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Meet JANe prep Names New Head of lower School
sILLy wABBIt! A look at some famous bunnies
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weLCoMe RBC heRItAGe! Behind the Scenes: How the Heritage found a sponsor
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BehINd the GAtes: PARt II palmetto Dunes, Sea pines & Shipyard plantation
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CoMPANy’s CoMING The right caterer makes entertaining a breeze
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oPeRAtIoN R&R exPANds seRVICes to fAMILIes of fALLeN heRoes A conversation with the Jordan family
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ARt INVAsIoN peter Max Coming to Hilton Head
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heRItAGe fAshIoN The porcupine serves up a delightful array of fashion for sunny days & hot nights
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sIR wILLIAM INNes, the sPIRIt of the RBC heRItAGe
WELCOME RBC HERITAGE!
BEHIND THE SCENES: HOW THE HERITAGE FOUND A SPONSOR
SILLY WABBIT!
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pHOTOGrApHY BY MArK STAFF
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A wIse Cut of MeAt WiseGuys adds open kitchen, new steak menu
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p90 PeRfeCt PReseNts Gifted Hilton Head adds the ‘wow’ to every occasion
p96 RAdIANCe A refreshing shopping experience for the young-minded
p98 shAkING the fouNdAtIoNs Bold real estate brokerage primed for takeoff
p102 the doCtoR Is IN local ‘Bike Doctor’ celebrates 20 years in business
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A seRIes of foRtuNAte eVeNts Your 15 minutes of fame
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A LINe IN the sANd Should English be the official language of the USA?
CeLeBRAte APRIL Easter, the rBC Heritage, Earth Day & more!
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C2 AfteR dARk Who’s playing where and when, along with trivia nights, and other reasons to stay up past 10 p.m.! But not after 2 a.m. Nothing good happens after 2 a.m. Ask your mother.
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heLLo My NAMe Is Sir William innes, the spirit of the rBC Heritage
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whAt you Need to kNow ABout... income Strategies for retirement
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A woRd fRoM the MAyoRs Drew laughlin and lisa Sulka update you on town happenings on Hilton Head island and in Bluffton.
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dIsCouNts! Why in the world would you NOT show your CH2 card to get these fabulous discounts? if your issue doesn’t have one, e-mail us your mailing address and we’ll send you one! Card requests to m.washo@celebratehiltonhead.com.
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cannot for the life of me think about ONE THiNG to write about this month. it’s like i have dozens of little half-thoughts in my brain, but none of them warrant 300 words. i think i have Spring fever here’s what an editor’s Note that has Add looks like. i just read this article about how working more than forty hours a week is useless, because after that, you become unproductive. How many hours do i work a week? Am i being unproductive now? Maybe the woman that wrote that article was just lazy. i saw a large black snake crush a baby mouse and eat him while i talked to a client on the phone on Monday. if i hadn’t been on the phone i would have run outside to save that poor mouse. Now i think about it every time i look out my office window. Forgot to order my rBC Heritage tickets from Angela. i need to do that now. What am i going to wear to the Heritage this year? Oh yeah, plaid. photo shoot tonight with 20 babies and toddlers and their moms. i wonder how many people will fit into Anne’s studio. Where is everyone going to park? i should bring wine. i’m going to need it.
My friend Anthony is always giving me a hard time about never talking about him in my Editor’s Note. i love him and all, but it doesn’t warrant a whole Editor’s Note. Hi Anthony. i hope Wing Fest doesn’t get rained out tomorrow. it’s not looking good – better check the weather-again. A lot of shake-up in the NFl this week; Tebow to the Jets, peyton to the Broncos – the Saints aren’t so saintly after all. i can’t wait ‘til football starts again. Mad Men starts Sunday! i wish Don Draper worked in this office. rick Santorum is gaining momentum. i wonder if Vegas has odds on who will win the GOp nomination. Should i watch The Hunger Games this weekend or read the book first? The movie always disappoints if you read the book first. Better to do it the other way around. if i snuck out my office window, i wonder how long it would take before someone noticed... Better not. That snake might get me.
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Way to Go Mike & Christine! Foskey Heating and Air has been named “Business Client of the Year” for 2011 by SC Lowcountry SCORE® “Counselors to America’s Small Business.”
A Legendary Visitor
On Feb. 15, Ice Man, Eugene R. Raines, a Harlem Globetrotter Legend spoke to 50 middle and high school teens at the Boys & Girls Club of Bluffton. Members held on to every word as he shared his life experiences in basketball, his career goals and a powerful message about staying away from drugs.
Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra News
A New Chef
After a highly successful season as Principal Guest Conductor, the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra has named John Morris Russell, as their new Music Director and Principal Conductor.
WiseGuys is pleased to announce Chef Jim Spratling as the new Chef de Cuisine. WiseGuys is part of the award winning SERG Restaurant Group.
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Dr. Kristi Blessitt, Dr. Ramon McGehee and the staff at Bon Sain Complete Women’s Healthcare are pleased to announce the addition of Jennifer Burks, Nurse Practitioner and Certified Nurse Midwife.
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Christine Spado recently opened Shear Miracle Hair Salon at 6 Bow Circle, Suite A-4 on Hilton Head Island.
New In Town
CH2 would like to extend a warm welcome to the new owners of the Chocolate Canopy, Kris & Starr Hamby!
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A New Board for 2012
Hilton Head Heroes would like to announce the members of the 2012 Board of Directors. The board of directors is made up of Gregg and Lindy Russell, co-founders, Mark Brenneman, Nancy Conder, Velinda Fisher, Paul Griz, Marilyn Healy, Nancy Kelly, Lisa Medford, Cindy Tuttle, Steve Wilson and Susan Woods. Hilton Head Heroes is a 501-3c non-profit organization that bring families with children suffering from life threatening illnesses to Hilton Head Island for a resort vacation.
And the winner is...
Cooks & Books host Sonny Dixon congratulates Keith Josefiak of Old For Pub (voted “Best Under Fire”) and Yuri Gow of Antonio’s Italian Cuisine, (second place winner) in the event’s exciting “The Heat Is On Competition.” The fundraiser supports Literacy Volunteers of the Lowcountry’s adult literacy programs throughout Beaufort County.
The People have spoken
Brentt Toole and Lindsay Burnett, owners of Palm Key Catering and Events in Bluffton took home The People’s Choice Award, February 25 at the SC Sanctioned, Bands Brews and BBQ Event for Friends of Caroline Hospice. You can find them cooking up mouthwatering BBQ every week at the Farmers Market of Bluffton, Hilton Head, Port Royal and Richmond Hill.
Accolades
Rabbi Dr. Arthur Segal was lauded by The Institute of American and Talmudic Law as a “great example” of a “prominent Jewish leader” for his dedicated work insuring that animals are treated humanely, and workers treated fairly, in kosher meat packing plants. April 2012
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ilton Head island High School is baking another slice of American Pie as it gears up for its seventh annual production of the alwaysentertaining student and faculty talent show. A musical event that will blow audiences away, this year’s American Pie theme, “Name that Tune,” will loosely recreate the classic game show format with a twist: each song performed must have a name in its title. This entirely studentand faculty-run production has become a highly anticipated, perfect addition to Hilton Head High School over the years. “American Pie has become an annual highlight of student talent that you won’t find anywhere else. it is one-of-a-kind and one of the proud moments in Seahawk traditions,” said HHiHS principal Amanda O’Nan. Knowing just the right ingredients to create another outstanding American Pie, Cindy Sturgis, the advance
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placement/international baccalaureate English and creative writing teacher behind the production, brought the idea from her previous teaching position at an indiana high school. She wanted to create a community within the high school where students could show off their various talents. “i saw a need when i first came here. Music is something that pulls everyone together and i love seeing the kids that involved and i’m committed to them,” Sturgis said. The majority of the students putting on the show this year come from one of Sturgis’s two creative writing classes. The students use their talents to write scripts, design sets, act as producers, man the lighting and computer operations, design and implement an advertising and marketing program, and act as stage management.
Students who wish to perform in A Slice of American Pie have to go through an extensive audition process and must attend all scheduled rehearsals. Many students have performed in American Pie during each of their high school years. This year, junior Dana leal will perform Elton John’s “Benny and The Jets.” As a three-year veteran of American Pie, she says she can’t wait to “put a little bit of a twist” on her song. “My favorite part of American Pie is seeing it all come together after these months of hard work with building the set, making the script, getting the lights and, of course, rehearsing the music. We have a very strong stage crew, and the creative writing classes are really working hard to make this year the best year that we have had,” leal said. if actual pie were being served at the show, A Slice of American Pie would certainly taste sweet. For some, though, it may be bittersweet. “i have participated as an instrumentalist/soloist/ dramatic guy in costume for three years now. i can’t believe this is my last year,” senior Nick Evangelista said. He plans to sing The Beetles’ “Hey Jude” and will also perform Eric Clapton’s
A Slice of American Pie will be performed at 7 p.m. on april 26 & 27 at the hilton head island high school visual and Performing arts center. tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students of all ages. the box office opens at 6 p.m. on performance nights. advance tickets are available at the high school. all proceeds benefit relay for life, an annual fundraising event sponsored by the american cancer society.
“layla,” alongside his dad Nick Evangelista Sr. like a la mode on blueberry pie, it just may be the perfect way to finish his last performance on the Seahawk stage. “Kids are really bringing their best stuff,” he said. “i can’t wait! And everybody should come see!”
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2012 hilton head island seafood fest david m. car mines memor ial foundation fundraiser set for apr il 28 erin carmines
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he fifth annual Hilton Head island Seafood Fest, sponsored by the David M. Carmines Memorial Foundation, is set to take place on April 28, 2012, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Shelter Cove Community park. The popular, familyfriendly event serves as the foundation’s annual fundraiser with proceeds—from admissions, beverage sales, restaurant purveyor fees, artists’ fees and auction funds—benefiting the American Cancer Society, the M.D. Anderson Cancer research Center and the island recreation Scholarship Fund. The Seafood Fest will feature more than a dozen area restaurants, dishing up their local and regional seafood specialties and other tasty dishes, as well as an “iron Chef”-style competition, local artists showcasing their talents, live entertainment and a silent auction. participating restaurants include Alexander’s, Black Marlin, Bluffton Oyster Co., The Chart House, The Crazy Crab, Hudson’s Seafood House on the Docks, l’Woods, The Old Oyster Factory, red Fish, Steamers Seafood, Street Meet,
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and Wreck of the Salty Dog, among others. Up to six local chefs will compete in the “iron Chef” event, modeled after the TV show of the same name. Competing chefs will be presented with identical mystery baskets, containing a variety of ingredients, including two local seafood items, and each chef will be allotted one hour to create an appetizer and an entrée. Finished plates will be judged on creativity, composition, taste and presentation, and winners will be awarded prizes and trophies. ron Andrews, president of the low Country Chapter of the American Culinary Federation, is assisting with competition logistics and organization. Andrews has competed in numerous culinary competitions and will also serve as one of the event’s judges.
The Headliners, a longtime favorite musical group among locals and visitors, will perform big band, classic ’50s and ’60s rock-’n’-roll, beach music, Motown, disco hits from the ’70s and hits from the ’90s. Additional activities will include a “Kids’ Zone” with inflatable bounce houses and games, famous crab races, a bocce ball tournament hosted by the italian American Club of Hilton Head (please contact info@ iachh.org to participate) and a silent auction. Sponsors say the silent auction, which has
admission is $5 for adults and free for kids younger than 12. for additional information please visit davidmcarmines. org, or call (843) 681-2772 x137. to sign up for the “iron Chef”style competition, please call andrew Carmines at (843) 681-2772 x137 or (843) 422-6331.
become one of the event’s most popular components, will be “even bigger and better” this year. last year, winning bidders enjoyed a variety of exciting items, such as a chefprepared four-course meal, a wine tour in Sonoma County, a guided turkey hunt on one of the region’s premier private hunting properties and a deep sea fishing expedition.
April 2012
A Line in the Sand Should English be the Official Language of the United States?
A r t i c l e b y F r a n k D u n n e, J r. Photography BY ANNE
“Americans continue to overwhelmingly believe that English should be the official language of the United States and reject by sizable margins the idea that such a move is racist or a violation of free speech.”
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hat was the lead in a news release for a 2010 Rasmussen poll concluding that 87 percent of Americans believe English should be the nation’s official language. Let’s look at some more polling data: 2002 Kaiser Family Foundation Poll: 91percent of foreign-born Latino immigrants agree that learning English is essential to succeed in the U.S. 2002 Carnegie/Public Agenda Poll:
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By more than a 2-1 margin, immigrants themselves say the U.S. should expect new immigrants to learn English. The majority of Americans, both natural-born and immigrant believe that a common language is in the best interest of everybody. It’s not bigoted. It’s not intolerant. It’s simple common sense. Nevertheless, those who subscribe to the theories of political correctness and multiculturalism cling bitterly to their nutty credos: “You’re a bigot! You’re intolerant of other peoples’ cultures!” they wail when we suggest that English ought to be a condition of citizenship— and to the delusion that they have cornered the market of public opinion. The numbers say otherwise, folks. Our own Miss Courtney said, “I don’t believe a melting pot like the U.S. can expect to have one language.” I know…I know. Your head is spinning. It’s like having a conversation with Yogi Berra. Let’s ask her together, Courtney, what on earth do you think “melting pot” means? Let me spell it out for you. Melting pot is a metaphor used to describe a place— America—where people from all over the world can live together peacefully and work together for the common good. Get it? You throw a bunch of things into a pot and they all melt together to form a new thing. In this case, that new thing is a unique and distinct American culture. One of our culture’s (or any culture’s) greatest strengths is a common language. Why is that? Well, do you think it mere happenstance that the words community and communicate are the
same until the eighth letter? Or do you think it has something to do with the fact that the etymology of both words leads to the same Latin root, communis, which means common. You see, Courtney, you can’t have a civil community of people living together peacefully and for the common good if they can’t even say hello to one another. Is there anyone out there who would disagree that job and professional opportunities are significantly better in the United States for people who speak English? It doesn’t take a scientific poll to conclude that the vast majority of Americans conduct business in English. I’m not sure how many successful nonEnglish-speaking engineers, scientists, CEOs and other professionals there are in America, but there sure are a lot of non-English-speaking immigrants picking onions and blowing leaves. Nobody’s suggesting that learning English guarantees anything to anybody, but it certainly does improve the chances for upward socioeconomic mobility. It makes one wonder what those minions of the multicultural god are really saying to an immigrant when they suggest that he needn’t learn English. “Welcome to America, young man. There are plenty of opportunities here, just not for you. We’re happy to have you, though, as long as you don’t try to assimilate to our culture. Please remain isolated from the greater society and stay right where you belong— in the onion field.” They love to claim the mantle of compassion, but that hardly sounds compassionate to me.
April 2012
A Line in the Sand Should English be the Official Language of the United States?
Article by Courtney Hampson Photography BY ANNE
Yes, let’s make English the official language of the United States. While we’re at it, I’d like to propose that we make Catholic the official religion, white the official color, Democrat the official political affiliation, gay the official sexual orientation, and 15 the official SPF.
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nless you are a Native American, your ancestors are from other countries. And when they first came to America, they spoke another language. Your Polish-speaking grandmother didn’t just decide to start uttering Polish one day. She was from Poland! Between 1890 and 1920, 18 million people emigrated from Europe to the United States. This influx of Irish and
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Germans, Italians and Eastern Europeans created what was dubbed the “Melting Pot”— this fabulous mix of different cultures, all living together as one, pursuing the American dream and enjoying the freedoms of America. Clearly this new population segregated themselves: working class vs. white collar. The working class didn’t necessarily have a full grasp of the English language, and it stilted their employment options. A century later, we are experiencing a second significant emigration of families from Asia and Latin America. In fact, according to the National Center for Educational Statistics, more than one in five school-aged children (21 percent) speak a language other than English at home. That number of bilingual speakers is projected to increase in the coming years, but the new crop of immigrants will face the same employment woes. They have to learn the language. I think it is absolutely fair to make learning and understanding English a stepping-stone to U.S. citizenship. If I were to move to Germany, I would certainly expect to have to learn the language. Unfortunately, I believe that the recent wave of immigrants dubbed “illegal” (when undocumented would be so much less harsh and more accurate) raises the hackles of those on the conservative aisle, so rather than welcome new residents it would be so much easier to create a negative stereotype and penalize them immediately. To that end, it might also make sense to make the path to citizenship and English literacy easier. If we give just a little, might our undocumented residents be a little more apt to follow the process? Let’s encourage the legal assimilation of everyone who chooses to make the U.S. home. Frankly, my questions and concerns stem primarily around the need to make English the “official” language. And, further it is really the word “official” that bothers me. Why, when English is already certainly the de facto language of the U.S., must we
“officially” declare it the language? What does that buy us? When English becomes the “official” language, what happens? Do we have to start a new federal agency that will have oversight of the use of the English language? This seems like a bunch of bureaucratic hoo ha that will end up costing me money. More importantly, as a writer, I fear for my safety and my livelihood. I mean, sometimes I like ending a sentence with a preposition. Other times, I even make up words and phrases (see “hoo ha”) to get my point across. If I’m really aggravated, I curse, like a Jersey City cab driver. Once the language police are out in full force, we will all be on edge. Armed with dictionaries and thesauruses, they’ll be spotchecking for dangling participles, missed verb conjugation, and my greatest fear: conscious and copious cases of alliteration. Seriously though, as a world power, we don’t measure up when it comes to our ability to communicate in multiple languages. On average, 51 percent of t h e wo r l d ’s p o p u l a t i o n i s b i l i n g u a l . In comparison, roughly 19 percent of Americans are fluent in a second language. In a 2010 article for the Huffington Post, Steven Leveen, CEO of Levenger (levenger. com) said, “The first step is to recognize that it’s in our economic, cultural and political interests to become as bilingual as the world average of 51 percent, and then to go beyond the world average. Moreover, Americans should become the most diverse ilk of bilinguals on the planet, showing off the diversity that has made our country great.” President Obama admits that he doesn’t speak a foreign language and says, “It is embarrassing.” FYI, Gingrich and Romney both speak French, and Santorum is fluent in Italian. Bottom line, it would be shortsighted to spend our legislator’s time and our money on making English the “official” language. The beauty of America is that we are all so very different.
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1 “CATHOLIC SCHOOL GIRLS” IN THE BLACK BOX THEATER 7:30-9:15PM, Hilton Head High School. For more information: lisa@ beaufortcountyarts.com or ArtWorksInBeaufort.org
8 SKULL CREEK EASTER EGG HUNT Skull Creek Boathouse Starting at 10AM Call 843.681.3663 for more info or visit www.serggroup.com.
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April 6 - December 7 Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn. 8:30am - 1:00pm More Info: (843) 785-2767 or visit our website:
“Music of the Night!” conducted by John Morris Russell. An Evening of Opera, Classical and Popular Broadway Music under the tent at Coastal Discovery Museum. Doors open at 6:00 pm. More Info: http://www.hhso.org or mrebish@hhso.org
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April 9-15 Harbour Town Golf Links at the Sea Pines Resort The only PGA TOUR event in South Carolina! Tickets are on sale now. More Info: 843.671.2448 or www.rbcheritage.com
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WORLD WISH DAY April 29. Please join the Make-A-Wish Foundation in April as this world wide event culminates. To find out how you can help, visit www.sc.wish.org.
HILTON HEAD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA April 30, 5-7PM at the First Presbyterian Church. Purchase tickets online at www.hhso.org or call 843-842-2055
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April 19, 5:30-7PM at Up the Creek Pub. Enjoy scenic waterside views along with great food and complimentary beer and wine. For more information: HiltonHeadChamber.com or 843-785-3673
Palmetto Animal League will host its 3RD ANNUAL ONLINE AUCTION to raise money for the many pets awaiting adoption. For More Info contact Pam Dyer at 843-837-8727 or pthomasdyer@hargray.com
THE ART MARKET JURIED FINE ART & CRAFT FESTIVAL April 28-30, The Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn The 12th Annual Art Market at Honey Horn will bring over 85 artists from around the US to compete for prize money. More info: 843-689-6767 ext. 223 orcoastaldiscovery.org
CELEBRATE EARTH DAY!
SEAFOOD FESTIVAL April 28-29, 11AM-4PM at the Island Rec Center. For more information: 843-681-7273 or sarah.calvert@ islandreccenter.org
“GET IN THE LOOP” 2ND ANNUAL EARTH DAY CELEBRATION April 21st, 11AM-5PM. Our celebration is full of fun, family-friendly activities that promote people-planet connections and sustainable communities. Join us for a day of food, music, art, games, learning, and more! For more Info: www.experiencegreen.org or 843.882.7616
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April 6, 2012 Skull Creek Boathouse LIVE MUSIC with Chillakalay chilla! Call 843.681.3663 for more info or visit www.serggroup.com.
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April 10; 4-6pm Coligny Beach & Island Girl Come and join for a day of barefoot events and fun to raise awareness for children in need.
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April 21-29, Karis Art Gallery Call for details. Admission is Free. RSVP’s are requested: 843-785-5100 or www.karisartgallery.com
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UPCOMING EVENT? LET US HELP YOU GET THE WORD OUT! Email your event to: m.washo@celebratehiltonhead.com
Article By Courtney Hampson
A look at some famous bunnies
I always found it odd that Easter was celebrated with a white bunny. I mean really; Lent ends, and the second you are allowed to consume meat again, there’s a potential meaty delicacy handing you colored eggs, marshmallow peeps, and chocolate versions of itself?
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pparently, I didn’t pay attention in catechism classes, or I would have known that like the origin of Easter, the origin of the Easter Bunny has roots that go back to preChristian, Anglo-Saxon history. The holiday was originally a pagan celebration that worshipped the goddess Eastre, who represented fertility and springtime. Eastre’s earthly symbol was the rabbit. So, folks worshipped the rabbit believing it to be Eastre’s earthly incarnation. When the Anglo-Saxons were converted to Christianity, the two combined their respective celebrations (the pagan holiday and the Christian memorial of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead) and dubbed it Easter. Today, Easter is often commercialized with all the gooey chocolate delights that the bunny bears, similar to Santa Claus a.k.a. Father Christmas. When you think about it, famous bunnies abound. But of course they do! After all, rabbits and hares are prolific breeders.
Female hares can conceive a second litter of offspring while still pregnant with the first, thus making those lucky rabbits’ feet mighty swollen. Hence, their springtime mating antics enter Easter lore. Speaking of mating antics, the Playboy Bunny spun onto the sex scene in 1960 when Playboy Clubs began opening in major U.S. cities. Playboy Bunnies raised an eyebrow or two (and that’s not all that rose) as the saucy waitresses who served drinks at the clubs. The bunny hierarchy was such that different types of bunnies held different jobs, including the Door Bunny, Cigarette Bunny, Floor Bunny, Playmate Bunny and the Jet Bunnies. (Jet Bunnies were the handpicked bunnies who were trained as flight attendants to serve on the Playboy “Big Bunny” Jet. No joke.) Becoming a Bunny
playboy bunnies
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(fig. 1) was no easy task. Following a stringent audition process, Bunnies endured a strict training regimen, which included being able to identify 143 brands of liquor and know how to garnish 20 cocktail variations. Bunnies also had to master a number of maneuvers in order to work—the “Bunny Stance” was the posture that was required in front of patrons, where the Bunny has to stand “with legs together, back arched and hips tucked under.” The “Bunny Perch” was enacted while resting or waiting to be of service and required that the Bunny “sit on the back of a chair, sofa, or railing without sitting too close to a patron.” Finally, the “Bunny Dip,” required the Bunny to “gracefully lean backwards while bending at the knees with the left knee lifted and tucked behind the right leg.” This maneuver allowed the Bunny to serve drinks while keeping her low-cut costume in place. I’m exhausted just thinking about it. But even before the racy rabbits at Playboy, Bugs Bunny (fig. 2) was born on a drawing board in 1940. With his Brooklyn accent and sarcastic wit he, he often found himself feuding with every other character he came into contact with, including
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one bacon bit, Mr. Porky Pig. Bugs’ arrogance sometimes bordered on disrespect, but nonetheless, in 2002, when TV Guide compiled a list of the 50 greatest cartoon characters of all time, Bugs was given the top honor. As the summer of 1959 was heating up, General Mills cereal sales were cooling off and Joe Harris was asked by General Mills to create an identity for its corn cereal with fruit flavors named Trix. On one August evening, Harris created an entire storyline for the Trix Rabbit, including character and catch phrase, which was immediately folded into Trix’s (fig. 3) marketing plan. Cereal sales skyrocketed and the catch phrase “Silly Rabbit; Trix are for kids” embedded itself into the national consciousness. Today, the Trix Rabbit is the oldest commercial mascot to continue to exist on commercial television. In the 1970s, perhaps hoping for a similar result as Trix, Nestlé’s Quik Rabbit bounded into TV commercials in an effort to get across the message that Quik was quick to make and fun to drink. In the eighties, Quik co-starred with Superman in ads, and later tubed his way through cascading chocolate milk in the 1990s. Quik remains a chocolate milk icon today. In the 1988 film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Roger straddles the juxtaposition of living as a 1940s Hollywood cartoon in the ghetto-like “Toontown” where he and his other toon friends are monitored by the human establishment. Toons and humans living together create quite the power struggle, which culminates when Roger Rabbit, one of Toontown’s leading citizens is framed for the murder of human nightclub owner. The private detective on the case, whose previous prejudice against Toons stems from the time that his brother was killed by a falling cartoon piano, reluctantly agrees to clear Roger of the accusation and so the story goes. That over-conf i d e n t h a re w h o lost to the tortoi s e g ave ra b b i t s everywhere a bad ra p fo r s o m e t i m e. After arguing with t h e to r to i s e a b o u t who was faster, the h a re c h i d e d t h e April 2012
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to r to i s e ( f i g . 4 ) a s h e s l ow l y a m b l e d along. The hare napped, took a little time to smell the roses, and by the time he got back on track (literally), the tortoise was waiting for him at the finish line. And the moral of the story, “slow and steady wins the race,” was born. Speaking of slowpokes, Lewis Carroll’s fictional white rabbit scurries past Alice, tapping his pocket watch and exclaiming, “I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date.” Alice takes the bait and follows the white rabbit into his rabbit hole, eventually landing in Wonderland, where in a seemingly
drug-induced haze (if you believe everything Jefferson Airplane sings), she navigates a spike in size, after downing the bottle labeled “Drink me,” before she becomes a mini-me version of herself and eventually lands at a croquet tournament. It’s all making me dizzy. Talk about dizzy; this guy has been spinning in circles for years. Born in St Louis in 1989, the “Energizer Bunny,” known to his friends as E.B., is turned on by marathons, hot air ballooning and drum solos. His pet peeves are stop signs and waiting rooms. Wearing sunglasses and flip-flops, he is ultracool under the constant pressure to keep going, and going, and going… So, as Easter nears and the bunny over-population besieges us all, let’s remember what the bunny truly symbolizes: sex, cartoons, cereal, and lots o’ imagination. Heck, Jon Bon Jovi’s mom was a Playboy Bunny, so I say we celebrate like we’re “Livin’ on a Prayer.”
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AFTER DARK
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DRINK SPECIALS LADIES NIGHT LIVE MUSIC GAME NIGHT FOOD SPECIALS COMEDY NIGHT
Mondays
TUESDAYS
Black Marlin Hurricane Bar - Happy Hour (4 - 7PM) Frankie Bones - $10 Off Any Bottle Of Wine (9PM) Kingfisher (Downstairs) - Tableside Magic with Joseph ! (6pm), Happy Hour (5-8PM) Los Jalapenos - Happy Hour (4-7PM) Old Fort Pub - Happy Hour (5-7PM) San Miguels - Chris Jones (5:30-9:30PM) Skull Creek Boathouse - Reggae Night (7-10PM) ! The Tiki Hut - Live Music
Antonio’s - 1/2 Off Drinks & Food (5:30-7PM) (Valid In the Bar ONLY) Black Marlin Hurricane Bar - Happy Hour (4 - 7PM) Frankie Bones - Ladies Night Kingfisher (Upstairs) - Comedy Show (8:30PM) Happy Hour (5-8PM) Los Jalapenos - Happy Hour (4-7PM) Old Fort Pub - Happy Hour (5-7PM) The Lodge - Pinch The Pint Night San Miguels - Davis Marshall (5:30-9:30PM) The Tiki Hut - Reid Richmond ! Wild Wing Café - 2 Fer Tuesday / Team Trivia
WEDNESDAYS
THURSDAYS
Black Marlin Hurricane Bar - Happy Hour (4 - 7PM) Frankie Bones - $10 Off Any Bottle of Wine Kingfisher (Upstairs) - Comedy Show (8:30PM) Kingfisher (Downstairs) - Pete Carroll Acoustic (6PM), Happy Hour (5-8PM) The Lodge - Kick The Keg Night Los Jalapenos - Happy Hour (4-7PM) Mellow Mushroom - Trivia Night ! Old Fort Pub - Happy Hour (5-7PM) San Miguels - Mike Korbar (5:30-9:30PM) The Tiki Hut - Davis Marshall Wild Wing Café - Rock Idol Karaoke Competition ! Wise Guys - Ladies Night, Neverending Bubbles and ! Spa Giveaways
Antonio’s - 1/2 Off Drinks & Food (5:30-7PM) (Valid In the Bar ONLY) Black Marlin Hurricane Bar - Happy Hour (4 - 7PM) Ela’s Blu Water Grille - LIVE Music (Starting at 8PM) Kingfisher (Upstairs) - Comedy Show (8:30PM) Kingfisher (Downstairs) - David Wingo Soft Rock (6PM) Happy Hour (5-8PM) The Lodge - Burgers & Beer Night (ONLY $5) Los Jalapenos - Happy Hour (4-7PM) Old Fort Pub - Happy Hour (5-7PM) San Miguels - Eric Daubert (5:30-9:30PM) Smokehouse - April 5th - Cranford & Sons - 10PM The Tiki Hut - Live Music Wild Wing Café - Live Music / Drink Specials
FRIDAYS
SATURDAYS
Black Marlin Hurricane Bar - Happy Hour (4 - 7PM) Friday 13th - Black Marlin Heritage “After Party” Captain Woody’s (Bluffton) - Mike Korbar LIVE Ela’s Blu Water Grille - LIVE Music (Starting at 8PM) Kingfisher (Upstairs) - Comedy Show (8:30PM) Kingfisher (Downstairs) - Earl Williams Band Jazz & Motown (6PM), Happy Hour (5-8PM) Los Jalapenos - Happy Hour (4-7PM) One Hot Mama’s - DJ and Dancing The Salty Dog Café - Live Music (5 - 9PM) Smokehouse - LIVE MUSIC April 6th: The Dargan Band - 9:30PM April 13th: OCD - 10PM April 20th: The Groovetones - 9:30PM April 27th: Brad Wells Band - 9:30PM San Miguels - Davis Marshall (5:30-9:30PM) The Tiki Hut - Gary Pratt Wild Wing Café - All Double Drinks Only $1 More
Black Marlin Hurricane Bar - Drink Specials (12 - 7PM) Ela’s Blu Water Grille - LIVE Music (Starting at 8PM) Kingfisher (Upstairs) - Comedy Show (8:30PM) Happy Hour (5-8PM) Los Jalapenos - Happy Hour (4-7PM) Mellow Mushroom - Karaoke Night (10PM) ! One Hot Mama’s - DJ and Dancing The Salty Dog Café - Live Music (5 - 9PM) San Miguels - Tommy Sims (5:30-9:30PM) Smokehouse - LIVE MUSIC April 7th: The Simpson Brothers - 9:30PM April 14th: Cranford & Sons - 10PM April 21st: The Simpson Brothers - 9:30PM April 28th: The Simpson Brothers - 9:30PM The Tiki Hut - Mike Kavanaugh
SUNDAYS Black Marlin Hurricane Bar - Drink Specials (12 - 7PM) Kingfisher (Upstairs) - Comedy Show (8:30PM) Kingfisher (Downstairs) - Tableside Magic with Joseph (6pm), Happy Hour (5-8PM) ! Los Jalapenos - Happy Hour (4-7PM) Old Fort Pub - Happy Hour (5 - 7PM) San Miguels - Kirk O’Leary (5:30-9:30PM) The Tiki Hut - Mike Kavanaugh
PARTY TIME?
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Golf Tips From a Pro
Pete Popovich,
Golf Performance Academy
Ball Position:
Why it Matters Photography by Anne
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ears ago, ball position was taught the same way to everyone. The driver was to be played off the front foot instep with each club moving progressively further back in the stance until the sand wedge was played off the rear foot instep. The problem with this method is that it forces the golfer to bottom out at a different point for each club in order to make clean contact on each swing. This is not possible to do without altering your swing in one way or another. Wouldn’t the game be much easier, and your swing much more consistent, if you were swinging to the same spot on every swing? The answer is yes. Here is why. For nearly all normal shots, the ball should be positioned perpendicular to the left side of your face or the logo on your s h i r t ( r i g h t - h a n d e r s) ( figure 1 ). Your stance will be narrow for short irons and widen as you progress thru mid-irons. (figure 1) With your fairway woods and driver, the stance is widest with the insides of the feet matching the outsides of the shoulders. Note, h o w e v e r, t h a t t h e relationship of the ball to the target side of your body does not change! The difference (figure 2)
in stance width is created because the rear foot is moved back progressively for each longer club while the forward foot and ball position remain the same (figure 2). The reason for this is that the bottom of any swing arc will be where the axis of rotation, or an extension of this axis (your spine), contacts the ground. If you were to stand vertically, any oval or circle (which would be your club’s path) drawn around your body would bottom out where your spine line extended to the ground, i.e. directly between your feet (figure 3). However, when you take your grip, your rear hand is lower than your lead hand, causing you to tilt away from the target. This is called the secondary spinal angle. Because of this secondary angle, the tangent point of any arc, i.e. the clubs path, will now be forward of the center of your stance or under the logo on your shirt (figure 3) (figure 4) (figure 4). Going forward The above deals with the bottoming-out point of your club at address. However, when we apply the motion of the swing, this bottoming-out point actually moves toward the target for better golfers but often moves backwards for golfers of lesser ability. This happens because the better player moves toward the target on the downswing,
which causes the swing arc’s tangent point to move toward the target (figure 5). Higher handicap golfers and beginners tend to stay stationary during their swing with little or no drive toward the target, and because of this, their swings bottom out at or behind the ball (figure 6). Watch most high handicappers (figure 5) or beginners and you will notice that, at the end of the swing, their weight is on their back leg. Lower handicappers and professional golfers end with their weight on their front leg, because their weight is moving forward toward the target. Contemporary golf instruction often uses technical terms such as one- vs. two-plane swing, lateral shift or stationary rotation, biomechanics vs. physics, etc. It sounds impressive, but it (figure 6) nearly always serves to complicate rather than clarify a real understanding of the golf swing. One common teaching theory is to play the ball in the middle of one’s stance. Doing so causes two problems: 1) When the ball is behind the point where the club head will bottom out, you will compensate your swing to accommodate a bad ball position. 2) When the ball is in the middle of the stance, the head has to shift laterally to get behind the ball. This excess motion makes it difficult to replicate your swing. When the ball is played forward of center, your head is already behind the ball, and you can make a full rotation without having to move your head laterally, time after time. Ball position is the basis for consistency in golf. Once you have the proper ball position, it is a simple step to learn to move your weight forward and make solid swings repeatedly. Many students practice for hours without improving because they are told how to do something rather than why to do it. We believe in justifying our advice, and we are willing and able to explain the how and why of it in whatever terms are necessary for you to understand it. Only then can you comprehend its logic and see the value of it in your improvement. For more information, contact Pete Popovich at The Golf Performance Academy-Hilton Head, (843) 338-6737, pete@golfacademyhiltonhead.com or on Facebook at Golf Performance Academy-Hilton Head. 40
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nnes I e i l l i W Sir the of The spirit itage RBC Her
My name is Sir
William Innes, but my friends call me Willie or Sir Willie. You may have seen me around Hilton Head Island, Harbour Town Golf Links or on something called Twitter and Facebook. I grew up in the boring/exciting town of Highlands of Scotland. (circle one)
Old Tom Morris, but now the winner of the Heritage is the person I most admire. It’s been three years since I first came to Hilton When I was five, my hero was
Head Island, and to me, the biggest change is
all of this great new technology the islanders use. Even I’m now tweetin’ and facebookin’. If someone were to ask me for advice about
golf, I would tell them plaid improves any game, and the only game to see is the RBC Heritage. My line of work is being the essence and spirit of the RBC Heritage and I chose this profession because it’s in my bones, which I’m pretty sure are plaid, too. If I were mayor of HHI/Bluffton, my first
to proclaim the week after the Masters “Heritage Week”, and there would be a tournament every year. (circle one)
order of business would be
My favorite time of the year on HHI/
Bluffton, is April because it’s a plaid holiday (circle one)
and the RBC Heritage presented by Boeing is held.
In closing, when you turn the page, I hope
you remember to
Get Your Plaid On! After all, plaid goes with anything.
Photography By Mark Staff
Article By Paul deVere // Art work by Vickie Bailey Ebbers
The 2012
Heritage
Is On! It was the evening of June 15, 2011. Steve Wilmot was busy doing something he had never had to do before. But the unusual had become usual for the tournament director. “I worked with Senator (Lindsey) Graham’s office up until about 8 o’clock on Wednesday night prior to the Thursday announcement, getting clearance for the RBC private plane from Canada to land on Hilton Head, because we don’t have customs. It was unbelievable,” Wilmot said.
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he following day, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem announced that the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) would be the title sponsor for 2012 Heritage and the Boeing Company would be the local presenting sponsor. The process to get to that point took 24 months of the unusual. In 2009, when Verizon announced that the 2010 Heritage would be its last as a title sponsor, there was no way Wilmot or the Heritage Classic Foundation board could know what they would face in the race to find a new sponsor. To the general public, it looked like it should have been a 100-meter dash. No one knew it would be a two-year marathon.
“We had a Title Search Committee within the organization,” Wilmot explained. “We also identified about a dozen retired CEOs in this committee or those who sit on boards who could maybe open some doors and identify the right people and let us kind of run with it. To be honest, we realized that we may have opened our doors a little too much,” Wilmot recalled with a smile. “It was amazing. We might get to somebody at General Motors and all of a sudden they would say, ‘Hey, if another person from Hilton Head calls me…’ But everyone had good intentions.” According to Wilmot, over a thousand companies were contacted. “There were a couple hundred that received a full blown proposal. There were 30 to 40
Is On!
that got the full presentation. There were some people locally who questioned if we were doing enough, a question I also asked myself,” Wilmot said. “It got to be hard just going out to a restaurant. People just wanted to be helpful, so they would come up and ask, ‘Why don’t you talk to BMW?’ I would answer that we had. What always followed was, ‘Why won’t they?’” Wilmot tried explaining the reasons, but the complexity of those situations was a bit beyond a conversation at the dinner table. A personal turning point for Wilmot happened in August 2010. The search for a title sponsor wasn’t going all that well, though everyone was hard at it. The PGA had moved The Heritage back a week due to scheduling changes. For decades the tournament took place the week right after The Masters. He knew people planned well in advance for Heritage week, booking hotel rooms, villas and homes. So when he got a call from an old friend who was co-owner of one of the island’s large, short-term rental management companies, he wasn’t surprised. Wilmot knew the date change could have created a booking problem. Wilmot thought he was prepared and ready to take on whatever situation his old friend presented to him. “He called me right around when we announced the date change for 2011. I thought that spelled trouble. People booked a year in advance for the Heritage. I have known Bob Hawkins for years, but my first reaction was okay, they are double-
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booked or they have a deposit for that week. So what do they do?” Wilmot was sure he could reason with his friend. “Bob came in and asked, ‘Steve, how are things going? I know you’ve been looking for a sponsor and all these things, but let me just tell you. I was already having a pretty good year when the unfortunate thing happened in the Gulf [the BP disaster]. Well, what was a pretty good year turned into my best year. I found out that, predominantly, most of the people who were coming here for the first time over the summer are coming because they saw Hilton Head Island on television during the Heritage. I would just like to make a donation. I’m not looking for anything. I would just like to say thank you.’ “I said, ‘Great Bob.’ I didn’t know how much it was going to be. It didn’t matter. It was a nice gesture on his part. He didn’t want to talk about the date change; he just talked about how important the tournament was to this community and how his business has benefited. He wrote a check for $20,000. I was not prepared for that,” Wilmot said. That’s when Wilmot knew that some people in the community understood the importance of the Heritage—what it really means. It’s not just a golf tournament. It is a part of the island’s soul. Hawkins’ gesture helped strengthen his focus. “I could show you the letters from a wonderfully supportive lady who lived in Sun City. She was shopping at Publix and wrote me a letter asking if I considered Publix (for a title sponsor) because it’s such a good store. Every one of
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those suggestions, from letters to phone calls, I followed up because you certainly never knew,” Wilmot said. What Wilmot certainly didn’t know back then was that the first company a presentation was sent to would be with him at the news conference in 2011. When the search process began, Wilmot was at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta for the Tour Championship. He was talking with Bill Paul, a good friend of his. Paul is the tournament director for the RBC Canadian Open. “He said that RBC had asked him about getting involved in events. I have thanked him many, many times because he told them, ‘If there is an event on the PGA Tour that would be perfect for what you (RBC) want to do and how you want to do it, it would be Hilton Head.’” Late in 2010, when no sponsor had yet been found for the 2011 Heritage, the Heritage Classic Foundation made the very tough decision to take all of its reserves, over $4 million, and pour those dollars into the sponsorship. With the help of the Town of Hilton Head Island and Beaufort County, another $2 million was raised. And with the help of others, it was enough. “I am so fortunate to be a part of something that is such a community event. To go around last year and see the pride in the concessioners, our volunteers, the support of the companies that have been with us, including Hargray, Palmetto Electric, Hilton Head Regional Medical Center… These people stuck with us. Coca-Cola stepped up last
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Jim Little, chief brand and communications officer for RBC
year. They put us all in a position to have a 2011 so we could hopefully get to 2012 and beyond. I thank the Town; I thank the County. If it were not for them I wouldn’t be talking to you. And if it were not for the Foundation having hindsight 10 years ago of preparing for the future, we wouldn’t be here,” Wilmot said. The sense of community that Wilmot witnessed was also experienced at the 2011 Heritage by Jim Little, chief brand and communications officer for RBC. “We were in the process of deciding what geography we were going to do more golf in. What intrigued us was what was not being said about the Heritage, about Hilton Head. We talked to a lot of the pros and no one could figure out why they couldn’t find a sponsor. So while many people would run from that,
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Is On! somehow it attracted us. There was something to 40 years of this Heritage, and there seemed to be nothing really wrong. There seemed to be an opportunity to come in, get good value with Boeing and really make a difference. They went out of their way to make us feel needed as well. When you think about it as a marketing property, it’s one thing. But then when you get here, you realize it’s a community of people, small businesses—a community that wants our support and help. All of those ingredients kind of added up to a perfect outcome,” Little said. For years, the foundation and staff had tried to show other areas of the state just how important The Heritage was to everyone in South Carolina. A study by Clemson University in 2010 showed that the tournament added over $80 million to the economy of South Carolina every year. When Nikki Haley became governor in January 2011, The Heritage gained a strong proponent, someone who understood. That “understanding” was made clear to RBC’s Little when he first met with the governor. “It was a full-court press. The big joke at the beginning was what Governor Haley basically said at our first meeting: ‘It’s going to be easier to say yes, than no.’ So, I kind of knew at the very early stages that a ‘no’ probably wasn’t going to be possible after they had gotten us down here. She turned out to be right. She’s been a great partner, and I know all of the other levels of government have been involved and really working. So we are thrilled to be part of all that,” Little said. For Jack Jones, general manager and vice president of Boeing South Carolina, the experience of being asked to take part as the local, presenting sponsor was slightly different. Jones said that Governor Haley and Senator Graham helped put the tournament into historical and economic context for the state. However, for Boeing to become involved, “it had to be a prestigious and quality event,” Jones said. “We also wanted to know how it would benefit the community. Knowing that about one million of the dollars we are going to spend in our sponsorship goes to local charities made the decision easy.” While all the negotiations were taking place, there were rumors that a deal was sealed or questions about the Foundation bringing in a big sports management company for negotiations. “For whatever it is worth, we were and are working with the PGA Tour, the world’s largest golf organization and sports marketing company,” Wilmot said. It was a difficult time for him. Some of the rumors were true. As an example, Wilmot said that insurance company Aflac was ready to sign off when they had a final meeting at the 2011 Masters. The company is very involved with NASCAR and could always depend on the sport’s biggest stars to be in every race. Golf tournaments aren’t like that. When invited, golfers choose where they want to play. The deal went away. “About six weeks prior to the tournament last year, there was a momentum change,” Wilmot said. “I credit the media and I credit the players with what happened. I went down to Bay Hill (Arnold Palmer Invitational) to see a couple of players. I usually don’t do it; it’s not like I’m recruiting. You would have thought I was a rock star. Nobody cared about Bay Hill. I was attacked by caddies; I was attacked by agents, media, rules officials, VIPs, other sponsors, other tournament directors. I was standing next to their tournament director and everyone was talking to me. Everybody was saying the right things, about the history and tradition (of The Heritage)—telling the young guys. They said, ‘This can’t be the last event’; ‘this would be egg on the face of the Tour’; ‘this is too important.’ All of a sudden the Tour says, ‘It’s not a matter of if we’re going to sign a deal; it’s a matter of when.’ We hadn’t heard that from them,” Wilmot said. The 2011 Heritage Week couldn’t have been better for April 2012
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the tournament, the Foundation and Wilmot’s team. “Two things that I always talked about and had no control over were Mother Nature and the players. We had a great week of weather. We had a great field. We had a great leader board. We had the playoff. All of a sudden you have Jim Nance and Nick Faldo doing their thing, going on about the importance of The Heritage. We knew we were going to get a hit from CBS and it was going to be kind of a last push, but it was unbelievable. The Tour will tell you that Monday after the tournament, they had never had so much interest about our event, more than any other event they have ever had,” Wilmot said. On Monday, June 13, 2011, a conference call was scheduled with the Tour. Wilmot and Heritage Classic Foundation chairman Simon Fraser were sitting in Wilmot’s office. Fraser had always been at Wilmot’s side, helping, encouraging, and “doing some of the very heavy lifting,” Wilmot said. “That Monday, we were sitting here, and all of a sudden there’s the Tour on a conference call saying, ‘Well, we would like to make the announcement this week.’ There was a pause, and Simon will tell you, I was kind of in shock and I asked, ‘What announcement?’ That was how we learned that RBC and Boeing said yes,” Wilmot said. The Tour wanted to schedule a news conference on that Thursday, because Governor Haley would be out of the country at the Paris Air Show and Commissioner Finchem
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RBC Heritage PGA TOUR Event to be Bicycle Friendly The RBC-Heritage PGA TOUR golf tournament in 2012 is going to be bicycle friendly. Thanks to cooperation between CSA-Sea Pines Plantation, the RBC Heritage tournament and the Hilton Head Island Bicycle Friendly Advisory Committee, access to the tournament by bicycle this year will be as easy as showing a ticket/ badge. Bikers should show the officer a valid ticket for that days event and during the hours of play. After accessing the gate(s), signs will direct bikers to bicycle parking, which will be located conveniently close to the main tournament entrance in Harbourtown. Bicyclists are advised to remain on the bike paths at all times and may bring their own lock for self-parking on designated racks, with volunteers available to assist. For more information contact Sea Pines Security 843-671-3000/671-7170 For tickets to the RBC Heritage, visit www. rbcheritage.com.
would be traveling to Washington D.C. for the U.S. Open. That was why Wilmot was working the customs deal with Senator Graham’s office at 8 p.m. Wednesday night so the Canadians could land at the Hilton Head Airport. And that was when the usually smiling Wilmot returned. The 2012 RBC Heritage was on.
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Exclusive
Art Invasion:
Peter Max A r t icl e B y P a u l d e V e r e
Comes to the island
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rom April 21 to 28, the Karis Art Gallery in The Village at Wexford will be home to a collection of works by art icon Peter Max. On April 27 and 28, the icon himself will be here. Max quite literally burst onto the art scene in the mid1960s with exuberant splashes of color, characters, cosmic explosions and a style so accessible and original that admirers compare his impact on the world of art to the Peter Max impact of the Beatles on music. He helped save the Statue of Liberty with his Lady Liberty paintings. He has painted for U.S. presidents. He has been the official for the Super Bowl, the Grammy Awards, the Olympics and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He has done over 1,100 magazine covers, including one for Playboy (January 2000, commissioned by our own Tom Staebler, former art director for the magazine). Paper and cloth are not his only canvas. In 2004, a Continental Airlines Boeing 777 sported a Peter Max design from nose to tail. In April 2013, when the new Norwegian Lines cruise ship, Breakaway, sets sail, its hull will be decorated with Peter Max artwork. CH2: You have created art on so many surfaces: canvas, paper, linens, commercial jet liners and I saw now cruise ships. Do you have any other surface in mind that you would like to do? Peter Max: No, after a cruise ship, I don’t know. It’s just like the little kid in me out of his mind about it. There’s always a little kid inside that loves it, loves this kind of stuff. CH2: Did your break come with the album cover for jazz pianist Meade Lewis? PM: When I came out of art school, I didn’t know which way to go. I was a very good painter. (I) painted perfectly, like photographs, still life, nudes, people portraits. I didn’t know anything about the Madison Avenue scene or the fine art world. It was just a little like smidges of each, and somebody saw my work—Ken Deardoff at Riverside Records, I’ll never forgot that. He calls me up. I didn’t know who he was. He asked me to come by and he said, “I love your work; you do these beautiful kind of impressionistic realism, and we are doing an album of Meade ‘Lux’ Lewis, a very important jazz pianist.” He gave me a photograph, I did my artist version of it, and it won a gold medal at the society of art—a big, big association, within about three months. So, that was my first big job and my first gold medal award. Then I did another one, which was so amazing. I was 52
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getting award after award. It was unbelievable. I never submitted that stuff. I didn’t know how to do that. CH2: In the 1960s and ’70s, virtually every college student had at least one Peter Max poster on his or her wall. Many critics said your popularity was due because it was so accessible. Was that intentional? PM: Yes, it was intentional. But you’ve got to understand. I came out, and I was just an art student. I really didn’t know much about the art world at all. I didn’t know what was going on there. Then when I won the gold medal, Riverside wanted me to do a poster. The poster flew out the door. They printed 10,000 posters and they were gone in three weeks. Then somebody else came to me, a printer, and he said, “Listen, I love your work. We’d like to print your posters, no charge, just maybe sign a handful so we can give them to our clients, so that we can say we are printing Peter Max.” That’s when I realized I was getting popular. CH2: The Taylor Swift pieces that you have done recently are very popular. Is the younger generation rediscovering Peter Max? PM: It never ended from generation to generation. I mean I do about 25-30 interviews per month, and I don’t know where they come from. It’s mind boggling to me. I am beyond belief that that is going on by itself. I am happily always in the studio. I can’t wait, in the mornings, to get here. CH2: You are known for your strong stands on the environment and human and animal rights, plus concern for families directly affected by 9/11. You have shown your concern by your generosity through donating art in your name. Is this an extension of your work or Peter Max? PM: It is an extension having met the yoga Swami. A Swami is like a holy man. I met a holy man in Paris…I brought him to America, two days later, and within three days I invited about 40 friends of mine; girlfriends brought some other buddies and had about 60 people. I have a very gigantic living room facing the Hudson. About 45-55 people showed up. This was like 1966, like a time when people were getting high, smoking pot, it was that period. He gave a talk to us for 2-1/2 hours. I tell you from the second he finished talking, every one of my friends, never touched anything anymore. We all got into yoga and it has been 40 years for me now. CH2: Is there a next big thing for Peter Max? PM: Well, the next thing I am working on now, and I have worked on it for the last four months. I want to make animated films. That is where I am going next. Peter Max’s exquisite paintings will be on exhibition and available for acquisition at the Karis Art Gallery on Hilton Head Island beginning April 21, while Max will be making two very special appearances at the gallery April 27 and 28. All appearances are open to the public. Meet the Artist receptions on Friday, April 27 from 6-9 p.m. and Saturday, April 28 from 1-3 p.m. RSVP’s are requested: 843-785-5100 or www.karisartgallery.com April 2012
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Meet Jane Inglis, the new Head of Hilton Head Prep’s Lower School, starting July 1, 2012.
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ll great teachers are prepared when an opportunity comes their way. For Jane Inglis, preparation amounted to accumulated knowledge and experience gained from 27 years of teaching first and second grade at Hilton Head Preparatory School, three years as teacher and administrator at Hilton Head Montessori School, and being in the right place at the right time. Result? Meet Jane Inglis, the new Head of Hilton Head Prep’s Lower School, starting July 1, 2012. A two-month search to replace current Lower School Head Nancy Foy, who will move on after this year to take the reins of the new Community School for students with dyslexia in Richmond, Virginia, found Inglis right in Prep’s backyard—literally. That’s because Inglis, presently one of two first grade teachers at Prep, has a love of science and spends time connecting her students to the environmental beauty and wonders of Hilton Head Island. She is a graduate of Miami University where she minored in environmental education; she holds a master’s degree in elementary education and a master’s in Montessori elementary education, both from Xavier University. Inglis is involved in the Nancy Bunting Enrichment Experience, an experiential learning program named for a Prep alumnus who passed away several years ago and who had a passion for botany. Inglis acknowledges that this tie to nature and the outdoors is part of what she loves about her job and about Hilton Head Island. “It’s perfect, with a forest preserve on one side of campus and an ocean on the other,” Inglis said. “It’s really very specific to the students in our school, and it’s a nice value-added.” The environmental piece was an important part of what made Inglis the perfect choice to take over as Lower School Head, but it was by no means the only part. In fact, Inglis’s résumé reads like a sample from one of those Internet companies trying to sell you the perfect résumé. It’s loaded with remarkable achievement. Inglis developed a school-wide faculty evaluation program from 2009-2011, then was selected to be an
evaluator when it was launched as a pilot program in school year 2010-2011. She is a Prep “master teacher,” chair of the Teacher Mentor Program and a member of both the curriculum advancement team and a group leader for the school’s professional learning team. She was also named Hilton Head Island’s Rotary Teacher of the Year for 2012. Clearly, she’s a standout, and she works well with others. According to Foy, the beauty of choosing Inglis is that the school capitalizes on her rich history as an educator and also gets an involved member of the community, a teacher who has taught literally hundreds of Prep students through the years, and a Head of the Lower School who knows nearly every single student from junior kindergarten through fifth grade (the highest grade level in the Lower School) because she’s had most of them in class. Inglis is involved in the Nancy Bunting Enrichment Experience, an experiential learning program named for a Prep alumnus who passed away several years ago and who had a passion for botany. At the end of this year she’ll be leaving a class of about 15 students but inheriting a school of about 130. “I’m excited. I know the students, the families and the faculty,” Inglis said. “That’s a huge advantage right from the start.” And they know her. Margot Brown, Prep’s director of finance and development says that the transition is all positive. “She’s already earned the respect of her fellow teachers and administrators,” Brown said. “She’s been in the trenches as a teacher and that gives her enormous credibility. The faculty has confidence in her leadership.” She will continue to work as a first grade teacher, while working side by side with Foy though the remainder of the year and, since the two have similar education philosophies, the transition should be seamless. They both agree that
The Lower School’s focus on values and character building will continue. The school identifies a value each month and honors individual students who exemplify those values.
programs in place already will stay in place during transition and beyond, although some may be enhanced. “Our philosophies are very much based on respect,” Inglis said. “I believe that when we respect students, we’ll get respect in return. Respect yourself, respect others and respect your community.” The Lower School’s focus on values and character building will continue. The school identifies a value each month and honors individual students who exemplify those values. Which folds in nicely with a larger initiative both Foy and Inglis call a “growth mindset” for administrators and faculty, as well as students. They’ve identified “six Cs” that students need to flourish: creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, communication, character and cosmopolitanism, which they define as “a big word for being empathetic to the way other people think.” Inglis has seen the results of all these initiatives up close over the years. Her son Allick, who graduated from Prep in 2004, and her daughter Elizabeth, who graduated in 2005, are what Prep calls “lifers,” having gone through the entire 1-12 grade curriculum, giving Inglis a unique perspective on all three divisions. She has seen the positive outcomes of programs such as “Pooh-Pals,” which matches up Upper School children with Lower Schoolers to build confidence and community among students, and “Mini-Phins” (the school mascot is a dolphin), which allows Lower Schoolers to become cheerleaders right alongside the big kids. Trust is a key component in those programs and in the larger school arena, according to Inglis. “I think if students trust you and each other, if they’re in a safe place–not just physically safe, but emotionally safe—then I feel like they’re comfortable to learn, to try new things and experiment to reach beyond what they would normally do, because they feel like you’re going to support them,” she said. “If you already have that support foundation, I just feel that they zoom academically, because they know you really care about them. That kind of environment allows you to set high expectations that they’ll strive to reach, but you have to have support along the way.” It’s all about what Prep calls “positive learning,” an atmosphere where it’s cool to be smart, according to Brown. Inglis has always fit in neatly in that environment, according to her peers, and they say she will fit in neatly as Head of the Lower School. 62
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A Wise Cut of Meat WiseGuys adds open kitchen, new steak menu Photography by Anne
Sometimes you wonder how your food is being prepared when you visit a restaurant. Is your ticket sitting idly in the hopper behind the kitchen doors? Are the servers picking up your food right when it’s ready? Is the chef using fresh ingredients to prepare your ideal dish? At the end of the day, when you decide to escape your house and enjoy some fine dining, it’s nice to know that your food is getting the attention it deserves. article By Peter Zink
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to use pre-made or bottled infusions in their cocktails, WiseGuys creates their flavor infusions on site. “A lot of places are using syrups and stuff like that, whereas we’re using the real product. The flavor stays in the liquor. When we serve pineapple vodka, we’ve infused real pineapple in there,” Spratling said. “By infusing [the drinks] ourselves, we get exactly the flavor we want,” added Caron. It’s this commitment to quality and taking care of the details that has allowed WiseGuys to flourish as a key cocktail lounge and small plate restaurant for years. When the space behind their original lounge opened, the Southeast Entertainment Restaurant Group saw the opportunity to expand WiseGuys into the realm of full entrées and top quality steaks. The ultimate steak experience From acquisition to presentation, WiseGuys has paid attention to every detail to create a successful steakhouse. “I like to think we’re setting a standard,” Caron said. WiseGuys intends to keep doing that. All steaks are aged for at least 28 days and delivered daily from Chicago stockyards. Spratling puts in orders for the cuts he wants by 10 a.m. each day and receives exactly what he needs the following day. Creating the perfect flavor profile is an ongoing process, Spratling said. “We think that we’ve hit the right spot for most diners’ palates.” Each steak is prepared in a Montague broiler, which makes WiseGuys the only establishment on Hilton Head Island that offers that level of preparation for its steaks. Each cut of steak is seared to 600 degrees and finished in a broiler where it’s heated to 1800 degrees, creating a nice crusty but delicate finish to the meat, which, according to Spratling, is “just the way a steak should be cooked.” “It really gives us the ability to seal in all the flavors,” Caron added. From the hearty 22-ounce cowboy cut bone-in rib eye to the petite filet, featuring a variety of bone-in cuts to maximize quality and flavor as well as bone-out cuts are available to satisfy appetites of all sizes. The 32-ounce hand-carved bone-in prime rib will satiate the hungriest diner. And for those who are looking for a red meat alternative, their crispy scored whole flounder is one delicious option. Delicately scored skin and elegantly placed with an orange and ginger glaze alongside a warm Thai noodle salad, it’s a culinary masterpiece, almost too beautiful to eat. Something for everyone With their great steak lineup and more, WiseGuys literally has something for everyone who wants to have a great dining experience. Enjoy some of the finest steaks on Hilton Head or come by and enjoy their cocktail lounge with all time favorites from the original small plates menu. Every wednesday is Ladies Night, with $10 never-ending glasses of champagne and $3 bar bites, and there’s always an interesting mix of visitors and locals enjoying the atmosphere. “We like to think we’re a contemporary twist on the traditional steakhouse,” Caron said. Judging by everything they have to offer, it’s safe to say WiseGuys has achieved that. WiseGuys Steakhouse is located at 1513 Main Street in the Main Street Village. For more information visit wiseguyshhi.com or call (843) 842-8866.
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Do you want to be in the middle of everything? Then have a look at Palmetto Dunes, three interconnected communities engulfing 2,000 acres at the center of Hilton Head Island: The Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort, Shelter Cove and Leamington, a combination that gives you the most comprehensive collection of resort and residential features that you’ll find on the island. “It’s got everything that people come to Hilton Head Island for all rolled into one,” said Phil Schembra of the Schembra Real Estate Group: “shopping, dining, resort and private residential all in one self-contained area.”
The Palmetto Dunes trio can provide such a vast array of convenient amenities because it is partly a destination resort; but according to Schembra, it is a misconception to think that there are only second homes and short-term rentals within its boundaries. Palmetto Dunes contains two private gated neighborhoods, Mariners and Leamington. Mariners is located within the Oceanfront Resort, but is amply secluded from the hustle and bustle of tourist activity to create a private residential environment. “There are a lot more residents in Palmetto Dunes than people realize. Way more,” Schembra said. “There used to be more second homes than residents in the first three to five rows. But now there are a lot more people buying in those rows to live here year-round—especially at today’s prices.” It is the abundance of resort amenities that makes Palmetto Dunes a great choice over other plantations as a place to call home, especially the water. You have three miles of some of the island’s nicest beachfront on the Palmetto Dunes, Leamington side, a deep-water marina on Broad Creek on the Shelter Cove side, then there’s the world famous 11-mile manmade lagoon that winds its way through Palmetto Dunes. “If somebody wants to have an electric boat, pedal boat, or canoe, they put it in there,” Schembra said. Leamington also offers the seclusion and privacy of its own gate while being within easy access to all of the Palmetto Dunes resort amenities. No short-term rentals are permitted in Leamington, though, so it is completely private. Like Mariners, it is situated on the oceanfront. It contains approximately
360 homes and home sites and 500 villas and townhomes. It is also home to the challenging Arthur Hills Golf Course. Leamington is a golf cart community where owners can zip over to the private beach club pavilion for picnics and dining or a dip in the pool. Many homes in Leamington and Mariners as well, have private docks for enjoyment of the lagoon system. There are two additional golf courses in Palmetto Dunes. The Robert Trent Jones Oceanfront Course
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Do you want to be in the middle of everything? Then have a look at Palmetto Dunes, three interconnected communities engulfing 2,000 acres at the center of Hilton Head Island: The Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort, Shelter Cove and Leamington, a combination that gives you the most comprehensive collection of resort and residential features that you’ll find on the island.
features one of only two oceanfront holes on the entire island, and the George Fazio Course is ranked among the nation’s top 100 courses. All three courses offer more water views from the fairways, thanks to the lagoon system. If tennis is your game, the Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center is one of the best in the area, or anywhere else. Tennis Magazine ranks it among the 50 best tennis resorts in the United States. The center sports 25 courts, six of which are lighted for night play. Shelter Cove is the more commercially oriented section of Palmetto Dunes, but it is separated from the Oceanfront Resort, Mariners, and Leamington by William Hilton Parkway. Shelter Cove is a Mediterranean-style marina community anchored by a 15-acre harbor, Hilton Head Island’s deepest marina, with direct access to the Intracoastal Waterway via Broad Creek. The marina has a 170-slip yacht basin and is surrounded by a collection of shops, restaurants, and water sports outfitters, offering fishing and sailing charters, kayaking and paddle boarding, power boating, and dinner cruises. There are several villa communities throughout the Shelter Cove area as well. These are primarily investment properties due to the heavy concentration of resort trade activities, but everything in Shelter Cove is easily accessible to residents of
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the other Palmetto Dunes communities via a pathway that runs underneath a highway overpass. Schembra notes that while a lot of the other Hilton Head resort communities do have the beaches, golf, tennis and other amenities, Palmetto Dunes is unique in that, as the youngest of the original resorts, it had the benefit of learning lessons from the others about what worked and what didn’t, e.g. privacy. Mariners and Leamington are separated by their gates from the greater resort. “You don’t pay $5 to go into Mariners and drive around,” he said. “Other than a small volume of condominium complexes, that’s all residential. On the other end you have Leamington, which is the island’s newest ocean-side private community. It’s a golf cart community and no short-term rentals are allowed.” Lea Allen of Alliance Group Realty lived in the Mariners section for many years and said that it felt every bit like a residential community. “I raised my children there, and we have very fond memories,” she said. “We had plenty of neighbors and the kids had friends nearby. It’s a wonderful playground for kids growing up.” Another advantage is that lots are bigger than other oceanfront resort communities for single-family homes and
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home sites, and the villas and condominiums are some of the newest on the island. “If you want to buy an oceanfront condominium and you want to be in a private community, Palmetto Dunes wins by default,” Schembra said. And it’s all centralized in Leamington, Palmetto Dunes, and Shelter Cove. You’ve got the beaches, the marina, you’ve got the shopping, you’ve got the lagoons...everything. Do you want 100 percent privacy? You can do that here in Mariners and Leamington. Do you want a highly energized resort? It’s all right there.” You should be aware, though, that if you decide to make Palmetto Dunes your permanent home, you can expect a lot of visits from friends and family. Maybe that level of activity isn’t for everyone, but if it is, “Palmetto Dunes has an energy level that our residents really enjoy,” Schembra said.
Sea Pines
Where it all began. Covering over 5,000 acres on the island’s southwestern tip, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the East and Calibogue Sound on the West, Sea Pines Plantation put Hilton Head on the map over 50 years ago and set the standard for most of the development that has occurred since. Sea Pines is home to five miles of Atlantic Ocean beach, a 600-acre forest preserve, four golf courses, a multitude of tennis courts, 15 miles of leisure trails, an equestrian center…we could go on, but you get the picture. The enduring image of the Harbour Town Lighthouse and the national exposure afforded by the RBC Heritage golf tournament (not to mention a pretty effective marketing plan) elevated Sea Pines (and eventually all of Hilton Head) to world-class destination resort status. It remains that today, but it’s also a great place to call home. “There are a lot of people who live there, and the reason they live there is because of the access to all of those resort amenities,” said Patty Crews of Charter One Real Estate, a former resident of Harbour Town. “It has extremely affordable POA fees by comparison,” added Rich Neste of Foundation Realty. “When you consider the amenities that you have access to, you’re really getting the best bang for your buck.” Entering Sea Pines at the Greenwood gate, a quick right turn brings you to the Club Course community. Club 72
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Course is a good spot if you want to be in Sea Pines while having some seclusion from the resort hustle and bustle. Most Club Course residents are full-time, so it has a neighborhood character. Quiet streets and primarily single-family homes and some patio homes with marsh, fairway, or wooded views add to that neighborly character. Club Course derives its name from the Sea Pines Country Club, which is located within the community. It is a private, member-owned, full-service country club and home to the Arnold Palmer/Frank Duane designed Country Club Course, recently renovated by Clyde Johnston. Members enjoy all of the social amenities of a country club, tennis, a fitness center, indoor and outdoor pools, as well as golf privileges on the Club Course and all three other courses in Sea Pines: Heron Point, Ocean Course, and Harbour Town Golf Links. Calibogue Cay is another Sea Pines neighborhood that affords intimacy and seclusion from the resort busyness without being too far away from it all. Like a private little island, Calibogue Cay sits on a point surrounded by beautiful marshes on one side and Broad Creek on the other. Both present magnificent views, and many of the homes have private docks. Thanks to the deep-water access on Broad Creek, some Calibogue Cay residents are able to keep boats right on their property. While its mostly full-time residents appreciate Calibogue Cay’s privacy and seclusion, they also enjoy proximity to the shops, dining and recreational opportunities of Harbour Town and South Beach. “It’s a choice for the higher-end buyer,” Neste said. “Calibogue Cay is widely considered one of the nicer streets in the entire area.” Central Plantation is the largest residential area in Sea Pines Plantation and effectively forms the development’s “spine.” It’s a bit busier than Club Course or Calibogue Cay, because Sea Pines Plantation’s main artery, Greenwood Drive, runs right
South Beach is a popular destination because of the marina village that is modeled to resemble an old New England fishing village. There you’ll find a variety of shops, restaurants, a racquet club and access to water sports such as kayaking. The beaches front both the Atlantic Ocean and Calibogue Sound, making it one of the best spots on Hilton Head for viewing sunsets.
through it. On the other hand, you’ll find the broadest variety of homes, villas and lots in Central Plantation neighborhoods to suit the needs of wide range of homebuyers. Central Plantation is home to two of the four Sea Pines golf courses. The Ocean Course is the first track ever built on Hilton Head Island, and its 15th hole is one of only two oceanfront holes on the entire island. Pete Dye designed Heron Point, formerly known as the Sea Marsh Course. It was completely reconstructed in 2007 and is one of Golf Digest’s “Best Places to Play.” Many Central Plantation homes enjoy fairway views of these two courses. Other sights and amenities located in Central Plantation are the Baynard Ruins historic site and the Sea Pines Forest Preserve. Also, the horses and pastures at Lawton Stables, plus a field of residents’ vegetable and flower garden plots give one a sense of being “out in the country” right in the middle of the resort. It is largely because of these amenities, and its proximity to Harbour Town, The Shoppes of Sea Pines Center, and the Sea Pines Beach Club that so many full-time Sea Pines residents choose to buy in Central Plantation.
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As the name implies, Oceanside is the area of Sea Pines that borders the Atlantic Ocean and is the site of most of the Plantation’s beachfront property. It is one of the most desirable locations on Hilton Head Island for oceanfront and oceanoriented homes. Most Oceanside homes are single-family with pools and access to the beach. Obviously, these are very popular as second homes and investment properties, so you’re going to see a lot more tourist activity than in Calibogue Cay or Club Course, for example. But if you’re in that market, these homes are among the most prime in the land. South Beach encompasses the southern tip of Hilton Head Island and features a combination of beachfront and oceanoriented homes as well as a collection of villa communities that make excellent second home and investment properties. South Beach is a popular destination because of the marina village that is modeled to resemble an old New England fishing village. There you’ll find a variety of shops, restaurants, a racquet club and access to water sports such as kayaking. The beaches front both the Atlantic Ocean and Calibogue Sound, making it one of the best spots on Hilton Head for viewing sunsets. Of course, you can’t talk about Sea Pines without talking
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about Harbour Town. The iconic images of its marina village, the Harbour Town Lighthouse, and the prestige of Harbour Town Golf Links, home of the RBC Heritage, make Harbour Town real estate some of the island’s most sought after. Most notable are the villas and townhomes surrounding the marina and overlooking holes 16, 17, and especially 18 on the Golf Links, but there are also plenty of villas and single-family homes in communities surrounding those areas, some with spectacular views of marshes and those glorious Calibogue Sound sunsets. With its unique shops and restaurants, the Lighthouse, the Liberty Oak and other attractions in the marina village, plus The Inn at Harbour Town and the Sea Pines Racquet Club, Harbour Town is definitely oriented toward tourism, but you might be surprised that it is, in fact, fairly popular as a permanent address. “People who live in Harbour Town love it,” Crews said. “It’s like having a beautiful resort all your own.”
Shipyard
Shipyard Plantation covers approximately 800 acres on Hilton Head Island’s south end, and a majority of that is resort oriented, so most of the properties are second-home or investment villas. Amenities include three nine-hole golf courses—the Clipper, the Galleon, and the Brigantine—a 24-court racquet club and the Shipyard Beach Club on the Plantation’s private stretch of Atlantic Ocean Beach near the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The community is dotted with fishing ponds, and leisure trails meander throughout. Within Shipyard, though, there is a private community of mostly single-family homes that residents seem to think is one of Hilton Head’s best-kept secrets. One of the attributes that they really appreciate is that most of the lots are three quarters of an acre or more—a rarity in the island’s gated communities. “We have a great community of residents,” said Karl Sneed, a Realtor with Charter 1 Realty and a Shipyard resident for over 10 years. “I’d say that at least 90 percent of the people who live around me are permanent residents, and we’ve got great men’s and women’s clubs that meet at the Beach Club.” Shipyard is also home to the world-renowned health resort, Hilton Head Health, at which residents are welcome to join in its numerous health and fitness programs, including the new Culinary Arts Center. 76
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“We have a great community of residents,” said Karl Sneed, a Realtor with Charter 1 Realty and a Shipyard resident for over 10 years. “I’d say that at least 90 percent of the people who live around me are permanent residents, and we’ve got great men’s and women’s clubs that meet at the Beach Club.”
An extremely popular feature with residents is Shipyard’s two entrances, one on Pope Avenue and one on William Hilton Parkway. This allows equally easy access to the beaches and activities at Coligny and North and South Forest Beach Roads from the Pope Avenue gate and to mid-island and the north end from the William Hilton Parkway gate. Sneed noted that although Shipyard is primarily geared toward the vacation trade, there is enough privacy for residents that you don’t feel overwhelmed. “It’s mostly concentrated in the villa communities near the Crown Plaza,” he said. “And in reality, it’s no different than most of the island. It’s really a great community, and I think we have some of the lowest POA dues for a gated community.”
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The right caterer makes entertaining a breeze The Lowcountry is in full bloom; beaches, tennis courts and golf courses are calling, and—like it or not—company is coming. Along with the influx of visitors comes the opportunity (and obligation) to entertain. Not quite sure you can or even want to, handle the preparation, execution and cleanup that it takes to host a spring or summer party? Don’t stress. Hire a caterer! (continued on next page)
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Before you spend time interviewing caterers, request sample menus to help weed out those who are not suited to your needs. For example, a caterer specializing in barbecue and hot wings may be perfect for a Heritage party, but not the best choice for your formal wedding reception.
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Finding a caterer can be as simple as asking around. A reference from a trusted friend, neighbor and/or respected host is a good starting point. Beyond that, a quick Google search is likely to turn up many prospects. Any caterer with a website will regale readers with glowing testimonials from clients. In the words of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan, “Trust, but verify.” For a less biased opinion, you might look to your local Better Business Bureau, Chamber of Commerce, and crowd-sourced online review websites such as Yelp, Urbanspoon, Angie’s List, etc.). Naturally, you should examine your prospects’ references, testimonials, and client lists. If your caterer has served presidents, royals or celebrities, you have some assurance that he or she is well qualified to serve you. But do not allow a prestigious clientele alone to determine your choice. An eager upstart often out-performs a more established but complacent rival. Before you spend time interviewing caterers, request sample menus to help weed out those who are not suited to your needs. For example, a caterer specializing in barbecue and hot wings may be perfect for a Heritage party, but not the best choice for your formal wedding reception. If a competitive price is your main criteria for selecting a caterer, seek out multiple estimates. But remember that price isn’t always a proxy for quality. Many caterers are able to work within your budget and figure out ways to pull off the perfect event or party by finding cost-cutting opportunities and viable substitutions in every category. “Don’t be afraid to say what your budget is,” said Sascha Wolhandler, owner of Sascha’s Gourmet Catering in Baltimore. “Caterers should give you suggestions, but remember, you are paying, and you are in control.”
“Don’t be afraid to say what your budget is,” said Sascha Wolhandler, owner of Sascha’s Gourmet Catering in Baltimore. “Caterers should give you suggestions, but remember, you are paying, and you are in control.”
Get exactly what you want
This is where your vision comes in. Before you meet with the caterer, think about the details that are important to you. With a tip of the cap to Stephen Covey, begin with the end in mind. Whether you are hosting a hoedown or a black-tie ball, spend some time envisioning your party. What do you want it to look like, feel like, taste like? Don’t just rely on your descriptive powers. Use the Internet or look through 80
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For the best fit, Peter Callahan, owner and creative director of Peter Callahan Catering in New York, says, “Find out what the caterer really loves to do, because that’s what he or she will be good at.”
magazines to find ideas that can illustrate your concept. Give the caterer as much information to work with as possible. When you’re ready to meet with caterers, call and schedule appointments. Allow enough time to share your vision of the event and experience. If you’re hosting a party with another person, make sure he or she can attend as well. “The first meeting with a caterer is like a first date: You want to talk about yourself, but you also want to listen,” Martha Stewart advises (marthastewart.com). “Find out what kind of style the caterer has. Think about parties you have attended, and describe what you liked and what you didn’t. Ask her to show you her ‘book,’ which should contain photographs and give you a good idea of her skills.” For the best fit, Peter Callahan, owner and creative director of Peter Callahan Catering in New York, says, “Find out what the caterer really loves to do, because that’s what he or she will be good at.”
Most will offer to provide a menu tasting. This will give you an instant snapshot of a prospective caterer’s ability to deliver quality food and, at the same time, give the caterer the opportunity to adapt dishes to your liking. The best caterers have a gift for asking insightful questions and then offering proposals based on your answers. Most will offer to provide a menu tasting. This will give you an instant snapshot of a prospective caterer’s ability to deliver quality food and, at the same time, give the caterer the opportunity to adapt dishes to your liking.
Dot your i’s and cross your t’s
Once you’ve selected your caterer and worked out a plan, you should receive a contract that states everything you have agreed upon, including a detailed breakdown of food, beverages, rentals, decoration, service fees (staff and gratuities) and other expenses (e.g. insurance) plus any sales tax. Ask the caterer if the gratuity for the staff is included in the overall fee or if they are expecting a cash tip at the end of the event. Review the contract carefully for date, time and guaranteed number of attendees. It should specify the date(s) up until which you can add or delete guests from April 2012
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Enjoy the day
As they say in the building trades, measure twice, cut once. Double-check all your details before the big day. Develop a checklist and mark things off as you confirm them. Did you order flowers? Did your number of RSVPs change? Did any dietary restrictions (allergies, vegetarian, vegan, etc.) come to light since booking the caterer? Last, but not least, relax and enjoy your event or gathering. The word party implies a festive occasion, at its heart, a group of people gathered together to have fun! So don’t be consumed with every little detail once your guests arrive. That’s why you hired a caterer in the first place.
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f you are looking for treasure on the island, you’ll find a trove of gems, gadgets and gifts at Gifted Hilton Head—a fun, whimsical place where you can gift yourself or someone else with the latest sassy, sophisticated, or simply perfect gift for any celebration. “I love when I hear a customer in the store say this is the third time this week I have been here,” said Meredith Taylor, owner of Gifted Hilton Head. “I also smile to myself when people say they discover something new every time they come into the shop, because that’s the way I designed it.” Nestled in the Village at Wexford, Gifted Hilton Head opened its doors last July. Taylor, a Pittsburgh native, said she was ecstatic about expanding to the Lowcountry, as she has owned two successful stores in the Pittsburgh area since 1985. “Obviously the resort market is slightly different from my suburban Pittsburgh stores; however, the
mission is the same,” Taylor said. “I want people to find great gifts for themselves or others and feel like wow, look what I just got!” Platters, pottery and products that pamper You may not know all the brand names of the trendy household products when you walk in the door, but something will catch your attention and your heart. You may even be more captivated with the products as you learn the stories behind them The featured linen products of Gifted Hilton Head include hand towels, cloth coasters, scarves, napkins, runners and down-filled pillows made by Hilton Head Island resident Millie Burke. Burke’s company, Lowcountry Linens, hand-screens all the linens here on the island and features Lowcountry symbols on each product. Gifted is the exclusive island retailer of Burke’s linen creations. If you are looking for a classic gift but don’t want the look of your grandma’s crystal, check out Simon Pearce,
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another exclusive to Gifted Hilton Head. The handmade and hand-blown glass bowls, vases and more have subtle curves and natural shapes which look at home in all styles of interior décor, from traditional to contemporary. “I really try to pick trendy yet classic items,” Taylor said. “I am always looking for fun and functional products. Most everything I carry is wearable or usable, and that’s important, because then the gift will be used and appreciated for a long time.”One product line that is receiving a lot of spontaneous
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outbursts of “What a great idea!” is the Nora Fleming platter collection. You buy a customizable platter of various sizes and then, for under $12, you can accessorize it with “minis.” The minis are décor items for every holiday or occasion, and they slide into a hole in the platter. This creative idea is a cost and space saver for entertainers, as one dish and several minis can accessorize your table for every occasion. Another popular item for foodies is the Corkcicle. This wine stopper elongates into an icicle. Freeze it and use for a
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dinner party; the Corkcicle will chill white wines and bring red wines to an appropriate drinking temperature. This Corkcicle eliminates the need for ice buckets or ice cubes and makes a perfect hostess gift. Bling without breaking the bank Like a proud mother, Taylor is particularly pleased that her jewelry lines are appealing to area customers. “What makes my store different is that you can buy nice jewelry of good quality and not break the bank,” she said. “My goal is for my customers to be able to add some sparkle to their jewelry collection at price points that appeal to many.” One line doing very well at Gifted Hilton Head is Mariana jewelry. Mariana, made from Swarovski crystals, is casual bling for every day. A favorite Mariana item is the guardian angel necklace—a perfect present for someone who is ill, stressed, or has lost her job, or for a beloved friend or family member. The sparkling necklace has an angel pendant on the back, which is a reminder to the wearer that she has love and support all around her. Another jewelry line loaded with sentiment is “Story,” by Kranz and Ziegler. This new line of wrapped leather bracelets lets you add charms to the bracelet that tell the story of your life. Taylor said this line is exploding in Europe right now and just came to the United States this fall. In addition to jewelry, Taylor is adding new fashionable accessory lines to the store such as tote bags made by Not For Navigation and other bags for every occasion (e.g. wine bag, tennis bag, lunch totes, coolers, etc.) by Buckhead Betties and Scout by Bungalow. Taylor said she is excited to have such “kicky” colors and patterns to sell in addition to her more traditional Vera Bradley collection. Staying true to the nature of the Lowcountry, Gifted Hilton Head also has an extensive collection of coastal-themed gifts, including custom plates, coasters, wine bags and ornaments. Tying up the gifting experience Even more important than all the fun, fabulous items is the welcome feeling when you walk in the door. The store prides itself on its exceptional, friendly customer service and helping you discover a gift that would make you or someone else very happy. To wrap up the experience, Gifted Hilton Head offers free gift wrapping so you present your gift with gorgeous paper and a two-tier bow. “I want my store to be the complete package so when you gift yourself or a friend with something from Gifted Hilton Head you say, ‘Wow. That’s perfect.’” Gifted Hilton Head is located in the Village at Wexford. Call 843.842.8787 for more information. April 2012
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f anyone has any doubt that we have turned the corner on the dour economy or that spring is bursting full-bloom out of that weak excuse for a winter, just step inside Radiance, a delightfully charming women’s specialty store in the shadow of Harbour Town’s famous lighthouse. Radiance is a place where you’re instantly transported away from everyday worries and concerns into a small world (600 square feet) of ingenious, colorful and lovely women’s fashion items. Every one, it seems, holds your attention for cleverness, and whimsy, but also for practicality and affordability. Inside the door, you’re met with pleasing smells of fun perfume, fresh fabrics, stylish leather boots, tops, jeans and fashionable sandals, all mixing perfectly to make you linger and smile. You might think it wouldn’t take long to walk directly across 600 square feet—about five long strides in a straight line—but the Radiance layout encourages a circular tour that takes you past jaunty fedoras made of jute, citrus-colored tunics and tops, ecofriendly jewelry, and Butter London brand nail polish with cute names like “Knees Up” (British slang for a party), “Tea with the Queen,” “Yummy Mummy” and “Knackered.”
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The shop is the creation of its equally charming and clever owner, Linda Richards, a Brit who, along with her husband David, opened the store in 2008 at the beginning of the economic slide. She has managed to survive just fine and continues to draw faithful visitors and local shoppers. Initially, Richards thought the shop’s target market would be women ages 25-45, but she’s found that the range is
fitting rooms and a storage room in back, you start to see items you didn’t notice the first way around—things like Good Works bracelets with messages on them such as “Make every day count,” “Be extraordinary,” and “Live, laugh, love.” For some simple, light-hearted fun, Richards has begun a “girls night out” reception the third Thursday of each month from 5-8 p.m. She calls it “a great place to hang after work, have a glass of wine, do some shopping and enjoy the brilliant sunsets over Calibogue Sound.” She’s also posting on Facebook so Radiance fans can see what’s new.
For some simple, light-hearted fun, Richards has begun a “girls night out” reception the third Thursday of each month from 5-8 p.m. She calls it “a great place to hang after work, have a glass of wine, do some shopping and enjoy the brilliant sunsets over Calibogue Sound.” much wider. “I opened the shop because there really wasn’t anywhere I would go shopping,” Richards said. “My tastes are for things that are fashionable, affordable, stylish, and yes, eclectic. It seems that appeals to women of a variety of ages, but especially those who are young-minded.” Richards says that while the shop’s styles may be fashion-forward, they are not New York fashion-forward. “We’re as fashion-forward as Hilton Head can handle,” she said. By the time you’ve taken a lap around the small store, which has two
Richards says her favorite part of owning Radiance is staying true to her initial reasons for opening it: designing a store where she would want to shop and offering a trendy place where the “youngminded” can feel good when they come in and when they leave with their purchases without breaking the budget. If Radiance is any indication, perhaps the economy is coming back with fresh colors, mix and match belts, Judith March dresses cinched at the waist, skinny jeans, and Hanky Pankies. Now, isn’t that refreshing?
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Bold real estate brokerage primed for takeof f Rich Neste is a man who doesn’t shy away from a challenge. Even with ten years of Island real estate experience, when Charlene Neste opened the doors of Foundation Realty back in 2007, conventional thinkers probably didn’t see Foundation Realty surviving the crunch. Not only did this family-run company manage to pull through the crisis, it’s built a leading real estate business that dominates web searches for Hilton Head real estate. And after four very long years, Charlene and Rich are finally seeing evidence that the Lowcountry market is turning around. There’s more to getting people off the fence, and we’re seeing a lot more investors actually come in and buy multiple properties with cash on hand. They see there are still opportunities.
An unconventional start Opportunities are exactly why Foundation Realty is where it is today. The origins are somewhat unconventional for a brokerage. Originally from Long Island, the Neste family moved to Hilton Head in 1994. Rich completed college in Florida, and found himself back on the island afterward, working for a local IT company. Buying a small vacation rental company, he and two colleagues managed to build the company’s portfolio to over 100 properties and sell the business in less than two years by utilizing strategic web domain name purchases and good search engine optimization (SEO) strategies. SEO involves strategically designing your website and content in such a way that search engines like Google and Bing want to rank your site at the top when people search for key phrases such as “Hilton Head real estate.” Neste knew they had something special during their vacation rental project, so they quit their jobs and formed the IT consulting firm Performance Development Corporation (PDC). “We had a great rapport then. To this day, we still talk and strategize and try to brainstorm and think about other ideas,” Neste said. PDC found itself building websites for a variety of companies across the U.S., including vacation rental agencies, wedding planners, and golf resorts. “We never wanted to have our eggs in one basket,” Neste said.
There was one egg, however, where Neste saw further potential. PDC strategically purchased domain names tied to Hilton Head real estate to help with some of their projects, and they saw an opportunity to build on their acquisitions. By owning domain names, including HiltonHeadRentals.com, HiltonHeadRealEstates. com, and HiltonHeadForeclosures.com, Neste knew that he could build a brokerage that catered to people utilizing the web to find island properties. In 2008, amidst the recession, Foundation Realty opened its doors and grew. Neste’s domain names drove traffic and business to Foundation Realty while other companies struggled to generate leads after the crash. “We knew that if we built it, people would come,” he said. Data-driven growth The Nestes found themselves with an unusual problem at that time. “It got to the point where we would get leads and we didn’t have many agents. And it just got to where we had to start getting more people to handle it. It wasn’t a bad thing, for sure,” said Rich. Today Foundation Realty has about a dozen agents with a breadth of qualifications. BIC Charlene Neste ensures that every agent she hires is qualified to handle short sales and foreclosures, which has been crucial in this market. “All of our agents are short sale and foreclosure certified; I made that a requirement for all of them because the majority of transactions out there are still dealing with distressed sellers. So it’s important to know that we’re doing everything right on our end so deals don’t fall apart,” she said.
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While their highly trained agents have been critical to Foundation’s growth, Charlene and Rich haven’t forgotten the company’s Internet-driven roots that established them in the first place. Foundation offers several innovative technical features to help sellers and buyers alike. For sellers, Foundation Realty offers a detailed feedback system for showing agents who walk through a home with potential buyers. The feedback derived from multiple showings can often mean the difference between a house selling or not in this market. “It’s a great feature. It asks specific questions like what it would take to get an offer, positive features of the property, and other sorts of things that give a homeowner feedback right away,” Neste said. Sellers also have the ability to see how many times their property has been viewed online and how long viewers are spending on their page. Low views online could indicate a price point that is out of line with the market, and brief time spent on the property web page could indicate problems with the pictures or content of the listing. All of this feedback is critical for sellers to know if they expect to sell their house in a buyer’s market. And for buyers, Foundation Realty was the first brokerage in the area to offer a mobile version of their websites for people to browse properties. On the upswing With the vast array of data at his fingertips and the years he’s spent growing in a downturn, Neste is seeing some very positive signs in the real estate market recently. His office has seen an uptick in transactions—not only pending
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Broker-in-Charge Charlene Neste and her son Rich Neste
transactions, but closed ones as well. “It seems like the banks are starting to lend money again, which is great. The short sale situation is getting better; we’re starting to get quicker responses. There’s an enormous amount of money that’s being pumped into some of our resorts, we have some big name brands coming to the island, and there are some great infrastructure improvements going on in Bluffton. There are fewer foreclosures now than when we started our brokerage,” Neste said. For all these reasons and more, he is very optimistic about the future. With web traffic up 25 percent over last year, Neste’s proof of a recovery is rooted in numbers, not fairy tales. So if you’re ready to jump back into the market, you can do a lot worse than giving Charlene or Rich Neste and their agents at Foundation Realty a call. Call Foundation Realty at (843) 686-4002 or visit their website at www.hiltonheadrealestates.com. Offices are located at 22 Folly Field Road inside the Sandcastle Plaza behind Carrabba’s.
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 James Bradford, owner of The Bike Doctor
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didn’t ask James Bradford why he decided to name his company, “The Bike Doctor” because some things just fit too perfectly to muddle the story up with extraneous details. If you live on Hilton Head Island and you ride a bike, chances are you know what I’m talking about, because chances are you’ve visited the venerable, 20-years-youngthis-year bike shop at Morningstar Commons on Mathews Drive. It’s the one between the Chinese restaurant and the health food store. Bikes are lined up on the sidewalk outside, bikes on the floor and hanging from the ceiling inside, bike parts and accessories on the walls…the place smells like bikes. The inventory of all that stuff turns over regularly, but one thing never changes. That’s the sight of store manager Paul Levy, hovering over one of his “patients” like a surgeon, or consulting with the family out in the parking lot before they drive or ride away. The patients are road bikes getting brake adjustments, beach cruisers that need a new tube, an aero bike being made race ready for one of our local hardcore triathletes, and you can fill in the gaps because this shop has seen just about everything that runs on pedal power. “Everything from a simple adjustment to a custom fitting on a three-wheeler, all the way from the smallest child to your adult bike rider; I mean we do everything,” said Bradford, a self-proclaimed bike guy. “That’s something in the industry that we call ourselves if
Bradford opened a second Bike Doctor location on New Orleans Road in 2010, which was originally slated to replace Mathews Drive. But the boost from the rental business turned out to be enough to maintain both and allow expansion into yet another segment: wholesale.
we’re lifers—people who have been in it for a long time and love the idea of cycling. I’m a bike guy, and I know bicycles.” One would think so. The guy’s been deep into bikes and bike shops for his whole career. In a classic case of starting at the bottom, Bradford’s ride began as a kid, sweeping the floors at Hilton Head’s Bikes & Things in Coligny Plaza. Since then, he’s rolled through a number of shops on the island, in Savannah and around South Carolina. In the late ’80s, he turned his attention to professional riding. “I wanted to be an Olympian so, at that time, I was focused hard on being a racer,” he said. “Having my own bike shop was Plan B.” It’s always good to have a Plan B. We should all have one, but if Plan A is the Olympics, it’s a really, really good idea. Let’s face it; the odds of getting to the Games are pretty slim, even for an athlete with world-class skills. Bradford gave it his best shot and then put Plan B into action in 1992 when he opened the original Bike Doctor store on the Mathews Drive site where it remains today—almost. In the early days it was mostly repairs and service with a few
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retail sales. “We were originally running it out of one of the storage units behind the retail buildings,” Bradford said. As the business grew and evolved, The Bike Doctor moved out front to a retail storefront, and now utilizes hundreds of square feet of storage space for warehousing. The need for all of that space is a result of what we might call Bradford’s Plan C, bike rentals, which came about mostly as a result of changing economic conditions. “I grew up doing rentals and it really burned me out,” he said. “When we got our own store, I swore I wouldn’t do rentals. Honestly, though, it’s turned out to be the best move we’ve ever made. “We didn’t do rentals for the first ten years we were in business, but as we got going business changed. Retail changed
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Doctor is In and the service work thinned out a little bit. We had to make changes to our business, and we got into rentals because it was an additional income that we could count on. Survivability. That’s what it came down to,” Bradford said. Survivability turned into thrive-ability as the rental business turned into a cash cow that didn’t just support The Bike Doctor’s profitability, but helped fuel another growth spurt. “It makes us stronger overall. We can have more inventory in stock so our customers who come in and look are more likely to find what they want. It helps us continue to provide the best possible service, and we’re able to have two stores,” he continued. Bradford opened a second Bike Doctor location on New Orleans Road in 2010, which was originally slated to replace Mathews Drive. But the boost from the rental business turned out to be enough to maintain both and allow expansion into yet another segment: wholesale. “We started HH Wheels as a distribution company to supply bikes and parts to other bike rental companies,” Bradford explained. The keys to The Bike Doctor’s success in Bradford’s view are two things that both start with P: product and people. “I believe we have the best product.” On the retail side, he carries every type of bicycle: road, multi-use, dirt, kids, cruisers, in all of their variations and for every rider from casual to professional racers, as well as a full range of accessories. “We try to keep a good stock of product. If we don’t have it, we can get it in a day, unless
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it’s something really, really special,” Bradford said. But then, really, really special is usually worth the wait, isn’t it? The Bike Doctor is an Official Specialized Retailer, which is a reflection of Bradford’s personal preference. “I think that people who like other brands better than Specialized just haven’t ridden a Specialized yet, in my humble opinion!” he said. Nevertheless, since it is a matter of preference, he also carries other brands like Fuji and Raleigh, and you can find an assortment of other makes in the trade-in inventory. “Having the right people in place is really what makes it all work. We’re all bike guys.” Well, except for Bradford’s wife and co-owner, Kerrie (The Bike Nurse?). The other bike guys are Sonny Rothert, Levy’s counterpart at the south end store, and Greg Nay who handles all the back office business. “We all love what we do, and we have to because this business isn’t easy,” Bradford said. “It’s long hours and hard work every day.” He paused for a moment or two to reflect on the Mathews Drive store’s 20 years. “You know, I’m sure there are people who don’t even know it as The Bike Doctor, but they know it’s there because they keep coming. I think it’ll be there until I die.” It’s springtime, folks, and time to get that bike tuned up. The Doctor is in, and don’t forget to say Happy Birthday! For more information, stop by or call The Bike Doctor: 55 Mathews Drive, Suite 160, (843) 681-7531 or 31 New Orleans Road, Suite B (843) 681-7532. Visit online at bikedoctorhhi.com.
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ill I have enough money in retirement? It’s a expenses for raising children and the mortgage, if it still question more and more Americans are asking. needs to be paid off. Also, if you keep working, account for Baby boomers in particular wonder if they’ll be any income you anticipate. Add costs for travel, hobbies, able to live comfortably and securely when they leave entertaining, donations and a second home, if that’s the workaday world. The good news is that you may be something you’ve worked toward attaining. Think about able to retire with confidence and enough assets — if what might happen to your taxes and apply that information you get organized. That means thinking about what you accordingly. While admittedly imprecise, this estimate should want retirement to be, reviewing your current investments be a fair starting place for creating a retirement budget. and benefits, and taking maximum advantage of some As you look ahead, be sure to consider that, realistically, investment vehicles designed to provide retirement income. you may be retired for a long time, and your finances need to As with so many things, the key is to set reflect that fact. clear goals and then pursue them. “If you retire at 65, you have a life Because each “People who are getting ready expectancy of another 20 to 25 years. individual’s idea of the for retirement are more financially That’s a long, long time not to have a perfect retirement is responsible than their counterparts who regular check coming in,” Karr says. different, everybody are not planning for retirement,” says Once you have a sense of your will have different David Karr, a CPA with the accounting financial needs, look at the benefits you’re financial needs. Try to firm of David E. Karr and Associates, confident you’ll receive. Make sure you determine what yours LLC, in Rockville, Md. “People who spend know what you’ll get from your employer. will be based on your less than they make and take maximum This typically will take only a quick visit to vision of being retired. advantage of the opportunities presented the human resources department. them to save for retirement, these people “Make sure you talk to well-informed Don’t accept the understand that life is not all about today. people. Make sure they know what they’re conventional wisdom If you want a nice retirement life, you need talking about. Get all the facts. Sometimes that says all of us will to start planning as early as possible.” there are gross misunderstandings about require 60 to 80% of our Setting retirement goals is not just what you’ll get. You want to focus too on income when we stop about dollars and sense. It’s also about when you get benefits,” Karr says. working. Instead, try to drawing on your values and hopes to Also, review your savings and estimate a budget for create a satisfying life. For some, that may investments. Then check on your Social your specific vision of mean continuing to work past age 65, or Security benefits. Once a year, Social retirement. even starting a new career. Others, of Security sends a statement of these. If course, may be ready to stop laboring and you don’t have one, then use the benefit start relaxing, volunteering, traveling or pursuing a pastime. calculators at the Social Security Web site — www.ssa.gov. Because each individual’s idea of the perfect retirement When you know your goals and estimated expenses and is different, everybody will have different financial needs. Try income, you can create a written retirement plan that covers to determine what yours will be based on your vision of being investments held in retirement and nonretirement accounts. retired. Don’t accept the conventional wisdom that says all As you do, it’s a good idea to look at several sources of income of us will require 60 to 80% of our income when we stop that you can use to save and invest. working. Instead, try to estimate a budget for your specific Begin by considering using an Individual Retirement vision of retirement. Account. Two types particularly deserve attention — traditional Start by noting what you spend on the basics — food, IRAs and Roth IRAs. Traditional IRAs tend to work best for shelter, clothing, health care and transportation. Include people who believe they’ll be in a lower tax bracket during
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retirement and meet the criteria for making tax-deductible contributions. Earnings and contributions are taxable as ordinary income when withdrawn, and withdrawals prior to age 59 1/2 may trigger a federal 10% penalty. Payments from the account must begin when the investor reaches age 70 1/2. The Roth IRA generally appeals to people who want taxdeferred earnings, are OK with the idea of making aftertax contributions now in exchange for tax-free distributions in retirement and who expect to be in the same or a higher tax bracket when they retire.1 Holders of Roth IRAs often use them because they also may need access to their savings. The Roth IRA requires no minimum distribution during the investor’s lifetime. With both IRAs, investors make periodic contributions and direct how the money will be invested. Besides IRAs, annuities2 also may have a place in your portfolio. An annuity is a contract between you and an insurance company in which the insurer agrees to make periodic payments to you, beginning either immediately or at some future date. Annuities are designed to be long-term investments used for retirement. They have contract limitations, fees and charges that include, but are not limited to, mortality and expense risk charges, sales and surrender charges, administrative fees, and charges for optional benefits. There are limitations on the amount of funds that may be withdrawn without a charge, and withdrawals reduce annuity contract benefits and values. Additionally, withdrawals of earnings are subject to ordinary income tax, and a federal 10% penalty may apply to withdrawals taken prior to age 59 1/2. Annuities have two basic forms — fixed and variable. Fixed annuities appeal to conservative investors because they deliver a fixed payment at a regular interval. On the other hand, variable annuities generally offer a range of investment options, and the value of your investment will vary depending on the performance of the investment options you choose, which may directly impact the payments you are able to receive. Ultimately, proper planning may help you get the retirement you desire, if you know what you want and what your options are — and pursue both with resolve and clarity. Together, we can discuss: • Your vision and goals for retirement • How an annuity might help strengthen your retirement plan • Whether a traditional IRA or Roth IRA makes sense for you Wells Fargo Advisors/ Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network is not a legal or tax advisor. The accuracy and completeness of this article are not guaranteed. The material is distributed solely for information purposes and is not a solicitation or an offer to buy any security or instrument or to participate in any trading strategy. NOT FDIC-INSURED/NOT BANK-GUARANTEED/MAY LOSE VALUE Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, Member SIPC, is a registered broker-dealer and a separate non-bank affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company.
1 For Roth IRAs, qualified distributions are federally tax-free, provided a Roth account has been open for at least five tax years and the owner has reached age 59 1/2 or meets other requirements. Qualified Roth IRA distributions are not subject to state and local taxation in most states. 2 Insurance products are offered through non-bank insurance agencies of Wells Fargo & Company and are underwritten by unaffiliated insurance companies.
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“The Departm ent of Defens today the de e announced ath of a sold ier who was supporting Op eration Iraqi Freedom. Sg Jevon K. Jord t. an, 32, of No rfolk, Va., died Mar. 29 at La ndstuhl Regi on al Center, Land Medical stuhl, German y, from woun suffered Mar. ds 23 in Abu Ja ssim, Iraq, wh his vehicle en en countered an improvised explosive. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regi ment, 4th Brigade Com bat Team, 3rd Infantry Divis Fort Stewart, ion, Ga.”-- Departm ent of Defens News Release e , April 2, 2008
Expands Services to Families of Fallen Heroes A conversation with the Jordan family
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ince its founding in 2008, Operation R&R USA has provided hundreds of free vacations on Hilton Head Island for returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and their families. Property owners, volunteers, restaurants and vacationoriented businesses make this all possible. In 2011, the non-profit group expanded to Charleston, SC and Austin, TX. In 2012, Operation R&R extended its outreach to include “Families of the Fallen Heroes Program,” dedicated to the families who have lost a loved one in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The following is an interview with one of the first families of a Fallen Hero to be hosted by Operation R&R. We are sitting in the Long Cove clubhouse. In the background is Grant Evans, founder of Operation R&R. Evans and wife Mia, live in Long Cove and the private golf community has been very generous in its response to Operation R&R. But, then so has the entire island. Today, the focus is on three people: Michelle Jordan, widow, Michelle (17), daughter, and Michael (16), son of Jevon Kieran Jordan. Though it has been four years since the death of husband and father, there is a certain sense of stillness with this handsome family, what TAPS Magazine (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors) often refers to as the “new normal.” CH2: What made you decide to take up Operation R&R’s offer to come to Hilton Head? Mrs. Jordan: We’d never been to Hilton Head. I really needed a vacation, so God just blessed us with it. 110
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CH2: How has your vacation been so far? What have you enjoyed most? Mrs. Jordan: It has been beautiful, so relaxing. We’ve had so much fun. Even the first night when we met Mr. Grant and Mia, they were awesome. The condo that we are staying in is wonderful. So far I think our favorites were going to the Boathouse, and then we had a massage. (Teasing) Michael loved the massage. CH2: When you not on vacation, what are you doing? Mrs. Jordan: I am working. I’m also a football/basketball/ baseball mom. My days are getting up early, around 5 a.m., dropping them off at school, going to work at 6:30, get off at 3:00; picking them up, and waiting for the people to get off of basketball, football. We don’t get home until like 6-7 o’clock at night. So we have really long days. CH2: Other than being the football/ basketball/baseball track, do you have any other interests? Mrs. Jordan: No, I don’t have time; I really don’t. I would love to finish school and just relax and get my life back. Since Jevon died, it’s only me now so… I’m a single parent and still have all these duties that I have to deal with. CH2: How long had you been married? Mrs. Jordan: For 13 years. CH2: There are a lot of retired and active duty members of the Armed Forces in the Lowcountry, what would you like them April 2012
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to know about Jevon, about you, about this program? Mrs. Jordan: I would like for them to know that Jevon died a hero. He gave the ultimate sacrifice and that was his life. That was his first tour. He was there for five months. He left in October and was killed in March (2008). He was actually injured. On Easter Sunday morning, he went out on a convoy; he volunteered to be the gunner. He took somebody’s place, and as he was going on a convoy, they had a buried IED in the ground and it hit the top of his truck. The explosion disintegrated his helmet and a piece of metal went through the back of his head. It lodged in the front of his forehead. He actually survived for six days. I think he would have survived longer, but the people in Germany wanted to take him off life support. He wanted to go over to Iraq, and he wanted to fight. I just thank the Army and Operation R&R for allowing us to participate in this program. I think it is a really excellent program. (Note: Michelle and Michael are students at Memorial Day School in Savannah.) CH2: Michelle, when you graduate, what do you think you want to do? Michelle: My plans are to go north, Boston or Ohio, and go to medical school. I may become a doctor. I’m not sure what I want—maybe a children’s doctor. CH2: Do you have a favorite subject in school? Michelle: I guess it would have to be history. CH2: How about you, Michael? Michael: My favorite? Science. To study the human mind. CH2: What would you like to be? Michael: If none of my sports work out, I will go to a private college or maybe university and get my PhD in psychology and work for the military. I’ll help the military troops and families with the issues and just try and be there for them. CH2: You have been involved with the program in Washington called TAPS. Tell us about that. Michael: TAPS is an organization for fallen soldiers. Not just soldiers who died overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan, but also soldiers who committed suicide. They are really opening their arms up for families like ours. They have this huge conference for all the fallen soldiers’ families. They have breakout sessions, if people need additional counseling, like dealing with grief—just any and every issue that a lot of us go through. Parents are also allowed to attend this program. There is also another organization, Families of Fallen Heroes. We only attended that once. But there are agencies that help with support, like if you need mentoring, a gathering place for all of us to come and be able to express ourselves— our views, and some of the issues that we go through. CH2: What do you think you’re going to take away from the island, from your vacation? Mrs. Jordan: That people care. There are people who really care about the fallen heroes. This program has been really good to us. It has been a blessing. April 2012
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Discover Your Parks
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hat do Wi-Fi, a floating stone, and a 417-year-old Southern Red Cedar tree have in common? They can all be found at various town parks! Many Hilton Head Islanders drive up and down U.S. 278 turning right or left to grocery shop, visit a doctor, or eat at their favorite restaurant not knowing that they just passed opportunities to view beautiful marshes, read storyboards about island history, or pay homage to our military veterans. A good way to learn about your parks is to go visit our town web page, hiltonheadislandsc.gov. Once there, click on “Our Island,” then “Parks and Amenities.” You then have the option of searching by park, facility type, or by amenity. For example, if you want to know where playgrounds are, just locate this on the amenity list, and you will see several parks listed that include playgrounds. If you’re looking for tennis courts, observation decks, etc., just click and learn. Rather than simply list the multitude of amenities at your parks, allow me to offer some suggestions: • Maybe your dog hasn’t told you, but he may be getting tired of walking the same old neighborhood. How about taking Fido to the dog park at Chaplin Community Park? Your dog will like the features there, and dog and owner may meet new friends. • When is the last time you saw a tree that is thought to have been growing since about 1595? Go to the Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn and you can see it yourself. • Are you a birder, a painter, or a photographer looking for inspiration? Click on “Observation Decks” and find four different locations that offer varied scenes. • I’ll bet 95 percent of you reading this haven’t been to Mitchelville Beach Park. Plenty of parking, an inviting walk/entrance to the beach, restroom facilities, and you’ll never see a crowd there. If you want peace and quiet, Mitchelville Beach Park is great, but so is neighboring Fish Haul Creek Park where you will find a picnic pavilion and a covered gazebo to shield you from the sun. • Go to Compass Rose Park and see a 22,000-pound floating stone made of two solid pieces of granite, rotating not on a fixed point or mechanism; rather, it rotates on water alone! You can sit on it and rotate, and remember, it’s a functioning compass! How long has it been since you sat back and relaxed? Go to Coligny Beach Park, sit in one of the swings, and enjoy the breeze blowing off the beautiful Atlantic Ocean. I haven’t scratched the surface, but you get the point; and by spending a few minutes on our web page, you can plan a few outings. See you out there! 112
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Bluffton Believes in Business
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usiness license fees are a major source of revenue for the Town of Bluffton. Over the past 10 years, we have seen a major increase in licenses, from 62 to over 2,000. We appreciate the business community and want to help them in any way possible. We have set up a one-stop shop in town hall to aid in getting new businesses the startup info they need, as well as making it easier to pay your renewals. Bluffton believes in business.
The Town of Bluffton mailed out approximately 2,100 business license renewals for 2012 in January. Please be aware that your license expired on December 31, 2011. However, due to the nature of our renewal period, there is a grace period, and your business license will be considered valid until April 16, 2012. The Town of Bluffton mailed out approximately 2,100 business license renewals for 2012 in January. Please be aware that your license expired on December 31, 2011. However, due to the nature of our renewal period, there is a grace period, and your business license will be considered valid until April 16, 2012. All business licenses are renewable annually, based on the previous year’s gross sales for business conducted in the Town of Bluffton. To date the town has received 498 renewals, 229 from in-town businesses and 269 from out-oftown businesses. For the first time this year, we are accepting credit card payments (Visa, MasterCard, and Discover) in addition to the previously accepted cash and business check. Please stop by our newly renovated customer service center in town hall at 20 Bridge Street if you have questions or need assistance in renewing your license. The Town of Bluffton requires businesses operating within the town limits, including home-based occupations, to obtain a Town of Bluffton Business License. Applications are available on the town’s website. Applications for new business licenses are made by submitting a completed application either by mail or in person at the business license office located at town hall. If you have any questions or comments regarding business licenses, or to notify us of a change of address or closure of your business, please contact the business license department at (843)706-4501 or e-mail businesslicense@ townofbluffton.com. April 2012
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