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Club Announcements:

The Rotary Club of North Jackson is meeting both in-person and via Zoom.  Reservations are required to attend the in-person meetings. Respond to the email from Don Roberts to make one. 

 
Zoom meeting invites with the link and password will be sent to all club members on Mondays. The Zoom meetings will continue to start at noon on Tuesdays with club member fellowship and with the meeting starting at 12:15 p.m. If you have any issues connecting to the Zoom meeting, please email Past President Greg Campbell at gregcampbell2@comcast.net.
 
We give our speakers nearly 30 minutes for their presentations.
 
Mark your calendars 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 11:30.

    More details are to come on this event. It is listed in our club calendar
 
SERVICE Opportunity! For several years, North Jackson Rotarians have been reading to pre-K students at Walton Elementary School on Bailey Avenue in Jackson. With time, our cadre of readers has diminished as some of them moved away. If you are interested in becoming a reader, please contact Bill Osborne (601-594-5698). For 2020 & 2021 we have joined the class remotely via Zoom, but we hope to get back to in-person reading in the fall.

Birthdays and Anniversaries.

Birthdays

  • Suman Das                        May 6
  • John Sewell                       May 7
 
Wedding Anniversaries:
  • None
Membership Anniversaries
  • None
Prayer. True and living God, Lord of city streets and country roads, of urban congestion and rural openness, you are the Lord of life in every type of community. But at the outset of this month with its national focus on Rural Life, we offer a grateful and special prayer for those who till the soil and reap the harvest, who provide the products we consume.
 
We thank you for the gift of food and the experience of fellowship. we are grateful also for the assurance that as we leave this place today, we will still be accompanied by your Spirit. Amen.
 
Stories
Rotary Club of North Jackson Honors 2021 Star Students and Teachers
 

At it’s April 27 meeting, the Rotary Club of North Jackson honored the Star Students and Teachers from North Jackson high schools. Students and teachers from Jackson Academy, Jackson Preparatory School, Madison Ridgeland Academy, and St. Andrew’s Episcopal School were invited. Unfortunately, the students from Jackson Academy were unable to attend. The honorees attended the meeting virtually via a Zoom link. Each student was asked to discuss their school, name their Star Teacher and why that teacher was chosen, and where they intend to attend college in the fall, and their intended field of study. The student and their teachers are as follow:

 

 

The Mississippi Economic Council was represented at the meeting by Vickie Powell, Senior Vice President, Foundations. This year’s Star Student and Teacher recognition is the 56th year that the MEC has recognized the Students and Teachers. We congratulate all of the students and teachers and thank the MEC for conducting this program for our state's youth. 

The complete meeting, including the presentations by each of the students, can be viewed at https://vimeo.com/542932169.

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Former North Jackson Rotarian Honored as Rotary Benefactor
 

Charles “Charlie” Johnson, past president of the Rotary Club of North Jackson, recognized Thomas C. Turner III as a Rotary Foundation Benefactor at the club’s April 20th meeting.  The recognition was given in honor of the late Dr. Thomas C. Turner, Jr., a former member of the club.  A Rotary Foundation Benefactor signifies a gift of $1,000.00 or more to the Permanent Fund of the Rotary Foundation.  Shown from left, Johnson, Turner and Lee Carney, club president. 

 

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National Hemp Growers’ Co-op Representative Speaks to Rotary Club of North Jackson
 

Nick Walters, with the National Hemp Growers Co-Op, spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson during its April 20, 2021 meeting. Walters informed club members and guests about the difference between hemp and marijuana and the uses of the hemp plant. Shown from left, Walters, Lee Carney, club president, and Don Roberts, club administrative secretary-treasurer.

Walters is a seventh-generation Mississippian from Wiggins, Mississippi. He holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in History from Mississippi College. He and his wife Lisa and their three children live in Ridgeland, Mississippi. Walters has been active on many boards and commissions that keep him active in his church and community.

Walters said that hemp can have a maximum of .03% THC (the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, more fully, tetrahydrocannabinol) whereas marijuana contains on the order of 6% THC. He stressed that all parts of the hemp plant are useful, with the buds harvested for oil production, the seeds for grain, and the stalks for rope, and other high-strength products such as biodegradable plastic and hempcrete, a building material. Thus hemp is used to produce many useful products.

Beginning Wednesday, April 28, the National Hemp Growers Cooperative will be hosting a Wednesday webinar at 2:00 PM CDT. The first webinar will feature “Adrian Zelski – Principal and Chief Business Development Officer with Center Pivot Group in Longmont, CO.  Center Pivot is an industry leader and supply chain management firm that focuses on hemp production, logistics, and distribution.  Zelskiwill brings a wealth of knowledge to our webinar series.” The link to Center Pivot is https://www.centerpivotgroup.com/.

We thank Walters for his very informative presentation. His presentation and the entire North Jackson meeting can be viewed at https://vimeo.com/539863688.

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Audiologist Speaks to Rotary Club of North Jackson
 

Dr. Grace Gore Sturdivant, Doctor of Audiology (AuD) spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at the Club’s April 13 meeting. Sturdivant is a native of Grenada, MS, and resides in Jackson. She received her undergraduate degrees from the University of Mississippi and her doctoral degree from Vanderbilt University. She is the founder and president of OtoPro Technologies which provides tailored technology for active ears. By active ears, Sturdivant means ears exposed to high decibel sounds such as music, hunting, shooting sports, high-speed automobiles, or jet engines She can also provide recommendations as to clinical audiologists for persons with hearing loss. Sturdivant came to Jackson and completed her doctoral externship at UMMC after which she served as an Assistant Professor and Vice Chief of the Audiology division before founding OtoPro Technologies in 2018.

Sturdivant discussed hearing, its loss, and the causes of hearing loss. She also discussed recent research that appears to link untreated hearing loss and the onset of dementia. That link has yet to be conclusively proven, but she said that there is a high correlation between the two. The hypothesis linking hearing loss and dementia relates to the lack of stimulation of certain brain areas by sound which stimulation is not present when the person doesn't hear. This is thought to result in loss of memory or dementia.

We thank Sturdivant for her presentation and for her service to Mississippians having or at risk of having hearing loss. She (center) is shown below following her presentation with club member Bill Osborne (left) and club President Lee Carney (right).

Sturdivant's presentation and the entire meeting can be seen at the following link: https://vimeo.com/536898436

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Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation CEO speaks to Rotary Club of North Jackson
Bradley Lum, CEO of Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation (MPIC), spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson about MPIC at the club's April 6 meeting. Lum is a graduate of the University of Mississippi where he was a relief pitcher on the baseball team and of the Mississippi  College School of Law.
 
According to Lum, MPIC is a non-profit corporation that receives no direct appropriations from the State. It operates solely on monies generated from the sale of the products it creates. Those funds are then reinvested into the corporation (training and certification, transitional support, creating classrooms, supplying teaching materials, etc.), MPIC is able to offer on-the-job training and work experiences to inmate workers because of its independence in generating its own cash flow. MPIC operates in four correctional facilities throughout the state of Mississippi including the State Penitentiary in Parchman and the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Rankin County. Products produced by MPIC are offered through a full-service sales division The products that MPIC produces and sells include printing, metal fabrication, office furniture, products for schools and universities, and items for correctional facilities. The organization is developing an online store.
 
Within the MPIC program, inmates learn trades that give them marketable skills upon their release. Per its brochure, the mission of MPIC is "leading offenders to a brighter future through job training and realistic work experiences." The ultimate goal of MPIC is to have a creditable impact on the recidivism rate of the work program participants. Per Lum, the current recidivism rate is 35% after three years and 72% after seven years.
 
Lum also discussed the HOPE Alliance which is a collaboration of MPIC and the Mississipi Department of Corrections (MDOC). HOPE offers comprehensive programming for offenders currently incarcerated and connects returning citizens with community-based employers as they integrate back into society. Its mission statement is " We are committed to providing HOPE to returning citizens by way of comprehensive outcome-driven pathways that led to long-term sustainability."

We thank Lum for his presentation and for his service to the State of Mississippi. His presentation and the complete meeting can be seen by clicking on the following link https://vimeo.com/534204033. Lum is shown in the following photo (left) with club Program Director Jenny Price (center) and North Jackson President Lee Carney (right).
 
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