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The Battle Soaking up some local COLOR

of Burden’s
Causeway
by Kristin Hackler

W
hile the debate over the course
of the I-526 extension simmers
among residents of West Ashley,
James Island and Johns Island alike, other
local organizations are encouraging the
Mark Clark design team to take a closer
look at the areas which the new interstate
corridor could potentially affect. One of
these areas holds a special place in the hearts
of many long-time Johns Island residents as
it is the site of a battle which drove Union
armies from encamping on Johns Island
during the Civil War. Because of this battle,
Union forces could not attack Charleston
through Johns Island and were ultimately
driven back to their original positions. At
the time, it was considered a great victory
for the Confederates and while hundreds
of soldiers lost their lives on this ground,
the Battle of Burden’s Causeway was a
true victory for a regiment of soldiers who
fought off more than twice the number of
enemies on their home ground.
During the first part of July, 1864,
more than 4,000 Union troops under

the command of Brig. General John P.
Hatch landed on Seabrook Island with
orders to move across Johns Island to the
mainland and cut off the Charleston and
Savannah Railroad, a major supplier of
food, munitions and war materiel for the
Confederate Army. The regiment marched
until they reached Haulover Cut, but
upon reaching the cut, they found that the
bridge had been destroyed and were forced
to rebuild it. Their march across Johns
Island continued, but due to the excessive
heat they continued at a much slower pace.
Not long into their march, however, they
were reinforced by more than 1,000 Union
troops arriving from Legareville.
On July 6, 1864, the Union troops finally
reached Burden’s Causeway in order to cross
to the mainland, but found an encampment
Battle continued on page 4
T
he occasional spattering of rain from stray storm clouds only served
to make the heavy muscadine grapes swinging on their vines look
that much more appetizing during the 8th annual Grape Stomping
and Harvest Festival at Irvin House Vineyards on Wadmalaw Island this past
Saturday, August 28. As attendees milled around looking at several vendors
booths featuring handmade jewelry, stuffed animals and other interesting
items, the acoustic sounds of Taco Donkey could be heard drifting through
the air and inspired dozens of children to grab hula hoops and dance to the
lively tunes. Delicious food was provided by both Home Team Barbeque
and Zia Taqueria, and while everyone enjoyed the ongoing entertainment
of tire swings and grape picking, the feature of the afternoon was the Lucy
Look-a-like Contest. Eight Lucys participated this year, competing not only
in costume design, but in grape stomping ability, as well. Amidst the flurry
of dancing legs, wild red hair and flying grape peels, the judges had a tough
time making the call through tears of laughter, but in the end, all of the
grape-stomping Lucys were winners in their own right. The annual Grape
Stomping and Harvest Festival at Irvin House typically takes place the last
Saturday in August. For more information about Irvin House Vineyards,
visit www.charlestonwine.com. Irvin House Vineyards is located at 6775
Bears Bluff Road, Wadmalaw Island.

I n s id e t h e I sl a nd Con nection. . .

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Financials
Seabrook Town Council – August 24, 2010 County and the State are lower than the
Mayor Bill Holtz reported that the
revenues for July were $22,858.02
less than budgeted, but the year-to-
date is still $16,568.91 more than was
budgeted. Excess of revenues over
expenditures is $71,154.95 more than was
budgeted for the year-to-date, coming
in at $233,040.94, but the Town is still
running $77,055.17 behind last year-
to-date figures. “$233,000 is a healthy
amount to be above by, but last year we
were over by $410,000,” said Holtz. “I
don’t think we’ll be near that this year, but
it will still be a decent year.” The Mayor
explained that the funds received from the
The Island
previous year and that business licenses are
running about $24,000 below last year-to-
date. “The general picture is we’re doing
fine, but every year we’re going down a
little bit and we have to watch where we’re
spending money,” said Holtz. “The Town
isn’t suffering as a financial entity, but
we’re not growing, either.”
Potential water rates increase
for the island
Joe Hall, Chairman of the Utility
Commission, presented copies of the
Utility Commission audit to the Council
and confirmed a rumor that there could be
an increase in water rates around the first
of the year. Hall explained that there has
been an increase on wholesale water rates,
which have gone up 36% since 2000. “We
the island, FEMA representatives had
remarked that “of all the projects in South
Carolina that have been granted in the last
five years, that the situation here [Seabrook
Island] is the best presentation they have seen
in response back from a town,” said Hall.
“We met every deadline and no financial
papers were returned. The execution of this
was just the way they would like it done and
they are tickled to death.”
Welcoming the Sea Islands
Chamber of Commerce
Sea Islands Chamber of Commerce co-
founder Sherry Hering gave a brief citizen’s
presentation to Council, describing the
goals of the newly formed Sea Islands
Chamber of Commerce (SICC). “The
SICC is trying to accomplish some things
that the metro chamber of commerce
within their purview accomplish, and will
be doing more for the islands in terms
of coastal preservation and ecological
programs. In the future, the Chamber
hopes to expand to include other outlying
areas such as Wadmalaw, Yonges Island,
Edisto, Isle of Palms and Sullivan’s Island,
“but we want to focus on this area and
grow from there,” said Hering.
Mayor Holtz thanked her for her time,
and while he appreciated the idea of the
Chamber, he expressed concern that the
town has several organizations to which
they wrote checks, but didn’t feel like they
were getting much from them other than
being “part of a group.”
“I’m a little cynical at this point in the
game, but I’m open to being convinced,”
said Holtz. “I’m just looking for the
positive and would really like the Council

Connection have been able to avoid a rate increase

up until recently,” said Hall. “The same
doesn’t do for the outlying areas,” said
Hering. “We consider this an underserved
to talk about this during Ways and
Means. What you’re trying to do is very
volume of water costs about $30,000 more area. We want to be a Chamber of magnanimous.”
Lynn Pierotti every year.” Commerce and a visitor’s bureau for Folly Hering thanked the Council for their
publisher Councilman Rob Savin expressed Beach, James Island, Johns Island, Kiawah time and encouraged them to contact
lynn@luckydognews.com concern over the potential rate increase, and and Seabrook and hope to promote her with any questions or ideas. For
Hall invited him and anyone else concerned economic development in the sea islands more information about the Sea Islands
Kristin Hackler about the utility budget to attend the next area.” Among the many goals of the Chamber of Commerce, visit www.
managing editor Utility Commission meeting at Town Hall Chamber, Hering stated that they will be seaislandschamber.org.
kristin@luckydognews.com on Wednesday, September 15, at 2 p.m. starting educational programs for small
Hall also noted that, while they still business owners, and hope to form a sea Rollin’ down the roads
Swan Richards have about $50,000 left to collect from islands restaurant association in the near “We had a setback with the Greenway
senior graphic designer FEMA as part of the $1.6 million grant to future. They have already started a list of not being put on the long-range plan,”
swan@luckydognews.com repair and upgrade pump stations around projects they would like to help the islands reported Councilman Sam Reed, “but
even though we feel like we’ve been treated
like stepchildren out here, we’re still
Lori Dalton
working on this.” The Roads Committee
sales manager
already has another meeting scheduled to
lori@luckydognews.com
go over options. “The fact that the county
didn’t move this forward isn’t the only way
Mary Ellen Bennett we can move this forward,” said Reed.
sales Mayor Holtz agreed, noting that he’s
maryellen@luckydognews.com now trying to win smaller battles, such
as getting cyclists off of roads that don’t
Meredith Powell have shoulders. “I was totally turned off
reporter by the whole procedure and will try to
meredith@luckydognews.com get roads on Johns Island in our lifetime,”
Holtz stated. “I am very upset with what
Contributors happened at Council. It wouldn’t have cost
Stephanie Braswell them 10 cents to put the Greenway on the
Bishop Gadsden
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SI Council continued from page 2
long range plan. I didn’t really want to get
into it after the vote [during the County
Council meeting] because it would have
sounded like sour grapes, but I was very
disappointed.”
Kiawah Days on Seabrook a success
Councilman Terry Ahearn, head of the
Visibility Committee, reported that
anywhere from 20 to 60 cars checked in
during the Wednesdays designated for
the Kiawah Days on Seabrook initiative
and they are considering extending the
program into the fall. “People coming
in fall might be more likely to consider
retiring on our island, so it’s a better way
to expose our island,” said Ahearn. Ahearn
also pointed out that Seabrook Real Estate
has a way of tracking the activities of
people who arrive on the island and have
seen a great use of the island facilities.
Working on the town website
Councilman Jerry Cummin, head of the
Communications Committee, was happy
to announce that they had approved a
contract with Obviouslee Marketing
following a review and several corrections
made by the town attorney. The
committee is in the early stages of agreeing
on the layout of a home page/portal that
will give visitors a chance to see what the
island has to offer.
Also in terms of communications, a
recent communications practice by the
Disaster Prep team produced excellent
results, utilizing the smaller bandwidth
of text messaging to communicate if
land lines are down and cell towers are
jammed with calls. If even the cell towers
go down, however, the Disaster Prep team
is training members on the use of satellite
phones and have purchased two amateur
radio handhelds that are also used
around the island by CERT (Community
Emergency Response Team).
“We have other radios here at Town
Hall, but we have a line-of -sight problem,
so we decided to get the two amateur
handhelds,” explained Cummin, pointing
out that at least he and one other person
will become certified in their use. “In
an emergency, if we’re trying to find out
what’s damaged around town, this will
help out a lot.”
Power outage sparks new
disaster prep ideas
Councilman Savin stated that, in light of
the power loss incident last month, the
Public Safety and Disaster Prep teams
were able to have a practical disaster drill
with no injuries and a short duration
time. As a result, Scott Cave of Atlantic
Business Continuity Services, the designer
of the town’s disaster preparation guide,
is helping to design a flow chart of the
current disaster plan so that steps are easy
to find for each type of disaster.
Town Administrator Randy Pierce stated
that the cost of Cave’s services would add
another $1,250 onto his current bill of
$2,500 for creating and implementing a
real-time disaster drill, but the Council
agreed that it was worth it and approved
the expenditure unanimously.
Community Yard Sale
The Seabrook Island Property Owners
Association is planning an island-wide
yard sale on Saturday, September 4, from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The sale will be held at
Town Hall so that people from off-island
will be able to attend. Un-purchased
items will be donated to Habitat for
Humanity at the end of the day. Council
unanimously approved the use of the
Town Hall parking lot for the yard sale.
Seabrook Island Veteran’s Recognition
Day
Mayor Holtz read a resolution proclaiming
September 11, 2010, as “a day of
recognition and thanks to all veterans
in the Town of Seabrook Island.” The
resolution will be read in full during
a special soiree for island veterans on
September 11 by the ocean. The resolution
recognizes the more than 290 veterans
living on Seabrook, and special plaques
will be personally presented by the Mayor
to the 21 World War II vets in attendance,
thanking them for their service.
“I think it’s a great event we’ll be joining
in,” said Holtz. “There is a whole event
planned, and this is just a small part of it.”
Councilman Reed pointed out that the
Choraliers would be singing during the
event, as well.
Alan Fleming tennis tournament
temporary use permit
The temporary use permit for the
Seabrook Island Racquet Club from
October 6 – 10, 2010, for the annual
Alan Fleming Sr. Clay Court Tennis
Tournament was approved unanimously.
Charleston Restaurant Week right
around the corner!
Katie Chapman of the Charleston Visitors
Bureau announced that Charleston
Restaurant Week will be taking place
from September 8 – 19, and encouraged
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everyone to go online and see what will
be available and make their reservations
in advance. Charleston Restaurant Week
encourages local restaurants to offer
three-course meals for $30 for high-end
restaurants and $20 for casual dining
spots. More than 50 restaurants will be
participating this year, including the
Ocean Room, Jasmine Porch, McCrady’s,
Circa 1886, the Restaurant at Woodlands
Inn and many others. For more
information, visit
www.CharlestonRestaurantWeek.com
Citizen’s comments
Both Lee Edwards, Republican candidate
running for SC House of Representatives
seat 119, and Amy Fabri who is running
for the district 9 seat on County Council,
introduced themselves at the end of the
meeting. Edwards pointed out that 526
should be a first priority on the island
because of safety issues, and noted that he
also supports the Greenway. “I look for
Republicans to retake the delegation,” he
said.
Amy Fabri stated that she is a James
Island native and has been following the
Greenway issue since 2008. “I don’t want
to make promises on what I would have
done, but I am completely up to speed
on this project and am very sympathetic
to the issues you have,” said Fabri, noting
that her husband drives through Johns
Island to get to his job on Kiawah.
Seabrook Island Town Council is held
the fourth Tuesday of every month. The
next Council meeting will be held Tuesday,
September 28, at 2:30 p.m. in the Town
Hall, located at 2001 Seabrook Island Road.
For more info, call 768-9121 or visit www.
TownOfSeabrookIsland.com.
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Battle continued from cover
of Confederate soldiers holding the high
ground at Waterloo Plantation. There
were fewer than 2,000 troops holding the
ground at Waterloo under the command
of Brig. General B.H. Robertson and the
next day, July 7, Union troops began to
advance on them through a large open field
which today is located near the intersection
of River and Plowground Road. While it
seemed a lost cause for the outnumbered
Confederates, as their last hope flitted away
into the bullet-riddled oak trees, the 32nd
Georgia Regiment arrived to reinforce the
Confederate lines. The Union soldiers
were forced to retreat and the Confederates
regained their position.
The next day, gunfire rained down on
the Union positions on Johns Island from
Battery Pringle on James Island, giving
the Confederates at Waterloo enough time
to reorganize and plan an advance on the
Union troops. Just before dawn the next
morning, the Confederates advanced and
the fight spilled into the same open field. As
the sun rose in the sky a dense fog began to
gather from the prodigious firing of arsenal,
and the thick July heat would not allow it
to dissipate. While the fog lay heavy on the
field, the Union soldiers gathered their dead
and wounded, and retreated. The Battle of
Burden’s Causeway, referred to alternately
by Confederate soldiers as “Waterloo” and
“Bloody Bridge” by the Union, put an end
to these operations, and the Union retreated
to their original positions.
Today, nothing more than a cast iron
historical marker indicates the location
of this significant Confederate victory.
Erected by Secession Camp #4 of the
Sons of Confederate Veterans in the
southwest corner of the Plowground/
River intersection, the marker gives a brief
summary of the battle and the names of the
generals on both sides. The names of the
men who died, however, are lost, but Gene
Patrick, Chaplain for Secession Camp #4
of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, lists Charleston 1861-1865, by E. Milby Burton
the following regiments as having fought in (University of South Carolina Press, 1970).
the Battle of Burden’s Causeway:
Places like this are why it’s important to
make your voice heard during the Mark Clark
Union
Expressway, I-526 public hearings. Public
3rd, 57th,144th, and 157th New York
comments are being taken seriously and while
Regiments
Project Manager David Kinard assures that the
4th Massachusetts Cavalry
design team is working closely with the state’s
8th and 104th Pennsylvania Regiments
Historical Marker Program and will avoid
United States Colored Troops - 9th
and minimize impact to historic sites where
Maryland, 26th New York, 2nd South
possible, it is important to bring informed
Carolina, Co.B, and the 34th South
comments to these meetings. The next I-526
Carolina 
meeting will be held at St. Johns High School,
  1518 Main Road, on Thursday, September 9,
Confederate from 5 to 6 p.m. with a formal presentation at
1st Georgia Regulars 6 p.m. More info is available at www.scdot.
4th Georgia Cavalry org/I526 or the Johns Island library, or contact
32nd Georgia Regiment program manager David Kinard at (803)
47th Georgia Regiment
737-1963. 
Bohaud’s Battalion (Georgia)
Stono Scouts
Washington Light Artillery
Marion Light Artillery
Inglis Light Artillery
2nd South Carolina Calvary
Patrick also states that in the middle
of the old battle field there is a dense
section of woods, in which is located a
cemetery; however, none of the names
of the individuals buried there are Civil
War-related.
The information for the battle listed
above was provided by both Chaplain Gene
Patrick and Historian Rick Hatcher of the
Fort Sumter National Monument. For a
more detailed account of the operations
of the Battle of Burdens Causeway, read
pages 284-295 of the book, The Siege of
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The gift of Exchange
by Kristin Hackler and Sam Reed
Y
ou’ve probably heard about the
Kiawah-Seabrook Exchange Club
from someone on the islands. Maybe
they were telling you about a recent charity
activity, or an interesting presentation given
at the last dinner. It might have sounded
interesting at the time, but you let it slip
from your mind. With the start of the new
Exchange Club year, however, this is your
chance to jump on the opportunity to be
a part of a wonderful, charitable and truly
entertaining organization.
The goal of all national Exchange Clubs
is to “uplift social, religious, political, and
business ideals” through a four-fold approach:
1. Americanism, such as placing American
flags at prominent spots on certain holidays;
placing displays of historical documents
such as the Declaration of Independence
or Gettysburg Address in schools and
recognizing and honoring military heroes,
2. Child Abuse Prevention such as working
with the Darkness to Light program, 3.
Community Service such as volunteering to
work and/or making grants to organizations
like Habitat for Humanity, the Barrier Island
Free Medical Clinic, the Rural Mission,
the Boy Scouts, Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy,
Hospice, and the Boys and Girls Club, and
4. Education and Youth Development such
as providing tutors and mentors and making
grants to local public schools for supplies,
field trips and musical programs, as well as
selecting and awarding the selected Student
of the Month and Student of the Year from
nearby schools with a monetary scholarship.
All of the charitable activities accomplished
by the Exchange Club are done through
the sale of their annual Kiawah-Seabrook
Telephone Directory, which is produced
and distributed free-of-charge to residents
and businesses in the area. Every year, more
than $100,000 has been distributed to local
charities and non-profits through the funds
raised by phone book advertising sales.
Aside from the charitable activities and
donations raised through the Exchange
Club activities, the Club also holds
several entertaining events and lectures
throughout the year. Holding their meetings
alternatively at the Turtle Point Clubhouse
on Kiawah Island and the Island Clubhouse
on Seabrook Island every other week,
upcoming speakers and events include a golf
and tennis outing, a dinner cruise on the
Palmetto Breeze, a special performance by
the Island Choraliers, a sneak peek into the
upcoming PGA tournament presented by
PGA Championship Director Brett Sterba,
a special visit from Riverdogs’ celebrity Tony
the Peanut Man and much more.
The Kiawah-Seabrook Exchange Club
currently boasts a membership of 80, though
they hope to increase their numbers to 100
or more. Currently, 45 Club members reside
on Seabrook while the other 25 hail from
Kiawah. The Club also isn’t just limited to
men, as more than a dozen Club members
are female.
Club dues are $175 per quarter with
reduced dues categories for special situations.
The dues cover the cost of meeting meals and
other miscellaneous expenses, as well as dues
paid to the national Club.  One of the most impressive things
If you are interested in learning more about
the Kiawah-Seabrook Exchange Club and its
objectives and programs, please contact Sam
Reed at slreed729@aol.com or visit www.
ks-exchangeclub.org
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The rewards of
being a volunteer
By Sue Holloman
M
any of us who have
volunteered at Mount Zion,
our neighborhood elementary
school, often wonder how much impact
our efforts have made over the years.
I have been one of the volunteers at
Mount Zion Elementary School for the
past 15 years. In the beginning I taught
small groups of children one morning a
week, and last year I had the opportunity
to find out if any of my work made a
difference.
If you have been to Newton Farms
you may have run across a personable
young man named Clifford Mitchell.
Clifford is the Assistant Manager there,
but he was also my student when he
was in 5th grade. This year I found out
what he had been doing since I taught
him writing back in 1998. It turns out
that he is a recent graduate of Claflin
University and won a full scholarship
to attend. He graduated with a 3.7 and
is now getting a Masters in Business at
Charleston Southern. He is working
to pay his way through school and Jeff
Harrell, Store Operator, said that he is
a “a terrific asset.” He has also started a
small business of his own.
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about Clifford is that, on remembering
how volunteers helped him in school,
he has started to pay it forward. He
volunteered in a local elementary school
during college and upon graduation
received the Community Service and
Leadership Award.
I asked him what he remembered
about his days learning from me as a
volunteer, and he said that the confidence
he gained in writing was “very beneficial”
and helped make writing more fun for
him. He smiled as he remembered the
heart-shaped cookies I brought to class
on Valentine’s Day.
Do you want to make a difference in a
child’s life? You can. Join the volunteers
at Mount Zion Elementary School.
Many of your friends and neighbors
volunteer there and they describe their
time at the school as being as rewarding
for them as it is helpful to the children.
Come to Mount Zion School and
become a part of helping our Johns Island
children have a brighter future. Call
Sue Holloman, Mount Zion Volunteer
Coordinator, at 768-9734 or email
her at holl97@bellsouth.net for more
information.
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W
hen it comes to the blessings that are my
children, I am hard-pressed to find anything
lacking. They are separated by only two years
of age, almost to the day, but other than those calendar
dates, very little keeps them apart. My girls are each other’s
best friend and constant companion, sharing everything
including a bedroom and giggles almost every night
before sleep. They love each other and their parents and
tread lightly on the earth with a mix of thoughtfulness
and naiveté that makes me proud to be their father and
even prouder of their mother.
To me, being a parent does not mean that I force them
to share in my passions, but it is for me to help them find
theirs, and in turn, help them discover what brings them
happiness. I derive great joy from activities that involve
the outdoors and athletic competition (translation: golf)
but unfortunately, my passion is not theirs.
I bought them golf hats as soon as they were born and
clubs made of plastic. As they grew, I bought them a few
kid’s clubs and even putters. Despite these exposures and a
trip or two to the driving range, these items were relegated
to the back of the closet and have gathered dust over the
years.
What is clear is that they nonetheless have passions,
but unfortunately they are passions that I knew little
about or cared to develop – namely musical theatre. In
fact, prior to being married, I can honestly say I saw one
musical in my life, and the only reason was to curry favor
with a young lady. Dispassion described not only my
interest in the performance we saw, but her interest in me
and I decided thereafter to stick to movies.
But my daughters love to dance and sing, not for the
audience (there rarely is one other than the other parents),
not because Mom or Dad wants them to (because Mom
and Dad think kids who perform to be on TV or in
movies are soon-to-be-featured in either a mug shot or
rehab facility), but because it makes them happy. There is
no motive in their performance and it is never measured
by anything other than the amount of fun they had.
I have embraced what they love and I now know the
lyrics to many musical numbers. I have attended more
performances than I can count, each with video camera
in tow, documenting the genuineness of their smiles. It is
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Golf
Golf: the musical
BY RICHARD HRICIK
But I was wrong. Happily, joyfully wrong. On the very
short and very beautiful 9 hole Bray Links Golf Course,
my wife, my two daughters and I teed it up for our first
round of golf together. The view both from the course
and of my playing partners, took my breath away.
The girls each had a pink ball, balls I had found for
them long ago, and they dusted them off and swung
from their heels. I helped them where needed and they
made contact and we moved along. And as we played,
they also sang and danced in spots, especially after they
hit the ball well or it went into the hole.
They brought their joy and passion to my game of
golf, and in turn gave me a most beautiful gift. They
played golf in the same way they sing and dance, with
an inner joy that greatly exceeds the objective quality of
their play.
My children taught me that I should be the one singing
and dancing, not just when my scorecard is below 80, not
Author Richard Hricik and family.
just after I make a great shot, but because I love them,
their mother and the game of golf.
my way of joining in since I use my musical talents as a
threat, threatening to sing if they don’t clear their plates On a tiny strip of land on the James River on a summer
afternoon, all of the passions of my world converged. I
or do as I say. You should see them move.
am blessed beyond measure.
So a few weeks ago we had our summer family vacation
in Williamsburg, Virginia. My wife is our family cruise
director and made all the arrangements. She informed me Until next time, play well.
that we would be staying at Kingsmill Resort and gave
me the green light to bring my golf clubs along because Richard is a golf enthusiast, local lawyer and part-time
she loves me and my passions. She’s a good woman. writer seeking publication of a novel about golf. Contact
She also told me that I should bring the kids’ clubs him at donseve@bellsouth.net. ©2010 Richard Hricik.
along because there is a little par 3 course there that
maybe we could all play as a family. She’s a really good
woman.
I expected the girls to
dismiss the idea when we
were there because there
were so many other activities
to choose from. I also didn’t
want to be disappointed so
I just resigned myself to the
idea that the only golf on
the trip would be played by
myself.
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8 September 3, 2010

Be Well Where should we put this?

Introducing the Wellness column Residents encouraged to bring
By Mary White comments to I-526 public hearings

T
his is the first of many “We’ll be there as long as there are people Comments, said Kinard, are just now
Wellness articles that wanting to speak,” said David Kinard, starting to pour in and they seem to
will appear bi-monthly Project Manager for the South Carolina be coming from all over the spectrum.
in The Island Connection. Department of Transportation. “There’s no one generealized point of view,”
Seabrook Island Wellness, In response to concern that island said Kinard. “Some say they love the new
located across from Seabrook residents might not be able to make the alternative and others say they don’t want
Town Hall at 1001 Landfall public hearings scheduled for the Mark anything at all. Still others are asking why
Way, is excited to share many Clark Expressway Draft Environmental we didn’t stay with the original plan.”
health tips and wellness Impact Study (DEIS) at Burke High The design team, said Kinard, is looking
alternatives for you, your School in downtown Charleston, three for specific concerns and issues so that
family, even your pets! Quite additional meetings have been scheduled they can be addressed specifically. Since
often, health conditions around the islands. Taking place on the design of the I-526 extension is still in
and concerns are not that Tuesday, September 7, at West Ashley High its conceptual stages, it can be adjusted,
complicated. If something is School; Wednesday, September 8, at James tweaked or moved to reduce impact and
“not that complicated,” how Island Charter High School; and Thursday, every comment is helpful.
September 9, at St. Johns High School, each Copies of the DEIS are available for
can it be that you experience
meeting will begin with a one-hour open public review at four Charleston County
chronic pain and your daily
house starting at 5 p.m. and move into a Public library branches including Main,
activities suffer? For example, formal presentation and public comment Johns Island, James Island, and West
“simple” dehydration is not a hearing at 6 p.m. Those wishing to speak Ashley.  Comments on the DEIS and
complicated concept, however at these meetings are encouraged to sign up Recommended Preferred Alternative can
the condition can cause before 6 p.m. and will be given two to three be also be made by clicking “Contact
many health hazards along minutes to speak and provide comments. Us”  on the project website (www.scdot.
with chronic pain.  We will “This is a really good opportunity for the org/i526), on the project hotline 1-888-
touch on many topics over public to talk with private team members MCE-I526, or by mail to SCDOT at PO
these remaining months in and get answers,” said Kinard. “We want Box 191, Columbia, SC 29202-0191.  The
your Wellness year. Send  us an email. What would you like to learn about with to make sure that we hear everyone’s two-month public comment period on
consideration to your health, wellness and alternatives that may be available for you? concerns and will be responding to written the DEIS and Recommended Preferred
Contact information is available at www.seabrookislandwellness.com. comments.” Alternative ends on September 30, 2010. 

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September 3
Friday, September 3
2nd Annual Lowcountry Jazz Festival
September 3-5 at the North Charleston
Performing Arts Center. Performers include
Spyro Gyra; saxophone journeyman Euge
Groove, formerly of Tower of Power; Paul
“Shilts” Weimar, former bandleader of Down
To The Bone; and noted Charleston jazz
musician Charlton Singleton. For more info,
visit www.lowcountryjazz.com or call (704)
534-4228.
Saturday, September 4
Junior Naturalist: Exploring
Barrier Islands
Our search for natural treasures at Kiawah’s
Beachwalker Park includes pulling a seine
net, digging for animals in the sand, and
exploring the maritime forest. Prepare to
get wet, sandy, and have a great time! These
programs are for children ages 8-12 and their
parents. A registered and paid chaperone is
required for participants ages 12 and under.
Advance registration required. 10:00a.m.-
1:30p.m. Course # 23585. Fee: $12.
Seabrook Island Yard Sale
From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of
Town Hall (2001 Seabrook Island Road).
The Seabrook Island Club will offer food and
drinks for sale, and all left over items will be
donated to Habitat for Humanity. This event
is open to the public.
Island Connection Calendar
Sunday, September 5
4th Annual Lowcountry Wine and Beer
The Annual Lowcountry Wine and Beer
Festival, sponsored by Barrier Islands Free
Medical Clinic, will offer an array of fabulous
wines from around the world, lowcountry
cuisine, fine craft beers, and jazz by the
Cobblestone Quartet. Freshfields Village
from 4:00 – 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 in
advance, $35 day of and may be purchased
at Freshfields Guest Services, Beachwalker
Rentals, Indigo Books, Kiawah Island Real
Estate, Resort Quest, Kiawah Town Hall,
Red Sky Grill, Red’s Ice House, Seabrook
Island Real Estate, New Moon Pizzeria and
Pub, and Schoen Ace Hardware
Monday, September 6
Tuesday of every month from 10 a.m. - 11:30
a.m.  The Bookmobile will be parked behind
Hege’s and Java Java. For more info, call
Guest Services at 768-6491.
Wednesday, September 8
Charleston Restaurant Week
September 8 - September 19. A three-course
meal will be $30 at fine dining restaurants
and $20 at casual dining restaurants.
More than 50 restaurants are expected to
participate. For more information, please visit
wwww.charelstonrestaurantweek.com.
Public hearing on I-526 extension
James Island Charter High School, 1000
Fort Johnson Road, James Island. Open
house from 5 to 6 p.m. with a formal
SINHG kicks off fall season
The Seabrook Island Natural History Group
begins its fall speaker program with Dr.
Denise Sanger of the South Carolina Sea
Grant Consortium, who will be presenting
a talk entitled “The Value and Health of our
Tidal Creeks.” The meeting will start with
refreshments at 7 p.m. and the talk will begin
at 7:30 p.m. Open to all Seabrook residents
and guests. For more info, visit www.sinhg.
org.
Friday, September 10
Charleston Area Therapeutic Riding
Annual Blue Ribbon Event
From 12 - 1 p.m. at the Francis Marion
Hotel.  Guest speaker Stacy L. Pearsall is
an award winning photographer who did
OPEN by Charleston Regional Alliance
for the Arts
This is a multi-disciplinary arts event, open
to the public, featuring an abundance of
artistic and cultural offerings in the tri-
county area. Come experience a cultural
marketplace of interactive arts booths
where you can buy tickets, memberships
and merchandise. 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at
Memminger Auditorium, 56 Beaufain St.
Downtown Charleston. For more info, visit
www.artscharleston.org or call 577-5288.
Auction at Family Thrift & Consignment
Every Saturday night at Family Thrift
& Consignment, located just past the
intersection of 17 and Main road. Furniture,
household items, antiques and treasures for
presentation on the history of the lights, then
leave McClellanville aboard the Island Cat
for a boat ride thru the Refuge waters, ending
with a walk to the lights on Lighthouse
Island. Call 928-3368 for more info or visit
www.seweecenter.fws.gov.
Tuesday, September 14
Day of Caring
Visit Trident United Way’s website for more
info at www.tuw.org.
Wednesday, September 15
Jimmy Keys, Comedian and Musician 
Jimmy Keys gives a high energy variety
show packed with comedy, visual musical
impressions and favorite Broadway wrapped
September 17
Sunset Blues and BBQ Cruises
For only $39.50 a ticket, guests can enjoy live
blues from Shrimp City Slim, Fiery Ron’s
Home Team BBQ buffet and a two-hour
harbor cruise aboard the Carolina Belle. The
trip leaves from the Maritime Center Dock
downtown. For more info, call (800) 979-3370
visit www.charlestonharbortours.com org.
Friday, September 17
Constitution Day
Mullet Hall Open Trail Ride
Bring your horse, camping gear, and supplies
for two nights of camping and trail riding
on 20 miles of beautiful, wooded trails.
September 17 - 19. Full restrooms and shower

Gardening by the Moon

Labor Day
11th Annual Wadmalaw Labor Day
From the Farmers’ Almanac
Festival and Parade
September 2010
Parade starts at Cherry Point Boat Landing at
3rd Seeds Planted Now Tend To Rot In Ground. 10 a.m. and ends at the Community Center
4th-5th Fine Planting Days For Fall Potatoes, Turnips, Onions, Carrots, Beets, on Katy Hill road. Vendor booths, Gospel
And Other Root Crops. Also Plant Seedbeds And Flower Gardens. singing, storytelling, music by Soul Daddy
6th-9th A Most Barren Period, Best For Killing Plant Pests Or Doing Chores and DJ Earthquake, and a performance
Around The Farm. by Adande Dance Co. of Charleston. All
10th-11th Good Days For Planting Peas, Beans, Tomatoes, Peppers, And Other proceeds go to the Wadmalaw Island Senior
Above Ground Crops In Southern Florida, Texas, And California. Excellent For Programs.
Sowing Grains, Hay, And Forage Crops. Plant Flowers.
12th-14th Excellent Time For Planting Above Ground Crops That Can Tuesday, September 7
Be Planted Now, Including Leafy Vegetables, Which Will Do Well. Start Charleston County Bookmobile
Seedbeds. The Charleston County Bookmobile will be
15th-16th Clear Fence Rows, Woodlots, And Fields, But Do No Planting. at Freshfields Village the first and third
17th-19th Any Above Ground Crops That Can Be Planted Now Will Do Well.
Johns Island R egional Library
Copyright Farmers’ Almanac 2010, www.farmersalmanac.com
3531 Maybank Highway
page
presentation at 6 p.m. More info is available three tours in Iraq, earning medals for heroic
at www.scdot.org/I526 or the Johns Island actions under fire.  Tickets are $70 pp. and
library. For additional info, contact program seating is limited. For more info, call 559-
manager David Kinard at (803) 737-1963.  6040 or visit www.catrfarms.org
Thursday, September 9 Seabrook Island Garden Club
In Live Oak Hall at The Lake House on
Jewish Rosh Hashanah/Feast of Trumpets
Seabrook Island. The business meeting
will start at 9:30 a.m. with snacks and
Public hearing on I-526 extension refreshments served at 9 a.m. Lindsay
St. Johns High School, 1518 Main Road,
Zellner, Landscape Supervisor for SIPOA,
Johns Island. Open house from 5 to 6 p.m.
will bring us up-to-date on Seabrook Island
with a formal presentation at 6 p.m. More
landscaping issues. The club meets the 2nd
info is available at www.scdot.org/I526 or
Friday of each month at 9 a.m.
the Johns Island library. For additional info,
contact program manager David Kinard at Saturday, September 11
(803) 737-1963.  help identify these spectacular birds. Advance
Patriot’s Day
Saturday Movie: Clash of the Titans (all be obtained from the Reference Desk for
ages) Saturday, September 11 at 2 p.m. check out while supplies last.
every taste. Preview begins at 6 p.m. and
auction starts at 7 p.m. 195 Main Road,
Johns Island. 475-8346 or 323-0721.
Sunday, September 12
Grandparent’s Day
Dog Day Afternoon
All dogs are invited to a pool party at North
Charleston’s Wannamaker County Park!
Large dogs are invited to enjoy the wave pool
and smaller dogs can take a dip in Otter
Bay. Tickets: $10 and advance purchase is
recommended. Noon – 5 p.m. Call 795-
4386 for more info.
Visit the Cape Romain Lighthouses
Meet at Sewee Center at 9 a.m. for a
Club Anime! (ages 12 – 19) Saturday,
around some of the most exciting piano
playing that you will ever witness!  7:30 p.m.
at the Turtle Point Clubhouse. Sponsored by
the Town of Kiawah Island Arts Council.
Tickets available at the Visitors Center
at Kiawah Island Town Hall for Kiawah
residents on August 27, and to the public on
September 1.
Thursday, September 16
Birding Trips - Sod Farm Shorebirds
View Pectoral, Buff-breasted, and Upland
Sandpipers, along with Horned Larks,
hawks, and other potential feathered visitors.
Ornithologist Perry Nugent will be along to
registration required. 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. Course
# 23573. Age: 16 & up. Fee: $21. For more
info, call 795-4386 or visit www.ccprc.com.
facilities available. Primitive camping free
of charge and limited hookups for $20/
night. Fee includes dinner Saturday evening,
breakfast Sunday morning, and admission to
the Harvest Festival on November 7. Meet
at Mullet Hall Equestrian Center on Johns
Island. To register or for more info, call 795-
4386 or visit our website at www.ccprc.com.
Fee: $35.
Basic Sailing Level I
Learn basic nomenclature and rigging/
derigging skills as well as safety skills. The
basics of tacking, jibbing, and docking will
be covered for dinghy sailing. The two-day
program will include a two-hour Friday
evening instructional session. Sunday morning
will be spent sailing in the Charleston Harbor.
Advance registration required. Sept. 17 & 19.
Meets at CCPRC Headquarters. Age: 16 &
up. Course # 23376. Fee: $122. For more info,
call 795-4386 or visit www.ccprc.com.

559-1945
Hours:
Monday – Thursday: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Friday & Saturday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Children’s Movie: The Spiderwick
Chronicles (ages 11 and younger)
Saturday, September 4 at 2 p.m.
a
Rated PG-13; 118 minutes. Check out
books to take home from our book
display. Sponsor: The UPS Store, 3575
Maybank Highway, John’s Island.
Big Trucks and More! (all ages)
Saturday, September 18 from 1 p.m. –
3 p.m. Join us for the 3rd annual Big
Book Explorers – Preschool Book Club
(ages 3 – 6) Friday, September 24 at 10:30
a.m.
Grand Family Resource Center
Meeting (all ages) Saturday, September
25 at 11 a.m. The GrandFamily grant
September 25 from 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Do you want to test your Anime
knowledge? If so, play edition five of the
Club Anime Jeopardy game before viewing
episodes of Casshern Sins. If not, watch
episodes of Black Blood Brothers instead.
Quilt Display: The Beginning

Rated PG; 97 minutes. Trucks and More Event to explore some provides the library with a collection of September 1 – 30
big trucks and tractors and even take a resources for caretakers who are actively The very first quilt made by local quilter
Club Anime! (ages 12 – 19) ride in the Berkeley Electric Company participating in raising grandchildren Earthalee McPherson is aptly named
Ta k e

Thursday, September 9 from 4 p.m. – 5:30
p.m. Time to Cosplay! Come dressed up as
one of your favorite Anime characters and
view episodes of D. Gray Man.
Bucket Truck!
Sea Islands Book Club (adults)
Tuesday, September 21 at 2 p.m.
Join us for a discussion of Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury. Copies of the book may
and other children in the community.
Please join us for an introduction to this
collection and a discussion about the
benefits to the community. Children are
welcome to participate in the Family
Storytime during the meeting.
The Beginning. Completed in 2006, this
beautifully designed quilt will be on display
in the library’s lobby. McPherson is a
member of Our Lady of Mercy Community
Outreach’s “Quilting Lives” group.
12
Feeling as Free as a Fish By Kristin Hackler
E
llison Smith IV, a Sullivan’s Island
resident who describes himself as “a
lawyer by profession and a fisherman
by trade,” is a true-blooded Charlestonian
who grew up with one foot in the marsh
and the other on a boat. A graduate of the
University of South Carolina with a major
in English, Ellison went into law mainly
so that he would be able to do two of his
life’s passions: fishing and writing.
“I have a room upstairs where time flies,
and I write,” Ellison smiled. Although he
was a prolific writer in his younger days,
Ellison’s job slowly began to take him away
from writing as a hobby and it wasn’t until
he was thinking about a present for his
granddaughter that he realized he hadn’t
really written anything outside of a few
short stories in almost 40 years.
“I promised myself that I would
publish a novel before I turned sixty,” said
Ellison, and he was true to his word. His
first work, a children’s book entitled The
Day the Pelican Spoke, was written for his
granddaughter and illustrated by an artist
from Arizona. Four years later, his first
novel went to print though a division of
Book Surge called Create Space, and it is
an eloquent rarity of coastal storytelling.
His book Free as a Fish follows the life
of young Jessie McLeod, who has just left
the house he grew up in after a series of
tragedies and scandals have torn his family
apart. The year is 1963, and with only
a duffel bag of clothes, an old Evinrude
boat motor and the vague knowledge of a
burgeoning love for fishing and the open
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sea, Jessie finds himself driving to a place
of fond childhood memories; Murrell’s
Inlet, South Carolina.
It’s here that Jessie finds himself and
embraces his true passion for the open
water. Moving from deck hand at Archie’s
Marina (based on the real Alex’s Marina
at Murrell’s Inlet) to becoming a mate for
the charter boat Renegade, Jessie learns
every aspect of the charter boat business,
from rigging bait to deboning mullet,
wrestling twenty-pound king mackerel
into fish boxes and cutting tangled fishing
lines from propellers in high seas. He
also learns about the rhythm of life along
the coast: the random patterns of creek
beds, the fickle patterns of fish, the art
of castnetting for shrimp and swinging a
flat iron to collect oysters, and the deep
long breaths of the tide as it changes from
season to season and moon to moon.
While much of the story is drawn from
Ellison’s own life, other sections, he said,
were stories he’s collected over the years
from a variety of individuals, most of whom
are blood-kin to the Lowcountry coast and
live the life of the sea. “I actually found
the first paragraph of the book in a stack
of old papers,” said Ellison. “I had written
it when I was twenty or twenty-one.” The
discovery of that literary memorabilia led
Ellison to remember other vignettes of
life along the coast which he had written
throughout the years. With these scraps
of script firmly in his mind, Ellison took
off for Murrell’s Inlet on his fifty-ninth
birthday and spent two days remembering
childhood summers spent on its vagrant
dirt roads and winding, sun-lit creeks.
It was there that he wrote the end of the
book.
“I had a beginning, parts of the middle
and the end,” smiled Ellison, and it took
less than six months for him to finish
weaving it all together. The end result is a
love story written in the pluff-mud blood
of the marsh, woven together with her
rushes and whispered in her languid, salty
breath. The reader can feel the throbbing
heat of the August sun on their back and
the dark, brackish waters swirling through
their toes. With Jessie, they watch the sun
dissolve into strips of deep orange and
heavy red as it slips behind the marshgrass,
and wake up to the dull gray of a new day
already damp with humidity, yet soothed
by a cool northeastern breeze.
Free as a Fish is a must-read for anyone
who has spent time along the Lowcountry
coast. For those who are just getting to
know her wayward charms, this book
teaches them that there is a rhythm to
coastal life and a reason for living separate
from the bustle of modern-day cities.
For those who have grown up in her
rivers, marshes and ocean, this book is
a celebration of the beauty and power of
living in the Lowcountry, and a nostalgic
glimpse into a time when all a person
really needed in life was a castnet, a boat
motor and an open mind.
Free as a Fish is available at www.
amazon.com and will soon be available in
local stores.
September 3, 2010
Jessie’s Wahoo Steak
with Local Tomato and Onion
excerpt from Free as a Fish, page 262-3
It was still light out and the sea breeze
was cooling things down. He laid a
charcoal fire in the old grill in the front
yard, lit it, and went inside. He took out
one of the wahoo steaks and cut it in half
and quickly marinated it in a mixture of
Italian dressing, lemon juice and ground
pepper. As the coals got ready he took a
quick shower, shaved and changed into
blue jeans and a clean t-shirt. He put some
new potatoes on to boil and took the fish
steak and a cold can of beer outside. He
put the grill over the white hot coals and
when it was good and hot, plopped the
fish on top and seared it on both sides. He
took a stick and pushed the coals to one
side, put the fish opposite them and went
back into the kitchen for a piece of tin
foil. On a whim he cut a couple of slices of
tomato and a big slice of onion and took
them outside with a fresh beer. He flipped
the fish over again and put the slice of
onion on it and topped that with the
tomatoes and made a tin foil tent to cover
it all. Then he sat on the front steps and
drank his beer and smoked a cigarette as
he watched the first starts begin to appear
in the southeast. When he lifted the tin
foil, the onion and tomatoes had melded
into each other and he could flake the fish
with his finger. He went inside and got
a plate, put some new potatoes drizzled
in butter on it, opened another can of
beer, picked up a fork and a paper napkin
and put the fish on his plate and ate at
the picnic table overlooking the marsh in
the light of the rising moon. It was, Jessie
decided as he ate the last forkful, a hell of
a good meal.
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KIAWAH ISLAND RECREATION: September 3 - September 16
For more details and reservations for the following activities, including times for Nature Tours, please visit www.kiawahrecreation.com or call the Heron
Park Nature Center at 768-6001. All activities are open to the public. Please remember that Night Heron Pool is for Resort Guests and Governors’ Club
Members only. Thank you for your cooperation. *Nature Tours available daily. Times are tide dependant.

Friday, September 3 Tuesday, September 7 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Craft Cove: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Kamp Kiawah KNO: Wizards & Family Craft: Mosaic Mania:
Kamp Kiawah: Fitness Friday: Turtle Tracks: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Witches: 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.; ages 5-11. 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.; Ages 5-11 Kiawah Book Exchange:
Pickup Games: Soccer:
Kamp Kiawah: Fitness Fun: 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.; Ages 3 & 4 Craft Cove: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Saturday, September 11 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Turtle Tracks: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Pickup Games: Basketball: Kamp Kiawah: A Pirate’s Life For Me:
Kiawah Book Exchange: 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.; ages 3-11 Thursday, September 16
8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Turtle Tracks: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Kamp Kiawah: The Sky’s The Limit:
Kamp Kiawah: Dinosaurs & Dragons: Wednesday, September 8 Kiawah Book Exchange: 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.; ages 3-11
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.; Ages 3-11 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Turtle Tracks: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Turtle Tracks: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Craft Cove: 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. Craft Cove: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Kiawah Book Exchange:
Kiawah Book Exchange:
Family Craft: Tye Dye: Family Craft: Tye Dye: 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Craft Cove: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Craft Cove: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Pickup Games: Volleyball: Pickup Games: Soccer: Family Craft: Tye Dye:
Family Craft: Mosaic Mania:
6 p.m. – 7 p.m. 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Kamp Kiawah KNO: Showtime!: Kamp Kiawah KNO: Sanctuary Splash Pickup Games: Basketball:
Pickup Games: Soccer:
6 p.m. - 9 p.m.; Ages 5-11 Bash: 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.; ages 5-11. 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
2 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Saturday, September 4 Thursday, September 9 Sunday, September 12

Kamp Kiawah: Goin’ On A Gator
Hunt: 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Ages 3-11
Turtle Tracks: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Pickup Games: Soccer: 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Craft Cove: 4 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Kamp Kiawah KNO: Sanctuary Splash
Bash: 6 p.m.-9 p.m.; Ages 5-11
Sunday, September 5
Kamp Kiawah: The Sky’s The Limit:
8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.;Ages 3-11
Turtle Tracks: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Pickup Games: Basketball:
2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Sunday Sundae’s with Rick Hubbard:
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Teen Night: Laser Tag:
9 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Monday, September 6
Turtle Tracks: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Pickup Games: Volleyball:
2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Turtle Tracks: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Kamp Kiawah: The Sky’s The Limit:
Pickup Games: Basketball:
8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.; ages 3-11
2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Turtle Tracks: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Craft Cove: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Family Craft: Tye Dye:
Monday, September 13
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Turtle Tracks: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Pickup Games: Basketball: Pickup Games: Volleyball:
2 p.m. – 3 p.m. 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Friday, September 10 Tuesday, September 14
Kamp Kiawah: Goin’ On a Gator Hunt: Turtle Tracks: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.; ages 3-11 Kiawah Book Exchange:
Turtle Tracks: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Kiawah Book Exchange: Craft Cove: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Pickup Games: Basketball:
Tot Time: 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Craft Cove: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Family Craft: Stepping Stones: Wednesday, September 15
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Turtle Tracks: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Ladies’ Afternoon: Kiawah Book Exchange:
1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Pickup Games: Volleyball:

“W
ow,“ I exclaim in a
hushed voice as my
son and I walk under
an enormous spider web. I point
to the large female spider holding
court in the center of her stately
web and hear a long, drawn out
“W...O...W” from my son. I
gently run my fingers along
one of the outer support
spindles, marveling at
its strength. We were
at the Night Heron
beach boardwalk,
walking through
what I like to call
the “bamboo
fore s t .”
Surely you know the place. It is perhaps one of the
best locations on the island to view these spectacular
spiders.
As summer wanes, the female Golden Silk spider
(Nephila clavipes) reaches maturity. Come fall, their
rusty golden bodies will grow to lengths spanning
the palm of my hand. The smaller males present in
webs from July to September leave the females to
complete the task of bringing their offspring into the
world. You will notice her hard work if you find the
egg cases made to house hundreds of baby spiders.
Look for small, tan, paper-like sacs about the size
of a nickel and spun with golden silk. I see them
most commonly near the female’s web, spun close to
vegetation.
The female’s golden silk is where this spider gets
its common name. When constructing a web, she
can actually adjust this golden pigment to suit her
web site, allowing for maximum camouflage. Since
their diet consists of a wide variety of flying insects,
they position their webs in such a way as to take
advantage of insect flight paths. For humans, this
advantageous location translates into somewhat of a
warning when biking along paths with overhanging
trees. It also means these spiders are doing a world of
good by feasting on ‘pesky’ insects. Like all spiders,
Golden Silk spiders are venomous. However, a bite
from one is much less intense than a common bee
sting and should therefore not be considered harmful
to humans.
Finally, I’d like to share a small note found in
my field guide regarding the genus name Nephila.
Its roots are Ancient Greek and means “fond of
spinning.” I would encourage you to notice these
enormous, strong, golden webs. Undoubtedly, you
will find that its maker is certainly fond of spinning
and fairly meticulous with her web maintenance.

Golden Silk spiders About the Author: Jennifer is a Naturalist with the
Kiawah Island Nature Program. To contact her with
comments, questions, or personal stories, email her at
By Jennifer Barbour Jennifer_Barbour@kiawahresort.com.

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Recipes of the Month Kiawah kicks off fall Arts season
By Helen Legare, Legare Farms
Provided by Stephanie Braswell
I’m going to share two recipes this month. I had planned on an okra recipe since
T
okra is still very plentiful this time of year, but I also have red rice on my mind, so he Kiawah Island Arts Council
here are recipes for both: can’t wait to fling open the doors
on their 2010/11 arts season.
Okra Patties With performances and lectures ranging
¼ pound okra, sliced thin from comedy to jazz to modern ballet and
1 medium tomato, chopped everything in between, this year’s lineup
½ medium onion, chopped is ready to show you some amazing works
1 egg of art that have never been seen before
milk (about 1/3 cup)
on the islands, as well as familiar acts of
flour which past attendees haven’t been able to
salt and Pepper
get enough. All performances are free and
shortening open to the public. Ticket release dates will
be announced with each performance and
Combine okra, tomatoes and onion. Add beaten egg and about 1/3 cup of milk.
are available to be picked up at Kiawah
Add flour until mixture is of pancake batter consistency. Melt shortening in skillet
Town Hall, located at 21 Beachwalker Dr.,
and cook batter as you would a pancake. Serve hot.
Kiawah Island. For more information, visit
www.kiawahisland.org or call 768-9166.
Red Rice
5 slices bacon, chopped
1 onion, chopped Jimmy Keys - Comedian and Musician    composer Yanni  during his 2003-2004
1 (16oz.) can tomatoes Wednesday, September 15, at the Turtle
long grain white rice Point Clubhouse
salt and pepper Show starts at 7:30 p.m.
sugar Comedian and Musician Jimmy Keys
gives a high-energy variety show packed
Cook bacon in a medium-size heavy saucepan until done. Saute onions until soft. with comedy, visual musical impressions
Add canned tomatoes. Use the can to measure 2/3 can (to the top set of ridges) and favorite Broadway acts wrapped
of rice and 1/3 can water. Add mixtures together and bring to a boil. Lower heat around some of the most exciting piano
immediately and add a generous amount of salt and pepper and a half teaspoon of playing that you will ever witness!  Keys
sugar. Stir and cover. Cook over low heat for approximately one hour, stirring with has been compared to a cross between
a fork every 10 minutes. Rice should be firm and dry and not crunchy. Elton John and Robin Williams, making
Legare Farms is located at 2620 Hanscombe Point Road, just off of River Road on his show a unique and highly entertaining
Johns Island. For more information, visit www.legarefarms.org or call 559-0763. musical and comedy act.  He has opened
for major headliners including Willie
Nelson, Tom Jones, Wynona Judd, and
Huey Lewis & the News.  Jimmy has lived
Tide C h a r t
Se p t e m be r 3 t h ru Se p t e m be r 16
Date High Tide
Sep 3 3:25 am/4:08pm
Sep 4 4:33am/5:13pm
Sep 5 5:38am/6:13pm
Sep 6 6:39am/7:09pm
Sep 7 7:37am/8:02pm
Sep 8 8:32am/8:53pm
Sep 9 9:26am/9:43pm
Sep 10 10:19am/10:33pm
Sep 11 11:12 am/11:23pm
Sep 12 12:07pm
Sep 13 12:14 am/1:03pm
Sep 14 1:09am/2:01pm
Sep 15 2:05am/3:01pm
Sep 16 3:04am/4:00pm
Hurricanes, storms, etc., are NOT included in the predictions.
Tidal current direction changes and tide time predictions can be
very different. Tide predictions are PREDICTIONS; they can be
wrong so use common sense
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and worked in over a dozen countries,
entertaining thousands of people of many
nationalities. Tickets for this performance
are currently available to both Kiawah
Island property owners and the general
public at Kiawah Town Hall.
The Michelle Amato Quintet 
Thursday, October 14, at the Turtle
Point Clubhouse
Show starts at 7:30 p.m.
 Michelle Amato is a dynamic vocalist
performing traditional, contemporary
and Brazilian jazz.  She has performed
and recorded with many famous artists
including Liza Minelli,  Al Green,  Jon
Secada,  and  Donna Summer.  She has
also performed with world renowned
 
Ethnicity tour,  and her  solo work can be
heard on both the CD of that tour and
on the “ Yanni Live” DVD.   Michelle
has been a featured soloist with the
Memphis Symphony, The South Florida
Pops, the Baton Rouge Symphony, The
Florida West Coast Symphony and the
Orlando Philharmonic.  She received her
Master’s Degree from the University of
Miami School of Music and she currently
teaches at the University of North Florida. 
Tickets are available to Kiawah Island
property owners on September 27, 2010,
and to the general public on September
30, 2010, at Kiawah Town Hall.
Low Tide
9:36am/ 10:36pm
10:42am/11:36pm
11:45am
12:32am/12:45pm
1:24am/1:42pm
2:14am/2:37pm
3:03am/3:31pm
3:51am/4:24pm
4:39am/5:17pm
5:28am/6:12pm
6:19am/7:08pm
7:14am/8:07pm
8:12am/9:07pm
9:13am/10:05pm
Source: saltwatertides.com
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Seabrook Island Storage

Announcement
All items at the storage slips/bays at the Seabrook Island Club
MUST BE RE-REGISTERED by October 1, 2010
or they will be sold or disposed of. 

Please contact Engineering at (843) 768-7545

or by e-mail at jwilcox@discoverseabrook.com
to obtain a new form.
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Walk a mile in culture
Charleston welcomes back Museum Mile Weekend
T
his coming September 25 and
26, the cultural sites along
Charleston’s Museum Mile will
come together for the second annual
Museum Mile Weekend.  A single pass
allows admission to thirteen sites along
and around Meeting Street in historic
downtown Charleston.  Around the
one-mile section of Meeting Street,
visitors can discover six museums,
five nationally important historic
houses, four scenic parks and a
Revolutionary War powder magazine.
Many of the cultural institutions will
also offer special programs during
Museum Mile Weekend. The Weekend
Pass is only $20 for adults and $10 for children
12 and under. If purchased separately, adult
admission for the participating sites would
be over $100 for adults and $50 for children.
Museum Mile Weekend passes are available at
www.charlestonsmuseummile.org and  at all
Charleston Visitor Center locations including the
downtown location at 375 Meeting Street and in
Mount Pleasant at 99 Harry Hallman Blvd.  Online
purchasers will receive their passes in the mail.
Passholders will show their passes and participating venues
will be checked off at admission.  Passholders
who do not see everything they want to see
on Saturday, can return for the rest
of the attractions on Sunday.  For
more information, visit www.
charlestonsmuseummile.org or call
722-2996 x235.
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Bishop Gadsden goes pajamas!
184 Pairs of pajamas raise more than $750
Provided by Bishop Gadsden
B
ishop Gadsden, the southeast’s leading continuing care retirement
community, held a Pajama Drive during the week of August 9 as a part
of its August Generous Spirit Program. The drive was in support of the
Charleston Chapter of the Pajama Program, a non-profit organization which
coordinates with other area non-profits such as HALOS, Crisis Ministries,
Lowcountry Orphanage Relief and many others, in an effort to provide in-
need children with clean pajamas.
This was the second time in the past three years that Bishop Gadsden has
supported the Pajama Program and to help increase donations and support, the
Bishop Gadsden community held a “Jammin for Jammies” Talent Show. Staff
and residents alike displayed their unique talents, from singing to performing
on the banjo to a synchronized swimming performance (without water). All
enjoyed the event and hope to make it an annual performance.
“Bishop Gadsden is proud to continue its support of local non-profits, and
when you can match a great cause with people’s desire to give, the results
are wonderful,” states Kimberly M. Farfone, Bishop Gadsden’s Director of
Development and Public Relations.
September’s Generous Spirit Program for Bishop Gadsden will be an Oyster
Restoration Program with DNR for Trident United Way’s Day of Caring.
For more
information about
Bishop Gadsden,
visit www.
bishopgadsden.
org or call (800)
373-2384. Bishop
Gadsden is located
off Camp Road on
James Island.
(l to r) Residents Chance Scrantom, Happy Crow and Phyllis Miller
among the donations.
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Summer wrap-up
Kiawah’s Sandcastle hosted
serveral fun activities during
the long, hot days of summer,
including barbeques, arts &
crafts and pool games. Check
in with the Sandcastle to find
out what great activities they
will be hosting for Kiawah
residents this fall!

photos by jessica richardson

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