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June 2015
We invite FCRV members-at-large across the state to visit our campouts.
Visit us whenever you can -- we welcome all FCRV members and visitors. Try us! We
honestly believe you will like us!!!
WHERE ARE WE GOING? WHAT ARE WE DOING?
WHEN IS IT HAPPENING?
Registration forms for National Rallies are always in your current issues of Camping Today.
FCRV SC State & Palmetto Retiree Combined Campout
FALL CAMPOUT
November 13 through November 19 @ 5th Ave KOA - Myrtle Beach. SC
PALMETTO RETIREES SUMMER RALLY
August 16 through August 20 @ Cross Country Campground, Denver, NC
DATES TO REMEMBER
Southeast Regional is June 11-14
National Campvention: July 6-10, 2015
See info in your Camping Today!
WE WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY, HEALTHY, SAFE 4TH OF JULY!
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FROM OUR INTERNATIONAL RETIREE KING & QUEEN
Hi, Emil & I want to say “THANK YOU” to everyone for a
wonderful campout. Your hospitality and friendship was
outstanding. We had a wonderful few days of games and fun
and the weather was great. We are looking forward to camping
out with all of you in the future. Hope to see many of you at the
SE Regional and also in Gillette, Wyoming. Have a great
summer and thanks again for everything.
Emil & Millie Pauwels
2015 International Retiree King & Queen
STATE DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE
(From the desk of your Redbug Editor)
I think that everyone, that is everyone who attended the Barnyard Rally, knows that our State
Director, Fred Muckle, at the time of the rally, was in the Hospital. Vi called and informed us
that Fred had Diverticulitis, and an enlarged Prostate, which was restricting a tube connected
to his Kidney. The Davis & the Deans visited Fred on Monday June 2nd and found him in
good spirits. Fred commented that he felt that he would be going home in a couple of days.
We “chatted” for a while longer and then left. The day before Fred left the hospital they
removed the “drain Tube”.
We heard from Vi today (Friday June 12th) and things are “iiify”.Fred did come home but
returned to the hospital on Tuesday the 16th. It seems that he is running a temperature of
over 102*. They did reinsert the Drain Tube.
Vi is asking us to remember Fred in our prayers.
Cards can be sent to Fred via:
The Conway Medical Center
300 Singleton Ridge Rd
Conway, SC 29526
Room 227
SOUTHEAST REGIONAL DIRECTORS
Greetings from your Southeast Regional Directors. I think most of you know that as of the last
day of Campvention 2015 we will no longer hold this position. I deeply regret that no one has
stepped forward to take our place but we sent in our letter of resignation back in October in
order to give time for someone to be found. We put Campvention as the deadline and like the
song goes, we are sticking to it.
We want to thank everyone for their support. If any of you are willing to step up or know
someone in our region that would be willing to please let us know.
We were glad to see everyone at the State and Retiree campout in May. We missed those
that were not there and extend our prayers to those that were not there due to illness. Fred
Muckle, Carolyn Belcher, Doris Wise, and Amos Horle need our prayers. Fred was in the
hospital at the time of our rally. Amos had surgery right before the rally. We hope they both
get better real soon. Also former members, Jim Trusler and Jeff Thomas are having health
issues. Jim will have knee replacement on the second knee in June.
I think everyone enjoyed the campfires and getting back to basics. We have deemed David
Bragg as the official marshmallow toaster. “Thanks Guy” for providing the music for our singa-longs. We are going to have to diet for a while after all the great food we ate.
It was a great pleasure to have the FCRV International Retiree King and Queen, Emil and
Millie Pauwels, visit with us. Their visit with us was the first of the many campouts they will
attend during their reign. We did enjoy their visit, and wish them “Safe Travels”.
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Please continue to invite others to join our group. We realize it is hard to get people
interested in groups but just by leaving the FCRV brochures at RV dealers and campgrounds
will let people hear about us. The cadet program is still in effect and all of you can enlist a
cadet. They can also sign up on the FCRV website. If each one enlisted one we could double
our membership.
We will be going to Southeast Regional in June and from there to National in Wyoming. So
far we only know of 4 rigs that are signed up for National. We may tour after National and
may miss the August campout but looking forward to seeing everyone at the beach in
November .
Leon and LaNelle Ishmael
REPORT OF 2015 INTERNATIONAL RETIREE RALLY
The Rally, as we all know, was held in Tallahassee FL. What a Treat! Delores & I arrived a
couple of days early to enjoy the ”getting ready stuff”. You know what I mean. “Who were
some of the Early Birds”, you ask? “Guy & Jeanne Dean and Andy & Chris Davis” I reply!
Didn’t get to see much of the Deans’ because they were very busy getting prepared for their
“run” for International Retiree King & Queen title. Every time we tried to see them they were
gone, off somewhere, organizing, planting signs, getting things ready to hand out. Well back
to the Rally-----Oh What a Treat!
The South Carolina “Hospitality” came off without a
hitch. I’m sure that everyone visited us.
Tuesday night entertainment was Two for Tap. This
program was a couple who tap danced and sang
their way into our hearts. There song and dance
routines were taken from movies of long ago. They
put on a great show and were very professional.
Wednesday night we had a country musician/ singer
perform for us. He accompanied himself on his
guitar. He was also very good.
Thursday night was left up to George Walters to work out the FCRV Talent Night. Boy, he
took the “Dregs” of FCRV and turned them into a very pleasant show. Two of the acts,
including myself, (and may I say that John, singing some of the “Oldies & Goodies”, stole the
show-editor) and a SC Cowboy with a guitar who performed a couple of songs. It was our
own Guy Dean, who also sang a couple of duet songs with wife Jeanne. Believe it, or not,
both acts turned out OK. Neither the “Gong nor Hook” was needed for any of the FCRV
Talent Show acts.
On Friday night the group was amazed with the talents of Sarah Guyco. Saturday was the
crowning of the International Retiree King & Queen.
There were three couples competing:. Eleanor & Paul
Duggen, Emil & Millie Pauwels, and Guy & Jeanne Dean.
The voting took place on Friday at the Ice Cream Social.
The votes were counted but I was not told of the actual
numbers, but told only that it was very close. Then on
Saturday, before the King & Queen Reception the
reigning 2014 King & Queen, Kathy & Dick Buresh, made
their Final Walk. Then the announcement!– Who will it
be? Of course all of South Carolina contingent was hoping that Guy & Jeanne’s name would
be called last but -------- it was not to be. They were voted 1st Runner Up! Emil & Millie
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Pauwels were crowned the 2015 International Retiree King & Queen. Then on Sunday the
Final “Hooray was the Parade of the States & Providences.
It was a Fantastic Rally. Had we had more attending from South Carolina we could have
really changed things. However FCRV Retirees know SC is alive and kicking!
Submitted by John & Delores Derrick.
(Not sure all know that John & Delores have resigned as the Coordinators of the International
Retiree King & Queen Organizing Committee-editor)
MINUTES OF THE STATE FCRV SPRING RALLY MEMBERSHIP MEETING
May 16, 2015
President Joyce Williamson opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. It was nice to see
Julia Holland and Yates Caudle, it’s been a while since your last visit with us -- Welcome
Back!
LaNelle Ishmael started the meeting with a prayer and the group recited the pledge to the
flag.
Secretary/Treasurer- Jeanne Dean called the roll. We had four (4) out of six (6) chapters
represented at the meeting.
Treasurers Report
SC STATE CHAPTER - FAMILY CAMPERS & RV’ERS
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
MEETING DATE: May 16, 2015
PREVIOUS BALANCE: as of Oct. 31, 2014
RECEIVED:
Nov. ’14
No Deposits
Dec 12,, 2014 $60.00 Deposit=$15 Dues + $45 Scholarship
Jan. & Feb ‘15.
No Deposits
March & April ‘15
No Deposits
TOTAL RECEIVED:
EXPENSES:
Nov ‘14
No Activity
Dec 2, 2014. – Ck# 1015-$100.00 –
Jan. & Feb ‘15.
No Activity
March 16, 2015 Ck # 1016 - $32.29
March 25, 2015 Ck # 1017 -- $45.00
$1,958.91
$
60.00
State Entertainment-Nov ’14 Rally
Redbug
Scholarship
TOTAL EXPENSES:
$ 177.29
NEW BALANCE: as of April 30, 2015:
$1,841.62
We have a CD valued at $2,003.44 as of 5/15/15
Signed: Jeanne A. Dean Secretary/Treasurer
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Minutes: Jeanne Dean reported that Minutes of the Nov ’14 Meeting were published in the
March Redbug. Joyce asked if there were any additions or corrections. Since there were
none, Leon Ishmael made a motion to accept the minutes as printed. The motion was
seconded by John Derrick and approved.
New Business:
Programs for this campout are on the table to be picked up. Only change will be Sunday
Church service at 9:00 AM. LaNelle Ishmael will conduct the service.
Old Business:
Guy has volunteered to put newest version of State Constitution & By Laws in his computer.
A Master Computer Disk/s (CD) can then be made for the President and Sec/Treasurer who
can then authorize copies as
needed.
New Officers:
Joyce asked Andy Davis –Chairman
of Nominating Committee to give a
report. Andy presented the following
slate of officers to service for 20152017:
PresidentDavid Bragg
Vice PresidentJ O Martin
Sec/TreasurerJeanne Dean
In the absence of Fred Muckle, SE
Regional Director LaNelle Ishmael
installed the new officers. They will
serve a 2 year term from 2015-2317. Joyce thanked officers for their service to the club.
’15 Fall Combined campout will be held at the KOA in Myrtle Beach. Host for the State
portion of the Rally will be Three Rivers. Send your $10/rig Registration Check to Johnny O
Martin. Details of the rally will be in the June issue of the Redbug.
Regional Directors -- Leon & LaNelle announced they are resigning effective after
Campvention 2015. The South East Regional will be at Little River Marina in Alabama. They
reported that membership in FCRV continues to decline.
We need to continue to look for new members.
Redbug -- Guy asked for someone to volunteer to write a report on the State Rally. Need
folks to write about things they are doing that could be of interest to other members.
Wagon Master – Guy , again, mentioned that the ’15 Fall campout will be at KOA on 5 Ave,
Myrtle Beach SC. See the June issue of the Redbug for full details. However, a question
was raised about “Site Fee for “Early Birds” and “Stragglers” (that’s what we call campers that
come early and stay late). I have been assured by the Group Sales Manager that the Rally
Site fees will be extended to Early Birds and Stragglers.
Joyce asked for names of members who are ill and need our thoughts & prayers. They are:
Doris Wise - not doing well
Carolyn Belcher - not doing well
Amos Horle - just had surgery
Fred Muckle - in hospital with an infection
Also former members Jeff Thomas - is doing well
Jim Trusler - is having knee surgery
LaNelle will have cards to be signed & sent.
Announcements -- Dues are due for 2015. Jeanne will be accepting dues money. Dues
are as follows:
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State Dues are $10.00, Retiree dues are $5.00 (singles $2.50). Checks should be made out
to “SC FCRV”. Jeanne will forward a check to Vi Ammons with a list of members paying
Retiree dues.
With no additional business to conduct the Meeting was adjourned.
Respectively Submitted Jeanne Dean – Sec/Treasurer
COMBINED STATE & RETIREE ’15 SPRING RALLY-REPORT OF
The FCRV State and Palmetto Retiree Members met at the Barnyard RV Resort, Lexington
SC, again (for the second time in a row) for a delightful ’15 Spring Rally. There were 11 rigs
in attendance. The Barnyard group management folks clustered us all right “up close and
personal” to the Meeting Room, and we all appreciated that. We didn’t mind the short walk to
our usual affairs at all. “Finger Food”, provided by our hosts The Palmetto Retirees Friday
evening, was available during Registration for the
State Rally. Afterward
we strolled over to
Leon & LaNelle
Ishmaels’ site for a
campfire and “sing-along”. The guitar
accompaniment was
provided by Guy Dean.
Joyce found some
gigantic marshmallows
somewhere and they were delicious. Supper,
Saturday night, was a Retiree “Super Supper”. Leon
& Lanell wanted to provide the Hamburgers and all
the “Fix’ens” as their way to say “Thank You” to all for
supporting them in their position as SE Regional
Directors. Johnny Williamson and Leon Ishmael got
our “Burger’s” done just right. “Thanks “guys”! And
Ellen, we do love the Chocolate Covered Peanuts.
Joining us for dinner were Tommy Radovich and his
wife Karen. They are
neighbors and fellow
church-goers of ours and we thought that they would be
enjoyed. After dinner they ‘strapped” on their guitars and
sang duets to us for about an hour. Their songs were
delightful and, it seems that we all did enjoy them. It was so
nice that the new International Retiree King & Queen, Emil &
Millie Pauwels joined us at our campout. Ours was their 1st of
many campouts they are planning to visit during their reign.
The longest walk we enjoyed was around the wonderful weekend Barnyard Flea Market.
Lots of nice thing to see and hear. Standing around, listening to Keith Tracy accompanying
himself on his guitar is so nice. Wonder if we could hire him to entertain at one of our rallys?
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Program Committee are you reading this? Monday started
off “stellar - with a Card Embroidery Class conducted by
Chris Davis. Most of the ladies, it seems, attended. We
even had Johnny Williamson to join us, as well, and he was
welcomed. Those cards, when completed, do look pretty.
Monday afternoon was free, ”goof off”, time and we spent it
visiting James Poole who is now in a nursing home.
Our Monday, after dinner speaker, was very interesting.
Our Program Chair, Joyce & Johnny Williamson, obtained
the services of a Sheriff’s Deputy from the Lexington
County Sheriff’s Office. He spoke to us on Scams going around the country. He reminded
us that no reputable business will ever ask us, over the phone, for personal information such
a SS or Credit Card number. So never respond to inquiries of this nature. I thought it
interesting, and was somewhat relieved, when he discounted the idea of criminals, sitting in
cars in Walmart Parking lots, copying information contained in remotes, when we “clicked”
them to lock & unlock our car doors!
The Program Committee, did it again!! They put another 2“ on Johnny “O’s” Girth. That
bunch are going to have to stop putting on these Ice Cream Socials, no matter how much
Guy Dean enjoys them. This “Double Whammy” Monday night affair was enjoyable, a scam
avoiding education with lots of ice cream and special toppings. The fresh strawberries were
extra special!
The games on Tuesday afternoon went off well. We again got the opportunity to play a
new kind of Lawn Bowling game
using logs specially created by
Andy Davis. The game is called
Molkky, and he thinks it has
Swedish roots (pun intended).
The Tuesday night Pot Luck
Supper came off “grand as usual.
We ladies did it again, we put 2”
inches on everyone’s “girth”. Great
food; thanks, again, to all the ladies
for their excellent culinary contributions.
Our Saturday’s State and Wednesday’s Retiree Membership Meetings went well. The
minutes of the respective meetings appear in this issue of the Redbug. We certainly
enjoyed the delicious buffet lunch at the Vegetable Medley Restaurant.
Submitted - Vernal Martin
PALMETTO RETIREE MINUTES
The Palmetto Retiree ’15 Spring Meeting was held
at the Barnyard RV Park in Lexington SC on May
20, 2015
President Jeanne Dean welcomed all. A special
welcome was extended to the visiting International
Retiree King & Queen, Emil & Millie Pauwels.
LaNelle Ishmael opened the meeting with prayers,
and the group recited the Pledge to the Flag.
Attendance was taken by Chris Davis. 11 Rigs
were accounted for.
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A Motion, was made by Andy Davis and seconded by Joe Catoe, to accept the Minutes of
our last meeting, as printed in the December Redbug, The motion carried. There were no
changes made to the last Treasurer Report. The account Balance, per Vi Ammons,
Sec/Treasurer, is $1265.35. A motion to accept the Treasurers Report was made by Johnny
Williamson and seconded by John Derrick. The motion carried.
Sick members were remembered in prayer and cards were sent.
Jeanne mentioned that the trophy and plaque, awarded to her and Guy, for being elected
1st Runnerup for the title of International King and Queen were on display in the meeting
room. Jeanne thanked everyone for their help and support. She said they had lots of fun and
made many new friends. She encouraged others to enter the competition for 2016 SC King &
Queen and then compete, in the next election, for International Retiree King & Queen.
Responsibilities of Palmetto Retiree officers were recognized from a report received from
Iva Finkenbiner. These were accepted by the Executive Committee and will be printed for
next meeting.
We are still collecting labels (Betty Crocker, General Mills etc. etc.)Aluminum Pop Tabs are
still being accepted. Be careful as some tabs are not aluminum.
Officers for next year were nominated, elected and
installed at the meeting. They are:
President
Jeanne Dean
Vice President
Joyce Williamson
Secretary Treasurer
Vi Ammons
Chaplain
LaNelle lshmael
Director
Chris Davis (1 year left)
Director
Glades Bragg 2 years)
Program Committee
Andy & Chris Davis -Chair
Leon & Gail Moorefield
David & Glades Bragg
Jeanne thanked Palmetto Retirees for hosting the
State Spring Campout, Chris Davis for teaching the Card Embroidery class, Leon and
LaNelle for hosting the campfires, and Guy for providing the guitar backup for our sing-a-long.
John Derrick was overheard to say “This was best FCRV Rally that I have ever
attended!”
Three Rivers Chapter of FCRV will be hosting the November FCRV Fall State Campout.
WagonMaster, Guy Dean, reported on up-coming camping events. See the
WagonMaster’s report in June Redbug.
Reminder Membership Dues are due. Send check to Jeanne Dean.
Motion to Adjourn was made by Andy Davis and seconded by Quillie Crosby.
Submitted by Chris Davis
FROM THE DESK OF THE PALMETTO RETIREE WAGON MASTER
The Retiree Summer ’15 Rally is to be held at the Cross Country Campground located in
Denver NC. Click on the Blue Printing to go right to their website at
www.crosscountrycampground.com, you’ll love it, it has everything we need. The date of the
rally is Sunday August 16 through Thursday August 20. Our site costs will be as follows:
$32/night for full hookups with either 50 or 30 Amp Electrical Service. They are holding 9
Sites for us and Cathy tells me that they are “Booked Up”. They will hold the sites until the
Arrival Date. However, if it turns out that more sites are needed, please make your
reservation early. You don’t want to get left out in the cold liked what happened to a couple
of fellow campers at the Barnyard. There will be a one night site fee reservation charged at
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the time of your reservation and that fee will be kept, by the campground, if you cancel
within 48 hours of the arrival date. We will have a room in which we will conduct our
“Merriment” and business. There will be plenty of things to do in the campground. Again,
look at their website. Their GPS address is 6254 Highway 150 West, Denver NC and their
phone numbers are 1-(800)-852-4840 & (704)-483-5897
The November Combined State & Retiree ‘15 Fall Rally will be hosted by the Three Rivers
State Chapter of FCRV and will be held at the Myrtle Beach KOA on 5th Ave South. Their
website is http://koa.com/campgrounds/myrtle-beach/ .This is a lovely campground and they
have a pool, Wi-Fi, Cable, and a room in which we can gather for our meals and games.
They will even “Shuttle” us to the beach, and back, if we ask-“ain’t that great?!” Andy & Chris
Davis, Jeanne and I visited them last November and David Lantange, the Group Sales
Manager, went out of his way to encourage us to hold our ’15 Fall Rally there. He said that “If
it’s sunny we will park you in the shade and if it’s shady we’ll park you in the sun.” He did
also agree to meet the Site Fee and Cancellation Policy we enjoyed at Apache Campground
the fall of ‘14. So “Look-out Dave - here we come!” The details are as follows:
Rally Dates: Arrival Friday, November 13th. Departure Thursday, November 19th.
Call for Reservation 1-800-562-7790. Call for information 843-448-3421
Full Hook-up Site fee with 30 or 50 Amp Electric Service is. $33/night
Reservation Fee is $10 but will be applied to your Site Fee upon arrival. Their normal
Cancellation Policy will be rescinded but you will be charged the $10 if you cancel within 24
hours of the scheduled Arrival Date.
OK gang get your reservations in early –let’s let 2015 be the best camping season ever!
Combined State & Retiree -- November ’16 Fall Rally. . Remember, we are going to attempt
to hold our Nov ’16 rally at James Island just to see their annual Christmas Light Display.
This is an Update on my offer to make your reservations for you. I have the names of eleven
(11) members for whom I am going to make reservation for the ’16 Fall Rally. (Anyone else
want in? Call me). I have talked to the folks there and have set up everything for my call to
them on 11 November. The only surprise they gave me is that I will not need your Credit
Card Security Code. So, I will be calling you in early November for your CC Information.
Submitted by Guy Dean-Retiree Wagon Master
WE SALUTE OUR LIFE MEMBERS!
Virginia and Robin Backman, Cayce
Pat Blake, Murrells Inlet,
Quillie and Ellen Crosby, Early Branch
Ed and Betty Crout, Gilbert
John and Delores Derrick, Irmo
Julia Holland, Columbia
Amos and Beverly Horle, Beaufort,
LaNelle and Leon Ishmael, Belvedere
Eunice Kritsidimas, San Antonio, TX
Si and Jo Lambert, Aiken Pat Mayer, Simpsonville
Fred Muckle, Myrtle Beach
Paul and Pat Parsley, Georgetown
Walt and Marilyn Shealy, Ballentine
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To all of you South Carolina members who have missed camping with us -Please consider this a personal invitation to experience A State, Regional, or
International Event in the coming months. You are always welcome at any of our
State or Chapter Rallys
RECIPE CORNER
BAKED BEANS
Ingredients
1 can Pinto Beans
1 can Northern Beans
WASH AND SOAK BEANS OVERNIGHT
1 can Kidney Beans
1 can Black Beans
Drain beans and place in large pot. Add water to cover. Chop One (1) large onion
and add to beans in pot. Cook approximately 2 hours or till beans are done. Place bean
mixture in large Crockpot.
Add: 1 ½ C catsup
¼ C Worcestershire sauce
MIX TOGETHER AND POUR OVER BEANS
½ C Brown Sugar Splenda
2 T Mustard
Crumble 4 slices of cooked bacon over top of beans. Cook on “Low” 3-4 hours.
Submitted by-Vernell Martin
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SOUTH CAROLINA FCRV DIRECTORY
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE DIRECTOR
Fred Muckle 843-215-1979
Grousewood, Myrtle Beach, SC 29588
[email protected]
SOUTH CAROLINA CHAPTERS
STATE ASSOCIATION OFFICERS
State President-David Bragg
107 Avondale Dr., Sylvania, GA 30467
912 564 9960
State Vice-President Johnny O Martin
1163 Gunter Circle, W. Columbia, SC 29169
Secretary-Treasurer - Jeanne Dean
1296 Craig Ave., Lancaster, SC 29720
MYRTLE BEACHCOMBERS PALMETTO RETIREES
Fred Muckle, Pres.
Jeanne Dean, Pres.
4036 Grousewood Drive
1296 Craig Ave.
Myrtle Beach, SC 29588
Lancaster, SC 29720
Chaplain - Fred Muckle
843-215-1979
Members-at-Large
LaNelle Ishmael
803-341-2470
Nat McCartha
803-345-2813
DUTCH FORK
GRAYS ROAD
RUNNERS
John Derrick, Pres.
Quillie
Crosby, Pres.
10521 Broad River Rd.
4885 Possum Corner Rd
Irmo, SC 29063
Early Branch, SC 29916
Andy Davis
864-877-31
Field Directors
Billy and Carolyn Belcher Andy and Chris Davis
843-846-2868
864-877-3187
Retiree - Andy Davis
CAMP – Delores Derrick
864-877-3187
803-781-1703
SKEETER SCRATCHERS THREE RIVERS
Amos Horle
Johnny O. Martin
3005 Oak View Drive
1163 Gunter Circle
Beaufort, S.C. 29902
W. Columbia, SC 29169
Redbug Editor – Guy Dean: 803-285-9506
[email protected]
Please notify editor of any club changes
Letters to the editor are welcome. Signed letters will be published in next edition...
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Next redbug deadline – August 25 2015
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