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Speakers
Jun 20, 2017
Hal Miller – MS Trucking Association
Jun 27, 2017
Changing of the Guard
Installation of new officers
Jun 27, 2017
Swan Yerger
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Bill Osborne
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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.Dear Lord, In a world where many are lonely We thank you for friendship and community; In a world where many are despairing. We thank you for hope; In a world that many find meaningless. We thank you for faith; In a world where many are hungry. We thank you for this food. Amen
 

 

Club Announcements

 

Birthdays and Anniversaries
     
  Birthdays
  • None
 
Anniversaries
  • Josh & Erin Walker            June 20
  • John & Ann Gourlay           June 21
  • Trip & Sandra Barnes        June 21
  • Erik Hearon & Marla Harbor June 22
  • Hugh & Jennifer Johnson     June 23
     
  • Pat & Suzanne Vivier            June 24
     
  • Nick & Lauren Miller             June 25
     
Membership Anniversaries
  • None
This week’s Rotary Foundation Thought is about micro credit.

In Cuzco, Peru Rotarians contributed $10,000 to a partnering association, Asociacion
MIDE, which provided small loans to 288 low-income women. In six months these
women improved their businesses and living standards, lifting them out of extreme
poverty. While local Rotarians had the opportunity to work together to develop the
project and approve the system of loans, the participants learned to use, administer and
benefit from financial credit. In the process, the women improved their self-esteem as
they acquired entirely new roles of financial responsibility for their families. How do I
focus my giving? Every Rotarian, Every Year – Giving is hope in action.
  • 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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Unveiling People of 
Action

Posted on 

By Rotary staff

We are excited to reveal a new public image campaign, People of Action, at this year’s Rotary International Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. As Rotarians from all over the world came to Atlanta, they are experiencing and learning about this global campaign for the first time at the convention, held at Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center, 10-14 June 2017.

Convention attendees are greeted by new People of Action advertisements on billboards at the airport and around the city of Atlanta. At the venue, the ads are prominently displayed in the convention halls—on the windows and banners throughout the conference center.

There’s also a full agenda to help introduce and inform Rotarians about the new campaign. During the plenary session this morning, John Smarge, Chair of the Communications Committee, showed the campaign video and talked about this campaign as an important next step in promoting awareness and understanding of Rotary, as well as the impact Rotarians make around the world.

  • Rotary’s social media team will publish the People of Action campaign on their Rotary channels in all Rotary languages.
  • There will also be two breakout sessions that will include information about the campaign. A session will run on Wednesday afternoon in Rooms B304-305: Becoming an Effective Rotary Communicator and Promoting Rotary in Your community

Whether you are attending this year’s convention or staying home, it’s a good time to start planning for how your club will use the People of Action campaign ad to promote Rotary in your community.

 
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Stories
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.
Phillip Robert Potesky Inducted into Rotary Club of North Jackson
Posted by Bill Osborne on May 31, 2017
Phillip Robert Potesky (Bob) was inducted into the  Rotary Club of North Jackson at the club's May 30, 2017 meeting. Bob is Creative Director and a partner w with the Ramey Agency, an advertising and marketing firm in the Fondren area of Jackson.  He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College.  Bob lives in Ridgeland and is the father of two adult children. He (center right) is shown  with club president Wyatt Emmerich (center left), his proposer Ann Sommers (right) and his sponsor past president Edley Jones (Left) in the accompanying photo.
We welcome Bob to our club and hope that he enjoys many years of Rotary service.
MS Braves Sales Director Speaks to Rotary Club of North Jackson
Posted by Bill Osborne on May 31, 2017
David Burke, Director of Sales for the Mississippi Braves Baseball Club, spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson At the club's May 30, 2017 meeting. The subject of Mr. Burke's talk was the Mississippi Braves and their facility in Pearl, MS. The Braves are a AA affiliate of the Atlanta Braves The accompanying photos show Mr. Burke during his talk and (center) with Rotarians John Dorsa (left) and John Sewell (right) following the talk.