LAKE MURRAY - IRMO ROTARY CLUB: 2010

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Dec 15 2010

December 15, 2010

Lyman lead our club in the in the invocation and health and happiness. President Judy Johnson gave a very special gift to Cliff of the Seven Oaks Recreation Center for all that he does for our club.

John Adair introduced his son and daughter in law (Kirk and Laura Adair). Kirk is in the insurance industry with the SC Insuarnce Pool and Laura is the media specialiest at Irmo Elementary. They lead us in singing some of our holiday favorites and a few of their own too.

It was a wonderful meeting to celebrate the Christmas season.

Sincerely

Ray D Hunt

Monday, December 20, 2010

Rotary Club of Lake Murray - Irmo

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Sunday, December 19, 2010

Upcoming events

Wednesday, December 08, 2010

December 8, 2010

Rotary Report Dec 8 2010

Meeting opened by President Judy

Invocation by Barry Johns

Pledge of Allegiance

Announcements and visitors

Happy Dollar – Lyman Whitehead

Classification Talk – Patty Cavanaugh

Introduction of Speaker – Jeff Baldwin

Title of Talk – U S Navy Today

Speaker Captain James L. McGinley, USN

The speaker discussed the “New Navy” with emphasis on training. There is training of recruits here at Ft. Jackson. We viewed a film about the training experience. Most trainees are then sent to active duty in Afghanistan and Iraq. He discussed emphasis on support role and counter IED work and coordination of efforts with the Army.

Meeting was adjourned by President Judy.

Carey Hite reporter

Monday, November 29, 2010

Nov 17 2009

Lake Murray Irmo Rotary Meeting Minutes November 17, 2010

President Judy opened the meeting with John Adair leading us in Prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Lyman Whitehead humored us with a little health, happiness and Happy Dollars. Darren Bouknight introduced our guests and Jacque Kleynenberg reminded us the Babcock Center is raising funds by selling a special Christmas ornament.

Our annual Christmas Party is being held at MurrayWood Swim and Racquet Club on December 3^rd. No meeting will be held the week of ThanksGiving.

Scott Moseley of Irmo Insurance Agency gave his classification speech.

Jeanette Coulter introduced our speaker, Kathleen Shaw of Sistercare. Her hope is to get the word out as to who they are and what they do as most people are not familiar with their organization. They operate three shelters in the metro area, two in Lexington and one in Richland County, providing a safe haven for women and their children who are victims of domestic violence. The shelters have the appearance of a routine home in an older neighborhood. These shelters are always full with an average stay of 27 days. Sistercare served 661 individuals last year (399 women 262 children) however they had to turn away 260. Sistercare is very involved with children. Most of their clients are mothers with school age children. The children are placed in school and provided counseling. Domestic violence is a cycle, stopping the cycle begins with children. The counseling is provided to the family while in the shelter and after they leave. Some families continue counseling for many years. Unfortunately many victims go back to the situation which brought them to Sistercare. It can take leaving the situation as many as seven times before the individual is successful in separating themselves from the violence and abuse. Success is heightened when the victim’s children become involved. Sistercare provides legal aide and will go the court with the victim. They also operate a 24-7 crisis line, a rural outreach program, speakers’ bureau and volunteer program. It is estimated 33% of all female ER admissions are due to domestic violence.

Their funding is received from the Federal and State Government, United Way, Foundations and benevolent contributions. Their funding is down due to the economy however as the economy and funding go down their need goes up.

Questions were fielded and President Judy adjourned the meeting

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Monday, November 15, 2010

November 10, 2010

Lake Murray-Irmo meeting of 11/10

The meeting was convened by President Judy Johnson and Jeff Baldwin led us in a very poignant prayer that focused on Veteran’s Day. Sergeant-at-Arms Darren Bouknight introduced three visitors to the meeting: Ellen Moore, Terry Klosterman and Dorothy Goodwin. We had a significant number of announcements, reminders and updates, which were as follows:

- Reminded to turn-in the money from sale of Belk’s fund raising tickets.

- Reminded about our renewed involvement in Meals-on-Wheels, where we have responsibility for delivery twice a week.

- Reminder to sign-up for the Christmas party to be held at Rawl’s Creek on Friday evening, December 3.

- Visitor Terry Klosterman reminded us of the flyers on each table for the annual fund raiser of the Spring Valley Club.

- Ginny Barr provided a Foundation moment, describing the Permanent Fund, an endowment to provide long-term stability to the Foundation. The Permanent Fund was started in 1930, currently holds $579.4 million and there are four means by which a Rotarian can make a contribution. Several of our Club’s members have made contributions to the Permanent Fund.

- Eddie Robinson provided a very nice review of the major articles in the October edition of the Rotarian Magazine.

- Jeff Baldwin provided an update on the Tour de Lake Bicycle Rally and Brooks Williams updated us on the Tour’s fund raising efforts, encouraging us to offer any potential suggestions, with a goal of securing commitments by year end.

Bill Brooks provided the weekly classification talk. He revealed that he is a 1956 graduate of the Citadel, has a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Florida, worked as a research chemist in the private sector for 30 years and spent the final 15 years of his career as head of the Department of Agriculture’s research efforts in SC.

Lyman Whitehead introduced our speaker Barbara Wilm, VP of Community Relations for the Lexington County Health Services District. Barbara has responsibility for representing the Medical Center in community outreach efforts. She began her career with the Medical Center in 1986, running the operating room in the Irmo satellite facility.

Lexington Medical Center opened on 1/7/71. Its original location was to be in Batesburg-Leesville; however, the Hulons donated the property off I26 with the agreement that the couple could live in the hospital until their deaths. Upon opening the Medical Center occupied 75,000 square feet. This has grown to 1 million, with an additional 1 million in remote facilities around the county. They operate the largest nursing home for Alzheimer’s in SC, the Carroll Campbell Place and in 1986 opened the first ambulatory care center in the State, in Irmo. Lexington Medical currently employs 5,039 and last year they had 19K patients, delivered 3K babies, had 95 patient visits to the emergency room (second busiest in the State) and had 145K patients in their urgent care centers. The Medical Center off I26 is land-locked; therefore they have purchased 44 acres on Long Pond Road to accommodate future growth. The cardiac center will begin operations in the coming year after reaching agreement with Providence Hospital and Palmetto Health.

Thursday, November 04, 2010

Nov 3 2010

Pictured: Dutch Fork, Justin Suber, Elliott Fralick, Coach Tom Knotts, President Dr.
Judy Johnson, Irmo: Coach Bob Hanna, ,Nolan Dorton, Shaquille Counts, 
 
The Lake Murray Irmo Rotary Club were honored to have football coaches Tom Knotts of
Dutch Fork High and Bob Hanna of Irmo High speak to our club this morning about this
weeks game where the Silver Foxes play the Yellow Jackets in the final game of the
season.  The Coaches spoke of the respect they have for each other and their
players. They are looking forward to a tough game and both know their players are
going to give it all they have. Each Coach brought with them two representatives
from their team, the young men spoke to us about their college plans as well as
their desire to win on Friday night. It should be a great game. Go support your
team!  Friday night, November 5th, 7:30 at Dutch Fork Stadium.
 
The rotary club or Lake Murray-Irmo is a service organization that happens to meet
on Wednesday mornings!  Sure, breakfast is important, but that isn't what we're
about .  We do good things for great people as we try to make the central Midlands
of South Carolina a better place while also fulfilling our commitment to the goals
of our great Rotary district and Rotary International.  Consider us a dedicated cog
in the great Rotary wheel!  Please visit when you can...we'd love to see your
smiling face at 7:30 AM on a Wednesday. For more information on our Rotary club
contact Michael Cromer 803.781.3000

Lake-Murray Irmo Weekly Meeting Minutes
11/3/2010
The meeting was called to order at 7:45 by President Judy Johnson.  The invocation was delivered by Blount Shepard.  Guests were introduced by Darren Bouknight.  
The Belk Charity Sale is taking place this Saturday November 6^th from 6AM-10AM.  Tickets are $5.
Tuesday November 9^th is the annual Chuck Larsen Silent Auction.  It will be held at the Radisson.  Tickets are $25/person or $40/couple.
November is Foundation month for Rotary.
Health and Happiness and Happy Dollars were given by Lyman Whitehead.
Larry Stohs introduced Tom Knotts, Dutch Fork High School football coach and Bob Hanna, Irmo High School football coach.  Both were asked to say a few words regarding the matchup at Dutch Fork High School this Friday night November 5^th. 
Rod Funderburk introduced our speaker, Karly Miller, who was sponsored by the Lexington Rotary Club and was awarded a Rotary International Ambassadorial Academic Year Scholarship for the 2010-2011 school year.  She will be studying in Lima, Peru.  Karly is originally from Chicago, IL, but relocated to Cincinnati, OH at the age of 1.  She graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in Marine Science.  She spoke to us about the scholarship process and what she hopes to learn while studying abroad.  
Meeting was adjourned at 8:27.

Sunday, October 31, 2010

October 27, 2010

The guest speaker Lake Murray-Irmo Rotary Club meeting for the October 27, 2010 was Lisa Lee Smith, the Midlands Representative for ShelterBox. Since its inception in 2000, ShelterBox has firmly established itself at the forefront of international disaster relief, providing emergency shelter for the people who need it most on every continent. ShelterBox instantly responds to earthquake, volcano, flood, hurricane, cyclone, tsunami or conflict by delivering boxes of aid. Highly trained ShelterBox Response Teams distribute boxes on the ground, working closely with local organizations, international aid agencies and Rotary clubs worldwide. Each box supplies an extended family with a tent and lifesaving equipment to use while they are displaced or homeless. The contents are tailored depending on the nature and location of the disaster, with great care taken sourcing every item to ensure it is robust enough to be of lasting value.

Lisa Lee Smith is a Rotarian in the Rotary Club of Chapin Sunrise and formerly in the Rotary Club of Lexington. She is an attorney in private practice in Lexington with the firm of Davis, Frawley, Anderson, McCauley, Ayer, Fisher & Smith, LLC and also serves as a Certified Mediator and Arbitrator. Lisa is also very involved with the Lexington County Bar Association, the South Carolina Bar Association and Girl Scouts in the Irmo-Chapin area. She is a graduate of Irmo High School, Clemson University and the University of South Carolina, School of Law. Lisa is married to Pauley Smith, a teacher in School District 5, and they have three children.

The rotary club or Lake Murray-Irmo is a service organization that happens to meet on Wednesday mornings! Sure, breakfast is important, but that isn't what we're about . We do good things for great people as we try to make the central Midlands of South Carolina a better place while also fulfilling our commitment to the goals of our great Rotary district and Rotary International. Consider us a dedicated cog in the great Rotary wheel! Please visit when you can...we'd love to see your smiling face at 7:30 AM on a Wednesday. For more information on our Rotarty club contact Michael Cromer 803.781.3000

Thursday, October 07, 2010

Student of the month

The Lake Murray-Irmo Rotary Club was so pleased to recognise September Student of the Month from Leaphart Elementary, Mikayla Bouknight. Mikayla was chosen for "her service to her peers and great attitude" said Dr. Rebecca McKenzie-Appling, Principal al Leaphart. The club was delighted to present Mikayla with an award for "service above self" the motto for Rotarians and a gift certificate from Sonic the Irmo/Ballentine location who are delighted to reward students making great choices in our community. The Lake Murray-Irmo Rotary is a service organization that meets on Wednesday mornings! Sure, breakfast is important, but that isn't what we're about (even though the food is really quite good). We do good things for great people as we try to make the central Midlands of South Carolina a better place while also fulfilling our commitment to the goals of our great Rotary district and Rotary International. Consider us a dedicated cog in the great Rotary wheel! Please visit when you can...we'd love to see your smiling face at 7:30 AM on a Wednesday. Seven Oaks Park at the intersection of St Andrews and Piney Grove Roads. Call Michael Cromer for more details-803-932-9181

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Sep 22 2010

LAKE MURRY – IRMO ROTARY CLUB

September 22, 2010

The invocation for September 22 was provided by Lyn Richards. Lyman Whitehead gave us Health and Happiness and led the club in Happy Dollar contributions. Jacqueline Kleynenberg announced that beginning September 29 the club will recognize a student from a local school each month. Maria Hargrave announced that the club will participate in a vocational visit to Trevett’s Direct on October 6. Tim Williams gave a classification talk.

The newest member of the Lake Murray-Irmo Rotary club, Mark Boone, was inducted on September 22, 2010. Mr. Boone is affiliated with Community Roundtable, which is an organization whose purpose is to encourage and enable the entire community to promote positive youth development. We welcome Mark Boone to our club.

Our guest speaker for the morning was Charles D. Beaman, Jr. He is responsible for the system’s overall operations. Mr. Beaman served as president of Palmetto Health from the date of inception, February 8, 1998, until his appointment as the system's CEO and president on January 2, 2007. Prior to the creation of Palmetto Health in 1998, Beaman was president and CEO of Baptist Healthcare System of South Carolina, Inc. where he had worked with the hospital system for 25 years.

Mr. Beaman joined Baptist Healthcare System as a unit manager in 1973. Over the next 15 years, he served in various management positions with increasing responsibilities including director of Unit Management, vice president and executive assistant to the president, executive vice president and CEO of Baptist Medical Center and system's chief operating officer. In 1987, he was named president and chief executive officer of Baptist Healthcare System of South Carolina, Inc., formerly South Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Inc.

Mr. Beaman talked briefly on the overall Palmetto Health system, but concentrated most of his remarks on the proposed new 76 bed hospital next to the current Parkridge Surgery Center near Irmo. This will be a full-service 24/7 hospital that will include an emergency department. The selection process to choose an architectural firm is currently underway. Relocation of the road is expected to take place in early 2011. Construction of the building is expected to begin n late 2011 with anticipated opening of the hospital in late 2013.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Sep 15 2010

Minutes for Lake Murray-Irmo Rotary Meeting - Wednesday September 15, 2010

This meeting of the Lake Murray/Irmo Rotary year began with the invocation by Dr. Ros Browning and Pledge of Allegiance.

Next the visitors and guests were recognized and announcements that the Board meeting scheduled for September 16^th has been postponed. Lyman Whitehead announced the news that Jeanette Coulter’s sister has passed away and other “Heath and Happiness” news.

The meeting was presided over by Bill Danielson since several club members, including President Judy Johnson, were away in Charleston attending a Rotary training meeting. Bill introduced Kelly Payne who gave the introduction for our speaker Coach Tom Knotts with Dutch Fork High School.

Coach Knotts is in his first year as Head football coach and Athletic Director at Dutch Fork High School. He comes to us from Independence High School in Charlotte, North Carolina where he has enjoyed a splendid career coaching and has a record of 296 wins and 60 losses and also a 109 game winning streak to be proud of while at Independence. Coach Knotts has a wife, Keisha Knotts and a 2 year old son, Jackson.

Prior to his coaching career, Knotts was an active and successful High school student and athlete and attended Duke University with a scholarship playing Quarterback for the Blue Devils. His experience in high school playing practically every sport, including football, basketball, tennis and baseball gives him a great base of experience with his new responsibilities as the Athletic Director at Dutch Fork in addition to being the head football coach. As A.D. he has been asked to reshape the athletic department and build it into a program that is as successful as renowned as the academic programs enjoyed at Dutch Fork.

Coach Knotts spoke to the group on how this talk gave him an opportunity to reflect back on his life and career to find what he wanted to tell us this morning. He feels that it’s the player he has had the pleasure and pain to coach over his career that is what gives him his sense of accomplishment.

After a very successful career in high school coaching, in 2004 he was afforded the opportunity to coach at the college level as the quarterback coach with his alma mater- Duke. His experience at Duke helped him realize that it is the relationship and bonds he built with the high school students as their coach that brings him the most pleasure. He was able to resign from Duke and return to Independence High as their head football coach again.

Coach Knotts shared some stories of past players that stand out for him. One player is Chris Leake that played quarterback for Independence from 1999 to 2002 and started the 109 winning game streak for Independence HS. After high school and some trials within the weight room and learning to play as a member of the united team, Leake went on to play for Florida and win a national title for them. Leake now plays professional football in the Canadian Football League.

Another player that stood out for Coach Knotts was Jeff Romanelli who came to the team as a young, inexperienced player and developed into a strong player as a middle linebacker. Through the years at school Romanelli’s life changed and he got into some trouble with the law and was arrested for selling drugs. This came as a shock to the coaching staff and forced coach Knotts to ban the player from the team.

Also standing out in his memory is Dewitt Dixon. Dixon’s mother came to coach Knotts asking him to take a look at her son and see what could be made out of the young player. Dixon was raised in a less than perfect environment with a single parent. By becoming involved with the football program, Dixon found his ability to become a model student and athlete, ultimately winning a scholarship to Elizabeth City State College and earning his degree.

There are several other stories of football and his players the coach could have shared, but time ran out on us and we had to end the meeting. Coach did field one question as to his opinion of the media’s treatment of high school football. The coach’s answer was that the media is playing a “not-so good” role in the recruitment of high school players. The recruitment has become more of a business for agents and less about the development of the sport and its players and the media is helping to promote this environment.

We all thank coach Knotts for coming to speak with us and wish him a great year for the football team at Dutch Fork and a successful job building an even better Athletic Department at Dutch Fork.

Darren Bouknight,

Reporter

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Sep 8 2010

The Rotary Club of Lake Murray-Irmo
Meeting Minutes
September 8, 2010

President Judy called the meeting to order at 7:45 a.m. The invocation was provided by Nathan Ballentine. Our guest list this week included Pete Sercer of the St. Andrews Rotary Club. Lyman Whitehead provided us with a healthy dose of Health & Happiness.

Announcements:
• President Judy will be attending the Foundation Seminar next Wednesday morning, leaving Past President Bill Danielson in charge.
• The next Board meeting is scheduled for 9/16/10, 7:30 a.m., at Panera Bread. All Club members are invited.
• The induction of new member Mark Boone is scheduled for 9/22/10.
• Secretary Jay will be sending out the proof of the 2010-11 Rotary Year Book for members to review by email. Please let Jay know if there are final edits still to be made.
• Members were reminded of the DJJ Demolition Celebration being held on at 10:00 a.m. on 9/10/10. Everyone is invited.

Our Classification talk this week was provided by Sergeant-at-Arms Darren Bouknight.

President-Elect Jeanette Coulter introduced out guest speaker, Alan Shoemaker. Alan is a member of the St Andrews Rotary club and a frequent visitor our club. Alan provided a fascinating slide show and commentary about his 3½ week trip through Imperial China and into Tibet. He shared everything about the country from history, to food, to shopping, to culture. Alan described his travel experience to Imperial China as full of pageantry and color, and he highly recommended the trip to others. Alan concluded his presentation by answering questions from members.

President Judy adjourned the meeting at 8:30 a.m.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

August 25 2010

Your perfect attendance Rotarians

The Lake Murray-Irmo Rotary Club presented a $2,000 check to the Irmo Chapin Recreation Commission for its Meals on Wheels program. Volunteers for the Recreation Commission deliver meals to home bound older adults five days per week. The Seven Oaks Park delivers about 150 meals per week. Rotarians from the Lake Murray-Irmo Rotary Club participate as volunteers in this delivery program. The monetary donation was enhanced through a District Simplified Grant from District 7770.

Cruise night photos

Cruise Night-August 3rd.

The Irmo-Lake Murray Rotary hosted a unique social event for our District #7770 Governor, Rick Moore. The Rotary club joined with the Greater Irmo Chamber of Commerce for a cruise on board the yacht, the Spirit of Lake Murray. The Rotary Club was treated to a wonderful natural event, watching the Purple Martins nesting on Bomb Island which is a rest stop on their yearly migration route. Bomb Island is situated in Lake Murray which is the tourism crown jewel of the greater Irmo and Columbia areas. The cruise combined several unique features, a chance to introduce non-Rotarians to a local club, a trip to a World War II landmark and an inspiring glimpse into the natural world. All of the Rotarians enjoyed a very relaxing social event and a glimpse into a seldom seen part of the natural world.

Cruise night on Lake Murray

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

August 18 2010

August 18, 2010 Lake Murray – Irmo Rotary Club Minutes

The August 18th Lake Murray – Irmo Rotary Club meeting was started with an invocation by John Adair and the customary Pledge of Allegiance. Health and Happiness was lead by Lyman Whitehead including many Happy Dollars, Group Announcements and Dr. Robinson’s discussion of the Rotary Magazine.

President Judy Johnson introduced Mr. Dan Hennigman who is a Honorary Lexington County Sheriff and is very involved with the Lexington County Shrriff’s Department as well as several other important community organizations to include the Lexington Rotary Club, Honor Flight and the National Safety Council. Mr. Hennigan then introduced the day’s main speaker Lexington County’s Sherriff James Metts.

Sheriff Metts was the nation’s youngest elected sheriff at age 25 in 1972 and has been in office ever since. Sheriff Metts holds a degree in Criminal Justice and a Doctorate Degree in Education. He stated that his main focus for his office is Quality of Life and Customer service for the members of the Lexington County community. Sheriff Metts is an active Rotarian with the Lexington club. He stated that Quality of Life is a big draw for people coming to Lexington County; it has the number One schools, number One recreational opportunities, superior communities and the people of the county are incredible. However, it is not like that everywhere. Within a few miles of his area of jurisdiction are communities that are unsafe, filled with drugs and quickly deteriorating. Sherriff Metts promised that “that will not happen with me in charge of law enforcement if Lexington County! Law enforcement has been vested with the responsibility to maintain the high quality of living that citizens of the county enjoy and he and his department will work to maintain this quality of living in all of Lexington County’s communities.”

He will accomplish this maintenance through superior Customer Service for the citizens of Lexington. He encourages the citizens to become involved with the Sheriff’s Department to help maintain our quality of life and let undesirable characters know that they are not welcomed in our county. One way this involvement can be done is through the Reserve Deputy Program in Lexington County. This program used unpaid volunteers to work with the sheriff’s department alongside the staff. So far in 2010 the Reserve Deputy Program has handles over 6,000 cases and saved the county taxpayers countless dollars.

Sheriff Metts went on to introduce his Quality of Life Team members present. First was the Captain and new Region Commander for the North Region which includes Irmo, Chapin, Cayce and West Columbia - Captain Lee Marshall. Captain Marshall has been an involved member of our community since attending Irmo Elementary, Middle and High Schools. He reminded our own Jack Terrell how at age 13 Captain Marshall worked the time clock at the Seven Oaks Recreation Center with Mr. Terrell as his boss. Captain Marshall has been newly assigned to his current position in command of over 50 employees after serving for several years throughout the Sheriff’s Department in many positions. Captain Marshall added that he sees the desire for maintaining the Quality of Life throughout his department and it cannot be accomplished without community involvement. He sees his main focus and responsibility as a problem solver in our community and if we need to reach him with a problem his phone number is (803) 407-8437.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

August 11 2010

Emily Stanek, Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, was the guest speaker at the Lake Murray-Irmo Rotary club on August 11, 2010. A Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar is a college student chosen to spend an academic year in another country to serve as an Ambassador for Rotary, their home country and their home community while taking classes at a university. A 2008 graduate of USC, Emily recently returned to the USA after studying at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education in the Masters in Communications program. She represented Rotary and South Carolina by speaking to Rotary and Rotaract clubs, and participating in numerous community service projects in the Monterrey area. Her presentation summarized her experiences in Mexico and served as a thank-you to the Rotary club for providing the opportunity.

Those interested in knowing more about Rotary, one of the world's largest global humanitarian organizations, should visit www.lakemurrayirmoRotary.com. For additional information contact Michael Cromer at 781-3000 or 932-9181. The club meets for an excellent buffet breakfast and a timely and stimulating program every Wednesday, 7:30 am – 8:30 am, at Seven Oaks Parks at 200 Leisure Lane, Columbia, SC 29210.

President Judy called the meeting to order a 7:45AM. The invocation was given by John Adair who also led the club in the pledge of Allegiance. Jacqueline shared Health & Happiness with us with a funny story. Jerry Isabell gave his classification speech. Darren recognized and welcomed the visitors who were Kara Gormly, Reed Mattingly, Jackson Price, Mark Koon. Jeff Baldwin discussed the assignments of committees for the Tour De Lake in April, 2011 and ask for volunteers. Rod Funderburk introduced our speaker, Emily Stanek, Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar. She shared with us the highlights of her experiences as a student and Ambassador for Rotary for the USA and South Carolina while in Mexico.

President Judy adjourned our meeting a 8:30AM

Respectively Submitted

Jeanette M Coulter

August 11 2010

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Message from President Judy

We had a great crowd last week to hear our District Governor, Rick Moore address our club. Thanks for all of you who were able to make the meeting and a special thanks to those of you who brought a visitor. Although Rick talked about a number of goals for our District, three major areas were emphasized. First, as a Rotarian, each of us should remember the motto, "Service above self" and do our part to serve our community. There are many projects that our Rotary Club supports (e.g., DJJ Interact, Dutch Fork Interact, Nursery Road Elementary, Adopt a Highway, Meals on Wheels, just to name a few). If you would like to get more involved with any of these projects, please let me know.

Attracting new members and keeping our existing new members is a second major area of focus. Unfortunately, statistics show that most clubs lose 10% of their members each year due to a variety of factors. The District has asked us to grow our members by at least one person. We started the year with 61 members so by the end of June we need to have at least 62 members. Please help us reach this goal by bringing a prospective member to one of our meetings. And when you see a visitor, please do your part in introducing yourself and making them feel welcome. Remember, each month you can bring one prospective member to the meeting and their breakfast is paid by the club.

Finally, the third major area of focus is the Paul Harris Fellows. Ginny will be discussing her plans to support this effort in the weeks ahead. She is going to need all of our support as we work together to support our local and international projects.

See you in the morning!

Thursday, August 05, 2010

August 4 2010

Reporter: John Adair August 4, 2010

District Governor Rick Moore was our special guest today. He was introduced by Rod Funderburk our Assistant Governor.

DG Rick told the club something of Ray Klingsmith the current President of Rotary International and this year's theme: "Building Communities and Bridging Continents"

Since DG Rick is in the rubber business he pulled out an ORANGE (He's a Clemson man) rubber ball and used it as an object lesson to illustrate that it was always moving and could not sit STILL." Rotary is like that", he said, "We should never sit still, but always be moving about living out our motto Service Above Self".

In a more spirited manner Rick recognized Beetle Bailey who was wearing, as usual, his bright orange Clemson shirt. Rick said, "Now isn't that a shirt, or not?" Jim Wellman (noted Carolina man), sitting close by, gave a quick rejoinder "Or NOT!!" Good chuckles followed from through out the room. All to confirm one of DG Rick's main points of his speech: Fellowship in Rotary is important.

Rick titled the subject of his speech: Building Stronger Clubs (In other words GROW!)

He stated there were FIVE CORE values to do this:

1. Fellowship: Two district wide socials will be planned this year. The first to be at the Citadel October 2, 2010. The Second to be next April 2011. Details to be announced later.

2. Membership: North America Rotary Clubs are in a 10 % decline. Not good!

His goal is for each District Club (78 clubs) to gain net one new member this year. Rick then presented to our wondrous Past President, Ginny Barr, and a "Membership Recognition Award" for her fine work in this area last year.

3. Foundation: Last year District 7770 raised $1,060,000.00 for The Rotary Foundation. WOW! That is a lot. This coming year our District will receive back from The Rotary Foundation $446,055.00. These monies will fund our Polio, Peace Builder, Scholarships, GSE Matching Grants and District Simplified Grant programs.

At this point, DG Rick called President Judy Johnson forward and presented her with a $1,000.00 to be used in our "Meals on Wheels" program.

HEY, I LIKE THIS GUY RICK MOORE! If he is going to keep handing out checks like that...let's invite him back.

4. Leadership Training: I don't know what he said here. Things were getting a bit muddy in my head. The next thing I heard was "Pirates Know More" and Rod Funderburk started walking around passing out mini chocolate candy bars. Then DISTRICT CONFERENCE was coming strong from DG Rick. Soon (it was 8:30) Rick said AMEN and Prez Judy thanked him with all her grace and the bell was RUNG!!!

I kept sitting at my table wondering what the FIFTH core value was. Maybe it was the candy bar. I asked President Judy, "What was the fifth core value?" She smiled, patted me on the head and said, "You're a good man, but where did you get that mustache?"

Well that was Rotary today. Wasn't it great? Being a USC grad, I sure liked the color of DG Rick's new coat. So long...John Adair, Reporting

Monday, August 02, 2010

July 28 2010

Lake Murray-Irmo Rotary Club Minutes

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

President Judy Johnson called the July 21 meeting of the Lake Murray-Irmo Rotary Club to order.

Jeanette Coulter discussed plans for the Lake Murray cruise next week.

A word of special thanks was expressed to Larry Stohs for his work in putting together such an attractive and informative bulletin for our club for this year.

President Judy explained etiquette recommendations involved in standing to honor the District Governor, who will be presenting our program next week.

Dr. Eddie Robinson gave a classification talk.

Ginny Barr introduced our speakers Captain Joseph Pellicci and Ray Carci. They accepted a check from our club from the Tour de Lake proceeds, as they were partners in this project. They then presented a very interesting program on the Special Olympics and especially on the Law Enforcement Torch Run for the Special Olympics. The Torch Run began in Kansas in 1981 and has spread to 35 countries around the world. This project raises money and awareness for Special Olympics, which makes a big difference in the lives of many involved athletes.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

July 21 2010

LAKE MURRY – IRMO ROTARY CLUB

July 21, 2010

The meeting was brought to order by President Judy Johnson and Health and Happiness was provided by Lyman Whitehead.

Ginny Barr and Patty Cavanaugh presented a Paul Harris Fellowship to Jim Browning, husband of Ros Browning.

Our speaker was Bill McCrary, Founder and CEO of Strategic Partners, a Columbia based professional service firm that specializes in leadership and sales force development. Strategic Partners is affiliated with Sandler Training.

Mr. McCrary stated that sales are made when expectations are made or exceeded. He gave us several systems, processes, and strategies to succeed. Among them were: (1) to be a person one can trust; (2) be honest and manage expectations; and (3) that customers buy for their reasons, not yours. He also said that all people are not potential customers for you.

After a brief question and answer period, the meeting was adjourned.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

July 14 2010

Happy Wednesday morning!

We had a great meeting this morning and, thanks to Scott Middleton, President and CEO of AGAPE, we learned a lot about Medicare and Medicaid. Thanks Jeanette, for arranging such an informative program. This morning we were all reminded about our blog site, that is being maintained by Dr. Carey Hite (a big T H A N K Y O U, Carey). The site has been recently updated with lots and lots of pictures. In case you don't remember how to get to the blog go to http://www.lmirc.blogspot.com/. Rod Funderburk is working our our website and will let us know when it is ready. Thanks, Rod.

Finally. our District Governor, Rick Moore, will be visiting our Club on Wednesday, August 4. Please, plan on attending this meeting. Rick will be joining several of us on the Spirit of Lake Murray the evening before for a dinner cruise. The cost is $25 per person and is being sponsored by the Greater Irmo Chamber of Commerce. Tickets are selling fast so please contact GICC at 749-9355 to get tickets.

Yours in Rotary Service,

Judy E. Johnson

Email: jjohnson@babcockcenter.org

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

July 7 2010

ROTARY CLUB OF LAKE MURRAY/IRMO

Minutes to meeting 7-7-10

President Judy Johnson called the meeting to order and the meeting was opened with prayer by John Adair. Three guests were introduced, Marshall, Sarah Bickler and Kelly Payne brought a guest. Health and Happiness was delivered by Lyman Whitehead.

President Judy brought attention to the article about our club in the Irmo News. Announcements were the visit by the District Governor on August Forth, and a possible evening cruise on Lake Murray the evening before that.

A meeting of the board at Panera at 7:30 am on Thursday was announced.

Rotary Leadership Institute is here in Columbia.

This was club assembly day. President Judy reminded us that this is not a breakfast club but a service club. Bill Danielson has offered to try to find ways to get past club presidents more involved. The officers and club members with supporting roles were introduced and then the meeting broke up into committees for brainstorming about ways to do more service.

Thursday, July 08, 2010

June 30 2010

Lake Murray-Irmo Rotary Club Minutes—June 30, 2010

Rotary Club President Ginny Barr presided over her last meeting as Club President on June 30, 2010 and a number of presentations and awards were made at the meeting.

Jim Wellman was recognized for his birthday followed by Lynn Richards, who requested volunteers to provide the invocations at club meetings. Joel Collins presented Maria Hargrave with the Paul Harris Fellow award.

A classification talk was delivered by Kevin Meetze, who was raised in Irmo , attended the Citadel and served in the U.S. Army before returning to the Irmo area. He and his wife have twins and he volunteers time to coach baseball. Beetle Bailey presented a banner from the Atlantic City Rotary Club, which he recently visited.

President Ginny acknowledged the Seven Oaks Park personnel for hosting the Rotary meetings and presented a check for $1,000 from the club to support senior programs provided by the Recreation Center. She also provided plant seedlings for all members in attendance and then recognized all of the officers and club directors for this year. She noted a number of accomplishments for the year, including development of a leadership program, a database and web site, improvements and modifications in billing procedures, providing support for a South African orphanage, the polio plus program($3,000), $1,000 for the Haiti Rebuild program, funding for the Babcock Center, and the YMCA triathlon. There were 17 new Paul Harris fellows this year, and the club has 100% of its members as sustaining members to support the Paul Harris Foundation. The club continued to support the Interact Club and a video was produced by the DJJ Interact Club. Three members had perfect attendance for over 15 years —Lyman Whitehead, Jeanette Coulter, and Lynn Campbell.

President Ginny presented Jim Wellman with an apron acknowledging his “grillmaster status” as the premier outdoor chef, the Club’s leadership award was presented to Jeff Baldwin, who coordinated the Tour de Lake event, which raised $3,500 and involved 90% of the club membership. The Rotarian of the Year award was presented to Rod Funderburk, the 10^th president of the club, who will also be the assistant District Governor next year.

Rod administered the oath of office for incoming President Judy Johnson. President Judy then recognized the officers and the club directors for the new year. The new officers include vice president Larry Stohs, president elect Jeanette Coulter, secretary Jay Seward, treasurer Reid Danielson, Sergeant At Arms Darren Bouknight, Immediate past president Ginny Barr, and By-Laws and Insurance Jeff Allen. The new club directors are Rod Funderburk, administration, Jacqueline Kleynenberg, public relations, Michael Cromer, membership, Ginny Barr, foundation, Bentley Murrell, fund raising, Jim Wellman, club service, Chris King, small gifts and grants committee.

June 16 2010

Subject: Meeting Minutes

Rotary Club of Lake Murray-Irmo

Meeting Minutes

June 16, 2010

The meeting of June 16 was called to order by President (only two more weeks!) Ginny Barr.

President Ginny then called on Rev. Jim Gadsden who delivered an inspiring and heart-warming invocation which was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance given in unison by the Club.

President Ginny then called on Darren Bouknight to introduce our guests including the CEO of the Beetle Bailey household, his wife Debra.

Health and Happiness was delivered eloquently by Jacqueline as she told us about "Honey, what's for dinner?" If you weren't there you should call her to hear it. She then asked if there were any Happy Dollars and HD's were volunteered by Joel Collins, Stan Bugner, Beetle, Skey Caskey, Rev. Gadsden, Larry Stohs, and Jacqueline herself as she told us she was happy because her Dad's surgery had gone well.

President Ginny announced the dates of the next two Rotary Board Meetings, the first one on this coming Friday, the last meeting of the past year's board, and the second one the following Thursday, the first meeting of next year's board. She then announced that our Club had sent flowers to the home of John Hanson in honor of the newest family addition to their household.

President Ginny then called on Beetle to come forward with Melissa Hulon, where Melissa was inducted into the Club and then announced as the newest Rotarian.

President Ginny then called on Kevin Meetze to introduce Michael Davis with Boys Farm, near Newberry, SC. Michael told us he and his wife had originally come to Boys Farm to be house parents, living in one of the cottages with 6-8 boys. Their boys and all of the other boys living in the other cottages are taught values of family and friends, discipline and love, teamwork, manners, hard work, education, caring for our environment and animals, and respect for themselves and others -- while emphasizing a close relationship with God.

Michael then called on Kevin to come up and share his personal experiences with Boys Farm. Five years ago Kevin and his family decided to get involved at Boys Farm and is currently helping coordinate the construction of what is called The Pond House, a modest house that will allow parents of the boys to visit and have a place to stay on campus.

At the end of the presentation, our member John Adair volunteered to give them a piano when The Pond House is completed.

The meeting was adjourned.

Reporter - Larry Stohs

Friday, May 28, 2010

May 19 2010

Minutes, 19 May

The meeting convened at 7:45 after 15 minutes of social time. Thirty members and one guest were in attendance. President Ginny gaveled the meeting into session, followed by a prayer and The Pledge of Allegiance. The first order of business was Health and Happiness by Jacqueline, which included the announcement of birthdays (Jeff and Mike, the same day!) and the anniversaries (Baldir, take note!). A joke from Larry Stohs was delivered by Jacqueline.

During Happy Dollars, Joel Collins read a letter from his 98 year old uncle and the club got an update on the status of JoAnne Whitehead’s hospitalization. Members confirmed that a process for getting flowers to her was in place.

A past Rotary scholarship recipient thanked the club for her scholarship as she recounted her success at Clemson.

The visit by Bernie Riedel and the presentation of Paul Harris Fellow pins was announced for the following week.

Harold Crawford did a classification talk.

President Ginny introduced the speaker, Chuck McKay. Chuck’s presentation focused on marketing, and the differences between transactional shoppers and relational shoppers. Transactional client are in search of the best price and drive many interactions by sellers. Relational shoppers seek the best service and value long term associations. Each of these types of buyers need different advertising strategies…the appeal to one type will not necessarily appeal to the other type. So it is important for merchants to understand their market and clients as they do advertising.

President Ginny ended the meeting promptly at 8:30.

Jay Seward, Sec elect

Saturday, May 08, 2010

May 5 2010

Minutes for Rotary Club of Lake Murray/Irmo May 5, 2010 meeting.

The meeting was opened by President Ginny Barr. The invocation was given by Lyn Richards. There were three visitors announced, and Jacqueline Kleyenenberg gave a health and happiness segment.

George Staples made a presentation of four new Rotary banners from clubs near Durban, South Africa. Patty Cavanaugh was recognized for her service in keeping up our banners and creating new ones.

The speaker was Tommy Windsor, who is the Vice Chairman of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority, who spoke on issues surrounding the current public transportation in the midlands.

The meeting was adjourned by president Ginny Barr at 8:30 AM

Lyn Richards, reporter

Monday, May 03, 2010

April 28 2010

Hi Bill!

Jay Seward opened the meeting and discussed the success of the bike rally. He asked all Rotarians to take the time and capture their thoughts in a survey. Ginny Barr announced that Rotary would be participating in the Lake Murray Cruise, on the Spirit of Lake Murray, Friday at 6, tickets are $39.50. Several Rotarians were recognized for their acts of service in the club: Bob Berry, Ray Hunt, Michael Cromer, Chris King, Blount Shepard, Marylou Stinson, Rod Funderburk, Kevin Meetze, Jeff Baldwin, Carey Hite and Barry Johns. The recipients were awarded a Tour De Lake frame for their involvement in planning the bike race. Ginny gave special “Wizard of Oz” awards for acts of service in preparation of the Tour De Lake event. Jay Seward (Tin Man) received the “heart of gold” award, Darren Bouknight (The Lion) received the “courage” award, Rod Funderburk (Scarecrow) received the Intellectual Brains award and Jeff Baldwin (The Oz) received the “Dedication” award.

The keynote speaker was Ms. Sue Williams, Chief Executive Officer, of The Children’s Trust of South Carolina. The Mission of her organization is to prevent child abuse and neglect by promoting healthy, nurturing relationships between children and adults. The organizations vision is that every child will grow up in a safe, loving and stable family. The Children’s Trust of South Carolina will lead the state in building public will and momentum to realize this vision. The overall well-being of children in our state ranks 45^th in the nation according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2009 Kids Count Report. A child is born into poverty every 50 minutes and more than 12,000 of children in South Carolina are confirmed as abused or neglected. Statistics reveal that more than 5,000 children are in foster care and a grandparent is raising 53,788 children. For more information, visit www.scchildren.org. Feel free to contact Sue Williams at 803-744-4023 swilliams@scschildren.org.

Kelly Payne

Tuesday, April 06, 2010

March 31 2010

The meeting "Club Assembly" on March 31

Invocation was delivered by Mr. Jeff Baldwin followed by Health Happiness by Ms. Jacqueline Kleyenenberg.

Mr. Jay Seward then detailed on "Belk Sale" cards for fundraising.

President Ginny Barr then thanked Ms. Chris King for the display poster with pictures of Rotray events.

Mr. John Adair and Mr. Rodney Funderburg complemented president Ginny Barr for her being the keynote speaker in the opening session, and her performance at the District Meeting.

Mr. Joe Collins then donated Mr. Arnold Palmer picture for auction for fundrasing.

Many members, including president Ginny Barr, then mentioned Carolina Ale House for its "heavy lifting" contribution in agreeing to provide 150 boxed lunches for the bikers in the upcoming "Tour de lake" event.

Mr. Jeff Baldwin then reminded everyone that April 21 will be the final meeting before the Tour de Lake event.

The meeting was adjourned by president Ginny Barr at 8:30 AM.

Respectfully submitted by,

Reporter

Balbir S. Minhas

Monday, March 29, 2010

March 17 2010

This week our Rotary club met at D.J.J.

Mellvin Bowers: opened with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance.

Demarkes Mankin & Carl Arnett had some encouraging remarks.

Andy Broughton praised the Rotary for being involved with D.J.J.

Traves Lawrence introduced the following three speakers:

Ovantavia Coe graduated from D.J.J. He was in the interact club when in D.J.J. He is currently enrolled at S.C.State.

Police Chief Davis (Rotarian & police chief of Orangeburg SC) discussed problems of young men leaving D.J.J. and the need for good mentors for these released juveniles.

Gerry Adjer ( Deputy director of D.J.J.) –Thanked Rotary for our involvement.

Ginny Bar closed meeting.

March 24, 2010

-Rotary was opened by Bob Berry, who provided our invocation. –

Jacquelyn had everyone I stitches by sharing a story about sex and egg timers!!!

- If you see Barry Johns or Bill Coplan, wish them a happy Birthday.

-Reid Danielson informed us that the Billing will now be coming by e-mail so don’t hit DELETE on Rotary e-mails uniti you open and print.

- Ginny reminded us to bring Rotary Magazines for DJJ

-A check was presented to Samantha from Children’s Chance for $200.00 for their School Supply Drive

-Jeff Allen gave his classification talk

Guest Speaker, David Wright-

David shared with the group his very personal story about colon cancer and his daughters’ current battle with Colon Cancer. He has become a very active advocate for colon cancer screening and education on how preventable this disease can be if screenings are done regularly.

Theresa B. Miley

Friday, March 12, 2010

March 10 2010

Rotary Club of Lake Murray-Irmo
Meeting Minutes
March 10, 2010

The meeting of March 10, 2010 was called to order by President Ginny Barr.

President Ginny recognized Stan Bugner who led the invocation, after which the Pledge of Allegiance was given by the body of the Club.

President Ginny recognized Kevin Meetze who advised the Club that he was working on a cabin where visiting parents could stay at the Boys Farm in Newberry, SC. He was seeking support and construction assistance, both financially and manual labor.

President Ginny commented on the article in our current Rotarian Magazine regarding our Club's work with DJJ. She requested that, once read, members donate their magazines to DJJ Interact Club members. She also advised that our next meeting will be held at DJJ.

President Ginny turned the meeting over to Marylou Stinson who recognized the Teachers of the Year for Lexington/Richland School District V. Stan Bugner then introduced guest speaker, Dr. Jim Rex, SC Superintendent of Schools.

Superintendent Rex provided a current update on our schools throughout South Carolina. He touched on items that he classified as best of times and worst of times. While he commented on the progress that had been made, Dr. Rex indicated that there was much more work to be done. He commended our Club for the annual recognition of the Teachers of the Year in our school district.

The meeting was adjourned.

Reporter - Carl Manheim

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Feb 17 2009

MINUTES FOR 02/17/10 MEETING

- The meeting was called to order by President Ginny Barr. Lynn Campbell offered our morning prayer. Guests were introduced.

- Health and Happiness by Jacqueline Kleynenberg.

- Judy Johnson reminded us of the Pins for Polio to be held on February 27. Sponsorships still needed.

- Adopt a Highway this Saturday, 02/20, at 8:00 AM at Blount Shepard’s office, 3547 Dreher Shoals Road.

- Eddie Robinson introduced our speaker – Eddie O’Cain. Mr. O’Cain is with the Humane Society – Cruelty Investigation Division. He deals with animal rescues. His job is to educate animal owners, seize and prosecute when necessary. He also sponsors spay and neuter clinics. Cruelty Investigation Division is a non-profit and runs off donations from the community. His division receives no government funds.

- After a question and answer period, meeting was adjourned