Students go ‘Purple Pinky’ to fight polio

Rotary Club project raises funds to eradicate disease.

Grason Montero, 4, allows Rotary Club of Lake City member Margot Maranto to paint his pinkie purple Friday morning at Westside Elementary School as fellow Rotarians Ron Turbeville and Fred Koberlein look on with smiles. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
Grason Montero, 4, allows Rotary Club of Lake City member Margot Maranto to paint his pinkie purple Friday morning at Westside Elementary School as fellow Rotarians Ron Turbeville and Fred Koberlein look on with smiles. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

It wasn’t uncommon to see elementary school children take time to blow on or admire their purple fingertips Friday.

Children at schools across Columbia County were participating in the Rotary Club of L…