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2012 WI L D L I F E S U M M AR Y F O R S E A B R O O K I S L A N D

BY LYNDA FOX, D.V.M.

In 2012 there were 199 recorded sightings of 210 animalson Seabrook Island. Almost 85% of them (183) werebobcats, with the other 15% being approximately equally

divided between foxes (23), coyotes (26), and other (23).Slightly more than half the people reporting these sightings(105) were in the comfort of their own homes when they sawthe animals.

BOBCATS

Bobcats were abundant in 2012. Tere were 183 sightings,2 times as many as in 2011. Of these, 38 were kits. Temost common descriptions related to size, attractiveness,color, or apparent health. Size adjectives include big, reallybig, the biggest Ive seen, quite large, andfat. Later in the yearsome were described as medium, small, and smallish, a lthoughthese sightings may have been of the rapidly growing kits. Asto attractiveness, the word that sprang to almost everyones

lips (or should I say keyboard) was beautiful.Bobcat Activities

Hunting activitieswere frequentlydescribed. Te observedcats were alwayshunting alone duringdaylight or at dusk.Tey were seen hiding,crouching, pouncing,contemplating, andrunning after prey. Afterthe capture they wereseen walking, trotting,

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Civic Calendar

CIVIC

Mayor Lipuma was absent rom themeeting, so Mayor Pro-em Labriolacalled the meeting to order, and approvedthe minutes rom the January 8 meeting.

Citizens Comments

Diane Lehder commented that sheattended a meeting on the new superstreetplanned or the intersection o Main Roadand Highway 17. She commented thatone concern was whether or not a righton red turn would be allowed, and anadditional concern was that the accidents

would be moved rom the Main/17intersection to the Old CharlestonHighway. She encouraged Council to

weigh in on their opinions. It was a veryinteresting meeting, to say the least, shesaid.

Wendy Kulick pointed out that the

annual Kiawah Island Property OwnersGroup meeting is scheduled or February23 at 9 a.m. Its a good thing to put onyour calendars, she said. Kulick also saidthat there was report on the Public ServiceCommission website that indicated theown and Kiawah Island Utility reacheda joint settlement agreement regardingthe open dock at 252. Im wonderingthe beneits o this, and what the own

will gain by settling beore the scheduledhearing on February 21? she said.

First Reading of Ordinance 2013 1

Te Council unanimously approvedOrdinance 2012 1 to add an additional

Article 12 to the ordinance, as discussedin the public hearing prior to the Councilmeeting. Te added article allows or anadjustment to the Ocean and CoastalResource Management (OCRM) criticalline setback, should certain conditionsexist. Tis ordinance will be especiallyhelpul when there is a critical linemigration, Amanda Mole rom the

Architectural Review Board explained.

People are used to seeing critical lineschange with extreme erosion, but withcritical line migration, the marsh risesand moves the critical line inward, and

the only change you see is a change invegetation. Frequently, this impacts theability to build.

SATAX Committee Appointment

Council unanimously approved theappointment o seven members to theState Accommodation ax Committee.Members include: Roger Warren,Robbie Craword, Dan Hubbard, RamHarrington, Bill Blizard, Barry Abrams,and Judy Chitwood.

SATAX Funding Criteria

Council unanimously approvedunding criteria or SAAX selection.

Decisions will be governed principally bythree criteria: cost efectiveness, diversity,and uniqueness. In the case o continuingprograms seeking unding, data mustbe presented to show cost efectivenesso previous AAX grants, and how this

will be used to attract the dened targetaudience. In the case o new programsbeing proposed, data should be presenteddemonstrating how similar programs havegarnered tourism in other settings.

Communications Committee

Appointment

Members o the CommunicationsCommittee are appointed by the Mayorand own Council, and serve one-yearterms. Council nominated and approvedthe addition oMary Kasman to thecommittee.

B u d g e t

Calendar for 2013

2014 Fiscal Year

Mayor Pro-em Labriola commentedthat the budget calendar was reviewed atthe Ways & Means Committee meeting.He also added that several charities are

requesting unding or the upcomingscal year. AAX orms were distributedand will be due on April 8, to bereviewed by the committee on April 12.Other than that, the budget calendar ispretty standard, he said. Te Councilunanimously passed the budget calendar.

Bridge Repair

Council approved $27,4000 to provideengineering services and constructionmanagement to make repairs to the KiawahBridge deck. Te bridge was inspected in2011 and ound to be structurally sound,but along the bridge deck joint, there isa problem with crumbling asphalt. Te

problem as been patched but is in needo a more permanent solution, because ithe damage is prolonged, it could lead tourther damage to the base o the bridge.Collins Engineering will work on thesolution.

VC3 Website Proposal

VC3 has over 18 years o experiencewith municipal and county governmentsto advance technological assets, suchas websites. Te CommunicationsCommittee is working to makeimprovements to the own website, tobetter convey important inormationrom the own to the residents. Council

approved $13,400 to make improvementsto the website through VC3.

Kiawah Council continues on page 3

Kiawah island Town hall21 Beachwalker DriveKiawah Island, SC 29455Phone: 768-9166Fax: 768-4764

seabrooKisland Town hall2001 Seabrook Island RoadSeabrook Island, SC 29455Phone: 768-9121

Fax: 768-9830Email:[email protected]

Johns island CounCilMeetings are held at the Berkeley Electric Co-op located at3351 Maybank Hwy, Johns Island.Chairman Chris Cannon: 343-5113

CharlesTon CounTyCounCil4045 Bridge View Dr, N. Charleston958-4700t

CiTyof CharlesTon75 Calhoun St.724-3745

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Kiawah Island Town CouncilFebruary 5, 2013

February 26

Seabrook Town Council2:30 p.m.Seabrook own Hall

Kiawah Ways and MeansCommittee2 p.m.Kiawah own Hall

March 4

Kiawah EnvironmentalCommittee3 p.m.Kiawah own Hall

March 5

Kiawah Town Council

2 p.m.Kiawah own Hall

March 6

Seabrook Planning CommissionWork Session2:30 p.m.Seabrook own Hall

Kiawah Planning Commission3 p.m.Kiawah own Hall

March 7

Kiawah Arts Council3 p.m,

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CIVIC

Main Road and US 17 Superstreet

Proposal

Councilman Patch inormed thosein attendance on the plans to create asuperstreet at the intersection o MainRoad and Highway 17. Tis is notableto the own mainly because it is ourmain evacuation route, he said. Te

project estimated cost is $3.5 million,with $2 million coming rom the DOand the additional monies comingrom Charleston County. Te road willeliminate the ability o a Main Roadpassenger going west to cross over 17. Tedirect path will be eliminated and orcea right hand turn, which will then turninto a u-turn. Tis improves light cycletimes or the eciency o trac, but it

will increase our time on Main Road,Patch added. Te maps o the superstreetare available on the County website.

Fire Commission Update

Councilman Murphy reported that theown is still waiting to receive approval

rom the Governor or the addition otwo re commissioners to the St. Johnsdistrict. We are anticipating that JohnOlson and Craig Weaver will be conrmednext week, he said. Murphy and Olsonattended a ribbon cutting ceremony on

January 24 or the new consolidated 911center. Its a state o the art acility andvery, very impressive, he said. Tirdly,

Murphy reported that the Ad Hoc FireStudy Committee was established byormer Mayor Steve Orban and chaired

by ormer Councilman Al Burnaord.Seeing that the goal o the committee

was largely completed, Murphy made arecommendation to abolish the Fire StudyCommittee and reer the work to publicsaety. We eel that our needs are bestserved by laying that aside, he said.

Updates to the Town WebsiteCouncilwoman Johnson said that

upgrades to the website will take about3 6 months to complete. We are

working with the own to provide input,and hope to modernize the website orbetter communication and homeownerawareness, she said.

Arts Council

Councilwoman Johnson reported thatthe Arts Council is in the heavy part othe season. On February 1, the Councilsponsored a dance at the East BeachConerence Center, eaturing music bythe East Coast Party Band. Te place

was packed. I have never seen that much

enthusiasm among homeowners, shesaid. It really was wonderul. Te ArtsCouncil is beginning to review proposalsor the 2013 2014 season, and Johnsonassured that wonderul perormances

would be in store.

Environmental Committee

Councilman Labriola commented

that the Environmental Committeemet and discussed the Gramling report,along with additional ordinances thecommittee has been asked to evaluate,including dunes walkovers and dogs onleashes. We have an entire aternoon setaside to discuss these items, he said. TeMayor has suspended ongoing compliance

with the dune walkover ordinance untilthe Environmental Committee has

had a chance to discuss and review theregulations.

Town Administrators Report

Administrator Rucker said that sheand Mayor Lipuma attended a MartinLuther Kign Jr. memorial program at St.Stevens Church entitled Celebratingthe Dream. She added that the Mayor

wanted her to note that the attendeesand reverend made it a point to commentthat the Johns Island community wantedto thank the own o Kiawah or theirleadership and partnership on a numbero diferent programs and projects. Teysaid that Kiawah was the riend o JohnsIsland. Tis certainly goes a long way to

demonstrate the improved relationshipwith the two islands, she said.

Rucker added that she attended theSouth Carolina City/County Managers

Association and was reappointed to theBoard o Directors.

Te own submitted necessaryinormation or the Municipal Association

Annual Achievement Award program,

and is waiting to receive a noticationrom Columbia.

Cable Access

Rucker reported that every residentnow has access to cable through Comcast.Tis has been a long process, and serviceshould begin in about a month to orty-ve days.

Mayors Report

Mayor Pro-em Labriola said that

Mayor Lipuma sends his apologies; he wasspending time in Costa Rica and Panamaat the time o the meeting. Additionally,Labriola said that there was an article

written in the February 2 Post & Courierthat incorrectly made reerence to umikoRucker. Te comment was retracted in theSunday issue. Lastly, Labriola said that he

was not aware that a sett lement had beenreached between the own and KIU. Hesaid that additional discussion wouldresume when the Mayor returns.

Citizens Comments

om Kulick thanked CouncilmanMurphy or his report on the Fire District.Anything we can do to help improve the

re service is greatly appreciated, he said.He also thanked Chie Stanley, and theother re chies as well.

The next Kiawah Town Council

meeting will take place on March 5, at

2 p.m.

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CIVIC

Roads on Johns Island have been theissue o much debate, discussion, anddissent or years. But on January 29,

everyone at Charleston County Councilseemed to be in agreement. Te Council

unanimously approved contributing $1.5million to add to the $2 million alreadyallotted by ederal saety unds to makeimprovements to the intersection at MainRoad and US 17.

Te goal o this project, deemed asuperstreet, which will be the rst in thestate, is to cut down on trac buildup as

well as accidents. Te $3.5 million projectwill be unded in part by the Countyshal-cent transportation sales tax.

In a presentation beore CountyCouncil, South Carolina Department oransportations Keith Riddle reportedthat rom 2003 2011, the intersectionexperienced 359 vehicle accidents,three atalities (with another atality inDecember 2012), and 193 injuries. A ewhundred eet down, at the intersection oMain Road and Old Charleston Road,105 crashes occurred in the same timerame, with 53 injuries, necessitating theneed or improvements.

So, what exactly is a superstreet? Teconcept o a superstreet hopes to keeptrac fowing by reducing let turns andside street crossings. Tis new concept willprohibit vehicles rom turning let ontoHighway 17 rom Main Road; they willbe orced to turn right onto Highway 17and then make a u-turn, which will putthem on Main Road.

Tose at SCDO are convinced thatthe superstreet improvements will proveto be successul; in a research studyconducted by North Carolina StateUniversity rom 2006 2009, researchersound that superstreets in North Carolinareduced overall accidents by 46 percent,and atalities by 63 percent. But saety isnt

the only advantage, according to ocials.Te superstreet should drastically reducetrac as well. Under current conditions,trac along 17 can be backed up in excesso 2,500 eet. Projections show that with

the superstreet, the number should bereduced to 500 eet by 2034.Te superstreet will be less expensive

than an intersection with an overpass,which would cost nearly three to vetimes as much. Ater nancial andenvironmental matters are nalized,construction will begin. Riddle hopes thesuperstreet will be completed by the endo March 2014.

Kiawah and Seabrook residents shouldtake note o the changes, specicallybecause during an emergency situationor natural disaster, this will be the mainevacuation route.

For more information on the US 17/ Main Road superstreet, visit www.charlestoncounty.org.

Whats So Super About this New Street?C O U NC I L A P P R O V E S P R O J E C T F O R M A IN R O A D

A N D 17 I N T E R S E C T I O N I M P R O V E M E N T S

BY HANNAH DOCKERY


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CHARLESTON COLLEGIATEFebruary 22, 2013 5

On February 2, Coach Jay Godbolto Charleston Collegiate Schoolcollected his 300th career win in a

resounding deeat o St. Andrews SchoolVarsity Boys Basketball. Coach Jay is

the Athletic Director as well as the VarsityBoys Basketball Coach. He has beencoaching or 14 years at CCS, and in that

time he has built an incredibly impressiveprogram. Tis season, Coach Jay and his

Sundevils are undeeated in the region,have an overall record o 20-4, and arecurrently holding on to an 11 game win

streak.Te win today

was especiallysweet, as CCShosted a group oalumni who hadplayed or CoachJay throughout hiscareer, includinga handul whowere on hand or

his rst career win. As the game ended,Coach Jays players surrounded him ina celebratory embrace, while every an,

including those rom the opposing team,were standing and cheering. A ter shakinghands with St. Andrews, Coach Jay waspresented with a basketball signed by all ohis players as well as a plaque honoring hisnumber 300. He expressed his gratitudeto everyone present saying, Tank you somuch or the honor and recognition, butknow that we are all going to stay ocusedand ready or the rest o the season.

Slam Dunk SuccessC H A R L E S T O N C O L L E G I AT E B A S K E T B A L L C O A C H E A R N S 3 00 W I N S

BY OLIVIA FRENCH

Congratulations to CharlestonCollegiate Schools 2ndQuarterHonor Roll students!

4th Grade:Caelan Crow, Ryan Dufy, Kelsey Hay,Ella Kindt and Lazo Kirages

5th Grade:Candler Fontaine, Jack Jones, AndieMancusi-Ungaro, yler Pottichen, ReedReynolds and Skyler War

6th Grade:Elvin Chateauvert and Molly Corcoran

7th Grade:Jacob Bryson, Brinley Frank, CameronHay, Will Hutchisson and CristopherRedman-Gress

8th Grade:Hunter Albers, Rebecca Byrum,Courtney Hudgens, Nolan Knox, DaraMadden, Leo Mancusi-Ungaro and RileySteward

9th Grade:Mimi Bordeaux, Paola Macias, ClaudiaSoto, Case aylor and Pinita ovar

10th Grade:Kaitlin Eakin, Hayden Frank, Zibin

Han, Caroline Knight, Evan Knox,

Arturo Mata, Michael McCann and Alexovar

11th Grade:Noah Adkin, Mary Grace Bowers, AndreCoaxum, Eliza Limehouse, JeQuanPerry, Zhibin Yang and Xueer Yuan

12th Grade:Mia Blunt, Hayes Crumbley, Zihao Lu,Hunter McCoy, Lance Ryba and MiguelSalcedo

Congratulations to those with perfectattendance for the 2ndquarter!

4th Grade:Ryan Dufy and Elisabeth Smith

5th Grade:Madison Ladd and AndieMancusi-Ungaro

6th Grade:Isaac Limehouse

7th Grade:Jacob Bryson, McKenz ie Flowers,Rhyanne Foster, Brinley Frank andCristopher Redman-Gress

8th Grade:Conor Corcoran, Nolan Knox, riniti

LaBoard and Dara Madden

Top HonorsCHARLESTON COLLEGIATE

CONGRATULATES HONOR ROLL STUDENTS

BY OLIVIA FRENCH


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DAILY

Weve all been therethe yo-yo diets, theworkout ads that last a ew weeks, the battleagainst the sweet tooth, conusion over

carbs in our society obsessed with weight loss andquick xes, its easy to become overwhelmed with theidea o taking a realistic approach to overall wellness.

Tats where Lauren Fuqua comes in. She likes tothink o hersel as a health coach but those two simplewords limit the scope o everything that she does. Fromnutritional guidance and developing an exercisingroutine, to career and relationship advice, Fuquais a health-jack-o-all-trades.Every person isdiferent, shesays. WhatI do is ind

something that works or the individual. Its not aboutads or losing a ew quick pounds. Its about increasinghealth and happiness, long term, she says.

Fuqua attended undergrad at the College o Charlestonbeore going on to receive her masters degree rom PennState. But she didnt stop there. In 2010, Fuqua graduatedrom the Institute or Integrative Nutrition. Tis cuttingedge nutrition school based in New York City provides itsstudents with all the necessary tools needed to become aneducated health coach.

What I do is so incredibly u llling, she says. Its notjust about nutrition. Its about providing support

and accountability. Sometimes, people justneed an unbiased listening ear.

Te health coachgenerally likes

to work

with clients or a six-month period. During each month,she meets with the client twice, ace to ace. wice amonth may not seem like a lot, but were in constantcommunication. exts, emails, phone callsIm alwaysavailable. Its necessary to create sustainable liestylechanges, she adds.

Over the course o her career as a health coach, Fuquahas witnessed clients overcome insurmountable goals andoten change areas o their lie that seemed unchangeable.An expert in healthy grocery shopping, meal planningon the go, as well as knowing what to order when diningout (you shouldnt have to skip out on Charlestons worldrenowned restaurants, right?) Fuqua makes sure herapproach is realistic and obtainable. Sometimes, its just amatter o getting clients to move past easy solutions andlook towards overall wellness. Medicine isnt always theanswer, especially as people age, she says. Food can bemedicine, i you learn and plan. We have to start thinkingabout preventative health.

When not working one on one with clients, Fuqua,a licensed yoga instructor, teaches classes at the FrenchQuarter Inn and Golds Gym. She also leads juice-astingclasses.

For more information on Lauren Fuqua, call

743-1298 or email [email protected]. Visit

Fuquas website at www.balanceandnourish.com.

The Way to WellnessH E A LT H C O A C H P R O V I DE S P O S I T I V E S U P P O R T A N D G U I DA N C E

BY HANNAH DOCKERY


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WHATS HOT

Tide Chart

Date High Tide Low Tide

Hurricanes, storms, etc., are NO included in the predictions.idal current direction changes and tide time predictions can bevery dierent. ide predictions are PREDICIONS; they can be

wrong so use common sense.

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Aew months ago I wrote an articleon the importance o homesdisplaying address numbers

properly. As a reminder the addressnumbers or your home need to be visiblerom the street. I your home is more

than 50 eet rom the main road, or isobstructed by trees, a ence, etc. Tehouse numbers need to be on a post (canbe on the mail box) at the head o thedriveway to the home. I the drivewayis long and splits, the direction or eachaddress should be indicated. Numbersor residential addressing are required tobe 3 inches in height and should be easilyvisible. Tey should also be on both sideso the post or mailbox so they can be seen

rom either direction.

Now that we have the address numberstraight, can we accessyour property? A narrowence at the entrance o adriveway, or over growntrees can hinder the accessnot only or re trucks,but or ambulances. Adriveway with sharpecurves and large tress canalso prove to be challeng ingor our ladder trucksto gain access. We maynot need to use the largeaerial ladder, but laddertrucks carry a variety oequipment that is essentialto emergency operations.Can you imagine havingto carry a 40 pound extension ladder andheavy tools the length o a ootball eldwhile wearing reghting protective gear

in the middle o August? I am not statingthat we will not get there and provide theservice expected, because we will, buteach obstacle and distance increase theamount o time it will take us to get theneeded equipment to the incident scene.

Te generally accepted width o astandard driveway is 12 eet, while accessroads need to be at least 20 eet wide.Te overhead clearance based on theInternational Fire Code is 13 eet 6 inches.Te St. Johns Fire Department respondedto a house re on Wild Plum Road a ewmonths ago. Te conguration o the

driveway and the treesdid not provide enoughroom or the ladder truckto even attempt to makeit to the home. Te truckwas parked on the mainroad and personnel had tobe transported in a smaller

vehicle. Te reghtersperormed fawlessly butit took longer to get morereghters to the scene.

Te St. Johns FireDepartment has some othe best-trained personneland equipment in the area.Te equipment has its

limitations (you cant stretch a ladder) andreghters are human. We will get the jobdone, but anything you can do to help isgreatly appreciated. Make sure your househas visible, contrasting numbers that canbe seen rom the street. I you need house

numbers contact Captain Chad Kelly [email protected]. You should also makesure that there is plenty o overheadclearance and your driveway will provideadequate access or emergency responders.

St. Johns Fire Department is locatedat 3327 Maybank Highway. For moreinformation, call Chief Ghi at 296-8392 orCaptain Chad Kelly at 864-4384.

Tis road narrows to a little over 7 feet.

Do Your Part to Help Safety PersonnelBY BATTALION CHIEF J AMES GHI

Tis is also a narrow driveway andthe trees may cause an access issuein a few years.

Tis access is about 11 feet wide.


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Heres a charming little creepy-crawler. It shows up just aboutanywhere in the eastern USA,

quietly creeping along on a variety osubstrates: sand, rock, damp or dryground, tree stumps, rotten logs, oten inshady woodlands, where it boasts bright

green leaves, oten streaked or mottledwith white. Its a humble little thing,always right along the ground.

Flowers? Well, o course. Its owers arein pairs, and curiously, the ovaries (at thebase) are used. Te corolla is almost aninch long, tubular and white, and ratherconspicuous (and also a bit ragrant, butyoull have to get down on your handsand knees to nd out). Te corolla isour-lobed at its apex, and it bears plentyo sot, wooly hairs on the inner surace,crowding or space with the our littlestamens. When the owers are done, thedoubled ovary will swell into a ruit, andit is a winter-time treasure to see, bright,shiny red. Tese ruits remain on the plant

all winter longand then a new crop oowers will open in early summer. Atthe very top o each o the coupled ruits,youll see the remains o the calyx o eacho the two owers, still hanging on. Eachcalyx consists o our tiny sepals, and sothe ruit appears to be a very red berry,topped with two small crowns. Go aheadand eat onethey are edible, but not verytasty.

Now i you go to Japan, you may see avery similar plant, hardly distinguishablerom the American version. Te Japaneseplant is sometimes considered merelya dierent variety o the same species,but there is still some controversy as toits true identity. Tis plant has plenty o

other relatives, however. Botanists classiy

our Mystery Plant as a member o thehuge plant amily (many thousands ospecies) named Rubiaceae (or madderamily). Tis amily is very widespreadin the tropics, and includes as coee andgardenia as members, as well as manyother economically valuable species.

Tis plant received its scientic namerom Carl Linnaeus, the Father o planttaxonomy, who was a botani st (o course!)and a medical doctor in Sweden. His mostinuential publication is probably a workcalled Species Plantarum, published in1753, and which serves as the beginningo all modern, scientic plant names.Linnaeus was surely a geniusand iscredited now with (among other things)the standardization o WO words oreach name, thus resulting in what wecall binomials. Linnaeus, an extremelyclever ellow, was ond o naming plantsater his colleagues, and this is a goodexample. In this case, the recipient o thehonor was John Mitchell, rom Virginia

(born in 1711), who had proven himsel asan excellent colonial botanist. Te plantsgenus name is a derivation o Mitchells,and what a great honor it is. O course,the specic epithet (the second part o thename) suggests humility, like the plantitsel.

Vivat Linnaeus! (Long liveLinnaeus!).

John Nelson is the curator o the A. C.Moore Herbarium at the University o SouthCarolina, in the Department o BiologicalSciences, Columbia SC 29208. As a publicservice, the Herbarium oers ree plantidentifcations. For more inormation, visitwww.herbarium.org or call 803-777-8196.

Creepy Crawly MysteryBY J OHN NELSON

Answer:Partridgeberry,Deerberry,MitchellarepensPHOTO BY LINDA LEE

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Police Reports

he ollowing is a synopsis o some o the activitieso the Charleston County Sheris Departmentduring the month o January 2013.

January 21 - 23 Kiawah Island

A man let his smoker/grill trailer at the SanctuaryHotel while perorming a catering job on the island.

When he returned on January 21, he noticed that the

trailer was missing. Ater speaking with resort security,who had no knowledge o its whereabouts, he consideredthe trailer stolen. No surveillance ootage o the area wasavailable.

January 25 Johns Island

A woman called the Sheris Department regardingunlawul use o her debit card. Te victim said that sheis disabled and hired the suspect three or our timesto work in her home beginning in 2012. In December2012, the suspect drove the woman to the AM tomake a withdrawal, and she provided her PIN numberso the suspect could assist her. Ater obtaining her latestcredit card bill, she noticed $4,800 in unauthorized

withdrawals, which had been made rom nine dierenttransactions. Te debit card was not missing, leading her

to believe the suspect took it, made the transactions, andthen returned the card.


A woman was sleeping when her dogs barking wokeher up, around 3:15 a.m. She looked out the window andsaw a man standing near the passenger side o her car. Sheopened her window and yelled at the suspect, and he letrunning. She told police that she doesnt drive the car; itis just used or Christmas storage. No ngerprints couldbe obtained.


An ofcer met with a man who said that a unknownsuspect came into his residence, which is locked andunder construction, and stole several items. Te suspecttook a dishwasher, stainless steel cook-top, 12-inch saw,garbage disposal, and a kitchen aucet. No ngerprints

were obtained, and the ofcer advised thehomeowner to contact his insurancecompany.


An ofcer met with a woman who said thatsomeone attened the tire on her car. She suspectsthat it was her brother, because they had been in a heatedargument the night beore. Te brother lives in a shed in

her backyard. Te ofcer questioned him, but he denieddoing the damage. He said he was moving out on Fridayand there wouldnt be any more problems.


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GOLF

Those in charge o hospitality in theCharleston area hosted their rst

annual Charleston HospitalityInvitational gol outing at KiawahsOcean Course on February 4. Followinga ull day o gol, the group settled inat Reds Ice House at Seabrook IslandsBohicket Marina.

Invited guests included those in thehospitality industry (restaurants, hotels,

and other related businesses) in theCharleston area, as well as elected ofcials.

It was a un day or all involved, andhelped promote the Seabrook and Kiawahcommunities to several promotion-minded citizens.

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February 22, 2013Island Connection Calendar March

ATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23

admalaw Community Center 2ndnual Vendors Fairn the Wadmalaw Island Communitynter Seniors or the second annualndors Fair. Special exhibit eatured thisar will be quilts stitched by the WICCiors. Proceeds will help benet thed ministry or the homebound in the

mmunity. Vendors: Sweetgrass basketaver, jewelry, handbags, cupcakes, Beginh Books, homemade ice cream, AVON,

ary Kay, Arican jewelry art, and the bestsland cuisine. For more ino, contactrtha Smalls at 557-8408. 10 a.m. 5605ty Hill Road, Wadmalaw.

Annual LifePoint Gift of Life 5kis popular run draws in veteran runnersd leisurely walkers. Event raises awarenessd unds or organ, eye, and tissuenation. Prize money or top three maled emale nishers. $30. Register at www.point-sc.org/events_20095K.htm. 9 a.m.

mes Island County Park. 871 Riverlandive, Charleston.

POG Annual Meetingark your calendars to attend thisportant annual meeting o the Kiawahoperty Owners Group. All are welcomeattend. 9 a.m. Sandcastle Communitynter.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24

Poinsett Piano rioAter having perormed together w ith greatsuccess or several years in other chambercombinations, David Gross, DeirdreHutton, and Christopher Hutton oundedthe Poinsett Piano rio in 2008. Teymade their rst international tour to NewZealand in 2010 and plan a return visit or2013. 4 p.m. Church o Our Saviour. 4416Betsy Kerrison Pkwy, Johns Island.

First Annual Shuckn & rucknA Snappy Event introduces the rst Shuckn& ruckn. Pack your chairs, grab yourshuckers and gloves, and bring the wholeamily to enjoy ood, drink, and live musicby Dixie Dicks. Oyster Buckets available or$15. Foodtruck lineup eatu res: Autobahn,Cast Iron, Deluce, Foodie ruck, JacksCosmic Dogs, Outta My Huevos, PotKettle Black, and Saltworks. 12 5 p.m.Free. All Seasons Lot, 1820 Rivers Road,Johns Island.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25

Opera Lite chaikovskys Swan LakeBalletOpera Lite, presented by Dr.John Benzel, eatures a n operain video with subtitles and top-notch perormers. Audio, literaryand historical sources supplementthese educational and entertainingprograms. Previous opera knowledgeis not important. Reservations arenot required, and all are welcome.Sandcastle Community Center. 3 p.m.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26

Seminar: op en IRA PlanningMistakesFrustrated by costly IRA planning mistakes?Come learn about smart IRA solutions. Joinus or a workshop on retirement planningpresented by Edward Jones Investments.Southern style dinner will be served. LiveOak Hall, the Lake House. 6 p.m. RSVP to559-3665.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27

Oil Painting WorkshopSpecial oil painting workshop eaturingMark Horton. o reserve your spot, contactColleen Wiessman n. $125 per day.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28

Our World Education Series PresentsModern Artby Marian MazzoneOur World is a complimentary lecture seriesthat provides island residents with programsby local experts on a wide variety osubjects. L ight rereshments will be served.

Mazzone is the Chair o the Art HistoryDepartment at the College o Charleston.RSVP by February 25 to the Sandcastle at768-3875 or [email protected]. 3 p.m.

SATURDAY, MARCH 2

Mullet Haul RaceTe Mullet Haul eatures a 5-mile and10-mile race on the trails o Mullet HallEquestrian Center. Racers are encouragedto sport their best mullets (real or articial)as a part o this themed race. -shirts willbe available to those who register beoreFebruary 22. Online registration endsMarch 1. Race begins at 10 a.m. Awardceremony with live music and beverageswill ollow the race. 5 mi le run: $34/$28,10 mile run: $44/$36. 2662 Mullet HallRoad, Johns Island. o register, visit sc-charlestoncountyparks2.civicplus.com/index.aspx?NID=1391.

MUSC Hoops for HopeFeaturing a 3 on 3 basketball tournamentand ree throw competition, along withsilent and live auctions, ood and drink,

and music provided by DJs Skrif andNattyHeavy. Fundraiser proceeds benetthe Department o Psychiatry & Behavioralsciences at MUSC. $20/advance, $25/door. 1p.m. D Arena, downtown Charleston. Formore ino visit www.muschoopsorhope.org.

SUNDAY, MARCH 3

Columbia City Ballet Presents BalletClassics and Modern Favorites from thePast 52 YearsColumbia City Ballet presents BalletClassics and Modern Favorites rom thePast 52 Years eaturing excerpts rom Othe Wall and Onto the Stage, Le Corsaire,Te Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Hootie andthe Blowfsh the Ballet, Nutcracker, andSnow White. Columbia City Ballet has atotal number o major perormances omore than 80 per year, reaching more than51,000 people in a season. Dont miss thisexciting perormance! 4 p.m. East BeachConerence Center, Kiawah.

MONDAY, MARCH 4

Opera Lite BellinisNormaOpera Lite, presented by Dr. John Benzel,eatures an opera in video with subtitlesand top-notch perormers. Audio, literaryand historical sources supplement these.Sandcastle Community Center. 3 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6

KPOG Board MeetingMembers o Kiawah Property OwnersGroup and the general public areencouraged to attend KPOG boardmeetings. Sandcastle Community Center.9 a.m.

THURSDAY, MARCH 7

Our World Education Series PresentsChina: A Historic Perspective (Part 1)Presented by Dr. Keith Knapp, Citadelhistory proessor and East Asia specialist.Our World is a complimentary lecture seriesthat provides island residents with programsby local experts on a wide variety o

subjects. L ight rereshments will be served.RSVP by March 3 to the Sandcastle at768-3875 or [email protected]. SandcastleCommunity Center. 3 p.m.

FRIDAY, MARCH 8

Seabrook Island Garden ClubTe club will host John and Nora Wise,owners o Garden Wise Nursery andGarden Center on Bohicket Road. Overthe last 6 years, they have created a businessthat ofers locally grown plants, qualityceramic containers and ountains, as well as

expertise in landscape design and congardening. Te Garden Club meets thsecond Friday o each month at the LaHouse. 9:30 a.m. cofee and conversatollowed by business at 10:15 a.m.

Charleston Storytelling FestivalTis inaugural estival brings togetherbest storytellers rom across the nationregion, and lowcountry. Presented byCharleston County Public Library. WrSquare. 342 Meeting Street, Charlestomore ino, call 805-6930.

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Art All Day (all age s)Friday, February 22Enjoy an array o art activities each Friday.

Family Fun and Games (all ages)Saturday, February 23, 11 a.m. 1 p.m.Bring the amily to the library to playvarious board-style games.

Club Anime (ages 12-19)Saturday, February 23, 3 4:30 p.m.Celebrate the genius o the ladies oCLAMP or this viewers choice meeting.Choose rom xxxHolic, subasa ReservoirChronicle or Kobato.

PLAY: Neil yson DeGrasse,Astrophysicist (all ages)uesday, February 26, 5:30 p.m.Hear the true story o an Arican-American child who grows up to helpSuperman, then make your avorite planetto take home.

Wild Life DisplayFriday, February 1 - Tursday, February28James Nicholson, an accomplished wildliepainter, exhibits his paintings o the SouthCarolina birds and other animals in theirnatural habitats.

Pottery DisplayFriday, February 1 - Tursday, February28Mary Nicholson, potter and clay artist,exhibits her one-o-a-kind porcelainpottery created using a potters wheel.

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or running away carrying a squirrel, amarsh rice rat, or unidentied prey. Teywere never observed eating prey on thespot.

Bobcats were observed sitting on a trail,on a manhole cover, on a dock, at the ooto a tree, by a lagoon, by a curb, in a yard,on the gol course, at the edge o brush,

and on a beach boardwalk. Tey were seenwalk ing, sauntering, running, jumping,and darting across roads, across the golcourse, through yards, over retainingwalls, and in the marsh. Tese narrativesusually ended with and then the bobcatdisappeared into the underbrush.

Bobcat Interactions

Generally the bobcats wereunconcerned by the presence o people.People on bicycles, in cars, on oot,holding up cameras, on their porches,walk ing their dogs, talk ing, and makingnoises were treated with nonchalance.However, at dusk or ater dark, bobcatsgenerally moved away rom lights. I therewas a lot o trac, even in the daytime,bobcats tended to retreat. One amilyarrived home and exited their car in theearly evening, surprising a bobcat whojumped out o a palm tree in their rontyard.

Some bobcats showed interest in peopleand their houses. Quite a ew walked ontodecks or into open carports or garages.Some even looked into windows. A ewcats relaxed and dozed on decks. Somedrank out o birdbaths or water eatures.Some watched people doing outdoorchores.

Bobcat Babies

In 2011, Seabrookers watched in wonderas a bobcat raised her three adorable kits.

One lucky property owner got to see themom carrying a very tiny baby kit in hermouth in late March. Te next sightingscame in May. Momma bobcat was seenwalk ing on a beach boardwalk with 3 verysmall kits trailing behind. In June she wasseen resting on a boardwalk watching her3 kits playing on the ground. Tat samemonth the 3 kits were seen without her upon someones deck.

In July, one o the kits started exploringon his/her own and was seen alone on aporch and later sleeping on a bench next

to the ront door. In August the mom wasseen variously with 1, 2 or all 3 kits, and2 were seen of exploring together on theirown. In September the 3 kits were seentogether without the mom, and at othertimes the mom was seen with 2 kits.

By October the kits were hal grown.Tey were a little bigger than house catswith very aint black stripes and pointedears. In December the kits were nearly ullgrown and hard to distinguish rom themom.

Bobcat 450

Many people have seen a bobcat onSeabrook Island wearing a trackingcollar. Tis is Bobcat 450, a 14 poundemale collared by Jim Jordan, Kiawahsbiologist. By studying her movements andthe movements o other collared cats, Jimand his team are better able to understandand preserve bobcat habitat. Tey knowit is important to have undevelopedareas dispersed throughout our islandsso bobcats dont have to travel ar to ndcover. As Seabrook Island approachesbuild-out, it is more important than everto preserve these brushy areas. o view the

tracking map, visit www.wildlieatkiawah.com/bobcat450html.

FOXES

2012 was not a good year or oxes.Only 23 sightings were reported, o which5 were ox kits. Tis is about one-ourtho the 87 sightings in 2011. Additionally,only 3 o the 2012 sightings were in thesecond hal o the year.

SC DNR believes this is probablydue to a wave o canine distemper in thelowcountry. Canine distemper tends tobecome epidemic and sweep through theeastern U.S. every 4 to 7 years.

Tere were some happy ox storiesin 2012. Some apparently healthy oxeswere seen crossing roads and bridges. Onenapped on a deck. In May, a mommaox and her 3 little kits scampered over abeach boardwalk.

Te previous wave o distemper 4 years ago (early 2008) almost wiped outall our grey oxes, but their populationrebounded the ollowing year with 31sightings.

COYOTES

Coyotes also seem to have been afectedby distemper. Tere were only hal as manysightings in 2012 as in 2011, 26 in 2012

compared with 54 in 2011. As with oxes,most o the sightings were in the rst halo the year beore canine distemper tookits toll. Tere were only 5 sightings in thesecond hal.

Most o the coyotes reported werealone, although a couple o people reportedhearing a coyote chorus in the marsh andone person reported seeing several in heryard. Tey were mainly seen in or near themarsh.

Tere was only one reported incident

where a person elt threatened. Coyotes canbe more dangerous than bobcats becausethey are larger, tend to chase instead o

stalk, and tend to hunt in groups. As withany wild animal, keeping your distanceand using a level head are the best ways tobe sae while observing them.

OTTERS

Five river otter sightings were reportedin 2012, one alone and two groups o two.One made successive dives in a lagoon asit was apparently shing. wo were seenswimming and coming out onto the bank.

wo were surprised by a canoe and wentquickly into the marsh where they barkedat the canoe.

COUGARS

Tere were 4 reports o cougar sightingsin 2012. Most wildlie experts believethere are no cougars in this area, and thatcougar sightings are actually misidentiedcoyotes, bobcats, or dogs. Keep yourcamera handy. Were still waiting or thatrst cougar photo!

PIEBALD DEER

In 2012 Charley Moore o the SIPOALakes and Wildlie Committee undertooka project to identiy the piebald deero Seabrook Island. Piebald is a geneticvariation o white-tailed deer causing a

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spotted coat with large white and brown patches.Comparing photographs taken by Seabrookers, Charleyidentied one piebald doe and one piebald spike buckcurrently living on the island.

RACCOONS

One healthy reddish/ blonde raccoon was reported.All the other reports went straight to security because theanimals were sick and dying, apparently rom the caninedistemper epidemic.

OTHER

Other wildlie o interest to Seabrookers in 2012include two great horned owls close together, one owlknocked out o a tree by a big storm, two bucks practiceghting in preparation or mating season, and onerattlesnake peeking out rom under a boardwalk.

SUMMARY

Seabrook Island is a haven or wildlie and or peoplewho enjoy wildlie. Seabrookers always have interestingstories about the many magnicent animals they see.Submitting online wildlie orms is one o the best ways

to share observations with everyone and to address anywildli e concerns to the SIPOA Lakes and WildlieCommittee. Maintaining brushy wild space is one othe best ways to help ensure a bright uture or all thewonderul animals with whom we share our island.

Please continue to make reports of any wildlife issueof interest at www.sipoa.org. Anyone can make a report;there is no need to log in. Under Resources, click WildlifeResources, then Bobcat and Fox Sighting Form.

Asign in the ront yard says it all,Dont ask. Wont sell. On St.Simons Island even a modest

old house like this one is likely to havesuitors. Youve got to envy those wholive here. Tis eighteen mile long island,roughly the size o Manhattan, has 21,000residents and 4,000 hotel rooms. Unlikeits sister Golden Isles destinations, St.Simons, Georgia is all about its residents.Te waterront could be ull o high rise

hotels but instead a long walkway snakesby a large playground ull o children, apier with shermen unurling cast nets,picnic tables and a town center that boastsa art center, grills, historic lighthouse,wedding room, pool and expansive grassylawns. Nearby is a busy skateboard parkand recreation center. Everywhere thereare miles and miles o trees. Buildingheights are limited to our stories. Itsclear that the residents and own leaders

have taken great care o the island withdedication and v ision. Now its a gem witha tremendously strong pride o place.

Tere is no stronger advocate orthe island than Captain Cap Fendig.He proudly describes St. Simons asan island that takes care o itsel. Asthe sel-appointed ambassador and lielong resident, he operates several landand sea businesses. Everything romdolphin sightings to unerals at sea thathelp tourists experience the culture and

nature o the area.But his passion orplace transcends his

business motivations.He proudly mentionsthat the BrooklynBridge was builtrom live oak timberrom the island andtells a moving storyo the slave andavorite son Neptuneor whom the park isnamed. Because St.Simons is the mostwesterly location onthe East Coast, thereare ewer hurricanesand extreme tides.One third o theEast Coasts marshes,lled with abundant

sea lie, surround this area.

Te islands pride o place, andespecially its history, is evident at itsonly ocean ront hotel. Te King andPrince ofers 14 styles o rooms, suites,cottages and villas including eleganthomes that appeal to amily vacationers.A member o Historic Hotels o America ,it originally opened in 1935 as a privatedance club on the ocean and housedsoldiers during World War II as U-boatsprowled the Georgia coast. Beyond itsabulous location, it is renowned orits our pools and the world-class golcourse as well as the ornate stained glasswindows that depict island history. BudSt. Pierre became the Director o Salesand Marketing at the hotel ten years ago.We were looking or a little community.Just driving over the bridge, we knew.Te King and Prince is very nice, but itsabout the destination. Tis island is veryspecial. Te hotel cuisine capitalizes onthe local products such as Lane SouthernOrchard peaches and pecans, BlandVidalia Onions, Savannah Bee Companyhoney products, Still Pond Wines andSugar Marsh Cottage Chocolates butthey are amous or their house madelemoncello and seaood recipes such asshrimp and grits and the Low Countryboil which they enjoy cooking ocean-side.

Pride of Place on St. Simons IslandBY CAROL ANTMAN

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14 February 22, 2013PETS

For anyone who has been in ahospital setting, it is no secret thatthe nursing sta usually sets the

tone o the patient care and overall patientexperience. In veterinary medicine, thistruth also holds true. Te veterinary

technician is the analog o the nurse andtechnologist in the medical proession.Te eld o veterinary technology isa wonderul proession that many petowners are unaware o, and quite rankly,as intelligent individuals and consumers,need to be.

Interestingly, licensing requirementso veterinary technicians vary rom stateto state. Many states require veterinarytechnicians to have ormal education (2or 4 year degree) with practical training,and then pass state and/or nationalexaminations, similar to those o any otherhealth care proession. South Carolinadoes not require licensure o veterinarytechnicians, although most hospitals do

employ some or all licensed technicians.In act, we have a wonderul program

or veterinary technology here inCharleston at rident echnical College.When we opened CVRC, we e stablisheda ormal relationship with the college,and are actively involved in creatingeducational opportunities. Our doctorsand technicians mentor and instructgroups o students rotating through ourhospital as part o their educational andtraining experience in the veterinary

technology program.

Te level o expertise and experiencewithin veterinary technology varies, butthe possibilities are endless. First andoremost, their primary responsibility ispatient care. Like in the human eld, our

technicians provide medical treatmentsollowing the doctors treatment orders,and perorm all orms o diagnostictesting, including running in houselaboratory analyzers. Some o ourtechnicians ocus on radiology, and areexperts in taking x-rays, and running ourMRI and C scans. Many techniciansgo on to specialize in various disciplinessuch as internal medicine, anesthesiology,surgical assisting, emergency and criticalcare, and more. Tere is an advancedcertication known as a V S (Veterinaryechnician Specialist) that is rigorous toobtain. One o our technicians, JennierSeverence became the rst technicianin South Carolina to be awarded that

prestigious certication. It took threeyears o hard work, case presentations, andpassing a certication examination. We areextremely proud o her accomplishments.

I truly believe that you cannot bea great doctor nor have an excellenthospital without having great veterinarytechnicians by your side. I am oten askedor my opinion about the quality o variouspractices, as people understandably wantthe best or their urry amily members.A air question or pet owners to ask as

they evaluate the quality o the practicethey are entrusting their pet care to, isthe level o expertise o the veterinarytechnical sta. In all airness, licensureis just one measure o credential, butcertainly does not guarantee excellence.Equally important are training, ability,and dedication.

Most veterinary technicians areincredibly dedicated and hard workingproessionals. Tese individuals are otenthe closest to the patients and eel theemotional ups and downs that occur ona daily basis. As in all medicine, there

are some really good days emotionally,and there are some really hard daysemotionally. We are all better o becauseo these noble proessionals. Remembernext time youre in your veterinariansofce to thank the veterinary techniciansor what they doeveryday.

Dr. Alan Green is the owner and Chie o Staf o Charleston Veterinary ReerralCenter. CVRC is a state o the art 24-houremergency and Specialty Center locatedin West Ashley. You can reach them at614-VETS (8387) or visit them online atwww.CharlestonVRC.com .

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Iwanted to give you some more simpletips and phrases that can help withproblems on your computer but rst

I need to add a bit to the last column. Iwrote about the FBI virus and how itis sweeping the lowcountry. One veryimportant addition has cropped uprecently and it is a warning or the uture asthe newest crop o this virus will turn yourcamera on! Tats right; the latest victimshave a picture taken by their webcam ontheir laptop. It is then embedded into thebogus screen and all o the sudden you areseeing yoursel in your t-shirt (or less) on

your screen and you did not turn on thecamera or take the picture. I you have notdone so by nowpleaseput a piece o tapeor something over the camera and onlyremove when you are using it. Extremelyscary and a wake-up call or the uturebecause i some nasty hacker can turn onyour camera, who else is able to do it? Justbe cautious and save yoursel some uturegrie.

Okay, or some simple help lets talkabout what a rewall is and does. Eachcomputer running Windows XP servicepack 3, Vista and 7/8 come with a sotwarerewall as does Mac computers. Yourwireless router has a hardware rewal l

that can be congured also and the basicunction o both the sotware and thehardware is to help keep out the bad guys.So what does this rewall thingy do? Teinternet has what are called virtual portsand there are 65,535 o them and therewall is wall with tiny little doors thatcan be opened or closed or each o theseports. In reality almost all o the doorsare closed to keep out un-necessary trafcbut a ew are opened so you can get on theinternet, get email, etc.

Another unction on your wirelessrouter is the DHCP which actuallyassigns your computer, printer, gamestation, wireless Blu-ray player and

anything else on the home network its on

unique address called an IP address. Tisis like a home address on your street andis a way everybody can talk to each otherwithout sending data to everybody a ll thetime. So i some kid starts talking aboutthe dynamically assigned IP addresses youcan interject Are you talking about theDHCP? and see them get a glassy lookas they try to gure out just how muchyou know.

Lastly in that same router are two morepieces o sotware that allow you to cruisethe net and those are the DNS and NA.DNS stands or Domain Naming Service

(or system) and NA is Network Addressranslation. Te DNS takes names thatyou type into your web browser (like IEor Fireox/Chrome/Saari) and converts itinto the numerical IP address or that site.An example would be Google.com whichone o its IP addresses is 173.192.37.34,which i you type into your browserincluding the dots it will take you toGoogle. Te DNS does this or you so youdo not have to remember all the numberaddresses. NA translates between yourIP address that everybody sees on the net(www.whatismyip.com) and the private IPaddresses inside your home network. Nowthat I have completely conused you, just

remember that these ew words could helpwhen trying to gure out why the gosh-darn box will not get on the internet.

One nal note about SC ech Academyand its non-prot work: I have justnished the rst class or the non-protorganization and wanted to againremind anyone that knows o deals withnon-prots interested in taking classes ona wide range o topics that it is a valuabletool. Te website is www.sctechacademy.org or more inormation and anothersecurity class is now available to signup or. Te last two weeks prior to theclass starting we open it up to or-protbusinesses that want to attend. All classes

are one day a week, two hours long or

our weeks. Tese classes are to makeyou aware o security or networking/Ofce/etc. and will get you started inthe right direction. Te classes are helddowntown on Huger St. at the ofceso the Coastal Community Foundation(www.coastalcommunityoundation.org),

parking is available.

Look forward to some good questionsand helping you out. If you need immediateassistance you can always call Rent A Bob at822-7794 or email at [email protected].

Some of This, Some of ThatBY BOB HOOPER, AKA RENT A BOB

he Kiawah-Seabrook ExchangeClub recognized two outstanding

students rom the Charleston

Collegiate School on February 6. Karla

Aguirre and Mia Blunt were named asYouths o the Month by the Club. Bothgirls are exceptional students, and also

volunteer throughout the area. Karla hopesto become an early childhood educator

and Mia plans to become a physician.

Jim Hughes, a vice-president at

Goodwill Industries, discussed the manyaspects o his organization, and pointed

out that 90 cents o every dollar raised by

them goes into their programs. Tey tryto employ as many disabled persons as

possible, and currently about 75 percent

o their employees are disabled. Tey are

the states largest employer o the disabled.Te Club has two dinner trips planned

to hear the Charleston Symphony

Orchestra. Te Club is also working on theApril 27 Bohicket Marina 5K-10K Run on

Seabrook Island, as well as a special galascheduled or mid-May.

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Now more than ever, it is timeor our country to join togetherand take measures to become

healthier. Te way we eat, drink, and

exercise needs to be transormed or theoverall health and saety o the nation. Onthe sea islands, taking steps to improvewellness just got a little easier with theinitiation o Lighten Up Kiawah, asister program o Lighten Up Charlestondesigned to target residents o Kiawah.

We want to make Lighten Up Kiawahmore custom or residents out here,and taking advantage o the wonderulresources you have on the island, explainsMUSC Director o Health PromotionSusan Johnson, who is also on the boardo Lighten Up Charleston. Its not justabout weight loss. Its about changes thatwill carry over into all areas o your lie.

Mayor Joe Riley spearheaded LightenUp Charleston in March 2012, with a goalo making Charleston the healthiest cityin the Southeast. But he didnt stop hissights there; the Mayor also encouragedall Charlestonians to get on board to losea cumulative 100,000 pounds by trackingweight loss through the interactive LightenUp Charleston website. Te websiteeatures all sorts o health and wellnessactivities to make the journey easier, suchas recipes, locations or armers markets,activity events calendars, and maps o cityparks. A lot o progress has been madesince March o last year, but there is still alot o work to be done; as o the last count

a ew weeks ago, the number o poundslost hovers around 24,000.

Johnson hopes that Kiawah residentswill gear up and jump on board withLighten Up Kiawah, a smaller acet oRileys initiative, which will ocus onisland residents. Te program is a our partseries specifcally designed with Kiawahresidents in mind in order to provideeducation and support to reach overallhealth and wellness goals. Participants cango online to www.lightenupcharleston.

org, create a log in account, and join theKiawah Group where individuals cantrack weekly exercise routines and weightloss. Dont worry though the number

on your scale is sae! Te program onlyallows viewers to see how much weightparticipants on the island have lostoverall. Its about working together andencouraging each other, Johnson says.I enough Kiawah residents join togetherand participate, Mayor Riley will presentthe own with a congratulatory certifcate.

Te frst session met at the Sandcastleon February 11, and consisted o anoverall summary o the program, as well asgeneral tips to get healthier physically andmentally. Session two will meet March 11,where MUSC Wellness Center AssistantDirector Janis Newton will discuss theanatomy o a good exercise plan. Sixty-

eight percent o America is overweight orobese, she explains. We have to makethis a part o our liestyle. We need to bemoving all day long. Nutritional coachJudith Herrin will lead the third sessionon April 8, and discuss moving rom adiet mindset to a liestyle change whenit comes to eating. Johnson will wrap upthe series on May 18 with a presentationentitled Skills or a Healthy Lie whichwill cover specifc strategies to reach andmaintain health goals or a better qualityo lie.

Participants o the frst session wereextremely perceptive to the program, andhad relevant and provocative questions

that the presenters were ready and willingto answer. From belly at to dark chocolateto that beloved glass o Cabernet at night,proessionals had answers on hand. Letsmake some goals and lets take on thechallenge, Johnson says.

For more information on Lighten UpKiawah, visit www.lightenupcharleston.orgto create a log in and password. Meetingstake place from 1 2 p.m. at the Sandcastle.Call 768-3875 for questions or to register forupcoming sessions.

Lighten the LoadL I G H T E N U P C H A R L E S T O N S P R E A D S T O K I A WA H I S L A N D

BY HANNAH DOCKERY

5 Easy Tips for a Healthier Lifestyle

Eat more ruits and veggies. Tese should accumulate at least hal o your

plate. Get moving! Tis isnt just a daily exercise routine. Its about making

small changes that lead to big results. ake the stairs next time.

Portions portions portions. You dont have to deprive yoursel , but do youreally need our scoops o ice cream? Lets knock it down to two.

Watch what youre drinking. Tat double-mocha-rappuccino-with whiphas enough calories to make up a meal. Remember, water is always bestwhen it comes to what you sip.

Write it down! One o the ea siest ways to reach your goals is by writingdown what you eat, and how oten youre exercising.

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Community capacity building is aconstant struggle or nonprots.Every nonprot has limited unds,

so connecting with other organizations toshare ideas and resources is essential. Mostbuild relationships individually, but now,the upcoming launch o the CommunityAlliance o the Sea Islands (CASI) willprovide an ongoing opportunity to do thison a larger scale.

Te inaugural meeting o CASI willtake place on Tursday, February 28at 3 p.m. at the Stono Baptist Church(953 Main Road, Johns Island). CASIis intended to be an inormal, recurringorum where community nonprots,neighbors and business proessionalscan come together to exchange ideasand resources, discuss challenges andshare ellowship. Te orum is expected

to gather monthly and will rotate hostlocations within the Sea Islands at 3 p.m.on the last Tursday o each month.

Sea Island nonprots and businessproessionals are invited to attend. Tegoal o CASI is or participants to builda strong network o support. Tere areno dues or cumbersome planning, justa casual meeting o service-mindedindividuals.

Tis rst session will be a steeringmeeting, to consider a roadmap or uturesessions and discussion topics, as they maybe needed or wanted.

Tose interested in attending CASIsrst meeting on Feb. 28, please RSVPto [email protected] by February 22.

About the Community Allia nce ofthe Sea Islands

Te Community Alliance o the SeaIslands (CASI) is an inormal orumwhere community nonprofts, neighborsand business proessionals come togetherto exchange ideas and resources, discusschallenges and share ellowship on the lastTursday o each month at 3 p.m. Te hostlocation rotates within the Sea Islands. Formore inormation on CASI, visit www.kica.us/casi.

New Sea Islands Allianceto Beneft Nonprofts

SPECIAL TO THE ISLAND CONNECTION

I you are a an o the mullet hairst yle,

or proudly sport one o your own,mark your calendar or Saturday,

March 2! Dubbed the Mullet Haul, thisthird annual trail run encourages runnersto wear either real or imitation mulletsduring their participation in the race, heldat the Mullet Hall Equestrian Center onJohns Island.

Te Mullet Haul rail Run eaturesboth a 5- and 10-mile of-road run onthe equestrian trails o the park on JohnsIsland March 2. Both races begin at 10a.m. Runners are welcomed to, but notrequired to sport a mullet hairstyle aspart o this themed event. Te best mulletand themed costume will be awarded aprize. Following the races, awards willbe presented or the top runners, and all

participants will be invited to take part ina post-race party eaturing live music andcomplimentary ood and beverages.

Online registration or the MulletHaul rail Run is open now throughMarch 1 at www.ccprc.com/mullethaul.Late registration and packet pickup willbe available on site on race day, March 2,rom 8 9:30 a.m. -shirts are availableor those who register by February 22.

Te Mullet Haul is or ages 10 and

older. Participants ages 10-15 must be

accompanied by an adult; however, adultchaperones do not need to participate inthe run. Dogs and strollers are not allowedat this event.

raditionally open or horse owners,trail riding and equestrian events only,Mullet Hall Equestrian Center is locatedat 2662 Mullet Hall Road (of o RiverRoad) on Johns Island. Tis October,the acility will host the inauguralLowcountry rail Hal Marathon. Visitwww.ccprc.com or details.

Te Mullet Haul rail Run is broughtto you by your Charleston County Parks.Register online at www.ccprc.com/mullethaul or call 795-4386.

Mullet MadnessC C P R C P R E P A R E S

F O R A N N U A L M U L L E T R U N

PROVIDED BY CHARLESTON COUNTY PARKS

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With the oncoming spring weather you willbegin to see a change in our Charlestonlandscapes. Azaleas and Indian Hawthornes

will start blooming, the grasses will begin to green up,our native Carolina Jasmine will have ragrant owers in

the trees, and our owering trees will be bursting withnew color. What a great time it is to be in Charleston!Tis year we have had a cooler than normal spring time.All o the grasses in the Charleston area are warm seasongrasses, each with their own specic needs. One o therst things that we need to get our grasses growing iswarm days and warm nights. Southern grasses do not startgrowing until the ground temperature gets to be around70. With the warmer temps coming on, now is the time tobe applying ertilizer. St. Augustine, Zoysia, & Bermudarequire a high nitrogen ertilizer (like a 25/4/11) whileCentipede is best suited or a 15/0/15 ertilizer. We otencombine a pre-emergent in with our ertilizer to helpcontrol our summer weeds (which will also be sproutingas the warmer temps are here). In addition, at the time owriting this a rticle, it has been a very dry month so ar.Tereore, we plan to be increasing our water supply orour lawn & shrubs. Te temperatures do not dictate dailywatering yet, so between 1-3 days per week should besucient, depending on your soil type. With heavy claysoils requiring less water & sandier soils requiring more.

Te second spring task is to keep an eye out or turdamage. We will see three distinct types o sur damagethis spring. Te rst one is grub which surace during thespring and eed on the roots o newly sprouting grass. Weapplied an insecticide last month to help control grubsand other surace eeding insects, Such as over wintering

mole crickets. I you think you may have grub damagedig up a 12x12 area on the boarder o the afected areaand look or white c- shaped worms in the top coupleo inches o the soil. Usually i you nd one or twothere are more within the yard and a treatment should

be applied. Te second type o tur damage that may bepresent would be brown patch and is sometimes let overrom the previous year. We wrote about brown patch inthe all and you may access that article on our websiteat www.pleasantlandscapes.com, but the main conceptwith brown patch is to look or ever growing circles witha distinct brown ring in over ertilized and overwateredlawn areas.

When it comes to er tilizer more is not always better.Te third type o tur damage that will be present in thespring is dead patch. Tese are areas o dead lawn thatdid not come back rom the previous year. Te causesor this can be many, but some are brown patch romlast all (that was not caught), ertilizing too early withan early reeze- killing back tender new growth, andalso high trac areas or too much shade. As you willsee, growing nice lawns is more o an art than a science.As a lways, i you have any questions about your tur eelree to email us pictures or questions as we always enjoyofering ree advice to help our neighbors have qualitylawns & shrubs. Spring should be a time to enjoy our everblooming surroundings. I you have not been to some othe local plantations its a great time to go and see theblooms; I would highly recommend it. Happy gardening.

For more information, visit www.pleasantlandscapes.com or call 886-9314.

Spring Has Almost SprungBY JAMES PARKER

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Captain Fentig calls St. Simons aneat-stroll-eat-stop-stroll kinda place.At Halyard s upscale restaurant cheGlen Miskowski says, Te rst thingpeople want to do on St. Simons is eatseaood. Here, the clams are still alive,the shrimp are lightly poached and thelocal catch comes right in the back doordaily. Manager Matt Gage says, Ivenever worked anywhere where the shis resher than this.At the more casualPalmers Ca, the ood is between rough

and rened and the breakast menu iscreative: poached eggs with collard greensand ham or Buddys banana puddingpancakes with crushed vanilla waers. Upthe street in a ramshackle building is anisland mainstay, Beachcomber Barbeque.Te very authentic Brunswick stew istheir pride and joy but huge barbequeplatters served to diners along the picnictables were also greeted with rave reviews.A highlight o my visit was an excitingecotour on the Lady Jane shrimp boatwith Captain Larry Credle and crew.

Lielong shrimpers, they delighted in

showing these landlubbers the abundanceo sea lie pulled up in their shrimp nets aswe motored along the waterway. We tookgreat photos o the least squeamish amongus holding hammerhead sharks, horseshoecrabs and squid while Cliford, oureducator, culled out the still-squirmingshrimp and boiled them up in the galley.alk about resh!

Its easy to see why St. Simons Islandhas a content community o residents whopassionately deend their way o lie andshare it with the ew thousand visitors

each year. As Captain Fentig says, God

has a ew avorite places to hang out andone o them is St. Simons.

Roadtrips Charleston! is a feature

of Lucky Dog Publishing. Each month thecolumn presents adventurous, interestingdestinations within a few hours drive of Charleston. Carol Antmans passion foroutdoor and artistic experiences has ledher to exotic and nearby destinations farand wide. For more photos or to makecomments or suggestions, please see www.peaksandpotholes .blogspot.com

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