, the Rochester Rotary Club asked him to switch clubs. But Paul would rather drive the extra miles to spend time with his lifelong friends in the Mount Clemens Rotary Club. We love you too Paul!
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GUESTS & VISITORS KELLY ALLEN
Greg Jakub, Scott Chabot, Liz Vogel, and speakers Bruce and Dianne Sachs
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PROPOSED NEW MEMBER
Scott Chabot is ready to be inducted November 1.
Scott Chabot
Civil Engineer
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FLOWERS
No birthdays or anniversaries, so lots of flowers for Chuck Dib to sell. Ray Glime bought flowers for Sam D’Angelo and Gloria Murray for organizing the wine-tasting. Gary 
bought a flower for Don Carnaghi for going hav'sies with him on buying a new keyboard for the club. Larry Neal bought flowers for our guest speakers.
Jeff Furest bought Sam D’Angelo a flower for the Martha T. Berry event last night.
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Songs presented by Steve Krankota – with a lovely keyboard and kazoos. “Be Kind to Your Web-Footed Friends” and “Vive Le Rotary!”
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GOOD WILL
Thanks to the club for a fun wine “drinking” – oh was that supposed to be wine “tasting” – event?
SUNSHINE REPORT
Bill Furest is doing well after his recent surgery. Please send him prayers for continued good recovery.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Trunk or Treat! One more chance to bring in your bags of candy next Thursday.
- Fundraiser meeting at 11 a.m. next Thursday 10/25
- Euchre party Monday 11/5/18 see Nancy Dedenbach for details.
- The Metropolitan Detroit Chorale is featured to perform at our Christmas dinner show Dec. 13 at Gowanie Golf and Country Club.
- From Larry Neal: If you weren't able to make today's meeting you missed a good one with a presentation from two polio survivors. Next week will feature Nicholas Sinishtaj who will speak about his two years of recent experience working in the U.S. Embassy in Albania. Mr. Sinishtaj was recommended to us by Larry Powe.
- Also, as noted at the meeting, we are in need of a flatbed trailer for the Rotary float that will be in this year's Mount Clemens Santa Claus Parade on Saturday, November 17. We have lined up our Interact club to assist and former member Steve Ternullo has kindly lent us his warehouse for the assembly of the float. Please let me know as soon as possible if you have a trailer or know of someone who might loan us one.
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RECOGNITION BY JULIE HUTTENLOCHER
Kazoo performers $1 each! Just kuz.
UofM and MSU annual football bet. The losers pay $5
Larry Neal not finable but must apologizes to Nancy D. for the 
picture of a witch below her name on the Rotary PowerPoint slide announcing the trunk or treat. To which, witch Nancy replied, “My middle name is Hazel!”
We played a game “How well do you know your fellow Rotarians.” You could play or pay $3 to skip.
Who paid:
Bill Patterson, “I'm bad with names.”
Who played and lost $3?
Kelly Allen, who is involved in court reporting?
Julie Miller, who are the two funeral home directors?
Who played and won – no fines:
Tom Davies, Ray Glime, Glenn Burton, Jeff Furest, Kris Howell, Sam D’Angelo.
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PROGRAM / GUEST SPEAKERS:
UPDATE ON POLIO
SPEAKERS: BRUCE SACHS
and DIANNE DYCH-SACHS
Both Bruce and Dianne are polio survivors and members of the Michigan Polio Network. Bruce Sachs is a retired teacher and holds a Masters in Leadership, Bruce contracted polio in 1940.
Dianne holds degrees from MCC and WSU and retired as a neuro tech. Dianne contracted polio in 1952 she is currently the secretary of the MPN and heads up a Post Polio Support Group.
Bruce shared with us that there is evidence that polio has been a problem for centuries. A polio survivor is depicted in Egyptian hieroglyphics. Polio began to appear in the U.S. in the 1920s with our President Franklin D. Roosevelt being among the first stricken with the virus. FDR used long braces and wheelchairs for mobility and he used hot water therapy in Hot Springs Arkansas.
From 1920 to 1960 the virus was considered the summer disease. It was not clear what caused the virus so summer camps were closed and public pools closed when outbreaks happened.
Sister Kenny developed therapies to help the afflicted begin to regain movement of their limbs after contracting the virus. She used heat therapy by wrapping the limbs in hot towels to warm the muscles then worked on moving them. This was the front runner of our physical therapists today.
In 1954 a vaccine was developed. It was not clear if it would work but the vaccine was administered to over 400,000 children in the summer of 1954. By 1955 there was enough research to support that the vaccine worked. The vaccine went into mass production and was distributed immediately and by 1960 the disease was eradicated in the U.S.
Today 19 cases of natural polio occurred in Afghanistan; 61 cases occurred as part of the vaccine. If you got the vaccine and then were exposed to the virus got a mild case of polio. This only happens with the non-shot version of the vaccine. The shot version is difficult to transfer and administer. The shot version is used in the U.S.
Why does one person get polio and another does not? Why is one case severe and another mild? No two survivors are alike. We don't know the answers to these questions.
There is a new virus on the scene that has polio-like symptoms but is not polio. They are currently calling it AFM – acute flaccid myelitis. It is very rare and mostly afflicts children and young adults. It can be caused by toxins in one's environment, genetic disorders or viruses such as poliovirus, west Nile virus or adenovirus.
If a child has symptoms similar to a severe respiratory illness, along with a fever, and progresses into neurological symptoms like weakness in the arms, legs, loss of muscle tone and slower reflexes, get them to the hospital! Interestingly the treatment is the same as treating polio.
Bruce and Dianne answered several questions. Rotarian Tom Davies spoke about the Rotary Club of Mount Clemens Easter Seals campaigns.
The Easter Seals lilies were originally to help polio survivors get help with educational support. As polio was eradicated the group continue to support children with muscular dystrophy.
50/50 WINNER
Ken Kish won the $23 pot. Doesn't Ken sell the tickets??? hmmmm.
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