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SUMMER FUN: SOUTH END

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WHERE IT ALL BEGAN The south end of Hilton Head Island has the lighthouse. Need we say more?

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SOUTH END LANDMARKS Can’t-miss hot spots and landmarks found on the south end of Hilton Head Island.

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40 YEARS OF TRADITION Gregg Russell celebrates four decades under the Liberty Oak.

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BEHIND THE STINK Pirates of Hilton Head’s cursed villain speaks out.

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LIFE’S A BEACH The south end has lots of beautiful beach to offer, with a little something for everyone.

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FEATURES 20 38

20 n F LYOVER NEARS FINISH Will the Bluffton flyover project transform the traffic flow on and off HHI?

24 n J UNETEENTH Celebrate black America’s Independence Day

38 n NEW LEADER ELECTED Planner and developer David Ames won the special election for Ward 3

40 n FIRST FAMILIES The story of the Lawyer family is important. It is a story of survival.

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44 n BUILDING AN EMPIRE For Beverly O’Conner-Martin, business has never been business as usual.

46 n THINGS LOOKING UP Group brings new life to Palmetto Bay Marina and Daufuskie Island.

64 n STEPPING UP Island stepfathers have found joy in an often unsung, always challenging role.

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Looking for the perfect Father’s Day gift? Look no further.

86 n H ERE COME THE BRIDES Three featured real weddings, along with the hottest bridal trends of 2016.

103 n ANOTHER DOOR OPENS With his cross-country career finished, HHI’s Jack Felix shifts gears.

117 n KITCHEN & BATH TRENDS

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White and gray color schemes are all the rage for Lowcountry kitchens.

IN EVERY ISSUE 12 n A T THE HELM 14 n N EWS 18 n O PINION 20 n V IBE 24 n DIVERSITY 32 n WHERE IN THE WORLD? 34 n PEOPLE 44 n ENTREPRENEURS 46 n BUSINESS 56 n ON THE MOVE 82 n H EALTH 84 n FASHION 86 n BRIDAL 103 n SPORTS 106 n HOME 128 n REAL ESTATE 161 n CALENDAR 182 n SOCIAL SPOTLIGHT 184 n M USIC 186 n DINING 192 n RESTAURANT LISTINGS 200 n LAST CALL

186 n STRAWBERRY FIELDS Enjoying a sun-kissed strawberry ushers in summertime like no other fruit.

190 n CHEF Q&A Getting to know OMBRA executive chef Michael Cirafesi.

The accommodations industry and how it helped shape Hilton Head Island, Bluffton and the surrounding Lowcountry.

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Living in a south-end world

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t’s funny how large we can make this small community we live in. With the way we’ve split Hilton Head Island and Bluffton into sections, one could easily confuse the Lowcountry for a metropolis such as New York City or Chicago.

On Hilton Head, there are the north end, mid-island and the south end. Over the bridge is the mainland and its many areas (Old Town Bluffton, new Bluffton, Buckwalter, May River Road and Okatie).

Each area has its own collection of housing options, shopping centers, grocery stores and other landmarks. Each area also seems to have its own personality. Over the next three issues, Monthly is celebrating each area with a special “Summer Fun” series, highlighting all the great things to do and see in each place.

We kick it off this month with my favorite — Hilton Head’s spectacular south end.

It’s where I choose to live, work and play.

What’s so great about the south end? It’s home to great beaches, great restaurants, great golf courses, great businesses and, well, great everything.

My kids grew up spending summer afternoons on South Forest Beach and evenings watching Gregg Russell perform under Sea Pines’ Liberty Oak. We used to love to “live like tourists” on the weekends, taking advantage of all the amenities the south end has to offer. Every day on the south end of Hilton Head can be a vacation day if you do it right.

Speaking of vacations, this issue also includes a detailed history of Hilton Head and Bluffton’s accommodations industries.

From one hotel back in 1950s to the thousands of villas, homes and hotel rooms available today, we’ve come a long way in a very short period of time. One could argue the accommodations industry is the

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biggest player in tourism and the local economy. It provides jobs, and its guests are here spending money at local businesses.

The industry continues to reinvest in our community with many multi-million-dollar renovations. We simply could not live without it.

This issue also includes our special summer bridal section. Inside we feature three real weddings, and bridal industry insider Robyn Passante goes over the latest tips and trends.

Other highlights include a flyover update, an exclusive Q&A with newly elected town leader David Ames, the beach renourshiment project, the Palmetto Bay Marina sale, a salute to stepfathers, a special kitchen and bath section and more.

June 20 marks the first day of summer.

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ABOUT THE COVER: The cover features Stinky Pete, the villain behind the daily kids vs. pirates battle at the Pirates of Hilton Head cruise. Every day, Stinky Pete loses the key to the chest. Every day, Stinky Pete gets pummeled by kids shooting the ship’s water cannons at the lovable loser. For years, he has been a media recluse, but we caught up with him for a revealing Q&A (Page 80). Photo by Lloyd Wainscott.

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VS NEW STORES ANNOUNCED FOR SEA TURTLE MARKETPLACE Wheeler Real Estate Company, the developer responsible for the Sea Turtle Marketplace, has announced two more stores to open in early 2017.

Sea Turtle Marketplace, located on Mathews Drive in the old Pineland Station location, is already home to SteinMart and Starbucks, the only holdovers from Pineland Station.

PetSmart will be occupying one of the empty spots, making Hilton Head Island its third Lowcountry location. The company also has stores in Bluffton and Beaufort. The second Sea Turtle Marketplace addition is Another Broken Egg Café, a chain started in Louisiana. The café serves breakfast and lunch.

HORNE CHALLENGING SANFORD FOR CONGRESSIONAL SEAT

State Rep. Jenny Horne is running for Congress, challenging incumbent Republican Mark Sanford in the coastal 1st Congressional District. The Republican primary election is June 14. Horne is a Republican member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 94. She was first elected to the chamber in 2009. Instead of seeking re-election, she is now seeking election to the U.S. House to represent the 1st Congressional District. Sanford currently serves the district after winning a special election in 2013. He previously represented the same district from 1995 to 2001, before being elected governor of South Carolina, a position he held from 2003 to 2011.

THE JUNE HIT

PORTIONS OF ISLANDERS’ BEACH PARK CLOSED UNTIL RENOURISHMENT PROJECT COMPLETE No cars or parking will be permitted at Islanders’ Beach Park until the current beach renourishment project is completed. Alternative beach access and parking can be found at Folly Field and Driessen Beach parks, and at Burkes Beach Road. Annual parking pass holders may call to be directed to where they are able to park: MondayFriday, 843-342-4580; weekends and holidays, 843-342-4586.

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WEEK OF CHAMPIONS (June 6-10) REPUBLICAN PRIMARY ELECTION (June 14) JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION (June 18) FATHER’S DAY (June 19) SUMMER BEGINS! (June 20) MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET (June 21-July 30)

PIER MAY STILL BE PART OF PLAN FOR SHELTER COVE COMMUNITY PARK If the permit is granted by the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, plans may move forward to bring an overlook pier to Shelter Cove Community Park as soon the end of this year or early 2017. Guidelines for the width and length of the pier are dictated by state regulations, and to design and build a pier to those specifications will cost an estimated $800,000. The current budget remaining for Shelter Cove Community Park is $400,000, split between the Town of Hilton Head and the park’s developer. If the permit is approved, it will be up to the town to come up with the additional $400,000.

MITCHELVILLE PRESERVATION PROJECT TO BE RECOGNIZED The U.S. National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program will recognize the Mitchelville Preservation Project, Hilton Head Land Trust’s Fort Howell, and the Heritage Library for their efforts in preservation and education at the National Underground Railroad Conference June 13-16, which is being held on Hilton Head Island. The Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program aims to unite individual historic sites, museums and organizations into a larger network that helps tell the whole story of the Underground Railroad.

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BEGINS JUNE 14 The Shelter Cove Summer Community Market will take place at Shelter Cove Community Park on Tuesday evenings from 4:30-7 p.m. June 14 to Aug. 9, with the exception of July 5. The market will include produce, art, baked goods, specialty foods and prepared foods. There will also be activities for kids including a bungee jump, bounce houses, a rock wall and a zip line. The market will take place before the Summer Jams events, which take place from 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays.

SHUTTLE PILOT PROGRAM PROPOSED FOR EMPLOYEES OF ISLAND BUSINESSES A pilot program for a shuttle service on the south end of Hilton Head Island may begin by spring 2017. The pilot program would focus on employees at the many businesses, hotels and restaurants on the south end, as part of a larger effort to reduce traffic in the Sea Pines circle. The shuttle service would utilize classic trolleys to make it a fun experience. If the pilot program is successful, it would be expanded into an island-wide system for residents and visitors.

PUBLIC CAN NOW COMMUNICATE WITH THE BLUFFTON POLICE DEPARTMENT VIA APP The Bluffton Police Department is now using the MyPD app, available for iPhone and Android. The public can receive alerts, look up department information, provide tips or request a police report using the app. To use the MyPD app, download it to your smartphone and then search for the Bluffton Police Department.

DENISE GARISON NAMED NEW PRINCIPAL OF BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL On May 3, the Beaufort Country Board of Education approved Denise Garison, who has been an educator for 30 years, to replace current Bluffton High School principal Mark Dievendorf when he retires on June 30.

Garison most recently served as principal of Jack Britt High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where she had a strong track record of academic growth and on-time graduation.

Garison went through an extensive selection process before being hired at Bluffton High — her application was screened and reviewed by a team who passed their recommendations on to an eight-member interview committee. That committee met with each candidate and eventually made a recommendation to the school board.

PHONE SCAM TARGETS SCE&G CUSTOMERS SAVANNAH ‘BATTLE BALL’ NOW AVAILABLE ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND The increasingly popular Battle Balls, also known as “bubble soccer” — which involves players being encased in a large inflatable “bubble” and bumping, checking and rolling over the competition on their way to the goal — is now available for party and large group Island. The company also rentals on Hilton Head Island makes its equipment available for league rental, and leagues have already been started in Savannah, Pooler, Wilmington Island and Effingham.

Some SCE&G customers have reported receiving scam calls demanding payment to avoid disconnection of electric or gas service. The scam calls appear to come from a SCE&G number and in some cases include a recording of an SCE&G employee. SCE&G warns customers to be skeptical of these calls, especially if the caller is demanding a specific payment method or asking that the customer meet in person to pay, as neither of these requests are consistent with SCE&G policies. If you are concerned that a call is a scam, hang up and call SCE&G customer service at 1-800-2517234 to verify.

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THE WORD ON THE STREET, ONLINE & IN PRINT

FERRY TRANSPORTATION NEEDED When I read Marc Frey’s article in the May Hilton Head Monthly magazine (“The emerging power metro area with Southern charm”), I felt as if someone out there finally got it! Your quote, “25 years ago, when I predicted that the Savannah, Beaufort and Hilton Head Island triangle would grow in to a cohesive population and commerce center, most people looked at me with disbelief,” reminded me of myself and several buddies of mine who have been trying to start an intercounty/interstate ferry transportation system.

The only difference for us is

we started our efforts over 30 years ago, and, our “power triangle,” if you will, would include Savannah. Admittedly, 30 years ago, the population density at that time made the purchase and operation of the boats on a daily basis a little pricey for the idea to work. However, as with your prediction, the population density in the Savannah, Beaufort and Hilton Head area these days makes the waterborne leg of this triangle a very doable proposition that everyone in the general population could enjoy at a very realistic and affordable rate — Capt. A. J. Weis

KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF HONEY HORN I read with great dismay that the Town of Hilton Head Island is considering using Honey Horn for an art venue. This beautiful 68-acre property is home to our wonderful Coastal Discovery Museum. The planned art venue would take up 40 acres, mostly for a parking lot. This would devastate Honey Horn as we all know and love it. I can't believe our Town Council is even considering such a mistake. We must not let this happen! Please join me in adding your voice in keeping Honey Horn as it is. Contact

your Town Council members, our mayor and your Beaufort County Council member and tell them to keep Honey Horn as is. Please keep their plans to destroy it from coming to pass. As a side note, this land is already committed to use as a temporary disposal site in case of a major natural disaster. If we have a major hurricane, we will need this property to recover.

Tell your elected officials to keep their hands off of Honey Horn and to protect it for future generations. Thank you.

— Mary Ann Peeples

HIGH MARKS FOR MONTHLY Kudos for your May issue.

In the 20 years I've lived here, Monthly has grown into a world-

class magazine that could rival any city magazine, anywhere!

— Alison Shenkuss

MONTHLY POLL Who are you voting for in the statewide primaries on June 14?

U.S. House of Representatives, District 1: • S.C. Rep. Jenny Horne • U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford 14th Circuit Solicitor: • Angela McCall-Tanner • Duffie Stone Beaufort County Council, District 7: • Cynthia Bensch • Michael E Covert

Vote online at hiltonheadmonthly.com before you vote for real on June 14.

CORRECTIONS • In the 2016 Health Care Directory, we printed the incorrect phone number for Finger & Associates Plastic Surgery Center. The correct number is 912-354-4411.

• In the May issue, we printed the wrong title for Hilton Head Island Beach & Tennis Resort sous chef Travis Phelps.

VISITORS NOT THE PROBLEM We are visiting Hilton Head again and read the article on sustainability in your magazine (“Room for improvement,” April 2016).

We do not have a “we are on vacation” mentality. We are very aware of the need to recycle and are passionate about it at home in Ontario, Canada. We have rented this

same condo in Sea Pines for two years in a row. We have separated bottles, paper, cardboard, food waste, etc., only to find there is only one collection box in the complex for ALL garbage and no reference to a green box, etc. What's up with that?

— Barry Fraser

ARTICLE RIGHT ON TRACK I wanted to drop you a line to say thank you for the article about Donna and WellTrackONE. It was very well written and has many likes on Facebook and in public. WellTrackONE is

unlike other businesses on the island. I believe it's a game-changer in the economic development arena for our community. Thanks again.

— Dave D'Amico

EDITOR’S NOTE: The views and opinions expressed on this page are solely those of the original authors and do not necessarily represent those of Monthly magazine, the Monthly staff or any of its contributors.

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BLUFFTON FLYOVER NEARS FINISH LINE

BY DEAN ROWLAND | PHOTOS BY MIKE RITTERBECK

The waiting is the hardest part. Those who have endured three years of the Bluffton flyover construction project connecting Bluffton Parkway with the bridges to Hilton Head Island can finally exhale upon its scheduled June 30 completion.

The 53,000 vehicles going east and west daily on U.S. 278 will decrease about 25 percent because of the flyover, according to South Carolina Department of Transportation data.

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ith what began in May 2013 as a 30-month project — with one delay pushing back its original November 2015 deadline — the $45 million capital improvement will transform the traffic flow on and off the island along U.S. 278. Incoming traffic from the mainland and traffic coming off the island should experience considerable ease of travel, less congestion and fewer delays.

The 53,000 vehicles going east and west daily on U.S. 278 will decrease about 25 percent because of the flyover, according to South Carolina Department of Transportation data.

“There’s a bottleneck there now in the morning. I think this will actually improve it because we will be able to merge that traffic (from the parkway) and be able to stagger that traffic with the traffic signals on U.S. 278 so they aren’t all coming in at the same time,” said Beaufort County traffic and transportation engineering director Colin Kinton. “Coming off island, it will be significantly improved because people won’t be getting delayed and queued up at the Moss Creek light.”

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As it is now, motorists traveling eastbound on Bluffton Parkway stop at Buckingham Plantation Drive. To the right is Old South Golf Course and to the left is U.S. 278 at the Moss Creek intersection.

At the completion of the project, a newly installed signal light where the current Buckingham Plantation Drive stop sign is now will allow motorists to drive straight onto the two-lane, 4,200-foot-long flyover, heading over marshland toward the Wilton Graves Bridge without having to make a lefthand turn toward U.S. 278.

“Our latest counts last year on Bluffton Parkway in the segment between Malphrus Road and Buckingham Plantation Drive averaged 10,000 cars a day,” Kinton said. “Those 10,000 cars a day will immediately be using the new (Phase) 5a … rather than going down the parkway to Malphrus or Moss Creek signals and turning right onto U.S. 278.”

The bridges between Hilton Head and the mainland are at capacity.

Barrier walls recently have been installed by the contractor, R.R. Dawson Bridge Co., the concrete has been poured and all that’s left to finish is asphalting the ramps.

“We’re in the home stretch,” Kinton said. “For a $45 million project, it’s gone pretty smoothly.” If, however, the June 30 deadline is not met by the contractor, daily penalties would be assessed.

The one delay to the projected November 2015 completion date occurred last summer because of unexpected difficulties with foundation

If the June 30 deadline is not met by the contractor, daily penalties will be assessed.

depths in the marsh, construction delays, environmental permitting and a request by the state for more paving improvements on the mainland that wasn’t in the original contract.

“In the big scheme, it’s a great project because it offers alternatives to U.S. 278 on the mainland,” Kinton said. “So when you’re coming off island — whether workers, tourists or residents of Hilton Head — they’re not subject to an accident at Moss Creek or at Malphrus without the traffic being backed up. It provides alternatives that don’t exist at the present.”

Using the flyover from the island for shopping at Tanger Outlet centers, visiting Old Town Bluffton, or dining at one of the many local restaurants will be refreshingly smooth sailing without delays and stoplights at existing bottleneck intersections near the bridge.

While the Bluffton flyover will be a motorist’s road-trip dream within a month, what to do about the bridge itself will present another challenge in the years ahead.

“The bridges between Hilton Head and the mainland are at capacity and that’s the next thing we have to look at,” Kinton said. “How do we get additional lanes crossing the bridge?”

Ten years ago, the Bluffton flyover took its first step forward when Beaufort County residents approved a 1 percent transportation sales tax referendum to get the project — and the widening of S.C. 170 — off the drawing board. But it wasn’t until February 2013 that Beaufort County Council voted its approval. Three months later, work began on the flyover after years of planning, design and permitting.

Funding for the project comes from the sales tax, federal monies and road impact fees, Kinton said. Besides the contractor, the other major players are the county, the state and consultant F&ME in Columbia.

In 2002, phase one of five for construction of the new 9.5-mile Bluffton Parkway from S.C. 170 to Buckingham Plantation Drive began. Phase 5a is the flyover itself.

All along, Beaufort County officials have stressed improving public safety as the impetus for the flyover, no reason more so than in the case of a hurricane evacuation. Because of chronic heavy traffic volume on U.S. 278, quicker access to Interstate 95 via an alternative route was critical.

Hurricane season, which is bookended by tropical storm systems, begins June 1 and ends Nov. 30. Between 1850 and 2001, 24 tropical storms pounded the island, including eight hurricane-strength storms. The last, Hurricane Hugo in 1989, necessitated a mandatory evacuation to the mainland.

Because the island doesn’t jut far into the Atlantic Ocean, hurricanes Charley (2004), Floyd (1999), David (1979) and Gracie (1959) only brushed the barrier island with high winds, causing minor property damage.

The Town of Hilton Head works closely with county agencies like the Emergency Management Division and the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office and state officials on evacuation strategies and emergency preparedness.

Call the Citizens Hotline at 1-800-9635023 for updated emergency information. M

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JUNETEENTH BLACK AMERICA’S INDEPENDENCE DAY

BY LUANA M. GRAVES SELLARS | ARTWORK BY SONJA GRIFFIN EVANS In a speech commemorating the 150th anniversary celebration of Juneteenth, President Barack Obama stated: “On this day 150 years ago, more than two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, the slaves of Galveston, Texas, finally received word that the Civil War was over.

They were free. A century and a half later, Americans still recognize this occasion, Juneteenth, as a symbolic milestone on our journey toward a more perfect union. At churches and in parks, lined up for parades and gathered around the barbecue pit, communities come together and celebrate the enduring promise of our country: that all of us are created equal. But Juneteenth has never been a celebration of victory, or an acceptance of the way things are. Instead, it’s a celebration of progress. It’s an affirmation that despite the most painful parts of our history, things do get better. America can change.”

- President Barak Obama June 20, 2015

Recognized as the final date that slavery was officially ended in America, June 19 is also known as Juneteenth and has been celebrated for the past 150 years.

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hile it’s not seen as a well-known holiday outside of the black community, the date is still celebrated nationwide and was made an official Texas state holiday by state legislator Al Edwards on Jan. 1, 1980. The official state recognition for Juneteenth deems it as a day for family and friends to gather to celebrate the freedom and accomplishments made by

African-Americans. The historical events that led to the holiday, sometimes also called Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, reveal an interesting and complex beginning.

June 19, 1865, was a day that not only changed the lives of tens of thousands of slaves in the United States, it also marked the change of our country’s history. President Abraham Lincoln

abolished slavery with his Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, but many slave owners continued the practice.

Military enforcement of the law was minimal, especially in Texas, until the surrender of Gen. Robert E. Lee in April 1865.

The arrival of Gen. Gordon Granger and his troops in Galveston, Texas, signaled a significant change in the balance of power, enabling Union forces to finally overwhelm and squash the Confederate resistance. Once Granger was able to stabilize Texas and take control, one of his first acts was to read General Order No. 3 to the people of Texas, which began most significantly with: "The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and free laborer."

Understanding the two-year delay in the acceptance and recognition of the end of slavery has uncovered several interesting versions of the story. One version is that the government messenger tasked with delivering word of the Emancipation Proclamation to Texas was murdered before he could complete his mission. Another version is that the news of freedom was delivered, but it was not in the best interests of the slave owners to comply, so they deliberately withheld the information for as long as they could.

Yet another explanation is that the Union troops were informed, but may have delayed sharing the information so that a final cotton-growing season could yield another harvest before the slaves were released.

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Regardless of the cause of the delay, the news of emancipation created an enormous cause for celebration amongst the slaves, who chose June 19 to mark the date that slavery was finally abolished. Once the news was delivered, it spread quickly, but their newfound freedom created new issues for the former slaves. In some cases, slaves immediately walked away from their slave masters, even though they didn’t have anywhere to go. “Going north” was a literal and figurative move toward freedom. Other freed men and women chose to search for family members from whom they had been separated. Remaining with their former owners was also a choice for some. Regardless of the decision they made, the newly-freed men and women faced a new and unfamiliar status as American citizens with the same rights and privileges as all others.

The celebration of Juneteenth began to decline in the early 1900s as many blacks wanted to begin looking forward toward their future achievements, rather than looking back at the depressing memories associated with slavery.

However, increasingly, Juneteenth became associated with the cohesiveness of family and community, and the holiday has been reinvigorated and is widely celebrated in the African-American community. Typically, it is a day for family reunions and a time to honor the past, and to use it as a bridge to the future.

Writer and artist Tom Feelings eloquently argued for African-Americans to embrace the past as a way to gain strength as a community. He said: ”But, if this part of our history could be told in such a way that those chains of the past, those shackles that physically bound us together against our wills could, in the telling, become spiritual links that willingly bind us together now and into the future — then that painful Middle Passage could become, ironically, a positive connecting line to all of us whether living inside or outside the continent of Africa..."

The recording of American history includes the details of the Emancipation Proclamation, but the story surrounding Juneteenth has for the most part

The Juneteenth celebration lives on in the Lowcountry through historical Mitchelville.

been left out of United States history books. This significant omission can also be attributed to the overall decline in Juneteenth celebrations.

Today, the Juneteenth celebration lives on in the Lowcountry through historical Mitchelville. This year, the site will be hosting a Juneteenth celebration, which will be one of the highlights of the Underground Railroad Conference.

Based on its historical significance, the Mitchelville Preservation Project was added as a member of the Network to Freedom Underground Railroad Conference and selected as the location for this year’s conference the week of June 13.

“The 2016 Underground Railroad Conference will examine the transition to freedom and construction of a

society based on liberty,” said Diane Miller, the national program manager for the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, which is operated through the National Park Service.

“The Mitchelville Juneteenth celebration allows visitors to pause in commemoration of the important moments in our history when freedom came to enslaved people and our nation's long arc to equality took a significant turn. By experiencing the re-created sights and sounds of this era, visitors, especially youth, can connect to the past and gain a deeper understanding of the issues that challenge us today.”

The conference and weekend Juneteenth celebration are open to the public. For more information, go to mitchelvillepreservationproject.com. M

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THE SANDMAN

COMETH HILTON HEAD ISLAND TO SHORE UP BEACHES IN MAJOR RENOURISHMENT PROJECT

BY LISA ALLEN | PHOTOS BY ROB KAUFMAN

As does any barrier island on the Atlantic, Hilton Head Island is constantly trying to fend off the ocean as it grabs its beach sand and pulls it out to sea.

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he town’s tried-and-true method is to dredge sand from the ocean floor up to three miles offshore from sand shoals in adjacent inlets, and pump it through large pipelines to the beach.

This year’s major renourishment will be the fourth time in 26 years that Hilton Head has launched massive efforts to return sand to its beaches in what’s called beach renourishment.

Beach preservation is vital for Hilton Head Island. After all, the town’s 12 miles of beach are the local economy’s lifeblood as one of the primary attractions for its 2.5 million visitors per year.

The town watches the sand like a hawk. Coastal engineers carefully monitor sand movement from various angles, using more than 50 monitoring stations, surveys and aerial photographs. They take regular measurements of the beach shape and position, location of the high tide line, and track the location and speed of shoreline retreat and in some instances advancement.

Scott Liggett, director of public projects and facilities for the Town of Hilton Head.

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When sand erosion and shoreline retreat near a critical point, planning begins for a renourishment project.

“All we’re doing is buying time," said Scott Liggett, director of public projects and facilities for the Town of Hilton Head.

“We’re replacing sand lost since the last project in 2006-07. The beach monitoring helps us do that.”

Each project is expected to have a seven- to 10-year lifespan before the town has to do it again.

The projects take years of planning. The permitting process for each project is a twoyear endeavor that involves a coordinated, thorough review from both state and federal resource and regulatory agencies. Liggett said the permitting process went smoothly for the currently proposed project.

“We’ve earned a little trust with the agencies along the way.

We have been responsive to agency concerns in our project planning and our projects have worked out as expected,” he said.

This year, nearly 8 miles of beach will be covered with 2.2 million cubic yards of sand.

The work will occur along three areas of the island. Work will begin in June and is slated to conclude in October.

Regularly moving that much sand is expensive.

Luckily, town leaders created the Beach Preservation Fund in 1993 that levies a 2 percent tax on short-term rentals. The fund pays for beach management activities including renourishment projects and raises about $6 million per year. That funding source will cover the $20.5 million project cost.

Beach renourishment is a balancing act, Liggett said. In addi-

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When sand erosion and shoreline retreat nears a critical point, planning begins for a renourishment project.

tion to the beach restoration requirements, planners must also consider the wildlife that relies on the beach ecosystem to survive.

Planners identify which areas are important for nesting loggerhead turtles, map out critical habitat for piping plover and monitor movements of the red knot birds and manatees, then work around their needs.

To minimize project effects to sea turtles, project lighting is restricted, both for onshore areas and on the dredging platforms. Work will also avoid piping plover and red knot shorebirds during important wintering periods for these birds.

In order to ensure work complies with the permits, town officials will arrange a two-person patrol to check turtle movement every night during sea turtle nesting season. They will monitor nesting activity and relocate

nests as needed.

Planners also work to time projects and locations to have minimal effect on residents, tourists and local businesses.

For example, work in areas most popular with tourists will occur outside of peak summer months.

As the project moves along the shoreline, sections of 30-inch-diameter pipes will be added to the pipeline discharge. The mixture of sand and water will flow parallel to the shore, which allows the water to drain into the ocean and leave the sand behind. Then, a few bulldozers will push it where needed.

“There is so much work to do,” Liggett said. “It’s a fivemonth job and there are certain times of the year we can’t do it.” Therefore, work will ensue around the clock. “Noise generated at night by the working

bulldozers is a challenge to mitigate. But we will move as quickly as possible and be as least disruptive as possible.”

Pedestrian beach access points will be restricted within the 1,000-foot active construction zone. The duration of the restriction for any one access point should be about three or four days as work proceeds.

“The beaches will always be open,” Liggett said. “We just might direct you there a different way to avoid the work areas.”

While the round-the-clock work might be a little annoying, beachgoers can rest assured that there will continue to be a beautiful beach to visit on Hilton Head Island year after year.

As Liggett said, “beaches are our most valuable assets on Hilton Head Island. We do everything we can to preserve them.” M

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RUNNING WITH

CONVICTION Solicitor Duffie Stone finds time to train while prosecuting

the bad guys

BY ERINN MCGUIRE & KELSEY MCGEE

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uffie Stone has always been a runner, but he wasn’t always a racer. That happened by accident about five years ago when, just for fun, he signed up for the Hilton Head Jingle Jingle 5k. He was hooked.

For Stone, running and prosecution go hand in hand. “I use running to think. I don't listen to music. I think about my cases. I can organize openings, cross examination and witness order in my head during my runs. The problem is that the more complex the case, the longer the runs. That's how I went from running 5ks to marathons.“ This year Stone ran his third and most challenging marathon: Boston.

Running a marathon is the perfect metaphor for trying a big case. Both require phenomenal amounts of preparation.

“People see the end result, the trial and the race. They don't see the preparation and the commitment

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In January 2006, Duffie Stone became Solicitor of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit, succeeding Randolph Murdaugh of Hampton, whose family had run the office for 86 years. He has since been re-elected in 2008 and 2012. He will face Angela McCall-Tanner in the June 14 Republican primary election.

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PEOPLE The challenge of marathon training in the lowcountry is the heat and humidity, emphasis on humidity. But there aren’t any hills. While that makes it easier to get in the miles, it doesn't prepare you for the famed hills of Newton at the 20-mile mark of the Boston Marathon.

“The Cross Island Expressway isn’t exactly Heartbreak Hill,” Stone said, “but I trained on it anyway.”

RUNNING ON HIS RECORD These days Duffie Stone is hitting the pavement in a different way. He is running for re-election as our Solicitor and pointing out how, as a career prosecutor, he constantly seeks out ways to make his office more effective. “I am proud of what we have accomplished over the last ten years,” Stone said.

In the courtroom, Stone and his team found a way to prosecute all three gunmen involved in the murder of 8-year-old Khalil Singleton, though only one fired the fatal bullet. Two of the shooters were indicted under a century-old “mutual

combat” law. “Everyone involved in a shootout should be held accountable when an innocent person like Khalil gets killed. They should not escape because it wasn't their gun that fired the fatal bullet.”

Stone also created the career criminal prosecution unit. This team — lawyers, investigators, victim advocates and intelligence analysts — works together to prosecute repeat offenders, ‘the worst of the worst.’ They have convicted over 400 of these criminals and maintained high conviction rates year after year. The program has been so successful that other solicitors are using this approach.

“Making our community safe has to take into account prevention as well as prosecution,” Stone says, “especially when it comes to juveniles. When I took over we didn't have any programs for young people. We had intervention and drug court programs for 33-year-olds but not 13-year-olds. With the help of Family Court Judge Peter Fuge, Beaufort County and the Town of Hilton Head, we now put an emphasis on preventing today’s juve-

nile delinquent from becoming tomorrow’s career criminal.”

“We have also made great strides is in victim services. In 2006 we had just one victim advocate for all of Beaufort County trying to help the victims of 2,500 new cases per year. We now have four.

We also brought the worthless check program to Beaufort County, which has returned one million dollars to victims of fraudulent checks since 2008. And the best part,” Stone says, “is that the person who wrote the bad check pays for the program, not the taxpayer.”

Stone’s work has caught the attention of others in our state. Governor Nikki Haley appointed him as the only solicitor on her Domestic Violence Task Force, and Stone was elected Chairman of the State Prosecution Commission.

Through these organizations he worked with the legislature to enact new human trafficking law, reform domestic violence law and, most recently, approve state funding for 144 new prosecutors in courtrooms throughout South Carolina. M

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MCCALL-TANNER

RUNNING FOR SOLICITOR AGAINST HER OLD BOSS

BY TIM WOOD | PHOTO BY JOHN BRACKETT

Angela McCall-Tanner saw the inner workings of the 14th Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office, working in the office for 12 years, including five under current solicitor Duffie Stone.

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he said she has learned a lot since leaving the office in 2011 to first run her own private practice and then serve as a Beaufort County magistrate from 2014 until late March. Seeing justice from all sides of the courtroom, she felt compelled to run against her former boss.

“There’s a need now. I see it and I want to address it,” McCallTanner said. “There are things that are broken in the current Solicitor’s Office that need more effective leadership to fix.”

She was first hired by former solicitor Randolph Murdaugh in 1999, rising to become the office’s first female assistant solicitor. When fellow assistant solicitor Stone was appointed new solicitor in 2006, he named McCall-Tanner his deputy solicitor.

She said she saw issues in the office under Stone that have grown worse since she left.

“I don’t believe the attorneys who are there are getting the support they need,” she said. “In 2015, they barely had a 50 percent conviction rate on jury trials. That comes down to bad case selection and case prep.”

“They have lost too many senior attorneys and they are lacking mentorship,” McCall-Tanner added. “In the middle of all that, the office itself has become more isolated than ever.”

McCall-Tanner said Stone has created a disconnect between the office and law enforcement that can’t exist for the attorneys to have the best possible chance to prosecute convictions.

“I first saw it here in Beaufort County, but as I toured Jasper, Allendale, Colleton and Hampton [counties], I heard the same thing over and over,” she said. “These officers, they want to know what’s going on in their cases and there’s little cooperation happening.”

She had a unique insight to the issues facing area law enforcement, seeing the frustration from her husband, Beaufort County Sheriff P.J. Tanner. While some have questioned whether that relationship is a conflict of interest, McCall-Tanner said the couple has forged a clear distinction between home and work over their 15-year marriage that can only help her address the issues.

That question has come up before. During one case, McCallTanner said she faced a legal challenge from a defense attorney arguing to have her removed due to conflict of interest. Three separate circuit judges ruled there was no conflict.

“We were married for 10 of the 12 years I was at the Solicitor’s Office, while I was in private practice and while I was magistrate. It’s a unique situation and a legitimate concern,” she said. “But the reality is law enforcement and prosecutors need to have a close relationship.

We must share information for the system to work. P.J. and I have worked hard to create a strong marriage and strong communication that serves me well at home and at work.”

It’s a lack of communication from the current solicitor that troubles McCall-Tanner so much.

“There’s a real disconnect between the office and law enforcement. We all have to work together. We have to talk to investigators and work the case united,” she said. “Officers need probable cause for an arrest but the prosecutors need to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt, so they need that communication, or else there’s a huge gap in case preparation.

“To not utilize their expertise in meeting with witnesses and victims, it’s just not how the system works best,” she said. “The solicitor has alienated the office from the experts who want to help and who need to be a bigger part of the cases.”

McCall-Tanner believes Stone has devoted too much time to sitting on boards and organizations that have taken him to Columbia and other places, creating a lack of focus on prosecuting cases. On top of that, she believes Stone is overstepping the purpose of the office by creating a redundant investigator and intel division within the office.

“I sent a Freedom of Information Act request that Stone ignored.

I wanted to know what kind of budget resources the office has. He asked Beaufort County for another budget increase in 2013-14 that he did not get. But he’s added a case investigator, a case agent, a communications officer, an intel division, all positions that pay between $50,000 and $70,000 per year,” McCall-Tanner said.

“And at the same time, he’s supposedly losing prosecutors while he’s added duplicate services. Law enforcement are your investigators. They need to be utilized first and foremost,” she said. “I hear it across all five counties consistently. Law enforcement hear very little about their cases until they read about it three months down the road when they go to trial. That’s a flawed system, and it needs to be fixed.”

McCall-Tanner said she is trying to make her campaign about facts, not mudslinging. But in fighting an incumbent, she has an increased challenge to educate voters why a change needs to be made.

“I talk to many folks around the region and many don’t know what

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PEOPLE the solicitor is or does, so we start from there, because if they don’t know the job, they wouldn’t know why a change needs to be made,” she said. “But I truly believe that the incumbent has made the office more about him than the needs of the people, and that needs to change. Boards and commissions are lovely for the resume, but they don’t get the real work done in the courthouse.”

McCall-Tanner pointed to Jasper County specifically as an example.

“At one of our election forums, we had a mother from Jasper County ask a question. Her son was murdered and when the case went to trial, neither the solicitor or deputy solicitor were there to try the case.

The defense had a high-powered, highly successful attorney in Jack Swerling. The prosecution was led by a junior attorney with four years of experience. She asked the incumbent, ‘Why weren’t you there?’ And he tried to sidestep and talk about the challenges of the office but never answered the question. It’s because it’s indefensible not to be there. It’s one of unfortunately too many examples where the office has lost focus on who the office serves.”

McCall-Tanner said she knew change needed to happen, but at first, she was not sure she was ready for the political side of running for the job of solicitor.

“I had a friend say to me, ‘Think about it. When you were there, it’s clear you loved the job. Your eyes light up when you talk about the challenges and privilege of leading prosecutions. You’d do it for all the right reasons.’ That friend was right,” she said.

Outside of gearing up to run an election, McCall-Tanner said her biggest obstacle in entering the race was convincing her husband to cover her car payment while she was unemployed.

“He knew the questions we’d face, and he just wanted to make sure I was ready for how hard this would be and the conflict questions, to truly understand the challenges and know why I want to run,” she said.

“I told him about a fella I ran into at the store. He introduced himself, said he had sat on a jury in a murder case I was prosecuting several years ago. He said he remembered looking over as the verdict was read and how emotional I got hearing the plea in our favor.

“My first thought was, ‘How embarrassing.’ Because many will say you have to be without emotion in this job. But I don’t agree. No, that’s exactly why I’m doing this. I care, I want to do right by every victim and every witness.”

She won over her husband — those who know Tanner know the story was not necessary. No one believes in his wife’s talents and skills more.

“He’s paying the car payment, he says, until I win. And it’s been an uphill battle for sure. We were a long shot to start. I’d go in to speak to a club or organization that had already hosted the incumbent and were won over by his charm,” she said. “And I know I’m an intense person because I care about representing the people right. But I fight charm with facts, and we’ve made up a lot of ground here the more folks hear the facts.”

Some may look at McCall-Tanner’s intensity against Stone’s charm as an unwinnable mismatch, but the challenger says she has shown voters her passion to represent them as they deserve.

“The incumbent tells everyone about how many wins he has. I couldn’t tell you how many wins, but I can tell you every case I’ve lost,” she said. “I learn from those losses and because of that, I don’t have very many. They drive me to keep excelling and to represent the people with everything I have and that’s how I will run the Solicitor’s Office if I earn that privilege.” M June 2016 37

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NEW HILTON HEAD LEADER ELECTED

Planner and developer David Ames wins special election for Ward 3 seat on Hilton Head Town Council. Now what?

David Ames is the newest member of Hilton Head Town Council. The 71-yearold planner and developer defeated three other candidates during a special election for the Ward 3 seat on May 3.

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WHO IS THIS GUY?

David Ames, 71, graduated from Princeton University and then went on to earn a master’s of architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, with emphasis in city and regional planning. He has planned and developed projects for his own account and consulted in both public and private sector community planning and development.

mes will represent the Hilton Head Island areas of Spanish Wells, Point Comfort, Palmetto Bay, Wexford, Long Cove, Yacht Cove, Shelter Cove and Shipyard.

The special election was needed after councilman Lee Edwards moved out of the district. Ames won 65 percent of the vote and will serve out the remainder of Edwards’ term, which concludes at the end of this year. If Ames wants to keep the seat, he will have to run again in November.

Here are a few questions Monthly had for the new councilman.

MONTHLY: Of all the candidates, you seemed to put the most effort into campaigning. Did you or your supporters reach every door in Ward 3?

DAVID AMES: Right from the beginning, I regarded the others as strong candidates. I owe the final vote count to my very dedicated team. Most had worked for candidates here and other places. Their experience made the difference. They knew what they were doing, and with such a short window for the campaign, we needed to make every moment count. I am very much indebted to them. I also have to thank the many voters who supported the campaign financially, by endorsing me, and, most of all, by voting for me.

MONTHLY: What made you want to run?

AMES: It was the combination of Town Council’s commitment to the visioning process, the opportunities it represents for the future of the island, and my background in community planning that made me decide to run. I believe our town is at a pivot point as it faces the future. The island no longer has the same robust economy of tourism, real estate development and construction, nor is it still the focus of new investment in the region. Today, it relies almost solely on tourism for cash and retirees for capital. This combination alone will not sustain the island as a thriving community.

MONTHLY: In your opinion, what made you the best candidate?

AMES: I think voters decided I have the skills, passion and leadership to make a positive difference on the council. For more than

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PEOPLE 30 years, I have been doing volunteer public service on numerous boards and helping build important community assets like the Boys & Girls Club and new Children's Center. I'm past chairman of the Mayor's Task Force for the Island's Future and serve on the Circle to Circle Committee. I'm very familiar with the town's pressing issues and will hit the ground running.

MONTHLY: Now that you’ve won, what’s next?

AMES: Town Council is dealing with a wide variety of issues. I have been involved on the periphery on several of these matters for some time, and have wanted to get involved in productive decision-making.

I will do my homework and listen to the opinion of residents, especially the constituents in my Ward 3.

I want people to feel comfortable contacting me with their concerns and ideas. Residents may not agree with all of my decisions as a councilman, but I hope they will respect me for giving every decision wellreasoned thought for the long-term benefit of our community.

MONTHLY: Hilton Head Island is faced with many challenges. In order of importance, how would you rank them?

AMES: The biggest challenge is the same as the biggest opportunity: it is the community’s vision for the future, the components of that vision, and the action plan/master plan to implement that vision.

Deciding who we are and what we want the world to think about us will allow the council to target investments for the good of residents, businesses and guests. This process will also put into perspective other challenges facing the council.

But, as part of that overall visioning process, we must recognize the employment crisis that exists today and will only become more acute over the next five years. Increasing delays, traffic congestion and accidents and off-island employment options are threats to our service-oriented economy as more jobs become available in Bluffton, Hardeeville and Savannah. And too, the explosion of off-island population growth means severe pressure on our public beaches. These are new realities that must be acknowledged and understood — but there are also old ongoing concerns, like drainage, sewer and road issues, for the island that warrant our continued attention.

MONTHLY: What do you expect to accomplish before the end of this seven-month term?

AMES: I would like to have contributed to progress being made on the visioning and that my voice will have made a difference in how we look at marketing the island, how we protect critical lands, and how we engage all citizens in our community conversations — especially minorities and our younger population who will be inheriting the future stewardship of Hilton Head Island.

MONTHLY: Concerns have been voiced — due to your close ties to Mayor David Bennett — that you may try to team up and pressure other council members. How do you respond to those concerns?

AMES: I have enormous respect for our mayor. David is a man of tremendous personal character who has a passion for doing what is right for our community and elevating our town government so that it can be an effective instrument to achieve progress in areas that have remained stagnant for too many years. Like David, I believe in government transparency and finding ways to bring together the best talent of our community in order to solve the problems we face. While David and I do agree on many items, there are also issues where we are not necessarily on the same page. The good news is that we are both good listeners and are both results-oriented. M June 2016 39

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From left: Bill Green, Mary Lawyer Green, Rosalind Trotter, Mike Major, Louise Lawyer McCluney, George McCluney, Samantha Mendoza, Uriel Mendoza, Veronica Lawyer Ferguson and May Lawyer

THE LAWYERS

BY LUANA M. GRAVES SELLARS | PHOTO BY ROB KAUFMAN

Very few details are known about the personal stories and the often heroic lives of the original residents of Mitchelville. The story of the Lawyer family is important because it is a story of survival, and fearless determination to succeed against all odds. It provides us with new and valuable insights into Hilton Head Island’s past. This is a story about a proud and courageous American family that dates all of the way back to Mitchellville’s heyday in the mid-19th century.

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he story begins with Edward “Ned” Lawyer Sr., born into slavery in 1841 on Edisto Island. Around 1863, when he was in his early 20s, it is believed that he escaped from his owners and eventually made his way to Hilton Head. At the time, Hilton Head had become a haven for newly freed slaves because the Union Army was encamped here. The army chose Hilton Head because of its strategic location, and several military operations throughout the South were launched from Hilton Head. Lawyer was among roughly 10,000 slaves who risked their lives escaping from areas all over the South to get to Hilton Head, where they would be protected and permitted to begin their lives as free men and women, as well as to join the military.

In an attempt to address the needs of the huge numbers of slaves flocking to the island, the government began a program called the Port Royal Experiment. This eventually led to the establishment of Mitchelville, the first self-governed town for black freedmen in the United States.

Lawyer, like many of the escaped slaves, wanted to do his part to end slavery and enlisted in the Union Army’s 21st U.S. Colored Infantry on May 11, 1863. He served until 1866. After the war, he settled in Hilton Head, married Rhina Richardson, and had six children. This was the beginning of a family legacy rich in a love for the island and its unique water-based culture.

The Lawyers, like most families on Hilton Head, depended on the land as well as the surrounding waters to sustain them.

For generations, they made fishing the family business. This included Lawyer’s sons, Edward Jr. and Jack, and all of his grandsons, including Arthur Lawyer Sr. However, even though an existence surrounded by water brought them life and joy, it brought tragedy and loss as well.

Everyone in the family had a part to play in the family business; the men were responsible for going out on the water to catch the fish, and the women processed the daily catch. Every day, the men went out to farm the waters of Broad Creek. Prior to setting sail, they gathered their supplies and the tools they needed. This included the skillfully woven nets that they cast into the waters to catch the fish. Edward Jr.’s daughter, Helen, was an expert in the fine art of net-making, providing the nets they used to catch shrimp and other types of fish.

Over the years, Ned’s grandson, Arthur Sr., began to focus on oysters. This meant that every day the Lawyer men would take their boats out, wade through shallow water into the thick mud they called “gumbo mud,” and fill their buckets with oysters. Once the oysters were collected, they were brought back to shore; some made it to the table for dinner, but most were sold to the local oyster factories for about $12 a bushel.

Once at the oyster factory, Arthur Sr.’s wife, Mary Jones Lawyer, along with most of the women from the island took over the job of washing and shucking the oysters for about $7 a gallon.

The hard work of filling 6 to 7 gallons a day was considered a good day’s work. That was the daily routine for the men and women in the Lawyer family for generations. The problem was,

that even though they lived on an island surrounded by water, many of the native islanders didn’t know how to swim.

Tragically, Arthur Lawyer Sr. drowned while trying to provide for his family.

Although devastated, the family was grateful for their father’s life of hard work and sacrifice, as well as the legacy that he left. His wife, Mary, was strong and committed to keeping her family together, and she did the very best that she could to care for her 13 children after her husband’s death.

Her daughter, Louise Lawyer McCluney, said she “gave hard love to all of her children in order to protect us. A look from our mother told us when to get back in line.” Another daughter, Mary Green, spoke of the values she learned from her mother: “We were raised to work for what we want. I was 9 when my father died. After my father died, my mother taught us how to survive and to live with dignity and to value life and education.”

The Lawyer sisters reminisced about their childhood, and about growing up on family land off of Gum Tree Road. They called it the “sticks.” They remember their mother as their first teacher; she taught them the importance of self-respect, discipline and hard work. Every weekday, she woke them early in the morning so that they could get their chores done on the farm before heading off to Honey Horn, their one-room school.

This was a simpler life. It was a time when they used herbs for healing the sick because there was no doctor nearby, and if they wanted to “figure out their shoe size,” they would use string to measure their feet, Mary Green said.

A lot has changed on the island since then, and the Lawyer family continues to be a part of the island’s future. Although they do not depend on farming and fishing for their livelihood as they did in years past, they do continue the tradition of boating and fishing today. Arthur Sr.’s grandson, Michael Major, an avid boater lives in the present, but remembers the past. Showing his respect for the water, he said, “I was taught to take being on the water very seriously. It’s not a place to play around.” That’s an important lesson that we could all learn from.

Hearing about a family’s story, such as like the Lawyers, gives us a much needed perspective that we wouldn’t have had otherwise. It provides us with not only a glimpse into the past, but it also enables us to grow into the future. M

"The Lawyers, like most families on Hilton Head, depended on the land as well as the surrounding waters to sustain them."

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FOR BEVERLY O’CONNOR-MARTIN, BUSINESS HAS NEVER BEEN BUSINESS AS USUAL

BY BARRY K AUFMAN | PHOTO BY LLOYD WAINSCOT T

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hen she was just a young woman attending boarding school outside of Paris, Beverly O’Connor-Martin’s headmaster imparted to her father what turned out to be a pretty on-the-nose prediction.

Your daughter, the headmaster prophesized, is going to make her living with her hands.

As it happens, she did.

“I used to model with clay, and I think that’s where the interest came for designing hair. It’s architectural. You’re working with elevations, angles and textures,” she said. “That’s the bigger

part of the business for me, making somebody look better and feel better.”

If the simple act of transforming hair into something amazing is the bigger part of the business for O’ConnorMartin, it must be fairly big. Because the “business” part of the business has, over the years, encompassed a string of seven salons, beauty shops and one Spa in Sea Pines, plus another five in her native Chicago. (Also a nightclub, but we’ll get to that).

“I’ve always been a doer,” said the entrepreneurial O’Connor-Martin. “If I started talking about something and not just thinking about it, I just did it.”

And even though O’Connor-Martin has carefully graduated her empire down to where it all started around here — the iconic New Orleans Road institution Tara’s of Hilton Head — her bright eyes and boundless energy make it easy to see how she could have created so much in the course of her career.

Recruited straight into an apprenticeship from cosmetology school, O’Connor-Martin was a natural as a stylist. But after two years in her apprenticeship, the entrepreneurial bug bit and she was soon looking into putting out her own shingle.

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With a business partner ready to go and a bank loan co-signed by her dad, O’Connor-Martin soon opened her first beauty salon. She was 22 years old and living her dream. None other than Frankie Avalon became a valued client, appearing in print ads for the shop. And while the business was good, her relationship with her friend and business partner was becoming strained. And that’s when O’Connor-Martin learned her first lesson about business.

“Partnerships are hard,” she said. “I decided I still wanted to remain friends, so I said to her, ‘How about if you buy me out?’”

The amicable separation left O’Connor-Martin without a salon, but that wouldn’t last long. She started opening beauty shops all over the greater Chicagoland area. She continued for years, her infinite energy letting her open, build and sell seven different salons in the area. At one point, with building still progressing on one of her latest shops, O’Connor-Martin was even cutting hair in her home, shaking the sheet out the window between customers.

But as so many do, O’Connor-Martin found herself drawn to sunnier climes in the Southeast, which is how she found herself on Hilton Head Island in the late 1970s, just as the sleepy island was finding itself as a hometown.

“There were two shops on the island, and I worked for both of them” she said with a laugh. “After a couple of years, I opened my own. I said, ‘I’m not going to retire at 36.’”

That first shop was named for her daughter, Tara. And it still occupies the same spot on New Orleans Road. More would follow until O’Connor-Martin claimed seven different salons around the island.

“As stylists moved to the island, they would discover the place and ask for work. When I couldn’t hire them, they would ask ‘Well, why don’t you build another place so I can work for you?’ and I would say, ‘OK.’” In addition to salons, O’Connor-Martin found herself part owner of a nightclub opened by her then-husband, which brought acts like Bob Hope and her old pal Frankie Avalon to the island.

BEVERLY “It was fun for the first year,” O’Connor-Martin O’CONNOR-MARTIN’S said. “After that, you had to be there 24/7.”

And along with the nightclub (which is now a church), O’Connor-Martin eventually started narrowing her focus. She sold off her various salons, some of which are still in business, and now she maintains her chair at Tara’s along TIPS FOR with her partnership in a salon in The Cypress ENTREPRENEURS with business partner Janet Beaman.

1. Love what you do – “and get to “I’ve always surrounded myself with good know it well.” people,” O’Connor-Martin says of Beaman.

“I first hired (Beaman) to be a part-time 2. Get along with people. “When you walk in with a positive attitude, receptionist and do the books. From then on, you set the tone for the day.” she did the business end of things. I know where I belong, which is behind the chair, 3. Make sure you get good people dealing with clients and operators. I couldn’t to work with you. “Treat other have done it without her.” people the way you would like to be treated.”

There’s one lesson that O’Connor-Martin learned early and lives daily.

4. Be prepared to go the extra “Have a passion for what you do and do it mile. “You are always putting out well,” she said. “The rest will come.” M fires.”

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GROUP BRINGS NEW LIFE TO PALMETTO BAY MARINA & DAUFUSKIE ISLAND

BY DON MCLOUD | PHOTO BY ROB K AUFMAN

Daufuskie Island, population 436, is perhaps best known as the backdrop for Pat Conroy’s 1972 book “The Water is Wide.” The book recounts Conroy’s experiences teaching on the island in the 1960s. Isolated yet beautiful, Daufuskie has had a tough time since the recession eight years ago.

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ut things may soon be looking up for the island, as major stakeholders get underway with the plans for an island-wide ferry company.

The group is setting out to redefine what it is to have a home in one of the beautiful oceanfront communities.

It hopes to draw waves of vacationers and second homeowners more common to Hilton Head than this sleepy area, where a fourbedroom golf course home

is on the market for less than $295,000 and a 5-acre plot is selling for just $99,000.

The Pelorus Group, a Utah-based resort and hospitality development company, is moving ahead with plans to redevelop the 680-acre project known as Melrose Resort, along with the newly purchased Palmetto Bay Marina on Hilton Head.

Century Golf and Resort Partners, a Dallas-based club and resort management company, will operate

Melrose Resort and Palmetto Bay Marina. The company has been involved in the project for the past several months. Century has a long involvement at Melrose, as their senior executives led ClubCorp when Melrose was owned and operated by that organization. “ We are extremely excited and enthusiastic about Melrose and Daufuskie as a whole.

This is a very exciting time to continue to help move the island forward and

help Melrose Resort once again become a premier destination,” says Gary Rosenberg, principal at Century.

Daufuskie Island, which is roughly 1 nautical mile from Hilton Head Island and 12 nautical miles from downtown Savannah, is the latest Pelorus project and its first in the Southeast. “What I love about Daufuskie Island is that it is an outdoor-pursuit haven; we have over 3 miles of beaches, bike paths, fishing,

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riding facilities, kayaking, a huge community garden, rum distillery, great restaurants and also an untouched history — all this stuff adds to the experience,” said J.T. Bramlette. “Obviously, the primary amenity is golf, but there is so much more to do out there than just golf.”

The Pelorus Group, of which Bramlette is managing partner, bought the Melrose Inn and golf course on Daufuskie out of bankruptcy three years ago and has

been assembling key pieces since, and Bramlette says the recent purchase of Palmetto Bay and adding ferry service are the final pieces of his plan. “It’s no secret that there has always been a lack of transportation to and from the island,” he says. “Whether that be for a daily exploration trip from Hilton Head, a guest at the resort, homeowners or employees, there has just never been a reliable transportation program that is practical for everyone.”

Bramlette and his team spent over a year searching for an embarkation point for a ferry service before settling on Palmetto Bay Marina. The nearly 60-year-old boating destination is in a prime spot, at the entrance to Broad Creek near Calibogue Sound.

It’s one of the first things many island visitors see as they travel over the Cross Island Parkway bridge.

“We knew Palmetto Bay was tired and needed some work, but that’s also where we saw opportunity,” Bramlette said.

Plans for the marina and ferry service are progressing simultaneously.

Cleanup is underway at the marina, with plans to repair the docks for the shortterm and replace them this winter. The fueling station will be revamped and plans to add a real estate office for Daufuskie are moving forward. The laundry rooms and restrooms will be renovated. A new charter office will be built out for all water services, such as dolphin tours, pirate boat tours and personal watercraft rentals.

As to the ferry, he plans to start operations this summer between Palmetto Bay Marina and Daufuskie Island. The former Melrose Landing on Daufuskie will be renovated and eventually become the new gateway to the island, he says. It will be renamed the Daufuskie Island Landing.

Along with landscaping and replacing the docks, Bramlette plans to establish a welcome center, with greeters to point visitors in the right

direction, as well as offer golf cart and bicycle rentals.

He’s been working with other stakeholders on Daufuskie and conferred with state and county officials in developing the plan.

Together, they are working with a consulting group that manages Bald Head Island in North Carolina and operates a successful ferry service there. All parties have to work together, he says. “It’s really the only way that Daufuskie can succeed, not only Melrose but all communities on the island, and Daufuskie’s success will also contribute to the success of the entire county,” he said. “It’s time to start paying attention to locals on Daufuskie and give them the regular and reliable water transportation that they need for their families.”

Bramlette says that the plan would be done in phases, with improvements added as demand dictates.

The first phase includes smaller vessels — 50- to 75-passenger boats — making four to six round trips each day. The later phases could involve more boats and possibly service to and from Bluffton as well as Savannah.

Resort-going passengers would be able to handle all of the check-in details and discuss plans with resort representatives while on the boat. That way when they land, they can hop in a golf cart or on bicycles and start enjoying their vacation, while their luggage is taken to their rooms, Bramlette says.

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at Palmetto Bay Marina.

Bramlette estimates at least 500 spaces would be needed, as the project would serve all of Daufuskie, not just the Melrose Resort.

For East Coast residents in search of a second home, Daufuskie Island, with its Lowcountry charm and rural feel, has long been considered a more laid back and affordable alternative to Hilton Head Island.

“This is huge for Daufuskie Island and our community, no question about it,” said Ryan Dillingham, broker-incharge at Daufuskie Island Land Co. “What people are buying here is a lifestyle; the beaches, the amenities, the local culture are all part of the experience that truly creates family traditions and celebrations.” From his vantage, the development of an islandwide ferry program will likely increase demand for homes on the island and “is going to have a very positive impact on real estate prices.”

Beaufort County Council member Tabor Vaux says

he would like to see ferry service consolidated, as it doesn’t make sense to have three boating services for the tiny island.

Currently, the Haig Point community on Daufuskie has a private ferry for its residents and receives $145,000 a year from the Beaufort County School District to transport public school students, and from the county to transport EMS and fire personnel.

“We are excited about Melrose's resurgence, as it provides more opportunities to experience the amazing Daufuskie Island lifestyle Haig Point residents enjoy every day," said Doug Egly, Haig Point CEO. The county also subsidizes ferry service to and from Broad Creek Marina for Daufuskie residents for $241,000 a year through J&W of Greenwood. And the Bloody Point community has a private, reservationsonly water taxi that runs to and from the The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa. M

This summer there will be ferry service between Palmetto Bay Marina and Daufuskie.

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The $500,000 Adventure Inn made its Hilton Head Island debut on May 25, 1963.

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BEACH PROPERTIES OF HILTON HEAD

21 YEARS IN BUSINESS

Beach Properties of Hilton Head is a locallyrun vacation rental company that represents over 340 luxury homes and villas on Hilton Head Island. “What makes us unique is our focus on providing excellence in customer service to our guests, owners and the Hilton Head community,” sales and marketing manager Meg Park said. “We strive to make sure each guest has a memorable vacation experience that makes them want to come back again and again.”

In 1951, there was one hotel on Hilton Head Island: the Sea Crest on North Forest Beach Drive. It had a grand total of two rooms, but expanded to eight by 1960.

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BY JEREMY GRACE

he Sea Crest was built because daytrippers to this little-known island “were constantly getting stranded, having missed the last ferry trip of the day back to Buckingham Landing,” according to a newspaper column by Jim Littlejohn from the files of the Heritage Library on Hilton Head.

Today, there are now about 6,000 villas and homes available for vacation rental and thousands of hotel rooms on the island, according to the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce.

But back in the day, Hilton Head was very isolated.

"When I first came here — on the swing bridge — one of the things I remember most was the day after Labor Day when we thought

we were the only ones left on the island,” said Michael Notartomaso, CEO of Vacation Time of Hilton Head. “There were about 4,000 people here … a tiny place, but so easy to see what the attraction was. Its beauty is stunning.”

Many others agree.

The accommodations industry is now one of the biggest players in tourism and the local economy.

“We are the No. 1 driver in our community,” said Carolyn Oliver of Spinnaker Resorts. “We provide jobs, our guests are here and shopping; they’re in our restaurants; they’re playing golf and tennis. Tourism is what it’s all about, and people come here not only because they are active, but they also want a lower-key vacation without all of the neon signs.”

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COASTAL VACATION RENTALS

3 YEARS IN BUSINESS

Coastal Vacation Rentals offers a fabulous selection of properties, from cozy onebedroom villas in oceanfront resorts to sprawling homes in spacious plantations.

“We’re a smaller company that offers a more boutique-type of service,” operations manager Dean Collett said. “We look after our guests and look after our owners using a hands-on approach.”

DESTINATION VACATION

10 YEARS IN BUSINESS

A boutique company offering only the finest oceanfront and oceanside rental properties in Sea Pines, Forest Beach and Palmetto Dunes. The company puts an emphasis on relationships with both owners and guests.

“Our team is passionate about every aspect of our business with superior customer service,” partner/general manager Lori Romolo said.

FERG VACATIONS

3 YEARS IN BUSINESS

The company offers a full range of vacation property management services and a variety of vacation homes to choose from.

“We strive to create the most memorable vacations for our guests, and so far we have not disappointed,” property manager Tim Ferguson said.

ISLAND GETAWAY RENTALS

28 YEARS IN BUSINESS

A local family-owned business that prides itself on its reputation and the manner in which they treat guests, owners and visitors. It’s a part of the fabric of the Hilton Head Island community that gives back and ensures the island’s place atop the list of premier resort destinations. “We tailor our management program to each owner’s specific needs relating to their personal use and expectations of their property,” Todd Brooks said.

CHANGE, CHANGE AND MORE CHANGE With the development of Sea Pines in the mid-1950s, the boom had begun and hotel chains took notice.

In 1959, the William Hilton Inn, which was owned and operated by the Sea Pines Company, opened with 56 rooms but eventually expanded to 80 rooms. It also offered a concept that would define resorts in the coming years: planned activities for guests.

Next came the Adventure Inn on South Forest Beach Drive, which opened with 45 rooms in 1963. In 1976, it was purchased by Dennis and Jean Lowes, who had a groundbreaking vision for the resort: timeshares. “Timeshares were an unknown product at that time,” said Notartomaso.

The year 1976 also saw the development of The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa at Port Royal Plantation. It operated as an InterContinental Hotel for one year before switching over to The Westin. Then came others: A Marriott opened in 1981 at Shipyard Plantation and operated as such from

1981-92. In 1994, it became the Crowne Plaza Resort; today, it is a Sonesta Resort.

In 1988, the Comfort Inn opened near the airport. It later became Hampton Inn Hilton Head.

In 2000, The Inn at Harbour Town opened at Sea Pines Resort.

The 60-room boutique hotel is the only Forbes Four-Star inn on the island. In 2005, William Goodwin acquired Sea Pines’ resort and real estate operations for approximately $23.4 million.

His RiverStone Group LLC has since invested more than $50 million into the resort.

Park Lane Hotel & Suites began its life in December 2006, when the Triton Hospitality group purchased what was then the Residence Inn by Marriott. Prior to that, the property was a Radisson Suite Resort.

A NEW DAY As the hotels and resorts started to age, a new century brought a new era of renovations.

“What we’ve seen over the last two to three years has been a revitalized environment on the island due to new town codes,” Notartomaso said. “Reinvestment is revitalizing the hospitality industry on the island.”

In fact, many resorts on the island have made major changes in the last few years.

RESORT RENTALS OF HILTON HEAD

58 YEARS IN BUSINESS

Offering a variety of nearly 500 private vacation homes, villas and condos. "Our success in setting the standard for vacation rentals and property management on Hilton Head Island started with a simple promise to manage an owner’s investment as we would our own," said senior vice president Bill Haley.

Left: The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa Above: The William Hilton Inn

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Left: The William Hilton Inn and resort manager forms from 1991.

Below: Spinnaker Blue Water Resort & Marina in 2006.

Above: The William Hilton Inn Right: An Island Getaway rental guide from 2002.

THE SEA PINES RESORT

60 YEARS IN BUSINESS

The Beach House Hilton Head Island, formerly a Holiday Inn, was completely renovated in 2014.

Around the same time, the Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort in Palmetto Dunes saw $17 million in renovations. The hotel originally opened as the Mariner's Inn in 1983.

The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa in Port Royal Plantation was renovated at a cost of $30 million. Those renovations were completed in 2013.

The Sonesta Resort at Shipyard also underwent major renovations to the tune of $30 million.

And the Hilton Head Marriott Resort & Spa in Palmetto Dunes saw $12 million in renovations.

Additionally, the 63-room Best Western Ocean Breeze Inn, now occupying an annex of the former Metropolitan Hotel on Lemoyne Avenue, was completely overhauled and reopened earlier this year.

And there’s more to come, including: • A new Marriott Residence Inn at Heritage Plaza on Pope Avenue.

• The Grand Hilton Inn, which will be located in the main area of the former Metropolitan Hotel on South Forest Beach Drive.

• A Hilton Home2 Suites and a Marriott SpringHill Suites at the former Motel 6 site on Marina Side Drive.

Expansion and renovations are also happening west of the bridges. In Bluffton, the Inn at Palmetto Bluff — one of the top hotels in the country — is adding 150 rooms as part of a $100

million expansion. Bluffton is also home to several chain hotels built in recent years, including Candlewood Suites, Hampton Inn, Comfort Suites, Suburban Extended Stay, Holiday Inn Express, Fairfield and Hilton Garden Inn. At one point, that was unimaginable in the Bluffton area.

“My mom told me she remembered running out of gas back in those days on U.S. 278 and was worried no one would drive by to help,” Oliver said.

HOME, VILLAS AND TIMESHARES As hotels and resorts were being built, villa and house vacations rentals came into vogue on Hilton Head.

One of the first vacation rental companies was Island Rentals and Real Estate, which was formed in 1959 to offer rental services to visitors and property management services for part-time residents.

At about the same time, Lancaster Rentals and Real Estate was formed and became the first rental management company combined with a real estate sales division. The rentals and real estate divisions later split in the late 1990s and the rental division became what is now Resort Rentals of Hilton Head Island, one of the largest management companies and remains locally owned and operated to this day.

The world-famous resort offers a broad range of accommodations catering to every imaginable taste. From the romantic embrace of The Inn & Club at Harbour Town to luxurious vacation homes for two to 12 guests, options of virtually every shape and size await, ensuring your utmost comfort. “As the first resort community on Hilton Head, we have proudly taken part in the growth of the hospitality industry on the island,” Sea Pines president Steve Birdwell said. “The Sea Pines Resort is the result of innovative land-planning and resort development philosophies. From the very beginning, we have had the clear and focused goal to be a world-class destination.”

SEA TURTLE GETAWAYS

33 YEARS IN BUSINESS

Sea Turtle Getaways offers privately owned homes and villas in Sea Pines Plantation, North and South Forest Beach, Shipyard Plantation, Palmetto Dunes and Singleton Beach. “We’re small, personalized and do business the old-fashioned way,” owner Renee Taylor said.

SEASHORE VACATIONS, INC.

42 YEARS IN BUSINESS

Seashore Vacations is a vacation rental company specializing primarily in condominiums and townhomes in the Forest Beach, Shipyard and Sea Pines areas.

“Primarily, we represent properties that are either on, or close to, these beach areas,” Lila Konecny said. “Shipyard Beach Club, North Forest Beach, Coligny Beach, South Forest Beach and Sea Pines Beach Clubs: almost all of our properties are either on these beaches or a short walk to them.”

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SONESTA RESORT HILTON HEAD ISLAND

3 YEARS IN BUSINESS

Sonesta Resort Hilton Head Island is a AAA-approved Four Diamond resort that sits on Hilton Head Island’s beautiful beachfront inside Shipyard Plantation. It features 340 guest rooms and suites that offer a range of scenic views, including its lushly landscaped semitropical gardens, spectacular beach and lagoon-style swimming pool. “From the moment a guest is welcomed to the resort to checkout, the resort’s staff is committed to providing a personalized and positive guest experience that keeps visitors returning year after year (and sometimes season after season) for that special ‘Sonesta touch,’ ” said Chris Bracken, director of sales and marketing.

SPINNAKER RESORTS

33 YEARS IN BUSINESS

Later, timeshares became a popular option.

Many people were also buying second homes and renting them out to vacationers.

That made property management companies very popular because they provide a huge variety of services to both owners and vacationers, including marketing, maintenance and more.

One trend that has grown through the years is renting large vacation homes.

“There has been an overall shift to guests looking for vacation rentals rather than just hotels and resorts,” said Meg Park, sales and marketing manager of Beach Properties.

“They’re looking for big houses for big reunions. Part of that is because families are split all over the place. Technology can push people apart and they want to spend time enjoying each others’ company or just talking to each other.”

Larger vacation rentals also offer visitors all the comforts of home.

“Additionally, the price is more manageable with five or six families than it would be with multiple hotels rooms,” Park said. “They also get the amenities of home, such as a kitchen and washer and dryer.”

Another new concept is the “shared economy.”

“It’s similar to how Uber has changed the taxi business,” said Bob Hawkins, partner and president of The Vacation Company. “People

in some cities are now renting out rooms in their houses to vacationers. It is becoming a shared economy, and it’s a major change the accommodations industry will be facing.”

Another change facing the industry are the additional amenities guests demand with each rental property, whether it is a small villa or a large home. Years ago, it was enough that a villa had a television; today, it has to have one not only in the living area but in each bedroom, as well as wireless internet access throughout. A home with a pool once was considered a luxury; now, the pool has to be heated and accompanied by a heated spa and the home’s interiors have to be updated every five years to keep up with consumer tastes.

THE FUTURE The accommodations industry in Bluffton and on Hilton Head has flourished largely because “it’s a destination that people come back to year after year,” Park said. “We have a lot of repeat guests and now we’re getting people who came here as children who are now bringing their kids.”

The industry also continues to change with the times.

“It has changed significantly mostly because of the rise of the internet,” Hawkins said. “Years ago, we used to put ads in Southern Living and travel magazines,

Spinnaker Resorts offers a unique array of accommodations, activities and amenities, whether you are looking for vacation ownership or a last-minute getaway with the guys or girlfriends. Spinnaker Resorts developed its first timeshare project in Hilton Head in 1983 and continues to provide an array of exceptional lodging options from secluded villas to condos with stunning views.

VACATION TIME OF HILTON HEAD

40 YEARS IN BUSINESS

Vacation Time of Hilton Head Island is a full-service, family owned and operated real estate company established in 1976 by Dennis and Jean Lowes. Three generations are represented in the business today and many employees have been with the business for 20 years or more. “Longevity and years of continuity in business set us apart,” CEO Michael Notartomaso said. “We are family owned and operated, and we still like each other!”

An ariel shot shows the old Adventure Inn and surrounding buildings on South Forest Beach Drive.

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THE VACATION COMPANY

29 YEARS IN BUSINESS

The Vacation Company currently has more than 280 owners/partners and employees that are dedicated to providing the best possible experience for its guests. In its rapidly evolving industry, The Vacation Company continues to lead in technological advances that improve its guest experience. “Although we understand the importance of technology, we thrive on creating personal relationships with owners and guests,” partner Beth Henzler said. “Everyone is family when working with The Vacation Company.”

A Shoreline Rental Company advertisement from 1990.

and folks would call to ask questions and we’d send pictures and other information.

Now they can go to several internet sites to research and book online. They also look at sites with ratings and reviews. So much information is available, and they can even use their mobile phones with the use of apps. So we have an industry that has totally expanded and changed.”

And those changes are very positive, according to industry insiders.

“It’s a good thing that we constantly evolve,” Notartomaso said. “We are making sure a new generation of vacationers gets to come to a world-class place that has retained its natural beauty. These are exciting times, but it is amazing to look back and see where we were and where we are now.”

In the future, not only will guests demand more services from their accommodations providers, but rental owners will be more demanding of their property management companies. The key to success in the future vacation rental industry will be to identify the needs of guests and clients and find an affordable way to provide these services to both sectors.

Meanwhile, major renovations both on and off the island continue.

The new Holiday Inn Express at 2 Tanglewood Drive recently celebrated its multi-million dollar renovation

with a grand opening and ribbon-cutting.

The Westin is adding a new feature, calling it the Grand Ocean Terrace. Scheduled to open in March 2017, the 5,000-square-foot space will offer unobstructed ocean views elevated nine feet above beach level.

“The renewal of Hilton Head Island has elevated our destination to among the most sought-after in the country. And not just for the summer. Meetings and conferences, as well as destination weddings, are now flocking to us all year long. New all-season venues, like the new Grand Ocean Terrace at The Westin, encourage year-round usage of our facilities. This, in turn, is great for our associates and local economy,” said Gail Wargo, marketing director at The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa. M

THE WESTIN HILTON HEAD ISLAND RESORT & SPA

30 YEARS IN BUSINESS

The newly renovated The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa promises both relaxation and invigoration for your family amidst the beauty of Hilton Head Island’s world-famous beaches.

WYNDHAM VACATION RENTALS

6 YEARS IN BUSINESS

BY THE NUMBERS $1.1 billion: The 2015 economic impact of tourism in the Lowcountry 2.6 million: The record-breaking number of visitors to the Lowcounty in 2015 6.7 percent: The percentage that occupancy is up in the first quarter of 2016 18.5 percent: The increase in the metric called the RevPAR that looks at “are they coming and are they spending” Sources: DestiMetrics/STR Report; USCB-Lowcountry and Resort Islands Tourism Institute

Wyndham Vacation Rentals focuses on short-term rentals in the premier resort areas of Hilton Head Island including Sea Pines, Palmetto Dunes, Shipyard, Forest Beach, Singleton Beach and Folly Field.

From one-bedroom villas to eight-bedroom oceanfront homes, the company offers a full spectrum of properties. “As part of Wyndham Worldwide, Wyndham Vacation Rentals is the only Fortune 500 rental company on Hilton Head Island. The international brand is a trusted name both owners and renters can rely on; this gives us a major marketing advantage no other company can match,” Kimberly Morris said.

An Island Packet story on Crystal Sands Resort, printed March 4, 1993.

EDITOR’S NOTE: As part of Monthly’s yearlong 30th anniversary celebration, we are highlighting 30 years of different industries in each issue.

This month, we feature the accommodations industry and how it helped shape Hilton Head Island, Bluffton and the surrounding Lowcountry.

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THE POWER OF TOURISM ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND

Recently, we have all been reading about redevelopment plans for Hilton Head Island and that has spawned many topics of conversation on the cocktail circuit. BY ELIHU SPENCER To set the stage for a piece about where we — and our visitors — go from here, I thought it instructive to do an inventory of Hilton Head Island:

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he debate rages over traffic coming on and off the island, traffic on the south end of Hilton Head between Sea Pines Circle and Coligny Park, not to mention the development of the University of South Carolina Beaufort campus on Office Park Road. Now add the most recent suggestion that the town construct an arts campus costing as much as $65 million. This is a mix that even boggles the mind of the most creative among us.

• The current population is estimated at 40,039 by the U.S. Census Bureau.

• Approximately 29 percent of the island’s population is 65 years and older.

• The island has 33,306 housing units, with 16,535 or 49.6 percent occupied by their owners.

• In 2015, Hilton Head hosted 2,631,798 visitors who spent $1.028 billion.

• Those visitors generated actual accommodations tax revenues of $5.3 million.

• Total revenues contributed to the Hilton Head government was $26.9 million.

• Roughly 12,740 jobs depend upon visitor dollars.

• There are more than 250 restaurants in Hilton Head.

Now let’s imagine for a moment what the typical town of 40,000 residents might look like.

Let’s start with the obvious: the 17,000 rental units would not be producing property tax income for the city. Accommodations tax, or a-tax, would be a term that local citizens would be unfamiliar with. A city of 40,000 would likely not have a symphony, a chorale society, a repertory theater nor an arts center. An excellent dining experience might just be limited to the McDonald’s, Burger King or Chick-fil-A, and, of course, the town wouldn’t have the traffic.

Those of you who are regular readers know that old Elihu has some hot buttons. I bristle at those who came to Hilton Head first as visitors and now want to blow up the bridge so they can enjoy their peace and quiet. It makes me crazy when I hear people say that what we are today isn’t what Charles Fraser had in mind. Not because they aren’t telling the truth, but because they are exactly right. A long time ago, as a graduate

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student studying urban planning, I examined the new development concepts being pursued by Fraser and the Sea Pines Company.

Clearly, Fraser was the CVO, or chief vision officer, of the Sea Pines Company. He demonstrated to all that the residential and commercial planned development could coexist with the natural beauty that was Hilton Head Island. It was my understanding that the original development of Hilton Head was based, in part, on the premise that sensible and environmentally sound development would attract the best and brightest to come first vacation here and then settle down to live here later in life.

Charles and Joe Fraser, along with their band of Ivy League architects and planners, knew that their dream would never be fully complete because good planning never ends. It is a continuous process of adapting to changes that are happening in the world around us, while always embracing the core values of the community.

Hilton Head Island is what it is based on a fragile balance between those of us who live here and those of us who vacation here.

We need visionary leadership that can sort out the competing interests and continue to evolve our town as the early Island pioneers had in mind. We live in a special place on this earth that needs to be protected, but it also needs to be nurtured. We need to set our standards high and then shoot higher. M Elihu Spencer is a banking expert with a long business history in global finance. His life’s work has been centered on understanding credit cycles and their impact on local economies. The information contained in this article has been obtained from sources considered reliable, but the accuracy cannot be guaranteed.

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ON THE MOVE NEW HIRES/PROMOTIONS The Hilton Head Plantation POA is pleased to announce Margie Lechowicz is the new events coordinator.

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BB&T-Carswell Insurance Services has named Matt Meeks to its sales staff as a business insurance agent. Meeks brings more than 10 years of experience as a business professional in the insurance industry to his new position.

Brandware Public Relations announced the appointment of Blanche Sullivan as director of marketing communications.

Sullivan, who will be based in Hilton Head, will provide strategic communications, including media planning, advertising, content development, marketing and PR. Christian Beamguard has joined Providence Presbyterian Church as youth director.

He graduated from Erskine College and is actively enhancing Providence’s programs for youth, through which God’s light can shine.

Chris Hix has joined Providence Presbyterian Church as director of Christian education. He received his undergraduate degree in physical education from the University of South Carolina and a master’s degree in Christian education from Union Theological

WOMEN IN PHILANTHROPHY ANNOUNCES $83,000 IN GRANTS Women in Philanthropy, a fund of Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, announced grants recently totaling $83,000. Grants were awarded to five Beaufort County nonprofit organizations that provide services to the local community that match this year’s grant theme: “Provide Safe Shelter for our Citizens: Crisis, Temporary and Permanent.” This amount tops the group’s 2015 grant total of $60,000 and is the largest in the history of the fund. Hilton Head Regional Habitat for Humanity received a $50,000 grant toward a “Woman Build” Habitat home in The Glen section of Hilton Head Island. This home will be for a single woman and her family. Women in Philanthropy is proud to be the primary fund source for this home. The project will begin in September and is expected to take four to five months.

Seminary. Last spring, Hix completed a master’s degree in ministry care/pastoral counseling from Columbia International University and has been working as a chaplain at Self Memorial Hospital in Greenwood.

Ables, Iannone, Moore & Associates, Inc. announced that Jody L. Van Hecke has joined the firm as a financial adviser. She is originally from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and holds a Series 65 securities license.

Lowcountry Down Syndrome Society is pleased to announce the 2016 board of directors will include its first self-advocate, Michael Holton Jr. Born with Down syndrome, Holton is a former recipient of the society’s Night of Champions award and has also won numerous gold medals for horseback riding in the Special Olympics. In addition to Holton’s appointment, the group is pleased to welcome new members Jason Ambrose and Tom Kenkel to the board. Candy Bogardus will serve as board president; Dr. Ben Spitalnick has been appointed as vice president; Traci Shreck will serve as secretary, and Brian Hussey was reappointed as the organization’s treasurer.

United Way of the Lowcountry is proud to announce Jaime DaileyVergara as the director of marketing and communications for the organization. She has an extensive background in journalism and communications Dailey-Vergara with a strong working knowledge of Beaufort and Jasper counties.

WARGO NAMED GENERAL MANAGER OF HAMPTON INN Jerry Wargo was recently named the general manager of the Hampton Inn Hilton Head Island, currently ranked the No. 8 Best Hotel on TripAdvisor. Wargo is a 30-year hotel and travel veteran, having held executive sales and marketing positions with Hilton, Marriott and Hyatt properties across the United States.

Sonesta Resort Hilton Head Island has promoted Kristen Kilbane to catering sales manager. In her new position, Kilbane will be responsible for booking, planning and executing small and mid-size weddings, as well as groups and special events ranging from luncheons to birthday parties.

Sonesta Resort Hilton Head Island has named Collin Carter as sales manager for the luxury beach resort. In his new position, Carter will be responsible for developing meeting and group business for the resort,

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as well as meeting sales goals, while ensuring a positive group experience for resort guests.

Hair stylist Rebekah Bianchi has joined the salon staff at Le Spa of Sea Pines. Bianchi, who recently moved to Hilton Head Island from upstate New York, has 20 years of salon experience, ranging from creativity behind the chair to business behind the scenes. In the past 15 years, she has owned three salons, including a barber shop for FLETC/Department of Homeland Security in Charleston.

Carol Boockmeyer has joined Pana Roofing Company as office manager.

The Easter Seals Foundation announced the appointment of Chris Schembra, OHenry Productions producing partner, to its board of trustees. Schembra, a Hilton Head Island native, is the producer behind the five-time Emmy Award-winning show “The Little Flower,� starring Tony Lo Bianco. In addition to his work on Broadway, Schembra is the founder/curator of the 747 Club, a weekly supper club that connects people at the intersection of food and community.

The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa is pleased to announce that it has welcomed Chris De Vincentis as its newest sales specialist. In this new role, De Vincentis will focus on developing relationships that bring groups and meetings requiring less than 25 rooms at peak occupancy.

NHC Healthcare has promoted Stacy Floyd to executive director of its new assisted living community, The Palmettos. Floyd has served NHC Bluffton as its memory care coordinator since 2010 and has 16 years of experience serving seniors in assisted living and dementia care settings.

NHC Healthcare is proud to announce the promotion of Anna Makar to community relations director of The Palmettos assisted living community. She joins the Palmettos team with over 15 years serving the senior community.

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AWARDS & CERTIFICATIONS Jolley Law Group, LLC announced that managing member Kelly McPherson Jolley has been elected president of the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association.

The professional organization has more than 800 members and was formed to enhance the status and effectiveness of women lawyers in South Carolina.

A Bluffton High School social worker was named as the Beaufort County School District’s 2016 “Support Person of the Year.” Melissa Lather’s selection was announced at a breakfast recognizing schools’ individual honorees. Lather joined the Beaufort County School District 12 years ago after working in the private sector.

Bill Sauter, who has been an Edward Jones financial adviser in Bluffton and on Hilton Head since 1994, was invited to attend the Edward Jones Managing Partner’s Conference April 18 - 20 in St. Louis, Missouri. The prestigious annual event honors the top 350 of the firm’s more than 14,000 financial advisers.

Subaru of Hilton Head was proud to present a check for $11,912 to the Bluffton-Jasper County Volunteers In Medicine

on May 2 as part of the Subaru Share the Love Initiative. The Subaru Share the Love Initiative is a program that donates $250 to one of many charities with the purchase or lease of a new Subaru vehicle.

Two Beaufort County students — McCracken student Maile Paulmeier and Hilton Head Island student Victoria Hamlin – have been honored at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix, Arizona. The annual Intel-sponsored event is the world’s premier pre-collegiate science competition for original research projects. The students became eligible to compete in Phoenix by earning top prizes at the local 2016 Sea Island Regional Science Fair.

The South Carolina Bar Association selected Hilton Head Island estate planning attorney Jay A. Mullinax to serve as the editor of the 2016 South Carolina Bar Association’s “Handbook for Probate Attorneys.” The handbook provides guidance on probate court procedures in each of South Carolina’s 46 probate courts.

Four premier Hilton Head Island resorts — Coral Reef Resort, Coral Sands Resort, Island Links Resort and Port O’Call, collectively referred to as the Coral Resorts family of properties — have received the

H2O SPORTS OFFERING WATER TAXI, CHARTERS Hilton Head Island’s H2O Sports is now offering a water taxi to Daufuskie Island and VIP charters to Daufuskie, Savannah, Beaufort, Palmetto Bluff and Tybee Island. For more information or reservations, call 843-671-4386 or go online to www.h2osports.com.

HILTON HEAD BICYCLE COMPANY AWARDED League of American Bicyclists recognized Hilton Head Bicycle Company with a Bronze Bicycle Friendly Business award, joining nearly 1,200 visionary businesses from across the country. With the announcement of 76 new and renewing bicycle-friendly businesses, Hilton Head Bicycle Company joins a cutting-edge group of 1,197 local businesses, government agencies and Fortune 500 companies in 49 states and Washington, D.C., that are transforming the American workplace.

President’s Club Award from RCI, the largest vacation timeshareexchange network in the world.

As the most coveted designation presented by RCI, the President’s Club Award is presented annually to a select number of properties around the world.

The South Carolina Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics has been named one of “America’s Top-Performing Schools with Elite Students” by The Washington Post. The school was the only South Carolina school included in the list.

Five Beaufort County schools have won more than $52,000 in grants to enhance arts education in their classrooms, the South Carolina Arts Commission has announced. The five schools were: Beaufort Middle School ($9,437, eighth grant), Mossy Oaks Elementary School ($12,883, first grant), Hilton Head Island School for the Creative Arts ($10,799, fourteenth grant), Lady’s Island Elementary School ($11,509, sixth grant) and Lady’s Island Middle School ($8,327, third grant).

The South Carolina Association of Independent Schools State Science Fair was held in April.

More than 60 private schools from across the state participated in this year’s competition.

Congratulations to the following Hilton Head Preparatory School students receiving recognition at the event: Alexis Voulgaropoulos, Avery Campbell, Lucas Tomita and Elizabeth Hudak.

Some very special Beaufort County School District teachers and support staff were treated with gift baskets as Board of Education members made surprise visits to their schools to announce the 2016-17 Teachers of the Year and Support Staff of the Year. Teachers of the year are selected by their peers according to criteria established by the schools, the South Carolina Department of Education and the district’s Teacher Forum.

The Hilton Head IslandBluffton Chamber of Commerce has won a prestigious award for its 2015 “I Am The Chamber” campaign. The “I Am The Chamber” campaign won a 2016 Carolinas Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Communication Excellence Award Winners in the “Advertising & Marketing” category.

Finance staffers from the Beaufort County School District have earned a pair of national awards for excellence from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada. The first award, the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting, recognized the school district’s 2015 annual financial report.

GFOA said the award honors financial reports that demonstrate a constructive “spirit of full disclosure” and that clearly communicate a school district’s financial story and motivate citizens to read the annual report. The second recogni-

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BUSINESS tion, the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award, honors government budgets that succeed simultaneously as policy documents, financial plans, operations guides and communications devices. The GFOA said that budget documents must be rated “proficient” in all four of those categories — along with the 14 criteria in each one — to receive the award.

Hilton Head Mayor David Bennett announced in May that 160 Hilton Head Island middle and high school students will receive the Mayor’s Youth Volunteer Service Award for completing at least 50 hours of community service in a calendar year. Forty-two of the 160 students were awarded the Mayor’s Call to Service Award for completing more than 150 hours of community service.

Bennett presented each student a service award at a special ceremony at the Sonesta Resort.

The award ceremony was a way for Bennett to thank and honor these students who, by their demonstrated commitment and example, inspire others to engage in volunteer service and who have given their valuable time and effort into making a difference in our community.

The Town of Hilton Head Island Fire Rescue has received a $2,394 fire prevention grant from FM Global, one of the world’s largest commercial property insurers. The award will be used to purchase smoke detec-

LEARN HOW TO BECOME AN ANGEL INVESTOR Angel Investing can be intellectually and financially rewarding.

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tors to assist with the department’s “Fire in the Streets” program, which provides oneon-one interaction with members of the community during home visits and the distribution of safety information.

Le Spa has a new addition to its Angel Program. Edith Reed was recognized for providing 24-hour care for eight years to her mother, who had Alzheimer’s disease and recently died. Le Spa treated Reed to some well-deserved spa and salon pampering. The Le Spa Angel Program honors and rewards an outstanding individual each month. Nominees for the Angel Program may be people who have demonstrated selfless acts of kindness, displayed other acts worthy of recognition or have faced physical or economic challenges.

NEW BUSINESS The Greater Bluffton Chamber of Commerce was on hand to help Dental Smart Bluffton celebrate its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting.

Dental Smart is in the Belfair Towne Village next to Chow Daddy’s. It is the first Dental Smart to be located in the

PEDIATRIC SMILES NOW OPEN IN BLUFFTON Pediatric Smiles is Bluffton’s newest fun, exciting, and kidfriendly pediatric dental office. Dr. Courtney Davis specializes in treating infants, children, teens, and individuals with special needs. Pediatric Smiles is located in the Bluffton Old Town Promenade, above Darling Eye Center. Find more information online at www.pediatricsmilesbluffton.com or by calling 843-707-7915.

Lowcountry. On hand for the ribbon-cutting was CEO Brian Schliefer and dentists Dr. Gamble and Dr. Hargrove.

Eric Swenson has recently moved to the Lowcountry to start his business as a QuickBooks ProAdvisor. QuickBooks is a fully integrated accounting system that helps businesses track what customers owe them, expenses, and cash flow. He looks forward to working with the many businesses here in the Lowcountry.

BUSINESS NEWS The Town of Bluffton has selected Folly Beach-based contractor Michael Riffert, DBA Construction Consultants, to stabilize and rehabilitate the Garvin House, the only home on the May River owned by a former slave. The approximate $292,000 project, funded primarily by public grants, began in late April and will continue into the fall. The Garvin House will be rehabilitated using existing materials or materials that match the historic integrity of the project. When finished, the story of the Garvin House and its residents will be told through interpretative signs displayed inside and outside the house.

This year, Dr. Eric Bunge adds Graston instrument technique for relief restrictions and inflammation. Graston uses special tools to scan for and release restrictions in muscle and fascia. Combined with our functional testing we use it to find the causes of tightness and work with our natural healing process to build a better posture..

The Don Ryan Center for Innovation has announced the addition of two new innovators joining the Bluffton-based business accelerator: Tip Toes Custom Shoes, founded by Patricia Snelson and Blatchley Power Inc., founded by Kraig Blatchley. Tip Toes Custom Shoes combines technology with traditional craftsmanship to produce “custom” footwear for the millions of women, men and children whose feet don’t conform to standard sizes. Blatchley Power is a Ridgeland-based start-up business engaged in advanced research and development of new alternative electrical power generation through original equipment manufacturing of energy generative pump called the H20 UpFlow Generator.

Jessica B’s Consignment, along with the Greater Bluffton Chamber of Commerce, celebrated its first year in business and its recent expansion with a grand re-opening and ribbon-cutting in May. Jessica B’s is a clothing and furniture consignment store located in Okatie’s Riverwalk Industrial Park. For over 18 years, Jessica Battle has held various positions in retail and fashion where she has trained in wardrobe building and style analysis.

Bluffton-Jasper Volunteers In Medicine will unveil its longawaited Ridgeland medical clinic during an open house at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 9, in Ridgeland. The Bluffton-Jasper County Volunteers in Medicine provides medical services free of charge.

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BUILDING THE RIGHT STAFF can be one of the most critical and challenging roles of management. It takes time and strategic thought.

Updating position descriptions, developing the right advertisement and determining where such ads are best displayed will get the process started.

And then come the resumes—many, many resumes. Countless hours can be spent pouring over them and attempting to determine what are the characteristics that might help to differentiate one from another, and which are the most critical to success in the position.

resume BINGO In order to make this process less grueling, former Foundation staff member Carolyn Torgersen found and modified a piece that she referred to as “Resume BINGO.” Envision a BINGO card (a grid of 25 boxes — 5 across and 5 down). In place of numbers, the boxes are filled with phrases that you hope not to see in the credentials you review. The more you find, the more likely a set of credentials moves lower in the stack.

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Doesn’t follow directions listed in ad

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Of course, the most critical pieces are still to come; from reviewing all of the critical skills and experiences, to developing the short list of candidates, to interviewing and second interviews, to reference checks and more. But once the hiring, on boarding and training is done, I do look back on Resume BINGO and smile.

And again, this is all just about common sense, and some may or may not really apply. But I am amazed at how many hopefuls violate some of these basic concepts.

I do find Resume BINGO, with my own additional modifications, to be helpful in the initial sort of candidates, and also to be uplifting and comical. While for the most part this focuses on attention to detail and common sense in creating a cover letter and resume (and therefore is not a comprehensive tool for assessing all nature of skills, abilities and experiences), it is a good starting place. Here is my own BINGO card, showing some of the “less desirable” attributes found in cover letters and resumes (and even Facebook) for an administrative role:

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STEPPING UP Local stepfathers have found joy in an often unsung,

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Although it’s among the world’s greatest joys, being a father isn’t easy. BY BARRY KAUFMAN

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father has to be a role model, exerting influence through action and demonstrating the compassion and capability a man should aspire to. A father has to be the embodiment of discipline, that terrifying figure whose return home marks the final word on sentencing for various childhood transgressions. A father has to be an endless wellspring of love and support, treating everything from scraped knees to broken hearts with gentle care.

It’s an immensely difficult job, being a father.

But it’s an infinitely more difficult job being a stepfather.

A stepfather carries with him all of the responsibilities of a father, but works from more unsure footing. While a biological dad always has the “because I’m your father” card to play, the stepfather must be more deliberate, laying down the tracks that will build a relationship even as the train is chugging over them.

It’s a role so undefined that it is literally undefined — MerriamWebster recognizes the word “fatherhood,” but not “stepfatherhood.”

Describing his own experiences as a stepfather, longtime Hilton Head Island resident Tom Gardo said, “You’re not ever going to replace their father. You’re always going to be the outsider, but

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they’re going to open their hearts to you when they’re ready.

So you have to be warm, kind, consistent and balanced.”

Gardo had two daughters of his own, Jessica and Michelle, when he married wife Signe, who herself had two daughters, Marisa and Silja. If you want to talk about challenges as a stepfather, you need to talk to the man who at one point had four teenage daughters under one roof.

“Those were interesting times,” Gardo recalls with a smile.

While the blended family quickly bonded over a shared love of the outdoors plus regular family vacations in the RV, crisscrossing the country during several summers, the stress of teenage children would inevitably bubble up.

When it did, Gardo was ready.

“You’re typically going to have some kind of issue that comes up,” he said. “I think you always have to make an effort to engage, in a loving way, rather than retreat. Retreat adds that layer of separation that isn’t good if you’re going to have a long-term relationship.”

Engagement can go a long way when developing those relationships. In describing his own relationship with his stepkids, islander Marty Crocker spoke in similar terms.

“If something comes up, we talk about it. … There’s no sliding it under the rug,” Crocker said.

Crocker’s transition into being a stepfather was about as jarring as it can get: prior to marrying his wife, Genia, he had no children of his own. With his marriage, he suddenly found himself a stepfather to Logan, Madison and Hannah, who were all between the ages of 12 and 17.

Accustomed to a bachelor lifestyle of near constant travel as a yoga and massage instructor, Crocker admits that it was an “interesting thing to go from having no responsibility to having three kids,” but maintains that his own philosophy and outlook helped immensely in navigating the murky waters of stepfatherhood.

“I’ve never been one to be stuck in my ways, so I came into it open-minded,” he said. Crocker, who famously opened a “paywhatever-you-want” smoothie shop on Hilton Head’s south end, is used to looking at things from a different, more open-

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DARBIE BRADY, SHANE RUSSELL AND BILL BRADY minded perspective. When he took that approach to fatherhood, it paid off in a stronger relationship with his new family.

“I never went into it with baggage or any concern if they liked me or not. Because it was about our relationship between the two of us first, and working that out,” he said.

Working from a foundation of love proved vital to local Bill Brady as he built his family in what might be a somewhat familiar story. It’s a story of a man named Brady. And while

the details don’t quite line up, this particular Brady bunch did result in a blended family of six children.

In this case, the man named Brady had two daughters from a previous marriage, Christina and Kimberly, as well as wife Darbie’s four children, sons Brooke, Tanner and Shane and daughter Chelsea. But it was still much more than a hunch that this group would someday form a family.

“We decided we weren’t ever going to say ‘stepchildren,’ ” Brady said. “We also decided to do all things with love.”

That’s not to say Brady didn’t know when to step in as the enforcer. He recalls with a laugh his habit of taking the kids out to breakfast for a little talk whenever they were getting too out of hand.

“That was a cue that, ‘Oh, my God, I’m in real trouble,’” he laughed. That tough love cemented the bonds between Brady and his children, though, so much so that Shane now works alongside him at CrossRoads Financial Group, where Brady is managing director.

“He’s so easy to get along with and he brings a lot of positive energy into the office,” he said.

So is being a good stepfather a matter of building a family, building understanding or building relationships? Well, as with so many aspects of being a stepfather, there’s no clear answer.

Maybe the best answer is this: just be there. And when needed, the best thing a stepfather can do is step up. M

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EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a three-part summer series celebrating Hilton Head Island, Bluffton and the surrounding Lowcountry.

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THE MAGNIFICENT MID-ISLAND

August THE NOTABLE NORTH END & BOOMING BLUFFTON

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There are countless things to see and do on the south end of Hilton Head. From biking and hiking to fishing and kayaking, or shopping and guided tours to historical and cultural pursuits: A new adventure awaits you around every corner.

BY LISA ALLEN | PHOTO BY ARNO DIMMLING

ll of Hilton Head Island is beautiful, but if you need a quick photo to prove your arrival to the world, it’s going to be of that lighthouse.

And with that red-and-white striped icon in the background, Sea Pines Resort vaulted into the greater lexicon with a gusty golf tournament on Thanksgiving weekend 1969.

The fame hasn’t waned since.

Of course, Hilton Head existed long before the Heritage Classic — as it was called then — but few people, even South Carolinians, could find it on a map. Thanks to the tournament’s national exposure, the 12-mile-long island became a vacation beacon for millions of families from around the world.

Over the years, the flow of happy visitors has only grown, and many of them traverse the length of the island like homing pigeons to arrive at the south end’s front door, Sea Pines Circle.

From there, they fan out to all kinds of activities. They enjoy shopping and dining among the eclectic mix of about 50 locally owned businesses in the 60-year-old Coligny Circle.

They take bicycle jaunts along the trails in Sea Pines Resort or stroll along the Atlantic Ocean on Forest Beach. Or they tee it up on the celebrated Harbour Town Golf Links.

“The two big things are the beaches and Sea Pines,” said Tom Reilley, owner of Reilley’s Grill & Bar. “We also have most of the vacation homes. There are so many places here to shop, eat and be entertained. There is a lot of live entertainment. It’s almost nightly on the south end.”

Reilley definitely knows the area well. He started his restaurant 30 years ago.

But like the rest of the south end, while business has thrived there for decades, it hasn’t grown stale.

“I’ve remodeled Reilley’s three times,” Reilley said. “No one here is saying, ‘Gimme, gimme, gimme.’ We keep investing in the community and giving back.”

For example, Sea Pines Resort is in the process of rebuilding its Ocean Course and spent millions on new clubhouses to serve its three golf courses. The famed Harbour Town

Golf Links was just renovated last year, Heron Point was remade by Pete Dye, and the Ocean Course will open this fall after being rebuilt by Davis Love III. There is so much to see and do on the island’s south end, said Steve Birdwell, president of Sea Pines Resort.

“The south end is surrounded by water with miles of our pristine beaches and the Atlantic Ocean to our east, and the Intracoastal Waterway and Calibogue Sound to our west,” Birdwell said. “All of the water sports activities makes it easy for visitors to experience and enjoy the water surrounding the south end.”

When asked to recommend three things every visitor to the South End should see or do, Birdwell suggested four. “I know these are four things, but I couldn’t help myself. And there are more things to see and experience, too.”

Here is Birdwell’s must-do list: 1. Enjoy everything Harbour Town has to offer: the Harbour Town Lighthouse, Harbour Town Yacht Basin, dining, shopping, water sports, and Gregg Russell, who performs several days a week under the Harbour Town Live Oak tree.

2. Visit Harbour Town Golf Links and its new clubhouse. Nationally acclaimed and recently upgraded, no visit to the south end is complete without a stop at this famed course.

3. Eat at Sea Pines Beach Club for a true oceanfront dining experience.

4. Explore Sea Pines Forest Preserve, which includes 600 acres of untouched Lowcountry landscape. It’s best to experience it on horseback, available at Lawton Stables.

But Birdwell is right. There is a so much more to do, from tennis and golf to crabbing and kayaking. There are also fishing charters, boat or Jet Ski rentals, and dolphin-watching excursions casting off from Harbour Town Yacht Basin.

Like a magnet whose power only grows, the south end and Sea Pines continue to draw visitors from around the world, year after year.

“You can never underestimate the influence of Sea Pines,” Reilley said. “They are the reason we’ve all been so successful over the years.”

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Tennis

The south end is home to four tennis clubs that are open to the public: Sea Pines Raquet Club and South Beach Raquet Club are located in Sea Pines Resort, while Shipyard Raquet Club and the island’s largest tennis facility, Van Der Meer Tennis Center, are located in Shipyard Plantation. There are a variety of hard surface courts, clay courts and lighted courts available. For the more casual player, there are four public, first-come, first-served tennis courts available at Cordillo Courts.

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There are four public golf courses located on Hilton Head Island’s south end, all beautiful and each offering something a little bit different from the next.

Imagine yourself a part of the PGA Tour by playing a round at Harbour Town Golf Links in Sea Pines Resort, home to the RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing. Harbour Town is known for its challenging course with a famous par-4, which is known to be especially interesting on a windy day. Reserving your tee time in advance is highly recommended.

Also in Sea Pines, Heron Point by Pete Dye is a great course for a mixed group of players, with seven sets of tees on each hole, including one for juniors. The course was named one of the Top 50 Courses for Women by Golf Digest, and includes a variety of challenges as well as beautiful landscaping.

Check out the Ocean Course in Sea Pines Resort, the first golf course built on Hilton Head Island. The Ocean Course features a classic design including lagoons and bunkers and is a great course no matter your level of play. This course boasts one of only two oceanfront holes on Hilton Head Island.

Create your own golfing experience at the Shipyard Golf Club, which offers three nine-hole courses which can be played in three 18-hole combinations. Each of the three nine-hole courses offers different challenges and has their own unique flavor.

One of the best ways to check out the Sea Pines Forest Preserve is on horseback, courtesy of the Western-style trail rides offered by Lawton Stables.

No riding experience is necessary to enjoy this one-hour walk through nature.

Lawton Stables also offers pony rides for kids 7 and younger, and has an animal farm where the whole family can enjoy feeding and petting the goats, sheep, miniature donkeys and cows, pot-bellied pigs, and alpacas. Make sure you meet Callie the deer and Harley the draft horse while you’re there.

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The south end has lots of beautiful beach to offer, with a little something for everyone.

If you’re looking for the best place to surf, check out North Forest Beach, specifically the area at Jacana Street at high tide. North Forest Beach is a local favorite, located in one of the island’s oldest neighborhoods.

If you want to be in the middle of it all, Coligny Beach is the one for you. Coligny is definitely Hilton Head’s busiest beach, offering free Wi-Fi, lots of beach rentals available, and free parking.

It is also right across the street from Coligny Plaza, which houses lots of restaurants and shopping options.

If you want a little more room to spread out, head down to South Forest Beach, which is wide and spacious, making it a great beach to take a bike ride on.

If you want to give a new watersport a try, head down to South Beach inside of Sea Pines. The South Beach Marina offers lots to do, and you can try out kayaking, sport fishing, or parasailing.

Keep in mind that if you’re not staying in Sea Pines, you’ll have to pay $6 per vehicle to enter.

Parks

Located at the corner of Pope Avenue and New Orleans Road, Compass Rose Park is a beautiful place to read a book or have a picnic. If you are interested in gardening, the Xeriscape Garden at the Town of Hilton Head Island government offices off Wexford Drive features many plants native to the Lowcountry and is designed to conserve water and require minimum maintenance. You can find a playground for the kids or a hiking (or biking) trail for the whole family at Crossings Park, off Helmsman Way. Right next door to Crossings Park is Bristol Sports Arena for the hockey or skateboarding fans in the family. Its got a full roller hockey court as well as a skate park with half-pipe and rails. Coligny Beach Park features a kid-friendly water fountain.

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‘Barmuda’Triangle

Made up of Hilton Head Brewing Company, The Lodge, The Boardroom, Jump & Phil’s, One Hot Mama’s, and Reilley’s, there is always fun to be had at the “Barmuda” Triangle off Greenwood Drive. You can bar-hop between the six establishments via the connected patio that joins them, enjoy live music, DJs, or just hang out and have a beer or cocktail.

Baynard Plantation Ruins

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Located on six acres, the Baynard house was built around 1793 by Capt. Jack Stoney.

The Stoney family lived in the house for several decades until it was acquired by William Edings Baynard (according to some, in a latenight poker game) in 1840. The house was taken during the Civil War and used as Union forces headquarters. It burned down shortly after the Civil War. The ruins are now listed on the National Register of Historic Sites.

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Hilton Head’s “downtown,” Coligny Plaza houses more than 60 stores, 15 restaurants and a movie theater, and it’s right across the street from the beach. Grab dinner, get some ice cream (or fudge, or a cupcake, or vintage candy), and check out the apparel, souvenir and specialty shops that Coligny has to offer. Coligny also has you covered for your grocery and hardware needs.

Coligny Theatre

Coligny Theatre is an art house theatre mostly showing independent films. It is a single-screen theater originally built in 1972 as The Island Theater and was the only theater on Hilton Head for many years. The schedule is updated each week, and there are three showings per day.

Park Plaza Cinemas

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Park Plaza Cinemas is an independent family-owned theater in Park Plaza off Arrow Road. It’s a great, cozy theater to check out the latest movie you’ve been dying to see. In addition to candy and popcorn, you can have a beer or a glass of wine while you watch the show. You might even be greeted by the cinema’s four-legged employees, Annabelle and Antoinette. Be sure to check out the gift shop while you’re there.

The Sandbox: An Interactive Children’s Museum

Need a break from the beach or something to do on a rainy day? Take the kids over to Hilton Head’s interactive childrens’ museum, The Sandbox, on Pope Ave. It’s got great exhibits and activities for infants up to 8 year olds. Featuring an infant and toddler play area, an aquarium, climbing wall and much more, your kids will definitely be entertained!

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Harbour Town & Harbour Town Yacht Basin It’s hard to imagine Hilton Head without picturing the classic red and white lighthouse. You can visit that lighthouse for yourself in Harbour Town, inside of Sea Pines Resort. While you’re there, you’ll have plenty of stores to check out and lots of restaurants to choose from. Be sure to check out a Gregg Russell show in the evening- great for the kids! There are lots of boat cruises and tours available in the Yacht Basin, as well as kayaks, parasailing, stand-up paddleboards and other fun watersports. There’s also a great playground- the kids will be begging to check out the tree houses!

South Beach Marina Legendary Golf

Legendary Golf is a familyfriendly course that makes for a fun way to spend an afternoon.

It’s got lots of lagoons, making it fun and challenging. They’ve got waterfalls galore.

Palmetto Bay Marina

The South Beach Marina, in Sea Pines Resort, is home to the famous Salty Dog Café, as well as lots of cute shops you’ll be dying to check out. There is also access to boat rentals, deep-sea fishing, nature tours and fun watersport activities. And it’s just a short walk to the beach!

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At the end of Helmsman Way, Palmetto Bay Marina houses apartment homes, several restaurants and bars, and lots of water activities. You can visit Palmetto Bay Marina to charter fishing boats, sailing trips, or dolphin tours. If you hang out by the docks, you’ll see dolphins following the fishing boats into port.

Sea Pines Forest Preserve

You should definitely make plans to check out the Sea Pines Forest Preserve while you’re on Hilton Head Island. The preserve is made up of 605 acres of fields, marsh, and walking trails so that you can enjoy it all. Be sure to visit the Indian Shell Ring, the site of a 4,000-year-old Indian village. You won’t find a much prettier view than the Wildflower Field by Lake Thomas. Pack a picnic and enjoy it on Fish Island. And if you head to the observation decks at Old Lawton Rice Field, you might spot a gator!

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Restaurants

With 127 restaurants on the south end, you won’t have trouble finding a good place to eat. The Salty Dog Cafe is the most famous spot, closly followed by The Sea Shack. We could go on and on about the high quality of restaurants the south end has to offer. In addition to our dining guide, another good source of information can be found in a publication called “Fork & Fun: Hilton Head Island & Bluffton’s Favorite Restaurants.” Copies can be found in magazine racks and most grocery stores.

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Pirates of Hilton Head

A 1 ½-hour pirate boat cruise recommended for ages 2 to 10. There’s face-paint, tattoos and a pirate sash to wear for the trip. Everyone gets a pirate name and learns how to talk like a pirate before the treasure hunt begins.

Art Galleries

With the beautiful views and a relaxed pace, it’s no wonder that island life inspires many works of art. There are lots of galleries on Hilton Head where you can see and/or purchase the work of local artists and artisans as well as national or international artists.

Just on the south end, you have plenty to choose from, no matter your artistic taste: Karis Art Gallery, located in the Village at Wexford, features works by more than 25 artists from the US and Canada, many of whom are from South Carolina. There you’ll find paintings and photography as well as handmade jewelry. The work of over 300 artists and craftsmen is represented at Smith Galleries, also located in the Village at Wexford. Smith Galleries houses lots of eclectic works including doorknockers and kaleidoscopes, in addition to paintings, pottery, and more. Muse Gallery, on Arrow Road, houses contemporary artwork by 20 painters and sculptors from across the US. The installations at Muse all have a common feeling and thread between the various pieces. The Red Piano Gallery is located in the historic Red Piano building on Cordillo Parkway. The Red Piano features pieces by many talented painters and sculptors. Camellia Art on Pope Avenue features many local aritst.

Grocery Stores

Everyone has their favorite grocery store at home that they are committed to, so sometimes its hard to find one you love for your vacation. The south end has four major grocery stores to choose from.

Publix offers excellent variety and amazing customer service and is sure to make you feel at home. If you want an easy meal, pick up their fried chicken. It’s the best!

For a huge selection of products, stop by Harris Teeter, particularly for their sprawling wine selection. As an added bonus, you can use their online ordering service to choose your groceries, and have them packaged and waiting for you when you arrive to pick them up.

You can’t beat the prices at Bi-Lo and they’ve also got a variety of beach products so you can grab anything you forgot to bring from home.

For a more small-town grocery feel, stop by Piggly Wiggly in Coligny Plaza. Piggly Wiggly T-shirts make great souvenirs for friends back home, too!

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Spas

The south end is a world-class destination for indulgence. Unwind in private treatment rooms, steam rooms, tubs, tanning stations and be pampered with massage treatments, facials and makeovers. There are a ton of places to choose from, highlighted by LE SPA at Sea Pines Center, FACES DaySpa at the Village at Wexford, The Indigo Spa at Hilton Head Health, The Sanctuary at Village Exchange and Arum Spa at Sonesta Resort.

The Village at Wexford

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The Village at Wexford is home to 30 retail shops, restaurants, and services. It is made up of many upscale shops, and considers themselves “the heart of shopping local” on Hilton Head with many locally owned small businesses. Consider stopping by on Wednesdays for a “W@W” (Wednesdays at Wexford) event, which might include live music, or a demonstration by one or more shops.

Audubon Newhall Preserve

The Audubon Newhall Preserve is a 50-acre nature preserve off of Palmetto Bay Road. It features a two-mile easy walking trail with benches along the way. All along the trail are signs pointing out the various Lowcountry plants.

At the end of the trail, near the center of the preserve is a pond and wetland.

The Shops at Sea Pines Center

Located in the heart of Sea Pines Plantation, this popular shopping center plays host to an interesting variety of customized retail shops and boutiques with a mix of top-quality jewelry, resort casual men’s and women’s clothing, decorative accessories and antiques. Truffles Café and LE SPA are also located there.

Where to stay

There are a variety of accommodation types on the south end. From intimate boutique inns to sprawling timeshare resorts, oceanfront rental homes and four and five-star hotels, accommodations on the south end have enough variety to please every travel style and budget. Sonesta in Shipyard Plantation, the Beach House, a Holiday Inn Resort,

by Coligny circle, are the most popular hotels that are walking distance to the beach. The south end is also home to The Inn at Harbour Town, a highlyrated luxury hotel.

Watersport Rentals/Fishing Charters/Boat Tours

Harbour Town Yacht Basin and South Beach Marina are the hottest spot on the south end for watersport rentals, fishing charters and boat tours. Dolphin tours are the most popular. Rent a banana boat, kayak, stand-up paddleboard or waverunner. You can also go parasailing for a unique view of the island.

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And 40 years ago, one of Hilton Head’s most beloved family traditions occurred by happenstance. The way the best kinds of traditions do.

In 1977, a then 20-something Gregg Russell found his way to Hilton Head Island following time spent working at Walt Disney World.

When he started in Harbour Town, Elvis was still alive and Justin Bieber wasn’t born yet.

“Traditions are difficult to establish and this is one that has organically grown over the years,” Russell said. “There are so few things we enjoy together as a family anymore.

Watching an old-school performer sitting under a tree with your kids and grandkids is a throwback to a simpler time.”

If the numbers are correct, Russell, along with longtime stage manager Randy White, have entertained 3 million people over the past 40 years. Over the course of those years, Russell has seen it all.

“We’ve had guys ask their girlfriends to get married; we’ve had, grandparents celebrating their 90th birthdays, family reunions … it’s been pretty special,” he said. “We are seeing generation after generation of families coming back. Some now grandparents who brought their own kids, are returning with their grown children and young grandchildren.”

One of those families are the Rademachers from Lawrenceburg, Indiana, who own a second home in Sea Pines.

“We have been coming to Hilton Head at least once a year, sometimes three or four times a year, for 32 years. Our children are now 33 and almost 35 years old and we have five grandchildren and one on the way,” said Jeani Rademacher.

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“We wouldn’t even consider missing a night under the big oak tree if Gregg Russell was performing. We know all the words to his songs. Our kids sang with him on stage many years ago, and now our grandkids are practicing in hopes of playing their guitars and singing together just like their parents did. There is no other place we have ever traveled to that is as special to our family as this place.”

“Gregg’s concerts have truly stood the test of time for more than 40 years. It is wholesome, family fun that attracts a multigenerational audience,” said Rob Bender, The Sea Pines Resort’s director of recreation and marine operations. “It’s memorable and only continues to grow in popularity. It lends a nostalgic feel, especially for parents.”

When asked about a highlight reel from the past 40 years, Russell said there were too many wonderful memories to cite, though he was very quick to mention a charity near and dear to him.

Russell and his wife, Lindy, started the Sea Pines-based family charity Hilton Head Heroes in 1998. They host families from across the country on a weekly basis in a vacation home approximately a quarter-mile from the famed Liberty Oak tree where Russell performs nightly during the summertime. All of the families that are invited to Hilton Head courtesy of Hilton Head Heroes have one thing in common: they all have a really sick child.

“We give the family a week here to take a deep breath and to escape doctors, tubes and treatments. It lets them build sand castles, see the dolphins, and be together as a family,” Russell said. “This organization has been by far and away the best thing we’ve ever done with

our time, and our resources, and our contacts.”

From time to time during the summer months, the Hilton Head Hero families will join Russell’s admiring fans in Harbour Town.

Russell’s fans come carrying signs to potentially give them an edge in their efforts to make their way to the stage, saying things such as “Pick me” and “You picked my mom 30 years ago.”

When a Hero family is in the audience proudly holding such a sign, Russell says he will always attempt to bring the child to the stage and introduce them to the audience, and the audience always responds in a wonderful way.

“One night, I had a little Hero child in the audience, and he was very, very fragile. You could just tell he had been through the ringer,” Russell said. “He came out and he kept raising his hand to be one of our performers, and I was a little apprehensive about that not knowing exactly what his condition was.”

“As always, the audience is always very generous and compassionate, and they just cheered wildly as this little fella did his thing. As we finished and I was about to put him back down, he said, ‘Gregg Russell, you didn’t ask me one of the questions you always ask everybody. You forgot to ask me what I was going to be when I grow up.’ Well there’s this little fella just as fragile as he could be. So I took a deep breath as I had avoided that question on purpose and said, ‘Alright, pal, what is it you want to be when you grow up?’ ‘My mom said I am going to have the best job in the whole world. I’m going to get to be an angel.’”

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You think your job is rough? You need to talk to Stinky Pete, the villain behind the daily kids vs. pirates battle on the Black Dagger.

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he ship sails the waters of Calibogue Sound, filled with pirates-in-training under the tutelage of Captain Bones and his deckhands Bones and Squirt, as part of the Pirates of Hilton Head.

Kids earn pirate nicknames and tattoos as they embark on an hour-plus treasure hunt, battling Stinky Pete for the booty-filled chest at the bottom of the sound.

Every day, Stinky Pete loses the key to the chest.

Every day, Stinky Pete gets pummeled by kids shooting the ship’s water cannons at the lovable loser. And every day, Stinky Pete gets tossed from his dinghy into the water, where he wallows in defeat.

The activity has become arguably the most popular children’s attraction on Hilton Head Island. But don’t tell that to Stinky Pete. He prefers to think of himself as a selfless mentor of future pirates. For years, he has been a media recluse, but we caught up with him for a revealing Q&A. Monthly: Captain Hook, Blackbeard … those are names of menacing pirates. Do you worry that a name like Stinky Pete doesn’t exactly make other pirates fear you?

Stinky Pete: Aye, it wasn’t me first choice, but then again Bones and Squirt aren’t so fearsome, either!

Monthly: Where did the legend of Stinky Pete begin?

Stinky: Yar, that is a tough one. I prefer to thinks of it as less of a legend and more of a hurtful rumor, started by that Captain Bones and perpetuated by the media such as yerself.

Monthly: When we think of legends, we think of heroic figures. Wouldn’t you call this more of a cautionary tale for other pirates on what not to do?

Stinky: What are ye tryin’ to say? I go out there every day and give it me best. I’m hero to all!

Monthly: Like the Washington Generals with the Harlem Globetrotters, it appears by my count that you’ve never beaten the little pirates. Would you consider yourself the Washington Generals of pirating?

Stinky: Thar ye go again, getting all personal!

Wouldn’t that then make ye the Washington Generals of reporters? Har, har, reporter man.

Monthly: You’re around water all day, Stinky Pete.

You get blasted by water, you fall in the water consistently. How is that you’re still so stinky?

Stinky: I’m not so sure it’s good manners to be talking about that kind of thing. I think I smell just fine and me mother always said so as well.

Monthly: How long have you been looking for that coveted pirate treasure in Calibogue Sound?

Stinky: It has been a long time, that I will concede!

Getting blasted every day, every other hour tends to make all the days blend into one. I’m thinking seven summers now in total.

Monthly: There are many Vines and videos out there where you look scared of the little pirates, Stinky Pete. Many in the pirating community are calling for your resignation. What do you say to your detractors?

Stinky: Aye, I learned a long time ago that haters will be haters! I challenge any one of those armchair pirates to go against the Black Dagger’s water cannons by me side. What say ye?

Monthly: So many reviewers, including national voices like MSN and National Geographic Channel, call this the must-do activity for kids and families on Hilton Head. Does it bother you that defeating Stinky Pete has become the No. 1 activity on the island?

Stinky: I prefer to think of it as though I am the pirate they all want to beat. When you’re on top, every pirate wants to be you.

Monthly: After being taunted and thwarted by kids all day every day, do you think you’ll ever be a parent yourself?

Stinky: Aye, I’ll be needing a crew of me own if I’m to defeat me foes. Some little bilge rats and scallywags are sure to come! I just need the right lady pirate to come around.

Monthly: Do you dream at night about seeing what’s inside the mighty treasure chest, or is it a recurring nightmare?

Stinky: Not all treasure is gold and jewels, matey.

Seeing the next generation of pirates bind together in common cause is reward in itself.

Monthly: Kids walk off the ship every day with booty from the pirate chest and you still have none.

Have you ever thought of hanging up the hat and eyepatch, buying some Speed Stick and some gold and calling it a career?

Stinky: Aye, they say you can take the stink out of the pirate, but you can’t take the pirate out of the stink. Does that answer ye question?!?

Monthly: You still truly seem to enjoy the kids and the thrill of the chase. Is this all about the love of the game for you?

Stinky: The other pirates, they all think I can’t read.

But I go home at night and I read all the reviews. I know who the real star of the show is, regardless of what Squirt has to say. Speaking of Squirt, have you ever caught a whiff of her at the end of the day? Now thar’s your stinky pirate. M For details on how to book your child’s showdown with Stinky Pete, call Pirates of Hilton Head at 843363-7000 or visit piratesofhiltonhead.com.

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GARDENING TIPS

Becca Edwards is a wellness professional, freelance writer, owner of b.e.WELL+b.e.CREATIVE (bewellbecreative.com) and graduate of the Clemson Master Gardener program.

Do you know the No. 1 tip for becoming a fruitful vegetable gardener?

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ardening gurus like Laura Lee Rose, the consumer horticulture agent for Beaufort County Clemson Extension and coordinator for the Master Gardener program, will tell you to first consider what you like to eat. “Make a list of your family’s favorite vegetables,” Rose said. “This will help you plot out your garden and ensure you eat what you grow, which is really the fun part.”

As summer heats up, June, July and August are great months to get cooking in your garden.

“June is an excellent time to harvest your April vegetables, like tomatoes, corn and peppers,” Rose said. “You can let the soil rest and replant these crops in July, or you can transplant Mediterranean herbs on cool or cloudy days. If you decide to plant, you will want to side-dress, which means going along the sides of the plants with fertilizers maybe containing nitrogen like blood meal and cottonseed meal.”

Rose also advised cooling off some crops.

“Shade cloth or high or low tunnel row cover will extend things like salad greens or cool season plants.”

As for the best crops to start this June, try okra and edamame. Even if you are not a

fan, you might learn to love them because of their storability and convenience. Okra can be used as a thickening agent in soups, and edamame makes a protein-rich hummus base. Both can be frozen once ripe.

Come July, in addition to re-harvesting your April veggies, it’s time to think about planting pumpkin seeds. In August, you can cover some ground for fall’s yield by sowing cauliflower, cabbage and kale seeds — just to name a few. All summer long, and really all yearlong, Rose recommends cover crops and companion gardening, especially for pest control.

“Even though you do not eat buckwheat, it acts as a green manure and makes phosphorus available and attracts pollinators.

Deterrents like marigolds and basil paired with tomatoes ward off pests,” Rose said.

Deer also dislike comfrey and lemon verbena and tend to steer clear of anything aromatic or fuzzy. Another great cover crop is cowpeas.

So you don’t wilt, try gardening early in the morning or late afternoon. Outfitters like Outside Hilton Head sell an assortment of clothes and accessories to help you beat the heat; my favorite cool down go-to is my evaporative cooling bandana, which is available

online and some local stores. If your plants are not thriving, a soil test only costs $6 and can be done by bringing two cups of soil to the Hilton Head plant clinic. And don’t forget to water sensibly, preferably with drip irrigation.

“Have your irrigation checked out,” Rose said. “Like flossing your teeth, if you can’t remember the last time you did it, you should probably do it now.” M

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SPRING & SUMMER A HINT OF CALM.

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his season’s colors are meant to sooth the soul, calm the nerves, set an easy pace. And this they do. From soft tones of coral to a bold statement of deeper blues they are all comfort colors.

Each season Pantone Color Institute attaches names and reference number codes to the colors. These color guidelines are used as a reference throughout the fashion industry, paint industry, fabric productions, home decorating and more.

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This year's top 10 set that easy pace for this season’s styles. Time to check your closet and make sure you have the season's top colors covered.

1. ROSE QUARTZ “Really beautiful pink that will radiate well on the skin for women and men.”

2. PEACH ECHO “Historically Orange is a color that comes and goes. Peach Echo is a very warm, friendly and accessible color.”

3. SERENITY “Blues simply relay that feeling of relaxation.”

4. SNORKEL BLUE “Meant to be a bit more fun, less serious than navy, and serve as one of the anchor colors for the spring pallette.”

5. BUTTERCUP “Buttercup is all about sunlight, happiness and cheer."

6. LIMPET SHELL “Blue with a slightly green twinge.

People are reaching for cooler colors and blues.”

7. LILAC GRAY “There is a need for neutrals every season and this one has a hint of the purple family that is soft and subtle.”

8. FIESTA “Very free-spirited, with a south-of-the-border influence.”

9. ICED COFFEE “With a tan disposition, Iced Coffee has a warmth that combines well with everything else.”

10. GREEN FLASH “With yellow undertone, this bright green would be well accepted for spring and summer."

I do have personal favorites this season. What’s not to like. Something for every mood, every skin tone, every event and any lifestyle. No fabric was left behind. The Top 10 Colors are everywhere — from cotton shirts to linen pants, jersey prints, designer silk prints, shirts, shorts and dresses.

So take the time, check your wardrobe and see what you are missing. M AND HAVE FUN SHOPPING! Roxanne Madere Gilleland 84 hiltonheadmonthly.com

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he Oct. 17, 2015, wedding of Michelle “Shelly” (Caskey) and Charles “Trey” Fore, III was a storybook Lowcountry event.

The destination wedding for the couple, who live in Greenville, SC, and 100 family members and friends began on Friday evening with a Lowcountry Boil at the inn’s Moreland Landing, which guests attended via the trolley through Wilson Village in the picturesque Palmetto Bluff. Hosted by the groom’s parents, the night included dinner and live entertainment by a duo, with a special serenade from the bride to her groom.

The following day Shelly, her matron of honor and five bridesmaids got dressed and ready with hair and makeup help from Bangs Salon before the afternoon ceremony. Their flowers, which featured teacups from the bride’s mother and grandmother in a uniquely personal touch, were arranged by Kim Vasil Cheney of August Floral & Event Design.

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The ceremony was held in the Waterside Chapel on the banks of the May River, with a violin/cello duo from New Arts Ensembles providing lovely music for the ceremony and the cocktail hour that followed. In a special touch from home, the nuptials were officiated by Elisabeth Williams, Director for Christian Education at Shelly’s childhood church in her hometown of Rockville, Md. After the ceremony, guests enjoyed cocktails on the lawn while formal photos of the wedding party were taken

by Landon Jacob. Afterward, everyone gathered in the Oak Ballroom for dinner and toasts.

Nick of Epic Charleston kept the guests dancing and entertained throughout the evening, until the bride and groom were ready to move the party back outside, where they were greeted by a sparkling reception as they descended the staircase from the ballroom to the fire pits on the lawn, where S'mores and nightcaps were served.

“Our daughter's wedding was truly a family affair over the entire weekend,” says Jim Caskey. In addition to South Carolina and Georgia, guests came from North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, Illinois and Florida and were treated to the best of the Lowcountry’s beauty and hospitality. After a farewell brunch the day after the wedding, the couple honeymooned in the Turks and Caicos Islands. M

VENDOR LIST Venue: Inn at Palmetto Bluff Officiant: Rev. Elisabeth Williams Florals: August Event Design Salon: Bangs Salon Photography: Landon Jacob Photography Videography: Wed-It.com Music: Violin: Andrea Pedigrew; Cello: Mary Beth Reception: EPIC Charleston Coordination: Weddings with Leah

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BY DAVID GIGNILLIAT | PHOTOS BY MICHEL BERDA OF KINGSTREETPHOTOWEDDINGS.COM

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erome Clark and Michelle Hall knew exactly what they wanted for their wedding — “Manhattan chic meets Southern charm.”

So when it came time to choose a location for their nuptials, Hilton Head Island seemed like the perfect fit. And after months of planning, their special day finally arrived. On May 23, 2015, Michelle and Jerome joined each other in love and matrimony at an intimate ceremony at The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa. The bride and groom, who live in Manhattan, wanted to choose a location that spoke to their shared and unshared life experiences.

“Jerome was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and I was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, and neither of us wanted to get married in those places, so we were looking for a middle,” says Michelle.

“We were looking for a venue that was close enough to (our) homes and close enough to New York City, without making it feel like we were sacrificing pieces of ourselves, and Hilton Head Island really captured that for us.”

Jerome and Michelle worked from afar with the staff at The Westin to pull off their special day.

“The outdoor wedding venues at The Westin make it easy to create absolutely breathtaking vistas for my couples for their special day,” says Ashlee Fleming, catering sales manager at The

Westin. ”Every one of my couples is different, each with a unique vision for their wedding day — rustic, coastal chic, nautical, elegant. I love seeing our venues transformed into something unique and special each and every time.” “[Fleming] knew what we were looking to do, and helped us to make it happen. We just found everybody at The Westin to be really helpful,” says Michelle, who shares a 7-year-old daughter with Jerome. “Ashlee felt like a good friend, and it felt like we were getting married in a much more intimate setting than it was.”

The Westin hosted the ceremony, and Jerome and Michelle hosted a pool party there the next Monday to unwind with their guest and their families. Like any major event, it takes the work of several different vendors and wedding professionals to pull off the perfect day. Photographer Michel Berda of King Street Photo Weddings documented the wedding for the couple, his images telling a beautiful story of love.

“I am a true storyteller because I photograph from my heart,” Berda says.

“I think everything really hit the mark. I can’t really think of anything we would have done different. I think Jerome and I were really happy with the venue and the way everything came off,” says Michelle, who chose coral, peach and silver as her wedding colors. “It turned out more beautifully than we could even had hoped. Just perfect.”

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Jerome and Michelle recently celebrated their one-year anniversary with a relaxing trip to St. John, one of the three U.S. Virgin Islands.

“We had a really great time on St. John, and we’re excited to be married,” says Michelle, her voice rising and suggesting a smile as wide as the retreat’s crystal-blue waters. “I love it.”

As the ceremony wound down, it became clear that the ceremony had attracted an overflow audience. Several Westin guests had been watching the ceremony unfold from the balconies of their rooms, and at ground level on the sprawling property. It must have felt like a backstage pass — or stadium seating — to watch the most special day of a couple’s life.

“It was just the most bizarre thing. All the guests at the hotel were actually looking on at the wedding, and [they] clapped when we kissed, and as the minister announced us husband and wife,” says Michelle. “It felt like everything there was part of the party, and it made us feel very special. It was a very good day. A very good day.” M

VENDOR LIST Officiant: The Rev. James Singletary Wedding Planner: Beth Baldwin Photographer: Michel Berda Music, Ceremony & Reception: Ross Brown, DJ Florist: Gardenia’s Welcome Reception Host: Ruby Lee’s Draping Rentals: Amazing Event Rentals Venue/Hair/Make Up/Bridal Party: The Westin Hilton Head Resort & Spa Stationery: Pretty Papers

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Sea Pines Beach Club the perfect venue for North Carolina couple

BY ROBYN PASSANTE | PHOTOS BY R.L. MORRIS PHOTOGRAPHY

MEREDITH WYNN & PATRICK RICHLING

eredith and Patrick Richling’s beach wedding at Sea Pines Beach Club was picture-perfect, right down to a well-placed cloud.

The Fayetteville, North Carolina, couple, who married June 6, 2015, chose Hilton Head Island for its accessibility to both sides of the family — hers from Georgia and his from North Carolina.

But after 15 months of ironing out details with wedding planner Beth Baldwin, a sudden storm cloud threatened to douse their beach dreams.

“We were watching the radar until the last minute, and it was threatening a thunderstorm,” Patrick says. “It sprinkled for a few minutes right before we all proceeded out onto the beach, but then it blew over and it was beautiful.”

The weather was not just beautiful, but helpful, Meredith adds.

“The storm brought in this one big cloud that came over the sun just as my dad and I were walking down,” she says. “I had been worried about being too hot out there, so it ended up being perfect.”

“Perfect” is the way both Patrick and Meredith described every aspect of their wedding day, starting with wedding planner Baldwin.

“It was months of planning and emails and stress,” Patrick says.

“But because of all that pre-planning and Beth’s hard work, it was really perfect.”

The couple had let their wedding guests know the nuptials would be “formal except for your feet,” and they weren’t kidding. Baskets of flip-flops were set up near the beach access, with a spot for guests to leave their shoes behind if they chose.

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Meredith’s gown was one of flowing layers, with lace straps and a cathedrallength veil. Her bridesmaids wore bright navy luminescent taffeta dresses and carried bouquets of blue hydrangeas and roses made by A Floral Affair. Long white ribbons trailed from the bridesmaids’ bouquets, contrasting with the long blue ribbons trailing Meredith’s bouquet of peonies and hydrangeas.

As the Alyssa Jae trio played, Meredith and her father, Jack Wynn, walked toward the archway where Patrick and the rest of the attendants waited.

“I wasn’t really nervous,” says Patrick, “but seeing her come up over the dunes, and down through the aisle, that was my highlight.”

Another highlight was having his childhood pastor, the Rev. Dr. John Todd from North Carolina, perform the ceremony. “So many of my old friends were there, and friends of my parents, so it was a nice treat for them because they didn’t know Dr. Todd was going to be our officiant,” he says.

After the ceremony, guests enjoyed a cocktail hour with entertainment by classical guitarist Sean Driscoll while the newly married couple and their photographer, Lee Morris of R.L. Morris Photography, went in search of the perfect photo, which ended up being the only painful part of the day.

“We got bitten by fire ants and stepped barefoot on a patch of spurs in pursuit of the perfect wedding picture,” Meredith says. “We were standing in a dune, and fire ants were running up my leg, and the photographer kept saying, ‘You guys OK?’

And we kept saying, ‘Take the picture!’”

But pain is temporary, while a wedding photo is forever, so the couple endured, eventually returning to their loved ones at Sea Pines Beach Club, where the toasts by Meredith’s maid and matron of honor and especially her father blew everyone away.

“My dad gave an amazing speech. It was so good that people asked for it, and my mom typed it up and we’re going to have it framed” as a wedding keepsake, she says.

The couple enjoyed their first dance to “Chained and Bound” by Otis Redding before the sit-down dinner began. Patrick counts the menu as another highlight of the day.

“We had the best scallops I’ve ever eaten in my entire life,” he says of the food, which was prepared by Sea Pines Resort staff.

After dinner, dancing ensued, to the tunes of Bill West of Hilton Head Entertainment. Later, the couple and their guests enjoyed the four-tiered wedding cake made by Frankie Cakes, featuring three flavors and adorned with cascading blue hydrangeas.

The festivities wrapped up with a special send-off by their guests, who tossed white flower petals their way as the couple made their getaway.

“Sea Pines has certain regulations about what you can throw; it has to be organic and biodegradable,” Meredith says. “We wanted something that would catch the light from the flash, so white flower petals worked great.”

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VENDOR LIST Diane Hardy, Sea Pines Resort Florist: A Floral Affair Officiant: The Rev. Dr. John Todd Cake: Frankie Cakes Photographer: R.L. Morris Photography Music, Ceremony: HH Entertainment (Alyssa Jae Trio) Music, Cocktail Hour: Hilton Head Entertainment (Sean Driscoll, guitar) Music, Reception: DJ, Hilton Head Entertainment, (Bill West) Transportation: Sea Pines Trolley Getaway Transportation for Bride and Groom: Low Country Valet & Shuttle Hair and Makeup: Salon Karma, Lush Salon and Priscilla Ortiz

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TO MAKE YOUR WEDDING

BY ROBYN PASSANTE

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edding trends don’t jump drastically from month to month or even year to year. But there are subtle shifts in colors, styles and menu choices that keep things fresh from season to season, allowing each couple to shine a new light on an age-old tradition.

If you’re looking for ways to keep your nuptials on trend but uniquely yours, try a few of these tips to give your guests — and yourselves — a day to remember.

 Light it low. Soft lighting is “in,” so set a romantic mood by dressing up your reception using candelabras, bare Edison bulbs hung from different heights, or even street lights brought in as scenery props.  Bring it home. You don’t have to get married at your alma mater or in your hometown to have a touch of your roots at your wedding.

Adding fun elements like having your wedding party walk into the reception to your school fight song, or giving a hometown food staple as a party favor, will flavor the day with your personal histories.  Ombre is in. The tone-on-tone look continues to be hot, and that goes for everything from bridesmaid gowns to wedding cakes.

Many brides are moving away from choosing two distinct colors in general, opting instead for three to five flowers of the same shade in bouquets and centerpieces, creating a look that’s simple and chic.  Be font-abulous. Couples are using multiple fonts on invitations, creating a very custom look that spills over to the bulletin, place cards and signage at the reception. If you want to avoid a font frenzy, ask a graphic designer friend to create a wedding logo for you to use on everything from welcome bags to favor notes.  His-and-hers cocktails. The signature cocktail is getting a gendered spin with two distinct cocktails for your guests to choose from.

Often they both use at least one of the same liquors, but one stays on the sweet side while the other has a bit of boldness.  Popsicle perfection. Give your guests a gourmet version of this kids’ summer treat, which is a great way to cool down after a beach wedding. You can get them spiked with alcohol or just laced with fresh fruit.  Sit down and dine. After years of people meandering to different food stations, the sit-down dinner is back, with regional flavors highlighted using local ingredients whenever possible. Remember to keep your guests’ possible dietary needs — gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan, etc. — in mind.

 Food and drink pairings. Cocktail hours are getting creative, and you can join the trend by pairing bite-sized appetizers with appropriate drinks. Try mini tacos with margarita shooters, or hot pretzel bites with a regional craft beer.  Selfie help. People are going to do it, so you may as well help them: Create a selfie station, complete with selfie sticks, wedding day photo props, charging outlets and a handy place card reminding guests of your wedding hashtag to use on social media so you can easily find all of the fun pics you helped to facilitate.  Patterns at play. From floral bridesmaid dresses to striped wedding cakes, patterns are putting a playful spin on traditional wedding touches. Don’t box yourself in to solids: Add some plaid or paisley into your wedding décor for a bit of eye-catching wedding whimsy.  Jump(suit) into the rehearsal. Rehearsal dinners are often much less formal affairs than the big to-do the following day, and more brides are opting for a white or cream-colored jumpsuit or slacks rather than a skirt or dress. Keep it casual and set the mood for your guests to relax as well.  Southern comfort … food. The comfort food appetizer game is strong everywhere, but the Lowcountry does it best. Ask your caterer about bite-sized mac and cheese, tiny crab cakes, mini grits, fried pickles … the choices are endlessly delicious.  Photographers go the distance. Photographers used to hit the road shortly after the cake was cut, but today’s brides and grooms want their day documented from prep to party to sendoff. Negotiate the time frame during which you want your photographer present, so you’re sure to catch every important moment for the memory books.  Say “Thanks!” Before your photographer leaves, get a special posed photo of you and the groom holding a sign in your wedding font that says “Thank you!” You can use it to create custom thank-you cards or postcards to send to guests after the wedding.

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e asked couples who attended Hilton Head Monthly's 2016 Hilton Head Bridal Show to submit an engagement photo for a chance to have their wedding featured in an upcoming issue.

Photos were posted to our Facebook page and readers voted on their favorite couple using "likes." With 612 "likes," the winning couple was Jason Johnson and Carolyn Harvey. The big date is set for Sept. 24, 2016. We will feature the wedding in an upcoming special bridal section. Thanks to all who voted!

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OPENS WITH HIS CROSSCOUNTRY CAREER FINISHED, HILTON HEAD’S JACK FELIX SHIFTS GEARS TO PROFESSIONAL TRIATHLON EVENTS

BY DON MCLOUD

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a high school and collegiate runner, Hilton Head Islander Jack Felix rarely made it through a season without getting hurt.

Each time he suffered stress fractures or other injuries from running crosscountry or track, he would have to shift gears to other training methods to stay in shape. That meant diving in the pool for thousands of laps and hopping on his bike for miles and miles of pedaling.

At the time, it was frustrating, especially when he lost his place on the University of Tennessee team after a broken ankle. But the determination to continue to compete and the injuries leading him to bike and swim seem to have been preparing him for a new sports calling — the world of draft-legal triathlon.

After only a few months of training, he’s managed to qualify to compete in professional triathlon events and has been invited this summer to an Olympic training camp in Colorado.

“I was always so furious and so disappointed in myself for not being able to perform,” he says of his injuries

while a runner. “But looking back, all that cross-training helped me build a base that sets me apart.”

The transition to the new sport has followed years of achievements and setbacks. Despite having to heal from various injuries, Felix was a state champion runner on Hilton Head Island High School’s track and crosscountry teams. He was recruited to run for several colleges and chose the University of Tennessee because he bonded with the coach there. But soon after he arrived on campus, the coach was fired. Then in his sophomore year, Felix broke his ankle and was removed from the team.

Rather than give up, he began contacting coaches who had recruited him in high school. Clemson took him in, and Felix says he felt right at home on the Tigers’ cross-country and track teams.

“I was running best times for the first time in two years,” he says.

After he finished his track career last May at Clemson, he decided to stop running for a while and focus on cycling, another one of his passions. In October,

a friend told him about USA Triathlon’s Collegiate Recruitment Program, which looks for young athletes who might have Olympic potential. So he contacted USA Triathlon, which had him perform some tests. His running and swimming times impressed the recruiter, so she hooked him up with a coach based in Atlanta in November. In March, he was off to Clermont, Florida, for his first draft-legal triathlon.

Unlike the triathlons that are more prevalent in the United States, these competitions allow cyclists to draft — that is, use other cyclists to reduce wind resistance. The draft-legal triathlon style is the prevailing international model of competition and the format used in the Olympics.

“It’s a completely different field from normal triathlon, in that it’s so much more tactical,” Felix says. “Groups will form, and groups will work together. … I like it a lot.”

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professional events. He came in a disappointing fourth, but learned some valuable lessons and began training harder.

On April 22, he got another chance, with the National Collegiate Championships. As luck would have it, the event would be at Clemson, where he was finishing up his degree in health sciences. Having trained 15 to 20 hours a week, with the help of his coach who would keep up with his progress remotely, he achieved his goal. He came in third place with a time of 53:45:13 — four minutes faster than at Clermont. That qualified him for the elite license, which often takes years to achieve.

“The only guys beating him are the guys who have been doing this for so long,” says his coach, Dan Arnett. “… And here comes Jack just showing up.”

His next stop, after graduating from Clemson in May, is Iowa on July 9 for the championships for under-23-year-olds — his first international event.

Then in mid-July, he heads to Colorado to spend 10 days at the Olympic Training Center. He will join eight to 12 other athletes chosen to attend the camp and work with the resident coaches. He will also be evaluated for acceptance to USA Triathlon’s resident program, where he would undergo full-time triathlon training and racing for two years.

His coach believes Felix’s future in the sport is bright.

“He is one of the rare athletes,” Arnett says. “He truly has the potential at minimum to make the Olympics training squad.”

USA Triathlon collegiate recruiter and 2004 Olympic triathlete Barb Lindquist also sees great potential in Felix — impressed not only with his athletic abilities but his character.

“Jack is an amazing young man,” she says, adding that he is quick to help out his fellow athletes. “He has some of those intangible qualities that we look for in an athlete.”

Felix says he’s taking things a step at a time and enjoying the ride — on his bike, that is — and the run and the swim.

“I’m having a ton of fun with it,” he says, “and hope I can do it for as long as I can.” M

After only a few months of training, Jack Felix has managed to qualify to compete in professional triathlon events and has been invited this summer to an Olympic training camp in Colorado.

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NEW COBIA REGULATIONS AIM TO REBUILD FISHERY Responding to concerns from the public and data collected by S.C. Department of Natural Resources biologists, the South Carolina General Assembly has passed legislation to help rebuild the state’s cobia fishery.

The new cobia regulations, which are effective for the 2016 season after receiving Gov. Nikki Haley's signature, included a catch-and-release period in May and smaller bag and boat limits the rest of the year. The possession of cobia is limited to one per person per day and no more than three per boat per day, with a 33-inch fork length size limit. Previously, the bag limit for cobia in this area was two fish per day, with no boat limit.

Upon graduating from Bucknell University, 2012 Hilton Head Christian Academy graduate Nick Bybel will also be the recipient and male winner of the Christy Mathewson Award, presented annually to the outstanding athlete in the senior class. Bybel was also recently named to the All-Patriot League First Team for the fourth straight year, the first Bucknell player so honored in the 26-year history of the league. His only loss in league play this year came against Navy in a match in which he retired because of an injury. Bybel's overall record this year was 28-6 and his career singles record of 112-29 is a Bucknell record for total victories. His combined singles and doubles career mark of 192-67 is also a school record. As a senior at Hilton Head Christian, Bybel was on the 2012 team that was the SCISAA state runner-up. He won the SCISAA Open championship and was named SCISAA state player of the year.

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Sea Pines Resort has received the inaugural Editors' Choice Award from Golf Digest in the “Best Golf Resorts in the Americas” category. Other notable properties on the list included Pebble Beach Resorts, Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Kiawah Island Golf Resort and Keswick Hall & Golf Club.

Sea Pines’ iconic Harbour Town Golf Links also was recently ranked No. 2 in Golfweek's "Best Places You Can Play State-by-State" in South Carolina. The Inn & Club at Harbour Town — its 60-room boutique hotel — is currently rated No. 5 in Conde Nast Traveler's "Best Hotels in the U.S."

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itting in his spacious Tuscan-style home in Colleton River Plantation may be the closest that Angelo Guagliano and his wife, Valerie, get to embracing his homeland—without actually being there.

Sure, they visit Italy often, but they wanted to replicate the Mediterranean ambiance in their sprawling 6,500-square-foot home in the Lowcountry with distinctive architecture and customized interior design.

So three years ago the couple enlisted the considerable local talents of Court Atkins Architects, builder Nathan Cameron of Cameron & Cameron Custom Homes and Kelley McRorie of KS McRorie Interior Design.

“You can tell when you drive up to the house it’s a Mediterranean-style home, so clearly with the interiors they wanted to keep a tone to reflect that vision,” said McRorie, who founded her boutique design company in 2007.

“Typically, when people think of Tuscany, they think of a burnt sienna color or they think of dark heavy browns,” she said. “For the Guaglianos, we wanted to lighten that up. The colors are a softer palette. What you really want to focus on is not the heaviness of the interior, but the beautiful views outside, and the windows are absolutely spectacular being on the river. Because we’re on the coast and the water, we defiJune 2016 107

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nitely wanted to make it a little lighter and brighter and have a softer, more modernized palette.”

Nearly all of the hard and soft surfaces in the four-bedroom residence, with its four full baths and two half-baths,are custom-made and furnished in an open floor plan downstairs with direct views of the water.

“We loved our last home, a Lowcountry plantation-style home (also in Colleton River), but with the new house — my husband is of Italian descent — we’ve always liked things

that are of Italian nature and love going to Italy, and we wanted more of an Italian-style home,” said Valerie, who, with her husband, are retired as former executives in the banking and insurance industries and New York City-area natives. “We wanted open space, and highlight the views we have in our new property.”

Upon opening the 10-foot-high iron double front door, “all you see is the negative edge (pool) line on top of the Colleton River” in the rear of the home, said Cameron, who founded his construction company five years ago.

The entryway and most of the downstairs flooring sparkle with light-colored Italian marble, and a grand spiral staircase immediately to the left winds upstairs, anchored by a custom-made iron railing and walnut steps handscraped on-site by Cameron’s team.

Immediately to the right of the entryway is a naturally flowing formal dining room. ”We went with a pecky cypress on the ceiling and washed it in a beautiful light silver-gray color,” McRorie said. Light Italian

textiles and dark walnut beams provide hue contrast.

Rough sawn cypress timbers on the ceiling beams in the great room and kitchen are stained dark. All ceilings on the first floor are 12 feet high, and walnut flooring covers the great room and master suite. Throughout the downstairs are strategically positioned white cast-stone Italian columns by Francoise & Co. The Atlanta-based company also handmade the kitchen’s signature focal point: the cold cast stone range metal hood in an antique brass finish. It also provided the custom mosaic tile backsplash. Palmetto Cabinet Studio crafted the natural walnut (with pigment added) cabinetry around the perimeter to match the walnut used throughout the house, including all of the custommade interior doors.

“It’s all furniture-grade cabinetry,” Cameron said.

All countertops are Calcutta gold marble, except for the walnut atop an extended island with seating for four, which also can double as a serving buffet. A breakfast nook sits adjacent to the enormous kitchen, and a long galley off the kitchen connects the butler’s pantry, back kitchen and wine bar. Two

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state-of-the-art Sub-Zero wine coolers can hold 155 bottles each, much to wine aficionado Angelo’s delight.

If the kitchen is the home’s centerpiece, the adjoining oversized great/living room surely has its own gravitational pull for commanding attention.

“We wanted the living room to have an elegant feel, but also be super comfortable,” McRorie said.

She met the challenge for achieving that goal by dividing the room into two separate seating areas.

Facing the masterful fireplace and television that’s built into a bookcase are a couple of arm chairs, two Italianate iron ottomans with leather tops, a leather wing chair, a washed velvet sofa, casual fabrics and a seagrass area rug. Behind that grouping is an Italian-style console table for a more intimate setting.

“We brought exterior stacked stone from outside and wrapped it into the fireplace wall to tie the exterior structure of the house into the inside,” McRorie said. Cameron’s craftsmen designed the “natural North Carolina stone surround,” he said.

Besides living the Lowcountry life of leisure since moving in last October, the couple has enjoyed sharing their bountiful amenities with family, friends and guests frequently.

The comfortable enclosed porch, with double doors leading to the breakfast room inside or to the swimming pool outside, has power screens and a large working kitchen and can accommodate a dozen guests.

“The living room, kitchen and porch just flow from one to the next, and it’s so easy for entertaining,” Valerie said. “We’re able to cook outside or inside in a manner that just flows.”

The river views are part of the natural attraction, as are two dolphins that cozy up to the Guagliano’s dock every evening.

“I have to give credit to the owners,” Cameron said. “The owners made it special. They’re an Italian couple … they love Colleton River; they’re very social people and socialize a lot. They always have guests and put a lot of thought into the guest rooms, long-term guests, family members.

It was really a treat working for them. They were very hospitable and kind people.

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Hot pink and other bright colors, kitchen desks, Whirlpool bathtubs, over-the-range microwaves, tiled counters, matching furniture and arched faucets all had their day in many Lowcountry kitchens and bathrooms.

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ow it’s gray/white color schemes in the kitchen, transitional style design, wood flooring, outdoor kitchens, coffee stations and wet bars, storage pullouts, floating vanities in the master bathroom and freestanding tubs.

These are some of the 2016 trends identified by members of the National Kitchen and Bath Association when they met in Las Vegas earlier this year at the annual convention.

“Our Design Trends Survey serves as the industry forecast when it comes to kitchen and bath design trends, giving us a comprehensive look at what to expect in the coming year,” said Bill Darcy, the group’s chief executive officer.

“Our members know firsthand what’s trending, because they create beautiful and functional kitchens every day. It’s only natural we look to them for insight into the industry.”

Fads spurt their immediate popularity into the interior design world and fade just as quickly.

Trends may start out as fads, but flex their traction power and stick around for years. Faddy or trendy, time, interior designers’ and homeowners’ tastes eventually move on.

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White/gray color trends in the kitchen may be emerging nationally, but locally, these soothing neutral hues have enjoyed an extended duration.

“Everything here is very coastal chic, and I think that’s why a lot of the grays and whites have stayed so prevalent,” said Courtney Potts, a designer with Center Point Cabinets in Ridgeland and president of the NKBA Georgia/ South Carolina Coastal chapter.

“Because we’re near the beach, we think light and airy.”

“We’re still definitely seeing a consistent trend toward the gray color palette,” Potts added. “In the past couple of years, we’ve seen everything transition from the creamy white toward the grays, beiges with gray undertones.”

Kitchens nationwide are becoming bright and airy — like those in the Lowcountry have been for years — with an array of elegant details on countertops and backsplashes, and range hoods made of copper, brass or

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bronze that dramatically contrast with white cabinets.

Homeowners also are choosing deep storage drawers and pullouts instead of base cabinets, and concealed cabinets for refrigerators, a warming drawer, an oven and, yes, a microwave.

Sixty percent of survey respondents report utilizing two or more colors within a kitchen space, a trend that has grown since last year. This two-tone trend carries to cabinetry, where 42 percent of designers specified mixed color cabinets. Respondents also reported using a different countertop material for the island versus the perimeter of the counter space, creating a mixed color palette. For instance, wood tops combined with stone tops.

“We’re seeing more pops of color,” Potts said. “Blues, greens and more saturated colors … not for an entire kitchen, but maybe on an island or in a powder room.”

As building construction has evolved over the last century and the extraction and movement of the natural stone has become easier, granite has emerged as a popular countertop material. It is one of the most bountiful materials found in the earth’s continental crust, and thanks to an uptick in demand, a boost in supply has made granite much more affordable than it was 30 years ago.

In comparison with marble and a handful of other stone types, granite is also a cost-effective countertop option.

Marble countertops can be considered to be the Cadillac of counters. Although it is a soft stone, it is quite durable. If you do a lot of baking, you’ll absolutely love working with marble countertops. It stays cool naturally and is not a big heat conductor.

Natural stones on counter and island tops like marble, granite, soapstone and slate are being challenged by engineered quartzite.

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“As far as finishes go with metals for light fixtures and hardware, we’re actually starting to see brass make a comeback,” Potts said. “It’s not the shiny brass you think of from back in the 1980s and ’90s; it’s more of a brushed, softer brass.”

Kitchens also extend beyond function and aesthetic appeal.

Hidden charging stations for phones and tablets and stateof-the-art appliances like steam ovens, built-in coffee machines and wine coolers. Looking ahead, does your kitchen tap provide boiling water? It might be soon.

Last year, Potts spoke of the emergence of oak cabinetry in Lowcountry kitchens.

“What we’re seeing is not so much a medium stain like in the past but an espresso, like a really, really dark oak … or painted oak,” she said. “Clients like the texture the grain gives it.”

More than half of survey respondents report that their full kitchen projects, both remodels and new construction, cost between $20,000 and $49,000. Another 35 percent report their average kitchen price exceeds $50,000 for design, materials and labor.

The top 10 national kitchen trends in 2016, based on a survey of NKBA designers, are:

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Check out customizable flush plates and toilet tanks from Geberit and Kohler’s C3200 toilet seat with bidet functionality.

Most new or renovated bathrooms cost $10,000 to $30,000, with about 30 percent costing more than $30,000 for design, materials and labor, according to the survey.

The top 10 national bathroom trends in 2016, based on a survey of NKBA designers, are:

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REAL ESTATE

CONSUMER SAFETY FOR REAL ESTATE

When you are buying or selling real estate, it might not even cross your mind that the safety of your home and personal information could be at risk during the transaction process. BY JEAN BECK

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ypically, sellers know to clean closets, declutter rooms and freshen paint. But it is also important that you secure your home — after all, strangers will be walking through your home during showings. Realtors do their best to interview prospective buyers and take all precautions when showing your home, but you can help by alleviating temptation. Sellers should hide or remove any valuables, including jewelry, crystal, art and credit cards. Prescription drugs should also be removed or put into a locked location. Don’t leave personal information like mail or bills out in the open where anyone can see it. Be sure to lock down your computer, laptop and tablet and remove easy-to-pocket electronics. Sellers should not show their homes by themselves, and remind your children not to talk to strangers.

And for buyers, the decision to

purchase a property leads to a lot of communication during the transaction process, mostly done over email.

Working closely with a Realtor buyers identify exactly who will be contacting them during the closing process. Do not open links in emails without verifying the email. This one extra step could save you from computer viruses and other malicious spyware. The real estate industry has seen a rise in sophisticated criminal hackers sending what appear to be very legitimate emails to buyers with fraudulent wire transfer instructions, often saying there has been a last-minute change in the instructions. Buyers need to be aware of these scams and report any activity to the local police.

Once your transaction has closed, your attorney will provide you all the necessary documents, including closing documents, deed and title — all the paperwork

involved can be overwhelming. If you receive follow-up letters in the mail saying you need to send money to get a copy of your documents, immediately contact your Realtor or attorney to verify the legitimacy of the correspondence.

If you are buying or selling real estate, ask if your agent is a Realtor and a member of the Hilton Head Area Association of Realtors. M Jean Beck is the executive vice president of the Hilton Head Area Association of Realtors.

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REAL ESTATE NEWS NEW HIRES/PROMOTIONS

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Tracy Dayton has recently joined Charter One Realty at the North Office and is partnered with David Carroll, now known as the Carroll | Dayton Real Estate Team, with 60 years of combined real estate experience.

Janet Gold has joined Keller Williams. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, she previously sold residential real estate on the Upper East Side in Manhattan.

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ERA Real Estate recently named local Realtor Kristy Gonzalez one of the Top 25 selling agents in the nation. She was named the 15th topselling agent out of more than 500 across the United States for 2015.

Gonzalez is the broker-in-charge at ERA Evergreen Real Estate Co., working with buyers and sellers in the Hilton Head Island, Beaufort and Bluffton areas and has been ranked in the top 25 of ERA brokers for the past three years. She was ranked 23rd in 2013 and 19th in 2014. Gonzalez was presented the award during the 2016 ERA International Business Conference in Orlando.

Kerrie Martelli has joined Keller Williams. Martelli is a retired RN and moved to Bluffton in 2012 from New Jersey.

Jim Laferriere, has re-joined Schembra Real Estate Group. An area resident for the past 30 years, with 16 years as a Lowcountry real

RUPP TEAMS MAINTAINS TOP SPORT IN RANKINGS Bill and Terri Rupp, The Rupp Team, have maintained their #1 Ranking out of more than 12,000 agents nationwide in all Weichert Companies for gross commission earned in 2016 though March. The Rupp Team combines proven experience in both residential and commercial real estate. Their combined 50-plus years in real estate and business ownership before teaming up as The Rupp Team creates a synergy not normally found with most agents or teams.

estate specialist, Laferriere sits on the board of the Hilton Head St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Hilton Head History Day, NMD Foundation Type One Diabetes Golf Tournament, and the Island Rec Center and is an ambassador for the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce.

Diamond Realty & Property Management is pleased to welcome Nancy Brenseke as a real estate agent serving the Hilton Head Island and Bluffton markets. Brenseke is a dynamic real estate agent with more than 10 years of experience in both markets. She moved to Hilton Head Island in 1997 after graduating with honors from East Carolina University.

REAL ESTATE NEWS Engel & Völkers, a leading global luxury real estate firm, has chosen Hilton Head for the first shop in South Carolina. The company’s state-of-theart real estate shop will officially open with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and cocktail reception from 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Thursday, June 2 at 800 Main St. on Hilton Head Island.

ROSE JOINS CHARTER ONE REALTY AS MARKETING OFFICER Charter One Realty has announced that Paige Rose has joined the company as chief marketing officer. She will be working out of the company’s Hilton Head Island office, where she will be overseeing all marketing, public relations, advertising and branding for the real estate agency’s 11 offices throughout Hilton Head and the Lowcountry. Rose received a bachelor’s degree from the University of South Carolina in Columbia. She brings more than 15 years of experience in marketing, advertising and sales management to the role.

Despite ongoing inventory shortages and faster price growth, existinghome sales sustained their recent momentum and moved higher for the second consecutive month, according to the National Association of Realtors. A surge in sales in the Midwest and a decent increase in the Northeast offset smaller declines in the South and West.

Total existing-home sales, which are completed transactions that include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, rose 1.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.45 million in April from an upwardly revised 5.36 million in March.

HOUSING MARKET TRENDS • The median sales price for homes in Hilton Head Island for Feb 19 to May 18 was $340,000.

• The median sales price for homes in Bluffton for Feb 19 to May 18 was $248,250 based on 18 home sales.

• Average price per square foot for Hilton Head Island was $207, an increase of 1% compared to the same period last year.

• Average price per square foot for Bluffton was $168, an increase of 37% compared to the same period last year.

• The median rent per month for apartments in Hilton Head Island for Apr 20 to May 20 was $2,298.

• The median rent per month for apartments in Bluffton for Apr 20 to May 20 was $1,650.

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Give Charles, Frances, Angela, Debbie or Daniel a Call!

Daniel Cort (843) 681-3307 Mobile - (843) 384-2206

DebbieCort@CharterOneRealty.com

DanielCort@CharterOneRealty.com

Island Resident Since 1972 • REALTOR of The Year 1996, 2004, 2015

81 Main Street, Suite 202, Hilton Head Island, SC 29926 (843) 384-7300 or (800) 267-3285 ext. 215

www.CharlesSampson.com www.CSampson.com www.BridgeToHiltonHeadHomes.com

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21 SPARTINA CRESCENT - SEA PINES

FANTASTIC private oversized cul-de-sac Port Royal Plantation homesite nestled under the canopy of stately moss-draped live oaks and enhanced by the mature landscaping. Incredible marsh, Fish Haul Creek & Port Royal Sound views. The panoramic view is all the way across the Sound to Lands End on St. Helena Island. Features of this home include a raised tabby foundation, formal Living Room, formal Dining Room, an oversized Master Suite, 2 guest suites, 3 full baths, 3 half baths, 3 car garage, large utility room and very special wet bar with built-in wine racks for over 100 of your best bottles of wine. The Kitchen, Family Room and Carolina Room are totally open to each other.

Every room in the house has been remodeled with new pine or stone flooring, smooth ceilings, appliances, bathroom fixtures, cabinetry and more! $1,080,000

OUTSTANDING PANORAMIC MARSH VIEWS, 10 minute bike ride to Harbour Town or the beach, neighborhood pool and tennis courts, are some of the reasons you will love calling 21 Spartina Crescent home. This 3 bedroom 3 bath home has many updates including new windows and doors, new deck and entry porch. Open great room/ dining, a large 2nd floor family room. Updated master bath, two car garage with extra storage and a stair chair lift to 1st and 2nd floor decks. One of the largest homesites in Spartina Cresent. $1,195,000

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LOWCOUNTRY MASTERPIECE that is nestled under moss draped oaks. Enjoy the cool breezes off the marshes of Mackay Creek and view the 11th fairway of Moss Creeks North Course. 4 BR or 3 BR and Den / 3.5 BA with a formal dining room, an eat-in kitchen and family room. Antique Heart Pine floors and crown molding, French doors to beautiful back deck. Moss Creek is just minutes from world class Hilton Head Island but is a world away. $575,000

CASUAL LIVING AT ITS BEST, conveniently located near the entrance of Moss Creek. Enjoy outstanding golf, tennis, clubhouse atmosphere, pool-dock-health club complex, high smooth ceilings, wood floors, open 3 bedroom floor plan with 3 full baths, screen porch, trex deck and 2 car garage. $368,500

WATCH THE SUNSET 3 bedroom home located in the coveted Parkside section of Woodbridge. This home features formal living and dining rooms, study, and an eat-in kitchen overlooking the family room. Hardwood floors throughout this home and tile in the wet areas. Other features included screened porch overlooking the fenced in back yard, a bonus room with its own half bath and a gas burning fireplace in the family room. $360,000

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OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD your dream home in exclusive Spanish Wells. This homesite is 1.25 acres and is on the second fairway of the Spanish Wells Golf Club. Shown is a 3350+ sq.ft. home with a first floor master, future bonus room, easy to be a 3-car garage, generous allowances, office, kitchen/family room, walk in pantry and more.

Outstanding view of the golf course and easy walking distance to the community pool, tennis and clubhouse. Other floor plans available. $995,000

91 WESTBURY PARK WAY

GREAT CURB APPEAL! 2-story Lowcountry home in charming Westbury Park with wrap around double porches. 3 BR, 2.5 BA home features a living room, family room, dining room and eat-in kitchen. 2-car garage, spacious fenced in backyard. Neighborhood boasts community pool, parks, street lights, fitness center and playground.

Outstanding community features old Charleston charm & fantastic amenities! $284,900

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CONVENIENT COUNTRY LIVING, midway between Hilton Head Island, Savannah and Beaufort on approximately an acre in a non-gated community. Looking for an at-home workshop, 5 Pond View Court in Grande Oaks has an oversized garage with wrap around work benches and shelving. Elevated foundation, 3 bedroom 2 bath, fireplace, front porch and large rear deck. Very private location great for small at-home business. $245,000

LAGOON VIEW, cul-de-sac, 2 car garage.

Convenient location in The Farm near school campus and all that Buckwalter Parkway has to offer. Short distance to Old Town with dining, shopping and community activities. This 3 bedroom home is clean and ready to go. Central vac, bright and open floor plan. Great natural lagoon view. $184,000

HILTON HEAD PLANTATION 7 ANGLERS POND CT. LAGOON VIEW $168,500 18 CHINA COCKLE LANE 2ND ROW SOUND $197,500 HAMPTON HALL 280 FARNSLEIGH AVE $179,000 15 HAMPSTEAD AVE $94,900 BLUFFTON 16 BARTONS RUN DR $189,000 38 BARTONS RUN DR $185,000 OLDFIELD 19 COLONEL HAZZARD $55,000 HILTON HEAD LAKES 966 WIREGRASS WAY

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SEA PINES REAL ESTATE AT THE BEACH CLUB 101 SHOREWOOD VILLA – SOUTH FOREST BEACH

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108 FOREST BEACH VILLA – FOREST BEACH

Very upscale, ocean front villa on ground level. Walk out patio door to beach or pool. No stairs! Three bedrooms, three full baths. Great bedroom separation. Open floor plan with beautiful furniture and appliances. Gently used as second home and would be a great rental villa.

MLS #338313 $799,000 unfurnished

What a view! Sit on second story balcony and look over park to the beach. This is a one bedroom, one bath flat located in heart of South Beach. Walk to restaurants, shopping and beach!

MLS #351449 $229,900 unfurnished

This large one bedroom villa is located in one of the most desirable buildings in South Forest Beach. This updated villa is first level on the sunny side of the building, Close to the elevator and just above the under building parking. Walk to Coligny shops, restaurants and just across the street from the beach!

MLS #350109 $194,900 unfurnished

Mary Pracht 843.298.1715

Mary Pracht 843.298.1715

Mary Pracht 843.298.1715

30 TURNBERRY LANE – SEA PINES

50 BAYNARD COVE ROAD – SEA PINES

729 SCHOONER COURT – SEA PINES

Total privacy behind iron-gated enclosed courtyard. Special features: fanshaped lv.rm. viewing heated pool and spa and 13th Hole; welcoming foyer, separate din.rm;l arge eat-in party kitchen, 4 ensuite bedrms, powder room, spacious second floor mezzanine, media room,multiple closets and storage, garage, attractively furnished for immediate occupancy. Walk to the Beach from this perfect home for vacations or permanent living.

Excellent Sea Pines Rental Projections.

MLS #341093

Located in prestigious Baynard Park area (w/optional membership in Baynard Park Assoc. for boat dock, picnics, ballfield, boat storage & deep water.)

All-on-one-level, on Jumbo lot overlooking 7 ac Forest Preserve. Features include LR w/Savannah brick fireplace, separate DR, Kitchen, 3 BRs, 2 BAs, laundry, 2 car garage and beautiful landscaping w/Historic Live Oaks. Enjoy this ranch-style home and/or build new in this very special neighborhood of newly-built mansions. Offered at homesite value.

MLS #342216

Nancy Cunningham 843.683.4580

Nancy Cunningham 843.683.4580

Newly Renovated and Direct Waterfront CALIBOGUE SOUND view! Huge grass backyard with bulkhead for crabbing and fishing. Walk to all Harbour Town amenities: the Lighthouse, restaurants, children’s playground, boat rentals, parasailing, tennis, pool, Harbour Town Golf Clubhouse. Nightly entertainment. Free Beach Trolley. Features include 1441 SqFt spacious townhouse, 2 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, living room, dining room, kitchen. Overlooking gracious waterfront patio.

MLS #337071 $570,000

39 HARBOUR TOWN YACHT BASIN – SEA PINES

1405 SEA CREST – NORTH FOREST BEACH

Nancy Cunningham 843.683.4580 10 SPINNAKER COURT – SEA PINES

#39 30 ft Harbour Town Boatslip Harbourtown Boatslip #39. This great boatslip sits adjacent to the walkway around the marina and has direct 5 min. access to Calibogue Sound (the intra-coastal waterway). Included in the sale is the Harbourtown Yacht Club membership with 30 days pr. year occupancy, pool, tennis courts and beach club. All this for only $125,000!

Nancy Cunningham 843.683.4580

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Absolutely the best 2 bedroom, 2 bath Sea Crest ever offered with upgrades galore. New bathrooms, HVAC, furnishings, appliances, water heater, kitchen cabinets and granite counters. Smooth ceilings. Rental potential up to $60,000 VRBO with proven return clientele. Amazing, big, ocean views!

MLS #338178 $759,000

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Turn key home in desirable Club Course. Total renovation with new EVERYTHING. Open floorplan perfect for entertaining with eye popping and fully appointed gourmet kitchen with spacious island. 4 bedrooms en suite for blissful privacy along with luxurious, spa-like bathrooms throughout. Wonderful natural light and golf course views. This is a Sea Pines must see property.

MLS #351829 $725,000

Perfect beach oriented, one level home with 3 bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths, 14’elevation, high ceiling great room, Granite, newer kitchen, long enclosed porch, new pool plus poolhouse. 2 car carport, beautifully furnished. $40,000 rentals with Sea Pines.

MLS #327287 $849,000

Priced to sell in the heart of Harbour Town... Light, bright 5/BR, 5/ BA townhouse with private pool, hot tub and outdoor fireplace.

Hardwood floors, exposed beams and elevator. Beautifully remodeled. Investment producer or turn-key 2nd home.

MLS #342962 $899,900

Jeannie Lawrence 843.816.2275

Lynne Anderson 843.384.5426

9 TUPELO ROAD – SEA PINES

6 OAKMAN BRANCH ROAD – LONG COVE

376 MT. PELIA – PALMETTO BLUFF

Beautiful updated home just blocks from the beach. Fabulous cathedral ceiling in family room with wall of built-ins. Wood floors, Carolina room, enormous master bedroom/sitting area and huge master bath. Guest bath and PR new. Great family home. Large deck and brick patio for outdoor entertaining. Plenty of room for a pool. Tax records incorrect. Approx. 2800 htd.sq.ft.

MLS #351399 $649,000

Updated/renovated 3 Bedroom, 3.5 Bath single story home on a wooded lagoon lot. Original real pine floors, vaulted ceiling, updated granite kitchen with all new stainless appliances/Thermador gas range & dishwasher, gas fireplace, new HVAC; with lagoon views from almost every room! Pete Dye golf course, clay court tennis facilities, deep water marina, with nearby beach access.

MLS #340729 $649,000

Custom-built, classic Palmetto Bluff beauty situated on corner lot with park-like setting on one side, InlandWaterway across the street.Three stories, wrap-around porticos, screened porch off MBR, third floor covered balcony to enjoy views of InlandWaterway. Four Br’s, 4 1/2 Ba’s, hardwood floors throughout. Gourmet kitchen, large entertainment room on second floor, three gas fireplaces, two-car garage.Sound-system andTV’s in every room; twelve-foot ceilings, elevator to all three floors. Carolina Room steps down to private enclosed patio with heated pool/spa! Priced unfurnished at $2,350,000 (furniture negotiable)

Pete Rebish 843.290.0998

Bill Buryk 843.422.4431

Lorri Lewis 843.422.6448 Jeff Hall 843.384.7941

MLS #341819 $2,350,000

Barbra Finer 843.384.7314

22 N. LIVE OAK ROAD – SEA PINES

LOCATION & VIEWS! Where can you find a great home with great golf and water views AND walking distance to the beach and the new Plantation Golf Club?

Here it is! 4BR/5BA plus bonus room, open floor plan, pool and 1/2 acre lot! MLS #350854 $1,479,000

Wendy Corbitt 843.816.2672

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SPACIOUS STATELY home with every imaginable upgrade overlooking the 16th Fairway on the private Golf Club course. 5 Bedrooms, 4.5 Baths + Study + Bonus Room. Screened porch. 3-car garage. $939,000

PANORAMIC Lagoon|Golf view. Courtyard Pool.

2 Bedroom, 2 Bath Guest house + Kitchenette. 3 Car Garage, temperature controlled area (additional 6 cars or living space). $899,000

BEAUTIFUL home overlooks a salt-water Pool + the 16th Fwy of Golden Bear. Decorated with every imaginable highend appointments. Elegant 3800SF home has 4 Bedrooms, 4.5 Baths + Office. Screen Porch + 3 Car Garage. $875,000

RIBAUT ISLAND – Stately Southern Living Home with covered porches with views and breezes over the Port Royal Sound. Grand Foyer; Private Master Suite plus 3 Guest Rooms. $829,900

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ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL NEW “Homes by Marshside” Covered Porch overlooking 16th Fairway in The Golf Club. 4 Bedrooms and 4 Full Baths $779,000

MODEL PERFECT 5 Bedroom or 4 Bedroom + Bonus Room home with 5.5 Baths with a beautiful Golf View. Professionally decorated home with loads of upgrades. $699,900

BRAND NEW HOME built by “Homes by Marshside”. Sought after Great Room floorplan. 3 Bedrooms, 3.5 Baths plus Study. Double fairway view. $699,000

SOUGHT AFTER Raintree Model Home overlooking the Par-3 8th Green|Lagoon on the Golden Bear Golf Course. 4 Bedroom, 4.5 Bath home with loads of upgrades. $659,000

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ISLAND LIFESTYLE Home. Built around a screened Lanai Courtyard with a Pool | Spa. 4 Bedrooms or 3 Bedrooms + a Cabana + 4 full Baths.. All with a tranquil Lagoon view! $629,000

ONLY Berwick Green Villa on the Market! 4 Bedrooms, 4 Baths. Overlooking the 18th Fwy of the Golf Club. Over 3000SF of pure luxury. Great Room opening to a 2nd floor Veranda. 2 Car Garage. Private elevator. $575,000

POPULAR COURTYARD style Home overlooking Otter Creek. Spacious 4 Bedroom, 4 Bath home with a beautiful Courtyard Swimming Pool. $565,000

ISLAND LIFESTYLE with a spacious open floor plan overlooking a beautiful Pool and long Lagoon| Golf View of the 12th Fwy of the CCHH. 3 Bedrooms and 3.5 Baths. (2 Master Suites) All on one level. $535,000

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SPACIOUS Lowcountry home overlooking the 15th Fairway of Golden Bear. 5 Bedrooms plus a Bonus Room. Beautiful Great Room w/fireplace.

Updated Kitchen and much more! $519,000

PANORAMIC OCEANFRONT VIEW from the 4th Floor, 2 Bedroom 2 Bath Furnished Sea Cloisters Villa. Excellent rental history. Beautiful oceanfront Pool. Security entrance gate. $495,000

IMMACULATE Southern Living Home. 3 Bedrooms and 3.5 Baths. Open floor plan with a large Great Room. Lightfilled Carolina Room. Master Suite + Office + updated Bath with/large walk-in shower. Large walk-in Attic. $495,000

UPDATED, beautiful home. Long view down the 17th Fwy | Bear Creek Golf Course. 3 Bedrooms and 3 Baths. LR, DR. Spacious Kitchen opening to a large Family Room. $419,000

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Upgraded 2Bedroom/2BATH Queen’s Grant Villa. 8-minute walk to Palmetto Dunes Beach. Great floorplan opening to a tropical courtyard. $249,500

HILTON HEAD PLANTATION 62 Bear Creek Drive. . . . . . . . $275,000 3 Neptune Court . . . . . . . . . $185,000 INDIGO RUN 72 River Club Drive . . . . . . . . $179,000 HAMPTON HALL 11 Sherbrooke Avenue . . . . . . . $99,000 6 Normandy Circle . . . . . . . . $69,000 BERKELEY HALL 4 Rice Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1

DESIGNER DECORATED! Desirable 1st floor 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath beautifully furnished villa. Overlooking the sunsets on the Intracoastal Waterway and Skull Creek. $399,000

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ESTATE SALE Panoramic Lagoon | Golf view overlooking the 3rd Fwy of Bear Creek. 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths. Glass enclosed Carolina Room. Home sold “as is” – ready to update. $395,000

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“White Caps”

33 SEABROOK LANDING DRIVE • WATERFRONT ESTATE

OVER 5700 SQUARE FEET comprised of a main house, pool house and guest cottage. Overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway and Port Royal Sound. Owner chose local architect, Tom Parker, to design their dream house and local interior designer Deb Van Plew. Built with every imaginable upgrade and beautifully maintained, this home was built for entertaining. Spacious gathering room and Chef’s kitchen with french Borezio stone flooring. Massive screened porch with tabby fireplace overlooks infinity-edge pool and spa. Master suite with outdoor shower area. Private study with balcony overlooks the water. Media room with the custom audio/video Crestron system is throughout the entire house. Four car garage and motor court. Residents of Seabrook Landing have a private pool and day dock. Offered at $3,075,000.

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Ingrid Low

(o) 843-686-6460 (c) 843-384-7095 www.ingridlow.com ingrid@ingridlow.com

Selling Island-wide for Over 29 Years with Over $245 Million Sold!

20 WINDJAMMER COURT - SEA PINES - Unique “Low Country” style home on Lagoon in HT. WALK to Golf /Tennis /new Club House. 4 BR/3½ BA, PLUS office/study. Elaborate Master suite downstairs. Never rented. Pristine condition, attractively furnished. FP, pool, fenced area for pets. Ideal primary or 2nd home, or great rental. $895,000 F.

Ann Webster

(o) 843-686-2523 (c) 843-384-5338 www.annwebster.com ann@annwebster.com

Selling Island-wide for Over 29 Years with Over $225 Million Sold!

Betty Hemphill (c) 843-384-2919 www.bettyhemphill.com betty@bettyhemphill.com

Selling Island-wide for Over 25 Years with Over $250 Million Sold!

FIVE CARMA COURT — Fabulous beautifully remodeled 5 br/3 1/2 ba home with Southern Style architecture, three balconies and large deck. Wood floors, extensive millwork, loads of light, sunny breakfast room, granite and stainless kitchen with center island, 2 masters both with large master baths, high smooth ceilings and more. $799,000

1911 SOUTH BEACH CLUB – SEA PINES – Incredible panoramic view from this 2nd floor 3 BR, 2.5 BA villa in SBC, West Atrium. Private boardwalk to pool and beach. Secure building with renovated lobby, elevator, parking garage and storage.

Very well maintained, kitchen remodeled w. built-in credenza. Gas FP, wet bar, 2 balconies, 10’ ceilings, laundry room, charming foyer. $879,000 $849,000 F.

12 WILD HERON POINT - LONG COVE — Gracious, Southern-style estate situated on a private peninsula and surrounded by waterfront views. Enjoy breath taking sunsets overlooking the salt water pool out to the Broad Creek. 4 br, 5 1/2 ba. Exceptional quality and detail. Private Club ownership included in the renowned Pete Dye Golf course. www.12Wildheron.com $2,790,000

370 LONG COVE DRIVE — Enjoy sunsets over lagoon & golf views of top ranked Pete Dye course from this 4 br/3 1/2 ba home with fabulous new kitchen/great room. 2 frlpl, wood floors, high vaulted ceilings throughout.

Enjoy clubhouse, marina, kayaks, tennis courts, heated pool and more. $750,000

22 DUCK HAWK — SEA PINES — Outstanding ocean front home w/ private walkway to ocean & charming sitting area steps from the ocean.

5 BR, 4.5BA, plus den/office w/brick FP. Spectacular views. Gourmet kitchen, heated pool, bamboo floors, screen porch, oversized 2-car garage w huge finished basement and so much more. $5,900,000.

540 PLANTATION CLUB VILLA — Tastefully updated 3 bd townhome in the heart of Sea Pines. Updated kitchen and baths, end unit, 2 pools, with a desirable rental history. $499,000. furnished

34 STONEY CREEK ROAD — SEA PINES — Charming Cape Cod style 3 BR/3 1/2 BA plus den home with terrific views of sparking lagoon and down 11th fairway of Heron Point course. Easy walk to Harbor Town. Wood Floors, remodeled kitchen and baths.

Screen porch. $599,000 Furn.

54 N. CALIBOGUE CAY — Take in beautiful sun rises and extensive marsh views from this oversized WATERFRONT lot. Park your private boat at the brand NEW top-of-the-line dock with covered platform and lift. $1,095,000

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35 N. CALIGOBUE CAY — Enjoy sunsets and DEEP WATER views over the Calibogue Sound from this stunning setting. A rare opportunity to build the house of your dreams on this secluded Sea Pines peninsula. $1,700,000

E! IC PR W NE E! IC PR 102 CLUB COURSE DRIVE – SEA PINES – Curb appeal, location, view, lg. size of all rooms and excellent condition makes this gracious home extra special. 3BR/3BA, approx. 3888 sq.ft. in a beautiful golf course setting. $749,900 $699,000

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trees with large deck just steps to Harbor Town. $224,750 Furnished.

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3 Galleon – Fabulous 2nd Row Beach House!

Wonderfully designed home with 5 bedroom/5.5 bath and lots of open space. Over 5400 s/f of light and airy, multiple living/entertaining areas.

High volume ceilings, 2 staircases, fabulous master suite with fireplace…and more! Super private pool setting, multiple wrap around porches, circular drive and plenty of parking to accommodate your guests. $1,895,000

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10-100 Island Club Villa – First floor, 2 bedroom/2 bath villa surrounded by tranquil lagoon views Beautifully updated kitchen w/granite countertops, smooth ceilings throughout, tiled bathroom showers.

Island Club amenities include 3 swimming pools, 9 tennis courts, 24 hour security, and all just steps to the beach…what could be more inviting? $249,000

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16 Beach Villa – Beachside Location Personified!

Beach Villa 16…”the name says it all”. Only 150’ to the beach. You can’t get much closer to the beach in all of Palmetto Dunes and world class amenities… golf, tennis, restaurants, hotels, The General Store, canoe/bike rentals all from this 3 bedroom/2.5 bath townhome. $549,000

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25/26 The Moorings – Beachside Location Personified! You can’t get much closer to the Palmetto Dunes amenities…beach, golf, tennis, restaurants, hotels, The General Store, canoe/ bike rentals…from this 2 bedroom/3 bath villa. $319,000

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2E Waterford Villas: Great value on this fully furnished townhome in Shipyard Plantation w/all new windows, doors, stucco, back deck, HVAC (2015) and even a new master bathroom! Well cared for by the owners for more than 20 years, this home has been loved and it shows!

Waterford’s are a hidden gem w/fitness, pool, tennis courts, meeting area and bike storage!

Don’t miss Shipyard Plantation Beach Lockers and Private beach access too...All for $234,000.

230 Wyndemere Villa: Top floor, end unit 2 bedroom, 2 bath flat with large deck overlooking the lagoon, best of all the only building in Wyndemere with an elevator! Good condition with new paint and brand new carpet, you can’t beat this mid Island location. Some really nice features: wood flooring, eat in kitchen and large living room area with plenty of natural light. Large storage closet located off deck. At $139,900 you will have one heck of a buy.

403 Harbour Master Villas: Spectacular 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath villa w/ gorgeous golf and lagoon views! Large rooms and closets, great for storage. You will love all the deck space in the front of the kitchen and in the back off the den and family room.

Whether used for a second home or rental you will love this location. Shipyard has private beach access and beach lockers for owners. All for $248,000.

728 Brighton Bay Villa: Are you ready for the ultimate move in condition villa w/views in a great complex? You have found it. This one bedroom flat w/elevator even has brand new carpet April of 2016 and replaced the condenser coil on the HVAC April 2016. Very well cared for, nice outdoor balcony in the 700 building w/elevator, covered parking and fitness center. Brighton Bay has so much going for it, on top of an amazing location!

Brighton Bay villas come on the market, but they don’t last long and when you see it, you will know why. Offered for sale at $149,000.

253 Evian Villas: One of the best views in all of Evian. Stunning lagoon and golf views that you can see the minute you enter the villa! This is a 1st floor flat end unit located CLOSE TO THE BEACH! Relax on your beautiful back deck and take in the reason why you moved here, the VIEWS! This fully furnished villa even does more than $25k in rental income. Complete with a renovated master bathroom that is second to none and an updated guest bathroom, all you need to do is bring your tooth brush! Offered for $329,000.

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8 Wax Myrtle Court: If you are looking for the quintessential Low Country lifestyle home, you have found it! Curb appeal the minute you pull up to the driveway.

The open floor plan living area w/Gorgeous wood flooring throughout and high ceilings, plenty of windows allowing for great natural light. Custom kitchen w/granite counters, gas range and plenty of cabinet space. Great bedroom separation offers privacy for your guests or kids. Fireplace, deck, screened in porch and AWESOME lagoon views. Even a new HVAC in 2013. You cannot build this home for this great price of $444,000.

306 Palmetto Bay Club Villas: Fantastic sunset views of Broad Creek, Spanish Wells, and Palmetto Bay Marina! Nice open kitchen to living area w/ balcony overlooking it all. 3rd Floor... Fully furnished and ready to move in. This is a must see at $175,000.

22 Chinaberry Drive: Great home w/the ever desirable Open Floor Plan w/vaulted ceilings, fireplace, wood flooring and an open kitchen totally renovated w/ granite counters, tile back splash and even extra cabinets. Want more? How about a screened in porch, large back deck and a private large back yard! Large master bedroom w/great master bathroom and plenty of closet space. All new plumbing, newer roof/just 4 years old and all for well under $300k — which is hard to find on the Island!

28 Jonesville Road: Fabulous town home with breathtaking views of the marsh and Jarvis Creek. 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 baths,1 car garage, covered lanai with built in grill, hardwood floors, granite counters, plenty of storage and the always desirable open floor plan. Phenomenal value for this view! This is an absolute steal at $399,000.

6 Flying King Court: Beautiful golf view one level home with great open floor plan and tons of natural light throughout. Great curb appeal as you pull up the driveway, all situated on a very private full size golf lot, on a cul de sac street. Eat in kitchen w/granite counters, plenty of cabinets, large pantry & extra-large laundry room w/sink. Living room w/vaulted ceilings & gas fp. 2001 30 yr. roof and all of the plumbing was replaced in 2002, HVAC in 2008 and when you view this home, you will see how well this was cared for over the years. Just $379,000.

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1 Narragansett: CURB APPEAL to the 10th degree! When you pull up to this home you will be wowed from the start. One of the largest lots in Shipyard with gorgeous golf views, this really is a special home. The owners have put so much love in this home, it’s absolutely spectacular!

The Low Country porch, the huge back deck with outdoor living space, even an elevator!

Wood beam ceilings, gorgeous wood flooring, custom built-ins, granite counters, the list goes on and on, even a $60K paver driveway.

Offered for sale for $769,000.

Live where you want to live!

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Life is Short!

Rick Saba was very responsive to our wants/needs when we were looking for property in the area. He took the time to listen to what we wanted and showed us properties that fit. Along with the real estate purchase, his recommendation in a builder was excellent as well. Our entire experience in purchasing property and building a home was made a bit easier by following Rick’s advice. Trustful person, great personality and a good listener.

Rick Saba

Carolina Realty Group (843) 683-4701 • Rick@TheBestAddressinTown.com www.RickSaba.com 2009 Realtor® of the Year Hilton Head Area Association of Realtors® 2005 President Hilton Head Area Association of Realtors®

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JUNE 1: EVERY ARTIST HAS A POINT OF VIEW ... JUNE 1: PALMETTO

ALL SUMMER

PHOTOS BY ROB KAUFMAN

HarbourFest: Monday through Friday, mid June through mid August, Shelter Cove Harbour, Hilton Head Island. HarbourFest is a summerlong celebration with live music featuring Shannon Tanner (shows at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.), entertainment from Cappy the Clown (6-9 p.m.), art & crafts and activities for kids. Fireworks will be at 9:30 on Tuesdays, with the exception of the week of July 4th, when they will be held that Monday. This family-friendly event has been enjoyed by thousands of visitors for the last twenty-five years! For more information visit www.palmettodunes.com, or call 843-785-1106.

JUNE CALENDAR JUNE 1

“Every Artist has a Point of View”: Opening reception 5-7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 1, Art League of Hilton Head Gallery, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, 14 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head Island. Two Lowcountry artists, Georgina Kimbell and Kendra Natter, join forces in a fun, lighthearted exhibit. Natter’s photographs and Kimbell’s paintings convey their love of the Lowcountry and aim to inspire others to create art through their own point of view. Art on exhibit 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays June 1-25, and 90 minutes before all arts center performances. Visit www.artleaguehhi. org for additional information or call 843-681-5060.

Color with Candace Lovely “Fair Women”: 3- 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 1, The French Bakery and European Cuisine, 28 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head Island. Learn to color the Impressionist way with the country’s foremost Impressionist painter, Candace Whittemore Lovely. Enjoy an afternoon of tea, croissants and cray-

ons while Lovely guides you through the process of coloring “Sea Shell Whites,” a piece from her beautiful and prolific “Fair Women” series. An event for all ages and skill levels, and a perfect way to kick off the summer season. $30. Seating is limited, please RSVP at 843-540-3963. For more information, visit www.candacelovely.com.

Palmetto Plant Eaters Club: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 1, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Lowcountry, 110 Malphrus Road, Bluffton. Guest speaker will be Dr. Eric Bunge, who will speak about what blood work to seek when following a plant-based vegan diet, what to track, where to get it, and how much it costs.

Learn more about the Palmetto Plant Eaters at www.PalmettoPlantEaters. com.

JUNE 1-2

Community Forums: 8:30 a.m.

Wednesday, June 1, Shipyard Plantation Beach House; 2 p.m.

Wednesday, June 1, Benjamin M. Racusin Council Chambers at Hilton Head Town Hall; 7 p.m. Wednesday,

June 1, Coligny Theater at Forest Beach; and 3:30 p.m. Thursday, June 2, Sea Pines CSA Community Center.

Topics to be addressed include congestion at Sea Pines Circle, parking issues at Coligny, growing pedestrian and bicycle congestion and others. A long-term vision for possible evolution of the area will also be presented.

Exhibits will be available for viewing 30 minutes before the start of each meeting. Call 843-341-4696 for more information.

JUNE 2

“Fun in the Sun for Everyone”: 3-5 p.m. Thursday, June 2, in front of Marriott’s Surf Watch, Hilton Head Island. Pockets Full of Sunshine will host this inaugural event for specialneeds individuals and their friends and families. Activities will include paddle boarding, boogie boarding, surfing, beach games and relaxation.

Lifeguards and volunteers will be included in the event to ensure a safe environment for all. Shuttles from the parking lot to beach will be provided.

Beach access is wheelchair accessible. www.pocketsfullofsun.org.

Color Is My Therapy: 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Thursday, June 2, Hilton Head Branch Library. See how valuable and fun coloring can be for adults. All materials are supplied. Free. For more information, visit beaufortcountylibrary.org or contact Priscilla Pomazal at 843-2556524 or priscillap@bcgov.net.

“Importance of Purchasing Flood Insurance”: 2 p.m. Thursday, June 2, Town Council chambers. The Town of Hilton Head Island’s Town Council invites the public to attend the upcoming presentation on the importance of purchasing flood insurance. For more information, visit www.hiltonheadislandsc.gov.

JUNE 3

“Paint the Lowcountry Purple!”

Relay for Life Annual Event: 4-10 p.m. Friday, June 3, Shelter Cove Community Park. At this American Cancer Society fundraiser, there will be a luminaria ceremony, a cancer survivors walk, games and activities for kids and adults, food, entertainment and a huge silent auction. Please come and bring a friend. It’s free and the June 2016 161

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Illusionist Gary Maurer will have shows all summer at Coligny Plaza.

4 entertaining reasons to head to Coligny this summer

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oligny Plaza, Hilton Head Island’s downtown since 1955, has unveiled a lineup of acts and entertainment that are sure to make this the best summer ever. Some of the area’s most celebrated musical acts, most cherished entertainers, and spectacular special event nights will keep the party going well into the evening.

Coligny is unleashing a season-long, can’t-miss party, with every night offering something fresh and amazing. There are so many reasons to head to Coligny this summer, but in the interest of conserving space, we’ve narrowed it down to the top 4.

• The Best Local Bands: With acts like Todd Cowart, 2 Sons, Gary Byrd and the Outlaw Band, and Whitley Deputy taking the stage at Coligny during the 2016 summer season, it’s a mix of some of the finest local acts. Whether your sound leans toward foot-stomping Americana, fist-pumping dance favorites or sweet soul classics, you’re going to find familyfriendly tunes.

• The Magic of Gary Maurer: The side-splitting sorcery of

illusionist Gary Maurer has been entertaining audiences young and old alike around the Lowcountry for decades. He’ll have you howling with laughter and wondering, “How did he do that?” through a brilliant combination of showmanship and “magical” humor.

• Dancing in the Sand: The weekly Friday night dance party with the Brown Family is the best way to test out some of your best moves under the stars. You have a groove thing for a reason — shake it like you mean it during the island’s hottest familyfriendly dance party, every week at Coligny.

• Exciting Team Trivia: Feeling smart? Test your knowledge and know-how as team trivia hits the stage every Saturday for a thoroughly entertaining rapidfire quiz on everything worth knowing. Bring friends and the family and see who’s the smartest among you as you vie for great prizes and eternal bragging rights.

To join the party, check the schedule for daily events posted on the Coligny Facebook page at facebook.com/colignyplaza. M

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ADING KICK-OFF ... JUNE 5: HELPING PARENT entire community is welcome to join in honoring survivors, remembering those who lost their fight, and recognizing those currently battling cancer.

For more information or if interested in being a sponsor, please contact Wendy Pollitzer at 843-263-3216 or wendy. pollitzer@cancer.org at the American Cancer Society.

JUNE 4

Summer Reading Kick-Off: Tell Aerobics: 11 a.m. Saturday, June 4, Hilton Head Library. Join us for a highenergy and active storytelling session that will have you jumping, moving and dancing. It’s the perfect start to “On Your Mark, Get Set, READ!” Free.

Visit www.beaufortcountylibrary.org for more information or contact Julie Bascom at 843-255-6529 or jbascom@ bcgov.net.

Jim Ferguson Memorial Golf Tournament: 11 a.m. Saturday, June 4, Old South Golf Links, Bluffton.

Tournament to include a four-man scramble, shotgun start, and two flights, gross and net. Full team and sponsorship are $675, hole sponsorship is $100, registration fee per player is $150, to party without play is $30. Proceeds to benefit First Tee of the Lowcountry. To register, contact Ben Ferguson at 843-301-4460 or Tim Ferguson at 843-301-4461.

JUNE 5

Helping Parents Heal: 1-3 p.m.

Sunday, June 5, Seaquins Ballroom, 1300 Fording Island Road, Bluffton.

Monthly meetings of this non-profit organization dedicated to assisting parents who have lost children, giving them support and resources to aid in the healing process. For more information contact Irene Vouvalides at 201233-6015 or Ivouvalides@aol.com.

JUNE 6-JULY 3

The Society of Bluffton Artists presents “A Touch of Blue”: Reception 5-7 p.m. Friday, June 10, SOBA Gallery, 6 Church St., Bluffton. In lieu of a featured artist in June, the SOBA Gallery will host a fundraiser to benefit the Bluffton Police Department. All exhibiting members will add at least “A Touch of Blue” to their art. For more information visit sobagallery.com.

JUNE 7

Grandparents’ Guide to Summer Fun: 3-4 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, Hilton Head Library. Get ideas to create exciting, memorable summer traditions with your grandkids. Presenter Linda Haviland is the author of a book on the topic. Free. For more information, visit beaufortcountylibrary.org or contact Priscilla Pomazal at 843-255-6524 or priscillap@bcgov.net.

JUNE 3

The Swingin’ Medallions Concert: 8 p.m. Friday, June 3, The Jasper County Farmers Market, Ridgeland. In their eighth summer-opening concert in Ridgeland, the celebrated South Carolina band will perform their No. 1 hit single, “Double Shot of My Baby’s Love.” Their timeless high-octane style has energized crowds at colleges, festivals, reunions and beach venues almost continuously since the 1960s. Advance admission is $15. Tickets purchased at the gate on concert night will be $20. Advance tickets may be purchased by calling the Chamber of Commerce in Ridgeland 843-726-8126. A portion of each ticket will be donated to the United Way of the Lowcountry.

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JUNE 7: TEEN SUMMER READING KICK OFF .

Main Street Theatre presents

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he jukebox at Hilton Head Island’s Main Street Theatre is cranking up and rocking to the tunes of the king of rock ‘n’ roll himself in Main Street Youth Theatre’s upcoming production of “All Shook Up,” taking the stage June 22 to July 3.

This Broadway musical comedy features 24 hits from Elvis Presley’s songbook, including “Jailhouse Rock,” “Hound Dog” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” so it’s sure to have audiences jumping out of their “Blue Suede Shoes.”

Based on the book by Joe DiPietro, “All Shook Up” mixes a little bit of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” with a whole lot of shakin’ in a fast-paced musical comedy fraught with mistaken identities and star-crossed lovers. Set in 1955 in Smalltown, USA, the action begins when a mysterious leather-jacketed, guitarplaying stranger named Chad (Henry Clark) rides into town on his motorbike. This “rolling roustabout with a song in his soul and an eye for the ladies” stirs up the town, especially young Natalie (Cassie Maurer), a mechanic dreaming of adventure. In a 24-hour period, the entire town is turned upside down as characters young and old discover the magic of romance and the power of rock ‘n’ roll.

“The show is upbeat, colorful and really clever. It’s the perfect way to end a Hilton Head summer day. And who doesn’t love Elvis music?” says director Michelle McElroy.

Although this is McElroy’s first stint in the director’s chair at Main Street Youth Theatre, she is no stranger to the local theater community.

As theater director at Hilton Head Christian Academy, McElroy has several successful productions under her belt, making her an in-demand summer theater director. With her firm grasp on the production and phenomenal vision, “All Shook Up” will surely add to McElroy’s list of smashingly successful shows.

Leading man Clark, a recent graduate of Hilton Head Christian Academy, has tackled roles such as Gaston in “Beauty and the Beast” and Sky Masterson in “Guys and Dolls,” and is looking forward to his first Main Street Youth Theatre experience. Maurer, a rising junior at Hilton Head Island High School, is expanding her horizon and filling the shoes of the leading lady for the first time.

There will be a gala fundraiser catered by NEO at 6 p.m. June 24, and SERG will partner with the theater to offer a “dinner and a show” deal June 29 through July 2.

Show times are 7 p.m. June 22, 23, 25, 29, 30 and July 1-2, and 2 p.m. June 26 and July 3 at Hilton Head Preparatory Academy’s Main Street Theatre.

Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and $15 for students. Group rates are available. Tickets can be purchased at www.MSYT. org or by calling 843-689-6246. M

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JUNE 7

Teen Summer Reading Kick Off: 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, Hilton Head Library. Kick start summer reading with a movie and pizza night! You must register to ensure that we have enough food. Free. Reserve your spot by calling Greg Crispell at 843-255-6529. Visit www.beaufortcountylibrary.org for more information.

JUNE 8

MOAA Spouses for Service Meeting: 11:30 a.m.

Wednesday, June 8, The Skull Creek Boathouse, 397 Squire Pope Road. The Hilton Head Area Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America Spouses for Service will hold their monthly meeting. For more information, contact Jayne Danoff at jayne.danoff@gmail. com or 843-681-7090.

Liberal Men of the Lowcountry Monthly Meeting: noon, Wednesday, June 8, Golf Club at Indigo Run, 101 Berwick Drive. Speaker will be Carl Wedler, veteran’s affairs officer at Beaufort County Veteran’s Administration office, on services and needs for veterans. Lunch is $20. To attend, contact Richard Hammes at 847-921-8188.

JUNE 9

“Happy Birthday, Donald Duck!”: 11 a.m. Thursday, June 9, Hilton Head Library. Celebrate America’s favorite duck with silly activities and fun. Free. Visit www.beaufortcountylibrary.org for more information or contact Greg Crispell at 843-255-6529 or gcrispell@ bcgov.net.

JUNE 11

Saturday Matinee: 1-3 p.m. Saturday, June 11, Hilton Head Library. Enjoy the town’s free big screen at our monthly showings with refreshments. For Pride Month, our feature film chronicles a 1950s housewife whose idyllic life begins to fall apart upon discovering an affair.

The several issues explored in the film remain complex today. www.beaufortcountylibrary.org or contact Lauren Read at 843-255-6531 or lread@bcgov.net.

JUNE 12

Second Sunday Film Series presents “A Royal Affair”: 2 p.m. Sunday, June 12, Coligny Theatre, 1 North Forest Beach, Hilton Head Island. The Second Sunday Film Series presents documentaries, foreign language and independent films destined to become classics. Visit www.colignytheatre.com or call 843-6863500 for more information.

Finding New Levels of Flexibility Through “Yin & Yang Yoga”: 1-3 p.m. Sunday, June 12, Jiva Yoga Center, 1032 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head.

Learn “Yin Yoga” postures of stillness for promoting growth and enhancing circulation, and “Yang Yoga” postures for developing core strength and balance and the important transition between the poses. Visit www. jivayogacenter.com to schedule.

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JUNE 13-16: NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILR

2015 Players Amateur champion Matt NeSmith

Berkeley Hall hosting top golfers for

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BY KASEY MEREDITH

he RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing isn’t the only world-famous golf tournament the Lowcountry has to offer. The Players Amateur, colloquially known as the Players Am, is celebrating its 17th year as one of the top amateur golf tournaments, drawing players from all over the world. The event is July 6-11 at Berkley Hall Club.

Tournament coordinator Andy McMillen says the event is “crucial for amateurs for getting their feet on the ground at a professional level.”

Matt Kuchar, a previous Players Am champ, has been successful on the PGA Tour for 12 years. His most notable performances are a tie for third place at the Masters in 2012 and winning the RBC Heritage in 2014.

While significantly smaller than the Heritage, the Players Am last year was ranked 13th in the world among amateur tournaments. With roughly 78 to 82 participants, it takes more than 100 volunteers to make the Players Am a pleasant experience.

A beacon for amateurs, the Players Am is great for recognition and can be a gateway to other golf championships such as the prestigious Walker Cup. But perhaps the biggest perk for winning the Players Am is an exemption into the next

year’s Heritage.

The defending champion for this year’s Players Am is Matt NeSmith, who leads the University of South Carolina golf team with a 71.09 stroke average. He is on the Ben Hogan Award watch list.

The Players Am is open to anyone, even high schoolers. Most players are between 18 to 22 years old. Many players come from overseas from countries like Great Britain or Australia.

“It’s a lot of friendly competition,” McMillen said.

The golf may be friendly, but Mother Nature doesn’t always comply. But McMillen said the tournament is prepared.

“One of the biggest challenges for the Players Am is the weather,” he said. “We’re constantly looking out for storms and such.”

The Players Amateur is a make-or-break moment for young golfers. For many, it’s the catalyst to a professional career.

“There’s going to be some great golf; you’re going to see some of the best young players here at Berkley Hall,” McMillen said.

The Players Amateur runs July 6-11. The awards ceremony will be after final play. For more information on the tournament, go to www.playersam.com. M

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JUNE 13-16

National Underground Railroad Conference: Monday, June 13-Thursday, June 16, The Westin Hilton Head Resort & Spa, Hilton Head Island. The theme for this year’s conference is “Into the Light: Striving for Freedom and an Equal Chance in the Battle of Life.”

The transition from enslavement to freedom before, during and after the Civil War will be explored, the sesquicentennial of the end of the Civil War; and the adoption of the 13th Amendment will be commemorated. The location selected for this year’s conference is significant with its proximity to Mitchelville. To register, visit ww.asalh100.org or call 202-238-5910 or 202505-0891.

JUNE 14

Brain Boosters: 10-11 a.m. Tuesday, June 14, Hilton Head Library. Prevent memory loss with tools to keep the brain healthy. Memory Matters, a local nonprofit empowering people with dementia as well as caretakers, local businesses, and proactive aging adults, will lead the program. Free, for more information visit beaufortcountylibrary.org or contact Priscilla Pomazal at 843-255-6524 or priscillap@bcgov.net.

Smart911 — Be Smart About Safety: 2-3 p.m.

Tuesday, June 14, Beaufort Library. David Zeoli will discuss how important it is for Beaufort County citizens to sign up for Smart911. Free, for more information visit beaufortcountylibrary.org or contact Stacey Inman at 843-255-6458 or sinman@bcgov.net.

JUNE 16

CPR and Heart Health: 2-3 p.m. Thursday, June 16, Beaufort Library. Respiratory therapist Sabrina Faircloth presents hands-only CPR and additional heart health information. Free, for more information visit beaufortcountylibrary.org or contact Ann Cox at 843-255-6458 or acox@bcgov.net.

JUNE 16

Bedtime Stories with Mr. Greg: 6 p.m. Thursday, June 16, Hilton Head Library. Wear your jammies to this fun-filled story time. Free, visit www.beaufortcountylibrary.org for more information or contact Greg Crispell at 843-255-6529 or gcrispell@bcgov.net.

Father’s Day Fun: 2 p.m. Thursday, June 16, Hilton Head Library. Celebrate the important man in your life with stories, activities, and a craft. Free, visit www.beaufortcountylibrary.org for more information or contact Greg Crispell at 843-255-6529 or gcrispell@bcgov.net.

Exploring the Chakras with 7 Crystal Bowls: 1:303:30 p.m. Jiva Yoga Center, 3 Godfrey Place, Bluffton. A brief discussion about the Chakras followed by a meditative yoga experience to facilitate healing by combining crystal bowl harmonic tones with a Kundalini inspired practice for each Chakra center. Open to all levels. $30 or $55 combined with a meditation workshop.

Visit jivayogacenter.com for more details.

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JUNE 17

Blues & Brews On The Bluff: 5-9 p.m. Friday, June 17, Bluffton Oyster Factory Park. This Rockin’ Blues and Brews Festival will feature rock and blues performances by Greg Maynard and Everybody’s Favorite Blues Band.

Bluffton Sunset Parties are held once a month during the summer at Bluffton Oyster Factory Park on the May River.

Each sundown celebration features a different theme with a variety of activities, local foods, craft beers from around the world, and homegrown music. Party with your pooch; proceeds benefit the Palmetto Animal League.

Activities for children include face painting, a Kidz Play Zone and more.

Tickets for each Bluffton Sunset Party is $5 at the door, while children 12 and younger get in for free. www.blufftonsunsetparty.com, 843-757-8520.

Palmetto Quilt Guild Monthly Meeting: 1 p.m. Friday, June 17, Palmetto Electric Company (conference room in back), 111 Mathews

Drive, Hilton Head Island. Guests are welcome. The program this month will feature members of the guild who were awarded ribbons at our Quilt Festival in March. The quilts can be viewed and a number of the quilters will make brief comments about their award-winning work. More information can be found at www.palmettoquiltguild.com. Any other questions, please call 843-689-1922.

JUNE 18

MOAA Meeting: 5:30 p.m. Saturday, June 18, Harbour Town Marina. In lieu of a general meeting, MOAA has scheduled a sunset dinner cruise and dolphin watch aboard The Spirit of Harbour Town. MOAA members, guests, and anyone eligible for MOAA membership is welcome. Questions, contact Mary Lou Fehrman at Marylou101041@aol.com.

Second Annual Juneteenth Celebration: 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. Saturday, June 18, Fish Haul Park, Hilton Head.

The Mitchelville Preservation Project will hold an expansive celebration of

Juneteenth and will reveal new interactive experiences that are significant to the era of Mitchelville in 1862.This family-friendly event in the park will include musical performances, with a special performance by “American Idol” winner Candice Glover. Food and beverages will be available for purchase, but only limited seating is available so chairs are welcomed.

Local artists will be on site selling art depicting traditional Lowcountry life.

For more information, visit mitchelvillepreservationproject.org or call 843255-7301.

JUNE 20

Full Moon Shore Explore: 8-10 p.m. Monday, June 20, Sea Pines Resort. Discover our beaches under a full moon. Search for nocturnal life including ghost crabs and other sea creatures, which scurry throughout our dunes and surf systems. Reservations are required; contact 843-842-1979.

Minimum of six guests. $16 per adult, $11 per child (ages 12 and younger).

Visit seapines.com for additional information.

JUNE 20-24

Sports Camp at First Presbyterian Church Hilton Head Island: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, June 20-Friday June 24, 540 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island. First Presbyterian Church Hilton Head Island will hold “The Great Comeback” sports camp for children in third through fifth grades. Team 35 for ages 3 through 5; sports for ages 6 through fifth grade are ultimate Frisbee, soccer, basketball and cheerleading. Registration forms are on the church website, www.fpchhi.org, or in the church office. For additional information, call 843-681-3696.

JUNE 21

Lowcountry Raptors: 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 21, Hilton Head Library. Join the staff and animals of Lowcountry Raptors to learn about birds of prey and the birds that live in our area.

Appropriate for all ages. Free, visit www.beaufortcountylibrary.org for more information or contact Julie Bascom at 843-255-6529 or jbascom@ bcgov.net.

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JUNE 20-24

St. Andrew VBS “Shake It Up Café: Where Kids Carry out God’s Recipes”: 5:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, June 20-Friday, June 24, 39 Persimmon St., Suite 203/204, Bluffton. Families are encouraged to take the week off from cooking and come for dinner each night, followed by interactive stations for all age groups. There is no fee. Contact Bluffton campus family/ children’s coordinator Monica Barricks at monicabhhiumc@gmail.com. Second option in July at Hilton Head campus.

Registration and more information online at www.hhiumc.com/vbs

JUNE 23

Retina Specialist to Speak at Hilton Head Island Senior Center: 10 a.m.

Thursday, June 23, Hilton Head Island Senior Center, 70 Shelter Cove Lane, Suite L, Hilton Head Island. Dr. Peter Liggett, a renowned retina specialist, will conduct an educational seminar, “What You Need to Know About Macular Degeneration.” 843-785-6444, www.hhmr.org/hhseniorcenter.

Tweens and Teens Tie-Dye: 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Thursday, June 23, Hilton Head Library. It’s our annual tie-dye event. Bring a clean, cotton item to turn into a work of art. Registration is required as space is limited. Call 843255-6529 to reserve your space. Free, visit www.beaufortcountylibrary.org for more information or contact Julie Bascom at 843-255-6529 or jbascom@ bcgov.net.

JUNE 24-25

Disney’s Winnie the Pooh Kids Summer Intensive Performance: 7 p.m. Friday, June 24, and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, June 25, Hilton Head Island Elementary School for the Creative Arts, 10 Bus Drive, Hilton Head Island. Come watch Winnie the Pooh and friends go on a quest to rescue Christopher Robin from the evil Backson monster. Presented by the Creative Arts Youth Theatre, a summer intensive is a 3 week long program that puts on a full musical in three weeks. The show features youth from all over Beaufort County from grade 1-8. All tickets available at the door.

JULY 29-30

Legally Blonde Jr. Performance: 7 p.m. Friday, July 29 and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

July 30, Hilton Head Island Elementary School for the Creative Arts, 10 Bus Drive, Hilton Head Island. Follow Elle Woods as she sets out to prove that there is more to her than perfect blonde hair and a 4.0 in fashion merchandising. The School for the Creative Arts Youth Theatre (SCAYT) summer intensive is a threeweek-long program that puts on a full musical. The show features youth from all over Beaufort County from grades 1-8. All tickets available at the door.

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JUNE 25

Sensory-Friendly Showing of Finding Dory: 10 a.m. Saturday, June 25, the Cinemark Bluffton, 106 Buckwalter Parkway, Bluffton.

Lowcountry Therapy Center presents a sensory-friendly movie screening, which entails dimmed lights, lowered sound, and the freedom for children to move around the theater. Tickets can be purchased at Lowcountry Therapy Center, 254 Red Cedar Street. The cost is $10 per person and includes a ticket voucher, drink, and snacks. Cash or Check is accepted at this time only. For questions, please call 843- 815-6999.

JUNE 29

Fine Lines, Fine Wines: 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, June 29, Indigo Spa, 14 Valencia Road, Hilton Head Island. Indulge yourself and discover why Indigo Spa was voted “America’s Favorite New Spa.” $30 per person, visit IndigoSpa.com for details.

JUNE 30

Makeup & Martini: 6:30-8 p.m.

Thursday, June 30, Indigo Spa, 14 Valencia Road, Hilton Head Island.

Treat yourself to a girls night and discover “America’s Favorite New Spa.” $30 per person, visit IndigoSpa.com for details.

Music and Fun with Miss Lynn: 11 a.m. Thursday, June 30, Hilton Head Library. Grab your little one and join us for a concert with a Nashville-based performer and writer. This performance is perfect for little ones ages 2-5. Free, visit www.beaufortcountylibrary.org for more information or contact Julie Bascom at 843-255-6529 or jbascom@bcgov.net.

Campfire Stories: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 30. Join us for some not-so-scary tales around the library’s “campfire.”

Free, visit www.beaufortcountylibrary. org for more information or contact Greg Crispell at 843-255-6529 or gcrispell@bcgov.net

ONGOING

Farmers Market of Bluffton: 2-7 p.m.

Thursdays, Calhoun Cottages, Calhoun Street, Bluffton. Fresh, locally grown vegetables, fruits, flowers, plants and herbs abound at the Farmers Market of Bluffton, a weekly community event where locals and tourists gather not only to buy excellent produce but also to enjoy delicious food, listen to entertainment, and relax with friends.

Located in historic downtown Bluffton along Calhoun and Lawrence streets.

For more information, visit www. farmersmarketbluffton.org or call 843415-4227.

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Learn to Sail: Hilton Head Island Sailing and the Island Recreation Association offer sailing lessons to both beginners and intermediate children this summer.

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FRIENDLY SHOWING OF FINDING DORY ... JUNE 29: FINE LINES, FINE WINES ... JUNE 3 Sunset Celebration: 7-10 p.m. every Friday night through Sept. 2, Shelter Cove Community Park, 39 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head Island. Enjoy a picnic and a sunset serenade on the banks of Broad Creek. Bring a beach chair, blanket, and pick up a picnic from one of our local merchants.

Sunset Celebration features live local music and laid-back family entertainment. Free activities for the kids include bounce house, a juggler and face-painting. For the music schedule and more information, visit www.sheltercovetownecentre.com.

Summer Jams: 5-9 p.m. Tuesday nights from June 14-Aug. 9, Shelter Cove Community Park, 39 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head Island. The Island Recreation Association is proud to present a fun-filled, festive atmosphere including live music and fireworks.

Kids of all ages can enjoy inflatable bounce houses and face painting for a minimal fee. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy the fireworks. For the music schedule and more information, visit www.sheltercovetownecentre.com.

Shelter Cove Community Market: Tuesdays, June 14-Aug. 9, Shelter Cove Community Park, 39 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head Island. Paired with the long-running Summer Jams, the Shelter Cove Summer Community Market features vendors selling local farm-fresh produce, art work, sweets, baked goods and other specialty foods, as well as prepared food vendors for those looking to grab a snack or dinner. 843-681-7273, www.islandreccenter.org.

Palmetto Bluff’s Summer Concert Series: Gates open at 5 p.m. shows start at 6:30 p.m., alternate Tuesdays through August, Village Green, Palmetto Bluff. Enjoy music by favorite local musicians and bring your finest picnic regalia for a chance to win a fully catered private party at the next summer concert. We’ll pick the best picnic party at each concert by 6 p.m. and announce the winner right before the show starts. Entrance fees are $25 per car (load ‘em up!). For concert lineup and additional information, visit www. palmettobluff.com.

Dolphin and Nature Cruise: 3 p.m.

Wednesdays and Fridays, Coastal Discovery Museum, 70 Honey Horn Drive, Hilton Head Island. Take a boat trip on Broad Creek into Calibogue Sound. This museum-led tour will share information about the salt marsh, the sound, the dolphins and the other creatures that live there.

Location given out when making reservation. Tour is $19 for adults, $13 for children ages 1-12, and reservations are required by calling 843-689-6767, ext. 223. For more information, visit www.coastaldiscovery.org.

Dolphin Research Excursion: every Wednesday and 2nd Saturday of the month, Calhoun Street Dock, end of Calhoun Street, adjacent to The Church of the Cross, Bluffton. This is a unique opportunity to be on a two-hour scientific research cruise through the Coastal Discovery Museum, to study acoustic communication between resident dolphins in the May River and their prey. Yes, fish use sounds to communicate too! While University of South Carolina Cost is $55 per person

(ages 10 and older only, please) and reservations are required by calling 843-689-6767, ext. 223.

Seahawk Summer Camps: June through August. From basketball to watersports, there’s something for everyone at the Island Recreation Center’s summer camps. Register at www.islandreccenter.org or call 843681-7273.

“Kids Only Adventures” at Coastal Discovery Museum: June 10-Aug. 12.

Join the Coastal Discovery Museum this summer for fun adventures as we explore coastal South Carolina. Kidsonly adventures are designed to provide participants with an in-depth and close-up look at our beautiful coastal waterways and the fascinating creatures that live here. Plenty of photos will be taken and uploaded to a shared site so your little adventurer can relive this exciting and unique experience with everyone at home. Ages 7-12 for all programs. For dates, reservations and additional information, call 843689-6767, ext. 223.

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JUNE 10: KIDS ONLY ADVENTURES

Representative Jeff Bradley pushes the leaver to dunk Hilton Head Island mayor David Bennett at last year’s One Island, One Community picnic.

One Island, One Community

ONE MORE TIME

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he little event that turned into a very big deal will return to our community in July. Last year, on the 4th of July on Hilton Head Island, something pretty amazing happened. Some might even call it miraculous. On the storied grounds of Honey Horn, two churches came together in the spirit of unity, harmony and fraternity.

The one, a humble ministry of brick and piety whose congregation harkens way back to a time of Reconstruction and a day when Hilton Head was still a sleepy island of crabbers and farmers. The other, a gleaming compound of faith-based inclusion whose members come from near and far and may have once been vacationers here.

These two churches, Central Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church and Grace Community Church, approach the way they worship God from very different directions. But for this one day last year, for this one celebration, they decided to celebrate together, in the spirit of their shared faith. And they invited the entire community to attend.

What should have been a simple get-together of two churches and a few others proved to be an overwhelming success as community members of all faiths came together in celebration of

our community. Maybe it was the kids’ zone with its wet and dry slides, bounce houses and dunk tank. Perhaps it was the live music, both religious and secular, that drew in such an unexpectedly large congregation of festivalgoers. Possibly it was joining together in food and fellowship — breaking bread and sipping slushes that called the community to converge. Whatever it was, it was indeed a day of being one island. One community. One Hilton Head.

We came together, and the spirit of fellowship created that day demands an encore.

And both churches are happy to oblige, as One Island, One Community returns from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Fourth of July at Honey Horn. “We were blown away by how many people came out for our first event last year.

We had a feeling it would be popular, but it really validated the hard work we put into it, to see how well the community came together,” said David Bennett, Grace Community Church congregation member and event organizer.

“We achieved something pretty special last year,” said Alex Brown, one of the event’s organizers from Central Oak Grove.

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ONGOING

Kids Only Adventures! Dolphin Cruises for Kids: 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Fridays, June 10, July 1, July 22, and Aug. 12, Broad Creek Marina, 18 Simmons Road, Hilton Head Island.

Join the Coastal Discovery Museum this summer for fun adventures as they explore coastal South Carolina. Look, listen and learn as you cruise Broad Creek in search of bottlenose dolphins. $20 per child (ages 7-12) and reservations are required by calling 843-6896767, ext. 223.

Kids Only Adventures! Marine Exploration: 8:30-11 a.m. Friday, June 17, July 8 and July 29, Calhoun Street Public Dock, Bluffton. Join the Coastal Discovery Museum this summer for fun adventures as they explore coastal South Carolina. Kids-only adventures are designed to provide participants with an in-depth and close-up look at our beautiful coastal waterways and the fascinating creatures that live in the area. Cost is $35 per child (ages 7-12) and reservations are required by calling 843-689-6767, ext. 223.

Fishing Camp for Kids: Held on most Mondays in June, July and August, Coastal Discovery Museum, 70 Honey Horn Drive, Hilton Head Island. Times vary according to the tides. Kids learn the basics of fishing, crabbing and shrimping at this interactive day camp.

The program will help kids discover the sport of fishing and give them all the tools necessary to continue fishing for years to come. Cost is $35 per child (ages 7-14) and reservations are required online at www.coastaldiscovery.org or by calling 843-689-6767, ext. 223.

Kayaking on Jarvis Creek: 10 a.m.

Tuesdays through Thursdays, Jarvis Creek Water Sports, Hilton Head Island.

Join a certified guide for a closer look at the salt marsh aboard a stable, touring kayak. Venture into creeks and inlets to view local wildlife, such as wading birds and dolphins. No children under 5; cost is $32 for adults, $28 for children ages 5-12. Children must be with an adult Presented by the Coastal Discovery Museum. Reservations are required by calling 843-689-6767, ext. 223.

Marine Science Expedition: 10 a.m.noon, Tuesdays, June 7 through Aug. 30, Skull Creek and either Jarvis Creek or Mackeys Creek. The Coastal Discovery Museum presents a two-hour expedition aboard research vessel Spartina with marine biologist Amber Kuehn.

Participants will observe nature up close with a display of live organisms. Cost is $40 for adults and $30 for children ages 12 and younger. Space is limited and reservations are required by calling 843-689-6767, ext. 223 or going to www.coastaldiscovery.org.

May River Excursion: Thursdays, Calhoun Street Dock, Bluffton.

Presented by the Coastal Discovery Museum; join marine biologist Capt.

Amber Kuehn aboard research vessel Spartina for a two-hour exploration of Bluffton’s May River. Observe nature up close with a display of live organisms, from microscopic animals to dolphins.

Cost is $40 for adults, $30 for children (ages 12 and under), and reservations are required by calling 843-689-6767, ext. 223.

Explore Pinckney Island: 9-11 a.m.

Pinckney Island, between the bridges to Hilton Head Island. A brief historical and natural history overview is given by a Coastal Discovery Museum docent, followed by a walking tour of this National Wildlife Refuge, including salt marsh and maritime forest. $12 for adults, $7 for children ages 4-12.

Reservations are required and may be made by calling 843-689-6767, ext.

223.

Salt Marsh Discovery: 10 a.m. Fridays, Coastal Discovery Museum, 70 Honey Horn Drive, Hilton Head Island. As one of the most productive environments on the planet, the salt marsh functions as a filter and nursery for the coast. Learn from a museum docent how marsh plants adapt to the salt water, and why we should protect this interesting ecosystem. $10 for adults, $5 for children (ages 4-12). Reservations are required by calling 843-689-6767, ext. 223.

Honey Horn History Walk: 10-11:30 a.m. Coastal Discovery Museum, 70 Honey Horn Drive, Hilton Head Island.

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THEATRE PROGRAM moves to HHI for summer

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BY ERIN LENTZ

anked among the nation’s top five summer theatre programs, the Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute has announced a move to Hilton Head Island High School.

For the past eight years, the Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute has annually brought elite high school performers to Savannah to produce a professional musical. The program, founded by former Hilton Head Preparatory School drama director Benjamin Wolfe, welcomed cast members from 17 states and Saudi Arabia to its 2015 session.

The program will offer two sessions for the summer of 2016, the first featuring the musical “Catch Me If You Can” — based on the hit film — and the second featuring the classic musical “Pippin.”

Wolfe said he is thrilled to be moving the program to his Hilton Head home.

“This agreement is outstanding for both our program and Hilton Head. We are able to present in this wonderful venue at Hilton Head High. For the high school, it’s the first time the building has been rented in the summer. The nine-week contract is actually the largest ever signed at the venue,” he said. “For the island, our families come to drop their students off, and then return to stay for the performances at the end of each session. We’ll be bringing nearly 80 individual families to Hilton Head twice this summer, many for the first time.

It’s a giant win for us, the high school and the island.”

Visiting students live in rental homes on Hilton Head, working

with a hired staff from New York to design, build and run the massive productions that are presented. All of the students are cast prior to arrival on campus and are put through a three-week rehearsal process not unlike what professional performers experience at regional theaters like Hilton Head’s Arts Center of Coastal Carolina.

A mix of local, regional and nationally recognized artists staff the program. A total of 51 staff members brought summer 2015 to life. That figure not only includes theater artists but local carpenters, musicians and front-of-house staff. One facet of the annual program is Wolfe’s commitment to bringing in award-winning guest stars to work with the students during their final week of camp. The list of previous guests includes multiple Tony-winning actors and designers.

The application process for 2016 is live on the institute’s website at www.summertheatreinstitute.com. There is a local tuition rate for local students who are interested in applying; tickets for the program’s productions are on sale now online. M

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SCOVERY ... WEDNESDAYS: BUTTERFLY ENCL hunters who visited in the winter, the islanders who worked on site, and the members of the Hack family who lived at Honey Horn from 1950 until the late 1990s. This walk, led by a museum docent, will take you past the places they lived and worked. $10 for adults, $5 for children (ages 4-12). Reservations are required and may be made by calling 843-689-6767, ext. 223.

Beach Discovery: 10 a.m. Tuesdays, Burke’s Beach, Burkes Beach Road, Hilton Head Island. Learn to be a beachcomber! Ever wonder who lives in those holes in the sand? What living fossil can you find at the beach? Why do sea turtles “dig the dark”? Come explore with the Coastal Discovery Museum our ever-changing marine environment at Burkes Beach, near the Folly, a tidal inlet. Spot shorebirds, search for seashells and learn about how our beaches are formed and changed with each cycle of the tide. $12 for adults, $7 for children and reservations are required by calling 843-689-6767, ext. 223.

Butterfly Enclosure at Coastal Discovery Museum: 3 p.m.

Wednesdays, 3 p.m. Mondays starting in June, Coastal Discovery Museum, 70 Honey Horn Drive. Tours of the Karen Wertheimer Butterfly Habitat will give participants a look at the native butterflies. Learn hands-on about the different stages of a butterfly’s life cycle — see a living caterpillar and chrysalis.

Reservations are required and may be made by calling 843-689-6767, ext 223.

The cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children (ages 4-12).

Sea Turtle Talk: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, meeting location given out at time of reservation. Join the Coastal Discovery Museum for an evening sea turtle lecture and beach walk.

Learn all about sea turtles, loggerhead nesting on Hilton Head Island, the Sea Turtle Protection Project, and how you can help. Enjoy a fascinating indoor presentation led by a Hilton Head Island Sea Turtle Project staff member.

Weather permitting, the presentation will continue onto the beach to view a protected nest site. (You will not see live sea turtles during this presentation. Cost is $20 for adults and $15 for children ages 4 and older). 843-689-6767, ext.

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Civil War Era: 3 p.m. Thursdays, Coastal Discovery Museum, 70 Honey Horn Drive, Hilton Head Island. Join a Coastal Discovery Museum docent and learn how Hilton Head Island was home to thousands of Union soldiers during the Civil War. Find out why they were here and how they spent their time. Historic photographs, maps and artifacts tell the story of Hilton Head from 1861-1865. $7 per person (no children younger than 7) and reservations are required by calling 843-689-6767, ext. 223.

Live Animal Encounters at Coastal Discovery Museum: 11 a.m. Tuesdays, Coastal Discovery Museum, 70 Honey Horn Drive, Hilton Head Island. Get an up-close look at wildlife in the Lowcountry. Birds, reptiles, mammals … so many fascinating critters to learn about in the Lowcountry. Animal experts will be on hand each week with a different program. These programs are $12 per adult and $7 per child (ages 5-12) and reservations are required by calling 843-689-6767, ext. 223.

Lowcountry Critters: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. June, July, and August, Coastal Discovery Museum, 70 Honey Horn Drive, Hilton Head Island. Alligators, snakes, and turtles! Interact with a variety of Lowcountry critters during this casual animal meet-and-greet. Joe Maffo, owner and founder of Critter Management, will bring along some of his “friends” to share with everyone.

This is a great opportunity to see these animals up close, get your picture taken with a few, and learn more about these fascinating critters that share Hilton Head Island with us. $10 per adult and $5 per child (ages 5-12). No reservations required. Visit www.coastaldiscovery.org for more information.

Birding at Pinckney Island: 7:309:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10 and 31, Pinckney Island Wildlife Refuge, Pinckney Island, Hilton Head Island.

Explore salt marsh mud flats and fresh water lagoons at Pinckney Island Wildlife Refuge while you discover amazing birds with an expert guide from the Coastal Discovery Museum.

For those 12 years and older only. Cost is $12 per person and reservations are required by calling 843-689-6767, ext.

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See Elvis, Cash, Lewis, Perkins in

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once-in-a-lifetime night in rock ‘n’ roll history happened on Dec. 4, 1956, when Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins came together in what would be one of the greatest impromptu jam sessions ever.

“Million Dollar Quartet” is the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical inspired by the true story of this famed recording session, held at the now-iconic Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee.

The musical brings to light the extraordinary story of broken promises, secrets and the celebration of four friends — and it is both poignant and heartwarming.

The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina production will be on stage June 21 through July 30, bringing that legendary night to life.

The musical, which the New York Magazine has called “a

dazzling, raucous spectacle that sounds like a million bucks,” features a score of rock hits including “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Fever,” “That’s All Right,” “Sixteen Tons,” “Great Balls of Fire,” “Walk the Line,” “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” “Who Do You Love?,” “Matchbox,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Hound Dog” and more.

Don’t miss your chance to be a fly on the wall of fame at “Million Dollar Quartet.” Tickets for preview performances June 21-23 are $37 for adults and $27 for children ages 5-15; tickets for performances June 24-July 30 are $47 for adults and $33 for children. Tickets can be purchased at the Arts Center box office by calling 843-842- 2787 or online at www.artshhi.com.

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NTRY GHOST STORIES ... FRIDAYS: THE ARTS CENTER P Sweetgrass Basket Classes: 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Saturdays, June 11 and 25, July 9 and 23, Aug. 13 and 27, Coastal Discovery Museum, 70 Honey Horn Drive, Hilton Head Island. Learn about the history of the sweet grass basket, one of the Lowcountry’s best known art forms, from a local seventh-generation Gullah basket maker. Then, try your hand at starting a basket of your own using locally found natural materials. Cost is $65 per person and reservations are required by calling 843-689-6767, ext. 223.

Lowcountry Ghost Stories: 8-9:15 p.m. Thursdays, Sea Pines Forest Preserve. Enjoy an evening of Lowcountry activities, ghost stories, and toasting marshmallows around a campfire. Reservations are required; contact 843-842-1979. $16 for adults, $11 for children (ages 12 and younger).

Movie Nights in the Park: 9 p.m. Thursdays, Shelter Cove Community Park, Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head Island. Enjoy your favorite blockbuster hits under the stars on a 20-foot movie screen. No admission fee!

Beach chairs, blankets and take-out food from Shelter Cove Towne Centre merchants recommended! For movie schedule and more information, visit www. sheltercovetownecentre.com.

“On Your Mark, Get Set…Read!”: Fight summer boredom with the Beaufort County Library’s 2016 Summer Reading Program. Children and teens earn points by reading and attending events at the library.

Participants receive prizes as points are accumulated, with exciting grand prizes offered. Library branches have a variety of events lined up such as magicians, jugglers, meet-and-greets with local athletic champions, live music, active storytelling, and more.

Registration begins Saturday, June 4. The program ends July 22, followed by wrap-up parties for participants. Participation is free! For more information, visit www.beaufortcountylibrary.org.

“Exercise Your Mind” Adult Summer Reading Program: June 4-July 22, Hilton Head Library.

Visitors to the Hilton Head Library will have a variety of ways to “Exercise Your Mind” and win prizes while doing so. Weekly trivia, book reviews, and event attendance all garner entries into the drawing, held at the finale. Our prize donors are Whole Foods Market, Core Pilates and Powerhouse Gym. Free, visit beaufortcountylibrary.org or contact Lauren Read at 843255-6531 or lread@bcgov.net for more information.

Summer Concert Series: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights, Up the Creek Pub & Grill, 18 Simmons Road, Hilton Head Island. Enjoy live music and casual dining on Up the Creek’s deck overlooking the water, marsh, and daily parade of boats. Weeknights it’s fire juggling and gators! For concert listing and additional information, visit www.upthecreekpubandgrill.com or call 843-681-3625.

The Arts Center Visual and Performing Arts Camps: Kids can let their imaginations run free this summer at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina. Create a work of art that will last a lifetime. Workshops include fish printing, batik method, Seaside Wooden Wall Plaque, and an Eric Carle-inspired watercolor class. Camps include theater, visual arts and clay. Pre-registration is required for all camps. Register children ages 5-14 at www.artshhi.com/workshops.

Summer Hours at First Presbyterian Church: 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., 540 William Hilton Parkway. First Presbyterian Church Hilton Head Island will begin the summer worship schedule on Sunday, June 5, through Labor Day. Worship times are 9 a.m. for contemporary worship and 10:30 a.m. for traditional worship. Sunday school will be at 9 and 10:30 a.m. For information, contact the church at 843-681-3696.

Kids Bowl Free: Through Sept. 5, Station 300, 25 Innovation Dr, Bluffton. Kids Bowl Free is a fantastic way for families to have a great time together without breaking the bank. Families that register will receive coupons valid for two free bowling games each day sent to their email address every Sunday morning from the starting date at their center until the conclusion of the program in their community. For more information, contact Lisa Kennedy at 843-815-2695 or LKennedy@station300.com.

Monday Night Tennis Exhibitions: 5:30 p.m., Mondays through Aug. 29, Sea Pines Resort Racquet Club. Exciting tennis demonstrations with valuable tips, refreshments, prize drawings, and Sea Pine’s traditional fishbowl sale. This event is sponsored by Sea Pines Real Estate, Prince, Adidas and Wilson. For additional information, contact the Sea Pines Resort Racquet Club at 843-363-4495.

Meditation Mondays: 9-10 a.m. Mondays in June, Hilton Head Library. Meditation is a great way to promote wellbeing by grounding oneself to feel more focused in today’s fast-paced world. Group meditation in particular is a great way to get support and develop a routine for a brand new, spotty, or long-time practice. The group will start with a brief introduction before sitting in meditation for a period of time flexible based on feedback (15-30 minutes). Soft chairs are available; to sit cross-legged, please bring a cushion. Everyone is welcome. Free, for more information visit beaufortcountylibrary.org or contact Lauren Read at 843-255-6531 or lread@bcgov.net.

Hilton Head Beach Volleyball Academy: Daily clinics, 8-9 a.m. Monday and Thursday, May 28-Aug. 12, Tiki Hut at Coligny Beach. Advanced clinics at Providence Presbyterian Church on Cordillo Parkway, Monday and Thursday from 6-8 p.m. Weekly round robin tournament at Tiki Hut, Fridays, 8-10 a.m. June 3-Aug. 13. For more information, visit www.hiltonheadbeachvolleyball.com.

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Beach Yoga: 9-10 a.m. Monday-Friday through Sept. 5, Coligny Beach in front of The Beach House Tiki Hut and volleyball courts. Bring a friend, towel, hat, sunglasses and water. We believe in the “gift economy,” where you pay as you wish or give whatever you feel is fair. Most importantly, do not let money get in the way of this bucket-list experience. This is a great family experience. Do yoga! For more information, call Karen at 843-816-3777 or “like” Hilton Head Beach Yoga on Facebook.

Free Beach Yoga and Meditation: Every Sunday 9-10 a.m. and 7 p.m. through Sept 4, Coligny Beach in front of The Beach House. Yoga will be from 9-10 a.m. and meditation will start at 7 p.m.

Free, contact Marty at 770-880-8505 or “like” Hilton Head Yoga Club on Facebook.

Beach Yoga with Jiva Yoga Center: 8-9 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Coligny Beach. Classes are $15, visit www.jivayogacenter.com to schedule.

Stand Up Paddle Board Yoga (SUP): High tide, most Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Private and semi-privates are also available for SUP, you can simple enjoy a “walk on the water” with no yoga involved. Just call Ken at 843-247-0004 to schedule, or visit www.jivayogacenter.com for more information.

The Jazz Corner: Nightly concerts at 8 p.m., doors open at 6 p.m. The Village at Wexford C-1, Hilton Head. The Jazz Corner’s intimate, elegant atmosphere is the perfect setting to enjoy an evening of world-class entertainment enhanced by our innovative Southern flavors menu and personal, attentive service. For concert schedules and more information, visit www.thejazzcorner. com or call 843-842-8620.

Volunteer Biking Ambassadors Needed: The Hilton Head Island Bicycle Advisory Committee is seeking individuals to help foster a welcoming environment and enhance safety on Hilton Head Island bike paths.

Volunteer bike ambassadors provide directions, maps, safety tips and flyers to visiting cyclists. Bike Ambassador Volunteers will work primarily during the busy summer season from May 29 to Aug. 8. For more information or to

volunteer, contact Maurice LaRoche at mlarochelm@roadunner.com or 603447-5353.

Soles4Souls: Bring your old shoes to the Island Rec Center! Soles4Souls is a not-for-profit global social enterprise committed to fighting poverty through the distribution of shoes and clothing.

For more information, contact the Island Rec Center at 843-681-7273 or visit www.islandreccenter.org.

Historic Zion Cemetery and Bayard Mausoleum: 10 a.m. Fridays, March through November. Join the Heritage Library for a tour of the cemetery where Revolutionary War soldiers are buried.

Learn about the oldest existing structure on Hilton Head Island and explore where planters antebellum church used to sit. $12 per adult, $7 per child.

Registration required, call 843-6866050 or visit HeritageLib.org.

Historic Fort Mitchel in Hilton Head Plantation: 10 a.m. Thursdays through November. Join the Heritage Library for a tour of the Civil War battery on Skull Creek built to protect Port Royal Sound and the Seabrook Coaling Station. $12 per adult, $7 per child. Registration required, call 843-686-6050 or visit HeritageLib.org.

Roasting Room Lounge and Listening Room: 1297 May River Road, Bluffton. The Lowcountry’s brandnew intimate music venue and bourbon bar. Weekly concerts. Visit www. roastingroomlounge.com for featured shows and tickets.

“Dive-in Movies”: The Island Recreation Association is pleased to bring a new Summertime event to Hilton Head. Introducing “Dive-in Movies!” Dive in Movies are a fun event where you can float in the pool and watch a movie. Arrive at the Island Rec Center Pool before dusk to participate in games and activities based around the movie of the night. For more information, call the Island Rec Center at 843-681-7273 or visit www.islandreccenter.org/events.

Gregg Russell Concerts: 8-9:30 p.m.

Every night except Saturdays, Sea Pines Resort.Celebrating 40 years in Harbour Town in 2016, Gregg has become a Sea Pines classic. You can

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N MONDAYS ... DAILY: HILTON HEAD BEACH V find him underneath the Liberty Oak entertaining adults and children alike.

His concerts are not to be missed. Free.

Visit Seapines.com.

SondorBlue Concerts: 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Saturdays, Sea Pines Resort. SondorBlue is a young, talented band of four Island-raised musicians turned college students. Their fun, energetic music blends styles and songs from the 60’s to modern day, and is known to leave fans tapping their feet and dancing along.

Free. Visit Seapines.com for additional information.

Golf Croquet: 10 a.m. Wednesdays, other times available by appointment.

Sea Pines Resort. An introduction to the fastest-growing version of croquet due to its simplicity and competitiveness.

Reservations are required; contact 843842-1979. $10 per person.

Forest Preserve Wagon Journey: 3:305 p.m. Thursdays, other times available by appointment, Sea Pines Resort. Sit back, relax and experience the animals and plant life of the Sea Pines Forest Preserve. Reservations required; contact 843-842-1979. Minimum of six guests. $15 per adult, $12 per child (ages 12 and younger).

Freshwater Fishing: 9-10:30 a.m.

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Sea Pines Resort. Enjoy a relaxing morning fishing by the beautiful lakes of the Sea Pines Forest Preserve. All supplies provided. Reservations required; contact 843-842-1979. $19 per adult, $14per child (ages 12 and younger).

Introduction to Fly Fishing: Daily; call for reservation. Learn the art of fly casting and the basics of fly fishing in the scenic Sea Pines Forest Preserve. Join Captain Fuzzy Davis for a custom twohour clinic that will have you casting like a pro. All tackle and flies are included and no license is required. Targeted species include bass and bluegill. 843842-1979. $200 for up to two anglers, $75 for each additional angler with a maximum of five anglers.

Charter Fishing: Daily; call for reservations, Sea Pines Resort. Harbour Town Yacht Basin offers the most experienced fishing captains on Hilton Head Island operating private fishing charters all year long. Just 10 minutes from the Atlantic Ocean, its fleet, including the

Izzy A, Echo, and Integrity, will guide you to the most fertile fishing grounds.

Trips range from three-hour inshore excursions to overnight trips to the Gulf Stream, 70 miles offshore. All items are provided, and catch will be cleaned at the docks. Reservations are required; contact Harbour Town Yacht Basin at 843-363-8335.

Fishing Camp for Kids: Held on most Mondays in June, July and August, Coastal Discovery Museum, 70 Honey Horn Drive, Hilton Head Island. Times vary according to the tides. Kids learn the basics of fishing, crabbing and shrimping at this interactive day camp.

The program will help kids discover the sport of fishing and give them all the tools necessary to continue fishing for years to come. Cost is $35 per child (ages 7-14). www.coastaldiscovery.org or by calling 843-689-6767, ext. 223.

Crabby Encounters Shore Explore: 9-10 a.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, Sea Pines Resort. Spend your morning searching for the crabs of Hilton Head Island and learning about crabs and other beach creatures, including the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin.

Supplies provided; catch & release.

Reservations required; contact 843842-1979. $19 per adult, $14 per child (ages 12 and younger).

Geocaching: Daily, Sea Pines Resort.

Immerse yourself in the natural beauty of Sea Pines and discover your adventurous side through geocaching!

Geocaching is a real-world treasure hunting game where you’ll follow clues to find hidden items at popular sights.

Get started at seapines.com/geocaching.

SAVE THE DATE

JULY 18-22

Surf Shack VBS: 9 a.m.-noon, Monday, July 18 through Friday, July 22, St. Andrew By-The-Sea, 20 Pope Avenue, Hilton Head Island. Come “catch the wave of God’s amazing love.” Children will enjoy a week’s worth of crafts, games and music while learning how God “Creates, Helps, Loves, Calms and Sends.” Cost is $10.00 per child (Scholarships available for qualified applicants.) Contact Hilton Head Campus Children’s Coordinator Lauren Ricciardelli at laurenrhhiumc@gmail. com. Registration and more information at www.hhiumc.com/vbs.

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PHOTOS BY ARNO DIMMLING

he 12th annual Yacht Hop of Hilton Head took place at the Harbour Town Yacht Basin.

The event is the Hospice Care of the Lowcountry’s largest annual fundraiser.

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GET IN THE SPOTLIGHT To submit photos from your event or party, email editor@ hiltonheadmonthly.com or you can share them directly from your Facebook page by liking us on Facebook.

The Camera Club of Hilton Head Island recently presented the prestigious Kurtzberg Award to three Hilton Head Island High School students. First place went to Savannah Heitmann for her image “Sparks.” Second and third place went to Kelly Mianowski for her images “Blue Sunset” and “Boy in Mirror.” Honorable mention went to Izabella Wilkins for her image “Our Lord and Savior.”

Each season, the Hilton Head Island Recreation Association honors the volunteer coaches who promote and exemplify good sportsmanship in our youth athletic programs. From left: Island Rec Center board president Alan Perry, coaches Ricky Lugo and Rob Marotta, past president Bubba Gillis, festival entrance coordinators Alan and Gloria L’coe, and recreation director Bob Rozek.

Willie Baker, Lee Brown, Ryan Peck, Monique Shields, Charles Brown and Frank Williams III were named this year’s Champions at the Lowcountry Down Syndrome Society’s Night of Champions gala at The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa.

Weidner, Wegmann & Harper celebrated its new Bluffton location with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Regus Office in Bluffton. Celebrating with the law firm team were ambassadors and staff from the Greater Bluffton Chamber of Commerce.

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he Kiwanis Club of Hilton Head Island hosted its 20th annual; Rib Burnoff & Barbecue Fest at Honey Horn. The event raised money for local children’s charities.

Winners were: • Blind Tasting Ribs: 1. Hog Heaven, 2.

Bullies BBQ, 3. Bomboras Grille • Blind Tasting Barbecue: 1. One Hot Mama’s, 2. Hog Heaven; 3. Smokin’ Gun

PHOTOS BY TR MEDIA WORLD

• Popular Vote, Professional Ribs: 1. One Hot Mama’s; 2. Bomboras Grille; 3. Bullies BBQ • Popular Vote, Amateur Ribs: 1. Hog Heaven; 2. Rib King; 3. Elgie Stover • Popular Vote, Professional Barbecue: 1.

One Hot Mama’s, 2. Bullies BBQ, 3. The Porch • Popular Vote, Amateur Barbecue: 1. Hog Heaven, 2. Too Sauced to Pork, Elgie Stover • Showmanship Award: Hog Heaven

Lowcountry Kappa Delta members donated items for “Finals Week Care Packages” for students at Georgia Southern University. Front row, from left: Kristine Beliles, Diane Brown, Mickey Beliles, Mimi Carman, Mardy Burleson, Vicki Melton, Vicki Giammona, JoAnna Bradley and Maryann Way. Back row: Katie Peterson, Maggie Denison, Tammie Blank and Laura Fraser.

The Rotary Club of Okatie, working with the Bluffton High School Interact Club, raised over $1,750 to support the earthquake relief effort in Manta, Ecuador.

Mayor David Bennett presented 160 Hilton Head Island middle and high school students with the Mayor’s Youth Volunteer Service Award at a special ceremony at the Sonesta Resort.

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The Foundation for Educational Excellence’s recent annual fundraiser, Jewels & Jeans, was an overwhelming success. The event raised more than $36,000 to support the foundation’s efforts to provide grants to exceptional teachers in Beaufort County for innovative projects not fully funded through traditional channels.

St. Andrew By-The-Sea United Methodist Church recently provided gifts for two of the area’s best-known helping agencies, The Deep Well Project and Bluffton Self Help. Donations totaling $3,500 each were accepted this month by executive directors Betsy Doughtie of Deep Well (right) and Lili Coleman of Bluffton Self Help (above).

From left: John Rumsey, Marc Frey, Patty Holm and Ted Arisaka. The four won the South Carolina Yacht Club’s 2016 Spring PHRF Series.

Hilton Head Regional Habitat for Humanity executive director Pat Wirth, along with board chairman Larry Sanders, display the $50,000 grant check they were awarded by Women in Philanthropy.

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MUSIC

TUESDAYS

LI V E R CALENDA MONDAYS

• Aunt Chilada’s Easy Street Café: 7-10 p.m., Tommy Sims • The Big Bamboo Café: 6:30-10 p.m., Country Night with Levi Moore (June 6 & 13) • The Boardroom: 10-11:45 p.m., Executrix (June 6,13, & 27), No Need (June 20) • Bomboras Grille: 6:30 p.m., Dingtown • Captain Woody’s Hilton Head: 6-9 p.m., Chris Jones • CharBar: 6-9 p.m., Mike Bagenstose • The Crazy Crab Jarvis Creek: 6-9 p.m., Mike Wilson & Charlie Simpson • Hudson’s Seafood House On the Docks: 6 p.m., Sarah Burns & Taylor Kent • The Jazz Corner: 8-11 p.m., “A Journey Through Jazz” with The Martin Lesch Band

• Aunt Chilada’s Easy Street Café: 7-10 p.m., Peter & Yanni • The Big Bamboo Café: 6:30-10 p.m., Souls Harbor Acoustic • The Boardroom: 10-11:45 p.m., Hannah Wicklund (June 7), Nick Poulin Trio (June 14), No Need (June 21), Peter Buonaluto (June 28) • Bomboras Grille: 6:30 p.m., Vince Ruby • CharBar: 6-9 p.m., Reid Richmond • CocoNutz: 9:30 p.m., Tommy Sims Open Jam Night • The Crazy Crab Jarvis Creek: 6-9 p.m., Sean Biggins • Hudson’s Seafood House on the Docks: 6 p.m., Lowcountry Boil Bluegrass Band • The Jazz Corner: 8-11 p.m., Fat Tuesdays with the Jazz Corner Quintet

WEDNESDAYS

• Aunt Chilada’s Easy Street Café: 7-10 p.m., Simpson Brothers • The Big Bamboo Café: 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m., Reggae Nite • The Boardroom: 10-11:45 p.m., Templetones (June 1), Groove Town Assault (June 8 & 22), The Steppin’ Stones (June 15), Lowcountry Jam (June 29) • Bomboras Grille: 6:30 p.m., Jordan Sturm • Captain Woody’s Hilton Head: 6-9 p.m., Ben Hughey • CharBar: 6-9 p.m., Whitley Deputy • CocoNutz: 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., DJ Crush • The Crazy Crab Jarvis Creek: 6-9 p.m., Ty Miller • Hudson’s Seafood House On the Docks: 6 p.m., Bruce Crichton

• The Jazz Corner: 8-11 p.m., The Bobby Ryder Quartet (June 1, 15, & 29), The Earl Williams Quartet (June 8 & 22)

THURSDAYS

• The Boardroom: 10-11:45 p.m., Will Snyder Experience (June 2,16, & 30), Matt Eckstine and Eric Daubert (June 9), Five40 (June 23) • The Big Bamboo Café: 6:30-10 p.m., Souls Harbor Acoustic • Bomboras Grille: 6:30 p.m., Jackson Evans Speakeasy Duo • Captain Woody’s Hilton Head: 6-9 p.m., Shane Marstiller (June 2, 16, & 23), Sean Biggins (June 9), The Beagles (June 30) • Captain Woody’s Bluffton: 7-10 p.m., Sean Biggins (June 2, 16, & 30), The Beagles (June 9), La Bodega Lite (June 23) • CharBar: 6-9 p.m., Peter Buonaluto • The Crazy Crab Jarvis Creek: 6-9 p.m., Mike Wilson • ELA’s Blu Water Grille: 7-10 p.m., Reid Richmond • Hudson’s Seafood House On the Docks: 6 p.m., TBD • The Jazz Corner: 8-11 p.m., The Levon Stevens Quartet featuring Louise Spencer • The Pearl Kitchen & Bar: 7-10 p.m., John Wasem • Reilley’s Grill & Bar South: 6-9 p.m., Single Husband’s Band

FRIDAYS

• The Big Bamboo Café: 6:30-9:30 p.m., Beagles Play Beatles • The Boardroom: 10-11:45 p.m., Lyn Avenue (June 3), La Bodega (June 17), Scott Little (June 24)

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MUSIC • Captain Woody’s Hilton Head: 6-9 p.m., La Bodega (June 3), TBD (June 10), Native (June 17), The Simpson Brothers (June 24) • Bomboras Grille: 6:30 p.m., Lowcountry Jams • Captain Woody’s Bluffton: 7-10 p.m., Souls Harbor Acoustic (June 3), The Simpson Brothers (June 10), Pretty Artillery (June 17), Tammy O’Cain (June 24) • CharBar: 7-10 p.m., Tommy Sims • CocoNutz: 9:30 p.m., The Good Cooks (June 3), Spike Ivory Band (June 10), Jeff Merrill (June 17), Wild Wysteria (June 24) • The Crazy Crab Jarvis Creek: 6-9 p.m., Craig Coyne • ELA’s Blu Water Grille: 7-10 p.m., John Wasem • Hudson’s Seafood House On the Docks: 6 p.m., Bruce Crichton • Jamaica Joez: 4-7 p.m., The Good Cooks • The Jazz Corner: 8-11 p.m., violinist Eddie Venegas and the LowCountry Jazz Collective (June 3), The Will Snyder Trio feat. Bruce Gertz and Nathan Ellman-Bell (June 10), Super Trio- Pianist Kevin Bales, Percussionist Justin Varnes, and Bassist Herman Burney (June 17), A Jazz Celebration of The Beatles with The Noel Freidline Quartet (June 24) • The Pearl Kitchen & Bar: 7-10 p.m., Reid Richmond • Reilley’s Grill & Bar South: 7-10 p.m., La Bodega (June 3), Whyte Noyse (June 17), Andrew White with Morning Fatty (June 24) • Up the Creek Pub & Grill: 7 p.m., Lowcountry Jam (June 3), Night Train (June 10), Chilly Willy Band (June 17), The Wrong Way Up Grateful Dead Tribute Band (Jun 24)

SATURDAYS

• The Boardroom: 10-11:45 p.m., Stee & The Ear Candy (June 4), Lowcountry Jam (June 11), Kontraband Muzic (June 18) • Bomboras Grille: 6:30 p.m., Reid Richmond • Captain Woody’s Bluffton: 7-10 p.m., Glenn Jacobs (June 4), Chris Jones (June 11 & 25), Greg Maynard (June 18) • CharBar: 9-midnight, Kyle Wareham • The Crazy Crab Jarvis Creek: 6-9 p.m., Kris Gloer • ELA’s Blu Water Grille: 7-10 p.m., John Wasem • Hudson’s Seafood House On the Docks: 6 p.m., TBD • Jamaica Joez: 4-7 p.m., Hannah Brown and Executrix • The Jazz Corner: 8-11 p.m., violinist Eddie Venegas and the LowCountry Jazz Collective (June 4), The Will Snyder Trio featuring Bruce Gertz and Nathan Ellman-Bell (June 11), Super Trio of pianist Kevin Bales, percussionist Justin Varnes and bassist Herman Burney (June 18), A Jazz Celebration of The Beatles with The Noel Freidline Quartet (June 25) • The Pearl Kitchen & Bar: 7-10 p.m., Tommy Crenshaw (June 4 & 25), Kevin Richmond (June 11 & 18) • Reilley’s Grill & Bar South: 7-10 p.m., Andrew White with Morning Fatty (June 18) • Up the Creek Pub & Grill: 7 p.m., JoJo Squirel (June 4), Groove Town Assault (June 11), La Bodega Lite (June 18), Red White & Blues (June 25)

• Captain Woody’s Bluffton: 7-10 p.m., Harry Santana (June 5 & 26), Brad Wells (June 12), Glenn Jacobs (Jun 19) • CharBar: 6-9 p.m., Nick Poulin • The Crazy Crab Jarvis Creek: 6-9 p.m., David Wingo • ELA’s Blu Water Grille: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Sunday Brunch on the Water with Bill Peterson, 7-10 p.m., Island Sounds of Dean St. Hillaire • Hudson’s Seafood House On the Docks: 6 p.m., Trillium • Jamaica Joez: 4-7 p.m., SondorBlue • The Jazz Corner: 8-11 p.m., Deas Guyz • Reilley’s Grill & Bar South: 7-10 p.m., Simpson Brothers

JUNE 6, 13 & 27 Rock out with Executrix at The Boardroom.

10-11:45 p.m., Monday nights (June 6, 13 and 27).

SUNDAYS

• The Boardroom: 10-11:45 p.m., Swampfire Sessions • Bomboras Grille: 6:30 p.m., La Bodega Lite • Captain Woody’s Hilton Head: 6-9 p.m., Souls Harbor Duo

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WHAT’S

COOKIN’

A HEAPING HELPING OF LOCAL RESTAURANT NEWS

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BY CARRIE HIRSCH

njoying a sun-kissed strawberry ushers in summertime like no other fruit. Like the belle of the ball, strawberries can stand alone, but nothing beats strawberries dipped in fresh sour cream and then in dark brown sugar. April through June is the prime time for strawberry picking in South Carolina.

Eating a strawberry brought in by boat, train, hovercraft, flying carpet or by other means of transportation during other times of the year from other countries, although strawberries may be in season in that hemisphere, rarely does this exquisite fruit justice. It is important to note that strawberries do not continue to ripen after they are picked off the plant, so sourcing them from farmers markets is always the best option — or pick them yourself at an area farm for a fun outing. Strawberries appear in literature through the centuries, but no mention was more entertaining than this quote from Dr. John Watson, who concludes in a sarcastic banter with crime-fighting super sleuth Sherlock Holmes, “I perceive from the strawberry mark on your shirt-front that you had strawberries for dessert.” M

Strawberry Mint Quinoa Salad

STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER CHEF TIP ON STRAWBERRIES COURTNEY GLOVER | BROWN SUGAR CUSTOM CAKES “I like eating strawberries during the summer, when they are ripe, red and juicy.

I love going to farmers markets, and buying strawberries from the local farmers, because they are organic and taste the best. My clients love my fresh strawberry cupcakes with cream cheese icing, which is great for summer weddings. I personally love eating strawberries for breakfast, with a little Greek yogurt and granola.”

RECIPE BY CARRIE HIRSCH

INGREDIENTS (Serves 6-8)

1 cup uncooked quinoa 2 cups water 1 pound small ripe strawberries, hulled and sliced 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 5 tablespoons honey 5 tablespoons red wine vinegar ½ freshly ground black pepper Handful fresh mint leaves, finely chopped 4 ounces feta cheese crumbles In a medium pot, bring quinoa and water to a boil then reduce heat and simmer for 12-15 minutes or until all water is absorbed and the grain appears soft and translucent. Add a few tablespoons more water if needed at the later stage of cooking to avoid undercooking. Transfer quinoa to a bowl and cool. Break up any clumps with your fingers before adding and gently tossing together all remaining ingredients.

Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

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KURAMA REOPENS AS

SEAFIRE GRILL & BAR

Popular Hilton Head Island Japanese restaurant Kurama has reopened as Seafire Modern Hibachi Grill & Bar. The longtime hibachi favorite has expanded its traditional cuisine to more Southern-inspired fare, including Bulgogi sliders and tempura fried chicken and waffles. The restaurant also underwent a $100,000 renovation.

OMBRA CELEBRATING NEGRONI WEEK

OMBRA Cucina Rustica is participating in Negroni Week. For every Negroni beer sold June 6-12, OMBRA will donate $2 to St. Baldrick’s of Savannah to fund research for childhood cancer. The restaurant was inspired by Alex “Smiles” Arrieta, who recently passed away from cancer at the age of 10.

Own a dehydrator?

MAKE WATERMELON JERKY!

OPENS TANGER RESTAURANT

Slice a quarter of the melon into 1/4 inchstrips or thinner. Cut off the crescent-shaped rind portion from those slices. Make watermelon chips about the size of regular tortilla chips. Put the chips into your dehydrator for 8 1/2 hours, then enjoy!

Hilton Head Island’s popular Salty Dog Café has opened a second restaurant at the Tanger II shopping center in Bluffton. Although it’s off the island, you’ll still feel as though you’re right on the water thanks to the same menu and a live feed of the docks in South Beach Marina Village.

The restaurant moved into the space once used by Robert Irvine’s Nosh.

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WHAT’S

COOKIN’ CONTINUED

VEGETABLE KINGDOM EXPANDS

WEYERBACHER BREWMASTER VISITS SALT MARSH BREWING Bluffton’s Salt Marsh Brewing hosted master brewer Chris Wilson of Weyerbacher Brewing on May 18 at the Collaboration Brew and Tap Takeover. The event introduced several special beers to South Carolina, with Wilson and Salt Marsh brewmaster James Brown collaborating on a special brew.

Vegetable Kingdom, a local preserving company, is quickly expanding across the Southeast. The company started in 2007, selling jams, jellies and other preserves at the Port Royal Farmers Market. It has since expanded to farmers markets in Charleston, Columbia, Beaufort and Savannah. Its products are also available at Whole Foods grocery stores in both South Carolina and Georgia.

ANNOUNCES FUNDRAISER The Fresh Market is selling hot dogs, root beer floats and ice cream sundaes for a $2 donation to help benefit the Hope Floats campaign. The event is 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 3-5.

The proceeds for the campaign will go toward supporting a cure for Type 1 diabetes. Additionally, The Fresh Market is also doing a sneaker campaign in which participants can buy green paper shoes to support the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

ANOTHER BROKEN EGG COMING TO HHI

Another Broken Egg is one of the many new businesses set to open in the Sea Turtle Marketplace, where Pineland Station once stood. The Louisiana-based chain has more to offer than just the traditional pancakes and eggs. The menu features six different types of benedicts, eight different types of omelets and a Cinnamon Roll French Toast. Aside from coffee, the chain restaurant offers a variety of “spirited mornings” like the Brunch ‘n More Bellini. It is expected to open by the end of the year.

CARRETTA COFFEE NOW OPEN IN COLIGNY PLAZA A new coffee shop, Carretta Coffee Company, has opened in Coligny Plaza where Java Joe’s was located. Taking its name from the scientific name for the loggerhead sea turtle, caretta caretta, the shop’s interior is sea turtle themed. A portion of all sales benefit sea turtles.

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THE COLLEGE MAN’S COOKBOOK

– HELP IS ON THE WAY! Island resident and soon-to-be college graduate George Hirsch Jr. has completed three years of creating, testing and photographing original recipes for “The College Man’s Cookbook.” The cookbook is broken down into ten chapters and in addition to original recipes for snacks, appetizers, soups, stews, chowders, sandwiches, wraps, tacos, dinner, and sides, it also offers recipes for salads, late night snacks, and of course desserts for the college man’s sweet tooth. “There are also recipes to impress the parents — a small gesture, considering they pay tuition.” Hirsch said. “The ‘hangover helper’ recipes pick you up after a late night of studying or partying … routines widely practiced by most college men. Cooking is the new golf with the added benefit of saving money, eating better quality ingredients than in most fast food places, bringing friends together and just plain old fun. The cook has the power to bring people together.”

The sandwich chapter includes recipes like Chicken Parm in The Oven, Gone Fishin’ Tacos, Touchdown Roast Pork Hoagies, and The Bad-Ass Godfather, an outrageous Italian sub named in honor of character Tony Soprano of The Sopranos. Tips on basics like how to shop for and store food, and how to avoid bad science experiments taking place in the communal fridge are helpful to students who are living on their own for the first time.

“We created the ‘The College Man’s Cookbook’ logo and Facebook page to be able to build a following so that we can easily send out pictures, videos, recipes and tips about cooking as a college man,” Hirsch said. “We want to use this as tool to create a demand for the cookbook and then be able to go to a publisher with a proof of concept, so that we can get it published in hard copy form and as an app, as well.

‘The College Woman’s Cookbook’ is almost completed. We’re also looking into a crowd-funding option. College men and women are in dire need of help in the kitchen.”

“The College Man’s Cookbook” guacamole

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DININGLISTINGS BREAKFAST LUNCH DINNER OPEN LATE SUNDAY BRUNCH

FACES BEHIND THE FOOD SCENE GETTING TO KNOW

HILTON HEAD NORTH END

ATLANTA BREAD COMPANY 45 Pembroke Drive. 843-342-2253.  BELLA ITALIA BISTRO AND PIZZA 95 Mathews Drive in Port Royal Plaza. 843689-5560. 

MICHAEL CIRAFESI

THE CAROLINA ROOM The Westin Resort, Port Royal Plantation. 843-681-4000, ext.

7045. 

Hometown: Norristown, PA Job: Executive chef and chief operating officer at OMBRA Cucina Rustica

CHART HOUSE 2 Hudson Road. 843-3429066.  CRAZY CRAB (NORTH) 104 William Hilton Parkway, 843-681-5021, www.thecrazycrab. com.  FIESTA FRESH MEXICAN GRILL (NORTH) 95 Mathews Drive. 843-342-8808.  FRANKIE BONES 1301 Main Street. 843-682-4455. 

Question: What is your comfort food?

Answer: Sandwiches.

Q: Who was your greatest cooking influence?

A: My grandmother, Victoria Vernacchio.

Q: What would you want your last meal to be?

A: Tagliatelle with fresh white Alba truffles.

Q: Other than Italian, what’s your favorite ethnic cuisine?

A: Japanese sushi rolls.

HUDSON’S SEAFOOD HOUSE ON THE DOCKS 1 Hudson Road. 843-681-2772. www.hudsonsonthedocks.com.  IL CARPACCIO If you’re hankering for some authentic Italian cuisine, this island institution is worth finding. Pizza is cooked in a hardwood-burning oven and everything is made from scratch. 200A Museum St. 843342-9949. ilcarpaccioofhiltonhead.com.  LAGERHEAD TAVERN 155 High Bluff Road, Hilton Head Plantation. 843-684-2184, www. lagerheadtavern.com.  MAIN STREET CAFÉ 1411 Main Street Village. 843-689-3999.  MANGIAMO! 2000 Main St. 843-682-2444.  MUNCHIES 1407 Main St. 843-785-3354.  NEW YORK CITY PIZZA 45 Pembroke Drive.

843-689-2222. 

Q: If you had to eat at a local restaurant other than your own, where would you go?

A: Hinoki, once a week!

Q: What is your favorite ingredient to cook with?

A: White and black truffles.

Q: What’s your favorite music to cook by?

A: Michael Jackson and Jay Z. Q: What celebrity you would love to cook dinner for?

A: Pope Francis.

Q: Best midnight snack?

A: Grilled cheese made by my son Laer.

Q: What is your favorite brand of wine?

PHOTO BY ROB KAUFMAN

A: Zenato, especially their Amarone Riserva.

Q: How do you make your marinara sauce?

A: Minced onion, bay leaf, olive oil, whole peeled plum tomatoes.

Q: Other than cooking, what are your hobbies?

A: Laying on the beach with my wife and six sons.

Q: Best thing about being a chef?

A: Making people smile through food.

Q: Worst thing about being a chef?

A: Working on holidays.

Q: Five things that can always be found in your fridge at home: A: Ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, Go-Gurt, juice boxes and lots of wine. I have six kids, what do you expect?

OKKO 95 Mathews Drive. 843-341-3377.  OLD FORT PUB 65 Skull Creek Drive. 843681-2386.  OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE 20 Hatton Place.

843-681-4329.  PAN FRESCO OLE 55 Matthews Drive. 843681-5989.  PLANTATION CAFÉ AND DELI 95 Mathews Drive. 843-342-4472.  THE PURPLE COW 95 Mathews Drive. 843-681-2253, purplecowhhi.com.  REILLEY’S NORTH END PUB 95 Mathews Drive. 843-681-4153. 

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WANT TO BE LISTED?

All area codes 843. Listings are fluid and heavily dependent on your help; to submit or update, email editor@hiltonheadmonthly.com.

RUAN THAI HUT 1107 Main St., 843-6813700. LD

ARTHUR’S GRILLE Arthur Hills course, Palmetto Dunes. 843-785-1191. LD

RUBY LEE’S 46 Wild Horse Road. 843-6817829. LDS

BIG JIM’S BBQ, BURGERS AND PIZZA Robert Trent Jones course, Palmetto Dunes.

843-785-1165. LD

SKULL CREEK BOATHOUSE 397 Squire Pope Road. 843-681-3663. DO STARBUCKS 430 William Hilton Pkway in Pineland Station. 843-689-6823.

STREET MEET 95 Mathews Drive, Port Royal Plaza. 843-842-2570. LDO SUNSET GRILLE 43 Jenkins Island Road.

843-689-6744. LDOS TJ’S TAKE AND BAKE PIZZA 35 Main St. 843-681-2900. LD TURTLES BEACH BAR & GRILL 2 Grasslawn Avenue at The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa. 843-681-4000.

LDO WISEGUYS 1513 Main St. 843-842-8866. DO YUMMY HOUSE 2 Southwood Park Drive.

843-681-5888. LD

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843 890 William Hilton Parkway, Fresh Market Shoppes. 843-686-8843. LD ALEXANDER’S 76 Queens Folly Road. 843785-4999. LD

BONEFISH GRILL 890 William Hilton Parkway. 843-341-3772. LD BUCCI’S ITALIAN CUISINE 13 Harbourside Lane, Shelter Cove. 843-7853300. LDO CAPTAIN GILLAN’S 18 Harbourside Lane, Shelter Cove Harbour.

843-785-4442 LDO CARRABBA’S ITALIAN GRILL 14 Folly Field Drive. 843-785-5007. LD CAFÉ AT THE MARRIOTT Oceanside at Hilton Head Marriott Resort & Spa, Palmetto Dunes.

843-686-8488. BL COCO’S ON THE BEACH 663 William Hilton Parkway; also located at beach marker 94A. 843-842-2626. LD COCONUTZ SPORTZ BAR The perfect place to meet with friends and enjoy great food and cold beer. CocoNutz always shows college and professional sports on its 17 HD TVs. Hilton Head Island Beach & Tennis Resort, 40 Folly Field Road. 843-842-0043. DO CONROY’S Hilton Head Marriott Resort & Spa, Palmetto Dunes. 843-686-8499. DS DRYDOCK 840 William Hilton Pkwy., 843842-9775. LD DYE’S GULLAH FIXIN’S 840 William Hilton Parkway, Atrium Building. 843-681-8106, www.dyesgullahfixins.com. LD

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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. 807 William Hilton Parkway, #1200, in Plantation Center.

843-341-3117. alfredshiltonhead.com D

BISTRO 17 17 Harbourside Lane in Shelter Cove. 843-785-5517. www.bistro17hhi.com.

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Serena Pizza

Tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, Italian mild sausage, green sweet peppers and fresh diced tomato fired inside a wood-burning oven. $12.50.

Available at Il Carpaccio.

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ELA’S BLU WATER GRILLE Featured in Bon Appetit and the winner of numerous OpenTable awards. Fresh-caught seafood and prime-cut steaks of the highest quality complement the extensive boutique wine selection. ELA’s is known for the best water views on the island. Serving lunch MondayFriday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Dinner nightly starting at 5 p.m., and now offering “Sunday Brunch on the Water” complete with live jazz music every Sunday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 1 Shelter Cove Lane in Shelter Cove Harbour.

843-785-3030. www.elasgrille.com. LD FLORA’S ITALIAN CAFE 841 William Hilton Parkway in South Island Square. 843-8428200. D FRENCH BAKERY The bakery was established in 1998 by the Leon family, and taken over by the Belka family from Poland in 2012. The Belka family lovingly create baked goods for their local Hilton Head and Bluffton neighbors, as well as for tourists.

120 Shelter Cove Lane, Shelter Cove Towne Centre. 843-342-5420. BL GATOR’Z PIZZA There’s a reason why Hilton Head locals and visitors love this pizza. At Gator’z, they use only the freshest ingredients and consistent service to please every customer, every order. With its signature square pizza, you get more ingredients and more taste. Hilton Head Island Beach & Tennis Resort. 843-842-0004. D GIUSEPPI’S PIZZA AND PASTA 32 Shelter Cove Lane in Shelter Cove. 843-785-4144.

LD HAROLD’S DINER 641 William Hilton Parkway. 843-842-9292. BL HH PRIME Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort in Palmetto Dunes. 843-842-8000.

BLDS HICKORY TAVERN 50 Shelter Cove Lane. 843802-0010. LD ISLAND BAGEL & DELI Fresh baked bagels made from scratch, water boiled and baked each day. Hoagies, salads, pastries and coffee are also served. The restaurant was featured in the July 2013 issue of Southern Living magazine. South Island Square. 843686-3353. BL JAMAICA JOE’Z BEACH BAR On the beachfront, Jamaica Joe’z serves up a casual menu of burgers, sandwiches and a light bar fare and your favorite tropical beverage. Hilton Head Island Beach & Tennis Resort, 40 Folly Field Road. 843-842-0044. O JANE BISTRO & BAR 28 Shelter Cove Lane, Suite 109.

LUCKY ROOSTER KITCHEN + BAR 841 William Hilton Parkway, Unit A, South Island Square. 843-681-3474, www.luckyroosterhhi.com. DO MAYWOOD DAVIS 612 William Hilton Parkway. 843-368-2839, www.maywooddavis.com.

MEDITERRANEAN HARBOUR You can be a

meat lover or a vegetarian, with choices from Lebanese steaks, lamb, seafood, vegetables and gluten-free appetizers. Mediterranean Harbour Bar and Grill focuses on homemade recipes from Lebanon using ingredients such as olive oil, lemon juice, herbs and garlic.

13 Harbourside Lane, Unit B, Shelter Cove Harbour. 843-842-9991, mediterraneanharbour.com. DO NEW YORK CITY PIZZA 28 Shelter Cove Lane, Suite 119, Shelter Cove Towne Centre.

843-785-4200. LD 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 in The Wall Street Journal. Wine Spectator magazine bestowed its “Award of Excellence” for the restaurant’s wine list and knowledge of wine. 101 Marshland Road. 843-6816040. www.oldoysterfactory.com. DO ORANGE LEAF 38 Shelter Cove Lane, 843689-5323, www.orangeleafyogurt.com.

PAZZO 807 William Hilton Parkway in Plantation Center. 843-842-9463. LD THE PHOENIX BISTRO Oven-baked pancakes are the house specialty. The entire menu is reminiscent of Mom’s home cooking. 70 Marshland Road, 843-342-2880, phoenixbistro.com BL POSEIDON 38 Shelter Cove Lane, Shelter Cove Towne Centre. 843-341-3838, www. poseidonhhi.com. LDO RUAN THAI CUISINE I 81 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island. 843-7858576. LD SCOTT’S FISH MARKET RESTAURANT AND BAR 17 Harbour Side Lane. 843-7857575. D SAN MIGUEL’S 9 Shelter Cove Lane in Shelter Cove Harbour. 843-842-4555. www.sanmiguels.com. LD SANTA FE CAFÉ 807 William Hilton Parkway in Plantation Center. 843-7853838. LD SEA GRASS GRILLE 807 William Hilton Parkway. 843-785-9990. LD STARBUCKS 32 Shelter Cove Lane. 843842-4090.

UP THE CREEK PUB & GRILL Broad Creek Marina, 18 Simmons Road. 843-681-3625.

LDO WAYBACK BURGERS 32 Shelter Cove Lane, Shelter Cove Towne Centre. 843-7852650, www.waybackburgers.com. LDO WORLD OF BEER 30 Shelter Cove Lane, Shelter Cove Towne Centre. www.worldofbeer.com. LDO XO SPORTS SPIRITS Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort in Palmetto Dunes. 843341-8080.

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AMIGOS CAFE Y CANTINA 70 Pope Avenue. 843-785-8226. LD ANGLER’S BEACH MARKET GRILL 2 North Forest Beach Dr., 843-785-3474. LD ANNIE O’S 124 Arrow Road. 843-3412664. LD ASIAN BISTRO 51 New Orleans Road. 843686-9888. LD AUNT CHILADA’S EASY STREET CAFE 69 Pope Avenue. 843-785-7700. LD BAILEY’S BAR & TERRACE Sonesta Resort; 130 Shipyard Drive. 843-842-2400. LD BEACH BREAK GRILL 24 Palmetto Bay Road, Suite F. 843-785-2466. LD BESS’ DELICATESSEN AND CATERING Lunch specials include fresh homemade soups and assorted salads, and freshly oven-roasted turkey breast. Bess’ features Boar’s Head meats and cheeses. 55 New Orleans Road, Fountain Center. 843-7855504, www.bessdeli.com. BL BIG BAMBOO CAFE After expanding its outside deck, owners of The Big Bamboo Café decided to upgrade their menu, focusing on fresh seafood items. Many fried items have been replaced with healthier grilled options, such as chargrilled chicken

tacos. 1 North Forest Beach Drive, Coligny Plaza. 843-686-3443, www.bigbamboocafe. com. LDO BLACK MARLIN BAYSIDE GRILL AND HURRICANE BAR 86 Helmsman Way in Palmetto Bay Marina. 843-785-4950.

LDS 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. 5 Lagoon Road. 843-689-2662. LDO BAYLEY’S 130 Shipyard Drive. Sonesta Resort. 843-842-2400. BD BRITISH OPEN PUB 1000 William Hilton Parkway D3 in the Village at Wexford. 843686-6736. LDO BRICKYARD PUB 45 Shipyard Drive, #200.

843-681-1530. LDO BULLIES BBQ 3 Regents Parkway. 843686-7427. LD CALLAHAN’S SPORTS BAR & GRILL 49 New Orleans Road. 843-686-7665.

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. 6 Target Road.

843-785-2400. www.captainwoodys.com.

LDO CAROLINA CRAB COMPANY 86 Helmsman Way, Palmetto Bay Marina.

843-842-2016. LD CARRETTA COFFEE COMPANY Coligny Plaza. 843-342-6400. BL CASEY’S SPORTS BAR AND GRILLE 37 New Orleans Road. 843-785-2255.

LDO CATCH 22 37 New Orleans Plaza. 843-7856261. D CHARBAR CO. Executive chef Charles Pejeau’s burger creations have made this a local favorite, serving award-winning gourmet burgers, sandwiches, salads and more.

33 Office Park Road, Suite 213. Park Plaza, 843-785-2427. LD CHARLIE’S L’ETOILE VERTE A great place for a power lunch or a romantic dinner.

Owner Charlie Golson and his son Palmer write the entire menu by hand each day, based on the freshest local seafood available. The dinner menu offers an array of 14 fresh fish, rack of lamb, filet mignon and

more. 8 New Orleans Road. 843-785-9277, www.charliesgreenstar.com.D CHOW DADDY’S Located in the old Dry Dock building on Executive Park Road, using local, organic ingredients with meals prepared to order. Featuring salad bowls, sandwiches, tacos, hot bowls, platters and other snacks. The daily happy hour is 4-6 p.m. 14B Executive Park Road, 843-8422469, www.chowdaddys.com.

COAST Sea Pines Beach Club. 843-8421888. LD COLIGNY DELI & GRILL Coligny Plaza.

843-785-4440. LD CORKS NEIGHBORHOOD WINE BAR 11 Palmetto Bay Road. 843-671-7783. LD COWBOY BRAZILIAN STEAKHOUSE 1000 William Hilton Parkway, Unit B6, The Village at Wexford. 843-715-3565, www. cowboybraziliansteakhouse.com. D CQ’S 140A Lighthouse Lane. 843-6712779. LD CRANE’S TAVERN AND STEAKHOUSE 26 New Orleans Road. 843-341-2333. D CRAZY CRAB (HARBOUR TOWN) 149 Lighthouse Road. 843-363-2722. LD DELISHEE YO This is a hip hangout for healthy locals and travelers of all ages. A colorful and refreshing art-filled oasis of fresh and healthy food. Dig into a custom

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DINING combo froyo sundae, a superfood smoothie, a big salad, a great green juice or a happy wrap. 32 Palmetto Bay Road in the Village Exchange. 843-785-3633. LD CRAVE BY DANIEL’S 2 North Forest Beach Drive, #108. 843-341-9379. LD DOUGH BOYS PIZZA 1-B New Orleans Road. 843-686-2697. www.doughboyshhi. com. LD EARLE OF SANDWICH PUB 1 North Forest Beach Drive in Coligny Plaza. 843-7857767. LD ELECTRIC PIANO 33 Office Park Road. 843785-5399. O FAT BABY’S 1034 William Hilton Parkway.

843-842-4200. LD FIESTA FRESH MEXICAN GRILL 51 New Orleans Road. 843-785-4788. LD FLATBREAD GRILL 2 North Forest Beach Drive. 843-341-2225, flatbreadgrillhhi. com. LD FRENCH KISS BAKERY Coligny Plaza, 1 North Forest Beach Drive. 843-687-5471.

BL FROZEN MOO Coligny Plaza, 1 North Forest Beach Drive. 843-842-3131.

FROSTY FROG CAFE 1 North Forest Beach in Coligny Plaza. 843-686-3764. LDO GRINGO’S DINER E-5, Coligny Plaza. 843-

785-5400.

GRUBY’S NEW YORK DELI 890 William Hilton Parkway in the Fresh Market Shoppes. 843-842-9111. BL HARBOURSIDE BURGERS AND BREWS Harbour Town, Sea Pines Resort, 843-8421444, www.seapines.com. LD HARBOUR TOWN BAKERY AND CAFE Harbour Town, Sea Pines. 843-363-2021.

BL HEYWARD’S 130 Shipyard Drive. Sonesta Resort. 843-842-2400. BD HILTON HEAD DINER 6 Marina Side Drive.

843-686-2400. BLDO HILTON HEAD BREWING COMPANY 7C Greenwood Drive (Reilley’s Plaza), Hilton Head Plaza. 843-785-3900. www.hhbrewingco.com.LD HILTON HEAD ICE CREAM 55 New Orleans Road, #114. 843-852-6333.

HINCHEY’S CHICAGO BAR AND GRILL Circle Center, Pope Avenue. 843-686-5959.

LDO HINOKI OF KURAMA 37 New Orleans Road. 843-785-9800. LD HOLY TEQUILA Holy Tequila offers a harmonizing blend of Mexican street food with new American flavors. Its inviting space features an open kitchen, an indoor/out-

door open-air seating area, a large tequila bar and a private tasting room. The menu features a wide variety of gourmet tacos, quesadillas, salads and small plates, all priced under $11; and a fully stocked bar with more than 40 premium tequilas, handcrafted specialty cocktails, Mexican beers and Spanish-inspired wines. 33 Office Park Road, Suite 228. 843-681-8226. LD HUGO’S SEAFOOD & STEAKHOUSE 841 William Hilton Parkway. 843-785-4846.

LD IT’S GREEK TO ME 11 Lagoon Road in Coligny Plaza. 843-842-4033. LDO JAVA BURRITO COMPANY 1000 William Hilton Pkwy. 843-842-5282. BLD JAZZ CORNER Village at Wexford. 843842-8620. DO JERSEY MIKE’S 11 Palmetto Bay Rd., Island Crossing. 843-341-6800.

JUMP AND PHIL’S BAR AND GRILL 7 Greenwood Drive, Suite 3B. 843-7859070. LDO KENNY B’S FRENCH QUARTER CAFE 70 Pope Avenue in Circle Center. 843-7853315. BLDS LA HACIENDA 11 Palmetto Bay Road.

843-842-4982. LD LAND’S END TAVERN South Beach Marina, Sea Pines. 843-671-5456. BLD

LINKS, AN AMERICAN GRILL Harbour Town Golf Links Clubhouse, Sea Pines.

843-363-8380, www.linksamericangrill. com. LD LIVE OAK 100 North Sea Pines Drive, 843842-1441, www.liveoaklowcountrycuisine. com. LD LOCAL PIE Only the highest quality, regionally sourced ingredients go into these wood-fired, house-made pies. A local business, with local staff and local suppliers.

55 New Orleans Rd. 843-842-7437, info@ localpie.com. LD A LOWCOUNTRY BACKYARD 32 Palmetto Bay Road at The Village Exchange. 843-7859273. BLD LODGE BEER AND GROWLER BAR 7B Greenwood Drive, Hilton Head Plaza.

843-842-8966. DO MARKET STREET CAFE 12 Coligny Plaza.

843-686-4976. LD MARLEY’S ISLAND GRILLE 35 Office Park Road in Park Plaza. 843-686-5800. 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. 33 Office Park

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MI TIERRA (HILTON HEAD) 130 Arrow Road. 843-342-3409. LD MICHAEL ANTHONY’S CUCINA ITALIANA 37 New Orleans Road. 843-785-6272, www.michael-anthonys.com. D NEW YORK CITY PIZZA 81 Pope Avenue.

843-842-2227. LD NICK’S STEAK & SEAFOOD 9 Park Lane.

843-686-2920. D 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 desserts, pastas and breads are made daily using natural and fresh ingredients imported from Italy. Village at Wexford.

843-842-5505. www.ombrahhi.com. D ONE HOT MAMA’S 7 Greenwood Drive, Hilton Head Plaza. 843-682-6262.

LDSO PALMETTO BAY SUNRISE CAFÉ 86 Helmsman Way in Palmetto Bay Marina.

843-686-3232. BL PHILLY’S CAFÉ AND DELI 102 Fountain Center, New Orleans Road.

843-785-9966. L PINO GELATO 1000 William Hilton Parkway, Village at Wexford. 843-842-2822.

PLANTATION CAFÉ AND DELI (SOUTH) 81 Pope Avenue in Heritage Plaza. 843785-9020. BL POMODORI 1 New Orleans Road. 843686-3100. D THE PORCH The Beach House. 1 South Forest Beach Drive. 843-785-5126. BLD PORTER & PIG Quality beer, proprietary cocktails and select wines with accompanying charcuterie, cheeses and shared plates.

1000 William Hilton Parkway, The Village at Wexford. 843-715-3224. www.porter-pig. com. D PURE NATURAL MARKET 1012 William Hilton Parkway. 843-342-7873. BL PHOTO BY ROB KAUFMAN

Road in Park Plaza. 843-686-2474. www. mellowmushroom.com. LDO

QUARTERDECK 149 Lighthouse Road, Harbour Town, Sea Pines. 843-842-1999.

LDO RED FISH Upscale dining at its finest. Head chef Chaun Bescos takes advantage of his close relationship with local growers and farmers markets, tailoring Red Fish’s menu around the foods that are in season. The result is an eclectic blend of seafood, steaks, fresh fruit and local vegetables. 8 Archer Road. 843-686-3388, www.redfishof hiltonhead.com. LD

Hot & Spicy Burger

Handmade 1/2-pound premium-grade Carolina beef patty topped with jalapeños, Gouda and a house Carolina spice sauce. $12. Available at the Big Bamboo Cafe.

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DINING REILLEY’S GRILL & BAR (SOUTH) 7D Greenwood Drive. 843-842-4414.

LDO RELISH CAFE 33 Office Park Road, Park Plaza. 843-342-4800. LD RITA’S ITALIAN ICE 1 North Forest Beach Drive, Coligny Plaza. 843-686-2596, ritasice.com.

ROY’S PLACE 33 Office Park Rd., 843-7854646, www.roysplacehhi.com. LD 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. South Beach Marina Village, Sea Pines Resort.

843-671-7327, www.saltydog.com. LD SAGE ROOM 81 Pope Ave., Heritage Plaza.

843-785-5352. D SEA SHACK 6 Executive Park Drive. 843785-2464. LD SEAFIRE MODERN HIBACHI GRILL & BAR Formerly Kurama, the longtime hibachi favorite has expanded its traditional cuisine to more Southern-inspired fare, including Bulgogi sliders and tempura fried chicken and waffles.843-785-4955, seafirehhi.com D SIGNALS LOUNGE 130 Shipyard Drive, Sonesta Resort. 843-842-2400. O SIGNE’S BAKERY & CAFE 93 Arrow Road.

843-785-9118. BLS SKILLETS CAFÉ Coligny Plaza. 843-7853131. BLD

THE SMOKEHOUSE 34 Palmetto Bay Road.

843-842-4227. BLDO SOUTHERN CONEY & BREAKFAST 70 Pope Avenue in Circle Center. 843-6892447. BL SPIRIT OF HARBOUR TOWN 843-3639026. www.vagabondcruise.com.

STACK’S PANCAKES OF HILTON HEAD 2 Regency Parkway. 843-341-3347. BLD STARBUCKS (SOUTH) 11 Palmetto Bay Road. 843-341-5477.

STEAMERS 28 Coligny Plaza. 843-7852070. LD STELLINI 15 Executive Park Road. 843-7857006. D STU’S SURFSIDE 1 North Forest Beach Drive, Coligny Plaza. 843-686-7873. LD THE STUDIO 20 Executive Park Road. 843785-6000. D SUNSET SLUSH 81 Pope Avenue, 843785-7851.

SWEET CAROLINA CUPCAKES 1 N. Forest Beach Drive. 843-342-2611.

TIKI HUT 1 South Forest Beach Drive at the Beach House. 843-785-5126. OLD TOPSIDE WATERFRONT RESTAURANT Harbour Town, Sea Pines. 843-842-1999. D TRATTORIA DIVINA 33 Office Park Rd. 843-686-4442. D TRUFFLES CAFE (SEA PINES) Fresh local seafood, Black Angus steaks, baby back ribs, homemade soups and garden salads. 71 Lighthouse Road, Sea Pines Center. 843671-6136, www.trufflescafe.com. LD

Lowcountry Boil

Wild-caught local shrimp, Andouille sausage, corn on the cob, and red bliss potatoes. $21.99. Available at the Old Oyster Factory.

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DINING VINE 1 North Forest Beach Drive in Coligny Plaza. 843-6863900. LD WATUSI A place for breakfast, lunch and coffee. The cafe’s interior mirrors a warm, cozy living room where families and friends can gather and enjoy food in a casual home-style setting. 71 Pope Ave. 843-686-5200. www.islandwatusi.com.

BL WHICH WICH? 70 Pope Ave., Suite 13. 843-715-9424, www. whichwich.com. LD WILD WING CAFÉ 72 Pope Ave. 843-785-9464. LDO WINE AND CHEESE IF YOU PLEASE 24 Palmetto Bay Road, Suite G. 843-842-1200.

WRECK OF THE SALTY DOG South Beach Marina Village, Sea Pines. 843-671-7327. D XO SPORTS SPIRITS Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort, 843-842-8000. LDO

BLUFFTON AGAVE SIDE BAR 13 State of Mind St. 843-757-9190. LD AMIGOS BELFAIR (BLUFFTON) 133 Towne Drive. 843-815-8226. LD BACKWATER BILL’S 20 Hampton Lake Drive. 843-875-5253.

LDO BLUFFTON BBQ 11 State of Mind St. 843-757-7427, blufftonbbq.com. LD BLUFFTON FAMILY SEAFOOD HOUSE 27 Dr. Mellichamp Drive. 843-757-4010. LD THE BLUFFTON ROOM 15 Promenade St. 843-757-3525. www.theblufftonroom.com. D THE BRICK CHICKEN 1011 Fording Island Road in the Best Buy Shopping Center. 843-836-5040. LDO THE BRITISH OPEN PUB 1 Sherington Drive, Suite G. 843815-6736. LDO BUFFALOS RESTAURANT 476 Mount Pelia Road inside Palmetto Bluff. 843-706-6500. LD BURNIN’ DOWN SOUTH 198 Okatie Village Drive, Suite 108. 843-705-2453. LD BUTCHER’S MARKET AND DELI 102 Buckwalter Parkway, Suite 3-G. 843-815-6328. BLD CAHILL’S MARKET & CHICKEN KITCHEN 1055 May River Road. 843-757-2921. LD CAPTAIN WOODY’S Many restaurants claim to be a favorite of locals. Speaking as locals, one of our favorites is Captain Woody’s. 17 State of Mind St. in the Calhoun Street Promenade. 843-757-6222. www.captainwoodys.com. LDO CHEAP SEATS TAVERN 2 142 Burnt Church Road, 843-8373287. LD CHEEBURGER CHEEBURGER 108 Buckwalter Parkway. 843-837-2433. LD CHIPOTLE Tanger I Outlet Center. 843-836-2442, chipotle. com. LD CHOO CHOO BBQ XPRESS 129 Burnt Church Road. 843815-7675. LDO CHOW DADDY’S This new restaurant is using local, organic ingredients with meals prepared to order. The menu features salad bowls, sandwiches, tacos, hot bowls, platters and other

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Hand-Selected Oysters

Fresh local oysters served on the half shell with cucumbrer mignonette, lemon and cocktail sauce. Market price. Available at The Pearl Kitchen & Bar. snacks. The daily happy hour is 4-6 p.m. 15 Towne Drive, Belfair Towne Village, 843842-2469, chowdaddys.com. LD

HANA SUSHI AND JAPANESE FUSION 1534 Fording Island Road. 843-837-3388, hanasushifusion.com. LD

CLAUDE & ULI’S BISTRO 1533 Fording Island Road. 843-837-3336. LD

HINCHEY’S CHICAGO BAR & GRILL 104 Buckwalter Place, Suite 1A. 843-8365909. LD

COCONUTS BAR & GRILLE 39 Persimmon St. 843-757-0602. DO CORKS NEIGHBORHOOD WINE BAR 1297 May River Road. 843-815-5168. DO CORNER PERK CAFE 1297 May River Road. 843-816-5674, cornerperk.com. BL THE COTTAGE CAFE, BAKERY AND TEA ROOM 38 Calhoun St. 843-757-0508. www.thecottagebluffton.com. BL THE DEPOT 15 Captains Cove Road, 843-837-1893, thedepotbluffton.com.

DOLCE VITA 163 Bluffton Road, Sutie F. 843-815-6900 D DOWNTOWN DELI 27 Dr. Mellichamp Drive. 843-815-5005. BL DOUGH PUNCHERS BAKERY 1536 Fording Island Rd., #104. 843-837-1177.

HOGSHEAD KITCHEN AND WINE BAR 1555 Fording Island Road. 843-837-4647.

LD HONEYBAKED HAM COMPANY 1060 Fording Island Rd., 843-815-7388.

ISLAND BAGEL & DELI Fresh baked bagels made from scratch, water boiled and baked each day. Hoagies, salads, pastries and coffee are also served. Sheridan Park. 843815-5300. BL JAMESON’S CHARHOUSE 671 Cypress Hills Drive, Sun City. 843-705-8200. LD JIM ‘N NICK’S BAR-B-Q 872 Fording Island Road. 843-706-9741. LD JUICE HIVE 14 Johnston Way. 843-7572899.

EL SUPER INTERNACIONAL 33 Sherington Drive. 843-815-8113. LD

KATIE O’DONNELL’S 1008 Fording Island Road in Kittie’s Crossing. 843-815-5555.

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FARM 1301 May River Road, www.farmbluffton.com. D

KELLY’S TAVERN 11B Buckingham Plantation Drive. 843-837-3353. BLDO

FAT PATTIES AND SALT MARSH BREWING 207 Bluffton Road, 843-3791500, fat-patties.com. LD

KOBE JAPANESE RESTAURANT 30 Plantation Park Drive. 843-757-6688. LD

FIREHOUSE SUBS 32 Malphrus Road, #109. 843-815-7827. LD FIESTA FRESH MEXICAN GRILL 876 Fording Island Road, Suite 1. 843-7067280. LD GIUSEPPI’S PIZZA AND PASTA 25 Bluffton Road. 843-815-9200. LD

LONGHORN Inside Tanger I. 843-7057001. LD LOS JALAPENO’S MEXICAN GRILL The Bridge Center. 843-837-2333. LD LOWCOUNTRY FLOWER GIRLS Berkeley Place. 843-837-2253.

MAY RIVER GRILL 1263 May River Road.

843-757-5755. LD

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DINING MELLOW MUSHROOM The place where Bluffton’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. 872 Fording Island Road. 843-706-0800, mellowmushroom.com. LDO MIDNIGHT BAKER 14 Promenade St. 843815-5355. LB MI TIERRA 27 Dr. Mellichamp Drive. 843757-7200. LD MI TIERRITA 214 Okatie Village Drive. 843705-0925. LD MOE’S SOUTHWEST GRILL 3 Malphrus Road. 843-837-8722. LD

103 Buckwalter Place, Unit 108. 843-8375637, www.orobellosbluffton.com. LDO OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE 100 Buckwalter Place. 843-757-9888. LD PANDA CHINESE RESTAURANT 25 Bluffton Road. 843-815-6790. LD THE PEARL KITCHEN & BAR Bringing to Old Town Bluffton a bright, fresh take on the dining experience, The Pearl Kitchen & Bar will please your palate with the freshest of ingredients prepared in a manner that will excite, entice, and keep you coming back for more. 55 Calhoun St., 843-7575511, thepearlbluffton.com/. LD PLANTATION CAFE 1532 Fording Island Road. 843-815-4445.BL

MULBERRY STREET TRATTORIA 1476 Fording Island Road. 843-837-2426.

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POUR RICHARD’S Eclectic, upmarket Southern-American bistro with a local focus and a long wine list. Located in warm surrounds. 4376 Bluffton Parkway. 843-7571999. DO

NAPOLI BISTRO PIZZERIA & WINE BAR 68 Bluffton Road. 843-706-9999. LD

R BAR 70 Pennington Drive. 843-7577264. LD

NEO 326 Moss Creek Village. 843-8375111. LD

RED FISH Upscale dining at its finest. Head chef Chaun Bescos takes advantage of his close relationship with local growers and farmers markets, tailoring Red Fish’s menu around foods in season. 32 Bruin Road.

843-837-8888. LD

OLD TOWN DISPENSARY 15 Captains Cove. 843-837-1893. LDO OROBELLO’S BISTRO & PIZZERIA

RED STRIPES CARIBBEAN CUISINE AND LOUNGE 8 Pin Oak St. 843-757-8111.

LDO RIVER HOUSE RESTAURANT 476 Mount Pelia Road in Palmetto Bluff. 843-706-6500.

LD RUAN THAI CUISINE II 26 Towne Drive, Belfair Town Village. 843-757-9479. LD SAIGON CAFE 1304 Fording Island Road.

843-837-1800. BLD SAKE HOUSE 1017 Fording Island Road, Suite 105. 843-706-9222. LD SALTY DOG BLUFFTON Tanger II Outlet.

Bluffton.saltydog.com, 843-837-3344. LD

trufflescafe.com. LD WALNUTS CAFÉ 70 Pennington Drive in Sheridan Park. 843-815-2877. BLS WILD WING CAFÉ (BLUFFTON) 1188 Fording Island Road. 843-837-9453. LD ZEPPLIN’S BAR & GRILL Inside Station 300. 25 Innovation Drive. 843-815-2695.

LDO ZOES KITCHEN Tanger I Outlet Center.

843-837-5410. LD

DAUFUSKIE ISLAND

SIGLER’S ROTISSERIE 12 Sheridan Park Circle. 843-815-5030. D

EAGLE’S NEST 56 Fuskie Lane, Bloody Point. 843-341-5522.

SOUTHERN BARREL BREWING CO. 375 Buckwalter Place Blvd. 843-837-2337, southernbarrelbrewingco.com.

MARSHSIDE MAMA’S CAFE 15 Haig Point Road on County Landing.

843-785-4755. LD M

SQUAT N’ GOBBLE 1231 May River Road.

843-757-4242. BLD

OLD DAUFUSKIE CRAB CO 256 Cooper River Landing Rd. 843-7856653.

STOOGES CAFE 25 Sherington Drive. 843706-6178. BL TRUFFLES CAFE Fresh local seafood, Black Angus steaks, baby back ribs, homemade soups and garden salads. 91 Towne Drive Belfair Towne Village. 843-815-5551.

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LAST CALL

Our “Bottleneck Bridge” is hurting the local economy MARC FREY

mfrey@freymedia.com

It is a reality that Hilton Head Island and Bluffton are socially and economically joined at the hip. To get a feel for just how much the two towns are connected, just stand at the bridge at any time day or night and watch the traffic rush by.

It BOTTLENECK AHEAD PATIENCE NEEDED EXPECT DELAYS

SOUND OFF Please send your comments to mfrey@freymedia.com.

I would like to get your feedback on this idea.

is also a reality that healthy local economies depend on updated infrastructures, which includes the transportation system. Since there is no real viable public transportation in the Lowcountry, roadways remain the only way to get from place A to place B. Traffic delays on both sides of the bridge are now a daily occurrence, and if it rains or there is an accident, these traffic jams become a real problem.

With no alternate route, one can get literally stuck in traffic.

I can’t imagine that visitors are delighted to encounter stop and go traffic after driving for hours to get to their destination. This is their first impression of our island paradise. I know that as an entrepreneur, I’m having difficulty recruiting employees who live in Bluffton (which offers a more abundant choice of affordable housing) because candidates dread the daily commute to our island office, which makes Hilton Head Island a difficult choice to start a new business.

Service people working on both sides of the bridge lose productivity dealing with traffic issues.

All this will in the long-term hurt our local economy and could possibly erode real estate prices.

The steady growth of the island has been going on for five decades and the rapid growth of Bluffton has been in the works for more than two decades.

The towns’ combined population of more than 70,000 residents and more than 2 million visitors a year put a heavy burden on our roads.

At the time the plans to add the Cross Island Parkway was contemplated it stirred up a big controversy; yet few today would say that we would be better off without it. Bluffton on the other hand was more proactive by building the Bluffton Parkway to create an alternate route to U.S. 278. But as the

connectors (currently under construction) will extend the Bluffton Parkway it will bottleneck into the existing four-lane bridge to the island.

It is beyond my reasoning that at the time of planning both the Cross Island and the Bluffton Parkway, no concrete plan was been put in place, approved and funded to enlarge the existing four-lane bridge to connect the island to the mainland. There is room on the Hilton Head side to widen U.S. 278 into a six-lane road, and certainly the flyover lanes could have been continued across the water (along side the existing bridge) allowing for a more harmonious traffic flow.

Of course, it could be argued that enabling traffic will increase traffic. But I do not buy into that argument. It seems to me that the growing traffic is a reality, whether we accommodate it or not. And for those wishing for a quieter island, like it was 20 or 30 years ago, well, it is too late now. Bluffton has grown into a viable sister town beyond what most of us imagined a few decades back.

If we look at the big picture, the Lowcountry is never going to resemble Atlanta by any stretch of the imagination. Most of us live in quiet and peaceful neighborhoods that offer the sanctuary we moved here for. The overall growth of our area, on the other hand, now allows us to have colleges, town centers, parks and arts venues.

This promotes a more varied local economy that attracts a more age-diverse population, which fills the communities with vitality and make for a great place to live. Actually, make that one of the best places to live, work and retire … if we could just add two more lanes to our “Bottleneck Bridge”. M

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