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Jun 27, 2017
Changing of the Guard
Installation of new officers
Jun 27, 2017
Swan Yerger
Swan Yerger's Narrative
Jul 04, 2017
No Meeting No Speaker
Independence Day
Jul 18, 2017
Renee Cotton
Hinds Community College's 100 Year Celebration
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Executives & Directors
President
Wyatt Emmerich
 
Vice President
Witt Ruffin
 
Secretary
Anna Powers
 
Treasurer
Greg Campbell
 
Club Service Director
Steele Dehmer
 
Foundation Director
Virginia Carlton
 
Membership Director
Uriel Pineda
 
Public Relations Director
John Sewell
 
Club Administration Director
Lee Carney
 
Administrative Secretary/Treasurer
Dick Dickerson
 
 
 
 

 

 Prayer. As with Americans eveywhere we commemorate the hard-won independence which marks our nation, we are humbly grateful for patriots of the past who made freedom a reality for us. As parades wind their way though our communities, as flags are waved and songs of freedom are sung, help us to appreciate, but also to look beyond the ceremonies to the living reality of the freedom we experience. Let the speeches made be more than empty rhetoric. Let them be genuine calls to the responsible use of freedom in everyday life. 

Along with gratitude for the profound blessing of freedom, we gie thanks for the mundane gifts of life, including food and fellowship by which we are nourished and enriched. Amen
 

 

Club Announcements

 

Birthdays and Anniversaries
     
  Birthdays
  • Jay Cooke            June 30
 
Anniversaries
  • Uriel & Glenda Pineda           June 27
Membership Anniversaries
  • Swan Yerger         46 years, June 29
  • David Dogan          30 years, July 01
  • John Gourlay         41 years, July 01
  • Tony Klinger           38 years, July 01
  • Seymour Pooley     26 years, July 01
  • Ed Sentell               41 years, July 01
 
Meeting Announcement: The June 27 meeting will feature two special activities: The changing of the guard, with the installation of President Witt Ruffin and his team of officers and Directors for 2017 -2018 and a special presentation by Rotarian Swan Yerger entitled "Swan Yerger's Narrative." All of us will want to make sure that we attend this very special meeting.
 
This week’s Rotary Foundation Thought is about a Rotarian going the distance for
the Foundation.

Running, biking and swimming 482 miles in the course of a
year or even a month is hardly the marvel of sports headlines.
But racking up that distance in three days staggers the imagin-
ation. Jeff Glidden did just that through his Ultra Distance Triath-
lon Challenge, raising $100,000 and counting, as of June 2007
for the Annual Programs Fund. “It was difficult” said Glidden,
“but it was more rewarding than anything I have ever done.
Many Rotarians that had never given before contributed and
supported me, that was definitely one of my goals” Corporate
sponsors helped fuel Glidden’s megatriathlon challenge by each
contributing at least $1000. Local media coverage also raised
overall awareness of Rotary. All the proceeds from Glidden’s chal-
lenge went to support The Rotary Foundation.
  • Billy Brumfield House. The Rotary Club of North Jackson
    is serving supper once a month at The Billy Brumfield House,
    a Stewpot Community Services ministry. Our club serves on
    the 1st  Tuesday of each month. Interested members need to
    meet @ Baker Donelson located at the corner of Eastover
    Drive and the I-55 North Frontage Road @ 5:15 PM and
    then travel together to Billy Brumfield. Also, if you are in-
    terested in sponsoring a month, the est. cost is $180 for
    the food. Mike Dawkins is project chair and can be reach-
    ed @ 601-351-2428 or mdawkins@bakerdonelson.com.
 
  • Between the Lions. Please remember to sign up for Be-
    tween the Lions. During the school year, we read weekly
    to pre-Kindergarteners at William Walton Elementary School
    on Bailey Ave. It is a wonderful experience! The children
    are truly information sponges and very willing learners.
    Contact Jenny Price (662) 213-1294 for more information.
    We will resume reading when the children the new school
    year begins.
  • Member Care Committee reminder: for anyone who
    needs assistance getting to a meeting, please call Luther
    Munford at (601) 985-4418.
     
  • Thinking of Proposing a New Member?
    1. First, discuss with Classification Committee (Paul
      Miller or Julian Carroll). They will provide a member-
      ship application, check classification availability, and
      discuss occupational qualifications.
      1. Paul Miller
      2.          email  - pomiller3@gmail.com
  •          Phone - 601-956-2223
    1. Julian Carroll
    2. email - juliancarroll@comcast.net
  • Phone – 601-981-3886
Rotary Membership Occupational Qualifications
Applicant should be one of the following:
  • A corporate officer
  • A Professional (Attorney, CPA, Physician. Engineer,
    Architect, etc) A Proprietor
  • An Agent of a reputable company
  • A Manager or Supervisor of a department or section
    of a business
  •  Rotarians, don't forget to like the club's Face-
    Book page to stay up to date on the latest hap-
    penings. Search us out at Rotary Club of North
    Jackson or click the link: 
 
“Service above self; they profit most who serve best.”
P. O. B O X  9 5 2 8,  J A C K S O N, MI S S I S S I P P I  3 9 2 8 6 - 9 5 2 8
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At the Rotary International Convention, global leaders and key donors affirm their commitment to ending polio

By 

Bill Gates, co-chair of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and RI President John Germ share the recent news about their partnership in the fight to eradicate polio.

The historic pledges of new funds at the Rotary Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, will go toward drastically shrinking the $1.5 billion gap in the funding that the partners of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative say is needed to reduce polio cases to zero worldwide. Just five cases have been reported this year, the lowest number in history.

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, said ending polio would be one of the world’s greatest achievements. 

"Polio is the thing I spend the most time on. Everyday I look at my email to see if we have a new case," Gates said. "I'm very inspired to be part of this. I'm also very humbled."

Rotary International President John F. Germ announced that Rotary would increase its commitment and raise $50 million per year over the next three years. Rotary has raised more than $1.7 billion to fight the disease since 1985.

“Right now, every time a new case is identified, it really could be the last one the world ever sees,” Germ said. 

Gates told the crowd of nearly 24,000 that, starting 1 July, his foundation will extend its 2-to-1 match to cover up to $50 million in donations to Rotary for each of the next three years. The match and donations to Rotary would add up to $150 million per year over the next three years, which will add up to $450 million to the fight.

The new funding will go toward polio eradication efforts such as disease surveillance, responses to any outbreaks, and the vaccination of more than 400 million children annually. 

List of Pledges

  • $450 million     Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

    “The incredible efforts of Rotarians, governments, health workers and partners—including those who have gathered here today—are close to making history,” said Bill Gates. “These new commitments will help ensure that we can finish the job.”

     

  • $154.7 million     Pakistan

    The significance of this moment cannot be overstated. Seeing such strong and unrelenting support from countries around the world reminds us that this is a truly global effort and renews our national resolve to banish this disease from our country.

     

  • $150 million     Rotary International

    “The global eradication of polio has been Rotary’s top priority since 1985. Rotary members have been the driving force behind the fight to end polio since its inception,” said John Germ, President of Rotary International. 

     

  • $134.6 million     Nigeria

    Crucial innovations as well as human and financial resources made it possible for us to find poliovirus that had been circulating in remote and insecure areas of our country. Today’s new funding and renewed commitment will help us make sure that the disease has no safe harbor and is rooted out once and for all.

  • $75 million     Canada

    The government of Canada has been a part of this effort from the very beginning and will not stop until every boy and girl around the world is safe from this disease.
     

  • $61.4 million     European Commission

    The eradication of polio will not just put an end to a significant threat to newborn and child health; it will also be a sustainable global public good that will help improve the health of everyone, everywhere.

     

  • $55 million     Japan

    For as long as polio circulates anywhere, it is a threat to children everywhere. We are committing to ending this disease and strengthening global health security for future generations. 

     

  • $30 million     United Arab Emirates

    The UAE is proud to be a leader in the effort to end polio and looks forward to a future in which every child and every country around the world is able to experience the full economic and health benefits of polio eradication.

     

  • $30 million     Dalio Foundation

     

  • $25 million     Bloomberg Philanthropies

  • $15 million     Anonymous donor 

     

  • $11.2 million     Germany

    Together with countries and partners, we look forward to ending polio and ensuring that the infrastructure used to fight this disease helps improve health in countries around the world for years to come.

     

  • $5 million     easyJet

    easyJet is proud to be a part of the global fight to end polio and improve the health of children everywhere.

     

  • $5 million     Italy
     
  • $4 million     Korea

    The Government of Korea is committed to working with governments and polio partners around the world to finish off this disease.

     

  • $2 million     Korea Foundation for International Healthcare/Community Chest of Korea
 
  • $1.7 million      United Nations Foundation/Shot@Life 
  • $1.03 million     Switzerland 

     

  • $500,000     Luxembourg

     

  • $514,000     UNICEF USA

     

  • $330,000     Monaco
 
  • $130,000      New Era Educational and Charitable Foundation

  • $60,000     Turkey

  • $30,000     Malta

     

  • $20,000     Spain

     

  • $20,000     Accenture Interactive, USA 
 
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Stories
MS Trucking Association  President Speaks to Rotary Club of North Jackson
Posted by Bill Osborne on Jun 22, 2017
Mr. Hal Miller, President of the Mississippi Trucking Association (MTA) , spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at its June 20, 2017 meeting. He spoke about the role mission and purpose of the Mississippi Trucking Association. Prior to joining the MTA, Mr. Miller was with his family's firm, Miller Trucking where he served for 25 years.
 

Formed in 1942, the mission of the Mississippi Trucking Association, Inc., is to serve as the trusted resource for safety, education, advocacy and member services to promote the trucking industry. Mr. Miller pointed out that in 2015, the trucking industry provided 1 out of 13 jobs (a total of 68,140 jobs) in MS with total wages paid exceeding $2.8 billion, with an annual salray of $41,000. Tractor-trailer drivers  held 22,800 jobs with an average annual salary of $40,400.

He also pointed out that MS trucking companies transported 79% of the manufactured goods and that there were 4,920 trucking companies in the state. 85.5% of the MS communities relied exclusively on trucks to move their goods. In 2014, the MS Trucking industry paid $388 million in federal and state roadway taxes. This was 41% of the taxes paid by MS motorists despite that fact that trucks represent only 11 % of the miles traveled in the state.

 

Safety is a paramount concern of the MTA. In 2014, the fatal crash rate of trucks was 1.23 fatalities per 100 million miles, which represented a 73% reduction from the rate in 1975 when the US DOT began keeping these records. 

Big issues to the MTA are the need for 250,000 new drivers by 2022 and the deteriorating condition of the highway infrastructure. Supporting this, Mr. Miller cited that the average trucker is 48 years old and that 890,000 of them are expected to retire through 2025. With respect to infrastructure, Mr. Miller said that infrastructure related congestion and re-routing cost $64 billion annually, 996 million delay hours, and the premature retirement of 362,000 drivers. Additionally, poor road conditions contribute to more than 1/3 of all highway fatalities. These safety data were provided by TRIP, a nonprofit national transportation research organization that was founded in 1971. He further cited that "driving on rough roads costs Mississippi motorists a total of $1.4 billion annually in extra vehicle operating costs such as accelerated depreciation, repair costs, increased fuel consumption and tire wear. Nearly 2 out of every three miles of Mississippi's major urban roads are in either poor or mediocre condition. Twelve percent of Mississippi's bridges are structurally deficient. He cited that every $1 of deferred maintenance on roads and bridges is estimated to cost an additional $4 - $5 in future vehicle repairs. For this reason, the MTA has actively supported a fuel tax increase in Mississippi. 

 

Mr. Miller also discussed the importance of new technology in improving trucking safety. Some of the technology innovations are shown in the following photo.

 

Mr. Miller is also shown (2nd from right) in the following photo following his presentation with Rotarians Jeff Bonner (left), Henry Larose (2nd from left), and Matt Montour (right).

We thank Mr. Miller for his very interesting and informative presentation.

 

 
MS Kidney Foundation Representatives Speak to Rotary Club of North Jackson
Posted by Bill Osborne on Jun 14, 2017
Gail Sweat, Executive Director of the MS Kidney Foundation and Dr. Christopher Anderson, MD, General & transplant surgeon at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at its June 13, 2017 meeting. Ms. Sweat discussed the role and mission of the Kidney Foundation of MS and Dr. Anderson discussd the evolution and status of the transplant program at UMMC. According to Dr. Anderson, the UMMC transplant program has developed to the pont where it is ranked as a national Center of Excellence and has transplant outcome statistics at or above national norms.
 
Per Ms. Sweat, the  mission of the Mississippi Kidney Foundation, chartered in 1965, is to serve Mississippi kidney patients by providing quality programs and services, to provide public education and screening to promote the prevention of kidney disease, and to promote organ donation throughout the state. Ms. Sweat and Dr. Anderson are shown during their presentation in the accompanying photos.
 
 
We thank Dr. Anderson and Ms. Sweat for their interesting and informative presentation and for their work on behalf of the citizens of Mississippi.
 
Orthopedic surgery-physician-speaks-to-rotary-club-of-North-Jackson
Posted by Bill Osborne on Jun 06, 2017
Dr. Will Jackson, a fifth year orthopedic surgery resident that the University of Mississippi Medical Center spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at its June 6, 2017 meeting. The subject of Dr. Johnson 's presentation was "Things to Know about Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA)" or in lay terms Total Hip Replacement. He discussed the history of the procedure, non surgical alternatives to surgery, causes of hip deterioration, ways to prevent or delay hip problems. and the expectations from surgery. Per Dr. Johnson, the first THA was performed in Germany in 1881 by a Dr. T. Gluck. The first THA in the US was in 1940 in South Carolina. The procedure and the prosthesis devices were further developed in the UK in the 1960s and THA has now evolved to the point where it is performed as outpatient surgery. Persons receiving THA should expect 20+ years of useful life from their device and they shold be able to resume normal athletic activities such as biking, riding, golf, tennis following the surgery. The recovery time expectation is to sit in a chair the day of the surgery, begin physical therapy day 4, resume normal household movements 2 weeks following surgery and begin driving an automobile 4 - 6 weeks following surgery. 
 
Dr. Johnson recently returned from Switzerland where he was on a 6 month assignment. He commented that in his entire time in Switzerland he treated zero gun shot wounds. By contrast on a recent evening he treated 5 such wounds back in Jackson.
 
We thank Dr. Johnson for his presentation and for his service to the citizens of Mississippi. He is shown during his presentation in the accompanying photos.