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VOL 18 • ISSUE 4 • APRIL, 2015
2015 Gala Provided Good Times
and Protected Green Space
Salt Marsh Phase !! page 3
Turtle Patrol Season
Begins - page 8
PHOTOS BY MARY BETH JOYCE
Another Gala sellout!
Seabrook Wild
Things - page 9
Cherie and Wayne Gadberry share a laugh with Sharon Porter (center)
Island Notices
page 15
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tive “heads and tails” game. These
contributions mean more land to be
preserved by the Seabrook Island
Green Space Conservancy.
Sharon Carter coordinated the
event with her co-chair Cookie Byczek. In addition to the conservancy’s board of directors, the hardworking gala committee included
Jody Garvey, Tina Mayland, Pat
Quigley, and Nancy and Rick Wair.
President Kevin Garvey began
the evening by announcing that last
year’s gala funds allowed the conservancy to purchase a lot on Old Oak
Walk. With numerous exceptional
contributions this year, our outlook
for 2015 is certainly exciting. Several properties are currently being
evaluated for purchase as they are
judged by their visual and natural
impact for all two legged and four
legged residents and visitors.
We hope that Seabrookers will
thank the many donors and patronize their businesses as listed on our
website (www.sigsc.org) and in the
auction catalog. Also a big thank
you to all of the individuals who
purchased auction items and helped
raise thousands for Seabrook’s benefit. And lastly, thank you to the
many volunteers who worked sun
up to sun down to provide an incredible event to be remembered. Now
rest!▲
Seabrook Island Club Golf Courses Among Best in South Carolina
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The Seabrook Island community
rose to the occasion once again by
generously contributing to the conservation of green space through
the annual Gala. Seabrookers
bought out the gala seats in record
time this year and then continued
the pattern by bidding generously
in silent and live auctions, buying
“bits of green” with a chance at a
case of fine wine, purchasing “turtle
nest” bags and paying to play an ac-
Karen Gibler (L) and Kathy Maher (R) congratulate Betty Burns on her winning bid
as co-chair Cookie Byczek looks on
Ocean Winds and Crooked Oaks, the SC Golf Course Ratings Panel ranked the two Seabrook Island Club golf courses among the top 30
“best you can play” golf courses in South Carolina. The panel is made up of over 100 media, golfers and golf business members
from across the state. The Club’s courses were part of six Charleston area courses chosen by the panel.
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CAP’N SAM EDISTO
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Lynda and Paladin qualify
CONGRATULATIONS LYNDA FOX
Seabrook Island resident Lynda Fox received a qualifying score for dressage regionals in last month’s horse show
at Mullet Hall. Lynda’s first experience with riding was
only five years ago when she started taking lessons from
Charles Hairfield at the Seabrook Island Equestrian Center.
Lynda’s horse Paladin is now stabled at a dressage barn on
Johns Island, but will be moving to the Seabrook facility in
June.▲
Dear Cap’n Sam,
The March edition of The
Seabrooker contains a letter from
an irate member complaining
about the comparisons of a dissenting video. I have not seen,
and probably won’t see the subject video, but I cannot understand why the lack of eloquence is
more important than the implied
substance. Everyone who lives
on Seabrook Island is aware that
neither the Club nor the POA
have true elections. The candidates, certainly volunteers and
well meaning, are interviewed
and then selected by a very small
nominating committee. The cre-
dentials necessary for selection
have never been written down and
distributed to all the property owners.
After this culling process the
number of positions available
are filled by only the candidates
deemed acceptable to the nominating committee. The other potential
candidates are not even named
publically. You can also get on the
ballot by petition but the likelihood
of election without the Boards endorsement is remote. So when the
ballots are printed and sent to every member there is a certain fait
accompli to the process. I suspect
that the video was implying that
our procedure is not truly democratic and it does not insult the
sincerity or workmanship of any
past board members, only the process in which they were chosen.
Choosing to charge to the defense
of past board members infers an
unusual sense of vulnerability.
Sincerely:
Larry Wiessmann
2712 Seabrook Island Road
Johns Island, S.C. 29455
Dear Cap’n Sam,
For the past seven years I
have had the privilege of being
Seabrook Island’s “Carnivore
Chronicler.” As of May 1, I will be
stepping down and passing the job
to Joe Stevenot.
The wildlife reporting system
was initiated by Scott Wallinger
ten years ago. He displayed bobcat
and fox sightings by placing colored dots on a very large map in
the sipoa office. When I took over,
that system was just beginning to
become unwieldly. So I initiated
the monthly electronic wildlife
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said the units now under construction will be finished in time for
the Thanksgiving/Christmas holidays. Phase II will complete the
63-unit Salt Marsh project. Phase
1, consisting of 25 town homes,
sold out in 2014.
Phase II at Salt Marsh is part
of the strong build-out that is taking place on Seabrook. Housing
in all stages of construction can
be seen all over the Island. There
have been more than 50 building
permits issued over the past three
years for new homes. And of the
2600 properties (including villas)
on Seabrook, only about 400 undeveloped lots remain. That’s a buildout currently at 85%.
Seabrook Island Real Estate
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flooring and cabinet colors.
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Real Estate, 843.421.6360 or
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CAP’N SAM EDISTO
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maps and the annual wildlife summary.
My successor, Joe Stevenot,
is a very enthusiastic “Wildlife
Watcher” and prefers that title to
the “Carnivore Chronicler” title I
gave myself. We’ve been working
together to ensure a smooth transition. So on May 1, it’s farewell
Carnivore Chronicler and welcome Wildlife Watcher!
Unfortunately a software glitch
caused problems with the wildlife
reporting form at sipoa.org during
the first three weeks of March. If
you sent, or tried to send, a report
during that time, please resend it
because it wasn’t received.
Thank you, Seabrookers, for all
your support and for all the wildlife reports and excellent photographs. It’s been a fun seven years!
Lynda Fox
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Johns Island Farmers Market’s Eat Local Month Activities
Saturday Year Round Market Excited to Launch Fun Themes
Homegrown Johns Island Farmers Market will celebrate April as
“Eat Local Month” in a number
of ways. Charleston’s only year
round market is open every Saturday rain or shine from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. at 3546 Maybank Highway.
The goal of the market is to be a
one-stop shop to satisfy everything
on a shopping list sourced locally
and sustainably while also educating the community, establishing
connections, and helping to shift
lives in a loving, greener direction.
The goal of Eat Local Month is
to help people shift a percentage of
their spending to local sources and
businesses for their food consumables. Lowcountry Local First is
offering an “Eat Local Challenge”
that anyone can sign up for as a
month long challenge to eat local
food, and Johns Island Farmers
Market is thrilled to be a place to
help consumers do so.
Johns Island Farmers Market
makes this easy by offering goods
that range from organically grown
local produce, freshly baked
breads & pastries, sweet treats,
organic eggs, starter chickens
for pets and their organic feed,
organic herbs and spices, olives
& olive oil, all natural pet food,
all natural nut butters, and even
pizza sauce sourced from local ingredients. Other vendors include
kosher honey, pasture raised beef
and pork, free range chicken,
cheese and milk, pickled products,
jams & jellies, handcrafted pastas,
vegan fermented foods, and heirloom hydroponic tomatoes. An
array of prepared food is available
each week such as food trucks,
kettle corn, Baguette Magic, and
the Coffee Cabana to satisfy any
breakfast or lunch cravings.
The Johns Island market is
launching many new offerings in
April that will provide extra inspiration for the community to join in
and take the Eat Local Challenge:
• Starting APRIL 4th - Weekly All
Ages & Any Level Yoga Teachings
of Cody Elisabeth O’Dowd with La
Joya Wellness from 11am-12pm!
• APRIL 4th - Local Farm Animal
Petting Zoo sponsored by Jeremiah Farm & Goat Dairy and Awaken Charleston!
• April 18th - Nutrition Education
& Cooking Demos with Clemson
Extension! Come learn how to put
together nutritious meals sourced
completely from the market! Formally called the Expanded Food
and Nutrition Education Program,
it focuses on helping families and
youth improve dietary intake by
becoming familiar with food re-
source skills and nutrition practices. Participants increase their
ability to select and buy food that
meet their nutritional needs and
gain new skills in food preparation, food storage, and food safety.
Everything demonstrated will be
able to be sourced from the Johns
Island Farmers Market.
• April 18th - Magnolia Garden
Club of Johns Island Spring Plant
Sale!
• April 25th - Charleston Antique
Tractor Show with meet and greet,
demos, and live interaction!
Founders Frasier Block and
Blue Laughters hope the word
and excitement will spread about
these offerings to draw a consistent following of local people who
believe in buying what they can
from fresh, local sources before
commercial stores. Their goal for
the Johns Island Farmers Market’s Eat Local Month is to not
only strengthen our local econo-
my, but also enrich the health and
lifestyles of countless citizens.
On top of these special offerings, the market features a permanent bounce house for kids by
Bounce Moms and local live musicians every week. “We want this
to be a place to spend every Saturday relaxing in the field, eating
good food, listening to live music,
meeting new people, and of course
shopping for the weekly local groceries,” added Block.
To accommodate the growing
number of shoppers, additional
free convenient parking has been
added in an expanded field adjacent to the market.
For more information regarding Homegrown Johns Island
Farmers Market, please visit www.
johnsislandfarmersmarket.com,
on Facebook www.facebook.com/
HomeGrownFarmersMarket or
Twitter @HomegrownJIFM. ▲
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THE
AGAIN
Many thanks to all of you who’ve said you like TWO AGAIN.
Now, I want YOUR recipes – that’s what this column will be
about – food served on Seabrook and the people who cook it.
Send recipes to Adelaide Wallinger @ [email protected]
Lisa and Frank Cermak
Neighbors to
Know
Islands, big and small, with a dash
of tranquil mountains on the side, have
figured in the life story of Lisa and
Frank Cermak.
Married for almost 49 years, their
romance began on Long Island, New
York, where they both grew up. They
met at Bayside High School when Lisa
was 15 and Frank was 16. Frank was
smitten by Lisa’s red hair and Lisa
thought Frank was the handsomest
boy in the Junior Class. Who knew
they would end up on Seabrook Island
a half century later?
Following high school, Frank went
to Lafayette College, then all men, in
Easton Pennsylvania and Lisa went to
Beaver College, all women (now Arcadia University), in Glenside Pennsylvania. Lisa’s father wasn’t sure where
to send tuition, because Lisa spent
as much time in Easton as she did in
Glenside!
Frank majored in Mechanical Engineering, receiving his degree in 1965,
and continued his education at Lehigh
University, earning an MBA. He also
has an ABD in International Marketing from Pace University in New York.
Lisa graduated as an English major
with a minor in Theatre in 1966 and
didn’t continue her formal education
until her late 40s, when she returned
to academia at Columbia University in
New York, receiving her Masters in
Administration.
Frank spent 40 plus years in the
publishing industry, starting in finance
with John Wiley and Sons and moving
to executive positions with the Times
Mirror Corporation and Doubleday &
Company among others.
He concluded his career as President of The Kraus Organization Ltd., a
multi- divisional publishing enterprise.
During his career, he worked with
many well-known authors representing several different fields. One of his
favorite pieces of memorabilia is a letter from Forrest Gump (ghostwritten
by author Winston Groom) thanking
him for his contributions in getting
Forrest’s story published.
In 1992, Frank was asked by a colleague if he could act as an agent for
a friend in seeking to get a manuscript
published. Finding no interest from
many major publishers, Frank suggested they publish the title themselves. They formed their own company, edited and designed the book
and published “Where Angels Walk”
authored by Joan Wester Anderson.
The title went on to become ranked
Number One on the hardcover religious best seller list and was published
in 15 languages. It was published in
paperback by Ballantine Books, was a
special publication of Guideposts and
was issued as an audio book. Eventually, more than one million copies were
sold worldwide and it is still in print today.
Frank maintains the title has validated the existence of angels as The
Library of Congress catalogued the
title as non-fiction -- similar to the post
office’s proving the existence of Santa
Claus by delivering his mail to a court
room in the movie “Miracle on ThirtyFourth Street”.
Lisa began her career teaching creative dramatics to students in Lower,
Middle and Upper Schools, at Portledge School, an independent Day
School in Locust Valley, Long Island.
After 15 years as Chair of the Performing Arts Department, she was appointed Director of the Lower School and
spent the next 20 years in that position.
Upon moving full time to Seabrook
six years ago, she worked for Charleston County, evaluating Elementary
and Middle Schools in the district until
the program was discontinued.
Lisa and Frank discovered Seabrook
while visiting Charleston for a House
and Garden Tour and bought property
here in 2006 intending to build. The
beauty of the Island, its proximity to
Charleston, a destination city appealing to their friends and family, made
this the place they wanted to call home.
Coming here after living in New
York for over 60 years and knowing no
one in the South might present some
challenges, but the warmth and friendliness of the Seabrook community allowed them to quickly make many new
friends.
After already having rebuilt their
Long Island house after a major fire,
and converting and expanding their
Vermont cottage (in Glover, 25 miles
from the Canadian border) to a yearround home, they decided that building long distance while they were still
working wasn’t really what they wanted to do.
They were lucky enough to find
their current home on Baywood Drive,
purchasing it in 2008 and moved to
Seabrook full time after they both retired in 2009.
Since arriving here, they have been
involved in several Island activities,
with Frank participating in both Club
and POA committees: the ARC, Sense
of Place, Long Range Planning as well
as both the POA and Club Finance
committees. Currently he is President
of the Seabrook Island Natural History
Group (SINHG).
Lisa is a past president of the
Seabrook Island Garden Club and was
a member of the POA Newcomers
Committee, the Social Committee of
the Club and currently serves on the
Safety and Security Committee of the
POA. She is also on the Membership
Committee for the Club and a member
of the Exploring Books Club.
Lisa and Frank both enjoy reading,
antiquing, traveling, giving dinner parties, and spending time with their family. Son Adam lives in Colorado with
his wife Melissa and two redheaded
grandsons, Aiden (12) and Carter (8).
Son Noah and his wife Lindsay live in
the Berkshires in Massachusetts with
6-month old granddaughter Ella.
Frank gave Lisa a beautiful vintage
handmade quilt of Canadian maple
leaves 35 years ago and Lisa became
fascinated by the artistry of the piece.
Since then, she has collected more
than 50 vintage quilts, many with intricate stitching and traditional designs
including Log Cabin, Schoolhouse,
Dresden Plates and Crazy quilts. Her
favorite is a friendship quilt that she
bought at a Vermont country auction with signatures of the wonderful ladies who created the quilt in the
1930s. Many in Lisa’s collection come from
Vermont, where she goes to as many
auctions as possible during their summers there. Unfortunately, that very
first quilt of maple leaves was almost
completely destroyed in a devastating
house fire in 1994. Lisa salvaged two
pieces of it (despite the burn marks
on the back) and still prizes the fond
memory of the quilt that first caught
her imagination.
About the fire: In 1993, Lisa and
Frank moved from their home of 27
years to a 100-year-old farmhouse with
a three-story barn perfect for storing
their many antiques in Huntington,
Long Island.
The following year, three days after Christmas, a major fire caused by
a faulty electrical system, destroyed
most of the house and many of their
favorite collections. Luckily, they were
able to salvage almost all of their photographs, much of their artwork and
the Wedgwood china!
After watching the condemned sign
go up on the door and shedding many
tears, they moved into a trailer on their
property and spent a year watching
first the gutting of the inside of the
house, and then the rebuilding, leaving
them with a 100- year old house with all
new “guts”.
Moving back in almost a year later
on the day before Christmas, they
were finally able to enjoy their almost
new home. Fifteen years later, they
found Seabrook and started the next
part of their lives.
Lisa and Frank feel they have the
best of both worlds: Spending lovely
winter months on Seabrook and then
escaping to Vermont during the steamy
summers. They both enjoy spending
time in the kitchen, a newfound pleasure of Frank’s, who is a special fan of
Ina Garten!
These recipes are classics that you’ll
want to use often – not at all complicated, they make a great presentation for
family and company gatherings.
A favorite breakfast for the Cermak
family has always been JAX’S EASY
PEASY PANCAKES. Lisa’s father,
Jax, was the family cook when she was
growing up and the weekends were always special. Jax’s many contributions
in the kitchen were always simple as
this one certainly is!
JAX’ EASY PEASY PANCAKES
Mix equal amounts of Bisquick
and milk (any percentage milk. Lisa
has even used heavy cream when
she has some left over!) One cup
each of Bisquick and milk makes
enough pancakes for two. Blend until
smooth. Add blueberries if desired. Do not
add any eggs! Cook pancakes on a
griddle and serve with warm syrup
(best if it’s Pure Vermont Maple Syrup,
of course), a pat of butter and crisp bacon.
When Lisa was newly married, she
was given this simple recipe for COQ
AU VIN. She has continued to serve
this dish for almost 50 years and it always gets raves.
COQ AU VIN
8 pieces bacon, crisp
4-6 boneless chicken breasts
Flour for dredging
1 dozen small mushrooms
2 small onions per person
1 medium onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves
5 tablespoons flour
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp pepper
½ tsp thyme
3 cups burgundy
1½ cups chicken broth
Fry bacon until crisp. Wrap in foil
and save for later. Dry chicken and
flour and sauté it in bacon fat. Sauté
mushrooms and small onions per person (add some butter if needed). Sauté
chopped onion and garlic cloves. Remove from pan and reserve.
Add to the pan the remaining fat,
five tablespoons flour (add a little broth
or some extra butter if lumpy), salt,
pepper and thyme. Stir and return to
heat. Stir until flour browns. Add burgundy and chicken broth, stirring until
smooth and bringing to a boil.
Remove to casserole. Add reserved
chicken and vegetables and refrigerate
overnight. Bake, covered, at 400 for
one hour. Crisp bacon in foil pouch
while chicken is cooking, and top casserole with it. Serve with wild rice,
peas, salad and bread.
Birthday dinners always have to be
special and BEEF WELLINGTON certainly fills the bill at the Cermak house.
BEEF WELLINGTON
Filet of Beef (get the butcher to clean
and tie it for you)
1 package prepared Pillsbury Pie Crust
2 tablespoons cognac
6 slices bacon
6 ounces pâté de foie gras or chicken
liver pate (mousse consistency)
3-4 truffles (I use mushrooms)
1 egg, lightly beaten
Preheat oven to 450. Rub meat with
cognac and salt. Lay bacon over top of
beef. Place meat on rack in hot oven
and roast for 15 minutes. Remove from
oven and reduce heat to 425. Discard
bacon. Spread pate on top and sides of
meat.
Sink truffles or mushrooms in a
line along the top of the filet. Wrap and
shape the pastry like a package around
the meat, sealing with the beaten egg.
Be sure to wrap seam-side down. Remove the roasting rack and lightly
grease bottom of roasting pan.
Bake NO MORE than 30 minutes,
until pastry is lightly browned. Serve
with Madeira Sauce, sautéed small red
potatoes, haricots verte and a crisp red
wine.
MADEIRA SAUCE (1 ¾ cups)
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
½ pound mushrooms, cleaned and
halved
4 teaspoons flour
1 cup beef broth
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon minced chives
3 tablespoons sweet Madeira wine
Melt butter in a heavy skillet over
moderate heat. Add mushrooms and
sauté until golden, 3-4 minutes. Push
to side of pan, blend in flour, slowly
stir in broth and cook, stirring, until
thickened. Add remaining ingredients,
cook, and stir 3-5 minutes more. Serve
with Beef Wellington.
Frank’s favorite salmon recipe is
from Ina Garten. Even those who don’t
care for fish usually gobble this up.
HERB ROASTED SALMON
1 (2-2 ½) pound skinless salmon fillet
Kosher salt and fresh ground
black pepper
¼ cup olive oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice
½ cup minced scallions
(green and white parts)
½ cup minced fresh dill
½ cup minced fresh parsley
¼ cup dry white wine
Lemon wedges
Preheat oven to 425. Place salmon in
roasting pan and season with salt and
pepper. Whisk together lemon juice
and olive oil and drizzle over salmon.
Let stand at room temperature for 15
minutes. Mix together dill, scallions
and parsley. Cover the salmon with the
herb mixture, turning so both sides
are coated with herbs.
Pour the wine around the fish. Roast
for 10-15 minutes (Frank usually lets it
roast for 20 minutes as he likes it a little
better done). Remove from oven, cover
fillet and let rest for 10 minutes. Serve
with a green salad dressed with light
vinaigrette.
Lisa once had a disaster with the
next dish, but with a little practice, was
able to be successful!
FRUIT STUFFED LOIN OF PORK
(Serves 8 to 10)
4 pounds boneless pork loin roast,
slit for stuffing (I sometimes use
two pork tenderloins instead).
1 cup pitted prunes (this is where
I made my mistake – make SURE
they are pitted!)
1 cup dried apricots
1 garlic clove (sliced thin)
1 stick sweet butter, softened
1 tablespoon dried thyme
1 cup Madeira wine
1 tablespoon molasses
Preheat oven to 350. Push the dried
fruits into the pocket of the roast (or, if
using two tenderloins, layer the meat,
then the fruit, and top with the second
tenderloin). Make deep slits in the top
of the meat and push garlic slices into
the slits.
Tie roast if using only one. (You
will not need to tie it if you use two, as
they will stay together). Season with
salt and pepper. Smear the butter over
the roast. Mix molasses and the wine,
and pour over the meat. Roast for 1½
hours (about 20 minutes per pound)
and baste often.
When done, let roast rest for about
15 minutes. Slice and spoon pan drippings over meat. Serve with Pureed
Broccoli with Crème Fraiche.
PUREED BROCCOLI WITH
CRÈME FRAICHE
(Serves six)
2 bunches of broccoli, trimmed and
chopped, including stems
1 cup Crème Fraiche
4 tablespoons sour cream
2/3 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
½ teaspoon grated nutmeg
½ teaspoon black pepper
salt to taste
2 tablespoons sweet butter
Preheat oven to 350. Chop broccoli, reserving 8 small flowerets for
garnish. Cook the entire broccoli, including the flowerets, in boiling salted
water until tender, about eight minutes. Drain well. Remove flowerets and
reserve. Put chopped broccoli in food
processor, adding crème fraiche and
puree thoroughly. Remove from processor, and stir in sour cream, Parmesan, nutmeg, pepper and salt to taste.
Mix well.
Place in casserole dish, dot with butter and bake 25 minutes until steaming
hot. Garnish with reserved flowerets
and serve as soon as possible.
Any meal is better with a good dessert. These work with all of the entrees
suggested above.
GRASSHOPPER PIE
Graham Cracker crust
(baked according to directions)
1 square bitter chocolate
24 large marshmallows
1 ½ cups heavy cream
½ cup milk
5 tablespoons crème de menthe
5 tablespoons crème de cacoa
Semisweet chocolate for decoration
Spread square of melted bitter
chocolate on bottom of crust (before
crust is completely cool). If you like a
sweeter pie, omit the chocolate. It will
still be delicious! Let all cool.
Put marshmallows and milk in top
of double boiler and melt. Cool. Beat
cream until stiff. Carefully fold liqueurs
into cream and add to milk/marshmallow mixture. Pour into piecrust. Grate
some semisweet chocolate over top of
pie for decoration. Refrigerate until the
pie is firm.
LEMON MOUSSE
(Serves four)
4 large eggs
2/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup fresh lemon juice
1 cup heavy cream, well chilled
Stir together eggs, sugar and lemon
juice and cook over medium low heat,
stirring constantly until slightly thickened (about two minutes). Raise heat
to medium and continue cooking, stirring constantly until thick, about five
minutes.
Strain through a fine sieve into a
metal bowl. Cover pudding with waxed
paper pressing it directly onto the surface of the mixture. Refrigerate until
well chilled, about 45 minutes. Whip
heavy cream in a metal bowl until soft
peaks form. Fold cream gently into
lemon mixture. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30
minutes. Spoon into dessert cups and
enjoy.
Lisa and Frank are fans of Top Chef
and often watch it. They are particularly taken with Master Chef Junior,
whose contestants are children from
ages 7-12. They are both amazed at
the beautiful dishes these kids are able
to produce and look forward to some
day visiting restaurants run by these
talented young chefs! ▲
Nancy Jane Edelman was March’s Neighbor-toKnow. Unfortunately her photo was not included in
our article. Here’s another recipe from Nancy Jane:
Today we have one more recipe
from Nancy Jane Edelman to add
to the delicious ones she gave you
in March – this one pleases both
grandchildren and adults alike.
BAKED CARAMEL CORN –
SIX QUARTS
6 quarts of popped popcorn
Non-stick spray
1 cup margarine or butter
2 cups brown sugar
½ cup dark corn syrup
1 teaspoon salt
Nuts, optional
Coat the bottom and sides of a
large roasting pan with non-stick
spray. Fill pan with six quarts of
popped popcorn.
(Caution: When making and handling boiling hot syrup, please be extra
careful not to burn yourself.)
In heavy skillet, melt one cup of margarine or butter. Add brown sugar,
dark corn syrup and salt. Bring ingredients to a boil, stirring constantly
for five minutes. Then boil without stirring for five minutes. (I suggest
you coat the top edges of skillet with margarine or butter to prevent boilover.) Remove syrup from heat. If using nuts, add them to popcorn just
before you pour syrup over popcorn.
Gradually pour syrup over popped popcorn in roasting pan, stirring and
mixing well
PAGE 5
APRIL 2015
THE
Spring Fashion Show Benefits
Charleston Animal Society
C.O.V.A.R.
ALLAN
ALLAN KEENER
KEENER
Council of Villa Associations and Regimes Information
Open Letter to all Seabrook Island Property Owners, Guests and Visitors
(L-R) COVAR Secretary/Membership Chair Kathleen Buckman, COVAR Safety and
Security Affairs Chair Harry Vincent, SIPOA Board Member Dan Kortvelesy, Ravenel
Associates Property Manager Cameron Widman, St. Johns FD Battalion Chief/Fire
Marshal James Ghi, Marsh Walk Villas Board Member Bob Becker, AmRisc Claims Process Administrator Kari Edwards, Cunningham Lindsay Claims Adjuster, Jeff Corbin,
Chris Narron of AmRisc, Steadman Agency President and CEO Paul Steadman, Pelican
Watch Villas Board President Larry Buchman. Absent from photo AmRisc Division
President, EVP Diane Gainey.
On February 26th, the Seabrook
Island Club’s Spring Fashion Show
featuring Talbots and Bluemercury
make-up, was a tremendous success.
10% of all clothing sales from Talbots,
as well as $5.00 from each ticket, went
to benefit the Charleston Animal Society.
Talbots showed all of their latest
fashions in the Atlantic Room, all
Fashion Show Committee:
Judy Hubbard
Beverly Marco
Elaine Davis
Vivian Steel
Joanne Threlfall
Karen Gibler
Janis Skeffington
Kathleen Buchman
Nancy Buck
Diane Coffman
modeled by Seabrook Island Residents. The make up was applied and
supplied by Bluemercury. Michelle
Pitney, and 3 committee members,
Pixie Hider, April Chambers, and
Paula Billian contributed to the success of the Fashion Show. Chef Randy McDonald prepared a delicious
special menu for the lunch. ▲
11th Annual Betty Cannon Golf Tournament
Respite Care Charleston held
its 11th Annual Betty Cannon Golf
Tournament at Crooked Oaks Golf
Course on Monday, March 16th.
Unlike recent years, we couldn’t
have asked for a more beautiful day!
Golfers arrived around 11 am to a
Bloody Mary Bar and small silent
auction that included a signed jersey
by Clay Matthews, III of the Green
Bay Packers. A putting contest was
held at noon, followed by a shotgun
start at 1 pm. Immediately following the scramble tournament, an
awards dinner was held in the Atlantic Room.
As in year’s past, Seabrookers
turned out en masse to support
Respite in a variety of ways--volunteering, golfing, donating, photographing and bidding! One team of
familiar faces even came out to golf
in memory of longtime Seabrooker
and avid golfer, Dick Heiss. Pictured
here are Leo Weber, Joe Crispyn,
John Bush, Nancy Heiss and George
Haskins.
We couldn’t be more grateful for
the support of the Seabrook Island
Community. With your help, we
raised nearly $30,000 to help support families affected by dementia.
THANK YOU!!! Please SAVE THE
DATE and plan to join us next year
on Monday, March 14th.
Respite Care Charleston Announces the
Reopening of its Johns Island Program
NEW LOCATION ON MAYBANK HIGHWAY
As you may have already heard,
after many, many happy years of operating our social day program for
people with dementia at Church of
Our Saviour, Respite Care Charleston had to make the very tough
decision to close that program and
look for another location on Johns
Island. Our feeling was that there
are people in need of our services
who are unable to access them
based on the location.
In trying to determine how best
to meet the needs of the residents of
Johns Island and beyond, we spoke
to a number of families and realized that residents of Kiawah and
Seabrook are willing and able to take
their loved ones closer to town, but
transportation could be a barrier to
service for families traveling in the
opposite direction. So, we decided to
look for a more central location on
Maybank Highway.
We are pleased to report that
the first church we approached
(obviously our first choice) happily
agreed to become our new host! Beginning Tuesday, April 14th, Respite
will be back up and running at St.
John’s Parish, near the corner of
Maybank and Main. The program
will run each Tuesday and Thursday
from 10 am to 2 pm and is designed
to promote independence and dignity in a safe, social, structured environment with therapeutic activities.
This time also provides caregivers
an often much-needed break from
caregiving.
In order to make this program a
success, we need participants, volunteers, entertainers and even meal
preparers. For more information,
please visit our website at www.respitecarecharleston.org, or call Jennifer Hartig, Program Coordinator,
at 843-408-5243. ▲
Minutes of our March 14, 2015 meeting with guest speakers: James Ghi,
Paul Steadman, Diane Gainey, Kari Edwards, Jeff Corwin, Bob Becker, Cameron
Widman, Dan Kortvelesy, Larry Buchman.
The December 13, 2014 meeting minutes were approved.
Election of Officers: President Keener introduced the 2015 slate of officers for
the COVAR Board. Hearing no nominations from the floor, the following officers
were elected: Allan Keener, President; Gary Quigley, Vice President; Floyd DeAndrade, Treasurer; Kathleen Buchman, Secretary.
Marsh Walk Villas Fire Panel Discussion: Vice President Quigley facilitated
the discussion of the Marsh Walk Villas Fire, explaining that the discussion would
be in four segments: (1) the Marsh Walk Villas Fire, (2) Insurance issues, (3)
Insights from the Marsh Walk Villas Board and Property Manager, and (4) comments from a SIPOA Board member and Pelican Watch Villas’ Board President.
James Ghi, Battalion Chief/Fire Marshall, St. Johns Fire District, described the
fire that took place at Marsh Walk Villas on December 12th. Chief Ghi discussed
response times, number of units and officials responding, location and access issues, and the cause of the fire. This was a kitchen fire, caused by unattended
cooking. Chief Ghi stated that kitchen fires are the leading cause of home fires
across the country. He stressed the importance of never walking away from the
stove or the microwave. The Marsh Walk fire has been classified as unintentional
and accidental. Chief Ghi stressed the importance of researching the possibility
for retro-fitting sprinklers for all villas, and the Fire Department’s Smoke Detector
Program wherein they will furnish and install smoke detectors in single homes or
villas at no cost.
Paul Steadman, President and CEO of the Steadman Agency, Inc., and Diane
Gainey, Division President, EVP of AmRisc, led the second segment, discussing
insurance coverage and the claims adjudication process. Mr. Steadman advised
that villa Board Members should fully understand the insurance requirements of
their By-Laws. He also noted the importance of accurate, up to date, appraisals to
be sure that villas are properly insured. It is important to have both a reproduction appraisal and a certified replacement cost appraisal. Replacement appraisals
are necessary since replacing a structure requires compliance with current code
requirements. He stressed the importance of adding ordinance & law coverage
to pay for the costs of code compliance items such as wind-impact resistant windows, fire sprinkler systems, flood elevation issues, etc. Following a catastrophic
loss that triggers a local building code, the ordinance & law coverage pays for:
(1) the undamaged portion of the building, (2) the costs of debris removal, and
(3) the increased cost of construction to rebuild back to code. Mr. Steadman
also stressed the importance of each owner having their own HO-6 Policy. This
policy should cover the difference between the Regime’s base coverage versus the
upgrades which are present inside the villa. This policy should cover the difference between the Regime’s base coverage versus the upgrades which are present
inside the villa. Villa owners should also insure against damage or loss of personal
property, personal liability, and loss of use or rents exposures via an HO-6 policy.
Ms. Gainey explained that AmRisc is a large-capital underwriting company. AmRisc issues the insurance policies and handles the claims process. Ms. Gainey
was assisted in her presentation by Kari Edwards, AmRisc Claims Process Administrator, and Jeff Corbin, Cunningham Lindsay Claims Adjuster. They described
the process they use when a loss event of this magnitude occurs. They stressed
the importance of making sure that villa Board Members know what any newly
renovated villas will look like and that all proposed renovations meet current code
requirements. They suggested that code expenses will likely be considerable as
most Seabrook Island villas were built prior to the current code requirements.
In the third segment of the discussion, Bob Becker, Marsh Walk Villas Board
Member, shared insights he gained as a result of the fire. He noted that Cameron
Widman, Regime & Association Manager, Ravenel Associates, was on the scene
almost immediately and that she began communication with key resources and
villa owners. Mr. Becker noted that many people offered help and that he was
especially grateful for people’s willingness to look after one another at the time
of this tragedy. He stressed the importance of frequent communication to help
mitigate concern and panic of owners who do not live here, and do not know their
Board Members and people in other entities they may be dealing with. Ms. Widman also stressed the importance of keeping owners informed, even when there
is little to report, and keeping in touch with all of the entities involved, including early engagement of a restoration contractor. Attendees were reminded once
again that Board Members’ familiarity with By-Laws, Master Deeds and insurance
coverage is essential.
The final segment of the panel presentation was given by Dan Kortvelesy, SIPOA Board Member, and Larry Buchman, President of the Pelican Watch Villas
Board. Mr. Kortvelesy, Chair of the SIPOA Planning Committee, reviewed the
work that his committee is currently doing on disaster and post-disaster recovery. A sub-committee is studying what other communities have done after watercaused or other disasters. They are looking at processes in place for securing
contractors, building permits, code upgrades, and other post-disaster activities,
including current or potential plans for expediting issuance of permits. The subcommittee hopes to have a full report of its findings by the end of the summer. Mr.
Buchman provided a summary of the installation of a wireless fire-alarm system
at Pelican Watch Villas. This system required minimal entry and installation work
in the villas. The system itself is monitored on a 24/7 basis to ensure it is working
properly. Any system issues are reported to Mr. Buchman for resolution. The
system was launched in July, 2014. So far, there have been two alarms sent out,
neither of which resulted in a fire. Both incidents were due to unattended cooking
on stoves. The fire alarm system notifies all Pelican Watch Villas units and the fire
department at the time of the incident.
After the panel discussion, many questions and comments were addressed by
the panel members. President Keener concluded the session by thanking panelists and participants and inviting attendees to remain after the meeting for additional opportunities to speak with panelists on an individual basis.
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 12:05 PM. COVAR’s next meeting
will be held on June 13th, 10 to 12 Noon at the Lake House.▲
PAGE 6
APRIL 2015
THE
TOWN
HALL
MEETING
Summary of
Feb. 24, 2015
After the pledge of allegiance,
Mayor Ahearn called the February
24, 2015, Town Council meeting to
order at 2:30 p.m. Councilmen Ciancio, Gregg, Romano and Turner, Town
Administrator Pierce, Town Clerk Allbritton and several guests attended the
meeting. The meeting was properly
posted and the requirements of the SC
Freedom of Information Act were met.
Minutes – The minutes of the Town
Council meeting of January 27, 2015,
were unanimously approved as written.
Financials – Mayor Ahearn reported
that revenues for the month of January
were $56,211 and were above budget
by more than $16,000 and above the
previous year by about $15,000. Expenditures for the month of January
were $42,000 and were under budget by about $75,000. The excess of
revenues over expenditures for the
month of January is $14,300. Mayor
Ahearn reported that the excess of
revenues over expenditures for 2014
was $415,279. Councilman Romano
moved to transfer $300,000 from the
General Fund into the Emergency
Fund. Councilman Turner seconded
the motion and the vote to approve was
unanimous.
Citizens/Guests Presentations,
Comments: None
Reports of Standing Committees,
Commissions, Boards:
Governments Relations – No Report
Community Relations – Councilman
Romano reported that the Property
Owners Association’s Planning Committee met on February 10 and was
mostly a review since this was a transitional meeting because of the new
POA Board taking office. Councilman
Romano also reported that Bohicket
Marina has been awarded an $850,000
grant to expand their facility to improve dockage for transient and larger
boats. The Marina has five years to
spend the grant money and also have
to come up with funds to put toward
the project. Councilman Romano stated that he will set up a meeting with
Bohicket Marina officials and Town
Administrator Pierce to determine
what the Marina needs to do to proceed with the project. Bohicket Marina is still waiting for approval from
Charleston County before proceeding
on their dry dock expansion project.
Community Relations – Councilman
Gregg reported that the Club’s Long
Range Planning Committee did not
meet in February. The POA’s Data
Gathering and Analysis Subcommittee
held focus group sessions the weekend of the annual meetings of the Club
and POA, and they will meet on Thursday to begin analysis of the results of
the sessions.
Public Safety – Councilman Gregg reported that the Seabrook Island Public
Safety Committee met on February 9
and began their review of issues that
were identified in Scott Cave’s report
from the January hurricane exercise.
A Disaster Recovery Council meeting
will be scheduled soon so that the issues identified during the exercise can
be resolved.
Councilman Gregg stated that the
land lease agreement for the temporary debris storage and reduction site
requires the Town to have general liability insurance and the owner of the
property to be named as an additional
insured. The Town did not have insurance as required by the lease but has
now obtained an annual quote of $905.
The way the lease is currently written,
the Town would be required to have
the insurance in place once the agreement is signed. Councilman Ciancio
had suggested asking the owner of the
property if he would allow the Town
to delay the purchase of the insurance
until the Town would be using the site
and the owner is agreeable to that
change. Councilman Gregg moved
that the Town move forward with the
approval of the lease with the amendment that the Town will postpone the
procurement of liability insurance until such time as the site will be used.
Councilman Ciancio seconded the
motion. Mayor Ahearn questioned
whether the premium might escalate
if there was an impending storm or if
the insurance company might refuse
to issue the insurance and Councilman Romano questioned whether
the Town could make the purchase
quickly enough in the event of a disaster. The vote for the previous motion did not carry. Mayor Ahearn,
Councilman Romano and Councilman Turner voted against and Councilmen Ciancio and Gregg voted for.
Councilman Gregg then moved to approve the lease agreement as it now
stands and the Town will purchase
the general liability insurance when
the agreement is effective. Councilman Romano seconded the motion
and the vote to approve was unanimous.
Communications/Planning Commission – Councilman Turner reported that a sign will be placed at
the end of Boardwalk #1 soon that
will specify what you are and are not
allowed to do with regard to turtles,
dogs, birds, etc. Better signage will
eventually be placed at the entrance
to each boardwalk.
Planning & Development – Councilman Ciancio reported that the
Conde Nast contract for the sweepstakes has been signed and all required ad space has been booked by
Obviouslee Marketing. The first ad
copy is to be delivered to Conde Nast
by March 9. All advertising copy will
be due by the end of March with the
intent of having the sweepstakes kick
off on April 1. Within the next week,
Councilman Ciancio and Obviouslee
Marketing will be checking with the
Town Attorney to make sure all appropriate legal disclaimers are in
place for the sweepstakes.
Councilman Ciancio stated that he
recently met with representatives of
the Club and POA, who are currently
working on their websites, with the
intent to ensure that the tone and
content of the sites are compatible.
The Town has received two quotes
for website hosting. One of the bids
is basically website hosting and the
other quote is more comprehensive
in terms of what services are offered,
particularly in terms of maintenance.
A decision will be made shortly but
the maximum amount that will be
spent on website hosting will be
$1,500 per year and a minimum of
$516 plus a $200 start up fee.
Ways & Means – No Report
Planning Commission – No Report
Board of Zoning Appeals – No Report
Reports of Ad Hoc Committees:
Accommodations Tax Advisory –
No Report
Reports of Town Officers:
Mayor – Mayor Ahearn reported that
The Post and Courier has run articles
about offshore drilling recently and
one article mentioned that Seabrook
Island and Kiawah have not taken any
action. Since most Councilmembers
agreed that they did not know a lot
about offshore drilling, a suggestion
was made that the Town might join
with Kiawah to host a presentation
giving the pros and cons on the subject.
Town Administrator – No Report
Town Council Members – See
Above
Utility Commission – Jeff Bostock
reported that SIUC’s January financials were within budget and January
had a positive cash flow for water.
Operations were normal and no water
had to be pumped from the deep well
for irrigation. Chairman Bostock
commented that SIUC got a satisfactory report, which is the highest rating, in a DHEC sanitation audit of the
water system recently.
Petitions Received, Referred or
Disposed of: None
Ordinances for First Reading:
• Ordinance 2015-01, An Ordinance to Adopt an Updated Comprehensive Plan for the Town of
Seabrook Island. Councilman Gregg
stated that this is an update of the
Seabrook Island Comprehensive Plan
and includes statistical information
primarily that comes from census
data. Councilmembers have given
comments to Councilman Gregg and
these revisions will be made to the
plan before second reading on the
ordinance. Councilman Gregg moved
to accept Ordinance 2015-01 on first
reading. Councilman Turner seconded the motion and the vote to approve
was unanimous.
• Ordinance 2015-02, An Ordinance to Amend the Town Code for
the Town of Seabrook Island Regarding Waterways and Beaches. Councilman Ciancio stated that Council had
been reviewing beach ordinances in
order to address several goals:
•To adopt an ordinance with respect
to that portion of the beach over
which the Town has jurisdiction to
supplement those areas where the
POA has acted and the Town has
not.
•To address specific concerns which
have been brought to our attention
by residents and
•To clarify our ordinance where
clarification was necessary.
There have been no changes to Section 32-44 that deals with pets on the
beach. Councilman Ciancio moved
to accept Ordinance 2015-02 on first
reading. Councilman Turner seconded the motion and the vote to approve
was unanimous.
Ordinances for Second Reading:
None
Miscellaneous Business: Jerry
Cummin, who is the Town’s representative on the Charleston Area Convention & Visitor’s Bureau Board, recommended to Council that they consider
inviting some of the local and state
politicians – Elliott Summey, Victor
Rawl, Representative Stavrinakis, etc.
- to Seabrook Island from time to time.
Mr. Cummin also introduced Ladson
Mills III, who is the founding rector
of Church of Our Savior and served
there from 1980-1991 and has owned
property on Seabrook Island for 28
years. Ret. Rev. Mills, who is a board
member of the SEADOGS, thanked
Council for continuing with the current ordinance regarding dogs on the
beach and reassured Council that the
SEADOGS want to be helpful in making sure the terms of the ordinance
are carried out.
Sue Holloman, who is Seabrook Island’s representative on the St. Johns
Fire Commission, also agreed with
Mr. Cummin about inviting local and
state officials out to the island. Ms.
Holloman stated that the St. Johns Fire
Commission has held two meetings to
work on the recommendations made
by the consultants that were hired by
the Commission and active strides are
being taken to make improvements
based on the recommendations of the
consultant’s report. Two new commissioners are currently in the appointment process, one from Kiawah
and one from Wadmalaw.
Citizens Comments:
Cynthia Robertson, a Seabrook Island
resident, stated that it is easy to pass
along fee increases when the people
who are affected are nameless and
faceless and wanted to introduce herself to Council and express her concerns. Ms. Robertson stated that she
protested the amount of the recent
business license fee increase, the late
date of notification and the fact that
the gross income has to be rounded
up. Ms. Robertson also protested that
this is taxation without representation since property owners, who are
not full-time residents, cannot vote
for elected officials. Ms. Robertson
also feels that the sweepstakes being
conducted by the Town that gives a
vacation stay as a prize is in competition with residents who are trying to
rent their properties. Mayor Ahearn
explained that Seabrook Island’s business license rates had not changed for
at least 15 years; and, if rates had been
raised by only 3% per year during that
time, the increase at the end of 2014
would still be less. Surrounding municipalities were polled in order to
determine the rate increase and most,
if not all, of the municipalities rates
are still considerably higher than
Seabrook Island.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:50
p.m.▲
PHOTOGRAPHER & ARTIST
OF THE MONTH
Please join Deborah and Will for a reception
April 1st from 5-6:30 pm at the Lake House.
Their works will be on display through April 30th.
Wilfred D. Wiehn
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE MONTH
Will
Wiehn
(pronounced
“Wayne”) moved to Seabrook Island in October 2013 with his wife
Deborah, from Glen Head, Long
Island, New York. They have been
married for 46 years and have two
married children, Brandon and
Elissa and two lovely granddaughters, Piper 6 and Maisie 3, years
old.
It only took three visits to
Seabrook to realize the island was
a place to live, not just visit. In one
day they saw 12 houses, found the
perfect one, sold their NY home in
six weeks and now reside at 2830
Old Drake Drive, on Mallard Lake.
Taking photos began in 1968 after Will won a camera playing poker
in Vietnam. Back home, marriage,
starting a career in printed paperboard packaging, and two children
limited his photography to family
events and vacations until trips to
Italy, then Yosemite, and Yellowstone National parks, resulted in
photography becoming not just a
hobby but a business tool. Using a
Macintosh computer, scanner, and
printer, he scanned existing food
graphics and transferred them to
exciting new structural packaging
designs. This gave him a competitive edge in sales presentations resulting in his company becoming
a key packaging supplier to major
corporate accounts to include Pepperidge Farm, Proctor and Gamble
and the Dannon Company.
Now retired, his photos attempt
to capture Seabrook Island wildlife,
Deborah’s flowers, and of course
his granddaughters. A bit of a chip
off the old block, daughter Elissa is
now the senior photo editor for J.
Crew Group Inc.▲
Deborah Hill
ARTIST OF THE MONTH
Deborah is a contemporary,
impressionist painter, working
primarily in the medium of oil on
canvas, who derives her inspiration
from the beauty of her part-time
community here at Seabrook.
One of Deborah’s favorite plein
aire painting spots is near the inlet
at North Beach, that she describes
as “emitting so much energy and
atmosphere in every direction”.
Beach vistas, rural landscapes and
industrial scenes, like those readily
available in her hometown of Buffalo New York, also draw her attention.
Deborah holds a BFA with a
concentration in painting from the
University of Buffalo but owned
and operated an interior design
business, Deborah R Hill Interiors,
for thirteen years. She returned to
painting full time in 2010. Although
only on Seabrook for six months of
the year, Deborah has been very
active in the art guild, pitching in
whenever she can.
Deborah is available for studio,
plein air and commission paintings
and her work can be viewed on her
website,
www.deborahrhillpaintings.com or reached through email at [email protected]
Find out what’s new at the
Seabrook Island Artist Guild
by visiting our website at www.
seabrookislandartistguild.com ▲
A Little
Golf Humor
BEATEN BY THE
BETTER HALF!
APRIL 2015
PAGE 7
THE
Making Better Use of Your Cellphone -
Get Help With Yelp
So, you’re out and about doing
errands and need to find a place for
lunch. You could pull up the browser
on your cell phone and do a search
for a restaurant, but need a name
to find an address. What you really
want is something new and different!
And after lunch you need to get the
oil changed and have no idea what
might be available in the general
vicinity of your lunch restaurant of
choice.
That’s when you need to call for
“Yelp” (www.yelp.com). Yelp is a free
app you can download to your smartphone. With Yelp you can search for
everything from where to find the
best Mexican food to a list of the top
dermatologists in your area. Yelp
gives you access to nearby restaurants, shops and services. You can
filter searches by neighborhood, distance, rating, price and what’s open
right now. You can read reviews
written by others in your community
and find great deals offered by your
favorite local businesses. While you
are there, you can look up addresses
and phone numbers, call, get directions and make reservations directly
from the app. You can even contribute by uploading your own photos,
tips, or reviews. When I first downloaded this app
to my smartphone, I thought I would
only use it when we were travelling.
I have been surprised how often I use
it right here in the greater Charleston area. I am always finding some
new business or restaurant I didn’t
know about and have often found it
easier, and had more success, making dinner reservations using Yelp
rather than OpenTable.
The app is free, easy to use and
gives you access to everything
around you, right in the palm of your
hand. What could be better than
that!
Next Month: Color your life with
Color Note.
Seabrook Island Natural History Group Evening Program
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with
any software or hardware company
and receive no compensation for endorsing products. My recommendations come from my own research
and use. Prices for apps are based
on information available at the time
this column was researched and written. Author takes no responsibility for
changes in prices by the developers,
iTunes Store, or Google Play Store.
Denise Doyon
By Dr. Al Segars
April 9, 2015
Dr. Al Segars has been with the Marine Resources Division at the South
Carolina DNR since1998 focusing on marine animal health. He has a veterinary degree from the University of Georgia and a BS in Forestry Recreation
from Clemson University.
The ACE Basin consists of about 140,000 acres and is dedicated to protecting the natural beauty, abundant wildlife and unique cultural heritage of
the area through long-term research, water-quality monitoring, education
and coastal stewardship.Please join us to learn more about this amazing low
country area.
“ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge”
Program - 7:30 PM
Location - Lake House
Refreshments - 7:00 PM
All Seabrook Island residents and guests are welcome. There is a $5
donation for non SINHG members. Information about future programs and
SINHG membership can be found at the SINHG web site, sinhg.org.
SINHG FISH FRY
Friday, May 1st
The Seabrook Island Natural History Group is pleased to announce that
the annual Fish Fry will be held on Friday, May 1 @ 5 p.m. The event will
again be held at the Lake House and will be catered by our neighborhood
caterer, Crave.
Mark your calendars and begin thinking about your favorite apppetizer or
dessert to share with friends and neighbors at this special event. Once again,
the event will be BYOB.
T he sign-up form with all the details has been emailed to SINHG Members
and posted on our website, www.sinhg.org.
To see additional photos visit: http://www.discoverseabrook.com/news-and-media.php
(Scroll to bottom and click the button that says “Click to View Submissions”
under #MAKEITUNIQUELYYOURS PHOTOS)
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APRIL 2015
THE
Loggerhead Turtle Nesting Begins
Seabrook Island Turtle Patrol Season Opens!
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Spring has arrived and with it, the
beginning of the loggerhead turtle
nesting season on Seabrook Island.
The Seabrook Island Turtle Patrol
opens the season with an organizational meeting on Thursday, April 2
in Live Oak Hall at The Lake House.
The evening begins at 6 PM for
those who have never served on the
patrol. At 7 PM, veteran volunteers
will join the meeting. The meeting’s
mission is to fill all the volunteer opportunities for the upcoming season.
Please peruse the list below and
see if you might contribute in some
way to promoting and protecting the
population of loggerhead turtles on
Seabrook in 2015.
Turtle Patrol
Volunteer Opportunities
• Walker - Every spring groups of
Turtle Patrol “Walkers”, clad in
their brightly colored turtle patrol
shirts, begin early morning treks
on the beach. Seabrook’s 3.1 miles
of beach is divided into 4 “zones”
so the length of the walk is manageable. Each Walker signs up for
a specific zone on a specific day of
the week. Just a stroll on the beach
right? Well--- not exactly. They do
enjoy a pleasant walk, but they also
have many duties to perform :
➤ They walk along the high tide
line so they are sure to spot any
tracks made by the sea turtles.
Early in the season (generally
around the first of May), the focus is on the large tracks ( AKA
“crawl”) made by the females
laying their eggs. Later in the
season they are also examining
the nests for signs of hatching
and looking for tracks made by
the tiny hatchlings. All of these
findings are reported to Turtle
Patrol leadership for follow up.
➤ When a crawl is identified, the
Walkers assist the “Probers”
in locating the actual nest and
installing protective screening
and signage. Probers are a small
group of experienced individuals specially trained by the Department of Natural Resources
in locating and protecting sea
turtle nests.
➤ Walkers also pick up trash they
find on the beach with a special
emphasis on plastics, which can
be deadly to a sea turtle.
➤ They maintain the nests in their
zone, making sure there are no
signs of predators, damage to
the nest’s protective screens and
signage or excessive sand build
up on the nest.
➤
They also fill in holes in the
sand left by careless beachgoers. These too can be dangerous for the turtles, especially
hatchlings.
• Inventory Team – Once the nests
have hatched a team of dedicated
Turtle Patrol members inventory
the nest. This is done about three
days after the nest is hatched.
There are many duties involved
in the inventories. These range
from the actual inventory itself to
education and assisting the live
hatchlings (if any) to the water.
The inventory team is a great
way to get involved for individuals who aren’t able to commit to
a regular schedule of responsibilities. You can sign up to participate in the inventories that fit
your schedule.
• Social Committee – Help to plan
Turtle Patrol Events such as the
Kick-Off Meeting, T-Shirt Pick up,
4th of July Parade and the Year
End Party.
• Education Committee – Help
develop and update educational
materials and training for the general public and new Turtle Patrol
members.
• PHAT (Pre-Hatch Activity Team)
– prepare nests that are due to
hatch. This involves a one evening
per week commitment.
This is just a brief summary of
the many ways you can help The
Seabrook Island Turtle Patrol in
its endeavor to protect these amazing creatures. For more information
visit our web site siturtlepatrol.com
and/or call Beautsie Zahrn at 843768-1053 or Terry Fansler at 630842-9446. ▲
Gary Fansler
Charleston Symphony Orchestr
The Italianate house near the
corner of Hasell and Anson has
had a long history in Charleston,
having undergone many changes. Like the mythical Phoenix, it
rose from the ashes of the great
fire in 1838. Then it survived the
Civil War, the 1886 earthquake,
and Hugo. In 1970 the home
became a showplace for the Historic Charleston Foundation’s
tour of Ansonborough with the
hope of revitalizing the neighborhood.
Now after being vacant for five
years, the house has undergone
another revival. Last year the
congregation of the adjoining St.
Johannes Evangelical Lutheran
Church, built in 1842, agreed to
make the home functional for
the long-term use of the church.
The CSOL has partnered with
them to be the CSOL Designer
Showhouse for 2015.
The League’s 38th Designer
Showhouse opened on March
19 and will remain open through
April 19, except for Easter Sunday. The money raised from
this event will impact all facets
of the Charleston Symphony
Orchestra. The house is open
from 10:00am-4:00pm MondaySaturday, 1-4pm Sunday (closed
on Easter).
Seabrookers are involved in all
aspects of this project. Sue Ingram, Patti Tully, and Lynn Magee share the role of chairing the
event. Susan Leggett serves as
treasurer for the Boutique, which
offers many items for home and
garden as well as a collection of
scarves, bags, and jewelry. Most
of the items incorporated into
the Showhouse are also for sale.
Sharon Bartshe will be handling
the Designer Sales Merchandise,
which can be purchased on the
day of your visit but cannot be removed from the house until after
the closing date of the event.
The present renovation of the
home began around the first of the
year. The refurbishing included:
removal of asbestos, installation
of a new heating and air conditioning system, removal of decades of
wall covering, repair of cracked
walls, and installation of new gardens. With the removal of 20 layers of paint weighing more than
200 pounds, the house began to
come alive again. The removal
has revealed beautifully detailed
wood work and a solid mahogany
stair rail. Two invaluable crystal
chandeliers, gifts from the Stuhr
family during the 1970s, have been
meticulously cleaned and are now
brilliant again in the two main par-
5 0 Hase ll St re
Chairladies for project: (L-R) Patt
Servers for the café: (L-R) Patrick Mu
Ed Leary, Jerry Farber, W
APRIL 2015
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THE
Sea broo k Wild T hi n g s
by Members of the Lakes & Wildlife Committee
Red Headed Dragons –
Don’t Touch
Don’t touch the red headed larva stage of the white-marked tussock moth as the hairs may
give you an allergic reaction. Photo by Charles Moore
Every April and May they appear on your deck, car, driveway
and often crawling across your
shirt or pants fuzzy little red headed caterpillars about an inch long.
They are everywhere! What are
they? Where do they come from?
Close examination reveals a
brightly colored hairy monster.
Long dark hair tufts protrude
from both sides of a head that is
bright red. Another dark tuft appears to be a tail. The sides of the
body have yellowish and white
longitudinal stripes and there is a
broad black stripe running down
its back. Just behind the head are
four clusters of hairs that look like
cotton balls. The entire body is
covered with short and some very
long yellowish and black hairs
(seta). These hairs are most abundant on the lower body surface
that function as thousands of legs
that carry this beast forward as he
moves along.
This little caterpillar is the larval
stage of the very common whitemarked tussock moth, a relative
of the Gypsy moth and you do not
want to touch it. They do not bite
or sting but the hairs set off an allergic reaction in many people resulting in a painful rash. Better to
just look - don’t touch
Adult females are grey, about
half an inch in wing width and
flightless. They emerge from their
cocoon on the underside of leaves
or branches, lay approximately
300 eggs on top of their cocoon,
cover them with a bubbly froth
and then die within a few days.
Neither males nor females feed
as adults. Adult males are about
an inch in wing-width. Wings are
grayish with thin black wavy lines
and there is a white spot on each
forewing. In southern states there
may be two or more generations
between spring and fall each year
but the eggs may also appear over
winter.
Hatching in spring, these red
headed dragons (larvae/caterpillars) feed on the leaves of a wide
variety of hardwood and conifer
trees. They seldom occur in sufficient numbers to cause defoliation but frequently are abundant
enough to be nuisance on cars,
decks, lawn furniture, etc. In five
to six weeks they mature and are
approximately an inch in length.
Mature caterpillars spin a grayish cocoon under a leaf or in the
crevices of tree bark and in about
two weeks the adults emerge to
begin the cycle once more.▲
ra League Designer Showhouse
et, D ow ntown
ty Tully, Sue Ingram, Lynn Magee
urphy, John Turner, Raymond Gorski,
Wayne Billion, Ken Ingram
lors. Additionally, the decorative
use of ironwork surrounding the
property has been restored to accent this unique house.
Having completed the foundational work, the CSOL then invited
local designers to add their personalities and home interpretations to
the project. The ultimate goal of
St. Johannes is to serve once again
as a vibrant part of the life of the
congregation, including church related purposes such as weddings.
Thus, many of the designers are
using “preparation for a wedding”
as a theme. These rooms include
a Bride’s Room (Debby Gomulka
Designs), Bride’s Bedroom (Elisa
Christine), and Bride’s Bathroom
(Heidi Huddleston). Eight other
rooms have also had a do-over,
including the kitchen by Nancy Jo
Klug of John’s Island and a master
bedroom with a large modern bath
and a large closet that had previously served as the laundry room.
The base of operations for the cafe
that provides a delicious mid-day
meal daily (11:30am-2pm except
Sunday) is located in the kitchen
of the Lutheran Church. Meals
will be served in Gatch Hall, which
means no panic for servers in case
of a sudden change in the weather.
The Seabrook men will be serving
on Wednesdays and The Seabrook
ladies on Saturdays. Entrees are
$14 and wine is available. Once
again Tom Smith and the staff of
Tom Smith Catering will be overseeing the project.
The exterior gardens are also a
charming part of the visit. Three
are in place in the area behind the
house. These gardens have been
referred to as “The Heart of God
in the Heart of the City.” One is
a meditation garden between the
parsonage and the main sanctuary
and reminds visitors of the protection that God gives. In second
garden, The Mary Garden, there
is a statue of the Virgin Mary holding Jesus. Flowers that are associated with her surround the statue.
The third garden, located behind
the sanctuary, is also a meditation
spot. A Taize’ chapel is located
at the rear portion of the parish
building. Worship here parallels
the meditative mood of the gardens.
The return of 50 Hasell Street
to another healthy social life illustrates the resiliency life in Charleston.
Tickets are $25 and may be purchased at the door. The Boutique
and Cafe do not require a ticket. ▲
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APRIL 2015
THE
Fifteenth Annual
Kiawah Island Art and House Tour
Friday, April 10, 2015
The 15th annual Kiawah Island
Art and House Tour, sponsored by
Arts, etc., will take place on Friday,
April 10, 2015, from 1-5 pm. This year
five spectacular homes in the private
gated community will be open for
public viewing. Proceeds from the
event benefit the Art to Go Program
at the Gibbes Museum of Art. The
Arts, etc. organization has supported
the Gibbes Museum of Art for over a
decade. This year an additional organization, Engaging Creative Minds,
will benefit from the home tour proceeds. Engaging Creative Minds is a
program designed to inspire students
grades 3-8 through arts integration
programs.
FEATURED TOUR HOMES:
Vanderhorst Plantation Ocean
Front: This modern Tuscan inspired
five bedroom villa and guest house is
perched on the dunes with sweeping
ocean views. The vistas of sea, sand,
and grass coupled with the Tuscan
theme, inspire a beach inspired palette throughout. Be sure to visit the
guest house, which is a small scale
evocation of the main house.
Vanderhorst Plantation Surfsong:
This handsome American shingle
style house reflects the owner’s love
of 19th century Aesthetic and Eastlake Movements. The foyer, with
its attention to beamed ceilings and
beautiful paneling reflect these
looks. Twin fireplaces anchor the
living and dining
rooms. The 4th
floor master suite
and porch look
toward sun and
star filled vistas.
Anchoring
the
house below is
an extraordinarily
handsome loggia
adjacent to the pool area.
Rhetts Bluff: This lovely Charleston
Style home evokes a wondrous sense
of being on the water. The home’s
entry level comfortably and efficiently incorporates the living, dining, and
honey colored limestone kitchen as
well as a generous master suite. The
owner’s refined collection of primarily local artist’s work acts as the “jewelry” for each room. The third floor
includes lovely guest rooms, spectacular river views, and Leroy Neiman
sporting art work.
Ocean Course: Panoramic views
across Ibis Pond, the Ocean Course,
and the Atlantic Ocean richly enhance this striking home that reflects
this family’s love of Art, the Adirondacks, the American West, and the
Far East. One is drawn up the stairs
by the two story stair tower displaying two life size terracotta warriors
from Xian China and the bronze
“Buddhist Prayer Flag” mobile cascading down the stairwell. The third
floor incorporates a master suite, sitting room, and mahogany paneled
library.
The Preserve: This home is discreetly tucked away in the Preserve
at marsh edge. It captures sweeping river views as far as the Ravenel Bridge. A copper roofed porch
shades and extends the living space
and views to a tiled reflective pool
and the Kiawah River beyond. Woodwork throughout the house features
many cozy nooks, window seats,
bookcases, and bead board paneling.
The double exposure master suite
features a screened porch. The third
floor features three bedroom suites
with stunning marsh outlooks.
Tickets
Tickets are $55.00 each and can
be purchased on our website at
www.Kiawahartsetc.org, the Kiawah
Freshfields Real Estate Office, the
Kiawah Main Gate Real Estate office, and the Sanctuary. Tickets will
also be sold at Freshfields the day of
the tour. Tickets purchased must be
exchanged for a tour brochure at the
Square in Freshfields Village the day
of the tour. Freshfields Village is located at the corner of Betsy Kerrison
and Kiawah Island Parkway. Come
early and enjoy shopping and dining
discounts at the Village and/or The
Sanctuary on the island.
Arts, etc.
Arts,etc., is an organization of Kiawah women committed to supporting the arts. Our organization was
founded in 2001 as Gibbes, etc…
and in the summer of 2014 we transitioned to Arts, etc.
Through this transition, we are
becoming an independent charitable
501{c}{3} organization. Our purpose
is to raise funds through donations
and events to support the arts in the
greater Charleston community. Monies raised will be distributed at the
organization’s discretion. In recognition of our continuing support of the
Gibbes Museum of Art, we will continue to support the museum as well
as other organizations. The majority
of our fund raising is realized by the
April Kiawah Art & House Tour.▲
Susan Stallings
C.O.V.A.R.CORNER
APRIL 2015
CARROLL GANTZ
THE
Council of Villa Associations and Regimes Information
Many of you will remember The
Seabrook Island Trader. Two years
ago we launched the blog in an atJIM
tempt to provide a classified forum for
Seabrook Island residents. Although
many of you placed ads, the blog did
not gain a lot of momentum. Now that
more of us have gotten used to finding news and information online, we
thought we would try again to provide
a community classified.
The blog concept behind The
Seabrook Island Trader got complicated. There were lots of rules and pro-
cedures and hoops to jump
through. So we thought
we would try something
easier. All of us are familiar with the grocery store/
library/laundromat/community center bulletin
board. You stick your ad
on the board and, with any
luck, someone contacts
you. That is the concept
behind the Seabrook Marketplace.
Just type www.seabrookmarketplace.
com into the address bar of your web
browser
it will
G E Rand
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RTtake you to a bulletin board. You can bookmark the site
to make it easy to find again.
Want to place an ad? It’s FREE.
Just send an email to [email protected]. Include the text
of your ad, your name, email address,
phone number and Seabrook address.
You can supply one photo to go with
your ad or a link to more content/information. We will post your ad, and
will keep it up on the board for two
weeks. If we have any questions or
can’t post your ad for any reason, we
will let you know. The Editor has total
control over what gets posted. Easy
Peasy.
Just two rules:
1) This publication is not intended to
serve as an advertising platform for
commercial vendors, contractors or
businesses. It is intended to serve
Seabrook residents.
2) No real estate ads - the only exception is if you are renting your
Seabrook property yourself. Those
ads will stay up on the bulletin
board from the date they are posted
until December 30 when they will
all be taken down. If you want to
run them again, you will need to resubmit the ad.
GARDEN GURU
You can contact us at:
[email protected]
HEALTHY AGING
J . G E R A L D R E V ES , M D
DIETARY GUIDELINES
COMMITTEE: 2015 REPORT
The 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) has filed its
report and as of this writing is awaiting public comment before reporting
to the Secretaries of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA). OK, I know you
are already worried that this is another government intrusion in your perCARL VOELKER
sonal life. Of course, you are correct
since the report is full of information
about how individuals, schools, governments and private enterprise could
all do a much better job with American diet and exercise. However, the
DGAC and I trust all of our readers fully understand that in the final analysis
it is the individual (yes, you) who decides what to eat and whether to exercise. So the DGAC does us all a favor
by putting in one place a rather long
document that gets the science out
for us to read about healthy aging as it
relates to diet and exercise. I recommend the entire report to all our readers that you will find at http://www.
SUE HOLLOMAN / MARK ZIZZAMIA
health.gov/dietar yguidelines/2015scientific-report/ . They prepare this
report every 5 years.
The Problem
Public health is a matter of governmental and individual interest since
increasingly health care is being financed by governments (state and federal) and more importantly a healthy
population leads to more happiness
Figure from: http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015-scientific-report/img/
and productivity. However, all of us
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that have lived long enough have not
only watched the graying of America and low in sugar-sweetened foods and
friends. Schools and health providers
(we are living longer), but paradoxi- drinks and refined grains.” The bold
and insurers need to be fully commitcally we have also seen the fattening of type appeared in the report for emphated to education and importantly enAmerica with obesity becoming a larg- sis as it does here.) To make this a
couraging us to eat properly and exerer (no pun intended) problem each de- little more specific regarding 2 of the
cise at all ages. An example that might
cade. Poor diet and failing to exercise most important targets; sodium intake
be followed is to ban sugar additives
CARTHY
lead to a number of preventableBOB
dis- M
should
be less than 2,300 mg per day
to drinks in schools just as smoking
eases such as heart, cancer, and type and saturated fat should not exceed
has finally been removed from public
2 diabetes. These diseases are killers, 10 percent of total calories. You have
places in most places. This type of
but can be prevented with better diet to read food labels to make sure you
new approach may offend those of us
and exercise. According to the DGAC are meeting these goals. And with rewho believe in individual choice, but
report, “about half of all American gard to exercise, engage in 2.5 hours
it is clear that choosing to harm oneadults- 117million individuals have one of moderate-intensity aerobic physiself by poor diet and lack of exercise
or more preventable chronic diseases cal activity such as brisk walking 2.5
is taxing a limited resource healthcare
that are related to poor quality dietary hours a week or 1.25 hours a week of
budget. The DGAC calls for bold acpatterns and physical inactivity.” This vigorous-intensity aerobic physical actions to stem the tide of increasing preis a problem inconsistent with healthy tivity like jogging or playing competiventable disease contributed to by our
aging.
tive aerobic sports.
diet and exercise habits. It remains to
The Solution
Recommendations
be seen what can be done: certainly
The solution, of course, is to eat bet- Put plainly: the DGAC states that:
something different from what has
ter and to exercise more. This col- “U.S. dietary patterns should be rich
been done heretofore must occur if we
umnist has written many monthly ar- in vegetables, fruit, whole grains,
expect to see improvement.
ticles on this very subject, so it is not seafood, legumes, and nuts; moderThe Bottom Line
news to regular readers. However, ate in low- and non-fat dairy products
There DGAC in their report published
as simple as this solution is to write and alcohol (among adults); lower in
the figure. It shows schematically
or say, it remains very difficult for red and processed meat; and low in
the relationship of various influences
Americans to do for a great variety of sugar sweetened foods and beverages
and determinants in our culture that
reasons. Nevertheless, we will quote and refined grains.” More vaguely a
lead individuals and groups to diets
what you already know, but what the “population-wide culture of health”
and physical activity patterns and beDGAC once again reinforces: “The needs to replace whatever it is we
haviors that can lead to good or bad
overall body of evidence examined now have that seems to encourage
health. Interventions can be made in
by the 2015 DGAC identifies that a or reinforce bad diets and sedentary
all of the areas depicted and in others.
healthy dietary pattern is higher in life-styles that lead to a land of obeHowever, with regard to our healthy
vegetables, fruits, whole grains, low- sity and chronic disease. Everyone
aging we must observe the proper diet
or non-fat diary, seafood, legumes needs to get involved. It begins with
and engage in regular physical activity.
and nuts; moderate in alcohol (among each of us living the culture of health
This is a decision each of us makes evadults); lower in red processed meats; and preaching it to our families and
ery day.▲
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NEARBY ADVENTURES
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BRIDGE
C.O.V.A.R.CORNER
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Council of Villa Associations and
Regimes Information
Appetites and Anecdotes
by Saffron and Curry
Information for Seabrookers by Seabrookers
Email: [email protected] • Photos by Paprika
GARDEN GURU
Put on your seersucker suit and
your best bow tie, gents. Ladies,
don your flowered bonnets and pasE R H ART
tels. April in Charleston JIM
is here G
with
Easter as a major even in the Holy
City.
Both Kiawah (at the Sandcastle)
and Seabrook (in front of the Pelican
Nest) offer a 6:30am sunrise service
to celebrate the risen Christ. Both
places point out the beauty of these
sea islands and the grandeur of the
sky outlined in the pale pink and
gold of the early morning sun.
After enjoying the magnificent
beach and ocean at dawn, the next
order of the day is celebrating with a
glorious brunch. What better place
to be than in the city known for
fresh seafood, glorious low country
J. Glocally
E R AL D R E V E S , M D
biscuits and grits, and fresh
grown foods.
Members of the Island Club
on Seabrook can look forward to
breaking the Lenten fasting period
The Courtyard at The Mills House
with a wonderful brunch that will be
served from 10am-2pm. The menu
and cost had not been posted when began in 1997), you might enjoy
we were furiously typing to meet our dining at the Mills House Hotel,
deadline. A call to the Club will fill located at the corner of Queen and
in that information for you. 843- Meeting Streets, next to Hibernian
Hall. Curry, who hadn’t set foot in
768-2571.
The Pelicans Nest will be open the building for over 30 years, was
daily during Easter week and then amazed at how the property had
each weekend for the rest of the changed drastically yet at the same
time retained the grace and charm
month.
Kiawah suggests that you join of the Old South. Gone were the
starched white table cloths, the foryour friends and family CARL
at one ofVOELKER
their dining options. Reservation mal service of another era, and the
times start at 11:00am for brunch menu of the 1970s.
in the Grand Oaks Ballroom at The formality has been replaced
the Sanctuary. The menu features by the casual ambience of the Barchilled seafood, numerous chef at- bados Room with its high ceilings
tended station, and a grand array of and randomly arranged tables and
spring pastries and confectioneries. by court yard seating that focuses
But nothing can top the special ap- on a large fountain and charming
pearance of the Easter Bunny for the container gardens. The whole setchildren. Buffet: $76 (adults), $28 ting made sitting down and visit(children 4-12years). Reservations: ing with friends very comfortable
and leisurely. Even the concept of
843-768-6253.
The Jasmine Porch will create brunch has changed here. Brunch
its own brunch which includes a is presented in an a la carte format
variety of offerings: appetizer (man- rather than as a buffet. No appetizor salads were priced more than
chego and blue crab salad), salad
SUEersHOLLOMAN
(John’s Island potato salad with $11 and all entrees were less than
$20. ZIZZAMIA
Service begins at 11äm and
MARK
country ham),charcuterie, seafood
(shrimp and grits). The thought closes at 3pm.
of the Jasmine Favorites makes The menu included something
us want to abandon our diets: She for every taste: hoevos rancheCrab Soup, buttermilk Southern ros; Szechwan green beans; bacon
Fried Chicken, Beef Striploin with and egg profiteroles with mustard
collards and truffled Mac and sauce; ham and cheese omelet with
Cheese Chef Ryley McGillis has fruit, sweet Bay Bibb lettuce salad
worked closely with local farmers to topped with pulled chicken, apples
provide superb seasonal foods. For and strawberries, and a sprinkling
reservations contact Leisure Ser- of hazel nuts. Additionally, lobster
vices at 843-768-6253 or 843- fingerlings, lamb, flatiron steak
768-6330. Service extends from serves with crispy fried shoestring
12:00pm-8:00pm. Buffet: $72 adults; potatoes have found a place on the
SUEmenu.
HOLLOMAN
The dining was definitely not
$25 children (ages 4-12)
HEALTHY AGING
OUR ENVIRONMENT
NEARBY ADVENTURES
NEARBY ADVENTURES
MARK ZIZZAMIA
c
The Atlantic Room at the Ocean Course Kiawah
Other venues on Kiawah: The
Atlantic Room serving brunch
from 11am-3pm. $75 adults, $35
children (4-12) Reservations 843266-4085. Tomasso at Turtle
Point - An inspired Italian Brunch
menu will be priced a la carte; a children’s menu is also available. 11am2pm Walk-ins and to-go orders are
welcome. Reservations: 843-2664070.
More information about dining
at Kiawah is available at www.kiawahresort.com/easter-at-kiawah
If you are attending a sunrise service at the Battery (a tradition that
reminiscent of Tara, but neither had
it moved too far from its local roots.
Reservations are not necessary. For
more information about dining services and an updated menu for Easter call 843-577-2400.
By the way: A Mexican restaurant is opening on top of the Banana
Boat Ice Cream Shop in Bohicket
Marina. Lulu’s on Seabrook Island
Road beyond the gate looks like it is
going to be a fun place for outside
dining and cute shopping. We’ll need
to check these spots out more carefully and give you a report later.▲
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THE
THE SIP
Administrative News from the Seabrook
Communications:
The website updates have generally been well received. We have received
some questions about people not being able to locate some features, but those
have primarily been based on becoming familiar with the new layout.
Lake House:
The locker room flooring will be replaced in May. The indoor pool deck repairs are scheduled for June.
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR’S
Corner
apiril 2015
This time of year is relatively quiet
on Seabrook, a calm between the Annual Meeting and Easter, which kicks
off the spring and summer seasons
of increased visitor traffic and recreational activity. If you are cleaning up
before the guests arrive, remember
the next Brown and White pickup for
bulk goods is Friday, April 3.
The following is an operational
summary of our activities last month.
Security:
We continue to work with CapSure
technical support to resolve some issues with a small number of barcodes
that are not activating the gate arm.
ARC Activity:
New Homes:
Applications Pending = 9
New Homes Approved, not yet started = 3
New Homes Under Construction = 23
New Homes Complete YTD = 0
Major Remodeling Projects:
Major Remodel Applications Pending = 0
Major Remodels Approved in February = 0
Major Remodels Approved YTD = 0
Repair & Maintenance Projects:
Maintenance Projects Approved in February = 52
Maintenance Projects Approved YTD = 117
Operations & Maintenance:
• Lane striping at the front gate will be completed this week.
• A shore-scaping demonstration project will be completed in April at the lagoon across from the Lake House.
• Spring landscaping preparation is underway with the Greenery. John Wilson, who has been in our maintenance department for 5 years, has resigned
to take a new position in VA. He will be leaving at the end of the month and
we have already advertised for candidates.
Administration:
Annual Assessment bills were mailed at the end of February and were due by
March 31.
Heather Paton
SIPOA Executive Director
[email protected]
SEABROOK ISLAND
BIGGEST LOSER
Take the first step to a healthy, active lifestyle
or stand up and finish what you started with
this amazing 90 Day Weight Loss Program
beginning in April 2015!!
Join Lake House Personal Trainer, Lauren Krajewski for an informational meeting in the Osprey 2 on Tuesday, April 7th at 11:00 AM.
For more information, please contact
Lauren Krajewski at [email protected].
SEABROOK ISLAND
Clear out the clutter and join us for the
Seabrook Island Community Yard Sale!
Saturday, May 16th
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Seabrook Island Town Hall Parking Lot
The community yard sale will be OPEN to the public, but sign-ups to
sell items are for Property Owners only. Setup may begin at 7:00 AM
and we ask that sellers bring any items (tables/chairs) they need.
To reserve your spot, please contact the Lake House at
843-725-1580 or [email protected]
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Island Property Owners Association
NEW AT
THE LAKE HOUSE
Swimming and Biking and Running,
Oh My!
Have you ever aspired to participate in your first triathlon?
Then come join us and start training for the
Sunday, August 9th Charleston Sprint Triathlon!
The sprint triathlon, held at James Island County Park,
consists of a 600 yard swim, a 12 mile bike ride,
and 3.1 mile flat run.
Who?
Anyone who is interested in swimming, biking, and running
and can consistently attend 3 active, fun, and informative
training sessions 3x a week for 12 weeks.
Why?
If you’ve ever yearned to release the inner triathlete within you!
If you want a new challenge and want to learn new skills!
If a triathlon is something you must check off on your bucket list!
If you want to have a fun experience and be
encouraged by an enthusiastic coach!
Never Skip the Warm Up
The Importance of Preparing Your Body to Move and Work
In our rush to “get the job done” at
the gym, we may be tempted to skip or
shortchange our warm up. According
to the American Council on Exercise,
warming up serves several critical
functions and bypassing it can have serious, negative consequences that can
possibly lead to injury.
In fact, the term “warming up” is
somewhat of a misnomer. It goes way
beyond getting your blood flowing by
spending five minutes on a cardio machine. Rather a proper warm up ramps
your metabolism and your mood to
insure that you are ready for greater
challenges that will ramp them up even
more.
Here are key benefits of a proper
warm up:
1: Your training sessions will improve.
The more effectively you warm up,
the better your training sessions will
go. Start with simple range of motion
exercises and then progress onto
faster movements that wake up your
muscles and your nervous system. A
good warm up is like a mini workout
that primes you for the main event
and enables you to get more done in
less time.
2: You will avoid injuries. Your muscles
are like rubber bands. If you spend a
lot of time sitting, perhaps hunched
over a keyboard, your muscles can
be tight and constricted from lack of
How?
Over a 12 week period in a small group setting, you’ll be consistently
trained to build up your distance and endurance in each of the 3 sports.
Includes lots of useful tips on optimum nutrition, hydration, rest, and
stretching to make your triathlon training healthy, safe, and fun!
The Lake House Tech Forum
ADVANCED IPHONE AND IPAD
Who should attend: Seabrookers who are interested learning intermediate and
advanced techniques to get the most out of their iPhones and iPads.
Date: Thursday, April 30th
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Location: The Lake House
Who?
Patti Romano, who herself has completed sprint, olympic, and half iron
distance triathlons, as well as half and full marathons, is excited to help
you release your inner triathlete. Vividly remembering the challenges
of her first sprint triathlon, she is eager to share her knowledge, enthusiasm, love of triathlons, and will keep you inspired, sweaty and smiling!
Topics covered:
• iOS 8
• iCloud
• Personalizing your iPhone with settings
Registration: Open to all Seabrookers. Please contact to Dave Osborn at
[email protected], 703.304.4010 to register.
For more information, please contact Patti Romano at
[email protected]
or The Lake House at 843.725.1580.
President’s Letter
I want to take this opportunity to
thank all of our property owners who
voted and participated in our Annual Meeting on February 14th. You
elected three new board members,
Michael Orris, Dan Kortvelesy and
Ed Jones, and returned John Feldman, our treasurer. Michael, Dan,
and Ed will serve as standing committee chairmen of the Environmen-
April Goyer is a health coach
and personal trainer at
The Lake House on Seabrook
Island, SC. She can be
reached at 614-893-8519
or at [email protected]
Topics of interest to Seabrookers of educational, cultural, or wellness value.
When?
Sprint Triathlon Training Information Meeting on
Monday, May 4th at 11 am in the Eagles Nest Studio at the
Lakehouse. Training sessions held Mondays and
Wednesdays at 10 am, Fridays at 8:30am starting Friday, May 8th.
tal, Planning, and Communications
committees, respectively. John will
continue his leadership of the finance
committee.
I would also like to congratulate
Steve Bottcher and Ellen Coughlin on
their election to the Nominating committee. Finally, I want to express my
appreciation to all the property owners who have volunteered to serve on
our standing committees.
Following in the footsteps of Ed
Rinehimer, it is my intention to continue to enhance and improve our
communications with property owners and their guests, as well as with
the Town of Seabrook Island and the
Seabrook Island Club. I will use the
President’s letter to highlight key issues and the status of programs/projects that have significant impacts on
property owners and the community
at large.
We will continue to host quarterly
“Get the Scoop” meetings. These
meetings will include updates from
our committee chairs and will foster
open ended discussion opportunities
for property owners. As an incentive
for your attendance, wine and cheese
use. By moving around and getting
your muscles loose, active, warm,
and ready for action, you will keep
yourself strong and injury free.
3: You will get the most out of your
body for life and sport. In order to
be at your physical best, you need
to have the appropriate level of
flexibility and mobility. This is the
domain of a proper warm up. By improving your range of motion and
activating your muscles, you will
move better across the board.
Complimentary Warm Up Orientations to Maximize Your Training
To fully reap the benefits of exercising, you must warm up properly.
During the month of April, I will be offering complimentary Warm Up Orientations to introduce you to the basics. To schedule your appointment,
contact April Goyer at 614-893-8519 or
at [email protected]
Fee: No Cost
Tech Experts: Chad Droze and Thomas Maltese
SIPOA Activities Committee Chair: Tina Mayland
is served, and who knows, maybe this
summer, we will serve a scoop of ice
cream! Stay informed by attending.
Watch for the announcement, and we
hope to see you at one of our upcoming meetings.
Our board meetings are always
open to property owners. This year
our meetings are scheduled on the
3rd Monday of each month at 1:00 pm
in the Lake House. The only departures from this schedule are that we
normally do not meet in August, and
the meetings in December and January are held on the 2nd Monday so
as not to conflict with holidays and
the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King
national holiday. Historically we have
not had many property owners attend
these meetings. I would encourage
property owners to come to these
sessions, because they are very informative and give property owners the
opportunity to directly interface with
the board.
The last and probably the most important piece in our effort to enhance
and improve communications is the
launching of our new website at www.
sipoa.org. One of the major objectives
of the website redesign was to simplify access to the most popular information for our property owners and their
guests, and for the vacationers that
visit our island. What you will notice
is the website has large icons to make
it easier to navigate whether you are
on your laptop, tablet, or Smartphone.
You will also notice that all the information pertinent to our owners
are located under the “Owners” icon,
like all of your favorites: entering gate
passes, meeting minutes, and owners address book. And if you miss
the document history section, don’t
worry; they are listed under Archive.
You will need to log in to access this
information.
All of the other information for
Visitors, Events, News, Contacts
and Volunteers can be accessed by
anyone, making it easier to obtain
information. One of the great improvements is a community calendar
featuring events at the Lake House,
Club, Bohicket Marina and Freshfields Village. This is available under
the Events icon. No need anymore to
have multiple calendars; you have it
all in one place!
A couple of items that we are still
working on are:
1) Enhancing the Wildlife Portal.
When we were testing, we found
that the Wildlife Portal in its existing state did not render well on tablets or Smartphones. We are working with members of the Lakes and
Wildlife subcommittee on redesigning the portal to ensure that it
will work on all devices just as well
as our website and will be coming
back very soon!
2) Creating gate passes from your
smartphone. We are also working
with our vendor Capsure to resolve
a few issues that give our owners
the ease of entering a gate pass
from their Smartphone.
A BIG Thank-You goes out to our
Communications committee, Greg
Henry, Tina Mayland, and Shawna
Jarrett who spent numerous hours
designing, editing and making the
much needed improvements! Of
course during your use of the website, we welcome your suggestions or
recommendations for an even better
experience.
Very Respectfully,
Chuck Fox
President, SIPOA
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THE
Watercolorist Mary Whyte to Address
Seabrook Island Artist Guild
Artist Guild
Workshop
Keeps Painting
in Focus
The Seabrook Island Artist Guild
continues its monthly workshops
with artist and printmaker Pat Van
de Graaf, teaching a class on “Learning How to Focus on a Key Part of a
Painting”. All are welcome to the free
workshop that will be held Thursday,
April 9th from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. in the
Lake House Eagle’s Nest room.
Pat’s underlying workshop concept
is that artists may paint in any medium, but we all need a plan to lead the
viewer’s eye to what we feel is important. Bring a photo or sketch of something that is of interest to you, heavy
watercolor paper or canvas and oils or
acrylic paint. Participants will sketch
out an idea and start a painting.
Pat Van de Graaf is a watercolorist
and printmaker, an Exhibiting Member of The Charleston Artist’s Guild
and the Center for Contemporary
Printmaking in Norwalk, CT. She has
been printing for over 25 years and
studied at the Art Students League in
New York City and Syracuse University. She graduated from The University
of Bridgeport with a degree in Printmaking/Art History. Pat’s prints have
won numerous awards in local and
regional shows and are part of many
private and corporate collections.
Pat began painting in watercolors
again after living in the Lowcountry of
South Carolina. Surrounded by marshes and the sea in both South Carolina
and Connecticut, she enjoys capturing
their beauty with the unique qualities
that watercolor brings to painting. She
is represented by The Spencer Art Gallery and the Charleston Artist’s Guild
Gallery in downtown Charleston.
To register for the workshop series
contact Walter Czander at 768-9086 or
e-mail him at ccczander@bellsouth.
net. To learn more about the artist
guild, its events and membership visit
the website at www.seabrookislandartistguild.com ▲
Seabrookers are in for a special
treat when Mary Whyte, internationally renowned watercolorist, Seabrook
Island neighbor and a co-founder of
the Seabrook Island Artist Guild addresses the monthly meeting on April
21st at 3:00 p.m. in the Lake House Live
Oak room. She will discuss “Living the
Creative Life” appreciating the beauty
around us and making it our own in a
way that enhances our work, our art
and our lives. Guild members are
asked to arrive at 2:30 p.m. for a
brief business meeting.
All Seabrook Island residents and
guests are welcome to this Artist Guild
event. There is a $10.00 donation for
non-members.
Mary Whyte is a teacher and author
whose figurative paintings have earned
national recognition. As a resident of
South Carolina for twenty four years,
Mary garners much of her inspiration
from the Gullah descendents of coastal
Carolina slaves, who number among
her most prominent subjects. In commenting on Whyte’s body of work in
the book “Working South”, Jean Stern
of the Irvine Museum in California describes Mary as “a consummate watercolor painter who maintains proficient
control of her medium, indeed making
it appear effortless and presents her
subjects with dignity and respect”.
Whyte’s paintings are enhanced by her
husband, Smith Coleman’s, exquisite
gilded and hand-carved frames.
Her portraits are included in numerous corporate, private, and university
collections, as well as in the permanent
collections of South Carolina’s Greenville County Museum of Art and the
Gibbs Museum of Art in Charleston.
Mary’s paintings have been featured
in International Artist, American Artist, Watercolor, American Art Collector,
L’Art de Aquarelle, and numerous other publications. Whyte is the author of
Down Bohicket Road, Working South,
Painting Portraits & Figures in Watercolor, Alfreda’s World, as well as An Artist’s Way of Seeing and Watercolor for
the Serious Beginner.
In 2007 the Mary Whyte Art Educator Award was established and designed to highlight a high school visual
arts teacher in South Carolina who has
demonstrated superior commitment
to their students and their craft. The
award is accompanied by a cash prize
and is administered by the Gibbs Museum.
Mary Whyte’s work can be seen at
Coleman Fine Art in Charleston and on
the website www.MaryWhyte.com To
learn more about the Seabrook Island
Artist Guild, events, workshops and
membership visit the website at www.
seabrookislandartistguild.com ▲
Capture Seabrook Sunsets
On Canvas in Artist Guild Workshop
“Painting Beautiful Sunsets”:
If you ever wanted to learn how
to paint the beautiful, luminous
sunsets we see on Seabrook
many evenings, register for
this special workshop with artist, Bob Lefevre. The handson class will be held on April
16th from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
in the Eagle’s Nest room at the
Lake House.
Participants will all paint the
same sunset. Bob will demonstrate each step separately
followed each time by participants duplicating the step. The
specific methods and process
he will teach are such that
they can be duplicated in your
future paintings. Colors and
materials needed for the class
will be published later for all
that sign up.
To register, contact Walter
Czander at 768-9086 or e-mail
at [email protected]
To learn more about the artist
guild, its events and membership visit the website at www.
seabrookislandar tistguild.
com ▲
19th Annual Golf Benefit
River Course • Kiawah Island
Sea Island Habitat for Humanity’s 19th annual golf benefit will be
held Monday, May 4, 2015 at the
prestigious River Course on Kiawah
Island. This benefit is all about fun,
with a Shamble format, shotgun start
at 11 am, a fabulous tee gift for each
player, and great prizes! The hole-inone contest has a $100,000 cash prize
($50,000 to player and $50,000 to
SIHH). This event has traditionally
sold out quickly and is limited to 27
teams for a fast day of play.
The River Course was designed by
Tom Fazio and was Kiawah’s first private golf course. This par-72 course
wanders across gorgeous terrain,
picturesque savannas, ponds, and
vaulting maritime forests provide a
challenging and aesthetically pleasing 7,019-yard test along the Kiawah
River.
Sea Island Habitat for Humanity’s
goal is to empower people with limited resources to realize the dream
of owning a home. Since 1978, we’ve
built decent, safe, energy-efficient
houses through volunteer labor and
donations.
Entry fee is $450 per player and includes golf, cart, forecaddie, lunch,
drinks, awards reception, and all
contests. Sponsorship opportunities
are still available. For more information call 843-768-0998 ext. 112. Register online at www.seaislandhabitat.
org, click on Events. ▲
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL of CHARLESTON
Mon., May 4th • 6PM • Social Hour 5:15PM
William Jordan, expert independent analyst and long time foreign
service officer to France and Arab
countries will speak at 6 p.m. on
“Frances Challenges Following the
Charlie Hebdo Attack.” Questions and
Answers will follow. The location is the
Citadel Alumni Center at 69 Hagood
Ave., right across from the stadium.
Admission is open to members. One
can join online at waccharleston.org
or at the meeting. Guests can attend
once per year for $20. Come and be
enlightened. You will meet interesting
people. ▲
The Lake House Lecture Series
Topics of interest to Seabrookers of educational, cultural, or wellness value.
WHEN’S THE BEST TIME TO INVEST?
Who should attend: Seabrookers who are interested in learning the many challenges facing the high net-worth community
and how people can effectively manage against these risks while working towards financial security.
Date: April 6th, 2015
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Live Oak Hall of The Lake House
Join E & R Wealth Management LLC for the final winter session of their financial strategy series.
Some say that 70% of people over 65, at some point in their lives, will need some form of long-term care. But does that
mean that you need insurance to cover that risk? We say maybe, or maybe not. What we do say is that you need to have a
plan for long-term care.
Long-term care is the service, both medical and non-medical, for people with a prolonged physical illness, chronic
disease or disability. That care can be administered in-home, or in an institution like a nursing home or an assisted living
facility. Custodial care can cost an average of $200 to $300 a day.
Because eventual long-term care cost is likely and could be significant, it does make sense to understand what products
are being purchased through the market place to cover this risk. Do you have a long-term care insurance policy? Do you
understand the contract? Is the coverage enough or too much? We will explain how current policies offered in the marketplace are being purchased, discuss how they work, and explain how industry coverage is changing to include more hybrid
products like life insurance products with long-term care riders.
Registration: Open to all Seabrookers, please RSVP to Nikki Gilstrap at 864.370.7242
Fee: No Cost
Guest Presenter: Tim Heilferty, Vice President, Regional Sales Coordinator, Prudential Investments
Cocktails and hors d’oeurves will be provided.
HOSTED BY:
PRESENTED BY:
The guest speaker is neither an employee of nor affiliated with Morgan Stanley. Opinions expressed by the guest speaker are solely his or her own and do not necessarily reflect those of Morgan Stanley.
Investors should carefully consider the investment objectives and risks as well as charges and expenses of a mutual fund before investing. To
obtain a prospectus, contact your Financial Advisor or visit the company’s website. The prospectus contains this and other important information about the mutual fund. Read the prospectus carefully before investing.
Morgan Stanley’s financial Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Individuals should consult their personal tax and legal advisors before making any tax- or
legal-related decisions.
Investments and services offered through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, member SIPC.
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THE
Bohicket Merchants Association Presents
GARDEN CLUB MEETING
Kids Spring Fishing Tournament
Friday, April 10th • 9:30AM Coffee & Conversation
Meeting to follow • Lakehouse
This month our speaker will be Anthony P. Keinath, Ph.D who is a vegetable
Pathologist. His topic is “The Cuisine of our Dear Deer” which should be of
interest to all. Come join us for raffles, door prizes and meeting your
neighbors! All are invited.
Where: Bohicket Marina
When: Wednesday, April 1, 2015 (Weather Permitting)
Time: 2 Sessions - 11-12 and 12 - 1 pm
Cost: $5 Entry Fee - includes fishing rod and all the bait the
fish can eat! Limited supply of Rods, so first come first serve!
2nd Annual Finger Lickin’
Chicken Wing Fling Thing
Sunday, April 12 • 12 Noon • Legare Farms
Johns Island, SC
Adults (13+)-$5.00 • Kids-Free
Bring your lawn chairs and join us for a fun-filled day!
Wings, food, beverages, and live music.
Artist Guild
April Calendar
Tally
Saturday, April 25 • 4PM - 6PM • Camp St. Christopher
Come watch the conclusion of the BioBlitz as the volunteers tally up how many species the teams
identified in field during their day-long search at Camp St. Christopher. Their findings will become
the baseline for future BioBlitzes. In addition to the counts of ‘all-things-natural’, there will be educational displays, brief tours of the St. Christopher aquarium and herpetarium and refreshments.
Drop in between 4 and 6 o’clock at Susanna’s House, the first big building on the left as you enter
the St. Christopher campus.
April 1st – Seabrook Island Artist guild presents Artist and Photographer of the Month
Deborah Hill and Will Wiehn at opening reception Lake House Art Gallery 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
April 4th – Seabrook Island Artist Guild Outdoor Art Show, Freshfields Village at the intersection of Seabrook and Kiawah Islands, Saturday from 9:30 – 3:00 p.m.
April 9th - Seabrook Island Artist Guild Workshop “Learning How to Focus On a Key Part
of a Painting” taught by Pat Van de Graaf, 1:00 -3:00 p.m. Lake House Eagle’s Nest room.
April 12th – Seabrook Island Artist Guild Outdoor Art Show, Freshfields Village at the
intersection of Seabrook and Kiawah Islands, Sunday from 2:00 – 7:00 p.m.
April 16th – Seabrook Island Artist Guild Workshop “Painting Beautiful Sunsets” taught by
Bob Lefevre, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Lake House Eagle’s Nest room.
April 21st – Watercolorist Mary Whyte speaks at Seabrook Island Artist Guild meeting 3:00
pm at the Lake House Live Oak Hall
D.I.R.T. (Digging
Into Roots
Together)
Charleston
County
Bookmobile
Meets Second and Fourth
Wednesday of each month
1:30-3:30PM • Lake House
Please visit the blog at diggingtogether.blogspot.com
for more information, or email D.I.R.T. at
[email protected]
SEABROOK
STITCHERS
Lake House • Every Monday
11:00AM-1:00PM
For more information, please
contact Denise Doyon at
[email protected]
The Charleston County
Bookmobile will be at Freshfields
Village the first and third Tuesday of every month from
10:00 am - 11:30 am. The Bookmobile will be parked
behind Hege’s and Java Java.
SEABROOK LADIES
BIBLE STUDY
Every Monday • Lake House
1:30PM-3:30 PM
For more information, please contact:
Jody Garvey - garveryjody@gmail or
Patti Tully - [email protected]
Indoor Pickleball
St. Christopher’s Camp Fridays • 12:30-2:30
If interested, please contact
Mary Torello at [email protected]
MAH JONGG PRACTICE
2nd, 3rd & 4th Tuesday of Month • Lake House Osprey 2 • 1-4PM
Open to all new players, those returning to the game, and anyone else who
wants a chance to practice with others who are learning the game. If you have
never played and want to learn the game, or if you have not played in a while,
please go to http://www.nationalmahjonggleague.org/store.aspx and order a 2014
National Mah Jongg League card. It is necessary to have a card in order to play. It is illegal to copy these cards and
we do not, unfortunately, have extras. If you have a mah jongg set, please bring it with you. If you have any questions,
please contact Helen Thompson at [email protected].
Local Artists Chosen for Artfields Competition
Two photographers from Seabrook Island’s impressive pool of talented artists
have been selected to participate in this
year’s Artfields show. Patricia Schaefer
and Stan Ullner were accepted from a record number of applicants from across 12
southeastern states. The competition’s
website describes Artfields as “a community focused celebration of art”. The nine day
event awards $100,000 in prizes, including
a people’s choice award based on visitors’
votes.
A unique show, art work in 2-D or 3-D
modes is displayed in a variety of businesses and other venues throughout Lake
City, SC. South of Florence, along route
52, the farming community is reinventing
itself with the motto “at the crossroads of art
and agriculture.”
I encourage Seabrookers to take a road trip
on a nice spring day visiting the show which
runs April 24-May 2nd. The website: www.
artfieldssc.org lists the daily events including
art walks, experiential workshops, a farmer’s
market and live music. When there, make
sure you stop by to visit Patricia and Stan’s
work. Patricia’s will be located at Mosaics
dress shop and Stan’s will be at Downtown
Bakery and Deli, both of which are on Main
Street.
Not too far, and a fun way for Seabrookers
to explore our new home state, this art show
would make a great day trip. And if you go,
don’t forget to vote! ▲
Statuesque by Patricia Schaefer
The Gardener’s Shoes by Stan Ullner
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THE
Greenspace Gala
Cookie Byczek celebrates John and Betsy Turner’s win
Jody Garvey helps Charlotte Willis free another turtle
from the nest in the grab bag game
Lovebirds John and Jean Feldman
generously support another Gala
PHOTOS BY MARY BETH JOYCE
Walter and Chris Czander arrive to join the festivities
A perfect night and place to celebrate friendships!
Lauren Williams and Lonnie Root entertain
outside the Silent Auction
Chick Vladuchick illustrates why a fist bump is a beautiful thing
as Susan Meloy looks on
Former Green Space Director Jean Mitchell (left) cheers on
husband Dave’s bidding determination
Two appreciative attendees
admire this year’s splendid
artwork before the
Live Auction begins
ON THE STREET - Interviewer: Joan Reed / Photos: Mary Beth Joyce
“What do you know about Backpack Buddies?”
Meg Davidson
My good friend Joanne Threlfall
along with Elaine Davis started the
program on Seabrook. It is good
for children who otherwise would
go hungry on the weekends.
Sandra Kapudja
I am vacationing on Seabrook and
saw the signs for the chili cook off
fundraiser . Previously, I had not
heard of the program.
Melvin McCormick
I am not really sure but I know
it has something to do with
raising money for children.
Ray Peterson
It is a program to provide food
for school children to take
home on the weekend.
Nic Porter
Program costs are roughly
$200 per child per year.
Don Seymour
The program makes food
available to Johns Island
children to help meet their
nutritional needs.
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