September 24 2008

Irmo Lake Murray Rotary Club

Meeting Minutes

September 24, 2008

President Eddie Robinson called the meeting to order at 7:45 a.m. followed by the invocation by Theresa Miley

John Hanson introduced several guests and visitors.

Visiting Rotarians:

Jay Seward – Columbia Club

David Braugth Columbia Club

Fred Medway Five Points Club

Lyman Whitehead delivered our Health and Happiness thoughts for the day.

Announcements:

Lyn Campbell shared interesting exerts from an article in The Rotarian Magazine about the personality characteristics of the last 4 generations.

Jim Wellman announced (and pleaded) that we still needed volunteers to man our booth at the Okra Strut Friday and Saturday.

Emily King reminded the club about the Fall Social Wednesday Oct 1^st 5:30 p.m. at Saluda Shoals Park. There will be no morning meeting on the 1^st.

Program

“Shadow Day”
President Robinson introduced John Adair and Kelly Payne who have worked hard on this year’s “Shadow Day”. Dutch Fork High School students spent the day on the job with their Rotarian mentors. John shared inspirational words about the importance of mentoring young people and the positive impact that each of us can have on the lives of others. Several members shared their plans for the day and introduced their Shadows. The program was closed with an inspirational poem read by John’s wife Ellen..

Thanks to John, Kelly and all the members who contributed to this important Rotary function.

Member Student(s)

Judy Johnson Jessica Grant and Ashely Frietas

Maria Hargrave Rachel Baldwin, Hope Stanley, and Alyssa Scott

Bob Berry Reggie Gallant and Terah Counts

Dr. Minhas Kaitlyn Ward, Adrienne Hinton, and Paige Record

Ben Heritage Rachel Brown

Eddie Robinson Sarah Payne, Jordan Riley and Cameron Sandel

Irmo PD Chris Spry, Carlton Gregory, and Christian Greene

Theresa Miley Bradlee Koon

Blount Shepard Kirsten Hulon

John Adair Bobby Grant

Skey Caskey Bobby Livingston

Larry Stohs Ryan Smith

The meeting was adjourned by President Robinson at 8:30 a.m.

Respectfully submitted by:

Jack Terrell

September 17 2008

President, Eddie called the meeting to order and Stan Bugner led us in theinvocation and pledge. The introduction of visitors and guest followed. Emily andCourtney were here pursuing an infamous scholarship from Rotary. Stan Bugner gave us his version of health and happiness. Larry Stohs reminded usabout Shadow Day and invited us to join him in shadowing some of our young folks.Sign up and receive a T-shirt. We also passed around a sign up sheet for Okra Strut.Plan to attend we all have lots of fun. Jenny Barr introduced our speaker Jim Knight. Jim is from the South Carolina Dept.of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. He was here to talk to us about "Illegal Aliensand Private Employment " Census says that South Carolina has the fastest growingillegals, it all boils down to is effected July 1, 2009, The new Law will come intoeffect. that will effect employers who hire illegals. First offense must becorrected with in 3 days. Second offense they shut down the business. If LL&Rdetermines the rules were broken they contact Department of Home Land Security.(Making for a bad day, worse) You can use E-verify service to help business verifypersons. Jim, answered questions form Ben. Kevin, Blunt, Scott and Chip. I just could nothear what was said:) Kelly Pane thanked all who supported the students during a recent project. Meeting adjourned

September 10 2008

Last Meeting
September 10, 2008

Reporter Barry Johns

President Eddie Robinson opened the meeting followed by the invocation by Ginny Barr. John Hanson introduced several guests and visitors. Lyn Richards delivered our Health and Happiness and recognized several birthdays and anniversaries.

Kelly Payne announced that WACH FOX TV has shown an interest in promoting INTERACT. The station may feature INTERACT at Dutch Fork High School.

Okra Strut sign up sheets were passed around to staff the Rotary booth at the Okra Strut. The dates for the event are Friday, September 26 and Saturday, September 27.

John Adair announced that Job Shadow Day for Dutch Fork High School students will be September 24. He encouraged all to participate.

Dr. Minhas spoke of his faith and his personal journey.

INTERACT students, Bobby and Jessica Grant, introduced themselves to the Club and spoke of their families, their interests, and their dreams.

Bill Danielson introduced our guest speaker, Morihiko Nakahara, Director of the South Carolina Philharmonic. Mr. Nakahara spoke of his initial interview process and why he likes Columbia. He explained why the Arts are important, reminding us of the social, educational, and economic impact that the Arts have on our community. He also spent time educating us on the role of a Conductor/Director as he leads in practice and in concerts.

President Eddie Robinson closed the meeting.

September 3 2008

A fine crowd gathered today fo our weekly Rotary breakfast meeting at Seven Oaks Park. Our esteemed President, Eddie Robinson, for those of you who haven't attended in awhile, opened the meeting. Bob Berry gave a thoughtful prayer, thanking the good lord for all our blessings. John Hanson introduced zero guests which is quite unusual. We did, however have a gaggle of Interact students in attendance, which is always nice to see. Kelly Payne gave a brief report on that clubs activities and membership which now stands at over 100 Dutch Fork High Schoolers.

Lyman Whitehead, as always, wowed us with some humor about a couple senior citizens and a Chicken, or was that a Gamecock. We tried to ask Beetle Bailey for confirmation but he was still licking his "Bama" wounds!!

Joel Collins then asked the club to interact more with the interact club kids (and vice versa). We are all creatures of habit and should do a better job of interacting with these great kids. Also, don't forget the Interact club's Kick - Off Party at Gatsbee's on September 15th at 6pm.

Jim Wellman, Okra Strut Chair, showed us the new t-shirt and reminded us of our "service above self" credo. Everyone needs to be active with this years Okra Strut on the last weekend of September. Sign up sheets will be forth coming.

John Adair provided a wonderful educational meeting last week and our thanks go out to him and his lovely wife for hosting the club. He also mentioned "Shadow Day" coming up on September 24. Please sign up. That is a fun half day with the leaders of tomorrow!

Happy dollars galore got kicked off by "yours truly" and continued until almost lunch time. I demanded an accounting from President Eddie but he was last seen boarding a flight to Mexico, I think.

Our speaker was Kim Bowers of our host location, the Irmo Chapin Recreation Commission. He heads up the Senior Services division. Kim discussed the ICRC's Council on Aging, one of only four statewide affiliated with a recreational department. They provide both generational programs as well as community involvement programs. Some of the services provided include, Meals on Wheels, nutritional and phsical activities, temporary medical equipment, case managers, senior games and Project Love (Let Older Volunteers Educate) with Leaphart and Chapin Elementary schools. Many questions followed. It is great to see services expanded for our senior citizens and better yet to volunteer to serve them.

The meeting was adjourned by President Eddie. Next week, September 10th, we are very excited to have the new Maestro of the SC Philharmonic, Morihiko Nakahara speak at our club. I will be introducing him as I have begun to get to know him since I am on the Board of Directors of the Philharmonic. Fellow Board Member, Harold Crawford and I ask that you all attend to meet Morahiko, he is a talented and energetic guy. I look forward to seeing you there.

Past President
Bill Danielson

August 27 2008

Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Rotary Club of Lake Murray- Irmo
Vocational Service Off-Site Visit
Adair Piano

President Eddie Robinson called the meeting to order. Visitors and Interact students were introduced and welcomed to the meeting. The breakfast meeting was conducted in the Parish Hall at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church

2nd Annual Interact Club Kickoff
Kelly Payne reported that the 2nd Annual Interact Club Kickoff was scheduled for Monday, September 15, 2008 from 6pm – 9pm. The kick off will be held at Gatsbee’s Restaurant located at 7585 Saint Andrews Road, Irmo, SC. The lasagna dinner is $5 per person. Kelly encouraged club members to get involved with this event to welcome the Interact members back and to encourage them. If you would like more information contact Kelly Payne the Interact/Rotary Advisor at 803.767.0875.

Okra Strutt
Jim Wellman reported that the Rotary Club of Lake Murray-Irmo would be selling t-shirts at the Okra Strutt this year. A sign up sheet will be passed around during the September 3, 2008 meeting. Jim provided a sample of the t-shirt design for club members to preview.

Health and Happiness
Health and happiness was given by Lyman Whitehead.

Shadow Day
John Adair reminded the club that Shadow Day was scheduled for Wednesday, September 24, 2008. John indicated that he needed additional volunteers (about 12) to sign up to allow a student to shadow them for half of a day.

Classification Speeches
Nathan Ballentine and Emilie Keene both conducted classification speeches during the meeting.

On Site Vocational Tour of Adair Piano
When the business meeting was adjourned the club moved to Adair Piano for the on-site vocational tour of Adair Piano. John and Ellen Adair welcomed Rotary members to their store and provided a tour of the facility and an overview of: craftsman architecture, history of building, history of the piano, history of the business, new players and products, digital and musical instrument digital interface. Ellen Adair provided a demonstration of the Rinky Tinky Piano.

John Adair reported that the next off site visit would be at the Lake Murray Dam and Bob Moseley was coordinating that for the club.

Reporter – Marylou Stinson