Minutarian Minute

By Mike Shewey on Friday, April 17, 2020 Hear Ye, Hear Ye. I�m the Minutarian, so you have to listen to me for 60 seconds! Here�s DG Mike�s message� Club Meeting �I got to join the Rotary Youth Exchange Zoom call this Saturday. The kids are scattered from Europe South Jacksonville to South America, and the situation varied from no restriction (Sweden) to complete house lockdown Meets at River City Brewing (Antigua). It was fun to share experiences, and it helped us see how some countries have almost stopped Company Buffet the virus and others haven�t. Lunch begins at 12:00 PM Sadly, because we can�t guarantee visas and school participation, we have to cancel RYE next year. The Address: 835 Museum Way team is working to involve the future exchange kids in Rotary, even though kids can�t go to other Jacksonville, FL 32207 countries. Time: Tuesday at 12:30 PM This week we also had to cancel our RYLA training in June for over 100 young leaders from around the Events District. RYLA has been contacting clubs, and is working on a possible on-line training this summer. So�a lot has changed. But it just means Rotary has another opportunity to adapt and help our No Events found community. I�ll be reaching out to find out how your club is connecting to members. And how you�re No story selected for story_1 helping in the Covid epidemic.

Birthdays Meanwhile, be safe! See you (on Zoom) at District Training April 24 & 25. Mike Darragh PP Lee F. Mercier April 18th 6970 District Governor 2019-20

Crystal Broughan This Week's Speaker April 28th Please Welcome Jessica Evans, Sr VP, Regions Bank

By Mike Shewey on Friday, April 17, 2020 Lisamarie Winslow Jessica Evans has worked in the banking industry for over 18 years. As a May 4th former business owner she understand the demands and challenges business owners face, and wants to work with owners to make banking as simple and smart as possible. She has worked with business owners requesting loans for: Julia Kalinski Construction, Purchase, SBA, Refinance, Equipment, Build out, non profit May 11th bonds, and agriculture to name a few.

Jessica also assist clients with deposit accounts and treasury management services. She can assist with streamlining several aspects of their business Club Anniversaries through simplifying banking through treasury management options. She covers the North Florida Market and her goal is to work with business owners in helping them develop, grow and succeed. Years of Service Specialties: Medical, Professional, QSR, Non profit, and Manufacturing, Focus on Business Revenue Size of 5 million-250 million. PP Tom A. Ranney, Sr. 03-10-1981 40 Years From the Board~ William H. Harrell 03-31-1981 The following candidate has been approved by the Board for your consideration into 40 Years membership: Terrence Freeman, sponsor is Bob Massey, classification is Non-Profit- Children's Services. Anyone having an objection, please submit it in writing to the Board within ten (10) days. P Bea Fore 03-08-2011 10 Years COVID-19 Hunger Relief Campaign Bob C. Freeland 03-20-2018 3 Years

Rob Sly COVID-19 Hunger 03-20-2018 Relief Campaign 3 Years

Ken R Flottman 03-20-2018 April 10, 2020 - 3 Years May 15, 2020

PP Odette Struys 03-26-2019 The South Jacksonville Rotary Club is undertaking the challenge to Fight Against Hunger in 2 Years Jacksonville caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID 19 has hit our community hard and too many of our neighbors are now without work and the Wedding Anniversaries means to support themselves and their families. Worst of all they are going hungry. Our local food banks are seeing exponential growth in customers needing food to survive.

Marie O'Keefe We do not know when all this will end. We cannot stand by and watch while others go hungry. April 28th JOIN US in our Fight Against Hunger!

We have set a goal to raise $10,000 to combat this hunger; we are asking for your help in the following Ron Patrick ways: May 9th Donate Now! The initial $4,000 received in donations will be matched dollar for dollar from a special donor Tell Everyone! Friends, family and colleagues about our campaign Share the campaign! All Social media outlets like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

Time is critical and you must act right away! Please donate what you can especially those in professions who may not be impacted as much financially.

Together, we can stop this needless hunger!

DONATE NOW!

Your Rotary account can be billed-let Patt know if you would like to make a pledge! [email protected]

This Week in History

By Mike Shewey on Friday, April 17, 2020 Founded According to tradition, on April 21, 753 B.C., and his twin brother, Remus, found Rome on the site where they were suckled by a she-wolf as orphaned infants. Actually, the myth originated sometime in the fourth century B.C., and the exact date of Rome�s founding was set by the Roman scholar Marcus in the first century B.C. According to the legend, Romulus and Remus were the sons of , the daughter of King Numitor of Alba Longa. Alba Longa was a mythical city located in the Alban Hills southeast of what would become Rome. Before the birth of the twins, Numitor was deposed by his younger brother , who forced Rhea to become a so that she would not give birth to rival claimants to his title. However, Rhea was impregnated by the war god and gave birth to Romulus and Remus. Amulius ordered the infants drowned in the Tiber, but they survived and washed ashore at the foot of the , where they were suckled by a she-wolf until they were found by the shepherd .

Reared by Faustulus and his wife, the twins later became leaders of a band of young shepherd warriors. After learning their true identity, they attacked Alba Longa, killed the wicked Amulius, and restored their grandfather to the throne. The twins then decided to found a town on the site where they had been saved as infants. They soon became involved in a petty quarrel, however, and Remus was slain by his brother. Romulus then became ruler of the settlement, which was named �Rome� after him. To populate his town, Romulus offered asylum to fugitives and exiles. Rome lacked women, however, so Romulus invited the neighboring to a festival and abducted their women. A war then ensued, but the Sabine women intervened to prevent the Sabine men from seizing Rome. A peace treaty was drawn up, and the communities merged under the joint rule of Romulus and the Sabine king, . Tatius� early death, perhaps perpetrated by Romulus, left the Roman as the sole king again. After a long and successful rule, Romulus died under obscure circumstances. Many Romans believed he was changed into a god and worshipped him as the deity . After Romulus, there were six more kings of Rome, the last three believed to be Etruscans. Around 509 B.C., the was established. Another Roman foundation legend, which has its origins in ancient Greece, tells of how the mythical Trojan founded Lavinium and started a dynasty that would lead to the birth of Romulus and Remus several centuries later. In the Iliad, an epic Greek poem probably composed by Homer in the eighth century B.C., Aeneas was the only major Trojan hero to survive the Greek destruction of Troy. A passage told of how he and his descendants would rule the Trojans, but since there was no record of any such dynasty in Troy, Greek scholars proposed that Aeneas and his followers relocated.

Club Leaders

Bea Fore Tom A. Ranney, Jr. Richard Dow President President-Elect Secretary/Treasurer

Charlie G Cofer PP Barry W. PP Vicki-lynne Gloger Sergeant-at-Arms Covington Membership Chair Rotary Foundation Chair Bill Langley PP Dean Scott iPast President Assistant Governor