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RCCO 2014 Meeting Schedule
24th Fri - LBTS Quarterly
- 2:00 pm Beach House
March 2014
TBD (22nd or 29th) Satur-
day - RCCO Annual Meeting –
10:00 am - Beach House
April 2014
TBD - LBTS Quarterly -
2:00 pm Beach House
May 2014
TBD - LBTS Annual
Meeting - 10:00 am Litchfield
Beach & Golf
21ST Wed - RCCO Board
Meeting - 7:00 pm Beach House
Inside this issue:
Notes From the Board 1
LBTS Meeting Update 2
RCCO By-Law Changes 3
RCCO News 4
New Board Members 5
Social 6
General 7
Day light savings 8
2014 Meeting Schedule 9
February 2014 Volume 13, Issue1
Notes from the Board
As I mentioned in our last newsletter, we
held nominations for the open Board seats
in early January. There were 4 seats open
and by the deadline on January 15th we
had 4 members put forth their names as
candidates. Therefore, in accordance with
our By-Laws, the election this year was
suspended at our meeting on January
22nd.
The candidates for the Board are:
(3) Three-year Terms:
Diane Stern
Bob Gilman
Gerry Vargo
(1) Two-year Unexpired Term
Mike Turner
These candidates will be appointed to the
Board after the Annual meeting in March.
As President, I would like to welcome
both Gerry and Mike. I know that they
will be valuable additions to our Board.
Also at our meeting, we made a few
changes to our By-Laws that primarily
address the timing of the Annual meeting
as well as the vague wording regarding
some of the duties of Board Officers. The
specific changes are shown in another
section of this newsletter.
In an effort to introduce the RCCO and its
Board to new residents, provide them with
information on the relationship between
LBTS and River Club and to give them an
opportunity to meet other new residents,
we will be holding an informal get-
together for all those who have moved
here during 2013 and 2014. We have
reserved the Beach House for February
18th – our social committee will be
providing refreshments. We look
forwarding to meeting our new neighbors
and answering any questions they may
have.
Lastly, we continue to work with Vince
Franco on the River Club page on LBTS’
new website. Our plan is to have the
newsletter, directory, map and other items
of interest to our members on our section
of the site. LBTS is working hard to make
their site useful for residents and owners
in the various regimes as well as visitors
to Pawleys Island. If there are any things
you would like to have included on our
site, please email me at: :
Diane Stern
President
RIVER CLUB REVIEW River Club Community
Association
Click her for the new
Litchfield by the Sea
website.
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LBTS Meeting Update
The Litchfield-by-the-Sea Board held its quarterly meeting at the Beach House on January
24th. The following items were discussed:
1. Changes are being made to entering and exiting at the Beach Campus. In the near future, a
bar code will be required to exit through the owners’ gate (presently, only entering through that
gate requires a bar code). Anyone without a bar code will be required to exit through the main
gate. Also, an electronic arm will be installed at the exiting lane on the owners’ side of the
main gate.
2. Three companies were interviewed for the landscaping contract for Litchfield by the Sea:
Waccamaw Landscaping, US Lawns and Starwood. After reviewing all the proposals, LBTS
awarded the contract once again to Starwood.
3. LBTS is planning on hiring a 40-hour a week landscaper whose primary function will be to
perform a daily review of the landscaping at the Beach Campus as well as in River Club and
address any problems as they come up.
4. The Board was asked about the agreement with Myrtle Beach National and their plans to
build condos and stores on LBTS property. Bill McElroy, President of the LBTS Board, said
that they met with MBN and they are still planning on building and fulfilling their obligation
to make payments to LBTS.
5. There was also a question about Petigru and the impact the road is having on River Club
residents who live along there. Bill said that the Board recognizes the problems and continues
to have discussions with Georgetown County about the plans for the road. Unfortunately, the
road is still the State’s responsibility and neither LBTS nor the County have any ability to ad-
dress the problems at present.
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Below are the changes that were made to the
RCCO By-Laws at the January meeting. The vote
to change the By-Laws was unanimous.
An explanation of the meaning of the change is in
italics following each change.
Changes to RCCO By-Laws
Page 1, Article II, #2
After ‘no later than’ change to: ‘the last Saturday in March’
Refers to the date when the Annual Meeting must be held
Page 3, Article V, #4
Change ‘Corresponding Secretary’ to ‘Corresponding and/or Recording Secretary’
Clarifies that the duties may be carried out by a Corresponding Secretary or a Recording Secretary
Page 3, Article V, #4
After first ‘shall’ add: ‘maintain the record of members in good standing along with the treasurer and
manage the electronic contact records’
Clarifies the duties of the Corresponding or Recording secretary with regard to records maintenance
Page 4, Article V, #6
After ‘their signatures’ add: ‘be responsible for the annual dues assessment and maintaining the record
of members in good standing’
Clarifies the duties of the Treasurer with regard to the membership drive and record maintenance
Page 5, Article IX, #10
The By-Laws were amended and approved by the general membership on January 24, 2014
Change the name of the organization to RCCO or River Club Community Organization throughout.
Changes the name from River Club Property Owners Association or RCPOA to the present name in the By-
Laws.
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Each month members of your RCCO board meet
with Waccamaw Management to discuss issues im-
pacting our community. Here is a brief recap of our
latest meeting.
We asked WM and Starwood to keep an eye on edg-
ing the road side around Club Circle, bush/tree trim-
ming at the back gate and at the turn on Club Circle
at Fairway, and general tree trimming of trees on the
median not marked for removal. They will also
monitor the need for trimming the trees/bushes/vines
along the outside of Club Circle. We are still wait-
ing to get a look at the building plans for the new
front gatehouse, and we’ll keep you posted. LBTS
has approved the funds for the new state-of-the-art
front gatehouse, which will include wi-fi, security
cameras, and hopefully be able to receive e-mails
from our residents.
The larger Club Circle median landscape project is
moving forward. The 1st phase will involve one me-
dian section left of the back gate and three median
sections to the right, and will include additional tree
removal and replacement trees, bushes and sod. As
we have said this will be a long term project and
we’ll keep you posted once the costs have been de-
termined we receive final approvals for this 1st phase
from LBTS.
During this coming year we’ll also be following
WM to get individual street signs updated and to im-
prove the overall appearance and effectiveness of the
4x4 reflector poles along the road-side. And, we
want to get all of the neighborhood name signs
cleaned, repaired and painted as needed.
And finally, we will be following WM and LBTS for
funds to re-do our back gate once the new bike path
is completed past the back gate entrance. We are all
in agreement that this will be handled, and we will
keep you posted.
Please forward any issues to us that you think need
attention and we’ll follow and keep you posted
Bob Gilman – RCCO Board
RCCO/Waccamaw Management Monthly Meeting Update
These are the architectural renderings for the new guard house at River Club. The colors will be the same as the guard house at LBTS - yellow with white trim. Construction should be starting soon.
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Gerald Vargo
I am Gerald Vargo (
Gerry) and live at 53
Bentley Court. I am
running for a three
year term as a Direc-
tor of the River Club
Property Owners As-
sociation.
My wife (Liz) and I
have been married for
forty-four years. We
have a daughter and
two grand daughters
who reside in Ohio. I was born and raised in Cleve-
land, Ohio.
I graduated from John Carroll University with a
Bachelors Degree in Accounting. I am a Vietnam
veteran that served in the U. S. Army. I retired as
Controller of Operations from the Sherwin-Williams
Company with thirty seven years of service. My re-
sponsibilities included operating and strategic plan-
ning along with the annual budgeting process. Liz
and I were introduced to Pawleys Island and River
Club in 2006 as a vacation by a friend. We came
back to Pawleys two more years on vacation and re-
ally enjoyed the wonderful opportunities of this
piece of paradise. We bought our house in 2009 and
never looked back. It has been a wonderful experi-
ence.
I am running for a board membership be-
cause I strongly believe in giving back to this com-
munity any expertise that I have acquired through
my thirty seven years of employment.
RCCO NEW BOARD MEMBERS
Mike Turner
My wife, Claire, and I
moved to the River
Club in Pawleys Is-
land in 2011 from Al-
pharetta, Ga. We
have 4 kids and 8
grandchildren in At-
lanta and New Jersey.
My career background
centered in the HR
field with MetLife for
28 years and my own
IT consulting firm
working with the SAP
software.
My academic history included a BA in Political sci-
ence from Georgetown, and an MBA in Finance
from Seton Hall.
I served two years as a volunteer in the Peace Corps
in Senegal, West Africa.
I participated in the HOA for our neighborhood in
Alpharetta, Georgia.
My interests include reading, gourmet cooking, Irish
history and a friendly round of golf.
I would look forward to helping with the Board 's
efforts in maintaining the excellent community life
we have in the River a Club.
Mike
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Social Team Members
Ellen Vignone Vera Kunz Clem Leyendecker Allan Gamet
Jane Barry Chuck Bader Barbara Call Pilar and Joe
Carbonie
Jean and Dave
DeClet Bob and Vera Kunz Carol Leis Susie Pavek
Luciann
Slomkowski
Mike and Claire
Turner Gerry and Liz Vargo
FEBRUARY LADIES LUNCHEON
The February River Club Luncheon is Feb. 12th at California Dreaming off
Route 17 Surfside at 12:00 pm.
Directory Updates Carol Leis
Directory Updates
Charles W Featherston
222 MacKinley Circle
843-314-0231
Robert and Beth Randall
69 Carrington Dr,
(PO Box 936 Bryson City, NC 28713
Robert 828-736-2615 (Cell)
Beth 828-736-4618 (cell)
828-497-1417 (home)
Joe and Dalene Banyar
13 Bently Court
480-862-9964 – Joe
480-862-9963 – Dalene
djbanyar@gmailcom
Kim Jaqckson and Stan Godlewski
843 Club Circle
843-314-0319
Andy and Jackie Hallock
24 Wexford Lane
843-485-2580
Mike & Maria Kim
182 Club Circle
(843) 314-0259 (Home)
REMOVE
Sue and Jim Panos
David and Mary Tedrow
Robert Scott
CHANGE
Earl & Whitney Taylor
From: 140 Tall Pines Way Unit
6-18
To: 269 Fairway Lane
Cindi Sherwood
From: [email protected]
Waccamaw Management is the current managing agent for the Litchfield by the Sea Communities.
In 2009 Waccamaw Management added a “Waccamaw Management On Line” feature. This will
allow you to establish a customer profile and login to view a variety of LBTS community infor-
mation.
For more River Club and LBTS
information login to:
http://www.litchfieldbythesea.com
Contact Vicki Cooper at 843.237.9551 to
obtain a user logon
Click here for Pawleys
Island Weather
P.O. Box 2308
Pawleys Island, SC 29585
Phone: (843) 237-9551
Fax: (843) 237-1034
Volume 13, Issue1
Other helpful community links:
Litchfield Beautification Corridor
Bike the Neck
Brookgreen Gardens
Georgetown County GIS Server
Georgetown County Library
Friends of the Waccamaw Library
Georgetown Digital Library
Georgetown County Museum
Hobcaw Barony
Hopsewee Plantation
RCCO Board Members
The River Club Community Association (RCCO) is a
community support organization. The objective of
the RCCO is to provide social support and effective
representation to the River Club managing agent,
Waccamaw Management and input to the Litchfield
by the Sea Community Association for issues relating
to River Club.
Membership in the RCCO is voluntary while
membership in the Litchfield by the Sea Community
Association is not. Seeking a balance and effective
representation of community issues has been highly
successful and we encourage both full time and part
time residents to join us in membership and
fellowship.
President
Diane Stern
Vice President
Bob Gilman 314-3798
Treasurer
Mark Gillis
Director At Large
Barbara Belfatto
Secretary & Newsletter
Editor
Bruce Fritz 314-3349
Social Committee
Ellen Vignone
Landscape Director
Ruth Leal
Security Director
Chet Kolesa
843-314-3814
Assistant to the Secretary
Connie Gallagher
845-314-3830
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LTBS Representative
Jim Nicely 237-4364
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First Day of Spring 2014:
Vernal Equinox
In 2014, spring begins with the vernal equi-
nox on March 20 at 12:57 P.M. EDT.
The Vernal Equinox Ah, spring! This season brings increasing day-
light, warming temperatures, and the rebirth of
flora and fauna.
The word equinox is derived from the Latin
words meaning “equal night.” Days and nights
are approximately equal everywhere and the
Sun rises and sets due east and west.
At the equinoxes, the tilt of Earth relative to
the Sun is zero, which means that Earth’s axis
neither points toward nor away from the Sun.
(However, the tilt of Earth relative to its plane
of orbit, called the ecliptic plane, is always
about 23.5 degrees.)
Vernal Equinox Questions and Answers
Question: Why doesn’t the vernal equinox
(equal night) on March 20 have the same num-
ber of hours for day and night?
Answer: Our former astronomer, George
Greenstein, had this to say: "There are two rea-
sons. First, light rays from the Sun are bent by
the Earth's atmosphere. (This is why the Sun
appears squashed when it sets.) They are bent
in such a way that we are actually able to see
the Sun before it rises and after it sets. The
second reason is that daytime begins the mo-
ment any part of the Sun is over the horizon,
and it is not over until the last part of the Sun
has set. If the Sun were to shrink to a star like
point and we lived in a world without air, the
spring and fall equinoxes would truly have
‘equal nights.’”
Daylight Saving Time
March 9, 2014 in the USA
Most of the US, Canada and Mexico's northern border cit-
ies will start Daylight Saving Time (DST) at 2 am (02:00)
local time on March 09, 2014. The clocks will "spring for-
ward" (by shifting the clock forward) an hour to daylight
time, so that evenings have more daylight and mornings
have less. The most of Europe will start DST on the last
Sunday in March. Most of North America shifts at 02:00
local time, so its zones do not shift at the same time; for
example, Mountain Time can be temporarily either zero or
two hours ahead of Pacific
Daylight saving time - also summer time in several coun-
tries - is the practice of advancing clocks so that evenings
have more daylight and mornings have less. Typically
clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the start of
spring and are adjusted backward in autumn. The modern
idea of daylight saving was first implemented during the
First World War. Many countries have used it at various
times since then.
The practice has been both praised and criticized. Adding
daylight to evenings benefits retailing, sports, and other
activities that exploit sunlight after working hours, but can
cause problems for evening entertainment and other occu-
pations tied to the sun. Although an early goal of DST was
to reduce evening usage of incandescent lighting, formerly
a primary use of electricity, modern heating and cooling
usage patterns differ greatly, and research about how Day-
light Saving Time currently affects energy use is limited
or contradictory.
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RCCO 2014 Meeting Schedule
January 2014 -
16th Thurs - RCCO/WM Monthly Review - 10:00 am WM Office
22ND
Thurs - RCCO Board Meeting - 7:00 pm Beach House
24th Fri - LBTS Quarterly - 2:00 pm Beach House
February 2014
20TH
Thurs - RCCO/WM Monthly Review - 10:00 am WM Office
March 2014
22nd
Saturday - RCCO Annual Meeting – 10:00 am - Beach House
20TH
Thurs - RCCO/WM Monthly Review - 10:00 am WM Office
April 2014
TBD - LBTS Quarterly - 2:00 pm Beach House
17th Thurs - RCCO/WM Monthly Review - 10:00 am WM Office
May 2014
TBD - LBTS Annual Meeting - 10:00 am Litchfield Beach & Golf
15th Thurs - RCCO/WM Monthly Review - 10:00 am WM Office
21ST
Wed - RCCO Board Meeting - 7:00 pm Beach House
June 2014
19TH
Thurs - RCCO/WM Monthly Review - 10:00 am WM Office
July 2014
17th Thurs - RCCO/WM Monthly Review - 10:00 am WM Office
23RD
Wed - RCCO Board Meeting - 7:00 pm Beach House
August 2014
21ST
Thurs - RCCO/WM Monthly Review - 10:00 am WM Office
September 2014
TBD - LBTS Quarterly - 2:00 pm Beach House
17TH
Wed - RCCO/WM Monthly Review - 10:00 am LBTS Beach House
17TH
Wed - RCCO Board Meeting - 7:00 pm Beach House
October 2014
16th Thurs - RCCO/WM Monthly Review - 10:00 am WM Office
November 2014
TBD- LBTS All Regime Meeting – 2:00 pm Beach House
19th Wed - RCCO/WM Monthly Review - 10:00 am LBTS Beach House
