Polio may be on the verge of extinction, but its legacy of suffering remains within living memory. Thursday morning, the Rotary Club of Indian Wells Valley spoke with Rotarian Jim Lewis, a polio survivor, at the California Welcome Center. Lewis shared stories of his experience with polio as well as his efforts in combating it. The polio virus has been around for thousands of years, estimated to kill or paralyze over half a million people every year in the first half of the 20th century.