REP. Mike Pence, R-Ind., is obviously a very convincing fellow.

Just ask members of the Noon Rotary Club of Muncie.

If you question them, then check in with members of the Sunrise Rotary Club in Columbus, the local Eastside Community Center and hundreds of people who lived through the Flood of ’08 in Bartholomew County.

All of these groups have been brought together by a speech the Columbus native and 6th District member of the U.S. House of Representatives made to the Muncie Rotarians a few days after he toured the flood damaged areas of his hometown.

He recounted some of the devastation he had encountered and then asked the Rotarians present to do more than listen. He asked them to reach out to Columbus Rotarians to aid them in the restoration of their town.

Even the Columbus Rotarians were surprised at how much the Muncie group wanted to help.