Lt. Governor Listening Session - Senior Fraud
September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Lt. Governor André Bauer to Host Listening Session on Senior Fraud in Columbia
(Columbia, S.C.) Lt. Governor André Bauer and the Office on Aging will host a Listening Session on Senior Fraud, Wednesday September 10 at 10:30 am at Seawells Banquet and Reception Center located at 1125 Rosewood Drive in Columbia.
The Listening Session will offer an opportunity for seniors and their caregivers who may be victims of fraud to share their story with Lt. Governor Bauer.
Once the Office on Aging has information about the victim’s case on file, the information will be brought to the attention of the appropriate local, state or federal agency to help bring resolution to the issue.
To make an appointment to speak with Lt. Governor Bauer during the Listening Session or for more information call 1-800-868-9095.
The Listening Session is being held in conjunction with the My Personal Health Record South Carolina (MyPHRSC) Senior Empowerment Fair sponsored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
For More information on the Office on Aging or the Lt. Governor Bauer’s Task Force on Senior Fraud, please visit the Office on Aging website www.aging.sc.gov.
Greenville BBQ at Mrs. Z Rosti’s home
September 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Speaking with Karen by my side and Emma stealing the show
Bob and Marlene Dowd with Karen and me. Marlene Dowd is very active in state politics, particularly with the Greenville County Republican Women.
Senator-elect Phillip Shoopman and Lt. Governor Andre Bauer were a few of the elected officials in attendance. Joining them were Representative Bruce Bannister and Representatives-Elect Bill Wylie and Dan Hamilton.
A very special THANK YOU to Mrs. Rosti for opening up her home for a wonderful evening of food and fellowship. This was my first event outside the Irmo/Chapin area and I was pleased for the first one to be back “home” where I grew up! It was great to see many of my high school friends and my parents’ friends. Additional thanks to the Hashs, Youngbloods, Bolings for all the set up work and to J.D Nelson for opening with prayer and Rev. Jimmy Harley for the benediction.
Meet Trey Walker - McCain’s Field General
September 3, 2008 | 2 Comments
Trey Walker, member of our community, pictured with Presidential hopeful Senator John McCain.
When the main stream media beats you to a story, you know you’re asleep at the wheel! My apologies to Trey for not writing this sooner but tonight I wanted to be sure our community read the article that appeared earlier this week in The State.
I’ve known Trey Walker for years and he’s always been a great guy to me. When I ran against his friend in 2004, he always handled himself in a first-class manner and we never had any cross conversations during the entire campaign. That told me alot about Trey and it’s one of many reasons why this year’s Republican nominee, Senator John McCain, has selected Trey several times to help him with this important election.
Trey’s wife Alison (Ali) is also very involved in politics - especially local causes . Like they say, behind (or rather, next to) every good man, is a good woman!
For our sake (and Ali’s), I hope we get Trey back in our community after November. Who knows though? He may be bound for Washington!
SC POLITICO RUNS MCCAIN’S MID-ATLANTIC CAMPAIGN
By John O’Connor
After helping U.S. Sen. John McCain win the S.C. primary and the GOP nomination, Trey Walker now is heading the Republican’s fall operations in a must-win swing state.
Walker, a 41-year-old Irmo native, is one of a handful of South Carolinians heavily involved in McCain’s campaign.
In May, McCain tapped Walker to head his Mid-Atlantic campaign — Delaware, the District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, West Virginia and, possibly most important, Virginia.
Virginia is critical to McCain’s presidential hopes. The Republican presidential candidate has not lost the state since 1964. And if McCain loses it in November, it could doom his chances of becoming president.
That is why Walker and the rest of McCain’s Mid-Atlantic staff are leaving as little to chance as possible.
Using techniques perfected in George W. Bush’s two presidential wins, McCain’s Virginia team is digging deep into voter data to target those likely to vote for their candidate.
In particular, Walker and other McCain staffers are preparing for the critical 72 hours leading up the Nov. 4 election. They are organizing teams to get voters to the polls and ensuring workers are ready to check poll lists to make sure McCain’s voters have, indeed, turned out.
Virginia in many ways is similar to South Carolina. It is Southern and has a large military population and rural areas.
But the Old Dominion’s urban and suburban areas — surrounding Washington, D.C., Richmond and Norfolk — require a national-style, television-based campaign, not the retail politics that S.C. voters prefer, campaign staffers say.
Walker equates the differences to a jump from baseball’s Single A minor league to the major leagues. Read more
“The Judge” to speak at Irmo Prayer Breakfast
September 3, 2008 | 3 Comments
Jeff Davis with Beetle Bailey, Past President Rotary Club of Lake Murray-Irmo
Representative Chip Huggins and I are pleased to announce that Clemson Ring of Honor/All-American/Hall-of-Famer Jeff Davis will be the keynote speaker at the 3rd Annual Irmo Community Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, September 25 beginning at 7:30 a.m. at Gateway Baptist Church.
We expect another full-house (200+) so please be sure to contact Elizabeth Donehue at 803-404-7992 or elizabeth@donehueagency.com to reserve your ticket ($8) or help sponsor the event (reserved table of 8 for $250).
Jeff Davis is in his fifth year as an Assistant Athletic Dirrector for Major Gifts. He currently is significantly involved in fundraising efforts for Clemson’s WestZone Club seating area at Death Valley in addition to involvement in other athletic department and university fundraising efforts. He also serves as the primary spokesman for Clemson’s Call Me Mister Program . Davis was an All-America linebacker from 1978-81 who captained the Tigers during their 1981 National Championship run and became a permanent fixture in Clemson football lore.
“The Judge” registered a then-Clemson record 175 tackles on the 1981 defense. That same season, he became just the third defensive player in ACC history to be named MVP of the league. And in the most important game in school history, Davis made 14 tackles as Clemson defeated Nebraska 22-15 in the 1982 Orange Bowl to claim its first national championship. He was named the Defensive Player-of-the-Game. Read more
COMMUNITY UPDATE: September 2008
September 2, 2008 | 1 Comment
Before I begin, I hope your family enjoyed your summer together and are staying safe. With Hurricane Gustav hitting the Gulf Coast this week and now Hanna perhaps hitting our coast, please be sure you are prepared in the event of a disaster. It seems we’ll have a very active Hurricane Season again this year.
If you have events you’d like me to share on the website, please contact me directly through Nathansnews.com and I’ll be happy to see how I can help pass along the news.
STATE HOUSE
With only four months until the General Assembly returns for another two-year session, I am still researching legislation that I (by listening to you) feel might help improve the quality of life for our state and move us forward. Presently, I am actively involved in the Education Finance Act and other educational issues in our state. I’m also working towards more open government with improvements in our Campaign Finance Reporting and Disclosures as well as the way we record votes at the State House (more on this below). Lastly, I will work for improved funding for the roads in our state. Of course, there are several other topics I’m researching and I would also like you to continue to send me your advice, suggestions, and opinions. ANYTHING that focuses on Economic Development and Education is something I think we should consider, debate, and explore further!
YOUR MONEY
Roll-call voting. I listened to you and other constituents around our state and I’ve seen first-hand why this reform is needed for government in South Carolina! Please contact your friends and family in other parts of our state so that they can contact their elected officials and share their feelings on this topic as well. For such a common-sense piece of legislation, the path to reform may be rockier than we had expected.
The arguments we have heard against the reform are that “roll-call’s cost taxpayers $55 every time we have one” and “it’ll add more time spent on the budget” and “it’s not needed since a member can get a roll-call already (if they get 9 others to agree)”. While those are all factual statements, they do not outweigh what I feel is the benefit of having a mandate (like may other states already have) that will hold each of us publicly accountable for our spending decisions and positions on legislation. It will also remove the current”self-regulation” by having the process changed and thereby requiring each of us to go on record with a vote - instead of leaving it up to us members to police the body and decide which bills are “worthy of a roll-call” and which ones are not. (Shouldn’t any bill be worthy of a public, recorded vote?)
Thanks to all of you who have emailed, called and spoke with me at the grocery store, church, ball fields, etc. I’m with you! It’s a no-brainer. We just need other House and Senate members’ support to make this happen.
COMMUNITY
The 3rd Annual Irmo Community Prayer Breakfast will be held Thursday September 25th at 7:30 a.m., at Gateway Baptist Church . The event is made possible through our wonderful sponsors each year ($250 for a table of 8). Please help us continue this wonderful annual gathering by supporting and attending the breakfast! Individual tickets are $8. Please contact Representative Huggins or myself to sponsor or reserve your tickets! Read more
Finding history today on Lake Murray
September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment
David Lowman 1816-1889
For only the second time this summer, the family rented a boat for the day on Lake Murray.
While on “Goat Island”, Sarah and my father-in-law came across a family graveyard that we’ve never seen before. I took these photos and tonight Karen googled so we could learn more.
We came across a great site for our area: The Dutch Fork Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society, Inc.
Selecting the Lowman family , we found….
David Lowman born 1806 (editor’s note: headstone shows 1816?) died 13 November 1889 married Barbara Elizabeth (Betsy) Rauch born 28 August 1808 died 18 December 1888, they are buried in a family cemetery on Harmon Island in Lake Murray near St. Michael’s Lutheran Church building near Irmo, SC.
a. Henrietta Lowman born 1829 died 17 June 1890 married David Slice born about 1833
b. Catherine Lowman born 1832 married Walter Amick born 1832
c. Samuel Govan Lowman born 23 July 1834 died 7 February 1930 married Elizabeth Christina (Tina) Metts born 23 December 1838 died 5 April 1942
d. Mindy F. Lowman born 1836
e. Maria Lowman born 1839
f. James Lott Lowman born 21 April 1841 died 27 November 1931
g. Virginia Alberta Lowman born 1849 married Wesley Younginer
It’s really amazing when you come across something like this for the first time and realize these folks walked, farmed, socialized, and attended church in our community over 100 years ago. Wouldn’t it be great to hear from them today?
Karen and I will try to make one of these meetings in the future to learn more. I’m disappointed I didn’t see any Ballentines on that genealogy. How about your family? Go to that site to learn more or perhaps make a meeting to update any new information you have.
W.A. Younginer 1846-1899
And the winners are…
September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Many readers of this site also follow the other SC blogs so, forgive me, if this is old news. To some though, they may not have heard about the second annual “Power 100″ in South Carolina Politics.
If you’re interested in one SC blog’s breakdown (and this one does have the pulse of the South Carolina State House), you can check out the “who’s who” by clicking on any links below.
Spoiler alert: Only 22 of the Top 100 are actually members of the General Assembly. The others? Lobbyists, Consultants, US Senators and Congressmen, statewide office holders. Also of interest, the two “most powerful” in the House? Both Democrats.