The March 17 - 31 meetings of the Rotary Club of North Jackson have been canceled due to the coronavirus and the Covid-19 disease it causes. Please look for service opportunities keeping with our Motto of "Service above self, those who serve most, serve best."
Rotary Club of North Jackson Board Votes to Investigate Remote Meetings
District governor, Mark Fields, distributed the following message to Club officers Thursday morning, March 19
"District 6820 will conduct temporary, district-wide, online ZOOM video conference meetings for all 6820 clubs and members. We plan to offer duplicate meetings twice each week (members can decide which to attend). The meetings will be short, hopefully as short as 30-45 minutes and will be focused, starting out, on what our clubs 1) are doing, 2) can be doing and 3) should be doing in the current health crisis. For now, we will offer these meetings each Wednesday at both 12:00 noon and 6:00 PM.
AND, a trial meeting for Presidents and Officers this Monday March 23, 2020! It will give us an opportunity for exchange and to test out the ZOOM conferencing. If you are new to ZOOM, please try the login earlier. Depending on your device, you may need to download an app. You may be offered the opportunity to set up an account, but I do not think it is necessary for you to do that.
To join this D6820 Zoom Meeting:
1. Your computer or phone can be used with a camera and microphone
3. You will soon see everyone who has joined the meeting"
Proposed New Member Announcement. James Michael Clay has been proposed for membership in the Rotary Club of North Jackson by Eric Sokolsky and Greg Campbell and is sponsored by past president Don Roberts.
James is currently Business Development Manager for Employee Administrative Services Inc. (EASI) which provides payroll, time and attendance services, as well as employee benefits services. He has been with EASI 1 year.
He will be loaned the classification, Payroll Administration, after his membership is approved by the Board.
James has lived in the Metro area for his entire life. He was educated in public school in Brandon where he continues to reside. He attended Mississippi State University where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.
This is the 1st publication of this proposed new member.
This was our club’s President Greg Campbell’s view Tuesday during the club’s board phone conference call.
At its March 17, 2020, meeting, the Board of Directors of the Rotary Club of North Jackson voted to investigate holding its upcoming meetings for the duration of the Coronavirus pandemic on a remote basis. President Greg Campbell and Administrative Secretary/Treasurer Don Roberts were authorized to conduct this investigation and to make a recommendation to the board.
More information will follow as the investigations proceed.
Almighty God, we pray for those adversely affected by the Coronavirus and for those working to manage the disease it causes.
Sovereign God, in appreciation of the fellowship we normally experience in our meetings, we give thanks for those opportunities and we look forward to when normal times are restored.
Hear our prayer of thanksgiving for food and fellowship, by which we are energized and strengthened for recurring opportunities to serve others. Amen
Club Announcements:
Upcoming Events:
All events are either canceled or postponed, except perhaps the Club Assembly
1. Club Assembly, St. Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral, 305 East Capitol St., Jackson, May 19
Jeff Rent, Interim President & CEO of the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at the club’s March 10, 2020 meeting. The Chamber’s area of focus is Hinds, Madison, Rankin and Warren Counties. The objective of the Partnership is to make Central Mississippi the premier location for business and industry.
Rent emphasized the higher education and workforce training opportunities available to new and existing companies in the greater Jackson region. He also highlighted the transportation and logistical advantages with the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers Airport, the intersection of two major Interstate highways, two Class I rail lines and navigable waterways. Available medical centers plus the quality of life and entertainment options available here also are important in the Chamber Partnership’s efforts to recruit and retain new talent to our area.
We thank Rent for his presentation and his work on behalf of the Metro Area. He (center) is shown below with Club Vice President Lee Carney, and club director Larry Anderson who introduced him.
Jackson Police Officer Jeffery Walker was honored as the Precinct 4 Officer of the Quarter by the Rotary Club of North Jackson during its March 3, 2020 meeting. Officer Walker made several felony drug arrest that resulted in recovering 9 handguns, an assault riffle, 10 ounces of marijuana, 24 ounces of codeine and approximately $8,000 in US currency. Shown from left, Sgt. Terrence Tiller, who nominated Officer Walker; Deputy Chief Tiny Harris; Layla Walker, wife of Officer Walker; Officer Walker; Steve Orlansky, club member and committee chair; JPD Chief James Davis and Tyrone Buckley, Precinct 4 Commander.
As a part of his recognition, Officer Walker received a citation, a $200 gift card from Kroger and a $100 gift card from The Manship Wood Fired Kitchen. We are delighted to have Officer Walker in Pct. 4 and congratulate him on his recognition.
Tonya Ball, an oncology-certified nurse and has worked as the Oncology Services Nurse Navigator with Baptist Cancer Center for more than 10 years spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at the club's March 3, 2020 meeting. Her presentation was the second of three presentations that representative of Baptist will make to our Rotary club this year. The subject of her presentation was advances in colorectal cancer research. Ms. Ball discussed ways to minimize colorectal cancer by diet, activity, and regular screening. She cited statistics demonstrating that survivability of this cancer depends on how far the disease has progressed. If the cancer is local; i.e., it has not spread beyond its point of origin, five-year survivability is 90%, if it is regional; i.e., it has not spread far from its point of origin, five-year survivability is 71% and if it is distant; i.e., it has spread throughout the body, five-year survivability is 14%.
Ms. Ball noted that in February 2000, President Clinton officially dedicated March as official Colorectal Cancer awareness month. She cited that colorectal Cancer is the third most diagnosed cancer, it is the second leading cause of death in men and women 50 years of age or older, and it is one of the most treatable cancers if it is found early. One in three adults 50 years and older are not getting screened. The risk of getting colon cancer is 0ne in 23 for men and women (a combined4. 5%), but this varies widely depending on individual risk factors, some of which are hereditary (non-modifiable) and modifiable. Modifiable factors are activity, diet (red meat and processed meat consumption), smoking, obesity, increased alcohol consumption. People need to begin screening about age 50 depending on their heritage. She cited a widely advertised colorectal cancer detection system named Cologuard. Cologuard is not perfect, but the data support its use when symptoms are present in individuals. Those symptoms are blood in the stool or in the toilet bowl after a bowel movement, bleeding from the rectum, dark or black stools, change in bowel patters /shape of stool, cramping or discomfort in the lower abdomen, or unintentional weight loss.
We thank Ball for her presentation and for her service to the patients of Baptist Medical System. The information she provided is critical to our members. Shown from left, Larry Anderson, club director; Ball and Caitlin Hayden, System Community Involvement and Special Events Coordinator.
