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JANUARY 15, 2019

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OUR GUEST: April 9, 2019
DR. ANTHONY CLARKE • REGENTS PARK COLLEGE—UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Dr. Anthony Clarke is a Fellow at Regent’s Park since 2007, having been the Minister of Baptist churches in Dagenham and Oxford.  He is involved as a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church, Thame, and a Trustee for the Southern Counties Baptist Association.  His research interests have developed over time, having begun exploring the interplay between doctrine and New Testament studies, and more recently focusing on questions of ministerial formation and Baptist life and practice.  He is married to Amanda and they have three children at school or university.  

He holds degrees in Classics from Durham (BA, 1988), and in Theology from Oxford (MA, 1996 and BD, 2001) and Chester (DMin, 2017).

He is the Senior Tutor and has oversight of academic matters throughout the College. He shares oversight of their Ministerial Formation program, is Course Director for the BTh Suite, and liaise with churches within a wide geographical area, seeking to use the resources of College to encourage learning and training in Ministry and Mission for the whole church. He teaches a variety of courses for the BTh including early church and modern theology, Baptist history, preaching, Christian Ministry, and Greek.

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MINUTES: March 26, 2019
Many thanks to Venture Technologies CEO, Gerard Gibert, for providing our program on Tuesday. Mr. Gibert is pictured with Club President, Steven Utroska.
  
President Steven Utroska presided over today’s meeting. Stew Deen gave today’s invocation. Phillip Carter led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Thanks to Mark Killingsworth and Tracie Fowler who served as our greeters today. Mike McPhail filled in for Brandon Hodges and thanked those who helped with today’s meeting and introduced our guest. Cody Beilstein is a guest of Stew Deen.
 
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THIS TUESDAY–April 2, 2019

JERRY MITCHELL • MS CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM

Jerry W. Mitchell is an American investigative reporter for The Clarion-Ledger, a newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi. He convinced authorities to reopen seemingly cold murder cases from the Civil Rights Era, prompting one colleague to call him "the South's Simon Wiesenthal".[1] In 2009, he received a "genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation.

Mitchell was a court reporter for the Clarion-Ledger in 1989 when the film Mississippi Burning inspired him to look into old civil rights cases that many thought had long since turned cold. His investigations have led to the arrest of several Klansmen and prompted authorities to reexamine numerous killings during the civil rights era.

In 1996, he was portrayed by Jerry Levine in the Rob Reiner film, Ghosts of Mississippi, about the murder of Medgar Evers and the belated effort to bring killer Byron De La Beckwith to justice. He was featured in The Learning Channel documentary Civil Rights Martyrs that aired in February 2000 and was a consultant for the Discovery Channel documentary Killed by the Klan which aired in 1999.

Mitchell received his undergraduate degree in communications from Harding University and his master's in journalism from Ohio State University in 1997, where he attended the Kiplinger Reporting Program. He lives in Jackson, Mississippi, with his wife and their two children.

MINUTES: March 19, 2019
President Steven Utroska presided over today’s meeting. Michaela Harper gave today’s invocation. Joe Meador led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Thanks to Mark Killingsworth who served as our greeter today.
Mike McPhail filled in for Brandon Hodges and thanked those who helped with today’s meeting and introduced our guests. Dean Cromartie is a guest of Mary Cromartie. Tom Smith is a guest of Mike Ratliff, and Mark Gillentine is a guest of Elizabeth Gillentine and Matthew Regal is a guest of Bill McLeod.
Steven noted that Meals on Wheels volunteers are needed for the next three months. Three new members volunteered to ride with veteran drivers. Thanks to those who stepped up. He also reminded board members of today’s board meeting immediately following this meeting.
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OUR GUEST: March 26

GERARD GIBERT

Gerard Gibert founded Venture Technologies, a Technology Solutions Provider headquartered in Ridgeland, MS, in 1986. He served as the company’s CEO from launch until its sale to ConvergeOne, based in Minneapolis, MN, in January 2019. In 2018, the Mississippi Business Journal listed Venture as the 33rd largest private business in Mississippi.
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NEXT WEEK

GERARD GILBERT • VENTURE TECHNOLOGIES

Gerard Gibert founded Venture Technologies, a Technology Solutions Provider headquartered in Ridgeland, MS, in 1986.  He served as the company’s CEO from launch until its sale to ConvergeOne, based in Minneapolis, MN, in January 2019. In 2018, the Mississippi Business Journal listed Venture as the 33rd largest private business in Mississippi.

 

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OUR GUEST: March 19

GINNY SIMS • SOUTHERN PINES ANIMAL SHELTER

Ginny Sims is the Executive Director for Southern Pines Animal Shelter in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The organization includes an open admission shelter, which takes in over 8,000 pets each year, a spay and neuter clinic, which has completed more than 55,000 surgeries since 2009, and a Second Chance thrift shop.
 
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MINUTES: March 12, 2019
Our thanks to Robert St. John for providing our program last week.
Robert is pictured here with Past President, Paula Brahan.
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NEXT WEEK!

JERRY MITCHELL • MS CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM

Jerry W. Mitchell is an American investigative reporter for The Clarion-Ledger, a newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi. He convinced authorities to reopen seemingly cold murder cases from the Civil Rights Era, prompting one colleague to call him "the South's Simon Wiesenthal".[1] In 2009, he received a "genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation.

Mitchell was a court reporter for the Clarion-Ledger in 1989 when the film Mississippi Burning inspired him to look into old civil rights cases that many thought had long since turned cold. His investigations have led to the arrest of several Klansmen and prompted authorities to reexamine numerous killings during the civil rights era.

In 1996, he was portrayed by Jerry Levine in the Rob Reiner film, Ghosts of Mississippi, about the murder of Medgar Evers and the belated effort to bring killer Byron De La Beckwith to justice. He was featured in The Learning Channel documentary Civil Rights Martyrs that aired in February 2000 and was a consultant for the Discovery Channel documentary Killed by the Klan which aired in 1999.

Mitchell received his undergraduate degree in communications from Harding University and his master's in journalism from Ohio State University in 1997, where he attended the Kiplinger Reporting Program. He lives in Jackson, Mississippi, with his wife and their two children.

TUESDAY: March 12, 2019

Robert St. John has spent almost four decades in the restaurant business. Thirty of those years have been as the owner of the Purple Parrot, Crescent City Grill, Mahogany Bar, Branch, Tabella, Ed’s Burger Joint, The Midtowner, and Midtown Donut in Hattiesburg, MS.

St. John is a restaurateur, chef, columnist, and author. For over 20 years he has written a weekly syndicated newspaper column.

His restaurant— The Purple Parrot Café— has been named the best fine dining restaurant in Mississippi and just received its ninth Four-Diamond rating from the AAA Travel Guide. Additionally, in 2011, AAA named Purple Parrot Café the second-best fine-dining restaurant in the South (just behind Commander’s Palace). Tabella has been voted “Best Italian” in Mississippi, Crescent City Grill has been voted one of “Mississippi’s Top Ten” restaurants, and the Mahogany Bar has been voted among the “Best Beer Bars in America” for the past three consecutive years.

St. John has been named the state’s top chef three consecutive years and was honored as Mississippi Restaurateur of the Year.

St. John is the author of eleven books, including four collaborations with watercolorist Wyatt Waters. Their book, An Italian Palate, was written in Europe while St. John, his wife, and his two children traveled through 17 countries on two continents for six months.

His 11th book, A Mississippi Palate, another collaboration with Waters was released last year.

St. John is also the creator, producer, and co-host of the Public Broadcasting series Palate to Palette with Robert St. John and Wyatt Waters which has just finished filming its fourth season.

St. John has been featured in USA TODAY and appeared on The Food Network, The Travel Channel, National Public Radio, Martha Stewart Living, and the Turner South network.  

St. John serves on numerous boards and is the founder of Hattiesburg Hundred, an organization that assists sworn law enforcement and first responders’ families in their times of need. He is also the founder of the Midtown Merchants Association, both in his hometown of Hattiesburg.

In 2009, St. John founded Extra Table, a statewide non-profit organization that ships over 14 tons of healthy food to over 32 Mississippi soup kitchens and mission pantries every month.

MINUTES: February 19, 2019
L-R: Erin Granberry, Mike Dixon, and Mark Killingsworth
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MINUTES: February 12, 2019
 
Many thanks to our guest last Tuesday (L-R): Janice Swiggum, Kelcey Steffens; Club President, Steven Utroska, and Jaclyn Adams.
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ON FEBRUARY 26

AMBER LOMBARDO • AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS

A Mississippi State graduate, Amber Lombardo built a career in the advertising industry ultimately building four companies: an advertising agency, digital print shop, art gallery and magazine. After 17 years she sold the umbrella company, Webz. She became Director of Programs at the Mississippi Heritage Trust where she launched a second magazine, Elevation and became heavily involved in state and federal advocacy efforts. She is an ARCUS Fellow and board member of Preservation Action. Today Amber is the Executive Director of the American Institute of Architects | Mississippi.  She serves at AIA National as Vice President of the CACE Executive Committee and as a Stakeholder in the Advocacy Capacity Building team. In 2018, she hosted SpeakUp!, an advocacy and action event chartered by AIA National. 
MINUTES: February 5, 2019
 
The Rotary Club of Hattiesburg welcomed its newest member today, Stew Deen. Stew is pictured with Club President, Steven Utroska (left), and his sponsor, Mallory Donald. In addition, the club program was provided by our very own Michael McPhail.
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ON FEBRUARY 12

KELSEY STEFFENS • GIVE & TAKE KITCHEN FOUNDATION

Kelsey Land Steffens is the founder and president of Give & Take Kitchen Foundation, a new Hattiesburg non-profit. Its mission is to operate as a food and nutrition resource for the community, specifically aiming to alleviate the devastating consequences of hunger and food insecurity on the education, health, and future opportunities of children.
Kelsey is a Hattiesburg native and president of her family's land and timber management company, Melvin Forest Management. Prior to taking on this role, she worked in the Procurement department at Georgia-Pacific.
She has a Master's in Business Administration with a specialization in Supply Chain and Operations Management from the University of Alabama, where she also received her Bachelor's degree in Finance in 2011.
After living in Birmingham post graduate school, Kelsey and her husband Blaine returned to Hattiesburg where they live with their two-year-old daughter, Audrey and their beagle mix, Lola.
ON FEBRUARY 19

MICHAEL DIXON • PINEBELT FOUNDATION

Michael Dixon is the Executive Director of the Pinebelt Foundation, Pastor at Ekklesia Hattiesburg, and the 2015 recipient of the Bill Gwyn Non-Rotarian of the Year.
MINUTES: January 29, 2019
President Steven Utroska presided over today’s meeting. Joey Johnson gave today’s invocation. Cole Gressett led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Thanks to Mark Killingsworth who served as our greeter today.
Mike McPhail stood in for Brandon Hodges and thanked those who helped with today’s meeting and then introduced today’s guests. Scott Hummel had Mason Cunningham and Scott Molaison as his guests. They are both William Carey University business major students. Katie Anthony had Lindsay Molley as her guest today. Jerry Gilder was joined by his wife, Nancy and son, Tim. Mallory Donald had Stewart Deen as her guest. Stewart has applied for membership in our club.
Steven then introduced Eric Rodgers and his sponsor Joey Johnson. He also introduced Marc McMillian and his sponsor Steve Ramp. Both were inducted into club membership.
 
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ON FEBRUARY 5

MICHAEL MCPHAIL

Our own Michael Michael McPhail is a graduate of Mississippi State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. During his undergraduate tenure, Michael was active as an ambassador at the university’s career center and as a leader in a collegiate ministry. Following college, he was hired on as an officer and lender for a bank in South Mississippi, where he resides today. Michael is an avid reader, a fitness buff, and a committed outdoorsman. He has explored substantially within the North American National Park System and has traveled much of the Continental Divide Trail.
Michael's primary interests lie in thought-provoking literature, podcasts, adventures, and all avenues that promote growth as a man. During 2018, McPhail competitively raced and sought to complete the 1,000-mile challenge. In addition, traveled to 41/50 of the states, co-founder of https://brainsbrawnblog.wordpress.com/ and finished the 1,000-mile challenge in 2018. My running goals for 2019 include: running a 100k, 50-mile ultra and the ever elusive 100-mile full ultra.
MINUTES: January 22, 2019
President-Elect Mark Killingsworth presided over today’s meeting. A.D. Hunt gave today’s invocation. Joe Meador led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Thanks to Phillip Carter and Paula Brahan who served as our greeters today.
 
Brandon Hodges thanked those who helped with today’s meeting and then introduced today’s guests. Scott Hummel had Kevin Croft and Seth Lawrence as his guests. They are both William Carey University business major students. Joey Johnson had Eric Rodgers who is applying for membership as his guest. Steve Ramp had Marc McMillian who is also applying for membership as his guest.
 
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TODAY: Classification Talks
NEW ROTARY OFFICERS
 
As some of you are already aware, due to unavoidable circumstances, Jamey Mitchell has resigned his office and membership in the Rotary Club of Hattiesburg. New employment will be relocating him to Brandon, MS. Jamey served as a member and President of our club with distinction and he will most definitely be missed.
By unanimous vote of our board, the following changes have been set in motion:
  • President-Elect, Steven Utroska, move into the role of President effective immediately to carry out the remainder of Jamey Mitchell’s term.
  • At the conclusion of the Rotary year (June 30, 2019), Steven Utroska will begin his elected term as Club President for the 2019-2020 Rotary year.
  • By a vote of the board and club, Mark Killingsworth has been officially elected President-Elect effective immediately to carry out the remainder of Steven Utroska’s 2018-2019 term. He will maintain this office through the 2019-2020 Rotary year.
  • Nominees are currently being accepted to fill four board seats that will open June 30, 2019.
Our thanks to Steven and Mark for their leadership in assuming these responsibilities.
MINUTES: January 8, 2019
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L-R: Brandon Hodges, Amie Nunez, Justin Nunez, and Erin Granberry.
 
Brandon Hodges presided over today’s meeting. Mike McPhail gave today’s invocation. Joe Meador led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Thanks to Mark Killingsworth and Leanne Cross who served as our greeters today.
Brandon Hodges thanked those who helped with today’s meeting and then introduced today’s guests. Scott Hummel has Spencer Layten, Rachel Smith and Katelyn Farris as his guests today.
Wes Brooks introduced A.D. Hunt who is re-joining the Hattiesburg Rotary Club. A.D. is a previous member of our club. He transferred to the Sunrise Club and is now transferring back to our organization. Welcome back, A.D.
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