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Centennial Birthday Celebration

At a June 3 meeting, the club’s Centennial Birthday Committee unanimously agreed to a change in our plans for the big celebration of our centennial year. Instead of delaying the celebration until October, the committee decided to conduct the celebration on August 19 in conjunction with the GRSP Conclave which our club is hosting on the 75th anniversary of GRSP.

More information will be shared in the weeks ahead; here are the details we know now:

Date: Thursday, August 19 (in place of our regular Noon meeting)

Time: 6:30 to 9:30pm Location: Glen Arven Country Club

Dress: Casual (no shorts please)

Other: Spouses are invited. No speeches, no program; just a fun celebration.

This Week's Program

The University of Georgia Department of Food Science and Technology’s Kevin Mis Solval and his team of researchers have secured a nearly half-million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to aid in creating safe food ingredients from cannonball jellyfish.

Harvested on the southeast coast of the U.S., cannonball jellyfish, commonly called jellyballs, have become a prominent catch for fisheries located within the region, and a way for shrimpers to diversify their catch during the off-season for shrimp. But history has shown that there has never been a domestically sustainable market for jellyfish food products. Dr. Solval will share stories from his research.

“Developing ingredients from food byproducts really excites me. There are a lot of novel food ingredients out there to build from. “The modern consumer is more aware of what she or he is eating and they demand more nutritious and less processed food. I believe there is a big opportunity to capitalize on those needs.”

A native of Guatemala, Mis Solval earned his bachelor's degree in Food Science at Zamorano University in Honduras, his master's degree from Louisiana State University and his doctorate at the University of the Holy Cross in New Orleans.

Board Meeting

Joint Rotary Board Meeting will be held Thursday--5:30 p.m. at the Plaza