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Capital Rotarian named Community Builder

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Jun 152015

Columbia’s WIS-TV and Mungo Homes have honored Capital Rotary Club member Mike Glover for his positive contributions to life in the Midlands. A licensed charter boat captain and Lake Murray fishing guide, Glover earned a Community Builder Award for organizing a fishing tournament for local troops and wounded warriors completely free of charge over the past four years.

More than 60 veterans participated in the year’s fishing tournament, which Glover called a heartfelt “thank you” for their service to the nation. Capital Rotary president Mark Bokesch, along with several other club members, was instrumental in Glover’s award nomination.

As a Community Builder winner, Glover received a symbolic hard hat and $1,000 from the Michael J. Mungo Foundation to donate to the designated 501C-3 charity of his choice. WIS-TV featured the award presentation during a segment in their local newscast (see below)

Community Builders include those who have made a significant impact on a group in the Midlands; who have made the area a better place to live; and who fill a need not served by traditional governmental services/agencies.

wistv.com – Columbia, South Carolina

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Columbia Capital Rotary Community Builder

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Rowland Alston joins Columbia Capital Rotary Club

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May 272015

Rowland Alston (center) is welcomed into Capital Rotary Club membership by president Mark Bokesch (right) and sponsor Bryan Goodyear. Alston, an attorney practicing general, civil and family court litigation, is a Clemson and USC Law School graduate who previously was a Columbia East Rotary member and president of that club in 2013-14. A Sumter native who enjoyed a “rustic childhood” in Rembert, Alston is a member of both the South Carolina and Washington, DC Bars.

Daniel Winders Becomes New Member of Capital Rotary

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May 202015

Daniel Winders (left) is welcomed by sponsor John Guignard after induction into Columbia’s Capital Rotary Club. Winder, a native of Hickory, NC and a graduate North Carolina State University, is an HVAC sales engineer with Johnson Controls, Inc.

Winders is a member of the South Carolina Mechanical Contractors Association and has been active in the state chapter of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers since 2011. He traveled to Prague in the Czech Republic as part of NC State’s study abroad program in 2008.

Ross Oakley – Newest Paul Harris Fellow for Capital Rotary

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May 112015

Ross Oakley (left) is congratulated by Capital Rotary past president Scott Wallinger upon becoming the Columbia club’s latest Paul Harris Fellow in acknowledgement of a $1,000 contribution to the Rotary Foundation. Oakley, a Beaufort native and project manager for Thomas & Hutton Civil Engineering, is a graduate of the University of South Carolina. He’s also a member of the S.C. Economic Developers Association, the Urban Land Institute and the Building Industry Association of Central South Carolina. Donations to the Rotary Foundation help fund international programs that promote world understanding and peace.

Helping Hands for Harvest Hope

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Feb 262015

Helping Hands for Harvest Hope

Columbia’s Capital Rotary Club members showed they “have a heart” in February by volunteering at Harvest Hope Food Bank. Nearly 20 Rotarians from Capital Rotary Club helped pack groceries for distribution to the needy and elderly in lieu of a weekly club meeting. Harvest Hope is headquartered in Columbia but works to meet the needs of hungry people in the Midlands, Pee Dee and Greater Greenville regions of the state. It feeds more than 35,000 people weekly.

In the first picture below, bagging donated drinks are (in background from left) Blake DuBose, Jay von Kolnitz, Mark Bokesch, Trey Boone, John Guignard and Ann Elliott, along with (foreground left) Ione Cockrell and Denise Holland (foreground right).

Leeza Gibbons speaks to Capital Rotary

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Feb 112015

South Carolina native Leeza Gibbons is one of the most well‐known pop‐culture icons on the air. In addition to her impressive background in the field of entertainment and news media, Leeza is an instrumental advocate for healthcare, wellness, and caregiving.

After caring for her mother who battled Alzheimer’s disease, Leeza created what she wished she and her family had. She opened Leeza’s Care Connection (http://www.leezascareconnection.org), a community support center offering free programs, services and resources for family caregivers encouraging them to call on their courage and summon their strength for the long caregiving journey ahead. Recently, she joined the cast of NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice in order to raise funds and awareness for Leeza’s Care Connection, winning as project manager multiple times. Because of her winning streak on the show, Leeza recently announced that she will be opening a new caregiver support center this year in her hometown.

Charter captain, fishing guide joins Capital Rotary

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Jan 252015

Charter captain, fishing guide joins Capital Rotary

Michael Glover (center), the newest member of Columbia’s Capital Rotary Club, was inducted by president Mark Bokesch (left) and sponsor Bryan Goodyear at a recent meeting. A retired insurance executive, Glover is a licensed charter boat captain and guide specializing in striped bass fishing on Lake Murray. He is a native of Winnsboro and a University of South Carolina graduate who worked for Blue Cross Blue Shield and Colonial Life before beginning his outdoors career. He’s been a board member for the Free Medical Clinic and a Habitat for Humanity volunteer, is married and has a grown daughter.

Capital Rotary welcomes new member, Ben Carlton

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Jan 162015

New Capital Rotarian Ben Carlton (center) is welcomed into club membership by president Mark Bokesch (right) and sponsor Bryan Goodyear. Carlton, who practices corporate law with the Columbia firm of Richardson, Plowden & Robinson, is a graduate of North Carolina State University and the University of South Carolina’s Law School, where he was associate editor in chief of the Law Review. Carlton is an Eagle Scout and serves as a regional selection committee member for NC State’s Park Scholarship. He’s a member of the SC Bar and the Young Lawyers Division, plays in the Columbia Tennis League and received a “Key to the City” of Hickory, NC, where he grew up.

New Paul Harris Fellow for Capital Rotary

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Dec 172014

Scott Wallinger (left), immediate past president of Columbia’s Capital Rotary, congratulates Dr. Tommy Gibbons, the club’s most recent member to be named a Paul Harris Fellow in acknowledgement of a $1,000 contribution to the Rotary Foundation. Gibbons, a native of Clarendon County’s Turbeville community, is President of Doctors Care and Chief Medical Officer at UCI Medical Affiliates, Inc. and Doctors Care, PA in Columbia. He has degrees from the College of Charleston, the Medical University of South Carolina and earned an MBA from the Darla Moore School of Business. A member of numerous medical professional organizations, he’s also been a volunteer for The Children’s Trust SAFEKIDS South Carolina, the DHEC Disease Prevention Committee and the Pandemic Influenza Task Force. He and his wife, Lorri, have two grown children.

Commanding General visits Capital Rotary

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Nov 242014

Our speaker on Wednesday morning was Major General Bradley A. Becker, the Commanding General, U.S. Army Training Center and Fort Jackson. General Becker was commissioned in May 1986, following graduation from the University of California at Davis. From June 2012 to August 2013, General Becker served as the Deputy Director for Joint Training, Joint Force Development, Joint Staff J7, where he worked closely with NATO’s Allied Command Transformation and other multinational partners. Other joint assignments include a tour as Chief, Commander’s Initiatives Group, U.S. Forces – Iraq, from June 2009 to July 2010; and special assistant to the Commander, United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, U.S. Forces Korea, Eighth U.S. Army, Korea, from November 2008 to June 2009. General Becker also served as the Deputy Commanding General – West, 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Division – Center, during Operation New Dawn, Iraq, from December 2010 to December 2011. From July 2007 to October 2008, General Becker served as the Commander, 3rd Battlefield Coordination Detachment, Eighth U.S. Army, Korea. General Becker also served as commander of 2nd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington, and led that unit during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

His awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, and the Army Achievement Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. He has earned the Combat Action Badge, Parachutist and Air Assault identification badges, and is Ranger qualified.

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