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CONTENTS August/September 2013
features
8 Smooth Sailing With Alexander Mazzeo 14 20 28 32
I Had Horses In My Soul Katherine Brown
“I don’t race to finish; I race to win.” Jodi Joye
Update On Pro Golfer Mark Anderson
Devin Taylor Signs With The Detroit Lions
departments
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Publisher’s Thoughts
37
Dining Guide
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Low Country Weddings
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Alexander Mazzeo, local competitive sailor of the single handed dignhies known as “Optimists.” Photos by Susan Deloach
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SPORTS ISSUE Alexander Mazzeo Champion Sailor
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2013
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SmootHSAILING
with Alexander Mazzeo Story by CINDY REID Photography by SUSAN DELOACH
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ocal sailor Alexander Mazzeo was selected to represent the USA at the 30th International Optimist Meeting at Lake Garda in Verona, Italy in March 2013. The thirteen year old Beaufort Academy eighth grader has been sailing the single handed dinghies known as “Optimists” competitively for almost five years. For those unfamiliar with the boat, the Optimist, or OPTI for short, is designed precisely for use by young sailors up to the age of fifteen. Its small size and sturdiness make it an ideal dinghy for learning the sport and it is used by the Beaufort Yacht and Sail Club, as well as most sailing clubs through the world, to teach sailing. In addition it is recognized by the International Sailing Federation as an International Class. About competing in Italy Alex said, “It was very windy, Lake Garda is probably one of the windiest places in the world. As a single sailor you are the only person in the boat, which can be over powered at 20 knots. In Italy it was 26 knots. Italy was very cold but it was a great place to visit”. The event is divided into two age categories, the cadets (age 9- 11) and juniors (age 12-14). The cadets can race a maximum of two legs per day (8 in total), and the juniors up to three races per day (9 in total). Alex said, “There were kids there from Peru, Canada, Antigua, Croatia, Sri Lanka, Jerusalem, from all over the world really.” In fact, young sailors from approximately thirty countries took part in the event, which is held annually at different locations throughout the world. Alex said there were approximately 25 participants from the United States, “A lot of the kids from the United States were from Florida, also Maryland and New York.” In order to get to the International Optimist Meeting, Alex had to compete at qualifying regattas. About competing at a large scale event, he says, “Some of the local competitions have only twenty OPTIs and it is very different to go from twenty kids to three hundred at a starting line.” One such regatta was held on Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans. His mother Lisa said, “New Orleans was lovely. The Café DuMonde came to the lake with big fryers and they made bags of fresh beignets for all the sailors. Having the community support the kids makes it very special for them.” Alex sailed in the biggest youth regatta in the world, the Orange Bowl Regatta in Miami Florida, which is held the day after Christmas every year. This July he competed in the USODA (United States Optimist Dinghy Association) Open Fleet National Championship held at the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club in Detroit ,
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Michigan. Alex said, “It was very nice and there was a good breeze on Lake St Clair, but there were lots of weeds in the lake and I was sailing on a reach and I hit a giant island of reeds straight on! Everyone was shouting at me, ‘hey, you got stuck on a reed island!’ So I had to right my wrong and get unstuck, which I was able to do, and finish the race.” Alex finished in fourth place the Silver Fleet, out of 160 competitors. Family Big brother Patrick (now 17 years old) was the first in the family to take up OPTI sailing and Alex says he followed in his brother’s footsteps. Next in line is Thomas, who at nine years old is following in Alex’s footsteps and is also an OPTI sailor. Alex’ father is Dr. Paul Mazzeo, who practices adult and pediatric neurology at Coastal Neurology in Beaufort, where his mother Lisa who is a nurse, works as well. Lisa says, “Sailing has been a wonderful sport for my sons, they gave other sports a try but found sailing to be the right fit for them.” What’s Next Brother Patrick is currently sailing 420s (a larger two crew dinghy) competitively and Alex expects to be doing the same himself after he ages out of the OPTI class at age fifteen. He is also on the Beaufort Academy sailing team and has been branching out by participating in sailing series events at the Charleston Yacht Club. He said, “They had a scrimmage for our high school sailing team and I got to skipper for the entire scrimmage, which was a fun thing.” He looks forward to sailing through high school and then college, as many colleges, such as College of Charleston, have club and varsity level sailing teams. Down the road, Alex says he has set his sights on competing in the World Cup because “it is about thinking and strategy.” When he is not on the water, Alex enjoys hanging out with his sailing friends and says “I like reading, any sort of book but especially historical fiction that my brother and Dad got me into. I also like to play chess.” Alex encourages newcomers to the sport to give it a try. He says, “It always seems complicated starting out but if you just keep at it you will get to the next level. It is an unending amount of complications but in the end you will get it.”
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The OPTI The Optimist was designed in 1947 by American Clark Mills, who was inspired by the Soap Box Derby program that is sponsored by the Optimist International service club. (Mills donated the plan to the Optimists.) The design was slightly modified and introduced to Europe and spread outwards across Europe from Scandinavia. The design was standardized in 1960 and became a strict One- Design in 1995. The International Optimist is sailed in over 120 countries by over 160,000 skippers and it is one of only two yachts approved by the International Sailing Federation exclusively for sailors under 16. At the London Olympics, nearly 80% of all boat skippers were former Optimist dinghy sailors, most of them having reached international level in the Class. (wikipedia.org)
“It always seems complicated starting out but if you just keep at it you will get to the next level. It is an unending amount of complications but in the end you will get it.�
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I Had Horses In My
soul
Story by MARY ELLEN THOMPSON Photography by PAUL NURNBERG
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ith her perfect equestrian posture, the only indication that Katherine Tandy Brown is more comfortable on the other side of the interviewing process is the constant motion of her foot; Katherine has been writing for several magazines and trade publications for the past 24 years. Enviably tall, thin and self-assured, Katherine has a story or two to tell about her days on the racetracks at Aqueduct and Saratoga Springs in NY, but we’ll probably have to wait for her book to come out before we hear them. Southern by birth, Katherine has that easy going charm and ability to fit right into the heart of a matter, so when she hones in on something it gets her complete attention. Her lifelong passion for horses was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky when she was just a little girl, and she and her sister, Lindsay, would dress up in their cowgirl outfits and gallop around the house. “I had horses in my soul.” Mentally cut to that scene in “National Velvet” where Elizabeth Taylor breaks off a reed as a crop and gallops herself over the bridge. Katherine recalls at age five and a half, her parents took her to Vermont to pick Lindsay up from summer camp where “I got to get on a snow white horse named Midnight. I never wanted to get off!” However, it was awhile before that dream was realized. Years ago, Hopkinsville was the world’s largest producer of dark fire tobacco and Katherine’s grandfather owned a tobacco warehouse. She and Lindsay were raised on Main Street in a brick cottage that her grandfather had built in 1919. Their father was a physician and childhood was reasonably idyllic. Katherine remembers ping pong games on the front porch, running through the sprinklers, swimming in the pool at the country club and playing shadow tag under the street lights. “Hopkinsville was a neat place to grow up!” An athlete from the get go, Katherine loved swimming; a competitive swimmer, she and friends started a swim team in high school. But in those young days, her favorite activity was going to summer camp. “I would have stayed in summer camp all year if I could. I went to camps in Vermont, North Carolina and Virginia. I loved summer camp - the archery, riflery, swimming, riding and tennis.” However, those halcyon days ended when she was sixteen. Her parents divorced and Katherine moved to Mayfield, KY with her mother and sister. Katherine spent one year at Murray State University then transferred to the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Horse
Country. With her love of animals, Katherine “Majored in pre-vet but no one told me to re-think that, I wasn’t so great at science!” Still, Katherine was “hooked on horses.” “My first job was prepping Thoroughbred yearlings for the Keeneland horse sales. Though Thoroughbreds are difficult and skittish, I was delighted to be paid $1 an hour to do anything with horses.” “I bought my first horse my junior year in college. A friend who had a horse farm took me to the stockyards where I found a green-broke horse from Oklahoma that was half quarter horse and half Thoroughbred. She cost $250 with a saddle and bridle but I didn’t have that much money. My step-father had been in a cavalry division of the Army and he lent me half. The next day I saddled and bridled her and got one foot in the stirrup before she bucked me off. She was named Gimlet Bay but I called her Mare-Mare; brown with a black mane and tail, she had big feet - kind of like pancakes! I trained her and taught her to jump.” After graduating from the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor of Science degree, Katherine went to work for The Blood-Horse Magazine, which is akin to a bible for breeding and racing Thoroughbreds. After three years there proofreading and doing research, Katherine left for greener pastures, becoming one of five women hired by revered horseman John Bell III to break Thoroughbred yearlings. Jonabell Farm in Lexington was legendary for breeding, racing, selling and boarding champion horses. A forward thinking businessman, Bell knew women had a way with horses that enabled them to do the job well. Breaking Thoroughbreds is not a job for the lily-livered, Katherine concurs, “People said it was dangerous. I was in!” She explains, “The horses were brought into stalls for a couple of days and petted. Then a saddle pad was put on their back for them to feel the weight. Next, we got to ‘belly’ them, which meant we lay across their backs on pads, perpendicular to the horse on our bellies which resulted in some pretty spectacular bruises! We rode them in the stalls with a saddle and bridle for a week. The grooms then led us outside for a few days. Finally they unclipped the lead shanks and we rode from September through Christmas, every day in rain, sun, sleet or hail.” “From Lexington, the horses got shipped to Aiken, SC for training. We stayed in Aiken for three months, rented a fabulous house on Whiskey Road, galloped three or four sets of horses a day. W. C. “Mike” Freeman, the trainer, took the horses from Aiken to Aqueduct in NY and then onto Saratoga
Springs, and we followed the horses there. I also ponied the horses on the track, i.e. led the horses to the starting gate. I was on the track in 1973 with Secretariat and saw the only race he ever lost. After three years I left the racetrack.” “My father loved Vermont. After he died, I wanted to know why, so I lived there for a year working in a ski resort, teaching swimming and diving, waitressing.” After a subsequent trip to the Caribbean and a year in Princeton, NJ, Katherine found herself right back in Kentucky working in the media again for The Thoroughbred Record magazine and then Pedigree Associates. In 1984, she developed Guillain-Barré syndrome, an autoimmune disorder affecting the peripheral nervous system, and she had to quit her job at Pedigree Associates. Concurrently a part time dream job presented itself when Katherine was hired to be the American representative for the prestigious Goffs Bloodstock in County Kildare, Ireland. Katherine marketed the idea to Americans of buying and selling their horses in Ireland. “When I opened the American office, the Irish Ambassador came over. I went to Dublin and Paris for the horse sales.” Unfortunately that chapter ended when the bottom fell out of the Thoroughbred market and the American office closed. Undaunted, Katherine went to work for Joseph-Beth Booksellers, then a new bookstore in Lexington. As Director of
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Promotions, in about three years Katherine saw that independent bookstore become the largest bookstore in Kentucky. After five years of exhausting work, she decided “I needed to quit that job and be a writer myself. I’d seen a lot of books come and go. “In 1991, I was on the Board of the Kentucky Women’s Writers Conference when I met Natalie Goldberg, author of Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within. Natalie wanted to see some Kentucky horse farms, so she climbed into a car with me and off we went.” One conversation led to another and Katherine was invited to Natalie’s writing workshop in Taos, NM. After the workshop, Katherine quit her job at the bookstore, and for the next ten years, wrote book reviews for the Lexington Herald Leader. During that time, she took a course in writing for the magazine market and landed a job writing for Group Travel Leader, Inc. Her first assignment took her to Washington, DC for a week to scope out group travel possibilities and write a 12,000 word story. Now she writes for numerous publications, mostly about travel. “I adore travel - anywhere, anytime!” Katherine exclaims. “One of my first big trips as a writer was to accompany a group going to Churchill, Manitoba in Canada to see beluga whales in the Hudson Bay. People also go there to see polar bears, who really just want to eat the people. It was a ten day trip culminating in one day in Churchill, there is no place to stay there, and no road
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“I don’t race to finish; I race to win.” - Jodi Joye
Story by MARY ELLEN THOMPSON Photography by JOHN WOLLWERTH
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eaufort born and raised, Martha “Jodi” Joye, has competed in hundreds of marathons and triathlons since 1998. What is amazing is that she didn’t start until she was 40. Of those, 20 have been Ironman events, including the most coveted in Kona, Hawaii. Jodi started swimming on the team at Parris Island when she was 6. Colonel Smunk was the team coach for military and civilian children alike, and practice was at 6 a.m. and every evening. Jodi remembers that “There was lots of discipline! Mom was a devoted momma, driving me everywhere. There were lots of competitions and I had walls of medals and trophies. There were lots of local families on the swim team. I stayed on the team til momma got tired of driving me, although her story is that I wanted to quit, when I was thirteen. Then I played basketball, tennis and softball. Momma thought ball was boyish so I concentrated on the tennis where I was always in the top ten.” Having received her B.A. in home economics and interior design from Georgia Southern University, Jodi started working with decorators on Hilton Head. “Interior design proved not to be my passion, so working with my mother in various businesses seemed to be the easier, softer way.” Learning from the bottom up, she remembers “I was instructed to bring my own lunch and I got in the van and worked right alongside the group that cleaned houses, even though my mother owned the company. It was not an executive desk and office position.” Over the years, her multitude of experiences eventually led her to open her own real estate firm, Charles Street Realty. Consistently in good physical shape, Jodi started riding bikes in 1989, but she had no idea then that it would become her avocation. Rather, her training for Ironman in 1998 started out as therapy after a heartbreak. “I needed a focus and a good friend was in Ironman, he was persuasive. Terry Butts was a pro Ironman and one day he advised me to get on his program. Well, I did. A friend, Kate B., had completed an Ironman and her photo was in the newspaper, which I found inspirational.” “My first competition was in Panama City, FL in 2001 where I did the half Ironman. The half Ironman means that you swim 1.5 miles, bike 56 miles and run 13.2 miles. Jodi recalls, “It was a tahoe full of 3 friends heading into the unknown. This race started it all for me! I competed in Panama City for ten years in a row, doing two to three other Ironman a year, plus other races. I placed second in 2003 and finally first in 2006 in Brazil. The first place athlete didn’t take her Kona slot so it rolled down to me... Yeah! Tears of Joy! These victories allowed me to qualify and compete in the World Championships in Kona, Hawaii
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in 2003 and 2006. Talk about some athlete! Other great Ironman experiences were in New Zealand, Austria, and Arizona.” The Ironman competition began in 1978 in Hawaii when three endurance events were combined: the Honolulu Marathon, the Waikiki Rough Water Swim, and the Around-Oahu Bike Ride; the winner was to be named “Ironman.” The Kona Ironman is the Ironman World Champion and the most coveted competition as the entrants have to qualify in another sanctioned Ironman event or by a lottery system. It’s very difficult to qualify for Kona as approximately 70,000 people try and only 1700 of those do qualify, plus the lottery winners. This is considered the most challenging one day sporting event in the world! Ironman competitions are triathlons comprised of three components: swimming, biking and running. They start out with a 2.4 mile swim, then a 112 mile bike race, followed by a 26.2 mile run. The competitors have 17 hours to finish; statistically men can finish in 8 1/2 hours and women closer to 9 hours. “When the swim begins, 2500 to 3000 people hit the water at the same time!” Jodi says, “I get in front; my coach said ‘People are your friends.’ He wanted me to remember not to stress out, to remember that I would find my own spot. It’s difficult not to feel anxious when people are kicking you as they swim but you can’t panic, you have to let your body go, because the stress will make your legs cramp.” For Jodi, the running is the most difficult part because it’s such a long distance. Although there is lots of support all along the way, the athlete is physically on their own. Preparations are made days in advance with bags packed and strategically left in transition areas, bikes are checked, racked and locked. After the swim, the competitors go to the transition area where they get out of their wet suits, shower, get into dry clothing, helmets on, get their bikes, a drink and they’re off on their bikes. After the bike ride, it’s transition again and another bag for the running clothes, shoes, food, suntan lotion or whatever is required for that leg. It’s necessary to get into and out of the transition area as quickly as possible; the race is not won in transition. Of the three legs, Jodi says “Swimming is my favorite, biking next, but the race is won in the run.” It is not inexpensive to compete; it costs $600 just to sign up for an Ironman. Then there are the travel expenses for transportation, hotel, meals, bike transportation, clothing and equipment. A bike can cost anywhere from $2,000 to $16,000. Although Jodi has not participated in a full Ironman since 2011, she did a half last year in Augusta, GA. She says “ It’s a spiritual thing for me, it’s not like any other race. I miss it, I don’t know if I’ll do a full again, but I’ll definitely
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“It’s a spiritual thing for me, it’s not like any other race. I miss it, I don’t know if I’ll do a full again, but I’ll definitely do a half. I don’t race to finish; I race to win.”
do a half. I don’t race to finish; I race to win.” Another aspect she enjoyed was the travel; she went to most of the competitions by herself. “Brazil was special for me because that was one of the places where I qualified for Kona. I was so excited to win that I remember chanting as I was coming in, ‘Pain is temporary, Glory is forever.’ When I went to New Zealand, it was a ten day trip, of course it takes about a day to just get there. It was wonderful to get to experience all the different cultures.” One of Jodi’s current endeavors is her new business, Charles Street Realty which she started in March of this year, “I had to reinvent myself. I was running the office where I worked before with my mother and brother, so I had to learn to sell again. I needed to get out and see what I’m made of - I had always worked with my family. I’m so proud of myself, I’m doing really well. I specialize in working with buyers; I’ve been in this business since
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1989, I’m a broker/owner.” When not working or training, Jodi just likes being at home. “I love being at my house, it overlooks the marsh and feels like I’m in a tree house listening to the birds and thinking of all the yard work that I need to do. I enjoy fishing and catching crab off my dock while getting to know my new family when they visit. I am a step-mother of three, Cameron, Zacharey and Paige. I also have a grandchild, Riley, who brings her own fishing rod to sport her independence. When they are not here, and my husband is still trying to finish up loose ends in Summerville, I work, workout, eat, watch tv and movies. I’m an animal lover. I’ve always had chocolate labs but my husband and I will eventually add a Boykin Spaniel to our family, and we’ll name her Penny Lynn. All my pets have had double names, it’s a Southern tradition since I grew up as Martha Jo.” Jodi is a poster woman for happy endings. She got married for the first time in June to Lynn Mcpherson; they met on match. com three years ago. “I feel like I’m just starting my life, I have a husband, a company and a new relationship with my dad, Carl Wilbur Joye. I’m building many relationships and it’s an encouraging future for me. Changes are difficult and scary but with a leap of faith, one will succeed. I am going to see for myself what I am made of. Love, business, and personal changes have led me astray. Ironman has been my savior and I want to get back into it. People compete between the ages of 18 and 80 so it’s never too late! I don’t know what old means.”
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Francis Ha INDIE Films at CFA Monday, August 5 at 7 PM Directed by Noah Baumbach Starring Greta Gerwig and Mickey Sumner 1 hr 26 mins, rated Rated R Frances (Greta Gerwig) lives in New York, but she doesn’t really have an apartment. Frances is an apprentice for a dance company, but she’s not really a dancer. Frances has a best friend named Sophie, but they aren’t really speaking anymore. Frances throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as their possible reality dwindles. Frances wants so much more than she has, but lives her life with unaccountable joy and lightness. FRANCES HA is a modern comic fable in which Noah Baumbach explores New York, friendship, class, ambition, failure, and redemption. Adults $7, Senior/Military $6, Students $5 Hannah Arendt INDIE Films at CFA Monday, August 12 at 7 PM Directed by Margarethe von Trotta Starring Barbara Sukowa, Janet McTeer, Axel Milberg, Klaus Pohl German and English with English subtitles 1 hr 53 mins, rated NR In the award-winning Hannah Arendt, the sublime Barbara Sukowa reteams with director Margarethe von Trotta (Vision, Rosa Luxemburg) for a brilliant new biopic of the influential German-Jewish philosopher and political theorist. Arendt’s reporting on the 1961 trial of exNazi Adolf Eichmann in The New Yorker—controversial both for her portrayal of Eichmann and the Jewish councils—introduced her now-famous concept of the “Banality of Evil.” Using footage from the actual Eichmann trial and weaving a narrative that spans three countries, von Trotta beautifully turns the often invisible passion for thought into
immersive, dramatic cinema. An Official Selection at the Toronto International and New York Jewish Film Festivals, Hannah Arendt also co-stars Klaus Pohl as philosopher Martin Heidegger, Nicolas Woodeson as New Yorker editor William Shawn, and two-time Oscar Nominee Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs) as novelist Mary McCarthy. • Adults $7, Senior/Military $6, Students $5
Band Jam Sunday, August 18 at 7 PM A little bit of rock, a dash of country, a touch of blues, and plenty of fun!! And USCB Center for the Arts is where it’s at on Sunday, August 18 at 6 PM. BAND JAM 2013 will showcase the wide variety of musical styles of solo musicians and bands from Beaufort including, Sometimes Later Band, The Sweet Grass Angels, Kirk Dempsey, Amanda Brewer and the Brewer Band, Frank Waddell and Billy Drysdale and Richard Wilson of the Reconstruction Band. So get your family and friends together and come down to Center for the Arts to get out of the summer sizzle and into the heat of the beat of some incredible local talent! Tickets are $10 and available through the USCB Box office 843-521-4145, or the evening of the show.
Midnight’s Children INDIE Films at CFA Monday, August 19 at 7 PM Directed by Deepa Mehta English 2 hrs 20 mins, rated NR “Born in the hour of India’s freedom. Handcuffed to history.” Midnight’s Children is an epic film from Oscar-nominated director Deepa Mehta, based on the Booker Prize winning novel by Salman Rushdie. At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, as India proclaims independence from Great Britain, two newborn babies are switched by a nurse in a Bombay hospital. Saleem Sinai, the illegitimate son of a poor woman, and Shiva, the offspring of a wealthy couple, are fated to live the destiny meant for each other. Their lives become mysteriously intertwined and are inextricably linked to India’s whirlwind journey of triumphs and disasters. From the unlikely romance of Saleem’s grandparents to the birth of his own son, Midnight’s Children is a journey at once sweeping in scope and yet intimate in tone. Hopeful, comic and magical – the film conjures images and characters as rich and unforgettable as India herself. Adults $7, Senior/Military $6, Students $5
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Mark Anderson Gets His First
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eaufort’s own pro golfer Mark Anderson made the news in May with his first professional golf tour title win, which took place in Greenville, South Carolina. Anderson had joined the Web.com Tour (formerly known as the Nationwide Tour) in 2010 and in his first year he had three Top 10 finishes. The next year he had four Top 10 finishes and made the cut on the Money List to qualify for a PGA Tour card. On the PGA Tour in 2012, he made 13 out of 25 cuts and one Top 10 finish but returned to the Web.com Tour for the 2013 season. The BMW Charity ProAM was his 60th start on the Web. com Tour. “Former South Carolina University player Mark Anderson won the BMW Charity Pro-Am on Sunday May 19 for his first Web. com Tour title, closing with a 6-under 65 at the Thornblade Club for a five-stroke victory. The 27-year-old Anderson had a tournament-record 27-under 259 total, the third-lowest score in relation to par in tour history. He opened with a 63 at The Reserve at Lake Keowee, added a 67 at Greenville Country Club and took a one-stroke lead Saturday with a 64 at Thornblade.” From www.espngolf.com: Beaufort Lifestyle caught up with Mark
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and asked him about his first win on tour. He said, “It was nice! It was a huge weight off my shoulders to get this first win. And it was nice to get it at my home state.” He said “I had played two of the courses before so I knew them well.” As to going into the final holes with a sizable lead, he said, “I felt like I was playing well and it felt good to have that lead.” Anderson now ranks seventh in Money Leaders on the Web.com Tour,
the Top 25 at the end of the season automatically get their PGA Card, which means they will move up to the PGA Tour next year. Anderson says “It feels nice to be in a good position and I am excited to play in the last tournaments of the year.” After the season ends, Mark will get a little downtime and he says he likes to stay active in the off season. As befitting a Beaufortonian, he says he loves being on the water, and notes “I have been paddle boarding for three years and now everyone has one so it has really caught on.” A new venture is to combine fishing and paddle boarding so you may see him reeling one in while on the board! Recently married, he says, “My wife and I like to bike.” And they enjoy all the great bike paths and routes throughout the local area. And because this is the Sporting Issue, Beaufort Lifestyle just had to ask what pro teams Mark roots for, and he replied “I am a Panthers fan and an Orioles fan because I grew up in Maryland. The Orioles make it hard sometimes but I still root for them!” All of Beaufort is rooting for Mark Anderson as he completes the last tournaments on his tour and aims to regain his place on next year’s PGA Tour. Good luck Mark!
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undreds of people turned out to meet and greet former USC Gamecock star and now NFL Detroit Lion rookie, Devin Taylor, recently on a sunny June afternoon. Picked as a defensive end by the Detroit Lions in Round Four of the NFL draft, Taylor will soon be leaving the lowcountry and making his home in Detroit. About the new phase of his football career he said “The biggest change is transitioning from college to pro coaching style, but once you get used to it, it is very simple.” He said he hadn’t had much chance to explore the Motor City but he had toured Ford Field, where the Lions play when they are at home, and said it was “very impressive.” Taylor and his family were there to show their appreciation to the community for all the support Beaufort has shown to Taylor over the course of his college football career. His mother Sylvia Cuyler said, “We are really grateful to have the opportunity to thank all the people who supported Devin while he was at USC.” His sister Demeka Taylor said, “Devin has always wanted to give back to the community and we wanted to have a fun day, especially for the kids.” Everyone had the opportunity to tell Taylor how much they have enjoyed following his career and he shyly thanked everyone for all their support. Unassuming and gracious, Taylor posed for photos, signed autographs and spoke to all his friends and fans. Little ones in Gamecock regalia barely reached the six foot seven inch athletes’ knees but they gazed up in awe at a true Beaufort superstar.
During a break from posing for photos Devin said he enjoyed being in Beaufort and having the chance to give back in any way he could. Onlookers were impressed by Taylor’s effort to show his appreciation. Roland Gardener said, “It’s great for Beaufort that he came back and said ‘thank you.’ That says a lot about his character.” Nikki Williams said, “We are all so proud of Beaufort’s finest, Candice and Devin, and I think Devin is a very remarkable young man who represents hard work and great parenting.” Imani Miller said, “I think it’s good for the community, and seeing everyone come together is wonderful.” When asked if she was looking forward to going to Michigan to see her son play, Sylvia Cuyler laughed and said, “I am gearing myself up for that! But we are really up for the season and taking it as it comes.” All afternoon Taylor was busy signing autographs, saying hello to old friends, and obliging all requests for photos. Gracious and unhurried, he had time for everyone, even posing with a tiny baby girl in his arms, to the delight of her parents. Poised on the brink of his
professional sports career, but grounded in the principles of hard work and humility, Devin Taylor made it his business to truly show his appreciation to the people of his hometown. That’s what “Devin Taylor Appreciation Day” was all about.
“Devin has always wanted to give back to the community and we wanted to have a fun day, especially for the kids.” - Demeka Taylor, Devin’s Sister
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announces Valentine Ball 2014 chairmen One of the couples who co-chaired the inaugural Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation Valentine Ball will take the reins once again this year on the 25th anniversary of the popular fundraiser. Jim and Weezie Gibson spearheaded the coordination of the first Valentine Ball in 1990. It has since become the foundation’s signature fundraiser and Beaufort’s social event of the season, drawing some 600 - 800 guests each year. A retired attorney with Howell, Gibson & Hughes, Jim Gibson once served as the hospital’s lawyer. His wife was director of volunteers and served on the BMH Foundation Board of Trustees. They will share the top post for the 2014 ball with dentist Dr. Aaron Bliley and his wife Melissa. Since moving to Beaufort in 2009, the Blileys have attended the Valentine Ball every year. Melissa has worked on the auction and dessert committees and last year co-chaired the kick-off party committee. As part of the 2014 quarter-century celebration, the black tie affair will be moved from the historic Lyceum on Paris Island to the new Beaufort Memorial Medical & Administrative Center (BMAC). The complex is located on Ribaut Road across from the main hospital campus and for the coming year, the second floor of the building has been purposefully left vacant for future growth. The evening will begin with pre-ball dinner parties held in some of Beaufort’s most beautiful homes. About 9 p.m., guests will make their way to BMAC for dancing, dessert and a silent auction. Over the years, the Valentine Ball has raised more than
$3.9 million, allowing the nonprofit hospital to offer new and improved services. Proceeds from the 2014 event will help pay for the expansion of Beaufort Memorial’s Intensive Care Unit from eight to 12 beds. Tickets to the Valentine Ball start at $150 per person and include several levels of contributions. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.valentineball.org or call (843) 5225774.
Dr. Aaron and Melissa Bliley and Weezie and Jim Gibson will co-chair the BMH Foundation’s 25th annual Valentine Ball in February 2014. The ball will be held at the new Beaufort Memorial Medical and Administrative Center across the street from the hospital.
BEAUFORT MEMORIAL’S WOMEN’S IMAGING CENTER NAMED BREAST IMAGING CENTER OF EXCELLENCE Center meets radiology profession’s highest standards for quality and service The Beaufort Memorial Hospital Women’s Imaging Center (WIC) has been designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR). Only facilities accredited by the ACR in mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy and breast ultrasound (including ultrasound-guided breast biopsy) are awarded the designation. Its award to the Women’s Imaging Center means the facility is meeting the highest standards of the radiology profession in its provision of these essential screening and diagnostic services. “We are extraordinarily proud to receive the designation,” says Jackie Brown, managing clinical director of the WIC. “Our facility voluntarily underwent a rigorous review process to ensure that we’re providing our patients with a nationally recognized level of care.” Peer-review evaluations—conducted in each breast imaging modality by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field—determined that the Women’s Imaging Center has achieved high practice standards in image quality, personnel qualifications, facility equipment, quality control procedures and quality assurance programs. The American College of Radiology is a national professional organization serving more than 36,000 diagnostic/interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, nuclear medicine physicians and medical physicists with programs focusing on the practice of medical imaging and radiation oncology and the delivery of
comprehensive health care services. To learn more about Beaufort Memorial’s Women’s Imaging Center, visit www.bmhsc.org. To schedule a mammogram appointment, call (843) 522-5015.
Jackie Brown, RN, managing clinical director of the Beaufort Memorial Women’s Imaging Center, consults with a patient. The Women’s Imaging Center has been designated a “Breast Imaging Center of Excellence” by the American College of Radiology (ACR).
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• November/December 2012 USAW American Open, Palm Springs CA CJ was awarded the silver medal in the 56kg class He completed a 80 kg Snatch and 108 kg Clean and Jerk to set an American Youth Record for 13 and under with a 188 kg total • April 6-13 2013 International Weightlifting Federation ( IWF) Youth Worlds, Tashkant, UZB. This was CJ’s First International Meet. CJ was the youngest member of TEAM USA, He competed in the 56 kg class finishing with a 91 kg Snatch and 118 kg Clean & Jerk breaking his own Youth American Record -with a 209 kg total CJ finished 19 out of 43 in his class, competeing amongst 16 & 17 year olds • June 28-30, 2013 USA Weightlifting Youth Championship, St. Joseph Missourri CJ won a Gold Metal and broke his previous American Record in the 62kg class with a 225kg total. He finished with a 100kg Snatch and a 125kg Clean and Jerk. CJ was awarded Best Lifter and given a key to the city Omar - Gold Metal in the 77kg Class with a 229 kg total. He finished with a 98kg Snatch and a 131kg Clean and Jerk which is a new American Youth Record. Team Beaufort won thier 6th Boys National Championship • July 26-28 2013 Men’s Senior National Championship CJ was the youngest lifter at the Nationals, He won a Bronze Metal, finishing with a 101 kg Snatch and 126 kg Clean and Jerk. CJ- 277 lbs. He also broke his American 13 & under Youth Record with a total of 227kg. • August 16-17 2013 CJ and Omar are both headed to Shreveport, LA to compete in the International Weightlifting Foundation (IWF) 15 & Under Pan American. This with be CJ’s 2nd Team USA competition and Omar’s 1st as a member of Team USA.
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here is a sweet spot between casual and fine dining and that’s where you will find the delightfully delicious Foolish Frog. Located on St. Helena Island, the restaurant reopened under new owners six months ago with the same whimsical name but with new lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch menus. The new owners have also expanded the beautiful outdoor covered seating area and added a regular lineup of live local entertainment performing Wednesday thru Saturday evenings. Customers appreciate that there is never a cover charge and the music played during dinner hours is of an appropriate volume for eating and socializing. The light filled dining room interior is Story by CINDY REID decorated with local artwork reflective of the unique island culture, a colorful gator, a Photography by PAUL NURNBERG Gullah shrimp net maker, chickens, and of course…frogs. Will McLenagan, the Chef and one of the owners, is a former United States Marine and was instrumental in opening Plums restaurant in 1995. He was also the Executive Chef at the Henry Clay Inn in Richmond, VA and has been a Culinary Arts Instructor at the Technical College of the Lowcountry. His experience and talent show in every dish made and diners can see Chef Will and his staff work through the large open window into the kitchen from the indoor dining area. Cris Morrison, the General Manager and also one of the owners also comes in the fish. Chef Will brings an original to the Foolish Frog with a lengthy and innovative twist to regional favorites, background in restaurant management. eschewing trite or tired preparations He has been working in the business found in too many kitchens. All the menu since he was 17, and is a graduate of offerings really are that good but some of Georgia Southern University’s Hotel and the customer favorites include: Restaurant Management program. Cris Chef Will’s Famed Maryland Crab keeps the operation running smoothly and Cakes, Lump blue crab (no fillers) is responsible for the absolutely excellent sautéed to golden perfection. Floral service diners can expect at every visit. jasmine rice or garlic parmesan mash But enough about all that good stuff, let’s potato, & sautéed seasonal vegetables. get to the great stuff- the food! Filet of Beef, a 28 day wet aged 8 ounce filet of beef with lump crab The Food béarnaise sauce served with sweet potato mash and seasonal vegetables. The Foolish Frog is known for an Hot Oil Fried Pickle Chips, served with extensive menu that utilizes the best of garlic dill butter milk ranch. locally grown vegetables and all seafood and And just for Frogmore fun you have fish served is caught in local waters. That to try the Foolish Frog Cajun Fried means everything on your plate not only Frog Legs (according to the menu they looks wonderful, which it does, it tastes “taste like chicken”) served with creamy fresh like food should. I swear you can taste Creole mustard remoulade. If that isn’t the sun in the vegetables and the salt water
enough to tempt you, or you have already tried everything on the menu, every day there are “chalkboard specials.” The day I visited, the lunch specials were Shrimp Gumbo and Steak Sandwich, which diners were happily tucking into all around me. Brunch is now offered on Sundays from 11Am to 5 PM and it has been an instant success. Chef Will says one of the most popular items is the Devil’s Mess (sautéed andouille sausage, onions, green peppers, tomatoes, garlic and other spices in a scrambled egg ensemble. Served with choice of home fries or grits) Also available is the Gabby Crabby two petite crab cakes, poached eggs, slice tomato, English muffin, hollandaise sauce, also
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served with choice of home fries or grits.) Gosh, can Sunday get here any quicker? The Deck
Spend any time here in our corner of the lowcountry, from an hour to a lifetime, and you will find yourself craving time on the water. Blessed with scenery straight out of an artist palette, The Foolish Frog‘s outdoor deck takes full advantage of the marsh view found nowhere else. It really deserves to be experienced versus described; suffice to say that once you spend an hour there, well you will be back for more. The service outside is as good as
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the excellent service inside, and everything on the menu is available inside and out. Come for a beer (try the Ballast Point Calico Amber on draft), stay for a Yard Bird (stuffed chicken breast with pablano peppers, queso cheese, and pancetta rolled in panko bread crumbs and golden fried, topped with shitake mushroom cream sauce). Or try a Hoppin Frog Martini (coconut rum, melon liqueur, pineapple juice) and stay for a refreshing Asian Tuna Salad (seared rare Asian tuna, tossed mixed greens with ginger rice wine vinaigrette, cucumbers, grape tomatoes, purple onion, mandarin oranges and cashews). It is one thing to be a wonderful restaurant with a fantastic view, but the Foolish Frog has aimed even higher than that by opening their doors to a wide variety of local musicians and making sure that their customers feel as if they are “at home.” Cris says, “We are here to accommodate you, the customer. We are in the business of making your time here as enjoyable as possible.” Chef Will adds, “We
have a lot of local customers, from Harbor Island, Fripp Island, Dataw, Habersham, from all over the area. We are a destination restaurant, because we make it worth the travel. At the same time we strive to be the locals’ hangout too, a place where you can come by after work or bring your family out for a meal.” Plans for the deck include adding a clear siding wrap, so it can be utilized throughout the chillier months. Cris says, “We will be open year round for your dining enjoyment!” They are also expanding the catering side of the business and would love to talk to you about any catering needs you may have, from small parties to large events. Wine dinners are held four times a year, one in every season (yes, we have seasons in South Carolina!) and community groups of all sorts from bridge clubs to church groups can and are accommodated easily. So swing by the Frog, find a spot on the deck, order yourself up a cool drink and let yourself experience the best of what the lowcountry has to offer, from fine food to fine company and the finest view in the sea islands. See you there! For more information check out their web page www.thefoolishfrog.com or on Face book, under “Foolish Frog”.
The best foods in Beaufort, Port Royal and the Sea Islands Bella Luna Cafe 859 Sea Island Parkway St. Helena, SC 29920 (843 )838-3188
Moondoggie’s 930 9th Street Port Royal, SC 29935 (843) 522-1222
Foolish Frog 846 Sea Island Pkwy St. Helena Island, SC (843) 838-9300
Southern Graces Bistro 808 Port Republic Street Beaufort, SC 29902 (843) 379-0555
Luther’s Rare And Well Done 910 Bay Street Beaufort, SC 29902 (843) 521-1888 www.lowcountrydining.com
Sweetgrass 100 Marina Drive St. Helena Island, SC (843)838-2151 www.sweetgrassdataw.com
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What Every Bride Needs To Know Today brides are busily buying books on wedding planning, talking with friends and family about planning their wedding, and/or paying someone to help them plan their wedding. That is great that you are taking the time to plan that special day, but did you consider that you need a coordinator? Most bride’s get so busy in planning their wedding that they forget about the wedding coordination. A lot of bride’s do not now that the Wedding Planning and Wedding Coordination are two different services. Wedding Planning is the actual planning of the wedding: choosing vendors, deciding on which musician to play at the ceremony, where to have the reception. etc. However, Wedding Coordination is having a certified wedding coordinator (or director) at the rehearsal, wedding ceremony, and/or the wedding reception making sure that everything is going as the bride planned. Wedding Coordinators are around to make sure that the wedding party s in the right place, vendors are doing as they were paid to do, and most of all that everyone is happy! So, when you are planning your wedding make sure that you do not get caught without a coordinator on your special day!
Ten Important Tips Planning An Outdoor Wedding 1. Let your guests know in the invitation that it’s an outdoor wedding, so they can dress appropriately. 2. Enclose maps in your invitations, so guests can find their way. 3. Make sure you have adequate bathroom facilities. If the wedding is at home, you might want to consider renting a portable latrine. Many rental places have wedding models, complete with a flush toilet and sink. 4. Make sure the site has access to electricity. 5. The general rule of thumb for a sit-down reception is to allow for 15 square feet per guest. Do the math, and make sure your tent is big enough. 6. If you are having the wedding at a private residence, find ahead of time where the tent will be placed. That way when you are doing your spring/summer planting, you can choose flowers in your wedding colors and plant them near the tent. 7. Offer parking that is close by - it’s a wedding not a hike (unless you want a hiking wedding) 8. Let neighbors know you are having an outdoor wedding ahead of time so they won’t be outside with lawnmowers and leafblowers. 9. Make sure your wedding site is in an area that won’t get muddy or flood if it rains. 10. Have mosquito spray handy. Citronella candles are not enough if mosquitoes decide to crash your party.
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