The Team is Ready!!!!

Our team held our last training session on 9/24 in Charleston as we put the final touches on our presentation. Each team member will tell about themselves and a little something about S.C. Richard Sidebottom, our team historain, will end our presentation with the Welsh connection in our State. He will talk about the Welsh Neck area near Society Hill, Swansea, SC and the Welsh Slate Roofs in Charleston. After Hurricane Hugo, the roofs were in need of repair and it was determined that the slate originated in Wales and the new materials were obtained from there.
Adrel Langley, the editor of The Lake City News & Post and from Johnsonville, was so excited after her meeting that she went home and packed everything except her pecans which are a part of her Host Families' gift package. We leave from Columbia 9/30 at 4:13 PM and fly to Detroit. From Detroit, we go to Amsterdam and then to Cardiff Wales. At the airport, we will be met by Mike Parry, the newly selected GSE Team Leader who will be bring a team to our District in Feb/Mar 07. Our first stop is Swansea Wales. Our hosts have an exciting schedule prepared for us and each team member should have some vey interesting vocational experiences to share when they get back home. We will look forward to sharing with you as we embark on our journey through Wales. A special thanks to Cayce McIntosh and Shannon Mewborn who served as team alternates and Wayne Whelan who was my alternate. All of your help and support is and was appreciated by the team very much...Rick