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Capital Rotary Club member awarded Harvard Business School scholarship

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May 282014

Senior Matters Extended Care Services, LLC and One Matters President, Mary Katherine Bagnal, was recently awarded a scholarship to attend The Harvard Business School’s Owner/President Management Program at the 2014 Women President’s Organization (WPO) National Convention in New Orleans. Applicants were awarded the scholarship based on specific business criteria, interview presentation and questionnaire responses regarding their respective personal goals and proposed business mission/directive.

For the full article, please visit MidlandsBiz: http://midlandsbiz.whosonthemove.com/local-business-woman-awarded-harvard-business-school-scholarship

Radio Voice of Carolina Baseball and Basketball visits Capital Rotary Club

May 282014

Our speaker on Wednesday was Mr. Andy Demetra, the radio Voice for USC’s Men’s Basketball and Baseball games.

According to the USC Sports website, “Demetra is a familiar name to those who follow Gamecock Athletics closely. He served as the play-by-play voice for Carolina women’s basketball and selected men’s basketball games from 2003-06. He was selected from a pool of approximately 250 applicants for the position.

“Since his time in Columbia, Demetra has worked for ISP Sports in Winston-Salem, N.C. He has done basketball play-by-play for the Big East National Game of the Week, football play-by-play for the ACC National Game of the Week and baseball play-by-play for the 2008 and 2009 ACC Tournaments for XM Radio. In addition, he has provided play-by-play work in basketball for the University of Pittsburgh, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, Villanova, UCF and Furman. He has also done play-by-play broadcasting for the Syracuse Chiefs, the Triple-A baseball affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays.

“Demetra, who graduated summa cum laude from Syracuse University, was the 2005 and 2006 South Carolina Broadcasters Association Radio Sportscaster of the Year. He was the youngest recipient of the award in the organization’s 60-year history.”

Quote of the Week: “Never let the fear of striking out get in your way” – Babe Ruth

Photo courtesy of WLTX

Distinguished Professor Emeritus speaks to Capital Rotary Club

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May 212014

Today, Dr. Richard Conant was the guest speaker at the Capital Rotary Club. The meeting began with Dr. Conant singing the Star Spangled Banner. Dr. Conant is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at USC, founder of the Carolina Alive singers and an opera/concert singer. He is well-known for his rendition of the National Anthem at University of South Carolina football and basketball games and has sung for numerous political leaders and celebrities including Presidents Reagan, Bush Sr. and Nixon, as well as Pope John Paul II.

He has sung around the world, from Bulgaria to China and has performed as a soloist in Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. Dr. Conant was involved in police work as a State Constable for 35 years, is past President of the FBI Citizens Academy, and is currently working with the Red Cross as Government Liaison, in Public Affairs and with Disaster Relief. He also directs the Chancel Choir at Trinity United Methodist Church in Blythewood.

Harvest Hope LIFT

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May 152014

Several of our members from the Columbia Capital Rotary Club were in attendance to support Harvest Hope and their LIFT fundraiser (Leader Inspired to Fill Tables).

Harvest Hope began in 1981 as the result of a shared vision of Columbia, SC business leaders and the faith community who set out to provide for the hungry. Since then, Harvest Hope has increased its mission to feed the hungry across 20 counties of South Carolina. Harvest Hope distributed over 28 million pounds of food last year and fed approximately 38,000 people a week.

For more information and to support Harvest Hope, please visit their website: http://www.harvesthope.org

Pictured from left to right: Harvest Hope’s Treasurer Mike Farmer and CEO Denise Holland, Columbia Capital Rotary Club Members Ione Cockrell and Chip Hardy.

Bucks Heros with Johnny Mayo, Vietnam Vet

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May 142014

Our speaker on Wednesday was Johnny Mayo. A native of Columbia, SC, Johnny was drafted into the US Army in 1969. He served as a scout dog handler in his tour of duty in Vietnam. He served as a point man with two German Shepherds, assigned to the 39^th Scout Dog Platoon., 173^rd Airborne Brigade. He was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and Air Medal.

Johnny has helped lobby for a War Dog Postal Commemorative Stamp. In 2002, he was featured in Oliver North’s “War Stories”. In 2001, he assembled an educational display for a local air show that would be the beginning of an exhibit sharing the details of service of our country’s military working dogs, past and present.

After 13 years of traveling with the exhibit known as the War Dog Wall, Johnny’s final chapter of service to the military working dogs is his tribute to the K9s of the military by building a world class War Dog Monument in the SC Veterans Memorial Park in Columbia, SC. The first meeting in March 2011 started the process as the park’s architect and several park commission members asked Johnny to take the point once again and lead the way in building a world class monument to the military K9s, past to present.

For more information about Johnny’s book, Bucks Heros, please visit http://www.bucksheroes.com– And a link to an article about the memorial Johnny is helping build: http://www.thestate.com/2014/01/31/3238941/war-dogs-to-be-memorialized-in.html

David Boucher recognized as Major Donor

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Apr 292014

Rotary District 7770 Governor Lou Mello (right) congratulates David Boucher of Columbia’s Capital Rotary Club as a new Major Donor for the service organization’s Rotary Foundation.

The foundation is a not-for-profit corporation that supports international humanitarian, educational and cultural exchange programs to promote world peace and understanding. It was created in 1917 and receives voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends who share its vision of a better world. A major donor is one whose cumulative giving reaches $10,000.

Boucher is a former member of both the Spring Valley and Kingstree, SC Rotary clubs. He served as membership chairman for the Spring Valley and Capital clubs and has been a member of the Paul Harris Society (donation of $1,000 annually to the Rotary Foundation) for several years.

Boucher is president and chief operating officer for UCI Medical Affiliates, Inc. in Columbia. It provides nonmedical support services to a network of freestanding medical centers in South Carolina and Tennessee.

Pictured above: David Boucher and District Governor Lou Mello

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