Since May 2005
PRESORT STANDARD
Volume 4 Issue 25
Sullivan’s Island
Easter across the islands
page 6
Understanding
our accreted land
By Kristin Hackler
O
n April 4, the Sullivan’s Islanders
hosted Dr. Richard Porcher, a well
known botanist, professor of biology
and director of the herbarium at The Citadel in
downtown Charleston, as their guest speaker
for two exclusive walks around Sullivan’s
Island’s accreted land areas.
Dr. Porcher began the walk at the Sand
Dunes Club, where the group followed a trail
to the beach and back through a hidden
trail that started with maritime shrubs and
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graduated to the edge of the local maritime
forest.
Although Dr. Porcher spent a good amount
of time identifying different types of plant life
throughout the coastal zones and describing
their individual attributes, his main focus was
to discuss the accreted land report which will
soon be revealed by the Sullivan’s Island Town
Council. Still in its rough draft stages, the
accreted land report lists four broad ranging
alternatives for the accreted land area:
Alternative 1: Do nothing and let the
accreted land evolve naturally. This option
would involve negligible alternation to
the accreted land area. Paths would be
Accreted land continued on page 11
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2 April 17, 2009
It’s a go for Civil Site Environ-
mental
David Stevens from Civil Site
Environmental spoke to Council
about the engineering work
proposed for the drainage project
on 54th through 57th Avenue.
Mayor Dick Cronin introduced
Stevens, saying the Isle of Palms
has never formally entered
a contract with Civil Site
Engineering, “but it’s becoming
more important for us to have
detailed engineering work. We
won’t have to seek more money
from the County or any stimulus
funds that are available,” says
Mayor Cronin.
After Mayor Cronin’s brief
introduction, Stevens began to
discuss the technical aspect of
the engineering proposal. Stevens’
proposal includes the need for
Civil Site Environmental to begin
tree surveying, check for water
quality, and prepare a drainage
report.
Mayor Cronin inquired about
how much time this will take
from beginning to end. “Basically,
you’ll have a set of construction
drawings and a storm water
management plan,” said Stevens.
“We want to make sure we don’t
have any negative impact.”
Stevens added that they are
looking to increase runoffs,
but need to ensure they have
the quality correct in order to
discharge.
“Deliverables of this—how long
will this project take, once we go
with a formal approval?” asked
Councilman Michael Loftus.
“About six to seven and a half
months,” said Stevens.
A surveyor will also be involved
in this project and there will have
to be storm water approvals on a
monthly basis when they begin
the project. “To what degree, I
Civic
Isle of Palms Council
March 24, 2009
don’t know yet,” said Stevens.
Therefore, he was unable to
provide Council with an estimate
on the price of the surveyor and
storm water approvals.
Mayor Cronin added that the
City doesn’t know how much
money they’re going to need for
this project, but the odds are it’s
going to be more than the City
currently has. With that said,
Mayor Cronin said he personally
believes that the City can then
be more aggressive with CTC’s
Public Safety Technology Center,
and any other body that may
have some funds that could be
available to the City to begin the
project.
The City currently has
$812,000 devoted to this project,
and the City is continuing to set
money aside for this project.
After some further discussion
on the subject, Councilman Dee
Taylor motioned for granting Civil
Site Environmental $86,200 to
begin his proposed tasks. The
motion passed unanimously. The
$86,200 will then be taken from
the budgeted $812,000 the City
currently has for the project.
Award of Contracts
Councilman Dee Taylor
began by noting that the Ways
and Means Committee will be
having a work session on April
15. “We’re going to really work
through our budget, fine tuning
all the different departments,”
says Councilman Taylor. “We still
need to get the overall expenses
related to our personnel costs
over the year, but we’re basically
three-fourths of the way through
the fiscal report.”
Councilman Taylor then
motioned for an Award of
Contracts. Most of the Award
of Contract items are related to
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the City’s budgeted expenses.
He began with several Award of
Contracts in regard to the Public
Safety Building:
The first Award of Contract
is for a complete audio visual
system in the amount of $12,370.
The second Award of Contract
is to Wholesale Appliances for
all appliances in the amount of
$21,501.07. The third Award of
Contract is to Deer Grid for gear
storage in the amount of $4,368.
The fourth Award of Contract is
to Empire Communications for
IOPNA Endorses Barbara
Bergwerf for City Council
By Catherine Malloy
W
e are pleased to
announce our support
for the candidacy of
Barbara Bergwerf for IOP City
Council. The election will be
held on May 12, 2009.
Barbara is no stranger to many
of us. Her contributions to the
quality of life on the Isle of Palms
are evident through her many
activities; but what many of us
may not know are the facts about
her background. Barbara brings
a wealth of multidimensional
experience, knowledge and skills
to a position on City Council.
From her collegiate education at
George Washington University in
Washington, DC, in Government
and International Relations, to
her photojournalist career in
the nation’s third largest city,
Chicago, to her work as a small
business owner in Chicago,
Barbara has demonstrated
leadership, vision and the
capacity to get things done.
Barbara spent 15 years as a
Photo Journalist in Chicago and
was the first female photographer
hired by the Chicago Tribune. For
22 years, she was the founder and
CEO of “Stained Glass & More”, a
national award winning custom
stained glass studio. In her role
as CEO, she not only conceived
of the idea of the business,
but also carried it through the
design, creation and installation
of projects for churches, schools,
synagogues, restaurants and
private homes. She managed the
business with as many as seven
employees at any given time,
preparing budgets, schedules
and employee training.
Once she and her husband
Ben discovered the Isle of Palms,
network and phone cabling in
the amount of $19,413. The fifth
Award of Contract is to Prison
Industries for furniture in the
amount of $88,010.25.
Councilman Taylor then
motioned for the Approval of
Change Order number eight
for construction in the amount
of $93,493. The motion passes
unanimously.
The next motion came from
the Fire Department, and is an
see Council on page 3
they dedicated themselves
to making it their home after
retirement. Barbara’s talent,
creativity and energy in
contributing to her community
took on new challenges as she
dedicated herself to the Isle of
Palms through a number of
volunteer activities. Even before
living on the Isle of Palms full
time, Barbara was a member of
the Turtle Team. She is currently
one of the “leaders” of the Turtle
Team in that she is a permitted
to volunteer with the Department
of Natural Resources Sea Turtle
Stranding Network. She also
serves as the photographer and
a volunteer for the SC Aquarium
and the Sea Turtle Hospital and
as a volunteer with the Center
for Birds of Prey. Barbara is
the photographer for two award
winning children’s books entitled
Carolina’s Story and Turtle
Summer.
Barbara is currently serving
her second term as a member of
the IOP Planning Commission.
Barbara says what she means
and her actions follow. Residents
speak of her responsiveness
in listening to them and
acting on their concerns.
She demonstrates a sincere
interest in the quality of life of
residents and in maintaining the
residential neighborhoods. Her
voting record shows her support
for residential issues.
Barbara sees the Isle of Palms
as a special place to live and
one requiring stewardship and
protection. We are fortunate to
have an individual of her caliber
stepping up to serve the IOP
community.
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Council from page 2
Award of Contract for four self-
contained breathing apparatus in
the amount $19,540. These items
are budgeted for and the motion
passed unanimously.
The next item was part of the
beach re-nourishment project,
and was an Award of Contract
to Sand Fencing and Vegetation
in the amount of $31,865. The
motion passed unanimously.
The last item on the agenda
was the Approval of Contract of a
three year extension for auditing
purposes to Greene Finney &
Horton, LLP, for their annual
auditing services for the City.
This Approval of Contract will
run from June 30, 2009, through
June 30, 2011. This year’s audit
of this fiscal year will be $21,650.
The year of 2010 will be $22,
500, and the following year will
be $23,400.
Receiving grants from the State
The City was notified by the
South Carolina Department of
Public Safety that the City is
allowed to receive some grants
from the State. These funds are
for City equipment and personnel.
City Administrator Linda
Tucker has put together a police
department grant application and
needs Council to approve it.
“I think it’s great, anytime
we can go through and get free
money, basically, and alleviate
some of the budgetary items that
we have throughout the City,”
said Councilman Buckhannon.
“Every time we have grant money,
I don’t like the idea of purchasing
new equipment because then it
becomes an annual expense due
to the City, as well. So, anytime
we can go through and use this
money to alleviate or spend
money on budgeted items is a
good idea.”
There are now two proposals
for grant applications, which deal
with equipment such as laptops
and video equipment. Also, they
are looking to hire a new police
officer for code enforcement. If
they do receive a grant for the
Isle of Palms
886-6428
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Tuesday, April 28
City Council
7pm
Thar’s gold in them
nuggets
Sixth grade SOA student Alex Rovner was only one golden nugget away from the
exact amount in the Poe Library's Monthly Guessing Jar, winning the entire "pot of
gold". In addition to sweet riches, Alex won gardening gloves and a rainbow of seeds
to start a spring flower garden.
new code enforcing police officer,
they will have to pay out of the
City budget eventually to keep
that police officer on board.
Councilman Loftus asked what
funds are available to the City
and if there is a limit on funds. “I
don’t know that we have limits,”
said Tucker.
Chief Thomas Buckhannon of
the Police Department then spoke
on behalf of the funds. “No, there
are no limits on the amount that we
can apply for, but there are some
stipulations on the categories of
items that we can apply for,” says
Chief Buckhannon.
Councilman Buckhannon
made a motion to direct City
Administrator Tucker to apply for
the grant moneys for digital in-
car camera systems and laptop
ticketing systems. The motion
passed unanimously.
Mayor Cronin advised Chief
Buckhannon to apply for any
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W
ho wants a sno- Heron will continue its designing, novelty ice cream decisions,
cone? The former by heather holbrook tradition of local breakfast coffee roasters and which champagnes
Green Heron hangout, emergency pantry to stock. Well someone has to choose
is just days away from solutions, and after school the greeting cards, which magazines to
opening its doors once again to hungry snack destination. I invite you to come carry, tasting the hummus, stocking
summer vacationer s and happy island by and have a look around. Open up Chicken Chuckers or Nunzillas and
kids of all ages. Fruity sno-cones, ice your family’s tab again, suggest items where to install the bottle opener for
cream on a stick, a wall of candy, deli to carry, carve your name on a brick tiny Coca Colas. I’m a kid in a candy
sandwiches and great hot dogs, ice, in the back. I promise you this place is store - literally. Indeed the best part
beer and wine...and all the fixins of going to be just what this island needs- of getting ready to open is the candy.
Island Editorials
summer at the beach will be available a little general store “with more”. Every stripe and shape, running the
at the bright green store next door to Giving up the title of Editor of this gamut between M&Ms and retro candy
Sullivan’s Restaurant and Sandpiper paper has not been an easy decision buttons to NiklNip. Floor to ceiling
Gallery on Middle Street. to make; I love this community paper sugar; a veritable gumball alley. But I
I had said in a previous column that and have been proud of all it has have to admit, my conscience dictates
if the Green Heron ever closed down, I accomplished over these last four that I should also stock toothbrushes
would move away. That being too drastic, years. In these past six months since in several attractive colors.
I decided to do the only rational thing I’ve sat in the editor’s chair at the Island Although I say adios to the Island Eye
and open the store back up. The same Eye News (squeaky, uncomfortable), News and good luck, I’m happy to say
as it ever was, but better. Now boasting I have traded in deadlines and hello to the Heron: and to a different
a perfectly purple floor, beautiful brick camaraderie for DHEC and liquor flavor of hard work and community
archways and a better layout, The license paperwork: as well as tee shirt service. Come see me!

Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,
 
I am so pleased my good friend Barbara
Bergwerf has bravely decided to run for a
council seat on the Isle of Palms, I want
to help introduce her to island voters
who have yet to become acquainted with
her.
 
Even as a part time resident years ago,
Barb energetically became involved in
the island’s volunteer activities, mak-
ing herself an indispensable member of
the turtle team long before she and Ben
moved to their house full time. She is a
talented photographer, artist, and busi-
nesswoman, very well educated and well
spoken. She’s dedicated to doing her
part to help make this island and this
city an even better place to live and to
visit.
 
Her great interest and dedication to the
environment, wildlife and its preserva-
tion is a focus sorely needed on our
council.  Her experience as a member
of the planning commission has given
her the background and preparation for
council membership. All this, plus her
energetic involvement in so many volun-
teer efforts, makes her an ideal candi-
date.
 
Council members do a tough job. It is
demanding and critical work, taking a lot
of time. The importance of what council
does and does not do is obvious to any-
one who lives here and to those visitors
who come to enjoy the beach and other
amenities. I know that this island has
a great resource of talented resourceful
and intelligent people. Barb is up top on
my list of those folks, so I hope voters
will get out for the election in May and
put her to work for us!
 
Bev Ballow
Waterway Blvd
Isle of Palms
Dear fellow islanders,
accounts for a huge part of what makes
Sullivan’s Island so charming. Why are
we trying to run more businesses out?
Did anyone really think that the district
was enhanced by having Bert’s closed for
one and a half years? Speaking of which,
why is the noise an unbearable problem
now, when Bert’s was open for thirty
years and played live music until the
wee hours four or five days a week?
Why is the Town Council catering to
just a few complainers who chose to live
in the commercial district? This would
be like moving next to the airport and
then complaining about the noise. I live
two blocks from these businesses and
have never had a problem. If we run out
Dunleavy’s, Poe’s, Seel’s and Home Team
Barbeque, who will replace them? Gift
shops? Restaurants that close at 10pm?
Very doubtful, if they want to make a
living.
The sad thing I have seen my whole
life living in beach communities is that
sooner or later, more and more regula-
tions end up ruining the character of the
island. Do we really want a ghost town
for a commercial district?
Sincerely,
J.E. Place
Myrtle Avenue
Sullivan’s Island
Dear Editor:
I was sitting right there at 34th Street
yesterday when the plane landed right in
front of me. I was not on point with be-
ing a good journalist-- great missed op-
portunity-- and therefore did not speak
to the pilot after he landed, But I can
tell you part of what happened on that
beach that is a topic all the news houses
seem to be ignoring. One article I read
even had the gall to say there weren't
many people on the beach when it hap-
pened-- Which is not true. Not many
people is when I go running out there at
7:30 on a weekday morning. Yesterday
it was populated like the Spring Break
Friday-before-Easter that it was.
hazy, so many people didn't see the
plane coming. From my vantage point at
33rd St., I saw the pilot touch down at
around 36th St, and his path to a stop
was not clear.
A woman visiting from Greenville told me
she and her two girls were sitting in their
beach chairs only 10-15 feet from where
the plane’s wheels hit the sand. At 34th
Street, a family from New Hampshire
had only just arrived minutes before for
a day of recreation, when the adults in
the group got similar scares. Two boys
with the group were playing soccer right
in the path of the plane, only drifting out
of the way in time to avoid being hit by
a wing. It was not clear to me whether
they actually saw the plane or simply
lucked into following the ball up-beach
at the right moment to walk clear. Two
girls with the group, who also clearly did
not see or hear the plane coming, had
started running in from a brief swim in
the water. Their mothers screamed from
the dunes for the girls to stop, but the
wind prevented the children from hear-
ing. They, too, narrowly avoided being
hit.
I have not yet read an account of this
event that even mentioned the number
of people on the beach or the actual dan-
ger this small plane’s emergency land-
ing presented to them. I am not a pilot,
and I don’t know what he saw from the
air, what his options were, or how much
time he had to make a decision. But I
do know that several innocent families
also suffered close calls to tragedy that
day. I was shocked when more than
one person asked me whether this was a
common occurrence on our beach.
I was quick to phone the Isle of Palms
police right after the plane landed, but
not because I was concerned for the in-
habitants of the plane (they casually dis-
embarked shortly after landing, clearly
unharmed). I was concerned that this
dangerous moment had happened to so
many people in its wake, and I wanted
our local authorities to get to the bottom
of it.

There are some critical points that The single-engine DNR plane landed Thanks,
somehow are not being addressed con- on a semi-crowded Isle of Palms beach Laura Rose
cerning the Commerical District. Firstly, on Friday, April 10, at about 1pm. The Isle of Palms
this extremely small, one block area wind was blowing and the view was

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Sullivan’s Island Police go green
T
he police on Sullivan’s
Island are giving the “green
light” to a new crime fighting
vehicle. Two local companies are
donating a new class of vehicle,
known as a Low Speed Vehicle
or LSV, to the Sullivan’s Island
Police Department for use on
patrol.  The LSV, known as the
Tomberlin E-merge, is being
donated to the force
by Palmetto Custom
Carts and EcoSense
Global Rentals.
“We’re excited about
the new E-merge
for our force,” says
Sullivan’s Island
Police Chief Danny
Howard. “This vehicle
is equipped with lights, seat belts
and proper safety equipment
which make it street safe and
street legal for our officers.”
“Donating the LSV to the
police just makes sense,” says
Hal Martens of EcoSense Global
Rentals.  “The force wants to
expand their effort towards going
green and our new E-merge lets
the officers drive an electric
vehicle around the clock.”
Another advantage is that
the police car can easily be
converted to a hybrid.  “With a
combination electric motor and
generator, the car can easily do
180 miles on one gallon of gas”, 
says Erick Boyance,  President
of Palmetto Custom Cart.
  The Tomberlin E-merge is a
serious Street Legal alternative
form of transportation. With top
speeds of 25 mph and a range
of over 30 miles, the E-Merge
is a new class of vehicle for
driving to work or around
the neighborhood.  It has an
onboard charger and can be
plugged into a 110v socket.
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Provided by Batt Humphreys
High Thyme, a local restaurant
on Sullivans Island, has already
installed a plug-in for residential
LSVs. 
  “We’re very glad to offer the
E-Merge to the force,” says  Erick. 
“Customizing it to fit the needs
of the police department was a
new challenge, and we think it
will stand out for the people on
the island. Hopefully
their first viewing
won’t be in their rear
view mirror.”
The Sullivan’s
Island Police
Department unveiled
their newest crime
fighting vehicle in
a short ceremony
on Thursday, April 9, at the
department headquarters,
located at 1610 Middle Street. 
To learn more about Palmetto
Custom Carts, visit www.
palmettocustomcarts.com, drop staff photos
Above: Officer Darren Botticelli shows off the new police low speed vehicle.
by the shop at 1314-C Stuart
Left: Sullivan's Island Police Chief Danny Howard exhibits the Departments newest
Engals Blvd. Mt. Pleasant, or vehicle.
call Erick Boyance at 881-9877.
For more info about EcoSense
Global Rentals, visit www.
ecosenseglobal.com or call Hal
Martens at 242-8225.
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Exchange Club
Easter breakfast

Easter Egg Hunt at

Poe's Library

(above, l to r) John Stanley, Chris Tountas, and Cecily Stack help set up the
serving line. (below, l to r) Barby Harrington, Bill Russell and Laura Devita
prepare scrambled eggs.

Choose from our Special

Date Night selections

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SIES goes bananas Alice Nixon Burress

Provided by Carol Killough c e r t i f i e d G r e e n P r o f e ss i o n a l

B A
i-Lo’s Buddy Banana visited Sullivan’s Island Elementary
School recently as a part of the School Improvement Council’s lice Nixon Burress, will reduce the environmental
Wellness initiatives. Each month, Bi-Lo visits the school Architect and Design impact of design/build projects
cafeteria to promote healthy eating habits and sample a fruit or Division Director at by incorporating these “green”
vegetable with each class as they eat their lunch. SIES faculty Citadel Enterprises, practices into her
member Jeanette Sewell, Buddy Banana (aka Bi-Lo teammate Naz has earned the work. “My approach
Adair), Leverne Howard and Bi-Lo store manager Barbara Garraghty designation of has always been
pose with members of Mrs. Howard’s kindergarten class. Certified Green one of utilizing
Professional. The available space
designation comes properly, looking
from the National at site orientation,
Association of protecting the
Home Builders and building envelope,
gives assurance to and designing to
homeowners that high standards for
the design/build energy efficiency.
architect/remodeler Products and
they choose has technical
knowledge of green approaches often
design and renovation change with time,
practices. Some of Alice Nixon Burress and keeping up
these options include choosing with some of these advancements
energy efficient appliances and is an advantage to our clients,”
equipment, using sustainable said Alice Nixon Burress.
or recycled products, and Citadel Enterprises provides
incorporating indoor air quality remodeling, repair and design/
In plane sight devices into the architectural build services with an emphasis

A
plans and remodel. on trust, service and neatness for
round 1pm on Friday, April 10, a single engine Cessna Centurion As part of her certification, the client who desires to work with
made an emergency landing on the Isle of Palms’ beach near Burress agreed to adhere to a an industry-leading firm.
32nd Avenue. The plane is owned by the Department of Natural code of ethics that states she
Resources. Pilot Owen Barker and two onboard biologists were
reportedly searching for stranded sea turtles when the plane began
experiencing problems with its fuel lines, causing an engine failure.
The plane safely glided to the beach and after roughly three and a half
hours, was ready to take off again for Columbia. No one was injured,
but the spectacle brought a fairly large crowd of curious islanders out
to the beach. PHOTOS BY Bambi Werner

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Five reasons to be bullish about financial markets
D
uring a long downturn in
the financial markets, it’s
hard for some people to be
cheerful about their prospects for
investment success. And that’s
not surprising, because a daily
diet of bad news can take its toll
on investors’ outlooks. Yet if you
look beyond the headlines, you
can actually find some reasons
to believe that brighter days lie
ahead.
Here are five of these potential
causes for optimism:
1. Recovery may be near. The
financial markets obviously are
connected to the overall U.S.
economy, so it makes sense to
keep an eye on how the economy
is doing. As you know, we’ve been
in the grip of a long and painful
recession — but that may change
fairly soon. In fact, the recession
is likely to end in the second half
Financial
By Dimi Matouchev
of 2009, according to a majority
of the economists surveyed by the
influential National Association for
Business Economics. And since
the stock market has historically
anticipated an economic recovery
by about six months — and begun
responding favorably — now may
not be the time to abandon your
long-term investment strategy. Of
course, past performance is not a
guarantee of future results.
2. Market rallies can happen
quickly. No one can predict the
exact moment a sustained market
rally will begin — but history
has shown that rallies can start
quickly and take off sharply.
Consider this: In the first year of a
recovery, investors have recouped
an average of 82 percent of what
they lost in the entire prior bear
market, according to Standard &
Poor’s. And since 1932, the S&P
500 has gained an average of 46
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percent in the year after stocks
have hit bottom. Keep in mind,
though, that we have experienced
a larger-than-usual drop in
the market, so you shouldn’t
necessarily expect a rally to
produce these results. Still, if you
are out of the market when it does
rally, you are likely to miss some
of the strongest returns.
3. Low prices may mean good
opportunities. By almost any
traditional measure of value,
investments are now very
attractively priced. And when
prices are low, returns over the
long term tend to be higher. Keep
looking for quality investments
— like other investments, they’ve
been hurt by the downturn,
but if their fundamentals are
still sound, they could offer the
greatest potential for long-term
rewards.
4. The Treasury and Fed are
working overtime to support the
U.S. financial system. While the
problems of resuscitating our
financial system are enormous,
and the solutions are not clear-
cut, the Department of the
Treasury and the Federal Reserve
are working hard to support the
credit markets, boost liquidity,
Keeping the music alive
By Ashley Anderson
I
n these troubled economic
times, industries of all
kinds are suffering losses as
citizens cut back on luxuries.
Of these industries, non-profit
organizations are taking a hard
hit. It is unfortunate that groups
which take only to give back even
more are losing so much when
they are needed the most. One
of these talented, timeless and
beloved groups is the Charleston
Symphony Orchestra.
For years, the CSO’s funding has
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lower mortgage rates and take
other steps that can ultimately
benefit the economy and the
investment markets.
5. Low inflation can help
boost “real” returns. Inflation, as
measured by the Consumer Price
Index, is currently close to zero.
As an investor, you have reason
to welcome a low inflation rate,
because when inflation is high,
it can erode the “real” returns of
your investments. Consequently,
you may be rewarded by investing
in vehicles that, for the moment,
are producing only modest
returns. Keep the above factors in
mind when you make investment
decisions. Remember, if you’re
going to help achieve your long-
term goals, you will likely need
to keep investing in even the
gloomiest of markets — and, as
we’ve discussed, there might
be more than a few rays of light
ready to pierce the clouds.
This article was written by
Edward Jones, located at 1505
Palm Blvd., Isle of Palms, SC 29451.
For more information, please call
the Edward Jones offices at (843)
886-9229 or visit their website at
www.edwardjones.com.
come from the generous donations
of private corporate donors and
local citizens. Since the onset of
our country’s economic crisis,
donations have been minimal.
CSO conductor David Stahl sadly
predicts that they will probably
raise 22% less through donations
next year. This drastic decrease
in funding has led to reluctant
pay cuts for musicians and
unwanted furlough weeks. Stahl
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Push-Up the Boys and Girls Clubs
t h e A n n u a l P u s h - Up C h a l l e n g e i s o n a g a i n !
O
nce again, the PrimeTime Fitness team
will be defending its titles as Push-
Up Champions and Top Fundraisers
in the annual “Push-Up the Boys and Girls
Clubs” push-up challenge. Come out on April
25, at noon to the park on Sullivan’s Island to
watch PrimeTime owner Meredith Nelson and
her team as they try to out-push neighboring
fitness facilities by performing the most push-
ups in 45 minutes! Teams consisting of five
people each from Shaping Concepts, ECO,
Pitt Street Fitness, Low-Country Crossfit, and
others will be taking on the PrimeTime Team
in an effort to raise money for the Boys and
Girls Clubs of the Trident Area.
You’ll be as surprised at the strategy the
Prime Time Team uses to achieve an expected
victory. The downside of using the same
strategy that has led them to success the
last two years is that now, the secret is out;
and after seeing the team complete almost
7,000 push-ups last year, competitors may
try to duplicate their strategy by relying
on endurance rather than brute strength.
However, the PrimeTime Team is confident
that their training and hard work will once
again lead them to victory, and help the Boys
and Girls Club of the Trident Area continue
to offer services to the children in our area.
Last year, Team PrimeTime alone raised
almost $10,000, and they hope to beat that
this year.
The Trident Area Boys and Girls Clubs
offer services enabling young people to reach
their full potential as productive, caring,
April 17, 2009
Fitness
By Meredith Nelson, M.Ed
push-up or one-time pledge is easy – simply
stop by PrimeTime Fitness to pick up a pledge
form, or go online to http://www.bgclubta.org/
main_subItems.asp?id=21&sid=93&ssid=68,
where giving is easy with an on-line pledge
form. Contact Ken Brown at 817-7801 for
more information.
And even if you do not want to pledge, please
come out, bring the family, and support this
great event. And while you’re there, look for
us and come cheer the PrimeTime team to
victory!
Meredith Nelson, M.Ed, is the owner of
PrimeTime Fitness, Inc, on Sullivan’s Island.
Offering group fitness classes, PrimeTime
Spin, private yoga, personal training, and
monthly gym membership, Meredith divides
her time between the gym on Sullivan’s Island
and limited in-home training on Daniel Island,
where she resides along with her husband
Mark. Meredith can be reached with your
responsible citizens. Along with character and fitness questions at 883-0101, or Meredith@
leadership skills development, the program primetimefit.net.
provides education and career development,
health and life skills,
exposure to the arts, Music from page 9 in order to spark an economic
and sports, fitness and his orchestra are working wave. The arts serve as a
and recreation. to preserve their artistic quality magnet to attract these potential
Please help us keep and extraordinary sound, even businesses and indicate a better
this fantastic program through the current hardships. quality of life for employees and
alive by making a “The first thing that gets cut potential consumers.
pledge today for Team in times of trouble are non- “German, French and Italian
PrimeTime Fitness. profits; things that help people companies are used to having
Making either a per- spiritually and emotionally a symphony or opera house in
in times of trouble, like the every small town. When they
orchestra,” said Stahl. come to Charleston and see our
Stahl has been conducting art life, they’re attracted. That’s
at the CSO for 25 years and economic development,” said
has a spiritual and therapeutic Stahl.
take on the effects of music. The CSO still echoes of a
He has conducted orchestras classic institution that is for
from Munich to Montreal to the people, by the people. It
Rome and has brought his would be upsetting to see the
worldly techniques to shape the symphony season suffer due to
infamous warm European sound lack of funding. It would be a
of Charleston’s symphony. detriment to the musicians, the
“I use all the influences I’ve audiences and the culture of
had to make an honest sound. Charleston. While many non-
Guest soloists can’t believe profits are sinking, hopefully
our orchestra’s sophisticated Charleston will help keep one of
European style when they come its greatest afloat.
here,” said Stahl.
The arts have been an If you would like to support
enormous economic and cultural the CSO, they have a few more
catalyst for the city of Charleston. upcoming events this season.
East Bay Street was flooded with There will be a Starlight Pops
rundown warehouses in the 70s concert on May 2 at Boone
before Spoleto came and began Hall Plantation. Families are
a sort of renaissance. Stahl sees welcome to bring picnics, sit
the CSO as an investment for under the stars and enjoy music
Charlestonians. According to from their favorite films along
him, international (especially with fireworks. To get more
European) businesses evaluate information about this or other
the quality of life of a city before upcoming events, visit www.
building branches there. In charlestonsymphony.com
essence, many cities are vying
for companies to come to them
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particularly ill-advised, mainly because
Accreted land from front page it involved the construction of artificial
maintained by pedestrian use and dunes. “Who would pay for the upkeep
would involve only minor pruning of of the artificial dunes and to keep the
overhanging branches. The existing natural dunes from reforming?” he
conditions and habitats would change asked. “This option just blew my mind.”
naturally in relation to the rate of To illustrate how deep pruning would
vegetation growth and the upper have a poor effect on the topography,
story tree canopy would expand and he pointed to a strand of vine-covered
become the dominant vista across myrtles which were cut down last year.
the entire accreted land area. The trees, he noted, will not come back
Alternative 2: Continue pedestrian because they were cut too short. “If you
practices which include vegetation First group attending the Botanical Walk hosted by the Sullivan's Islanders. cut off the vines, all you would find is
controls such as pruning to maintain dead myrtles,” said Dr. Porcher.
grasses, particularly along the access trails.
the views (at the discretion of individual He also addressed another open area which
Alternative 4: Modify the topography for
property owners subject to existing Town purposes of reducing potential storm damages had been cleared by a homeowner, stating
ordinance – appendix 2). This alternative and implement the expanded management of that it should never have been cleared. “They
would provide for pruned swaths flanked by vegetation to address the goals and objectives can see the ocean from their porch,” he said,
higher strands of forest vegetation. As the tree of the community. This final alternative would pointing to the house, which was on stilts.
canopies of unpruned areas expand, they will employ the same “naturalized” landscape “There was no need to clear the area so you
tend to narrow the ocean vistas across the of alternative three, but would modify the could see the beach from the ground.”
pruned areas. He summarized his feelings on how the
topography with at least one continuous
Alternative 3: implement more extensive dune ridge being built to run parallel to accreted land should be handled by bringing
management of vegetation to address the goals the shoreline in order to provide improved up Camp St. Christopher on Seabrook Island
and objectives of the community. This option storm surge protection. Other topographic and noting how they allowed the dunes there to
provides for a more “naturalized” landscape modifications are assumed to include limited mature, creating a naturally hilly terrain. The
with three broad vegetation communities: excavation of existing swales for the purpose maritime forest at the camp has also grown
grassland, shrub land and forest, all of of creating open water ponds to add habitat up and created clearings for paths, instead of
which would be maintained with negligible for waterfowl, provide an attractive amenity the other way around. “A true conservationist
alterations to the topography. Whereas to the community, reduce the mosquito does things for future generations and rarely
alternative two would tend to create shore- population associated with existing wetland sees the fruits of their efforts,” said Dr.
perpendicular bands of pruned and unpruned areas and improve the ocean vistas. Initial Porcher. He closed the walk by recommending
vegetation depending on property owners’ costs would include earth moving, tree that the residents of Sullivan’s Island should
preference, alternative three would seek to removal and the replanting of altered areas, form a natural history group, as well as hire
create an interestingly diverse landscape similar to the costs of alternative three, and a coastal geologist to regularly survey the
with open grassland interspersed with shrub would require ongoing maintenance, also beach and accreted land to ensure the land
and forest hammocks. Some areas that are similar to alternative three. is being properly maintained.
presently labeled as early successional forest Dr. Porcher adamantly stated that he found
would be cleared of trees and replanted with the fourth alternative

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Friday, April 17
Thank Dog it’s Friday hot dog
cookout
From 4 to 7pm at the I’on Square.
The event is being sponsored by
the Square Onion and all proceeds
will benefit Wild Heir Labrador
Rescue. For more info, visit www.
wildheirlabradorrescue.org
Saturday, April 1
Isle of Palms Annual
Community Yard Sale
Starting at 8am at the Isle of Palms
Recreation Department, located
at 28th Ave. Spaces are $5 each
and participants must register by
Tuesday, April 14. For more info,
contact the IOP Rec. department at
886-8294.
Sunday, April 19
Chamber Music Charleston
season finale
Starting at 3pm at St. Matthew’s
Lutheran Church, 405 King Street,
the concert includes the music
of Mozart, Piazzolla and Grieg
performed by violinist Mayumi
Nakamura, violist Katrina Smith,
cellist Timothy O’Malley and
pianist Irina Pevzner. Tickets
are $25 at the door or by calling
763-4941 or $20 online at www.
ChamberMusicCharleston.org.
Old Village Home, Garden, and
Art Tour
From 1pm – 5pm. Tickets are $45
and group tickets of 10 or more are
$35. Purchase tickets in advance by
calling 843.764.2323 x 355, or by
visiting www.lowcountryredcross.
org or any GDC Home or Abide-A-
While Garden Center location or at
Caviar and Bananas.
Tuesday, April 21
IOP Methodist Tea Room opens
The annual Methodist tea room will
be open from April 21 – 24, from
11am -2pm each day, and will be
serving their delicious homemade
menu of Greek, shrimp and chicken
salads, soups and incredible
desserts. For more info or take out
orders, call Eileen West at 971-
9642.
Kid’s day at Seel’s
Drop by Seel’s Fish Camp for
the best kid’s deal in town. Every
Tuesday, enjoy 99 cent kid’s meals
and children’s movies on the big
screen. For more information,
please call 883-5030.
Wednesday, April 22
Earth Day
Café Medley “over the hump”
wine tasting
6pm to 9pm. Purchase your own
Cafe Medley wine glass for $10 and
your first tasting is free! For more
information, call Café Medley at
793-4055. Located at 2213 Middle
St, Sullivan’s Island.
Thursday, April 23
Shemdig at Shem Creek
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April 17 -
The Landing on Shem Creek, located
next door to Red’s Ice House, is
opening up its doors to the season’s
hottest party. This event will be held
weekly on Thursday evenings from
5 to 9pm. For more info, visit www.
theshemdig.com.
University School of the
Lowcountry Open House
Starting at 7pm at the University
School's campus, located at 690
Coleman Blvd. (2nd floor of the
Education Building). This event
will allow interested families and
members of the community to learn
more about USL. For more info,
visit www.uslowcountry.org or call
884-0902.
Friday, April 24
Music at Morgan Creek
Rene Russell & Gary Hewitt from
6pm to10pm. on the Upper Deck
at Morgan creek Grill. 80 41st Ave.
Isle of Palms. 886-8980.
Saturday, April 25
“Push Up the Boys and Girls
Club” annual challenge
Join in cheering for the team from
Prime Time Fitness as they compete
against local fitness facilities to see
who can do the most push ups in
45 minutes. The competition starts
at 12 noon in the Sullivan’s Island
Park.
2009 Aquafina Major League
Baseball Pitch, Hit & Run ™
competition
The competition is open to ages 7-14
years and will take place at 9 a.m.
at the Duffy Complex (315 Center
Street) in Mount Pleasant. For more
info, call MPRD Baseball Coordinator
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Ryan Johnson at 884-2528 or visit
www.townofmountpleasant.com.
Sunrise Presbyterian rummage
sale
Sunrise Presbyterian will be having
a rummage sale in the church
fellowship hall from 8am – 1pm. All
proceeds will benefit youth summer
trips! Additional info/questions,
please call the church office 883-
3888.
CSO presents Merrill Lynch
Masterworks: Susan Platts,
mezzo-soprano
Maestro David Stahl’s 25th
Anniversary season with the CSO
will close with Bach’s Orchestral
Suite No. 3 featuring the popular
"Air on the G-string." Show starts
at 8pm at the Gaillard Auditorium,
77 Calhoun St, Downtown. Tickets
are $20 - $60; $5 students (with
ID) and can be purchased through
Ticketmaster at 554-6060, at all
Ticketmaster Outlets and at www.
charlestonsymphony.com.
Sunday, April 26
Lighthouse architect celebrates
75 years
The National Park Service invites
the public to a special lecture
by Sullivan's Island lighthouse
architect, Jack Graham, at 2pm.
The program will take place on the
grounds of the US Coast Guard
Historic District at Station 18 1/2
and I'On Avenue on Sullivan's
Island. All activities are free. For
more information, call Fort Moultrie
at 883-3123.
22nd Annual Town of Mount
Pleasant Blessing of the Fleet
& Seafood Festival
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11:30am – 5pm at Alhambra
Hall and Park, Mount Pleasant.
Free admission and free parking
Orchestra of the Lowcountry
Celebrate the musical talents of
Lowcountry youth as the Youth
Saturday, May 2
University School of the
available. for more info, call Su Orchestra of the Lowcountry takes Lowcountry Open House
McManus Frost at 884-8517 or visit
www.townofmountpleasant.com.
the stage with the CSO. Show
starts at 7pm at Wando High
From 2 -4pm at the University
School's campus, located at 690
School Performing Arts Center, Coleman Blvd. (2nd floor of the
Monday, April 27 1000 Warrior Way, Mount Pleasant. Education Building). This event
Sullivan's island candidate Tickets are $15 adults, $5 students will allow interested families and
forum and can be purchased through members of the community to learn
The League of Women Voters of Ticketmaster at 554-6060, at all more about USL. \For more info,
the Charleston Area will present Ticketmaster Outlets and at www. visit www.uslowcountry.org or call
a Sullivan's Island candidate charlestonsymphony.com. 884-0902.
forum on at 7pm at the Fort
Moultrie Visitor Center Auditorium,
1214 Middle Street, Sullivan's
Island in anticipation of the May 5
elections. All candidates will have
an opportunity to speak. Free and
open to the public. Refreshments
will be provided.
Tuesday, April 28
Kid’s day at Seel’s
Drop by Seel’s Fish Camp for
the best kid’s deal in town. Every
Tuesday, enjoy 99 cent kid’s meals
and children’s movies on the big
screen. For more information,
please call 883-5030.
Wednesday, April 29
Mangia for Mutts
Enjoy a three course meal at Iacofano
to help support Pet Helpers. Music
by “The Pickled Beets”, followed by a
comedy session with Shon Kennedy
of Theater 99. Iacofano is located
at 626 Coleman Blvd. Mt. Pleasant.
Tickets $25 each, $45 for couple. For
more info, visit pethelpers.org or
call 795-1110.
Café Medley “over the hump”
wine tasting
See Wednesday, April 22
Thursday, April 30
CSO Family Concert: Youth
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Building
“Kelsey’s Closet”
provided
S
ullivan’s Island Elementary student Kelsey Bianco has come
into her element by creating a new charitable service known as
“Kelsey’s Closet”; a closet filled with clean, new and gently used
clothing for Mary Ford Elementary School students and families.
Sitting at dinner one night, Kelsey’s mother shared with Kelsey and
her older sister, Lauren, about her meeting that day with Jim Frye from
Mary Ford Elementary. Melissa Raskay-Bianco had just returned from
donating materials for a 450 student school-wide art project, the final
results of which were taken to patients at MUSC Children’s Hospital
during the holidays. Kelsey learned that this Charleston County
school was struggling: struggling with poor test scores, high teacher
turnovers and low parental involvement. Students at this school
come from the state’s poorest families who face their own difficulties
in providing themselves with basic food, clothing and shelter.
All of this weighed on Kelsey’s mind and a few days later, she
approached her mother. “I have to make sure these students have
clothes,” she said. This comes from a girl who is a self described
fashion-ista, who can often be found perusing the pages of fashion
magazines, or designing and creating her own unique items from
thrift store finds. The idea marinated for several days and Kelsey’s
Closet was born.
Service and entrepreneurial ideas are not new to this 10-½ year old.
Daughter of Joseph Bianco, an emergency medicine physician and
Melissa Raskay-Bianco, a social worker and founder of a wholesale
giftware company, Kelsey is used to a fast pace, do-it-yourself-or-
it-won’t-get-done atmosphere. Kelsey’s past Christmas Eve was
spent working with ECCO (East Cooper Community Outreach
Center), loading a van with turkey dinners, unloading them at a
local church and distributing them to needy families. As a student
council representative for the past two years, she helped collect a
sleigh filled with art supplies for MUSC Children’s Hospital and also
helped collect art boxes for Mary Ford Elementary students. On the
weekends, Kelsey and her sister are frequently near the neighborhood
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golf course, selling found golf balls (“Good Balls from Bad Golfers” as
the sign proclaims), snacks and drinks, the proceeds of which are
being earmarked for the SPCA. Kelsey attends Sea Coast Community
Church, plays the drums rather loudly, sings in her school chorus,
enjoys acting in school plays and will attend the School of the Arts
next year.
Kelsey’s Closet is now in place at Mary Ford Elementary. The
closet is kept orderly, separated by sex and size. Clothing, shoes,
and accessories all have a place on the shelves. Thanks to Mary
Ford’s Vista Volunteer, Josephine Rex, a token system has been put
into place which allows parents to earn tokens to spend on “shopping
trips” to Kelsey’s Closet. If the clothing outgrows the closet, items will
be shared with other needy area schools.
The Sullivan’s Island Elementary student council is collecting
clothing through April. Wonder Works stores have drop off boxes in
both Mount Pleasant and West Ashley.
If you are an individual or business who would like to make a
donation, please contact Melissa Raskay-Bianco at 478-4544. Please
make sure all clothing is clean and free of stains, rips, etc. Additional
drop off locations are also being solicited throughout the area.
The drop off locations for Kelsey’s Closet are:
WonderWorks
Belle Hall Shopping Center
624 Long Point Red, Suite D
Mt Pleasant, SC 29464
(843) 849-6757
WonderWorks
New Harris Teeter Shopping Center
975 Savannah Highway
West Ashley, Charleston, SC 29407
(843) 573-9300
If a pick up needs to be arranged, please call
Melissa Raskay-Bianco at (843) 478-4544. Also,
please note that this is an ongoing effort and Kelsey
hopes to continue to keep Kelsey’s Closet stocked
and in operation for a long time.
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he dogwoods have exploded,
the azaleas are a riot of
color. Gardenias perfume
the air as the gentle warmth of
the sun caresses the breezes
wafting through the narrow
streets. There is a feeling that
one can accomplish anything, do
anything, but the languid torpor of
a spring afternoon in Charleston
overtakes this feeling of ambition,
and the most one can aspire to
is to just enjoy the grace, charm
and beauty of the old houses and
the formal gardens offered during
The Festival of Houses.
The annual Festival of Houses
generally features more than 140
sites in its program, and it owes
it all to one of its founders and
former executive director, Frances
Edmunds. Over 100,000 people
come to join in the fray, filling the
City’s scores of hotels, inns and
bed and breakfasts.
It wasn’t always so.
According to a publicity
brochure describing the 1948
festival, the year after the festival
started, there were about twenty
houses featured. It also lists the
accommodations. There were
eight hotels in the city at that
time. Mrs. Edmunds says that a
group of Charlestonians went to
Natchez, Mississippi, in the mid-
1940s to see how they operated
their tours which had been going
on for years.
They liked what they saw and
in the spring of 1947, the Festival
was born. The first year of the
tours could hardly be classified
as a rousing success.
“The first year, hardly anybody
came,” Mrs. Edmunds explained.
“Wilbur Hoffman’s house on
Church Street was one the first
houses on the tour. He’d forgotten
to unlock the door, so we climbed
through the window. We waited
around and finally, we got an
ironing board out of the kitchen,
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Festival of Houses
By David Farrow
got an iron, and we ironed out a
pattern for me to make a dress for
one of my children.
“I don’t think anybody even
came that afternoon. We sat
around and had a pleasant time
because some interesting people
dropped by, but they were all
Charleston people.”
She said it picked up a little
bit in the second year, and
attendance improved.
“That year, we gave everybody
who went on the tour this
absolutely charming little book,”
she says. “By that time we had
an office in a beautiful house on
Church Street. We had our own
office in the front room. Miss
Caroline Pinckney had an antique
shop in the second room, and
other people were living upstairs.
We sold the tickets there, and
sometimes people would ask to go
to the bathroom. I’d say, ‘Go down
the piazza, through the yard and
in the little building on the right,
if you want to try it.’ I’d never
tried it. It was just a privy.”
Things improved in a hurry.
Over its fifty-plus years, the
Foundation has spearheaded
a drive that has led to the
rehabilitation of hundreds of
buildings of architectural and
historic importance and the
reclamation of approximately five
and a half miles of peninsular
Charleston which have been
listed on the National Register of
Historic Places.
The headquarters for the
Foundation has moved a few
times since its humble beginnings
on Church Street. It is now at the
Misseroon House at the head of
High Battery next to the Carolina
Yacht Club. For a while it was
headquartered on Fulton Street in
the only house in South Carolina
to be built strictly as a bawdy
house, but for many years it was
located in the Nathaniel Russell
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House on Meeting Street. Statistics
released by the foundation claim
that about 75,000 people a year
tour the 1808 house and gardens,
open all year long.
The next project the foundation
undertook was the Ansonborough
Rehabilitation Project.
“Ansonborough was a shaggy
place. It was pretty ruggedly
run down. There were some very
nice people who had very little
money, but were proud of their
houses,” Mrs. Edmunds avers.
“One afternoon I went up to see
an older lady who lived right
up on the corner of Anson and
Society streets. She wasn’t there,
so I waited for her for a long
time. I looked around and I said
to myself, ‘You know, I think we
could just buy houses up here
and do wonders,’ so we started off
with seven houses. They were all
in dreadful condition.
“The rumor went around town
that we were going to tear down
a whole area and develop it. That
was the gossip, but we got together
and sold one of the houses. Then
we bought other houses and sold
them.”
She says they restored two
houses in Ansonborough and
sold them. That started the trend.
Different people began buying
houses in the area and restoring
them under the watchful auspices
of the Foundation.
A while ago, Mrs. Edmunds
was being honored at an awards
banquet. Former state senator
and Congressman Arthur Ravenel
related a tale of long ago which
Mrs. Edmunds passed on.
It seems that back in the
1960s, Ravenel, who owns a real
estate company in Charleston,
wanted to buy the Faber House,
an enormous and beautiful
house with a cupola atop it on the
upper reaches of East Bay Street
near the Cooper River Bridges.
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This was and still is in a rather
downtrodden area of the city,
which even today is being very
slowly restored. Ravenel heard
the Foundation had a house up
for sale, so he went to a friend
of his and managed to borrow
$35,000 for the purchase of the
property.
He and Mrs. Edmunds went up
to take a look at the site.
Ravenel said to Mrs. Edmunds,
“Frances, I’ll give you $12,500 for
this house.”
Mrs. Edmunds thought about
it long and hard and said, “No,
Arthur, how about twenty-five?”
Right there on the hood of
the car, they started signing the
papers.
Months went by while all of
the forms were being processed.
Finally, when all of the papers
were signed and the deal was
finalized, Ravenel sidled up to
her and said, “You know, distant-
cousin Frances, I have to tell you
something. I got to confess. You
know I had $35,000 to give you
for that house.”
Mrs. Edmunds looked him
squarely in the eyes and replied,
“Arthur, don’t grieve for us. If
you’d agreed to restore it, we
would have given it to you.”
Read more from David Farrow on
his blog, davidfarrow.wordpress.
com. You can send comments
through his blog, or by emailing
info@luckydognews.com.
David Farrow, Charlestonian.
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Park Foundation Charleston Ballet Theatre
Annual Spring Dance
Provided by Eleanor Washburn
W
hen Hurricane Hugo hit
in 1989, it completely
destroyed the modest
park on Sullivan’s Island,
destroying the play equipment,
fences and the landmark
bandstand, killing the grass and
blowing down the shade trees.
The park was littered with tons
of debris, including two houses,
a truck, several cars, and a boat.
During the cleanup of the island,
the park was used as a debris
dump and burn site.
The Sullivan’s Island Park
Foundation, a private, non profit
corporation, was formed in 1990
as a community based response
to the devastation suffered during
Hurricane Hugo and its purpose
is the restoration, development
and maintenance of the Public
Park and recreational facilities
for the public use on Sullivan’s
Island.
The Park Foundation works
closely with the Town Government
and all project and purchases
for the park are done so with
approval from Town Council.
With donations and support from
the community over the past 18
years, the Park Foundation has
made many improvements to the
Stith Park on Middle Street and
more recently to the Poe Street
Park. In 1993, The Sullivan’s
Island Park Foundation held
the first “Community Fireworks
Show”, which has grown to be the
largest free community event on
the Island, completely supported
by donations to the Sullivan’s
Island Park Foundation.
This year, the Annual Spring
Dance will feature the East Coast
Party Band. Your ticket includes
food and drinks and the dress
is “island casual”. The dance
will be held at the Sand Dunes
Club, Sullivan’s Island, April 24
from 7 – 11pm. Tickets are $100
per person. Call 364-0798 for
tickets.
The Sullivan’s Island Park
Foundation would like to thank
all of the generous individuals
who have made contributions
over the years to help us achieve
our goals and for their continued
support.
* indicates a world-premiere work
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April 17, 2009
2009-2010 season
The Decadent Divas*- October 2 - 4, 9 & 10, 2009 
Black Box Theatre
Choreography by Jill Eathorne Bahr
Glamour, beauty, & fame are the name of the game as Charleston
Ballet Theatre pays tribute to some of the greatest female vocalists of
the past century.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show - October 23 & 24, 30 & 31, 2009 
Black Box Theatre
Choreography by Jill Eathorne Bahr
Returning as a new holiday classic for the Halloween season,
Charleston Ballet Theatre’s massively popular interactive interpre-
tation of the cult classic film comes to life in the newly mutli-screen
adorned Black Box Theatre.
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas - November 14 & 15, 21 & 22,
2009
Black Box Theatre 
Returning after a sold out extended run last season, CBT’s new Chil-
dren’s Series holiday classic tells the heart-warming tale of the ‘Mean
One’ who learns the true meaning of Christmas. A charming snow-
filled holiday event for kids of all ages.
The Nutcracker - December 12 & 13, 2009
Gaillard Auditorium
Choreography by Jill Eathorne Bahr/Music by Tchaikovsky
Being home for the holidays has never felt so warm and cozy as
when Charleston families enter the Gaillard Auditorium and experi-
ence the sights, sounds and smells of the city’s annual Christmas-
time tradition.
Motown Mania* - January 15 - 17, 29 & 30,  2010
Black Box Theatre
Choreography by Jill Eathorne Bahr
The Motor City music scene fills the Black Box Theatre with a rollick-
ing tribute to the golden era of Motown’s biggest hits. Get ready for a
throwback to a simpler time where dancing in the streets was com-
mon practice and no mountain was high enough!
The Cat in the Hat* - January 31 and February 6 & 7, 2010
Black Box Theatre
Hot off the heels of the popularity of the Grinch, CBT presents another
cherished tale from the master of rhythmic and surreal storytelling,
Dr. Seuss.
Masterpieces of Dance - February 13, 2010
Sottile Theatre
Choreography by Eddy Touissant, Bruce Marks and George Bal-
anchine
Masterpieces of Dance presents a trio of spectacular ballet perfor-
mances from three of the dance world’s most acclaimed choreogra-
phers for a one evening engagement of true modern classics of the
ballet world. 
Pinocchio* - March 6 & 7, 13 & 14, 2010
Black Box Theatre
The little wooden puppet who dreams of becoming a real boy learns
the difference between right and wrong in this charming adventure
come to life.
Zorro* - March 27 & 28 , 2010
Sottile Theatre
Choreography by Jill Eathorne Bahr
Making its world-premiere at The Sottile Theatre, Jill Eathorne Bahr’s
new work is set to swash your buckle with a grand cinematic take on
the legendary Spanish-American hero. Sword-fights should be ex-
pected!
Oscar Gala 2010: Hollywood Heroes - February 18, 2010  The
American Theatre
In anticipation of the world-premiere of Jill Eathorne Bahr’s new
Zorro ballet production, Charleston’s hottest fundraising event will
be a celebration of the greatest heroes and heroines of the silver
screen.
Boasting a dazzling rotations of events in the beautifully renovated
American Theatre, the excitement includes red carpet arrivals, Oscar
nominee-inspired dance performances, fine dining catered by Fish
restaurant and Hollywood themed table designs by Charleston’s
most creative. Fabulous and distinctive auction items, a bubbling
champagne toast and live comedy entertainment by The Have-Nots
top off an evening you are not soon to forget!  For more information or
to reserve tickets and tables now call 723.7334 or email oscargala@
charlestonballet.org. For more information on these shows please
visit www.charlestonballet.com.
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Home-coming
Home Team BBQ is one step closer to opening with its newly painted sign. It's only a
matter of days before the smell of delicious barbeque starts to fill the air along Middle
Street.
Outstanding youths
Provided by Pamela Marsh, IOP Exchange Club
A
nnually, the Isle of Palms
Exchange Club recognizes
outstanding high school
and college students who live on
the Isle of Palms or Sullivan’s
Island, or are a descendant of
a member of the Isle of Palms
Exchange Club.  Each applicant
must demonstrate excellence in
leadership, community service,
and academics. Each applicant
also writes an essay. The title of
the 2009 essay is “America’s Youth
- Stepping Forward to Change the
Beat of America.” The winners of
the “Youth of the Month” for March
were Bradley Kennedy, a senior
at Wando High School,  Reid
Anderegg, a senior at Academic
Magnet High School , and Chelsea
Daigre, a senior at William J.
Palmer High School in Manitou
Springs, Colorado.  Kennedy will
attend Neumont University in
Utah this fall.  He is the son of
Deborah and Kevin Kennedy.
Anderegg will attend Furman
University in the fall. She is
the daughter of Jonathan and
(left to right) Elizabeth Grantham, Youth of the Month / Year chairperson
Laura Jean Varadi, Bradley Kennedy, Reid Anderegg, and Jim Raih, IOP Exchange
Club President.
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Lighthouse architect
celebrates 75 years
T
he National Park
Service invites the
public to a special
lecture by Sullivan’s Island
lighthouse architect,
Jack Graham, at 2pm
on Sunday, April 26. The
program will take place on
the grounds of the US Coast
Guard Historic District
at Station 18 1/2 and
staff photo I’On Avenue on Sullivan’s
Island.   Graham studied
under architect Louis
Kahn at the University
of Pennsylvania’s School
of Design and designed
the concept plan for the
lighthouse as a young man
in the Coast Guard.   Now
Elizabeth Anderegg.  Daigre is the retired, Graham will be
granddaughter of John Stanley of reconnecting with an early
the IOP. These students received project on the occasion photo provided by National Park service
a “Youth of the Month” certificate of his 75th birthday. Jack Graham, lighthouse architect.
and $100. The grounds, quarters’
     The “Youth of the Year” was cupola and boathouse will be open to the public from 2 to 5pm.
awarded to Laura Jean Varadi, a Because of safety concerns, only the base of the lighthouse will
senior at Wando High School. She be open.  All activities are free. For more information, call Fort Moultrie
hopes to attend Duke University at 883-3123.
in the fall.  She is the daughter
of Paul and Carol Varadi. She
received a certificate and $200.
As the IOP Exchange Club
Youth of the Year, Varadi will
be nominated to the SC District
Exchange Club for their “Youth of
the Year “competition.
    Laura Jean Varadi also received
the Meeks / Sotille Scholarship
of $2000 towards her college
education. This scholarship is
awarded for academic excellence
and achievements.
These students, along with
their parents and siblings, were
honored at the dinner meeting of
the IOP Exchange Club on March
26, 2009.
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Carolina Wren Lucky Dog

By Sarah Dargan Harper Name: Bandit (AKC name: Charleston’s
Lucky Bandit)
Owner(s) name: Phil and Lynn Riker
Birthplace/hometown: Santee, SC
Age: 10 ½ years
Veterinarian: Dr. George
Breed: Yellow Lab
Favorite food: any human food, but I get
Nutro
Favorite treat: Milkbones (or any human food)
Favorite toy: pillow

I am a lucky dog be-

cause I live near the
water. I get to jump
in the water any time

PHOTO BY Sarah Dargan Harper

I want (when I escape
me fence). As you can
see by my photo, I
also enjoy jet skiing. I
used to love running
through the creeks
on the IOP, getting
all muddy, and then

T
he Carolina Wren is a local year-round resident and the largest shaking that mud all
wren in the southeast (5.5in long). Males sing about 40 different over the house, but I
got tired of being rel-
songs and male-female pairs will often sing duets. House wrens
egated to the garage.
look similar, but are slightly smaller and a duller brown. Wrens are
My human parents
easily recognizable by their habit of sharply cocking their tails (like said they gave me the name Bandit because I “stole” their hearts at
the wren in this photo). Now is the time to put out your nest boxes first sight. I promptly tried to live up to my name. One of my favor-
and/or to clean them. Carolina Wrens will readily nest in bird houses, ite joys, in my younger days, was to go through the dirty laundry,
but are quite versatile. They will build nests in vacant mailboxes, select a particular personal item, and locate the owner. This was
under awnings, and in gutters. I even know of one pair that snuck in especially fun when it involved female overnight guests.
a garage and nested in an old rubber boot!

18th Annual
First United Methodist
Church Tea Room
April 21 - 24, 2009
11:30am - 2pm
Menu
Greek, shrimp and chicken salads & plates
Black bean and vegetable soups
fresh strawberry shortcake
toffee topped brownies
cheesecake
old fashioned angel food cake (with or
without whipped cream and berries)

Our "Crafty Ladies" Boutique will offer its

unique assortment of arts, crafts, furniture and novelties.

Large group reservations or take out orders,

please call Eileen West at 971-9642.

All profits go toward local and world missions.

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Earth Day is celebrated on April 22 every single year

Earth Day is the only event celebrated simultaneously around the globe by people of all
backgrounds, faiths and nationalities. More than a half billion people participate in Earth
Day Network campaigns every year.

Going Green!! Color Me!

Eye Spy
No child is too young or too old
to begin going green. Here are some
Earth Day Tips.
Give your old toys to charity instead of throwing Do you know what
them away.
this is?
Turn off computers and video games every night.
Kids, send your guess for
Turn off the lights when no one is in the room. this week’s Eye Spy to info@
luckydognews.com. Please
Walk or ride bikes to the park instead of driving include your mailing address
in a car. with your submission. The
winner will receive a coupon
Turn off the water while brushing your teeth. for a free ice cream at Café
Medley on Sullivan's Island.
RECYCLE!

Refill water bottles instead of throwing them away.

Plant a tree.
Last week's image was a boardwalk on
Sullivan's Island. Send us your guess of
If you don’t have an outside cat, fill birdfeeders
the image above and win a free scoop of
in your yard.
ice cream!

Play outside!!!

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Isle of Palms Rec Center

Isle of Palms Recreation Camp Summershine Girls Volleyball Camp April 17
Center IOP Registration begins July 6-10 6pm-8pm
www.iop.net March 30 IOP register March 30-April 10 Ages 7-12 Yrs.
843-886-8294 Non-resident registration begins Non-resident register April 13 till $10 per person
April 13 full
Middle School Dance Weekly program outlines on www. $125 camp fee Open Auditions: The Wizard
April 24 iop.net under “Recreation” Ages 10-15 Yrs. of Oz
6, 7 & 8 grade 9am-12pm Monday, April 20
7pm-10pm Ping Pong Tournament Tuesday, April 21
Get tickets at the door Saturday, March 21 at 1pm Soccer Camp 6:30pm-9pm
Registration March 2`-`18 August 3-7 Youth and Adults
Tae Kwon Do (12Yrs. +) Ages 9 to 15 Yrs. Half day: 5-8 Yrs. No experience needed
Lower belt: Monday, 6:30pm- $5 each Full day: 9-13 Yrs. Also needed: carpenters, make-
7:30pm and Wednesday, 7pm- $125 Half day (9am-12 noon) up artists, costume designers
7:45pm Yoga (16 Yrs. +) $200 Full day (9am-3pm) & makers, sound and light
Brown/Black belt: Wednesday, 12:30pm to 2pm IOP register: March 30-April 10 engineers, painters
7:45pm-9:15pm Tuesdays & Thursdays Non-resident: April 13 –until full
Saturday 10am-12 noon $80 resident/$85 non-resident/ Bicycle Safety Rodeo
$35 resident/$40 non-resident/ session Saturday Yoga (12 Yrs. +) Saturday, May 2
per month $10 per class Begins April 25 10am-12 noon
10am-11am Bicycle registration & inspection
Lacrosse Camp Sports Conditioning $30 resident/$35 non-resident IOP Police Dept. with skills/
Camp dates: July 27-31 Tuesdays & Thursdays per session obstacles
Fee: IOP $125/Non-resident 5:15pm to 6:15pm class $7 per class drop-in Call to pre-register
$130 $40 resident/$45 non-resident All ages welcome
Ages 7-15 Yrs. $7 per class Kinderpuppy Free
9am-12 noon New Session begins April 27
Minimum 15 participants Evening Yoga (12 Yrs. +) 6:30pm-7:30pm Beach Run: Four mile run/
5:30pm to 6:30pm $90 residents/$95 non walk
Jump Start (ages 4 & 5 Yrs.) Mondays & Wednesdays Must pre-register for class Saturday, July 18
Open spaces 2009-2010 school $60 residents/ $65 non- 8am
year residents/6 weeks Canine Good Citizenship Early entries:
2/3/or 5 days a week $7 per class New session begins April 27 $12 run/walk & $5 youth
Art fee required at registration Monday Late entries:
Call for more information Total Body Challenge 7:30pm-8:30pm $15 run/walk & $7 youth
Tuesday thru Friday $90 residents/$95 non For more info, call 886-8204
Canasta 8am-9am Must pre-register for class
1st & 3rd Tuesday of the month Everyday a different challenge
11:30am-2:30pm $7 per class or purchase # of Boater Education Course
Free classes Saturday, April 25
9am-5pm
Mat & Floor Community Yard Sale Must pre-register with
Wednesdays, 1:45pm-2:45pm Saturday, April 18 SCDNR
50+ Yrs. 8am
Focusing on Pilates, floor Spaces $5 each Living Well
exercises Must register by Tuesday, April Six week workshop
$10 per class/or pay for the 14 for those with chronic
session health conditions
AJ Basketball Camp Thursdays, 10am-
Mommy & Me June 22-26 12:30pm
Wednesdays, (except the 1st IOP register March 30-April 10 New session April 23-
Wednesday of the month) Non-resident register April 13 till May 28 The IOP Girls Softball Team sponsored by Sea Biscuit
Toddlers, 3 yrs. & under full Café will play in the Mt. Pleasant league. The game
accompanied by an adult-play $180 camp fee Friday Night Hoops schedule can be found on iop.net.
and socialize. 9:30am -11:30am $100 ½ day for 5 & 6 Yrs.
FREE Ages 5-15 Yrs.

Poe Library events

1921 Ion Ave Time: 10:30-11am
Sullivan’s Island  
883-3914 Thursday Story Time
Hours:  May 7, 14, 21 & 28
Mon & Fri: 2 - 6 Time: 10:15-11am
Tues, Thur & Sat: 10 - 2   
Sping & Summer Crafts with
Kaleidescope Story Time Grace
 May 4, 11 & 18 May 2, Take and Make Crafts
Time:  3:30pm-4pm 10:30-12:30pn
   
Tuesday Story Time Beach Lovers Book Club
 Ages:  3-5 May 30 at 10:30am
May 5, 12, 19 & 26 The Help by Kathryn Stockett

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The following is a synopsis of
some of the activities of the Isle of
Palms Police Department during
the month of March 2009.
Patrol
March 2, 2009: Officers respond-
ed to a residence on Palm Bou-
levard where a citizen reported
an occupied vehicle backed into
a driveway. While responding,
the vehicle was reported to be
heading southbound on Palm
Boulevard. An officer observed
the vehicle and followed it for a
short period of time before stop-
ping it on the 100 block of Palm
Boulevard. While speaking to the
subjects in the vehicle, a quan-
tity of marijuana was observed in
the doorframe of the passenger
seat. A pre-tow inventory result-
ed in a bag being found con-
taining marijuana and assorted
drug paraphernalia, as well as
open containers of beer. All three
occupants were charged with
Simple Possession of Marijuana
and two with Minor in Posses-
sion of Beer.
March 4, 2009: At the request
of the Sullivan’s Island Police,
officers responded to Atlantic
Avenue to a Criminal Domestic
Violence call that was still ongo-
ing. Our officers assisted in the
arrest of both participants and
located a quantity of marijuana
on the male subject involved.
Once the incident was defused
and both parties were in custody,
our officers returned to the Isle
of Palms.
March 5, 2009: Just after 2am,
an officer on patrol observed a
male subject leaning against a
vehicle in the middle of Charles-
ton Boulevard and urinating on
the roadside. The officer stopped
to investigate and determined
that the subject was intoxicated,
and was taken into custody and
charged with Disorderly Con-
duct.
March 6, 2009: Just after 10pm,
an officer on patrol stopped a
vehicle on Ocean Boulevard for
an equipment violation and while
checking the driver’s informa-
tion, determined that he was
wanted by the Mount Pleasant
Police Department for an out-
standing Bench Warrant for De-
frauding an Innkeeper. A Mount
Pleasant officer responded to
their location to assume cus-
tody of the driver, where he was
transported to the Charleston
County Detention Center.
March 9, 2009: After stopping a
vehicle on Palm Boulevard for an
equipment violation, the officer
determined that the driver had
been operating her vehicle with-
out insurance since 2007. While
taking the driver into custody
her husband, who was a passen-
ger in the vehicle, interfered in
the incident to a point where he
had to be charged with Hinder-
ing.
Police Blotter
March 11, 2009: Just after
midnight, an officer on patrol
observed a vehicle traveling on
Palm Boulevard without opera-
tive headlights, then executed
a U-Turn and parked in a front
yard on the 2800 block of Palm
Boulevard. The officer stopped to
investigate and while speaking
to the driver, immediately noted
a strong odor of alcohol emit-
ting from within the vehicle. The
driver also had slurred speech,
bloodshot, and glassy eyes. The
officer administered several
Field Sobriety Tests, which the
driver failed. He was then taken
into custody and transported to
headquarters for a Datamaster
Test, which registered a .15%
level of alcohol. He was charged
with DUI and transported to the
Detention Center.
March 12, 2009: At the request
for assistance from the Sullivan’s
Island Police Department, Isle of
Palms officers responded to Bay-
onne Street to assist with a large
underage party involving alcohol.
March 12, 2009: Officers re-
sponded to a front beach con-
dominium unit where a female
had contacted the front desk for
help after being assaulted by her
common-law husband in their
rental unit. Officers met with the
victim in the lobby, then went to
the room to place the husband
under arrest. While in the pro-
cess of taking him into custody,
he resisted arrest and fought the
officers, resulting in an officer
needing to use his baton to effect
the arrest. While on the way to
the Detention Center, the sus-
pect kicked a rear door panel
causing damage to the door and,
with his teeth, tore a hole in the
vinyl headrest of the rear seat.
Due to his actions, members of
the Tactical Team met him at the
door of the Detention Center and
assumed custody. The suspect
was charged with Criminal Do-
mestic Violence, Resisting Arrest,
and Malicious Damage to Public
Property.
March 14, 2009: Just after
1:30am, an officer on patrol on
the Connector stopped a vehicle
that had been weaving in and
out of the lane of travel and onto
the median reflectors. Once the
vehicle was stopped, the officer
immediately detected a strong
odor of alcohol from within the
vehicle. The driver admitted that
she had been drinking alcohol
at a local nightspot. The driver
submitted to several Field Sobri-
ety Tests, which she failed, and
was transported to headquarters anything and was released to the
for a Datamaster Test, where she custody of his parent. The driver
registered a .13% level of alco-
hol. She was charged with DUI
and transported to the Detention by a Minor, Possession of Sched-
Center.
March 15, 2009: Officers re-
sponded to the 200 block of
Forest Trail, where a road rage
incident had been reported.
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The victim alleges that a vehicle
stopped in front of him in the
street and the driver got out of
his vehicle and started a verbal
altercation, which ended with
him being assaulted. Due to dif-
fering accounts from each party
involved, the alleged victim was
advised on how to pursue charg-
es, if he wished. The incident
appeared to be over a vehicle fol-
lowing the other too closely.
March 15, 2009: Just after
1:30am, officers on foot patrol
observed a male subject seated
on the steps of a front beach
business yelling profanities to
persons walking by. After warn-
ing the subject, he again began
to yell and shout profanities, and
was taken into custody charged
with Public Disorderly Conduct.
March 15, 2009: Officers re-
sponded to JC Long Boulevard
and Pavilion Drive where a
dispute in the roadway had been
reported. The responding officers
discovered the dispute was over
a two-car accident that had just
occurred. While investigating the
accident, the officer determined
that one driver was impaired,
due to her slurred speech and
the strong odor of alcohol emit-
ting from her person. The driver
submitted to several Field Sobri-
ety Tests, which she failed, and
was taken into custody where
she later refused to provide a
breath sample for the Datamas-
ter Test. She was charged with
DUI, No Insurance, and was
transported to the Detention
Center. volved were mutual combatants,
March 16, 2009: A former em-
ployee of the Isle of Palms Post
Office was charged with one
count of Petit Larceny for a Jan-
uary 2009 investigation where
the subject admitted to stealing
two Wal-Mart gift cards from the
mail, then cashing them in for
merchandise. The subject turned
himself in to Investigators volun-
tarily.
March 18, 2009: Just before
10pm, a resident reported that
there was a vehicle on the beach
near 39th Avenue doing donuts
in the sand. Officers responded,
located, and stopped the vehicle,
which was occupied by two six-
teen year-old male subjects. An
officer observed a bottle of whis-
key in the rear seat and both
subjects were directed to exit the
vehicle. The driver was found to
be in possession of a quantity of
loosly controlled substance pills
and was taken into custody. The
passenger was not charged with
was charged with Purchase/Pos-
session/Consumption of Liquor
ule II Controlled Substance, Pos-
session of Schedule III Controlled
Substance, and No Vehicles on
Beach/Beach Access. The juve-
nile driver was later released to
the custody of his grandfather
April 17, 2009
with the Drug and Alcohol charg-
es being set for Family Court.
March 19, 2009: An officer re-
sponded to a Lagoon Road resi-
dence where vandalism had been
reported. It was determined that
a dispute had taken place re-
sulting in a male subject using
a golf club to break items in the
home. A computer check of the
parties involved indicated that
the complainant was wanted
by the North Charleston Police
Department for an outstanding
Bench Warrant. He was taken
into custody and released to a
North Charleston police officer.
The complainant did not want to
press charges for the vandalism.
March 19, 2009: Officers re-
sponded to a Cameron Boule-
vard residence where a domestic
dispute had been reported. The
matter was determined to be a
verbal argument between boy-
friend and girlfriend. The officers
quelled the situation and had
both parties agree to discontinue
their dispute.
March 21, 2009: Just before
1am, officers responded to a resi-
dence on Waterway Boulevard
where a domestic disturbance
had been reported. The officer
was met by a female subject
who stated that she had a tooth
knocked out by her boyfriend
and that he had stated that he
wanted to kill her. The male
subject was immediately located
and taken into custody. Due to
the fact that the two persons in-
both were charged with Simple
Assault and transported to the
Detention Center.
March 22, 2009: Just before
3am, an officer conducting sta-
tionary traffic enforcement near
Breach Inlet stopped a vehicle
for speeding as it turned onto
Charleston Boulevard. While
speaking to the driver, the officer
immediately detected a strong
odor of alcohol from within the
vehicle. The driver was admin-
istered several Field Sobriety
Tests, which he failed and was
transported to headquarters for
a Datamaster Test, where he
registered a .05% level of alcohol.
Based on the fact that the driver
was a teenager and underage to
lawfully consume alcohol, he was
charged with DUI and transport-
ed to the Detention Center.
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Welcome home, neighbor! Colonial Days

T C
his past March, the IOP the Turtle Team, and a variety elebrate National
Neighborhood Association of other useful news and tidbits.  Park Week with
began delivering the first of According to Catherine Malloy, two days of
their Gift Bags as part of their newly President of the IOP Neighborhood lowcountry living
established Resident Outreach Association, the program is expected history. Charles Pinckney
Program.  John and Anne Bauer to continue at least through 2009.  National Historic Site
were the first recipients to receive “It has been very well received, and presents “Colonial Days”
a Gift Bag.  “It was such a surprise it is our way of saying to newcomers from 10am to 2pm on
and what a wonderful way to be that the Isle of Palms is a great Friday and Saturday,
welcomed to our new home”, stated place to come home to!  And that is April 24 and 25, 2009.
Mrs. Bauer.  “It really does make our motto.” Watch craftsmen in
you feel like you are part of a much Anne and John Bauer, in addition period dress demonstrate
larger neighborhood than just the to settling into their new home, are rice-pounding, indigo-
small development we moved into.”  also busy deciding which coupon dyeing, iron-smithing
As they went through the contents to use first. Mrs. Bauer said, “I
and brick masonry.
of the Bag, drawing out the many know we made the right decision to
Visitors can participate
restaurant coupons therein, Mr. move here.  This is a very resident-
in a game of historic
Bauer exclaimed, “I had no idea friendly place to live!”
there were so many and such a cricket. Also included
variety of places to eat on the
PHOTO BY Barbara Bergwerf are Revolutionary War
Isle of Palms. I am looking soldiers, 18th century
forward to trying them all”.  music, sweet-grass
acre remnant of Snee Farm,
There are a total of 15 basket sewing, quilting,
the lowcountry plantation of
eating establishments African drumming, Gullah
Charles Pinckney, a founding
participating in the program, story-telling and dramatic
father and framer of the United
according to Dee Weilbacher, presentations on Eliza
States Constitution. Located at
chairperson.  The latest to Lucas Pinckney and Charles
1254 Long Point Road in Mount
participate is The Boathouse Pinckney. All programs are
at Breach Inlet (Lee Cohen, Pleasant, the park is open daily
free and the park charges
Mgr/Batt Humphreys, Crew from 9am to 5pm except for
no admission. Large groups
Carolina).  In addition to Thanksgiving, Christmas and
should call 881-5516 for
all the restaurants, the Gift New Year’s Days. For more
reservations.
Bag contains a great deal information, call (843) 881-
of information on the Isle of Charles Pinckney National 5516 or visit us on the Web at:
Palms, the Recreation Center, Mr. and Mrs. John Bauer happily examine the many Historic Site preserves a 28- www.nps.gov/chpi.
restaurant coupons included in their Gift Bag.

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