Bluffton Monthly January 2014

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NEW YEAR, NEW YOU | EATING OUT, EATING HEALTHY | YOUR FINANCES, YOUR FUTURE

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12 n CHARITY OF THE YEAR

10 n AT THE HELM

PGA Tour names Memory Matters its Charity of the Year, grants $300,000.

18 n AIRPORT UPDATE

Safety concerns drive Hilton Head airport improvements.

22 n SURVIVAL MODE

Church fights for its survival, preservation of historic area.

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34 n YOUR FINANCIAL FUTURE You can do yourself no bigger favor than forming a plan today.

40 n INTRIGUING PEOPLE

See who made this year’s list of Intriguing People of the Lowcountry.

70 n KNOWLEDGE IS POWER

Finding the perfect school is key in the educational advancement of your child.

18 n THE VIBE 24 n WHERE IN THE WORLD? 28 n ON THE MOVE 34 n BUSINESS 70 n EDUCATION 81 n BRIDAL 84 n HEALTH 98 n AT HOME 114 n ENVIRONMENT

77 n SECONDHAND NOW CHIC

116 n LOWCOUNTRY CALENDAR 124 n SOCIAL SPOTLIGHT

81 n WITH THIS RING ...

128 n WHERE TO EAT

Hidden treasures await at local thrift, consignment shops.

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12 n NEWS

Jewelry stores are buzzing with eager guys ready to pop the question.

144 n LAST CALL

84 n NEW YEAR, NEW YOU

It’s 2014! Let your New Year’s resolution know you’re in it for the long haul.

98 n CASUAL ELEGANCE

New Berkeley Hall home captures that Old World feeling.

114 n TIMES A-CHANGIN’

Todd Ballentine makes predictions for the future of Hilton Head Island.

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139 n RESTAURANT WEEK

Make your reservations for one of the most popular weeks for dining out.

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142 n HEALTHY DINING

There’s no reason why eating out can’t be eating healthy.

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Intriguing people all around us

LORI GOODRIDGE-CRIBB lori@hiltonheadmonthly.com

TIME HAS ITS “PERSON OF THE YEAR.” PEOPLE MAGAZINE HAS ITS “SEXIEST MAN ALIVE.” FORBES FEATURES “THE WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE.”

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ere at Monthly, we have our “Intriguing People of the Lowcountry” each January.

It’s not a list of the most successful, though one could argue all of the people on this year’s list are.

It’s not a collection of the richest people, though all of them happen to be — rich with talent, rich with experience or rich with life.

It’s not the most beautiful, though this is an attractive bunch.

Our list isn’t based on just charm, intelligence, confidence or personality, either.

It’s a combination of all of the above.

It’s the person in line behind you at the grocery store who is a retired Walmart executive, published author and acclaimed public speaker. It’s the high school student you see playing guitar for a ‘60s rock band who is also the youngest instrument-rated pilot in the United States. It’s the local restaurant owner who was once a tennis star, representing Japan in the Summer Olympics. It’s the man who fled the Soviet

occupation of Czechoslovakia and now makes exquisite handcrafted leather goods here in the Lowcountry. t hese amazing people are all around us — they are our neighbors, co-workers and friends.

Since 1997, we have been featuring the most intriguing people of h ilton h ead Island and bluffton. by now, we should be running low on subjects. t he exact opposite is true.

All year long we stumble across interesting people and add them to our list. t he hard part is trimming the list.

We feel we have collected an impressive collection for 2014. What do you think?

Who did we leave off?

Comment on this article online at hiltonheadmonthly.com or sound off on our Facebook page. h elp us create our “Intriguing People” list for 2015.

I still can’t believe 2013 is already over.

Where does the time go? When I was younger, each year seemed like an eternity. As I get older, years seem to fly by. t hanks to everybody that helped us end the year in style at our 2013 r eaders’ Choice Awards Party at Sonesta r esort. I don’t have to tell you what a great time it was because I think I saw most of our clients and friends there. More than 5,000 people voted in this year’s promotional campaign and nearly every winner showed up with festive tables filled with food, drinks or other goodies.

I’m so proud of how the event has grown over the years. It all started at h oney h orn with around 30 vendors. t his year we had 97 vendors. t hanks to everybody that helped make it an unforgettable night. n ow that the r eaders’ Choice Party has passed, we look ahead to our next big event — the 2014 h ilton h ead bridal Show on Feb. 9 at t he Westin.

I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and enjoy this issue, our first of 2014.

We are looking forward to a fantastic year! M

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Marc Frey marc@hiltonheadmonthly.com PUBLISHER Lori Goodridge-Cribb lori@hiltonheadmonthly.com MANAGING EDITOR Lance Hanlin lance@hiltonheadmonthly.com 843-842-6988, ext. 230 ART DIRECTOR Jeremy Swartz jeremy@hiltonheadmonthly.com DESIGN Charles Grace charles@hiltonheadmonthly.com CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Arno Dimmling, Rob Kaufman, Ed Kelly, Vitor Lindo, Krisztian Lonyai, Keith Vander Schaaf, Dayle Thomas, W Photography CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Lisa Allen, Todd Ballantine, Sherry Conohan, George Darren, Mary Doyle, Kim Kachmann-Geltz, Justin Jarrett, Chris Katon, Barry Kaufman, Leah McCarthy, Robyn Passante, Dean Rowland, Jessica Sparks, Steven Weber ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVES Rebecca Verbosky rebecca@hiltonheadmonthly.com 843-842-6988, ext. 239 Cathy Flory cathy@hiltonheadmonthly.com 843-842-6988, ext. 228 Majka Yarbrough majka@hiltonheadmonthly.com 843-842-6988, ext. 231 Gordon Deal gordon@hiltonheadmonthly.com 843-301-1132

ABOUT THE COVER: Both our Hilton Head Island and Bluffton covers feature this year’s “Intriguing People of the Lowcountry.”

Photographs on the cover were taken by Rob Kaufman, Vitor Lindo, Krisztian Lonyai and W Photography. So many great photos left us several cover options. We eventually decided to do something we’ve never done before. New year, new ideas!

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NEWS

MEMORY MATTERS NAMED PGA TOUR CHARITY OF THE YEAR, AWARDED $30,000 GRANT The PGA Tour announced that Memory Matters, a local charity beneficiary of the RBC Heritage presented by Boeing, has been named the 2013 PGA Tour Charity of the Year. Memory Matters is a community-based nonprofit organization that strives to be a center of excellence for persons with Alzheimer’s disease and all forms of dementia and their families by providing daycare programs, support services and education in a compassionate and dignified manner.

Memory Matters serves the community in three ways: providing a high-quality social day program for those afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of

dementia; providing respite, support and resources to caregivers; and serving as a community resource by providing education, information and outreach services.

“Congratulations to Memory Matters for being named the PGA Tour Charity of the Year and to the RBC Heritage for its support of this tremendous organization,” said PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem.

“Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia present many challenges to individuals in our society on a daily basis.

Memory Matters has done great things in the Hilton Head Island area and is a worthy recipient of this award.”

The award comes with a $30,000 grant from the PGA Tour to help Memory Matters support the Low Wealth Daycare Assistance Program, which provides free or reduced-fee daycare to families in need.

The program is designed to assist family members caring for those with Alzheimer’s disease, with recent studies suggesting that caregiver stress compromises the immune system so badly that one-third of caregivers die before the Alzheimer’s patient. The program assists in lowering the stress, physical strain, competing demands and financial hardship of caregiving. The 2014 RBC Heritage, captured in 2013 by Graeme McDowell, will be held April 14-20 at Harbour Town Golf Links.

CONROY RELEASES FATH ER, SON STORY IN LATEST BOOK

SKATEBOARDING TENNIS TWINS FEATURED IN NEW YORK TIMES

Local author Pat Conroy’s success as a writer has always been intimately linked with the exploration of his family history. While the publication of The Great Santini brought Pat much acclaim, the rift it caused with his father brought even more attention.

Their long-simmering conflict burst into the open, fracturing an already battered family. But as Pat chronicles in his new book, “The Death of Santini,” even the oldest of wounds can heal. In the final years of Don Conroy’s life, he and his son reached a rapprochement of sorts. Quite unexpectedly, the Santini who had freely doled out physical abuse to his wife and children refocused his ire on those who had turned on Pat over the years. He defended his son’s honor. The Death of Santini is at once a heart-wrenching account of personal and family struggle and a poignant lesson in how the ties of blood can both strangle and offer succor.

The story of Hilton Head Island’s skateboarding tennis twins, Nic and Tristan Puehse, was recently published in the New York Times.

The twins, who were featured in the May 2012 issue of Hilton Head Monthly, were famous skateboarders featured in movies and music videos before they gave up the sport, moving to Hilton Head to take up tennis. The two are putting out a tennis film by Sato Studios called “Domes.” A trailer of the film can be seen on YouTube.

Eastern South Carolina’s new area code will be 854.

The new code is expected to be used beginning in 2015. The code will be used for new numbers in the 843 area code, which means we will have to start dialing all 10 digits for local calls. Lucky us.

PALMETTO ELECTRIC ANNOUNCES RATE ADJUSTMENT Effective Jan. 1, Palmetto Electric Cooperative will make several adjustments to its rates, according to president and CEO G. Thomas Upshaw. The current facility charge for residential and small commercial accounts will increase $1, from $16 to $17. The facility charge is a monthly

fixed amount charged to each meter at each service location, regardless of the amount of electricity used.

Palmetto Electric will also offer a new Time of Use Rate as an alternative for residential consumers. This rate will encourage a shift in electrical usage from on-peak to off-peak hours.

HHI’S RANKIN EARNS LIMITED LPGA STATUS Hilton Head Island golfer Reilley Rankin qualified for Category 17 at the LPGA Tour qualifying tournament in Daytona Beach, Fla. By firing a 70-73-71-72 — 356, the 34-year-old finished tied for 23rd place in the tournament. The top 20

finishers gained entry into all full-field events. The next 26 finishers qualified for Category 17, which allows golfers to play in some LPGA Tour events. Rankin has 14 top 10 finishes in her professional career, earning $1,315,567.

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NEWS SCIENTISTS STOCK CHECHESSEE RIVER WITH RED DRUM Close to 100,000 1-inch and 2-inch red drum fish were released in the Chechessee River on Dec. 10 so scientists from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources can study how the fish mature in local waters. The fish were released at the Edgar

C. Glenn Landing at the Lemon Island Bridge. Also known as channel bass, redfish, spot tail bass and reds, the red drum is popular among fishermen from Massachusetts to Florida. Three year olds typically weight six to eight pounds.

TAVINO TO BE INDUCTED INTO WINTHROP HALL OF FAME Hilton Head Middle School teacher Larry Tavino will be inducted into the Winthrop University Athletics Hall of Fame on Feb. 7 in Rock Hill. Tavino was selected a 1984 NAIA All-American and NSCAA

All-American during his collegiate career in 1983 and 1984. He ranks second on the Winthrop alltime list for most goals scored in a game with four, and is eighth on the list for assists in a single season with 12.

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BLUFFTON NATIVE SHINES IN NATIONAL BOWL GAME Bluffton native Jordan McDonnell, a senior football player at Newberry College, caught a touchdown pass and recovered a fumble in the Red team’s 40-26 win over the Blue team in the fourth annual National Bowl

Game on Dec. 8 at Florida International University in Miami. The 5-foot-9, 205pound fullback was the Wolves’ leading receiver out the backfield this season. In high school, he was a wide receiver and linebacker for the Bobcats.

SEA PINES GATE FEE GOING UP TO $6 Starting April 1, vehicles visiting Sea Pines will be charged an extra dollar at both the Ocean and Greenwood gates. Instead of paying a $5 fee at either of the two gates, vehicles will be charged $6. Sea Pines officials expect the increase to generate an additional $350,000 per year to help pay for beautification, maintenance projects and trolley service. It will be the first time the fee has increased since 1998.

BLUFFTON OFFICIALS WANT TO HEAR FROM RESIDENTS

MORE STUDENTS ELECTING TOUGHER COURSES Nearly half of the Beaufort County students who took Advanced Placement courses last school year scored high enough to earn college credit, according to 2013 data from the College Board. District officials said they were encouraged by additional data that showed dramatic increases in the numbers of district high school students taking AP courses. For the 2012-13 school year, 1,712 AP exams were taken compared to 1,326 the previous year and 966 five years ago. Testing experts say that average scores tend to decrease when more students take the tests, but that hasn’t occurred in Beaufort County over the past five years.

Mayor Lisa Sulka wants you to tweet and post your opinions, suggestions, comments on the town’s Twitter feeds and Facebook pages so she, other Town leaders and staff members can directly communicate with you.

The town has established Twitter feeds for itself (@TownofBluffton) and the Bluffton Police Department (@ BlufftonPolice) and has established a Facebook page for the police department (Bluffton Police).

U.S. 278 COMPLETED After two years and $23.6 million, the U.S. 278 widening project has finally been completed. All six lanes of the highway are now open from S.C. 170 to Simonsville Road.

The town’s Facebook page was established more than two years ago (Town of Bluffton Government).

“We know the town needs to come to its residents versus residents coming to the town.

Social media venues give us a way to directly communicate to those most affected by town projects, programs and events,” Sulka said.

Sulka said the Bluffton Police Department’s Facebook page quietly went public in mid-November.

THE MONTHLY JOKE “Let’s eat Grandma!”

“Let’s eat, Grandma!”

Punctuation saves lives.

(E-mail your joke to editor@hiltonheadmonthly.com)

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f you’re like me, certain events are the mile markers of your life – birthdays, anniversaries, new fi scal years, new calendar years. Not only do they cause us to look over our shoulders at the path we have travelled, the distance we have come and the accomplishments (and mistakes) we have made, but also to squint a little as we look hard into the future. Oh, if we could only see that more clearly! One attempt to bring clarity to our future is to take some control…to plan how things might be different or improved.

Perhaps this is the year you will become more physically fi t, more environmentally conscious, or more well-read. The boxes in the garage whose contents have not seen the light of day for years might fi nd their way into the hands of someone who could use them. And Aunt Bessie, whom you’ve not seen in a blue moon, might actually deserve a visit.

Be It Resolved

Those of us who are a part of the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry family would ask you to consider a few additional possibilities as you face 2014. For example: Be It Resolved…that you will make a point of learning more about the local nonprofi t sector,the services it provides, and the needs it addresses.

In the same way that your understanding of your community and world is enhanced by reading the newspaper or keeping up with the latest movies, you may be amazed at how your life will be enriched as you come to understand the sector and the people it serves. You may also be amazed at the blessings you’ll come to recognize in your own life as a result.

Volunteering can help you gain new skills, make important contacts and new networks, develop self-confi dence, and create some activities to fi ll in the gaps on your resume.

Be It Resolved…that you will do some planning about where you wish to offer charitable gifts, what mechanisms to use, and how to increase your contributions now and provide for the future. What is your passion?

Which nonprofi ts make the most of their resources? How can you assure that nonprofi ts that plan on your current support will be able to count on it even after your passing?

Be It Resolved…that if you aren’t volunteering, either for a nonprofi t organization or someone who is in need, you will fi nd a place to share your talents. If you are volunteering, see if you can fi nd time for some additional service. We all have talents we can share—whether it is board service, or reading to young children or doing yard work or planning a fund-raising

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event. It is this topic, volunteering, that I really want to address most as we consider our New Year’s Resolutions.

As many of us opt not to retire as early as in previous years due in part to economic uncertainties, or the residual effect of the downturn, volunteerism is being negatively impacted. I read recently that volunteerism has declined somewhat, and this is unfortunate, given that the needs are so great. I offer some reasons, besides the obvious ones, that you may want to add more volunteerism to your life: If you are unemployed but looking, volunteering can help you gain new skills, make important contacts and new networks, develop self-confi dence, and create some activities to fi ll in the gaps on your resume. You can even explore new career options in areas apart from your work history or training, and fi nd yourself embarking on an exciting new career path as a result.

While I was not unemployed at the time, my career changed from higher education to philanthropy because of the experiences I had gained as a volunteer: grant writing, policy-development, writing brochures and marketing pieces, editing a newsletter.

• If you are preparing to apply for college entrance, having a rich volunteer history can make the difference between your application and that of another where admission is concerned. Colleges and universities are looking for well-rounded students with a wealth of experiences and obvious positive values; volunteering is a way to become that very student they seek.

• Much research has shown that as you give of your time, skills, and effort, you will gain a sense of achievement, and your mood, self-esteem, and overall health can improve as well. Some volunteer opportunities offer the chance to improve your physical fi tness without a gym membership: walk dogs, build houses, coach youth sports, plant community gardens. Some people’s depression has improved because of the new group of people who become colleagues and friends, and because they see that they are indeed needed. In fact, one piece of recent research indicated that those who volunteer actually tend to live longer.

• Families can volunteer together in many cases. This not only teaches the young ones about the value of helping others, but also provides some fun activities, and good memories, for all to enjoy.

• Finally, of course, volunteers are desperately needed by many organizations to keep their doors open and important services available. Don’t underestimate the number of real needs, or your value to the community.

For each of these resolutions, your Community Foundation is a ready resource to help you learn, to develop and defi ne your passion(s), provide an easy vehicle for your charitable giving, and fi nd volunteer opportunities. Go to the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry’s website: www. cf-lowcountry.org, and click on Lowcountry Volunteer Connections on the home page. You can create a volunteer profi le for free, and look at some of the current volunteer opportunities posted there. Come back often, as needs change and new opportunities are posted. And if you have questions, Lindsay Dodge (843-681-9100) is eager to help. Most importantly, we are here to assist you with the most signifi cant resolution of all: Be It Resolved…live generously!

Happy New Year!

Denise K. Spencer President and CEO Community Foundation of the Lowcountry

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drive airport improvements SMALL RESTAURANT, BAR COULD BE IN ITS FUTURE Jonathan P. Rembold is the Beaufort County Airports director.

AIR TRAVELERS FLYING IN AND OUT OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND AIRPORT WILL SOON HAVE AN ENLARGED AND RENOVATED TERMINAL TO SERVE THEM, COMPLETE WITH RESTROOMS INSIDE THE WAITING ROOM, A SECOND SECURITY LINE FOR SCREENING PASSENGERS AND — MAYBE — A SMALL RESTAURANT AND A BAR. BY SHERRY CONOHAN | PHOTO BY DAYLE THOMA S

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utside, work to bring the two taxiways – one on either side of the runway – into compliance with Federal Aviation Administration requirements will wrap up the first half of Phase One of an extensive updating planned for the four and a half decade old facility.

As soon as the first half of Phase One is finished, expected to take a year, Beaufort County will undertake the second half – the extension of the present 4,300 foot runway by 700 feet to 5,000 feet. The south end will be extended by 300 feet, the north end by 400 feet.

As part of the runway work, an emergency runover stretch will be built at the end of the runway to stop a plane that might otherwise go off the pavement. It is something akin to truck runaway ramps on steep slopes

of highways, but will be part of the runway rather than run off of it. A plane’s wheels will sink into the surface and that will slow it while not damaging the body of the aircraft.

The improvements were authorized by a resolution passed at a joint meeting of the Beaufort County Council and the Hilton Head Island Town Council on Oct. 27, 2010, and are just now being brought to fruition.

There is a Phase Two in a consultant’s master plan for improvements to the airport that proposes to extend the runway another 400 feet to 5,400 feet. However, neither the County Council nor the Hilton Head Town Council has approved that.

Hilton Head Mayor Drew Laughlin said he, for one, would not support an extension to 5,400 feet.

“My position has been that I don’t support any further extension” beyond the presently

approved 5,000 feet. “I don’t see the benefit for the cost, and I’m concerned about the impact on neighboring areas.”

Those neighbors include St. James Baptist Church, located at the north end of the runway at the corner of Beach City Road and Fish Haul Road, which has lived uneasily with the airport since it was built in 1967-68.

They also include residents living near the church, residents of Palmetto Hall Plantation off Beach City Road west of the airport, and businesses on both sides of the airport off Beach City Road on the west and Dillon Road on the east.

County Administrator Gary Kubic said the improvements in both parts of Phase One, taken together, will create an atmosphere that is more conducive to encouraging economic development, increasing tourism, facilitating more corporate air traffic – and to

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the VIBE bringing in additional commercial flights But most importantly, he said, it will improve safety.

“Ultimately, the airport has to be safe,” he explained. “It’s all about safety. That’s why the trees had to come down. If we are operating an airport, we are duty bound to do it safely.

That’s why the trees issue is so critical.”

Kubic was referring to the controversial clear cutting and topping of trees in a swath of land at the north end of the runway, undertaken at the behest of the FAA to make a clearer path for airplanes approaching the airport for a landing.

Kubic said maintaining a modern and ef cient airport also was important to the safety of Hilton Head Island in case its one “driveway,” as he called the single bridge to the island, which comes from Bluffton, should be put out of service by a bad storm. That, he noted, would leave the island accessible only by boat – if not for the airport.

The airport provides a second means of access for people to leave the island in advance of a storm and for rescuers and their equipment to get in for the recovery after a storm, he said, should the bridge be closed.

The county went out to bid on the first half of Phase One work in October and received seven proposals in response in early November. They had to be evaluated and Jonathan P. Rembold, the new Beaufort County Airports director, hopes to be able to make a recommendation on the contractor to hire early in January to the Finance Committee of the County Council, which must approve the winning bid or bids before they go to the County Council for final approval.

“If we can qualify a contractor,” he said, “hopefully construction can begin in early 2014.”

Rembold said the county’s estimated cost for doing the taxiways is $3,745,000, with the FAA picking up the tab for $3,370,000, or 90 percent of the total. The terminal improvements similarly will cost $3.7 million, with the FAA picking up $3.3 million, or 90 percent of the total, he said. The state and Beaufort County will share in picking up the 10 percent balance of the cost.

The grant applications have all been approved by the FAA, he added.

“In the past the FAA covered about 95 percent of a project,” Rembold said. “They are at 90 percent now because of sequestration” in federal spending.

Rob McFee, director of engineering and

infrastructure for Beaufort County, in whose purview the county’s two airports fall (the other one is the Beaufort County Airport on Lady’s Island, affectionately known as Frogmore for the neighborhood it is in), said the Hilton Head Island Airport brings in enough income to pay its operating expenses. It does receive some financial support from the county, however, for capital projects, most recently to build some hangars, he said.

Financial figures provided by Beaufort County for the past 10 years from 2003 to 2013, which Hilton Head Monthly requested, show that the airport took the money it received from the county for capital improvements as loans to be paid back. Three loans were advanced during that time.

Alicia Holland, chief financial officer for the county, said the first loan, in the amount of $1,041,428, was made in 2003 to purchase about 10 acres of land from Thomas Heyward Sr. in 2000. She said it was an interest bearing loan which was repaid in five yearly installments until paid in full in 2008.

A second loan, in the amount of $1,800,000, that was advanced in 2008 for hangars at the airport, also was interest bearing, according to Holland. She said payments have been made on it yearly and it is due to be paid in full in 2032.

The amount of the payments on that loan began at $37,226 in 2008 and have increased each year up to $47,725 in 2013, according to the data.

Holland said a third loan, in the amount of $2,080,289, was advanced in 2007 for several capital projects at the airport including the air traffic control tower. She said it is not interest bearing and does not have a definite due date.

“Beginning in FY2011 the Hilton Head Island Airport has been aggressive in paying this money back to the general fund,” she said.

Its latest payment, in 2013 was $281,463.

The airport currently owes the general fund a balance of $1,546,192 on the 2008 loan and $1,050,985 on the 2007 loan, for a total of $2,597,177.

A master plan for the airport expansion prepared by Talbert & Bright, Inc., airport engineering consultants of Charlotte, N.C., recommended the county consider raising the passenger facility charge (PFC) at the airport on tickets to help pay for the current improvements or to reimburse itself for past PFC-eligible projects.

Asked if that is being considered, McFee

said the county always is reviewing the fee with an eye towards a possible increase or decrease and that, yes, the county would consider an increase if it felt one was needed.

Like Kubic, he stressed the improvements at the airport were aimed at buttressing its safety. He said they also should make it a more efficient facility.

Asked how much further down the line construction on the extension of the runway to 5,000 feet would begin after the first half of Phase One with the terminal and taxiways is done, he replied: “Not much further down the line.”

Rembold, speaking while only four weeks into his new job as airports director, said the expansion and modernization of the terminal also was aimed at better serving the clientele using it and making them more comfortable.

In addition to providing a roomier waiting room with restrooms – the restrooms now are outside the security area and inaccessible to passengers once they go though the security line – he hopes to bring in a snack bar, a small bar and possibly a gift shop.

In overhearing passengers’ comments at the airport, he said he has come to understand they would like to have something different than vending machines. ”That is an item we need to put out to bid,” he said. “We’ve done that fairly recently and we didn’t have a very good response.”

McFee said that occurred within the last five years and the county got no interest and received no proposals.

“What I hope,” Rembold said, “is that after the renovations, when everything is cleaned up and looks real nice and new, that we have some more interest in that. One of my goals is to increase that level of service for our clients.”

The number of passengers using Hilton Head Island Airport has declined in recent years. Over the last decade of actual figures in the master plan, which was submitted to the county in 2010, it went from a high of 103,028 departing passengers in 1999 to 66,823 in 2009 the final year, a drop of 35 percent.

In the intervening years they fluctuated a little with 94,247 in 2000, 84,812 in 2001, 75,209 in 2002, 64,099 in 2003, 61,419 in 2004, 66,679 in 2005, 64,132 in 2006, 76,599 2007 and 71,003 in 2008.

The master plan predicted the number of departing passengers would increase as the economy improves and forecast 77,908 in 2019 and 84,094 in 2029.

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Both Rembold and McFee expect airport usage to increase with the improvements.

“That certainly is our hope,” McFee said.

Kubic, the county administrator, also sees the likelihood that the airport could move to being served by two commercial airlines instead of one.

US Airways is the sole commercial carrier now flying out of the airport. Delta Air Lines formerly served the Hilton Head Island Airport but pulled out in November 2010.

“Hilton Head is a global destination,” Kubic said, and should be of interest to other airlines.

To explore the issue of what additional airlines might be attracted to serve the Hilton Head Airport after the current improvements are completed and the runway is extended, the County Council appointed a subcommittee of the Beaufort County Airports Board to look into the possibilities.

The subcommittee is headed by Al Spain, an aviation veteran. Spain flew fixed wing aircraft in Vietnam for the Army. After his

service, he worked in both corporate aviation and general aviation, rising to vice president of Operations for Continental Airlines and becoming one of the founders of JetBlue.

After a career that had him living all around the world, he retired in 2006 and moved to Hilton Head Island, where the county tapped him for its airports board.

Spain said the subcommittee is trying to focus on “what’s happening out there in the industry,” particularly since the merger of Continental Airlines with United Airlines and with the recent merger of American Airlines with US Airways.

It began by considering whether US Airways service at Hilton Head Island Airport would survive after that airline’s merger with American. Spain said, however, he believed it unlikely that service will be discontinued. He explained that while the merged airline is operating under the name American, the CEO of the merged company is Doug Parker, who comes from US Airways.

When an airline pulls out of a market, he continued, sometimes another airline steps in. He cited the example of Delta Air Lines pulling out of Hattiesburg, Miss., and a new

airline named Silver stepped in. He said Silver has filled vacancies in other markets as well, after an established airline has left.

“We found there were some airlines like Silver that pick up of the slack, “ he said, adding, “Silver has turboprops,” the aircraft used at Hilton Head Airport.

Spain said the question now is what impact JetBlue’s arrival at the Savannah Airport is going to have on other airlines there. He expects Delta is going to compete on service going to New York and Boston and United “is not going to sit around and do nothing.” He said United, which has turboprops, might come into Hilton Head Island and noted the number one market out of Hilton Head is New York. JetBlue, he pointed out, doesn’t have any turboprops and Delta, which formerly served Hilton Head Island, no longer operates turboprops.

“What one airline does triggers what other airlines do in response,” he said.

“I would like to look into a crystal ball” and predict what the airlines are going to do, he added, “but it’s cloudy.”

County Councilman Stu Rodman, the council’s liaison to the airports board, believes Delta will eventually return to

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the VIBE Hilton Head Island Airport after the runway is lengthened – to what length he did not specify. He, however, advocates extending the runway beyond the presently-approved 5,000 feet – if not by 400 feet to the full 5,400 feet proposed in the master plan, at least by 100 feet or 200 feet – as long as it can be contained on the airport’s 175 acre site without necessitating the relocation of Beach City Road to the west.

The master plan calls for moving the road if the runway is extended to 5,400 feet.

Rodman said Delta historically has been an all-jet airline. But when it acquired Northwest Airlines, it got some turboprops in the deal and began service to Hilton Head Island, he continued. Then, he said, Delta phased out the turboprops, leading to its departure from the Hilton Head Island Airport.

“I fully expect they will re-enter the market when the runway is long enough to accommodate their fleet,” he said.

Rodman said the consultants who prepared the master plan are still under contract to the county for further discussions on extending the runway’s length.

“The length of runway required for com-

mercial planes is still an open question,” he asserted.

Rodman noted that small passenger jets that can fly 1,500 or 2,000 miles with a full load of fuel would require more than 5,000 feet of runway. But with a lighter load of fuel and flying a shorter distance to nearby regional hubs, he reasoned, they could operate on a shorter runway.

“The key is not how long of a runway is needed to fly to Denver or Washington, but how long is needed to fly to Atlanta or Charlotte,” he said.

Rodman said if commercial service could be improved, and when the terminal renovations are completed, more people could be attracted into flying into Hilton Head Island who now drive to town or fly in via the Savannah airport or, perhaps had previously felt it was too far away to go. That in turn, he said, will bring in more tourism dollars and add more income to the town and county.

That would be the hope of Bill Miles, president and CEO of the Hilton Head IslandBluffton Chamber of Commerce.

“Commercially viable air service to Hilton Head Island has a very positive effect on our area’s number one economic driver of tour-

ism,” Miles said. “The Hilton Head airport is the first impression that air travelers have of our destination and ensuring that it exceeds today’s travelers’ expectations is important Rodman also said the present plan to increase the runway to 5,000 feet probably will result in an increase in general aviation – private plane – traffic That, he said, could make Hilton Head Island more attractive for businesses to locate on it. He said it also would bring in more corporate hospitality flights when companies bring in their executives or clients for a day or weekend of golf or to attend events like the RBC Heritage golf tournament.

“You would not have a Heritage if you didn’t have an airport,” he claimed.

Ron Smetek, a member of the county Airports Board and a retired Air Force officer, argues that extending the runway at all is a waste of taxpayers’ money.

He doesn’t see that extending the runway to 5,000 feet is going to help commercial planes. He contends it will help only private general aviation aircraft.

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“In so far as extending the runway is going to cost the county, state and federal government a lot of money, I question the value of doing that because it’s not going to help” commercial aviation, Smetek said. “Regional jets are much more expensive to operate and need 6,000 feet, and the next generation of turboprops — the Q-400 — can fly in and out with more passengers on a shorter runway” than even Hilton Head Island’s present 4,300 foot runway.

Smetek said at least the runway can be kept on existing airport property if extended only to 5,000 feet whereas extending it to 5,400 would require the relocation of Beach City Road. But, he maintained, extending it to 5,000 feet will benefit only a small percentage of private aircraft owners and none of the commercial carriers.

“That begs the question of who are we doing this for,” he said. “We’re not doing it for the people flying into Hilton Head Island” on commercial flights Rembold, the airports director and an engineer, who is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and served as a Marine officer, was asked what the end goal was with the improvements that will be made at the airport in Phase One. “The end goal is to be able to make sure that we can continue with a viable passenger terminal,” he replied. “With an aging fleet of aircraft, you can never necessarily count on having what you have there today. So we have to look to the future and make sure that we are an operational airport — number one — on the passenger side, and that we’re attractive to the airlines.

“We have to compete for business,” he pointed out.

“So our end goal,” Rembold continued, “is to make sure that our airport continues to serve Hilton Head and the rest of the region as it does, and to increase the level of service that we provide. I just want folks who spend all that planning time to come to Hilton Head to really enjoy it. I want them to be impressed by the airport I want it to be a facility that serves them well.

“I want it to be as convenient as some other airports they use,” he said. “If that means we have to figure out a way to get a good snack bar, maybe a gift shop, and a small bar, something like that, well, then we’ll see what we can do.” M

CHURCH FIGHTS FOR ITS SURVIVAL, PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC AREA

BY SHERRY CONOHAN | PHOTO BY DAYLE THOMA S “Do you feel that?”

Fran White posed the question to a visitor over the roar of an airplane passing above while sitting in an historic former one-room schoolhouse on Fish Haul Road at the corner of Beach City Road. She referred to the vibrations in the floor “This building is built on brick piers, so it is very fragile,” White said.

The plane crossing overhead was aiming for the runway of Hilton Head Island Airport, which lies just beyond St. James Baptist Church across the street on the other side of Fish Haul Road.

“We do get vibrations here even with the planes coming in now,” White said. “Once the runway is extended, of course, larger planes will be permitted to land. The larger the planes, the more disruptive it will be to this building.”

Plans approved by the Beaufort County Council and the Hilton Head Island Town Council for improvements to the airport include extending the present 4,300 foot single runway at the airport to 5,000 feet.

White, spokeswoman for the church on airport issues, said: “You can’t underestimate the havoc and grief that it would cause if the larger planes fly over the church and this building.”

The school, which served the Mitchelville neighborhood around it, was constructed in 1937 with materials supplied by Beaufort County. It is now used as an annex to St. James Baptist Church, which purchased the property in 1956, two years after it was closed when the schools on Hilton Head Island were

consolidated. Instead of hosting students today, it hosts community meetings, Bible study classes and a soup kitchen – and serves as an election polling place.

It was added to the National Register of Historic places last year.

Perry White, a deacon of the church and a relative of Fran White, said the airport has been in conflict with the church ever since it was built in 1967-68 and extension of the runway will increase the disruption the planes cause to the church and the community.

He noted that planes come in low over the steeple now heading for a landing and said If the county decides to extend the runway an additional 400 feet to 5,400 feet as proposed in a Phase Two of the master plan for the airport improvements, the church would have a “serious problem.”

“That would make it next to impossible for the church to survive,” he said.

“A lot of devastation would occur if that runway is extended to 5,400 feet,” he stressed, “and that is what is in the master plan.”

Neither the county nor the town has approved an extension to 5,400 feet and Hilton Head Island Mayor Drew Laughlin has said he could not support that.

Perry White, whose family has lived in the area since slavery, said the church has been established at its present location since 1886. He said an official plat plan shows that a sanctuary has stood on the site since 1921 and he believes church records, which were lost in two fires, in 1945 at

the church and 1968 at the home of a church official, would show it has been there longer than that.

“We were here first,” he said succinctly.

According to White, the church has 150 members in the congregation and has its Sunday service at 10 a.m. and Sunday School at 9 a.m.

Five generations of his family have attended it – his grandparents, his parents, himself, his children and his grandchildren. Two of the stained glass windows in the church, which feature portraits of members, depict his grandparents and his parents.

Perry White charged, “It was the hope of the developer and the county that the church would move out “ when the airport was built, and would like to see it go today.

“That’s a myth,” retorted Beaufort County Administrator Gary Kubic when told of White’s assertion that the county wanted to see the church go away.

Kubic said no one needs to look further than the master plan for the airport to see that’s not true. He noted that all four scenarios presented in it, including the one being implemented now, specifically exclude the church’s property from any taking to make way for the airport extension.

“The question is, Why do some people keep saying that?,” he asked.

Kubic called for “reasonable coexistence” between the airport and its neighbors – the church and the community. He asked for compromise and for those in opposition to say, “It’s here. Let’s see how we can make it work.”

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Fran White said there was an FAA rule that bars any public assembly of any kind – such as a church service – from being held within a certain distance of an airport runway. She did not know the distance the supposed rule specified, but questioned whether extending the runway would put the church within it.

“It has to do with the hazard zone,” she explained. “As you extend the runway, the location of the hazard zone expands. So moving the runway further in this direction (of the church) will move the line of the hazard zone.

“And,” she said, “that’s the zone that they anticipate there is the likelihood that a plane in distress will land or crash to that area.”

An FAA spokesperson was asked about that. Two questions were presented to the spokesperson: One, is there such a rule, and, two, if so, what is the distance from the runway covered by it. Each question required a one word answer – yes or no in the first case and the number of feet in the second.

The FAA responded with this statement: “The environmental assessment for the proposed runway extension will evaluate potential impacts to the church.”

Pressed for a more detailed response, the FAA issued this statement: “The proposed runway extension must be evaluated to determine potential impacts to the church.

If so, the Environmental Assessment will include mitigation measures. The airport is conducting the EA, which is ongoing. The FAA will review the EA and issue a finding.

White said her biggest fear is what will happen to the historic area around the church with any extension of the runway.

She pointed out there were 11 historic sites within one mile of the church, four of them on the National Register of Historic Places.

She also noted that the archeological dig on airport property directed by the FAA has turned up historic Civil War and pre-Civil War artifacts.

“No where else on the island is there such a group of historic sites,” she said, adding they were historic to the state and the nation as well.

“It’s shameful that it (the airport) has been allowed to expand into an historic area, which is Mitchelville,” she continued.

“That is an area on the island that is the most historic and brings a great number of tourists and it’s being destroyed by an airport that’s being used less and less,” a reference to a decline in passenger usage she called significant. “And it probably will go down even more significantly in the future since Savannah is getting the carrier

JetBlue.”

St. James Baptist Church isn’t the only entity with an airport issue.

Representatives of Palmetto Hall Plantation have been meeting with Beaufort County officials about a noise issue related to the airport.

Ron Smetek, a resident of Palmetto Hall and a member of the Beaufort County Airports Board, said the Plantation has sought the county’s help to reduce the increase in noise that has resulted from the county cutting down so many trees at the north end of the runway. The work was undertaken at the direction of the FAA to make a clearer path for airplanes landing and taking off.

“We’ve got no problem with the airport,” he said. “We knew the airport was here when we moved here.”

What happened, he explained, was when the trees were clear cut and topped, the noise level went up and became a quality of life issue for residents.

Some 1,165 trees were cut down during the operation in 2012. The county is required to plant another 1,347 trees to replace them as mitigation but can’t begin that work until the FAA completes its archeological dig at the airport.

Smetek said the discussions have focused on two possible remedies – building a berm on the other side of Beach City

Road across from the airport and next to the plantation or building noise walls.

“We just want to return the sound to what it was before they cut down the trees,” he said. “We want to make sure it’s not going to negatively impact our life style.”

Mayor Laughlin said he hadn’t heard about the berm but knew about the discussion of noise walls. He said the noise walls probably would require an amendment to the town’s land management ordinance and he could support that.

Jonathan P. Rembold, the county’s airports director, said the airport wants to be a good neighbor to everyone in the area of the Hilton Head Island Airport.

“We realize that that there are folks who live and work in close proximity to the airport so we’ll do everything we can to make sure we can all enjoy our way of life, our business way of life,” he said. “We’re definitely committed to that, to make sure we all work together.

“I personally will be reaching out to a lot of community groups on Hilton Head and in the area and I’ll be working with the town and the Chamber of Commerce,” he added.

“I want to lay everybody’s goals on the table and make sure we can align those and support each other to the extent we can.

“We are all neighbors together,” he said, “and I think if we all continue to talk and work on things, everybody can win.” M

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p Bill and D’Arcy Abraham stand in front of the Fraumunster clock tower in Zurich, Switzerland. t Chris Della Rosa and Amy Fields married Aug. 7 at The Atlantis in the Bahamas.

Family members and friends celebrated the marriage with the couple on a one week cruise. Chris is a realtor with Charter One Realty & Marketing.

p Members of the Chain Gang Bicycle Club of Hilton Head Island took Monthly to Mainz, Germany. Pictured are Therese Renaud, Happy Levy, Gisela and Carl Tiedemann and Lorna and Gordon Bonner. u Aggie Schmidt Lawson and her Aunts Bobbie Cubbage and Betty Lanier took Monthly to the Westin Laguanamar in Cancun. t Cydna and Peter Verhoeven took Monthly all the way to Kuwait. The road is Highway 80 and leads straight to Iraq.

The local tribute to our troops make for a fitting backdrop.

t Spartanburg’s Matt Leitner and Nicole Warren, Bluffton’s Dave and Joan Leitner and Hilton Head’s Randy and Kris Vigh pose with Monthly outside of the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, N.C.

t R oni Kincaid ascended the world’s steepest mountain with Hootie (a.k.a Darius Rucker) at Hua Shan in Xian, China. u Dia and Rick Sunderlin took the Monthly to Kotor, Montenegro, on the Adriatic Sea. t D’Arcy Abraham and Jaye Eigler took Hilton Head Monthly to Paris. u Stan and Margie Smith took Monthly with them on their cyclo ride in Hanoi, North Vietnam. The guy peddling the contraption made an unsuccessful attempt at rabbit ears.

u Dual members of the Hilton Head Shore Notes and Jacksonville Harmony Chorus brought Monthly with them to Hawaii for Sweet Adelines International Competition at the Honolulu Convention Center.

Jacksonville Harmony Chorus placed second in the world in the mid-size chorus category.

From left is Maureen Mack, Fran Russ, Faye McLanahan, Sherry Adams, Sarah Bican, Kathy Jackson and Sue Gordon.

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Michael Stothard recently joined Premier Island Properties.

Stothard holds a Georgia license. He was with Harry Norman and Georgia Prudential Realty in Atlanta. He also holds a South Carolina real estate license and is a member of the Hilton Head Area Association of Realtors. In addition to working with buyers and sellers, Stothard will be providing personal home management for second homes and vacation properties.

Ann Kiewiet has joined Ken Oliver & Associates with Dunes Marketing Group, located at the entrance of Palmetto Dunes.

Kiewiet is a licensed Realtor with more than 12 years of experience throughout Hilton Head and Bluffton, and has been a resident of Hilton Head Island for more than 21 years.

Hilton Head Heart is pleased to welcome Dr. Thomas Schultz and Lynn Steckel, APN-C to its practice. Schultz specializes in interventional cardiology and cardiovascular disease and received his doctor of osteopathic medicine from the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Athens, Ohio. He will care for patients at Hilton Head Hospital, Beaufort Memorial Hospital and Hampton Regional Medical Center. Steckel is a certified acute care nurse practitioner specializing in

BEACH AND TENNIS WELCOMES BACK ENTRUP Scott Entrup has recently been named the director of Catering, Sales and Marketing at the Hilton Head Island Beach & Tennis Resort. Entrup first arrived on Hilton Head in 1983, working as the assistant pastry chef for the Marriott Resort in Shipyard Plantation. His career led him down many paths in the food and beverage industry. He cooked professionally for 18 years, earning two American Culinary Federation Certifications — Certified Sous Chef and Certified Culina Educator. After teaching culinary arts at ACE, he began working in the front of the house as a manager in fine dining restaurants, earning two Certified Sommelier certifications. He was most recently a banquet manager o the island at a major resort. Entrup rejoins the resort after a five-year hiatus, formally the Director of Catering. He is now responsible for the booking of catered events and meetings, sleeping room sales and the marketing of the resort.

cardiology and has over 25 years of nursing experience.

She will see patients with acute complaints, such as chest discomfort, edema, shortness of breath, arrhythmias, dizziness, and uncontrolled blood pressure, as well as those with hypertension, congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation Collins Group Realty, a Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year award recipient, announces the addition of a new agent to its mainland office. Judy Flanagan, a licensed Realtor formerly with Gateway Realty, joins Collins Group Realty as a Bluffton specialist. She will assist mainland based buyers and sellers south of the Broad

Flanagan

HALL JOINS YADKIN BANK

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Karen Hall joins Yadkin Bank as a Senior Mortgage Loan Officer. Hall will be located at the future Bluffton Branch office Previously originated for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage and SunTrust Mortgage. She has been in the mortgage industry for over 13 years bringing originating, processing and underwriting skills and keeping up with the ever changing guidelines. Her continuing education and knowledge in the industry brings happy closed customers.

River with their real estate needs.

Premium Properties of Hilton Head welcomes Realtor Tammy Moody to its sales team at 21 New Orleans Road. A native of Greenwood, and a 25-year resident of Hilton Head, Tammy has been selling real estate in the area for over 12 years. She is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and is a current resident of Hilton Head Plantation.

Clinical Intelligence, a national provider of healthcare advisory services, is pleased to announce Alison Meeks as the company’s senior business consultant.

Meeks’ responsibilities will include management of the CI’s accounting and general office operations as well as CI’s compliance with national compliance standards.

First Citizens announced that Justin Rice has been promoted to Beaufort County executive.

In his new role, Rice will be responsible for overseeing the sales and service activities of the market’s four retail banking locations, and managing the company’s team of commercial and private bankers in Beaufort County.

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Golf Prep Junior Golf Academy – a junior golf academy on Hilton Head Island – will be moving to The Sea Pines Resort in 2014. Beginning in January, all academy instruction will move to the Resort’s Heron Point and Ocean courses where a 23,000-square-foot clubhouse and state-of-the-art golf learning center are set to open in early 2014. Golf Prep instructor and co-founder, Simon Cooke, will also join the instructional team at The Sea Pines Resort with Director of Instruction Tim Cooke. Simon will bring with him 17 years of experience as a golf professional, along with his short game expertise that has him known in the Lowcountry as the “Short Game Specialist” due to his extensive work with SAM Putt Lab and wedge instruction.

Julie Ford Musselman has returned to the island to produce the 29th annual Hilton Head Island Wine & Food Festival.˜ As the new/old festival director, Musselman knows the history of the event by heart, having planned it for fi ve years back in the ‘90s. “It has been a great joy to see the festival expand over the years from what was a small wine tasting into a full week of events highlighting the food and beverage landscape of our island.˜ Now to be a part of the excitement again is a real pleasure.” Julie

ART CAFE MOVES TO GALLERY OF SHOPS The Art Café is a paint your own pottery studio on Hilton Head Island. It is a family owned and operated business that has been around for more than 15 years. The Art Café has relocated to 14 Greenwood Drive in the Gallery of Shops, just before Sea Pines main entrance. The new location has much more space, more parking and has a fun, friendly and colorful environment for people of all ages to enjoy. The Art Café has a huge variety of pottery to choose from. They fi re your pieces and have them ready for you within two days. They also have a new party room to hold your next event, whether it is a birthday party, bridal/baby shower or ladies night out, the Art Café is a fun and unique place to make your next event special.°

is the president of Hostess City Celebrations, Inc., a company she founded in 2000 that specializes in organizing and marketing community events, conventions, and other special events. Located in Bluffton, her company’s clients are located throughout Georgia and South Carolina.˜ For more information, visit www.hiltonheadwineandfood.com. ˜

this 10-week international training program for law enforcement offi cers. Babkiewicz graduated in late September.

The course, offered four times a year, is offered to senior law enforcement offi cers by invitation only, after a nomination process. Participants are drawn from every state, U.S. territory and more than 150 international partner nations.

Fuel Station Ride Shop, located on 31 New Orleans Road, has announced three new hires. Alex Arnold is sales manager and overseas domestic, international orders and online sales. Chris Collenberger is Fuel Clothing’s art director. Brandon Atkinson is the Fuel Station ride shop manager.

Sea Pines Resort, host of the RBC Heritage held on its famed Harbour Town Golf Links, announced Tim Cooke as its new director of golf instruction. Cooke comes to Sea Pines Resort from Hilton Head Island’s Long Cove Club where he was director of instruction. Formerly he was the head professional/instructor at Wade Hampton Golf Club in Cashiers, N.C. Cooke is also cofounder of GOLFPREP — an elite junior training academy.

He holds a master’s degree in pedagogy from the University of Virginia. In 2009, Cooke was awarded “Master Professional in Instruction” status by the PGA of America. Due to his work with junior golfers, he was recognized as a “U.S. Kids Top 50 Instructor.”

Bluffton Town Council honored Lt. Joseph Babkiewicz’s graduation from the Quantico, Virginia-based F.B.I. National Academy. Babkiewicz is the second offi cer to represent the Bluffton Police Department at

ISLANDER RELEASES LINE OF FINE LEATHER GOODS Hilton Head Island’s Ladislav (Ladd) Toth has released a line of high-end, one-of-akind leather goods under the name “Lads 1969.” His collection includes holsters, travel bags and purses. Custom made orders are also welcome. A large selection of leathers and styles are available. For more information, contact Toth at 843-5646501 or e-mail ladislav@roadrunner.com. Find more information on Toth, one of this year’s “Most Intriguing People of the Lowcountry” on Page 67.

Lindsay Fruchtl has joined the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce & Visitor and Convention Bureau as senior marketing manager.

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She most recently served as marketing director with the Tybee Island Tourism Council-Council of the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce.

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Katherine Robinson, a human resource professional for more than 20 years, is the new human resources director for the Town of Bluffton. Robinson, an Indiananative who lived in the Sarasota, Fla.area for more than 30 years, is a human resources expert, life purpose coach, a speaker and an author. Robinson was most recently the human resources director for Manatee Glens, a private behavioral health hospital with more than 430 employees.

AWARDS/CERTIFICATIONS Randy Fix with Gateway Realty has been installed as the 2014 president of the Hilton Head Area Association of Realtors.

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Brian Neumann, a loan officer of Mortgage Network Inc., has been selected

to join the 2014 class of Leadership Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, a local community leader development program sponsored by the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce. Neumann, a resident of Hilton Head Island since 1991, graduated from Hilton Head High School and attended the University of South Carolina, where he majored in marketing management and minored in retail.

Marija Staznik recently joined ForeShore Rentals as its tenant coordinator and expects to get her property management license in the spring of 2014. Staznik relocated to Bluffton from Charleston with her fiancé and son in April of 2013. She has been working in the hospitality field since graduating from Penn College of Technology with a degree in hospitality.

Bluffton resident Carolyn Cherwon is being recognized by Cabot Creamery Cooperative, the New England and upstate New York farm-family owned dairy cooperative widely known as the maker’s of the “World’s Best Cheddar,” for her self-

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less volunteerism with Family Promise of Beaufort County.

Carolyn has served as president of the organization for three years and began working with Family Promise seven years ago, helping start the organization’s Beaufort County chapter, which has now been serving families for five years.

The Alliance Group was awarded the President’s Cup at the annual Awards Luncheon on Dec. 10 at the Country Club of Hilton Head. The President’s Cup recognizes one company that has actively shown a commitment to the association.

The Alliance Group Realtors participate on committees, take leadership positions including the Board of Directors, and are dedicated to the betterment of the industry.

Dick Patrick with Charter One North received the President’s Award at the Hilton Head Area Association of Realtors Awards Luncheon on Dec. 10 at the Country Club of Hilton Head. The President’s Award is presented to a member for outstanding service to the membership, Board of Directors and to the president. Patrick took the lead on the impact to real estate in the Lowcountry after the changes to the National Flood Insurance Program in 2013. Patrick served on a NFIP President Advisory Group at the National Association of Realtors.

Three Beaufort County teachers have earned the prestigious National Board certification, the

DR. REID ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS Hilton Head Plastic Surgery, the office of Dr. David S. Reid, IV is now accepting new patients. Dr. Reid is a board certified plastic surgeon with 22 years of experience performing breast reconstruction, facelifts, breast enlargement and reduction surgeries, cosmetic nose and hand procedures.

Dr. Reid is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Dr. Reid ‘s surgical residency was at the National Naval Medical Center at Bethesda followed by Plastic Surgery Fellowship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Dr. Reid recently relocated from the St. Louis area to Hilton Head and brings with him 19 years of private practice expertise.

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards has announced. Beaufort County’s newest National Board Certified teachers are Erin Berglind (Red Cedar Elementary), Lisa Casterline (M.C. Riley Elementary) and Jamie Reichelt (Hilton Head Island High).

Five local mortgage professionals recently celebrated their 10-year anniversaries at Mortgage Network Inc., one of the region’s largest mortgage lenders. Celebrating 10 years with the company were loan officers Torrey Glass and Susan Smith, sales assistant Mariah McKenna, region executive assistant Bonnie Nelson-Altman, all of the Hilton Head Island branch; and Wes Sellow, branch manager and loan officer with the company’s Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina branch. All five received Rolex watches to mark the occasion.

Andy Twisdale, with Charter One North was awarded the

KROGER NOW OPEN Kroger’s first grocery store on Hilton Head Island is officially open at 4 Shelter Cove Lane. The new 86,000-square-foot store brings approximately 250 jobs to the area, as well as an array of quality products, upscale amenities and services to create a one-stop-shopping experience. Kroger will be the shopping centerpiece of the Shelter Cove Towne Centre – a $76 million joint venture project with Blanchard & Calhoun in partnership with World Design Marketing and Collins & Arnold that will contain more than 290,000 square feet for retail and restaurants, as well as 210 apartment spaces.

2013 Realtor of the Year at the annual Hilton Head Area Association of Realtors awards luncheon on Dec. 10 at the Country Club of Hilton Head.

Twisdale has been a member of the Realtor Association since 1992 and has held numerous leadership positions including president in 2000 and 2006.

NEW BUSINESS Gateway Realty is pleased to announce the opening of its new Oldfield real estate office in the Greeter’s Store at the Oldfield front gate. Oldfield truly reflects the natural beauty of the Lowcountry with 860 acres meandering along the Okatie River. Gateway’s Oldfield specialist, Alice Beckish has been selling property within the development since its inception in 2000 and will now be joined by Gateway Realtors, Matthew Bradford and Jan Ferguson. Gateway Realty has four offices located at the front gates of Oldfield, Berkeley Hall, Belfair and Colleton River.

BUSINESS NEWS Year Round Pool Company, Inc., has moved its flagship store to Downtown Bluffton. Visit them on Buck Island Road for pool supplies, chemicals and a showroom of spas.

American Way Insurance has announced that Michael DeVito, agent, has gone beyond the company’s expectations this Medicare season. The company applauds him for exemplary work. DeVito specializes in helping seniors enroll in Medicare supplements and prescription drug programs.

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YOU CAN DO YOURSELF NO BIGGER FAVOR THAN BEGINNING TO PLAN FOR YOUR FINANCIAL FUTURE TODAY

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“EXPERTS SAY SAVINGS BONDS DON’T EARN ENOUGH INTEREST TO BE A WISE INVESTMENT”

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here are some things in life that most of us want. We want to feel fi nancially secure. We want our children to go to college and we want a comfortable retirement.

However, as many people know, those things are not easily attained.

They take work and planning to be accomplished.

WHERE TO START Consider a family of three: mom, dad and baby.

The new parents want to start putting money away for college but are not sure about the best way to do that. Should they buy savings bonds? Set up a savings or other type of account?

Many people have fond memories of receiving savings bonds from relatives.

However, fi nancial experts say savings bonds don’t earn enough interest to be a wise investment.

For instance, as of Nov. 1, the earnings rate for Series I Savings Bonds°was 1.38 percent and included a fi xed rate of .20 percent, according to the United States Treasury.

Financial experts say savings bonds often don’t outpace infl ation and recommend cashing them out and putting the money into something that will yield a higher growth.

Most experts agree that the best route is a 529 college savings plan.

In South Carolina, the Future Scholar is a qualifi ed 529 college savings plan°that helps parents or guardians save for a child’s college education.

There are many advantages to a 529.

It’s tax-free growth of college savings; the account owner has full control; there is a low impact on college fi nancial aid; there are high contribution limits; and no age or income limits.

“Future Scholar is a smarter choice than many other college savings vehicles,” according to the state of South Carolina.

“Your child can use the money you save through Future Scholar to pay qualifi ed education costs at any eligible educational institution in the United States, as well as some international schools,” the state says.

“This includes two- and four-year public and private colleges, graduate and professional programs and certain vocationaltechnical schools.”

Those parents who fi le a South Carolina tax return, either as a resident or nonresident, may also be eligible for additional tax advantages. The money they put into a Future Scholar account may be tax-deductible up to the maximum account balance limit of $370,000 per benefi ciary or any lower limit under applicable law.

Additionally, some college savings vehicles transfer account assets to the child as early as age 18, but not so with Future Scholar. The parents control when distributions are made and what the funds will be used for.

Also, if the child receives a scholarship or decides not to attend college, the Future Scholar money can be transferred to a new benefi ciary, as long as he or she is a qualifi ed relative of the original benefi ciary.

A 529 is also a great option when relatives or friends ask what to get the child for a birthday or holiday. Parents can encourage them to contribute to the 529.

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TIME MARCHES ON As the child grows, parents can start saving for their — and their own - future in a variety of ways.

First, it’s a good idea to have an estate plan in place, which includes a will and a living will. A will spells out where a person wants their money to go when they die and a living will spells out what the person wants in the event of a life-prolonging medical treatment.

One myth is that trust funds are only for wealthy people.

Trust funds are simply a way for a person to reduce estate and gift taxes and see that their assets are distributed without the delay and cost of probate court.

While parents are making plans for the future, they should

also begin teaching their child about fi nancial responsibility.

There are a variety of ways to do this (and have fun too!).

Playing the stock market is a good place to start. One expert recommends buying stock in Disney and then framing the stock certifi cate on the wall. As the child gets older, that stock can help the parent teach the child how the market works.

Another choice is a traditional savings account for the child.

Parents can start by contributing to the account and as children get older, they can do their own banking. Parents can also set up their own version of°a 401(k) and match funds that the child has earned through babysitting or other jobs.

Some banks and credit unions offer special savings account to teach young children about saving. Many also offer prizes and other incentives to young savers. Additionally, several banks in South Carolina offer signifi cantly higher rates on children’s savings accounts And when the holidays or birthdays roll around, parents again should encourage family and friends to contribute to the child’s savings account.

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RETIREMENT PLANNING As parents plan for their children’s future, they should also be focusing on planning for their own retirement.

“A secure, comfortable retirement is every worker’s dream, and now because we’re living longer, healthier lives, we can expect to spend more time in retirement than our parents and grandparents did,” according to the Social Security Administration.

The SSA provides detailed information about Social Security retirement benefits under current law. Its website, www.ssa. gov/retire2, offers a calculator to estimate retirement benefits.

According to the SSA, the average monthly Social Security benefit for a retired worker was about $1,230 at the beginning of 2012. This amount changes monthly based upon the total amount of all benefits paid and the total number of people receiving benefits But it’s pretty clear that anyone would have a difficult time living on a little over $1,200 a month. Other options include 401(k) plans, IRAs and Roth IRAs Contributions to a 401(k) can cut a tax bill by reducing taxable income. For instance, if you earn $65,000 a year and contribute $8,000 to your 401(k), you’ll pay income taxes on only $57,000, according to the AARP. The advantages, the AARP says, are that many employers match contributions; taxes are only paid on withdrawals; and when a person leaves a job they can transfer the money into a tax-free traditional IRA. The disadvantages are that withdrawals are subject to ordinary income taxes, plus a 10 percent early withdrawal penalty depending on age.

The next option is an IRA. According to the AARP, a person must have earned income to contribute to a traditional IRA or to a Roth IRA. The advantages of a traditional tax-deductible IRAs are that contributions reduce taxable income. Additionally, “your investment choices are almost unlimited. You can put virtually any bank, brokerage, mutual fund or insurance product into an IRA,” the AARP says.

With traditional nondeductible IRAs, earnings are untaxed until they’re withdrawn.

“A nondeductible IRA makes sense only if you’re ineligible for a traditional deductible IRA and your earnings disqualify you for a Roth IRA,” the AARP states.

A Roth IRA is another option.

The advantages are that earnings grow untaxed, contributions can be made at any time without incurring a penalty; and all Roth IRA withdrawals are tax-free if the person is age 59 ½ and has owned the account for at least five years.

Additionally, withdrawals don’t count as income in the formula that determines whether Social Security benefits are taxable. The disadvantage is that contributions won’t reduce a current tax bill. There are also strict eligibility requirements.

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BUSINESS and traditional IRAs are taxable. If you’re in a 28 percent bracket, you’ll get 72 cents to spend on living expenses for every dollar you withdraw. Taking those big distributions in a falling market can leave your nest egg too depleted to recover fully.”

The thing to remember, experts say, is that investing is a long-haul process and is often best left to the experts.

How do you choose an expert? Look for a financial adviser who is a certified financial planner. They’re licensed and regulated, plus take mandatory classes on financial planning.

Finally, it’s important to know that it’s never too late to plan for you and your child’s future.

TAXES ON MONEY GIFTS Monetary gifts are common between family members and friends, but the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) imposes a gift tax on large monetary gifts. Small monetary gifts such as a $50 gift from a grandparent to a grandchild for Christmas will

not incur the gift tax, but larger gifts that exceed $13,000 may incur tax. If you are giving or receiving a large sum of money it is important to understand the implications of the gift tax. According to the IRS, monetary gifts that exceed an exclusion of $13,000 may be subject to the gift tax. If a gift you receive is less than this amount, it will not be subject to the gift tax. Other gifts that are usually excluded from the gift tax are payments made toward someone else’s health care bills or education, gifts given to a spouse, and gifts given to political organizations. The exclusion limit is $13,000 per person, meaning married couples giving gifts can give a total of $26,000 before the gift would incur the gift tax.

Payment of the gift tax is typically the responsibly of the person giving the gift, not the person receiving the gift. In other words, someone who gives you $50,000 will not cause you to incur the gift tax, rather the giver must report the gift on his tax return. The gift tax return is due on April 15 following the year in which the gift

is made. Failure to report gift taxes could potentially lead to fees or other penalties.

The gift tax applies to monetary gifts given on an annual basis. This means that if you gave two gifts to the same person within the same year, you would incur the gift tax if the sum of the gifts exceeded $13,000. On the other hand, if you gave someone $13,000 one time every year for the next 10 years, none of the gifts would incur gift tax. Gifting in this fashion can potentially allow someone to pass on money to family members or friends over time without incurring the estate tax on those funds when they die.

The gift tax applies to gifts made to each single recipient, but there is no limit on how many recipients one can give to.

In other words, a rich person with a large family could give $13,000 to each of his 50 grandchildren each year without incurring gift tax. There is also no limit on how many gifts a single person can receive from different donors. Ten different family members could give you $13,000 without incurring gift tax. M

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The people profiled here range from a 17-year-old pilot to a 73-yearold skater dude. One of these people represented Japan in the Summer Olympics. Another distributes 3-D art through Walgreens.

Take a closer look at these people, These intriguing people living around us here in the Lowcountry.

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SUCCESS BEYOND THE BASELINE

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hen discussing the various projects monopolizing his time, Tom Shimada keeps coming back to the same word: Partner.

Much like his professional tennis career — during which he climbed as high as No. 40 in the world as a doubles specialist — Shimada seems to have a knack for building strong partnerships in business, as well.

The longtime Hilton Head Island resident’s business ventures include a role as president of Exton Properties, his family’s real estate company, and co-ownership of Kurama Japanese steakhouse on Hilton Head and ThincSavannah, a “co-working” space for freelancers, mobile workers and entrepreneurs.

Of course, Shimada has never strayed far from tennis since storming the youth circuit as a promising, young player in his native Philadelphia. The son of Japanese immigrants, Shimada turned pro right out of high school in 1993 and went on to represent Japan in the Davis Cup and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He also won three ATP doubles titles and was ranked in the world top 100 for all but one week of a span of four-plus years from February 2000 to July 2004.

Shimada still works as an instructor at Van Der Meer Tennis Academy once a week, specializing in working with promis-

ing, young Japanese players at the academy or touring pros from Japan who stop in while playing in the U.S. His wife, Miki, teaches QuickStart Tennis to players age 10 and under, and their daughters, ages 3 and 6, have taken up the sport.

The entrepreneurial spirit that has made Shimada successful in business — something he inherited from immigrant parents who chased and caught the elusive American dream — and his athletic background converged in March 2011, when he led a group of athletes who founded Mission A2J (Athletes Assisting Japan) to raise funds to help those affected by a massive earthquake and tsunami in his ancestral homeland. The group raised more than $200,000, Shimada said, with half going to the Red Cross’ relief efforts and the other half earmarked for helping to rebuild the athletic infrastructure in the affected area.

The impact of that work — as well as the magnitude of the disaster — hit home when Shimada and some of his associates from Mission A2J visited Japan over the summer.

“We got to visit the affected area,” Shimada said. “We saw some amazing stuff that people have done as far as getting things back to some sense of normalcy.”

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akota Sabados, a 17-yearold senior and honor student at Heritage Academy, has just received clearance to set off on another adventure. Whether it be the Florida Keys or the Outer Banks, Sabados can be there in a short time in his Cherokee 140.

“My dad and I like to fl y down to the Golden Isles in Georgia, borrow a crew car at the airport and drive over to Steak ‘n Shake for some burgers,” Sabados said. “Besides being a treat, the fl ight helped me accrue cross country hours that were necessary for my ratings.”

This all started when as a 4 year old, Dakota’s step-dad, George Darren, himself an accomplished pilot, began to take Dakota to Hilton Head Airport after picking him up from Montessori School. Dakota became enchanted with everything about aviation. He took his fi rst fl ight in a light plane at age 4 and was instantly hooked. By age 6, he knew all the integral parts of an airplane and why and how they fl ew. He could explain Bernoulli’s Principal in detail and did so at his fi rst 44 hiltonheadmonthly.com

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science fair while in elementary school. His fascination continued and he hungrily devoured everything associated with aviation.

It was midway through his 16th year that his dad surprised him one day by taking him to the airport and introducing him to Bill Shank, who would become his first instructor and the man responsible for Dakota attaining his private and instrument ratings.

Dakota received his private license shortly after his 17th birthday. He fulfilled all the requirements at 16; however, the FAA will not issue the license until an airman reaches the age of 17, thus making Dakota one of the youngest to ever achieve this status. He set his sights on an instrument rating and at this point his parents decided that it was cost effective to get him his own airplane.

Dakota went on to get his instrument rating three months later, making him possibly the youngest instrument rated pilot in the United States while still a very young 17. An instrument rating allows a pilot to navigate in the clouds and this rating is generally reserved for commercial pilots, although many general aviation pilots realize the importance and thus strive to attain this rating.

“My final goal was to be the youngest pilot ever to receive a commercial rating,” Sabados said.

“The FAA will not issue a commercial rating until a pilot reaches the age of 18. I was allowed to fulfill all the requirements save the commercial check ride while still 17. I needed 250 total hours along with various other requirements which I was able to achieve because I was fortunate enough to have my own plane.”

Dakota went on to attain his commercial rating, making him presently the youngest commercial pilot in the U.S. and one of a handful of known U.S. pilots to attain this rating at 18. He credits Scott Martin, a career aviator and test pilot for Gulfstream, with making his commercial license a reality. Dakota spent many hours in the air with Scott and his 19-year-old son Spencer, training together and finally reaching their goals in aviation.

Dakota has also received FAA endorsements in high performance aircraft and a tail dragger rating. He achieved these ratings in Scott’s 1930’s vintage Stearman bi-plane, which can be seen at various times performing aerobatics off the south end of the island.

“There is nothing quite like performing the ‘inside loop’ in

the Stearman,” says Dakota, as his eyes begin to sparkle at the very thought.

When he is not flying, Dakota plays lead and rhythm guitar with his dad’s 60s rock band, Flashback. He has been playing guitar since he was 11 and is also accomplished on the keyboards.

He also sang in many performances at the Hilton Head High School while there and last year inherited singing responsibilities with Flashback due to the departure of the band’s longtime lead singer. Dakota states that he has also had the privilege of sitting in with island favorites such as The Beagles and David Wingo to name a few and says music is his third great love, aviation being second.

When asked his first great love, he says without hesitation, “My mom, of course!” M

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or most graduates, a gap year is a chance to unwind after high school, take a breather before college, and maybe backpack around Europe. Nick Bergelt is not most graduates. Rather than rest on his laurels after graduating from HHIHS, he spent his gap year learning the ins and outs of the island’s complicated real estate development and sales worlds. For a start.

“It was the most important year of my life,” he said.

“Immersing myself in that world and being around people who have lived it and breathed it for years shaped my future.”

That “year off” jumpstarted a list of accomplishments for this remarkable young man that defy belief. The entrepreneurship program at USC’s Moore School of Business is enough to keep anyone busy, but Bergelt supplemented his scholarship by investing his real estate earnings in further development around campus, renting out housing to his fellow students. Despite the dizzying workload, being a full-time student and landlord was still not too much for Bergelt to

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handle. Not when there were loftier dreams to pursue.

“During my senior year I developed a concept for a sustainable restaurant,” he said. Having worked in the F&B industry around the island since his teens, Bergelt had years of experience in food service. And while your average busboy merely concerns himself with clearing a table, Bergelt was taking notes. “I always thought there were better ways they could be doing things.”

The result of his keen insights into sustainability and years of restaurant experience was World Oriental Kitchen (WOK), a LEED certified restaurant concept built from the ground up on Charleston’s famous King Street. People quickly took notice.

“In doing what I was doing, I got attention because Charleston was developing a green business community,” he said. “There was a city-wide push for sustainable business and I became kind of the poster boy for that.”

If you think running a successful restaurant was enough, you haven’t been paying attention. Bergelt was asked to sit on the board of the College of Charleston where he developed a sustainability in hospitality class. He taught two nights a week while running the restaurant. It would be four years before he finally took a vacation.

And by vacation, we of course mean he merely busied himself serving as a chairman of StartupSC and co-founding Free Lunch Friday, a national meeting of the top 100 entrepreneurs in cities across the

country. “We began with the 12 cities in major metropolitan areas with the biggest potential,” he said. “The long-range ideology is to morph it into an entrepreneurship university.” During his downtime he brought in American Airlines to sponsor his project. So, you know; standard vacation activities. But every prodigal son must by definition return, and Bergelt felt the allure of Hilton Head Island calling him home. The story of CharBar’s opening has been well documented, as has its immediate meteoric impact on the local restaurant scene.

“I knew the island didn’t have a high-end burger place.

I wanted to make it back and plant my stake in the ground,” he said. Bergelt attended HHCA until 8th grade, and found his chef through a chance encounter with former HHCA classmate Charles Pejeau online (“I was cruising through Facebook one night, not looking for a future chef, when this awesome picture of a burger shows up in my feed.

I look over at my fiancé and say, ‘I have to call him up.’”).

CharBar is currently building its legend here on the island, and while he plays his cards close to the vest, Bergelt hints that the island may just be the start of bigger and better things for the burgeoning burger brand.

“We can’t really talk about it,” he teased. Although off the record, rest assured big things are coming. Whatever happens next for CharBar, Bergelt’s brief but astounding history of success so far tells us that Hilton Head’s prodigal son is only getting started. M January 2014 47

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SHREDDING AT AGE 73

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on Cofall may not be as well-known as famed skateboarder Tony Hawk, but to some of his youngest students, he is just as daring.

The Hilton Head resident took up skateboarding 3½ years ago – when he visited a skatepark with his grandson.

Yes, this intrepid skater is 73, and on his first attempt on the board, went up in the air and fell flat on his back. There was only one thing to do.

“From then on I was determined I was going to learn this thing,” Cofall said. “I don’t give up and I intended to conquer skating. I ended up meeting a lot of kids and I now teach the young ones for Fuel.”

Fuel is synonymous with extreme sports, something that drives Cofall despite numerous resulting injuries. The company sponsors athletes in BMX, wind surfing, surfing, snowboarding, mountain biking and other wild endeavors.

“I’ve injured my wrist, hand, ribs, torn the retina in my eye and that’s just since I’ve been skating,” he said. “I just haven’t given up yet. It’s actually a little stupid, what I do, but mentally I feel I’m about 14 years old. Then I look in the mirror and I say ‘Oh, you, what are you doing?’”

Cofall, his wife, Kathy, and their two children moved to the island 35 years ago from Ohio.

“Kathy and I have been married 52 years and she doesn’t even come to the skatepark with me, which makes me kind of mad because all the other mothers are over there watching,” Cofall said laughing.

He also spends time with his grandson.

“My grandson and I are inseparable. We skate and do lots of things together. We ride motorcycles, I have a dirt bike and I go around the track with him,” said Cofall. “I raced in Ohio when I was in my 30s. I taught myself to ski. I’ve had sailboats, catamarans, participated in the senior games wind surfing. Now I’m learning to snowboard.”

Cofall read something that describes his efforts.

“Determination is the moment before you’re ready to do something incredibly stupid,” he said. “So when you’re standing on the top of the rim about 10 feet up in the air, that moment before you drop in, you’re determined.”

That doesn’t keep him from “dropping in” the skatepark in on the island or in Bluffton. He also gets a kick out of helping first-timers “I teach the kids how and I get quite a thrill when they first drop in.

They think it’s so cool.”

Has anyone tried to talk him out of this sport?

“Initially my kids and wife tried to talk me out of it. They say I’m crazy for doing it. I’m almost ready to give it up, but not yet,” Cofall said. “I see something I want to try and then I want to do it well.” M January 2014 49

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is mind, he says, churns up ideas 24/7.

His thoughts come so fast that he often moves on to the next sentence before fi nishing the last. By his own admission, he’s a workaholic.

Out of all this energy has arisen an amazing body of art created by Ralph Sutton.

“I’ve done everything,” Sutton said, over the past half century that he has wielded pen, brush and scissors going back to his high school days when he cranked out crazy cartoons that wound up in the school’s showcase.

“I’ve never done anything but art work” during his career, he added with satisfaction during a wide-ranging interview. “I never had a job.”

Sutton, who lives in Hilton Head Plantation, has been best known in recent years for the 3-Dimensional art pieces he produces behind glass in shadow boxes made just for them.

They feature familiar characters out of Disney, such as Mickey and Minnie Mouse, King Features’ Betty Boop and Popeye, Warner Brothers Tweety, Universal Press Syndicate’s Garfi eld, Mars and others.

He also has one for Cola-Cola.

The fi gures and scenery in the shadow boxes are made of a special paper that is dyed, not painted, to replicate the colors in their original form. He has a battery of 61 colors that can be used by the factory in China that makes them.

Sutton says the largest distributer of his 3-D art is Walgreen’s, which has over 7,000 drug stores around the country that stock them.

He also has other retail store chains that buy the 3-D products to distribute around their systems.

His latest venture in 3-D work has been creating adorable replicas of people’s dogs, usually illustrated with a quirky feature. These can be purchased at Legends sports store in Main Street Village on Hilton Head Island. Buyers have their choice of a ready-made shadow box of various breeds of dogs for $195 or may custom order one to be specially made of their own dog for $295 and up.

Jerry Glenn, father of Legends’ owner Lori Glenn, who helps out in the store, said those placing a custom order must submit a photo

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of their dog and are asked to tell Sutton about one characteristic of their pet.

“When one lady came in to pick up a custom shadow box of her dog, she cried,” Glenn said. “It was a little Pomeranian. She said it captured her dog.”

Among Sutton’s dog art is a sweet keeper he did of his own dog, Daisy.

Sutton also did the framed caricatures that fill one wall of the bar at Frankie Bones restaurant in Main Street Village which depict regular patrons with a few celebrities mixed in. He said the owner originally wanted to do a mural of a New York scene, but the wall was too small, so they turned to the idea of the caricatures. Sutton worked from photos the restaurant took of the regulars.

Bill and Carolyn Sprague, of Hilton Head, who are among the patrons featured on one of the drawings, she with a lot of teeth, said they enjoy seeing their likeness on the wall. “I wasn’t smiling, I was laughing,” she pointed out.

Other endeavors Sutton has under taken up over the years include logos, including the Mets, a favorite, promotion for a cruise line, a large poster for a young man’s bar mitzvah showing various highlights of his life, writing and illustrating children’s books and 3-D art of the Twin Towers in New York, which were leveled by two airplanes in a terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001.

Sutton does the Twin Towers as a fund-raiser for Tuesday’s Child.

He lets the promoters charge what they want and asks only to recover the cost of the boxes in which the art is framed.

Sutton’s art life began by drawing zany cartoons at Brookfield High School in Ohio, near the Pennsylvania border. He was born in Sharon, Pa. After graduation, he went to Youngstown State University in Ohio where he says he graduated

with the highest grade one can get in art after exhausting all the art courses the school had and made up some new ones. A huge honor was admission of one of his art works as a freshman in a major show at Butler American Art Institute. He was enlisted to teach commercial art and design after graduating in 1970, and taught both beginners and advanced students.

From there he branched out and founded an advertising agency in Youngstown with a friend from college that became the biggest in the area.

In the meantime, Sutton had married his wife of 44 years, Linda, in 1969 – “She’s wonderful, I love her to death” - and began visiting Hilton Head Island.

Thirty years ago, he and Linda moved to Hilton Head. “I just took off. I gave the agency (in Youngstown) to my partner and opened another one here.”

Sutton says he got started in his 3-D art when they were expecting their daughter, Kristen, who’s now 24 and working for her master’s in psychology.

“When my daughter wasn’t born yet, I did her room,” he explained. “I did one little piece and I thought, boy, I can cut this stuff out of paper and do it in 3-D. It was Minnie Mouse. And I started doing it and it took off. I have the original piece upstairs that I did for her. And I never framed it. I never put it in a frame.

“I have three patents on it and a trademark — China, Canada and here.

“I’m the only one in the country that does what I do in the way I do it,” he added. “Nobody has these.

There are only two other people out there who even come close to what I’m doing and they’re photographic. I can do what they do, but they can’t do what I do because this is all created” from scratch as fresh art.

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“This particular kind of art is very, very creative because you won’t see the thing until it’s done,” he explained. “I build it the way I see it, but you can’t see it until it’s finished.

Sutton began his long relationship with Disney on a visit to Walgreen’s buyers in Chicago with his former business partner, Fred Wynne, also of Hilton Head Island, to try to get the store chain to take on his new product. He said he sent samples of his shadow boxes to Chicago and Walgreen’s invited them to come to Chicago to meet with them. So they went.

“We walked into Walgreens…and we were sitting in our cubicle waiting for our turn to see the buyers and Fred and I had no idea what we were doing,” he recalled. “They came out to us — we had been waiting since 9 o’clock — to take us in the back. They took us into a room that had a giant conference table…and they had five people sitting at the conference table.”

Sutton and Wynne would learn the five had flown in from Disneyworld.

“They had all my stuff spread out that I had sent up and they said they hadn’t seen

a product like this in decades,” Sutton went on. “And I still remember him saying that.

So we got our first order from Disney. And I designed it.

“I said I’ll do Mickey through the ages.

So I did four Mickeys from when he was Steamboat Willie to the present. They bought all four of those.”

That deal with Disney, he said, was the first big job they had.

Over the years Sutton has met many celebrities — particularly in the sports and racing worlds — and done caricatures of them which he has asked them to sign for him. He smiles as he relates his experiences.

“I’m running around like a kid and meeting all these guys,” he said.

“They’re all so nice,” he added.

In football, he has collected all of the Mannings — Archie, Peyton and Eli. In tennis there are Vitas Gerulatis, Bjorn Borg, llie Natasse — and Chris Evert . He also has collected one from Jan Stevens, the golfer.

In auto racing, he has sketches of Richard Petty, and his son, Kyle Petty, from NASCAR , and Bobby Rahal, from Indy racing. He also has one of Arlen Ness, custom designer of

Harley Davidsons and one-of-a-kind motorcycles.

And many more.

“I love cars and motorcycles,” he declared.

His encounter with Chris Evert was particularly memorable. Sutton said he caught up with her at the last tournament she played at Sea Pines, which she won. “To show you how far back that was, the first prize was $75,000.

Now that’s up into the millions.” He said he did a caricature of her in advance and wanted to get her to sign it, but she wasn’t allowed to come out after the tournament.

The reason she couldn’t come out, he later learned, was there had been death threats.

So he was able to talk a guy guarding the entrance into taking it in to her.

“She signed it and sent it back out with a little note that said ‘Meet me in the parking before I get on the plane at 4:30,’“ he said.

“My wife and I are walking over there and here comes her and her mother — nobody else around — and I came up and I had the picture and she gave me a big hug and she said ‘You made me more voluptuous than I really am’ “Chris Evert was so nice.” M

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udley King moved to Hilton Head 30 years ago to get involved in the community, and that he did, wholeheartedly.

After establishing a successful career with Coca-Cola and spending the early years of his career moving often, he sought the opportunity to settle down and become involved in the community. He began to look for a business to purchase and found Plantation Interiors on Hilton Head.

Since then he has made philanthropy his full-time job for nearly 25 years. King has donated his time and talents to: Hilton Head Island Community Association, Arts & Cultural Council of Hilton Head, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce, The Children’s Center, Caring Coins Foundation, Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, and most recently Hilton Head Island Institute. To name a few.

He combines business savvy with compassion, a winning combination that has proved instrumental in many of the organizations he has assisted in getting off the ground.

King takes a hands-on approach. “It is the only way to get involved,” he says. “You are not fully aware of how an organization is run unless you get involved. It is a lot easier to make decisions and give advice if you are hands on.”

In 1989 King took part in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce Leadership program, an opportunity that would introduce him to many of the area’s charitable organizations and prove as the foundation for his calling to Lowcountry philanthropy.

Although he has dedicated his time to a multitude of charitable organizations in the Lowcountry, he has most notably been involved with Arts Center of Coastal Carolina and The Children’s Center.

King played a key role in the founding of the Self Family Arts Center, now known as Arts Center of Coastal Carolina. Serving as vice chairman and chairman of the Finance Committee and treasurer, King managed the financing and construction of the new building. In 2007 King was recognized as Volunteer of the Year, for contributing his time towards a successful wine auction, and undoubtedly the countless hours he devoted to ensuring the success of the organization over the years.

Due to his experience in building the arts center, King also played a crucial role in the construction of the new facility for The Children’s Center. In King’s own words, he “fell in love with the organization.”

“They care for kids six weeks to six years. A lot of kids grow up there.

Eighty percent of the families are need-based. The teachers have been there a long time. It is a real loving atmosphere.”

King has always sought to maintain a low profile, that’s the way he wants it. However, at the 2013 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce annual ball, King received the Alice Glenn Doughtie Good Citizenship Award. It was a recognition and credit that was incredibly well deserved.

“I’m not an up-front person. I respect those that do work in the spotlight, it’s just that I would rather help people behind the scenes,” said King.

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hen discussing telemarketing scams targeting Americans, longtime Hilton Head Island resident and real estate attorney, Herb Novit recently cautioned, “You get nothing for nothing.”

This traditional wisdom, so much a part of his Southern charm, came in handy recently when a man impersonating a deputy sheriff called him.

“He identifi ed himself as a ‘major’ and informed me that a warrant was out for my arrest. He said I had missed magistrate’s jury duty in Beaufort.”

To avoid immediate incarceration and pay the fi ne, he instructed Herb to buy two Green Dot prepaid debit cards for $1,000.

“Anyone who knows the card’s pin number and password can obtain the cash anywhere in the world,” Novit said.

But anyone who knows Herb should’ve known better: As a lawyer with good instincts and former naval offi cer familiar with military jargon, he knew that a deputy with the rank of “major” wouldn’t be delegated to night warrant serving duty. Herb’s second clue was the poor scammer’s mispronunciation of “Beaufort.” After summing up the situation with some amusement, Herb told the man, “Come and arrest me.” And when the scammer never showed up, he called the sheriff’s department.

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“Novit” is an abbreviation for what he noted as probably a much longer Russian surname.

His European ancestors arrived in America in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

“The port at Ellis Island was full, so they sent one of the ships to Charleston,” Novit said. “But my paternal grandfather, Zalin, didn’t know the difference.”

America was America.

Like most great American immigrant stories — part luck, part persistence, and a whole lot of hard work — his grandfather’s modest start as a peddler in the new market-driven economy paid-off when he opened Zalin’s Department Store, a family business that flourished in Walterboro.

In 1936, his mother, Rosalie Lipsitz, a Beaufort resident, and her husband, Harry Zalin of Walterboro moved and opened their own dry goods store in Belton, a small town southwest of Spartanburg. Herb was born a year later and what followed is an extraordinary story of personal sacrifice and heroism.

To help out during the Great Depression, 22-year-old Rosalie would take month-old Herbert to the store, balancing her work demands with his infant needs.

One day, after she had just fi ished dressing the storefront window and had stepped outside with Herb in his carriage to appraise it, a large black automobile jumped the curb and came barreling at his mother and baby carriage. In a split-second decision demonstrating indubitable love for her child, Rosalie shoved the carriage out of the way, saving her son but losing her life in return.

“After all these years, it still brings tears to my eyes to remember her sacrifice,” Herb reflected His family’s ageless values still reverberate today: when asked what gets him through hard

times, Herb replied, “Personal relationships; initiative; respect for others; the ability to stand up when you get knocked down; and hard work: spending as much time as it takes to get the job done.”

Herb first visited Hilton Head Island in 1966 after serving a stint in the Navy and finishing law school at the University of South Carolina. As a rising partner in Beaufort’s prominent Dowling Law Firm, “I drove back and forth to meet and work with Charles Fraser’s real estate sales and closing people in Sea Pines. Few permanent residents lived here, but I’ll never forget driving onto E. Beach Lagoon and seeing Francis Hipp’s enormous beachfront home. I couldn’t believe such grand homes existed in South Carolina!”

Francis, along with his brothers, Boyd Calhoun and Herman, built the Greenville-based Liberty Corporation, one of South Carolina’s premier insurance companies. Herb partnered with his friend and fellow attorney, Charles A. Scarminach in the early 1980s. He credits his loyal relationships with colleagues in an otherwise competitive, highpressure real estate law environment as vital to his success.

“I thoroughly enjoy practicing law on Hilton Head Island.

We strictly adhere to all ethical requirements and the interests of our clients, but we all get along well together.”

Herb permanently moved to the island in 1975.

“I’m lucky because I’ve had wonderful, supportive relationships with so, so many people, including my paternal aunt, Bessie Novit and her husband, Albert Novit, who raised me in Walterboro after my mother’s death. My family shaped my life — it’s hard to go anywhere in South Carolina and not find a relative!” M January 2014 57

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THE VOICE OF HILTON HEAD RADIO

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onty Jett’s first day broadcasting live on the radio was one he will never forget; in fact it was a day America will never forget.

He was 15 years old living in Denmark, South Carolina and had spent the last three months training for his first on-air broadcast by reading the U.S. News & World Report into a tape recorder. The station owner would critique Jett and let him know when he was trailing off, not articulating as he should be, or not pronouncing an ‘-ing,’ and so on.

After three months of rehearsing into a microphone Jett’s first, live, on-air moment was on November 22, 1963, the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

Fifty years and many music genres later, Jett is still doing what he loves and has completely tuned in to the community.

Jett is a true son of South Carolina and knows the area well.

Growing up in a small town then spending time establishing his career in Aiken, Sumter, Columbia, Charleston, and of course, Hilton Head, where he has spent the last 26 years with Adventure Radio Group/L&L Broadcasting.

Although Jett has been fortunate to have many career highlights and memorable moments, some are certainly more prominent than others. In 1999 Jett broadcast live on all seven stations while Lowcountry residents evacuated the area for Hurricane Floyd.

“Growing up in South Carolina I knew all the back roads well and was able to get them off of the interstate. I later received a letter from the Governor, and mayors from several towns thanking me for staying behind and providing the live broadcast. I think residents appreciated listening to a familiar voice when leaving town,” said Jett.

One of the biggest successes he has seen in his career is the growth and popularity of The Island AM1130/FM93.5. Since 1988 Jett had climbed as high as No. 2 and No. 3 by local ratings, however had not yet made it to the top spot on the charts, that is, until he got behind the mic for The Island AM1130/FM93.5. Broadcasting from 1-95 to Sea Pines, they implemented what Jett always knew to be true, “Be local, relate, play good music, give them news, traffic, weather, and tell them good stories. I have five children, so I certainly have a lot that people can relate to,” he said.

Although Jett keeps a busy schedule with work and family, rarely does a community event pass by, that you will not see Jett present.

He donates his time to local charitable organizations, rarely saying no. He is a strong supporter of United Way of the Lowcountry and Volunteers in Medicine. He also supports the Hilton Head Island Rec Center and the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry, as his children spent time there growing up.

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o say Coleman Peterson is a “go getter” is an understatement.

The retired Walmart executive serves on three corporate boards, is a published author, executive coach, public speaker and owns his own human resources consulting firm.

When it came to meeting his wife of almost 40 years, Peterson took the same approach: “Go get her.”

One fateful fall night in 1974, Cole noticed Shirley as the two waited for a flight from Atlanta to Chicago, where they both lived at the time.

“I thought she was absolutely stunning,” says Cole, who approached her when they landed in the Windy City and introduced himself.

“She looked at me like something she found in her salad.” But she must have seen potential in the young corporate executive, because she allowed him to give her a ride home. The two were engaged on Valentine’s Day 1975 and married that May. “He is one of the best guys you’ll ever, ever meet,” says Shirley, whose nickname is “Peaches.” “He is a wonderful man.”

Theirs is a typical Hilton Head love story. They bought a timeshare early in their marriage and vacationed here every spring. “We had such an emotional attachment to (Hilton Head),” Cole says. “As the kids told me later, the reason they loved Hilton Head Island is because it was the one dedicated time of year when they would have me all to themselves.” The hardworking father already had put in 20 years in corporate America when he took a position with Walmart in 1994.

They moved to the company’s headquarters in Arkansas and Cole told Shirley if she’d give him 10 years there, he’d retire wherever she wanted to live.

As that 10-year mark inched closer, the couple visited several areas of the country looking for the perfect community in which to spend the next phase of their lives. But it turned out they were searching for something they’d already found. “I came home one day and my wife said, ‘I don’t know why we’re traveling all over the place; I absolutely love Hilton Head, and that’s where I want to live.’”

Shirley has wasted no time getting involved in island life. She is active on the board of the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, and is the fund development committee chairman for Mitchelville Freedom Park.

In her free time, the former counselor mentors high school students transitioning to college.

Meanwhile her husband, who was credited with managing Walmart’s workforce through one of its largest and fastest periods of growth while simultaneously bringing more women and people of color into leadership positions, has settled into what his children call “faux retirement” by sitting on the corporate boards of J.B. Hunt Transport of Lowell, Ark., Build-A-Bear Workshop of St. Louis, and Cracker Barrel Restaurants of Lebanon, Tenn.

“A lot of people say, ‘Cole, you retired at 57, why’d you retire from such a great job?’” he says. “But the job didn’t define me; there were a lot more things I wanted to do in life.” M January 2014 61

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risztian Lonyai’s life reads like a manual for risk-taking. If you have an idea, share it. If you have a passion, pursue it. If you meet someone who can teach you something, learn it.

And if you find love, follow it.

Krisztian, who moved to the area eight years ago, is an internationally acclaimed photographer, with a very impressive portfolio.

He’s been taking photos of some of the biggest names and brands of the fashion world and show business, including names such as L’Oreal Paris, Iris Strubegger (topmodel), Marc Jacobs, US Cosmopolitan, Sony, Warner Music, Elle, Glamour and actor Mark Pellegrino.

Krisztian studied economics following the guidance of his family.

“My grandmother was a math genius, and I really think as I didn’t know what to do, I was just trusting their advice, but from early on I felt it wasn’t my calling.”

After completing his studies he quickly turned his back on economics and started to explore life.

“I did lots of different things, but I think the first time I felt I’m in the right place was in ‘97 when I started to work for GQ as their photo editor.”

By this time he was taking photos himself but wasn’t considering doing it as his profession. That two year stint as a photo editor ended, but Krisztian quickly rebounded in the very different field of interior design.

“I actually felt it wasn’t that far away. It was still about creating, art and esthetics, and I really enjoyed the very relaxed way all these fantastic designers approached every project they worked on.

Probably I would have stayed in interior design, if I wouldn’t have felt that I needed to do something on my own.”

And that willingness led him to send his photos to the then marketing director of Warner Music.

“They gave me a newly signed band to shoot, and they ended up using my photos for their first album. That really jump-started my career, and quickly I became one of the most requested photographers in the music business.”

As years passed Krisztian expanded his horizon taking photos for various magazines and clients.

“I really like to capture people’s beauty,” Lonyai says.

Eight years ago Krisztian fell in love and followed his heart to South Carolina. Though he misses Budapest, he likes living in the States.

“I came to know some fantastic people here, and even thought I consider now this as my home and I love Americans, I”ll alway be a Hungarian living in the States. I love my heritage, and am very proud of where I come from. My country reflects who I am as well as my friends and family.” M

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hen Kristen Karszes started college, her goal was to become a

doctor.

“I made it through my freshman year (at the College of Charleston) and my English professors kept saying I should be an English teacher,” she said. “Then I had to take organic chemistry. I called my dad (a chemist) nightly in tears.

“So, when my dad asked me what I see when he said ‘helium,’ I said I see a red balloon and I’m running through a fi eld. He told me to change to English.”

She did however, go on to study business administration at The Citadel, then married and moved to Amarillo, Texas, where she found she was “overqualifi ed and under-paid.”

She taught school in Texas for several years, then got divorced and moved to Hilton Head because her parents were in Atlanta and “after the College of Charleston and The

Citadel, I loved South Carolina.”

She then moved to Hilton Head Island and became an English teacher.

For her students at Hilton Head High, it was a good decision.

Karszes, an English teacher at the school, was recently named the 2013 Beaufort County Teacher of the Year.

“It was a bit overwhelming,” she said. “I don’t even know it’s sunk in totally yet.”

The process to become Teacher of the Year was arduous.

Candidates are nominated by their school’s faculty and staff.

A selection committee reviews the applications and the fi ve with the highest scores are named fi nalists.

“The very fi rst day of school the superintendent came in and announced I was one of top fi ve for the district,” she said.

The winner was announced at a breakfast in September.

“My mom went with me and she said, ‘Are you dressed

OK?’ and I said it didn’t matter because I wasn’t going to win.

Some of the other fi nalists were nervous, but I was going to eat and enjoy the day.

“Then we went up and then they called me name!”

One of the huge perks of being Teacher of the Year is the use of a new car during the year’s reign.

“They took me outside to pick out the car (she chose a 2013 Cadillac CTS) and then went back to school and had a parade of champions.

“They (the car dealership) are incredible,” she said. “It shows the community that they really support teachers.”

So what does Karszes do that makes her special?

To start, she teaches students at various levels of competency.

“I do get kids who are behaviorally challenged and I get them to buy into learning. The passage rates have risen rapidly.”

It’s not an easy job.

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BY SALLY MAHAN PHOTO BY W PHOTOGRAPHY “Over the years teaching is one job that gets harder every year, and the longer you do it, it should become easier,” she said. “We’re almost like engineers. Education has been around forever but we’ve had to change out product and it has to be able to excel and move our world and country forward.

“Technology is a mixed blessing,” she said. “The kids have so much more knowledge. The way they learn has changed. That can be frustrating because it’s hard to keep up. It takes up so much time I get up sometimes at 2 in the morning to grade papers.”

So what makes it worth it?

“One kid in particular had his head down during a writing assignment. I asked him to please practice one more time and he went to town. And the essay was all about me! He’s a senior and doing fabulously.

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ife plays funny tricks sometimes. One day you’re running a small landscaping business, the next you’re a well-known television personality.

For Tim “Treeboy” Bush, life has been fi lled with unexpected twists and turns.

Bush, who now lives on Hilton Head Island with his wife, Roberta, has his roots in Indianapolis.

When he got out of high school, he worked for the Indy Parks & Recreation Department. He spent 18 years there doing a variety of jobs, including being a seasonal laborer, mowing lawns and learning about horticulture.

“I just read constantly,” he said. “I wanted to know every tree I cut around.”

He would later transfer to the city nursery. “I was there for six or seven months and somehow I became the person to run the nursery and forestry division.”

Meanwhile, he attended Purdue University. After a stint as manager of a large Indianapolis park, he went on to become the manager of Eagle Creek Park.

Over time he got into the sports marketing fi eld, working for the city of Indy on the Pan Am games.

Ultimately what he wanted to do was start a landscaping business called Treeboy.

“I’m just a guy who likes to be outside with the trees and didn’t want to be in meetings with a tie on.

“I wanted to name it Bush Landscaping, but another business had it, so Treeboy it was,” Bush said. “I didn’t mean it to become a moniker.”

But a moniker it became.

His appearances on a local TV news program led to him becoming a regular, and since the name of his business would be right under his name on TV, people started calling him Treeboy. “It makes a much better nickname that a business name,” he said, laughing.

As he branched out, his segments took off and people started to recognize him.

“The next thing I know I’m a general assignment reporter; I went to Sydney to cover the Olympics and to Houston to cover a space fl ight, and people just started accepting me as Treeboy.”

After a few other zigs and zags, he landed on Hilton Head.

“We always had a dream to live here,” he said.

And even though he’s “retired,” Bush builds garden center displays, repurposes and builds furniture and more.

“I still have quite a bit of fi re in the belly,” he said. “It’s like the dog who chases the car every day and when he catches it he doesn’t know what to do with it.”. M

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n avid cyclist, Joan Lemoine has logged miles through the rolling pastoral beauty of Vermont and even through the subtropical peaks and valleys of Vietnam. But there is one trail that daunts even her, right here on the island.

“I stay away from the leisure trails during tourist season,” she said with a laugh. True, the trails may get slightly congested during the peak season, but Lemoine can share at least part of the credit for their immense popularity. As president of Kickin’ Asphalt, she was part of a group that worked with the town on creating our island’s network of trails and building our reputation as a bike-friendly community.

“We’ve seen a tremendous growth in bicycle interest,” she said. “Our members are bike ambassadors.”

But Lemoine doesn’t just set her sights on changing the world of recreational cycling. Through her work with the World Affairs Council of Hilton Head, she

has her sights set on changing the world as we know it. The WACHH is an affi liate of the World Affairs Council of America, “the largest non-profi t grassroots organization in the United States, dedicated to educating and engaging Americans on global issues” according to its website.

Lemoine was recently named executive director of the WACHHI, due in no small part to the many campaigns she spearheaded while serving as administrative director. Along with keeping track of the growing membership of the council, currently around 800 members strong, Lemoine was also instrumental in setting up the guest speaker program with notables such as John Huntsman and Stephen Kinzer, who will appear on the island in January to discuss his book Reset. She also oversees the academic world quest, a reach out to the younger generation that has proven immensely popular.

“It’s like a college bowl quiz for students on international affairs,”

she explained. “This was the second year we sent our winning team to Washington to compete nationally.”

“I was always interested in the geopolitical aspects of international affairs,” she said. “In my previous career I had overseen study abroad programs, so I was familiar with those issue.”

That previous career includes distinguished turns as director of student services for Indiana University East (Lemoine is a graduate of IU and, thus, a rabid basketball fan), dean of students at Western Connecticut State University, dean of academic and student affairs at Rutgers University, and most recently vice chancellor for student affairs at USCB. “I always considered myself an educator outside the classroom,” she said.

In or out of the classroom, anyone looking to change the world or just change their town could learn a lesson from Joan Lemoine. M January 2014 65

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lizabeth Cale has meticulously organized an archive of current events spanning more than fi fty years.

Cale, a Hilton Head Island waitress, can pull a binder from her bookshelf and show a diary she kept of the 1962 New York Yankees, then turn to her left and from another bookshelf show a book of newspaper clippings chronicling the entire Vietnam War. Bookshelves of historical novels and hundreds of subjects of interest line the walls of her Hilton Head Island home. “My collection began on the night of the JFK inauguration and I’ve never stopped,” she said.

As a child Elizabeth was enamored with the Kennedys and collected every piece of information that she could get her hands on.

She opened a meticulously organized binder to show a New York Herald Tribune newspaper clipping of JFK’s inauguration and a photograph of Jackie Kennedy on the cover of Life Magazine.

A prized possession is a Sotheby’s auction catalog from

the sale of Kennedy memorabilia.

She has cassettes and DVDs of interviews with the former president and fi rst lady. A bookshelf in her home is fi lled with “only the best books” that she has found on the family.

Cale’s fascination with JFK led to an interest in presidential history and she has accumulated newspaper clippings and books about every president ever since.

On her shelves are thousands of books, newspaper and magazine clippings and memorabilia that are meticulously organized into an archive of her life.

“The entire house is my collection of history,” Cale said.

She showed a section of books on Teddy Roosevelt and a postcard signed from President George Bush.

“I am very interested in the 911 attacks and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.”

Other subjects include Revolutionary War stories, Civil War memorabilia and a wall of shelves on South Carolina history.

She’s organized a binder chronicling how money has

changed throughout her lifetime, including a collection of gas ration stamps used during World War II, Russian currency from 1947 and a piece of a British shilling from 1691.

“My collection started with me collecting storylines of current events,” Cale said. “Now I keep track of anything local, people that I know and stories that I think might become big news. I’m really interested in the A-section of the papers; war, fi nance and things like that.”

“I can’t start my day without my newspapers,” Ms. Cale said, explaining that her daily routine begins at 2 a.m. and includes daily procurement of the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Island Packet. She estimates that she spends roughly $17,000 per year on newspapers. “It’s my passion,” she said.

Closest to her reading chair is a collection of books written by her mother, the author Doris Gumbach, who is 95 years old and was a founding member of The Lead Pencil Society and former professor at Iowa Writers Workshop. Cale’s collection includes her mother’s handwritten letters from John McCain and the poet Alan Ginsberg.

A frame on the wall is a showcase for old baseball pins, including hall of fame players Lou Gehrig and Dizzy Dean.

A visit to Pennsylvania Amish Country launched an interest into Amish history. She has chronicled every newspaper clipping she could fi nd on NFL concussions and head trauma since 2007.

“I’m currently following about 200 storylines,” she said. Medal of Honor recipients, terrorism, religion, black history, aviation and submarines each have a special section on her famous bookshelves. M

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DRIVE FOR REINVENTION

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orn in Czechoslovakia’s Bratislava, a port city on the Danube River, Ladislav (Ladd) Toth said, “Change was the name of the game from childhood: Munich Pact, World War II, the German military occupation followed by the Soviet occupation and ensuing takeover. The Czech and Slovak people had to constantly adjust to changing conditions.”

Ladd worked in the textile trade, developing new designs, technology and

products. Part of his job included importing industrial machinery from Austria and West Germany — the other side of the Iron Curtain, the ideological and military barrier erected by the former Soviet Union.

“I knew what life was like outside the Iron Curtain,” Toth said. “I had a taste of freedom.”

During the Prague Spring of 1968, the movement to democratize Socialism in Czechoslovakia, totalitarian ideologies started to thaw.

“The Soviets didn’t like it,” Toth said. And when the tanks rolled into the country, exile became appealing. “The Warsaw Pact armies of Russia, East Germany, Bulgaria, Poland, and Hungary invaded our country. It was the signal for us to escape to the other side of the fence, 30 miles up the Danube River to Wien.”

And so the Toths planned a ski trip to Austria, a “vacation” that became their ticket to freedom. On January 6, 1969 Ladd, Anna, and their fi ve-year-old son, Rastislav, boarded a train for Wein-Astria.

It was a daring stunt with Russian soldiers standing nearby. In the end, over 100,000 Czechoslovakians left the country and became political refugees abroad.

After a few months, the Toths immigrated to the City of London, Ontario, south of Toronto.

“We started our new lives without friends, relatives or money — only a few words of English and a big appetite to succeed and create better opportunities for our son.”

Soon, Ladd and a partner opened their own printing business.

“I’ve always created and designed things; I wanted to open my own business.”

Twelve years later, his partner bought him out and with the earnings he moved to Walterboro and built a 25,000-square-foot facility in the Industrial Park with his son Rastislav. As a result, Governor Carroll A. Campbell Jr., named Toth the 1991 South Carolina Ambassador for Economic Development.

“We specialized in printing transfer branding labels for rubber products such as hoses, belts and tires. Our main customers were Dayco, Gates, Goodyear, Goodrich and others.”

In 1999 Ladd sold Trimark Labels to the multinational, multi-billion-dollar NYSE company, ITW. His company is still running well, creating new opportunities for locals and employing some of the original employees.

“I left my baggage on the other side of the ocean and came to the New World with nothing but a small suitcase and desire to create something of my own. You cannot buy this feeling: it fuels your initiative, hard work, and sacrifi ce.”

The same spirit of reinvention built America and continues to inspire Ladd in his most recent challenge: retirement.

“After retiring, I suddenly felt a vacuum. So I started handcrafting fi ne leather goods — holsters, travel bags and purses. Each time I make a bag, I get a bag full of enjoyment.” Orders for custom made items are welcome. M January 2014 67

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ajor Short was surprised when he received a phone call from the National Four-String Banjo Hall of Fame. He was notifi ed in the spring that he would be inducted into the Hall of Fame, despite him never owning — or playing — a banjo.

“It’s weird,” Short said. “They called up out of the blue and said you’re going to be in the Banjo Hall of Fame. I’ve never heard of it.

Most people haven’t.”

Short is the last living member of the band Somethin’ Smith and the Redheads. The band is credited with bringing the banjo back into popular culture.

In 1950, Smith and the Redheads traveled the country with a musical comedy nighclub act. Somethin’ Smith sang main vocals and played the banjo, Saul Striks played piano and Short played the double bass. Short

also wrote most of the parodies the band performed.

The act led to a recording of the band’s most popular song, “It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie,” which reached the top ten on the Billboard Top 100 in 1955. It stayed in the top 25 for six months.

“I heard it all the time on the radio,” Short said. “They were playing that record here when I moved to Hilton Head in 1994.”

They recorded four albums under the Epic record label.

The band led a very successful career performing on shows including the Ed Sullivan Show and the Arthur Godfrey Show and at nightclubs including the Copacabana in New York and Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans.

“When we were in the business, we traveled,” Short said. “We were on the road most of the time. It gets old and that’s why we quit

the business.”

After traveling with the band, Short landed in Florida, then moved to South Dakota to be a radio station owner until he left the business in 1979. He also lived in California before moving to Hilton Head.

The National Four-String Banjo Hall of Fame is in Oklahoma City. The board of directors makes up to four nominations each year in fi ve categories. Somethin’ Smith and the Redheads were inducted in May for their promotion of the banjo.

Short and his wife, who died in November, made the trip to Oklahoma for the ceremony in May. “It’s a beautiful museum,” Short said. “They have dozens of very fi ne banjos, some of the them extremely elaborate, and of course banjo is real American music because it was invented in the United States.” M

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EDUCATION

WHEN IT COMES TO FINDING THE PERFECT SCHOOL...

knowledge is power KNOWLEDGE IS POWER — THIS INSIGHT IS AT LEAST FOUR CENTURIES OLD, FORMULATED BY PHILOSOPHER FRANCIS BACON DURING THE ENLIGHTENMENT.

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is statement has lost nothing in terms of relevance and signifi cance: Knowledge is power, and education is the fundamental precondition for political development, democracy and social justice.

The phrase is also true when it comes to selecting an institution of learning. Any school can dazzle you with a sales brochure. It’s standard practice to show you the well-manicured grounds of some hallowed school, across which walk the attractive smiling students on their way to become more well-rounded people.

But when it comes right down to it, you want to see what this school can do for your child. You want proof that by sending your young learner to this or that institution, they are going to come out the other end a better, well-educated person.

So we asked some area schools to skip the brochure and show us the results: Those students who had graduated and gone on to greater things. You can imagine how hard it was for them to pick just one, but they all came through.

On the following pages you’ll see fi rst-hand the possibilities a higher level of education can bring.

ALEX MACDONALD St. Francis Catholic School • About the school: Since opening its doors in 1995 to its fi rst group of early childhood students, St. Francis Catholic School has experienced phenomenal growth. The school now serves nearly 200 students from the greater Hilton Head Island–Bluffton area. The campus encompasses three academic buildings – which include a large library and newly updated science and computer labs.

• Featured alumni: Alex MacDonald, sophomore at The Citadel • At SFCS: I attended SFCS beginning in PreK at the age of 4 and graduated from the 8th grade in 2008. My years at SFCS helped me to grow academically, athletically and spiritually. From weekly mass to middle school basketball, the school helped to raise me into a wellrounded, disciplined person. I was fortunate to excel in the classroom through hard work by myself and the teachers that I was able to enter Hilton Head Island High School with numerous awards and high placement in the high school’s advanced classes.

• After SFCS: In high school I again excelled academically, athletically and spiritually. Upon graduation I was awarded several scholarships, had earned seven varsity letters for athletics, and maintained a relationship with God through Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the St. Francis Youth Group. I now attend The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina in Charleston. Through the disciplines that helped mold me, starting at St. Francis, I have been able to earn Dean’s List, compete as a key member of the schools rugby club as a SOCON AllStar, and hold the ranks of Company Clerk and Battalion Clerk, the two highest ranks held by sophomores in the whole school.

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EDUCATION Darby War D | Cross Schools • About the school: Located in the heart of Bluffton, Cross Schools was established in 1998. In 1999, the school opened its doors with seven children. Since then, the school has expanded into a new facility and currently serves approximately 440 children in preschool through eighth grade. In addition to its day school program, Cross Schools also offer after school and summer camp programs.

• Featured alumni: Darby Ward, sophomore at Clemson University • At Cross Schools: Ward, like most 8th grade students, studied advanced classes at Cross Schools. When she started at Bluffton High School, she had already earned high school credits and most of her stud ies were advanced placement classes. Having attended Cross Schools in 1st through 8th grades, Ward not only had a strong educational founda tion, she also learned leadership skills, self-confidence, and how to be an individual. The small classes and tight-knit community at Cross Schools allowed her to not only excel in high school, but to explore other inter ests through Cross’ community service and Christian value focus.

• After Cross Schools: During Ward’s junior year in high school, she started taking classes at the Technical College of the Lowcountry, as part of her advance placement classes. When she graduated from high school and started at Clemson University, she had enough college credits to start her freshman year as a sophomore student. At Clemson, Darby is a Division I Athlete on the Clemson Rowing Team, the Rowing Team Manager, is involved with the Navigators (a Christian Organization), and is a talented photographer.

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EDUCATION Jack Qualey

| Asheville School

• About the school: Located in the West Asheville, Asheville School was established in 1900. It is a co-ed boarding school with students from all over the United States and the world. Fifty-three boarding students from grades 5-12 were enrolled that first year. A century later, Asheville School has a diverse co-educational student body, remaining true to its founders’ vision of a small boarding school where students come to learn, build last ing friendships and receive an education that goes far beyond the classroom.

• Featured alumni: Jack Qualey, freshman at College of Charleston • At Asheville School: Qualey, like all Asheville School students, participated in a rigor ous academic environment while also taking part in a variety of extracurricular activities.

Asheville School greatly prepared Qualey for college, while also allowing him to develop life long relationships with his fellow students and teachers. He participated in a variety of activities including varsity swimming, the school musical, cross country, and mountain eering. Jack spent most of his time at Asheville School in the mountaineering program by going on kayaking, mountain biking, and rock climbing trips. Qualey was a strong leader and became very passionate about the mountaineering program and ended up receiving the Pop Hollandsworth Mountaineering Award during his senior year. The small, close knit community of Asheville School taught Qualey the importance of honor through the schools strict honor code, and also taught him to work hard in school while also striving to be well-rounded by exploring a variety of activities offered by the school.

• After Asheville School: Qualey attended the University of Vermont where he intended to major in Parks, Recreation, and Toursim. At the end of his first semester he decided to come back south in order to study marine biology and be where he can sea kayak. Jack was involved in the outing club, RUF (a Christian organization), and intramural broomball while at UVM.

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EDUCATION r eid d ’a mico

| Hilton Head Preparatory School

• About the school: Approaching its 50th anniversary, Hilton Head Preparatory School was established as the preeminent private school on Hilton Head Island in 1965. With an annual enrollment of 400 students in grades JK through 12, 100 per cent of Hilton Head Prep’s graduates are accepted into many of the top colleges and universities around the country.

• Featured alumni: Reid D’Amico, junior at Duke University • At Hilton Head Prep: Like all middle and upper school students at Hilton Head Prep, D’Amico was required to participate in Science Fair every year. Under the guid ance of Science Chair Tina Webb-Browning, D’Amico’s interest in environmental science was nurtured, leading him to follow a path of science and research in col lege. After winning a number of awards at the local, regional and state levels, he competed at the highest level – the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair – all four years of his high school career. Intel ISEF is the world’s largest international pre-college science competition, where more than 1,600 high school students from over 70 countries showcase their independent research and compete for more than $4 million in awards. After a fourth place finish at Intel ISEF as a freshman, D’Amico narrowed his field of interest to renewable resources and, as a senior, he built plant microbial fuel cells and discovered a way to create electricity between plants and bacteria interacting in soil. His project earned him a second place spot for one of Intel ISEF’s Special Awards. After earning the highest marks on his AP exams as a high school senior, D’Amico was exempt from many of the science classes required in Duke University’s engineering school. D’Amico also served on the Student Council for four years, including student body president during his senior year. This experi ence gave him the opportunity to hone his public speaking and leadership skills.

• After Hilton Head Prep: Now in his junior year at Duke University, D’Amico is studying biomedical engineering and genome & science policy, focusing on tissue, cellular and molecular engineering and bio materials and bio mechanics. He is cur rently working on two projects in the areas of tissue engineering and epigenetics using stem cells. D’Amico plans to continue his research, ultimately obtaining a PhD in biomedical engineering, focusing on regenerative medicine.

Walter

Wilkins

| Sea Pines Montessori Academy

• About the school: SPMA is a private, non-profit school serving families from Hilton Head Island and Bluffton since 1968. The school offers prepri mary, primary, elementary and middle school programs spanning educa tion for children from 18 months to 8th grade.

• Featured alumni: Walter Wilkins • After Sea Pines Montessori School: Wilkins graduated SPMA in 1978 and graduated high school in 1991. For college, he attended the University of South Carolina and got his degree in business administration/marketing in 1995. After college, he traveled the United States and Central America extensively. After meeting his wife on Hilton Head, the two decided to make the Lowcountry home again. They started a website development company and Walter joined Charter I Commercial Realty. They have a 2 1/2-year-old son West that now goes to SPMA, proving how multi-generational the school is. Why did they choose SPMA? “We wanted a great foundation for West’s education. Talking with the other parents we liked what we heard.

When we toured the school and met faculty and teachers we were con vinced it would be a great start for him. We have been extremely pleased with the results so far.”

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Bea Ufort

• About the university: S USCB is a baccalaureate member of the University of South Carolina system serving the southeast coast of Georgia and South Carolina. Since 2002, USCB has more than doubled its academic degree programs and its full time equivalent student population, added on-campus housing serving 500+, joined the NAIA Sun Conference, and fielded confer ence and national award winning Sand Shark athletes in nine sports. The uni versity’s two campuses serve a diverse student body of 1,800 students.

in the spotlight: Brandon

J. Cosley, ph. d., an assistant professor of psychology at USCB, conducts research on how people respond to and cope with threat. His findings help to shape projects involv ing health, cognition, discrimination, economics and the environment. He is collaborating with Dr. John Salazar, director of USCB’s hospitality institute, and Dr. Lori Dickes at Clemson University’s Strom Thurmond Institute in seeking a five year community research and development grant to study economic development in South Carolina’s coastal communities. The research team would monitor the building of collaboration among community economic developers to identify strategies that encourage more sustainable development. eri C W. Montie, ph. d.,

an assistant professor of biology at USCB, is conducting research into the neurobiology of marine organisms. One study he’s conducting involves determining the effects of noise pollution on the drum family of fish in the May River and the Caliabogue and Port Royal Sound estuaries in Beaufort County.

He and his research team want to determine how noise-pollution affects the spawning practices of the fish. Their findings will help to predict growing or declining fish populations in a region known for its vitally important recreational fishing industry.

Kasia pa Wele K, ph. d., an assistant professor of mathematics, is leading a research team at USCB that is collaborating with Beaufort County Mosquito Control on a study intended to help curtail the spread of West Nile virus in the region.

Dr. Pawelek has extensive experience in infectious-disease modeling. Her research focuses on developing math ematical models to study the spread of diseases caused by West Nile, Influenza and other viruses. The goal of the study is to develop optimum methods of controlling the population of mosquitoes that carry the life-altering disease.

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THRIFT

Hidden treasures await at thrift, consignment shops SECONDHAND NOW CHIC AROUND THE LOWCOUNTRY he Great Recession era has been generally awful for housing values and job prospects but has resulted in a boon for secondhand stores across the country. According to the National Association of Resale Professionals, the number of resale stores increased seven percent in each of the past two years. Much of the recent growth can be attributed to young shoppers, many of whom are passing on trips to the mall in favor of thrift stores. About 20 percent of people shop in thrift stores regularly, compared with about 14 percent in 2011.

At some point during the recession and its lingering aftermath, Gen Y, the youth demographic burdened with huge student loans and an awful job market, realized that perhaps paying $30 for a new T-shirt was unwise. It certainly was not sustainable. Young shoppers may have fi rst turned to thrift stores out of necessity or desperation, but by now, they’re more likely to view secondhand shopping as sensible — even cool.

Secondhand fi nds suit young consumers who want to stand out and make a statement. People today take pride in being individual and unique, in setting trends versus following them. With so much sameness at traditional retailers, one way to achieve this kind of originality is by buying retro and vintage items that are no longer in production.

The quality of merchandise found at secondhand stores has also improved.

Shoppers today, it seems, are reaping the benefi ts of years of overconsumption. The donations delivered to thrift stores often come directly from the overstuffed closets of the rich, or at least people who once shopped like they were rich — and who barely wore the clothes before passing them on to the secondhand market.

A thrift store is only as good as the people who supply it, and as luck would have it the well-to-do on Hilton Head and Bluffton have plenty of fancy stuff they are constantly getting rid of. Shopping the area’s secondhand stores requires some foraging skills, but the bounty of castoffs is well worth it.

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THE CHURCH MOUSE

THE CHURCH MOUSE These three beautiful pieces of vintage jewelry are all sterling silver with turquoise and precious stone in-lays. All premium jewelry is appraised by a local jeweler and the shop offers a 50 percent discount from the manufacturer’s suggested retail price.

The Church Mouse remains a Christ-centered ministry whose proceeds support Christian missions and outreach.

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ST. FRANCIS THRIFT SHOP St. Francis Thrift Shop manager Hal Wieland displays a lamp, circa 1905, that was recovered from the paddle wheel steamer the “Larchmont” which on Feb. 12, 1907, collided with another ship off Block Island and sunk. Only eight passengers survived with more than 143 perishing.

Captain George McVey claims he was the last to leave his sinking ship but surviving passengers claimed the captain and his crew were in the very first rstlifeboat, lifeboat,leaving leavingthe thepassengers passengersto to fi fend for themselves. The lamp is for sale for $70. “You never know what will come through our doors in the way of curious donations,” Wieland said.

ST. FRANCIS THRIFT SHOP

During the past 15 years our faithful donors, customers and volunteers have enabled us to distribute more than $1.5 million in grants to local charities.

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THE LITTER BOX This fabulous set of four Fabergé crystal votive candle holders are offered for $149.

Each votive has been hand-cut and signed, making them truly one of a kind. An extremely rare set, this is just one of the treasures you can fi nd any given day at The Litter Box. Great selection and great savings – all for a great cause. All proceeds go to improve the lives of animals.

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HOSPICE COMMUNITY THRIFT This dollhouse was rescued off a truck. The gentleman who donated it was taking it to the dump.

Hospice Community Thrift has been rehabbing old, donated dollhouses for many years, and to date has earned close to $4,000 renewing and furnishing them.

This hand-crafted house has a price tag of $50.

HOSPIC COMMUNIT E Y THRIFT

We have been open for approximately ten years, and have been very fortunate to receive many lovely donations from our community which has enabled us to be very successful.

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BRIDAL LEAH MCCARTHY Weddings with Leah leah@weddingswithleah.com

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

JEWELRY STORES ARE BUZZING WITH EAGER GUYS READY TO POP THE QUESTION.

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irls typically want to have some say in the chosen ring. According to 2010 study by Tacori, a diamond leader, found that 70 percent of women do want to have some part of the selection process.

The engagement ring is supposed to last forever, so that usually means she wants to be happy with the final outcome.

In meeting with a couple yesterday, the groom stated that the most important part of his decision in selecting his finance’s ring, was the salesman behind it.

“He was so helpful and educated me on all of my options,” stated Ross Hebert, recently engaged. “It made such a difference to have a trusted source that gave me my options and was able to customize the final ring.”

Gentlemen, if you are ready to start shopping, don’t worry if you haven’t brushed up on the education of the 4 C’s when selecting a diamond.

Jennifer Lance of Heritage Fine Jewelers says, “We are happy to educate people on cut, clarity, color and carat size,” she adds, “we have the knowledge and make sure he has a comfort level when selecting a stone.”

A lot of emphasis is placed on the size of

the ring, but quality of the stone is just as important.

Harold Weinstein’s webpage, a gem laboratory, states that while clarity is frequently assumed to be the most important factor of all the “C’s,” in facto color and cut have a more profound affect on the visual appearance of a diamond.

Purchasing from a local store not only supports local businesses, but it helps in the personalization and education of such a big purchase.

Local businesses are aware of online and chain store competition, so their prices are competitive and their service is more personal.

Typically, the average engagement ring is anywhere from $3,500-$5,000. The old rule of guys spending three times their average monthly salary is out the door.

“The guy needs to be comfortable with what he is spending,” Lance suggests.

Even though the girl wants to have some say-so in her diamond, she usually wants the proposal to be a complete surprise. If you want the ring to be a complete surprise too, take a ring that she may wear on her same finger to the jeweler to be sized.

“Usually the size of the girl doesn’t cor-

relate to the size of her knuckles,” Lance mentions, “so air on the side of larger vs. smaller.”

And ladies, purchasing your guys wedding band is just as important.

You will want to select a band that he will wear and be comfortable wearing. Talk to your guy about his wishes, his style, and take his career and hobbies into careful consideration.

If he works with his hands, consider a sturdy metal such as titanium and tungsten vs. platinum or gold which can get scratched easily.

Don’t wait too long to get your wedding bands. Minimum would be two months before your wedding.

She is going to be flashing her new “bling” for years to come so prepare, do your research, and shop around. Once you have the diamond, plan your surprise proposal and make it as fabulous as her ring! M

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l ong/ deckert Brendan D. Long of Hilton Head and Jessica M. Deckert of Perry, Ga., are engaged. They plan on getting married in the spring of 2014.

black/ r onay Alexia Blystone Black, daughter of Greg and Judy Black, married Alex Ronay, son of Jorge and Masha Ronay on Nov. 2. The wedding was held at The Westin Resort and Spa on Hilton Head Island. They will begin their adventure together in Dunedin, Fla., at the start of the new year.

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DON’T MISS Hilton Head Monthly’s annual Bridal Show HILTON HEAD MONTHLY I S PARTNERING WITH THE WESTIN HILTON HEAD RESORT & SPA FOR THE 2014 BRIDAL SHOW.

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will also be live music, incredible giveaways and the grand prize is a chance to have your wedding captured in two pages of Hilton Head Monthly! No better way to showcase your wedding!

For the second year we are presenting our “Grooms o nly” workshop, where Jamie Bodie of JLKevents will share ideas to help you get involved, lower the stress level, stir emotions and connect with your guests. Free rounds of golf and a chance to win a spa treatment are the prizes for just taking the time to listen to this one-of-a-kind seminar geared only for the guys. There will be beverages and food served to make the seminar a bit more fun!

Tickets are on sale online at hiltonheadmonthly.com or at the office. Admission is $10 in advance or $12 the day of the show. For more information, call Maryann Way at 843-842-6988, ext. 235.

“Hilton Head and the surrounding Lowcountry is a beautiful place for any wedding, whether it is your destination wedding or if you live here,” GoodridgeCribb said. “With all the incredible vendors locally, it is the perfect place for an event like this.” M

Ev Ent information What 2014 Bridal Show by Hilton Head Monthly Wh En 1-4 p.m., Feb. 9, 2014 Wh Er E The Westin Hilton Head Resort & Spa, 2 Grasslawn Ave. t ick Ets $10 in advance, $12 at the door DEtails 843-842-6988, ext. 238

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eading into its seventh year, the annual event has transformed into the premier bridal event of the Lowcountry, introducing future brides and grooms to wedding vendors such as florists, photographers, caterers, bakers, videographers, dress makers and venue hosts.

Its growth has prompted the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce to market it as one of the island’s destination events, along with the RBC Heritage and the Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d’ Elegance.

“Our bridal show has grown into such a big event, we needed to broaden our space,” Hilton Head Monthly publisher Lori Goodridge-Cribb said. “The Westin is the perfect place for our 2014 show.

We are extremely proud to present each vendor and the brides-to-be in such a beautiful venue! “ The show is set for 1-4 p.m. on Feb. 9 in the Grand Ballroom. The collection of vendors will show case everything from sample menus to floral arrangements, photography, cakes and everything needed to plan the ultimate wedding. There

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HEALTH SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION

NEW YEAR

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ENJOY A MAKEOVER THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME

IT’S 2014! Let your New Year’s resolution

know you’re in it for the long haul. The following information can help you steadily become the healthier, lighter, younger-looking and all-around better you you’ve always wanted to be. Set out with determination, make the right food, exercise and lifestyle choices, and you’ll get to enjoy a makeover will last a lifetime. Step into 2014 with a renewed sense of what it means to live well.˜

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Shelly Hudson is a registered nurse and certifi ed health coach with specialized training in nutrition and exercise physiology. Shelly helps people improve their health and maximize their quality of life through individualized lifestyle improvements. If you, or someone you know, would like to lose weight, increase energy and improve overall health, call her today.

Sungate Medical Center 10 William Pope Drive, Bluffton | 843-842-2020 www.sungatemedicalcenter.com

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TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR WEIGHT The holiday season is fi nally over.

You’ve stuffed yourself with turkey, ham, pumpkin pie, cookies and sugary cocktails during the six-week eat fest. Now what? The rules are simple: Eat better, eat less, exercise more. It’s a simple matter of calories consumed versus calories burned.

Many popular diets have been successfully used to aid weight loss. The website TopConsumerReviews.com ranked and reviewed many popular diet plans and programs. Each review highlights the positives and negatives of each popular diet, such as Weight Watchers and Nutrisystem.

Most people fail to reach their weight loss goal because of how long it takes. If that describes you, the HCG weight loss program is the solution for you. Diet without hunger pains and appetite suppressants. No calorie counting required. Eat fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and lean protein that you prepare at home. Eating the approved foods, in conjunction with HCG injections, results in burning stored fat in a short period of time without reducing muscle mass. Come in for a FREE consultation and learn more.

Equilibrium Weight Loss & Longevity | 29 Plantation Park Dr. Suite 501, Bluffton 843-588-5568 | www. hiltonheadhcg.com

The Biggest Loser Club mimics the high-energy TV show with a website full of great tools, including a weight tracker, fi tness experts, a shopping list and more. Every popular diet is unique in its approach and method to helping you lose those unwanted pounds. Some swear by the GCG Diet, the South Beach Diet, or the Glycemic Impact Diet. The popular 2010 documentary, “Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead” brought attention to juice fasting. Detox and cleanse diets have also remained popular.° The secret is fi nding the right diet for you, then fi nding the dedication to stick with it day-by-day.

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A lot of people take it for granted, but once it’s gone, they realize how important it is to their lives. Good health is important in order to live life to the fullest. That’s where Good Health Unlimited comes in, a locally owned and operated health food store on Hilton Head Island. This nutrition and health awareness specialty store has been in business for 27 years.

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CONSIDER COSMETIC SURGERY People get cosmetic surgery for many reasons. Some want to look younger.

Others seek to change a feature they’ve never liked. Some use it to physically and emotionally recover from a tragic event, such as breast reconstruction after a mastectomy or nose reconstruction following a bout with cancer.

The decision is personal. One of the keys is to set realistic expectations.

Successful results often depend, in part, on how well you and your surgeon communicate. Make sure you feel comfortable with your surgeon and that you are open with him or her about your goals and questions.

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We are a plastic surgery practice devoted to rejuvenating and enhancing your natural beauty using state-of-the-art procedures that will result in beautiful, natural results that make you look better and feel more confi dent about your appearance. As a practice, we are true believers that excellence in performing plastic surgery procedures is derived from both education and experience. Dr. Reid has over 20 years of experience as a fully trained plastic surgeon.

Hilton Head Plastic Surgery | David S. Reid IV, MD | 35 Bill Fries Dr., Hilton Head Island 843-681-4088 | hiltonheadplasticsurgery@gmail.com

Popular procedures include liposuction, rhinoplasty, breast augmentation, eyelid surgery, tummy tucks, facelifts, breast lifts, dermabrasion, forehead lifts, hair transplants, ear surgery, lip augmentation, breast reduction, chin augmentation, upper arm lifts, thigh lifts, cheek implants, lower body lifts and buttock lifts.˜ When done correctly, plastic surgery can achieve what years of exercise can’t, and brings a different meaning to the phrase “growing old gracefully.” Changing one’s appearance in the slightest of ways can make a world of difference to that person.

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Dr. Ron Finger started the Coastal area’s fi rst outpatient surgery facility, the fi rst medical spa, the fi rst, most comprehensive laser center and the fi rst Neograft Hair Transplant Facility. He also formulated New Youth Cosmeceuticals. He is the author of “Why Grow Old.” His specialty is non-surgical and surgical facial rejuvenation and all other cosmetic procedures including liposuction using Tickle Lipo, tummy tucks, breast enhancements, Mommy Make-overs, and rhinoplasties.

E. Ronald Finger, MD, Savannah Plastic Surgery | offi ces in Savannah and Bluffton 912-351-5050 | www. savannah plasticsurgery.com

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GET BACK INTO SHAPE For millions of Americans the New Year means the same thing: It’s time to lose weight and to get back in shape. However, it’s also the No. 1 resolution to be broken. Start 2014 off right by incorporating exercise into your daily routine. Join a gym before New Year’s discounts expire. Purchase exercise equipment. Or incorporate a 30-minute walk around the neighborhood. The point is to keep your body moving every day. If you exercise 30 minutes a day, your body and mind will experience dramatic differences. But, fi rst, exercise must become a habit. Here are some tips to keep you motivated: • Keep your mind and body from getting bored.

There isn’t a rule to say you have to stick to a particular kind of exercise. Try taking up tennis, playing basketball, running, cycling, yoga, Pilates, Barre or an aerobics class. Having a variety of activities will ensure that you can do something regardless of the weather.

• Find a workout buddy or lean on your family for support. Having someone there to cheer you on will make it more likely that you’ll keep up the routine.

• Work out in the mornings.If you go to a gym, it should be located between your home and work.

Exercise, take a shower, and you’re energized for the day. If this isn’t possible, head to the gym after work. Change and shower at the gym.

• Exercise even when you’re “too tired.”

Chances are, you’ll feel better after exercising.

Log your activity and what’s important to you.

• Pay attention to your changing body.There’s nothing more motivating than noticing when your clothes become baggy, you can lift weights longer without getting exhausted or run longer without becoming winded.° • Use a pedometer, and work up to at least 10,000 steps a day.

Many new tools are available to help you reach you fi tness goals. The Fitbit bracelet and the Nike FuelBand track steps, calories and even sleep patterns. Popular phone and tablet exercise applications include MapMyRide, Couch to 5K (C25K), Lose It, RunKeeper Pro and iTreadmill. Exercising regularly has a positive impact on the immune system, blood pressure and cardiovascular system. It can also decrease the risk of heart disease, diabetes and help with depression and anxiety.

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LAVA 24 Fitness can help you reach your health and fi tness goals any time of day! LAVA Team Training, the island’s newest fi tness program, is delivering serious results!

In addition to fi tness, LAVA 24 offers nutrition guidance, massage and a full physical therapy clinic. All factors adding up to a mentally stronger and more physically stable you!

LAVA 24 Fitness 811 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island 843-842-3226 www.lava24.com

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CREATE THE PERFECT SMILE Want to succeed in business, fi ll up your social calendar, and get more romance into your life? One secret may be in your smile. Your smile — simple, straightforward, and most important, sincere — can attract more than admiring looks. A smiling face tells people that you’re an outgoing and intelligent person worth getting to know.

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Regular dental exams and cleanings are important to your overall health.

The expert hygienists at Kenneth Kowalyk, DMD, will provide a custom hygiene schedule, at-home hygiene suggestions and techniques unique to you. When needed, Kowalyk and his team use only non-metal fi lling materials and restore fractured teeth to proper function. In addition, all porcelain crowns and bleaching can help create a perfect smile.

Kenneth Kowalyk DMD | 15 Hospital Ctr. Blvd Suite 3 843-682-3030 | www.briteteeth.com

Good teeth, like a good smile are an essential part of being happy. Having attractive teeth allows a person to show their confi dence when smiling. Good teeth also improve a person’s self-esteem and allow them to be more outgoing and positive in their dealings with other people. A friendly outgoing demeanor goes a long way towards being happy.° You can improve your smile with dental implants, teeth whitening, veneers, Invisalign, a non-surgical facelift or even a fullmouth rejuvenation.°

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Do you want to look younger? Do you want to look more attractive and look happier? Having a beautiful smile not only does all of those, it also instills confi dence. Dr. Timothy Gross is an instructor at the prestigious Las Vegas Institute of cosmetic dentistry and creates beautiful smiles with whitening, veneers and straighter teeth with braces and Invisalign.

Timothy Gross DMD, LVI Fellow| 15 Bow Circle, Hilton Head Island 843-342-7700 | www.drtimgross.com

And a great smile is about much more than just good looks.

Regular dentist visits can tell a lot about your overall health, including whether or not you may be developing a disease like diabetes. New research suggests that the health of your mouth mirrors the condition of your body as a whole. For example, when your mouth is healthy, chances are your overall health is good, too. On the other hand, if you have poor oral health, you may have other health problems. Research also shows that good oral health may actually prevent certain diseases from occurring.°

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From subtle changes to major repairs, your dentist can perform a variety of procedures to improve your smile. At Beyond Exceptional Dentistry, Dr. Brad Durham has completed thousands of hours in continuing education, with an emphasis on head, neck, and facial pain treatment, dental cosmetics, and complex dental reconstruction.

Brad Durham, Beyond Exceptional Dentistry | 29 Plantation Park Dr. #301, Bluffton | 843-706-2999

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A Weight I Loss Journey Article by Jim Hines

Jim Hines is the owner of Equilibrium Weight Loss and Longevity in Bluffton, S.C. Find Equilibrium Weight Loss at 29 Plantation Park Drive, Suite 501, Bluffton, SC or contact them at 843.310.0715 or www.HiltonHeadHCG.com.

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t is no secret to any of us that making a commitment to changing eating habits and activity levels are the keys to long-term success with weight management. Also, many of us have read the articles that talk about “changing your relationship with food.”

That all sounds great, but what does it really mean and how do you accomplish it? Let’s hear from someone who has experienced the journey of both losing weight, as well as making the changes that transformed her life: REAL RESULTS Hi, my name is Michelle and I live on Hilton Head Island. I am 42 years old; I am blessed with an amazing family that includes my wonderful husband and two young children. Like many others, the combination of family and work left me with less time for myself. After a number of years of “leaving myself behind,” I reached the point that I was no longer happy with the health aspect of my weight.

I had tried weight-loss programs before and had some success, but I realized that if I was ever going to keep my weight off, I needed to fi nd a program that would both help me lose weight and help me change my long-term eating habits. After research and conversations with other people, I chose a plan that others had found successful for many reasons, but, most importantly to me it promoted healthy foods and education about how to make intelligent food choices for life.

I was thrilled with my weight loss results (over 40 pounds in 10 weeks, including the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays), but as important was what I learned while losing the weight. I learned how to enjoy life without everything revolving around food. Our family spent more time together, outside and active. We ice skated, we went shopping and we did not just sit around the house. Was it always easy? No, it was not always easy, but they were choices that I wanted to make.

The emphasis the program placed on eating the right foods benefi ted my entire family. My decisions about food choices provided them with the right examples about how they should eat.

Also, while on this program, I experienced the re-training of my thought process about whether I was actually hungry, or whether I just wanted to eat what I saw.

It was hard at fi rst to learn the difference between craving and hunger. I learned that when I looked at food that I wanted to ask myself, “If I ate an apple right now, would I be satisfi ed?” If the answer was yes, then I knew I was hungry and I would go eat an apple. If the answer was no, then I knew it was craving, so then I would ask myself if putting that food (like cheesecake/ pizza/cheeseburgers) into my body was worth taking away from the success I had experienced. It took only a few weeks for that answer to come immediately. No it was not!

A critical part of the success that I experienced on the program I chose was that it included supporting me after I lost my weight. It was not a situation where when I reached my weight loss goal I was now on my own. They were there to help me learn how to make better decisions. I learned things like how to plan so that I could enjoy good food as part of a healthy lifestyle. For example, if there was an event coming up that I wanted to attend and reward myself with some indulgence that It was okay, but to plan for it by eating healthy and making the effort to increase my activity level in the time surrounding the event.

You must be committed to making a change in your life for any program to work. The concept of weight loss you need to understand is “that the secret to weight loss is that there is no secret”. You need to put less in and take more out. It is not necessarily easy to do that, but if you are committed to making a change in your life you can do it. Find a program that promotes healthy eating-lean proteins, fruits, and vegetables, while getting rid of the sugars, bad carbs and high fat proteins. With the right support, you can both lose weight and change your life like I have!

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REJUVENATE YOUR MIND AND BODY A trip to a spa is not an extravagance. In this day and age where stress looms every second, you certainly need a short break to get away. A short trip to the tropics is a great way to de-stress, but it takes time, money and effort to plan such a trip. A trip to a spa is quick and affordable.˜

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Who wants younger, smoother, healthier skin? The skin therapist at Island Medical Spa can guide you through the very confusing world of skincare. Our society is inundated with media suggesting their product or treatment is the best.

But is it the best for your goals, your lifestyle and your budget? Schedule your complimentary consultation today. Now serving in two locations.

Island Medical Spa | Hilton Head Island (843-689-3322) and Bluffton/Okatie (843-705-1515), www.islandmedicalspa.com

HERE ARE JUST A FEW REASONS YOU SHOULD GO.˜ •De-stress: A therapeutic massage will defi nitely relax and soothe you.

You can just immerse yourself in a hot tub or a sauna or steam shower to wash-away the worries even for an hour or so. Aches and pains can also be managed.˜ •Gethealthy: Your massage therapist will be able to tell you parts of your body that are too tense. In doing so, you can learn how to relax your muscles, get tips from the therapist on how to relax, eat nutritious food and get suggestions for a healthy lifestyle.˜ • Mental benefi ts:A trip to the spa will readily relax you. It can stimulate you mentally and physically. It can even increase your confi dence and self-esteem. A foot scrub can invigorate you. Therapeutic massages, facials, manicures and pedicures all have their psychological benefi ts.˜

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Begin your new year by taking advantage of some of the new anti-aging home devices. The revolutionary NuFace Trinity device is designed with a smart skin sensor and available interchangeable heads to bring a variety of spa-quality treatments to your home. It comes standard with the microcurrent head, which gently and effectively stimulates skin to improve the appearance.

These include micro-current to help lift and tone your skin as well as an LED attachment˜ to help reduce the appearance of lines and wrinkles.

FACES Day Spa The Village at Wexford 843-785-3075 www.facesdayspa.com

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•Detoxification: Detoxifi cation is the process to purge toxins and excess fl uids in the body. A detox can help eliminate bloating and water retention, which will defi nitely make you feel great. Many spas offer juice fasting and colon cleansing.˛ • Feel and look young:Taking good care of your body and mind can help deter aging. A therapeutic massage can help you relax and a relaxed body translates to less stress. Facials and other skin care and services and body treatments can help you look and feel young.

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As little as an hour at a medical spa can give you back years. Serendipity Medical Spa provides the latest advances in the art of facial and body rejuvenation – blending the pampering, soothing elements of a spa with the safety and assurance of superior medical treatment. The professionally qualifi ed staff is constantly trained in the latest cutting-edge rejuvenation technologies.

Serendipity Medical Spa | 23 Main Street, Suite 102, Hilton Head Island 843-342-2639 | www.serendipitymedspa.com

• Improve circulation:Spa treatments such as hydrotherapy, massage, heat therapy and other body treatments can improve blood circulation and regulate blood pressure.˛

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January is a great time to revive, refresh and rejuvenate and we have a menu packed full of services to help you achieve just that. Why choose us? We have a talented team who are passionate about what they do, we have some fabulous new treatments and want to invite you to start the year off right by looking and feeling your very best.

The Sanctuary | 217 Park Plaza Offi ce, Offi ce Park Road, Hilton Head Island 843-842-5999 | www.sanctuaryeurospa.com

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IMPROVE YOUR EYES The eyes are the windows to the soul.

In addition to providing sight, eyes are also the most expressive part of the face. Improving your eyes inside and out instantly improves the beauty of your face and improves your quality of life.˜ HERE ARE A FEW WAYS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.˜ •LASIK: Say goodbye to your glasses and contacts forever with laser eye surgery. The procedure reshapes the eye’s cornea in order to improve visual acuity.

• Colored contacts:Why settle for your own eye color when you can change your appearance and maybe even your personality as well? Either fashionably human to startlingly inhuman, you can go absolutely mad.

• Fashion eyewear:For many, glasses are not simply a need; they are a way to accessorize an individual look. Looking for something classic? Hoping for some pizzazz? How about something sporty?

Many styles are available.˜

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Bishop Eye wants to help you achieve your best vision, confi dently and comfortably.

To meet that goal, Bishop Eye has established a team of experienced eye doctors who are highly qualifi ed in general eye care, as well as such specialty areas as low vision, cataracts, glaucoma, dry eye and more. Bishop Eye has invested in the most advanced technology available to diagnose and treat your eyes.° Bishop Eye | 224 Pembroke Drive on Hilton Head (843689-3937) and 300 New River Parkway, Suite 31, in Hardeeville (843-208-3937), www.bishopeye.com

• Stylish sunglasses:In addition to protecting your eyes, sunglasses act as a style statement for the wearer. They are instant cool for your eyes.˜ •Latisse: Many celebrities are singing Latisse’s praises. The product lengthens, thickens and fi lls out sparse lashes, a longer growth phase and an increase in sprouting hairs.

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Dr. Kenneth Farr, of Palmetto Eye Specialists, performs advanced all laser LASIK and PRK at the SunGate Medical Building in the Bluffton/Okatie area.

Customized and precise laser treatments can reduce or completely eliminate a person’s dependency on contacts or glasses. Call today for a free evaluation to determine if you are a candidate for this life-changing procedure.

Palmetto Eye Specialists | Hilton Head Island, SunGate Medical, Lady’s Island, Ridegland | 843-842-2020 | www.palmettoeye.com

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VEINS, CIRCULATION AND LASERS Did you give up wearing shorts or skirts because you are embarrassed about the veins on your legs? Don’t hide your legs anymore. Have your veins treated, then you will have healthy legs and feel good about the way they look, too. You are not vain for wanting your veins fi xed. Varicose veins and spider veins are not just cosmetic. You may have underlying medical issues.

You wouldn’t put off going to the doctor if you had an ear infection or a bad tooth would you? No, so don’t put off your leg health either.

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Peripheral Neuropathy is a condition that affects nearly 20 million Americans.

It usually begins in the feet and lower legs, but over time, can advance to the hands and fi ngers. LowCountry Neuropathy offers a proven treatment that is covered by Medicare and most private insurance plans. Atul Gupta, MD, believes in patient education, compassion and the highest quality of care.

LowCountry Neuropathy Bluffton | 55-A Sheridan Park Circle, Bluffton 843-386-5111 | www.lowcountryneuropathybluffton.webs.com

If you’re not happy with shaving, tweezing, or waxing to remove unwanted hair, laser hair removal may be an option worth considering. Laser hair removal is one of the most commonly done cosmetic procedures in the U.S. It beams highly concentrated light into hair follicles. Pigment in the follicles absorb the light. That destroys the hair.

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Fortunately, the treatment of varicose veins no longer requires painful vein stripping. Laser ablation is an outpatient procedure performed with a local anesthetic allowing immediate return to normal activity. Patient satisfaction is high. The misery of varicose veins is now easily eliminated permitting a more comfortable life.

Hilton Head Vein Center | 25 Hospital Center Blvd., Hilton Head Island 843-689-8224

Are your feet being held hostage by burning pain? Stimulating the nerves in the feet allows the nerves to repair naturally and may return your feet to normal. Treatment is also available for neuropathy, numbness and tingling, painful hands and feet and problems with balance.

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For laser treatment, hair follicles are precisely targeted and destroyed resulting in less hair coming back, fi ner hair density and slower growth and long-term hair reduction. Typically a series of 5-8 treatments done 4-6 weeks apart will be needed for best results. Most people are comfortable during treatments without any skin numbing topical anesthetics needed. The patented ChillTip on Lumenis LightSheer provides continuous contact cooling of the skin for maximal patient safety and comfort. Allure Laser Center is focused on providing a high-quality service & customer satisfaction. We will do everything we can to meet and exceed your expectations.

Allure Laser Center | 408 U.S. Highway 80 SW, Pooler, Ga. 912-596-8524 | www.allurelasercenter.com January 2014 95

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PERSONALIZED MEDICINE;

Making Healthcare Accountable American healthcare as a system in the not-so-new millennium is a beast, it seems, requiring accountability from all sides if the various options are to be effective. The traditional model has lost not only its efficiency, but also the faith of millions as patients and physicians alike become stymied by excessive claims paperwork, rising co-pays, newer and more expensive pharmaceuticals, annual rewrites of insurance terms and provisions, and for doctors, a daily increase in already staggering caseloads.

As healthcare reform rolls out, where does personalized preventive medicine fit in?

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Patricia A. North, MD I believe practicing medicine involves listening to my patients to help them to set individual goals to achieve optimum health and wellness. As an avid runner and cyclist, I believe healthy lifestyle choices are as important - or more important - than some physician prescribed treatments. I will also provide you with state-of-the-art medical resources to provide you with the best medical care.

edical care and healthcare practices are not what they used to be, and we, homo sapiens as a species, are not what we used to be. For starters, we have different ailments from our forebears (such as, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome), triggered by different activities (like, moving and clicking a mouse eight hours a day), as well as longer life spans, than our grandparents, who simply quarantined the neighborhood during a chicken pox spree. These, and countless other examples of how our evolving civilizations adapt to industrial and technological advances, show us that the bells and whistles of the twenty-first century come with a price tag on our health, and it is up to us to prioritize it right up there with our monthly iPhone bills, car payments, Internet usage, and salon visits.

MDVIP, a nationwide network of physicians, is one such program that in exchange for an affordable annual membership fee, members receive preventive medical services that go beyond what patients find in traditional primary care. As a result of the smaller practice size members receive same or next-day appointments for urgent and non-urgent care and the ability to reach their physician 24 hours a day via cell phone or email.

In the Hilton Head/Bluffton area, several doctors have transitioned to this model, in an effort to provide quality, conscientious, care to their patients. Longstanding Hilton Head internal medicine physicians Patricia North, MD and Rob Trotter, MD converted their practices to MDVIP a little over a year ago, and frankly, have not looked back. Nor have their patients.

Rick Dean, is one such, very contented client of Dr. North’s practice. Dean prefers to live a proactive life, employing preventive care practices into his lifestyle like running and biking, and researching his own nutritional needs, staying on top of any new ailment by calling Dr. North’s cell phone or emailing her with a description of an ache or pain. “I really see her as a consultant because I ask her advice, and I trust her to find the best answer. She is plugged into the treatment and isn’t afraid to say that she needs to do more research and get back to me,” says Dean. Which sounds a bit like a modern-day house call, doesn’t it?

When your family physician answers your call, herself on her cellphone, and then writes you a personal email with her findings that resulted from that same call, in the same day — no less — don’t you think you might be getting your money’s worth?

“Absolutely,” is the response I got from Mary McNeil, another patient who sees, Dr. Trotter. Ms. McNeil is an energetic island realtor who can’t say enough about the benefits of his practice.

“The wellness exam is extremely thorough, and we learned more as we got into it,” she said. One of the major benefits patients receive with MDVIP doctors is a comprehensive medical exam not typically covered or mandated by traditional providers. This came up often in our discussions, as it seemed to educate patients even more about their own bodies. The more they took from the wellness exam and understood, the more they cared about their health. A synergy develops

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NEW YEAR, NEW YOU Join us for three inspiring and informative health education events…

Couch to 5k

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2014 | 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

B. Robert Trotter, MD My goal is to manage and anticipate your unique healthcare needs. As an MDVIP-affi liated doctor, I will partner with you on a personal level to help you achieve the optimal health we all value. We will closely collaborate on what it takes to stay on the path to wellness. You will feel welcomed by the relaxed, individualized attention you will receive from everyone in our offi ce.

Eating better, exercising more, taking time for you – the benefits are unlimited. We’ll discuss how you can get started on a 9-week program for beginners to complete a 5k distance event. Learn how you can boost your energy level, improve your metabolism, tone your muscles and reduce your stress so you can achieve your wellness goals.

Stop the Stoop – Stand Tall!

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2014 | 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Did you know that almost 50 percent of women and 25 percent of men over the age of 50 will break a bone as a result of osteoporosis? And if left untreated, your bones can weaken to a point where a simple jerking motion or even a sneeze can cause serious breakage.

The good news is that many people can prevent and control bone diseases including osteoporosis through easy lifestyle changes. Join us to learn some valuable tips that can maximize your bone strength.

Balance and Fall Prevention

TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2014 | 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM when people have time and patience with each other, that can’t take place in a crowded waiting room.

Th e model is compatible with insurance programs and Medicare and some insurance plans off er Health Savings Accounts (HSA’s) to subscribers to help defray medical-associated costs not normally covered by the policy. Patients with high-deductible health plans report that they enjoy the benefi ts of the program because it helps to save them money by teaching them wellness lifestyles to prevent avoidable illness and chronic diseases.

Dr. North believes without a doubt, she is a bett er doctor to her patients since reducing her caseload from over three thousand patients to fewer than six hundred. Being available to her patients is very important to her. “Th e future of healthcare is in patients having the ability to contact their doctors electronically, any time, anywhere, and stay ahead of illness,” she says. In essence, the personalized medicine paradigm relies on the preventive model for health. And both patient and doctor agree to be accountable to each other to make it work.

Each year, one in every three adults over the age of 65 experiences a moderate to severe fall that can result in hip fractures, head traumas and loss of independence.

Although falling becomes more prevalent as we age, it can be prevented. Join us to discuss the causes of poor balance and learn how to improve your balance, correctly engage certain muscles and manage moments of dizziness and imbalance.

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And, depending on the interests of the participating doctor, you may also be invited to lectures on nutrition and fi tness, or to join a walking and running club, or go hiking. A great option for modern day American healthcare.

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CASUAL elegance BERKELEY HALL HOME CAPTURES OLD WORLD FEELING

For this Berkeley Hall home, H2 Builders was asked to create a new home that didn’t feel new, blending traditional design with Lowcountry touches. They came up with and created a custom home with an Old World feeling, using oyster shells and tabby, brick floors, Douglas fir trusses, hickory hardwood flooring and fieldstone

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THE SIGHTLINE STRETCHING FROM FRONT TO BACK DOWN THE GRAND ENTRANCEWAY INTO THE “HEARTH” ROOM AND THROUGH THE WINDOWS TO THE LAGOON AND 15TH GREEN IS DRAMATIC AND FAR REACHING. THE SPACE IS OPEN, WELCOMING AND LOOKS WELL-WORN.

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on and Angie McGeorge envisioned living in such an environment when they teamed up with H2 Builders in the summer of 2011 to bring their vision to life at Berkeley Hall, a private golf community in Bluffton. The Kentucky natives wanted their new primary residence to blend traditional design with Lowcountry touches and the formal with the casual.

“We love our house,” Angie said. “The house feels like it’s warm and got history; it doesn’t feel like a new house … We wanted a casual elegance rather than a stuffy formal feel. It’s an Old World feeling.”

The custom-crafted home, one of 258 elegant residences that H2 Builders of Bluffton has constructed since 1996, borrows from nature to achieve that “feel” by using oyster shells and tabby, brick fl oors, Douglas fi r trusses, hickory hardwood fl ooring and fi eldstone.

Eleven-foot ceilings throughout the downstairs culminate in a 20-foot-high tower of light with trusses in the relaxing hearth room with fi replace.

H2 founder and president Todd Hawk said the twostory 5,800-square-foot house showcases “details. It’s not your typical house in our area.” The Tennessee native, whose company is the largest custom home builder in the area with construction prices ranging from $400,000 to more than $4 million, added, “It’s the details with brick and trusses and stonework and a lot of trim work…It’s a blend of different styles.”

Nowhere is the captivating architecture and details more on display than in the expansive kitchen.

“Angie’s kitchen is the center of the house,” said Don, who retired in 2009 from The Kroger Co. in Cincinnati as president and chief fi nancial offi cer. “She loves to cook, and I love to eat.”

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The residence boasts a threeand-a-half car garage, four bedrooms, four full- and two half-baths including an award-winning bathroom with a “walk-through” shower, an office, living and dining rooms, an exercise room, a sitting room and an elevator shaft.

Two islands — one with a granite countertop by Distinctive Granite and Marble and the other with “farm table” stressed plank by Café Countertops — hickory flooring, a caste plaster range hood from Savannah Hardscapes framed by an arch of fieldstone and tile backsplash, custom cabinetry done by The Cabinet Gallery, and coffered ceilings with beams provide all the aesthetic appointments an at-home chef could want. All of the stonework and carpentry was done in-house by H2 craftsmen.

“I sat on the floor and drew out all the ceiling detail,” Hawk recalled. “We wanted to make sure it all worked out with the lighting, so we had to plan these out during framing so the beams would not interfere with the lights lining up over the island…We had to reframe the ceiling to make all this layout perfect.”

Off to the side of the kitchen is Angie’s desktop area overlooking the 372-square-foot courtyard with firepit. The lounge — or “hunting lodge” as he calls it — accesses the courtyard and is homey with a fireplace framed by exposed brick and tabby, wood trusses, a wet bar and a humidor tucked inside a vintage telephone booth.

They spend much of their leisure time together outside in the open-air lanai, a 950-square-foot oasis of Lowcountry lifestyle complete with patio, fireplace, cooking station, big-screen television, pool and gorgeous vistas.

“We love the view,” said Don. “That’s what sold us on the (half-acre) lot,” which they purchased on Holly Grove Road in 2010. What sold them on building in Berkeley Hall after buying a getaway cottage house there in 2004 were the two championship golf courses, other community amenities, and especially its residents.

“The truth is, for me, we chose to build here because of the community … the people are just fabulous,” Don said. “We have tremendous friends.”

The open floor plan, expansive space inside and out, and room-to-room comfort and ease of movement allow the couple to comfortably host upward of 100 guests. “It’s very open and easy for entertaining,” he said. “Nobody is blocked by walls; it’s open and people can roam about … we want people to feel like our home is your home.”

The residence — which boasts a three-and-a-half car garage, four bedrooms, four full- and two half-baths including an awardwinning bathroom with a “walk-through” shower, an office, living and dining rooms, an exercise room, a sitting room and an elevator shaft — won the prestigious LightHouse Industry Award in 2013 for “Best Overall” new home in its category.

Construction on the residence began in January 2012 and was completed in March 2013, when the McGeorges moved in.

The “shared vision” of what the homeowners wanted and what Hawk delivered was the collaboration of H2’s team, architect Shoreline Design Inc. and J Banks Design Group Inc., both on Hilton Head Island. Grayco Inc. in Bluffton provided the millwork and other supplies.

“There wasn’t any left or right turns in the building process,” Don said. “We didn’t have a whole lot of changes or things we had to do because they got it … They knew what we wanted, we knew what we wanted so it went very very smoothly.” M

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WATER & MARSH VIEWS. Port Royal Sound, Skull Creek over the marsh of Elliott Creek. The homesite is covered with moss draped hardwoods and Palmettos. Split level floor plan with most every room having water views. Wood floors, smooth ceilings with updated kitchen, dining room and sitting room. Master Suite with wrap around windows, ceiling speakers and a suite bath, boutique shop like walk in closet & dressing area. Access to Dolphin Head. $650,000

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OUTSTANDING ESTATE HOME AND PROPERTY – Miles of Water View and across the Port Royal Sound and out to the Atlantic. Breathtaking sun and moon rises. Along the bluff which was first sighted by Capt. William Hilton in 1663. 4 BR, Hobby Room, 2nd floor Sunroom, formal LR & DR, expansive Kitchen/Family Room. 3 car Garage, a to-die-for office and expansive rear Deck and courtyard pool. The vacant lot to the front could also be purchased. $1,875,013

TALK ABOUT A GREAT ROOM home with a cook’s kitchen, oversized garage with a work area, great lagoon view and at the end of a private cul de sac. Great curb appeal, expansive rear deck, 3 BR, 2.5BA, eat in kitchen, pantry, Great Room, Dining area with tranquil lagoon view. $495,000

CREATE YOUR OWN LOWCOUNTRY OASIS with your private back yard and custom pool. On a quiet cul de sac street, this 4 BR home offers attractive curb appeal. Features include heart pine flooring, high smooth ceilings, Great Room floor plan with an office or parlor, Dining Room, 1st floor Master plus 3 Bedrooms upstairs. The interior has just been repainted and the wood floors refinished. A Real Estate value. $478,500

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UNDER THE STATELY MOSS DRAPED OAKS – just off the signature 12th hole of the Country Club of Hilton Head. Short distance to the clubhouse, Spring Lake pavilion and the docks along the Intracoastal Waterway. Homesite provides a panoramic view of the fairway.

Mature landscaping. 3 BR, 2.5 BA updated granite kitchen, formal LR & DR, high ceilings, wood floors, Carolina Room, 2 car garage, fireplace and more. $449,000

HILTON HEAD PLANTATION - Enjoy Courtyard Home living.Views of the Country Club’s 9th fairway and a short distance to the Clubhouse with its pools, tennis, health club and dining. Close to Spring Lake Recreation area, Seabrook Farm, docks along the Intracoastal Waterway, and the Cypress entrance to the Plantation. 3 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath, wood floors, high ceilings, eat-in Kitchen/Family Room combination plus a 2 car Garage with walk-up storage and a large winterized screened porch. $458,750

PANORAMIC VIEWS of the 16th fairway of the Country Club of Hilton Head. Short distance to the clubhouse and Spring Lake Recreation area with its pool, tennis, playground and pavilion. This home is almost 3,000 sq. ft. and has an expansive screened porch. 3 BR, 2.5 BA, formal LR with high ceilings, DR and eat-in Kitchen, fireplace and 2 car side entry garage. $428,500!

300 STEPS TO THE PORT ROYAL SOUND, open space with a lagoon to the front, step into elegance. Wood floors, Formal Living Room, Carolina Room, and Family Room with tray ceiling, masonry fireplace. Split bedroom floorplan Hilton Head Plantation home. Large Master Suite with dressing area, attic roofline has been foamed for better insulation, full sized wooded homesite. $343,000

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OYSTER REEF GOLF CLUB’S 4TH FAIRWAY and lagoon view, short distance to the Port Royal Sound and located in the heart of Hilton Head Plantation on a cul de sac street.

This 3 Bedroom, 3.5 Bath home offers views and values. There is a formal Living Room & Dining Room, an open Kitchen/Family Room, 2 car side entry Garage, cathedral and tray ceilings. Great curb appeal and mature landscaping.

OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD your dream home in the exclusive Seabrook Landing neighborhood of Hilton Head Plantation. This marsh front homesite will allow for views to the 13th fairway of the Country Club of Hilton Head and across the marsh to the sunsets over Skull Creek. In addition, residents of Seabrook Landing can enjoy all the benefits of living in Hilton Head Plantation.$425,000

WONDERFUL private end of a cul de sac with a large wooded backyard and setting.There is open space to the front and back of the property - Great Location for a tree fort or a kids touch football game. This Palmetto Hall Lowcountry home features an updated granite kitchen/family room, 3 BR plus a large Bonus Room/Hobby Room, 3.5 baths, high smooth ceilings, wood floors, two-car garage, screened porch, fireplace and more. $498,500

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SUNSET VIEWS overlooking lagoon & golf course of this 3 BR, 2.5 BA home in Pinecrest. Features hardwood floors throughout, granite in the gourmet kitchen w/ stainless steel appliances,gas GE Profile stove & microwave & 42” cabinets, screened porch w/custom flooring & family room off of the kitchen. Master suite features a tray ceiling,separate shower,soaking tub & double vanities.

Pinecrest features a large pool, fitness center, playground, basketball court, tennis courts and clubhouse. Close to the public schools and shopping. $295,000

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WONDERFUL BEACH COTTAGE located walking distance to the ocean. This 3 bedroom, 2 bath home has been remodeled throughout over time and features tile and wood floors, S/S appliances, ceiling fans and a large fenced in back yard oasis with a water feature and expansive deck.The home is just a short bike ride to Coligny plaza. $495,000

LARGE TWO STORY HOME with 3 bedrooms and large bonus room with a closet. This home also features a two story foyer entry, great room open to the eat in kitchen and a room that could be used as a formal dining room, formal living room or office.This kitchen features hard surface counters and stainless appliances. This home overlooks the woods and is a short walk to the community pool and fitness center. $210,000

SUNSET VIEWS over the marsh to deep water from this 2 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath townhome located on the south end of the Island.

This townhome features an updated Kitchen, new washer and dryer, newer HVAC, hardwood floors and gas fireplace. Cross Island Parkway is close by so easy access to both ends of the Island. $179,900

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COASTAL COTTAGE LIVING out in the country with private dock, covered pier head and boat lift on Euhaw Creek. This Lowcountry cottage features gourmet Kitchen with gas range, granite counter, oversized wood island and stainless steel appliances and first floor Master, and oversized back porch leading to a Savannah brick patio.The back yard features an oyster pit. Detached 2 car garage with a large room and full bath above. Quick boat ride or car ride to Hilton Head or Beaufort. $649,000

LOWCOUNTRY HOMESITES SPANISH WELLS 618 SPANISH WELLS ROAD 5 ACRES, FORECLOSURE $450,000 HILTON HEAD PLANTATION 18 CHINA COCKLE LANE 2ND ROW SOUND $259,000 15 SEABROOK LANDING ICW / GOLF / MARSH $425,000 COLLETON RIVER 14 BALLY BUNION WAY $30,000 HONEY HILL 8 ACRE EQUESTRIAN $49,000 HAMPTON HALL 280 FARNSLEIGH AVE $179,000

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THE ULTIMATE LIFESTYLE HOME! Resort living at its finest. Stucco and stone exterior.

Great Room home w/large Screened Lanai, Pool/ Spa + Summer Kitchen + Fireplace. 4 BR’s + a Study. Every imaginable upgrade. Chef’s Kitchen.

3 Car Garage. Lagoon Golf view. Spring 2014 Completion. Will consider lot trade. $959,000

2ND ROW OCEAN VIEW HOME. Light filled open LR & DR + Family and Carolina Room each with a fireplace. Kitchen w/5 burner Decor gas range, cherry cabinets, SS appliances, hardwood, bamboo + tile floors. 4 BR, 3.5 BA quiet bedroom retreats. 3 Decks across the rear. 2 Car Garage. $929,000

INCREDIBLE HOUSE and Gardens in The Golf Club. Quality built home + beautifully decorated w/4 BR’s or 3 BR’s + Bonus Room over a 3 Car Garage. Elegant LR & DR w/hardwood floors.

Chef’s Kitchen opening to a spacious Family Room.

Large Master Suite + Study overlooking the 10th Fairway. $864,500

BEAUTIFUL CUSTOM DESIGNED HOME by a well-known Hilton Head architect, Rick Clanton, overlooking the 11th fairway. Incredible landscaping with a Gazebo to enjoy the view. 5 BR’s or 4 BR’s + Study. Elegant LR & DR. Large KitchenBreakfast-Family Room w/hardwood floors. Lightfilled Carolina Room. $729,000

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BEAUTIFULLY SPACIOUS OCEANSIDE VILLA in the Leamington section. Spacious likenew 3 Bedrooms; 3 Baths (2 Master Suites) + a fabulous wrap-around Screened Porch. Covered Parking.

Beautiful Pool with jacuzzi. Great rentals. $719,000

CUSTOM BUILT. Designed perfectly for this panoramic wrap-a-round lagoon-golf view of private Bear Creek Golf Course. Great Room w/walls of glass. Cozy Den/Study w/fireplace. Custom Kitchen cabinetry w/ granite counter tops + stainless steel appliances. Large MBR. Guest Bedrooms each w/private Baths. Loft area + Office. $679,000

CUSTOM DESIGNED HOME by well-known local architect. Contemporary design overlooking a beautiful pool + 10th Fwy of Oyster Reef. Beautiful LR & DR w/travertine floors. Open Kitchen + Family Room. 4 BR’s + Bonus Rm/Media Rm off MBR w/ Brazilian cherry floors, fireplace + balcony. Updated Baths and more! $599,000

SPECTACULAR OCEANFRONT! Sea Cloisters is the “jewel” of Folly Field. 4th floor, 2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths furnished villa. Beautiful Oceanfront pool.

Security Gate. On-site rental company. Mid-island location. $549,000

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BEAUTIFUL OCEANSIDE COTTAGE on the beach path. Updates make this home move-in ready for a permanent residence or second home. 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, hardwood floors throughout.

Start the new year off right with this beach home! $549,000

SPACIOUS 4 BR, 4 Bath maintenance free Berwick Green Villa w/over 3,000 s.f. overlooking the Lagoon + 18th Fwy of The Golf Club. Large Great Room w/Heart Pine Floors. Chef’s Kitchen w/Gas Range. Large MBR, Private Elevator, 2 car Garage. Used only as a 2nd home. $549,000

FABULOUS TOWNHOMES across the street from the CCHH and within walking distance to the Old Fort Pub and Skull Creek Marina. 3 BR’s and 3.5 BA’s. Top of the line appointments, private elevator + 2 car garage. Starting at $499,000.

GREAT HOME with over 2600 Sq. Ft. on a private cul-de-sac with a beautiful lagoon view. 3 BR’s and 2.5 BA’s. Spacious Living Room. Kitchen opening to Breakfast and Family Room. Large Master Suite. 2 Car Garage. $429,000

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Hampton Hall Hilton Head Plantation Indigo Run BEAUTIFUL COTTAGE STYLE on 7/10th acre, walking distance to the beach. Large Great Rm w/ Heart of Pine floor. Kitchen opens to Breakfast Rm + light-filled Carolina Rm. 2 Gas Fireplaces.

2 car Garage. Split Bedroom plan. Beach home or primary home. $385,000

SELLER SAYS - LETS MOVE IT! This Caravel Court villa is PRICED TO GO. Located in the heart of Harbour Town. Very spacious 1st floor location.

Open the lobby door to the Harbour Town Promenade to enjoy all the sights and sounds that put Hilton Head Island on the map! $189,500

GREAT FIRST FLOOR Fiddlers Cove Villa.

Updated Kitchen with granite countertops. Great location, walk to the Beach. Fully furnished. Used mainly as a second home.Great community tennis, pool and security. $145,000

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K-33 Summer House:

WOW is all I can say the minute you see this home! This one level home is perfectly situated on the 5th hole of Dolphin Head with sweeping golf and lagoon views. Large open floor plan and best of all completely renovated: all new kitchen w/granite counters, all new wood and tile flooring, all new wiring, all new plumbing and much much more! Other features include: fireplace, split floor plan and vaulted ceilings for tons of natural light.

Offered for sale at $439,000.

Fantastic villa in the gated community of Summerhouse. One of the best amenities on the Island, if not THE BEST! Superb condition, used as a second home only. This 2 bedroom villa is a regular sale and this will move, so do not hesitate, the last one priced here sold in 2 weeks! Where can you find a villa built in 2000 on the Island w/pool, fitness, car wash and gated for just $145,000.

1205 Brighton Bay Villas:

9 Bob Cat Lane:

Awesome buy on this 2 bedroom with 2 car garage in a newer complex on the South End of the Island. This townhouse has been well cared for by the original owner. Plenty of upgrades and located near the fitness and pool. Great outdoor decks, nice open kitchen to family room layout and all for under $160K.

Unbelievable 4 bedroom 2006 built home w/beautiful sweeping golf & lagoon views of #1 and #9 of the Dolphin Head Golf Club. This house has so many special features including: Custom kitchen w/granite counters, stainless appliances, Brazilian Cherry floors, gorgeous slate tile, tons of custom molding, smooth ceilings, fireplace, and more! Best of all this is now a full size lot, owners purchased the property next door AND the huge walk in attic could be 2 additional rooms. Offered for sale at $644,500

1304 Golfmaster:

RARE 3-bedroom Golfmaster Villa with 1st floor master bedroom and STORAGE AREA. This villa is in great shape - new carpeting, pergo flooring, updated kitchen, extended patio and furnished! Best of all, GOLF VIEWS. Price to move at $249,900.

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J-1 Golfmaster II Villas:

Fantastic 1st floor Golfmaster II villa with large back deck, which are ONLY available on the first floor units. Built in 2001 with high ceilings, open concept living with a large Carolina Room and fireplace! Lots of square footage on these 3 bedroom villas, make these stand out above the rest! Offered for sale at $349,900

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2532 GLENEAGLE GREEN – Enjoy the best seat at the Heritage Golf Tournament from the deck of this fully renovated 3 br/3 ba villa. $559,000 furnished.

7 BLACK DUCK – OCEANFRONT SEA PINES PLANTATION – 6 bedroom/6 ba on large .4 acre lot. Circular drive with 3 car garages, exceptionally well built with pier and beam construction, private oceanside pool. Elevated main level with all major rooms very spacious and open to deck oceanside. Stable section of beach in walking/biking distance to South Beach. $3,400,000

8 WOOD IBIS – SEA PINES – Beautiful 6 bedroom home on 5th walkway lot. Move-in condition. New 2-car garage with abundant storage, new roof, updated and painted inside and out. Great floorplan. Furnished with heated pool and Spa. Excellent rental or primary home. $1,595,000.

63 BAYNARD COVE – Spectacular sunsets over the marshes out to Calibogue Sound from this private estate. Own approx. 1 acre of privacy in Sea Pines; 4 bedroom home with new, top of the line kitchen, heated pool, 3 fireplaces, and 3 car garage. One of a kind! $2,200,000

13 GOVERNORS RD – Fabulous architectural remodel in this elegant contemporary with 4 br/4 1/2 ba, two master suites, bamboo and tile floors, fenced yard, walking distance to Sea Pines Club, Lagoon Views, fenced yard, $725,000 Furnished.

8 RUDDY TURNSTONE – 4 bedroom 4 bath Oceanside Sea Pines rental home located on the beach walkway with private pool and screened porch. FURN. $949,000

ONE LAUGHING GULL – Fabulous 4th row location just 3 blocks to the new Sea Pines Beach Club this 4 br/4 ba home features high vaulted ceilings, open floor plan, private pool and deck.

Great opportunity for remodel and rental income.$799,000 Furn.

25 SANDFIDDLER ROAD – SEAPINES - One of the largest residential building sites available in Sea Pines and located within the private Club Course neighborhood. Build the home of your dreams on this quiet cul-de-sac. $249,000

22 RED MAPLE – Terrific property near cul de sac of Red Maple and bike path to beach. Charming 3 bed/3 1/2 ba Sea Pines home with pool and fabulous lagoon to golf Heron Point views. Great rental history. $849,000 Furn.

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Golf/Lagoon lots on famous Harbour Town Golf Links which can be subdivided w/o buying density lot. Either remodel or tear down home and build two homes. Price of $990,000 is for both lots.

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362 BRIARWOOD VILLA – Great 2 BR,2BA plus den villa with incredible lagoon and golf views of Heron Point GC. Charming atrium, cathedral ceilings, very nicely updated. $429,000.

2 SYLVAN LANE – SEA PINES – Charming 3/3.5 home, plus den, plus office, 2 FP, very lg. corner lot.

Lagoon view. $549,000.

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PREDICTIONS FOR HILTON HEAD ISLAND 2014 IF ONLY NOSTRADAMUS WERE ALIVE TODAY. The legendary 15th Century seer (he looked like Gandalf; or was it Dumbledore?), was renowned for predicting big future events.

What would he foretell about the future of Hilton Head Island? Perhaps he would envision great changes coming: events that will challenge outdated habits and forge courage, innovation and resilience in this community and its leaders. Truth is, no magic potion is needed to envision what’s coming. The future is here.

What would Nostradamus see ahead for Hilton Head Island and Bluffton? Will the two forge closer alliances for economic and social planning? Will each community recognize that it needs the other and grow stronger for the union? Only time will tell.

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ITCHTY TIME The environment will be the dominant influence on Hilton Head Island going forward. The natural resources here are the Mother Ship: the stimulus for tourism, the stage for real estate, and the breadbasket of the seafood industry. But the nature of Nature is change. And so: • Climate change, a global event, will increasingly affect Hilton Head Island.

• Beaches, the prime tourism attraction, will be more affected by erosion due to sea level rise and tropical storms. Beach resanding projects (“nourishment”) will continue. But these projects will become more frequent, larger in scope, and costly due to sea level change.

• Expect lively debate whether residential waterfront property owners, who directly benefit from stable shores, should help pay more for beach stabilization.

• The S.C. Department of Natural Resources has documented the long-term flooding of salt marshes. This trend will threaten this “nursery” of Lowcountry seafood. Sea level rise will impact salt marshes, reducing seafood habitat for much loved oysters and shrimp, crabs and prey fish (species eaten by game fish).

• Marinas will accumulate sediment more quickly and require dredging more often. Where to place the dredged soil will be debated, and a beneficial long-term use MUST eventually be the standard.

• More frequent drought episodes will spotlight the need for water conservation on golf courses and residential landscaping.

• Freshwater wetlands will show their reservoir value tenfold during episodes of intense tropical or winter storms.

• The odd pattern of summer droughts, stronger and more frequent tropical storms will be the new normal.

The Resilience Factor: The Town of Hilton Head Island, resort properties, and community associations should join to establish a comprehensive “Marshall Plan” of actions to respond to climate change impacts through community education and equitable funding of priority projects. This plan must be permanent.

Climate change is here to stay.

THE COMMUNITY SHIFT Master-planned at the end of the Korean War, Hilton Head Island’s residential “plantation” identity needs more than a facelift. The Urban Land Institute, which once awarded the Sea Pines community, has shown that new generations will demand a different lifestyle and accommodations. And so: • Aging (OK, “maturing”) Baby-Boomers (ages 47-65) will increasingly downsize from their big houses, lots, and community assessments. Following a national trend, they’ll move to lowercost communities with high quality health care and other services close at hand.

• The new, vibrant Generations X (mid-30s – mid-40s) and Millennials, (ages 19-32) will become the dominant socioeconomic force. They will avoid plantations, instead seeking “intown” apartments, lofts and condos that invite social interaction, instead of privacy.

• The Town of Hilton Head Island will take note of the aging population of residents and tourists, and reconsider planning an ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) — compliant public transit and street lighting.

• The town will continue development of public pathways, parks and beach access.

• Resorts are aware of the generational shift. They will continue to develop facilities and programs that feature adventure experiences, socialization, and shorter stays.

The Resilience Factor: With support from the town, developers will create a more accessible, multi-generational community.

THE NEW ECONOMY Hilton Head Island’s primary economic drivers — tourism and real estate — will be affected by events of nature, social change, and perhaps a vital new partner. And so: • Redevelopment, such as the Shelter Cove Towne Center project, will provide clustered retail shops and smaller living spaces preferred by the new generations of renters, buyers, and travelers.

• The top-selling real estate will be such “in-town” development with plenty of access, diversity and activities.

• Adventure travelers will continue to visit Hilton Head Island if they can freely access significant cultural and natural sites with skilled guides — and without needing “gate passes.”

• Resorts and tour operators will appeal to different generations. Boomers travel more, stay longer, and demand comfortable accommodations. Gen X tourists want more to do and see more than the beach and will take experiential 1-2 day trips. Millennial travelers will prefer gatherings of family or friends. New resorttourism venues must be ready with program packages to suit these diverse visitors. All will demand convenient access to WiFi and cell phone networks.

• A primary influx of new residents will locate — or relocate — to towns with the newest schools, the best medical facilities, close-in shopping, recreation, clean, efficient public transportation and accessibility. Hilton Head Island has some catching-up to do on this point. Bluffton, however, has developed into a high-access livable community for all generations.

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JANUARY CALENDAR

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Once Upon A Quilt: Jan. 10-25 at the Water Greer Gallery, 14 Shelter Cove Lane. Sponsored by the Art League of Hilton Head. Once Upon a Quilt is the seventh annual quilt and fi ber art exhibition originally presented as a component of the North Charleston Arts Festival.

Curated by Torreah “Cookie” Washington, works included in the exhibit were inspired by artist’s favorite stories, whether it begins with, “Once upon a time…,” or “In a galaxy far, far away…,” or “In the land that time forgot…” Reading is fundamental, and through the quilted stories the hope is to inspire the next generation of young readers and quilters. African-American art quilters from across the nation were invited to explore and depict their favorite stories through traditional and non-traditional

fi ber techniques. There will be an opening reception on Friday, Jan. 10 from 5-7p.m.

The event is sponsored by Harris Teeter.

The exhibit is free and open to the public Tuesday-Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $5 donations are appreciated. Additional programs accompany the exhibit. The Art League invites you to join Paul Matheny, SC State Museum curator, for a lecture and discussion on South Carolina art history and contemporary quilting on Saturday, Jan. 11 from 10 a.m. to noon. On Wednesday, Jan. 15 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., the Art League will present Gullah Chef and Author Sallie Ann Robinson, who will entertain with a cooking demonstration and tasting of her “Smuttered” Shrimp with a lecture and book signing.

Charges apply for programs. www.artleaguehhi.org

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And the Rains Came Down: Art exhibit on display Jan. 23-Feb. 28 at First Presbyterian Church. The exhibit of artwork depicts the story of Noah and the Ark. The exhibit is free and hosted by the Visual Arts Committee of the church. Imagined with a vast

variety of living creatures parading into the ark two-by-two, the exhibition has more than 28 renditions of the story of the fl ood from diverse sources and in a variety of media. It includes etchings by Marc Chagall, Ben Zion and Arthur Geisert; a 17th century engraving; paintings by outsider

artists Rudolph Bostic and Dorethy Gorham; two molas from the San Blas Islands off Panama; a stencil print by Japanese artist Sadao Watanabe; and several wood sculpted Noah’s arks.

There will be an opening reception from 5-7 p.m. on January 23.

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The Society of Bluffton Artists presents The Nature of Art: Jan. 6-31 at SoBa Gallery, located at the corner of Church and Calhoun streets in o ld town Bluffton. a collection of original acrylic paintings by local artist Stephen Moscowitz. Moscowitz is a skilled painter, relatively new to the Lowcountry, but with his artistic talent and willing volunteerism he is quickly becoming a valued member of the art community.

Stephen joined the Society of Bluffton artists just two years ago and already has been elected vice president of the Board of Directors and has been responsible for many of the show displayed at the SoBa gallery. a reception to meet the artist will be from 3-5 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 12 at the SoBa Gallery. enjoy refreshments, the art of Stephen Moscowitz and the work of more than 100 other member artists.

843-757-6586 or sobagallery.com

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A Gullah Celebration: Jan. 17-f eb. 14, f our Corners Gallery, 1263 May r iver r oad in Bluffton. f eaturing the art of Doug Corkern, amiri f arris and Judy Mooney. o pening reception 4-7 p.m., f riday, Jan. 17. the event is free and refreshments will be served.

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FEB. 3-9

Ultimate Bridge Event: The Low Country Classic Mid-Atlantic Bridge Conference Regional Tournament will be held from Feb. 3-9 at the Marriott Resort and Spa. The event, which is the second largest regional bridge tournament in the United States, is a popular draw for snowbirds and locals, and the Hilton Head Island Bridge Club hosts the tournament every other year.

“It’s a getaway from cold weather country, but there’s no doubt that everybody’s there for the competition,” claims tournament chair, Lowry Miller.

“For bridge players, this is one of the ultimate events for them to come to. We attract some of the highest caliber players in the country.”

There is a special newcomer/intermediate program, with free play all day on Tuesday, Feb. 4 for players with 0 to 5 master points. The tournament costs $11 for each session, but no pre-registration is required. For more information about the event, call 843-757-4505. To see the Hilton Head Island Bridge Club’s daily game schedule and winter class schedule go to www. bridgewebs.com/hiltonheadisland.

ATHLETIC EVENTS JAN. 1

7th Annual Publix Bluffton New Year’s Day Polar Bear Run & Walk: Wednesday, Jan. 1 at Buckwalter Place in Bluffton. This festive New Year’s Day run is not only a fun and healthy way to kick off the new year, it’s also a great way to support two very important local charities: Bluffton Jasper County Volunteers in Medicine, and The Bluffton Fins Swim Team. The 5K run and fi tness walk starts at Buckwalter Place, with the course traveling through Buckwalter Place and down both the Buckwalter and Bluffton Parkways, ending up back at Buckwalter Place.

The race will be chip timed, and awards will be given to the top overall fi nisher as well as to the top fi nisher in each age group. At the end of the race, there will be a Polar Bear Run Post Race Block Party featuring an award ceremony, refreshments with Hoppin’ John, pizza, music, and more. For those who aren’t quite ready to take on the 5K course, a 1-Mile Fun Run & Health Walk will also be taking place the same day at Buckwalter Place. www.bearfoodsports.com

JAN. 25

2014 Race for Ellie: 8:30 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 25 at Palmetto Bluff. The Race for Ellie 5k/10k trail run will raise awareness for Mitochondrial Disease in the Lowcountry. The race was started in 2006 in honor of Ellie Kovalcik, a Bluffton child affl icted with Mito. The fi rst eight races were held in Columbus, Ohio, and grew to be the largest 5k running event in the Central Ohio area. The Race for Ellie Foundation (RFEF) is a 501(c)(3) charity funding vital research and raising awareness for Mitochondrial Disease (Mito). Run, walk, volunteer or donate funds to help change the course of Mito.

RaceForEllie.org

FEB. 8

Publix Hilton Head Island Marathon, Half Marathon & 5K: Saturday, Feb. 8. The Hilton Head Island Marathon will be an expansion of the Half Marathon that has been run on the Island by Bear Foot Sports for the past 11 years. The race will feature a scenic certifi ed course that takes participants through two parks and over Broad Creek. Both the marathon and half marathon will feature all standard male and female divisions. The race will also feature a 5K, children’s fun run and post race party with live music, vendors and a craft beer garden. 843-757-8520 or bearfootsports.com

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BALLS/DANCES JAN. 11

Chamber Ball: 6:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 11 at Hilton Head Marriott Resort & Spa. Join the business community for the Chamber Ball, presented by the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce. Enjoy fi ne dining, dancing and entertainment at the annual event honoring the outstanding individuals and organizations that make a difference in our community. hiltonheadchamber.org or 843-785-3673

FEB. 1

American Heart Association Heart Ball: Saturday, Feb. 1 at Hilton Head Island Marriott Resort and Spa. This year’s theme is “Havana Nights.” Chairs are Dr. and Mrs. John Batson. Vice-chairs are Mr. and Mrs. Warner Peacock. For additional information, contact Judy Caramello, Development Director. judy.t.caramello@heart.org or 843-422-4542

FEB. 14

An Evening of Love: 6:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 14 at Sonesta Resort Hilton Head Island. Presented by The Children’s Relief Fund. An Evening of Love includes a cocktail hour with hors d’oeuvres, dinner, music for dancing, and silent and live auctions featuring dozens of items. Surprise entertainment has been planned by chair Rose Fotia for the romantic Valentine love fest. Tickets are $125 per person. For 22 years, the Children’s Relief Fund, founded by Rose and Frank Fotia, has been helping the Lowcountry’s special needs children and their families. Straight from the Heart, one of the island’s most popular fundraising events, raises most of CRF’s annual revenue to support programs that include Special Olympics, Heroes on Horseback, Lowcountry Autism Foundation, a summer Strive Camp and Fish with Friends. 843-681-7668, 843-342-5267 or rtfotia333@yahoo.com

EDUCATIONAL JAN. 22

Loggerhead Sea Turtle Nesting on Hilton Head Island: 3 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 22 at the Coastal Discovery Museum. The presentation will focus on turtle nesting habits and the conservation effort on the Island. This past season produced record-breaking nesting density for the island and the state of South Carolina. Amber Kuehn, manager of the Hilton Head Island Sea Turtle Protection Project, will discuss the obstacles this endangered species faces on a populated beach to include light pollution, nesting habitat destruction, litter, boating hazards and predation. A power point presentation will be utilized to clearly defi ne these examples with pictures and specifi c explanations. $7. 843-689-6767, ext. 223

EXPO JAN. 28-29

2014 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce Business Expo: Jan. 28-29 at The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa Business Expo 2014 is the single largest networking event in the Hilton Head Island/Bluffton area. Businesses of all sizes and industries will present their products and services during this exciting event. This is the ideal opportunity to grow existing relationships and fi nd new suppliers, customers and partners. Reserve your space now. This is always a sell-out.

843-341-8379 or dguscio@hiltonheadisland.org

JAN. 15

Whales of South Carolina: 3 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 15 at the Coastal Discovery Museum. The Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn will host Al Segars on January 15 at 3 p.m. for “Whales of South Carolina.” Several species of whales visit the South Carolina waters either in search of food or to give birth. Among those, the North Atlantic Right Whale, one of the most endangered species of whale in the world, with numbers estimated in the few hundreds.

Dr. Segars will cover the natural history of the whales that visit our waters and their current status along with threats and challenges. Dr. Segars is a veterinarian with the SC Department of Natural Resources. $7.

843-689-6767, ext. 223

FUNDRAISER JAN. 11

American Legion Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser: 7:30-10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 11 at Applebee’s on Hilton Head Island.

Hosted by American Legion Post 185. $7. Proceeds benefi t local veteran’s charities and events. 843-342-6322

MOVIE JAN. 2

Premiering of Shadows of Man: 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 2 at Park Plaza Cinemas. From local director and Hilton Head Christian Academy graduate, Taylor MacDonald, comes an exciting new short fi lm. A Q&A with the producer and actors will follow the screening. $7.

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JAN. 16: Jan. 16: MLK Celebration Weekend ... JAN. 25: Bluffton Oyster

Golf & Tennis Festival coming to HHI

BY JJ GOURLEY

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he Hilton Head Island Golf & Tennis Festival, presented by The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa, is launching softly in 2014, with big plans in the works for 2015.

The Feb. 27-March 2 festival includes the Hilton Head Cup Pro-Am Tournament, taking place on Friday, Feb. 28 and Saturday, March 1 at Sea Pines Resort, Harbour Town Golf Links and Heron Point Golf Courses.

The festival has tournament rates and stay and play packages available for local

and visitors during the festival.

Details on the Hilton Head Island Tennis Invitational Junior Challenge are being fi nalized, along with tennis clinics and exhibitions.

A fashion show luncheon and silent auction will take place at The Westin on Saturday, March 1, from 11:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m., which will feature local celebrity models, sporting fashions for on and off the course and courts.

Tickets are $50 per person. A portion of

all proceeds will benefi t the Hilton Head Island, PGA Chapter’s, Junior Golfers’ Association and Hilton Head High School Junior Tennis programs.

Information and tickets are available at www.hhigolfandtennisfestival.com.

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FESTIVALS/FAIRS JAN. 16-20

at All Saints Episcopal Church. jengajdalo@aol.com or 843-681-3881

person, $30 day of the event. This event often sells out so call for tickets at 843-815-2277, or ask any Bluffton Rotarian for tickets.

2014 MLK Celebration Weekend: Thursday, Jan. 16-Monday, Jan. 20 at various locations. The weekend starts on Thursday, Jan. 16 with a community ecumenical worship service at 7 p.m. at Queen Chapel AME Church on Beach City Road. On Sunday, Jan. 19, from 3-5 p.m. there will be a panel discussion with audience suggestions and input encouraged on “How can we build a beloved community on Hilton Head Island?” The event will be at All Saints Episcopal Church. On Monday, Jan. 20, the MLK Memorial March will begin at 10 a.m. at the high school parking lot. At 11:30, there will be an MLK memorial program at the Seahawk Cultural Center.

A community luncheon will follow at 12:30 p.m. A screening of the video “White Dog” will be at 7 p.m.

JAN. 25

Bluffton Rotary Oyster Roast: 5-8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 25 at the Bluffton Oyster Factory Park in Old Town Bluffton. Guests can shuck and dip all the salty, steamed, freshly picked May River oysters they can handle. For the non-oyster lovers, the event will offer tasty, steamed hot dogs and brats and the famous, homemade Rotary hand-cut fries. Local favorite Low Country Boil returns to entertain the crowd with their bluegrass sound. Come experience a Bluffton tradition, dig into tasty May River Oysters and help support the Bluffton Rotary’s efforts in the community and around the world. Advance tickets are $25 per

FEB. 8

Artisans’ Fair: 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 8 at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Bluffton. Featuring a unique collection of handmade quilts by Ducky Loveless and a collection of other special arts and crafts including, paintings, wood-crafted items, photography, gourmet foods, books and much more all available for purchase. 100 percent of the proceeds will help support the Bluffton Backpack Buddies, Family Promise of Beaufort County and Hilton Head Regional Habitat for Humanity.

843-705-4447

MEETINGS JAN. 8

League of Women Voters meeting: 10 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 8 at Hilton Head Public Service District, 21 Oak Park Drive (off Mathews Dr.). The monthly meeting of League of Women Voters of Hilton Head Island/Bluffton Area presents Mayor Drew Laughlin, who will speak on the State of the Town of Hilton Head Island. The public is invited.

Reservations are not required. Free 837-3436 or franholthhbl@gmail.com

JAN. 13

LowCountry Alliance for Healthy Youth meeting: 4-5:45 p.m., Monday, Jan. 13 at Hilton Head Island High School Media Center. This meeting will be to

fi rm up Community Board Members. The group will be using the data collected, compiled and prioritized in the past few months to develop strategies and action plans with those strategies. If you cannot attend, send someone else from your organization, agency, school, church, etc.

843-689-3646

JAN. 16

Business After Hours: 5:30-7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 16 at Hilton Head Regional Healthcare-Bluffton Medical Campus. Enjoy casual networking, great food and complimentary beer and wine along with great door prizes and more. The cost to attend is $10 for chamber members and $20 for non-members. hiltonheadchamber.org

JAN. 16

Palmetto Quilt Guild monthly meeting: 1 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 16 at Hilton Head Beach and Tennis Resort. The speaker is Paula Golden, who has been quilting and teaching for more than 20 years. Guests are welcome for a $5 visit fee. Go early and socialize. www.palmettoquiltguild.org or 843-757-2613

JAN. 28

Camera Club of Hilton Head Island meeting: 7 p.m. January 28 at All Saints Episcopal Church, 3001 Meeting St., Hilton Head Island. Judged member photo competition, “Trains, Planes, Automobiles, and Boats.” Meetings are free and newcomers and guests are welcome. www.cchhi.ne

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ON STAGE JAN. 16

and re-popularizing jazz.” And the Seattle Times called him “a tour de force” and “a rare entertainer of the old school.” Backed by his skilled touring combo with special guests including a four-piece horn section, Pizzarelli moves from the Great American Songbook to a new jazz literature derived from contemporary pop, Americana, rock and soul. With more than 40 albums to his credit, Pizzarelli was highly infl uenced by Nat King Cole, Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington and The Beatles.°$75. www.artshhi.com or 843-842-ARTS (2787)

JAN. 15

ute to Luther Vandross featuring Reggie Deas & Deas Guys; Jan. 24-26, saxophonist Harry Allen with the Bob Alberti Trio; Jan. 31-Feb. 1: jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli with guitarist Howard Paul.

843-842-8620 or thejazzcorner.com

Guitarist, singer John Pizzarelli & Quartet: 8 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 16 at The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina. John Pizzarelli, the worldrenowned jazz guitarist and singer, was called “hip with a wink” by Town & Country, “madly creative” by the Los Angeles Times and “the genial genius of the guitar” by The Toronto Star. Now, Pizzarelli brings his cool jazz sound and effortless charm to the Arts Center stage.

After a recent smash success with the Boston Pops, he was hailed by the Boston Globe for “reinvigorating the Great American Songbook

The Stardust Orchestra: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15 at First Presbyterian Church Hilton Head Island.

The Stardust Orchestra, under the direction of Dave McMullen, is dedicated to keeping the big band era music alive. Founded in 2004, the Stardust Orchestra consists of 18 musicians and vocalists from the Hilton Head/Bluffton area who have many years of experience playing big band music with commitment and passion. Free.

843-681-3696 or www.fpchhi.org.

JAN. 1-31

The Jazz Corner’s performance calendar: Here is the live music calendar for The Jazz Corner. Jan. 3-4, The Eddie Wilson Quartet featuring Huxsie Scott; Jan. 10-11, violin virtuoso Aaron Weinstein with pianist Bob Alberti and bassist Frank Duvall; Jan. 17-18, a trib-

FEB. 1-2

An Afternoon of Beautiful Voices: Opera singer Sherrill Milnes is hosting a master class at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1 at First Presbyterian Church. The next day, a concert celebrating “An Afternoon of Beautiful Voices” featuring a combination of opera, musical theatre and popular song. The concert is set for 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 2 at First Presbyterian Church. Both will be free events but donations will be accepted at the door to assist VOICExperience, the non-profi t organization behind the events, with scholarships and its community service.° www.voicexperiencefoundation.com or 855-76-OPERA

WORKSHOPS JAN. 7-FEB. 25

Learn to throw a cast net: 3 p.m. every Tuesday, Jan. 7-Feb. 25 at the Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn. This hands-on program will show you the best way to learn to “open that net” on every cast.

Presented by Scott Moody, a local angler. For ages 12 and older, cost is $10 per person and reservations are required.

843-689-6767 ext 223

JAN. 1-FEB. 22

Sweetgrass basket making classes: 10:30 a.m.12:30 p.m., Saturdays through Feb. 22 at the Coastal Discovery Museum. Learn about the history of the

Sweetgrass basket, one of the Lowcountry’s best known art forms, from a local Gullah basket maker.

Then, try your hand at starting a basket of your own using locally found natural materials. $65.

843-689-6767, ext. 223

ONGOING

Memory Matters workshops: Wednesdays, 9:4511:15 a.m., general support group for caregivers of someone with dementia; 1st and 3rd Monday of each month, 9:45-11:15 a.m., men’s support group; 1st Tuesday of each month, 1-2 p.m., EML (early on-set) support group. This group is for persons 70 and under diagnosed with any form of dementia.

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JAN. 25: Miss Hilton Head Isla

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he Miss HHI Organization will crown its next queens with a pageant at 7 p.m. on Jan. 25 at the Hilton Head Island High School Seahawk Cultural Center. The pageant is returning for its third year after a 15-year absence from the island and the Miss South Carolina competition. This past summer both Miss Hilton Head Island and Miss Hilton Head Island Teen placed in the top 5 at the state competition for the fi rst time in the 77 year history of the Miss South Carolina competition.

Last year both Miss Hilton Head Island and Miss Hilton Head Island Teen placed in the top 5 fi nals and were also top 5 fundraisers for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

The selection panel includes TV personality Leanza Cornett and Broadway talent agent Eddie Rabon. This year the organization is expanding the program to pre-teens (ages 9-12) to involve more young women to be mentored by Miss HHI. This competition is for ladies ages 9-12 and the winner will serve as Miss Hilton Head Island’s Offi cial Princess to the

Miss South Carolina Pageant in Columbia in June.

The winner of the Miss Hilton Head Island competition will be awarded a $1,000 scholarship courtesy of Robert Going of Going Law Firm. In addition, she will receive in-kind prizes and scholarships. Other scholarship money will be awarded to preliminary competition winners including a $150 scholarship swimsuit award sponsored by Lava Fitness Hilton Head and a $150 scholarship talent award.

The teen winner will win a $250 cash award and her entry fee to the state teen pageant paid by the Miss Hilton Head Island Scholarship Organization.

The organization isn’t only hoping for local contestants to participate in the pageant, but also for the community to come out and see what it’s all about.

The pageant is formatted just like the Miss America Pageant that is broadcasted live on ABC annually.

Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students and are available at the door. More information about participating in the pageant or attending, go to www.misshiltonheadisland. org. M

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JANUARY AT SEA PINES seapines.com/events 13th Annual Polar Bear Swim Tuesday, Dec. 31, 10 a.m.

• Show your adventurous side with the other “polar bears” by taking an invigorating dip in the Harbour Town Pool on a chilly winter day. Warm up after your plunge with hot chocolate and refreshments. For additional information, contact The Sea Pines Resort Recreation Department at 843-8421979. Complimentary New Year’s Eve Celebration Tuesday, Dec. 31; 7 p.m. & midnight • A festive New Year’s Eve ball drop from the top of the Harbour Town Lighthouse. Two drops, 7 p.m. and midnight. 843-842-1979.

Alligator & Wildlife Boat Tour • Enjoy a one-hour guided boat tour through the freshwater lakes of the Sea Pines Forest Preserve and an up-close view of Hilton Head Island’s indigenous plant and animal life, including the American alligator. Reservations are required and may be made by calling the H2O Nature Center at 843-6865323. $22/adult, $19/child (ages 12 & younger).

Harbour Town Lighthouse Museum • Explore Hilton Head Island’s rich history and creation of the lighthouse in a unique museum-like setting. 843-6712810. $3.75/person; complimentary for children ages 5 & younger.

Enviro Tour • Explore Calibogue Sound and surrounding waterways by boat during an Enviro Tour. Discover Atlantic bottlenose dolphins, sea turtles, eagles and other marine wildlife in their natural habitat.

Venture over to Daufuskie Island and take a step back in time. Reservations are required and may be made by calling Harbour Town Adventures at 843363-2628.

Kayak Tours • Kayak with dolphins in the calm waters of Calibogue Sound and Broad Creek. We may also see egrets, herons, ospreys, bald eagles, river otters and manatees as we paddle. Experience is

not necessary for adults and children to enjoy this one-and-a-half-hour guided tour in the natural surroundings of area wildlife. A paddling clinic is included with each tour, as are life jackets and paddles. Our single and double kayaks are stable and easy to paddle.

Reservations are required and may be made by calling H20 Sports at 843671-4386.

Lowcountry Plantation Exploration Mondays; 10–11 a.m.

• Get a truly unique experience by exploring the ruins of our 18th century plantation house. Walk the grounds of an area that has been untouched for hundreds of years and listen to stories regarding the history and plantation life on Hilton Head Island in The Sea Pines Resort. Reservations are required and may be made by calling The Sea Pines Resort Recreation Department at 843.842.1979. $10/adult, $7/child (ages 12 & younger).

Prehistoric Indian Exploration Tuesdays; 10–11:30 a.m.

• Visit the remains of Hilton Head Island’s indigenous Indians. View a 4,000-year-old sacred Indian Shell Ring. Reservations are required and may be made by calling Sea Pines Resort Recreation Department at 843842-1979. $10/adult, $7/child (ages 12 & younger).

Shore Explore Wednesdays & Fridays; 10–11:30 a.m.

• Stroll along the sandy shoreline of South Beach and experience the fun and beauty of our South Carolina coast.

Search for dolphins, starfi sh and sand dollars, while learning about shells and other sea treasures. Reservations are required. 843-842-1979. $10/adult, $7/child (ages 12 & younger).

The Trail of Carolina Gold Thursdays & Saturdays; 10–11:30 a.m.

• Discover the hidden treasures of the Sea Pines Forest Preserve, walking marsh boardwalks over the old Lawton Rice Field. Look for turtles, lizards and alligators, while learning about plantation life during the 18th century.

Reservations are required. 843-8421979. $10/adult, $7/child.

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onthly’s 2013 Readers’ Choice party was held on Feb. 5 at the newly remodeled Sonesta Resort.

Thanks to all that came out and made it such a special night. To the left, Monthly publisher Lori GoodridgeCribb presents proceeds from the event to Hospice Care of the Lowcountry’s Jenny Brasington.

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GET IN THE SPOTLIGHT To submit photos from your event or party e-mail editor@hiltonheadmonthly.com or you can share them directly from your Facebook page by liking us on Facebook. All photos courtesy those pictured unless otherwise noted.

PHOTOS BY ARNO DIMMLING

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ospice Care of the Lowcountry hosted its annual luncheon to honor volunteers and give special recognition as appropriate. Above are Darlene Schuetz, Maggie Clark, Phillis White and executive director Jenny Brasington.

To left, Abby Bird receives the Professional Services Award.

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or 40 years, Literacy Volunteers of the Lowcountry has equipped thousands of Beaufort and Jasper County adults with the reading, writing, math and speaking skills they need to be successful and self-sufficient members of their family, their workplace and their community. Many attended the recent 40th anniversary celebration, including (from left) Ted Stevenson, Mark Ross, Sonny Dixon, Majka Yarbrough, Jean Heyduck and Charlie McOuat.

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FROM THE HHSO MARY M. BRIGGS President & CEO hhso.org

HAPPY NEW YEAR! AS THE NEW YEAR BEGINS, I’D LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT OUR UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS. Along with our remaining 6 concerts, we will be hosting four separate events that include youth competitions and our very popular League Fashion Show and Symphony Under the Stars. You won’t want to miss any of these wonderful occasions! Call 843-842-2055 for information and tickets.

YOUTH CONCERTO COMPETITION – FEBRUARY 1, 2014 Ten instrumentalists, have been selected as finalists in the 2014 Youth Concerto Competition. The ten were selected by competitive audition from a field of over 70 entrants from 9 southeastern states and will appear at this year’s finals on Saturday, February 1, 1:30 PM at St. Luke’s Church, 50 Pope Avenue, Hilton Head Island, SC. THE HILTON HEAD INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION – MARCH 10 – 17, 2014 Plan to attend one more of the rounds of the 2014 Hilton Head International Piano Competition which will be held March 10 through 17. Twenty of the world’s best pianists, ages 18 – 30 compete in four exciting rounds of competition for $33,000 in prizes plus concerts. The first four days of competition, Rounds I and II on March 10 through 13, will be held at the Seahawk Cultural Center (formerly VPAC) on the High School Campus, 70 Wilborn Road. Round III Semi-finals on March 15 will be at the First Presbyterian Church, as well as the Round IV Finals with the orchestra on March 17.

THE LEAGUE OF THE HILTON HEAD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FASHION SHOW – MARCH 26, 2014 The 4th annual Fashion Show Luncheon and silent auction will be held on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at Sea Pines Country Club. This is a sure way to get ready for spring with fashions by DONCASTER, luxury women’s apparel and accessories. Don’t miss watching our favorite local models and enjoying wonderful camaraderie! This event sells out rapidly so get your tickets early.

SYMPHONY UNDER THE STARS – APRIL 8 & 9, 2014 The annual Symphony Under the Stars, CARNIVAL will once again be conducted

by Maestro John Morris Russell. This festive benefit concert will play “music in the spirit of Carnival” and will feature the popular Gypsy Jazz Group, Velvet Caravan.

The two nights of concert will take place under a tent at Honey Horn Plantation on April 8 and 9. It is best shared with a group of friends who enjoy great pops music, good company and an exhilarating evening. Bring your dinner and table decorations – the fancier or more outlandish the better – and don your costumes.

See you there!

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The Low Country Kappa Delta Alumnae Association hosted a tea party for local Girl Scouts. Forty-two prettily dressed young Girl Scouts attended the afternoon tea, which included etiquette lessons. Adults participating were Tammie Blank, Jo’anna Bradley, Mimi Carman, Jan Davis, Jeanette Davis, Bobbie Elder, Vicki Giammona, Christy Long, Vicki Melton, Mary Ann Way, Kate Yachini, Girl Scout volunteer leader Phyllis Neville and Michele Henson (Vicki Giammona’s friend). Assisting in the kitchen was Dana Zendzian’s mother, Linda Kondor.

On Dec. 7, Outside Hilton Head hosted a kayak based clean-up of the Broad Creek wildlife area. Close to 30 members of the community volunteered and participated in collecting trash out of the creek.

Trash in excess of 200 pounds was collected, an estimated ninety five percent of which was sent to be recycled.

At their annual December luncheon, the Women’s Association of Hilton Head Island collected a couple of hundred toys and $1,000 for The Children’s Center.

Pictured from left is Judith Tyler, president of WAHHI; Jennifer Gauthier-Cajigas, executive director of The Children’s Center; and Jane Michel, treasurer of WAHHI.

On Dec. 18, Shawn McNeely and Ben Kennedy with Brighton Builders, along with the Greater Bluffton Chamber of Commerce and the Bluffton Police Department, dropped off gifts to Bluffton area schools for children and families in need. Pictured from left to right are Shawn McNeely, Heather Tweten with Bluffton Middle School, officer Baker Odom with the Bluffton Police Department and Ben Kennedy.

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DINING Breakfast Lunch Dinner Open Late Sunday Brunch

FEATURED RESTAURANT

Hilton Head Brewing Company South Carolina’s fi rst microbrewery and restaurant. The menu includes traditional appetizers, wings, pizza and calzones, soups, salads, entrees and more.

7C Greenwood Drive (Reilley’s Plaza) Hilton Head Island 843-785-3900, www.hhbrewingco.com

HILTON HEAD

Drive in Port Royal Plaza. 6815191. 

Atlanta Bread Company: 45 Pembroke Drive 342-2253. 

Dye’s Gullah Fixin’s: 840 William Hilton Parkway. 6818106. 

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Bella Italia Bistro and Pizza: 95 Mathews Drive in Port Royal Plaza. 689-5560.  Carolina Café: The Westin Resort, Port Royal Plantation. 6814000, ext. 7045.  Chart House: 2 Hudson Road.

342-9066.  Crazy Crab (north): 104 William Hilton Parkway. 681-5021.  Dragon Express: 95 Mathews

Fancy Q Sushi Bar & Grill: 435 William Hilton Parkway. 3426626.  Fiesta Fresh Mexican Grill (north): 95 Mathews Drive. 342-8808.  Frankie Bones: 1301 Main Street. 682-4455.  French Bakery: 430 William Hilton Parkway in Pineland Station. 342-5420. 

Hudson’s on the Docks: Hudson’s employs the largest and one of only two remaining fi shing fl eets on the island which brings fresh local seafood straight from our docks to your table.

TRY THIS: Fish N’ Chips; Fat Tire beer batter, malt vinegar, tartar sauce. $18. 1 Hudson Road. 6812772. www.hudsonsonthedocks. com.  Il Carpaccio: If you’re hankering for some authentic Italian cuisine, this hidden gem tucked away in Pineland Station is worth fi nding.

Pizza is cooked in a hardwood burning oven, imported from Modena, Italy. From Antipasti through

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Zuppe, Chef Eddy makes everything from scratch using the freshest available products.

Try This: Vitella Piemonteste; veal scaloppine sauteed with mushrooms and Italian mild sausage in a light cream sauce, $16.95. 430 William Hilton Parkway in Pineland Station. 342-9949. www.ilcarpaccioofhiltonhead.com. LD Le Bistro Mediterranean: 430 William Hilton Parkway in Pineland Station. 681-8425. www.lebistromediterranean.com. D

Mangiamo!: 2000 Main Street. 6822444. LD Mi Tierra (Hilton Head): Authentic Mexican cuisine with daily food and drink specials.

Try This: Pechuga De Pollo; A skinless chicken breast served on a hot skillet with rice, beans, a side salad corn or flour tortillas. $11.50. 160 William Hilton Pkwy. Fairfield Square. 3423409. LD Munchies: 1407 Main Street. 7853354. LD

Little Chris Cafe: 430 William Hilton Parkway. 785-2233. BLD

New York City Pizza: 45 Pembroke Dr. 689-2222. LD

Main Street CafĂŠ: 1411 Main Street Village. 689-3999. LDS

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DINING in Hilton Head Plantation. 681-2386.

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arthur’s Grille: Arthur Hills course, Palmetto Dunes. 785-1191. LD

Outback Steakhouse: 20 Hatton Place. 681-4329. LD

Big Jim’s BBQ, Burgers and Pizza: Robert Trent Jones course, Palmetto Dunes. 785-1165. LD

Plantation Café and Deli: 95 Mathews Drive. 342-4472. BL Reilley’s Grill and Bar (north): 95 Mathews Drive. 681-4153. LDSO Ruby Lee’s: 46 Wild Horse Road.

681-7829. LDS Skull Creek Boathouse: 397 Squire Pope Road. 681-3663. DO Starbucks: 430 William Hilton Parkway in Pineland Station, Hilton Head Island. 689-6823.

Street Meet: 95 Mathews Drive in Port Royal Plaza. 842-2570. LDO Sunset Grille: 43 Jenkins Island Road. 689-6744. LDOS Tapas: 95 Mathews Drive, Suite B5, Hilton Head Island. 681-8590. D

Bistro 17: Cozy, waterfront French cafe to the right of Neptune’s statue, overlooking picturesque Shelter Cove Marina. Casual bistro dining with a European cafe flair. Serving lunch and dinner with additional menus for kids and puppies. Nightly specials.

Try This: Wild Salmon. Peppered mustard, mixed greens, pine nuts, dried cranberries, red onions and gorganzola. $25. 17 Harbourside Lane in Shelter Cove. 785-5517. www.bistro17hhi. com. LD Bonefish 890 William Hilton Parkway. 341-3772. LD Carrabba’s italian Grill: 14 Folly Field Drive. 785-5007. LD

TJ’s Take and Bake Pizza: 35 Main Street. 681-2900. LD

Café at the Marriott: Oceanside at Marriott Beach and Golf Resort, Palmetto Dunes. 686-8488. BL

Turtles Beach Bar & Grill: 2 Grasslawn Avenue at the Westin Resort. 681-4000. LDO

Carolina Seafood House: Hilton Head Island Beach and Tennis Resort, 40 Folly Field Road. 842-0084. D

Up the Creek Pub & Grill: 18 Simmons Road in Broad Creek Marina.

681-3625. LD

Roastfish & Cornbread: 70 Marshland Road. 342-2996. LD

WiseGuys steaks: 1513 Main Street.

842-8866. DO

Coco’s On The Beach: 663 William Hilton Parkway; also located at beach marker 94A. 842-2626. LD

Yummy House: 2 Southwood Park Drive. 681-5888. LD

Coconutz Sportz Bar: Hilton Head Island Beach and Tennis Resort, 40 Folly Field Road. 842-0043 DO

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Conroy’s: Hilton Head Marriott Beach and Golf Resort, Palmetto Dunes. 6868499. DS

mid-island

843: 890 William Hilton Parkway, Fresh Market Shoppes. 681-8843.

LD alexander’s: 76 Queens Folly Road.

785-4999. LD Alfred’s: European-trained chef Alfred Kettering combines some of the most appealing elements of classic American and Continental cuisine in this tiny Plantation Center hideaway. Grab a seat at the chef’s counter to watch the master at work.

Try This: Roast Rack of Spring Lamb with mashed potatoes and vegetables $34.95. 807 William Hilton Parkway, #1200, in Plantation Center, 341-3117, www.alfredsofhiltonhead.com D

eLa’s Blu Water Grille: Chef Chris Cohen combines his New England culinary flare with fresh-catch specialties at this three-level waterfront masterpiece overlooking Broad Creek and Shelter Cove Marina. The 165-seat restaurant has been featured in Bon Appetit magazine and has won three prestigious OpenTable awards for Hilton Head’s best ambiance, best scenic view and best seafood.

Try This: Pan Seared Diver Scallops with crab risotto, truffle butter and herbs, $28. 1 Shelter Cove Lane in Shelter Cove Harbour. 785-3030. www.elasgrille.com. LD

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Bomboras Grille An award winning restaurant and bar, located steps away from the beach.

Offering fresh and local Lowcountry ingredients paired with craft beers and wine. Bomboras Grille is open for lunch and dinner. A kids menu is available. The locals call them the BOMB.

101 A/B Pope Avenue (Coligny Plaza) Hilton Head Island 843-689-BOMB (2662) www.bomborasgrille.com Flora’s Italian Cafe: 841 William Hilton Parkway in South Island Square.

842-8200.  Gator’z Pizza: Hilton Head Island Beach & Tennis Resort. 842-0004.  Giuseppi’s Pizza and Pasta: 32 Shelter Cove Lane in Shelter Cove.

785-4144.  Harold’s Diner: 641 William Hilton Parkway. 842-9292.  HH Prime: Hilton Oceanfront Resort in Palmetto Dunes. 341-8058.  Island Bagel: South Island Square.

686-3353.  Jamaica Joe’z Beach Bar: Hilton Head Island Beach and Tennis Resort, 40 Folly Field Road. 842-0044.

Kingfi sher Seafood, Pasta and Steakhouse: If you’re seeking an evening of great food and entertainment, be sure to visit this picturesque waterfront restaurant. Live music, dancing, comedy and magic complement Kingfi sher’s extensive menu of fresh seafood, homemade pasta and juicy steaks. Watch the sun go down over Broad Creek and Shelter Cove Harbour.

TRY THIS: Seafood Volcano with a snow crab cluster, a dozen peel & eat shrimp and four oysters on a halfshell, $19.99.

18 Harbourside Lane in Shelter Cove.

785-4442. www.kingfi sherseafood. com. 

TRY THIS The “Bomb” Kobe Beef Sliders: Two Kobe beef burgers on Lowcountry-made Brioche buns with American cheese, South Carolina tomato and topped with cornichons. Served with three house dipping sauces. $10.

Lucky Rooster Kitchen + Bar: 841 William Hilton Pkwy, Unit A, South Island Square. 681-3474. www.luckyroosterhhi.com.  New York City Pizza: 45 Pembroke Dr., Ste. 105. 689-2229.  Old Oyster Factory: With panoramic views overlooking Broad Creek, this Hilton Head landmark was voted one of the country’s “Top 100 Scenic View Restaurants” by OpenTable. It was also recently recommended in the “Off the Beaten Track” column of The Wall Street Journal. Wine Spectator magazine bestowed its “Award of Excellence” for the restaurant’s wine list and knowledge of wine.

TRY THIS: Potato Crusted Black Grouper served with garlic Parmesan rice and julienned vegetables, fi nished with a horseradish cream, $24.99. 101 Marshland Road. 681-6040. www. oldoysterfactory.com  The Sea Lady: Shelter Cove Harbour.

13 Harbourside. 341-3500.  Pazzo: 807 William Hilton Parkway in Plantation Center. 842-9463.  Pomodori: 1 New Orleans Road. 6863100.  Ruan Thai Cuisine I: 81 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island.

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DINING San Miguel’s: 9 Shelter Cove Lane in Shelter Cove Harbour. 842-4555. www.sanmiguels.com. ld

YoAddiction!: 890 William Hilton Parkway. 341-3335

Santa Fe Café: 807 William Hilton Parkway in Plantation Center. 7853838. ld

XO Lounge: 23 Ocean Lane in the Hilton Oceanfront Resort, Palmetto Dunes. 341-8080.

Sea Grass Grille: Tucked away in Plantation Center, just outside the main entrance to Palmetto Dunes Resort, this hidden gem is no longer a secret. With a Lowcountry beach house theme, the atmosphere is vacation casual with a touch of elegance, perfect for a family outing, romantic dinner, a get-together with friends or a special event.

Try This: Grouper Piccata; Sauteed with lemon, butter, white wine and capers. $26. 807 William Hilton Parkway. 785-9990. ld

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Beach Break Grill: 24 Palmetto Bay Road, Suite F. 785-2466. ld

Callahan’s Sports Bar & Grill: 49 New Orleans Road. 686-7665. ldo

Bess’ delicatessen and Catering: 55 New Orleans Road, Fountain Center. 785-5504. bl

Captain Fishy's: 86 Helmsman Way, Palmetto Bay Marina. 671-3474. ldo

Big Bamboo Cafe: 1 North Forest Beach Drive, Coligny Plaza. 686-3443. ldo

Captain Woody’s: Many restaurants claim to be a favorite of locals.

Speaking as locals, one of our favorites is Captain Woody’s. Owners Shannon and Russell Anderson made a good thing even better with their new location at 6 Target Road. Woody’s now offers more seating, an expanded menu and an attractive outdoor patio with an attached bar.

Try This: Grouper Melt, fried and topped with sauteed onions, mushrooms and melted cheese. Served open faced on a kaiser roll with homemade chips, $13.99. 6 Target Road.

785-2400. www.captainwoodys.com. ldo

south end

Bistro Mezzaluna: 55 New Orleans Road 842-5011. d

Alligator Grille: 33 Office Park Rd., Park Plaza. 842-4888. d

Black Marlin Bayside Grill and Hurricane Bar: 86 Helmsman Way in Palmetto Bay Marina. 785-4950. lds

Amigos Cafe y Cantina: 70 Pope Avenue. 785-8226. ld Angler’s Beach Market Grill: 2 North Forest Beach Dr., 785-3474. ld Annie O’s: 124 Arrow Road. 3412664. ld

Bomboras Grille: 101 A/B Pope Avenue, Coligny Plaza. 689-2662 ldo Brellas Café: 130 Shipyard Drive.

842-2400. bd

Signals Lounge: 130 Shipyard Drive Crowne Plaza Resort. 842-2400.

Aqua Ocean Grille: 10 North Forest Beach Drive. 715-8490. ld

Starbucks: 32 Shelter Cove Lane.

842-4090

Asian Bistro: 51 New Orleans Road.

686-9888. ld

British Open Pub: 1000 William Hilton Parkway D3 in the Village at Wexford. 686-6736. ldo

Up the Creek Pub & Grill: Broad Creek Marina, 18 Simmons Road. 681-

Aunt Chilada’s easy Street Cafe: 69 Pope Avenue. 785-7700. ld

Bullies BBQ: 3 Regents Pkwy. 6867427. ld

Casey’s Sports Bar and Grille: 37 New Orleans Road. 785-2255. ldo Catch 22: 37 New Orleans Plaza. 7856261. d

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DINING Coligny Deli & Grill: Coligny Plaza.

785-4440. ld

Forest Beach Drive in Coligny Plaza.

785-7767. ld

Corks Neighborhood Wine Bar: 11 Palmetto Bay Road. 671-7783. ld

Electric Piano: 33 Office Park Road.

785-5399. o

CQ’s: 140A Lighthouse Lane.

671-2779. ld

Fat Baby’s: 120 Arrow Road. 8424200. ld

Crane’s Tavern and Steakhouse: 26 New Orleans Road. 341-2333. d

Fiesta Fresh Mexican Grill: 51 New Orleans Road. 785-4788. ld

Crazy Crab (Harbour Town): 149 Lighthouse Road. 363-2722. ld DelisheeeYo: 32 Palmetto Bay Road in the Village Exchange. 785-3633. www.delisheeeyo.com.

FlatBread Grill: An upscale casual dining experience for family and friends in a friendly, energetic atmosphere. 2 North Forest Beach Drive, 341-2225, flatbreadgrillhhi.com.

Daniel’s Restaurant and Bar: 2 North Forest Beach Drive. 341-9379. www.danielshhi.com. ld

French Kiss Bakery: Coligny Plaza, 1 North Forest Beach Drive. 687-5471. bl

Dough Boys: 1-B New Orleans Road.

686-BOYS. doughboyshhi.com. ld

Frozen Moo: Coligny Plaza, 1 North Forest Beach Drive. 842-3131

Flatbread Grill and Bar: 2 North Forest Beach Drive. 341-2225. www. flatbreadgrillhhi.com. ldo

Frosty Frog Cafe: 1 North Forest Beach in Coligny Plaza. 686-3764. ldo

DryDock: 21 Office Park Road. 8429775.ldo

Gruby’s New York Deli: 890 William Hilton Parkway in the Fresh Market Shoppes. 842-9111. bl

Earle of Sandwich Pub: 1 North

Charbar Co. Executive chef Charles Pejeau’s burger creations have made this a local favorite, serving award winning gourmet burgers, sandwiches, salads and more.

Pejeau’s attention to quality and making the menu from scratch has resulted in being voted Hilton Head Island’s unanimous “Best Burger,” winning Burgers & Brews Festival 2012 and 2013, Hilton Head Monthly Reader’s Choice 2013 and Island Packet Reader’s Choice 2013. Happy Hour specials daily from 4-7 p.m.

Chef Charles Pejeau

33 Office Park Rd., Suite 213 Park Plaza, Hilton Head Island 843-785-CHAR (2427) Facebook.com/CharbarCo

Try This Champ Burger: Signature beef blend on toasted brioche with sharp cheddar cheese, bacon marmalade, dijon mustard and dill pickles. $10.

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Harbour Side Burgers and Brews: Harbour Town, Sea Pines. 842-1444. ld

Hugo’s Seafood & Steakhouse: 841 William Hilton Parkway. 785HUGO. ld

Harbour Town Bakery and Cafe: Harbour Town, Sea Pines. 363-2021. bl

It’s Greek To Me: 11 Lagoon Road in Coligny Plaza. 842-4033. ldo

Harbour Town Grill: Harbour Town Links Clubhouse, Sea Pines. 363-8380. bld Hilton Head Diner: 6 Marina Side Drive. 686-2400. bldo Hilton Head Brewing Company: 7C Greenwood Drive (Reilley’s Plaza), Hilton Head Plaza. 785-3900. www. hhbrewingco.com. ldo Hilton Head Ice Cream: 55 New Orleans Road, #114. 852-6333.

Hinchey’s Chicago Bar and Grill: 36 South Forest Beach Drive. 6865959. ldo Hinoki of Kurama: 37 New Orleans Road. 785-9800. ld Hot Dog Harbour: Unit E-5, Coligny Plaza. 785-5400. ld

Java Joe’s: 101 Pope Avenue in Coligny Plaza. 686- 5282. bldo Jazz Corner: This world famous jazz club serves up some of the best food on the island. Reservations are not required but you’ll never find an open table. Every night is a sellout and the live music is amazing.

Try This: Bacon wrapped pork tenderloin; Dried blueberry demi-glace, spiced peach butter, sweet poato puree & edamame succotash. $26.

Village at Wexford. 842-8620. do Jump and Phil’s Bar and Grill: 7 Greenwood Drive, Suite 3B. 785-9070. ldo Kenny B’s French Quarter Cafe: 70 Pope Avenue in Circle Center. 7853315. blds

Jersey Mike’s: 11 Palmetto Bay Rd., Island Crossing. 341-6800.

Kurama Japanese Steak and Seafood House: Whether it be a teppanyaki-style offering prepared right before your eyes or a mouth-watering creation from our sushi bar, Kurama prides itself on using only the freshest ingredients.

Try This: Chirashi; Assorted sashimi over a bowl of rice. $18.95. 9 Palmetto Bay Road. 785-4955. d La Hacienda: 11 Palmetto Bay Road.

842-4982. ld Land’s End Tavern: South Beach Marina, Sea Pines. 671-5456. bld Lodge Beer and Growler Bar: 7B Greenwood Drive, Hilton Head Plaza.

842-8966. do Mellow Mushroom: The place where Hilton Head’s pizza lovers and beer lovers gather. Outstanding pies made with spring water dough, prepared fresh every day. The ‘Shroom is also a great spot for hoagies, calzones,

salads. A large bar and numerous flat screen TVs make it a popular spot for watching sporting events.

Try This: The Mad Italian pizza; oil and garlic base topped with salami, roasted red peppers, onions, ham, mozzarella and pepperoncini, $24.95 (large). 33 Office Park Road in Park Plaza. 6862474. www.mellowmushroom.com. ldo Lowcountry Backyard: 32 Palmetto Bay Road at The Village Exchange.

785-9273. bld Ombra Cucina Rustica: Popular local chef Michael Cirafesi and distinguished Philadelphia chef Nunzio Patruno have teamed up to open this upscale Italian restaurant in the Village at Wexford. Many dishes were created hundreds of years ago, passed down from generation to generation. All deserts, pastas and breads are made daily using natural and fresh ingredients imported from Italy.

Try This: Carpaccio di Manzo; thinly sliced raw “Piemontese” beef, arugula,

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olive oil and shaved Parmigiano, $14.

Village at Wexford. 842-5505. www. ombrahhi.com. d

One Hot Mama’s: 7 Greenwood Drive, Hilton Head Plaza. 682-6262. ldso

Marker 59: Beach House hotel. One South Forest Beach Drive. 785-5126.

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Palmetto Bay Sunrise Café: 86 Helmsman Way in Palmetto Bay Marina. 686-3232. Bl

Market Street Cafe: 12 Coligny Plaza. 686-4976. ld

Philly’s Café and Deli: 102 Fountain Center, New Orleans Road.

785-9966. l

Marley’s Island Grille: 35 Office Park Road in Park Plaza. 686-5800. do Michael Anthony’s: Now celebrating their 12th year in business, Michael Anthony’s has been recognized by Open Table diners as one of the “Top 50 Italian Restaurants” in the United States.

TRy THIs: Bistecca alla Fiorentina; Tuscan-style herb encrusted bone-in ribeye. $38. 37 New Orleans Road.

785-6272, michael-anthonys.com. d New York City Pizza: 81 Pope Avenue. 842-2227. ld Nick’s Steak & Seafood: 9 Park Lane. 686-2920. d

Pino Gelato: 1000 William Hilton Parkway, Village at Wexford. 842-2822.

Plantation Café and Deli (south): 81 Pope Avenue in Heritage Plaza.

785-9020. Bl Pomodori: 1 New Orleans Road. 6863100. d Quarterdeck: 149 Lighthouse Road, Harbour Town, Sea Pines. 842-1999. ldo Red Fish: Upscale dining at its finest.

Head chef Chaun Bescos takes advantage of his close relationship with local growers and farmer’s markets, tailoring Red Fish’s menu around which

Charlie’s L’etoile Verte Don’t let the restaurant’s French name meaning Green Star intimidate you.

Think more of a fun, irreverent friend whom you look forward to seeing who happens to be a fabulous chef. That’s what you’ll get at Charlie’s, along with white tablecloths, a daily handwritten slate of fresh fish as long as your arm and a wine list still longer. Family owned and operated since ‘82. Hours are Mon.-Sat., 5:30 p.m. to close.

PHOTO BY ROB KAUFMAN

Try This Local Cobia: Grilled with mango vinaigrette. $29.

8 New Orleans Road Hilton Head Island 843-785-9277 charliesgreenstar.com

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foods are in season. The result is an eclectic blend of seafood, steaks, fresh fruit and local vegetables.

Try This: Lowcountry Shrimp and Grits; served with Keegan Filion Farms chorizo gravy and fried okra over a bed of sauteed kale, $24. 8 Archer Road.

686-3388. www.redfishofhiltonhead com. ld

Starbucks (south): 11 Palmetto Bay Road. 341-5477

Reilley’s Grill and Bar (south): 7D Greenwood Drive. 842-4414. ldo

The Studio: 20 Executive Park Road.

785-6000. d

Rita’s Water Ice: 1 North Forest Beach Drive, Coligny Plaza. 686-2596.

Sweet Carolina Cupcakes: 1 N. Forest Beach Drive. 342-2611.

Salty Dog Cafe: One of Hilton Head’s favorite outdoor cafes for more than 20 years. Fresh seafood. Located at South Beach Marina, overlooking Braddock Cove. Both indoor and outdoor seating are available. Live music and children’s entertainment nightly during the season.

Try This: Crab Cake Dinner; two freshly prepared Chesapeake-style lump crab cakes with homemade remoulade sauce. Served with Captain’s Au Gratin potatoes and fresh vegetables, $22.99.

South Beach Marina Village, Sea Pines Resort. 671-7327. www.saltydog.com. ld

Tiki Hut: 1 South Forest Beach Drive at the Beach House. 785-5126. old

Sage Room: 81 Pope Avenue, Heritage Plaza. 785-5352. d Sea Shack: 6 Executive Park Drive.

785-2464. ld Sea Pines Beach Club and Surfside Grill: North Sea Pines Drive.

842-1888. ld Signe’s Bakery & Cafe: 93 Arrow Road. 785-9118. bls Skillets Café: Coligny Plaza. 7853131. bld Smokehouse: 34 Palmetto Bay Road.

842-4227. bldo SmuthIland: 11 Palmetto Bay Rd. in Island Crossing shopping center.

842-9808.

Southern Coney & Breakfast: 70 Pope Avenue in Circle Center. 6892447. bl

Steamers: 28 Coligny Plaza. 7852070. ld Stellini:15 Executive Park Road. 7857006. d Stu’s Surfside: 1 North Forest Beach Drive, Coligny Plaza. 686-7873. ld

Topside at the Quarterdeck: Harbour Town, Sea Pines. 842-1999. d Trattoria Divina: 33 Office Park Road. 686-4442. d Truffles Cafe (Pope Ave.): Fresh local seafood, Black Angus steaks, baby back ribs, homemade soups and garden salads.

Try This: Chicken Pot Pie; tender breast meat, carrots, mushrooms, sweet bell peppers and white wine cream sauce covered with a puff pastry. $12.95. 785-3663. 8 Executive Park Road. www.trufflescafe.com ld Truffles Cafe (Sea Pines): 6716136. 71 Lighthouse Road. Sea Pines Center. www.trufflescafe.com ld Vari Asian Seafood and Suhi Buffet: 840 William Hilton Pkwy. 7859000. ld Urban Vegan: 86 Helmsman Way, Palmetto Bay Marina. 671-3474. ld Vine: 1 North Forest Beach Drive in Coligny Plaza. 686-3900. ld Watusi: 71 Pope Avenue. 686-5200. www.islandwatusi.com. bl Wild Wing Café: 72 Pope Avenue.

785-9464. ldo Wine & Cheese If You Please: 24 Palmetto Bay Rd. Suit G. 842-1200.

Spirit of Harbour Town: 843-3639026. www.vagabondcruise.com.

Wreck of the Salty Dog: South Beach Marina Village, Sea Pines. 6717327. d

Stack’s Pancakes of Hilton Head: 2 Regency Parkway. 341-3347. bld

YoAddiction!: 890 William Hilton Parkway. 341-3335

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Bluffton Amigos Belfair (Bluffton): 133 Towne Drive. 8158226. ld Backwater Bill’s: 20 Hampton Lake Drive. 875-5253. ldo Badabings Pizza and Pasta: 68 Bluffton Road. 8369999. ld Bluffton BBQ: 11 State of Mind Street. 757-7427, blufftonbbq.com. ld Bluffton f amily Seafood House: 27 Dr. Mellichamp Drive. 757-4010. ld Buffalos Restaurant: 476 Mount Pelia Road inside Palmetto Bluff. 706-6500. ld Cahill’s Market & Chicken Kitchen: 1055 May River Rd. 757-2921. ld Captain Woody’s: Many restaurants claim to be a favorite of locals. Speaking as locals, one of our favorites is Captain Woody’s.

Try This: Grouper Melt, fried and topped with sauteed onions, mushrooms and melted cheese. Served open faced on a kaiser roll with homemade chips, $13.99. 17 State of Mind Street in the Calhoun Street Promenade.

757-6222. www.captainwoodys.com. ldo Choo Choo BBQ Xpress: 129 Burnt Church Rd. 8157675. ldo Claude & uli’s Bistro: 1533 Fording Island Road.

837-3336. ld Coconuts Bar & Grille: 39 Persimmon Street. 7570602. do Corks neighborhood Wine Bar: 1297 May River Road. 815-5168. do Corner Perk Cafe: 142 Burnt Church Road. 816-5674. bl t he Cottage Cafe, Bakery and tea Room: 38 Calhoun Street. 757-0508. www.thecottagebluffton. com. bl Downtown Deli: 27 Dr. Mellichamp Drive. 815-5005. bl El Super Internacional: 33 Sherington Dr. 815-8113. ld f irehouse Subs: 32 Malphrus Rd., #109. 815-7827. ld f iesta f resh Mexican Grill: 876 Fording Island Road (Hwy. 278), Suite 1. 706-7280. ld Giuseppi’s Pizza and Pasta: 25 Bluffton Road. 8159200. ld Gruby’s new York Deli: 198 Okatie Village Drive.

705-4190. ld Hana Sushi and Japanese f usion: 1534 Fording Island Road. 837-3388. www.hanasushifusion.com ld HogsHead Kitchen and Wine Bar: 1555 Fording 138 hiltonheadmonthly.com

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‘Prix fixe’ menus return with

Restaurant Week More than 50 restaurants will participate Jan. 25-Feb. 1

M

ake your reservations for Saturday, Jan. 25 through Saturday, Feb. 1, and take part in one of the Lowcountry’s most popular weeks for dining out.

What could be better than a fabulous dinner out on the town? How about more than 50 of the area’s favorite restaurants to choose from, all serving up special value-priced menus?

It’s the one week of the year diners can experience a threecourse meal for less than $20.

Modeled after successful restaurant weeks in New York and other larger cities, the sixth annual Chamber Restaurant Week features more than 50 restaurants. Last year, more than 61,000 people paid a visit to the Chamber Restaurant Week web page to check out the week’s special prix fixe menus and learn more about participating restaurants.

Meeting friends for dinner?

There are plenty of options on the plate, from 843 to NEO, Old Oyster Factory, Vine, Michael Anthony’s and more.

Find the latest list of participating restaurants online at www.

ChamberRestaurantWeek.com.

“We’ve been a part of Chamber Restaurant Week since the beginning,” said Chef Chaun Bescos of Red Fish. “It’s a great way to showcase our fresh, innovative cuisine and offers diners an exciting opportunity to sample many of the Lowcountry’s restaurants.”

Explore the area’s top restaurants. From the unexpected

to your old favorites, there’s something to please every palate. The best thing about Chamber Restaurant Week — it’s a win-win for both restaurants and diners.

Take a look at participating restaurants and see what’s on the menu — as area chefs compete for bragging rights to this year’s Champion title.

As of press time, the following restaurants agreed to participate. Find the most up-to-date list online at www.

ChamberRestaurantWeek.com.

• Alexander’s Seafood Restaurant • Bistro 843 • Bomboras Grille • Charlie’s L’Etoile Verte • Chart House • Conroy’s • Harbour Town Grill • Heyward’s at The Sonesta Resort • May River Grill • Michael Anthony’s • NEO • Nick’s Steak and Seafood • Old Oyster Factory • Ombra Cucina Rustica • Pino Gelato • Red Fish • Street Meet American Tavern • The Smokehouse • Vine M January 2014 139

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DINING Island Rd. 837-4647.

Honeybaked Ham: 1060 Fording Island Road. 815-7388. bld Jameson’s Charhouse: 671 Cypress Hills Drive, Sun City. 705-8200. ld Jim ‘N Nick’s Bar-B-Q: 872 Fording Island Road. 706-9741. ld Katie O’Donald’s: 1008 Fording Island Road (Kittie’s Crossing). 8155555. ldo Kelly’s Tavern: 11B Buckingham Plantation Drive. 837-3353. bldo Kickin’ Chicken: 1011 Fording Island Rd. in the Best Buy Shopping Center. 836-5040. ldo

Orobello’s Bistro & Pizzeria: 103 Buckwalter Place, Unit 108. 837-5637, www.orobellosbluffton.com. ldo Outback Steakhouse: 100 Buckwalter Place. 757-9888. ld Panda Chinese Restaurant: 25 Bluffton Road. 815-6790. ld Pino Gelato Gourmet Cafe: 1536 Fording Island Road. 837-2633.

Plantation Cafe & Deli: 1532 Fording Island Road. 815-4445.

Pour Richard’s: 4376 Bluffton Parkway. 757-1999. do The Pub at Old Carolina: 91 Old Carolina Road. 757-6844. d

Kobe Japanese Restaurant: 30 Plantation Park Drive. 757-6688. ld

R Bar: 70 Pennington Drive. 7577264. ld

Longhorn: Inside Tanger I. 705-7001. ld

Red Stripes Caribbean Cuisine and Lounge: 8 Pin Oak Street. 7578111. ldo

Los Jalapeno’s Mexican Grill: The Bridge Center. 837-2333. ld Lowcountry Flower Girls: Berkeley Place. 837-2253.

May River Grill: 1263 May River Road. 757-5755. ld Mellow Mushroom: The place where Hilton Head’s pizza lovers and beer lovers gather. Outstanding pies made with spring water dough, prepared fresh every day. The ‘Shroom is also a great spot for hoagies, calzones, salads. A large bar and numerous flat screen TVs make it a popular spot for watching sporting events.

Try This: The Mad Italian pizza; oil and garlic base topped with salami, roasted red peppers, onions, ham, mozzarella and pepperoncini, $24.95 (large). 878 Fording Island Road. 706-0800. www. mellowmushroom.com. ldo

River House Restaurant: 476 Mount Pelia Road in Palmetto Bluff.

706-6500. ld Robert Irvine’s Nosh!: Inside Tanger II. 837-5765. ld Ruan Thai Cuisine II: 26 Towne Drive, Belfair Town Village. 757-9479. ld Saigon Cafe: 1304 Fording Island Road. 837-1800. bld Sake House: G1017 Fording Island Road Ste 105. 706-9222. ld Sunset Bay: 35 Fording Island Road Extension. 837-5673.

Sigler’s Rotisserie: 12 Sheridan Park Circle. 815-5030. d Sippin’ Cow Cafe: 1230 May River Road. 757-5051. bl

Mi Tierra: 27 Dr. Mellichamp Drive.

757-7200. ld

Squat N’ Gobble: 1231 May River Road. 757-4242. bld

Mi Tierrita: 214 Okatie Village Drive.

705-0925. ld

Stooges Cafe: 25 Sherington Drive.

706-6178. bl

Moe’s Southwest Grill: 3 Malphrus Road. 837-8722. ld

Tavern 46: Casual yet upscale dining with a menu that features a selection of steak, local seafood, gourmet burgers, barbecue ribs, slow-cooked pork chops and many desserts. One of the largest bars in the Lowcountry with 34 beers on tap. With 15 flat-screen TVs, it’s also a good place to watch sporting events.

Try This: Chipotle Chicken Cavatelli; grilled chicken, red peppers, spinach

Mulberry Street Trattoria: 1476 Fording Island Road. 837-2426. lds NEO: 326 Moss Creek Village. 8375111. ld Old Town Dispensary: 15 Captains Cove. 837-1893. ldo 140 hiltonheadmonthly.com

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A HEAPING HELPING OF LOCAL RESTAURANT NEWS

• Popular local restaurants magazine Fork & Fun has released a free application available on iTunes and the Android Market.

Fork & Fun Hilton Head features restaurant descriptions and menus, separated by categories such as American, Asian, Continental, French, German, Mediterranean, Mexican and more. Options allow you to search for restaurants by name, by category or by distance from your current location. In addition, the app has categories for exploring the island, upcoming events, shopping info, specials, golf info, after dark info, activities you can do and hotel information.

• Hilton Head Island’s award-winning Red Fish restaurant is opening a Bluffton location at 32 Bruin Road, where the old Myrtle’s Bar & Grill was located. The new restaurant will also be called Red Fish and will look much like the island eatery with most of the same menu.

Owners picked the location because it is a free-standing building with plenty of parking. Owners hope to expand outdoor seating and build an outdoor deck with a fireplace.

• Hilton Head native Clayton Rollison has opened a restaurant called the Lucky Rooster Kitchen+Bar at 841 William Hilton Parkway in South Island Square, where the old Gillan’s Seafood & Oyster Bar was located. The restaurant is focusing on seasonal American food with southern soul, classic cocktails, interesting wines and craft beers.

Hours are 4 p.m. to midnight, Tuesday through Sunday.

• A new fine dining restaurant has opened in Downtown Bluffton.

Veritas, located at 163 Bluffton Rd. Unit F, offers a warm, inviting atmosphere coupled with excellent service and a seasonal menu sure to satisfy any appetite. Everything in house is made from scratch; from sauces to soups and even desserts. Chef/owner Tom Boland brings a modern flare to his classical French training, and brings together flavors you won’t find anywhere else. The seasonal menu as well as daily specials make every dining experience unique.

• Hinchey’s Chicago Bar & Grill is opening a second location in Bluffton’s Berkeley Place, where Paulie’s Coal Fired Pizza used to be.

The new location will have the same menu, an outdoor deck and the same live music schedule as the island location. Owner Bob Hinchey is hoping his proximity to the movie theater draws people for a quick bite or drink before or after their movie.

• Cinco Mexican Grill has opened a 3,885-square-foot restaurant in Berkeley Place, adjacent from Outback Steakhouse. It serves lunch and dinner with traditional Mexican dishes and drinks. The target opening date was Jan. 1.

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and sweet corn over cavatelli pasta with chipolte cream sauce and Parmesan, $15. 16 Kittie’s Landing Road. 815-2327. ldo Truffles Cafe: Fresh local seafood, Black Angus steaks, baby back ribs, homemade soups and garden salads.

Try This: Chicken Pot Pie; tender breast meat, carrots, mushrooms, sweet bell peppers and white wine cream sauce covered with a puff pastry. 91 Towne Drive Belfair Towne Village. 815-5551. trufflescafe com. ld Vineyard 55: 55 Calhoun Street. 7579463. d Tavern 46: 16 Kittie’s Landing Road.

815-2327. ldo Veritas: 163 Bluffton Rd. Unit F. 843-8156900, veritasbluffton.com. d Walnuts Café: 70 Pennington Drive in Sheridan Park. 815-2877. bls Wild Wing Café (Bluffton): 1188 Fording Island Road. 837-9453. ld Zepplin’s Bar & Grill: Inside Station 300. 25 Innovation Dr. 815-2695. ldo

Stick to your resolution

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ith so many great restaurants, eating out is one of the top things to do for both visitors and locals. And there’s no reason why it can’t be healthy eating. Here are a few tips to follow for eating healthy when eating out: • As a beverage choice, ask for water or order fat-free or low-fat milk, unsweetened tea, or other drinks without added sugars.

• Ask for whole-wheat bread for sandwiches.

• In a restaurant, start your meal with a salad packed with veggies, to help control hunger and feel satisfied sooner.

• Ask for salad dressing to be served on the side. Then use only as much as you want.

• Choose main dishes that include vegetables, such as stir fries, kebobs, or pasta with a tomato sauce.

Here are some great healthy menu options you can find at local restaurants:

Alfred’s Restaurant: Roasted Chilean Sea Bass: Served with fresh spinach with chardonnay sauce. $29.95 Bomboras Grille: Black-eyed Pea Salad: Pan seared black-eyed pea cakes, arugula salad mix, lemon vinaigrette and a curry mayo drizzle. $11. Available lunch and dinner.

Bistro 17: Wild Salmon: Peppered mustard, mixed greens, pine nuts, dried cranberries, red onions and Roquefort.

Captain Woody’s: Saltwater Fish Salad: Choice of magi, flounder, salmon or grouper grilled or fried over large garden or caesar. $10.99.

Charbar Co.: Perfect Portabello: Portabello cap on house-made focaccia with roasted red peppers, grilled onions, arugula and goat cheese. $10.

Charlie’s L’etoile Verte: Charlie’s Chicken Salad: Chunks of white chicken, dried cranberries, apples, celery and pecans, served on a bed of greens. $10.

ELA’s Blu Water Grille: Pear Arugula Salad: Gorgonzola, almonds, shallots and horseradish dressing. $9.

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Flatbread Grill: Garden Fresh Salad: Fresh mixed greens, cucumber, carrots and cherry tomato.

Hilton Head Brewing Company: Brew Pub Salad: Grilled jumbo shrimp over mixed greens with, bacon, tomatoes, cucumbers, walnuts, bleu cheese, mandarin oranges, red onions, and topped with a mango vinaigrette. $12.

Hudson’s Seafood House on the Docks: Steamed Oysters in the Shell: Buy a half bucket for $10 or the whole bucket for $18.

Il Carpaccio: Trota Del Fattore: Sauteed rainbow trout deboned with butter, lemon, parsley and white wine. $17.95.

Kingfisher Grilled Fresh Catch Fish: Always fresh, never frozen. Served with rice pilaf and vegetables.

Kurama Japanese: Avocado sushi roll or tuna carpaccio.

Mellow Mushroom: Greek Salad: Romaine and iceberg lettuce, shredded carrots, red cabbage, onions, cucumbers, green peppers, mushrooms, feta cheese, Kalamata olives, Roma tomatoes, pepperoncini and banana peppers.

Michael Anthony’s: Salmone con Preparazione Stagionale: Salmon with

seasonal preparation. Market price.

Old Oyster Factory: Portabella Napoleon: Feta cheese stuffed portabella, grilled balsamic marinated vegetables and asparagus tips finished in a balsamic reduction. Any of fish dishes can be prepared “naked” brushed with olive oil, lemon juice and grilled.

OMBRA Cucina Rustica: Insalata all a Caprese: Sliced tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, roasted peppers, extra virgin olive oil, basil. $9.

Red Fish: Healthy Plate: From lunch menu. Grilled salmon, faro salad, steamed spinach with lemon yogurt.

Sea Grass Grille: Grilled Mahi Mahi: Topped with a mango chutney glaze. $23.

Salty Dog Café: Peel & Eat Shrimp: Wild American peel & eat shrimp, chilled and covered in Captain John’s secret spices.

Tavern 46: Blackened Fish Tacos: Flour tortillas filled with blackened fish, jalapeno coleslaw and diced tomatoes.

Truffles Southwestern Wrap: Spicy chicken breast, romaine, smoked corn salsa, black beans, tomato, red onion, Southwestern dressing.

Want to eat healthy at home?

Check out this healthy recipe provided by ELA’s Blu Water Grille:

Spaghetti Squash Marinara INGREDIENTS • 1 medium spaghetti squash • 1 lb ground turkey • 1 jar of tomato sauce • 2 garlic cloves (minced) • 1 pt of mushrooms (sliced) • 1 yellow onion (diced) • 1 zucchini (cubed) • 1 yellow squash (cubed) • 1-2 tbsp olive oil • Salt and pepper to taste • ¼ cup of fresh shaved parmesan INSTRUCTIONS 1) Brown ground meat over medium heat. Drain oil. Add tomato sauce.

Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.

2) Set a large pot to boil. Salt the water.

3) Cut spaghetti squash in half length-

wise. With a spoon, remove seeds.

4) Cook spaghetti squash in boiling salted water for 15-20 minutes or until tender. Remove from water and scrape w/ a fork (will resemble spaghetti) 5) In a sauté pan set over medium heat, sauté garlic with olive oil. Add onion, mushrooms, zucchini, and yellow squash. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Cook for 5 minutes (or until veggies begin to soften).

6) Add veggies to meat sauce. Serve over spaghetti squash. Finish with Parmesan.

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LAST CALL

Seven steps to a better you If your life is perfect, skip this column. Send me an e-mail sharing your secrets to a fulfilled life. If by chance you are one of the 100 million Americans that makes a New Year’s resolution or helps to fuel the 2.5 billion self-help industry, read on.

MARC FREY mfrey@freymedia.com

F

irst know that according to surveys, a very high percentage of resolutions remain unfulfilled. If you are a cynic you might rightfully conclude that given the odds, it makes no sense to bother making one in the first place … unless you read this column, which is aimed at improving your chances of resolution success.

t here are two important

fundamental

S that need to be under Stood:

 First, setting new goals means changing something. Change by definition means making room for something

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new. It also means giving up something old. It seems fundamental, but too often we wish upon the new without establishing what we need to give up in order to make room for the new. As an example, if you want to leave a legacy during your retirement, you might have to give up playing golf every day and devote time to your ambition.

Change by definition means making room for something new. It also means giving up something old.

 S econdly, we need to understand that willpower

is scientifically no longer regarded as a metaphor but defined as a real form of mental energy powered by glucose in the bloodstream, which is used up as one exerts self-control. So we have to take into account the possibility of our own mental fatigue and not regard it as failure, but as a something that needs to be replenished and trained.

n ow for the practical

part. h ere iS my Seven- Step outline

Step 1: Make time to think about what your ambitions are. It’s a common mistake to skip the most important step and superficially pick something that seems obvious instead of doing some soul searching.

Step 2: Be ambitious. Wish for something that would have a long lasting effect and improve your quality of life.

Step 3: Define the purpose, not just the goal. Often we set a goal without truly thinking about the purpose. As an example, we might say we want to lose 10 pounds. What we truly need to define is the purpose. Would it help my cholesterol level and make me a more agile tennis player? Understanding the purpose will help to achieve the goal and open up multiple avenues to get there.

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Step 4: Document your plan. Studies have shown that people that document their plan visibly are far more likely to achieve their goals compared to people with the same intentions who simply think about it in silence. Be smart about the goals and the time it may take to get there. Too often people give up because they set unrealistic targets and don’t allow for the inevitable setbacks.

Step 5: Commit to it. Unless we truly commit to it, our chances of success are very low. This seems obvious, but we need help by making a contract with ourselves or placing a bet with friends. Enter it into your calendar and make it non-negotiable.

to a better you:

Step 6: Stay with it. Chances of sticking with a plan vastly increase if we are accountable to someone about it; build a support team and reward ourselves for success. Try to pre-commit and plan in such a way that you have to use your willpower sparingly. Go running before your first coffee, don’t keep bacon in the house if it is not part of your diet, choose to watch one football game instead of the entire afternoon if you want to read a book, etc.

Step 7: Review and revise. Writing out your goals will allow you to review them and keep track of your progress. Some ambitions are very measurable, such as achieving a high test score. Others are more vague, in which case setting some milestones and checking them off as you pass them is useful. Finally, be ready to revise the plan as you gain new insights, as long as you stay committed to the initial purpose.

Armed with all this knowledge, the only obstacle remaining to achieve success is our own persona.

Onwa RDS t O a g Reat 2014! M Please send your comments to my email at mfrey@freymedia.com. I would like to get your feedback on this important idea.

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