Rotary is a service club that has been around for over one hundred years, and in 1985 made a pledge to eradicate polo in the world. Today Rotary has raised over $380 million dollars and the number of polio cases has gone from 350,000 cases twenty years ago to 1,600 cases today in the world.
Issue Twenty Six of the Capital City Insider is now online. Learn more about what the United Way does, and how it impacts Mid Missouri. It's a packed house with Linda McAnany, Mike Downy, Mike Kehoe, and Warren Krech as guests. Click here to listen online.
Mike Kehoe announced a few weeks ago that he is running for Missouri's 6th Senate Seat. Now you can follow Mike and his vision on his personal blog Mike's Paper Plate.
I am not a cigarette smoker anymore, but I smoked for years longer than I wanted and longer than I should have. Now there is a push for Jefferson City to become smoke free. A group has formed, and now has launched a web page. Smoke Free JC. The group has a simple mission to promote a smokefree environment in all public buildings including restaurants and bars to protect individuals from exposure to secondhand smoke and reduce the harmful effects of tobacco use in the Jefferson City community.
Today my daughter had a field trip to the Jefferson City airport. When it was time to leave someone with the airport told the class that if they stayed a blackhawk helicopter would be landing soon so the kids gathered outside. All the kids started to wave as a plane taxied down the runway. The pilot saw all the kids, turned off his plane and got out. It turned out to be Mid Missouri's own Carl Edwards. Carl gave the kids a tour of his plane, posed for photos, and gave a bunch of kids a thrill of a lifetime.
Carl drives the number 99 Aflac car in the Nascar Series.
If you have some time, drive around Jefferson City and you will notice several building projects in the works from the new jail, the new YMCA west location, and the new Federal Court House. This is a great sign of how our fantastic city is growing.
Each year the Missouri Broadcast Association has it's annual awards banquet. This year the Capital City Insider's Mike Cooper picked up top honors for Station Sponsored Event for his work at his day job at 94.3 KAT Country and the Zimmer Radio Group.
The award was for a piece Mike wrote and produced for the annual radio-thon that raises money for the Children's Hospital in Columbia that helps sick children from all over the state. The event takes place each year in September.
Issue 24 of CCI will feature the Missouri Water Patrol. This podcast will talk about boating safety, as well as other boating information. Look for issue 24 to be released this weekend.
