West Jax Rotary

This Week’s Speaker: Nancy Hogshead-Makar
Senior Director of Advocacy, Women’s Sports Foundation
Professor of Law, Florida Coastal School of Law

Professor Hogshead-Makar is one of the foremost exponents of gender equity in education, including sports participation, sexual harassment, employment, pregnancy, and legal enforcement under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Her book, co-authored with Andrew Zimbalist, EQUAL PLAY, TITLE IX AND SOCIAL CHANGE, has received acclaim since its release by Temple University Press. She was the lead author of PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENT-ATHLETES; RESOURCES AND MODEL POLICIES, published by the NCAA. In 2009 she brought a successful legal challenge against the Florida High School Athletic Association whose cuts to competitive seasons discriminated against female athletes. In the settlement, the competitive seasons were restored for all high school athletes throughout Florida.

Professor Hogshead-Makar has a 25 year history with the Women’s Sports Foundation, starting as a college intern, becoming the third President from 1992-94, it’s the legal advisor from 2003-10, and serving currently as its Senior Director of Advocacy.

Hogshead-Makar has testified in Congress numerous times on the topic of gender equity in athletics, written numerous scholarly and lay articles, and has been a frequent guest on national news programs on the topic, including 60 Minutes, Fox News, CNN, ESPN, NPR and network morning news programming. She serves as an expert witness in Title IX cases and has written amicus briefs representing athletic organizations in precedent-setting litigation. Since 2003 she has been the Co-Chair of American Bar Association Committee on the Rights of Women. She was elected to the editorial board of the JOURNAL OF INTERCOLLEGIATE SPORT in 2009. In 2007 Sports Illustrated Magazine listed her as one of the most influential people in the 35-year history of Title IX.

Hogshead-Makar has received significant awards recognizing her commitment to athletics, including: induction into the Academic All-America Hall of Fame and the International Scholar-Athlete Hall of Fame, receipt of an honorary doctorate from Springfield College, membership in the Hall of Fame for the National Association for Sports and Physical Education, and receipt of the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators’ “Honor Award”. In 2011 she was presented with the National Organization for Women’s Courage Award.

Hogshead-Makar is a tenured Professor of Law at the Florida Coastal School of Law, where she currently teaches Sports Law courses. She earned her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and is an honors graduate of Duke University.

Hogshead-Makar capped eight years as a world class swimmer at the 1984 Olympics, where she won three Gold medals and one Silver medal. Through high school and college dual meets she was undefeated. Other major awards include the Nathan Mallison Award, given to Florida’s outstanding athlete, and the prestigious Kiphuth Award, given to the best all-around swimmer nationally. Nancy has been inducted into eleven halls of fame for her swimming accomplishments, including the International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame and the International Swimming Hall of Fame. In 2000, Sports Illustrated ranked her as Florida’s 13th greatest athlete overall of the 20th Century (3rd greatest female).

She and her husband, Florida’s Solicitor General Scott Makar, have a son and twin daughters. They are continuously restoring their 1920s Mediterranean home.

Notes
Please read Eric Sherman’s thought on Fellowship at the Rotary Leadership Institute

President Marshall recognized the following for their perfect attendance:

Tommy Gower - 19 years
Dave Collier 18 years
Cecil Gibson - 18 years
Ham Cooke - 17 years
Stew Irwin - 14 years
Bobby Walton - 14 years
Phil Voss - 13 years
Mike Crumpler - 11 years
Rob Overly - 11 years
Bill Scheu - 11 years
Scott Hudson - 10 years
Scott Imray - 10 years
Frank Scheu - 10 years

We had 4 folks attended the District Foundation Seminar this past Saturday at the Thrasher-Horne Center in Orange Park.

In a Presentation by Ramesh Ferris, as of August 17:

• 325 cases of Polio, this time last year 612
• Only 1 case reported in India
• 105 in endemic countries
• 12 in Afghanistan
• 69 in Pakistan
• 23 in Nigeria

District Governor Clint presented the Governor’s Lifetime Service Above Self Award to Bill Gay

President Marshall presented the 2010-2011 Rotary Presidential Citation Award for West Jax Rotary to Past President Frank Scheu

Shirts will be delayed a few weeks because not all sizes were in stock.

Phil Voss had a pop-up for Jaguar Ticket Sales, for the Dec. 11th game against Tampa Bay. Tickets are also available for all games, and a portion of the proceeds will come back to our club. Learn more by clicking here.

Jerry Spinks has Jaguar Season Parking available at the Jacksonville Historic Society.

In honor of the start of football season, we’ll be starting the football pool this week, and our menu will be a full hot dog bar with all the trimmings, ribs, chicken, roasted potatoes, and dessert.

Family of Rotary
Please keep Rupert in your prayers - his wife Maryanne passed away last week.

Upcoming Events

With Irene bearing down, we have received an invitation from Pat Mulvihill, Disaster Relief Committee Chair District 6970 Disaster Relief Training on September 24.

This program will teach participants how to be a district liaison representative to the government
Details posted on the website

Speaker
John McCorvey introduced our speaker, Chuck Mead, the director of L.A.M.P.

There are a lot of things going on at the lighthouse

This is a historic preservation success story

• Restored the light keeper’s house
• Restored the keeper’s house via junior groups such as Junior Civitians, Boy Scouts, etc.

Like Rotary, we seek to educate others about our mission

Visitors and volunteers

• There were 204,000 visitors to the lighthouse last year
• 50,000 of those visitors were students
• Recently we had 15 students from the inner city of St. Augustine and 13 of them had never seen the Ocean

The Storm Wreck

• St. Augustine is the oldest port in the US
• Shipwrecks are the closest thing we have to a time capsule, as they remain virtually untouched by time
• We use high tech tools to discover shipwrecks
• Magnetometers and ultrasound

How they dig up a sight

• Dig using hand held dredges
• Bubble levels for depth
• Draw a picture of the sight before excavation

What they found

• Lead shot found developed in 1600s 1665-1760
• Found flint lock pistol
• Found 4 cannons and a ships bell
• Ships Bell
• Cleaned in public
• Turned out not to have a name
• Could have been a major find

Q&A
Q: What is to stop people from looting the sight?
A: A relationship with law enforcement, and state waters that can be seen from the lighthouse help in the protection of the sight. People will often call when they suspect treasure hunters.

Scribe’s corner, a.k.a Brandon’s Thoughts
Q: What is a concretion and how are they made?
A: Well they are made by of chemical reactions happening in the ocean. The iron and calcium react with the sand and they harden over time.

Q: What makes the flint lock pistol such an interesting find?
A: Well the gun was the predecessor to rifling technology. The slug was larger than the barrel but this made the gun pretty powerful and accurate.

Q: So how long will it take to remove the gun from the concretion?
A: A long time and a lot of money

Q: Why do you think there were so many wrecks in the St. Augustine?
A: The shallow harbor mainly.

Q: Is it possible for more than one wreck to be in one area?
A: Very possible…anyone who wants to come see the lighthouse only needs to give me a call and I will give them a private tour.

Quote of the Week
There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.
-Dr. Jonas Salk

Visiting Rotarians

Robert Harris and Marcus Drewa from South
Jax Buck Autrey, RIck Stein, Ron Autrey, Ed Witt, Sr all from Downtown
Travis Cummings from Orange Park Sunrise
Scott McEvoy from Stone Mountain, GA

Rotary Guests

Eric Sherman brought Mike Horwat
Brandon Hillard brought Mark Bailey, Jr.

Birthdays

Jeff Collins - Aug 27

Next Meeting - September 14

No Meeting on September 7 for Labor Day

Speaker: Jimmy Kelly - Executive Director, Dreams Come True

Greeters: Stanley Kantor and Jimmy Kelly

Invocation: Stew Green

Pledge: Barry Allred

Four-Way Test: Alton Yates

Scribe: Brad Goodwin

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