1/25/09 Doug Stone, BSA

Doug Stone, from the Boy Scouts of America spent some time talking about the programs that the BSA has to offer boys, as they learn and grow toward manhood.

There are thousands of Scouts across the area and the State, and offer boys a great chance to grow, learn, lead, and develop character.

For more information on the Boy Scouts, and Indian Waters, the local Scouts, you can long onto http://www.indianwaters.org/

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1/25/09 Sheriff Leon Lott

The Richland County Sheriff, Leon Lott stopped by to talk about some of the programs that the RCSD has been active in. Sheriff Lott spoke about the new physicals that are required of all his Deputies. This is to ensure that the officers that protect us are taking care of themselves. He also talked about the physical standards that all his officers must meet.

Sheriff Lott spoke about the Cyber Cop program that is offered through the RCSD. Cyber Cop is a program offered to parents, to help them monitor their children's online activities. The Sheriff noted that gangs are just some of the online dangers on websites like Myspace and Facebook. He pointed out that Cyber Cop can assist the parents in making sure that these types of individuals are not attempting to contact youngters, and if they try, there is a track for investigators to follow.

Sheriff Lott spoke about the Crime Stoppers program, which continues to solve crimes state wide. Remember that if you have information about criminal activity, you can report it, annoynomously. You can also, often, be paid for your information.

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For more information about Crime Stoppers, Cyber Cop, or any of the other great programs that are offered by Sheriff Lott and the Richland County Sheriff's Department, you can visit their website. http://www.rcscd.net/

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1/18/09 Children's Chance

Samantha Higgins from Children's Chance shared the information about the CAPS (Children and Parents Socor Clinic) program offered by the partnership between the YMCA/United Way and the USC Socor Team. For more information on the day of fun, training, and drills, you can log onto the Children's Chance website, email Samantha at samanthahiggins@bellsouth.net, or call 803.254.5996.

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1/18/09 Columbia Opportunity Resource

Katherine Swartz and Caroline Fields from C.O.R. (The Columbia Opportunity Resource) discussed the World Beer Festival at the Convention Center on January 24, 2009. They discussed the volunteer opportunities with COR for the festival.

They also talked in depth about COR, its mission to the community, and how to become involved. COR is a network of professionals in the Midlands, which brings together the talent from all walks of life to make the area a better overall place to live, work, and play.

According to their mission statement, "COR is dedicated to fostering a greater sense of civic and community involvement in the Midlands through social, political and cultural education, communication, development and action. COR inspires and empowers a new generation of Columbians to make our city a better place. Through a long list of ongoing projects, events and campaigns, the members of COR foster a new level of social, political, and cultural engagement among this new generation of Columbia's leaders."

For more information on COR, you can visit their website, www.ourcor.org.

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