October 23, 2018: Governor Henry McMaster was our guest speaker at this week’s Rotary Club of Charleston meeting. A native of Columbia, Governor McMaster received his law degree from the University of South Carolina in 1973. He served 8 years as Attorney General and 4 years as US Attorney, 
appointed by President Ronald Reagan. While in that position in 1981, he was a leader in the investigation of South Carolina marijuana smugglers known as Operation Jackpot. While serving as Lieutenant Governor of SC, he headed the Office on Aging and has pushed for legislation on sex offenders, marsh protection, and spearheaded ethics reform.
Governor McMaster started his talk describing Operation Jackpot and how it was successful because it was a collaboration between numerous agencies. Collaboration he believes is the key to many of South Carolina’s successes and Operation Jackpot only worked because disparate agencies worked together to solve the issue. This included SLED, FBI, ATF, and the IRS.
He sees collaboration working in other areas that the entire state is benefiting from, specifically in education. Universities, Tech Schools, and high schools are working together in South Carolina in ways other states simply can’t replicate. The training that SC’s Technical Colleges are providing today is vastly different than what they were teaching 50 years ago. The collaboration between SC Technical Colleges and businesses like Boeing are changing lives and opening up opportunities to all of South Carolina. The Governor’s office can send leaders of its technical schools to different countries where they visit major corporations. In turn, those corporations come to SC and work together with the tech schools to create programs where students can immediately go to work upon graduation. The Governor also touted SC’s low union environment as a catalyst for business moving to our state.
Gov. McMaster described the success of SC’s port system including the two inland ports. SC’s port is the most efficient in the US and companies do business here because of our port. The inland ports in Greer and Dillon save truckers 400 miles which has been widely successful.
He closed by explaining his relationship with the President and that he feels his job is to explain to Mr. Trump the impact his decisions have on SC. As an example, he explained how proposed tariffs on televisions were going to hurt SC based Element TV corporation. In the end Mr. Trump did not support the tariffs.
– Steve Coe, Keyway Committee
IN OTHER MEETING NEWS
- Kim Rich gave the Invocation and led us in the pledge.
- Bryan Buzon introduced our Visiting Rotarians and guests.
- President Alex Dallis presented Health and Happiness.
- Cleave Ham introduced our keynote speaker, Governor Henry McMaster.
MORE IN THIS WEEK’S KEYWAY
October 30, 2018 | Issue 4908 | President: Alex Dallis
COMING EVENTS
- October 30 – Kate Arrington & Joe Cunningham, Congressional Candidates
- Nov. 6 – Rotarian Owen Clary, Historian, “South Carolina…Hum” – SC History & its intricacies
- Nov. 13 – Veteran’s Day Meeting; Vicki Johnson of Charleston Fisher House
- Nov. 20 – No Meeting — Happy Thanksgiving!
NEWS BRIEFS
Recognizing World Polio Day/Week
Our club recognized World Polio Day/Week last Tuesday as we continue to support Rotary’s efforts to eradicate Polio. Buckets were placed on the tables and members were asked to make a contribution to PolioPlus. We appreciate the generosity of our membership and are proud to report that our club collected $226. Our club’s donation will be matched by the District. Thanks to all who generously contributed to Polio. Last year in one-week, our District raised a total of $289,683.63 to fight Polio.
Trident United Way Day of Caring Service Project
Our club will again be participating in the Trident United Way Day of Caring on Friday, November 16. Volunteers will clean, landscape and beautify the 120 acres of the campus of Windwood Family Services in Awendaw. Windwood Farm is a residential home for boys located on the Wando River serving boys ages 6-16 who have been victims of abuse, neglect or trauma. We will be trimming trees and hedges, planting new flower beds, laying pine straw, picking weeks and much more. Volunteers will also be treated to a lunch and be able to interact with the boys. We are sharing the volunteer slots with another business, so 4-5 Rotary Volunteers are needed from 9:30am-3:30pm. This time is flexible and volunteers can leave after lunch, if need be. The address is 4857 Windwood Farm Road, Awendaw, SC 29429. Please contact Kerby Teller at [email protected] to volunteer or for more information.
Red Badge Social at Tradesman Brewing
Join us for our first social event of this year! Our theme for this year’s Red Badge socials will be a Brewery Tour of Charleston.
Our first stop will be Tradesman Brewing Company on King Street Extension on Thursday, November 8 from 5:30pm-7:30pm. All members (new and old) are invited to attend and encouraged to also bring prospective members.
On Thursdays, Tradewinds partners with an area non-profit and donates $1 for every beer sold. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to enjoy fellowship and support a local charitable organization at the same time! On November 8th, the Charleston Waterkeeper organization is scheduled to be the charity of choice. Charleston Waterkeeper not only does waterway clean ups but educates the public on the value of clean water. You can read more at www.charlestonwaterkeeper.org.
An evite has been sent to all members, if you did not receive it, please contact Heidi at [email protected]. Please be sure to RSVP if you plan to attend.
Boat Parade Boat Raffle Tickets
Let’s sell some tickets!! Boat Raffle tickets are being distributed at weekly meetings. All members are encouraged to sell a couple of tickets. If you haven’t picked up your tickets, please be sure to see Doug Holmes at the next meeting. Our website to purchase boat raffle tickets, as well as event tickets as gone live! Please pass the below link to family, friends, co-workers, business associates.
Boat Parade Sponsorships Available
With the temperatures finally starting to cool off, we can all finally start thinking about the winter holidays! The Boat Parade committee has already been hard at work the last few months to make this year’s event successful. This year the funds we raise will be used during our Club’s 100th Anniversary Year. And, we hope to be able to make that 100th Anniversary a year that will leave a historic legacy of positive change in our community.
Sandy and the PR committee have be working to partner with the major media outlets to promote the Boat Parade Party. This has afforded us to be able to really bring value to our sponsorship levels for the event. We hope that you and/or the company you work for will support our event by purchasing a sponsorship level that works for you. If you have any questions or need sponsorship information, please reach out to Heidi Finniff at 216-744-6565. Remember … the quicker you sign up to sponsor the more time we have to promote you!
The Dictionary Project
Did you know? Our club has been involved with The Dictionary Project for many, many years. As a part of “Literacy” Month in September, our club (along with Charleston Breakfast Rotary) distribute over 300 dictionaries to third graders in six schools located on the Charleston peninsula. Third grade is chosen because it is at this point that children learn to read and read to learn. What better tool than a dictionary! Thank you to Karl Riner, who coordinated this service project for our club this year!
Youth Exchange Host Family Needed December – February
Our club is seeking a host family for our Inbound Rotary Exchange student from December 2018 – February 2019. Our Club’s Inbound student, Lucia Violani, who is from Italy, is 17 years old and attending the Charleston Charter School for Math & Science. Please note that having other school age children in your home is not a requirement for hosting.
As you know, the secondary student program offers an opportunity for you and your family to experience firsthand the richness and diversity of a culture different from your own, and for you to exemplify American values and culture to a foreign visitor. Approximately 25,000 high school students from around the world participate in this program each year. The good will of American host families in opening their homes to these young international visitors is vital to this program’s success. The health, safety, and well-being of the young people who participate in this program are our highest priority. A host family has many responsibilities, the most important of which is properly caring for an international student during the course of his/her program. The student is a guest in your home and how you relate with this student will create a lasting image of our country and its people. It also offers you and your family a unique, rewarding and enjoyable experience.
Please let Karen Clark now as soon as possible if you are able to consider this Hosting opportunity. If you are interested, either Karen or Richard Sidebottom will contact you to discuss further. We appreciate your consideration and thank you for your support of this great program!
Our Club is on Instagram
Our club launched an Instagram account this week. Please be sure to follow us at @ChasRotaryClub, which is our Twitter handle, as well.
Members are encourage to follow all of our social media channels and share posts with their followers too! We also need members to send us picture of anything they do that relates to Rotary – service projects, meetings, events, etc. We would love to keep our accounts full of smiling Rotarians! Photos can be send to Mike Sottak, [email protected], or Rob Byko, [email protected].
Join the PR Committee and Earn Service Hours, too! (Fame, notoriety and recognition from your peers is FREE!)
We’re looking for 3 to 4 Rotarians to help us spread the word about our Club through various communications channels. Your contributions will reach countless Club members, family and friends, as well as the local community at-large more than 36-times a year! Your feature stories and timely coverage of Rotary Club events may also be picked up by District, National and International Rotary news channels.
Don’t worry if your’re not an expert techie, can’t write like Hemingway and Pat Conroy, or wield a camera like Steve McCurry or Annie Leibovitz – our super-qualified A-team will be right there to support your efforts with training and guidance you’ll need to see your by-line and photo-credit circulation grow to an epic scale.
Social Media Manager: Work with team members, committee heads and the Board on developing, publishing and promoting social media content for the Club. Active channels now include Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. Familiarity with these or emerging platforms will be helpful, as will knowledge of what makes for successful SM content. Experience with search optimization techniques will earn you immediate MVP status. While your own exposure to Social Media is helpful, it is not essential. The team will gladly train our e-challenged volunteers, too!
Keyway Production Manager: Work with co-chairs, Keyway editor and our content development team to publish our weekly newsletter on club web site. Familiarity with web publishing and content managing systems (e.g WordPress) a plus.
Keyway Content Developers: Copywriters & storytellers who can develop short-form, original content including summary articles, possibly combined with team-generated photos and/video content, to provide coverage of weekly meetings and presenters, as well as occasionally produce special features on past or upcoming club events, special projects and fundraisers.
So if you are interested in maximizing your Rotary experience, this is your chance to create an immediate and long-lasting impact on how our Club is regarded by current and prospective members. You will also be shaping how our Club will be recognized by our peers, our community and by Rotary International for the good work of our members.
Join the Charleston Rotary Press Corps and help generate that buzz! Contact Mike Sottak, [email protected], or Rob Byko, [email protected], for more information.
MEMBER NEWS
Member News
Our thoughts, prayers and well wishes are with long-time Rotarian and Past President Johnny Jordan, who recently was hospitalized and is now at home.
Congratulations to Rob Byko and Mike Sottak who both received their BLUE membership badges this past Tuesday. Rob and Mike co-chair our PR committee and have been actively promoting our club and Rotary. They both successfully completed all the requirements of a “Red” badge member.
Proposed New Members
The following membership candidates have submitted an application and signed letter of agreement to the Historic Rotary Club of Charleston:
Campbell Coxe – sponsor: Heidi Finniff; classification: Law/Estate Planning
Charlton Wieters – sponsor: Heidi Finniff, classification: Financial Services
Stefany DiManno Ceccato – sponsor: Heidi Finniff; classification: Travel Agent
In the event you know Campbell, Charlton or Stefany, please tell a member of the Board how he/she will serve the ideas of Rotary.
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
Mary Ann Kohli
- Joined: 2007
- Sponsor: Wendy Marcus Goer
- Membership Involvement: Wellness Committee, Veterans Committee
- Classification: Liberal Arts/Education
- Profession: English Instructor, Trident Technical College
- Something Unique About Yourself: I founded the Charleston Clemente Project, which offers two free college-level humanities classes (focusing on art, history, philosophy, writing, and literature) to impoverished and underserved Charlestonians. Clemente also provides free books, meals, and bus passes to participants. Alumni include lawyers, nurses, chefs, teachers, and government employees. The International Clemente Course in the Humanities was awarded the 2014 National Humanities Medal by former President Obama. I believe that education opens the windows of perception and the doors of opportunity.
Birthdays
- October 31 – Dave Krumwiede
- Nov. 1 – Ricky Bailey
- Nov. 2 – Bill Hall
By the numbers
Attendance on October 23, 2018: 75
Not in attendance: Allen, Arnstein, Baggs, Bailey, Baus, Beam, Berlin, Bodkin, Brack, Bullard, Carico, Channell, Cole, Cook, Cooper, E., Cooper, J., Deavenport, Diminich, Embry, Fellabom, Gill, Hudnall, Husser, Jones, C., Kaynard, Kerrigan, LaMotte, Leonard, Livingston, Lucy, Marty, Matheny, Morckel, Morris, Raver, Rust, Saboe, Schmidt, Seguer, Smith, M., Smith, P., Stokes, Strickland, Sullivan, Taylor, E., Tecklenburg, John, Tecklenburg, Joseph, Teller, Van Bergen, Welborn, Whitaker, Willey
Out of Town Make-ups: None
WELLNESS TIP
Exercise Your Brain: Go Dancing
You know your heart benefits from exercise. Your brain does, too. Studies show that regular, moderate exercise — 30 minutes of walking or a light one-mile run — helps fight the effects of aging on the brain. No grueling workouts required!
All types of exercise count, including walking, bicycling, hiking, swimming, aerobics, and weight training. Ballroom dancing is another good one, especially fun on chilly evenings.
How does exercise work to prevent mental decline? Researchers believe exercise may stimulate the body to fight stress that’s normally occurring in the brain — stress that causes oxidative damage. All that good stuff from a little exercise!
AREA CLUB MEETINGS
Mondays
- Summerville – Oakbrook: 7:30 a.m., Monday, Westcott County Club, 5000 Wescott Club Drive, North Charleston
- North Charleston: 12:30 a.m., Monday, Hilton Garden Inn, 5265 International Blvd, North Charleston.
- Summerville Evening: 5:30 p.m., Monday, Montreux Bar and Grill, 127 W. Richardson Ave., Summerville
Tuesdays
- East Cooper Breakfast: 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Cooper River Room at Waterfront Park, Mount Pleasant
- Charleston: 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, Hall’s Signature Events, 5 Faber, Charleston
- Goose Creek: 12:45 m. Tuesday, Gilligan’s, 219 St. James Ave., Goose Creek
Wednesdays
- Daniel Island: 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Daniel Island Club, 600 Island Park Dr., Daniel Island
- St. John’s Parish (John’s Island): 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, 2817 Maybank Highway, Unit 1, John’s Island
- Mount Pleasant: 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, Harbor Breeze Restaurant, 176 Patriots Point Road, Mount Pleasant
- Summerville: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sticky Fingers, Summerville
Thursdays
- North Charleston Breakfast: 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Embassy Suites, 5055 International Blvd., North Charleston
- Moncks Corner: 12:30 p.m., Thursday, Gilligan’s Restaurant, Moncks Corner
- St. Andrews (West Ashley): 12:30 p.m., Thursday, Bessinger’s BBQ, 1602 Savannah Highway, Charleston.
Fridays
- Charleston Breakfast: 7:30 a.m., Friday, Harbour Club, 35 Prioleau St., Charleston
SOCIAL MEDIA
Our Rotary club actively uses social media — and we encourage you to interact with us through social media.
- We’re on Facebook. Take a look at our page and be sure to “like us”.
- We’re on Twitter. You can follow us @chasrotaryclub.
ABOUT THE KEYWAY
The Keyway has been published weekly as a newsletter for the Rotary Club of Charleston for more than 90 years.
- President: Alex Dallis
- Keyway editor: Don Baus [email protected]
- Executive secretary: Carroll Schweers, [email protected]
- Mailing address: Rotary Club of Charleston, P.O. Box 21029 ,Charleston, SC 29413-1029
- Copyright 2018, Rotary Club of Charleston. All rights reserved.