VOLUME 11, ISSUE 11 • NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Clinic turns green space into leafy greens, fruit for community

By Gwyneth J. Saunders CONTRIBUTOR

When John Newman looks at the land around Hilton Head’s Volunteers in Medi cine, he sees an opportunity to enhance his patients’ diet with fresh fruit, vegetables and herbs in addition to the health and wellness that happens inside the clinic.

“People would bring their excess garden produce to us. At the front door we would have three or four bags, and we would just give it to whoever was lucky enough to be in the waiting room that day,” he said. “They would make out like a bandit, but they truly would be joyful. So how can we make that work that (it) occurs on a more frequent basis?”

Newman is the executive director and chief medical officer of Volunteers in Medicine, a free clinic founded in 1993 that serves workers who live or work on Hilton Head and Daufuskie islands.

“The core of our business is taking care of those that need health care, and don’t have health care,” Newman said.

The one-story building at 15 Northridge Drive has small patches of greenspace around it, and that gave Newman ideas. Between the clinic and the adjacent offices where counselors address wellness, he and several volunteers removed all of the bushes except for the palm trees. One section is now a garden for herbs, and four huge dirt-

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Six months ago, John Newman, executive director of the nonprofit Volunteers in Medicine Hilton Head, and some volunteers planted two small Ponderosa lemon trees in front of the clinic. Now they are growing and laden with fruit that threatens to bend them in half. “I don’t know why you need a lemon that big,” he said, “but I couldn’t resist putting it out front as the kind of Christmas tree of the clinic.”

Exercise your right to vote at polls on Nov. 8

Early voting has begun and will continue through Nov. 5. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Registered voters may vote early at any of four locations in Beaufort County: Bluffton: Board of Voter Registration and Elections Satellite Office - Bluffton Recre ation Center 61-B Ulmer Road.

Hilton Head Island: Government Com plex, 539 William Hilton Pkwy.

Beaufort: Board of Voter Registration and Elections Main Office, 15 John Galt Road.

Saint Helena Island: Saint Helena Library, 6355 Jonathon Francis Senior Road.

Absentee ballots must be received at the county Voter Registration office by 7 p.m. on Election Day. Call the Board of Voter Registration and Elections at 843-255-6900 for details. (The deadline for applying for absentee ballots has passed.)

Election Day is Nov. 8, for in-person voting only.

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If it doesn’t look right, consider changing your perspective

By Lynne Cope Hummell EDITOR

In snippets of down time, say, between the end of the work day and dinner being ready, I often drag out my trusty old iPad and play a few mindless games. My favorites include some old standards, such as Solitaire and Sudoku, and some newer games you might never have heard about.

A recent find is Tap Away (free at the app store!), a puzzle game with a challenge to remove all the colorful blocks from a 3-D “structure,” tapping one block at a time to move them in the direction indicated by the arrow on each block. One tap on a block with a “up” arrow, with no oppo sition above it, will send it “flying” off the structure. A clear shot to the left is easy on the outside left of the structure. The same goes for the right or the down arrows.

The early levels are simple – it took about 3 minutes to get to level 10. After that, the difficulty increased substantially. I

had to pay closer attention to which blocks might interfere with another’s passage, and which were open to travel.

The player is able to manipulate the structure in various directions with the touch of a stylus or finger, turning it around and over and sideways, in order to determine which blocks are stacked on top of others, and which are not.

As I learned the game, I realized I needn’t get hung up on clearing one row, or one side, or one corner right away. I should just deal with the obvious pieces of the puzzle, let them go, and focus on the remainder in due time, as the underlying pieces are revealed.

One night, as I completed a particularly stubborn puzzle, I suddenly realized I was reiterating a life lesson to myself: Many of life’s little challenges can be resolved by looking at them from a different perspec tive.

That revelation did wonders for my game and for a conundrum I had been

fussing over. There are other ways to con sider a solution.

The more one considers other perspec

tives, the more successful one will be in reaching the goal – whether it’s solving a puzzle, making a difficult decision or figuring out logistics.

Various perspectives offer more than the “flat,” one-sided view. Turning the puzzle around to look at it from another angle makes the overlaps and the blockages more obvious.

It’s all about the perspective.

Consider, for example, this type of issue with a neighbor. He says your lights are too bright in his kitchen window; you say his music is too loud.

Have you walked over to his house to see where your lights are shining? Did you notice your light reflects off the water in his birdbath and into his window? And did you know he also is hard of hearing, and that’s why his music is louder?

Seeing things from other perspectives can tone down our tempers, soften our an ger, brighten our outlook, and maybe even help us be kinder and gentler to others.

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Election day nears; time to exercise civic duty

By Jeff Bradley CONTRIBUTOR

A significant election is just a few days away. There are important choices for voters to make at all levels of government.

We have U.S. senators and congressional rep resentatives to vote for, plus statewide offices for governor down to representatives in the General Assembly.

Plus, here on Hilton Head Island we have a chance to elect a new mayor as well as four town council rep resentatives, plus school board members and some county council members and officials.

There will also be a few referendums on the ballot.

I hope you will take your time to learn about the candidates who you will be se lecting, as well as the issues surrounding the referendums.

Heading to the polls on Election Day (Nov. 8) is an exciting experience, espe

cially if it’s your first time exercising your fundamental American right to vote.

At this time every two years, we hear people on TV say “voting is important” without ever explaining why that is the case. The sad truth is, for many Amer icans voting is their only form of civic engagement – and it is this exercise of this “inalienable right” for which many Americans have fought and died.

As a wise professor once told our class, we can’t live up to our highest ideals as a nation if we fail to protect our right to vote and fulfill the expectations of our forefathers that each person’s vote is sacred, and every vote matters.

As I look forward to the upcoming 2023-24 South Carolina legislative ses sion I plan to be focusing on four key ar eas: Regulation reform, education reform, environmental protection and statewide economic development.

Regulation reform: As the recently named chairman of the Regulations and Public Administration Committee in the House, I want to reduce regulations and cut red tape by requiring all state agencies to evaluate their existing regulations and eliminate those no longer necessary.

Letter to the Editor

Education reform: I believe one of the most important functions of our state government is the provision of quality ed ucation for our students. K-12 education is one of the largest statewide expendi tures, but, as indicated by recent sharp decreases in student test scores, much needs to be improved. I will work closely with the new superintendent of educa tion to pursue School Choice to improve education in South Carolina.

Environmental protection: A revered asset of our state here in the Lowcountry is our environment – especially our coast al marshlands, and it is something close to my heart. As an example, during this past session I secured funding for artificial oyster reefs for the Outside Hilton Head Foundation to help reclaim oyster shells and accrete marshes.

Economic development: Having a strong statewide economy in recent years has boosted South Carolina nationally. I plan to work hard to see that it remains so, while being ever vigilant in protecting our environment.

Jeff Bradley is the representative for District 123 in the State House of Represen tatives.

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To the Editor, With all the sad things we see in the news these days, I want to take a moment to share with you a good deed that was done by a family in my neighborhood.

The Mallory family of Shell Hall for the last two years during the month of Octo ber has set up two skeletons in a variety of positions that change daily. The skele tons are fondly named Bob and Bobette. At the end of each day, the family changes the skeletons’ positioning so that Bob and Bobette are doing everyday things like checking the mail, playing a game, drink ing coffee and reading the Bluffton Sun or roasting s’mores over a fire pit.

Every morning, neighbors heading to work or school look forward to driving by the Mallory home to see what Bob and Bobette are doing that day.

The Mallorys decided to put Bob and Bobette to work by posing them as rep resentatives of Bluffton Self Help. They planned the BSH themed days in advance and advertised through our community Facebook page that they would be col lecting donations for BSH the weekend of Oct. 21-23. They ended up with a gener ous collection of food and hygiene items.

As we near the holiday season, I want to remind the community that 60% of those living in Beaufort County do not make a livable wage. This means they may not be able to purchase a turkey or ham for their holiday table, they may not be able to buy a toy on their child’s Christmas wish list, or they may not be able to pay their rent this month due to an unexpected hardship.

One small act of hosting a food drive,

donating financially or volunteering time can make a positive impact. As they say, “It takes a village,” so I challenge your readers to find their inner “Bob” and “Bo bette” and give to a charity of their choice.

Julia Violi Bluffton

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SUN ON THE STREET

Artistic visions take shape in many different forms, ideas

With this feature, we seek to capture a glimpse of what you and your neighbors have to say about a variety of topics, issues, events –

and just plain fun questions. You might see us anywhere around town, with notepad and camera, randomly seeking out folks

who are willing to participate. If we find you, we hope you will want to respond.

At the Historic Bluffton Arts &

Seafood Festival Street Fest, we asked: “What’s comes to mind when you hear the word ‘art’?”

Cindy Sturgis, Hilton Head Island: “I just see a lot of things – paint ings, colors, jewelry, books – like a kaleidoscope.”

Denise Pope, Okatie: “The first thing I thought was ‘pretty.’ If you want something for your wall, it should be appealing, eye-catching –short answer: Pretty.”

Ann Graham, Bluffton: “An appreciation for beautiful things. You have to have ‘art’ to have ‘heart.’”

Kelly Graham, Bluffton: “A way of life. And a way of seeing the world that’s constantly changing. Because everyone was born an artist.”

Minnie Lifton, Bluffton: “I think about all types of art – visual arts, theatre, a masterpiece.”

filled bins occupy most of the remaining ground. A recent harvest of the bins resulted in bags of green beans and okra, and 200 sweet potatoes.

“Everything here is edible,” he said. “We had four green bean towers going in those bins that served us for about three months, with okra planted in between the rows. It’s not producing big volumes, but it basically focuses on patients to come by, and to pick and grow stuff.”

His plantings include the grassy strip down the middle of the parking lot where he placed grapefruit, orange, tangerine, mango and avocado trees.

“An avocado, mango? You may say, ‘Johnny, you sure?’ But if you think about it, when you walk onto a blacktop in the mid dle of a warm day, it reflects a lot of heat,” he explained.

Volunteers also began growing smaller plants like bell peppers and jalapenos in red Solo cups, leaving them right outside the exit door. When patients left the clinic, they’d pick up a plant, go home and grow their own. Eventually, the patients began bringing back their excess and the cycle grew: more plants, more produce.

Newman began looking around for ways and space to expand the production and decided on a Zumba room that hadn’t

been used for two years. With funds from a Community Foundation grant, Newman purchased eight hydroponic pods made by Fork Farms out of Wisconsin. The system is called a Flex Connect Vertical Farm Unit, and the pods look more like an eerie sci-fi growing tower, but what’s inside is anything but eerie. Forests of leafy green vegetables peep out around the edges of some, while others hold promises of future lush harvests.

The sweet green lettuce, romaine, cilan tro, collards and kale bunches start as seeds dropped into trays of a material called Rock wool that holds fine volcanic ash. It takes about three days for a sprout to emerge, and then the trays are moved under grow lights.

After about a week, they are moved into the “farm,” where they slowly grow as drip irrigation runs down behind each bank of plants. Newman said it takes about three weeks for the plants to be ready for picking. The lights in the pods are timed to turn off periodically so the plants can rest.

The “Farm-acy” – as the sign outside the wellness door notes – has been running for about six months.

To say it has gotten the attention of not only the patients, but the clinic’s dedicated donors, is an understatement.

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The Flex Connect Vertical Farm Unit – hydroponic pods – contain leafy greens in various stages of growth. The pods hold 150 plants which, when fully grown, are harvested by volunteers who bag the greens, replant young seedlings and start more seeds.

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“We started off with eight of these, and one of our donors came in and was just kind of smiling, looking around. And I was like, ‘What are you thinking’,” said New man.

“You know what, John, in like 1955 I wrote my honors thesis for my biology degree on the future of hydroponics,” said his guest, “and this is exactly what I was envisioning.”

Newman said the man was so happy that his work from college years ago had come to fruition. He asked Newman what he was going to do with the remaining space in the room and the answer was fill it, but it was going to take another $50,000.

“The man just reached in his pocket and said, make it happen,” said Newman, still amazed at the generosity. “We’ve doubled our production overnight. At the time of the original grant, we really didn’t know how well this was going to work.”

A recent harvest of four pods resulted in 600 heads of lettuce – about 25 pounds – portions of which are shared with other nonprofits, such as Deep Well, Sandalwood Food Pantry and Second Helpings.

“Deep Well and the others bring us canned meat, canned beans, dry goods, so we hand them back bags of leafy vegetables. They’re bringing us food every week for our patients, but they don’t have fresh produce,” he said.

It’s the same idea for the fruit trees: as they get harvested, the fruit is made avail able for distribution.

Planting fruit trees has gotten Newman some attention from Port Royal, a nearby community.

“They said they liked what we were trying to do so they have committed to planting 100 trees along their community and harvesting their fruit. It’s a two-minute drive to drop it off here,” he said. “We’re already getting some attention from people that already have fruit trees. We have space here on the island. I’m not trying to get every small business to plant fruit trees, but maybe half of them?”

The addition of fresh produce to the diets of many patients has already made a positive impact.

“Because they’re so active, little changes in their diet just make huge differences in their health. Diabetes and hypertension are look ing better, plus the overall concept of colon and mammogram screenings,” said New man. “I’m no longer comparing our quality with free charitable clinics. I’m comparing our quality with the Mayo Clinic.”

In a future endeavor, adjacent to the clinic is an acre of land Newman bought for what he said will be the coolest parking lot on the island.

“I’m not building a parking lot. I’m going to build an orchard where I have to figure out how to park 50 cars. It just welcomes everybody when you come and park. You’ve got fresh fruit surrounding you, and you grab some and you’ve just got an instant connection to the island,” he said. “This is my chance to give back to the community and maybe get into heaven. Some of the work we do gets us to heaven and some of it keeps us out of hell.”

Gwyneth J. Saunders is a veteran journalist and freelance writer living in Bluffton.

John Newman’s innovative approach to food as medicine has made use of the clinic’s green space and indoor rooms to enhance the diets of the clinic’s patients.

School support plan designed to build academics, behavior skills

By Gwyneth J. Saunders CONTRIBUTOR

There is a lot of consternation over recent revelations that school test scores are alarm ingly low – particularly post-COVID. It was an issue that the Beaufort County School District was addressing before the pandem ic hit, and one that has received vigorous attention since schools reopened.

One of the steps the district is taking is implementing a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS), a process that focuses on both academics and soft skills – or behavior – with a strong focus on intervention.

“Most educators realize that, when it comes to reading, for example, when somebody is struggling or behind grade levels, we’ve always been really good about meeting them where they are, providing interventions and strategies to kind of build them up,” said Derek Skaggs, director of student success. “But when it comes to behavior, we’ve definitely not used that process. We typically say, well, they should know what they should do, and we’ll pun

These kindergarten students are receiving daily literacy intervention with Michelle Morrison, Red Cedar Elementary School’s MTSS coordinator and literacy interventionist. They are practic ing learning their letters and sounds now, but eventually will become readers.

ish them and send them home.”

In the past five to 10 years, South Caroli na’s Department of Education has made the effort to move the focus of intervention to cover both academics and behavior.

“One of the biggest things that companies tell us is a lot of our students are missing some soft skills,” said Skaggs. “Not students just in Beaufort County, but nationwide. They’re missing soft skills such as time man

agement, communication, and patience.”

Students also were not strong in other skills such as how to respectfully disagree, self-regulation or conflict resolution.

“These are skills that they’re always going to need in life. Sending them back home every time is not the solution,” he added.

Because MTSS covers both academic and behavior performance, it allows the schools to provide support for individual student

needs that have a long-term impact on them rather than the quick fix of a behavioral consequence, said Karen McKenzie, director of Teaching and Learning, which is part of the instructional services department.

“Those quick fixes are still out there,” McKenzie said, “but we’re building citizens that are involved in their community in a positive way. They’re college and career ready in every aspect.”

Within the umbrella that covers both academics and behavior are three levels of intervention. Every student in every grade begins in tier one. It’s when they begin to show signs of struggling that the added attention of tier two begins.

“When they struggle, we can do a plan with a small group of kids who maybe are missing the same skill, and work very stra tegically with them,” McKenzie said. “If that kid still continues to struggle, we can move them to a tier three, and be more intensive on what that individual student needs.”

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The next few years are going to be incredibly important to Hilton Head Island. What's at stake here is our quality of life!

The People of Ward 4 Deserve:

A full-time representative who never stops working for island residents.

A representative of high integrity who never wavers in service to the community.

A leader who focuses on preserving our culture and natural environment.

A consensus builder who knows how to listen and get things done.

A positive voice for our community - Island Residents First!

The Right Person at the Right Time Island Leaders Support Becker

The time is right for us to come together - Republicans, Democrats and Independents. Our people, our culture and our natural environment are worth saving. We are a world-class community. Let’s keep it that way!

“Since joining Town Council in 2018, Tamara Becker has been a thoughtful and committed Council Member. She carefully and thoroughly examines issues that impact our community and is responsive to her constituents. She truly has the best interests of our citizens at heart. I feel she will continue advocating on behalf of our Island residents, which is why I wholeheartedly support her re-election to the Hilton Head Island Town Council.”

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“Conviction, Courage, Competence and Compassion sums up Ward 4 Councilwoman Tammy Becker. Hilton Head needs this proven conservative leader for the many challenges ahead. A vote for Tammy is a solid investment in our future.”

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Kathleen Corley, principal of Red Cedar Elementary School, said, “Our motto is ‘Whatever it takes.’ Specifically, whatever it is that is the best use of a child’s time that we can manage to make happen in that portion of time.”

Using her drum rehearsals for the school band as an analogy, Corley said some of the students were getting a certain part and others were not, so she gathered the few that were having difficulty and told them to watch what she did, then do the same thing.

“So, I’m just going to keep playing this part, and replay it over and over and over, and you do whatever you need to do to make that work. But we’re stuck. Now they’re doing weird things, because this one step is holding them up,” said Corley. “That’s a lot of what MTSS is about. ‘Oh, you don’t get that? Here. Let’s do that together. I’ll show you how to do it. I do, we do, you do, or we all do together. Now show a partner how to do it.’ So you’re making it ingrained. You’re trying to make that muscle memory.”

There are three literacy intervention ists and three ESL (English as a Second Language) teachers at Red Cedar. When a

student begins to have difficulties, they are monitored for about six weeks, then moved to tier two interventions if they do not improve. If they continue to struggle, they go into tier three for more intensive instruc tional support. There are very few students in that situation at Red Cedar.

If a child is struggling with reading, and needs a tier two plan, the teacher might bring a few other students together who are also struggling and have them work togeth er on reading skills.

This group might work as a group for 30 to 40 minutes a day, McKenzie said. “They’re getting their regular language arts class, plus they’re getting this additional time. It’s personalizing it for what that indi vidual student needs.”

Learning challenges also may be caused by health issues such as hearing or vision. No further kinds of tests are given until possible health causes are eliminated.

While the academics are handled with small-group instruction or additional time with an intervention specialist, behavior issues are another condition impacting student success.

“The tiered system of support is just your basic classroom expectations and rules, routines and procedures that are stated in a positive way,” said Skaggs. “Working with every kid to try to model those behaviors, and trying to also help eliminate some of those other distractions within the class room that could take away from learning.”

When students attend the additional classes, they’re not missing out on free time or extracurricular activities.

“Typically, every student would be doing something. We try our best never to single kids out,” said Skaggs. “We have designated times, like at the Beaufort Middle School we just have Griffin time, where every kid goes somewhere and does something, whether it’s something that’s going to enrich their skills or something that helps catch them up on some skills.”

Corley said it is very difficult to keep everybody doing what they are supposed to be doing if their intent is not to do it, unless someone is sitting right next to them. The solution, she said, is to make a behavior plan.

“We’ll be watching a child who wants to

leave the classroom. He ‘elopes,’ as they say, and we need to figure out why. We need to figure out if there’s any relationship to anything that’s going on environmentally,” she said. “It’s kind of like kids who show up at the nurse’s office when it’s math time. In the old days, (teachers would) just say you’re not going anywhere. You don’t have a cold, you don’t have to go to the nurse. You don’t even need a Band-Aid. Or they have to go to the bathroom and take too long. It’s either Johnny needs a urologist or there’s something else that’s going on.”

Skaggs said the district is making every ef fort to identify what the students need while not doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome.

“We’re doing everything we can to find new and innovative ways to help meet the needs of these students moving forward so they can be successful in life,” he said. “That’s what this is all about. We’re trying to help these students be successful communi ty members.”

Gwyneth J. Saunders is a veteran journalist and freelance writer living in Bluffton.

Growing Respect

Respect continues to grow for Jeff Bradley, District 123’s State Representative in the SC General Assembly. Now in his 8th year, Bradley has earned admiration of our Governor, plus his colleagues and numerous local community leaders and individual residents who have seen him go to bat for them in Columbia.

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The Palmetto Breeze Transit Hub in Bluffton is usually abuzz on Thursdays because it’s the day when volunteers from Second Helpings greet commuters from Hilton Head Island, but Oct. 13 was special.

This was a fifth anniversary celebration of Fill the Need, a program that provides fruit, vegetables, baked goods, meats and other items to workers whose long com mute to and from the island keeps them from accessing their neighborhood gro ceries or local food banks. The effort has provided 250,000 pounds of food to bus riders, impacting hundreds of families as distant as two hours away.

The program began when the Breeze contacted Second Helpings, the Low country’s nonprofit food rescue and distribution network, about the challeng es island workers faced obtaining food for their families.

“They called us, and we formed this

innovative partnership. I don’t know of anybody else who does this,” said Mary Ann Bell, Second Helpings president. “We invite the riders to come in every Thursday. We give them bags, and we encourage them to take a selection of meats and a lot of healthy food, produce, canned goods and things like that.”

Although there was a ceremonial cake-cutting, the real excitement came closer to 5 p.m. That’s when commuter buses from Hilton Head began to arrive, discharging their passengers who eagerly lined up at the check-in before heading to the tables laden with food of all kinds.

The dozen or so Second Helpings vol unteers were eager to help.

As the bus riders moved along the tables, the hum in the Hub – the Breeze’s garage – increased. Each person scanned the offerings, picking up peppers, onions, berries, green beans, apples and squash –whatever they wanted that could sup plement what they already had at home,

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Second Helpings volunteers greet and chat with Palmetto Breeze commuters as they pick up produce, dry goods, meats and bakery items at the weekly Fill the Need program inside the Palmetto Breeze Transit Hub in Bluffton.

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As the riders finished their selections, they headed out of the Hub to their con necting bus for the long ride home, some going as far as Walterboro and Yemassee.

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One busload replaced the next, but the atmosphere was always the same. It was like Old Home Week as the volun teers and the riders cheerily greeted one another, chatted about their week and – it appeared – to share some recipes for the produce on hand. And why not?

“Probably most of the volunteers who work here have been here for the full five years,” said Bell. “Second Helpings has a total of 325 volunteers, and most of them work the trucks, so we’ve got eight refrigerated trucks criss-crossing the three counties that we work in every day.”

“One of the points I made this morning was the first bus leaves Walterboro at 4:24 a.m. It makes stops along the way; it gets here at 6:24. People then change buses, and they get dropped off on the island at 7:25 a.m. at their jobs,” said Tomczak. “Then the route reverses itself. So think about these people who get on the bus before five o’clock in the morn ing, and get home at seven, eight o’clock at night.”

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Bell said what was on the tables and shelves was mostly food the organization has rescued from food stores in the area, but it is also supplemented it with pur chases of healthy food. The organization has a partnership with Dempsey Farms on St. Helena Island, and raises money to buy more food from a food service distributor.

The individual who oversees and ensures that a variety of foods is available is Second Helpings program chairperson Margie Tomczak, who also is the person who started Fill the Need.

Tomczak makes sure the registration is

“It’s good, because sometimes it helps with my struggles. You’ve got other bills, and the money you have has to go to the bills,” Williams said. “This helps it go further.”

For a lot of those rural commuters, Dollar General might be the closest gro cery store.

Every new rider gets a large bag to hold their selections. This helps get the food home, but for some, taking what they want would be burden because they may have a long walk home when they are

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Second Helping volunteers stock the shelves and tables with food at the Palmetto Breeze Transit Hub in Bluffton on Thursdays for the Palmetto Breeze commuters who arrive on their way home from jobs on Hilton Head Island.

Community Thanksgiving Dinner set for Nov. 24 at Hudson’s

The annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner at Hudson’s Seafood House on the Docks will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 24.

The event is sponsored by St. Andrew By-The-Sea United Methodist Church and Hudson’s Seafood House on the Docks, located off Squire Pope Road on Skull Creek.

Celebrate the meaning of Thanksgiving with a free community Thanksgiving Din ner, with turkey, ham, dressing and all the trimmings – including collards, cranberry conserve and cornbread – served family style.

Everyone is welcome. Come alone or

bring the whole family. It’s always a place to meet new and old friends. The dinner traditionally seats and feeds up to 1,500 people of all ages.

The celebration, filled with food, fellowship and entertainment, is free to all. Financial donations are gratefully accepted and benefit Deep Well, Bluffton Self Help and Second Helpings.

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off at a central location, such as the corner gas station.

Brian Sullivan, Palmetto Breeze exec utive director and general manager, said Fill the Need has made a tremendous impact on the passengers.

“They commute about two hours each way, every day. They don’t even have time to shop,” Sullivan said. “A lot of them just really appreciate the opportunity to come and pick some really nice food for free, take it home to their families, and just gives them sort of a leg up.”

The impact also affects the bus drivers, said Sullivan because their long days also keep them from stopping at any grocery stores.

“A lot of our drivers take advantage of the contributions as well because they deserve to, but they really look forward to Thursdays,” Sullivan said. “In the public transit world, there’s nothing like this. Those other public transits, they’re a very different animal than ours. So it’s really great that we can do something that’s unique. And the drivers really do appreciate being a part of it.”

Charles Mitchell, chairperson of the Palmetto Breeze board of directors, said the program was absolutely amazing, and the drivers take pride in their contribu tion of driving safely.

For that 4:24 a.m. bus in Walterboro, the driver must get up around 3 a.m., Mitchell said. The return trip puts him home closer to 8 p.m.

“So they’re already in a long shift,” said Mitchell. “So far, we’ve been blessed with their safety and their driving, that we’ve been able to get people to work without any accidents. This speaks volumes for the kind of drivers that we have here.”

Mitchell is also proud of the part nership with Second Helpings. “It’s so important because we’re able to give back some token of appreciation,” he said. “So we look forward this giving back every Thursday.”

The tables were covered with a cor nucopia of produce, beautifully set out for the riders, belying the Hub’s earlier appearance.

“It’s all the volunteers who do the hard work, and get it all cleaned up and pret

ty,” said Sullivan. “I’m amazed because it’s a jumbled mess at times during the week, but by the time Thursday rolls around, it looks like this: very nice and orderly.”

The impact of the program isn’t limited to the riders and drivers. The volunteers also get something out of their service.

“I do it because of the gift of giving to others and the gifts they give back to us,” said Nancy Calhoun Sullivan. “I get appreciation, enjoyment, joy.”

Kathy O’Donnell said she volunteers to give back to the community. “There are people that need it. And it gives me great joy to be able to provide that,” she said. “And it’s a simple opportunity to volun teer, and they can receive something they need.”

Resources are almost back to normal, but during COVID it was “extremely dif ficult” and quantity was hard to come by, according to Second Helpings Executive Director Marcus Tanner.

“In every aspect of the word, with re gards to logistics, personnel, staff, grocery stores. There were so many restrictions put on not only the grocery stores, but

our clientele, our volunteers,” he said. “There was on average, about 20 to 30 minutes per stop at the grocery stores to pick up (donated food).”

Local restrictions on quantities reduced what the volunteers were able to pick up, Tanner said, which in turn reduced what Second Helpings was able to drop off.

The reduced availability lasted nearly a year. Once a lot of restrictions were released, what Second Helpings noticed was they were still faced with supply chain restrictions.

“Grocery stores are ordering 50 cases of chicken and getting 12. And so what they bring in, in return affects what they push out to us,” said Tanner. “Our grocery stores have just been absolutely amazing in what they’ve done. We’re still at a slight decline compared to where we should be, but our agencies, our staff and our grocery stores are all working togeth er to figure out the best way possible to get the most food to the right people.”

Gwyneth J. Saunders is a veteran journal ist and freelance writer living in Bluffton.

Pregnant vacationer grateful for new special care nursery

By Amy Coyne Bredeson CONTRIBUTOR

This past June, Jennifer and Ray Moon brought their three children to Hilton Head Island for vacation. Two weeks later, they left with one more child.

The Warthen, Georgia, family came earlier than usual for their yearly visit because Jennifer was pregnant with their fourth child. She still had more than a month until her due date, though.

A few days into their vacation, Jenni fer noticed the baby wasn’t moving as much as usual. He had been very active up to that point. Then she started having contractions, which she assumed were false labor pains known as Braxton Hicks contractions.

“This is baby number four,” Jennifer said. “This isn’t anything new.”

The family had planned to visit the Harbour Town Lighthouse that day, then play miniature golf.

Jennifer sat in a rocking chair in the

shade as her family climbed to the top of the lighthouse and back down. She hoped the pains would cease, but they did not.

The family didn’t get to play putt-putt that day. Instead, they went back to the condo for a movie night. Jennifer took a relaxing bath to ease her discomfort, but it did not help. The contractions became more consistent, and it became clear that she needed to go to the hospital.

Ray drove his wife to Hilton Head Hospital, reluctantly leaving her there so he could take care of their three children back at the condo. At 11:30 that night, Jennifer was transferred to Coastal Caro lina Hospital, which had just opened its level-2 special care nursery two months earlier.

Before the new nursery opened, babies born prior to 35 weeks gestation at Hilton Head or Coastal Carolina hospitals had to be transferred to either Savannah or

Jennifer Moon of Warthen, Georgia, relaxes with her newborn, Fletcher, who was born prematurely in June at Coastal Carolina Hospital, which had recently opened its level-2 special care nursery.

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Charleston for special care. Now, many of those in need can stay local. The new nursery is capable of taking care of infants born as early as 32 weeks gestation and weighing at least 3 pounds, 3 ounces.

According to a press release from Coast al Carolina, the special care nursery has a neonatologist, neonatal nurse practi tioners, level-2 registered nurses, speech language pathologists, occupational therapists and lactation consultants.

An OB-GYN certified in responding to obstetrical and gynecological emergencies and an anesthesiologist are available 24 hours a day.

The hospital has a suite reserved for C-section deliveries, Couplet Care bassi nets, and support for women who want a natural birth.

Jennifer was already planning to have the baby via C-section.

“It went off without a hitch,” she said. “And Fletcher was born at 1:48 a.m.” The baby weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces.

After Jennifer’s surgery was complete, her blood pressure began to plummet, and she started crashing.

“So my husband gets a phone call, asking him if it’s OK to give me blood transfusions and to do a CT scan,” Jenni fer said. “‘Oh, and by the way, you have

a son.’”

The CT scan revealed that Jennifer was profusely bleeding internally. Ray got another phone call, asking for permission

to give his wife more transfusions and to perform a hysterectomy.

When the team began to operate, they realized that Jennifer’s uterus had rup tured on the back side. She received eight units of blood, four units of platelets and two units of plasma.

Unfortunately, all the blood pumping through her left hand led to two superfi cial blood clots in her upper left arm, and she had to be transferred to Savannah to make sure nothing vascular was going on.

But before Jennifer was transferred, the team at Coastal Carolina made sure she got to meet her new baby.

“That team was just amazing,” Jennifer said. “They did everything they possibly could. They took … my son’s little bed and all of his wires and everything that was connected to him and rolled him down to me in ICU so I could see him before I was transferred.”

Jennifer got to spend five minutes with Fletcher before being taken to Savannah, where she stayed for the next 36 hours.

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The Moon family of six, shortly after Fletcher was born.

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Unfortunately, when she made it back to Coastal Carolina, she was readmitted to the emergency room because her sur geons were concerned about the amount of pain she was still experiencing.

Thankfully, she was only there for a couple of hours, and all was soon right with the world, when Jennifer was finally able to spend some quality time with her newborn son.

Jennifer can’t say enough about the staff at Coastal Carolina. She said surgeons Dr. Brooke Gaspari and Dr. Lynn Norton took great care of her, and the nursery staff kept Fletcher safe and comfortable.

The staff even took care of the rest of her family when they arrived. When Ray first got to the hospital to meet his new son, he had the three older children with him until family members were able to get there to help. Jennifer said the staff gave the kids teddy bears and coloring packets, fed them, and made sure they weren’t scared.

She said the staff even allowed the couple to stay in a room in the labor

and delivery ward so they could be with Fletcher until he was released.

“The nurses, the doctors, the NPs, the custodial staff, everybody was amazing,” Jennifer said. “They just took us in, and we were part of their family for 10 days, and it felt like we had been there forever.”

Fletcher is now five months old. He has had a few minor issues but is thriving.

“We now call him Squish because he’s just a big, old chunky baby getting fat off of Mama’s milk and loving life,” Jennifer said.

The Moons are already planning their next vacation to Hilton Head. They look forward to stopping by the hospital to say hello to the team that they called family for the first 10 days of their youngest child’s life.

And this time, they will make sure to get to the miniature golf course for some putt-putt.

Amy Coyne Bredeson of Bluffton is a free lance writer, a mother of two and a volunteer with the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance.

Nurses work in the new level-2 special care nursery at Coastal Carolina Hospital where Fletcher Moon was born in June.

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Island Girl Scout wins Gold Award for shark conservation work

Hilton Head High School senior Delcie Swift received the Gold Award from the Girl Scouts of the USA Sept. 15, in recognition of her in-depth study of shark species. Her presentation on the subject is now on permanent display at the Coastal Discovery Lab at the Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn.

Swift began the shark project three years ago with the hope that it would improve the world’s perception and un derstanding of this keystone species. Her message is simple: Sharks aren’t scary!

The Girl Scouts Gold Award is among the most prestigious awards in the world, received by fewer than 6% of all scouts. A Girl Scout who has earned her Gold Award immediately rises one rank in any of the U.S. military branches.

Swift researched methods of sharing the importance of shark conservation, and Hilton Head shark expert Dr. Kim Ritchie suggested that early education was almost always overlooked. Swift launched her plan to spark a lifelong appreciation of nature conservation among children in kindergarten through fifth grade, which is when children develop ideas and hone their perspectives on the world.

Swift’s project includes charts, dia grams, books and craft activities – even shark teeth – and it focuses on tough

issues: extreme overfishing, poaching of sharks worldwide, and the general lack of understanding about sharks. Movies and the occasional scary news report have created an image of sharks that is not accurate.

“I’ve known for a long time I wanted to build a career in marine conservation, and I wanted to share that with my com munity,” Swift said. “I’ve loved educating people on something I am passionate about. I’ve learned how to talk to others about marine life conservation, as well as working with adults with a similar love for the ocean and sharks. This experience has made me confident that I’ve chosen the right career path.”

Swift intends to study marine life con servation in college.

“It has been a wonderful sense of accomplishment to hear from museum volunteers that my display is wildly pop ular among kids,” Swift said. “I felt like I had made an impact on the age groups I had hoped to reach.”

When enough people are informed about an issue, according to Swift, it can change the world. She cites the power ful global response to climate change as proof that many little things make a huge difference. Her next project: tagging great white sharks.

Delcie Swift created a presentation about shark conservation that is on permanent display at Coastal Discovery Museum on Hilton Head Island. Swift earned a Gold Award from the Girl Scouts of the USA for her in-depth study of sharks.

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Annual Lowcountry Pride Parade, festival set for Nov. 5

Living and working in a coastal community, we all have to endure our fair share of storm related outages. But as ever y member knows, Palmetto Electric’s linemen work diligently to restore the calm after the storm and to ensure our community is back up and running as soon as possible

Rainbow flags, umbrellas, balloons and attire are expected to set a colorful tone for the annual Lowcountry Pride Parade and Celebration set to kick off at 10 a.m. Nov. 5 at Bluffton’s Oscar Frazier Park, 10 Recre ation Court.

“Lowcountry Pride is excited to again hold this event that brings together our LGBTQ+ and ally community to celebrate the diversity of Beaufort County,” said cochair Darion Allen.

“The level of excitement is high since this event is what we build to throughout the year,” said Angela Wright, co-chair. “We’ve expanded some of our offerings.”

The parade line up will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the park, and everyone is welcome to join in. Costumes are encouraged, and no registration is required.

The route exits the park on Eighth Avenue, proceeds down Shults Road, then along Hildebrand and Dr. Mellichamp Drive to the Promenade. From there, the parade will turn right onto the sidewalk along May River Road, and back up Shults to return to the park.

The festival will begin as parade par ticipants return around noon. The family friendly celebration will include food and retail vendors, a kid zone area with bounce houses, face painting for all, live music and other entertainment, a silent auction, as well as nonprofit and educational booths. Low country Pride merchandise will be available

for sale as well.

New this year is a judgment-free table where people can go to learn, understand and ask questions about the LGBTQ com munity.

Allen said last year’s parade and festival was held at Oyster Factory Park over two days.

“We had about 750 people show up across both days last year, even with Covid,” he said, “so we had a great turnout.”

The planning committee hopes to build the event up going forward.

“Our first year, we had about 1,000 peo ple come out in June 2019 at our inaugural event,” Allen said. “With us back at Oscar Frazier Park this year, we’ll have a lot of space for a lot of people!”

Allen encourages anyone interested to vis it the website, lowcountrypride.org, to learn more about the organization, support its other activities, and donate to help support its programs.

Yearly activities include support groups for parents of LGBTQ+ children and people in transition, community building events, educational panels and other support for the LGBTQ+ community across the Low country, Allen said. “We are also looking for volunteers to help us year-round,” he said. For more information and a map of the complete parade route, visit lowcoun trypride.org.

Hundreds of participants in a previous Lowcountry Pride Parade were decked out in rainbow colors as they walked together through Old Town Bluffton.

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Celebrating 40 Years at Hilton Head Island High School

Hilton Head Island High School is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. HHIHS opened its doors in 1983, making it the oldest high school building in the district.

Mr. Schidrich, the principal, shares his favorite memories: “seeing the growth in our athletic events, watching my children run through the halls when they visited me during my planning periods and during summer vacation. I really enjoyed watching my family grow here and seeing myself grow as a person.” The biggest change has been “the demographics of our school. We are a lot more diverse now than when I first started here in 1999. Today we are a multicultural school, I think that is one of the biggest changes.” In the next 40 years Mr. Schidrich sees “our demographics continuing to change and become even more diverse. I see the possibility of the plans for the referendum in November of 2023, where we will basically demolish the existing building and build a whole new school. If the referendum goes through, we hope to start construction in 2024 and be done by 2028, so future generations can continue to learn in a truly 21st century school.”

Ms. White, the IB Coordinator, also has a favorite memory- “I was the graduating class speaker for the class of 2001 that was a positive memory for me. I was very close to this class, and three or four months later, the Twin Towers were attacked on Sept 11, 2001. Some of the graduating class had gone to college in New York City. One student stood out to me, writing to us to describe his experience that week. We had a big assembly to commemorate those who died; we read a message from the alumnus. I remember us pulling together after Sept. 11, 2001, and how important it was for us to support each other and those around us.” Her hope for the next 40 years is “physically, I hope we will have a new building in five or six years. I think we will have to accommodate different types of learners. I think we will continue to see what kids need to further their education, and best help them achieve that.”

Mrs. Hartman, the instructional coach was a student here in the mid 80s and began teaching here in 1995. The biggest change she has seen is the introduction and growth of our IB program.

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Mrs. Hartman’s favorite memories include homecoming activities. many of them are some of the things we still continue to do today. Now they are high school traditions. "I remember one year, we did mattress races in the hallways for spirit week. People would be up on top of the mattress, and three people would be on either side of the mattress, and you would run down the hallways."

Hilton Head Island High School has experienced a lot, and changed over the last 40 years. HHIHS is looking to hopefully celebrate the next 40th anniversary in a new school building, and continue the Seahawk traditions.

HHIHS Traditions

By: Elizabeth Monzon

HHIHS is very big on traditions such as: Pep rallies, Homecoming, Coming Home, and many more.

Mr. Schidrich's favorite tradition is pep rallies, homecoming, and seniors painting their parking spot. Due to COVID 19, HHIHS could not have all these great traditions. Mr. Schidrich is happy that they have returned. Pep rallies play a big part in school spirit. One thing that makes Mr. Schidrich happy is "to see everyone bonding and having a great time."

Lia Piccioli is a junior this year at HHIHS.

A tradition she would like to see is "dressing up for holidays and decorating the school for the holidays to bring more spirit.”

Sports play a big part in schools. Mr. Scalise is one of the coaches at HHIHS. His favorite tradition that is connected to sports is the “faculty vs different sport teams for charity,” which was done six years ago for softball. Another tradition he would like to see again is "the walk of champions." This is when state qualified sports teams walk through the hallways and the students cheer them on. This tradition did return in October as the Seahawks sent the swim team off to States!

All schools have different traditions, but the Seahawks do it best.

HHIHS began the 40th anniversary celebrations the first Friday of the school year with an HHIHS tradition, a pep rally. Here the staff show the students how to do the school spirit chant.

A Hilton Head Island High School Student Newspaper

Photo by: Mrs. Schoellkopf-Lewis

Gaming at the Nest: New E-Sports Team

By: Norma Velez

HHIHS is starting an ESPORTS team this school year! Mrs. Collier is the instructor/advisor who monitors the ESPORTS club.

Some of the main games that will be played by the club are popular games. Ms. Collier stated, “Some of the games that are played are League of Legends, Hearthstone, Valorant, Overwatch 2, Super Smash Bros, Mario Kart, Multivurses, Fortnight and Rocket League. These are kind of big time competition games, and they are very popular. The most popular games are Valorant, Overwatch, Super Smash Bros, and Rocket League.”

“Members can sign up by joining the Google Classroom. The classroom code has been posted onto flyers around the hallway. They have to fill out some forms for me and submit a trial video,” Ms. Collier stated. Any student in Hilton Head Island High School can join regardless of grade level.

Ms. Collier stated, “members will be competing and practicing games. We will do a lot of practice in house. When we go to competitions, that's when we will be playing against high schools across the country. They’ll put us in a queue and get matched for the games to start.” Being able to play games, practice, and compete with others in school sounds like a lot of fun.

Ms. Collier continues, “the goal is to not only get people together who have the same interests but also to really promote ESPORTS as a legitimate sport. We come together, and we practice competition, and it does require skill and strategy. It’s a good positive thing to bring people together who can enjoy what they're doing and also meet people they wouldn’t normally meet. It’s been really fun so far, but ideally the purpose is to bring everyone together and do something they love, and hopefully win a lot of competitions.” Unlike other clubs, the ESPORTS club will be following the athletics eligibility guidelines.

The ESPORTS club at Hilton Head Island High School is a great opportunity for students to interact with other students and share their interests about games that they like. HHIHS is excited to be the second high school in Beaufort County to have an ESPORTS team. Practices and competitions start soon!

Robots Take Over at the Nest

By: Kimberly Valladares

HHIHS has a robotics club called Beach botics. Mr. Best runs the club and Ethan Ascencion is the president of the robotics club this year. Ethan joined the robotics club his freshman year. Mr. Best says, “what we do is we build our robots, and we are trying to build our competition team this year. The most important factors are engineering design. We have to program the robots, and then we have a strategy trying to decide how they compete in the game. There is a lot of teamwork and collaboration because working with others is a big part of robotics.”

Before joining the robotics club, students are curious about what actually happens. Ethan said, “so as of now we are just building the robots so that way we are more familiar with them because we are having three competition practices this year, and we are just trying to get familiar with it.”

Mr. Best said, “we meet each week on Wednesdays from 3:30 to 5:00 pm, and we have other days that they can come in. We have these robotic kits that are fully completed by each student and their group of friends. So they build a robot, and they take those robots to the pacer to test them out and see if they are good enough. If they are, then we probably will get them to do the competition.” Robotics competitions are fast approaching. Mr. Best said “we are going have our first competition is at John Paul, and if we do well on that one, we will qualify for the regionals, which would be up in Charleston. If we do well in Charleston, we can qualify for states in Columbia. After Columbia, we could qualify for the nationals, which is in Texas.”

HHIHS is unique because not every high school has a robotics team. Mr. Best said, “in Beaufort County there are currently two high schools that compete, but we are trying to get two more schools to join us. HHIHS and Beaufort are the only ones currently that have a team.”

Battle Bots were a new addition to the club last year. Mr. Best said, “well last year we got a grant, and we were able to get ten small robots. They are ones that the kids can build, but they are more maneuverable than competition bots, so what we are able to do is run a small competition. They don’t have to know how to program or anything, but what they'll be learning is how to manipulate the robots. Battle bots is competition we are going to do during lunches. We are going to have a big ladder bracket for kids who play each other, and if they win, they go on the next round. We will narrow it down over the course of three weeks. It should be pretty fun.”

Robotics is a lot of fun and teaches skills like problem solving, collaboration, and critical thinking. HHIHS is lucky to be one of the few high schools in the area to have a robotics team.

Seahawks E-Learn During Hurricane Ian

By: Karina Santiago

The week of September 26th Hurricane Ian made its way to the East Coast. According to weather reports, it made its way to Florida, then to South Carolina, and even some parts of North Carolina. Its winds were reported to be 150 mph, which is a lot for a community to experience. Most districts in parts of South Carolina decided to go to e learning for the safety of the students and staff. This is better because it prevents buses from getting into dangerous accidents on the roads. The Beaufort County School District decided to do both Thursday September 29th and Friday September 30th. Since students participated in e learning, they do not need to do weather make up days in December. All assignments were to be posted to Google Classroom and completed by students on the due dates given by their teachers. Many teachers even Zoomed with their students to give a sense of normalcy.

“E learning is utilizing electronic technologies to access educational curriculum,” BCSD explained. It is based on the use of technology and the internet. This helps students with collaboration skills and digital skills.

Mr. Schidrich, the HHIHS principal, stated that all students will be marked virtually present until October 7th. Those students who do not complete their assignments by the end of that day will be marked absent. He stated in an email to parents, “By Friday October 7th, teachers will inform our attendance office of the students who DID NOT submit their assignments from September 29th and 30th.”

"The same behavior that is expected at school is also expected during virtual learning," he stated.

“If students do not have access to the internet at home, they can submit 'WebHelpDesk' tickets for technical support,” BCSD stated in a statement to families.

Mr. Schidrich also said that "schools will reopen Monday the 2nd of October." He advised parents to look at any recent announcements on their social media pages for any updates or changes.

The Seahawks successfully navigated virtual learning during Hurricane Ian. Students and staff were well prepared after using an e learning format for two years due to the COVID 19 pandemic. One positive aspect from the pandemic is the ability to do e-learning during storms, so students do not have to make up days during breaks.

Theater Hosts Open Mic Nights

By: Julia Duncan

Ms. Guinn is the theater teacher at HHIHS. When she started working at HHIHS, she wanted to continue the tradition of open mic night events. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the open mic night events were put on pause because of the close contact policies for the school. However, open mic night started again toward the end of last school year. The restart of open mic night was successful, and HHIHS is starting to bring back the tradition. At open mic night, there are usually between 30 40 people in attendance. This group includes people from the high school, students from past graduating classes, and even kids from the middle school. The most popular performances at open mic night are lip syncing or singing performances. Another common performance is scenes and monologues from plays. Ms. Guinn plans to do the open mic night events once each month and has already scheduled each one all the way through December.

The first open mic night of the school year was hosted in September with the theme "Live Your Dream." Most of these events are held on Friday nights.

Drexel Photography Contest Promotional Poster Winner Is An HHIHS Photography Student

By: Elizabeth Monzon

Students last year at HHIHS took photographic pictures and submitted them in the Drexel University Photography competition.

Camden Bernstein won second place last year, and this year her image has been placed on the front page of the competition promotional poster.

Camden’s grandmother was her biggest inspiration. “I grew up watching my grandma use her camera,” remembers Camden.

Since her picture has been picked she said, “I am currently working on a book of my photography for the Honey Horn museum.” Once it is finished, everyone should go check it out.

The South Carolina fair is coming soon, and Camden is hoping her pictures will pull through with another amazing photo prize.

The Drexel poster will be displayed around the U.S, as schools promote the competition. Camden said, “I am still in shock, but very happy that everyone will see my work.”

The promotional poster for the 2022 2023 Drexel Photography Competition with HHIHS Camden B.'s photo.

Seahawks Claw the Cougars in the House of Payne: Homecoming 2022 By: the Journalism Class of Fall '22

We got spirit yes we do! We got spirit how about you? Hilton Head Island

High School celebrated its 40th homecoming! The 2022 homecoming was the week of October 3-8th. This year's theme was "Seahawks Claw the Cougars in the House of Payne."

The daily dress up themes were:

Monday: Anything but a backpack day

Tuesday: White-lie t-shirt day

Wednesday: Fake an injury day

Thursday: Construction Day

Friday: Seniors Rule the school while under classmen and staff wear neon.

On Monday, October 3rd the tradition of Powderpuff football returned to the Nest. Powderpuff football is girls flag football with the boys coaching. They play two 20 minute halves. In the first round the juniors played the freshmen in an action packed first game. The juniors beat the freshmen 28 14. The star players for the juniors were Lynda Young and Andrea Tapia who each scored two touchdowns. Then the seniors played the sophomores to close out the night. The game was very close as each team struggled to make it to the end zone; however, the seniors won the game 18-13.

The Powderpuff final was on Wednesday, October 5th. The game was seniors vs. juniors. The game was very intense, but the junior class took the lead early. After the early lead the juniors held on and ended up beating the seniors 27 20. The Junior class had a big celebration in the end zone after their victory! Congratulations to the juniors, and maybe they will be back-toback champions next year as seniors.

There was a new event for the 2022 homecoming, which was the Ms. Videla Scholarship fundraiser. For the fundraiser student could pay $5 to play in the 3x3 basketball or cornhole tournaments. The event started on Wednesday, October 5th. Students formed teams with other students or with teachers. If students did not want to play, they could watch the tournaments by buying out of class for $1 each day. The 3x3 basketball tournament was in the main gym. Students packed the gym to watch the tournament, which was very competitive. Cornhole was held in the aux gym. Many staff members showed up to play cornhole against the students. 11th grader Audrey R, who played cornhole, said, "this should be a new HHIHS tradition 100%. There's so many people here." Audrey's cornhole partner, 11th grader Rell S. said, "we feel more in touch with our school. Anyone can play, and it feels more spirited this week." Students and staff really enjoyed this activity to help raise around $6,000 for the scholarship fund.

Classroom door decorating is another homecoming tradition at HHIHS. Staff and students decorate the classroom doors based on the themes for homecoming. The journalism class thought that Ms. Eastham's door was the best, followed by Coach Beach, and Mrs. Weitekamper.

There was something new this year when it came to the homecoming pep rally. This year there was a Black Light Pep Rally. During the pep rally, the staff did a flash mob to the song "Shut Up and Dance." All fall sports teams were recognized, and senior tennis player, Emily Ruckno, was recognized for her All American achievement. There was a tug of war game between the different grade levels. The Cornhole championship was played during the pep rally, and the student team won! The Seniors won the tug of war game, but the juniors took yet another win during homecoming week and kept possession of the spirit stick. Both the JV and Varsity cheer teams performed at the pep rally. The door decorating winner was announced, which was Ms. Eastham's door!

The Seahawks played the Colleton Cougars for the homecoming football game on Friday, October 7th. It was a slow start for the Seahawks, but they finally scored in the second quarter. The Seahawk defense was strong, keeping Colleton at 0. The Seahawks won the homecoming game 19 0.

The tradition of a homecoming court remained this year, but HHIHS added a new tradition of a staff homecoming court. The staff winners are called Emperor for the male who is the "staff member homecoming king," and Empress for the female who is "staff member homecoming Queen." The first ever homecoming Emperor was Gym teacher, Coach Brown. The first ever homecoming Empress was Social Studies teacher, Mrs. Britt. For the students, the Homecoming King was senior, Blaise Minckler, and the Homecoming Queen was senior, Amy Broome. The students were crowned at the homecoming dance.

The tradition of a Homecoming Dance returned to the Nest this year. It was held on Saturday, October 8, 2022. The dance theme was Hollywood Hoco. Students strutted down the red carpet for the first time since 2019!

Both the 40th homecoming documentary, and the teacher flash mob video are on the Seahawk News Network YouTube channel. It was a very spirited week at the Nest.

The junior Powderpuff team won the Powderpuff Championship

Photo by: Coach Brown

Staff doing the flash mob at the Pep Rally

Photo by: Mrs Schoelkopf-Lewis

Emperor :Coach Brown and Empress: Mrs. Britt Photo by: Mrs Schoelkopf Lewis

2022 Homecoming King and Queen

Stormwater association volunteers help with oyster shell project

JOANN ORISCHAK

The Choice for Hilton Head Island Mayor is Clear

Coastal salt marshes are valuable natu ral resources along every coastline. South Carolina boasts some of the most expansive and productive salt marshes on the south ern Atlantic coast. These environments provide food, shelter, and nesting locations for many marine species, as well as act ing like a natural buffer for the mainland, slowing and absorbing the daily tides and storm surges. Coastal salt marshes also filter pollutants from the mainland, with oysters being one of the main contributors to this ecosystem service. Unfortunately, seawalls and rock revetments, originally intended to stop erosion, can make the problem worse. As a result, suitable habitat for oysters has disappeared in many places.

On Oct. 5, the Southeast Stormwater As sociation (SESWA) sent 15 volunteers from throughout the southeast to the Coastal Discovery Museum to bag recycled oyster shells to help build new oyster reefs in the salt marshes around Hilton Head Island.

The Outside Foundation Executive Director Jean Fruh oversaw the effort. In total, SESWA volunteers bagged 150 bags of oyster shell in a little over an hour. That is enough solid material for 15,000 oysters to colonize!

According to the South Carolina Depart ment of Natural Resources, a single oyster can filter 2.5 gallons of water in an hour. The bags will be used next summer to help

rebuild reefs through the Oyster Recycling and Reef Building initiative.

“It was a such an awesome experience to work with our members from Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee to help improve this special part of the environment and partner with a local organization that is doing good for the community,” said Con ference and Education Committee chair and project organizer John Butler.

“SESWA works all year long to provide the information and educational opportu nities necessary to keep Stormwater in the southeast at the leading edge of the industry and this event gave us the opportunity to put those lessons into action,” said Execu tive Director Danielle Hopkins. “It is such a pleasure to collaborate with the local community hosting our Annual Region al Stormwater Conference, and we look forward to continuing this tradition each year in different communities across the Southeast.”

The Southeast Stormwater Association was formed in 2005 to assist stormwater professionals in the southeast as they seek solutions to surface water quality and stormwater management challenges. For more information about this amazing organization, visit seswa.org.

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Members of the Southeast Stormwater Association volunteered Oct. 15 to fill net bags with recycled oyster shells to be used for rebuilding local reefs.

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Partners

The Hilton Head Area Home Builders Association (HBA) is pleased to announce Coastal States Bank as the 2022 Presenting Sponsor of the Annual LightHouse Awards. Pictured from left are Meg James, executive officer for HHA Home Builders Association; Coastal States Bank branch team leader Mark Brittman; Lowcountry Regional President Diana McDougall; Mortgage Loan Officer Lisa Henry; Ric Spiehs, president of Coastal States Mortgage; and Lighthouse Awards chairman Dan Monroe. 2022 LightHouse Award win ners will be announced at the 23rd annual gala Nov. 18 at the Westin Hilton Head Island Resort. For more information visit hhahba.com.

TEDx HiltonHead 2022 returns Nov. 4

International world surfing champion and youth advocate Shaun Tomson will headline local and national speakers presenting insights and “ideas worth sharing.”

This year’s TEDxHiltonHead theme is “Making Waves” and will feature speakers who create real change to make a positive impact in the world.

Tomson has been “making waves” in pro fessional surfing since the mid-1970s. After the tragic death of his son Mathew, Tomson turned his attention to helping youth under stood how poor decisions can be harmful, and how important it is to be yourself, make decisions that will lead to success, and that life’s obstacles can be overcome.

TEDxHiltonHead will take place from 6:30 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. Nov. 4 at the Sea hawk Cultural Center, 70 Wilborn Road on Hilton Head Island. Tickets are $25 and available at tedxhhi2022.eventbrite.com.

Dr. Debi Lynes, WHHI TV host, will serve as master of ceremonies.

Confirmed speakers include: Candace Blair, Chloe Diamond, Kat Eberly, Ryan Herd, Jeff Maine, Anna Ponder, Janet Porter,

Jon Rooks, Dr. Sidney Smith, Jennifer Urez zio, and Robert Young.

TEDxHiltonHead is a locally organized TED event and 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a mission to bring ideas to the Lowcountry that will inspire intellectual curiosity, contin uous learning, and promote community cohesiveness.

For more information, visit tedxhilton head.com/making-waves.

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Candy Cane Classic adds pickleball to annual charity event

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The Ted Flach Memorial Candy Cane Classic, an annual tournament benefitting the Boys & Girls Club of Hilton Head Island, has expanded to include pickle ball, in addition to its traditional golf and tennis.

The event will be held Dec. 3 at Sea Pines Country Club.

Golf begins with sign-in and breakfast at 8 a.m. and a 9:30 a.m. shot gun start. Cost is $200 per person.

Tennis and pickleball starts at 10 a.m. for sign-in and breakfast, with play start ing at 11 a.m. Cost is $125 per person.

Awards ceremonies with a lunch buffet

will begin when play has finished.

“The growth and popularity of pick leball has soared in the past few years,” said Kim Likins, director of the club. “We want to make sure those who have taken up the sport have a chance to join our tournament and enjoy all the day has to offer.”

Now in its 22nd year, this fundrais er has raised more than $850,000 to support the Club’s mission to serve local youth.

The event is open to the public. For more information and to register, visit bgchiltonhead.org/events.

Coffee shop offers evening dry bar

The Grind Coffee Roasters in Sheridan Park has created a way to enjoy des sert and a fancy beverage on weekend evenings, without taking up a table at a restaurant or driving to Savannah.

Grounded Dessert and Dry Bar is now open on Friday and Saturday nights from 6 to 10:30 p.m. both nights. A grand opening celebration will be held Nov. 18 and 19.

Grounded offers a variety of delectable delights from Baker’s Pride, as well as gluten-, dairy-, soy-, and nut-free desserts (that taste anything but!) from Cappys Farm Fresh Food.

What, you may ask, is a dry bar? The folks at Grounded have crafted a menu of premium cocktails made with zero-proof liquors, herbs, fruits, and mixers – aka mocktails.

Don’t let the lack of alcoholic content stop you. The only proofs that there is no alcohol are: 1.) You can still drive, 2.) You won’t send drunk texts to your ex, and

Coffee drinks available at the Grounded Dessert and Dry Bar include a lucious Au tumnal Equinog, with zero-proof liquor and a frozen coffee ball.

3.) There’s no hangover. Win-win-win. Come for the desserts and drinks, and stay for the vinyls, ambience, friendly fac es, and board games. A number of games are available to play, or guests may bring their own to share.

The Grind is located at 1 Sherington Drive, Suite J, just down the sidewalk from the British Open Pub.

Getting grounded never felt so good.

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51st annual Christmas Parade, tree lighting set for Dec. 2-3

The 51st annual Bluffton Christmas Parade, hosted by the Town of Bluffton, will step off at 10 a.m. Dec. 3 at Town Hall, proceeding through Old Town and ending at Red Cedar Elementary School.

On Dec. 2, Bluffton’s Tree Lighting ceremony will begin at 5:30 p.m. at Martin Family Park, followed by Santa’s Workshop at DuBois Park’s Pavilion. A screening of “The Grinch” will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Martin Family Park. Attendees should bring blankets or chairs for seating.

“The Town’s Christmas tree lighting, Santa’s workshop and movie night is the official kickoff to the holiday season, fol lowed by the Bluffton Christmas Parade the next morning,” said Mayor Lisa Sulka. “It is Bluffton’s way to usher in the holiday season complete with lights, music and getting together with your neighbors.”

Known in some circles as the nation’s most eccentric Christmas parade, the event has been a part of Bluffton tradition for more than five decades. Due to the com munity’s growth, public and personal safety remains the event’s most important priority. New rules, detailed in the Christmas Parade application, will be enforced to ensure safety for all.

Highlights of new rules are: • Parade entries will be considered on

a first come, first serve basis, with a limit of 125 entries for the 2022 parade. It is advised to submit applications as soon as it is completed.

• The town is asking parade entrants to give a donation to the Bluffton Lutzie 43 Charitable Fund, in lieu of a parade entry fee. Donations will help fund scholarships for Bluffton’s students as well as support the town’s safe driving campaign, to reduce/ eliminate vehicle causalities and fatalities in our town.

• Throwing of candy or any item from parade vehicle or float is prohibited. Partic ipants are allowed to walk alongside their parade entry and distribute items to crowd hand-to-hand to the spectators.

• Spectators will not be allowed to run into the streets to grab items.

• Applications are due Nov. 11. To apply, visit townofbluffton/sc/gov and click on Res idents, and 2022 Christmas Parade. Hard copies of the application are available at the front desk at Town Hall, 20 Bridge St.

For more information, and to send completed applications, email Lyndee Simoneaux, special events manager at tob christmasparade@townofbluffton.com.

The event will only be canceled if the Town of Bluffton deems weather conditions as unsafe.

The Bluffton Christmas Parade is not over until Santa shows up on a fire truck.

TONY KUKULICH

MUSIC PART 2

Remembering legendary Monday night jams at Big Rocco’s

JOANN ORISCHAK

The Choice for Hilton Head Island Mayor is Clear

By Tim Wood CONTRIBUTOR

(Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of articles about the evolution of the music scene on Hilton Head Island and, eventually, in Bluffton.)

By the late 1980s, the Lowcountry music vibe was evolving from a resort ballroom scene full of high-paid, ca reer-twilight crooners to a thriving rock scene with musicians planting roots on Hilton Head Island.

Spots like The Earle of Sandwich, Wild Wing Cafe, the Grog & Galley, Remy’s and the Old Post Office sprung up, serving as a rock incubator that birthed local music celebrities like The Mundahs, and became a must-play locale for up-and-comers like Hootie & The Blowfish.

Money was flowing readily in a booming real estate economy and a growing island population. Musicians

tried being businessmen, with a slew of them opening their own clubs. David Wingo, one of the early faves of Dick Mariotte’s “Talk of the Town” column in the twice-weekly Hilton Head News, was one of the few that proved able to juggle both hats – creating an epicenter of lyrical creativity in the late ’80s. These are all names and plotlines at the backbone of music history, but one legend we missed in our kickoff of this series was John “The Mayor” Brackett. We heard tales from so many of you of the legendary Monday night jams at Big Rocco’s, where Brackett first held court. Jazz was the island’s calling card for much of the ’80s – the roots of the rock evolution – thanks to pioneers like Freddy Cole and Bobby Ryder.

Brackett came to the island in 1989 from Virginia with his girlfriend for a visit that evolved as a back-up plan. The mechanic-by-day, musi

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Longtime musician friends gather around a piano, an instrument that has figured prominently in each of their various careers. From left are Sterlin Colvin, Lavon Stevens, Martin Lesch, Scott Morlock and John Brackett.

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MUSIC from page 39A

cian-by-night finally had a week off, and the couple were scheduled to travel to Newburyport. Massachusetts. When a snowstorm threw off those plans, his girlfriend’s half-brother on Hilton Head invited the couple to housesit while he headed to France for the summer.

“He really undersold this house. No windows, screened in, but it’s on the water. We got here, and it was just paradise. We knew we were staying,” Brackett said. “I was making a living as a photographer and an auto mechanic, but music was the passion. I played piano but trombone was my main jam to begin when I was playing traditional jazz. When we got to the island, my eyes just lit up with the possibilities and I just started hitting all the clubs and getting to know folks.”

One of the first folks he befriended was Bill Barnwell. The piano man was a key cog in growing the burgeoning jazz scene on the island. The Hilton Head Jazz Society formed in 1986, led by legends like Bob Masteller and the Bay Street Stompers, with jam nights at

spots like Top of the Isle and Fratello’s. Barnwell was both a musical anchor (alongside bassists Delbert Felix, Ben Tucker and Teddy Adams) but was

also a social connector for many of the talented newcomers.

“I was Bill’s chauffeur at first,” Brack ett said. “When we weren’t heading to

gigs in his boat, I’d drive him to the Fratello’s gigs. That was where Santa Fe Café is now, and they became a place where musicians would come to jam late into the night.”

Late in 1989, a buzz was making the rounds that Rainer Geingross was taking his profits from the sale of Café Europa, and that he and wife Olga were opening a new spot, Big Rocco’s (the site of Nick’s Seafood today on Park Lane).

The very opening of the joint got Geingross sued for breaking a five-year non-compete clause he signed when he sold Café Eurora, but the brash en trepreneur missed the nightlife action enough to pay the legal fees.

“They were looking for a house band, and so I jumped in and applied to be the leader,” Brackett said. “I got the gig and Darryl Horne joined up. We built a following and carved a spot onto the music calendar.”

What took Brackett and his Prime

Please see MUSIC on page 41A

COURTESY JOHN BRACKETT

Piano man John Brackett plays during a 2012 concert. Brackett and his Prime Time band created a musical stir at Big Rocco’s on Monday nights in the early 1990s.

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Time Band from popular to legendary came by accident.

“Mondays was our dark night, but we were always hanging around before going to check out other bands and shows. One Monday, we got asked to play a few songs and we obliged.”

Those “few songs” turned into a jam session that spawned an integral part of the early ’90s island scene: the Monday night jam at Rocco’s.

Musicians and their groupies are notorious for foggy memories, especial ly when it comes to the height of the “Snow Island” era where cocaine and its accomplices were as plentiful as the ocean water along our shores. But fans remember Big Rocco’s Mondays vividly for the non-stop party atmosphere.

“The locals showed up every Monday night and it was a party because ev eryone knew it was going to be great,” said long-time resident Terry Bergeron. “Most of the local musicians and the ater folks from the Playhouse (later the Arts Center) were off on Mondays, so they showed up to jam or sing with the band.”

Julie Mariotte, Dick’s daughter, wouldn’t miss a Monday.

“You just never knew what or who you were going to see,” she said.

“John always made it fun,” said fellow music fan Holly Hoover. “It was just always an event, always something we knew would deliver.”

Brackett said it was far from him alone.

“We invited so many musicians and they all came. The first three to play would get 75 bucks, but it was free beer for musicians and free pizza at midnight,” Brackett said. He said the place could hold 300 people, but others remember even bigger crowds that warranted monitoring by the fire marshals.

Brackett, always one to pass on praise to others, said musicians like Bob Alberti, Sterlin Colvin and, in the later years, Martin Lesch, made it truly special.

“Such talents, all of them. We’d get the touring bands that would play The Jazz Corner that would come over after their sets. We’d get musicians from Savannah, Charleston. They all wanted

to be in on it,” he said. “We had this guitarist from Detroit that was incredi ble. We had John Mellencamp’s drum mer, Kenny Aronoff, sit in a bunch. Edwin McCain – just so many. We were blessed.”

The jams also attracted celebrities that enjoyed the mix of off-the-beaten path action and an anything-goes vibe that made it a welcome hideaway. Syl vester Stallone, Michael Jordan, Chris Farley, Arsenio Hall and Isaiah Thomas were just some of the names folks were willing to name.

“I mean, I’m not a name dropper, and the anonymity is what they enjoyed. They liked music and they could just vibe like a groupie, like a nobody. I mean, a nobody with a bodyguard, but still, just one of us,” said one of the regulars in the Monday jams.

Big Rocco’s run lasted for eight years until Gerngross sold the place to the Huge Seafood Company.

“It was a different thing. I think I last ed three months after the sale,” Brack ett said. He went on to concentrate on growing his photography business and his family. The key tickler later returned to playing regular gigs when the Blue Night opened and has been playing island gigs ever since – the latest a 13-year-long Wednesday night residency at Redfish.

Oh, and he’s also been a charter captain for the past 16 years and runs Sweet Pea Fishing. (Stop hogging all the professions, Mayor.)

But you never forget your first. And for Brackett, Big Rocco’s was the ulti mate.

“It was a heckuva run,” he said with a smile. “We had some fun. A whole lot of fun.”

Fans like Bergeron agree wholeheart edly and are thankful to Brackett and to have been witness to the magic melo dies.

“It was a special moment in time in the history of music on Hilton Head Island,” Bergeron said. “There was nothing quite like it before and I don’t think there ever will be again.”

Tim Wood is a veteran journalist based in Bluffton. Contact him at timwood@ blufftonsun.com.

Noteworthy

• World Affairs Council of Hilton Head Island will host Sergei Medvedev, a Russian professor at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow and award-win ning author, at its Nov. 4 Global Speakers Program, to be held at 10 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church on Hilton Head Island.

Medvedev will address topics related to Russia’s relationship with its neighbors, how other countries should understand recent aggression and what can be done to stop Putin.

Guests are welcome for a $20 fee and are encouraged to register online at wachh.org. For more information, call 843-284-6758.

• The Hilton Head Island Republican Club will host the last of its Friday Night Speaker Series Nov. 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. at headquarters, 37 New Orleans Road, Suite B in Orleans Plaza.

Mayoral candidates will be present as speakers.

Refreshments will be provided. No RSVP is required

• The next Words & Art workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Nov. 5 in Old Town Bluffton. Participants should meet at Corner Perk, 1297 May River Road in the Promenade.

Artist Polly Rowles and writer Cindy Sturgis will lead participants in creative exercises, focusing on Art and Soul, at two locations, Red Piano Art Gallery and Wright Family Park.

The peaceful retreat is designed to spark one’s inner creativity.

Registration is $20 per person. For more information and to reserve a spot, email Sturgis at cindysturgis@gmail.com or visit the Facebook page Words & Art.

• The Mobile Education Exhibit for Wreaths Across America will make a stop in Beaufort County Nov. 6 from noon to 5:30 p.m. as part of its national tour.

The exhibit will be at the Beaufort County Administration Building in the Robert Smalls Complex, 100 Ribaut Road, Beaufort.

The mobile exhibit serves as a muse um on wheels, educating visitors about

the service and sacrifice of our nation’s heroes.

Wreaths Across America is a nonprof it organization best known for placing wreaths on the headstones of veterans in national cemeteries throughout the coun try, including Beaufort National Cemetery. In 2021, the organization and volunteers placed more than 2.4 million sponsored wreaths at more than 3,100 participating locations.

The exhibit is free and open to the pub lic. For more information, visit wreathsac rossamerica.org.

• The next monthly luncheon meeting of Liberal Men of the Lowcountry will begin at noon Nov. 9 at the Country Club of Hilton Head.

Guest speaker is Margaret Walden from the South Carolina Council on the Holocaust.

Cost for the luncheon is $27. Non-members who are considering joining the organization are welcome to come, but they must email bew_50@ hotmail.com in advance.

• Citizen Journalism, a new program of Hilton Head Branch Library, will kick off at 11 a.m. Nov. 10 at the library, 11 Beach City Road.

This introduction to citizen journalism will help participants identify, develop and produce newsworthy material about their community. Topics include discover ing noteworthy stories, interview tech niques, writing tips, and where to pub lish, the basics on writing press releases.

The program will be led by Hilton Head reference librarian and former newspaper writer/editor Warren Cobb. For more information, call the reference desk at 843-255-6525.

• The American Legion Alexander Wattay Post 185 and the Military Veterans Coalition of Hilton Head Island will host the 2022 Veterans Day Remembrance Ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 11 at Shel ter Cove Veterans Memorial Park.

In the event of rain, the ceremony will be moved to the sanctuary of St Andrew by the Sea, 20 Pope Ave.

The keynote speaker for the ceremony

Noteworthy

is Joe McNamara, a member of the board of directors of Operation Patriots FOB in Ridgeland.

The Hilton Head Choral Society, under the leadership of Dr. Dustin Ousley, will perform several patriotic numbers includ ing our National Anthem and the Armed Forces Salute.

The color guard will be provided by the ROTC from Hilton Head Island High School.

For more information, contact Warren Graves a 843-342-6322 or warrena graves@hotmail.com.

• The Hilton Head Oyster Festival has returned, scheduled for Nov. 11-12 at two locations.

Friday’s All You Can Eat event will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. at Shelter Cove Community Park mid-island. Partici pants can enjoy steamed local oysters, Lowcountry boil, pulled pork, seafood chowder and chili, as well as live music by Crosstown Traffic. Cost is $55 adult and $45 children.

Saturday’s Main Event will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Lowcountry Celebration Park on the south end. Local restaurants will compete for best seafood dish, and local artisans will have pop up shops available. Admission is $10, with children 10 and under admitted free.

Live entertainment will be provided by Deas Guyz (1-2 p.m.) and Cameron Tate Band (11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2 p.m.-4 p.m.). Food, beverages, and kids’ activities are sold separately.

Tickets as well as purchases inside the festival must be made through the Crowdblink app – no cash, no credit cards.

For more information, visit Hilton HeadOysterFestival.com.

• The monthly Palm Trees & Pistons car show will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. Nov. 12 at Sea Turtle Marketplace on Hilton Head Island, in the parking lot of the former SteinMart store.

The show will feature vintage, antique, exotic, muscle and unique cars owned by area locals.

Any car owner who would like to display their vehicles are welcome to

bring them for show and tell, and to meet others of like mind.

The show is held the second Saturday of each month and is free and open to the public.

• The annual Holiday Craft and Bake Sale, sponsored by the Hilton Head Plantation Crafters, will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 12 at Christ Lutheran Church, 829 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island.

Hundreds of unique handmade items and home-baked goods will be available for sale.

The Crafters group began in 1980, when a group of women living in Hilton Head Plantation pooled their talents and supplies to raise money for local charities.

In 1995, the group partnered with Hos pice Care of the Lowcountry and began holding their annual craft and bake sales with all proceeds supporting the non profit hospice. Since then, the Crafters have generated more than $275,000 in donations for Hospice Care.

In addition to a variety of baked goods, items for sale include home decor, apparel, accessories, children’s toys and clothing, pet items, stationery and cards, and holiday decor and gifts.

Admission is free. Come early for the best selection. All proceeds benefit Hos pice Care of the Lowcountry.

• Registration is open for the annual Osprey Village Golf Tournament, to be held Nov. 13 at Golden Bear Golf Course on Hilton Head Island.

The event will begin with registration at 8:30 a.m. and a 10 a.m. shotgun start, scramble format. The event includes breakfast, coffee, barbecue, a Bloody Mary bar, and fireball shots.

Guests may participate in a raffle and silent auction.

Registration fee is $150 per golfer.

Osprey Village is 501(c)(3) organization with a goal of building a community for adults with developmental disabilities. Permitting is underway for their land on Hwy. 170 near Argent Blvd.

For more information and to register, visit ospreyvillage.org.

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Noteworthy

• Hilton Head Library will host its Branch Birthday Party, celebrating 24 years, at 2 p.m. Nov. 14 at the library, 11 Beach City Road.

Guest speaker is David Lauderdale, columnist and retired senior editor for the Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette.

Refreshments will be served. For more information, call the reference desk at 843-255-6525.

• Long time Hilton Head Island resident and two-time Grand Slam champion Stan Smith will be the featured speaker during the Athletic Club of the Lowcountry meeting on Nov. 14 at Lord of Life Luther an Church, 351 Buckwalter Parkway.

An informal reception will begin at 6:30 p.m., followed by Smith’s presentation at 7 p.m.

Smith won the 1971 U.S. Open and was crowned Wimbledon champion in 1972. He also teamed with Bob Lutz to win four additional doubles Grand Slam championships. A native of Pasadena, California, Smith has won 64 professional tournaments and owns a career record of 558 wins and 201 losses. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987 and has served as President of the Hall since 2011.

Contact Judy Barry at golfmates202@ gmail.com if you plan to attend.

• Swing into the holiday season with the new Hilton Head Big Band at its benefit dinner dance at the Hilton Head Island Beach and Tennis Resort from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 17. Proceeds go to support music education for young local musi cians.

The all-volunteer band, consisting of 19 musicians and five vocalists, will be per forming dance music of the ’60s through today.

Tickets are $10 each. An optional full buffet dinner is available for $20 per per son. A cash bar will also be provided.

Tickets for the concert are available on Eventbrite. Tickets for the buffet dinner can be purchased at the door.

• America’s Boating Club Hilton Head presents Deck the Hulls, a Christmas Boat Parade, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 3 in Port Royal Sound.

The parade route will begin at Port Roy al Sound, proceed along Skull Creek to Hilton Head Harbor RV Resort & Marina, and return to end at Safe Harbor-Skull Creek Marina.

The event is free and open to public viewing.

The evening will feature an established fleet of local watercraft, in all shapes and sizes, “decked out” in dramatic light dis plays, costumed crews, special effects, and other creative holiday decorations.

Participating boats will compete for prizes and dazzle spectators as they cruise along Skull Creek.

Parade-goers can enjoy the parade from many ideal viewing locations including Skull Creek waterfront restaurants and marinas, the Rowing and Sailing Center at Squire Pope Community Park, Dolphin Head, and Fort Mitchel. It’s also anticipat ed that residents along Skull Creek will be hosting private viewing parties to experi ence the evening with friends and family.

For more information, visit abchh.org/ deckthehulls.

Meet our Editor

A native South Carolinian, Lynne hails from the capital city of Columbia, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism at the University of South Carolina. She moved to Hilton Head Island in 1984 for a typography job, not even realizing there was a beach. The next year, she met Amos, the man who would become her husband and soul mate. They married in 1990 on one of the beaches they discovered. A frequent crosser of the bridges to Bluffton, Lynne worked at the local daily for nine years and has been with the Sun since 2009. While her job is editing, she also enjoys writing, and is confident there is a novel in her head somewhere.

ENJOYS: Waterfalls, good coffee, hanging out with the fam.

LYNNE COPE HUMMELL, EDITOR

Lowcountry resident for 38 years

Pasta, steaks, mega ball pit and a new eatery at Island West

By Tim Wood CONTRIBUTOR

From old businesses with new owners to new businesses in new places, we have much to discuss.

Rohland takes over Village Pasta Shoppe: There are changes afoot just down the sidewalk from our office on Johnston Way in Bluffton Village. Leslie Rohland, owner of The Cottage Café and the Juice Hive, has taken over ownership of The Village Pasta Shoppe. The Bluffton pasta pavilion and Italian gourmet food market celebrated its grand re-opening Nov. 1.

“We are so excited to be continuing the tradition of bringing the taste of Ita ly to the Lowcountry through our fresh gourmet pasta, artisanal ingredients and take-home ‘heat-n-serve’ pasta dishes that have long been loved by so many in the community,” said Rohland, who

is also the founder of May River Coffee Roasters and owner of The Emporium and Sidecar Catering – which features personal catering services featuring her

award-winning cuisine.

“I am thrilled to be the new owner of this beloved gourmet pasta shop,and am excited to not only be continuing

the tradition of the highest quality pastas, ingredients and food items, but bringing some new and unique menu items, products and programs like our PASTAport to the Bluffton community.” Their fresh cut pastas and homemade “heat-n-serve” pastas are all made fresh daily with their homemade marinara sauce and available in various sizes. The shop also offers a large selection of artisan breads, antipasti, cheese, cured Italian meats, desserts and wine. And customers have long lauded the selec tion of Italian gourmet food products not found on local supermarket shelves. For more information and to view the takeout menu, visit villagepastashoppe. com.

New boutique indoor playspace opens: We told you about a trampoline park coming to the area in the coming months, but there is a new option for

Please see UPDATE on page 46A

Leading Eye Doctors in Three Lowcountry Locations.

If you’re looking for exceptional and compassionate eye care, you don’t have to look far. Bishop Eye Center now has seven physicians in three Lowcountry locations to welcome you with an exceptional eye care environment and premier patient experience right where you live.

When it comes to caring for your vision, you deserve the very best.

The Village Pasta Shoppe in Bluffton Village is under new ownership. Leslie Rohland, owner of the Juice Hive in the next building, as well as other culinary enterprises, added the store to her portfolio recently.

LYNNE COPE HUMMELL

UPDATE from page 45A parents of young ones open at Tanger Outlets 1. Jumpin’ Jellybeans (1256 Fording Island Road, Suite 175, Bluff ton, 843-929-0231, jumpinjellybean shiltonhead.com) is all about the ball bit. No bounce houses, no trampolines, just one of the largest ball pits in South Carolina, a designated toddler area and fun obstacles for kids up to 10 years old. The family-owned business is focused on parent satisfaction and the cleanest and most state-of-the-art fun for your kids. Plus, there is a CoolBeans Café for the parents to sip on hot and free coffee while the kids get their ball pit time.

The CAVA transformation is complete: A few buildings down at the front of Tanger 1, Cava Grill official ly opened its doors Oct. 14. GM Jay Isakson is excited to welcome former Zoe’s Kitchen diners and newcomers to sample the new Mediterranean-focused chef-casual restaurant. Area foodies know the Cava brand from their line of dips and spreads sold in area specialty food stores and at Whole Food Mar

ket. The growing eatery chain started among three friends from three loud Greek families in Maryland and has expanded nationwide to more than 80 locations. This is the first lower Low country location and the chain’s third in South Carolina. The concept is simple eating, a you-build-your-meal eatery where you choose your ingredients from a base (salad greens, a pita, rice or a grain bowl), choose your dips and spreads (six different choices, including the spicy tomato and pepper harissa spread, our fave), pick a protein (falafel, lamb meatballs, honey chicken, grilled chicken or meatballs, or braised lamb) and then complete with toppings and dressings. For more information, visit cava.com.

High-end steakhouse opens on island: Bowdie’s Chophouse, a highend steakhouse, has opened in Island Crossing at 11 Palmetto Bay Road. Bowdie’s earned a reputation for elegance and epic steaks at its three locations in Michigan. While the eatery has a selection of starters and a trio

of fish and chicken options and addons such as lobster tail, the star of the show is the steak. They offer six choic es – the 18-ounce Kansas City, bone-in 14-ounce filet, a 10-ounce filet mignon, a 26-ounce Cowboy ribeye, a 36-ounce Tomahawk for two, and a gargantuan 40-ounce, bone-in tenderloin and strip steak in one. For more information and to make reservations, visit bowdiechop house.com.

Soules expands to Bar 19: Under ground Burritos owner James Soules was golfing at the newly opened Island West one afternoon when he noticed the 40 Island West Drive clubhouse restaurant space was still vacant. That changed very quickly. Soules talked to course management and quickly struck a deal to take over the space. Within weeks, he transformed the clubhouse into Bar 19 at Island West.

“Getting the course back open, it’s huge for the community. So I talked with Joe Walters and we made this happen. These folks, they fought hard for this and they deserve a place all their

own,” Soules said. “We’re open to the public, but first and foremost, we’re here to honor the blood, sweat and tears that went into bringing Island West back to life.”

The idea was to bring a bit of Un derground Burritos along with unique items from Soules’ culinary Rolodex culled from decades of opening eateries across the Lowcountry.

Bar 19 features a lunch menu with golfers’ favorites like the pimento cheese sandwich and grilled chicken Caesar wrap, sandwiches (the French dip is spectacular) and a selection of UG’s award-winning quesadillas. The dinner menu features a lump crab cake starter, featured dinners like penne vodka, shrimp and rice, and blackened chicken and pasta.

The eatery has already built a follow ing with their Taco Tuesday menu and their Wing Wednesday specials. For more information, visit bar19bluffton. com

Tim Wood is a veteran journalist based in Bluffton. Contact him at timwood@ blufftonsun.com.

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BUSINESS

To succeed in business and life, start with mission, go for win

By Tom Henz CONTRIBUTOR

Earlier this year I was out for a jog when I ran past someone wearing a T-shirt that read “What’s Your Why?” I was curious and came to find out this phrase is a popular topic that has you consider your life’s purpose, inspiration, motivation . . . what makes you, you.

In the business world, this would be called your mission statement. The mission statement is typically followed by a vision statement that establishes an organization’s future direction and desired destination. Perhaps the T-shirt version of your vision statement could be “Where’s Your Win?”

All successful organizations start with a mission and vision, then they craft a strate gic plan to achieve their win. The same can work for you.

Let’s develop a plan for Me, Inc.

Start with your Why (mission) and your Win (vision), because it’s hard to chart a course if you don’t know where you are and where you want to go. You can find articles, books and videos to help you devise your Why and your Win, but in the final analysis they are as unique as you are. It might take some time and self-reflection.

With your Why and your Win estab lished, it’s time to develop your plan in six steps:

Step 1. Determine your present situation:

education, career, connections, finances, family, interests, experiences, challenges and your Why. This will be where you’ll begin your journey.

Step 2. Identify opportunities and threats you may encounter on the way to Win.

Step 3. Brainstorm bridges. Consider all the possible ways you can think of to span the divide from where you are today to where you want to go, being mindful of the potential obstacles and opportunities along the way. This step works best with multiple viewpoints. Enlist a diverse group of close confidants.

Step 4. Evaluate all the possible alterna tives, then select the best bridge to get to your destination (the best way to Win!).

Step 5. Now build that bridge. Corpora tions build their bridges using goals, strat egies and tactics. To simplify, let’s build the bridge for Me, Inc. using guideposts instead – think what needs to be accomplished, how, and when. A short bridge can typi cally be built with three to four guideposts; longer ones may take five or six.

Step 6. You have assessed where you are today and where you want to be tomorrow, and you built the bridge using guideposts to get you there. Now it’s time to execute. Cross that bridge on your way to Win. Then buy the T-shirt!

Tom Henz is an adjunct professor at USCB, as well as director and facilitator of the school’s Center for Strategic Planning. uscb.edu/csp

Having a clear vision of achieving your win can benefit many facets of life.

• Julie Martin has been awarded the designation of Certified Professional Retirement Coach. Martin has more than 32 years of experience at AT&T, Microsoft and Marriott Vacations Worldwide. Her areas of expertise were in sales and marketing, as well as human resourc es with an emphasis on management and lead ership development, career development, succession planning and coaching.

The CRPC designation is awarded to professionals who have successfully com pleted advanced coursework, a final exam, and met both experience and skill-based requirements. The training program ex amines both the art and science of making a successful transition from work-life to home-life and includes practical applica tions to help people replace their work identity, fill their time, and stay relevant and connected as well as mentally and

physically active.

In connection with the training and designation, Martin will be offering clients a suite of tools and resources including upcoming workshops and one-on-one meetings.

For more information, email juliemartin rrhh@gmail.com, call 424-241-8808 or visit retirereadyhiltonhead.com.

• Diane Botch has joined Downtown Catering Company in Bluffton, serving on the event logistics team.

Botch grew up around the food and beverage industry because her mom, who was a single parent, has been a chef since before Botch was born.

She currently helps with prep work and behind-the-scenes of all Downtown Catering Company and Venue 1223 related events.

Botch holds an Associate Degree in

Liberal Arts, and has served as a substitute teacher.

• Great Place to Work and FORTUNE have honored Benton House Senior Liv ing as one of the 2022 Best Workplaces for Aging Services.

The National Award considered feedback representing 189,159 employees working for Great Place to Work-Certified orga nizations in senior housing and care and at-home care in the aging services industry.

Rankings are based on employees’ feedback and reward companies who best include all employees, no matter who they are or what they do for the organization. Only 50 companies make the list each year. Benton House took the No. 19 spot on the list.

It is the company’s fourth year to be a certified as a Great Place to Work, and its second national win.

• John Stalnaker has been hired as the estimator at the Savannah Hardscapes headquarters in Hardeeville.

Stalnaker brings sev eral years of sales expe rience to the Savannah Hardscapes team. He previously sold hard scape and masonry materials to contractors and homeowners.

He earned his degree in Landscape Architec ture from the Universi ty of Georgia.

As the estimator, he will analyze con struction plans and specifications to de termine the scope of work for all masonry, concrete and hardscape projects. His atten tion to detail will ensure accurate proposals for customers based on labor and material costs.

Savannah Hardscapes specializes in pro viding a large selection of exterior surfacing materials along with turnkey installation for projects of any size and scope. For more information, visit SavannahHard scapes.com.

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Diane Botch

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Family medicine physician joins BMH Palmetto Medical Group

Robert L. Smith, M.D., FAAFP has joined Beaufort Memorial’s Palmetto Med ical Group practice.

Board certified in family medicine, Dr. Smith brings widely ranging expertise in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic illnesses to the Bluff ton primary care practice.

Smith comes to the area from Finger Lakes Family Care in Canandaigua, New York, a practice which he found ed in 2006 in part to enhance patient care through the use of innovations in e-health. The practice earned Nation al Committee for Quality Assessment (NCQA) Level 3 Patient-Centered Medi cal Home status under his leadership.

Chief of outpatient medicine at F.F. Thompson Hospital in Canandaigua and co-founder of Updox, a medical commu nication platform, Smith has significant experience in telemedicine, having used the technology to enhance his patients’ access to care, especially during the

COVID-19 pandemic.

The Rochester, New York, native grad uated with a Bachelor of Science degree in health and sports science from Wake Forest University. After a brief career as a PGA assistant golf professional, he returned to academics for a Master of Science in clinical chemistry from Roches ter Institute of Technology. He earned his Doctor of Medicine from SUNY Up state Medical University, completing his residency in family medicine in the St. Joseph’s Hospital Family Practice Residen cy Program in Syracuse.

At Beaufort Memorial Palmetto Medical Group, Dr. Smith joins family medicine physicians Dr. Scott Cummings and Dr. Lynn Goetze, physician assistants Steph anie Lovato and Erica Roper and nurse practitioner Jennifer Stokes. To schedule an appointment with Dr. Smith or any of the practice providers, call 843-7060600.

Board-certified spine surgeon joins BOSS Orthopaedics

Board-certified, fellowship-trained or thopaedic spine specialist B. Andrew Cas tro, M.D., has joined BOSS Orthopaedics (formerly known as Beaufort Orthopaedic, Sports & Spine).

Dr. Castro brings extensive experience to the practice, having treated a variety of disorders of the spine in both adults and children. Trained in the latest surgical techniques, including minimally invasive surgery and disc replacement, he most recently spent more than 20 years in Den ver, Colorado, where he built one of the busiest spine practices in the area and was selected as one of Denver’s “Top Docs.”

A graduate of Clemson University with a Bachelor of Science and Master of Sci ence in bioengineering, Dr. Castro earned

his medical degree from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. He completed residency training in ortho paedic surgery at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn and went on to complete fellowship training in com plex spinal deformities at the University of Colorado.

Dr. Castro is active in spinal biome chanics research and has presented at various national conferences and pub lished journal articles and book chapters on the subject. Recipient of the John H. Moe Award from the Scoliosis Research Society, he has also designed and patent ed medical implants that are currently in use.

The practice has three locations: 1076 Ribaut Road, Suite 101, in Beaufort, 843525-0045; 39 Hospital Center Commons on Hilton Head Island, 843-681-2363; and 4812 Bluffton Parkway in Bluffton, 843-837-4300.

Dr. Andrew Castro

HEALTH

Frequent acidic reflux creates perfect storm for tooth decay

By Sydney Caskey CONTRIBUTOR

A Midwest football fan, I know a thing or two about planning a stellar game-day menu. My white bean chicken chili recipe even won the office chili cookoff last year!

I also know the consequences of over doing it with food like chili, that can lead to acid reflux. Acid reflux is a condition in which your stomach contents move back up into your esophagus, the canal that connects your stomach and throat.

It can cause heartburn, a burning feeling in your chest or neck, or even regurgitation. More than just an uncomfortable effect of overindulgence, I see all too often how acid reflux has a direct impact on your oral health.

Some acid reflux is normal after eating and is cleared naturally by saliva. But when we sleep, as we age, or when we change or increase medications, we don’t salivate as frequently. This prevents the natural cleanse

and creates an acidic environment in the mouth: a perfect storm for an environment that leads to decay.

The excess acid extracts minerals from teeth, leading to erosion of tooth enamel, the thin outer covering of the tooth. Enamel

cannot be replaced but can be strengthened by increasing its mineral content.

Dentists and dental hygienists are usually the first to identify acid reflux during dental exams and cleanings, even in patients with outstanding home hygiene.

In addition to the benefits of a regular professional dental cleaning for prevent ing tooth erosion, they may recommend a high-mineral toothpaste like 3M Clinpro 5000 or MI Paste, a great way to strengthen tooth enamel. Ask your hygienist about the best option for your unique mouth.

Frequent acid reflux, called gastroesopha geal reflux disease (GERD) increases the risk of esophageal cancer, so definitely consult your general practitioner about chronic acid reflux.

After indulging on tailgating day, consider treating acid reflex with over-the-counter antacids and a mouth rinse like Biotene. On non-tailgating days, choose healthier food options, drink plenty of water throughout the day, and brush and floss regularly to safeguard against an overly acidic mouth. Also, reach out to me if you want to try my game-day chili recipe this fall!

Sydney Caskey, DDS is a dentist in practice with ROC Dental Group in Bluffton.

WELLNESS

Solutions for treating facial asymmetry with minimal downtime

By E. Ronald Finger CONTRIBUTOR

First, one should know that having one’s face be symmetrical would be very rare. After all, our liver is on the right, the heart is on the left, pancreas on the left, and so forth.

Usually, one leg is a little longer than the other, the hairline is not even, etc.

usually it’s the right side (for reasons un known). Possibly it’s because our heart is on the left and, in utero, the left side receives more blood supply and thus grows slightly larger.

This can be noticed by looking at the eyes to assess which one is lower than the other. Also, the lower eye will then be closer to the mouth.

What types of asymmetry can be treat ed, and how?

If the lips are uneven (often noticeable in the upper lip) the treatment might be an asymmetrical lip lift, called a “buck horn” lift. The result is permanent. Or a filler on the side that is thinner can be used. Each patient must be carefully assessed.

achieved by removing more skin from the upper eyelid. Again, if indicated, el evating the lowest brow may be another solution. Fat grafts or even a cheek im plant may be used if there is a deficient bony rim below the lower eye.

Fillers such as Juvederm or Restyl ane products are usually used for other asymmetries of the face, such as a cheek that is smaller than the opposite cheek. This also applies to the jawline or any part of the face on the deficient side.

Asymmetrical noses usually require a surgical rhinoplasty, but amazing results can be achieved in many cases with properly placed fillers. In fact, humps can be minimized, noses shortened and even tilted more upwards non-surgically as well.

E. Ronald Finger

Very commonly a patient will visit a plastic surgeon re garding asymmetry of the face. Depend ing on the location and degree, most asymmetries can be diminished, but not all.

For instance, virtually all human skulls are smaller on one side, and

If one side of the brow sags more than the other, a brow lift can be done on that side. An alternative treatment would be using lifting PDO (polydioxa none) threads, a biodegradable polyester suture. Inserting these threads takes only a few minutes, and the result will last about two years. These threads last about six months, but they stimulate production of collagen, hyaluronic acid, and most importantly, elastin, causing the longevity of the results.

Surgery may be indicated, such as a facelift or non-surgical PDO lifting threads and/or fat grafts. Again, each patient must be assessed and treated appropriately.

Eyes are a common request for more symmetry. As mentioned, the right eye is usually lower than the left, and this cannot be corrected. However, the ap pearance of more evenness can often be

Although most people are unaware of the asymmetry of their faces, others have noticeable asymmetries which can easily be corrected with minimal (if any) downtime.

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Showing love even across the aisle, in a political season

By Brett Myers CONTRIBUTOR

Over the past couple months, our church has been journeying through a sermon series in Daniel.

Four young men from Judah named Dan iel, Hannaniah, Meshael, and Azariah were placed in an incredibly difficult circum stance. They had been hauled away from Judah into captivity in Babylon.

These four men were essentially placed in a school for the pagan Babylonian “wise men,” whose practices varied from magi cians to astrologers. These wise men were at the beck and call of the king and other officials, to provide their wisdom as needed.

These four Jews then forcibly had their names changed to Belteshazzar, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, names that hon ored the gods of the Babylonians. So, these four men were taken from their homes and families, taught the language and religion of their captors, and had their names changed

to names that honored the gods of their captors.

Yet, one thing that is profound to me is the respect that these four men continued to show their authority, King Nebuchadnezzar, and the kings who followed him. Daniel even displayed, on several occasions, a great compassion for Nebuchadnezzar.

Now, these four men didn’t always obey

their authorities, especially when obedience to their earthly authorities necessitated disobedience to the Lord their God (i.e., the fiery furnace instance), but they continued to be respectful of their authorities, even in their disobedience.

As we find ourselves in an election season, we find ourselves with a great opportunity. We can either give in to the norm of our

culture and find ways to hate each other for our differing opinions politically, or we can choose to love each other and to show respect in spite of our differences.

Isn’t it easy to love those who have worldviews in common with you? Those who really want to flesh out a love for their neighbor are those who seek to show love to those who have nothing in common with them.

And by the way, those who follow Christ don’t have a choice in the matter, if they want to be obedient to Christ. It was He who said, “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in Heaven” (Matthew 5:44-45a).

What if we tried, for just one election season, to show love and respect to some one across the political aisle from us? What might God do through us if we loved beyond our differences?

Brett Myers is the senior pastor at First Bap tist Church on Hilton Head Island. FBCHHI.org

TRAVEL

50th state generates aloha vibes, gorgeous views everywhere

By Glenda Harris CONTRIBUTOR

A recent long-awaited trip to Hawaii was first planned for the spring of 2020 and finally accomplished in September of 2022.

Most visitors to the Aloha state choose Waikiki Beach as their destination. And why not? With approximately two miles of shoreline along the Pacific Ocean and views of Diamond Head rising against the sky, it is the iconic Hawaiian expectation.

If the island’s center of tourism is not what you would fly all the way to Hawaii for, keep reading. Following are two perspectives with recommendations on both Waikiki Beach and the North Shore.

Hosting us for this Hawaiian tour was our son and his family who moved to the island in 2019, and quickly discovered the best beaches, bays, trails and views. The insider tips herewith originated with their guidance.

Consider doing a “windshield” tour, as the entire island is so profuse with natural

beauty, one need only pay attention.

To get the full tourist experience, we began by staying at The Hilton Hawaiian Vil

lage (aka the Village), a high-rise oceanfront resort. This property offers it all: panoramic views, restaurants, cafes and shopping, all

surrounded by lush gardens.

Near the Village is the Moana Surfrider, an historic hotel close to the International Market Place and Waikiki Beach Walk. On site are restaurants, a spa and a large lanai for people watching and resting.

Just up the road is The Outrigger Reef Re sort, a contemporary oceanfront hotel with excellent reviews. Note: Sea turtles are often seen from the elevated walkway behind the oceanfront hotels.

Check with VRBO and Airbnb for rental properties if more privacy or space is de sired.

The historical sites of Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona can be visited free when you book through recreation.gov. Tickets are available as far as two months ahead of your visit with only a $2 booking fee.

For dining, Tropics Café is recommended for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Their Vanilla Cream Caramel French Toast is a “must try.”

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There’s nothing quite so glorious as the amazing sunsets of Hawaii, especially when one is watching them close to the water.

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In the same area is Bali Oceanfront, offer ing premier dining and views, while a casual eatery adjacent to the pool is convenient for lunch, snacks and beverages.

There is no shortage of shopping here. Waikiki Shopping Plaza is brimming with three levels of retail heaven. Just steps from the Village are many small shops, including Honolulu Cookie Company, famous for their butter cookies. You can also take a short walk up Kalakaua Avenue to Luxury Row, a mecca of luxury brands and trending styles.

Enjoy a beachfront hike, heading to wards Diamond Head, until you reach Fort DeRussy Beach Park. This public beach is on the grounds of a former military base. Lush landscaping and monkeypod trees provide restful shade.

Onsite is the U.S. Military Museum, free to the public. For ambitious hikers, climb the steep 0.8 mile trail to the top of Diamond Head.

The North Shore is just a 30-minute drive from Waikiki Beach. Here, there are no highrise hotels blocking the views. With small towns and roads that hug the shoreline, the North Shore is all about the ocean, waves

and sunsets.

Winter months are the busiest, primarily November and December, when elite surfers of the world congregate to ride the enor mous waves, up to 50 feet. The record, set in 2016, is 70 feet.

Turtle Bay is the only full resort on the North Shore and definitely pricy … but you can actually spend the day on the property without staying there. (At this point, we were staying with family, so took advantage of this opportunity.)

Stroll the lush, manicured grounds, visit the lobby cafe, the reading room and take a self-guided tour of Hawaiian history. Also,

adjacent to this resort is a secluded beach, Kuilima Cove, for swimming or snorkeling.

Other places to stay include a Courtyard by Marriot which is across the street from the beach and several 4-star hotels on or very near the beach.

For fun in the water, check out Shark’s Cove, which was free of sharks but a good spot for snorkeling and sea turtles. The Cove is a collection of tide pools and part of Pupukea Beach Park, free and open to the public. Nearby Laniakea Beach offers yet another place to watch for sea turtles as they drift in on the clear-water surf.

Matsumoto’s Shaved Ice in the Haleiwa

area is worth a stop to try this cool treat with many favors to choose from. Café Haleiwa features a local-style breakfast called Loco Moco, and offers burgers and sandwiches for lunch. For dinner, enjoy casual surroundings and colorful cocktails at the Haleiwa Beach House (with sunset view).

While in the northern part of Oahu, visit the Polynesian Cultural Center, a living museum in Laie with art, information and exhibits on Hawaiian and Pacific Island culture.

Saving the best for last, let’s close with Hawaiian sunsets. Why the best? The combi nation of westward drifting volcanic dust from Kilauea and year-round humid climate creates more intense colors, plus the remote location surrounded by water means there is nothing to break up the line of horizon.

Wait 10 minutes AFTER sunset, because the colors change. You will have the best angle, richest colors and longest view – truly an unforgettable experience.

Glenda Harris is a freelance writer and book reviewer. This first-ever trip to Hawaii was a reunion with her son and family, currently stationed at Marine Corps Base Hawaii.

The view at Fort DeRussy Beach Park includes the Pacific Ocean beach as well as lush greenery and tall palms.

PETS

Homeless dog seeks like-minded human with zest for life

By Amy Campanini CONTRIBUTOR

Cooler weather has finally made an ap pearance, making this the perfect time to get out and get moving! If you’ve been look ing for an energetic, adventurous, loving companion to do life with, Palmetto Animal League might just have your perfect match.

Aurora is a vibrant, 4-year-old dog who longs to find her perfect place in this world. She has the beauty and the brains! On top of that, she’s a survivor who doesn’t let life’s challenges stand in the way of happiness. For Aurora, one’s past does not have to define their future.

“She and her puppies were rescued, along with 30 other dogs, from a hoarding situation,” said Sally Dawkins, PAL adoption coordinator.

Aurora came to PAL in August when her puppies were just 4 weeks old. It was as if she sensed she was finally in a place where she would be safe and cared for.

“A neighboring shelter needed our help to save this family, so PAL jumped in to help,” said Dawkins.

Finally able to relax, Aurora was a doting mother to her eight delightful puppies.

And, when it was time for them to leave the nest, this proud mama watched all her puppies find won derful homes.

“Aurora is one smart dog who needs a job,” said Dawkins. “The job of ‘mama’ has come to an end, and she is ready for her next posi tion as someone’s fun-loving, bub bly best friend!”

She would thrive in a home with a routine and lots of fun outings to keep her active, both physi cally and mentally.

“She only wants attention and love,” said Shelby English, PAL kennel supervisor. “She

enjoys toys and chews, and she takes really good care of her bed and pillows!”

Aurora dreams of finding someone who shares her zest for life. If her undeniable pizzazz has captured your heart, call PAL at 843-645-1725 to schedule a meet and greet at our no-kill adoption center located at 56 Riverwalk Blvd. in Okatie.

Even if you can’t adopt a dog set on adventure, you can still help raise money and resources for homeless pets like Aurora simply by walking! Any distance-related activity applies, such as walking, running, or biking, as long as the activity can be measured by GPS and involves a speed of less than 14 mph.

To earn contributions for PAL, download the free ResQWalk app, select Palmetto An imal League as your charity, and press start. The more miles you log, the more you raise for animals in need.

Amy Campanini is president of Palmetto Animal League.

“A friend told about this “gathering” at a local tackle shop after hours, but couldn’t exactly explain to me what is was. He just said, “if you want to have a beer and talk about fishing you should come”. Well I do, and I do, so I went. “

“I had never been to Southern Drawl before and wasn’t sure about a party in a bait shop. As I walked up there were two guys out front smoking cigars, which added to the mystique. But as soon as you walk in you quickly realize this is not a typical tackle shop.”

“With a smile and a handshake Paul, the guy behind the bar earlier, introduced himself. He told me that this their open house they do once a month. He encouraged me to listen in on conversations and to ask questions. I told him I was new to the area but liked to fish and he enthusiastically said “perfect!” He went on to say that half of these guys there were also transplants and the others were a mix of long time locals, staff and even a few charter captains. Paul said “We’re all here to BS about what’s happening on and off the water.” It was really great to hear so many conversations about the local fishing scene. I had heard that the fishing was hard around here but after hearing these guys I have hope.

Fall in the Lowcountry is the best time to fish. Let us show you what its all about!

DETAILS: The Lowcountry Social is a free event open to anyone 21+ who likes to fish. This event is help on the first Tuesday of each month from 7pm to 9pm at Southern Drawl Outfitters in the Moss Creek shopping center.

Located in the Moss Creek shopping center on Rt. 278 before the HHI Bridge

“It’s just a bunch of guys who like to fish getting together for a drink and great conversation. Some are guides and others justmoved here but it all works”

Aurora

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How to correct obsessive licking behavior in your dog

By Abby Birds CONTRIBUTOR

Excessive licking is an anxious dog behav ior whereby the dog attempts to self-calm by constantly licking themselves, a person, oth er items or even the air. The more anxious they are, the more they lick.

This behavior could result in a lick granuloma (chronic sore) most commonly on either the paws or hind quarters, or hair loss. You might have to medically treat the area with bitter spray and something to heal the sores. A vet might suggest an anti-anxi ety medication, or a holistic remedy.

Redirecting requires the need to satisfy the licking process by giving the dog something appropriate to lick, like a Kong toy stuffed with peanut butter, cheese or cream cheese. Turning the licking process into a positive thing comforts the dog.

Don’t allow the dog to lick you, since the anxiety only ratchets up to higher levels. The key here is to catch it quickly and to

end all negative licking.

This behavior is rarely corrected at a young age in a dog because many owners like it when their dog licks them – not realizing that it will become excessive and annoying. Once it is learned and becomes self-satisfying to the dog, it is very difficult to correct.

The other reason is licking is often used to get some one’s attention and if it succeeds then the dog learns to use it that way.

Often dogs like to lick cream or sun screen off a human. It not only tastes good, as does salt from your legs or arms, it is a bonding mechanism to make contact and show affection.

They also do it to other dogs, especially to show deference or to lick wounds. Unfortu nately, there are some serious health conse quences as many medications are now used topically and may present hazards to dogs.

Such a medication is Fluorouracil which is used to treat skin cancer and other

ailments. Signs of poisoning can be vomit ing, seizures, tremors, diarrhea or difficulty breathing. If not treated promptly this poison may result in death or a need to euthanize the dog.

Correcting the licking behavior early before it is imprinted is critical. In addi tion to redirecting with appropriate licking substitutes mentioned above, it is necessary to use a “No Lick” cue and move the dog off of you. You might need to resort to using something on you as well as the dog to make licking unappealing. There are a num ber of bitter spray deterrents on the market. Reducing anxiety and keeping your dog safe are certainly more important than allowing a dog to show too much affection, especially since there is definitely some thing behind this behavior when it goes unchecked.

Abby Bird is owner of Alphadog Training Academy. AlphadogTrainingAcademy@gmail. com

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Do the curves in your drives remind you of a banana?

By Jean Harris CONTRIBUTOR

The most common error for the rec reational and beginner golfer is a slice.

It is a ball that curves from left to right for the right-handed golfer. In this article we will be addressing the right-handed golfer, so a lefty will just have to switch left and right.

There are many reasons why you could be slicing your driver. You could have an incorrect grip, too steep a swing path, and an open clubface at impact. If your drives are starting to the left and “banana” to the right, I have some tips for you.

I first look at your equipment and make sure that the grip on the club is the correct size. Too large a grip can cause you to hold on too tight and not be able to release the clubface after impact.

Another area of equipment is the shaft

flex. If the shaft is too stiff, you will tend to hit the ball to the right.

Finally, consider the loft of the driver. Most amateurs need to have more loft on their drivers. The new adjustable drivers let you increase the loft and move more weight to the clubhead’s heel.

Next, I look at how you set your hands on the club’s grip. Most slicers have too weak a grip with their thumbs pointing straight down on the grip and the right hand too much on top of the left. You need to move both hands slightly to the right so the V’s formed by your thumb and index finger are pointing at your right armpit instead of your chin.

Grip pressure needs to be light. Do not hold the grip tightly in the palms. Instead hold the club lightly in your fingers.

Most slicers take the club back too inside causing the clubface to open. You

need to feel like you push away the club straight back with your left arm.

A major cause of the slice is your clubface is open to the target line. Move

your ball position back more toward the center of your stance and this will help you make contact with the ball in a path out to the target.

Tilting your spine angle behind the ball at address and keeping your center behind the ball at impact will help you shallow your swing and square the clubface.

The path that you swing the club is very important. You want to approach the ball on the forward swing from the inside and swing out to the target. Most slicers have an outside-in swing path. To cure the outside-in path, make sure your right shoulder is behind the ball at impact.

Remember if you can turn your banana ball drive into a straight drive, I guarantee that your scores will improve.

Dr. Jean Harris is an LPGA Master Professional and teaches at local courses. jean.golfdoctor.harris@gmail.com; golfdoc torjean.com

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NATURE Have we learned anything from Hurricane Ian’s close call?

By John Riolo CONTRIBUTOR

Once again South Carolina’s Lowcountry

a bullet.

Hurricane Ian devastated South Florida, bypassed us, and headed up to Georgetown and the Myrtle Beach area.

Ironically, my wife and I retired to the Lowcountry in 2009 in part because this part of the Lowcountry had not had a signif icant hurricane in more than 100 years until Matthew in 2016.

We had a fairly strong hit from Hurricane Matthew and have experienced several close calls since then. The question then becomes not if, but when, a hurricane will come at us head-on.

Few of us like to think about it. However, homeowners’ insurance companies and the National Flood Insurance Agency (NFIA) are thinking about it.

A number of homeowners have expe rienced their insurance company walking away and forcing us to look for an alterna tive, at higher premiums. We can expect these insurance issues to continue this practice going forward.

This means that homeowners, towns and communities have similar serious, difficult decisions to make, and these decisions will have consequences.

Many homeowners who had their homes totally destroyed by Hurricane Matthew have rebuilt. However, even if they had the resources, and their insurance company and NFIA reimbursed them at replacement cost, will the destruction repeat itself?

Historically, we have a near-reflexive

inclination to rebuild after national disas ters. The efforts needed in New Orleans and Charleston after a hurricane or trop ical storm are just two of the more recent examples. This, is despite the fact that New Orleans is mostly under sea level, and Charleston is highly susceptible to flooding. Beaufort County is better situated than that, but not by all that much. The average height above sea level of Hilton Head Island is 10 feet. Bluffton is higher on average, but still has large areas that can be impacted by storm surges. Nevertheless, the desire to rebuild is understandable.

But, what about new development?

Many of us see a pristine shoreline as the wonder of nature that it is. There are others who see waterfront property as an excellent opportunity to build something on it. However, is it wise to build multi-mil lion-dollar structures in areas that are highly susceptible to ever more frequent and more devastating storms?

There is more to a hurricane than storm surges. There is excessive wind. Even if you are a fair distance from the water’s edge, hurricane-force winds can do substantial damage to private and public structures.

The destruction of marshland is also a cause for concern and a topic for a future article.

Communities – whether county, munic ipal or homeowner’s associations – might want to think very carefully about approv ing more waterfront construction.

John Riolo lives in Moss Creek and is past president of the Nature Club of Moss Creek.

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This home on Hilton Head Island sustained flooding and tree damage from Hurricane Matthew in October 2016. Four large pine trees fell on the roof, one of which came through the ceiling.

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Allure of speckled sea trout draws fishermen out early

By Collins Doughtie CONTRIBUTOR

“That’s it! You got it! Make that thun der talk!”

If you heard someone say that, what would you think the person was talking about? Well, right now – and probably until the water gets below 50 degrees –there will be a whole lot of “thunders” talking as fisherman target one of the most beautiful fish in the ocean: the speckled sea trout.

They’re talking about Cajun Thunder, a bobber that makes a “click-clack” noise when jerked that absolutely drives trout nuts.

I went out in mid-October and joined the multitudes targeting trout. Almost every boat that passed me had four to six rods in the rod holders – each rod adorned with either a Cajun Thunder cork, a popping cork or one of those foot-long, old school red and white corks.

For me, the cool weather always brings back memories of days spent trout fishing with my dad. As the water begins to cool, herds of trout invade our waters. There is just something about these fish that makes you want to fish for them time after time after time.

For some it might be their iridescent colors – a sort of purple mixed with yel low, red and blue (depending on which way the light is hitting them) – that makes them so irresistible. Personally, I love the surface headshake of a large

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trout that I have just hooked. When fishing with live bait, watching that cork disappear in a flash is a joy hard to beat. For most any fisherman, that sight will take you back to those exciting child hood memories when you used worms and one of those round red and white plastic bobbers and it too disappeared.

Best of all is where you find one trout, you’ll often find a hundred just like it.

It might also be that trout aren’t picky about what they eat. They can be caught on live shrimp or live finger mullet, but when those baits begin to get scarce, that’s when I really like to go after them.

Generally, I might keep one out of every 20 fish I catch – then again, some days I might catch as many as 60 fish and not keep a single one.

Trout are delicious table fare, espe cially if eaten within the first day or two after being caught, but what makes fishing for them so addictive is the com bination of crisp, clear autumn air and the beautiful golden marshes that make a trout expedition unforgettable.

I particularly like to go after them at first light. Since trout are primarily incoming tide fish, I look at the tides for a given month and mark on my calendar the days when the tide is just right at first light. With nothing more than an ultra light spinning rod and some artifi cial lures, I often can catch and release several dozen trout before some of you even get out of bed. What a way to start the day!

All you need is a handful of soft plastic

screw tails and a couple of lead jig heads and you can catch a trout on just about every cast.

One of my favorite methods is using a Cajun Thunder cork with about two feet of 6- or 8-pound test mono and, for bait, either a white DOA imitation shrimp or the locally made Trout Trick lure with a 1/8-ounce lead head that looks more like a purple freshwater bass worm than anything you might find in the ocean.

Which lures to use is a bit tougher to choose, as trout can be caught on many

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different kinds. Chartreuse screw tails with glitter in them are probably the best-known trout killers, followed by the “electric chicken,” a combination of pink and chartreuse. But, as with any fish, it’s wise to take a variety of colors because light conditions can change what’s hot and what’s not.

Trout love to hang up tight to the marsh grass, and that’s when I like to pull out a two-tone greenish, weedless jerk bait. The presentation is slow and steady with a twitch thrown in every other revolution. For whatever the reason, the bites just seem to be more vicious.

Keep in mind that sea trout have very delicate mouths. When you feel one latch on to the screw tail, don’t yank to set the hook. Simply reel faster and faster, and nine out of 10 times that’s all you’ll need to set the hook.

For big trout, a landing net is a must because that soft mouth will rip if you try and lift a big one into the boat. All you’ll have as a lasting memory is the fish swimming off.

From what I have seen so far this year, there are trout everywhere. Though many are undersized, if you weed through these little guys you’re pretty much guaranteed to latch onto some nice keepers.

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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Pay close attention to Thanksgiving cooking hazards

By Cinda Seamon CONTRIBUTOR

With all the people and activity going on at Thanksgiving, it’s important to keep the kitchen safe. Did you know that, according to the National Fire Protection Association, Thanksgiving is the leading day of the year for home fires involving cooking equip ment?

Now is a good time to make sure your smoke alarms are working!

When you are using the stovetop, stay in the kitchen to keep an eye on things. For baking and roasting, start with a clean oven and make sure you stay in the house and check on it from time to time.

Keep anything that can catch fire away from your stove – including potholders, wooden utensils, food wrappers, and paper towels.

Make sure your sleeves are out of the way when cooking. Wear tighter fitting clothing with shorter sleeves.

Keep the floor clear so you don’t trip over toys, bags or other items.

Make sure things like knives, electric cords from appliances, matches and lighters are out of a child’s reach.

Remember that steam or splash from vegetables, gravy or coffee can cause serious burns. Keep those pot handles turned in!

While older children might enjoy helping

you make dinner, have activities that keep younger kids out of the kitchen during this busy time. Games, puzzles or books can keep them busy. Let kids get involved in Thanksgiving with recipes that can be done outside the kitchen or without cooking.

Turkey fryers should always be used outdoors, a safe distance (10 feet) from buildings or anything else that can burn.

Never use a fryer on a wooden deck or in the garage.

Keeping fryers on a flat surface will help prevent accidental tipping. Never leave a fryer unattended. Most units do not have thermostat controls and the oil could end up heating until it catches fire.

Never let children or pets come near the fryer when it is in use. Even hours after use, the oil can remain dangerously hot.

Use well insulated potholders or oven mitts when touching pot or lid handles.

Be careful with marinades when basting. Oil and water don’t mix and water can cause oil to spill over, which can cause a fire or even an explosion hazard. That’s also why your turkey should be completely thawed before it goes into the fryer.

To stay on the safe side of holiday cook ing, keep an all-purpose fire extinguisher nearby and never use water to extinguish a grease fire.

Cinda Seamon is the fire and life safety edu cator for Hilton Head Island Fire Rescue.

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HOME Get ahead of Lowcountry chill with HVAC checkup

By Dave Miller CONTRIBUTOR

In order to keep your home’s heating system running efficiently this winter, it requires a thorough HVAC inspection.

In fact, it is recommended you have your system inspected by an HVAC service professional in the early months of fall to get ahead of the cold winter months and keep your system operating smoothly. Now is the time!

The heating systems in any home or business are likely to last longer with regular maintenance and inspections. However, that does not mean they will last forever.

That’s why it’s important you ask your HVAC technician the right questions when it comes to the current condition of your system. Is it working as it should be? Are there any problem areas that will need repair? Are there any components that may need replacement?

Evaluating the current condition of the

system can help you predict when repairs and replacements are needed and better yet, the expected lifespan of your system.

When it comes to efficiency, just because the system is working the way it should, does not mean it is running as efficiently as it can. A thorough inspection will determine your system’s efficiency and where improve

ments can be made.

This may include replacing duct work, installing a smart thermostat system, and sealing off windows and attics that cause heat loss. The age of your system is also a major factor in its efficiency. If your system is at least 10 to 12 years old, it may be time for an upgrade, as older systems tend to

waste more energy – causing you to pay more in electricity costs.

Regular inspections and maintenance are crucial, so you must find a dependable and trustworthy team of HVAC professionals to conduct regular maintenance. This may include checking outside vents and air cir culation systems to ensure there is no debris in place. In between technician calls, you might need to clean and replace filters for these systems, too.

The more you know about your home’s heating system, the better. Not only do you want to prepare for potential problems now, but you also want to ensure you are doing the best possible job of maintaining your system. This way, you can get optimal climate control at the lowest overall cost to you.

Dave Miller, owner of Superior Services, has been providing residential and commercial whole-home services in the Lowcountry for 20 years. gotosuperior.com

Turkeys that flew off shelves last year not taking flight now

By Larry Stoller CONTRIBUTOR

Many years ago I saw a real estate adver tisement with a picture of some turkeys, some houses and this text: “No turkeys in Riverwoods … Our listings sell fast because they are updated, upgraded, show great, priced right and marketed most effectively.”

That ad always bothered me because I felt that it was insulting to refer to houses as turkeys. It was also a bad rap for turkeys and false advertising (as I knew there were a couple of turkeys in Riverwoods).

Riverwoods was an older townhome development in Burnsville, Minnesota. A number of the homes there were dated, had the original furnishings and fixtures, were not well-maintained, and were difficult to sell. The ones that were updated and up graded were easy to market and sell.

In 2006, I moved to Bluffton and I was surprised to see some turkeys here. In fact, one real estate agent told me about a turkey

that she previewed and showed in a certain Bluffton plantation.

Recently I noticed a real estate advertise ment that read: “Absolute Turkey.” I called the listing agent and she told me that it was mistake … it should have read “Absolute Turnkey.”

I researched the dictionary definitions of the word “turkey”: 1. A large North Amer

ican gallinaceous bird that is domesticated in most parts of the world; 2. A failure, flop, as in a theatrical production that has failed; 3. Three successive strikes in bowling; 4. A foolish or inept person.

But there was nothing about houses being called turkeys.

Today’s market has shifted from the seller’s market of 10 months ago. We’re seeing

more inventory, longer days on the market and multiple price reductions. However, homes that are updated, upgraded, show well and priced right are selling very well.

In today’s changing real estate market, your home has to be a top contender (defi nitely not a turkey) to sell fast and for the highest possible price.

The transformation from “turkey house” into “turnkey home” may require making some changes that include new paint, new flooring, upgraded or new heating/air-con ditioning systems, and new water heater and appliances.

We recently listed a home in Sun City that was distressed (better than saying it was a turkey). It got new paint, new floors, new appliances, a deep cleaning – and sold fast.

I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving and happy home selling this holiday season.

Larry Stoller is a broker and Realtor with Real Estate Five of the Lowcountry. Larry@ RealEstateFive.com, RealEstateFive.com

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Nov. 2-3, 5

“Elf, The Musical, Jr.,” by Hilton Head Christian Acad emy’s Fine Arts Department, cast of 70 students, at HH CA’s Performing Arts Center, 3088 Bluffton Parkway, Bluffton. Performances 7 p.m., plus 2 p.m. matinee Nov. 5. Tickets $10-$15 at hhca.org

Nov. 3-6

“Twelve Angry Jurors,” Sun City Community Theatre at Magnolia Hall Per formances 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets $22 SCCT members, $25 guests, open to public. suncitytheatre.org or 843-645-2700

Nov. 4

“Oran Etkin: What’s’ New? Reimagining Benny Goodman,” dinner-concert, 6:30 p.m. dinner, 7:30 p.m. concert at SoundWaves, 7 Lagoon Road, Hilton Head Island. Dinner by Rockfish Seafood and Steaks @Bomboras. Tickets from $29 for concert only, to $69 for reserved seats with dinner. HHSO.org or 843-842-2055

Nov. 7-Jan. 1

Christmas Bazaar at SOBA Gallery, 6 Church St., Bluffton. Unique handcrafted gifts, art, decor. Gallery hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday. SOBAgal lery.com or 843-757-6586

Through Nov. 8

“Balance: Original Artwork by Richard Grant,” at Art League

Academy, 106 Cordillo Pkwy., Hilton Head Island. Gallery hours 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday. 843-842-5738

Nov. 11-20

“Footloose,” by Main Stage Community Theatre, at Hilton Head Prep’s Main Street Theatre, 3000 Main Street, Hilton Head Island. Perfor mances 7 p.m. Nov. 11-12, 18-19; and 2 p.m. Nov. 13 and 20. Tickets are $25 adults, $15 students; $5 for children under 8. Purchase at MainStageCommunityTheatre.org or call 843-689-6246.

Through Nov. 11

New photography by Peter Cram, Four Corners Framing and Art Gallery, 1263 May River Road, Bluffton. Opening reception 5-8 p.m. Oct. 20.

Nov. 12

Joe Crookston, songwriter, guitarist, fiddler, at Music on Malphrus, 7 p.m. at 110 Malphrus Road (Unitarian Univer salist Congregation), Bluffton. General admission at door $25; doors open at 6:15 p.m. MusicOnMalphrus@gmail. com

Through Nov. 12

“CraftHiltonHead2022,” Art League of Hilton Head’s eighth biennial Juried Fine Art Craft Guild Exhibition of 2D and 3D works of artists from throughout the Southeast. 14 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head Island. Gallery hours 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday, noon-4 p.m. Sunday, 90 minutes before every Arts Center performance. Artshhi.org or 843-6815060

Nov. 15-Dec. 31

Holiday Gallery of Gifts, Art League of Hilton Head, 14 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head Island. Opening reception 5-7p.m. Nov. 16. Original works of art, jewelry, handmade ornaments, stocking stuffers, and holiday decor. Gallery hours 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday, noon-4 p.m. Sunday.

Nov. 17

Beyond Chaotic, rock band from Tampa, Florida, 8:30 p.m. at Big Bamboo, Coligny Plaza. beyondchaotic.com

Nov. 18-20

Roald Dahl’s “James and the Giant Peach,” Beaufort Children’s The atre, at USCB Center for the Arts, 805 Carteret St., Beaufort. Perfor mances 7 p.m. Nov. 18-19, 3 p.m. Nov. 20.

Tickets $22 adults, $28 seniors and military, $14 students. USCBCenterForTheArts.com

Nov. 18-19

Pretty Darn, popular local duo, 8 p.m. at Roasting Room, 1297 May River Road, Bluffton. Tickets from $30, at roast ingroom.live.

Nov. 22

Lunch With Author Karen Grassle, known as “Ma” on TV’s “Little House on the Prairie,” author of “Bright Lights, Prairie Dust,” noon at Belfair Country Club in Bluffton. Part of the Lunch With Author series from USCB Center for the Arts. Tickets $50 at USCBCenterForTheArts.com. Books will be available for purchase and author signing.

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A Mini Golf Fundraiser

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12

11 AM – 3 PM Legendary Golf HHI 900 William Hilton

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Art League turns gallery into holiday art shopping mecca

A festive tradition continues this holiday season as Art League Gallery is transformed into a Gallery of Gifts, fea turing one-of-a-kind decor and gift items handmade by local artists. Visitors can shop for works of art – such as paintings, photography, pottery, or mixed media – artistic stocking stuffers, jewelry, and unique ornaments and holiday decor.

The holiday Gallery of Gifts will be open Nov. 15-Dec. 31, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.

An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 16. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.

Art League of Hilton Head is located at 14 Shelter Cove Lane on Hilton Head Island, inside the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina. For more information, visit artshhi.org or call 843-681-5060.

Art League of Hilton Head is the only 501(c)(3) nonprofit visual arts organiza tion on Hilton Head Island with a syner gistic art gallery and teaching Academy.

Art League Gallery 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.

A crash course of everyone’s favorite Broadway blockbusters, including celebrity satires, pop culture zings accompanied with hip-hop on the piano! After tearing it up in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and London, Spamilton: An American Parody will stage a singing, dancing, comedy revolution in Hilton Head Island! Created, written, and directed by Gerard Alessandrini.

Nov 15-Dec 31, 2022

Mon-Sat • 10am-4pm Sun • 12-4pm and 90 minutes before every Arts Center performance

Presented by Art League of Hilton Head

Arts Center of Coastal Carolina 14 Shelter Cove Lane, HHI www.ArtLeagueHHI.org 843.681.5060

Opening Reception

Wed, November 16 • 5-7pm

Enjoy refreshments and meet the artists. Free and open to the public.

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A Christmas Story: The Musical chronicles young and bespectacled Ralphie Parker as he schemes his way toward the holiday gift of his dreams. Meanwhile, an infamous leg lamp, outrageous pink bunny pajamas, a maniacal department store Santa, and a triple-dog-dare to lick a freezing flagpole are just a few of the distractions that stand between Ralphie and his Christmas wish.

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Gotta cut loose with MSCT’s ‘Footloose The Musical’

Are you ready to “cut loose”? Well, get ready because “Footloose” is back! Main Stage Community Theatre’s latest produc tion will surely have everyone dancing in the aisles.

The musical is based on the hit film, and the true story, of Elmore City, Oklahoma, which banned dancing for 90 years.

The story begins when big city teenager Ren and his mom Ethel move to a small town where they find that wide open spaces sometimes come with very narrow minds. As the town copes with tragedy, the influ ential Reverend Moore has banned dancing and rock music.

Pretty soon, Ren is the rebel with a cause, winning over the hearts (and feet!) of the whole community. “Footloose” celebrates the exhilaration of youth, the wisdom of listening to one another, and the power of forgiveness.

The cast of 35 is composed of teens and adults and the show includes popular hits from the movie such as “Almost Paradise,” “Holding Out For A Hero,” “Let’s Hear It For

The Boy” and of course, “Footloose.” The show features Justin Stone as Ren McCormack, Debbie Cort as Ethel McCor mack, Billy Simmons as Reverend Shaw Moore, Diane Fisher-Simmons as Vi Moore, Channing Coulter as Ariel Moore and Sami Othmani as Willard Hewitt just to name a few. MSCT Board President Cinda Seamon said, “Our fall show is traditionally our

blend of all ages and this show plays into that casting so well...”

“We are so excited to bring this produc tion to the Lowcountry,” said Daniel Cort, Vice Chairman of MSCT. “It is a high-energy show with a great message and music that we all know and love ... what could be better?”

The show’s production team includes

Diane Fisher-Simmons (director), Melinda Bray (musical director), Dawn Rosa Miller (choreographer), Aiden Miller (assistant choreographer) and Paddy Myers (stage manager).

“We couldn’t be more excited to have this production team,” Seamon said. “Their professionalism and collective creative vision ensure this will be nothing short of spectacular!”

There will be six performances total: Nov. 11-12 and 18-19 at 7 p.m., with matinees at 2 p.m. Nov. 13 and 20.

Tickets are $25 for adults, $15 for stu dents and $5 for children under 8 with easy online booking via MainStageCommuni tyTheatre.org or by calling the box office at 843-689-6246.

Main Stage Community Theatre (formerly Main Street Youth Theatre) is a nonprofit organization established in 1997. For more information about MSCT go to Main StageCommunityTheatre.org, Facebook. com/MSCTTheatre or email info@mscthe atre.org.

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Christian Academy brings ‘Elf’ to stage

With a cast of more than 70 Lower and Middle School students, Hilton Head Christian Academy’s Fine Arts Department will present “Elf The Musical Jr.” in four performances No vember 2-5. Tickets are on sale now at HHCA.org.

This fish-out-of-water comedy follows Buddy the Elf in his quest to discover his true identity.

In the show, Buddy (Eli Taylor), a young orphan, mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transport ed to the North Pole. The would-be elf is raised by other elves, unaware that he is actually a human, until his enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him to face the truth.

“Families from all around the Lowcountry should join us to kick off the holiday season at this fun family musical,” said HHCA Theater Director Michelle McElroy-Cox. “This large cast and crew has committed many hours of preparation and rehearsal

that will undoubtedly translate into amazing performances which are sure to delight.”

Shows will take place at Hilton Head Christian Academy’s Performing Arts Center, 3088 Bluffton Parkway in Bluffton. Performances are at 7 p.m. Nov. 2, 3 and 5, and 2 p.m. Nov. 5. Tickets are $10-$15 and are on available at hhca.org.

Art League turns gallery into holiday art shopping mecca

A festive tradition continues this holiday season as Art League Gallery is transformed into a Gallery of Gifts, featuring one-of-akind decor and gift items handmade by local artists. Visitors can shop for works of art – such as paintings, photography, pottery, or mixed media – artistic stocking stuffers, jewelry, and unique ornaments and holiday decor.

“This is the third year we’ve turned our art gallery into a gift gallery during the hol iday season. Each year has been a stunning success, and we’re excited to continue the tradition. Of course, all the artworks we exhibit throughout the year are available for purchase, but we’re proud to offer gifts from local artists at affordable prices,” said General Manager Kristen McIntosh. “Art League Gallery remains a must-see for holi day shopping.”

The holiday Gallery of Gifts will be open Nov. 15-Dec. 31, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.

An opening reception will be held from 5

to 7 p.m. Nov. 16. The exhibit and recep tion are free and open to the public.

Art League of Hilton Head is located at 14 Shelter Cove Lane on Hilton Head Island, inside the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina. For more information, visit artshhi.org or call 843-681-5060.

Art League of Hilton Head is the only 501(c)(3) nonprofit visual arts organization on Hilton Head Island with a synergistic art gallery and teaching Academy.

Art League Academy welcomes artists and students in all media at all skill levels, including true beginners. Taught by profes sional art educators, students can choose from many art classes and workshops that change monthly.

Art League Gallery 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.