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Club Announcements:
The Rotary Club of North Jackson is meeting both in-person and via Zoom.
Zoom meeting invites with the link and password will be sent to all club members on Mondays. If you have any issues connecting to the Zoom meeting, please email Past President Greg Campbell at gregcampbell2@comcast.net.
The June 29 meeting has been changed. We will now meet at The Rickhouse for a "Changing of the Guard" at which we will recognize 2020-2021 President Lee Carney for her year of service and leadership and we will install our 2021-2022 President Dr. Suman Das. The June 29 meeting also is the 50th Anniversary of the chartering of the Rotary Club of North Jackson. Mark your calendars and plan to be there. It'll be a great meeting.
As announced at the June 22 club meeting, we need a new Bulletin Editor. Bill Osborne needs to step down after almost 9 years as editor. There will be plenty of training and transition, but we need a volunteer to step forward to be editor. Please let Bill know at wgoii2@gmail.com or 601-594-5698 if you are willing to do this job. It's very rewarding, you will be involved in all club activities.
Mark your calendars also for our upcoming event:
Rotary Club of North Jackson 50th Anniversary Gala at the Country Club of Jackson on July 20. The Gala will start at 11:00.
More details are to come on this event. It is listed in our club calendar
Birthdays and Anniversaries.
Birthdays
Jay Cooke June 30
David Barrett July 3
Wedding Anniversaries:
Damon & Vicky Williams July 5
Membership Anniversaries
Tony Klingler 42 years, July 1
Seymour Pooley 30 years, July 1
Ed Sentell 45 years, July 1
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Prayer. O Giver of all blessings, we pause to acknowledge your unfailing grace and goodness. We come expectantly to this meeting anticipating the joy of renewed association with each other, the prospect of being informed, and the opportunity to renew our commitment to service.
Give us the wisdom and the will to make this and every meeting a contribution to that larger goal of service. We give special thanks for the patriots who gave us the great republic in which we live. Amen.
Burl Cain, Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson during its June 22, 2021, meeting. Commissioner Cain talked about the improvements to the state's prisons since his appointment in May of 2020 and the future plans. Those improvements and plans include the introduction of seminaries and chapels in the prisons. Prisoners who complete their studies in the seminaries will receive a BA from Mississippi State University. Cain discussed how the introduction of seminaries and chapels into Louisiana penitentiaries reduced violence, in particular, at Angola where Cain was warden for 11 years. Shown from left, Lee Carney, Club President; Cain; Wyatt Emmerich, Club Past President, and David McNair, Mississippi Prison Chapel Foundation.
Cain’s talk and the complete meeting can be seen at the following link:
North Jackson Rotarian Steve Orlansky presents the JPD Precinct 4 Officer of the Quarter recognition to JPD Officer Antoinette Clemons during the Rotary Club of North Jackson’s June 15, 2021, meeting. The Rotary Club recognizes a JPD Precinct 4 Officer each quarter to show our support for JPD’s protection of our community and Precinct 4 because it covers most of North Jackson. Officer Clemons was patrolling the Olive Garden area on I-55 and noticed some men gathered behind the restaurant. Upon further investigation, she realized that they were there to steal a motorcycle that someone was selling by test-driving it. One man was arrested on a felony charge of attempted vehicle theft and two other men were arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit vehicle theft. Thanks to the quick thinking of Officer Clemons, a suspect was arrested and an attempted theft was stopped.
Shown below from left, front row: Sergeant S. Burse, Officer Clemons, Orlansky, Deputy Chief Tiny Harris, and Commander Barry Hale. Standing from left; Sargent William Wade and Assistant Chief Joseph Wade.
The Rotary Club of North Jackson is working with Spann and Walton Elementary Schools in the Jackson Public School District to introduce some of their students to the game of Chess. The project is being conducted online with FirstMoveChess.org which was developed by America's Chess Foundation. The objective is to Teach Critical & Creative Thinking Skills to students through the Game of Chess. Quoting from the first move website "First Move is targeted to the academic standards of second and third graders, although it can be used across multiple grade levels."
The lessons are taught by The Chess Lady® online with built-in activities and assessment. It was designed so teachers don’t need to know how to play chess to be successful. Students are engaged and actively participate in activities, without realizing how much they are learning. First Move kits were delivered to Spann and Walton on June 7 so that the students can be introduced to the program during their summer camp sessions. The following photos are from the events.
The first photo is at Walton School with North Jackson Rotarian Don Roberts, Ursula (School Resource Teacher), North Jackson President-Elect Dr. Suman Das, and District 6820 District Governor-Elect Mark Anderson. The second photo shows the Chess Lady during a virtual session on First Move. The third photo is from Spann School showing Messrs Anderson and Das with Spann School Principal Dr. Delane Lesh.
President-Elect Das and District Governor Elect Anderson at Spann School.
The Honorable Ashby Foote, Ward 1 City Council Representative to the Jackson City Council spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at the club’s June 15 meeting. Ward 1 is in northeast Jackson.
In introducing Foote, club past president Wyatt Emmerich, noted that Councilman Foote is the leader of the Republican caucus of the council. It is worth noting that Foote previously said that he is the only Republican on the City Council.
Foote discussed the problems that the Council is addressing and that it has recently addressed. Those include infrastructure, utility billing, drainage, policing, and crime. In discussing drainage, he noted that it is unfortunate that significant development has been permitted in the Belhaven, Eubanks, Hanging Moss, and Purple Creek drainage basins without adequate retention ponds being required by the Department of Environmental Quality or the U.S. EPA.
We thank Foote for his presentation and for his years of service to the city of Jackson. Foote’s presentation and the complete club meeting may be seen at the following link. https://vimeo.com/564160143.
The following photo was taken after Foote’s talk.
From the left, club member Luther Munford, Foote, and Club President Lee Carney.
Hayes Dent, a local political consultant and lobbyist spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson during its June 8, 2021 meeting. Dent spoke about the State Legislative process. The Rotary Club of North Jackson meets at the Rickhouse at noon on Tuesdays. Shown from left, Suman Das, club president-elect; Dent, and Wyatt Emmerich, past club president and who introduced Dent.
Dent's presentation and the balance of the meeting can be viewed at the following link: https://vimeo.com/561047353 .
North Jackson Rotarians donated snacks to summer campers at Spann Elementary School in North Jackson on June 4. Without these snacks, the campers wouldn't have had snacks to eat. The following photos are from the event.
In the front are Rotarians Neelam Goel and James Clay. Rotarian Bill Osborne is on the right in the rear. School Principal Dr. Delane Lesh is on the left in the rear row.
The donation of the snacks to Spann is part of the club’s active projects with Jackson Public Schools. This summer the club is sponsoring the introduction of chess to students at both Spann and Walton Elementary. In addition, for several years, North Jackson Rotarians have been reading to pre-Kindergarten students at Walton as well as donating dictionaries to 3rd-grade students at several North Jackson schools.
North JacksonRotary President-Elect Dr. Suman Das is in the front left in this photo
The following photo shows the snacks that were donated.
The Rotary Club of North Jackson is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of its chartering in 2021.
