Feb. 16, 2021 • Volume 24, Issue 4 • Complimentary • BlufftonSun.com
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INSIDE • Metal Detectives find historic bricks, artifacts 12A • Unique food truck serves up hot pizza in style 18A • Learn Bluffton buzzard history from George Heyward 22A • Collins Doughtie shares more stories from early days 49A • Discover Widgeon Point 50A
Help Bluffton define the town’s vision of the future By Gwyneth J. Saunders CONTRIBUTOR
Area residents will soon have an opportunity to share their ideas, concerns and desires for what the Town of Bluffton will be like 10 years from now. The town’s Comprehensive Plan, which is intended to establish a vision of the future, is due for a major rewrite, and everyone is invited to have a hand in it. “The comprehensive plan identifies what is important and – based on that – creates some goals,” said Charlotte Moore, the town’s principal planner and the plan’s project manager. “It’s more of a big picture view of the town, and from that big picture we start breaking it down into parts.” A comprehensive plan is required by the state of South Carolina, and must be updated every 10 years, with an evaluation at least every five years. The initial plan was adopted in September 2007. When it came up for review, an analysis by an independent consulting firm outlined a number of missing parts and outdated data. The
amended document was finished in 2014, and is the version town staff and Bluffton’s residents will re-work. As one example of what a comprehensive plan has meant to the town, Bluffton’s previous document determined there was a need for a law enforcement center. Subsequently, the Bluffton Police Department’s facility was built in Buckwalter Place. Moore said the vision can be anything from protecting natural resources to determining infrastructure. It also is the first step in determining how property is zoned for future land use. Heather Colin, Bluffton’s director of growth management, said the document requires an inventory of the town’s position on many subjects but starts with the same basic premise. “This is what we have. What do we want in the next 10 years? Here’s how we get there,” she said. “You look at it comprehensively in development, transportation, natural resources, popGWYNETH J. SAUNDERS ulation, housing. You can’t set zoning if you don’t know what you want your Corporal Joe Delong and K-9 Tiko chat with Capt. Joseph Babkiewicz outside the Bluffton Police
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SUNNY SIDE UP
Easy to do, fun to watch, joyful to experience: Be kind By Lynne Cope Hummell EDITOR
This is not just a rainy cold week in February. It’s Random Acts of Kindness Week. And the day you receive this newspaper in your mailbox, Feb. 17, is RAK Day. So, what are we to do? How do we celebrate such an occasion? It’s simple: Be random, be kind. I first heard about the concept of random acts of kindness many years ago. A group of girlfriends had met for happy hour and a teacher among us mentioned that she had gotten the nicest surprise that week. An anonymous person had dropped off at the school a box of supplies for her classroom. She kept talking about how cool it was that someone knew exactly what she needed, but she hadn’t mentioned the need to anyone but a few friends and other teachers. As the teacher continued to ponder, she realized the donor must be one of a very
small circle of friends, someone who was often at the school, and might even be a parent. As she put two and two together, she suddenly realized that the generous donor was sitting across from her, and blurted out, “It had to be YOU!” They both shed a few happy tears, for the gift and for the appreciation. The donor said, “It was just a random act of kindness that I wanted to do.” Since then, I’ve tried to practice RAK occasionally – nothing outstanding nor expensive, nothing that needs to be acknowledged. And then it happened to me. Pulling up to a drive-through window after waiting in a very long for coffee, I was told, “The car in front of you paid for your order.” What a joy! I was so surprised and tickled that I immediately said, “Well, I want to do that for the next car!” The barista chuckled and said, “That makes seven!” One person’s random act of kindness
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had inspired six others to reciprocate. I asked what the record was at that store. She thought it was about nine in a row. In my neighborhood, people tend to be very caring and kind. When the guy next door is mowing his lawn, he sometimes crosses the property line to cut the grass along our driveway. I’ve seen others doing the same with their next-door neighbors. The lady next door has access to a farm where lots of produce is grown. She sometimes comes over with a basket of goodies – “I have all these tomatoes and can’t eat them all.” Last year, I watched as another neighbor walked a portable basketball goal from his driveway to the driveway across the street. His kids were long gone, and the neighbor kids had just gotten tall enough to need a regulation sized basket. Have you seen videos of folks paying the grocery bill for strangers at Thanksgiving? Those are random acts of kindness. Have you ever stopped on the side of a
road to help someone change a tire? That’s a random act of kindness too. Have you ever pulled your wallet to pay your bar tab and been told by the bartender that the guy at the end of the bar already paid it? That could be someone trying to pick you up. But it might also be a random act of kindness. The idea of “paying it forward” goes right along with random acts of kindness. When someone does something nice for you, you can pay it forward by doing something nice for someone else. If you want to try it but don’t have any ideas, there’s an entire year’s worth of suggestions at RandomActsofKindness.org. You can see some suggestions in this issue on page 39A, where Hargray’s Lynn Hall gives ideas for RAK online. It’s not brain surgery, and it doesn’t have to cost a dime. RAK can be simple, thoughtful gestures. Share the love, explore the good, make kindness the norm.
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BPD up to speed with training, safety education By Lisa Sulka CONTRIBUTOR
We are busy as ever in every department of the town, but especially with our men and women in blue. The Bluffton Police Department is held its second annual recruitment event which was a great success. The event consisted of a short physical agility test, written exam and Lisa Sulka a hiring board that wants to select the very best applicants to join the Bluffton PD family. The department is also in the planning phases to host another recruitment event on April 13, so stay tuned. In other BPD news: • The department recently had a product demonstration of Virta, a sophisticated piece of training equipment, which brings another level of training experience to BPD personnel. Virta is a realistic, scenario-based de-escalation and response to resistance simulator. Using the virtual simulator, officers can experience various scenarios and train
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according to how those scenarios will turn out, thereby providing appropriate response to the actions of each scenario. We will keep everyone posted on how this demonstration went and if there is an interest in the department to incorporate this equipment. • Officer Terry Harden was selected as the department’s Officer of the Quarter for the last quarter of 2020. Officer Harden, a member of the department’s traffic unit, has done an exceptional job serving the community and always goes above and beyond. More information about Officer Harden and other officers can be found on the Bluffton Police Department’s
Facebook page. • Last year, I wrote about #9PMRoutine, and every evening around this time, I think about this hashtag – and more often than not realize I have not locked my car for the evening. It is a simple task: at 9 p.m., make sure you have removed the valuables from your vehicles, lock your cars, close your garage door, shut and lock all windows and house doors, turn on any exterior lights and set your alarm if you have one. Doing these simple steps will help keep you out of harm’s way. • We are still partnering and incorporating the programs created by the Lutzie43 Foundation. This distracted driving campaign has been in the works for several years. BPD has added two new members to its traffic enforcement team and both officers will work during peak traffic hours. The team’s objective is to educate about distracted driving through Lutzie 43, and enforce traffic laws with the emphasis on reducing traffic accidents. For more information on Lutzie43 visit its page on our website at townofbluffton. sc.gov/434/Lutzie-43.
To the Editor: “Lack of empathy is tearing us apart,” so states an article in Wire.com. “The U.S. is suffering from empathy deficit,” from Scientific American, 9/17/20. Scholarly articles explain empathy deficit disorder as a lack of ability to feel, understand and resonate with another’s feelings; further, a good read, “What Unites Us” by Dan Rather, is also helpful. Concern for this lack of compassion has reached such proportions that universities are establishing emergency resource centers, addressing lack of
empathy in society (Washington Post, 4/30/20). A need for unity and reconciliation in our divided country has been discussed in prior letters, but first, we must overcome our inability to show compassion toward our fellowman. Webster’s defines compassion as “the urge to help, to show sympathy,” while empathy is “the ability to share in another’s emotions.” One could say they are synonymous. To start, we have learned that a topdown leadership strategy in America has not worked; therefore, a bottom-up effort must come from each of us. As
we interact with others, we should be mindful of the meaning of forgiveness, kindness, understanding, humility, love and ethical/religious values while expressing these emotions in a meaningful way in our everyday life. By sincerely listening to other points of view and establishing common values, we can reach consensus and unity. Yes, this is serious stuff. We in the Lowcountry must realize nothing has changed; as individuals, we must lead by example. Compassion and empathy starts with you and me. Earle Everett Moss Creek
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Cartoon characters can be as inspirational as superheroes With this feature, we seek to capture a glimpse of what you and your neighbors have to say about a variety of topics, issues, events – and just plain
Maralie Thomas, Jasper, Ga.: “Wonder Woman, because she’s kind of a lot like I am.”
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Steve Cheuvront, Vienna, W.Va.: “Goofy. I just like him. He’s always happy and having fun.”
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Jenean Cheuvront, Vienna, W.Va.: “Charlie Brown, because he’s just good, and he believes the very best in others. He’s an optimist.”
Lawton Street, and asked: “If you could be any cartoon character, who would it be and why?”
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PLAN from page 1A town to look like.” Rewriting the plan will not be done in a vacuum, however, with only limited select individuals or groups participating. Anyone with an interest is invited to participate. “There’s going to be so much public input over the next 18 months, it’s definitely an opportunity to provide input and feedback,” said Colin. The portion of the 2020-21 agreement presented to Bluffton Town Council Jan. 12 noted that the project is expected to be completed by June 2022. Work has already begun with the outside project consultant MKSK, Inc., the company that was awarded the contract and which has done work for the town in the past. “They are creating a roadmap for the process which will take us from the very beginning where we are now to the adoption stage,” said Colin. The next stage is to create a steering committee, which the town council will select at the March meeting. This committee will be representative of
Bluffton’s diversity with its diverse demographics. There will be stakeholder groups – those people who have a particular interest or experience in matters relating to nine different chapters in the plan: population, cultural resources, natural resources, housing, economic development, community facilities, land use, transportation, and priority investment (which is planning the best use of infrastructure funds with adjacent jurisdictions and relevant agencies). With the nine chapters containing information on specific topics, there might be a question as to whether one aspect is more important than another. Colin said they are all equally important. “Some have more weight, but all of our policies are intended to work in tandem with each other,” she said. Some information cannot be adjusted. For instance determining if there is a need for more schools or more housing is dependent upon a specific
piece of information. “The population is what it is, and the numbers are what they are,” said Moore. “You can’t control the population data but you can control the needs. All of the chapters are important and you need that analysis to identify the other needs.” Colin said the project will need public participation to refine the plans. “This process will include residents from around town even if they are not tied to any particular field,” she said. “Where you live may affect what your feelings are about Bluffton. Some may be concerned about sprawl, or historic structures. We want to hear from everyone.” How that participation will happen will be varied and probably different from past public community planning events. “We don’t know what COVID will allow us to do, so there will probably be a hybrid process – online, Zoom, surveys possibly on the website,”
Moore said. “You may see the consultant or town staff at farmers markets or other public events. We don’t know exactly what it will look like, but there will be a great deal of public input. MKSK has had a lot of experience recently in other communities, so we are confident there will be different options for public participation.” Information will be available at townofbluffton.sc.gov from the very early stages and throughout the process. “People can check in and see where we are. There are going to be some regional issues being addressed in the comprehensive plan,” said Colin. “It’s important that we get that diverse input from all geographic areas of the town and the surrounding areas. All public comment is welcome. It won’t be thrown out because of the zip code.” Gwyneth J. Saunders is a veteran journalist and freelance writer living in Bluffton.
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Metal detecting women discover brick relics on town property
LYNNE COPE HUMMELL
Bluffton residents Bunny Williams, left, and Missy Malool stand behind a patch of bricks at the Wright Family Park on Calhoun Street in Old Town. The two, also known as the Metal Detectives, discovered historic artifacts, as well as the original piers, or parts of a foundation, of a structure that had once stood on the property.
By Lynne Cope Hummell EDITOR
When friends and clients ask the Metal Detectives to search for and dig up lost treasures, they generally describe what they are seeking: a wedding ring, coins, bracelets, old buttons and the like. In late 2019, the detectives, aka Missy Malool and Bunny Williams of Bluffton, were invited by the Town of Bluffton and the Historic Bluffton Foundation to search the grounds of the Wright family property for historic metal artifacts. This was to be an exploratory venture. The town has recently purchased the property and had plans to create a green space or park to be open to the public. They knew of Malool and Williams because the duo had long volunteered for the Historic Bluffton Foundation and their work was meticulous. Then-Town Manager Marc Orlando wanted the women to be official, and gave them each a name tag and a bright yellow safety vest to wear as they worked.
Assisting in the effort was Kelly Graham, executive director of the Historic Bluffton Foundation. He had a request of the women. “Kelly said, ‘I want you to find some bricks,’” said Malool. “I said, ‘Well, I’m not sure that will work. This is a metal detector, not a brick detector.” Graham said Orlando had expressed “great interest” in finding the location of the Squire Pope house that once stood on the property. “When we spoke about digging and detecting, I told Missy that if pieces of metal artifacts lead to discovery of any old bricks, it would be great,” Graham said. “We believed that bricks would have been used for the piers that supported the foundation.” As Malool and Williams walked the property, with Malool swinging the detector slowly near the ground, it pinged. With her shovel, Williams dug beneath the spot and soon found an 1888 nickel – and then the shovel hit a brick.
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DETECTIVES from page 12A The women were quite excited. They immediately call Katie Epps, director of the Heyward House Museum and its resident archaeologist. “My first reaction,” Epps said, “was to remind myself to not get too excited. A few bricks together could be just a rubble pile.” She went to the property to join the women and check out their find. Epps said further investigation indicated that more work was needed to determine if it was “an architectural feature.” So began an archaeological dig. It started in earnest in January 2020 and continued through March. The Metal Detectives continued to help with the official dig, along with Epps and two other local archaeologists, Ian deNeeve and JaColeman Hutto. Graham and Nick Walton, who works for the Town of Bluffton, also joined the hunt as volunteers. Not only did the group find more than 3,000 artifacts, Epps said, they also found what they were looking for. “We found two separate structures. The
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Katie Epps, director of the Heyward House Museum, oversaw an archaeological dig at the Wright Family Park after the Metal Detectives found bricks under several inches of dirt.
initial pier we found was for a small ancillary structure which postdates the Squire Pope House,” Epps said. “We found four piers associated with the small structure. The other three piers we found are possibly from the Squire Pope House.” The artifacts were washed, identified and cataloged through the summer and
fall of 2020. The artifacts, which are the property of the Town, will be stored in the Caldwell Archives of the Historic Bluffton Foundation. Some might go on display at some point, Epps said. The work of the Metal Detectives did not go unnoticed. They were honored with the Caldwell Award by the Historic
Finding this 1888 nickel when their metal detector pinged, Missy Malool and Bunny Williams also found a brick underground that was part of a pier, or piece of a foundation, of a long-gone structure at Wright Family Park.
Bluffton Foundation in December 2020. “It was quite a journey,” said Williams. “It was a great opportunity and a joy go get to dig on a historic property.” Malool agreed. “This was not about us,” she said. “This was all about saving some Bluffton history.”
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AARP tax services altered with safety protocols in place AARP Tax Aide services will be a bit different this year in order to promote COVID-19 safety protocols. Appointments will be required and no walk-ins will be accepted in an effort to minimize contact. Everyone must make an appointment for service. Locations for assistance are: • Sun City Hilton Head, Pinckney Hall, 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays.
Go to the last doors at the end of the entrance hall (Colleton Room). No Taxpayers will be admitted into the rooms. Intake will be done in the doorway • Bluffton Library, 120 Palmetto Way, opens Feb. 19, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Intake will be done on the front porch of the library. • Hilton Head Library, 11 Beach City Road, opens Feb. 23, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
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Intake will be done in the main conference room Call 843-603-1632 for an intake appointment. When you make your appointment, you will be told where to pick up an AARP tax envelope and intake forms. You must fill in all forms completely, remove all tax items from envelopes, remove all staples. Bring your ID and SS card. If married filing jointly, both spouses must attend the intake appointment. Your intake interview will take about 20 minutes. We will scan your documents to a secure site and then you can leave. After your return is completed by a volunteer, you will receive a call from the Quality Reviewer within 24 to 48 hours and given a time to pick up your return. During this second appointment, your final return will be printed and you will sign the form telling us that we can electronically file it. You will then take your printed return and documents home with you. Until all of this is complete, your taxes will not be filed. Face coverings are required at all times. Please bring your own sanitizer and be respectful to maintain a social distance of at least six feet from our volunteers. If you are feeling ill in any way on the day of your appointment, call to reschedule. With this new model, we won’t be able to do as many returns, so we are limiting service to simple returns. If you have more than one brokerage
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Chloe Brownlee stands in front of her Southern Peel mobile pizza eatery, which is outfitted with a wood-fired pizza oven, in a Bluffton apartment complex on a recent Sunday afternoon.
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If you’d told Chloe Brownlee 10 years ago that she’d one day be a pizza cuisinier riding around Bluffton in a teal 1953 Chevy truck, she would have laughed in your face. “I’m not a chef, I was a biochemistry major in college. I didn’t go to school for this,” said the owner of The Southern Peel mobile pizza eatery. “I’ve always loved eating pizza, but I discovered I was ultra-excited about making it, too.” The Syracuse native moved to Charleston seven years ago after playing college soccer in New Jersey. She went to work for Coastal Crust, a restaurant specializing in Neapolitan style pizzas that went mobile via a classic truck with a Valoriani wood-fired pizza oven on the back. “I loved the weddings and private parties, they were always so fun, and we always met new people,” she said. “But more importantly, I found I really had an obsession with learning everything about pizza.” She dove into the science behind the ingredients, watched countless YouTube videos, and even had her 2019 Charleston wedding catered by a wood-fired pizza truck, First Name Basis Co.
Brownlee had an excellent mentor in co-worker Brandy Svec, who later went on to launch her own acclaimed Charleston food truck, Fox’s Fried. “She taught me everything from the art of dough to how to cut a butternut squash – she was just everything,” Brownlee said. “It made me believe I could do this someday.” That day came sooner than she expected, as her husband was hired as the assistant women’s soccer coach at USCB in March 2020. The couple toured the area and found Bluffton to be a perfect fit. “We had just moved, my mom and two sisters are in Charleston and then the pandemic hit and I don’t have a job,” she said. “So we just decided that this was the time to give it a go.” She got the truck guru behind the Coastal Crust rig to gut her own 1953 Chevy truck down to the chassis. Next, she and her husband Kian added a Mugnaini pizza oven imported from Italy and three beer taps. By October, The Southern Peel was born. Brownlee posted pictures of the teal-painted truck on Instagram and got interest from a Palmetto Bluff bride before she even had a business license.
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PIZZA from page 18A “The truck is so unique. Launching during a pandemic is far from ideal, but folks are looking for outdoor eating options, so it truly sells itself when people see it,” she said. Brownlee said she gets three kinds of ice-breaker conversations. “There’s the guys that want to know all about the innards of the truck, the folks who are fascinated by the behemoth oven, and then the ones who just want me to park the truck in their driveway,” she said. While the local brews and ever-changing lineup of wood-fired pizzas made with locally sourced ingredients are the main draw, Brownlee offers a full array of appetizers from focaccia to crostinis to caprese and butternut squash salads and prosciutto wrapped apples. “I prep all of it at home and then just pop it in the pizza oven on site,” she said. “People love seeing the oven and seeing the foods cooked right in front of them.” The truck motors through Bluffton at top speeds of 45 mph with Brownlee behind the wheel. “It has what I’d call a mostly automatic
The Southern Peel food truck set up includes the wood-fired pizza oven, servers and counters for patrons to enjoy their appetizers and pies on the spot.
engine and new brakes but it’s always a leisurely pace for sure,” she said. “It’s been a great elixir to pandemic solitude, because the more I’m out riding around, the more I’ve scored bookings.” The Southern Peel has popped up in neighborhoods throughout town and events
like the Feb. 12 “Love is in the Air” outdoor event in Old Town Bluffton. “I knew a ton of caterers and restaurant folks in Charleston and zero here, so it’s been an adjustment. COVID has definitely made networking a challenge, but Instagram has been a savior,” Brownlee said. “I’m
doing pop-ups for the exposure, but catering is truly where we want to focus. We’re starting to get booked solid through the fall. It’s very exciting and the feedback with the food has been amazing.” She is still working at The Pearl on Calhoun Street and is assisted by Kian and her younger sister Hannah at events, but looks forward to being busy enough with The Southern Peel to hire staff and start cruising in her ’53 Chevy full-time. “I was so hesitant to move away from my friends and family in Charleston, but now, I can’t imagine ever leaving Bluffton,” she said. “This place, it’s just perfection,” the entrepreneur said. “I’d love to own a brick and mortar restaurant one day here, but for now, I am loving getting to know everyone from the driver’s seat.” See Brownlee’s next stops around town on Facebook or on Instagram @the_southern_ peel, or learn more at thesouthernpeel.com or by calling 315-263-8895 or emailing chloe@thesouthernpeel.com. Tim Wood is a veteran reporter and editor and proud first-time bread machine owner.
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Bluffton was always going to be George Heyward’s home By Gwyneth J. Saunders CONTRIBUTOR
George Cuthbert Heyward V was always going to settle in Bluffton. He had a home he knew he would inherit, a long line of ancestors and living relatives in the Lowcountry, and years of memories from summers spent with his grandparents. Turned out he came home much sooner than he had planned, and that was fine with him. “The family has been from Bluffton for a long time,” Heyward said. “Wherever else in the world you go, it’s always the center of the universe.” Born at the Telfair Woman’s Hospital in 1947, Heyward never met his father who died of cancer four months before he was born. Heyward, his older sister and his mother soon moved from the home they had on Walpole Street in Savannah to live with his father’s par-
ents in the family home on Pritchard Street, Bluffton. “The family was always focused on rice plantations between Charleston and Savannah,” he said. “Everyone wanted to get out of the swampy fields with malaria, so they moved to Bluffton.” If the name Heyward sounds familiar, it should be. Thomas Heyward Jr., who was born and lived in Jasper County, was a delegate of South Carolina to the Continental Congress, and signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles Confederation. He is Heyward’s 7th great-grandfather. George Heyward didn’t spend a lot of his youth in Bluffton. His mother remarried and the family moved to Philadelphia. Summers, however, were spent with his grandparents who had one of the first houses with electricity. “My grandmother was from Philly, and she grew up with electricity.
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When she married my grandfather and moved to Bluffton, she insisted on having at least one light bulb in each room, powered at first with big glass battery jars,” Heyward said. “When I grew up, they still had an icebox, though. There was an ice house on Wharf Street, and our grandparents would try to get us to behave by saying they would get a block of ice and drive it home. The child who behaved the best would get to ride in the front seat and put his feet in the block of ice.” Bluffton is 54 square miles with a population of more than 20,000, but when Heyward was a kid the town was a one-mile square until 1998. “Everybody’s business was everybody’s business, and gossip kept everybody under control. Even more so were the generations before me,” he
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HEYWARD from page 24A local African American women who cooked in the Lowcountry style, so there was fried chicken, butter beans and rice. Lots of fatback and salt,” he said. Living and playing on the water, Heyward also had access to the bounty of local waterways. “In my father’s era, fishermen and shrimpers would go out in their boats and come back with mullet. Mullet is a fish that most areas won’t eat because it’s a bottom feeder, plus it doesn’t freeze,” he said. “You can’t put it in the fridge for the day. It doesn’t keep. You’ve got to eat it fresh. I remember going out at night and coming back with mullet, cleaning it at night and then waking up and having mullet or shrimp.” When he was older, Heyward and his friends would cut the beach when they had cars. “There was a public beach down at Alljoy. It was a gathering point all times of the day and night, and you’d have to go cut the beach,” he said. “So
you’d drive past and see if anybody was there. Well, nobody was there, because they were doing the same thing - driving by to see if anybody was at the beach. Finally we’d catch up with each other and get together. There’d be a little beer, then there’d be some racket, and then the parents would come down and yell at us, and we’d have to get going.” Heyward said he grew up in a suburban upper middle class family going to an exclusive private school. “I was supposed to go into law or banking, but I was affected by the counterculture, and money wasn’t significant. I decided to choose a major or career that was socially significant. The two fields that were like that but had low pay were law enforcement and teaching,” Heyward said. “By the tail end of college, I decided to become a teacher because I thought it was something that was needed.” Because he made his decision late, he did not have the correct teaching credentials where he lived. When May
River Academy opened in Bluffton, he applied for the job as a high school social studies teacher, covering area such as U.S. history, African American history and comparative religion. “I taught a lot of unusual aspects of social studies,” he said. “I had a real nice job.” One day he decided to run for town council. “It kind of follows out of being a teacher, my Messiah complex of leading people. I had a cousin who was on council, so I didn’t think they voted for me. They voted for the last name,” he said. “I think it may have been because no one wanted it particularly. And when I ran for mayor, it was because the present mayor wanted to retire. We all looked at each other and asked who was going to run. I was 35 and they said, ‘You run, you’re a young guy.’ I got elected, and I did more business in the grocery store than in my office.” Being mayor at the same time he taught school proved to an inhibitor
for some of his students. “I was elected mayor for eight years when the population was 300-400 or up to 600. I taught class and if the kids misbehaved, they knew I’d see their parents in the grocery store or some other place,” he said. “We also had the grandma network. The police chief went around the neighborhood. The grandmother knew whether the bicycle or pair of binoculars or anything else belonged to that child, so he’d let all the grandmothers know if something was missing. If it got returned, no charges would be filed, except the kid had to stand up in school the next day because he got his back end warmed.” Despite running for office and speaking in front of constituents and council, Heyward said he is not naturally outgoing and sociable. “I don’t like public speaking but I like giving speeches. When I had to give one, I found that I really enjoyed
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HEYWARD from page 26 it. I liked knowing what was going on and helping things get going in the town,” he said. “There wasn’t much going on, but there always was an attempt to keep the rural nature of the town, and keep the density down.” There may not have been a lot going on, but there was one event which remains in the memories of long-time residents. A resident who lived near the Oyster Factory at the end of Wharf Street sued Heyward for working to keep the native business open. The suit said it was a public nuisance and drew buzzards. The detractor’s appeals took it all the way up to the state Supreme Court, costing almost $7,000, Heyward said. “I was angry about that, so I declared that the buzzard would be the town bird, and I had some stationary made with buzzards. That was the year we had a new garbage truck that I wanted to show off during the Christmas parade, so I put on a buzzard costume and flapped on the top of the truck,” he said. “I didn’t do it the next year,
and everyone wondered where the buzzard was, so I did it for the next six years. There’s a Bluffton Buzzards football team, and the highway cleanup crew was called the Buzzards.” Heyward ended his teaching career after 28 years, working in various schools and finishing at Hilton Head High School. Although he and his wife Lillian spend time in both Nova Scotia and the Bahamas, Bluffton is very much home. “It’s family history. I could show you fingerprints on the upside down roof boards. I feel so lucky that I can go so far back in my family history. American are very mobile and rootless, and I was always very lucky knowing I was where I wanted to be,” said Heyward. “It’s where I belong, and nobody can say any different. It is changing and there’s nothing I can do about it, but it’s still Bluffton, and I’ll be there until my toes turn up.” Gwyneth J. Saunders is a veteran journalist and freelance writer living in Bluffton.
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Noteworthy • Calhoun Station Thrift Store, the oldest thrift store in Bluffton, is looking for a few good men and women to help keep the doors open by volunteering. The store is run entirely by volunteers. All funds generated by Calhoun Station Thrift Store are returned to other nonprofits in the community. The store, located at 77 Pritchard St., behind Town Hall, is open only on Wednesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Volunteers can contact Cate Taylor at 843-310-0594, email catetaylor@frontier. com, or stop in the store and complete an application. • The ninth annual Hopeful Horizons Race4Love will be held Feb. 20, beginning at 9 a.m., on Cat Island, with a limited number of runners. A new event, the Candlelight Walk4Love, will begin at 5:15 p.m. Feb. 19 at First Presbyterian Church in downtown Beaufort. The walk will be limited to 50 people. Participants will walk from the church to the bridge and light up the bridge with battery-powered candles to honor abuse survivors. Masks and physical distancing will be required at both events. Participants must register online. There will not be an in-person awards ceremony. Winners will be announced on Facebook and listed on Race4Love.com. Awards may be picked up at Grounded Running. Prizes will be awarded for top finishers. All children age 9 and under will receive medals. Prizes will also be awarded for the best fastest stroller, the speediest dog, and a new award for the most unique mask. For more information about the event, visit race4love.com. For more information about the organization visit hopefulhorizons. org. • The annual Broad Creek Clean-Up will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Feb. 21, beginning and ending at Shelter Cove Harbour and Marina. A limited number of kayaks rentals will be available through Outside Hilton Head reservations. Masks will be required for participants. Supplies will be provided. For more information, visit outsidefoundation.org.
• Hospice Care of the Lowcountry has created a support group, called FURever, for individuals suffering from pet loss. The next meeting will be Feb. 24 from 6 to 7 p.m. FURever will meet via Zoom every other week for six weeks. Barbara Scobey, LMSW, is one of Hospice Care of the Lowcountry’s grief counselors, will facilitate. For more information, visit hospicecarelc. org. • The Pat Conroy Literary Center will host a free virtual event at 7 p.m. Feb. 25 featuring Sara Shepard and Lilia Buckingham in conversation with Holland Perryman and Jonathan Haupt of the Conroy Center. Shepard is the No. 1 New York Times Best-selling author of “Pretty Little Liars.” Buckingham is a 17-year-old actress and social media personality with 1.7 million Instagram followers. The two are co-authors of the new social media-inspired whodunit “Influence.” The event is presented in partnership with Blue Bicycle Books of Charleston. Signed copies of the book will be available through Blue Bicycle. To view the event, visit eveningwithinfluence.eventbrite.com. • Duffie Stone, 14th Circuit solicitor, will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Greater Bluffton Republican Club, to be held at 5:30 p.m. March 3 at Rendezvous, next door to R Bar in Bluffton. Light snacks will be served. Masks will be required unless eating or drinking, and social distancing is encouraged. For more information, email contact@ blufftongop.com. • Hilton Head Library is hosting an exhibit by artist Donna Varner through March 5 in the Library Corridor Gallery, 11 Beach City Road on Hilton Head Island. Titled “Restless Output,” the exhibit is an homage to “art as an antidote to the age of Covid.” Works include collage, painting, pastels and photography. Library hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 10 am. To 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Face masks are required inside the library.
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Organizers of the Society of Bluffton Artists (SOBA) have postponed the 27th Annual Judged Show until July. The decision to reschedule the nonprofit art organization’s flagship event of the year was made out of an abundance of caution to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Winners will be awarded first, second and third place cash awards in the following categories: acrylic, mixed media, oil, pastel, photography, watercolor or 3D. Registration is required by completing a registration form available at the gallery, located at 6 Church St. in Old Town Bluffton, or by registering online at bit.ly/27thjudgedshow. Artists who registered prior to the rescheduled date do not need to re-register. The registration deadline is June 25. Registration and a full list of rules are
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The Cottage And Juice Hive win five Good Food Awards For the fourth consecutive year, local Bluffton chef and restaurant owner Leslie Rohland has been recognized with multiple national Good Food Awards for new recipes available at her two local restaurants. Rohland, who has long been committed to creating and serving delicious and healthy cuisine at both The Cottage Café and The Juice Hive in Bluffton, has this year been recognized by The Good Food Foundation with a total of five Good Food Awards – with her creations rising to the top of nearly 2,000 entries and singled out for award-winning dishes that are tasty, authentic and responsible. The national Good Food Awards honor the people throughout the country who make food that is delicious, respectful of the environment and connected to communities and cultural traditions. Out of this year’s
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O’Neill’s presentation for Lean Ensemble Theater offers Speaker Series postponed again up laughs in ‘Cry It Out’ James Lamar, director of the Lowcountry Speaker Series, has announced that the postponed event featuring Robert O’Neill has been postponed again, moving to Nov. 4. “Optimistically, I thought March 18 would provide enough time to achieve some semblance of normal- Robert O’Neill cy,,” Lamar wrote in a newsletter to ticket holders, “but given the ongoing threat of COVID-19 and the uncertainty around vaccine availability and scheduling, once again, I have decided to postpone the Robert O’Neill lecture.” Lamar stressed this is a date change only. The location remains at Harbour Town Clubhouse Champions Ballroom, and assigned seats will not change. In the coming days, existing subscribers and
lecture participants will receive an email from the Eventbrite ticketing platform, with new tickets, for the Nov. 4 event. Those who opted to donate their in-person ticket and participate virtually will still be given access to the live stream. O’Neill is one of the most highly-decorated combat veterans of our time, and is the author of the New York Times best-selling memoir “The Operator: Firing the Shots That Killed Osama bin Laden,” as well as “My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior.” A former SEAL Team Six leader with the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, he deployed more than a dozen times and held combat leadership roles in more than 400 combat missions in four different theaters of war. For the new date, there will be an exclusive dinner with O’Neill added at 6 p.m. Tickets will be limited. For more information and updates, visit lowcountryspeakerseries.com.
One year after its original production was postpone, Lean Ensemble Theatre will present “Cry It Out,” a look into first-time parenthood, with the original cast. This time, the play will be streamed online March 5-14, and is offered free of charge. Lean Ensemble Theater’s production of “Cry It Out” by playwright Molly Smith Metzler drops us into the into the thick of navigating “newborn” anxieties. This dark gritty comedy revolves around three women: a lawyer on maternity leave who’s wrestling with stepping off the partnership fast-track; an unmarried blue-collar hospital worker with money and relationship problems; and a wealthy jewelry designer in deep maternal denial with a desperate husband determined to work it all out. Directed by Lean Ensemble’s Amanda Sox, “Cry It Out” features Maegan McNerney Azar, Lindsay Ryan and Ensemble member Libby Ricardo as the trio of new
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• Andrea Albright, Howard Cohen, Velinda Fisher and Joan Weaver, all with Collins Group Realty, have each earned the 2020 Realtor Service Award. Recognized by Hilton Head Area Association of Realtors, the award honors those members who throughout the past year have achieved high levels of continuing education, professional development, Association involvement and leadership, as well as serving our community by volunteering their time, talent, and financial support. Only a small percentage of members are eligible for this distinction. Their long history of community involvement and giving back has meant Weaver and Fisher have received the Service Award annually since 2004, Albright since 2008, and Cohen since 2011. Independently, they serve on various committees within HHAR as well as organizations within the community, including raising funds for local charities, volunteering with Meals on Wheels, food and school supply drives. Collins Group Realty has a commitment to community involvement, hosting annual food drives for The Deep Well Project, toy drives that benefit Bluffton Self Help and the Boys and Girls Club of Bluffton, as well as the 200th Home Sale for Charity.
• Lee Levesque has been hired as the Town of Bluffton’s new director of emergency management. He will direct all aspects of the Town’s emergency management program and will also act as the Town’s risk manager. Previously, the emergency manager role was performed by Lee Levesque various members of the Bluffton Police Department’s command staff. Levesque, formerly the community risk reduction officer for the Bluffton Township Fire District, has more than 30 years’ experience in the prevention and preparation fields. Levesque worked for the Fire District for more than six years as a risk reduction manager and public education-outreach coordinator. He was also a firefighter for Lady’s Island-St. Helena Fire District and a code enforcement officer for the City of Beaufort. Levesque served in the U.S. Army and earned a bachelor’s degree from Columbia Southern University in Orange Beach, Ala. • Synergy HomeCare of the Lowcountry has received the 2021 Best of Home Care – Provider of Choice Award from Home Care Pulse. The award is granted only to the top-ranking home care providers, based on client satisfaction scores gathered by Home Care Pulse, an independent satisfaction research firm for home care. Best of Home Care – Provider of Choice award-winning providers have contracted with Home Care Pulse to gather feedback from their clients by conducting live phone interviews with their clients each month. Because Home Care Pulse is a third-party company, it is able to collect honest and unbiased feedback. Synergy HomeCare of the Lowcountry was founded in August 2019 by Mark and Lisa Piegza and Bob and Melissa Risk with a mission to provide outstanding care to fellow residents of the Lowcountry while creating a collegial and rewarding work environment for our team.
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Business Briefs • Paul Newell has joined Verity Investment Partners (VIP), a Financial Times Top 300 Registered Investment Advisory Firm, as a senior portfolio manager. Newell joins the investment team with more than a decade of experience in providing financial planning and investment Paul Newell advisory services for high-net-worth clients. Newell received a juris doctor degree from the Charleston School of Law and his undergraduate degree from Presbyterian College. Newell has extensive experience in the financial services industry, most recently with Fifth Third Bank in Nashville, Tenn. Additionally, he has held associate attorney positions at prominent law firms in Columbia and Greenville. Newell is relocating with his family from Tennessee.
Verity Investment Partners serves clients nationwide with a focus on Savannah, Bluffton, Beaufort and Charleston. For more information, visit verityvip. com or call 843-379-6661. • Justin Rowland has joined Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort on Hilton Head Island as its new director of food and beverage. An industry veteran, Rowland will oversee all elements of dining and catering at Palmetto Dunes, including Alexander’s Restaurant & Wine Justin Rowland Bar, all three restaurants located at the resort’s trio of golf courses, the oceanfront Dunes House, which is open to resort guests and property owners, and the resort’s new food truck. Rowland has nearly two decades experience in the food, beverage and hos-
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In today’s world, we have become reliant on communicating without physical interactions. Using the internet to stay close to the people and things that matter to you is a critical tool. Beyond social media and emails, there are other creative ways to keep in touch, do good deeds, and make someone’s life a little better. February is Random Acts of Kindness Month, a practice we can all get in the habit of every month. Here are some ideas for virtual random acts of kindness: • Give a positive recommendation to a work colleague on LinkedIn. Help your colleagues build credibility in their network with a testament to their skills. • Purchase a wish list item for a local nonprofit. Ordering items online is an excellent contactless way to donate. Have the items sent directly to the recipient. • Become a mentor in your expertise. Offer free consultations, materials, or advice to those looking to succeed in your field. • Write a positive review for a local business. Help your favorite small businesses stay open by singing their praises. Start passing out stars to those who deserve them.
• Send a virtual greeting card. There are tons of free cards online to download. • Send an e-gift card. Treat a few of your friends to their favorite pick-me-up. • Throw a virtual surprise party for someone. Celebrate someone’s birthday or accomplishment with a gathering of their favorite people on one screen. • Email a former teacher of yours to say “thank you.” Think back to those who had an impact on your development. It is never too late to thank them. • Tutor someone online for free. Online school can leave students feeling lost and in need of extra support. • Be kind to yourself. Don’t forget to treat yourself with the same kindness you give others. Acts of kindness not only make others feel good, but they remind you of the impact that your actions can have. Taking a few minutes out of your busy day to do something for someone else can have a long-lasting effect on them. People often remember genuine compliments long after they receive them, and favors can keep someone afloat in a time of need. Let’s all try to incorporate random acts of kindness into our routine to make our community more united. Lynn Hall is the general manager of Hargray.
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Coordination is key in planning ahead with estate documents
By Mark F. Winn CONTRIBUTOR
Coordination is the key when getting your estate affairs in order. Different assets are governed by different rules. Annuities, life insurance and retirement accounts are governed by the beneficiary designation on file with the annuity company, custodian or plan administrator. Assets in your own name, not owned jointly with right of survivorship, not stipulated by “payable on death” or “transfer on death” designation, will go through probate with the delay, fees and costs related to that. Assets titled in a revocable trust are governed by that trust and do not go through probate. Your successor trustee (usually, spouse, then child) will become the trusted owner/trustee and will be responsible to follow your instructions. So, let’s say Jack and Jill have one son, Bill ,who is married to Jane. Bill and Jane have two sons, Jake and Sam. Jake is autistic and will definitely need government benefits. Jack and Jill want to ensure that Jane will not inherit what they leave to Bill. They also want to ensure that Jake and Sam will get their assets (what has not been used by Bill during his life). They want to make sure Jake’s share can be used for his benefit, but that it will not jeopardize government benefits to which he might be entitled. Jack and Jill each have IRAs and they own their home jointly. They have joint accounts and have a net worth including life insurance of about $1.5 million. What should
Jack and Jill do? Simple. They should: 1. Avoid problems during life (formal court procedures like guardianship and conservatorship) with each of them having a HIPAA release, health care power of attorney, and general power of attorney. Guardianship and conservatorship can easily be avoided with those documents. 2. Avoid unnecessary probate by using revocable trusts to avoid unnecessary court involvement, delay, fees, and legal expenses upon passing. Properly structured plans with revocable trusts can ensure probate is avoided; 3. Avoid loss to Jane and avoid loss of government benefits for Jake. So, they should make sure that Bill inherits “in trust” so it will not be subject to loss in divorce, the assets will not become commingled, and what is left will go to Sam and Jake. Jake’s share will go into a special needs trust so he can get government benefits. Proper coordination of the legal documents (HIPAA Release, health care POA, general POA, pour over will, revocable trust), custom tailored to accomplish your goals with the proper titling of assets and beneficiary designations that are coordinated with the plan, is essential for success. When getting your affairs in order, make sure you coordinate these things so everything goes smoothly for your family. Mark F. Winn, J.D., Master of Laws (LL.M.) in estate planning, is a local asset protection, estate and elder law planning attorney. mwinnesq.com
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HEALTH
Deeper connection with physician offers patient better care By Dr. Heather Hinshelwood CONTRIBUTOR
Recent data reports show that physicians spend, on average, 13 minutes with a patient during office visits. And one in four physicians spends less than 12 minutes. It is obvious that in this short window, patients justifiably can feel pressured for time as they sit down to engage with their provider, but often leave without answers, plans or long-term guidance. American medicine is often designed to focus and treat symptoms by adding medications and therapies that might provide only temporary relief. Patients can become frustrated and lose hope in achieving desired outcomes. They can become medication-dependent. They might feel discouraged about reaching their health goals when their time with a physician is limited. Physicians have known for a while that the financial constraints placed on them by a healthcare system are hurting relation-
ships with patients. So often when a patient contacts the physician’s office with an issue or even a basic health question, the answer ends with a recommendation to visit the emergency room to be evaluated further. This response typically stems from overwhelming schedules and lack of patient time available in order to meet standards
set by the healthcare systems and budgets, not from a lack of care by physicians. However, patients can still feel disconnected in a “relationship” with their physician. What can be done? The future of health care should be focused on going back to the patient-physician relationship. To combat medical issues and emergency room visits, patients must start taking charge of their health before they are at risk of needing drastic measures. Having a physician that offers the time to build a relationship with you while you are healthy, or ready to become healthier, is key. Of paramount importance is finding a physician who will work with you to create
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a guided and proactive approach to achieving optimum health and vitality – for you. Physicians in this role can help patients make daily healthy choices vs. quick fixes, medications and therapies that provide only temporary relief. Current technology has made it much easier for patients and their providers to communicate, even after hours and miles away. There are physicians from major institutions who are building this relationship and managing their patients by cell phone, while influencing and guiding appropriately. Trends today also show patients electing to invest more out of pocket costs to have the ability to see a provider who can give them more time and a specific plan. Many see and believe this to be well worth the cost to have a deeper-level relationship with their physician.
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WELLNESS
Ancient practice of Thai massage helpful for today’s golfers By Cat Farrar CONTRIBUTOR
Around the globe, ancient medicine practices are woven together with a single common thread – elemental theory. Indigenous civilizations believed that the elements of earth, water, fire, air and space made up all living things. Health and vitality were achieved after carefully addressing any imbalances in the elements and bringing the body back into sync with nature. More than 12 million Americans enjoy at least eight games of golf a year. Whether the occasional player or a dedicated golf warrior, everyone is striving for the same result … the perfect swing. Having one’s body balanced and in sync can help. So, how does Thai massage achieve this today? Thai medicine, to include Thai massage, can trace its lineage to the third century
B.C.E. Also known as Thai Yoga Bodywork, or nuad boran in Thailand, Thai massage isn’t really massage at all. At least not as we define it in the West. For starters, the receiver remains clothed and the practice is performed on a mat on the floor where gravity plays a significant therapeutic role. The goal is not to work sore muscles or manipulate soft tissue necessarily. Neither is its purpose to simply stretch or perform passive yoga on another person – although this is often the easiest way to explain it. Rather, the goal of Thai massage is
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WELLNESS
Therapy used for body-sculpting also effective against COVID-19 By Doug Zucco CONTRIBUTOR
The world was thrown into confusion and fear in the events of 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic made its way across the globe. To this day, we continue to feel the effects of the virus. Fortunately, scientists and a myriad of medical professionals have raced to find out more about the disease and how it can be treated. According to the Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy (CJRT), low level laser therapy (LLLT, a term also used to describe Fast Fit technology) can be a solace and comfort for those who are currently going through the painful recovery of COVID-19. For years I have been touting the health benefits of Fast Fit Technology, and now the Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy agrees by stating these benefits that LLLT can address:
This illustration appeared in the article “Low level laser therapy as a modality to attenuate cytokine storm at multiple levels, enhance recovery, and reduce the use of ventilators in COVID-19,” published in July 2020 by the Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy, and included in the U.S. National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/ PMC7428000.
Pain relief, inflammation, musculoskeletal injuries, body contouring, cellular metabolism and lymphedema reduction, among others. What exactly is low level laser therapy? LLLT is a noninvasive technology approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. It uses a combination of visible and invisible red light frequencies that has been successful in the above listed conditions, plus it increases microcirculation, and
can stimulate the body’s regenerative processes. All in all, this is a process that does not require surgery, there is zero downtime, and there are no notable side effects. How does LLLT help with COVID-19? SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, appears to affect both the upper and lower respiratory airways. This process involves the lungs being clogged up with fluid, dead cells, and other debris as the infection progresses. In response to the virus, as Soheila Mokmeli and Mariana Vetrici report in the CJRT, our “immune system attacks the virus causing inflammation and fever. In severe cases, the immune system goes wild, causing more damage to the lungs than the actual virus.” This inflammation and severe response from our immune system is what LLLT can help to reduce, by alleviating the pain and inflammation before the virus and our body can cause irreparable damage. (Attribution: Mokmeli, S., & Vetrici, M. (2020). Low level laser therapy as a modality to attenuate cytokine storm at multiple levels, enhance recovery, and reduce the use of ventilators in COVID-19. Canadian journal of respiratory therapy : CJRT July 2020.) Doug Zucco is the founder of Fast Fit Body Sculpting.
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Avoid ‘compassion fatigue’ with self care for the caregiver By Ashley Gruber CONTRIBUTOR
I was recently invited to speak to a beautiful, faithful group of brilliant Stephen Ministers about self-care. What an opportunity to connect with other folks that “speak my language” of holding a servant’s heart! Not wanting to miss the impact of this moment, I reflected. OK, self-care … hmm … how to boil that down into a feasible 45-minute chat? I quickly sensed a whisper to focus on the topic of compassion fatigue. Compassion what? Yes, compassion fatigue – a significant, powerful construct. Our buddies at Merriam-Webster define this as “the physical and mental exhaustion and emotional withdrawal experienced by those who care for sick or traumatized people over an extended period of time.”
Compassion fatigue has also been described as “the cost of caring.” Wait a minute … I think I may have experienced this before. I’m looking at you, fellow community care partners. I’m also speaking for the most incredible group of people in this counselor’s world – our Memory Matters’ caregiver clients. Some of us innately feel empathy for others – we can easily imagine what another person may be thinking or feeling. For others, especially those caregiving for a loved one with dementia, they must learn to tap into a place of empathy for survival as they strive to break through the veil of a family member’s cognitive impairment. The further challenge? Empathy can easily cross into a place of compassion fatigue if one is not careful. Warning signs of this slippery slope may include: escalating irritability, poor sleep, impaired humor, increasing
negative thoughts, withdrawal, emotional numbness, impatience, attitude changes, and low motivation (just to name a few!). Have you ever thought to yourself, “I don’t know if I can deal with this person right now” or “I really need some time to myself” or “I would love to just run away”? If you relate to this, you have likely experienced compassion fatigue. Whoa … this hits home! So, what can I do? Before engaging with others who might tap your empathy, I encourage you to do a quick scan of yourself. What’s your attitude? Positive and open? Hot or cold? Another way to assess yourself quickly: Are you coming into a situation with a “full tank” or “on fumes?” As the saying goes, you can not fill others up from an empty cup. There are numerous ways to prevent
and/or cope with compassion fatigue. Figure out and set your limits. How much of yourself are you willing to give to another? Give yourself permission to say no. This can be really hard to do but is oftentimes necessary. It’s OK not to put yourself last! Practice wellness: good nutrition, rest, exercise, talking with friends. Take some breaks – meditate, journal, dance in your kitchen, sing in your car – block out chunks of “me time” on your calendar. Choose activities that fill your cup! And, as always, if you or a loved one need any support, please contact Memory Matters at 843-842-6688. Ashley Gruber has been with with Memory Matters since she was a graduate intern. Now a licensed professional counselor intern, she also serves as a dementia care specialist.
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Battling food ‘morality’ part of dealing with eating disorders By Laura Kaponer CONTRIBUTOR
Food morality has become a widely accepted concept among diet culture. Foods get placed in the opposing camps of “good” or “bad” with direct consequences based on the specific choices we make. One such consequence is connecting the morality of food Laura Kaponer to our own values. If a person chooses the “bad” food then there must be something inherently bad or wrong with the person. These judgements can be within ourselves or come from those around us. At 14 years old, this concept took Heather Torino down the path of a lifelong battle with anorexia nervosa.
Through an eighth grade health class, Torino was exposed to the potential dangers of certain foods. She felt empowered when she began restricting herself. “I remember one specific situation where I was at my aunt’s house for a family gathering to celebrate someone’s birthday,” she said. “When it came time for cake and ice cream, I politely declined any. I still remember the sense of power that I felt from being able to deny the cake and ice cream.” This behavior escalated from special occasions to everyday life. Torino would only eat small bits of school lunch, then toss out the rest, use the excuse of gum chewing or freshly brushed teeth to avoid eating, and eating only foods labeled “fat free.” Food morality comes into play in thinking that food full of fat or even being classified as fat is bad vs. its thin counterpart. Torino felt her food relat-
ed behaviors would help correct her perceived “fatness.” It took the intervention of a school nurse for Torino’s parents to learn the full gravity of the situation. Her father cried as he expressed his very real fears of her eating disorder eventually killing her. At the age of 15, she began a comprehensive course of treatment with a team of medical professionals. Unfortunately at this time she wasn’t quite ready to commit to her recovery. She just went through the motions, telling everyone what she thought they wanted and needed to hear. Recovery is something individuals need to choose for themselves in order to be successful. It wasn’t until college that Torino was open to making that choice. She found a genuine connection with the psychologist to whom she was referred. She began to gain confidence in the person she was, far beyond what her
eating disorder wanted her to believe. With the help of her psychologist and future husband she was challenged to figure out who she really was by stepping outside her comfort zone. Today, at 37, Torino is still on her journey. Recently she needed to reach out to her supports when she felt challenged with a drink order at Starbucks. “I feel like every day is a minor challenge,” she said. “While I am in recovery for anorexia, food will always be a bit of a struggle for me – with food and eating something being something I have to deal with everyday.” Now, however, Torino knows there is no link between the food she eats and her value as a person. Laura Kaponer is a mental health advocate and social media blogger, as well as a volunteer with the local chapter of NAMI. #LauraKaponeris1in5 (as 1 in 5 Americans have a mental illness).
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Our ‘toddler’ nation must grow up, be mature, practice unity By Jon Black CONTRIBUTOR
Egypt has been a nation for approximately 5,100 years. China has been a nation for approximately 4,100 years. India has been a nation for roughly 3,500 years. This summer, our nation will celebrate 245 years of existence. Jon Black As nations go, we are toddlers. This point is often missed when we consider our economic impact on the world. Regardless of our age, we are world leaders. However, there are times that our immaturity raises its head. Jan. 6 was just one of those times. The Bible has a wonderful Greek
word that is often translated “mature.” It is the word “téleios.” The ancient Greeks packed meaning into each of their words. “Téleios” is also translated as perfect, complete, entire, finished, having reached its end, accomplished and fulfilled. The implication is that all of these terms play a role in our understanding of maturity. The Apostle Paul provided a metric for evaluating one’s maturity. From his perspective, maturity results in unity. Paul was not referring to unity among like people. He was the multicultural evangelist and was referring to unity among very diverse people, cultures, languages and mores. Anyone can find unity with people who share common values and history. Mature people can find unity among people who are quite different. So many issues of life seem to be binary. The action is right or wrong, helpful or hurtful, necessary or un-
necessary, in the budget or a budget buster. Unfortunately, binary thinking is a sign of immaturity. Complex issues require a more mature method of understanding. Life is not simply black or white. Paul compared the faith community to a human body. All of the organs and systems of the human body must function in unity for the body to be healthy. Paul anthropomorphizes the body parts to provide us with a humorous view of unity. Can you imagine what would happen if parts of the body started to exclude the parts that were not like them? What if the foot seceded from the body because it was not the head? Or if the eyes got rid of ears because the ears could not see? Paul even makes the case that there are some parts of the body that no one knows their exact function. What if we just started
removing those organs? Paul ends his unity in diversity discussion by saying “when one member of the body suffers, all members of the body suffer.” As a nation, we have a lot of growing to do. Like the human toddler, we sometimes stumble and fall. We stumbled on Jan. 6. No American benefited from the events of that day. But like the human toddler, our nation can leap up and continue to walk. We can walk with the aim of growing up and becoming everything our founders envisioned us to become. The Preamble to the Constitution declares that our founders wanted to form “a more perfect union.” This English word is the same as the Apostle Paul’s word for maturity – téleios. The Rev. Dr. Jon R. Black is senior pastor at Campbell Chapel A.M.E. Church in Bluffton.
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BEAUTY
Do-it-yourself hair color can do far more damage than good By Joy Ross CONTRIBUTOR
I’ve seen more people recently that have attempted to color or highlight their own hair. Needless to say, the results are disastrous. Even the “mail order” color that promises it will match your desired color and leave your hair healthy and shiny leaves much to be desired. Let me explain again why professional stylists are licensed and educated – and even then, we can make mistakes. I never claim to know it all. because although I’ve been doing hair for 30-plus years, there are so many factors to consider. It infuriates me when people say they’re going to “slap on” some color. I’m sorry, but slapping on random boxed color will eventually slap you in the head. Chemicals are not meant to be just “slapped” on. Yes, sometimes it might work. I know the companies would not
still be around if the result was horrible every time. But these are chemicals, and chemicals must be handled with care. A few facts that may clarify and help you to understand a bit why this is not always easy. Fact 1. The major pigment in all hair darker than blonde is orange. Any time you “slap” hair color or bleach on your hair, the chemicals are lifting the natural pigments out of your hair. When attempting to self-highlight or balayage, the results will more than likely be orange, or brassy. The products sold over the counter are usually not strong enough to lift past the orange without lots of damage. Fact 2. This process of lifting also occurs when coloring your hair. The difference is that the color in the box or tube will be deposited over the lifted hair, giving the effect of all one color, maybe not desired color, but all one color hair. It is usually a flat, one-dimensional color.
The problem begins when the artificial color begins to fade. At that point, you have new growth. Sometimes gray hair is a good majority of the new growth. (Please refer to my last article about gray hair and its resistance to color.) This, combined with the previously colored, faded hair is now what needs to be colored. This is where the spiral to hair color hell begins. You can hope that you slap the color on all of the new growth only. But this is difficult to do evenly by yourself. If any new color gets on the
previously colored hair, it will lift some more before being covered again with flat color from the box. Does this sound like a murky mess? Exactly! Different bands of orange begin to show as the color fades once again. This results in hair that is not pretty and a visit to a knowledgeable stylist who can correct it. If you don’t want to come to the salon as often, please touch up your roots between appointments with one of the many touch up powders or sprays that camouflage the new growth. We can also just do your hairline between full color appointments to afford you more time. Color can be painted into the top to camouflage the new growth. There are many other professional options that will keep the integrity of your hair – with no more orange, brassy and damaged hair. Joy Ross is owner of Style It Salon in Old Town Bluffton. styleitsalon.com
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NATURE’S WAY
Tales from ‘back in the day’ spark more long-ago memories By Collins Doughtie CONTRIBUTOR
Since my inaugural Bluffton Sun and Hilton Head Sun column a couple of weeks ago, I have received some of the coolest emails from the increasingly shrinking number of Hilton Head and Bluffton old timers. By describing my early days that started in the early ’60s when my family moved to Hilton Head, I rattled memories from others that shared my experience. Since all these cold, gray days have kept me off the water, I figured y’all might like to hear a few more descriptions of places and experiences from that time. With so many changes over the years, you might want to read this then sit back, close your eyes and try to visualize what it might have been like when deer far outnumbered people. The house I grew up in was one of only a dozen or so homes in Sea Pines. Most all the roads were either two lane or dirt and on most days I could walk the length of the island and see, at most, four or five cars. As for Bluffton – talk about sleepy – it was Rip Van Winkleville. Burnt Church Road was a bumpy dirt road and on days after big rains, pretty much impassible. Before burning to the ground, Bluffton High School was where the Town Hall currently sits. And believe it or not, people down here in the South actually did make an RC Cola and a Moon Pie a dietary staple. I can remember after Pee-Wee football practice walking to Messex Country Store on the corner of Calhoun and Bridge streets for precisely these two items. There was just something special about washing down a Moon Pie with an ice-cold RC Cola. After Messex moved, that building housed Eggs ’n’ Tricities boutique for years. As you may or may not know, fishing was and still remains my passion in life. With two brothers and two sisters and at most three kids around my age on the island, the great outdoors was our
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only entertainment. We could watch two TV stations from Savannah, WSAV and WTOC, and other than Superman on Saturday mornings, it was lots of revivals and country music shows like “The Porter Wagoner Show.” On Friday nights, Sea Pines would host ’coon hunts. Talk about bizarre! I urge everyone to attend at least one of these gigs. With lots of deer and wild pigs, Sea Pines would also host hunts for these critters too. I can remember
one pig hunt when they sat me at the base of a tree and gave me a bow and one arrow. Yes, one arrow! These pigs were mean as hell and their tusks could tear you apart in a heartbeat. On a separate occasion, my sister Grace was cornered by just such a pig. Looking for anything to defend herself, she grabs a rock. The pig backed off – and it was then that she remembered there were no rocks around here. As it turned out, the rock was actually used by long gone Indian tribes on the
island to grind corn. It remains one of her prized artifacts from those early days. Artifact hunting is something I have done my entire life, especially during the winter months. Because of the more than 12,000 Union troops on Hilton Head during the Civil War, I have managed to acquire quite a collection of items from that period. In addition, the Indian tribes that made this area their home must have had it great. Just think of all the seafood and game at their disposal. My guess is they were plump with so much food around. I have baskets full of Indian pottery, arrowheads and spearheads. While artifact looking, I have also found quite a few megalodon shark’s teeth, some larger than my hand. These came from prehistoric sharks that were more than 60 feet long! The swing bridge to the island had just been built and, though I can’t remember exactly what year it was, I recall when a barge hit the bridge, shutting it down for a couple of months. The Corp of Engineers installed a pontoon bridge during the time it took to fix the bridge. Can you imagine if such an event were to occur these days? I can’t. As for the beach, even in the summer it was void of people. I could fill a bucket with blue crabs in minutes simply by using a crab net in tide pools at low tide. All we had was AM radio and the station was WAPE, or The Big Ape, in Jacksonville, Fla. Before leaving the Ape for fame and fortune, The Grease man or Uncle Greasy was the funniest, and at times raunchy, DJ of DJs. I could go on and on but with space running out I’ll save some tidbits for future columns. I love hearing from you so email me with ideas for future columns. Until then, get outside in this beautiful place we call home. Collins Doughtie, a 60-year resident of the Lowcountry, is a sportsman, graphic artist, and lover of nature. collinsdoughtie@icloud.com
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Widgeon Point Preserve a highlight of winter discoveries By Sophia Schade CONTRIBUTOR
It was a magnificent afternoon on Jan. 19 when I returned home and my husband Dennis said, “Come on, grab your camera equipment, I have a new place for us to go. It is a surprise.” We drove down Hwy. 170 toward Beaufort to Widgeon Point Preserve, located on Lemon Island. It is the last right turn before the Broad River Bridge. You must slow down as soon as you see the bridge; if not, you will miss the turn. The park opened Jan. 15. The Preserve is co-owned by Beaufort County and the Beaufort County Open Land Trust. Since we moved here six years ago, we have driven by this spot many times and I have always told Dennis I would love to stop and discover this place, but the gates were always closed. Upon our arrival to the parking lot, I knew this was going to become a place that I will visit often. As soon as I got out of the car, I heard a crying noise from a bird. I looked and looked and finally, to my surprise, I looked up and there was a huge nest. I screamed at Dennis, “Do you hear? Do you see the nest?” I was jumping up and down from my excitement. There were a couple of people there and they were looking me like I have lost my mind. I shared my findings with them. and they were as
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This bald eagle comes in for a landing in a tree near the parking lot of Widgeon Point Preserve. In the tree, a nest was discovered to be home to two eaglets, who cried loudly for their food.
amazed as I was. My thoughts were racing and I wanted to know: Is it an eagle’s nest? Is it an osprey nest? How many chicks are in the nest? How long ago did they hatch? Dennis looked at me and smiled and said, “Come on, let’s discover the rest of the place. The nest will be here when we return.” But deep down, I didn’t want to leave. The birds’ cry for food and their parents was music to my ears. I could visualize the amazing photos I will be able to take and document their life. We had just begun walking when
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Widgeon Point Preserve, located off Okatie Highway on the Broad River, is 170 acres of forest, with plentiful habitat for wildlife.
we started to see other people from our community – we said hello while maintaining social distancing, but continued walking on to discover this magical place. The Preserve is described on its website as “170 acres of forested habitats, salt marsh, and hummock islands on the Broad River in Port Royal Sound.” Some of its amenities include a picnic pavilion, a bird blind, restrooms and a rustic barn for event rental. A nature trail loops around the island alongside the river. By the time we returned to the
parking lot, we had the answer to my questions. It was an eagle’s nest. When I went back several days later, I documented that there are two eaglets. In the next three weeks, the the parents stayed busy taking care of them while photographers enjoyed the show. Sophia Schade is a nature photographer and resident of Sun City. Born in Athens, Greece, she loves the Lowcountry and is on a constant journey of discovering a world flooded with beauty.
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SPORT
The art of anticipation: Your tennis crystal ball By Lou Marino CONTRIBUTOR
The definition of “anticipation,” according to Webster’s, is “realization in advance; intuition; foreknowledge.” Wouldn’t it be great if you could see just enough into the future to know where your tennis opponent is going to hit the ball? Well, you can – by learning how to harness this rather abstract tennis concept. I’m sure most of you have had the experience to play against, or with, someone who always seems to be ready and in the right place on the court to hit the ball back. That’s what anticipation is all about. To start, I believe anticipation is learned by doing something opposite, or against the grain, of the most basic task of playing tennis – namely, keeping your eye on the ball. As the ball is coming toward you, your focused vision (less than 10 percent of your total 180 degrees of vision) is entirely fixed on the ball until it leaves your strings. Your
mission is to stay in balance, keep your head still, and make clean contact. I’m not suggesting you stop watching the ball altogether. It’s knowing that once the ball leaves your racquet, your anticipation factor needs to kick in. This is when your focused vision should lock on to your opponent(s) and you start
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gathering information from how he or she is reacting to your shot. There are three basic things to look for as your opponent is in process of hitting the ball back: Position: Where is he on the court? Balance: Is she comfortable or uncomfortable as she gets ready to hit, i.e., able to hit a
powerful shot, or a weak reply? Preparation: Is he taking his racquet back for a drive or topspin (offensive) shot, or is the racquet face more open, meaning a better chance for a defensive shot? These aspects can be categorized as “tendencies” or playing traits your opponents reveal as you play. Looking for how and what they like to hit, and how they react to different shots and situations will reveal what they’ll tend to do and help you get a jump on being prepared to hit your next shot. As you get better at this, it becomes more automatic, perhaps as automatic as getting your racquet back, since that should be done within milliseconds of looking into your newfound “tennis crystal ball.” Lou Marino is a USPTA Cardio and youth tennis coach who lives, teaches and provides custom-hybrid racquet service in the Bluffton-Hilton Head Island area. lwmarino@ hotmail.com
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SPORTS
Local golf professional wins prestigious national award By Jean Harris CONTRIBUTOR
If you are a golfer, you have heard of Hall of Fame golfer Nancy Lopez. She was the top female professional on the tour for 20 years. She was a winner on the Tour 48 times and is an LPGA and World Golf Hall of Fame member. In 2007, the LPGA named an award after Lopez to be given to the top teaching professional of the year. The award is given to an LPGA professional who emulates qualities valued by Lopez: leadership, passion, giving and approachability. Lopez is excited to have an award named after her. “It is a great honor for me to have an award given out to teaching professionals,” she said. The winner of the Nancy Lopez Golf Achievement award for 2020 is local golf professional Dana Rader., whose golf resume reads like a highlight film. She is a Top 100 instructor in the U.S. by Golf
Magazine and the No. 1 Instructor in South Carolina by Golf Digest Magazine. Rader regularly appears on the Golf Channel’s Morning Drive and Golf Academy Live. She achieved the highest status as a teaching golf professional, Master Professional in 2003. She is the immediate past National President of the LPGA Teaching professionals. She is a member of the LPGA Teaching and Club Professional Hall of Fame. Rader said she followed Nancy Lopez’s career on the tour and always wanted to be like her. Lopez was her role model. “Nancy epitomizes what a golf professional is all about,” Rader said. “She is warm-hearted and professional in all that she does. There is not a better ambassador for the game and I am so proud to have my name next to her on this award.” Rader came to the Lowcountry from Charlotte after owning one of the top teaching schools in the country for 30 years. “Charlotte was the right place for
things to do outdoors.” Rader became the director of instruction at Belfair Golf Club in 2019. “My teaching career has come full circle,” she said. “I started at a country club in Charlotte and really enjoyed meeting and teaching the members. I then established my teaching school. I am now at a great club, Belfair, and really enjoy the membership.” Rader said Belfair members are supportive of her, and when when they heard about this award, “all they could say was how proud they were of me and that they COURTESY LPGA love Nancy Lopez,” she said. “I have invited Nancy to do a clinic with me at Belfair World Golf Hall of Fame member and LPGA and she accepted.” superstar Nancy Lopez, left, with Bluffton golf That event will be a great opportunity professional Dana Rader, who received the Nancy Lopez Golf Achievement award for 2020. to see two legends of the game teaching S H O Ptogether. • D O N AT I V EMaster me to start my school,” she said. “When Dr. Jean HarrisEis •anG LPGA • VOProLU N T I closed my school, I wanted to move to fessional and teaches at local courses. jean. the Lowcountry where there is a slower golfdoctor.harris@gmail.com; golfdoctorjean. pace. There are more green spaces and com
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Navigate between the raindrops to finish winter chores By Edward Poenicke CONTRIBUTOR
It seems we’ve had rain for weeks now, but the calendar indicates that the spring season is coming soon. So, we gardeners need to start pruning crape myrtles, roses and overgrown shrubs. By doing the pruning now, we set the plants up to swell the latent buds that are on the stems of the stems of the plants so they will break dormancy in about six weeks. At the same time, if you have not yet applied lime to your St. Augustine or Bermuda lawns, do so now. Dolomitic lime needs to break down to affect the pH of the soil and give you maximum uptake of the fertilizer you will be applying later in the season. Also apply the lime to flower beds, vegetable gardens and shrubbery – except azaleas and camellias. Remove any leaves from the lawn by
lawn mower, but do not drop the blade height, as this can put the grass under stress if we get cold temperatures. It would also allow weeds seeds an easier time to germinate as more sunlight reaches the ground. You should be applying a herbicide to kill any winter weeds and give some early pre-season weed control. By applying weed control now, you put less strain on the grass before it breaks dormancy. You can also plant shrubs at this time to get them ready to handle the summer heat, as they will be developing roots as long as the soil temperatures stay above 40 degrees. This is the time to analyze which flowers did well in the garden this past year, and consider what you might also want to add. We have had sufficient rainfall this winter, so keep your irrigation off for now. As long as we are getting a good
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REAL ESTATE
Home sellers and buyers love Zillow and here’s why By Larry Stoller
Offers. I don’t know how that will work out, as it appears that home sellers can sell their home faster, for a higher price, and receive more proceeds by working with local real estate agents. Today, Zillow and its subsidiaries are known as Zillow Group. I have heard it said and read in real estate articles that Zillow is called the “Facebook of Real Estate.” Nearly every homebuyer and seller I speak to when listing and selling properties is on Zillow before, during and after becoming clients of mine. They rely on Zillow to tell me what homes they want to see, or they look on Zillow to see their home’s activity. So what’s NOT to love about this Zillow real estate powerhouse? Perhaps only their Zestimates. Seems to me a local agent would have a better idea about local home values. Larry Stoller is a broker and Realtor with Real Estate Five of the Lowcountry. Larry@ RealEstateFive.com, RealEstateFive.com, SunCityOpenHouses247.com
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