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VOL 18 • ISSUE 9 • SEPTEMBER, 2015
SEABROOK ISLAND COMMUNITY
GARDENS BUZZING WITH NEW LIFE.
Next Steps page 3
Alan Flemming
Tennis - page 7
Overhead View of Seabrook Island Gardens from the SIPOA drone
Barrier Island Free
Medical Clinic
Festival- page 14
Island Notices page 19
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During the past two years, there
has been a major effort to improve,
expand and beautify the area commonly known as the “Garden Plots”.
The Seabrook Island Community
Gardens and the The Seabrook Island Property Owners Association
(SIPOA) have been working jointly
on the project.
In 1993, approximately two acres
along Seabrook Island Road near the
maintenance area were fenced and divided into approximately 20 plots for
residents interested in having a vegetable garden. This area also provided
space for a greenhouse and an area
for seasonal plant storage utilized by
SIPOA. As the demand for gardens increased, the 20 plots were subdivided
into 40 and soon residents were even
waiting two to three years to receive a
plot.
Hopefully, you noticed that the vegetative jungle that had grown up over
the past few years between Seabrook
Island Road and the Community Garden’s fence was reclaimed by SIPOA
last year. Trees that shaded both the
gardens and the greenhouse were removed. The overgrown hedge along
the fence was cut back and the vines
covering it were pulled out. The entire area was then landscaped and
mulched.
This past winter SIPOA expanded,
graveled, and landscaped the parking
lot and built a glass covered information kiosk near the garden gate.
Gardener Carol Price now oversees
a herb garden and a demonstration
flower bed of deer tolerant plants that
highlight the parking lot.
SIPOA also made available much
of the storage area and greenhouse to
the Community Gardeners, providing
10 additional gardens.
The greenhouse is now being utilized by all gardeners to germinate
seeds and is managed by gardener
Jim Eisenhauer. An area behind the
greenhouse was fenced and now contains Seabrook Island’s first and only
beehive with 5,000 to 10,000 busy honeybees. Beekeeper Calvin Cloninger
indicates that our bees should help pollinate all Seabrook Island vegetation.
PHOTO By STEVE HIRScH
Only three of the original gardeners from 1993, Mac Stanton, Frank
Santillo and Ernie Berger, maintain
a garden today. They say that most
Seabrookers have no idea how fast
weeds grow, how omnipresent the
biting bugs are, how hot summers
get, how much mice, rats, rabbits,
raccoons, and other critters can eat
or how frequently plants need to be
watered. According to Mac you have
to love gardening because, from a dollar and cents point of view it makes
little sense to have one otherwise. He
says we grow the most expensive vegetables in the world.
The Community Gardens operate
like other SIPOA groups, through
a committee of residents (Charles
Moore - Chairman, Roger Banks Treasurer, Valerie Doane - Socials,
Chris Czanler - Wellness, Jim Eisenhauer- Greenhouse Manager, Bill
Bane - Director of Wheelbarrows,
Jimmy Rinehart, Shirley Smith, Bill
Bryant).
Gardens are approximately 15X60
feet in size. Each gardener is re-
sponsible for maintaining his or her
garden area and the adjacent fence.
Gardeners volunteer for monthly
garbage/recycling duty and for semiannual workdays when general maintenance is done. SIPOA keeps the
center garden path mowed, provides
mulch each spring and maintains a
water supply for the gardens.
Workdays typically conclude with
gardeners enjoying some BBQ or
fried chicken. An annual potluck dinner is held each fall.
Seabrook Island Community Gardens are buzzing. If you own property
in Seabrook, live here nine or more
months each year and you want to
try your hand at raising a home garden, call Charley Moore (768-0003) to
have your name added to the waiting
list. Because of our recent expansion
the waiting list is not as long as it
once was.
Every day is a social event at the
gardens.▲
Charley Moore, Chairman
Seabrook Island Community Gardens
ADDITIONAL PHOTOS PAGES 10
PLEASE DON’T FEED THE WILDLIFE!!!!
It’s no accident that Seabrook Island is blessed with an abundance of
wildlife. Beginning with the original
development plan, our island was
developed and has been maintained
with the concept of keeping it natural
and of sharing space and habitat with
its wild inhabitants.
Great efforts have been made to
protect native animals through natural landscaping of our yards, creating
vegetative corridors, and maintaining
green spaces. Sea turtle nests are
protected, Bluebird houses are built
and checked, and even fish habitats
are constructed in our lakes.
Yes, we love our wildlife but do
some of us love it too much?
Deer, alligators, raccoons, and
even squirrels and birds lose their
fear of man when well meaning indi-
Sea broo k Wild T hi n g s
by Members of the Environmental Committee
PHOTOS BY CHARLES MOORE
Large bucks during the fall rutting season should be avoided as they become
more aggressive and may be defending a
nearby doe from a rival.
Raccoons will eat nearly anything so
please secure your garbage can lids and
keep a safe distance from them.
viduals provide food for them. Wild
animals not only learn to associate
man with food but they become concentrated in areas where food is being provided.
This serves first to increase the
likelihood of diseases and parasites
being spread throughout their population. Secondly, feeding wildlife
increases their negative impact on
vegetation and the environment and
thirdly, feeding causes them to become more aggressive and dangerous to residents and guests.
The Environmental Committee’s
Deer Management Task Force strives
to maintain a healthy deer population
on our island. That means keeping
the population at a level where we
can expect to see an occasional deer,
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CORRECTION NOTICE
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It was inadvertantly credited to Ron Ciancio.
PLEASE DON’T FEED THE WILDLIFE!!!! continued from page 1
Once an alligator is fed it associates man with food, losses it fear and will likely have
to be killed - A fed alligator is a dead alligator.
particularly in the spring when the
new fawns arrive. But also at a level
that keeps complaints from residents
at a minimum regarding landscape
damage or a herd of deer bedding
down in their yard each night.
Deer counts (statistical wildlife
management surveys) are conducted
each year to determine if the deer
population is increasing, decreasing
or stable. However, even with a stable
deer population their impact on our
lawns and landscaping is dependent
on their distribution on the Island.
By feeding the deer, humans are
concentrating them to a small area
that may (very likely) result in complaints by your neighbors. Do your
part; DON’T FEED THE DEER!
But, deer aren’t the only wildlife
that should not be fed by humans. It
is against South Carolina State law to
feed an alligator. Any wildlife biologist will tell you, “A fed alligator is a
dead alligator”. It is far kinder to hit
an alligator with a brick than to feed
it. This is because once an alligator
associates food with man it looses its
fear and becomes a nuisance alligator and there is little alternative other
than killing it.
It is futile and against SC State law
to relocate nuisance alligators. They
have a strong homing instinct and
have been know to return to the same
small pond after being moved more
than 100 miles away. An alligator can
live in excess of 50 years in the wild
so do your part; DON’T FEED THE
ALLIGATORS!
Raccoons are cute, playful, inquisitive and fun to watch. They also have
very sharp teeth and claws. In addition, they can carry distemper and/or
rabies!
Seabrook experienced the impact
and affect of overpopulation with
a massive die off of raccoons from
distemper five years ago. Please do
your part by securing your garbage
can lids; DON’T FEED THE RACCOONS!
There is even an argument for not
feeding the birds. We all love to feed
them and there are many good reasons to do so, but feeding birds (and
inadvertently squirrels) does have its
downside. As with other wild animals
it concentrates them into a small area.
This increases the spread of both
disease and parasites. It facilitates
easier predation by hawks, bobcats
and other predators and can alter
the timing of the birds’ annual movements and migrations. Finally, seeds
that fall to the ground can attract unwanted field mice, rats and other rodents near your home.
The bottom line is “ LET WILD
ANIMALS BE WILD – DON’T FEED
THEM !”▲
Charles Moore
SEPTEMBER 2015
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THE
Next Steps
For Chamber Music Lovers!
Johns Island
Chamber Music Charleston (CMC) is dedicated to offering classical music through chamber
music concerts of high artistic quality by highly
accomplished musicians of the Lowcountry. In
a review of a CMC concert last November, Peter Ingle said: “ … we heard pure music. Intricate, delicate music offered through loving,
thoughtful play.”
CMC’s 2015-16 season includes three house
concerts on Seabrook Island. House concerts
are approximately an hour in length without
intermission. A reception follows and the audience has an opportunity to meet the performing musicians and fellow audience members.
Details for the first Seabrook Island concert:
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015
7:00PM
The Wildermann Residence
3138 Privateer Creek Road
Program:
Brubeck Take Five Mozart String Quartet
in D Major, K. 575
Ed Dyckman (right) congratulates another volunteer
who has completed the training program
Next Steps Johns Island has recently initiated a self-help program
for our community. It offers a “hand
up, not a handout” to those seeking dignity and self-reliance in their
lives. The underlying premise of the
outreach asks the question : What is
your next step in reaching life changing goals you have set for yourself?
Next Steps Johns Island will host
an Open House for potential volunteers on Wednesday, September
16, from 1:30-3:30PM in the Live
Oak Room at the Lake House. Ed
Dyckman, the person responsible for
developing the local model, will give
a one-hour presentation. The digital
information will be followed by a Q
&A time and an opportunity to talk to
Seabrook volunteers who are already
participating.
Based on guidance of mentors, the
plan draws on life experiences, acquired job skills, as well as programs
that are already functioning on Johns
Island (Charity Tracker through Our
Lady of Mercy outreach, preparation
for completing a GED, improvement
of language skills, home repair, etc.).
The focus is to use programs of
agencies already in place rather than
continually reinventing the wheel.
Next Steps opened to participants
in mid-April. So far one gentleman
has received a hearing aide which
has now given him the confidence to
seek a job and to manage his financial affairs. Home repairs are another
significant area where home owners
have been able to cut costs through
improved wiring and additional insulation. Three people are preparing to
take the GED test and move on with
their education. Others are seeking
help in having their driver’s licenses
restored.
For more information check out
the website at www.nextstepssc.org.
On Seabrook contact Nina Milton,
coordinator for training volunteers
for various roles (737-4565), or Marcia Cassell, coordinator for communications (243-0945).▲
Marcia Cassell
PHOTO By RIcHARD BARNOLA
For information on the other house concerts,
and to purchase tickets, visit the CMC website:
http://chambermusiccharleston.com ▲
EXCHANGE CLUB NEWS
2016 Angel Oak Award Seeks Nominations
The Angel Oak Award was established by the Kiawah-Seabrook
Exchange Club in 2012 to recognize a volunteer who has made an
outstanding contribution to the
people or quality of life of Johns
Island, Wadmalaw Island, Kiawah
Island, and/or Seabrook Island. As
a part of the award, the Exchange
Club makes a $5000 donation to
a local charitable organization or
organizations of the recipient’s
choice. The recipient will receive a
remembrance and his or her name
will be inscribed on the Angel Oak
Permanent Trophy.
The award is recognized at the
annual Angel Oak Awards Banquet
at the Seabrook Island Club that includes a live band, guest speaker,
wonderful meal and, best of all,
great fellowship with Club members and their guests totaling over
150 people.
Any South Carolina resident
performing volunteer services re-
lated to our local islands’
activities is eligible for
the award. The award
focuses on service to the
target communities and,
while service over time is
considered, current year
contributions are essential. Again, this award is
for volunteer service to
the people of the islands
and not for those professionals who may also provide invaluable services.
Nomination
Instructions:
Nominations must be submitted
using the Nomination Form but may
include up to two (8 ½ x 11 inch) pages of pertinent supplemental material
such as news articles, brochures, and
letters of recommendations.
Completed forms should be submitted to the Angel Oak Committee by
mid October 15th directly to a commit-
New Exchange Club members being briefed on the volunteer charitable
opportunities available to them through membership in the club. If interested in joining, contact Jim Lawrence at jlawrenceksiec@gmail.com.
(Back Row) Henry Russell, Ed Reinhart, Bill Britton, Shaun Sullivan, Greg
Zerkel, Gary Courter. (Front Row) Henry Devens, Jerry Stephens, Ron
Ciancio, Barbara Fox ▲
tee member or to Kiawah-Seabrook
Exchange Club, Box PMB-J, 130
Gardener’s Circle, Johns Island, SC
29455. Alternately, nominations can
be submitted as a scanned electronic
document and emailed to Alan Armstrong at the email address below.
The award recipient will be notified by December 15th and will be
invited to attend an awards banquet
on April 6, 2016 to formally receive
the award and to be recognized by
the Exchange Club Members and
their guests. ▲
Mark Sanford, U.S. Representative for South Carolina’s 1st
Congressional District, was the
Speaker at the Exchange Club’s
August 19th dinner. Congressman Sanford addressed a number of issues currently being debated in the House and offered
detailed explanations for each of
his recent votes. A lively Q&A
followed his talk. ▲
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AGAIN
Many thanks to all of you who’ve said you like TWO AGAIN.
Now, I want YOUR recipes – that’s what this column will be
about – food served on Seabrook and the people who cook it.
Send recipes to Adelaide Wallinger @ laidee@bellsouth.net
Linda and Bill Nelson
Neighbors to Know
When Linda and Bill Nelson were
married 51 years ago, they had no idea
about the odyssey they would embark
on from Los Angeles to Honolulu to
California’s Bay Area to Tucson to
Connecticut, London and then back to
Connecticut.
After years of moving for IBM, they
chose Seabrook Island for their retirement home. They’ve lived here eleven
years so far.
The Nelsons both grew up in the
Los Angeles area and attended California State University at Los Angeles.
They started dating in Bill’s last year
of college. They were married a week
after his graduation.
Bill majored in mathematics and
added computer skills at Cal State.
Linda earned her California teaching credential and began her career
as a high school physical education
teacher in the tough East Los Angeles
schools.
Bill was lucky enough to start his
career with IBM in 1964. This was
60 days after marrying Linda. He
stretched that experience to 2008 before retiring with more than 44 years
of service to the company. His assignments went from systems engineering
to sales, sales management, product
planning, product development, finance, marketing, manufacturing
plant manager, business unit general
manager and finally to contract negotiations.
The Nelson’s have two sons who
were born in Honolulu, one of the
many IBM assignment locations.
They now have one granddaughter
and three grandsons, from six months
old to ten years. Two of them live just
north of San Diego and the two youngest live in Charlotte.
The couple’s Seabrook experience
has been great, particularly after Bill’s
retirement from an IBM job that kept
him on the road somewhere in the
U.S. or elsewhere in the world with
little chance to experience the rich
Seabrook life.
For the almost seven years since his
retirement, Bill has made up for his
previous absence -- as a road warrior,
walking the beach and riding his bike
as much as 150 miles per week. Add
Lake House gym workouts, playing
golf and practicing his longtime photography hobby to his Island pastimes.
Both Bill and Linda have been active in the Turtle Patrol from almost
the first year at Seabrook, getting to
know lots about this fascinating group
of loveable little creatures and their
many devoted patrol followers.
Since they first met, one of their
favorite pastimes has been ballroom
dancing. Even today, they never miss
an opportunity to join in for a waltz,
rumba, lindy, cha-cha or even an occasional tango.
After arriving in Seabrook, Linda
quickly settled into island life with
tennis, golf, bridge, garden club,
photography club and knitting. Probably, most importantly, she enjoys the
ocean and other wonders of Seabrook
while keeping up with her interest in
reading books from the bestseller list.
As historian of the Seabrook Island
Garden Club, she is a familiar face at
club events with camera in hand, recording its history in pictures.
Bill’s local involvement includes
leadership roles in the Turtle Patrol,
Photography Club and as a board
member of the Exchange Club.
Last year he volunteered to be the
editor and heavy contributor to the
Town of Seabrook Island Beach Management Plan, where he was able to
study both the physical and political
issues of our community. The plan was
approved by the Town Council in December of 2014.
Retirement brought some major
changes to the Nelson kitchen almost
seven years ago.
“We reassigned the cooking duties to a more reasonable balance of
workload,” says Bill. “After some experimenting, the agreement was generally that anything cooked on top of
the stove or on the barbeque was my
responsibility. And anything cooked in
the oven was Linda’s job.”
“Our many moves over a 44 year
IBM career have given us a broad cultural exposure as well as a taste of a
wide range of local foods: Enchiladas,
pineapple, havalena (wild pig), clam
chowder, shepherd’s pie and grits all
taste better when served in their native
habitat.”
Some of today’s recipes reflect
Linda’s years of providing potluck salads and desserts and other dishes for
church and civic groups.
After losing a pancake cook-off to
his son’s mother-in-law, Bill has adopted her winning recipe as the family
standard.
WAFFLES/PANCAKES
1st Mix:
1 cup self-rising flour
¼ teaspoon baking soda
2nd Mix:
1 cup buttermilk
1 egg beaten
2 tablespoons melted butter
Mix 1 and 2 together. Stir and let
sit 15 minutes. You’re ready to make
waffles or pancakes.
ARTICHOKE FRITATTA
½ pound fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 cup chopped onions
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 10-ounce package frozen chopped
spinach, thawed and drained
5 large eggs
2 6-ounce jars marinated artichoke
hearts, drained & chopped
1 ½ cups grated sharp Cheddar cheese
(6 ounces)
Slice mushrooms and sauté with
onions in oil. Thaw spinach and drain
well. (Allow 3 to 4 hours for spinach
to thaw and drain.) Beat eggs lightly
and combine with mushrooms, onions,
thawed and drained spinach, artichoke
hearts and cheese.
Bake in covered, buttered 1 ½ -quart
casserole at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
BLUEBERRY MUFFINS
1¾ cups flour
½ cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 egg
1 cup buttermilk
¾ stick butter
½ to 1 cup frozen blueberries
Vanilla
Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, salt
and baking soda. Add egg, buttermilk
and cooled melted butter. Stir mixture
gently and fold in blueberries and vanilla. Spoon into muffin tins, ¾ -cupfull. Makes ten muffins. Bake at 400
degrees for 25 minutes or until brown
BROCCOLI SALAD
2 bunches of broccoli, cut into
bite-sized pieces
½ to ¾ lb bacon, cooked and crumbled
½ to ¾ cup raisins
½ cup red onions, minced
Dressing:
1 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons vinegar (cider or rice)
¼ cup sugar
Toss mixed salad ingredients with
dressing two to four hours before serving and refrigerate.
TROPICAL TURKEY SALAD FOR TWO
6 ounces diced cooked turkey
1 cup small can pineapple tidbits
(no sugar added)
½ cup shredded carrots
¼ cup each: chopped celery and green
pepper
¼ ounce green onion (chopped)
2 tablespoons unflavored yogurt
1 tablespoon mayonnaise
1/8 teaspoon curry powder
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
Combine first five ingredients in
salad bowl. In a small bowl combine
remaining ingredients. Add to turkey
mixture and toss gently.
MEXICAN CHICKEN is a California
dish we used for years, especially for
guests not able to handle the more
chili-intensive, L.A. enchilada recipes.
MEXICAN CHICKEN
2 whole chickens, cooked, boned and
cut into bite-sized pieces
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can green chili salsa
1 can Hormel Chili with beans
½ cup chicken broth
1 pound grated mozzarella cheese
1 pound grated Cheddar cheese
1 small onion grated
8 to 10 corn tortillas (torn in bite-sized
pieces)
Mix all canned liquids, chicken
broth and onion to make the sauce.
Combine cheeses.
In a heavy casserole, approximately
9- x- 13-inch, place tortilla pieces one
layer deep on bottom of pan. Then
layer in this order: sauce, chicken and
cheese – always beginning with sauce
and ending with cheese.
Cover with foil and bake covered
for one hour and 15 minutes at 350 degrees.
BLUEBERRY STRATA PIE
1 8-ounce can crushed pineapple
(in own juice)
1 8-ounce package cream cheese,
softened
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoons milk
½ teaspoon vanilla
1 can blueberries (15-ounce)
¼ cup sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 baked 9-inch pie shell
Drain fruits, reserving syrup. Blend
cream cheese, sugar, milk and vanilla.
Stir pineapple into cheese mixture and
spread over bottom of baked pie shell.
Chill.
Blend ¼ cup sugar, the cornstarch
and salt. Combine reserved syrups
that should measure 1 ½ cups. Blend
syrup into cornstarch mixture. Cook
on stove top and stir until thickened.
Stir in blueberries and lemon juice and
cool. Pour over cream cheese layer
and chill until set.
LEMON CURD (Lelia Sublett)
4 medium lemons, zest and juice
¼ cup butter, cut into pieces
1 ¼ cups sugar
4 eggs, lightly beaten
In a double boiler, over simmering
water, combine the lemon zest and
juice, the butter and sugar, stirring until the butter melts. Strain beaten eggs
into the lemon mixture. Stir mixture
constantly on low to medium heat until it is thick or coats the back of the
spoon.
Remove from heat and pour into prepared jars. Store in refrigerator for up
to 2 months. Yields two to three cups.
EASY FRUIT DIP
1 tub or one package of cream cheese
1 jar Fluff (marshmallow crème)
Mix together until smooth and
serve with fruit. ▲
Raising the
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STORY & PHOTOS FROM FRIENDS OF THE HUNLEY
One of my life-topping experiences was witnessing the recovery of
the C.S.S. Hunley. Fifteen years ago
on August 8, I was on the press boat
with journalists from all over the
world who’d come to cover the event.
I’d lucked out—a space opened up at
the last minute—and when I got the
call the night before asking if I could
be at Shem Creek to board at 4 a.m.,
I think my “YES!” was heard in Columbia. It isn’t often that you get a
ringside seat to history.
For 126 years, the Hunley, the first
submarine to sink an enemy vessel
in warfare, had lain on the ocean
bottom in the waters off Sullivan’s
Island. She was the most formidable
naval weapon of the time, a radical
invention known as a “fish boat” for
her ability to move completely under
water. On the night of February 16,
1864, armed with an eight-man crew
and a torpedo topping the spar jutting from her bow, she crept out of
Breach Inlet and silently made her
way toward the Federal blockading
fleet a mile offshore. Her target was
the 23-gun sloop U.S.S. Housatonic.
Within three minutes of her approach, the Hunley had found her
mark. The Housatonic sank immediately, taking five crew members
with her. The Hunley and her men
were never seen again. She went
down carrying myriad mysteries, including the exact cause of her own
demise. That is until that clear, hot
August morning at the start of the
new millennium. Those of us on the
press boat were watching a different
engineering marvel as a synchronized complex of divers and derricks, harnesses and hoists worked
in harmony to raise the Hunley from
the deep. For weeks, dive crews had
been carefully wrapping the submarine in foam-insulated slings to keep
her from breaking apart when she
was brought up. Now, with the actual
raising about to take place, the atmosphere was electric, emotions high
as we waited for Hunley to surface.
We had been at anchor for hours,
and the boat’s steady rocking had
resulted in no small amount of seasickness. Yet the boat echoed with
a polyglot of languages as cameras
filmed journalists speaking in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, and Japanese.
Finally the signal came: the moment was upon us. Slowly, cautiously, and momentously, the cranes
brought the Hunley, cloaked in her
protective slings, to the top of the water’s surface. She was so incredibly
small. So impossibly narrow. She
looked like a wounded porpoise, sea-
water pouring off her as the hoists
lifted her up and onto the barge that
would take her back to land. Yet even
encrusted in seaweed and barnacles,
I could see her sleek, smooth aerodynamics. I was surprised by the
similarity of her hull design to the
modern submarine. Here was the
prototype for every submarine navigating the oceans today.
I knew that inside were the remains of her crew—all volunteers,
the test pilots of their time, in this
long and narrow sub—and I hoped
they could somehow hear the exhilaration heralding their resurrection.
The air now resounded in a cacophony of jubilation, with cheering, clapping, whoops, and hurrahs coming
from the hundreds, if not thousands,
of boats encircling us. Horns blew.
Flags waved. Strangers hugged. This
celebration continued as the Hunley,
now fitted snugly onto the barge and
surrounded by this joyous flotilla,
made her final ride into the harbor.
Crowds lined the beaches, the battery, Waterfront Park, and the U.S.S.
Yorktown; each group erupted in
cheers and cannons boomed as the
Hunley passed by. Traffic on the Cooper River bridges halted. The Hunley
was given one of the largest celebrations ever seen in Charleston Harbor.
As the press boat took us back to
Shem Creek, I realized what we had
just witnessed was not merely the retrieval of an historic Civil War relic.
This was no North versus South,
no Civil War. This was a victory celebrating the human capability for
invention, of making the impossible
possible. “The fair breeze blew, the
white foam flew, the furrow followed
free. They were the first that ever
burst into the silent sea.” So wrote
Coleridge. So was the Hunley.
For more information on the Hunley Museum see: www.hunley.org.▲
PAGE 5
SEPTEMBER 2015
THE
SINHG Announces Fall Speakers
The Seabrook Island Natural History Group conducts six or seven
evening programs each year. These
programs offer outstanding speakers on a variety of topics related
to nature and cultural history on
Seabrook Island, Charleston and the
South Carolina Low Country. The fall
2015 line up once again provides a
diverse and fascinating array of topics ranging from the protection of
South Carolina rice lands, the study
of the North Atlantic Dolphin populations and the preservation of historic
Charleston
The first presentation on September 17 is titled “Rice and Ducks, the
Surprising Convergence that Saved
the Carolina Lowcountry” by Virginia Beach. (Please note the change of
date as it was originally scheduled
for a week earlier)
Virginia is a graduate of the University of Virginia and a former
Peace Corps volunteer in East Africa.
She writes for numerous publications on the subjects of conservation
and natural history, is the author of
Medway, a history of a South Carolina plantation and she has served on
the staffs of The Nature Conservancy, the Lowcountry Open Land Trust
and the South Carolina Sea Grant
Consortium.
She is also the author of “Rice &
Ducks” which records the history of
the South Carolina rice lands, a landscape that stretches all the way from
the Pee Dee River to Savannah. It is
a story full of interesting and memorable characters, and unlikely allies.
They include English Lords, southern plantation owners and slaves,
northern industrialists, powerful
U.S. Senators, daring scientists, media magnates, Trappist monks, and
Wall Street financiers.
On October 8th Brian Balmer,
PhD will discuss the North Atlantic
Dolphin population.
In 2013, Brian Balmer, PhD, assumed his current position as a Scientist with the Oceans and Human
Health Branch of the Hollings Marine
Laboratory in Charleston, South Carolina. Prior to this move, Brian spent
12 years with the Chicago Zoological
Society’s Sarasota Dolphin Research
Program, moving up from Intern to
Staff Scientist. He graduated from
Virginia Tech with Bachelors of Science majors in wildlife science and
biology. Brian’s graduate research
at the University of North Carolina
focused on identifying the population
structure of bottlenose dolphins in
two regions that have been impacted
by different types of stressors; St.
Joseph Bay, FL (biotoxins), and the
southern coast of Georgia (anthropogenic contaminants).
The third speaker of the 2015 fall
season will be Katherine Saunders
Pemberton of the Historic Charleston Foundation. She will discuss the
“Preservation of Historic Charleston” on November 12th.
Katherine earned her degree in
Historic Preservation at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg,
Virginia. She is the Associate Director of Preservation at the Historic
Charleston Foundation where she
has worked since 1996. Her primary
job responsibilities include preservation advocacy, planning, special projects and historical research. Most
recently, she edited and compiled
the new Tour Guide Training Manual
for the City of Charleston. Katherine
also teaches a course in Research
Methods and Documentation for
the Clemson/ College of Charleston
graduate program in Historic Preservation.
In 2005, she was appointed by
Charleston’s Mayor Joseph Riley
as co-chair of the Mayor’s Walled
City Task Force. Since then, she
has worked to coordinate the new
research and archaeological excavations that have expanded our knowledge of the walled city.
All of the SINHG Evening Programs are held at the Lake House
with refreshments at 7:00 PM
and the programs at 7:30 PM.
All Seabrook Island residents
and guests are invited. There is
a donation of $5 for non-SINHG
members.▲
Gary Fansler
An early morning cyclist enjoys the tranquil trail that winds by the Rascal Run Green Space property
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SEPTEMBER 2015
THE
TOWN
HALL
MEETING
Summary of
July 28, 2015
Before the regular Town Council
meeting began, Elana Richmond, from
Obviouslee Marketing, reported on
the Town’s 2015 second quarter digital
review. Some of the highlights of the
report were:
Website
t 5SBGGJD UP UIF 5PXO XFCTJUF IBT JOcreased, in the second quarter of 2015,
5.57% when compared to the same period in 2014, with the majority of the increase coming from Google Adwords
and the Charleston Area Convention &
Visitor’s Bureau.
t 3FGFSSBM USBGGJD XBT UIF MBSHFTU
source of web traffic in the second
quarter of 2015, with a 6.4% increase in
traffic over the second quarter of 2014.
t 7JTJUPST BSF TQFOEJOH MFTT UJNF PO
the website, which could mean that the
redesigned website is more efficient.
Google Adwords
t i3FOUBM 1SPQFSUJFTw BE HSPVQ XBT
stopped in July due to declining performance and those funds were reallocated to “Golf” and “Seabrook Island”.
t 'SPN UIF GJSTU RVBSUFS PG PVS
click through rate increased from .60%
to .73%.
Sweepstakes
t *OUFSBDUJWF RVJ[ BET EFMJWFSFE PWFS
the contracted 700,000 impressions
with an average engagement of 14.3%.
Conde Nast Awareness
t 5IF TXFFQTUBLFT DBNQBJHO JT EFlivering contracted impressions on
schedule, which is increasing awareness for the Town of Seabrook Island
and the opportunity to be seen to a targeted audience.
t PGHVBSBOUFFEJNpressions have been delivered to date.
Councilman Romano volunteered
to meet with the first contest winners,
who will be visiting Seabrook Island on
August 10-13, since Mayor Ahearn and
Mayor Pro Tem Ciancio will be out of
town during their visit. Mayor Pro Tem
Ciancio also stated that efforts are
being made to slow down or stop remaining budgeted advertising expenditures for 2015 in order to stay within
budget. Historically, items such as
the fireworks and Kick It At Bohicket
have been included in the advertising
budget. Mayor Pro Tem Ciancio stated
that he had included these items in his
budget for 2015 but Obviouslee Marketing had not. The Town had been
on a spend rate, which if continued,
would exceed the $150,000 advertising
budget. Efforts will be made for the
balance of the year to adjust spending
accordingly to come in at or very close
to budget.
After the pledge of allegiance, Mayor Pro Tem Ciancio called the July 28,
2015, Town Council meeting to order
at 2:30 p.m. Councilmen Gregg and
Romano, Town Administrator Pierce,
Town Clerk Allbritton and several
guests attended the meeting. The
meeting was properly posted and the
requirements of the SC Freedom of Information Act were met.
Minutes – The minutes of the Town
Council meetings of June 23 and June
29 and the Public Hearing of June 23,
2015, were unanimously approved as
written.
Financials – Mayor Pro Tem Ciancio
reported that revenues were in excess of budget for the month of June
by approximately $23,135 and year to
date revenues are in excess of budget
by about $163,129. For 2015, revenue
is up by approximately $100,000 over
2014 primarily due to business license
fees and accommodations tax fees. For
the month of June, expenses exceeded
budget by $47,500. For the month of
June, revenue exceeded expenditures
by $75,700 and for the year to date revenue exceeds expenditures by approximately $205,500.
Citizens/Guests
Presentations,
Comments: No Report
Reports of Standing Committees,
Commissions, Boards:
Governments Relations – No Report
Community Relations – Councilman
Romano reported that the Property
Owners Association Planning Committee met on July 14 and their focus
remains on the 2016 Long Range Plan
that should be finalized by the September meeting. The Gateway Committee
met last week and finalized the agree-
ment with Glick-Boehm & Associates
to produce conceptual drawings of
the gate house by early September.
Upon approval of the Property Owners Association Board of Directors,
Glick-Boehm will then produce construction drawings and construction
will probably start around Labor Day
of 2016.
Councilman Romano stated that he
had been enlisted to work with Janet
Gorski on the dog park issue. Since
there is a deed restriction on the Town
Hall property as to how the property
can be used, the Town will have to obtain permission from the donor of the
property before it can be leased to the
Property Owners Association to build
a dog park. Councilman Ciancio commented that we should check with the
Town Attorney to make sure we have
the required documentation to formalize that waiver and obtain permission
before any further work is put into
the project. If permission is granted,
someone will then have to come to the
Town with a specific proposal to lease
that portion of the Town Hall property
for the intended purpose; and, at that
time, we will also need details on the
size, the anticipated usage, how the
Property Owners Association intends
to maintain the dog park, the hours,
etc.
Community Relations – Councilman Gregg reported that the Club’s
Long Range Planning Committee
met on July 18 and the committee
approved revisions to the Strategic
Plan, which is to be submitted to the
Board of Governors on July 27. The
committee also reviewed a member
survey and made changes. The revised survey will be issued on July 27
and members of the committee will
analyze the results when the surveys
are returned.
Public Safety – Councilman Gregg
reported that the Public Safety Committee met on June 29 and heard a
presentation by Carl Simmons, Director of Charleston County Building Services, on the Town’s Hazard
Mitigation Plan and its Community
Rating. According to Mr. Simmons
presentation, it appears there might
be activities that the Town can do to
improve its Community Rating. The
Public Safety Committee met again
on July 13 and reviewed Scott Cave’s
report from the June hurricane exercise. From that review, the committee
noted that the Town’s toll free telephone service is not in operation because, when the Town changed vendors for the telephone service, that
service did not get carried forward.
Mayor Pro Tem Ciancio stated that
the toll free number is used in time of
emergency as residents have been notified to use that number or the Town
website to obtain updated information
and that number would be useful to
those people who are not computer
savvy. Councilman Gregg suggested
that the Town contact VC3 and have
them try to reestablish the service
for that number since it has been
published as an emergency contact
number. Councilman Gregg stated
that one thing that the Town could do
to improve their Community Rating
would be to enact an ordinance that
would require a hazard disclosure by
realtors when they are engaged in the
sale of real estate within the Town’s
jurisdiction. Mayor Pro Tem Ciancio
stated that the Town might want to
meet with one or two of the larger real
estate brokers to see if they would
be comfortable with this before proceeding with such an ordinance. The
Public Safety Committee also recommended that the Hurricane Guide, a
publication from SC Emergency Management Division (available as a PDF
file), be placed on the Town’s website,
on the Tidelines blog and the POA’s
website. Printed copies of the Hurricane Guide should also be obtained
and made available in the Town Hall
lobby. Councilman Gregg also reported that the Town has received a letter
from the Building Services Department relating to a request to return
a Hazard Mitigation Action Plan and
Status Report by August 13 and Town
Administrator Pierce will get in touch
with Carl Simmons to find out how to
proceed since it was not received until
July 27.
Communications/Planning Commission – No Report
Other Planning & Development
– Mayor Pro Tem Ciancio reported
that, from the May 1 to June 30 time
period, Conde Nast has delivered
over 900,000 impressions. Relative to
the Town’s sweepstakes, 35% of the
2,700,000 guaranteed impressions
have been delivered to date. All three
sweepstakes winners have been contacted and one winner will be visiting
Seabrook Island on August 10 through
13. The other two winners must visit
before the end of the year.
Ways & Means – No Report
Planning Commission – No Report
Board of Zoning Appeals – No Report
Reports of Ad Hoc Committees:
Accommodations Tax Advisory –
None.
Reports of Town Officers:
Mayor – No Report
Town Administrator – Town Administrator Pierce requested that the budget for the Beach Patrol be increased
by $10,000 for 2015. The original
budget had been $25,000, but Council chose to extend the Beach Patrol’s
working hours from 8 hours per day to
12 hours and to start their patrols earlier in the year than in previous years.
Councilman Gregg moved to transfer
$10,000 from the General Fund into
the Beach Patrol Account (#6291).
Councilman Romano seconded the
motion and the vote to approve was
unanimous.
Mayor Pro Tem Ciancio reported
that he and the Town Administrator had met with Bill Shepherd, the
Beach Patrol Coordinator, last week
to discuss several items, including the
possibility of the beach patrol staggering the hours they were on the beach
to ensure that tents and other things
were not left on the beach overnight.
Town Council Members – See Above
Utility Commission – Jeff Bostock
reported that the Seabrook Island Utility Commission’s June financials had a
negative variance against the budget
due to the fact that an impact fee from
Cassique was budgeted to be received
but was not. In the first week of July,
the swap over of the $5,500,000 worth
of bonds went very smoothly. Operations were normal during the month
of June. Commissioner Bostock also
reported that the Utility Commission
voted to reject the request from the
Town of Kiawah to provide waste treatment to their new town hall and they
have been notified of the decision.
Petitions Received, Referred or
Disposed of: None
Ordinances for First Reading:
t Ordinance 2015-08, An Ordinance to Amend the Town Code to
Prohibit Chumming within 600 Feet of
the Beach – Mayor Pro Tem Ciancio
reported that, due to the number of
shark attacks in North and South Carolina and reports of individuals chumming for shark a short distance off the
beach and in close proximity of swimmers on Seabrook Island, an investigation was undertaken to see what other
communities in the area had done in
this regard. Mayor Pro Tem Ciancio
noted that there are a number of South
Carolina communities which have prohibited or restricted shark fishing or
banned chumming for sharks. Mayor
Pro Tem Ciancio stated that Council
does not believe it appropriate at this
point to ban fishing but does feel it
is appropriate to ban chumming and
this ordinance will prohibit chumming within 600 feet of the beach.
Councilman Gregg moved to approve
Ordinance 2015-08 on first reading.
Councilman Romano seconded the
motion and the motion was approved
unanimously.
Ordinances for Second Reading:
t Ordinance 2015-02, An Ordinance to Amend the Town Code
Regarding Waterways and Beaches
– Councilman Romano moved to approve Ordinance 2015-02 on second
reading. Mayor Pro Tem Ciancio stated that it had been noted at the Public
Hearing that vehicles owned by the
Seabrook Island Club that are used
for maintenance or assisting the Property Owners Association should be
included in the list of vehicles allowed
on the beach that are listed in Sec.
32-42 of this ordinance. Town Administrator Pierce remarked that Camp
St. Christopher has vehicles that are
used on the beach to move watercraft
and Council agreed to also add vehicles used by St. Christopher Camp &
Conference Center for the purpose of
transporting watercraft and for maintenance purposes to the listing. Mayor
Pro Tem Ciancio asked for a motion
to amend the proposed ordinance to
incorporate the foregoing comments.
Councilman Gregg moved to amend
Making Better Use of Your Cell Phones
Use Your
Words!
I don’t know
about most of
you, but I have
a real hard time
typing using the small keyboard on
my smartphone screen. Even on my
Galaxy S4, which has a pretty big
screen, it’s just not easy. I use my
smartphone as a digital recorder, so
I am always recording a reminder,
thought, or idea on my phone. Almost
all smartphones, Android or Apple,
have a voice recording app which
is great if you want to make a voice
recording. But did you know you can
use our phone’s keyboard “mic” to record the content of texts, emails and
written reminders? Yes you can you
can use your words instead of your
clunky fingers to get the job done.
In its simplest form, this process
works the same on both Android and
iOS smartphones. Now, I don’t use an
iPhone, but I Googled the process for
each and it looks the same to me so
here goes! If you want to send a text
message, open up the app on your
phone, and tap in the box where the
text will go. The keyboard should
come up on your screen. But instead
of using all those itty bitty little keys,
just tap the key that looks like a microphone (usually somewhere on the
bottom left part of the keyboard) and
start talking. Like magic, the written
words appear on the screen. Keep in
mind that you need to “speak” all of
your punctuation. So if the content of
your text messag is this: Please meet
me at the restaurant at noon. Looking forward to seeing you then! your
would say this: Please meet me at
the restaurant at noon period. Looking forward to seeing your then exclamation point. For any of you who
remember the days of dictaphones,
this was how you would dictate text
that someone else was going to type
for you. Same principle. It works the
same with an email. Open up your
email app, hit “compose” then hit the
microphone key on the keyboard and
start talking. You can dictate the name
of the person or persons you are sending the email to and the subject line.
I even got my phone to recognize
the command to insert an emoticon.
Pretty cool. There is one caveat I recommend you read the content of your
text or email before you hit “send” just
to make sure it all turned out the way
you planned.
If you want to see a whole gamut of
voicetotext commands:
Android: http://bit.ly/1NXGpXh
Apple: http://bit.ly/1QyvM0r
You may need to play around with it
a bit, but in the end you will find it a lot
faster and less frustrating. ▲
Next Month: Organize your ToDo
the proposed ordinance. Councilman
Romano seconded the motion and
the vote to approve the ordinance as
amended was unanimous. Mayor Pro
Tem Ciancio stated that this ordinance
was introduced for first reading in
February and it has been a long and
arduous process to get where we are
today. The Mayor Pro Tem expressed
appreciation for comments and advice
provided by interested parties, including Bill Nelson, COVAR representatives and the staff and law department
of DHEC. He stated that the final
product is much better as a result of
this input.
t Ordinance 2015-06, Mayor Pro
Tem Ciancio introduced an Ordinance
to Amend the Town Code Relating to
Electronic Filing of Statements of Economic Interest. He stated that the ordinance was required in order to remain
consistent with recent amendments to
South Carolina law. It is proposed to
amend Sec. 12-46 of the Town Code to
provide that the Statement of Economic Interest for the preceding calendar
year must be filed within 15 days of filing the Statement of Candidacy. The
person filing a Statement of Candidacy
will no longer be required to furnish
proof that it has been filed upon turning in his Statement of Candidacy to
the Clerk/Treasurer. Councilman
Gregg moved to approve Ordinance
2015-06 on first reading. Councilman
Romano seconded the motion and the
vote to approve was unanimous.
t Ordinance 2015-07, An Ordinance to Amend the Development
Standards Ordinance Relating to the
Seabrook Island PUD “Beaches as
Trust” Subdistrict – Mayor Pro Tem
Ciancio noted that Sec. 9.10.10 of the
Development Standards Ordinance
currently provides that it is unlawful
for any person to trim or cut trees in
the Beach Trust area without permission from the Town, OCRM and the
Property Owners Association; and,
if permission is granted, the pruning
can be no lower than six feet from the
ground. He noted that the Town is
proposing that this section be amended so that the approval of the Town
will not be required, only the Property
Owners Association, and it will be up
to the Property Owners Association to
determine the height requirement to
which the vegetation may be trimmed.
OCRM approval would be required
only if the root system of the vegetation will be disturbed in the process.
Councilman Gregg moved to approve
Ordinance 2015-07 on first reading.
Councilman Romano seconded the
motion and the vote to approve was
unanimous.
Miscellaneous Business: Heather
Paton, Executive Director of the Property Owners Association, reported
that the Department of Natural Resources and US Fish & Wildlife will be
on Seabrook Island Wednesday, July
29, at 9:30 a.m. to review the beach for
compliance to the dog ordinance and
for the Property Owners Association’s
compliance with the testing requirements of the cut.
Citizens Comments: None
The meeting was adjourned at 3:14
p.m.▲
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with any
software or hardware company and receive
no compensation for endorsing products.
My recommendations come from my own
research and use. Prices for apps are based
on information available at the time this
column was researched and written. Author
takes no responsibility for changes in prices
by the developers, iTunes Store, or Google
Play Store.
Denise Doyon
SEPTEMBER 2015
PAGE 7
THE
HEALTHY AGING
J . GERA L D REV ES, M D
Stroke: Stalker of Our Aging Population
Last month we wrote about the
signs and symptoms of a stroke as
well as the new ways to treat an acute
stroke. There has been remarkable
progress against this life-threatening
and or potential life-changing event,
but more needs to be done and undoubtedly will be done in the future.
What are the Numbers?
First and foremost for readers of
this column is the fact that age plays
a most important part in risk. About
75% of strokes occur in people 65 or
older. In other words it is an increasing problem the older we get: it has
been estimated that the chance of having a stroke double every decade after
55.
Stroke afflicts about 800,000 people
a year, and is estimated to occur at
the rate of one American every 40
seconds. About three-fourths of the
annual strokes are first time strokes
and the other quarter are recurrent.
In other words most strokes are firsttime episodes.
Stroke is the third leading cause of
death among Americans. It kills about
140,000 people a year. However, only
about 18% of strokes are fatal, and last
month we emphasized the importance
of getting immediate help when a
stroke occurs. Since most people will
survive a stroke the amount of resid-
ual damage is in part related to how
quickly the stroke is treated. (See last
month’s column.)
Because so many people survive
their stroke(s), it is the leading cause
of long-term disability in this country.
Thus, the name of the game needs to
be prevention.
Risk Factors for Stroke
Table 1 (right) lists the proven risk
factors for stroke. There are some
factors that you can control and or
eliminate. Smoking is the prime one.
Current smokers double their risk for
ischemic stroke (the most common of
strokes) over non-smokers with other
similar risk factors. Hypertension or
high blood pressure is another treatable risk factor that with good medical
care can be controlled. Diabetes, too,
is associated with ischemic strokes
and if the diabetes is well controlled
the risk from it is minimized. The fairly common heart arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation is associated with a five-fold
higher incidence of stroke than people
without it. If you have atrial fibrillation,
your physician may have or may want
to put you on an anticoagulant to prevent clot formation in the heart that
can embolize or flow to the brain. Age
is a major risk factor as mentioned
above. The older we are the more risk
we have of incurring a stroke.
Calculating Your Own Stroke Risk
Learning your personal stroke risk
can be done by simply going to the
American Heart Association’s webpage at: http://my.americanheart.
org/cvriskcalculator. Every reader
should do this and discuss the results
with your physician. (Before going to
the website be sure to have a record of
recent blood pressure and blood lipid
results, and when on the website be
sure to click on the small box entitled
“download cv Risk Calculator.”) If
your risk is greater than 10% you need
to discuss primary stroke prevention
with your doctor.
Stroke Prevention
Much has been learned about
stroke as well as other vascular related
problems like heart attack. Since heart
attack and ischemic strokes are both
related to interruption of blood flow
to the heart and brain, respectively,
some of the strategies for prevention
of both are the same. These include,
controlling blood pressure if hypertensive, blood glucose if diabetic, elevated and cholesterol to prevent atherosclerosis which can obstruct blood
flow to critical arteries. Related to
these is diet and exercise: it is important to engage in moderate to vigorous
exercise regularly (3-4 or more times
a week) and to eat a diet free of fat and
other cholesterol rich foods, but high
in fruits and vegetables. A Mediterranean diet supplemented with nuts
should be considered to reduce stroke
risk. The American Heart Diet is lower
in fats than the typical Mediterranean
diet. (See table 2 asterisk footnote.)
Table 2 (right) contains the major
stroke prevention strategies. Some
prevention may be specific to you, the
patient. If the potential for ischemic
stroke is high aspirin or some other
anti-clotting drug may be recommended or prescribed by your doctor.
Surgery is sometimes indicated in
patients with transient ischemic attacks if the carotid arteries are found
to be significantly obstructed by a
painless Doppler artery test.
The Bottom Line
Strokes are increasingly common
as we age. They can be fatal, but more
often are not, but can leave us disabled
for the remainder of our lives. A great
deal has been learned about risk of
stroke as we age. Likewise there are
a number of well proven things we can
do to lower our risk. Since risk reduction is a combination of medical advice
and prescription medicines in some
cases with a large dose of our life style
decisions, it is important for us to all
we can to prevent this ever present
danger to our healthy aging.▲
Alan Fleming Sr. Open Clay Court
State Championship Tournament
October 7-11
The 32nd Alan Fleming Senior
Open Clay Court State Championships are set to be held October
7th - 11th at the Seabrook Island
Racquet Club. New in 2014, Mixed
Doubles 40’s, 50’s and 60’s events
are now played as a Category 1
National Championship Gold Ball
Event (1000point level). This South
Carolina Level 1 State Championship
event and southern level 200 point
tournament was recently named
“South Carolina Adult Tournament
of the year. The tournament offers
over 44 events including singles,
doubles and mixed doubles for men
and women ages 35 to 80.
The event was originally established in 1981 under the leadership
of Seabrook resident Alan Fleming,
a resident of Seabrook Island along
with his wife Sally. Before moving to
Seabrook, Alan had been a nationally
ranked tennis player whose resume
This article is a follow-on to my
August “COVAR Corner” article
and provides an update on COVAR
Board efforts concerning enforcement of seasonal dog rules and
other rules governing conduct on
Seabrook’s beaches.
It is with great pleasure that I announce the adoption on July 28 of
Town of Seabrook Island (TOSI) Ordinance 2015-02, amending, updating and significantly strengthening
Section 32 of the Town Code, Waterways and Beaches. This event marks
the achievement of a significant step
in COVAR’s collaboration with TOSI
and Seabrook Island Property Owners Association (SIPOA) in an effort
to address Seabrook Island beach
issues during the course of the last
three plus years. COVAR commends
the Town Council for its resolve to
address long standing issues relating to Seabrook Island’s beaches
and bringing the effort to a successful conclusion.
The ordinance defines “beach”
and “primary frontal sand dune”
and significantly strengthens beach
and dune protection in harmony
included matches played at Forest
Hills, the precursor to the US Open.
Alan was a NJ State champion and a
National Father-Son champion with
son Peter. Alan was often ranked #1
in his age group in both New Jersey
and South Carolina.
The tournament, originally called
the Seabrook Island Senior Tennis
Tournament, ran continuously until
Hurricane Hugo forced a two year
hiatus in 1989. After Alan’s death in
1997, the tournament was renamed
in his honor. His son, Peter, went on
to become a tennis professional and
in the early 80’s was the Seabrook
Island Club’s touring pro. But, it
was with his doubles partner, John
McEnroe, that Peter made tennis
history. Together, Peter Fleming
and John McEnroe won over 50 doubles titles including four at Wimbledon and three at the U.S. Open.
Respite Care of Charleston
(Bridges)
The 2015 charitable beneficiary
will be Respite Care of Charleston,
an organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families coping with Alzheimer’s disease.
Respite Care provides social day programs, early stage Alzheimer’s disease support groups and caregiver
support groups for individuals and
families affected by memory disorders. These services are offered at
several Charleston locations including John’s Island, James Island and
West Ashley. The money donated
will come from the generosity of the
Seabrook Island community, fundraising held in conjunction with the
tournament, and any sponsorship
money remaining after tournament
expenses.
Over the years, participation in
the tournament has grown to over
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with SIPOA Rules and Regulations,
while recognizing the access rights
of beachfront private property owners provided they are in accordance
with applicable state, federal and
TOSI regulatory requirements.
The article prohibits walking on the
dunes except for specifically named
parties, e.g., emergency personnel. Of particular significance are
provisions authorizing the South
Carolina Department of Natural
Resources-chartered activities of
the Seabrook Island Turtle Patrol.
The ordinance makes it clear that
such activities are not in violation of
the ordinance. The ordinance also
contains significant provisions relating to beach activities such as vehicle access and operation; wildlife
and marine life protection; domestic
animals/pets; watercraft; overnight
storage of beach equipment; fires
and fireworks and holes/structures,
to name the most significant. The
COVAR Board recommends that
all Seabrookers obtain a copy of the
ordinance and study it in detail to
ensure that they, their guests and
contractors don’t inadvertently run
afoul of its provisions. To facilitate
this process, the Board has distributed a copy of the ordinance to
villa association/regime presidents
and representatives, their respective property managers and rental
agents. As a public service, electronic copies for other interested
parties can be requested by e-mailing me at allanwkeener@bellsouth.
net.
Two items relating to waterways
250 players from all over the Southeast and beyond. In 2007, the tournament received its current designation as a South Carolina Level 1 State
Championship event and a Southern
section 200 point tournament - one
of only four events at this prestigious
level in a nine state region. Last
year’s national championship level
1 “Gold Ball” mixed event brought a
new level of completion and national
exposure to the Seabrook Island
Racquet Club. ▲
To register or get more information on this
year’s tournament, please visit:
www.alanflemingtournament.com
and beaches covered in the August
“COVAR Corner” article, bear repeating here because they address
the greatest concerns expressed
over time: 1) seasonal rules for dogs
on Seabrook’s beaches, which is
now being addressed, starting with
new and clearer signage at SIPOA
and other selected beach access
points, that clearly inform dog owners of the rules for each season and
2) the hours of the seasonal beach
patrol, which TOSI has extended
from 10 AM-6 PM to 6 AM-6 PM
and is contemplating other schedule adjustments to further enhance
coverage. As previously stated, the
COVAR Board will continue to engage with TOSI officials, concerning enforcement of seasonal dog
and other rules governing conduct
on Seabrook’s beaches and keep
you advised of its progress.
The next COVAR meeting (Property and Landscaping Improvement
for Associations/Regimes) will be
Saturday, September 12 from 10
AM to 12 Noon at the Lake House.
All Seabrookers are welcome to attend.▲
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SEPTEMBER 2015
THE
Appetites and Anecdotes
by Saffron and Curry
Information for Seabrookers by Seabrookers
Email: saffronandcurry@yahoo.com
Photos by Paprika
Road Trip
St. Augustine, Florida!!!!
A short drive down I-95 and you
can be in St. Augustine in time for
lunch! Mapquest says it takes 4-½
hours, however we always have to
stop…for Cherry Cider near Beaufort, at the South Carolina/Georgia
line for a rest stop and a new map,
at the Florida Welcome center for
some orange juice and a new map!
So let’s make that a short SIX hour
drive!! At that last stop we also loaded up on the hop-on hop-off trolley
offerings, information on all the
sights and anything else they happened to have! Too bad our evacuation route doesn’t take us there!!!
We had booked ourselves online
into the Southern Oaks Motel
which is right where you first come
into town. It was fine..it was clean
and it offered a free breakfast, of
sorts, but most of all it was inexpensive which was a goal this trip. Last
time we stayed at the beautiful Kenwood Inn a lovely B&B fairly close
to downtown with delicious breakfasts and charming inn-keepers. It
was already full when we called this
trip. Good news travels fast! An interesting aspect of St. Augustine is
it really does not matter where you
stay as only B&B’s and a few hotels
are walking distance to the Historic District. Everything else you
do need to drive in and find parking. You do not spend much time
in your room! (The Bayfront Inn,
Best Western Bay Front, and the
Hilton being the downtown exceptions) Oh, yes, and the exquisite
Casa Monica Hotel which is an
updated holdover from the days St.
Augustine was a stop for
the rich and famous during the winter months.
St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied city in America.
Founded in 1565 she is celebrating
her 450th anniversary this September. A fortress from the 17th century ringed by a moat (dry now!)protecting the headlands, the Fountain
of Youth..supposedly discovered by
Spanish Explorer, Juan Ponce de
Leon and a whole host of wonderful
eateries with that Spanish influence,
plus Spanish architecture and you
have 13 square miles that are fun to
explore and almost too much to get
into a long weekend!
Restaurants of choice became
Casa Maya that truly has authentic bites from Mexico’s Yucatan region..try the Ropa Viejo literally ‘old
clothes” but “deliciously” chopped
beef with a wonderful array of spices
along with rice, plantains and beans!
Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner..reasonable. On Hypolita Street.
Down on the corner of Hypolita and
St. George St is the charming Columbia Restaurant (since 1905!!)
with a full menu of Spanish dishes
all the way to the churros for dessert with three homemade sauces.
Take a look around at all the lovely
tiles on the walls, and the gift shop
is an excellent source for Spanish
ceramics and dishware.(lunch and
dinner) Or just down from there another block is the trendy and lovely
Collage with elegant choices including fresh seafood and even lamb,
perfect for a nice evening out. (dinner only) For a quick bite try the
South-a-Philly Cheese Steaks..
Cap’s on the Water
Casa Maya
Fountain of Youth
Columbia
Downtown
Museum
Old Store
the owner hails from Philadelphia
and knows how to make these authetntic! At the corner right by the
bridge of lions that goes over to St.
Augustine Beach. Once you cross
that bridge go one mile and turn left
on Comares for the Conch House
for a great selection of seafood and
amazing views. Be sure to get there
by 5pm for dinner in a tiki hut on the
water! (lunch and dinner) Crossing
the other bridge, A-1-A North, a
little further north from downtown,
you turn left and go til you come to
3rd street and the sign on the left
pointing to Cap’s on the Water.
Open for lunch Fri-Sun and dinner 7
days, this was an ideal choice to sit
along the water’s edge and catch up
with old friends. Lunch choices are
pretty typical but the setting is perfect as is the friendly staff! Again,
get here by 5pm if you want a waterfront table.
We found a Denny’s on Ponce
de Leon Blvd for one breakfast,
a Zaxby’s for a quick late dinner
one night..always wondered about
them..had a very nice chicken tender basket..(they only serve chicken and salads!) and across from the
Zaxby’s had a nice breakfast in a
small local café and coffee shop that
was a pleasant surprise.
St. George Street is the main
shopping street in town and we
whiled away a pleasant hour in an
ancestry shop finding out what our
family names mean, another hour
walking up and down and finally a
goodly amount of time (and money)
in a ceramic shop with open courtyard north of Cuna Street on the
left.
We were chasing a friend’s Mexican pottery turtle and opted for too
much of other things! Ceramics
from all over..Spain, Mexico, Italy.
Quite lovely!
Another day we decided to book
one of the trolleys that run around
town and have hop-on-hop-off features. We checked them both out..
the Red Train and the Old Town
Trolley finally opting for the Old
Town Trolley since it made a stop
right near the statue of Ponce de
Leon and we could then easily walk
to Olive This and Olive That for
our only hope of locating some
delicious chocolate balsamic vinaigrette that we had been craving
and could never put in our checked
baggage!! We had a 3 day ticket and
enjoyed the entire ride around the
city (twice!) and even did the Old
Jail Tour (not that great), however
we thoroughly enjoyed the Oldest Store and just seeing things
from our childhood and our Grandfather’s house! Our guide played
right along with stories from the
olden days!
All is all we had a wonderful
weekend, loved St. Augustine..it is
just as hot there as here in the summer..but we hear that in November/December it is all sparkly and
decorated for the Christmas season
which would truly be fun! 450 years
old! Wow!
BY THE WAY: The Tattooed
Moose is finally open on Maybank
Highway. Hours are 1130am-130am
7 days a week. Charleston Restaurant Week begins Sept 9- 20 Don’t
miss out! Go to www.charlestonrestaurantassociation.com. Enjoy!▲
SEPTEMBER 2015
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St. Christopher is hosting the 3rd Annual
Barrier Island 5K Run/Hike on September
19th this year. This fun, family-friendly event
will showcase the beautiful facilities and environment that St. Christopher operates on,
which many of you have visited throughout the
years!
The same as in recent races, the B.I. 5K
Run/Hike will donate all proceeds to the Barrier Island Local Outreach Program. This
program takes Barrier Island’s hands on environmental education curriculum to the lowcountry Title One schools in the area that can
not afford to bring in their entire classes to the
overnight field trip. The B.I. Local Outreach
team will travel to the schools with snakes,
skinks, alligators and more, so kids are able to
GARDEN CLUB
The Seabrook Island Garden Club
will hold its first meeting of the 201516 season on September 11 at the
Lake House. The meeting starts at
9:30 AM at the Lake House and will
consist of brunch and a brief business meeting. I want to take this
opportunity to invite all ladies on
the island to attend. I hear so many
handle and learn about the environments that
surround them here in Charleston.
We would like to encourage any and all residents, friends, or guests of Seabrook and Kiawah Islands to come participate with us in this
special event. We urge you to take advantage
of visiting our property while simultaneously
helping to spread environmental educational
opportunities to the communities we live in.
Please know this is a Run/Hike. You don’t have
to be a runner to come and participate in the
event. We have a strong contingent of walkers
every year that take full advantage of spending
time in our beautiful facilities by walking. For
more information, please contact dkalshoven@
stchristopher.org, or register for the 5K at stchristopher.org. ▲
A Personal invitation from President Terry Fansler
comments when talking to many of
you who are not yet members such
as: “I do not have a green thumb”,
“I don’t have time to garden”, “I kill
any plant I touch”, “I can’t even remember to dust my artificial plants”,
just to name a few! The Seabrook
Island Garden Club is so much more
than a garden club. I like to think
of it as the garden social club. You
do not need to have any gardening
skills to be a member. For those of
you who are relatively new to the island, it is a wonderful way to meet
your neighbors and form new friend-
ships. By the way, we do have some
very talented gardeners who amaze
us with their beautiful gardens! For
information on membership please
contact: Cheryl Schumann Email:
cschumann@seabrookislandrealestate.com
We have some wonderful speakers lined up for the season beginning
in October with Pat Harpell, founder
and President of the SC Herbal Society, presenting “Culinary Herbs
and their Folklore”. Our meetings
each month include refreshments
at 9:30 am, a short business meet-
ing at 10:00 am, and our main event
speaker at 10:15 am. Our meetings
conclude at 11:00 am and take place
on the second Friday of each month
at the Lake House. Our annual dues
are $25. We do some wonderful
things with our collected dues such
as providing a full yearly scholarship in horticulture for a deserving
student at Trident University here in
Charleston. This past year we made
donations to Habitat for Humanity
for landscaping materials, Greenspace, and we donated a Charleston
Bench to SIPOA. Our big event of
the year is our Holiday Open House
in December for all residents of
Seabrook Island. We have an end-ofthe-year event in May which in the
past few years has been a wonderful luncheon at the Seabrook Island
Club.
I hope all of you will check us out
and attend our opening meeting or
starting in October one of our meetings that include speakers. You can
join at any time, we always welcome
new members! I look forward to
meeting you! ▲
Terry Fansler, President
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SEPTEMBER 2015
THE
GARDENS BUZZING
Continued from page 1
Annual workdays at the garden are not all work and are frequently followed with some BBQ and cold drinks.
(L to R – Inger Fyfe, Dick Wildermann, Derek Fyfe, Chris Czander, Marge Wildermann, Gail Banks,
Roger Banks and Valerie Doane. (PHOTO By PATRIcIA ScHAEfER)
Jim Sporn and James Hill, two of our newest gardeners,
try to keep the weeds under control.
Pat Derajtys’s three cherry tomato plants
produced a bushel of tomatoes this year.
Some of the worlds most expensive vegetables (PHOTO By MAc STANTON)
Beekeeper Calvin Cloninger and Charley Moore keep a wary eye on the garden’s newest inhabitants.
SEPTEMBER 2015
PAGE 11
THE
Summer Tennis Exhibitions
Every Monday night during July, Seabrook Island Club’s tennis
pros and members of the local tennis community took to the courts
to help benefit Shannon’s Hope, a local fundraising cause here on
Seabrook Island. Here are some of the stars of tomorrow:
Gavin Duguid
Mike Kisder, Head Tennis Professional SIC
Palmer Byrnes – grandsons of John and
Ada Byrnes
Jack Byrnes – grandsons of John and
Ada Byrnes
Isaiah Ruckman – grandson of Jerry and Macky Farber
PAGE 12
SEPTEMBER 2015
THE
A Walk on Nancy Island
It was low tide. On the bridge, I was
welcomed by the clickity-clack of hundreds of Fiddler crabs as they waved a
greeting before racing to their holes. I
stepped into ankle high grass, carefully
checking the ground for critters and
prickers. The non-stop hiss I heard was
from insects flying by or screaming
from their hiding spots and thankfully
was not from snakes today. Sounds of
nature were all around me, and mankind seemed far away. A few weatherworn trees provided sporadic shade.
The long views of marsh grass ended
with the creek in the distance. I gazed
at the other hammocks which seemed
close enough to walk to but knew pluff
mud awaited the foolish hiker. As I
turned to leave, a thicket exploded
with noise and movement. A young
buck ran to the mainland, having his
afternoon nap interrupted. Apologetically, I made my way back to Seabrook
Island, leaving this special place to its
secrets.
Nancy Island is a small hammock
off of Jenkins Point. This low country gem was donated to the Seabrook
Island Green Space Conservancy by
long time Seabrooker, Larry Bradham. Larry’s father bought the117
acres now called Jenkins Point on
February 4th, 1950 for $11,000. Larry
said that people thought his father was
crazy for spending that much money
at the time.
A successful developer, Larry later
purchased islands off of Seabrook Island’s coast outside of the limits of the
Seabrook Island Property Association.
Nancy Island consists of over one
acre of high ground and three and a
half acres of marsh. The island was
originally called Short Island, but
Larry renamed it after his second
daughter. Despite the original plan
to place a house on the property,
Larry decided to donate the island
to the Conservancy, our largest property donation to date. As a result of
Mr. Bradham’s generosity, a piece of
South Carolina’s low country will be
preserved forever for the benefit of all
living things.
For information on how you can
support the Conservancy’s efforts,
please visit our website at
www.sigsc.org. ▲
Lisa Hillman
Group Generosity for Green Space
Four families have joined forces to
protect a favorite view from disappearing. The property on Rascal Run (3016)
abutting the POA path to the community crabbing dock and boat launch is the
latest addition to the Island’s preserved
Green Space. Whether approaching
from Rascal Run or from the opposite
side of the path, this marsh front lot
provides a natural uncluttered entrance
for the walkway. Live Oaks draped with
Spanish moss provide a green and lush
backdrop to the public area.
This desirable land was for sale and
possible development. When friends
and neighbors heard the Conservancy
was interested but could not afford the
asking price, they jumped into action.
A joint neighborhood effort provided
80% of the agreed upon price. The Conservancy used funds raised through
the annual gala and other fundraising
appeals to cover the remaining expenses.
A huge thank you goes out to the
contributors. Some donors said they
just wanted to help this worthwhile
cause. Others said that they were inspired to donate because of the special
people in their lives.
Barry Cranfill said that he and his
wife Stacia decided to donate on behalf
of their children. Ashley and Cooper
Cranfill “have spent their childhood
fishing, crabbing, kayaking, boating,
sailing, swimming, surfing, biking,
and hiking, creating a lifelong love of
Seabrook Island.”
Scott Pope and his sister and brother in law, Amy and Mike Stinnett,
donated in memory of their parents
Lawrence and Etta Lea Pope, who instilled in their children a passion for
nature and the South Carolina coast.
This pleasure in the Low Country
has been passed on to their grandchildren Emilea, Clayton, Katie and
Aaron who enjoy all the special activities on Seabrook Island. The family
members “are grateful for the opportunity to help protect the pristine environment for generations to come.”
As SIGSC president Kevin Garvey
stated “their generosity is so greatly
appreciated and will serve as a model
of how Seabrookers can come together to preserve land for the wildlife
and natural beauty we all love here on
Seabrook.”
To view the list of preserved
properties and for more information
on how you can help protect green
space, please go to our website at
www.sigsc.org. ▲
Lisa Hillman
SEPTEMBER 2015
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THE
'30.508/)"-by Donald Romano
As a Town OF Seabrook Island
Council man, I have often been asked:
What does the Town do? What does
the Town do with the money it collects? What do the voters expect of
their Councilmen once they are elected?
Our Town government is a Mayorcouncil forum. It is comprised of a
Mayor and four Council men, all municipal officials, elected to two year
terms. One councilman serves as
Mayor Pro Tempore, and acts as Mayor during the Mayor’s absence or disability. The Municipality also employs
a manager to act as chief administrator, a Clerk/Treasurer, and an administrative assistant.
The council has all legislative powers of the municipality and determines
all matters of policy, including but not
limited to;
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an outside accounting firm. The bud-
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with a review of the past four year’s
revenues and expenses. A projection
is made as to the coming year’s values,
which is adopted at the October Council meeting.
The revenue generated from
Town business and county / State
rebates currently is approximately
$1,000,000.00 with expenses of
$800,000.00. Revenue in excess over
expenses, normally in the range of $
200,000.00, is transferred to the town’s
emergency disaster recovery account,
which presently has a balance of approximately $ 1,200,000.00.
The town’s monthly financial reports are posted on the town’s web
page under the Town Admin Tab.
Monthly meeting minutes, agendas,
and meeting dates are also posted.
The website was recently updated,
and gives residents and visitors current town information. Links to the
Tidelines and the Seabrooker can also
be found under this tab.
Being a Seabrook town councilman
is much more than a commitment to
attend meetings. The council and staff
have the interests of the town citizens
in mind, and pursue town matters with
that purpose.
This November 2015, my term of
office will expire. I have decided to
explore other areas of service to our
community. Serving as a town council
man has been a rewarding experience,
and I thank you all for having the confidence in me to represent you.▲
Islands Hunger Sea
Awareness Foundation
Continues to Make a Difference
Check presentation to Linda Fasig, Ellen Fipps, Martha Reed, Beth Dolby, Dale Snyder, Jennifer Wicker, Shirley Salvo,
Charles Freeman, Joanne Threfall, Linda Dowling, and Molly Belton. Bertha Middleton and Sandy Claire (not pictured)
Dick Bosstick and Amy Myers
enjoying the evening
Sixty guests recently enjoyed a
delicious five course gourmet dinner
and wine tasting - appetizer to dessert - overlooking the ocean at the
Sandcastle at Kiawah Island. The
event, sponsored by Harris Teeter at
Freshfields, raised over four thousand
dollars. These funds will assist the Sea
Islands Hunger Awareness Foundation (SIHAF) as it works to continue
to ensure that consistent and dependable sources of food reach those living
in poverty on Johns and Wadmalaw
Islands.
A my Myers presented silent auction
items to include exquisite wine and
a gourmet dinner at your home prepared by Dick Bosstick, Manager of
the Wine Department at Harris Teeter. Mr. Bosstick also served as Master of Ceremonies.
The local community support for
SIHAF continued at Shop for a Cause
at Tommy Bahama’s on July 18th and
Shop and Share on July 31st at Lilly
Pulitzer’s.
The funds raised at the very successful First Annual Gullah Celebration were disbursed to Hebron Zion
Presbyterian Emergency Food Bank,
Rockville Presbyterian Meals on Monday, Meals on Wheels of Charleston
(provides meals to the Sea Islands),
Stono Baptist Blessing Basket, Sweetgrass Garden Co-Op, Backpack Buddies of Seabrook and Wadmalaw Island Community Center.
Please “Save the Date” for the Second Annual Gullah Celebration to be
held at Freshfields on May 14, 2016.
The Sea Islands Hunger Awareness
Foundation meets at 1:00 PM on the
second Friday of each month at the
Johns Island Library. For more information and to learn how YOU can
become involved in the Foundation’s
mission, “Fighting Island Hunger One
Meal at a Time,” please visit www.
FightIslandHunger.org or contact
Shirley Salvo, Foundation President,
at greenwave21@bellsouth.net. ▲
OPEN HOUSE
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
2:15 – 4:00 pm
Church of Our Saviour
4416 Betsy Kerrison Pkwy
The Island Choraliers
will host an Open House for Kiawah and
Seabrook Island residents (both full and part-time)
who may have an interest in joining
its Male Chorus. This is not an audition.
Please stop by and “check us out!”
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Sea Islands Hunger
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SEPTEMBER 2015
THE
The Barrier Island Free Medical
Clinic Wine and Beer Festival
On October 4th, the Barrier Island Free Medical Clinic is hosting
one of its major fundraisers of the
year. Festivities begin at 3PM and
wind down at 6PM. This will be the
ninth annual wine and beer festival
the Clinic has sponsored.
This year’s festival promises to
match, if not exceed, the fun and entertainment of last year’s. One of the
musicians who will be entertaining
the crowd is the very popular Ann
Caldwell, who has been featured
in prior festivals. Ann can take you
down memory lane with songs from
the ‘40’s through the ‘70”s, or treat
you to marvelous Gullah music that
is hard to find anywhere else.
This year’s event will be held
under a beautiful canopied tent, so
rain or shine, there will be an enjoyable time for all. Festival attendees
will have the opportunity to sample
a wide variety of excellent wines as
well as craft beers coordinated by
Kiawah Wines and Spirits, a Diamond level sponsor for the event.
Guests will enjoy small plates prepared by local restaurants.
There will also be bidding on a
varied selection of quite impressive Silent Auction items. Two of
the Silent Auction items are really
eye popping. One is a 7-day stay for
4 people in a vintage Tuscan style
villa with 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, and
a living room and kitchen combination. The other is accommodation
for 2 people in one of three different safari/game lodges in South Africa for 6 nights including all meals
and two safaris daily. These auction
items can have multiple winners.
Whatever the highest bid is, others
can replicate that bid and receive
the same auction item. That is hard
to beat.
Tickets can be purchased at Indi-
go Books at Freshfields Village beginning September 1st. Advanced
sale tickets are $40; at the gate, $45,
and youth tickets (8-21years of age)
are $20.
The Barrier Island Free Medical
Clinic is an organization well worth
supporting as it provides healthcare for people between the ages of
18 and 65 who have no health insurance. It services the people living
or working on Johns, James and
Wadmalaw islands. The Clinic sees
roughly 400 patients per month. It
has been a lifesaver for its many
patients, most of whom have never
had health insurance.
No wonder it is called the Miracle on Maybank. ▲
Barbara Burgess
PHOTOGRAPHER & ARTIST
Of THE MONTH
by Roberta Boatti
Bill Nelson
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE MONTH
Bill’s passion for photography
started in the late 1940’s with the
purchase of a German Edixa 35mm
camera and a primitive light meter.
The funds for this major capital
purchase came from over a year
of delivering a weekly advertiser
newspaper. With a little help from
his father, he learned the basics of
aperture, shutter speed, focus and
film speed. These things were particularly important to getting consistent results with a film camera
where seeing your prints could be
delayed by weeks while the drugstore processed the film.
Early on, landscapes and wildlife were his major subjects as it
seemed most observers wouldn’t
trature”) class on September 22nd
be interested in pictures of people
from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.. In this class,
they probably didn’t know. With
Bill will share the basic techniques
the progress of technology, social
of taking portraits from posing to
media, and having a family of his
backgrounds to lighting to camera
own, portraits, particularly of the
setup. The class is open to all (withfamily, became a heavy focus. Capout charge) and should be helpful
turing the maturing of children and
to anyone who is interested in capthe personality of all of his subjects
turing images of people from those
became Bill’s mission.
using phones to point and shoot
The Photography Club will be
cameras and to more sophisticated
offering a “Photographing People”
equipment. ▲
(or, as it is often referred to, “Por-
Walter Czander
ARTIST OF THE MONTH
This month the Seabrook Island
Artist Guild will showcase one of
its long time and most active members, Walter Czander.
Walter’s passion for art started
in high school and was nurtured
by Margaret Sullivan a renowned
artist and instructor. After a career
in engineering that focused on the
planning, concept and design of
buildings for the pharmaceutical
and chemical industries, her retired to Seabrook and pursued his
early dream of becoming an artist.
Walter paints a variety of subjects in
oils, acrylic and watercolor.
As a member of the Artist Guild
since 2007, Walter is a Vice President of the Guild and has responsibility for the monthly hanging
of the Guild member’s art work in
the Lake House Hallway Gallery
and coordination of the monthly
art classes taught by fellow Guild
members.
To learn more about the
Seabrook Island Artist Guild,
events, workshops and membership visit the website at www.
seabrookislandartistguild.com ▲
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THE
SUPPORT AMERICA’S VETERANS
The Fisher House Charleston (wholly owned subsidiary of The Harbour House Inc.) invites you to support
our Veterans and their families by registering to play
golf or attend the Ball. Our third annual golf tournament is being held at the Kiawah Island Golf Resort’s
Ocean Course 09/13/2015. Attached below is our online
brochure with the information on our 2015 events, Golf
Tournament and Veterans Day Ball. Our web site, www.
fisherhousecharleston.org/events/register has everything needed to sign up/be a sponsor or to sponsor a
veteran to play golf and or attend the Ball.
Our capital campaign of 2015 is proceeding. Our goal
is $2.6 mil. With the property paid off, it will be donated to the VA. The Fisher House Foundation will then
build a Fisher House on the property at 150 Wentworth
St., Charleston.
We have 28 foursomes to fill at the Ocean Course.
Please go on our web site and register. Enter Golf or
Ball and your email in the comments section. You also
can sign up by sending a check made out to Fisher
House Charleston with, Golf, or Ball and contact email
in the “for/memo” section on your check. Mail the
check to Fisher House Charleston, PO Box 829, Johns
Island, SC 29457. The individual donor/player is $500,
the same as last year. Other sponsor levels are shown
on our web site. If you have designated golfers, please
enter their names in the comment section or email
Steve Sager.▲
PLEASE, HELP US REACH OUR GOAL FOR
THE VETERANS. THEY DID THEIR PART,
LET’S DO OURS!
For golf questions/requests email Steve Sager
(ssager@sbsager.com) or Al Burnaford (Alburnaford@
gmail.com)
For volunteering at the golf event email Ed Dear
(medear1@bellsouth.net) or Dudley Schleier (dudleyschleier@gmail.com)
For Gala questions/requests email Durbin Emerson
(Durbin.edad@comcast.net) or Al Burnaford (Alburnaford@gmail.com).
World Affairs Council
of Charleston
New Season
The Charleston Museum’s
New Textile Exhibit on Display
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On loan especially for this exhibition are five miniature portraits from
the collections of the Gibbes Museum
of Art. In each of these pieces, Charlestonians are depicted in uniform from
the American Revolution to the Civil
War. Subjects include John Laurens
and Daniel Stevens from the Revolutionary War and Thomas Pinckney
from the War of 1812.
Grahame Long, the Museum’s Chief
Curator, expresses the significance of
uniforms by stating “Uniforms - military ones particularly - provide powerful, and at times poignant, communicative symbols. More than just attire,
each can, without words, tell its own
story of valor, duty, and perseverance.”
Museum Director Carl Borick notes
that “On Parade, Into Battle is another
excellent example of the richness of
the Museum’s historic textiles collection.” He maintains that “few other institutions in the U.S. have such a depth
of materials for a distinct region like
the South Caroline Lowcountry covering as lengthy a period of time.”▲
On Parade, Into Battle chronicles
the history of military uniforms from
the Revolutionary War to the present, demonstrating the evolution of
military dress from the formal, stiff
attire of the 18th and 19th centuries
to the more functional and utilitarian
clothing of the late 20th and early 21st
centuries. Highlights include Thomas
Pinckney’s rare Revolutionary War silk
coat, a range of Confederate uniforms
from the American Civil War, clothing
from the various service organizations
of the First and Second World Wars
and uniforms of some of our country’s
earliest servicewomen.
In addition to these textiles, on
display are weapons representative of
each uniform’s era as well as propaganda posters by artists such as Norman
Rockwell and John Falter. American
military helmets from the Revolutionary War era through the Second World
War along with examples brought back
from other countries as souvenirs are
on display. Meanwhile, the gallery’s
special study drawers contain accoutrements such as epaulettes, medals,
dog tags, and historic photographs.
The new year for World Affairs
Council of Charleston begins on
Wednesday, October 7, 2015.
Thirty-five Seabrookers are members of the WACC. Seabrook Island has
a proud history in that many residents
have contributed to the success of the
organization. Bill Boudreau, retired
American foreign service diplomat,
was an early shaker and mover. Currently Craig Hanson, Frank Farfone,
and Chuck Bensonhaver serve on the
Board. Alan Armstrong and Linda
Mesaros recently served as directors.
The organization is ever more vigorous. The membership is at an all time
high of 342. The mission of extending
the understanding of international
issues in an increasingly globalized
world is ever more important. The
meetings, held at The Citadel Alumni
Center, are rich in socialization and feature expert speakers.
Of special note for Seabrookers
is the Seabrook/Kiawah chapter of
Great Decisions. This is a program of
small group discussions on world issues primed by a briefing book. They
happen in our homes eight times from
February through May. The group this
past year had its best season ever.
The new season begins on Wednesday evening, October 7 at 5:15 p.m.,
when we gather for a social hour. At 6
p.m. we shall hear from our speaker,
Paul Hughes of the highly respected
think-tank, the U.S. Institute of Peace.
He will speak on the wars of the Middle East and their many challenges to
managing conflict. Q & A. will follow.
The venue continues to be The Citadel Alumni Center at 69 Hagood Street
right across from the stadium. Parking
is ample, free and close.
Check out more information on the
website, waccharleston.org. You can
join online or at the meeting. Membership costs $100 a year for an individual
or $170 for a couple, defined as any
two people in a household. Try it out
once for a guest fee of $20 payable at
the meeting. You will meet interesting
people and your understanding of our
world will expand.
See you there! ▲
Chuck Bensonhaver
ON THE STREET - Interviewer: Joan Reed / Photos: Mary Beth Joyce
THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
WHAT ISSUE WOULD YOU REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE NEXT PRESIDENT TACKLE?
Colin Merrill
Corporations pay far too little
taxes in proportion to the average
citizen which adds to the widening
wealth disparity.
Marilyn Stott
Lessen the partisan rancor and
bickering. Congress is not
accomplishing anything.
Patt Tamasy
ISIS and Iran.
Rob Tamasy
National security.
I don’t want my family to
be nuked in 10 years.
Gail Strauch
Balance the budget.
Pat Russell
Reform how the criminal
justice system treats individuals
with mental health issues.
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SEPTEMBER 2015
THE
THE SIP
Administrative News from the Seabrook
PRESIDENT’S
LETTER
AUGUST 31, 2015
This is a very important time of the
year in the SIPOA calendar, because
it is when we strongly encourage interested property owners to consider
serving on the SIPOA Board of Directors or the Nominating Committee.
Beginning several weeks ago and
continuing for the next two months,
we are actively seeking volunteers to
offer their time and talents to serve a
3-year term on the Board or a 2-year
term on the Nominating Committee.
While the immediate attention and
need is to fill four Board positions
and two Nominating Committee vacancies, I am reminded daily that
SIPOA could not possibly accomplish
its mission with any degree of efficiency without the support of hundreds of property owners who volun-
teer across myriad committees, task
forces, study groups and other ad
hoc organizations.
During the recent July 4th holiday,
I was reminded by a property owner
that we often fail to recognize our
volunteers and their selfless service.
Upon reflection, I would agree with
this observation. It is often the case
when it comes to recognition and appreciation of volunteers we become
somewhat circumspect because of
the potential for leaving someone
out. While I am somewhat chary of
this happening in this letter, it is not
my intention for this to be the case.
SIPOA has been blessed with a spirit
of volunteerism and community activism. We have a wonderful turtle
patrol with more than 140 members
who work tirelessly to protect and
enhance the Seabrook Island habitat for loggerhead turtles. They are
also to be congratulated for helping
to keep our beaches beautiful.
Our bluebird monitoring team has
more than 40 volunteers who spend
countless hours monitoring the
more than 77 birdhouses to ensure
our bluebirds continue to thrive.
The SIPOA and Town continue to
rely on our Community Emergency
Response Team (CERT) to assist
us in the implementation of our
comprehensive emergency plans.
The members of CERT volunteer
to participate in every exercise and
they are a resource that we rely on
because of their professionalism
and training. CERT volunteers take
the initiative to be well qualified and
trained at their own expense and
time.
While I have highlighted these
three volunteer associations because they are very visible to most
Seabrookers, it is our volunteers in
less visible roles who often do not get
the due recognition and thanks they
deserve. Volunteers in our Newcomers program make our new property
owners and club members welcome.
Volunteers are the heart of SIPOA’s
Election Committee and make the annual meeting a success. Volunteers
are the engine for the ever growing
number of Lake House events, activities, clubs and groups. Seabrook is a
model of pluralism. Volunteers also
continue to serve on a variety of study
groups, survey teams, and data gathering initiatives associated with our
Long Range Planning Committee.
This letter has a dual purpose:
First is to exhort property owners
who are considering running for the
Board or Nominating Committee to
jump in. Second, and probably more
important, it is meant to be a welldeserved thank you to all who currently volunteer and make Seabrook
the great community it has become.
In closing I would be remiss if I did
not mention that a full appreciation
of the role and value of volunteers to
Seabrook Island is incorporated in an
excellent article authored last summer. The article was the work of the
joint communication committees of
the Seabrook Island Club and SIPOA.
You can read this very comprehensive analysis by going to http://sipoa.
org/valueofvolunteers/
Thank you, and I hope to see you
at the Get the Scoop meeting at 5:00
pm on Monday, September 21, at the
Lake House. ▲
Chuck Fox, President
As scheduled, there was
no August Board meeting.
The next Board of Directors
meeting is Monday, September 21 at 1:00 pm, at the Lake
House.
We hope to see you at the
Get the Scoop meeting later
at evening (Monday, September 21). This informal meeting will be held in the Live
Oak Hall at the Lake House
from 5:00-6:30 pm; refreshments will be served. There
will be time for mingling and
one-on-one discussion, followed by brief reports from
our committee chairs, and an
open Q&A session. These meetings were created to offer a casual, evening atmosphere for
owners to interact with the Board outside of
the regular Board meeting. We hope you will
attend! ▲
THANK yOu
for your help in maintaining
the cleanliness and quality of
The Lake House Fitness Center
by following the rules below:
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For a complete list of Fitness Center rules,
please review Guide to the Lake House
via the SIPOA website (www.sipoa.org).
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Island Property Owners Association
OPERA LITE XVIII
Another season of the Opera Lite series kicks off at the Lake House
on Thursday, September 24th and continues on Thursday afternoons f
rom 3:30PM to 5:00PM for 9 weeks.
Each week brings a different performance featuring distinguished
current and vintage performers. English subtitles permit understanding
of the text of the dialogue and solo numbers.
Yard Debris Reminder
Doing some end-of-summer yard
cleanup this weekend? Just a reminder that yard debris may be placed
curbside any time between dawn on
Saturday and 7:00 am Monday morning.
What counts as yard debris?
“Yard Debris” refers to any and
all accumulations of grass clippings,
grass, leaves, small trees, small
shrubs, tree branches not exceeding
four (4”) inches in diameter and four
(4’) feet long, vines and other similar
items generated by the maintenance
of lawns, shrubs, gardens and trees
from residential properties. All loose
materials (leaves, mulch, twigs, etc.)
are to be bagged in paper bags. Yard
debris services are not provided for
vacant lots. We will not pick up any
yard debris placed in front of vacant
lots. Debris generated by contracted
persons is not included for pickup
under this program and must be removed from Seabrook Island by the
contractor doing the work.▲
Do You Really Want to
Lose Weight Permanently?
Then stop fooling around
There is no cost, just come on and give it a try!
Schedule of Operas
9/24 - LUCREZUA BORGIA
10/1 - THE PEARL FISHERS
10/8 - DIE MEISTERSINGER
10/15 - INVITATION TO THE DANCE
10/22 - MATILDE DI SHABRAN Part I
10/29 - MATILDE DI SHABRAN Part II
11/5 - MACBETH
11/12 - ELECTRA
11/19 - THE MERRY WIDOW
New fans pop up every year...won’t you be one too?
For more information, please contact
John Benzel at 843.768.1174 or jdocbenz@gmail.com
The Lake House is very excited to welcome back
PERSONAL TRAINER
MARK DURINSKY
Mark Durinsky has been a certified personal trainer since 1997, and
a fitness enthusiast for the last 30 years. He has worked with all types of
athletes, including golfers, football players, baseball players, and tennis
players. He has also helped several clients rehab from injuries, especially back and knees. He has worked with all ages from teens to seniors,
and would love to help you reach your fitness goals.
To schedule an appointment, please contact Mark Durinsky
at 843.822.0846 or rinsky27@gmail.com. ▲
WELCOME BACK, MARK!
CONGATULATIONS
RICK MCDANIEL!!
A big congratulations goes out to
Seabrook Island resident, Rick McDaniel. At 79 years young, he completed his first Sprint Triathlon at
James Island County Park on Sunday,
August 9th.
At any age a sprint triathlon is not
for the faint of heart. Through his
hard work and dedication, Rick was
able to complete a 600 yard freshwater swim, 12 mile bike ride, and 5K
run. With the help of Coach Patti Romano, Rick was able to train and finish the event injury free.
“Rick focused on his goal of becoming a triathlete, and used the power
of his mind and his body to achieve
that goal. He decided, committed to
3 months of very structured training,
and succeeded. He’s an amazing man.
(My job was just to guide him there
safely...and slow him down!)” ▲
Patti Romano
Triathlon Coach
PHOTOGRAPH By BRIAN
fANcHER PHOTOGRAPHy
The number one resolution that
people make for the New Year is to
lose weight and yet only 8% achieve
what they set out to do.
As a coach and personal trainer,
I have seen many well-intentioned
people never accomplish their weight
loss goals. They exercise sporadically,
experience minimal results, and then
declare their problem “unfixable.” Or
they lose weight, only to gain much
of it back within six months. Unfortunately they are living in a vicious cycle
of temporary change fueled by their
desire for quick-fix answers.
It does not have to be this way. If
you really want to lose weight and keep
it off, you need to employ an integrated
solution rather than a one-off tactic.
Exercise or dieting alone will not produce sustained results. To achieve positive, long- term healthy weight loss,
your approach must include physical
fitness, nutritional fitness, and behavioral change that supports rather than
sabotages your efforts.
“It is hard to fail, but it is worse
never to have tried to succeed”- Theodore Roosevelt. So prepare for success
rather than settle for failure. Use the
following approach, based on the program I’ve developed for my own clients, to guide you through your weight
loss and fitness journey:
1.Get clear on what you want to accomplish and why it matters
So often I hear people talk about losing weight in a detached way (i.e., “My
doctor said I need to lose 30 pounds”
or “My wife is telling me that I could
stand to lose some weight”). Their
words carry little personal meaning.
Ask yourself, why does it matter to
me to lose weight? Do you want to be
in better shape so that you can play ball
with your grandchildren? Perhaps you
have lost sight of yourself and want to
recapture your zest for life. Connecting your desire to what you value in life
will strengthen you to stay the course.
2.Set SMART goals and create a
plan of action
Many of us have had to set SMART
goals in our professional careers
(goals that are specific, measurable,
attainable, relevant, and time-bound).
The same model should be applied to
weight reduction. You want your goals
to be clear and quantifiable so that
you can see whether you are moving
ahead. You should also make them
realistically achievable with an estimated timeline for completion. And
because successful behavior change
is always the result of small achievements, you should break your goals
into small, weekly targets.
Your plan of action is the map
you use to achieve your goals. This
is where integration of what it really
takes to lose weight comes to life.
You need to create a negative energy
balance (the number of calories expended is greater than what is taken
in), thereby contributing to weight
loss. Your plan should include an exercise regimen that encompasses cardiovascular, strength, flexibility and
balance training. It should also incorporate a nutritional program that promotes healthy eating habits, reduces
calorie intake from your previous levels and leaves you satisfied because
feeling hungry throughout the day is
a ticket to failure.
3.Stay focused and motivated (expect the process to break down)
An essential component to losing
weight is to identify common obstacles. “Stuff happens” and you want to
be ready. Potential spoilers can come
in the form of external factors such
as pressure at home, work, or from
a family member or internal factors
such as your previous failed attempts
and a resulting lack of confidence.
Once you identify the obstacles, you
can develop solutions before these
challenges arise and thus assume a
position of strength.
4.Evaluate results and fine tune
Losing weight is not a one size fits
all endeavor. If you are consistently
missing weekly targets, look to the
factors involved. Be honest with yourself about whether you are following
your plan. So often I see people workout and then go home and “pig out.”
Others may stick to their diet, but
never lift a finger in the gym. Still others may be exercising and following a
nutrition plan but they are constantly
brow beating their efforts until they
talk themselves out of staying on track.
A bad week is no big deal in the total scheme of things. Regroup, make
adjustments, and move forward.
5. Tap into the resources you need
for support (don’t go it alone)
There is a direct correlation between success and support. Enlist your
family and friends to encourage you in
your efforts to make and maintain a
healthy lifestyle. Socialize with others
who have also transitioned to better
habits. Use credible resources not fad
diets and amateur advice as the basis
for your weight loss program. Perhaps
most importantly, is to consider working with a professional such as a health
coach or qualified personal trainer who
has the behavioral change, physical
activity and nutrition coaching skills
needed to empower you to positive,
long-term healthy change.
“If a thing is worth doing, it is
worth doing right”. Why bother to go
through the motions of trying to lose
weight if you are just going to use a
shoddy process that sets you up for
failure? Approach losing weight with
the same knowledge and commitment
you would any other major challenge
in your life, and you will succeed. ▲
April Goyer is a health coach
and personal trainer at The
Lake House on Seabrook Island, SC.
She can be reached at 614-893-8519
or at april@aprilgoyer.com
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THE
Artist Guild Kicks Off Season
With Back to Basics Workshops
The Seabrook Island Artists’ Guild
will kick off its fall teaching season in
September with a two-session introduction to painting class.
Scheduled for Sept. 22 and Sept. 24
from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., the class is designed to introduce beginning painters
to the fundamental concepts of composition, contrast and color. It’s open
to aspiring painters in oils, acrylics or
pastels.
The sessions are free and will be
held in the Eagle’s Nest studio in the
Lake House. Enrollment is limited by
studio size. Should registration require
a larger space participants will be notified in advance.
Gary Kunkelman, who taught painting at Penn State’s Berks College for
22 years will be the instructor. An oil
painter and pastelist, Kunkelman studied for more than a decade with American master Jack Coggins and at the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
While he works with such diverse
subjects as landscapes and seascapes,
historical paintings and portraits, he
particularly enjoys still life painting in
the studio. Kunkelman’s emphasis in
recent years has been experimenting
with modern techniques and materials
to create still life paintings that capture
the depth and luminosity of the Old
Masters.
The classes will include discussion,
demonstration and hands-on painting,
with students creating two still life
paintings of their own. Gary describes
the classes as being “designed to help
participants decide if painting is for
Almost all of us take photographs of
family and friends and we expect many
would like to improve those pictures.
The Seabrook Island Photography
Club is sponsoring a class aimed at just
such an improvement. The class specifics are:
“Photographing People”
or “Portraiture”
September 22nd
3:30PM – 5:30PM
Seabrook Island House
Live Oak Hall
This class information will address
the full range of issues in photographing people from: (1) the subject; (2) the
background; (3) posing; (4) lighting;
and, (5) camera imaging. The level and
content of the discussion will be applicable to taking pictures with a phone,
a point and shoot camera or a more
sophisticated SLR camera.
Whether you use your phone simply
to take pictures for Facebook or are at
the other end of the spectrum using a
professional SLR to take wedding pic-
tures, all of us can gain from reviewing
the techniques to improve our images
of people.
Please join us for this class taught
by Bill Nelson, one of our local club
members who focuses his photography on this important area. The class
is open to all without charge. ▲
22nd Annual Charleston Cup
them, as well as to provide a foundation
to beginning painters with limited formal instr` uction. Working from setups, students will learn and practice
the foundation skills that are the basis
for painting any subject.”
To sign up, or with questions about
the class or materials, contact Gary
Kunkelman at garyk1@comcast.net.
Participants will be emailed a materials
list when they enroll. To learn more
about the Seabrook Island Artist Guild
events, workshop and membership
visit the website at www.seabrookislandartistguild.com ▲
Seabrook Island Artist Guild
Welcomes Portraitist Robert Maniscalco
The Seabrook Island Artist Guild
will welcome distinguished portraitist
Robert Maniscalco as guest artist at
their first fall meeting on September
15th at 3:00 p.m. at the Lake House.
Mr. Maniscalco will display examples
of his work and discuss his creative
processes.
Since 1980, Robert Maniscalco’s
exquisite commissioned portraits and
fine art have become part of over 850
private and public collections throughout North America. To know about the
artist, you must understand Robert’s
painting method is built on the classical painting traditions of Rembrandt,
Velazquez, Hals and Sargent. Like
these artists, Robert explores the use
of light and shadow as a means of
creating mood and achieving character expressively in his subjects. Born
in Detroit in 1959, he is the son of internationally renowned portrait artist
Joseph Maniscalco, with whom he apprenticed during the early 1980’s.
He moved to New York City in 1986
where, in addition to his fine art, he
also worked as an actor and director on
numerous stage, film and TV projects.
He returned to Detroit in 1997, after a
three year portrait residency in New
Orleans. In Detroit he founded the
Maniscalco Gallery, which showcased
many local and international artists.
As host of Art Beat, the critically acclaimed and popular PBS series on Detroit Public Television, he explored the
creative process with his celebrated
guests. He has created two DVDs on
painting portraits, called The Power of
Positive Painting and published a novel
called The Fishfly, a semi-autobiography about the artist and his struggle to
resolve his dark past.
Though his creative muse has taken
Seabrook Island Photography Club
Class Announcement
Started by the South Carolina Jockey Club in 1986, the Charleston Cup is
much more than just a horse race. The
Cup is the social event of the season and definitely not to be missed! You
don’t have to be a “horse person” to enjoy all the Charleston Cup has to offer.
The race weekend kicks off on Friday
with the elegant black-tie Race Ball .
Live music, fabulous food and a special race preview combine to make this
gala party an essential element in the
total Cup experience. Rise and shine
early on Saturday to participate in the
Charleston Cup golf tournament, coordinated by Thrive SC.
The real excitement begins on Sunday morning as the nation’s top riders,
trainers, and owners prepare to compete for purses totaling $60,000. Over
16,000 spectators will enjoy a full day
at the races with exciting steeplechase
and flat races. The gates open at 9:00
a.m., and attendees arrive early with
their picnic baskets packed with everything from champagne and caviar to
fried chicken and cold beer. A vendor
village and tailgating are in full swing
by the time the paddock call rolls
around at 12:00 noon.
Fourth Annual Charleston Cup
Hat Contest
Sponsored by The Hat Ladies
With prizes in the following categories:
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- Grand Easter Parade
- Elegant evening hat
- Creative horse theme
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CHARLESTON CUP TICKETS
For advance tickets and
reserved parking visit:
www.charlestoncup.net
22nd Running Sunday
November 8, 2015
Call 766-6202 or order online TODAY!! Space renewals will be open
until September 15th. Please renew before the deadline to keep your space.
Spaces which are not renewed by September 15 will be released.
If you didn’t have a reserved space
last year, order one now to get on the
wait-list, which is filled on a first come
first served basis. ▲
The Charleston Museum
many forms he has discovered a common thread which connects them all
together. Robert speaks to the basic
need we all share to communicate aesthetically about the human condition,
particularly the celebration of man’s
capacity to overcome great struggle.
He shares his remarkable path toward
personal and professional growth and
creative self-expression in his book,
Point of Art. In addition to his exquisite
portrait art, Robert has created several bodies of work, including Faces of
China, Italia, and a series of pastels on
velour entitled Chromo Sapient. He is
currently working on a series of Faces
of the Lowcountry, featuring the Gullah
people and the Carolina Lowcountry.
He has recently begun a new series
called, The Quench Project, in which
he is traveling to Haiti and producing
paintings and a companion book, expressing the Haitian struggle with obtaining fresh water, in partnership with
Water Missions International.
He is also the Doppelganger of the
artist, NETI, “who is that he is not.”
Robert currently lives in Charleston,
South Carolina where he continues his
mission and where he is
raising his two wonderful
children, Danny and Mary
with his amazing wife Cate.
To learn more
about the Seabrook Island
Artist Guild events and
membership visit the website at www.seabrookislandartistguild.com ▲
From now to January 31, 2016,
The Charleston Museum will present
When Giants Ruled the Lowcountry:
Mammals of the Pleistocene, in its Lobby Gallery. The second of two special
exhibits drawing from the Museum’s
extensive paleontology collection,
When Giants Ruled the Lowcountry will
focus on the creatures that roamed the
Lowcountry during the Pleistocene
Epoch, or “Ice Age”, which spanned
from roughly 2.5 million years ago to
around 12,000 years ago.
Although the Lowcountry was not
covered in ice as were other parts of
North America, the same types of
animals associated with the Ice Age
thrived here. When Giants Ruled the
Lowcountry will explore the diverse
forms of life that inhabited the Lowcountry and possible reasons as to
why these animals became extinct. On
display will be fossilized bones from
species such as giant ground sloths,
mammoths, mastodon, bison, camels,
llamas and the beasts that preyed on
them, including dire wolves and cave
bears. Curator of Natural History, Matthew Gibson, explains the draw of this
exhibit by stating that it will “paint a
more vivid picture of the Lowcountry’s
unique biodiversity as well as allow the
public to experience these never before exhibited fossils.”
This exhibit is sponsored by the
Henry and Sylvia Yaschik Foundation.
Director Carl Borick notes that the Museum is grateful to the Yaschik Foundation for providing the opportunity
to show off this rarely seen collection,
which will also be an important component of the Museum’s new Natural History Gallery set to open in 2017. ▲
ELECTION
VOLUNTEERS
The Charleston County Board
of Elections and Voter Registration
(BEVR) is in need of additional Poll
Managers for the upcoming municipal elections on Tuesday, November
3, 2015. BEVR needs about 400 Poll
Managers in the following areas: Mt.
Pleasant, Isle of Palms, James Island,
Seabrook Island and Ravenel.
“Poll Managers have a unique opportunity to serve the community,
meet their neighbors and become
involved in the democratic process,”
said Joseph Debney, BEVR’s Executive Director.
Poll Managers are compensated $120 ($60 for training and
$60 for working on Election Day)
for each election they work. The
Poll Manager must work Election
Day to be paid for the training
session.
Election Day duties include: processing of voters, ballot distribution,
activation of the voting system machines, compliance with election law
and procedures and general voter assistance.
Applicants must be:
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(Dorchester, Berkeley, Georgetown or Colleton County). Students ages 16 and 17 may apply as
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Manager Training Session (two to
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working an election.
To apply for a Poll Manager position:
Visit
http://www.charlestoncounty.org/depar tments/bevr/
files/PM-Application.doc to download an application and employment
verification form.
For questions, please contact:
pmcarthur@charlestoncounty.org
or by phone at 843-974-6421. ▲
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THE
SEABROOK ISLAND
ARTISTS ANNUAL
LABOR DAY WEEKEND ART SHOW
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH
10AM-4PM
VILLAGE GREEN AT
FRESHFIELDS VILLAGE
The Seabrook Island Artist Guild
will hold a Labor Day weekend art
show at Freshfields Village. The
Village is located off the circle at the
confluence of Seabrook and Kiawah
Islands. Take a break from the heat
and come see what our local artists
have in store for you.
For more information about the
Seabrook Island Artists Guild visit
our website at www.seabrookislandartistguild.com
BLOOD DRIVE
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LAKE HOUSE
Currently there are shortages due to low summer donor response so we can help
replenish supplies with a good turnout. Let’s surpass June’s near record result of 40
donors signing in and 34 pints collected. Call or email Pep Logan (768-0334/mlogan@
bellsouth.net) for an appointment or come at your convenience - we love WALK-INS.
Don’t forget to bring ID.
BOHICKET MARINA / CHARLESTON
RUNNING CLUB 5/10K RUN
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th
Bohicket Marina and the Charleston Running Club are sponsoring the
5/10k Run at Seabrook Island on September 12th, 2015. This event if for the
benefit of the Kiawah/Seabrook Exchange Club and the Charleston Running
Club Charities.
We look forward to our 5th annual run in September 2015! Please join in the
fun on Saturday, September 12th 2015 for running and fun at Bohicket Marina!
Please click the following link to register, and click by the Bohicket Marina
logo on the homepage.
http://www.charlestonrunningclub.com/
“START SPREADING
THE NEWS”
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Join us for the New York Seabrook Connection
Party. If you grew up in NY, were schooled
there or lived there long enough to feel you
are a New Yorker, we would like to invite you to a gathering on Seabrook
at the POA Oyster Catcher Room. All fellow New Yorkers who call
Seabrook our home, whether seasonally or permanently are invited. An
Evite will follow in August with details. If you have not already received
notice of the party in an email from the committee, then you are not in
our data base. If you are interested in joining us, please email your name,
email address and town or city you lived in when in NY, so we can add you
to our list for future mailings.
The email address is: NewYorkSeabrookConnection@gmail.com.
The NY-SI Committee:
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SEABROOK ISLAND VETERAN’S DAY
CHARITABLE GOLF EVENT
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The Seabrook Island Club will be holding the 4th Annual Veteran’s Day charitable
golf outing on November 9 to honor veterans who have served our country and to
raise money to support both the Wounded Warrior Project and the Ralph Johnson
Veteran’s Hospital. Wounded Warrior’s will be participating in the outing.
The event will be a captain’s choice scramble beginning with a 9:30 shotgun start. Teams will be flighted for awards
based on total team handicap. Pizza, soft drinks and beer will be served following play. Players may register either as
a team or individually . The golf shop will form teams for individual registrants.
All Low Country residents are invited to participate.
The entry fee for club members is $70 plus cart and $120 for non-members. $50 of the fee will be set aside as a
contribution to the charities the event supports. You may register by calling the SIC golf shop at 843-768-2529 or by
sending an email to golf@discoverseabrook.com.
If you cannot play but wish to make a donation, you may call or email your request to the golf shop. For any additional
information, call Alan Armstrong at 843-768-9252.
MAH JONGG PRACTICE
D.I.R.T. (DIGGING
INTO ROOTS TOGETHER)
Meets Second and Fourth
Wednesday of each month
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diggingtogether.blogspot.com for more
information, or email D.I.R.T. at diggingtogether@yahoo.com
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GENEALOGY SOCIAL
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Digging Into Roots Together, Seabrook’s genealogy group, is planning a
“genealogy social” for 23 September from 1:30-3:30pm at the Lake House.
There will be refreshments, exhibits, genealogy fun and games, and prizes as well as an opportunity for anyone interested in genealogy to get to know
our members and learn about what we do.
INDOOR PICKLEBALL
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Mary Torello at mary.torello@yahjoo.com
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Open to all new players, those returning to the game, and anyone else who
wants a chance to practice with others who are learning the game. If you
have never played and want to learn the game, or if you have not played in a
while, please go to http://www.nationalmahjonggleague.org/store.aspx and
order a 2014 National Mah Jongg League card. It is necessary to have a card
in order to play. It is illegal to copy these cards and we do not, unfortunately,
have extras. If you have a mah jongg set, please bring it with you. If you have
any questions, please contact Helen Thompson at hmtsbsc@gmail.com.▲
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For more information, please
contact Denise Doyon at
dendoyon@gmail.com
SEABROOK LADIES
BIBLE STUDY
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1:30PM-3:30 PM
For more information, please contact:
Jody Garvey - garveryjody@gmail or
Patti Tully - pattitully@gmail.com
CHARLESTON COUNTY BOOKMOBILE
The Charleston County Bookmobile will be at Freshfields
Village the first and third Tuesday of every month from 10:00 am - 11:30 am.
The Bookmobile will be parked behind Hege’s and Java Java.
The Kiawah
Seabrook Group
Serving the Islands of Kiawah,
Seabrook, Johns, and Wadmalaw
Beata Bennett, Astrid McManus, Michael McManus, Caroline Seufert, Karen Hilty, Jane Lowe, Robert Long, Joy Millar
www.TheKiawahSeabrookGroup.com
843.768.9800
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SEPTEMBER 2015
THE
BOHICKET MARINA KIDS FISHING TOURNAMENT
DRAWS LARGE - AND HAPPY - CROWDS!
A huge “thanks” to Todd Gerhart who organized and ran the Kids Fishing Tournament
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