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Cindy Reid has been published in About Town, skirt!, Salon.com and The Coastal Mariner. A graduate of Mills College in Oakland, CA, she spent most of her career working with authors in the retail book business before becoming one herself. She has a daughter who lives in the state of Washington. A native of New York’s Hudson Valley, she now makes her home on St. Helena Island.

An adventurous and inveterate traveler, Mary Ellen, originally from the Main Line of Philadelphia, is now equally at home on St. Helena or on the road without reservations. Her best pieces of work ever are a daughter in New York and a son in Denver. Having lived on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, and later on the canals in France, she was drawn to Beaufort by the tide, and is waiting to see where it takes her next.

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Kim Poovey

Susan Deloach was born Susan Bessinger in Beaufort, where she still resides with her husband, Larry, and sons Hudson and Tucker. Susan has a gift for capturing the personality and unique essence of her subject whether on location or in the studio. Her portraits are as diverse as the personalities of the people she photographs - some are edgy, some joyful, but all have one thing in common: the sensitive, skilled and thoughtful approach of the artist behind the camera.

Kim Poovey is an author and historic reenactress specializing in the Victorian era. Her novel, Truer Words, is a work of historic fiction set in the Lowcountry of SC during the 19th century. Her lifelong love of horses led to a BA degree from Virginia Intermont College where she was a winning member of the equestrian team.

Kim lives with her husband, three dogs, and a cat in Beaufort.

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Katherine Lang

John Wollwerth is a photographer raised in New York, now living in Beaufort. He specializes in wedding and commercial photography, with additional background in portrait and stock photography. His work has appeared in such publications as The Washington Post, the Minneapolis Tribune, Coastal Living and South Carolina Homes and Gardens. John is involved with the Photography Club of Beaufort and the Professional Photographer of South Carolina. He lives with his wife and three children.

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Paul Nurnberg, whose studio is in Beaufort, SC, specializes in architectural and lifestyle advertising photography. He photographs a variety of subjects including people, products, food, nature and travel for ad agencies, large corporations and magazines.

Local clients include, Beaufort Memorial Hospital, The Vegetable Kingdom and Swanky J Boutique.

Other clients include JCB, (UK/Savannah), Johnson Matthey, Parker’s Markets and Stertil­Koni. Paul also teaches photography and camera classes and one on one lessons to individuals. He just finished a two-year term as president of the SC chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers

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CONTENTS

August/September 2015

features

10 Sarah Sanford Rauch: Learn To Shoot, It Will Level The Playing Field

16 ADorinda Mark Heart For Horses 22 Life Bob and Corrine Woodman On The Fast Track 28 Ron Parker Persistance Personified 34 Alex Angus One Of State’s Best departments

09 Publisher’s Thoughts 39 Let’s Do Business 41 Wedding Section 47 Dining Feature

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What do you do if a poisonous snake bites your dog?

Sarah Sandford Rauch wears a copperhead skin belt.

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It has been a wonderful six years. This experience over the last six years has provided so many opportunities, so many new friendships and so much adventure.

Beaufort, Port Royal and the Sea Islands are the most beautiful places in the state. The beauty of this area is breathtaking at times, with a calming effect on the soul.

Not only is the area beautiful, so are its people. It doesn’t surprise me how so many people are choosing our area to make their new home.

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Meet Sarah Sanford Rauch. I have.

Although our encounter at the Water Festival was brief, maybe a 10 minute conversation at best, she is the kind of person you feel like you have known forever and can’t wait to see again.

I know I will see Sarah again... we made plans to do so. Read the story of this amazing Beaufort lady...her accomplishments in life are amazing.

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Sarah Sanford Rauch: “Learn to shoot.

It will level the playing field.”

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story by mary ellen thompson

f you launched Martha Stewart’s Living, with her entrepreneurship, creativity and considerable entertaining skills, smack dab into the middle of the iconic Garden & Gun Magazine style then you would be introducing yourself to Sarah Sanford Rauch.

Well, okay, just sort of. Garden & Gun Magazine has never covered an Iditarod Sled Dog Race, or featured safari cooking in South Africa, and Martha probably never had a belt made out of a copperhead snake, but you get the idea. Or you will.

Congenial, articulate and creative, Sarah is as equally at home entertaining in linen and pearls as she is in the field wearing a camo t-shirt and cap, or hosting a television show anywhere in the world.

Sarah explains, “As an outdoors person, you hunt, you shoot, you bring home food, you cook. You dress a certain way, you train your dog a certain way, you decorate a certain way. I’m telling you women can do these things; she doesn’t go to the grocery store dressed in camo, she can still be feminine. I don’t have to eat nails for breakfast! This life is very empowering, and anyone can live at least a little of it. I want to give to other women what my father gave to me.”

Having grown up on Coosaw Plantation in Beaufort, as a child Sarah learned to ride a horse, herd cattle, shoot, hunt and fish. Today, she is endeavoring to teach women that the outdoor lifestyle is accessible. This can start with the simple: go to the farmers markets and buy fresh food, connect with the people who grew it; take it home and preserve those things that are seasonal so you can enjoy them all year long. Take it a little further: get a fishing rod or cast net and catch yourself some fish or shrimp and have them for dinner. Take it further still: get a guide and go hunting, learn how to shoot; learn to prepare, and eat, what you kill. Wear the proper clothing, whether you buy it from Barbour or Goodwill.

Her story: “Dad, (Marshall Sanford), was a heart surgeon but also he was a frustrated farmer. My three brothers, Bill, Mark and John, and I, along with the two boys who belonged to the farm manager, were all the children on the plantation. Dad expected me to do everything the boys did - I drove tractors, baled hay.

Dad did nothing small so we had a huge garden that could have fed Cleveland. We canned, dried and preserved the foods that we grew. Now, I see how important those things are and I love doing them with my children. (By the way, I’ve perfected the recipe for strawberry jam!) My dad showed me there is nothing like sitting

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photography by john wollwerth in a deer stand when it is cold outside, shoulder to shoulder with your child and watching the sun rise or set.” Eleven year old son, Sandy, agrees, “What I like most about hunting is being with Mom, surrounded by all the nature; it’s exciting to shoot but the nature is what is beautiful and the best part.”

“Mom, (Peggy), was a concert pianist; she studied at Juilliard, and was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. It seemed unlikely that she would find herself on a working farm in the middle of nowhere.” When asked if she had liked to go fishing and shooting with the family, Peggy elegantly shrugged and replied, as she studied her hands, “Oh, I would go out with them sometimes, but really, I loved to play the piano.” Sarah clarifies, “Mom would often go sit with us in the field even though she wasn’t a shooter, but she did see hunting as great way for the family to be all together.”

Sarah recalls, “My family was like the Junior Olympics, even a trip to the mailbox was a race. One evening when I was about fifteen, I was particularly exasperated and I sat down, teary eyed, with my dad and said ‘I just can’t win against the boys.’ He smiled knowingly and told me, ‘Learn to shoot, it will level the playing field. If you shoot well, no guy can hit a target any harder or faster than you can.’ Those words defined my career from then on; every job I had involved hunting, fishing or being in the outdoors.”

Not so very long after that, when Sarah was a sophomore in college, her beloved father died after a five year battle with ALS. Sarah’s skills came into play as the family turned the plantation into a quail hunting lodge in order to keep the land. She was one of the hunting guides who taught guests how to shoot and hunt, and to this day is still a shooting instructor.

“When I was a child, I helped round up the 200 head of cattle we had on the plantation. I belonged to a pony club which was instrumental in teaching me how to care for a horse, and I did a bit of the show circuit but it didn’t suit me. I loved to ride bareback through the marsh, I was just a cowgirl.”

“The day I graduated from Furman University, I took off to the Australian outback. I went as an au pair but they had horses and cattle and I wanted to be with the horses so I wound up riding with the cattle crew. After that, I went to New Zealand to work on a horse farm; from there I headed to Nairobi, Kenya where I made my way to South Africa and worked for a safari outfitter as a cook.”

After awhile in the wilds of Africa, Sarah came back to the

“There is nothing like sitting in a deer stand when it is cold outside, shoulder to shoulder with your child and watching the sun rise or set.” states. Because of her background in Africa, and with shooting, she was hired by Frontiers International guiding clients to exotic destinations worldwide for fly fishing and wing shooting. What next? World traveler, outdoorsy adventure girl, fearless, edgy, talented, and more than easy on the eyes, Sarah decided on a change of careers and proceeded to get her master’s degree in international management.

In 1995, Sarah moved to Manhattan and went to work for the Outdoor Life Network (OLN). “I had no television experience at all but the executive who hired me said, ‘We can teach you television but we can’t teach you what you already know, the outdoors.’” Hosting Pull! America’s Great Gun Clubs was a completely new frontier for Sarah - and for outdoor television. “It was the first show about sporting clays and I was the first woman to host a show like that. During my years at OLN, I really came to understand the lifestyle and it again validated what my dad had taught me. I saw the value in all the things I had taken for granted growing up.”

In 1999, Sarah was hired away by ESPN2 to be the first female correspondent for their outdoor block. During the course of those shows she covered what she knew so well at shooting, fly fishing and sporting dog events, but also the gamut from bull riding to the Triple Crown. She was hosting, traveling and living the

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outdoor life, mostly in other cities. During that time, Sarah says, “I didn’t really appreciate what I was doing until friends made comments like: ‘You did what? You ate that? You went there?’ So I started hosting things, like venison dinners, in New York City. We all lived on a shoestring in those days, so the resourcefulness of living on a farm came into play. I decorated my dinner table with antlers and feathers, because I had them.

“I left ESPN2 and started my own production company. Our team won a Cine Golden Eagle award for a film we made for PBS, Sled Dogs: An Alaskan Epic.” Never one to shy away from a challenge, Sarah ran teams in two 300 mile sled dog races to prepare for the show. “It was a very difficult film to make, the conditions were harsh.”

The next film she worked on was in New Zealand in 2001: Discovery Channel Adventure Race - A Southern Traverse. Sarah’s job was to cover the high altitude and more extreme terrain in the Southern Alps near Mt. Cook. Helicoptered from peak to peak and camping overnight during the race, Sarah worked in this job because of her experience in freezing conditions, and climbing mountains such as Rainier and Kilimanjaro.

Finally she got tired of being cold, in extreme places, and the Lowcountry beckoned. Sarah decided it was time to come home, so she did. She met and married the Mayor, Bill Rauch, had two

sons, Sandy and Nick, and feels she has come full circle. They are raising their boys the way she was raised, to be outdoors as much as possible, to stay close to nature, to understand what it is like to work on a farm and raise, hunt or catch food for the table. “My boys have to know that the meat we eat once had eyes with eyelashes. It’s important. We eat everything we shoot.”

The boys are picking up the traditions.

Sandy is now a hunter and Nick is still the bird boy at his mom’s side, they are learning about etiquette and safety in the field the way Sarah was taught by her father.

Sarah’s first and foremost way of sharing her vast and comprehensive information is her blog: alligatorhall.com. You can find recipes such as the strawberry jam, tips for entertaining, information ranging from how to dress in the field to what to do if a poisonous snake bites your dog. (In Sarah’s case, she wears a copperhead skin belt.)

It’s not only wonderful and informative reading, but also a window opening onto the outdoor lifestyle that shows women they can embrace that way of living with grace, and how enriching it is for families and relationships. It’s also the greatest tribute Sarah could pay to a father who left her life way too soon.

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A FOR HORSES story by kim poovey

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“The essential joy of being with horses is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit, and fire.”

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raversing down the dusty drive, a glassy pond mirrors a southern style home in the midst of sprawling oaks and lush green pastures. As the path curves, a barn looms ahead with horses grazing in nearby paddocks.

Broomfield Stables is the home of Dorinda and Michael Mark, three horses, three dogs, a cat, and Willie the donkey, or as he is better known, the Broomfield greeter.

Willy of Broomfield is a 50-year-old Bethlehem donkey who came to live with Dorinda nearly 25 years ago. He wanders about the farm greeting all who are willing to share a treat with him. In addition to the warm welcome, an alarm system, consisting of an English setter, a chocolate lab, and an energetic Jack Russell, sounds off when visitors arrive.

Each morning as the sun peeks over the horizon and a silky mist hovers above the pond, Dorinda follows the dirt path, with dogs at her heels, to the barn. Flipping on the lights, a chorus of soft nickers echoes through the aisle with the fresh smell of hay wafting on the air. Another day at Broomfield Stables has begun.

Born and raised in Beaufort, Dorinda Mark has been an equestrian for most of her life, having taken up the sport at the age of 13 when she purchased her first horse, a Palomino, affectionately named Snoopy. In high school, Dorinda began taking lessons from Meritta Hamil at Bridle Pine Stables. Like most burgeoning riders, she worked to pay for her lessons by mucking stalls, feeding and turning out horses and cleaning tack. Her first horseshow at the Saddle and Bridle Club was quite an experience. Proudly entering the show ring, sitting atop her Palomino, she was surrounded by Welsh ponies and slender gray thoroughbreds, the more prominent choices for most

~ Sharon Ralls Lemon competitors riding in the English style.

Determined to learn as much as she could, Dorinda worked tirelessly and trained hard to develop her riding skills. Her passion for horses led her to study at Meredith Manor College in Waverly, West Virginia where she received her degree as a Riding Master Four.

After graduation, Dorinda returned to her hometown where she married her high school sweetheart, Michael Mark,

in the fall of 1986. Her love of horses was not overlooked at their wedding ceremony as she rode sidesaddle to the altar upon a horse ironically called Alimony.

Once settled on their property, a barn was constructed and the business was born. The venture expanded to include riding lessons, boarding and training, thus

launching Dorinda’s career. Her abilities developed and flourished. Over the years, the barn grew too, leading to the addition of a second structure.

Well schooled in all forms of English riding styles from Hunters to Jumpers, Dorinda’s favorite type of riding is Dressage, which she cheerfully calls “ballet on horseback.” Dressage is the French word for training and refers to a series of precise movements by the horse at the riders command. Advancement in the sport is marked by achieving a set of standards with increasing levels of difficulty beginning at the Training Level and working up to the Grand Prix stage. As each level progresses, so do the physical and mental demands on both horse and rider.

Currently working at Level Two with her 13-year-old Dutch Warmblood, Tyler, Dorinda was thrilled when he mastered his first tempi change and half-pass. “This horse is so powerful, it’s magic when he achieves these goals.”

A sleek, ebony steed with two brilliant white socks and a snippet of white on his regal face, Tyler exudes a commanding presence in the ring. Her enthusiasm regarding Tyler’s potential is evident.

“He has a great deal of talent.”

Following a rigorous training session, the two take pleasure in a relaxing trail ride allowing both horse and rider to unwind. Trail riding in the Lowcountry is always a special occasion as marsh breezes whisper through a canopy of ancient oaks whilst rhythmic hoof beats thump along the sandy pathway. On rare occasions, a trip to Hunting Island for a beachfront ride is a welcome respite from the arduous daily workouts in the ring.

When asked what she loves best about riding, Dorinda responded with a heartfelt smile. “There’s a bond you have with

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the horse, a certain high you get when you sit in the saddle. It’s a presence you feel. It’s a one-on-one sport where you compete for and against yourself, not like team sports.” She went on to say that she enjoys working with children. “Teaching kids to ride is very rewarding. It’s good for them to care for another being and to learn responsibility. It teaches them to be accountable for themselves.” Countless numbers of young people got their start at Broomfield Stables under Dorinda’s tutelage. Several of her students have gone on to make horses their career following in the footsteps, or should I say hoof beats, of their equestrian mentor. Dorinda stated that over the years many notable riders have inspired her, especially Petra Wilder, a very famous and talented Dressage rider.

But not everything in Dorinda’s life is about horses. She enjoys movies,

particularly romantic comedies, and music from the sixties and seventies. Another favored pastime is reading magazines, usually about riding, of course. When not at the barn, Dorinda engages in many different activities to include Yoga, cooking, traveling and making jewelry.

“I took a jewelry making class from my sister-in-law, Janet, and was hooked. I enjoy creating one-of-a-kind pieces.” Four shelves of cookbooks displayed in the kitchen attest to her love of cooking. To celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary next year, Dorinda and Michael are planning a dream vacation to Spain.

Having grown up in Beaufort, Dorinda shared fond memories of childhood in a small coastal town. “I love the river. We were always on a boat or going to Hunting Island. I remember going to Koth’s store for an Icee and boiled peanuts and then

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sitting on the hill overlooking the bay.

These were the days before we had the waterfront park. My first job was in retail at Cook’s Nook, in the Kmart shopping center. “ For some, the love of horses is so strong that it encompasses their very being. Dorinda is one of these people.

Her passion for and love of horses is indisputable. The unbridled dedication she has shown for the sport encourages others to give riding a try. “People should experience horses and not be afraid of them.” Her advice for aspiring young riders was straightforward, “Listen to your trainer.”

Dorinda has made long strides in her equestrian career with many more goals yet to be achieved. As Sir Winston Churchill once said; “No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.”

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Life On

THE FAST TRACK, Bob and Corrine Woodman story by carol lauvray

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That’s what Bob Woodman says his life’s work has been. He’s tinkered with cars since he was a teen living in the northeast suburbs of Atlanta where he grew up, the oldest of five boys. In his youth, Bob voraciously read car repair books to learn everything he could about fixing cars. While in high school during the mid1970s, he worked part-time in a local garage repairing imported cars—Triumphs, Jaguars, Austin Healeys and MGs—a skill that would serve him well later. “I specialized in British cars because no one else in the shop liked to work on them,” he laughed. As a junior in high school, Bob won the Plymouth Trouble Shooting Contest awarded for diagnosing car problems and prescribing the appropriate repairs. As a senior, he placed second in the nation in VICA’s auto mechanic technical and vocational competition.

After a six-year stint in the Navy, Bob’s passion for working on cars led him to a job in an Atlanta garage. That’s where he met a car-repair customer who would change his life. Ed, an avid car collector from Charleston, S.C., owned more than 50 classic and high-end automobiles, including 17 racecars. Impressed by Bob’s expertise as a mechanic, Ed offered Bob a job in Charleston as the full-time mechanic for his extensive car collection. Bob moved from Atlanta to Charleston in 1987 to work for Ed. Among the cars in Ed’s collection were several Ferraris, a Lola F-5000 car and an Aston Martin DB4-GT, as well as motorcycles, trucks and boats.

From France to Charleston to Beaufort Corinne Gaillard grew up in Vienne, France, an ancient town dotted with Roman ruins near Lyon, as the youngest of three children. After college she worked for Celette, a French manufacturer of frame-straightening equipment for car bodies.

Corinne’s language skills (she’s fluent in French, English and German) proved to be life altering. Her French company had an office in Charleston that was being reorganized and needed someone fluent in English from its headquarters in Lyon to oversee the restructuring in Charleston. Corinne moved to Charleston in 1985, but what was described as a temporary, three-month assignment stretched into five years. Her office was located in the same complex where Ed housed his car collection and Bob worked. Corinne had decided to return to France, when fate intervened, she met Bob and the two of them fell in love. Bob and Corinne married in 1991 and their daughter Audrey was born the next year.

In 2005, Corinne was taking classes to become a real estate agent when she saw a listing for a waterfront home on Lady’s Island she liked. It was more affordable than comparable homes in Charleston and she and Bob liked the small town atmosphere and friendliness of Beaufort, so they bought a home and moved here.

The family had just relocated to Beaufort and Audrey was only 13, when Corinne was diagnosed with breast cancer. “It made me look at life with a whole different perspective. Today life is good and beautiful every day…I just live fully!” Now a successful agent with Ballenger Realty, Corinne says she chose that vocation not for the money, but so she can help people have a positive experience buying and selling real estate.

Racecars and Tires Bob Woodman has actively participated in vintage and club racing since 1989. When he worked as the mechanic for Ed’s

collection of racecars, Bob traveled to as many as 10 sports car races a year in the eastern United States, at tracks like Watkins Glen International, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Sebring International Raceway and Road America at Elkhart Lake. Part of his job as Ed’s mechanic was buying tires for Ed’s racecars.

When Bob went to the racetracks, he took extra tires along he’d purchased himself and began selling them on the side to other racecar owners. Bob quickly realized selling tires and being self-employed offered more financial opportunity than being a mechanic for someone else. So in 1993, he began selling Hoosier Race Tires (Hoosier is the world’s largest manufacturer of racing tires). His business quickly grew as he added other lines including Pirelli, Toyo, Goodyear and Yokohama race tires.

Today, his company, Bob Woodman Tires, is thriving here in Beaufort. Bob says, “We moved the business here from Charleston 10 years ago and it has continued to grow every year, despite what the economic environment has been.” He explained that his tire business revolves around race schedules, so he finds work to keep his staff busy during slower times. Five years ago, Bob added a shop to repair Porsches to keep his staff busy. “My job is to create good jobs that are fun! It’s important to me to make sure these guys continue to get a paycheck even when the tire business is slower,” Bob emphasized. When you visit his business, it’s apparent that Bob means what he says—it’s a laid-back environment with music playing and guys laughing as they work on the high-end Porsches in the shop. His approach to building a successful business recently earned Bob Woodman Tires & Motorsports the 2015 Civitas Award for Excellence in Free Enterprise, presented to Bob by the Beaufort, S.C. Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Bob began his sports car-racing career in earnest in the mid1990s racing a multi-colored MG. But his long-term racing plan involved buying a Porsche 911 because he wanted to learn the nuances of driving them. “I’ve always had my sights set on (racing in) The 24 Hours of Daytona race—that’s the reason I bought my first Porsche 911, Arty,” Bob said. In 1998, he built the vintage 1974 Porsche 911 into a racecar. His young daughter Audrey named the car “Arty,” for the blue graphic artwork painted on its white body. Bob describes Arty as “a serious RSR Porsche.” He says Arty costs $300 an hour to drive; after 40 hours of racing, he must rebuild the engine at a cost of $12,000 to $15,000! Bob still drives that 911 in races, but now it has a different paint job—all white with the name Woodman painted on the sides. Arty now has a vintage 1974 IROC (International Race of Champions) paint scheme.

Bob isn’t the only Woodman who drives sports cars, though.

On Valentine’s Day in 1994, Bob gave Corinne a surprise—a mustard-colored vintage 1974 MGB. Corinne named the car “Butterscotch” and she and Bob drove it together in car rallies.

Corinne began racing cars herself in 2000. “I was spending a lot of time at the race track and love to drive fast, so I decided to take the Porsche Club of America (PCA) driver’s training course,” she said. “Bob bought ‘Zippy’ for me to drive, a 1970 Porsche 911 painted red, white and blue—very patriotic,” she added. Corinne currently races “Pumpkin,” a vintage 1973 orange Porsche 911 with a Clemson tiger paw painted on the hood. She shares the racecar with daughter Audrey, now 23, who works in Bob’s tire business in marketing. In addition to driving racecars, Bob, Corinne and Audrey are all PCA Certified Driving Instructors who teach others to drive Porsches on a track. Audrey was accredited as a PCA driving instructor just two weeks after her 18th birthday.

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include driving various types of cars in both the United States and abroad. In 2001, he realized his dream of driving in The 24 Hours of Daytona race. He qualified a Nissan-powered Lola prototype for a starting position ahead of Dale Earnhardt, Sr., just two weeks before Earnhardt’s fatal crash in the Daytona 500 race at the same track. In 2005, Bob finished third in class out of a field of more than 50 cars in the Petit Le Mans 10-hour race, driving the “Silver Bullet,” a LMP-2 Le Mans prototype car. Then in 2007, he won the championship of a season-long series of historic prototype car races held at many different tracks, against national and international racers.

This year, Bob and his friend from Atlanta, Jack Lewis, drove a VW-based buggy in a 1,000-mile, off-road race across the desert in Mexico. “Racing from Ensenada to Cabo was such a huge adventure. The four-day-long event is one of the biggest off-road races. One day our GPS wasn’t working, so we had to turn around and start that stage again, but we still managed to finish second in our class,” Bob said.

Giving Back to the Community

Bob admitted there are times he has more cars than he realizes, as he counted on his fingers to determine the number of Porsche 911s he currently owns—the answer was eight. Corinne recalled that she saw Bob several times with a white 911 she didn’t recognize at Roebling Road Raceway in Savannah. She finally asked him if the car was his, already knowing the answer to her question.

Races Here and Abroad Bob says the fastest speed he’s driven was 204 mph in 2003 at Daytona in a race of historic prototype cars. “When I’m on the track it’s so peaceful and I enjoy every minute of it—maybe it’s like meditating,” Bob explained. Corinne added, “Bob is very relaxed right before a race—he’s always singing and joking.”

Bob’s motorsports accomplishments

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Bob and Corinne believe in sharing their blessings with others. While both of them have experienced the loss of loved ones—Corinne lost both parents to cancer and Bob lost two brothers in their 20s to illness and an accident—they feel fortunate Bob’s parents now live nearby in Beaufort and their family is healthy.

Because Corinne is a cancer survivor, she and Bob are committed to helping others who have cancer. She joined DragonBoat Beaufort in 2012 and is now on the board of directors of the nonprofit organization that raises funds to assist patients undergoing treatment, cancer survivors, and caregivers. “While I was in treatment, I received much support from strangers and people all around me. It is my time to pay it forward.” Corinne says.

Last year, Bob Woodman Tires sponsored DragonBoat Beaufort by contributing a significant amount toward purchasing the team’s second boat, “Dragonfly.”

The couple has even found a way to help others using their racecars—by participating with the Porsche Club of America to give disabled soldiers rides in their Porsches around the track at Roebling Road Raceway. Bob and Corinne Woodman are winners when it comes to life.

“When I’m on the track it’s so peaceful and I enjoy every minute of it— maybe it’s like meditating.”

- Bob Woodman

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RON PARKER NUMBER 38.

Persistence Personified.

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eaufort native Ron Parker’s story does not start with the big college career or a big draft day. As a Beaufort High School player, Parker did well on the field but was not recruited by any of the fabled football schools. There was no signing day, no media coverage; in fact there was no real expectation that he would continue his athletic career.

But Ron Parker did not accept that fate. He chose to make his own fate by attending small Newberry College, where he kept playing football, whether anyone noticed or not. Through sheer persistence he got himself to the NFL as a free agent picked up by the Oakland Raiders in 2011.

But then he bounced around, first to the Seattle Seahawks (2011), then to the Carolina Panthers (2012), and back to Seahawks again (2012). In 2013 he landed with the Kansas City Chiefs on the reserve list. For many journeymen players this well could have been the end of their athletic career.

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But last season, Parker, a defensive back, made his way to the Chiefs’ starting roster and finally got the opening he needed to show what he can do. He made the most of his opportunity and by the end of the 2014 season, Parker achieved career highs with eighty four solo tackles and twelve pass deflections. By December, the Chiefs defense went from being rated 25th to second in the league.

That got the league’s attention. As a free agent, Parker could have moved on from Kansas City and signed with any of the teams who now knew his name. The Atlanta Falcons were interested, as were the Chicago Bears. But the Chiefs knew a good thing when they had it, and in March 2015, Parker signed a five year, $30 million dollar contract with the Chiefs.

This July, as Parker was getting ready for the biggest season of his career, he chose to come to home to Beaufort and host the first “Ron Parker Football Camp” for almost 200 local children, free of charge.

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BL: What made you keep playing professional football when there really weren’t a lot of external reasons to keep at it?

RP: I have a lot of drive because of where I came from. The first couple of years in the NFL I saw the how the business worked and I kept on working hard and learning as much as I could. It was all hard work and determination to get here.

BL: This is your fifth season in the NFL. Do you feel you have finally found a “home” with the Chiefs?

RP: Yes, I am very happy to be at Kansas City. It is exactly where I want to be playing. But nothing has changed, I feel the same way about the game that I always have. You have to go out there and play every play and every game at your best. As an NFL player, you know you can never get too comfortable. Nothing is promised, you have to earn your place every game.

BL: What can you say about Coach Andy Reid and the coaching staff at the Chiefs?

RP: Coach Reid is great and the whole coaching staff is tremendous. I can’t say enough good things about Coach and the staff at Kansas City. Coach Reid is the first NFL coach I have had that has really taken an interest in me, and I appreciate all he has done for me.

BL: What do you think about the upcoming season?

RP: My personal goals this year are to get more interceptions and tackles. As a team we have a great chance this year, great players on defense, and everyone is healthy. Alex Smith is a good, consistent quarterback. We will have an outstanding season.

BL: The Chiefs have a Monday Night Football game versus the Green Bay Packers on September 28. Is there a higher level of tension on the field for Monday Night Football?

RP: Absolutely. Any game played on Monday, Thursday or Sunday night feels different. It is the only game on at that time and you can feel everyone watching you. And I know that all my friends and family back home in Beaufort are watching!

BL: What about the Kansas City fans?

RP: They are the best. They have welcomed me and made me feel at home. They show me love and take care of me.

RP: Absolutely. Donald has my back, and I listen to him. After every game we sit down and watch the plays. We never talk about the good stuff; we only talk about what I need to work on. I value his advice and input because he knows me, and he knows the game. He is my other half. Together we make a whole.

BL: What is on your “must do” list when you come home?

RP: Eat home cooked meals! I come home and I get to eat all my favorites. Macaroni and cheese, cornbread, barbeque ribs and seafood. That’s what I eat every time I get back to Beaufort.

BL: That’s not on the training diet.

RP: Oh no, not at all! But I have to get that taste of home when I can.

CAMP BL: “Ron Parker’s Football Camp” was held at Beaufort High School in early July. Open to children in grades 3-12, the camp was free of charge. Tell us about the camp.

RP: It was the first and we had 190 kids attend on Saturday and 125 on Sunday. The kids were split into 9 stations with different coaches where they worked on speed and agility. It was a big success so we are going to try and do it again next year.

BL: What did you try to impart to the kids, as a former BHS player, now NFL starter?

RP: Both days we gathered all the camp kids up and I talked to them, letting them know my situation. That I sat on the same seats, that I played on the same field and stood in the same spots as they were. That nothing came easy for me but I kept working at it, year after year. I think if they hear from someone who is there, at the NFL level, it makes a stronger impact, than from someone who isn’t in my position.

BL: What do you think the kids got out of their experience?

RP: They enjoyed it. And you can tell they learned something between Friday and Saturday. Some of them reminded me of myself as a kid, out there working hard. The kids did a good job of competing and getting after it.

BL: What kind of player were you as a kid?

BL: What is your favorite game for the upcoming season?

RP: Always a playmaker. I always had a knack for the ball.

RP: The game against the Detroit Lions on Nov 1. We will be playing in London, England and I have never been to England so I am looking forward to it. And Devin Taylor (former BHS player and current Lion’s player) and I are friends so it will be cool to see him at that game.

BL: What is the best lesson you want the kids to take away?

BL: How do you relax during the season?

RP: Video games. PS4 and Xbox1 take me through the whole season. It helps me relax and keep my mind off football for a while.

BL: Your twin brother Donald has been with you every step of the way.

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ALEX ANGUS One Of State’s

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lexander Lauson “Alex” Angus is one of South Carolina’s top tennis players, but don’t take our word for it. He has the resume to prove it.

Ranked as the No. 15 player in the Palmetto State, the Beaufort High School senior has a school-record 112 wins, a team MVP award and has been all-region three straight years after playing high school tennis for the first time as a seventh grader.

There’s more.

Alex has two region titles, a region player-of-the-year award and his stirring run through the consolation bracket to a sixthplace finish at the 2015 South Carolina High School League state tennis tournament in Cayce earned him a spot on the All-State team. Alex has also won a number of United States Tennis Association tournaments.

And there’s still more, because Alex also is no slacker away from the tennis court.

He’s in the top 16 of his class and recently served as a junior marshal, an honor given to members of the junior class with the highest academic standing. Alex also has been a continual presence on the BHS honor roll and belongs to the National Honor Society. Oh, his GPA? It’s 4.7. Lifetime.

No wonder area newspapers called Alex “the total package” in naming him their 2015 tennis player of the year.

Early start paying off Tennis began early and quite naturally for Alex, the son of Larry and Jennifer Angus and longtime pupil of BHS tennis coach David Reidmayer. Larry is a tennis pro, which Alex notes gave him “a really big advantage when it comes to practicing and lessons.”

But that’s getting ahead of the story a bit.

“I started playing tennis on and off with my parents when I was about 7. When I was 10, I started doing the USTA leagues with Coach Reidmayer. Then, in seventh grade, I played high school tennis for the first time,” Alex said. “About ninth grade I started taking it more seriously, playing outside of high school tennis. I began entering tournaments on the weekend and playing with my dad nearly every day.”

While the added focus on tennis obviously paid off, Alex is a gifted athlete who also used to play baseball and sail. “But baseball is currently nonexistent and my sailing has gotten less and less as I devote more and more time to tennis.”

Still, unlike athletes who consider their sport as either the reason to exist or as a means to an end, Alex seems to see tennis for what it is. Important, yes. But it’s not the only thing on Alex’s agenda.

“I’d love to go pro, but that is still far off in the future and there is much work to be done before I can really even think about it,” he said. “My more short term goal is to play college tennis.

A scholarship would be ideal, but not a necessity. Most of the colleges I’ve been looking at are the NESCACs (New England Small College Athletic Conference), which are Division 3 schools.

They don’t give out scholarships, so now I’m trying to make the difficult decision between attending a school with better academics that isn’t necessarily my first choice tennis wise, or one that offers scholarships and higher-level competition, but not quite as strong with academics.”

Whatever college Alex attends, he plans on majoring in engineering or biology. And at some point, there’s this, the dream of a life spent on water: “When my competitive tennis playing days are over, I plan to buy a sailboat and travel.”

That’s in the future, however. The present is another shot at a state title. The present is what it is in large part because of Larry, whose son says he probably wouldn’t have become a tennis player without having a tennis pro for a father.

“Without him I think it’s unlikely that I would have chosen tennis,” Alex said. “As I got older and it was time to choose between baseball, tennis and sailing, tennis was the obvious choice because I enjoyed the individuality of it and the time I would get to spend with my dad.”

The sport as it applies to Alex The popularity of tennis in the United States has had its ups and downs over the years, and in the South, where football is king, it’s often almost an afterthought, a nonrevenue sport that draws few participants or spectators and not much interest. But as anyone who has ever picked up a racquet knows, tennis is a physically demanding and mentally challenging sport.

In short, it ain’t easy to play. It’s even harder to play well.

“I think of tennis as chess with a racquet,” Alex says. “I enjoy the mental challenge of figuring out what is not working with my game or what I can do better. Every match is exceptionally unique, even if you’ve played your opponent 100 times. The variability in conditions, surfaces and formats makes tennis one of a kind. It is also a lifelong sport. I never plan to stop playing tennis.”

Alex names the greats of the day as his tennis idols: Roger Federer, Rafael “Rafa” Nadal, Novak Djokovic. But Alex also admires players such as David Ferrer and Gilles Simon.

“Similar to me, they aren’t as large in stature and must rely on consistency, endurance, speed and patience to outlast or outmaneuver their opponents,” Alex said.

And that’s the way he plays. “My goal every time I play a match is to find my opponent’s breaking point,” Alex said. “The point at which their game starts to fall apart and mine accelerates.

Whether it be mentally or physically, every player reaches a point where they can no longer put the ball in play.”

Alex also uses the heat to his advantage. “I take advantage of hot and humid South Carolina conditions and make my opponent work as much as possible, running all around the court to the point of exhaustion.”

To do that means Alex has to be able outlast his opponent, and that means he has to be in shape.

“A big part of my physical game has been diet-related. For about a year, I have been on a gluten free, processed food avoiding diet, which I feel has really elevated my mental capacity and physical capabilities,” he said. “There is a lot of confidence in knowing that you can outlast your opponent on the court.”

He outlasted five at the state tournament after falling 6-4, 6-3 to No. 3 seed Scott Cameron in the opening round. But the closeness of that match lit a fire under Alex, who admitted to prematch butterflies that must’ve felt like bats after he learned he’d drawn Cameron.

“I was playing the third seed, who I had lost to earlier that year fairly easily,” Alex recalled. “I thought my chances of doing well went out the window right then.”

Instead, the tough loss to the No. 3 seed gave Alex a shot in the arm. “When I looked at my consolation draw, I realized I had a pretty good shot at making all-state. So I braced myself for some long tough matches and just ended up winning five in a row against some tough players until I found myself in the consolation finals, which I ended up losing, but still played pretty well. It was a great experience and opportunity to show what I’m a capable www.BeaufortLifestyle.com | August/September 2015

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“I think of tennis as chess with a racquet,” Alex says. “I enjoy the mental challenge of figuring out what is not working with my game or what I can do better. Every match is exceptionally unique, even if you’ve played your opponent 100 times.” of.”

Beaufort High AD Linc Lyles, who attended the tournament, said Alex’s performance at the state tournament blew him away.

“Alex nearly turned the whole tournament upside down before it barely began,” Linc said of Alex’s first-round loss. “After you lose, they put you in a consolation bracket and that is a very competitive rest of your day. You now have 16 guys who are hungry to prove they belong. Mix in 90-degree heat, hard courts, cramps, fatigue and just plain old fashioned sweat and you have the makings of grueling competition. If you fail to win, you go home, season finished.”

Alex didn’t go home. Alex thrived. Now, he’s already looking to next spring and getting back to finish what got started.

“Next year, I hope to do some damage in the main draw,” he said.

Zen and the art of tennis As this story winds down, we note here it appears nobody motivates Alex like Alex motivates Alex.

“There’s nothing I can remember anyone saying that really inspired me,” he said. “I find that the most motivational things for me come from my own thoughts and experiences, on and off the court. They are the things that I can truly own and understand.

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impact you must take it apart, experience it for yourself and put it back together for yourself. Then it becomes innate and truly part of who you are and what you do.”

Which, in Alex’s case, is a 16-year-old with a wide range of interests. He sails, and draws and reads - Alex lists “The Goldfinch” as his favorite read -- and listens to music. He’s also building a tree platform in his backyard, and enjoys hanging out at the beach, kayaking, hiking, biking, traveling and spending time with friends or attending concerts. In that latter regard, Charleston-based Brave Baby is one of his favorite indie rock bands.

On the subject of favorites, note Alex’s favorite teacher at BHS is Mr. Charles Holbrook. “There is not a more smooth, generous, well-intentioned, former Mayor-AP History teaching man on the face of the planet. He is someone I strive to be more like.”

Finally, you rarely get anywhere on your own, even if you’re one of the best tennis players in South Carolina. Those who’ve helped get Alex to the cusp of a run at a state tennis title are three: Mom, Dad and Coach. They’re who Alex listed when asked who’s been most helpful in his life.

“My mother, for taking me to numerous tournaments and supporting me without fail or complaint,” Alex said. “My dad, for teaching me tennis, character and life skills along the way. And Coach Reidmayer, for being like a third parent, always someone to talk to, laugh with, and for keeping my life organized for me.”

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635 on the Avenue is the name of the new restaurant on Parris Avenue in Port Royal. It is easy to find – on the right after Parker’s Gas Station and across the street from the Wetlands. Once you find it, you will probably find yourself retracing your steps there often. This little restaurant is a winner, with what Lorett Hayes refers to as “good vibes.” She’s the owner/chef and she’s the one who made sure of those vibes, and of the good food that goes with them. If it’s true that the best food is made with love by happy people, then Lorett and her restaurant are the proof. The restaurant is stylishly nautical, with striped banquettes, boat scenes and vivid Jonathan Green prints on the walls. It is a space that makes one feel both at home and refreshed. As Lorett says, “you eat first with your eyes,” so the aesthetic appeal of the surroundings and of the food on the plate is important to her. But it’s as much Lorett herself that makes you feel at home as it is the food and décor. She isn’t interested in running a restaurant from the back room, even though she is the main chef. She makes sure she gets out in front, getting to know her customers, being the gracious host she is in her bones.

Lorett started out as a singer, when she left home in St. Louis for (where else?) Los Angeles. She was successful, and toured with a band. But the life of an itinerant musician paled after a while, and she went home to St. Louis, where she altered her course

by using her natural gregariousness to enter the hospitality field as the Director of Marketing and Sales at the Forest Park Hotel.

This was her first life-changing decision, because it was when she planned a party for hotel guest Randy Hayer, that he asked her for a date. “ No,” she said, “it is against company policy for me to date the hotel’s residents.” He promptly moved out, and the rest, as they say… Well, you know what they say, and, of course, they did marry. Randy has been her best friend ever since. He was a Human Relations Director with Kroger Foods, recently transferred to St. Louis.

But Randy was a native South Carolinian, from Central, near Clemson and Pendleton, a small historic village where he had grown up with, among other lifetime friends, Lindsay Graham.

So they moved back to South Carolina in the 1980s, and this was where they came. This was also where they opened their first restaurant, Serendipity, which Lorett says was Randy’s idea, but she ran it. It was not that he liked the restaurant business, she says, “but he likes me to be happy.” Later, they sold that business and moved to Pendleton, where they opened a B&B they called the Liberty Hall Inn, along with a restaurant, Cafe Leisure. Seven years later they opened a new restaurant, 1826 on the Green, in the Pendleton historic village green.

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she has always done it her way. That sometimes means ignoring conventional wisdom about what makes a restaurant successful, even to the extent of closing when she doesn’t want to be open, like when they started spending time in the 1980s on St. Helena Island.

That time in the Low Country led to a permanent move here two years ago. But in the meantime, other things were happening to Lorett, although it might be more accurate to say that she was happening to them. Among those was a visit to Washington at the invitation of Lindsay Graham to cook and plan menus for 30 Republican Senators. She spent four days planning menus, teaching Senate restaurant staff cooks how to prepare such dishes as Gouda macaroni and cheese and salmon sliders, sight seeing, visiting her brother’s grave in Arlington National Cemetery, and of course, “dining at some wonderful restaurants.”

As the good chef she is, nonpartisan in her quest to bring good food to all, Lorett also heeded a call from Michele Obama to create healthy but appetizing menus for school children. This was a contest that paired chefs with public schools. At Mt. Lebanon School in Pendleton, she created a menu for schools that used available ingredients to put together a dish that would appeal to the children: a fish taco that used fish sticks with broccoli slaw.

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published in the cookbook that was the result of the competition for all schools to embrace. Her intent was simple, but not always easy to achieve: a product that was financially possible with limited resources, was healthy, and was appetizing to children and teenagers.

Lorett’s recipes have also been published in the Great American Bed and Breakfast Cookbook, perhaps most notably for her low country crab cakes, which she bakes rather than fries. There is little filler in these, but there is an ingredient you might not expect: a hint of mustard. She also makes her own pimento cheese, and layers her fried green tomatoes with it. She sautés fish and pairs it with mushroom risotto and chipotle and grilled pineapple sauce. A seafood crepe mantles crayfish, crab and shrimp in a lobster cream sauce on a bed of kale. The menu changes with inspiration and with the seasons, but one thing remains constant. This is Lorett’s delight in sharing with her customers her own love of good food, good surroundings, and good conversation. She says it is one of her “all time greatest desires to have Pat Conroy come to her restaurant and then keep coming.” That goes for all of us, and judging by the repeat business she has been getting, her wish may just come true.

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