The choral group that calls themselves “Hot Toddies” presented the program at the Thursday Rotary meeting in Paonia Town Hall last week.

The “Hot Toddies” performed to an appreciative audience at the Paonia Rotary Club on Thursday, Dec. 10. The singers are (left to right) conductor Gretchen Nicholoff, Michelle Cole, Merrily Talbot, Linda Talbot, Robin Nicholoff, Eames Peterson, Lais Peterson, Ellen Hutto and Pam Peterson.

After a standing ovation, during the staging of a photograph, they sang an encore of “Ding Dong Merrily on High.”

The Paonia Rotary Club also heard reports on ongoing service projects. Jackie Parks reported that the work with the American Legion food bank will provide lunches for needy students in the North Fork area. A week’s worth of lunch food for a student may be picked up by the student or parent in Paonia at the library, in Hotchkiss at the library, in Crawford at town hall or in Somerset at the Loose Moose each Monday, Dec. 21 and 28 during the Christmas break.

A student or parent must register by Friday, Dec. 18 with Jackie Parks at 527 4585 and designate the pick-up point they wish to use.

The FUN(d) raiser event for Rotary International’s Polio Eradication program is well along in its planning. The event will be Jan. 16, 7 p.m. at the Paradise Theater. Tickets will be available at the next meeting for members to sell. The club now has enough sponsorships that all costs are covered. All proceeds from ticket sales or further donations will go directly to the eradication of polio.

Club members will distribute marvelous little dictionaries to third graders in all of our North Fork grade schools next week. Most of the clubs in the Paonia Club’s district, the southern half of Colorado, distribute these dictionaries. This is a part of the international push by Rotary for worldwide literacy. There is a strong correlation between economic growth and the breadth of literacy in all the developing world. The higher the literacy, the better the economic growth and the less abject poverty.

The December program organizer, Karri Polson, announced that the Dec. 17 program will be the Paonia High School women’s choir.

Bill Bishop

Paonia Rotary Club

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