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INSIDE • Entrepreneurs join efforts to teach kids about nature 11A • Women’s sober home offers medically assisted recovery 13A • Pop Up concert raises funds, makes for great night 15A • On the Porch With ... Monique Frazier 17A • Hot Spots to chill out in Lowcountry’s July heat, humidity 21A
Childcare staffing issues are impacting Lowcountry workers By Gwyneth J. Saunders CONTRIBUTOR
Recently, a customer at a Bluffton hair salon noted that there were only two stylists, despite a growing list of clients signing in. The reason? The shortage of available and affordable childcare in the Lowcountry has impacted individuals who would otherwise be working. In 2019, before the pandemic, 11 childcare centers held business licenses with the Town of Bluffton. This year, only eight are still operating. “If those (other) three Bluffton centers were open and served 40 children, that would let about 120 parents go back into the work force,” said Jody Levitt, executive director of the nonprofit Children’s Center
on Hilton Head. “It’s a whole staffing issue across the board, but childcare is that one pivotal point that as people are looking for jobs, that’s a big key. Most hairdressers are female, and the childcare issue is affecting mothers in the workforce more than fathers.” Shanel Van Jaarsveld, owner of the Kids College in Bluffton, said it was difficult hiring in the industry before the pandemic due to the stringent background checks and other employment requirements, but it is even more challenging now because the hiring pool has diminished. “We had several staff who – due to health reasons and concerns – were not able to return to work during the pandemic,”
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Outdoor play time is a fun part of the day at The Children’s Center on Hilton Head Island, which serves families throughout Southern Beaufort County.
TCL to host open houses this month at two campuses The Technical College of the Lowcountry will host two open house events in July. The first is July 19 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Beaufort campus, 921 Ribaut Road, in Building 2 of the Beaufort Mather Campus. Another event will be held from 4 to 6 July 26 at the New River Campus, 100 Community College Drive in Bluffton.
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For more information or to RSVP for either event, visit tcl.edu/openhouse. The Technical College of the Lowcountry is the region’s primary provider of higher education and workforce training. The public, two-year, multi-campus community college serves approximately 5,000 students annually.
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Back-to-school shopping? Make a stop at the formal wear store By Lynne Cope Hummell EDITOR
Here we go again! It’s time for the annual South Carolina Sales Tax Holiday, just in time for back-to-school shopping – which, we’ve come to understand, is the primary reason for the event. During this special period of three days, Aug. 5-7, you won’t have to pay the state’s 6% sales tax when you Lynne Hummell purchase any items on the official S.C. Department of Revenue “exempt” list. This means you can get a break on the cost when you buy essentials that your students will need to go back to school in style – not just clothes and socks, but ski boots, choir robes, and formal wear! Exciting, isn’t it? And just a bit kooky, if you ask me.
It has been a while since I shopped for school supplies, but I don’t recall that my kids ever needed a tuxedo or ski boots for school. We aren’t exactly in the snow belt. If skiing isn’t your child’s thing, you can also get the tax break on hunting attire, hiking boots, and swimwear and leotards. While some of the list seems odd, it’s just as weird to consider related items that are not on the exempt list. Though you can buy diapers, you can’t get a break on a stroller or car seat. You can get a shower curtain tax free, but not the rod or rings to hang it. (And these are the only curtains you can get; dorm window treatments are not exempt.) I understand why suits and dresses are exempt, but wedding gowns and veils? Yes, they are on the list! What message are we sending to our kids? The supplies list for elementary schools generally includes pencils, pens, erasers, binders, folders, flash drives, calculators and glue – all of which are on the exempt
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list. But other simple things that teachers desperately seek, like boxes of tissues and hand sanitizers, are on the taxable list. For the college dorm room, you might want the tax-free bedding, pillows and a mattress pad, but you’ll have to pay the sales tax on a new mattress and box springs. While towels and washcloths are on the exempt list, toilet paper is not. You can also buy costumes, but not makeup. Graduation caps and gowns are tax free, along with bibs and aprons. Even on the list of expected items, there are oddities. For instance, you can buy a computer tax free, but not a separate keyboard or mouse. Printers are exempt, but scanners are not. I wonder how they treat an “all-in-one” print/scan/copy/fax machine. All sorts of shoes are exempt – from sneakers to cleats, from orthopedic shoes to golf shoes – but shoelaces are not. You can get school, work and scout uniforms, but not eyeglasses, hard hats or
life jackets. Purses are exempt, but don’t try to buy a wallet to go with. This “sale” has been going on since 2000. It’s not just for school items, obviously – and not just for kids. Anyone, any age can buy things on the list with no sales tax added. Items can be purchased in person or online. Retailers don’t have the option to charge sales tax on the exempt items – they must honor the list. I discovered that it’s not just our state that holds these sales tax-free events – 17 other states have them, mostly for back-toschool items, and some for various other reasons. In Florida, there’s a Freedom Week (held over the July 4 weekend) during which one could purchase all sorts of outdoor and boating supplies (under $25), coolers, kayaks and other fun stuff. Now, those are items we could definitely use here in the Lowcountry. Wedding gowns for school kids, not so much.
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Our state legislative year in review By Weston Newton CONTRIBUTOR
As a member of both the Beaufort and Jasper County Legislative Delegations, I am pleased with the significant repatriation of tax dollars to the Lowcountry. In so many instances historically, local dollars went to Columbia, but fair and equitable amounts were not returned to Weston Newton the Lowcountry. That disparity, or inequity, in large part no longer exists due to the strength, tenure and cohesiveness of your legislative delegations. Significant funding for Lowcountry roads, colleges, environmental and/or historical sites, as well as our airports, was included in this year’s budget. As important as it is for us to work together to fight for our fair share of state tax dollars, as stewards of your money it is just as important that we fight to be fiscally conservative and responsible. The changes to South Carolina’s tax law are some of the most substantial legislative actions this year. The Comprehensive Tax Cut Act of 2022 adjusts tax brackets to provide $1 billion of income tax relief, authorizes $1 billion in one-time income tax rebates, allows for the complete deduction of all military retirement income, and increases the tax exemption for manufacturing property.
The legislation immediately reduces the rate for the highest tax bracket from 7% to 6.5% in Tax Year 2022 and then gradually phases in (by 1/10th of 1%) the tax relief in years when the state experiences sufficient revenue growth to a permanent top marginal rate of 6%. Further, the legislation sets a lowest individual income tax bracket that taxes at 0% and collapses several tax brackets. Brackets currently subject to rates of 3%, 4%, 5% and 6% collapse into a single tax bracket so that incomes falling in this middle range are all taxed at 3%. The General Assembly appropriated $1 billion from the Contingency Reserve Fund to provide a one-time rebate for individual income taxpayers that filed a return for tax year 2021. Each return filed for 2021 shall receive a rebate equal to the amount of tax liability on the return up to a maximum of $700. However, if there are sufficient funds, the Department of Revenue increases the maximum amount of the rebate. DOR must issue these refunds by Dec. 31. The tax exemption for manufacturing property is increased from 14.2857% to 42.8571%. Additionally, the Workforce Enhancement and Military Recognition Act was approved to allow all military retirement income to be deducted from an individual’s South Carolina income taxes, regardless of the individual’s age. The legislature expanded eligibility for the 1% senior sales tax exemption on accommodations by lowering the age from 85 or older to 78 or older, for individuals exempt from paying 1% of
the total 7% sales tax on accommodations. During my tenure as chairman of the Beaufort County Council, I often commented that our establishment of the Rural and Critical Lands Preservation program was – and for future generations would be – one of the most significant things we could do to protect the majesty and beauty of the Lowcountry. The program has been an enormous success but is limited as a pay-as-yougo program. This year in Columbia we passed the County Green Space Sales Tax Act to give counties another tool to protect and preserve lands within a county by allowing a county to impose a sales and use tax of up to 1% with revenue that is collected used to defray debt service on bonds issued to pay for procuring open lands or green space for preservation. Finally, the General Assembly approved legislation revising the South Carolina housing tax credits that supplement federal tax incentives for the development of affordable housing (with provisions that place greater emphasis on rural areas to allow credits to be more evenly distributed across the state). And in a housekeeping action, the General Assembly passed annual tax conformity legislation which updates references to provide for coordination between state and federal income tax law provisions. Weston Newton is the representative for District 120 in the State House of Representatives. WestonNewton@schouse.gov
Letter to the Editor To the Editor: The Sigma Chi Fraternity Alumni Chapter was recently started in the Lowcountry. As we work to build our membership, we were trying to locate local residents who belonged to Sigma Chi when they were in college. We approached The Sun, asking if they would run a short piece describing
our wishes. We want to say “thank you” to editor Lynne Hummell and The Sun for including our piece in the most recent Hilton Head and Bluffton editions. The short description in the paper attracted four Sigma Chis who have expressed interest in joining our group. We are very pleased with the willingness of the paper to include us and we
are especially pleased that the results were so very positive. The results also show that working with the local paper can bring excellent results. Thank you!
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CHILDCARE from page 1A she said. “The pandemic is still affecting our staffing levels. People nationally are leaving the childcare industry in droves. I think there are several factors contributing to this. People moved back in with family members during the pandemic; saved up money while they were bringing home an extra $300 unemployment without having to work; exposure is greater in our industry with every child representing a household; and the stigma that childcare workers are the least paid.” Van Jaarsveld said the Department of Social Services is working on streamlining the process so that childcare workers no longer have to wait several weeks to be hired. “That has at least helped us to be able to hire much faster than in the past,” she said. “As an Advocates for Better Care facility, we received significant grants that specifically stipulate that we are to increase pay for our teachers, which I think is phenomenal and much needed.” Levitt said the pay rate is probably equivalent to working at a grocery store or in retail. “We put together a really aggressive rate
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because we know we have to be competitive not only within the industry but outside,” she said, “but one of the positive things in comparison to retail is that it’s a Monday to Friday gig most of the time, and the schedules can be flexible.” The process may be getting a little easier, but that doesn’t put employees in the building. “What I am finding now is I am having
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a hard time replacing someone when they leave. Pre-COVID I would have 30 applications a week for a position,” said Levitt. “Right now, I have 10 to 15 positions for classroom spots, and I get maybe one applicant a month, and you don’t know if that is someone off the street or really the type of person we want in with our young children, helping to shape their minds.” The South Carolina Childcare Voucher –
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previously known as the ABC Voucher – is available to working families that meet certain income thresholds. Shannon Erickson, who is the state representative for District 124, said during COVID it covered all of the first responders. “Everyone understood they needed to be at work, and we needed them to be at work,” said Erickson. “DSS did do some funding stipends during COVID, and kept childcare center doors open, but again it doesn’t help without the people available to work. Even our public schools are having difficulty recruiting teachers, and it’s a difficult time in the state.” Erickson also owns Hobbit Hill Preschools, and has a wait list of 100 children as well as four employee spots to fill. “The problem is simply the bodies to do the work, like in any other industries, plus a salary cap. Food and beverage has a little more flexibility in raising their prices because people can choose to eat out or not, but with childcare, families have a pretty much fixed income,” Erickson said.
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CHILDCARE from page 8A “You can’t really go above a certain amount of cost per week or children’s parents can’t afford to be at work and pay for childcare. Then you have the situation that more people leave the work force because they can’t get the care.” Those vouchers were a mixed blessing. “When the pandemic first hit, DSS provided vouchers for essential workers,” Van Jaarsveld said. “We had less staff and higher demand. Still do. The result was that our staff were working longer hours, sometimes open to close, five days a week, and support staff had to be in classes, but we made it work.” Levitt has an eight-month wait list – and could care for 200 children if she had the staff. “That list is 65 to 75 children, so that’s about 70 people who cannot go to work because they cannot get childcare. Right now our staffing levels allow us to be near 120-ish and that’s not ideal, but that’s the maximum children we can take per adult,” she said. “It’s 100% a staffing issue. If I could hire on eight more people I could eliminate that wait list. If I could hire on 10, I could add even more children. I had a mother reach out one day last month, saying she just accepted a teaching position in the Beaufort County schools. We will be well into the school year before we can take that child, and so there’s a teacher unable to work, and she is moving here to take the job.” The cost to provide childcare for an infant or 1 year-old is $250 to $300 per week, Levitt said, and there are ratio requirements that prohibit childcare workers caring for more than five of the very youngest. Each age group has certain limitations as to how many a childcare teacher is permitted to tend. “So the problem here is, how can you stay in business and make any money yet still be affordable to the people who need it? There’s got to be some sort of influx of funding in order to make it worth their while. What you have is: A. not enough employees, and B. not enough childcare centers to care for children,” Levitt added. There are paths for prospective employees to take, thanks to the educational opportunities at the Technical College of the Lowcountry and the University of South Carolina Beaufort. “We’d love to see students go into early
childhood. You can do your practicum work at the same time you’re going to school, and earning money, and then move into a career that’s long term,” Erickson said. Per DSS requirements, childcare workers must be 18, have at least a high school diploma, and preferably six months experience in a childcare facility. “Our preferred candidate is someone who is already in the DSS system. We are offering $300 sign-on bonuses for those that can just transfer from another center and are already in the DSS system,” Van Jaarsveld said. “Students who are studying Early Childhood at USCB or TCL are ideal, as we work around their school schedule, just so that we can give our full-time teachers a much-needed break. I presently have 10 staff serving 70 kids, but we are licensed for 212, and I could take more if I had more staff.” While finding staff is difficult, finding sites to expand in the event staffing improves is no easier. Kids College currently has two locations – the original on Goethe Road and now one on Persimmon Street that will become the facility’s full-time home. In the meantime, Van Jaarsveld is hoping to expand into Okatie, but staffing isn’t the only challenge. “I’m going to need an investor. I just need to figure out a way to find the funding to service this huge need in the community,” she said. “You think it’s hard buying a house right now?” Staff shortages and costs are obvious issues, but Levitt said it goes beyond those. “If nothing else, the pandemic has put the light on childcare as an issue, not only in our community but across the country. And it’s not just a value for the child and the families, but an economic value for the community,” Levitt said. “These are small businesses that are struggling to stay open, and it’s not just about childcare or babysitting. It’s a foundational piece of our economic vitality across the community. For every person that’s working, that’s one less person on the public dime. They’re putting money back into the community by spending those dollars in the community. Is it a high-paying job, a glorious job? No, but it’s an important job.” Gwyneth J. Saunders is a veteran journalist and freelance writer living in Bluffton.
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The Boys & Girls Club of Bluffton will host a premier cycling fundraising event Nov. 6 in Bluffton, to be called “Bike Bluffton.” Bike Bluffton is mirrored after the success of Pedal Hilton Head, a similar cycling event that draws more than 600 riders of various abilities and raises more than $100,000 for The Boys & Girls Club of Hilton Head. “We’re thrilled to offer Lowcountry riders the opportunity to experience Bluffton’s beauty,” said Bike Bluffton Committee co-chairman Bruce Andrews. “Riders of various levels of experience will enjoy carefully planned, scenic routes while simultaneously giving back to the children of our community who need us the most.” The Boys & Girls Club of Bluffton has served more than 4,500 children ages 6 to 18 since opening its doors in 1998. Nearly 50% of the Club members are living in a single-parent household, and 40% are living below the Federal poverty line. The Club has faced significant capacity challenges since COVID. With an annual operating budget of more than $1 million, existing fundraisers contribute to just 35% of the annual fund. This additional fundraiser, Bike Bluffton, is expected to be an annual event that will net nearly 10% of the annual operating budget by year 5. There are four ride routes designed to offer something for everyone. The 62-mile ride and 30-mile ride are for avid cyclists, many of which travel in groups from all over the country. The 10-mile ride is for fitness enthusiasts
who might not have extensive biking experience but are looking for a challenge. The family-friendly 2-mile ride is designed for the Club members and their families, and community members who want to get out and support The Boys & Girls Club. The rides will start at staged times, with the earliest and longest commencing at 8 a.m. The start and finish will be at The Boys & Girls Club of Bluffton. Depending on which ride selected, riders may ride through Sun City and even Palmetto Bluff. After the riding event, participants and the families will enjoy food, music and activities. About 40% of the 600-plus registered riders of Pedal Hilton Head were from out of town (greater than 50 miles away). Bike Bluffton anticipates similar participation. Partnerships with Bluffton hotels and restaurants are expected to draw crowds through promotional packages. Registration opened July 15 at bikebluffton.org. Registration fees start as low as $50 for a family fun ride with up to five family members, or ride for a specific Club member for $300. Local businesses who are interested in sponsoring the event are welcome. Sponsorships start at $250 and go to $10,000. Businesses who are interested in a tax-deductible contribution that benefits the Boys & Girls Club of Bluffton are invited to contact Bruce Andrews, bruceandrews22@ gmail.com, or the other co-chair of the event, Mollie Sandman at msandman@ southatlantic.bank.
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Former teachers Jenny Phelan and Jill Moore know that children learn by playing and exploring. Based on this knowledge, the two local small business owners have teamed up to offer a hands-on learning experience through their Lowcountry Ecosystem Program. Phelan is the owner of Learn Through Playing, a company that creates activity kits for children. The kits include PlayDoh, small figurines and craft supplies, and are available in a variety of themes. There’s a mermaid kit, a horse kit, a safari kit and an outer space kit, to name a few. Moore is a certified master naturalist and the owner of Moore to Life, which
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Moore said they will travel anywhere in Beaufort County to offer the class. In June, they hosted a class at Colleton Point Landing in Rose Hill Plantation. Each child received a Learn Through Playing South Carolina activity kit, which included alligator, crab, dolphin and sea turtle figurines. As the children learned about the local environment, they were encouraged to create a marsh scene with the items in the kit, and then an ocean scene. Then Moore led the children out to the marsh with critter catchers and nets to look for crabs, snails and other creatures. Moore spends a good bit of time talking about alligators and how to be safe around them. Though the program is created for children, parents and grandparents have been known to stick around for a lesson on the Lowcountry. “People have loved it,” Phelan said.
“There are a lot of newer people to the area that enjoy learning more about the crabs and the alligators, and the dolphins and the sea turtles. And the kids just have fun. They each have a different way to design their ocean scene and their marsh scene.” To host a class for a group of kids in your neighborhood, call Phelan at 443928-7517 or email her at learnthroughplayingkits@gmail.com. Classes should be booked at least two months in advance. Cost is $30 per child and includes their own Learn Through Playing kit to take home. For more information on Learn Through Playing, visit learnthroughplayingkits.com. For more information on Moore to Life, visit moore2lifesc.com. Amy Coyne Bredeson of Bluffton is a freelance writer, a mother of two and a volunteer with the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance.
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New women’s home offers medically assisted drug recovery By Gwyneth J. Saunders CONTRIBUTOR
A brand new recovery home for women in Beaufort will open Aug. 6 with a ceremony and a celebration of life for those who lost their fight with addiction. Mercy Me Living Sober LLC is certified Medical Assisted Treatment (MAT) facility and is the second recovery home for women in the county. In December 2019, founder James Fordham opened Hope House for Women who are recovering alcoholics. The new Mercy Me home will operate along the same lines, but with a medical aspect. “We deal with certified medical-assisted treatment, which is prescribed by a doctor to help people in their early stages of recovery. There’s been a whole increase in drug-induced deaths, mostly fentanyl, and there’s no place for recovering addicts to go in this county,” said Fordham. The women staying at the home and entering the program must get a job, pay rent, do chores, clean up their rooms,
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have a program sponsor, and be involved in service work in the community. There is an in-house manager who is onsite all the time. “We encourage them to get involved with faith services, and we have in-house and local outside 12-step meetings as well,” Fordham said. “Residents of the home learn how to stay clean and maneuver personal challenges with effective tools for living. We send them to outside resources as needed, and we’ll bring counselors to the house. The only things different between us and Hope House is we deal with medications, and (residents) have to go outside to their doctors who handle the medications for them.” A link to the intake application can be found on the nonprofit’s web page, Fordham said, but other applicants will be referrals from drug court for women coming straight out of jail. “We’ve got six beds in the women’s house, and we hope to have the same in
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SOBER from page 13A a men’s house ultimately when we open more houses as time passes,” he added. “We provide long-term care and the chance for freedom from the disease of alcoholism and drug addiction. This is a place for obtaining a new and sober life through our medically approved treatment program, appropriate medication and use of the effective 12-step program of Alcoholics Anonymous.” Living in Mercy Me doesn’t come free. The residents pay $158 rent, and that covers utilities. They provide their own food but the house uses a local food bank, too, according to Fordham. Individuals pay for their own doctors who administer the medicines prescribed for the program. There is also limited transportation available. The impetus for Mercy Me and the Hope Houses began several years ago. Fordham, the owner of a local landscape company, felt compelled to action. “I started sharing with other people what I thought God wanted me to do and started asking for help,” Fordham said, putting together what he described as a
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pretty good board of directors. “I found people who had more time than I had and people smarter than I was and people who had a little more money than I had.” The fundraising then began through
generous donations at church and other people in the community. They held yard sales, an activity that continues with people contributing gently used items. There are three Hope Houses, two of them for
men. The nonprofit also has plans to open a similar Mercy Me home for men in the near future. Fordham said addicts and alcoholics need more than just a place to get sober. They need to stay sober. “We’re also applying for grants from the government so we can use the money to help with certain things. It’s hard coming out of jail broke, no job, no money, nothing but a small bag, but we’ve had some success stories who have come out on top,” he said. “What we need most is money, prayer, food, and clothing. The girls coming out of jail have nothing so we need support from the community to help with that.” The grand opening and ceremony will be held at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 6 at 116 Elliot St., Beaufort. For information about rent, rules or treatment call Fordham at 843-263-2520 or Gina at 843-941-9391, email info@ mercymesober.org or visit mercymesober. org. Gwyneth J. Saunders is a veteran journalist and freelance writer living in Bluffton.
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Pop up concert’ leads to amazing fundraiser, signature night By Tim Wood CONTRIBUTOR
If the night had just gone as it was scripted, Sophia Townes would have been ecstatic. The Beaufort County program coordinator for the Lowcountry Autism Foundation got a call a couple of months ago from Amanda Hodge, the special events coordinator at Corner Perk and The Roasting Room. “We have had a great relationship with Josh and Kali Cooke and the whole Corner Perk family for years, but Amanda said they wanted to do an event to help raise more money for LAF,” Townes said. Ed Roland, the lead singer for Collective Soul and a frequent Bluffton visitor, wanted to play a show where all the money went to a worthwhile charity. The Cookes immediately knew who to call. “The work that Sophia and LAF do for the kids of this community, it is truly amazing,” said Kali Cooke of the event. “I taught music therapy back in the day and worked with a lot of kids with autism, so this is near and dear to our hearts. And Sophia is such a
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Ed Roland and Sophia Townes celebrate the success of the Lowcountry Autism Foundation benefit concert at the Roasting Room Loung. Roland, lead singer for the band Collective Soul, was the headliner for the event.
warrior, such a fighter for her kids and for all autism families, it was just a no-brainer for us.” Several years ago, the coffee shop named a coffee after Townes’ 10-year-old son, called “Jack’s Roast,” with 25 percent of the coffee sales going to LAF. That alone has been an amazing gift, said Townes. Fast forward to just a few weeks ago. “To get that call, it was just amazing. At first, Ed was looking at late June. Then schedules changed and it was moved to July 11, my 45th birthday,” she said. “We were more than happy to make this part of the birthday celebration.” The show sold out quickly, and Roland and his friends did not disappoint. A surprise musical guest, Roasting Room supporter and legendary island rocker Angie Aparo, showed up to play a few songs with his longtime friend. It was another Roland friend who added another unique level of wow factor to the evening. Former “Rizzoli and Isles” and “Law
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CONCERT from page 15A and Order” star Angie Harmon was in town visiting friends at Palmetto Bluff and heard Roland was playing. When she showed up with her friend unannounced, Kali Cooke said the crew was more than happy to find tickets for her group. “It’s Angie Harmon, I mean, come on. What a cool surprise,” Cooke said of the unexpected celebrity guest. “She could not have been sweeter.” For Townes, it was a moment that left her and her husband, George, stunned and star struck. “I caught this woman out of the corner of my eye, and I know my celebrities, and I could have sworn that was Angie Harmon, but I was just like, ‘No way. What in the world?’,” Townes said. “I was already nervous to get up on stage and thank everyone, but now, I gotta do it in front of Angie Harmon. Wow, what a crazy thing.” As the night’s music concluded, Townes indeed got up to tell the crowd of LAF’s individually designed programs, advocacy and awareness efforts on behalf of kids with autism. “I just told them I’m a mama on a mission, just shared my story from the heart,” she
Television star Angie Harmon, who was visiting friends in Bluffton in early July, came to the concert, got on stage between Angie Aparo and Ed Roland with a collection jar and encouraged the crowd to donate more. The event raised an additional $5,000 from her efforts.
said. The short speech resonated with the crowd, as a few crowd members led a charge for some impromptu giving. The ticket sales alone raised $3,200, but the cry of “Let’s do more” inspired Harmon to grab a jar from the bar and take to the stage. She had already pledged $1,500 and was ready to lead the efforts for more. “We’re going to pass the bucket like an old school Baptist church service, so give what
you can,” Harmon said. Between the ticket proceeds and the on-site giving, the event raised a whopping $8,600 for LAF. “I don’t know how to properly put the words of gratitude together. It was just a spectacular night,” Towne said. “I was so wanting to get my picture taken with Angie, and I got over my shy streak to go up and ask. And she said, ‘Please, I’ve been wanting to find you to take a picture with you.’ That’s
just an all-time night right there. What a birthday gift all around.” It’s the kind of outcome that so often makes Bluffton an oasis of goodness for so many of us. It’s not that these kinds of nights don’t happen in other cities and towns. They just seem to happen in Bluffton a whole lot more. “We just had no idea it would end up to be what it was, but that’s Bluffton for you,” Cooke said. “It’s why we love this place. You just provide the platform and these amazing residents take care of the rest. They are so giving.” Townes agreed. Her colleagues in Charleston often ask her what makes Bluffton so unique. This is as good of an explanation as she can give. “There is just this unexplainable air here. We take care of each other,” Townes said. “We have had such incredible partners here that facilitate nights like this, but it’s the people and their hearts that just take this town to a whole different level.” Tim Wood is a veteran journalist based in Bluffton. Contact him at timwood@blufftonsun. com.
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With a bachelor’s degree in business management, Bluffton resident Monique Frazier worked in the medical field from the time she graduated from college in 2005. She says, though, that her first job as a food runner for Reilley’s Grill and Bar taught her to interact with people. “I tell every person that they should always get a job as a waitress or server. When you make $2.13 an hour, and no matter how someone treats you or how much they complain, you treat them with respect, because there’s still that car note and that college bill,” said Frazier. “It taught me to receive that one dollar, but maybe the next table would give you a $20. Every single dollar I earned helped me stay in college.” Even today, she says her boss remembers her when she worked for him, tells her she was the best server, and she had people who would wait to be in her table. “Servers and bartenders had to give you
$5. I had one bartender would only give me $1 and refused to give me that $5,” she said. “I was only 13 and he said, ‘Kid, take what I give you.’ I really think working in the service industry prepared me.” Her parents – Cynthia Simmons and Donald J. Mills – met while her father was stationed on Parris Island. It wasn’t the smoothest start to a relationship, Frazier said. They hadn’t known each other for long when Mills went on a trip and didn’t come back. “What she didn’t know was he’d been in a terrible accident, and was in the hospital for weeks, my mother said. She figured it was just another military man moving on, and that was that,” she said. But it wasn’t. When he was well enough, her father returned to Beaufort and went looking for Simmons, and the rest is history. The couple moved to Ft. Lauderdale, where Frazier was born. Six weeks later, Frazier and her mother moved to Beaufort where they lived until
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PORCH from page 17 moving to Hilton Head Island when she was 8. She started third grade on the island and stayed to graduate from high school. Meanwhile, her father – who was known as Mills – got out of the Marines and went to work in the Sea Pines public works department while her mother worked in banking for 40 years, starting at C&S, then NationsBank, and Bank of America when Frazier was in high school. Frazier credits her mother as having the most impact on her. “My mother had a rough start. She was actually raised by my grandmother’s aunt who adopted her. She got abused and mistreated,” Frazier said. “My grandmother wanted a light-skinned niece with nice hair. My mother was the darkskinned child with not a lot of hair. Her adopted mother settled for her but never let her feel like she wanted her.” Her childhood was definitely different from her mother’s, and Frazier was involved in everything. Hilton Head has always been a destination, even for those who lived nearby. “When I was growing up and living in Beaufort, a trip for us was going to Hilton Head. My mother would get us a villa, we would stay on Hilton Head, and feel like the richest people in the world. When we moved over here, I would go and stay the summers in Miami with my mother’s mother,” said Frazier. “She really loved me and doted on me. I guess whatever they couldn’t give my mother, they gave me.” Despite her childhood, Frazier said her mother could hold an audience. One of her favorite memories centers on her mother’s abilities as a narrator for fashion shows. “Everybody would call her to do theirs. She would actually have her own shows, and I always remember how talented she was. She would get up there and create ‘oohs’ and ‘ahs’ by just telling what people had on. She had a stage presence out of this world. And I think that’s where I get my characteristics from,” Frazier said. “I always enjoyed people seeing her as the beautiful person she is.” Most children have a best friend, and Frazier’s is LaTasha Young. “I remember meeting her in sixth grade. That’s when Bluffton came over to Hilton Head for school. Her mother lived in Beaufort and one day she spent the night
Putting on the annual Frazier Family Community Thanksgiving takes a village, including Monique Frazier, left, and a happy group of volunteers from last year’s feast.
and she never wanted to leave. She lived with us for three years. We dressed alike, we got our first jobs together, she’s my children’s godmother. When you saw one, you saw the other,” she said. “My other best friend was Kiki Ford, and she had a car. We lived too close to the school for a bus so she started picking me up, and I didn’t have to walk.” Frazier was also involved in school activities. “My favorite subject was science and my worst subject was math. I loved the choir. I am definitely a church choir lead singer. I do karaoke – I did that at this year’s Juneteenth celebrations. Singing has always been a passion of mine. Even when I got out of high school, I went back to be part of the gospel choirs,” Frazier said. “I also played basketball as a center. I enjoyed it up until 10th grade, but after 10th I realized there were people better and I wanted to work, so I stopped playing.” Another other passion is food. “I love Chinese food. It’s so sad how much I love Chinese food,” she laughed. When Frazier graduated from high school, she and Young were going to attend USC-Aiken together, but Frazier had to change her plans when her father became ill. “I stayed here locally so that I was able to take care of him, go to work and go to school,” she said. Her first job out of college was gastroenterology, where she learned a lot about her father’s condition. It prepared for her the worst, as her father declined. “I felt God placed me there for a reason and prepared me for the worst,” she said.
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go to help save another animal waiting for a lifeline.” The Bid for PAL Online Auction is a shopper’s paradise, with all the proceeds going to provide medical treatment, dedicated care, and lots of love for the homeless pets at PAL’s no kill adoption center in Okatie. New items are being added to the online catalog every day. Browsing is encouraged before the event begins, at PALauction.org.
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PORCH from page 18A This was Frazier’s first exposure to cancer, and burying her father was one of the biggest challenges she has faced. “He was a tall, handsome, man with hazel eyes. All the women loved him,” she said. Her son was just 2 years old when her father died, so he “wouldn’t know my father when he got older,” Frazier said, but “I think of what my father could have done if he was still here.” Frazier moved on to other medical practices, and eventually attained the title of chief operating officer of the Palmetto Medical Group, which she recently left for other pursuits. “When we were bought, I played the role of practice manager, but I handled everything. I’ve been here since 2008 in that role. I first wanted to be a nurse, but realized I didn’t want to be a nurse but got on the business side, and have been there ever since,” Frazier said. “The most challenging thing I have ever done was working with PMG. I was introduced to so many things. I was doing payroll, opening bank accounts for the doctors, doing taxes, then building a new building and meeting with the builders, and then
we got into real estate,” she said. Frazier she owes a debt of gratitude to the doctors with whom she has worked. “They challenged me with so many different things,” she said. “I owe so much to them. They put me up to the challenge. I didn’t know I could do it, but they trusted me with their businesses.” Frazier is constantly on the lookout for potential strong employees. “Being able to live here, work here, graduate from here gave me the opportunity to see people who work here. When I went into IHOP and liked someone’s customer service, I would give them my card, and sometimes give them a job here. There are a lot of single moms hired at PMG,” she said. It hasn’t always been work, work, work for Frazier. One day she met the fellow who would become her teen sweetheart, Kenneth Frazier Jr. of Bluffton. “I was 13 when I met my husband at a Bluffton Eagles baseball game. The local men used to have baseball games Saturday and Sunday at Eagles Field. You wanted to go to the games, and there were cars parked up and down the road,
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The annual Frazier Family Community Thanksgiving Dinner – this year will be the fourth – has been held at Oscar Frazier Park in Bluffton, and it takes a village to provide the cooked turkeys, commitments for various sides, and contributions that cover the costs of carry-out containers and other serving necessities. The primary focus is collecting Walmart gift-cards that go to Beaufort County Foster Families. It’s a project near and dear to Frazier to be able to give other children what her mother never had. “Because of my mother’s treatment, she made sure I never wanted for anything. She wanted me to always feel beautiful and be a part of everything,” Frazier said. “She went out of her way to make sure I felt loved, and she made sure I had whatever I needed, whether it was clothes or shoes to match every outfit. I grew up in a trailer park and lived down a dirt road, but the way I dressed and acted with people, no one would ever know because I lived in Hilton Head.”
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so you had to get there early or you had to walk,” she said. “I think it was love at first sight. I saw him, we exchanged numbers. He has a big family. They were always doing things: get-togethers and reunions, and I gravitated to that family and I never let go.” The Fraziers have two children and she said they’re the best thing she’s ever done. “It’s been challenging, but it’s been quite rewarding. Being able to raise them and being married to their father makes it even better. I think that’s the best thing,” she said. “They’re good kids. You look at them and the path they’re on and you think, you’ve done something right.” In addition to her own children, Frazier works on behalf of the foster children who fall under the responsibility of the Department of Social Services. “Because of my mother and what she went through, and all of the people I wanted to mean something to, that is why my husband and I make foster kids the focus of our Thanksgiving,” she said. “My best friend works for DSS, and she tells me about the kids and what they go through.”
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tion to not fret the sticky sweat. When we asked our “blue ribbon panel” where they turn to fizzle the sizzle, many of them said “home” or “bed” or “the couch.” When we told them to turn off the Netflix and belay that malaise, they came back with outstanding suggestions to fill out our hot spots to chill out and have fun.
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For native Lowcountry residents, the next two months are the equivalent of a Northern winter. Even some of the transplants will argue that our extreme temperatures, outdoor conditions and tiny biting creatures are far worse than any amount of snow that needs shoveling. But for most, it is a minor tradeoff for the beauty and serenity of coastal living. And let’s be real. Sun and humidity, it’s a first-world problem – the kind of “struggle” that is minor compared to others enduring true ordeals. Plus, there is a camaraderie in the sticky skirmish with Mother Nature. The smarter folks young and old plan their escape to cooler shores this time of year. By the time you read this, I will be in Maine visiting family and enjoying the best part of the Downeast calendar. But there is still plenty of entertaining distrac-
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Go for a ride: My family’s choice for inside entertainment is a no-brainer. Once we took a ride on the track at K-1 Speed Bluffton (71 Towne Drive, Bluffton, 843-815-5278, k1speed.com/bluffton-location), we knew why you don’t call this go-kart racing. The electric cars at K-1 can reach speeds up to 45 mph and the twists and turns of the two-level track make this feel like a roller-coaster ride that you steer. There is one turn in particular where you need to drift like you’re in a “Fast and Furious” movie to stay atop the leaderboard. I have become a fast fan of Formula 1 and this, in my humble opinion, is as close as you can get to racing for money on a circuit. There are standings (you get points for every racer you finish ahead of in each race) and K-1 has monthly leagues for all ages. There is a hearty indoor arcade and a VR gaming arena for those not wanting to race, and a restaurant to refuel after your race. It is about $24 for one 12-lap drive – that may seem steep, until you actually ride the course. Pro tip: Buy the three-pack that equates
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more to $16 per ride. If you’re looking for more of a traditional go-kart experience, check out the area’s first go-kart track at Adventure Hilton Head (33 Broad Creek Marina Way, Hilton Head Island, 843-681-3625, myadventurehiltonhead.com). There are eateries, zipline courses and an aerial rope challenge for those not ready to get behind the wheel. Yearn for the yarn: Everything old is new again, and so it is with knitting. The younger generation have embraced this centuries-old hobby as the cool new trend, and Tracy Winslow is glad to feed the need for weave at Lowcountry Shrimp and Knits (181 Bluffton Road, Building F, Bluffton, 508-864-0718, shrimpandknits. com). Most afternoons and Thursday evenings, you will find knitters and crocheters of all levels around Tracy’s tables, laughing and learning together. Winslow offers a variety of classes, kits and yarns to go along with a truly chill atmosphere. This isn’t just for women either – plenty of men are embracing this
hobby (see the Liberty Mutual commercial for proof). Plus, Peaceful Henry’s is a walk across the parking lot for those looking to quench their cigar and libation thirst to cap off a truly unique Old Town afternoon. Tune in and chill out: Newcomers continually approach me with their surprise over the depth of the Lowcountry music scene. Long-time visitors and residents know that though they may wear flip flops and t-shirts, the area’s musicians are world class entertainers. Many of them tour the country in the area’s offseason, but it is prime time to hear some of the region’s best musicians. The list of bars and restaurants that offer music is too long to list here, but if you’re looking for dedicated indoor music venues, The Roasting Room (1297 Bluffton Road, Bluffton, 843-368-4464, roastingroom. live) should be your first stop. Upstairs from The Corner Perk is an intimate setting that has rapidly become
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Noteworthy • Technical College of the Lowcountry will host an Open House for potential new students from 4 to 6 p.m. July 26 at its New River Campus, 100 Community College Drive in Bluffton. Guests may explore TCL’s current course offerings in the arts, building and industrial, business management and accounting, culinary arts and hospitality, health sciences, education and professional studies, law and criminal justice, and STEM: science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Faculty and staff will be on hand to discuss options, as well as local employers in these high-demand fields. For more information and to RSVP, visit TCL.edu, call 843-525-8336, email twelborn@tcl.ed. • The Lowcountry Guild of Organists will host a Summer Concert Series, performing at 1 p.m. on the first Thursday of the month in August and September, at Bluffton United Methodist Church, 101 Calhoun St., in conjunction with the Bluffton Farmer’s Market.
The theme for Aug. 4 is “Spirituals and Southern Harmonies,” and will feature indigenous Lowcountry music performed on organ, piano, dulcimer and other collaborative instruments. The theme for Sept. 1 is “Classical Favorites,” with music of Bach, Beethoven and their contemporaries, performed on organ, recorder, piano and flute. Audience participate is encouraged at both concerts. For more information, email Dr. Pamela Kane at pkane@sgg.cc. • Registration has begun for the 2022 Walk to End Alzheimer’s, to be held Oct. 29 at the Promenade in Old Town Bluffton. Sign-in begins at 10 a.m., and the walk starts at 11 a.m. Register online at act.alz.org/walk to receive this year’s T-shirt to wear at the event. Currently, more than 95,000 South Carolinians are living with Alzheimer’s disease. For more information about the disease, visit alz.org.
• Discovery Night at the Museum will be held Aug. 4 from 5 to 6 p.m. featuring an upcycling craft to learn about sea turtles. The program, for ages 4 and older, will use recycled materials to decorate a wooden turtle cutout to take home. Cost is $10 per person, and each registered child must be accompanied by a participating adult. Reservations are required at 843-6896767, ext. 223. The Museum is located at 70 Honey Horn Drive on Hilton Head Island. • Tickets are now available for “Brunch with Pattie Callahan Henry,” to be held Oct. 1, and presented by Lowcountry Legal Volunteers. The best-selling author of “Surviving Savannah,” Henry will discuss her journey back in history to learn about the “Titanic of the South” and the people aboard when it wrecked in 1838. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Oct. 1 at South Carolina Yacht Club in Windmill Harbour. Cost is $75 per person.
For more information, call 843-815-1570. • The South Carolina State Fair is now accepting entries for this year’s competitive exhibits, which will be on display Oct. 1223, at the S.C. State Fair. The annual exhibits will showcase South Carolina’s finest in agriculture, fine art, student art, crafts, baked goods, quilts, flowers, livestock and more. Those wishing to compete can view the Exhibit Guide and enter online now through Sept. 1 at scstatefair. org/competitions. More than $300,000 in premiums will be offered for award-winning exhibits in several categories, including agriculture, art, crafts, flowers and livestock. The S.C. State Fair is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting South Carolina’s agricultural roots, as well as supporting statewide education. Since 1997, the fair has awarded more than $4 million in scholarships. The fairgrounds is located next to Williams Brice Stadium on George Rogers Blvd. in Columbia. For more information, visit scstatefair.org.
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The Bluffton Sun therooftophhi.com July 25-Aug. 18 “The Beauty of Nature,” exhibit of photographers by Sun City nature photographers Kathy Leonard and Gracene Peluso, at Hilton Head Library, 1 Beach City Road. Open during library hours, Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday-Saturday 9 a.m-5 p.m. July 29-Aug. 7 “Heathers: The Musical,” May River Theatre, 20 Bridge St., Bluffton. Tickets $25, available at mayrivertheatre. com. Through July 29 Summer Art Camps, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, ages 6-18 in age appropriate groups, varied times. Learn and have fun with art history, dance, theatre, mixed media, folk art and play writing. Cost varies. More info by calling Alana Adams at 843-686-3945, ext. 205 or email aadams@artshhi.com. Through July 29 “Trust the Journey: The Mixed Media of Life,” exhibit by Debi West, at Art League Academy, 106 Cordillo Parkway, Hilton Head Island. Opening reception 5-7 p.m. June 15. Five workshops scheduled for all levels of artists, through July 29. Hours Mondy-Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Information and registration at artleaguehhi.org/ academy or 843-842-5738.
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“Woman Lying on Beach” by Lynne Drake
Lynne Drake, award-winning artist and art instructor, will be the featured artist at Society of Bluffton Artists (SOBA) in August. Her exhibit, titled “Perception & Interpretation,” will be on display Aug. 1-28 at the gallery, 8 Church St. in Old Town Bluffton. The public is invited to meet the artist during a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 6 at the gallery. “I feel I was born with a gift and destined to express that – it is part of my psyche and ingrained in all I do,” Drake said. “I always felt a little different from others, taking notice of things that may otherwise get unnoticed. I have thousands of photos, capturing moments preserved in time. My perception is how I create art, interpreting what I feel and see. My style tends to be illustrative, gravitating towards beauty, nature and figurative work.” Drake describes herself as a mostly self-taught artist whose earliest memories are rooted in creative expression. She founded and operated an art studio in Long Island where she taught art classes, hosted birthday parties, and exhibited local artists’ works. Drake attended an art school briefly and then returned much later in life, earning a BFA magna cum laude in graphic design and MALS in art education.
Additionally, Drake is a New York State certified art teacher with experience teaching K-12, group homes and special education. She also assisted in the development and execution of an art program for the National Council for Unity teaching art to inner city school children. “I believe art is transforming, therapeutic and I love teaching art at all levels,” Drake said. Drake has led a successful art career — winning awards, judged shows and an active member in several art guilds. She is a member of the All About Art Club in Sun City, The Art League of Hilton Head and SOBA. Drake spent several years in Long Island and Kansas City, where she reconnected and married her husband, an accomplished artist and sculptor. Together they have six children and 11 grandchildren. Two years ago, they moved to Sun City Hilton Head, where Drake teaches acrylic painting. Drake will teach art classes at SOBA in the fall. SOBA is a nonprofit organization offering regular art classes, featured artist shows, exhibitions, scholarships, outreach programs and more. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call 843-7576586 or visit sobagallery.com.
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SOBA awards McCracken Scholarship to Bluffton High student Liam Giblin was awarded The Society of Bluffton Artists (SOBA) Naomi McCracken Scholarship during a special reception June 17 at the SOBA gallery in Old Town Bluffton. The scholarship is presented every year to a deserving local high school graduate who is pursuing a major in the art field at the college level. Giblin was an AP student who graduated from Bluffton High School in the top 10% of his class. In addition to art, Giblin participated in marching band and orchestra. He also volunteered at Heroes on Horseback. Giblin plans to attend Winthrop University in Rock Hill with a major in illustration. Giblin enjoys working in black and white with ink washes, as well as charcoal. He plans to pursue a career in newspapers and magazines. Emmett McCracken, whose mother was a founding member of SOBA, and Mary Ann Burgeson, president of SOBA, presented Giblin with the scholarship award. Naomi McCracken was one of the founding members of SOBA. When
Liam Giblin, left, receives the Naomi McCracken Scholarship from the Society of Bluffton Artists, presented by Emmett McCracken, son of Naomi McCracken, who was a founding member of SOBA.
Naomi passed away in 2006, her family requested that in lieu of flowers donations should be made to SOBA. In the spring of 2007, her son, Emmett McCracken, and Dave Dickson, then president of SOBA, established the scholarship program for a graduating senior who planned to further
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Macaluso featured at Art League Academy through September “Ebb & Flow: The Fluidity of Paint,” an exhibit by local artist Jean Macaluso, will be on display at the Art League Academy gallery from Aug. 1 through Sept. 30. An artist’s reception, free and open to the public, will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 7. Macaluso, a fine art photographer and painter, graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, with a degree in art and art history. Using her skilled eye, she creates art using many different media including photography, functional art, upcycled furniture, pottery, and clay sculpture. Her artwork can be found in the United States, France, Australia, and the Netherlands in a variety of collegiate, private, and doctor’s office collections. “Jean recently relocated here to the Lowcountry,” said Amy Wehrman, Art League Academy manager. “Her work shows off both vivid, abstract landscapes, and refurbished, upcycled furniture as beautiful works of functional art.” Working with acrylic paint and resin, Macaluso captures nature’s essence by evoking the feelings of a landscape or still life
through abstract forms, lines, and colors. Using her imagination, along with her own reference photos, she creates landscapes meant to take one to a different time and place. Macaluso resides in Okatie with her husband and golden retriever, Mylie. Art League Academy is located at 106 Cordillo Parkway on Hilton Head Island. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. Art League Academy offers art classes, demos and workshops taught by professional art educators in all media and for all skill levels, including true beginners. Taught by professional art educators, students can choose from many art classes and workshops that change monthly. Art League Academy is part of Art League of Hilton Head, the only 501(c)(3) nonprofit visual arts organization on Hilton Head Island with a synergistic art gallery and teaching academy. For more information, visit artleaguehhi. org or call 843-842-5738. “Blue Heptapus 1,” acrylic by Jean Macaluso
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Art League announces $3,000 scholarship recipient Graduating Hilton Head Island High School senior Katharine Crosby is this year’s recipient of Art League of Hilton Head’s $3,000 art scholarship. The decision was based on her outstanding art portfolio, impressive GPA and glowing teacher recommendations. Crosby plans to study fine arts this fall at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, with a concentration in photography. Crosby began exploring photography at age 12, and has since created a comprehensive portfolio with a special emphasis on portrait photography. “I love how the slightest change in position, facial expression, camera angle, focus, or lighting can change the whole meaning of the photo,” she said. “I love for all my pieces to have deeper meanings.” Her most recent series explores the seven deadly sins and the seven holy virtues. Crosby is active in the Seahawk Stage Company at Hilton Head Island High as an actor, lighting designer, and photographer in residence, executing head shots and publicity photos.
“Purity” by Katharine Crosby, winner of the $3,000 scholarship presented by Art League of Hilton Head. Crosby recently graduated from Hilton Head Island High School, and plans to study photography at Winthrop University in Rock Hill.
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Crosby has been featured in both local and regional photography exhibitions and competitions. She won first place in the 2021 SC State Fair and had her work featured at the 2021 annual Photographic Society of America conference. The Art League scholarship program encourages students to develop their artistic skills and pursue a career in the visual arts. The funding of this scholarship is made possible through charitable donations made to Art League of Hilton Head. To contribute to the fund, email admin@artleaguehhi.org or call 843-6815060 for more information. Art League Gallery, located at 14 Shelter Cove Lane inside the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, features local artwork in all media created by more than 170 member artists. All artwork on display is for sale and exhibits change every month. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, and 90 minutes prior to all Arts Center Performances.
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menu at Moss and Hatchet. If you’re looking to hit the target with a firearm, head more toward S.C. 170. Palmetto Indoor Range (98 Purrysburg Road, Hardeeville, 843-784-5474, palmettoindoorrange.com) and Palmetto State Armory (358-A Browns Cove Road, Ridgeland, 843-379-4867, pal-
mettostatearmory.com) each offer firearm rentals, ammo to purchase and classes to teach proper technique. Find your muse-um: Hands-on experiences to learn about local history and wildlife are plenty. The Coastal Discovery Museum (70 Honey Horn Drive, Hil-
ton Head Island, coastaldiscovery.org) offers interactive programs with alligators and blue crabs and 68 coastal acres of Lowcountry stories and mystique waiting to be explored. . If you’re a military buff and want to take a little bit of a ride, our panel suggests both the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth off of I-95 in Pooler (mightyeighth.org, tickets $8-12) or the Marine Museum at Parris Island (parrisislandmuseum.com, admission free). And if your kids are looking for an interactive museum, check out The Sandbox at the Tanger 2 Outlet (1414 Fording Island Road, Suite E-180, Bluffton, thesandbox. org). Then there is the history journey you might not have expected. The Kazoobie Kazoo Factory, Museum, and Gift Shop (12 John Galt Road, Beaufort, 843-9826387, thekazoofactory.com) lets you experience the history of one of the coolest and simplest sound makers ever created. The museum houses one of the largest kazoo collections in the world
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HOT SPOTS from page 34 and the factory tour lets you see kazoos being made and lets you make a kazoo for yourself. There’s always a movie: Blockbusters are back and there are a number of ways to experience them in the area. Cinemark Bluffton (106 Buckwalter Place, Bluffton, cinemark.com/theatres/sc-bluffton/cinemark-bluffton) offers Tuesday discount days, recliner stadium seating and a monthly movie club that earns you free tickets and discount concessions. On the island, Northridge Cinema 10 (435 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island, 843-342-3801, southeastcinemas. com) offers all the latest-run movies and Park Plaza Cinema (33 Office Park Road, Hilton Head Island, 843-715-0479, mannsparkplazacinema.com) is an independent theater with first-run movies and more unique events like monthly trivia nights. They also have a bar with adult beverages, and you can take them into the theatres. There’s also the drive-in experience, my favorite way to see a movie. Jake Higgins
has recently taken over ownership of Highway 21 Drive-In (55 Parker Drive, Beaufort, 843-846-4500, hwy21drivein. com), one of only three drive-in theaters remaining in South Carolina. Higgins aims to continue upgrading a wonderfully nostalgic night out. The dining options and concessions are outstanding and the weekend flea markets are quickly becoming a collector’s haven. Did we mention escapes? Escape rooms are a group adventure where you are trapped in a themed room and must use the clues all around the room to solve puzzles and find your way out within a certain time limit (usually an hour). If you’re claustrophobic, keep reading, not for you. But for all others, it is an action-packed and brain-busting adventure as you work your way through intricately planned scenarios. Some rooms are creepy, some scary, some just outright frustrating. Lockstar Escape (70 Pennington Drive, Suite 17, Bluffton, 843-757-8727, lockstarescape.com) is your mainland option with three different
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Personal watercraft are also a fun way to see the waterways and you have a number of options on the island to rent one of these aqua vehicles. H2O Sports Hilton Head (149 Lighthouse Road, Hilton Head Island, 843-671-4386, h2osports.com), Lowcountry Watersports (86 Helmsman Way Suite 101, Hilton Head Island, 843684-2004, lowcountrywatersports.com) and Shelter Cove Marina (1 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head Island, 843-548-0532, sheltercovemarina.com) are our three favorite spots to find watercraft to rent. You’re looking at around $150 per hour for these water cycles. All three locations also have boats to rent. And if you’re looking to be more of a regular boater to hit the Bluffton Sandbar, check out Carefree Boat Club (843-8023009, carefree-boat-club-hilton-head. business.site) and Freedom Boat Club (843-682-2628, freedomboatclub.com) to see your options for owning the water without owning the boat. Tim Wood is a veteran journalist based in Bluffton. Contact him at timwood@blufftonsun.com.
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Business Briefs • Dennis Stokely has joined the team at Style-It Salon in Bluffton. Returning to his Southern roots with 25 years of experience as a hairstylist in New York City, Miami and Los Angeles, Stokely offers appointments to Lowcountry clients on Monday, Thursday and Saturday at the salon at Dennis Stokely 3B Lawton St. in Old Town Bluffton. Stokely is noted for styling Paula Abdul’s hair on “American Idol” and working with countless celebrities. Locals can book Stokely by texting 843-683-1318 or by email at dennisstokely@yahoo.com. For more information, visit dennisstokely.com. • Sarah B. “Sally” Akins of Bluffton, a senior neutral at Miles Mediation and Arbitration, and of Counsel with Ellis Painter LLP, in Savannah, Georgia, was installed June 4 as the 60th President of the
52,000-member State Bar of Georgia during the organization’s Annual Meeting at Amelia Island, Florida. After nearly 30 years of handling civil jury trials, Akins has been a full-time mediator for the past four years throughout Georgia. She has mediated cases involving premises liability, automobile and Sally Akins truck accidents, professional negligence, local government litigation, insurance coverage litigation and products liability. She is married to Dale Akins, a plaintiff’s lawyer and member of the Georgia and South Carolina Bars, who practices at Akins Law Firm, LLC in Bluffton. The couple were married in 1993 and reside in Rose Hill Plantation. • Collins Group Realty was named one of America’s most productive sales teams as a part of RealTrends + Tom Ferry America’s
Best Real Estate Professionals, a ranking report produced by RealTrends and Tom Ferry International. The Team is a long-time member of the “America’s Best Real Estate Agents,” and ranked number No. 1 large team in the state of South Carolina for the second year in a row, by sales volume. The real estate group is also ranked No. 36 large team in the nation, by volume. RealTrends America’s Best Real Estate Professionals ranks more than 18,500 residential real estate professionals solely based on their excellence in real estate sales during calendar year 2021. All production numbers are independently verified by a third party to ensure accuracy and report integrity. This group of highly successful real estate sales agents represents the top 1% of all real estate practitioners in the United States. Ranking reports can be found at realtrends.com/rankings/americas-best. For more information about Collins Group Realty, contact Ashley Lindblad at 843-368-2248 or Ashley@CollinsGroupRealty.com.
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LEGAL
Self-help for vital estate planning does not make sense By Mark F. Winn CONTRIBUTOR
With the pervasiveness in our society of do-it-yourself everything, and the promise of fast, cheap and easy legal documents created at the click of a mouse, the public needs to beware. Just as WebMD.com is no replacement for a doctor, self-help and estate planning does not mix. When Mark F. Winn it comes to legal e matters, the question is not “Is it legal?” The question is, “What are the legal consequences?” For example, a client came into the office with an internet driven will. He thought it accomplished his objectives. On the surface it appeared to, but as we
began to talk, I learned that one of his chief objectives was to ensure that there would be peace and harmony among his children after he and his wife passed. In his case, he had a will alone which meant most of his and his wife’s assets would eventually go through probate. Thus, a hefty fee to the state treasurer was guaranteed. As we talked, I was perusing the will and I explained to him that in South Carolina, “reasonable fees” to the executor could mean 5% of the probate estate. He did not want his children to fight. This provision could frustrate his objectives to ensure that there would be peace and harmony among his children after he and his wife passed. Why? Well, let’s ask the proper question. In the above case, what are the legal consequences of providing an executor is entitled to reasonable fees? 1. Additional fees to the treasurer be-
cause of planning with only a will. 2. Potential tension and conflict among his children with regard to the fees. 3. Would these fees be subject to income tax? Yes, it would be earned income to the executor. Would they be subject to income tax if the attorney was paid to do all the work? No, they would create an income tax deduction for the estate. 4. Is it fair for the executor to be paid a fee other than reimbursement? Not if the executor hires an attorney to do the work and gets paid anyway. 5. Is this what the client would have wanted? Probably not. 6. Will this cause conflict among the children? Maybe. 7. Is this what the client wanted? No. Let’s assume it is $1 million going through probate upon death of the second spouse. The result is a fee of nearly $2,000 to the probate court, extra legal fees because of rigid procedural require-
ments, $50,000 to the child executor. Oh, and this $50,000 is subject to income tax. Also, perhaps, this causes a conflict among the children. If all this happens, there will definitely not be peace and harmony among the children. In every case, these types of questions should be posed. Without proper representation, these questions might never even be considered. There are a myriad of other examples and issues that need to be considered in every case. These issues are both tax and non-tax related. When it comes to legal documents, the moral of the story is that self-help and estate planning does not mix. 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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Hospital Auxiliary donates $20,000 to USCB nursing scholarships
The Hospital Auxiliary of Hilton Head Regional Healthcare recently presented $20,000 in nursing scholarships to USCB. These scholarships are important in attracting new students and helping to address the shortage of nurses in the Lowcountry. Over the past 30 years, the Auxiliary has donated more than $850,000 in scholarships through proceeds from its annual Hospital Auxiliary Invitational Golf Tournament held in late November at Harbour
Town Golf Links and Wexford Golf Club. Pictured from left are Marge Sieban, Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship Chair; Jerry Chastain, USCB Administrative Assistant for the Nursing department; Bob Elliott, tournament director, Christine Flores, USCB nursing student and scholarship recipient; Dr. Jo Kuehn, Assistant Professor of Nursing at USCB; and Vicki Gorbett, president, The Hospital Auxiliary.
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helps patients understand their symptoms and work through their limitations to help them move beyond the virus.” The recovery program team includes physicians, pulmonary rehabilitation specialists, and physical, occupational and speech therapists who have unique experience working with COVID-19 patients both in the hospital and in outpatient settings. Their experience with and understanding of patients’ progression and symptoms during recovery led to the program’s development and a comprehensive model of care for patients with COVID-19-related complications. The program’s services are covered by most health insurance carriers, including Medicare and Medicaid. Patients must be referred to the program by their primary care provider or specialist. For more information call 843-522-5593 or visit BeaufortMemorial.org/COVIDRecoveryProgram.
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HEALTH
Fellowship-trained breast surgeon to join Beaufort Memorial A board-certified, fellowship-trained breast surgical oncologist, Tara L. Grahovac, M.D., has joined the medical staff at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. She will join the new Breast Care & Surgery Program this month, seeing patients in the hospital’s Breast Health Center in Okatie and performing surgeries at BMH. As a breast surgical oncologist – commonly known as a breast surgeon – Dr. Grahovac specializes in the diagnosis, staging and removal of cancerous growths in the breast. Thanks to an affiliation between Beaufort Memorial and MUSC Health in Charleston, Dr. Grahovac, an MUSC Health doctor, will practice exclusively at Beaufort Memorial. “We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Grahovac to our medical staff,” said Russell Baxley, president and chief executive officer at BMH. “Her expertise and compassion coupled with her sole focus on the surgical treatment of breast disease will greatly enhance the care we can offer local women.” Brought up in the Pittsburgh suburbs, Dr.
Grahovac earned a medical degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, then completed a residency in general surgery at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, and a fellowship in breast surgical oncology at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Magee-Womens Hospital. Since 2015 she has served as the first specialty-trained breast surgeon within St. Clair Health, an independent tertiary care center in Pittsburgh’s South Hills community. There she helped to expand oncology services while providing the direct patient care that is her passion. The Beaufort Memorial Breast Care & Surgery Program offers expert, comprehensive breast care for a full range of diseases, from benign breast conditions to breast cancer. Dr. Grahovac works with a team of clinicians – among them radiation and medical oncologists, breast nurse navigators and social workers – to address both the physical and emotional aspects of breast disease and to ensure optimal outcomes for every patient.
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The program is one of several cancer care initiatives between Beaufort Memorial and MUSC Health. Through the affiliation, patients at Beaufort Memorial also have access to promising clinical trials and subspecialists
experienced in treating rare or complex cancers. Located in Beaufort Memorial’s nationally accredited Breast Health Center in Okatie, the program provides a full complement of screening and diagnostic services, as well as genetics testing and high risk assessment for early identification and surveillance of genetic cancers. “As the need for more specialized care grows, it only makes sense for us to enter into arrangements to bring the best medical providers closer to home for our patients,” said Baxley. “Not only are we bringing more providers to the market, we are also enabling patients to see MUSC specialists without having to travel to Charleston.” The Beaufort Memorial Breast Care & Surgery Program is located in the Okatie Medical Pavilion, 122 Okatie Center Blvd. North. Visit BeaufortMemorial.org/TaraGrahovacMD to learn more about Dr. Grahovac. To schedule an appointment, call 843-7078085.
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BEAUTY
Here’s why our cost of doing business can get hairy By Joy Ross CONTRIBUTOR
Many people have misconceptions about salon services, cost and time required for their hair. I hope I can answer your questions and address your confusion. First, a widely misunderstood concept is that if you only need a trim, that it should be less expensive than a “full” haircut. This is just not true. Your stylist still has to cut each and every hair. It doesn’t matter how much we cut; it’s the act of cutting that takes time. No matter the length, it’s still the exact same process. Truthfully, it’s actually a tad more difficult to only take off just a quarter of an inch than it is to cut an inch. But it’s not more expensive. The pricing is the same no matter how much. Secondly, many pre-teens and teens have more hair than both of their parents put together. It sounds logical that their haircut should cost less because they’re younger, but that is not the case. In my experience,
teens are much harder to please, so I usually take more time and use more products on their hair than a more mature client. This is why age usually doesn’t matter when considering the price of their haircut. When it comes to young children, the price should be 10 times more because of the danger of their movements resulting
either in a bad haircut or just a bad cut. Our shears are extremely sharp and children’s hair is not yet hard protein. If their hair isn’t cut properly each cut will show. It takes skill to cut a child’s wispy hair, unless it is only a clipper cut. Again price is, or should be, dependent on the age of the child – and completely opposite of what
you would expect. Another phrase we often hear is “I need color but my hair is short,” implying that we shouldn’t charge full price. Again, the length doesn’t matter because we are usually just coloring new growth. If you had a tiny head it might make the price less, but short, medium, long length doesn’t matter. It does matter if you have let your hair grow out so we have two inches of new growth to cover. That will take twice as much product, which should be more expensive. But generally, we don’t up-charge. There’s also the issue of product cost. It’s important to know that the wholesale prices of our products increase frequently. We try to be as considerate and conservative as possible with the price we must charge customers. I hope these little clarifications help you to realize why our prices are what they are. Joy Ross is owner of Style It Salon in Old Town Bluffton. styleitsalon.com
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HHCA offers free parent conference Hilton Head Christian Academy (HHCA), along with more than 10 local churches and organizations, will host a conference aimed at helping parents and leaders understand and learn how to guide today’s generation of students. The inaugural Rooted Conference will be held Aug. 12-13 in Bluffton. The two-day symposium will feature keynote presentations from best-selling author and generational expert Dr. Tim Elmore. As founder and CEO of Growing Leaders, Dr. Elmore has spoken to more than 500,000 leaders in businesses, universities, athletic teams, and nonprofit organizations, including The Home Depot, Coca-Cola, and ChickFil-A as well as the San Francisco Giants and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He has appeared in national publications such USA Today and Psychology Today. He has been listed among the top 100 leadership speakers in America by Inc. Magazine.
In addition to Dr. Elmore’s keynote presentations titled “Generation Z: Unfiltered” and “Strategies for Leading the Pandemic Population,” the free conference will offer topic-focused breakout discussions led by local youth leaders as well as a conversation-style question and answer session with a panel of experts. Jason Suddeth, director of Spiritual Life at Hilton Head Christian Academy, said, “As anxiety and uncertainty rise in Generation Z, understanding this group and leading with intentionality is more important than ever. We are honored to partner with many churches and organizations to bring parents and leaders of students together for a thought-provoking, critical discussion.” Space is limited; childcare will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis if reserved in advance. There is no charge to attend but pre-registration is required at hhca.org/rooted.
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PETS
Different dogs require different rewards for training By Abby Bird CONTRIBUTOR
If you are training an older adoption dog or a puppy in positive reinforcement methods, you need to learn from your dog what the preferred reward system will be. Positive training uses rewards of touch and praise, food, play and toys. Most every dog should respond (we hope) to at least one of these. Positive touch as a reward for wanted skills or behavior includes petting, rubbing, close personal contact and massage. Withholding these can help to shape a behavior you are desirous of eradicating. If a dog is persistently acting out in a way you don’t like, such as excessive barking, jumping or growling, withhold eye contact, touch and praise and instead verbally correct. This can help to shape what you want. If the dog stops doing the unwanted behavior, you can share touch, affection and
praise. If not, ignore him or remove him from your presence and from all opportunities for contact. When teaching a skill, touch, along with your voice, can also be used as your reward system for doing the desired skill. Dogs not motivated by treats may prefer contact with you and a soft rewarding voice. Many dogs prefer play and toys. Play would mean interactive play with a human or dog – such as running, chasing, teasing or giving the dog a toy, tugging, fetching, going to a dog park, or play with a dog buddy. The proper way to use these rewards is to offer them after you have worked with your dog on obedience skills or behavior modification and not before. There becomes an association of work first and play afterward. This is much like a child you are trying to get to do her homework – work first, then she may go outside or play with a friend.
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COLLECTING
Joy, excitement of collecting is a “many splendored thing” By Jerry Glenn CONTRIBUTOR
Recently, Turner Classic Movies played the 1956 motion picture “Love is a Many Splendored Thing,” starring Jennifer Jones and William Holden. The word “splendored” haunted me until I looked it up in my trusted Webster’s. I was surprised to see no definitions other than a string of single words. These words reminded me of several collections that we had a slight influence in creating. As starters, our cleaning lady, Margie, after dusting our store three times, asked us, “Dave and I want to do the same. Can you help?” We advised her how we got started and where she could search. Dave, being handy, built a counter, shelves and cabinets, and they were off and running. They not only filled their little room, but they also very tastefully decorated all their rooms. Today their collection has multiplied in value tenfold due to the quality of each piece and would be the envy of many advanced collectors. Yes, it is a splendored “glorious” thing. A similar story was close to home, as my wife’s sister from Atlanta visited us in New Jersey and spent a few hours in our little store and saw how much fun we had in creating it. She asked the same question, “How”? In short order, this couple – by visiting the many Atlanta shows and
markets, plus the internet – created a similar collection as Margie but with a different ending. Upon retirement from hospital administration and the police force, they contacted a Florida auctioneer. He walked in and was “dazzled,” another description of “splendored.” They sold the collection, then took funds from the sale and purchased a home right here in Bluffton. Sister had the foresight to professionally reproduce many of her favorite graphics so she could enjoy the previous collecting journey. Now, let’s travel on to Louisville, Kentucky, where a couple, so enamored in the company he worked for, started a collection of historic pieces from 1898 on through 1950. We were
asked several times for background information, since I worked for the same company and it was at the time the inspiration for our personal collection of National Biscuit Company packaging, signs, displays, and novelties. Charlie and his wife amassed an amazing “magnificent” splendored collection so complete it resulted in becoming a museum that might someday go on the National Registry. It all started with the purchase of a single biscuit tin. Lastly, we return to northern New Jersey where Richard collected reggae music in all forms – to the point that he had the largest collection in the country. Many collectors of this category pursued Richard to sell his revered collection.
He made the monumental decision to sell, take the funds, purchase an old, abandoned factory, and start an Irish music business. It immediately was a success. In his spare time, Richard caught the Victorian graphic “bug.” With vim and vigor Richard purchased an Andrew Wyeth look-alike home on a remote hill, below which was an attractive barn. Richard remodeled the barn and filled it with every conceivable form of graphically attractive bottles, signs, tins, displays, packaging, and volumes of labels. The best part of this story is his collection must be rated in the Top 5 nationally, so what next? Richard is returning to collecting his beloved reggae! All I can say is there is nothing more than the “grandeur” of his splendored collecting activities. As a footnote to Richard’s journey, he befriended Irish musician Phil Coulter and sells his CDs to hundreds of outlets. To all my collector friends, if you want a moment of solace, ask Alexa to play Phil Coulter, for a few relaxing moments. In closing, the release of “Love is a Many Splendored Thing” coincidentally was the year of our marriage, and we often reminisce that in our 66 years together, our best years were in active collecting. Jerry Glenn, former owner of Legends and Reminisce gift shop, currently is appraising trading card collections.
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Thompson, an assistant principal at May River High School since 2021, replaces Alvilda Graham, a veteran educator with 22 years of experience, who will be joining the Student Services department at the District Office. Thompson, began her 25-year career at BCSD as a science teacher and has held assistant principal positions at Battery Creek High School, Beaufort High School, and May River High School. Hilton Head Middle School: Clinton Austin, an assistant principal at May River High School since 2017, will be taking the helm at Hilton Head Island Middle School. Austin began his teaching career as a physical education and health education teacher in Pennsylvania. He has served BCSD for a decade, having held positions at Bluffton Middle School and May River High School, in addition to coaching athletics at Bluffton Middle and High schools
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FAITH
Seek out faith community that encourages, nurtures growth By Pete Berntson CONTRIBUTOR
The man leaned forward in his chair, and I knew whatever was coming next was not open for debate. “I don’t have much use for any religion. But it is okay, because me and God are good.” There they were again, words I seem to be hearing more frequently than I want. It may be part of what is going on all around us, as people seem to be more and more disillusioned with well, everything. As I learned more, I discerned these words came from someone who had been hurt, harmed, and so disappointed by a community of faith, by a church. The result was a deeply held resentment that seemed to crowd out any possibility of connection with other believers, fellow pilgrims on the journey. While I sensed the flicker of faith in God was still present, the desire and willingness to share the experience in community was all but snuffed out.
And it made me so very sad. I am aware, painfully so, how the Church that Christ entrusted to carry on his work often ends up hurting more than helping, discouraging more than encouraging, and hindering more than enabling. And when it does, some people – like this man sitting in my study – suffer and are made poorer by the whole experience.
Yet, despite its failures, shortcomings, and brokenness, the Church is still God’s best idea for the redemption of the world. Perhaps precisely because it is made up of imperfect people, it is the best place for God’s power to shine through. But being part of the community called the Church is not a place for sissies. Refining, nurturing, and growing one’s faith amid even other believers will be challenging, stressful, and at times even exasperating. This I know too! Being involved with a community of believers means one cannot simply define
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faith, salvation, obedience, and any number of other critical topics by oneself. To do so means we risk creating God in our image instead of acknowledging that we are created in God’s image. Rather, our faith must be tended to amid the shared understanding and experience which we call religion. Religion becomes the crucible in which our personal spiritually is achieved. Sometimes easily, but most often with struggle and much effort. I couldn’t convince the man that perhaps his issue was not so much with religion but the specific expression of religion he had experienced in a specific church. I still have hope that he finds a community of faith that will help him on his journey. If he does, then I have no doubt he and God will indeed be OK. May this be true for you too! Pete Berntson is the pastor of Church of the Palms United Methodist Church in Okatie.
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SAFETY
Summer safety includes paying attention when swimming By Cinda Seamon CONTRIBUTOR
With our great beaches and waterways, swimming is one of the most popular summer activities in the Lowcountry. The best thing anyone can do is make sure everyone in your family learns how to swim. Even if you do not plan on swimming, be cautious around natural bodies of water such as the ocean, lakes, ponds and lagoons. Here are a few tips for staying safe around water. Swimmers: Since most drowning victims had no intention of being in the water and most people drown within 10 to 30 feet of safety, it is important to know how to swim. Never rely on float toys to stay afloat. Don’t take chances overestimating your swimming skills. Swim only in designated areas and never swim alone. No one can anticipate changing ocean currents, riptides, sudden storms or other hidden dangers.
Riptide: What is this? It actually is an ocean current that has nothing to do with the tides. A rip current happens as water that’s built up on shore returns to the ocean – all those waves need to go somewhere! Rip currents are often found near fixed objects, like piers and reefs, which is why these are “no swimming” areas. If you swim into a rip current (you’ll feel it pulling you
out to sea), don’t panic. Swim parallel to shore until you feel the pull stop. You can then swim back to shore. Divers: Be careful about diving. Teens are more likely than any other age group to suffer diving injuries, many of which can result in permanent spinal cord damage or death. Dive only in areas that are known to be safe for diving, such as the deep end of a
supervised pool. Children: Each year, about 200 children drown and several thousand others are treated in hospitals for submersion accidents, some of which leave children with permanent brain damage and respiratory health problems. Pay close attention to children around water! Children have a natural curiosity and attraction to water, and it takes only a few seconds for them to wander away. Don’t drink alcohol and swim. Unfortunately, many people ignore this warning and each year about 3,000 of them are wrong – dead wrong. More than half of all people that drown had consumed alcohol prior to their accident. Just one beer will impair your balance, vision, judgment and reaction time, therefore making you a danger to yourself and others. Cinda Seamon is the fire and life safety educator for the Town of Hilton Head Island Fire & Rescue.
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NATURE’S WAY
Fishing for answers to complex questions, situations By Collins Doughtie CONTRIBUTOR
Every once in a while even I can find myself down in the dumps. Usually clowning around and driving friends nuts with my antics, I reckon that no matter what your usual demeanor might be, feeling this way is just a part of life. I know I will be back to my old self soon, but for now, just consider this column with an open mind. I don’t really have an exact time frame when this all started but I do know that just after Father’s Day, I was in my car listening to music when Neil Young’s song “Old Man” came on the radio. My dad passed years ago but the song’s verse “Old man, look at my life, I’m a lot like you were” really touched me that particular day. If it wasn’t for my dad, and particularly taking me under his wing when it came to fishing, Lord knows where I would be now. A dad myself to two great kids, I know his guidance taught me volumes on how to raise healthy, happy and well-adjusted children. To say I am a usual run-of-the-mill dad probably has any of you that know me chuckling, and rightfully so. Sure, my dad and I butted heads, but when we fished together it was all laughter and we both let our guard down. I learned more about the “real” dad during these hundreds or possibly thousands of hours spent on the water, and for him, vice versa. As years passed, our relationship on fishing excursions no longer stayed in the father-son realm; instead
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they transformed into best friends where nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing, was off the table. Without a doubt the most challenging period of my life was in my teens and early 20s. That time of love lost, hormones raging, and at a loss what career path I might take was horrible. Quite honestly, I never thought I would make it past those tumultuous years – but one thing got me through, and that was spending time on the water with my dad. As you might imagine I got fatherly advice almost daily but being stubborn,
hard-headed and rebellious to a fault, only a fraction of things he tried to tell me stuck. Looking back now, that fraction got me through. I’ve been unsure whether I should make this the subject of my column, but an event occurred a week ago that convinced me that talking about such things was the right thing to do. One of my best friends called, telling me that his brother’s son had just taken his own life. Having aided another best friend for the past handful of years after his son also took his own life, this new call instantly had
me crying like a baby. I can’t fathom going through such a loss. As for these young people’s parents, the loss has to be unbearable. “What did we do wrong?” “Was it something I did?” must be common reactions, but the more I research this rise in suicide rates among kids ages 16-26, I am sure no parent is at fault. Now I know why my trying years were what they were. Our brains are yet to be fully developed in our teen years. Being a bit slow since birth, I probably lacked a brain until I was 30. Another interesting aspect of this horrendous act is that in many cases there were no signs at all that something was wrong. With the world the way it is right now, I can’t comprehend how difficult going through puberty must be. Between social media, the ridiculous divide among us because of politics, and a world traveling at warp speed has to make these toughest of times for our youth that much tougher. I don’t have an answer or a solution, just a suggestion: Find something you and your kids develop a passion for and use that activity to bust down traditional parent-child barriers. Leave your ingrained desire to parent at home and I guarantee you’ll find out more of what is really going on in these young minds than you ever thought possible. I suggest fishing but hey, that’s just me. 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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SPORTS
Head and hips key to helping decrease resistance in water By Bob Colyer CONTRIBUTOR
A couple of years ago, I wrote a column about elbows being one key to increased propulsion and swimming more efficiently. This column discusses a key to decreasing resistance, the other aspect of efficient swimming. One might consider this key to be the head. If the head is held above the water in any stroke, the whole surface of the upper body is exposed against the water, greatly increasing resistance. However, it’s the reaction to the head lift that counts. Raising the head lowers the hips, the real key to keeping resistance to a minimum. An efficient swimmer’s hips stay close to the surface. Many years ago, for a graduate school paper, I plotted the paths for shoulders, knees, hips and center of gravity (a real challenge) for an Olympic champion butterflyer through a full stroke. I found that the flattest
path was for the hips. It is true for the other strokes, too, even though they lack such an up-and-down body motion. The long-axis strokes (front crawl, back crawl, sidestroke) achieve this in a glide position with the head in the water along with an extended leading arm, bringing the
legs up toward the surface. For the short-axis strokes (breaststroke, butterfly, elementary backstroke), the two arms and the head in the water help lift the legs to glide on the surface. In both situations, the hips act as the fulcrum for the “seesaw” of the extended body.
How does a swimmer act on this knowledge to make his/her strokes more efficient? For the upper body, it is vital to keep the head in the water. Turn the head (with the body) only enough to breathe in the trough created by the head, or lift the head only enough to drag the chin through the water. Counterbalance this with the lower body’s kicks that raise the hips and keep them on the water surface. The abdominal muscles need to be involved for all kicks. These actions are not as hard to do as it may seem. Bottom line: Use your hips to keep a long and slim body line through the water and thus reduce resistance. Simultaneously, use your elbows to apply forces that move the body past an anchored hand-arm lever. If you do, you will become an effective, relaxed, and thus highly efficient swimmer. Dr. Bob Colyer of Bluffton is an actively retired college professor, coach and author of “Swim Better: A Guide to Greater Efficiency for Swimmers & Instructors,” directed primarily to non-competitors. bobcolyer@yahoo.com
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Even though golf is usually considered an individual sport, the PGA Junior League has more than 60,000 kids playing on teams nationwide. The PGA Junior League provides a safe, caring and organized environment for all kids to enjoy golf. Kids are a part of a local team that consists of anywhere from four or more players. The kids receive jerseys and hats and have weekly sessions. Each team is a part of a league that has a schedule of games played at different sites, and league standings are kept. Bluffton has four teams in the 13 and under league: Pinecrest, Moss Creek, Hampton Hall and Oldfield. Winners from this league can go on to sectional competition, state competition and a chance to compete on a national level. The Pinecrest team is coached by PGA professional David LaPour, who has a great background in teaching golf, especially with junior golfers. LaPour believes in “fun first.” He is passionate about getting the kids outside and away from their screens. There is classroom training, athleticism, working on self-esteem and finally playing golf. They have weekly clinics, using the American Developmental Model that tells the coach what they should be doing with certain age groups. LaPour’s program has received top recognition in the Carolinas PGA. LaPour conducts Saturday clinics for juniors. Contact him at dl@davidlapourgolf.com.
All league games are played in a two-person scramble format. Both players hit their first shot and the best ball is selected. This process continues until the ball is holed. There are three 3-hole matches. If a team wins a match, they capture a flag. When they capture three flags, they earn three points. The kids play on a shortened course, with 250-yard par 5, 150-yard par 4 and a 100yard par 3. The young golfers learn etiquette, sportsmanship and teamwork. The purpose of the league is to have fun with their friends. At the same time, they are expected to demonstrate sportsmanship, teamwork and a positive attitude. They must be respectful of coaches, fellow players and spectators. They also learn how to be respectful of the course by replacing divots and raking the bunkers. One of the most important aspects of the league is parent and spectator conduct. Parents are encouraged to cheer, have fun and be supportive of all players. They agree to refrain from having any contact during the competition. Parents agree to abstain from caddying, and to not argue with other spectators, players or coaches. This is most helpful to the kids – to enable them to not be worried about anything but playing golf. PGA Junior League is a great way to get your children involved in golf. For more information visit pgajuniorleague.com. Dr. Jean Harris is an LPGA Master Professional and teaches at local courses. jean.golfdoctor.harris@gmail.com; golfdoctorjean.com
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GARDEN
Watch lawns for chinch bug damage, overwatering after rain By Mark Deloach CONTRIBUTOR
Our recent afternoon showers are nice for the lawn and landscapes, and also to cool down the temperatures. Some areas are receiving an abundance of rain. Make sure you are cutting off your irrigation system during these rain-filled weeks. Excessive amounts of water cause fungus problems. We deal with brown patch fungus, dollar spot fungus, large patch fungus, and grey leaf spot. Fungicide applications will help control the fungus outbreaks. Most fungicides require two applications approximately 14 to 28 days apart. Read the label and follow the recommendations. We also will start seeing in our lawns the white moths that lay the eggs that hatch into army worms and sod webworms. The moths fly across the turf and drop eggs that hatch into the caterpillars that feed on your turf. An insecticide application will help
prevent these caterpillars. We are also seeing more than normal chinch bug damage in St. Augustine lawns this summer, due to the hot and dry weather we had in May and June. Chinch bugs normally start in the sunny areas of the lawn, near the pavement where it is the hottest.
Signs of chinch bugs present is when the grass turns yellow, then brown. Chinch bugs inject a toxin into the grass blade which causes it to die. Recovery from chinch bugs can take months, so apply an insecticide to help prevent damage in your St. Augustine lawn. If your shrubs need pruning, now is the
time to cut back your ornamentals before fall arrives. Some of your ornamentals will start putting on buds this fall which produces the beautiful flowers we see in the spring. Make sure your final pruning is done before October arrives. Insects on your ornamentals can also be an issue this time of year. We deal with aphids on crape myrtles; lace bugs on azaleas and lantana; and mealy bugs, scale, and spider mites – just to name a few. Apply an insecticide and miticide to help prevent any of these insects on your plantings. Applying a late summer fertilization to your lawn will help it resist any insect damage and keep it vigorous going into the fall season. Use a fertilizer with an insecticide to help prevent the insect damage. Monitor the amount of rain you receive with a rain gauge. Your lawn needs 1½ to 2 inches of water each week this time of year. Mark Deloach is the owner of Lawn Doctor of Beaufort County.
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REAL ESTATE
Buying or selling a home can be emotional experience By Larry Stoller CONTRIBUTOR
Buying or selling a home is a big, life-changing decision, and during that process, it can get very emotional for buyers and sellers – and for their real estate agents as well. Here are some tips for real estate agents (and buyers and sellers) about recognizing and responding to client emotions that may result from residential real estate transactions: • Expect emotional reactions. Selling or buying a home may be a stressful at times, so be ready for emotions to surface and be prepared to deal with them. The best way to keep emotions under control is to carefully listen to client’s concerns and always respond in an understanding and reassuring manner. • Anticipate the stressors. Here are six reasons why clients might become stressed during the real estate transaction: 1. Trans-
action is not going as they expected; 2. Thinking about losing control of the process; 3. too many options to choose from; 4. Buyers’ or sellers’ remorse; 5. Fear about making the wrong decision; 6. Feeling out of touch with the real estate professional. Great agents stay in touch with their clients and keep them informed during the entire
real estate transaction. • Keep expectations realistic. It’s possible that client’s expectations differ from the market realities, and that these differences may result in emotional distress. Keep the emotional calm by using local market statistics, knowledge of the community, and personal real estate experiences to come to
realistic compromises. • Help clients stay in control. It is very upsetting and stressful when you are feeling that you are losing control in any life situation. It is even more so when you are buying or selling your home. To help your clients remain in control, communicate with them often, making sure that they know what is going on every step of the buying or selling process. • Confirm their trust in you (over and over again). When a client hires a real estate agent, they have already decided that they trust him or her. However, it’s up to the agent to continue to earn their trust and to keep them satisfied with your services. This is not always easy to do, but if you make their needs your No. 1 priority and keep them informed on a regular basis, you are sure to have happy clients. 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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