Polio survivor to be honorary chair of Rotary conference - Three-day Rotary District Conference to take place in Fallbrook Oct. 21-24

At 67 years of age, Jack Campbell says his goal is “to see polio dead before I am.” A significant quest, Campbell, a polio survivor and member of Escondido Rotary Club, just might emerge victorious if the efforts by Rotary International and others continue as ferociously as they have in recent years.

“The world is currently spending about a billion dollars a year to get rid of polio, and as soon as we get rid of it, we can spend those resources on fighting another disease,” said Campbell. Polio is an acute viral contagious disease that, if it enters the bloodstream and central nervous system c...