Hilton Head Monthly October 2015

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START YOUR ENGINES From fashion to Ferraris, the Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival hits on all cylinders

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EVENT LANDS AIRCRAFT, AUCTION

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Hilton Head Motoring Festival adds two more “must-sees”

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DRIVE PROUD Chrysler named honored marque for 2015

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CAN’T-MISS CARS Pinnacle and Honored collectors bringing award-winning rides

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SKIP BARBER Retired racing champ has motor oil in his veins

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LIFE IN THE BURBS ‘Life in the Suburbs’ exhibit offers educational glimpse into the past

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Find days and times for all of this year’s Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival events

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FEATURES 20 n NOV. 3 ELECTIONS

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Find out what each of the candidates envisions for Bluffton

24 n SALT INTRUSION Closing of seventh well not as big of a deal as it seems

28 n COME SAIL AWAY Regatta Weekend brings Lowcountry boat lovers together

32 n GHOULISH GOOD TIMES

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Brace yourself for another spook-tacular Lowcountry Halloween

55 n HEALTHY SMILE Regular dentist visits can do more than keep your smile attractive

60 n P OWER OF PINK Lowcountry lawyer has cancer on the run

82 n FALL FASHION See what’s in style and available at local shops and boutiques

91 n A TRUE STAR

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Pro golfer representing Sea Pines Resort well on Champions Tour

92 n FIGHT LIKE A BRAVE Hilton Head Island pitcher overcame cancer on his way to The Show

99 n P ERSONAL TOUCH Palmetto Bluff home tailored to new owners’ tastes and lifestyle

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170 n H IGH DIVERS Former islanders diving into the Charleston music scene

175 n P UMPKIN PRIME Keep warm this fall by treating yourself to pumpkin soup with cherry brandy

IN EVERY ISSUE 12 n A T THE HELM 14 n N EWS 18 n O PINION 18 n ONLINE 20 n VIBE 36 n WHERE IN THE WORLD? 38 n B USINESS 40 n ON THE MOVE 60 n HEALTH 82 n FASHION 90 n B RIDAL 91 n GOLF 92 n S PORTS 98 n BOOKS 99 n HOME 112 n R EAL ESTATE 142 n ENVIRONMENT 144 n CALENDAR 167 n SOCIAL SPOTLIGHT 170 n MUSIC 175 n WHAT’S COOKING 180 n DINING 192 n LAST CALL

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CELEBRATING THREE DECADES OF CONNECTING THE LOWCOUNTRY

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COUNTING TO 30 AND

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growing stronger

CEO MARC FREY PUBLISHER LORI GOODRIDGE-CRIBB

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onthly is celebrating its 30th birthday with this issue. You will find a detailed history of Monthly’s beginning to now inside the magazine. In its three decades, Monthly has witnessed quite a bit of history. On the world stage, we’ve seen the fall of the Berlin wall, the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. On the technology side, we’ve seen the birth of the Internet and the resulting shift toward becoming a constantly connected society with information at our fingertips. Here on Hilton Head Island, the building of the Cross Island Parkway that connects Hilton Head to the rapidly growing town of Bluffton. There has been no lack of drama either, including several hurricane evacuations.

Through all of these ups and downs, seismic technology shifts and ever-growing

community development, how does a publishing company keep its head above water and continue to thrive and grow? It all starts with a few ironclad and timeless beliefs: ■ It is our mission to connect all residents of the Lowcountry.

■ We are passionate about driving results for our clients.

■ We promote a positive image of our community to the world.

Mission statements are only as good as the people who make them happen. For 20 years, it has been my privilege to work alongside Lori. Her positive attitude, creativity and endless drive to do better have been fundamental to Monthly’s success.

Our love for the trade gave us the strength to find solutions when times were tough and to celebrate our successes when times were good. Attracting the right team and getting them to all pull in the same direction at the same time has never been easy, but we have always managed to find highly talented and motivated editors, art directors, production directors, Web masters, accountants, writers and photographers who take pride in keeping the brand interesting and fresh.

Obviously, none of this would be possible without the more than 100,000 readers who follow Monthly to connect to their neighbors, events and issues every month via our multimedia platform, and none of it would be possible without our advertisers who have supported us through more than a quarter-century.

It has been our privilege and joy to serve our community and contribute to making the Lowcountry a better place to visit, live, work and retire.

Thank you for your support, and we look forward to what is next.

— Marc Frey, CEO

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Marc Frey marc@hiltonheadmonthly.com PRESIDENT Anuska Frey afrey@freymedia.com PUBLISHER Lori Goodridge-Cribb lori@hiltonheadmonthly.com 843-842-6988, ext. 238 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Lance Hanlin lance@hiltonheadmonthly.com 843-842-6988, ext. 230 ART DIRECTOR Jeremy Swartz jeremy@hiltonheadmonthly.com DESIGN Charles Grace charles@hiltonheadmonthly.com CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Sherri Dewig, Pouya Dianat, Arno Dimmling, The French Guy Photography, Charles Grace, Regine Johnson, Rob Kaufman, Mark Staff, Lloyd Wainscott CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Lisa Allen, Jean Beck, Emily Campbell, Iulia Filip, Carrie Hirsch, John Hudzinski, Justin Jarrett, Kim Kachmann-Geltz, Barry Kaufman, Carolyn Males, Leslie Moses, Megan Mattingly-Arthur, Robyn Passante, Dean Rowland, Elihu Spencer, Tim Wood ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVES Rebecca V. Kerns rebecca@hiltonheadmonthly.com 843-842-6988, ext. 239 Cathy Flory cathy@hiltonheadmonthly.com 843-842-6988, ext. 228 Majka Yarbrough majka@hiltonheadmonthly.com 843-842-6988, ext. 231 Gordon Deal gordon@hiltonheadmonthly.com 843-301-1132 Patrick Barwise patrick@hiltonheadmonthly.com 843-384-9390

ABOUT THE COVER: Both Hilton Head Island and Bluffton covers feature Monthly CEO Marc Frey and Monthly publisher Lori Goodridge-Cribb. The two have been the driving force behind the magazine for the past 20 years. The image was captured by photographer Arno Dimmling.

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NEWS

HILTON HEAD ISLAND ON PACE FOR RECORD TOURISM YEAR If you thought summer traffic was busier than ever, you're right. The S.C. Department of Transportation recently released data showing that drivers made 1,000 more trips onto and off Hilton Head Island every day this summer compared to the record-breaking year the island experienced in 2014. The Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce reported that 1.64 million visitors have visited

the region so far this year, with another million expected before the end of 2015 — surpassing 2014's number of visitors. The chamber also reported that hotel occupancy rates were up 6 percent compared to 2014. In addition to drivers, the chamber also credited the increase to recent low-cost Allegiant Air flights between Savannah and the Ohio cities of Akron, Cincinnati and Columbus.

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THE SOCIETY OF BLUFFTON ARTISTS

BLUFFTON CULTURAL DISTRICT PROPOSED FOR OLD TOWN A group of Bluffton artists has formed the Bluffton Creative Initiative. The group would like for all of Old Town Bluffton and a few surrounding neighborhoods to be designated a cultural district by the South Carolina Arts Commission. The group feels the designation will attract artists and creative entrepreneurs, encourage economic and cultural development, attract more tourists, preserve historic buildings and create a supportive environment for arts and culture.

The state passed a law allowing the establishments of cultural districts in January. Spartanburg, Rock Hill and Lancaster all have recognized cultural districts.

Bluffton Town Council is expected to vote on a resolution authorizing submission of the application to the arts commission this month. If it passes, an application could be sent to the South Carolina Arts Commission as soon as November.

The Moss Creek Tennis Center was the only tennis center in South Carolina to be honored by the United States Tennis Association in its annual Facility Awards Program.

Each year, the USTA recognizes facilities throughout the country for meeting increasingly high standards in construction and renovation. Moss Creek was one of 13 centers nationwide to be honored in 2015 and just one of six private facilities on the list. The center, built in the early 1980s, has undergone continuous upgrades in recent years. It is now wheelchair accessible and "green" focused, and features umbrellas and water fountains at each court.

The center expanded its outside viewing deck, office space and storage space for USTA league play. It features seven Har-Tru lighted courts, a practice wall and ball machine. Moss Creek Tennis Center representatives were honored at the USTA's semi-annual meeting Sept. 6 in New York City.

TCL HOPES TO OPEN CULINARY INSTITUE ON HHI The Technical College of the Lowcountry could be opening a culinary institute on Hilton Head Island. Whether the project moves forward depends on the success of a pilot program later this year. Sixteen students will spend four months, November through February, completing a course with some of the top chefs on the island.

If the pilot is deemed a success, the program could expand over the next several years into a new associate’s degree. TCL feels the area's high demand for trained kitchen workers during the busy tourist seasons makes the idea of a culinary institute on Hilton Head attractive to many restaurants and their potential employees.

AFFORDABLE-HOUSING COMPLEX UPGRADING TO LUXURY APARTMENTS The Bluffton House, an affordable apartment community located at 20 Simmonsville Road, is upgrading to two- and three-bedroom luxury apartments. Vacant apartments that were once home to low-income families who paid discounted monthly rent are being completely remodeled with new appliances, granite-like countertops, wood-

style flooring and ceiling fans in every bedroom.

The complex has also been rebranded as Avalon Shores, with future plans for a new fitness center, Internet cafe, dog park and more. Two-bedroom units that are 943 square feet are renting around $1,140 per month. Three bedroom units are 1,081 square feet and are at $1,340 per month.

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BLUFFTON TEENS ADVANCE IN ‘AMERICAN IDOL’ AUDITIONS Could the Lowcountry be home to another “American Idol”? Three seasons after St. Helena Island native Candice Glover won the 12th season of the popular reality singing competition, two Bluffton teenagers have advanced to the celebrity

judge round of the 15th and final season of the show. Ben Hughey and Lee Jean, both 15, made it past the fourth round of the competition on July 23 at the Savannah Civic Center.

The new season premieres in January. Judges are Jennifer

Lopez, Harry Connick Jr. and Keith Urban. Bluffton's Grayson Lentz, 17, also made it far in the auditions but was eliminated in the fourth round. Lentz and Hughey are two of four members of the local rock ‘n’ roll band Native.

HARBOUR TOWN RANKED AMONG WORLD'S TOP 100 GOLF COURSES Harbour Town Golf Links, home to the PGA Tour’s RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing golf tournament, was ranked No. 91 in Golf magazine's biannual rankings of the top 100 golf courses in the world. "A place of subtle beauty, this is a shotmaker's paradise where power takes a backseat to precision,” according to the magazine. “Mixing live oaks, lagoons, tiny greens, bunkers banked by railroad ties and a closing stretch along the Calibogue Sound, this Pete Dye/Jack Nicklaus collaboration delights and terrorizes at every turn."

The course was recently upgraded with fresh turf and a new irrigation system. The only other South Carolina golf course to make the list was Kiawah Island's Ocean Course at No. 50. Pine Valley in New Jersey was ranked No. 1.

HILTON HEAD AMONG MOST POPULAR LABOR DAY TRIPS

GOLF COURSE OWNERS NAME HERON POINT COURSE OF THE YEAR Sea Pines Resort's Heron Point by Pete Dye golf course has been named "Golf Course of the Year" by the South Carolina Golf Course Owners Association.

The group selects the winner based on criteria established by the National Golf Course Owners Associations: exceptional course quality, exceptional quality of management, outstanding contribution to the community, and

significant contribution to the game. This honor for Heron Point automatically nominates it for the national group’s "National Course of the Year" award. Earlier this year, Heron Point was named "2015 Course of the Year" by the Lowcountry Golf Course Owners Association, which qualified it for the SCGCOA honor.

Heron Point underwent a series of subtle modifications in 2014.

BLUFFTON DEVELOPING PROGRAM TO FIGHT BLIGHT The town of Bluffton is developing a plan to get rid of dilapidated and unsafe buildings within its city limits.

The Affordable Housing Committee recently approved a tiered program to provide money to owners of property that city officials deem unsafe. Owners who report less than 80 percent of the town's median household income

of $65,486 can apply for payment. If owners make more than the median income, a five-year lien for the cost of demolition will be placed on the property. The lien is in place to ensure owners don't use public funds to improve their property and then turn around and sell the property for a profit.

TrivpAdvisor Vacation Rentals reported Hilton Head Island was one of the top Labor Day travel destinations this year, ranking the island No. 12 on its list of the 15 most popular destinations in the United States.

The list not only considered the number of visitors but also high customer satisfaction scores.

Twelve of the top 15 spots on the list were located on the coast. Destin, Florida, came in at No. 1, followed by Panama City Beach, Florida, Ocean City, Maryland, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Gulf Shores, Alabama, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Tybee Island, Georgia, Miami Beach, Florida, San Diego, California, Orange Beach, Alabama, Hilton Head, Orlando, Florida, Kissimmee, Florida, and South Lake Taho, California.

THE MONTHLY JOKE A traffic cop pulled alongside a speeding car on U.S. 278. Glancing into the car, the cop was astounded to see that the young lady, who was driving, was knitting. Realizing that she was oblivious to his flashing lights and siren, the policeman rolled down his window, turned on his loudspeaker and yelled, "PULL OVER!" "NO," the young lady yelled back. "IT'S A SCARF!"

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PLASTIC CONTAINERS SHOULD BE OUTLAWED "Marc, I'm with you, kiddo! In 2009, I took the pledge promoted by Gill Holland's magnificent film “Flow.” Have not drunk water from a plastic bottle since then. I routinely tell people that 80 percent of their bottles end in landfills. Didn't realize it's closer to 85 percent.

I see racks of water in plastic bottles sitting in the windows of convenience stores. Have asked mystified clerks if they realize what that practice is doing to their water. Huh? I carry a Thermos (and coffee mug) with me at all times.

I would love to see plastic containers outlawed or taxed HEAVILY!! When are we going to grow up as a culture and think of tomorrow (even today!)?"

— Daisy Nelson White, PhD

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PEOPLE REACHED: 12,138 LIKES: 138 SHARES: 24 TOP COMMENTS: • Carole Blackburn: This looks like a nice place to visit.

• Scott Caldwell: Daufuskie is what Hilton Head used to be. Perfect in every way.

WEST FRASER A TRUE ARTIST " I thoroughly enjoyed the story and paintings on artist West Fraser (September issue).

No other artist I've found is capable of capturing the beauty of the Lowcountry quite like he can. Well done."

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• Sandy Reichert: When we go there, I feel like I've stepped back in time! All my cares and worries just melt away.

• Mark Pawley: I don't get over there often, but when I do, I never regret it.

• Sheila Mathieson: Gotta love Marshside Mama's!

CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT Lloyd Wainscott was traditionally trained as a painter and turned his talents to photography more than 35 years ago. A 10-year veteran of the Marine Corps, Wainscott has traveled the world and settled in Bluffton. He is a Master Photographer, photographic craftsman, and certified professional photographer, as well as a sought-after educator.

Justin Jarrett is an award-winning journalist who has written for Lowcountry publications for more than a decade.

Jarrett was reporter and editor in the sports department at The Island Packet for 6 1/2 years before becoming the sports information director at the University of South Carolina Beaufort in 2011. He lives in Bluffton with his wife, Megan, and two children.

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BLUFFTON ELECTIONS BENSCH TO CHALLENGE SULKA NOV. 3 IN MAYORAL RACE

MAYORAL RACE

2015 ELECTION CALENDAR  OCT. 3: Last day to register for town of Bluffton municipal elections  OCT. 20: 7 a.m.-7 p.m.: Senate District 45 special election  OCT. 23: 10 a.m.: Canvass hearing for Senate District 45 special election  NOV. 3: 7 a.m.-7 p.m.: Town of Bluffton municipal elections  NOV. 5: 10:30 a.m.: Canvass hearing for town of Bluffton municipal elections  NOV. 17: 7 a.m.-7 p.m.: Town of Bluffton municipal runoff election, if necessary  NOV. 19: 10 a.m.: Canvass hearing for town of Bluffton municipal runoff election, if necessary

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one of the nation's fastest-growing towns, Bluffton is facing many challenges, from traffic congestion and a developing infrastructure to industry diversification and meeting the needs of a young community.

How the town will address these challenges is up to the winners of the upcoming mayoral and Town Council races.

Eight candidates are vying for two at-large Town Council seats this November. Mayor Lisa Sulka, who is seeking a third term, also faces a challenge from Beaufort County Councilwoman Cynthia Bensch. Elections will be held Nov. 3, but voters must be registered by Oct. to cast a ballot. All voting precincts will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day. A runoff election, if-necessary, will be held Nov. 17.

Check out the profiles on this page and on Page 22 to find out what each of the candidates envisions for Bluffton.

LISA SULKA Age: 55 Neighborhood: Stock Farm in historic Bluffton, since 1993 Current job: Realtor with Carson Realty and mayor of Bluffton Priorities if reelected: "My main priority all along has been to keep our young people here in Bluffton, and work to make sure we have high quality jobs," Sulka said.

Sulka said the May River and economic development are top issues on her agenda.

Leadership style: "I believe that a good leader listens to others and helps create consensus on issues," Sulka said. "The type of leader that benefits our town is one that is involved with the community."

According to Sulka, her leadership role involves being a "cheerleader" for the town and fostering strong relationships with other municipalities.

CYNTHIA BENSCH Age: 71 Neighborhood: Shell Hall Current job: Beaufort County councilwoman representing District 7 Priorities if elected: Complete Bluffton Parkway evacuation route to Interstate 95 for Sun City Hilton Head and Bluffton residents and attract economic development in medical, pharmaceutical and scientific markets.

"I-95 is the most important component in the goal of creating manufacturing and industry jobs in preparation of completing the Jasper Port," Bensch said.

She also said the town must provide water and sewer infrastructure and eliminate antiquated septic tanks to protect waterways.

Other issues that are important to Bensch are promoting public trust and transparency and helping Bluffton grow into a family-oriented community.

Leadership style: "I am not a ‘go along to get along’ politician; my pledge is doing what's right for the people," Bensch said. "I enjoy doing research because learning the background of most problems is critical to resolving them."

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TOWN COUNCIL RACE MICHAEL SPEARS Age: 33 Neighborhood: Promenade; Bluffton resident for 22 years Current job: Development coordinator for Timbers Resorts Priorities if elected: Focus on attracting new businesses to the area, including different types of industry and “green” technology.

"Bluffton has to diversify its economy away from just tourism/hospitality, retail and construction, which are far too susceptible to economic fluctuations," Spears said. “Let’s try to find a sustainable industry, like ‘green’ technology, that can provide work for skilled, educated employees, as well as attract new talent to the area."

Other top issues for Spears include solving the downtown parking crisis and addressing the needs of young families.

"More and more young people are moving back to town, and it is apparent that the town is not designed for them," Spears said. "There are very few locations for safe and public recreation for families."

Leadership style: "I think it does a disservice to a town when a leader is elected and has blinders on to everything but their point of view," Spears said. "It’s OK to change your mind on a subject if the other side makes a compelling case."

OLIVER BROWN Age: 62 Neighborhood: May River Road Current job: Highway maintenance engineer Priorities if elected: Continued support for the expansion of the Buck Island-Simmonsville infrastructure and for pedestrian and bicycle accommodations throughout the town.

Brown said the town must "maintain quality of life, so families can grow here for generations to come."

Leadership style: Democratic.

"Being able to consider both ends may serve the town better," Brown said, noting that town leaders should represent all of the people.

ELEANOR MCKINSEY-CHANDLER Age: 66 Neighborhood: Cypress Ridge, since 2013 Current job: Retired radiologic technologist and manager of radiation oncology facilities Priorities if elected: Focus on education, economic development and affordable housing.

Leadership style: "My leadership style is to listen, serve, be the person others choose to follow by setting the pace through expectations and examples, as well as provide vision for the future," McKinsey-Chandler said.

JIM SIMS Age: 70 Neighborhood: The Farm on Buckwalter; Bluffton resident since 2002 Current job: Retired state chief investment officer and college professor Priorities if elected: Eliminate the Bluffton Police Department and transfer its work to the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office.

"The Bluffton Police Department gave out 7,827 traffic tickets and warnings in 2014 and had only one homicide during the year," Sims said, noting that Bluffton citizens have about a 50 percent chance of being pulled over in the town.

"We could use the millions of dollars that we save from this transfer for worthwhile projects in the town of Bluffton or to reduce our taxes," Sims said.

Leadership style: "When you employ an individual to do a job, you should let them do their job and not micro-manage unless it becomes absolutely necessary," Sims said. "If it does become necessary, then you might need to look for someone else to do that particular job."

TED HUFFMAN Age: 60 Neighborhood: Old Town Bluffton resident for 30 years Current job: Pitmaster and owner of Bluffton BBQ Priorities if re-elected: Continue to push for economic development in Bluffton and prioritize watershed issues.

"Another priority is to ensure that the Bluffton state of mind is not mulled over by regional ignorance," Huffman said.

"We are not someplace else you have been. ... Not to say we don't take inventory of other successful examples, but this is Bluffton. There is a reason everyone has embraced our community and moved here."

Leadership style: "My leadership style is to be present, have a seat at the table, listen and have a say with a common-sense approach when necessary," Huffman said.

"My experience so far is that we are shaping responsible policy and making a difference. The people always let us know otherwise, and I respect that."

DAN WOOD Age: 64 Neighborhood: Boundary Street, Old Town; Bluffton resident since 1994 Current job: Former Palmetto Electric Cooperative operations manager Priorities if elected: Long-term responsible growth to protect the environment and quality of life, including the completion and upgrade of the storm water model.

"The May River can become polluted, the roads overburdened if we do not manage our resources wisely," Wood said. "The recent debate about the limited parking in Old Town is a perfect example of the growth curve getting ahead of us."

Leadership style: Wood sees himself as a consensus builder who believes in strategic and long-term planning.

"Listen, because you just might learn something," he said.

"Respect people's opinions, and when disagreeing, try not to box them into a corner."

BRENDAN DOWNEY Age: 37 Neighborhood: Bluffton Village Current job: Executive sales manager at Cashback Corp.

Priorities if elected: Outdoor entertainment in downtown Bluffton, which can help attract tourism.

"I want to put Bluffton on the map for tourism, make it more than a stopover for heading to Hilton Head or to Savannah," Downey said. "I will work closely with the chamber and businesses in the area to make this happen."

Other issues that are important to him include keeping the May River clean and improving the parking situation.

Leadership style: Downey says he is the kind of leader who listens to all people and ideas.

HARRY LUTZ Age: 69 Neighborhood: Hampton Hall resident for six years Current job: Managing partner at Harbor Light Insurance and Wealth Advisors Priorities if elected: Plan shortand long-term growth, including services and infrastructure to sustain it, and maintain quality of waterways.

Other top issues for Lutz include tourism and recreation and attracting “green” business such as IT and health care services.

Leadership style: "Being self-employed, you are forced to develop organizational, supervision and negotiating skills, including problem solving and long range planning," Lutz said. "It's like I tell my children, ‘I am not smarter than you, I just have more life experience.’ Shame on you if you don't take advantage of it."

Lutz said a council member should be compassionate, listen to town residents and work with the other town representatives.

SENATE DISTRICT 45 SPECIAL ELECTION A special election will be held Oct. 20 to select a replacement for the late Sen. Clementa Pinckney. The reverend and married father of two was among the nine victims gunned down in June during Bible study at the historic Emanuel AME Church in Charleston.

Senate District 45 spans parts of Jasper, Allendale, Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, and Hampton counties.

Democrat Margie Bright Matthews, a Walterboro attorney for 26 years and one-time public school teacher, will face Republican Alberto Fernandez of Jasper County, a businessman and minister who was the only candidate to seek the Republican nomination.

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Pete Nardi is general manager of the Hilton Head Public Service District

on salt intrusion THE REAL TRUTH

BY ROBYN PASSANTE PHOTOS BY LLOYD WAINSCOTT

SOMETIMES HEADLINE NEWS ISN’T REALLY HEADLINE NEWS. AND THAT’S A GOOD THING.

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ake, for instance, the recent closing of Hilton Head Public Service District’s well along Squire Pope Road, the seventh well in the district to be shut down due to saltwater intrusion of the Upper Floridan Aquifer. While closing a well that for decades provided island families with drinking water seems like it might be a huge deal, proactive measures made in recent years by the public service district meant the event was met without even a drop less water for anyone in the north and central parts of the island.

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Studies show that the saltwater intrusion is mostly being caused by over-pumping of the aquifer in the Savannah area, and it’s advancing at about 400 feet a year from Port Royal Sound through the district’s service area in the north- and mid-island parts of Hilton Head.

To mitigate this loss, the Hilton Head Public Service District has spent the past several years securing plenty of water by alternative means. The district currently gets its water from four sources: • The remaining Upper Floridan Aquifer wells can still provide 3 million gallons a day.

• By contract, the district buys 1 million gallons a day from the mainland (with a right to buy 3 million gallons more per day if needed).

• A reverse osmosis water treatment facility, which treats water from the 600-footdeep Middle Floridan Aquifer, now supplies 4 million gallons a day.

• The island’s first-ever aquifer storage and recovery facility provides the district with another 2 million gallons a day in the higher-demand summer months. The service district buys water at a lower rate in the winter and stores it until summer, when it is retreated and made available to customers.

With the average daily demand hovering around 5million to 6 million gallons a day, the public service district is well covered for the foreseeable future. The most water the district used in a single day this year was 8 million gallons; last year’s peak day was 9 million gallons.

“Even without any Upper Floridan water, the district here still has 10 million gallons a day max capacity available to it,” Nardi said.

Studies have shown that, if needed, the district could get another million gallons a day or more out of its reverse osmosis plant by adding pumps and filter skids at a cost Nardi estimated at about $1.5 million.

Another project in the planning stages is the construction of a second aquifer storage and recovery well.

“Current planning is for us to be using the second one in 2018. With the way the

The island’s first-ever aquifer storage and recovery facility provides the Hilton Head Public Service District with another 2 million gallons a day in the higher-demand summer months.

demand looks right now, it’s hard to see it being necessary by that date,” Nardi said.

“But we’re continuing with the planning, looking for a site for it and looking for potential funding from the state. We didn’t want to just drop the planning of it just because we’re well covered. Because you could get into a drought.”

The potential site would be on town land off Dillon Road, which Nardi says would give the district easy access to its existing pipeline there.

“It’s a really neat technology. You’re banking less expensive water for when you’re going to need it when it’s more expensive,” he said.

Many wonder why the public service district can’t just treat the salt water from the Upper Floridan Aquifer instead of going extra lengths to take water from the deeper Middle Floridan Aquifer.

“The thinking on that is the chloride levels bounce around, so your ability to treat it is hampered in that way. Whereas with this Middle Floridan, the water is a very steady level so you know what you’re facing, you know what you’re going to have to treat for,” he said. “There’d be too much adjustment on the fly (in order to treat the Upper Floridan water).”

Nardi says while the closing of the latest Upper Floridan well isn’t a big deal because it’s something the public service district knew was coming, it is a big deal in a larger environmental sense.

“It is the loss of a natural resource, and the destruction of it is completely manmade,” he said. “The pumping in the Savannah region has reversed the hydrogeology of the aquifer. It’s pulling the salt water from the sound into our aquifer here.” M

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sail away REGATTA WEEKEND BRINGS LOWCOUNTRY BOAT LOVERS TOGETHER

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he October waters on Calibogue Sound make for optimum sailing conditions, and once again, island boating enthusiasts are preparing for Regatta Weekend 2015.

The annual signature event of the Yacht Club of Hilton Head Island will take place Oct. 17-18, with the Harbour Town Cup regatta held Saturday and the Calibogue Cup regatta held Sunday.

“We have a dedicated group of sailing lovers who race for the fun of it, but of course, we all have our competitive streaks,” said Regatta Weekend chairman Jim Landis. “It has been a great way for so many islanders to meet each other, but we also open up the race to the public, because we very much want to share our passion and help create a new generation of boating diehards.”

The races start and finish between Harbour Town and Haig Point. Each regatta is a series of three to four races that are 30 to 45 minutes long along a 1to 2-mile course set up in either a cigarshaped constant circle or a triangular buoyed course.

The races are scored using a performance handicap rating formula. While golf handicaps measure each golfer’s performance against the others, the regatta handicap measures each boat’s characteristics against the others.

Jim Landis is Regatta Weekend chairman. The annual event is set for Oct. 17-18 in Calibogue Sound. The races start and finish between Harbour Town and Haig Point.

“It equals out boat size, number of sails and a two-propeller versus a threepropeller boat. That way, a Harbor 20 (footer) can be scored against a 42-foot Catalina that obviously has more power but also more weight to carry,” Landis said. “The scoring system helps create a level playing field. Then it becomes all about the abilities of the sailor.”

This year is the 45th anniversary of the Harbour Town Cup, first held in 1970 by the Hilton Head Sailing Club, a group that met under the Liberty Oak in Harbour Town. Over time, the club has widened its charter beyond sailing

to including power boat owners and all friends of boating. The group’s clubhouse and grounds are located in the Palmetto Bay complex.

The Harbour Town Cup trophy was donated by Sea Pines and has historically been awarded to the fastest boat — in handicap-adjusted time — of all the fleets competing.

The Calibogue Cup was started in 1971 and awards two trophies each year, one for Class A and one for Class B. Class A is for boats flying spinnakers and Class B consists of those not equipped with spinnakers.

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Landis said the event typically draws around 20 to 25 boats from Savannah to Charleston. Many of the competitors are racing in the island waters throughout the year: The Regatta Weekend is the culmination of roughly 10 to 12 races held throughout the year by various plantation boating clubs that all join under the Yacht Club of Hilton Head Island umbrella.

“We’ll get a group of Flying Scots that will race against each other, a group of Harbor 20s out of the South Carolina Yacht Club that will battle each other, and then there’s the Catalina 42s and Bonitos that will typically launch together,” Landis said. “It’s quite a variety of boat styles and racing styles. It’s a lot of fun to be racing but we are really hoping that fans will join in. They are beautiful vessels, and it’s quite exciting to watch the races unfold.”

The best viewing is from the docks at Harbour Town, where yacht club members will be on hand to help newcomers learn about the boats and the traditions of regatta racing.

Regatta participation has been on the rise after a downturn in the sport in the early 2000s. While many might think that yachting is for older generations, Landis said that it’s truly a lifetime activity.

“It’s something I picked up in the middle of my career as a means to relax after a stressful week,” said Landis, a retired international banker with Citibank who first began sailing while living in Puerto Rico. “Living by the sea, it’s just a natural activity. We have members who picked it up in their 20s and are going strong into their 80s. Once you get hooked to sailing, it’s something few ever want to let go.” M

Regatta Weekend races begin at noon Saturday and 10 a.m.

Sunday, Oct. 17-18, with the awards and closing ceremony held under the Liberty Oak late Sunday afternoon. For more information, call 843-671-6536 or visit www.yachtclubhh.org.

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ARKHAIOS FILM FESTIVAL:

THREE DAYS, 17 FILMS, 12 COUNTRIES, 15 CULTURES

BY CARRIE HIRSCH | PHOTO BY SHERRI DEWIG

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ature and time have this uncanny habit of burying things. Luckily there are explorers, archaeologists and anthropologists obsessed with finding, uncovering, documenting and sharing their treasures with the rest of us. Without these discoveries, millions would not make pilgrimages to visit Machu Picchu, the tombs of Egyptian kings and queens, Crete's Palace of Minos and the Chinese terracotta army.

In the Lowcountry, organizations such as the Mitchelville Group and the Santa Elena Foundation are working to expand the knowledge of the first freedmen’s village on Hilton Head Island and past European settlements in the vicinity of the Port Royal Sound.

To celebrate these archaeological efforts, both locally and around the world, the Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival is held in late October. Now in its third year, this popular three-day event showcases the discovery of past cultures gained from archaeological research and illustrated through documentary films. The films shown during the last hour of each day highlight South Carolina heritage.

One of only two film festivals in the U.S. to focus on archaeology and culture, the

ARKHAIOS FILM FESTIVAL DETAILS

When: Oct. 22-24 Where: Coligny Theatre, Hilton Head Island Details: The free festival is intended to be an educational event to showcase the discovery of past cultures gained from archaeological research, and illustrated by documentary films.

Information: www.arkhaiosfilmfestival.org Films to be screened at the festival: • “Amerindian Fingerprint,” directed by Pierre Nicolas Durant • “Chavin de Huantar: The Theater of the Heavens,” directed by Jose Manuel Novoa • “Cotton Road,” directed by Laura Kissel • “Down on Bull Street,” directed by Lynn Cornfoot • “Kingdom of Salt: 7,000 Years of Hallstatt,” directed by Domingo Rodes • “Lightning Strikes Twice,” directed by Stephani Gordon • “Mapping Kosciuszko’s Tunnel,” directed by William Ira Richardson • “Monique Peytral: Painting Lascaux, Painting Life,” directed by Constance Ryder • “Mysterious Stones of Hakkari,” directed by Bahriye Kabadayi Dal • “On The Trail of the Far Fur Country,” directed by Kevin Nikkel • “Roman Engineering: Aqueducts,” directed by Jose Antonio Muniz • “Saving Mes Aynak,” directed by Brent E. Huffman • “Sea Island Secrets: A Journey Through Time,” directed by R. Gibbes McDowell • “Square Holes, Digging the Kolb Site,” directed by William C. Judge

Arkhaios festival is sponsored by the Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn and the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of South Carolina. It was founded by avocational archaeologist Jean Guilleux, who is passionate about the past.

“When I was digging at a Solutrean site in France, a culture that is thought to be between 18,000 to 20,000 years old, there was a nearby archaeology film festival that I attended and then met with the organizers,” Guilleux said. “This inspired me so much that when I returned to the states, I began planning the film festival here on Hilton Head and formed a nonprofit, volunteer-based organization working under the umbrella of the Coastal Discovery Museum.”

Guilleux worked at the Topper archaeology site in Allendale County for many years, where pre-Clovis artifacts were discovered and studied. “My time spent at the Topper site started because I was attending an archaeology chapter meeting on Hilton Head and they passed around an information sheet about Topper, and off I went,” he says. “The site is next to a large chemical plant, which is adjacent to the Savannah River Plant. There are several other archaeological sites there where lithic points have been found, but the most well known is the Topper Site. I was going a week or two at a time, then I went for the full six-week season, which ran from the first week of May through mid June. I enjoyed it so much that I spent 11 years there. It gives you the sense of doing something good by helping scientists uncover the past.”

It was his experience at the Topper site that led Guilleux to create the Arkhaios film festival. Dr. Albert Goodyear, one of the archaeologists at the Topper site, arranged for speakers and archaeologists to make presentations to the volunteers and other participants working on the project. Occasionally, these presentations included a film.

“It made such a difference to see a film; you are transported miles away to experience another culture,” Guilleux says.

The Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival was founded by Jean Guilleux.

Bringing the festival to life is a multi-step process: the Screening Committee, made up of archaeologists, historians and filmmakers, selects the films to be presented to the jury.

This year, more than 40 films were submitted from all over the world, and 17 finalists will be presented at the festival. Some of the documentaries have won awards elsewhere, feature high-tech graphics and special effects, and are produced with large budgets. Others submissions are independent documentaries funded by crowdfunding campaigns and grants. The festival’s jury selects the productions that will be screened at the festival, as well as determines which films will win the festival’s awards.

The festival’s jury is made up of five members from different backgrounds.

Retired USC professor of anthropology Dr. Karl Heider serves as jury president and is responsible for reaching a consensus on the list of winners, along with archaeologist Dr. Steve Smith, director of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology; Coastal Discovery Museum president Dr. Rex Garniewicz; filmmaker and producer Steve Folks of SCETV; and Lynne Hummel, editor of The Bluffton Sun and The Hilton Head Sun newspapers. The jury also awards the festival’s prizes, including the Jury's Grand Prize, Best Archaeology Film, Best Cultural Heritage Film, Best S.C. Heritage Film, Founder's Award and Audience Favorite.

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BRACE YOURSELF FOR ANOTHER SPOOK-TACULAR LOWCOUNTRY HALLOWEEN

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oon, night will fall on the Lowcountry, urging forth from its shadows creatures of unspeakable horror. These creatures will go out into the darkness, driven by a hunger that can only be sated one night of the year. They cannot be reasoned with, they cannot be avoided. They can only be fed.

They are children, and, in an array of terrifying costumes, they will soon be at your doorstep. Treat them with the candy they so desperately crave, for the night is dark, and many of them will be carrying

toilet paper for the inevitable “trick” that rewards the stingy who don’t cough up the sugary goods.

If you think we’re being a little overly dramatic, we’d like to share a number with you. That number is 600 million. As in 600 million pounds of candy Americans purchase each year for Halloween.

The holiday is serious business. And if you’re hoping to avoid the soaped-up windows, toilet paper-strewn landscaping and shaving cream-filled mailboxes of vengeful trick-or-treaters deprived of their bounty, you’d best be prepared. 

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Sugar Rush Americans buy 600 million pounds of candy for Halloween each year.

Of that, just 90 million pounds is chocolate. Of that, entirely too much is those little wads of beige goo in black and orange wrappers.

Busted One Bluffton resident whose name we’ll withhold once left a bowl of candy out front with a “take one, have fun” sign, then posted himself in the bushes in full S.W.A.T. attire. Every kid who took more than their share was met with an immediate raid by the authorities. We only share this story here because it was awesome.

The Motion of the Potion Fill a plastic cauldron with water and add chips of dry ice (start small and add over time for maximum fog). Throw in a flashing LED pumpkin light in a zip-top bag for a dramatic thunderstorm effect.

Float candy in a dish on top of the water, so you can reach in and magically produce candy from your potion.

TRICK OR TREAT

We’ll begin with a few tips for those staying at home and greeting trick or treaters.

You may consider simply leaving out a bowl of candy with a sign urging visitors to “Take one, have fun.” Please know that you’re basically waving the white flag on the holiday in doing so.

The first few kids, under the watchful eye of their chaperones, may abide by the honor system and leave a few morsels for their fellow trick-or-treaters. But the first group of middle schoolers that comes by unaccompanied will take all of your candy. And probably the bowl. This is a fact of Halloween. We can personally attest to this, having once chased down a group of pre-teens in a vain attempt to get our favorite popcorn bowl back.

If you do hand out candy, all we ask is that you refrain from purchasing whatever those flavorless lumps are that come wrapped in orange and black wax paper. They’re disgusting.

Also, feel free to act as costume police. Many children put hours of thought into creating the perfect costume, and they are to be rewarded with fistfuls of sugary treats. Many teenagers will appear at your door in street clothes. As terrifying a costume as “teenager who could potentially egg your house” is, you must do your best to send them away without a treat.

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SMELL MY FEET But what of your own kids?

Those of us with young ones will no doubt take to the streets this year, having lost the argument with our spouse over who gets to stay home.

The first thing to consider is where you’re going to go.

Many of the neighborhoods of the Lowcountry, with their lack of sidewalks and low-key (read: non-existent) lighting don’t avail themselves easily to trickor-treating. Nothing says you have to stay in your own neighborhood if the trick-or-treating is dangerous or will yield an unsatisfactory candy haul.

Check out the sidebar for a few places to maximize your sugar rush.

Once you know where you’re headed, your job is just to hang back, make sure your kid is being polite (we stand

by a firm “trick or treat”/ “thank you” protocol) and sneak some of their candy when they’re not looking.

Sure, it’s not the most fun way to spend a holiday, walking around in the dark, waving awkwardly at people while your children beg them for candy, but just remember: this is temporary. There will come a day when your young one no longer wants you around for trick or treating. When that day comes, put your feet up, relax, set out the “take one, have fun” bowl and enjoy Halloween. Just check your kid for eggs and toilet paper before they leave the house.

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Nature’s spookiness Spanish moss, which grows on just about everything in the Lowcountry, sells for $5 a bag in other parts of the country. It seems very spooky if you’ve never had to clean it out of a pool filter.

Where to Go Hilton Head Island’s picturesque gated communities make for some beautiful neighborhoods, but as far as trick-or-treating goes, they may as well be ghost towns. No lighting, no sidewalks and homes set far apart on huge lots do not an adequate candy haul make. So where do you go?

Bluffton’s building boom created some of the best trick-or-treating around. Neighborhoods like Westbury Park, Bluffton Park and Hidden Lakes rest on a grid of sidewalks and streetlights that make them a trick-or-treater’s dream. Factor in residents who really get into the spirit of the season, and you have Halloween hall of famers.

On the island, the neighborhoods to beat are Chinaberry Ridge and Ashton Cove. In addition, a few of the island’s shops are getting into the spirit with trick or treating events. Coligny Plaza will host trick-or-treaters from 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 27, and Shelter Cove Towne Centre will host “Trunk-o-Ween” from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 31.

Find more Halloween events in the Lowcountry calendar

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Where in the world is Monthly? u Allison, Andy and Hunter Seman took Monthly to the Block Island Southeast Light in Rhode Island.

 Brad, Vanessa, Will and Ross Baker stand with Monthly next to Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England.

pBrian and Melissa Thompson took Monthly to St. Martin for their “babymoon.” The baby is due in November.

p Sandro Virag, co-owner of the Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Bluffton, took his Hilton Head Monthly to Brussels, Belgium.

p Charlie and Peggy Walczak with Monthly in Rynek Square in Kraków, Poland. Martha and Bob Clements took Monthly to meet the Terracotta Army in Xi'an, China. u Perry and Lynn Huffman took Monthly to Bermuda.

Don Bennett, Patricia Bennett, Kathy Orr and Terry Orr took Monthly cruising on the Silver Shadow through Alaskan waterways.

 Scott and Jan Hedin celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on an Alaskan cruise that included a train ride from Skagway, Alaska, to Fraser, British Columbia. u The Espositos took Hilton Head Monthly on a cruise from Venice, Italy, through Kotor, Montenegro, and to Mykonos and other Greek islands.

pStan and Helen Xenakis are shown with Pat and Dennis pJudy and Jack Trevillian took Monthly Foley at the Omaha Beach Memorial in Normandy, France. to Starved Rock Inn in Utica, Illinois.

The couples were on a Seine River cruise.

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MAKING SOUND INVESTMENT DECISIONS

BY ELIHU SPENCER

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ummer is usually a volatile time for the stock market.

After all, summer is vacation time and Wall Street high rollers love to head for the beach. Vacationing portfolio managers lead to significantly reduced trading volume, and thus greater opportunity for stock price swings as floor specialists look to match buyers and sellers. One of my favorite indexes to watch is the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX). This

index measures the market’s expectations of near-term volatility conveyed by the S&P 500 stock index option prices.

In other words, it is a measure

of uncertainty in the direction of the stock market. The VIX hit its 52-week low of 10.68 on Aug. 5, and 19 days later, it hit its high of 53.29 on Aug. 24. The

last time we saw the VIX in the 50s was in October 2008, as the markets were digesting the failure of Lehman Brothers.

You might be wondering why I am telling you all of this in an article on sound investment decisions. My first goal is to stress the importance of not watching your investments on a daily basis, as doing so will result in absolutely nothing good for your financial health. Money management professionals will always tell you to “sit tight” and “sit out” periods of extreme market volatility. Sell stocks when everyone loves the market and buy them when everyone hates the market.

My second, and far more important, goal is to recommend the use of investment professionals to help manage your financial

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BUSINESS assets. This is advice that is as applicable to a millennial as it is to a baby boomer, and it applies to a $100,000 portfolio as well as a multi-million-dollar portfolio. Money management isn’t a sport where the amateur can win — the deck is stacked against you. Emotions can play a huge role when managing your own money. I just had a conversation with a longtime friend who managed a large national brokerage unit. He told me he even advised his financial advisers to use their colleagues to manage their personal accounts.

So how does one go about selecting a financial adviser?

How do you know whom to trust with your money? Do you put all your eggs in one basket, or should you select multiple advisers? These are all questions that might run

through your mind.

Let’s start with the basic questions that should be asked of any adviser: Are you licensed by the SEC? What do you have in terms of professional credentials or certificates? How do you charge for your services?

And what is your investment approach — mutual funds, separately managed accounts, ETFs or individual stocks? There is no one correct answer to any of these questions, but the way the adviser answers will give to you a sense of his or her professionalism and will help begin the process of building trust. If you are married, or have a long-term significant other, it is always preferred to include your partner in these interview sessions. Doing so gives you another set of eyes and ears, and it also begins the process of trust and consensus building.

You will notice that I keep coming back to the word trust.

Like your relationships with lawyers, doctors or accountants, your relationship with your financial adviser should be rooted in trust; they are, of course, “entrusted” with your financial future.

Beyond that key ingredient of trust — and the professional experience represented by credentials and an investment track record — make sure your adviser has access to the latest in financial planning tools.

A reputable adviser should be willing to share sample financial plans and have ample tools to match your individual investment risk tolerance and investment objectives with a well-balanced investment strategy.

In southern Beaufort County, we have a broad array of

financial services companies, large money center banks, medium and small banks, major stock brokerage firms and independent investment advisers from which to choose that one individual or group that matches your personal needs.

With the experts calling for continued volatility over the foreseeable future, do yourself and your family a favor — act now. M Elihu Spencer is a banking expert with a long business history in global finance. His life’s work has been centered on understanding credit cycles and their impact on local economies. The information contained in this article has been obtained from sources considered reliable, but the accuracy cannot be guaranteed.

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ON THE MOVE NEW HIRES/PROMOTIONS

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Caddell Czura is a Realtor/associate broker who was a former RE/MAX agent. She has now joined the new RE/MAX Coastal Realty located at 1 Burnt Church Road in Bluffton. Czura is dedicated to serving Hilton Head Island, Bluffton and all areas of the Lowcountry.

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Mullane

Hoeflich

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Gary Mullane has joined RE/MAX Coastal Realty and will be serving customers in the entire area of the Lowcountry. Mullane has been a longtime Realtor. Previously with RE/MAX, he joined another company and then came back, joining RE/MAX Coastal Realty.

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HHIEDC ELECTS BOARD MEMBERS, OFFICERS FOR 2015-16 The Hilton Head Island Economic Development Corporation has re-elected Diana McKenzie and elected three new members to the organization’s board of directors. The four newly elected board members are McKenzie, Jeanne Antonuccio, Emily Johnson and Charles Sampson. The group also elected officers for the 2015-16 year. Elected for one-year terms are Maryann Bastnagel, Carlton Dallas, John Joseph and Steve Riley. HHIEDC acknowledges outgoing board chairman G. Thomas Upshaw and director Steve Carb for their service. The HHIEDC was incorporated by the Town of Hilton Head Island in June 2013 to help grow and diversify the Town of Hilton Head Island economy. For more information, visit www.hhiedc.com.

RE/MAX Island Realty recently welcomed Tim Hoeflich to its Bluffton/ Sun City office. Hoeflich worked for a newspaper in Ohio for more than a year, but then found his true calling in sales. He has been a real estate agent for five years.

TD Bank recently named Scott Sharp as regional vice president for the south coast market of South Carolina, a region that stretches from Charleston to Hilton Head Island.

Sharp is responsible for managing a team of commercial bankers to expand TD’s market share and continue building the bank’s brand.

The Heritage Classic Foundation is welcoming Tyler Daly to the RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing team.

Daly is the new volunteer coordinator and tournament support manager.

Daly worked for the Heritage Classic Foundation from October 2014 to April 2015 as an intern responsible for tournament operations and ticket sales.

Patrick Barwise has joined Hilton Head Monthly as an account representative. A graduate of the University

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Dallas

of South Carolina with marketing and management degrees, Barwise previously worked at Savannah Marriott Riverfront. He can be reached at 843-384-9390 or patrick@hiltonheadmonthly.com.

Toni LaRose-Gerken is now coowner of the RE/MAX Coastal Realty in Bluffton serving Hilton Head, Sun City and Bluffton. LaRose-Gerken has been a top producer in Bluffton and

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Sun City for 14 years. She is Sun City’s top listing and selling agent. She has been awarded the prestigious 2014 RE/MAX Chairmans Club Award for high commissions and production.

Billy Hubbard is broker-in-charge for the new RE/MAX Coastal Realty.

Hubbard was born and bred in the Lowcountry and has a long history in the area’s real estate market as a previous owner of a real estate company

CORT JOINING CHARLES SAMPSON REAL ESTATE GROUP Debbie Cort has joined the Charles Sampson Real Estate Group of Charter One Realty after being with WHHI-TV for more than eight years. Her passion for the Lowcountry, desire to help others and notable communication skills offer clients a more consultative approach. For more than 10 years, Charter One Realty has consistently been the area’s real estate volume sales leader.

Charles Sampson Real Estate Group of Charter One Realty North is located off of Main Street in Hilton Head. For more information, call 843-384-7300.

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and had a successful appraisal business for many years.

Phil Nagley and Belinda Bales are a real estate team that will cover most areas of Beaufort County. The two have a great history of sales, particularly in the Beaufort area. They were RE/ MAX agents at one time and rejoined RE/MAX with the new RE/MAX Coastal Realty. They have expanded their business to include Bluffton and Hilton Head.

Marguerite Carver has joined the Foundation Realty Team at its mid-island Hilton Head location. Hailing from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Carver has enjoyed 25 years as a full-time Realtor specializing in estates and unique properties.

Laura Bracken has joined the Foundation Realty Team at its mid-island Hilton Head location. A Hilton Head Island resident since 2006, Bracken is an enthusiastic member of the community and is active in the tennis industry, planning multiple events and conferences throughout the country. Bracken and her husband, Lee, live on the north end of the island with their daughter, Allison, and their corgi, Jackson.

The University of South Carolina Beaufort has named Danny Allen head coach of its men’s golf team. Allen comes to USCB after two seasons as the head men’s and women’s golf coach at Coker College, where he led the women’s team

BLUFFTON PHOTOGRAPHER WINS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD Lloyd Wainscott of Lloyd Wainscott Photography in Bluffton, was named a Diamond Medalist at the Professional Photographers of America’s 2015 International Photographic Competition. Wainscott’s work will be on display at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Jan. 10-12, 2016. This international photographic exhibit is held in conjunction with Imaging USA, an annual convention and expo for professional photographers and several photographic associations. A panel of 43 eminent jurors from across the United States selected the top photographs from nearly 5,200 total submitted entries at Gwinnett Technical College in Georgia. Wainscott was one of only 35 photographers named Diamond Photographers of the Year.

He can be reached at 806-324-7497. Find more examples of his work online at lloydwainscottphotography.com.

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to a program-best runner-up finish in the South Atlantic Conference tournament in 2014. Prior to his time at Coker, Allen was an assistant coach at NCAA Division I Pennsylvania for two years and an assistant at NCAA Division II California (Pa.) for one season. He also has experience as an instructor, working as a teaching professional at Stratton Mountain Resort in Vermont and director of instruction for U.S. Golf Camps.

Nancy Powers has joined the new RE/MAX Coastal Realty as a sales executive. She has been an extremely successful realtor for many years and a top producer with a previous RE/ MAX company. Powers lists and sells everywhere in the area and is an award winner with RE/MAX. Collin Hubbard is now co-owner, Realtor and general manager of the new RE/MAX Coastal Realty located at 1 Burnt Church Road in Bluffton.

He has a degree in entrepreneurial business and real estate and will concentrate on the day-to-day operations of the new company.

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The Rotary Club of Hilton Head Island recently announced that two community leaders will be inducted into the Hilton Head Island Hall of Fame on Nov. 11. The two are the late Dr. Peter L. LaMotte, founder of Hilton Head Hospital, and Dr. Jack B. McConnell, founder of Volunteers in Medicine. The Hall of Fame was initiated in 2012 by the Rotary Club of Hilton Head Island as a gift to the community to acknowledge innovative and community-minded island

SUNGATE MEDICAL GROUP ANNOUNCES NEW TECHNOLOGY An advanced procedure to treat presbyopia is now offered in South Carolina exclusively by Dr. Ken Farr and Dr. Drew Hunter at SunGate Medical Group. Presbyopia reduces the ability of the eye to focus on near objects. This condition occurs when the crystalline lens of the eye loses its flexibility, making it difficult to focus on close objects. In the past, presbyopic patients had to rely on reading glasses or monovision to improve their near vision.

It is estimated that nearly 114 million people Farr Hunter in the United States are struggling with this eye condition, which typically occurs in people older than 40, reducing the ability of the eye to focus on near objects and causing blurry reading vision. The KAMRA inlay sits in the first few layers of the eye, known as the cornea. Smaller and thinner than a contact lens, the inlay is a mini-ring with an opening in the center. By using this pinhole effect, the inlay focuses light coming into your eye. This restores near vision while maintaining distance vision without blurry zones.

residents. The club will host a buffet luncheon and induction ceremony at the Sonesta Resort Hilton Head Island at noon Nov. 11.

Beverly Maloney, the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce’s senior membership account executive, has been honored as one of the nation’s top four chamber sales professionals by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives. The national ACCE award recognizes career membership sales professionals who have achieved sales of more than $1 million in chamber memberships throughout their careers.

Hilton Head Preparatory School senior Jackson Richard has been named one of the semifinalists in the 61st annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Of the 1.5 million junior entrants in more than 22,000 high schools nationwide, the pool of semifinalists represent less than 1 percent of U.S. high school seniors. From the approximately 16,000 semifinalists, about 15,000 are

BB&T CARSWELL INSURANCE SERVICES RELOCATES

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BB&T Carswell Insurance Services has relocated its offices due to significant business growth and expansion of staff in personal lines, commercial lines and employee benefits. The Hilton Head office has moved to 8 LaFayette Place, Suite 101, in the Keller Williams building at Indigo Run. The Bluffton office has expanded and moved to 7 Arley Way, Suite 300.

The new phone number is 843-815-0522.

expected to advance to the finalist level in February.

The Beaufort County Library System recently announced that Julie Bascom, youth services manager at the Hilton Head branch, is one of the recipients of the 2015 Peggy Parish Award. The award is offered through the University of South Carolina’s School of Library and Information Science. The award is granted in memory of Peggy Parish to honor those who demonstrate the imagination, creativity and energy to help the children of South Carolina become lifelong readers. Bascom is being recognized for her lifelong personification of literacy, for the breadth and depth of her contributions, her selfless dedication of time and effort, and the incomparable quality of her service.

BUSINESS NEWS David Weekley Homes hosted a back-to-school supply drive benefiting Bluffton Self Help, an organization that is committed to providing shortterm financial assistance, food and clothing to area residents while helping them become more self-reliant.

Approximately 15,000 items, valued at $1,600, were collected during the two-week drive, which benefited 150 children. After collecting the donations, team members spent 10 hours sorting the supplies and delivering them to the organization to ensure

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J Banks Design Group was listed as a finalist for the 27th annual ARTS Awards.

The awards are presented each January during the Dallas Total Home & Gift Market.

Winners in 26 categories will be revealed during a gala event on Jan. 22. J Banks is a finalist in the Home Accents Store category.

Outside Hilton Head recently donated 1,111 pairs of shoes to the nonprofit Sole4Souls. The shoes were collected through the specialty retailer’s “Recycle Your Shoes” program, which ran Aug. 17-30. The program encouraged customers to donate a pair of shoes and then get special pricing on a new pair from the shop. The program collection exceeded the company’s goal of 1,000 pairs. This is the third year that Outside Hilton Head has run the program, with previous years’ collections topping out at 300 pairs.

Jiva Yoga opened its third location at 3 Godfrey Place (behind Carolina Tavern) in Bluffton. Jiva Yoga has created a strong yoga community on Hilton Head Island for more than 14 years and it is excited to spread its message of wellness to Bluffton. Jiva offers Vinyasa Flow, Gentle Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Basics/Alignment, Yin/Restorative Yoga, Community Donation Yoga, and ongoing workshops and teacher trainings, as well as a retail boutique for all of your yoga needs.

Little more than a year after launching its flagship store in Bluffton, Spartina 449 opened its first outlet store at Tanger Outlets in Pooler. The 1,500-square-foot store features a wide selection of Spartina 449 products, including its storied pattern linen and

BEACH PROPERTIES DONATES TO AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM As part of its back-to-school program, Beach Properties is donating $150 in snacks to the Neighborhood Outreach Connection to assist with the not-for-profit’s mission in encouraging young students to excel in both the classroom and the community.

Beach Properties feels the organization’s after-school tutoring and computer-based learning programs are valuable to the children of the local community, and fits within the company’s charitable giving mission. The after-school tutoring and computer-based learning programs run by the Neighborhood Outreach Connection provide a safe place for school-aged children to receive additional assistance on homework, as well as a constructive place to go after school. Located within local, low-income public housing communities around Beaufort County, this program is within walking distance from many of the participants’ homes, and their facilities are renovated by local residents to accommodate Virtual Learning Centers equipped with computers and internet access. Area schools refer students who are struggling academically, and these students are tutored by local teachers four days a week.

leather handbags and coordinating accessories, stylish boutique all-leather handbags and accessories, fashion jewelry and a large assortment of scarves, plus one-of-a-kind unique items not found elsewhere.

The Just Be Centre, owned and operated by Nanette Manning, is now open in the Bluffton Village in downtown Bluffton.

The center is a multi-business holistic center with several types of services and products available. It was started and organized by Manning, who wanted to bring good health and wellness together under one roof.

Included at the Just Be Centre are yoga, massage therapy, natural facials and more.

Twenty-one individuals were recently selected to participate in Leadership Hilton Head Island-Bluffton. The Hilton Head IslandBluffton Chamber of Commerce program focuses on the culture, history, environment, economics and civics of southern Beaufort County. Selected for the class of 2016 are Quinn Baldree, TD Bank; Casey Bateman, Polaris Capital Advisors and Insurance Services; Pamela Blackshire, Kennedy &

Blackshire, LLC; Nicki Charles, Community Foundation of the Lowcountry; Susana Cook, Park Lane Hotel and Suites; Jennifer DeHart, Fidelity Investments; Robert Eidson, Webster Rogers LLP; Dan Grove, Choate Construction; Lauren Hollis, Mindstream Academy; Ben Hoover, Risk Placement Services; Julie Jones, Bluffton Self Help; Jenny Ladutko, J Banks Design Group; Mike Lupi, Design 9ineteen; Kate Nolan, Palmetto Dunes Property Owners Association; Katie Rudder, American Red Cross; Wil Saleeby, Palmetto Electric Cooperative; Doug Seifert, Beaufort County Sheriff’s Department; Travis Sizemore, Fraum Wellness Center; Allison Tucker, Pulte Group; Corenza Vaughn, First Service Residential, Sun City Hilton Head; and Rodney Walker, Sonesta Resort Hilton Head Island.

BELFAIR ANNOUNCES 1811 CHARITABLE FUND The Belfair 1811 Charitable Fund, established by the Belfair Board of Directors last May has announced the timetable for the grant application process.

The Belfair Charitable Fund will accept grant applications Oct. 1 through Dec. 31. The application will be available on the Belfair Club website under the drop-down menu “About the Club.” Any local not-for-profit 501c3 organization that is located in Beaufort County and addresses human needs is encouraged to apply for a grant. The Belfair 1811 Charitable is a fund of The Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, which manages more than 300 local charitable funds and more than $70 million dollars of assets. The Belfair grants will be awarded on April 15. For further information on the Belfair 1811 Charitable Fund or the grant process, please contact Jeff Stack at jstack@hargray.com.

Parents are told they need to cut the cord and let their child fly, but cutting the cord on your window coverings when you have young kids is even more important.

Seemingly harmless cords from your blinds can turn deadly if toddlers get entwined in

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them. October is National Window Cord Safety month.

This presents an opportune time to assess the safety of your window coverings. Some styles of traditional corded window coverings are a hazard to infants and toddlers who view dangling cords as play things. These cords can cause injury and even death. While accidents have decreased with changes in industry safety standards, there is still work to be done in spreading awareness. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, at least one child dies from window cord strangulation every month, and during that one-month period at least one more child suffers a near strangulation. A Budget Blinds of the Lowcountry expert is available to discuss window safety strategies for any home during National Child Safety Month. For more information, call 843-837-4060. M

HHCA, EXPERIENCE GREEN RECEIVE $10,0000 GRANT The Women in Philanthropy Endowment Fund opened up the grant application process to applicants that captured their 2015 theme,“Protecting Our Lowcountry Environment.” Hilton Head Christian Academy collaborated with the non-profit organization Experience Green to write their grant application outlining their five-phase Garden Project titled, “Edible Education For Sustainability.” The garden will be integrated into HHCA’s K-12 curriculum. Experience Green’s long-term goal is to improve stewardship of the environment, care of the people and growth of economic prosperity. For HHCA, this is an integral piece of the overall Health & Wellness Program, with the mission to educate the faculty and students about healthy living through curriculum and their daily interactions with Program Director, Wendy Cummings. Whole Kids Foundation has also approved a $2,000 grant for HHCA that will be used specifically to fund the long-term project. Other organizations supporting the HHCA garden project are Atlantic Star Designs, i2 Recycle and Steve DeSimone Construction.

HHCA is planning the garden project groundbreaking for Monday, October 5 at 11:30 a.m. and is currently seeking additional community volunteers and donations.

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Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. – Confucius As time passes, opinions and trends evolve regarding what is beautiful and what is not. From music to fashion to body type, consensus about beauty is rarely reached.

This includes art. A painting that fuels your desire to jump onto the canvas and become part of each brushstroke may leave me feeling flat and unmoved at best, or turning up my nose at worst. Art is designed to elicit emotion. So even if that emotion is negative, art has served its purpose.

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BEHOLDER In selecting art for your home or personal space, there’s generally no controversy; you simply choose what you find appealing. But step into the world of public art – that is, art that’s located in public spaces – and impassioned debate ensues. One person’s “beautiful” can be another person’s “hideous.” And because the public has a connection to art that is placed in public spaces – and it should – everyone is free to voice their opinion. With all these opinions, selecting a piece of public art that satisfies all is not only difficult, it’s impossible.

One person’s “beautiful” can be another person’s “hideous.”

Let’s face it, our taste in art is personal and subjective. So if this level of subjectivity swings with such a wide arc, who makes the decision of which pieces should grace our community spaces? If you Google “Public art - Who decides?” you’ll find a long list of newspaper articles, online discussions and blogs filled with contentious debate, with both experts and “the common man” lamenting the choice of public art pieces around the world.

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Every two years, the Public Art Fund hosts a public art exhibition that includes 20 large-scale sculptures. We send out a call for entries that is answered by hundreds of artists from around the world. A local jury – comprised of artists, gallery owners, curatorial consultants and art enthusiasts – reviews each entry, whittling down the hundreds to a mere 20. And you know what? Even the jurors don’t always agree which pieces to include.

Selected artists are extended an invitation to participate. They sign contracts, provide detailed installation instructions and arrange shipping of their pieces and travel arrangements for themselves. Local companies and individuals volunteer their time and talents to help it all come together. The process can be arduous for artists, committee members, Community Foundation staff and volunteers. But the results make it all worthwhile.

This year’s exhibition opens to the public on October 1. During the first month, you’ll have the opportunity to voice your opinion on what you find beautiful by voting for the People’s Choice Award online (www. hhipublicart.org) or by submitting a paper ballot at the exhibition.

Prizes are awarded to those artists who receive the most votes.

Most importantly, at the end of the exhibition, one of the 20 pieces is selected for purchase by the Public Art Fund. That piece is, in turn, donated to the Town of Hilton Head Island and becomes part of their growing public art collection. The Town installs the piece in a public area where it can be enjoyed by all.

Whether you’re an art enthusiast or not, the Public Art Exhibition on Hilton Head Island has something for everyone. The exhibition is spread throughout the grounds of Coastal Discovery Museum and runs from October 1 through December 31. Admission is free. If you like, you can take a docent-led tour for $10 per adult and $5 per child.

Public art is there for everyone to enjoy. Become part of the discussion. Live generously by supporting the addition of public art in our public spaces, either by telling your friends about the Public Art Exhibition or giving a monetary contribution to the Public Art Fund.

Find your “beautiful” in the different mediums. Be a part of public art!

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YEARS OF MONTHLY CELEBRATING THREE DECADES OF CONNECTING THE LOWCOUNTRY

BY LANCE HANLIN

For 30 years, it has been the privilege of Hilton Head Monthly in all its various forms to share the stories, people and places that make the Lowcountry such an inspiring place to call home. It’s a different Lowcountry than it was when a blackand-white newsletter titled The Property Owners’ Report first hit doorsteps. As the area progressed, Monthly was there step by step, growing from such humble origins into the glossy first-rate publication you hold in your hands.

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To help celebrate our 30th anniversary, we asked advertisers in this issue to tell us how long they've been serving the Lowcountry.

0-10 YEARS 4M Metal, 9 years Affordables Apparel, 2 years American Wood Reface, 6 years Bishop Eye Associates, 8 years Bluffton Center for Dentistry, 2 years Bomboras Grille, 5 years Budget Blinds, 10 years Clark Cramer Frank-Sea Pines RealEstate, 7 years Charbar, 3 years Coastal Bliss, 2 years Daybreak Adult Care Services, 2 years Delishee Yo, 5 years Diamond Realty & Property Management, 6 years Ela’s Blu Water Grille, 5 years Equilibrium, 5 Years Esposito Construction Inc., 7 years Foundation Realty, 9 years Gifted, 5 years The Greenery Antique & Garden Collectibles Shop, 10 years Hampton Lake, 10 years Harbour Health Insurance Solutions, 6 years Hilton Head Dental, 9 years Holy Tequila, 1 year HUB International Southeast, 4 years Island Bagel and Deli, 6 years Island Family Dental, Dr. Kevin B. Fader, 8 Years Island Medical Spa, 9 years KPM Flooring, 8 years Local Pie, just opened Merchant Service Center of HHI, 10 years N Hance Wood Renewal, 3 years Palmetto Moon, 4 years Porter & Pig, 1 year Radiance, 7 years

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we celebrate 30 years, we wanted to take a moment and look back, remembering significant people and events that have filled the last three decades with so many memories. If you’ll forgive us for turning the spotlight around a little too far, we’d like to begin by telling the story of Monthly.

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HOW OLD ARE YOU? THE BERGERON ERA

In 1987, the publication was sold to New Hampshire residents Joe and Terry Bergeron. Under their ownership, The Property Owners’ Report added spot color to its cover and grew to around 24 pages with more indepth feature stories and stronger editorial content. An opinion THE BEGINNING section and a community calendar were Monthly traces its added. roots back to 1985, Current publisher Lori Goodridge-Cribb and CEO Marc Frey.

In 1988, the publiwhen local real cation was renamed estate agent Don Koch started The Property Property Owners’ Monthly. To serve the Owners’ Report. It was a black-and-white, island’s growing business community, the tabloid-sized newspaper that was mailed to paper added more business related stories. around 14,000 off-island property owners.

The Bergeron’s hired award-winning journal“The primary objective was to furnish interist Janet Smith as editor and added more esting and useful information to owners of photography to the paper. property on the island who lived elsewhere,” Following Hurricane Hugo in 1989, the Koch said. publication was shortened to Monthly and Most stories were related to real estate added a third section devoted to social- and and financial topics, such as Bobby Ginn lifestyle-oriented stories. obtaining control of Sea Pines, Wexford, Port Royal and Indigo Run plantations in February THE WOLF ERA: Early transition from 1986. The report also featured local news, newspaper to magazine such as the Sea Pines gate fee increasing from $3 to $5 in March 1986.

The next significant change came in Each issue was around 16 pages, with 1992, when the publication was purchased an annual subscription cost of $18. Hilton by Mark Wolf, a newspaper publisher from Head’s population was around 17,000 back Ohio.

Wolf kept the same editorial concept then. As the island grew, so did the The and was able to improve the look, navigation Property Owners’ Report.

THE EVOLUTION OF MONTHLY 1985: Real estate agent Donald Koch starts The Property Owners’ Report, a 16page, black-and-white newspaper published once a month. Most stories are related to real estate and finance. It is mailed to virtually every property owner on Hilton Head Island.

1987: New Hampshire residents Joe and Terry Bergeron purchase The Property Owners’ Report, adding color to the cover, a community calendar, an opinion section, more in-depth features stories and stronger editorial content.

The newspaper grows to 24 pages.

1988: The Property Owners’ Report is renamed Property Owners’ Monthly. A section called Enterprise Monthly is added to follow Hilton Head Island’s growing business community. Award-winning journalist Janet Smith is hired as editor, increasing the paper’s editorial credibility.

1989: Property Owners’ Monthly is renamed Monthly Hilton Head Island. A third section called Accent Monthly is added to cover lifestyle stories and social events on Hilton Head Island.

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and organization of the publication. He continued with the motto “writing worth reading” that was started by the Bergeron’s.

Current publisher Lori Goodridge -Cribb was the only full time sales representative at the time. Wolf’s publishing experience and Lori’s love and knowledge of the island made for a successful team. With the list of advertisers growing, Monthly expanded to around 100 pages.

“He was amazing to work with,” Lori said.

“He was quiet but had a great smile and a positive attitude. He helped teach me about selling. He introduced special sections for the first time.”

Monthly began transforming into a magazine in February 1993, shrinking from the shape and size of a newspaper to the size of Life magazine. Two advertising sections were added — the Real Estate Gallery and a rotating special section, covering a variety of topics. In July 1994, Monthly switched formats from its larger Life magazine size to that of a traditional magazine, with a fourcolor cover and slick black and white inside pages.

Opinion columns gave voice to respected islanders such as Buzz Carota, Cathy Goodelll, Cheryl French Stehle, Scottie Davis, Don Brewer and Todd Ballantine.

More attention was given to lifestyle stories and event photography.

“People want to see people,” Lori said.

THE FREY ERA BEGINS In August 1995, current owners Marc and Anuska Frey purchased Hilton Head Monthly. The entrepreneur had been publisher of Golfer’s Guide since 1992, a network of eight regional golf, lifestyle and real

estate magazines across the Southeast.

Marc, a native of Zurich, Switzerland, came from a family with century-deep roots in the publishing and printing industry. From 1981 to 1987, he served as CEO and chairman of Jean-Frey-Group, the second-largest media conglomerate in Switzerland, producing a monthly business magazine, a weekly newspaper and a number of special-interest publications. He had owned property on the island since 1987 and moved with his wife, Anuska, and their two sons here full time in 1991.

“I looked at it as an opportunity to prove myself with an editorialdriven publication in the USA” Marc said. “I felt that the publication could serve an important role as a forum to connect the Island.”

Rupp Dengler Team, 3 years Summit Cancer Care, 10 years Sungate Medical Center, 2 years Weichert Realty-Coastal Properties, 10 years Wright Home Services, 8 years Yadkin Mortgage, 3 years

11-20 YEARS A Floral Affair, 18 years Art Café, 16 years Bauer Dental Associates, 17 years Beach Properties Hilton Head, 20 years Big Bamboo Café, 20 years Coastal States Bank, 11 years Concours d’Elegance, 14 years The French Bakery, 17 years Groomingdales, 11 years H2 Builders, 20 Years HIlton Head Heroes, 15 years Hilton Head Rentals & Golf, 17 years Island Car Wash, 17 years Island Girl, 12 years

LET THERE BE COLOR

KBRS MicroFactory, 20 years The Litter Box, 15 years

His first move was to strengthen the editorial credibility and give the publication a consistent look by introducing full color to the inside of the magazine.

Marc said. “I felt if we put out a product that our community wanted to read, the advertisers would follow.”

It was a bold move, considering that Monthly advertising wasn’t an easy sell at the time.

“I was working with a client and they opted to buy an ad for the Watermelon Festival instead of Hilton Head Monthly,” Lori remembers. “Marc and I looked at each other and said, ‘Alright, that’s it. We’re going

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21-30 YEARS Andy Twisdale, 23 years The Back Door, 27 years Beyond Exceptional Dentistry - Dr. Brad Durham, 30 years Bruno’s Landscaping & Nursery, 26 years

1990: Enterprise Monthly and Accent Monthly are combined and renamed Monthly Hilton Head’s “Section Two.”

1991: Monthly Hilton Head is renamed Hilton Head Monthly.

Current publisher Lori Goodridge-Cribb is hired into advertising sales.

1992: Hilton Head Monthly is purchased by Chillicothe, Ohio, newspaper publisher Mark Wolf.

The new owner keeps the same editorial concept but decides to focus on making the publication more visually pleasing.

1993: Hilton Head Monthly begins to shift from newspaper to magazine, shrinking to the size of Life magazine.

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Cera Products, Inc., 22 years Charles Sampson, 30 years Community Foundation, 21 years David Carroll, 29 years Distinctive Granite & Marble, 21 years Drew Butler, 30 years The Ferguson Real Estate Team, 26 years Good Health Unlimited, 29 years Group 3 Designs, 29 Years Haig Point on Daufuskie Island, 29 years Healthy Environments, 25 years Heritage Fine Jewelry & Gifts, 30 years Hilton Head Beach & Tennis, 30 years J Banks Design, 29 years Jeff Hall, 26 years Kennedy & Blackshire, 24 years Mortgage Network, 26 years Old Oyster Factory, 26 years Reed Real Estate Group, 29 years Salty Dog Café, 28 years Spring Island, 25 years

to become a primary advertising buy. Our mission was to have the best stories, the most beautiful photography and the most interesting layouts. It’s a goal we set that day and is something we’ve never stopped chasing.”

A WINNING FORMULA In December 1995, Marc promoted Lori to publisher and made her a shareholder.

“When asked what a publisher does Marc told me it was easy,” Lori said. ‘You just have to engage the readers and make the advertisers happy. Everything flows from there. I didn’t have much of a business background.

I didn’t know much about budgets. Luckily Marc was there to mentor me through all that and helped me make good business decisions.”

Lori was the operational person while Marc kept an eye on the big picture. For Monthly, it has been a winning partnership for the past 20 years.

Dr. Timothy Gross Dental Excellence, 23 years

SUCCESS FOLLOWED THE INVESTMENT

The Vacation Company, 28 years Westin Resort & Spa, 30 years

31-PLUS YEARS Barry Ginn-Exit Real Estate, 34 years Beaufort Memorial Hospital, 71 years Bess' Delicatessen and Catering Specialists, 33 years Candler Hospital, 211 years Captain Woody's, 33 years Chamber of Commerce, 58 years Charlie's L'etoile Verte, 33 years Children’s Dentistry, 32 years Coligny Plaza, 60 years

The investment in good content and quality presentation paid off.

Local businesses quickly realized it was being mailed to and read by a majority of local homeowners. With the area’s rapid growth, it became a primary buy both on and off the island.

“We weren’t trying to rehash all the negative things the newspaper would cover,” Frey said. “Our goal was keeping a positive vibe about Hilton Head and focus on what makes this community special. When we did tackle

a tough or negative issue, we made sure we balanced it with other types of content and most importantly all of our content was local written by local writers and illustrated by local photographers.”

The 120th issue of Monthly was printed in February 1997, with distribution now expanded to all homeowners from Sea Pines to Sun City Hilton Head and second-home owners in all 50 states.

MONTHLY CONNECTS WITH THE WORLD In 1999, Monthly became one of the first local businesses to unveil a website. Many other print media companies ignored the Internet until it was too late.

“Very early on, Lori and I agreed that we are in the business of connecting our clients with the end consumer,” Marc said. “There are many ways to accomplish this. It can be an event, it can be an email, it can be digital copy of the magazine. We knew that with the Internet we can now connect to our audiences around the clock everywhere in the world and that it would lead to even greater readership.”

DAS, 61 years EAC Heating & Air, 34 Years

THE EVOLUTION OF MONTHLY 1994: Hilton Head Monthly introduces a four-color glossy cover on the outside complemented by slick paper on the inside, becoming a true magazine. All ties to the publication’s newspaper beginnings are permanently cut.

1995: Hilton Head Monthly is purchased by Marc Frey, a native of Zurich, Switzerland, and publisher of the successful Golfer’s Guide magazines. Full four-color pages are added to the inside. Lori GoodridgeCribb is promoted to publisher.

1997: Hilton Head Monthly undergoes a major redesign with crisper, cleaner and more modern layouts. The magazine continues to grow to meet the expectations of its growing and demanding audience.

The first “Intriguing Islanders” section is printed.

1999: Hilton Head Monthly unveils, its first website, www. hiltonheadmonthly.com.

It is one of the first local companies to have a site on the Internet.

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Keeping up with technology was a high priority.

Monthly’s website, www.hiltonheadmonthly.com, has been redesigned every two years since it was launched and its readership continues to increase steadily. Other digital assets were also added, including a newsletter, dedicated e-blasts and social media releases.

TELLING ALL SIDES OF THE STORY By the early 2000s, Monthly had grown to around 160 pages. The editorial team took advantage of the extra space with editorial content that delved deeper into local topics and features.

“We could actually take some time and devote space to telling the whole story,” Lori said. “Other outlets just didn’t have the time, space or resources to do that. It’s something we became known for and are still doing to this day.”

Like many other local businesses, Monthly took advantage of the talent drawn to the Lowcountry. Over the years, many distinguished writers, designers, editors and sales representatives have worked for the magazine simply because it was the largest and most respected magazine in the Lowcountry. It has resulted in a publication of much higher quality than is expected from a community of this size.

“We hear it all the time when we talk to our printer in Pennsylvania, who also prints many major city magazines,” Frey said. “We also get confirmation from readers who came here from much larger markets. A lot of them are surprised by our quality.”

In addition to talent, Marc credits the magazine’s success to the moral integrity of the company.

“We are who we are because we tried to make a credible product first that would reap success and profits later,” he

2000: Hilton Head Monthly launches a new publication named Lowcountry Monthly to cover growing Bluffton and Okatie. The publication is mailed to many homeowners in those communities.

2001: Monthly introduces Home Resourcebook, an editorial-based magazine geared toward consumers who are buying, building or remodeling. The publication reaches six out-of-area markets and has a readership of nearly 600,000.

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HOW OLD ARE YOU? (CONTINUED)

Evergreen Pet Lodge, 40 years FACES DaySpa, 32 years Forsythe Jewelers, 34 years Fringe, 40 years Georgia Infirmary, 183 years

said. “I see so many publishers fail by trying that the other way around. They come in with the glitz and glamor with the initial motive of turning a profit, then they don’t back it up with substance over time. All of the successful publishing names I can think of started with integrity first.”

Grayco, 40 years

MONTHLY EXPANDS TO THE LOWCOUNTRY

The Greenery, 42 Years Hargray, 75 years Hilton Head Choral Society, 40 years Hilton Head Exterminators, 47 years Hilton Head Hospital, 40 years Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra, 34 years Hospice of the Lowcountry, 33 years Hudson's Seafood House on the Docks, 48 years Ken Oliver, 36 years Knickers, 44 years Lancaster Real Estate, 37 years Lottie Woodward - Charter One, 36 years Mary Telfair Women’s Hospital, 129 years Moss Creek Community, 41 years Outside Hilton Head, 36 years Palmetto Electric, 75 years Patrick & Taylor Real Estate, 36 years Pelican's Point Restaurant (formerly Kingfisher), 33 years

Monthly decided to cross the bridge in 2000, starting a new magazine to serve the rapidly growing communities of Bluffton and Okatie. The magazine was called Lowcountry Monthly and was mailed to many homeowners in both communities.

Like Hilton Head Monthly, it was a full-color magazine filled with 100 percent local content.

“We realized by adding Bluffton, we double our market size,” Marc said. “We knew it wouldn’t double our advertising revenue, but knew it had the potential to over time.

While Bluffton has its own identity, it is connected to Hilton Head in many ways.”

FIGHTING THROUGH ADVERSITY

Plantation Cabinetry, 31 Years Plantation Interiors, 43 years The Porcupine, 40 Years Pretty Papers & Gifts, 32 years Resort Rentals of HHI, 57 years Richard MacDonald, 35 years Schembra Real Estate, 39 years Sea Pines Montessori, 47 years Sea Turtle Getaways, 40 years St. Joseph’s Hospital, 140 years Truffles Café, 32 years University of South Carolina Beaufort, 56 years

As businesses rapidly downsized and closed around 2008 and 2009, all advertising-driven media publications suffered; Monthly was no exception.

“It would have been easy to just give up, close the doors and move on,” Marc said. “But this was too important to us.

I think we were always focused on the bigger

picture. We took on some debt, tightened our belt and reshuffled things to work our way through it.”

BACK TO GOOD While the recession made Monthly temporarily smaller, it’s commitment to 100 percent local content and the community never waivered. As local economic conditions slowly improved, so did the publishing entity and new horizons could be envisioned again.

“The long-term success of a brand depends on having a good vision and a team that is capable of executing it," Marc said. "To do that day in day out you must have a talented, hard-working team. We feel very lucky to have such a good team in place,” Lori said.

As an example of the drive for expansion Monthly started to target the tourist market in 2014 by launching a new visitor oriented website www.HHIGO.com and publishing the Hilton Head Island Vacation Guide and the Hilton Head/Bluffton Visitor’s Map. Along with a full array of digital products, it puts Monthly in a position to be viable for another 30 years.

Technology will certainly change the way content is consumed over the next 30 years.

But there will always be a need to connect clients with the end consumers, there will always be an audience for local stories written in a professional matter and there will always be a need to keep up with what is going on in your neighborhood. M

MORE ANNIVERSARIES TO COME IN FUTURE ISSUES!

THE EVOLUTION OF MONTHLY 2009: Monthly introduces its first digital magazine.

2011: Monthly introduces a new bridal website, www. hiltonheadbridalshow.com.

2012: Monthly starts a weekly newsletter, emailing information to 20,000 subscribers. The most popular component to the free services is the “Your Week Ahead” calendar.

Monthly’s website also undergoes another major redesign.

2014: Monthly introduces Bluffton Monthly and begins producing the Hilton Head Island Vacation Guide and the Hilton Head/ Bluffton Visitor’s Map. Yearly distribution is 150,000 for the guide and 120,000 for the map. Monthly also launched a health website, www.yourlocalhealthchoice.com.

2015: Monthly launches a mobile-friendly, responsive new website with more images and user interaction.

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DENTAL PROFILES

Healthy smile, healthy you:

The importance of oral health REGULAR DENTIST VISITS can do more than keep your smile attractive — they can tell dentists a lot about your overall health, including whether or not you may be developing a disease like diabetes.

New research suggests that the health of your mouth mirrors the condition of your body as a whole. For example, when your mouth is healthy, chances are your overall health is good, too. On the other hand, if you have poor oral health, you may have other health problems.

Research also shows that good oral health may actually prevent certain diseases from occurring.

GUM DISEASE AND HEALTH COMPLICATIONS According to the Academy of General Dentistry, there is a relationship between gum disease and health complications such as a stroke and heart disease. Women with gum disease also show higher incidences of pre-term, low birth-weight babies.

Other research shows that more than 90 percent of all systemic diseases have oral manifestations, including swollen gums, mouth ulcers, dry mouth and excessive gum problems.

Such diseases include: • Diabetes • Leukemia • Oral cancer • Pancreatic cancer • Heart disease • Kidney disease

NEVER TOO LATE Many people are born with perfect teeth, but just as many suffer through life with a set of crooked, stained, or damaged teeth. Thanks to modern technology and techniques, many flaws are correctable. Do you need a cosmetic dental makeover? Ask yourself the following questions.

• Are you self-conscious about your smile?

• Are your children afraid of a dental visit?

• Do you avoid smiling when your picture is taken?

• Do you tend to cover your mouth when you speak?

• Do you find yourself trying to keep from smiling too much?

• Are you conscious about spaces and gaps in your teeth?

• Do you feel that your teeth make you look older?

• Do you feel that your teeth are stained or too yellow?

• Do you notice any dark fillings that are apparent when you smile?

• Are your teeth crooked, chipped or crowded?

If you answered YES to three or more of the questions above, a cosmetic dental makeover may help you improve your self-esteem. Luckily, there are many cosmetic and comprehensive dental care experts practicing here in the Lowcountry. Over the next four pages, we profile the very best in the business.

Make an appointment today and take that first step toward a beautiful smile and a healthier you.  S P E C I AL ADV E RT I S I NG S E CT I O N

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Timothy Gross, DMD PROFILE DR. TIMOTHY GROSS, A 1992 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE, HAS A HILTON HEAD ISLAND DENTAL PRACTICE FOCUSED ON TMJ DISORDERS, COSMETIC DENTISTRY, SAFE REMOVAL OF MERCURY FILLINGS AND SLEEP APNEA. DR. GROSS IS A FELLOW OF THE LAS VEGAS INSTITUTE OF COSMETIC DENTISTRY WHERE HE IS ALSO A CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR OF NEUROMUSCULAR ORTHODONTICS. HE IS A CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, TEMPLE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND IS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PHYSIOLOGIC AESTHETIC DENTISTRY WHERE HE ALSO HAS A FELLOWSHIP. DR. GROSS LECTURES INTERNATIONALLY SEVERAL TIMES PER YEAR, TEACHING OTHER DENTISTS ADVANCED COSMETIC DENTAL TECHNIQUES.

15 Bow Circle, Suite 104 Hilton Head Island, SC 843.342.7700 drtimgross.com

Kevin B. Fader, DMD PROFILE KEVIN FADER DMD IS A GRADUATE OF THE PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE. IN ADDITION, HE SPENT SEVERAL YEARS IN POST-GRADUATE TRAINING INCLUDING AN ORAL SURGERY INTERNSHIP AT THE HOSPITAL OF UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA AND A DENTAL ANESTHESIA PRECEPTORSHIP AT ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON HOSPITAL IN NEW JERSEY. DR. FADER HAS BEEN IN PRIVATE PRACTICE FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND ESTABLISHED ISLAND FAMILY DENTAL IN AUGUST OF 2007. HE IS A DEVOUT BELIEVER IN EXCELLENCE AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND HAS BEEN EXTREMELY ACTIVE IN CONTINUING EDUCATION ON THE LATEST ADVANCES IN THE FIELD OF DENTISTRY.

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Byron Davis, DDS, MS PROFILE AFTER EARNING HIS DOCTORATE OF DENTAL SURGERY FROM WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY, DR. BYRON DAVIS COMPLETED A THREE-YEAR POSTGRADUATE RESIDENCY IN PROSTHODONTICS, ALSO AT WVU. HIS FOCUS IS IN AREAS OF COSMETIC DENTISTRY, CROWNS AND BRIDGES, VENEERS, IMPLANT PROSTHETICS, REMOVABLE AND PARTIAL DENTURES, TEMPORAL MANDIBULAR JOINT (TMJ) TREATMENT, CLEFT PALATE AND ORAL CANCER REHABILITATION, AND IMMEDIATE LOADING OF DENTAL IMPLANTS. DR. DAVIS’ PHILOSOPHY IS TO TAKE CARE OF HIS PATIENTS’ NEEDS AS WELL AS PROVIDING THEM WITH A BROAD RANGE OF TREATMENT OPTIONS. DR. DAVIS WILL PROVIDE THE MOST CURRENT TREATMENT MODALITIES SUCH AS IMMEDIATE IMPLANTS (TEETH-IN-A-DAY) AND A FULL RANGE OF COSMETIC SERVICES USING THE MOST MODERN DENTAL MATERIALS.

Okatie, SC 843.705.9551 Savannah, GA 912.925.3400 Bluffton, SC 843.815.5400 distinctdentalservices.com

Thomas H. Morse, DDS PROFILE CHILDREN’S DENTISTRY SEASIDE IS CONSIDERED HILTON HEAD’S “PARENTS CHOICE FOR KID-FRIENDLY DENTISTRY.” KIDS AND PARENTS RAVE ABOUT DR. THOMAS H. MORSE AND HIS ABILITY TO PERFORM EXCELLENT WORK WITH SUCH A GENTLE MANNER. DR. THOMAS H. MORSE BRINGS CHILDREN’S DENTISTRY SEASIDE TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF DENTISTRY FOR CHILDREN IN HILTON HEAD AND DENTISTRY FOR CHILDREN IN BEAUFORT. AS A CERTIFIED PEDIATRIC DENTIST, DR. MORSE PROVIDES TOP CREDENTIALS WITH THE ABILITY TO CREATE BEAUTIFUL SMILES AND ORAL HEALTH FOR YOUR CHILDREN. “THE OFFICES ARE SO LIVELY AND FULL OF COLOR, OFTEN THE CHILDREN’S FEAR OF THE DENTIST JUST GOES AWAY. CARING FOR THE CHILDREN OF HILTON HEAD AND BEAUFORT SINCE 1983.

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Daniel P. Lawless, DMD PROFILE DANIEL P. LAWLESS, DMD, PRACTICES A FULL SCOPE OF GENERAL AND COSMETIC DENTISTRY WITH EXPERTISE RANGING FROM VENEERS TO DENTAL IMPLANTS, CROWNS AND FILLINGS. DR. LAWLESS CAN CORRECT A WIDE VARIETY OF DENTAL PROBLEMS THAT MAY BE THOUGHT TO BE PERMANENT. DR. LAWLESS CAN LITERALLY REDESIGN YOUR SMILE AND BRING YOUR CONFIDENCE BACK! BOARD CERTIFICATION: DMD DENTAL SCHOOL: BACHELORS DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH IN 1998 AND DENTAL DEGREE AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY IN 2002.

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Jeffrey C. Bauer, DMD PROFILE COME AND MEET DR JEFFREY BAUER IN OUR NEW STATE OF ART OFFICE LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN BLUFFTON. WE ARE ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS. • PROVIDING GENERAL & COSMETIC DENTISTRY • IN OFFICE 1H ZOOM WHITENING • INVISALIGN PROVIDER • AFFORDABLE SMILE MAKEOVERS • FREE COSMETIC CONSULTATION • REPLACEMENT OF LOOSE FITTED DENTURE WITH IMPLANT SUPPORTED DENTURES DR. BAUER IS A GRADUATE OF DENISON UNIVERSITY IN GRANVILLE, OHIO AS WELL AS THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE.

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my life YOU CANNOT TAKE

LOWCOUNTRY LAWYER HAS CANCER

ON THE RUN

BY LESLIE MOSES PHOTOS BY LLOYD WAINSCOTT

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Julie Wade ran from chemotherapy treatment.

Sometimes, she changed shirts and wore slippers while reclining in what she equates to “medical lounge chairs” as chemicals coursed through her body, devastating the cancer within her.

But afterward, she’d lace up her Mizunos, and run the two miles to her Savannah home, making it four miles for that chemo session — because she’d also run to her treatments.

The workers thought she was crazy, says Wade, 42. “But I think people do kind of crazy things when they’re going through challenging situations.”

She felt slightly disoriented, but the real effects of chemotherapy didn’t kick in for three to four days, and she only ran a few miles.

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HEALTH Fast-forward two years, and Wade, cancerfree, still runs. She lapped the miles with a friend last month for the LoCo Motion race against breast cancer, running 30 miles over the three-day stretch on Daufuskie, Callawassie and Hilton Head islands.

Her mantra for that earlier time, “Running thru chemo” displayed even on her running shoes, meant running more than just a few miles to treatment. “It was the one thing I could do on my own terms,” Wade says.

Having cancer, you feel very out of control, she says. But she could control her running. And by logging long distances, she carved out space for comfort and contemplation while battling fear and anxiety about cancer. “I like to do things my way,” says the self-proclaimed control freak.

Wade’s way meant wearing a shirt that read “Suck it, cancer,” during one race, and it also meant that Wade kept her plan to run a marathon. Despite breast cancer, Wade’s way had her charging through the Boston Marathon qualifying barrier that keeps slowpokes out with five minutes to spare — two weeks after her diagnosis. In

For Julie Wade and her husband, Mark, “Running thru chemo” is more than a mantra.

April, she ran the full Boston Marathon.

“There’s this impression that when you go through cancer and go through treatment, everything has to stop,” Wade says.

“I think you can still be well.”

She’s a lawyer, wife, mother of three and an elected official, serving on the board for the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System. The busy woman doesn’t think she could have easily said, “I’m out.”

She was very much in, and planned to step into her 40s with flair — “40 and fabulous,” in other words.

Not even a week passed before she checked off her first now-that-you’re-40 mammogram, which brought bad news.

The screening found what was undetectable by self-exam: breast cancer. Doctors also found cancer in her lymph nodes during surgery to remove her left breast.

“Breast cancer,” she wrote for a Susan G. Komen website, “you can take my boobs and you can take my hair, but you cannot take my life.”

“Life can turn on a dime and change dramatically,” she says. And Wade knows she’s not the same superwoman she was before cancer.

She’s not complaining.

“I don’t think that I’ll ever be that person,” she says before laughing. “It beats the alternative.” M

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BY KIM KACHMANN-GELTZ In honor of October Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the 30th anniversary of Monthly, we offer 30 facts and tips to increase breast cancer awareness:

Breast cancer occurs when cells in the breast divide and grow abnormally. Tumors in the breast tend to grow slowly. By the time a lump is large enough to feel, it may have been growing for as long as 10 years.

While two-dimensional mammograms are still considered the gold standard for early detection, clinical trials are beginning to demonstrate the benefits of tomosynthesis.

The main types of breast cancer are ductal, cancer of the milk ducts, and lobular, a cancer found in the milk-producing lobules of the breast.

Breast cancer symptoms include a lump or mass in the breast, breast swelling, breast or nipple pain, nipple discharge, skin irritation and swollen lymph nodes.

Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women in the U.S., second only to skin cancer.

The American Cancer Society recommends that women ages 40 and older have annual mammograms.

12%

About 12 percent of U.S. women will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of their lifetimes.

Tomosynthesis allows breast radiologists to see through layers of tissue and examine areas of concern from all angles.

Age and gender are the leading risk factors for breast cancer. About 80 percent of new cancers occur in women older than 50.

Only 5 percent to 10 percent of breast cancers are linked to gene mutations passed through generations of a family.

High-risk women with a close relative who fought breast or ovarian cancer should be tested twice a year, starting at age 30 or younger, depending on the individual. They may also require anti-hormone medications or lifestyle counseling to reduce their risk.

Deciding on the best treatment for breast cancer involves the type and stage of the cancer, as well as the cancer’s sensitivity to certain hormones.

60,000 As many as 60,000 American women each year are told they are at Stage 0, a possible precursor to what could be a breast cancer tumor.

Cancer treatment may include chemotherapy to kill cancer cells, radiation therapy to destroy cancerous tissue or surgery to remove cancerous tissue.

Oncologists today can better target radiation and use more specific doses that do less damage to breast tissues.

A mastectomy removes all or part of the breast, while a lumpectomy removes the breast lump.

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2.8 MILLION Today, more than 2.8 million American women have a history of breast cancer.

In the past, radical mastectomies took everything — the breast tissue, muscles, nipples and nearby lymph nodes. Today, surgeons perform skin-sparing, nipplesparing and scar-sparing mastectomy whenever possible, leading to better cosmetic and reconstructive results.

Breast reconstruction can be done by a plastic surgeon at the same time as the mastectomy, or at a later date.

The Women’s Health and Cancer Rights law requires most group insurance plans that cover mastectomies to also cover breast reconstruction, including plastic surgery on the unaffected breast to improve symmetry.

The most comprehensive study published

by National Journal of the National Cancer Institute showed no survival benefit for women with bilateral mastectomies who do not have a genetic predisposition to cancer.

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A whopping 70 percent of breast biopsies are benign. The remaining 30 percent of patients — women and men — have an invasive carcinoma that is curable.

Even moderate alcohol use can increase the risk of breast cancer.

Women have a higher risk of breast cancer if they received hormone replacement therapy with estrogen for several years or more.

Controllable risk factors include living a healthy lifestyle, the same kind that promotes longevity. This includes eating a nutrient-dense diet of fruits and vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds, fish and lean meats; regular exercise, such as walking to maintain weight and Pilates to relive stress and build strength; weight loss, especially after menopause; and not smoking and limiting alcohol use.

Annual medical exams and mammograms are critical to breast cancer prevention, and can even be life-saving in many cases. Monthly self-exams are also important.

Annual medical exams and mammograms are critical to breast cancer prevention, and can even be life-saving in many cases. Monthly self-exams are also important.

If breast cancer is found early, there are more treatment options and a greater chance of survival, especially in the rapidly evolving field of breast cancer care.

For women with Stage I, II, or III breast cancer, the main goal is to treat the cancer and prevent it from returning. For women with Stage IV cancer, the goal is to improve symptoms and help them live longer. In most cases, Stage IV breast cancer cannot be cured.

Breast cancer survival rates have increased due to a number of factors, such as earlier detection, a new personalized approach to treatment and a better understanding of the disease.

CONTACT

the American Cancer Society to find out about support groups in the Lowcountry. Go to www.cancer.org/ treatment/supportprogramsservices/ index or call 800-227-2345.

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EVENTS OCTOBER 1

Red Hot Mama’s: 5-7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 1, Sun City Lake House.

Hilton Head Hospital and Coastal Carolina Hospital are continuing their free women’s health series, Red Hot Mama’s, outsmarting menopause. Dr. Randall B. Evans, M.D., Pulmonologist will present: “Sleep and Menopause: Sleepless in Menopause City” on Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 5 p.m. located at the Sun City Lake House. Sleep problems are common among women of all ages, but they increase during menopause. Sleep is an important factor in our health, cognitive function; and it greatly impacts women’s mood and overall sense of well-being. Dr. Evans will discuss the importance of sleep to our health and how the symptoms of menopause may be causing difficulty of sleep, and what women can do about sleep problems and sleep disorders. For more information or to register, call 1-877-582-2737.

OCTOBER 2

WIRE Breast Health Seminar with Dr. Ringer: Noon-1 p.m., Friday, Oct. 2, Moss Creek Clubhouse.

OCTOBER 3

Rockin’ the Pink Walk: 8 a.m.-noon, Saturday, Oct. 3, Red Cedar Elementary, Bluffton. Hosted by the Bluffton Fire Auxiliary. In its first five years, the walk has raised more than $51,000, which was donated to local charities that help women battling this disease. A large part of the event is a silent auction. The planning committee meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday of each month at Bluffton Township Fire District headquarters. All interested parties are welcome.

Businesses interested in becoming sponsors should call 843-7572800 or by email at ljhart@blufftonfd.com. Find more information at facebook.com/Lowcountrybreastcancerwalk.

OCTOBER 5

TIPS

Avoid becoming overweight. Obesity raises the risk of breast cancer after menopause, the time of life when breast cancer most often occurs. Avoid gaining weight over time, and try to maintain a body-mass index under 25 (calculators can be found online).

Eat healthy to avoid tipping the scale.

Embrace a diet high in vegetables and fruit and low in sugared drinks, refined carbohydrates and fatty foods. Eat lean protein such as fish or chicken breast and eat red meat in moderation, if at all. Eat whole grains. Choose vegetable oils over animal fats.

Keep physically active. Research suggests that increased physical activity, even when begun later in life, reduces overall breast-cancer risk by about 10 percent to 30 percent. All it takes is moderate exercise like a 30-minute walk five days a week to get this protective effect.

Drink little or no alcohol. Alcohol use is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. Women should limit intake to no more than one drink per day, regardless of the type of alcohol.

Don’t smoke. Research suggests that longterm smoking is associated with increased risk of breast cancer in some women.

Pink Hair Event: 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Monday, Oct. 5 at Bluffton Medical Campus; 2-4 p.m., Monday, Oct. 5, Hilton Head Hospital.

For a $10 donation, a stylist will add a pink hair extension to your hair. All proceeds will go to the Bluffton Jasper Volunteers in Medicine Clinic.

If you bear children, breast-feed your babies for as long as possible. Women who breast-feed their babies for at least a year in total have a reduced risk of developing breast cancer later.

OCTOBER 8

Avoid hormone replacement therapy.

Menopausal hormone therapy increases risk for breast cancer. If you must take hormones to manage menopausal symptoms, avoid those that contain progesterone and limit their use to less than three years.

“Bioidentical hormones” and hormonal creams and gels are no safer than prescription hormones and should also be avoided.

Pink Partini: 5:30-8 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 8, Mediterranean Bistro.

OCTOBER 13

Breast Health Awareness Event: 1-3 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 13, Share Center Shelter Cove.

OCTOBER 16

Wire Breast Health Seminar with Dr. Ringer: Noon-1 p.m., Friday, Oct. 16, Jasper’s Porch Restaurant

OCTOBER 17

Central Oak Church Pink Out: 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 17, Spanish Wells Clubhouse.

OCTOBER 19

Wine and Design Breast Cancer Awareness Event: 5-7 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 19, 1536 Fording Island Road, Suite 103.

OCTOBER 24

Bras for a Cure: 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 24, Powerhouse Gym. A Bras for a Cure Festival featuring fun, food and fitness. 843706-9700, powerhousegymhhisc.com

Get regular breast cancer screenings.

Follow your doctor or health care provider’s recommendations to decide what type of screening you need and how often you need it.

For every 10 mammograms performed at SouthCoast Health Imaging - Hilton Head, 1 mammogram is donated to the Volunteers in Medicine.

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A cordial invitation to mingle with motoring’s glitterati FROM FASHION TO FERRARIS, THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND MOTORING FESTIVAL HITS ON ALL CYLINDERS If there is one thing Hilton Head Island knows how to do, it’s host a party. No, not throw a party in which the party giver just opens the door and lets you fend for yourself.

No, Hilton Head hosts a party that makes you feel welcome and cared for at every turn. BY LISA ALLEN

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ilton Head perfected its party-hosting over four decades of the RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing.

That’s the island’s spring soiree.

It’s autumn party is the Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d’Elegance, which is spread over two weekends and highlights works of art on wheels, wings or waves.

You don’t have to be a gear head; heck, you don’t even have to like cars all that much to enjoy the array of events in two cities, from jazz concerts to dinners and galas amid vintage airplanes, boats, food trucks, motorcycles and cars.

Now in its 14th year, the event keeps getting bigger and better. This year, organizers have added an internationally renowned car auction and a vintage aircraft display at Hilton Head Island Airport.

THE SAVANNAH WEEKEND The festival starts Thursday, Oct. 23, (don’t all great weekends start on Thursday?) in Savannah with the pace lap party at Ellis Square in City Market. Friday features dinner with racing legend Skip Barber, while the Savannah Speed Classic at The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa is on Saturday and Sunday. The weekend isn’t just

a spectator sport, but an invitation into the pits to meet the drivers, owners and engineers. You can even take the family sedan or SUV for a “touring” lap on the track.

The Savannah weekend celebrates the little-known fact that the city hosted the country’s first Grand Prix in 1908.

Organized by Historic Sportscar Racing, the weekend highlights “retired” racing cars from stock to open-wheeled that come out to play on the track.

THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND WEEKEND The festival moves to Hilton Head Island the following weekend, starting again on Thursday (we said we know how to host a party!) with The Fabulous Equinox Jazz Orchestra at the Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort, and it doesn’t let up from there.

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concours Island Airport amid vintage airplanes and cars to benefit the festival’s charitable fund, Driving Young America.

On Saturday, drink in the best of the best from car clubs from all over the country that jockey each year for an invitation. It’s followed Saturday afternoon by an auction of a select group of investment-grade cars led

by Auctions America, known for its auctions on ESPN. Sunday is the juried Concours d’Elegance event in which some of the country’s most beautiful cars are paraded through the Motoring Midway at Port Royal Plantation. Don’t worry about seeing the same cars from last year: Collectors can only bring the same car once every three years.

The two-weekend event drew 18,000 people last year and boosted the local economy by $7 million, according to the University of South Carolina Beaufort’s Tourism Department.

Expect to see that figure get left in the dust with this year’s additional airplane display and the national exposure from the auction.

“I see cars as an art form,” said Carolyn Vanagel, president of the motoring festival.

“I love the aesthetics of the event. I see it as a living museum. My mother was an artist and she loved cars. I love seeing what went into the coachwork and the design. We want to teach people about these cars.”

HISTORY LESSONS UNDER THE HOOD As festival chairman Merry Harlacher says, you can’t just look at cars to study their evolution because it’s a little more complicated than that. Early engineers worked on different transportation modes interchangeably, be it airplanes, motorcycles or boats. For example, BMW started off building aircraft engines before adding motorcycles and automobiles.

Official artwork of the 2015 Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d’Elegance

“One of our elements is to educate,” Harlacher said. “The public doesn’t get the exchange between cars and boats and planes. BMW started with aircraft engines in WWI, then got into motorcycles and cars.

“World War II pilots who built cars using wood and aluminum that they learned how to work with while building Spitfires and other aircraft.,” he said.

The education piece ties into the annual scholarships the festival gives out to young people who want to pursue careers in the automotive industry.

NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE While other Concours events come and go, Hilton Head’s keeps growing and raising its standards. There is no governing body for Concours events, so each one tries to outdo the others.

“We study other events and call their judges to pick their brains and adopt their best judging practices,” Harlacher said.

Other shows might reward beauty, in which the shiniest, cleanest car wins, but Hilton Head goes for authenticity and knowledge.

Judges have developed lengthy checklists for each category. Is the wiring right? Is the car painted a color available when it was built? Are the components original, meaning the body, engine and chassis?

They also quiz owners about their cars: “Show us where the headlight switch is.”

How do you open the hood?” “What is the gearshift pattern?”

“Our judges come from around the country, recommended by the country’s premier car clubs, such as the Classic Car Club, the Horseless Carriage Club for cars built before 1916. They do it for the love of the hobby,” Harlacher said.

Another aspect that makes Hilton Head’s Concours different is at least for the time being, Hilton Head’s Concours rejects American cars built after 1973.

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“The safety standards imposed then degraded the design cars,” Harlacher said.

Carmarkers had to attach massive bumpers to meet the 5 mph crash standards. While modern cars now incorporate those standards into their designs, their efforts were clumsy for years.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND SETS THE PACE While Hilton Head Island once copied other Concours events, now everyone is copying Hilton Head.

“We have become the model of other automotive events,” Vanagel said. “They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.”

The event goes beyond a love of cars, Vanagel said. It tries to capture a moment in time, such as the “Suburbia” theme that will infuse this year’s event and awards Concours Sunday for people whose attire best matches the era of their cars.

“It’s nostalgia and dreams. This event is the great equalizer. Here, you can get to know the collectors because they are really approachable,” Vanagel said.

But Hilton Head’s relaxed ambiance takes a lot of work.

The festival enlists the help of 400 volunteers to ensure everyone, from collector to judge to visitor, can enjoy themselves.

“Our reputation is that our volunteers are knowledgeable and helpful,” Harlacher said.

Volunteers greet each car as it arrives, directing the team to its spot, perhaps fetching a forgotten battery or extension cord and even helping keep the vehicle dusted.

Volunteers go through training to reinforce the idea that they are hosts for the collectors, renovators, visitors and judges.

“If you look at the Hilton Head brand compared to Amelia Island and Pebble Beach, it’s the atmosphere when you come over the bridge; relax and feel welcome,” Vanagel said. “You’re not hassled. You think, ‘people really care about me.’”

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HILTON HEAD MOTORING FESTIVAL ADDS TWO MORE “MUST-SEES” BY LISA ALLEN

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hen the Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival and Concours d’Elegance moved to Port Royal Golf Club a few years ago, it didn’t escape festival organizers’ notice that the Hilton Head Airport was tantalizingly close.

After all, airplanes have motors, too.

Festival board member Preston Henne retired from Gulfstream a couple of years ago. He suspects his aeronautical background was his part of his appeal as a board member, he said with a laugh.

“I’ve been pushing for airplanes for the festival for over a year,” Henne said, especially after he noticed the back hangar general aviation ramp at the airport.

“It’s a spectacular location,” he said.

Henne and other festival organizers got to work. They got permission from the Beaufort County Airport manager, piqued BMW’s interest (the company started as an aircraft and industrial

engine maker), joined with Signature Flight Support for ramp management, and talked to Town of Hilton Head officials, who agreed to help promote the event.

“All of the stars seemed to align,” Henne said.

Then the organizers recruited vintage aircraft owners and the Experimental Aircraft Association and invited Cirrus, Pilatus and Piper to display planes.

They expect more than 20 aircraft to be on display Friday, Oct. 30, for the Flights & Fancy Aeroport Gala.

“We are matching up Concours exhibitor cars from the same era and will park them next to the planes,” Henne said.

The Aero Expo runs all day Saturday and is included with admission to the Car Club Showcase. A shuttle will run between the two.

“It’s going to be a time line through aeronautics and automotive technology,” Henne said.

BIDDING ON A DREAM The Aero Expo isn’t the only new draw to Saturday’s festival.

For car collectors, the Labor Day weekend car auction in Auburn, Indiana, is akin to the Indy 500 for race fans.

That’s why it’s a pretty big deal that the very same Auctions America is hosting an auction in the ballrooms of The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa. Hilton Head’s Motoring Festival is a “highly regarded event” that attracts great cars, said Megan Boyd, a car specialist at Auctions America.

“Several of our clients have shown cars there. They like the destination,” she said.

So when Hilton Head called the company about an auction, it was an easy decision.

Plus, the festival fits perfectly into the auction house’s calendar. “The timing is great,” Boyd said.

Only about 100 “investment-grade” cars will be allowed into the Saturday afternoon event and Auctions America is already getting a lot of applications. Bidders can register online or at the event.

Cars to be auctioned likely will start arriving at the Westin early Saturday and as the auction approaches, will line up to be driven into the hotel one by one. There will be plenty of time to wander among them.

If you want an even closer look, spectator tickets are available to go inside to watch the auction.

Or, if the mood strikes you, you can sign up to bid.

From vintage airplanes to gorgeous cars, Saturday at the Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival will be one to remember. M

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BY JOHN HUDZINSKI

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he Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d’Elegance, one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing automotive and motorsports enthusiast events, has a well-known American icon as its honored marque for the 14th annual festival.

The 2015 Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival will pay homage to the historic Chrysler brand, now owned by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, throughout the event.

Chrysler will make several appearances on Hilton Head’s Port Royal Golf Club during the festival. From the Motoring Midway and the Car Club Showcase on Oct. 31 to four dedicated classes in the Concours d’Elegance on Nov. 1, attendees will have plenty to see from the classic American automotive brand.

From Chrysler Imperials and Woodies to early Dodges and style-leading DeSotos, attendees will see a complete spectrum of the Chrysler Corp. through the many private collections and past Concours champions on display.

“By celebrating the entire Chrysler Corp., we’re able to include marques such as Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto, Chrysler and select Chrysler-powered automobiles in our event to have a truly unique and fullscale representation,” said festival president Carolyn Vanagel. “We are excited to showcase such a large piece of American automotive manufacturing history and, in turn, offer enthusiasts and collectors the opportunity to immerse themselves in the heritage of the iconic brand.”

Merry Harlacher, chairman of the festival board, said the show offers a wide spectrum of cars from the past century, from 1916 until 1973.

The grand finale of the annual Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival is Sunday’s Concours d’Elegance — an elegant display of 170 classic

vehicles spanning 1900 through 1973.

Harlacher said 29 Chryslers will be displayed. Highlights include Walter P. Chrysler’s 1937 Imperial Town Car, a 1936 DeSoto Airflow Coupe, 1954 Plymouth Belvederes, a 1971 Dodge Challenger and three Chrysler powered Gias. This selection emphasizes Chrysler’s focus on design and performance.

The event will celebrate 100 years of BMW, 50 years of Shelby Cobra and 40 years of Porsche turbo. Twenty examples of these automobiles and motorcycles will be featured along with Chrysler.

Finally, the balance of more than 100 cars will reach from the early 1900s Brass Era “horseless carriages” through the classics of the 1930s and ’40s to post-World War II sports cars and the muscle cars of the ’70s.

The Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance is a rare opportunity for car aficionados to see many of their favorites and the interested layman to learn about the evolution of motoring in the 20th century, said Harlacher.

“We have classic cars such as Woody wagons from 1942 and ’43, as well as a Plymouth Road Runner high-performance car with a hemi engine.” Harlacher said. “It should be a great show.”

The Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d’Elegance kicks off with the Savannah Speed Classic on Oct. 23-25 at the Grand Prize of America Road Course at The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa. From Oct. 30 to Nove. 1, the festivities will move to Hilton Head, with events at Port Royal Golf Club. New to this year’s schedule will be a celebration of the history and future of aviation at both the Flights & Fancy Aeroport Gala on Friday, Oct. 30, and the Aero Expo on Saturday, Oct. 31. For more information, visit www.HHIMotoringFestival.com. M

TOP TO BOTTOM: 1933 Chrysler Custom Imperial Phaeton, Joseph & Margie Cassini, III • 1937 BMW 328, Dirk & Alexandra DeGroen • 1939 BMW 327-8 Cabriolet, Tom & Barbara Chandler • 1956 Chrysler New Yorker, Doug & Chris Dressler • 1957 BMW 507, Dirk & Alexandra DeGroen • 1965 Shelby GT 350, Brent Galloway • 1966 Ford Shelby 350 GT, Gus & Jan Lard • 1971 Dodge Challenger, Mark & Marie Shaw • 1974 BMW 3.0 CSL, Mark & Tracey Lunenberg • Honored Marque: 1937 Chrysler Imperial C-15 Town Car, Howard and Rosalind Kroplick of East Hills, N.Y.

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Pinnacle and Honored collectors bringing award-winning collections

BY JOHN HUDZINSKI

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ach year, the Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d’Elegance features leading automotive collectors from around the world, and the 14th annual edition of this celebration continues the trend.

Among the notable names visitors and enthusiasts will encounter at this year’s event are Fred Guyton and William “Tom” Gerrard, selected respectively as this year’s Pinnacle and Honored Collectors. The men and their award-winning collections will be featured Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at the Motoring Midway at the Port Royal Golf Club on Hilton Head Island.

“The Pinnacle and Honored Collector awards recognize individuals whose passion and devotion to preserving automotive heritage and history ensures the enjoyment of significant cars for generations to come,” said Carolyn Vanagel, the festival’s president. “It is their commitment to showing these vehicles in public that makes events like ours possible. We are thrilled that Fred and Tom are bringing eight very special cars from their collections to share with the 20,000-plus automotive enthusiasts we are expecting this year.”

Guyton said he is looking forward to participating in this year’s motoring event.

“I am delighted that they included me in this year’s festival,” said Guyton. “I have heard so many great things about this annual show.” M

2015 PINNACLE AWARD COLLECTOR:

FRED GUYTON OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI The Pinnacle Award debuted in 2013 in conjunction with the Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concourse d’Elegance’s move to the Port Royal Golf Club. Guyton will showcase three cars, including the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Best in Class winner.

Here is a look at the cars Guyton will display:

 1939 Rolls-Royce Phantom III James Young Coupe: Considered the epitome of post-Art-Deco styling, the Phantom was originally fitted with a pair of Purdey shotguns and custom luggage. The car was awarded the Gold Award at the 1938 London Motor Show for “Owner-Driver Coachwork” and was used by famed London dealer Jack Barclay in RAC rallies and trials. Most recently, the car was awarded the first place prize in the Rolls-Royce Class at the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

 1909 Rolls-Royce 40/50 HP Silver Ghost Roi des Belges: In 1907, AutoCar magazine proclaimed RollsRoyce as the “Best Car in the World.” This model features a 7.5-liter, 6-cylinder engine with three-speed transmission and was originally bodied with Landaulette coachwork by Hooper. It was recreated in “Roi-de-Belges” style, created in 1901 by King Leopold of Belgium, by Willis in 1972.

Silver Ghosts were built from 1906 to 1925 in England and from 1921 to 1926 in Springfield, Massachusetts.

 1930 DuPont G-985 Waterhouse Convertible Victoria: Exhibited by DuPont at the 1931 New York Auto Show, this car features coachwork by Waterhouse of Webster, Massachusetts, and an 8-cylinder, 125-horsepower Continental engine. It is the only survivor of 13 convertible Victorias sold by DuPont.

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2015 HONORED COLLECTOR:

WILLIAM “TOM” GERRARD OF BIG SKY, MONTANA Every year, the Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d’Elegance recognizes one Honored Collector for his or her continued participation and support. The 2015 Honored Collector is William “Tom” Gerrard of Big Sky, Montana, who has exhibited at Concours since the inaugural event.

“I always like to share my cars at the show,” Gerrard said. “It’s a great opportunity to show my collection.”

His participation and the quality of cars that he has shown over the years have helped the event grow into one of the top automotive Concours events in North America, Vanagel said.

Gerrard will be showcasing five cars, including:

 1959 Pontiac El Catalina: This one-of-a-kind prototype was produced by Pontiac as a possible competitor for the 1960 Chevrolet El Camino. Although parts for three cars were manufactured, only one was ever completed.  Gerrard will also show a 1958 Buick Limited (above) and a 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray.

 1956 Packard Caribbean: One of only 276 factory-built cars, this Packard’s previous awards includes a Best in Class honor at the 2005 Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance.

 1964 Pontiac LeMans GTO: This vehicle is one of the most fully optioned PHS-documented GTO convertibles built by the Pontiac factory in 1964.

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BY MEGAN MATTINGLY-ARTHUR

ome people are born with a thirst for adventure. John “Skip” Barber, a retired race car driver and grand marshal of this year’s Savannah Speed Classic, part of the Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d’Elegance, is definitely the adventurous type. The former Formula One driver has been interested in racing for as long as he can remember — long before he even got an up-close-and-personal look at a race car. Once that happened, Barber was hooked and channeled his enthusiasm for racing into successful careers as a professional driver and racing instructor.

“I knew I wanted to race before I even saw a race car in person,” Barber said. “I snuck behind the wheel before I was of legal age to do so. When I did get my driver’s license, it just felt natural to me to want to go racing competitively.”

The first race in Barber’s racing career, which spanned several decades, came in 1959, when he was a senior at Harvard University. Barber’s career took off and he accumulated a long line of impressive accomplishments, including winning three consecutive Sports Car Club of America national championships and the Formula Ford National Championships in 1969 and 1970.

“I set 30-some track records over my career, which is pretty satisfying,” he said.

Among Barber’s favorite career highlights is the time he broke the record for a lap at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut, a record held at the time by his friend and fellow racer Sam Posey.

“Posey was the first to break the 1-minute barrier for a lap at Lime Rock Park,” Barber said. “He did that in a McLaren-Chevy M6 in July of 1967, with a time of :58.0. A month and a half later, I found myself also driving a McLaren-Chevy, but one with a smaller engine in it, and beat Sam’s record by 1.7 seconds. He and I are good friends, but I do like to point that out to him every now and again.”

In 1975, when a racing sponsorship fell apart at the last minute, Barber founded the Skip Barber Racing School, which signaled the end of his career as a professional race car driver and the beginning of a successful career as a racing instructor.

“I truly could teach almost anyone how to drive a race car — at the minimum, how to race competently and safely — and for those with real talent, it was great to help them launch their racing life,” he said. “I then found it very

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satisfying to run the business side of things — the finances, the extremely complicated logistics, the marketing. The school very quickly became my career.”

Through it all, Barber’s love for racing has never waned. His favorite thing about the sport? The challenge of driving that elusive perfect lap. “(My favorite thing about racing is) the absolute satisfaction of getting a lap correctly — which no one has ever done, by the way, any time or anywhere, but you can get close,” he said.

For more information on the Savannah Speed Classic, to be held Oct. 23-25 at The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, visit www.hhiconcours.com/events/savannah.html.

NEW EXHIBITS AT SPEED CLASSIC Savannah celebrates its heritage as the birthplace of Grand Prix racing with the Savannah Speed Classic, a unique racing event that features series races, enduros, hot lap rides and test drives, and offers a thrilling off-road experience and pit access.

This year’s Savannah Speed Classic will also include two new exhibits and additional drivers. The Birthplace of Grand Prix Racing exhibit features a 1911 EMF Racer owned by local resident Dale Critz, as well as the #10 Indy Car driven by Tony Kannan from Chip Ganassi Racing, while the Cars of Savannah exhibit features a diverse collection of notable local vehicles sourced by Savannah local, Jim Goodlett.

The 2015 Savannah Speed Classic also includes a new VIP hospitality tent that provides VIP ticket holders with an excellent view of the track and a mouthwatering preview of the upcoming Savannah Food & Wine Festival, showcasing the talents of Chef Steve Black and the culinary team at Aqua Star Seafood.

Festivalgoers can also take advantage of a new Food Truck Alley, which will feature fare from at least five local restaurants, including Lowcountry Rocks Lobster, Ragin Cajun and Molly MacPherson’s.

The Savannah Speed Classic will be held from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23-Sunday, Oct. 25 at the Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, located at 1 Resort Drive in Savannah.

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‘Life in the Suburbs’ exhibit offers educational glimpse into the past

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TOP TO BOTTOM: 1945 GMC Tanker Truck • O’Steen-Honda • SchnackVWBus • Paul-Ford • Triplett-Dayton • Hendrick-Chevrolet • Gould-Crosley • Wester-Ford • Welsh-Dodge

owcountry residents who grew up in the 1940s, ’50s and early ’60s, as well as those with a taste for learning about bygone eras, are in for a treat at this year’s Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d’Elegance. The “Life in the Suburbs” exhibit at the festival’s GMC-sponsored Motoring Midway will offer a blast from the past, showcasing a number of iconic vehicles that were a regular part of mid-century life in the suburbs, including milk trucks and station wagons.

According to Phil Capossela, a retired BMW North America executive and former event chairman, the exhibit is shaping up to be the festival’s premier educational attraction.

“The festival is a unique, nationally recognized, Lowcountry motoring experience that entertains, educations and supports our community,” Capossela said. “The Motoring Midway really lends itself to who we are — it especially educates and entertains, and the ‘Life in the Suburbs’ display is the premier educational part of it.”

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The exhibit invites festivalgoers to remember, or imagine, suburban life during a time when home delivery of goods and services was commonplace.

“We’re going to bring back some memories for people who lived in the late ’40s, ’50s and early ’60s, and we’re going to give people who didn’t live then a glimpse of what it was like concerning vehicles,” Capossela said. “Things were obviously very different back then in that things were brought to you, as opposed to today, where people go out to do a large portion of their errands. Whether it was milk, ice cream, chips and pretzels, dry cleaning — you name it — people stopped by and dropped off things, or sold you things on the front porch or out

in the street. That’s what we’re going to try to convey through the display of these vehicles.

We’ll also be focusing on how much things have changed since then.”

In addition to Good Humorstyle, milk and vegetable delivery trucks, the “Life in the Suburbs” exhibit will also feature a display of bicycles, motor scooter-type vehicles, station wagons, a Volkswagen bus, a Chevrolet Stylemaster van and medium-duty, CocaCola and Sinclair Oil-themed cab-over-engine delivery trucks. Festivalgoers can also see a genuine 1964 Dodge police car that makes its way to the festival all the way from New Jersey. The exhibit even has a little something for car enthusiasts with a soft spot for ’50s-style hot rods.

“There will even be a couple of hot rods that are ’50s correct — that people have built using ’50s parts,” Capossela said.

The “Life in the Suburbs” exhibit will be on display from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, and Sunday, Nov. 1, at the festival’s Motoring Midway.

Admission is included with the purchase of a Saturday Car Club Showcase general admission or Sunday Concours d’Elegance general admission.

For more information on the 2015 Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d’Elegance, call 843-7857469, email info@hhiconcours. com or tickets@hhiconcours. com, or visit www.hhiconcours.com. The Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d’Elegance is also on Facebook and Twitter. M

TOP TO BOTTOM: Buck-Schwinn • 1951 GMC Fruit Wagon • BrownFord • King-Vespa

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S C H E D 2015 HILTON HEAD ISLAND MOTORING FESTIVAL & CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE

SAVANNAH SPEED CLASSIC

AERO EXPO

WHAT: It might surprise many to learn that Savannah, with its storied past and cobblestone streets, is the birthplace of Grand Prix racing in America. Celebrating that heritage, the Savannah Speed Classic is a unique road race experience offering a look at the inner workings of racing. This event features series races, enduros and hot lap rides, test drives, an off-road experience and pit access. The Savannah Speed Classic is a great destination for drivers, crew, family, friends and spectators alike.

WHEN: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, to Sunday, Oct. 25 WHERE: The Grand Prize of America Road Course, Hutchinson Island PARKING: $5 per car, Grand Prize of America Track infield TICKETS: $20-$90

WHAT: The Motoring Festival takes to the skies with the Aero Expo. Attendees will take a first-class journey through the past, present and future of the auto and aviation timeline. Vintage and warbird aircraft, as well as new and advanced aircraft, will be on display. Classic automobile examples as well as new and advanced automobiles will be paired with the planes for a unique mix of flying and driving.

WHEN: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31 WHERE: Hilton Head Island Airport (A complimentary shuttle will be offered from Port Royal Golf Club) TICKETS: Entry included with ticket to Car Club Showcase

MOTORING MIDWAY CAR CLUB SHOWCASE WHAT: This year’s Car Club Showcase will feature clubs from the Southeast and beyond. Each club sends its top 15 to 20 cars, and the showcase will span the first and 18th fairways of Planter’s Row Golf Course at the Port Royal Golf Club, and will be split between American and European marques.

WHEN: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31 WHERE: Port Royal Golf Club, Hilton Head Island PARKING: Complimentary parking is available off-site at the Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn. A complimentary shuttle service to Port Royal Golf Club will be offered continuously during the event.

TICKETS: $35-$45

WHAT: One of the most unique features of the Motoring Midway, the 2015 “Life in the Suburbs” exhibit will feature a display of vehicles that could be found in most suburban neighborhoods of the 1950s and ’60s. From milk trucks to station wagons to bicycles and motorbikes/scooters, this exhibit will highlight the significance of the suburbs to American history.

When: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, and Sunday, Nov. 1 WHERE: Port Royal Golf Club PARKING: Complimentary parking is available off-site at the Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn. A complimentary shuttle service to Port Royal Golf Club will be offered continuously during the event.

TICKETS: Entry included with ticket to Car Club Showcase and Concours d’Elegance

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RELATED EVENTS: Thursday, Oct 22: Pace Lap Party, 5:30-8 p.m., Savannah City Market.

Complimentary. Open to the public.

CONCOURSE D’ELEGANCE WHAT: On the first Sunday in November, more than 175 classic vehicles compete for the “Best of Show” title. Entries are allowed once every three years, ensuring a fresh lineup of automobiles. Motorcycles will also be on display. Many judges consider it to be among the best car shows in the country. Last year’s festival drew entries from 48 states.

WHEN: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1 WHERE: Port Royal Golf Club PARKING: Complimentary parking is available off-site at the Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn. A complimentary shuttle service to Port Royal Golf Club will be offered continuously during the event.

TICKETS: $40-$50

Friday, Oct. 23: Riverfront Wine Dinner with Skip Barber, 6:30 p.m., Bohemian Hotel, Savannah. $125. 843-785-7469, ext. 4.

Thursday, Oct. 29: Fourth annual Evening of Cars and Cigars, 6:30-9 p.m., Carolina Cigars. $30. 843-681-8600.

Thursday, Oct. 29: An Evening in EmiliaRomagna Four-Course Dinner. 6:30 p.m., Michael Anthony’s Cucina Italiana. $85.

843-785-6272.

Thursday, Oct. 29: Davis & Johnson Present the Fabulous Equinox Jazz Orchesra, 7 p.m., Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort. $45.

Friday, Oct. 30: Salute to Centennial Driving Tour, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa. $185 per car. 843-785-7469, ext. 4.

Friday, Oct. 30: Flights & Fancy Aeroport Gala, 7-10 p.m., Hilton Head Island Airport. $150-$2,500. hhiconcours.com/tickets.

Saturday, Oct. 31: Hilton Head Island Auction, 1-5 p.m., The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa. $25. 877-906-2437.

Saturday, Oct. 31: Trunk-O-Ween, 5-7 p.m., Shelter Cove Towne Centre. Free. sheltercovetownecentre.com.

Saturday, Oct. 31: Platinum Dinner with VIP Guests, 6:30 p.m., Long Cove Club. $375. 843-785-7469, ext. 4 October 2015 81

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ON THE PGA TOUR CIRCUIT, JEFF MAGGERT WAS A TRUE STAR, WINNING THREE TOURNAMENTS AND MORE THAN $20 MILLION ON THE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE MAJOR PROFESSIONAL TOUR.

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his year, Maggert is emerging as a superstar on the Champions Tour. He has won four tournaments on the senior leg for those 50 or older, including two majors at the Regions Tradition and the Senior U.S. Open.

Maggert is representing The Sea Pines Resort on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, and recently won the 2015 Senior U.S. Open at Sacramento’s Del Paso Country Club.

Maggert’s final round 5-under 65 edged defending champion Colin Montgomerie by two strokes, giving him his second major victory on the Champions Tour this year. In May, Maggert won his first senior major championship event

in the Regions Tradition held on Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club in Birmingham, Alabama.

Maggert also recently won the Shaw Charity Classic in Calgary, Canada, and the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open in Endicott, New York, both on the Champion’s Tour.

Hailed as one of most consistent players in golf, Maggert has earned more than $20 million over a 28-year professional career highlighted by three PGA Tour victories. He has also represented the U.S. in the Ryder Cup three times and in the Presidents Cup once. Maggert won his Champions Tour debut in March 2014 at the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic.

Maggert, a Sea Pines homeowner, supports Hilton Head’s premier destination

by sporting The Sea Pines Resort and Harbour Town Golf Links logos on his shirts and golf bag during tournament competition. He also makes select appearances on behalf of the resort as his tournament schedule permits.

“Sea Pines is a great place for my family, particularly in the summer,” he said.

“We bought our house in 2011 as a summer house, primarily. My kids, particularly my twin 10-year-old boys, love all the different things they can do with the water here.”

During the winter, the family resides in Woodland, Texas, where Maggert’s children attend school. Sea Pines is always ready with a warm welcome when they return to Hilton Head for the summer.

“We’re thrilled Jeff won the Senior U.S. Open for his second major tournament victory of the year,” says Cary Corbitt, Sea Pines’ vice president of sports and operations. “In addition to being an exceptional player, Jeff is also a great family man and an ideal representative for all we offer here at The Sea Pines Resort.” M October 2015 91

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ISLAND RESIDENT BOUND FOR USTA

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a recent speaking engagement in Canada, Dan Santorum passed along a bit of advice that might come as a surprise given his lengthy list of accolades.

“Never apply for an award,” Santorum told the crowd, “because you’ll never be disappointed, and if you do get an award it will be a pleasant surprise.”

Santorum’s career has been filled with pleasant surprises, and the longtime Hilton Head Island resident received another one when he learned he will be inducted into the United States Tennis Association Middle States Hall of Fame on Oct. 30.

The accolades — including the Educational Merit Award from the International Tennis Hall of Fame, induction into the South Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame, and the International Tennis Federation’s Service to the Game Award — are the byproduct of a labor of love. When Santorum graduated from the University of Florida, he “was just going to go where life led me.” Three decades later, he’s still on Hilton Head, serving as chief executive officer of the Professional Tennis Registry, a nonprofit organization that educates, certifies and serves

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SPORTS tennis teachers and coaches worldwide.

“I don’t do what I do for awards, I do it because I love what I do,” Santorum said. “I’ve been fortunate enough to have a great staff and a very supportive board. The average tenure of a

tion workshops on six continents, in 45 countries and in 198 cities, according to PTR’s website.

Santorum’s work with PTR has come full circle recently with the relaunch of the Advancing the Commitment to Education (ACE) program, which Santorum helped create in early 1990s and " I DON'T DO WHAT I DO FOR the counts among the AWARDS, I DO IT BECAUSE projects of which he I LOVE WHAT I DO." is most proud.

The ACE program, which is aimed at job is seven years, and then you increasing the number of tennis move onto something else. I’m coaches of color in the United definitely on borrowed time as States, featured Arthur Ashe as far as that goes.” its spokesperson when it started He certainly has earned his in 1991 and was relaunched stay. PTR has more than quadrupled in size during his tenure and following Ashe’s posthumous induction into PTR’s Hall of Fame boasts about 15,000 members last February. PTR has begun a in 125 countries. Santorum isn’t schedule of ACE workshops in just running things behind the 33 cities across the country in scenes, either. He personally has hopes of boosting diversity with conducted nearly 400 certifica-

a goal of having coaches of color representing 33 percent of its membership within three years.

“What better way to honor Arthur than by restarting a program for which he played a pivotal role?” Santorum said.

The organization has a similar goal to honor Billy Jean King, who will be this year’s inductee into the PTR Hall of Fame. Santorum has informally dubbed 2016 the “Year of the Woman” for PTR, with the group taking on initiatives to reach the same 33 percent threshold for female membership.

Such initiatives are especially important, Santorum said, because of the advancing age of a generation of tennis coaches and fans. It’s critical for the sport to attract diversity within the younger generation, which is in keeping with the USTA’s national initiative to attract more

Hispanic players.

Santorum’s work has often taken him back home to western Pennsylvania — he has done more workshops in the Middle States section than any section other than his home Southern section — but his next trip will be a bit different. His family will be in tow to attend the hall of fame induction ceremony, and he looks forward to showing his 14-year-old son the area where he was raised and hopes to catch a Steelers game while in town.

“The old country song says you can’t go back home, but I’m looking forward to it,” Santorum said. “That’s where I grew up and that’s where I started playing tennis. I have a lot of good friends up there, and it’s quite an honor to be recognized by a section that I haven’t lived in for almost 40 years.” M

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like a BRAV HILTON HEAD ISLAND PITCHER OVERCAME CANCER AND OTHER OBSTACLES ON HIS WAY TO THE SHOW

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anyone else, it looked like a routine spring training appearance.

A quick inning of work on one of dozens of indistinguishable Grapefruit League afternoons.

For Ryan Kelly, it was the biggest game of his life, because as far as he knew, it might be his last.

Three days later, Kelly had surgery to remove his cancerous thyroid, an ailment that was discovered during a routine physical just days earlier.

Kelly thought it might be the end of his long journey through professional baseball, but it turned into a beginning of a new, more fruitful quest that culminated with his long-awaited arrival in the big leagues.

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THE ‘C’ WORD When Kelly reported to spring training with the Atlanta Braves in February 2014, he did so with realistic hopes it was his time to reach the big leagues. The former Hilton Head Island High School star had pitched well at Triple-A Tucson in the San Diego Padres organization the previous season and signed a free-agent contract with the Braves in the offseason.

A month later, he was more concerned with his health than the status of his baseball career.

He learned that March that he had thyroid cancer, and the road to the majors suddenly looked longer and more treacherous than ever.

There were complications during surgery, followed by weeks

of radioactive iodine treatments.

Kelly missed two months, an eternity for someone who can’t stand being on the disabled list, and began his season at Single-A Lynchburg, a long way from the majors. It took the full season for him to get back to full strength, and he was assigned to play in the Puerto Rican Winter League for the first time in his career to get in some of the work he missed.

“People think I’m crazy when I say it, but it was one of the best things that ever happened for me in my life,” Kelly says, noting the thyroid cancer had been the source of his difficulty staying at his optimum weight and maintaining his stamina.

More than that, though, it offered a dose of perspective. The

notion that his baseball career might be over — as frustrating as it had sometimes been — provided added motivation.

“This is all I know,” Kelly said.

“For there to be a chance for me to have that taken away, it hit me pretty deep. I wasn’t ready to give up playing. It completely changed that side of it. It made the game easier, because I had a lot less to worry about.

“It became fun again.”

LEARNING TO PITCH That winter in Puerto Rico wound up being pivotal to Kelly’s development. He experimented with “pitching backward” — starting at-bats with off-speed pitches to keep hitters guessing and disrupt their timing — and learned to pitch inside more. The lessons

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AVE he picked up carried over to the next spring.

Kelly began the 2015 season at Double-A Mississippi and was dominant. In his first 17 appearances, he posted a 0.48 ERA and 10 saves while holding opponents to a .197 batting average, earning a promotion to Triple-A Gwinnett. He was nearly as dominant there, going 1-1 with five saves and a 2.13 ERA in 10 outings.

“What got me that far was God-given talent — I was lucky enough to be able to throw hard and had good stuff, and that kind of carried me through,” Kelly said. “When I finally learned how to pitch, which probably took me longer than I’d care to admit, that’s when I really started to have success.”

On June 27, 2015, more than nine years after the Pittsburgh Pirates selected him in 26th round of the 2006 MLB Draft, Kelly got the call. He was going to The Show.

The next afternoon, Kelly was in the Atlanta Braves’ bullpen — in Pittsburgh, oddly enough — eager for his big-league debut.

After an arduous nine-year trek to the bigs, Kelly had to wait two more days for his moment. With a group of family and friends cheering from the stands, Kelly ran in from the Turner Field bullpen on June 30 to face the heart of the Washington Nationals’ lineup.

Yunel Escobar greeted Kelly with a seeing-eye single through the middle, and then came his welcome-to-the-big-leagues moment. Bryce Harper, one of the brightest young stars in the game, roped a first-pitch single into right field. Kelly recovered nicely, getting a double-play grounder and a swinging strikeout to escape with only one run and elicit a celebration among his cheering section.

In hindsight, Kelly didn’t relish the moment as much as he would have liked.

“I was trying to keep my cool so much that I think I kind of brought myself down further than I would like to be,” Kelly said.

For the journey that led him so many places — from Hilton Head to Walters State Community College in Tennessee, to minor-league stops in Florida, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Myrtle Beach, Arizona, San Antonio, Oregon, Virginia, Mississippi and Puerto Rico — to wind up in Atlanta, where so many friends and family could make the short trip to see it in person, made it all the more rewarding.

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A NEW FOR STUDENT ATHLETES IF YOU’RE GOING TO PLAY HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, YOU BETTER BE READY TO BE DRUG TESTED.

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t’s a weird thing to say and a crazy concept to comprehend for many parents and student advocates around the county, but starting this fall, student athletes will be randomly tested at all Beaufort County high schools.

The Beaufort County School Board voted in June to institute random drug tests for the 201516 school year. Weeks later, the Board decided to increase the number of tests administered, so now more than 2,700 tests will be given to the 2,500 student athletes across the district.

Bluffton High School athletic director Dave Adams has been mentoring student athletes for close to four decades. As much as hates to admit it, Adams said the tests are a necessary precaution in today’s peer-pressure-packed society.

“It’s a sign of the times and we need to adjust,” Adams said.

“Superintendent (Dr. Jeffrey) Moss had done it in North Carolina and had success with it, so at the end of the day, it’s an inconvenience for some and worst case, a means to get students struggling with drug issues the help they need.”

The testing is set to begin in October across the district, where 38 student athletes from each school will be tested each month. Reaction to the move, which will come at an expense of $40,000 per year, are mixed. An Island Packet poll conducted in June found 55 percent of the 620 readers polled against the drug testing, with 41 percent in favor of the plan.

Adams said that much of the dissent at first was due to fear from parents that their kids were being unfairly targeted. He said

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SPORTS as he and his coaches met with athletes and their parents before the fall sports season began, both students and parents were more willing to try it.

“I saw a very favorable opinion.

There’s concerns, for sure, but we want our athletes to be role models and this is another place where they can be leaders,” Adams said. “It’s not a punitive test, it’s not a gotcha thing. It’s a means of combatting a real problem in schools today.”

What Adams and other school officials like most about the policy is the three-step approach to helping students who may test positive.

After a first failed test, the student is deemed ineligible to compete for 365 days. But they can regain eligibility by receiving an assessment by a licensed substance abuse professional and completing at least one treatment session within 10 days of

the positive test.

The student then needs to pass another random test within 90 days of the failed test.

After a second violation, a student has to complete a substance abuse program and pass another drug test to regain eligibility. A third fail would lead to a 365-day ineligibility, with the student needing to complete a substance abuse program and pass a drug test to be eligible the next year.

The testing will spread to all extracurricular activities in 2016 and to students looking to park on campus in 2017. School board officials have discussed moving those time tables up to possible begin all phases next school year.

Moss has also discussed having coaches part of the testing.

Teachers are not allowed to be tested by law unless there is suspicion of drug use. But coaches who hold commercial licenses to

drive buses would be eligible to be tested.

While Adams understands some parents may feel their kids are being targeted, he and other officials see an unexpected positive side effect here.

“There is so much pressure on these kids today to fit in, so much access to bad situations that we never dreamed was there,” he said. “This gives the kids a way to get out of those situations, to say, ‘No, I play sports, I can’t do that.’”

Two other school districts in South Carolina are known to do similar testing, Lexington One began last year and Lexington Two has done the testing since 2000.

The urine tests are screened for narcotics, not performanceenhancing drugs. Adams said he and his staff have been trained on how to administer the tests – how to gather the students and how to house them until their name is called. An independent drug

testing company administers the tests and transport the samples for testing.

The one component that even Adams admits needs to be worked out is helping students once they are found to fail a test.

The district does not want to endorse private businesses, so no specific list of drug counselors or substance abuse programs in the area have been provided to the schools.

While studies have shown that a very small percentage of students will ever test positive, schools following through on getting those students help will be the key.

“We’re definitely nervous about that component,” Adams said. “We need to have a very clear path to getting these kids and their parents help. We don’t want to see that first failed test, but we need to be ready if and when it happens.” M

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BOOKS

Latest local reads Looking for something good to read? Check out one of the many books written by local authors. Here are a few newly released titles to consider:

“Dawn of The Living Ghost (The InSpectre Series, Vol. 1)”

by Jack Gannon and Cyndi Williams-Barnier Advertising artist Wayne Martin dies in a car accident, but it wasn’t his time. He is given the opportunity to return to life by the InSpectres, afterlife beings who return souls to their bodies if they die at the wrong time. But by accepting their offer, Wayne must agree to work as an InSpectre himself. Wayne’s first mission as an InSpectre is to track down the evil spirit Schofield, a powerful herald of The Fallen One who has destroyed many InSpectres over the past 130 years. Will Wayne be the latest InSpectre to fall to Schofield?

“Rise and Shine! A Southern Son’s Treasury of Food, Family and Friends”

by Johnathon Scott Barrett

This engaging, funny and poignant memoir is about a Southern son and his relationship with food. With several menus and 100 recipes ranging from down-home picnic offerings such as “Joyce’s Don’t Mess with Success Pimento Cheese” to a magnificent platter of “Grouper Meunière,” author Johnathon Scott Barrett provides a wonderful array of delights for contemporary cooks. This culinary love letter to Barrett’s parents and family will make you laugh and fill your hearts with a renewed appreciation for the magic that can happen in a family’s kitchen.

“A Peach of a Pair”

by Kim Boykin

March 1953. Nettie Gilbert has cherished her time studying to be a music teacher at Columbia College in South Carolina, but as graduation approaches, she can’t wait to return to her family — and her childhood sweetheart, Brooks — in Alabama. But just days before her senior recital, she gets a letter from her mama telling her that Brooks is getting married … to her own sister.

Devastated, Nettie drops out of school and takes a job as live-in help for two old-maid sisters, Emily and Lurleen Eldridge.

“Voracious: A Hungry Reader Cooks Her Way through Great Books”

by Cara Nicoletti As a young bookworm reading in her grandfather’s butcher shop, Cara Nicoletti saw how books and food bring people to life. Now a butcher, cook, and talented writer, she serves up stories and recipes inspired by books and the food that gives their characters depth and personality. From the breakfast sausage in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Little House in the Big Woods” to chocolate cupcakes with peppermint buttercream from Jonathan Franzen’s “The Corrections,” Nicoletti whips up 50 recipes from the books that changed her life.

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AT HOME

Change in the heart of the Lowcountry comes slowly — and most often in subtle tones when it does.

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hen Bill and Bonnie Miller bought their furnished home tucked away in May River Forest at Palmetto Bluff three years ago, they were impressed with the quality, detail of craftsmanship, architecture, design and location of the home. They didn’t want to change a thing structurally of the residence, built 10 years ago by Bluffton’s Reclamation by Design based on an architectural design by a Savannah firm.

After all, the stone, brick and wood inside and outside the custom-designed home were reclaimed and masterfully reused. The Millers are surrounded by reclaimed heart of pine, cypress, chestnut, maple and hickory from an old warehouse in New York City and a 100-year-old textile mill in South Carolina.

Then there are cobblestones from a Baltimore shipyard and bricks from the old mill.

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AT HOME But, like any new homeowners, the Millers wanted their magnificent 5,200-square-foot property to reflect their aesthetic tastes and lifestyle.

“They wanted to personalize the home, and that’s what we did,” said interior designer Cris Taylor of Plantation Interiors on Hilton Head Island. “Now it’s their home.”

“Our challenge was not to mess it up,” said Bill, an avid horseman and breeder, entrepreneur and chairman of PLI Inc., the world’s largest manufacturer of hotel keycards and specialty printed products. “The material and workmanship in this house is something you rarely see anymore … we wanted to lighten it up and personalize it.”

“It was someone else’s tastes,” said Taylor, a Georgia native who has spent 22 years of her award-winning design career with Plantation Interiors. Taylor already knew the personal tastes of the Millers because she put her professional magic to work at a home they bought in Leamington on Hilton Head in 1999.

“The chemistry between Cris and my wife was really key to this place,” said Bill, a Washington, D.C., native. “We had to find a way to soften it and lighten it up.”

Taylor went to work with her color palette, spatial positioning skills, and creative blending of furnishings that were part items inherited from the previous homeowners, part family heirlooms and personal mementoes, and part new customdesigned pieces and original artwork.

“We used very neutral whites and creams,” Taylor said. “There was a transformation from a dark to a lighter finish. We didn’t use a lot of color because there was already a lot of architectural interest and beautiful views. We went to the extreme with whites and creams, and we changed the color palette to showcase the home and the architecture best.”

The master bedroom underwent the most dramatic change.

“Bonnie said, ‘This is a man cave,’ dark and foreboding,” her husband said.

That changed. Gone was a heavy green, gold and red drape covering one window that overlooks the gorgeous retro courtyard, large lagoon and lush, natural landscape outside. An adjacent double-door screened porch also brings the magnificent vista inside.

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VENDOR LIST Esposito Construction in Bluffton covered up — but didn’t remove — the dark reclaimed maple wood ceiling with 1-by8-foot shiplap planks, which were painted in the fresh neutral color as the rest of the room and living spaces.

“It’s a Lowcountry feel that’s a much more warm and comfortable living space, especially with the views and the screen porch,” said Brian Esposito, the company’s owner.

The master suite also received the royal treatment with a custom-ordered iron poster bed from Plantation Interiors, new nightstands, new original artwork and reupholstered chairs.

“It’s light and airy and a very peaceful place,” said Bonnie, a former Pan Am stewardess and personal secretary to Dr. Henry Kissinger at the White House during President Richard Nixon’s term. She spends considerable time at the Palmetto Bluff sta-

Interior design: Cris Taylor, Plantation Interiors Furnishings: Plantation Interiors General contractor: Esposito Construction Flooring: KPM Flooring Artwork: Four Corners Gallery

bles, tending to her horses and dressage.

Esposito and his team repainted the entire living space in the one-story main residence — there’s also an annex and guest suite above the garage connected by breezeways — and KPM Flooring in Hilton Head provided new rugs to complement the reclaimed heart of pine flooring and add some color to the neutral color scheme throughout.

In the foyer, Taylor and Bonnie collaborated on buying a Lowcountry landscape painting from Four Corners Gallery in Bluffton and a new rug from KPM, while repositioning a lowboy family heirloom.

Another wall showcases several colorful local paintings of marsh birds.

“We brought in color with the artwork,” Taylor said.

Bill’s study also received a lighter touch.

Bookcases were replaced by glass shelves, with delicate lighting to show off silver harness racing trophies earned by his grandfather in the early 1900s and prized sports photos. Personal memorabilia from his harness racing lineage — his family built and owned the famous Rosecroft Raceway in Maryland — include a display in the family room of his grandfather’s jockey racing silks from the 1940s.

Taylor said she positioned a curio cabinet in the living room to display “wonderful historical memorabilia from Bonnie’s career” and worldwide travels. “It makes it very personal.”

Besides the reupholstering of the existing furniture, she also added silk pillows as accessories in the living room.

“We created serenity with the furnishings,” Taylor said.

Elsewhere in the four-bedroom, sixbathroom home, a new kitchen backsplash comprised of warm, large travertine tiles replaced busy smaller tiles.

Outside, the reclaimed heart of cypress wood on the siding, trim and shutters was washed, bleached and stained to soften the look.

“It’s a very nice home to come home to,” Bonnie said. M

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REALTORS AND MORTGAGE LENDERS SUPPORT

quality-of-life organizations

BY JEAN BECK

The Hilton Head Area Association of Realtors and the Greater Hilton Head Mortgage Lenders Association presented $33,800 in grant money to local organizations and charities at the Realtor September Membership Luncheon, held recently at the Belfair clubhouse.

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ach spring, the two associations jointly host an annual golf and tennis tournament. Net proceeds from the event are awarded to local charities and organizations, with 50 percent of the funds dedicated to housing initiatives.

“The charities and organizations that have been chosen represent the heart of the quality of life in our community,” said Ed Brown, past president of the Greater Hilton Head Mortgage Lenders Association. “Twenty-one grants will be provided to a vast array of services including: shelter, food, children, assistance for the mentally challenged and women’s assistance. All are important to the greater Hilton Head Island/Bluffton area.”

At the September luncheon, Hilton Head Area Association of Realtors president Cindy Creamer recognized the 25-member tournament committee for its hard work and dedication to make the event a success. She noted that Realtors sell more than homes — they care about their communities.

Creamer also thanked local businesses, affiliate members and Realtor members for their support of the tournament,

including title sponsors Oldfield and Kroger.

Following the presentation of the grants, the 140 Realtors and affiliates in attendance gave a standing ovation for the work and dedication of each charity and organization.

Grant recipients include Hilton Head Regional Habitat for Humanity, Family Promise, Osprey Village, The Deep Well Project, Bluffton Self Help, Realtors Helping Real People, Backpack Buddies, Bluffton-Jasper Volunteers in Medicine, the Boys & Girls Club of Bluffton, the Boys & Girls Club of Hilton Head, Children’s Relief Fund, First Tee in memory of Realtor Jim Ferguson, Hilton Head Heroes in memory of Realtor Hutch Hutchinson, Hospice of the Lowcountry, NAMI of Beaufort County, Neighborhood Outreach Connection, Operation R & R, Pregnancy Center of the Lowcountry, Programs for Exceptional People, Sandlewood Food Bank, Second Helpings and The Children’s Center. M Jean Beck is the executive vice president of the Hilton Head Area Association of Realtors.

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SUNSET/WATERWAY VIEWS. Magnificent moss draped oaks and vistas up Skull Creek and the Port Royal Sound to the Broad River Bridge. 3 or 4 bedroom, library, 2 offices, 2nd floor family room, tons of storage and a hobby room. Open floor plan flows to the pool deck, covered terrace and two lower decks. Views abound from almost every room. Homesite is an oversized patio with a private open space. $1,140,000

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COURTYARD LIVING with your own private fenced pool. Oyster Reef Golf Club and lagoon views. Short distance to the Bluff walkway along the Port Royal Sound. 3 bedroom, 2 ½ bath Hilton Head Plantation home. Two courtyards, tranquil entry fountain, split bedroom, wood floors and high ceilings, granite tops. HomeForever walk-in tub and safe shower. $547,000

CONTEMPORARY great room home nestled under moss draped oaks with private view of the 17th fairway and green of the CC of HH. Enjoy outdoor living from the covered and open two-level deck with a hot tub. 3-Bedroom, 3.5-Bath, split bedroom plan, updated kitchen and master bath, granite and limestone, smooth ceilings, 2-Car garage, fireplace. Hilton Head Plantation location near the CC of HH clubhouse, docks along the Intracoastal Waterway and Spring Lake recreation area. $545,000

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A SHORT DISTANCE from the Hilton Head Plantation Bluff. Enjoy morning coffee while viewing the spectacular sun rises. The walkway leads to the Dolphin Head Beach Park and Pine Island beach. This 6th row home is on a full size corner lot and features 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, smooth ceilings, granite tops, expansive laundry room, great room and dining room with hand scraped wood floors, masonry fireplace, 50 year metal roof and more. $426,900

OYSTER REEF GOLF CLUB’S 4TH FAIRWAY and lagoon view, short distance to the Port Royal Sound and located in the heart of Hilton Head Plantation on a cul de sac street.

This 3 Bedroom, 3.5 Bath home offers views and values. There is a formal Living Room & Dining Room, an open Kitchen/Family Room, 2 car side entry Garage, cathedral and tray ceilings. Great curb appeal and mature landscaping. $398,500

HILTON HEAD PLANTATION home with panoramic view of Dolphin Head Golf Club 2nd fairway and green. Wrap around deck, short distance to both Spring Lake Pool Complex, Dolphin Head Beach Park and the Bluff walkway along Port Royal Sound. 3 BR or 2 plus den, living and dining room with wood floors and high ceilings, eat-in kitchen. Masonry Savannah grey brick fireplace. One owner house. $362,500

NESTLED UNDER MOSS DRAPED OAKS and palmettos, just off the bend of a salt water marsh and tidal creek, 29 Deerfield offers great views and some of the best fishing in all of Hilton Head Plantation just off your back deck. The marsh is a habitat for the egret, heron and osprey. 3 bedroom or 2 and a den, 2 1/2 bath. One owner home with a two car garage, full size lot, formal LR, expansive rear deck and only a short distance to the Dolphin Head Beach park. $345,000

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UNMATCHED PANORAMA of the Intracoastal Waterway encompassing wildlife, shrimp boats, changing tides, and spectacular sunsets including a front row seat for the 4th of July fireworks! Features include outdoor storage, complex swimming pool and recreation area, short distance to the docks, restaurants, and the Country Club of Hilton Head. Three bedroom, great room and expansive winterized deck. 2nd floor $355,000

LOCATED in the exclusive Golf Club Community of Indigo Run. Outdoor living area with fire pit and large stone and tile hot tub. High coffered ceiling with skylights and ceiling fan. Slate counter and an island with a Lynx grill and stainless steel Vent-A-Hood.

3500 sq. ft. 4 BR or 3 plus a bonus room, 4 full baths and an office home. Built in 2002 and features include hard coat stucco, high smooth ceilings, formal living room and dining room, wood and tile floors, granite tops and stainless steel appliances. $695,000

18 COQUINA ROAD is second row ocean in Port Royal Plantation and just off the open space walkway to the beach and is nestled under stately moss draped hardwoods. Quality built in 1965 by one of Hilton Head Island’s original craftsmen. It is a home with a floor plan ahead of its time. The living space, living room, dining room and kitchen are all open and the ceiling is high. The masonry fireplace separates the living space. $610,000

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OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD your dream home in exclusive Spanish Wells. This homesite is 1.25 acres and is on the second fairway of the Spanish Wells Golf Club. Shown is a 3100+ sq.ft. home with a first floor master, future bonus room, easy to be a 3-car garage, generous allowances, office, kitchen/family room, walk in pantry and more.

Outstanding view of the golf course and easy walking distance to the community pool, tennis and clubhouse. Other floor plans available. $935,000

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81 Main Street, Suite 202 Hilton Head Island, SC 29926

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WEXFORD PLANTATION. One of Hilton Head Island’s finest communities. For boaters the Wexford Harbor is just off Broad Creek and easy access to the ICW. Golf Course has recently been redesigned. Tennis at Wexford is first class. This 4 Bedroom 4.5 Bath home has been totally redone with travertine and hand scraped wood floors, high smooth ceilings with exposed beams, a chef’s kitchen with granite. Beautiful view of the 8th fairway.

Close to beach, shopping and dining. $980,000

WINDMILL HARBOUR. Heated and cooled workshop, hobby room, storage room and 3+ car garage. This Lowcountry style home has many features – 5 BR, 5 BA, 5000+ sq ft, 15’ ground elevation, very energy efficient in structure and operation. Smooth ceilings, teak floors, geothermal heat pumps. Just steps from the harbor. A 60’ slip could be purchased. Comfort, energy efficient, environmentally friendly, low maintenance, and outstanding Lowcountry design.

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FANTASTIC private oversized cul-de-sac Port Royal Plantation homesite nestled under the canopy of stately moss-draped live oaks and enhanced by the mature landscaping. Incredible marsh, Fish Haul Creek & Port Royal Sound views. The panoramic view is all the way across the Sound to Lands End on St. Helena Island. Features of this home include a raised tabby foundation, formal Living Room, formal Dining Room, an oversized Master Suite, 2 guest suites, 3 full baths, 3 half baths, 3 car garage, large utility room and very special wet bar with built-in wine racks for over 100 of your best bottles of wine. The Kitchen, Family Room and Carolina Room are totally open to each other.

Every room in the house has been remodeled with new pine or stone flooring, smooth ceilings, appliances, bathroom fixtures, cabinetry and more! $1,350,000

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DIRECT INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY and Fantastic Sunsets over Skull Creek and Pinckney Island. the first right just off the bridge.

Enjoy kayaking from your backyard or from the Mariners Cove docks. There is a complex pool, tennis and docks. 103 Mariners Cove is very unique in that it has 2 bedrooms and 2 full baths and a half bath. Updated with granite counters and tile flooring. Great for a permanent home, second home or rental property. $249,000

AN OCEAN FRONT community in the heart of Hilton Head Island, home of Van Der Meer Tennis Center, Sonesta Resort Hotel and the Shipyard Golf Club. Owners have use of the Shipyard Beach Club a bike ride away. 903 is an oversized 2 BR, 2.5 BA with two extra flex rooms, kitchen and baths have been updated. Kitchen has granite. Harbour Master pool is great and overlooks a lagoon and golf fairway. Harbour Master is a small quiet community. $215,000

A GREAT WAY TO OWN a get-a-way at the Hilton Head Island Beach. Just steps from the ocean and in Coligny Plaza with its dining, shopping, night life and music. The oceanfront pool complex is outstanding. There is covered parking. This 1st floor one bedroom villas which can sleep 6 is turnkey ready. All you need to do is bring your toothbrush, bathing suit and some suntan lotion. $148,500

UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY to own an acreage on Hilton Head Island overlooking marsh to deep water. There is a possibility to subdivide the 5 acres into multiple homesites with two of those being marshfront. Drive by and scout out this great Bank Owned property. $360,000

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LOWCOUNTRY HOMESITES HILTON HEAD PLANTATION 7 ANGLERS POND CT. LAGOON VIEW $177,555 18 CHINA COCKLE LANE 2ND ROW SOUND $222,000 COLLETON RIVER 14 BALLYBUNION GOLF VIEW $20,000 HAMPTON HALL 280 FARNSLEIGH AVE $179,000

LOWCOUNTRY MASTERPIECE that is nestled under moss draped oaks. Enjoy the cool breezes off the marshes of Mackay Creek and view the 11th fairway of Moss Creeks North Course. 4 BR or 3 BR and Den / 3.5 BA with a formal dining room, an eat-in kitchen and family room. Antique Heart Pine floors and crown molding, French doors to beautiful back deck. Moss Creek is just minutes from world class Hilton Head Island but is a world away. $645,000

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WONDERFUL 3BD/2BA home located on the Park in Woodbridge. This home has been updated with granite counters, wood floors and a large deck. There is a private wooded view in the back and a park view in the front.

Other features include an office, formal dining room, eat-in-kitchen and unfinished bonus room. $315,000

CHARMING 3 bedroom home located in new River Ridge school district. Features tile flooring and cathedral ceilings with ceiling fans.

There is an open eat-in kitchen off the great room and a garage. Sandy Pointe is located off of Buckwalter Parkway and features a community pool, playground and basketball goal. It is located near Publix shopping center and the Station 300 entertainment center. $169,900

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SEA PINES REAL ESTATE AT THE BEACH CLUB 17 WOOD IBIS ROAD – SEA PINES

729 SCHOONER COURT – SEA PINES

22 N. LIVE OAK – SEA PINES

A luxury beachside home in Sea Pines: 7 BR, 8 BA, 4600 sq ft.

Heart pine floors, granite, family room, pool, spa, 3rd row beach walkway, 2-car garage. Enjoy three new fabulous clubhouses: Beach Club, Plantation Golf Club, Harbour Town Clubhouse. Fine permanent or rental house. Fine value.

MLS #329957 $2,999,000 F.

Huge grass backyard with bulkhead for crabbing and fishing.

Walk to all Harbour Town amenities: the Lighthouse, restaurants, children’s playground, boat rentals, parasailing, etc. Features include 1441 sq ft spacious townhouse, 2 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, living room, dining room, kitchen. Overlooking gracious waterfront patio.

MLS #337071 $570,000

Very private 1/2 acre lot with a great floor plan and sweeping lagoon/golf vistas all within walking distance to the beach and Sea Pines Beach Club. 4BR/5BA home with a bonus room with a first floor master and excellent bedroom separation. Beautiful screened pool , outdoor decking for living and entertaining.

MLS #339321 $1,549,000

Diann Wilkinson 843.384.2799

Nancy Cunningham 843.683.4580

Wendy Corbitt 843.816.2672

101 SHOREWOOD VILLA – SOUTH FOREST BEACH

130 HIGH BLUFF ROAD – HILTON HEAD PLANTATION

17 PELICAN STREET – NORTH FOREST BEACH

Very upscale, ocean front villa on ground level. Walk out patio door to beach or pool. No stairs! Three bedrooms, three full baths. Great bedroom separation. Open floor plan with beautiful furniture and appliances. Gently used as second home and would be a great rental villa.

MLS #338313 $948,000

Large homesite with great view of golf course and lagoon. Three bedrooms, Three full baths. Gently used as a second home. Sun Room and eat in kitchen. Very close to Port Royal Sound.

MLS #338783 $430,000

Gourmet kitchen in the middle of the open floor plan. One level, 4 bedroom, 4.5 bath, Game Room home. Very private tropical backyard surrounding the huge pool. In 2008 this home was taken down to the studs and remodeled. New roof, new bamboo flooring, new windows. Rental projection $60K for just twenty weeks.

MLS #340117 $779,000

Mary Pracht 843.298.1715

Mary Pracht 843.298.1715 16 ST. ANDREWS PLACE – SEA PINES

Mary Pracht 843.298.1715 2302 HERITAGE VILLA – SEA PINES

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PENDING Open floor plan, house was remodeled in 2007. House has 14’ elevation, many features, heart pine floors, granite throughout, marble, new appliances, carpet and spray foam insulation. Located on 8th fairway of Harbour Town Golf Links. Very open floor plan.

Sea Pines ARB has granted conceptual approval for pool.

MLS #332853 $1,595,000

Jeff Hall 843.384.7941

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Renovated Completely in 2008, New Kitchen, All New Bathrooms Tile Floors, Master Bedroom floor plan remodeled w/larger master bathroom. Upgraded window package in 2006, ($15,000 value), New HVAC 2014.

MLS #339520 $437,000

Zach Patterson 843.338.8621

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Updated 4 bedroom, 4 bath high ceilings Beach home with views to the ocean and easy walk to the beach. Granite kitchen with stainless appliances. Large screen porch plus 2 car carport with much storage and community pool. Walk to South Beach offers plus South Beach Racquet Club. Projected gross rentals of $50,000.

MLS #339813 $1,089,000

Tommy Austin 843.384.7033

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Beautifully furnished high ceiling 4 Bedroom, 4.5 Bath 4th row ocean home with big pool and sundeck. Perfect floor plan with living room, big eat-in kitchen with Family room and separate laundry. Large 2 car garage, mature landscaping and ideal 2nd home or grate rental. Easy to show!

MLS #339967 $1,625,000

Rarely on the market...Fabulous 3 Br 3 Ba townhouse in this “oceanside”enclave next to Sea Pines Beach Club! Top of the line appliances, custom built-ins, beautifully furnished, a true one-of-akind! Must see to appreciate. New listing at $839,000 MLS #339378 $839,000

Wonderful heated & screened-in pool/spa. Two-story, with MBR on first floor; upstairs BR’s access large balcony. Over 4000 s.f. Kitchen open to living, dining & Carolina rooms. Bonus area with built-in bar on second level. Hardwood floors throughout, hard-coat stucco, three-car garage!

MLS #337080 $1,429,000

Rob Reichel 843.384.6789

Barbra Finer 843.384.7314

Barbra Finer 843.384.7314

316 LONG COVE DRIVE – LONG COVE

2 WISTERIA LANE – SEA PINES

20 W BEACH LAGOON ROAD – SEA PINES

Impressive home features 4 BRand 4.5 BA. Two master suites one on each floor. Beautiful open floor plan offers 4200 sq feet of the very best in elegant living . Custom kitchen with separate dining area opens to bright family room and in addition there are formal living and dining rooms. Large covered porch and sun balcony.

MLS #337746 $899,000

Full size building lot in the popular Greenwood Forest neighborhood. Partial view of Harbour Town Golf Course. Beautiful lagoon view. Neighborhood pool and playground.

MLS #337099 $254,900

3rd row w/ golf and lagoon view of Ocean Course. Large kitchen, family room with fireplace, living room/dining room with fireplace, spectacular master bedroom with sitting area, huge bath.

Artistically designed screened porch feels like you’re in the great outdoors, maple floors, high ceilings, beautiful pool and deck.

MLS #338503 $1,395,000

Sandy Roberts 843.422.1987

Sandy Roberts 843.422.1987

Pete Rebish 843.290.0998

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Darling studio with beautiful Harbour and Sound views, upgraded kitchen and bath, and beautiful furnishings. Good rental income. $215,000

Beautifully renovated 3 bedroom, 2 bath top floor villa with open kitchen/dining/great room, fabulous furnishings, and gorgeous Harbour and Sound views. Excellent rental income. $565,000

Jeannie Lawrence 843.816.2275

Jeannie Lawrence 843.816.2275

181 TWIN OAKS – SEA PINES

Renovated 3 BR/3 BA villa furnished with French & Swedish Antiques. Views of Harbour Town golf course 10th & 16th holes and Calibogue Sound View. Bathrooms completely renovated. Walk to Harbour Town, bike to the beach. (All furnishings are either antique or recently recovered upholstery.) Very strong rentals.

MLS #337961 $825,000

Lynne Anderson 843.384.5426

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INDIGO RUN

INDIGO RUN

PALMETTO HALL

INDIGO RUN

FORMER MCNAIR BUILDERS home overlooking 16th Fairway of the Golf Club. 4 Bedroom, 4.5 Bath home.

Separate Cabana overlooks courtyard Pool. $799,000

ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL NEW “Homes by Marshside” - Fall 2015 completion. 4 Bedrooms and 4 Full Baths.

Large Covered Porch overlooking 16th Fairway in The Golf Club. $799,000

CUSTOM HOME with the most spectacular Lagoon|Golf View. Quality workmanship + pride of ownership. 4 Bedrooms,4.5 Baths + Study|Office. $749,000

BRAND NEW HOME built my “Homes by Marsside”. 3 Bedrooms, 3.5 Baths plus Study. Double Fairway View. $739,000

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PALMETTO HALL

INDIGO RUN

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PANORAMIC VIEW! Oceanfront Sea Cloisters penthouse, furnished villa with 3 Bedrooms and 3 Full Baths. Great 2nd home or rental property. $625,000

CUSTOM BUILT CLASSIC Lowcountry home. 4 Bedrooms + Bonus Room and 3.5 Baths. Lagoon view. $599,000

LOWCOUNTRY HOME overlooking the 15th Fairway. 4 Bedroom, 3.5 Bath Home. Carolina Room plus Flex Room Study. $549,000

PANORAMIC LAGOON View!

Beautiful McNair built 3 Bedroom, 3 Bath home. A decorator’s dream! 2nd home. $539,000

FOLLY FIELD

HILTON HEAD PLANTATION

HILTON HEAD PLANTATION

SEA PINES

PANORAMIC Direct Oceanfront 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath beautifully furnished villa. Sea Cloisters is a private gated oceanfront community + pool. $525,000

IMMACULATE HOME overlooking the FABULOUS TOWNHOMES across 14th green in the rear and the lagoon and from the CCHH. 3 Bedrooms and 3.5 Baths.

11th green of Oyster Reef in the front. 3 Prices starting at $479,000 Bedrooms and 2.5 Baths. $489,000

BEST VALUE 4 BR Home. Secluded corner lot w/open space opening to a lagoon view. Carolina Room + incredible Screened Porch. $449,000

HILTON HEAD PLANTATION

HILTON HEAD PLANTATION

HILTON HEAD PLANTATION

HILTON HEAD PLANTATION

BEAUTIFUL UPDATED Home overlooking the 8th Fwy. 3 Bedrooms + 2.5 Baths. New hardwood floors, Kitchen + Baths + much more! $429,500

DESIGNER DECORATED! Desirable 1st floor 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath beautifully furnished villa. Overlooking the sunsets on the Intracoastal Waterway and Skull Creek. $425,000

VIEWS across golf course to Dolphin Head Beach. Remodeled with beautiful upgrades! 2nd home. 3 Bedrooms and 2 Baths. $399,000

BEAUTIFUL HOME set back on a private cul-de-sac overlooking the 8th Fairway of the CCHH. Soaring ceiling and lots of glass. 3 Bedrooms and 2 Baths. $369,000

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The Golf Club at Indigo Run

The Golf Club at Indigo Run

602 COLONIAL DRIVE

748 COLONIAL DRIVE

A great design, new HVAC, fresh paint, meticulously taken care of. High ceilings, granite, coffered ceilings, saturnia, and many more incredible features. Private homesite on the 13th Hole of The Golf Club. 4BR, 2 bonus rooms, and an office. $799,000

Casual elegance makes this a very comfortable home. 5 BR/5 BA. This immaculate home is privately situated on the 16th hole of the Golf Club of Indigo Run. $799,900

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Indigo Run

754 COLONIAL DRIVE

13 CHANTILLY LANE

Southern charm from the moment you enter this home! 4 BR/4.5 BA. The lush landscaping in the back hides the heated pool from the golf course while offering a private view of the 16th Green of the Golf Club. $1,025,000

Priced to Sell! – great opportunity to move right in or, at this list price, customize to your liking! 4 BR/3 BA. Close proximity to the indigo Run Clubhouses and 10 minutes from the beach. $475,000

The Golf Club at Indigo Run

Indigo Run

20 COTESWORTH PLACE

216 BERWICK GREEN

Rarely used second home. Located in a private enclave, this home offers 4BR/4BA +Bonus.

Great room opens to oversized patio with built-in grill. Spacious kitchen with 4 large granite counters, bright open dining area, large master suite, two guest suites. $819,000

Rare, Lock and Leave Opportunity. Large 3BR/3.5 BA townhome has now come available. Wonderful private setting with long golf and lagoon views. A must see! $599,000

The Golf Club at Indigo Run

LOTS FOR SALE 7 Ventura Lane . . . . . . . . . . $149,000 712 Colonial Drive . . . . . . . $229,900 720 Colonial Drive . . . . . . . $299,900 24 Lexington Drive. . . . . . . $150,000 3 Laurel Spring Road . . . . . $599,000 81 Peninsula Drive . . . . . . . $249,000

672 COLONIAL DRIVE Outdoor living space, an outdoor kitchen, multiple entertaining areas around the pool.

Wonderfully bright and open. 4 bedroom 4 and half bath home is elegantly comfortable with theater / media room, gourmet kitchen, and spacious flowing floor plan. $859,400

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26 Spindle Lane - $469,000

18 Millwright Drive - $1,395,000

3 Fernwood Trail - $225,000

28 Millwright Drive - $849,000

Elegant Harbour Front Villa Call Muffy - 843.290.6424

Lowcountry Classic – Direct Marsh Front Call Joe – 843.384.6183

Short Sale Opportunity – 4 Bdrms.

Call Lonnie – 843.338.0094

Historic Replica – Expansive Water Views Call Terry – 843.683.9996

11 Sailwing Club Drive - $249,000

47 Sparwheel Lane - $749,000

43 Millwright Drive - $495,500

93 Heartstone Circle - $229,500

Building Site – Direct Harbour Front Call Anuska – 843.384.6823

New Constr. – Builders Personal Home Call Lonnie – 843.338.0094

Rare Single Level Home in WH Call Muffy – 843.290.6424

Close to Old Town Bluffton – 4 Bdrms.

Call Lonnie – 843.338.0094

6 Sparwheel Lane - $544,000

70 Helmsman Way, #1401 - $120,000

34 Tucker Ridge Court - $485,000

3 Leeward Passage - $589,000

Perfect In Every Way – Lagoon View Call Lonnie – 843.338.0094

Short Sale Opportunity – Marina Front Call Lonnie – 843.338.0094

5 Bedrooms – Golf Views Call Lonnie – 843.338.0094

Elevator – 4 Bdrms./4 Baths Call Lonnie – 843.338.0094

Boatslip Ownership starting at $39,900 Financing Available For more information on all these properties please call 14 Millwright Drive - $979,000 Water Front, Pool – Master Down Call Lonnie – 843.338.0094

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SHELTER COVE

110 Main Sail – Incredible views of Shelter Cove Marina to Broad Creek! Walk to shops, restaurants, entertainment, water activities & bike to the beach. Enjoy breathtaking sunsets from your private screened-in balcony! Built in 2005, this spacious 2 BR/2.5 BA villa features an open floor plan, covered parking, storage, heated pool/spa & playground. $579,000

PALMETTO DUNES

3 Full Sweep – Beautiful lakefront home on large lot with panoramic water views! Built as custom builder’s personal residence on nearly 1/2 acre lot, featuring 4BR/4.5 BA, 3,100 s/f open floor plan, screened-in porch, pool, multiple decks and more! Just 7-min walk to beach and close to all of Palmetto Dunes amenities. $719,900

PALMETTO DUNES

7616 Huntington Villa – WATER EVERYWHERE! Oceanside 2 BR, 2 BA with views from every room of the Palmetto Dunes unique 11-mile waterway.

Just steps to the beach, pool/spa. Features large screened porch off the master suite & another deck off the guest suite. Hardwood flooring, kitchen w/ pass through to porch, large breakfast bar, fireplace, wet bar & large master suite. $459,500

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35 Bent Tree Lane – Incredible views and location…just 300 steps to Dolphin Head Beach, Port Royal Sound and Rec Center. Spacious open floor plan with 3 BR/ 2.5 BA, panoramic golf views, updated granite kitchen, stone and wood flooring, extensive crown moldings, skylights, 2 sided fireplace, huge screened in porch, beautifully landscaped and more! $549,000

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A great value on this renovated 2 bedroom villa on the South end of the Island! Palmetto Bay Villas has really under gone a complete transformation in recently years with: New siding, new roofs, all new windows, even all new decks. This villa has also been renovated: Newer kitchen and baths (less than 4 years old), newer paint and carpet since tenants occupancy. The owner price this for a quick sale, now is your opportunity to purchase a villa on Hilton Head Island, well under $100k.

TURN KEY READY! Light and bright first floor updated villa in the heart of Harbor Town.

Spacious one bedroom villa with private deck that offers potential for rental property or second home. Walk out the front door to the world class shopping and dining of Harbour Town or enjoy children’s playground, boat rentals, parasailing, tennis, and pool. HIGH END Furnishings, less than a year old. Best buy at $199,000!

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Beautiful heart of pine flooring, custom kitchen cabinets, crown molding, amazing master bathroom, updated bathrooms and best of all SPECTACULAR GOLF VIEWS! The owners have a nice rental history in place, even 2015 is already booked up!

With tennis courts, pool, bike, storage, and fitness.

Waterford Villas are truly a hidden gem in Shipyard for $239,500.

Fully furnished 2 bedroom/2.5 bath villa in the heart of Harbour Town w/beautiful lagoon views and a stunning kitchen w/custom cabinets, top of the line appliances and stone flooring. Has been updated throughout w/updated bathrooms, fixtures and more! Excellent rental history. Sea Pines Plantation is the spot w/an amazing NEW Beach Club, NEW Harbour Town Club House, NEW Sea Pines Golf Club, CSA town beach pavilion and more! Offered for $365,000.

Unbelievable VIP 1st floor fully furnished villa in Sea Pines. Gorgeous bamboo flooring, custom kitchen cabinets, newer furnishings and best of all GOLF VIEWS! This is such a clean unit and it is really a rental machine! An iron away from Harbourtown, the NEWLY renovated Club house and Harbourtown Grill, not to mention all of the spectacular amenities in Sea Pines. Racquet Club villas even have their own pool and tennis courts.

Over $21,000 in rentals in 2014. $219,000.

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This is a great opportunity to purchase a one level two bedroom Queens Grant with AMAZING Lagoon views. In very good condition with tons of natural light, this two bedroom villa has been well cared for over the years by owners and tenants a like. A great location with vaulted ceilings and best of all an enormous back deck that you can really take in the views and the Island life! $219,000

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One of the nicest views you will find in Village West!

This is a 2nd floor end unit with complete privacy to the left of the unit and drop dead gorgeous Sound views from nearly every room. Open kitchen to living room with views and a fabulous screened in porch that will be tough to bring yourself to leave the minute you see it. Very good condition on this 3 bedroom furnished villa with tenant in place for a year! Offered for $395,000.

One of the best remodels you have or will ever see! All new exterior siding gutters/downspouts, new roof, all new windows, sliders, flooring throughout, new high-end bathrooms from Design on Tap, moen fixtures, soaker tub in master, ceramic tile flooring/walls, new custom built-in bookcases and even new counter tops.

Stunning lagoon views w/easy one level living.

Offered for sale for $529,000.

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We met Rick about 7 years ago while viewing properties on Hilton Head Island, SC and knew from our first meeting he would be our realtor! His wonderful smile, and Island contacts make him unbeatable in real estate for the area. We looked at many properties and called on many more for rick to investigate prior to us making a trip to SC. We closed on our special date (our 40th anniversary) and gave Rick some Island “bragging rights” for realtors. In closing I can say now and in the future, I know I can email Rick with any question and he will reply, he will not forget you, you can count of Rick Saba.

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5 BOLEN HALL – LONG COVE CLUB – Beautiful views of the 16th hole of the Pete Dye golf course, 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, cozy family room with fireplace, sun room and private pool. NEW ROOF! $569,000

27 SPARTINA CRESCENT – Fabulous newer contemporary marsh front 4 bed/4 1/2 bath plus library, Carolina room, living room/ sitting room. Popular great room with open kitchen. Smooth 10 ft ceilings, wood floors, commumit pool and tennis. $995,000

36 RED OAK — SEA PINES — Charming 3BR/3BA home built by Johnson Delaney features a lg. Carolina room, living room, kitchen/family, sep. dining room, gas fireplace and stove. Oak, tile and brick floors. Heated pool with great decking area. Mature landscaping in a very private setting. $699,000

4 PINTAIL — Charming 3 BR English cottage only steps to the beach with screened porch, private HEATED POOL, exquisite furnishings and proven rental history. $725,000 furnished.

38 GULL POINT – Stunning remodel of custom 4 BR, 3.5 BA home plus Carolina room, screen porch, heated pool, spa & lush landscaping on high 14 ft elevation property with expansive marsh views. Community marina, tennis courts and less than a mile to the beach. $1,695,000

102 CLUB COURSE DRIVE – SEA PINES – Curb appeal, location, view, lg. size of all rooms and excellent condition makes this gracious home extra special. 3BR/3BA, approx.

3888 sq.ft. in a beautiful golf course setting. $749,900

7 SEASIDE SPARROW — A charming 3rd row beach house with 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, private heated pool, screened porch and views of Sprunt Pond. Excellent rental history and fully furnished for $1,245,000.

34 STONEY CREEK ROAD — SEA PINES — Charming Cape Cod style 3 BR/3

6 RUDDY TURNSTONE – SEA PINES – Utterly charming 4 BR, 4 BA walk to the beach! Open floor plan with updated kitchen & baths, separate family room, wood floors and private pool. $1,499,000 furnished.

SEA PINES – Charming all one level 2 plus den/2 bath home in Greenwood Forest midway between the beach and Harbour Town. Vaulted ceilings, fireplace, eat in kitchen, dining room.

Community pool, tennis, playground and park. $385,000

2634 CALIBOGUE CLUB IN SEA PINES — Fabulous three bed/three bath plus a large loft overlooking lake in Calibogue Lakeside. Screen porch, remodeled kitchen and baths, newly stained. New windows, Ipe decking, fireplace, breakfast room, many upgrades. Won’t last at $539,000

63 BAYNARD COVE – Spectacular sunsets over the marshes out to Calibogue Sound from this private estate. Own approx. 1 acre of privacy in Sea Pines; 4 bedroom home with new, top of the line kitchen, heated pool, 3 fireplaces, and 3 car garage. One of a kind! $1,999,000

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ENVIRONMENT

THE DARK KNIGHTS OF THE LOWCOUNTRY

THEY MAY BE CREEPY, BUT BATS ARE ALSO CRUCIAL TO THE HEALTH OF OUR ENVIRONMENT. WITH A DEADLY FUNGUS WIPING THEM OUT

BY THE MILLIONS, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR US?

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Much in the same way the streets of Gotham City swarm with criminals, so do the skies of the Lowcountry swarm with bloodsucking biting pests. Mosquitos, no-see-ums and their weltraising ilk are inevitable down here during the outdoor season.

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ut much like Gotham, the Lowcountry has its own silent guardian, its own watchful protector. We’re talking about bats, both the hero the Lowcountry deserves and the hero the Lowcountry needs right now.

Swooping down from the night sky on leathery wings that cut the air in silence, bats devour their prey in huge quantities (a single brown bat can take out just over 1,000 mosquitos in an hour), filling their bellies with the parasitic pests that have ruined many a barbecue hereabouts. If it weren’t for the constant presence of bats, we’d be swarmed constantly. That is to say, even more so than we are now.

Bats are that important.

Which is why you should be a little concerned that they all seem to be dying.

Meet the Real Batman When Rob Mies discusses the dramatic decline in the bat population, he does not do so lightly. He does not try to incite a panic, and he’s very clear about the limitations of sample sizes, testing methods and more. With a clinical detachment that belies his lifelong passion for the winged mammals, he explains simply that last time he checked the Lowcountry, he couldn’t find many brown bats.

“When we went out and captured, one of the most common captured was a Seminole bat. … What we didn’t catch many of was Myotis bats. Those are the little brown bats, sometimes called the Southeastern bat.

We caught almost no Myotis bats,” he said, describing a recent series of nettings held around the Lowcountry during the Southeast Bat Diversity Network’s “Bat Blitz.”

“We net one area one night and if we have a low capture rate, we don’t assume there are no bats around. Unfortunately, if we compare to historical data, even within our own time, 10 to 20 years ago, we do have lower populations of some bats,” he said.

Mies is an authority on bats, so his words carry some weight. The founder and executive director of the Organization for Bat Conservation, Mies tours the country educating people on the importance of bats for the local ecosystem. And lest you think it’s all numbers and data and sampling methodologies with him, we would direct you to check out some of his hilarious Conan O’Brien appearances on YouTube.

Mies lives in Michigan, but made an appearance at the Coastal Discovery

Museum while he was in town for the “Bat Blitz,” which was held at Palmetto Bluff. It was during this time that he and around 100 of his fellow Batmen and Batwomen trekked around the Lowcountry, throwing up giant nets in hopes of assessing our bat population. (These nets weren’t deployed from a utility belt, but scientifically speaking, Mies agrees that would have been awesome).

And, as mentioned, the prognosis on Myotis bats was dire.

What’s worse, there doesn’t seem to be much we can do. The usual suspects — clearing of natural habitat to make room for condos, golf courses, and shopping centers; increased use of pesticides — certainly aren’t helping the cause. But they’re not the real problem.

Hilton Head, it’s time we talked about your little white-nose problem.

As bat populations plummet, mosquito and no-see-um populations explode, freed from the interventions of their only natural predator.

White Nose Syndrome To speak clinically, Pseudogymnoascus destructans is an invasive fungus introduced at some point from Europe. The fungus was

first detected in 2006 in Schoharie County, New York, and quickly spread throughout the Northeast among the bat population. In the Northeast alone, bat populations have dropped 80 percent, a loss of millions of bats, since the first case of what bat experts call white-nose syndrome was confirmed.

And now it’s coming here.

“It grows on bats during the winter when they’re hibernating,” Mies said. “It changes their metabolism, and wakes them up too many times. The result is they starve before winter is over. Some species are affected more, some are affected just a little, and some not at all. Some have been put on the endangered species list.”

And while we may not have the winters down here they have up north, our bats do still hibernate. And they are still affected by white-nose syndrome. And it is taking a vicious toll on their numbers.

“We would have caught a lot (of brown bats) 10 years ago. Because of White Nose Syndrome, we’re not surprised we didn’t catch many,” said Mies. “This fungus is causing some pretty big problems.”

On a purely superficial level, those pretty big problems will most immediately be felt by anyone who ventures outside with exposed skin. As bat populations plummet, mosquito and no-see-um populations explode, freed from the interventions of their only natural predator. It’s what happens after that we should be scared of.

“What are we going to do? We’re just going to spray a lot more pesticides. That’s not good for us or the environment,” Mies said.

Pulling the focus back to the national level reveals an even scarier picture. “If we have to pay somebody to kill insects when bats do it for free, that’s going to bring the cost of food up. For families who struggle, it’s going to be even harder. It really will affect our overall health,” Mies said.

There is hope, though. Research continues on options for treating white-nose syndrome, and in the meantime you can do your part by creating a “batcave” of your own. A bat house is relatively easy to build and install in the backyard, and in doing so you not only give a bat a safe place to live, you get a backyard where mosquitos fear to fly.

“Bat houses are one of the best things you can put up,” Mies said.

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OCT. 10: 31ST KIWANIS CHILI COOK-OFF ... OCT. 1: RBC HERITAGE CHA FEATURED EVENT

OCT. 10

31st Kiwanis Chili Cook-Off: 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 10, Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn. This year’s event will focus on local chili cooks in the professional and amateur categories with separate awards for each. The popular Chilly Willy Band will be providing entertainment and there will be an area with free children’s games and activities, including a water-slide, so parents can fully enjoy the festivities. Advance tickets available for $12 at several Island locations including the Coastal Discovery Museum, Burke’s Pharmacy, Reilley’s South, Honey Baked Ham (Bluffton), Bluffton Pharmacy, User Friendly and any Kiwanis member. Tickets on the day of the event will be $15. Each ticket entitles the holder to as many samples of chili as they want. Beer, wine, soda, hotdogs and ice cream will be available for purchase and parking is free. Proceeds benefit the Coastal Discovery Museum, Operation R&R, Marine Corps Scholarship Fund, Week of Champions, The Sandbox, Boy Scouts, Friends of the Library and other local youth program. Contact Jim Gant jim@gantfamily.com or Jerry Glass glassmw33@aol.com. For more details, go to www.hiltonheadkiwanis.com

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ART OCT. 1

RBC Heritage champion portrait unveiling: 5:30-7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 1, Art League of Hilton Head Gallery, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina. The portrait of the 47th RBC Heritage Champion, Jim Furyk, will be unveiled to the sports and history enthusiasts of South Carolina. The signature artwork was painted by celebrity artist West Fraser, and will be featured at the Art League of Hilton Head Gallery. The event is free and open to the public.

OCT. 1-31

Texture: Oct. 1-31, Muse Gallery, Hilton Head Island. All new work by gallery artists Bonnie Teitelbaum, Chad Awalt, Mel Rea and Signe Stuart.

The reception will be from 5-7 p.m. on Oct. 10. 843-715-4330, amusegallery. com/hilton-head

OCT. 1-DEC. 31

The Public Art Exhibition on Hilton Head Island: Oct. 1-Dec. 31, Coastal Discovery Museum. The exhibition showcases 20 large-scale outdoor sculptures by local and national artists.

In addition, there will be many educational and community events scheduled during the three-month period, such as a curator-guided tour of the sculptures and educational opportunities. 843-681-9100, jheyduck@cf-lowcountry.org

THROUGH OCT. 3

“Got Art?”: A free public preview will be held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept.

29-Oct. 2 at the Art League of Hilton Head Gallery. More than 100 artworks will be on display. “Got Art?” is the Art League of Hilton Head’s annual fundraising benefit and promises to make collectors out of art enthusiasts.

843-681-5060, artleaguehhi.org

OCT. 5-31

Color Me Abstract: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Oct. 5-31, SOBA Gallery, Bluffton.

Acrylic paintings by Vickie Jourdan. An opening reception with refreshments will be from 3-5 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 11 at the SOBA Gallery. 843-757-6586.

OCT. 10

Hilton Head Art Auction: 2 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 10, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina. Live art auction hosted by Morris & Whiteside Auctions.

Featuring more than 80 works by local, regional, national and international artists. For reservations and a free full color illustrated catalogue, call 843-842-4433 or visit hiltonheadartauction.com.

OCT. 13-NOV. 7

“Making Smiles: The Gentle Surrealism of J.K. Crum” Art Exhibit: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday-

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TAGE CHAMPION PORTRAIT UNVEILING ... OC Saturday and 90-minutes before Arts Center performances, runs Oct. 13-Nov. 7, Art League of Hilton Head Gallery, inside Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, 14 Shelter Cove Lane. Opening Reception: 5-7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 15. Enjoy refreshments and meet local artist J.K. Crum.

ATHLETIC EVENTS OCT. 11

Buffalo Run: Explore the wild backwoods of Palmetto Bluff with a 10k, 30k, or 50k trail run that traverses 20,000 acres of virtually untouched land in the Lowcountry. The gate opens at 5:30 a.m.

50K race begins at 6:30 a.m., 30K race begins at 8:30 a.m., and the 10K race begins at 10 a.m. Relay races are also available for each race.

OCT. 17

2015 Hargray Hilton Head Island Bridge Run: The 24th Annual Hargray Hilton Head Island Bridge Run 10K and 5K will be held Saturday October 17th, at 8 a.m. The events will start and finish at Crossings Park and take participants over the Broad Creek Bridge and on the Cross Island Bridge. More than 500 participants are expected to compete in the event. All participants will receive a colorful Hargray Hilton Head Island Bridge Run T-shirt. bearfootsports.com, 843-757-8520

OCT. 19

Mortgage Network’s Tee Off Fore the Arts: Monday, Oct. 19, Wexford’s Arnold Palmer Course. This will be a perfect day on the links in support of Arts Center programming! In addition, participants will enjoy a fabulous silent auction, a terrific Awards Reception and, of course, wonderful camaraderie. For information on how to get involved, contact Lynda Halpern at 843-686-3945, ext. 304.

Register to be a hole sponsor, player, or to donate to this annual fundraising event.

BUSINESS ONGOING

Bluffton Business Awards: During October and November, the Greater Bluffton Chamber of Commerce will invite Chamber members and the general public to submit nominations for the first annual Bluffton Business Awards in which “Golden Oyster” Awards will be presented at the Bluffton Ball on January 8, 2016. psuron@live.com, 267-236-3842

EDUCATIONAL OCT. 3, 6, 8

New Poll Manager Training: 10 a.m.

– 2:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 3, Voter Registration & Elections Office, 15 John Galt Rd., Beaufort; 1-5:30 p.m., Tuesday,

OCT. 9-10

Fall Artist Shows at Endangered Arts Gallery: 6-9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 9-10, Endangered Arts Gallery. Meet Disney animation veteran Phillip Anthony, wavy art creator Steve Barton, and still life master Rino Gonzalez. All attending artists will be discussing their works, unveiling new pieces and painting live. Show specials are currently available for collectors who would like to reserve pieces in advance to be sketched/dedicated by the artists. 843-785-5075 October 2015 145

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BY EMILY CAMPBELL nic, as well as best hat.

Some choose to go the extreme when setting up their tailgate spots, including tents adorned with chandeliers, rugs and flower arrangements, in addition to delectable appetizers served on china and cocktails in crystal. Others stick to the basics — folding chairs, good food and cold beverages. Whichever route you choose, come prepared to enjoy an unforgettable day.

In addition to the polo and picnics, guests will have an opportunity to browse and bid on silent auction items throughout the day featuring many desirable “packages” of entertainment, vacations and dining.

At this year’s event, the real winner is the local charities that will benefit from the event proceeds — Family Promise and Moss Creek Marines.

There are patron sites and general admission tickets available. Tickets are $20 at the gate on the day of the match or $15 in advance. Children younger than 12 are admitted free. For information, contact rotarypolo@hotmail. com or call 843-298-3055 or 843706-3760.

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hat do you get when you combine the very American art of tailgating with the very proper, British-based sport of polo, with a healthy portion of “Bluffton charm” thrown in? The highly anticipated premier social event of the fall in the Lowcountry: the 22nd Polo for Charity.

The entire family is invited to this day of tailgating, fun, fashion and, at the centerpiece of it all, the “sport of kings.” The Polo for Charity event, organized by the Rotary Club of Okatie, will be held Sunday, Oct. 11, at the historic Rose Hill Plantation in Bluffton.

Gates open at noon, and the match begins at 2 p.m.

“Once you come to polo, you always want to come back,” says Bill Beltz, Rotary Club of Okatie president. “It is the place to meet friends, business associates and make new friends while watching the polo ponies run the field.”

The event features friendly competition both on the polo field and among the spectators. While enjoying an exciting match between the polo players, the crowd participates in various competitions of its own.

Tailgaters are encouraged to get creative with both their decorations in their tents and their attire.

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OCT. 14

Lowcountry Alligators: The Coastal Discovery Museum will host Tom Murphy, a retired biologist with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, for a presentation on October 14 at 3 p.m. Murphy, who was in charge of endangered species during his long career, will share his knowledge of the natural history of alligators in the Lowcountry. The cost of the program is $7 per person (for an adult audience 12 and older) and reservations are required by calling 843-689-6767 ext 223 or online at www.coastaldiscovery.org.

Oct. 6, Bluffton Library, 120 Palmetto Way, Bluffton; 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 8, Hilton Head Library, 11 Beach City Rd., Hilton Head. All persons interested in working the polls for the first time may enroll in one of these sessions. To register, call 843-255-6900 or 843-255-6902 or e-mail voter@bcgov. net

OCT. 10

Bluffton Heritage Discovery Tour: A self-paced tour of people, places and events contributing to the character and charm of Bluffton. Sponsored by Celebrate Bluffton, Inc., the discovery tour is the featured, kick-off event of the Bluffton Arts & Seafood Festival. $30.

843-706-0694, celebratebluffton.com

OCT. 12

Hidden in Plain Site: Finding and Interpreting Reconstruction Era Historic Sites: 3 p.m., Monday, Oct. 12, Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn.

Communities across the nation have been honoring the 150th anniversary of various Civil War events over the past several years. As we reach the closing of these commemorations and activities more and more historians, civic leaders, educators, and the National Park Service are turning their attention to the Reconstruction Era and the interpretation of it at museums, cultural institutions, and historic sites. 843-689-6767, ext. 223

OCT. 12

Bluffton Police Department Citizens Police Academy: 6:30-8:30 p.m. beginning Monday, Oct. 12. The academy will run for 10 weeks at the Bluffton Police Department, 101 Progressive Street. The academy allows citizens to express their concerns, ask meaningful questions and gain a better understanding of some of the decisions made by public safety professionals. Participants must be at least 18 years old, have valid driver’s licenses and submit to background checks. Deadline to apply is 5 p.m.

Sept. 28. For more information, call Sgt. Danyov, 843-706-4516, or Lt. Gonzales, 843-706-4544

OCT. 21

Lowcountry Dolphins: The Coastal Discovery Museum will host Lowcountry Dolphins on October 21 at 3 p.m. with Pete Schramm. This talk will give the audience new insights into this fascination creature. The cost is $7 per person (for adult audience of 12 and older) and advance reservations are required by calling 843-689-6767 ext. 223.

OCT. 28

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the northern parts of North America to the wintering grounds on Mexico and California. The program is $7 per person, for an adult audience, 12 and older, and advance reservations may be made by calling 843-689-6767, ext. 223.

FESTIVALS OCT. 3

Hilton Head Burgers & Brews Festival: 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 3, Shelter Cove Community Park. At this fun-filled festival, local restaurants will be cooking their best slider burgers to compete for your vote; meanwhile in the beer garden sponsored by Ocean Woods you have a chance to taste 20 different brews. The sliders can be beef, chicken, pork or seafood so there is something for everyone. The Kid Zone will have plenty of moon bounces and games for your child’s entertainment at a minimal fee. For college football fans, a viewing area with a big screen television will be at the event. $6. islandreccenter.org, 843-681-7273

OCT. 10-11

Glow-in-the-Dark Weekend: This October, pack up the family and head to Sea Island Resort in Georgia for Glowin-the-Dark Weekend. Guests will see Sea Island in a whole different light as they experience a weekend of glow-inthe-dark activities, from glowing manis & pedis and blacklight volleyball to a sensory dinner in the dark.

OCT. 10-18

Historic Bluffton Arts & Seafood Festival: Oct. 10-18, Old Town Bluffton.

The festival is a week long event offering a myriad of activities, showcasing the locally harvested seafood, delicious Low Country cuisine, rich history, culture and art of the area and Southern hospitality

found only in Bluffton. The highlight of the festival is the Streetfest (Oct. 17-18), which includes a juried fine art show featuring over 100 artists from 10 different states displaying and selling their art, delicious food provided by the area’s premier restaurants and caterers and great music. 843-815-6278, blufftonartsandseafoodfestival.com

OCT. 18

New River Auto Mall Latin Music Festival: Noon-9 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 18, Shelter Cove Community Park. This year’s festival will feature the 4th annual Miss La Isla competition. The event will feature live musical performances by bands from all over the region. For more information contact Eric Esquivel 843-384-3742, Jonathan Rivera 843384-0744, Yolanda Dejohn or Andrea Segales at 843-681-2393 or email officeadmin@laislamagazine.com.

FUNDRAISERS OCT. 4

CODA/My Sister’s Keeper annual fundraising and awareness event: 5-8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, at the May River home of Peggy Parker, located at 107 Myrtle Island Road in Bluffton. www. codalowcountry.org, coda.lowcountrylove@gmail.com

OCT. 4

Hilton Head Island Fire/Rescue Fire Prevention Pancake Breakfast: 9 a.m.12:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, Hilton Head Fire Rescue Station 4, Squire Pope Road.

Fire Prevention Week is Oct. 4-10. 843682-5141

OCT. 6

3rd annual Open Barn Door Benefit: 7-9 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 6, Lawton Stables. Tour the beautiful boarding

OCT. 23-24

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Heritage Library wants to restore mausoleum

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efore there was a single golf course on Hilton Head Island, there was the Baynard Mausoleum. In fact, it was already well-established before the first brick was laid at the rustic cabins of Honey Horn or the historic churches of the north end were built by the Gullah.

Its contemporaries have all crumbled to tabby walled-ruins tucked away at locations like Cotton Hope or The Stoney Baynard Ruins, yet the mausoleum has endured.

Located on the corner of William Hilton Parkway and Mathews Road, the mausoleum is part of the Zion Chapel of Ease Cemetery. The mausoleum serves as a silent reminder to all who pass by that the island’s history extends far beyond the

founding of sprawling resorts and homes. It hints at an enticing, engaging history that begs further exploration.

In fact, it doesn’t just hint at history. It is history.

The Heritage Library wants to give the island’s fascinating antebellum heritage its due, and is launching a capital campaign in October to raise money to restore the mausoleum and create an outdoor learning center where programs for visitors of all ages can be held.

The Heritage Library hopes

to raise $440,000. Half will go to create an outdoor learning center with pathways and benches, new fences and educational markers outlining the importance of both the site and the area’s Revolutionary War-era history.

The other half of the money will be used to restore the Baynard Mausoleum, ensuring that this enduring piece of island history remains for future generations.

The Zion Chapel of Ease was built in 1788 under the direction of Capt. John Stoney and Isaac Fripp. The Colonial Assembly of South Carolina had created St. Luke’s Parish in 1767, but the Revolutionary War delayed construction on the church. This was the first formal church on Hilton Head, a wooden structure on a brick foundation. It served as the

planters’ church and was located at the center of island activities near a muster house and a Masonic lodge.

The church is no longer standing, but its cemetery contains the graves and memorials of four Revolutionary War patriots: Captain John Stoney, Charles Davant, James Davant and Isaac Baldwin.

In 1846, William Eddings Baynard built his mausoleum, which today is the oldest structure on Hilton Head Island.

A fund has been created at the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry for the restoration. Donations may be mailed to the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, P.O. Box 23019, Hilton Head Island, SC 29925.

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barn and visit the horses while you mix and mingle, all in support of the Wish Upon a Horse Therapeutic Riding Center. Tickets are $40 per person. 843-6712586,, info@wishuponahorsehhi.org

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as well as their attire. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Okatie with event proceeds benefit local charities.

Tickets are $20 at the gate on the day of the match or $15 per person in advance. Children under 12 are admitted free. For information contact rotarypolo@ hotmail.com.

Food drive: Plantation Storage is hosting a Canned Food / Boxed Food Drive to assist Bluffton Self Help to combat hunger in Bluffton. Drop off nonperishable food items at the Plantation Storage rental office, Monday – Saturday, 9am-6pm, from Friday September 25th through Saturday October 10th 2015. Plantation Storage is located at 1110 Fording Island Road (Hwy 278) between the traffic lights for Target and Burnt Church Road. Please note that our office is closed on Sunday. For questions or more information, please contact us at 843-815-8000.

Follow the donation progress on Facebook at facebook.com/PlantationStorageBluffton.

OCT. 18

OCT. 11

Bras for a Cure: 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 24, Powerhouse Gym. A Bras for a Cure Festival featuring fun, food and fitness. 843-706-9700, powerhousegymhhisc.com

22nd Polo for Charity: 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 11.

Enjoy a Lowcountry afternoon of polo, tailgating, divot stomping and plenty of fun for the whole family at the 22nd Polo for Charity event on Sunday, October 11 at the Rose Hill Equestrian Center, Bluffton. The gates open at noon and the match starts at 2 p.m. Known as Bluffton’s largest picnic, attendees are encouraged to get creative with their menu

The Sandbox Open House: 2-4 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 18, The Sandbox. The community is welcome to explore the many exhibits, art center rooms, and hands-on discovery activities designed for toddlers to eight-year-olds. In addition to full access to the exhibits and full access to The Sandbox, guests of all ages will enjoy face painting, healthy snacks, a bouncy house and take-home crafts. 843-842-7645, crinehart@thesandbox.org

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Hilton Head Plantation Craft Group Workshop: 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 24, St. Francis By the Sea Catholic Church. Fall sale for the benefit of Hospice Care of the Lowcountry. The group has donated

$203,000 to Hospice Care of the Lowcountry. Not bad for about 30 women a year each doing her own thing. The Hilton Head Plantation Craft Group was formed by Hilton Head Plantation women more than 30 years ago. Initially, they were one of the Hilton Head Island craft groups that participated in an annual sale for the benefit of the Hilton Head Hospital. When the Hospital became a for-profit company, the group subsequently donated its profits to a few different charities until 1996 when they voted to support Hospice Care of the Lowcountry, a not-for-profit organization. Among the hundreds of unique hand made gifts, at reasonable prices, will be jewelry, babies and children’s toys, sweaters and rugs, Christmas tablecloths, napkins, wreaths and other ornaments, all kinds of scarves, and a delicious bake sale, that sells out each year.

HEALTH OCT. 1

Breast changes at Menopause: Presented by Shelly Ringer, M.D., board certified and fellowship trained Breast surgeon. Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 5 p.m. located at the Sun City Lake House. As women, we all need to be concerned with breast health, but as we age and especially after menopause, breast health becomes an even greater con-

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Lean Ensemble presents ‘The Glass Menagerie’

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BY CAROLYN MALES

t Louis, 1938. Amanda Wingfield has a problem. Abandoned by her husband, short on money and with a shy, handicapped daughter and a poet son who works in a shoe factory, she’s reduced to selling magazine subscriptions to make ends meet. But she has dreams rooted in memories of her Southern youth, when she dazzled the boys with her charm. If only her son, Tom, would find the perfect gentleman caller to sweep the timid Laura off her feet, they’d escape their dreary plight and resume their rightful place in the world.

“The Glass Menagerie,” an American classic by Tennessee Williams, opens Lean Ensemble Theater’s “Season of Memories.”

The play, directed by the theater’s artistic director, Blake White, features ensemble members Nora Leahy, Matt Mundy and Jenny Zmarzly, as well as Torsten Johnson, who will be making his Lowcountry stage debut. Filled with unforgettable monologues and charac-

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ters, “The Glass Menagerie” is regarded as Williams’ fictionalized version of his own life with all its imperfect recollections, confusion, anger, and yearnings as told through the voice of Tom, the play’s narrator.

Tom, an intellectual who reads D.H. Lawrence and longs for a life beyond the confines of his family’s shabby apartment, calls his tale “a memory play.” He says, “Being a memory play, it is dimly lighted, it is sentimental, it is not realistic. In memory, every-

thing seems to happen to music.” And it is the theme of memory, and the stories we tell ourselves and how they shape our identities, that infuses Lean Ensemble’s new season.

Lean Ensemble’s “Season of Memories” includes the 2001 Pulitzer Prize finalist “The Waverly Gallery,” Kenneth Lonergan’s heartrending yet comic story of a family coming to terms with their grandmother’s Alzheimer’s disease, in January and Christopher Durang’s brilliant Tony and Drama Desk award-winning comedy “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” in May. The Lean Ensemble will present only four performances of “The Glass Menagerie,” with audience talkbacks with members of the ensemble following each show. Shows will be held at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22-24, with a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. Oct. 25, at Main Street Theatre, 3000 Main Street, Hilton Head Island.

Tickets are $40 for evening performances; $35 for the matinee. To purchase tickets, call 843-715-6676. For more information, visit www.leanensemble.org. M

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cern. Dr. Ringer will explain normal breast changes that may occur at menopause and discuss changes that might be of more concern. Free. 877-582-2737

OCT. 8

Free balance screenings: 2-4 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 8, Bluffton Medical Campus. Hilton Head Hospital is offering free balance screenings and fall risk assessments for those over 55-years-old of age or any adult who has a fear of falling. As we age, our risk of falling and being injured increase. Slow reaction times, medical conditions and medications can affect a person’s sense of balance. To schedule an appointment, call 877-582-2737.

Registration is required, walk-ins will not be permitted.

OCT. 8

Mind, Body and Soul Wellness Workshop: 5-8 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 8, Berkeley Room at Berkeley Hall.

Presenters for the evening are Pamela Blackshire, Catherine Shanahan, Rosemary Clark and Dr. Joseph Hickey. The four professionals will break down the divorce process and discuss how to overcome the negative effects it can have on your life and your future. Tickets are $35 and include petit fours and refreshments. rosemaryclarklpc.com, 215-486-8347

OCT. 8

Sleep and Menopause: Sleepless in Menopause City: Presented by Randall B. Evans, M.D., Pulmonologist.

Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 5 p.m. located at the Sun City Lake House. Sleep problems are common among women of all ages, but they increase during menopause.

Sleep is an important factor in our health, cognitive function; and it greatly impacts women’s mood and overall sense of well-being. Dr. Evans will discuss the importance of sleep to our health and how the symptoms of menopause may be causing difficulty of sleep, and what women can do about sleep problems and sleep disorders. Free. 877-582-2737

OCT. 14

Le Spa’s Night of Beauty Secrets: 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 14, Le Spa. Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Demonstrations begin at 6 p.m.

See salon and spa artists work their magic and meet medical director Dr. Reid. Reservations required; space is limited. 843-363-6000, lespahiltonhead.com

OCT. 14, 21

RBC Heritage volunteer meetings: Volunteers are needed for the 2016 RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing Golf Tournament taking place April 11-17 over the Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island. Two informational recruiting meetings will be held in Bluffton for anyone interested in becoming a volunteer. The first is on Wednesday, Oct. 14 and is open to Sun City residents.

It will be held in Pinckney Hall’s May River Room from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The second session is open to everyone and will be held at Palmetto Electric, 1 Cooperative Way in Hardeeville on Wednesday, October 21 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. 843-671-2448 152 hiltonheadmonthly.com

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Arts Center presents

‘INHERIT THE WIND’

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hat do we believe, and how far will we go to defend those beliefs? That’s one of the pivotal questions posed in the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina’s 20th anniversary season opener, “Inherit the Wind,” onstage Oct. 6-25.

The play centers around two titans of the courtroom who, before they were legal adversaries, were childhood friends.

This moving, riveting drama also takes a look at the way different journeys in life can lead to vastly divergent paths and, ultimately, philosophies.

Directing “Inherit the Wind” is New York-based Russell Treyz, who has more than 20 shows at the arts center to his credit and dozens more at top theaters across the country.

“Though I’ve directed the show three times, I’m most looking forward to this production,” Treyz said. “We’ve assembled a cast of all-stars for this show. In fact, the actor in last year’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ who brilliantly portrayed Atticus, Kurt Rhoads, is back as Henry Drummond. His rival, Matthew Brady, is played by Warren Kelley, one of our returning favorites at the arts center, and both men are from New York, as is most of the cast.”

“Audiences who have seen Warren in previous comedies such as ‘Lend me a Tenor’ and ‘Boeing, Boeing’ will find it interesting to see him in a whole different light.

And ‘Inherit the Wind’ is a wonderful season opener for the arts center’s 20th anniversary season.”

There are so many elements to relish in “Inherit the Wind,” not the least of which is the underlying exploration of freedom

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of thought. Visually, the show captures metaphors inherent in the play. Eloise Petro, costume designer for the show, pointed out that the colors of the costumes begin in earth tones of tan and taupe for the townspeople, and as the city dwellers enter the scene, they bring in darker colors like navy and black. Color is woven throughout, shifting as the story progresses, and it spotlights both differences and similarities, highlighted in fascinating ways that the audience may only subtly recognize while the intense, engrossing dialogue progresses.

The set, designed by director of production Brian Riley, is “a cinematic panorama of small town, Southern life.” Lighting design is

by Terry Cermak, who uses light as a metaphor to illuminate ideas and beliefs.

This timeless story brings “literature to the stage,” according to The New York Times, and is endlessly entertaining in the process: a must-see for ages middleschool and up.

Tickets for preview performances Oct. 6-8 are $36 for adults and $25 for children ages 4-15; tickets for performances Oct. 9-25 are $46 for adults and $33 for children. For tickets, call 843-8422787 or go to artshhi.com. M October 2015 153

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CHANTICLEER

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BY EMILY CAMPBELL

he Hilton Head Choral Society will continue its 40-year tradition of sharing the “Joy of Song” by presenting the GrammyAward winning vocal ensemble, Chanticleer. As part of the group’s HHCS Presents series, the concert will take place at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23 at Holy Family Catholic Church, 24 Pope Ave., Hilton Head Island.

One of Billboard magazine’s Top 10 best-selling classical artists, Chanticleer is celebrated for their purity of tone and unique arrangements, appealing to a wide array of audiences. The 12-man ensemble of seamless voices performs music from a broad genre of vocal favorites in a style unparalleled by contemporary musicians. Chanticleer’s repertoire spans ten centuries from Gregorian chant, Renaissance polyphony and romantic art song to contemporary music, jazz, spirituals and pop.

“As a special part of our 40th anniversary celebration, it is a privilege for the HHCS members to bring to the Island this extraordinary display of choral expertise,” says HHCS Artistic Director Tim Reynolds. “Continuing our HHCS Presents series, we feel honored that Chanticleer would make Hilton Head a stop on their world tour.”

Concertgoers are sure to be impressed by this group often referred to as an “orchestra of voices.” Chanticleer will be performing their program entitled “Over the Moon.” Newly written for Chanticleer by internationally acclaimed composer Nico Muhly, this lunar trip will include music

ranging from greats like Gustav Mahler, Mason Bates and Francis Poulenc to popular composers such as Elbow, Bart Howard, and Henry Mancini in specially commissioned arrangements.

Established in 2006, the HHCS Presents series brings a varied assortment of artists and styles of choral music to the Lowcountry, highlighting choral singing at its finest. In the past, the HHCS has welcomed the Vienna Choir Boys, the American Boy Choir, the King’s Singers, Swingle Singers, Voces8 (UK) and Cantus (USA).

This is the second time the HHCS has presented Chanticleer in concert on Hilton Head Island.

Named after the clear-singing rooster in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, Chanticleer has made more than 40 albums. Founded in 1978, the ensemble performs around 100 concerts per year in major concert halls around the world in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, as well as its home base of San Francisco.

All 12 singers in the group are full-time and hail from nine states across America.

Concert tickets for Chanticleer are $30 or $35 and are available online. All seating is reserved.

Tickets may also be purchased at the door the night of the concert, if available. For more details, call 843-341-3818 or visit www.hiltonheadchoralsociety.org. M

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OCT. 15

What Does It Really Mean to Eat Healthy with Dietitian Holly Mlodzinski: 3-5 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 15, Bluffton Medical Campus.

Local MDVIP Physicians Dr. Robert Trotter & Dr. Patricia North present Holly Mlodzinski, MS, RD, LD, Health Promotions Coordinator at Hilton Head Hospital, as she discusses valuable information on food labels, plant-based diets, and healthy grocery shopping options. Learning how to read and understand food labels can help one make more informed, healthier choices.

Free. 877-866-1411

OCT. 15

Menopause and Hormone Therapy: Presented by Lynn Norton, M.D., OBGYN. Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 5:00 PM located at the Sun City Lake House. One of the most pressing questions on the minds of women going through menopause is “should I or shouldn’t I take hormone therapy?”

Hormone therapy is not a one-size-fits all. Free. 877-582-2737

OCT. 22

Bladder and Urinary Concerns at Menopause: Thursday, October 22, 2015. 12:00 PM located at Hilton Head Hospital, 25 Medical Center Blvd. presented by Manuel Perez, M.D., Urologist 5:00 PM located at the Sun City Lake House presented Eric Gwynn, M.D., Urologist.

MEETINGS OCT. 5

Chamber Coffee with Senator Lindsey Graham: 8:30 a.m., Monday, Oct. 5, Port Royal Golf Club. Learn more about what’s happening in the Lowcountry and across the country from Senator Graham. His ability to explain foreign policy issues will help you gain a better understanding on what’s happening in Washington, D.C. and around the world. There is no cost to attend. Register at HiltonHeadBlufftonChamber.org.

OCT. 15

Palmetto Quilt Guild: 1 p.m., Oct. 15, Hilton Head Beach & Tennis Resort. The speaker will be Karen Kay Buckley, an award winning prolific quilter. She will

talk to the group about ‘To Border or not to Border, That is the Question.’ Guests are welcome for a $5 visitor fee. Go early and socialize. For more information, visit www.palmettoquiltguild.org.

Also, the entire club is preparing for the 2016 Quilt Festival to be held on March 11-13, 2016. Save the date.

OCT. 21

Lowcountry Christian Women’s Connection October Luncheon: 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 21, Hampton Hall Clubhouse. The feature will be a Vendor Fair, which will start at 10:30, with 10 vendors displaying and selling a diverse range of merchandise. The guest speaker will be Pam Morin, from Aiken. Cost for the lunch is $25, with prepaid reservations due by Oct. 14, 2015. 843-290-5925

OCT. 24

The Role of Women in Intelligence Operations: The American Association of University Women invites the public to attend a presentation by former CIA-agent Connie Huff, on ‘The Role of Women in Intelligence Operations.’

The program is free and will be held on Saturday, October 24 at 10 a.m. at the Seabrook at 300 Woodhaven Drive, Hilton Head. For more information, call 843-342-4834.

OCT. 29

State of the Region: 11:15 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 29, Hilton Head Marriott Resort & Spa. Keynote speaker Brig.

Gen. Terry V. Williams will speak to the importance and the key role that Parris Island plays in the South Carolina economy as well as address important national concerns. $38 for chamber members and $48 for future members.

HiltonHeadBlufftonChamber.org.

OCT. 29

An Issue of Faith?: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Oct. 29, St. Andrew By-The-Sea United Methodist Church, Hilton Head. A free public lunch-and-learn session to consider factors contributing to and concerns about climate change. Dave DesJardins, retired research scientist, will be the presenter and moderator of panel discussions. Along with current scientific studies and findings, social justice issues and faith connections will be integrated into discussions. 843785-4711.

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Lowcountry Golf Hall of Fame: Nominations are now being accepted for the second annual class to the Lowcountry Golf Hall of Fame. Anyone can nominate. However, it takes more than a quick note reading, “My buddy Bill should be in the Hall of Fame.”

Even if Bill is well-known and probably deserving, the Selection Committee requires documentation. Any questions or should be directed to Bob Collar at 843-816-0898 or clubcollar@aol.com.

MARKETS TUESDAYS

Farmers Market at Sea Pines Center: 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Tuesdays through Dec. 29. Lots of delicacies for your holiday dining including fresh local produce, pecans, freshly baked bread and hot crossed buns. Set your table with hand made linens, wooden bowls and hand thrown pottery. Satisfy your sweet tooth with cookies and cakes.

THURSDAYS

Farmers Market Bluffton: 2-7 p.m., Thursdays, Carson Cottages, Old Town Bluffton. Fresh, local produce (organic & traditional), plants, nuts, herbs, flowers, honey, cheese, milk, eggs, beef, pork, lamb, seafood and much, much more. farmersmarketbluffton.org

MEETINGS OCT. 8

Helping Parents Heal meeting: 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 8, Sequins Ballroom, 1300 Fording Island Road, Bluffton. Allowing for an open discussion of spiritual experiences and the Afterlife in a non-dogmatic way. www. helpingparentsheal.info

OCT. 9

Liberal Men of the Lowcountry & Liberal Ladies of the Lowcountry: Friday, October 9, noon for lunch ($20) at Indigo Hall, 101 Berwick Drive, Indigo Run. Speaker will be Stephen

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OCT. 15

Infant Loss Candlelight Vigil: 7-8:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 15, Hilton Head Hospital. A candlelight vigil to honor families who have suffered an infant loss.

National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is observed annually in the United States on October 15th. It is a day of remembrance for pregnancy loss and infant death which includes, but is not limited to, miscarriage, still birth, SIDS or the death of a newborn. Each year this day is observed with remembrance ceremonies and candle lighting vigils.

Riley, Hilton Head Town Manager, presenting information regarding current and future projects and directions for the island. Space is limited. To attend contact Richard Hammes, 847-9218188

is accepting of children with special needs, and a place where the child, their family, and their friends can enjoy time together. The cost is $10 per person and includes a ticket voucher, drink, and snacks. 843-815-6999

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Camera Club of Hilton Head Island: 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 27, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Listen to guest speaker and fine art photographer Marg Agin. Newcomers and guests welcome. www.cchhi.net

MOVIES OCT. 10

Hotel Transylvania 2: 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 10, Bluffton Cinemark.

Lowcountry Therapy Center, a private outpatient facility that works with children with various diagnoses from birth to 18 years of age, has collaborated with the Bluffton Cinemark movie theater to create a sensory-friendly movie screening of Hotel Transylvania 2. A sensory-friendly movie screening entails lights that are dimmed, sound that is turned down, and the freedom for children to move around the theater.

This event is ideal for children that have hypersensitivities to the dark, loud sounds, and/or have difficulty sitting still. It provides an environment that

PlantPure Nation: 6 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 27, Park Plaza Cinema. Meet and greet Dr. T. Colin Campbell, Author of “The China Study� and director of the film, Nelson Campbell. Free food samples by local restaurant vendors.

843-715-0479.

ON STAGE OCT. 2-11

The Adams Family: Oct. 2-11, Main Street Youth Theatre. A new musical. $25 adults, $20 seniors, $15 students.

Gala fundraiser on opening night (Oct. 2). 843-689-6246, msyt.org

OPEN HOUSE OCT. 16

Heritage Dental Spa and Salon ribbon cutting: 2-5 p.m., Friday, Oct. 16, Heritage Dental Spa and Salon.

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hair color bar to haircuts and blow-outs to massages, manicures / pedicures and signature facials. The event is free and open to the public. The first 100 people will receive a special gift. There will be door prizes, light hors d’oeuvres, beverages and more. heritagedentalspa.com, 843-837-4444

OCT. 30

Experience Hilton Head Christian Academy: 5:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 30, Hilton Head Christian Academy Performing Arts Center. Featuring a program showcase, middle school drama, varsity cheerleaders, the Tiny Eagles, live music, a bouncy house, face painting and more. There will also be a drawing for one month of free tuition for one student. 843-681-2878

SEA PINES EVENTS OCT. 1

Forest Preserve Wagon Journey: 3:30 – 5 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 1, Sea Pines Forest Preserve. Sit back and experience the animals and plant life. Reservations and a minimum of 6 guests required.

Tickets are $15 per adult and $12 per child 12 and under. Every Thursday and other times available by appointment.

843-842-1979

OCT. 3

Hounds on the Harbour: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 3, Harbour Town.

Grooming, boarding, training, vets, and retail products will be on hand and the Hilton Head Humane Association will have dogs available for adoption. Shows will take place throughout the event and specially trained dogs will perform on an agility course that guests can try out.

843-842-1979

OCT. 6

Third Annual Open Barn Door Benefit at Lawton Stables: 7-9 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 6 at Lawton Stables. Tour the beautiful boarding barn at Lawton Stables, visit the horses, and support the Wish Upon a Horse Therapeutic Riding Center. Enjoy wine and cheese while partaking in a silent auction. $40. 843-671-2586

OCT. 14

Wellness Wednesdays: Wednesday, Oct. 14, Sea Pines Resort. Talk about fitness, nutrition, and over-all wellness.

843-842-1979

OCT. 25

Halloween on the Harbour: 3:30-5 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 25, Harbour Town.

Guests of all ages are welcome and invited to attend in costume. Enjoy crafts, activities, a costume parade, cookies, cider, and trick-or-treating.

Complimentary. 843-842-1979

OCT. 7

Welsh Revival Celtic Band: First Presbyterian Church Hilton Head Island will present Welsh Revival, a dynamic Celtic band featuring fiery traditional and contemporary Irish fiddling, flutes, percussion, keyboards, vocals and dancing in a free concert at 6:30 p.m. 843-681-3696, mhall@fpchhi.org, www.fpchhi.org 158 hiltonheadmonthly.com

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School group presents ‘An Evening of the Arts’

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he Island School Council for the Arts will hold its 33rd “An Evening of the Arts” from 6:30 to 10 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 17, at Sea Pines Country Club. As the island’s original art auction and fundraising gala, this event is sure to please with a live, juried art auction, including significant works, delicious food and vignette performances.

The live and silent auctions will spotlight the bountiful harvest of the Lowcountry’s diverse talent through original artwork, handcrafted jewelry, literary works and exciting arts experiences.

The event is the Island Council’s major fundraiser of the year, and proceeds will help support art programs like the Artist-in-Education Residency Program, teacher grants, Promising Picassos student art exhibitions, student scholarships and new initiatives like the Rising Stars talent competition and scholarship program.

Since 1971, the Island School Council for the Arts has raised more than $2 million for the visual, performing and literary arts, supporting academic achievement and scholarship through arts education in schools in southern Beaufort County, both public and private.

Wielding the gavel of the art auction will be celebrity auctioneer Jason Brooks from the Discovery Channel TV show “Auction Kings,” who also is the auctioneer for Food Network star Rachel Ray’s charity events. Accompanying him will be Gary Wise, a renowned ring man who will work the auction with Brooks.

“We are so excited to have this team leading the auction,” said Patti Maurer, the council’s executive director. “This year, we have an incredibly impressive array of notable art from the Southeast’s most celebrated artists, and we are delighted to be showcasing these works at the beautiful Sea Pines Country Club.”

Throughout the evening, vignette musical and dance performances featuring members of the ISCA Rising Stars program will be presented.

Pre-bidding will be open for the live auction from Saturday, Oct. 10, to Friday, Oct. 16, during a preview at the Karis Art Gallery in the Village at Wexford.

Tickets are $125 a person.

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OCT. 17-18: Hilton Head Island Regatt

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The Yacht Club of Hilton Head Island Regatta Weekend 2015: The Harbour Town Cup: 12 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 17, Harbour Town. Spectators are welcome and volunteers will be on the pier to explain the races. Registration required to race. The Yacht Club of Hilton Head Island Regatta Weekend 2015, The Calibogue Cup Regatta: 10 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 18, Harbour Town. Spectators are welcome and volunteers will be on the pier to explain the races. Registration required to race. 843-384-7322

OCT. 27

Full Moon Shore Explore: 7-8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 27, Sea Pines Resort. Search for nocturnal life throughout dunes and surf systems. Reservations required.

Tickets are $15 per adult and $10 per child 12 and under. 843-842-1979

OCT. 31

Halloween Wagon Ride: 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 31, Sea Pines Forest Preserve. Show off your Halloween costume and hunt for clues that lead to the pumpkin patch. Reservations required. Tickets are $15 per adult and $12 per child 12 and under.

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SPECTATOR EVENTS OCT. 1-4

Wheelchair Tennis Championships: Professional Tennis Registry will host the annual PTR Wheelchair Tennis Championships. Matches will be held at the Chaplin Park Tennis Center and Hilton Head Motorcoach Resort. Tournament play begins at 9 am on Thursday October 1, and continues through Sunday, October 4, with Men, Women, Quad and Junior divisions. Many of the world’s top wheelchair players have competed in this event, which is part of the UNIQLO 843-785-7244, paige@ptrtennis.org

OCT. 17-18

Regatta Weekend on Calibogue Sound: The Yacht Club of Hilton Head Island recently announced its upcoming Regatta Weekend, sponsored by Harbour Town at Sea Pines Resort. The 46th annual Harbour Town Cup Regatta will be Saturday, Oct. 17. The 45th

annual Calibogue Cup Regatta will be held Sunday, Oct. 18. The regattas, showcased by this year’s fall events in Harbour Town, can be enjoyed by spectators from the piers of Harbour Town. The series of races begin at noon Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday. All are invited to enjoy the fall festivities and watch the exciting sailboat races. 843-671-6536, yachtclubhh.org

OCT. 23-25

Savannah Speed Classic: Nestled across the water from famed River Street, Savannah’s own little private island comes alive with the roar of engines Oct. 23-25. With its storied past and cobblestone streets, Savannah, unbeknownst to most, is the birthplace of grand prix racing. Celebrating that heritage, the Savannah Speed Classic is a unique road race experience offering an intimate look at the inner workings of racing. HSR brings wheel-to-wheel racing back to its roots in Savannah. Featuring series races, endure races and hot lap rides, test drives, an off-road experience and pit access. www.hhiconcours.com

OCT. 30

Flights & Fancy Aeroport Gala: 6-10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, Hilton Head Island Airport. A preview event for the 2015 Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d’Elegance. A ticket includes a first look at the finest antique aircraft and modern aviation innovations, hors d’oeuvres and a full bar and a signed commemorative poster by famed Gullah artist Amiri Farris. hhiconcours. com/tickets

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NOV. 7: FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND 5K ... NOV. 1: HOLIDAY OPEN HOUS Gala, Car Club Showcase, Aero Expo, Hilton Head Island Auction, Motoring Midway and the Concours d’Elegance. hhiconcours.com

SAVE THE DATE NOV. 1

Holiday Open House: Sunday, Nov. 1, Pretty Papers and Gifts, The Village at Wexford. 843-341-5116.

NOV. 2

Memory Matters 16th annual Charity Golf Tournament: Monday, Nov. 2, Moss Creek Golf Club. Register today; space is limited. 843-842-6688, jeannie@memory-matters.org

NOV. 7 NOV. 7

Footprints in the Sand 5K: 10 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 7, Coligny Plaza. 10th annual 5K breach walk. Live music featuring Cranford Hollow from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Raffle, food and beverages and more. Presented by Coligny Plaza and the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Register at www.footprints/myevent.com. For more information, call 843-681-2200 or email footprints@namilowcountry.org.

Bluffton International & Craft Beer Fest: 1-5 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 7, Bluffton Oyster Factory Park. Over 150 of the world’s best ales, stouts, lagers and pilsners, along with a food court with a wide variety of mouthwatering foods from Bluffton area restaurants

and live music. $28-$40. blufftonbeerfest.com

NOV. 13-15

Hilton Head Island Oyster Festival: 5-8 p.m., Nov. 13-15, Shelter Cove Community Park. The festival highlights steamed, fried and stewed oysters along with other delicious food for non-oyster eaters. There will be live entertainment, kid zone, marshmallow roasting and sports lounge showing football games. $6. islandreccenter. org, 843-681-7273

NOV. 19-22

Music to Your Mouth: Nov. 19-22, Palmetto Bluff. A four day food festival featuring parties, special meals, classes and other events. Many top chefs from around the world will be at the event. musictoyourmouth.com

NOV. 21-JAN. 3

Dove Street Festival of Lights at Shelter Cove Towne Centre: 6 p.m., Nov. 21-Jan. 3, Shelter Cove Towne Centre. A Hilton Head Island holiday tradition for over 20 years, has found

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OPEN HOUSE ... NOV. 2: MEMORY MATTERS 16TH ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF TOURNAM a new home. The 2015 season will add the new Shelter Cove Community Park to the amazing display of over 70,000 lights. info@sheltercovetownecentre. com, 843-686-3090

NOV. 24-28

Thanksgiving Wagon Ride: 3-4 p.m., 4:15-5:15 p.m., Nov. 24-25, Sea Pines Forest Preserve. Cookies and refreshments will be provided before the tour.

Reservations required. 843-842-1979. $10-$15.

NOV. 26

Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt: 9 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 26, Harbour Town, Sea Pines. Kick off your holiday festivities with this fun family-friendly activity. Reservations are required. $20 per family. 843-842-1979.

NOV. 27

Gregg Russell Thanksgiving Concert: 7:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 27, Sea Pines Resort. Join the community under the Liberty Oak Tree in Harbour Town for special Gregg Russell Thanksgiving concert for the entire family, as well

as the official lighting of the Harbour Town Christmas Tree. Complimentary.

NOV. 28

Caramel Apple Festival: 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 28, Heritage Farm, Sea Pines Resort. Bring the family for a fun afternoon of fall activities, including caramel apples, games, crafts, and more. 843-842-1979.

NOV. 11

Hilton Head Choral Society’s The Sound of Christmas “A Merrie Olde Christmas”: 8 p.m., Friday, Dec. 11, First Presbyterian Church. The Hilton Head Choral Society will ring in the holiday season as they present their annual Sounds of Christmas concer.

Join the Choral Society as they travel to England to celebrate Christmas with the music of legendary British composer, John Rutter. $20-$35. 843-3413818, hiltonheadchoralsociety.org

NOV. 23

Gregg Russell Christmas Concert: 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 23, Sea Pines Resort. Complimentary.

NOV. 13-15, 20-22

The Nutcracker: Hilton Head Dance Theatre will celebrate its 30th Anniversary Season in 2015-2016 with a schedule that promises something for everyone.

To usher in the holiday season, The Nutcracker will be presented at the Seahawk Cultural Center on the campus of Hilton Head Island High School November 13-15 and 20-22. With six performances including two weekend matinees, The Nutcracker is a holiday event perfect for the entire family. For more information about the 2015-2016 season, visit www.hiltonheaddance.com.

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ilton Head Heroes, an organization that brings families with children facing life-threatening illnesses to the Island, will host its 10th annual Elegant Evening at TidePointe at 6 p.m.

Nov. 6. This upscale affair features an amazing array of specially prepared food stations, martini bars and an entire dessert room.

Music for the evening is provided by the popular John Bracket Trio.

The highlight of the evening is a large silent auction that offers a variety of fabulous travel packages, local golf and restaurant certificates and beautiful artwork by some of the area’s most popular artists.

Founded by longtime island entertainer Gregg Russell and his wife, Lindy, more than 15 years ago, Hilton Head Heroes provides free vacations to families who are facing the challenges that come with having a very sick child. These families stay in the Hero House, which is located in the Sea Pines Resort and equipped to accommodate children in wheelchairs and with other medical needs,

and spend their week enjoying everything that Hilton Head has to offer. Thanks to dozens of island businesses, these families are able to visit many of the area’s popular restaurants, take bicycle trips to the beach, visit the Harbour Town lighthouse and explore the waters surrounding the island.

The Heroes program hosts families from around the country throughout the entire year.

Families are referred to the program through a network of children’s hospitals, doctors, social workers and chaplains. They come

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to Hilton Head from Arnold Palmer’s Children’s Hospital in Orlando, Duke University, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and many more.

Honored in the past by the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce as “the Organization of the Year,” the Hilton Head Heroes program has served hundreds of families.

“Our mission is to create memories that last a lifetime,” executive director Lindy Russell says. “And even though some of the children that we host are only with us for a short time, their families look back on their time here on the island together as a joyful remembrance. They hold those memories deep in their hearts and are so grateful that our community took them in and loved them at such a tragic time in their lives.”

Her husband agrees. “Hilton Head Heroes is the best thing that we have ever done with our time, energy and local resources,” Gregg Russell says.

“We have had the honor of serving hundreds of families in a way that has had a profound impact of their lives. I am proud to be a part of a community that cares about these courageous children and their families.”

Tickets for the Elegant Evening at TidePointe event are $100 a person and are available at www.HHHeroes. com or by calling 260-437-1280.

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he Special Olympics North America hosted its invitational golf tournament at Port Royal Golf Club. Athletes from all over the United States and Canada competed.

The Hilton Head Choral Society kicked off its 40th anniversary season with the annual end of summer POPS concert. The group was honored by Hilton Head Island Mayor David Bennett.

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Mike Wallien, Alan Arseneau, Mitch Thoreson and Pete Nardi competed in the Camp Leo Golf Tournament.

The Lowcountry team earned 11 points and won the WSCGA Cross State Shootout by 1 point over the Upstate team.

Pictured from left are Victoria Tsurutis, Karen Ferree, Anne Washington, Sue Churchich, Lea Anne Brown, Colleen Estes, Kris Berger and Sarah Youngner.

Beaufort County School District and Bluffton community leaders cut a ceremonial purple ribbon for River Ridge Academy, the district’s first new school to open since 2011.

PET OF THE MONTH: Babe is a total love bug. She came to the Hilton Head Humane Association with a litter of puppies but they have all been adopted. It is her turn now.

She loves people and wants to shower everyone with kisses. Babe is 5 years old and weighs 59 pounds.

ABOVE: The Kiwanis Club of Hilton Head presented a $500 donation to The Sandbox: An Interactive Children’s Museum. Jerry Glass, president of the Kiwanis Club, presented the check to Keri Olivetti, president of the board of The Sandbox. BELOW: Glass presents a $1,000 check to Jake Baker, executive director of the Boy Scouts’ Lowcountry district.

Robbie Cahill and Charise Reichenbach were at the Farmers Market of Bluffton.

The 2015 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class is building community awareness of local marine life and the importance of preserving the May River with the recent dedication of its “Follow The Fiddlers” public sculpture series.

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he eighth annual Tiger Bass Race/Walk took place recently in Hampton Lake. The event raised $30,000 for Bluffton Self Help and Bluffton-Jasper Volunteers in Medicine.

There were about 350 participants in the event.

Bluffton Mayor Lisa Sulka (top right) attended the Tiger Bass with her daughter, Brannon, who finished first in the female 5K. Paul Pepe won the male 5K. Winners of the 12K were Daniel Comite and Melissa Treanor.

Judi Kestenbaum and Jackie Dout competed with their instructors Armando Aseneta and Sandro Virag at the Bourban Street Ball in New Orleans.

A matador unveils the theme of the 19th annual Hilton Head Heart Ball, set for Jan. 30 at The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa.

Annie Shaughnessy and Carson Bonnette won a golf composition contest sponsored by Brown Golf Management. Presenting the awards were Todd Brown of Brown Golf Management and Paul Caruso, program director for First Tee of the Lowcountry.

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The Beaufort County Historical Society and Queen Chapel A.M.E. Church unveiled the church’s historical marker as part of its 150th anniversary celebration.

Pictured from left are Ezra Callahan, Pamela Martin Ovens, Iva Welton and the Rev. Edward B. Alston.

Tara’s Salon on Hilton Head Island hosted its fourth annual Cut-AThon, with haircut proceeds going to local shelter programs specifically benefitting the Feral Cat Program.

About $8,000 was collected.

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FORMER ISLANDERS

SOMETIMES A CHANGE OF SCENERY WILL DO YOU GOOD.

INTO THE CHARLESTON MUSIC SCENE

BY ROBYN PASSANTE

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hile that mantra is what brings plenty of people to Hilton Head every month, for island musicians Luke Mitchell, Kevin Early, Julius DeAngelis and Mary Alice Connor it meant packing up their instruments and heading out of town last year.

“We all just made a concerted effort and decision to go to Charleston,” says Mitchell, a Hilton Head native who’s been a mainstay at Skull Creek Boathouse for the past few years. “We all moved on the same day with the end goal of being a Charleston rock band.”

That band is The High Divers, an indie roots rock group with an easy Southern vibe whose music and lyrics hint of their Wilco and Tom Petty influences.

“Charleston is having an artistic renaissance,” Mitchell says of the group’s decision to

reinvent themselves just north of home. “There are a lot of great local bands around here; everyone’s writing really cool stuff right now.”

The High Divers are adding to that list with their debut album, “Riverlust,” released

this month from their label, Hearts & Plugs. “Riverlust” features 11 original tracks, written mostly by Mitchell but with a collaborative bent.

“I bring in the bare bones of the song and have everything figured out, and I bounce

it off of them and see what they think,” says Mitchell, who previously released three solo albums. “Sometimes they’ll just tell me it sucks, which is very nice. You need those people in your life that can cut straight to the chase.”

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was going to happen, but When it comes to writing now songs will just move in songs, the band’s front man said the lyrics are typically the their own direction and everylast to come. “The music usuone contributes their own voice to everything we play. ally comes first and the melIt makes it a lot more unique. ody,” he says. “But it’s funny, That’s what makes it The High the first thing I always hear in Divers.” other people’s music are the The band’s lyrics.” influences range Mitchell wrote most The High Divers’ from John of the words music and lyrics Prine to Paul to the tunes hint of their Wilco Simon, and the members have on “Riverlust,” and Tom Petty been listening although influences. to other local Connor shares bands — old lyric-writing blues, Motown honors on and, of all things, The Everly “Troubles,” and Mitchell and Brothers. fellow musician and friend While fronting a band Johnny Delaware co-wrote might seem like more pres“Tall Promises.”

Mitchell and Early have sure than being solo, Mitchell long been music-playing says for him, it’s just the partners, playing together opposite. in the rock cover band The “I feel a lot less pressure.

Gnomes as young teens.

With them behind me, I can Connor, Mitchell’s girlfriend actually go off and play guitar of four years, is a talented and stuff. When I was playpianist who played some ing solo, you have to kind of late-night gigs with Mitchell keep it simple,” he says. “But on the island. The three felt we can play really anything; primed for a new adventure, they’re all really good musiand when DeAngelis left his cians.” former band and joined up The band will celebrate with them a year ago, everyits homecoming at a CD release party at Poseidon’s thing clicked. rooftop bar at 9:30 p.m. Oct. “Julius kind of made every16. There won’t be a cover thing come together for all of charge, but there will be lots us,” Mitchell says. “It’s so hard of hometown support for the to find a good drummer.” talented foursome — even if After so many years as a they’ll pack their things at the solo artist playing his own end of the night and head tunes or tourists’ favorite covnorth again. ers, Mitchell says he had to “It’s the best move we’ve adjust to the ensemble style ever made — literally and of performing. figuratively,” Mitchell says of “At first, it was hard to relinquish all the control I had launching this new chapter of their lives in Charleston. over shows, but now it’s a lot “We’re in such good commore fun, it’s a lot more natural, it flows a lot more easily pany, and everybody’s just let than when I was by myself,” us into their circle and been he says. “When I was playing really welcoming and supsolo stuff I could dictate what portive.” M October 2015 171

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LI V E R CALENDA SUNDAYS

• Aunt Chilada’s: 7-10 p.m., Peter & Yani • Bomboras Grille: Souls Harbour acoustic • Captain Woody’s Bluffton: John Creidler • Coast: 5-9 p.m., Jordan Ross • Comedy Club of HHI: 8 p.m., mentalist Bill Gladwell • Crazy Crab (north end): 6-9 p.m., David Wingo • Harbourside Burgers: 6-8 p.m.; 9:30-11 p.m., Tommy Simms • Harbour Town, 8-9:30 p.m., Liberty Oak, Gregg Russell • Hudson’s Seafood House On the Docks: 6-9 p.m., Trillium • The Jazz Corner: 8 p.m., Deas Guyz • Quarterdeck: 5-9 p.m., Rob Ingman • Reilley’s South: Simpson Brothers • ELA’S Blu Water Grille: 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Sunday Jazz Brunch on the water • Jamaica Joe’z: 4-7 p.m., The Local Visitors • Salty Dog Cafe: 5:30-9:30 p.m., Todd Cowart

MONDAYS

• Aunt Chilada’s Easy Street Cafe: 7-10 p.m., Tommy Simms • Boardroom: Swampfire Sessions • Big Bamboo: 6:30 p.m., Souls Harbor • Captain Woody’s HHI: 6-9 p.m., Hannah Wicklund • Charbar: 6:30 p.m., Dave Wingo • Coast: 5:30-9:30 p.m., Sara Burns • Comedy Club of HHI: 8 p.m., mentalist Bill Gladwell • Crazy Crab (north end): 6-9 p.m., Mike Wilson • Harbourside Burgers & Brews: 6-8 p.m. & 9:30-11 p.m., Pete Carroll • Harbour Town, 8-9:30 p.m., Gregg Russell • Hudson’s: 6-9 p.m., Bruce Crichton • The Jazz Corner: 8 p.m., The Martin Lesch Band • Liberty Oak: 7:30-9 p.m., Gregg Russell • Quarterdeck: 5-9 p.m., Mike Kavanaugh • Ruby Lee’s: Sterling and Shuvette • Salty Dog Cafe: 5:30-9:30 p.m., Todd Cowart

TUESDAYS

• Aunt Chilada’s: 7-10 p.m., Peter Bouanouto • Boardroom: live music every night • Big Bamboo: 6:30 p.m., solo acoustic show • Captain Woody’s HHI: 6-9 p.m., Harry Santana • Charbar: 6:30 p.m., Reid Richmond • Coast: 5:30-9:30 p.m., Jordan Ross • Crazy Crab (north end): 6-9 p.m., Tye Miller • Harbourside Burgers & Brews: 6-8 p.m. & 9:30-11 p.m., Pete Carroll • Harbour Town, 8-9:30 p.m., Gregg Russell • Hudson’s Seafood House On the Docks: 6-9 p.m., Lowcountry Boil

• The Jazz Corner: 8 p.m., The Jazz Corner Quintet • Liberty Oak: 7:30-9 p.m., Gregg Russell • Mellow Mushroom Bluffton: 9 p.m., trivia night • Comedy Club of HHI:: 8 p.m., mentalist Bill Gladwell • Quarterdeck: 5-9 p.m., Chris Jones • Ruby Lee’s: Candace Woodson and the Domino Theory Band • Salty Dog Cafe: 5:30-9:30 p.m., Todd Cowart • Skull Creek Boathouse: 6 p.m., Luke Mitchell

WEDNESDAYS

• Aunt Chilada’s: 7-10 p.m., Simpson Brothers • Boardroom: TBD • Big Bamboo: 9:30 p.m., Reggae Nite • Captain Woody’s HHI: 6-9 p.m., Bruce Crichton • Charbar: 7 p.m., Whitley Deputy • Coast: 5:30-9:30 p.m., local talent night • Comedy Club of HHI: 7 p.m., mentalist Bill Gladwell; 8 p.m., stand-up comedy • Crazy Crab (north end): 6-9 p.m., Brad Wells or Harry Santana • ELA’s Blu Water Grille: 7-10 p.m., Dean St. Hillaire • Harbourside Burgers: 6-8 p.m. & 9:30-11 p.m., Pete Carroll • Harbour Town, 8-9:30 p.m., Liberty Oak, Gregg Russell • Hudson’s: 6-9 p.m., Taylor Kent & Sarah Burns • The Jazz Corner: 8 p.m., The Bobby Ryder Quartet or The Earl Williams Quartet • Liberty Oak: 7:30-9 p.m., Gregg Russell • Mellow Mushroom Hilton Head: 9 p.m., trivia night • Quarterdeck: 5-9 p.m., Mike Kavanaugh • Ruby Lee’s: Reggie Deas and Lavon Stevens

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MUSIC • Salty Dog Cafe: 5:30-9:30 p.m., Dave Kemmerly • Skull Creek Boathouse: 6 p.m., Luke Mitchell • The Wreck of the Salty Dog: Live piano music

THURSDAYS

• Aunt Chilada’s: 6-9 p.m., Nick Poulin, 9 p.m., Poulin Trio • Boardroom: TBD • Big Bamboo: 6:30 p.m., Souls Harbor • Bomboras Grille: Jackson Evans, Davey Masteller • Captain Woody’s HHI: 6-9 p.m., John Bruner • Charbar: 7 p.m., Mike Bagentose • Chow Daddy’s Bluffton: 7-10 p.m., The Local Visitors • Crazy Crab (north end): 6-9 p.m., Mike Wilson • Coast: 5:30-9:30 p.m., Jordan Ross • Comedy Club of HHI:: 7 p.m., mentalist Bill Gladwell; 8 p.m., stand-up comedy • ELA’s Blu Water Grille: 7-10 p.m., Reid Richmond • Harbourside Burgers & Brews: 6-8 p.m. & 9:30-11 p.m., Pete Carroll • Harbour Town, 8-9:30 p.m., Liberty Oak, Gregg Russell • The Jazz Corner: 8 p.m., Lavon & Louise • Omni Resort: 7 p.m., Equinox Jazz Orchestra (Oct. 29) • Quarterdeck: 5-9 p.m., Mike Kavanaugh • Ruby Lee’s: Target the Band • Shelter Cove Harbour: 6-9 p.m., Music & Taste; • Wild Wing Cafe: TBD • Salty Dog Cafe:5:30-9:30 p.m., Dave Kemmerly • Shelter Cove Harbour: 6-9 p.m., The Chilly Willy Band (Oct. 1), The Headliners (Oct. 8), Target, the Band (Oct. 15), Deas Guyz (Oct. 22) • Sonesta Resort: 7-10 p.m., Sara Burns • Skull Creek Boathouse: 6 p.m., Luke Mitchell

FRIDAYS

• Aunt Chilada’s: 7-10 p.m., Harry Santana • Boardroom: TBD • Big Bamboo: 6:30 p.m., The Beagles • Bomboras Grille: Reid Richmond • The Brick Chicken: 9 p.m., Bingo night • Charbar: 7 p.m., Tommy Dargan Sims • Chow Daddy’s HHI: 9-midnight, The Local Visitors • Comedy Club of HHI: 9 p.m., stand-up comedy • Corks Bluffton: 9 p.m.-midnight, Chilly Willy Band (Oct. 9) • Crazy Crab (north end): 6-9 p.m., Nick Poulin • ELA’s Blu Water Grille: 7-10 p.m., David Bohn, John Wasem • Harbourside Burgers & Brews: 6-8 p.m. and 9:30-11 p.m., Pete Carroll • Harbour Town, 8-9:30 p.m., Liberty Oak, Gregg Russell • Hudson’s: 6-9 p.m., Bruce Crichton • The Jazz Corner: 8 p.m., Deana Martin (Oct. 2), The Lenore Raphael Trio (Oct. 9), The Noel Freidline Quintet (Oct. 16), Lynn Roberts with Bob Albert’s Trio (Oct. 23), The Christian Tamburr Vibes Quartet (Oct. 30) • Old Town Dispensary: 7-10 p.m., Harden & Crenshaw • Quarterdeck: 5-9 p.m., Mike Kavanaugh • Ruby Lee’s: Earl Williams or Deas Guyz • Salty Dog Cafe: 5:30-9:30 p.m., Dave Kemmerly • Skull Creek Boathouse: 6 p.m., Luke Mitchell

SATURDAYS

• Aunt Chilada’s: 1-4 p.m. & 7-10 p.m., Adam Gardner • Boardroom: TBD • Big Bamboo: 6:30 p.m., live bands on deck • Bomboras Grille: Rotating musicians

• Charbar: 6:30 p.m., Derrick and Sammy • Coast: 5:30-9:30 p.m., local talent night • Comedy Club of HHI:: 9 p.m., stand-up comedy • Crazy Crab (north end): 6-9 p.m., Sean Biggins • ELA’s Blu Water Grille: 7-10 p.m., John Wasem, 7-10 p.m., David Bohn • Harbourside: 6-8 p.m. and 9:30-11 p.m., Sara Burns • Harbour Town, 7:30-9:30 p.m., The Local Visitors • Honey Horn: 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Chilly Willy Band (Oct. 10) • The Jazz Corner: 8 p.m., Deana Martin (Oct. 3), The Lenore Raphael Trio (Oct. 10), The Noel Freidline Quintet (Oct. 17), Lynn Roberts with Bob Albert’s Trio (Oct. 24), The Christian Tamburr Vibes Quartet (Oct. 31) • Quarterdeck: 5-9 p.m., local talent • Ruby Lee’s: Earl Williams or Deas Guyz • Salty Dog Cafe: 5:30-9:30 p.m., Bruce Crichton • Station 300: 9 p.m.-midnight, Chilly Willy Band (Oct. 10)

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PASSION AND MUSIC IN THE LOWCOUNTRY

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rom Beaufort and Bluffton to Hilton Head and surrounding islands, the confluence of land, marsh and ocean has a sound all its own: the gossamer whispers of Spanish moss, accented by crow calls and chattering squirrels, the effervescent and melodious aviary of spring, the powerful tone-poem of late summer thunderstorms, autumn’s sparkling midnight chorus of crickets and katydids, and the hypnotic groove of the incoming tide, rustling sea grass and palmetto fronds.

This is the music of the Lowcountry and the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra is in the heart of it all.

Passionate performances of the greatest orchestral masterpieces bring our region’s music lovers together to celebrate our unique corner of the world, and we are thrilled that you have joined us. Majestic symphonies by Dvorak, Brahms, Beethoven and Berlioz, as well as the dazzling virtuosity of young artists, internationally renowned soloists and an orchestra of ardent musicianship, await you.

Acclaimed pianist Jon Kimura Parker, eminent conductor JoAnn Falletta and violin sensation Paul Huang are just a few of the remarkable performers who will be visiting. We will also feature exceptional regional soloists and ensembles including Roger Moss, Hilton Head Dance Theatre, Statesboro Youth Chorale, Charleston Southern Lyric Theatre Ensemble and HHSO Principal Tuba, Chris Bluemel.

Festive presentations of the music-drama The Polar Express, an evening of See you at the Symphony, Gilbert and Sullivan and romantic Valentine’s Day classics will be season highlights you will not want to miss.

Our Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra has become a cultural phenomenon that few regions can boast, and your presence brings extra excitement at our performances. I look forward sharing the transcendent John Morris Russell, sound of our orchestra and beloved Lowcountry together.

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WELCOME TO THE 34TH SEASON OF THE HILTON HEAD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

GALA OPENING NIGHT MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2015 7:30 PM

Tickets and subscriptions may be purchased online at hhso.org or by calling the box office at 843.842.2055

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A HEAPING HELPING OF LOCAL RESTAURANT NEWS

THE PUMPKIN from Stoop to Pot

Fall — and of course, Halloween — bring us many pumpkins, many of which will end up on the front stoop with a jack-o-lantern grin. The best varieties of pumpkins for carving are the Ghost Rider, Magic Lantern, Merlin and Spirit — the names alone evoke pumpkin folklore, in which witches turned people into pumpkins. If you plan on entering a competition, Big Max and Big Moon grow the biggest, but if you are in the mood to make a pumpkin pie, Small Sugar or Amish Pie are best.

For pumpkins not meant to ward off ghosts and goblins, turn to the soup pot. Here’s a dish that will keep you warm this fall.

Pumpkin Soup with Cherry Brandy

by Carrie Hirsch

INGREDIENTS (Serves 8-10)

PUMPKIN

PRIME CHEF TIP ON PUMPKINS

BLAKE WEARREN | DELISHEE YO “Pumpkin plants spend the summer soaking up as much sun and rain as possible in order to develop big orange fruit that signifies the arrival of fall. They’ve become arguably the most inspirational kitchen ingredient that we see all year.

Nearly every chef, baker and barista out there is in an unspoken competition to use pumpkin in the most creative manner. Pies and spiced lattes are traditional, but don’t forget roasted and salted seeds or goat cheese-stuffed, deep-fried blossoms. Roast the flesh and toss it in a salad or puree into a soup. Toss your culinary fear out the window and explore the potential of pumpkin.”

• 1 medium pumpkin (4-5 pounds) • 2 tablespoons butter • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil • 1 large onion, finely chopped • 3 cups low-sodium chicken broth • 2 tablespoons light or dark brown sugar • 1 teaspoon salt • ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper • ½ cup cherry-flavored brandy (optional) • 1 cup heavy cream • 2 tablespoons butter • 1 large apple, peeled, cored and thinly sliced • 1 cup toasted pecans, chopped Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Carefully cut off pumpkin stem, then cut pumpkin in half and scoop out seeds and fibers. Arrange halves, cut side down, on a pan lined with parchment paper. Roast in oven for 1 hour, checking occasionally. Before handling, allow pumpkin halves to cool for 15 minutes, then use a large spoon to remove the skin. In a large heavy pot, heat butter and olive oil and sauté onion over medium heat until translucent, stirring frequently. Stir in chicken broth, brown sugar, salt and black pepper. Add pumpkin to mixture and process until smooth using an immersion blender, or transfer to a blender or food processor in batches. Add brandy and heavy cream and stir. Cover and simmer on low heat for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Heat butter in a small skillet and sauté the apples slices over low heat until caramelized, stirring often, adding more butter if needed. Garnish each portion with apple slices and pecans.

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BLUFFTON’S HOTTE ST INAUGURAL RED APRON HOUSE PARTY CONTINUES BLUFFTON SELF HELP’S TRADITION OF INNOVATIVE FUNDRAISING.

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hen it comes to raising money for the amazing work they do, the volunteers and staff of Bluffton Self Help have proven themselves as innovative as they are generous. Time and time again, they’ve raised the bar on creative new ways to rally the community, and time and time again, the community has responded with generosity.

It certainly doesn’t hurt their fundraising cause that Self Help has been so visible in the community for so long, giving hope to those who need it most

and bettering our community one full stomach at a time. But even so, Self Help has never shied away from trying something new in pursuit of feeding Bluffton’s needy.

The latest example of this unrivaled creativity is the Red Apron House Party, a mouth-watering culinary tour de force to be held Oct. 1 at Hampton Lake.

This party fills nine beautiful Hampton Lake homes with the area’s hottest chefs for a foodie’s nirvana of a private dinner.

“There are so many talented chefs in our area, and we just loved the idea of bringing them

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DINING Chef Ryan McCarthy of Downtown Catering and Events is part of the Red Apron House Party, set for Oct. 1 at Hampton Lake.

TE ST PARTY all in for a special house party,” said Bluffton Self Help executive director Lili Coleman. “And we are thrilled to be holding this inaugural event at beautiful Hampton Lake, featuring local innovative builders.”

The party begins with light cocktails and appetizers courtesy of chef Ryan McCarthy of Downtown Catering and Events at the stunning Lake House at Hampton Lake, where local musician Whitley Deputy will be on hand to provide the perfect musical accompaniment to the silent auction.

From there, the nine parties will be chauffeured courtesy of Mike Reichenbach Chevrolet, to one of nine gorgeous Hampton Lake homes for a private dinner with a “mystery chef.” The

chefs participating in this event are a veritable who’s who of the local culinary scene, and guests will only find out which talented chef will be preparing their meal when they arrive at the house.

Their appetites spurred by the excitement, the guests will enjoy a sumptuous gourmet feast in the hospitality of some of Hampton Lake’s most beautiful homes.

“Hampton Lake staff and chef Ryan McCarthy have put their magic touches on this event,” said Ashley Feaster, chairwoman of Bluffton Self Help. “From the moment we contacted them, they have worked beside us to offer a new event unlike any other offered in our community. It’s an evening of feasting.”

But the evening’s culminating entertainment might just be the sweetest course of all. The parties will return to the Lake House after they’ve enjoyed an evening with their personal chefs for the Dessert Extravaganza and auction starting at 7:30 p.m. Mouthwatering creations courtesy of McCarthy will fill stomachs as live music fills the air and high-ticket items fly out the door in both a live and silent auction.

“Even if guests are unable to attend the house party, we do invite them to join us for what promises to be a spectacular evening at the dessert extravaganza,” said Coleman.

Truly, it’s a sweet way to help lift up our community and give help to those who need it most.

Tickets to the dessert extravaganza are $45 and are available for purchase at BlufftonSelfHelp.org. M

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GOLF COURSE OWNERS HONOR PALMETTO DUNES CHEF The Lowcountry Golf Course Owners Association recently named Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort chef Don Reinheardt as its 2015 Employee of the Year.

“Chef Don stood out among an exemplary group of nominees this year from our membership,” said Barry Fleming, the association’s executive director. “He exemplifies the countless behind-thescenes stars that make the Lowcountry and Hilton Head area one of the premier golf destination experiences for all ages.”

Reinheardt is responsible for the daily culinary operations of all Palmetto Dunes’ dining establishments: The Dunes House;

Big Jim’s BBQ, Burgers & Pizza; Arthur’s Grill; The Fazio Grill; Dunes Catering & Events; and the Palmetto Dunes Club. Each operation presents a different menu and ambiance and serves a different audience.

Reinheardt joined the Palmetto Dunes team in March 2013 with more than two decades of experience at luxury hotels, resorts and clubs throughout North America and the Caribbean. He also served as an apprentice chef under chef Waldo Brun at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort.

CAPTAIN WOODY’S ANNOUNCES FOOTBALL SPECIALS, OYSTER ROAST Both of Captain Woody’s Hilton Head Island and Bluffton locations recently announced their college and NFL football specials for 2015. The Bluffton location will serve its Pigskin Menu from noon to 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays on the Rooftop Bar. The Hilton Head location will offer its special football menu from noon to close on Saturdays and Sundays at both the inside and outside bars. The Pigskin Menus include food and drink specials, including $2 domestic beer and $3 game day drinks. Captain Woody’s will host an oyster roast from 4-7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3, at the Hilton Head location. Oysters, burgers and hot dogs will be served, along with live music from Unicorn Meat. A portion of proceeds will benefit the Hilton Head Humane Association. For more information, call 843-785-2400.

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SALTY DOG ANNOUNCES SATURDAY EVENTS The Salty Dog Café and South Beach Marina will hold events every Saturday in October: The annual Salty Dog Oyster Roast on Oct. 3, The Salty Dog Lobsterfest on Oct. 10, Praise the Pig on Oct. 17, The Salty Dog Shrimp Festival on Oct. 24, and the Salty Dog Haunted BBQ & Costume Contest on Oct. 31.

Each event starts at 4 p.m.

For more information, call 843-671-2233 or go online to www.saltydog.com.

THE BLUFFTON ROOM NAMES NEW GM Jeff Congdon has joined The Bluffton Room as general manager. After 25 years in the luxury resort industry, he is focusing his efforts on growing The Bluffton Room brand.

Congdon brings a great culinary vision and dedication to service garnered from his years spent at The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Resort, The Cloister at Sea Island and The Greenbrier. He lives in Bluffton with his wife and daughter.

LA FONTANA WATERFRONT GRILLE & PIZZERIA CHANGES NAME TO BUCCI’S ITALIAN CUISINE Bob Murray and Christian Bucci-Murray have rebranded their Italian restaurant at Shelter Cove Harbour. Formerly known as La Fontana Waterfront Grille & Pizzeria, the restaurant name has been changed to Bucci’s Italian Cuisine. In October 2013, the two purchased Little Venice at Shelter Cove and immediately assembled a gourmet lineup direct from Naples. The landmark waterfront location continues to evolve with a new chef, a new menu and a new name. Hours are 11 a.m.-10 p.m. daily.

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Grilled chicken with roasted zucchini, yellow squash, eggplant, red peppers, mushrooms, feta cheese and balsamic vinaigrette on a grilled house-baked french baguette.

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dininglistings HILTON HEAD NORTH END Atlanta Bread Company: 45 Pembroke Drive 843-342-2253.  Bella Italia Bistro and Pizza: 95 Mathews Drive in Port Royal Plaza.

843-689-5560.  The Carolina Room: The Westin Resort, Port Royal Plantation. 843-6814000, ext. 7045.  Chart House: 2 Hudson Road. 843342-9066.  Crazy Crab (north): 104 William Hilton Parkway, 843-681-5021, www. thecrazycrab.com.  Fiesta Fresh Mexican Grill (north): 95 Mathews Drive. 843-342-8808.  Frankie Bones: 1301 Main Street.

843-682-4455. 

Hudson’s Seafood House On the Docks: Hudson’s employs the largest and one of only two remaining fishing fleets on the island, which brings fresh local seafood straight from the docks to your table.

TRY THIS: Fish N’ Chips; Fat Tire beer batter, malt vinegar, tartar sauce. $18.

1 Hudson Road. 843-681-2772. www. hudsonsonthedocks.com.  Il Carpaccio: If you’re hankering for some authentic Italian cuisine, this island institution is worth finding. Pizza is cooked in a hardwood burning oven and everything is made from scratch.

TRY THIS: Vitella Piemonteste; veal scaloppine sauteed with mushrooms and Italian mild sausage in a light cream sauce, $16.95. 200A Museum Street. 843-3429949. ilcarpaccioofhiltonhead.com.  LagerHead Tavern: 155 High Bluff Road, Hilton Head Plantation. 843-6842184, www.lagerheadtavern.com

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Main Street Café: 1411 Main Street Village. 843-689-3999.  Mangiamo!: 2000 Main Street. 843682-2444.  Munchies: 1407 Main St. 843-7853354.  New York City Pizza: 45 Pembroke Dr. 843-689-2222.  OKKO: 95 Mathews Dr. 843-341-3377.  Old Fort Pub: 65 Skull Creek Drive.

843-681-2386.  Outback Steakhouse: 20 Hatton Place. 843-681-4329.  Pan Fresco Ole: 55 Matthews Dr. 843-681-5989.  Plantation Café and Deli: 95 Mathews Drive. 843-342-4472.  Reilley’s North End Pub: 95 Mathews Drive. 843-681-4153.

 Relish Cafe: 33 Office Park Road, Park Plaza. 843-342-4800.

Ruan Thai Hut: 1107 Main Street, 843-681-3700.  Ruby Lee’s: 46 Wild Horse Road.

843-681-7829.  Skull Creek Boathouse: 397 Squire Pope Road. 843-681-3663.  Starbucks: 430 William Hilton Pkway in Pineland Station, 843-689-6823.

Street Meet: 95 Mathews Drive, Port Royal Plaza. 843-842-2570.  Sunset Grille: 43 Jenkins Island Road. 843-689-6744.  TJ’s Take and Bake Pizza: 35 Main Street. 843-681-2900.  Turtles Beach Bar & Grill: 2 Grasslawn Avenue at the Westin Resort. 843-681-4000. 

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DINING WiseGuys: 1513 Main Street. 843-842-8866. DO Yummy House: 2 Southwood Park Drive. 843-6815888. LD

HILTON HEAD | MID-ISLAND 843: 890 William Hilton Parkway, Fresh Market Shoppes.

843-686-8843. LD Alexander’s: 76 Queens Folly Rd. 843-785-4999. LD Alfred’s: European-trained chef Alfred Kettering combines some of the most appealing elements of classic American and Continental cuisine in this tiny Plantation Center hideaway. Grab a seat at the chef’s counter to watch the master at work.

TRY THIS: Roast Rack of Spring Lamb with mashed potatoes and vegetables $34.95. 807 William Hilton Parkway, #1200, in Plantation Center, 843-341-3117, alfredsofhiltonhead.com D Arthur’s Grille: Arthur Hills course, Palmetto Dunes.

843-785-1191. LD Big Jim’s BBQ, Burgers and Pizza: Robert Trent Jones course, Palmetto Dunes. 843-785-1165. LD Bistro 17: 17 Harbourside Lane in Shelter Cove. 843-7855517. www.bistro17hhi.com. LD Bonefish Grill: 890 William Hilton Parkway. 843-3413772. LD Bucci’s Italian Cuisine: 13 Harbourside Lane, Shelter Cove. 843-785-3300. LDO Carrabba’s Italian Grill: 14 Folly Field Drive. 843-7855007. LD Café at the Marriott: Oceanside at Hilton Head Marriott Resort & Spa, Palmetto Dunes. 843-686-8488. BL Coco’s On The Beach: 663 William Hilton Parkway; also located at beach marker 94A. 843-842-2626. LD CocoNutz Sportz Bar: Open to the public. Imagine your favorite sporting events shown on a 12-foot high definition television you can see from the street plus 18 other TVs tuned in to every sporting event you can imagine. That’s what you will find at CocoNutz, the perfect spot for watching sports. Grab a friend or two and head to CocoNutz for $12 buckets of beer, darts and pool. If you get hungry, there is food too: great apps, burgers, prime rib, incredible smoked bbq and more.

TRY THIS: Prime Rib Sandwich; served with grilled onions or lettuce and tomato. $9.99. Hilton Head Island Beach and Tennis Resort, 40 Folly Field Road. 843-842-0043 DO Conroy’s: Hilton Head Marriott Resort & Spa, Palmetto Dunes. 843-686-8499. DS Dye’s Gullah Fixin’s: 840 William Hilton Parkway, Atrium Building. 843-681-8106, www.dyesgullahfixins. com. LD ELA’s Blu Water Grille: Featured in Bon Appetit and the winner of numerous Open Table awards. Fresh-caught seafood and prime-cut steaks of the highest quality complement the extensive boutique wine selection. ELA’s is October 2015 181

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Roasted Carolina Beet Napoleon Red and gold beets with lightly fried herb and panko-encrusted goat cheese.

Available at ELA’s Blu Water Grille.

known for the best water views on the island. Serving lunch Monday-Friday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Dinner nightly starting at 5 p.m., and now offering “Sunday Brunch on the Water” complete with live jazz music every Sunday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

TRY THIS: ELA’s Calamari; lightly battered long strips, served with wasabi and red pepper remoulade. $10. 1 Shelter Cove Lane in Shelter Cove Harbour. 843-785-3030. www.elasgrille.com. LD

20-inch by 20-inch monster loaded with pepperoni, sausage, ham and ground beef. $29.99. HHI Beach & Tennis Resort. 843-842-0004. D

Flora’s Italian Cafe: 841 William Hilton Parkway in South Island Square.

843-842-8200. D

Island Bagel & Deli: Fresh baked bagels made from scratch, boiled and baked each day. Hoagies, salads, pastries and coffee are also served.

The restaurant was featured in the July 2013 issue of Southern Living magazine.

TRY THIS: Island Omelet; served on the bagel of your choice. Egg, cheese, sausage, green peppers and tomato. $4.50. South Island Square. 843-6863353. BL

French Bakery: The bakery was established in 1998 by the Leon family, and taken over by the Belka family from Poland in 2012.The Belka family lovingly create baked goods for their local Hilton Head and Bluffton neighbors, as well as for tourists.

TRY THIS: Signature Chicken Salad; white meat chicken salad, lettuce, tomato on cranberry-apricot bread. $7.99. 120 Shelter Cove Lane, Shelter Cove Towne Centre. 843-342-5420.

BL Gator’z Pizza: Gator’z is famous for its square pizza — hence the tagline “Pie R Square.” Gator’z also has salads, wings and grinders. Chef Cochise sticks around all fall and winter and lovingly makes his tasty pizzas – just like he’s making it for his own mother.

TRY THIS: Mega Meat Lover’s: A

Giuseppi’s Pizza and Pasta: 32 Shelter Cove Lane in Shelter Cove.

843-785-4144. LD Harold’s Diner: 641 William Hilton Parkway. 843-842-9292. BL HH Prime: Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort in Palmetto Dunes.

843-842-8000. BLDS

Jamaica Joe’z Beach Bar: A fun and dynamic Beach Bar with frozen specialty drinks, all day and sunset menus, and an awesome view of the beach as well as the island’s largest pool! Located at Hilton Head Island Beach & Tennis Resort. If you are not a guest at the Hilton Head Island Beach & Tennis Resort, simply pay $5 for a pass and you will be rewarded with $5 in Jamaica Joe’z bucks.

TRY THIS: House-smoked pulled pork. $6.99. Hilton Head Island Beach &

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Tennis Resort, 40 Folly Field Road.

843-842-0044.

Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island.

843-785-8576. LD

Lucky Rooster Kitchen + Bar: 841 William Hilton Pkwy, Unit A, South Island Square. 843-681-3474. www. luckyroosterhhi.com. DO

Scott’s Fish Market Restaurant and Bar: 17 Harbour Side Lane. 843785-7575. D

Mediterranean Harbour: 13 Harbourside Lane, Unit B, Shelter Cove Harbour. 843-842-9991, mediterraneanharbour.com. DO New York City Pizza: 28 Shelter Cove Lane, Suite 119, Shelter Cove Towne Centre. 843-785-4200. LD Old Oyster Factory: With panoramic views overlooking Broad Creek, this Hilton Head landmark was voted one of the country’s “Top 100 Scenic View Restaurants” by OpenTable. It was also recently recommended in the “Off the Beaten Track” column of The Wall Street Journal. Wine Spectator magazine bestowed its “Award of Excellence” for the restaurant’s wine list and knowledge of wine.

TRY THIS: Potato Crusted Black Grouper served with garlic Parmesan rice and julienned vegetables, finished with a horseradish cream, $24.99. 101 Marshland Road. 843681-6040. www.oldoysterfactory.com DO

San Miguel’s: 9 Shelter Cove Lane in Shelter Cove Harbour. 843-8424555. www.sanmiguels.com. LD Santa Fe Café: 807 William Hilton Parkway in Plantation Center. 843785-3838. LD Sea Grass Grille: Tucked away in Plantation Center, just outside the main entrance to Palmetto Dunes Resort, this hidden gem is no longer a secret. With a Lowcountry beach house theme, the atmosphere is vacation casual with a touch of elegance, perfect for a family outing, romantic dinner, a get-together with friends or a special event.

TRY THIS: Grouper Piccata; Sauteed with lemon, butter, white wine and capers. $29. 807 William Hilton Parkway. 843-785-9990. LD Starbucks: 32 Shelter Cove Lane.

843-842-4090 Up the Creek Pub & Grill: Broad Creek Marina, 18 Simmons Road.

843-681-3625. LDO

Orange Leaf: 38 Shelter Cove Lane, 843-689-5323, orangeleafyogurt. com.

Wayback Burgers: 32 Shelter Cove Lane, Shelter Cove Towne Centre.

843-785-2650, waybackburgers.com.

Pazzo: 807 William Hilton Parkway in Plantation Center. 843-842-9463. LD

XO Lounge: Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort in Palmetto Dunes.

843-341-8080.

Pelican’s Point Seafood & Steakhouse: Formerly known as Kingfisher Seafood, Pasta & Steakhouse. The Old World Mediterranean décor has been replaced with “contemporary nautical.” Dana Torres, a Le Cordon Bleutrained chef has redefined excellence with a new menu including local favorites for seafood, steaks, ribs, crab legs and good ol’ Southern recipes with a West Coast twist. Torres also runs the restaurant operations. 18 Harbourside Lane in Shelter Cove.

843-785-4442. pelicanpointseafood. com DO Poseidon: 38 Shelter Cove Lane, Shelter Cove Towne Centre. 843-3413838, poseidonhhi.com LDO Ruan Thai Cuisine I: 81 William

YoAddiction!: 890 William Hilton Parkway. 843-341-3335

HILTON HEAD SOUTH END Amigos Cafe y Cantina: 70 Pope Avenue. 843-785-8226. LD Angler’s Beach Market Grill: 2 North Forest Beach Dr., 843-785-3474.

LD Annie O’s: 124 Arrow Road. 843341-2664. LD Asian Bistro: 51 New Orleans Road.

843-686-9888. LD Aunt Chilada’s Easy Street Cafe: 69 Pope Avenue. 843-785-7700. LD October 2015 183

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Street Corn Salad

Romaine lettuce and chicken lightly charred on a wood-fire grill, topped with corn salsa, chile aioli, chile spice, pico de gallo and lime. Available at Holy Tequila.

Beach Break Grill: 24 Palmetto Bay Road, Suite F. 843-785-2466. LD Bess’ Delicatessen and Catering: Lunch specials include fresh homemade soups and assorted salads, and the only 100 percent freshly ovenroasted turkey breast on the island.

Bess’ features Boar’s Head meats and cheeses.

TRY THIS: Soap’s Delight; freshly baked turkey breast, cranberry mayo, bacon, Swiss and lettuce on wheat. $7.50. 55 New Orleans Road, Fountain Center.

843-785-5504. www.bessdeli.com.

BL Big Bamboo Cafe: After expanding its outside deck, owners of The Big Bamboo Café decided to upgrade their menu, focusing on fresh seafood items. Many fried items have been replaced with healthier grilled options, such as chargrilled chicken tacos.

TRY THIS: Bikini Wrap; hummus, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, feta and viagrette, served with blue cheese coleslaw, $8.50. 1 North Forest Beach Drive, Coligny Plaza. 843-686-3443, www.bigbamboocafe.com. LDO Black Marlin Bayside Grill and Hurricane Bar: 86 Helmsman Way in Palmetto Bay Marina. 843-785-4950.

LDS Bomboras Grille: An award-winning restaurant and bar, located steps away from the beach. Offering fresh and local Lowcountry ingredients paired with craft beers and wine. Bomboras Grille is open for lunch and dinner. A

kids menu is available. The locals call them the BOMB. TRY THIS: The “Bomb” Kobe Beef Sliders: Two Kobe beef burgers on Lowcountry-made Brioche buns with American cheese, South Carolina tomato and topped with cornichons. Served with three house dipping sauces. $10.

101 A/B Pope Avenue, Coligny Plaza.

843-689-2662 LDO Bayley’s: 130 Shipyard Drive. Sonesta Resort. 843-842-2400. BD British Open Pub: 1000 William Hilton Parkway D3 in the Village at Wexford. 843-686-6736. LDO Bullies BBQ: 3 Regents Pkwy. 843686-7427. LD Callahan’s Sports Bar & Grill: 49 New Orleans Road. 843-686-7665.

LDO Captain Woody’s: Many restaurants claim to be a favorite of locals.

Speaking as locals, one of our favorites is Captain Woody’s. Owners Shannon and Russell Anderson made a good thing even better with their new location at 6 Target Road. Woody’s now offers more seating, an expanded menu and an attractive outdoor patio with an attached bar.

TRY THIS: Grouper Melt, fried and topped with sauteed onions, mushrooms and melted cheese. Served open faced on a kaiser roll with homemade chips, $13.99. 6 Target Road.

843-785-2400. www.captainwoodys. com. LDO

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Carolina Crab Company: 86 Helmsman Way, Palmetto Bay Marina. 843-842-2016 LD Casey’s Sports Bar and Grille: 37 New Orleans Road.

843-785-2255. LDO Catch 22: 37 New Orleans Plaza. 843-785-6261. D Charbar Co.: Executive chef Charles Pejeau’s burger creations have made this a local favorite, serving awardwinning gourmet burgers, sandwiches, salads and more.

TRY THIS: Champ Burger; signature beef blend on toasted brioche with sharp cheddar cheese, bacon marmalade, dijon mustard and dill pickles. $10. 33 Office Park Rd., Suite 213. Park Plaza, 843-85-CHAR (2427).

Charlie’s L’etoile Verte: A great place for a power lunch or a romantic dinner. Owner Charlie Golson and his son Palmer write the entire menu by hand each day, based on the freshest local seafood available. The dinner menu offers an array of 14 fresh fish, rack of lamb, filet mignon and more.

TRY THIS: Local Cobia grilled with mango vinaigrette, $29. 8 New Orleans Road. 843-785-9277. www.charliesgreenstar.com.D Chow Daddy’s: Located in the old Dry Dock building on Executive Park Road, using local, organic ingredients with meals prepared to order. Featuring salad bowls, sandwiches, tacos, hot bowls, platters and other snacks.

The daily happy hour is 4-6 p.m.

TRY THIS: Pork tacos; sriracha aioli, arugula, avocado and peppadew pepper sauce. $8.50. 14B Executive Park Road, Hilton Head Island, 843-842-CHOW, chowdaddys. com.

Coast: Sea Pines Beach Club. 842-1888 LD Coligny Deli & Grill: Coligny Plaza. 843-785-4440.

LD Corks Neighborhood Wine Bar: 11 Palmetto Bay Road. 843-671-7783. LD Cowboy Brazilian Steakhouse: 1000 William Hilton Pkwy, Unit B6, The Village at Wexford. 843-715-3565, cowboybraziliansteakhouse.com.

CQ’s: 140A Lighthouse Lane.

843-671-2779. LD Crane’s Tavern and Steakhouse: 26 New Orleans Road. 843-341-2333. D Crazy Crab (Harbour Town): 149 Lighthouse Road.

843-363-2722. LD Delishee Yo: This is a hip hangout for healthy locals and travelers of all ages. A colorful and refreshing art-filled oasis fresh and healthy food. Dig into a custom combo froyo sundae, a super food smoothee, a big salad, a great green juice or a happy wrap. TRY THIS: Buddahh Bowl; organic golden quinoa and crimson lentils steamed in alkaline water with virgin coconut oil and Indian spice blend. $7.95. 32 Palmetto Bay Road in the Village Exchange. 843-785-3633. locu.com Daniel’s Restaurant and Lounge: 2 North Forest Beach Drive. 843-341-9379. www.danielshhi.com. LD October 2015 185

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DINING Dough Boys Pizza: 1-B New Orleans Road. 843-6862697. doughboyshhi.com. LD

Hugo’s Seafood & Steakhouse: 841 William Hilton Parkway. 843-785-HUGO. LD

Earle of Sandwich Pub: 1 North Forest Beach Drive in Coligny Plaza. 843-785-7767. LD

It’s Greek To Me: 11 Lagoon Road in Coligny Plaza.

843-842-4033. LDO

Electric Piano: 33 Office Park Road. 843-785-5399. O

Java Burrito Company: 1000 William Hilton Pkwy.

843-842-5282. BLD

Fat Baby’s: 1034 William Hilton Parkway. 843-8424200. LD Fiesta Fresh Mexican Grill: 51 New Orleans Road.

843-785-4788. LD

Java Joe’s: 101 Pope Avenue in Coligny Plaza. 843686- 5282. BLDO Jazz Corner: Village at Wexford. 843-842-8620. DO

FlatBread Grill: 2 North Forest Beach Drive, 843341-2225, flatbreadgrillhhi.com.

Jersey Mike’s: 11 Palmetto Bay Rd., Island Crossing.

843-341-6800.

French Kiss Bakery: Coligny Plaza, 1 North Forest Beach Drive. 843-687-5471. BL

Jump and Phil’s Bar and Grill: 7 Greenwood Drive, Suite 3B. 843-785-9070. LDO

Frozen Moo: Coligny Plaza, 1 North Forest Beach Drive. 843-842-3131

Kenny B’s French Quarter Cafe: 70 Pope Avenue in Circle Center. 843-785-3315. BLDS

Frosty Frog Cafe: 1 North Forest Beach in Coligny Plaza. 843-686-3764. LDO

Kurama Japanese Steak and Seafood House: 9 Palmetto Bay Road. 843-785-4955. D

Gringo’s Diner: E-5, Coligny Plaza. 843-785-5400.

La Hacienda: 11 Palmetto Bay Road. 843-842-4982.

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Gruby’s New York Deli: 890 William Hilton Parkway in the Fresh Market Shoppes. 843-842-9111.

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Land’s End Tavern: South Beach Marina, Sea Pines.

843-671-5456. BLD

Harbourside Burgers and Brews: Harbour Town, Sea Pines Resort, 843-842-1444, www.seapines.com.

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Links, An American Grill: Harbour Town Golf Links Clubhouse, Sea Pines. 843-363-8380, linksamericangrill.com

Harbour Town Bakery and Cafe: Harbour Town, Sea Pines. 843-363-2021. BL

Live Oak: 100 North Sea Pines Drive, 843-842-1441, liveoaklowcountrycuisine.com

Heyward’s: 130 Shipyard Drive. Sonesta Resort. 843842-2400. BD

Local Pie: Only the highest quality, regionally sourced ingredients go into these wood-fired, housemade pies. A local business, with local staff and local suppliers.

TRY THIS: The Gump Pie; shrimp, scallop sausage, calamari, roast tomato, goat cheese and arugula. 843842-7437, info@localpie.com

Hilton Head Diner: 6 Marina Side Drive. 843-6862400. BLDO Hilton Head Brewing Company: 7C Greenwood Drive (Reilley’s Plaza), Hilton Head Plaza. 843-7853900. www.hhbrewingco.com.LD Hilton Head Ice Cream: 55 New Orleans Road, #114. 843-852-6333.

Hinchey’s Chicago Bar and Grill: Circle Center, Pope Avenue. 843-686-5959. LDO Hinoki of Kurama: 37 New Orleans Road. 843-7859800. LD Holy Tequila: Holy Tequila offers a harmonizing blend of Mexican street food with new American flavors. Its inviting space features an open kitchen, an indoor/ outdoor open air seating area, a large tequila bar and a private tasting room. The menu features a wide variety of gourmet tacos, quesadillas, salads and smalls plates, all priced under $11; and a fully stocked bar with more than 40 premium tequilas, handcrafted specialty cocktails, Mexican beers and Spanish-inspired wines.

TRY THIS: Asian Shrimp Taco; Crispy shrimp topped with a house soy aioli, cotija cheese, pickled onions and cabbage, cilantro and sriracha on a fresh corn tortilla. $3.95. 33 Office Park Rd., Suite 228. 843-6818226. LD

A Lowcountry Backyard: 32 Palmetto Bay Road at The Village Exchange. 843-785-9273. BLD Lodge Beer and Growler Bar: 7B Greenwood Drive, Hilton Head Plaza. 843-842-8966. DO Mellow Mushroom: 33 Office Park Road in Park Plaza. 843-686-2474. www.mellowmushroom.com.

LDO Mi Tierra (Hilton Head): 130 Arrow Rd. 843-3423409. LD Market Street Cafe: 12 Coligny Plaza. 843-6864976. LD Marley’s Island Grille: 35 Office Park Road in Park Plaza. 843-686-5800. DO Michael Anthony’s: 37 New Orleans Road. 843785-6272, michael-anthonys.com.

New York City Pizza: 81 Pope Avenue. 843-8422227. LD Nick’s Steak & Seafood: 9 Park Lane. 843-6862920. D

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DINING OMBRA Cucina Rustica: Popular local chef Michael Cirafesi and distinguished Philadelphia chef Nunzio Patruno have teamed up to open this upscale Italian restaurant in the Village at Wexford. Many dishes were created hundreds of years ago, passed down from generation to generation. All desserts, pastas and breads are made daily using natural and fresh ingredients imported from Italy.

TRY THIS: Carpaccio di Manzo; thinly sliced raw “Piemontese” beef, arugula, olive oil and shaved Parmigiano, $14. Village at Wexford. 843-842-5505. www.ombrahhi.com. D One Hot Mama’s: 7 Greenwood Drive, Hilton Head Plaza. 843-682-6262. LDSO Palmetto Bay Sunrise Café: 86 Helmsman Way in Palmetto Bay Marina. 843-686-3232. BL Philly’s Café and Deli: 102 Fountain Center, New Orleans Road. 843-785-9966. L Pino Gelato: 1000 William Hilton Parkway, Village at Wexford. 843-842-2822.

Plantation Café and Deli (south): 81 Pope Avenue in Heritage Plaza. 843-785-9020. BL Pomodori: 1 New Orleans Road. 843-686-3100. D The Porch: Beach House hotel. 1 South Forest Beach Drive. 843-785-5126. BLD Porter & Pig: Quality beer, proprietary cocktails and select wines with accompanying charcuterie, cheeses and shared plates.

TRY THIS: The Gourmet; Gruyere, Boursin and Gouda with roasted tomato aioli, smoked thick bacon and fresh basil.

1000 William Hilton Parkway, The Village at Wexford.

843-715-3224. www.porter-pig.com D Quarterdeck: 149 Lighthouse Road, Harbour Town, Sea Pines. 843-842-1999. LDO Red Fish: Upscale dining at its finest. Head chef Chaun Bescos takes advantage of his close relationship with local growers and farmers markets, tailoring Red Fish’s menu around the foods that are in season. The result is an eclectic blend of seafood, steaks, fresh fruit and local vegetables.

TRY THIS: Lowcountry Shrimp and Grits; served with Keegan Filion Farms chorizo gravy and fried okra over a bed of sauteed kale, $24. 8 Archer Road. 843-686-3388. redfishofhiltonhead.com. LD Reilley’s Grill & Bar (south): 7D Greenwood Drive.

842-4414. LDO Rita’s Italian Ice: 1 North Forest Beach Drive, Coligny Plaza. 843-686-2596, ritasice.com.

Salty Dog Cafe: One of Hilton Head’s favorite outdoor cafes for more than 20 years. Fresh seafood. Located at South Beach Marina, overlooking Braddock Cove. Both indoor and outdoor seating are available. Live music and children’s entertainment nightly during the season.

TRY THIS: Crab Cake Dinner; two freshly prepared Chesapeake-style lump crab cakes with homemade remoulade sauce. Served with Captain’s Au Gratin potatoes and fresh vegetables, $22.99. South Beach Marina Village, Sea Pines Resort. 843-671-7327. www.saltydog.com. LD October 2015 187

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DINING Sage Room: 81 Pope Ave., Heritage Plaza. 843-785-5352. D Sea Shack: 6 Executive Park Drive.

843-785-2464. LD Signals Lounge: 130 Shipyard Drive, Sonesta Resort. 843-842-2400.

Road. 843-341-5477 Steamers: 28 Coligny Plaza. 843-7852070. LD Stellini:15 Executive Park Road. 843785-7006. D

Signe’s Bakery & Cafe: 93 Arrow Road. 843-785-9118. BLS

Stu’s Surfside: 1 North Forest Beach Drive, Coligny Plaza. 843-686-7873.

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Skillets Café: Coligny Plaza. 843785-3131. BLD

The Studio: 20 Executive Park Road.

843-785-6000. D

The Smokehouse: 34 Palmetto Bay Road. 842-4227. BLDO

Sunset Slush: 81 Pope Avenue, 843785-7851.

Smooth: 11 Palmetto Bay Road in Island Crossing shopping center. 843842-9808.

Sweet Carolina Cupcakes: 1 N. Forest Beach Drive. 843-342-2611.

Southern Coney & Breakfast: 70 Pope Avenue in Circle Center. 843689-2447. BL Spirit of Harbour Town: 843-843363-9026. www.vagabondcruise.com.

Stack’s Pancakes of Hilton Head: 2 Regency Parkway. 843-341-3347.

BLD Starbucks (south): 11 Palmetto Bay

Tiki Hut: 1 South Forest Beach Drive at the Beach House. 843-785-5126.

OLD Topside Waterfront Restaurant: Harbour Town, Sea Pines. 843-8421999. D Trattoria Divina: 33 Office Park Rd. 843-686-4442. D Truffles Cafe (Sea Pines): Fresh local seafood, Black Angus steaks,

baby back ribs, homemade soups and garden salads.

TRY THIS: Chicken Pot Pie; tender breast meat, carrots, mushrooms, sweet bell peppers and white wine cream sauce covered with a puff pastry. $12.95. 71 Lighthouse Road, Sea Pines Center. 843-671-6136, trufflescafe.com LD Urban Vegan: 86 Helmsman Way, Palmetto Bay Marina. 843-671-3474.

LD Vari Asian: 840 William Hilton Pkwy.

843-785-9000. LD Vine: 1 North Forest Beach Drive in Coligny Plaza. 843-686-3900. LD Watusi: A place for breakfast, lunch and coffee. The cafe’s interior mirros a warm, cozy living room where families and friends can gather and enjoy food in a casual home-style setting. TRY THIS: The Pope Avenue; roasted red peppers, sundried tomato, goat cheese, provolone, tomato and balsamic vinaigrette on a fresh house baked french baguette. $11.95. 71 Pope Ave. 843-686-5200.

www.islandwatusi.com. BL Which Wich?: 70 Pope Ave., Suite 13. 843-715-9424, whichwich.com Wild Wing Café: 72 Pope Ave. 843785-9464. LDO Wine and Cheese If You Please: 24 Palmetto Bay Road, Ste. G. 843842-1200.

Wreck of the Salty Dog: South Beach Marina Village, Sea Pines. 843671-7327. D

BLUFFTON Agave Side Bar: 13 State of Miind St., 843-757-9190. LD Amigos Belfair (Bluffton): 133 Towne Drive. 843-815-8226. LD Backwater Bill’s: 20 Hampton Lake Drive. 843-875-5253. LDO Bluffton BBQ: 11 State of Mind St. 843-757-7427, blufftonbbq.com. LD Bluffton Family Seafood House: 27 Dr. Mellichamp Drive. 843-7574010. LD

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Grouper Piccata Sauteed with lemon, butter, white wine and capers. Available at Sea Grass Grille.

The Bluffton Room: 15 Promenade St., 843-757-3525, theblufftonroom.com D

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The Brick Chicken: 1011 Fording Island Road in the Best Buy Shopping Center. 843-836-5040. LDO

Choo Choo BBQ Xpress: 129 Burnt Church Road. 843-815-7675. LDO

The British Open Pub: 1 Sherington Drive, Suite G, 843-815-6736. LDO Buffalos Restaurant: 476 Mount Pelia Road inside Palmetto Bluff. 843706-6500. LD Burnin’ Down South: 198 Okatie Village Drive, Suite 108. 843-7052453. LD Butcher’s Market and Deli: 102 Buckwalter Parkway, Suite 3-G. 843815-6328. BLD Cahill’s Market & Chicken Kitchen: 1055 May River Road. 843757-2921. LD Captain Woody’s: Many restaurants claim to be a favorite of locals. Speaking as locals, one of our favorites is Captain Woody’s.

TRY THIS: Grouper Melt, fried and topped with sauteed onions, mushrooms and melted cheese. Served open faced on a kaiser roll with homemade chips, $13.99. 17 State of Mind St. in the Calhoun Street Promenade. 843-7576222. www.captainwoodys.com. LDO The Carolina Tavern: 5 Godfrey Place. 843-757-9464. thecarolinatavern.com LD Cheeburger Cheeburger: 108 Buckwalter Parkway. 843-837-2433.

Chipotle: Tanger I Outlet Center. 843836-2442, chipotle.com. LD

Chow Daddy’s: This new restaurant is using local, organic ingredients with meals prepared to order. The menu features salad bowls, sandwiches, tacos, hot bowls, platters and other snacks.

The daily happy hour is 4-6 p.m.

TRY THIS: Pork tacos; sriracha aioli, arugula, avocado and peppadew pepper sauce. $8.50. 15 Towne Drive, Belfair Towne Village, 843-842-CHOW, chowdaddys.com.

Claude & Uli’s Bistro: 1533 Fording Island Road. 843-837-3336. LD Coconuts Bar & Grille: 39 Persimmon St. 843-757-0602. DO Corks Neighborhood Wine Bar: 1297 May River Road. 843-815-5168.

DO Corner Perk Cafe: 1297 May River Road. 843-816-5674, cornerperk.com.

BL The Cottage Cafe, Bakery and Tea Room: 38 Calhoun St. 843-757-0508. www.thecottagebluffton.com. BL Dolce Vita: 163 Bluffton Rd. Unit F. 843-815-6900, dolcevitarustica.com D Dough Punchers Bakery: 1536 Fording Island Road, Unit 104. 843837-1177 BL October 2015 189

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Southern Pulled Pork Served open face on homemade jalapeno cheddar cornbread with bread-andbutter pickles, slaw and barbecue sauce. Available at Chow Daddy’s.

Downtown Deli: 27 Dr. Mellichamp Drive. 843-815-5005. BL El Super Internacional: 33 Sherington Dr. 843-815-8113. LD Firehouse Subs: 32 Malphrus Rd., #109. 843-815-7827. LD Fiesta Fresh Mexican Grill: 876 Fording Island Road (Hwy. 278), Suite 1. 843-706-7280. LD Giuseppi’s Pizza and Pasta: 25 Bluffton Road. 843-815-9200. LD Hana Sushi and Japanese Fusion: 1534 Fording Island Road. 843-8373388. hanasushifusion.com LD

Kelly’s Tavern: 11B Buckingham Plantation Drive. 843-837-3353.

BLDO Kobe Japanese Restaurant: 30 Plantation Park Drive. 843-757-6688.

LD Longhorn: Inside Tanger I. 843-7057001. LD Los Jalapeno’s Mexican Grill: The Bridge Center. 843-837-2333. LD Lowcountry Flower Girls: Berkeley Place. 843-837-2253.

May River Grill: 1263 May River Road. 843-757-5755. LD

Hinchey’s Chicago Bar & Grill: 104 Buckwalter Place, Suite 1A. 843-8365909. LD

Mellow Mushroom: 872 Fording Island Rd. 843-706-0800. mellowmushroom.com. LDO

HogsHead Kitchen and Wine Bar: 1555 Fording Island Rd. 843-837-4647.

Midnight Baker: 14 Promenade St. 843-815-5355. LB

Honeybaked Ham: 1060 Fording Island Road. 843-815-7388. BLD

Mi Tierra: 27 Dr. Mellichamp Drive.

843-757-7200. LD

The Infield: 9 Promenade St., Suite 1201-2, 843-757-2999. LD

Mi Tierrita: 214 Okatie Village Drive.

843-705-0925. LD

Island Bagel & Deli: Sheridan Park.

843-815-5300. BL

Moon Mi Pizza: 15 State of Mind Street. 843-757-7007. LD

Jameson’s Charhouse: 671 Cypress Hills Drive, Sun City. 843-705-8200.

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Moe’s Southwest Grill: 3 Malphrus Road. 843-837-8722. LD

Jim ‘N Nick’s Bar-B-Q: 872 Fording Island Road. 843-706-9741. LD Katie O’Donnell’s: 1008 Fording Island Road (Kittie’s Crossing). 843815-5555. LDO

Mulberry Street Trattoria: 1476 Fording Island Road. 843-837-2426.

LDS Napoli Bistro Pizzeria & Wine Bar: 68 Bluffton Road, 843-706-9999. LD

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DINING NEO: 326 Moss Creek Village. 843837-5111.  Old Town Dispensary: 15 Captains Cove. 843-837-1893.  Orobello’s Bistro & Pizzeria: 103 Buckwalter Place, Unit 108. 843-8375637, www.orobellosbluffton.com.  Outback Steakhouse: 100 Buckwalter Place. 843-757-9888.  Panda Chinese Restaurant: 25 Bluffton Road. 843-815-6790. 

Fish’s menu around foods in season.

TRY THIS: Lowcountry Shrimp and Grits; served with Keegan Filion Farms chorizo gravy and fried okra over a bed of sauteed kale, $24. 32 Bruin Road, 843-837-8888. 

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Red Stripes Caribbean Cuisine and Lounge: 8 Pin Oak Street. 843757-8111. 

Truffles Cafe: Fresh local seafood, Black Angus steaks, baby back ribs, homemade soups and garden salads.

TRY THIS: Chicken Pot Pie; tender breast meat, carrots, mushrooms, sweet bell peppers and white wine cream sauce covered with a puff pastry.

91 Towne Drive Belfair Towne Village.

843-815-5551. trufflescafe.com. 

River House Restaurant: 476 Mount Pelia Road in Palmetto Bluff.

843-706-6500. 

Plantation Cafe & Deli: 1532 Fording Island Road. 843-815-4445.

Ruan Thai Cuisine II: 26 Towne Drive, Belfair Town Village. 843-7579479. 

Pour Richard’s: 4376 Bluffton Parkway. 843-757-1999. 

Saigon Cafe: 1304 Fording Island Road. 843-837-1800. 

The Pub at Old Carolina: 91 Old Carolina Road. 843-757-6844. 

Sake House: G1017 Fording Island Road Ste 105. 843-706-9222. 

R Bar: 70 Pennington Drive. 843-7577264. 

Sigler’s Rotisserie: 12 Sheridan Park Circle. 843-815-5030. 

Red Fish: Upscale dining at its finest.

Head chef Chaun Bescos takes advantage of his close relationship with local growers and farmers markets, tailoring Red

Peppers Old Town: 1255 May River Road. 843-757-5051.  Southern Barrel Brewing Co.: 375 Buckwalter Place Blvd., 843-837-2337,

Squat N’ Gobble: 1231 May River Road. 843-757-4242.  Stooges Cafe: 25 Sherington Drive.

843-706-6178. 

Walnuts Café: 70 Pennington Drive in Sheridan Park. 843-815-2877.  Wild Wing Café (Bluffton): 1188 Fording Island Road. 843-837-9453.  Zepplin’s Bar & Grill: Inside Station 300. 25 Innovation Drive. 843-8152695.  Zoes Kitchen: Tanger I Outlet Center.

843-837-5410. 

DAUFUSKIE ISLAND Eagle’s Nest: 56 Fuskie Lane, Bloody Point, 843-341-5522.

Marshside Mama’s Cafe: 15 Haig Point Road on County Landing. 843785-4755.  M

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OF ALL PLACES ON EARTH LAST CALL

The next 30 years As MONTHLY celebrates its 30th anniversary it seems appropriate to contemplate what the next three decades will have in store.

MARC FREY mfrey@freymedia.com

Are we living a happier life than our parents or grandparents?

I don’t think we can say that with certainty.

SOUND OFF Please send your comments to mfrey@freymedia.com.

I would like to get your feedback on this idea.

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t’s hard to believe that 30 years ago the following things did not dominate our daily lives: cell phones, e-mails, portable personal computers that connect via Wi-Fi nearly everywhere to nearly everything, HD television with hundreds of channels and the Internet that rushed in the communication revolution.

The communication revolution was a major shift with enormous impact on how we live and work comparable to the agricultural and industrial revolution.

It is unlikely that we will witness another comparable quantum shift. What we do know is that change continues to accelerate. This is due to the convergence of science, technology, communication and capital. In other words scientific and technical discoveries can be verified quicker because of enormous cheap computing power, it can be communicated instantly among researchers and it finds its way into our daily life quicker because capital is plentiful and willing to take risks.

When talking about change it is worth noting what has NOT changed. My biased list includes: the political system, greed, multinational corporations taking advantage of the end-consumer, the school system, social justice and well being for all. As an example: The average male full time worker is not making any more money nowadays than thirty years ago.

Women’s pay has increased by 30% but the gender gap is still large. The income difference between top earners and the middle class has widened is likely to continue to do so.

Some of the future megatrends that will shape the next 30 years include: ■ Artificial intelligence and robotics. Combine them and you have a recipe for less people having to work to produce the goods we need (or we think we need). This sounds like progress but it will create enormous social challenges. In simple words if you can’t find a job how are you going to make a living?

■ Another topic that will dominate is sustainability. It’s not just climate change. Sustainability covers a broader spectrum including energy and food. It is sad to say that we have no broad policy in place neither on a local or global level. We continue to live and behave like this will be a problem for a future

generation to solve. With other words we are not only shortsighted but also not demonstrating social consciousness towards our kids and grandkids.

■ The loss of privacy has arrived surprisingly fast and without much revolt against it. However its full implications are not clear yet. As an example how much information manipulation by governments or private entities are we willing to endure, assuming that we even know that it is happening?

■ Medical advancements will guarantee that we will get older; living to a hundred will soon be viewed as normal. But larger topics like gene manipulation and the quest for the perfect baby are going to be much more controversial.

■ We will be more people. Not just globally. To put in local perspective I foresee that Bluffton and Hilton Head combined will double from 70,000 to 140,000 full time residents. (Time to rethink the bridge that connects us!)

The list could be expanded, but what it shows is that there will be no lack of innovations in the next 30 years. The big question on my mind is if progress can be channeled into something positive that makes the earth more sustainable and improves the living conditions for a broader number of people. Technology will advance to the point that it will challenge everything we currently know and believe in; I’m not equally confident in our ability to deal with it.

Let’s ask a simple question: Are we living a happier life than our parents or grandparents? I don’t think we can say that with certainty. Being more comfortable does not automatically makes us happier. As a society we have not progressed much over the last 30 years. It will take a lot to deal with the enormous existential, moral and legal challenges that we are facing now and in the future.

The camp of big thinkers is divided between dooms day predictors and the ones that believe that we are moving towards a much better world. For my part I remain cautiously optimistic. After all hope is a necessary ingredient to any type of positive outcome worth fighting for, but we need to take the future more seriously if we want to control its outcome! M Onwards!

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