Wednesday May 3rd

Byron Snellgrove, Kevin Adams, Patty Cavanaugh


Last Meeting
May 3, 2006
Reporter – Chip Lyerly
President Carey Hite called the meeting to order and asked Larry Stohs to lead the invocation, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. After the introduction of our one fellow visiting Rotarian, Lyman Whitehead made an earnest attempt to be funny with his Health and Happiness, a tough job week-in and week-out.
Molly Cousins and Skey Caskey announced that our Club is going to participate in a "trial experience" as the sponsor of a fishing tournament, The Lake Murray – Irmo Rotary Fishing Classic, on Saturday, June 17th. This event will be sanctioned by the National Stripe Bass Association. (Most of you will remember the "Singing Bass" plaque sold by the NSBA several Christmases ago…mine still hangs proudly in my living room. This may be our Grand Prize.) Back to the event, anglers from all over the Southeast are expected to attend. The Club will work to earn additional funds through event sponsorships. Daily weigh in for the tournament will take place at Carolina Wings in Irmo. Members will be required to wear life jackets at all times while manning the booth at CW’s. More information to follow.
Our guest speaker, Deputy Bryon Snellgrove of the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department Narcotics Unit, was introduced by Kevin Adams. It was unclear just how Kevin and Deputy Snellgrove had met. Deputy Snellgrove, a 20 year law endorsement veteran, is in charge of the Narcotics Unit at LCSD and is the Midlands Area Coordinator of a 20 agency law enforcement task force. In addition to the usual drug busts, Deputy Snellgrove’s unit handles counterfeit goods seizures and vice. Most of the unit’s efforts are expended on interdiction. Interestingly, Deputy Snellgrove’s unit checks daily incoming shipments from UPS, Fed Ex, and others with drug sniffing dogs. If a package is suspect, it is delivered to the recipient by a deputy dressed in the appropriately disguised uniform and driving a "marked" delivery truck of the carrier!
While law enforcement has reduced the number of drug busts for the manufacturing of methamphetamines (meth) by half over the past three years, "meth labs" continue to be a problem in Lexington County. Many cases are now referred to the Federal Court system where narcotics laws carry longer prison sentences. Not only is the ingestion of meth not healthy, the manufacturing process is extremely dangerous. Deputy Snellgrove related the amounts of poisonous chemicals used in the process and the likelihood of child endangerment, as most "meth labs" are found in the homes of drug dealers.
Deputy Snellgrove recently has been informed that, through his efforts, the U.S. DEA has approved the statewide training of police officers to prevent the use of meth and other narcotics.
Our meeting wrapped up with Happy Dollars and an announcement by Eddie Robinson about honoring those Rotarians who have had perfect attendance at a meeting in the near future. Attendance records are being checked, but Eddie asked that members let him know if they believe they qualify, so that no one is overlooked.

Wednesday April 26th

Patty Cavanaugh with President Carey and our speaker, Sarah Washington.


April 26, 2006
Reporter – Jim Wellman
President Carey Hite, having returned from his overseas adventure, called the meeting to order with the clanging of the magically reappearing bell. Joel Price opened with prayer, followed the Pledge of Allegiance.
Harvey Hoots introduced our visiting Rotarians, all of whom hailed from the St. Andrews Club. He also introduced our other guests, Rosalie Browning’s husband Jim and Beetle Bailey’s wife Debra. He thanked Debra for her help in setting up the room for today’s meeting. Lyman Whitehead entertained us with his usual message of humor and good cheer.
Lynn Campbell provided a review of the April Rotary Magazine. He asked us several questions concerning the articles in the magazine, most of which we were unable to answer. Showing us we need to read the magazine more thoroughly.
Chuck Larsen gave a report on the upcoming Irmo Chamber of Commerce golf tournament and encouraged our participation.
President Carey reminded the Board Members of the upcoming Board meeting April 27th at Three Rivers Medical Center. He also gave a brief report on his trip to Italy and highlighted his misadventures, such as luggage transfer and French cab drivers. Carey also reported that the soccer team won 4 out of 7 games and won a trophy for finishing in third place. He indicated that a good time was had by all.
President Carey and Gary Williams presented the Paul Harris Fellow award to Rosalie Browning and her husband Jim, with a certificate, medallion and lapel pin.
Molly Cousins introduced our guest speaker, Sarah Washington, a small business specialist with Pre-Paid Legal Associates. Her topic was identity theft. She addressed the following points concerning this issue:
Identity theft is a bigger problem than most people realize. It is estimated by the Federal Trade Commission to affect 1 out of every 4 Americans.
The average affected person spends between 400-600 hours in correcting this problem. In addition, it is estimated to cost the American consumer 92 billion dollars annually.
Not only are consumers credit history effected, but increasingly sophisticated criminals are accessing our medical and driving records as well.
Although there is no way to completely reduce our exposure to this crime, but we can minimize our exposure to this by:
Shredding personal documents when ever possible.
Being cautious about who you give your personal information to.
Carrying less personal information.
President Carey asked for Happy Dollars. Beetle Bailey for his upcoming vacation to Florida; and Chris Joye for his two sons, both of whom are enjoying successful seasons on the Dutch Fork High golf team.
The meeting was then adjourned by President Carey.

Our newest Paul Harris Fellow, Dr. Rosalie Browning with her husband Jim. Also President Carey and Gary Williams.

GSE Cruise April 13th

April 19th 2006

Last Meeting
April 19, 2006
Reporter – Stan Bugner
President Elect Molly Cousins convened the meeting, without the bell. Rod Funderburk offered the opening prayer. Harvey Hoots introduced our visitors. In addition to our regulars, Dr. Fred, Bill and Ron, we also had as guests, Marilyn Beck of Time Warner, a guest of Beetle, Tina Shaw, a scholarship applicant, and Joel’s grandson. Harvey also informed us that Governor Sanford has designated this past Saturday, April 22, as Carroll Campbell CART Fund Day. Lynn Richards provided the health and happiness by telling us some accounting jokes in honor of Tax Day, which Joel’s grandson found very amusing. In appreciation, Lynn was talking with him about a career in accounting following the meeting. Skey led us in singing Happy Birthday to Paul Harris, in honor of his April 19 birthday, 138 years ago. Blount Shepard and Jim Jeffers spoke about last weeks visit by the GSE Team from Brazil and what a wonderful experience it was. Blount explained the symbols on the Brazilian flag, which was given to him by the team member that stayed in his home during their visit.
John Adair introduced out speaker Bruce Rippeteau, from the SC Department of Archaeology. Bruce is a Rotarian and former president of the Columbia Club. Bruce provided us with miscellaneous facts about South Carolina and its archeological history. The first humans came to North America about 12 thousand years ago by using the Bearing Land Bridge, which was exposed because of a drop in the level of the oceans from an ice age. Archeologists have found items dating back 20 thousand years in the Allendale area. There were 34-35 genera in North and South America. The disappearance of these genera cannot be explained; however it coincides with the arrival of man to these continents. During the ice age, half of North America was covered by ice and upstate SC had alpine glaciers. The current climate arrived about 4,000 BC. Immense erosion has resulted because of the deforestation. In fact, the Congaree River has changed over the past 100 to 150 years. The first European visitors were the Desoto expedition, which came to Camden looking for gold. The SC Department of Archaeology owns the land under all the bodies of water in SC and the land off the coast. This allowed Bruce to get involved in the recovery of the Hundley. He discussed some of the history surrounding the Hundley and the tremendous significance that such an artifact is to SC. He was involved in testimony at the federal level about the dispute of ownership of the Hundley between the Navy and SC.
The meeting was concluded with Happy Dollar Time, during which Blount honored the GSE Team from Brazil and Skey celebrated his wife’s love for him.

April 5 206

Twig Gray (Left) spoke to us about the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Seen here with Patty Cavanaugh and Barry Johns.


Last Meeting

April 5, 2006
Reporter – Rosalie Browning

This meeting of the Rotary Club of Lake Murray-Irmo began with prayer by Lyn Richards. Harvey Hoots introduced visitors, and Lyman Whitehead provided some Health and Happiness.

President Carey reminded members that the meeting on April 12th will be replaced by the Southern Patriot cruise on April 13th at 6 p.m. from the Lake Murray Marina with the GSE team from Brazil. He encouraged members to attend this special evening meeting.

Other upcoming events include the golf tournament rescheduled for July 24th and the next board of directors meeting for April 27th.

Barry Johns introduced our guest speaker for the day. Twig Gray is the state/multi-area director for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He talked about how this organization has grown since it was founded in 1954. The initial vision was to see the world impacted for Jesus Christ through the influence of athletes and coaches. He talked about the challenge and adventure of receiving and serving Christ. FCA emphasizes four areas of service--coaches, campus, camps, and community--but encourages participants also to work through the local churches. The web site for the FCA is www.fca.org.

The meeting concluded with Happy Dollar time. President Carey is particularly happy to be en route to Italy with his favorite soccer team from Dutch Fork High School. President-Elect Molly will fill in during his absence.