TUPELO CLUB MEMBERSHIPKEY: 1-Past President; 2-Past Secretary; 3-Past Treasurer; 4-Past District Governor; 5-Paul Harris Fellow; 6-Honorary Member;

7-Benefactor; 8-Sustaining Rotary Foundation Member; 9-Paul Harris Society; 10-Bequest Society; 11-Major Rotary Foundation Donor

NEWEST MEMBERS:Chesnut, BobGoss, Fhonda

Plunkett, Harold................

5,8 Addison, Michael Alderman, Chuck 8 Armistead, William 1,2,5,8 Ashby, Ron 5,8 Bandre, Jesse 1,4,5,7,8,11 Bank, Alan 5,8 Bebout, Scott 1,2,5,8 Blackmon, Dwayne 5,8 Blackmon, Frankie 3,5,8 Blanton, Len 5,8 Booth, Tom 8 Brasfield, Dan 5,8 Brock, Cliff 1,3,5,8 Bullard, Terry 5 Bullock, Tammy 8 Burchfield, Randy 5,8 Burleson, Mark 5,8 Burrus, Swan 8 Busby, Tami 8 Carr, Phillip 5,8 Castles, John Chesnut, Bob 1,5,8 Clayborne, Mike 5,8 Condit, Brian 5,8 Currie, Mike 5,8 Davenport, Howard 8 Delgadillo, Albert Denton, Jim 1,5,8 Diffee, Jim 8 Dodge, Bobby 8 Dodge, Henry 5,8 Doles, Barbara 1,5 Ellett, Mitch 8 Faucette, Rick 1,5 Ferguson, Casey Foster, Clay 5,8 Gaines, Bobby Gaines, Tony Geddie, Karen 1,5,8 Geddie, Rowland 5,8 Goad, Gunner 1,2,5,8 Goodwin, Julianne Goss, Fhonda 5 Greer, Charlie 8 Guyton, Dick Hammond, Trent Harris, Ashley 5,8 Hastings, Richard 5,8 Hilbun, Benton Jr. 5,8 Hilbun, Benton Sr. 8 Hill, J. Edward 5,8 Hill, John 8 Hinton, Mark 1,3,5,8 Hodges, Harold

1,2,5,8 Hooper, Shane 5,8 Hosch, B.B. 8 Howell, Vaughn 5,8 Hudson, Harold 8 Hudson, Rob 1,5,8 Imbler, Chuck 5,8 Ivy, Octavious 8 Jernigan, Jud 5,8 Johnson, Skip 5,8 Jones, Jenny

1,5,8 Jourdan, Raymond 1,5,8 Joyner, Ernie 8 King, Jeff 8 Lewis, Will 8 Loden, Gearl 8 Long-Neely, Shari 5,8 Long, Zell 8 Marshall, Joe Mathis, Ken 5,8 McCoy, Randy

8 McDougald, Chuck 5,8 McMullan, Inita 5,8 McMurry, Kathy Aycock 5,8 Miller, Max 5,8 Miller, Mike Mills, Chris 1,2,8 Milton, Sam 8 Moll, Ted 5,8 Napier, Jerry 1,8 Pate, Jim 2,8 Perkins, Sandra Pilgrim, Bob 1,5,8 Pirkle, Greg Plunkett, Harold 5,8 Ray, Talmadge 8 Reed, Robert 5,8 Reynolds, Rusty 1,5,8 Rice, Rob 8 Roberts, Tim 1,2,5,7,8 Robertson, Cathy Robertson, Jay 1,5,8 Robinson, Tom 1,2,5,8 Rogers, Lee 5,8 Roper, Ron 5,8 Roper, Ryan Schoggin, Andy 1,5,8,10 Scoville, Wayne 1,3,5,7,8 Seal, Dan 8 Shackelford, Kevin 5,8 Shirley, James “Buck” 8 Sparks, David 1,2,5 Stubblefield, Jerry 5,8 Tidwell, Melinda 8 Todd, Larry Tomlinson, Jeff 1,4,5,7,8,10,11 Trawick, Janice 5,8 Tucker, Patty 1,5,8 Underwood, Tom 5,8 Vance, Buddy 1,5 Voge, Dennis Wages, Gerald 5,8 Waldrop, Brent 1,5,8 Washburn, Heywood 1,5,8 Waters, Bill Weeks, Jimmy 5,8 White, Calvin 1,5,8 Whitfield, Lewis 5,8 Whittington, Markel 8 Whittle, Shawn 6 Wicker, Roger 5,8 Williams, James 8 Williams, Mark 8 Williams, Martin 5,8 Williams, Terri 5,8 Winkler, Marion 5,8,9 Workman, Mike

Todd AgnewPete AlbrittonCharlie AycockTom BellFelix BlackWalter BourlandTal BraddockFred BushGail CarrBill Dunlap

Edward D. FosterHomer HortonJinx JoynerWade LagroneFred E. MasseyJack McGillGeorge A. McLeanLuther MillsapsKen Nail Sr.St. Elmo Newton

Claude PolandMarty RamageLarry RayBill ReedFrank RileyGeorge RuffBob SchreinerGail ScovilleWick SparksJack Stacy

Jim StrainAntone TannehillP.K. Thomas Jr.Tom VaughnJoe WhitesideHarold WiesEd Younk

FRIENDS Non-Member Paul Harris Fellows (#-Deceased; +-Benefactor)

IN MEMORY We remember our deceased Paul Harris Fellows

Anita AltonEldridge Eugene AsburyCinnie AycockEdwinta AlbrittonAvery BankHillary BankMarilynne BankRuth BaxterBrenda BeboutAmy BlackmonBonnie BlackmonTommie BourlandDavid BrevardMid BrockMarianne BurrusCathy Butler# Evelyn CarrollBetty CastlesGrace ClarkJohnie CooksEvelyn CroxtonMary Shetle CurrieNancy DiffeeRic DiffeeScott DolesHarriet EllettJim GoodwinVaughn GrishamCarlyle “Smitty” HarrisDana HartleyEliza HerringMerritt Lee HerringSkylar Herring

Wyatt HerringBrenda HilbunReed Hillen, IVMargaret A. HillenKathleen Tate HillenKathy HodgesWayne HodgesFrances HooperSam Hooper Jr.Sue Imbler# Jim IngramMargaret Grace JerroldsCarman JonesCindy JourdanFrances Elkins JoynerWilliam Kahlstorf, M.D.Judy LevyDon LewisDonna MarreroHarry Martin# Corinne MasseyKay MathewsMargaret Anne Murphey#Jim Odum# Julia Otis# Katherine OttoMary Pace, M.D.Sam PaceMatt PannellAubrey PattersonKimberly PeguesSylvia PeguesEstus Pirkle

Jack Reed Sr.Wesley ReedLinda RiceJane RileyDon RobertsonZachary M. RobertsonFredda RobinsonJames Milton Robinson IITy RobinsonMerrell L. RogersJoe RutherfordCatherine SadlerAnn SealDelores SmithSherry Stubblefield# Dianne TannehillEdith Ruff ThomasWill TonosCurtis TrawickWanda UnderwoodWalt WaltonSue WashburnSunny WatersDebra White+ # Norma Jean WhitesideLibby WhittingtonFrances WilliamsJane WoodWilliam Wood, M.D.Lavelle WoodrickBoyd Yarbrough# Kay Younk

2013-14 OFFICERS...

Jerry Napierpresident

Scott Beboutvice-president

Jenny Jonessecretary

Bob Pilgrimtreasurer

Jesse Bandresergeant-at-arms

Janice Trawickexecutive secretary

ROTARY INTERNATIOAL...............................................................................................

Ron Burton, RI President » norman, oklahomaLarry Lunsford, Dir., Zones 30-31 » kansas city, moTommy White, District 6800 Gov. » water valleyJulianne Goodwin, Dist. 6800 Assist. Gov. » tupelo

Club 3924Chartered

April 25, 1925Meets noon

Mondays at the The Summit

Center, 854 N. Gloster Street

mailing address:

P.O. Box 1143, Tupelo, MS 38802

www.tupelorotary.com facebook.com/RotaryClubOfTupelo

Storytellers »

JASON COLLUM

Joe Edd Morris, left, and the Rev. Roy Ryan spoke to Tupelo Rotarians last week about working on their book, “Old Testament Stories: What Do They Say Today?”

ROTARY CLUB OF TUPELO, MISS. CLUB LEADERS.......

Jerry Napiersong leader

Evelyn Croxtonpianist

’13-14 DIRECTORS...

Kathy McMurry (2014)Tom Booth (2014)Benton Hilbun Jr. (2015)Randy McCoy (2016)Harold Hodges

immediate past-president

november 4, 2013

Robert Reed » 11/5Karen Geddie » 11/8Skip Johnson » 11/10

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

NOTES & ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY’S SONG

America, the BeautifulO beautiful for spacious skies,

For amber waves of grain.For purple mountain majesties

Above the fruited plain.America! America! God shed His

grace on thee,And crown they good with

brotherhoodfrom sea to shining sea.

Taste of Tupelo now a biz expo happens Tuesday

The Taste of Tupelo is now a busi-ness expo. Formerly an invitation-only event for CDF members, the Taste of Tupelo Business Expo has extended it’s hours and is now open to the public. North Mississippi’s only business expo features the services and products of local businesses, accompanied by free samples from the area’s top restau-rants, caterers, and bakeries. The event will be held Tuesday, Nov. 5, from 5-8 p.m. at the BancorpSouth Arena.

Tickets are $5 and are available for guests 21 and older. Pre-event ticket purchase is recommended at www.cdfms.org or call CDF at 842-4521.

nov. 11: Preston Connell, BNSF Special Agentnov. 18: Bill Courtnay, Acadmy Award Winnernov. 25: Vishal Sachdev, Heart Institute

ron ashby » november program chair

UPCOMING ROTARY PROGRAMS»For items to be published in RotaryView,

please contact:Jason Collum, RotaryView Editor

e-mail: jason.collum@jcanda.net

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“Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other?”

GEORGE ELIOT

TODAY’S PROGRAM

Leslie Scruggs of Starkville trains border collies that can be used to herd cattle, sheep, poultry or even small children on occasion. Border collies also are used frequently in shows and trial activities. In a news release from Mississippi State University from a few years ago, Scruggs talked about border collies and their training:

“More people use them for working than for shows or trials,” Scruggs said. “They are ideal for dairy cattle that have to be brought to a barn twice a day for milking. A farmer can just send the dog, and it will know exactly what to do with-out supervision.”

Border collies earned their repu-tations as sheep dogs by bringing lambs into protected areas at night where predators such as coyotes and wild dogs could not encroach.

“Just because a dog is a border collie does not mean it will neces-sarily be a good herd dog. You should look at the dog’s bloodline, especially its mother, to see if it could be a good herder,” Scruggs said. “Some are better for show or just as pets than for working.”

Scruggs will be demonstrat-ing with a border collie and sheep at today’s Rotary Club meeting. Outside, not inside. :)

Leslie ScruggsBorder collie trainer

ROTARY NEWS

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Rotary, Mercy Ships fight disease in Guineakate nolan | the rotarian

A team of health professionals is touring Donka hospital in Conakry, Guinea, in March when they spot more than a dozen large, green-ish masses covering the ground. To the U.S. team members, they look like an art installation; in fact, they are hospital gowns and surgical drapes, laundered and spread out to dry. They are a vivid example of the group’s objective: to lower deadly infection rates caused by unsterile procedures.

This Rotary Foundation vocational training team is the first to serve under Rotary’s part-nership with the nonprofit Mercy Ships. Rotary District 7690 in North Carolina, USA, sponsored the team with a packaged grant, part of the new Rotary grant model that launched worldwide 1 July. The team’s five members will train Guinean health professionals at the two national hospitals.

The Africa Mercy, a 500-foot oceangoing hos-pital ship, is docked in Conakry for a 10-month medical mission. The Mercy Ships staff and visit-ing experts, such as this team, will tackle a range of tasks, including setting up medical and dental clinics, conducting health screenings, perform-ing surgeries on board, and conducting health care outreach throughout the country. The ship also will serve as a steel-hulled security blanket.

‘Sustainable impact’“Mercy Ships looks for ways to continue

helping local medical professionals after the ship leaves port, ” says Michelle Bullington, who helped advise the team. “Improving sterilization techniques would have a sustainable impact.”

Rick Snider, former governor of District 7690, worked on a Mercy Ships vessel for five years with his wife, Linda, and coordinated the Guinea

project. He recruited assistant governor Jenny Braswell as team leader. A recently retired pub-lic health official, Braswell has volunteered on numerous Rotary projects in rural Nicaragua and Jamaica. Her husband, Sherrill, a physician, became her first recruit for the Guinea team.

In Guinea, the team visits Donka hospital, where toilets are flushed with water from a pail, and power outages are common.

“The staff members touch patients without gloves, going patient to patient without wash-ing hands. There are unbandaged wounds, flies and roaches, open sewage right outside a patient facility and no sterile barriers, ” says Sherrill Braswell, adding an observation that he later repeats so often it sounds like a campaign slo-gan: “They are doing the best they can with what they have. ”

Read the full story online at www.rotary.org

Tupelo Rotarians welcomed two new members

last week. At left, Rotary Club of

Tupelo President, Harold Hodges,

left, presents Bob Chesnut

his membership packet. At right,

Napier welcomes Fhonda Goss.

PHOTOS BYJASON COLLUM