Bluffton Monthly March 2022

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Jesse’s Wish Foundation continues to make a difference.

46 H AVING AN IMPACT Watterson Brands builds businesses, gives back.

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Culinary artists feed the community.

76 S POTTING SNAKES An guide to identifying a variety of species.

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NEWS 22 : L ines Redrawn Beaufort County adopts revised redistricting map.

26 : St. Patrick’s Parade Returns Hilton Head Island set to host concerts, parade.

BUSINESS 38 : Put Your Estate in Order Why it’s important to plan ahead.

40 : Made in South Carolina Anson Mills a leader in Carolina Gold rice.

HOME 64 : Pizza in Your Backyard A guide to finding the perfect ovens for the at-home chef.

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12 : At The Helm 14 : Opinion 16 : Contributor 18 : News

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68 : New Face of Kitchen Design Trends in countertop and cabinets.

72 : Lawn Care Love Keep your grass healthy.

REAL ESTATE 81 : Home Inspection Help Advice when buying a new home.

HEALTH 96 : Natural Healing Alternative medicines offer options to heal pain.

100 : Attention on Anxiety Helping children cope during the pandemic.

GOOD DEEDS 106 : Clean up for a Cause Volunteers help restore Gullah sites.

20 : Pets to Adopt 28 : Photos of the Month 30 : Community Connection 36 : On the Move

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108 : Connect to the Past Archaeological discovery made at Mitchelville.

SPORTS 112 : Sensational Speed Bluffton 7-year-old burns up race track.

ARTS 120 : Off on a High Note HHSO’s Mona Huff retiring.

DINING 134 : Dine With a View Eat while enjoying stunning sights.

138 : Get Ready for Grits A primer on the perfect southern cuisine.

140 : Savory Recipes Enjoy these delicious grits meals.

80 : Real Estate News 122 : Calendar 132 : Dining Briefs 144 : Last Call

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dear reader...

Sasha Sweeney

Meredith DiMuzio

At Monthly we are full of enthusiasm and ready to enjoy the upcoming spring season.

As nature shows off its beauty this month, we are pleased to show off the Lowcountry.

The area’s altruism is exemplified in Jessie’s Wish, a Blufftonbased nonprofit that helps support children during cancer treatment. The foundation aims to bring joy to kids who need a lift.

Watterson Brands — led by Billy Watterson – has built a business portfolio that’s had an immediate impact on the Lowcountry. The brand’s businesses are part of a philanthropic effort that gives thousands of dollars back to the community.

To help you further enjoy the outdoors this spring, we offer a primer on snake species: which ones are friendly and which ones are venomous. These tips will help you safely explore the area.

The Hilton Head International Piano Competition will be the focus of entertainment this month. Presented by the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra, the event is in its 27th year. We offer a preview and salute retiring competition director, Mona Huff.

We are highlighting the essential chefs who feed our community with our Top Chefs section. Read the stories behind the culinary artists who regale us with savory foods.

Speaking of food, outdoor pizza ovens have become an instant pandemic cooking trend. Inside you’ll find tips on the brands that will help you make a Neapolitan-style pizza in your backyard.

The coronavirus pandemic continues to impact children and families, with one of the biggest being how children deal with anxiety. Health experts offer advice and resources to help with mental health issues that may impact your children’s health.

Parker Stewart is a 7-year-old race car wunderkind. Read about the Bluffton child’s racing exploits and his dream of becoming an F1 driver.

Thank you for inviting us into your lives. Enjoy your Lowcountry spring.

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“letter ” YOUTH SPORTS BUILD HEALTHY LIFESTYLES

BY CHELSEA PEARSON

O rg a n i z e d a n d w e l l structured youth sports bring many benefits to the children and families of our community.

Playing youth sports helps children meet new people and develop friendships.

Team sports give the youth (and their families) an opportunity to socialize with others and become a bigger part of the community. There is an opportunity to recognize how coaches and parents have given back as volunteers, and quite possibly they can become volunteers for life.

Youth sports promote health and fitness. Most sports practice multiple times and with weekly games provide an outlet to be active and improve overall wellness (sleep, stronger muscles, and bones, increased cardiovascular fitness).

This builds a foundation for a healthy lifestyle, along with strong mental wellbeing. Sports can boost selfesteem and confidence in young athletes.

Whether it is on a court or field, sports provide the opportunity for children to learn how to face and overcome challenges. Players may be afraid of interaction with others or having the pressure of a game on them.

However, by playing they can learn how to overcome these elements and build resilience at a young age, which will carry through to adulthood. A competitive sports situation aids in learning how to compete with one another, along with the importance of teamwork.

The Island Recreation Center offers these learning opportunities through youth soccer, basketball, flag football, Gator football, cheer, and camps and clinics through the summer months.

Sports can offer an outlet for children to learn about teamwork and how each individual can play a specific role on a team. Understanding their role teaches accountability and helps enhance problem-solving skills and team problem-solving.

Team sports teach the concepts of winning and losing.

The true definition of a winner is to recognize how to lose and how to behave after losing.

Parents and families benefit from youth sports as well.

It allows parents not only to be a part of their children’s lives, but it also creates the opportunity to socialize with others and build new lasting friendships.

Chelsea Pearson is the Athletics Program Coordinator at the Island Recreation Center.

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REBECCA CASHWELL

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LOWCOUNTRY STANDOUTS TAKING SKILLS TO NEXT LEVEL

Rebecca Cashwell, who has spent a career creating and branding for large companies and has been part of Monthly’s team since 2020, was born in Châtellerault, France, to a German-American family. Her passion for the arts flourished amid the artistic culture of Europe.

She studied at Parsons School of Design in New York, and Ringling College of Art & Design in Florida. Rebecca later moved to Atlanta to start a career in retail design, working with Macy’s and other high-end fashion design brands.

Rebecca was the Senior Designer for one of Atlanta’s top advertising agencies for 28 years before starting her own design business. She’s been the creative force for many corporations, including Honey Baked Ham Company, Bass Pro Shops and The Home Depot.

She rebranded Weddings In Houston magazine, and designed Okra magazine, voted one of the top 20 newly launched magazines for 2017.

Married to Charles Cashwell, a fine artist and South Carolinian, Rebecca and her husband reside outside of Atlanta and enjoy their second home in Moss Creek.

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The area’s top high school athletes are ready to take their talents to the collegiate level.

Lowcountry athletes held signings last month during National Signing Day, including five Hilton Head High student-athletes.

For HHIHS volleyball star Ady O’Grady signed with USC Upstate, lacrosse standout Anna Ferebee is headed to Erskine, boys lacrosse star Amare Ford signed with Hampton University, and lacrosse players Gavin Dellinger and Seth Woods each signed with Guilford College.

Bluffton defensive end DJ Aiken signed with Florida International.

Whale Branch High’s Xavier Chaplin signed to play for Virginia Tech and Joseph Hicks signed with NCAA Division II Limestone.

May River High School football standouts Garvin Douglas (Hutchinson Community College in Kansas) and Jaeon Allen (South Carolina State) signed letters of intent and softball star Ruthie Roman and soccer standout Adrianna Machado signed with Columbia College.

Battery Creek’s Quatrell Livingston and Alvin Black Jr. signed with Coffeyville (Kan.) Community College.

In Jasper County, Thomas Heyward Academy’s Brandon Howard committed to Charleston Southern. Defensive linemen Cameron VanGeison (Erskine) and Preston Hamilton (Limestone) also signed letters of intent.

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“in the know ” A jury ruled in favor of Bluffton’s mayor in a lawsuit, a new Lowcountry football coach was hired, and the Town of Hilton Head Island launched a new app. Here’s what made news during the previous month:

ISLANDERS BEACH PARK

$50 MILLION AWARDED TO BLUFFTON MAYOR IN DEFAMATION SUIT Bluffton Mayor Lisa Sulka won a defamation lawsuit against local government critic Skip Hoagland. She was awarded $50 million in damages.

A jury ruled that Sulka would receive $40 million in actual damages and $10 million in punitive damages from Hoagland. Sulka’s libel lawsuit filed in 2017 noted emails that Sulka said Hoagland accused her of being unfit for office, according to Bluffton Today.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT PASSENGER NUMBERS SURPASS PRE-PANDEMIC HIGHS OF 2019 Hilton Head Island Airport saw more than 388,816 passengers in 2021.

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for 2020, that is a 145% increase in passengers arriving and departing from Hilton Head Island, the Beaufort County Government said. Compared to prepandemic passenger levels in 2019, 66% more passengers utilized Hilton Head Island.

Mitchelville Preservation Project was recently named a 2021 Charity of the Year finalist. The award comes with a $5,000 grant from the PGA Tour. The 54th annual RBC Heritage Presented

by Boeing is April 11-17.

HERITAGE CLASSIC FOUNDATION INCREASES MATCHING DOLLARS FOR CHARITABLE GIVING PROGRAMS

Islanders Beach Park at 94 Folly Field Road is getting a new pavilion that will give visitors with disabilities and others with special needs a chance to enjoy views of the beach, the Town of Hilton Head said. The town has contracted with Nix Construction Company to build a handicap-accessible covered overlook pavilion adjacent to the existing beach boardwalk. The pavilion will feature a wide entry path for wheelchair access and benches for seating.

The Heritage Classic Foundation will increase matching gifts to 15% for its two charitable giving programs (Birdies for Charity and The Heritage Champions Fore Charity) ahead of the 2022 RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing. The RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing’s registered charities also can be honored by the PGA Tour each year. The

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THE SEA PINES RESORT OFFERS SWINGFITAI CLUB FITTING

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The Sea Pines Resort has added SwingFitAI Club Fitting to its Golf Learning Center. Developed on Hilton Head Island, SwingFitAI is the first artificial-intelligencepowered swing-fitting system in golf, Sea Pines said.

It uses eight cameras that record 360 frames a second (collecting more than 30,000 data points per swing).

SwingFitAI is calibrated to work with major brands of clubs and shafts and is updated to the newest models.

TOWN OF HILTON HEAD LAUNCHES NEW APP The Town of Hilton Head Island has launched its new MyHHI mobile app, designed to give users a tool to report non-emergency issues from their smartphone, tablet and computers. Users can access information about parks, beaches, cultural events and other topics.

The free app is available from Google Play and the Apple Store. For more information about MyHHI, visit hiltonheadislandsc.gov/myhhi.

BEAUFORT COUNTY BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RECEIVES TECH GRANT The United States Department of Agriculture is investing $63.3 million in rural South Carolina communities through job training, business expansion and technical assistance. The Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce received an $86,217 Microentrepreneur Assistance Program grant which will allow it to provide technical assistance to rural micro-entrepreneurs or microenterprises. The funds will be used to offset costs of workshops, meetings and will help potential clients with feasibility studies, business and marketing plans.

FRED Age: 10 months old Gender: Male Weight: 45-50 pounds Breed: Mixed Temperament: Fred was hit by a car at 4 months old; he is paralyzed on his backend but does not let that slow him down. He rides in style in his wheelchair and can scoot around when he is not in his chair. He will make a wonderful and special addition to any family.

MAMA LUNA Age: 1 year old Gender: Female Weight: 8-10 pounds Breed: Domestic Short Hair Temperament: Mama Luna is spunky and sweet! She is used to dogs and would not mind a home with kids.

She is happy to snuggle up for a nap or have playtime with her favorite toy.

TOLL BOOTH REMOVAL AND ROAD IMPROVEMENTS ON THE CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY The South Carolina Department of Transportation plans the removal of the toll booths from the Sol Blatt Jr. Cross Island Parkway and will make improvements to the road. SCDOT entered a $12.7 million contract with APAC Atlantic, Inc., for work to be done as part of the Cross Island Parkway toll conversion. The conversion project includes pavement removal, pavement reconstruction and resurfacing, signage and striping along the parkway and ramps from U.S. 278 Business to the Charles Fraser Bridge. Removal of the toll plaza is expected to be completed this spring and the remaining work is expected to be completed by the end of 2022.

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Adopt them at: Palmetto Animal League 56 Riverwalk Blvd., Okatie SC2 99236 Open: Noon to 6 p.m. Monday–Saturday

CALL 843-645-1725 OR INFO@PALMETTOANIMALLEAGUE.ORG

SAVANNAH’S ENMARKET ARENA OPENS The long-awaited public debut of Enmarket Arena in Savannah became reality in February. The city held a community day for the 9,500-seat arena that will host concerts and events such as Disney on Ice and be home to the Savannah Ghost Pirates hockey team. For a list of events, visit enmarketarena.com/events.

CROSS SCHOOLS ADDS NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING Cross Schools opened its High School Auxiliary Building in January.

Cross said the three-story building features more than 13,500 square feet of finished space that includes a weight room/ training facility and expanded locker facilities. “A large art studio and music suite add to the

school’s growing Fine Arts department,” Cross Schools said. Six additional classrooms, administrative offices and a faculty lounge/work area also are housed in the High School Auxiliary Building.

BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL NAMES NEW FOOTBALL COACH Hayden Gregory was recently hired as Bluffton High School’s new varsity football coach. Gregory served as offensive line coach-run game coordinator for Collins Hill High School in Atlanta for five seasons.

U.S. 278 CORRIDOR MEETING The U.S. 278 Corridor Improvements project will hold a public information meeting on March 3 at the Island Rec Center (20 Wilborn Road, HHI) from 4-7 p.m. The meeting will offer a project update and ask for feedback.

GREGORY

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BEAUFORT COUNTY ADOPTS REVISED REDISTRICTING MAP

BY TONY KUKULICH

On the heels of completion of the 2020 U.S. census, Beaufort County launched its decennial initiative to redraw district boundaries, an effort driven by statistical analysis, guided by legislative statute and informed by public opinion.

The task of redrawing Beaufort County’s 11 districts fell on the shoulders of Daniel Morgan, the county’s director of mapping and applications.

“This is my third (redistricting),” Morgan said.

“At least I had the experience of doing the past censuses. We went back to historic data and looked at 2010. That was our baseline.”

Federal law stipulates that districts must have nearly equal populations and not discriminate based on race or ethnicity. Boundaries must also be as contiguous and compact as possible and keep communities of interest in their entirety.

The county established a target of 17,011 residents per district based on the new census data. A variance of up to 5% in either direction was allowed, explained Chris Ophardt, Beaufort County public information officer.

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With census data in hand, Morgan drew the first map, logically referred to as Map 1, and it went to the county council for comment. Their feedback led to Map 2. Public comments made either online or during hearings held in November and December were integrated into the creation of Alternative 3A, the map that was ultimately approved during the Jan. 24 Beaufort County Council meeting.

The biggest changes in Alternative 3A pertained to the historic Gullah neighborhoods on Hilton Head Island.

“When we met with a group in the Hilton Head area, some of our lines went through and split some of the Gullah communities more than they thought was needed,” Morgan said. “So, we went back to the drawing board, looked at it and tried to get it the best we could. We did pretty good.”

Of the island’s 14 Gullah neighborhoods, 12 were kept together in their entirety in District 10. Spanish Well was split between Districts 10 and 11, while Chaplin ended up entirely in District 11. District 8, represented by Councilmember Chris Hervochon, occupies a smaller portion of Hilton Head because of those changes.

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“The changes split (Hilton Head) into two main districts representing that island, even though Mr. Hervochon, which is District 8, still has a little bit on there,” Morgan said.

“For the most part, it’s two districts there.”

Among other important changes noted by the county, the Buck Island Road/Simmonsville Road corridor in Bluffton — home to many of the town’s oldest Gullah families — became part of District 9, as did the Old Miller Road/Stony Creek community. Rugrack Road and Morrall Drive were placed in District 1, and a small portion of Baynard Road was assigned to District 5.

Population growth in the southern part of the county caused District 5 north of the Broad River to shrink. That shift cost Councilmember Brian Flewelling his seat. If he wishes to remain a member of the county council, he will have to campaign against District 4 incumbent Alice Howard, who is up for re-election this year. As of press time, neither candidate had announced formal plans to run in November.

Councilmember Joseph Passiment lost his seat in District

6 and will need to seek election in the District 5 seat vacated

by Flewelling to remain on the council. District 6 is without representation under Alternative 3A. New representation will be determined in the November 2022 election.

Candidates can begin to file for participation in the November election at noon on March 16.

Census data is typically delivered in April, and the final approved maps are due to the state the following March.

The 2020 data was delayed until August, but the March 2022 deadline remained in place, resulting in an abbreviated timeline.

“Even though it was a condensed timeline, it really was an open process,” Ophardt said. “We had three public meetings. The website went live on the 24th of November and was open through January. I think we got 30 online comments.”

Residents can visit the county’s website, beaufortcountysc. gov, to find their district and representative. New voter registration cards will be mailed to residents who have changed districts.

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AN IRISH Blessing HILTON HEAD’S ST. PATRICK’S DAY CELEBRATION RETURNS After a two-year hiatus Hilton Head’s St. Patrick’s Day parade will return this year.

The parade will march down Pope Avenue on 3 p.m. March 13. The parade will step off from the beach parking lot onto Pope Avenue across from Lagoon Road. It will continue along Pope Avenue, turn left onto Office Park Road and end at Park Plaza.

Because of the coronavirus safety concerns, the parade committee said no objects will be thrown or handed out by participants. Objects include candy, beads, T-shirts, or other items.

A boat parade, which was held last year, is scheduled to be held the morning of March 12 on Broad Creek.

There is a planned free Irish concert 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. March 12 at Lowcountry Celebration Park. The concert’s lineup is set to include The Fenian Sons, which is a Boston Irish rock band, the Boston Police Column P & D, and NYPD Emerald Society P & D. The grand marshals are Gloria and Allan LaCoe, who were originally named grand marshals of the 2020 parade, which was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Hilton Head Island real estate agents, the LaCoes have been influential in the community. They supported Hilton Head’s Soup Kitchen by the Sea, and they have been recognized for their leadership in the free annual community Thanksgiving Dinner, which began in 1999 and helps serve 1,500 people and raises donations for local social service agencies.

The parade was founded in 1983 by local business icon Tom Reilley and a few friends and family, according to the parade’s website. The parade has featured the iconic Budweiser Clydesdales, military jet flyovers, the Planter’s Peanut Nutmobile with Mr. Peanut, and the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile.

For more information, visit hiltonheadireland.org.

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Saturday, March 12 2nd Annual Hilton Head Ireland Boat Parade Early Morning Broad Creek, Hilton Head Island

Saturday, March 12 Inaugural Irish Concert 5-7 p.m.

Celebration Park 94 Pope Ave., Hilton Head Island

Sunday, March 13 SC’s Oldest St. Patrick’s Day Parade Hilton Head Ireland St. Patrick’s Day Parade 3 p.m.

Pope Avenue, Hilton Head Island

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HILTON HEAD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCES YOUTH WINNERS Sixteen-year-old Ewan Manalo, a cellist from Ooltewah, Tenn., won the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra’s 2022 Youth Concerto Competition. Manalo captured the top prize, performing the final movement of Edward Elgar’s Concerto in E minor, Op. 85. The top prize includes a cash award plus the opportunity to perform with the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra during the 2022-2023 season.

Violinist Leila Warren, 12, of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., won second prize. Seventeen-year-old violinist Jeremiah Jun-seo Jung from Suwanee, Ga., won third prize. The Special Achievement Award was presented to violinist Seunne Khoo from Cary, N.C. A playlist of the competition is available on YouTube.

American History (and related fields, such as social studies, government, and citizenship education) in public, private and parochial schools, grades 5–12.

in 2012, Explorers’ L.E.A.D. provides preteens and teens with an in-depth look at all aspects of careers in law enforcement and the military.

For more information, call 843-757-2845 or email pamela.castle@bgclowcountry.org.

ROTARY CLUB OF BLUFFTON ACCEPTING GRANT APPLICATIONS The Rotary Club of Bluffton is accepting applications from local 501(c)(3) organizations for grants awarded through their charitable giving program. The Club offers grants up to $5,000 to qualified nonprofits. To qualify, organizations must serve individuals or families that live or work in or near Bluffton. The deadline for submitting applications is March 16. For more information, visit blufftonrotary.org.

SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE PILGRIMS INDUCTS OFFICERS The South Carolina Branch of the Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims held its annual meeting and induction of 2022 officers at the Yacht Club of Hilton Head Island. Officers inducted are Ivan Bennett (Branch Governor); Mari Noorai (Corresponding Secretary); Diana Luellen (Recording Secretary); Sandra Gibson (Registrar); Mary Ann Compher (Treasurer); Levada Keeling (Historian); Nancy Burke (Elder); Matthew Dupee, Esq (VP Program Venue Aiken); and Bobby Baker, MD (VP Program Charleston).

DAR HONORS MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER The Emily Geiger Chapter, National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution, recently honored Kelly Jardin of May River High School as the winner of the “Outstanding Teacher of American History” with a certificate, monetary award, and history books for her classroom. Jardin has taught at May River HS since 2016 with courses including U.S. History, U.S. History Honors, psychology and teacher cadets. The emphasis of the award is to recognize a notable, full-time teacher of 30 // H I LT O N H E A D M O N T H LY. C O M

BLUFFTON HIGH EDUCATOR NAMED SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR Woodie L. Melton IV, a Bluffton High School counselor, is the Beaufort County School District’s 2022 School Counselor of the Year. The district also recognized H.E. McCracken’s Laura Mason as Middle School Counselor of the Year, Hilton Head Island Elementary’s Jessica Barnes as Elementary School Counselor of the Year, and River Ridge Academy’s Torri McCullough as Rookie School Counselor of the Year. Melton has been at Bluffton High for five years.

YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM KICKS OFF The Boys & Girls Club of Bluffton and the Bluffton Police Department have partnered to offer the 2022 Explorers’ L.E.A.D. (Leadership, Excellence, Achievement, Determination) program. The program offers weekly classes led by SRO Officer David Ur and members of the Bluffton Police Department on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. Started

UNITED WAY OF THE LOWCOUNTRY’S WOMEN UNITED SEEKS NOMINATIONS FOR AWARD United Way of the Lowcountry’s Women United seeks nominations for its 2022 Woman of the Year Award. The award recognizes a Lowcountry woman who has made a difference in the community. Nominations are being accepted until 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 8.

The nomination form is at uwlowcountry. org/2022wuaward. The award will be presented March 24. For more information, contact Bethany Marcinkowski at 843-8372000 or bethanym@uwlowcountry.org.

LOWCOUNTRY’S LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY WOMAN OF THE YEAR CANDIDATE Lindsay Edwards of Bluffton has been nominated as a Leukemia and Lymphoma Society 2022 Woman of the Year candidate.

The Live Life Strong Team is raising money through April 29, with every dollar going to LLS. For more, visit livelifestrongteam.com.

DOMINION ENERGY AWARDS GRANTS TO LOCAL NONPROFITS The Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation recently awarded more than $350,000 to 21 South Carolina nonprofits. Locally, the Beaufort County Open Land Trust’s (Beaufort) grant will fund the design and installation of three environmental education kiosks placed at Widgen Point Preserve and Capers Creek Scenic Vista. The 170-acre Widgen Point Preserve includes a three-quarter mile walking trail. The Capers Creek Vista kiosk will provide interpretation of what visitors may learn about the rich marsh habitat.

LOCAL FOUNDATION CONTINUES TO MAKE A NATIONAL IMPACT

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Jesse’s Wish

KEEPS ON GIVING

BY AMY BARTLETT | PHOTO BY ROB KAUFMAN

When Jesse Spina was a pre-teen battling Ewing’s Sarcoma, a rare bone cancer, his eye was on a prize bigger than his own struggles: “helping his friends from the hospital.”

He began to hatch ideas to make a difference from his own hospital room, the effects of which are still making ripples today through the Bluffton-based 501 (c)3 nonprofit, Jesse’s Wish Foundation.

Today Jesse would have been in his 30s; his family recently held a birthday party fundraiser celebrating the memory of a life that could have been, and the life that in a sense was, considering the ongoing impact of his desire to help.

Jesse, his family and his mother Marian Newell, knew well the ripple effects of grace and giving and how “all things work together for good.” It’s what fueled Jesse’s efforts when he started hosting blood and bone marrow drives in his local community to increase donors and multiply the chances of finding a match.

This relational beginning formed a foundation that stands apart through its personal touch.

“We are a small personal foundation,” Newell said. “We don’t give cash; we want to get to know what a child is about, what they like, what makes

them happiest, and give them a personal gift.”

To accomplish this, the foundation developed a process of referrals and references for directing resources.

“We require a letter from the hospital social worker and work through referrals — friends of friends. Unfortunately, cancer is so predominant, you have a lot of friends of friends with cancer.”

Their website lists ways they gift families, which Newell explains are things most needed by “parents staying overnight with kids in hospitals,” most commonly gift cards like DoorDash, Target and Walmart.

“However,” Newell says, “we want to gift the child something that will make them excited,” like crafts to keep kids engaged with so much downtime, personalized gifts like an Alabama college sweatshirt that gave one child a dream to hold onto, and Firesticks and Disney+ accounts which especially blessed a child in isolation, kept company by a lineup of magic and laughter.

Newell describes these as “whatever a kid needs for a little bit of joy going through such a horrific time in their lives.”

Jesse’s story weaves in and out of the Lowcountry

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like a needle and thread; his mother previously lived in Beaufort, and now is back in Bluffton. One beloved local story is also one of the longest running ripple effects of Jesse’s Wish: The survivor story of Stephen Golis, who was with Jesse from the start.

“When Jesse and I were going through cancer together, we were sharing a room, and we would turn the curtains back, put the beds together and play video games,” Golis said.

He speaks of Newell’s work with the foundation as a “God-send to so many.”

Newell returns the sentiment, saying, “there’s an emotional connection — he’s a young man who survived and is giving back for others fighting cancer, remembering his friend Jesse and the impact on his own life.”

One of these ways is a simple coffee can at the Golis Family Jewelers on Fording Island Road, initially placed for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month one September.

Because there were so many donations, Newell says Golis called often to say, “come and get the coffee can.” Soon it changed to, “let’s keep doing this.”

The coffee can still sits in the shop, as does Newell’s book, The Sacred Ripple, a collection of positive stories continuing to grow from that first wish. The book is available for free with a donation of any amount, proceeds of which support the foundation.

“Jesse’s original wish is still creating Divine Appointments, putting us in places where the right people come alongside, because it takes a village to help these kids with cancer and their families,” Newell said “I also let parents know I am available personally to talk to, cry on, and pray with.”

Reverberating through all this is Jesse’s Wish “to help my friends in the hospital,” a wish that keeps wishing, through those who keep giving.

The foundation is committed to “helping individuals and their families in Bluffton, Charleston, Savannah, and Columbia” where Newell’s husband is happy to load their vehicle to deliver large bags filled with toys and crafts to hospitals every other month and local families when needed.

They also support where Jesse’s Wish started in New York (personally covered

by Jesse’s sister Samantha Spina, the Foundation’s president) as well as hospitals in New Jersey, Delaware, Philadelphia and Virginia, where Jesse’s brother is stationed in the Coast Guard. Said Newell: “We are grateful that Bluffton and the generous people here are now part of Jesse’s Wish.”

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“on the move ” 1. THE GREENERY WELCOMES NEW BRANCH MANAGER Gary Ostroski has been named The Greenery’s branch manager at the Hilton Head Island Commercial branch. Ostroski will be responsible for the success of the Hilton Head Island Commercial business unit including business development, account management, people development and operational excellence.

Ostroski has a Bachelor of Science in marketing from York College (Pa.) and an MBA from UMass-Amherst.

2. PROBATE JUDGE KENNETH FULP PLANS TO RETIRE Beaufort County Probate Judge Kenneth Fulp announced he will retire at the end of his current term of office on Dec. 31, 2022. Judge Fulp has served as Beaufort County’s Probate Judge since 2012, first by gubernatorial appointment and then by election in 2014 and 2018.

Prior to becoming probate judge, he had served as associate probate judge since January 1999.

help to people “generally earning” $66,000 or less annually, “differentlyabled persons,” persons 60 and older and limited-English speakers. Visit vitalowcountry.org or call 843-8372000. For more information about AARP, call 843-603-1632 or email schhaarptaxaide@yahoo.com.

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3. LAW FIRM HIRES NEW ASSOCIATE John Logan Mallett has joined the law firm of Jones, Simpson & Newton, P.A. as an associate. Mallet is a 2018 graduate of Clemson University and a 2021 graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law. 4. UNITED WAY OF THE LOWCOUNTRY NAMES COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Wendy Eden Jones has been promoted to director of marketing and communications at the United Way of the Lowcountry. Jones will focus on strategic messaging, public relations, marketing and design, digital marketing and storytelling. Her promotion comes after joining the organization as a philanthropy specialist in 2019.

5. FREE TAX ASSISTANCE AT BEAUFORT COUNTY LIBRARY The Beaufort County Library is hosting free tax preparation assistance to Beaufort County citizens, provided by Lowcountry Area VITA and AARP Tax Aide Foundation. The VITA program offers free

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6. HHSO AND MUSIC DIRECTOR AGREE TO CONTRACT EXTENSION The Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra and its music director, John Morris Russell, agreed to a three-year contract extension. Russell’s role with the HHSO will continue through the 2024-2025 concert season, HHSO said. Russell was named music director in 2012. During his tenure he has worked to expand the HHSO’s reach off Hilton Head Island and has spearheaded numerous new programs with Beaufort County Schools, including the Music Bridges program.

7. CHARLES SCHWAB WELCOMES FINANCIAL CONSULTANT Hampton Long has joined the Charles Schwab office in Bluffton as a financial consultant. He will provide wealth management and investment help and guidance to Schwab clients through financial planning discussions and personalized portfolio consultations. Prior to joining Schwab, Long spent 12 years in the financial services industry, most recently as a financial advisor and consultant at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch.

8. MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF BEAUFORT/ JASPER NAMES EXECUTIVE Steve Caywood has been named new executive director for Mental Health America of Beaufort/Jasper counties and the Island House. His experience includes being a former CEO of Hilton Head Hospital.

9. ROC DENTAL GROUP WELCOMES PATIENT CARE COORDINATOR Maria Ranires has joined ROC Dental Group as a patient care coordinator.

Ranires has lived in the Lowcountry for six years and loves staying active and spending time exploring the outdoors.

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10. THE SEABROOK OF HILTON HEAD NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Chris Romick has been named the new executive director of The Seabrook of Hilton Head. Romick brings more than 24 years of experience in the senior living industry. He is a licensed nursing home administrator and has previously held the roles of marketing director, regional director and executive director.

11. SALON OPENS ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND Whip Salon recently opened on Hilton Head Island in the Circle Building off of Sea Pines Circle. The salon caters to women and men and has been around for more than five years with three locations across Fairfield County, Conn. Celebrity hair stylist Dennis Stokely has joined the salon. He’s worked with many celebrities, including Paula Abdul.

12. SOUTH CAROLINA DOTC NAMES CHAIRMAN David E. “Gene” Branham Sr. was named chairman of the South Carolina Department of Transportation Commission. Branham of Kershaw County first joined the SCDOT Commission in 2016.

He was named vice chairman of the SCDOT Commission in January 2021.

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If you own a car, a house or antiques or collectibles that have tangible value, you have a need for estate planning.

None of us want to think about our own mortality, but doing the necessary work ahead of a tragedy or incapacitation can save your loved ones a lot of pain.

“It’s the stuff we have in our homes that causes the heartache, the in-fighting, the family fights that get in the way of grieving,” said Realtor and tax attorney Doug Delaney, the author of the recently published “Inherited Home Guide.”

He has been helping Lowcountry residents maneuver around the potential land mines of estate planning for more than 25 years.

“If there are not clear directives, you end up in probate court. There are amazing folks that work in the system, but my No. 1 goal is to keep folks clear from having to go the probate path,” he said.

Delaney said most folks have more stuff than they realize, or in many cases, so much stuff that dealing with it becomes emotionally paralyzing. Consider your possessions and where they should go upon passing, and that begins with a car.

“Folks will say, ‘Oh we own that jointly, so it will automatically go to my spouse.’ Not always,” Delaney said. “Cars are one asset where you need to make sure the word ‘or’ is in a joint ownership instead of the word ‘and’. It’s a game changer, the easiest way to stay out of probate. ‘And’ is always a loser.”

Changing one word in one document is essential.

“Get that title to say ‘or’. That way, it immediately becomes your spouse’s by law,” Delaney said.

The law supports ‘and’ when it comes to real estate, brokerage and bank accounts.

Delaney shies his clients away from living wills. He said creating clear healthcare directives through power of attorney is essential.

“Living wills are passive. They do not clearly define a person’s agency powers. You want a document that cannot be trumped by anything else in the eyes of the law,” Delaney said. “As my kids would say, living wills are, like, so last century. And it is useful in the

living as well. If you go in for surgery or are in an accident and are in a coma, you have established a clear person to make decisions for you u ntil you’re not incapacitated.”

Delaney said that while many aspects of South Carolina law are seen by many as antiquated, the state is No. 1 in the country when it comes to healthcare directives and asset protection for residents.

“It is something worth bragging about, and it and it definitely makes my job easier,” Delaney said. “When you lock down the directives as clearly as possible, it’s like taking a couple of pills for an illness versus having to go through surgery.”

Do you have enough life insurance? If you’re married with kids, it is a necessary evil to ensure your family can financially survive without dual incomes. Name a guardian, and document clear wishes for your children’s care. These are all part of the estate planning process.

If you’re thinking of establishing a trust, make sure you have a trustee up to the challenge and establish a clear trustee succession.

“You want a doer in that role, a person of action who won’t be paralyzed by decisions like putting a home up for sale,” Delaney said.

Wills and directives done out-of-state before you moved here will likely hold up in South Carolina, but Delaney said it’s a better-safe-than-sorry move to have an attorney review the document.

Delaney does workshops throughout the area on estate planning and real estate.

Above all, clear planning now can save epic headaches later.

“Have clear-cut benef iciaries for everything of value. It’s truly a life inventory. If you’re divorced and remarried, make sure you’ve changed life insurance and brokerage beneficiaries. It’s a mistake I see far too often,” he said. “Just doing the work can save a lot in estate taxes, gift taxes and so many more potential fees. But above all, planning now minimizes any potential pain above and beyond your family’s grieving your passing.”

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ANSON MILLS LEADS CAROLINA GOLD RICE REVIVAL

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Carolina Gold rice’s reestablishment in the Lowcountry is an oft-told story.

Thanks to Columbia-based Anson Mills, the Antebellum staple is showing up in restaurants around the world.

The company specializes in what owner Glenn Roberts calls heirloom genetics, researching and reintroducing plants lost over time.

“We work to find lost heirlooms and return them to culinary artists for use in their food contents worldwide,” Roberts said. “We specialize in the American south before Europeans arrived, up until 1850.”

According to the Carolina Gold Rice Foundation, 3.5- to 5-million bushels of Carolina Gold were grown in South Carolina by the 1860s. Production shrunk dramatically with the end of enslavement, and the rice was pretty much extinct by the 1930s.

A revival started in the state in the 1980s, when Dr. Richard Schulze, an eye surgeon, brought seed from a research laboratory in Texas and planted it at his Turnbridge Plantation in Hardeeville, the foundation said.

Roberts started growing Carolina Gold in 1998 and with his business partner, Catherine Schopfer, worked with culinary chefs around the country to include the rice in their recipes.

Roberts, 74, says Carolina Gold is the first long rice to originate in America and go global. Lowcountry soil minerals give the rice its texture and flavor. Compared to the more common modern rice, Carolina Gold is fatter and has hazelnut and violet “top notes when you grow it right,” he said, adding that there is a vanilla flavor in the middle.

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In addition to rice, Anson Mills offers oats, grits and flour.

Anson Mills employs 25 people in Columbia and five in North Carolina and New York, Roberts said. It also contracts with growers in the state.

The company organically grows, harvests, and mills Carolina Gold rice and other nearly extinct varieties of heirloom corn and wheat. It also grows Japanese buckwheat, French oats, Mediterranean wheat, and Italian Farro.

The East Coast, with South Carolina at the top, is Anson Mills’ number one market, Roberts said.

“We marketed in this region before going west,” he said.

“It is our most discerning and diverse market.”

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would a vineyard. He uses sensory experiences – taste, touch and smell – like a winegrower. Grains react to the soil, which affects the way the rice tastes. Geneticists studying climate change look at how grains adapt to the soil, he said.

“We are looking for landraces,” he said, using the technical term for historical, distinct plants that have adapted to their local environments. “The longer they have been on the planet, the more tolerant they are.”

Anson Mills doesn’t sell seed because of Roberts’ personal commitment to return the heirloom grains “to the community.”

The company gives free seeds to people it selects. Other planters are picked by a jury.

Rollen Chalmers, who lives in Jasper County’s Levy community near Hardeeville, was an early grower for Anson Mills. Chalmers, 61, researches and grows Carolina and Charleston gold, black and Sierra rice on the Turnbridge Plantation near South Carolina’s border with Georgia. “(Anson Mills) needed more seeds and to get more people growing,” Chalmers said about his start with the company.

“Every time we get a different species, I am the first to try it out. I research it out and see what we need to do to harvest it and get it to the mills.”

Chalmers, who also calls himself a woodsman, said he started as a recreational farmer mostly with animals, plants

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and trees. His great grandmother worked the rice fields and passed the knowledge to her children.

“The environment can be harsh with the snakes, alligators and mosquitoes,” he said.

Chalmers, who has worked with Roberts for 15 years, said it has been a “blast” to work with the Anson Mills founder.

“Glenn will get out in the field and get on a pair of boots, and he will get as muddy as I am,” Chalmers said. “If we get a combine stuck, he will help get it out. Glenn has done it all.”

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Stop us if you’ve heard this one before.

A guy moves to the Lowcountry from the Midwest, having amassed a successful career up north. He’s thinking about retiring but knows that his Type-A personality doesn’t make that even remotely possible. So he decides he’s going to stretch his creative muscles a little and see what he can come up with.

Most of the time this story ends with the guy taking up the guitar or buying a motorcycle. But Billy Watterson’s story is a little different. In fact, his is just beginning.

“I joke that I overstayed my visa,” he said with a laugh. “We’d been vacationing here for years, and I convinced my wife to stay for a summer instead of a month, and it became glaringly obvious we couldn’t leave. We fell into the lifestyle… and I realized I wasn’t done.”

He wasn’t intending to fully retire, anyway. The vast portfolio of businesses that make up Watterson Brands still excite him too much for him to truly walk away from them, although he has placed trusted personnel at the helm of many of them. Among the ventures under his corporate umbrella outside of Beaufort County, you’ll find recycling consultation firms, organic farms, disaster mitigation and even interiordesign companies.

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And those are just his pre-retirement ventures. Since spectacularly failing to retire, Watterson has built an empire of businesses in the Lowcountry including the $13 million Burnt Church Distillery, which he founded with his brother, head distiller and director of innovation, Sean Watterson.

Add to that his partnership with Santa Fe Café owner Marshall Sampson in creating Pizza Co. and his recent purchase of Side Hustle Brewing Company and you have a varied portfolio of businesses that employ 76 locals in a variety of capacities.

The distillery alone has had a massive economic impact on the area, beyond simply selling nearly 49,000 bottles

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of locally produced craft spirits. Some 80,000 people have walked through the doors of their facility since it opened in March 2021, with thousands many more enjoying their signature spirits which include Amethyst, a non-alcoholic drink creating its own category. As of mid-February, Burnt Church has sold 2,203 bottles of Amethyst and also created 22 original cocktails and three new spirits.

“Our vision for the Burnt Church Distillery has been shaped by the people of Bluffton, past and present. I am endlessly grateful for everyone’s contributions, proud of what we have achieved together, and happy to provide

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channels for assistance to those in need throughout our community,” Sean Watterson said.

As diverse as the firms under Watterson Brands’ Beaufort County umbrella are, they all share one overriding goal: Purpose beyond profit.

“The reason why is our primary focus. Whatever the business, the world needs to be a better place for it,” Billy Watterson said. “I couldn’t imagine starting a business where there wasn’t some component of giving back.”

Watterson Brands firms give back to the community through the Watterson Family Fund’s various projects, like the Lowcountry Legacy Fund, a foundation designed

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Burnt Church Distillery co-founders Sean Watterson, left, and Billy Watterson.

to build economic equality in the Lowcountry, and Help4Hope, which distributed $186,550 to restaurants to reimburse them for serving 14,924 free meals to those affected by the pandemic in 2020.

“Over time, seeing the influence business owners have, I realized we have a voice,” Billy Watterson said.

“And I need to use that voice.”

One major way Watterson Brands and the Watterson Family Foundation have been able to use their collective voice is by partnering with Bluffton Town Council member Bridgette Frazier and other leaders to create Bluffton-based education entity, BlacQuity. Through creating a Black-owned business directory, offering professional development and pairing Black entrepreneurs with business mentors, BlacQuity looks to help raise up black-owned business in the area.

It may also have led to the next project, a joint venture with Frazier that will go into the old iconic deer tongue

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building on May River Road.

“There’s going to be a huge Gullah culture component to it, giving people the opportunity taste, touch, learn and take it with them,” Billy Watterson said. “It’s going to be an incredible way to experience Bluffton in a way you haven’t been able to.”

That’s not to say Bluffton will be the sole beneficiary of the excitement. The craft beer crowd was sent frothing recently when Watterson Brands officially purchased Arrow Road’s Side Hustle Brewing Co. And then rumors began swirling about a new facility and expansion.

Rumors which we can happily tell you are true.

Plans are under wraps now, but in typical Watterson fashion, Billy doesn’t speak of it as simply a new brewery.

He speaks of it as an entertainment hotspot, a social hub and another avenue for creating positive change.

More details on Side Hustle’s expansion should be on tap later this year.

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Lynn Michelle Chef Lynn Michelle, an award-winning personal chef, is known for her upbeat personality and distinct culinary flare across the Lowcountry.

From working as a private chef in Belgium, to being executive chef at two bed and breakfasts in Beaufort County, to working at some of the top restaurants in the region, Chef Lynn Michelle has spent her career nurturing her love of cooking – and it is what led her to discover her true calling as a personal chef.

“My passion is bringing people together through food,” she said.

Whether her clients are craving Southern comfort, authentic Indian, or kid-friendly classics, The East Coast Chef can cook just about anything in the comfort of her clients’ homes or vacation rentals.

“We cook everything on site, and a lot of times we’ll have guests who just want to watch the show,” she said. “It’s very open and welcoming.”

She believes that when you’re on island time, everything should run on your time – not revolve around getting dinner on the table. By taking care of every stage of the cooking process, from shopping to clean-up, she allows her clients to spend more time at the table together.

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“What gets overlooked here is the serenity,” said Chef Scott Hastings. “I’m just over the top excited to be here. It’s home sweet home.”

Hastings has earned a chance to enjoy some serenity. After cutting his teeth at some of Long Island’s busiest restaurants and spending a few years in the Navy, Hastings made his way to New York city where he landed a job at Charlie’s Inn under Chef Andy Anderson.

“He was a Jamaican chef who studied in Germany for six years before coming back to the states,” said Hastings.

“That chef taught me so much.”

He wouldn’t be the last mentor to guide Hastings along his path. Making his way to the Poconos, (“It was just supposed to be a layover,” said Hastings. “Twenty years later I was still there”) he found himself working at the Ramada Renaissance under French Chef Armand Paquin. “He was this total French maniac chef. It was under him that I got really engulfed in the world of cooking.”

Paquin showed Hastings the finer points of refining a dish, centering it on the plate, creating sauces without the help of heavy starches, and treating food with dignity. The rest Hastings learned from books, diving into his research with fanatical zeal.

“I was in D.C. in 1994 when I spotted Thomas Keller’s book in the window. It was $100 in 1994 money, but I had to have it,” he said.

“I have that same book right now. It’s pretty beat up, but it brought my culinary thinking to another level.”

He honed those culinary chops at two restaurants of his own in Pennsylvania, Blue Shutters and the popular State Street Grill. For Hastings, who was conditioned to never do things by half measures, the success of his ventures took their toll.

“During the season I’d be working 120-hour weeks for 30 weeks straight,” he said. “Finally, my wife asked me, ‘When are we going to get a chance to enjoy life?

I don’t see you for eight months at a stretch.’ ” Hastings made his way down to Hilton Head Island where a job at The Sea Pines Resort awaited him, but in the back of his mind the move south represented a chance to do something different.

“I had this vision of this grandiose place with 11-course tastings, an army of staff clearing 1,500 plates a night at $150 a head,” he said. “In my mind, it was going to be the French Laundry on the Southeast coast. My buddies in New York said I was insane, and for the first time in my life I listened. They were absolutely right.”

What Hilton Head needed was a place that delivers the kind of cuisine Hastings has made his life’s work, in an atmosphere as casual as the island itself. “You come in here, no matter who you are, and you’re welcomed,” he said. “I just want you to come here, get a great meal, and let us go beyond all your expectations.”

LULU Kitchen | 890 William Hilton Pkwy Suite 1, Hilton Head Island, SC | 843-648-5858 | lulukitchen-hhi.com Photos by Rob Kaufman

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For more than 40 years, Chef Kevin Keogh has honed his culinary skills in kitchens across the world, immersing himself in an array of techniques and styles in order to deliver his signature dish, “Whatever people enjoy.”

To him, the dish in front of you is only as good as the journey it takes you on.

“I like when a dish makes someone happy, when it brings up a memory or takes them back to a time and place,” he said.

That focus on the diner propelled him through a lengthy career in the kitchen that has taken him from five-star restaurants to hip London eateries and everywhere in between.

This broad epicurean perspective is something he’s brought to The Sea Pines Resort. Having previously served as Chef de Cuisine at Coast, Keogh moves to the role of Executive Chef at Quarterdeck as it is undergoing a beautiful transformation.

“It’s exciting to renew Quarterdeck’s focus on local seafood, fresh ingredients and catering to families, visitors and locals alike,” he said.

“Our philosophy has always been to use the best ingredients and let the flavors speak for themselves, but we did want to modernize it and make it lighter.”

Adding elements like a charcoal-burning Josper oven and renewing the focus on local ingredients, Keogh is excited to bring a new dynamic to the Quarterdeck, just as he’s done in kitchens throughout his celebrated career.

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Michael cirafesi When Michael Cirafesi arrived on Hilton Head Island 20 years ago, this was a very different place. Especially from a culinary standpoint.

“I was a little punk,” he said with a laugh.

“But I was a very driven, radical little punk. And what I saw here 20 years ago was terrible. I thought to myself, ‘This place needs a serious Italian restaurant.’”

That driven, radical little punk did exactly what he set out to do, launching the island’s culinary profile into the stratosphere with the opening of OMBRA. Built on the solid foundation of perfectionism and authentic Italian recipes that Cirafesi have made his twin trademarks, OMBRA presents a true epicurean high-water mark and a standard bearer for island cuisine.

It’s been 20 years since he arrived here, and Michael Cirafesi has only evolved.

“I’m a radical, but not a little punk anymore,” he said. “And even after all these years, I still use the best ingredients and still go by the classic techniques that were taught to me as a child. Some chefs as they get old start working smarter, not harder. I’ve gotten smarter over the years, but I still work just as hard.”

And as anyone who has tasted the results of his hard work can attest, this young chef has only gotten better with age.

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Craig Ryan is a man of many hats. As general manager at Rockfish, he’s passionate about the community vibe, fresh local ingredients and laid-back atmosphere which come together perfectly at his restaurant. Keeping the front of the house immaculate is where his experience and perfectionism come into play. But in the back of the house, where most GMs would fear to tread, is where his heart belongs.

“The kitchen is one of my passions,” he said.

“I grew up learning French cuisine, and I hold the five mother sauces close to my heart.”

He gives full credit and thanks to Rockfish Executive Chef Alejandro for setting such a high culinary standard, and for letting the GM lend a hand in the back of the house.

“He has been tremendous about allowing to come in and work with him,” he said. “I’ll call myself his sous chef, I’m fine with that. I’m not about labels.”

That “all-hands-on deck” approach is pervasive in Rockfish’s company culture. Under Ryan, everyone from the food runners up takes ownership of creating the experience, pitching recipes or suggesting new ideas. It creates synergy and gives the general manager the perfect chance to create a great experience in the front of the house by creating magic in the back.

“I want people to love eating my food. I want every dish we serve to show the time and preparation it took to do it right,” he said. “It’s all about the love.”

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When you think of the world’s culinary capitals, you think of the various regions of Italy, each with their own traditions and techniques.

You think of places like the South of France, where the simple act of cooking borders on the transcendent, with a passion for food that is unrivaled. Nunzio Patruno got his start among these dizzying heights, in the trenches at kitchens across Italy and in Monte Carlo, studying alongside the greats and absorbing their knowledge with each dish.

His mastery of Italian cooking made his restaurants here in the states legendary, with successful concepts in Philadelphia and New Jersey drawing massive crowds. When he made the trip south to Hilton Head Island, it was to launch a concept that was decidedly less formal than his previous restaurants but shared his passion for food.

And that passion works from the ground up, starting with an almost fanatical devotion to finding the freshest ingredients.

“How we approach the product makes the dish.

You have to focus on that before you focus on the recipe. If you have a bad piece of meat, there’s nothing you can do,” he said. “A good piece of meat, you just need some herbs, salt and pepper.

But the adventure of it comes with what you do with those ingredients.”

And what Nunzio does with those ingredients has made his restaurant one of the most sought-after culinary hotspots on Hilton Head Island.

Nunzio Restaurant + Bar 18 New Orleans Rd., Hilton Head Island, SC 843-715-2172 | nunziohhi.com Photo by Rob Kaufman

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Since his humble beginnings as a teenager washing dishes in his native upstate New York, to his celebrated career in some of the finest kitchens in Savannah, David Landrigan’s culinary career has been defined by his willingness to try new things.

As he put it, “You never know what you can do until you try.”

That philosophy has dovetailed perfectly with his entry into the island’s culinary scene as executive chef at Lucky Rooster, where the menu is in a constant state of rebirth based on what is fresh.

“We want it to be as seasonal as possible, so our guests always get the opportunity to experience new things,” he said.

That goes for the menu of elevated yet approachable favorites, plus the popular wine, beer, and whiskey dinners. “I love those events because they give me the opportunity to explore new things and see what works.”

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Starting in hospitality at age 16, Haase forged a career path that saw him training at Scottsdale Culinary Institute before cooking in kitchens around the country under the mentorship of chefs like Iron Chef Mark Tarbell at Barmouche. This storied career would eventually bring him to Hilton Head Island, where his passion for regional flavors is pushing The Jazz Corner menu in bold new directions.

“What better opportunity could there be than to hear worldclass music every night while I’m back in the kitchen creating my own art with food!” Haase said.

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For the last 10 years, Chef Amanda Cifaldi has led her restaurant Pomodori with a commitment to authentic ingredients and an irrepressible enthusiasm for food that comes through in every bite.

“The fun part of food is that it’s different every time you do it. Even if you’re cooking the same thing, it’s always new,” she said. “I truly believe that I show my love through my food.

It’s how I care for people.”

It’s how she would care for her community as a kid, bringing her mom’s casseroles to the neighbors in celebration and in sympathy. “It really instilled in my that food is the conduit to caring for somebody.”

That love of cooking brought here to Calabria’s famed Italian Culinary Institute, where she and a dozen classmates lived, breathed, slept and ate the region’s culinary heritage.

“It was full immersion. You lived at the school, then went right to the market and cooked what you brought back,” she said. “Being Italian myself, it was important to get that authentic experience.”

She returned to her native U.S. having been trained in some of the most celebrated techniques in Mediterranean cooking, a foundation that informs her natural love of food and insatiable yen for life. And that lifetime of passion and experience comes through in every dish at Pomodori.

Pomodori Italian Eatery 1 New Orleans Rd. No. 1g, Hilton Head Island, SC 843-686-3100 | gopomodori.com

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For 16 years, tourists and locals have looked forward to enjoying Yacht Hop, an exclusive luxury event where guests are invited to tour premier yachts and indulge in hand-crafted hors d’oeuvres and cocktails.

This year’s Yacht Hop is no different, offering a unique way to support Hospice Care of the Lowcountry, a Bluffton, SC non-profit that specializes in end-of-life patient care programs.

“The end of life often comes too soon, and unexpected,” said Charmayne Winslow, owner of Winslow Design Studio. Charmayne and her husband, Richard Winslow, decided to be Yacht Hop VIP Sponsors in order to support the vision of HCL. Charmayne added, “In my 30 years as an emergency and ICU RN, I learned the quality of death matters just as

much as one’s quality of life. The team at Winslow Design Studio is honored to support Hospice Care of the Lowcountry.”

Every piece of the guest experience at Yacht Hop points toward a greater purpose: Supporting and caring for patients who are near the end of their life.

“Hospice Care of the Lowcountry is committed and connected to our community,” said James Dismond, Director of Business Development at HCL. “Yacht Hop is a magnificent event for our supporters to come together and enjoy themselves while supporting Hospice Care of the Lowcountry.”

After having a personal experience with hospice care, Charmayne Winslow – along with her husband, Richard – decided to be a Yacht Hop VIP Sponsor. The Winslows own Winslow Design Studio, a custom home design business based out of Hilton Head Island.

Tickets and sponsorships for this exclusive charity event are on sale now. Visit hospicecarelc.org/sponsoryacht-hop for more information.

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BY T I M W O O D Outdoor pizza ovens are the pandemic cooking trend that shows no signs of cooling off.

This is a hobby that didn’t even exist 20 years ago, as manufacturers were solely focused on the commercial restaurant builds. The demand for the must-have addition to your outdoor kitchen was already steadily growing, but once lockdowns began, sales went through the roof.

Manufacturers like Gozney, makers of the Roccbox, report three to four times better sales over the last two years, and their newest model did $8 million in pre-sales in just eight hours.

There is an indescribable romance among at-home pizza chefs that has spurred the growth of the industry and led to lighter-weight, more affordable models and a spate of players entering the space.

“The interest is truly at an all-time high for sure. It’s just so easy to do. You can make a pizzeria-level pizza in your backyard in 90 seconds,” said Sarah Clemmons of Billy Wood Appliance in Bluffton.

And while the design of the oven is clearly tailored for pizza, you can cook anything from grilled fish to smoked meats to bread loaves, focaccia and flat breads — one reason the portable beauties have become a quick favorite of the RV set.

Make no mistake though, the star of the show is the dream of making Neapolitan-style pizzas at home with the quality of a streetcorner pizzeria in Naples.

There are a few factors to consider before you buy. First off, how fancy do you want to get?

Top-line brands among the more mass-produced ovens like Ooni, Roccbox and Bertello take up a smaller footprint and cook a smaller pie – a 12-inch model has about a $400 price tag while a 16-inch model will run you closer to $650. These models are a bit more portable, running anywhere from 30 to 45 pounds, and will still deliver the optimal 900-to-1,000-degree temperatures needed to craft that perfect pie.

The brands and styles you will find at places like Billy Wood Appliance, Casual Living, Fireside Grillin’ and Summer Breeze Outdoor Kitchens are still technically portable and can sit on a counter top, but have a construction much closer to commercial grade.

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Billy Wood offers the Italian-made XO pizza oven, a 40-inch beast that will allow you to cook up to four pizzas at one time. You’ll need a couple folks to move this beauty in, as the XO weighs in at 247 pounds.

The next thing you need to decide is if you are cooking with wood or gas. True pizza snobs will tell you the wood-burning ovens offer a far more authentic taste, are generally less expensive but will take up to one hour to heat up. While there is an adjustable flume, the wood burners offer far less temperature consistency.

Gas models offer more temperature control, heat up in as little as 15 minutes, but that all comes with a cost.

The XO models run around $3,200 to $4,000 with a wood source and usually double for the gas model.

Summer Breeze offers the Alfa One, a one-pizza oven which retails for $1,400 for wood and $2,200 for gas. A four-pizza Alfa model can run around $3,400 for wood and up to $6,500 for gas. Add anywhere from $600 to $1,000 for a base cart for the oven.

If you are just getting into the outdoor pizza-making hobby, start with one of the better mass-produced onepizza models. There is an art to these ovens that takes hundreds of hours of practice to perfect. If you have the means and are fully committed to being a Level 10 pizza maker, get the bigger oven.

No matter what size or quality you buy, prepare yourself for the learning curve. Each little piece of the process is like earning Boy Scout badges. Mastering rotating the pizza with a turning peel while not burning the pizza requires patience and an upfront acceptance that you will begin with some epic fails before getting an edible end product.

A taste sensation that can be amortized while you become the neighborhood pizza boss? That’s something worth signing up for.

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Welcome to the Lowcountry Home & Garden Show Provided by Meg James, Hilton Head Area Home Builders Association

Springtime is here and if you’re anything like me, the home “to do” list is getting longer by the minute. Tasks like laying down fresh pine straw, power washing the house and finally updating those drab, worn out kitchen cabinets and appliances with a fresh coat of paint and bold new colors, just seem to take over my every thought as the temperatures continue to rise and I come out of my not-so-wintery hibernation. Sound all too familiar? Well, I have a simple suggestion… don’t miss the upcoming Lowcountry Home & Garden Show!

Whether you’re a prospective homebuyer or a homeowner in search of ideas to spruce up your home, the annual Lowcountry Home & Garden Show is the place to start for ideas, inspiration and the local professionals who know how to make it all come together!

Featuring a number of exhibiting home and garden experts, community partners, Master Gardener workshops, the latest in home technology for your outdoor or indoor living spaces will just a few of the highlights at this year’s 36th Annual Lowcountry Home & Garden Show. You spoke and we listened, Billy Wood Appliance is sponsoring our Cooking Demos so be sure to join us for a few hours or the whole weekend as each day will have something different to offer. The Hilton Head Area Home Builders Association’s premier annual event will take place outdoors March 25-27 at the Tanger 1 Outlet in Bluffton.

Admission to the Lowcountry Home & Garden Show is FREE for all to attend, all weekend long. Free parking on-site. Complimentary open-air shuttle services to the show entrance courtesy of Bluffton Bike Taxi.

Decorators, flooring specialists, kitchen and bath experts, landscape and hardscape professionals, paint experts, as well as builders and remodelers are just a handful of the offerings at this popular show.

Bring your floor plans, measurements and ideas with you and sit with a professional kitchen and bath designer or architect and get free design advice! Tap into the many local experts who will be on hand throughout the show to answer the toughest home improvement questions and explain how their products and services work. Plus, save money by taking advantage of the special show discount rates offered by many of the exhibitors on display and complimentary show giveaways from sponsors like Dean Custom Air, Lowcountry Paver, ShelfGenie, More Space Place, Lifestyle Screens, and more!

Free Workshops for All Interests Attend one of the many free do-it-yourself workshops and demonstrations being offered by local experts each day of the show.

Become the envy of your entire neighborhood! Be sure to stop by the workshop and cooking demonstration area sponsored by Billy Wood Meg James, Executive Officer Appliance. meg@hhahba.com The zealous gardener will not want Photo by Oceano Blue to miss out on daily gardening and Photography landscape workshops presented by Taylor’s Landscape Supply & Nursery.

Plus don’t miss your opportunity to get expert tips from the folks at Lowcountry Master Gardener Association and Clemson Extension.

For all the foodies out there, this year’s show will feature daily cooking demonstrations by some pretty special local chefs, Food Trucks and product demonstrations by exhibitors.

Learn everything from how to pick the right types of flowers and plants for your landscape to choosing the best menu for your spring soirée. Check the programming schedule on page 14 for daily workshops and times.

Looking for a career change? Our WorkForce Development Task Force will be on hand to accept resumes and share the great opportunities available by vendors at the show. In addition, students can learn about different programs in the construction industry available to them through their local high school, ACE or dualenrollment at TCL. Check out the article on page 30 for more information about apprenticeship opportunities in the Lowcountry.

Bring the kids! Saturday at the show there will be lots of activities for the kids to enjoy, come early and catch Jevon Daly’s Kidz Concert at 10AM, Complimentary Face Painting from 11AM until 3PM, Kidz Crafts with The Sandbox Interactive, Juggling entertainment and so much more! Check the programming schedule on page 14 and visit LowcountryHomeandGardenShow.com for more information. continued on page 4

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The Lowcountry Home & Garden Show has something in store for everyone! In addition to the annual exhibits, and the do-it-yourself workshops, attendees will enjoy live music daily and a chance to check out the Be Pro Be Proud Semi Tractor Trailer with over 11 modules giving students an interactive experience and hopefully new found interest for a career in the skilled trades. Do not miss out on daily offerings from The Naked Pig, Momma Mikki’s, Rolling Cow Creamery, Sunset Slush and more. Be ready to fill your trunk up with colorful goodies from the spring gardening sale being held by Taylor’s.

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It is with great pride and satisfaction that the Hilton Head Area Home Builders Association brings you this exciting annual event, as we work to help residents throughout the area attain and maintain the home of their dreams. Enjoy the Show!

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Kitchen Appliance Trend Watch 2022 - Induction Cooking Provided by Billy Wood Appliance

In the appliance world, everything is hot and cold (both literally and figuratively in these unique times). Fortunately, induction cooking is one of the hottest AND coolest trends of the year.

What is induction cooking and how does it work?

At Billy Wood Appliance, our knowledgeable sales team receives questions about induction cooking but the main question we still hear is…what IS induction?

Induction cooking was first displayed in the United States at the National Association of Home Builders Convention in 1971. Induction cooking has been popular in Europe for decades where gas is not always available and energy efficiency is king in German engineering.

Induction cooking takes place on a cooktop or on the surface of your range.

Unlike radiant electric cooking, the induction cooking process creates friction between the cooking surface and your pots and pans to create precise heat on cookware rather than your cooking surface. As a result, when the pot and pan is removed from the induction cooking surface, the heat dissipates almost immediately which means you never have to worry about burnt food adhering to a hot surface after you’ve switched off your appliance. How cool is that? Literally!

The instant friction created by placing a properly sized pot and pan on an induction cooking surface also helps create a fast boil so you and your family can sit down to your delicious Sunday dinner faster than with gas or radiant electric cooking. If you’ve found yourself frustrated with the temperature control on a gas

or radiant electric cooktop, you’ll love the responsiveness of induction which can help maintain lows and highs more easily due to consistent temperatures.

What would I need to install an induction cooktop or range in my home?

As with any appliance, you will want to learn more about the electrical requirements needed to install induction in your home by reviewing the specifications on the product you are interested in purchasing.

Beyond making sure that your kitchen has the required power to serve your new induction appliance, you may need to invest in a new set of pots and pans. To test your current set of pots and pans, take your favorite refrigerator magnet and see if it sticks to the bottom of your cookware. Clad pots and pans from brands like All-Clad or Demeyere can be used on induction but many cookware brands will list induction-ready as a feature.

If you don’t already have gas established at your home, the expense of adding a buried liquid propane tank at your home can be considerable if you live in many neighborhoods throughout the Lowcountry that do not offer natural gas as an option.

Although induction can require a bit more upfront product investment and might cost you a new set of pots and pans, installing induction in your kitchen can save you money down the line because it will never require you to refill an LP tank.

Stay hip to one of the hottest trends in cooking by contacting the BWA Sales Team at 843-681-8441 (HHI) or 843-707-2332 (Bluffton) to set up an appointment to discuss induction today!

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HVAC systems can also include air purifiers and in the low country, whole house dehumidifiers. Air purifiers remove dust, bacteria, spores, airborne particles, viruses and other impurities to keep them out of people’s lungs. Whole-house dehumidifiers remove moisture in the air to keep the home more comfortable and reduce the frequency of your air conditioner or heat pump cycling.

You can connect all of these components to a thermostat that in many cases may be connected to your home wifi system and controlled via an app from your smart device. That’s a great option for second homeowners to manage their system from afar. These smart thermostats can also reduce the overall cost of heating and cooling your house by adjusting temperature on a schedule you set based on your lifestyle.

Now, what do government regulations have to do with my home air conditioner?

Air conditioning efficiency is talked about as SEER. SEER is Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio. The basics of it are, the higher the SEER number, the less energy your system should use to heat and cool the home. A rule of thumb for consideration: approximately 50% of your utility bill is attributed to the heating and cooling costs of your home. For every SEER point you go up, it should save a homeowner approximately 10% on that portion of your utility bill. So, if you have a 13 SEER system, and you replace with a 16 SEER system, you would in effect be saving 30% of that portion of your utility bill, make sense?

For several years now, the minimum HVAC efficiency a contractor can install in the southeast United States is 14 SEER. January 1, 2023

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that changes to 15 SEER. Not only is it 15 SEER, but the testing parameters have changed where efficiency will be measured as SEER2.

I do not want to bore you with the technical mumbo-jumbo here, but all manufacturer equipment lineups as they exist today will not look the same in 2023. Major manufacturers of HVAC equipment such as Lennox, Carrier and Trane are already seeing supply chain issues as are most industries right now. Adding the complexity of new testing parameters and SEER2 ratings means, you guessed it, price increases.

It also means that this summer, while we are all suffering through the hot humid days of the low country, our manufacturers will be changing their equipment lines over to build this new 15 SEER2 rated equipment to be ready to ship before January 1, 2023.

How can I be prepared?

Planned replacements in 2022 are expected to be at an all time high. Homeowners are living in their homes more, with quarantines, shut downs, etc. making us all use our home’s HVAC system much differently than pre-pandemic years. We are recognizing signs of wear on our units, noticing when we are uncomfortable in the home, because let’s face it, we are home much more.

Don’t wait until the heat of the summer to find out you need to change out your system. Options become more limited as contractors like Dean Custom Air are inundated with “no cooling” service calls.

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If you have questions, need maintenance program, or want an estimate, call Dean Custom Air. We can give estimates, talk about your home’s indoor air quality and how comfortable you are in the home.

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DIY Workshop Schedules FOOD TRUCKS Friday March 25, 2022 11AM until 4PM or ‘til they run out of food!

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By Taylors Saturday March 26, 2022 TBA – Chef Marek, The French Bakery and European Cuisine 1:30PM – To Prune or Now to Prune … What a Question! –

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Superior from Start to Finish

Superior Services Brings All the Experts Under One Roof: Yours Provided by Superior Services Consider a common scenario: You’re remodeling your kitchen. Again.

(It’s so 2019.) To upgrade, you’ll need plumbing, electrical, sheetrock, trim, and painting. You could start gathering vendors and pour your time into vendor management or you could call Dave Miller’s team of Superior experts and call it a very nice day.

Opening your home to multiple service representatives can be an intrusive process putting demand on the client to manage quality checks, service schedule, and points of contact. Dave Miller, owner of Superior Services, strives to eliminate this challenge for homeowners and commercial contractors alike. Unless flipping houses is literally your day job, Miller suggests, “just let us handle the whole thing start to finish and eliminate the whole complicated process. When you deal with us, we have different experts or department heads, but we’re one company and one team.”

200 Years of Superior Expertise Originally Superior Heating and Air, the company went through a metamorphosis in 2019 – after 20 years in business – to become Superior Services, bringing all service professionals under one banner. Now covering Hilton Head Island, Bluffton, and other nearby areas with over 200 years of combined experience, they launched new divisions to create broader opportunities to serve their clientele.

Superior maintains a roster of multi-faceted experts with the ability to cross-train leaders in-house between departments, so that “whenever you call, we have a Superior Expert for your issue or need.”

Especially with the construction industry at a breaking point, it’s more of a commodity than ever that one company is able to unite common services under one roof.

Under One Superior Roof “Our vision for customers is for them to be able to depend on us for an all-inclusive process and reap the benefits of one-stop shopping for whatever needs to be done.” Heating and air conditioning, indoor air quality and duct design, electrical, plumbing, carpet and upholstery, computer and IT, and water and fire damage, Superior invites you to “find it all within one company that has streamlined the process for you.” Or if your issues have more of an urgency, for instance, “if you have a water leak,” Miller explains, “you’ll have to have someone come pull the water out, complete a water restoration process, and restore the AC.” One of the key benefits that defines “Superior Services” is the cohesiveness of communication between different trades. “Your experts are already connected and communicating,” Miller reminds, “because they’re all under the Superior Services brand.”

A Whole, Healthy Home is a Superior Home Their unique holistic whole-home approach has become the company’s philosophy and their client’s advantage to the degree of affecting their family’s health and wellbeing. Miller says, “When you

have us as your full-service provider, we manage the very environment in which you and your family live. We’re the ones that handle the air that moves air throughout your house and the air that your family breathes.

We keep that clean with our duct cleaning and filtration processes. We clean the carpets in your home which act like a filter capturing all dirt, debris, allergens, dust – people don’t clean them nearly enough. We handle plumbing filtration, purifying the water your family is drinking.

A healthy whole-home approach is one where all our departments are working together to offer a complete solution instead, of a part of a solution.”

Be Proactive, Not Reactive “We see it every year in the extremes of a Lowcountry summer when unforeseen breakdowns are happening in every neighborhood, at the same time, as residents are getting home from work, visitors are checking into VRBOs, and every available expert is out on a call.” Don’t be that guy. Be hurricane ready. Be 90% humidity ready. Be pollen prepared (or pollen-free) and allergen-alleviated.

“Make the Superior Choice” The collective talent of Superior Services delivers a Superior promise – “better” service and a streamlined processes. Whether renovating, repairing, flipping, upgrading, or planning ahead, “Make the Superior Choice” as it says on the side of every highly recognizable yellow van, truck, and t-shirt. Trade middlemen for acumen by engaging the company smart enough to combine superpowers on a mission to “bring certainty to the customer.”

For your home or construction project, let a single-source expert team handle the hassle for you as your go-to concierge, and get back to living life in your whole and healthy Superior home.

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Provided by Lowcountry Paver

Lowcountry Paver is an American family owned and operated hardscape manufacturer based out of Hardeeville, South Carolina.

What sets Lowcountry Paver apart from other manufacturers?

We pride ourselves on producing the highest quality paver products and offering superior customer service. Our products are produced with the finest granite aggregate which means they are ultra dense and strong.

Additionally, our color runs throughout the entire product so you can be guaranteed that the color will not fade over time. We’re so confident in our products that we offer a lifetime warranty.

Do you install?

We do not install, however, if you’re interested in obtaining an estimate for installation we offer a list of preferred installers depending on the region you’re located.

Why use a Lowcountry Paver preferred installer?

Our list of preferred installers are a group of contractors that are licensed and insured. We have inspected their jobs for quality assurance and have obtained multiple positive homeowner reviews to verify their work.

Do you sell directly to homeowners?

We sell to contractors and homeowners! If you’re interested in obtaining an estimate or to get product information, please send an email to orders@ lcpaver.com.

Where can I find project inspiration?

We suggest requesting a copy of our catalog online or picking one up from our office in Hardeeville. You can also follow us on social media where we post recent projects.

How do I get an estimate?

If you’re a DIY homeowner looking to get a quote on product you can email your product style, color and finish, square footage and delivery address to orders@lcpaver.com. You can also request our preferred installer list at that same email address.

Can I install pavers over existing concrete?

We offer multiple products that are perfectly suitable to go over existing concrete!

What is included in the product warranty?

We offer a lifetime warranty against cracking and breaking. As long your installation followed ICPI guidelines we will offer replacement product. Visit lcpaver.com for details.

Do you offer more than pavers?

We offer all the products necessary to build your ideal outdoor living space, whether that include a fire feature or outdoor kitchen. We also offer all the accessory products needed to complete an installation from start to finish. Additionally, we also carry a full line of artificial turf.

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The Benefits of Seamless Gutters Provided by Andrew Snodgrass, Spartina Seamless Gutters

smooth look of seamless gutters, there are other advantages to choosing seamless gutters for your home. Seamless gutters are stronger, more durable, and less prone to breakages. In addition, with no seams, gaps or joints, seamless gutters are proven to have less accumulating debris (such as pine needles, twigs and leaves) – and less clogging.

This means not only are seamless gutters more effective in doing their job to re-direct water, but it means less cleaning and maintenance for homeowners. In addition, adding leaf guards to seamless gutters even further reduces the likelihood of accumulating debris and blockages – and is something that we are proud to offer as the only gutter company in Bluffton offering Leaf Relief™ – the most effective gutter protection on the market, keeping natural debris from blocking your gutters.

A proud member of the HHAHBA, Spartina Seamless Gutters has helped (hundreds) of homeowners protect their homes with the expert installation of the highest quality seamless gutters, earning us countless positive reviews and recommendations on Home Advisor and other review sites. Learn more about how Spartina can enhance the appearance, and value, of your home at www.spartinaseamlessgutters. com, or call us for a free estimate at 843-227-2957.

Gutters are a vital way to protect your home -- moving water away from your home to prevent water damage that can not only damage your home’s foundation, but your roof, siding, ceiling and walls. By properly diverting rainwater away from your home, gutters can prevent water from pooling at the foundation – protecting your home from basement flooding and minimizing soil erosion around your property.

The right gutters can also help homeowners avoid leaks that can cause decay throughout your home and staining/streaking on your interior walls – saving you from the stress, and costly repairs, of water damage.

When it comes to gutters themselves, today’s homeowners have a number of options in terms of materials, colors and styles to best meet their needs. In addition, homeowners can decide whether they want traditional sectional gutters (designed in precut sections that are pieced together and have multiple seams) or seamless gutters – which are specially designed for the exact measurements of your home and installed in single pieces. Since they have no seam and are installed in a continuous piece, seamless gutters dramatically reduce the chance of leakage – making them the most popular type of gutter today.

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Protect Your Home from Storms Provided by Armor Building Solutions

As hurricane season approaches, it is important to understand what you can do to protect your home in the event of a storm. One of the best solutions is adding storm protection to your home. Whether you already have storm protection or are interested in learning more, the following guide will help you along.

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Understanding Storm Protection Many people think that hurricane shutters only protect against broken windows, however, they protect your roof. During a hurricane vast amount of wind may cause objects to hit your home, causing openings for gusts to enter.

When the wind has a way into your home it creates negative and positive pressure and the roof is often the area that gives first. By installing hurricane shutters, the openings are blocked from excessive wind entering your home.

Storm Protection vs Plywood Covering your windows and doors with plywood should only be a last resort alternative to actual storm shutters. They are heavy, difficult to deploy and can also cause damage to your home as you must screw or nail them directly into the structure. Most importantly, these panels fail to meet criteria for optimal storm protection.

Choosing the Right Storm Protection There are several types of storm protection solutions. Choosing the appropriate product can be overwhelming. The following list highlights the different types of hurricane protection.

Storm Panels Storm Panels are made of corrugated steel or aluminum. They are stored away until needed and are one of the most economical storm systems available.

Fabric Panels Fabric Panels are a highly effective alternative to steel or aluminum hurricane panels. They offer better performance and are easier to handle and store.

Rolling Shutters Rolling shutters are louvered panels that roll up or down. They are permanently stored above nearly any span and are deployed manually or automatically.

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Deploying Your Shutters If your home is equipped with rolling, accordion or storm-rated colonial shutters, deployment is very easy and shouldn’t take up too much time. However, steel or fabric panels require a little more work.

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Beaufort County’s Economy and the Future Provided by Beaufort County Economic Development Corporation Where is Beaufort’s growth coming from?

In the four years since the Beaufort County Economic Development Corporation was established, they have booked over $200 million in projects, creating and preserving over one thousand jobs. Forty of projects that they have booked (98%) come from someone who is likely to be reading this publication. After visiting or living here they ask themselves why they still have a business elsewhere and decide to move or expand here.

A notable example of this is Tom Rougeux, owner of RX Industries who is relocating and expanding his facility and investing $9 million on Hilton Head Island. RX Industries offers contract manufacturing for medical devices, aerospace, defense and general industry. Mr. Rougeux said, “For many years, I had a home on Hilton Head Island but traveled across the United States for work. I told people that my wife and kids lived on Hilton Head, and I unfortunately lived in a hotel. I had enough of this lifestyle choice and, together with my brother, made the investment to establish RX Industries on Hilton Head Island. Today, I’m very pleased to say that my business is expanding, and my company’s growth is happening in a place that I love.”

Given the past 2 years, it has become increasingly obvious that you can do business from anywhere. With this realization, people are deciding

that Beaufort County provides the perfect live/work balance. Research shows South Carolina has a 20% increase in in-migration over 2020 and the top reasons for the moves were; cost of living, proximity to family, work flexibility. Since the last census Beaufort County has grown by 15% and is now home to 187,117 residents according to the 2020 US Census.

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John O’Toole, Executive Director, Beaufort County Economic Development Corporation says “the key to our success is lies in four areas; • respecting the environment, • greeting investors with a warm lowcountry welcome, • respond to the needs of employers by providing skilled workers for growing and emergent industries.

• Provide concierge level service to people who we do business with.”

O’Toole added, “Our success has come from residents (bankers, builders, lawyers, realtors, etc.) listening to their clients – after they decide to move here wanting to bring their businesses here. When you hear that message send them our way at Tel: (843) 226-3462 or email cstone@beaufortscedc.org

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Board of Directors / Education Foundation Provided by Meg James, Hilton Head Area Home Builders Association

The Hilton Head Area HBA is a trade association made up of more than a thousand local business professionals who represent, promote and support excellence in the home building industry through education, community service and environmental stewardship. We’re the #1 local resource for building industry professionals.

We are continually developing our 2022 calendar of events and look forward to hosting an oyster roast, home show, golf tournament, fishing tournament, corn hole tournament, as well as our annual holiday hoedown and lighthouse awards.

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The 2022 Education Foundation Committee continues to grow in both members and goals each year. The committee is currently accepting applications from all over Beaufort, Hampton and Jasper Counties schools until April 15, 2022.

The scholarships are awarded based on academic achievement, demonstrated leadership, financial need and commitment to community. With your support we can continue to grow this program and help our future generations fulfill their academic dreams. #ItsForTheKids

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Welcome to the Lowcountry Home & Garden Show. Everything about our area is wonderful… except for the bugs! Between the No-see-ems and Mosquitoes, we’re itching like crazy and there’s nothing quite as scary as Palmetto Bugs (South Carolinian for nasty, huge roach). Toss in ants, fleas, chiggers and mole crickets and we are overrun with pests!

But there are solutions to these flying, biting, and crawling monsters so that you can fully enjoy the Lowcountry.

Below are some suggestions to minimize pests and ultimately how to fully control pests on your property.

Mosquitoes breed in standing water so make sure there is none on your property. Empty saucers on potted plants, make sure gutters empty, fluff the grill cover so it doesn’t collect water. The greatest culprit are toys left outside with tons of tiny spots to collect water and invite mosquitoes in.

Ants and Roaches love consistently moist beds. Keep these clear of debris and leaf drop that can harbor bugs. Keep vines/bushes/trees away from the house. Annually inspect the wood trim around the house to identify rot that can serve as a welcome mat into your home for bugs.

Fleas nest in shady spots, therefore, keep pets from resting outdoors in shady spots. No-see-ems nest in moist soil so irrigated turf and the edges

of the marsh are their favorite spots.

If you’ve done all the prep work and still have bugs, you can apply pesticides. BE SURE to use a safe, non-toxic pesticide! Traditional pesticides are synthetic poisons that may control bugs, but they can also be harmful to children, pets, and the environment. Nature provides ingredients to control pests so use those instead of poisons. But this option can be a lot of work…

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Using ingredients from Nature, Greenbug offers pest control for whatever Lowcountry pests are bugging you!

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What do an employer struggling to find employees, an employee burned out at work, someone looking for a new career, and a current job seeker have in common? The answer - Apprenticeships.

A registered apprenticeship is a high-quality career pathway where employers can develop and prepare their future workforce, and individuals can obtain paid work experience, classroom instruction, and a portable, nationally recognized credential.

Although registered apprenticeships have been around for over thirty years, South Carolina moved to the forefront in 2008 when large industries like BMW and Boeing moved into the state. However, apprenticeships aren’t just for big industries. Small businesses with as few as 2-3 employees can thrive on this platform.

Apprentices learn specialized job-related skills under the mentorship of experienced coworkers. And apprentices are generally paid during their supervised training and classroom education and then update their records as they progress through the program.

Apprenticeships Benefit Employers • A highly skilled workforce through job-related training that provides both theory and practical training, which impacts productivity, quality, safety, and customer service.

• Standardized training that is structured and consistent, meeting your and industry’s standards.

• Reduced turnover (ROI) – your commitment to this investment provides loyal, skilled workers.

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• State tax credit – you can earn $1000 credit per apprentice per year.

Apprenticeships Benefit Job Seekers and Employees • Earning while you learn • Obtaining industry certifications

• Participating in occupation-specific training • Receiving portable credentials from the U.S. Department of Labor • Considering potential advancement within the company • Receiving a wage progression Apprenticeships Benefit Parents and High School Students For parents thinking of your children’s future, college debt is daunting. The average student loan debt is $37,172, and the average payment $393/month, i.e. almost $100/week (nitrocollege.com, 2021). Student loan debt affects their credit report and increases the percentage they’ll pay for car loans and mortgages.

One solution is to encourage your son or daughter to consider fields that don’t require a college education. With over 300 youth apprenticeship programs available and ever expanding number, it’s worth serious consideration.

Youth apprenticeships are work-based learning programs designed for high school students. They combine the key elements of the adult apprenticeship model, including paid workplace experience and related technical instruction.

Youth Apprenticeship enables your high-school aged child to gain the necessary skills for high-demand jobs while earning a paycheck in a safe, secure environment. The program also ensures academic success. High school completion is a necessary component of the program. Relevant education and critical on-thejob training create the right combination to put your child on the right track to a promising career. Your high school counselor can give you more information.

The HBA’s Workforce Development Task Force is inviting eighth-graders from Beaufort, Jasper, and Hampton Counties to visit our Skilled Trades Showcase on Friday, March 26, to try their hands at architectural and trade skills while they learn from craftspeople how to work with their hands.

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THE REFACING OF KITCHEN DESIGN

ADD SOME COLOR TO YOUR CABINETS AND COUNTERTOPS

BY D E A N R O W L A N D Kitchen designs have gone in and out of style for years. Neutral colors, nondescript space, bland subway tiles, overhanging cabinets on counters, generic features and depersonalization once occupied the must-have niches in kitchen design a decade or two ago in the Lowcountry.

The times have changed in today’s remodeling plans. It’s not a change of heart; it’s a change in lifestyle and a nod to the home’s resale value.

“We’re starting to see a lot more people starting to gravitate toward color on their cabinets, countertops, maybe with blue and green veining so we think people are going to depart from the all-white kitchen and embrace a little bit of color this year,” said sales consultant Sydney Egnor at StoneWorks in Bluffton.

“We’re going to be seeing some darker greens, hunter greens, things that are very neutral and relaxing and people going back and embracing the warm tones, the stained cabinets and hardwood floors…natural blues, greens and browns,” she said.

“The solid colors have really been dominant the last few years,” said Bruce Zaidman, owner of American Wood Reface in Bluffton. “Eighty to 90 percent of what we’ve been doing has been white and off-white with blues for accents. We’re starting to see a little bit of a trend in natural wood tones. We see a lot of woods on the island with some people mixing it up with solid colors.”

While colors have begun to stretch their palette, there’s a flurry of movement to push entire rooms to new boundaries.

“It’s a very unprecedented time as far as the industry, no doubt,” Egnor said. “We are seeing crazy things that we have never seen before in the design world. Full-height splashes that go all the way up to the ceiling. shelves made out of quartz, marble sconces…Now more than ever people are thinking outside the box.”

While custom cabinets and countertops constitute the bulk of work orders of American Wood Reface, the company has expanded its reach to complement its reputation.

“If we’re doing new countertops, then we can do anything,” said Zaidman, who opened his Hilton Head location in 2009. “We can modify the kitchen, change the layout, move cabinets, whatever. We can build a new island or pantry or move the refrigerator.”

The big swing for American Wood Reface came about five years ago when homeowners began replacing their granite countertops with quartz.

Not much has changed since then. If anything, its popularity has grown enormously in the Lowcountry. Granite gave way to Corian, which gave way to quartz, a strong, durable, heat- and stain-resistant material.

“Quartz is still king in countertops,” he said. “We don’t even fool with granite anymore.

I’ve been selling quartz for 21 years and it was a hard sell; people didn’t understand it.”

They do now.

They also install quartz in bathrooms, on walls and for flooring.

“Granite sales have gone down, quartz sales have gone straight up,” he said.

“We’re doing about 80 percent quartz,” Egnor said. “We’ve been installing stone quartz for the past 15 years…It’s very versatile and non-porous, anti-bacterial, and there are way more choices in this market than natural stone.”

White with gray veining with a marble look is emerging as a favorite.

“We’re seeing a ton of wet/dry bars…In bathrooms we’re dabbling into porcelain and porcelain slabs in showers,” she said. “People are going all out in the master bath.

“We’re seeing extensive renovations, not just knocking out a wall. They’re changing cabinets or refinishing them, complete brand new backsplashes, new appliances. Everyone who is remodeling their kitchen right now is sparing no expense to completely transform it.

In some cases the transformation is unrecognizable.”

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HERE’S HOW TO KEEP YOUR GRASS HEALTHY

BY D E A N R O W L A N D An oasis of greenery greets homeowners and guests from Bluffton to the island.

The lushness of Bermuda grass in the sun, St. Augustine turf in the shade and Empire everywhere are plentiful in the Lowcountry.

These three warm-weather grasses and centipede grass are prevalent in our neighborhoods and proudly sway in the salt-air breeze.

The short gray-green Bermuda blades have a deep root system and are heat- and drought-tolerant.

This grass requires good drainage and will stay green throughout the winter if it’s not bitten by frost.

St. Augustine’s blue-gray grass is salt tolerant but needs to be well-drained. It thrives in high temperatures, is unaffected in cool, coastal climates and tolerates moderate shade.

Blue-green Empire grass is low maintenance, drought-, disease-, shade- and wear-tolerant.

“People maintain their lawns very well around here,” said U.S. Lawns of Hilton Head owner Martin Schuppert. “It’s a difficult area to grow grass, because we’re too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter for a lot of varieties. There’s only a certain number of grasses that do well here.”

“Identify the grass you have,” said Brian Hodges, landscape maintenance supervisor for The Green Thumb. “Around here, we have all-season, yearround grasses. They all turn brown in the winter.”

Green thumbs should follow these guidelines to keep their lawns healthy:

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• Start dethatching. This necessary but arduous process removes dead grass stems to allow nutrients to reach healthy grass roots. Too much thatch restricts air and water movement within the soil and restricts repair and recovery.

“Some thatch is necessary for good organic material because we live on an island that is nothing but calcium,” said Darren Davis, The Greenery’s residential branch manager for Hilton Head. “It offers a good soil profile for air and decompaction.”

• Aerate. Let the soil breathe by poking holes in the ground to allow air and water to penetrate the soil’s surface. It also reduces soil compaction.

• Soil testing. Seventeen essential nutrients for plant growth and reproduction make up the composition of soil.

This test determines the presence of each and their moisture content.

“All grasses are dependent on soil temperatures,” Davis said. “We would aerate in March and fertilize in late March and early April and then irrigate.”

• Weed control. Dandelions, plantains, yellow nutsedge, crabgrass, thistle, quickgrass, ragweed, ground ivy and other common weeds make their appearance in the spring.

The stage of growth determines whether to use a preemergent or post-emergent product.

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applying an herbicide will help prevent damage.

• Seed or overseed. Overseed your thinning lawn after you aerate, sometime in the late spring after the soil warms. Cover the seed with topsoil and peatmoss and then water for a few weeks. Make sure to seed and cover brown patches. After the new growth appears, you can begin fertilizing.

• Mowing. After thatching, remove any dormant clippings to prevent fungal disease. Once the lawn begins to green, mow the lawn for the first time in late April/early May. Wait until the grass blades are about 3 inches high and set the sharp mower blade at about 2 inches high. Clippings can be left on the grass because they decompose quickly.

• Irrigation. Once growth begins, water the lawn about 1 inch weekly including rainfall. During very hot weather, apply an inch of water every week. Always irrigate early in the morning because fungus can occur if leaf surfaces are moist. Even in winter when the grass goes dormant, it needs moisture.

“Irrigation needs to be well timed and well thought out, so you don’t overwater,” Davis said. “Once you turn the irrigation on, you’re going to wake that grass up. And you’re off and running for the season, providing you don’t have a cold snap.”

One serious problem that homeowners face is where to grow grass.

“Most people want to grow grass where they don’t get enough sunlight, near live oak trees where there’s a lot of shade,” Schuppert said. “Grass needs sun.”

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SNAKE SPOTTING WHICH ONES ARE FRIENDLY, WHICH ONES ARE BEST LEFT ALONE

BY CLAY BONNYMAN EVANS | PHOTO SUPPLIED Of South Carolina’s 38 snake species, six are venomous.

Though all six occur in the Lowcountry, only two are relatively common in or around Hilton Head Island and Bluffton. And there’s one simple rule to avoid being bitten: Leave them be.

“We have good stats showing that people are usually bitten while trying to kill or handle them.

But in every case your best bet is just to leave them alone,” says herpetologist Tony Mills, education director at the Spring Island Trust and host of the SCETV television program “Coastal Kingdom.” “We have to learn to live with them. They have a right to be here like any other animal, and we couldn’t get rid of them even if we wanted to.”

The copperhead and cottonmouth, aka water moccasin, are the two most commonly seen venomous species in Beaufort County, Mills says. Though much rarer, diamondback

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rattlesnakes can be found on the island, there are pygmy rattlesnakes in Palmetto Bluff and coral snakes are occasionally seen in Bluffton.

Copperheads are by far the most common venomous species in the area. They are brown and tan with darker, hourglassshaped chevrons down the length of the body and have triangular heads with elliptical, or cat-like, pupils.

Often seen in residential areas and gardens, copperheads are responsible for some 3,000 bites a year nationally. But there have only been six recorded deaths from bites over the last century or more.

“They are super cryptic. More copperheads see people than people see copperheads,” Mills says. “They are probably the least toxic of (North America’s) native venomous snakes. But a bite is still very serious and requires medical help.”

The cottonmouth is mostly seen in swampy areas.

A dark, heavy-bodied pit viper with a blocky head, this species can grow to more than three feet. Though venomous, deaths from bites are exceedingly rare, Mills says.

“They tend to stand their ground, because they are not fast, athletic snakes,” he says. When threatened, “they tend to turn and pop their mouths open, showing the gaping interior of the mouth. That’s where the name comes from.”

The eastern diamondback rattlesnake is a heavy species that can grow to six feet but is typically three to five feet. It is brown, brownish-yellow, brownishgray or olive in color, with a distinctive pattern of dark diamonds. Of the three local venomous species, it is considered the most dangerous, but it is rarely seen locally.

“You can still find the diamondback on Hilton Head Island, and maybe in Bluffton,” Mills says. “But the species has declined drastically, and we could lose those that are left.”

Three non-venomous species are also commonly seen in the area: the water snake, garter snake and distinctive black racer. All three can bite and even break the skin, but typically only if handled.

Water snakes of the genus Nerodia come in banded, red-bellied and brown varieties locally, Mills says. They are relatively heavy-bodied snakes and can grow up to four feet.

They are usually found near rivers and other wetlands, and different species feed on everything from catfish to frogs and salamanders.

Black racers can grow up to six feet and are relatively slender. Their black scales are shiny and they are highly mobile.

“They can really skate across the ground, often with their head sticking up like a periscope. They are good climbers, too,” Mills says.

Garter snakes are typically brown to olive colored, with black spots and yellow stripes running the length of the body.

They typically grow to two or three feet and are commonly found in yards and gardens.

If bitten by a venomous snake, “The best thing you can have is a vehicle and someone to drive you to the hospital,” Mills says.

Do not attempt to cut the skin or suck out venom, techniques long ago rejected by medical professionals but still persistent in the public conscious.

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SNAKE ID

COMMON NON-VENOMOUS Snakes of SC

Black Racer Snake

Brown Snake

Size: Generally up to 60 inches Identification: Fairly slender, solid black snakes with smooth scales, large eyes, and often have some white coloration under their chin. Stomach is generally dark gray or black. When approached, racers usually flee quickly or sometimes stand their ground and attempt to strike.

Size: 6-13 inches Identification: Usually brown, but can be yellowish, reddish, or grayish-brown. They usually have two rows of dark spots, sometimes linked, along the back and a dark streak down the side of the head.

The belly is light brown to white.

Eastern Garter Snake

Eastern Kingsnake

Size: Typically 18-26 inches.

Can grow up to 49 inches.

Identification: Most can be distinguished from other species by the three yellow longitudinal stripes down a dark body. Some exhibit a checkered body pattern with light stripes and a grayish or reddish body color.

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Size: 36-48 inches Identification: Shiny-black, smooth-scaled snakes with white or yellow chain-link bands that cross the back and connect along the sides. Eastern kingsnakes have a short stout head and small beady eyes.

Corn Snake Size: 30-48 inches Identification: Slender, orange, reddish brown, brown, or gray with black-margined brown or reddish blotches. Spear-shaped blotch on top of the head, black stripes on either side of the bottom of the tail, smooth scales, and a stripe from back of the eye past corner of jaw.

Eastern Ribbon Snake Size: 16-28 inches Identification: Slender snakes that have three light, usually yellow, stripes (two along the sides and one down the center of the back) against a dark background.

Between the yellow lateral stripes and the belly there is a brown lateral stripe.

VENOMOUS Snakes of SC

Source: srelherp.uga.edu/snakes

Copperhead

Coral Snake

Size: Up to 40 inches Identification: Heavy-bodied snakes with large, triangular heads and elliptical pupils. The body is tan to brown with darker hourglassshaped crossbands down the length of the body. Juveniles resemble adults but have a bright yellow tail tip.

Size: 18-30 inches Identification: They have smooth scales. The most obvious feature of an eastern coral snake is the bright body pattern of red, yellow, and black rings.To distishguish the coral snake from the harmless milk snake, look for red and yellow rings that touch each other and a black nose.

Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake

Canebrake Rattlesnake

Size: Typically 3-6 feet.

Can grow up to 8 feet.

Identification: Heavy-bodied, with large, broad heads with two light lines on the face. The background is brown, tan, or yellowish and covered with the namesake diamonds, which are brown and surrounded by lighter scales. Males are larger than females.

Size: 3-5 feet Identification: Usually gray and may have a pink hue and a pinkish, yellow, orange, or brown stripe running the length of the back. Timber rattlers are typically more brown or yellowish and may be black. Both forms have solid black tails that are almost velvet, and black chevrons on the back and sides.

Cottonmouth Size: Typically 48 inches.

Identification: Large, triangular heads with a dark line through the eye, elliptical pupils, and large jowls. Can have dark crossbands on a brown and yellow ground color or completely brown or black. Older adults are often dark and solid-colored. Juveniles are brightly patterned with a sulphur yellow tail tip.

Pigmy Rattlesnake Size: 14-22 inches Identification: Referred to as a pigmy rattler or ground rattler. Has nine scales on top of head and tiny rattle that can seldom be heard. The Carolina pigmy rattler can be gray, tan, or lavender. Subspecies have a row of mid-dorsal spots and a bar than runs from the eye to the base of the mouth.

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HILTON HEAD REAL ESTATE AGENT NAMED STATE PRESIDENT Cindy Creamer, a real estate agent at Dunes Real Estate in Hilton Head, was named the 2022 South Carolina Realtors President. Her presidential term began in January. Creamer has been a Realtor since 2006 with Dunes Real Estate. She currently serves on the 2022 NAR State and Local Issues Mobilization Committee.

Creamer is also a National Association of Realtors director.

WEICHERT REALTORS WELCOMES FIVE AGENTS, SALES MANAGER Danielle Cummings, Katelyn Candal, Melissa Rodgers, Larry Lauranzano and Kerry Stanford have joined Weichert Realtors as real estate agents.

Cummings, who will work out of the Hilton Head office, was born in the Midwest and relocated to the Lowcountry. She is an experienced Realtor with 30 years’ experience as a small business entrepreneur.

Candal will work out of the Bluffton office. For the past eight years she has worked as a registered nurse and recently shifted her career goals to align with her passion for real estate and the community she lives in.

Rodgers has been in the buying-selling business since 1999. She will work out of the Bluffton office.

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new career in real estate with Keller Williams in 2019.

Stanford was born and raised in Savannah, Ga. During her 15-year career in the retail industry, the last eight years have been in retail management for various retailers. She has an MBA from Strayer University. Stanford will work out of the Savannah office.

Jeannie Simpson was named sales manager at the Beaufort office. She started her real estate career in January of 2000 in Pennsylvania with Weichert Realtors.

She was later named “Rookie of the Year” by her broker. By 2015, she transferred to Charleston, S.C., and was hired as a sales manager covering Mount Pleasant and Summerville with more than 50 agents.

COLLINS GROUP REALTY CELEBRATES 20 YEARS IN BUSINESS In 2022, Collins Group Realty is celebrating 20 years in business serving real estate clients in the Hilton Head Island area and surrounding mainland. Founder and Broker-in-Charge, Chip Collins, launched the business in 2002. Collins Group Realty is the No. 1-ranked large team in South Carolina, and No. 33 in the United States, according to Real Trends.

LATITUDE MARGARITAVILLE HILTON HEAD BEGINS PHASE TWO Latitude Margaritaville has started construction on Latitude Margaritaville Hilton Head Town Center phase two amenities. Phase two amenities include a Workin’ N’ Playin’ Center with Coconut Telegraph Business Center, Arts & Crafts

LAURANZANO

room, Clayground pottery studio, and multi-purpose rooms. Two additional tennis courts, three additional pickleball courts, and bocce ball courts will have lighting for night play. Latitude Margaritaville Hilton Head is in Hardeeville.

HILTON HEAD AREA SALES SEE SLIGHT DIP According to the January Housing Supply Overview from the Hilton Head Area Association of Realtors, from February 2021 through January 2022 pending sales in the Hilton Head region were down 3.9 percent.

The price range with the largest gain in sales was the $650, 001 and above range, which increased 17.0 percent.

The overall median sales price was up 12.2 percent to $415,000. The property type with the largest price gain was the condos/villas segment, where prices increased 19.3 percent to $330,000.

Market-wide, inventory levels were down 53.8 percent. The property type that lost the least inventory was the single-family segment, which decreased 53.3 percent.

BHHS BAY STREET REALTY GROUP ADDS AGENT Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Bay Street Realty Group has hired Greg Davis as a real estate agent. He will be working to achieve new business development and sales retention through client care and relationship selling, with a concentration in Beaufort, Bluffton and Hilton Head.

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HOME INSPECTION HELP

BEING SAFE EARLY PREVENTS BEING SORRY LATER

BY TIM WOOD

It’s a milestone moment in our adult lives, and especially in today’s housing climate, a culmination of searching, making offers and riding an emotional roller coaster to what feels like a triumphant finale.

Walter Henegar says that’s the moment a home inspector is most needed.

“People go in to buy a house, they’re looking at color of walls, where the furniture will go, how they’ll remodel; they’re not looking at the bones. They’re making a connection and don’t want to see the negatives,” said Henegar, the owner of Bluffton’s Playing It Safe Home Inspection, 23-year veteran in the field and the leader of the first home inspector training school in the state in 2002. “We’re the objective eyes, the trained eyes.”

The three big-ticket items those eyes are looking at are roof, structure and HVAC systems. Home inspectors will look at life left on the roof, as most insurers will not issue policies to homes unless there is at least five years of remaining life with the roof.

In South Carolina home inspections are not mandatory, though some insurance companies may require a wood inspection to ensure the house is free of termites and other wood-destroying fungi. Henegar said those requests are more common upstate, as the Lowcountry has fewer crawl spaces and most new homes are built on concrete foundations.

“And one thing most customers don’t know is that South Carolina requires builders to be liable for foundation damage for 10 years,” he said.

FHA and VA loans for mobile homes require a $600 foundation engineering certification, which Henegar is trained to perform.

“Engineer is a curse word for the housing world because in most cases, getting an engineer to just step foot on your property will cost $1,000,” he said.

With foundation issues he recommends having a consultation with a foundation repair company, which will send an engineer as part of the consultation.

As for HVAC, it is more about keeping up with current codes and systems. For example, if an older home has an R-22 system from 2006 or before, if the system breaks down, it will likely need to be replaced; the Freon for that system is no longer made.

In terms of what to expect on the day of your inspection,

Henegar said it’s all about attention to detail.

“We’re trained to look for 100 things you might not even notice. The majority of folks don’t look up, period, when they go into a home. So, we’re looking in every nook and cranny,” he said. “I prefer folks are home to let me in but then just let me do my work for the next hour without distraction.”

Older homes come with more built-in issues, like asbestos used for insulation and popcorn ceilings, lead paint, aluminum wiring and galvanized iron used for plumbing in homes from the 1970s.

“Those are all big no-nos, all of that has to go before a house can be sold,” Henegar said.

While inspections are usually initiated by the buyer, sellers sometimes request an appointment just to know if the house is ready to be put on the market.

When it comes to new houses, Henegar said it’s all about buyer vigilance.

“The day-of-closing walk-through is key,” he said. “You’ll do a walk-through a week before closing to go over any issues the builder needs to address, where they’re mark all the spots with blue tape.”

Henegar suggests having an inspector there for the final walkthrough, but if you can’t get one on short notice, make sure you spend at least an hour on site and don’t be rushed by anyone.

“Take your own pictures, make your own videos at the blue tape meeting and make sure that every blue tape mark was addressed. Check every bedroom, every closet, every door, turn on every faucet and open every window, turn on the HVAC and every appliance one more time.”

Henegar is a licensed builder and a retired Navy “Seabee” chief. He is in the twilight of his inspecting career, working with referrals and still teaching home inspectors the craft. He’s not angling for business when he says to take care of issues up front before the house is officially yours.

“It is blue-moon rare that I don’t find one thing wrong in a house, old or new,” he said. “Once you get the keys, it’s your problem to address, so the money spent before that for an inspector many times saves you thousands of dollars in headaches.”

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HEALING AN ALTERNATIVE PATH TO

THERAPIES THAT OFFER OTHER OPTIONS FOR PAIN RELIEF

BY NINA GREENPLATE

Alternative medicine therapies for pain management have earned a rightful place at the treatment table, with a wealth of evidence-based modalities and a history dating back 5,000 years.

Ayurvedic practices of massage, meditation and herbs provide an ancient outline to what today helps millions of Americans relieve what ails them.

Holistic, natural, functional, complementary and similar terms are unique in their respective technique, but common in their use of nontraditional means for healing.

Pain management, and the medications prescribed for alleviating chronic pain, hit more than $71 million globally in 2019 and is predicted to increase by 4%, to over $91 million by 2027.

Similarly, the global alternative-medicine market was valued at $82.27 billion in 2020 and is expected to increase annually at a rate of over 22% from 2021 to 2028.

An array of non-traditional therapy options are available, giving hope to millions of sufferers.

Many alternative medicine practitioners offer similar treatments; therefore it’s common to find intersecting care from office to office.

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Hilton Head’s Novo Wellness, formerly The Pain Center and Regenerative Institute, offers various alternative treatments to help minimize pain. “We’ve seen phenomenal results, and with pain we’re always looking for that pain generator, not just to solve where the pain is,” manager Ron Reynolds said.

William Durrett, M.D. and staff offer several state-of-the-art services including the following: REGENERATIVE MEDICINE: This method repairs cell damage through injections of mesenchymal stem cells. Cells are safely donated only from planned cesarean section placenta. The injections can differentiate to become bone cells, cartilage cells, muscle cells, or other types of cells, resulting in repairing damage to the affected areas.

MLS LASER TREATMENT: The laser can penetrate 2 -3 inches below the skin, on any part of the body.

Muscles relax and inflammation is better managed.

RADIO FREQUENCY ABLATION: Minimally invasive, this procedure calms nerve endings and impairs pain signals from traveling to the brain. The

painful area is numbed, then a guided needle passes radio frequency energy into the nerve, destroying the nerve fibers that carry pain signals to the brain and, in essence, destroying the pain center.

ACUPUNCTURE: “The majority of my practice is chronic pain,” says Doctor of Acupuncture, Beth Schoon of Integrative Pain Relief of Hilton Head. Acupuncture stimulates the central nervous system though energy pathways in the body. Any stagnation in these pathways is where pain and disease can develop. These biochemical changes stimulate the body’s natural healing abilities. An acupuncture treatment can reduce inflammation, release trigger points, and stimulate natural endorphins. Needles are approximately the size of a “cats whisker,” and barely felt. Treatments can promote peace and relaxation, affecting both the mind and the body. Dr. Schoon is also trained in myofascial release. Tissues surrounding and supporting the body can become sensitive and tight, which can throw off the body’s structure, contributing to overall pain. The combination of structural and energetic work creates a powerful pain relief therapy.

CHIROPRACTIC: A familiar medical intervention, chiropractors treated more than 35 million patients in 2021. Back, neck, shoulder and joint pain are common reasons for a visit, but any area of discomfort can be discussed for treatment. Chiropractic professionals focus primarily on musculoskeletal disorders. Body structure is key, and spinal manipulations are typical. Services vary by training, and can range from traditional chiropractic adjustments to advanced pain-relieving procedures.

APPLIED KINESIOLOGY: A specialized technique is used by some in chiropractic care. It involves performing manual muscle-response testing as a biofeedback indicator to identify stressors; it is a mind-body-energy system of treatment that helps a trained practitioner better understand the nervous and muscular systems, hence a better picture of where pain may generate from and how to better treat it.

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MEDICINE

BY THE NUMBERS The practice of holistic medicine integrates conventional and alternative therapies to prevent and treat disease, and most importantly, to promote optimal health. The use of such therapies is on the rise, according to recent studies. Here is a breakdown of popular alternative treatments available.

HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY TREATMENT

2021

As of 2021, the FDA has cleared hyperbaric chambers for a few disorders, including anemia, burns, hearing loss and carbon monoxide poisoning.

HERBAL MEDICINE MARKET The global market for herbal medicines reached an estimated

$110.2 BILLION in 2020, with growth estimated to reach $178.4 billion by 2026.

MASSAGE AID

46% 23%

of females experienced a massage at a spa. of males experienced a massage at a spa.

BIG BUSINESS

$30 BILLION spent on alternative medicines each year in the United States.

PHYSICAL THERAPY

A study found that using physical therapy as a first treatment for new lower back pain reduced costs by

72%

PILATES POPULARITY

9 MILLION

people participated in Pilates in 2018.

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CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT

YOGA’S GROWTH

35 MILLION 36 MILLION people treated annually.

ACUPUNCTURE POPULARITY

Americans practice yoga.

CBD

10 MILLION $55.79 MILLION There are more than 10 million acupuncture treatments administered a year.

The projected market of CBD products is expected to grow from $3.68 million to $55.79 million from 2021-2028.

Sources: Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Globalnewswire.com. acatoday.org. Fortunebusinessinsights.com. amtamassage.org. statista.com, thegoodbody.com, fda.gov

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PUTTING ATTENTION ON ANXIETY

BY ELIZABETH SNYDER AND JOY LAUERER

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact many children and families.

In 2021 many schools transitioned back to in-person classes for children, but with waxing and waning cases, some students may find themselves in hybrid formats doing some work at home.

Children spending more time at home can lead to social isolation, eating disorders, social restrictions for activities and exercise, and increased social media use.

One of the biggest concerns for families has been children’s expressions of anxiety over the course of the pandemic. Children, like adults, experience stress and anxiety but most have not yet developed the necessary skills and understanding to effectively communicate these emotions.

Thankfully, most children’s anxiety can be managed through gentle interventions that help

them process their feelings of fear, anxiety, and stress.

Here are some effective techniques that may help: Caregivers/parents should first start by actively monitoring their own anxiety. Children can be little sponges and often notice even the most subtle changes in the household.

Your own response to stimuli is heavily influential in how children observing you will behave in turn.

Learn to calm yourself first so that what your children see when they look at you is the behavior and mindset you want them to emulate.

Simple breathing techniques help calm the mind and focus attention. To teach this to children, an illustrative prompt is most effective. Try “Sniff the flower and blow out the birthday candle” to cue for inhaling through the nose and exhaling through the mouth to calm breathing. Practice this with your child and then encourage them to continue their own — give positive feedback to reinforce their efforts.

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Monitor screen time and create a plan. Literature shows too much screen time can worsen anxiety in some kids. Screens are an essential part of our lives now, and healthy habits are essential to managing their effects. For more tips and information on healthy screen use, visit this resource by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Redirection is the most effective way to reduce a negative stress reaction. Physical activity, interactive games, reading a favorite book or even a new one — just a few minutes of diversion can help children feel better and make space to deal with their apprehension later, when they and you are in a better frame of mind.

Normalize stress. Negative feelings can be overwhelming and disorienting. Letting kids know that everyone has these same feelings from time to time, and that it’s OK can help to reassure them. Teach them to seek help from an adult, ideally their parents or primary caregivers, when they are feeling especially worried or anxious before it affects their school or daily activities.

When they do, try to exude calm and assurance, as you gently explore what could be precipitating their fear or

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worry.

Share your own experiences. Acknowledge your feelings to your kids — attempting to hide or deny these feelings can be confusing and may promote feelings of guilt or shame when your children experience these emotions themselves.

You might say, “I’m feeling scared right now, but I know it’s not that likely that the thing I’m scared of will actually happen. I’m going to call my sister/spouse/best friend for advice.”

Self-care when parenting is important, as is passing on the practice to your kids. And remember — you have to put your own oxygen mask on first in the event of an emergency.

If your child’s anxiety seems to be worsening or interfering with daily activities, talk to your child’s pediatrician or seek the support from a mental health professional.

Tips and resources for improving health of children: The Centers for Disease Control recommends all children and adults who meet the current criteria for vaccination get vaccinated to slow the spread of the virus that causes

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COVID-19. In areas of high transmission everyone 2 years of age and older should wear properly fitting masks indoors in public places regardless of vaccination status.

Because social isolation can lead to depression, caregivers should monitor for signs of depression such as lack of desire for normal activities, withdrawing from social situations, irritability, changes in eating or sleep patterns, and low attention span.

• The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine website includes many resources for parents and teens. www.adolescenthealth.org/Resources/ Clinical-Care-Resources/Mental-Health/MentalHealth-Resources-For-Parents-of-Adolescents.aspx.

• In Beaufort County, the Hands on Health South Carolina website links several mental health and advocacy services for all ages. www.handsonhealthsc.org/golocal.

• If parents suspect an eating disorder, the South Carolina Department of Mental Health website includes links to resources and referral sites. www. state.sc.us/dmh/anorexia/resources.htm.

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Some signs to monitor include changes in eating patterns, skipping meals, frequent dieting, and extreme concern with body shape and size to name a few. The National Eating Disorders organization offers a helpline for resources as well. www. nationaleatingdisorders.org/warning-signs-andsymptoms.

ENCOURAGE ACTIVITY

For children especially, physical activity plays a fundamental role in psychological health and can be helpful improving other health issues associated with COVID-19.

One tip is to encourage activities where adequate social distancing can be maintained such as walking, running, or other individual sports.

Increased use of social media by children can expose them to cyberbullying, depression, anxiety. The American Academy of Pediatrics indicates adolescents and teens who spend too much time on social media may exhibit changes to their health.

A tip is to create a social media plan and clearly indicate

what is appropriate use, posting, and influences of the use.

COVID-19 has impacted so many health issues in addition to the obvious respiratory conditions.

Recognition of the impact on mental health and resources for parents is key to ensuring a health balance for health and wellness.

Always seek advice from your health care provider if you are concerned with depression, eating disorders, anxiety, or any other mental health issues that may impact you and your children’s health.

Elizabeth Snyder, DNP, FNP-BC is a Family Nurse Practitioner in Hilton Head, a clinical instructor with the Medical University of South Carolina, and a board member with Mental Health America Beaufort Jasper/ Island House.

Dr. Joy Lauerer is a MUSC college of nursing faculty and a nationally recognized child and adolescent psychiatric advance practice nurse. Joy specializes in the treatment of ADHD, mood and anxiety disorders in children. She practices in a telehealth-school-based mental health clinic in Charleston.

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GOOD CAUSE ROBINSON HOME: BEFORE CLEANUP

Sallie Ann Robinson is all smiles during a cleanup of Gullah historical sites on Daufuskie Island.

ROBINSON HOME: AFTER CLEANUP

AMERICA’S BOATING CLUB HILTON HEAD, DAUFUSKIE ISLAND GULLAH HERITAGE SOCIETY PARTNER TO RESTORE GULLAH SITES

BY HILTON HEAD MONTHLY | PHOTOS SUPPLIED

America’s Boating Club Hilton Head has partnered with the Daufuskie Island Gullah Heritage Society to assist in the cleanup and restoration of Gullah historical sites on Daufuskie Island.

There are five Gullah cemeteries and multiple Gullah historic home sites on Daufuskie that need substantial amounts of work.

“The Gullah history is unique and certainly worth preserving,” said Boating Club HH Executive Officer, Craig Loomis.

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The initial focus of the cleanup efforts was to clear and remove overgrown vegetation at each of the sites.

Club members have volunteered their time to do this work on an ongoing basis. Volunteers provide their own boat transportation to Daufuskie and the tools needed to do the work. Projects are determined and detailed by Sallie Ann Robinson, the founder of the Daufuskie Island Gullah Heritage Society. Robinson provides the volunteers transportation to the work sites on the island.

There have been two workdays performed by club volunteers: one in November (21 volunteers) and most recently Feb. 2, which featured help from nine volunteers.

Overgrown vegetation, trees, shrubs and other landscape debris have been removed from two cemeteries (the Mary Fields Cemetery and the Cooper River Cemetery) and two Gullah homesites (the Robinson Home and the Hamilton Home).

Additional workdays are being planned for March and likely this fall.

“A big focus of our organization is community outreach centered round boating activities,” said Peter Dion, the Commander of America’s Boating Club Hilton Head said. “Last year our club and several other America’s Boating Clubs from South Carolina and Georgia visited Daufuskie Island and took the tour of Daufuskie Island that Sallie Ann Robinson presents regularly. We were impressed with Sallie Ann and her passion for preserving the rich Gullah culture there. She said she needed help, so we decided it would be a great service for our club to help and assist her.”

Said Loomis: “That day Pete and I said we have to work with her. This is a great opportunity to do some good on the island.”

Loomis said the club views the initiative as a “longterm project.”

The Daufuskie Island Gullah Heritage Society (daufuskieislandgullahheritagesociety.org) is a 501(c) (3) organization founded by Robinson to “restore, clean up and maintain the Gullah homes and cemeteries on Daufuskie Island.”

Sixth-generatio-born Daufuskian Robinson loves living back home with a passion, which is why she’s working hard to restore the old Gullah homes and maintain the graveyards for respect. She’s moved back home with a mission her ancestors would want her to do, she said.

America’s Boating Club Hilton Head is a nonprofit organization focused on safe, enjoyable boating and is part of the United States Power Squadron, a national boating organization. The club performs community outreach and offers training and education courses to new and experienced boaters.

To learn more, visit abchh.org.

“where to worship”

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SIGNIFICANT ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY MADE AT MITCHELVILLE

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Katherine “Katie” Seeber first came to Hilton Head Island in 2015 as a graduate student of archaeology at New York’s Binghamton University, to assist one of her professors with the excavation of indigenous shell rings.

It was, you might say, the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Now, more than five years later, Seeber is in the final stages of preparing a report on a detailed archaeological survey that has already begun to deepen historical understanding of the first self-governed town of formerly enslaved people in the United States.

From November 2020 to January 2021, Seeber and her team of five used groundpenetrating radar, magnetometry and electromagnetometry to survey the 24-acre site, generating nearly 600 scans and “a massive amount of data.”

Preliminary estimates show that as much as 88 percent of the area may contain potential “underground cultural anomalies,” Seeber says, including some from indigenous inhabitants who pre-dated the town.

Most significantly, the survey led to her team’s discovery of an intact brick hearth believed to be the only remaining physical structure built by the Mitchelville community, which thrived as an intact town from 1862 into the 1880s.

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“That is the only structure we have physically left within the park that dates directly back to the community. Everything else was dismantled or likely wiped out by the hurricane of 1893,” says Ahmad Ward, executive director of the non-profit Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park. “Now we have something to interpret and guide some real instruction around.”

The hearth was first identified — and long believed removed — by archaeologist Michael Trinkley, who conducted the first study of the site in 1986. When Seeber’s survey encountered the structure in November 2020, it was assumed to be a remnant.

“We thought maybe (Trinkley) left a little piece,” Ward says.

But when Seeber’s team returned in August 2021 to investigate further, they discovered that the structure extended four feet down, having been buried by the natural accumulation of organic matter and sand relocated during the 1893 hurricane.

“We thought it was the bottom, but it turned out to be the top,” says Seeber, now an archaeologist and field director at Charleston’s New South Associates.

“It’s a much bigger archaeological deposit than we anticipated, which is really cool.”

Seeber’s team capped the hearth to protect it.

“This has caused a shift in our plans. We’re regrouping with our landscape architect to decide what method to use for interpretation,” Ward says. “But it won’t be coming out of the ground.”

Seeber’s survey was made possible by a $50,000 grant to Historic Mitchelville from the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Mitchelville was just one of 27 projects funded in 2020, and the only one in South Carolina.

Seeber has been working in the area for the nonprofit since 2017, initially recruited by former board member Charles Bouggess. Her team has discovered the remnants of a church in 2018 as well as several indigenous sites pre-dating the town. She began urging the board to conduct a complete survey of the site in advance of developing the planned $22 million park.

“You’d be really upset if you destroyed important archaeology,” she recalls saying.

Seeber’s work on the island not only continues to advance historical understanding of Mitchelville. It also has changed the trajectory of her career.

“Mitchelville is a sacred place that’s special to many people, especially the descendants of (former) residents,” she says. “When the people from (Historic) Mitchelville asked me to do this work, it was tailor made for me, and I was tailor made for it.”

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BY JUSTIN JARRETT | PHOTOS BY LLOYD WAINSCOTT

It was almost a given that Parker Stewart eventually would climb behind the wheel of a race car. It was in his blood.

But even his dad — a professional driver himself and the son of a race car driver — didn’t expect it to be at age 3.

That’s when Bluffton residents Doug and Amanda Stewart bought an entry-level kid kart for their daughter, Libby, who had just turned 5, the minimum age to be eligible to compete on the junior kart circuit.

Libby didn’t have much interest, but her parents could hardly keep her little brother out of it.

“Parker was 3, and he kept asking if he could drive it, because that’s all he wanted to do,” recalls Doug, who initially decided the 40-mph top speed was a bit much for a 3-year-old. “He begged and begged and begged for a couple of months.”

Parker wore him down, and Doug’s eagerness to see what his son could do got the best of him, but

putting Parker behind the wheel safely required some modifications.

“We put some pedal extensions on it because he was way too small to reach the pedals,” Doug says.

“I had to stack foam behind his back so it would push him forward in the seat far enough. And I put a remote control shut-off on the engine in case he took off and looked like he was going to kill himself. I could completely shut the motor down.”

The latter proved unnecessary.

“He took off out of the driveway full throttle and never looked back,” Doug beams. “It was like he was a natural.”

It has been about four years since Parker Stewart first bolted out of the driveway on four wheels, and almost three years since he started competing — and mostly winning — a year before he was eligible, which proved as simple as saying he was 5 at registration.

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IISPORTSII Parker got that first taste of competition at age 4, when he won every race he entered in a series in Jacksonville, beating kids up to four years his senior and cluing Doug into the fact that he had a special talent on his hands. Later that year the family attended Kart Week in Daytona Beach and met Nitro Kart founder Nick Tucker, leading to Parker becoming a Nitro Kart factory driver.

And, boy, does he put his kart’s best foot forward.

Through mid-February, Parker hadn’t lost a race in 2022, and that includes three national-level events. If he wins again March 3 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, he could lock up the Cup Karts North America South Division title — with nearly 10 months left in the year.

Parker is a tiny ball of energy like many 7-year-old boys. He usually sports a mohawk and a mischievous grin, and he’s funny and gregarious. His racing hasn’t prevented him from a traditional childhood thus far — he plays football for the Bluffton Bulldogs and attends public school — but that is likely to change soon.

After dominating the regional competition, Parker needs to challenge himself with more national races and seek out better competition around the country. He has mostly raced on the East Coast until now — from Ohio to South Florida — but this year’s 30-race schedule could include a trip to Las Vegas. Home-schooling is imminent.

Only eight of this year’s races are in kid karts, while the rest are split between cadet and Micro Swift events, the next logical progression on a timeline that sees Parker getting seat time in a proper F4 car when he’s 13. This will give him a year to adjust before he can compete and continue on the path toward his dream of becoming an F1 driver.

“I just like when I’m on wheels going fast,” Parker says. “When I don’t spin out and never even finish the race. It’s happened before!”

As a professional F2000 driver who didn’t turn pro until his 30s, Doug is amazed at Parker’s natural ability and racing instincts at such a young age.

“I’ve been coaching adults for about 11 years now, and I see things in him and I can get him to understand things and do things that I can’t get adults to do,” Doug says. “There’s some things in racing that can’t be taught — they’re innate. And he has that.”

On the first weekend of February in Monticello, Florida, Parker was locked in a duel with rival racer but off-track best bud, Cooper Mull. Both were driving Nitro Karts with identical specs, but Cooper’s was running hotter — about 1mph faster at top speed — so every time Parker created a gap, Cooper chewed it up in the straight.

“You’d think that there’s no way to possibly pass, and there wasn’t,” Doug says. “But Parker found a way. He put his two inside wheels in the dirt, two wheels on the curb and made a pass and won the race. You can’t really teach that, and you wouldn’t teach that. I’m never going to tell one of my students to put their wheels in the grass. But you know, you either go by the rules and settle for second place or make things happen, and he just makes things happen.”

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Parker Stewart has been racing since he was 4 years old. At right, Parker and his father, Doug.

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THE IB PROGRAMMES GIVES STUDENTS DISTINCT ADVANTAGES TEACHES

CRITICAL THINKING, CURIOSITY AND THE ABILITY TO SOLVE COMPLEX PROBLEMS. THE IB’S PROGRAMMES ARE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER CURRICULA BECAUSE THEY: • Encourage students of all ages to think critically and challenge assumptions • Encourage students of all ages to consider both local and global contexts • Develop multilingual and biliterate students.

ALL STUDENTS ARE INVOLVED IN A MENU OF RELATED ARTS OFFERINGS, INCLUDING: • STEM Lab, where students participate in hands on experiments • Media/Technology, where students create with Legos in our Makerspace and interact with Robotics and Coding • PE, where students take risks with swimming, archery and pickleball • Studio/Art/Music, where students explore different modalities of the arts

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CHOICE CHOOSE HILTON HEAD ISLAND ELEMENTARY’S

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE® (IB) PROGRAMMES The Primary Years Programme is the model at the elementary level of the International Baccalaureate program. Content South Carolina grade level state standards are taught under the six Unit Planners with an emphasis on big ideas, transdisciplinary connections, and inquiry.

Students are urged to take Action on any area of passion they have in order to make the world a better place. IB teachers promote students taking agency on their learning. All students at Hilton Head Island Elementary participate in Exhibition in 5th grade which is the culminating project for their PYP years. All students at HHIE learn both Chinese (Mandarin) and Spanish all five years. Students who elect to work towards biliteracy partake in the dual-language Spanish and Chinese programs which begins at first grade. Fifty percent of their academic day is taught in the target languages.

HHIE is home to a variety of teachers from diverse backgrounds including 20 staff members born in other countries besides the United States. Student population is just as diverse with students representing 19 countries. HHIE believes in differentiation which can be seen through acceleration and compacting curriculum with our Gifted and Talented students, our focus on English acquisition with our Newcomers and goals that support individual learning needs with our special education population.

What sets HHIE apart from other schools can be seen in the mission and vision of school which promotes global citizenship. We want students to think beyond our beautiful island, beyond our state and even our country. We want students to recognize that we live in an amazing world where we are more alike than different.

visit beaufortschools.net for info.

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PIANO PRESTIGE

HHSO HOSTING ESTEEMED INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

BY AMY COYNE BREDESON | PHOTOS SUPPLIED

The Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra will host its 27th year of the Hilton Head International Piano Competition this month.

The prestigious piano competition features a three-year rotation of events — an adult competition for pianists 18–30 years old one year, a young artist competition for pianists 13-17 years old the next year, and the third year a festival showcasing past competition winners and other acclaimed pianists.

This year’s competition, scheduled for March 7-14, will feature the adult musicians. The young artist competition is scheduled for 2023 and the festival for 2024.

Competition organizers received 165 applications from 29 different countries for the 2022 competition. Only 20 of the most talented pianists made the cut. The finalists hail from Canada, China, South Korea, Ukraine, Russia, Poland, the United States and Israel.

Competition director Mona Huff said many Lowcountry residents don’t realize what a big deal the piano competition is.

“It’s a really well-known, well-respected competition,” Huff said. “If you walked into a conservatory pretty much anywhere in the world and said, ‘Hilton Head International Piano Competition’ to the piano students, they’d know immediately.”

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The upcoming competition will include afternoon and evening events at two Hilton Head Island churches: St. Luke’s Church and First Presbyterian Church. Three finalists will each get to perform a full piano concerto with the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Morris Russell at the final round March 14. The competition will be live streamed.

That evening the first-place winner will receive $15,000, an opportunity to produce their own CD under the Steinway & Sons label and performance opportunities, including a recital at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and a return performance with the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra. The second- and third-place winners will receive $10,000 and $5,000 respectively. Semi-finalists will go home with $1,000 each. One non-finalist who shows great promise will receive the $1,000 Sascha Gorodnitzki Memorial Prize.

The competition officially begins March 7, but competitors are encouraged to arrive a few days early, especially those who are traveling internationally. On March 5, they are invited to St. Luke’s Church to familiarize themselves with the Steinway & Sons concert grand piano they will play in the competition.

“When a violinist comes to play with the orchestra, they bring their violin,” Huff said. “It’s the same for most instruments … but most pianists – even the really famous

ones — don’t. So, the competitors have the added challenge of sitting at a piano that’s not familiar to them.”

When competitors arrive at one of the local airports, they are picked up by their host families, with whom they stay with for the week. Each host family must have a bedroom and bathroom for their guest, as well as a piano in their home.

The hosts are responsible for transporting the competitors around town, feeding them and supporting them emotionally through what can be a challenging experience.

Host families often develop lifelong friendships with the competitors who stay in their homes. They consider each other family. Some host families even travel across the world to attend their competitors’ weddings and other special occasions.

Another benefit for host families is the live entertainment they get to enjoy in the comfort of their homes as their guests practice for the competition.

“The level of pianists that have come here over the past several years has been nothing short of stellar,” Huff said.

“Many of them go on to win some other competitions of great renown. I think the organization works really hard to make sure we put on the best competition.”

For more information, visit hhipc.org or call 843-842-2055.

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HIGH NOTE COMPETITION DIRECTOR MONA HUFF RETIRING

BY AMY COYNE BREDESON | PHOTO BY RUTHE RITTERBECK

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Before retiring and moving to the Lowcountry in 2006, Mona Huff taught high school math and worked as director of technology for a school district in New York.

When she and her husband, Joe, moved south, Mona began volunteering with the Hilton Head International Piano Competition.

Just a few years later she became the competition director.

“After a few years of doing this, I realized this really was my life’s calling,” Mona said. “This has added so much meaning to my life.”

For the past 12 years Mona has directed the prestigious competition.

This year’s competition (scheduled for March 7-14) will be her last as director. She plans to spend more time with family and is overjoyed that she will soon be a grandmother.

“If you speak with anybody on Hilton Head Island about the Hilton Head International Piano Competition, the first words out of their mouths are going to include the name ‘Mona Huff,’” Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra president and CEO Alan Jordan said.

“She is like the physical embodiment of the competition and has been for 12 years. … I think Mona’s going out on a high note.

Already I can tell you she’s hit a home run on this competition.”

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FUN

EVENTS FOR EVERYONE!

MARCH 17-19 HHCA PRESENTS “THE WIZARD OF OZ”

CALENDAR

MARCH 1 NATIVE AMERICANS OF PORT ROYAL SOUND: Instructor Dee Phillips will give a presentation about the people who occupied the local area for at least 3,000 years prior to the arrival of the Spanish in this area in 1715. Cost is $15 for non-members, $12 for members. 1:30-3 p.m., USCB Hilton Head Campus, 1 Sandshark Drive, Room 213, Hilton Head Island.

843-686-6560 or heritagelib.org.

MARCH 2 BROWN BAG LUNCH: “INTRO TO ARCHAEOLOGY”: Join Archaeologist Dr. Mary Socci for an overview of the archaeological research and vast history of Palmetto Bluff. Face masks are required. Walk-ins welcome. Virtual option available.

12-1 p.m., Palmetto Bluff Conservancy Classroom, Bluffton. palmettobluff.com.

THROUGH MARCH 2 DARIUS RUCKER INTERCOLLEGIATE: The University of South Carolina Women’s Golf Team will host this three-day tournament, where the 17 top teams from around the country will compete for the title. Kicking off the event will be a private Darius Rucker concert for players, coaches, sponsors and Long Cove residents. 843-686-1074 or longcoveclub.com.

MARCH 2-23 PAPERMAKING AND BOOKBINDING CLASS: Artist Marlene Robinowich will lead four sessions throughout March where participants learn

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papermaking and three bookbinding techniques, including folded books, single sheet binding and hardcover codex journals. Cost is $85 per person. 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage, 10782 South Jacob Smart Boulevard, Ridgeland.

843-284-9227 or morrisheritagecenter.org.

MARCH 3 BLUFFTON NIGHT BAZAAR: Lowcountry Made’s newest artisan market will be held under twinkling lights featuring local artisans, live music, food and drink. Free. 5-8 p.m., Burnt Church Distillery, 120 Bluffton Road, Bluffton. lcmade.com.

LUCKY ROOSTER WINE DINNER: Join Lucky Rooster Kitchen + Bar for a wine dinner featuring Matchbook Wines. Tickets are $90 plus tax and gratuity. 6:30 p.m., Lucky Rooster Kitchen + Bar, 841 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island. 843715-3215 or luckyroosterhhi.com.

STAR NIGHT: Join two local Sky Rangers to learn more about stars and other objects of interest in the winter sky. Hear myths and legends associated with visible winter constellations. Reservations required. Cost is $15 for adults, $8 for children.

6-8 p.m., Coastal Discovery Museum, 70 Honey Horn Drive, Hilton Head Island. 843-689-6767 or coastaldiscovery.org.

MARCH 3, 10, 17, 24 WORKSHOP: “STRESSLESS VERY BEGINNER WATERCOLOR”: Join Art League instructor Alex Sharma for an introductory class to watercolor

art. Cost is $160 for guests, $144 for Art League members. 1-4 p.m., Art League Academy, 106 Cordillo Parkway, Hilton Head island. 843-8425738 or artleaguehhi.org.

MARCH 4-5 JOE GRANSDEN AND KENNY BANKS AT THE JAZZ CORNER $10. 7:30-11 p.m., The Jazz Corner, 1000 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island.

843-842-8620 or thejazzcorner.com.

MARCH 4-6 LEGALLY BLONDE JR. THE MUSICAL: Harvard’s beloved blonde takes the stage by glittery pink storm in this fun and upbeat adaptation of the hit film and award-winning Broadway musical. Cost is $25 for adults, $15 for students, $5 for children under 8. Times vary. Hilton Head Preparatory School Main Street Theatre, 3000 Main Street, Hilton Head Island. 843-689-6246 or msctheatre.org.

MARCH 4 FIRST FRIDAY AFTER FIVE: Explore and support Downtown Beaufort’s charming local shops, restaurants and art galleries while enjoying tasty refreshments and local live music. Free. 5-8 p.m., Downtown Beaufort. downtownbeaufortsc.org.

MARSH TACKY HORSE TOUR: Descended from horses brought to the Lowcountry in the 1500s, there are now around 300 Marsh Tackies left in existence. Learn about the history of these adaptable horses and take a trip to a historic barn.

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I I M A R C H 2 0 // 2 2 E V E N T G U I D E I I Reservations required. Cost is $12 for adults, $7 for children. 2:30 p.m., Coastal Discovery Museum, 70 Honey Horn Drive, Hilton Head Island. 843-6896767 extension 223 or coastaldiscovery.org.

WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL: “RED LINE: THE UNRAVELLING OF SYRIA”: Join best-selling author Joby Warrick for a discussion about his book that details the race to find, remove and destroy 1,300 tons of chemical weapons in Syria in the midst of a raging civil war. Cost is $15 for guests, free for members. 10-11:30 a.m., First Presbyterian Church, 540 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island.

843-384-6758 or wachh.org.

MARCH 5 LOWCOUNTRY MADE BLUFFTON MARKET: A popular, bi-monthly artisan market that features local makers, live music, food and drink and more.

Free. 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Buckwalter Place Park, 2 Venture Drive, Bluffton. lcmade.com.

SOUND HEALING JOURNEY: Enjoy this symphonic orchestration of acoustic vibration that guides participants to the stillness that exists beyond all thoughts. Cost is $40. 2-3:30 p.m., Jiva Yoga Center, 1032 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island. 843-247-4549 or jivayogacenter.com.

WOMEN’S WELLNESS 5K: Join USCB Center for the Arts for a Fun Women 5K Race/Walk in historic Downtown Beaufort. Registration is $35. 8-10 a.m., Freedom Mall, 1015 Bay Street, Beaufort. 843-5214145 or uscbcenterforthearts.com.

MARCH 6 BASKETBALL GAME WATCH EVENT: Join the University of Michigan Alumni Club of Hilton Head/Beaufort County for a basketball game

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watch gathering. Free. 12:30 p.m., Mellow Mushroom, 33 Office Park Road, Hilton Head Island. goblueuofmhhi@gmail.com.

PERFORMANCE: “THE PROP ROOM”: Experience this Broadway Musical and Brunch extravaganza, featuring songs from your favorite Broadway shows like Beauty and the Beast, Frozen, Wizard of Oz and more. Tickets are $50 for adults, $25 for children.

2-3:30 p.m., Oak Terrace at Rose Hill, 4 Clubhouse Drive, Bluffton. blufftonyouththeatre.org.

THROUGH MARCH 6 ART BEYOND TRADITION: INTERPRETATIONS: This biennial exhibition focuses on how art’s formal elements can inform abstraction and allow line, color, form, texture, shape and value to drive their diverse production. Times vary. Coastal Discovery Museum, 70 Honey Horn Drive, Hilton Head Island. 843-6896767 or coastaldiscovery.org.

STEEL MAGNOLIAS: May River Theatre was founded 20 years ago. In that original season Steel Magnolias was produced. The MRT Board could not think of a better way to honor those that have been part of those 20 years than to bring together a new group of amazing women to share this timeless story. Dates and times vary. Tickets are $25. Ulmer Auditorium, 20 Bridge Street, Bluffton. mayrivertheatre.com MARCH 7-14 HILTON HEAD INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION: One of the leading international piano competitions in the United States, this event operates with a three-year rotation of events: an adult competition for pianists 18-30 years of age, a young artist competition for pianists 13-17 years of

age, and a festival that showcases past prize winners and other famous piano artists performing music ranging from classical to jazz genres. Tickets are $10-$65. Times and locations vary. 843-842-2055 or hhipc.org.

MARCH 8 FORDS GIN COCKTAIL CLASS: Join this Craft Cocktail Class that will teach participants all the things you need to know about cocktails, from what Spirits to use to using the best ingredients. Cost is $40 per person plus tax and gratuity. 5-7 p.m., Lucky Rooster Kitchen + Bar, 841 William Hilton Parkway, Unit A, Hilton Head Island. 843-715-3215 or luckyroosterhhi.com.

THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR’S BIGGEST LOSER: Instructor Lee Wilwerding will present about Nathaniel Greene, who ranks second only to George Washington in the Pantheon of American Generals of the Revolution. Yet he lost every battle that he fought in South Carolina. Cost is $15 for non-members, $12 for members. 3-4 p.m., USCB Hilton Head Campus, Room 115, Hilton Head Island. 843-686-6560 or heritagelib.org.

MARCH 9 BROWN BAG LUNCH: “ALL ABOUT BLUEBIRDS Join Conservancy Educator Aaron Palmieri for a presentation all about bluebirds. Face masks are required. Walk-ins welcome. Virtual option available.

12-1 p.m., Palmetto Bluff Conservancy Classroom, Bluffton. palmettobluff.com.

SOBA ANNUAL JUDGED SHOW: Join the annual SoBA Judged Show awards presentation and reception. The exhibit will be on display through April 3. Free. 5-7 p.m., The Society of Bluffton Artists

Gallery, 6 Church Street, Bluffton. 843-757-6586 or sobagallery.com.

MARCH 10 RANKY TANKY: Gullah Music of the Carolina Coast, a Grammy Award-winning quintet, will perform music born from the Gullah culture of the southeastern Sea Islands. Suitable for all ages. Cost is $52. 7:30 p.m., Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, 14 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head Island. 843-8422787 or artshhi.com.

MARCH 11 MEMORY MATTERS BRAIN HEALTH SUMMIT: The Annual Brain Health Summit features the most current research and developments on brain health, gathering experts to share their knowledge with the community. Cost is $40 per person, includes a light breakfast. 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Hilton Head Beach and Tennis Resort, 40 Folly Field Road, Hilton Head Island. 843-842-6688 or mymemorymatters.org.

MARCH 11-12 THE LOUIS HERIVEAUX QUINTET AT THE JAZZ CORNER: Featuring Karla Lynne. $10. 7:30-11 p.m., The Jazz Corner, 1000 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island. 843-842-8620 or thejazzcorner.com.

MARCH 11-13 MUSICAL COMEDY: “I LOVE YOU. YOU’RE PERFECT. NOW CHANGE”: Join this dinner and hilariously popular off-Broadway comedy about the highs and lows of first dates, first loves, marriages, babies, in-laws and growing old together. Tickets are $30-$55. 7:30 p.m., Locations vary. 843-6866246 or mainstagecommunitytheatre.org.

MARCH 12 BILINGUAL TOURS AT MORRIS CENTER: Learn about the history, art and culture of the Lowcountry with tours offered in English and Spanish. Free. 10 a.m., 2 p.m., Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage, 10782 South Jacob Smart Boulevard, Ridgeland.

843-284-9227 or morrisheritagecenter.org.

ST. PATRICK’S CELEBRATION IRISH CONCERT: This inaugural event will feature traditional pipes and drums, fun Irish rock and more. Free. 5 p.m., Lowcountry Celebration Park, 102 Pope Avenue, Hilton Head Island. hiltonheadireland.org.

SHAM ROCKED SIP & STROLL: A day of green themed goodies, shopping and dining. Explore various Downtown Beaufort retailers while enjoying complimentary beverages and special retail and restaurant promotions. Cost is $25. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Downtown Beaufort. “Like” the event on Facebook.

SHAMROCKIN’ SCAVENGER HUNT: Children 12 and under are invited to search South Beach for shamrocks, redeemable for tasty treats and Salty Dog gear. Free. 9 a.m., The Salty Dog, South Beach, Hilton Head Island. 843-671-2233 or saltydog.com.

HILTON HEAD SHAMROCK RUN: The 27th Annual Rotary Club International will host this fun 5K run and health walk. The flat and fast course zooms down Pope Avenue, North Forest Beach Drive and then back on Lagoon Road. Green attire

is encouraged. Family-friendly, strollers welcome.

Registration is $35. 7:30 a.m., Pope Avenue, Hilton Head Island. 843-757-8520 or bearfootsports.com.

MARCH 13 BROAD CREEK CLEANUP: Volunteers may kayak, walk, bike, or boat to sweep the Broad Creek and its shorelines for litter and marine debris. Free. 1-4 p.m., Shelter Cove Marina, 1 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head Island. 843-686-6996 or outsidefoundation. org.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE: Get your green on at the 37th Annual Hilton Head Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade. This event is South Carolina’s oldest St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Free. 3 p.m., Pope Avenue, Hilton Head Island. hiltonheadireland.org.

MARCH 15 AUTHOR TALK WITH SUSAN BECKHAM ZURENDA: Author and South Carolina resident Susan Beckham Zurenda will discuss writing historical fiction of the 1960s small Southern town life within her novel “Bells for Eli.” Free. 5 p.m., Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage, 10782 South Jacob Smart Boulevard, Ridgeland. 843-284-9227 or morrisheritagecenter.org.

MARCH 16 OPENING RECEPTION: HIGH SCHOOL REGIONAL ART COMPETITION: The Coastal Discovery Museum, in partnership with the USCB Center for the Arts, is hosting the first county-wide juried exhibition featuring the best artwork from area high school students. Works include painting, drawing, photography, digital art, mixed media, ceramics, and 3D design. The exhibit is on display through April 15. Free. 5-7 p.m., Coastal Discovery Museum, 70 Honey Horn Drive, Hilton Head Island.

843-689-6767 or coastaldiscovery.org.

PRESENTATION: “DESPERATE HOURS”: Instructor Ron Roth will discuss the battlefield monuments at the Gettysburg National Military Park erected in the century following the Civil War, one of the most extensive and dramatic collections of public art in the world. Cost is $15 for non-members, $12 for members. 1-2:30 p.m., USCB Hilton Head Campus, 1 Sandshark Drive, Room 213, Hilton Head Island. 843-686-6560 or heritagelib.org.

WINE DOWN WEDNESDAY: The Village at Wexford will host a festive evening of wine, music, shopping, refreshments and prizes. The event includes special promotions, sales, in-store demos and tastings. Proceeds will benefit Hilton Head Heroes. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door.

5-7:30 p.m., Village at Wexford, 1000 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island. villageatwexford.com.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK: Experience the entire bible book of the gospel Mark, acted out, word-for-word, in a performance that will surprise and delight. Actor and director Ashley Strand presents a unique work of art in a way few could imagine. Free. 7 p.m., Christian Renewal Church, 95 Gardner Drive, Hilton Head Island. ironsharpensiron. tv.

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843-686-3388 or redfishofhiltonhead.com.

MARCH 16-18 2022 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REVIEW: South Carolina Power Team is the economic development organization representing the state’s 20 electric cooperatives that power more than 2 million South Carolinians. Join their Economic Development Review presentation. Free.

Times vary. Sonesta Resort, 130 Shipyard Drive, Hilton Head Island. scpowerteam.com.

MARCH 17 BLOOD DRIVE: Give the gift of life during this Blood Drive. Free. 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Shelter Cove Towne Centre, 40 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head Island. welcometosheltercove. com.

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MARCH 17-19 HHCA PRESENTS “THE WIZARD OF OZ”: Hilton Head Christian Academy’s Fine Arts team will bring one of the most famous

stories of all time to life when it presents The Wizard of Oz. Tickets are $15 for students and seniors, $20 for adults. 7 p.m., Thursday and Friday; 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Saturday.

Seahawk Cultural Center, 70 Wilborn Road, Hilton Head Island. hhca.org.

WOMEN’S WELLNESS RETREAT: Enjoy an empowering weekend full of interactive workshops and discussions led by experienced teachers, trainers and practitioners. Event costs, times and locations vary. 843-521-4145 or uscbcenterforthearts.com.

MARCH 18 WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL: “GERMANY, THE EU AND THE US AFTER CHANCELLOR MERKEL”: Join transatlantic fellow Peter Sparding for a discussion about German-U.S. relations.

Cost is $15 for guests, free for members.

10-11:30 a.m., First Presbyterian Church, 540 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island. 843-384-6758 or wachh.org.

THROUGH MARCH 18 ART LEAGUE STUDENT WORK RECEPTION: Art League students have a chance to shine this March at Art League’s Academy Student Show, showcasing the

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works of the Academy’s most talented students. The artworks were all created during Academy classes throughout the past year in a variety of media. Free.

5-7 p.m., Art League Academy, 106 Cordillo Parkway, Hilton Head Island. 843-842-5738 or artleaguehhi. org.

MARCH 18-19 THE ALLAN VACHE QUARTET AT THE JAZZ CORNER: $10. 7:30-11 p.m., The Jazz Corner, 1000 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island. 843842-8620 or thejazzcorner.com.

MARCH 19 ANNUAL CHARITY OYSTER ROAST: Enjoy allyou-can-eat oysters and pulled pork with proceeds going to American Legion charities. Tickets are $50 for adults, $5 for children 12 and under. 3-7 p.m., American Legion Post 205, 46 Fairway Drive, Bluffton. alpost205.org.

ART OF INDIGO DYEING WORKSHOP: Leanne Coulter of Daufuskie Blues will teach participants how to dye a cotton bandana in a natural indigo vat, while learning about the properties and techniques used in this art form. Cost is $40. 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage, 10782 South Jacob Smart Boulevard, Ridgeland. 843-284-9227 or morrisheritagecenter.org.

CORNERSTONE 5K: Join the Cornerstone Church and Palmetto Running Company for a 5K through Historic Old Town Bluffton. Registration is $25 for adults, $10 for children. 8 a.m., Cornerstone Church, 1300 May River Road, Bluffton. 843-815-1718 or palmettorunningcompany.com.

HILTON HEAD WINGFEST: This fun family-friendly event will feature 20-25 local restaurants cooking their best wings. Over 6,500 pounds of chicken wings will be served, plus there will be a kid’s zone, rock climbing wall, bungee jump area, and live entertainment. Cost is $8, children under 10 are free.

11 a.m.-5 p.m., Lowcountry Celebration Park, 94 Pope Avenue, Hilton Head Island. 843-681-7273 or hiltonheadwingfest.com.

NATIVE PLANT SALE: The Lowcountry has a wide variety of plants adapted to our environment that have great advantages, like requiring little care and providing great benefits to the local wildlife, which use their fruits, nectar or foliage. Native plants will be available for purchase. Cost is $8 for one-gallon plants, $16 for three gallon plants. 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Coastal Discovery Museum, 70 Honey Horn Drive, Hilton Head Island. 843-689-6767 or coastaldiscovery.org.

MARCH 20 BEACH WALK FOR CAPA: Join this beach walk to benefit CAPA (Child Abuse Prevention Association) followed by an optional, socially-distant picnic. Price is $10 donation. 10 a.m., Coligny Beach Park, 1 Coligny Circle, Hilton Head Island. 843-384-4612.

HARBOUR TOWN SPRINGFEST: Enjoy the splendor of Harbour Town with a sidewalk sale, live entertainment, nautical activities, Carolina Dreamers Car Club display and children’s activities. Free entry.

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11 a.m.-6 p.m., Harbour Town, 149 Lighthouse Road, Hilton Head Island. 843-842-1979 or seapines.com.

MARCH 20-26 HILTON HEAD WINE AND FOOD FESTIVAL: The Hilton Head Island Wine and Food Festival brings with it beautiful weather, delicious sips and tasty bites from the region’s culinary leaders. Proceeds from the wine auctions at the Grand Tasting and Public Tasting events benefit the John F. & Valerie Currie Educational Scholarship Fund for college students pursuing a degree in the hospitality and tourism field. Cost is $35-$125. Times and locations vary. hiltonheadwineandfood.com.

MARCH 21 VIM CLINIC PRO-AM GOLF TOURNAMENT: Support the VIM Clinic as 128 amateur golfers team up with local golf pros for a fun-filled event. Includes a post-tournament reception with raffle drawing.

Registration to play is $300 per individual player where a golf pro is assigned to you, $1,000 per player for a foursome where you can pick your golf pro. 10:30 a.m., Wexford Golf Club, 111 Wexford Club Drive, Hilton Head Island. vimclinic.org/golf.

MARCH 22 PRESENTATION: “PATHFINDERS FOR FREEDOM”: Learn how the 1st and 2nd SCVAD paved the way for the 54th Massachusetts and other U.S. Colored Troops’ regiments to earn fame and glory in later battles of the Civil War. Cost is $15 for non-members, $12 for members. 2-3:30 p.m.,

USCB Hilton Head Campus, 1 Sandshark Drive, Room 115, Hilton Head Island. 843-686-6560 or heritagelib.org.

MARCH 22-24 “GOT ART?” FUNDRAISER The Art League’s annual fundraising benefit makes collectors out of art enthusiasts. Every ticket holder will receive an original work of art during a live drawing via Zoom.

The artworks are donated by Art League member artists, and may include paintings, drawings, photography, collage, jewelry, ceramic, and sculpture.

Each is valued at $200 or more. Tickets are $100.

Only 100 tickets are sold. Preview the art 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Art League Academy, 106 Cordillo Parkway, Hilton Head Island. 843-681-5060 or artleaguehhi. org.

MARCH 24 JELLYFISH PAINT PARTY: Explore the joys of color blending, working with shapes and brush strokes, and expressing yourself in an inspirational atmosphere, aided by local art teacher Camilla Pagliaroli. Suitable for ages 7 and up. Cost is $35.

5-7 p.m., Coastal Discovery Museum, 70 Honey Horn Drive, Hilton Head Island. 843-689-6767, ext. 223 or coastaldiscovery.org.

MARCH 24-APRIL 9 THE SAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVAL: The Savannah Music Festival is dedicated to presenting world-class celebrations of the musical arts by creating timeless and adventurous productions that

stimulate arts education, foster economic growth and unite artists and audiences in Savannah. Event ticket prices, times and locations vary. savannahmusicfestival.org.

MARCH 25 CHARLOTTE BALLET: From ballet to bold, this breathtaking company astounds audiences with cutting-edge dance demonstrating virtuosity, energy and artistic excellence. Suitable for all ages. Tickets are $61. 7:30 p.m., Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, 14 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head Island. 843-842-2787 or artshhi.com.

MARCH 25-26 THE PETER & WILL ANDERSON TRIO AT THE JAZZ CORNER: $10. 7:30-11 p.m., The Jazz Corner, 1000 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island. 843-842-8620 or thejazzcorner.com.

MARCH 25-27 LOWCOUNTRY HOME AND GARDEN SHOW: The 36th Annual show will feature hundreds of local home and garden experts all in one location, who will provide visitors the insight and inspiration needed to renovate, decorate and landscape their homes.

Free admission. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Friday and Saturday; 12-4 p.m., Sunday. Tanger

Outlets, 1254 Fording Island Road, Bluffton. lowcountryhomeandgardenshow.com.

PALMETTO QUILT FESTIVAL: Join this exciting quilt festival displaying over 150 quilts. Entries will be judged. Over 14 vendors and demos will be on-site along with boutique items, vintage market, quilt raffles and a silent auction. Cost is $10 for one day, $15 for multiple days. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Sunday.

Hilton Head Island Beach and Tennis Resort, 40 Folly Field Road, Hilton Head Island. palmettoquiltguild.org.

MARCH 26 BLUES & BBQ: Enjoy all-you-can-eat slow cooked BBQ by South Carolina Chef Ambassador Chris Williams, live music and more. Proceeds benefit Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park. Tickets are $100. 3-7 p.m., Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park, 229 Beach City Road, Hilton Head Island. 843-255-7301 or exploremitchelville.com.

MARCH 27 SAVANNAH VEG FEST: This fun-filled outdoor festival features expert presenters with timely topics about health, diet, animal welfare and the environment. Live music and veg-friendly exhibitors. Free. 10 a.m.-3 p.m.,

Forsyth Park Band Shell, 699 Drayton Street, Savannah. savannahvegfest.org.

MARCH 27-28 HHSO CONCERT WORLD PREMIERE: Experience this Jessie Montgomery Piano Concerto with Awadagin Pratt. Tickets are $25-$60. 4 p.m., Sunday; 7:30 p.m., Monday.

First Presbyterian Church, 540 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island. 843-842-2055 or hhso.org.

MARCH 29 VIRTUALLY SPEAKING: “STANDING UP AGAINST HATE”: Author and journalist Mary Cronk Ferrell examines the roles that black women who enlisted in the newly formed Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) played in WWII. Free. 5 p.m., Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage, 10782 South Jacob Smart Boulevard, Ridgeland. 843-284-9227 or morrisheritagecenter.org.

MARCH 31 COMMUNITY APPRECIATION BBQ: The Correll Insurance Group of Hilton Head will serve pulled pork, shredded chicken and fixings at this community appreciation event.

Free. 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Correll Insurance Group, 15 Bow Circle, Suite 101, Hilton Head Island.

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INDIGO TIE DYE MONDAYS INDIGO TIE DYE: Learn how indigo dye is made from a plant and use it to create a tie dye t-shirt to take home. All supplies are provided. Cost is $12 for adults, $7 for children. 3-4 p.m., Coastal Discovery Museum, 70 Honey Horn Drive, Hilton Head Island. 843-689-6767, ext. 223 or coastaldiscovery.org.

MONDAYS VIRTUAL KID’S STORY TIME: Listen to Rebecca read family favorites about the Lowcountry’s natural and cultural history on the Coastal Discovery Museum’s Facebook page. 10:30 a.m. Watch on Facebook Live at @coastaldiscoverymuseum.

843- 689-6767 or coastaldiscovery.org.

MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, FRIDAYS MEMORY MATTERS: “VIRTUAL COMPASS CLASSES”: An online program designed for adults experiencing mild to moderate cognitive impairment. Compass provides curriculum-based activities, physical exercise, relaxation techniques, lifelong learning, small group discussions and socialization. Cost is $400 per month.

10 a.m., 1 p.m. 843-842-6688 or mymemorymatters.org.

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TUESDAYS HILTON HEAD ISLAND FARMERS MARKET: Support our local farmers and producers and take home fresh produce, pasture-raised chicken, free range rabbit, pork, seafood, salsa, sausage, cookies, bread, she crab soup and more. Entrance and parking are free. 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Coastal Discovery Museum. 70 Honey Horn Dr, Hilton Head Island. 843-473-5231 or hhifarmersmarket.com.

TUESDAYS OPEN MIC NIGHT AT CORKS: Show up and show off your talent during this open mic night, every Tuesday night at Corks Bluffton. 7-10 p.m., Corks Wine Bar and Restaurant, 14 Promenade Street, Bluffton. 843-815-5168 or corkswinecobluffton. com.

TUESDAYS PARTY IN THE PARK: Enjoy the beautiful new Lowcountry Celebration Park with a family happy hour, including live music, bounce houses and beverages. Free entry.

5:30-8 p.m., Lowcountry Celebration Park, Hilton Head Island. 843-681-7273 or islandreccenter.org.

TUESDAYS ZION CEMETERY AND BAYNARD MAUSOLEUM COSTUMED CEMETERY TOUR: Visit the gravesites of four Revolutionary War heroes and learn about the blood skirmish fought just a few steps away. $15 Adult/$10 Child, 10:30 a.m., Corner of U.S. 278 & Matthews Dr, Hilton Head Island. Reservations required- 843686-6560 or 6560 or heritagelib.org.

THURSDAYS

CIVIL WAR ERA: Hilton Head Island was home to thousands of Union soldiers during the Civil War. Join this presentation featuring maps and historic photos of this time on Hilton Head from 1861-1865. Reservations required. Cost is $12 for adults, $7 for children. 3 p.m., Coastal Discovery Museum, 70 Honey Horn Drive, Hilton Head Island. 843-689-6767, ext. 223. or coastaldiscovery.org.

THURSDAYS DUELING PIANOS SHOW: The only Dueling Pianos Show on Hilton Head Island takes place each Thursday night on the Rooftop Bar. 8-11 p.m., Rooftop Bar at Poseidon, 38 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head Island. 843-3413838 or therooftophhi.com.

THURSDAYS FARMERS MARKET OF BLUFFTON: Meet local farmers, chefs and artisans every Thursday on Boundary Street. Buy a fresh assortment of strawberries, produce, beets, potatoes and more. Also, hear local, live entertainment and educational lectures. Noon-5 p.m., Martin Family Park, 68 Boundary Street, Bluffton. 843-415-2447 or farmersmarketbluffton.org.

THURSDAYS HISTORIC FORT MITCHEL TOURS: Immerse yourself in the fascinating Civil War history of Hilton Head Island with a visit to Fort Mitchel.

Costumed characters and an expert tour guide will demonstrate the vital historic importance of this place and the role the fort and its namesake, General Mitchel, played in shaping Hilton Head history, including historic Mitchelville. Cost is $15 for adults, $10 for children. 10:30-11:30 a.m., Hilton Head Plantation, 65 Skull Creek Drive, Hilton Head Island. 843-686-6560 or heritagelib.org.

THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS SIT AND STITCH: Enjoy knitting, crochet, needlepoint, rug hook practice as Needlepoint Junction stays open late. All levels welcome. Outside food and drink permitted. Free. Virtual Thursdays 3 p.m.; In-person Fridays 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Needlepoint Junction, Suite J-7-E, Village at Wexford, Hilton Head Island. 843-842-8488 or needlepointjunctionhhi.com.

FRIDAYS SIT AND STITCH: Practice needlepoint every Friday during this casual sit and stitch event.

All levels welcome. Free. 10 a.m., Needlepoint Junction, 1000 William Hilton Parkway, Suite 6134, Hilton Head Island. 843-842-8488 or shopneedlepointjunction.com.

SATURDAYS MARINA MORNINGS: OUTDOOR YOGA: Practice yoga on the pavilion at Shelter Cove, with draft kombucha to follow. All levels welcome. Cost is $20. 8 a.m., Pure Salt Studios, 1 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head Island.

843-707-7027 or puresaltstudios. com.

ALLIGATOR AND WILDLIFE BOAT TOUR: Alligator & Wildlife Boat Tour with H2O Sports in the Sea Pines Forest Preserve. Get an up-close view of indigenous plant and animal life, including the American alligator, on a one-hour guided boat tour.

Reservations are required, 843-6714386 or h2osports.com.

CURBSIDE CRAFTS TO-GO: Children and adults can order a variety of craft activities pre-assembled and ready to enjoy at your home or villa.

Book online. Cost is $12-$20. Sea Pines Resort Fitness and Recreation Department, 71 Lighthouse Road, Suite 122, Hilton Head Island. 843-8421979 or seapines.com.

TRAIL RIDES THROUGH THE SEA PINES FOREST PRESERVE WITH LAWTON STABLES: Trail Rides through the Sea Pines Forest Preserve with Lawton Stables. Meander through the preserve on horseback for the true feel of the untouched Lowcountry. Trail riders must be at least 8 years old.

Reservations are required. 843-6712586 lawtonstables.com.

PICKLEBALL AT PALMETTO DUNES: Learn how to play Pickleball with daily clinics and round robins at the Palmetto Dunes Pickleball Center in Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort.

Courts and equipment are available to rent. Reservations recommended. palmettodunes.com THE HARBOUR TOWN LIGHTHOUSE MUSEUM: Explore Hilton Head Island’s rich history and learn the story behind its famous lighthouse in a unique, museum-like setting. Admission is $4.25/person, complimentary for children ages 5 and younger. 149 Lighthouse Rd. 843-6712810 or harbourtownlighthouse.com.

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Culinary Institute of the South's Café and Bistro

CULINARY INSTITUTE OF THE SOUTH’S CAFÉ AND BISTRO OPENS

The Bistro and Clist Café are open at the Culinary Institute of the South. The Clist Café offers “grab-and-go” items including breads, pastries, soups, salads, sandwiches and wraps along with coffee and tea. The Bistro offers a gourmet, three-course meal. The Clist Café is open for walk-ins from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The Bistro is by reservation only. Call 843-305-8575.

For more information, visit tcl.edu/culinary-institute.

BLUFFTON RESTAURANT WINS 2 NATIONAL GOOD FOOD AWARDS

Bluffton-based The Juice Hive recently won two Good Food Awards. The Juice Hive’s winning entries were for Korean pickled elephant garlic (pickles category) and watermelon rind chutney (pantry).

The Juice Hive’s superfruit roll-up was named a finalist in the snacks category. There were nearly 2,000 entries.

AVOCADO BLEU EARNS SMALL BUSINESS AWARD

Bluffton-based Avocado Bleu, owned by Teresa Brandow, received the 2021 Microentrepreneur of the Year award from the Small Business Assistance Corporation of Savannah. Avocado Bleu, a healthy grab-and-go restaurant, offers paleo, keto, vegan and gluten-free meals and pastries.

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BLUFFTON DOUGHNUT SHOP UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP

Alljoy Donut Co. in Bluffton, previously owned by Bill and Donna Ellis, has been purchased by Troy and Kristie Derda. The hours at Heyward Street are the same (7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday to Sunday).

The shop has been open since 2017.

MOTHER-DAUGHTER CUPCAKE BAKERY DEBUTS

Cupcakes 2 Cakes, a mother-daughter-owned bakery on Buckwalter Parkway in Bluffton, recently held a grand opening.

The shop, run by Linda Ashby and her daughter, Erica, create cakes, cupcakes and cookies. The options also include cheesecakes, brownie bites and chocolate-covered pretzels.

NEW PARKER’S KITCHEN OPENS ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND

Parker’s recently opened its newest Parker’s Kitchen location at the intersection of Hwy. 278 and Mathews Drive on Hilton Head Island.

The latest Parker’s Kitchen is the company’s 71st retail store, the second store on Hilton Head Island and the 30th store in South Carolina. The store offers Southern-style, made-from-scratch food for breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

SPORTS BAR OPENS IN LOWCOUNTRY

JVZ BONEZ Americana Bar and Grill opened recently on Fording Island Road in Bluffton. The sports bar (in a 4,500-square-foot space) has more than 25 televisions and indoor and outdoor seating. Watch sports while enjoying wings, burgers and pizza.

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A GREAT MEAL WITH A SIDE OF INCREDIBLE VIEW? Old Oyster Factory

This Marshland Road staple was voted one of the top 100 scenic-view restaurants by Open Table. Built on the site of an early 1900s oyster cannery, the restaurant honors the history of the Broad Creek fisherman with some of the area’s finest seafood.

For more than 25 years diners have enjoyed a succulent meal while taking in the marshland landscape.

infused bistro. The huge wooden rack inside sets the mood for a laid-back night and dogs are always welcome to take in dinner with their owners on the patio.

Scott’s Fish Market

It’s been an icon for more than 30 years at Shelter Cove Marina, just to the right of Neptune’s statue. The sprawling deck offers some of the best mealtime boat watching in the Lowcountry.

The Caribbean vibe and décor shine through in the menu, which features charbroiled and grilled seafood specials. The outdoor bar, Hurricane Harry’s, features live music and the perfect view of the weekly fireworks during the summer.

Bistro 17

Owner Jim Buckingham and his staff have crafted the perfect duo of cozy and chic at this Shelter Cove eatery. Fresh-fromscratch appetizers and entrees are the signature of this French-

Poseidon

A fantastic spot for a waterfront dining scene, boasting a rooftop bar overlooking the cove and located next to the new waterfront park at Shelter Cove Towne Centre. An oyster bar, outdoor dining area and a VIP lounge are among the highlights of this mid-island destination to the island nightlife scene, where their live entertainment has become an entertainment staple.

Up the Creek Pub and Grill Skull Creek Boathouse

Skull Creek Boathouse

One of the island’s first waterfront favorites continues be be popular with locals and visitors alike. Take in the raw bar at the Dive Bar inside the restaurant, or pull up a stool at the Buoy Bar on the outside patio. The views of Skull Creek are breathtaking, but the inviting atmosphere is the calling card of this Squire Pope Road favorite.

The signature terrace set among live oaks and booming outdoor fans will draw you in. Little touches like a play area for the kids win us over every time.

A seafood shack that can also boast some of the best burgers in the area? Indeed, that’s what you’ll find here. This Simmons Road spot has managed to create a down-home atmosphere with a beachcomber vibe overlooking Broad Creek, not to mention a menu that features finger-licking smoked wings and a variety of tasty sandwiches.

Hudson’s Seafood House On the Docks

The restaurant with one of the best views of Skull Creek also takes much of its signature shrimp from the local waters — Hudson’s uses one of only two remaining local fishing fleets on Hilton Head

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brings fresh-caught seafood straight from their docks to your table. Dine inside or out on their expansive deck with an outside bar. The food and the views ae top notch. An island tradition for more than 50 years.

Freshly caught seafood and perfectly cooked steaks are the mainstays of the menu, and the casual but intimately romantic garden patio and artwork of local artist Peter Karis accent the waterfront views perfectly.

San Miguel’s

Black Marlin

If you’re looking for a more festive atmosphere at Shelter Cove after a day of riding bikes, this is the place. Overlook the marina as you revel in a simple yet sophisticated Mexican setting, complete with outdoor bar. The burritos and margaritas continue to win annual adulations from the locals, and a helping of fried ice cream makes the experience complete.

ELA’s on the Water

A Taste of the Season winner that has also been recognized by Monthly as the perfect date night and special occasion spot, and for good reason.

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This Palmetto Bay Marina dockside favorite is one of the best spots for boat watching in the area thanks to its expansive patio. Seafood and steaks are the menu mainstays, but the Key West vibe is unmistakable. The sushi nachos and fish tacos are mouthwatering. The waterside Hurricane Bar is a must, as is the weekend brunch.

Sunset GrillE

An island favorite since1996, the casual dining experience is enhanced by one of the best sunset and water views on Hilton Head Island. Enjoy the scenes while enjoying an award-winning Bloody

Mary. Located at the Hilton Head Harbor Marina on the Intracoastal Waterway, it overlooks Pinckney Island Wildlife Refuge.

Skull Creek Dockside

A sweeping waterfront view is showcased by full-paneglass windows throughout the restaurant. Watch sunsets from the recently rebuilt dock. View the island and Skull Creek while enjoying savory seafood, BBQ, and prime steaks.

Coast Oceanfront Dining

An unmatched combination: Fresh seafood and a breathtaking view of the Atlantic Ocean. Located in the Sea Pines Beach Club, the eatery offers oysters, a lobster and shrimp pasta dish and fish tacos. Enjoy the inviting beachside atmosphere inside or outdoors.

Fishcamp on broad Creek

Take in beautiful sunset views of Broad Creek while enjoying a mix of seafood and American cuisine. Local musicians add to a relaxed vibe. A pet-friendly patio ensures the entire family can enjoy the outdoors.

Crazy Crab Jarvis Creek

This waterfront dining experience overlooking Jarvis Creek has delicious seafood, including its

award-winning crab legs.

Entertainment for the whole family includes onsite playgrounds, the largest saltwater fish tank on Hilton Head and live music, all with a perfect view of breathtaking Lowcountry sunsets.

Salty Dog Café

Salty Dog Cafe

One of Hilton Head’s favorite outdoor cafes for more than 30 years offers a topnotch waterfront dining experience. Fresh seafood, live music and children’s entertainment are a staple at South Beach Marina Village.

River house

Fantastic views of the May River can be enjoyed from the veranda. The menu features a mix of wines, craft beers and classic cocktails with a twist.

Backwater Bill's Grill

A classic Lowcountry menu with beautiful views of the lake offers a rustic-lodge vibe. Enjoy the fresh catch of the day or a hearty salad while taking in a bit of Lowcountry charm.

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THE STATE’S OFFICIAL FOOD IS THE PERFECT SOUTHERN CUISINE STORY BY CARRIE HIRSCH Grits are the official state food of South Carolina. “A man full of [grits] is a man of peace,” the General Assembly declared in 1976. They continue to be a mainstay in Lowcountry home kitchens and restaurants.

Grits are made from either yellow or white ground corn, typically from less sweet, starchy varieties often referred to as “dent corn.” Historically, grits were served as breakfast food, but the reputation of the classic shrimp and grits has shifted it more toward a main course.

The secret ingredient to making the best grits, both home cooks and professional chefs agree, is a healthy dose of patience.

If you are not already a grits purist, stone-ground grits are the ones to prepare for the true experience, as this variety is the least processed, has a prominent texture and retains the most corn flavor.

“Quick” and “regular” grits are finely ground, which allows for less cooking time and have a longer shelf life. However, the nutritional value is impacted due to this processing.

The “instant” variety is processed, precooked then dehydrated, which takes out any art in the cooking process – by the mere act of adding hot water, they are ready for consumption and what purists would simply call disappointment.

However, grits made with water are lower in calories and fat; plain grits seem to cry out for milk, butter, spices, herbs and shrimp.

The rule of thumb is that any variety that is not whole grain contains less fiber, vitamins and minerals.

Grits have a versatility, unlike potatoes, rice and some other grains – anything tastes delicious on hot, buttered grits and soupier dishes with gravies and broths work especially well since they serve to keep the grits both moist and warm.

“Grits are a common thing —it’s just a breakfast food to go with anything fried,” says native islander and Gullah preservationist Louise Cohen, who hosts the annual Ol’ Fashioned Gullah Ooman Breakfast as part of the annual Gullah celebration.

Every year, visitors wait in line at the Cherry Hill Schoolhouse across from the St. James Baptist Church on Dillon Road for a homemade breakfast of hot grits, served with fried whiting, shrimp, oyster gravy and biscuits.

Cohen’s personal preference?

“Whatever kind of fish. We couldn’t be choosy about the type of fish when we were coming up - whiting, mullet, bass, whatever…if you feel like adding some gravy too, you’ve got stewed mullet and grits.”

And when asked about how long to cook her grits, she said: “I don’t know because we don’t time things.”

That response sums up the art of cooking grits. Timers are overrated when it comes to cooking grits. And a good tip about stone ground grits: keep cooking them and add more liquid, stir occasionally, until they are thoroughly cooked, typically well exceeding the package directions.

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SHRIMP & GRITS

SERVES: 4

P R E P T I M E : 15 M I N

PROTEIN INGREDIENTS 40 large shrimp, peeled and deveined.

Oil of choice for sautéeing.

CHEESY GRITS INGREDIENTS 1 cup of stone ground yellow grits; 3 c of chicken broth.

1 c of half and half cream.

1⁄2 stick of butter.

1 Tbsp steak seasoning (Use your favorite, Salty Dog uses Montreal steak seasoning) 2 c shredded Cheddar cheese.

SHRIMP GRAVY INSTRUCTIONS 1 c flour 3 Tbsp diced green pepper 1 c chopped bacon 3 c cream 2 c diced andouille sausage 1⁄4 c white wine 2 Tbsp diced yellow onion 1⁄4 c sherry 1 tsp chopped garlic 1 bay leaf 1⁄4 c diced tomato 3 Tbsp diced shallots 2 Tbsp sliced green onion 4 c chicken broth 3 Tbsp diced red pepper 140 // H I LT O N H E A D M O N T H LY. C O M

C O O K T I M E : 30 M I N

CHEESY GRITS INSTRUCTIONS Bring chicken broth, steak seasoning, cream and butter to a boil. Whisk in grits and lower the heat to a simmer. Continue cook, whisking occasionally until grits are cooked (about 30 minutes). Mix in cheese and ready to serve.

SHRIMP GRAVY INSTRUCTIONS In a stock pot, sauté bacon, sausage, onion, garlic, thyme, peppers, and bay leaf until bacon is crisp. Whisk in enough flour to make a roux and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add white wine and sherry and reduce. Add cream and chicken broth.

Reduce until the desired consistency. Finish by stirring in the tomato and green onions.

SHRIMP INSTRUCTIONS Sauté peeled and deveined shrimp until done.

Add gravy mixture to pan.

PLATING INSTRUCTIONS Serve shrimp and gravy over a bed of cheesy grits.

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GRITS & GREENS SERVES 6

P R E P T I M E : 15 M I N INGREDIENTS: • 5 slices bacon • 2 cups chicken broth • 2 cups grits • 1 package chopped turnip greens, rinsed • 1 onion sliced • 2 cups shredded cheese • 1.5 cups grated cheese • 1 cup butter • Salt and pepper (for taste)

C O O K T I M E : 45 M I N METHOD: Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Put bacon in a large pan. Cook over medium heat. Stir often until crispy. Remove bacon slices and drain on paper towels.

In pan, over medium heat, add and sauteé onion until translucent.

Remove pan from heat.

In a medium pot, bring 1 cup of chicken broth to a boil.

Stir in grits, return to a boil and cover.

Reduce heat to a simmer.

Stir often for 20-25 minutes.

As grits cook, bring remaining cup of chicken broth to a boil in a pot. Once boiling add turnip greens and reduce heat to simmer.

Cook until tender. Drain and mix in onions and bacon (chopped).

Stir cheeses, butter, salt and pepper into grits.

Plate grits first then top with greens.

CHEESE GRITS SERVES 4

PREP TIME: 5 MIN INGREDIENTS: • 2 cups milk • 1 cup water • 1 teaspoon salt • 1 cup chicken broth • 1 cup old-fashioned grits • 2 cups sharp cheddar, shredded • Pepper and salt (for taste)

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C O O K T I M E : 25 M I N METHOD: Combine water, milk, broth into a large saucepan. Bring to boil.

Once boiling, add salt.

Slowly add grits, stirring to reduce any clumping. Reduce heat to low.

Simmer and stir frequently until creamy. Cook for 20 to 25 minutes.

Remove from heat and stir in cheese until melted. Reserve some cheese for topping.

Season to taste.

Top with cheese.

Serve immediately.

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MP META ME

I can’t wait until my Meta Me — the digital version of me — becomes a reality.

His name is “Sir Alex,” a mix between “Siri” and “Alexa,” which seems appropriate since my middle name is Alex. It will of course have a gender-correct male voice.

This alter ego will conveniently be modeled after me from about 20 years ago, when I still had a full head of hair, slept through the night and could run up a hill without heavy breathing and having to take breaks in-between.

It will use all the power of artificial intelligence but filtered by my own interpretation of facts, which he learned by analyzing all my personal data. The decisions and actions Sir Alex takes are based on my personal thinking except that they are enhanced by his forwardlooking capabilities by having access to all the databases in the world.

Sir Alex will be my official spokesperson, which is not a problem since we are now mostly meeting virtually anyway or just resorting to text or e-mail. He will always be clean shaven, dressed to the nines and never be late for a meeting. His mood is always positive and his focus razor sharp because he does not succumb to emotions like euphoria or self-doubt.

Sir Alex will conduct all my official business, like running a company, starting a new nonprofit

organization and all the annoying administrative stuff like making sure our tax CPA has all the documents needed to file the returns on time.

It will read all the news at night and then give me the highlights in the morning, and of course it will store all that information forever so that I can ask him anything.

“Did we buy the tickets to the next HHSO concert yet?” or more complex questions such as, “How will the stock market react if Russia invades Ukraine?”

This frees up a lot of time for my real, physical self, which I can use to do more of the things I care for like helping my son drive his RV across the country to its new college destination, go sailing more often, finally read the books that have been stacked up in my library, teach the students at the Boys & Girls Clubs how to cook a true Italian pasta recipe from scratch and do more research on an idea that has been stuck in my head.

I know some of you call this retirement, but that’s simply not a concept I can envision myself doing full-time.

So, Sir Alex comes in handy since it gives me the illusion that I keep on going and going.

As a matter of fact, Sir Alex will be around long after I’m 6-feet under the ground, so that the grandkids won’t need to ask, “What was Grandpa like?” Instead they can ask, “Can I visit with Grandpa today and see what he thinks about my soccer play?”

THE META ME WILL BE AROUND LONG AFTER I’M 6 FEET UNDER THE GROUND.

MARC FREY : media entrepreneur | mfrey@freymedia.com | 144 // H I LT O N H E A D M O N T H LY. C O M

[PHOTO OF MARC BY MIKE RITTERBECK]