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he southeast coast o the UnitedStates aords its residents

luxuries which people rom allover the world travel here to experience.Te lush marshlands, the salty breezeand the unique ocean views are theidea o paradise or many. But all thebenets o coastal living come with aprice.

Hurricane season ocially beginson June 1 and coastal residents are veryaware o the Lowcountrys potentialor disaster as this date comes andgoes. Every year, people turn to varioussources or a hint o what to expect outo the Atlantic Ocean. William Gray, oColorado State University, is one o themost popular and analyzed hurricaneorecasters in the United States. Along with his protg, Philip Klotzbach,he has spent many years analyzingdata and developing models that aredesigned to refect an understanding otropical storm activity in the AtlanticBasin, the most inconsistent tropicalstorm corridor in the world.

According to Klotzbach and Gray, we will continue to see above-averageactivity or the 2011 Atlantic hurricaneseason, with an above-averageprobability o a major hurricanemaking landall in the United Statesand Caribbean. In act, the probabilityo a major hurricane landall is 140%o the long range average.

Te climatologists estimate that wewill have about 9 hurricanes (average is5.9), 16 named storms (average is 9.6),80 named storm days (average is 49.1),35 hurricane days (average is 24.5),

5 major (category 3-4-5) hurricanes(average is 2.3), and 10 major hurricane

days (average is 5.0).Specically or Charleston County,

Klotzbach and Gray predict a 28.2%probability o hurricane impactcompared to an average o 17.3%, anda 6.6% probability o a major hurricaneimpact, compared to an average o3.8%. Regional predictions includea 60.6% chance o a named stormmaking landall in our area, and a45.4% chance o one or more hurricanesmaking landall. Over a period o 50years, it is more than 99.9% likelythat one or more hurricanes will makelandall in our region, and with Hugostriking land more than 20 years ago,its time to start thinking about yourpersonal plan o action in the event oa hurricane.

Klotzbach and Grays estimates arebased on 29 years o past data, as wellas the expectations that the currentLa Nina conditions will transitionto near-neutral during the heart othe hurricane period, leaving ouratmosphere conducive to a very activehurricane season.

Despite the great amount o researchand analysis which Klotzbach andGray introduce into their predictions,however, even they say that it isimpossible to accurately predict withany certainty what the Atlantic has

in store or us this early in the season.-Sta report

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op-ed

Dear Editor,

Recently, Dixie, Pet Helpers rstmascot, passed away at the age o 14. Atthe age o about 4 months, she wanderedonto Folly Rd. and was hit by a car. Tecar didnt stop, but lucky or Dixie, ayoung lady in the next car did. She took

Dixie to Dr. Johnny Ohlandt, who calledCarol Linville, Founder o Pet Helpers,and told her that he could save Dixieslie and asked i Pet Helpers could beresponsible or her. O course, Carolsaid yes. Dixies injuries were extensiveand she was crippled or the remaindero her lie. Dixie came to live with me,but she worked or Pet Helpers. She grewup to be an 85-pound reddish shepherd/chow mix and spent many hours goingto schools and representing Pet Helpersat various unctions. Last summer shepulled a muscle in one o her remaininggood legs. She became almost ullyincapacitated and was never able to ullyrecover. In January 2011, she went acrossthe Rainbow Bridge to joinher sisters and brothers in doggieheaven.

We are starting a und at PetHelpers in her honor. It willbe specically to help injuredanimals that come into PetHelpers, as she did. Te regularoperating costs at Pet Helpers,(over $100,000 a month)are tremendous and totallydependent on private donations,undraisers, mailings and thecommunity without ever takinginto consideration the costso saving the lives o horribly

injured animals like Dixie. Tere havebeen many since Dixie, and usually weput out an appeal to the public or help.Te public has always been generous withtheir donations in emergencies. With anestablished und just or this purpose,

we hope to be able to help more animalsand maintain an emergency source omoney. o make a donation to this und,please make your check to Pet Helpersand designate that it go to DixiesSpecial Needs Fund. Please mail to PetHelpers Adoption Center, 1447 Folly Rd.,Charleston, SC 29412.

As you know, all donations to PetHelpers, a non prot, 501c3 animalrescue and shelter organization, where allanimals are kept until adoption, are taxdeductible. In Dixies name, thank youor helping save other animals.

Mary Chrisanthis,SecretaryBoard o Director, Pet Helpers266-5400 (ofce)

Letters to the editor...

Dear Editor:

No wonder Carl Beckmann wasdeeated so solidly in the last election. By84% o the voters, no less! What moredoes it take to prove to h im that the peopleo Folly Beach are sick o his sense oentitlement? He acts as though the mayorsoce is rightully his and was taken awayrom him by a misguided electorate. Tevoters have spoken and thrown him out.

He and his wie need to ocus on makingpositive contributions to the communityi they plan to stay there, or else they needto leave. Teir pettiness and vindictivenessagainst the current mayor only prove thatthe voters o Folly Beach made the rightchoice.

Ina BootleWest Ashley

Dear Folly Beach,

I want to thank everyone with the Cityo Folly Beach or the overwhelminglysuccessul eorts with the East 10thStreet beach area or the Memorial Day

Weekend. Public Works picked up trashrom the access areas every morning VERYearly. Law Enorcement/Public Saety wason hand, both on the beach and backon East 10th Street all day and well intothe aternoon and evening hours to deal

with issues there. While you almost hateto admit that a law enorcement ocerstationed at the access and two morestationed on the beach is what has nowbecome necessary, that they were willingto do whatever it takes is exemplary.

Te City o Folly Beach Sta madeextra eorts to notiy the day visitorsin the media well ahead o time.Limiting parking around busyintersections made a huge dierence

in sae trac fow during the day andseriously reduced the number o nearmisses we normally see. SurriderFoundation organized several beachsweeps or our island, with one cleaningup the beach rom East 7th to East 10th.Several groups who have adopted stretcheso our beach as part o the OCRM Adopt-

A-Beach Program scheduled their sweepsto coincide with the rst big weekendo the summer. And Id also like to thank

all o the individual resident volunteers who pick up trash let behind on ourbeach every day o the week, all year long.

While we may not have eliminated allo the unsavory events associated withbig weekends, everyone certainly made aHUGE dierence and made the weekendonce again enjoyable or us in the area.

Bubber and Cindy HuttoEast Cooper Ave, Folly Beach

It is only May and the trac travelingto and rom Folly Beach has been atwo hour ordeal on Saturdays and an

hour on Sundays since April. Te carsback up to Camp Road and arther.I a resident works o the island, theycannot get back home in less than oneand a hal hours. Ask the bride howthe trac aected her wedding last

weekend. Or ask the olks leaving thebeach who were stuck in their cars onthe island while a wreck was cleared onthe causeway.

Te obvious answer to the trac woeswould be to build another bridge to theisland, but there is no access point. Tatsaid, the only other solution is to updateFolly Road with a our lane highwaystarting at the bridge at Crosbys Fish &Shrimp, continue down the causeway,and across the other two bridges to the

island o Folly. Te two-lane roads arecompletely outdated to accommodatethe volume o trac that travels to thebeach, even on a daily basis. Tis roadhas served motorists since the erryboat

was abandoned. Tere is no other laneavailable or emergency vehicles to travelaround the cars in line. Te narrowbike lane is used by motorists (illegally)

to go around a car turning let into asubdivision or around a car involved ina crash.

Te problem begins when the twolanes o trac on Folly Road headingto the beach having to merge into onelane to cross the Crosbys bridge. Tereis no sign that instructs motorists toalternately merge. Te olks in thelet lane are claiming their spot in line

A So l u t i on t o Fo l l y Beach Trafc Problems

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Arlene

BretCindy

Don

Emily

Franklin

Gert

Harvey

Irene

Jose

Katia

Lee

MariaNate

Ophelia

Philippe

Rina

Sean

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Vince

Whitney

2011 Hurr icane names

Name that cane 2011

Tere are six lists o names that rotateevery year or naming hurricanes.Names are typically removed rom thelists each year as signicant stormsnames are retired, like Hazel (1954), Fi

(1974), Hugo (1989), Andrew (1992)and Katrina (2005). Five names havebeen retired since this years hurricanename list was last used in 2005: Dennis,Katrina, Rita, Stan and Wilma will bereplaced by Don, Katia, Rina, Sean andWhitney, respectively.

Since tropical cyclones were rstnamed in 1953, 75 names have beenretired, the rst two being Carol andHazel in 1954. Te naming o hurricaneshas been traced back to a tradition inthe West Indies that is still practicedtoday, where storms were named orthe Catholic Saints Day on which theylanded. For example, hurricane San

Filipe struck Puerto Rico on September13, 1876. When another storm struckexactly ty years later, the storm waschristened San Filipe the Second.

Hurricanes are named alphabetically,although the letters Q and U arealways let out and the lists only go toW. I the list is used up or the yearand storms are still orming, the stormsare then named alphabetically rom theGreek alphabet, Alpha to Omega.

Hurricanes continued from cover

The irst hal o May was less-than-uneventul or Follys

surers. Knee-high and choppy was the call nearly every day. I can

count the number o days with decent

sur on a single hand, but lie couldhave been much worse. ornadoes andlooding ravaged much o the country

this past month, and we have all seen

the destruction that can be unleashedby nature. Living on a barrier island,

we notice that the ocean looks a little

dierent every single day. Many people

wonder why the ocean is rough or waves

are much larger on a given d ay.

As a storm spins in the middle o the

Atlantic, sizeable waves are created thathead toward our coast. he shape and

power o the ocean waves are largelydetermined by our actors. he irst is

the bathymetry or shape o the oceanbottom. It changes gradually over time

and at a aster rate due to the impact olarge storms.

he two actors that dier on a

daily basis are wave height and period.

Wave height is the most important,and stronger winds blowing towards

our coast will bring big waves. When

the storm is ar enough away, waves olonger period are created. hat is, thetime between successive waves rom the

same swell is greater. he power o awave is uniquely determined by height

and period. As you might expect, big

heights and long periods produce morepower. I we really get lucky, the storm

stays ar away and we do not receivetoo much wind, only waves. Less wind

near the shore means the wave aces a reclean and the waves peel regula rly. Last

year, this happened quite requentlyand Folly saw its best sur in years.

Some o the storms that produced

great sur on Folly were Earl, Igor, andNicole. he names chosen or storms

this year are Arlene, Bret, Cindy, Don,Emily, Franklin, Gert, Harvey, Irene,

Jose, Katia, Lee, Maria, Nate, Ophelia,Phillippe, Rina, Sean, ammy, Vince,

and Whitney.

Looking at this list, Gert and

Katia look like real haymakers. heirst sounds like a disease alicting

medieval Europeans and the second is

unpronounceable or at least one Folly

Current columnist.

It seems terrible that these stormsare given names that may or may not

be amiliar. You may not know anyonenamed Rina, but anyone that can read

this has met someone named Lee. Inthe event o disaster, a storms name

will take on a new meaning. We alllive on the Edge o America and have

to take the risk o these storms as a

consequence o our choice. I guess it isthe same with lie. You take the good

with the bad.

Many o the named storms will bring

groundswell to Folly. Hopeully, none

o these storms will come close enoughto do any harm. Ideally, when yourneighbors overhear you talking about

how great Jose or ammy was, they will think you had dinner guests who

displayed ine decorum. Stay prepared

and be kind to your neighbor.

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and usually will not let the right laneo trac in their lane to establish acourteous merging pattern. Te onlysignage states Do not pass. Tereore,a bottleneck orms. Once trac hasmerged, they move slowly across thebridge all the way to Folly Island. OnceFolly Road becomes Center Street,there are our lanes aga in to route olksto their destination. W hy not have ourlanes all the way down Folly Road tothe stop light at the beach?

Opportunity exists now to seriouslytake a look at this remodeling project astwo o the three bridges are already onthe books to be replaced by SCDO.

Why not use this opportunity to updatethe old roads to our lanes? Another

two-lane bridge could be built next tothe bridge by the Sandcastle restaurant.Each bridge would be one way only. Asor trac leaving the island, the newroads would get the cars o the islandmuch aster and maybe eliminate some wrecks resulting rom stop and starttrac. Even i the speed limit was 35rom the rst bridge to the last, tracwould still fow more smoothly. I realizethe nightmare residents will ace whenproposed construction begins on thetwo bridges. Lets pray that it happensin the winter and quickly.

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Those clean one-foot rights may only appeal to ants riding popsicle sticks now, but the

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By Stratton Lawrence

Jason Moore wasn't leaving withoutthe dog. On Tursday, May 26,a group o kayakers noticed an

emaciated, sickly dog on Cow Island,an uninhabited hammock island nearMosquito Beach on Sol Legare Road. Teyconveyed the news toCoastal Expeditions'Eric Mills, who calledPet Helpers.

Moore, a kennelcaretaker or theno-kill shelter,paddled out to theisland to search orthe animal.

"We hunted orhim but only sawone dog track," saysMoore. "We couldn'tnd any sign o him."

Te pair let oodand water, and went back to check onFriday. Tey ound the dog sitting by theood bowl. Although he accepted treatstossed at a distance, he wouldn't approachthe men.

Pet Helpers delivered a trap to catchthe dog, and a determined Moore opted tospend the night camping on the island. Hedubbed his new companion 'Hambone.'

"When I was setting up camp, he waswalking around me, but he'd stay 20 eetaway," he recalls. "He didn't have anyaggression."

At about 5 o'clock in the morning, thedog ell or the trap. Mayor im Goodwinmotored his shallow-hulled boat to theisland, loaded the caged dog, and broughthim to saety.

"He's not a wild dog," explains Moore,who isn't sure whether ornot the dogswam to theisland or waslet there. "Hewas owned bysomebody."

Pet Helpersnamed the dog" G i l l i g a n . "He's receivedplenty oa t t e n t i o nthis week,

i n c l u d i n gpicking hundreds o ticks o o him andnursing him back to health. Gilliganweighs 45 pounds, but could easily weigh75 at ull health, guesses Moore. His acemade the cover o the Post and Courier'sLocal section last Wednesday.

"You can love on him and he'll kiss youon the ace," says Moore, who estimatesGilligan's age at two or three years old."He's real ly a sweet dog."

He adds, "It was an absoluteadventure."

By BLaKe Bunch

Hl th Folly Homlsswo ocers responded to a call on May18 in regards to a man sleeping on thebeach near 11th Block. Upon arrival at7:18 a.m., the ocers noticed a whitemale asleep in a sleeping bag with beercans strewn around him. Once awake,

the subject stood up, revealing a plasticbaggy in his pocket. Te baggy had tengrams o pot in it and the ocers ounda hypodermic needle on the subject,as well. Ater stating that he had justgotten a job out on the beach and hadnowhere to live, the man was cited withpossession o marijuana and given a verbalwarning about sleeping on the beach. Teaorementioned syringe was disposed o ina biohazard sharp container.

Hot BoxingOn May 19, an ocer noticed a silverBMW parked on the wrong side othe road at East 8th Street. Uponapproaching the vehicle to write atrac ticket, the ocer observed thatthe car was occupied and running. Hethen observed a strong odor o burntmarijuana exuding rom the passengerside. Te ocer advised the driver thathe smelled the herb and, provided thatthe subject was honest with him, wouldticket and release him. Te driver deniedhaving any marijuana in the vehicle,failing his arms and claiming that hewas being harassed. Ater oering thepassenger the same deal, the passengerproduced a jar containing 4.6 gramso pot. wo more ocers arrived andsearched the car urther, coming up witha glass pipe containing burnt marijuana

residue. Te passenger was cited andreleased or possession o marijuana, butthe driver was placed under arrest orpossession o marijuana, as well as drugparaphernalia.

TOosit o a COpS eisod endingTree ocers were standing on thecorner o Center Street and West CooperAvenue on May 20 when they observedan altercation between two males. Oneo the males involved was a pedestrian,and the other was driving a blue truck.Te two men were yelling at each other.

Once the ocers identied themselvesas police, the man in the blue trucksped o. Te ocers gave chase aterthe subject onto East Indian Avenue.Ater pulling into the post oce, thesubject cut o his lights. He explainedto the ocers that he had not seen orheard them, and did not know what

the previous altercation was about. Teocers released the man, citing himwith disorderly conduct and recklessdriving. Although he admitted to havingconsumed alcohol, he did not appear todisplay a level o intoxication to support acharge o DUI.

KOf th DunsAlso on May 18, ve ocers weredispatched to the beach at 13th Block Eastin response to reports o young peoplepartying in the dunes. Upon their arrival,several o the partygoers were displayingopen beer cans and two large hal-empty liquor bottles. Shortly thereater,several members o the extended groupcollected their belongings and let. Teocers then wrote several tickets to thosestill present, citing them or minor inpossession o alcohol, as well as havingglass and a dog on the beach ront.

evrHard o a Nalgn Bottl?In an unrelated incident on May 18, anocer responded to a complaint on thebeach at 13th Block East. Te ocernoted that when he approached thegroup o people, he observed the subjectand two riends sharing a glass bottle ochampagne. Obviously in direct violationo the glass on the beach ordinance,ocers cited and released the subject who

claimed ownership.

pladth FithAn underage person attempted topurchase an 18-pack o Bud Light atBerts Market on May 20. However,the subject had fed beore ocers couldarrive. Later on the ocers shit, thesubjects mother contacted him, and wasadvised to have her son come in and givehis statement. Te responding ocerthen secured a statement rom the subjectand issued him a ticket. Know yourrights, man.

Mayor Tim Goodwin, Jason Moore, and Pet

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This story takes place in the waning momentso Sol Driven rains May 20 perormance atthe Party on the Point. Te band was playing

on stage with Charleston Harbor in the background.Tere were roughly 300 olks in attendance, spreadout on the grounds o the hotel and most o themlistening to the music. Te area near the stage wascovered in white, grainy sand that had obviously beentrucked in rom somewhere other than Charleston.

It was in that area, next to the stage, where Ispotted Miss Parker. We had spoken several timesearlier in the evening, but this time she was standingall by hersel. When she smiled at me, I elt as thoughI needed to be near her. She was wearing this prettywhite dress, and when I walked up to her she said,I think I need to have this dress taken in a bit, andshe spun around to show me how loose the dress wasaround her waist.

Te band had just walked o the stage and wewere waiting or them to come back or their encore.When they did, the crowd gave a little cheer, andbeore they started playing again, they re-announcedthat they were raising money or their riend whoneeds a heart transplant. Tis was when Parker,being Parker, turned to me and sa id in her sot voice,I wish I had two hearts so I could give her one.

At the time, I didnt really think much o it. Teband started with their song Guest List, which isa tune about how the only way they would get intoheaven would be i someone were to put them onthe guest list. Again, I didnt pay much attention.We danced and smiled, and at the end o the song, Iturned to Parker and gave her a big hug and told herthat I loved her and to be sae; just like I do with al lmy riends that I care about. She gave me a big smileand we parted ways.

Looking back at that night, that moment in timewas so surreal. We let Patriots Point and headed

up onto the Ravenel Bridge. As we crested the topo the bridge, we saw freworks rom the baseballstadium exploding over the city skyl ine. I rememberwatching in awe, thinking that we had the perectspot or freworks. Te whole time, unknown to us,something terrible was tak ing place behind us.

It wasnt until the next day when I got a phone callrom Elizabeths ex-husband, Derek, inorming me

that she had been hit on her moped by a drunk driverwhile crossing the bridge. Everything became a blur.I ought with mysel over whether I should go seeher in her hospital bed, but I didnt want to ruin theperect memory o our last goodbye. I fnally real izedthat this would be my last chance to tell her that Iloved her, so I went to the hospital.

I made sure that her riends told the nurses thestory about what she had said to me about giving herheart. We were inormed that due to the severity othe accident, her heart could not be saved. We, ocourse, were upset about this and went through allthe steps o denial. (On a side note, we later oundout that the doctors were able to save her liver andboth o her kidneys).

Unable to ulfll her wish, I have been at a loss athow cruel and unair living and dying can be. I putmy thinking cap on and came up with a solution.

I spoke with both Sol Driven rain and Elizabethsparents, and we have decided that even though Parkerwas unable to donate her heart, it doesnt mean thatwe cant help the lady who desperately needs unds toget a heart transplant.

Below is a link to fnd out about Lisha Frits. I wasblessed to have had a person like Elizabeth Parker inmy lie, and double-blessed to be the one that got tospend her last minutes with her. Im triple-blessed tobe able to spread the message o her love or lie.

www.gofundme.com/HEART-TRANSPLANT-EXPENSES.

Painting by Olessia MaxiMenkO

In Memory of Elizabeth Christian ParkerOn May 25, friends and family gathered on Folly Beach to celebrate the

life of Elizabeth Parker, who passed on to the next world on May 20.

Last Saturday, June 4, would have been her thirty-third birthday.

H o w I K n o w Sh e s a n A n ge lBy RichaRd BRendel


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Folly Current CalendarJune 10 - July 16

Friday, June 10

Foll Beach Bird WalksTis walk ocuses on the northern shorelineand maritime orest o Folly Beach, andmeets at the Folly Lighthouse Inlet HeritagePreserve. Te program is ree, however pre-registration is required. 7:30 a.m.to 9:30 a.m.Course # 25331. Age: 12 & up. For more ino,call 795-4386 or visit www.ccprc.com.

Saturday, June 11

Reggae Concert Series: Te ResolversBring your chair or blanket to James IslandCounty Park and rock the night away tolive reggae music by Te Resolvers! Food,beverage, and souvenirs will be available orpurchase. 7:30 to 11 p.m. $8. For more ino,call 795-4386 or visit www.ccprc.com.

Sunday, June 12

Friends o the Librar cart saleLibrary discards will be available or sale or$1 each at the Main Branch, 68 Cal hounStreet in downtown Charleston, at theInormation Desk rom 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Everysecond Sunday. Check www.acebook.com/ChasLibraryPals or daily updates.

tueSday, June 14

Flag DaCommemoration o the adoption o the U.S. ag.

thurSday, June 16

Louies Kids Tird Annual Piggl WigglBig Che Little Che CompetitionKids rom Louies Kids will pair up with localtop ches to create delicious, healthy meals atLowndes Grove Plantation. Event guests willhelp celebrity che Marvin Woods select thisyears winner. Wine and beer included in ticketprice. $45 in advance, $50 day o. Purchasetickets at www.louieskids.org. or more ino,call 724-9267.

Saturday, June 18

Foll Beach Art & Crat Guild at FollRiver ParkCome to the Folly River Park to peruse andpurchase works o art and crats by the Folly

Beach Art & Crat Guild. Held once a month,April to September. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Livemusic rom 10 to 1 p.m. eaturing Friendso Ridicule, and 1 to 4 p.m. eaturing PsychWard 1 Dragon. Vendor booths are $35. Formore ino, contact Karen Marr at 343-9887 oremail [email protected].

Foll Pier Fishing ournamentCome join us or great shing at the FollyBeach Fishing Pier beginning at 6 a.m.ournament ends at 4 p.m. and prizes areawarded at 4:15. Prizes are awarded or thelargest catch in the King Mackerel categoryand the three largest catches in the Big Fishcategory. For more ino, call the Folly BeachFishing Pier at 588-3474. $12.

2011 Bark or LieTis canine Relay or Lie, will be held atJames Island County Park rom 9 a.m. to 1p.m. and will include a one-mile walk, music,games, ood and entertainment or everyone.Early registration is $15 per dog and $20 perdog the day o the event. For early regis trationplease go to www.lowcountrybarkorlie.org. For more ino, call 744-1922 or [email protected].

Sunday, June 19

Happ Fathers Da!

Monday, June 20

Camp Puf n StufOvernight camp or children ages 8 to 11with asthma. Campers must be on dailyasthma medications. Week includes eld tripsto SplashZone and other local attractions,swimming, games, and asthma education. Tegoal o this camp is to keep children out o theemergency room and in the classroom. June20-24 at the College o Charleston. $50per camper/scholarships available. w ww.camppufnstuf.org.

tueSday, June 21

First da o summer

thurSday, June 23

Summer Entertainment Series: Hungr

Monk MusicTe Hungry Monks will perorm an array okids music that will allow all to participate.Show at Edisto Hall at James Island CountyPark. Best suited or ages 3 to 12. Call 795-4386 or more ino. 10 to 11 a.m. Course #24876. $5.

Friday, June 24

Moonlight MixerShag dance on the water and under the stars atthe Folly Beach Fishing Pier. DJ Jim Bowerso 1340 Te Boardwalk will play all o thehottest oldies and beach music classics! Only600 tickets will be sold or this event. 7-11p.m. ickets are $10. For more ino, call 795-4386 or visit www.ccprc.com.

WedneSday, June 29

Sundown Festival at KiawahsNight Heron ParkFeaturing southern lawn games and inatablesor the children, as well as a train which willrun throughout the evening, the estival willalso eature special live music by internationalWorld Blues artist, Harper and the MidwestKind. Free and open to the public, the estivalbegins at 6:30 p.m. at Ki awahs Night HeronPark. Night Heron Grill will be open or theevent. Sponsored by the Kiawah Island ArtsCouncil and Kiawah Gol Resort.

Friday, July1

Music on the GreenEvery Friday through Labor Day, enjoy reelive music at the Freshelds Villa ge Greenrom 6 to 9 p.m. Perorming tonight is QuianaParler & Friends. Dont orget to bring ablanket and/or chairs! For more ino, visitwww.FresheldsVillage.com or call GuestServices at 768-6491.

Monday, July4

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Friday, July8

Music on the GreenEvery Friday through Labor Day, enjoy reelive music at the Freshelds Villa ge Green

rom 6 to 9 p.m. Perorming tonight is theRum Punch Bandits. Dont orget to bringa blanket and/or chairs! For more ino, visitwww.FresheldsVillage.com or call GuestServices at 768-6491.

Sunday, July10

Friends o the Librar cart saleLibrary discards will be available or sale or$1 each at the Main Branch, 68 Ca lhounStreet in downtown Charleston, at theInormation Desk rom 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Everysecond Sunday. Check www.acebook.com/ChasLibraryPals or daily updates.

Monday, July11

Farmers Market at Freshfelds VillageEvery Monday rom 4 to 8 p.m. throughAugust 29 (excluding July 4), this ree marketat the Freshelds Village Green will includearm produce, packaged ood, arts & cratsand prepared ood vendors. Live music by BradHenty and Skip Sullins will alternate each week.For more ino, visit www.FresheldsVillage.comor call Guest Services at 768-6491.

Friday, July15

Music on the GreenEvery Friday through Labor Day, enjoy ree livemusic at the Freshelds Village Green rom 6 to9 p.m. Perorming tonight is Plane Jane. Dontorget to bring a blanket and/or chairs! Formore ino, visit www.FresheldsVillage.com orcall Guest Services at 768-6491.

Saturday, July16

Foll Beach Art & Crat Guild at FollRiver ParkCome to the Folly River Park to peruse andpurchase works o art and crats by the FollyBeach Art & Crat Guild. Held once a month,April to September. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Livemusic rom 1 to 4 p.m. eaturi ng Old YouBand. Vendor booths are $35. For more i no,contact Karen Marr at 343-9887 or [email protected].


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In the early months o 1861, Charlestonbecame the place to be or the youngmen o the Palmetto State. Te entire

state was are with the buzz o Secessionand the talk o war. Charlestons streetswere teaming with the lie-blood o the rststate to separate rom the United States.

Young men came to Charleston toenlist in the militia and military unitsbeing ormed to deend their home state.Recruiting or the cause was at a everpitch. Dozens o army, cavalry, and inantryunits were ormed virtually overnight.Te city became engorged with soldiersand military bands, and her citizens allproclaimed the same battle cry: war.

William Reynolds was one o those whothirsted or the taste o battle. As a armboy rom the upstate o South Carolina,this journey to the coast was to be a greatadventure. How alluring that siren song othe impending war must have been to him.Te chance to travel to the port city andbecome part o the ever-growing revelryin her city streets. o gaze upon Fort

Sumter in the heart o Charleston harbor;the ort where the old ag o the UnitedStates still waved in deance o the newConederacy.

o Reynolds, deending his home andag were the reasons or him to make thejourney to the Holy City. And besides, hedidnt want to miss his chance to become apart o his generations revolution.

In May 1993, I was driving indowntown Charleston and noticed a realestate lot being bulldozed. I stopped andtalked to the property owner, asking i I

could search the lot or the old privy. Hegladly gave me permission, and told methat the lot was to be leveled another eweet. Tis would certainly destroy the privyand its contents.

Te excavation o an old privy canbe an amazing peek into our past. Te

trash rom the past cangive us a look througha window into a worldthat only exists in books.o excavate and unearthartiacts can give us aglimpse otherwise lost totime.

Te lot was nearwhere the old Charleston Arsenal was locatedduring the Civil War, sothe prospects o ndingrelics rom ConederateCharleston were pretty good. We easilyound the privys shat and slowly beganour excavation. Te rst three to our eet were ull o broken bricks and replace

ash. At about ve eet down, we began tosee signs o 1860s Charleston.Broken porcelain and bottles began

to appear. At this depth, we also strucksomething else: water. Te water table inthe peninsula is very high, and diggingat this depth became extremely difcult.Using ve gallon plastic buckets, we beganto dip out buckets o mud, water, andbroken bottles to the surace. Te buckets were dumped a ew eet away rom theexcavated hole. Groping our way throughthis mess did prove to be rewarding,however.

Bottles began to appear, all dating romthe 1850s to 1860s. Te day ended, andwe decided to nish up the excavation theollowing morning.

We all arrived early the next morningat the dig site. Te pile o mud rom theprevious day glistened with broken remains

o bottle ragmentsand porcelain shardsprotruding rom themound o muck romthe privy shat. I walkedover to it and spied aperect, unbroken Civil War-period umbrellaink well sticking outo the side o the pile.I also saw an oval-shaped object next to

where the ink well waslaying. I reached downand in turn, shook

hands with William Reynolds. And thiswas no ordinary day. It was May 9, 1993,Conederate Memorial Day.

Tat oval-shaped object was a SouthCarolina Belt Buckle. Made in the 1850s,it bore the large letters SC on its ace.On the reverse o the buckle, hand-carvedinto its sot lead lling, were the words,William Reynolds Palmetto Guards.

Te Palmetto Guards was one o thenest units o South Carolina soldiers everraised, and our above-mentioned recruitrom the upstate was one o its members.

Private William Reynolds was stationedon Morris Island at Stevens Iron Batteryduring the rst battle o the Civil War.

Te battery that Private Reynolds mannedreceived the rst shot red rom Fort Sumterby Union Ofcer Abner Doubleday on themorning o April 12, 1861. Tis batterywas also manned by the inamous EdwinRufn o Virginia, who was made anhonorary member o the Palmetto Guards.

Private Reynolds would become a part oAmerican history that day a part o astory that would be taught to every schoolchild in the country when learning o thebeginnings o the Civi l War.

I have no doubt that when Reynoldscame to Charleston to enlist in early 1861,he dreamed o becoming part o history.And so he was right; he did become a parto a very historic day indeed.

My research shows that Private WilliamReynolds o the Palmetto Guards wouldeventually become part o the 2nd SouthCarolina Volunteers. He, along withhis unit, would ght the war in Virginiaunder the command o General Kershawo South Carolina. Private Reynolds losthis lie to unknown causes in Richmond,

Virginia, on December 3, 1862.Fortunately, he carved his name intothe back o that South Carolina bucklethat I was so lucky to have spied in a pile omud. How that perect, unbroken buckleended up in the bottom o an outhouse islost to history. But the soldier who worethat buckle is not lost to history, or to us,dear reader. His sacrice o his lie on thealtar o his countrys reedom will oreverbe remembered by mysel, and hopeullyby you remembered as one o over600,000 lives lost in the worst conict inAmerican history.

history

B ear i ng Wi t nes s t o t he Fi r s t Sho t By RoBeRt e. BohRn JR.

The author excavated this belt buckle

that belonged to a soldier who

witnessed the Civil War's frst shots.


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May was a good month orshing and showed a notableimprovement over the last two

months. Te steady infux o bait and warmer water imply that June will beeven better. Redsh remained active andthe trout bite that many eared gone or

this year has strongly reemerged duringthe last days o May. Spanish Mackereland bluesh are now available andcompliment other seasonal species, suchas shark.

Weve been targeting redsh at midand high tide with shrimp shed underpopping corks. Tis can be an excellent way to cover a lot o water. Anglersshould ocus on grass banks, shell rakesand creek mouths; anywhere that redshwould likely ambush bait. I usually sha 18-24 leader under the cork anduse size one circle hooks. Remember toalways bring in your slack line i you areshing in a current. I you can somehowmanage to remain ca lm when a sh hits,reel the line tight instead o liting therod tip!

In late April, the Department oNatural Resources issued a statementthat back to back cold winters haddecimated the trout stock and urgedanglers to voluntarily practice catch andrelease. Anglers would be well advisedto ollow this request so our shery canrecover. Its that time o year or topwatertrout action at rst light. Heddons SuperSpook Jr. in their silver mullet colorworks great. Vary retrieve speeds as youwork these lures back to the boat. Tisis a lure that you should reel tight to thesh beore raising your rod tip. Good

luck with that when a v iolent boil eruptsaround your lure!

Spanish Mackerel are also beginningto show up, especially in t he harbor, andthe best time to catch them is at rstlight. I you nd schools o sh slashingacross the surace, throw refective casting

jigs and reel them quickly through theschool. Alternatively, i you know sh arepresent but not up top, try troll ing ClarkSpoons at dierent depths and dierentspeeds. Remember to check your leaderoten as it only takes catching a ew othese teethy sh to cut through it.

Te best fyshing last month wasound in an unlikely place: morningtailing tides. We had many mornings when you could cast to tailing shduring the rst hours o the day. Tesesh were most interested in spoon fies;particularly in gold. During mid tideand high tide, redsh were eating largerfies containing red and orange w ith a bito sparkle. Anglers have reported goodsuccess with bulkier fies that representthe bigger bait in our waters.

See you on the water!

Capt. Geof Bennett operates CharlestonCharter Fishing providing y shing andlight tackle charters. Clients choose rom aull menu o y rods, articial and live baitshing options with charters tailored to theirdesires. USCG licensed and insured, Capt.Bennett is committed to providing a sae andenjoyable charter to anglers o all skill levelsand ages. For more ino, call Capt. Bennettat 324-3332, visit his website at www.charlestonchartershing.com or email himat [email protected].

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Music, more specifcally Americanmusic, remains deeply rootedin tradition. However, many

modern artists perorming traditionalmusic typically lean toward some orm

o improvisation. Bluegrass is one o themany early American music art orms thathas been subdivided countless times sincethe Bill Monroe era. Jam-grass, Slam-grass, Folk-grass, and yes, even Grunge-grass are simply a ew o the countlesssub-genres in this feld. Although someremain staunch bluegrass purists, thereare many pround grass-improvisation actsout there, as well. Greensky Bluegrass, afve-piece string band rom Kalamazoo,Michigan, is defnitely proud to be inthis elite corner o grass-revival bands.Having mastered traditional bluegrasssongwriting/instrumental breakdowns,the boys o Greensky always leave roomor a little improvisation.

Te lineup o Greensky Bluegrass isvery typical o a traditional string band.However, each band members individualmusical quirks tend to come o a bitunkier than the usual bluegrass style.Early roots o the band date back to 2000,when mandolin player Paul Homan metguitarist Dave Bruzza and banjo playerMichael Arlen Bont in Kalamazoo. Later

installments within the ollowing yearswould see the involvement o Mike Devolon bass, as well as Anders Beck on thedobro. Regarding the current lineup, all

o the boys have some jazz improvisationbackground and kil ler bluegrass chops.

Were not trying to be a jam bandby any means, says dobro player AndersBeck. Improv is defnitely a huge parto our live act, though. We like beingsomewhat lumped into the Jam-grasstradition, which allows or a lot oreedom.

ypically throwing in some Hendrix,

Bob Marley, traditional bluegrass, andsome low-brow Americana, the Greenskylive shows are very high-energy,coming across as both traditional and

unpredictable.Greensky Bluegrass will be touring

extensively throughout the Southeastthroughout June and early July. ravellingthrough ennessee, Georgia, NorthCarolina, and South Carolina, the boysalso have three or our dates lined up thatcorrespond with Phish shows.

We had not directly planned or it tohappen. However, we have been very well

received in the jam-band scene, and theSoutheast overall, says Beck.

Amongst the numerous tour dates is a June 16 show at the Music Farm, whereGreensky played with close riends,

Railroad Earth, this past summer. Beckadds that he loved coming to Charlestonduring the summer especially to thePour House. Te audience tends to getwhat were doing and it just clicks.

More highlights o the summer tourinclude stops in Manchester, ennesseeor the Bonnaroo Music Festival, as well as All Good Music Festival inMorgantown, West Virginia. Te end othe tour fnds Greensky hitting up keyspots in the western part o the UnitedStates. Its ftting t hey won Best Band at elluride Music Festival in 2006.

Bluegrass is simply one American artorm to which many music lovers can

relate. Greensky is one o the very ewbands that can bring an outside audienceto traditional bluegrass, and they aredoing their best to spread the ever a crossthe continental United States.

Greensky Bluegrass will be playing atthe Charleston Pour House on June 16.For more information, visit their website atwww.myspace.com/greenskybluegrassmusic.

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d a t i n g f o l l i e s

Some say that modern-day manhas moved into a realm o never-ending choices. Tere was a time

when choices were or the privilegedpeople only; everyone else merely did whatwas necessary to survive.

Now it seems that everywhere youlook, you are orced to make some sorto decision. Ater years o living, the acto picking and choosing should havebecome easy or us. Ater all, weve beendoing it since we were children: chocolateor vanilla, merry-go-round or monkeybars, Superman or Batman.

Te truth o the matter is that, as weage, the act o making decisions actuallygets more and more dicult. As we growinto adults, the harsh reality o decision-making begins to become clearer to us. When we do nally decide and pick the

one option rom the many, what we arereally doing is taking all o the otheroptions o the table. In the harsh realisticlight o day we must ask ourselves: Are weindecisive or just unable to commit to anyone thing?

People agonize over even the smallest

o decisions. What do I want or dinner?Do I want beer or liquor tonight? Am I inthe mood or a drama or a comedy? Blue

shirt or green shirt? As grown-ups these seemingly

unimportant decisions are oten rollingaround in our brains directly adjacentto some o the gargantuan lie-changingones. Am I content in my work, or shouldI take the leap and dream o somethingbigger? Have I ound my soul mate, orcould there be someone better out there?Could I live more, see more, be more, lovemore, more, more, more?

What does it mean when having todecide is pure agony? Even i you areortunate enough to be aced with onlytwo options in ront o you, as opposedto six or eight, why is the deciding sodicult? And an even better question: i

it is this hard to decide, is either optionthe right one?

Is it silly to hang onto the childish idealthat when the right thing comes along we will just know it? Do people reallyhave those fashes, where everything justcomes into ocus and they know exactly

which path to take? All o the sudden,the entirety o your indecisiveness andear jump out o the window, revealing

this fower-lined path that leads you tothe uture you always dreamed o. Whilesurrounded by the pressures and hardshipso the average individuals daily lie, itseems naive to believe that anything couldjust open up and be that simple.

So then whats the answer; how doesone go about deciding when the stakes arereally high? I you are one o the prior-planning people, you may nd yourselcreating a pro/con list. I you are a thrillseeker, you may trust your gut and fingyoursel o one side or the other o thebig decision cli. Maybe introspectiongets the best o you, resulting in countlesshours o deep soul-searching until oneanswer eels like the right one.

Or maybe the answer is that there isno answer. Maybe ate has the outcomealready picked out, and all o thequestioning and torturing ourselves resultsin nothing more than questions, torture,and a bit o a delay. Perhaps the giganticspider-web-like maze will always end inthe same place no matter which path we

choose on any given day. O course noneo us want to believe this; it makes us eelsmall and powerless. But what i it weretrue? Would we sleep better at night?Would we trust our instincts more oten?Would it put an end to regret? Would weworry less and enjoy more?

For now, I suppose we are all let toour own devices; be it fipping coins,consulting the I-Ching, reading your tealeaves every morning, prayer whateveryour method may be. Tere will always beconstant questions and dicult decisionsto contend with.

Te trick is to believe in the choicesthat you make when they come along.Remember that lie is a big, long bumpyjourney; i you decide to go with the polka-dots today, there is always tomorrow toput on the plaid.

Co n s t a n t Qu e s t i o n s

and Difcult DecisionsBy Fay a.


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Juicy's heard on Folly

Ma y he mQuotes from a Quotable Island

By Becky 'Ju-c' SparkS

I youre a Folly Beach local or havespent a lot o time on the island, youveheard some interesting things. Some

make you laugh uncontrollably, othersconuse you terribly and plenty make youcringe. Ive overheard a lot o things onthis island and Id like to share some withyou. With the weather heating up and thebeer going down easy, the quotes keepalling like a broken pinata. Would yousay we have a plethora?

May 6, 2011: I will not have anotherold lady sitting in my driveway beore 6a.m. again!May 7, 2011: I you ever need anything,dont ask me. I dont have sh**.May 7, 2011: Tell them to hire me. Idont do drugs and Im not in jail at themoment.

May 7, 2011: My daughter will sew youup in a minute.May 8, 2011: I was as messed up asHogans Goat!May 8, 2011: Backdoor babies, they arethe best.May 14, 2011: See, everyone likes yourbasket.May 19, 2011: I gotta go home andblow up my girlriend. Her name is

Samoa.May 19, 2011: One pair o panties, twopanty liners, our days usage.May 19, 2011: One day this week, Igotta take a shower.May 20, 2011: Ugh, Dave Matthewsmakes me eel sterile.May 21, 2011: Did you put a drink inmy roofe?May 21, 2011: I youre sleeping in thebathtub, Im breaking up w ith you.May 25, 2011: Im not gay. My junkwas in your mouth!May 25, 2011:Person 1: Are you straight now?Person 2: No, mom. I was just drunkand some girl put her *#* in my mouth.May 25, 2011: Snap into a steeringcolumn.May 28, 2011: In my next lie, I wantto come back as a prophylactic. At leastId be doing some good.May 28, 2011: Im sick o getting rapedby rainbows!May 30, 2011: I want my oreskinback!!!

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