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On a perfect St. Patrick’s Day Saturday on Folly Beach,

VOTE FOR CITY COUNCIL! TUESDAY, APRIL 3



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Charleston International Film Festival eams Up with Yo ArtTe 5th Annual Charleston

International Film Festival (CIFF)presented by Charliewood Pictures,

will k ick o Opening Night on April 11 at the Sottile Teatre. A reception with Mayor Riley wil lbegin the evening rom 5-7 p.m.,

with Sundance Award winning flm‘Robot and Frank’ immediately ollowing.

Films o all lengths and genres will be showcased rom theLowcountry and across the globeat Sottile Teatre and Cinebarre,including an outdoor screeningunder the stars. Tere is also a

screenplay competition, nightly ater-parties, and an awards gala.

Tis year, CIFF is working incooperation nwith Mark Br yanand Carolina Studios to announcea “Stu the Music Bus” art supply drive in support o Yo Art! CarolinaStudios provides at-risk students

with a creat ive outlet outside o the public school system by givingthem the opportunity to write andrecord their own original compositionsin their Charleston-based studio on

wheels, a llowing or a natura l organiccooperation between the groups. Yo

Art prov ides children living in publichousing

and attending itle One schools theopportunity to explore their aptitudein the arts by ensuring that they haveaccess to the proper art supplies,and education to do so. Te group is

working in eight public schools that a repredominately in low income districtsand they are flling the gap whereunding has diminished or art related

education.“Our programs expand on the arts by relating to global and local issues suchas recycling, good nutritional habitsand community service,” says GeneFurchgott, ounder o Yo Art.

Local artist Douglas Panzone will alsobe on site painting a street mural liveduring the estival. In addition, the SCFilm Commission presents the Young

Filmmakers Project on Saturday April14, at 11 a.m. at the Sottile Teatre .Te Young Filmmakers Project gets kidsout into state parks across S.C., learning

creatively through media arts.“Te union between Yo Art, CarolinaStudios, SC Film Commission and theCharleston International Film Festivalis the perect collaboration to exposeat risk kids and teens to traditional art,music, and flm and we are proud tobe a part o it.” says Ron Krauskop,Marketing Director or CIFF..

Te Carolina Studios Bus will

be parked outside o thetheater each day during theestival, April 11-15, and will

be available or people totour and admire. It will beparked outside the theaters atthese specifc times: SottileTeater: Wednesday & Friday 5-7PM, Saturday 11AM-7PM.Cinebarre: Tursday 5-7PM,and Sunday 11AM-5PM.

Get a glimpse o the busat CarolinaStudios.net.

Anyone leaving art suppliesbehind during their bus tour

will receive a coupon or $5

admission to any CIFF flmblock throughout the estival.Please provide only newly-purchased art supplies.

Tickets or CIFF are available online at CharlestonIFF.com or by contacting the CIFF ofce at (843) 817- 1617. Price per

screening block is $10.00, but special promotions and g iveaways will be done through CIFF’s Facebook & Twitter pages. Festival passes are available good oaccess to all screenings, panels and parties (excluding the awards dinner) or $99.

For more inormation onYo Art go to YoArtInc.org. For more inormation on Carolina Studios goto CarolinaStudios.net. For more inormation on the Young Filmmakers Project and SC Film Commission go toFilmSC.com.



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Last week, the U.S. Coast Guard and local authorities were put onhigh alert as a single manned ship wasdiscovered suspiciously anchoring o the Edwin S. aylor shing Pier. Techie ofcer o the naval vessel, lateridentied only as Capt. H.M. Crunch,made communication eorts via Folly Beach Mayor im Goodwin, virtually impossible as the mayor, via bul l-hornrom a vintage rowboat believed to havecarried President George Washingtonacross the Delaware River (but now owned by Council Member PaulHume), was consistently being cut o in mid-sentence with threats o buryingthe small surng community with aerocious barrage o crunch-berries.

“What are your demands?” Temayor nally managed to convey. “Yourchildren’s teeth, your middle-agedmen’s reluctance to eat like adults and a

calzone rom Woody’s. And don’t orgetthe marinara sauce!” …the undersizedmariner bellowed. Te mayor concededthe calzone and girths o the island’smales in the 35-50 age group but warnedthe sailor that his request or the teeth o Folly’s children would have to go throughtheir mothers and warned the animatedCaptain about the possible consequenceso pursuing such an endeavor, wishing

the ofcer “…good luck with that one..”,and noting… “..you’re gonna need it!”Meanwhile surers, ater a long day o paddling, began showing up with spoonsand bowls in case the good captain was true to his word about the ring o crunch-berries.

Former Sports Illustrated cover girl and Victori a’s Secret model

Mari ssa Mil ler made a surprisingand unannounced appearance at the Washout last weekend. Ms. Mi ller,hersel an avid surer, stated thatshe had read about the Washoutthrough the constant bombardment o correspondence she’d been receivingover the years rom Folly Beach localand Guinness connoisseur Joel Flores, who was al so standing by as Ms. Mil ler’sofcial iPod holder. “Tis place is simply breath-taking. I’m talking to my peopleat Sports Illustrated about bringing

some o the other models down here ornext year’s swimsuit shoot.” Ms. Millerthen ended the interview by having Mr.Flores wipe her down, tossing him thekeys to her Ferrari and both o themdriving o into the Folly Beach sunset.

BY JOEL FLORES

HUMOR

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I have been asked by a ew o my riends to tackle a very specic issue. It’san age-old question that has plaguedthe hungover minds o countless peoplerom all corners o the globe. It is aquestion that a large percentage o t hepopulation has probably struggled withanswering in some orm or another. What is thi s al l too t ricky question youask?…

Exactly how do you handle themorning ater? Te query itsel is ridden

with many dierent va riables , eacho which can completely change theoriginal question and the way one wouldgo about achieving the desired outcome.Tereore, this week we are goingto cover some o the most commonmorning ater scenarios and a ew triedand tested solutions that I hope you allnd helpul.

Awkward Situat ion #1: You have woken up next to someone whom youclearly had un with la st night, but youhave absolutely no idea what their nameis…

I know quite a ew people who haveound themselves in this uncomortableterritory, and some o them morethan once. As a matter o act, I hada roommate many years ago who would constant ly wake me up in the

mornings to ask me the name o the

girl who was in his bed. (Just a sidenote… roommates typically do notenjoy this practice.) A ew alternatesolutions would include, but are notlimited to: nicknames, snooping tond the answer, or coming clean romthe get-go. I going or nicknames, try to be creative; while “good morninggorgeous” is always attering, it is alsorather generic and see-through. Maybeyou are a culinarian; you could go with “good morning cupcake or lamb-chop”. Maybe you are camping, andyou could compare the other to sunrisesor wateralls. W hichever hokey clichéexperience may be lying in ront o you,at least make an at tempt at being clever.

Snooping requires a lot more thoughtrom what I hear; nding mail orsearching or something with a namecan otentimes lead to less than idealoutcomes. Coming clean, although itmay at rst require dealing with anawkward situation, in the end doesn’trequire eeling bad about lying. You did

what you did and thi s is how the cookiehas crumbled. Forgetting someone’sname is certainly not the worst thingthat could happen, and i they a re thatpissed, go home and call it a day.

Awkward Situat ion #2: Wake up inthe morning ater a great night and wantto continue into breakast; however you

spent all o your money getting yoursel

to this part…Tis does not have to be that difcult.

Everyone can nd a ew dollars inchange rolling around in cushions, jars,cars, whatever. Go get a ew pastriesrom Bert’s; the coee is ree, and i you have a lot o change you couldeven throw in a ower. Make sure tobe conscientious o the other — no one wants to wake up a ll a lone. So leave anote, maybe something like “back soon with treats”… everyone likes treat s. Anyone who shows up with some coee,a piece o ruit and a pastr y seems goodto most people. I there is a owerinvolved, hmmm, well who knows whatcould happen.

Awkward Situation #3: You have woken up on the couch o a st ranger’shouse, and the last thing you remember was that ever yth ing wa s going g reat.Now here you are ully clothed, ar away rom the person you were hanging out with and you wonder i you have donesomething wrong…

First o all, this is no reason to pan ic.Tere are many things that could havehappened to leave you on the couchthat do not require you having beensome sort o jerk. Maybe that last shotgot the better o you and you just ellasleep and your date gave you a blanketand a pillow and excused t hemselves to

the other room. Maybe whoever you

thought you were about to get lucky with turned out to just not be thatkind o guy or girl. No harm, no oulthere, respect the act that they haverules and be ready to put in a bit moretime and eort to get to that stage o human interaction. Maybe you werean a-hole and tried to get pushy; i youin any way think that is the case, besure to have a plan. I would suggestleaving a very apologetic note or yourmisbehavior and being ready to do a bito graveling i you want another chancePossibly oer dinner or anyt hing toprove that you do have the ability to bea gentleman/woman.

So as summer creeps back up onus and we all start to crush it at thegym and spend time in t he sunshine working on those tans in hopes o beingirresistible to the opposite sex, be sure tokeep some semblance o a game ac e on when you are tr ying to close the dea l.Remember that it is a small island andi you screw it up a ew times the word

will travel . Sticky situations can beavoided, but i you nd yoursel amidstone, take a breath and be sure to hand leit in the most respectul and honorable way possible. As a lways — sae ty rst,have un, and happy summertime to youall.

12 March 30, 2012

DAING FOLLIES

Good Day SunshineBY FAY A.

CULINARY CORNER



Public Safety reported seeing absolutely no car plates from the state of Ohio or the entire day last Wednesday. “It wa s the darnest thing.”

reported one o Folly’s nest who a skednot to be identied, because Ocer Jimmy Couche doesn’t want a nyonethinking he’s got anything againstpeople rom Ohio (because he doesnot!). “Even during the heart o therecession and winter months you couldcount on at least hal the cars on CenterStreet being rom Ohio, but ater a ul l24 hours o patrolling the entire island, we ound no plate s rom the Buckeyestate.”

Popular Lost Dog owner CarolGreve also took note o the spooky phenomenon. “It was eerie. Every morning I’ll go on the foor and chat with some o our out-o-town customersand nearly three-ourths o them areusually rom that darn state! Wait aminute...” she paused, “... I’m rom thatdarn state!”

Te island’s churches and barsbegan to ll as word o this peculiaroccurrence began a widespread panic

throughout the island. “It’s a sign!”screamed local walk-about “Walking Joel,” who then turned and, or t herst time ever witnessed, broke into arantic sprint. Fears quickly subsidedhowever, as a motorcade o tourists rom

Sandusky, Ohio made their way downCenter Street at high noon the ollowingday, bringing a sense o normality andbusiness as usual back to the beach.

Dr. Joel Cortez-Consuelo-Rodriguez-Smith-And-Wesson-you-wouldn’t-happen-to-have-an-aspirin-would-you-Flores Jr,III is a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist or Te Wall Stree t Journa l, Rolling Stone, Jack and Jil l magazine’s and hal the stuf you read on Bert’ s bathroom wall .

Any comments, remarks or quest ions or Dr. Flores’ may be directed to:

bitemyhappysamoanbutt@ alosersayswhat?.com

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CIVIC

Meet Your City Council Candidates

Tree seats open in April 3 election W ith the clock ticking toward the April 3 election, we put the our

remaining candidates (or three availableseats) on the hot seat, asking them totackle questions about some o the mostdicult and controversial issues on Folly Beach. Tere exact answers are printedhere, with only grammatical correctionsmade to their responses. Don’t orget tovote on uesday at Folly Beach BaptistFellowship Hall. Te polls are open rom

7 am to 7 pm.

MEET THE CANDIDATES(Lewis Dodson’s name will appear

on the ballot, but he is not actively campaigning and has withdrawn fromthe race)

Eddie Ellis: July 2, 2012 is my 20 yearanniversary o movinghere. On Folly, lie’s abeach! (Editor’s Note:Ellis has served two terms

on council, in his words,“working to keep Folly a laid back residential

community.”[email protected]

Sandy Hickman: I was born andraised on Folly o my 55 years I have beengone or 4 years total. I live on East Erie

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at MUSC. I am also a board member onthe Folly Beach ExchangeClub. Folly has seenmany changes. Someor the good and somenot so good. I want tomake sure that uturechanges are or the good

and betterment o Folly and the [email protected]

D.J. Rich: It has been an honor toserve you on Folly BeachCity Council. As yourrepresentative, I amconstantly working withnot only other memberso our Council, butelected ocials statewide,to ensure Folly Beachhas the best present and uture possible, while learning lessons rom our pa st. You can’t know where you are going

without knowing where you have been,and keeping our rich history and heritageshould be a top priority. We have metmany o our goals, and our island is in agreat place right now. We are very healthy nancially, have a thriving businessdistrict, new look police department,more green space and parks. We updatedbuilding codes to lower ood insurance,strengthened our Beach Management

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back to Folly Beach. Overall, our City has improved signicantly over thepast 2 years, and I look orward to newchallenges in the uture. Tank you oryour continued support!

[email protected]

Tom Scruggs: In2000 my wie Sandy and I became permanentresidents o Folly Beach.

I retired last Marchrom my career as ahuman resources and

risk management specialist (managingcompensation, benets and trainingprograms, workers compensation andsaety, and nding personnel or key positions all over the country). I’vebeen working part-time on our BeachManagement Patrol, helping to keep ourbeach and streets litter-ree and servingas an “ambassador” or our city. I’d jumpat the chance to work with the other

Council members. I have extensivebusiness experience. I understand whatit takes to be efective on Council. I havethe passion and desire to serve. And i I’m elected, I’ll work hard or you andour city.

408-1726, [email protected]

If you could unilaterally enact threenew laws on Folly Beach, or repealh l h ld h

be? You have the option of choosing fewer than three, or of taking the stancethat no new laws are required and/or noexisting laws require changes.

Eddie Ellis: I generally don’t supportcreating a new law each time we have aproblem. We will always have problems,but will eventually run out o reedom. I will, however, support creating any newlaw that will do something about this

RAFFIC!Sandy Hickman: We should rst

determine the root causes o ourproblems and then determine i newlaws or modications o existing lawsare required. Our main problems aretrac, beach litter, and parking. I donot believe that new laws will solve these.Emphasis should be on enorcement o current laws.

D.J. Rich: Overall, our laws are pretty

solid. Education and enorcement arethe key, not more government. We musteducate our visitors with updated signageand notications, and then enorce therules sternly when they are violated. Ourproblems have gotten better over the last2 years, and education and enorcementare two o the biggest reasons. People

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Lynn Pierotti

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Stratton Lawrence

editor

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Denise K. James

guest editor

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Marcus Amakergraphic designer

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sales manager

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Chris Wilkerson

advertising

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Melissa Caloca

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Contributors

are quick to want to pass a new law, buti you can’t enorce it you really aren’thelping the problem.

Tom Scruggs: Unilaterally enactingnew laws or repealing existing laws wouldbe premature. You’ve got to do yourresearch, exploring the options, weighthe alternatives, gather input rom ourcitizens, and establish consensus withyour ellow Council members.

Would you consider restrict ing theright to drink alcohol on the beach?

Eddie Ellis: I will vote yes i somebody else gets holding a reerendum on the

oor, and I will honor the outcome o said reerendum with my vote when itreturns to the oor.

Sandy Hickman: Tis issue shouldnot be decided by the seven people oncouncil, but by the citizens o Folly via areerendum.

D.J. Rich: I eel that would be adrastic change or our island, and itshould not be in the hands o 7 people.Tis has grown into a yearly rumor millquestion, so you always have to listen toall sides o an argument. I would supporta reerendum on this issue so that theresidents o Folly can make that call,but do not think 7 members o Councilshould make this major decision. I’musually not in avor o a reerendum, as we are elected to make decisions or thepeople, but anytime you have somethingo this magnitude it should be let up to

Boardwalk with an amusement park, gocart track, a bowling alley. We also hadPete’s hot dog stand with the best chilidogs, and Smokes rent a oat in ront o boardwalk. It was careree living on a wonderul beach.

D.J. Rich: 1987. I was a young k idthen, without a care in the world. Ispent my aternoons crabbing under the Atlantic House with my grandparents,learning how to play pool at the ackleShop, swimming in the deep ocean ater watching Jaws, and rolicking nude onthe beach (remember, I was a young kidthen). Tis was a time beore HurricaneHugo, beore McMansions popped upeverywhere, beore condo developmenttook hold. It was an island ull o laid

back people without a care in the world,and it truly was paradise.

Tom Scruggs: I’d pick 1965. Folly

had a dance pier that eatured someo the best bands in the country. Wehad an amusement park with rides oradults and children o all ages includingbumper cars and putt-putt gol. We hadan arcade with hundreds o games, abath house, and an upstairs pavilion orcatching a breeze and checking outthe girls on the beach. We had a bingo

stand that our senior citizens enjoyed, abowling center, a drug store that had asoda ountain that served vanilla cokesand cheeseburgers. Tere was a rentalstand on the beach that oered big sturdy air mattresses to ride the waves. And I worked and saved my money to buy my rst surboa rd. It was the best time o my lie!

we need. I there is a need, business wil lrecognize it. I you notice, several locally owned lots are popping up to allow orpay parking. Tis stimulates our owneconomy with our local people earningthe tourist dollars, thus spending that

money in other local establishments. Tisprocess helps us stay away rom economicdeclines that other communities have todeal with.

Tom Scruggs: I do not think we

need a parking garage. Te only place you could put one would bein the commercial district. Tis isa highly congested area. rafc ishorrendous in the summer and especially weekends. Adding a ga rage wouldonly add to our automobile and oot

trafc in the commercial district.

Would you consider restrict ing thenumber o events on Center Street toan amount less than what currently exists? Do you go to the street estivalslike Folly Gras and Taste o Folly?

Eddie Ellis: Te reason behindthe estivals is to help the Center St.businesses through the lean wintermonths. Te hospitality tax is up, whichmeans the sale o ood and beverages

is up; thereore, I would denitely notsupport increasing them. I support justleaving it as is. As ar as my personalattendance, I’m a Gemini, so it’s all up to what we eel like on that given day.

Sandy Hickman: Festivals should belimited to o season to help the localbusinesses and I would not approve o any extra estivals. Elimination o estivals




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or do you think the situation sel-regulates and requires no additionalmanagement than what’s currently done (like including supplementalpublic saety ocers during summer).

Eddie Ellis: I’ll try most anything toimprove the RAFFIC! Chie Brown ranan idea about using more reserve ocersin the summer months, and decreasingthe use o Charleston County deputies. Way to go Chie Brown! I have personally witnessed county cops tearing up acrowded Center St. in reckless abandon with lights and siren going. I have seen acounty cop more than once perorm hisduties in an unacceptable manner. By inlarge, I don’t like “them county boys”!

Sandy Hickman: I supportsupplemental Public Saety Ocersin the summer to ensure our laws areenorced, including some walking CenterStreet.

D.J. Rich: I think the problems havegotten better over the years. Severalpeople have helped in this aspect,rom enacting new noise ordinanceregulations to manually operating the

stoplight to ease trac ow. Tis hasbeen a collaborative eort with Mayor,Council, Public Saety, Folly Associationo Business, residents, Elton Culpepper,bars and restaurants, and many more. We will never have a 100% solution to theseproblems, but we can try to make thembetter as we move orward.

Tom Scruggs: We need additionall h d I’ k d

Give fve words to describe yoursel

Eddie Ellis: Earnest, Energetic,Eective, Experienced, Educated

Sandy Hickman: Honest, Gentle,Friendly, Communicator, Helper

D.J. Rich: Hardworking, Dedicated,Passionate, Understanding, Local

Tom Scruggs: Fun-loving, Caring,Sincere, rustworthy, and Dependable

Extra Question for Present and former Council Members

What three accomplishments are you most proud o rom your time inoce? Are there any programs or ideas

underway that you eel another term isnecessary to complete?

Eddie Ellis: First, along with theappointment o a good utility advisory board, the sewer utility fnance reormpackage, which strengthened the fnanceso a ailing utility budget. I re-electedI will ollow through and work withMayor, Council, Sta, and the U.A.B.to take hold o the new fnancialhigh ground we set up, and developan inrastructure and utility assets

replacement plan with an earmarkedreserve und to fnance it. Tose nextsteps will put the sewer utility on apositive trajectory. Second, I introducedlegislation that prohibits any urtherincrease o commercial activity on ourbeachront, and legislation that limitstransient vendors in our “downtown”business district. I don’t want the islandto increase its commercialism and




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Aaron Pope, our Zoning Administrator,did a abulous job with the application,and as o September 2011, the property at 512 East Erie belongs to the City o Folly Beach or the purpose o a City dog

park ($200,000 came rom GreenbeltFunds, $15,000 rom the City o Folly Beach). Once we owned the property,planning began or the dog park. I hada ence building party or my birthday

where about 30 volunteers showed up,and we were led by Michael Riert

with Construction Consultants (specialthanks to Lost Dog and Loggerhead’sor donating breakast and lunch or thevolunteers). Te Bark Park opened March22nd.

2. Christmas ree Recycling ProgramTe original intent o the program was

to use Christmas trees to help shore upour dune line beore our next round o storms come through. Unortunately,the OCRM permitting process is quitelengthy, and we had opposition romDHEC because o possible intererence

with sea turtle nesting. We had tosuspend the application process or thisyear, but we are getting our inormationnow to start the process or next year.Our plan “B” was to mulch the trees and

use them or City beautication projects,so we used the mulch or the parkingarea at our new dog park! Restablishingthe dunes will be critical ater beachrenourishment, so this will always be acontinuing project.

3. Fought to keep Folly’s independenceby not turning over our electioncommission to Charleston County, andbringing our Public Saety Dispatch

back to Folly Beach. Our town oughtto become independent, and we prideourselves on that now. We need to keepour services here at Folly instead o morphing with Charleston County

Tom Scruggs:

• Reduced the maximum size of new homes, and limited the amountof ground to be covered by homes anddriveways.

• Got a six month “moratorium”on new construction o multi-amily buildings to control high density development.

• Imposed a 50 foot height limit fromthe ground on all new buildings.

• In March 2009, the city hired Wilbur Smith & Assoc iates (WSA) toconduct a trafc study or Folly Beach. On March 22, 2010, WSA submitted their nal report to themembers of Council. If I›m re-elected,I›ll ask Council (with input from ourcitizens) to implement two of WSA›srecommendations that could be achieved

with minimal or no cost to our taxpayersas ollows:

• Lower the speed limits in our

neighborhoods to 25 mph except or Ashley Ave. which would remain at 30mph.

• Make 2nd Street E. a through

street just like we›ve done at 2nd Street W. Tis will allow a bet ter ow of tracespecially during peak times.

Continued From Page 4 Letter to the EditorTank you Charlie McCarty.

Tank you or the time you spentserving the people o Folly Beach.Tanks or the time you took out

o your personal lie to addressconstituents, issues and concernsinvolving our community as a City Council member. Tank you orbeing the voice o reason when reasonseemed to be the one thing thatdidn’t quite make it through the City Council Chamber doors. Tank you,Charlie, or our years o wisdom,humor and tact.

Mr. McCarty thank you or yourcourage when disagreeing with your

ellow council members, regardlesso the issue. Tank you, Charlie, orserving your country with the U.S.Coast Guard Auxiliary. Much thanksor your encouragement, or sittingdown and sharing a Guinness withyour ellow Folly Folk and allowingus to pick your brain so that we, too,could work at being a contributorand a positive inuence upon ourcommunity, in accordance to thestandards you have set orth or us; We

thank you. We are grateul or yourvotes o “Yes” and your votes o “No”.

And na lly, Mr. Charles McCa rty,thank you or your nal act as ourcouncilman. An act o courage andclass so rare in the politically ‘red’state that is South Carolina, thatsuch a proposal successully exists inonly two other Palmetto State cities

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so very much Charley McCarty orsponsoring a law that reiterates to the world that what anyone who ha s everbeen to, visited or passed through ourair community already knows: Tatall a re welcome. Regardless o one’srace, color, religion, sex, age, nationalorigin, amilial status or disability,thanks to your sponsorship o this lawall will be welcomed to Folly Beach.In your words, this law “makes astatement about what we are already preserving.” Which ma kes Folly Beachall that much more genuine, authenticand one-o-a-kind.

It provides substance or those o

us who believe that the best thingor Folly Beach is or Folly to remainFolly. Tank you or succeeding inmaking it clear that just because it isaccepted everywhere else in this state,Folly Beach, will once again, set theexample by doing that which is rightopposed to that which is considered tobe common.

Good luck with your post-politicalendeavors Charlie. I only hope andpray that whoever does win your seat

is every bit as open-minded, devotedto our city and is as wise and as strongo a leader as you have been or thepast our years. Tank you, CharlieMcCarty or being the best riend andthe loyal ally our city a nd communitycould have ever wished or. Tank You.



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Council approved a number o eventsand groups, including the Bocce BallLeague, beach tness classes, sur camps,turtle watches, and a wedding reception.Tey denied requests or ‘Scooters &More’ to widen their product line and arequest to close Ashley Avenue at CenterStreet during Sea and Sand Festival toallow businesses between Arctic and

Ashley to enjoy the added oot tracexperienced north o Ashley.

Council passed ordinances establishing

a new Election Commission andapproving water and sewer budgets tonish out the scal year. Tey also passedan ordinance sponsored by outgoingcouncilmember Charlie McCarty banning discrimination based on sexualorientation, race, color, religion, sex,age, national origin, amilial status ordisability, making Folly Beach the thirdmunicipality in the state to pass such alaw.

In new resolutions, our beachranchise sites were approved, and$750 was authorized rom Councildiscretionary unds or a mural at Fort

Johnson Middle Skill. Ordinance No.

09-12 passed a rst reading to establisha Sta Event Planning Committee,allowing events like weddings, the FlipFlop Drop, and those held at the Folly River Park to gain approval through anoutside committee rather than appearingbeore council.

Civic Minded?Te Folly Current is looking or a

motivated civic-minded individualinterested in attending and writingbrie reports o City Council meetings.Te ideal candidate will have someknowledge o city government (or adesire to learn) and acceptable writingskills. Tey will not be required toattend every meeting. We also welcome

intrepid reporters interested in coveringother civic events and contributingnews stories. Monetary compensationis available, as are generous advertisingtrades or those interested, but shouldnot be the sole motivation. [email protected] or452.7429 or more inormation.

City Council Wrap-UpNotes from the March 13 session

Somebody stole my bike, or starters.

Future Folly Cat Lady Pt. IIShe showed up at ides parking lot

again, creepily watching rom her caror a non-existent amily reunion with ahotel employee.

101 Stupid Ways o Smoke Pot

#6: …While vacationing with amily inmid-March, ditch the ‘at clear and greenglass pipe recently used or smoking

marijuana’ beore you get caught jumpingo the pier at 3:43 on a Wednesday aternoon.

En RouteTe nal paragraph rom a police

report pertaining to two males arrestedor Simple Possession o Marijuana:

“…While en route to the CharlestonDetention Center both (suspects) weretalking and (they) stated they were goingto tell the Judge that the white Ocerpunched him in the ace and kicked himin the nose and made his nose bleed.Tat PSO orced their way in his roomand did not read them their Miranda

warning. Te suspect called (an Ocer)a ‘n*gger’ and (the other Ocer) a‘cracker’, that we were a piece o sh*t andhe elt like punching someone in the ace.(One suspect) stated PSO didn’t read himhis Miranda rights so when he and (theth t) t t th j il th t th

And they still don’t tip.

House Party Police responded to a call on 5th block

in reerence to a disturbance and oundthe ollowing: a man at the ront doorexplaining that “the problem has let thehouse”, a house ull o 45 people…abouthal underage, 10 cases o beer, 5 morecases o empty cans and bottles, ‘otherbottles o libations’ in the rerigerator,and one male laying in a bed who, whenquestioned o his whereabouts, told theOcer he was in Columbia.

Pop Quiz Upon giving his license to the Ocer

ater being pulled over or not havinghis headlights on, the suspect asked theOcer i he wanted to see his license.He eventually agreed to the Data Masterbreathalyzer test, which came back with aconclusive ‘Ambient Fail’ result.

Afordably Priced Budweiser……apparently causes ghts.

Folly Beach Is A Bird Sanctuar y…

…not a urine sanctuary. Pee beoreyou leave the bar, or somewhere otherthan on Center St., and save $1092...i you’re into that kind o thing.

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Te Beach BlotterBY DAVID CRAWFORD



Wonderul sunny weather hascontinued day ater day, making or

awesome shing conditions. With all this warm weather, it’s no surprise that ourshery is 4-6 weeks ahead o schedule.Te water is teeming with bait and evena ew sharks are already cruising around.Expect April to be a antastic month o shing.

While redsh remain in large schools,they have begun to break up as the waterwarms Tese sh have let survival mode

popping cork is hard to beat. Live

shrimp is now available and will give youanother option than mud minnows. It’s agood idea to start carrying your cast netand see i you can nd some nger mullet.Finger mullet under a cork is just deadly.

With redsh being choosy aboutarticial plastic lures, they have acted thesame towards ies. However, this hasn’tstopped us rom having some great days.Focus on shing around low t ide when

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Made possible through Charleston County Greenbelt Funds, in an efort led by city council member D.J. Rich, Folly Beach’s new unleashed dog area, Te Bark Park, opened on Tursday, March 22. Te park is located at 513 East Hudson

Ave, right next to the water tower acility. Te park will be open to al l dogsregistered with the City o Folly Beach.

Te Bark Park

BY CAP. GEOFF BENNE

Warm Weather Reds and rout April Fishing Report

Te Folly Beach real estate market hasdenitely had its air share o challengesover the past ew years, not unlike mostmarkets across the country. It is nosecret that prices have allen dramatically

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FISHING

What Is Your Home Worth Now?

Te FactsMedian Home Sales Price (as o

January, 2012):Folly: $376,250IOP: $620 000 (o the 10 priciest



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Friday , M arch 30

Movies at the BeachFreaky Friday (Rated PG, 97 min)Catch a un a mily movie at the Folly Library.Snacks provided! 4 pm

Sunday , april 1

21st Annual Lowcountry Cajun FestivalBringing Louisiana living to the Lowcountry,Cajun Fest is a ull-day o Zydeco music,Cajun and Creole oods, children’s activitiesand all around ragin’ Cajun entertainment!Enjoy jambalaya, alligator, etoue, andouillesausage and o course, crawsh, crawsh,crawsh! Also enjoy Lowcountry avoriteslike seaood and Southern barbecue. Forthose who preer a tamer menu, we’ll s erve upample portions o estival oods like hot dogs,snow cones, unnel cakes and more. I you’re aconnoisseur, the annual crawsh-eating contestat 2:30 p.m. is the perect opportunity to s howo your unique talent!Non-stop Zydeco music perormed livethroughout the day will keep your h ipsswingin’ and toes tappin’. Featured bands will

be Mel Melton & His Wicked Mojos, who will take the stage at 1 and 3:30 p.m. and LilBrian & Te Zydeco ravelers, perorming at2:15 and 4:45 p.m. Other estivities include acrats market, mechanical rides, inatables andgames or kids. Check www.ccprc.com/cajunor a current entertainment schedule. Festivaladmission is $10. Tis event is ree or ages 12and under with paying adult. 12 – 6 pm. JamesIsland County Park. For more inormation,call 795-4386 or visit www.ccprc.com/cajun.

TueSday , april 3

Election Day

Friday , april 6Easter Egg Hunt Join us or our annual Easter Egg Hunt orchildren under 5 years old at the Folly L ibrary.Bring your basket! 12 – 1 pm

Movies at the BeachCharlotte’s Web (Rated G, 113 min)Catch a un a mily movie at the Folly Library.Snacks provided! 4 pm

S aTurday , april 7

Arts and Craft s Show Te Island Craters Guild will hold the 3rdannual Arts and Crats Show rom 9 am to 4pm at the James Island Mason ic Lodge, 1613Ft. Johnson Road, James Island. Tere will be25 craters with a variety o handmade itemsor sale. Lunch will be available. Pet Helpers will bring a ew adoptable pets and pet ooddonations are always welcome.

Sunday , april 8

Happy Easter!

BLU Easter Brunch Join BLU oceanront or a delicious EasterBrunch rom 11am-3pm. Te restaurantis oering a lavish East Brunch Buett or$28.95 adults and $14.95 kids. Sunday brunchalso eatures $4 Bloody Mary Bar and $4Mimosas. ake in the view as you eat out onthe deck and enjoy live music. (more details tocome) Call 843.588.6658 to make reservationsor online at opentable.com

Friday , april 13

Movies at the BeachWrinkle in ime (Rated PG, 128 min)Catch a un a mily movie at the Folly Library.Snacks provided! 4 pm

S aTurday , april 14

Save the Beach! Redneck Horseshoes1st Annual Redneck Horseshoe ournament.2 person teams, $10 each entry ee. Deadlineor registration April 13. Register at Michelle’sSalon and Spa or Folly Beach City Hall. All proceeds go the City o Folly BeachRenourishment. A nyone interested in learningredneck horseshoes can play at 210 W. Arctic,usually rom 2-6pm almost every day. Tegame was the brain child o Jimmy Mazyck — it has a patent and people love to play. Wecame up with the idea to have a contest tohelp raise money or beach renourishment.Michelle’s Salon and Spa has distributeddonation canisters at Folly Beach businesses ordonations. 11-6pm - 210 W. Artic Street. Formore ino call 843-588-2566

Brick House Kitchen

Tursdays – Open Mic Underthe Oaks, 7:30 – 11 p.m.3/30 Hitman Blues Band w/Rustic Remedy

3/31 Luckyman Beall w/ Hick Child Soup4/1 Cajun Fest Ater-Party w/Shrimp City Slim4/3 Graham Whorley (w/Drum Circle 6 – 8 pm)4/4 Proessor Bottleneck andHarmonica Frank 4/6 Te Groovetones4/10 Graham Whorley 4/11 Sweet andChuckwagon4/13 Te Retroverts

Drop In Deli

Mondays – the Hawkesuesdays - Honky onk w/Lewis Wednesdays - rivia

3/30 - Royal inoil3/31 - Eric Penrod

Folly Beach BrewingCompany

3/30 - Eric Penrod4/13 - Punks N Snakes4/20 - Rusty Hook Ramblers

Folly Beach Crab Shack Sundays – Te Bill ShowMondays – Open Mic w/

Dave Grunstrauesdays - rivia Wednesdays - Je HoutsTursdays – Folly BeachBluegrass Society Fridays – Nathan Calhoun

3/31 - Sara Smile4/7 - Estee Gabay

Loggerheads

Wednesdays - Karaoke3/30 - Weigh Station3/31 - Reggae All-Stars4/1 - Eric Penrod4/3 - Yellowknie4/5 - Bringers o the Dawn4/6 - Shakin Martinis &

Old You

4/7 - Nathan Salley & Rawberry Jam

4/8 - Eric Penrod &Jess Strickland Band

4/10 - Old You4/12 - Te Hawkes

4/13 - 40+ Pirates& Domino Eect

4/14 - Howard Dlugasch& Deepwater Soul Society 4/15 - Eric Penrod& Jess Strickland Band4/16 - Dan Clamp

& Duo Beloved

Planet Follywood

Sundays - Jess Stricklanduesdays - Open Mic night3/30 - Dan Clamp

4/5 - Eddy Boston4/6 - Dan Clamp4/12 - Karaoke4/13 - Dave Grunstra4/14 - Nathan Calhoun4/19 - Hank Marley

4/21 - Shakin Martinis

Sand Dollar

3/30 & 31 - Kurly Wol

Surf Bar

Wednesdays - Guilt Riddenroubadour4/8 - Doug Jones and the BadPopes4/12 - Pierce Eden and theDirty Work

4/13 - Blue Stone Ramblers4/21 - Rain Check

Woody’s

Mondays & uesdays - Live

Local MusicTursdays – rivia

Tis calendar is compiled by Vince Perna, a Folly Beachreal estate expert who also loves music. I you want to know i you can live on Folly, you can nd him at 31 Center Street or by calling 588-3800.

Music Calendar

Celebrate InauguSustainability We

Te College o Charleston’s Ofce o Sustainability is excited to announcethe campus’s inaugural Sustainability Week, April 2 -5, eaturing a numbero events that pertain to the theme o sustainable communities. All memberso the community and general public areinvited to attend, and admission is reeor all events.

Te week will culminate with a talk by renowned environmentalist andauthor Bill McKibben. In addition,

sustainability expert and author Dr. James Gustave Speth wil l oer his views,as will Colonel Mark Mykleby, senioradvisor to the Joint Chies o Sta (andthe co-author o a paper on the vital roleo sustainability in national security). Also, environmenta l philosopher Dr. J. Baird Callicott , and environmental justice and sust ainability expert Dr. P.Brian Fisher will be on hand or a lively panel discussion.

Te event schedule or Sustainability Week includes the ollowing events:

Monday 4/2:-ransportation Expo at Rivers Green

(located behind Addlestone Library) rom 12:00-3:00

p.m.uesday 4/3:-Local Organization Fair hosted by

College o Charleston Student Groups atthe Cistern Yard rom 12:00-3:00 p.m.

-Documentary showing and paneldiscussion o Between the Harvest at

the New Science Building Auditorium,beginning at 5:00 p.m. (Calhoun andComing Streets) Tis event is hostedby graduate student groups MESSA,MBGSA, and PCMI.

Wednesday 4/4:-Local Farms Fair on George Street

rom 12:00-2:00 p.m.-Dr. James Gustave Speth Discussion

“Building the Future One Community at a ime” at the Stern Center Ballroomrom 4:00-5:30 p.m.

-All Campus rash Audit onCougar Mall rom 6:00 a.m.-6:00p.m. (conducted by Alliance or PlanetEarth).

Tursday 4/5:-Te Ofce o Sustainabi

Lunch Panel eaturing Dr. Gustave Speth, Colonel MaDr. J Baird Callicott, and DFisher at the Stern Center Brom 11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

-10th Annual Conrad D.Community Lecture; Bill MSottile Teater beginning aTis event is hosted by the Science and Mathematics.

Sustainability Week is a po the College o Charleston’so Sustainability, the MasterEnvironmental Studies ProgSchool o Science and Matheand Te Citadel, along with rom several Coll ege o Charstudent groups, including Gr Alliance or Planet Earth, tho Environmental Science St Association, the Marine BiolStudent Association, and Pea Master’s International . For ainormation on the events as nding out how you can get on to the Ofce o Sustainabsustainability.coc.edu.

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