Interact Sponsor Kelly Payne Keeps the Kids Involved

DUTCH FORK AND IRMO HIGH SCHOOL PUT ASIDE THEIR RIVALRIES FOR A GREAT CAUSE

On April 12, 16 students from the Dutch Fork High School Rotary/Interact Club and
Irmo High School paired with Union Methodist Church and the Home Works of America
program for a great cause. Together the teens and adults replaced a roof on a local
Irmo residents home. Building character and communities is the mission of this
program that restores hope to the elderly and disadvantaged homeowners in our state.
This program allows various church groups and community service organizations to
join forces not only in prayer but also in action by allowing individuals to share
their faith with one another, to work together and to pray together.

Dutch Fork High School Rotary/Interact Sponsor Kelly Payne
Home Works of America Executive Director and founder Hank Chardos

Home Works
PO Box 102
Irmo, SC 29063
(803) 781-4536

April 9 2008

MINUTES OF

THE ROTARY CLUB OF LAKE MURRAY-IRMO

APRIL 9, 2008



The meeting was called to Order by President Beetle Bailey



Rod Funderburk gave the innovation



Lyman Whitehead provided some health and happiness



Bill Brooks introduced the guest speaker, Jan Cox, Executive Director of the South Carolina Cotton Museum located in Bishopville, South Carolina which also happens to be the home of the legendary Doc Blanchard. The Cotton Museum also does a number of things for veterans including helping create a digital tape history by veterans which is sent to the library of congress. Jan pointed out that 86% of all cotton fiber in SC is now being shipped to China. The museum maintains the records of the history of cotton in SC. The first cotton is SC was grown on Sea Island. First Cotton farmer in SC was Joseph West. Eli Whitney was a school teacher in SC. He stated that SC cotton was just as good as Egyptian cotton. He invited the members to visit the museum in Bishopville.



There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.

April 2nd 2008

Teresa Miley, Paula Matthers, President Beetle


Dutch Fork Interact

Our speaker, Jeff Davis with President Beetle

Kevin Meetze, Darin Bouknight, Mary Lou Stenson, Eddie Robinson

March 26, 2008

Rotary Minutes

March 26^th 2008

President Beetle Bailey opened our meeting and Chuck Larson delivered the invocation. John Hanson introduced our guest and Lyman Whitehead gave us another dose of health and happiness. President Bailey opened the meeting for Happy Dollars and we had several. Joe with the South Carolina Golf Association thanked our club for supporting Jr Golf here in SC over the last few years. He also discussed their fundraising efforts and what the funds go towards. He also mentioned the new Golf First license plate available for residence of SC. President Bailey made a donation of $1,500 to the SC Golf Foundation from our club. President Bailey also mentioned the Rotary license plates that are available. Please see President Bailey for more information.

Stan Bugner introduced our speaker, YaKima Rhinehart, the executive director of College Summit South Carolina. College Summit of SC is an organization that assists at risk high school students with the application process and financial aid process. They hold workshops around the state to guide these students and mentor them in the college application process.

To find out more about College Summit you can log on to there website: www.collegesummit.org.

The meeting was adjourned.

March 12 2008

Holly Jones from Riverbanks Zoo entertained us with Reptiles Up-close-and-personal.


President Beetle opened the meeting and Joel Price delivered the invocation. Sergeant-at-Arms John Hanson introduced our guests: Kevin Meetze, Darren Bouknight, John LaFond of the Chapin Sunrise Club and the District Foundation Advocate, and Carey Hite’s special guest, Maria Hargrave, of the Palmetto Health Foundation. Lyman Whitehead presented our health and happiness which included mention that Jeanette Coulter’s husband, Jerry, is in the hospital and Lynn Campbell has his 69th birthday on Monday, March 17. Patty Cavanaugh reminded us of the GSE event with the team from South Africa. President-Elect Eddie Robinson informed us that there will be no speaker at next week’s meeting, March 19th, instead, it will be a Club Day.

Eddie then introduced Holly Jones, a herpetologist with the Riverbanks Zoo, and her husband, Stan. Holly is from Maryland and has always had a passion for reptiles. She secured her degree from Towson University and worked at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, before coming to Columbia. Holly’s presentation was about the reptiles that live at Lake Murray.

She started by reviewing the turtles: the Eastern Box, the Eastern Mud, the Common Musk, the Common Snapping, the Yellow Belly Slider, the Eastern River Cooter and the Eastern Spiny Softshell. The Eastern Mud Turtle is the smallest, the Common Snapping Turtle is the largest, the Eastern Spiny Softshell is the fastest swimmer and the Eastern River Cooter is the most common turtle seen in the lake.

Holly then moved to lizards: the Eastern Glass, the Green Anole, the Broadhead Skink, the Five-lined and Eastern five-lined. The Eastern Glass Lizard is often mistaken for a snake because it does not have legs, however it has ears, which makes it as a lizard. The Broadhead Skink is the second largest lizard in the country and the Green Anole is the common one that you see around your house. It has the ability to change colors.

Snakes were the last reptile that Holly presented: the Northern Brown, the Eastern Garter, the Black Racer, the Rat, the Corn, the Eastern King, the Eastern Hognose, the Eastern Milk, the Red Belly Water, the Banded Water, the Copperhead, the Canebrake Rattler, and the Cottonmouth Water Moccasin. The Black Racer, Rat and Corn snakes are good climbers. The Black Racer is a non-constrictor, can grow to 6 feet and is very fast, thus its moniker, while the Rat and Corn snakes are constrictors; all are good rodent eaters. The Eastern King eats other snakes and is grumpy, and the Eastern Hognose feeds on toads, hisses loudly and rolls-over to emit a very bad odor as a defense. The Banded Water snake is often mistaken for a Cottonmouth or a Copperhead. The three poisonous snakes are the Copperhead, the Canebrake Rattler and the Cottonmouth. Cottonmouths do not live in Lake Murray.

In response to a question, Holly told us that there are a few alligators in the canal along the Broad River. She invited us to the Desert Gallery at the zoo, the display that she manages, to see the Puff Adders, the Green Mamba and the King Cobra, among some of the reptiles in the display.

The meeting concluded with Kelly Payne telling us that Dutch Fork High School will conduct the 6th class of Alive at 25.

March 5 2008

Minutes to Rotary meeting of March 5, 2008

Today’s guest speaker was Dr. Jeff Warren (PhD) who is the President and CEO of The Warren Group which located in Irmo. The Warren Group provides forensic engineering services to a variety of industrial clients, attorneys, and the insurance industry. Basically the company conducts accident investigations in order to help determine liability. The company has investigated over 1700 accidents since its inception. With a staff of 20 engineers (electrical, mechanical, and industrial engineers) plus support staff, The Warren Group has been engaged to investigate accidents, including product liability claims throughout the Southeast. The company is on-call 24/7.

Dr. Warren began his power point presentation with a picture (circa 1950’s) of a small boy standing beside an old gasoline powered reel lawn mower. He explained that the father allowed his son to help push the mower on occasion. Once while momentarily being distracted the father did not see his son attempt to dislodge a small rock that had been stuck between the cutter blade and the reel. The small boy attempted to remove the rock as he had seen his father do on previous occasions. The result was that the son lost his index finger. Dr. Warren said that this type of accident was preventable if 1) the father had not allowed his small son to operate the machinery, particularly unsupervised even if it was only momentarily. Secondly, the reel lawn mower lacked any type of safety guards preventing someone from sticking their hands near the blade when the motor is still running.

“Safety through Design” is a term that The Warren Group has copy written and is based on the premise that workplace injuries are preventable. Dr. Warren explained the investigatory techniques his team of highly trained engineers used to determine the root causes of these accidents (the term used by the industry is “incidents”) of which many have resulted in deaths. They attempt to gather the forensic evidence at the scene, interview witnesses, and to reconstruct the accident. Dr. Warren explained that it is very important not to jump to conclusions as he showed pictures of an industrial accident which involved a forklift and a scissors lift in which a person was killed after being knocked from the top of the scissors lift. He pointed out that the logical conclusion was that the accident was clearly the fault of the forklift operator who hit the scissor lift. However, the final investigation revealed that a certain electrical component on the scissors lift had not been properly repaired which had caused it to protrude beyond the normal “footprint”. This was a “contributing” cause of the deadly accident and therefore may have been preventable in the first place had the equipment been repaired properly in the first place. Dr. Warren explained that the purposes of their investigations are to determine “who else owns this loss”. As shown by this particular “incident” investigation blame can be assigned to more than one party.

Dr. Warren concluded his remarks by revealing the he was the little boy in the picture who had lost his index figure. This resulting injury motivated him to study engineering in college and ultimately start his own company with the mission that The Warren Group’s forensic investigations may result in the implantation of safety through design changes.

Submitted by Chip Lyerly

Feb 27, 2008

The February 27 meeting of the Lake Murray-Irmo Rotary Club was highlighted by a presentation entitled "Generational Differences." Speaker was Emmett Scully, president of Synergetic Inc. The present work force is composed of four distinct generations--Traditionalists (over 60), Baby Boomers (ages 45-60), Generations X-ers (ages 30-45), and Millennials (under 30). Many differences are found among these groups as a whole, although individuals within these groups may vary from the stereotypes. Areas of differences include work ethic, desire for time away from work, technological capability, and team orientation. Being aware of these differences can be helpful in creating a positive work environment and building loyalty for employees of all ages. Reporter - Rosalie Browning

Feb 20 2008

Rick Moore Presents a Rotary District matching check to President Beetle.

Our speaker, Gene Mellow, with Blount Shepard, President Beetle, and Stan Bugner

ROTARY CLUB MINUTES

2/20/08

Meeting called to order by President Beetle Bailey. John Hanson introduced visitors Ben Harley (Chapin Club) and Steve Caldwell (guest of Joel Collins). Steve is an employee of D.J.J.

Lyman Whitehead shared his thoughts and wisdom with stories of Health and Happiness. Carey Hite announced that he had just celebrated his 29^th wedding anniversary.

Patty Cavanaugh announced that the GSC Cruise on the Patriot had been changed to an event at the Night Harbor Club House.

Rick Moore, title????, for District 7770, reviewed information about simplified grants and our District’s participation.

Beetle presented plaques of appreciation to John Adair and Carey Hite.

Blount Shepperd introduced speaker Gene Mellow who shared a wealth of information with respect to alternative fuels. He is an engineer with Linde Corporation. His business focus is on hydrogen fuel technology. He also shared technical information and possible alternatives for energy and transportation for the future.

President Beetle Bailey adjourned the meeting.

Feb 13 2008

President Beetle Bailey called the meeting to order. After initial invocation and the pledge of allegiance, president Beetle Bailey announced about the availability of foundation points for the Paul Harris Award and thanked Lynn (I believe he meant Lynn Campbell) for 20 years of service to the foundation. Perfect attendance awards for 2007 were then given to several recipients. Beetle then announced about the upcoming state meeting and the board meeting. While the audio-visual apparatus was being set up, one member raised the need for a portable screen rather than using the wall for image projection. Ms Kelly payne of Interact Club mentioned that Chapin and Irmo high schools did not participate as enthusiastically as Dutch Fork high school in the Interact Club activities. "Road Clean up " event was mentioned and members were encouraged to participate in the next such event.

John Wilkins then introduced the speaker, Nancy Tuten of the Animal Protection League(APL). Ms. Nancy Tuten, who is a professor at Columbia college, then educated the attendees about APL. APL was started in 1982. The biggest concern for the APL was to address the undesirable option of euthanasia to control explosive growth of cats and dogs over a few years into hundreds of thousands before spaying and neutering clinics intervened to control growth of cats and dogs. APL developed "no kill" shelters. APL is a non profit organization and its animal shelter is currently located in a rather old rented facility outside the city. When neglected and abandoned animals are picked up by the APL staff, there is a laborious process of record keeping and systematic way of housing these animals. This is done with a fairly meagre annual budget of $150,000.00, coming mostly from various grants, donations, black pearls, USC concessions and annual auctions. While recognizing medical care for these animlas to be the biggest expense, Ms. Tuten acknowledged free care from several veternarians. Ms. Tuten then told some sad stories of human cruelty towards animals and also some happy endings for other animals as a result of some caring persons who adopted these animals. Ms Tuten then mentioned websites http://www.aplsc.org/ and http://www.petfinders.org/ for those interested in additional information.

There being no further business, president Beetle Bailey rang the bell for adjournment.

Your Rotary Interact Club

Adopt a Highway Feb 9 2008

A beautiful day as nature cooperated and we had a great Rotary turnout for our Adopt a Highway event. Blount Shepard prepared the usual feast. Kelly Payne roused a dozen teenagers out of bed before 8 am on a Saturday. How does she do it? Thanks to all involved for our project's success. Pictures by Kelly Payne.

More Adopt a Highway Feb 9 2008

Feb 6, 2008

February 6, 2008

Reporter Si Amick

President Bailey called upon Kevin Adams to open the meeting with a word of prayer followed by the pledge of allegiance. John Hanson asked that all remember to contribute to the cart fund each week and then introduced the visitors. He also called upon Chris Polson to introduce his guest Ms. Hargrove. Our own Lyman Whitehead did a wonderful job with health and happiness as usual.

Kelly Pain announced there will be a need for host families in March for the SC Student Council Meetings. Please contact Kelly if you have an interest in helping out. She also asked for our support at the next School Board Meeting in supporting the activation of the Alive at Five program at both Irmo and Chapin High Schools. The meeting will be Monday the 11^th at Dutch Fork High School.

CONGRATULATIONS to Kelly for her 2^nd Lt. appointment with the South Carolina State Guard.

There will be a GSE trip to England this year so all that have an interest please let President Bailey know at your earliest convenience.

Adopt a Highway is Saturday so please plan on being there for the work, fun and fellowship. A special thanks to Blount for always providing a nourishing breakfast.

Dr. Carey Hite introduced the guest speakers from Pelion High School’s FFA (Future Farmers of America) Club. The students covered many topics to include identification and aging of wildlife in South Carolina. This group of students was not only very knowledgeable and did a great job presenting their topics, but have been at the top of their class in State and National competitions. They placed 1^st this year in the State and 2nd in the State Soil CDE which will qualify them to compete in the National Competition.

The FFA stresses leadership skills in the community and community support through community service. It also teaches valuable skills that young people will need to be successful leaders as adults. If more of our young men and women would get involved in quality programs like this, what a difference it would make not only in their lives, but in society as a whole.

Jan 30, 2008

President Beetle with our newest member, Emily Keene.

The meeting was called to order by Beetle Bailey. John Hanson introduced our guest. Eddie Robinson introduced and inducted our club’s newest member, Emily Keene.

Joel Price introduced our speaker, Jack Galvin, who is in charge of the U. S. Postal Inspectors for South Carolina. Jack was quiet entertaining in his presentation of what Postal Inspectors do on a daily basis. The Postal Inspection Service is the oldest law enforcement agency in the United States. The agency was started by Benjamin Franklin. The agency currently employs 2,000 agents nation wide. The main focus of this agency is protecting the mail. Jack explained that since the anthrax incident the U. S. post Office has employed equipment that test the mail going through the system for any type of substance and have conducted over 50 million test to date with zero positive readings. Postal Inspectors do everything from looking into people destroying mailboxes to individuals using the mail system to distribute drugs. Jack, ask to return to our club based on having us as a way of alerting the general population of fraudulent activities that are usually done through the postal service.

Alive at 25 banquet

Our interact sponsor, Kelly Payne, and Rotary club member, Theresa Miley, attended the Alive at 25 Banquest with Interact members in November. Message from Kelly: Last night the Interact Club students, Theresa Miley, and myself attended the SCNSC's 1st annual Alive @ 25 Benefit Dinner. DFHS and three students were recognized for piloting the program. Theresa sent me the pictures if you all would like to use some for the Rotary Blog

Jan 23, 2008

President Beetle opened the meeting with the invocation by Scott Moseley and the Pledge of Allegiance. John Hansen welcomed visiting Rotarians, Interact Club members and guests. Lyman Whitehead offered Health and Happiness.

Announcements included Chuck Larsen on the Chamber's Gala on Saturday night, Patti Cavanaugh noting upcoming GSE Team visit, and Blount Shepard with the Adopt a Highway scheduled for February 9 ^th.

Chris King introduced Al Paglia from SCE&G who discussed the plans for a new nuclear facility in SC – the why, the how, the where and the when. To maintain the margin of reserve capacity needed above our expanding needs, additional generating capacity is needed. All alternatives reviewed to include gas, coal, nuclear and renewables such as wind and solar. Nuclear is the lowest cost, with the new technology safer and quicker to build than in the past. Two smaller Westinghouse plants are favored at this point due to design and not having to redo the transmission lines which would be required with one larger plant. Co-locating the facility near the existing plant provides operational savings as well as access to a site that is physically capable of holding up the plant weight. SCE&G anticipates submitting plans to NRC this year with construction between 2016 and 2019. Al discussed storage of the nuclear waste, plant safety concerns and security from outside threats.

Jan 16 2008

Report for January 16, 2008 Meeting of Lake Murray-Irmo Rotary Club:

President Beetle Bailey brought the meeting to order. John Adair gave an invocation, followed by The Pledge of Allegiance. John Hanson announced Five Points Rotarian Fred Medway was present. Also present was Emily Keane, Administrator at Parkridge Medical. John Wilkins introduced his daughter, Hayley Grace, as his guest.

Emily Keane has been approved for membership and her induction will occur this month.

Lyman Whitehead provided us with some Health and Happiness. Happy Dollars were: President Beetle, for his birthday last Monday and Lyman and Joanne’s 35th wedding anniversary.

Patty Cavanaugh announced that she is coordinating with the Chapin Sunrise Rotary Club on the GSE Cruise, which will be Thursday evening, March 13, 2008.

President Beetle said that Paul Harris Fellow pins are available.

Ginny Barr requested donations of gowns, all sizes for the DJJ – Willow Lane second annual Miss Willow Lane contest.

Rod Funderburk thanked the Club for its support in sponsoring him for the position of District Governor. A former Assistant Governor was selected.

Harold Crawford introduced our speaker, Bobby Stepp, of the South Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra (SCP) Board. Mr. Stepp began by informing us that “philharmonic” means an orchestra devoted to music. The SCP was founded in 1964, with a membership of about 110 musicians. It is the only professional orchestra in the Midlands. The musicians are paid on a per service basis, with performances at the Koger Center. Seven Master Series are being presented this year. The SCP has an annual budget of approximately one million dollars and there are about 920 season ticket holders. Attendance is around 1600 at the Master Series. The Koger Center has a capacity of 2250. Mr. Stepp said they are looking for more support from the business community, with a goal of $250,000.00.

The SCP also has a major education program, consisting of three youth orchestras. The education program is headed by Harold Crawford. The goal of this program is to educate new generations of listeners, to foster better appreciation of orchestra music and the beauty of music. They have a partnership with Richland School District I and hold classroom performances and school performances such as “Peter and The Wolf” and “The Carnival of Animals,” where the students and instruments take on the role of animals. A Kids’ Concert Series is also held, with free concerts for underprivileged children.

The SCP is currently in the process of auditioning seven guest conductors for the position of conductor for the new season. There were over 250 applicants from all over the world for the position.

Estimates by the Cultural Council show 2,206 positions are created and $38 million dollars is paid to households as a result of arts organizations.

There are opportunities for Board membership, sponsorships and other involvement in the Philharmonic to help make our community a better place.

Mr. Stepp was thanked for his presentation and given a Rotary bookmark by President Beetle.

Happy Dollars were from Dr. Carey Hite for his daughter, Melissa, being back in the United States, John Wilkins for his oldest son, Zach, lettering in cross county at Dutch Fork, his daughter, Hayley Grace, making the Razzle Dazzle team and his son, North, for his rendition of “Smoke on the Water” on his electric guitar. Lyman Whitehead gave a Happy Dollar celebrating his 35th wedding anniversary with Joanne. George Staples’ Happy Dollar was for his delight at having Rod Funderburk submitting his name for consideration as the District Governor. Beetle’s Happy Dollar was for his officially being on Social Security disability.

There being no further business, President Beetle adjourned the meeting.

Reported by Patty Cavanaugh
1/16/08

Jan 9, 2008

Rotary minutes From January 9, 2008
Reporter; Herb Harrison, CLU

President Beetle called the meeting to order, Rod Funderburk gave the invocation and directed the Pledge of Allegiance. John Hanson announced our guests; The Honorable Chip Huggins, The Honorable Joe Wilson our guest speaker. We also had prospective members Emily King and Bob Fountain. In attendance was a large number of Interact Club Members. Lyman Whitehead charmed us with his humor. Ginny Barr announced the students from DJJ had raised over $200 in order to sponsor a hole for the golf tournament. This act of giving is a first for many of the students. Irmo Chamber of Commerce President Chuck Larson informed us of the Chamber Meeting to be held the same day.

Larry Stohs introduced Congressman Joe Wilson. The Congressman spoke of this past year’s accomplishments and gave us a preview of some of the issues ahead for 2008. He mentioned his support for Rotary as he has been a Rotarian for 34 years. In review he spoke of the National Guard Empowerment Act, his visits to Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan. He mentioned we continue to experience job growth which has lasted over the past 52 months and unemployment remains low at 5.8%. Looking ahead the SC Guard 218th will return home May 2008. On the agenda is an effort to continue to strengthen our borders, the support of continued development of alternative fuels, building new refineries and support nuclear energy. Simplifying the tax code is a goal along with health care reform. The Congressman then answered several questions before we adjourned.

December 19 2007 Christmas Program

Rotary Minutes 12/19/07

President Beetle Bailey called the Rotary Club of Lake Murray-Irmo to order. After a prayer by Jim Gadsden, the meeting was turned over to John Adair. John presided over our Christmas program. John’s wife, Ellen, treated the group to several Christmas songs played on her harp. The Capital City Cloggers then performed 2 clog dances and Katie Love sang 2 Christmas songs. When the performances were concluded, John led the Rotarians in song with “We wish you a Merry Christmas”.

President Beetle reminded the membership that there would be no meeting on December 26 or January 2. The next scheduled meeting will be January 9.

Dec 5 2007

Kelly Payne and Interact Club join us
Si Amick and Satch Krantz