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Upcoming Events
Rotary District 6820 5k Walk/Run
Renaissance at Colony Park
Oct 19, 2019 8:00 AM
 
Polio Plus Celebration
St. Dominic Hospital, Toluse building
Oct 24, 2019 12:00 PM
 
Rotary Club of North Jackson Blood Drive
The Rickhouse by The Manship
Nov 12, 2019
8:00 AM – 1:00 PM
 
Salvation Army Bell Ringing
McDade's Maywood Mart (Northside Dr)
Dec 02, 2019 – Dec 03, 2019
 
Annual Holiday Party
River Hills Club
Dec 03, 2019
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
 
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Speakers
Oct 15, 2019
Jamie Grantham
Medical Marijuana
Oct 22, 2019
No Noon Meeting
No speaker
Oct 29, 2019
Ed Tonoro, Author
“The Greatest Fall of All” a football fan enthusiast
Nov 05, 2019
Dr. Claude Brunson, MD, MS, CPE, FASA , ED MSMA
Update on MSMA
Nov 12, 2019
No Speaker,
Club Blood Drive
Nov 19, 2019
Sandy Middleton - ED Cntr for Violence Prevention
Violence Prevention
Nov 26, 2019
Jo Usry, CEO Central MS Assn. of Realtors
Dec 03, 2019
No speaker, no noon meeting. Holiday Party
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Bulletin Editor
Bill Osborne
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Executives & Directors
President
Greg Campbell
 
Vice President
Lee Carney
 
Treasurer
Uriel Pineda
 
Secretary
Suman Das
 
Director - Foundation
Judy Lyons
 
Director - Membership
Matt Monsour
 
Immediate Past President
Anna Powers
 
Director - Public Relations
Bill Osborne
 
Executive Secretary
Don Roberts
 
 

Prayer: O God, whose creative power and beauty can be seen in the magnificent display of color in nature and whose splashes of living color ar see also in the rich diversity of personalities and vocational pursuits represented in this club and throughout the Rotary enterprise, we are grateful to be part of that human kaleidoscope.

As we share our meal today, we are reminded again of the blessings and provisions for our needs, which are ultimately traceable to your goodness. Bless also the fellowship we enjoy and the good we seek to do through our club. Amen. 

Club Announcements:

1. Rotary Club of North Jackson – Quarterly Membership Changes

 

Membership (not including Honorary) September 30, 2019 95

 

Termination ( T) / Addition ( A)

Name

Effective Date

Reason

Membership after Change
         

T

Ann Somers

07-13-19

Business Pressure

94

T

Bob Potesky

07-13-19

Business Pressure

93

A

Rita Sun

07-16-19

New member

94

A

Erik Sokolsky

07-23-19

New member

95

T

Brad Benton

09-03-19

Business Pressure

94

 

2. Please note that there will not be a regular noon meeting on October 22. Instead, we will meet noonish on Thursday, October 24 at the St. Dominic facility on the I55 North Frontage Road to participate in the Rotary International World Polio Day event. Box lunches will be served. The building is between Lakeland and Eastover Dr. There will be more details later. 

Please see the flyer below about the Rotary District 6820 Polio Plus 5 K Run/Walk on October 19, 2019, at the Renaissance Shopping Center in Ridgeland. You can register at http://www.msracetiming.com  and you can get more information on how Rotary impacts the world at http://www.rotary.org.

3. The Rotary Club of North Jackson Blood Drive will be Tuesday, November 12. Please be alert for details.

 

Birthdays And Anniversaries

  • Welcome to Margaret Elizabeth White daughter of Andy and Caroline White who was born October 8. Mother and daughter are doing well.

Birthdays:

  • Damon Williams                          October 17
  • Collier Graham                            October 19
  • Lee Moss                                      October 21
Wedding Anniversaries:
  • Edward & Paula Erlich                 October 17
Membership Anniversaries
  • None

 
Stories
Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Capital Area Speaks to Rotary Club of North Jackson
Posted by Bill Osborne on Oct 10, 2019
 

Merrill McKewen, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Capital Area spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at the Club’s October 8, 2019 meeting. The subject of her talk was Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Capital Area (HFHMCA) and its new Broadmoor Initiative. After over 25 years of primarily building affordable new homes for deserving families in the Jackson Metro Area, HFHMCA has changed its focus to rehabilitating homes in the Broadmoor neighborhood of Jackson. There are several reasons for this change:

 

  1. Habitat homeowners prefer to purchase homes in the North Jackson area.

  2. The cost of new HFHMCA homes has escalated to the point where many sponsors can’t afford the cost of new homes. McKewen emphasized that the cost of a new home had risen to $120,000.

  3. The Broadmoor neighborhood is a vibrant community of well-built homes that were constructed for returning GIs after World War II and most of the homes are still in good condition for rehabilitation.

  4. The Broadmoor area is close to shopping, schools, thoroughfares, churches, and other amenities.

HFHMCA’s objective is to impact 100 homes in Broadmoor within 5 years. 

 

The original subdivision had 350 lots on 153 acres. The houses and lots were originally sold by lottery in 1948 to returning veterans. Many Jacksonians were raised in the subdivision or purchased their first home there. As they work on rehabbing the homes, it will be like coming home.

 

We thank McKewen for her presentation and for the work that HFHMCA is doing and has done for the Jackson Metro Area. She is shown following her presentation with Rotarian and HFHMCA board member Collier Graham (left) and North Jackson Club President Greg Campbell.
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WAPT Meteorologist Speaks to Rotary Club of North Jackson
Posted by Bill Osborne on Sep 26, 2019
 

Adam McWilliams, Weekend Meteorologist for Jackson channel 16, WAPT, spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at the Club’s September 24, 2019, meeting. McWilliams is a native Jacksonian and a graduate of both Hillcrest High School and Mississippi State University (2012). His MSU degree is in Broadcast Journalism. He began broadcast journalism at Hillcrest when he was in the first grade and continued through high school. When he was 16, he was an intern with WAPT’s Chief Meteorologist, David Hartman. Before coming to 16 WAPT, Adam was the weekend meteorologist and reporter for WXVT-TV in Greenville, MS.

 

McWilliams talk was entitled “Are Hurricanes Getting Worse.” He quickly proved that question to be false by showing a record of hurricanes over the past 80 years. He did say that with the oceans becoming warmer, hurricanes are accompanied by greater rainfall due to the ability of warmer air being able to hold more moisture and to discharge greater amounts as rain. 

 

McWilliams said that our ability to forecast the paths of hurricanes has improved greatly in the last 10-15 years and that as a result of better warnings are available. He also cited lessons that could be learned from Hurricane Katrina in 2005: Prepare early, prepare often. Other things that he said that exacerbate our ability to prepare for a hurricane are that most people have discontinued their telephone landlines and many people do not have transistor radios. His point was that cell phones will likely not be operating during and after hurricanes because of infrastructure damage, but that a battery-operated transistor radio can help you get warnings and post-storm information.

 

We thank Adam for his presentation and for his service to our community. He (center) is shown below with Rotarians Matt Monsour (left) who introduced him and Jeff Adcock
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Premier Plastic Surgey Center Donates for Polio Eradication
Posted by Bill Osborne on Sep 26, 2019
 

Dr. Somprasong Songcharoen, MD, of the Premier Plastic Surgery Center in Madison and Jackson, made a donation to Rotary’s Polio Plus program at the Rotary Club of North Jackson’s September 24, 2019 meeting.  Dr. Songcharoen is a native of Thailand where he received his undergraduate and medical education. He interned at Grace Hospital in Detroit Michigan and completed a surgical residency at the University of Maryland in Baltimore followed by a fellowship in Hand Surgery at Grace Hospital. He completed his Residency in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.

 

Dr.Songcharoen (left) is shown below presenting his donation to Club Member and Past District Governor Jim Stanley

We thank him for his generous donation to Polio Plus. 

 

Polio Plus is a global program of Rotary International. Since 1985, Rotary International and its partners have donated in excess of $1 Billion for the eradication of Polio. As a result, the number of global polio cases has decreased from 350,000 annually to 30. Polio has been eradicated from all countries except Pakistan and Afganistan.
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St. Dominic Health Services and Hospital Donates to Polio Plus

St. Dominic Health Services and Hospital President Lester Diamond, presented a check for $5,000 to Rotary District 6820 Governor Mark Fields to help sponsor World Polio Day. Eleven Jackson area Rotary clubs will celebrate World Polio Day on October 24, 2019. Shown (from left)  Fields, Diamond, and Suman Das, District 6820 World Polio Day Chair. Since the mid-1980s, the efforts of Rotary International and its partners have reduced the global incidence of Polio from 350,000 cases annually to 30. Polio exists now in only Pakistan and Afganistan.

 


 
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Rotary District 6820 Governor Visits Rotary Club of North Jackson
Posted by Bill Osborne on Sep 18, 2019
 

Rotary District 6820 2019-2020 Governor Mark Fields spoke to The Rotary Club of North Jackson at its September 17, 2019 meeting. Fields, informed club members and guests about the six areas of focus of Rotary International plus other district news. The six areas of focus of Rotary International are:

 

  • Promoting  Peace

  • Fighting Disease

  • Providing clean water, sanitation, and hygiene

  • Saving mothers and children

  • Supporting Education

  • Growing local economies

 

District 6820 covers the central portion of Mississippi from US Highway 82 in the north to US HIghway 84 in the south. Per Governor Fields, there are 11 Rotary Clubs in the Jackson Metro area.

 

The Rotary Club of North Jackson meets at noon on Tuesdays at the Rickhouse in Jackson. Shown (from left) Davis Clark, District 6820 Deputy Governor; Megan Little, District 6820 Assistant Governor; Mark Fields, District 6820  Governor; Greg Campbell, Rotary Club of North Jackson President and Suman Das, Club member and District 6820 Polio Chair.

 
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University of Mississippi Medical Center Professor Speaks to Rotary Club of North Jackson
Posted by Bill Osborne on Sep 12, 2019

Dr. Ann Kemp, M.D. Professor of Pharmacy & Professor of Family Medicine, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and Chair of the UMMC Opioid Task Force spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at the Club’s  September 10, 2019, meeting. The subject of the talk was “Opioid Guidelines, Regulations, and Clinical Pearls.” She commented that the talk is the same one that she gives to medical students in their training. 

 

She emphasized several times that opioid prescribing requires a balance of goals, risks, and benefits from opioid use and that the prescribing physician should always consider non-pharmaceutical pain relief alternatives. She further commented that opioids should be prescribed for chronic pain and pain from cancer and that the physician should counsel patients on the adverse effects of opioids and their safe disposal when the course of treatment is completed.

 

We thank Dr.Kemp for her talk and for her commitment and service to the citizens of Mississippi. She is shown below with Club members Patrick Smith (left), who introduced her, and Erik Hearon (right).

 

 
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Pct. 4 Officer of the Quarter Recognized by Rotary Club of North Jackson
Posted by Bill Osborne on Sep 18, 2019
 

The Rotary Club of North Jackson honored the JPD Precinct 4 Officer of the Quarter during its September 17th meeting. JPD Corporal Patrick Smith was honored for his quick action and investigation of a shooting at a Northeast Jackson hotel that led to the arrest of a suspect that was also wanted for other crimes. 

 

The Rotary Club of North Jackson meets at noon on Tuesdays at the Rickhouse in Jackson. Shown (from left) JPD Precinct Commander Keith Freeman, Corporal Smith, and Club member. Steve Orlansky who chairs the Club’s JPD Officer recognition program.

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