Prayer. O God, our help in ages past , our hope for years to come, we invoke your blessings upon us and your presence with us as we gather to renew our friendship with each other and our responsibility for the welfare of others.
In this month of celebrating the birthdays of the stalwart statesmen who led our nation in such crucial times, we are grateful for those men of religious faith, courage, and conviction.
We are not unmindful of our common physical needs, so accept our thanks for food to sustain our bodies and fellowship to enrich our relationships.
With praise and honor to your holy name.Amen.
Club Announcements
Birthdays and Anniversaries
Birthdays
Greg Campbell Feb. 17
Alison Parr Feb. 19
Jim Walden Feb. 23
Anniversaries
John & Pam Turner Feb. 21
Membership Anniversaries
Alison Parr 4 years, Feb. 25
Jack Allin 4 years, Feb. 25
Steve Orlansky 4 years, Feb. 26
Rotary Foundation Thought. This week’s Rotary Foundation Thought is about Matching Grants.
Rotary Clubs in Wisconsin, USA created the Power Flour Action Network to make an
impact on the lives of infants and severely malnourished children and adults. Power
Flour has targeted malnourished populations in 65 countries to date, providing a very small amount of barley malt flour to cooked starchy staples, such as rice, wheat or maize. The supplement helps digest the starch, converting it into sugars the body can absorb quickly and easily. The sugars power the body so that it can grow and function. A Matching Grant from The Rotary Foundation has enabled Rotarians in Wisconsin to bring Power Flour to children in orphanages and feeding programs in Panama. Rotarians in the Rotary del Norte club in Panama will carry out the distribution and training in
Panama to reach up to 10,000 children in the first year. Members of the Sturgeon Bay, WI, USA club are now working to develop a commercial model for Power Flour so that it will become self-sustaining. Every Rotarian, Every Year – Nourishing bodies and minds.
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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 interested in sponsoring a month, the est. cost is $180 for the food. Mike Dawkins is project chair and can be reached @ 601-351-2428 or dawkins@bakerdonelson.com.
Between the Lions. Please remember to sign up for Between 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 have resumed reading and are really enjoying it.
Member Care Committeereminder: for anyone who needs assistance getting to a meeting, please call Luther Munford at (601) 985-4418.
Thinking of Proposing a New Member?
First, discuss with Classification Committee (Paul Miller or Julian Carroll). They will provide a member- ship application, check classification availability and discuss occupational qualifications.
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
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Rotarians In Russia celebrating last year's anniversary.
On 23 February, Rotary will mark its 113th year. We will be showcasing images of clubs celebrating around the world. Send us jpg attachments of your event, along with a brief description and photo credit information to blog@rotary.org to be considered for our photo gallery.
Ms. Jenny Williams and Ms. Ashley Lucas of the Mississippi Analysis and Information Center (MSAIC) spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at its February 13, 2018 meeting. Ms. Williams discussed the MSAIC, its role, mission and goals. Ms. Lucas discussed the center's work to stop human trafficking. Per the brochure distributed by them, the Mission of the MSAIC is " to provide Mississippi with a centralized location for the gathering, analysis, and sharing of information from local, state, tribal, and federal resources to prevent criminal activity including acts of terrorism, or other threats to public safety. MSAIC serves as the integrated multi-discipline sharing network for situational awareness and is a key component of the jurisdiction's homeland security and crime prevention efforts." The goals of the MSAIC are as follow:
Maximize Mississippi's law enforcement and public safety agencies' ability to detect, prevent, apprehend, and respond to criminal and terrorist activities.
Support an all-crimes, all-hazard, all-threat's approach to intelligence.
Collect, analyze, disseminate real time criminal intelligence information to operational and executive elements.
Reduce duplication of effort.
Support intelligence led policing and national security strategies/dissemination of information collected from across Mississippi and the U.S.
Support critical infrastructure protection strategies.
We thank Ms. Williams (second from left) and Ms. Lucas (second from right) for their presentation and for their service to the citizens of Mississippi. They are shown following their presentation in the accompanying photo along with Rotarian Matt Monsour (left) who introduced them and their presentation and Club President Witt Ruffin (right).
Jackson, MS author, Jackie Warren Tatum, spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at the club’s February 6, 2018 meeting. Ms. Tatum discussed what it takes to become a published author and she discussed some of Rotary’s key accomplishments as viewed by a non-Rotarian.
She said that once a work is completed, you need to find an agent who will in turn help you find a publisher. Her book, entitled “Unspeakable Things” was published by Mill City Press and is available from Amazon and Lemuria Books in Jackson.
With respect to Rotary, Ms/ Tatum cited the success that Rotary has had in helping eliminate Polio from the world. Thus far it has achieved a 99.9% reduction since 1985 when there were 350,000 cases worldwide. In 2017, there were about 20 cases, mostly in war-torn, developing countries. She also noted the work that Rotary has done in fighting illiteracy, particularly in the U.S. with North Jackson participating in the Dictionary Project and in Between the Lions where Rotarians read to Pre-kindergarten children and in drilling and maintaining water wells in Africa where nonpotable water is an endemic problem. Prior to having wells, citizens have to walk multiple miles to wells that are generally unsanitary.
We thank Ms. Tatum for her presentation and for her interest in the work that Rotary does. She is shown in the accompanying photos at the podium during her speech and after it with Club Past president Tom Parry (left) and 2017-2018 President Witt Ruffin (right).
Dr. LouAnn Woodward, Vice Chancellor & Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at the club's January 30, 2018, meeting. The general topic of her speech was progress being made in improving medical care availability for the Citizens of Mississippi. She discussed the recently completed new Medical a School Building that is permitting the no. of graduates from 100 annually to 155 annually and the school's efforts to retain its graduates in the state. She also discussed the opening of a clinic in Belzoni where the local hospital closed and the use of telemedicine to improve the access to medical specialists. In addition, she distributed two "leave behinds", a map of UMMc's facilities and telemedicine locations in the state and a list of UMMC's successes in 2017. Dr. Woodward is shown in the accompanying photos at the meeting. One photo is of her during her talk and the second is of her with Club member Lori Greer, who is an employee of the Jackson Medical Mall which is operated by UMMC.
We thank Dr. Woodward for her presentation and for her service and commitment to the citizens of Mississippi.
Hon. Delbert Hosemann, Secretary of State for the State of Mississippi spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at the club's January 23, 2018, meeting. Secretary Hosemann, who is completing his second term as Secretary of State, discussed the accomplishments during his term; namely,
significantly reducing the cost of operating the office of the Secretary of State;
improving the quality and accessibility of the department's website;
Improving the ability of corporations and LLCs to file reports;
developing a business-friendly website, Y'all Business, to assist business looking to locate in the state;
reducing the quantity of tax-forfeited property owned by the state;
Increasing the revenues received by school districts from what is called "16th Section Land" that the districts own and lease to individuals and corporations; and
conducting a Y'all Business Survey of Mississippi business owners.
The business survey was targeted at factors that would cause businesses to want to expand their business in Mississippi. The results are quite interesting. Most important is an educated workforce. Down the list, at no. 11 and 12 respectively, were local and state financial incentives and state and local tax structure.
We thank Secretary Hosemann for his presentation to our club and for his service and commitment to the citizens of Mississippi. He is shown at the podium during his presentation and with club members and a visiting Rotarian following his presentation in the accompanying photos.
Shown in the photo following his talk are; from the left, Secretary Hosemann, Rotarian Lori Greer, who introduced him, Club President Witt Ruffin, and visiting Rotarian Dr. Henry Mills.
