December 16 2009

President Ginny called the meeting to order, Marylou Stinson led us in prayer and pledge; Jacqueline Kleynenberg conducted health and happiness and Happy Dollar. Darren Bouknight recognized our guests. Several announcements regarding club programs were made; Blount Sheppard informed our group the Adopt A Highway project for this Saturday is postponed due to the expected weather. Jim Wellman asked for volunteers to sign up to deliver Meal On Wheels.

President Ginny recognized our Club members with perfect attendance records. For this past year those recognized were:
John Adair, Beetle Bailey, Bill Brooks, Patty Cavanaugh, Reid Danielson, John Hanson, Judy Johnson, Eddie Robinson, Jay Seward, Larry Stohs and Jim Wellman.
Lyman Whitehead 16 year’s of perfect attendance!
Janette Coulter 19 years!
Lynn Campbell 20 years!

President Ginny then introduced the Department of Juvenile Justice Interact Club members to recognize their accomplishment of winning the Rotary Fall Video Contest. We viewed the video and then were spoken to by three DJJ Interact members who expressed their appreciation to our Club for the support and how much they feel this opportunity is helping them make progress in changing their lives.

We then broke into planning groups for the “Club Assembly” to prepare for the great bike ride project.

The meeting was then adjourned.

Christmas Party 2009

December 2 2009

Notes from the Lake Murray Irmo Rotary Club 12-2-09 Meeting

After President Ginny Barr called the meeting to order, Lynn Campbell led in prayer. Darren Bouknight introduced the guests. Jacqueline Kleynenberg led the group in Health and Happiness and a time of Happy Dollars. During Happy Dollars, Jeff Baldwin provided an update on Bill Kopelman. Joel Collins provided the club with information on the Rotary Foundation and Patty Cavanaugh handed out individual foundation contribution status pages. Joel challenged the club to become 100% Paul Harris Fellow contributors.

The last adopt-a-highway for 2009 will be held this Saturday, December 5. Please meet at Blount Sheperd’s office at 8:00 am. The club Christmas party will be held Monday, December 14 at 6:30 pm at the Chestnut Hills Club House.

Our speaker for the morning was Dr. Burk Dial, who talked about the Palmetto Richland Gamma Knife program. Richland has had the only gamma knife in the state for ten years. The gamma knife offers an alternative to whole brain radiation treatment for metastasized tumors in the brain. The gamma knife provides 192 low dosage penetrations which converge on the tumor providing a high dosage radiation to the tumor without damaging the cells through which the laser passes. According to Dr. Dial, whole brain radiation treatment can only be applied to a patient one time while gamma knife radiation treatment can be applied multiple times. The accuracy of the gamma knife is less than one millimeter and the success rate is very high. We need to thank Maris Hargrave for arranging this very informative program.

Nov 17 2009

Announcements:

- Fill out your Rotary Survey if you have not done so.

- Christmas Social will be held on December 14 at Chestnut Hill

- Adopt a Highway clean up outing will be held on December 5

Speaker:

Dr. Berg Superintendent of Lexington/Richland District 5 was the speaker.

He indicated that he was enjoying the job and may stay on for a year or so longer. He stated that the school district was all about people. They had good people working in the district. They pay good salaries and they have high expectations from their employees. Said the schools were in good shape but need to address concerns at Leaphart, Seven Oaks and Haribson West. With the help of Helen Anderson director of instruction they were addressing those concerns. For example, they had moved Barbara Brockhart one of their best elementary principals to Haribson West. There was also good news on the construction from the bond approval. They were able to borrow money at 1% or less and the bids on the construction projects were as low as he had seen in 25 years.

Nov 4, 2009

November 4, 2009

Rotary opened with a prayer from John Adair. Although spiritual in nature, I could have sworn he was praying for the return of the GOP in New Jersey and Virginia! Or, was that just my imagination.

Our illustrous fundraiser, "par excellance", Jay Seward discussed our first Earth Day Bike Race next April. Plans are well underway and we need to give Jay all the support we can. A sign up sheet was passed around with many volunteer committee's for this race and we need to all sign up! 100% participation for this event, Ride or Work, which is it? Hopefully, this will be our biggest fundraiser yet.

Lyman Whitehead, subbing in with health and happiness, rambled on about something funny, but I must have dozed off. Thanks Lyman.

President Ginny acknowledged the fine work by Chip Lyerly for shadow day last week. We had a great turn out with 26 high school kids! Great job Chip!

A reminder, next week, November 11th is Vocational week. We will not be meeting at our usual spot but, instead, at the Fire Department behind Bi-Lo on St. Andrews Rd near Seven Oaks. Please park in the Bi - Lo parking lot and walk over. We will be provided a great tour of the Trauma Helicopter, which, hopefully, none of us or our loved ones will ever need as well as a presentation by the trauma specialists. This should be a very informative session so please try to make it. Yes, breakfast will be served!

Member updates included a web page for Bill Kopelman, www.caringbridge.org, for up to date info on his battle with cancer. Also, unfortunately, we learned of the death of Patty Cavanaugh's mother. Please remember Patty and her family in your prayers.

Our classification talk was delivered by Mai Li Munoz Adams, who is a fairly new member and is chasing her three children around when not raising money for the USC Foundation, which, by the way is her full time job. You gotta love a lady who was born in Queens (thats New York City folks) and raised in Tampa, Fl. and ended up in Columbia, SC!

Rod Funderburk introduced our speaker, Courtney Gibson for her report on Quito, Ecuador. You may remember Courtney was an Ambassadorial Scholarship winner and has spent the last 90 days there studying and serving others. Courtney discussed her two main service organizations while there, "Salesian Foundation for the Children of the Street" and "The Foundation for Education and International Volunteerism" which, you may remember is building a library. Courtney presented a check, on behalf of our club, to that organization. She also described how wonderful the people were and what a great host family she had. Rotary work at its finest.

Bill Danielson

October 28 2009

October 28, 2009

The Rotary Club of Lake Murray-Irmo

Meeting Opened

Chip Lyerly spoke to the club concerning “Shadow Day” and thanked all of the students and members that participated.

President Ginny Barr informed the Rotary members that they would be receiving a survey to be completed and returned to Jay Seward.

Judy Johnson introduced our speaker, Georgia Doran, Director of Career Education, USC Moore School of Business

- Mrs. Doran spoke briefly on USC Moore School of Business stating that they were recently able to raise over $41 million and received a match from Darla Moore of an additional $45 Million. To date Darla Moore has donated $70 million to the school.

- Mrs Doran stated that this is the first time four generations of people have been in the workplace at the same time. She concentrated her speech on the newest generation, Millennial Generation, and how it differs from other generations.

- The Millenial Generation is comprised of people ranging in age from 7 to 29. It is estimated that there are 80 million people in the Millenial Generation compared to 75 million baby boomers.

- In their lifetime they will average 7 to 15 jobs between 3 separate careers.

- They are the first generation to grow up with digital media. They are social, civic minded, family focused and have high expectations.

- Their lives have been shaped by major events including 9/11, Columbine and the shootings at Virginia Tech

- The Millenial Generation sees time as being fluid since they can update their news and communications immediately as opposed to other generations who view time as segmented.

Meeting Adjourned

October 21 2009

October 14 2009

President Ginny called the meeting to order at 7:45. Patty Cavanaugh gave the invocation and led in the Pledge of Allegiance. Lyman Whitehead shared Health & Happiness with us with two"stories". Emillie Keene gave her Classification Speech. The following announcements were made:

Meals on Wheels- Please contact Jim Wellman

Fall Social- 10/22/09 at Saluda Shoals - 6:PM to 9PM

Shadow Day - October 28, 2009- Please sign up

PolioPlus Fund Raiser- 02/2010- Bowling Tournament-TBA

Earth Day/Bicycle Rally - 04/24/2010

Beth Padgett, Executive Director of Community Mediation Center was our speaker. The mission of the center is to help individuals and organizations resolve conflicts, improve relationships and strengthen communities. The center is located at 4801 Colonial Drive, Columbia, S.C.. Beth's telephone number is 803-714-1176.

Respectively Submitted by:

Jeanette M Coulter

Recent pictures from our Meeting at Alodias

Sep 30 2009 Meeting at Alodia's

September 23rd

September 23, 2009

Rotary Club of Lake Murray-Irmo

President Ginny called the meeting to order at 7:45 am. John Adair gave the invocation and led us with the pledge of allegiance. Lyman Whitehead gave a quick dose of Health and Happiness and Happy Dollars. Darren Morris was the lead off (our guest speaker) along with Nathan, Joel, Skey, Carrie, and Lyman.

President Ginny reminded us about next weeks meeting... its going to be at Alodia's Cucina. President Ginny passed around a sign up sheet for Meals on Wheels. Jim Wellman gave us an up-date on Okra-Man Struttin (this Weekend Sept. 25, 26 2009.... Friday/Saturday).

Chip Lyerly is a proud new Grandfather!

October 28 is our Shadow-Day program. Don't forget to sign-up!

George Staples reminded us about the project in Durban, South Africa for children with AIDS. We partnered with the Spring Valley Club to establish the project with $3,000. With the Matching Grant from the Rotary Foundation we now have $21,000.00 toward the project.

Our PolioPlus fund raiser is coming up soon.

April 24th is Earth Day and the date of our Bicycle Rally fund raiser.

Nathan Ballentine introduced our speaker today. His name is Darren Morris he is the owner of SORD a security company that has taken him all over the world. Darren has spent 19 years in law enforcement. He is like a big body guard! Guarding folks the likes of Josh Grogan. He has been anything from patrolman to SWAT division commander. Drug raids to felony arrests.

Darren got to train in Brazil where he goes back on occasions. He started his business full time in 2004 the same year he got in to the music business (Keeping Rock Stars Safe). He has been to the pentagon for formal training on National Security, started another business, Columbia Fight House (MMA) and is also an Actor. Very busy fellow.

Submitted by

Skey Caskey

September 23 2009

Good morning. This morning's attendance was down because only 38 folks were present (including guests). Special Thanks to Nathan Ballentine who arranged for Darren Norris, VP of SORD International , to be our speaker this morning. Next week remember we will be meeting at Alodia's for breakfast and a discussion on what it takes to run a restaurant. Thanks Maria Hargrave for arranging this off-site program as part of our vocational efforts. Remember that Alodia's is on Route 6 in the Publix Shopping Center (corner of Irmo Drive and Route 6).

Upcoming programs include:

October 7: Major Allen Herritage, US Air Forces speaking from the Iraq Embassy ( Ben Herritage)

October 14 Beth Padgett, Community Mediation Center

October 21 John Exkstrom- HAITI Mission Trip (Kelly Payne)

October 28 Georgia Doran, Director of Career Education, USC Moore School of Business (Patty Cavanaugh)

As you can see I am getting temendous help from our membership in finding great speakers. Please do your part by being present and bring prospective members whenever you can.

Judy Johnson

September 16, 2009

Minutes from 9/16/09 Rotary Meeting

President Ginny Barr opened the September 16, 2009 meeting, and called on

Maria Hargrove for the invocation. Lyman Whitehead did health and

happiness and happy dollars.

Announcements were made about upcoming meetings at Alodias' Italian

Restaurant, and the Air Ambulance facility behind BiLo. Board meeting

will be Friday at Panera Bread.

Carey Hite was recognized for his work establishing a new web page for our

club. Web address: www.irmorotary.com

Jim Wellman informed those members working at the Okra Strut when they

needed to be at their post on Friday September 25th.

The speaker for the day was Mike Briggs the CEO of SC Central Alliance.

This agency is composed of 12 counties around the midlands along with the

City of Columbia. This alliance does market research, site development,

and economic impact analysis for industry and since 1994 has seen 7.5 billion

dollars invested in this area with the creation of 47,000 jobs. For 2009,

102 million dollars has been invested with 863 new jobs created.

August 26 2009

Teresa Miley opened our August 26 meeting with prayer and then the group Pledge ofAllegiance. Zeke Riddle enlightened the club with Health and Happiness of a storyabout "Common Sense" and Lyman Whitehead then quizzed members with questionsrelating to the August Rotarian Magazine.Two club announcements came from Jim Wellman and Kelly Payne. Jim informed membersof a new service project the club has committed to this year: Meals on Wheels. EveryThursday starting at 11:15 one (or two members) will need to meet at Seven Oaks Parkto receive the meals to be delivered that day. The route should only take 30-45minutes. Kelly Payne spoke about the upcoming Interact Project. Her students willbe at the Five Points Fountain from 12-4pm Saturday.Before our guest speaker was introduced, Teresa Miley gave her classification talk.Among other things, Teresa shared with us that she was reared in the LowCountry, amother of 3 boys (19, 16, 12), has a State Farm Agency in Irmo and has been a clubmember since 2005.Rod Funderburk then introduced Ashley Rhoderick, Rotary Scholar. Ashley is a 2008graduate of USC with a degree in Chemical Engineering.

The club sponsored here witha Rotary Culture Scholarship that allowed Ashley to experience life in Cairo, Egyptfor 3 to 4 months.The first thing Ashley noticed when she arrived to Cairo was the heat and how largethe city is. During the daytime there are 30 million people in the city and at nightthe number drops to 20 million people. Her host Rotary Club was the Wadi DeglaRotary Club (Ashley brought us a banner from their club) and she had severalwonderful memories to share. She crossed the Nile twice each day for school (whereshe spent 5 hours each day learning the language). Ashley experienced Ramadan(fasting from sun-up to sun-down), went to Alexandria, Siwa (an oasis in the desert,30 minutes from Syria), and had her dad come visit when she went to Luxor and Aswan.Her favorite part of her stay was time spent in The Sinai and the thing she wantedto do most was scuba diving in the Red Sea (which she did!). Of course, she saw thepyramids and experienced life in the city by riding in a "women's car" on the metroand seeing how retail is done on a "cash basis." (She only used her debit/creditcards at ATMs to get cash).Her class had students from around the world (Sweden,Australia, Pakistan), and during their time together she learned an Irish Dance andsoaked up all the culture she could by trying various dishes (they often didn't eatdinner until 10pm!)Ashley plans to continue her experience overseas by working with Campus Crusade forChrist while in Lebanon.It's obvious, she is a bright young lady with a great future of serving others! Ourclub sponsorship has not only benefited Ashley but others she will touch throughouther life!
Nathan Ballentine

August 19 2009

We were pleased to have Samantha Martin our Rotary Scholar to Northern Ireland speak to us today. Samantha was recruited by Rod Funderburk. He does such a fine job offinding the right scholar for our club. Today we heard from one the best of our Rotary Scholars. Samantha truly exhibited the purpose of Rotary. She met 16 folks in her class and went to some of their homes. She attended Rotarymeeting frequently and represented our club and Rotary with class and dignity.

Samantha crossed cultural relationships and befriended folks from differentcultures. She sought out mentors of the older generation to help her grasp theissues in Northern Ireland. She did not get bored as she traveled to Morocco, Scotland and France. What I picked up from her talk is that she came to understand the problems inNorthern Ireland and reflected her gratefulness for our Rotary Club and Rotaryin'tl..

August 12 2009

August 12, 2009

Reporter Si Amick

President Barr called upon Bill Danielson to open the meeting with a word of prayer followed by the pledge of allegiance. Darren Bouknight, Sergeant- at-Arms, then introduced the visitors. Ben Herritage introduced his daughter and Zek announced that Bob Berry 20 year with the club.

Zek continued the meeting with the “table to table” happy dollar. Lynn Campbell and Si Amick gave a happy dollar to announce their wives’ birthdays. Bob Berry topped the happy dollar with his wedding band story which was short of a miracle. Bob, this is proof that your marriage was destiny.

Joel Collins reminded us of the “Constitution Day Program” which will be aired on September 18, 2009 at 2:00. Please ask Joel what channel as I don’t remember if it was announced. President Ginny reminded us all to continue supporting the Cart Fund which supports Alzheimer’s research. Jim Wellman announced that the Okra Strut was just around the corner and we would be manning a ticket booth this year. Please sign up as we need 12 people. Also, we will not be doing the pictures with Okra Man, but individual are welcome to do their own. Any members with young children are welcome to ride the float in the parade.

Rotary youth exchange training will be September the 17^th. Please sign up…..

Darren Bouknight gave a wonderful classification speech. It is always nice to learn more about the personal lives of our members.

Our speaker was Chief Buck of the Irmo Police Department. It hard to believe that little Irmo has 25+ officers.

President Barr then closed the meeting.

August 5 2009

President Ginny welcomed everyone including District Governor Alan Walters and Assistant District Governor Area 3 George McConnell.

President Ginny encouraged everyone to vote for Kimberly and Cecil Bradstreet’s “Dream Wedding.” Kimberly is the daughter of Rotarian David Wright and is doing well in her fight with colon cancer. Please go to www.wistv.com or the direct link at: http://www.wistv.com/Global/category.asp?C=172216 and read their information and we would love it if you were to cast a vote or two for them - once a day until Monday if you can! Ths for your help.

District 7770 is looking for a group leader and members of the GSE Team bound for Brazil in May 2010. Leader must be Rotarian and members (age 25-40) must be non-Rotarians and not family members of a Rotarian.

President Ginny thanked the Club for the opportunity to attend the Rotary International Convention in Birmingham England. She had a marvelous experience and gained new friendships in many countries. She presented the banner from the Rotary Club of Alford and Marble Thorpe in England.

President Ginny assisted by District Governor Alan Walters inducted our newest member, Jacqueline Kleynenberg. Alan recognized her sponsor, Larry Stohs, for his efforts in bringing Jacqueline to Rotary and noted a sponsor's role in getting new members involved in Rotary.

--
Jeffrey W. Baldwin, FACHE
Lighthouse Healthcare Associates, LLC
803-920-9542

July 29 2009

Report of Wednesday's Rotary meeting:

The Rotary program was a planning session for the club's various committees. There was no speaker.

We had Rotary quests of Fred Medway and Bentley Murrell from 5pts. We had Ashley Gilfillan with Nathan Ballentine, Carmine Keene with Emilie Keene and Jacquelyn Kleynenberg with Larry Stohs.

Respectively submitted,

John Adair, reporter for 7/29/09

July 22, 2009

July 15, 2009

The Rotary Club of Lake Murray-Irmo
Weekly Meeting Minutes
July 15, 2009


Breakfast and fellowship began at 7:30 a.m.
Business meeting called to order by President Ginny at 7:45 a.m.
Pledge of allegiance was recited
Invocation was provided by Lyman White head
The following items are mentioned:
+ Rod Funderburk introduced his guest, Emily Stanek, a current Rotary Scholar.
+ Joel Collins introduced his grandchildren, Abby and Dean, who were his guests for the morning.
+ Jeff Baldwin and Bill Daniels disclosed they were celebrating birthdays.
+ Judy Johnson and John Adair were recognized as our Club’s Rotarians of the year. A story about
Their award appeared in the July 9 issue of the Irmo News paper with pictures of them and then
President, Dr. Eddie Robinson.


Guest Speaker- Our speaker was Eddie Edelstein, an Australian who is a retired Military officer. He also
Had experience as a Department of Foreign Affairs officer and a breeder of Clydesdale
Horses. Mr. Edelstein gave an interesting talk about the geography and history of
Australia.
The meeting was adjourned by President Ginny at 8:30 a.m.

July 8, 2009

The Rotary Club of Lake Murray-Irmo
Weekly Meeting Minutes
July 8, 2009

Breakfast and fellowship began at 7:30 a.m.

Business meeting called to order by President Ginny at 7:45 a.m.
Pledge of Allegiance was recited
Invocation was provided by Lyn Richards
Guests were introduced by “fill-in” Sergeant-at-Arms, John Hanson
Health & Happiness was provided by Zeke Riddle

The following Club announcements were made:
• Maria Hargrove sent around a sigh-up sheet for future classification speeches.
• Lyn Richards sent around a sign-up sheet for members willing to serve by providing an invocation for upcoming weekly meetings.
• President Ginny encouraged members to respond to the email survey sent out by Jay Seward via email asking for input into our fund raising efforts this coming year.
• President Ginny congratulated 3 club members for being recognized in the news; Theresa Miley received the Chairman’s Circle award from State Farm Insurance, Zeke Riddle started a new career with ERA Wilder Realty, and Chief Brian Buck’s Explorer Post 800 won Best Overall Post at the SC Association of Law Enforcement Explorers annual competition.
• President Ginny announced a new “job description” for our weekly meeting reporter. Reporters will now focus on reporting club announcements and business. Guest speakers need only be noted by name and topic. Weekly minutes may be written in a simple bullet format, rather than a narrative format. The goal is to make the job easier and less time involved. All members will be asked to serve as reporter, other than a few senior members who will exempt. Ginny volunteered to be the first reporter for the year. Next week, we will start at the top of the alphabet and work through the club.
• The Club presented RI Cultural Scholar Courtney Gibson with a $500 check as a contribution toward a service project she has started for the community in which she will be living in Ecuador. The funds will be used to equip the community library. Courtney has also collected books and supplies. She leaves for Ecuador in just a couple of weeks.
• Lyman Whitehead provided members with a classification speech.

Guest Speaker – Judy Johnson introduced our guest speaker, Dr. B.J. Simons. Dr. Simmons presented a very timely and informative program titled “H1N1; What’s in it for me?”

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

July 1 2009 - New Officer Induction

President Eddie with Rotarian of the Year Judy Johnson
Ginny Barr your new Club President

Darren Bouknight shows the new Database

Joel Collins accepts Rotary Benefactor Award for his wife Rhonda and himself.

John Adair, Rotarian of the Year

Your 2010 Club Board of Directors

Your retiring 2009 Board

President Eddie with your New Club President, Ginnie Barr (Eyes Closed)

Minutes for Irmo-Lake Murray Rotary Meeting Wednesday July 1, 2009

The First meeting of the 2009-20108Rotary year began with the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.
Next Joel Collins was awarded the Rotary Benefactor Award for both himself and his wife.
President Eddie Robinson then discussed the Goals that were achieved during his term for 2007-2009.These included: Student mentoring with Nursery Road Elementary, Many Ambassador and Cultural scholarships awarded, Presidential and Governor Citations awarded, Silver Literacy Citation, 6 Paul Harris Fellows, 9 new members inducted, many projects with the Dutch Fork Interact club to name a few. President Eddie thanked the club for all of the members’ support throughout the year, specifically the Board Members. Each Board Member for the 08-09 year was announced: Public Relations Director was John Adair , Foundation was Patty Cavanaugh, Fundraising and Social Events was Emilee Keene, Long Range Planning was Larry Stohs, Service Projects was Jim Wellman and Club Administration was Dr. Judy Johnson. Officers for the 08-09 year were also announced and thanked with a nice Rotary memento Mug. The Board members were, Past President-Beetle Bailey, Treasurer – Jeanette Coulter , Seargent-at-arms – John Hanson, Secretary – Ben Heritage , President Elect – Ginny Barr. District Governor, George McConnell thanked the board members for their service.
President Eddie then recognized some Rotariians that were of special note for th e08-09 year: Lynn Campbell for his work with the Rotarian Magazine, Chris King for organizing the minutes, Lyman Whitehead for the Health and Happiness reports each week. Rotarian of the year for 08-09 was announced and we were honored with the news that we had Co-Rotarians of the year ; John Adiar and Judy Johnson were honored for all of their hard work with Rotary in the 08-09 year.
At this time President Eddie turned the meeting over to the new President Ginny Barr. There was a resounding standing ovation to honor and thank Eddie Robinson for a great year as president and Eddie was presented with e pin and nice Rotary Clock/plaque as a token of our thanks for his hard work.
President Ginny Barr then announced and inducted the new Board Members for the 09-10 year. Judy Johnson is the new President Elect, Jeanette Coulter is Vice President, Larry Stohs is Secretary, Seargent-at-arms is Darren Bouknight, Immediate Past President is Eddie Robinson and Bylaws/Insurance is Jeff Allen.
President Ginny Barr then discussed her plans for the 09-10 year and went over the Committees and committee members for the New Year. President Barr will work to have each Rotary Member as an active participant in one or more Committees. The club will have Club Meeting each Quarter for the Committees to work and plan their prospective activities for the year.
Darren Bouknight then come to the front and performed a brief introduction to the Rotary 7770 Database.
The meeting was called to a close.