WE`RE THE ONE - District 7 Web Site
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WE`RE THE ONE - District 7 Web Site
WE’RE THE ONE JUNE 2010 Volume 1 Issue 10 US COAST GUARD AUXILIARY, District 7– FLOTILLA 12-1 LAKE MARION MEETINGS: 3RD MONDAY OF MONTH AT BIG WATER RESORT, SUMMERTON, 7:00 PM NEXT MEETING: JUNE 24, 2010 Information contained in this newsletter is for official US Coast Guard & Coast Guard Auxiliary use only under the Privacy Act of 1974. The Auxiliary is guided by the current equal opportunity policies of the Commandant of the Coast Guard. No person shall be subject to discrimination in the Auxiliary or its programs because of race,color,religion,sex,age,national origin or disability. Editor: Sue Carty FSO-PB, 803-478-7022, [email protected] WLTX-TV CHANNEL 19 PRESS EVENT ON MAY 21 Our flotilla 12-1 Lake Marion‟s first TV press event along with flotilla 12-3 Lake Murray and the South Carolina DNR (SC DNR) was held on Lake Murray with a reporter and photographer from WLTX-TV. Both flotilla 12-1 and flotilla 12-3 met with the SC DNR for interviews. Beside airing a three minute segment on May 28, WLTX also produced a 30 minute special on water safety. See pages 6 and 7 for more information and pictures. 1 A Note from the Flotilla Commander Perry Moses, III FC mail to: [email protected] My hat is off to each member of our flotilla as we all work very hard to promote safe boating in our AOR. Many thanks to each of you for all you do. As our two busiest months wind down and we get ready for our traditional boating season, let‟s keep up the good work even if at a somewhat relaxed pace. Joe Livingston FSO-OP and I are planning to have safety patrols at least twice a month and we need to move all our crew and coxswain candidates forward with the goal of having them ready for QE by midsummer. Ron Cunningham FSO-VE needs each of our VE‟s to help with VSC blitzes and to continue to do VSCs on their own. Don‟t forget that in order to retain your certification, you need to do a minimum of five VSCs each year. We also need to continue to recruit new members. John Owen FSO-HR is doing a fantastic job of following up with our prospective members. I urge each of our members to be on the lookout for prospects that share our commitment to safe boating and want to spread the word to the boating public. Larry Odom FSO-PE continues to do his usual great job and has presented a number of public education courses over the winter and spring. Every time we provide even a little education to the boating public, we have helped make the lake safer and possibly prevented a tragedy. Lee Rudd FSO-PV has taken the bull by the horns and has greatly expanded our number of partner sites. Each PV is encouraged to check their partner sites often to make sure the display racks are well stocked and to answer any questions the partner may have. Sue Carty FSO-PB and Don Carty FSO-IS each continue to do a great job with their respective responsibilities. Our newsletter is being recognized at the division and district level for its content and presentation. Don continues to see that all of our activities are promptly and accurately reported to AuxData. Flotilla 12-1 continues to exhibit the true spirit of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary with all hands pitching in to make a real difference. It is truly my honor to lead this wonderful team. NEW VESSEL SAFETY CHECK ADS New Vessel Safety Check ads developed by Public Affairs & Marketing Staffs are available at: www.auxpa.org/downloads/2010_VSC_Ads.zip Ads can also be downloaded at: http://www.auxpa.org/resources/ Tom Nunes Deputy Director Public Affairs U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary 2 June 2010 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 VE BLITZ– 11 Walt’s Annual ICW Run 12 13 14 FLAG DAY 15 16 17 18 19 20 Father’s Day 21 Flotilla 22 Meeting 7PM, Summer starts 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 29 JUNE EVENTS: June 10– VE blitz at Walt‟s Annual ICW Run, Moncks Corner. Contact Ron Cunningham or Lee Rudd. June dates to be announced: PE event, “You are in Command” at Goat Island VE blitz at Scarborough Landing CONGRATULATIONS TO: John Owen - Boat Crew and APC Exam Flotilla 12-1 boat crew– letter of thanks from Capt Michael McAllister for our help with the Blue Angels in Charleston in April OTHER FLOTILLA NEWS: OUR NEW FSO-PA (flotilla staff officer for Public Affairs) - Joseph Newman Congratulations, Joe, on your new position! Thank you for accepting this position which is important to make the public aware the USCG Auxiliary is active in the Lake Marion area and the services we make available to them. TO OUR PREVIOUS FSO-PA - Richard Phillips A big thank you for your past service as our FSO-PA. We appreciate your time and services in this position since we started our new flotilla last year. 3 SC DNR AT OUR FLOTILLA MEETING Lt Tim Baxley with the SCDNR attended our regular May 17, 2010 flotilla meeting. During his remarks, he was most complimentary of our efforts to promote boating safety and wants to find ways for us to better work together in this endeavor. Lt. Baxley has responsibility over both Lake Marion and Lake Murray, but with the cutbacks in personnel in the DNR, has a limited number of officers to cover this large area. With the coming of the prime boating season and especially during holiday weekends, he is anxious to enlist our help, both on the water and at launching sites ,to insure that boats carry the required safety equipment and to encourage people to wear their life jackets. ABS (ABOUT BOATING SAFETY) CLASS HELD On May 15, the ABS Course was held at Simpsons Hardware in Sumter. There were four students, two fathers with each of their sons, attended and passed the course. Please refer to the full article in Larry Odom‟s FSO-PE report. Ron Cunningham with class Photo: Perry Moses, III From left: Perry Moses, III Larry Odom Photo: Sue Carty 4 ABS CLASS (CONT’D) From left: Perry Moses, III, Ron Cunningham, Ron Cunningham demonstrating a Larry Odom life jacket too large for a child Photos: Sue Carty KINGSBURG SCHOOL PUBLIC AFFAIRS EVENT A public affairs event was held at the Kingsburg School by Steve Rodvansky in April. Among the information Steve communicated with the children was about pollution. The event was very well received by faculty and children alike. - - Pictures by Steve Rodvansky -- RIVER DAY, SANTEE STATE PARK Steve Rodvansky represented our flotilla for a public affairs event on May 15 at the 2nd Annual Santee RIVERKEEPER Waterbody Rally in Santee State Park. Wearing life jackets, boating safety and pollution, including the pollution game, were the items highlighted. 5 WLTX-TV CHANNEL 19 PRESS EVENT ON MAY 21 Article by Joe Livingston, FSO-OP Flotilla 12-1 Lake Marion Photos by Barbara Burchfield, SO-PA 12 Flotilla 12-3 Lake Murray On Friday, May 21, members of flotilla 12-1 operations group participated in a public safety awareness patrol mounted in collaboration with flotilla 12-3 and the SC DNR on Lake Murray, SC. This patrol was mounted at the request of WLTX-TV in Columbia, SC, in an effort to promote boating safety to the South Carolina public in the wake of the recent fatal boating accidents that occurred on Lake Murray, and the high number of boating related deaths that have already occurred in state waters this year. Barbara Burchfield, State Auxiliary Liaison Officer and Division 12 Public Affairs Officer and husband Festus, FSO-PV of 12-3, worked with the staff at WLTX in planning the event which included the demonstration of some of the “Rules of The Road” for boating as well as interviews with Barbara Burchfield and state DNR officials. While the Burchfields‟, on flotilla 12-3 operational facility (OPFAC) “Unit 1”, provided a stable platform for the film crew, the DNR boat with 3 officers onboard and flotilla 12-1 OPFAC “Reel Thrill” with Perry Moses, Larry Odom, and Joe Livingston onboard, demonstrated the proper way for two boats to safely cross each other‟s paths when closing at 90 degrees, when meeting head on, and when one boat is overtaking another. The filming went well with the WLTX staff getting plenty of good footage both on the water, and on the dock at flotilla 12-3 headquarters, Flotilla Island. Their plan at the time of filming was to air the segment on the evening news sometime during the week of May 23, which is the 2010 National Safe Boating Week. They also had the segment available on their website www.wltx.com - for several days. The segment actually aired on May 21. There is much work yet to be done in promoting boating safety on South Carolina waters. The U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, and the DNR, along with many other state and local agencies, are working hard toward this end. And we now owe the staff at WLTX a great big “Thank You” for their efforts to help promote boating safety in South Carolina! ….. Bravo Zulu, WLTX! Pictured from left: SC DNR EmployeesLt Robert McCullough, Media Liason Lt Billy Downer, Education Sgt Wes Potter, Boat Operator U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary MembersFestus Burchfield FSO-PV 12-3 Perry Moses, III FC 12-1 Joe Livingston FSO-OP 12-1 6 WLTX-TV PRESS EVENT (CONT’D) WLTX crew pictured from left: Matt Youngblood, photographer Nate Stewart, Multi-Media Journalist Matt Youngblood shooting video of “Unit 1” with a 30 pound camera on a moving boattalk about experience! Pictured from left: Perry Moses, III, Festus Burchfield, Joe Livingston Pictured from left: Festus Burchfield, Larry Odom, Perry Moses, III, Joe Livingston 7 SWAMP FOX BOAT CLUB POKER RUN Swamp Fox Boat Club held its annual Poker Run on May 29th at Mile Marker 79, Eutawville. Flotilla 12-1 was very active during the event. TWO PATROLS were held - one at Mile Marker 79, where the event was held, with Joe Livingston‟s facility and himself as coxswain. Larry Odom and Lee Rudd were crew members. The other patrol was held on Wyboo Creek with Perry Moses, III „s facility and himself as coxswain. John Owen was crew member. RADIO WATCH STANDER for both patrols was Joseph Newman. VSCs provided by Ron Cunningham. PA BOOTH was manned by Don and Sue Carty. Crew at Mile Marker 79 Pictured from left: Larry Odom Joe Livingston Lee Rudd All photos: Sue Carty Pictured from left: Ron Cunningham, Don Carty Ron Cunningham doing a VSC Vessel safety check anyone? 8 CoMmunications– Don Kerl FiNancial– Sep Harvin Human Resources– John Owen Thanks to all who have been making a presence in the community and promoting the USCG Auxiliary. I received two notifications regarding prospective members for Flotilla 12-1 via e-responder this month. Jeffery Todd Gibson and Willy Lee Hanton, Jr were contacted by email and telephone. A New Member Reference Guide and flotilla newsletter were provided to each via email and both indicated future attendance at a monthly flotilla meeting. If any member needs any Auxiliary membership pamphlets, please let me know. The pamphlets are packed with valuable information. Information Systems– Don Carty MAterials– Gregg Williams Ordered and received ANSC Vessel Safety Check related materials for Ron Cunningham, FSO-VE Ordered and received several ANSC items per request from Tammy Rodvansky, VFC Marine Safety– Joe Moore Member Training– Tammy Rodvansky A powerpoint presentation on SAR (Search and Rescue) was given by Perry Moses, III FC at the flotilla meeting. OPerations– Joe Livingston Your Operations Group has mounted two patrols since my last report. One patrol was a safety patrol on Lake Marion. The other was a public affairs/boating safety patrol mounted on Lake Murray in conjunction with Flotilla 12-3 Lake Murray and the SC DNR and included safe boating demonstrations filmed by WLTX television station. Both patrols were conducted successfully with OPS normal. Also, Perry Moses and Larry Odom recently traveled to Georgetown, SC, to assist with two coastal waters patrols with District 12 Vice Commander Vito Giardino who is a member of Flotilla 12-10 Georgetown. They also visited Coast Guard Station Georgetown while in the area. Public Affairs– Joseph Newman PuBlications– Sue Carty DEADLINE FOR ARTICLES– Monday after monthly Flotilla meeting If you give a verbal staff officer report at our meeting, please email me the information so I can include your report in our newsletter. Important to keep members up to date. PHOTOS help make our newsletter more enjoyable. Please remember to take your cameras when you attend or are part of an event for the Auxiliary. 9 Public Education– Larry Odom We presented an ABS program (About Boating Safety) on Saturday 15 May in Sumter at Simpson's Hardware. There were 4 participants– two fathers and two 11 year old sons. The program was presented by Perry Moses, Ron Cunningham, Sue Carty and Larry Odom. All participants passed the end of program test and were presented with the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Certificate of Completion and applications have been sent to South Carolina DNR for issuance of their DNR Certificates of Completion. The program was well received by the participants and were extremely complementary of the presentation. The next PE event will be the "You Are In Command" program to be presented to the Goat Island Boat Club. Date will be announced soon. Program Visitor– Lee Rudd SecRetary– Richard Kinkade Vessel Examiner– Ron Cunningham We have a VE day in Moncks Corner on June 10 to inspect boats going on the ICW (Intracoastal Waterway) run to Hilton Head and we are trying to set up a day at Scarborough Landing for June also. We received 100 more decals from the district and have plenty of inspection forms available. Our count to the division is about 100 completed with approximately 40% passing. 10 11 ***** REMINDER ***** ***** DIVISION 12 - 2010 IN PHOTOS ***** Ron Forman VFC 12-6 East Cooper will be making a 2010 photo collection of Division 12. All Flotillas in Division 12 are asked to submit pictures from activities that occur within their Flotilla they feel capture the purpose, duty and fellowship of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary to be added to this collection. Ron has asked for a volunteer in each Flotilla to collect the photos and forward them to him. The volunteer for Flotilla 12-1 will be Sue Carty. Please email your photos to her and she will forward them to Ron Forman. Any questions, please contact Sue Carty. This can be a great way to show off Division 12 to other Auxiliarists and bring back memories for years to come! 12 2010 FLOTILLA FC, VFC, AND STAFF OFFICERS ROSTER FC – Perry Moses, III [email protected] VFC – Tammy Rodvansky [email protected] FSO-CM – Donald Kerl [email protected] FSO-CS – Vacant FSO-FN- Septimus Harvin [email protected] FSO-HR (formerly FSO-PS) - John Owen [email protected] FSO-IS- Don Carty [email protected] FSO-MA-Gregory Williams [email protected] FSO-MS- Joe Moore [email protected] FSO-MT- Tammy Rodvansky [email protected] FSO-NS- Vacant FSO-OP-Joe Livingston [email protected] FSO-PA– Joseph Newman [email protected] FSO-PB- Sue Carty [email protected] FSO-PE– Larry Odom [email protected] FSO-PV– Lee Rudd [email protected] FSO-SR- Richard Kinkade [email protected] FSO-VE– Ron Cunningham [email protected] 13
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