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he 20th Annual Sea and Sand Festival was blessed with perect weather and arecord crowd came out to enjoy the un, sunshine, ood, music and shopping.Te 5K un run kicked o the day with a record 117 participants. Tanks to

Piggly Wiggly and the echnology Oce or sponsoring this event.

Children’s Fun in the Park was busy all day. Tanks to Community First Bank, Key Logistics and Charleston Jump Castles or providing unding or the jump castle, pony rides and the juggling show. Te climbing wall was a big hit as usual thanks to the City

o Folly Beach, Charleston County PR and Fred Holland Realty.Tere were more than 90 booths this year and business was very good. Seven non-proft groups participated to raise unds or their charities, which was a record or theSea and Sand Festival. All o them reported that undraising was better than in previousyears. Teir booth spaces were donated by the Folly Beach Association o Business. Sales

by artisans and businesses were reported to be better than at previous estivals. Te20th Annual Sea and Sand t-shirt was a big hit and sold out completely.

Tere was music on center stage rom 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. by Sa rah Smile, TeShakin’ Martinis, and the Mason Dixon Band. Gary Rowland and Te Landsharksclosed out the end o a perect day with music and dancing on the beach to our avorite Jimmy Buett tunes. Tanks to the Holiday Inn or their sponsorship o this event.

Tanks to all the volunteers or their eorts in making this another great year. A

special thanks to the City o Folly Beach and, in par ticular, our Public Saety Departmentor all o their hard work in making this a sae and enjoyable event.

Tis will be my last year as Event Coordinator and it has been a pleasure to work withthe Folly Association o Business and the City o Folly Beach in presenting this estival.Tanks again to everyone who provided support over the past 20 years!

Celebrating 20 years of the Sea & Sand FestivalBy Sharon GeiGer

photo by ed geiger



Newly-elected Mayor im Goodwin was sworn inon April 13 in the engine bay at the Folly Beachre station. Open on both ends, the re engine

bay was the perect spot to accommodate the overowcrowd, as residents mingled and chatted their way romone group o riends to the next. Te day was sunny, the

mood was estive and the cool breeze blew away the badeelings many olks had about the last administration.

oni Connor-Rooks, who began her job as City Administrator 14 years ago when Bob Linvi lle was mayor,probably knows more about what it means to hold publicoce in Folly Beach than anyone else around. “I respect what these people do and the demands on their time areenormous,” she said as she introduced the new ocials.“Being Mayor o Folly Beach is the hardest job anyonecan ever have and the pay is bad, too.”

Ater everyone had a good chuckle, Goodwin wassworn in by City Clerk Marlene Estridge. “Change is what brought us here today,” Goodwin said, “but wedon’t want to change too much.”

“Te Folly Beach I rst came to had an amusementpark with a Ferris wheel, but all that’s changed and now we have a big hotel and condos instead,” he continued,“but as I look out over the crowd here today, I see the onething that never changes. We still protect, nurture andcare or each other.”

Goodwin thanked his supporters and promised todo his best to protect and nurture Folly Beach or all itsresidents.

As is Folly custom, Paul Hume was sworn in as a newCity Councilman by his wie Debbie. “I’m amazed at

how many have shown up today,” Hume said. “We takeour community very seriously. I hope that, star ting today,City Council can become a part o the community againand we can all work together to keep as much o ourcommunity as possible or ourselves.”

Pennell Clamp was sworn in by his wie Patricia. “I

don’t have a ancy speech like the others did,” Clampsaid. “Te only thing I can say is thanks and I’m very proud to be here.”

Aterwards, olks headed or a long table piled high with submarine sandwiches, nger oods, chips, andcookies or the munch and mingle part o the event. A huge cake at the end o the table proclaimed “WelcomeMayor and Council Members.”

Clamp had regularly attended Council meetings as

an observer or several years and had sometimes come tothe podium to make comments and suggestions that hethought were basically ignored by the previous mayor.“Now im is going to have to put up with me or ouryears,” he quipped.

“I wish more people would come to Council meetings,”Clamp added, “or at least enjoy some adult rereshmentand watch us at home on Channel 60.”

Mike Henning, Goodwin’s campaign manager,described Goodwin as a person who loves Folly Beachand cares about its people. “Tis is reected in what heand his wie have done over the years – the playground,the memorial park, to name a ew,” Henning said. “Iexpect he will work with Council to make Folly ‘Folly’again.”

Chris Lewis concurred. “He brings a resh attitude toFolly Beach.”

So here we go again – out with the old, in with thenew. Te mayor swept into oce is swept out our yearslater by the same people who put him in beore. A newbroom sweeps clean, they say, but each new incarnation

brings its own brand o disillusionment. It happens overand over again at Folly Beach. But, like ever-hopeulGamecock ans, Folly residents are resilient. Tey stillcome out to vote and the resh breeze blows through theengine bay as they talk about how diferent the next ouryears will be.

oni Connor- Rooks could be right. Being Mayor o Folly Beach might be the toughest job in the world.

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New Folly Beach mayor takes the oathBy Lauren dean

Goodwin is sworn into ofce.

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Fuzzy

Fuzzy came rom a home with several other cats anddogs and is well adjusted to a variety o pets! She and herbrother, Monkey, were both born mis sing one oot. Tisdoesn’t slow them down one bit, however. Tey jump andrun like any our-legged eline and they’re still aster thanyou! Tese two are just gorgeous and hoping or a newhome this spring!

Pet Helpers is located at 1447 Folly Road, James Island.Hours: Mon – Fri rom 11am – 6pm and Sat rom 11am - 5pm.

Closed: Sundays and Holidays.Call Pet Helpers at 795-1110. Adoption ees: $125 cats & dogs (6 mo. or younger), $100 or 6 mo. or older. $55 or rabbits.

Includes spaying/neutering, shots, heartworm check, leukemia check, deworming, microchip, collar and tag.

Visit ww w.pethelpers.org.

Lucky, a.k.a. Suerte, is a very uniquechocolate Doberman! He’s a lean andhandsome ve-year-old the color o a

Weimaraner with brown Dobermanmarkings. Around the shelter wecall him the Flying Nun becauseo his prominent ears. He lovesleisurely walks and lounging beside anaectionate human. Come over to PetHelpers and meet him!

Lucky

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he results o a runo electionoten hinge on who is better atgetting their supporters to the

polls. Incumbent Laura Beck pulled outall the stops and was rewarded with a winover Susan Breslin in the election or thethird vacant City Council seat, bestingher 57% to 43%.

Voting was “steady and even allday,” according to Folly Beach ElectionCommission chairman Bob Clair.Lavern James, ormer mayor and electioncommission chair or many years, called itthe best ever turnout or a runo electionor City Council. “Normally we get lessthan hal what the regular election gets,”he said. Tere were 901 votes cast in theregular election and 656 votes cast in theruno.

Te April 6 election put Pennell Clamp

and Paul Hume in oce, but none o theother ve candidates garnered enoughvotes to win outright. Breslin led Beck slightly in the previous election, butBeck’s decisive win in the runo has puther back in the City Council seat she hasheld since 2006.

“I am excited and appreciative andI am looking orward to working with

im and the other new and old Councilmembers,” Beck said as she gave newMayor im Goodwin a big hug.

Beck said it was her ability to work

with people o dierent backgrounds andopinions that won her the victory. “A loto people really understand the value o listening to the varying points o view wehave here on Folly Beach,” she said.

“Laura did a great job o pulling outthe vote,” said Breslin, citing the numbero younger residents, especially those

with children, who showed up to casttheir vote. “It’s important to Folly Beachthat young people be involved,” she said,adding that she believes those votersidentied with Beck.

Beck, the only candidate with youngchildren, had positioned hersel as thecandidate best suited to represent the

interests o young amilies. She alsohad strong support rom the businesscommunity, particularly the bar andrestaurant establishments. DJ Rich, ownero Planet Follywood and a ca ndidate orCity Council in the April 6 election,threw his support to Beck a nd oered onhis website to shuttle Beck supporters toand rom the polls.

In the causeway wars, Beck wonhands down. She had more signs and hersupporters painted the boat, but the piecede resistance was the red zeppelin thatfoated above the marsh urging residentsto “Vote or Laura Beck.”

Breslin used the more traditional “getout the vote” method o identiying hersupporters and contacting them directly to remind them to vote. “I appreciateevery vote I got,” she said, “and it was agreat experience.”

Beck and Breslin greeted voters all day outside the polling place, and Beck saidmany people had told her it was a dicultchoice and they wished both candidatescould be elected.

Asked i she would run again in thespecial election in July to ll the seatormerly held by newly-elected Mayor

im Goodwin, Breslin said she was“inclined to say no.” Don’t count me out,though, she added. “Going through acampaign and standing here on ElectionDay impresses upon you what a greatplace Folly Beach is. Te voters don’tcome out like this in other places.”

Beck runs of with runof electionBy LAuREN DEAN



Ithought that nding the 19 remainso Arican American soldiers rom theCivil War on Folly Beach in 1987 was

the hard part. It wasn’t. Ten in 2009 Ithought that raising unds or a SouthCarolina historical marker to honor these

soldiers was going to be dicult. It wasn’t. And now, in 2010, I thought that invitinga ew politicians to attend an unveilingceremony or their Historical Marker

would be easy. It wasn’t.

Te conditions on Folly Island weredeadly in 1863, and when the 55thMassachusetts Arican-American regimentarrived on the island, they ound out how

deadly it actually was. While encampedthey were under constant threat by Conederate artillery shells being hurledat them rom Morris Island, and diseasessuch as typhoid, dysentery and others

were taking more lives than the enemy. All

troops, black and white, were vulnerableand they died by the hundreds.

Every one o the 19 soldiers ound in1987 were victims o diseases contractedon Folly, though the main cause was oundto be dysentery according to accounts by the 55th. Tese soldiers did not die ea sily.Tey withered away, slowly and painully,under the pines and palmettos o theirsea island eld hospital. Tere was no“glorious death” by an enemy bullet andthe disease spread like wild re amongstthe troops. One can only imagine theirlast thoughts while dying or their country in such a pitiul manner, but die they did,and or a cause in which they believed.

Te City o Folly Beach’s publicocials have been a huge help not only inhelping to raise money or the HistoricalMarker or these soldiers, they have alsohelped to organize an unveiling ceremony or the rst o hopeully many markerscommemorating activities on the islandduring the Civil War. I am indeed oreverin their debt or their generosity.

But try as I have to involve our public

ocials rom the State o South Carolinaand the Commonwealth o Massachusetts,I have yet to have one politician answercountless emails and phone calls to attendthe unveiling ceremony. I have spentmonths trying to persuade Governors,

Senators, Congressmen, State Senatorsand House members to attend and honorthose who gave their lives or our country so long ago. Maybe I am alone in thinkingthat the sacricing o one’s lie or theircountry no matter what war or what therace would merit the attention o ourpoliticians. But maybe I am just na ive.

What I have ound to be true is this:I have been contacted by hundreds o people rom across the United States

willing to donate money and their time inremembrance o these allen soldiers o the

Union. Teir sentiments or these soldiershave been that they did not die in vain,that their sacrices should be honored andacknowledged by any means possible, andthat they should not be orgotten again.

Te date or the unveiling ceremony

will be July 17, 2010, with or withoutthe support o our State’s politicians. Tedeeds o these brave souls o the 55thMassachusetts Volunteer Inantry will beorever told on a small rectangular piece o aluminum here on Folly Beach.

Any help in getting the attention o ourelected ocials beore the July date wouldbe greatly appreciated. Please contactme via the Folly Current (email [email protected])

“Less we forget”.

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Op-Ed

Notice: Folly Beach residents

Please take a ew minutes to complete the Folly Beach Parks and

Recreation Activity and Facilities Survey.Te Survey will assist in acility and program planning. It takes

approximately ve minutes to complete. Please complete only one Survey perhousehold that reects the interests and opinions o all household members.Te Survey is completed on-line by logging on to www.cityofollybeach.comand clicking the Link to Survey Monkey.

Ater completing the Survey and providing contact ino, you will be eligibleor a drawing o git certicates to the ollowing Folly Beach restaurants:BLU Restaurant and Bar, Te Crab Shack, Locklears Beach City Grill, LostDog Cae, Rita’s Seaside Grill, Sur Bar, and aco Boy. Tere are stil l plenty o chances to win a git certicate. Please complete the Survey and enter yourcontact ino by June 15, 2010.

Folly Beach Exchange ClubApril updAte

by robert lucAs

Sea and Sand FestivalTe Folly Beach Exchange Clubcelebrated National Child AbusePrevention Month by distributing onehundred children’s identication ormsand DNA sample kits during the Seaand Sand Festival. Te Exchange alsodistributed child abuse preventionliterature and child-sized United Statesags at the event. Tanks go to those

who participated.

Tanks also go to everyone whovolunteered and made purchases at theExchange concession tent during theSea and Sand Festival. Over $800 wasraised to und scholarships, DNA kitsand club programs.

Exchange Club Fish Fry – May 22,2010Te Exchange is holding a Fish Fry Fundraiser on May 22. Te event willtake place at the Exchange Hut (206

West Indian). ickets are $12 andinclude sh, hush puppies, sides, tea

and dessert. ickets will be availablerom members and at Rose Hardware.

Exchange outreachTe Exchange has voted to assistHALOS (Helping and LendingOutreach Support) in its missionto assist those sufering rom childneglect and abuse, as well as supporttheir caregivers. Look or volunteeropportunities and a undraiser orHALOS during the summer.

Exchange Club scholarships Applications or the Exchange Club’stwo $500 college scholarships will beavailable at Rose Hardware. Full-timecollege students who are permanentFolly Beach residents or children o current Exchange Club membersmay apply. Criteria or eligibility and

judging are given on the application. Applications will be available atRose Hardware. Te deadline orapplications is June 25.

Are they really the “Forgotten Sons of the Union?” by robert e. bohrn Jr.



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Slightly O Center brings a touch o Bohemian elegance to Folly Beachand shows what three riends can

do when they get together and let their

imaginations take ight. Located at103 West Erie, Slightly O Center wasoriginally conceived as a simple art gallery but has taken on a lie o its own andbecome a uniquely Folly sort o place thatincludes an art gallery, raming shop, gitshop, tea and pastry emporium, and anopen air market where resh vegetables,herbs and owers will be sold and localartists will display their work.

Sherry Browne was the orce thatbrought it all together, and Browneshould know what Folly wants and needs.She came to Folly Beach or the summerin 1980 and never let. “I had oundShangri-La,” Browne said. “Folly Beach

was the quaintest, unkiest little beachtown back then.”

An artist specializing in paper-cutcollage, Browne took a risk and in 2001started Studio Open, a small gallery and rame shop next to Lil Mama’s on West Hudson. In 2008 she partnered with Suzanne O’Neill and moved herart gallery to At the Bridge, but thatpartnership lasted less than two years. Te

gallery closed and Browne was looking ora new start. She was ready or somethingdierent.

Ten last year Browne met Jane Word

at the Folly Beach Garden Club. She knew Word was a sculptor, but had never seen her work until both were displaying their art work at an exhibit in North Charleston.

“I was absolutely blown away by Jane’s work,” Browne said, and she asked Wordi she would have any interest in going intobusiness with her. Word said she thoughtabout the oer or about thirty secondsbeore agreeing to come on board. Shehad a house already overowing with hersculptures and it would be good to have apermanent place to display them.

Anne Warner, an interior designer,had gotten to know Browne throughher raming business and she and Word

were riends. When Word mentioned theupcoming venture, Warner asked i there was room or a git shop. She had workedin large retail git shops, but was itchingto make her own imprint on a smallshop where she could oer the things sheloved best – unique original jewelry andclothing accessories, fne linens, Europeansoap, ribbons, candles, Chinese lanterns.

“I opened my mouth at the right time,”

said Warner, who is enthusiastic aboutbeing able to oer something dierentthan what is available on Center Street.“Folly residents should not have to go

downtown or to South Windermere tofnd original, elegant gits,” she said.

“Boy, this sure eels dierent,” Brownesaid, recalling her past experiences.“Everything just came together. Jane wanted an art gallery, Anne asked i shecould have a git shop, and I just wantedto stay in business.”

What happens when three smart ladiesget together? As in any good collaboration,each one eeds on the other’s ideas. Tevision has expanded to include a market with resh owers, vegetables and herbs,reshly baked pies by European pastry che Carin Ellegala, and award-winningprivate label teas.

A covered deck with bistro tables andcomortable chairs adjoins the shop, andon the way to the deck a bookcase stued with recent and not-so-recent hardboundbooks beckons customers to grab a book along with a cup o tea and relax on thedeck. Regular coee will be available, butthe owners opted not to oer specialty coees because they did not want to drawbusiness away rom the coee shop on Center Street.

“We would love or you to buy a cup o coee at Black Magic or bring a sandwichrom somewhere else and come sit on ourdeck and just relax and enjoy yoursel. We want everyone to eel welcome here,” Word said.

“We’re all Folly people. We know whatit’s like to be trapped on the island in thesummer,” Word continued. “We wanteda place on the island where people couldget resh vegetables and owers and wherepeople would eel at home.”

Te shop will be open from 11:00 a.m.to 5:30 p.m. uesday through Saturday and the open-air market will operate from9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tursday throughSunday.

Slightly Of Center By Lauren Dean

FOLLY OLD AND NEW

Sherry Browne, co-owner of Slightly Off

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Dear Editor,

I read the letters to the editor inthe April 16 edition o “Te Folly Current” and would like to comment.Te common thread in all that was

written concerns whether Folly Beach isa commercial enterprise or a residentialneighborhood. I’ve been out here about

30 years now and in my mind it is andhas been a small, oblong neighborhood . We have a commercial district that isintentionally conned (by law) to the

center o the island. Tere, it serves theneeds o our residents and guests but doesnot interere with the quiet laid back liestyle o the rest o the neighborhood.

I live down the road rom Mike and Jenny Dietrich. When I walk past theirhouse some evenings it sounds like I amapproaching a disorganized, outdoor rock concert with several bands trying to play

at once. I rank ly don't see why they havehad to put up with that racket as long asthey have.

I play in a band and I enjoy good music.

Outside venues can hire acoustic acts orevening shows and lower the volume sothe olks in the immediate area can hearand enjoy the music. Enclosed venues canhave whatever kind o music they choose

without disturbing the neighborhood.Tis is not a unique concept. ry playinga boom box at ull volume on the Battery one evening and see what happens.

In the past couple o years, businessolks brought more bars, restaurants, andother stores out here than our residents

and our nearby neighbors can support.(I'd venture to say that a majority o ourull time residents seldom go to thoseestablishments.) Now the owners arereaching urther out to the surroundingareas through their "Festival o the Week Program” to attract more customers. Tey expect the rest o us to suer whateverinconvenience this brings so they canmake more money.

I would like to see Mr. Kirages makea decent living at "Snapper Jacks" and bean asset to the community by providinggood ood and good music. But I haveto take exception to his idea o the roleo businesses out here. He asks: "Are the

rights o a hundred customers outweighedby 10 non-customers?" I those 10 noncustomers are his neighbors the answeris HELL YES! And I mean no oensehere; but allowing club owners to writenoise ordinances is like asking Hunter S.Tompson to write our drug laws!

John Fitzpatrick (what a great Irishname) has some good ideas about solutionsto our trac problems. We should at leastgive them some thought and maybe atrial run. We could look at reversing oneoutbound lane rom the bridge at Crosby's

to the Pig on the weekends and restrict thetrac in that lane to our residents whoare just trying to get home. We shouldhave enough police ocers and auxiliary ocers to coordinate and control theow o trac. Tey can use the parkingpermits to see who's who.

We enjoy showing o our neighborhoodto visitors and welcome them. Ater a ll, itis their ederal tax money that renourishesour beaches. I they spend a ew dollarsout here and we can benet rom it, that's

great. Visitors come here as our guests butlike house guests, it is not appropriate orthem to walk into our home, turn thestereo volume up ull blast, get drunk,and curse the paint o the wall. It is notacceptable behavior or guests to drink beer, eat pizza, change the baby and tossthe cans, boxes, and diapers in our livingroom.

Our new mayor and city council havetheir work cut out or them but rom whatI have seen and heard, they are capableo nding solutions to these problems.Businesses should be able to operate ata prot but residents have the RIGHto enjoy our neighborhood and live in

peace.

Best Regards,Mike Ferguson 209 E. Hudson

6 April 30, 2010


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Letters to the editor...

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County recyclingto collect cardboard

During the 11th Annual Earth Day Festival, Charleston County Councilmember Colleen Condon announced that Charleston County’s EnvironmentalManagement Department has expanded its recycling program to accept corrugatedcardboard as part o its residential curbside recycling program. Corrugatedcardboard is considered cardboard boxes with a middle “wafe-like” layer.

In addition to cardboard, the County is now also accepting all paper items toinclude envelopes with plastic windows, git wrapping paper, etc.

“We are excited to announce that Charleston County now accepts cardboardand all types o paper in our curbside bins and drop sites,” Condon said. “I youcan tear it, recycle it in your bin.”

How to recycle cardboard:

Residents with curbside service can now place cardboard at the curb with•

their regular recyclables that are placed in one bin or plastic bottles, glassbottles, aluminum cans, steel cans and aerosol cans, and in another binor paper, such as magazines, newspaper, junk mail, paperboard (examples:cereal boxes, tissue boxes, etc.) and oce paper.

Curbside residents should atten and place cardboard boxes, up to three eet•

by three eet in size, between or under their two bins or inside a separatebin. Curbside recycling in Charleston County is collected bi-weekly in theurban areas starting at 7 a.m.

Rural residents, as well as curbside users who have cardboard pieces larger•

than three eet by three eet, can drop their cardboard o at the drop sitelocations and County staed Convenience Centers. Charleston County Environmental Management maintains 40 cardboard drop sites and eightConvenience Centers located throughout the County.

Residents in the rural parts o the County can utilize drop sites and•

Convenience Centers or recycling services. Drop site locations are open 24hours per day and seven days a week and are not staed. Convenience Centersare staed by Environmental Management Department employees.

Residents can call 720-7111 or visit recycle.charlestoncounty.org to fnd out their recycling collection day, the nearest drop site location, and Convenience Center addresses and hours o operation.



Dear Editor,

Excluding any past beach estivals, the“Folly Fun Festival - ’89” was birthed inthe minds o Lee Roeber and Ed Nygren. At the time, they were members o theFAB (Folly Association o Business) whose ocus was to encourage community

business, beach un, and to increase city revenue.

Te crowd-pleasing event took place onMay 6, 1989. Co-chai rmen Lee and Ed worked tirelessly coordinating publicity,yers, V appearances, scheduling

perormances by Rivers and Company,Dixie Ramblers Barbershop Quartet,the US Navy “Pride” Band, BurtFloyd’s country and western songs, andmore. Troughout that day there weredemonstrations o cloggers, ballet, Karate,aerobics, skateboarding and rollerblading,including skating by the then-prevailingChie o Police, Reuben Greenberg andhis group. Te closely supervised kiddieattractions were in a secured one block

square area eaturing, games, pony rides,and lots o popcorn. Center St. was lined with choices o ood and rereshmentstands, artists, clowns, High Schoolchoral groups, and street dancing toour live bands starting at 8 p.m. withentertainment lasting until midnight.

Te above in mind, it’s reasonableto assume the start o successul Folly Beach estivals was due to the combinedeorts and dedicated community spiritcontributed by the incredible Lee Roeber,my deceased husband, Ed Nygren, andthe FAB. Not only were their goalsaccomplished sans cell phones, e-mails,and other technological communication

aids, they incurred very little, i any, out-o-pocket expenses; memorabilia magic!

Rose Nygren 94 W. Mariner’s Cay Folly Beach

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letters fom pg 6

For a while it was known as the SweetCorn Festival, but even though oneo the most delicious and nostalgic

things in the world is that frst bite o sweet corn straight o the stalk and still warm rom the aternoon sun, “It was justtoo bloomin’ hot,” said Tomas Legare.So instead o waiting until mid-June orthe frst crop o sweet corn to mature, theLegare amily has moved their harvestcelebration to May 1, and in doing so, hasrevived an exciting old-time tradition.

“We’ve been holding spring picnicsevery year since 1978,” said HelenLegare Floyd, sister o Tomas Legareand co-owner o Legare Farms, on JohnsIsland. “It all started when Daddy plantedtoo much corn one year and we invitedamily and riends over or a corn boil.”

Te amily get-togethers had been

going on long beore then, however. Foras long as the Legares can remember,they spent every Saturday aternoon attheir grandmother’s house. Teir aunts would set up croquet and horseshoes andeveryone would play games and enjoy apotluck o homemade ood.

“When we were kids, we were eitherat someone’s house or they were at ourhome,” said Linda Legare. “Now wereally only see each other at weddings andunerals.”

Although the spring picnic has beenmore or less or amily since the late 70s,last year the Legares decided to open it upto the public.

“We want to bring that sense o closeness and community back to theisland,” said Tomas. And while theLegares already have close relationships with their CSA (Community Supported

Agriculture) members, they elt that they needed to reach out to the rest o theisland and surrounding areas, as well.

“We didn’t want 600, 700 people in ourCSA,” Helen pointed out. “We wanted toget to know everyone. I mean, right nowI know that one o our customers can’tstand asparagus and another absolutely hates cantaloupe. I know their kidsand ask about their amilies. We createrelationships, which is how it should be.”

Tis year will be the second SpringFestival hosted by the Legare amily atLegare Farms. Along with yard games, abonfre and a bluegrass jam session withRicky Rio (i you like to play, you’re welcome to join in!), the Legares will beserving resh sweet corn rom a riend’sarm in Florida, hamburgers and sausagedogs made rom their own bee, and potato

salad with spring onions and tomato andcucumber salad rom their own arm.Tere will even be homemade ice cream with strawberries rom neighboring Ambrose Farms.

Proceeds rom the celebration willgo to und the Legare Farms EducationFoundation, the mission o which is to helpraise awareness and educate Lowcountry communities and school children onthe agricultural heritage o this regionand the need to maintain this legacy oruture generations. Te program providesschool feld trips, community educationalopportunities, and special educationalevents.

Event is scheduled or May 1. ickets can be purchased by calling the ofce at 559-0788 or by e-mailing legarearms@ bellsouth.net. Te cost is $20 or adults and $10 or children.

Time for an old-timey spring picnic

By Kristin HacKler

(l to r) Helen, Linda and Thomas Legare hope to continue to bring the is land

communities together through thier annual Spring Picnic.



Folly Current CalendarApril 30 - May 14

Friday, April 30

Folly Beach Exchange Club scholarshipsTe Folly Beach Exchange Club is oering two(2) ve hundred dollar college scholarships.Full time college students who are permanentFolly Beach residents or children o currentExchange Club members may apply. Criteriais given on the application, which is availableat Rose Hardware. Deadline or application is June 25.

North Charleston Arts Festival April 30 – May 8, 2010. Te art celebration will eature local, regional and national artists within a variety o disciplines. icketedevents such as plays, concerts, workshops andstreet parties will also be available. For moreinormation, please call 740-5854 or visit www.northcharleston.org.

Saturday, May 1

May Day

Legare Farms Old Fashion Spring PicnicEnjoy Legare Farms hamburgers, sausage dogs,potato salad, corn on the cob, homemadeice cream, and more. Bring your musicalinstrument and jam with Ricky Rio. icketscan be purchased by callin g the ofce (559-0788) or e-mail [email protected] cost is $20 or adults and $10 or children.

SSC Points Contest #3: Washout May 1 & 2. Southern South Carolina Districto the Eastern Surng Association pointscontest #1 at the Washout, Folly Beach. Entry deadline is April 25. Mail entry to SSC-ESA PO Box 740, Folly Beach, SC 29439 or bringto any local sur shop by closing time on theSunday beore the contest.www.ssc.suresa.org.

Monday, May 3

Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP) Classes -Intro to SUPSUP are a “go anywhere” water crat. Getstarted right with instruction in saety andproper technique that will allow you toprogress comortably at your own pace. Pre-registration required 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at James Island County Park. Course # 22034.Fee: $18. Ages 16 & up. For more ino, call795-4386 or visit www.ccprc.com.

Tuesday, May 4

National Teacher’s Day

Coastal Exploration Series: Discovering the ACE Basin Tis event will take place aboard the E/V Discovery, traveling into the heart o the ACE Basin with speakers Dr. Al Segars, KimCounts, and Kattie McMilian. Te group willalso travel to Otter Island to experience anundeveloped barrier island. Depart by boatrom McKenzie Field Station, ACE Basin.10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Register at: w ww.dnr.sc.gov/marine/NERR/seminarseries.html. Formore ino, cal l 953-9354.

Wednesday, May 5

Cinco de Mayo

Thursday, May 6

Salute to the Military Reception includes presentation o community services awards to active-duty, reservists,civilians and a local business. KeynoteSpeaker: United States ransportationCommand Senior Leader (invited). Dress isbusiness casual/uniorm o the day. Charleston Area Convention Center rom 5:30 p.m. –8:30 p.m. Register www.charlestonchamber.net.

Friday, May 7

40th Annual Charleston Greek FestivalMay 7-9 at the Greek Orthodox Church o theHoly rinity at 30 Race Street. Free parking with a shuttle at Joe Riley Stadium. For moreinormation contact Carol at 577-2063.

Lighthouse Inlet Heritage Preserve Bird Walk Birding experts explore Folly Beach in thispartnership program. Tis walk ocuses on thesouthern shoreline o Folly Beach and startsat Folly Beach County Park. Te program isree, however, pre-registration is required. 8:30a.m.-10:30 a.m. Course # 22106. For moreinormation or to register, cal l 795-4386 orvisit www.ccprc.com.

Charleston Ballet’s Decadent DivasTe glamour returns to kick o the North

Charleston Arts Festival as CB’s highly acclaimed ashion, music and dancecelebration Decadent Divas makes a one nightonly appearance at the North CharlestonPerorming Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. icketsavailable only by ca lling 1.800.745.3000 atthe NPAC icket Windows or online at www.ticketmaster.com and all icketmaster Outlets Adults $30/$35. For more ino, call 723-7334or go to www.charlestonballet.org

Native Plant Spring SymposiumTe South Carolina Native Plant Society willhost their 2010 Symposium May 7 – 9 atMagnolia Plantation and the Quality SuitesConvention Center in North Charleston.Events include a barbeque and silent auction,a Lowcountry Boil with the Gullah Singersand viewing o the movie, Te Great Catesby, as well as many great lectures and workshops.Register at w ww.regonline.com/2010_native_plant_symposium. For more ino, contact Lisa

Lord at 937-8807 ex. 13 or [email protected], May 8

Folly River Family Kayaking Join us or a beautiul paddle along Folly River. Bring Mom or Dad and work onyour kayaking skills. A registered and paidchaperone is required or participants ages 15and under. Fee: $34. 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. Course# 22109. For more ino or to register, call 795-4386 or visit www.ccprc.com.

Summer Pier Fishing Kickof Tournament Kick o the summer with a shingtournament on the Folly Beach FishingPier, the second largest pier on the eastcoast! Registration or all tournamentsbegins at 6 a.m. and takes place on-site only.ournaments end at 4 p.m. and prizes areawarded at 4:15 p.m. For more ino, call theFolly Beach Fishing Pier at 588-FISH (3474).

6th Annual Blues by the Sea 2 p.m. - 7 p.m.at the Freshelds Vill ageGreen. Enjoy an all day concert eaturingsome o the top touring blues acts in America.Tis ree event is presented by Kiawah Island Accomodations ax Committee, Bill &Marilyn Blizard (Kiawah’s Friends o theBlues), and Lowcountry Blues Bash. Bringyour lawn chair, blanket, and sunscreen or

this great ami ly-oriented event. For more ino,visit www.bluesbash.com/kiawah.

Sunday, May 9

Mother’s Day

Tuesday, May 11

Coastal Exploration Series: Wetlands Night Sounds Tis event, led by ony Mills, a herpetologist

with Te Lowcountry Institute, will begin with a presentation highlighting a ew animalsrom the isolated wetlands o the Donnelley Wildlie Management Area, an 8,000-acretract o land managed by the DNR. 5 p.m. to9 p.m. Register at: ww w.dnr.sc.gov/marine/NERR/seminarseries.html. For more ino, call953-9354.

Wednesday, May 12

Nurse’s Day

Thursday, May 13

Coastal Exploration Series: Exploring LewisOcean Bay Come explore the plethora o natural wondersthat abound at Lewis Ocean Bay HeritagePreserve with Deanna Ruth o the DNR. Wehope to nd native orchids and carnivorousplants along the way. 9:00 a.m. to Noon.Register at: www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/NERR/seminarseries.html. or call 953-9354.

Friday, May 14

Folly Beach Exchange Club scholarships Te Folly Beach Exchange Club is oeringtwo ve hundred dollar college scholarships.Full time college students who are permanentFolly Beach residents or children o currentExchange Club members may apply. Criteriais given on the application. Applications willbe available at Rose Hardware. Deadline orapplication is June 25.

Folly Moonlight MixerDance the night away under the stars at theFolly Beach Fishing Pier. Local DJ Jim Bowers will spin the hottest oldies and beach musicaround rom 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. Beverages andood will be avai lable. ickets: $10. For moreino, call 795-4FUN (4386).



By Lauren Dean

Were they naked?On 3/22 about 5:30 p.m., Folly BeachPublic Saety ocers responded to a callrom a resident in the 500 block o E. Ashley who had three trespassers lockedin the shower under his house. He saidthree young men drove up under hishouse, parked their car, and went into

the showers that are located under theresidence. When the ocers arrived, they unlocked the shower and made contact with the subjects who explained that they were cold and just wanted to get warm.One o the ocers noticed a suitcase o Budweiser in the car with two open cansvisible. All three subjects were issuedcitations or open container and minor inpossession o beer.

I thought you wanted me to leave About 10:30 p.m. on 4/1 ocersresponded to a call rom Rita’s SeasideGrill about an aggressive individual who was grossly intoxicated, usingvulgarities loudly, and obnoxiously

harassing patrons. When ocers arrived,the suspect was being held down by several bystanders and patrons becausehe had become violent when he wasasked to leave. Te subject was arrestedor trespass and disorderly conduct andtransported to jail.

Now that’s using your head Ocers were dispatched to the Folly Beach shing pier about 7:00 p.m. on 4/3because several individuals had jumpedo the pier into the ocean and one o the jumpers was hurt. When the ocersarrived they ound one individual lyingunconscious on the beach next to thepier. Fire and EMS personnel were called

and administered medical attention at thescene. Te two uninjured subjects toldPublic Saety they had jumped in eetrst, but the injured subject had divedin head rst. Apparently there was only about our eet o water at that time o day. Te injured jumper was transportedto the hospital and his riends werereleased to ride with him.

Just a case of he said/he said On 4/4 about 2:00 a.m. ocers weredispatched to Snapper Jack’s regarding anassault. Te victim stated that a man hedid not know hit him in the ace and hedid have a red mark and some swellingon his ace. Te suspect said he did nothit the man but he also stated he knew some o the victim’s riends and did notlike them because they used to pick onhim when he was younger. Te victimstated again that the man did hit him onthe cheek and he did show signs o beinghit. Te subject was charged with simpleassault and issued a summons to appearin Folly Beach City Court.

He should have bought a bigger bag of Doritos Just ater midnight on 4/3 an oceron patrol on Center Street observed asubject attempt to conceal an open cano Yuengling behind a bag o Doritos.Te ocer approached the subject whoappeared to be under age to drink and

requested identication. Te man said hedidn’t have an ID on him, but claimedto be 21. When no inormation couldbe located on DMV les in his claimedhome state o Maryland, the oceradvised the suspect that he believed he was lying and should give his correctinormation or ace arrest. He thenrevised his age to 18 and was placedunder arrest or under-age drinking and

giving alse statements to police.

But he could stand up for his rights A Charleston County Deputy workingtrac control at the intersection o Center Street and Ashley Avenue justater midnight on 4/3 was fagged downby some bystanders in reerence to avehicle that was leaving the scene o anaccident. Te vehicle passed the ocer, who attempted to perorm a trac stop,but he was not able to stop the vehicleuntil it had reached the third block o E. Ashley, which was our blocks rom where the accident had occurred.

Te subject was escorted to CenterStreet and a Folly Beach Public Saety

ocer was called to assist. Te subject was visibly impaired and ailed all hissobriety tests, alling down during theone-legged stand and ailing to completea simple nger count.

He was placed under arrest and takento the accident site where a car legally parked had been side-swiped with suchviolence that the occupant suered whiplash sucient to cause a laceratedorehead. Te victim was transportedto the hospital by EMS, and the subject was charged with leaving the scene o anaccident with injuries and transported toCharleston County jail where he reuseda breathalyzer test and was booked intothe detention center.

Like father, like sonOn 4/5 at about 5:00 p.m. a Public Saety Ocer responded to a hit and run that witnesses said occurred when the subjectturned rom E Arctic onto 4th StreetEast and attempted a U-turn around alegally parked vehicle. While attemptingto go around the vehicle, the suspect’svehicle collided with the rear bumpero the victim’s vehicle and collided withthe right ront bumper while trying tosqueeze between the victim’s vehicle andthe stop sign. Te suspect vehicle then

let the scene going the wrong way on E Arctic. Witnesses stated there were twopeople in the vehicle, the driver being ayoung male and the passenger being anolder male.

About an hour later, a dierent PSOresponded to a report o a suspiciousvehicle at the entrance to Mariner’s Cay, which had damage consistent with thedamage to the vehicle in the earlier hit

and run. Te two subjects were passedout in the vehicle and smelled strongly o alcohol. When awakened, the driver saidhe elt as i he was going to have a seizureand needed EMS. It was determinedthat the passenger, the driver’s ather, was wanted by the Charleston County Sheri’s oce on a bench warrant. Teather was taken into custody and the son was transported by EMS to MUSC ortreatment and then transported to thedetention center or lodging.

Do you really think so? At about 8:00 p.m. on 4/6 an ocerdispatched to an assault and battery ound the complainant sitting in her yard

with a large dog that barked continuously and attempted to jump on the respondingocer, who asked her to put the doginside. Te complainant reused, sayingthe dog was or her protection. Finally she did put the dog up and stated thatshe had been pushed to the ground andkicked in the head and let side aterleaving the Sand Dollar and going to ariend’s house, where she said the incidentoccurred. According to the complainant,the suspect was at the riend’s house andthe two o them started arguing and when she made a comment toward theirargument, the suspect attacked her. Shesaid a riend drove her home when the

ocer noticed her SUV was warm.During his investigation, the ocer

noticed the complainant was intoxicatedto the point that she didn’t realize shekept telling conficting stories about who kicked her, whether the allegedsuspect was at the Sand Dollar or not,how she got home and how the drivergot back. She kept saying she wasn’t sureshe wanted to report the assault and she

did not have visible injuries and reusedEMS. She also had locked hersel out o the house when she went to put the dogup. Te ocer suggested she go throughthe ront window that he had noticed was slightly open with no screen whenthe dog continued to bark through the window the entire time he was there.

While the complainant was climbingthrough the window, the ocer returnedto his cruiser to advise Detective Mceero the situation. Te complainant cameover to ask him what he was doing inhis car and said she elt intimidated. When the ocer exited his vehicle, thecomplainant stormed o and when heasked her to talk to him, she went inside

and slammed the door in his ace.Earlier in the evening, a woman withthe same name as the complainant’sriend had called 911 to say that a womaninside the Sand Dollar wasdrunk and was harassingpeople and reusing to leave.Te ocer stated in hisreport that he believed bothincidents were related.


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Op-ed

By MegAn CArroll

W

ith a title like Hot ub ime

Machine, you would think thelm would be as shallow as a

kiddie pool, but think again. Tis “bestbuddy” comedy is actually a hilariousmust-see lm.

When their buddy Lou (Rob Corddry--who is absolutely brilliant) winds up inthe hospital ater an apparent suicideattempt, riends Adam and Nick (JohnCusack and Craig Robinson) decide torelive their glory days and head out totheir avorite ski resort. Adam’s nephew Jacob (Clarke Duke) is also along or theride. Tey quickly nd out that their oldstomping ground is a ghost o its ormersel, but ater a night o intense alcohol

consumption and a dip in the tub, they awake rereshed and surrounded by leg warmers, jheri curl, jump suites andacid-washed everything. Welcome back to 1986!

In lie we oten wish we could go back and x our mistakes--make things right. As adults, we oten shake our heads and wonder “How did I get here and what went wrong?” Tese characters, however,are given a chance at redemption and asthe audience we get to enjoy the hilarity

that ensues. Adam is obsessed with

his mistake o dumping the “perectgirl.” Nick gave up a budding musiccareer. Lou never got over the eeling o abandonment by his riends and Jacobnever knew who his ather was. But they have to tread lightly because, as Jacobsays in the lm, “W hat i we step on a bugand the internet never gets invented?”

Hot ub ime Machine relies heavily on clichés and absurd trends rom the80s, but with a well written, tight scriptand superior comic timing rom veteranactors, you oten nd yoursel laughingout loud. Comedy is hard and missesthe mark more oten than not. Whenyou jump head rst into “stupid unny”

it is almost an insurmountable task, butdirector Steve Pink and screenwriter JoshHeald walked the line perectly.

In a year chock-ullo uninspired remakes, Hot ubime Machine is an excellentexample o inventive, creative work. At times incredibly raunchy andsilly, the lm deserves mad kudosand strong support rom audiences.ake a chance on this lm; you will bepleasantly surprised!

F o l l y m u s i c

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Chill & Grill4/30 – Guilt Ridden roubadour5/1 – Te Masker Band5/4 – Eric Penrod5/5 – Rawberry Jam5/6 – Te Hawkes5/7 – Suspicious Package5/8 – Elise & the Freeloaders5/11 – Eric Penrod5/12 – Skitch5/13 – Te Hawkes5/14 – Te Hole Dwellers5/15 – Te Cultivation

Lazo’s5/1 – Whiskey Ramblin5/7 – Dub Vee5/8 – Tree Legged Will5/14 – Louie B unplugged

5/15 – Eric Penrod group5/21 – Charles Cook Band5/22 – Rawberry Jam5/28 – Tree Legged Will5/29 – Whiskey Ramblin

BLUPlanet FollywoodFridays and Saturdays – Dan Clamp

Surf BarSundays – Dangermun5/1 – Jason & the Juggernauts5/7 – Geof Norwood5/14 – Mac Leaphart

Sand Dollar5/8 – Kurly Wol 5/14 & 15 – Johnny Mac & the Booty Ranch

Folly Beach Crab Shack Sundays – JamisunMondays –Open Mic Nightuesdays - rivia Wednesdays – Dave GrunstraFridays – Folly DogsSaturdays – Sarah Smile

Drop In Deli4/30 – Te Fairygodmuthas

5/1 – Jerry Cooper5/3 – Te Hawkes5/4 – Charles Cook

Folly Beach Brewing Company 4/30 – Eric Penrod5/7 – Justin Burke5/8 – Mark Jackson5/14 – Cris Williams5/15 – Jerry Cooper

Woody’s5/3 & 5/17 – Malin Wagnonuesdays – Jerry CooperTursdays - rivia

Vince Perna is a Folly Beach real estate expert who also loves music. I you want to know i

you can live on Folly, you can fnd him at 31 Center Street or by calling 588-3800.



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Do You Know your Charleston?

he mists o time drit like ogthrough the oak trees down at

White Point Gardens. I you’requiet and o the right rame o mind, you

can hear the plaintive call o the shrimpman, the kids riding their bikes to school;scads o children, all cousins, who stillknow each other rom their days at EastBay Playground.

Tat Charleston is gone and soon thememory will ollow. Tat’s not good orbad. It just is. Te amilies who grewup downtown and remained make up asmall percentage o the population belowBroad.

Eccentrics are no longer tolerated.I once watched a cousin o mine staredown at a drain at the corner o King andradd or 4 ½ hours. During that period,various people stopped at the intersectionincluding police cars. Everyone just shook

their heads.“Tat’s Bill,” they laughed and went

on their merry way. oday, he would be

institutionalized.

You see, we knew his tragic story. Did we nd humor at this poor man’s expense? Yes. Did we nd what he was doing

actionable? No.Tose days are over.Family meant everything.Few downtown today know

what their grand-mother’smaiden name was, nor wouldthey understand why they should care. Money is againthe currency o the realm.

Te houses that werebuilt as monuments to sel-importance have reassumedthat mantle. Downtown hasbecome one huge cruise ship– that whole commodity versus community thing.

Again, one can rage against the machine

until one is blue in the ace, and all that would be accomplished would be a ratherinteresting hue on one’s cheeks. Soon,

Boeing will arrive in ull orce. Everything will change again. Most would argue orthe better.

Some wouldn’t.

As some o you may know, I have beenlearning how to createlm. About a monthago, I decided I was goodenough to try this project.

We’ll see how it works.

What I am undertakingis lming a number o people about growing upin Charleston. I actually tried this ten years ago,but the guy I worked orhad no clue what he had.Tere are scenes o olderCharlestonians now gonethat are priceless.

Tus it is that I am lming about 30

Charleston natives about growing up inCharleston. By Christmas I hope to havethe rst o a series o the three videos o

the various experiences o diferent people who grew up all over the peninsula.

It sounds easy. It’s not, believe me.

Te hardest part is guring out who

I want and where I want this to go. Ihave had someone contact me about thisproject and perhaps get involved. Tereare actually over 100 people I’d like tointerview. Every time I think I’ve come tothe end o that list 10 more pop up.

I you want to see snippets o interviews with Arthur Ravenel, Jane Tornhill,Danny Petterson and Priestley Cokergo to: http://davidarrow.wordpress.com/2010/04/15/coming-soon-to-a-dvd-near-you. I you are on Facebook, go to“Historic Charleston Walking ours.”Tere are plenty o clips coming.

We’ll see how this works over all,but count on giving Charleston orChristmas.

Collecting memories of CharlestonBy DaviD Farrow

his year’s dream amily vacationcould be only a video recorderaway. Charleston’s popular

Rediscover the Family Vacation contestreturns this spring, inviting amilies tosubmit videos detailing why Charleston

would be their ultimate getaway. Now

through June 15, 2010, amilies can logon to www.charlestonvacationgiveaway.com to submit smile-generating andlaugh-provoking videos, explaining why they love Charleston and what they wouldmost look orward to during their visiti they won. Five prizes will be awardedto ve amilies who submit the unniest,silliest and/or most creative videos.

Videos should be no longer thanthree minutes. Entries will be votedon shortly ater June 15, 2010, by apanel o travel proessionals. Once

the winners are announced, the ve winning entries will be posted to www.charlestonvacationgiveaway.com, wherethe general public will have an opportunity to review them and vote on a grand prize

winner, who will additionally receive$2,000. Families are encouraged to submit

soon, as the rst 25 entries will receive a$50 Visa git card to spend together as aamily.

Each prize* is themed and covers a fve-night hotel stay, attractions, and dining:

• EndlEss summEr F amiFication: Stay at Kiawah Island’s oceanront resort, TeSanctuary, with dining at the Mingo PointOyster Roast, Charleston Crab House,and Sticky Fingers. Includes golng orour.

• r EvEl in r Eal History : Stay at the

Ansonborough Inn and experience theGhosts & Dungeons Walking our, acruise on the Charleston Belle, a visit toBoone Hall Plantation and sur lessons.

• urban Fork s aFari: Stay at theFulton Lane Inn with dinner reservationsat some o Charleston’s best restaurants:Halls Chophouse, Il Cortile Del Re,Maverick Southern Kitchens, McCrady’s,and Circa 1886.

• b arriEr island Eco trEk : Stay at Wild Dunes, a 1,600 acre eco-riendly resort, and take of into the island estuaries

with Island Adventure VIP passes orkids, a one-hour massage or parents, andtickets to the S.C. Aquarium.

•HEritagE andHits: Stay at the MillsHouse and enjoy breakast daily. Be the“Guests o honor” at a Riverdogs baseballgame. our Fort Sumter with a Heritage

Passport to nine historic attractions.

Families looking or a bit o inspirationbeore breaking out the video recorder canvisit www.charlestonvacationgiveaway.com/winners_2009.html to watch the ve

winning video entries rom 2009.

Te mission of the Charleston AreaConvention & Visitors Bureau is to unify and lead the local travel industry in marketing the Charleston area as an individual,meeting, incentive and group destinationto both the domestic and international markets. For more information, visit www.explorecharleston.com

*Giveaway packages are valid or themonth o August, based on availability.

All travel must be completed by August31, 2010.

Film your way to a Charleston vacationproviDeD By Charleston area Convention & visitors Bureau

David Farrow.



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Do you recognize this image? It was taken somewhere on Folly Beach. I you know what it is, let us know at [email protected] and you could win a ree mediumone-topping pizza rom Woody’s! im and Jenn o E. Ashley guessed last issues"What the Folly?" it the Corona sign on the deck o Snapper Jack's.

PHOTO BY Laura OLsen ImagerY/ www.LauraOLsen.cOm

wHAT THE FOLLY? Dargan’s Birds

Brought to you by Woody’s Pizza and Laura Olsen Imagery.

he Great Egret is a year-round resident in the Lowcountry and is also oundrom Canada south to Argentina, in Europe, Australia, and Asia. Adults haveidentical plumage and weigh about two pounds. Tey eed in a variety o

wetlands, including marshes and swamps, and their diet consists mostly o fsh andsmall invertebrates, although they will also eed on amphibians, small mammals, and

even small birds. Tey are distinguished rom the Snowy Egret by their larger size,dark legs and eet (Snowy Egrets have dark legs and yellow eet), and their yellow beaks(Snowy Egrets have black beaks).

Tey nest in colonies over water, otentimes on small i slands in ponds. I photographedthis egret recently in a breeding colony in Dill Plantation on James Island. (Tis individualis actually in non-breeding plumage.) Tis rookery, ound on two small islands within apond, currently contains over 40 pairs o Wood Storks, a handul o Little Blue Herons, White Ibises, Snowy Egrets, and Anhingas, not to mention alligators! Te Highway Department is still considering extending I526 through Dill Plantation in very closeproximity to the heron ponds. Hopeully the presence o breeding Wood Storks, anendangered species, will prevent this rom happening.

Great EgretBy Sarah Dargan harper

PHOTO BY saraH Dargan HarPer

Great Egret




14 April 30, 2010

W hile walking through the woods, it’s very humbling to arrive at a scene like this. osee an enormous tree in a natural setting

is enough to inspire silence, but to see one snappedin hal reminds us o the enduring majesty o theseorest behemoths, even when allen.

Tis mystery plant is a ‘red’ oak. It had beenknown or years as one o the largest trees on the western side o Congaree National Park in centralSouth Carolina. In act, this individual was ocially recognized as the national champion o its kind,one o nine dierent champions present at the Park.Soaring over 150 eet into the sky, it was easily 24 eetround with a diameter o more than six eet across.It was still upright and alive during the summer o 2004, but was broken during a storm which mostlikely occured in the all o that year. Its branchesstill retained the dead leaves in April 2005 (when thispicture was taken). At the time, an outing hosted by the Friends o the Congaree Swamp provided accessto it, with the skillul and perennial leadership o John Cely who is renowned as one o the key experts

o this National Park Tis particular oak species produces characteristicleaves which are deeply lobed and prominently bristle-tipped. In the all, the leaves turn a wonderul, deepred beore dropping. Its acorns, which are prized by wildlie, are airly large, oten over an inch long, witha scaly cap covering a little less than a thi rd o the nut.Te bark on large trees tends to be grey and ridged,or sometimes striped with thin ssures. Mature trees

generally have an open, rounded crown, and makeexcellent shade trees, adapting well along streets andin urban parks. Its wood is hard and very strong, andis a superior source or lumber, veneer, and interiorfooring.

Tis is a canopy species that is airly common on

low grounds; you won’t nd it at high elevations. It isprimarily a Southeastern species, occurring throughmuch o the Mississippi River valley up to Indianaand Ohio, over to northern Florida, and thenNorth through the Carolinas to Pennsylvania (andsouthern Ontario). Although it preers periodically wet bottomland habitats, it does not tolerate foodingvery well.

Sadly, our champion is dethroned … but itsyoungsters are coming up here and there in the area.Te tree is gone, but in a sense, it will still be with usor many decades, its rotting log providing shelter andood or a myriad o organisms. Sic transit gloria!

For more inormation about Congaree Swamp, visit www.nps.gov/cosw/index.htm. o learn more about the activities o Te Friends o Congaree Swamp, visit www.riendsocongaree.org, and to learn about the process o selecting champion trees, contact the National Register o Big rees at 800-368-5748. John Nelsonis the curator o the Herbarium at the University o South Carolina. As a public service, USC oers ree plant identifcations. For more inormation about the herbarium and submitting plants or identifcation,visit www.herbarium.org or call 803-777-8196.

Photo by John nelson

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Mystery plant: beauty in the fallenBy Dr. John nelson



16 April 30, 2010

Change

A s many saw and almost everyone heard, theBlue Angels were in town recently. We linedthe banks o Charleston Harbor and or nearly

an hour we turned our eyes and attention to the sky. I was mesmerized as I watched them y past at dizzyingspeeds, displaying the raw power o a jet ghter. Tepilots and their planes danced and conducted their aerialacrobatics to the delight o the crowd. Painted in sharpcontrast o bright blue and yellow, both the planes andthe perormance were visually stunning and captured my attention with every move.

I went to law school in southern Virginia and used

to play gol at Eaglewoods located on Langley Air ForceBase. While the course has some unique eatures,including power lines that criss-cross a ew holes (i youhit them you get to replay the shot – no penalty), whatmade the course truly unique was the presence o jets.

Te Tunderbirds, the Air Force equivalent o the Blue Angels, used to practice airly regularly at Langley. I’llnever orget playing the rst hole and getting ready to putt when the noise – that noise that is unique to their planes– began in the near distance and grew louder and louderuntil it was so deaening that I could have screamed at thetop o my lungs and no one would have heard me. Te

premium on quiet that is the customary domain o thelinks was shattered and I reveled in the contrast.

But as I recalled bygone days o gol mixed with jets,something else in the sky caught my attention. Furtherup, at altitudes that were ar above the perormance, there was a lone commercial jet airliner leaving a nondescriptvapor trail across the sky. It was being own at a steady speed in a perectly straight line, a model o efciency asit was leaving Charleston airspace.

Te jet airliner was utilitarian in every respect, ulllingits mission o going rom one place to another governedby a mandate to provide a sae and uneventul experienceor its passengers. Planes only make news today whenthey don’t land properly; sae landings are expected andtaken or granted.

When the vast majority o us play gol, it is not in ronto any cameras or crowds. No one is watching what weare doing. Tere is nothing special or spectacular aboutour ability to hit or control a gol ball and shots executed,even many o our very best, are sub-standard comparedto those who play the game at its highest level.

In gol, tour players are the equivalent o the Blue Angels. Tey do what we dream. Hitting drives incredibledistances, shaping shots and imposing their will on theight o the ball, commanding it to turn let or right, y high or low, run out or land sot. Tey are our heroes and

the ones we try to emulate.I any o you play gol regularly, then you probably

know a player or two that doesn’t hit the ball terribly long, consistently nds the airway, doesn’t ever seem toget in much trouble, has a decent short game, putts pret ty well and no matter what the round usually ends up at anal score in the 70s or low 80s. Tey never really haveeither a great day or a bad day.

And that’s the thing. Gol’s ultimate measuring stick is not power or ash, but score. Tose players who masterand possess a mundane and seemingly ordinary butconsistent game always seem to nd a way to post their

number and their skill is underappreciated.

I did a little checking. A Blue Angel applicant needonly have 1250 hours o ight time while the standard tobecome an airline pilot typically requires at least 3,000hours total ight time.

I may not clap when the next ight I am on saely touches down, but I will at least say thank you. Andthe next time I play with my jet-airline-pilot-o-a-playing-partner, I am going to be sure to tip my hat to his skill,as well.

Until next time, play well.

Richard is a golf enthusiast, local lawyer and part-time writer seeking publication of a novel about golf. Contact himat [email protected]. ©2010 Richard Hricik.

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