Lowcountry Monthly June 2020

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JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD

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WHEN OUR NEIGHBORS ARE IN NEED

WE AN S WE R THE C A L L .

Now, more than ever, our community needs us. Job loss, evictions and other personal crises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are rippling through our community. Families are hungry, they fear losing their housing and they need assistance.

use your donations to support front line nonprofits which are working with the most vulnerable populations in Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper Counties. 100% of the dollars raised goes directly to support the fund’s mission.

If you’re looking for a way to help, the Lowcountry Community COVID-19 Response Fund, a fund of Community Foundation of the Lowcountry set up specifically to address the hardships resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, will

The Community Foundation has already raised more than $473,000 and provided more than $330,000 in funding to local nonprofits helping those affected by COVID-19. But the needs are great, and they’ll continue for months to come.

843.681.9100 • cf-lowcountry.org

Make a difference to those who need it right now. Donate to the Lowcountry Community COVID-19 Response Fund at https:// cflowcountry.civicore.com/covid.

Or, for more information, visit our website at cf-lowcountry.org.

OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS US.

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June’s

Must Reads

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90 The Class of 2020

36 In the Nick of Time

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The RBC Heritage is Back

48 Making Memories

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Fun on the Water

Lowcountry duo embarks on around-theworld sailing journey for the environment.

A sunset wedding celebrates the blending of two cultures.

Give your dad a memorable Father’s Day experience together.

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Monthly recognizes seniors from the area’s high schools.

This year’s RBG Heritage of Golf Presented by Boeing. will be a bit different this year.

Hilton Head Island shines in summer.

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52 BUSINESS

REAL ESTATE

32 Production Pivot

66 Showing Property

Fire & Pine transitions to producing protective face shields.

Lowcountry real estate sales continue with precautions.

PEOPLE

EDUCATION

42 Experience Counts

86 Making the Best of Quarantine

Community Foundation of the Lowcountry names new leader.

Local high school students describe how they spent time in isolation.

44 Mask Makers

SPORTS

Lowcountry residents start sewing to keep community safe.

FATHER’S DAY 46 Gift Guide An assortment of ideas for the perfect present for dad.

HOME & GARDEN 52 May River Montessori Garden School brings learning experiences to students’ homes.

58 HVAC Quiz How well do you know your heating and air conditioning system?

60 Safety Protocols Lowcountry home trades make safety top priority.

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100 Teeing Off CT Pan will fight to keep his title at RBC Heritage this month.

101 RBC Economic Impact For the economy, The RBC Heritage means much more than golf.

102 RBC Heritage Ambassadors Snapshots of top golfers who will be at this year’s tournament.

GOOD DEEDS 111 Neighbors in Need Bluffton Self Help helps with food, rent and more.

DINING 116 Marc’s Cannellini Recipe An all-in-one dish that is simple, satisfying and interesting.

8 At The Helm 10 Opinion 12 Behind the Scenes 14 News 18 Community Connection 20 Where in the World?

28 On the Move 68 Real Estate News 114 Calendar 119 Restaurant News 120 Restaurant Listings 128 My Perspective

››At the Helm

While respecting social distancing, publisher Anuska Frey and editor Carol Weir celebrated seeing each other again after eight weeks of working from home.

For many of us, our backyards became our salvation this spring.

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Dear Reader

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hen we sent our June issue to the printer, the Monthly team was working remotely—but like the rest of the Lowcountry, beginning to venture out in the world as it reopened. As restrictions have been lifted and visitors arrive to enjoy their summer vacations, we feel relief that our local economy is up and running again and hope that we can move about safely.

In this issue we celebrate the great outdoors. For many of us, our backyards became our salvation this spring. In between Zoom meetings, home schooling and monitoring the news, our gardens took on a new importance—whether filled with flowers, vegetables, herbs or potted plants on the balcony of a condo or villa.

Some of us decided for the first time in our lives to get our hands dirty by planting seeds or seedlings, while others were content to watch the clouds move across the sky and let them remind us that this too shall pass. A successful garden is a testament to resilience: find out in this issue how Bluffton’s May River Montessori School kept their student gardens going despite the statewide suspension of classes.

I think we can all agree that the Lowcountry is a great place to take a deep breath of nature. For a look at some of the unique ecosystems around us and the opportunities they offer, check out our story about summer fun on the water and our feature about great local experiences to do with dad on Father’s Day. Finally, this issue is about saluting those who are making a difference. Many Lowcountry residents—including a local Realtor and the staff from the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina’s costume shop—are sewing homemade masks. A company in Ridgeland has transformed its factory to be able to produce face shields for health care workers. Bluffton Self Help is providing assistance with food, rent payments and utility bills for neighbors in need. Read our stories about them inside.

We hope you are enjoying the start of summer. Be good to yourself—take time to enjoy the amenities that cause so many to flock here, remember that rest is not idleness and treat yourself to a good read. We wish you health and happiness this month and always.

››Opinion

Letters to the Editor: WE ARE STILL COUNTING ON YOU

STEM CELL THERAPIES SHOW PROMISE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19

It’s been nearly three months since COVID-19 arrived in the Lowcountry and I think it’s safe to say that the virus is not “just another flu,” as many first believed. Yet despite the extreme but necessary measures we all endured to slow (not stop) the spread, it seems that many of us want to believe—or at least behave—as if the pandemic is over.

When COVID-19 hit our community, I shared my thoughts about the seriousness of the virus and urged others to do their part to stop the spread, if not for themselves, then for all of those at high risk and those battling the virus on the front lines.

Our own healthcare heroes urged others to stay home so that they could stay at the hospital and help patients, echoing the voices of healthcare workers, leaders and infectious disease experts around the globe. They urged, we complied, and it ultimately flattened the curve.

Now that every state has eased or lifted some restrictions in hopes of putting people back to work and boosting the economy, we must remember that opening the doors to business doesn’t mean we have closed the doors on COVID-19.

An increase in cases is inevitable, but we can still control its impact on our community. If we remain vigilant, continue to social distance, mask up and follow hand hygiene and infection prevention recommendations, we can prevent a flare up and preserve all the great work done to this point.

No matter your age or your politics, your behavior will make the difference. The choices you make will either prevent or promote the spread of COVID-19. It is your choice and for everyone’s sake, I hope you choose wisely.

As an emergency physician on the frontlines of the COVID-19 epidemic who also works at the Fraum Center for Restorative Health, I am seeing my two passions—stem cell therapies and emergency medicine— intersect in this pandemic. In addition to helping patients overcome chronic joint pain and other ailments that have plagued them for years, these therapies are showing promise in fighting COVID-19.

Stem cells have a powerful anti-inflammatory effect. In patients with severe COVID-19 disease, inflammation is doing the damage as their internal signaling systems go awry and damage their organs.

Stem cell therapies’ anti-inflammatory effect has been studied extensively in rheumatoid arthritis (another disease caused by out-of-control inflammation). In a recent study from China about stem cells published last month in the journal “Aging and Disease,” a group of seven patients with severe COVID-19 who received IV stem cell therapy showed complete/drastic improvement within 48 hours in this trial.

In another case study from China, physicians used stem cells obtained from umbilical cords to treat one patient with severe COVID-19 who was rapidly declining despite receiving traditional anti-viral medications. The patient rapidly improved and survived. Her lab work post-treatment reflected what we have seen in other studies: her inflammatory markers improved and her lymphocytes (immune system cells) returned to normal.

By mid-April, there were more than 30 stem cell trials for COVID-19 disease underway worldwide. In the U.S. in early April, two separate human trials testing the use of stem cells to treat COVID-19 were announced. These are the first Phase 2 clinical trials in the U.S. for any stem cell therapy.

On Hilton Head Island, I have used stem cell therapies to treat patients with chronic pain, joint problems and other issues and have seen impressive results.

Russell Baxley President and CEO, Beaufort Memorial Hospital

Heather Hinshelwood, MD Board-certified Emergency Physician and fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians

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››Behind the Scenes MEET OUR PHOTOGRAPHER: ROB KAUFMAN

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PHOTO BY BRODIE KAUFMAN

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Rob Kaufman first contributed to Hilton Head Monthly in the October 1995 issue and has been providing photography and/or articles in every issue since. This edition marks the 295th straight Monthly with his name on a credit. For several years Rob was a staff member — he joined as associate editor/photographer in 1996 and left as editor-in-chief in 2003. In March of that year, Kaufman Photography was St. Joseph’s/Candler born.

In addition to his work for Monthly, Rob has a wide variety of commer-

cial clients, providing photography for homebuilders, restaurants, hoteliers, art galleries, magazines, brides, families and corporate entities. While the majority of this work is done in the Lowcountry, the demand for his unique eye takes him all over the country.

The recent stay-at-home lifestyle has given Rob the opportunity to spend more time enjoying his two favorite hobbies: gardening and playing the card game Euchre with his family. Rob is from Michigan. See Rob’s work at kaufmanphotography.com.

MEET OUR WRITER: CARRIE HIRSCH

Carrie Hirsch is a native of Roanoke, Va., and was raised in Bergamo, Italy, Washington, D.C. and New York City, where she attended international schools and was exposed to a broad spectrum of cultures. Her professional experience includes 25 years of fine wine and gourmet food sales and marketing with Martin-Scott Wines, Les Trois Petits Cochons and Applegate Farms.

In the Lowcountry, Hirsch became enamored of the rich Gullah history.

She served on the executive board of the Gullah Museum of Hilton Head Island and was a co-recipient of an award for her preservation work from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Her commercial videography company co-produced the award-winning documentary, “Hilton Head Island Back in the Day: Through the Eyes of the Gullah Elders.”

In 2017, Hirsch co-wrote and published The College Man’s Cookbook with her son George Hirsch Jr., who realized most college men need some guidance when it comes to basic cooking techniques and easy recipes to prepare. The cookbook is available on Amazon and at Barnes and Noble.

The College Woman’s Cookbook is in the works.

Latitude Margaritaville

Community Connection is stronger than ever Part of Monthly’s mission is to promote and sustain activities that improve the quality of life for Lowcountry residents. Every month in our Community Connection section, we print announcements from charitable funds, non-profit organizations, civic club, social service agencies and others who are working to serve the needs of local youth, families, adults and animals.

The community has responded generously to the coronavirus crisis and this month we had more shout-outs to generous donors than we had room to print. Go to hiltonheadmonthly.com/donors to read the following good news: •A nonymous Donor helps Boys & Girls Club of Hilton Head Assist Families • Housekeeping Services Donates 7,000 Pounds of Laundry to Fire & Rescue • Lowcountry Yard Art Surprises Community • Vagabond Cruise Gives Back • Kroger Helps Feed Community • Island Winery Supports Community With Donations • Colleton River Club Collects Donations • Latitude Margaritaville Gives Food To Front-Line Workers • DJ Gary Lucca Gives Bluffton Free Dance Parties VOICE

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LOCAL DUO SAILS THE WORLDVOICE THE

SAIL AWAY

RBC HERITAGE

HAPPENING NOW

JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD CELEBRATE

FATHER’S DAY

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JUNE 2020

ABOUT THE COVER

Lowcountry duo Tripp Brower and Zach Bjur set off on an aroundthe-world sailing journey for the environment.

››News Briefs BLUFFTON-HILTON HEAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LEADS PATH FORWARD The Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce has taken the lead to reopen the local economy with its Path Forward Readiness Plan, a comprehensive set of protocols designed to protect the health and safety of the public during the COVID-19 pandemic.

More than 250 businesses have taken the pledge to adhere to the guidelines, providing a consistent, community-wide approach to reducing the risk of transmission of the coronavirus.

The Chamber translated the program’s flipbook into Spanish and made it available on its website thepathforward.org. The flipbook includes best practice checklists specific to each of nine sectors: small business/services, retail, faith-based organizations, restaurants, the arts, hotels, short-term rentals, childcare and recreation/attractions.

Businesses that agree to follow the guidelines and sign the pledge receive a “We Took the Pledge” seal to display on their doors, helping reassure customers and guests that appropriate protective measures have been taken to safeguard their health.

EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT JOB FAIR JUNE 11 Express Employment Professionals will hold a grand opening and job fair 4-7 p.m. June 11.

The event, in the parking lot behind the office at 29 Plantation Park Drive, Suite 504 in Bluffton, will adhere to social distancing guidelines. EEP supports local business owners who want to improve their recruiting and hiring strategies, and job seekers who seek better opportunities.

PALMETTO ELECTRIC PROVIDES AID WITH GIVE 5 INITIATIVE Palmetto Electric plans to help residents in Hampton, Jasper and southern Beaufort counties through a voluntary initiative called Give 5.

The effort will assist those faced with growing rent, mortgage, food and utility bills because of economic hardships caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Palmetto Electric asks members to pledge a voluntary tax-deductible donation of at least $5 to their electric bill for one month.

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Palmetto Electric

The money will be divided equally among four local non-profit agencies in the Palmetto Electric service area: Bluffton Self Help, BeaufortJasper Economic Opportunity Commission, Deep Well and United Ministries of Hampton.

Palmetto Electric Cooperative and Operation Round Up will match the amount for every member donation (up to a total of $50,000 each).

Members can pledge their donation by calling the office at 1-800-922-5551 or by visiting palmetto.coop.

of the pandemic from professionals in healthcare, law enforcement, tourism, faith-based organizations, tourism industries, and education (students, teachers and administrators). The Heritage Commission is also interested in how students were affected during the pandemic. Go to greenbookofsc.com/speak/

AFRICAN-AMERICAN POETRY, PHOTOGRAPHY, ART SOUGHT

The Don Ryan Center for Innovation has been appointed by the town of Bluffton as the DRCI Small Business Concierge. The DRCI will help businesses through the economic challenges produced by the COVID-19 pandemic by offering a free annual DRCI membership and free rent at The HUB – the new home of the Don Ryan Center for Innovation that offers flex space and business-building services.

Additionally, the DRCI and the Beaufort County Economic Development Corporation have created a comprehensive COVID-19 resource guide, which provides business owners a list of resources and explanations of federal and local programs. For more information, visit www. donryancenter.com.

South Carolina African American Heritage Commission (SCAAHC) is documenting the impact of the coronavirus through the African American perspective. The organization has opened a portal called Black Carolinians Speak: Portraits of a Pandemic and invites African American South Carolinians to chronicle the personal impact of the pandemic through stories, photography, video, art work, poetry, and other forms of expression. This an opportunity to provide future generations with knowledge as to how people persevered through a time that altered a sense of normalcy.

Although contributions from all African Americans from South Carolina are welcome, the SCAAHC is particularly seeking perspectives

DON RYAN CENTER FOR INNOVATION OFFERS FREE MEMBERSHIP, FLEX SPACE

››News TOWN OF HHI ALLOWS TEMPORARY SIGNS, RELAXES PLASTIC BAG BAN The town of Hilton Head has relaxed enforcement of the temporary sign regulations. All businesses are allowed to install temporary signs on their properties to announce openings. A permit is not required but the following guidelines should be followed: - each business is permitted to have one sign per street frontage - each sign should be no larger than 18” x 24” - each sign must be located on the same site as the business The town of Hilton Head has also relaxed enforcement of its single-use plastic bags ordinance due to the possible contamination reusable bags could pose.

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PINNACLE MEDICAL GROUP STEPS UP TO HELP DURING COVID-19 CRISIS At Pinnacle Medical Group, Dr. Audrey Klenke, plastic surgeon and principal of Pinnacle Medical Group, and her staff have expanded their services to support local hospitals during the COVID-19 crisis.

Pinnacle Medical Group reached out to Beaufort Memorial, Hilton Head and Coastal Carolina Hospital to offer to treat minor skin injuries including lacerations (cuts that may require stitches) and burns.

The laceration repair and minor skin injury services are available at Pinnacle’s Bluffton office at 7 Mallet Way and Beaufort office at 1096 Ribaut Road.

JR

Name: JR

Age: 7 years old Puma Thurman Gender: Male Weight: 25 pounds Breed: Papillion/Collie/Chihuahua mix Temperament: Loves everyone and everything. JR takes medication to control his epilepsy. He is very affectionate, playful, and acts much younger than his age.

Name: Puma Thurman

DONATE BRICKS FOR BLUFFTON VETERANS MEMORIAL The town of Bluffton partnered with the American Legion Post 205 to create the Veterans Memorial, which is in the Buckwalter Commerce Park. The park is closed because of the coronavirus, but memorial bricks at $100 for three lines of text, 14 characters per line, are being sold for the park. For more information, contact Kay Ranta at kayranta1135@gmail.com or 843-757-7918.

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Age: 5 years old Gender: Female Weight: 12 pounds Breed: Domestic Short Hair Temperament: Affectionate but guarded.

Adopt them at:

Hilton Head Humane Association 10 Humane Way, Hilton Head Island. Open daily from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

843-681-8686. hhhumane.org.

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››Community Connection

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LONG COVE FUND GRANT SUPPORTS COVID-19 RESPONSE FUND Long Cove Fund granted $20,000 to the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry’s Community COVID-19 Response Fund. The fund was created to rapidly deploy resources to community-based, front-line nonprofit organizations addressing the COVID-19 pandemic in Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties. To support the effort, the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry matched the grant, making the Long Cove Fund grant a total of $40,000.

ST. JOSEPH’S/CANDLER OPENS BLUFFTON CAMPUS St. Joseph’s/Candler has opened a campus on Buckwalter Place in Bluffton. Phase I of the 40,000-square-foot complex has an emphasis on oncology and an expansion of medical and radiation oncology services. It features stateof-the-art medical equipment and a linear accelerator for advanced radiation treatments.

Phase 2 will expand primary care, specialty care, imaging and other medical services.

WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION NAMES YOUTH COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD WINNERS The Women’s Association of Hilton Head Island Youth Community Service Award Program has recognized five high school students for their community service. The students were awarded with $1,000 each. Recipients are Logan Bedenbaugh (Hilton Head High School), Kierstin Clark (Hilton Head Preparatory High School), Madison Frank (Hilton Head

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Preparatory High School), Laura Huggins (Hilton Head High School) and Anna Sulek (Hilton Head Preparatory High School).

The award began in 1980 as a way to recognize local students and has recognized more than 100 students.

POLITE NAMED S.C. YOUTH OF YEAR Amonnie Polite has been awarded the 2020 South Carolina Youth of the Year title by Boys & Girls Clubs of America. The honor came with $2,500 scholarship. Polite is a member of the Boys & Girls Club of Bluffton.

The Youth of the Year title is an honor bestowed upon an exemplary young person in recognition of leadership, service, academic excellence and dedication to live a healthy lifestyle. The Youth of the Year program honors the nation’s most awe-inspiring young people on their path to great futures and encourages all kids to lead, succeed and inspire.

Polite, 17, is a junior at May River High School and has been a member of the Boys & Girls Club of Bluffton for nearly a decade.

AL-ANON SUPPORT GROUPS MEET ONLINE, RESUMING AT YANA CLUB Al-Anon of Beaufort County, a support program for families and friends of alcoholics, has live Zoom groups and discussion board, forum-style electronic meetings every day. There are also limited in-person meetings taking place at the YANA Club on Hilton Head Island. Participation is free, but donations are accepted. For more information, visit al-anon-lowcountry.org

New Bluffton Medical Campus

LIBRARY LAUNCHES CURBSIDE SERVICE All Beaufort County Library branches and bookmobiles are closed to the public, but contactless, curbside service for books and DVDs is available from noon – 4 p.m. Mon.-Friday.

Call the library branch and ask for the titles you want. Then park in the designated area, call again to let staff know you have arrived and pop your trunk. Beaufort County library staff is available via the Contact Us form on the library’s website. Residents who do not have library cards are asked to apply for a temporary library card by visiting the library’s website. For more information, visit beaufortcountylibrary.org

ALL SAINTS GARDEN TOUR CANCELLED The 2020 All Saints Garden Tour has been cancelled due to the pandemic. A fund was established to support charities that anticipated funds from the tour. BackPack Buddies of Bluffton, Backpack Buddies of Hilton Head Island, Jasper County Backpack Buddies, Hilton Head Island Safe Harbour, St. Stephens United Methodist Church Outreach Foodbank, and Family Promise were named grant recipients. Donations will be divided equally among the recipients.

For donation information, visit www.allsaints-hhi.org.

HAY, RAMIREZ EARN ROTARY SCHOLARSHIPS

The Rotary Club of Hilton Head Island awarded scholarships in the amount of $4,000 per year —for a total of $16,000 each—to Riley Hay and Tania Ramirez, both seniors at Hilton Head Island High School. Applicants were evaluated

Generosity is one of the best things about the Lowcountry. Has your business or organization given back to the community?

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on their potential for post-secondary success in a university or technical college as indicated by academic performance, financial need, community service, work experience, and letters of recommendation

NEW NONPROFIT BRINGS BIRTHDAY PARTIES TO KIDS IN NEED The Celebration Projects, a new nonprofit, will provide birthday parties to children in need. It seeks children who have experienced adversity from physical or learning disabilities, children with autism and families experiencing financial hardship.

The party will include the location, activities, entertainment, food, drink, cake, decorations, favors and gifts. Founder Libby O’Regan said due to coronavirus the parties will be small gatherings following social distancing guidelines or a cake, presents and an at-home party kit for the child. The Celebration Projects is supported by donations from individuals and businesses and is accepting nominations and applications at thecelebrationsproject.org

PAL PET FOOD DRIVE HELPS KEEP ANIMALS IN HOMES Palmetto Animal League is collecting needed food supplies for less fortunate pets for distribution at local food pantries.

Bring the following pet food items (any brand) to the PAL Adoption Center: • Bags of cat, dog, puppy and kitten dry food • Canned dog and cat food • Broken or open bags of dog and cat food.

Staff and volunteers examine them for freshness and repackage. There is also an Amazon registry on the organizaton’s website. The PAL Adoption Center is open Mon.-Sat. from noon-7 p.m. 56 Riverwalk Blvd., Okatie.

For more information: 843-645-1725 or info@ palmettoanimalleague.org

WEXFORD FOUNDATION DONATES $100,000 TO LOCAL CHARITIES The Wexford Foundation donated more than $100,000 to 14 local non-profits with immediate needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most

of the funds were directed to charities dealing with hunger and housing, but Wexford also contributed to education, software and the funding of PPE for agencies in need of equipment.

YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO COMPLETE THE CENSUS Census Day was April 1, so you might have thought that the deadline for being counted in the U.S. Census had passed. But it is not too late to be counted. April 1 was a key reference date for the 2020 Census - not a deadline.

How you respond to the 2020 Census will help determine how billions of dollars in federal funding will flow into our area. By law, the Census Bureau cannot release any identifiable information about you, your home, or your business, even to law enforcement agencies, under Title 13 of the U.S. Code. Response to census online at 2020census.gov; by calling 844-330-2020 for English, and 844-468-2020 for Spanish and 12 other languages, from 7 a.m. to 2 a.m.; or by mail if you received the short questionnaire.

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››Where in the World?

Editor’s Note: The coronavirus won’t last forever and travel will resume. While we wait for life to get back to normal, enjoy these shots of locals enjoying far-flung places.

Tanzania Monthly went to the Serengeti in Tanzania with Jerry Green, Colleen Stauning, Cindy Green and Patty Blackmon in March.

Norman Island Amy and Brad Loescher brought Monthly on a trip to the British Virgin Islands. They were on a boat moored off the coast of Norman Island.

Nashville

Italy Phil and Christopher Schembra and Monthly visited Massimo Bottura’s restaurant, Osteria Francescana, in Modena, Italy.

Susan and Norman Weinberger took Monthly on a trip to the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn.

We love to see where Monthly travels! Submit your photos to editor@hiltonheadmonthly.com for this section. Space is limited.

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Sailing for the Environment LOWCOUNTRY DUO HAS A MISSION FOR THEIR AROUND-THE-WORLD-JOURNEY

BY ANTHONY GARZILLI PHOTOS SUPPLIED

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ripp Brower remembers the rush of sailing into Hiva Oa with a full moon hovering above.

Zach Bjur recalls the sweet earthy smell, the scent of flowers and mangoes and the spray of the waterfalls. Sometimes he has dreams of being on the boat, putting up a sail.

In late March, after a month of sailing across the Pacific Ocean, longtime friends Brower and Bjur arrived at peaceful Hiva Oa in the Marquesas Islands.

Their planned two-year trip around

the world on the J. Henry, a 40-foot Hinckley boat built in 1971, began in November and included a stop on this island in French Polynesia.

“Sailing up to the island was special,” Bjur said. “It was incredible.”

The Hilton Head Island natives, who were roommates at the College of Charleston, were on a mission to observe environmental changes and challenges faced by coastal communities around the world. Their goal was to highlight those who are adapting to the changes, and they

partnered with filmmaker Grey Gowder to document the trip for a film called “Sea Change.”

The journey called Apparent Winds took them from Charleston to Bermuda, through the Panama Canal and eventually into Hiva Oa. Tahiti and New Zealand were upcoming destinations—until COVID-19 changed their plans.

The pandemic that has gripped the world forced Bjur and Brower to pause in French Polynesia. About a week after

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arriving in Hiva Oa, a lockdown was ordered and they were faced with a difficult choice: head home or be quarantined on their boat for an indefinite period of time.

“It was very surreal,” said Brower. “One night the cops, mayor and immigration officials told everybody on boats they had to leave.

Or the other option was quarantine.”

With no known cases of coronavirus on the island, Brower, 31, decided to stay. After talking with his family, he figured the J. Henry was as safe a place as any to hunker down.

Bjur, 30, decided to go home to Charleston.

He figured it wouldn’t be long before he rejoined Brower.

“What made most sense with me and my family and girlfriend was coming home,” he said.

Brower, who founded Charleston’s nonprofit Lowcountry Maritime School and is a current board member, is now sharing the J. Henry with a fellow traveler from Paris. Via FaceTime, he said he’s passing the time by learning French, playing cards and swimming.

About 4,800 miles from home, he has enjoyed companionship among the island residents and other sailors aboard the 35 boats docked nearby.

They have played name-that-song over the radio, shared stories and celebrated birthdays. A painting was made of all the boats in the harbor.

After about a month on the boat, the quarantine was lifted and Brower and the other sailors could go into town and walk or hike. At press time the J. Henry was still tied up, pending the lifting of travel restrictions, but the Apparent Winds mission remained strong.

Bjur, a wildlife biologist at S.C. Department of Natural Resources, hopes to rejoin Brower in Tahiti in June and resume their journey.

He said that from their observations before the trip was interrupted, he’s encouraged by how some communities are reacting to environmental changes.

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Charleston > Bermuda: 769 nm | 6.41 days Bermuda > Antigua: 922 nm | 7.68 days Antigua > Guadeloupe: 67 nm | 0.56 days Guadeloupe > Dominica: 46 nm | 0.38 days Dominica > Martinique: 45 nm | 0.38 days Martinique > St. Lucia: 36 nm | 0.3 days St. Lucia > St. Vincent: 53 nm | 0.44 days St. Vincent > Mustique: ~40 nm | 0.33 days Mustique > Canouan: ~20 nm | 0.17 days Canouan > Carriacou: ~20 nm | 0.17 days Carriacou > Grenada: ~40 nm | 0.33 days Grenada > Aruba by way of Bonaire & Curacao: 487 nm | 4.05 days Aruba > Cartagena: 388 nm | 3.23 days Cartagena > Panama Canal: 267 nm | 2.23 days Panama Canal > Galapagos Islands: 844 nm | 7.03 days Galapagos > Tahiti: 3676 nm, | 30.63 days Tahiti > Rarotonga, CK: 610 nm | 5.08 days Rarotonga, CK > Whangarei, NZ: 1908 nm | 15.9 days Whangarei, NZ > Wellington, NZ: 500 nm | 4.16 days Wellington, NZ > Sydney, AU: 1233 nm | 10.28 days Sydney, AU > Brisbane, AU: 394 nm | 3.28 days Brisbane, AU > Cairns, AU: 748 nm | 6.23 days Cairns, AU > Thursday Island: ~450 nm | 3.75 days Thursday Island > Misool: 1185 nm | 9.9 days Misool > Bali: 823 nm | 6.86 days Bali > Christmas Island: 580 nm | 4.83 days Christmas Island > Cocos (Keeling): 527 nm | 4.39 days Cocos (Keeling) > Mauritius Island: 2320 nm | 19.3 days Mauritius Island > Seychelles: 936 nm | 7.8 days Seychelles > Antisiranana, MG: 596 nm | 4.8 days Madagascar > Comoros: 356 nm | 2.96 days Comoros > Durban, SA: 1337 nm | 11.14 days Durban, SA > East London, SA: 250 nm | 2.08 days East London, SA > Port Elizabeth, SA: 120 nm | 1 day Port Elizabeth, SA > Knysna, SA: 127 nm | 1.05 days Knysna, SA > Cape Town, SA: 247 nm | 2.05 days Cape Town, SA > St. Helena: 1693 nm | 14.11 days St. Helena > Ascencion: 693 nm | 5.78 days Ascencion > Cabo Verde: 1468 nm | 12.23 days Cabo Verde > Azores: 1257 nm | 10.48 days Mediterranean Loop: ~6020 nm | ~50 days at sea Alternate Route Options: Galapagos > Easter Island 2028 nm | 16.9 days Easter Island > Pitcairn Island 1117 nm | 9.3 days

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During their various stops, they met people who were cleaning up their communities, using less plastic and eating less meat.

Bjur said a group on the small island of Petite Martinique, where water is scarce, received a grant for an aquaponic system that will help them provide food. Residents use this system to raise fish and make plant fertilizer.

Bjur believes local initiatives are vital to fighting climate change.

“It’s going to have to be small groups that know their ecosystems, that have local knowledge on how to address the issue,” he said.

Because the coronavirus has impacted the entire world, Bjur and Brower hope it will inspire communities and leaders to be united in addressing environmental issues.

When they can resume sailing, Brower and Bjur plan to visit Mission Blue Hope Spots, which are sites deemed critical to protecting the ocean’s health. There are 15 spots on their route and they plan to meet with local environmentalists at each.

“We want to see this thing through,” Bjur said.

TRIPP BROWER AND ZACH BJUR’S SAILING JOURNEY WAS PAUSED IN FRENCH POLYNESIA BUT THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND NATIVES PLAN TO CONTINUE THEIR TRIP.

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››On the Move

Court Atkins Group

COURT ATKINS GROUP RELOCATES TO FORMER RED FISH BUILDING Court Atkins Group has renovated and relocated to the former Red Fish Restaurant building in Bluffton. James Atkins said the main goal was to get the firm’s entire team at one location.

The space at 32 Bruin Rd. includes garage doors that open to a partially covered deck and open-air fireplace. The 6,200-square-foot building includes an interior design resource center, an interior design display gallery, a kitchen-break room and smaller conference spaces. Originally built in 1990, the offices first opened as the Bluffton Post Office. The space later became Myrtle’s Restaurant and then Red Fish.

HORIZON HOMES INSPECTORS ADDS TEAM MEMBER Michael Kennedy has joined Horizon Home Inspectors as the fifth member of its team.

Kennedy, formerly of Kennedy Home Inspections, is a South Carolina native who moved to the Lowcountry 2014. He spent five years in the retail home improvement business while building his home inspection clientele in Lowcountry.

KBRS WELCOMES LOGISTICS MANAGER Joe Haddad has joined KBRS as a logistics manager. He will oversee all local market activity for the Hardeeville-based company and sell its leak-free custom shower systems for 30 hiltonheadmonthly.com

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Haddad

Reagan

Dooley

Sulek

Collett

residential and commercial use. Haddad has more than 25 years of sales, account management and business development experience.

He spent more than 20 years in leadership roles at W.W. Grainger, Inc. of Savannah.

LOWCOUNTRY DOCTOR NAMED TO ONCOLOGY REVIEW PANEL Dr. Gary Thomas has been named to the content review panel for the American Society of Clinical Oncology website (cancer.net) pertaining to Hodgkin’s lymphoma and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Thomas is the medical director of South Carolina Cancer Specialists with offices on Hilton Head Island and in Bluffton.

The website is a resource for patients and families to help their understanding of the diagnosis and treatment and supportive care options.

SEA PINES COUNTRY CLUB HAILED FOR CLUBHOUSE DESIGN Sea Pines Country Club was recognized by Club Management Magazine for its “state-of-theart clubhouse” design. Sea Pines was selected due to its “Vision 2020” long-range plan, relationship to its location, and overall integration with the natural Lowcountry environment.

The magazine highlighted the club’s fitness center, expansive pool deck, Blue Heron Pub & Grille and its marshview gathering area which has a firepit and bocce court. Grady L. Woods Architects led the architectural design of phases one and two of the clubhouse reimagination.

HILTON HEAD REGIONAL HEALTHCARE WELCOMES CARDIOVASCULAR SPECIALISTS Hilton Head Regional Healthcare has added Drs. Jay Kalan, Jonathan MacCabe, J. Calvin Sharp, and Douglas Westveer as cardiovascular specialists.

Dr. Kalan earned his medical degree at Virginia Commonwealth University and completed an Interventional Cardiology fellowship at the University of Virginia Medical Center.

Dr. MacCabe earned his medical degree at the University of Tennessee and completed fellowships at Tulane University and Vanderbilt University.

Dr. Sharp earned his medical degree and completed a cardiology fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina.

Dr. Westveer earned his medical degree at Michigan State University and completed a Cardiology Electrophysiology fellowship at the University of Illinois.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hilton Head Regional Habitat for Humanity has named Brenda Dooley as its executive director, effective July 1. She will succeed Patricia Wirth who is retiring after almost 20 years with the affiliate.

Since 2015, Dooley has served as the affiliate’s assistant executive director. For nine years she had worked as executive director

of the LowCountry Habitat for Humanity in Beaufort. She serves on the board of directors of the South Carolina Association of Habitat Affiliates, the Rotary Club of Hilton Head Island and the Hilton Head Area Home Builders Association.

PEP HIRES SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Programs for Exceptional People has named Nancy Sulek as its senior director of development. Sulek will oversee all fundraising, event planning and grant writing. Prior to joining PEP, Sulek served as Development Officer at Volunteers in Medicine HHI and was senior account manager for WellTrackOne.

MEDICAL NUTRITION OF THE LOWCOUNTRY HOSTING VIRTUAL COUNSELING Medical Nutrition of the Lowcountry is accepting clients for virtual nutrition counseling. Owner Courtney Collett MS, RD, LD is a registered dietitian in South Carolina and Georgia and has a master’s degree specializing in medical dietetics and allied medicine.

She works with patients whose goals are to treat or prevent hypertension, obesity, heart disease, cancer, renal disease, GI disorders and other issues, and to promote overall healthy lifestyles. For more information, visit www.medicalnutritionsc.com.

CROSSROADS FINANCIAL DIRECTORS ATTEND EDUCATIONAL FORUM Crossroads Financial Group’s managing director Bill Brady and Shane Russell, executive vice president and director of operations, recently attended an investment educational forum in Chicago hosted by First Trust Portfolios.

COASTAL CARE PARTNERS EXPANDS INTO BEAUFORT COUNTY Coastal Care Partners in Savannah, a registered-nurse-managed aging services company, has expanded its service area to include Bluffton and Hilton Head Island.

Bailey Reagan is its nurse care manager.

Previously, Reagan worked at Beaufort Memorial Hospital’s post-anesthesia care unit in Beaufort and Memorial Health’s neuroscience intensive care unit in Savannah.

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Production Pivot OKATIE BUSINESS RETOOLS TO PRODUCE FACE SHIELDS

BY ANTHONY GARZILLI | PHOTOS SUPPLIED

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esigning and manufacturing wood-burned maps, home décor artwork and custom logos has been Fire & Pine’s business for three years.

The burgeoning brand on Short Cut Road in the Okatie area of Jasper County has evolved from selling its products to a dozen stores to a national presence serving more than 500 retail outlets.

Owner Ryan Martz said Fire & Pine was primed for more growth this year when the novel coronavirus pandemic threatened to bring business to a halt.

But Martz wasn’t deterred. Instead he decided to act.

Since late March, as a way to help healthcare workers and keep much of his staff employed, Fire & Pine has transitioned to producing protective face shields.

Martz realized he had the equipment and an eager staff ready to make shields that nurses, doctors and other healthcare workers wear to block splatter and protect the N95 masks they also wear.

“I knew we had a creative and hard-working team and we have this great machinery that not a lot of people have,” Martz said.

With the equipment and staff in place, Martz and his team began working with designs and test batches. With some help from the South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership, a non-profit that consults with business strategies, Fire & Pine realized it could make thousands of shields – and fast.

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A finished wood piece normally takes 25 steps, Martz said, but producing a shield takes three steps: lasers cut out patterns for the PET shield; pre-sized foam is applied; and an elastic head band is cut and stapled to the shield.

After that, the shields are bagged, boxed and ready to ship.

Martz estimates Fire & Pine produces 15,000 to 20,000 shields a week, but he said the company could conceivably make about 500,000 a week.

Fire & Pine has donated or sold packs of thousands of face shields throughout the country, including sending many to about 10 long-term care facilities and hospices in Beaufort County and Savannah. Nationwide, shields have been delivered to medical facilities in areas of great need such as New Jersey, New York, Michigan and Louisiana.

Fire & Pine is also donating a portion of the funds to

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Fire & Pine has donated or sold face shields to long-term care facilities and hospices in Beaufort County and Savannah.

Volunteers in Medicine and the National Alliance of Mental Health, beginning with local chapters.

“We are thinking especially of the healthcare workers,” Martz said. “There are some causes that are near and dear to our hearts.”

Martz has made sure to keep pricing low; shields can sell for as low as $4.75 each.

Healthcare facilities are the priority, but families and individuals are welcome to purchase the shields.

Martz said not only did he want to help the community fight the pandemic, he also wanted to keep as many of his staff employed as possible. Thanks to the transition to making shields, he said he’s been able to retain 10-12 local employees.

“We want them to know they have a job and we need them,” he said.

Martz said as of late May there were 15,000 shields boxed and ready to ship and Fire & Pine has no plans to slow down.

“If there’s a need, we are going to keep doing it,” he said.

For more information, email ryan@fireandpine.com.

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In the Nick of Time

A SUNSET WEDDING CELEBRATES THE BLENDING OF TWO CULTURES

BY CAROL WEIR PHOTOS BY HOPKINS STUDIOS

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lyssa Gillis and Humberto Garcia Cruz got lucky: their wedding took place just before South Carolina’s Gov. Henry McMaster prohibited large gatherings due to the coronavirus. But the bigger stroke of luck, according to the Hilton Head couple, is that they found each other at all.

Gillis grew up on Hilton Head Island with her twin sister and parents. Garcia Cruz grew up in Morelos, Mexico, just south of Mexico City. Her determination to become fluent in Spanish brought them together as co-workers at a Mexican orphanage in 2013.

“We were in charge of the same little boys’ dorm. I had just finished college and I was volunteering there for a year-and-a-half,” Gillis said.

Their dedication to each other kept the relationship going for five long years while Garcia Cruz finished his degree in systems and industrial engineering at the Universidad del Norte in Monterrey.

They wed March 14 at Hilton Head Island’s Spanish Wells Club.

“If it had been even a week later, we would have had to cancel the whole wedding. We were very grateful that we got it in on time,” Gillis said.

Before the wedding began, the couple took most of their photos at the site. Then they left on a chartered boat ride in their finery before their guests arrived, heading toward Daufuskie Island and circling back to the Spanish Wells dock to make their grand entrance.

“It was great to be with Alyssa out on the water before everything got started,” Garcia Cruz said.

Dr. David Bost, Gillis’ Spanish professor at Furman

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University and her mentor, spoke at the sunset ceremony on the lawn of the Spanish Wells Clubhouse overlooking Calibogue Sound.

“He helped me a lot with reaching my life goal of becoming fluent in Spanish.

He’s the reason I met Beto and had the language skills to communicate with Beto,” Gillis said.

The bride carried a bouquet of lilies, light pink roses and white hydrangeas as the couple exchanged vows in the bilingual ceremony, but they didn’t need an officiant. Alyssa’s father Bubba Gillis, a notary public, married them last July in a small ceremony at Mitchelville Beach attended only by immediate family members. This was necessary because Garcia Cruz came to the U.S. on a fiancé visa which required the couple to marry within 90 days of his arrival.

Their Spanish Wells wedding took eight months to plan and went off without a hitch thanks to wedding coordinator Lauren Ricciardelli and input from Alyssa’s twin, Alanna, the maid of honor. On the

VENDOR LIST Cake Publix Flowers Flowers by Sue Venue Spanish Wells Club DJ Hilton Head Entertainment

Boats Captain Christiaan Pollitzer of Bulldog Charters piloting The Runaway Hair & Makeup Style It Salon Dress Alterations Trish B. Stylin’ Design and Alterations

Wedding Coordinator Lauren Ricciardelli Caterer Roy’s Place Café & Catering Photographer Hopkins Studio Dress Lowcountry Bride and Gown

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››Bridal big day, Alanna walked Alyssa down the aisle while their parents stood up with Garcia Cruz because it wasn’t possible for his family and friends to travel from Mexico. The couple hopes to hold a dinner with them in Mexico when it’s safe to travel again and Garcia Cruz’s permanent residency in the U.S. has been approved.

The wedding colors were silver and light blue. Alyssa wore a pearl necklace from her grandmother, who had given the twins the delicate pieces of jewelry as children. Her sapphire and diamond engagement ring, which doubles as her wedding ring, was also a family heirloom.

“In Mexico weddings are different,” Garcia Cruz said. “They are very religious with a mass that’s really long. But Mexican people also love a good party.”

The transition from the ceremony to the reception was easy since both were at the same location. Guests sat down at tables decorated with azaleas, small lanterns and tumblers sporting an American flag and Mexican flag anchored in sand from Coligny Beach. Roy’s Place Café & Catering provided the buffet, which included both Mexican and American— mostly Southern—dishes. Garcia Cruz said the guacamole, chips and salsa, enchiladas and carne asada “tasted authentic.”

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three weeks to go before the wedding when our original caterer backed out, so he really saved the day,” Alyssa said.

DJ Don Scott of Hilton Head Entertainment played a mix of songs including Taylor Swift—the bride’s favorite—wedding classics and Mexican cumbia.

The guests enjoyed a bonfire at the club’s fire pit and cheered when the couple paraded under an arc of sparklers, which they courteously moved an hour earlier than planned when they saw some of their older guests were getting tired.

Scheduled for a trip to the Florida Keys, Alyssa and Humberto had to postpone their honeymoon plans due to coronavirus. But what would have been a big disappointment for some barely fazed them.

“At the time my favorite part of our wedding was feeling like a princess in my dress and dancing with Beto,” Alyssa said.

“Now I think the best part was getting to be with all of my close friends and family before we all had to follow stay-at-home orders.”

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Experience Counts JACKIE ROSSWURM TAKES THE REINS AT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE LOWCOUNTRY

BY CAROL WEIR PHOTO BY ARNO DIMMLING

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hen times are tough, familiar faces are comforting. At Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, the organization’s new leader is an experienced executive who has led the way through many challenges and is known by Lowcountry residents from her work in education.

As the foundation’s new interim CEO and president, Jackie Rosswurm replaces Chris Kerrigan, who left Community Foundation of the Lowcountry after only a year, returning to Charleston to be with his family. Rosswurm, in contrast, has deep roots in Beaufort County — she has lived on Hilton Head Island since 1984 — and plans to be here for the long haul.

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A member of the foundation’s board for the past three years, she was living an active life in retirement when the pandemic hit and Kerrigan resigned.

She agreed to take over the daily management of the 11-person staff and operations at Community Foundation of the Lowcountry because “at a time when things are so strange right now, I decided to do it primarily because I believe so much in this organization and I believe in this community,” she said.

From programs in the arts and literacy to affordable housing, college scholarships and environmental protection, Community Foundation of the Lowcountry has been connecting individual donors with groups and nonprofits that serve the Lowcountry since 1994. The foundation has awarded more than $82 million in grants and scholarships and currently manages 335 funds.

These days, the coronavirus pandemic has taken center stage in the foundation’s work, with “many folks who are donors with us and who have funds with us looking to see how they can help,” Rosswurm

said. In March, the board voted to set up the COVID-19 Response Fund.

Donations poured in from the community. By mid-May, the COVID-19 Response Fund had raised $268,000, the Community Foundation had matched with $200,000 and $331,000 in grants had been awarded to organizations in Beaufort, Jasper, Colleton and Hampton counties that work directly with people in need.

“There’s still lots of work to be done.

We have not looked at transitioning or sunsetting this,” Rosswurm said.

Under its umbrella, Community Foundation of the Lowcountry also has helped set up and manage charitable funds — including the Hampton Hall Charitable Fund, Hungry Hearts Restaurant Workers Relief Fund, USCB Student Emergency Fund, Help 4 Hope and others —to help locals affected by the pandemic.

Rosswurm’s goals at the foundation are to “safely and successfully to move the organization forward and have it ready to go to the next level. It’s not, ‘Let’s stand still and see if we can hold our breath for a long time,’” she said. This includes an

organizational audit and a strategic plan.

Serving as an interim leader isn’t new for Rosswurm. She retired in 2013 as acting superintendent of the Beaufort County School District, after being the district’s chief administrative and human resource officer.

She also helped found charter schools in Atlanta and Savannah and advised former state superintendent of education Barbara Nielson. On Hilton Head, Rosswurm served as chairman of the board at Foundation for Educational Excellence and helped set up the organizational framework for Turtle Trackers and establish the Sea Turtle Preservation Fund.

While there is no set timeframe for her tenure as interim president and CEO at Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, Rosswurm expects her role to last several months.

“There will be a national search for a new permanent CEO and president. I have agreed to hold this position until that person is named and for whatever transition period is needed,” she said.

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Paula Traver is one of many Lowcountry residents making face masks.

Mask Makers

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LOWCOUNTRY RESIDENTS START SEWING TO HELP KEEP COMMUNITY SAFE

Since April, Traver has spent about 12 hours each day sewing masks to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Using fabric depicting Batman and the solar system, Traver’s designs originally were just for family, friends and her real estate clients. But that was before her husband Jack went to Grayco wearing one of the masks she made. The mask was a hit at the hardware store and management asked Jack if Paula could make some for its employees. Word of the masks spread within the company and Grayco asked for masks for two of its other stores.

Then the Jazz Corner and Sea Island Landscaping asked for 25 masks, Traver said, and she made some to send to Traver IDC, her family’s electric company in Connecticut. More than 15 businesses had requested masks as of mid-May and she’d delivered more than 1,200.

The masks are expected to have a vital role in keeping people healthy at The RBC Heritage presented by Boeing on June 18-21 at the Harbour

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eeping the Lowcountry safe during the coronavirus pandemic has been a community effort. From medical professionals to kindhearted neighbors, the work of many unsung heroes has helped lift spirits and provide comfort.

A pressing need for face masks inspired a number of volunteers throughout the area to make hundreds of them, including Hilton Head Island resident Paula Traver and the team at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina’s costume shop.

‘I’M DOING SOMETHING THAT’S IMPORTANT’

Town Golf Links.Traver was asked to make about 200 tartan plaid masks to be worn during the tournament by the fire and rescue and medical staffs.

“I feel like I’m doing something that’s important,” said Traver, who has sent masks to 15 different states.

With help from her friend Patty Zensinger, who purchased fabric and helped with cutting and ironing, Traver and Gloria Krolak have done lots of sewing. The 150 different cotton designs include scenes of Paris and two London designs. This one makes Traver think of her daughter, who lives in London with her husband. There are plenty of Disney themes, too. And Stars Wars and Trolls.

Zensinger and Krolak have made about 40 masks each as well, Traver said.

Traver includes cleaning instructions (wash every day with soap and water for 20 seconds. Hang dry or dryer) and a note with each mask: This mask was lovingly made for you. For more information about her masks, call Traver at 843-247-3728.

HELPING THE HELPERS

The Arts Center’s costume shop staff has donated its time to making masks at home for medical professionals.

Costume Shop manager Melanie Green, production coordinator/deck chief Julia Hughes, cutter/draper Anna Sanford-Blackwell, and wardrobe supervisor David Louder have worked on masks made from Arts Center fabric remnants.

The Arts Center costume shop has made more than 1,060 masks since late March.

Recently, Volunteers in Medicine expressed a need for masks, especially with a scheduled reopening on June 1. With the reopening in mind, the Arts Center team has been providing masks for Volunteers in Medicine to help fill that void. The masks are prewashed and made according to CDC standards.

“We are happy to be able to offer our services to the greater community,” the Arts Center’s CEO/President Jeffrey Reeves said. “The costume shop has done a great job responding to this need.”

HOW YOU CAN HELP Volunteers in Medicine Hilton Head Clinic opened June 1 and is requiring all volunteers, staff and patients to wear masks in the building. The clinic needs homemade, washable masks.

Patients should bring their own masks if possible, but the clinic will provide masks as needed.

For more information about making masks for VIM Hilton Head, go to vimclinic.org.

Bluffton-Jasper Volunteers in Medicine Clinic plans to open June 15 and also needs masks. For more information call executive director Pam Toney at 843-706-7090 ext, 104.

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Vintage Feather Pen. These vintage feather pens come in an assortment of four feather designs, including natural pheasant, turkey, peacock and guinea fowl.

J. Banks Retail Showroom 843.682.1745 JBanksDesign.com

Y A D S ’ R E E H D T I A F T GU

The only Lowcountry-authorized provider of NOAA maps - on canvas or fine art paper, framed or gallery wrapped.

The Great Frame Up 843.815.4661 Bluffton.TheGreatFrameUp.com

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Just Relax men’s robe.

Faces Day Spa The Village at Wexford 843.785.3075 FacesDaySpa.com

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A Patagonia Trucker & Baggies shorts, paired with Costa sunglasses, are sure to become Dad’s favorite gift!

Quiet Storm Coligny Plaza 843.671.2551

Golf Paper Towel Holders - Â handcrafted from recycled golf clubs.

Gifted Hilton Head 843.842.8787 GiftedHiltonHead.com

Hammer Multi-Tool has a beautiful rosewood handle, comes with pouch. Personalize with logo, name or message.

Studio One Awards & Engraving 843.686.4339 studio1awards.com

MacKenze-Childs, Courtly Check Bar Tool Kit. Forsythe Jewelers 843.671.7070 ForsytheJewelers.biz

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››Father’s Day

Making Memories

GIVE YOUR DAD A MEMORABLE FATHER’S DAY EXPERIENCE

This Father’s Day, instead of focusing on what special thing to get dad, why not plan a great experience with him?

Our gift advice this year is make him a handmade card and spend time with him doing something he finds fun. (OK, maybe get him one unique thing).

The Lowcountry is full of adventures for fathers and their sons and daughters to enjoy together.

BY SLOAN KELLY

CATCH

A WAVE

Though Hilton Head Island isn’t known for its incredible wave breaks, they are perfect for beginners of all ages to learn on. A foam surfboard and some sunscreen are all that’s needed to create a day that everyone will always remember.

GO

HUNTING

The Sands beach park in Port Royal is the perfect place for a short walk on a raised wooden boardwalk alongside the Beaufort River. At the end of the boardwalk you can climb a four-story observation towner to take in the panoramic view. To look for small sharks teeth, get there just after high tide! Happy hunting.

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EXPLORE

OUTDOORS

The siren call of the great outdoors is being heard loud and clear in the Lowcountry, especially after families spend most of the spring cooped up at home. If you have an outdoorsy dad, a fun way to get him out and about is to visit the Coastal Discovery Museum.

Walk around the grounds an enjoy the insect and pollinator house, butterfly garden and marsh tacky horses. The museum is offering a limited number of nature tours.

For details, go to coastaldiscovery.org.

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STEP

INTO HISTORY Some of the most fascinating chapters of history have been written in the Lowcountry. Step back in time with tours by Heritage Library, which are scheduled to resume this month.

Be immersed in Civil War history with a visit to Fort Mitchel (limit of eight people per tour for social distancing) or get spooked with some haunted history ghost stories from the Zion Cemetery. History also comes to life at Zion Cemetery and Baynard Mausoleum as costumed tour guides share stories of Hilton Head Island’s past. Explore the island’s oldest structure and learn about the planters who built it.

For details, go to heritagelib.org.

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CATCH

A FISH

Dad might want to enjoy an afternoon at the park. On Hilton Head Island, play catch at Crossing Park or relax and enjoy fishing from the dock or banks at Jarvis Creek Park.

BASEBALL

BY THE BOOKS

Still have an urge to give dad a gift? If he’s a baseball fan, here are engrossing books that will tide him over as he waits for Opening Day, which could come in early July pending an agreement between the owners and players.

“The Summer Game,” by Roger Angell chronicles the late 1960s and early 1970s. From sitting in the stands watching a spring training game, to the bungling and lovable expansion Mets, and the joy of watching phenom Vida Blue pitch, Angell, a senior editor and staff writer at the New Yorker, writes with humor and sharp insight.

In “Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball’s Longest Game,” Dan Barry, a New York Times columnist, recounts the classic 1981 minor league marathon by talking to just about everybody involved. From future MLB stars Wade Boggs and Cal Ripken Jr., to the devoted fans, umpires and workers who witnessed the game turn from a cool spring evening to a chilling Easter morning, Barry captures the scene of the memorable 33-inning contest.

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HOPE GARDEN

BLUFFTON’S MAY RIVER MONTESSORI SCHOOL ADAPTS AND PRODUCES

BY CAROL WEIR | PHOTOS BY ROB KAUFMAN

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his spring, the organic garden at May River Montessori School was bigger and better than ever. Kale, swiss chard, carrots, radishes and other crops planted by the students were almost ready to harvest, and the tomato plants the school sells were growing stronger in greenhouses.

Then the coronavirus hit and May River Montessori, like all other schools in South Carolina, had to close.

Brent Wearren, the school’s gardening teacher, needed to find a way to take the lessons his students were learning in the garden into their new schooling experience at home.

“I teach the ‘3 Ps’,” said Wearren, whose nickname is “Farmer B.” “That’s perseverance, patience and persistence. This situation called for all three.”

With the help of volunteer families, Wearren organized a massive harvest of the school’s gardens, bagging the produce for families to pick up during drive-thrus that also distributed educational materials.

Each family and staff member also received an heirloom

tomato plant in an eco-friendly container so they could tend part of the school’s garden at home — plus a video of care instructions recorded by Farmer B. “We all drove through several times to pick up materials for at-home learning activities.

In addition to PlayDoh and kid scissors, when the harvest started they began including lettuce, beets, turnips, zucchini and yellow squash,” said Nell Curran, mother of 3-year-old student Orion.

She said her son enjoys eating vegetables that he helped grow and watering his tomato plant.

“He understands it as a connection to school,” she said. “That’s especially useful for really young kids who got cut off abruptly from their friends and teachers and don’t understand why.”

Kindergartener Ellie Houpt also enjoys using her family’s metal watering can and watching her tomato plant grow.

May River Montessori isn’t alone in embracing gardening. In the midst of the coronavirus crisis, many people stuck at home turned to backyard plots for entertainment and sustenance. Fearing food shortages,

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and afraid to expose themselves to other shoppers in grocery stores, many planted pandemic “hope� gardens. Even people unfamiliar with gardening decided to get their hands dirty and start planting. But May River Montessori parents were lucky to have gardening experts on hand: their children.

As part of their studies, students learn to plant, care for, observe and harvest their own organic produce. Each class has its own raised bed and names its garden.

At the Farmers Market of Bluffton on Thursday afternoons, shoppers can buy tomato plants raised in small greenhouses the students built themselves.

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Brent Wearren teaches gardening at May River Montessori School. With volunteers, he kept the garden going after the school closed during the pandemic. Students were given produce from the garden and tomato plants to care for at home.

Part of the school’s produce goes to nonprofit groups Bluffton Self Help and Sandalwood Food Pantry — to help the students develop compassion and empathy, Wearren said.

A wholesale grower for 34 years in Kentucky, Wearren moved to the Lowcountry in 2014. He owns an organic gardening business and is in his second year of teaching gardening at May River Montessori — where the garden is going to continue to grow.

The school, which previously went through sixth grade, has announced it will add seventh grade in the 2020-21 school year and wants the curriculum to be based around a student-run farm.

May River Montessori has identified property in Bluffton where students would raise crops and possibly have farm animals, but must raise the money to purchase it. School director Michele Quigley said a capital campaign is planned.

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AC Fun Facts KEEPING US COOL SINCE 1902

How well do you know your HVAC system?

Being cool and comfortable makes for a great summer. As the summer season heats up, having a well-functioning HVAC system can save you hundreds of dollars in energy costs. How well do you know your system? Try this quiz.

1) Why is it important to have the proper size air conditioner for your home?

A) An air conditioner that is too small will run non-stop and increase your electric bills B) An air conditioners that is too large will run for very short cycles and

• T he first items that people used to keep cool were hand fans. Electric fans replaced them in the U.S. in the early 1900s.

• W illis Carrier invented the modern air conditioner in 1902, to protect paper and ink in a publishing company. The term air conditioning was coined in 1906 by textile mill engineer Stuart Cramer.

• T he first residential air conditioning system was installed in 1914. It was 7 ft. high, 6 ft. wide and 20 ft. long.

• B ecause of the size and cost, only wealthy people could afford air conditioners. Early systems cost anywhere from $10,000 to $50,000, which today would be $120,000 to $600,000.

• M ost people experienced artificially cooled air for the first time in movie theaters. In fact, “Refrigerated Air” was highlighted in theater advertisements in hopes of enticing those seeking solace from the heat.

• S ummer vacation was instituted so students could help bring in the crops on the their families’ farms and because school buildings were so hot and uncomfortable.

• S chools weren’t the only institutions that shut down during the summer – government offices did too. Some historians credit air-conditioning for the growth of federal bureaucracy, as longer sessions for lawmakers were made possible.

• A ir conditioning led to population growth and development for some parts of the U.S. The nation’s booming economies were mostly in the Northeast until air conditioning made places like Arizona, Nevada, Florida and Texas appealing.

• A ir conditioning became a status symbol after World War II. More than 1 million window units were sold in 1953.

won’t remove enough humidity, which can create mold and fungus problems C) Excessive on-off cycling will wear out your air conditioner faster D) All the above 2) Which is not a sign it might be time to replace your unit?

A) It is near the end of its average life expectancy B) The unit always keeps your home at a comfortable temperature C) The repair cost is more than half the price of a new system D) Your energy bill keeps increasing, but your rate remains the same 3) What do the H and V in HVAC stand for?

A) Heating and Vacuums B) Heating and Ventilation C) Homes and Villas D) Homes and Valves 4) Homeowners nationwide spend how much each a year in cooling bills?

A) $11 billion B) $5 billion C) $3 million D) $1 million 5) Which is an energy tip to save costs?

A) Program the thermostat B) Seal your home from drafts C) In the summer, use blinds and shades to keep direct sunlight and extra heat out of your home D) All of the above 6) How much money on average can a new programmable thermostat save you on heating and cooling bills?

A) Up to 25% B) 5% to 10% C) Up to 50% D) No savings Answers: 1) D; 2) B; 3) B; 4) A; 5) D; 6) A Sources: mytrustedcontractor.com; searshomeservices.com; grizly.com

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Safe at Home

LOWCOUNTRY HOME TRADES MAKE SAFETY TOP PRIORITY

BY ANTHONY GARZILLI

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usinesses in the Lowcountry remain committed to safety during the coronavirus pandemic. Even though many restrictions in the state have been lifted, companies that offer services to homeowners have taken steps to make sure both their employees and customers stay safe.

Going paperless is one modification that is gaining traction with local businesses. EAC Heating & Air has instituted paperless transactions, which its customers are embracing. The company’s technicians wear masks at all times and gloves when working inside homes.

“We are doing our best to be respectful of all our customers and practicing social distancing as much as possible,” EAC Heating & Air said on its website.

Sectioning off the area of the home where work will take place is another common practice. N-Hance Wood Renewal’s technicians are instructed to wear gloves, maintain safe distances from customers, section off the kitchen upon arrival and sanitize work areas.

“We believe adhering to these precautions will enable our team to continue to deliver N-Hance services in a responsible and healthy way,” N-Hance said on its website.

Another safety practice involves holding meetings virtually rather than in person. American Wood Reface is offering free virtual consultations via online video conferencing tools.

The company’s employees disinfect touched surfaces frequently, wear masks at the customer’s request, place floor-to-ceiling plastic around the job area and clean thoroughly at the end of each shift.

A simple but important step companies can take is to remind employees to avoid physical contact among themselves and with customers—even when social norms normally dictate it. In addition to outfitting its employees with masks, gloves and hand sanitizer, Gochnauer ACH has adopted a no handshake policy.

“We want to continue to serve you with excellence and an abundance of caution,” the company said on its website.

Whenever possible, businesses are limiting the number of customers inside their premises at once. Distinctive Granite and Marble encourages private appointments in each of its four showrooms, and in addition to sanitizing its trucks, tools, equipment and materials regularly.

“In our showrooms, fabrication facilities, and in your home, your safety is our highest priority,” said Andrea McGilton, Distinctive Granite and Marble’s chief operating officer.

Business owners realize that customers have different levels of concern about the virus. Tim Wilhite, who with his son Matt owns Howell-Chase Heating & Air Conditioning, takes this into account.

“We instruct our guys to be conscious when talking to customers. What is their comfort level?” Wilhite said.

Howell-Chase technicians wear masks, gloves, and disposable shoe covers when they go inside customers’ homes.

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If workers are visiting your home, Consumer Reports recommends a few steps to ensure everybody’s safety: • T o avoid contact, ask in advance whether documentation can be done without exchanging paper or writing implements.

• A sk the representative on the phone what the company mandates that its service workers do when entering the home to maintain a 6-foot distance.

You also could ask to have the service person call or text you before arriving to go over precautions.

• P lan how you’ll direct the person through your home, and where to suggest tools are placed.

• Have hand soap and cleaners ready.

• During the visit, stand 6 feet back.

• A fter the visit wash your hands again.

And clean where the contractor was working. Ideally, clean 6 feet around the worker’s path.

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Showing Property LOWCOUNTRY REAL ESTATE SALES CONTINUE WITH PRECAUTIONS

BY CAROL WEIR

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owcountry real estate sales have dipped since the novel coronavirus outbreak began, but low mortgage interest rates coupled with social-distancing sales strategies are enticing some buyers, local agents say.

“For anybody who is secure in their job, now is a great time,” said Charles Sampson of Charter One Realty.

Real estate was deemed an “essential service” and exempt from South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster’s order closing non-essential business. But the traditional ways of doing business — in-person showings, open houses, and agents driving potential buyers around to look at properties — have changed. One solution?

Many brokerages are pivoting to virtual open houses and tours.

Real estate companies already had been using these video tools before the outbreak, especially when catering to buyers from out of town, but the technology has taken on new importance now that many buyers and sellers want to avoid or minimize actual

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property visits. Real estate agents are taking these virtual houses one step further by hosting them on Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms.

Local real estate agents say they’re also using apps like FaceTime on their smartphones to walk buyers through homes and villas.

“It’s more interactive,” said Rick Saba of Carolina Realty Group. “They can ask me to open closets and to show them how large the pantry is.”

But some buyers still want in-person showings. If the sellers agree to it, Saba and Sampson said agents ask buyers not to touch anything and wipe down doorknobs when they leave. Either the agent or the seller turns on the lights and opens the doors.

Agents and their clients can drive to see property in separate cars, said Randy Smith, managing broker of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Hilton Head Realty, adding that gated communities

Those who brave the real estate market now could get some of the best deals in years.

– DAVID CROWELL, MORTGAGE NETWORK

are being cooperative about letting real estate agents and their clients enter. Many rental villas on Hilton Head Island are now fully booked, so the best time to see them may be during the turnover period when they have just been cleaned.

And while homebuyer demand has fallen since the outbreak began, there are still people who need or want to move, and the Lowcountry lifestyle remains an attractive draw — in part because many large cities are coronavirus hotspots.

Buyers who live in those locales may be looking to relocate to less densely populated areas, analysts speculate.

“If you are in a big city and now you realize that you can work from home, [Beaufort County] is a nice place to live,” Sampson said.

Other buyers want second homes near the beach to use as a retreat while social distancing and fear of air travel continue, Smith said.

Those who brave the real estate market now could get some of the best deals in years. Mortgage rates are at historic lows, with rates “in the low 3s for a perfect borrower” seeking a 30-year loan, said David Crowell of Mortgage Network on Hilton Head Island.

The low rates are driven by investors shifting money out of the stock market and into the safety of U.S. Treasury bonds, and economists expect them to stay low for several months at least.

Crowell’s company, like many others locally and nationally, has also seen a spike

in interest in refinancing, especially among homeowners with larger mortgages, he said.

For first-time buyers with good credit and a secure income, purchasing a home now might lower their monthly expenses, said Hilton Head Realtor Blanca Martinez of At Home Realty.

“Buying a house can actually be a way to save money,” she said. “But if you’re struggling, now isn’t the time to do it.”

Once buyers and sellers have reached a deal, there’s one final hurdle: closing.

Right now, many of the parties involved may want closings to be conducted virtually, using tools like Zoom and DocuSign.

Hilton Head real estate attorney Rick Haight said power of attorney closings, in which the buyer’s attorney has the authority to sign many of the paper documents required in South Carolina, have been used for years for out-of-state buyers but are becoming more common for buyers who are local.

“I hope more lenders will start allowing them,” he said.

Local realtors say that most of the buyers they’re working are acquiring the property for their own use. They believe real estate investors are largely waiting to see how prices will be affected. So far, Lowcountry home prices have remained strong, and Crowell said the industry isn’t in danger of collapse.

“Real estate was at the center of the 2008 financial crisis,” he said. “Not this time. In some ways, real estate will be separate from it.”

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Diotalevi

Preston

Coe

Filkins

White

Eterno

Jordan

Dunn

Morella

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ADDS ELLER AND DIOTALEVI Real estate agents Terri Eller and Roddy Diotalevi have joined the Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices Bay Street Realty Group as a team. With 25 years of experience in the energy sector, Eller is skilled in customer service, sales, project management and marketing.

Diotalevi, Eller’s husband, will arrange transactions, bring buyers and sellers together and act as their representative in negotiations. He has more than 30 years of marketing, sales, and customer service experience as an electric and gas utility executive.

KELLER WILLIAMS WELCOMES NEW AGENTS Claire White, Joe Eterno, Annie Jordan, Barbara Dunn and Laurie Morella have joined Keller Williams Realty as new agents. All are based in the company’s Hilton Head Island office.

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WEICHERT REALTORS OPENS SAVANNAH OFFICE, ADDS AGENTS, SALUTES DIROMA

Association of Realtors. It provides enhanced tools, education, and expertise to determine the most accurate value for a home.

Weichert Realtors Coastal Properties has opened a new office in downtown Savannah.

The location, at 1711 Price Street, brings Weichert Realtors Coastal Properties and the Weichert Realtors Sumner Group under one roof. The office will be led by sales manager and broker Akia White.

The company welcomes three new agents.

Cecelia Preston previously worked as a retail manager and administrative assistant. She is from St. Louis, Missouri and has lived in Beaufort for five years. Galina Coe has many years of experience in real estate and is skilled in technology and contemporary multi-media marketing.

Jennifer Filkins applies a service-driven approach when working with clients. A former longtime volunteer with the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization, Filkins now volunteers at CAPA Beaufort.

Natalie Diroma of Weichert Realtors Coastal Properties has earned the Pricing Strategy Advisor (PSA) certification from the National

DATAW INCORPORATES OAK ISLAND Dataw Island, a private, gated community near Beaufort, now owns neighboring Oak Island, a 32.8-acre private island.

Oak Island, previously owned by The Nature Conservancy, is close to St. Helena Island and is about nine miles from downtown Beaufort.

A group of anonymous Dataw Island residents registered as Oak Island Preservation LLC, purchased the private island for $650,000 and donated it to the Dataw Island Owners Association.

It is accessed by a private two-lane concrete bridge through a gated community on Dataw Island and features a 725-foot private dock. Oak Island is subject to a conservation easement that allows for up to three homes with an aggregate footprint of 15,000 square feet.

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Making the Best of Learning at Home LOCAL STUDENTS REFLECT ON THEIR TIME IN ISOLATION

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PHOTOS BY ROB KAUFMAN

Spreading sunshine by writing letters

BY BROOKE SIMONS

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he saying goes, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” In this time of uncertainty and unknowns, I’ve tried my best to make lemonade.

I just finished my junior year at Hilton Head High School, where I am on the varsity volleyball and lacrosse teams and I’m involved with numerous clubs in school, including Project Unify, which is a 75-member, student-run club that works with intellectually and developmentally challenged students and adults in our school and community with the hopes of achieving a common goal — inclusion.

Whether it means taking our lunch

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period to go eat in the classroom with our special friends, or meeting on the weekends to craft, play games, and sing, inclusion is such a valuable thing for our special friends and Project Unify members.

While most of us think this time is difficult, it is even harder for those with disabilities. Their disabilities may leave them unable to leave the house because they may have a weak immune system, making it even harder to recover from potential illness.

In March, as I sat thinking about losing the end of my lacrosse and club volleyball seasons, I realized that there were people that have lost much more during this time, so I tried to think of what I could do to help.

I decided to start a pen pal campaign with help from a few special people at Pockets Full of Sunshine. With one quick text, our letter writing was off with more than a dozen high school students writing letters.

We decided to write letters to the Rays, (adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities) to make sure that they knew they had someone to reach out to or talk to during this difficult time of isolation.

The cards are filled with inspirational quotes, photos, messages, and sunshine, in the hopes that the Rays are able to smile and feel better when they’ve opened the mail for the day. The Rays receive between two to six cards every day and I have seen firsthand the positivity and happiness it brings to mailboxes across Hilton Head Island and Bluffton.

I also joined photographers across the nation to participate in The Front Steps Project. I went to take photos of more than 70 families (from a safe distance).

Then, I edited and delivered the photos to the families as a keepsake to remember this time.

Instead of asking for payment, I asked for donations to Pockets Full of Sunshine and have been able to raise almost $3,000 thanks to the generosity of local families of all ages.

The money will be used for Pockets to use in daily programming, occupational, and vocational training.

I wouldn’t have been able to do these things during the typical busy school semester. Online school was a challenge to adopt, but my teachers have made the best of a very difficult situation.

Ms. White and Mrs. Abrams went above and beyond to make sure every lesson was meaningful and worthwhile.

Whether you attended the live lecture or watched the recording, our online schooling mirrored the level of top-notch education found at Hilton Head High.

I was able to maintain my focus on academics and utilize my time at home with purpose.

And I had fun and met many wonderful families along the way.

Although this wasn’t the ending to my junior year that I imagined, I feel lucky to have been able to serve the community and hopefully change lives in the process.

BROOKE SIMONS IS A RISING SENIOR AT HILTON HEAD HIGH SCHOOL.

Learning the Most Important Lessons of All

BY ISABELLA MILLER

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OVID-19 has impacted all of us in different ways. For healthcare professionals, it has required them to work long hours amidst daunting circumstances to save lives.

For small business owners and those in the food and beverage industry, the virus has required new business models.

For high school students like me, eLearning became the new norm. Zoom meetings took the place of face-to-face lessons, and we used Google Classroom to retrieve and submit assignments. Understandably, the transition had its ups and downs, especially since no one understood how long these alternate approaches would need to be in place, but I applaud the teachers and administration for being creative and adaptable.

The clubs at my school, May River High School, dug deep to come up with out-of-the-box solutions. Our yearbook team managed to pivot and still produce and distribute a yearbook to commemorate this momentous year.

When all of this started, I was concerned about students who would be at a disadvantage due to facing food insecurity and/or lack of access to technology for eLearning. It’s been heartwarming to see the community pull together to distribute meals and even provide Internet access and tablets to students in need.

My heart definitely goes out to essential workers and their children, as I know how scary the circumstances can be. My father works at a retirement community, and COVID-19 has had an impact on everyday life for him and our family — not to mention all of the residents he cares for. We’ve done our best to maintain some normalcy and find joy.

For instance, I’ve been able to learn Spades, our family’s new favorite card game. We play it almost every night — after my dad showers, changes clothes, and takes all sorts of precautions

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We enjoyed a socially distant, outdoor Easter dinner with both of my grandmothers and my great-grandmother.

We’ll do the same for my brother’s upcoming birthday.

While in quarantine, my family and I have also been involved in Masks 4 Heroes, a local mask-making project.

This has involved securing donations, organizing people who can sew, distributing masks to local medical workers and first responders, and developing online content to spread the word.

My mother has mentored me while she volunteers and has allowed me to develop some of the social media posts.

Along the way, I’ve learned a lot about the power of grassroots projects and the importance of community involvement.

This summer I was planning to attend some summer programs, including the ACLU Summer Advocacy Institute. I had been looking forward to gathering with others my age in Washington, D.C., in July, but the program will now be delivered online. We’ll be analyzing some of the racial, socioeconomic, and educational issues that the virus has highlighted.

I can sum up my personal experience with this virus as a duality. I experienced a disruption to my formal education, but I gained a deeper appreciation for my teachers and a deeper sense of empathy for fellow students who are economically challenged or otherwise disadvantaged.

I missed out on family gatherings, but, in many ways, the virus has brought us even closer together — not to mention the fact that I’ve developed some impressive Spades skills, which will surely be put to good use when we’re able to once again host our Saturday night “Card Nights.”

And, no, I won’t get to be a part of the ACLU program in person this summer, but I experienced real-world advocacy right here at home, and I reinforced my commitment to the things I believe in.

Despite the fact that schools have been closed, I think I’ve learned some of the most important lessons of all.

ISABELLA MILLER IS A RISING JUNIOR AT MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL.

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Senior year, interrupted

BY ALDO CAZALES

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tarting my senior year at Bluffton High School, I envisioned all the things that would make it great: prom, graduation and my final year as a student athlete. I play lacrosse— midfielder and attack—and I’m an offensive lineman on the school’s football team.

When I learned how COVID-19 would affect the rest of the school year, my heart started to break: classes would be online, all sports were cancelled, no prom. One of the worst parts was my Europe trip was off. I was really looking forward to it and had been making monthly payments for a year and a half. Mrs. Reichert, the teacher chaperoning our trip, said our choices were to get a refund or go next year. We chose to postpone it, so our trip to London, Paris and Barcelona is now set for July 2021.

Isolation and inactivity were hard for me, but I did my best to stay active.

I made myself get up every day at 8 a.m.

and do school work as if I were at school.

In the afternoons I tried to do activities to take my mind off spending the rest of my senior year at home. I have a lacrosse goal so I practiced shooting. Sometimes my little sister would want to play soccer so we played in the front yard. I felt my fitness level decline. After a few weeks, I resumed running but was really out of shape. Technology helped.

Even though I couldn’t get together with my friends, we stayed in touch through our phones using Snapchat, Instagram, texts and Messenger. I spent a lot of time playing video games on my Xbox with friends from the football team, talking to each other through our headsets. If it weren’t for my console, staying at home would have been much worse.

Although no one in my family has gotten sick, the pandemic definitely affected us. My mom is a cook at The Dispensary and had to apply for unemployment when all the restaurants closed.

My father has diabetes so is at high risk for COVID-19, but he had no choice but to keep working at his tile and flooring business to put food on our table. I don’t

I tried to take my mind off spending the rest of my senior year at home.

– Aldo Cazales

have a lot of experience laying tile but I help him.

My brother and I tutored my sister Jayleen, who is 10, since online learning can only go so far. But what really hit me the most was fear for my older sister, a nurse at Duke University Hospital working on the frontlines of the pandemic.

She missed my birthday and my mom’s birthday because of the risk of affecting us. She would text us every day saying how much she missed us, but we couldn’t even visit her.

Finally, we were able to go to Durham in mid-May to help her move. People are

taking the risk of coronavirus much more seriously there, I think, because there are so many hospitals and universities.

Everyone was wearing a mask and some stores and restaurants were saying they wouldn’t serve you if you weren’t wearing one. Bluffton High gave each student a mask so I used it.

Now, I go out very little but when I do, I make sure I’m not with a big crowd. My favorite memory of my senior year before the quarantine is homecoming week. The whole school was filled with school spirit as we dressed up and went to the football game. That energy helps build people up.

My favorite memory after COVID-19 is a photoshoot that I did with a small number of my senior class friends, as if we were having our own prom.

In the fall I’m going to College of Charleston to study business administration. We haven’t heard if we will start the year online or not. If we start on campus, I’m not that worried about contact. If we follow the rules and safe protocols, we shouldn’t be that worried. I’m ready to go and give it a try.

ALDO CAZALES RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL.

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Congratulations to Our 2020 8th Grade Graduates Grace Boyden

Jillian Campanella

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Carolyn Goll

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PRESENTED BY BOEING The RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing will take place June 18-21 at Harbour Town Golf Links. This year’s tournament will be a madefor-TV event as it will be conducted without spectators and the traditional activities that surround the event. Watch all the action on the Golf Channel and CBS, which will bring the tournament to households worldwide. The PGA Tour staff worked with federal and state public health officials to implement a layered safety approach, including comprehensive testing, enhanced hygiene and social distancing guidelines. Beginning June 1, the Heritage Classic Foundation will begin to rope and stake the entire perimeter of Harbour Town Golf Links.

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BY THE NUMBERS $102 MILLION added to South Carolina’s economy 1,131 NEW JOBS supported 94.6% OF THOSE SURVEYED expressed satisfaction with the tournament

Teeing Off PAN WILL FIGHT TO KEEP HIS TITLE AT RBC HERITAGE TOURNAMENT

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.T. Pan will defend his title at the 52nd RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing. The June 18-21 tournament is at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island.

He’ll face Rory McIlroy, the No. 1 player in the world, among a number of formidable rivals. McIlroy last competed in the Heritage in 2009 when he finished 58th.

Pan earned his first PGA Tour victory at last year’s RBC Heritage, entering the final round trailing Dustin Johnson by two strokes but posted a 4-under 67 to win by one stroke over Matt Kuchar. Pan, a University of Washington graduate, finished with a winning score of 12-under 272. He became the 14th player to record his first PGA Tour victory at the RBC Heritage and the fourth straight.

Since last year’s Heritage, Pan tied for third at the Charles Schwab Challenge last May and competed for the International team at the 2019 Presidents Cup in Australia. The U.S. won 16-14; Pan was 2-1-0. He finished last season No. 37 in

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FedEx Cup standings and made 17 cuts in 25 starts.

At Harbour Town Golf Links, Pan will be joined by a number of past Heritage champions, including Davis Love III, Aaron Baddeley, Glen Day and Branden Grace, who is looking to take home another plaid jacket.

Love has earned 21 PGA Tour victories, including five wins at Harbour Town. He will mark his 31st start at the RBC Heritage.

In 2018, he competed against his son Dru, making it the first time three generations have competed in the tournament — Love’s dad played in 1969 and 1970.

Baddeley’s first win on the PGA Tour circuit came at the 2006 Heritage.

Day defeated Payne Stewart and Jeff Sluman in a playoff to win at Harbour Town in 1999. This year marks his 24th Heritage tournament.

Grace earned his first PGA Tour victory at the 2016 RBC Heritage; this will be his fifth consecutive start at Harbour Town.

90.8% OF VISITORS plan to visit Hilton Head Island again 75.4% OF RESPONDENTS have a four-year degree 57.7% OF THOSE SURVEYED make more than $100,000 a year 56% OF RESPONDENTS live outside Beaufort County 53 WAS THE AVERAGE AGE of respondents 41.4% OF THOSE SURVEYED said “word of mouth” influenced their decision to attend 28.8% OF RESPONDENTS were firsttime spectators

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• In 2019, 135,000 people attended the event, bringing $102 million to the state’s economy. The event supported 1,131 jobs and generated $6.72 million in state and local taxes.

• Of the more than 2,220 people surveyed, more than 90% said they’d likely return to Hilton Head during another time of year.

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his year’s RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing will be played without spectators to protect the public from the COVID-19 pandemic.

And while paring down the event is good news for public health, it will also affect the Lowcountry’s economy —the thousands of patrons who annually flock to Harbour Town Golf Links to watch some of the world’s top golfers pump millions of dollars into Hilton Head Island’s shops, restaurants and hotels.

But how big an impact will playing the tournament without spectators have? Last year, the Heritage Classic Foundation hired Clemson University, in partnership with University of South Carolina Beaufort, to conduct a study to determine the economic impacts of the event.

The following is an abbreviated look at the study:

• Visitors stayed on Hilton Head or in other areas of Beaufort County an average of five nights, spending an average of $672.70 per person. An estimated $38 million was spent by visitors on lodging and dining.

• Since 1987, the RBC Heritage has also contributed $44.6 million to those in need in South Carolina and Georgia, including $3.2 million through the Heritage Classic Foundation in 2019.

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These are a few of the ambassadors who will be playing at the RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing this year.

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1. Dustin Johnson

Height: 6 ft. 4 ins.

Age: 35 Weight: 190 Hometown: Columbia, S.C. Career highlights: Has 20 PGA Tour victories. Won 2016 U.S. Open. Fifth in World Golf Ranking.

Fun fact: Was a pitcher and shortstop in Little League.

2. Graeme McDowell Height: 5 ft. 10 ins.

Age: 40 Weight: 160 Hometown: Portrush, Northern Ireland Career highlights: Won 2013 RBC Heritage and 2010 U.S. Open Championship. Has 11 victories on European Tour. Has two career PGA Tour playoff victories.

Fun fact: Founding partner of Nona Blue Modern Tavern in Orlando.

3. Webb Simpson Height: 6 ft. 2 ins.

Age: 34 Weight: 185 Hometown: Raleigh, N.C. Career highlights: Won 2018 Players Championship and 2012 U.S. Open Championship.

Has six top-20 finishes at RBC Heritage. Finished second at 2013 RBC Heritage in a sudden-death playoff.

Fun fact: One of six children.

4. Matthew Kuchar Height: 6 ft. 4 ins.

Age: 41 Weight: 195 Hometown: Winter Park, Fla. Career highlights: Won 2014 RBC Heritage. Finished second at 2019 RBC Heritage. Has nine PGA Tour victories.

Fun fact: Won 2019 consolation title with his wife, Sybi, at United States Tennis Association National Husband/Wife Doubles Championship.

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HILTON HEAD ISLAND SHINES IN SUMMER

BY BARRY KAUFMAN

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ummer is here on Hilton Head Island—the season kids and Lowcountry business owners have been waiting for all year. Visitors and locals head to our beaches and waterways in pursuit of the ultimate summer fun—hopefully while practicing social distancing.

GET OUT ON THE WATER Kayaking is the most popular water sport on the island. Paddle local waterways with a guide to learn more about the Lowcountry’s ecology; you might also spot wildlife like jumping shrimp, oysters, ospreys and more. Many companies offer kayak tours of Broad Creek, Jarvis Creek, Skull Creek, and the salt marsh around Pinckney Island.

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Parasailing offers a chance to see some spectacular views of Hilton Head Island.

Stand-up paddle boarding is a little more challenging than kayaking, but most people will be able to master it after a few minutes of instruction. It’s a great workout, and it’s easy to slip in the water for a swim to cool off. Operators are located at South Beach Marina in Sea Pines and several other locations.

If speed is your thing — or your kids’ thing — you’ll go fast and get wet on a banana boat ride leaving from Harbour Town Marina. Personal watercraft rides and water skiing — including tubing and

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wake boarding — are favorites for older kids and college students.

The late, great Bill Hicks once said, “Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a Jet Ski. And you never see an unhappy person riding a Jet Ski.” Sitting, standing, alone or with a passenger, there are few things more exhilarating.

Companies offering jet skiing, kneeboarding and water skiing are at several local marinas.

In the past few years, Hilton Head has seen a new way of taking to the waves.

Two-person boats called “creek cats” or skiffs that sit low in the water are tiny watercraft captained by a guide in single-file lines, buzzing around the island at speeds up to 30 mph. Several operators offer them from Shelter Cove Marina, Hilton Head Harbor RV Resort and Marina, and Skull Creek Marina.

For amazing views and the sensation of flight, try parasailing. Several companies offer the chance to fly hundreds of feet in the air over the shining Atlantic.

Or learn more about local wildlife on a

dolphin tour, where naturalist guides and charter captains talk about the habits of bottlenose dolphins. These intelligent mammals are present in Hilton Head’s waters year-round.

If your crew includes kids ages 8 and younger, a pirate cruise will be an unforgettable day on the water. The crew provides kids with pirate costumes and pirate lessons in Harbour Town before setting sail in search of treasure. Kids will be highly engaged with water cannons, a battle with an evil pirate and a bit of history.

There are a few spots on the island where the waves sometimes get big enough for real surfing, but kids can learn on the island’s gentle swells. Burkes Beach and North Forest Beach are where you’ll find locals when the surf’s up.

But most of the island’s waves are better suited to the more low-key pursuit of boogie boarding. These foam boards are available nearly everywhere you look during summer and are great for testing your skills on the smaller waves at beaches like Coligny. Or try a thin wooden skim board to hydroplane along

the tide at the spot where water meets sand — but beware, it’s easy to trip up on them.

And, of course, Hilton Head is one of the country’s top charter fishing destinations, so have your rod and reel ready.

Tarpon arrive in the summer in Port Royal

Sound as well as the backcountry creeks that surround Hilton Head. Summer is also a good time to catch flounder, and fishing for trout is exciting in June and July. No boat? No worries. Shark fishing is legal on the beach outside of designated swimming areas.

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New beach rules for 2020 The Town of Hilton Head Island’s beach ordinance now prohibits:

Shovels over 30 inches in length

Leaving personal belongings on the beach overnight. If left, they may be confiscated and thrown away.

ON THE BEACH For some people, it’s enough to simply enjoy the beach, relaxing on the sand with the waves crashing and a gentle breeze cooling you while you bake to a golden bronze.

For others, the beach is the world’s most enjoyable stadium, a playing field where champions are crowned.

Start with the team sport of KanJam, ideally suited for the sand since you can play it with a drink in your hand — not that anyone enjoys an adult beverage

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on the beach; after all, it’s prohibited, of course. Players face off over a pair of plastic barrels, flying discs in hand, and try to score points by landing your disc inside the can. Then move on to single events with a rousing round of bocce, a sport generally played on a crisply manicured lawn but easily adapted to hard-packed sand.

Finally, get the kids involved and let them put their beach shovels to good use digging out a personalized beach mini golf course. Just remember to fill in any holes you create.

Digging holes in the sand that are more than a foot deep. All holes must be filled in before you leave the beach for the day.

These new rules are to protect sea turtles. Shovels, holes and equipment left on the beach can trap tiny hatchlings on their way from their nests to the sea.

SUMMER CAMPS: STILL ON IN THE LOWCOUNTRY Summer vacation is here, and with it the annual question faced by parents: what are we going to do with the kids? Whether you need care for them while you work, or want to get your children out of the house for a few hours so they don’t spend the whole day playing video games or watching Netflix, the Lowcountry has a great selection of summer camps.

Keeping them entertained by sending them to camp is still possible this summer. Though summer camp may look a bit different this year, with smaller groups to facilitate social distancing — many area camps are going ahead and welcoming campers; both in person and virtually.

Go online to hiltonheadmonthly.com to view our complete list of area camps. And don't forget the sunscreen and bug spray.

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Where toWorship Grace Coastal Church Come. Experience Grace.

Saturday night “Come As You Are” Service at 6:30 PM Followed by a Fellowship Meal Sunday Morning Worship Services 8:45 and 11 AM Education, Coffee, & Fellowship 10 AM 15 WILLIAMS DRIVE OKATIE SC 29909

843-379-5520 GCCOFFICE16@GMAIL.COM

Easter at St. Andrew By–The–Sea UMC Hilton Head Live Streams: 9 & 11:15am Bluffton Live Streams: 9 & 10:30am

www.hhiumc.com

Bluffton Worship StAndrewBTS

Lowcountry Presbyterian Church Surrounded by God’s grace, we are a family of faith joined together through Christ, offering meaning and hope to all by the way we worship, serve and live.

Sunday Worship Services at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Childcare available at 10:30 a.m. service 10 SIMMONSVILLE ROAD BLUFFTON, SC 29910 (INTERSECTION OF HWY 278)

843-815-6570 LPCOFFICE1@HARGRAY.COM LOWCOUNTRYPRES.ORG

Lord of Life Lutheran Church

We at Lord of Life Lutheran Church seek to serve in the name of Christ.

Sundays 8:30am and 10:30am 351 BUCKWALTER PARKWAY BLUFFTON, SC 29910

LORDOFLIFE-BLUFFTON.ORG 843-757-4774

BlufftonWorship StAndrewByTheSea

UU Congregation of the Lowcountry An open-minded, open-hearted spiritual community

Sunday Schedule Meditation 9:15 a.m.

Service 10 a.m.

Childcare available 110 MALPHRUS ROAD, BLUFFTON, SC 29910 UULOWCOUNTRY.ORG

Neighbors in Need BLUFFTON SELF HELP PROVIDES AID FOR MANY

BY CAROL WEIR

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This is the most generous community I’ve ever worked in,” Kimberly Hall said as she finished loading donated groceries onto a shelf.

Hall, who is executive director of Bluffton Self Help, pointed to Holly Ashby, who was getting in her SUV to leave, as an example of local generosity. Ashby collects food donations from other residents in Sun City Hilton Head and drives them to Bluffton Self Help. Since the COVID-19 crisis began, she has brought in more than

2,000 pounds of canned goods and other non-perishables for the nonprofit’s food pantry.

Many other Lowcountry residents also have responded to the COVID-19 crisis— and its twin evil, unemployment—by donating food and money to Bluffton Self Help.

“The number of donations are up,” Hall said. “Amounts are not.”

The nonprofit based in Bluffton’s Sheridan Park shopping center provides

food, clothing and emergency assistance to break the cycle of poverty. Bluffton Self Help was founded more than 33 years ago by the late Mrs. Ida Martin, who had a vision of neighbors helping neighbors with dignity, compassion and care.

This mission hasn’t changed with the emergence of COVID-19, but needs and the nonprofit’s responses to them have shifted.

To protect the health of her volunteers, on March 16 Hall converted the

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The nonprofit based in Bluffton’s Sheridan Park shopping center provides food, clothing and emergency assistance to break the cycle of poverty.

food pantry to a drive-thru and she temporarily trimmed her army of 220 —many of them retired— to just six younger folks who wanted to keep helping. Every Thursday morning, volunteers Robin Pickens, Deb Linman, Vincent Autouri, Gary Peragallo, John Pickens and Ann Edwards pack grocery bags and carry them to a table. In the first five weeks, the number of families coming for food rose from 200 to 320; Hall said the average family size is four. Each family can receive food once a week.

Those requesting help for the first time receive temporary client cards as cars start lining up in the parking lot. When food distribution starts at 10 a.m., the cars inch toward the table, drivers roll down their windows, grab a bag and go. In the bags this time were yogurt, eggs, cereal, produce and canned goods. Bluffton Self Help often buys meat and produce at Sam’s Club to supplement what it receives from Lowcountry Food Bank and community food drives.

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To minimize contact, BSH only accepts individual food donations Mondays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and encourages local neighborhoods to hold food drives. Items collected sit on quarantine shelves at BSH for three days before being redistributed. The nonprofit’s business and education center and clothing closet are open by appointment only, but Hall and her team will help with emergency requests as they can.

To serve the growing number of people needing emergency financial assistance due to coronavirus, Bluffton Self Help set up COVID-19 Family Relief Fund.

“This time of year we typically process up to 20 applications for rent, mortgage or utility assistance every week. This has jumped to more than 50 each week and continues to grow,” Hall said.

The nonprofit is also managing the SERG Relief Fund and Palmetto Bluff Family Relief Fund, which is supported by residents of Palmetto Bluff to help

Palmetto Bluff employees who have been laid off or are facing financial hardship.

Hall noted that many people seeking help are facing unemployment and financial hardship for the first time.

The organization’s front door is locked now but staff members Allison Crouch, Barbara Bowers, Candyce Childress, Julia Violi and Jean LeBlanc are there every week day, answering the phones and responding to emails from people seeking help. They’re also busy applying for grants, but these will never replace the need for local donors.

“We are funded by locals. As the weeks go on, the hardship on individuals and families will intensify,” Hall said. “Now is the time for all of us to come together to support those in need.”

For more information about Bluffton Self Help, call 843-757-8000 or visit blufftonselfhelp.org.

For information about organizing a neighborhood food drive, email julia@ blufftonselfhelp.org.

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FORSYTHE JEWELERS GABRIEL & CO. TRUNK SHOW: Celebrate life and love at this two-day Gabriel & Co. trunk show highlighting exquisite designs of classic and fashion forward pieces including bracelets, earrings, necklaces and rings. Complimentary gift with your purchase. Light bites + bubbles served. June 17, 10 a.m.- 7 p.m.; June 18, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. RSVP to attend, 843-671-7070 or andrea@ forsythejewelers.biz.

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JUNE 4

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S GOLF DAY: Learn the fundamentals of chipping, putting and swinging through easy-to-learn drills and activities led by volunteers and female pros. Free. 1-4 p.m., The First Tee of the Lowcountry, 151 Gumtree Rd., Hilton Head Island. 843-686-2680 or firstteelowcountry.org

JUNE 12 ZACH DEPUTY @ ROOFTOP BAR POSEIDON: Deputy has released four critically acclaimed studio albums. Concertgoers will enjoy a unique live music experience featuring songs from his upcoming album. $8 advance/$10 day of show/$200 VIP booths for 10 people. 10 p.m.-midnight., 38 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head Island, 21+ only. tickettailor.com

JUNE 18-21 RBC HERITAGE WITHOUT SPECTATORS: The 52nd RBC Heritage presented by Boeing will not have spectators this year but can be viewed from the comfort of your

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home with plaid outfits and drinks on hand.

Free. Time varies per event. Golf Channel and CBS. Watch from your home, device or favorite restaurant with big screen TVs. 843671-2448 or rbcheritage.com

JUNE 22 TOBYMAC AND THE DIVERSECITY BAND DRIVE-IN THEATER TOUR AT HWY 21 DRIVE-IN: This 7-time Grammy Award Winning Artist and twice-named GMA Dove Award Winner for Christian Artist of the Year will perform live. Lawn chairs and blankets are welcome but you must remain in vehicle’s space. Tickets start at $75 per vehicle. Gates open at 6 p.m., Hwy 21 Drive-In, 55 Parker Dr., Beaufort.

843-846-4500 or highway21drivein.com

JUNE 25 CRUISE IN: Classic and sports car enthusiasts gather at Shelter Cove Towne Centre in the front parking lot (near AT&T) facing U.S. 278 (new location this year). Participate with your vehicle or just come to look. Free. 5-8 p.m. carolinadreamers.info

Ongoing TUESDAY ZION CEMETERY AND BAYNARD MAUSOLEUM COSTUMED CEMETERY TOUR: Visit the gravesites of four Revolutionary War heroes and learn about the bloody skirmish fought just a few steps away. $15 Adult/$10 Child, 11 a.m., Corner of U.S. 278 & Matthews Dr., Hilton Head Island.

Reservations required. 843-686-6560 or heritagelib.org HILTON HEAD ISLAND FARMERS MARKET: Support local farmers and producers and take home fresh produce, pastureraised chicken, free range rabbit, pork, seafood, salsa, sausage, cookies, bread, she crab soup and more. Entrance and parking are free. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Coastal Discovery Museum. 70 Honey Horn Dr, Hilton Head Island. 843-473-5231 or hhifarmersmarket.com.

WEDNESDAY HILTON HEAD HAUNTED HISTORY TALES: After dark, in the eerie setting of the island’s oldest burial ground, come and hear spinetingling tales of Hilton Head’s shadowy past. $25 Adult/$20 Child, 9 p.m., Corner of Hwy. 278 & Matthews Dr., Hilton Head Island. Reservations required. 843-686-6560 or heritagelib.org

THURSDAY FARMERS MARKET OF BLUFFTON. Meet local farmers, chefs and artisans on Calhoun Street. Buy fresh strawberries, tomatoes, baked goods, remedies and more. Enjoy live local entertainment and watch cooking demos. 843-415-2447 farmersmarketbluffton.org MOVIE NIGHTS IN THE PARK: Watch movies on a 24-foot screen as the sun sets over Broad Creek. Bring beach chairs, blankets and pets if you wish. June 11: “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”; June 18: “Frozen 2”; June 25: “Jumanji”. Take-out food available from Shelter Cove merchants. 8:30-10:30 p.m. Free. Sheltercovetownecentre.com

FRIDAY SUNSET JAMS AT SHELTER COVE TOWNE CENTRE. Live, local music each week in Shelter Cove Community Park.

Bring your beach chairs, blankets, coolers and pets and pick up take-out food from one of the nearby restaurants or at Kroger. June 12: The Headliners; June 19: Deas-Guyz; June 26: Cranford Hollow.

Free. 7-10 p.m., 40 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head Island. 843-6863090 or sheltercovetownecentre.com COLIGNY SUMMER MUSIC FRIDAYS WITH DJ CRUSH. Visit the Coligny Center Stage every Friday for an interactive family dance party with DJ Crush. Free. 6:30- 8:30 p.m. Coligny Plaza, 1 North Forest Beach Dr, Hilton Head Island colignyplaza.com

SUNDAY COLIGNY SUMMER MUSIC WITH JEVON DALY: Live music at Coligny Center Stage with Jevon Daly performing a kid-centric storytelling adventure. Free. - 6:30-8:30 p.m. Coligny Plaza, 1 North Forest Beach Dr, Hilton Head Island colignyplaza.com

DAILY TRAIL RIDES THROUGH THE SEA PINES FOREST PRESERVE WITH LAWTON STABLES: Meander through the preserve on horseback for the true feel of the untouched Lowcountry. Trail riders must be at least 8 years old. Reservations are required. 843-671-2586 lawtonstables.com.

PICKLEBALL AT PALMETTO DUNES: Learn how to play Pickleball with daily clinics and round robins at the Palmetto Dunes Pickleball Center in Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort. Courts and equipment rentals available. Reservations recommended. palmettodunes.com THE HARBOUR TOWN LIGHTHOUSE MUSEUM: Explore Hilton Head Island’s rich history and learn about its famous lighthouse in a unique, museum-like setting. Admission is $4.25. Free for children 5 and younger. 149 Lighthouse Rd. 843-671-2810 or harbourtownlighthouse.com.

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Marc’s

Cannellini MONTHLY’S CEO SHARES HIS GO-TO SUMMER DISH

Today we are going to cook an all-in-one dish that is simple, satisfying and interesting.

The first time we came across this dish was on Martha’s Vineyard. We had just come ashore after sailing from Newport and had worked up an appetite.

It was summer and the constant salt-filled breeze reminded us that although we were on land, we were also in the middle of an ocean. As we sat outside on wooden benches, it felt natural to order a dish that marries land and sea: cannellini beans with squid (calamari) and broccoli spears.

It sounded intriguing and ended up becoming one of our favorite go-to recipes.

This dish hits all four taste notes at once—salty, sour, sweet and bitter — and it contains a good mix of carbohydrates, protein and veggies. The fact that it is low fat does not take away from the rich and satisfying taste.

Bon appetitto!

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Ingredients: 2 cans of cannellini beans 1 lb. fresh or frozen squid (calamari) 2 bunches of broccolini spears 1 fresh tomato Olive oil, sea salt, red pepper flakes, garlic, lemon rind If available: Lobster (clam/fish) base (bouillon).

Preparation time: 25-30 minutes

Garden Salad FRESH ARUGULA AND RIPE TOMATOES MAKE THIS SALAD A SUMMER ESSENTIAL Whether the ingredients come from your own garden, the local farmers market or the grocery store, this salad is easy to put together and complements almost any meal. The ingredients for this delicious salad came from Anuska Frey's hope garden.

You don't need a lot of space to have a garden. These garden boxes have everything you need for a summer salad.

Assemble your ingredients: Step 1: Prepare your base. On low heat, sauté a bit of olive oil, garlic and red pepper flakes for a few minutes in a large skillet.

Step 2: Increase heat and add ½ chopped tomato and a bit of white wine for about 2 to 3 minutes.

Step 3: Turn the heat to high, add the squid and let them dense up for about 3 to 4 minutes.

Step 4: Boil ½ cup of water and dissolve the lobster (clam/fish) base in it. (alternative: use some sea salt) and add to the pan.

Gather fresh arugula and tomatoes. Wash and dry both. Slice tomatoes into wedges. Add tomatoes to the arugula. Toss together (add additonal vegetables if desired.)

Step 5: Drain the cannellini beans but keep some of the juices and add it to the pan. On medium to high heat, cook down the mix to a more condensed consistency.

Step 6: Add the broccolini spears (after having cut off the lower half).

Step 7: Use your eyes and taste buds to determine when the dish has reached the right density. It should not be as liquid as a soup but a bit more moist than a risotto.

Creative variations: If you can’t find any squid or calamari (fresh or frozen), you can substitute with shrimp. In this case, it’s important that they be added last because they only need a few minutes to cook.

Enjoy this tasty and satisfying dish with a glass of crisp white wine or a cold beer.

Top with vinagrette or your favorite dressing to complete. Enjoy!

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DIRECTORY

Outdoor Dining LOOKING TO DINE ALFRESCO IN THE LOWCOUNTRY? HERE ARE SOME PLACES TO TRY OUT

Patio

HILTON HEAD ISLAND

Aunt Chilada’s 843-785-7700 British Open Pub - HHI 843-686-6736 Carolina Crab Company 843-842-2016 CharBar Co. 843-785-2427 Chow Daddy’s 843-842-CHOW CQ’s 843-671-2779 Delisheeyo 843-785-3633 FISH Casual Coastal Seafood 843-342-3474 French Bakery 843-342-5420 Gusto Ristorante 843-802-2424 Hinchey’s 843-686-5959 Island Bagel & Deli 843-686-3353 It’s Greek to Me 843-842-4033 Jane Bistro & Bar 843-686-5696 Kenny B’s Seafood 843-785-3315 Munchies 843-785-3354 Nick’s Steak & Seafood 843-686-2920 Palmetto Bay Sun Rise Cafe 843-686-3232 Reilley’s North End Pub 843-681-4153 Reilley’s Grill & Bar 843-842-4414 Sea Shack 843-785-2464 Street Meet 843-842-2570 Subway - South 843-785-7800

BLUFFTON Agave Side Bar Amigos, Bluffton Bluffton Brauhaus British Open Pub Calhoun Street Tavern Captain Woody's Chow Daddy’s Cinco Mexican Grill FARM Bluffton The Pearl Kitchen & Bar Subway - Baylor Dr Subway - Buckwalter Truffles - Bluffton Twisted European Bakery Zeppelin’s at Station 300

843-757-9190 843-815-8226 843-757-3334 843-815-6736 843-757-4334 843-757-6222 843-757-CHOW 843-815-2233 843-707-2041 843-757-5511 843-706-5600 843-706-3031 843-815-5551 843-757-0033 843-815-2695

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HILTON HEAD ISLAND

CocoNutz Sportz Bar The Crazy Crab, Jarvis Creek ELA’s On the Water Fishcamp on Broad Creek Old Fort Pub Old Oyster Factory Salty Dog Café San Miguel’s Up the Creek Pub & Grill

843-842-0043 843-681-5021 843-785-3030 843-842-2267 843-681-2386 843-681-6040 843-671-CAFE 843-842-4555 843-681-3625

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Big Jim’s

855-878-1966

Rooftop

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Santa Fe Cafe

843-785-3838

Deck

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Alexander’s 843-785-4999 Captain Woody's 843-785-2400 Flatbread Grill & Bar 843-341-2225 Frosty Frog Cafe & Pizza 843-686-3764 Local Pie 843-842-7437 Red Fish 843-686-3388 Rockfish at Bomboras 843-689-2662

››Dining Briefs

HILTON HEAD ISLAND RESTAURANTS ASSIST MYRTLE BEACH

Hilton Head Island restaurants staff and owners provided meals to Horry County students as part of a partnership during the COVID-19 pandemic.

More than a dozen workers traveled to Myrtle Beach on April 25 and continued to service more than 7,000 meals per day.

The team worked with Sysco distributors, Operation BBQ Relief and the National Guard to organize, cook, assemble and deliver the safe meals each day while headquartered at the Sheraton Hotel in Myrtle Beach.

Assisting Myrtle Beach

CHEZ GEORGES OPENING THIS SUMMER

Chez Georges Bistro & Bar, which serves a French bistro cuisine with local ingredients and flavors, plans to open on Hilton Head Island’s New Orleans Road this summer, according to its website. The hours are to be determined.

HOSPITALITY WORKERS JOIN SECOND HELPINGS FOOD PROGRAM

Second Helpings

Six SERG Restaurant Group employees who been laid off or were working reduced hours helped Second Helpings on Hilton Head Island and in Bluffton load rescued food and distribute it to local food pantries. The partnership was funded through the Lowcountry Community COVID-19 Response Fund, a fund of Community Foundation of the Lowcountry and the Long Cove Charitable Fund.

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Restaurants Brought to you by Monthly, Fork & Fun and Vacation Guide

Hilton Head – North End CocoNutz Sportz Bar

40 Folly Field Road HHI Beach & Tennis Resort 843.842.0043 Open to the public. Imagine your favorite sporting events shown on dual 125” high-definition screens and 18 other TV’s tuned in to every sporting event imaginable. That’s what you will find at CocoNutz. If you get hungry, try the “Island’s Best Wings,” 1st place at Wingfest 2017, craft burgers and brews, prime rib.

Crazy Crab Jarvis Creek Hwy. 278 (near Mile Marker 1) 843.681.5021 | thecrazycrab.com

A Hilton Head tradition for over 30 years, enjoy genuine service and fresh seafood. Menu feature crab clusters, local oysters, seafood “your way,” fresh local shrimp.

Gator’z Pizza

40 Folly Field Road HHI Beach & Tennis Resort 843.842.0043 Be sure to stop by Gator’z Pizza and order the “Bigly” MEGA Pizza. It’s 400 square inches of pizza perfection! These delicious pizzas are available for both dine in and take out.

Healthy Habit

Street Meet: The American Tavern Port Royal Plaza 843.842.2570 | streetmeethhi.com

Street Meet specializes in homemade versions of regional American bar food. Best Wings, Fish & Chips, Homemade Soups, Salads, Vegetarian Menu, Seafood.

33 Office Park Road Suite 227 843.686.5600 | healthyhabithhi.com A Quick service style restaurant with a focus on chopped salads and other plant based items utilizing the freshest ingredients possible with hand crafted dressings.

Old Fort Pub

65 Skull Creek Drive 843.681.2386 | OldFortPub.com Dine indoors or on the patio, enjoy beautiful views of the Intracoastal Waterway. The only AAA Four Diamond Restaurant on Hilton Head. (Won 11 times!) Reservations Recommended.

Reilley’s North End Pub 95 Mathews Dr. (Port Royal Plaza) 843.681.4153 | reilleysnorth.com

An island institution, Reilley’s has been serving up steaks, seafood, pasta & sandwiches for more than 35 years. Kids eat free Tuesdays with an adult entrée.

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Il Carpaccio

200A Museum St. (Across from Walmart)

843.342.9949 Serving a wide variety of authentic Italian cuisine, ranging from cuisine of Northern Italy to genuine crispy, thin-crust, Italian-style pizza. Casual, attractive restaurant, with large, attractive bar and a genuine brick oven (imported from Italy) for baking pizza.

Hilton Head – Mid-Island Alexander’s Restaurant & Wine Bar 76 Queens Folly Rd. (Palmetto Dunes) 843.785.4999 | alexandersrestaurant.com

Menu uses seasonal ingredients with a strong emphasis on seafood while paying homage to Alexander’s original favorites. Dinner from 5–10pm daily.

Big Jim’s BBQ, Burgers & Pizza 7 Trent Jones Ln. (Palmetto Dunes) 855.878.1966 | palmettodunes.com/big-jims

Big Jim’s offers signature Southern dishes, gourmet burgers, pizzas, soups, salads, seafood, steaks and ribs. Open daily for breakfast, lunch & dinner.

ELA’S Blu Water Grille

1 Shelter Cove Ln. (Shelter Cove) 843.785.3030 | elasgrille.com

Fresh catch seafood and prime cut steaks of the highest quality, artfully prepared by their team of culinary experts, compliment the extensive boutique wine selection. Overlooking Shelter Cove marina and Broad Creek, ELA’S offers the island’s best water views.

Reservations recommended.

Fishcamp on Broad Creek

11 Simmons Road (Adjacent to Broad Creek Marina) 843.842.2267 | fishcamphhi.com Fishcamp’s menu consists of seafood and American cuisine, including steak and lobster. They have an outdoor bar and open patio. Family friendly.

The French Bakery & Courtyard Café 28 Shelter Cove Ln. 843.342.5420 | frenchbakeryhiltonhead.com

Have breakfast or lunch inside or outdoors in this bakery/café. Enjoy crepes, omelets, breads, baguette & panini sandwiches, salads, soups, quiches & pastries. Traditional French recipes.

Jamaica Joe’z Beach Bar

40 Folly Field Rd. (Mid-island) 843.842.0043 | hhibeachandtennis.com Open 7 days. Steps from the beach and a great place to kick back, snack on some pork nachos or a burger, and cool off with a frozen cocktail,cold beer or a soft drink.

Jane Bistro & Bar

28 Shelter Cove Lane (Shelter Cove Towne Centre) 843.686.5696 | janehhi.com Classic bistro fare with Lowcountry influences. Favorites include jumbo lump crab cakes, pecan cranberry chicken salad, crispy flounder and petit filet mignon with pommes frites. Open daily.

Island Bagel & Deli

S. Island Square 843.686.3353 | islandbagelanddeli.com The island's only New York style boiled bagels made daily. Choose from 16 flavors of bagels, 12 home-made cream cheeses.

For lunch: specialty hoagies, classic sandwiches & salads.

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Old Oyster Factory

101 Marshland Rd. 843.681.6040 | OldOysterFactory.com

Charlie’s L’Etoile Verte

Panoramic marsh and water views. Specializing in fresh seafood and some of the best steaks on Hilton Head. featured in The Wall Street Journal's “Off the Beaten Track.” Wine Spectator magazine’s “Award of Excellence.”

8 New Orleans Road 843.785.9277 | charliesgreenstar.com Open since 1982, Charlie’s, an island favorite among locals and tourists alike, writes its menu daily based on the freshest seafood available. Dinner menu offers an array of 14 fresh fish, rack of lamb, filet mignon and more. An extensive wine list.

San Miguel’s

9 Harbourside Ln. (Shelter Cove Harbour) 843.842.4555 | sanmiguels.com Located directly on the harbour at Shelter Cove and provides good food and fun. Extensive California/Mexican menu. Try San Miguel’s Fish Tacos, fajitas and chimichangas. Lunch and dinner served daily.

Santa Fe Cafe

807 William Hilton Parkway (Plantation Center by Palmetto Dunes) 843.785.3838 | santafecafeofhiltonhead.com Casually elegant dining that captures the spirit of New Mexico. Signature items include Parmesan Chipotle Grouper, 24-ounce bone-in ribeye steaks, fajitas , & Painted Desert Soup.

Big Bamboo

1 N. Forest Beach Dr. (Coligny Plaza) 843.686.3443 | bigbamboocafe.com Where the South Pacific meets the Carolina Coast just steps from the beach. A casual hangout with a local vibe serving burgers, seafood and festive libations. Come for the food, stay for the live entertainment!

British Open Pub

Sea Grass Grille

Village at Wexford 843.686.6736 | thebritishopenpub.com

(Plantation Center by Palmetto Dunes)

Family friendly pub style restaurant with authentic English food with American favorites and certified Angus beef. Try the signature fish and chips or their shepherd’s pie, steak & mushroom pie, lobster pot pie and bangers & mash.

807 William Hilton Parkway 843.785.9990 | seagrassgrille.com American and Lowcountry Continental cuisine. Chef Chad brings 38 years of hands-on culinary expertise. More than 50 wines by the glass. Winner of Wine Spectator’s Award of Excellence.

Up the Creek Pub & Grill

18 Simmons Rd. (Broad Creek Marina) 843.681.3625 | upthecreekpubandgrill.com Located on Broad Creek with great marina and water views.

Known for smoked wings, hush puppies, buffalo chicken dip, beer selection and the best burgers. Kids menu available.

Dogs are welcome.

Carolina Crab Company 86 Helmsman Way 843.842.2016 | carolinacrabco.com

Boasting water views, enjoy fresh seafood at an affordable price in a family-friendly atmosphere. Offering an array of seafood; peel-n-eat shrimp, giant Po Boys, burgers, Maine lobster, & crab legs. Pet-friendly outside bar & patio.

Catch 22

37 New Orleans Rd. (Orleans Plaza near Sea Pines Circle) 843.785.6261 | catch22hhi.com Catch 22 is locally owned. Dinner is served nightly from 5 p.m.

Early Dining Menu from 5:00– 6:00 p.m. All of our beef is aged 28 days, U.S.D.A prime, hand selected and cut in house.

ChowDaddy’s

14b Executive Park Rd. (off of Pope Ave.) 843.757.CHOW(2469) | chowdaddys.com Offering a wide variety of menu items focusing on buns, bowls, and tacos and great libations. Serving lunch & dinner daily.

Cowboy Brazilian Steakhouse

1000 William Hilton Parkway, B-6 843.715.3565 | cowboybraziliansteakhouse.com A unique, all-you-can eat “Churrascaria.” Enjoy a 30 item salad bar, 6 Brazilian hot dishes and a “parade” of 16 USDA Prime cuts of beef, lamb, chicken and pork carved at your table by their gauchos.

CQ’s Restaurant

Hilton Head – South End Aunt Chilada’s Easy Street Café 69 Pope Avenue 843.785.7700 | auntchiladashhi.com

Excellent Tex-Mex and American fare. Enjoy the crab legs, sizzling fajitas, & margaritas. Reservations & large parties welcome. Private dining/event area. Live entertainment (seasonally) on the covered patio.

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140 Lighthouse Rd. 843.671.2779 | CQsRestaurant.com Fine dining, an intimate atmosphere and a bit of Hilton Head history. Signature dishes include fresh seafood, beef & game.“Bistro” menu offers smaller portions.

Crane’s Tavern Steakhouse & Seafood 26 New Orleans Rd. 843.341.2333 | cranestavern.com

Perfect for steak and seafood lovers, serving cuts of only USDA Prime grade beef, their Famous Prime Rib. Excellent selection of fresh fish, seafood & pasta dishes.

Captain Woody’s

6 Target Rd. (off of Palmetto Bay Rd.) 843.785.2400 Enjoy “Fresh Seafood, Cold Beer & Great Happy Hour & Still A Locals Favorite For Over 30 Years!” Dine inside or outside on the patio. Serving a variety of fresh seafood, sandwiches, award winning soups and salads all at affordable prices.

Crazy Crab Harbour Town Sea Pines at Harbour Town 843.363.2722 | thecrazycrab.com

Genuine service and fresh seafood; a Hilton Head tradition for over 30 years! Menus feature crab clusters, local oysters, seafood “your way,” local shrimp and more. Dine in the heart of Sea Pines at Harbour Town.

Dough Boys Pizza

1 New Orleans Rd. 843.686.2697 | DoughBoysHHI.com

Delisheeyo

32 Palmetto Bay Road 843.785.3633 | delisheeeyo.com Vegetarian. Delisheeyo owner Blake Wearren set out to create a place for people to escape for lunch. The fruit and veggie smoothies are a quick meal by themselves.

Their Buddha Bowls, consisting of steamed grain and healthy toppings of your choice, is a favorite of the regulars. Delisheeyo’s mission is to provide meals that you can trust, that are real, and healthy.

House-made crusts: traditional hand tossed, thin crust and thick Sicilian. Create-Your-Own-Chopped Salad from 40 different item choices. Specialty subs are served on Amoroso rolls.

Flatbread Grill & Bar

2 N. Forest Beach Dr. (Beach Market Center) 843.341.2225 | flatbreadgrillhhi.com Upscale, casual dining. Enjoy Neapolitan pizza, fresh pasta, gourmet salads, burgers, wraps, flatbread sandwiches and more. Dough & sauces are freshly made.

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Michael Anthony’s

37 New Orleans Rd. (Orleans Plaza) 843.785.6272 | michael-anthonys.com

Nunzio Restaurant + Bar 18 New Orleans Road 843.715.2172 | nunziohhi.com

Popular New Jersey chef Nunzio Patruno has brought his acclaimed cooking style to Hilton Head Island. Nunzio Restaurant + Bar specializes in fresh seafood and homemade pasta. Enjoy a delicious meal in the beautifully renovated 1,300-squarefoot restaurant equipped with a large bar area and two outdoor seating areas.

Frosty Frog Cafe & Pizza Coligny Plaza 843.686.FROG | frostyfrog.com

Dine inside or out on the large patio w/retractable roof.

Enjoy daiquiris, wine, beer & a full liquor bar; menu includes burgers, crabcakes, salads, wraps, pizza, calzones, crab legs, shrimp, extensive gluten-free options & a kids menu.

Gusto Ristorante

890 William Hilton Parkway (Fresh Market Plaza) GustoHiltonHead.com Voted Hilton Head's Best New Restaurant. Executive chef/ owner Giancarlo Balestra and his wife Nancy bring the flavors of his hometown of Rome Italy to Hilton Head.

Closed Monday.

Healthy Habit

33 Office Park Rd., suite 227 843-686-5600 | healthyhabithhi.com

Hinchey’s Chicago Bar & Grill

MidiCi Italian Kitchen

7C Greenwood Dr. (Reilley’s Plaza) 843.842.7999 MidiCi Italian Kitchen brings Italy’s original Neapolitan woodfired pizza and authentic pasta to Reilley’s Plaza on Hilton Head Island. Taste the freshness of quality ingredients – pizza made with Italian flour in authentic wood-fired ovens.

Enjoy signature appetizers, salads, and desserts made with fresh, natural and mostly non-GMO ingredients.

Nick’s Steak & Seafood

70 Pope Avenue 843.686.5959 | hincheys.com

9 Park Lane 843.686.2920 | nickssteakandseafood.com

Hinchey’s has much in common with a sports bar, but is very much a restaurant, too. It is casual, with beach-goers invited to stop by for lunch, or for drinks or dinner. Dine inside or out.

Open seven days a week serving lunch and dinner.

Nick’s Steak & Seafood emphasizes steaks, seafood and barbecue and offers sandwiches, salads, appetizers, soups, burgers, pasta and a children’s menu. Reservations accepted.

Large parties welcome.

Hinoki Restaurant & Sushi Bar

Palmetto Bay Sun Rise Café

37 New Orleans Rd. (Orleans Plaza) 843.785.9800 | hinokihhi.com

Palmetto Bay Marina 843.686.3232 | palmettobaysunrisecafe.com

Serving traditional Japanese dishes including grilled fish, chicken and steak, sukiyaki, noodle dishes, tempura, and daily specials, plus sushi and sashimi. More than 20 entrées.

Reservations are recommended for dinner.

Breakfast fare starting before the sun rises, from 6 a.m.

Breakfast and lunch items are available continuously. The cafe offers to-go lunches for charter boats, the beach or any other occasion. Open seven days a week.

It’s Greek To Me

Phillys Cafe & Deli

11 Lagoon Rd. 843.842.4033 | itsgreektomehhi.com

Quick service style restaurant with a focus on chopped salads, superfood bowls, fresh bottled juices, smoothies, breakfast and organic coffee & teas and other plant based items utilizing the freshest ingredients possible.

Genuine Greek cuisine, from gyros to fried calamari to souvlaki to baklava for dessert. Food is prepared with authentic Greek recipes and they have the only gyro machines on the island. Greek beer and ouzo. Reservations accepted.

Hilton Head Diner

Kenny B’s Cajun/Creole Seafood

Hwy. 278 at Yacht Cove Dr. 843.686.2400 | hiltonheaddiner.com

70-A Pope Ave. 843.785.3315

One of the island’s only 24-hour restaurants. Modern diner boasting one of Hilton Head’s most extensive menus. All baking is done on the premises. Beer, wine & mixed drinks available. breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

“Creole cuisine with a Lowcountry influence.” Order New Orleans traditions such as jambalaya, red beans and rice, and authentic gumbos. Kenny B’s is home of the Island’s best po’ boys and fried seafood. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, Sunday brunch.

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Family owned and operated since 2002, offering upscale classic Italian fine dining featuring innovative preparations and farm fresh ingredients. Open Table rates them as one of the country's Top 50 Italian Restaurants. Dinner is served Monday - Saturday. Reservations suggested.

55 New Orleans Rd. 843.785.9966 | phillyscafe.com Locally owned and operated for more than 25 years, Phillys’ motto is “Best sandwiches on the island...Period!” Custom sandwiches with bread baked fresh daily. The pita wraps and salads are both imaginative and health-conscious.

Red Fish

8 Archer Rd. (a half mile from Sea Pines Circle) 843-686-3388 | redfishofhiltonhead.com Red Fish specializes in beautifully prepared seafood and steaks. Diners may choose from a 1,000-plus bottle selection of wines from around the world. Private dining room for large parties. Multi-course early dining specials from 5-5:45 p.m. feature soup or salad; choice of seven entrées; and complimentary glass of chef’s choice of wine.

Reilley’s Grill & Bar

7D Greenwood Dr. (Reilley’s Plaza) 843.842.4414 | reilleyshiltonhead.com Reilley’s has been serving up steaks, seafood, pasta & sandwiches for more than 35 years.

Lunch & dinner daily, & Sunday brunch. The bar is open late. Enjoy Mon.Night Lobster and Fri. & Sat. Prime Rib (reservations required).

Rockfish Seafood & Steaks at Bomboras

Ombra Cucina Italiana

A unique family seafood restaurant and bar that is located right near the beach. Offering fresh and local lowcounty ingredients paired with craft beers and wines. Kids menu. Lunches to Go for the beach.

Chef Michael Cirafesi promotes the foods & wines of Italy. He prepares all pastas, homemade gnocchi, desserts and breads daily. An extensive wine list from every region in Italy. A European-style bar & lounge with a vast selection of Italian cocktails. Peanut-free. Gluten-free pasta available. Open 7 days a week from 4:30. Reservations recommended, walk-ins welcome.

5 Lagoon Road 843.689.2662 | rockfishhhi.com

1000 William Hilton Parkway (Village at Wexford) | 843.842.5505 | ombrahhi.com

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››Dining | Favorites Slapfish

1024 William Hilton Pwy (near Sea Pines Circle) 843.521.5830 | Slapfishrestaurant.com Slapfish, the nation’s fastest growing seafood restaurant has opened at 1024 William Hilton Parkway near Sea Pines Circle. Slapfish on Hilton Head is locally owned and operated by the Lomasney family serving honest flippin’ seafood infused with lots of flavor!

British Open Pub

Sheridan Park 843.815.6736 | britishopenpub.net Pub-style restaurant featuring authentic English food.

Excellent signature fish and chips, shepherd’s pie, steak and mushroom pie, and bangers and mash. Also wide selection of American appetizers and entrées. Lunch & dinner daily.

Calhoun Street Tavern

Salty Dog Cafe

South Beach Marina Village, Sea Pines, 843.671.7327 | saltydog.com 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.

Sea Shack

6 Executive Park Rd. (off Pope Ave.) 843.785.2464 | seashackhhi.com Serving up one of the island’s most extensive menus of seafood & more. Voted one of "South Carolina’s best seafood spots" by Coastal Living and Southern Living. Open Mon.-Sat. for lunch & dinner.

Stack’s Pancakes & More

Truffles

Sea Pines Center 843.671.6136 | trufflescafe.com Fresh local seafood, Black Angus steaks, baby back ribs, homemade soups, sandwiches, and garden salads. Specialties include glazed grouper, mango salmon, crab cakes, chipotle chicken, meatloaf and fried shrimp. Daily from 11am.

11 Palmetto Bay Road, #102 (next to Staples) 843.802.0510

Family owned & operated, serving breakfast & lunch, 7 days.

Enjoy pancakes, waffles, house-made fruit sauces, crepes, Crème Brûlée French Toast, shrimp & grits, crab benedict, shrimp omelet topped with lobster cream sauce. Gluten free items.

Open Monday through Saturday, 5-11 p.m. A local cocktail and wine bar. You can find it in Festival Center Plaza, near the Sea Pines Circle.

15 Executive Park Rd. (near Sea Pines Circle) 843.785.7006 | stellinihhi.com Family owned & operated since 1989! Popular Italian appetizers and entrees from NY & Northern NJ. Delicious pasta, poultry, veal, seafood, beef and lamb all expertly prepared.

Gluten Free & Children’s Menu.

The Studio

20 Executive Park Road 843.785.6000 | studiodining.com Dine while enjoying watching artists paint in the elegant studio. The menu is inspired by American and global cuisines and uses the finest regional, natural & organic ingredients.

Gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan menu offerings.

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ChowDaddy’s

15 Towne Dr. (Belfair Towne Village) 843.757.CHOW(2469) | chowdaddys.com Focusing on buns, bowls, and tacos and great libations.

Enjoy salads, sliders, a house ground rib eye burger, or their famous smoked fried chicken. Serving lunch & dinner daily.

Cinco Mexican Grill

102 Buckwalter Parkway, Suite 3D (Berkeley Place) | 843.815.2233 | cincomexgrill.com Authentic Mexican cuisine made from scratch using both traditional and modern recipes. Popular dishes are the Cinco Bowl, Piña Fajitas, Carnitas, Enchiladas, Chimichangas, Flautas and flan.

Twisted Cork

2 Regency Pkwy. & Hwy. 278 843.341.3347

Stellini

9 Promenade St. 843.757.4334 | calhounstreettavern.co A place where fine spirits are drunk, laughs are had, and stories are told. Cold beer, classic cocktails, and familiar faces paired with a chef driven menu of southern plates and comforting lowcountry classic food.

Vine

1 N Forest Beach Drive (Coligny Plaza Shopping Center) 843.686.3900 From marinated octopus to field greens from nearby St. George, the offerings at this intimate bistro are a treat for all.

Mediterranean cuisine with a hint of Asian fusion. Reservations.

Dinner starting at 5:30 p.m.

BLUFFTON

Amigos, Bluffton 133 Belfair Town Village 843.815.8226

Authentic Mexican taqueria, serving delicious food “inspired

by Mexican cuisine from Baja, Mexico, to Santa Barbara, California.” Owner Andrew Farbman created Amigos’ famous BBQ Chicken Salad. Amigos uses the finest ingredients.

Island Bagel & Deli

17 Sherington Dr. 843.815.5300 | islandbagelanddeli.com The island's only New York style boiled bagels made from scratch daily. Choose from 16 flavors of bagels, 12 homemade cream cheeses, pastries & breakfast sandwiches. For lunch: specialty hoagies, classic sandwiches & salads.

Captain Woody’s

17 State of Mind St. (Calhoun Street Promenade)

843.757.6222 Enjoy “Fresh Seafood, Cold Beer & Great Happy Hour & Still A Locals Favorite For Over 30 Years!” They have dining inside and outside on the patio. A big outdoor deck bar featurs beer, wine and specialty cocktails. Captain Woody’s serves fresh seafood, great signature sandwiches, award winning soups and salads all at affordable prices.

Corner Perk

843.816.5674 | cornerperk.com A coffeehouse/brunch restaurant where city meets South. Corner Perk offers the most amazing locally roasted Coffees, Teas, Espresso drinks, Cold Brew, Frappes as well as Skillets, Omelettes, Wraps, Sandwiches, and Salads.

Gourmet on Wheels/Grab and Go

61 Riverwalk Blvd., Unit E | 843.970.3030 | gourmetonwheels.org Gourmet on Wheels Delivery provides individually prepared healthy meals and delivers to your door weekly. Go online and choose your entrees with sides each week. Also, check out their Gourmet Grab and Go store with fresh made salads, meals, smoothies and more.

Grind Coffee Roasters

1 Sherington Drive, Suite J | 843.368.3348 | grindroasters.com Grab a cup of Grind’s specialty coffee made with beans from Columbia, Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras, Kenya and more. Other options include infused coffee barrel-aged in bourbon and whiskey barrels, and coffee infused with essential oils. Come inside or take advantage of the drive-thru.

Serving Breakfast & Lunch

Jack Frost

25 William Pope Center | 843.705.5669 | jackfrosticecream@gmail.com Fresh, frozen treats from scratch. Try flavors like cake batter and cookie dough, or their sorbets made with seasonal fruits. Stop by the parlor, where you can sit outside and perhaps sight Jack the alligator. Planning an event or party? They'll bring all the sweet stuff to you! Open Mon Sun, 1pm - 9pm.

Nonna Lucia

5 Godfrey Place | 843.707.4281 | blufftonnonnalucia.com

Online Ordering Available Now!

Delisheeyo.com 32 Palmetto Bay Rd. 843.785.3633 | 8am-6pm

Bluffton's only BYOB! Nonna Lucia is a casual award winning Italian Restaurant, Family owned and operated and located conveniently near downtown Bluffton. Early dining daily, live music every Friday and Saturday evening. Opens 4pm. Closed Mondays.

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Olive & Fig

1533 Fording Island Road, Suite 326 (Moss Creek Village) | 843.707.1934 Olive & Fig provides guests with a unique opportunity to experience authentic Mediterranean cuisine. The menu features Lebanese and Greek dishes alongside traditional Mediterranean fare, and gluten free and vegetarian options. Open Mon-Sat Closed Sundays.

Truffles

Belfair Towne Village 843.815.5551 | trufflescafe.com Casual cafe featuring the “freshest and finest of everything!” Fresh local seafood, Black Angus steaks, baby back ribs, homemade soups and garden salads. Covered patio. Lunch, dinner daily.

Full cocktail bar. Happy hour from 4-6.

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY MIKE RITTERBECK

››My Perspective

Marc Frey – media entrepreneur mfrey@freymedia.com

I own too many T-shirts LESSONS IN SUSTAIN

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’m using the imposed Covid break from my usual daily routine to take inventory on what truly matters and what does not. I spent time musing about big topics such as: if humanity reduces its footprint, nature will recover. I also did relatively benign things like going through my closet and lining up every T-shirt I own. It’s official: I have too many T-shirts!

This statement does not seem very important until I started to reflect on why that is. One simple explanation is that we keep buying new things despite not truly needing them. We think: “I don’t have that color yet” and then pile the new purchase on top of old things we aren’t willing to let go of — hoping “one day I will fit into this again.”

But there are more profound reasons why we own too many T-shirts. For one, they don’t cost much. We grow cotton in Georgia and then export it to China where they use cut-rate labor and ignore environmental standards to produce T-shirts which then are shipped back to us. We have gotten used to this pattern of lowpriced imports. But now we suddenly realize that being dependent on a longdistance supply chain might not be such a good idea.

So let’s envision that instead we could manufacture better-quality T-shirts right here in the Carolinas like we used to. As a result, T-shirts would cost twice as much.

Maybe instead of owning way too many of them, I would own just the right amount.

Would I be less fashionable? Probably not.

Furthermore, I would take pride knowing that I’m wearing something made locally and more sustainably, because it did not have to travel half way around the world twice.

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But sustainability unfortunately has not been on the forefront of our thinking for a long time. Instead we have favored buying cheaper, owning more and treating things as disposable.

Sustainability is not just an environmental issue; it has other tangible implications. The meat packing industry, which is dominated by just a handful of big companies centralized in a few loca-

Will this pandemic be a historic, life-changing moment for America? tions, has been disrupted by the pandemic as workers have fallen ill. Big factories and quasi monopolies by a few dominant players have been a way to lower prices for consumers and increase profits for corporations. But there are other models that work.

In Switzerland, for example, farms tend to be small. Chicken, pigs and cattle grow up in more humane conditions.

This increases the cost of meat, milk and

eggs but not to a point where consumers can’t afford them. The plus side is that these small farms beautify the landscape, which attracts tourism and gives consumers a tangible relationship to their food supply chain. This model could be adapted here. But it would require a fundamental change in our mindset towards “sustainability first” versus “profits at all cost,” towards local and regional versus national and imported.

It certainly could be. Consumers might adapt a new way of looking at things where conscience drives buying decisions. This can be the moment when we re-tool our industrial base, become less dependent on imports, re-think our agricultural distribution system and let sustainability and self-reliance become the “leitmotiv” for everything we do.

In the long term, this shift would provide meaningful jobs and strengthen our economy, which is the one thing all Americans can agree upon. Equally important, it would be a good way to demonstrate leadership in the next big battle we face: climate change. The know-how and technology we would develop would be a more valuable export than cotton.

Will it happen? The idealist in me is hopeful. However, the cynic in me fears that, for the most part, we will go back to our old ways.

It’s our choice. As consumers and voters, we have a say in this!

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