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4/6: Roger Warren, Kiawah: PGA Championship

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April 6, 2021

Roger Warren, who is heading up the efforts to host the PGA Championship golf event in May at Kiawah Island, was our guest speaker. Mr. Warren talked about the upcoming major championship, the type of conditions players can expect and some of the logistics involved in putting it on. Remember, some volunteer opportunities are available for Rotarians to work at the concession stands at The Ocean Course, Contact Digit Matheny for more information. 

Roger Warren, President of Kiawah Island Golf Resort, joined us as the guest speaker to discuss the upcoming PGA Championship. The Championship will be different due to the pandemic.
This year’s event will be May 17-23 which will be a different experience from the previous August tournaments. The greens will be much faster and much firmer, more challenging than that in 2012.

There will be 156 players playing and is one of the strongest fields in major golf.

There will be 175 hours of live coverage of the event. It will be broadcast around the world in about 500 million homes worldwide.

There will no bleachers for this event to follow Covid protocols. 

They anticipate about 14,000 spectators but are confident it will be held safely. Face coverings will be asked for but not enforced by security. However, players will be segregated as a precaution.

In 2012 there were some issues around parking and exiting during a rain event, this has been addressed so that it is better than last time. Transportation will also be provided.

The PGA Championship will be a great event!

For an audio recording of this week’s meeting, go here.

Submitted by Don Baus  Chairman, Keyway Committee

IN OTHER MEETING NEWS  

        • Tom Leonard gave the Invocation and led us in the pledge.  
        • President-Elect Rob Dewey asked all visiting Rotarians & guests to introduce themselves.    
        • President-Elect Rob Dewey presented Health and Happiness.
        • Charlie Palmer introduced our guest speaker, Roger Warren, President of Kiawah, who discussed the upcoming PGA Championship. 

MORE IN THIS WEEK’S KEYWAY

April13, 2021  |  Issue 5003  President:  Lisa Van Bergen

COMING EVENTS 

      • April 13 – Catherine Brack, The Gaillard / 11 am Board Meeting
      • April 17 – Adopt-A-Highway, Corner of Lockwood & Bee St. 
      • April 20 –  Sam Konduros, SCBio, “The Life Sciences Industry in SC” 
      • April 27 – NETWORKING
      • April 29 – Happy Hour Social @ Baker & Brewer, 5-6:30pm
      • May 4 – Matt Martin “Community Banking” (ZOOM ONLY)
NEWS BRIEFS

 

COVID:  In-Person Reminder

As we go back to attending meetings in person, we wanted to again share the below from the District. Members are asked to keep this in mind. 

It has come to my attention that we need to set some ground rules for dealing with Rotarians who contract COVID-19 and how we deal with this in our clubs.  First, for the Rotarians themselves. We MUST maintain absolute confidentiality for ANYONE who tests positive for COVID-19 unless they give us permission to share their information.  That said, we MUST also ask, even require, that any Rotarian who has been to an in-person Rotary meeting or other function and later suspects they have COVID-19 report this to their Club President as soon as possible.  This could be due to being in close contact with a person who tests positive or that they show symptoms. And, they absolutely must let the Club President know immediately if they test positive.  Then, keeping confidentiality, the Club President MUST let all who attended that event know that there was someone at the event or meeting who came down with symptoms or tested positive.  This will, at least, give all those notified the option of being tested immediately.  And, it gives them a warning that maybe they should limit their contact with others until it is proven that they are not infected.

 

Rotary Ready – Volunteers are Needed

Richard Sidebottom and Denise Kauffman do their part as volunteers in Rotary Ready

Rotary Ready is continuing to solicit volunteers to support public vaccination clinics in our area.  Volunteers are needed at the daily vaccine clinics with MUSC being held at 180 Lockwood in the former DMV Offices and in the former Verizon Call Center in North Charleston at 2401 Mall Drive. Our club is primarily responsible for the DMV daily clinic for non-medical roles (12 3-hour shifts per day).  Link is here to register to volunteer: www.rotaryready.com and select the Charleston site.

A drive-thru event at East Cooper Medical Center has also opened as of March 20 weekly. First dose events are scheduled on March 20 and April 10. Registration will be on the East Cooper website when they become

Digit helps with the jab!

available: https://www.eastcoopermedctr.com/our-response-to-COVID-19 and click on “Request Vaccine Request”. They will also be registered for their 2nd dose 3 weeks later at the same time and location for the Pfizer vaccine.

Getting vaccinated is important. And it is MUSC’s policy that volunteers qualify as patient-facing community health workers with access to vaccines. If you need to be vaccinated, you will have that opportunity at your first assignment, or shortly thereafter. Volunteers that receive a vaccine as part of the Rotary Ready – MUSC Partnership must volunteer at a minimum of 4 clinics.

 

Adopt-A- Highway Volunteer Opportunity

Our club will host the second Adopt-A-Highway cleanup of the year on Saturday, April 17th from 11:00 to 11:50 AM. We will meet at 11:00 AM on the corner of Lockwood Dr and Bee St. There is a parking lot right on the corner, where you can park your car.

We are currently looking for volunteers. Please email Stavros, if you would like to volunteer or have any questions – [email protected].

In the event of inclement weather, Stavros will notify all volunteers who have signed up with him.  The rain date is the following Saturday, April 24th

 

Charleston 50

 

We made it!!  We are at 100% of our goal of 50 donors by our goal date of March 15!  Thank you to our inaugural class of the Charleston 50 for their generous support.  This special group of 48 Rotarians and 2 community donors committed to contribute $500 annually to the RCCF, which funds our club’s community and international projects and grants. The Charleston 50 was a wonderful alternative to a fundraiser during these COVID times and will serve the club well in the future.  Thank you to Phoenicia Miracle and Jeanne Jamme for all their efforts in making this such a success. We can continue to do our good works into the 2021-2022 year!

 

March Madness Fundraiser

The Zags are no longer undefeated!  What an exciting MARCH MADNESS!  Baylor defeated the #1 overall seed, Gonzaga, to win this year’a NCAA Basketball Tournament. Thanks to everyone who participated in our basketball pool fundraiser to benefit our club’s foundation, the RCCF.  $700 was collected with half being donated to the RCCF and the other half being awarded to the 3 top winners.  Congratulations to our winners — 1st Place:  Amy Chico; 2nd Place:  David Burt; 3rd Place:  Danielle Matheny. What a fun way to support our club’s foundation!  Thank you to Joseph Tecklenburg and Digit Matheny for coordinating!

 

April Social at Baker and Brewer

All members and their guests are invited to join us for our monthly Happy Hour on Thursday, April 29th from 5pm-6:30pm.  In April, we will be visiting Baker and Brewer, 94 Stuart Street. This will be another wonderful opportunity to catch up with fellow Rotarians over a cold beverage. If you know that you are planning to attend, please RSVP to the Evite, so we can have a rough idea of how many people to expect.  An RSVP is not mandatory, so if you find at the last minute you can join us, please do!

 

PR Committee Seeking Volunteers

Our club’s PR Team is looking for additional members to join their committee. Specifically, volunteer photographers are needed to take photos at our meetings. If you are interested in serving on the PR committee and helping in this role, please email Mike Sottak at [email protected]. Fancy cameras are not required, an iPhone will do! It would be wonderful to have a couple of volunteers alternating the weekly duty. 

 

Support The CART Fund

It is easy for club members to make individual contributions and support The CART Fund electronically. The CART Fund has a new portal www.mycartfund.org, which you can easily access. As a Rotarian and a DACdb user, you automatically have an account already set-up in your name. Your user name and password are the same as it is for the DACdb.

 

Support the Rotary Foundation

The District 7770 Million $ Campaign and dinner will be held on May 5th 2021 at the Francis Marion Hotel. Our own Sandy Morkel is the Chair for that event.  $10,000 spread over 3 years or a Bequest gets you an invite.  

And do not forget your opportunity to be recognized as a Paul Harris Fellow.  Eighty-five dollars a month gets you there.  Please reach out to Karl Riner, Club Foundation Chair, to sign up or ask questions. You can also donate to Rotary’s efforts to end polio now: https://endpolio.org/donate.

 

Our Club is on Social Media

Members are encouraged to follow all of our social media channels and share posts with their followers too!  We also need members to send us pictures 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 sent to Mike Sottak, [email protected], or Rob Byko, [email protected].

 

MEMBER NEWS

Proposed New Members

The following membership candidates have submitted an application and signed letter of agreement to the Historic Rotary Club of Charleston:

Hugh Lane, III – sponsor:  Past President Conrad Zimmerman; classification: Banking

Stephanie Dasher – sponsor:  Skip Fink; Eleemosynary/Executive

In the event you know Hugh or Stephanie, please tell a member of the Board how she/he will serve the ideas of Rotary.

 

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Rotarian:  Edward Phipps “Eddie”

      • JOINED: 12/8/20
      • SPONSOR: President-Elect Rob Dewey
      • MEMBERSHIP INVOLVEMENT: New Member
      • CLASSIFICATION:  Law/Criminal/Civil/Business
      • PROFESSION: Attorney at Law, Phipps Law Firm
      • SOMETHING UNIQUE ABOUT YOURSELF:  I am the President of the Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce / Former Police Officer for the TOMP from 1993-to1999 / Been Practicing Law in Charleston for over 20 years         

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Birthdays

  • 4/13 – Mackie Moore
  • 4/14 – Michael Smith
  • 4/19 – Bill Raver

 

By the numbers

    • Attendance on April 6, 2021 (In-Person and Zoom):  40
    • Not in attendance. Allen, Barton, Baus, Berry, Bini, Brack, Burt, Byko, Cardwell, Chico, Clark, Clary, Coe, Cole, Combs, Cook, Coxe, Crouch, Curia, DeGraff, Diminich, Drafts, Echols, Fason, Fink, Fink, Finniff, Galizia, Gill, Goxhaj, Green, Ham, Hanger, Holmes, Imam, Jones, Jones, Kaynard, Lee, Lietzow, Loredo, Lucy, Mauk, Moore, Moring, Oswalt, Patrick, Peters, Phipps, Plotner, Ravenel, Reynolds, Riley, Rust, Scott, Seguer, Shahid, Sidebottom, Smith, H., Smith, P., Staley, Strickland, Sullivan, Taylor, Tecklenburg, Tecklenburg, Teller, Tonney, Uram, Van Bergen, Vanek, Wackym, Ward, Webb, Weston, Williams, Woodell
    • Out of Town Make-ups: None
WELLNESS TIP

 

Spend time alone

Spending regular time alone helps to get to know and stay in touch with yourself (we’re all constantly growing and changing!). Alone time is an opportunity to check in with how you’re doing and what you want, so you can live your most intentional life. Some people enjoying hiking, going for a walk or run, meditating, or even sunbathing as a healthy source of alone time. 

 

ARE 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

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.
  • We’re on Instagram.  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: Lisa Van Bergen
  • 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