Beaufort, SC

District 7770

www. rotaryclubofthelowcountrybeaufort.org

Make-ups: www.rotary7770.org

Address: P.O. Box 522, Beaufort, SC 29901

Visiting Rotarian—Welcome to our club!

Name:_______________________________________

Club: _______________________________________

Make up for meeting of: ________________________

Please give this Rotarian attendance credit for attending our

meeting today.

Sergeant at Arms: _____________________________

Date: _______________________________________

Other Rotary Meetings:

Sea Island—Tuesdays @ 12:00 Quality Inn

Beaufort Rotary—Wednesday @ 12:00 St. Peters Catholic Church

Officers

President: Scott Klumb-sklumb@palmettostatebank.com (843) 247-0494 home 524-3300 work

Past President: Alan Beach – abeach@portroyal.org (843) 521-7088 cell (843) 986-2225 wk

President-Elect: Cliff Mrkvicka-mrkvicka@verizon.net (843)-986-9000 home (843)-271-3731 cell

Secretary: Peach Morrison – edistopeach@hotmail.com (843) 812-1308 cell

Executive Secretary: Alice Howard— howardag@hargray.com (843) 271-0550 cell 524-0783 home

Treasurer: Doug Crowley – doug@cwacpas.com (843) 379-1065 wk

Sergeant At Arms: Gay Rodgers – introubleagain@centurylink.net (843) 252-2191 home

Foundation Chair : Kerry Bunton – KBUNTON@scana.com (843) 524-4483 home

Club Service Chair: Bill Evans-melhhh@hotmail.com (843) 301-6858 cell

Community Service Chair: Kathy Crowley-kcald@icloud.com (843)252-6119 home

Membership Chair: Vicky Sweat -vsweat3657@hargray.com (843)986-7617 cell

New Generations Chair: Jatin Patel-jpatel@beaufortcpa.com

Vocational Chair: Blake McDonald-bdmcdonald97@gmail.com (843) 441-2892 cell

Club Image Chair: Laura Fanelli laurafanelli@mac.com (860)-543-0799 cell

Assistant Governor: Charlotte Gonzalez—Charlottegonzalez60@gmail.com (843) 575-2366

District Governor: Gary Bradham

The Four Way Test

Is it the Truth? Is it FAIR to all concerned? Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? Will it be Beneficial to all concerned? The mission of Rotary International is to provide service to others, promote integrity, and

advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business,

professional, and community leaders.

Date: August 18, 2017

Member and Partner Birthdays Date

Charlotte Gonzalez August 20

George Sweat (Vicky) August 24

Michelle Mrkvicka (Cliff) August 25

Left: Kathy Crowley gives an occupational

talk at last week’s meeting.

Important Dates:

August 19—8:30 am Adopt-a-

Highway

August 22-5:45 pm Board meeting

Doug Crowley’s office

August 26— volunteers needed for

Military Appreciation Day at Laurel

Bay Housing 11am—3pm

August 31-6:00 pm By-laws meeting

at Palmetto State Bank on Lady’s

Island-open to all, pizza provided

September 8—District 7770

Foundation/Membership/Public

Image training seminar 9:00 am-

2:30 pm Mt. Pleasant

September 16—Hunting Island

Beach Sweep, 11:00 am –1:00 pm

** Remember to email or give Peach any make-

ups from doing projects or attending other Rotary

meetings. We need to keep track of service hours

so let Kerry know if you worked on a service

project too.

Speakers

August 18– Scott Marshall, Town of Bluffton, introduced by Kathy Crowley

August 25– Col. Quandara Grant, Beaufort County Detention Center, introduced by

Doug Crowley

September 1– Ray McBride, Beaufort County Libraries introduced by Dick Deuel

If you have suggestions for speakers, please e mail or call Bill Evans, (843)301-6858. Each Rotarian will be assigned a week. It is their responsibility to introduce the guest speaker, select a door prize with value of $20 (NOT CASH), offer the invocation, pledge as well as take down the banners at the end of the meeting.

Agenda for August 18, 2017

Breakfast 7:00 am

Call to Order 7:40 am

Invocation & Pledge of Allegiance

Introduction of Visitors

Raffle Drawings

Fines & Brags

Business / Announcements

Program

Cart Fund

Adjournment 8:30 am

Adopt-a-Highway August 19—if you cannot be there, please find a re-placement.

Andy Thacker

DeeAnn Harm

Blake McDonald

Jatin Patel

Laura Fanelli

John Eliassen

Terri Stokes

August Member & Friends Anniversaries

Bob Bible August 24, 2001

Doug Crowley August 7, 1998

Charlotte Gonzalez August 20, 2010

Cliff Mrkvicka August 17, 2014

Wedding Anniversaries Date

Cliff and Michele Mrkvicka August 4

Terri and Mark Stokes August 10

Left top: Last week's speaker Jim

Weiskopf spoke to the club about the

Fischer House for military families at

military or VA hospitals. Bottom left:

Oyster Roast planning.

This week’s speaker is Scott Marshall. He

is the Deputy Town Manager of the Town

of Bluffton since December 2015. Prior to

2015, he was with Beaufort County since

2009 holding positions as director of PALS

and executive director of Beaufort County

Board of Election and Registration. A re-

tired Air Force office, Marshall was also an

organization and strategy consultant with

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. During his 23-

year military career, Marshall served a

nuclear weapons technician, a substance

abuse counselor and a personnel officer.

He also served in Operation Iraqi Free-

dom. He received the Bronze Star Medal.

He has MPA from American Public Univer-

sity and bachelor’s degree in political sci-

ence and psychology from Eastern

Michigan University.