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H YES! SPRINGTIME IN THE LOWCOUNTRY DUDES! Don’t get much better than this. WOW, what a mild winter we had. Sure was good for golfin, huntin and fishin.

You are currently in possession of the largest issue of DUDE we’ve ever put out.

So much for the little 20 page newsletter I was thinking about when coming up with the idea of DUDE. Our popularity has soared over the moon and we can not thank everyone enough for all the very satisfying compliments. Doesn’t pay the bills, but does make this DUDE feel good that y’all like what we’re throwing down.

Who’s we? The ever growing DUDE FAMILY is WE. I’m not sure I could have even imagined the group we’ve put together in less than 2 years. From our great writers and advertisers, we seem to be growing in to ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY OF DUDES! Our distribution is ALL OVER BEAUFORT COUNTY and we’ve expanded our drop spots to so many places, we don’t even have a list, so don’t ask. If you can’t find one, ask a DUDE where he gets his and if you still can’t find one, pick up the phone, give me a call, I’ll direct you to the nearest spot. Sometimes our stacks of DUDE go pretty quickly and it might be a few days before we get to the restock, so remember you can always go to our website www.dudesc.com for a FREE DOWNLOAD of the current issue. Sarah does a great job with our Facebook page and our website. If you advertise in DUDE, you get a FREE HYPERLINK on our websites’ Contributors Page. Just click on their logo and ZAP, you’re on their website. Pretty cool DUDE! We have been making contacts all over the country through our website and we got close to 4,000 hits for the winter issue. We also have our prior issues in the Archives. If you just really want a printed copy, call me, we’ll figure out how to get you one. Autographed copies are $10 bucks and all the money goes to local charities!

Of course, all faithful followers of DUDE, know we dedicate each issue to a DUDE and induct him in to the PRESTIGIOUS DUDE HALL OF FAME! We now have a separate DHOF display, so you can check out all our past inductees. It’s becoming quite the list of DUDES. Well, last issue we said if you’re KING of anything, that almost qualifies you for the DHOF and we inducted Arnie Palmer, THE KING of GOLF. The next thing DUDES love after golf is NASCAR and THE KING OF NASCAR is RICHARD PETTY and he gets the nod this Spring and enters our elite group of DUDES.

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Issue Inducted

John Wayne, The Duke, Rooster Cogburn

Summer 2010

James Arness, Marshall Matt Dillion

Fall/Winter ‘10/’11

Lorne Greene (Ben), Pernell Roberts (Adam), Dan Blocker (Hoss) Michael Landon, The Cartwrights

Spring 2011

Clint eastwood, Dirty Harry & Western God

Summer 2011

Sylvester Stallone, Rocky & Rambo

Fall 2011

Arnold Palmer, The King Of Golf

Winter ‘11/’12

Richard Petty, The King Of Nascar

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Richard Lee Petty born July 2, 1937 and currently resides in Level Cross, North Carolina, where he was born. THE KING has won NASCAR’s championship a record 7 times, tied only by EARNHARDT #3. Yea, Dale will make it sooner or later to the DHOF. The KING won an amazing 200 races during his career and among those are 7 Daytona 500 wins. In 1967 The KING was on fire, he won 27 races that year,

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yes 27 DUDE and won 10 consecutively. King Richard had 1,185 starts and during those had 127 poles and 700 top-ten finishes. Richard’s Daddy, Lee was a Nascar driver, his son, Kyle was a Nascar driver and his grandson, Adam, who tragically died in an accident at New Hampshire Speedway, May 12, 2000, was a Nascar driver.

The KING married his lovely wife, Lynda back in 1958 and they have four children and 12 grandchildren. Welcome KING RICHARD, you da man this Spring DUDE! Now let’s get ready to rummmmmmmmbbble in to Springtime in the Lowcountry. Most DUDES FISH! We have you covered like never before DUDES. We start out with Fishing Beaufort County, where we let you know what’s been happening locally on the fishing scene and from fishing club meetings (SCDNR’s Glen Ulrich and Local Fishing Legend, Captain Fuzzy Davis were in the house this winter), as well as, SCDNR rules and regulations, to some of the greatest fishing tips from our group of experts we have on the DUDE FISHING STAFF. We have a great in depth article about SCDNR’s ADULT BULL REDFISH STUDY, which DUDE helped out with this past winter, with Captain Jason, Glen and brotha Todd. Captain Jason Dubose, River Pro Oldfield checks in with his own article this spring talking about Brownies, aka Cobia and some monsters on the bottom fishing wrecks. Captain Trent Malphrus, Palmetto Dunes Outfitters fishing master, checks in and talks his great fundraising Oyster Roasts to raise money for stocking of redfish in the Palmetto Dunes Lagoon System.

Fantastic local oysters steamed perfectly, cold chilly brewskis and some cool tunes is a great way to help Trent out with his great efforts. Quality Lakes and Freshwater Fishing DUDE, Wade Bales, talks about his company’s ability to help you map your pond and get them to where they will hold a mess of HAWGS. We sunk our Christmas trees, hope you DUDES did. Finally from the fishing scene, we would like to welcome, NEW DUDE FAMILY MEMBER, Captain Charlie Beadon, Jason’s fellow River Pro at Oldfield. Captain Charlie is the FLY FISHING MASTER and has the certifications to prove it. Enjoy his first article as he’s stomping through the pluff mud in old tennis shoes, chasin tailing reds with his trusty fly rod. Great stuff DUDES! Thanks for your words of wisdom, now let’s get out there and catch em up!

DUDES LOVE SHOOTIN GUNS & HUNTIN! Our gun DUDE, James Grant checks in this issue with the story of the M1903A3. Not only is this a great gun article, that DUDE gives us quite a history lesson as well. Welcome back Crab Pirate! On the hunting scene, many DUDES are in their camo, callin up gobblers this Spring.

We have some great top turkey shots from you DUDES out there and as always, BIG GAME CHUCK MIKALS, checks in with his friends, The Burch Family’s hunting and photo safari he set them up with in Africa. To say some of their photos are spectacular is an understatement. Thanks for sharing and that photo of the Leopard about to bust a Warthog is about one of the coolest photos I’ve ever seen DUDE. All DUDES LOVE THE GREAT OUTDOORS! You don’t have to fish, shoot guns or hunt to enjoy Mother Nature’s present to us. Being outdoors, breathing the fresh Lowcountry air and possibly taking a few photos is also a pretty special way to spend some time this Spring. Many animals and birds are out there doing their thing, if you know what I mean and it makes for a great time to take some great shots. Marvin Bouknight, our Naturalist at Oldfield, checks in with Part 2 of his Photo Safari in Florida with his buddy, Eric Horan. Fantastic shots Marvin and thanks to Marvin’s great photography, he got the Cover Shot of two little Harolds, Red Fox Kits poking their heads out of one of their many protected dens in Oldfield’s Audubon Certified friendly neighborhood. While we’re talking Wildlife, our www.

LowcountryOutdoors.com DUDE himself, the governors award winning journalist, Jeff Dennis, takes us to Charleston’s Southeastern Wildlife Expo held back in February this winter. Is that Jungle Jack Hanna in the house? Our friends from the COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM check in this spring with their usual great outdoor/ nature oriented programs. Pull a child from the TV, Smartphone, Wii or XBox and take them to several of these great programs. Great job Robin Swift and company.

Also from the great outdoors, our Sun City connection, Wes Grady checks in with information on the new branch of the Carolina Nature Photography Association right here in the Lowcountry. Finally on the Lowcountry Outdoors scene, DUDE and DIZ went on a field trip to meet THE PECAN MAN from Brickyard Point Farms on Lady’s Island. Thanks for the hospitality Jim Rathbun and his wife Nancy. That DUDE KNOWS PECANS! and he’s a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Marine Corps.

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You can’t live in Beaufort County and not love our Marines! The FEW, The PROUD, THE MARINES, for sure DUDES! Our favorite Marine DUDE, Warren DIZ Disbrow checks in this issue, as his self camouflage business has really taken off and gone to the next level from simply camouflaging your pick up truck. Many new self camo styles to choose from now. I’d camo my house if I didn’t think the ARB would call in the Feds. Our Tales From The Parris Island Museum, by David Campbell this issue is quite a spectacular read. MEET AMERICAN HERO, AL KOHN and see what a perfect American is like. From the Parris Island training, to the jungles of Vietnam, back to the Parris Island Museum. God bless you Al! Thank you for your service.

You are what every parent would want their child to end up being like. While we’re talking military, our friends from the Vediere House in Beaufort check in with a story of Fort Fremont. Homeland Security Circa 1898! Talk about big guns DUDE! They have a great exhibition going on there all Spring, so go check it out. Finally from the military scene, see ad this issue, as there’s a 5th Annual MOTORCYCLE BENEFIT RUN put on by the AMVETS to help out our true American Heroes, our WOUNDED WARRIORS via the www.IndependenceFund.org and the great folks that put on the www.LtDanWeekend.com here in Beaufort. We Americans should do all we can to help out our Warriors in every way possible. They are the ones serving up that big piece of FREEDOM PIE your eating today. There’s another great cause coming up that you can get involved in and it’s a cross over from the military scene to golf, so let’s change gears and TEE EM UP DUDES! DUDES LOVE TO GOLF! Try it, you’ll like it, even if you miss that darn ball or shankapotomous it in the water. Golf gets you outdoors for 4 or 5 hours with fellow DUDES and you get to see all kinds of wildlife. Some that will even steal your golf ball or some sitting right next to you in your cart. Our friends from the www.

IndependenceFund.com that we just spoke about, are putting on the inaugural Healing Heroes Golf Week, the last week of April. Come tee it up with us DUDEs for four days of raising money to help support our most severely injured veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. You’ll be able to play some sweet tracks; Callawassie, Hilton Head Lakes, our DUDE FAMILY MEMBERS at Sanctuary Golf Club on Cat Island (DUDE their back to back marsh side par 3’s are about as good as it gets) and Fripp Island’s Ocean Point course. Of course Springtime golf means THE MASTERS and THE RBC HERITAGE, now back to back like they belong. If you’ve never been to the Masters and get a chance, GO! You want believe that place and you’ll never forget it. We’ll definitely see you DUDES down at the RBC HERITAGE in Harbour Town. To say we have fun that week is an understatement.

Say Cheese if you see us and we may just put your photo in the Summer issue.

Of course loving Golf does actually require you to go out there and try to hit that little white ball, so our GOLFING DUDES, got you covered this Spring. Rick Barry, Head Teaching Pro for The Sea Pines Resort, Jon Hundley, Head Pro at Oldfield and Derek Lafferty, Pro at Sanctuary Golf Club on Cat Island and we’d like to welcome a new PGA pro to our DUDE GOLF STAFF, Doug Weaver, Head Teaching Pro at Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort, all share their PGA wisdom with us and hopefully will help us hit the ball pure and drop some strokes off that handicap.

Great tips DUDES! FORE! DUDES LOVE ART and many of us rednecks could use a bit more culture. As usual, we visit our friends at ARTWORKS, home of The Beaufort County Arts Council.

They always have some great exhibitions, performances and inter-active programs for the whole family to be involved in having fun. Once you have a great piece of artwork (painting/poster) you want to do all you can to preserve the piece and this Spring we get to meet Marnix Zetteler of “la feuirellaire” You may recognize him from his ad on the inside cover. Marnix is a preservation specialist and he invited DUDE to watch him perform his craft. Very interesting stuff DUDE! We’d love to expand our ARTS info, so if you have any ideas, please give me a call and we’ll

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consider your suggestions.

Sometimes DUDES need to actually listen to women. Well, we realize this and that’s why we have Mona Ward to direct us DUDES in the right direction when it comes to fitness, diet and even fashion. Thanks for looking out for us Mona. We DUDES need all the help we can get. While, we’re talking about listening to women, we’d like to welcome nurse extraordinaire, Jenny Green-Bazzle. Nurse Jenny talks to us about Male Breast Cancer. It’s real, so you should really check out her article DUDES. Every DUDE LOVES WINE, FOOD and CIGARS! Got you covered this Spring DUDES. We simply had a blast at this year’s Winefest. Thank you Jan Gourley from AdFish group for treating us like kings. If you saw us hangin with the Cigartainer himself, Joe Sweigart, you know we were having more fun than anybody. Enjoy the photos. Cooking with Cooter Brown checks in this issue with some pretty sweet recipes; Bacon cheeseburger balls, beer can chicken, corn dip and stuffed doormat flounder. Our Cigar DUDE, Joe Sweigart takes us on one of his many ventures he goes on every year, sharing his words of wisdom when it entails firing up a stogie.

DUDES LOVE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT and we’re really lucky here in Beaufort County to have so many bars, lounges, restaurants and various venues that serve it up LIVE. That’s why we have our quarterly updated That’s Entertainment and DUDE Watering Hole section that keeps you informed of the places we like to go water down our horses and listen to some tunes. Our featured Entertainer DUDE this Spring is none other than long time local boy, Jevon Daly. This DUDE has talent and you may have seen him playing with the Lowcountry Boil Band, Silicone Sista or with Jo Jo Squirrel and The Home Pickels. There’s a few new places that have popped up here in the last few months, so check out our list and let us know if we’ve forgotten anybody.

DUDES LOVE CARS and HOME IMPROVEMENTS! Our AUTO DUDE, Rob Logan talks to us “do it yourselfers” about getting a good set of the right tools. Buy quality tools and make sure you have the right tools for the job DUDE. On the Home Improvement side, Our Flooring DUDE, Steve Fisher invited us to the recently held Home and Garden Show that was held in Bluffton at the Buckwalter Community Center. Great seeing many of our old friends peddling their wares including new DUDE FAMILY MEMBERS, Foskey Heating and Air. Great story coming from those DUDES in our Summer issue.

As always, we end each issue of DUDE with a great story from our FUSKIE DUDE, Lowcountry Joe Yocius. I think this Spring ole Lowcountry Joe and his lovely wife, Mary are cruisin up the SC coast from Hilton Head Island to Myrtle Beach.

Believe it or not DUDE, there are DUDES out there that are sending letters and photos to a fish. YES, our editor, Harold, The Largemouth Bass his become quite popular with our readers. Crazy letters and many great photos of you DUDES out there having fun doing DUDE things. Got a good subject or question, send a letter to a fish. Got a good nature or wildlife photo, send it to a fish! Of course we wrap up your DUDE PRESENT with DUDES IN FOCUS, where Harold goes around taking photos of various social events and sharing them with our readers. This Spring, Harold swam through the Wine & Food Festival and some St. Patty’s party times at Katie O’Donald’s and Rosie O’Grady’s.

I hope you enjoy our latest issue of DUDE and we will have done our job by making you learn while laughing!

HAVE A GREAT SPRING DUDES! BRAD B. MCDONALD PUBLISHER DUDE www.dudesc.com brad@dudesc.com (843) 298-3827

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FISHING BEAUFORT COUNTY

By Brad Mcdonald

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his Winter wasn’t so bad as far as bitterly cold temperatures and that made for some surprisingly good fishing weather, not to mention we had some very COOL DUDES guest speakers at our local fishing clubs. We caught some nice sheepshead with Captain Jason Dubose at the General Gordon and stalked some nice slot limit redfish just outside Shelter Cove with Captain Trent Malphrus. We also managed to sink several Christmas trees so our little friends, the delectable black crappie, will have a place to drop their 90,000 eggs.

First up on the Beaufort side of the bridge, the Beaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club had its annual oyster roast and awards party. Congratulations to all this past year’s winners; 10 and under Youth – Duncan Gibson, Youth – Manfred Call VI, Female Angler – Carrol Currin, Male Angler – Frank Gibson and also Best Recreational Boat – Assure Thing, owner Ben Taylor and Best Commercial Boat – My Time Out III, owner Captain Frank Gibson. A special thanks to Tina Toomer and the Bluffton Oyster Company for the fantastic job on the freshly roasted May River oysters.

The BSDC was fortunate enough to have Glen Ulrich as a guest speaker this past Winter and believe me, nobody knows redfish like Glen. He spoke about his years working with SCDNR and what he’s doing since his retirement. Seems we are lucky to have this fisheries specialist working for us anglers through his ongoing Port Royal Sound Adult Red Drum Study. See separate article this issue for all the details. It’s nice to see a DUDE with the passion Glen has for our natural resources. Thanks to the newly formed Port Royal Sound Foundation in assisting in the funding for Glen’s project of tagged adult bull reds working with local charter boat captains. We even got to take Glen out with Captain Jason Dubose, Riverpro at Oldfield and tag 9 monster fish this Winter. DUDE, you talk about fun! Reeling in 30 pound plus BIG BULL REDS is for serious anglers only and as Captain Jason calls it, “Full contact fishing at it’s finish!”

All I got to say is when you hook one of these magnificent creatures, “Buckle up and hold on DUDE!” On the Hilton Head Island side of the bridge we were treated to two treats at this Winter’s meeting. The first was some fresh Waddell Mariculture raised shrimp.

Great job president David Harter for delivering on those delicious shrimp. DUDE we simply ate two coolers full of those fresh shrimp and the turn out was quite impressive.

Probably one of the largest crowds we’ve seen since DUDE joined in on all the fun.

Why such the large crowd? Was it the shrimp? Maybe a little, but most likely it was because the guest speaker was Local Fishing Legend, Captain FUZZY DAVIS. Fuzzy knows local fishing as good as anybody and we’ve know the Fuzzman for many years now. His knowledge on inshore fishing for redfish and sea trout is about as good as it gets. There’s not many local “old schoolers” that don’t know Fuzzy. He used to run a very successful charter off the North-end of Hilton Head Island and now he spends his time as the main man, Riverpro at Ford Plantation. Captain Fuzzy showed us some of his secret lures, rigs and various other tricks. He wasn’t “reel” friendly when it came to some of his favorite locations however. No worries, I have a map where he personally marked his hot spots on it and NO, don’t ask, I’d only lie to you anyway.

There is one way to probably find out some of them as it seems the acorn doesn’t fall too far from the tree, Captain Fuzzy’s son, Drew will be starting up his very own charter service with the North-end charter group. I’m sure Dad will be schooling him on his favorite technics and hot spots....nah, he already knows by growing up fishing with his Dad. Great seeing you Fuzzy and looking forward to working with you on your great worth while upcoming Fishing with Friends event this year.

Check out the websites of these great local fishing clubs below and come join us some time. I promise you’ll have a good time and meet some pretty cool local DUDES. Also, don’t forget when you’re fishing this Spring and you catch something you’re proud of, send your high res digital photo to our editor, Harold, The Largemouth Bass at harold@dudesc.com and we’ll share your photo with our ever growing DUDE readership. Don’t forget, you can always access the current issue of DUDE at our very popular website www.dudesc.com, where you can download a FREE PDF copy that you can share with fellow DUDES throughout the world.

Hope you DUDES put in your time this Winter by getting your fishing gear ready for this Spring, ‘cause with this mild Winter, this DUDE thinks the FISHING WILL BE RED HOT THIS SPRING!

Now Let’s Go Bend Our Rods!

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Fishing Club Contact INFO

Hilton Head Island Sportfishing Club www.hhisfc.com Beaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club www.beaufortfishingclub.com Waddell Mariculture Center www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/mrri/waddell SCDNR www.dnr.sc.com

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SCDNR ADULT RED DRUM STUDY

By Brad Mcdonald

ne fish, two fish, RED FISH, blue fish! One of the best natural buzzes of that estuaries’ fishery. known to all of DUDE-kind. Beaufort County has become one of the best Adult red drum exhibit little growth in length after entering the spawning places in the world to chase these magnificent fish. Many of you faithful population. A 2011 recapture of an adult red drum tagged in 2005 by the SCDNR DUDE readers know about all the great work Al Stokes and his team at Waddell longline sampling program (identified by its’ PIT tag) had only grown about 1 inch Mariculture Center have done with restocking redfish in our local waterways, most in total length. The energy requirements of annual spawning leaves little left over particularly, the May and Colleton Rivers. Hundreds of thousands of fish have been for growth. released over the years and the best part is they stay in our general area, so to say PIT tags (microchips like those used to identify cats and dogs) are very important we have RED HOT REDFISHING in Beaufort County is an understatement. Once to the study of this species which has a life span of 45-50 years, whereas an external these magnificent redfish get 3 to 5 years old they head out of the marshes and tag such as the nylon darts used in this study may last a maximum of 3-5 years. rivers and move off shore, however towards the end of the year the big bull females The PIT tag will be retained for the life of the fish. These tags will allow researchers make their way back up Port Royal and Calibogue Sounds to reproduce. This is to double check current estimates of the life span of these fish. where SCDNR has determined that we need to know more about the species in From 2007-2011 a total of 194 adult red drum were tagged during 63 sampling their mature reproductive years and that’s where our man, SCDNR (Ret) Master trips. Effort was very limited in 2009 and 2010 with increased sampling effort in Fishery Scientist, Glen Ulrich comes in to play.

2011. During the latest season 8 sampling trips resulted in tagging of 30 adult red Glen grew up in St. Louis, MO and graduated from Northeast Missouri State (now drum. One of those 8 trips, we met up with Glen and went fishing with Captain Truman University). After that he enlisted in the Army (thank you for your service Jason Dubose, Riverpro at Oldfield and my brother, Todd where we tagged 9 of DUDE) and served his country with pride. Once his Army stint was over, he went to THE those 30. The study will resume in the fall of 2012 and most likely DUDE will be a U, University of Miami and completed his masters in Fisheries Science. GO CANES! part of it as well.

In January 1975, Glen went to work for The success of this study is dependent on the level of SCDNR. During his years at SCDNR he interest of the angling public in pursuing this catch and Recent Redfish Stocking Statistics became Head of the Finfish Management • We released 90,571 medium sized juveniles from the 2008 YC in the spring release only species. Anglers often want to devote their Section, where he specialized in fisheries efforts to species that they can take home for the kitchen. of 2009 (4/23-5/7) with a mean size of 72.58 mm (2.86 inches). development, snapper-grouper studies • Then in the fall (10/21) we released 425,594 small juveniles from the Glen is very appreciative of those anglers that have allowed and conducted major research on sharks him to accompany them on their trips and tag their fish.

2009 YC with mean TL 45.69mm (1.80 inches). and ADULT RED DRUM. Glen currently • The final release occurred in the spring of 2010 (3/31-4/1) with 45,779 He tips his hat to Capt. Jim Clark-Straycat, Capt. John lives on James Island with his lovely wife overwintered juveniles from the 2009 YC with mean TL of 37.3mm (1.50 DeLoach-Polecat, Capt. Bill Parker-Runaway, Capt. Dan of 26 years, Judy. They have 4 grown Utley-Fishin Coach, Capt. Johnny Walker-Persistance and inches). Total number = 561,944 children with 7 grandchildren (with two Capt. Jason Dubose-Rumblefish. Another limiting factor All releases were done at Trask Landing. more on the way). in how many fish can be tagged in a season is of course Adult Red Drum studies were initiated in 1994, as very little was known about weather. When strong cold fronts move through the area, angling activity is limited the spawners that were responsible for sustaining the fishery and population in our and cooling water temperatures move the fish offshore away from protected waters. local waters. Once Glen retired from SCDNR in January of 2007, he felt that more An early drop in water temperature can shorten the “season” significantly. still needed to be done in the Port Royal Sound area to understand the dynamics We thought we’d share some other information on redfish we learned from fishing of the adult red drum stocks, so he contacted David Harter and they conferred and with Glen and through his recent studies of the red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). The decided that a charter-boat based sampling program was the best alternative to average age of a redfish that moves out of the estuary due to the onset of sexual augment ongoing SCDNR adult red drum samplings. In September 2007, they maturity is 4 years old. SCDNR can now evaluate to stock enhancement programs initiated sampling with cooperating charter boats under a National Marine Fisheries via-non-lethal sampling such as fin clips put in vial of Sarcosyl-urea for DNA Service funded contract. This funding source continued of two fall sampling periods analysis. All the red drum Glen and participants catch are measured fork length and is now continuing thanks to the funding by the Port Royal Sound Foundation. and total length and tagged with two types of tags; an external dart tag and a PIT (passive integrated transponder/microchip) both inserted in the dorsal musculature.

Glen and David Harter initiated the study because this is such an important Only the male red drum are known to produce the drumming sounds that gave the recreational resource in the Port Royal Sound area and the level of sampling fish its name. Red drum are a long-lived fish as they can live in excess of 40 years by the ongoing SCDNR adult sampling program was somewhat limited in the old. When catching bull reds, they are ILLEGAL TO KEEP, you must release them Hilton Head area. SCDNR has since obtained additional funding and expanded with considerable care. Two of the most common methods are inserting a special the sampling effort in Port Royal and St Helena Sounds but there is still a need for hypodermic needle in to the swim bladder (located near the terminal end of the the recreational fishery-based sampling program that they are conducting. extended pectoral fin) to release the gas built up while catching the fish, so the fish can submerge and releasing the fish by holding it tail first and torpedoing head In particular, it expands the number of fish tagged, the probability of getting first with a bit of force, so as the fish will quickly adjust and blow out the gas build recaptures and extending the seasonal sampling framework to insure that up. If you happen to catch one of the tagged fish and report it to SCDNR, you will a representative picture of the local spawning stock is being collected. The receive a hat or t-shirt as a reward. The most effective method noted to catch bull recreational adult red drum sampling program also focuses the attention of the reds is the use of Carolina rigs with sliding egg sinkers, using circle hooks baited angling public on the role of the “bull reds” as the base of the overall red drum with live menhaden or thread herring fishing 1 to 2 hours on either side of slack fishery and the importance of responsible catch and release practices. The results tide. Remember when using fish friendly circle hooks that you don’t need to set the of the charter/private boat adult red drum sampling hAV mirrored that of the SCDNR hook, simply REEL, REEL, REEL until your fish is clearly hooked safely in the lip of longline sampling program; migratory movements primarily limited to inshore- the mouth. The average length of the bull reds taken during Glen’s surveys were 39 offshore with no notable north-south travel. Once red drum enter the spawning inches with the biggest being a monster 45.5 inches TL. population in a given estuary, they show strong site fidelity throughout their life.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE ADULT RED DRUM STUDY This characteristic has important management implications in that each estuary Contact Glen Ulrich; ulrichg@bellsouth.net has its’ own unique spawning stock that must be protected for the ongoing success

IF YOU CATCH A TAGGED FISH Contact SCDNR and claim your reward hat or t-shirt

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Catchin’ Cobia

Adam Durell with a cobia caught and released to spawn again another day while fishing with Capt. Jason DuBose

BY CAPT. JASON DUBOSE

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hh…Spring in the Lowcountry!! Even though we had one of the mildest winters in recent memory I don’t know anyone that’s not at least a little giddy that spring is finally here. For the local sportsman this season is synonymous with many things. The thundering calls of amorous toms echoing through the turkey woods, the sound of screaming drag as a wahoo dumps line off a reel at blistering speed, and rumors spreading like wildfire of third hand reports of the first cobia of the season being caught at the Broad River Bridge in early April.

The anticipation of the annual spring cobia migration into the Port Royal Sound and Broad River seems to spawn more rumors than any other subject I know of in the fishing world. You can bet your bottom dollar that as soon as the calendar is flipped to April tales will be told of early season cobia catches. While there may be slivers of truth in some of these tales, first hand accounts are rare. Most of the yarns of early cobia catches involve the “friend of a friend” who heard of the story from his wife’s uncle’s step-son. The tale also typically involve a jon boat, a couple of beer soaked dudes, a monster cobia pulled into the small vessel while still full of fight, and an attempt to subdue the thrashing beast with misplaced shots from a pistol that ultimately result in the sinking of the boat. Whenever skeptics ask for photo evidence of this raucous scene the response from the yarn spinner sounds something like, “Man, the camera sank with the boat and the pictures were lost.

Give the boys a break!” My advice is if you encounter a group of pistol wielding anglers in a jon boat near the vicinity of the Broad River bridge in early April give them a wide berth because shots are likely gonna’ fly!!

In all seriousness, April, albeit mid to late April, does mark the kick-off to our annual inshore cobia migration here in Beaufort County. It seems like just about every year, regardless of water temperature, the blooming of the magnolias, the arrival of menhaden, and just about everything else we use as predictors of the migration the first “bona-fid” inshore cobia of the season is caught within a day or so either side of April 15th. In some years the “bite” is going strong by the last week of April; however, more often than not the action does not get consistent until early May. The migration of cobia into inshore waters is very unique to the Beaufort Co. area and has been the subject of much research over the last several years. This phenomenon has only been documented in one or two other locations on the east coast and nowhere near the extent to which it is seen in our home waters. Results of DNA and satellite tagging studies conducted by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, the Waddell Mariculture Center in Bluffton, and the Hilton Head Sportfishing Club have revealed some very interesting facts about the cobia population that makes an appearance in our inshore waters each spring.

Perhaps the most interesting and important piece of information yielded from the studies has demonstrated that the cobia that venture into our inshore waters are a distinct subset of the population and are genetically identifiable from the cobia population that stays exclusively in the coastal waters of the open ocean. This

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information suggests the same population of cobia return year-after-year to these waters to spawn and in turn, those cobia spawned here eventually return to do the same. This behavior can be likened to sea turtles returning to the same beach on which they were hatched to lay their eggs or salmon returning to their home stream to spawn.

With this knowledge in hand it is easy to see that it is the responsibility of Beaufort Co. anglers to insure this distinct population of “local” cobia remains healthy. Now I’ll be the first to say that I’ve had it up to my ears with the unreasonable and unjustified regulations the Federal Fisheries Management system has placed on many of our local gamefish species such as black sea bass, gray trout, and red snapper. That being said however, I do strongly believe that we, as responsible sportsmen, need to take it upon ourselves to handle with care this unique resource that we’re fortunate to have.

Oldfield Club, the community for which I run guided fishing charters, elected over six years ago to place a self-imposed two fish per boat limit on cobia charters as opposed to the two per person state limit. I’m not suggesting that you have to do the same but I am encouraging you to only keep what need for you and your family.

The days of keeping 10 cobia per boat just because you can and giving away bags of fillets to everyone you know should be put behind us.

A little moderation on the part anglers fishing local waters can go along way to help insure the health of this unique fishery for years to come. Besides, with out a healthy inshore cobia migration it would get pretty boring around these parts in early spring without tall tales of pre-season, jon boat sinking, monster cobia!!

DUDE PROFILE: Capt. Jason DuBose, Head River Pro at Oldfield Club, runs inshore, nearshore and offshore fishing charters. Aside from his duties as a charter fishing captain, Jason conducts a number of monthly educational seminars at Oldfield Club covering topics ranging from fishing techniques to local navigation and boat handling skills. Capt. Jason has worked as a professional sportfishing captain, mate and angler for the better part of the last ten years and has fished extensively through out the Florida Keys, Bahamas and North and South Carolina.

To contact Capt. Jason with questions and charter request please email him at: jdubose@hamptongolfclubs.com or call him at 843-304-4834.

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RESTOCKING PALMETTO DUNES LAGOON

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UDES, this Spring, I am going to be talking about my stocking program for the Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort lagoon system.

You know when I started this stocking program about seven years ago, I did not know where to start. I had never done anything like this before. All I knew is that it was going to be very exciting and new to me.

With a phone call to the Waddell Maricultural Center, I talked to Al Stokes, manager of the center and he got me started on my new adventure. Al had more answers than questions to get me going on my new quest of stocking this unique Palmetto Dunes lagoon system.

The first thing I did was take water samples all over the lagoon system to find out where the salinity was at its highest, to insure the new fish would feel right at home. It would be up to the fish to decide whether or not to stay in these areas or go off to explore new water.

The very first stocking I did was with as many little red fish as I could buy. The first stocking program was definitely a learning experience on how the whole thing works. From raising the money to pay for the fish, to finding the fish and then releasing them. The number one thing I learned that first year was that it’s more about quality of fish than quantity of fish. What I mean is, the first year I think I put 2,000 small red fish about 2-4 inches long in to the system. These small fish just happen to be the same size as most of the bait fish that the larger fish feed on in the system. Plus, with it being the beginning of fall, when we realized, all I did was make sure the larger fish had plenty to eat that winter DUDE! Lesson one... quality not quantity.

So after I realized that fall was not the best time to stock the smaller fish, next spring was my targeted time for the next stocking. All I needed was the money to make it happen. With a little help from one of my best friends, Frank Gaston from the General Store in Palmetto Dunes, (that Frank ain’t no Colonel, but he sure can fry some chicken), we came up with a solution to raise money every year for the restocking program. This is when the SHUCKING FOR REDS started for the home owners of the resort. Having the oyster roast was a great way to show the home owners of the resort what I was trying to accomplish with the program. The oyster roasts have been the key to the restocking program by raising money to pay for the fish.

This has been such a great learning experience for me over the years.

I can’t thank every one enough for their support. With the program working so well, the past few years have been the best I’ve ever seen in Palmetto Dunes. The most important thing I have learned over the years is size of fish to stock in the system. The size of the fish is important to its survival in the system. With the bigger fish, you can stock in the

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spring or the fall, which is great. Since I started stocking fish that are two years of age or older, it has made a big change in the fishing, definitely for the better. Their survival rate is at 100 percent, which is awesome DUDES, so obviously, what you put in, is what you get back, unlike the small fish with a roughly 50 50 chance of survival.

Now with the redfish stocking program in its seventh year, I have continued to learn more and more every year and now I have it down to science. I see great things to come for the future of the lagoon system in Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort. This year is going to be a great one with new ideas for stocking different types of fish, not just the reds.

So once again, THANK YOU DUDES & DUDETTES for all the support every one has given me over the years to make Palmetto Dunes a world class fishing destination.

Let’s Get Hooked Up Dudes!

Palmetto Lagoon Charters 843.301.4634 DUDE PROFILE: Captain Trent Malphrus is one of the rare natives of Hilton Head Island. This has been his only home for almost forty years. Trent was born into a family that has thrived on the Lowcountry’s rivers and estuaries for hundreds of years. They fished, picked oysters, crabbed, shrimped and frolicked in anything that has to do with Mother Ocean and still do to this day. Trent’s dad was the most hard-core fisherman he has ever known.

Trent got the fishing fever at a very young age as he followed in his father’s footsteps. All of the fishing knowledge he has attained originate in his father’s teachings. Trent now works to perfect his skills and achieve a greater level of understanding of fish and the intricacies of fishing. Trent’s father has passed on, but would surely be proud of his son and his love of fishing.

Trent was introduced to the Palmetto Dunes lagoon system when he was about eleven years old. His father would bring him to work and drop him off to fish all day in the brackish lagoons. These lagoons are abounding with wildlife like red-tail hawks, ospreys, otters, kingfishers and an occasional alligator.

Trent now lives and works in Palmetto Dunes on Hilton Head Island. It is here, amid this familiar saltwater kingdom, that he is now raising his own sons. Every morning when he wakes up to this great big world, Trent’s son runs to the back door.

Staring out at the dock he asks his mother, “has daddy already gone to work?” Occasionally, he rises early enough to find the skiff still moored at the dock and asks if Trent has caught any fish yet. It seems another Malphrus has started down the road toward a life-long love of fishing.

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The waters around Hilton Head Island, South Carolina offer anglers a wide range of fishing opportunities. Captain Trent Malphrus, of Palmetto Lagoon Charters, prides himself on providing fishermen some of the best and most unique fishing Hilton Head has to offer. Enjoy an amazing fishing charter trip in the calm saltwater lagoon system located in one of the island's most popular resorts or inshore in the calm shallow waters of the creeks, inlets and grassy areas. Palmetto Lagoon Charters offers anglers fly rod and light tackle fishing experiences for full or half day trips. These fish will give you a workout that will have your arms aching and your heart pounding. Through pristine waters that are always flat and calm, Captain Trent Malphrus will guide you to the fish in a quiet electric boat, or poling the shallow flats that surround the lowcountry waters. It doesn't matter if you are an avid angler looking for that record breaking catch, or a family eager to do something special together; Palmetto Lagoon Charters is just the ticket.

Fly fisherman are always welcome at Palmetto Lagoon Charters. We cater to all levels of fly fishermen on Hilton Head, from first-timers to master anglers. We will gladly supply all of the fly rods and fishing gear, if needed. Fly fishing gear starts at a six-weight all the way up to a ten-weight fly rod. All reels are loaded with twenty-pound gelspun backing with Airflows tropical saltwater weight fored line.

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Flats & Fly Report

By Captain Charlie Beadon

LOWCOUNTRY TAILING REDFISH

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ithout a doubt DUDE, we are very lucky to have such a great inshore fishery as we do here in the Hilton Head/Lowountry area.

We have the opportunity to catch redfish on a year round basis on light tackle spinning and fly rods using artificial lures, live bait and flies. We use a number of different fishing tactics that include; poling the shallow water mud flats, baiting the oyster bars, grass edges & creek mouths and sight fishing for tailing redfish. Though catching redfish by any method is always fun, sight fishing adds a whole new element DUDE! Now that we are in the Springtime, this becomes ever so true, as the redfish will begin to flood the shallow short grass flats in search of fiddler crabs and this marks the beginning of the TAILING SEASON. What is a tailing redfish you may ask?

As redfish feed along the bottom in shallow waters, they dip their noses down to the bottom, thus exposing their tails above the surface as they feed. It really is quite a sight to see and gets anglers across all of South Carolina and nearing states fired up to go fishing.

Imagine this, you’re wading along a shallow short grass flat in mere inches of water as the tide slowly starts to flood in through the spartina grass. In the distance you hear fish crashing through the grass as they push in to feed on fiddler crabs. It doesn’t take long for the tide to flood up above your ankles and as you look down the sea marsh flat, you can see a red tail, tipped in blue,

DUDE PROFILE: Captain Charlie Beadon,

River Pro at Oldfield Club.

Charlie has been guiding since 2000 Federation of Fly Fishers Certified Instructor St. Croix Pro Staff Owner Hilton Head Fishing Adventures www.hiltonheadfishingadventures.com Phone : (843) 592 -0897

waving above the surface, as if the fish were saying HELLO DUDE! Within a few minutes, you see another, then another and before you realize it, you are right in the middle of a RED HOT TAILING BITE. The only question now, is whether or not you can keep your hands from shaking long enough to make an accurate cast to place a fly in front of a feeding redfish!

I consider fishing for tailing redfish to be the ultimate hunt with a fishing rod. It really combines the sports of hunting and fishing in the way that we pick out one fish, stalk it until we have the right shot and then fire away with the fishing rod in hopes of getting a bite. Though you can fish for tailing reds out of the boat, I prefer to wade fish because you do have an advantage in mobility and a lower profile... plus it really adds to the hunting and stalking experience! As far as tackle, I recommend 8-17 pound spinning rods spooled with braided line or an 8 weight fly rod. Most soft plastic lures will work along with small crab fly pattens and even live bait works (shrimp or big mud minnows). For wading the flats, you simply need an old pair of lace up tennis shoes, DUDE TIP: (lace them tight to keep periwinkles out) and a fanny pack to carry your extra tackle.

Please feel free to call me at the Oldfield Outtfitters Center and schedule a trip with me and I’ll show you how to Get R Done! Good luck and until next time,

Catch em Up DUDES!

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Plan to bring your family, friends, neighbors and co-workers to the Oyster Factory Park to clean our beloved river and the streets and coves leading to the river. If you have a boat or kayak, we NEED you in the river to gather trash. All supplies will be provided as well as food, drink and educational opportunities!

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This advanced lake mapping technology allows owners to fully understand the severity of the sediment issues when evaluating or planning a dredging project.

Cubic yardage calculations of sediment within each removal area can easily be charted. Choosing important areas to dredge, based on up-to-date, accurate information allows for a focused dredging effort, saving thousands of dollars.

Mapping a lake bottom can also reveal areas of concern and optimal times when dredging will be necessary to prolong the life of the lake and in many cases insure proper storm water drainage and movement. Due to the large expense dredging is for lake owners, this new technology has helped owners more effectively budget and plan for projects as well as save time and money.

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South Florida Photo Safari Part II

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fter the success of our last trip to south Florida, Eric Horan and I decided to plan another trip to take willing photographers back to see the amazing diversity and put them in a position to photograph the flora and fauna of this subtropical environment. As always, Eric and I like to scout the area to try and make the most of the time our participants spend in the field. This time, however, Mother Nature threw us a curve ball…

For this scout trip, Eric and I, this time joined by my wife, Gabrielle, went back to Devil’s Garden Wild Bird Park south of Clewiston, the site of our last photo safari. Much to our surprise and dismay, the lush, watery environment teeming with apple snails, limpkins, snail kites, sandhill cranes, ibis, egrets and other raptors was gone and instead, we found ourselves walking and driving around in a desolate, dry, crackly grassland with apple snail shells crackling under our feet. The late winter, early spring drought had taken its toll on the wetland environment and the birds, with very little food to be found, struck out to find other areas where water and food were both plentiful. There was no way we could bring a group under these conditions…

Well, as luck would have it, we came up with a backup plan that we had formulated just in case something happened and we decided to scout out a new location. Now, two things were on our side for success. For one, we had done a little research and hoped to get an opportunity to photograph spoonies (roseate spoonbills), reddish egrets and the elusive and threatened Florida Scrub Jay. DUDE PROFILE: Marvin Bouknight is a South Carolina native and has lived in the Lowcountry for over 15 years. A Clemson University graduate with a degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Management, Marvin has been a professional naturalist for over 20 years and is currently the staff naturalist at Oldfield Club.

Through his company, The Nature Nook, LLC, Marvin offers a variety of programs, seminars and workshops on topics such as the local flora and fauna, attracting wildlife to your backyard and wildlife photography. He also provides services such as interpretive center design, displays and features, interpretive program development including curriculum-based and guided lesson plan development, trail design and development, wildlife surveys and documentation, nature-based consultation, etc. He can be reached by calling (843)441-0961 or by e-mail at mbnaturenook@yahoo.com

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Two, we just so happened to have a newly discovered good luck charm with us, my lovely and apparently gifted bird whisperer, Gabrielle! Not only did she chauffeur us around in the four wheeler in South Florida (who am I kidding, she was in seventh heaven!), but she apparently has the ability to summon up birds just by calling out their name!

We decided to scout Merritt Island in Titusville, Florida, for one of our locations and upon our entrance on the Black Point Wildlife drive, Gabrielle turned to Eric and I and she said, “I hope we see roseate spoonbills in here!”.

As we came around the curve along the drive, there out in the wetland were roseate spoonbills, along with white pelicans, reddish egrets, pintails, avocets and other birds. She got her wish to see these beautiful pink wading birds. A little later on, as we drove through the refuge, looking for a well known bald eagle’s nest, we found the nest and again, she said, “I hope we see the eagle” and sure enough, there he was, perched right up in the pine tree right off of the drive! After much good-natured ribbing and joshing, we all had a good laugh about her “track record” and started to leave the refuge. Well, as we were on our way out of the refuge before sunset, I said, “Well, we tried, but we didn’t see a scrub jay.” Eric laughed and said, “Hey, let’s just ask Gabrielle for one. She’s seen everything she’s asked for!” We all laughed and I said, “Go ahead, say it!” No sooner than she said “I wanna see a scrub jay!”, than out of the corner of my eye, I saw a bird perched on a bush right by the road. I yelled “Stop, there’s a scrub jay!” Of course, everyone thought I was kidding, but sure enough, there sat not one, but three scrub jays! After getting out of the car and spending a little time photographing an extremely cooperative couple of Florida Scrub Jays, we all “high-fived” each other, hopped back in the car and headed for home.

Although we have some great photos and fun memories, for me, Merritt Island will never be the same unless I have my good luck charm and brand new “ace in the hole”!

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BIG GAME HUNTING with CHUCK MIKALS

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bout a year and a half ago, I was playing golf with Dr Ken Burch and we began discussing Africa. He had heard that I had been there many times on various hunting safaris. I suggested Wild Game Safaris to Ken, both as a hunting destination and a photographic tour destination.

Ken took his wife Sharon, his daughter Allison, his son Zach and Zachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s girlfriend, Rachel Geary. As you can see from the pictures, they had a great time both hunting and photographic touring.

They stayed a few days in Krueger National Park, which is the largest National Park in Africa, the west and south of the park are in the two South African provinces of Limpopo and Mpemalanga.

The park is the largest game reserve in Africa and covers an amazing 7,523 square miles. There, the Burches went on several guided photo trips and as you can see from one of the photos, they actually took a photo of a Leopard ambushing a wart hog.

Pretty cool to see that live DUDE. Fantastic photo!

Thanks for sharing Ken! Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great to see families enjoying themselves in the great outdoors!

Keep your powder dry DUDES! DUDE PROFILE: Chuck Mikals is from Chicago, Illinois and worked in the plywood veneer business transferring to Toronto, Canada in 1978. Started his own business in 1985 and expanded from Canada to the US and opened a Plywood Warehouse in Florida in 1998.

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Southeastern Wildife Expo Celebrates 30th Year

By Jeff Dennis

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he largest wildlife art and nature event in the Southeast returned to Charleston on February 17-19, where hunters and anglers gathered to celebrate the sporting life. Stunning prints of dramatic outdoor scenes will tempt art buyers willing to make some room on their walls as duck decoys and wildlife carvings will win the hearts of DUDES over and over again The 2012 Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (SEWE) welcomes flocks of wildlife enthusiasts into the heart of Charleston for a weekend love fest with nature. Local residents and regular attendees already know how to traverse the jungle of sporting activities that accompany SEWE each year, but 2012 offered several new exhibits and activities that may have had some DUDES mapping a new route to enjoy their wildlife weekend.

From a Featured Artist’s Reception at the Mills House Hotel, to a preview of original artwork, some DUDES will want to purchase VIP badges. The badges admit patrons to the Black Tie Preview Night Gala and Auction at Charleston Place, where patrons will be able to converse with painter DUDES from around the South and from around the world.

The full schedule of SEWE events that ruan from 9 until 6 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday could be accessed for daily tickets that cost just $20. That’s a good deal DUDE! For more info go to www. sewe.com. The socializing got red hot on Friday night The Dock Dogs jump competition is always when the S.C. Waterfowl a fan favorite at Brittlebank Park Association hosted a semiformal Sportsman’s Ball in Mt. Pleasant and the Ducks Unlimited crowd dresses down for an oyster roast at the Visitor Center Bus Shed.

Landmarks like the Francis Marion Hotel participate in SEWE and is the home of the Landscapes and Locals display. This showcase included local artists using mediums like painting, metal sculpture, woodwork and photography. Kudos to SEWE for sharing their spotlight with these deserving local artists. Saturday night’s SEWE Soiree was a feast of Lowcountry food and live music at the Visitor Center’s Bus Shed.

Sunday at SEWE offers a chance to catch a fly-fishing demonstration or a cast net throwing demo at Brittlebank Park. Children’s activities were part of SEWE like the Kids for Conservation exhibit set up in Marion Square and the S.C. Junior Duck Stamp contest results were at Gaillard Auditorium.

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Abigail Tuten and her Uncle Bart Key are bringing oyster shell camo to the Lowcountry!

Lectures on early wildlife artists John James Audubon were part of the educational efforts at SEWE, with antique prints for sale. Wild in the Kitchen chef demos were scheduled outside of Gaillard Auditorium all weekend. A special film entitled Landlocked documented how striped bass from S.C. helped to replenish fish stocks in 36 other states. Good to know DUDE! Want to see wildlife DUDE? You won’t have to look hard to see the Birds of Prey flight demonstrations that happened daily high above Marion Square! If dogs are your favorite, jump over to Brittlebank Park for the retriever demos and the splashy Dock Dogs long-jump competition that attracts dog teams from across the SouthEast. Bring your own dog too DUDE, because dogs are welcome at SEWE! Finally, the Busch Sanctuary animal show had reptiles, big cats, monkeys and much more each day inside the Gaillard Auditorium.

Celebrity naturalist and all-around DUDE Jack Hanna came to town to show off animals from the Columbus, Ohio Zoo. Hanna draws big crowds and does not disappoint with his friendly demeanor and a genuine zest for educating others about wildlife.

The handmade knives on display at SEWE were second to none, the antique decoys for sale are the genuine article and the double-barreled sporting arms are for serious collectors only. Don’t forget DUDE, you can come dressed casual or come dressed in camo, because it’s all good at SEWE. SEWE brings world-class sporting art to the Lowcountry and the 30,000 like-minded attendees will experience happy hunting for shopping and fellowship while enjoying the hospitality of Charleston. Tickets start at $20 a day or $40 for a three-day pass. SEWE provides a free shuttle service during the day that runs between several venues. Get WILD in Charleston next February at the SouthEastern Wildlife Expo!

DUDE PROFILE: Jeff Dennis is a Lowcountry native who grew up on a tidal creek and works as a freelance writer and photographer. He has been a cooperating angler for the S.C. Department of Natural Resource’s marine game fish tagging program since 1994. Jeff was awarded the Harry Hampton Journalism Award in 2008 from the S.C. Wildlife Federation for his work in the realm of natural resources and conservation.

As caretaker of his family farm in Colleton County, Jeff appreciates wildlife habitat management and loves to hunt all the game that the Lowcountry has to offer. For regular fishing reports, harvests of note and conservation news, check out Jeff’s blog at www.lowcountryoutdoors.com.

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Brought together patrons who appreciate wildlife art. Special events ranged from the black tie gala, the East Cooper DU oyster roast, the SEWE Soiree and even some wild game dinners in private homes. Local artists and local vendors welcome the influx of artists whose chief talent is sharing wildlife moments with others. Getting outdoors for the dock dogs competition is almost as popular as trying to get a glimpse of Jungle Jack Hanna.

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READY, AIM, FIRE! M1903A3: Military Workhorse from a Simpler Time.

by James Grant

an infamous magazine cutoff switch that allowed officer’s to restrict a soldier’s rifle to single-shot loading. Infantrymen were instructed to load the magazine to capacity and then engage the magazine cutoff. They were to utilize single rounds and in an emergency to switch the cutoff to the off position and use the remaining reserves. This in practice, like many World War I tactics/strategies/policies, was pure lunacy. Throughout World War I, the soldiers in the trenches had complained that the Springfield didn’t make an ideal raiding weapon. In response the 1903 Mark I was deployed. It was virtually identical to the original ’03 with the addition of a small cut in the left side of the receiver which acted as an ejection port for the Pederson Device. The Pederson device was essentially a modified Springfield bolt that changed the gun into a semi-automatic, magazine-fed pistol-caliber rifle. This proved unreliable with an utter lack of stopping power and was shortly thereafter abandoned.

When the US entered World War II the USMC landed on Wake-Island with 1903’s. Shorty after the beginning of World War II production of the 1903 ith lessons learned from the Civil War, the US military sought to was abandoned and the 1903a3 was adopted. The primary differences replace their aging stock of muzzle-loading rifles with a modern between the two pertained to the iron sights. The 1903 used a barrelmetallic cartridge-feeding long-arm. The solution came in the mounted complex ladder sight that folded down into an emergency leaf form of the Norwegian Krag-Jørgensen, reclassified by the US military as sight. This was expensive both in terms of cost to produce as well as time the M1892-99. If you’re familiar with the method that modern paint-ball to manufacture. The 1903a3 utilized a simpler aperture sight mounted at guns are fed ‘ammunition’, then you have a rough idea of the hopper concept the rear of the receiver which had the advantage of being far more rugged that the Krag used. Free floating rounds were placed in a magazine well as well as increasing the rifle’s sight radius.

In the postwar years, surplus on the side of the rifle at a slight Springfield ’03 rifles were very incline. As the user worked the bolt, popular civilian hunting weapons. it extracted the spent round and a The strong Mauser action used fresh round rolled into the chamber.

Accuracy – 4.5/5: The Springfield is an old war horse built for optimistically long by the Springfield meant that The US army used this weapon ranges, no surprises here. chambering them in more powerful exclusively in both the Spanishcalibers was completely safe. They American War and the Philippine- Reliability – 5/5: Bolt-action rifles don’t tend to jam. This is no exception. were also an economical choice at American War. The Krag’s overly complex designed was basically Ergonomics – 4/5: I have almost no complaints about the rifle other than the the time. Rifles still in the packing grease from the factory cost outclassed by the Spanish military’s safety’s location, on the back of the bolt. imported German Mausers. The Value – 5/5: Depending on what you happen to pay for this remarkable piece of under $20, at a time when a new Remington bolt-gun would run in Mauser’s use of a stripper-clips history you’ll only have to wait a few years for the value of this rifle to rise. excess of $100. Unfortunately their and new ‘spitzer’ or pointed bullet made them load faster and shoot Overall Score – 4.5/5: app A very solid rifle that would be at home in both the popularity has also contributed to their current scarcity. With so many flatter. The assault on San Juan trenches of the Somme or the backwoods of the low country. guns re-chambered or sporterized Hill where 750 Spanish troops held by thrifty huntsmen, unmodified 6,600 US regulars until Gatling gun and mobile artillery support were brought in. This was an impressive fact, 1903a3’s were no longer the norm.

So, how does this old workhorse stack-up against modern hunting given that conventional military wisdom at the time determined that it took rifles? While she’s no Weatherby or Browning, she is built like a tank and 2.5 men attacking to route each defender.

Still reeling from this tough lesson, the United States Ordnance sports some very easy to use iron sights. I recently participated in an Department determined that the US military needed to replace their impromptu military rifle match, where the Springfield was pitted against antiquated Krag-Jørgensen rifles with a modern Mauser type. Their M1A1’s, M1 Garands, and AR-15’s. I managed to take 1st place by a small solution, simply borrow the Mauser design and chamber it in 30-06. They margin that was aided in no small by the Springfield’s inherent accuracy say imitation is the purest form of flattery, but Mauser Werke was anything and generous sight radius.

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but flattered by the US Ordnance Dept’s imitation Mauser. They filed suit in the early 20th century and the US government was forced to pay royalties to Mauser Werke.

The new design was adopted in 1903 and was deemed the M1903, colloquially known as the Springfield ’03. The Springfield featured a plethora of impressive features that were state of the art for its time.

It loaded from a 5-round stripper clip, featured a reinforced locking lug and a flip-up ladder-sight for long distance volley fire. It also featured

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DUDE PROFILE: James Grant, Age: 27 Personal Interests: Competitive Rifle/Carbine/Handgun shooting, varmint hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, wood-working and gunsmithing.

I have participated in competitive shooting since 2005 and have placed in the top 3 at several carbine side matches. I enjoy collecting antique military arms and teaching new shooters about the sport. In my spare time, I hunt white tail and coyotes, with the majority of my experience being in the latter.

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TALES FROM THE PARRIS ISL AND MUSEUM THE FEW, THE PROUD, THE MARINES! AL KOHN, UNITED S TATES MARINE A 58 DAY SURVIVOR FROM THE ENEMY AND JUNGLES OF VIETNAM

BY DAVID CAMPBELL

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n 1967, Aulton (Al) Kohn, 17, a recent graduate of Jacksonville, Fla. high school, was winding down another fall season varsity track session at Florida State University having just defeated two of the faster seniors in the 100m dash. Feeling confident and self- assured, the 6’3” sprinter returned home to find his Mother waiting nervously for him at the front door. She greeted him with a hug and told him he had some mail. As Al peered into the kitchen he saw on the table a letter addressed to him from the United States Army. Knowing it was not an invitation to see the “world” but more specifically to see Vietnam, he ripped open the envelope and his suspicions were correct. He was directed to the local US Army recruiting station where he was expected to sign up with the army for a tour of duty. There was no fear in the unknown to Al at that moment as, from what he had gathered, the war was winding down and chances were if and when he got there, it would practically be over. He knew he had to enlist – he never shirked his responsibility – he just didn’t want to join the Army.

He wanted to join the United States Marine Corps.

Al’s father was a career Navy man through and through. Yet, his son felt he should be in another branch of the service and he, as a younger man, wandering the naval bases with his father, was always impressed with the blue trousers with the brilliant red stripe worn by the sentries. Al wanted to be a Marine – he wanted to be one of “THE FEW THE PROUD, THE MARINES!” The day he went to the Marine Recruiting Station, he was “never promised a rose garden”…he enlisted that day.

Al was sent to the “birthplace for enlisted Marines”, Parris Island, an 8,000 acre track located adjacent to Beaufort, SC. 5,000 acres are uninhabitable but that does not mean the Marines cannot be trained there. Their initial training began in 1898 and since that time over 1,000,000 men and women have earned the respected title, “MARINE.” Arriving in June, 1968, Private Kohn began an accelerated eight week boot camp during the hottest, most humid weather the South Carolina Lowcountry can offer. Temperatures often exceeded 100 degrees with matching humidity sapping the strength of the young recruits only to be driven harder by their demanding Drill Instructors.

Al remembers being in formation early one morning, standing at attention, never wavering, when swarms of “noseeums” attacked the men, buzzing up their noses, in their eyes and ears and never once would one of the men move. They knew that one wrong move in battle could result in the death of a friend, a Marine. They were taught to be proud, responsible and they were.

Drill instructors or “DI’s” as they are referred to are very imposing warriors. Their responsibility is to their young recruits as their pledge states: “These recruits are entrusted to my care. I will train them to the best of my ability. I will develop them into smartly disciplined, physically fit, basically trained Marines, 1st Marines, thoroughly indoctrinated in love of Corps and country. I will demand of them, and demonstrate by my own example, the highest standards of personal conduct, morality, and professional skill.” No Marine will ever forget the name of his DI. Following completion of Basic Training at Parris Island, Al was assigned to Fort Geiger in Camp Lejeune, NC to participate in a 3 month advanced

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infantry program. It appeared to the Marines the war was winding down, so one can only imagine the shock when they were told to report for duty in the Republic of Vietnam. Al arrived in DaNang with the 9th Marines, 1st Battalion, and subsequently joined up with Alpha Company, 3rd Platoon – the Platoon historically called “The Walking Dead.”

For whatever reason, this Platoon always seemed to be in combat situations. It was almost as if the North Vietnamese had a “contract” out on them. All in all, they were engaged in combat for 47 months, 7 days . They lost 747 men in 44 combat operations with 2 MIA’s. Defying these odds, were Private Aulton Kohn and Lance Corporal Alanzo Campbell.

The Alpha Company went on patrol January 1969, 36 members strong.

They were on a “search and destroy” mission and having hiked for 5 days, they were a well distanced from the base. The weather was hot with constant drizzle. Sightings of the enemy were few, and tensions were high as the men knew the enemy was there, they just couldn’t see them.

Elephant grass, bamboo leaves swayed in the breeze leaving sounds to test the Marine’s imagination.

Then it happened, all hell broke loose. The Marine’s had walked into an “L” shaped ambush, all 36 of them. The enemy was basically on 3 sides

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and as soon as the Marine’s entered into the VC “kill zone”. The VC opened his story to the local paper in Jacksonville, Fla. fire with everything they had ie: machine guns, mortars and grenades. 34 In speaking to Mr. Kohn he never felt he was a hero. He was just doing men were killed. Some were dead before they hit the ground. Kohn, a his job, the job he was trained for and loved by the Marine Corps. After their rifleman and Campbell, from a different squad but assigned to the same debriefing, they were treated to a steak dinner with all the trimmings and mission, were the only two survivors. Al was 18 years old. the next day……they were sent back to the field with the 3rd Platoon now Both men dug themselves into the ground. The gunfire seemed endless, represented by all new Marines. the screaming and noise overwhelming. The men had been taught to take In the remaining months of Al’s one year tour of duty, he became a senior cover – in this case as best as possible and attempt to return fire. There was leader of the 3rd Platoon and after rapid fire promotions, became the Squad no returning fire in this ambush with the VC crawling all around them, heavily Leader. He took his needed R and R in Bangkok for two weeks, a “vacation” armed. When the gunfire subsided Kohl and Campbell remained quiet for richly warranted. During the final months of his tour, Al was wounded twicewhat seemed like an eternity, until they “The first time he was shot in the leg during a could be assured the VC were not going firefight. An adrenalin rush and concern for to investigate their “killings.” The VC the welfare of his men kept him from paying moved stealth like back into the brush much attention to his own wound until a Some people spend an entire lifetime waiting for what they thought would be corpsman notice the blood soaking through wondering if they made a difference. a larger platoon. his trousers.”* Because the bullet missed The Marines don’t have that problem.”

Gradually, Kohn and Campbell got actual bone, Al rejoined his fellow warriors up, checked for survivors – there were after a month in recovery. Subsequently, none – and took supplies they would he suffered a flesh wound from a sniper’s – President Ronald Reagan, 1985 need to survive on until they found their rifle and was patched up and back in the way back to base camp. Heavy belts of fray almost immediately. ammo, water and canned food found In December, 1969 his tour concluding, their way into the soldier’s back packs now full Sergeant, Al was ferried to Okinawa already weighted down with their own where he spent 6 months in responsible supplies. They started on their trek of survival walking in a zig zag route positions within the corps. He made one mistake – he phoned his sister to making for a more difficult target for the enemy. It was hot, humid and to tell her he was coming home. compound the problem the two scared Marines did not know where they Anticipating peace and quiet, Al was chagrined when he looked out the actually were in relation to their destination. Always on alert, they slept in plane’s window at the hundreds of people waiting to greet him. He recognized two hour shifts at night. family members and friends but not the throngs of others. Apparently, not Gradually, their food supplies diminished so they had to resort to eating only had his sister called all family members and Al’s associates, but the rest what might be available from the land. Water was suspect as most appeared of the crowd read about his heroics in the war correspondent’s article sent to to be stagnant. They managed to survive on root bark from trees, specific the Jacksonville paper and they too wanted to salute him for his courageous leaves, berries and believe it or not, a monkey. One day a squirrel monkey valor. appeared out of nowhere. Lance Corporal Campbell raised his rifle, sighted One of those readers was his Mother who after hugging and squeezing without stirring any distraction and fired killing the monkey. Skeptical at first, him as hard as she could said “Why didn’t you tell me? “ Al’s response but knowing that their survival might count on it, the two men skinned the was typical of the type of gentleman and warrior that he is: “Tell you animal, roasted it over an open fire being careful not to alert the enemy what?!” where they were and ate it. “It was pretty good” both men agreed!

Al received 2 Purple Hearts, the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, As they wandered through the maze like jungle they never had the Combat Action Ribbon, Presidential Unit Citation, Good an encounter with the enemy. They heard them frequently and Conduct Medal, National Defense Medal, Vietnam Service saw them at one time from a distance of approximately 40 yards.

Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Humanitarian They were ready to fire at a seconds notice but as they were always Service Medal. outnumbered, they smartly decided to avoid conflict and keep He subsequently was sent to Camp Lejeune to on their road to their own freedom. become an MP and did so well he was selected as After 58 days, warrior Kohn spotted soldiers high on a Team Leader for SWAT TEAM training at Camp hillside. Approaching to get a better look, because of the Pendleton, California. Al retired from the Corps men’s size, he felt they were US soldiers not Vietnamese. in 1991 holding the distinct honor as Gunnery Kohn and Campbell called to them and identified themselves Sergeant responsible for Military Police. Still as US Marines. Hearing voices from the bush, the soldiers attached by heart and soul to the Marine Corps, scattered themselves anticipating VC trickery and a potential Al, a resident now of Beaufort, SC returned to attack. The soldiers were told to drop their weapons and Parris Island where he held a full time position approach hands held high. “If we had dropped our as Informational Receptionist at the Parris hands, Kohn mentioned, I am sure they would have Island Museum. He is also heavily involved in shot us figuring us to be the enemy.” After proper the Young Marine Program designed for “kids” 8 identification, the filthy, exhausted and thin years old through high school seniors Marines were greeted by a shocked force “praising the ideals and instilling the of US Rangers. The first question the values of the Marine Corps.” He survivors asked…”Do you have any retired from the museum May, 2011 after food?” Cold canned rations were all 43 years of service with the Corps. that was available and Private Kohn said it was In Al’s book “Just a Marine” there are three the “best meal he had ever tasted.” He was 19 years old. contributors who sum up the character of Gunnery The day they were saved was his 19th birthday.

Sergeant (RET) Kohn, Captain Stephen Christopher, US The following day, after a night of complete rest, the two Navy, Dentist: “Retired Gunny Sergeant Aulton Kohn is Marines were flown by helicopter to battalion headquarters at a man who enjoys life. From the first time you meet him, Quang Tri where they were debriefed by their superiors who you can tell he seems to enjoy whatever he is doing at the questioned them not only on their methods of survival but also time. He has an appreciation for life, people, friends, work questions about enemy sightings and location. Their concern and God. He seems to always be in a good mood and he was what had happened to their 34 comrades as the motto has an eternally good attitude about the challenges in life. of the Marines was to “never to leave one behind.” All 34 There is always a smile on his face and always a pleasant were retrieved. The two men were also interviewed by a war greeting to extend to both friends and strangers. He is correspondent who took the liberty, in Al’s case, to forward exactly who you want to see early in the morning because

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he is smiling and always has something positive to say. Gunny Kohn stays involved and active in the community and on the marine base at Parris Island, where he has many friends – there always seems to be someone who knows him no matter where he goes and they are always glad to see him.

He is a shining example for people of all ages from children to youth, to young adults and to even us who are in middle age. Now that he is retired, I cannot imagine he will stop being involved in the community and certainly expect to see him around town and the base at Parris Island, one of the many locations where he served. He is a wonderful ambassador for the Marine Corps through which he served his nation for many years and certainly contributes well to their esprit de corps and their proud heritage. Retired Gunny Kohn is one more reason the Marine Corps enjoys such an outstanding reputation for service to country and why it possesses the core values of Honor, Courage and Commitment. He is a remarkable man, a wonderful citizen and a shining example of how one person can make a difference in their community. All the best! Semper Fi and Godspeed.”

Chief Warrant Officer 4, Joe Charles, Director IPAC, Parris Island: “I’ve heard folks say that the Marine Corps teaches you how to deal with strife and hardships with your head held high but I don’t necessarily think that is

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true. The way I look at it, the Marine Corps provides opportunities (on a regular basis) where you are forced to search within yourself to find internal strength. These are what we call our Core Values---Honor, Courage and Commitment. Gunnery Sergeant (Mr. Al) Kohn is what the epitome of what our Core Values represent. Whether as a Marine serving in Vietnam, giving tours in the Depot Museum or showing me up in the gym every morning, he has served this great nation proudly, honorably, humbly and with a smile on his face. I consider it an honor to know him and to call him my friend.”

Lastly, Miss Jaiya Allen, God Daughter: “My God dad always tells me I am a leader. At 3 years old, I always seem to get people to do what I want!”

And in his own words, “If there is one thing I have learned, it’s to enjoy your job. If you can enjoy what you do, everything will turn out all right. I will remain, JUST A MARINE.” *”They Served,” Ron Lauretti, “The Skinnie,” 1-13-12, Page 26 DUDE PROFILE: Dave Campbell resides in Oldfield with his wife Eileen and 16 year old daughter, Katherine. A retired corporate employee benefits consultant, Dave and family moved from Falmouth Mass. to the Low Country 6 years ago. An active golfer, Dave is a strong supporter of Oldfield Golf, The Hilton Head Crew Team, a volunteer at the Parris Island Marine Museum and a monthly platelet donor at Savannah Memorial. He is also an avid photographer who has produced 2 Oldfield books with sales benefitting the Boys and Girls Club(s). Dave has two older sons ( DJ in Austin, Tx and Tim in Hamilton, Mass) and three granddaughters ages 7 to 12. Eileen has a son, Christopher, who recently graduated from St. Andrews in Scotland and now resides and works in Boston.

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BrickyarD Point Farms, Pecan Haven!

BY BRAD MCDONALD

JIM & NANCY RATHBUN, THE KING & QUEEN OF PECANS!

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UDE, THE PECAN MAN is none other than James P. Rathbun Jr., Lieutenant Colonel, USMC (ret). How can you not be impressed with a retired Marine that has proudly served his country? They are what defines the word American! Well, our good buddy, DIZ, Master Sergeant USMC (ret) and head DUDE Marine connection asked me if I like pecans?

Kind of a weird question, however I just so happen to LOVE PECANS! DIZ says, “I got this guy you need to meet.” When he says that, I’m usually ALL IN DUDE! DIZ and I headed out one chilly Winter day to a beautiful piece of land on the Northwestern part of Lady’s Island, known as Brickyard Point. You know you’re in the country when the asphalt turns into sand or dirt. DUDE this the Lowcountry at its finest! Large live oak trees with the Spanish moss blowing in the salt-marsh breezes coming off the Coosaw River, yeah, that’s why this is one of the most beautiful places to live in the world DUDE. As we peered at the breath taking marsh views, we suddenly noticed there were no more live oaks... PECAN TREES! DUDE, we know what a pecan tree looks like and I’m not sure I’ve ever seen this many in one place. Majestic and sprawling, some up to 125 years old! WOW, what a cool place.

Finally we came upon THE PECAN MAN’S new house. WOW again!

There was Jim buzzing around on his four wheel drive tractor getting some land ready to plant his Spring garden. Once he noticed us, he drove his tractor right up to his driveway and jumped out with a big smile on his face.

I immediately could tell this was one happy DUDE and I liked him already, especially knowing he is a retired Marine.

Jim was born in Quantico, Virginia when his Dad was serving there. They moved around quite a bit as many military families do. He actually went to Beaufort High School while his Dad was stationed at Parris Island. Later on his Mom and Dad, Elaine and James P. Rathbun Sr., Colonel, USMC (ret) raised him on these majestic 33 acres of pristine Lowcountry land that they bought in 1968. Senior was quite the outdoorsman and won many awards being very instrumental in the preservation of our natural resources in South Carolina. Well it seems they raised a fine boy and A MARINE! Jim went to The Citadel and served 23 years active duty. In his early years as a Marine he was an artilleryman and served throughout the world.

He did other things like officer recruiting, teaching at the Marine Corps University, duties at the Pentagon and things of that sort. After his active duty service, Jim spent 15 more years as a Federal Service Employee at the Marine Corps Headquarters at Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia.

While he was deployed in the Caribbean in ‘71, he met his lovely wife, Nancy during a liberty port visit in Jamaica. She was stationed aboard the ship, Project Hope. They married 3 years later and have been happily married

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for over 37 years now. They have a son, Jim the third and he is married to Monica and they have two grandchildren, Molly and Allison. Now that we know this DUDE, let’s get to the PECANS! Diz and I were like two kids on a field trip from school as Jim showed us how it’s done DUDE, from the planting of the trees, to selling them at the Port Royal Farmer’s Market. Of his 33 acres, roughly 23 of them are full of pecan trees. Many varieties and many stages of maturity of the roughly 310 trees, from new cuttings to full blown massive mature nut droppers. Well, we had no idea there were different varieties of pecans, as we just figured a pecan was a pecan...WRONG DUDE! There are Paper Shell Pecans with two varieties the Desirable and the Schleys, then there’s hard shells such as Suarts and Cape Fear varieties that grace the acreage of Brickyard Point Farms. We pretty much liked them all and they were as fresh and deliciously crunchy as any pecans I’ve ever put in my mouth. Buttery and sweet pecan goodness at its finest DUDE. I think we all ate a 1/2 pound as Jim took us through the process of growing and harvesting pecans.

At the peak of harvest season, November and December, this DUDE and his lovely wife go in to action. Jim hooks up his tractor to THE TREE SHAKER, where he backs it up to the tree and the hydraulic machine wraps itself around the tree and vibrates bringing down the rain of fresh Brickyard Farms pecans by the bucket full.

Once he gets the majority of the pecans out of the tree and on the ground, it’s time to hook up THE HARVESTER. This is some kind of machine DUDE, that rakes up the pecans and transfers them to a 500 pound hopper after sorting out all the trash (leaves and sticks). Now that he has 500 pounds of sorted pecans he dumps them into his holder where the next step starts to take place.

Huge bins of pecans are taken out of the holder and dumped in to THE GRADER. Here’s another cool machine to watch in action as the GRADING begins here. If a pecan is substandard and cracked, a huge vacuum suction detects the imperfection, sucks it up off the conveyer belt and neatly discards them in a trash can, to be used as animal feed. Now here comes a foot wide line of pecans that would make Lucille Ball nervous. There are two handlers one on each side, (see photo) DIZ and Jim and they hand pick out any otherpecans that are not seemingly perfect or SELECTS. They then drop into a 50 pound onion type bags and it’s off to the storage shed. Jim has this place stacked to the ceiling with beautiful bags of Lowcounty Fine Select Pecans. I’ve never seen so many pecans in my life and he told me well over half are already gone.

THE CRACKER MACHINE! Though Jim and his wife sell some bags of the in shell selects, most people want them cracked, shelled and put in a pretty clear bag so you can see them. Well this is where Jim kind of stops and Nancy takes over, though I’m sure he has done his fair share. The beautiful 50 pound bags are taken one by one to the processing shed complete with heater, tv, refrigerator and tunes, as that’s the way Nancy wants it. The pecans are dumped in to THE CRACKING MACHINE. Unbelievable how this machine grabs one at a time and runs them through a piston chamber that carefully cracks the shell without busting up the pecan nut itself. Of course these machines are not

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perfect but they do an absolutely amazing job. Once cracked, the bin full and most amazingly that we learned, they will freeze excellently and still be gets dumped into the SHELLING MACHINE. Through very high speed air good in 4 years! Didn’t know that DUDE! flow and beater bars, this machine blasts the already cracked shell off the Jim has become quite the expert following in his father’s footsteps and nut, blows the lighter shell in a discard holder and spits out beautifully I think his Dad would be very proud of him for what he’s doing with the shelled pecan halves. As these are land he left him. Jim is one of the few out not all perfect, Nancy lays them out on of state growers to be a member of the her own smaller version of the sorting Georgia Pecan Growers Association. Seems machine where she carefully separates Georgia is the Pecan Capital of The World. the perfect selected halves and bags Didn’t know that either. Albany, Georgia is them up in clear 1 pound bags that are Ground Zero and World Headquarters for then ready for sale at $8 a bag. I’m sure pecans according to Jim. He said they have they could get more for these primos, thousands and thousands of acres of pecan but that’s their price and they enjoy trees in Albany. Through his membership, selling them at the Port Royal Farmer’s Jim has learned a lot about irrigation and Market by the Naval Hospital and at the dealing with the pecan tree’s worst enemy Hilton Head Island Farmer’s Market at the SCAB FUNGUS. This fungus attacks Honey Horn Plantation. They of course the bud blossom itself and wreaks havoc sell to many distributors that want the on trees and their nuts. Many harvests best that money has to offer and believe depend on the amount of rain but with me DUDE, these are IT! constant irrigation that Jim has now set JIM AND DIZ AT SORTING CONVEYER As we got to meet Nancy and help her up on his farm, well, he just broke his do some final sorting, she told us a few other things that we did not know previous record of harvesting 9,000 pounds by harvesting 14,000 pounds about one of Mother Nature’s true gifts, THE PECAN. Seems that nuts are this growing year. WAY TO GO DUDE, THAT’S THE WAY TO GET R DONE great anti-oxidants and at the top of the list of nuts that have these great RAISIN’ PECANS! healthy properties is the pecan. Mother Nature’s health food and fun to Special thanks to Nancy and Jim for their hospitality and for showing cook with for sure DUDE. Not only do the anit-oxidant properties help with us Jim’s MAN CAVE and the beautiful view from their house of the Coosaw your skin and circulation, they are proven to assist in cancer prevention. River winding its way up the Intra-coastal Waterway that winds through They are very low in carbs for you Atkins dieters out there. I personally like the Lowcountry marshes of Lady’s Island. a hand full with a cold beer and can eat them daily right out of the shell/ AH YES! IT’S GOOD TO BE THE PECAN MAN DUDE! bag. A shelled pecan will stay good for up to 6 weeks in the refrigerator

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TRUCK STENCILS IS TAKING SELF CAMOUFLAGING TO A NEW LEVEL

BY BRAD MCDONALD

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ll DUDES out there love CAMO. That’s why we have Camo everything; signs, shirts, hats, golf balls, cigars, underwear? You name it, we’re going to have DUDE CAMO on it. Before the year is out, we’ll have our DUDE STORE up and running on our website where you can get your very own DUDE GEAR. Well nobody knows CAMO like our good buddy Master Sergeant (Ret) Warren DIZ Disbrow. Many of you long time followers of DUDE know DIZ has his own company, www.TruckStencils.com. Being the avid outdoorsman and naturalist, DIZ created a self camouflaging stencil to paint your pick up truck with, so Mr. Buck can’t see you when you park your truck in the woods. Deer have keen eye sight and they will pick up on shimmers and shines that come from polished paint and chrome bumpers. I’m sure you’ve seen several trucks around Beaufort County that have been self camoed via the DIZ system.

Did you see those DUDES in the Christmas parade?

DIZ really had no idea what would become of this creation, but as a Marine he had given it his all as you can imagine. It has been nice to see the progression of his Self Camouflaging stencils over the year and half I’ve known him. You need to go to his updated website; www.TruckStencils.com and check out how far this country boy has come. Seems DUDES want to camouflage more than just their trucks as he came to find out. Boats for duck hunters and wildlife photographers need camouflaged. Duck blinds themselves, some more elaborate that others, also need camouflaged. Four wheelers and ATV’s that hunters use to get deep in the back woods also are in need. Give a DUDE a Disbrow Camo Stencil and they’re liable to camo anything.

Walls in their Man Cave perhaps?! I swear I saw his daughter, Aubrey had her guitar camouflaged, but with pink, purple and blue. It looks pretty cool DUDE. Once DIZ realized that DUDES will camo about damn near anything he realized, especially being a Marine, that their are different types of camo.

Since it’s inception, DIZ now has three different types of camo patterns; the original (army wintergreen, black and brown), the dessert storm digital pattern (sand tans and browns in the digital form) and the latest, the marsh grass/ upland grass pattern (various greens and browns with a little yellow mixed in).

There are six more that will be ready by first of April. So depending on what environment you are trying to be stealthy in, depends on which pattern you are likely to choose. I’ll be honest with you, I think they are all pretty COOL DUDE, but the woodlands on a duck hunting boat is very sporty indeed. Of course you can play with different colors for different looks. Hey how about doing your little DUDE’s bedroom? Better check with MOM first. The stencils come

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in two different sizes for obvious reasons like doing a duck blind vs your four wheeler/atv.

DUDES love to put stencils/stickers on their pick up trucks. I’ve seen fish, deer, ducks and duck heads, turkeys, shrimp and a wide variety of other animals.

DIZ has come up with some stencils of these DUDE things, so you can just go ahead and paint them on your truck rather than worry about some sticker that will fade or come off when you wash it several times. One of newest ideas that I just love and I know DUDES are going to start doing it, stencils of bucks they’ve shot this particular season. You know like TOP GUNS that have planes/ jet images painted on the side of their jets for how many (kills) they shot down, well now DUDES can put stencils of the number and kind of bucks they shot over a given period of time. DIZ has designed all versions to show the specifics of the type buck you shot; button head, 4, 6, 8 or even 10 pointer. What a great way to show off to other DUDES how many deer you have bagged and tagged! Will some DUDES put some on their trucks and lie? Ya think?! Fishermen lie, so do hunters.

The number one question DIZ always gets asked, DUDE, once I self-camouflage my whatever, I’m pretty much stuck with it, right? WRONG! DIZ has several international customers from Australia, Canada, Switzerland and even bloody England where he met this DUDE. Through this relationship with this engineering chap, they have come up with Permanent Removable Paint to do your camouflaging. Huh, what? That’s right, DIZ now has Permanent Removable Paint in a wide variety of natural outdoor colors that come in spray cans, quarts or by the gallon. This patented paint will stay on your whatever as long as you want it to, however if you need to go back to your original paint for whatever reason, they have a patented paint remover that will take your camo paint off, leaving your original paint in tact and in the same condition as when you started. Pretty amazing DUDE! The paint is thick and will actually protect your original paint and it is EPA friendly and has no MSDA’s. This paint will be great for your guns and bows as well.

So the next time you think CAMO, think DUDE, I need to get me some of those Master Sergeant Disbrow stencils and some of that removable paint. DIZ is going to an inventors expo where he’ll be interviewed by the DUDES from the TV show The Shark Tank, he’s also going to be at various sportsmen shows, like the Palmetto Sportsmen Classic and various other venues and I even just voted for him on Wal-Mart’s Put It On The Shelf contest. Soon we’ll be saying, I remember him when he was a poor ole country boy from Beaufort. GET R DONE DUDE!

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Fort Fremont—Homeland Security Circa 1898

By Brad McDonald

Verdier House Exhibit Spotlights Beaufort’s Role during the Spanish-American War to the Verdier House Museum will experience the sights and sounds V isitors of Beaufort’s coast defense heritage from the Spanish-American War

through the opening years of the 20th century in a multi-media exhibit opening March 23, 2012. Artifacts and period pieces assembled from museums and private collections tell the story of the important role Fort Fremont played during this historic period. The exhibit is sponsored in part by The Humanities CouncilSC, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities and will run through June 30, 2012.

Fort Fremont was the cutting-edge of military defense technology when it was constructed in 1898. The exhibit explains how national and world events conspired to select the remote sea island of St. Helena as the site of one of the most sophisticated defense structures of its time. The exhibit also highlights the soldier’s life at Fort Fremont and interaction with the Beaufort community.

Lectures and tours of the fort site will supplement the exhibit.

This exhibit is the most comprehensive collection of Spanish-American War era artifacts displayed in South Carolina. The Friends of Fort Fremont has gathered period and current photographs, historic newspaper articles, uniforms, 3-D models, unit flags, an interactive virtual tour of the fort, and a rare film of firing guns on a disappearing carriage. Many artifacts are on-loan from private individuals and public organizations including the National Park Service at Fort Moultrie; New Jersey Fort Mott Historical Site; Hunting Island State Park; Tybee Island Historical Society; Parris Island Museum; US Military Academy Library Special Collections Section; National Archives; Library of Congress; and the Coast Defense Study Group.

The display will include architectural models of several fort buildings made by local students during a special history enrichment program. A fact “treasure hunt” oriented to different ages will engage and challenge students during field trips.

The exhibit will run from March 23 through June 30, 2012 at the John Mark Verdier House located at 801 Bay Street, Beaufort, SC. Docentguided tours are conducted Monday through Saturday once an hour on the half-hour from 10:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Admission to the Verdier House is $10.00. There is no charge for students, active duty military, and members of the Historic Beaufort Foundation.

History of Fort Fremont

The period after the Civil War saw rapid advances in weapons technology and naval ship construction. This made Civil War era fortifications obsolete and left US borders vulnerable. The common perception of the time was that modern European technology was a threat to the United States for which we had no answer. In 1886 a Joint Resolution of the Louisiana General Assembly stated the United States was not only without defenses against first rate powers but even against second and third rate powers such as Spain, Chile, or China creating a “humiliating and unbecoming …[condition causing] profound anxiety and discontent.” Construction of Fort Fremont and other coastal batteries was authorized by Congress under a $50 million Harbor Fortification Defense Act of 1898.

The Fort Fremont site on St. Helena Island was selected to protect the US Naval Station located across the Beaufort River on Parris Island. The Naval Station housed a strategic dry dock and coaling station critical to the Atlantic naval fleet. The Battleship USS Maine made one of its last stops for provisions here on its way to Havana, Cuba, where the sinking of the Maine sparked the start of the Spanish American War. The original Fort site had 170 acres and was manned by a Coast Artillery Company of 110 men. The main weapon systems consisted of Battery Jesup which had three 10-inch breach loaded guns on disappearing carriages, electrically detonated submarine mines, and Battery Fornance which had two 4.7-inch rapid fire guns. Fort Fremont was deactivated in 1921 and sold to the public.

Fort Fremont Now

In 2004, Fort Fremont was purchased by Beaufort County through the Rural and Critical Lands Preservation Program and the Trust for Public Lands. The 15-acre Fort Fremont Preserve is a snapshot in time with historic batteries, a maritime forest, high bluff coastal views of the Port Royal Sound, and a pristine beach.

In 2010, Fort Fremont was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Documentation states that “Fort Fremont is one of only two extant SpanishAmerican War fortifications which retain their character from that period.”

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Healing Heroes Golf Week promises to raise $17,000 to give a severely wounded veteran a ParaMobile Device: In its mission to support the most severely injured veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the Independence Fund will host the inaugural Healing Heroes Golf Week (HHGW) in the South Carolina Lowcountry from April 23-27, 2012.

The Independence Fund volunteers thank these Lowcountry courses for sponsoring this event: Callawassie Island Club: April 23 The Golf Club at Hilton Head Lakes: April 24 Sanctuary Golf Course (Cat Island): April 26 Fripp Island Ocean Point Links: April 27 Entry cost is $75 per golfer per round and includes cart, green fees, prizes and snacks. On-course registration will begin at 10:30 AM at each site followed by a shotgun start for scramble at noon. Entries are limited to 100 golfers each day.

“This is a great way for people from the local community to not only support these heroes, but to actually get out and spend some meaningful time with them,” said volunteer Golf Director Robert de Treville of Beaufort. “What better place to do this than on a South Carolina Golf Course?”

“As of now, we have had nearly two dozen wounded veterans registered to participate, meaning that we should be able to place a veteran in each foursome at all four of the participating courses,” added event organizer Dick Clarke of Beaufort.

Considering Beaufort County’s large retired military population, participants should register early to ensure their slot in this patriotic event. Registration packets are available at most area pro shops. To register online, go to www.healingheroesgolfweek.com.

HHGW proceeds will be used to purchase one or more $17,000 ParaMobile, a stand up and play mobility device, for wounded veteran(s). Remaining funds will be used to provide direct support and the tools, therapies, and guidance that those veterans severely injured in the War on Terror are otherwise not receiving. The Independence Fund is an all-volunteer, nonprofit 501(c) 3 organization run by combat veterans. Event organizers or participants are not financially compensated and all proceeds benefit our wounded troops.

To learn more, visit www.independencefund.org or www.ldw3.com.

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Get a Grip on Your Golf Game

BY Derek Lafferty

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f you are a right handed golfer who slices or hooks your shots and would like to be in control of your ball flight, this is the tip for you.

The placement of the hands on the golf club will allow them to act as one unit. The placement of the left hand is the most important. It is the steering wheel of the golf ball because it directly affects the club-face position at impact.

The club is placed in the left hand, the shaft should be pressed under the muscular heel pad just inside the palm and laying across the top joint of the first-finger. Lastly, close the fingers prior to closing the thumb.

The club should be where it needs to be.

The positioning of the right hand will have the grip in the fingers, not in the palm while most pressure is applied by the two middle fingers.

This allows the grip to perform its three purposes: 1. To Hinge the Club 2. To give support at the top of the swing 3. To Square the club-face at impact.

Play 21 to Lower Your Scores

By John Hundley

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have found one of the best ways to practice your short game is to set up a 9-hole course around the chipping green, and make your target score 21. Set up different chips, pitches and bunker shots that you will face while playing a round of golf and try to get up and down (no gimmies, putt them out). Use one ball when navigating your course so that you are not just getting 3 balls in the air at one time, and you will develop feel for each shot. If you make it your goal to shot 21, (3 over par) and do not leave the chipping green until you accomplish it, you will see strokes disappear from your scorecard the next time you are on the course.

See you on the Course!

Practice these tips and visit your local PGA Golf Professional for lessons.

DUDE PROFILE: Derek Lafferty is a PGA Apprentice Golf Professional at the Sanctuary Golf Club. My golf instruction approach comes from being trained in the Professional Golf Management program. I have over ten years experience and I am scheduled for Class A membership in the spring of 2011.

Hometown: Huntington, WV School: Marshall University 1995 B.A. Hobbies: Golf, Extended vacations with my girlfriend Family: Single, Mother and Father live in Huntington, WV - Brother lives in Albuquerque, N.M.

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WHAT A GREAT NEW YEAR THIS HAS BEEN FOR GOLF

By Rick Barry

lived on Hilton Head Island for the last 25 years and I can not remember I ’ve a Winter like the one we just witnessed. Everyone was out playing golf

in January and February. The courses themselves are in the best shape ever and the prices are lower than I’ve ever seen, so make sure you get out there and enjoy a great round of golf this Spring before it gets too hot.

I guess since we last spoke, the PGA Tour now (had) a new #1, Rory McIIroy from Northern Ireland and our local boy, Kyle Stanley isn’t doing too bad either. Then Luke Donald comes back the next week to get his #1 back.

The PGA TOUR just keeps getting better and better to watch. THE MASTERS always is the best tournament to watch and once again I’ll be there and be able to share some stories with you in the Summer issue. It’s great to see they are now covering the first 2 rounds. It’s really anybody’s guess at who will win this year. And, of course our very own piece of the tour with new title sponsor, RBC HERITAGE returns to its normal spot of the week after THE MASTERS. Thank you RBC and Boeing for saving our tournament. If last year is any indication, this year’s RBC HERITAGE field could be the best ever. It’s a great two weeks of golf and it’s no wonder that the pros on tour voted them as the first and second best tournaments and golf courses to play on tour. Of course the RBC HERITAGE is a bit more laid back than the intensity of THE MASTERS, as the players and their families get to enjoy the Lowcountry and it’s quite the PARTY atmosphere for the fans and I can add my two cents in on that, so don’t miss either one this Spring.

I’d like to invite everyone and all you DUDES out there during the week of the RBC HERITAGE to come see me on the range of the Ocean and Heron Point courses in Sea Pines, as you will be able to get advice on every new club on the market. It’s 100% FREE DUDES and many of the companies participating give out FREE STUFF, like hats and balls. Please come by and say HI to me DUDES and see what a spectacular place that is The Sea Pines Resort’s practice range. If you’ve never been there, you’ll see why I love my job so much.

My lesson for you DUDES this Spring is to get you excited about playing as much golf as you possibly can this Spring. The weather is great, the

courses are great and you should be playing at least a couple times a week.

PLEASE do me a favor however and try not to get your brain overloaded with all the things you need to do with your swing. KEEP IT SIMPLE with one thought only! Make sure you have a good pre-shot routine, practice it and stick to it with every shot. If you think you have developed a problem that you can’t seem to fix, don’t be afraid, contact a local PGA pro and get some help. Most people try every trick in the book and by the time they get up to address the ball they’re basket cases. This is like playing Russian Roulette DUDES or as Forest Gump would, say, it’s like eating a box of chocolates, “you never know what your going to get”, as in what type of shot you are going to produce. Swing easy with a light grip and following through while keeping your head down and still. IT’S THAT EASY DUDES! HAVE A GREAT SPRING ON THE COURSE!

DUDE PROFILE: Rick Barry, Head Instructor for The Sea Pines Resort On Hilton Head Isl. for 20 years. PGA Member for over 30 years and a life member of the PGA. Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher 5 years in a row. Top 10 instructor for Golf Digest for the Section for 1O years. Has appeared on the Golf Channel for several shows. This year The “Turn”. All About Golf. Tips from the Pros. Conway Golf Info commercial. Written articles in the Golf Magazine January and May of 2008. My teaching brings me in contact with golfers of all skill levels and backgrounds.

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Uphill CURE: THE BASEBALL BAT DRIL To practice adjusting to different uphill lies, take a baseball bat and imagine yourself smoothly swinging at pitches thrown at different levels — chest high, waist high and just above the knees.

Once the swings feel natural, picture yourself standing below your golf ball. Continue taking the swings, which represent uphill lies at different levels of severity. Take enough swings so that when met with an uphill lie, the swing required to complete the shot is part of your repertoire.

Uphill Lies...

Instruction

By Doug Weaver

Getting Over The Hills

ance to the uphill slope. the clubface would sit Đush against the Many amateurs respond to uphill, ground, with the heel and toe aligned on sidehill lie, it is most important to focus On an uphill lie, your clubface rests against the ground the way it itting a golf ball straight is difficult enough from a flat lie. When downhill or sidehill lies by shortening the same horizontal plane. Here, howof the ground, but on for you. The toe will sit higher you not andon thethe ballslope are suddenly on different levels, it becomes would if you were using clubs too long follow-through or both. the toe will sit slightly higher and the angle of your clubface against it and lower,backswing, creating sidespin that will cause the eventhe harder.

Facing an uphill lie, downhill lie orever, sidehill lie is than the ball and the heel their Remind yourself not to do this. All the heel lower than the ball, requiring you to in relation to the ball.

Many amateurs be lower than your feet at address.

Apply ward toward your heels.

On a downhill daunting, but like many situations in golf, it can be handled well with ball to draw. the same type of approach it falls subtle forward toward your toes.

Downhill adjustments you need to make are done makelie,some adjustments. make the mistake of thinking they need astoyou would With the toe and heel misaligned in this manner, you will unavoidably an appraisal of the physical situation and proper when confronted by the uphillcompensation lie. Because Keeping for this init. mind, take your practice Lies prior to the swing. anwithuphill your your clubface rests change their swing in these the toe ofsituations. your club is goingIn to be lower On swings the goal lie, of centering Let’sfaced now consider the opposite situimpart sidespin to the ball, causing a hook. Keeping this in mind, the When with an uphill, downhill or sidehill lie, it is most than the heel, the sidespin you impart to balance again through your thighs and ation, where yourthe drive has ended up on Once you’ve adapted your balance, against fact, adjustments necessary inin the these the ground the way it would if the ball will push it over the arches of your feet.

A good way opposite direcfirst thing you must do is adjust your target line. Since your ball will important to focus not on the slope of the ground, but on the angle a slope that is going to cause the ball to remember this is to focus your weight tion, causing scenarios have to do with the position of a fade you towere using clubs too long for you. choke down on the club a bit to ensure of your clubface against it and in relation to instead the ball.

Manyunder amateurs your shoestrings.hook, adjust your stance so that you are aligned not directly toward of a hook. the clubface relative to the ball against The toe sit facing higher than the ball and the clubface is still sitting even against Justwill as when an uphill Therefore, you the targetlie,but to the right of it. make the mistake of thinking they need to change their swing in these take some extra club in this situation. must align yourself the ground, not the fundamental action the heel lower, creating sidespin that will the ground. If you stand too erect, the In fact, onhave a downhill lie it There is even more of the taris no specific rule for determining how much you should situations. In fact, the adjustments necessarynotinright these scenarios important to compensate for likely lost get butof left of it. cause of the swing itself. Let’s look at each the ball to draw. heel will lift slightly, making the toe aim right to do with the position of the clubface relative On to the ball against thereaching distance, since down for theother than that dictated by common sense. The greater an uphill these shots and the adjustmentslie, they theswinging toe and heel misaligned in dig into the ground and encouraging a ball when is more difĐcult your weight is With the slope, the farther right you should aim. Time and practice will ground, not the fundamental action of the swing itself.

Let’s look at than reaching up toward it.

When the likely to fall backdemand for successful results. this manner, you will unavoidably impart poor strike. ball is above your feet,enable your swing plane you to develop an instinctive feel for how slight or severe an each of these shots and the adjustments they demand for successful sidespin the Đatter, ball,making causing a hook.

As you set up, bounce on your knees naturallyto becomes your results. golf stroke more like adjustment a baseball swing, to make when faced with this type of shot.

Keeping this in mind, the Đrst thing you slightly to make sure your balance is which is why most golfers fare better Take several practice swings to allow your feet to get accustomed with uphill lies than downhill lies. must do is adjust your target line. Since centered over your thighs and the balls Downhill lies resultto in the more unusual shanks alignment. The goal is to adapt your normal feeling of yourand ball willbecause hook, adjust your stance so of your feet. It is critical to ensure your pop-ups your body instincvertical to the uphill slope.

You’ve hit a nice drive that has stopped on a sloped part of the wants to straighten up, andbalance the that tively you are aligned not directly toward weight doesn’t slip backward toward your more it does so, the more lower-body Manyfromamateurs respond to uphill, downhill or sidehill lies by fairway, causing you to stand below the ball for your next shot.

Don’t strength is inadvertently You’ve hit a nice drive that has stopped the target but to the removed right of it. heels or forward toward your toes. Again, the swing.

No matter what the situation, their backswing, follow-through or both. Remind yourself shortening panic. Think about how your club will rest on the ground relative on a sloped part of the fairway, causing There is more no speciĐc rule for determinyour primary objective here is to mainit is always effective to take more to than doaim this.

All other the adjustments you need to make are done prior to to the ball.you If you were hitting off a flat lie, the clubface would sityou club and swing withinnot yourself to to stand below the ball for your next ing how much should right tain a feeling of balance despite standing take less club and increase the chances the swing. flush against the ground, with the heel and toe aligned on the same swingingdictated out of control. by common sense. shot. Don’t panic. Think about how your thanof that on an uneven slope.

To help and develop the right feel foryou’ve a Once adapted your balance, choke down on the club a bit horizontal club plane.will Here, however, the toe will sit slightly higher rest on the ground relative to The greater the slope, the farther right Finally, because you’ve choked down, LIESsome subtle to ensure the clubface is still sitting even against the ground. If you the heel lower than the ball, requiring you to make • DOWNHILL the ball. If you were hitting off a Đat lie,golfersyou should aim. Time effectively shortening your club and When are faced with a downhill lie, they and find thepractice will stand adjustments. ball below the plane of their feet. The club’s toe istoo oftenerect, the heel will lift slightly, making the toe dig into the enable you to develop compromising some distance, take an lower than the heel (inset). A player must aim left ofand the encouraging a poor strike. ground target to account for the natural fade spin will be anthatinstinctive feel for extra club. From a sloped lie, you’ll most imparted to the ball.

As you set up, bounce on your to make sure your how slight or severe likely hit knees shorterslightly than usual, so swallow Golf Illustrated Page 43 balance is centered to over your and the ballswith of your an adjustment your thighs pride, compensate morefeet. clubIt is critical to ensure your weight doesn’t slip backward toward your heels make when faced with instead of less and you’ll probably be orthis forward toward your toes.

Again, your primary objective here is to type of shot. happier with the result. maintain a feelingpracof balance Here’s despiteastanding on an uneven slope.

Take several simple drill you can use to Finally, because you’ve choked down, effectively shortening your tice swings to allow practice adjusting to uphill lies. Take club and compromising some distance, take an extra club.

From your feet to get accusyour 5-iron and pretend it’s a baseball a sloped you’ll most likely shorter so swallow your tomed lie, to the unusual bathit instead of athan golf usual, club. With a smooth pride, compensate with more club instead of less and you’ll probably alignment. The goal is swing, imagine trying to hit pitches be withnormal the result.thrown at three different levels — chest to happier adapt your Here’s simplebaldrill you can waist use toheight practice to the uphill feeling of avertical height, andadjusting just above lies.

Take your 5-iron and pretend knees. Once the swings start it’sfeel a natural, baseballpicture bat instead of a to yourself golf club.

With a smooth swing, standing below your golf ball. imagine trying pitches Continue taking to the hitswings, thrown at three different levels which represent uphill lies at — chest different height, waist height and just three levels of severabove theplenty knees. swings ity.

Take ofOnce thesethe swings start to feel natural, picture so that, when you’re actually yourself standing below your faced with an uphill lie, thegolf ball. Continue swings, swing required taking for it isthe part of which represent uphill lies at three your repertoire.

When faced with uphill, downhill or THE BASEBALL BAT an DRILL • UPHILL CURE:

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To practice adjusting to different uphill lies, take a baseball bat and imagine yourself smoothly swinging at pitches thrown at different levels — chest high, waist high and just above the knees. Once the swings feel natural, picture yourself standing below your golf ball.

Continue taking the swings, which represent uphill lies at different levels of severity. Take enough swings so that when met with an uphill lie, the swing required to complete the shot is part of your repertoire.

Uphill Uphill Lies

Lies

different levels of severity. Take plenty of these swings so that, when you’re actually faced with an uphill lie, the swing required for it is part of your repertoire.

• UPHILL LIES

Golfers are are sometimes sometimes faced the ball Golfers facedwith withan anuphill uphilllie, lie,where where is higher than the plane of the feet.

Often in this situation, the ball is higher than the plane of the feet. Often in this the situation, toe will sit slightly than requiring the club’s toethe willclub’s sit slightly higher than thehigher heel (inset), heel (inset), requiring you to make subtle adjustments you to make subtle adjustments to prevent a poor strike. to prevent a poor strike.

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Spring 2012

In The Springtime Lowcountry Figurative Workshop with nationally acclaimed oil painter Daryl Urig April 20 - 21 • $165 (includes model fee.) at ARTworks in Beaufort Town Center.

Urig will take you through all the steps to paint figures in a truelife Lowcountry setting. This comprehensive but compressed workshop will include how to use plein-air studies and photography to compose and finish a larger, more complex painting in the studio at 2127 Boundary Street. Demonstrations and practical explanations will help the student to better understand color mixing of paints, creating a dynamic composition and lighting to place a model in a setting will be covered during this workshop. All mediums welcome, demonstrations will be in oil paint and drawing with a brush and painting knife. Space is limited to ensure individual instruction. Visit http://www. beaufortcountyarts.com/workshop.htm to register and for the supply list.

Daryl Urig is an adjunct Professor with the University of Cincinnati. He created a 4-year program for the University of Cincinnati as its Academic Coordinator. He has painted all through his career while his work has hung in the Columbus Art Museum and the Toledo Art Museum. He has won major awards all across the United states including the Salmagundi Club in New York City. He is represented by many galleries in the United States including the prestigious Hilligoss Galleries of Chicago Illinois, on the Magnificent Mile. He has won awards with the Portrait Society of America and is the premier painter for the Indian Hill Historic Society in Indian Hill, Ohio. His Blog “The Adventures of an American Oil Painter” is read by more than 50,000 viewers annually. His unique painting understanding and ability to teach makes him a worthwhile resource for entry level to professional artist.

PeoPle, Places,

and chickens The artwork of James St. Clair will be in the gallery @ ARTworks, April through May 2012.

The Artist Reception is Friday, April 27, 6 to 8pm.

James St. Clair is an award winning South Carolina artist. Many of his paintings depict the rich heritage and culture of the Lowcountry and the Sea Islands.

His visual stories tell tales of work, humor and adventure, in acrylics on many surfaces, including canvas, paper, clayboard, masonite, wood and even newspaper. Some of his most popular series of paintings are Harlem Renaissance, Lowcountry Folktales, Black and Blues, the Adventures of Geechee Joe and Gullah Girl, and the Misadventures of The Chickens, as well as scenes from Daughters of the Dust. A multi-media artist, his screenplay “The Test” was selected as one of the finalists in the 2012 Charleston International Film Festival screenplay competition.

The Feminine Mystique: Cartoons, Africa, Childhood and American Culture The Charles Street Gallery presents

New Work by Benton Lutz, April 20 through May 5, 2012.

Meet the artist at the opening reception, 5:30-until on Friday, April 20th, with live music by the Side Street Walkers. Lutz is well-known in the Lowcountry for his thoughtful humor, visual storytelling and daring paintbrush. The Charles Street Gallery is an established source for Lowcountry and international art, presented within a carefully renovated house surrounded by a lush garden in the middle of Beaufort’s historic district.

843-521-9054, www.thecharlesstreetgallery.com, 914 Charles Street 29902

RegisteR Now

Discover, Rescue & Perform @ ARTworks After School Make and learn about art in Beaufort’s community arts center in the after school program, $50 per seven-week class, 4 to 5:30pm. This session begins April 17 and runs through May 31: Watercolor with Pencils, ages 6-9 with Jean Norton Torjussen; Assemblage, ages 12-16, with Terry Brennan; Collage, ages 6-9, with Deanna Bowdish; Who is Jonra & What does she want with me?, ages 9-16, with Lisa Rentz; Performance Skills, ages 1016 with Heather Denardo; Metal Embossed Masterpieces, ages 9-12, with Jean Norton-Torjussen. Family discounts are available, and scholarships supported by a private family foundation are awarded to students who qualify for free/reduced price lunch.

Beaufort County, SC Celebrates World Oceans Day!

Join Beaufort County, SC as we celebrate World Oceans the entire month of June 2012. This year’s theme is Marine Debris Education with a focus on: • Arts – Celebrating the Oceans through visual and performing arts.

• Youth Education – Celebrating the Oceans through K-12 education integrating literacy, life science and visual arts.

• Community Action – Celebrating the Oceans through water quality education and marine debris disposal events.

Month long activities are planned to include a dog walk and community yoga event at Hunting Island State Park, Sustainable Seafood Dinner at Saltus, ocean-related movie screenings, nature walks with local Master Naturalists, kayak and beach clean-ups and a culminating World Oceans Day Festival on June 16th at ARTworks in Beaufort Town Center.

2127 Boundary Street, Beaufort SC 29902 •843-379-2787 • www.ArtWorksInBeaufort.org • www.ArtSeenSC.org Spring 2012

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Poster Conservation & Preservation

by Marnix Zetteler ‘la feuilleraie’

By Brad McDonald

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love watching artists at work. Their ease of motion and intensity, while being totally focused on their craft is really enjoyable to observe, especially LIVE. Recently we paid a visit to our friend and neighbor, Marnix Zetteler to be introduced to his craftsmanship of Conserving and Preserving pieces of printed artwork on paper. Seems his passion is preserving and restoring other artists’ works, whether it be originals or prints. You may recognize him from his ad on the inside front page this issue.

DUDE was greeted by his usual, “CHEERIO MATE!”, as we worked our way back in to his warehouse where he does his magic. His warehouse is located at AAA Storage City on Argent Blvd in Okatie/Ridgeland across from Dollar General. It’s probably kind of funny listen to this DUDE from Holland talking to a Lowcountry Southern Boy DUDE with our extreme accents, but we manage some how. One thing you usually notice about artists, they make the most out of whatever space they have. You can tell by his setup that he has done exactly that and knows his craft.

Marnix grew up as a young lad in Holland where his family ran a paper mill that originated back to 1711, so his knowledge of paper and its properties started very early on in his life. He spent the better part of thirty years living in London managing his own paper company. Back in 1990 he was on vacation snow skiing in Park City, Utah where he met his wife, Sue. Appears that was quite the vacation, as they’ve been together ever since he moved to the US in 1992. They have two daughters, Jessica who is a Clinical Psychologist in Bristol, England and Sabine, who works as PR Director at Mr. & Mrs. Smith’s boutique hotel company in London and a son, Gavin, who lives in Utah.

Maui is a beautiful place to live and it turns out even a better place to be trained in your craft. Marnix and Sue invited world renowned paper document restorer, Alain Roger for a visit back in 2003. Marnix knew this is what he wanted to do and he wanted to be trained by the best, so offering Alain a free month in Maui was a great way to accomplish his mission. Alain’s reputation precedes him like James Bond, as he’s the Head of Document Restoration for the French National Library (Bibliotheque National de France). Alain has spent the bulk of his time restoring old French National Government paper documents and he is also the worlds’ numero uno Globe restorer.

Marnix says he learned more in a month being with Alain hands on, than he could have learned working 8 years in the craft of linen backing paper pieces of artwork.

Linen Backing is the best way to preserve and conserve a piece of artwork on paper. The craft really came in to being in the early 1900’s in France, where many posters (affiches) were being used as promotional pieces like small posters to large scale billboards. Well, the French have a great history in painting, so you can imagine the elaborate promotional posters that were popping up everywhere. The industrial revolution was well underway and people had money to buy material things with their newly found disposable incomes.

This was also a great time for the European artists who were also looking for good paying work. A couple of notables according to Marnix, Henry de Toulouse Lautrec, who did Moulain Rouge posters, Alphonse Mucha from the Czech Republic and Privat Livemont from Belgium were some of the front runners in this field and it seems now that their promotional pieces have become quite the collectors pieces as they touch on such a wide variety of topics and subjects.

These pieces range from letter size to pieces 10‘ X 10‘ and many are getting some serious age on them.

Most of them need to be preserved before the paper itself starts to break down, tear, discolor and crack.

This is where the demand for his craft comes in to play.

Marnix and ‘la feuilleraie‘ can preserve and stabilize about any piece of art you have on any kind of paper by Linen Backing. Doing so, preserves the piece for future generations to enjoy, as well as helping the piece of artwork maintain its value. Is there a market for this a DUDE wonders? Apparently so, as his best customer is Christie’s Auction House in London, as they work with traders/sellers to turn their pieces in to CASH and the better they are preserved and presented, the more they are worth.

Marnix throws me a sly grin, when he tells me, he got Christie’s as a customer through his contacts with his daughter Sabine in London. The process is pretty amazing to watch and takes place rather quickly.

“Linen Backing” requires several crucial steps that have to be done during a certain amount of time under certain conditions, such as the right humidity. First step is cutting out a piece of high quality cotton, made in China of all places. The huge rolls of cotton come in 100 yard rolls and are quite expensive. Marnix goes through the extra trouble to obtain this high quality material he gets from a traderfriend up in New York; it is unbleached and contains no contaminants, which is very important

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in the final stages of preservation where mold can set it and ruin the piece. After getting the correct size of cotton laid out and taught via heavy duty stables, it’s time to spread the goo. The goo is actually the highest quality methyl cellulose paste from Belgium that kind of reminds one of wall paper paste if you’ve ever seen that. This high quality weak adhesive has no adverse affect at all on the piece and remains colour and odorless. He carefully rolls out a liberal layer of the paste and he does it with such ease as he’s talking away. You can tell this man has done this quit a few times. After a quick roll out of the paste, I hear, “There you go mate, that’s how it’s done!”, and he then carefully places a high quality piece of 80 pound poster stock acid free paper on top of the goo and rolls it out. This is manufactured by a friend papermaker Monadnock Papermills in New Hampshire. One of America’s oldest family owned paper mills (since 1819).

Now that the linen backing stage is done , the artwork/poster must be prepared for transition. Marnix takes the piece of poster/artwork and lays it out on a piece of super smooth mylar on the juxtaposed wet table of the same size, but this table has a huge piece of glass on top, with a garden watering hose attached, complete with drains all the way around the sides. He completely submerges and soaks the piece of paper up side down in water, so it is allowed to expand for about 10 minutes. It also is de-acidified this way as acid is soluble in water. You would think it would ruin the piece! Once that is accomplished, he places another piece of mylar on top of that, like making a sandwich. This is when he rolls the entire piece which gets all the wrinkles, creases, bubbles and excess water out. Now after removing the top piece of mylar, he carefully transfers it to the mounting table with methyl cellulose coated linen. This is where the final piece of mylar is taken off and the paper is now adhering to the linen.

It was fun watching his fluidity through out this whole process.

The next and final step is to carefully place a reusable piece of very expensive “restoration paper” he gets from Brittany, France, which kind of looks like thin tree bark, skin, coffee filter, tea bag or cigarette paper on top of the adhering piece. This is the type of paper that they used during the restoration process of the Cistine Chapel in Rome according to Marnix. He then rolls over it on top of the adhering paper and linen. This allows the final cohesion to take place, as now, the wet paper is contracting while adhering to the cellulose covered linen. “There you go mate, that’s how it’s done!” After about 3 days of drying, the piece is cut and prepared for shipping or for the customer to come pick up. The final product really has amazing substenance and can be handled with much more ease without worrying about jeopardizing or tearing the paper.

I could tell Marnix has done this a gazillion times, as it really seemed that he did it all pretty effortlessly, as I imagined myself trying to do the same thing. Beautiful pieces are all over the place in various stages of drying. Some old French promotional posters, some old Beatles promotions, even some old cigarette posters, to some even very contemporary pieces are among the very interesting pieces he is in the process of preserving. And the most amazing part is......IT’S ALL COMPLETELY REVERSIBLE! All he has to do is completely re-submerge the piece in water for about 5 minutes and the linen can be carefully pulled away from the paper, leaving it just like it was when he started. Thanks for the show mate, it was truly a fun learning experience for this DUDE. See la feuilleraie’s ad and call Marnix with any framing or preserving you may need so you can pass them on for future generations to enjoy.

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COOKING WITH COOTER BROWN

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Corn dip • 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese.

• 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese.

• ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese • 1 (4 oz) can chopped green chilies, drained

• 1 cup mayonnaise • 1 (2 oz) jar chopped pimentos, drained • 1 (11 oz) can Green Giant Mexicorn, drained • 1 bag Fritos Corn Chip Scoops

Mix all ingredients (except for Fritos of course) and pour into greased (I use Pam) casserole dish. Bake uncovered 20 – 30 minutes until bubbly at 325 degrees. Serve with the Fritos Corn Chip Scoops and your favorite adult beverage. With any luck there will still be some left when your wife gets out of the shower and /or your guests arrive!!

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a door m at flound er. step tw o: head, no Clean said fish fo tail and c r arefully b stuffing, scale bo Having a utterfly fi th sides, surgeon no let just to back gro p side. (T und will help!) ip: step th ree: Ma ke y with the trifecta, o our stuffing and stuff it D nion, cele your favo UDE! S ry a rit tart combina e seafood (shrim nd butter/olive oil, add tion ther p, crabm e of) and eat, scall eg g and ops o brin han perfect c dfuls of panko b g it all together w r any onsistentl ith an read cr um y. Not m ush but n bs till you get yo ur ot too dr step Fo y either. ur: Bake u n when fis h is done til done. Experie . I don’t nced che long it ta like to ex f kes ceed 375 s can tell lemon, o . Don’t be afraid n o ld bay m matter h to p our a elted butt o or so. er on bak mixture of garli w c, ing fish e very 10 m in. step Fiv e: than goo Slap your Mama df an you gonn o sho, Ooooooo d eat DUDE! M owwwwe o a like dis eee I GA re better fish!!

RONTE E My favori te si Ben’s W il de to this is Uncle d Rice wit hF BRICKY ARD PO RES H INT PECAN S. Fresh Caes ar homie is a Salad, homemade great start .

Nice crisp cold white win Blanc, Pin ot Grigo o e, Sav r Frescatti DUDE PROFILE: Richard Norris is an estimator for REA Contracting in Beaufort. He and his wife Jean, a kindergarten teacher at Mossy Oaks Elementary, have been married for 30 years and are both University of South Carolina Graduates. They have two daughters, Jordan who is the Choral Director of The Voices at Beaufort High School and Meredith who is a Junior at USCB. The Norrises moved to Beaufort in 1988 and can’t imagine living anywhere else. Richard was the “Bud Man” at Pearlstine Distributors and he and Jean were Commodore and First Lady of the 50th Beaufort Water Festival. They enjoy boating, going to the beach, and are volunteers with the Friends of Hunting Island.

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Big Smoke or Great Smoke = A Lot Of Cigars

by Joe ‘the Cigartainer’ Sweigart, CST

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We live in the golden age of premium cigars.

Keep smoking and I wish you, Long Ashes, Baby!!!

Enjoyin’ Winefest DUDE PROFILE: Joe ‘the Cigartainer’ Sweigart is the author of the popular book Long Ashes, Baby. Has been in the luxury tobacco industry since 1993. Joe is a Certified Sales Tobacconist

by Tobacconist University and an Ambassador for Cigar Rights of America. His company specializes in private label premium cigars and cigar rolling events. You can contact Joe via cell phone 404-441-4438 or email joe@ longashesbaby.com

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www.virgilkaine.com • www.facebook.com/virgilkaine

t is said that imitation is the best form of flattery. Marvin Shanken, publisher of Wine Spectator and Cigar Aficionado must be very flattered. His magazines and events have been copied by many for years to the delight and enjoyment of thousands.

One of the events that Mr. Shanken created to promote the advertisers in Cigar Aficionado is called a ‘Big Smoke.’ Cigar manufacturers gather in a fancy venue and present attendees with a premium cigar in exchange for a coupon, which they had purchased as part of their admission to the event.

I recently attended a similar event in West Palm Beach, FL. In this case, it was produced by a local tobacconist who owns six cigar stores. There were forty coupons in the booklet that I purchased for $150.00.

I went from table to table collecting my premium cigars. All the major manufacturers were represented including Altadis USA, General Cigar, Arturo Fuente and Rocky Patel. In addition to cigars, there was plenty of food and adult beverages.

There were also two bands and a magician offering on-site entertainment for the estimated 500 guests. We guests also had the opportunity to visit an exhibit by Cigar Rights of America (CRA).

CRA fights for the right to enjoy the perfectly legal product – premium cigars. They are represented in all 50 states and constantly monitor federal, state and local legislation that seeks to restrict liberty. I, myself, am an Ambassador for the organization and I encourage you to join by visiting: www.cigarrights.org/ If you ever have the opportunity to attend one of these large cigar events, do it. You’ll be glad you did. I happen to be producing one in Coconut Creek, FL on April 20, 2012. The venue is the recently expanded Seminole Casino. Just contact me for more information Joe ‘the Cigartainer’ with Glynn Loope, Executive Director of CRA at Joe@JoeTheCigartainer.com or call me at 404-441-4438 if you’re interested in attending. Thanks for showing me how to do it Mr. Shanken.

The Perfect Complement To A Private Label Dude Cigar

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DUDE, If I Said You Had a Beach Body,

Would You Hold It Against Me?

BY MONA WARD

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love the Lowcountry. Where else can you have 1 week of winter, 3 weeks of spring and months and months of summer weather?

It just seems like before you know it, it’s beach weather. Did it sneak up on you too? Being formally from the north (albeit 33 years ago) we would start getting beach ready around June, here you better start in February.

Well if I caught you off guard and now you’re trying to cram a 3 months of fitness, diet and health into one month, let me help you out with a few tips, tricks and short cuts.

First, and I know how this feels, put on a swimsuit and take a good look at your self in a full length mirror. (Brad’s mother often wonders if he even has one the way he dresses to go to the beach) Mirror, mirror on the wall..... What do you see? A body assessment is what you need to do. What needs to be tweaked?

Got a little too much hanging over the waistband? You’re not going to build Rome in a day but you can get bathing suit ready by choosing an appropriate suit. I recommend the board short. Their built for activity and practically every guy looks great in them. Please guys, no short shorts or Speedo’s!!! No one looks good in them and the ladies will avoid you like the plaque. If you’re a larger DUDE, choose solid darker colors. You don’t have to go black but dark browns, rusts and a subtle pattern will work fine. If you’re of smaller stature, go for light colors with bold prints, think SURFER DUDE! Length does matter guys, so the shorter you are, go for the knee length shorts and the taller you are, go for midknee or below the knee cut.

Now let’s take a look at your hair. Not the top of your head but chest and back. Guys, there’s nothing wrong with doing a little landscaping before hitting the beach. Back hair can be waxed or even weeded. Fur coats on the beach?

Not a good look DUDE! Now comes the hard part. If you needed to loose weight, you might be behind the 8-ball but you can still work on the weight loss all summer. If you needed to loose 20-30 lbs.., well that’s not going to happen in a week but 5-8 lbs is do-able and will make a big difference. Rev your body up with cardio workouts. 30-60 minutes a day at a good pace will get you shedding the lbs. Use the beach for your workout too. Walking on the beach with its uneven shifts of sand makes the muscles burn harder and increases the intensity. Get a group of friends (guys and gals) and hit the beach for walks, jumping jacks, lunges and burpee jump backs. Talk about burn baby burn.

When it comes time for your diet, don’t lower your calories just make better choices. If you cut way back on your caloric intake, your body will just slow down because it’s panicking that it won’t see food again. Instead, rev up your metabolism with the good stuff and plenty of it. Trust me the guy who eats 3,000 calories of the “good stuff”, looks better then the guy who eats 2,000 calories of burgers, fries and beer.

And lastly, we all look a little thinner with a tan, so jumpstart yours with a little spray on color. Planet Beach offers some great summer start up deals and with a spray on you’ll get the color without the burn.

So start your beach body now and in a short while you’ll find see that you don’t want a keg, when a six-pack will do just fine DUDE. DUDE PROFILE: Ramona Ward has been married for 23 years to Freddie Ward and has been living in the Lowcountry for 30 years. She’s been a Bluffton resident for 12 years. Mona has 3 dogs (all adopted and overly adored). She is the Sports Club Director, Oldfield Club, as well as a Personal Trainer and Fitness instructor through AFPA. She enjoys skiing, wakeboarding, cooking, (eating, Duh!) hopping on the big bike and getting out of town...All forms of crazy activities. Personal motto It’s more fun to color outside the lines!!!

Male Breast Cancer

By Jennifer Green-Bazzle APRN Affordable Health Care (See ad this issue)

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he National Cancer Institute estimates that, in 2012, 2,200 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 410 men will die from it. At one time healthcare providers believed male breast cancer to be more severe than female breast cancer. Researchers are now seeing male and female outcomes to be similar. The major problem with male breast cancer is that it is often diagnosed very late compared to women. This may be because men are less likely to be suspicious or even screened for it. The breast exam is not part of a routine physical for men. In fact, if a male patient has a close female relative with breast cancer, they should ask their primary care provider to perform a breast exam.

Male breast cancer is rare compared to female breast cancer, but does occur. Even though men do not have breasts like women, they do have a small amount of breast tissue. Men and women get the same types of breast cancer.

One in 100 breast cancers affect men. It is highly unusual for men under the age of 35 to get breast cancer. Most male breast cancers are detected between 60 and 70 years of age. Again, this is probably because of late detection. The largest risk factors seem to be in men with gynecomastia (enlarged breast) and men with a close female relative with breast cancer.

The take home point here, early detection is the key. Don’t think just because you are a male that you can’t get breast cancer and if you have gynecomastia or a mother, aunt or sister with breast cancer, you should be screened as soon as possible.

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THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB

Springing To Myrtle Beach

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ctually I could have named this pontification “Springing to Columbia” or “Springing to Macon” but it was a country road called 378 in South Carolina that captured my senses one recent late morning and compelled me to write, “Springing to Myrtle Beach”. Circumstances had put me on this back roads highway from I-95 to Myrtle Beach. Spring had already sprung on Hilton Head, the trees had transformed almost overnight from budding to fresh green leaves but just a few miles North in rural South Carolina Mother Nature was still working her magic.

And magic it was, but not the kind you would expect when you hear the word Spring. A front was moving through and dark low ominous clouds filled the Jeeps front window as I headed North East. I could just as easily been on a Pennsylvania farm road in late November but dilapidated faded wood tobacco sheds with their rusted tin roofs tilted precariously towards God’s good earth, reminded me that I was indeed in the South.

The six cylinder drowned out any outlying sounds, so the experience was purely visual and even more intense. Fields of bright purple plantings spread far and wide down the hedge rows and melted into distant dark green lob-lolly pines. Interspersed was patches of bronzy reds and as the breeze blew over, they seemed to melt together in a slow moving tide.

This mosaic would appear and then fade into freshly plowed fields as the odometer clicked higher. I was awestruck by this purple beauty and just when the view could not get more delightful, a stream of sun broke through the clouds. Like a Kincaid painting the fields turned alive, brimming with fiery life, as if to say the earth is alive and so pleased to present you with its vision.

Road signs warn me to slow as I approach a small village accentuated with a white cross topped pinnacle symbolic of Carolina churches. Red Azaleas and white dogwoods proudly adorn the small homes and streets and daffodils haphazardly sprout on fresh cut yards. It was enough to make me wish I was a painter, so I could stop right there, put up my easel and somehow pull the vision onto canvas. But such is not the case and as I approach the aforementioned church, the streams of sun and light so prevalent before suddenly disappear and I am reminded of my mortality.

There on my left, on church grounds, a worker was erecting a small tent over a just dug grave. The vision only lasted a moment but as my accelerator sped me on my way and the vision passed, I couldn’t help to feel a sense of deep compassion and reverence. It just seemed so sad that a mortal person, that surely would have loved this glorious day had been taken from this earth and would never experience the freshness of another Carolina Spring.

I pass a small gas station and county store and once again I am greeted with rural South Carolina. Off in the distance streams of light pierce through begrudging clouds signaling yet another sun filled warm South Carolina Spring day. My feeling of well being begins to return, my Bride of many years senses it, searches out and inserts a CD into the player.

The sounds of “I love beach music” given by a dear friend, fills the canvas topped interior. I hang my arm out the open window and with the Jeep in “cruise” tap my free foot, hum the words and envision writing “Springing to Myrtle Beach”.

DUDE PROFILE: Lowcountry Joe ® Once characterized by Tiger Woods former coach Hank Haney as a “local legend”, Joe Yocius, aka LowCountry Joe, seems to always fit the bill. Truely one of the Lowcountry’s “unique” people, it’s hard to find a dull moment with this guy around. Whether it be “sitting in” at a Hilton Head juke joint blowin’ the blues on his harmonica, offering “tastes” at the historic Silver Dew Winery, or relating personal ghost experiences on his Bloody Point Ghost Tours, LCJoe is the epitomy of a “Daufuskie Dude”.

Joe and his lovely Bride Mary of thirty seven (38) years are Owner/Keepers of the CIRCA 1883 Bloody Point Lighthouse.

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BY ROB LOGAN

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sing the right tool for the job applies to many different things, but especially applies to working on cars. There are a lot of do-ityourselfers out there and that’s fine. I’m trying to help y’all work smarter, not harder and by using the correct tool, this can make the job a lot easier.

Some people think that other professionals’ tools, like plumbers, carpenters or others, translate to automobiles. Although some do, the majority of automotive tools are specifically designed for use on automobiles. For instance; a claw hammer is not an auto mechanic’s hammer. If you are going to be a “do it yourself” DUDE, the correct tool would be a ball-peen hammer.

Of course, a good set of wrenches is a must have to work on cars built within the past 10-15 years. Most cars now are metric, so you would need to have a set of metric wrenches from 10mm to 19mm. Do not use a standard sized wrench on a metric sized bolt or vice-versa. It may seem that it will fit or that it will work, but you could round the bolt off and create a serious problem for yourself. It is also good to own both a ⅜ drive ratchet and a ½ drive ratchet. A ⅜ drive ratchet is good for smaller jobs like valve covers, brakes or anything else that has smaller bolts. ½ inch drive ratchets are good for jobs that use bigger bolts like front end work, tie rods ends, ball joints and removing tires, etc. If you try to use a 3/8 drive on bigger bolts, it will require a lot more work and a lot more muscle to do the job. I’ve seen a lot of people use a ⅜ drive, when a ½ drive is needed and they kill themselves trying to do the job. Leverage is huge on heavier jobs and if you use a ½ drive on something that requires a 3/8 drive, it could be too much tool for the job and you could break off bolts.

More tools needed are jack stands and wheel chalks. If you need to lift a vehicle up off of the ground you need to use jack stands. Never use blocks of wood or bricks because that is a very unsafe situation. There are many people that are killed per year from cars falling on them because they did not properly secure the car when it was jacked up off the ground.

Always use jack stands and always use wheel chalks.

In conclusion, if you are a “do it yourself” DUDE, you need a good basic set of tools. Invest in a ½ or ⅜ drive ratchet and a ½ and a separate ⅜ drive sockets. Get both deep and shallow versions. Get a set of metric wrenches. Get a good ball-peen hammer. Get a set of flat tipped and Phillips head screwdrivers. Get a metric and standard set of Allan wrenches some channel locks and needle nose pliers. These are all good basic tools that a mechanic will need and can get you started on doing some repairs on your own vehicle. Using the correct tools will make your job easier and faster and most importantly safer for you.

Of course if you’re like other DUDES, that know better than to start messing with their own vehicles, bring it to a professional service center, like we have here at Butler Chrysler Jeep Dodge and we’ll make sure it gets done right the first time.

DUDE PROFILE: Robert Logan is originally from Adel, Georgia and now currently resides in Beaufort, S.C. Rob is 36 years old and is married to wife Keri, they have a daughter Sarah and son Chase. Rob has been employed with Butler Chrysler/Dodge in Beaufort, SC for the past 10 years. Prior to that, his employer was the United States Marine Corps. He enjoys hunting, fishing, playing softball and spending time with family and friends.

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The Carolinas’ Nature Photographers Association has come to the Lowcountry

BY WES GRADY

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he Carolinas’ Nature Photographers Association is committed to serving the needs of nature photographers in the Carolinas and throughout the United States. The CNPA has been in existence since 1992 when a small group of photographers recognized the potential benefits of forming a group dedicated to nature photography. From that meager beginning, CNPA has grown to become one of the largest “photo clubs” of its kind in the country.

Currently, with 1184 members organized into 10 regional groups, the CNPA offers many opportunities for its members to join together each month.

CNPA has an ongoing effort to preserve the environment of the Carolinas through our photography. We sponsor and are involved in many projects that promote protection and appreciation of the environment. We provide a platform for our members to learn and share their skills through networking, workshops, field outings and meetings. Building relationships with people who share the same passion for nature and wildlife photography is an important part of what we do.

If your photographic goals and ideals are in tune with CNPA, we invite you to join us in the many activities aimed at providing our membership new adventures in nature photography, while promoting the environment in the world around us. Membership is open to anyone interested in photography of nature. We invite all nature photography enthusiasts, professional or amateur, to join a great group of people that share your passion.

The Beaufort County, Jasper County, and Savannah areas are served by the Charleston Region of the CNPA. This region meets on the third Thursday of each month, at 7:30 PM on the second floor of the New City Hall Building in North Charleston.

Because of the long distance between the Bluffton - Hilton Head Island area and these meetings, as well as the majority of the outings and educational programs offered by our region, permission has been granted to form a SubRegion in our area. The Lowcountry Sub-Region held its kick-off meeting on February 8th at the Technical College of the Lowcountry. The members of this Sub-Region will, of course, also be members of the Charleston Region and may attend any program or meeting offered by this Region, as well as by our Sub-Region. As a practical matter, the 10 regions of the CNPA all cooperate and any CNPA member may attend any outing or meeting offered in any region. CNPA has members in at least 15 states outside of the Carolinas and in Canada. Total membership of the CNPA is in excess of 1,600 and the Charleston Region has approximately 165. So far, our Sub-Region is approximately 30 and growing.

The Lowcountry Sub Region meets monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month, at 7:00 PM in Room 125 of the Technical College of the Lowcountry, New River Campus, Rte 278, across from Sun City. Any photographer who has

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an interest in Nature photographer is welcome to attend up to two meetings prior to joining the CNPA. On April 16th, our guest speaker will be noted wildlife photographer and Master Naturalist, Eric Horan. His program will be followed up by photographic outing lead by Mr. Horan, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of that week.

CNPA members may chose one or more of the outings as their schedule permits.

The CNPA hosts an annual convention, this year held in Columbia, SC and next year to be held in Myrtle Beach. A midyear photo outing is held each year, this year the same will be held in Boone, NC the third weekend in May and attended by large numbers of members who choose from various side-trips and workshops to enhance their knowledge and skills as a photographer.

With the CNPA Lowcountry SubRegion joining the Camera Club of Hilton Head Island and the Photography Clubs of Beaufort and Sun City, the photography world of Beaufort and Jasper Counties has been expanded greatly and there are more opportunities than ever for local photographers.

Anyone interested in joining the CNPA may visit the organization’s website at www.cnpa.org. For further information, anyone may contact the coordinator of the Lowcountry Sub-Region, Wes Grady, at 843-705-4875 or by e-mail at wesgrady@gmail.com.

DUDE PROFILE: Wes Grady is relatively

new to the lowcountry, moving here from the Hudson Valley of New York in 2007. Wes retired from the practice of law after 30 years and claims that this was the best decision he ever made. Upon arriving in the low country, Wes completed the Master Gardener program offered by Clemson University and then began taking ecology classes at USCB and in 2009 he completed the Master Naturalist program through the Low Country Institute. Snakes are his specialty and he regularly works with home owners in Sun City to educate them about snakes and removes venomous snakes as they appear. He is proud of the fact that no snake is ever killed. Wes is a private pilot, an advanced open water SCUBA diver and a general class amateur radio operator.

In his younger days, he obtained his Sports Car Club of America Competition License at Nelson Ledges, Ohio and raced for several years in the eastern part of the country. Wes is an advanced photographer and likes to travel throughout the world shooting wildlife and scenics. He lives in Sun City with his wife, Linda, and can be reached at 843-705-4875 or by e-mail at: wesgrady@gmail.com

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Happenings at SPRINGTIME HAPPENINGS

By Brad McDonald

Honey Horn is a name that has existed for over two centuries, possessing a rich cultural and natural history legacy. It is described by many as the last significant parcel of undeveloped open space on Hilton Head Island. Consisting of 69 pristine acres at the juncture of the Cross Island Expressway and Highway 278, the property is filled with salt marshes, stands of live oaks, open fields, and a unique collection of some of the oldest structures that exist on Hilton Head Island. The Discovery House at the Coastal Discovery Museum opened in October 2007 and is open daily from 9 - 4:30 and Sunday

Juried Fine Art And CrAFt Show To Be Held at Historic Honey Horn Plantation The Art Market at Historic Honey Horn, a juried fine art and craft outdoor festival, is set for April 28th and April 29th on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. The Coastal Discovery Museum is pleased to announce that artwork in media including: clay, wood, fibers, metals, glass, jewelry, watercolors, oil, mixed media and photography will be on display and for sale.

The event will host 90 artists from as far away as Connecticut and Wisconsin and well-known local artists will share the spotlight during this weekend-long event. Each artist will compete for prizes up to $5,000. The Judge for this year’s show is Holly Keris, the Curator at the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens.

She received undergraduate degrees in History and Humanities from Stetson University in Deland Florida, and a graduate degree in the History of Art from the University of Virginia. Prior to joining the staff at the Cummer, Keris worked at The Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, Florida, the Mennello Museum of American Art in Orlando, and for the City of Orlando’s Public Art Program. She spent three years as Curator of Collections at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach.

The show is open to the public on Saturday, from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. and on Sunday, from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. There is a $6.00 per car parking donation, while admission to the show is free. Demonstrations will be held throughout the weekend. Food and beverages will be available for sale during the event.

If you’d like to stay longer, from 5:30 until 7:00 pm. on Saturday evening, April 28th, an artist’s reception will honor the prize winners. Admission to the party is $20.00 and you will have a chance to mingle with artists while enjoying food and beverages, Reservations for the party are required and may be made by calling 843-6896767 ext 223.

BLue CrAB diSCoVerY

Every Tuesday and Thursday, May through September • 9:30-11:30 am Visit Jarvis Creek to learn about the life cycle and importance of the Atlantic Blue Crab. Participants will have a hands-on experience of harvesting, cooking, picking and tasting. $15 Adult, $10 Child (ages 5-12) (no children under 4 years of age)

eVeninG turtLe tALK And wALK

Every Tuesday & Thursday, June through August • 8-10 pm An evening lecture and beach walk to educate participants about the threatened loggerhead sea turtle. Presentation given to entire group, then 2 groups of 10 proceed to the beach to examine the nesting habitat and nest sites. No guarantee of turtle sightings.

AniMALS oF the LowCountrY

June 20 & 27, July 11, 18 & 25, August11, 18 & 25

10:30-11:30 or 11:30-12:30 pm See Lowcountry animals and learn about their habits. Reptiles and mammals scheduled to appear would be: alligator, owl, flying squirrel, opossum, corn snake and more! $12 adult, $7 child (ages 4-12)

BirdinG At PinCKneY iSLAnd

June 13 & 27, July 11 & 25, August 15 & 29 • 7:30-9:30 am Participants will be led by an experienced bird watcher around Pinckney Island Wildlife Refuge. With a combination of habitats including Salt Marsh, Maritime Forest and open fields, the site allows for participants to see many different species of birds. Depending on the time of year, diverse birds can be found including: Summer Tanager, Eastern Kingbird, Painted Bunting, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Egrets, Herons and many, many others.

Minimum age – 12 years old; $12 per person

CoLoniAL AMuSeMentS

June 14 & 28, July 12 & 26, August 9 • 10:30-11:30 am Can you imagine life without computers, TV’s, video games, DVD’s and all the other amusements modern technology has given us? What did our ancestors in colonial times do for entertainment? Find out by joining us for Colonial Amusements. Learn about colonial games, play with colonial toys, learn an English country dance and make your own colonial toy to take with you.

Minimum age – 5 years old; one adult must accompany children; $10 per person

diG it!

June 12, 19 & 26, July 3, 10,17,24,31 & August 7 & 14 10:30-11:30 am This fun, interactive family program led by a professional archaeologist will introduce you to the field of archaeology. Participants will ‘excavate’ a simulated site, identify artifacts, and use real archaeological methods. $10 per person

$20 Adult, $15 child (ages 5-12) (no children under 4 years of age)

For an Extensive Daily Calendar • www.coastaldiscovery.org • (843) 689-6767 ext 223 Located At 70 Honey Horn Drive, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina 46

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THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT & DUDE WATERING HOLE GUIDE

UDES love LIVE ENTERTAINMENT and here you’ll find it every issue. First up, we’ll look at regional venues and let you know where and when the big names are jammin LIVE. Next, we will have an up to date comprehensive entertainment directory of where you can find it LIVE in Beaufort County. We will break it down for you by geographic areas; Hilton Head Island, Bluffton and Beaufort. If you see something or someplace we’ve left out, please send us an email or give us a call and we’ll get it in the next issue.

What’s this? BIG TIME ENTERTAINMENT right here in good ole Beaufort County. It’s a Throwdown At Fightertown!

Country Music Star, DIERKS BENTLEY will perform LIVE on Saturday, April 28th at the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.

This may be a sign of things to come if the public turns out for it, so go to www.mccs-sc.com/concert for all the ticket info.

Discounts for military personnel and $25 for general public.

COOL DUDES! Located no more than a couple hours up the road is the NORTH CHARLESTON COLISEUM & THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. These great venues have a nice live event this Spring and it’s Big Man, TRACE ATKINS, takes the stage at the PAC at 7:30pm on Thursday, May 3rd.

The Savannah Civic Center located only about 30 minutes down the road has a pretty good line up this Spring; Wednesday, April 4th at 8pm it’s ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION, later that month at the Johnny Mercer Theatre on Friday the 13th at 8pm, it’s the deep voice of Country Music Star and South Carolina’s very own, JOSH TURNER. South Carolina LOW country! Yee Haw DUDES! Thursday, May 3rd also at the JMT at 7:30pm it’s BRIAN REGAN and the very next day on Friday the 4th at 8pm it’s the Big Man, TRACE ATKINS in the house!

Located a few hours down the road is JACKSONVILLE VETERANS MEMORIAL ARENA and they have a few shows scheduled that are worth mentioning this Spring; Thursday, April 4th thru Sunday the 8th, gather up the Little DUDES and take them to DISNEY ON ICE’s TOY STORY 3. Fun for the whole family. On Monday, April 16th at 7:30 pm, Might as well JUMP on down as Old School Rockers, VAN HALEN rock the house and finally on Thursday, May 10th at 7pm, it’s the Country Music Award Winning sensation that is LADY ANTEBELLUM. The COLONIAL LIFE ARENA on the campus of the University of South Carolina in Columbia, has some shows worth mentioning this Spring; Saturday, April 7th, THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS get on it, Thursday and Friday, April 12th and 13th, it’s DISNEY ON ICE TOY STORY 3, Friday and Saturday, April 27th and 28th at 8pm CIRQUE DU SOLEIL, MICHAEL JACKSON THE IMMORTAL and finally on Tuesday, June 5th at 7pm, Let’s get ready to rummmmbbbbllle, it’s WWE SMACKDOWN, go watch some DUDE on steroids throw another DUDE on steroids out of the ring.....ah yes, money well spent DUDE!

LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT DIRECTORY H I LTO N H EAD I S L A N D SEA PINES RESORT THE QUARTERDECK (843) 671-2224 Located under the candy stripped lighthouse in Harbor Town Yacht Basin. Live entertainment around one of the best sunsets on the island.

HARBOURSIDE CAFE (843) 842-1444 Located just outside the Crazy Crab, this cool little outdoor spot is a great place to chill and enjoy some live local entertainers.

THE SALTY DOG CAFE (843) 671-2233 Located in South Beach Marina. Great for outdoor evening cocktails and local live guitarists, Dave Kemmerly and Bruce Crichton playing most nights.

COLIGNY BEACH AREA POOL BAR JIM’S Located oceanside at The Marriot’s Grand Ocean Resort. Long time local and friend Jim Lisenby makes simply the best fresh fruit frozen drinks in Beaufort County. Go online and purchase his frozen drink book, www.poolbarjims.com

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HINCHEY’S CHICAGO BAR & GRILL (843) 686-5959 Located in CORKS WINE CO. (843) 815-5168 Publix Center next to Staples. the Metropolitan Hotel on South Forest Beach Drive. Great line Neighborhood Wine Bar. Monday-Saturday Open at 4pm. up on entertainment! Check them out on Facebook.

Occasional LIVE MUSIC on the weekends. Good eats, Great THE TIKI HUT (843) 785-5126 Located at the Holiday Inn wine!

Oceanfront, South Forest Beach Drive. Beachside cold THE DRYDOCK (843) 842-9775 (LOCATED BEHIND CVS @ beverages, cool live local tunes, beach volleyball and plenty of POPE AVE) Our friends Rob, Rich, Pete and John have a great, hot bikini babes. stop in anytime for a cold one place. Live Entertainment most THE BEACH MARKET weekends, so check with them to see who’s jammin the deck at DANIEL’S (843) 341-9379 Tapas Bar, Steakhouse, Night Club the dock. Sundays BBQ & Band starts around 3 pm.

Open ‘til 2 am. Late Night VIP Bottle Menu.

PARK PLAZA FLATBREAD GRILL & BAR (843) 341-2225 This Oldworld MARLEY’S ISLAND GRILLE (843) 686-5800 Great island Tuscan dining spot has been completely made over. You should flavored bar with open kitchen where you can see Chef Brad go just to see it. Great place to water down after coming off the Blake perform. Happy Hour 5-8 and Early Dining Menu. beach DUDE. THE MELLOW MUSHROOM (843) COLIGNY PLAZA BY 686-2474 Come check out their new THE SEA digs. Great bar, great fresh pizza and The BIG BAMBOO usually some cool tunes playing.

CAFE (843) 686-3443 THE ELECTRIC PIANO (843) 785Our friend, Tristan KEYS Late evening, piano bar with usually has a pretty great drinks and a different pianists good line up of live playing Wed., Thurs., Fri., and Sat. tunes like Live Reggae nights.

by Patwa and The NEW ORLEANS ROAD Beagles (Beatles BISTRO MEZZALUNA (843) 842tribute band) 5011 Located in Fountain Center STEAMERS behind McDonald’s. They are hosting SEAFOOD (843) some great Live Dance music from 785-2070 They usually local bands such as TARGET. Tapas have someone playing & Wine Bar. Now open on Sundays THE ONE MAN BAND PLAYS guitar on the outdoor CALLAHAN’S SPORTS BAR & PALMETTO LAGOON CHARTERS OYSTER ROAST patio most evenings in DELUXE GRILL (843) 686-POOL (Proceeds to Redfish restocking in Palmetto Dunes) the summer.

CASEY’S SPORTS BAR & GRILL SKILLETS CAFE (843) 785-3131 Our long time friend, Amie has (843) 785-2255 Say hello to Woody. He has more TV’s than any local talent such as Tim Malchak playing on weekends and they bar in Beaufort County. Your game, they have it on! have a great Sunday Brunch.

HINOKI JAPANESE RESTAURANT & SUSHI BAR (843) 785THE FROSTY FROG (843) 686-FROG A GREAT daiquiri bar 9800 The BEST sushi bar in all of Beaufort County. Say hello to DUDES. They always have cool tunes playing.

Chi Chi and Teru Son. JAVA JOE’S (843) 686-5282 Great fresh beans and outdoor CHARLIE’S L’ETOILE VERTE (843) 785-9277 DUDES, our patio. “Open Mic” night is a late night blast. Get all jacked up friend and HHI legend, Jeff Mix is now behind the bar, they even and enjoy some of the island’s best talent. write their entire menu daily based on the freshest local seafood BOMBORA’S GRILL (843) 689-BOMB(2662) Located beside available.

Java Joes, the newest chill bar on the island. They offer new THE VILLAGE AT WEXFORD “BOTTOMS UP” pour system and CHILL DISCS at the bar to EAT! (843) 785-4850 Food Network’s Robert Irvin’s classic bistro. keep ‘um cold. Outdoor seating and dining with a great unique You know the food is exquisite and now behind the bar is none menu. Check out their website www.bomborasgrille.com and find other than THE BIG MAN, Steve Flannery. them on Facebook.

THE JAZZ CORNER (843) 842-8620 Live Jazz is hard to beat IT’S GREEK TO ME (843) 842-4033 Great near the beach bar, and they serve it up 7 days a week. Locals Earl Williams and Bill’s Hideaway upstairs and downstairs it’s Greek Salads and Lavon Stevens frequent this hot spot with world class jazz artists.

Gyros. Say hello to our good friend Kathy. Service with a smile! BRITISH OPEN PUB (843) 686-6736 Long time friend and POPE AVENUE islander, Damian Hayes has one sweet British Open Golf Pub. THE SAGE ROOM (843) 785-5352 Long time friends, Carol and A great DUDE watering hole along with wonderful prime rib and Matt Jording have one of the island’s hidden jewels. Great wine lobstahs! bar and very possibly the best steak I’ve ever had. Nebraska WINE TIMES IV (843) 341-9463 Wine by the taste, 1/2 glass, full corn fed 32oz monster ribeye. Not for vegans! glass or bottle. Tapas and more!

MURPHY’S IRISH PUB (843) 842-3448 Serving from 2pm...

SHELTER COVE & PALMETTO DUNES Brilliant!

SANTE FE CAFE (843) 785-3838 Fantastic southwestern style AUNT CHILADA’S EASY STREET CAFE (843) 785-7700 Long cantina. Located upstairs is one of the coolest outdoor bars on time friend and islander, David Reilley has a great restaurant bar the island. Great wine selection. They usually have a live guitar that has a most comfortable feel to it. A great local watering hole. playing on the deck.

THE WILD WING CAFE (843) 785-9464 Located in the Bi-Lo XO LOUNGE (843) 341-8080 Located in Palmetto Dunes inside Center. Diane and Cecil Crowley started this great regional chain the Hilton Oceanfront Resort, a new upper scale lounge with live hangout right here on the island. Their promotions say it all...Cold entertainment most evenings.

Beer, Hot Wings and Good Times. Great Live entertainment spot. SHELTER COVE HARBOUR HILTON HEAD PLAZA, aka “THE BARMUDA TRIANGLE” SAN MIGUEL’S (843) 842-4555 Mexican On The Marina.

JUMP AND PHIL’S BAR & GRILL (843) 785-9070 Jumpy and Fabulous outdoor harbor side bar with live entertainment most Phil have one of the great local islander watering holes. Green evenings. Our long time friends, Maryann and Scott do a great Bay Packers headquarters DUDES! job! The Islands BEST MARGARITAS! REILLEY’S (843) 842-4414 One of the island’s original bars.

PARROT COVE GRILL & BAR (843) 341-3500 Located in Reilley’s is the epitome of the Irish Pub. Harbourside II. If you’re a Parrothead, never fear, Jimmy always THE LODGE BEER & GROWLER BAR (843) 842-8966 Your has Jimmy Buffet playing, suck down some cold brews and premier BEER BAR with 36 rotating craft taps (available to go) see how many pounds of crab legs you can eat. The covered and more than 100 bottled beers. Pool Tables & Darts! Burgers, outdoor seating is most enjoyable in the warm spring months and dogs and fries available.

Jimmy has it LIVE, 7 nights a week.

ONE HOT MAMA’S AMERICAN GRILL (843) 682-6262 BBQ at its finest. DJ rocks MAMA’S every Friday and Saturday nights.

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The Tale Of Two, Two Dudes In One! Jevon Daly I

By Brad McDonald

’m constantly amazed at the amount of quality entertainers we have right here in good ole Beaufort County. I guess maybe the reason is, for the most part, there’s good gigs to play, whereas most local entertainers throughout the country can’t find a lot places to play. Many of the bars and restaurants through out our great county have LIVE ENTERTAINMENT on a fairly regular basis year round and that makes this a great place for amazing talents to flourish.

In our previous issues we introduced to you the awesome talents, Brian Troch and Chris Jones, so adding to the DUDE HALL of FAME of LOCAL ENTERTAINERS is our good buddy, JEVON DALY. This DUDE fits the bill for sure. I watched this young buck grow up during my 30 plus years down here in the Lowcountry.

This good looking young DUDE has got it in the genes. That’s GENES, as I first learned of his Mom (rest in peace, Marilyn) and Dad, Mike’s talent way back in the 80’s when they were in a very high energy rock n roll band the Techniques. They ROCKED DUDE! Well before Marilyn and Mike moved to Hilton Head, they had a young whippersnapper named, Jevon back in Philly. Marilyn and Mike also had two other very talented boys, Gavin and Kieran, who many local old schoolers might remember playing on stage when they were knee high to a deer.

Jevon honed his multiple musical talents when he played in the Hilton Head High School marching band for 8 years. What? 8 years in the high school band!

Yea DUDE, that’s how talented this young buck is, as not only did he play in the high school band (saxophone) while in high school, he actually played while he was in middle school. Kind of like a junior varsity playing varsity several years prior to coming to high school. That in itself is impressive DUDE. Since his high school years, he’s been hooked up with John’s Music on New Orleans Road, Hilton Head Island, selling guitars and giving lessons to young DUDES who just want to rock.

Well, someone this talented can not sit inside all day and just give guitar lessons, so he and his Dad decided to form the LOWCOUNTRY BOIL BAND which has become one of the more popular local bands in this area. Ah to hear the sounds of LIVE Bluegrass Music in the Lowcountry! Makes this hillbilly tap his toes and long for the days when I grew up in the North Carolina mountains.

If you’ve never seen them, make it a point the next time you see they are playing, often at many special events like the Taste of Waddell or check them out On The Docks at Hudson’s every Thursday at 6pm and watch the sun set.

Jevon can usually be seen hollerin out the vocals while sawing on his fiddle with his homies, Gary Pratt, Andy Pitts and poppa Mike on the banjo. Yee Ha Y’all!

This DUDE is talented and his music needs to spread hits wings wider than playing Lowcountry bluegrass, so he and his boys decided that they’d like to get down on the wild side and play some heavy metal/hard rock. Quite

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the contrast, I must say. They collaborated and formed the high energy band, SILICONE SISTA. DUDE, if you’ve never seen these guys, then make it a point. They usually play late night local venues and THEY ROCK. I caught them recently at Wild WIngs in Bluffton Silicone S and they blew my socks off ista when they came out on stage all dressed up like a bunch of 70’s and 80’s hair bands. I thought to myself, these DUDES are wild, then they broke off in to some classic Van Halen and tore the place down. Jevon is the lead singer and electric guitar master, aka Taime Downz.

This boy is packing some amazing guitar solos and riffs.

Non-stop Rock n Roll for 3 hours DUDE. That’s right, no breaks! Have a swig of Jack Black and just rock out and bang your head. WOW! It was really cool to see Jevon and his boys, Billy C, Rob Foxx (actually Andy and Gary), Uli Rach and Jani St James in a completely different way. Lowcountry bluegrass to Heavy Metal/Hard Rock is quite the extreme transition DUDE and you can’t do that without a whole lot of talent.

Jevon has turned the LOWCOUNTRY BOIL BAND and SILICONE SISTA in to two great local bands that play pretty frequently as I came to learn when I had lunch with him and his two daughters, Kassidy and Brianna at Bluffton BBQ. Ole Ted has it going on at that place DUDE. Good fresh local BBQ! After that awesome lunch, I drove to Hilton Head and slapped my Mama. Jevon told me that they formed the Lowcountry Boil Band back in 1997 and they now play roughly 100 times a year. They formed Silicone Sista back in 2004, as they were kind of just cutting up one night at the now defunct Riders lounge’s open mike night. Well, the place went wild and they started playing on a regular basis. One night back when they used to take breaks, he noticed a good looking young fox in the crowd and thought to himself immediately, I’m going marry that girl.......and he did marry his lovely wife Karah, who works at the Equestrian facility on Haig Point. Once she got him booked for a gig on Haig Point, well the rest is history.

You can also enjoy this DUDE’s talent down at the very popular beach bar that is the TIKI HUT located at the Holiday Inn on Hilton Head Island, as he sits in with the very talented Mike Kavanaugh and his band, Jo Jo Squirrel and The Home Pickles. Will somebody ask Mike how he came up with that name??

All we can say to some one as talented as Jevon Daly is ROCK ON DUDE. I bet a fiddle of gold against your soul cause I think he’s better than you!

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PEPPER’S PORCH (843) 757-2295 Located on May River Road, dining indoors with a great outdoor party spot complete with an outdoor bar. Voted 2009 Best Top Ten Beer Gardens.

PALMETTO BAY ROAD POUR RICHARD’S (843) 757-1999 4376 Buckwalter Parkway.

THE GOLD CLUB (843) 842-2999 Located on Dunnagans Richard and Ally create such great pairings each night. Check Alley behind Island Tire is Beaufort County’s only Gentlemen’s out their FB page and website www.pourrichardsbluffton.com Club. DUDES there is no substitute for skin and poles! for the menu. Open Monday-Saturday 5:30-10:00 pm.

BEACH BREAK GRILL (843) 785-2466 The quaint MONTANA’S RESTAURANT & GRIZZLY BAR (843)-815atmosphere is great at this little untamed seafood spot. They BEAR Great beautiful bar with multiple TV’s. Great steaks, ribs serve up live music most evenings on the weekends. and a killer Sunday Brunch. Give em a call, they now have SMOKEHOUSE (843) 842-4227 Award winning smoked BBQ some of the best LIVE entertainment around on weekends. and they have a nice stage set up in the bar for live music CAPTAIN WOODY’S (843) 757-6222 Located in the Thursday-Saturday starting at 9:30pm. 15 TV’s.

Promenade Great bar inside and an upstairs with an outdoor REMY’S BAR & GRILL (Just down Arrow Road) (843) 842deck. Live entertainment upstairs on the deck. Go check out 3800 www.remysbarandgrill.com and on Facebook. Not many our homie, Jim Davidson on Thursdays. people deliver LIVE MUSIC 7 NIGHTS A WEEK! This new OLD TOWN DISPENSARY (843) 837-1893 Cool watering hole location is awesome DUDES! Roy will always be serving up at 15 Captain’s Cove. Monday-Saturday Open at noon. Tapas his famous “Meat and 3” homecooked lunches. at 5pm.

PALMETTO BAY MARINA 9 PROMENADE (843) 706-9994 Bluffton’s Hottest Martini BLACK MARLIN HURRICANE BAR (843) 785-4950 Waterside Lounge & Bar. Monday-Saturday 5:00 pm-12:00 am. Tell bar that has very comfortable outdoor seating with fantastic Freddie we said hello! cuisine in a Key West type atmosphere. Weekend Brunch & CORKS WINE CO. (843) 815-5168 Located in the Promenade.

NEW Daiquiri bar.

Monday-Saturday Open at 4pm. Good food, Great wine!

CAPTAIN WOODY’S BAR & GRILL (843) 785-2400 Many JOCK’S SPORTS BAR & GRILLE (843) 815-7474 Located on locals find this place for Happy Hour. Russell & Shannon Baylor Dr. in the Publix center behind the Island Packet, where Wright have great outdoor seating mingled in with the DUDE is proudly printed by the way.

Hurricane Bar. STATION 300 (843) 815-2695 Located on Innovation Drive HILTON HEAD ISLAND NORTH-END off Buckwalter Place, this new place has is all. LIVE MUSIC, CHEAP SEATS TAVERN (843) 689-2202 New spot on bowling alley, arcade, good eats and yes a full bar DUDE! Mathews Drive. Rob and Brian Hummel’s brain child run by OKATIE Jake Veldran and Pat Delello. 10 flat screens.

BRITISH OPEN PUB II (843) 705-4005 Our long time friend, STREET MEET TAVERN (843) 842-2570 Located in Port Royal Damian Hayes’ second BOP. Located inside the gates of Sun Plaza beside Reilley’s North. This is Cleveland Brownie and City. A great DUDE watering hole along with wonderful prime OSU Buckeye headquarters. Best Hot Dog Award and a Fish rib and lobstahs! Sun City DUDES can go there in their golf Fry every Friday night. carts. Live Entertainment on weekends.

REILLEY’S NORTH (843) 681-4153 The legendary island’s OKATIE ALE HOUSE (843) 706-2537 Located outside the favorite Irish Pubs north end version. back gate to Sun City. Nice indoor and outdoor bars. Live HILTON HEAD COMEDY CLUB (843) 681-7757 Pineland entertainment on weekends on the back deck.

Shopping Center. Showtimes Tuesday-Sunday 8pm.

FULL MOON SALOON/SUNSET PIZZERIA (843) 987-1600 MAIN STREET Located on Hwy 170. Great bar with great fresh made pies!

FRANKIE BONES RESTAURANT & LOUNGE (843) 682-4455 Been know to have Karaoke on occasion.

Tiki Drink Menu. DUDES, 3 words...THE VOLCANO BOWL. TAILGATORS (843) 645-BEER Under NEW management Order one and then call a cab. Great martinis as well. located at the end of Argent Road behind Wal-Mart. A place WISEGUYS (843) 842-8866 Located next to each other are where everyone knows your name. Friday Karaoke and All these two great SERG places for fine wine and cuisine. your favorite football games on flat screens.

MAINSTREET CAFE & PUB (843) 689-3999 One of our BEAUFORT favorite DUDES on the island, the infamous “ BIG MURPH” runs the bar and not only will you find a great dining menu, Across the Broad River is HISTORIC BEAUFORT and a lot of you’ll find some great live entertainment most weekends. Tell the entertainment on this side comes in the form of festivals, John and Bill we said hello and jump on some of those ALL concert series, etc. A schedule compliments of the great www.

YOU CAN EAT CRABLEGS! beaufortchamber.org is where you can see the local calendar DOWN SQUIRE POPE ROAD of events.

SKULL CREEK BOATHOUSE (843) 681-3663 One of HHI’s DOWNTOWN BEAUFORT true gems for DUDES to dine inside or outside and enjoy LUTHER’S RARE & WELL DONE (843) 521-1888 Michael their spectacular sunset views. They occasionally have live Stavac/Proprietor, 910 Bay Street, Overlooking Waterfront entertainment on the outdoor deck. If it’s fresh seafood and Park, great for burgers and brews DUDE. LIVE MUSIC Every sunset you crave, DUDE this is the place!

Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

BLUFFTON Q ON BAY (843) 524-7771 When you’re near it you’ll smell it. Awesome BBQ for lunch and dinner and a great patio bar/ KELLY’S TAVERN (843) 837-3353 A cool locals watering hole lounge with LIVE MUSIC most weekends. BO BO Fontaine located in Buckingham Plantation/Old South. Iced cold beer has been know to be in the house when they’re not playing in a and maybe the biggest Rueben sandwich anywhere. parade behind the DUDE wagon.

BRITISH OPEN PUB (843) 705-4005 Sheridan Park beside NIPPY’S (843) 379-8555 310 West Street, LIVE MUSIC every Sonic Thursday and Friday night 6-8:30 pm COCONUTS BAR & GRILL (843) 757-0620 39 Persimmon PLUMS (843) 525-1946, 904 Bay Street, Lance Price runs a Street The hottest and only dance club in Bluffton. Shake your great dining spot for lunch or dinner. Oyster Bar! Overlooking booty from 4pm till 2am Waterfront Park, LIVE MUSIC nightly. some Thursdays, but every Friday KATIE O’DONALD’S (843) and Saturday.

815-5555 Bluffton does SALTUS (843) 379-3474, 802 Bay have a great Irish Pub and Street, another one of Lance’s this is it DUDES. Our long jewels. Very upscale with fresh time friend “Big Don” runs sushi, Overlooking Waterfront the show and many locals Park, Friday Night LIVE beginning find it the best watering at 8:30pm. hole. Fantastic place for PANINI’S (843) 379-0300, lunch and dinner in Kitties 926 Bay Street, LIVE MUSIC Cranford & Sons Play Katie O’Donalds Saturdays.

Crossing.......one word DUDES....GUINNESS! WREN (843) 524-9463, 210 St. Patty’s Week Under The Big Tent See ad this issue.

Carteret Street, occasional WILD WING CAFE (843) 837-9453 Located beside Golden entertainment.

Corral. Pretty much the same deal as the HHI wing, just a bit BREAKWATER RESTAURANT & BAR (843) 379-0052, 203 newer. Good variety of live entertainment most weekends.

Carteret Street. Very fresh seafood delicacies.

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Flashback Plays Katie O’Donald’s HEMINGWAY’S (843) 521-4480, 920 Bay Street, Just simply one of the coolest DUDE watering holes around. DUDE, finding it is half the fun!

EMILY’S TAPAS BAR (843) 522-1866, 906 Port Republic St. ROBERT SMALLS PARKWAY SAND BAR & GRILL (843) 524-FOOD (3663) This is a COOL NEW SPOT DUDE, located next to the movie theatre in Beaufort Plaza. Great friendly staff. Great Village Inn style Pizzas, Burgers, Wings and Beer! Before or after the movie. $1 OFF during HAPPY HOUR Monday-Friday 4-7pm BOUNDARY STREET ROSIE O’GRADY’S (843) 379-7676 Beaufort Town Center 2127 Boundary Street DUDE friends, Michael & Leslie Pressley have one of the coolest watering holes. KARAOKE Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays, if there is not a live band playing most Saturdays. The BEST burgers, buffalo shrimp and fried chicken livers this side of the Broad River.

HECKLER’S SPORTS BAR (843) 379-2090 Chef Brian may very well have some of the best brick oven pizza anywhere.

Karaoke every Thursday.

RIBAUT ROAD TO PORT ROYAL AMF RIBAUT LANES (843) 524-3111,1140 Ribaut Road, The DUDE has got to drink beer and bowl.

Not sure if they have white russians or not DUDE. THE BACK PORCH GRILL (843) 525-9824, Landing Drive, Port Royal Marina.

Great Marina and local watering hole. The food ain’t too bad either DUDE for lunch or dinner.

DOCKSIDE (843) 524-7443 Located at the end of 11th Street in the town of Port Royal.

This active Seafood Market, with a fleet of local shrimp boats, is one of the little hidden gems in Beaufort County. GREAT FRESH LOCAL SEAFOOD DUDES, need we say more. They have a great watering hole bar with a fantastic waterfront marsh view to boot!

CAROLINA WINGS & RIB HOUSE (843) 379-5959 Located in Port Royal Plaza at the light. Great sport bar environment.

Many TV’s, great saddle up bar and obviously AWESOME WINGS & RIBS DUDE! See ad this issue!

LADY’S & ST. HELENA ISLANDS THE FILLIN STATION (843) 522-0230, Sea Island Parkway, It is what it is, a DUDE watering hole.

SANCTUARY GOLF CLUB, CAT ISLAND GRILL & PUB 843-524-4653 See longtime friend Chef Tom for fantastic burgers, sandwiches and your favorite DUDE cocktails after golf or tennis, as you overlook the 18th hole! Sunday Brunch is a MUST! See ad this issue.

STEAMER OYSTER & STEAKHOUSE (843) 522-0210, Sea Island Parkway just through the first light on Lady’s Island.

FOOLISH FROG, (843) 838-9300, 846 Sea Island Parkway, St Helena Island, Jam sessions on Tuesdays.

BOONDOCKS (843) 838-0821, Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island, occasional LIVE MUSIC on Fridays and Saturdays.

JOHNSON CREEK TAVERN (843) 838-4166, Located between St.Helena Island and Hunting Island State Park. Our long time friend and BIG GAMECOCK FAN, Jay Lloyd is the owner of this GREAT BAR & EATERY, on the left just before the bridge. COOL sea island watering hole with GREAT OCEANFRONT VIEW and the freshest seafood around. Sign and put a dollar on the wall and make sure you say hello to our friend, Captain E. Normus Johnson! Don’t forget to get one of his great T-shirts!

ROCK ON BEAUFORT COUNTY! If we’ve left some place out or have some wrong information please contact BRAD at brad@dudesc.com or call him at (843) 298-3827.

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Dear Harold, Did you ever hear from Arnold Palmer, thanking you for crediting him with 3 PGA Championships, which he’s never won?

Arnie’s got a good sense of humor and he would probably be very appreciative!

Signed, Larry Gordon, Beaufort

Dear Harold, I read your last mailbag where you said Brad would not share his beer with you, but did you realize what you’re missing out on?

Seems brewskis can actually be of some healthy benefits. Based on beer drinkers who do not binge drink, meaning a couple of beers a day, their are some surprising healthy reasons to drink beer; stronger bones, stronger heart, healthier kidneys, boosting of brain health, reduced cancer risk, boosting of vitamin levels, guarding against Dear LG, strokes, reduced risk for diabetes, lower blood pressure and even Good catch DUDE. You know your PGA facts for sure. I went longer life. This is great news, I think I’ll have a cold one! back to check my info source and it seems I misread it. But, Signed, it is interesting to note those 3 years we said he won the PGA Anheuser Busch Championship ’64, ’68 & ’70, our boy Arnie did come in second.

Not too shabby and still worthy of his selection in to the DUDE HALL Dear Bud Light, OF FAME. Thanks for enjoying our pub DUDE. My master says he loves the new Bud Light Platinum, so keep HArOLD a brewin it DUDE. The cobalt blue long necks are pretty cool too.

Be careful that you don’t get carried away with your facts there Dear Harold, Farfegnugen Boy. Excessive alcohol consumption can cause liver English is the best language in the world and should definitely damage, various cancers and some heart problems, so drink your be the official language of the United States of America. English cold ones in moderation DUDE. Burp! has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective nouns for various HArOLD groups of animals which I know you love, once living in a School of Fish. Everybody knows there’s a Herd of Cows, Flock of Chickens Dear Harold, and a Gaggle of Geese, however did you know that there’s a Pride Who do you think have been the best presidents of these United of Lions, a Murder of Crows, an Exaltation of Doves and one I really States of America? How bout your top 5? Is Obama in your top 5? never knew about, a Parliament of Owls. Pretty cool DUDE! Signed, Signed, Anita Les Guvment Howie Nowitz Dear ALG, Dear HN, I was a bit amused when I heard Obama say he was in the top 5 If you live in the United States of America and are a legal citizen, of all time. Got to hand it to the boy, he’s proud of himself. Maybe you should know and speak English period. I’m tried of reading he is, maybe he isn’t, but he’s not in my top 5. George Washington, multi-lingual directions and hearing for Spanish, press 1. I do find our founding father and the general who handed the Brits their ass your letter interesting especially in these troubled times we are one cold winter’s morning after crossing the Potomac in wooden living in. What do you call a group of Baboons, the loudest, most boats, Andrew Jackson, a brilliantly smart man who had a big hand dangerous, most obnoxious, most viciously aggressive and least in writing our Constitution, which seems to be under the gun here intelligent of all the primates? A CONGrESS! Need I say more lately, Harry Truman, cause when someone screwed with us, he took DUDES. care of business and ended the conflict quickly with two mushroom HArOLD clouds over Hiroshima and Nagasaki...Game Over, ronald reagan, cause he won the cold war and made Mr. Gorbachev tear down Dear Harold, that darn wall and of course Honest Abe Linclon, cause he freed the Technology has really come a long way since the turn of slaves and a vision of the future that most did not realize. Some the century. It’s absolutely amazing the things we can do with of Abe’s quotes have so much meaning and make so much sense, smart phones and i pads that we couldn’t do the last century. I especially now; You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich, am concerned about the youth growing up today and how this You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong, You technology is affecting their lives. Some are becoming Smart Phone cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift, You cannot lift Zombies. I saw some children out to dinner with their parents and the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down, You cannot the entire time they never spoke to each other and the children further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred, You cannot never let their phones down even when they were eating. I guess build character and courage by taking away people’s initiative and I’m just old school, but how are these young adults/children going independence and finally, You cannot help people permanently by to learn social skills if they can’t even take their attention off their doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves. Well phones to say hello to someone when they are introduced. said my good man, well said!

Signed, HArOLD Werie N. Troubles Dear Harold, Dear WNT, I moved down to the Lowcountry several years ago from Yea, I know what you mean, but you got to blame the parents Connecticut and I am still amazed at the unbelievable number of for giving them the darn things and not teaching them etiquette beautiful Southern women that are down here. My gosh they are and proper manners. Maybe the parents are the real zombies. everywhere; the gas station, wal-mart, grocery stores, school ball Modern technology does amaze me and I try and keep up as much games, various social events and most lounges and restaurants I as possible, but as soon as the new iPad comes out and you drop go to. Do you know how lucky you Lowcountry DUDES are to have $500, they come out with the iPad 2. I think it is amazing that such beautiful ladies to look at all the time.

Japanese scientists have actually created a new digital camera I went out the other night to several bars on Hilton Head Island and with such a fast shutter speed, that it is now possible to photograph everywhere I went there was buckets of tail everywhere. I guess a woman with her mouth closed.

I’m glad I’m single, but I think I’m not going to last much longer.

HArOLD Signed, Emerson Biggins

Send emails and photos to harold@dudesc.com Spring 2012

Dear EB, Easy trigger! Better calm down before you blow a fuse and have a short circuit problem. A bucket of tail? really, I mean really?! The only bucket of tail I know about can be seen in the photo to the right. Now go take a cold shower DUDE! HArOLD

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As naturalist for Oldfield Club, I’m fortunate to see some amazing things in and around this beautiful and environmentally conscience community. One of the sights I look for each spring and summer is the arrival of the red fox kits. Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) have denned up at Oldfield for many years and I can’t help but quietly observing these beautiful and playful creatures in the early morning, as they scamper, jump, chase and playfully stalk their litter mates. This photo was taken just at the right time, when twin kits both took a moment from playing to grant me this photo opportunity…

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Photos to Harold Harold@dudesc.com

DU’s John Treadway with nephew D.T. Smith first Goobler Photo Jeff Dennis/ Lowcountryoutdoors.com

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If this ain’t a DUDE MAILBOX, I’ve never seen one!

B & B DUDE! Beau & Barry With The Official Pace Cars Of The 24 Hours Of Daytona

Beau Representing DUDE Nation With The Patron Girls At The 24 Hours Of Daytona

Don’t mess with my DUCKS DUDE! Photo sent by Tina Bass

Young buck with Old 10pt buck!

Photo sent by Chris Snow

Lori Bell and Jeff Dennis with early season success!

Photo Lowcountryoutdoors.com

Big Ass Bear Indeed!

Photo Louise Burgess

Homie Charlie Weathers with a NC Goobler

SC State Record 44# African Pompano, Courtland Babcock III Photo Courtesy of SCDNR and Jeff Dennis

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Photos to Harold Harold@dudesc.com

Reflecting Brown Pelican Michael Lamarre/Pictures of the Lowcountry

Winter field of Whitetails in West Jefferson, OH Photo by Jerry Petric

Osprey with Mud Turtle Lunch Photo By Wink Gaines

Spring 2012

At the Full Moon Saloon John Wright Photography

Mama Bird

The long and winding bridge in Oldfield Photo Robin Doorly

Flock of Pelicans Photo Dee Ann Sneed

Gator Country, a little of that Chomp Chomp!

Photo Big Game Chuck Mikals

Bald Eagle at Williams Island Great shot Dave Stegmeir Photography

Tiger Swallowtail Photo Cindy Farmer

Sophie and her new friend, Mr. Giraffe Photo by Jane Ham Hood

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DUDES IN F CUS Bob Dangerfield shows us his shorts!

Who’s that dude in the cart???

Thanks for the photo Donna Hanlon

Looking good DuDes! camo Nation is alive and well! truckstencils.com saddles up for christmas parade

IN FOCUS

DuDe publisher breaks sc state record Black sea Bass! Due to catch restrictions we were unable to officially weigh it in! It’s pretty obvious from this photo however!

Dr. John Bodkin & capt Jason DuBose with monster old man Black Drum

No wonder susan Deloach takes great photos..

Look at that camera DuDe! Who’s that little DuDe in the camo, I can barely see him? Thanks for the wounded warriors hunt photos!

Jim & Nancy Rathbun, the King & Queen of Pecans!

THE SURF 104.9 LIVE REMOTE ROSIE O’GRADY’S ST PATTYS DAY

Big DuDe, drinks big beer!

Before the Wizard’s green shots

After...

KATIE O’DONALD’S ST. PATTYS PARTY

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Spring 2012

DUDES IN F CUS Winefest 2012

IN FOCUS Photos by Rob Kaufman

WAKE UP EVERY MORNING WITH CJ AND FRIENDS...

EVERYONE ELSE DOES !

CJ

Fun & Great Music 60ʼs, 70ʼs & 80ʼs

BOB BRADLEY The Hottest Local & National News

Spring 2012

Alan Archer Local Weather & Alerts

Jordyn

Local Traffic Back ups & Accidents

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