Oriental Rotary Club

Captain Steve Kenney
United States Coast Guard
Search and Rescue Operations

Steve, realtor with Tidewater Realty, is also owner/operator of Blackwell Point Marina. He has 10 years as active USCG and three years as a reservist. In addition Steve has considerable experience with mooring installation and servicing business and salvage and general maritime services. A gent with proclivities similar to ORC’s Captain Larry, Steve enjoys boating, wine, women and song. He and wife Sarah and son Alden live in Oriental.
Search and Rescue (SAR) is one of the Coast Guard’s oldest missions. Minimizing the loss of life, injury, property damage or loss by rendering aid to persons in distress and property in the maritime environment has always been a Coast Guard priority. Coast Guard SAR response involves multi-mission stations, cutters, aircraft and boats linked by communications networks. The National SAR Plan divides the U.S. area of SAR responsibility into internationally recognized inland and maritime SAR regions. The Coast Guard is the Maritime SAR Coordinator. To meet this responsibility, the Coast Guard maintains SAR facilities on the East, West and Gulf coasts; in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and Puerto Rico, as well as on the Great Lakes and inland U.S. waterways. The Coast Guard is recognized worldwide as a leader in the field of search and rescue. (USCG website)

Some “glad tidings” from the 7 December business meeting:
2010-2011 Officers
President: Al Herlands
Secretary: Sam Alitto
Treasurer: Tim Fowler
President Elect: George Link
Sergeant-at-Arms: Doug Carmichael
Past president: John Mitchell
Board of Directors
Club service: Sam Myers
Vocational Service: Roger Bullis
International Service: Per Erichsen
Community Service: Warren Funk Communications: Keirn Rush

-Treasurer Tim informed us that there is $20,000 in ORC’s checking account. The Queen of Hearts account is $1,800; ORC’s charitable contributions include $12,000 for scholarships; $600.00 for CARTS; $275.00 for the Dictionary Project; $1,000 for Fishes and Loaves; $2,000 for PolioPlus; $1,600 for the defibrillator; and, $2,500 pending matching grant for the India Water Project.
-Warren Funk said that there are three worthwhile community service projects in the offing; repair of the Route 55 “Welcome to Pamlico County” signage; landscape improvement bordering the Relay for Life walk way; and Rotary workdays with Habitat home construction.
-Get involved with a worthwhile project by volunteering for the Rotary Emergency Services Project, a locally generated initiative that will support our local disaster operations. See President John Mitchell for details.

-Sam Alitto is working on a corrected roster for current membership. If you have not received on your email account a corrected roster, please see Sam and give him your current email address.
-He’s baack…Captain Larry’s famous Santa persona enhanced with that splendid beard is now available. Buy a personalized Santa photo complete with authenticated Santa signature and your proceeds of $10.00 will benefit the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.

Partner’s Night 21 December…looks like a merry celebration is on tap. Sam Myers described the playbill in a recent email. Stonewall’s famed Ms. Dixie Gatlin will bring three of her aspiring musicians to serenade us with songs of the season. Ms. Dixie is a renowned local musician and music instructor and a founder of the acoustic band “Harbor Sounds”. The eight-piece ensemble performs at no charge all around our region in support of a variety of charitable causes. Over their 11-year career, Harbor Sounds has helped those organizations, including our Tarpon Tournament, raise over $100,000.
Our student performers will be: Justin Brooks, Bridgeton, on mandolin and fiddle; Justin Kuhl, Reelsboro, on lead violin; and, Kaitlyn Spain, Stonewall, on guitar and fiddle. Wear your toe-tapping elf shoes.