Friday, June 22, 2007 - Youth Town Reort from Larry Warren

Youth Town Still Planting Change Into Generations

      Today, we welcome Larry Warren, Director of Operations and Personnel at Youth Town, located south of Jackson and dedicated to helping troubled youth and their families find success.  Youth Town’s programs incorporate the most effective approaches for treatment coupled with faith and the Word of God. 
     Larry is an ordained minister and has 30 years of ministry and business experience and currently helps with the general operations of the campus.
     Did you know that suicide is the 6th leading cause of death among children ages 5-14.  For many troubled children in West Tennessee, Youth Town represents their last chance to get their lives turned around.  YT will tend to the needs of 150 children or more per year through such programs as River Quest, Youth Challenge, the George Thomas Jr. Academy and Life Coaching, helping teach discipline, positive self-esteem, leadership, social skills and many life lessons.

Kris Moore Reports on Behavioral Health Care

     Next week, our guest speaker will be Kris Moore, Community Education Director with the Behavioral Health Care Center in Martin.
     The focus of Kris’ talk and PowerPoint presentation next week will be “Statistics On Brain Diseases and Illnesses in the Elderly” and “Services Provided by BHC in Martin.”
     There is no question that the aging of American will have a profound impact on individuals, families and U.S. society in the years to come.  BHC-M is located at 458 Hannings Lane in Martin, next door to Van Ayer Manor Nursing Home.   It is a free-standing, 16-bed geriatric treatment hospital that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of brain diseases and mental illnesses among the elderly population.  It’s an inpatient facility which opened in 2005.  BHC-M is designed to provide 24-hour nursing, psychiatric and physician care and crisis intervention/stabilization services.  The hospital uses a team approach that combines the talents of a psychiatrist, physician, a certified geriatric nurse practitioner, family therapists, activities therapists and community service

Ashton Jennings’ View of Entrepreneurship

     Last week, Rotarians heard from 23-year old Ashton Jennings, who is making quite a name for himself as an up and coming entrepreneur in the world of NASCAR and event-planning.
     Ashton, the son of G. T. and Linda Jennings, and the grandson of former Union City Rotarian Leon “Shine” Jessup, has turned his passion for motorsports, competition, and corporate-event planning into two thriving businesses in the North Carolina area.
     In conjunction with his younger brother, Andrew, and other family members and partners, Ashton runs Premier Racing, Inc., and Field of Steel, which caters to the motorbike crowd.
     “I was hanging out with “Hell’s Angels” last weekend,” Ashton mused as he began his talk—a reference to North Carolina’s largest motorbike event of the year, which Ashton’s company staged.
     Admitting he was not formally educated in the business world, Ashton is having to learn those things on the job.  Ashton got hooked on the motorsports world while a youngster, watching his father’s work with the racing side of Goodyear. 
     “It’s better to be lucky that good,” Ashton said.  “I started out managing an Elvin impersonator and now have gigs with 10,000 bikers and such rock bands as Foghat, Lynrd Skynrd, and the Kentucky Headhunters headlinging the event for huge corporate sponsors.” 
     During Q&A, Ashton was asked what ideas he might have in mind to help promote Union City.  He promised to give it some serious consideration.
     Thanks Ashton for you insightful talk and it was good to see “Shine” once again at Rotary.

Coming Attractions

7/6         Rotary Installation Program
7/13       Hailey Fishel—Exchange Student  Reports on Trip to Sweden
7/20       Rep. Phillip Pinion—Legislative Report
7/27       Dr. Shirley Raines—President of the University of Memphis,             President of Memphis Chamber of Commerce

 Happy Birthdays

6/24       Johnny Bacon
6/28       Michael Ervin

Happy Anniversaries

6/26     Craig and Christy Atwill
6/26     Scott and Marilyn Gilliam

Welcome Newest Rotarian

Say “Hello” to our newest Rotarian—Portis Tanner—a  commercial insurance specialist at Union City Insurance.

 
In Memoriam

Hardy M. Graham
1912-2007

Return to Weekly Bulletin News Index page.