UGLY MANNY QUINN The traveling eyesore for a cause is hosted by the Post Rotary Club, which is raising funds for Rotary International’s End Polio Now campaign now through Nov. 15. Businesses around town will raise or pay a “ransom” to send Ugly Manny Quinn to the next location. | COURTESY PHOTO
Rotary International holds World Polio Day every year on Oct. 24. This is the birthdate of Dr. Jonas Salk, who developed the first effective polio vaccine. The observance aims to raise awareness about the importance of the polio vaccination and the global efforts to eradicate the disease.
In a newsletter to the Rotarians, “Smallpox was eradicated in 1979, Polio needs to be next,” said Rotary Distri…
