Category: Keyway

July 9, 2019:  New President Sandy Morckel presided over her first official meeting to kick off the new Rotary year and begin our Centennial year celebration. Our new Rotary International Theme for the year is “Rotary Connects the World.”

 

Barbara Melvin of SC Ports gave a very informative presention of the status of our growing transport hub that is a key engine for our local economy. And past president Alex earned a well deserved seat in the back of the house! Thanks one more time for a job well done in 2018-19, Alex!

 

Continue reading “7/9: Barbara Melvin. SC Ports Authority”

April 30, 2019:  We were pleased to have Scott Watson, Director of Cultural Affairs, City of Charleston as our keynote speaker.  Watson previously worked as the marketing director at Gluckman Mayner Architects in New York, and before that he held positions at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the New York Theater Workshop, and the Dublin Fringe Festival. Continue reading “4/30: Scott Watson: Piccolo Spoleto 2019”

April 16, 2019:  Let’s play ball!  Our Spring Social was a family event held at Riley Park.  Our Charleston Riverdogs took on our rivals from the upstate, The Greenville Drive and lost in a close game 3-4. Rotarian baseball fans and their guests enjoyed a pre-game cookout held under the picnic area at Doby’s Deck along the third base line. Our group was treated to an “All-American” menu of hotdogs, hamburgers, and Brats. The weather was perfect … a wonderful evening to spend at The Joe cheering on our Charleston Riverdogs.  Thank you to Dave Echols and his staff for hosting us!! Continue reading “4/16: Social – Charleston Riverdogs”

April 2, 1029:  Dondi Kostin, President of Charleston Southern University, gave a great presentation covering his background and his vision for the future at CSU. He started with an explanation of his interesting name and a hilarious run down of some great southern naming in his family: Jesse, Lessie, Bessie, and Enos were just a few! Dondi came to CSU from the US Air Force where he most recently served as Chief of Chaplains based at the Pentagon. This was his last post in a 32-year career beginning at the Air Force Academy. Dondi loved the mission of the Air Force. When he and his wife were considering their next step in life, they prayed that God would provide them the same opportunity to serve a mission outside of the Air Force as they had within. Continue reading “4/2: Dr. Dondi Costin: Charleston Southern University”

March 19, 2019: This past week, the Historic Rotary Club of Charleston welcomed Charleston Fire Chief Dan Curia. Chief Curia was sworn in last July as the 12^th chief for the city. But has been working with the department since he was announced as chief in March of 2018. He came to Charleston from Durham, NC where he served as chief and other roles for 15 years. Dan said he hopes he can serve the city for 10 years and achieve the goal of making Charleston a safer place to live, work, and visit. He said one of the unique aspects of his job, is that the primary goal is trying to reduce the need for firefighting. We need to look beyond the paradigm of responding to fires and look at prevention. Continue reading “3/19: Chief Dan Curia: Charleston Fire Department”