Assistant Governor Vickie Elrod is seen here with Rotary International President Wilf Wilkinson. Vickie, Jim Allen, and Ken Embry had the privilege and opportunity to go to Nashville April 18-19 to attend a special four district combined conference. We got to hear Wilf speak on several occasions and Vickie got to sit at his table at one of the two banquets. Jim Allen gave a presentation on a Disaster Response plan he is helping develop. Ken got to see some old friends from all four districts in Kentucky and Tennessee. The Sheraton people were great hosts and the organizers did a super job in lining up the event.Wilf is a top drawer person an interesting and short winded speaker. He very ably represents us to dignitaries and potentates around the world. We heard of club projects in some very difficult areas and we got to meet high school students studying in this country under the auspices of Rotary as well as hearing from one of our own who spent a year in France.
Allen Mathis from Alabama is the grandson of Herbert J. Taylor who authored the 4 Way Test. Allen gave a stirring account of his grandpa and how the 4 Way Test came about and what it meant. Ann Lee Hussey is both a polio victim and a devoted advocate for immunizations. Her presentation touched us all. Dave Groner from Michigan wore a Nigerian chieftan's costume and discussed the challenges of polio immunization in an endemic area that has many other challenges perhaps greater than eradicating polio.
Great conference. I wish all of our conferences were this good. I'm glad the three of us got to go.
