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

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.

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

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.

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!

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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 

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

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

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

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

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:

1. 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.

2. 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.

 

3. 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

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

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

Feb 10, 2010

The Rotary Club of Lake Murray - Irmo

Meeting Minutes:  February 10, 2010

President Ginny Barr called meeting to order.

Patty Cavanaugh gave the invocation.

John Hanson introduced the two guests,  Mellissa Hulon  & Bob Milhouse

Lyman Whitehead entertained us with his comments on Health and Happiness. He also collected Happy Dollars from members.

Announcements:

-          Update on Bill Kopelman, good test results.

-          Jim Wellman Update on Meals on Wheels.

-          Judy Johnson gave an update on “Pins for Polio” Going well.

-          Irmo ROTC update.  They will be marching for 24 hrs to raise money for the Honor Flight on 4/10

-           Blount Shepard gave an update on Adopt A Highway pickup on Feb. 13 at 8:00am starting at Shepard & Associates.

-          Larry Stohs gave update on Paul Harris Fellow points program to try to have club become 100% PH Fellows.

-          Eddie Robinson updated members with handouts on “Shuckin’ on The Shoal” Feb 28.

-          Ginny Bar gave brief over view about Tour De Lake to be held on April 24, 2010. Had members break out into small groups to discuss ideas and questions with reference to the bike rally.

Ginny Barr Closed the Meeting. 

Feb 3 2010

Rotary Club of Lake Murray-Irmo

Minutes of 2-3-10 meeting

President Ginny Barr called the meeting to order.    Barry Johns gave the invocation.    “Health and Happiness” was led by Jacqueline Kleynenberg.   Rotarian Jeanette Coulter and her husband, Jerry will be celebrating their 30^th wedding anniversary this week and Chris Spearman and his wife will also be celebrating their anniversary.   John Lafond, District representative, recognized Ben Herritage for becoming a member of the Bequest Society for his generous donation to the Permanent Fund.  Maria Hargrave gave her classification speech.

  Judy Johnson reminded members of the upcoming “Pins for Polio” tournament scheduled for Saturday, February 27 from 2-5 at Anchor Lanes.  Team sponsors and bowlers are needed and 100% member participation is being requested.  Brochures for the “Tour de Lake” Bicycle rally were distributed along with sponsor forms.  Team leaders of the “tour de Lake” were asked to stay for a meeting immediately following this morning’s meeting.

Representative Nathan Ballentine introduced the guest speaker.  Mary Louise Resch, Government Relations and grant Specialist from Harvest Hope Food Bank gave an excellent presentation.  Her organization serves 20 counties in South Carolina and is the largest Food Bank in SC.  In 2009 the Harvest Hope Food Bank served 725,567 families in need which was a 76% increase since 2008.  This number represented 3,158,487 individuals which was also a 144% increase compared to last year.

Judy Johnson, President elect

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