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When I moved here in 2014 from Reno, Nevada – near Lake Tahoe with world-renowned mountain biking trails – I thought my mountain biking days were over. That was fine because I do most of my biking on the roads these days.

But I eventually connected with the Sumter Chain Gang and the Midlands Southern Off-Road Bicycling Association when they were doing some trail maintenance in Manchester State Forest and Poinsett State Park. They were preparing the trails for an early March mountain bike race.

I didn’t have to talk to too many people before the group unanimously said they ride mainly in Poinsett because the park welcomes riders and doesn’t charge for use of the trails.

After riding with a few of the guys and one of the park rangers, I discovered a great alternative to the roads. The trails at Poinsett offer something for skill levels from beginner to intermediate rider.

I couldn’t resist featuring the Poinsett trails in this issue of Lakeside.

A group meets most Sunday afternoons for rides during the winter and on Thursday evenings when daylight permits.

We also feature a builder who in a short dozen years has become an exclusive builder for Southern Living magazine. John Paul Smith talks about ditching school to get paid for construction work in high school where he discovered his passion for using local wood products to

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6 construct magnificent lakeside homes throughout our readership area.

Reporter Konstantin Vengerowsky takes you inside Santee National Wildlife Refuge as he brings the area’s history to life.

If you’re a golfer, we highlight the Clarendon County area golf courses which are becoming a destination for people seeking a memorable experience on area courses.

Most locals know that a series of striped bass fishing tournaments starts in March. This year should be interesting because the area lakes have experienced epic flood waters, and flood gates have been open, which might have moved some fish downstream.

And we report on Tanglewood Plantation, a historic plantation that now is used as a wedding and special events venue. A family purchased the plantation in 2015 and has restored its buildings to bring them back to life.

If you have a story idea, please feel free to contact me at rick@theitem. com, or call (803) 774-1201.

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COLUMNISTS Deanna Anderson CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Adrienne Sarvis adrienne@theitem.com Jim Hilley jim@theitem.com Konstantin Vengerowsky konstantin@theitem.com PUBLICATION DESIGNERS Cary Howard cary@theitem.com Leigh Mitchell leigh@theitem.com Megan Ray megan@theitem.com Rosie Peavy rosie@theitem.com Katie Shaw katie@theitem.com

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Community Calendar

BERKELEY • CLARENDON ORANGEBURG AND SUMTER ORANGEBURG COUNTY

Students and faculty members of Claflin University and South Carolina State University are exhibiting paintings and photography during February. From 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 18, a meet-the-artists reception will be held at Orangeburg County Fine Arts Center in Edisto Memorial Gardens, 649 Riverside Drive, Orangeburg. Call (803) 536-4074 for information.

Dr. Robert Grenier, associate professor of music at South Carolina State University, will present his voice students in recital at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 23, at Orangeburg County Fine Arts Center in Edisto Memorial Gardens, 649 Riverside Drive, Orangeburg. Call (803) 536-4074 for information.

Enjoy a wonderful spaghetti lunch or dinner while supporting the continued building of safe, decent, affordable homes in Orangeburg. A spaghetti fundraiser will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25, at First Presbyterian Church, 650 Summers St., Orangeburg. Tickets are $5 each. Call (803) 536-2300, or stop by Edisto Habitat Homestore, 260 John C. Calhoun Drive, to purchase tickets.

The Princess of Roses and Queen of Roses Pageants will be held March 4 and 5 at Stevenson Auditorium, Orangeburg. Call Zachary Tarrant at (803) 533-6020 for details.

Trash to Treasures, a town-wide yard sale in the Town of Elloree, will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 5. Call Robin Newton at (803) 897-2821, or email clerk@elloree.com for details.

The 54th Annual Elloree Trials, offering a great day of tailgating and horse racing, will be held on Saturday, March 19. Call (803) 897-2616 for details.

The Town of Springfield will hold its 50th Annual Governor’s Frog Jump on Friday and Saturday, March 25-26. Event features entertainment, food, games, a frog jump, an egg strike and an egg hunt. Call Springfield Town Hall at (803) 258-3152 for information.

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The 2nd Annual Tri-county Literary Celebration will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6, at Old Santee Canal Park,

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There will also be Lowcountry culinary specialties available for purchase.

The Goose Creek Community Center will hold a “Daddy Daughter Dance” at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 12, at 519A North Goose Creek Blvd., Goose Creek. A magical evening featuring music, dancing, photos and refreshments, this dance is open to daddies, grandpas, uncles, big brothers and stepfathers. Semi-formal attire. Cost is $20 per couple and $5 for each additional daughter.

Preregistration is required. Call (843) 569-4242.

The 17th Annual Shuckin’ in the Park will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 12, at Old Santee Canal Park, Moncks Corner.

Enjoy great food, games and music. Call Brad Sale at (843) 8995200.

Catfish stew cook-off, vendors, rides, music and more will be featured at the St. Stephen Catfish Festival on March 25-27. Call (843) 567-3597 for details.

KERSHAW COUNTY

The 2015-16 Chamber Music Series continues with Claire Bryant and the Danish String Quartet at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 14, at The Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County, Woods Auditorium.

Cost is $30 for advanced tickets; $35 for day-of adult tickets; and $15 for student tickets. For additional information, visit http:// fineartscenter.org, or call (803) 425-7676.

A special fundraising event for Camden Habitat for Humanity, Jim Curry & Band’s “The Music of John Denver,” will be presented at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 21, at Camden High School Performing Arts Auditorium, 1022 Ehrenclou Drive, Camden. Cost is $30 for general admission. For additional information, visit http:// fineartscenter.org, or call (803) 425-7676.

Now in its 11th year, Gospel Fest celebrates “community unity” with several local gospel choirs singing various genres of gospel music beginning at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 27, at The Fine Arts

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The Fine Arts Center’s Multi-Cultural Commission’s annual “Heritage Tea” to celebrate diversity and showcase the talents of local youth and residents will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 28, at The Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County, Woods Auditorium.

For additional information, visit http://fineartscenter.org, or call (803) 425-7676.

The Camden Community Concert Band Winter Concert will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 13, at Camden High School Performing Arts Auditorium, 1022 Ehrenclou Drive, Camden. The concert is free of charge and open to the public.

Take a trip to the Hundred Acre Wood with “Disney’s Winnie the Pooh Kids,” a wonderful new show based on A.A. Milne’s beloved characters and the 2011 Disney animated feature film. Featuring Winnie the Pooh and all of his usual pals, the show will be held at The Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County, Woods Auditorium. A delightful show for the entire family, the production will feature favorite songs from the film as well as some new hits. Cost: $10 for adults and $8 for students/seniors/military. Show dates and times are 7 p.m. March 17-19 and 3 p.m. March 20.

CLARENDON COUNTY

Cabela’s King Kat Catfishing Trail will be held Feb. 19 and 20 at John C. Land Landing. Call (803) 435-4405 for details.

Heart ‘N Soul band will perform at Cypress After 5 at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 19, at Cypress Center, 50 E. Hospital St., Manning.

Are you a country music fan? You’ll want to be sure to catch Clint Black in concert at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 26, at Weldon Auditorium, 7 Maple St. Call (803) 433-7469 for ticket information.

Celebrate Gen. Francis Marion with the Francis Marion Living Encampment on Feb. 26 and 27 at Camp Bob Cooper, 8001 MW Rickenbaker Road, Summerton. Call (803) 478-2645 for details.

The Carolinas Bass Challenge is scheduled for Saturday, March 5, at John C. Land Landing. Call (803) 435-4405 for information.

Cypress After 5 welcomes The Sandlapper Singers at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 18, at Cypress Center, 50 E. Hospital St., Manning.

SUMTER COUNTY

Sumter Little Theatre will present “The Mountaintop” on Feb. 11-14 and Feb. 18-21. On April 3, 1968, after delivering one of his most memorable speeches, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. retires to his room at Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

In this reimagining of the events on the night before Dr. King’s assassination, King encounters a mysterious stranger who forces him to confront his destiny and his legacy to his people. Show times are 8 p.m. Thursday to Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday. Cost: $20 for adults; $15 for students/seniors/military. Call (803) 7752150.

Delivering a modern brand of rhythm and blues that appeals to listeners across generations, The James Hunter Six will perform at Sumter Opera House at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 12. Cost: $38/$35/$31. Visit www.sumteroperahouse.com.

Sumter Little Theatre will present William Shakespeare’s beloved comedy “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on March 10-13 and March 17-20. Show times are 8 p.m. Thursday to Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday. Cost: $20 for adults; $15 for students/seniors/ military. Call (803) 775-2150, or visit www.sumterlittletheatre.com.

The annual Farm to Table event will be held 6:30-9 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, at Sumter County Civic Center, 700 W. Liberty St.

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Clarendon County is well known as a haven for anyone seeking great fishing, hunting or sightseeing. The waters of Lake Marion are nationally known as a hot spot for striped bass and catfish, and the woods throughout South Carolina boast an abundance of turkey, deer and other game. The area is known for its friendly people, great food and beautiful scenery. However, few people think of the area as a golf destination.

That may be about to change.

For those who don’t want to spend all their quality time resting on the whims of scaly critters with fins, the north side of scenic Lake Marion offers some great opportunities to hit the links at a trio of lovely golf courses in a climate that allows golfers to play at any time of the year.

Nestled in the beautiful wooded country north of South Carolina’s largest lake, the three hidden gems offer an escape when the fish aren’t biting. Instead of throwing their fishing rod or kicking their tackle boxes, sportsmen can take out their frustrations on a little white ball at one, or all three, of the golf courses nearby.

Wyboo Golf Club is a privately owned, semi-private course just eight miles south of the beautiful town of Manning at 2565 Players Course Drive, just off S.C. 261. Laid out by highly respected golf course designer Tom Jackson, the course opened in 1999.

“Wyboo Golf Club has been voted one of the 10 best public access clubs in the state,” said Richard Grubb, who is golf pro for the course.

Grubb said the Jackson-designed course is a joy to play on.

“Every hole is different; that makes for a good golf course,” he said.

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Development Board, Clarendon Health Center club and a number of other charity tournaments, Grubb said.

“We feel we have the best-maintained course in the area,” he said.

“The Signature Hole, No. 13, is a 191-yard par three. The hole will challenge a golfer’s accuracy and club choice, according to the course’s website, www.wyboogolfclub.com. Water parallels the fairway on the entire left side of the hole. There is also a ‘ball hungry’ oak tree standing sentinel close to the right front corner of the green.”

Wyboo Golf Club also offers golf instruction, a driving range, putting green, practice bunker and a fully stocked pro shop.

Club re-gripping and repair are also available.

The 18-hole, par-72 Wyboo Golf Club is 6,908 yards from the longest set of tees.

For more information, call (803) 478-7899, or visit www. wyboogolfclub.com.

Clarendon County’s oldest golf course is Shannon Greens, 1435 Davenport Drive, just outside Manning off U.S. 52.

Constructed about half a century ago, the course features an unusual layout, according to Shannon Greens’ Manager David Burton.

Designed by Ed Riccoboni, Shannon Greens has five par threes and five par fives among its 18 holes.

“Normally a golf course will have four par threes and four par fives, but we have five of each,” Burton said. “That’s what makes it different.”

He said many golfers enjoy playing on something out of the ordinary.

Also setting Shannon Greens apart from many golf courses is the seventh hole, undoubtedly the course’s signature hole, Burton said.

“Our seventh hole is an island green, and that makes it different,” he said. “It’s a green just sitting out there surrounded by water.”

The venerable course has recently seen a number of major upgrades, Burton said, with a new patio deck and barbeque cooking area constructed on the side of the clubhouse.

“It’s a great place to relax,” he said. “Especially when the sun is out, you can sit on the new deck, enjoy a beverage and watch over the pond on the ninth hole.”

The course now features regular and social memberships, with the social memberships a new feature.

Burton said he thinks it is important for the course to stay involved with the local community.

“We have an ice cream social and a Halloween social,” Burton said. ”We also had a Christmas function where not only were members and social members invited, but so was the public.”

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Wyboo Golf Club 2565 Players Course Drive Manning, SC 29102 Phone: (803) 478-7899 www.wyboogolfclub.com

One of the biggest golfing events in the area is the Shannon Greens Open, which has been held every year for 35 years during the Masters weekend, Burton said.

The course is also used as the home course for Manning High School and Laurence Manning Academy and also supports junior golf.

He said the club works to host some kind of community activity at least once every two months but sometimes as often as twice a month.

Unlike many golf courses, Shannon Greens features a fullservice bar, Burton said.

“We sell beer and wine and liquor and a banquet hall,” he said.

Shannon Greens also offers a putting green and practice chipping area, and golf lessons are available.

The 18-hole, par-72 course is 6,663 yards from the back tees.

For more information, call (803) 435-8752, or visit www. shannongreens.com.

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on Interstate 95, is Foxboro Golf Club, 8377 Wash Davis Road.

With water hazards lurking nearby on 12 of the 18 holes, the course will consistently test a golfer’s shot-making selection and ability, according to the course’s website at www. foxborogolfsc.com.

For long-hitters, the pine tree-lined Foxboro course offers two par-five holes of more than 520 yards and another at 493 yards.

The 18-hole, 6,819-yard course was built in 1987 and designed

by Porter Gibson. Course amenities include a putting green and driving range, as well as a pro shop and snack bar. Golf director is David Thomlinson. For more information, call (803) 478-7000, or visit www.foxborogolfsc.com.

All three Clarendon County courses welcome public play and offer cart rentals and package rates including lodging at nearby hotels so golfers can enjoy a round of golf and take in a little of the famous local hospitality.

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Tanglewood Plantation

A classic venue for a couple’s most memorable day

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com

Anyone looking for a classic Southern venue to have a formal gathering can find such a place in Lynchburg at Tanglewood Plantation.

Tanglewood Plantation, also known as Smith’s Grove Plantation, was granted by King George II to its first owner, Arthur Smith from Smith’s Island, North Carolina, in 1747, according to current property owner Jamie Curley Dyce.

Dyce said the original deed, which she still has, was for 5,000 acres.

The Dyce family acquired the now 25-acre Tanglewood in January 2015 after winning the property in an auction.

Getting the property was only part of the Dyces’ journey. Renovating the house and yard was the next step.

It was a white house in the grass with no shutters or door knobs in need of a new roof, Dyce said, describing her first impression of the historic main house, constructed in 1830.

During renovations, several of the original buildings — a one-room school house; external kitchen; barn; and smokehouse, the oldest standing structure in Lee County, built circa 1750 — were left standing. The school house, still holding up two of its original walls, was renovated and now mainly serves as the groom’s space for wedding parties.

The external kitchen, which now holds the wood boiler furnace that heats the main house, was replaced by an internal kitchen that was added to the rear of the main house by a previous owner. The exterior walls of

the main house remain in the new kitchen, giving the room a unique look for this style of house and time period, Dyce said.

The previous owner also removed several boards under the main hallway and added them to the ceiling of the kitchen so that part of the original house would be included in the addition, she said.

With many rich renovations added to the house, the Dyces quickly began making their own changes to have the house in proper order for their first wedding, held on June 20, 2015.

“We sprinted into that date,” Dyce said.

“There was a lot of effort spent on finishing touches.”

The first couple were great sports when visiting and planning their special day while renovations were still going on, she said.

It was great that brides could envision the finished look, Dyce said.

When it came to decorating, Dyce made sure to keep the furniture and designs accurate with the time period of the house’s construction.

Dyce smiled as she talked about the architecture and style of the house, such as the solid wood doors and porcelain door knobs that are both unique and hard to come by today.

The original floors are still in the house and are in good shape, she said. No amount of money can replace the house’s history, she said.

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comfortable Southern home style with soft colors and a few rustic accents.

The first floor of the house is open to guests and includes the bride’s room, living and dining rooms, kitchen and screened-in rear porch. Every room on the first floor has a gas fireplace, she said.

Outside, guests can enjoy a fenced-in underground pool. The pool house serves as the catering kitchen and is equipped with professional appliances, able to provide food for 400 people.

Next to the pool is a spacious area perfect for receptions, Dyce said. She said six tents were used for one wedding without a problem.

Opening the house for weddings and other special events isn’t what she and her husband originally planned. The Dyce family, now residents of Hartsville after moving to South Carolina from Washington, D.C., 10 years ago, planned for Tanglewood to serve as their getaway. The Dyce family does stay at Tanglewood when the property is not rented to guests. A few family pictures and other personal touches can be seen throughout the home. Guests may also receive a friendly greeting from the family’s cats, Freddie and Fluffy.

The Dyces decided to let the house serve as a getaway for others after speaking with friends and family.

“It’s fun,” Dyce said.

She said there has never been a negative experience with

hosting events at the house.

“We never have to pick up after an event,” she said. Maybe it’s just the type of people who choose to come here, she suggested.

Hosting weddings at her home has been a much bigger and heartfelt experience than Dyce thought.

“We become part of the family,” she said.

Most couples plan their wedding over the course of a year and as time goes by, Dyce meets the different members of the bride and groom’s families.

She said one bride who had her ceremony at Tanglewood plans to have her baby shower at the house this year.

Six weddings have been held at Tanglewood Plantation since 2015 and the venue is booked from the last week of March through the third week of June.

Dyce said Tanglewood is open for many types of events including wine tastings, photo shoots, bridal showers and baby showers.

Rates for weekday and weekend rentals range from $1,500 to $5,000, depending on the space and features used.

Those interested in having a special event at Tanglewood Plantation can contact Jamie Curley Dyce at (843) 496-6571 or via email, tanglewoodplantation1830@ gmail.com.

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BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com He lives on Idle Lake, but Bryan DuRant is anything but idle. His mind is always racing, sometimes waking him in the middle of the night with ideas for decorative items made from wood and/or metal.

“I’m always making sketches of ideas for different projects,” he said.

The home he shares with his wife, Beth, is filled with trays, furniture and decorative pieces he’s made. Bryan is one of those men who came of age at a time when their fathers taught them how to do many practical things, from woodworking to home and car repairs, Beth said.

“He knows how to fix anything, from plumbing to furniture,” she said. “He can make almost anything, too.”

Her hobby is reading, and she showed off her “reading room,” in which Bryan installed built-in bookshelves to house part of her book collection.

Growing up, he had an excellent role model in his father, he said.

“My dad is a retired dentist,” he said. “To this day, at 93, he’s still using a chain saw.”

His “hobby” was just that, a part-time pursuit, until the DuRants retired in 2013, he from a career in education, she from social work.

“Beth loves jewelry,” Bryan said, “and I’ve always liked making things with my hands, so it was a good fit.”

Shudwe Farm Woods was born from his practice of getting wood from his parents’ farm — Shudwe Farm, which they named for their questioning whether to move to the country (“Should we?”) — to make trays.

Using a variety of woods, DuRant makes not just trays, but also boxes and other wooden items, many with monograms or outdoors images burned into them.

One large tray with a shrimp burned in the center is for turning out what’s called Frogmore Stew or Lowcountry boil — a one-pot stew of shrimp, potatoes, sausage, fresh corn and onions with a liberal seasoning of Old Bay Seasoning. Other trays have ducks, geese, deer, several fish species and outdoor scenes.

DuRant also makes wooden wall hangings. Some feature the fleur de lis or a Celtic knot.

Soon after he began making the trays and other wooden items, Beth DuRant suggested Bryan make jewelry as well. The enterprise is now officially called Shudwe Farm Woods & DuRant Jewelry.

Using a variety of metals, Bryan forges necklaces, bracelets and bangles, some incorporating semi-precious stones, such as turquoise, peridot and agate. He also adds new items, such as the recently crafted “European Style Necklace” that holds “Pandora-style beads and charms” and that can be added to over time.

All of his work can be customized and/or monogrammed as well.

While Bryan gives her credit for some of the jewelry, Beth describes her contribution as “suggestion giver.”

That translates to jewelry designs, he said.

Originally, the pieces he made were gifts for family and friends, but then the DuRants began selling items at craft shows to support the cost of his hobby, mostly for metals — copper, silver and nickel — which can be expensive.

“Family members got tired of receiving so much jewelry,” Bryan said, “so we started selling pieces at arts and crafts shows.”

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Bryan DuRant attaches a limb to a Tree of Life he’s making from copper with a fieldstone base. A completed tree of life is at left.

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He had made a large Celtic cross to hang jewelry samples on, and shortly after the shop opened, “two people wanted to buy it,” DuRant said.

Lately he has been making “Trees of Life” similar to the one shown here, mostly from copper. One he’s working on seems to grow out of a fieldstone.

“We dug it up and threw it over the fence (on the farm) so we could dig in the field,” he explained.

Bryan makes some of the trees in the form of wall hangings.

Among his new projects, he said, are copper trees designed to look as if wind is blowing through the limbs. At the base of the copper tree he was working on in his (former) garage studio are leaves that “look like the wind blew them down,” he said. “Beth gave me the idea.”

His raven feather necklaces are another result of her “suggestions.”

Eventually, he said, he planned to make some Christmas trees.

With Beth’s suggestions, the ideas that come to him at random moments and his experimentation with new materials, it’s likely Bryan’s inventory will be expanding.

Recently, he’s begun working with sterling silver.

“It’s worked very well,” he said. “I feel like the sky’s the limit now.”

See more of Bryan DuRant’s work at One Accord Marketplace on Bultman Drive and at the website shudwefarms.net. To inquire about ordering items, to order them or to discuss customization, contact DuRant at ebdurant@yahoo.com or (803) 464-0689.

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PHOTO BY THOMAS HARRINGTON Steve Tipton, a key member of the Midland South Off Road Biking Association, takes a ride in January on the Whippoorwill Trail at Poinsett State Park.

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As temperatures drop and winds pick up, a group of bicyclists in Sumter County move from the roads to trails during winter months to take advantage of some of the best mountain biking trails in South Carolina.

On most Sundays from November through March, many members of the Midlands Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association and Sumter Chain Gang — primarily a road-riding club — meet at Poinsett State Park to ride on a series of excellent, well-maintained mountain biking trails.

The park offers about 15 miles of trails, and riders familiar with the system of trails often ride portions of four trails that make an 11-mile loop throughout the park. The trails are free as park officials welcome the mountain biking community. Users need to know that Manchester State Forest, adjacent to the state park, also has trails but requires users to purchase permits to ride the trails and administers fines to people who have not purchased permits.

The core area of the trails at Poinsett was originally built in 1934 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, a part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal plan to put unemployed citizens to work. Three main hiking and biking trails — the Conquina, Hill Top and Laurel Group trails — were built at that time. Later, the Scout Trail was built by the Boy Scouts of America, although the exact dates weren’t available.

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Association, or SORBA, helped build some trails in Manchester State Forest in the early 2000s. SORBA hosts a series of mountain bike races across the area from Virginia to Alabama. Because of Sumter’s mild climate, the organization began the race series in Manchester State Forest.

The first race of the year, held in March, was called the “Killer 3 Race.” But the Midlands SORBA group, which organized the race, realized the 30 miles of trails it had helped maintain in the state forest were subject to periods of time when trees were harvested. That meant that some trails might be closed depending on where the forest service was clear cutting.

Midlands SORBA had tried unsuccessfully to work with Poinsett State Park to utilize its existing trail system while thinking long term about adding some trails.

As part of the Palmetto Trail, bikers were traveling on the main road entrance to the park, which worried Park Manager Zabo McCants.

So he worked with Steve Tipton and Toni Merritt, local members of Midlands SORBA, to construct a trail that parallels the road and connects Palmetto Trail on each side of the park. The new trail, which opened in 2012, was appropriately called “Splice” because it linked Palmetto Trail through the park to Manchester State Forest.

That began a good working relationship between the organization and the park. Midlands SORBA and Poinsett State Park developed a five-year plan to construct new and improve existing trails.

The 2.9-mile Knot Trail opened in 2013. In 2014, the group built and opened the 5.3-mile Whippoorwill Trail. Riders can now begin at the park office and ride Knot Trail to Splice Trail, which connects to Whippoorwill Trail, which eventually brings the rider back to the park office via Scout Trail for an 11.2-mile loop.

The Killer 3 Race has now morphed into Knot Mountain Bike Race and is held entirely in Poinsett State Park. Riders with different skill levels ride different distances with the top riders going multiple laps to ride more than 30 miles. This year’s race will be March 6, and the event brings in hundreds of riders.

Midlands SORBA and Sumter Chain Gang, as well as other volunteers, helped build a new trail in the park Jan. 2, called Cowassee Trail. It adds 2.2 miles of single track trail to the system.

Steve Tipton, a major force in developing the trail system in Poinsett, said Midlands SORBA received significant support from Continental Tire the Americas, which has a tire manufacturing facility in Sumter. Continental provided money to help build bridges and buy trail maintenance tools.

Besides manufacturing automotive tires, Continental makes some of the most well-respected bicycle tires. Tipton said Continental has employees who mountain bike and give back to the community. In fact, after posting a Facebook request for help on Jan. 2, 17 people

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Implementing emergency plan minimizes impact of historic flood on Poinsett RICK CARPENTER/THE SUMTER ITEM Wayne Argabright, left, a member of the Sumter Chain Gang, prepares to rake the Cambell Pond trail at Poinsett State Park as a member of the Midland Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association uses a gas powered leaf blower to clear the trail.

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Continental also sponsors other events organized around mountain biking in the park. On the first Saturday of October each year, the park hosts “Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day.” Organizers, including Midlands SORBA and Continental, use the event to introduce children to mountain biking. The event includes an area where children of all ages can illustrate their biking skills while navigating their bikes through a series of obstacles. That helps organizers determine the skill level of each rider so they can group riders with similar abilities on a guided ride.

Sumter Safe Kids, a volunteer group from Palmetto Health Tuomey, provides free lender helmets for the day. The free event includes a meal, a T-shirt, trail maps and other appropriate goodies.

During the winter months, riders meet at Poinsett anywhere from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Sundays in the parking lot near the park office. It’s a friendly group of riders who welcome all levels of riders. Most riders will often provide instructions for the courses.

And, if that fails, Park Manager Zabo McCants will instruct, if he’s available.

Also, during longer sunlight periods from March to October, riders meet on Thursdays at 6 p.m. for an organized group ride.

These are primarily social rides, not competition.

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Acting on early weather forecasts and dusting off an emergency action plan paid big dividends for officials at Poinsett State Park on the weekend of Oct. 4, 2015.

With weather forecasters predicting 12 to 18 inches of rain, park Manager Zabo McCants drained about 2 feet of water off the top of Old Levi Mill Pond in case the prediction came true.

It did.

A weather station at Sumter Fire Department Wedgefield Station 7 reported 16.77 inches of rain during the three-day period from Oct. 3 to Oct. 5. That’s the closest weather monitoring station to the park.

McCants said park staff reviews and updates the park’s emergency plan annually and activated the plan Oct. 2.

Even with the pond reduced and the flood gate open, two 80-yearold spillways suffered some damage that South Carolina Director of State Parks Phil Gaines said will be repaired.

The large spillway built by Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s suffered some damage to a rock wall that guides water through a drainage canal. When a portion of that wall collapsed, it created a sink hole on the other side of the wall. A tree at that site will need to be removed, McCants said.

On that Sunday, he opened the flood gate so that the water no longer flows into that spillway until repairs can be made.

A smaller, historic grit mill spillway dating back to the Revolutionary War also suffered minor damage when rocks were torn from a bridge over the spillway. It also had a sinkhole area near the bridge.

During the flood, the water level of Old Levi Mill Pond rose to within a few feet of the main office of the park. None of the rental cabins suffered damage, and one tent camper was moved to a cabin for safety.

Trails on the south side of the park were closed because of some downed trees, high water levels and washed-out areas. Some trails remain closed. Trails on the north side of the park are open, including Splice, Whippoorwill and Scout. The main mountain biking and hiking trails are open. For more information, contact the park at (803) 494-8177.

Gaines said an assessment team will determine how to repair the spillway damage.

“All in all, Poinsett fared pretty well,” McCants said.

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Wood ducks at home in South Carolina Unusual weather affects waterfowl in Palmetto State

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Waterfowl is an abundant and important resource for South Carolina, so protecting the birds is an important part of the state’s wildlife management program.

One program that has been in place for more than three decades is one to provide nesting habitat for wood ducks.

South Carolina residents have placed about 36,000 wood duck boxes throughout the state as part of the program, said S.C. Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Biologist Dean Harrigal.

That is a lot of duck boxes, but Harrigal said the results are difficult to measure.

“The wood duck box program was started to supplement natural cavities that may have been lost in older growth bottomland hardwoods,” he said.

It’s definitely beneficial to the people who take part in it, he said.

“The important thing about the wood duck box project is it gives people an opportunity to practice hands-on wildlife management on their own property,” Harrigal said.

It does provide nesting habitat, he said, and it should produce additional wood ducks.

“You see them everywhere from farm ponds to old beaver swamps to neighborhoods,” he said.

But sometimes they are not put in the best brood-rearing habitat, which for wood ducks is 60 percent open water and 40 percent scrub marsh.

“Getting them to use the box and getting out of the box and into the water is only the first step,” Harrigal emphasized. “The next step is getting them into a good brood-rearing habitat. A lot of time well-meaning people will put a box in their back yard next to the lagoon in their neighborhood.

“Lo and behold the young birds will hatch out and, because it’s not good brood-rearing habitat, mortality is pretty high,” he said.

He said placement of the box is important, as is the use of the predator shield.

“We encourage people to read the information we provide when we give them the boxes,” he said.

Wood ducks have historically been the only waterfowl that nest in South Carolina, Harrigal said, other than Canada geese which have begun nesting here in the last 35 or 40 years.

“A lot of wildlife uses the boxes; we see hooded mergansers use them. More recently we’ve started to document black-bellied whistling ducks who use them and a lot of other wildlife — screech owls, great crested flycatchers, bluebirds — so a lot of other cavity nesting birds utilize the wood duck boxes.”

Harrigal said last year’s drought was tough for wood ducks.

“There was not a lot of water to take the brood to,” he said.

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The Palmetto State is also a seasonal home for many wintering waterfowl, Harrigal said, with most of the waterfowl attracted to good wintering habitat such as seasonally flooded woodlands, either manmade or natural.

The past year has been a strange one for waterfowl, with the drought, a once-in-1,000-year flood and an exceptionally warm early winter producing strange results, he said.

The flood in early October dislodged at least one feeding resource, Harrigal said.

“We are seeing lots of crazy things,” he said. “ Harrigal said if you have a swamp that has a great canopy of trees with a lot of acorns produced, you have an available food source for the wintering wood ducks and other waterfowl.

“Along comes 22 inches of rain, and you don’t know where the acorns went,” he said.

A big flood can scour away a lot of seed-producing plants and may take that food source away as well.

A lot of manmade impoundments and manmade flooding and agricultural crops planted for wintering waterfowl habitat were inundated by the rains, he said, and plants may sprout early and not necessarily be available during the wintering period.

“I call it ‘all over the map,’” Harrigal said of the effects of the rains. “There are a number of things that could affect wintering waterfowl. Places that are normally shallowly flooded may be flooded too deep for birds to utilize.”

Brackish wetlands that traditionally produce food in the DNRmanaged, brackish wetlands along the coast survived the floods better than expected, he said.

South Carolina’s problems are small scale for migrating birds, however.

“Ducks have wings; they are birds and can go to where the food sources are,” Harrigal explained. “Birds may not find what they need in South Carolina; they might go somewhere else, or there might be temporary displacement from one part of the state to another.”

He said we have to put the flood in the context of birds and not of humans.

“They are tuned in to long-distance migration,” he said.

Rains and floods are not the only weather phenomenon influencing duck migration in South Carolina this season.

An unusually warm weather period through the end of December also had an effect on the number of waterfowl and other birds in the state, said Austin Jenkins, a biology professor at University of South Carolina Sumter.

“There just hasn’t been enough cool weather to push them this way,” he said. “They don’t travel unless they feel like they need to.”

In most years, the majority of migratory waterfowl come in early November, but some arrive as late as early January, Harrigal said.

“The hardier birds will tend to linger further north. The less hardy birds will generally come on down,” he said.

As far as the numbers that have come down, it depends on who you ask, he said.

“We have good numbers along the coast,” he said.

The warmer weather is good for the birds, Harrigal said.

“They don’t have to expend as much energy so they don’t have to get out and feed as much,” he said.

Warm weather is not so great for duck hunters, however.

“You hear duck hunters say it’s too warm to hunt ducks,” Harrigal said.

Jason Thynes, an avid duck hunter from Clarendon County, said in early January the duck hunting has been slow so far this year.

“It’s been hit and miss,” he said.

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He said a lot of the ducks hadn’t migrated down yet, as it hadn’t been cold enough.

The first really cold weather was moving into the state shortly after New Year, and Thynes was expecting better hunting.

“The cold weather will push the birds on,” Thynes said. “It’s supposed to get real cold up north, and that will push them on down.”

Thynes said he had been out hunting several times, including a trip to Arkansas.

“It was pretty much the same story there,” he said.

While the floods may have taken away some feed options for ducks, it may have created others, Harrigal said, allowing them to scatter into wider areas, also affecting the duck hunt.

Major weather events and manmade changes to habitat can have a long-term effect on waterfowl, according to Harrigal.

For instance, Hurricane Hugo, more than 25 years ago, flattened a lot of the acorn trees in the upper swamp of the Santee Cooper lakes, he said, and then hydrilla moved in, and that attracted a different set of birds.

Before that, the lakes were a more important wintering area for waterfowl, Harrigal said.

“Some environmental changes took place in the lakes and reduced the food sources,” he said. “There are still birds that use portions of the lakes but not as many as in the latter half of the 20th century and first part of the 21st century.

“When the hydrilla was eradicated, it eliminated that food source, so the birds moved on,” he said.

People have also constructed wintering waterfowl impoundments on the fringes of the lakes, Harrigal said, and the

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Nearly all of South Carolina’s waterfowl have migration tendencies, he said, with some migrating more than others.

“The rule of thumb is, birds will only fly far as needed to cover their resource needs to fulfill their life cycle,” he said.

Many birds that winter in South Carolina nest in the Great Lakes states and the eastern provinces of Canada, he said, and many don’t fly directly down to the Atlantic Coast to get to this area.

“A lot of the birds that we get fly down the Ohio Valley, but not down the Atlantic Flyway,” he said.

A couple of species of birds such as green-wing teal are Canadian Maritime Province nesters, Harrigal said.

Wood ducks, mallards, blue wings and ringers often come from Ontario and the Great Lakes states. “Gadwall and a large number of blue-wing teal and pintails are prairie oriented,” he said. “Wigeon are arboreal nesters. We get birds in South Carolina from a variety of sources.”

Each year, the South Carolina Migratory Waterfowl Committee helps the state support the waterfowl as it breeds in Canada through the state’s duck stamp, which all waterfowl hunters must purchase, said committee member Britt Rowe of Lynchburg.

“We give $10,000 to $25,000 a year to Ducks Unlimited of Canada to maintain and increase their breeding habitats,” he said.

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Wildlife Refuge offers many opportunities for outdoor enthusiasts

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com

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Santee National Wildlife Refuge, on the north shore of Lake Marion, offers many activities to enjoy the natural beauty of the area. The 15,095-acre site includes everything from bird and wildlife observation and photography to hunting and fishing, educational exhibits, walking trails and a nature tour by car.

The refuge is home to 296 bird species, 45 mammals, 54 reptiles, 35 amphibians and more than 100 fish species, according to Marcie Kapsch, refuge manager. The refuge is a major wintering area for ducks and geese and nesting and stopover area for migratory birds, raptors, shore birds and wading birds.

Some of the endangered/threatened species on the refuge include the American Alligator and the Wood Stork. Numerous other species of wildlife are indigenous to the area.

The refuge attracts more than 165,000 people per year, including birdwatchers, hunters, fishermen and campers who come with their recreational vehicles. The visitors number includes boaters and fishermen who may not necessarily make landing but use the waterways around the refuge, Kapsch said. Students from schools in the area also make field trips to the site.

Mary Kilgore, a birder from Winchester, Virginia, was visiting the refuge to observe its many bird species. Kilgore said she has visited refuges throughout the nation and heard about this one in “Best Places to Bird in Eastern United States.”

“It’s beautiful out here,” she said.

Standing on one of the observation decks at the refuge, Kilgore said she could see the various birds and nature of the area through her binoculars.

The refuge was established in 1941 as a way to protect waterfowl and other bird species. About 4,400 acres are owned by the United

States Fish and Wildlife Service, a federal government agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior. The other 11,000 acres are managed under a lease agreement with the South Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee-Cooper), Kapsch said. The refuge has more than 39 miles of shoreline along Lake Marion and consists of four units. The four units are: Bluff Unit, Cuddo Unit, Dingle Pond and Pine Island. The units include a visitors center, a 7.5-mile wildlife drive, a canoe trail through a proposed wilderness area, observation towers, miles of hiking/biking trails, elevated boardwalks and bird watching.

Bluff Unit is home of the Santee Indian Mound, which was named Fort Watson during the Revolutionary War. The Santee Indians were part of the Mississippian culture, living along the Santee River for thousands of years. The mound itself is estimated to be at least 1,000 years old, serving as a ceremonial site and a burial for the Native American tribe.

In the late 1700s, the mound was re-purposed by British troops as an outpost and named Fort Watson after British Col. John Watson, who directed the construction of the fort.

The fort was under British control and formed part of the communication and supply chain between Charleston and other British outposts farther inland. It was overtaken by Gen. Francis Marion, also known as “Swamp Fox,” in what became known as the Siege of Fort Watson in April 1781.

In 1969, the mound was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Bluff Unit also includes a one-mile Wrights Bluff Nature Trail.

Kapsch said the trail gives visitors the chance to hike and observe a variety of wild flowers, songbirds, small mammals and reptiles.

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The Bluff Unit offers fishing, bird watching, hiking trails and an Indian mound — visitors can climb a staircase to the top.

Mary Kilgore, a birder from Virginia, brought her binoculars and a camera to Santee Wildlife Refuge recently to observe the birds nesting at the refuge.

“The north side of the trail, along Cantey Bay, is a great place to observe wading birds, Canada geese, shorebirds and other wetland species,” Kapsch said.

Each September and October, visitors to the refuge have the opportunity to potentially witness as many as 80 species of birds through free migration bird walks offered at Bluff Unit.

In an article published in The Sumter Item in late August, Nathan Dias, executive director of Cape Romain Bird Observatory in McClellanville, said the refuge offered great habitat for birds because of its location next to a body of water.

“The Bluff Unit at Santee is a peninsula that sets up a funnel which allows for concentration of the birds,” Dias said.

The bird fall migration season is typically from mid-July through December, with the peak occurring in September, he said.

The birds at the refuge are a mixture of those who migrate from all over the northeast and Canada and those who live there year round.

The migratory birds then travel on to the tip of Florida and fly over the Gulf of Mexico into Mexico or Cuba, Dias said.

An observation platform and a 15-foot observation tower provide hikers good observation areas for wildlife. Bluff Unit, along with Pine Island and Cuddo Unit, provide opportunities for viewing birds such as the painted bunting and prothonotary warblers.

Cuddo Unit includes a seven-and-a-half-mile wildlife drive and five miles of hiking trails and opportunities for wildlife observation.

Kapsch said turkeys, white-tailed deer and alligators are common.

There are also more than eight miles of canoe and kayak trails.

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Pine Island includes about four miles of trail, limited to foot and bicycle traffic only. A small boat launch area is available for small boats, canoes and kayaks. Bird species include sparrow during the winter and rusty blackbird during the spring.

Nest structures are provided for wood ducks and other species in some of the areas, Kapsch said.

Supplemental crops are planted in the area to ensure adequate wildlife foods are available, she said. These include corn, millets and chufa. Millets are a group of highly variable small-seeded grasses, also known as cereal crops or grains. Chufas are a bunch grass with a peanut-like underground nut used for food plots for deer, turkey, hogs and wild hogs.

Both hunting and fishing are permitted, subject to state, federal and refuge regulations. Hunting opportunities exist for white-tailed deer and small game. Fishing is available year round in designated areas of the refuge.

The refuge is open daily from dawn until dusk, with vehicle access on the Bluff and Cuddo Units limited to the following times: Oct. 1 to Feb. 28, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., and March 1 to Sept. 30, 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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Looking for a healthy and competitive way to kick off the spring?

Then consider signing up for the Palmetto Challenge to walk, hike or bike your way to a healthier you.

Started in 2012, the Palmetto Challenge is a team walking and biking program developed by the Palmetto Conservation Foundation to “encourage people to get outside, enjoy nature and get healthy,” according to Mary Roe, director of programs and development.

The 2016 Palmetto Challenge will start March 7 and run for seven weeks. At the end of the challenge, Palmetto Conservation hosts a celebration at its Columbia office with participation gifts, refreshments and prizes awarded to the top team in each category.

This is a statewide event and is open to all experience levels because teams walk or bike at their own pace. In addition to exploring the Palmetto Trail, miles can be logged from local trails, indoor or outdoor fitness tracks, stationery bikes and treadmills and miles walked at work or home. It is a great way to explore the state and get healthy. The competitive edge also adds motivation for anyone wanting to exercise more.

Registration is free, and while membership to Palmetto Conservation Foundation is not required, it is highly encouraged.

Membership dollars help fund the completion of the Palmetto Trail and other projects. Members also get special perks and invitations to events throughout the year such as guided hikes, cookouts and the National Trails Day event held every June.

To sign up for the challenge, you need a team of two people, to create a fun and wacky team name and to register through the Palmetto

Conservation’s website at www.palmettoconservation.org.

Miles must be turned in weekly via email, Facebook page (send as a message) or the website. Results are then emailed to teams weekly (typically on Monday) so teams can keep track of their standing in the competition.

Even though this is a fun challenge, do not underestimate the competitiveness and dedication of the teams. Last year bikers and hikers together logged a total of 4,535.64 miles with The Pachyderms topping the charts at 567 walking miles and Palmetto Fat Tire with 1,614.3 biking miles.

Contact Palmetto Conservation Foundation for details, rules, to register or to become a member. Registration for this event will open closer to the start date.

Information can also be obtained from the office at 722 King St., Columbia, by calling (803) 771-0870 or through its Facebook page at www.facebook.com/palmettoconservation.

Author Bio: Anderson is a published author and freelance writer. In her spare time she enjoys hiking and visiting state parks.

This is her second year participating in the Palmetto Challenge.

Follow along on her hiking adventure at www.facebook.com/ WildflowerHiker or view her author website at andersondeanna. weebly.com.

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John Paul Smith credits ditching classes in high school with paying huge dividends for him today.

After a 1996 hurricane that he couldn’t remember the name of, Smith and a high school friend ditched school to make money repairing homes, primarily replacing roofs, in the Camden area.

Smith credits that experience, and learning carpentry through construction work while obtaining an associate’s degree in environmental engineering from Central Carolina Technical College, with giving him the confidence to launch his own business.

That confidence blossomed when he bought a house for $20,000 in 2002, applied his skills to the house and sold it a year later for $64,000.

Smith realized the potential of flipping houses — the term used to describe buying homes at low prices, fixing them up and then selling them at a significantly higher price. He continued to flip houses for two years.

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By 2004, Smith had made enough off flipping houses to launch a construction company, J.P. Smith Builders LLC. From his humble beginnings with a $20,000 investment, his company has grown to gross more than $10 million a year.

And he prospered even at a time when the housing market had collapsed during the years of 2008 and 2009.

Smith said customized home construction separates his company from others who often build spec homes. Spec homes, short for “speculative homes,” are built with no particular buyer in mind. Custom homes are built for a particular buyer. A third kind of home, tract homes, are usually built in subdivisions with homes with similar floor plans where builders can save on efficiencies of scale.

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as their ages, how they cook, how many children they have and the children’s ages while incorporating such amenities as secret drop boxes or panic areas.

J.P. Smith Builders provides each customer with a detailed homeowner’s manual that outlines everything that happens during construction from start to finish, detailing decisions the customer has to make and when. Smith said it encourages the builder and the buyer to have detailed conversations during the construction cycle.

“The book lays out every choice or selection the customer needs to make prior to the home going up,” Smith said. “This takes a lot of the guess work and frustration out of building. It answers every question you can think of.”

Smith said he hires “true” carpenters who are lifelong carpenters.

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The company also utilizes local tree products for interior design such as stairwells, bookshelves and cabinets. Those trees include cedar, pecky cypress, river birch and willow.

Smith’s attention to detail in custom-made homes has won the praise of not only Southern Living magazine, but also from his clients.

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J.P. Smith Builders has achieved the status every year since 2008.

“We get vetted every year,” Smith said.

Indeed, representatives of the program contact customers, suppliers and subcontractors to make sure he’s paying his bills, providing liability insurance, keeping his contractor’s license up to date and other expectations to ensure he’s maintaining high credibility among his customers.

One of those customers, Jim Hern, has so much respect for Smith’s company after he built a home for him on Lake Wateree that he’s building Hern a second home in Myrtle Beach.

Kern said Smith started with a blueprint, and Kern would ask questions about whether he could make changes and what those changes to the blueprint would cost.

“His honesty level is as high as or better than any contractor I’ve ever worked with,” Hern said. And, he said, he has a great network of subcontractors.

“His quality of work is very good,” Hern said.

After the economic downturn in 2008, Hern bought an unfinished house in San Antonio, Texas. The builders had walked away in the middle of the construction. It sat empty for seven years until he hired Smith to finish the home — even though it was thousands of miles from Smith’s core business.

“What a relief to get that house completed,” Hern said. “I even tried to give him more money, but he wouldn’t accept it.”

The Lake Wateree Home Owners Association lists J.P. Smith Builders as a “preferred builder.” The association’s

president, David McCaskill, said he has been so pleased with Smith’s work on a home he built for him seven years ago that he’s considering Smith to build an addition to the home.

“He was always on time, good to follow up with issues, and his communications skills are outstanding,” McCaskill said.

“It was just very high-quality work, and the work he did, even after seven years, we have been very pleased. He was easy to work with from start to finish.”

Perhaps customers are pleased with Smith because of his commitment to his workers, which builds camaraderie and loyalty among his employees. Smith said he allows his 18 employees to be “mommies and daddies before workers.”

Smith, an active member of The River Church in Camden, allows employees to take time off to coach sports, pick up children after school or be available when their family needs them. In fact, Smith coaches soccer for his children — ages 5, 6 and 8. He’s also closed on Sundays and closes early on Wednesday for employees to attend church services.

He takes the approach that “you can’t be a good carpenter if you can’t be a good father and mother.”

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With bass fishing season right around the corner, many of South Carolina’s fishermen who frequent the Santee Cooper Lakes System have several fishing tournaments to look forward to this year, according to Nelson Walker, a member of the Clarendon County Fishing Committee.

Walker is one of about four individuals who organize all fishing tournaments in the county.

One of the most popular fishing tournaments, the Santee Cooper Open Team Fishing Tournament held during the Clarendon County Striped Bass Festival, takes place in April, Walker said.

The Striped Bass Festival is a celebration of all things spring has to offer including wonderful weather, numerous species of colorful plants in full bloom and the striped bass, all while bringing together the residents of Clarendon County.

The festival usually brings about 100 boats to Santee Cooper

every year, Walker said.

During the tournament, held on Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie, teams of two strive to catch the largest striped bass and weigh the fish for a cumulative weight. The team with the highest cumulative weight wins.

It’s worth it to compete in the tournament because the firstplace team is guaranteed to win a $5,000 prize, Walker said.

He said teams that finish within 20 places will also win prize money and are sure to get back 100 percent of the money they paid to compete. The entry fee is $150 per team and an additional $10 to participate in the “Big Fish” contest, Walker said.

Although bass fishing tournaments are not the only kind of competitions held in Clarendon, Walker said there is a great appeal about the sport.

“Bass fishing is more than just sitting in a boat,” he said. “It takes a lot of coordination.”

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Walker, who has been fishing for about 30 years, began fishing for brim and crappie when he was about 3 years old and later developed an interest in bass fishing.

He said bass fishermen do not have to be in great shape but they will usually do about 2,000 casts a day while balancing in a boat, riding 3-foot waves in 95-degree weather. But the physical demands paired with the actual challenge of finding the right spot to fish make the activity worthwhile.

“You might be tired after fishing, but you’re ready to go back the next day,” Walker said.

“You have to hunt for them,” he said. “It’s a mind game.”

The fishing committee also tries to bring professional tournaments to Clarendon every year, along with organizing local fishing tournaments, Walker said.

The selection of the location is determined by several factors including other bids and the fishermen’s preference, he said.

Walker said John C. Land Landing was constructed in 1994 to make Clarendon County more enticing to tournament organizations such as Fishing League Worldwide and Bass Angler’s Sport Society. The landing features six ramps, 600

parking spaces for vehicle and boat combinations, a weigh-in pavilion and a mega ramp.

Walker said the Costa FLW Rayovac series will be at Santee Cooper from March 7-12.

If there is a lake that has been hot for the last two or three years, the competition could be held there, he said.

The other side of fishing for fun is the demanding career of professional fishing which Walker said some can handle, if they put in the hours of work and can land sponsors.

When he was in his 20s, Walker participated in several professional tournaments.

Professional fishermen have long days, waking up at 4 a.m. and going to bed at 10 p.m., Walker said.

After experiencing all that it takes to be a professional fisherman, Walker realized he would rather fish for fun and not for a career.

He said local tournaments bring attention to Santee Cooper to draw in those who fish for fun as well as provide a venue for those who fish for money.

Whatever the motivation for getting out on the water, fishermen are sure to enjoy themselves at Santee Cooper.

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