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When I wanted to get someone committed to something, I used to use that old phrase, “jump in and get wet all over.” One of our newest reporters, Adrienne Sarvis, almost took that phrase too literally. When she was sent out to write about paddle boarding, no one was at Poinsett State Park, so an instructor assured her she could teach her how to paddle board and stay dry. The photo on the cover of this magazine shows her giving it a try but staying dry. That’s the kind of commitment I like from our reporters — to be able to find interesting stories for our readers, and when all else fails, adapt. I also sent our summer intern Collyn Taylor on a tourist boat to visit a swamp that feeds into the lakes. He and our photographer, Keith Gedamke, saw everything from ospreys to alligators. Those are the kinds of stories that we hope to bring to you with each issue of Lakeside. And our writers are overjoyed to break away from the daily routine of covering local government,
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schools and police beats to cover interesting feature stories that often come from you. Please feel free to contact me about story ideas you have for the magazine. In fact, the reason we have the story about the history of the battle at Eutaw Springs was because someone made us aware of it. And while we enjoy doing the feature stories, we also feel the need to inform locals and visitors of environmental issues such as the one Jim Hilley wrote in this issue on the Pinewood industrial waste site and the need to ensure safe waters for years to come. It goes back to what we all want, a safe place to “jump in and get wet all over.”
Rick Carpenter EDITOR OF LAKESIDE
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Waterpark cools the summer down in Santee Even a novice can take a stand on a paddle board Boating for Charity Cancer fundraiser uses lots of docks
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Swamp Tour: Educating visitors about unique S.C. species
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Battle of Eutaw Springs group maintains history
about us EDITOR Rick Carpenter rick@theitem.com
PHOTOGRAPHY Keith Gedamke keith@theitem.com COPY EDITORS Jessica Stephens jessica@theitem.com Melanie Smith melanie@theitem.com Ivy Moore ivy@theitem.com Rhonda Barrick rhonda@theitem.com
COLUMNISTS Earle Woodward CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Adrienne Sarvis adrienne@theitem.com
CLARENDON COUNTY MANAGER Gail Mathis gail@theitem-clarendonsun.com
Jim Hilley jim@theitem.com
ADVERTISING CONSULTANTS Waverly Williams waverly@theitem.com
Konstantin Vengerowsky konstantin@theitem.com Collyn Taylor intern@theitem.com
Paige Macloskie paige@theitem.com
PUBLICATION DESIGNERS Cary Howard cary@theitem.com
Mark Pekuri mark@theitem.com
MIDLANDS EVENTS
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NEW HUNTING REGULATIONS
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THEY WOBBLE AND BOBBLE
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TICKING TIME BOMB
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ON THE LAKE
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limit your access to private land on the lake
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ON THE COVER Photo by Keith Gedamke Adrienne Sarvis learns to paddle board at Poinsett State Park.
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Community Calendar
BERKELEY • CLARENDON ORANGEBURG AND SUMTER ORANGBURG COUNTY
The Town of Elloree will hold its Fall Trash to Treasure event from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 15. You won’t want to miss this town-wide yard sale! Call Elloree Town Hall at (803) 897-2821. Labor Day Weekend (Sept. 4-6) will bring the 13th Annual Lone Star Bluegrass & Country Music Jamboree. This annual familyoriented event will be held at Lonestar Barbecue & Mercantile, 2212 State Park Road, Santee. Fill up on some barbecue while you listen to some great bluegrass and country music provided by groups from all over the state of South Carolina. Call (803) 8542000 for information. The Eutawville 5K Fun Run/Walk will take place on Saturday, Sept. 5, beginning at 8 a.m. Join with other runners / walkers as they make their way through scenic downtown Eutawville. An awards ceremony will immediately follow the race. For details, call (803) 492-3374. The Bowman Harvest Festival will be held Sept. 11-13 in the town of Bowman. The festival will feature a beauty pageant, parade, vendors, rides, gospel singing and more. Call the Town of Bowman at (803) 829-2666 for more details. The 47th Raylrode Daze, a three day festival to commemorate Branchville’s railroad heritage, will be held Sept. 25-27. Call Tom Jennings at (803) 274-8831 for information.
BERKELEY COUNTY
A Hypertufa Workshop will be held Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 15-16, at Cypress Gardens, 3030 Cypress Gardens Road, Moncks Corner. From 9 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, students will learn how to make molds and mix tufa cement. Students will also make a stepping stone and a flower pot that will look like old tufa stoneware. On Sunday, the students will return at 1 p.m. to unmold their projects and learn concrete carving and finishing techniques. Cost is $35 and workshop is limited to 15 students. Call Loretta at (843) 553-0515 or go to http://cypressgardener. blogspot.com/. Are you interested in art? If so, check out the 23rd Annual Juried Art Show being held Aug. 29-Sept. 13 at Old Santee Canal Park, Moncks Corner. Call Mary Bell at (843) 899-5200 for details. You won’t want to miss the Taste of the Town Festival on Saturday, Sept. 12, at Old Santee Canal Park in Moncks Corner. Event will feature food samples, a parade, games and more. Call (843) 899-5200 for details. The Blackwater Ukulele Festival 2015 will be held Sunday, Sept. 13, at Cypress Gardens, Moncks Corner. This unique festival gives attendees the chance to take workshops and meet fellow ukulele enthusiasts. A free concert will be provided by the Charleston Hot Shots, Sarrah Summer, Nathan Miller and The V-Tones. The festival will also feature a hula exhibition and class as well as food, crafts, a gift store and more. Contact Jim at (843) 761-4859 or email ukuleleblues@charlestonhotshots.com.
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CLARENDON COUNTY
The 2015 Dancing with the Clarendon County Stars, which benefits several Clarendon County charities including Habitat for Humanity, will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 15, at Sunset Acres, Cades. For ticket information, call (843) 687-7774 or (843) 222-8689. The Carolina Bass Challenge Championship will be held on Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Santee Cooper John C. Land III Boat Landing.
KERSHAW COUNTY
The Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site, 222 S. Broad St., Camden, will hold its annual Remembrance Day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 15, in commemoration of the 235th Anniversary of the Battle of Camden. This familyoriented event will feature special activities for children to include a scavenger hunt, Colonial games, stories about Revolutionary War heroes and more. Visit http://www.historiccamden.net. The Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County will hold its Arts Open House and Hot Dog Lunch 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29, at 810 Lyttleton St., Camden. A free annual community gathering, the event will include hot dogs, drinks, community art project, entertainment, class demonstrations, and so much more. The 2015 Dancing With the Stars, a benefit for the Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County, will be held at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19, at Wood Auditorium. Cost is $40.
The Chris and Manda McKay Exhibition Gallery Opening and Reception with Meet & Greet will be held 6-7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Bassett Gallery, Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County. Chris is a nationally known concert photographer and musician and Manda is a medical and veterinary illustrator turned painter. Chris and Manda are both Camden natives. Event will feature a cash bar and light hors d-ouevres.
SUMTER COUNTY
Movies at the Opera House will feature “Guardians of the Galaxy” at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 14. Admission is only $1. The Sumter Opera House is located at 21 N. Main St. Enjoy an evening of live music at the 4th Fridays on Main event from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, in Downtown Sumter. College tennis players from 12 universities in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee will meet for the Palmetto Tennis Center Individual being held Sept. 11-13, at the Palmetto Tennis Center, 400 Theatre Drive. Call (803) 7743969 for details. Be sure to attend the Sumter Green Fall Feast on Thursday, Sept. 17, at the USC Sumter – Nettles Building, 200 Miller Road. From 6 to 9 p.m. you will have the opportunity to enjoy famous recipes from local cooks, restaurants and businesses. The Sumter County Library’s Forrest Ray 5K will be held from 8 to 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19.
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Kallie Sullivan, 12, and Breanna Burton, 15, emerge from the Santee Recreation Center and Waterpark’s slide recently. 6 AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2015 | LAKESIDE
Waterpark cools the Summer in santee by KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com
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Sophie Nickols, 5, uses one of the waterpark’s water canons during a recent visit to the park.
The waterpark in Santee features a covered tube slide, basketball goals, a lap area, kids’ slide and other water games.
Devan Steele, 12; Foster Lambert, 11 (jumping); Brandon Steele, 15 (background); and Logan Lambert, 14, play water basketball at the park.
Allison Dixon holds the raft for Sharese Livingston, 8, and Tatiana Martin, 8, as they prepare for a tandem ride.
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Elsie Cowan, of Summerton, has always wanted to find a place that would keep her children engaged and excited during the summer. She found that place recently when the Santee Recreation Center and Waterpark opened on Memorial Day weekend. The park includes an aquatics center, basketball courts, baseball fields, a soccer field, a bocce field and recreation pavilions. The main feature of the aquatics center is a 300-foot slide that starts about 100 feet in the air and takes one or two people on a tube down through three loops in about 19 seconds, and riders splash into a five-footdeep pool. Since its opening, the waterpark has attracted between 300 and 600 people a day, according to Angela Smoak, the waterpark’s operations manager. “I love it here,” said Brandon Steele, 15, Cowan’s son. “I’d rather be here during the summer than anywhere else.” Brandon and his brother, Devan, 12, have come to the park three times so far this summer and have stayed all day each of those times. Besides the big slide, the aquatics center includes an 80,000-gallon pool separated into three sections. The sections range from the deep end, from three to six feet of water, to a middle section ranging from three feet six inches to four feet to the shallow area ranging from level to three feet. The shallow section includes a tree-shaped fountain, buckets in the shape of fish that fill up with water and douse those that come near and stationary play water guns. The aquatics center is one of two owned by Orangeburg County and is run by employees of Orangeburg County YMCA. Lifeguards are on duty at the park at all times. Multiple times during the day, lifeguards ask everyone to exit the pool areas to make sure they get hydrated. Children also have to take a swim test before going down the big slide. The aquatics center has a maximum capacity of 126 people in the water and 1,021 people on site. The park attracts both locals from surrounding counties and out-of-state visitors. Charlene Westbury, of St. George, Dorchester County, said the price is reasonable and the park is not as crowded as some of the other popular waterparks across the state. “It’s safe, not overcrowded and clean,” said Kim Tomashpolsky of Walterboro. “I
feel comfortable for my 6-year-old to play here.” Joette Kizer, of Harleyville, has a lake house in neighboring Eutawville. She came to the aquatics center for the first time with her two grandchildren. “I think it’s a nice tourist attraction for Santee,” she said. “It gives us something else to do besides going out on the lake.” Tanya Rojas, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was visiting family in Eutawville for the weekend with her husband. “I think it’s awesome,” she said. “It’s an inexpensive way to have fun. We don’t have many waterparks in New Mexico.” The park was built through a partnership between Orangeburg County and the Town of Santee, with funding from a countywide 1 percent capital projects sales tax. The park cost $5 million to build and employs about 25 people through the YMCA, including 12 to 14 lifeguards, ticket sellers and canteen salespeople. The aquatics center also has a canteen that sells snacks and a room that can be rented out for private parties. Edwyn Barnett, of Santee, is one of the lifeguards at the park. Barnett is also a volunteer firefighter and the son of the town’s fire chief, Edward Barnett Jr. Barnett said he loves swimming, and being a lifeguard was something he wanted to do for the summer. “This park is great for the community and gives both local and visiting children something to do during the summer,” he said. “It is also a great way to stay cool during the heat.” As of 2013, Santee had a population of 952 people. Admission to the park is $4 for children and adults who are 47 inches or shorter ($3 for YMCA members) or $8 for children and adults who are 48 inches or taller ($7 for YMCA members). The height requirement to ride the big slide is 48 inches. The aquatics center is open Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. Hours of operation through Aug. 16 are Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. Hours of operation Aug. 22 to Sept. 7 are Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 7, will be the last day the park will be open for the season, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The aquatics center is at 1761 Bass Drive in Santee. For more information, call the park at (803) 391-0017.
‘Gone fishing’
for more than 50 years by KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Need to find some good fishing spots on the Santee Cooper Lakes? Inky Davis is your man. Davis has been a fishing guide on the Santee Cooper Lakes for about 47 years. He specializes in largemouth bass and takes people to some of the best fishing areas on the lakes. He takes parties across Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie for eight to 10 hours. Davis said a majority of the people he guides are anglers with fishing experience who have never fished the lakes before. Some, however, are first-time fishermen. “Usually when anglers come to fish the lakes, they don’t know where the best areas to fish are,” he said. Some of these anglers participate in tournaments on the lakes, while others are just looking for the best spots to fish. Davis said people can bring their own equipment or he can provide rods and reels. Davis teaches first-time anglers some of the tools of the trade, including how to throw with distance and accuracy. “The biggest single part about fishing is patience,” he said. “Some days you have a lot of fish biting; other days you have none. You have to be patient and enjoy the whole experience.” Davis has guided parties from across the nation and overseas.
“It’s a great way to meet new people and learn a bit about each other’s cultures,” he said. “It also offers people an opportunity to see some of the areas of the lakes they may not have had a chance to visit.” Davis typically guides in the spring, fall and summer, although he can take parties out in the winter, depending on the weather. During the summers, fishing times are cut down to about four to six hours because of the humidity. Prices for his guide service range from $250 to $350 a day, based on the length of time. Davis started fishing the lakes when he was a boy. He worked for UPS for 27 years, but on the weekends and any chance he could get, he would be out fishing. “Any vacation time or holidays, you would find me out on the lake somewhere, doing what I love,” he said. When he retired, he started taking people out full time. Davis has been featured on seven TV shows, various radio interviews and more than 300 major magazine and newspaper articles and has been mentioned in six books, including one that was dedicated to him. He also has two islands named after him on Lake Marion. For more information, visit www.inkydavis.com or contact Davis at (803) 478-7289.
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Item reporter Adrienne Sarvis (left) listens as park ranger Kaley Foley teaches her how to launch the paddle board into Old Levi Mill Lake at Poinsett State Park.
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Stand-up paddle boarding is steadily gaining popularity across the country, and more waterside venues are offering board and paddle rentals. Stand-up paddle boarding is an alteration of the already popular sport of paddle boarding. The difference is standing rather than kneeling while on the board. I planned a trip to Poinsett State Park, which has offered standup paddle boarding for about two years, to get more information about the sport. When I planned the trip to Poinsett, I had no intentions of getting on a board, especially because I did not dress for the occasion, and I did not bring a towel. I thought paddle boarding would require a lot of falling in the water, but park ranger Kaley Foley assured me that it would not be a difficult activity. My confidence in the activity increased after Foley said she would also get on a paddle board in her full uniform.
Foley said Poinsett is actually a great place for first-time paddle boarders because there are fewer people and no large boats to create high wakes. She also said the price to rent a paddle board is a great advantage for newcomers. Paddle boards can be rented for $5 per hour. Once you have persuaded yourself or someone else has persuaded you to get on a board, you should get a paddle and adjust its size. Foley said to grip the handle of the paddle, lift my hand above my head and drop my wrist to get the proper height. She said the paddle should be tall enough to allow me to paddle comfortably without having to bend over. Next, we grabbed the boards. Then you put on your Personal Flotation Device. Foley said the PFD should fit you so that it does not come up past your chin. The whole point of the PFD is to prevent your head from going AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2015 | LAKESIDE 11
in the water, she said. We then pushed the back portion of our boards into the water, stepped on and attached the tethers to our ankles. If you’re wondering if you have to take off your shoes to paddle board at Poinsett, the answer is no. Foley said it may be better to wear shoes while on the board to help me keep my balance because shoes have grips on the bottom, and they can provide more comfort for my feet. We were now ready to push off. Foley said it may be better to start out kneeling and eventually stand up after I push off and get comfortable. At this point, I was kneeling on the board and ready to take off until I turned around and saw that an aquatic spider had hopped aboard. That, I have to say, was the scariest part of my entire paddle boarding experience, but it wasn’t too bad. After the stowaway left the vessel, I pushed off from the bank. I slowly stood up and placed my feet in the textured markers on the board and took about a minute to get my balance. When we got out far enough that we could not see the bottom of the lake, I became more comfortable on the board. It was extremely peaceful. The tree lines and the sky were mirrored on the surface of the water. Foley and I paddled across the lake away from the office building. We paddled, talked about the park and looked for turtles until we reached the opposite end of the lake and turned around. On the way back, the wind started to pick up and push against us. That had to be the most difficult part, paddling against the wind, but it was still enjoyable because of the breeze. Before long, we were almost back at the lake bed beside the office. We kneeled on our boards to brace for the very minimal impact when we touched land.
I had survived. As someone who does not work out, I was not sore after getting off the board. The only physical discomfort I experienced was my feet going a bit numb after keeping my balance on the water for about an hour. Foley said you get lighter on your feet the more you paddle board. Overall, it was a great experience, and I definitely plan to do it again. I encourage anyone who visits Poinsett or who has the slightest interest in paddle boarding to give it a shot. Foley said the park may offer paddle board yoga in the future. I’m not really sure I would try it, but to those who do, you are brave. If you want to paddle board but you do not have plans to visit Poinsett, there are rental shops. Jason Kerr, owner of New Wave Board Shop in Columbia, has been involved in board sports, including surfing, skateboarding and longboarding, for all of his life. Kerr said he has noticed the growing popularity of paddle boarding during the past couple of years. He said two years ago, the shop received about seven calls and four emails per week requesting paddle board rentals, and now the shop receives about that many requests per day. He said he got into stand-up paddle boarding after sustaining a severe neck injury a few years ago. You may think that paddle boarding while recovering from a neck injury may not be the best thing to do, but Kerr thinks otherwise. He said stand-up paddle boarding was actually good for his injury. He said paddle boarding is an overall good way to work out. “It’s better than going to the gym,” Kerr said. “You’re out in nature, and you get a tan.” For anyone who wants to purchase his or her own paddle board,
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be prepared to make a very pricey investment. According to Kerr, a quality paddle board could cost from $800 to $2,000. Paddle boards are made of many types of materials including bamboo, epoxy resin and fiberglass and plastic. Kerr said people should be mindful not to purchase boards that are larger than what they need because the board could be too heavy to carry. He said the size of the paddleboard depends on the individual’s weight, and boards with more volume and thickness are better for holding more. Kerr said adjustable aluminum paddles could cost from $80 to $100 and fitted carbon fiber paddles could cost about $450. No matter if you are a novice or experienced paddler, Kerr said the main thing to remember when paddle boarding is to enjoy it. “You’re standing on water,” he said. He said one of the best things about paddle boarding is that you get an eye-level view of your surroundings as opposed to looking up while sitting in a kayak. “Everyone should try paddle boarding at least once,” Kerr said. New Wave rents paddleboards at $25 for one hour, $40 for two hours, $60 for four hours or $100 for the whole day. The shop delivers paddle boards and essential equipment to multiple locations in the Midlands and Upstate of South Carolina and Augusta, Georgia. Kerr said he has made deliveries to Lake Murray, the Savannah River, Lake Bowen, Lake Blalock, Lake Wateree and Mistletoe State Park in Georgia. He said although Lake Marion is not a part of his usual delivery routes, he will make deliveries to the lake for a weekly rental fee. For more information about New Wave Board Shop, visit newwavepaddleboarding.net or call (803) 569-9961. For more information about Poinsett State Park, visit southcarolinaparks.com or call (803) 494-8177.
Poinsett State Park Ranger Kaley Foley explains the design of a paddle board.
Adrienne Sarvis (left) and Poinsett State Park ranger Kaley Foley paddle down Old Levi Mill Lake. Foley paddled in full uniform.
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Boating Boats gather at Scarborough’s Landing for the six-to eight-hour trip down to Charleston. 14 AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2015 | LAKESIDE
Boating for Charity CANCER FUNDRAISER USES LOTS OF DOCKS by COLLYN TAYLOR intern@theitem.com
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The group participating in the Parker Miracle House Foundation Boat Trip enter the Pinopolis Lock near Monchs Corner South Carolina.
Boats tie to a floating dock in the Pinopolis Lock to begin the 75 foot drop from Lake Moultrie to the Talirace Canal.
A breeze blows across Lake Marion as ripples start forming on the water. The waves slowly start lapping up on the sand by the dock. The waves make a soft sound on the wooden stilts supporting the structure as the hot summer sun slowly beats down on the wood and the teenage boy unloading ice and gasoline gets ready for the crowd coming soon. The sound of the waves hitting the dock intensifies as the water beneath the dock starts moving faster. The teenager looks up to see a horde of boats skimming their way across the lake toward the dock. Music pumps from speakers on one boat; loud chatter booms from another. The passengers start yelling for the boy, asking for the supplies he laid out near the edge of the dock: the ice to cool drinks in an effort to combat the hot summer sun, the gasoline to make sure they have enough juice for their journey to Charleston. One boat asks for a specific number of bags of ice, seven, as if the passengers have done this before. It’s because they have. The squad of ships was departing on the annual Parker Miracle House Foundation Boat Trip, a fundraising trip that’s been going on for 11 years. Boats have been making the trip from Santee to the Holy City all in an effort to raise money for the Parker Miracle House Foundation and Larry Parker, who has leukemia. This year’s trip featured more than 160 people, according to Parker’s wife, Linda. The hotel in the Charleston harbor hosting the maritime mob blocked off 60 rooms for them, all of which were at capacity. Linda said most rooms had four or five people in them, and she got a call a week after the initial registration deadline asking to block off 15 more rooms. She joked, saying she tries to meet everyone who’s on their first 16 AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2015 | LAKESIDE
trip, and it’s so hard because the trip gets more new people every year. The trip is made up of family, such as Parker’s cousin Don Goodson, and family friends. Linda said their family has been “more than supportive” and there are “no words to explain” how much they’ve done for her and Larry. Larry was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in 2002. While he was fortunate enough to not have heavy debt after his treatment, he saw people who weren’t as lucky. That experience prompted Parker to open Miracle House, a house where cancer patients can stay so they don’t have to stay in a cramped hotel room or a hospital bed. The Parkers partnered with the American Cancer Society in 2006 to renovate a house on Calhoun Street in Charleston. Now, they offer free housing to cancer patients as, according to its website, “a home away from home.” This year, the boat trip raised roughly $7,000, all of which goes to patient care at the house, Linda said. The trip has been raising money for Parker Miracle House Foundation for 11 years; however, the roots of the trip date much further back. The initial trip was started more than 50 years ago by Goodson’s father, who would take him and the rest of the family on boat trips throughout his life. “He loved boats as much as I do,” Goodson said. “I obviously got that from him. He loved to take the boat to Charleston.” The trip goes from the banks of Lake Marion into Lake Moultrie before venturing into Old Santee Canal State Park, home of the Santee Locks. The caravan goes through those until it links with the Cooper River. Then they float down the river until it spits them out in the salt waters of the Atlantic Ocean in Charleston.
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Usually a three-and-a-half-hour trip, the gaggle takes a leisurely float into Charleston, stopping for lunch and on sandbars to throw a football around while slowly chugging along the water. “The best trips are the ones that take six or eight hours to get down there,” Goodson said. “Where the weather’s good, stay on sandbars for a couple hours, then you ride another hour and get on another sandbar. You float and hang out with everyone. That’s the best day, when it takes a long time to get there.” Goodson, 51, said he’s been going on the annual boating trip since he was about 3 years old, marking almost 48 years of boating to Charleston. He said he’s made memories through the years, telling stories of a water snake chasing swimmers in the caravan back onto the boats, trying to help a severely injured water skier to an ambulance and stumbling on a few alligators. Throughout the years, he said it became a family tradition. He even proposed to his wife on the trip while floating through Lake Moultrie. “I figured if I got her about halfway out onto the lake, she’d have to say yes,” Goodson said, laughing. “It’d be too far to swim back.” Now, the trip has grown from a single family taking the trip to extended family and other friends making the trip together. This year, the group had almost 60 boats make the trip from the tri-county area,
according to Goodson. “It’s just caught on to where so many different groups in Florence, Manning, … get their friends together,” he said. “It’s become an annual thing.” Once they get to Charleston, the group takes in the city Friday night and Saturday before returning on Sunday. Activities on Saturday vary yearly, and Goodson said this year they sailed to a beach on Kiawah Island where they spent the day. “Sometimes we just tie four or five boats together, float down the river, talk, listen to music and just have fun,” Goodson said. “It’s just a fun time on the water.” Goodson joked that when the calendar flips every year, this is one of the first weekends he circles. “As soon as I get that email, I go ahead and write my check to the foundation to make sure I can get a room,” he said. The annual trip, described by Goodson as the “Carolina Cup on water,” now serves a purpose as more than a getaway. While they float down the lakes and streams en route to Charleston, they are raising money for cancer patients in need. “We turned something we were going to do every year anyway into a good cause,” he said. “A lot of people have gotten aboard of this thing and are looking forward to going on this trip every year.”
Boaters in the fundraiser motor off down the Tailrace Canal where they will join the Cooper River for the final journey to Charleston.
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Boaters tie to a floating dock and the other boats participating in the trip. During the drop to the Tailrace Canal boaters swap stories and hold water gun fights.
The massive gates of the Pinopolis Lock hold back the waters of Lake Moultrie and allow the boats to lower or raise at a controlled rate.
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The lily-covered surface of the Stump Hole Swamp is home to Fisheagle Tours, which takes tourists out from Santee State Park. 20 AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2015 | LAKESIDE
A snowy egret hunts among the vegetation in the Stump Hole Swamp.
The cool lake breeze blows across the pontoon boat as it sits at the dock by Lake Marion. The engine revs as the boat zooms to the middle of the lake before the ship’s captain, Steve Livingston, begins to talk about the history of the lake. He finishes, and the boat begins to slide across the water toward Stumphole Swamp near the banks of the lake. A bird slowly bathes itself in the water as a flock of two or three more swoop down and glide across the water’s surface. This sight is just the first of many wonderful wildlife views people who take the Swamp Tour with Fisheagle Tours get to see. The swamp tour ventures into the recesses of the flooded forest and features thousands of different swamp creatures. As the tour snakes through the different pockets of the swamp, the various bird calls fill the air as different species try to stay cool through the hot swamp summer. The boat pulls up to a tree with a large nest on top. Kathy Livingston identifies it as the nest of one of the most common birds in the swamp, an osprey. The osprey nest balances atop a stick-skinny tree, and Livingston says the birds build them up to weigh about 1,100 pounds. They feed in the area, swooping down and nabbing fish with their sharp beaks. As the tour continues, ospreys become a familiar sight. The birds of prey are commonplace in the swamp, so much so that Fisheagle Tours is named after them. Ospreys have a bald, white head and can look like eagles from a distance. But ospreys aren’t the only winged animal people get to see
on their tour. Egrets and herons are usual sights as well, normally seeing the birds washing their feathers or taking off in flight from a low-hanging branch. As the tour progresses, more than just birds come out. Dragonflies hover around the boat as frogs hop along the waterside from branch to branch. Even the most recognizable swamp animal, the alligator, can make an appearance. The swamp is home to alligators, and the tour guides do a good job of seeing the signs of alligators and finding them from a safe distance so the tour-goers get the experience of seeing one in the wild. Animals are a welcomed sight on the tour, so much so a barn swallow has taken residence in the roof of the boat, building a nest in a corner. Wildlife is abundant, and the guides are very knowledgeable in which plant is which, and they offer insight as to their purpose in nature. The “roughly two-hour” tour itself is a wonderfully unique opportunity that has to be done in person to get the full experience. It’s not the same as other wildlife tours; the guides are hands on and knowledgeable and really engage the audience. One tour had the “Good Luck Gator,” who was the good-luck charm for finding alligators on the boat ride, in the form of a 7-year-old boy. Livingston would ask him questions and would involve him in the tour. The guides even let him steer the boat for a little while before the tour ended. Fisheagle Tours was recently bought by Livingston and her husband, Steve. They are running it through Nature Adventures AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2015 | LAKESIDE 21
and offer four tours on a weekly basis. They do a two-hour resort trip where they cruise along the Santee-Cooper Resort. They continue on to the limestone cliffs and caves, past the Lake Marion Marina and into undeveloped areas. Another two-hour trip is the Refuge Trip where they visit a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Refuge. The final tour they do is the Santee Cooper Lock Tour. It is an in-depth look into the Locks at Pinopolis. The boat goes into the lock, and tourists get to see how it operates. The tour lasts between two and a half and three hours. Their favorite tour, however, is still the swamp tour, according to their website. This tour is on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 1 p.m. and Fridays at 10 a.m. Usually a popular tour, they have a large pontoon boat to take people into the swamp. The tour is so popular people come from across the state and country to visit. A family from Orangeburg came down as well as a family from Michigan. An exciting opportunity, it is worth venturing into Santee State Park to experience a side of South Carolina not normally seen. A wildlife cornucopia, the Swamp Tour at Fisheagle is a way to interact with animal and plant life that only reside in the lakes of South Carolina. Located on the banks of Lake Marion, it is a scenic trip that explores the swamp along with the Cooper River, which links up to the lake. The Livingstons know the surrounding area and can navigate with ease around the swamp and river. Rates vary for adults, children and toddlers as well as with nonprofits and groups. Fisheagle can be reached at (803) 974-1262. Their office hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Handicap accessible, the tours can be fun for the entire family.
Captain Steve allows Ethan Wilson, 7, to drive the boat back to Santee State Park. A cormorant dries its wings on a branch overlooking the Stump Hole Swamp.
A pair of juvenile ospreys look over the edge of their nest. The birds build their nests at the top of trees. Nests can weigh hundreds of pounds. An osprey eats the head off a small mouth bass in the branches of a tree. The birds eat the head first to kill it and prevent it from harming it’s chicks.
A swamp mallow blooms in the swamp.
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Safety First
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I’ve waited nine and a half months for this time of the year, Aug. 15, the traditional start of the archery hunting season in South Carolina; the last time I had a bow in my hand in a hunting situation was Jan. 1. So, by the time this edition of Lakeside graces the shelves and counters of outlets across the area, the 2015-16 deer hunting season will be very close at hand, if not already underway if you delayed picking up your copy. Let’s assume for just a moment, and for this article, that the season is yet to start but is drawing ever nearer. Hey, gun season will be here Sept. 1, and this deal can certainly be interpreted as being for gun hunters, too. I preach it every year in either Lakeside or my column in The Sumter Item; you’ve got to think about safety first and foremost when you’re hunting. There are so many ways to get seriously injured or even killed doing things that you’ve done a thousand times and never had an issue with. To put it as bluntly as possible, the reason you have a bow or gun in your hand is to kill something, period. You didn’t bring the weapon with you to have something to hold on to, and it really doesn’t make you look all that “cool;” you’re out in the woods to harvest an animal that you intend to eat during the coming year. If your weapon will kill a 200-pound deer, don’t you think it will kill a 200-pound man? Consider the following: You’re sitting in a tree stand with a bow in your hand, and the stand gives way; you fall, holding your bow, with the arrow nocked, and hit the ground. What are the chances that the arrow will go through your clothes and hit a vital organ or blood vessel? Maybe it will, and maybe it won’t, but why take the chance? Also, I never have an arrow nocked while walking to and from my stand; roots have a habit of jumping out and grabbing me by the feet. If I put my hands out in front of me to catch my 28 AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2015 | LAKESIDE
fall, which is human nature, then my arrow is in front of me at chest height. Even if I don’t impact the broadhead, which really is nothing more than several razor blades bunched together, the nock end can still penetrate my flesh and cause a heck of a wound. I pull my bow up to me, by a rope, after I have gotten into the stand and secured myself with a safety harness, thus eliminating the fall aspect. I also hang my bow and arrow in a hanger until I spot the target I intend to engage, and then I take the bow and make the shot. Hanging the bow keeps it away from my body and keeps it in a safe location should I fall and the harness fails. Use a rope to haul up your unloaded rifle as well, tying it so that the muzzle points down. A muzzle pointing up means that the trigger can be pulled by a protruding branch as you pull up the gun, and if you loaded your gun before you left the ground, well, you may never hear the bang. Speaking of a harness, every year South Carolinians and hunters around the world are killed and seriously injured by falling from tree stands. Don’t think it can’t happen to you; I know too many people who have fallen, some that still haven’t gotten over their injuries, and they all tell me that it happened in an instant — one second they were standing in the stand, then a cable broke or they lost their balance, and the next thing they knew they were on the ground and in serious pain. Harnesses have come a long way in the last 10 years and are now quite comfortable and strong; get one and use it. I also use a “lifeline” when climbing and descending the tree; it’s nothing more than a strong rope that has a carabiner secured in a Prussic Knot; no need to worry about a misstep on a wet ladder rung. This thing will keep you from taking a dirt dive. While not as much of a concern with a bow, arrows just can’t travel as far. Keep in mind that a rifle bullet can cover a huge
distance before coming to a stop. That house that’s a bit down the road is in range, as is the hunter three fields over walking to his stand. Be sure of your target and what is behind it in case of a miss or pass-through shot. There are so many ways to get hurt or hurt others while hunting with lethal weapons; we owe it to our families and the families of others to be extremely careful with the weapon of choice. So, you’ve done everything you can to ensure that you are hunting safely. Guess what? Things can still go wrong. This time of year, there are a great number of venomous snakes out slithering around at the same times that you are trying to get into and out of your stand. Please buy a pair of snake boots. I’ve got a pair and fortunately have not yet found out whether they work, and I hope I never do. A good flashlight is an important tool in seeing Mr. No Shoulders in the dim light of dawn and dusk, which is an ideal time for them to be on the move. Also be sure to check your stand and the tree that it is in for wasps and hornets. A couple of years ago, I climbed into a stand in an old magnolia tree. The stand had been left there during the winter, and to my surprise, there was a hornets’ nest about 5 yards behind the stand. I found out about it just after I got the safety harness secured to the tree. By the time I got the straps undone and climbed down (more of a controlled fall), the hornets had pretty much had me for target practice. I know that all of this makes hunting sound like an awful activity to be engaged in, and it’s really not; it’s just that it only takes one accident or misstep to change your life forever, and I really don’t want that to happen to you, me or anyone else. Have a fantastic hunting season and enjoy your time in the great outdoors, but please be safe in doing so.
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BATTLE OF EUTAW SPRINGS GROUP MAINTAINS HISTORY
by COLLYN TAYLOR intern@theitem.com
Douglas Doster, a past state president of South Carolina Society Sons of the American Revolution, presides over the wreath ceremony of the Battle of Eutaw Springs.
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For some, tri-fold hats and muskets are dated antiques of the 1700s. For the Sons of the American Revolution, they are historic relics to treasure and preserve. The Sons of the American Revolution was founded in 1889 in New York and now has chapters across the country, including South Carolina. According to a presentation on its website, the South Carolina Society Sons of the American Revolution was founded in the same year, and its goal is to “promote the American spirit.” South Carolina was home to more than 130 battles or skirmishes during the American Revolution with some occurring in Sumter’s backyard. The South Carolina chapter holds anniversary ceremonies statewide for those battles, and that’s just what it’ll do when one of its Sumter-area chapters holds its annual battlefield memorial in September. One chapter of the SCSSAR holds an annual ceremony for the Battle of Eutaw Springs, which occurred about an hour outside of Charleston in Eutawville. This year’s memorial service will happen three days before the 234th anniversary of the battle on Sept. 5. It kicks off at 10 a.m. that Saturday with a service at the Church of the Epiphany in Eutawville, 12065 Old No. 6 Highway, complete with speaker Christine Swager. Swager wrote The Valiant Died, The Battle of Eutaw Springs, a novel detailing the battle. At 11 a.m., there will be a wreath-laying service at the battle monument park site in Eutaw Springs, three miles from the church. Then, there will be an hourlong lunch break at Sweatman’s BarB-Que, a world-famous restaurant in Holly Hill. Next, the caravan will go 22 miles down the road to the tomb of Revolutionary War Gen. Francis Marion, where they will lay a wreath and have a musket salute. Douglas Doster, vice president and secretary of the Battle of Eutaw Springs chapter, said people wishing to come to the memorial can stay for all or some of it. The Battle of Eutaw Springs happened 234 years ago on Sept. 8, 1781. It is considered one of the final major battles of the Revolutionary War to occur in the South, happening just outside Charleston. As the Revolution was entering its final days, Gen. Nathanael Greene led a group of patriots south to try to break up the British occupation of South Carolina. That’s when his forces met up with British troops under the command by Col. Alexander Stewart. Once the two forces met in the early morning, it was a three-hour slugfest between two evenly matched armies. Greene led about 2,200 men into battle, compared to the approximately 2,000 Redcoats across the battlefield. The two immovable forces fought into the late morning, and at the end of the fight, Greene’s army retreated, meaning Stewart’s forces held the field. It was a hollow victory though. Stewart lost more than one third of his army, or about 700 troops, during the course of the three hours. Greene lost about 500 troops. One of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolution, according to History.com, the Battle of Eutaw Springs is considered a partial victory for the rebel forces. Stewart’s forces limped back to Charleston after the battle, leaving the majority of the South Carolina countryside unoccupied. The battle helped seal almost complete control of the South for the Americans. The Battle of Eutaw Springs is considered one of the biggest AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2015 | LAKESIDE 31
Attendees at the Battle of Eutaw Springs observance
Fred Oakes, SAR member, places a wreath at Gen. Francis Marion’s tomb recently.
Sherilyn Woodruff, Daughters of the American Revolution member, pays respect at the wreath ceremony for the Battle of Eutaw Springs.
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As the calendar turns into August, temperatures slowly start to cool and leaves begin to turn colors, deer season is going to be in full swing and it’s important for those donning the camouflage to be safe. There are new additions to the codes of law when it comes to hunting deer, and they are important to know so proper safety procedure is followed. One of the first rule changes, which took effect last year, deals with deer hunting near a residence. It is unlawful to hunt deer with a firearm within 300 yards of a residence, unless permission is granted by the owner of the residence. If caught without permission, it is a misdemeanor and carries a fine of no more than $200 or prison time of no more than 30 days. Another law deals with increased penalties for trespassing to hunt, fish or trap. If caught trespassing, the person will be charged with a misdemeanor. The charge carries with it a fine of no more than $500 or prison time of no more than 30 days for a first offense. 36 AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2015 | LAKESIDE
For a second offense, a fine between $500 and $1,000 or prison time of no more than 30 days will be assessed. A third offense carries with it a fine between $1,000 and $2,500 or prison time as long as six month. The South Carolina Department of Natural Resouces holds lottery hunts throughout deer season, meaning they give opportunities for the general public to go out on land managed for wildlife and hunt. If a hunter violates any regulation on a lottery hunt, his or her lottery hunt privileges can be revoked. If the hunters are not convicted of the violation, they can participate in the next lottery hunt and can have their preference points reinstated to be considered for future lottery hunts. Rule changes also deal with antlerless deer harvest and eithersex as well. In an effort to maintain a stable deer population, DNR is restricting the amount of antlerless deer hunters can bag. In Sumter County (SCDNR Game Zone 5), there is a limit of one antlerless deer per day on either-sex days or with an individual antlerless deer tag. There is no limit on antlered bucks.
To get tags, hunters must fill out an application which can be found on the SC DNR website, dnr.sc.gov. In Game Zone 5, either sex days go throughout the fall and winter. The days are the first three Saturdays in October, last three Saturday in November, the last Saturday in December and Jan. 1, 2016. And while, new regulations are being added, the same safety procedures still stand. Since many hunters use firearms to hunt, it’s important to keep in mind safety procedures to ensure the safety of every hunter in the woods. On the DNR website, it promotes the SAFE method to prevent incidents with firearms.
The first step is to secure firearms when not using them. Second, be aware of people around who shouldn’t have access to firearms. The final two are to focus on the responsibility as a firearm owner and be educated and educate others. It is important to keep guns stored safely with a cable lock or in a gun case, lock box or full-size biometric gun safe. Also, wear the appropriate clothing while hunting. Usually, wear some type of bright clothing, preferably orange. Avoid reds, blues and any other color that could possibly be mistaken for an animal. As deer season gets into full swing, make sure safety is number one as you don the orange vests. Make sure the guns are properly cared for and you know any and all regulations so you can keep bagging the 10-point bucks.
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Pastor Reginald Thackston raises his hand in blessing of “Boat Church” on Lake Marion. 38 AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2015 | LAKESIDE
Worship ON THE LAKE
by KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com A pulpit stands in the middle of the peninsula covered by trees on either side. Offering is collected by passing around a milk jug from boat to boat. For 45 years, residents and visitors to the lake during the summertime have had the opportunity to experience a unique church setting. Its official name is Santee Summer Ministry, but to many, the outdoor worship experience on Lake Marion is simply known as “boat church.” The church was started by several members from Aldersgate United Methodist Church and local ministers. In the early days of its existence, people would come from Sumter during the summertime for worship. Through the years, it has evolved to include more Clarendon County residents living on the lake or those visiting the lake area during the summers, said the Rev. Reginald Thackston, pastor of boat church. About 290 people attend services every Sunday, which run from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Money collected from boat church goes toward several nonprofit organizations including Salkehatchie Summer Ministry. The organization is a servant ministry at selected sites in South Carolina, primarily made up of college students, which focuses on rebuilding homes for those in need. It also supports John K. Crosswell Home for Children in Sumter and Epworth Children’s Home in Columbia as well as Habitat for Humanity. Thackston has been a pastor for more than 40 years. He was asked to preach at boat church a few years ago. Although he does not pastor a traditional church anymore, he continues his work with boat church each summer. “You don’t just retire from a call to preach,” he said. Boat church typically starts with singing worship, followed by a prayer, a Scripture reading and the sermon. Thackston said that he typically keeps his sermons to 17 minutes maximum. “I think that people really appreciate the worship because it moves quickly and they can go on to enjoying their day,” he said. Thackston has a collection of more than 200 sermons that he has preached through the years, so visitors of boat church are always guaranteed to hear a different message. The messages are nondenominational, and the dress code is casual. “We tell people to come as they are,” he said. Thackston said logistically preaching outside is not too much different for him than doing it in a church setting. “It makes us aware of the infinite nature of the area,” said Thackston. There have been a few close calls with weather, however. “If I see storm clouds moving in, I usually just cut down the message by a few minutes,” he said. Besides riding in boats, people are welcome to come on any other transportation, including golf carts. Pets are also welcome. Boat Church is at Boyle’s Point on Wyboo Creek. Take S.C. 260 through Jordan toward the dam. Turn right on Patriot Road, after first water, and there will be a sign for Santee Summer Ministry; make a left at the sign. The congregation meets at 9:30 a.m. every Sunday through Labor Day. AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2015 | LAKESIDE 39
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A channel marker along the Santee River helps keep boaters out of shallow water.
AND KEEP BOATERS SAFE by Jim Hilley jim@theitem.com
You wouldn’t want to drive through a major city without traffic lights, stop signs and lanes painted on the streets, and the same is true when boating on a lake or major waterway. That is why the United States has adopted marker systems for lakes and waterways. While the U.S. Coast Guard is responsible for maintaining aids to navigation in the Intercoastal Waterway and other federal bodies of water, states are responsible for maintaining most of the buoys and markers in local waterways, and in South Carolina the responsibility falls on the Department of Natural Resources. “DNR is responsible for the regulatory markers for most of the lakes throughout the state,” said Billy Downer, a boating safety officer for DNR. “There are some lakes that are handled by the Corps of Engineers.” Markers that are common in the Santee Lakes region are 40 AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2015 | LAKESIDE
warnings of submerged hazards such as tree trunks and also wake areas and speed zones, Downer said. Donnie Pritcher, one of the DNR officers who maintain the markers, said there are 2,130 markers in the state, mostly in the lakes. Of those, there are 1,332 no-wake buoys and signs and 667 hazard buoys that mark dangerous waters. There are also 130 exclusion buoys around swimming areas, dams and power plant intakes that tell boaters to keep out, he said. Taking care of all those markers keeps Pritcher busy, he said. “We have a two-man crew that maintains those,” he said. “We are out replacing the ones that are broken or coming adrift and surveying the lakes.” Pritcher said they try to get to the larger lakes once every three months to do maintenance and survey the markers, but the schedule can change.
“We respond to the ones we get complaints on,” he said. “Basically it goes into a work order, and when we get several, we go to that lake.” The buoys come in several sizes, Pritcher said. “Most of the ones on the lakes are about 8 inches in diameter and stick out of the water about 3 feet,” he said. “The larger ones are probably 12 inches at the top and maybe 3 feet at the bottom.” The larger ones are typically the boat control buoys such as for no wake zones, idle speed around marinas and swimming areas and similar locations, he said. Pritcher said none of the buoys he maintains have lights, but they all have reflective tape. “The sun fades them pretty fast; if we can get two years out of one, we’re doing pretty good,” he said. The water also corrodes the buoys’ cables and anchors. “Believe it or not, the freshwater eats up the hardware like the shackles and chains and stuff faster than the saltwater,” Pritcher said. “I don’t know why; it just does.” There are more to the buoys than meets the eye, he said. “There’s an anchor, and then there is a chain from the anchor either to a smaller piece of chain or to a piece of cable, depending on how deep the water is, and that is shackled to a stainless steel eye on the buoy.” Downer said property owners can request no-wake buoys through DNR, but just because someone asks for one doesn’t mean he or she will get it. “There are a lot of areas in the state that are handled without buoys, particularly around within 50 feet of a dock, because you have to be at no wake anyway,” he said. “There is no reason to put in a no-wake buoy because it is covered.” Donny said the no-wake buoys are the most requested buoys.
“People are concerned about their docks and things, and people are concerned about speeds,” he said. “But you also have to consider the fact that all lakes are recreational, so people can be skiing, tubing and wake boarding, and those activities are perfectly legal and can be done completely safely in the proper areas where you have plenty of room.” He said the reason for the 50-foot rule is to protect the lives of those who are being pulled and those in the boat as well as the property. “You don’t want to pull someone too close to a dock because they can be pulled into a dock, and the typical cords that people are pulling with can be 50 feet long, and it can easily put someone in a situation where they can be in danger,” he said. Another thing you don’t want to do is tie your boat to a buoy or marker, Pritcher said. “You cannot moor to them; in other words, you can’t tie your boat to them and fish from them,” he said. “There is a specific code section that deals with tampering with or mooring to aids to navigation.” Downer said the Wateree River is a navigable water and is marked by Santee Cooper on lakes Marion and Moultrie. “They marked where the river channel is beneath the lake surface, where there is deep water,” he said. “There also was a project conducted many years ago, the cross-cut channel, also called the ‘stump-free’ channel, which goes from the Orangeburg side over to the Clarendon County side. The cross-cut channel goes from Mill Creek to Goat Island, he said. “It was a joint project supported by the Legislature, and Santee Cooper and DNR divers were part of that and helped cut that channel,” he said.
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Ticking time bomb
by JIM HILLEY Jim@theitem.com
may lurk beneath a Pinewood hazardous waste site
Lake Marion is the largest lake in South Carolina. It is a magnet for fishermen, boaters and outdoor enthusiasts who seek an outdoor experience in the Palmetto State’s Midlands region. Formed from the waters that drain into the Congaree and Wateree rivers and connected to the Cooper River through Lake Moultrie, the lake is also a source of drinking water for many South Carolinians, including the residents of Charleston. Casting a pall over the otherwise idyllic lake is a monster lurking only yards from the shores of Lake Marion near the little community of Rimini. The Pinewood site hazardous waste landfill is an ugly vestige of political corruption and corporate wheeling and dealing that has the potential to pollute Lake Marion and all waters downstream. It also remains a bone of contention between those who warn of its dangers and those who wish the public to think the dump does not represent any present threat. The landfill was first opened in the 1970s as a cat litter mine, as a geologist took advantage of an absorbent layer of clay known as “fuller’s earth.” In 1977, Bennett’s Mineral Co. purchased the mine and obtained a permit to bury hazardous waste. According to a Winter 1999 S.C. Environmental Project Newsletter, “without providing any public notice or conducting a public hearing, and with almost no technical review.” By the next year, the site was owned by SCA Service Inc., a company linked in Congressional testimony with enforcing turf wars among New Jersey garbage companies with intimidation, beatings and murders. As Harold Crook wrote in his book “Giants of Garbage: The Rise of the Global Waste Industry and the Politics of Pollution Control,” Tom Viola (SCA vice president) recognized in Sumter County something far more lucrative than kitty litter. “SCA began burying vast quantities of solvents, pesticide residues, metal sludge and other hazardous chemicals,” Crook wrote. “The noxious industrial effluvium was placed on a liner 3/16th of an inch thick which sat atop a 15-foot bed of natural and packed clay.” According to Crook, 100,000 tons of toxic waste was being buried at the site annually from 23 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. In 1984, the Pinewood Site was taken over by a new owner, Genstar, which Crook said obtained SCA toxic waste operations when another industry giant, Waste Management Inc., bought out its competitor and needed to divest enough operations to secure Justice Department’s approval of the acquisition. During the next 16 years, ownership of the mine was shuffled between several companies. “It was meant to be confusing,” said former South Carolina state Sen. Phil Leventis. Leventis, who served in the state Senate from 1980 to 2012, is a retired Air Force pilot who flew over Kuwait and Iraq during Operation Desert Storm. He was a consistent challenger of DHEC policy during, before and after his term as a state senator and said disposing of toxic wastes was never the primary purpose of the Pinewood Landfill. “It was really about liability,” he said. “It was about dumping 42 AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2015 | LAKESIDE
the liability for maintaining the toxic waste from the corporate ownership on the people of the state of South Carolina.” Unfortunately, he said, for the people of the Palmetto State, the scheme was a resounding success. “Look who is paying for it now,” Leventis said. Between 1980 and 1990, dump opponents pressed for an inspector at the plant, Leventis said. “Before an inspector was put in, I think they had rejected one or two loads over the years; once we put the inspector in, dozens of loads were rejected in one quarter. The stuff on the truck wasn’t the stuff on the request or didn’t meet standards or whatever.” Just what is in the landfill remains a mystery. “There are entire rail cars buried there, there are entire trucks buried there,” Leventis said. “When the material they were hauling became too difficult to extricate from the carriages, it was easier and cheaper just to throw them in the landfill.” Bill Stephens, whose company Kestrel Horizons was trustee at the site, said he has heard the stories about the trucks and real cars but can’t verify them. “I would not be surprised, as a practice in the first cells was to back the tanker trucks up to the open cell, release 5,000-plus gallons of liquids and semi-solids into the fill and mix it with soil and other wastes to eliminate the free liquids,” he said. “Buried tanks containing wastes would take a little longer than 55-gallon drums to rust out; the effect is similar but more concentrated in one spot by 100 times.” In 1989, DHEC issued a draft operating permit from the dump to Laidlaw Environment Services, which was operating the landfill at the time, but asked for a $114 million clean-up fund. “The company went apoplectic,” Leventis said. “About two days later, DHEC un-rejected the permit and came up with this Scout’s honor guarantee and not cash.” Leventis said he later learned that was because former Gov. Carroll Campbell intervened and said they shouldn’t have to put up cash but only a guarantee. “I know that because a DHEC staffer told me that,” Leventis said. “I asked him ‘Why did you do that?’ and he said the instructions came from ‘the boss.’“ “’You mean the head of DHEC?’ I asked, and he said, ‘No, the governor.’” Leventis said when legislation was proposed in the General Assembly, the company would have as many as 20 lobbyists at the Statehouse. “They had infiltrated to the highest parts of government,” he said. In 2000, when the South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled against then-operator Safety Kleen and stopped the site from receiving any more waste, Safety Kleen declared bankruptcy, and DHEC entered into negotiations to set up a trust. “The company is allowed to be in the negotiation,” Leventis said. “It wasn’t set up by what was needed but by what the company said they could do. DHEC had them by the shorts because the company couldn’t bring these other companies out of bankruptcy because they had no financing with this obligation hanging over their head.” The people of South Carolina were left holding the bag.
“So again, DHEC, Jackie Dickman and all these people who have been making decisions about this site for years enter into a deal that is not good for the community,” Leventis said. Leventis said those who were advocating closing the dump failed to realize what was going on. “We got them to stop taking waste; we thought we had done our job, we’re set,” he said. “I did not realize that the company that benefitted the most from getting out from under the obligations is in the negotiations.” In 2003, Safety Kleen reached a settlement in which it was required to provide $49 million for a cleanup and put up a $145 million annuity to monitor and maintain the site for 100 years, an amount that has proven to be wholly inadequate, as evidenced by the $4.9 million of recurring funds recently approved in the South Carolina budget to maintain the site. DHEC and the site’s current trustee, Pinewood Interim Administrator Inc., maintain the site is safe because no leaks have been detected. At a S.C. Senate Joint Subcommittee on the Pinewood Site hearing in April, Elizabeth A. Dieck, director of Environmental Affairs for DHEC, and Ben A. Hagood Jr., president of Pinewood Interim Administrator Inc., reiterated the department’s contention the site is safe, at least for the near future. “No releases of hazardous waste above a regulated limit have been detected,” Dieck said. Leventis said he thinks the site will be a problem for many years to come and he does not believe DHEC’s assurances the site is safe. Leventis said DHEC is maintaining that the only problems will come from Section One, but he said the later-installed sections were cited for numerous violations involving cuts and tears in the liners long after Section One was closed. “DHEC operates on the myth that the later cells were built to
some exacting standards that were state of the art,” he said. “There are no as-built specifications for those dumps. Nobody knows.” Stephens said that while documentation improved after the late 1980s even for Section II, Cells A through F (construction and closure) and Cell IIG construction are still “lacking in many respects with regard to formal construction quality-assurance testing, construction inspection documentation, materials testing documentation, corrective action documentation, survey documentation, inspector reports, and construction narratives,” he wrote in an email. Stephens said there are numerous examples of the operators saving money by skimping on design standards. “A problem with all the construction at the site was that the design, construction and operations personnel seemed to lack understanding of the design principles; as such, they made certain changes that have caused latent risks of failure and increasing operational costs,” Stephens said. “The Pinewood Hazardous Waste Landfill was never designed, constructed or operated to be a sustainable, maintainable containment for hazardous waste without major future remediation and improvements. In the single-lined cells, the potential for major releases of hazardous waste and hazardous waste constituents was always high, and the need for major future remediation was virtually assured by the choices the commercial owners and operators made and DHEC permitted,” he said. Leventis said he didn’t realize until recently that DHEC is contending that the site can only leak through the bottom, something he likened to wearing “rose-colored glasses.” “One hundred years from now, it will still be there, and we will all be gone,” he said. “There is no half life. Unlike the human body, the cells don’t heal themselves. If it is problematic now, 50 years from now, it will be worse.”
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