Members, visiting Rotarians and guest were welcomed to the meeting.
Lynn King had two guests - Emily Kraus and Taylor Stokes, Dr. Wendy K was a guest of Eric Smith, Visiting Rotarian Chris Epps was joined by his wife and baby, Visiting Rotarian Maury Purcell was also in attendance.
Kevin Courtney offered the prayer and pledge to the flag
Past President Jim Dixon made a great find and discovered two citation badges from his presidential year -2005 -2006 which had been "missing in action". He presented them to the club.
Jim and Sonny Huntly, Co-President are seen here displaying the Presidential Citation and District Governor Citation from 2005-2006.
Speaker:
Senator Tom Davis was our speaker. He presented a 2023 Legislative Update.
;Over 100 bills were passed and Senator Davis gave a list of some of the most significant: S39 Education Scholarship Trust Funds; S96 Boater Education; S108 First Responder Death Benefits; S164 Certificate of Need Repeal; S424 Abortion bans abortions after heartbeat detected; S381 Constitutional Amendments; S399 DHEC Restructuring; H3503 Fentanyl trafficking; H3532 Bond reform; H3553 Adoptions streamline proceedings - read the details of all online. He went over his priorities for 2024 and talked about the state budget - we are a conservative state for budgeting. Speaking of teachers' salaries, we are above the state average, however Senator Davis wants to be above the national average. He talked about the 278 corridor - funds are in place and the town needs to sign off - this fall? He also talked about the insurance problem - Congress stopped subsidy coming into FEMA. The Safe Home Program - for home improvements will drive the cost down.