September 28, 2004

NEXT MEETING, OCTOBER 4… we’ll hear from Charlotte Tabereaux (why does that name sound familiar?), Director of the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Center. We’ll also have a brief report from our Ambassadorial Scholar, David Wylie.

LAST MEETING, SEPTEMBER 27… Clarion-Ledger editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsey delighted the club with numerous examples of his work. Marshall prepares seven cartoons a week, has been nominated seven times for a Pulitzer, and is syndicated in 450 publications across the United States. Marshall, who is a cancer survivor, enjoyed a special bond with Lance Armstrong and with Kirk Fordice. The politics and personalities of Mississippi have provided much material for his cartoons. It was a real blast to review his depictions of such diverse figures as Bill Clinton, our Sheriff, our Police Chief, our City Council, the continuing Adventures of Election Man, Frank Melton, Eli Manning, Mike Moore, “the Stack”, and the continuing adventures of Kirk Fordice and Bert Case. Marshall’s motto: If you can laugh at life and its problems, you’ll be okay. Thanks to Stuart Kellogg for arranging and introducing this program.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS… just so you can mark your calendar:
¦ October 4: Charlotte Tabereaux, MS Arts & Entertainment Center (also a brief message from Ambassadorial Scholar David Wylie)
¦ October 11: Nehemiah Flowers, U.S. Marshals
¦ October 18: Molly Gregory, former Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar
¦ October 25: John Fair, Rotary District Governor
¦ November 1: Chief Robert Moore, JPD
¦ November 8: Harold Cross, Mississippi Air National Guard
¦ November 15: NO MEETING, Veterans Day
¦ November 22: Dr. Phil Walker, Ridgecrest Baptist Church
¦ November 29: Chief Phillip Martin, Mississippi Band of Choctaws

PRESIDENT’S CORNER… It’s not often that we sing during our club meeting, but today deserved nothing less. Mary Fuller led us in singing “Happy Birthday” to Paul Wilson…90 years young this coming Friday. Congratulations, Paul! Your Centennial Project/Barksdale Reading Program is well under way. I myself have three new friends. They attend Isabel Elementary, and we had our first reading session last week. They are very eager readers. Barbara Dorr’s committee wants to remind you there is still time to sign up for this semester. Training will be done this coming Friday at Lemuria Books, during the noon hour. Finally, we have J. D. Fly’s Rotarfest committee planning for our next Rotarfest. It looks like it’ll be in early November - stay tuned for the exact date. Rotarfests are always highlights of the Rotary year. - Yours in Rotary, Danny