FRED had a great Annual meeting. The Public officials in attendance included Orangeburg District 5 School Board member, Orangeburg County Councilman, Orangeburg County Treasurer. Board members attending included the Nightingales, Betty Stone, Bill Marshall, Matthew Summers, and yours truly.

We had very informative presentations by Andy Miller from SCDHEC who talked about water quality, and Bill Post from SCDNR who talked about Shad and Sturgeon.

We had a great turnout down by the River at the Arts Center. The weather was beautiful, we had scrumptious barbeque fare served up by the famous Eddie Green, Jr., and we had super entertaining live bluegrass by the Blue Iguanas. Mr. Joe Grange led a nature walk along the River after lunch, and we checked out great looking paddle boards brought down for display by Outfitters California Republic.

We are pleased with the turnout and participation at this year's annual meeting and we anticipate for next year's event to be bigger and better

President, Tim Rogers