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JANINTRIGUING PEOPLE

60 ALLEN KUPFER

The human spirit can endure

62 DEBBY GRAHL

Drawn to light amid darkness

63 MARCUS MULLIS

Sailor with a laser focus

64 ALEX BROWN

Island family roots run deep

66 MIKE SCHLOTMAN

Kroger’s chief fun office

66 WALT DEMBIEC

Kicking back at Parkinson’s

67 SHEILA MORGAN A woman worth listening to

68 MARION CONLIN

The eternal learner

70 BRIAN THIEM

Writing what he knows

71 HERBERT FORD

There’s no place like home

72 MELISSA AZALLION

Giving a workforce a voice

74 VICKI WOOD

Passing the test

75 DAVID LEIGHTON

Building a modern Navy

76 CARLTON B. DALLAS Speaker, connector, transformer

77 VIRGINIA CULTER

The “Bird Lady” of Hilton Head

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JAN. CONTENTS

IN EVERY ISSUE 10 n AT THE HELM

12 n NEWS

16 n OPINION

18 n VIBE

26 n WHERE IN THE WORLD?

28 n ENTREPRENEURS

32 n BUSINESS

40 n ON THE MOVE

48 n EDUCATION

78 n HEALTH

92 n SHOPPING

94 n BRIDAL

96 n HOME

106 n REAL ESTATE

130 n CALENDAR

140 n SOCIAL SPOTLIGHT

145 n WHAT’S COOKING

150 n DINING

160 n LAST CALL

18 n IN WITH THE NEW Change is once again coming to Bluffton town leadership

22 n BAD DOGS OR BAD RAP? Pit bull ordinance has responsible owners barking foul

24 n PRESTIGIOUS PARTNER Coastal Discovery Museum earns Smithsonian affiliatio

28 n BEHIND THE BAGS Meet the people behind the rapid rise of handbag company Spartina 449

34 n FINANCIAL FOCUS Many savvy investors are ready to dive into the new year with new resolutions

56 n MAKING A DIFFERENCE Foundation for Educational Excellence supports innovative teaching

78 n PAMPER AND INDULGE The world-class spas of Hilton Head pamper both visitors and locals

84 n NEW YEAR, NEW YOU We can’t go back and relive 2015, but we have blank pages to write in 2016

92 n OLD IS NEW Shopping secondhand stores requires some foraging skills, but it’s worth it

94 n SAVE THE DATE The 2016 Hilton Head Bridal Show returns Feb. 7 to The Westin

96 n TIMELESS TREASURE Port Royal Plantation home built to be just as magnificient as its location

106 n SECOND ACT Many talented professionals find a second career in real estate

145 n EAT YOUR GREENS Many delicious and nutritious leafy greens are available this time of year

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What makes you intriguing?

ABOUT THE COVER: The Hilton Head Island cover features Walt Dembiec, a local who is kicking back at Parkinson’s with boxing and MMA. The Bluffton cover features Holocaust survivor Allen Kupfer. The two are among our “Intriguing People of the Lowcountry” special section for 2016. The images were captured by photographer Lloyd Wainscott. See who else made the list on Page 59.

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It’s the woman you see driving the big yellow Jeep around town with the “Bird Lady” license plate. Who is that? It’s Virginia Cutler, the Bird Lady of Hilton Head.

It’s the island kid that grew up humble, moved away, joined the CIA and ended up protecting American interests at the 2004 Olympic Games. His name is Herbert Ford and he’s back home now.

Read all of their intriguing stories and many more inside this issue.

The balance of our “Intriguing People” came from all over the place: friends, staffers, people who knew people and, of course, you: readers, via Facebook and email, submitted a number of suggestions that found their way into the magazine. If you know an intriguing person you would like to nominate, please reach out to us.

There’s plenty more going on, of course. We couldn’t imagine beginning a new year without a financial checkup. Ours begins on Page 34 and includes not only a list of practical suggestions you can put into place right now, but also offers great advice for people of all ages.

The new year also is the perfect time to commit to making yourself healthier and happier. Inside you will find tips and advice from the Lowcountry’s top health and beauty experts. Enjoy this intriguing new Monthly, our very first of 2016! M

SAVE THE DATE: The new year means it’s time to start gearing up for the annual Hilton Head Bridal Show. This year’s event is Sunday, Feb. 7, at The Westin Hilton Head Resort & Spa. Purchase tickets at hiltonheadmonthly.com/bridalshow-tickets

T his is our 19th year “Intriguing People of the Lowcountry”

issue — and it’s a little hard to believe that we haven’t featured every-one who lives here by now. To this day, I am amazed at the number of people with incred-ible backgrounds, tal-ents and interests who choose to make the Lowcountry their home.

And this year is no excpetion: Wait until you read about Holocaust survivor Allen Kupfer, sixth-generation native islander Alex Brown or Kroger chief financial officer and executive vice president Mike Schlotman.

They are three good examples of what our annual list is all about. It’s not a list of the most successful, though one could argue all of the people on this year’s list are. It’s not a collection of the richest people, though all of them happen to be — rich with talent, rich with experience, or rich with life.

It’s not the most beautiful, though this is an attractive bunch. Our list isn’t based on just charm, intelligence, confidence or personality, either.

It’s a combination of all of the above. It’s the author in line behind you at the

grocery store who draws inspiration from his experience working in the Oakland Police Department’s homicide division. His name is Brian Thiem.

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NEWS

The Town of Hilton Head Island is promising sewer access to all residents by 2020. The town recently commit-ted $3.5 million to help bring access to around 900 proper-ties that currently rely on sep-tic tank systems and portable toilets. Many of the properties are located in the island’s lower-income neighborhoods.

In early 2015, the sewer was extended to properties along Gumtree Road. Next in line is the Oakview neighborhood off Spanish Wells Road and property along Dillon Road. Both of those projects were already part of the town’s capi-tal improvements program. This new $3.5 commitment will extend the sewer system

to Gumtree, Chaplin, Bay Gall, Fish Haul, Squire Pope, Marshland, Wild Horse and Jonesville roads. Once sewer lines are in place, a program put in place by the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry will help lower-income resi-dents pay to connect their homes to the new lines. That project is expected to cost

$2.5 million. Oakview resi-dent Rochelle Williams made sewer access and drainage the focus of her 2014 may-oral campaign, saying ankle-deep sludge and feces have appeared in her backyard dur-ing heavy storms. Mayor David Bennett also made it one of his top issues during the cam-paign.

ALL HILTON HEAD RESIDENTS WILL HAVE SEWER ACCESS BY 2020

ISLAND MAN, SON FILM COMMERCIAL FOR

BEN CARSON CAMPAIGNMany Hilton Head Island residents are used

to seeing real estate agent Barry Ginn with his popular dog, Romeo. Residents may also soon be seeing Ginn with his son, Beau Ginn, on TV. The two recently filmed a commercial for the presiden-tial campaign of Dr. Ben Carson. The commercial was filmed at a friend’s Leamington home and near the Hudson’s Seafood House On the Docks. In 1987, Carson performed life-saving surgery on Beau when he was an infant at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Beau had a condition at the base of his skull in which a restriction around his backbone would cause his heart to stop. Carson was the only pediatric neurosurgeon capable of performing the surgery.

Bluffton Mayor Lisa Sulka recent-ly announced the signing of a pub-lic-private partnership agreement between the town of Bluffton, the Bluffton Public Development Corporation and Southeastern Development Associates (formerly known as Blanchard & Calhoun Commercial) that will further devel-op Buckwalter Place Commerce Park. The agreement provides for continued public infrastructure investment supportive of the multi-county commerce park, which is the home of eviCore Healthcare’s corporate headquarters (formerly known as CareCore National), the Don Ryan Center for Innovation and the town’s Law Enforcement Center. The agreement establishes the preliminary framework of the development and now both par-ties can proceed with site planning and permitting. The developer plans to build a 113,000-square-foot Kroger Marketplace that will be surrounded by other retailers and apartments.

BLUFFTON STRIKES DEAL ON BUCKWALTER PLACE CONSTRUCTION

The Beaufort County Board of Education will consider an affordable housing program that Superintendent Jeff Moss says will help the district recruit and retain teachers in the county, which has South Carolina’s highest cost of living. Moss said the initiative’s goal would be to provide one-, two- or three-bedroom apartments that would rent for consider-ably less than currently monthly rates in the local rental market. “We’re strug-gling to attract and retain the numbers of classroom teachers we need,” Moss said. “And teachers who turn down jobs in our district frequently cite housing expenses as a major factor in their decisions. More than 40 prospective teachers went through our application and interview process this year. We offered them jobs, but they ultimately declined those offers. There’s no doubt in my mind that our high housing costs factored into those decisions.” The school board has already moved to help with the district’s high cost of living by funding a $1,000-a-year “locality supplement” for district employ-ees.

LOCAL FISHERMAN HOOKS ANOTHER GREAT WHITE SHARKLocal fisherman Chip Michalove, captain of

Outcast Sport Fishing, recently hooked and released another great white shark in Port Royal Sound. Michalove has made a habit of catching the famous species, which is not famous for swimming in local waters. The

most common local sharks are blacktips, spin-ners, sharpnose, blacknose and hammerhead. Michalove hooked two Great White sharks last year that were more than 2,000 pounds. Last January, he hooked a 15-footer. His most recent catch was a 7-foot juvenile.

BOARD OF EDUCATION LOOKING AT AFFORDABLE

HOUSING PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS

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Sand Shark Nation has spoken. The University of South Carolina Beaufort’s first mascot character will bear the name of Finnegan, which was the overwhelming favorite in voting by Sand Shark fans. The win-ning name garnered 57 percent of the vote, easily defeating Chomp (15 percent), Thrasher (14 percent) and

Sandy (13 percent). Finnegan — who also will go by “Fin” for short — made his public debut at the Bluffton Christmas Parade. The mascot character was developed by Street Characters Inc., which has been pro-ducing mascot characters and cos-tumes since 1987 for clients around the world, including professional

sports franchises, colleges and high schools, corporations, theme parks, and festivals. The mascot will become a mainstay at USCB sporting events and campus events, as well as com-munity events such as festivals and parades, and will accompany USCB student-athletes when they volunteer in the community.

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HILTON HEAD MOST INSTAGRAMMED

PLACE IN SCBetween the coast and the moun-

tains, South Carolina is full of pictur-esque views, landmarks and venues that provide the perfect backdrop for an Instagram picture. Recently, Time Magazine dug into the popu-lar photo-sharing app’s statistics to find out which place is the most fre-quently tagged Instagram location in each state using geo-tagging. For South Carolina, Hilton Head Island ranked No. 1.

BLUFFTON POLICE ANNOUNCE

HISPANIC HOTLINEThe Bluffton Police Department

recently announced the imple-mentation of a Hispanic Hotline. Those speaking Spanish are now able to leave an anonymous mes-sage for officers to help fight crime. According to data from the United States Census Bureau, Bluffton cur-rently has a Hispanic/Latino popula-tion of approximately 18.8 percent, which means there have been more than 2,700 people in Bluffton who may have wanted to help police in the past, but haven’t had a way to do so. Now they do. When the anony-mous Hispanic Hotline is dialed, the caller is automatically forwarded to a voicemail recording. Once the tip is left, a Spanish-speaking officer is notified by email of the message. The number is 843-706-7806.

FORMER USCB PITCHER DRAFTED

BY CARDINALSMichael Heesch has spent his

entire life on one side of one of baseball’s longest-running rival-ries. Until now. Heesch, a former University of South Carolina Beaufort standout who has spent the past four seasons pitching in the Chicago Cubs’ minor league sys-tem, was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the minor-league phase of the Rule 5 Draft recently. The left-hander initially was assigned to the Cardinals’ Triple-A affiliate in Memphis, according to his bio page on milb.com. Players are eligible for the Rule 5 Draft if they signed when they were 19 or older and have played four years of professional ball, or if they signed at age 18 or younger and have played five years. Players who are not on the MLB 40-man roster are unprotected and can be drafted by another club. Because Heesch was not on the Triple-A reserve roster, he also was eligible for the minor-league portion of the draft. After two sea-sons at USCB, including a senior campaign in which he earned NAIA All-America honors and led the Sand Sharks to the 2012 NAIA World Series, Heesch was selected by his hometown Cubs in the eighth round of the 2012 MLB Draft.

Hilton Head Island was named a top retirement destina-tion in the January-February issue of Where to Retire magazine. The island was picked for its development as a top coastal resort town, its active Osher Lifelong Learning Institute chapter offering a bevy of pro-grams, and its gated communities that are home to a majority of its residents, a news release said. The magazine is pub-lished six times a year.

Hilton Head Island’s famed Harbour Town Golf Links was recently recognized among the best golf courses in the United States, a regular occurrence for the popular course that hosts the PGA Tour’s RBC Heritage each year. Golf Channel analyst Matt Ginella listed Harbour Town No. 13 on his list of the nation’s top public golf courses during his “Morning Drive” program

and went on to call it, “one of the most important golf courses in America.” The course was created by Pete Dye and Jack Nicklaus in 1969. Ginella said, “This is really where we start emerg-ing into what is the modern era of architecture. It's cer-tainly one of the best of the modern era." Harbor Town was also recently honored by Gofweek, which ranked it No. 13 on its list of “Best Resort Courses for 2016.”

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QUITE A VIEW FROM SAN FRANCISCOI enjoyed Marc Frey’s article

in Hilton Head Monthly about San Francisco. I have visited there many times as my brother lived there for 20 plus years. I always loved the city. I always felt that the city was a wonder-ful place to experience the diversity of the world. But I did always feel it was an elitist city to a certain extent. But what touched me most about Frey’s article was how technology is changing the world. As a 50 year old with three kids ranging from 1-21, I have seen how it has and still affects my children and the world and how we interact with each other. The way you described how tech-nology challenges our tradition-al values, not just in the most obvious ways, such as exposure to inappropriate materials or easier ways for bad people to do bad, but how people don't care about personal space and privacy anymore. I'll rent you my car seat or my bed because

you need it and I don't care enough to say no while I make a few dollars. I love that young-er people are so open to meet-ing people from any walk of life and accept them for who they are. But it fi lls me with dread that our young are exposed to so many bad infl uences and the world has become so shal-low (like the Kardashians). So much good and so much bad. It's exciting and terrifying all at the same time. We have to be watchful yet open to opportuni-ties. It will be interesting to see how things pan out in the next 50 years. Some things will not change, money rules as you point out. That will not change. But the income divide has got-ten bigger and will continue to.

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A VIABLE AIRPORT IS KEY TO OUR FUTUREMarc, I just read your

Last Call in the Hilton Head Monthly latest issue. You made some good points but you missed naming a valu-able component to our island attracting new businesses. A viable airport is critical. I got a call from a client from Ohio who owns an ocean-oriented home in Palmetto Dunes recently. They have decided to sell because it is too diffi cult and expensive to get their family here. She said every time they come they

get stuck on Interstate 95 or U.S. 278 due to accidents and sit for minimum one hour, plus the traffi c and construc-tion on U.S. 278 is a waste of time. She said they could fl y to London faster and cheaper. I don't know of another suc-cessful resort or second home community without a viable airport, and the residents here are trying to get ours closed. Unbelievable. Please push support for our airport while there is still a small chance.

— Lottie Woodward

to inappropriate materials or easier ways for bad people to do bad, but how people don't care about personal space and

my car seat or my bed because

But the income divide has got-ten bigger and will continue to.

— Paula Tilley

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DAN WOOD, HARRY LUTZ TALK 2016 PRIORITIES, FOOTBALL AND DISNEY FANATICISM

For the third straight election, chal-lengers have unseated incumbents. Longtime Blufftonian Dan Wood and relative newcomer Harry Lutz

won the Nov. 17 three-way runoff, beat-ing councilman and restaurateur Ted Hoffman. Monthly reached out to the new leaders for their take on what’s next for Bluffton, where they’ll focus their energies and the family that helped boost them to the win.

Why is now the time that you decided to get involved with town governing?

WOOD: I had intended to run for office years ago, but the demands of my job as an operations manager for Palmetto Electric Cooperative just did not allow for it. My record of public ser-vice both from the civic and community side is clearly established. I’m a long-term Rotarian, past Rotary president,

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LEADERSChange is once again coming to Bluffton town leadership.

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founder of the Historic Bluffton Arts & Seafood Festival, and past planning commissioner for the town. Currently I serve on the town’s Accommodations Tax Committee, and as a board member for the Bluffton Historical Preservation Society.

LUTZ: I want to have a voice in the future of Bluffton. I have been on Bluffton's Planning Commission for the past three-plus years, and I know Bluffton is no longer a secret. With national rec-ognition comes increased population and growth. We need to have a short-term and long-term plan for controlled growth while maintaining economic development and quality of life.

What is your top priority/issue you

plan on championing as a voice on Town Council?

WOOD: Affordable and workforce housing is a committee I hope to serve on. Since our town has been discov-ered, we are experiencing phenomenal growth. A benefit and consequence of growth is higher construction and housing costs, which require larger por-tions of one’s income for housing needs

Dan Wood (left) and Harry Lutz.

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including rentals. The Beaufort County school system is currently grappling with this very issue. They hope to eliminate teacher turnover by making housing costs more affordable.

LUTZ: My top priorities are to control growth and maintain the quality of life that drew all of us here to relocate in Bluffton. I also want to promote sewer versus septic tank usage to reduce and or eliminate the pollution of our local waters. Moderate-priced housing is also a subject that can’t be overlooked.

With the continued growth of the area and the ever-increasing rumors of large retailers coming to the area, how does Bluffton keep its small-town appeal while managing that growth?

WOOD: Certain sections of the town may be appropriate for large retailers. Thus far, most of these retailers have built near Bluffton in unincorporated areas controlled by Beaufort and Jasper counties.

We need to remember that the area referenced regarding our small-town appeal is the Old Town historic district that comprises just 4 percent of our town’s 54 square miles. To help preserve and protect the historic character and charm, this area has the most restrictive zoning standards.

We should also begin a public discus-sion to determine if franchise stores in the historic district will add or take away from this small-town charm. Since this

area is the heart of Bluffton and our main tourist attraction, we need to get it right.

LUTZ: Keeping Bluffton's small-town charm will be an ongoing issue as we continue to grow. We can be pro-active and solicit those types of business we want and direct them to areas we want the growth and have the infrastructure in place to support them. We can also expand and promote our local artists and musicians with a cultural center or district. Melding the old with the new will be a challenge.

Tell us a little bit about your family and your interests outside of politics. Do you have a dog in the fight of the ever-popular college football fandom debate (USC, Clemson, Ohio State, other)?

WOOD: Debbie and I have four adult children and four grandchildren. Three of the kids grew up in greater Bluffton. They all enjoy coming home and appre-ciate the town as much as we do. We ride our golf cart to church, take the grandkids to DuBois Park, and enjoy boating on the May River. We love our walks through the historic district and frequenting all of the local restaurants and artists.

And yes, I love SEC football. The Gamecocks are my favorite team — tough year — but I also pull for both Clemson and Georgia when they are not playing the Gamecocks. Since Debbie is a graduate of Georgia it gets a little loud

in our house when the Gamecocks and Bulldogs play each other.

LUTZ: I relocated to Bluffton six years ago from Wall, New Jersey, with my wife of 47 years, Kathleen. We have four chil-dren, nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild. We are both very active in the community and are involved with or support Special Olympics, Bluffton Self Help, Habitat for Humanity, Boys & Girls Club and Hampton Hall Charitable Fund. I enjoy fishing, gardening and travel. I am also a Disney fanatic, having been 37 times to Disney World and twice to Disneyland. We have a family trip planned to Disney for November 2016.

How do you fit in to the current Town Council mix? Do you see your-self as a listener or more of a rabble-rouser to start your term?

WOOD: I consider the mayor and other council members our friends. We each will work collectively for what is best for the citizens of Bluffton. The best way to learn the needs of the people is by listening to them. I’m also determined to make every effort to connect with each area of our growing town. Many young families are moving here and we need to be cognizant of their needs and create a foundation of opportunity for their future. It is all about maintaining our cherished quality of life.

LUTZ: Being a current member of the Planning Commission, I already have a good working relationship with the existing council members. Town staff have also conducted several plan-ning sessions to help educate the new council members on the issues at hand with more to follow. I want to have a seat at the table and make sure all the subjects at hand are understood com-pletely before action is taken. I am not afraid to speak my mind, whether I am in agreement or disagreement with others. However, I also know there is no “I” in team and this will be a team effort. M

Longtime Blufftonian Dan Wood, right, and relative newcomer Harry Lutz won the Nov. 17 three-way runoff.

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ORDINANCE HAS RESPONSIBLE OWNERS BARKING FOUL

Beaufort County Animal Services director Tallulah Trice has faced criticism since announcing an ordinance in October requiring pit bull owners in unincorporated parts of the county to spay and neuter their dogs.

And ambiguity in the ruling has created confusion and frustration among own-ers. Pritchardville resident Hugh Mitchell has owned his pit bull Amos for the past eight years. He has bred his dog twice and has always given away puppies to friends and family. He says the ruling groups him with all the other “bad guys” selling the dogs to dogfight promoters who discard the breed in shelters when they’re no longer of use.

“It’s one of the most loving breeds there is, but I certainly understand why the pit bull gets a bad rap,” Mitchell said. “Can they be vicious? Of course. This is a power-ful breed. But it’s all about the owner. Breed them to fight and they have a survival instinct like no other.”

A new ordinance aimed to curb an out-of-control pit

bull population in Beaufort County shelters has

owners angry and animal advocates defending the

intent of the action.

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Mitchell said he plans to appeal the notice to get Amos neutered, but isn’t look-ing to pick a fight with the county.

“I just don’t understand why they can’t make this a case by case consideration,” he said.

But it’s that ambiguity that has others concerned. Soon-to-be Lowcountry transplant Niles Trammell is planning a move to Sun City, but has already learned that his pet bully, Lennon, will have to be spayed if he wants to live there. American bullies look similar to pit bulls, but gener-ally have a gentle demeanor and are categorized as an “excellent family dog” by the United Kennel Club.

“I already had enough bad looks when I went to look at the house,” Trammell said. “The breeds look alike, I get it. But if you saw Lennon hanging around the yard, you’d know she’s truly harmless.”

Animal services officials have the discretion to determine whether a dog is a pit bull. And the leading kennel clubs can’t even agree on a definition — the UKC recognizes bullies as a unique breed, but the American Kennel Club has not made that distinction.

“I just don’t understand the need to pick on this breed,” Trammell said.Trice and others have been trying to make the point that this is about trying to

curb a real problem in the county.“Ninety percent of the dogs in shelters are pit bulls or pit bull mixes. They’re

abandoned or neglected by owners who overbreed or have no use for them when they can’t fight anymore,” said Hilton Head Humane Association director Franny Gerthoffer. “This is not about wanting to pick a fight. If we had this same over-crowding issue with poodles, we’d have the ordinance for poodles.”

Gerthoffer said the humane association is working with the county to distribute 400 vouchers for spaying and neutering. She said that this is about trying to save the pit bull.

“We have such an overpopulation because of selfish people only concerned about making money off the breed,” she said.

Gerthoffer said the ordinance does not apply to individual municipalities. She said Hilton Head officials have shown support toward enacting a similar ordinance, while other areas like Port Royal have not been as receptive.

“If we could all work together on this instead of fighting or pointing fingers, we could truly make a difference,” Gerthoffer said.

Indeed, cities that have tried similar actions have seen success. San Francisco saw fewer pit bulls and mixes in shelters, fewer bite reports and fewer pit bulls put down since adopting its breed policy in 2005. The city has impounded 14 percent fewer pit bulls and seen euthanasia rates go down by nearly a third.

Gerthoffer said her typical turnover for shelter dogs is three months, but some pit bulls stay up to two years.

“You get a bait dog that has been mutilated for sport, it just breaks your heart,” she said. “They are often too traumatized and at times scarred and deformed to find a home.”

She said the ordinance is about helping the breed overall, not about targeting specific owners.

“We’ve had overpopulation issues before, with Rottweilers, chows, even black Labs in the past,” said Gerthoffer, who has been in animal services for 30 years. “It’s about educating people and eliminating an epidemic of irresponsible owners.”

For folks like Mitchell and Trammell, the bigger picture is hard to see.“I have a loving pet who I want to share for generations,” Mitchell said. “If they

have discretion to determine breeds, they should have discretion to give the responsible owners a reprieve.” M

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But it isn’t among the other exhib-its. Now hanging in the office of President/CEO Rex Garniewicz is a framed certificate that reads:

“Smithsonian Institution Certificate of Affiliation: The Board of Regents and the Secretary of the Smithsonian is pleased to recognize Coastal Discovery Museum as an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution.”

The news of this prestigious new rela-tionship was a superb way to celebrate the Coastal Discovery Museum’s 30-year anni-versary and serves as a significant turning point in both its current and future mission.

The Coastal Discovery Museum opened its doors in 1985 and made the move to Honey Horn in 2007. The site, once a private hunting and fishing preserve in the early 1900s, was restored by former director Michael Marks and his staff and helped draw large crowds.

“Michael did a great job and brought it to the level it is now. The museum has received amazing support from the community and visitors know a lot about us and many say that visiting the museum is an integral part of their trip,” said Garniewicz. “We are taking

the next steps with our mission, vision and values. We stress the way to inspire people to protect the environment and the arts is by taking action, making Hilton Head Island a better place to be.”

The new Discovery Lab, a dedicated space for exhibits and classroom equipment to open early this year, was funded by the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, the VanLandingham Rotary, accommoda-tions tax grants and others, is an example of the ongoing projects and the work in progress.

Harold Closter, director of the Smithsonian Affiliations for the past 10 years and who has worked at the Smithsonian Institution for 40 years — including 20 based at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. — paid the Coastal Discovery Museum a site visit during the affiliation process.

“First, I was very honored to be on Hilton Head and was grateful that town manager Steve Riley let me publicly recognizing the new affiliation before his lecture,” Closter said. “I enjoyed listening to the discussion. Everybody I met was very welcoming and you have a wonderful museum — something

COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM

On Nov. 19, something new went on display at the Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn.

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that can provide so many opportunities on so many levels. Not every community has something like that, so I salute the commu-nity.”

“I loved the art, loved the water meeting the land and how that has influenced the life of so many people — the intersection of everything. In coastal places, you have a special relationship with water, land, people and ecology and there’s something very pre-cious and special and that relationship is very important,” he added.

The Smithsonian Institution launched its Affiliations Program in 1996. Across the nation, museums are looking for ways to involve and engage audiences, to allow visi-tors to tailor their own experience and to make exhibits more interactive and personal, involving new education strategies and tech-nology. It means inviting more community participation and means being more inclu-sive, recognizing that people have different learning styles.

“I would say that’s one of the many things that the Coastal Discovery Museum is doing,” Closter says. “Visitors come in groups, so it a social experience. The great thing about the Coastal Discovery Museum is that it com-bines so many different areas — art, history, nature and science, and it shows us that all these things are related.”

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From left; Costal Discovery Museum staff members Natalie Heftier, Jennifer Stupak, Rex Garniewicz, Carlos Chacon, Robin Swift and Dawn Brut are shown with the Smithsonian Institution Certificate of Affiliation

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MORE INFORMATION

Nestled among the ancient, majestic trees and marsh front boardwalks, the grounds offer scenic trails, a butterfly garden, indig-enous marsh tacky horses and plaques dedi-cated to native islanders and to those who have played an important role in the history of the island.

When Garniewicz came to the Coastal Discovery Museum in June 2014, he and the staff got started on the application. The Smithsonian Institution is very selec-tive, so the Coastal Discovery Museum had to implement new policies and update its procedures. Garniewicz had experienced the application process during his time as a curator at the Museum of Man in San Diego, so he knew the Coastal Discovery Museum had to step it up to meet the Smithsonian’s exacting criteria: Applicants must be non-profit organizations, must have staff with professional experience and credentials, and facilities must meet requirements for security and safety for possible exhibit loans.

“They have to have a strong educational mission that serves the community in a

broad way. The Coastal Discovery Museum met all those requirements,” Closter said. “There is a very big application package that they needed to submit with informa-tion about mission, organization chart, and financials, and we pay very close attention that they are compatible with the mission of the Smithsonian Institution and infra-structure. We follow our affiliates closely, and our staff stays in close contact, and we monitor and review on an annual basis. The relationship is mutually beneficial to both parties. Partnerships take time and take community support.”

One of those benefits is that the Coastal Discovery Museum can send some of its staff on professional development trips, where they will work with the Smithsonian staff on educational programs. Museum officials say having access to Smithsonian resources will be a big benefit

What else is in the pipeline at the Coastal Discovery Museum? “We would like to focus on what is known as ‘citizen science,’ where people are collecting data

that could be analyzed,” Garniewicz said. “This would mean it would take the effort of volunteers in our area — and we have so many people who are willing to step in and dedicate their time and expertise. And we would like our museum to have not only a local and regional impact but a global impact. For example, our turtle pres-ervation program not only affects the total turtle population in the immediate area but around the world.”

With the Smithsonian behind it, the pos-sibilities for the Coastal Discovery Museum are endless. M

The Coastal Discovery Museum joins other Smithson-ian Affiliations museums in South Carolina: South CarolinaState Museum in Columbia, the Children’s Museum of the Upstate in Greenville, the Upcountry History Museum at Furman University in Greenville, and the York County Culture and Heritage Museums in Rock Hill. Nationally, affiliate museums include the Georgia Aquarium inAtlanta, the Denver Art Museum, George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens, and the Museum of the African Diaspora. Visit www.coastaldiscovery.org and https://affiliations.si.edu/ for more information

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BUSINESS

BY ELIHU SPENCER

SPARTINA 449 OWNERS:

BE PASSIONATE

ABOUT WHAT

YOU DO

Have you ever dreamed of being an entrepreneur, or of having your own successful business? Controlling your own destiny? Being beholden to no one other than yourself in your work?

Many of us have had this dream. Lots have stepped forth to achieve it

and found bitter disappointment for one reason or another. There are many others, however, who have in fact experienced the satisfying fulfillment of creating a new enterprise, seeing it blossom and experiencing the financial and personal rewards that follow.

This month, Hilton Head Monthly is starting a series about entrepreneurs in our area.

Some of these entrepreneurs will be experiencing success right now. Others have successfully retired to Hilton Head Island and Bluffton after achievements elsewhere.

The purpose of this new series is twofold:

• It will highlight the individuals and their accomplishments.

• It will provide meaningful insights from successful entrepreneurs to help readers who may be thinking of stepping forth in faith into the challenging waters of entrepreneurship.

If you would like to nominate an entrepreneur from Hilton Head Island or Bluffton, please email [email protected].

BY EDWARD THOMAS PHOTOS BY FAITH SEIDERS

Kay Stanley and her husband, Curt Seymour, owners of Spartina

449, were already highly successful entrepreneurs when they moved from Kansas City, Missouri, to "try out" retirement on Daufuskie Island in April, 2009 with their Goldendoodle dog, Buddy.

Stanley and Seymour had just sold their nationally recognized, award-winning scrapbook and crafts business, K & Company, which had originally been launched as a side business out of their Missouri home in order to make a bit of extra money. After just 10 years,

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they sold that tiny enterprise to a venture capital firm for what has been reported to be several tens of millions of dollars. It later became a branded product line of Wilton Industries & Brands, the largest private enterprise in the U.S. specializing in innovative products for the home including Martha Stewart Crafts and the American Girl brand.

The young couple seemed ready to kick back and relax for a while. But, while Stanley had fallen in love with her new coastal South Carolina environment, she just wasn't ready to embrace retirement. She soon began

planning for her next business adventure, which needed to be in a different field because of their non-compete agreement.

This time around Stanley, who had started her career as a graphics designer with an advertising agency, wanted to apply her passion and talent for design to the fieldof fashion — in particular women's accessories, from handbags and wallets to scarves and jewelry. Now, five years later, the Hilton Head Island-based enterprise has been recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of America's fastest-growing private companies.



Stanley says more than 1,800 retail outlets across the nation and in the Caribbean now carry Spartina products. This is in addition to a growing revenue stream from the Internet and two nearby brick-and-mortar stores (one in Old Town Bluffton and the other at the new Tanger Outlet in Pooler near the Savannah International Airport.

Named for the native marsh grass and the street address of their first home on Daufuskie Island, Spartina 449 draws the inspiration for its products from the nearby Sea Islands. Products were originally aimed exclusively toward women, but the company is branching into golf items because of Seymour's love for the game.

Spartina 449 has leveraged PR opportunities, and has been touted as a "trendsetter" in a wide variety of national publications from People Stylewatch to Oprah's O Magazine, Glamour Magazine and Women's Day. To help celebrate the area's culture and rich history that influence its designs, the company donates a portion of all proceeds to the Daufuskie Island Historical Foundation.

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As entrepreneurs, Stanley and Seymour exhibit several of the most common entrepreneurial traits as noted on Entrepreneur.com, a website for "wannabe" entrepreneurs. These include: nimble thinking; willingness to take big risks; learning on the fly; a sincere willingness to listen to others, but always deciding for themselves.

Stanley tells an intriguing story that perfectly addresses successful entrepreneurs being nimble and willing to take a big risk.

It began on one of her earliest visits to a gift trade show, where she was trying to find retail buyers for her first product — a customizable picture frame — with limited success. As the day moved on, Stanley noticed people were lined up in front of a vendor with a scrapbook product. Checking it out, she quickly realized she could create something better than what was being sold, and raced home to tell her husband. The couple soon mortgaged their house and poured their entire savings into purchasing $100,000 worth of inventory to get the new business fully capitalized.

Fortunately, timing was perfect. The scrapbooking phenomenon boomed between 2001 and 2005, and their K & Company became an industry darling. Hobby Lobby, Michaels, Target and Walmart came calling, and QVC became a customer after Stanley sent it a blind letter with some samples. A buyer from QVC took a shine to the designs and placed a $1 million order. A few months later, 77,000 of the company's scrapbook kits were sold on QVC in one day.

Stanley and Seymour were pouring their life into the business — working around the clock to meet demand — but they were also savvy enough to sense a market saturation and the beginning of a decline. They sold at the industry's peak.

Today's Spartina 449 seems on somewhat of a similar but smarter path. Stanley says her personal pace is also more leisurely.

She has three pieces of advice for new entrepreneurs: (1) Be passionate about what you do; (2) Know your market and always keep your eyes open for new opportunities; (3) Have sufficient capital and get a good accountant so you can focus on what you do best. M


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BUSINESS

BY ELIHU SPENCERFORWARDA LOOK BACK, A GLANCE

IN the January 2015 issue, I took it upon myself to make

“Elihu’s 10 Predictions for 2015.” Just to be fair, I want to review those predictions and see how I did. As I’m often reminded, economics has been called “the dismal science” and economists are rarely held accountable. Not so with Elihu, so here we go:

ELIHU’S 10 PREDICTIONS FOR 2015

So in my self-grading, I give myself a solid B, with only one of 10 predictions graded as an F. While I will never be satisfied with anything less than an A, a grade of B is finewith me.

Once again, at the risk of embarrassing myself, I am going to make some predictions for 2016. Here we go:

#10 The Federal Reserve will

begin the interest rate raising process at mid-year, resulting in an “inverted yield curve.”

Grade: C

#9 There will be volatility in

the equity markets in 2015 and markets will move up 8 percent to 10 percent.

Grade: C+

#8 Short and intermediate fixedincome assets will lose value.

Grade: A

#7 Oil prices will drop to $40 a barrel, resulting in significant

savings at the gas pump. Grade: A

#6 The U.S. dollar will strengthen

against other currencies. Grade: A

#5 Job growth will

continue to be robust. Grade: A

#4 Mortgage rates will

move higher. Grade: B+

#3 Don’t expect Congress

to get much done. Grade: A

#2 Hillary drops out of the race for the Democratic

nomination, Andrew Cuomo becomes the front runner and Jeb Bush is the leading

Republican. Grade: F

#1 Homebuyers will make a comeback in a big way and our local real estate market will emerge from the doldrums. Grade: C

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ELIHU’S 10 PREDICTIONS FOR 2016

#10We will elect our fi rst

female president in 2016. I think the economy, and deck, are stacked against whoever ends up being

the GOP nominee.

#9 The Federal Reserve

will forgo any interest rate increases in 2016. I predict that the Federal

Open Market Committee will be “one and done” at

its December meeting.

#8 Our national economy

will continue to expand, albeit at a relatively slow

pace of less than 2.5 percent. Slow growth will be accompanied by even

lower rates of infl ation.

#7 Driven by continued low interest rates, the equity

markets will continue to plod higher — but volatility will be the

rule as opposed to the exception.

#6 The U.S. dollar will

continue to strengthen against the euro, making

European vacations attractive for Americans.

There you go, and here is a toast to a wonderful, exciting and prosperous 2016! M

Elihu Spencer is a banking expert with a long business history in global fi nance. 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.

#5 The price of gas might see its high

for the year on Jan. 1. OPEC is a mess, and Saudi Arabia and Iran need cash so they will keep oil

production up.

#4 The most affordable gas prices in

a decade will fi nally lead American consumers to start spending again — which is great for the overall U.S.

economy.

#3 Maybe this will be the year: Homeownership will begin to make a comeback. We are currently at the lowest

homeownership rate since the early 1950s. Housing affordability,

coupled with escalating rental rates, will drive millennials

into homeownership, which is another positive factor for the U.S.

economy.

#2 Auto and truck sales will continue to increase above the 18 million-

plus annualized rate as we replace our aging car fl eet and

construction makes a comeback.

#1 With Speaker Paul Ryan leading the

House and Barack Obama in his fi nal year in offi ce, we may actually see Congress and the White House come together and deal with long-term issues such as corporate tax reform and immigration. Not an

easy thing to do in an election year, but possible.

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FINANCE

BY STEVEN WEBER AND GLORIA MAXFIELD

STRATEGYCREATE A FINANCIAL

Charitable giving in the U.S. suffered tremendously during the Great Recession, and donations are just now returning to pre-crisis levels. Increased demands on the nonprofi t sector and charities of all types meant having to do more with less; at the same time, the number of charities competing for donor dollars has multiplied. Don’t let any of your important contributions go to waste by donating to well-meaning organizations that spend

ineffi ciently or pay themselves too much, or worse, don’t fall victim to outright fraud. Give with your heart, but give with a plan. Determine whether your donations should come from cash, directed required distributions from your IRA (if you are older than 70.5), or appreciated securities. Space out giving rather than lumping it all in the fi nal months of the year. Always check out any charity asking for money; we use www.charitywatch.org, www.

guidestar.org and www.charitynavigator.org. Local resources like the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, www.cf-lowcountry.org, will help direct local charitable contributions to projects where they will do the most good.

RAISE YOUR INVESTMENT IQ

Make your monthly and quarterly portfolio reviews meaningful. Go beyond the bottom line and ask what contributed to performance — and what didn’t. Which investments in your portfolio are underperforming their peers and why? When you are offered a new investment, fi nd out its cost in clear and certain terms, as well as how much your broker or agent is getting paid to sell it. It may sound like an impolite question to ask, but it’s not, and it is important for you to know. It’s perfectly OK for someone to be compensated for selling an investment to you, but you should know how much, and how

FOR 2016

USE YOUR SOCIAL CAPITAL WISELY

Many savvy investors have waved goodbye to 2015 and are ready to dive into 2016 with new resolutions and strategies. Some of us, on the other hand, are looking

hopefully at the new year while still morosely looking back at 2015’s unfinished investment business. Don’t despair. Often, the hardest part of moving ahead or starting fresh is sorting through the overload of information and multiple possibilities, and identifying the most relevant tasks and goals.Here are a few tips to help you make the most of your money in 2016.

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it compares to other alternatives. Learn to say no to hot stock tips, investments that sound too good to be true (they usually are), investment promises and guarantees that aren’t in writing, investments that are expensive, any investment that you don’t really understand and investments that would be hard to sell.

Don’t equate complexity with good portfolio strategy, and don’t mistake the time you spend each month totaling your net worth to the real work of becoming a better investor. Be ruthless in eliminating duplication in your investments. Use time-tested strategies like bond laddering and dollar cost averaging. Make diversificationyour mantra for any investments that have credit risk, especially individual stocks, and corporate and tax-free municipal bonds. Don’t have more investments than you can comfortably follow and keep track of. Consider reducing expenses by using low-cost index funds instead of more expensive managed mutual funds. While some fund managers earn their fees, a 2015 a study by analysts at Morningstar of the 10-year period ending in 2014 showed actively managed funds lagging their respective index funds in nearly all asset classes.

ALWAYS PUT IT IN WRITING

All too often, the best investment resolutions degenerate into a new start to old habits. One of the best ways to avoid this is a written financial plan, one that will lend continuity and consistency to your investment activity and enable you to identify exactly what you want to accomplish in 2016, with specific and measurable goals. Define each goal with a timeframe, dollar amount saving strategy and desired outcome. For savings goals make, use of features like direct deposits to savings accounts from checking accounts, or auto saving, where a certain amount is moved from checking to savings every time you post a transaction. For investment goals, be sure to include a target asset allocation in your plan. The synergy between asset allocation and portfolio balancing helps to make your portfolio efficient, and not just a collection of purchases. If your portfolio mix is not conforming to your financial plan, it is time to reassess your allocation strategy — along with your risk tolerance, return expectations and investment preferences. Consider your mix of stocks, bonds and cash, and the balance within each of these areas. Remember, successful investors are not afraid to be a little contrarian from time to time.

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Don’t equate complexity with good portfolio strategy, and don’t mistake the time you spend each month totaling your net worth to the real

work of becoming a better investor.

Maximum IRA contributions remain at $5,500, ($6,500 if you are 50 or older.) You can plan to max out your 401(k) or 403(b) in 2016 at $18,000, with an additional $6,000 for those 50 and older. Be sure to contribute at least enough to qualify for any matching contributions from your employer. Otherwise, you are shortchanging your retirement fund and simply throwing money away.

If you qualify, weigh the benefits of tax-free accumulation by contributing your after-tax dollars to a Roth IRA. (Remember though, that Roth IRA eligibility phases out for a married

couple with modified adjusted gross income of between $184,000 and $194,000.) You may also consider rolling over all or part of your traditional IRA into a Roth. You can do this even if you are retired, or otherwise ineligible for a contributory Roth.

If you have a 401k with pre-tax and after-tax dollars, you should be aware of some important changes in rollover rules that recently took effect. You are now allowed in some circumstances to rollover the pre-tax portion into an IRA and the after-tax portion into a Roth.

REVIEW YOUR RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN



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REVIEW YOUR RETIREMENT INCOME PLAN

Some important changes in Social Security benefitclaiming strategies were put into effect at the end of last year. “File and suspend,” which allowed family members to receive a benefit based on your earning record while your own benefit grows, has been eliminated effective May 1, 2016. However, if you are at full retirement age or older, you can still file and suspend before this date. Another strategy, known as “Restricted Application,” which allows you at full retirement age to file for only your spousal benefit while allowing your own benefit to grow, has also been eliminated. It will still be available only to those who were 62 or older by the end of 2015. One of the most important components of an income plan is to assure income for a surviving spouse. Take time to calculate a surviving spouse income plan for you and your spouse, if relevant. Determine how much would be lost in Social Security and pension income, how much replacement income would be provided by insurance, and how much would be needed from your investments. Remember, a greater withdrawal rate may increase the likelihood of running out of funds or having to limit your lifestyle as you get older.

REDUCE YOUR DEBT For most families, reducing debt is key to financial

security, and this is especially so in retirement, with high-cost credit cards frequently the culprit. Often, a simple exercise in organization and consolidation can make a big difference. With your monthly net income in hand, list all debts, interest rates and monthly payments, and then apply a reasonable portion of the remaining money after paying basic expenses to the debt with the highest interest rate. Make it the first payment you make each month. You can also consider transferring higher-rate balances to lower-rate cards, and taking advantage of special interest rate offers. Be sure to read the fine print, though, since a single late payment can often negate all the special offers and stick you with an uncomfortably high interest rate.


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ACCEPT YOUR LIMITATIONS

Investors can think their way into trouble. Be aware of the biases that lead to poor decision-making. One of the most costly to investors is confirmation bias, in which we seek out information that reaffirms our past choices, and reject or discount information that challenges them. Another cardinal investor sin is overconfidence. Believing that we know more than is possible about a stock, a company or the market in general causes us to make all kinds of wrongheaded decisions, including the buying and selling more often, which is almost always costly. A 2009 study by Terrance Odean and his associates at the University of California on individual trading suggested an average annual cost, or performance penalty, of 3.8 percentage points when compared to more passive strategies. M

Steven Weber is the senior investment adviser and Gloria Maxfield the director of client services for The Bedminster Group. The Bedminster Group is a registered investment advisor providing investment management, estate, and financial planning services. The information contained herein was obtained from sources considered reliable. Their accuracy cannot be guaranteed. The opinions expressed are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those from any other source.



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Hamilton Group Funding has hired Elagene Trostle as branch manager and loan offi cer at its new Hilton Head Island branch. As a senior-level loan offi cer, Trostle has more than 37 years of mortgage lending expertise. Most recently, she served as a branch manager for Movement Mortgage. She reports to Richard Custer, regional vice president.

Dr. John Batson welcomes Steven Strocko, PA, now seeing patients at Lowcountry Spine & Sport.°

John MacKay has joined Keller Williams Realty Hilton Head as an associate. He gradu-ated from Kitsilano School in Vancouver, British Columbia, with an associate’s degree in lib-eral arts. He previously attended the College of Charleston.

Theresa Boni in CoastalStates Bank’s Bluffton branch has been promoted from banking special-ist to customer service specialist. Boni provides exemplary cus-tomer service as she cross-sells products and services, main-tains existing accounts, opens new accounts and performs teller duties. She has been with CoastalStates Bank since May 2011.

Erin Martinez at CoastalStates Bank has been promoted from retail banking specialist to deposit operations specialist. She has more than 10 years of experience in retail banking and is excited to learn a different side of banking. Martinez has been with CoastalStates Bank since June 2014.

Kate Boardman has joined Seacoast Insurance. Boardman is a Hilton Head Island native. After graduating from Georgia Southern University with a degree in sports management and playing four years of soccer for the Eagles, she began working for Marriott Vacation Club on Hilton Head. Working her way up through the Marriott “ladder,” she became activities manager at Barony Beach Club and later the food and beverage manager.˜ After four years with Marriott, Boardman spent a year in property management with Atlantic States Management. She enjoys a fast-paced environment and constantly meeting new people.

Ashley Phillips recently changed positions at CoastalStates Bank from cus-tomer service representative to business banking develop-ment specialist. In this newly developed role, Phillips will be a primary contact for business banking online management and merchant services. She has been with CoastalStates Bank since August 2013.

Main Street Youth Theatre is looking for the director of its next musical. The show will open Friday, June 24 and run through July 3. Rehearsals are expected to begin the week of May 9. For more information, contact Sheri Sternitzke at 843-338-6230 or [email protected].

Kerry Burdy joins the Noble Team at Century 21 Advantage Properties. Burdy moved to Bluffton in early 2015 when he purchased a home with the assistance of The Noble Team of Century 21 Advantage Properties. He has partnered with The Noble Team and Century 21 Advantage Properties.

Vacation Homes of Hilton Head is pleased to announce Kate McCullion as chief market-ing offi cer.

Lycia Kryeziu has joined Keller Williams Realty as an agent.° She previously worked for Eastern European Outreach, a Christian humanitarian aid organization, and was a Calvary Chapel Church planting mis-sionary for more than 11 years. She and her husband live in Beaufort.

Vacation Homes of Hilton Head is pleased to announce Elizabeth Vickery as operations manager.

Ciara McMahon has recently joined Lancaster Real Estate Sales as an agent. McMahon is a college student at Western Carolina University.

Jamison Consultants Behavioral Health Center has announced that Brenda Campbell has been appointed to the position of program director.°Campbell, who joined Jamison Consultants Behavioral Health Center as a counselor last year, has nearly 15 years of experience in the social service sector and more than 17 years of experience in corrections and correctional program.

Weichert Realtors welcome Don King to the agency’s sales team. Before moving to the Lowcountry eight years ago,

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BARRY GINN MOVES TO RE/MAX ISLAND REALTYYou may see Ginn and his dog, Romeo (pictured) about town. They go everywhere together — the office, bank, shops and restaurants where thefriendly, charismatic duo becomes the center of attention. A premiere real estate agent, Ginn has 34 years of real estate experience, including service to out-of-town buyers. He has streamlined the process of buying or selling a home through virtual tours, walkthroughs, texts, phone calls and email. Call him at 843-816-4029.

King worked for the Broward County Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Born in Alabama, he attended high school in Atlanta and attended Georgia Tech. He then moved to Fort Lauderdale, where he completed his bachelor of science in public management and his master’s degree in public administration with highest honors at Florida Atlantic University. He and his wife reside in Bluffton.

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AWARDS & CERTIFICATIONS

The South Carolina Home Care & Hospice Association presented its 2015 HOME (Honoring Outstanding Merit & Excellence) Awards at its annual Conference & Expo on Nov. 2. This year’s recipient of the In-Home Aide of the Year Award is Karen Rivers with THA Group/Island Hospice. Rivers has been with THA Group’s Island Hospice for six years.

Hilton Head Heroes was honored as an ANGEL Charity by Secretary of State Mark Hammond at the Statehouse. This was the 20th annual Scrooges and Angels presentation. Ten charities are chosen annually by the state of South Carolina.

Michael R. Putich, CPA and J. Louis Grant, CPA (retired) of Robinson Grant & Co., P.A. were both recently elected to The Top 100 CPAs in South Carolina, an award given by the S.C. Association of CPAs. Robinson Grant is a full-service public accounting firm that began operations in 1982 and has offices located in Hilton Head, Bluffton and Beaufort.

Laura Hill has been awarded the designation and title of Advanced ToastMaster (ATM) Gold by ToastMasters International. She has also achieved Competent Leader designation. Laura is a mem-ber of the FastTrackers Club in Hilton Head. ATM Gold is the highest level of achievement as a speaker in Toastmasters. This goal was achieved after giving at least 40 speeches during club meet-ings from manuals provided by the Toastmasters International organization, chartering a new club, conducting a youth ToastMasters program, orga-nizing a Speech Craft public training session, and giving many speeches in the community.

Charter One Realty recognized Realtor and team member Christina Forbis at the company’s annual meeting for being among Hilton Head Island’s top producing agents in 2015. Forbis’ year saw her sales volume increased by 229 percent thanks to 40 transactions. Her 20-year background in sales and marketing has greatly benefited her decade-long residential real estate career. She attributes much of her success to a strong focus on providing the very best customer service to her clients.

The Town of Hilton Head Island has received StormReady designation by the National Weather Service. Ron Morales, warning coordination mete-orologist from the National Weather Service Office

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in Charleston, was on hand at a recent Town Council meeting to present a StormReady sign to Mayor David Bennett and emer-gency management coordinator Tom Dunn. StormReady is a nationwide community preparedness program, through the National Weather Service, that uses a grassroots approach to help communities develop plans to handle all types of severe weather.

The Islands Society was recognized as a Top-Rated Nonprofit by GreatNonprofits, the leading national provider of user reviews on nonprofit organizations. This year, the Islands Society was the only nonprofit group on Hilton Head Island to receive the award. The Islands Society is an international nonprofitorganization. Its mission is to inspire and empower islanders to participate in foreign affairs and overseas engagements in order to affect positive change in their local com-munities. GreatNonprofits remains the lead-ing platform for community-sourced stories and reviews about nonprofit organizations. Its Top Rated awards are hailed as the only people’s choice award in the nonprofit sec-tor.

The Technical College of the Lowcountry held its nursing pinning ceremony in December. Thirty-three associate degree in nursing program graduates will be rec-ognized. In the past five years, more than 200 students have completed the associate degree in nursing program. TCL’s two-year ADN program prepares graduates to prac-tice as registered nurses. Students experi-ence on-campus learning using high-tech simulation equipment and receive intense additional hands-on practice at clinical sites located throughout Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton and Colleton counties.

Fit46 will hold a ribbon-cutting cer-emony at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 7 at the studio, located at 5500 White Bluff Road in Savannah. The studio will offer its 9:45 a.m. barre class for free for any attendees who stay after the ribbon-cutting. Beetnix

in the Tartan Club is open to individuals who share a desire to help others by giv-ing to charity and have a love for the game of golf. Seven new scholars will be named, increasing the total number of award recipi-ents since 1993 to 274. The foundation’s goal is to increase the number of full scholar-ships awarded. Throughout the years, the four-year award opportunity has increased to a range of $18,000 to $22,000 for each student. The total amount of funds granted to Beaufort County scholars since the pro-gram’s inception is more than $3.6 million.

Two Hilton Head Island firefighter recent-ly graduated from paramedic training held at Rescue Training, Inc. in Savannah. Fire appa-ratus operator Steve Kenyon and firefighteLandon Terhune successfully completed a concentrated eight-month training program that will allow them to test for South Carolina and National Registry paramedic certific -tion. In addition to the classwork, the stu-dents completed numerous clinical rotations at local hospitals and with local fire, rescue and EMS agencies.

Hilton Head Health, an exclusive weight loss spa on Hilton Head Island, was recently named the No. 1 choice for “Favorite Health & Fitness Spa” and its new Indigo Spa was featured as a “Favorite New U.S. Spa” by American Spa’s annual Professional’s Choice Awards. The renowned retreat received an honorable mention in the “Favorite Spa Cuisine” category recognizing its locally sourced, flavorful and innovative cuisine.

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Benchmark Physical Therapy celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting celebration hosted by the Greater Bluffton Chamber of Commerce on Dec. 2. Benchmark Physical Therapy is located in the Best Buy shopping center and provides bet-ter therapy outcomes for patients through a commitment to advanced training, including board certification in Orthopedics (OCS),

Superfoods and Juice Bar will be on hand to sample foods from its new menu. Fit46 is a group fitness studio focused on quality, effec-tive and motivating workouts.

Community Foundation of the Lowcountry awarded $157,250 in grants to five Beaufort and Jasper county nonprofit organizations at a luncheon held at Hudson’s Seafood House On the Docks. The organizations and their projects are: American Red Cross in Bluffton; Antioch Education Center in Ridgeland; Lowcountry Amateur Radio Repeater Association and Santa Elena Project Foundation in Beaufort; and The Sandbox: An Interactive Children’s Museum on Hilton Head.

Carolina Heritage Insurance is excited to announce it has earned the prestigious award of “Pinnacle Partner” with Lighthouse Property and Casualty Insurance.

Audubon International has awarded the Oldfield Community Association a Neighborhood for Nature Award in rec-ognition of its outstanding efforts to foster environmental awareness and stewardship through the Audubon International Green Neighborhoods Program. Jill Kombrink, natu-ralist and Green Neighborhoods coordinator, is also recognized for her effort to plan for and promote environmental stewardship within the community. By completing proj-ects in each of five tracks, Oldfield earned the Neighborhood for Nature Award, making it the first neighborhood to receive the award this year.

The Heritage Classic Foundation is unveil-ing a new program aimed at raising money for its scholarship program. Membership

Merchant Service Center, a leading credit card processing company that serves out of Beaufort County, has hired Robert Brown as its director of operations. Brown comes to Merchant Ser-vice Center with more than 22 years in the credit card processing industry. His main function will be to train and support the sales staff.

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CoastalStates Bank is proud to announce it is the first bank in the community in support ofthe Purple Angel Project. In coordination with Memory Matters, CoastalStates Bank staff have completed a comprehensive employee sensitivity training. In an effort to create a dementia-friendly community, the program educates staff to have the confidence to better serve custo -ers with dementia and to understand the role of the caregiver.

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and personalized treatment plans so that you achieve measurable results and reach your personal goals.

SunGate Medical Group has acquired Aqua Medical Spa in Port Royal, adding to its practices across the Lowcountry. Aqua Medical Spa is Beaufort’s first all-inclusive medical spa and salon, which provides convenient and luxurious accommodations while enhancing their clients’ natural beauty. The entire Aqua Medical Spa staff will remain the same, with SunGate medical director Dr. Kenneth Farr becoming the new medical director.

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The Kennickell Group, a Savannah-based print and distri-bution company, has added to its wide format division a HP Latex 3500 grand format printer. This printer can print roll-to-roll on media up to 10.5 feet in width. It has the capability to print more than 1,900 square feet per hour in bright, vivid color. The HP Latex 3500 will allow The Kennickell Group to be extremely competi-tive on larger jobs such as interior graphics in hotels, retail outlets, restaurants, convenience store chains and fleet graphics.

The 31st Hilton Head Island Wine & Food Festival welcomes Publix as its presenting sponsor for 2016. The new partnership represents a perfect pairing as Publix, one of the region’s premier food retailers, partners with one of the most notable wine events on the East Coast. The Hilton Head Island Wine & Food Festival will be held March 7-13 at The Sea Pines Resort.

The Heritage Classic Foundation delivered holiday cheer to the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry. RBC Heritage

tournament director Steve Wilmot, Sir William “Willie” Innes and RBC Heritage sales manager Hans Huschitt spent the afternoon with a group of children at the Boys & Girls Club, passed out 125 golf shirts to the kids and dis-cussed the importance of giving and philanthropy.

Charter One Realty and Bluffton-based Gateway Realty are merging, bringing the total number of Charter One Realty office locations to 11 between Hilton Head Island, Bluffton and Okatie. This will provide real estate buyers and sellers with even greater resources when it comes to Hilton Head Island, Bluffton and Lowcountry real estate.

Jamison Consultants relocated its Bluffton facility to 290 New River Parkway in Hardeeville. The 16,700-square-foot clinic, one of five locations in South Carolina, including Hilton Head Island and Beaufort, offers services for sub-stance abuse, mental health and behavioral problems. It accepts most types of insurance and Medicaid.

David Weekley Homes hosted a company-wide Thanksgiving Drive and collected more than 100,000 pounds of turkey and nonperishable items. On Hilton Head, the Thanksgiving Drive benefited Family Promise of Beaufort County, an organization that provides food, shelter and support services to homeless fam-ilies in need of assistance. More than 1,000 pounds of food was collected during the two-week drive. Hilton Head team members delivered the food items to the organization to distribute to fami-lies in time for the holiday.


SEVERAL TIMES LATELY, individuals have approached me as follows: “I’ve been asked to serve on a nonprofi t board. What questions should I ask? What do I need to know? How do I decide?”

Here’s my list:

1. Do you have a true interest in the mission of the organization? If not, no matter how badly you may be needed, it will seem like drudgery. Pass. If yes, then you might be a good fi t.

2. Does the organization have Directors and Offi cers (D&O) Insurance? As a board member, you are legally responsible for the decisions you make and for the actions of the organization. D&O insurance is liability insurance that can reimburse you for losses or advance legal defense costs for civil and/or criminal actions brought against you. Intentional wrongdoing, of course, would not be covered. If there is no D&O insurance, pass. If yes, move on to #3.

3. What is expected of board members in this organization? How many years are you being asked to serve? What are the dates, times and frequency of board meetings? Are you expected to serve on committees as well? Is there an expected monetary contribution to the organization, and is it within your comfort range? (Every board member should plan to make an annual gift, but if there is a dollar expectation outside your range, then consider that carefully.) What “extra” expectations are there? Selling gala tickets? Soliciting donors? Meeting with grantmakers, or government offi cials?

It is important that you know what to expect, just as if you were taking on paid employment somewhere. Can you envision yourself working there? Are the expectations in line with your time, skills and abilities? If not, pass. If so, move on to #4.

4. Do your due diligence on the organization. As you review the audit, the 990 (the nonprofi t’s tax form), and annual report, is there anything that causes you discomfort? Unreasonable debt? Limited sources of revenue? Is there an active legal action against the organization? What is its reputation? Do you know anyone on the board—what is their reputation? Check them out on The Giving Marketplace (if its a local, Lowcountry organization) at cf-lowcountry.org, or check them out on Guidestar.org. Do an Internet search for media stories—are they positive? If red fl ags emerge, at least ask the chief executive or board chair to answer your questions. If they are not answered to your satisfaction, pass. Otherwise, move on to #5.

5. Why you? Why now? Finally, ask why you specifi cally are being approached. Is there a skill set they need to advance their mission or their strategic plan? Are they impressed with your ability to speak, fundraise or lead? Or are they looking for a warm body? Understand that each person on the board has legal obligations, and there is no such thing as just a name on the letterhead. If you feel you can be of value to a great cause, then welcome to the sector!

What if you want to be on a board, but no one has asked you? Consider the causes that make your heart beat, and the organizations that most interest you. Perhaps your fi rst and best action is to see if there is a volunteer role you can serve, short of being on the board. Again, locally, you can check Lowcountry Volunteer Connections on the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry’s website (cf-lowcountry.org) and see if the organizations which have piqued your interest have posted volunteer needs there. Once you know more about the organization from the vantage point of a volunteer, ask about the nominating process for board members if you still have an interest.

If you’ve done your homework, and made a good match, nonprofi t board service can be some of the most rewarding volunteer work on the planet. Imagine supporting causes in signifi cant ways—with your money, your time and your talent—and addressing important needs. Living generously in this way can be rewarding beyond belief. Give it a try!

Denise K. SpencerPresident and CEOCommunity Foundation of the Lowcountry

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For as many years as there has been a place called “school,” we’ve been seeking ways to fashion the best educational experience for our children – the place that would provide students with the best possible education and send them forth fully prepared to meet life’s challenges.

HILTON HEAD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

About the school: Established in 1979, Hilton Head Christian Academy is a K–12, college preparatory school with over 380 students. HHCA works in partnership with families to enable students to know Christ and make him known. The school not only provides a quality education but also encourages and infl uences the devel-opment of the student’s Christian faith. Believing that every student must be pre-pared academically for both college and life beyond the classroom, the school provides a rigorous academic program centered on core Christian values. The inclusion of arts, athletics and social experiences all combine to round out a uniquely Christian education.

At HHCA: Hilton Head Christian Academy’s 1998 valedictorian, Loren Rodgers, decided that he wanted to be an epidemiologist when he was 16. “On a high school mission trip to Peru while talking with physicians, I realized our efforts would be short-lived, but if we addressed other population-level causes of disease, we could enact broad, lasting changes,” he said. “They explained that this is the kind of work done by an epi-demiologist. During college, I discovered a passion for understanding molecular mech-anisms of disease, and my current work in vaccinology bridges these molecular and population-level perspectives.”

Featured alumni: LOREN RODGERSRodgers is a 1998 graduate of Hilton

Head Christian Academy and currently leads a team of vaccine epidemiologists

at the Center of Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. He is a commander (O-5) in the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service, which is one of our nation’s lesser known Uniformed Services, composed entirely of health

professionals and run by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Any school can dazzle you with a sales brochure. It’s standard practice to show you the well-manicured grounds of some hallowed school, across which walk attractive smiling students on their way to become more well-rounded people.

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

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

On the following pages you’ll see fi rst-hand the highest level of education, through the true stories of students and faculty members who turned their education here into success out there in “the real world.”

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After HHCA: Rodgers has had multiple deployments for health responses, including two to Haiti (earthquake response and disease surveillance in refugee camps) and a 2014 deployment to Guinea for Ebola response. More recently, he was detailed to the World Health Organization, the health arm of the United Nations, where he participated in some high-level briefings and served as the health officer for Ambassador Samantha Power (the U.S. ambassador to the UN) and her delegation when she was in the country.

Loren met his wife at South Carolina Honors College, com-pleted his Ph.D. in biology at the University of California San Diego, and lives in Atlanta with their three children.

ST. FRANCIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL

About the school: Since opening its doors in 1996, St. Francis Catholic School has experienced phenomenal growth. The SACS-accredited school now serves nearly 200 students in pre-K through eighth grade from the greater Hilton Head-Bluffton area. The school encompasses three academic buildings, including a large library and updated science and computer labs, as well as a finearts center and a 15,000-square-foot gymnasium. Each middle school student is issued an iPad, and all classrooms are equipped with Promethean boards and Apple TV. SFCS provides a faith-based education, focusing on the development of the whole child, and an exceptional aca-demic program. In addition, the school offers a comprehensive fine arts program and competi-tive athletic programs and teams for students in grades 3-8.


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At SFCS: Bailey Fallon attended SFCS from third grade to eighth grade. During his tenure, he excelled academically and helped lead the SFCS basketball team to one of its best records ever. In fact, Fallon still looks back with affection on these memories, “Looking back, that season (at SFCS) was the best I have had in my entire basket-ball career.” Fallon continues to attribute his success in high school to the strong foundation of education he received at the school. “St. Francis made my freshman and sophomore years a breeze. I did not struggle in any of my classes. I cannot say enough great things about the English department at St. Francis … I was ahead in my English classes by two years, and was one of the few students that could grasp all concepts not only in literary works but also in grammar.” He believes the middle school English program and the teaching faculty distin-guishes and, “elevates St. Francis above and beyond,” as an island school. Bailey placed 11th in his class during his first years in high school.

After SFCS: Fallon is currently a senior at Hilton Head Island High School. Throughout his high school career, Fallon has served as captain of the boys’ varsity basketball team, and has

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been an active member of the BETA Club, Chess Club and National Honor Society. He plans to pursue a double major in business/computer science and has been accepted into the Purdue College of Engineering. To date, he awaits word from Maryland University, Clemson University, the University of Texas (Austin), Fordham University and Georgia Tech.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL

About the school: Hilton Head Island High School is a public school that strives to prepare each student to become a productive, responsible citizen in a complex, global, technological age that requires lifelong learning. Hilton Head High achieves this through providing a rigorous, balanced curriculum and exemplary teaching; maintaining a dis-ciplined, highly academic atmosphere and expecting the best from every stu-dent; fostering personal responsibility, citizenship and civility by enforcing high standards of student behavior; promot-ing tolerance, trust and respect among all members of our multicultural school community; providing a safe, inviting and stimulating school environment; pro-viding educational opportunities suited to each student’s developmental needs and potential; and working in partner-ship with family and community to help each student succeed.At HHIHS: Tommy Vater, a 2013 gradu-ate, Beaufort County School District

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Senior Scholar with a 3.7 GPA, was a recipient of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma. A very involved student and member of mul-tiple honor societies, during his senior year he was the captain of the Robotics Team, president of the Interact Club, and vice presi-dent of the Student Government Executive Council. His excep-tional experience at HHIHS was positively influenced by the superb teachers and administra-tors who went out of their way to help each and every student. HHIHS’ diverse offerings in aca-demics, arts, and extracurriculars helped him to discover his pas-sions before graduating.

After HHIHS: Tommy Vater continues his excellence in academics as a finance major and is attending the presti-gious Wake Forest University

Business School. He is cur-rently the president of the Entrepreneurship Society and was awarded the Hobbs Award for Entrepreneurial Achievement after launching his own tech-nology company and app on campus in 2014. Vater has also served as the vice president of his fraternity and as the secretary of the Interfraternity Council. Being a recipient of the International Baccalaureate Diploma at HHIHS helped prepare him for the rigorous workload at Wake Forest and made the transition to college very smooth. Having a strong educational base enabled him to thrive in WFU’s competitive university environment. Tommy recently landed an internship position (summer 2016) with Ernst & Young Financial Services Consulting-Technology Advisor Program in Charlotte. He plans

Featured alumni: MADISON WALTON

on working in consulting after graduation.

HERITAGE ACADEMY

About the school: Heritage Academy believes a small caring community of diverse, trained professionals working with students seeking to develop a passion in life creates the ideal learning environment. Students choose Heritage Academy for its supportive resources, relationships with teachers and opportunities resulting from personalized attention to their goals. The student/teacher ratio appeals to parents who desire foremost that their children be successful in school. The school was 12th in the latest Niche state rankings of private schools. We celebrate a long list of accom-plishments and a clear vision thanks to our motivated and

talented students, our extraordi-nary faculty, and our supportive parents. Our mission is purpose-fully designed to combine our students’ passion with a college preparatory program resulting in 100% college placement and preparation for the future. At Heritage Academy: While enjoying Heritage Academy’s personalized learning commu-nity, Madison Walton excelled in college prep and advanced



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courses, but her passion for phi-lanthropy gave root to her lead-ership and service. Small classes and flexible scheduling offered Walton the opportunity to wear varied service “hats.” She used interpersonal and networking skills to benefit others. Her com-munity involvement broadened her mind and planted seeds for career endeavors. An island local, Walton invested 20 hours weekly assisting at Volunteers in Medicine, Relay for Life and the Boys & Girls Club. A volun-teer with a capital “V,” Walton thrived on work. From Heritage to Virginia Tech, she made her mark on the campuses and communities with her innate talent for philanthropy. She continued this energetic work in Blacksburg, Virginia, throughout her years at Virginia Tech at the Boys & Girls Club and Relay for Life organizations.

Featured alumni: RUTHIE TRASK

After Heritage Academy: After graduating from Heritage, Walton earned her bachelor’s in international business and Spanish at Virginia Tech. She spent three years handling cor-porate event planning, excel-ling in academics, enjoying diverse internships, and com-munity service. An impressive innovator, Walton is regional business director of an engi-neering components company in Atlanta. Previously, she man-aged portfolio operations and corporate accounts for an advertising agency in New York City. Walton played a critical role in leading colleagues to expand their 30-person startup to an international operation of 200 employees. Notably, she cites the pairing of substan-tive community service and a strong academic background as the foundation for her

professional development in competitive industries. Walton’s professional skills have roots in the academic and social envi-ronments enjoyed at Heritage Academy.

CROSS SCHOOLS

About the school: Cross Schools was established in 1998 to meet the needs of a group of parents seeking to provide their children with an elementary and middle school education that was founded on Christian principles, provided a rigorous academic curriculum and was infused with a spirit of com-munity. They offer kindergarten through eighth grade, as well as cross-country, basketball, golf and soccer. In the eighth-grade year, students are eligible to take three core high school classes.

At Cross Schools: Ruthie Trask graduated from Cross Schools in 2008. “Cross Schools really taught me about caring for other people and putting others first. I feel that in today’s time, those traditional values are very rare to find. It has served me well in creating genu-ine friendships, and having those friendships has helped me create a home away from home on the West Coast. I’m forever grateful!”


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After Cross Schools: Trask is the daughter of founding parents Kim and Robert Trask. She was a gifted dancer with a national touring company during her high school years. She was a member of the National Honor Society at Bluffton High School. After graduating in 2012, she enrolled at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where she is currently a senior studying English and communications.

HILTON HEAD PREPARATORY

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

About the teacher: A poem written by Dr. Michael Bassett, an Upper School English teacher, titled “Word Problems for Ferlinghetti” was nominated for a 2015 Pushcart Prize. The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best poetry, short fiction,essays or literary whatnot published in the small presses over the previous year. Bassett’s poem “Gather at the River” will appear in the forthcoming anthology, ”When You Pass Through Waters: Words of Hope and Healing from your Favorite Authors.” The anthology, edited by novelist and painter Nicole Seitz (Hilton Head Prep class of ’90), is a collection of water-themed stories, essays and poems by various authors, with all proceeds going to help the S.C. flood disaster victims.

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About the school: TCL is an inspired learning community committed to providing high quality, affordable academic programs that lead to associ-ate degrees, diplomas and certificates in an environment that’s fully dedicated to its students. TCL enrolls approxi-mately 2,600 students, of which approximately 1,600 are considered full-time students.

At TCL: For many, TCL is the foundation for career and higher education success. Husband and wife Reece and Mikie Bertholf are a great example. Both earned associ-ate degrees from TCL and then continued their higher education.

Featured alumni: REECE & MIKIE BERTHOLF

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After TCL: Reece went on to the University of South Carolina Beaufort and The Citadel. Mikie went on to Midwestern University in Texas. Reece was recently named chief of the Beaufort-Port Royal Fire Department and Mikie joined Beaufort Memorial Hospital as a computed tomography tech-nologist.

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About the school: Guided by its mission of teaching, research and service, USCB has tailored many of its academic programs to meet the needs of the region, such as baccalaureate degree programs in hospitality manage-ment and biology that contrib-ute to substantive research on the economic impact of envi-ronmental and historic tourism initiatives in Beaufort County.

About the program: The Island Ambassador program has been around since the early 1990s, but its most recent iteration was created in 2011 with the birth of USCB’s Center for Event Management and Hospitality Training. The program offers three seminars — Island

Knowledge, Island Culture and Island Ecology — that cover everything from the activities available to visitors to the area’s Gullah and Civil War history to the wildlife found in island’s maritime forests, in local water-ways, and even beneath the surface of its famous beaches. Those who complete all three seminars are given the title of Island Ambassador.



The Foundation for Educational Excellence operates within a part-nership agreement with

the Beaufort County School District and is a fund under the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry.

The mission of the organiza-tion is to support the goals and mission of the school district. Since 2009, the foundation has done this by awarding Innovative Teacher Grants. These grants are awarded twice a year to teachers in the district through a grant application process. Projects are chosen by

a committee of the foundation awarding teachers funds for innovative projects that stretch beyond classroom budgets. In the 2009-10 school year, 12 grants were funded for a total of $4,705. In the 2014-2015 school year, 33 grants were funded for a total of $16,414. This fall, more than $21,000 was awarded through the Innovative Teacher Grant program. Since 2009, the foundation has awarded more than $85,000 in Innovative Teacher Grants.

Funding for the foundation comes from donations, grants and an annual fundraiser,

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“Jewels & Jeans.” This “Fun and Fundraising” event, held each March at the Country Club of Hilton Head, is the organization’s main funding source. This past year, the organization raised $38,000 in that night’s activities. “Jewels & Jeans” is scheduled this spring for March 5, 2016. Tickets will go on sale in mid-January. The foundation has also partnered with organizations in the community that want to support the Innovative Teacher Grant process. The foundation has received grants from The Bargain Box, and during the last grant cycle the Okatie Rotary joined with the foundation to purchase keyboards for iPads for a Pritchardville Elementary School classroom. The members of the Rotary got to deliver the check to the classroom and see firsthand the joy and excitement of students who would benefitfrom the grant.

Building on the success of the Innovative Teacher Grants, the foundation is expanding its work in several ways. Through a grant from the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, the Foundation is develop-ing Project: STAR, or Sharing Techniques and Resources. This online library of videos is cre-ated by teachers, students and parents for students, teachers and parents, and it will afford viewers innovative learning opportunity.

The Innovative Teacher Grant program is also expanding. This fall, the grant awards increased to $750 a teacher and $1,500 for a team of teachers. This spring, school-wide innovative grants will be awarded for up to $4,000 a school.

The foundation has also established a student enrich-ment grant process. Students who win local academic or arts competitions that allow them to compete at the state or national

level may receive financial sup-port from the foundation for up to $500 for competition registra-tion and/or materials.

Dr. Wayne Carbiener, a for-mer school board member, donated his annual school board stipend to the foundation for many years. When Carbiener died, an anonymous dona-tion of $5,000 was given in his name to create the Dr. Wayne Carbiener Above and Beyond Beaufort County Public School District Teacher of the Year Recognition Grant. This grant of $1,000 annually supports the classroom work of the District Teacher of the Year.

The foundation has recently established the Peggy May Performing Arts Memorial Awards. May, a retired teacher, was very involved in the Hilton Head community. She also served as a member of the foundation board. May was chairwoman of the foundation board for two years before her death in July 2014. These awards, funded through dona-tions made to the foundation in May’s name, will allow elemen-tary schools to receive funds to support school wide performing arts productions, something that May did with her students as an elementary school teacher.

The Foundation for Educational Excellence has established itself as a small but mighty force in just eight years. “A strong public educa-tion system is a key factor of a strong community,” says Jackie Rosswurm, chairwoman of the foundation’s board. “The foun-dation continues to strive to have a positive impact on the community by supporting the academic success of the dis-trict’s students.” Additional infor-mation about The Foundation for Educational Excellence may be found at www.foundationed-excellence.com. M

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The Foundation for Educational Excellence presents a grant to Beaufort County School District Teacher of the Year, Aracely Johnson.

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Allen Kupfer is one of the lucky ones. The Sun City resident and Holocaust

survivor has experienced more loss, pain and cruelty in his 92 years than most, yet the experiences have left him with an open heart and an abiding faith in humanity.

When the Nazis invaded Poland during World War II, Kupfer’s family was forced into the Warsaw ghetto. “I had to wear a Star of David on my arm,” he says. “People died of hunger because the rations were barely enough.” In the ghetto, he saw Orthodox men being forced to walk on burning coals and his parents were sent to Belzec, an extermination camp on the Russian border.

“I lost all my family in one day,” he says. “Only my sister and I survived.”

At the age of 16, Kupfer and his younger sister Rita were sent to work in the Hasag munitions factory. “As a youngster, I would go under the fence and forage whatever I could carry with me. I’d come back under the fence

into the camp and we would split the food; a potato, a piece of bread,” he says. After es-caping, Kupfer took shelter in haystacks and barns, living on crops that he helped farm: “When harvest time came, I helped myself from the fields. I ate a lot of corn and roastedpotatoes in the ground,” he says. “You don’t know how much a human being can endure. A person will do anything to survive.”

Kupfer was rescued by the Macugowski family. “I had nowhere to go. It was Decem-ber, and I slept in a hole in the ground, half-frozen to death,” he says. “They are the two biggest heroes in my life, because they risked their lives hiding Jews. Some of us were lucky, some of us were not so lucky.”

After the war, he returned to the Warsaw ghetto to try and locate any surviving relatives. “142 members of my family — that I knew of — perished during the Holocaust,” he says.

In 1949, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration provided him

with passage to America. “I brought $3 to the United States,” he says. “When I saw the Statue of Liberty, I went down on my knees and cried.” He settled in Chicago and worked in the garment import business. He and his then-wife, Lillian, an Auschwitz survivor, became U.S. citizens in 1954. While living in Chicago, Kupfer was instrumental in the de-velopment of an educational statute requiring the Holocaust be taught in Illinois schools.

“Anti-Semitism, it’s here and it’s alive,” he says. “Hate is the disease of humanity.”

Kupfer met his partner, Blanche Frank, 25 years ago while on a Sierra Club campout in Kentucky. They have lived in Sun City for 18 years.

His deep-seated appreciation of life has inspired him to live every day to the fullest. “Life itself depends on attitude,” he says. “I don’t hate. Hate brings you to terrible things.” Despite everything that he has experienced, Kupfer says, “I never lost faith in people.” M

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Due to a retinal degeneration disorder, Debby Grahl has spent her life gradually losing her sight. Luckily she has enough vi-sion, imagination and resilience to not let the growing darkness stop her from pursuing her dreams.

“I was diagnosed at 18 months, when my parents noticed I was feeling for my toys,” says the 58-year-old Hilton Head Island resident and romance writer whose firstpublished novel, “The Silver Crescent,” won the Paranormal Romance Guild Reviewers Choice Award in 2014.

After an active childhood, Grahl lost the ability to read printed material in her early 20s. “I started making up my own stories and would entertain my friends by telling them,” she says. “They were kind enough to sit and listen to me.”

Grahl’s friends not only listened to her, they encouraged her to pursue her pas-sion for writing. The only problem was she couldn’t see the computer screen to do research and look over her work. Then she discovered JAWS (Job Access With Speech), a computer screen-reading program that lets blind or visually impaired users hear what’s on the screen.

“It was incredible,” Grahl says of using the program, which she took lessons on for a year in order to master; luckily, she already knew how to type. “JAWS is what I use now to research and do my books.”

Anyone in publishing knows that merely writing a novel isn’t necessarily the hard-est part, and when it came to bringing her book from computer to binding, Grahl had a few setbacks. After finding an interestedpublisher at a writers’ conference, an elated Grahl was offered a contract and started

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editing her manuscript. Then the publishing company unexpectedly closed. Undeterred, Grahl reached out to another editor who had seemed interested at the same conference, and received another contract. She had a preview copy of “The Silver Crescent” in her hands when she experienced a devastating bit of déjà vu: That publishing house also abruptly closed its doors.

“But they were nice enough to give me a list of other publishers to try,” Grahl says, and the third time was the charm. The Writers Coffee Shop, a small independent publisher based in Australia, published “The Silver Crescent” in January 2014, and her second novel, “Rue Toulouse,” a year later.

“Every time somebody buys my book I just can’t believe they’re actually talking about

me. It’s so overwhelming, to think that the stories I make up are entertaining people,” she says. “I go into Barnes & Noble and they want me to sign my books, and I just can’t believe it.”

Grahl is now working on two novels at the same time. Though unrelated, they are both set in the South Carolina Lowcountry. One is specifically based on Hilton Head, the placeshe’s called home since her husband retired and they moved here four years ago. The two met when she was in her early 30s at a Civil War re-enactment event in Michigan.

“We ran into each other by a campfire, andwe will have been married 26 years on Feb. 17,” she says.

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Marcus Mullis is a man of precision. He has to be.

As an expert in working with medical laser equipment, attention to detail is an absolute must, as the machines rely on precise mea-surements and settings to function properly.

“I’ve always been very interested in how things work. I’d get a toy or a bicycle for Christmas, and the first thing I’d do is want totake it apart,” says Mullis, a longtime Hilton Head resident originally from Valdosta,

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Georgia. “It seems like second nature to me. I’ve just always wanted to know how exactly (something) worked. It’s just my inquisitive nature.”

Most of the lasers he services are used for outpatient surgeries, primarily for procedures that treat prostate conditions and eliminate kidney stones. His work also includes providing preventative mainte-nance inspections on the machines every six months, currently across two territories. A call

could come in at a moment’s notice, and he’ll be on a plane to service a machine.

“One of the things I love about my job is that it’s never the same,” says Mullis, whose work often takes him on the road three to four days a week. “There’s no set schedule. Every week is different. I could get a call today, and be somewhere tomorrow.”

The work he does, making sure compli-cated machines function properly, ultimately helps patients extend their lives.

“Always my first concern when workingon lasers is that when I leave, is it going to be beneficial to somebody. That’s real, realimportant,” he says. “Even if a tiny thing is wrong, I’ll stick around an extra day to make sure it’s working properly. Ultimately, the patient is the most important thing to me.”

One of the few experts in his field, overthe years he’s traveled as far as Argentina, Venezuela, Europe and Japan to work on laser devices.

“It’s so unique to get to see all of these wonderful places, and it makes you appreci-ate how really wonderful the United States of America really is,” says Mullis, who studied art while in college.

Mullis currently works for Boston Scientific,a leading worldwide developer, manufactur-er and marketer of medical devices, and has worked for several laser companies since the early 1980s, when he first started in the field

Mullis first studied electronics while in theAir Force. After finishing his Air Force co -mitment, he started working on linear ac-celerators, which deliver high-energy X-rays that help eradicate tumors. After spending about 10 years in the linear accelerator field,he switched to working with medical laser equipment, and has worked professionally in that field now for more than 30 years

“I realized being an art major was probably not going to be a very lucrative career,” he says.

Mullis owns two condos in Hilton Head, but chooses to rent them out, and lives on his sailboat, Raising More Cane, at Broad Creek Marina when he’s not working. Sailing has always been an interest, something he may do more when it comes time to eventually retire.

“The view is spectacular. I have a 360-de-gree water view year-round,” he says. “Sailing is my passion in my life. At any given time, I can take the lines out and go sailing. It’s very freeing.” M

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Alex Brown is a sixth-generation native is-lander, Camp Hilton Head business executive, mentor at Central Oak Grove Church and the chairman of the Town Planning Commission. If Brown wrote a book, he would call it “Sense of Place.”

Brown said that native islanders had a strong sense of place before 1956, when only private boats and a state-operated ferry could access Hilton Head Island.

They were tied together and to Hilton Head Island by the pristine land, farming and fis -ing traditions, a shared Gullah and Geechee culture and language, and the historical legacy of freed slaves.

“We had to rely on each other. Not every-one fished, not everyone farmed. We had tocome together. But after the bridge and island development began, our sense of place dimin-ished,” he said.

What’s the story of Hilton Head today, Brown asks. Does it have any substance to it? Or is it

just a built-out resort for tourists and wealthy homeowners, like Myrtle Beach?

“We’ve got all walks of life here. And any healthy community will respect those (socio-economic) tiers. If that doesn’t happen, our community is going to decline,” Brown said. “Look at some of the native islanders who’ve lived here for generations but can’t find a jobor affordable housing. They’ve inherited land that’s worth a lot of money; it makes more sense to sell it and move on. That troubles me.”

Brown thinks many young native islanders don’t have a good understanding of why they belong here.

“That’s why it’s important that we support things like The Mitchelville Preservation Project. It gives kids something they can touch and feel and better understand,” he said.

The legacy of native islanders is important on a local, regional and national level. Their his-tory provides a cultural, linguistic, and historical perspective on freed slaves in the years after

the Civil War. The values of native islanders are deeply spiritual, communal and focused on family and work.

“Dad made me earn everything and taught me the importance of work ethics,” Brown said. “I remember him waking me up to help him with paperwork before school. He drilled in me that there are only so many hours in the day, and you’ve got to get work done.”

After school, Brown would have to help his grandfather in the field. His family plantedpeas, corn, watermelon and other staples on their land in what used to be called Chaplin Plantation. While his father and grandfather taught him how to work hard, his mother taught him how to love.

“She always found the brighter side to situ-ations. And that stuck with me; I very seldom have a bad day,” Brown said. “I believe that things happen for a reason, that God put something in front of me as a trial or tribulation, something to make me grow stronger.” M

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Mike Schlotman is chief financial officeand executive vice president of the Kroger Co. He envisioned and helped engineer the Kroger superstore and revitalization of Shelter Cove on Hilton Head Island.

“I don’t call myself the chief financial of -cer, I call myself the chief fun officer,” he said.

As a kid, Schlotman ran Kool-Aid stands to make money. Starting at age five, for aquarter a week, he would take out his uncle’s trash.

“I grew up in Kentucky and lived in a 600-square-foot house with two brothers. I like to think that, if I lost everything today, I’d be okay. Part of my philosophy is, ‘Remem-ber where you came from.’ Another part of my philosophy that my mother taught me is, ‘ “I can’t” never did anything.’ ”

Schlotman was the first kid in his family togo to college.

“My dad didn’t talk to me for two years after I left,” he said. “Our family heritage was that you go to high school, you get a job and go to work. Dad would question who the hell I was going off to college.”

His father lost his job at TWA when Schlot-man was in high school. He decided that he didn’t want to be like him — 51 years old and laid off without a college education to fall back on.

Because of his family’s hardships, Schlot-man thinks giving back to the community and helping people are key. He recently

Karen Dembiec was looking for something new. Her husband, Walt, is one of nearly one million Americans living with Parkinson’s disease, which affects the nerve cells in the brain that produce dopamine. Dembiec, a retired AT&T executive originally from New Jersey, has lived with Parkinson’s for the past 15 years, but things were getting tougher as the disease progressed.

“The last few years had really slowed him down. Everything had been harder for him,” Karen Dembiec says.

She had encouraged him to tried yoga and a few other exercise alternatives, but the results were negligible.

Through an article in a local newspaper, she heard about the success of Rock Steady, a boxing program in Indiana that has helped Parkinson’s patients with regaining strength, flexibility and speed. She hoped to find similar opportunity in the Hilton Head Island area, but could not find a local affiliateUndeterred, she contacted several local gyms about the possibility of developing a special-ized exercise program for Walt.

John Juarez, owner of Riptide MMA in Bluffton, received one of those phone calls. He agreed to give it a shot.

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donated to the local Little League to put it over the top of its fundraising goal.

“Meanwhile, my work philosophy is that if you wait for the perfect time to do something, you’ll never do anything. You have to make the time right when it’s mostly right.”

Schlotman applied this philosophy to the revitalization of Shelter Cove.

“It was always a dream of mine to have a Kroger store on the island. I knew it would

be successful, but finding the right spotwasn’t easy,” he said. “When the bankrupt mall became available, a great opportunity fell into our laps.”

Some islanders criticize Kroger and its joint venture partner, Blanchard & Calhoun, for taking out too many trees to develop the complex. Schlotman points out that they planted 50 percent more trees than they took down.

“The proof is in the pudding. We stayed true to what the island’s founding fathers wanted. We took the heart of the island out, and gave it a heart transplant. It has a healthy, strong heartbeat now,” Schlotman said. “The complex is successful beyond expectations.”

If Schlotman could do one thing to help his customers eat and live better, it would be to be to embrace Kroger’s health and well-ness initiative.

“We have bike racks and bike pumps at our store,” he said. “We’ve introduced more natural and organic products, including the Simple Truth product line. You’ll find itthroughout the store in all of the aisles.”

When asked how he feels about quinoa and kale, he says he hasn’t acquired a taste for quinoa yet.

“But it’s interesting that kale turned out to be a superfood — I ate it all the time growing up. It was cheap. My mom would put lots of butter, kielbasa and potatoes in it, which didn’t make it that healthy, but I loved it.” M

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“I grew up in the most gorgeous place on earth,” Sheila Morgan says. “Water comes pouring out of the mountains and it’s just the cleanest, prettiest water. Well, of course I don’t know if it’s the cleanest, but I know it’s the prettiest.”

Morgan is a natural storyteller, weaving anecdotes about her childhood in Blue Ridge, Georgia, and words of wisdom from her mother, like: “You can please some of the people all the time, all the people some of the time, but not all the people all the time.”

“My favorite one Mama used to say was, ‘Can’t can’t never could, but can can could if you would,’ ” Morgan says with a smile. “When I tell people that, they always ask, ‘Would what?’ and I say, ‘Try.’ ”

Morgan’s motto, “Just try,” has pervaded her life, both professionally and personally. She has been a manager of a skating rink and a deli, a painter, a poet, a wife, a mother of two, and an accomplished seamstress and writer — often overlapping her profes-sions, passions and responsibilities with a

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with Walt,” Karen Dembiec says. “He was really the only one who called back and showed an interest.”

Their workout partnership began in earnest earlier this fall, with Juarez, the strapping mixed martial artist, and Walt Dembiec, the 74-year old client, an unlikely yet perfect match.

“He really enjoys it. Even though he’s tired (at the end of a workout), he looks forward to coming,” Karen Dembiec says. “He said, ‘It just feels good.’ It’s really the first thing that we’vefound that he really enjoys doing.”

Juarez works out with Dembiec twice a week, putting him through sets of mobility ex-ercises, squats and ladder drills, coordinated kickboxing with combos, punches and kicks. The lateral movement and reps of kicks and punches emphasize foot speed and agility. They also get Walt’s heart rate up, working on overall strength and stability.

“He’s stronger. He’s more alert. People have seen where he’s started to where he is now, and it’s a huge difference. Night and day,” Juarez says. “It’s pretty neat how you can help somebody like that.”

Juarez has spoken with Dembiec’s Parkin-son’s support group about their experience. He hopes to offer similar Parkinson’s-targeted classes at Riptide in the future.

“He’s inspiring people, so basically he’s helping people too like I’m helping him,” Juarez says. “That’s why I love my job, seeing him grow and change. It’s very rewarding and inspiring.”

In the face of adversity and physical chal-lenges, he has seen Dembiec rise to the oc-casion and improve his quality of life. And he believes others can do the same, regardless of the battle.

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never-simmering energetic fire. “I just can’tsit still,” she says.

Morgan, her husband and 5-year-old son, Shane, moved to Hilton Head Island in 1982, and she and her husband managed Plantation Deli. She also made quilts and sold painted cheese boxes on the side, which didn’t leave her with a lot of spare time. But when she heard about a seam-stress position open at The Porcupine, she was intrigued. “I had never done alterations before, and I told Avis (owner of The Porcu-pine) that. She said to bring in a dress I had done and I guess she liked it because she said, ‘I’ll give you a try,’ ” Morgan says.

Reflecting back on that time, Morgansaid, “You know how you look into your brain and ask questions? Well, I guess [during that time] I looked into my brain and it said to give it a go.” Thirty years later, Morgan is still a popular tailor an extensive client list — and she’s added author to her ever-growing list of accomplishments. “I always wanted to write but never thought I could … until now,” she says. M

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Hilton Head Islander Marion Conlin has worn many hats. She’s a Cordon Bleu-trained chef and the author of a cookbook. She’s the former program director of World Affairs Council of Hilton Head. And, even at nearly 90 years old, she’s not slowing down.

Conlin says her travels and experiences have helped shape her global perspective — but she credits her mother and her first-gradeteacher with sparking her curiosity about the world.

“She taught me the eternal love of learn-ing,” Conlin says of her teacher. “And my fabulous mother taught me to live with self-confidence. Whenever I’d ask her what todo about something, she’d say, ‘You’ll make the right decision.’ Even today when I face a decision, I consider all the angles. She gave me the confidence to do so.

Those critical thinking skills served her well as program director of the 900-member World Affairs Council, where she planned

lectures by world-renown figuresShe says that in her lifetime, she believes

the two greatest statesmen are former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski.

“Clinton brought the woman’s touch to issues that required good brainpower and good heart,” she says. “I also liked Zbigniew Brzezinski. He has objective sense about hard, controversial issues and steers away from politics … Statesmanship is a craft, not a political appointment. It should be based on the knowledge and understanding of foreign affairs and the skill to balance powers to ac-complish good, not world domination.”

But Conlin says the U.S. should not try to accomplish good by becoming the world’s police force.

“I’d like to see us exercise compassion-ate leadership,” she says. “If I could give one piece of advice to the president, I’d say to avoid reacting to issues militarily. The next

president needs to practice more equanimity — the ability to foster cohesion in our execu-tive and legislative branches and foreign affairs.”

Conlin’s time abroad also helped influenceher take on foreign affairs.

She studied at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, a treat for a woman who grew up making do with what she had during the Great Depres-sion.

“I grew up in the Depression era; we had to be resourceful,” she says. “My family had a garden. I picked my own vegetables and made my own vegetable soup and fell in love with cooking.”

Conlin, who remarried this year, says she always tries to appreciate everything life gives her.

“Gratitude is the best system of living,” she says. “If the situation looks grim, remember something you’re grateful for. This will turn your head around. M

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If you happen to catch Brian Thiem out on the golf course or riding his Harley around Sun City’s Riverbend neighborhood, ignore that far-off look in his eye; he’s just thinking about murder.

Don’t worry, though, that’s his job.The author of the novel “Red Line,” Thiem

is currently wrapping up work on his second novel, “Thrill Kill.” With most of the heavy lifting done on his sophomore novel, the recent transplant to the area is starting to pull from the ideas swirling around in his head to create the third in his series of novels about homicide detective Matt Sinclair.

But unlike most authors, Thiem doesn’t have to invent his character’s adventures out of whole cloth. He lived them.

“I worked for many years as a uniformed officer; I worked in special operations u -dercover in vice and narcotics, buying drugs for a living and picking up prostitutes — all that kind of good stuff,” he said. “When I’m writing a car chase, my resting heart rate goes from 70 to 130. I can go back and draw on what a car chase is really like, so my fingers are slipping off keyboard as I write.It’s becoming so real as I go back and relive some of this.”

Thiem’s law enforcement pedigree is one many other authors would kill to write. For 25 years, he worked in various duties in the Oakland Police Department, including commander of the homicide department in

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a city known for danger. “One year we had 175 murders in my unit. One night alone, we called it Bloody Monday, we had six unre-lated murders in one night,” he said.

While serving in the Oakland Police De-partment, Thiem was also an Army reservist, and in 2003 he was called to active duty for Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Free-dom. He spent a year in Iraq as the deputy commander of the Army criminal investiga-tion group and the officer-in-charge of thewar crimes investigation team investigating the atrocities and human rights violations of Saddam Hussein’s regime.

So when it came time to put pen to paper, he had a wealth of experience to draw from.

“The great thing about writing is I get to … change things,” he said. “In the real world, you have cases like this one that went

unsolved my entire career. It was solved as a cold case.”

The cold case in question centered on a dead woman’s body, found stuffed in a bag found hanging in a tree. Thiem investigated the murder early in his career in Oakland, and his remorse at never cracking this par-ticular case hangs heavy in his words. By way of catharsis, he found a way to work the case into his second novel.

“If I could have changed facts when I was investigating, it could have been like this case. Exciting and sexy; the good guy would solve it in the end and the bad guy would go to prison.”

We can be thankful then, that at least in the case of novels and the novelists who get a second lease on life in writing them, the good guy sometimes wins. M

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Scampering along the mostly dirt roads of Hilton Head Island in the 1950s, young Herbert Ford could never have imagined that one day he would be setting up threat vulnerability and risk analysis programs to help protect American interests at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. But that is part of the fascinating and largely classi-fied life story of this native islander who hasreturned to embrace new opportunities on his beloved island overlooking the green salt marshes of Broad Creek.

The middle son of 12 children raised by Clarence and Mary Ford on a small farm overlooking the creek's headwaters in the

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mid-island Hilton Head neighborhood still called Chaplin by native islanders, Ford has many fond memories of a community life that has long since disappeared.

"Our home stood across the road from where Grant's Mini-Mart is today," recalls Ford, whose father raised vegetables and other crops, tilling the fertile, soft sandy soil with a horse and plow. "Our family would harvest the crops and cart them to Charlie Simmons for transportation across the inland waterway to be sold at markets in Bluffton and Savannah." Ford's memories include a wood burning stove in winter and lots of mosquitoes on hot, muggy mid-summer

days when the offshore breezes were still.Back then, the midsection of Hilton Head

consisted largely of numerous small family farms that spread like a patchwork quilt across much of present-day Shelter Cove Towne Centre and across Chaplin Public Park, all the way to Folly Field Road. It was a bountiful playground for Ford and his close friends, James Grant and Anthony Brown. On many warm days, the three would finishtheir chores and take off up the road to go crabbing along the creek or play baseball at Blue Jay Field.

Grant remembers Ford as "studious, but also a pretty darn good shortstop," while Brown recalls him as a sharp dresser, espe-cially on Sundays at St. James Baptist Church. Both remember him as soft-spoken, loyal and "really smart" in school. In fact, the three buddies plus Annie Lou Holmes competed earnestly from the first grade onward to beat the top of their class. It was Ford, however, who finished as valedictorian for the class of1971. It was the first graduating class in thenewly integrated H.E. McCracken High School in Bluffton.

Ford credits his academic zeal to the tone set by Ernestine Jones, an English teacher who traveled with daily devotion from Savan-nah to Hilton Head and Bluffton's all-black public schools. "We still keep in touch after all these years," says Ford, who retired from a 29-year CIA career that earned him a Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal "for distinctly exceptional achievements that con-stituted a major contribution to the mission of the agency."

It was academic excellence and love for learning new things that initially earned Ford several college scholarship opportunities, as well as the attention of Ben Racusin — a former senior officer with the CIA who had retiredto Hilton Head and was later elected as the island's first mayor. Racusin set the wheels inmotion for Ford to join the CIA, setting him off on a career covering three decades and including highly sensitive tours to Europe, the Middle East, Afghanistan and Asia.

As someone who has spent most of his professional life being watchful of the dangers to America, Ford understands the sensitivity many Americans feel about current circum-stances in the world. But he believes strongly in the importance of keeping our nation's doors open. "Embracing diversity is critical to sustaining a bright future," Ford said. M

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When your friends, colleagues and even your professional adversaries describe you as respected, balanced, insightful, trustworthy, discerning and exceptionally professional, you must be doing something right.

Melissa Azallion has lived in Bluffton and Hilton Head Island since 2002, and has been earning praise and accolades ever since. She arrived in the Lowcountry from Shadyside, Ohio, a tiny town with no stoplight that sits alongside a steep slope literally overlooking the Ohio River. Her parents, Hub and Georgia Green, had already retired to Hilton Head. As a single mom with a toddler, she was starting a new life. She had finished law school andopened a practice, but had a skill set, focus-ing on labor relations, employment and immi-gration issues, that most attorneys consider limited in financial potential

"I got into affirmative action issues, process-ing immigration papers and equal employ-ment opportunity work in a part-time capacity

while paying my way through law school," Azallion says. "It led me to see a bigger pic-ture of life and expanded my boundaries."

Azallion says that when she joined the Nexsen Pruet law firm in fall 2002, there werefew attorneys doing the kind of law she had experience with. " I knew I needed to work really hard to develop a successful practice here. That meant knocking on doors and meeting lots of different people,” she says. As it turned out, Azallion's refreshingly direct, easy-to-like style quickly attracted business clients who were also in need of her skills to help them find much-needed employees

Azallion joined the McNair Law Firm in 2012 and now leads the firm's statewideimmigration practice group, representing multinational corporations, universities, medi-cal facilities and hospitality companies as well as individuals who need assistance with citizenship and labor issues.

"Melissa is special," says David Tigges, Mc-

Nair’s chief executive. "She is a consummate professional who has helped facilitate foreign investment on behalf of businesses all across the Southeast. She is one of the few people in our region really proficient at what she does.

Eric Esquivel, publisher of La Isla Magazine, has worked on numerous issues with Azallion says she is an invaluable resource to her cli-ents and the community. "Melissa never sets over-expectations for her clients,” he says. “Her reputation is platinum for doing things with integrity. She is a hidden jewel who has helped the Lowcountry workforce immeasur-ably. Our community is in debt to her more than they will ever know."

The consistent impression one gets of Azal-lion is a person of the highest. "It is the way she has always conducted her life, whether person-ally or professionally," says Matt Green, Azal-lion's younger brother and a commercial real estate developer in Bluffton. "I couldn't imagine a better sister or be more proud of her." M

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Vicki Wood took her first SAT at age 32,10 years after she finished college. Surroun -ed by nervous teenagers and clutching her sharpened No. 2 pencil, she completed the test as a personal challenge and a possible career move — and she hasn’t looked back.

“There’s a science to it,” says Wood, an SAT prep course developer and instructor, of the dreaded college entrance exam. “If you had told me at 16 that I’d be taking the SAT over and over, I would have laughed. But once you get into these tests, you realize they’re puzzles. So it becomes fun to unlock the puzzle and see the pattern and help students do the same.”

The former Michigan resident — who only took the ACT back when she was applying to colleges — was working as a customer service representative for PowerScore Test Preparation when she decided to secretly study for the SAT in hopes of becoming a PowerScore teacher. Though she scored in the top 7 percent of test takers that spring, PowerScore teachers need to score in the top 1 percent.

Wood was crushed, and confessed to her boss what she’d been doing on the side. Her employer encouraged her to retake the test after first completing a PowerScore SATprep course. She did, and three months later scored in the 99th percentile.

“I’ve been writing and teaching SAT and ACT prep courses and books ever since,” says Wood, who continues to take the test periodically and is currently 40 points shy of a perfect score. “I’ve had a perfect score in reading and a perfect score in writing, but one missed question in math.”

Her quest for perfection is about to get even tougher.

“They’re changing the test on us in March, starting to align it more with Common Core,” Wood says. “So we’re cautioning students

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to take the ACT this year instead of the SAT. We don’t want anybody to be the College Board’s guinea pig.”

Enrollment is indeed down for Wood’s PowerScore SAT prep courses, which makes her happy.

“There are significant changes to the test,the new one will be much more difficult,more curriculum-based,” she says. “The current SAT is more critical thinking-based, which is why the classes are so successful, be-cause we can teach the students the patterns to use to answer them.”

She and her colleagues at PowerScore have a handful of new practice tests and will continue to gather more as they’re released, analyzing the revamped test to come up with an overhauled prep course.

Wood, who estimates she’s taught about 600 Lowcountry students how to do their best on the SAT and ACT, guarantees at least a 300-point increase in test scores after her courses, and has seen as high as a 590-point increase from one Hilton Head student.

She has also written a Hilton Head-based children’s book, “Dinner on the Docks,” about a cat anticipating her feast from shrimp season’s opening day. She didn’t manage much marketing for the book, as she and her husband have been busy with their 5-year-old twins.

“I started them early with SAT vocabulary words,” she says with a laugh. But alas, the vocabulary portion of the test is also chang-ing. “I guess it was all for naught,” she says. M


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David Leighton

The modern U.S. Navy has a bit of its own living history here on Hilton Head Island in retired Cmdr. David Leighton.

During a decorated Naval and civil service career, Leighton worked for 26 years with Adm. Hyman Rickover, described by The Washington Post in a 1979 article as the “czar of nuclear propulsion” and the “father of the nuclear

Navy.” Rickover’s numerous achievements include the creation of the USS Nautilus, the world’s first workingnuclear-powered subma-rine. Serving on active duty for 64 years, longer than anyone in Naval history, Rickover and his team were chiefly responsible for buil -ing the U.S. submarine fleetand nuclear-powered ships for 30 years starting in the early 1950s.

“I was just delighted to have the opportunity to work with him,” says Leighton, who now lives on Hilton Head. “ I admired his work and learned a great deal from him. And I tried to do good work myself, and I was very happy to have had that op-portunity.”

Leighton graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1945, following in the footsteps of his father, Adm. Frank Leighton “My inter-est in the Navy was from my father. I admired him tremendously, and wanted to be like him,” he says. He later received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from MIT in 1948, and was the first student ever to earnan MIT master’s degree in nuclear engineering as a Naval officer in 1953

From 1952 to 1980, Leigh-ton served with Rickover in the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, where he helped to design and construct nuclear-powered naval war-ships.

“We accomplished one heck of a lot. I wanted the opportunity to work on nuclear power and did so,” says Leighton, who retired in 1992. “I’m very proud of the work we did.”

The Leighton science legacy continues in the next generation, as his oldest son, Tom, is a professor of applied mathematics at MIT and the CEO of Akamai Technologies. His youngest son, David Jr., is the head of the science department at the University of Notre Dame. M

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Carlton B. Dallas

When highly successful people are asked to share the secrets to their success or describe how they got their start, their anecdotes of their early days don’t typically involve hop-ing for failure.

Carlton B. Dallas, who boasts an impressive petroleum indus-try and speaking career that has spanned 34 years, 19 moves and more than 50 countries, came from a humble beginning.

Dallas, a North Carolina native, began his collegiate career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a solid student and played a little football until he hit a financialbump in the road and

returned home.“It was the ’70s and people

were ‘finding themselves,’” hesays. “I ran out of money and thought I would find myself too,but my parents had other ideas.”

With his parents’ encourage-ment, Dallas inquired about job openings at a local Crown Central Petroleum convenience store. He prayed that there were none, but there were and his magnetic personality quickly secured him an interview. His potential employer required candidates to pass a polygraph and Dallas prayed he would fail it — he didn’t.

Dallas accepted a position as a third-shift clerk and, instead of

treating his role as a simple job for a paycheck, took full advan-tage of his unique opportunity to run and learn a complete business at a young age.

“I was responsible for revenues and margins, hiring and firing and more — all of thethings I had studied in business school,” he says.

Dallas continued his educa-tion, graduating from the Univer-sity of Maryland with a degree in management, and went on to study at Cornell University, the University of Chicago and The Young Executive Institute at the UNC Kenan Flagler School of Business. He also obtained 360-Degree Leadership Feed-back/Development certific -tion at the Center for Creative Leadership Research Institute. Throughout his diverse career, Dallas gained experience in mar-keting, management systems, sales, human resources, logistics and more.

He fell in love with Hilton Head Island while attending a sales conference on the island and convinced Michele, his wife of 20 years with whom he has two sons, that Hilton Head should become the home for their next chapter. He retired in August 2010, but has shown no signs of slowing down.

In addition to managing a robust speaking schedule and heading up Dallas International Trading and Solutions, which specializes in connecting inves-tors, turning around businesses and transforming leaders, he is actively involved with a variety of other organizations and causes, including the Hilton Head Insti-tute, the World Affairs Council of Hilton Head, the Don Ryan Center for Innovation, the Hilton Head Island Economic Devel-opment Corporation and the “Shark Tank”-esque Bring Your Business Idea to Life competi-tion. M

The painted bunting, rightfully considered one of the most beautiful birds in North America, causes a stir wherever it alights. Recently, the media of New York City were agog at the sighting of one in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. The painted bunting may be a little more common here in the Lowcountry, but its appearance is nonetheless one that sticks with anyone who chances to see it.

The same could be said for a bright yellow Jeep often seen traversing the island, adorned with a “Bird Lady” license plate. Many have seen it fleetingly,and nearly everyone who has remembers it.

So who owns this remark-able vehicle? It should come as no surprise that this Jeep is property of the bird lady herself, Virginia Culter.

Not only can Culter tell you where to spot painted bunting, she can tell you the best way to entice them into your backyard. (Hint: use millet).

“It’s interesting to see what kinds of birds you can attract with different seeds,” Culter said. “My education was teaching. So I teach people to be successful in backyard feeding. I show them what works and why the big-box store bag of bird seed doesn’t.”

That education generally takes place in Culter’s store of 21 years, Wild Birds Unlimited in Festival Centre.

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“Teaching is a big part of it because you can make so many mistakes,” she said. “We don’t get goldfinch until January, andthey eat thistle. I have people who come in during the summer and say, ‘Well I bought a thistle feeder and didn’t see any birds.’ I tell them, ‘Well, if you’d have come here I’d have been able to tell you to put it on your Christmas list.’”

But beyond the chance to edu-cate customers, Culter sees each person that walks in the door as a fellow enthusiast in a hobby that first entranced her when she wasjust 2 years old watching birds through a window in Louisville, Kentucky.

“I love working in a place like this because all the customers that come in want to come in. It’s not like when you have to pick out shoes to go with a dress for a party tonight. You don’t have to do it. They want to do it, and they enjoy it,” she said.

Culter’s own joy of bird feeding is what brought her to the first

Wild Birds Unlimited store in Indianapolis, where she became a regular customer of the com-pany’s owner, Jim Carpenter. When her husband, William, found himself downsized at 52 from American Harvester, he sug-gested she follow her passion.

“He said, ‘Why don’t you go do that bird thing that you love?’ and I told him, ‘I don’t know how to do it,’” she said with a laugh. As luck would have it, the couple began looking through franchise books to find that Carpenter hadstarted franchising his Wild Birds Unlimited concept. Since Culter’s second love is golf, a Hilton Head Island location seemed like the perfect fit

And now, 21 years later, Culter’s Wild Birds Unlimited franchise is flying high, locals getto benefit from her expertise, andevery once in a while savvy trafficwatchers get to catch a glimpse of the bright yellow Jeep that belongs to the island’s resident “Bird Lady.” M

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A LOOK BACK AT HOW HILTON HEAD BECAME A WORLD-CLASS DESTINATION FOR INDULGENCE

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 health spas that helped shape Hilton Head Island, Bluffton and the surrounding Lowcountry.

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ilton Head Island had many amenities that helped it reach and maintain its world-class vacation destination status back in 1993. Wide pristine beaches, top-ranked golf courses and tennis facili-ties, award-winning restaurants, three- and four-star luxury hotels, wildlife and forest preserves, water adventures and bike trails.

What the island didn’t have was a full-service spa, not a single one.That all changed when a Sea Pines executive approached local business-

woman Beverly Martin (then O’Connor) with the idea of opening up a dedi-cated spa inside the island’s first gated community.

“They were trying to keep Sea Pines Plantation as the No.1 vacation desti-nation, but it had no spa, only a tiny hair salon in Harbour Town,” she said.

At the time, Martin owned and operated seven successful hair salons scat-tered around the island, one of which was at the old Intercontinental Hotel, which is now The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa.

“I had to sit down and really think about it, because it was going to be a big undertaking,” she said. “I had to completely build it up … and design the whole thing.”

The two parties struck a marketing and business deal, and Martin opened Le Spa of Sea Pines Center 23 years ago.

It wasn’t until seven or eight years later that Le Spa had its first competitor, FACES DaySpa. Now, of course, the spa industry is vibrant on the island and in Bluffton, with more than 30 offering an assortment of spa services.

These days, clients can expect to unwind in private treatment rooms, steam rooms, tubs and tanning stations and be pampered with body and massage treatments, facial treatments, makeup and makeovers, and salons for hair, nails, hair removal and waxes.

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Martin’s spa operation prospered, and she grew its space and expanded about five years ago. But a few years ago, she looked at her future and decided, “I was tired of having too many bricks in the backpack.” Now at the age of 72, she owns just two salons, and is back at work “behind the chair cutting, styling and col-oring.”

She sold Le Spa in December 2014 to Michael and Karen Sileck (pictured) and believes “it will continue to be better. I’m a dinosaur when it comes to the Internet and marketing, and they are very savvy.”

Michael brought his 25-year business background in technology and his wife’s organizational expertise and health and beauty experience to Sea Pines in 2009.

“We wanted to do something together,” Michael said. “I liked the business model. I thought it played very well down here, and I thought it would be a fun model to work on with Karen. I thought it was a good investment for us.”

He was right.The Silecks and their 15-member team

have seen double-digit growth after their first year. They reconnected with Sea Pines management and set a course of captur-ing not only the south-end island spa busi-ness, but outside the gates as well.

“We really liked the fact that it was the only spa in Sea Pines, and we really saw a rejuvenation going on in Sea Pines,” he said. “We also saw an opportunity to resume a partnership and relationship with Sea Pines Resort.”

Last year the duo renovated their 3,800-square-foot space, instituted online reservations and a client database, and introduced exclusive products and ser-vices.

“Sea Pines resort is a high-end operation so we had to make sure that our passion for service met and matched their same view,” he said. “And it did. They embraced us as their spa.”

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Patricia Owen opened her retail clothing and cosmetics store of 1,200 square feet in 1983 in Heritage Plaza.

“We carried popular cosmetics, which was my background,” she said. “I worked for Estee Lauder. When we moved here, nobody had Estee Lauder, so we saw a huge opportunity to bring a premium cosmetic line to Hilton Head.” She then acquired the rights to the island’s only Lauder depart-ment.

“Of course, there weren’t any spas around here then,” she said. “In fact, I don’t think the spa movement had much begun in the United States at all.”

During its first 10 years in business, FACES DaySpa was a self-admitted “mom-and-pop” operation. (She was the mom, and her hus-band, Jay, was the pop.)

In 1991, she installed a treatment room for facials and another private room in 1994.

“We weren’t really expanding; we were carving out a day spa out of the retail space, sitting room and dressing room,” she said.

FACES was a facial boutique and skin-care spa at that time but not a full-service spa. Owen later hired a massage therapist.

“It wasn’t until 2000 that we were able to triple our space (to 3,800 square feet) at Wexford Village,” she said. “We saw the success and thought maybe we should start doing more spa services.

“Now we have six rooms, five cutting hair-cut stations, two nail stations and two make-up areas, and that’s when we became what I would call a full-fledged spa,” she said. She has 30 employees on staff.

In addition to earning dozens of local, regional and national awards for service (facial, massage, manicure and pedicure), she also has amassed a trove of honors as an “award-winning business,” she said.

“We have raised everyone’s expectations,” the Midwest native said. “First-class every single day, and every single time first-classservice … we can’t have an off day ever.”

Owen credits her great teams who run their own divisions for FACES’ continued success providing “world-class service and products.”

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This four-star waterfront resort opened its full-service spa in 2007. Terra Orndorff has been its director since 2014.

“They liked the concept of having spas to provide wellness to guests,” the Nebraska native said. “Westins are pillars of wellness … you can’t truly have wellness unless you have a spa to relax and help detox and do all those wonderful things.”

“Heavenly Spa is all about the experi-ence,” she said, citing the soothing décor, abundance of flowers, soft music, plush beds, warm tea, parting gifts and delight-fully aromatic scents.

“We try to provide a journey, an experi-ence," the 17-year industry veteran said. “It’s not just service they’re getting.”

What Orndorff calls the “ritual” begins in the full-retail boutique and proceeds into the 1,000-square-foot locker room replete with a sauna, steam room, whirlpool tub and relaxation lounge.

Then the royal treatment begins, with treatments like the Heavenly Spa Signature Series that sooths the spirit, rejuvenates the body and enriches the mind, she said. “It’s a service you cannot get anywhere else.”

Orndorff also gushes over the 80- minute Heavenly Body restorative treat-ment that includes exfoliation, an oil blend wrap and relaxing massage.

“We’re the largest full-service salon and spa on the island,” she said, pointing to her full-time staff of 20 services clients in an 8,000-square-foot facility. "We go from basic to fabulous.” M

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HOW OLD ARE YOU?To help celebrate our 30th anniversary, we asked notable spas to tell us how long they've been serving the Lowcountry. Arum Spa, 2 years Sungate Medical Center, 2 yearsThe Westin's Heavenly Spa, 8 yearsIsland Medical Spa, 9 yearsSerendipity Medical Spa, 11 yearsLe Spa, 23 yearsFACES DaySpa, 32 years



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BY SALLY MAHAN

However, a little outside help doesn’t hurt. This year, instead of trying to do everything yourself,

turn to the experts. From dentists, masseuses, personal trainers, plastic surgeons and more, the pros can provide you with services to make you look and feel your very best.

“Life is short. Break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably and never regret anything that made you smile.”

“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”— MOTHER TERESA

DISCOVER THE NEW YOU IN THE

A smile truly is a wonderful gift. But as we age, our teeth — and ultimately our smile — deteriorates.

A recent study conducted at the Max Planck Institute in Berlin showed that people are most likely to underestimate the age of a person if he or she is smiling.

“We tend to find smiling faces more attractive, youthful and upbeat. A smile or laugh’s age-defying power may lay in the fact that smile lines make it challeng-ing for an observer to correctly predict a person’s true age,” said Dr. Ed Lowe, editor-in-chief of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry’s Journal of Cosmetic Dentistry.

There are three ways to bright-en teeth: veneers, crowns or whit-ening treatments.

Veneers are thin shells or moldings that cover the front of crooked, yellowing or graying teeth. In the past, veneers were thick and would wear down natural enamel. However, today’s veneers are thinner. Preparing a tooth for a veneer — which involves reshaping the tooth to allow for the added thickness of the veneer — can be minimal with the thinner veneers, meaning more of the natural tooth is kept intact.

For those who want crowns, dentists have traditionally made a mold of the tooth, and then a

dental laboratory made the per-manent one. However, with new technology, the tooth is drilled to prepare it for the crown and a picture is taken with a computer. This image is then relayed to a machine that makes the crown right in the dentist’s office

The restoration of lost teeth has also seen huge improvements with dental implants. About 95 percent of implants today are suc-cessful, according to the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

Another area that has seen huge improvements is bonding techniques for a chipped tooth. Today’s materials and techniques make the bonding look more nat-ural than it would have in the past.

Finally, for those who want to get their teeth whitened, there are many options, from over-the-counter products to high-tech in-office treatments. Whatever you choose, make sure to consult your dentist first.

The AACD recommends that you “don’t overdo it. A youth-ful smile is not obviously white, but healthfully white. Cosmetic dentists are trained to select the appropriate, natural shade of white.”COOL TIP: Do you suffer from dry mouth? Try licking the inside of your cheek and you’ll produce instant saliva.

From subtle changes to major repairs, your dentist can perform a variety of pro-cedures to improve your smile. At Beyond Exceptional Dentistry, Dr. Brad Durham has completed thousands of hours in continu-ing education, with an emphasis on head, neck, and facial pain treatment, dental cos-metics, and complex dental reconstruction. Brad Durham, Beyond Exceptional Dentistry | 843-706-2999

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Here’s a resolution we know you can keep. “To Look Great in 2016.” So whether you can only commit to a quick fix – like a Zoom Whitening treat-ment or go all in on a full smile make-over… Bluffton Center for Dentistry wants to make this your best year ever!Dr. Porcelli, Bluffton Center for Dentistry | 843-593-8123

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SOMETHING TO CHEW ON

NEW YEAR

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“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”— MOTHER TERESA

“Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against

your challenges. So relax.”— BRYANT MCGILL

RELAX, UNWIND, GET HEALTHIER

The new year is a great time to renew your skin! One way to benefit your skin in the winter is a chemical peel. Chemical peels can give help to even out your skin tone and texture, and can also smooth out fine lines and wrinkles. FACES Day Spa | 843-785-3075

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As little as an hour at a medical spa can give you back years. Serendipity Medical Spa provides the latest advances in the art of facial and body rejuvenation – blending the pampering, soothing elements of a spa with the safety and assurance of superior medical treatment. The professionally qualified staff is con-stantly trained in the latest cutting-edge rejuvenation technologies. Serendipity Medical Spa | 843-342-2639

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The fast expanding European Wax Center is launching its newest national advertising campaign this month. The newest campaign tells Americans, as we step into the new Year to walk in and strut out, backed by the cam-paign idea “Revealing Beautiful Skin.” By focusing on Revealing Beautiful Skin, we’re capturing the internal feeling of empowerment a woman feels when she has smooth, gorgeous skin. You can’t help but gawk at that woman as she struts down the street, fueled by her inner confidence.In addition, we’re focusing on eyebrows this season and our expertise in all things brow-related. Cheryl Twillmann, European Wax Center | 843-757-9291EX

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Relaxing truly is an art. And those who provide us with ways to relax are artists. That’s why spas have taken the treatments they offer to new levels.

For instance, in addition to the things one generally expects at a spa — massages, facials, pedis and manis — wellness and pre-ventative treatment programs are a big trend.

The right masseuse, for instance, can help you save money in the long run by treat-ing your aches and pains with-out having to run to the doctor, particularly given the rise in pre-miums and out-of-pocket health care costs. Additionally, there are a wide variety of massages to choose from that offer differ-ent levels of pressure and areas of focus.

According to a study in the International Journal of Advance Nursing, massages also help reduce stress by lowering blood pressure and providing significant changes in emotional states and stress levels.

Other offerings at spas may include naturopathy treatments, which can help with allergies, eye and lip treatments to reduce wrinkles, back facials, various waxing services and much more.

Another trend at spas? The changing clientele. Men are becoming more open to the spa experience. And spas are taking notice, rolling out macho-sounding therapies like the “sports massage” or “execu-tive massage.” COOL TIP: One of the biggest spa trends for 2016 is custom-ized wellness programs, which help you incorporate treatment into your daily routine.



“Beauty, to me, is about being comfortable in your own skin. That, or an (awesome) red lipstick.” — GWYNETH PALTROWTAKE TIME TO MAKEUP

In addition to bright red lipstick, the fall fashion catwalks showed off several new makeup trends for 2016, including thick brows and cat eyes along the lines of singer Adele.

But no matter what the trends, one of the best ways to achieve the most up-to-date and flawless looks is by visiting a professional who can advise you on what works best for your age and skin type — not to mention that it’s super fun to get a makeover.

These trained pros can also advise you on products to use to reduce wrinkles. Most impor-tantly, they can also provide advice on keeping your skin healthy. Cosmetics can trap skin-damaging dirt and oil, and experts can help you choose the best products to clean your type of skin.

After all, a fresh face never goes out of style.Cool tip: To plump your lips, apply a colorless lip balm with shimmer just above the area

between your nose and the peak of your top lip. Adding light to that area creates the illusion of larger lips, according to Cosmopolitan magazine.

Are you bored with your current look? Wanting to change up the image you por-tray? Getting a new hairstyle can be a great way to liven up your look and initiate a change in your life. However, without proper planning, a new hairstyle can turn into a ter-rible mistake in just a few snips.

First and foremost, you should consider what type of hair you have before getting it cut. Some hairstyles do not work well with straight hair, while others can be ruined if your hair is wavy. Check that the style you are pursuing will work with the natural curve of your hair as well as how quickly it will go flat. Consult with your professional.

At Terra’s Style Studio, hair is a science. Terra uses the fundamentals of hair cutting, color, and styling to achieve the absolute best results for each and every one of her clients. She believes strongly in continu-ing education and travels outside of the salon when opportunities arise. She is fortunate to work with companies who give her an advantage in the indus-try by offering hands on classes to continually evolve and sharpen her skills. Terra’s Style Studio | 843-682-HAIR (4247)

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After all the glitter and cheer of the holiday season has ended, our guests enjoy a change of venue by enhanc-ing their hair design line with a change of interior texture, providing movement and volume and lift. The possibilities of a great haircut are endless! Color can also be the great equalizer. Adding depth, balance or brightness with color shading can produce the perfect compliment for a new year and a new you. fringe | 843-785-7400

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Make sure you are ready to commit to maintaining your style before they start clip-ping. A cool hairstyle can quickly become unattractive if it is poorly maintained. If low-maintenance is your thing, let your stylist know before the sissors are brought out.COOL TIP: Not sure how much to tip your hairstylist? You’re not alone. After all, The relationships you form in a salon can be the most intimate in your life. Who else but your hairdresser can examine your gray or dam-aged hair with such practical indifference? As for bikini waxing, she may not be your friend, but she is your ... bikini waxer. It doesn’t get much closer than that. Start from 20 percent and go up based on service.

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IMPROVE YOUR EYESITE

Routine eye exams are important — regardless of your age or your physical health.

During a comprehensive eye exam, your eye doctor does much more than just deter-mine your prescription for eyeglasses or contact lenses. He or she will also check your eyes for common eye diseases, assess how your eyes work together as a team and evalu-ate your eyes as an indicator of your overall health.

Also, eye doctors often are the first health care profession-als to detect chronic systemic diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes.

Eye exams for children are extremely important, because 5 to 10 percent of preschool-ers and 25 percent of school-aged children have vision problems. Early identificationof a child’s vision problem can be crucial because children often are more responsive to treatment when problems are diagnosed early. According to the American Optometric Association (AOA), infants should have their first compre-hensive eye exam at 6 months of age. Children then should have additional eye exams at

age 3, and just before they enter the first grade — at about age 5 or 6.COOL TIP: Be sure to tell your eye doctor if your child has or displays any of the following: A history of prematurity, delayed motor development, frequent eye rubbing, excessive blink-ing, failure to maintain eye contact, inability to maintain a gaze (fixation) while looking at objects or poor eye tracking skills. Also, be sure to mention if your child has failed a vision screening at school or during a visit to his or her pediatrician.

Bishop Eye wants to help you achieve your best vision, confidently and com-fortably. To meet that goal, Bishop Eye has established a team of expe-rienced eye doctors who are highly qualified in general eye care, as well as such specialty areas as low vision, cataracts, glaucoma, dry eye and more. Bishop Eye has invested in the most advanced technology available to diagnose and treat your eyes.Bishop Eye | 843-689-3937, 843-208-3937

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Whether it’s Botox injections or going under the knife, there’s no question that we all want to look healthier, younger or just plain better.

According to a study pub-lished on realself.com, board-certified doctors were asked what is on-trend in plastic sur-gery in 2016.

First, when it comes to breast augmentation, women are ask-ing for smaller implants, accord-ing to the study.

The study also found that instead of breasts, women are more interested in augmenting their lips. There are several new products available, including Restylane Silk, specifically formu-

“I hate when models say, ‘Oh, plastic surgery is just a wrong thing.’ What’re you talking about? You won the genetic lottery. You look like this specimen that’s making people everywhere feel insecure, and you’re going to ridicule someone for getting plastic surgery?”— TYRA BANKS

Fortunately, the treatment of varicose veins no longer requires painful vein stripping. Laser ablation is an outpatient procedure performed with a local anesthetic allowing immediate return to normal activity. Patient satis-faction is high. The misery of varicose veins is now easily eliminated permit-ting a more comfortable life. Hilton Head Vein Center | 843-689-8224

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PLASTIC SURGERYlated for the lips, and the new Juvederm XC, another popular filler for lip augmentation.

Another trend is the “mommy makeover.”

“The mommy makeover has always been popular but is now taking on a whole new mean-ing for many patients,” accord-ing to the study. “Not only are patients requesting tightening up the outside of the body, but they are now more commonly requesting internal rejuvenation procedures, which is projected to only increase in popularity for 2016.”

The new year is also pro-jected to be all about the neck, with 68 percent of doctors say-

ing they expect more patients requesting neck lifts or chin augmentation. Many of them are likely to be men. “While women have been doing these procedures for years, men are now jumping on board, with the

interest in defining the jaw line being most popular,” according to the study.

Another popular procedure is the removal of varicose veins. According to WebMD.com, vari-cose veins are enlarged veins near the surface of the skin. They are most common in the legs and ankles, and while they usually aren’t serious, but they can sometimes lead to other problems. Treatments include laser or radiofrequency to close off the vein.COOL TIP: Don’t jump into plastic surgery. Make sure your physician is licensed and board-certified and is open to discuss-ing all of your options.



“You have to stay in shape. My grand-mother, she started walking five miles a

day when she was 60. She’s 97 today and we don’t know where the

hell she is.”— ELLEN DEGENERES

GET RID OF EXTRA POUNDSJan. 1 is pretty much everyone’s start date when it comes to dropping those stubborn extra pounds.

And that’s usually the problem.You start out fine enough. You get off the couch and go for a

brisk walk, stock up on healthy foods and really feel it’s going to work this time.

And two weeks later, when you haven’t become a stick-thin model, you feel like a complete and utter failure and fall back into old routines.

So what’s the answer? According to fitness experts, it’s about putting too much

emphasis on losing weight and not enough emphasis on feel-ing healthy. There’s also too much emphasis on changing habits overnight when it comes to New Year’s resolutions.

One way to approach weight loss is to try doing one thing at a time. For instance, instead of trying fad diets, try portion control.

Another approach that can be successful is using a personal trainer or joining a local gym with a friend. Either way, you have someone to encourage you and hold you accountable.

Eating out once or twice a week is fine, but according

LAVA 24 Fitness can help you reach your health and fitness goals any time of day! LAVA Team Training, the island’s newest fitness program, is delivering serious results! In addition to fitness,LAVA 24 offers nutrition guidance, mas-sage and a full physical therapy clinic. All factors adding up to a mentally stronger and more physically stable you! LAVA 24 Fitness | 843-842-3226

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How can you make the most of your life and live it to the fullest? One way to do that is by hiring a life coach.

But what exactly is a life coach?

“Life coaching is a profession that is profoundly different from consulting, mentoring, advice, therapy or counseling,” accord-ing to lifecoach.com. “The coaching process addresses specific personal projects, busi-ness successes, general condi-tions and transitions in the cli-ent’s personal life, relationships or profession by examining what is going on right now, discover-ing what your obstacles or chal-lenges might be, and choosing a course of action to make your life be what you want it to be.”

“It is not the length of life, but depth of life.” — RALPH WALDO EMERSON

SunGate Medical Group is here to help you start living younger this new year. Whether you’re interested in hCG medically monitored weight loss, personalized hormone replace-ment or permanent fat loss with our advanced Vanquish technology, we’ve got you covered. We’ll even provide a personalized health coach to help restore your youthful balance and achieve your wellness goals! Stop by one of our seven locations across the Lowcountry and see how we can help you get started with the new you. SunGate Medical Group | 843-842-2020

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Our bodies, if properly taken care of, can produce positive benefits as sweet as ripe fruit harvested from a tree. To do this we must strength-en our roots. The New Year is a perfect time to dig deep and nurture our most internal selves. Healthsmart offers cleansing products to clear out the toxins from the previous year. Cleansing detoxifies your kidneys, liver, blood and lymphatic systems. Healthsmart’s friendly and knowledgeable staff will guide you toward the cleansing product that is perfect for you. Then, enter 2016 clean and strengthened from the inside out. Regina Cannella, Healthsmart | 843-815-5525EX

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LIFE COACHES The International Coach Federation, a global coach-ing organization and profes-sional coach association, definescoaching as “partnering with cli-ents in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.”COOL TIP: Encourage your employer to make life coaches available. Wellness programs have been shown to provide approximately a 300 percent return on investment. In other words, companies that spend $1 on a wellness program earn $3 as a result of decreased turnover.

to the National Restaurant Association, American adults buy a meal or snack from a restaurant 5.8 times a week on average. If you are watch-ing your weight, it’s hard to always know what calories, fats and nutrients are in the dishes you order.

Most important, be patient and go easy on your-

self. Getting healthy should be the goal, not looking 17 again.COOL TIP: Instead of trying to work out every day, try to take a walk or ride your bike at one of the many beautiful places we enjoy in the Lowcountry, like Sea Pines, the beach, Pinckney Island or one of the several new walking trails in Bluffton.



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YOU SHOULD BE SHOPPING AT A THRIFT STORE

People who love thrift stores really love thrift stores. And they were gaining in popularity well before Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ “Thrift Shop” made its best attempt to ruin that trend. Data show that in a given year, approximately 16 percent to 18 percent of Americans will shop at thrift stores. Of course, a thrift store is only as good as the people who supply it, and as luck would have it, the well-to-do on Hilton Head and in Bluffton have plenty of fancy stuff they are constantly getting rid of. Shopping the Lowcountry’s secondhand stores requires some foraging skills, but the bounty of castoffs is well worth it.

• They’re affordable: First, the most obvious reason we go to thrift stores: bargains. Even though a lot of thrift shops are now armed with the price-checking power of Google, you’re still going to find a lot of cheap stuff.

• You might find something valuable for next to nothing: If you haven’t experienced this, it is a thrill. Whether it’s designer clothing or some prized piece of unknown electronic equipment — at first you can barely hold your excitement. “How has no one grabbed this yet?” you mutter over and over like a crazy person.

• Thrift stores help the community: On Hilton Head Island and in Beaufort, proceeds from most thrift stores benefit charity or provide jobs for people with disabilities or other challenges.

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THE LITTER BOXAddress: 46 Old Wild Horse Road, Hilton Head IslandOwner: The Hilton Head Humane AssociationWhat does your shop offer? We offer the widest range of products in our 10,000-square-foot retail facility at the very best prices in a friendly and upbeat environment.What charity does your shop benefit The Hilton Head Humane AssociationWhat makes your shop stand out? We are the largest 501(c)(3) nonprofitthrift store in the area, and we are also the only thrift store where you can bring your pet.Hours of operation: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday through SaturdayContact information: 843-842-6369, www.hhhumane.org

THE BARGAIN BOX Address: 546 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head IslandOwner: The Bargain Box is a nonprofitvolunteer organization. What does your store offer? Donated items, some gently used and some brand new. What charity does your store benefit Nonprofit agencies in Beaufort CountyWhat makes your store stand out? We are 50 years old and have wonderful treasures at great prices. What is the most interesting item currently in your store? Items change daily. From an airplane, a car and a baby grand piano to fine china, signed first-edition books and art. It is always a surprise to our customers what they may findHours of operation: 1-4 p.m., Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; 9:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. SaturdayContact information: 843-342-2469, www.bargainboxhhi.org

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CHURCH MOUSE BOUTIQUE THRIFT SHOPAddress: 78 Arrow Road, Hilton Head IslandOwner: We are a non-profit associated with St. Luke’s Church, run by a large staff of volunteers and overseen by a board of directors.What does your shop offer? Store offers furniture, artwork, household goods, clothing for men, women and children, linens, sporting equipment, books and gamesWhat charity does your shop benefit Store benefits over 30 local charities and St. Luke’s missionaries. What makes your shop stand out? We are a boutique thrift shop, offering goods ranging from children’s clothing for $ to finefurniture, antiques and artwork valued at severalhundred dollars.Hours of operation: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 1-6 p.m. ThursdayContact: 843-785-2322, www.churchmousethrift.com

• Thrift stores keep more out of the dump: Obviously the very idea of a secondhand store is eco-friendly. Thrift stores are like humanity’s hand-me-downs. That 7-Up logo tee can theoretically be worn forever, or at least until the threads are literally worn through.

• You might make some friends with similar interests: If you like certain clothes, jewelry, records, furniture, electronics, etc., you’ll likely run into people who have similar collecting hobbies and perhaps even gain a lead or two on things you’re looking for.

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MONTHLY’S PREMIER

You know you want to have your per-fect day on Hilton Head Island. Why wouldn’t you? Whether your dream wedding is a small and intimate

beach gathering or an extravagant country club affair, Hilton Head is the perfect destina-tion. Recently ranked the fi fth best island in the United States by TripAdvisor.com, Hilton Head offers beautiful views, a sunny climate and a vast array of talented wedding profes-sionals to choose from.

But how can you possibly decide between all the perfect venues, the amazing caterers and the talented photographers and videographers? How can you fi gure out which team is going to make your day every-thing that you’ve always dreamed of?

There’s only one way to decide: Buy your tickets today to attend the 2016 Hilton Head Bridal Show presented by Monthly Media and hosted by The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa. The show, endorsed by the Hilton Head Island/Bluffton Chamber of Commerce, will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 7.

With more than 50 fantastic vendors under one roof, you can meet many bridal professionals, see their work and get an idea of who would be the best fi t to help you

fulfi ll your vision. You can taste cakes, see wedding portraits, and see the latest in bridal fashion — including bridal gowns, bridesmaid dresses, tuxedos, and suits.

Bluffton resident Kathryn Munafó saw last year’s show as a chance to do one-stop shopping for her wedding. “The Bridal Show helps relieve a lot of the pressure of planning such an important day,” she says. “Instead of having to schedule appointments or make plans to visit many individual vendors, I was able to meet several photographers, browse the dress selection of local shops, and taste lots of cakes all in one place. It made my decision-making so much easier.”

The Hilton Head Bridal Show is not only a great opportunity for brides, grooms, and families looking for the perfect vendors, but it’s a great way for vendors to get to show off their products and services to many potential clients at once.

Liz Bodie of local lighting and entertain-ment provider JLK Events looks forward to the Bridal Show all year long. “We at JLK enjoy the Bridal Show so much,” she says. “We have had great success each year in booking the brides who we meet at the show. We really enjoy meeting with them face-to-face and showing them the different

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The Bridal Show offers a great opportunity to make it a weekend visit to Hilton Head and see it all. Make it a couple’s getaway, or a girls weekend with mom and the brides-maids. Call The Westin today and ask about special rates for Bridal Show attendees.

In addition to being an amazing resource, the Bridal Show is affordable to attend. You’ll only pay $10 at the door, or you can save by purchasing your tickets in advance for only $8 each at www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/bridalshow2016. For more information, call Samantha at 843-384-5378. M

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CHREST/DOYLEJill Chrest and Mike Doyle married May 9 at St. Francis by the Sea. Photo by Amy Arrington Photography.

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HASKINS/MANGANMegan Haskins and Michael Mangan married Aug. 22 at Pine Island Beach on Hilton Head Island. Photo by Nichole Barrali Photography.

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ort Royal Sound has lost none of its natural lure and deep watery magnetism since it first attracted seafarers into its wide mouth in the early 1500s. Rick and Louise Tranquilli know the seascape magic of that ever-changing tide and alluring salt air breeze quite well. They live beside it in Port Royal Plantation.

“Primarily, they were looking for a home that took the most advantage of the amazing water views they have and be able to maintain the live oaks in the front of the property,” said William Court, a partner at Court Atkins Architects in Bluffton. “So we kind of had to nestle everything in while capturing those views to create some really wonderful outdoor living spaces.”

Those views — 121 feet of private property facing northeast — lay just beyond the seagrass. For a closer look, a 150-foot boardwalk transports you to the water’s edge.

“It was strategically designed, so even the carriage suite over the garage has a little balcony that faces the water,” he said.

“The house fits like a glove (on the 0.8-acre lot),” said the builder, Nathan Cameron, owner of Cameron & Cameron Custom Homes in Bluffton. “Trees and nothing but panoramic ocean views.”

Two of the Tranquillis’ favorite perches for viewing the seascape are on their brick, oyster travertine and flagstone terrace overlooking the lap pool, a stepping bridge and spa, and inside in their screened porch with an outdoor working kitchen and a visually striking fireplace

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“Louise had a wonderful concept for the exterior fireplace,” said Christina Scharf, interior designer and owner of CS Interior Home in Savannah. “She had collected several hundred shells she wanted to incor-porate into a large paisley design. It was so exciting to work together…It really was a special moment to create her vision.”

The exterior, fittingly, is New England inspired or as Court describes it, “Lowcountry meets coastal shingle-style home.”

Cameron’s challenge as the builder was to make the exterior weather-resistant to the harsh Lowcountry exposure.

“They wanted a low-maintenance exte-rior for the ocean, which is almost impos-sible, and not an oversized home but an architecturally-correct pleasing Nantucket-like over-the-top home,” said Cameron, who founded his boutique building com-pany five years ago.

He and his team installed custom-painted masonry shingles, and used either cementi-tious or PVC for the shutters and detailed trim — no wood. The roof is standing seam metal, which is highly durable and resilient to nature’s destructive forces.

Of course the exterior and water views are the gateway to the interior of this three bedroom, four-and-a-half bathroom home. The two-story main residence covers about 3,300 square feet, and a breezeway con-nects to a 500-square-foot guest suite above the garage.

“They wanted a home that wasn’t overly large,” Court said. “They wanted a home that felt like it belonged on the site, kind of time-less that didn’t overbuild the lot, comfort-able and enjoyable for them.”

The Tranquilli were very hands-on during the design and 13-month construction pro-cess, working closely with Court, Cameron and Scharf. The couple moved in last June.

“They had a wonderful vision for their dream home…a comfortable beach house that expressed their creative style,” Scharf said.

“The amount of detail given to each room, the design focusing on the ocean views, making a not-large space feel larger and integrating many, many fine details,” Cameron said.

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By all accounts, this home is a “jewel box” showcasing custom details and exquisite craftsmanship.

“The Tranquilli really wanted to emphasize the quality of finishes and materials and design over quantity of spaces,” Court said. “When we talk about a ‘jewel box’ architec-turally, we’re talking about something that is much more the quality of craftsmanship and quality of detail and not the size.”

The open floor plan downstairs stretches from the kitchen to the adjacent informal dining room and great room with a fireplaceand concealed imbedded large-screen television underneath a coffered ceiling. A homey study is tucked away on the south end of the home. White oak with gray ebony stain flooring spreads throughout the entire home.

Upon walking through the three-panel mahogany front door, a vintage area rug and a striking commissioned piece of art-work welcome visitors, who then admire a grand winding stairway with wainscoting paneling off to the right.

“On paper it was a square staircase, but we chose to customize that whole feeling

and curvature,” Cameron said.

“After the overall concept and layout was decided, we moved full force into the selection process, from interior cabi-netry design (by Palmetto Cabinet Studio in Bluffton), stone selections to custom stair details,” Scharf said. All of the millwork was done on site, Cameron noted.

Scharf describes the furnishings color pal-ate as “linen hues, oyster tones, blues and Mandarin.” It is soft, coastal and definitelywarm. Indeed, Scharf calls the overall inte-rior design scheme an “artful Lowcountry beach retreat.”

A handmade Hickory Chair Furniture Co. sofa and an exquisite original chandelier by Louise Gaskill in the great room create ele-gant images, accented by the copper ceiling with wood paneling and buttboard.

“Louise appreciates mixing different shapes, and we were lucky enough to findseveral coordinating upholstered pieces to finish the look,” Scharf said.

Upstairs in the master suite, wood beams and treatments on the cathedral ceiling carve a warm and expansive feeling. The adjoining balcony destines to be enjoyed any time of day.

“This house is all about living,” Cameron said. Blessings by clergy with family and friends in attendance before and after con-struction have ensured that it is. M

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REAL ESTATE

There are many things homebuyers and sellers expect from a Realtor, including knowledge of the local market, strong negotiating skills and the ability to confidently guide clients through the buying and selling process.

While Realtors are already the most prepared to do all this, they also bring a little something else to the table: past

experience in other business sectors. According to the National Association of

Realtors’ 2015 Member Profile, only 5 percent of Realtors say real estate was their first career (even though the typical Realtor has been in the game for about 12 years). In fact, almost 20 percent of Realtors previous worked in management, business or the financial sector, while 16 percent worked in sales or retail. This is especially true in the Lowcountry market, where many Realtors make real estate a second career.

As Realtors launch their careers, many real estate companies offer in-house training on topics that are important to be success. When real estate licensees become members of the Hilton Head Area Association

Realtors, they have access to many local professional development sessions including informational programs on the area neighborhoods and gated communities, area schools and weekly reports on meetings of the local municipalities and counties. Other online classes and webinars are offered through the South Carolina Association of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors.

A career in real estate can be very rewarding. It requires self-motivation, the ability to set and meet goals, and the desire to help people.

So while homebuyers and sellers can be confident a Realtor is the best partner in their transaction due to their real estate experience, a Realtor’s past career will also be a benefit. M

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ENJOY sitting on your private back deck view-ing the tranquil lagoon with its fountain. 21 Highbush is a conveniently located to Spring Lake Recreation area with its tennis complex, new pavilion, the Plantation House and soon to be the new Spring Lake swimming pool. This home has 3 BR | 3 BA, a formal living and dining room, eat-in kitchen which is open to the family room. There is a side entry two-car garage and expansive wrap around deck. $418,900

21 HIGHBUSH DRIVE

A GREAT WAY TO OWN a get-a-way at the Hilton Head Island Beach. Just steps from the ocean and in Coligny Plaza with its dining, shopping, night life and music. The oceanfront pool complex is outstanding. There is covered parking. This 1st fl oor one bedroom villas which can sleep 6 is turnkey ready. All you need to do is bring your toothbrush, bathing suit and some suntan lotion. $148,500

107 THE BREAKERS VILLA 903 HARBOUR MASTER

AN OCEAN FRONT community in the heart of Hilton Head Island, home of Van Der Meer Ten-nis Center, Sonesta Resort Hotel and the Ship-yard Golf Club. Owners have use of the Shipyard Beach Club a bike ride away. 903 is an oversized 2 BR, 2.5 BA with two extra fl ex rooms, kitchen and baths have been updated. Kitchen has gran-ite. Harbour Master pool is great and overlooks a lagoon and golf fairway. Harbour Master is a small quiet community. $215,000

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DIRECT INTRACOASTAL WATER-WAY and Fantastic Sunsets over Skull Creek and Pinckney Island. the fi rst right just off the bridge. Enjoy kayaking from your backyard or from the Mariners Cove docks. There is a complex pool, tennis and docks. 103 Mariners Cove is very unique in that it has 2 bedrooms and 2 full baths and a half bath. Updated with granite counters and tile fl ooring. Great for a permanent home, second home or rental property. $239,000

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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 fi rst fl oor master, future bonus room, easy to be a 3-car garage, generous allowances, of-fi ce, kitchen/family room, walk in pantry and more. Outstanding view of the golf course and easy walk-ing distance to the community pool, tennis and clubhouse. Other fl oor plans available. $995,000

9 MCINTOSH ROADSPANISH WELLS

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 fl oors 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. $645,000

108 SAW TIMBER DRIVE

15 FOX DEN COURT

PRIVACY and lagoon view and has open space on three sides. Covered back deck. Deceiving from the outside. This home features 3 bedrooms and a den. The den could be converted to a 4th bedroom. There is a formal living room with a Sa-vannah grey brick fi replace, a formal dining room as well as an eat-in kitchen. The second fl oor boasts a very large bedroom and a bath with 2 walk in attics, one of which could easily be con-verted to another room. $425,000

19 GOLDEN HIND DRIVE

UP TO DATE fl oorplan with cathedral and tray ceilings, granite counter tops, stainless steel appli-ances, kitchen/family room, formal dining room and living room with fi replace and built-ins. Features 3 Bedrooms and 2.5 Baths, a 2-Car Garage, eat in kitchen and a family room that opens to the rear patio with its gas grill connection. The kitchen was redone in 2015 and master bath updated in 2011, the roof was replaced in 2006 and a new Lenox® HVAC system was installed in 2011. $408,000

23 PINELAND ROAD

HILTON HEAD PLANTATION home with panoramic view of Dolphin Head Golf Club 2nd fairway and green. Wrap around deck, short distance to both Spring Lake Pool Complex, Dolphin Head Beach Park and the Bluff walkway along Port Royal Sound. 3 BR or 2 plus den, liv-ing and dining room with wood fl oors and high ceilings, eat-in kitchen. Masonry Savannah grey brick fi replace. One owner house. $338,500

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UNMATCHED PANORAMA of the Intra-coastal Waterway encompassing wildlife, shrimp boats, changing tides, and spectacular sunsets including a front row seat for the 4th of July fi reworks! Features include outdoor storage, complex swimming pool and recreation area, short distance to the docks, restaurants, and the Country Club of Hilton Head. Three bed-room, great room and expansive winterized deck. 2nd fl oor $345,000

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Charles Sampson(843) 681-3000

Mobile - (843) 384 [email protected]

Frances Sampson(843) 681-3307 x 236

Mobile - (843) [email protected]

Angela Mullis(843) 681-3307 x 223


Debbie Cort(843) 681-3307


HiltonHeadIslandSouthCarolina

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81 Main Street, Suite 202, Hilton Head Island, SC 29926(843) 384-7300 or (800) 267-3285 ext. 215

Island Resident Since 1972

671 COLONIAL DRIVE

LOCATED in the exclusive Golf Club Community of Indigo Run. Outdoor living area with fi re pit and large stone and tile hot tub. High coffered ceiling with skylights and ceiling fan. Slate counter and an island with a Lynx grill and stainless steel Vent-A-Hood. 3500 sq. ft. 4 BR or 3 plus a bonus room, 4 full baths and an offi ce home. Built in 2002 and features include hard coat stucco, high smooth ceilings, formal living room and dining room, wood and tile fl oors, granite tops and stainless steel appliances. $675,000

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LOWCOUNTRY HOMESITES 2015 SALES AND LISTINGS SOLD - CHARLES SAMPSON REAL ESTATE GROUP

HILTON HEAD PLANTATION7 ANGLERS POND CT.

LAGOON VIEW $177,555

18 CHINA COCKLE LANE2ND ROW SOUND $222,000

COLLETON RIVER14 BALLYBUNION

GOLF VIEW $20,000

HAMPTON HALL280 FARNSLEIGH AVE $179,000

11 HAMPSTEAD AVE $99,000

15 HAMPSTEAD AVE $99,000

BLUFFTON16 BARTONS RUN DR $189,000

38 BARTONS RUN DR $185,000

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 fi rst fl oor master, future bonus room, easy to be a 3-car garage, generous allowances, of-fi ce, kitchen/family room, walk in pantry and more. Outstanding view of the golf course and easy walk-ing distance to the community pool, tennis and clubhouse. Other fl oor plans available. $995,000

CHARMING 3 bedroom home located in new River Ridge school district. Features tile fl ooring and cathedral ceilings with ceiling fans. There is an open eat-in kitchen off the great room and a garage. Sandy Pointe is located off of Buckwalter Parkway and features a com-munity pool, playground and basketball goal. It is located near Publix shopping center and the Station 300 entertainment center. $169,900

48 W. MORNINGSIDE DRIVE

LOCATED on the desirable Park in Wood-bridge, view of the gazebo. Four bedroom, three and a half bath with a salt water swimming pool. This home features a fi rst fl oor master suite, eat-in kitchen, formal living, formal dining and family room with a fi replace. Custom features are seen throughout this home including your very own outdoor kitchen. $389,000

20 PARKSIDE DRIVE

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 founda-tion, 3 bedroom 2 bath, fi replace, front porch and large rear deck. Very private location great for small at-home business. $240,000

5 POND VIEW COURT

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 fl oors 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. $645,000

108 SAW TIMBER DRIVE

4 HARTFORD

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 Liv-ing 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 fl ooring, smooth ceilings, ap-pliances, bathroom fi xtures, cabinetry and more! $1,200,000

18 COQUINA ROAD is second row ocean in Port Royal Plantation and just off the open space walkway to the beach and is nestled under stately moss draped hardwoods. Quality built in 1965 by one of Hilton Head Island’s original craftsmen. It is a home with a fl oor plan ahead of its time. The living space, living room, dining room and kitchen are all open and the ceiling is high. The masonry fi replace separates the living space. $590,000

18 COQUINA ROAD23 PINELAND ROAD

THE TOWNES are zoned for the new River Ridge Academy and is close to dining and shop-ping. Lovely 3 bedroom 2 bath townhome has a great layout. This townhome features a screened porch with storage unit and lovely wooded view off the eat-in kitchen. It even has a front porch! The Townes has a community pool and sidewalks and is centrally located on Buckwalter Parkway. $142,900

230 WEST SQUARE

www.CharlesSampson.comwww.CSampson.com

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Charles Sampson(843) 681-3000

Mobile - (843) 384 [email protected]

Frances Sampson(843) 681-3307 x 236


Angela Mullis(843) 681-3307 x 223


Debbie Cort(843) 681-3307


HiltonHeadIslandSouthCarolina81 Main Street, Suite 202, Hilton Head Island, SC 29926(843) 384-7300 or (800) 267-3285 ext. 215

Island Resident Since 1972

BROAD RIVER RD. S 11 SUNSET PL. L

6 FANTAIL L 11 SUNSET PL. S

6 MASTER COURT L 20 W. MORNINGSIDE L

36 PINE FOREST L 34 OLD FORT DR. L

12 WATERTHRUSH L 37 OLD FORT DR. L

28 KENDALL S 18 OLD FORT DR. L

18 WELLINGTON L 57 VILLAGE WEST S

6302 ISLAND CLUB S 6 SUMMER PLACE L

2 ELLIS CT. S 36 GOLDEN HIND L

21 MIDDLETON GARDENS S 18 SCOTTS WAY L

10 OYSTER REEF PL. L 173 LANDING LANE L

10 OYSTER REEF PL. S L114 THE RESERVE L

222 HERITAGE PKWY. S 25 WELLINGTON L

K-18 MARSHSIDE L 3 MERIDIAN CIRCLE L

186 BEACHWALK S 1 BRIGANTINE L

3312 THE SPA L 6 FIDDLERS WAY L

26 ANGEL WING S 2017 HH CLUB VILLA L

6 SEABROOK LANDING S 7836 HUNTINGTON S

37 OLD FORT DRIVE L 2 NEPTUNE COURT L

18 LARIUM PL. S 68 BRIDGEWATER S

106 STANDFORD VILLAGE L 1 JINGLE SHELL L

304 BAMBERG S 16 TOWHEE L

12 PARK LANE L 4 PARKSIDE CIRCLE L

16 4TH AVENUE L 4 PARKSIDE CIRCLE S

505 PLANTATION CLUB S 44 WEDGEFIELD S

5 FLORENCIA L 8 HIDDEN LAKES CIRCLE L

25 JARVIS CREEK WAY S 203 PARK LANE L

205 PARK LANE L

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Y O U R M O S T T R U S T E D R E A L T O R S B E S T I N T H E L O W C O U N T R Y S I N C E 1 9 5 7

An elegant house with distinctive architectural detail. Lofted LR ceiling/antique wooden beams, ÿ replace, multiple views of the 10th, 16th, 17th, 18th Harbour Town Golf Links/Glistening

lagoons, Calibogue Sound, Sunsets. A Show-House for the discriminating buyer. A ÿ ne value. Must see.

MLS #340619 $3,475,000 UF

Diann Wilkinson 843.671.2587

15 MIZZENMAST LANE ˜ SEA PINES

Beautifully furnished high ceiling 4 Bedroom, 4.5 Bath 4th row ocean home with big pool and sundeck. Perfect ° oor plan with living room, big eat-in kitchen with Family room and separate

laundry. Large 2 car garage, mature landscaping and ideal2nd home or grate rental. Easy to show!

MLS #339967 $1,599,000

Bill Buryk 843.422.4431

22 RUDDY TURNSTONE ˜ SEA PINES

SEA PINES REAL ESTATE AT THE BEACH CLUB

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 ° oor plan with beautifulfurniture and appliances. Gently used as second home

and would be a great rental villa.MLS #338313 $948,000

Mary Pracht 843.298.1715

101 SHOREWOOD VILLA ˜ SOUTH FOREST BEACH

Large homesite with great view of golf course and lagoon. Three bedrooms, Three full baths. Gently used as a second home. Sun

Room and eat in kitchen. Very close to Port Royal Sound.MLS #338783 $409,000


130 HIGH BLUFF ROAD ̃ HILTON HEAD PLANTATION

1 BR condo on Hilton Head Island. 55 K in upgrades. New bath with tiled walls and floors, high grade glass shower doors. New kitchen

with upscale appliances, granite, new cabinets SS sink. 2 flat screen TV’s and fireplace. New water heater and many plumbing and

electrical upgrades. New hite leather & chrome and glassfurniture throughout. Villa rents for $275.00/night.

MLS #340827 $179,000


A309 HILTON HEAD BEACH & TENNIS ˜ FOLLY FIELD

Open ° oor plan, house was remodeled in 2007. House has 14’ elevation, many features, heart pine ° oors, granite throughout,

marble, new appliances, carpet and spray foam insulation. Located on 8th fairway of Harbour Town Golf Links. Very open ° oor plan.

Sea Pines ARB has granted conceptual approval for pool.MLS #332853 $1,495,000

Zach Patterson 843.338.8621

16 ST. ANDREWS PLACE ˜ SEA PINES

Overlooking 18th fairway of Harbour Town Golf Course, Calibogue Sound and Daufuskie Island. Completely renovated 2014 with two

master bedrooms, two separate living rooms and kitchens. 5th ° oor is an outdoor patio with hot tub, TV, refrigerator, and half bath

with amazing views. 4 bedrooms have golf water views.MLS #340618 $3,275,000

Je° Hall 843.384.7941

10 SPINNAKER COURT ˜ SEA PINES

Updated 4 bedroom, 4 bath high ceilings Beach home with views to the ocean and easy walk to the beach. Granite kitchen with stainless appliances. Large screen porch plus 2 car carport with much storage and community pool. Walk to South Beach o ̨ers

plus South Beach Racquet Club. Projected gross rentals of $50,000.MLS #339813 $1,059,000

Tommy Austin 843.384.7033

11 BEACHSIDE DRIVE ˜ SEA PINES

1st ° oor Oceanfront Villa, 1 Br 2 Ba with views overlooking ocean and pool courtyard area. Nice large balcony, end unit with over

1000 sq ft. New kitchen appliances as of 2013. This is oneof the bigger one bedrooms o ̨ered.

MLS #341253 $469,000

Je° Hall 843.384.7941

111 WINDSOR PLACE ˜ PALMETTO DUNES

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Direct waterfront with awesome heated pool & spa. Built in 2003, MBR on 1st ˜ oor, 3 car garage & so much more. Don’t miss an opportunity like this…over 4000 h.s.f., deep water

views, huge pool, custom built, ready to move inand enjoy at an amazing price!

MLS #341141 $1,340,000

Barbra Finer 843.384.7314

20 CHINA COCKLE WAY ˜ HILTON HEAD PLANTATION

You can walk to the beach, the award winning Plantation Golf Club AND the gorgeous Sea Pines Beach Club. Updated inside, this villa & location make for the perfect seaside getaway. A popular short term rental spot due to the easy access to top shelf amenities, this villa is also great for a private hideaway or permanent residence. Rarely on the market, Ocean Course Villas are hard to duplicate.

MLS #339178 $499,000

Lorri Lewis 843.422.6448

548 OCEAN COURSE VILLAS ˜ SEA PINES

Come see this handsome WOW house in Sea Pines! Harbour Town Golf Course area! Iron-gated enclosed courtyard, beautiful fan-shaped living room, formal foyer, separate dining room, 4

bedrooms, 4 baths, family room, gourmet kitchen, heatedpool, garage, media room, exquisite furnishing!

MLS #341093 $1,119,000

Nancy Cunningham 843.683.4580

30 TURNBERRY ˜ SEA PINES

Gold Coast”– 3rd ROW – Sea PinesSteps to the Beach W/Golf & Lagoon view of Ocean Course. LG Kitchen/FR with FPL, LR/DR with 2nd FPL. Enormous Master Suite W/Sitting area and

huge bath. 2 Additional BRS & BA’S, Screened Porch, O° ce/Gameroom over Garages, Maple Flrs, High Ceilings, Pool & Deck.

Over 3400 HTD sq ft w/expansion possibilities.MLS #338503 $1,395,000 unf.

Pete Rebish 843.290.0998

20 W BEACH LAGOON ˜ SEA PINES

Beautifully updated 3 BR, 3 BA Oceanfront “end unit”. The largest 3br ̃ oor plan in private Turtle Lane. Fresh Beach decor invites you in. Tile ̃ oors,

custom wall treatments, fabulous Mbath and guest baths, Light and bright white and stainless kitchen. Total privacy with Oceanfront Views. 2 Pools on premises, underground parking. Short walk to new Beach Club, Plantation

Club and other new amenities and restaurants.MLS #341311 $1,749,500 f

Pete Rebish 843.290.0998

2003 TURTLE LANE ˜ SEA PINES ˜ OCEANFRONT

Absolutely the best 2 bedroom, 2 bath Sea Crest ever o ̨ered 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

Rob Reichel 843.384.6789

1405 SEA CREST ˜ NORTH FOREST BEACH

This charming 3BR/3.5Bath home plus den and a two-car garage o ̨ers wonderful possibilities as a primary, second or investment

property in the prestigous Baynard Cove neighborhood. The elevation of this home is 14 feet - no worries about the 50% rule.

Owners have access to Baynard Cove day dock and recreation area!MLS #340381 $625,000

Wendy Corbitt 843.816.2672

26 BAYNARD COVE ROAD ˜ SEA PINES

Terriÿ c 4 bedroom, 4 full bath elegant townhome with a one car garage in the heart of Harbour Town with a view

to Calibogue Sound. MLS #339619 $895,000

Wendy Corbitt 843.816.2672

1107 HARBOUR SOUTH ˜ SEA PINES

Estate sized lot with southeastern exposure & morning light. Walking & biking distance to the beach. Nearly .65 acres with ancient live oaks,

tall palms. Walk to the new Plantation Golf Club & Sea Pines Beach Club! A gorgeous must-see property in a private Sea Pines enclave,

ready to build a stately residence, vacation retreat or spec home.MLS #341576 $729,000

Lynne Anderson 843.384.5426

27 S. LIVE OAK ˜ SEA PINES

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Appreciation and Abundant Thanks are extended to Ken’s clients whosold or purchased properties in 2015!

• Dunes Real Estate’s Listing Agent of the Year for 2015

• Dunes Real Estate’s Selling Agent of the Year for 2015

• Dunes Real Estate’s Top Producer for 2015 • Top Listing and/or Selling Agent 29 out of 36 Years for Dunes Real Estate

• 36 Years of Stability/Knowledge/Experience with Dunes Real Estate

• 38-Year Island Resident

Ken’s 2015 Sales Transactions

Once again, Ken Oliver continues to maintain

a never-give-up positive attitude and perpetual

focus resulting in unparalleled success, for his

clients during 2015.

Ken Oliver, “Your Proven Real Estate Profes-

sional”, of 36 years, has accomplished this

phenomenal feat being awarded Dunes Real

Estate’s highest honors: “Listing Agent of the

Year”, “Selling Agent of the Year”, and

“Top Producer of the Year” for 2015.

Read the statistics. ß Ken knows he would not have received such

distinctions without his treasured clients…YOU!

Ken chooses to express his appreciation and

sincere thanks to those who’ve consistently

placed their valued trust and confidence in his

ability to meet all their real estate needs.

In the end, true thanks can never be expressed

enough. Trust and Believe 2016 will prove to be

yet another exciting, productive year for all

concerned. Happy New Year from Ken’s

office and home to yours!

PROPERTY LOCATION

647 Queens Grant Palmetto Dunes

10 Cotton Point Cir Hilton Head/Off Plantation

6 Lenox Lane Palmetto Hall

360 Ft. Howell Palmetto Hall

231 Captains Quarters Palmetto Dunes/Shelter Cove

12 Haul Away Palmetto Dunes

28 Clyde Lane Palmetto Dunes

7336D Harbourside III Palmetto Dunes/Shelter Cove


35 Water Oak Villa Palmetto Dunes

8131 Wendover Dunes Palmetto Dunes/Leamington

8 Caladium Court Palmetto Hall



1951 St. Andrews Palmetto Dunes

622 Summerfield Hilton Head/Off Plantation

54 Heath Ct. W. Palmetto Dunes/Leamington

40 Full Sweep Palmetto Dunes

1753 St. Andrews Palmetto Dunes

458 Captains Walk Palmetto Dunes

101 Abbington Villa Palmetto Dunes

9 Wanderer Lane Forest Beach

106 Main Sail Palmetto Dunes/Shelter Cove

6 High Rigger Palmetto Dunes

1 Brigantine Palmetto Dunes

15 Ellis Court Palmetto Hall

306 Ft. Howell Dr. Palmetto Hall

49 Port Tack Palmetto Dunes

708 Barrington Park Palmetto Dunes/Leamington

95 Leamington Lane Palmetto Dunes/Leamington

502 Barrington Arms Palmetto Dunes/Leamington

301 Barrington Arms Palmetto Dunes/Leamington

5 Clyde Lane Palmetto Hall

Over 30 Years in Business$6 Billion in Sales

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8 Wax Myrtle Court: Moss CreekIf 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 fl oor plan living area w/Gorgeous wood fl ooring 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. Offered for sale for $449,000.

19 Sweet Pond Court: Hampton LakeUnbelievable value and bang for your buck that Hampton Lake has to offer! LAKE VIEW home with screened in Lanai private heated POOL/SPA/WATERFALL and your very own DOCK on the Lake suitable for a 18’ boat and kayak. Desirable open fl oor plan with an amazing Chef’s kitchen, you can entertain with the best of them! Beautiful hardwood fl oors on the main level, custom built-ins and a gas fi replace are some of the features, just too many to list! Tons of storage, offi ce-study and loft/bonus room with full bath. Offered for $727,900.

1 Narragansett Lane: Shipyard PlantationCURB 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 fl ooring, custom built-ins, granite counters, the list goes on and on, even a $60K paver driveway! You couldn’t come close to building this home for what it’s being offered for sale for at $799,000.

120 Ocean Dunes: Forest BeachSometimes you come across a special property that you see once and then use the AWESOME word to describe it! Well, here it is, OCEAN VIEWS from this 1st fl oor completely renovated villa. Upgrades include: All new fl ooring, all new bathroom w/granite counter top, new vanity, new fi xtures, totally new kitchen with custom cabinets, granite counter top w/eat in bar area, all new custom paint, smooth ceilings and more! This is being offered fully furnished! GREAT RENTALS too and all for just $229,000.

2E Waterford Villas: Shipyard PlantationGreat 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/fi tness, pool, tennis courts, meeting area and bike storage! Don’t miss Shipyard Plantation Beach Lockers and Private beach access too...Offered for sale for $234,000.

182 Colonnade Club Villas: Shipyard PlantationIf you are looking for the ideal vacation rental or an Island getaway retreat, this is it! VIEWS, CONDITION and LOCATION! Gorgeous setting with stunning lagoon views from this fully furnished 2 bedroom/2 bath fl at! Newly renovated kitchen w/granite counter tops, custom cabinets and the wall opened up to the main living area. The perfect space for entertaining your family and friends. Even the bathrooms have been remodeled. Shipyard is a gated community w/beach access/lockers, golf, tennis and more! Being offered for $299,000.

1203 Harbour Master Villas:Shipyard PlantationThe BEST villa in Harbour Master and maybe ALL of Shipyard! Price is fi rm! $140K in improvements. Floors, ceilings, built ins and of course: An AMAZING kitchen, yes even a Subzero fridge and Wolfe GAS range, the only one in the complex! All bathrooms are updated to the MAX, expanded closet space, beautiful fl ooring, custom paint and more. We haven’t even gotten to the views, yes views and they are SPECTACULAR! Golf and Lagoon views that are stunning. Too many details to list! Priced to sell at $299,900.

18 Village of Skull Creek West:Hilton Head PlantationA very rare “Spinnaker model”, the larger 3 bedroom fl oor plan with unbelievable deepwater views of the Intracoastal water way. This top fl oor, end unit has a spectacular screened in porch and view from nearly every room. Governors Harbor Villas are in demand and once you see a sunset here you will know why! Great open fl oor plan layout, great bedroom separation and even a fi replace. This will not last long! Offered for $395,000.

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A year ago I was faced with selling a home on Hilton Head Island, remotely. The home needed to be freshened up with carpet, paint and some minor repairs. Rick stepped up to the challenge. Rick provided me with a list of contractors to contact in order to get the work done. Rick took the time to oversee the work and once completed continued to keep an eye on the property. In a buyers’ market Rick was able to fi nd a buyer, and work with them to close the deal. I would highly recommend Rick. Rick is very easy to work with, very responsive, and a great all around person.” — The Grimm Family, Colorado 2015

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Selling Island-wide for Over 25 Years with Over $250 Million Sold!

4 BATTERY ROAD – SEA PINES – One level 4 BR, 3BA plus den home on corner lot within half mile to beach. Charming front courtyard with fountain & brick paver walkway. Recently remodeled kitchen w/ new cabinets, granite & wood flrs, fireplace, sep. dining rm. $550,000

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 and patio plus front

courtyard and 2nd level balconies. $635,000 Furn

SEA PINES – Charming all one level 2 plus den/2 bath home in Greenwood Forest midway between the beach and Harbour Town. Vaulted ceilings, fireplace, eat in kitchen, dining room.

Community pool, tennis, playground and park. $385,000

32 RUDDY TURNSTONE — Beautiful ocean views from this 2nd row home. Located directly on the beach walkway, it offers

4 bedrooms, a family room, 2 screened porches, elevator, spacious gourmet kitchen and heated pool. $2,695,000

Ann Webster (o) 843-686-2523(c) 843-384-5338

[email protected]

Selling Island-wide for Over 29 Years with Over $225 Million Sold!

4 PINTAIL — Charming 3 BR English cottage only steps to the beach with screened porch, private HEATED POOL, exquisite furnishings and proven rental history. $725,000 furnished.

7 SEASIDE SPARROW — A bright 3rd row beach house with 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, private heated pool, screened porch and views of Sprunt Pond. Excellent rental history and fully

furnished for $1,195,000.

5 BOLEN HALL – LONG COVE CLUB – Beautiful views of the 16th hole of the Pete Dye golf course, 4 bedrooms, 4 baths,

cozy family room with fireplace, sun room andprivate pool. NEW ROOF! $569,000

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[email protected] Island-wide for Over 29 Years

with Over $245 Million Sold!

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

4 LAVINGTON ROAD – LONG COVE – Classic Williamsburg-style home. 4 BR/4.5 BA. First floor master. Custom built, exceptional

quality. Reclaimed antique heart-pine and cherry flooring. Extensive moldings. Formal living & dining rooms. Grand foyer. Impressive

array of mature plantings. MUST SEE. $899,000

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. MUST SEE. $5,900,000.

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942 CUTTER COURT – SEA PINES — Premier rated 2BR, 2 BA harbour front villa in Sea Pines. Watch the sunset behind the Lighthouse from the balcony. Walk to tennis, golf, shops, boating and more! Second

floor location gives you a bird’s eye view! $449,000 (f)

66 DUNE LANE – FOREST BEACH – Southern styles newer 5 BR/5 BA home with wide verandas taking advantage of ocean views and breezes. Enclosed pool, billard room tiki bar area. Fun vacation home or rental property with over $100,000 in rental income. $1,595,000 fully furn.

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STATELY AND ELEGANT Home over-looking a beautiful salt water Pool | Spa + the 13th Fairway in the private Golf Club. 5 Bedrooms, 5 Baths + 2 Half Baths. Carolina Room. $899,000

INDIGO RUN

BRAND NEW HOME built by “Homes by Marshside”. Sought after Great Room floorplan. 3 Bedrooms, 3.5 Baths plus Study. Double fairway view. $739,000

INDIGO RUN

FORMER MCNAIR BUILDERS home overlooking 16th Fairway of the Golf Club. 4 Bedroom, 4.5 Bath home. Separate Cabana overlooks courtyard Pool. $779,000

INDIGO RUN

GREAT HOUSE overlooking the 15th Fairway of Oyster Reef Golf Course. 3 Bedrooms and 3 Full Baths. Updated Kitchen and much more! $354,000

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BEST VALUE home! Move in condi-tion! 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath Fernwood with a Carolina Room. Great Location - Close to Spring Lake Recreation Area and Dolphin Head. $229,000


PROBABLY THE BEST Lagoon|Golf location in The Golf Club. Views from almost every room. 4 Bedrooms or 3 plus a Study + 4 Full Baths. Chef’s Kitchen. $729,000

INDIGO RUN

FABULOUS TOWNHOMES across from the Country Club of Hilton Head. 3 Bedrooms, 3 Baths, private elevator and 2 Car Garage. $525,000


VIEWS across golf course to Dolphin Head Beach. Remodeled with beautiful upgrades! 2nd home. 3 Bedrooms and 2 Baths. $399,000


ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL NEW “Homes by Marshside” Covered Porch overlooking 16th Fairway in The Golf Club. $799,000

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IMMACULATE HOME overlooking the 14th green in the rear and the lagoon and 11th green of Oyster Reef in the front. 3 Bedrooms and 2.5 Baths. $489,000


BEST VALUE 4 BR Home. Secluded corner lot w/open space opening to a lagoon view. Carolina Room + incredible Screened Porch. $449,000

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DESIGNER DECORATED! Desirable 1st floor 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath beautifully furnished villa. Overlooking the sunsets on the Intracoastal Waterway and Skull Creek. $425,000


PANORAMIC Lagoon|Golf view. Courtyard Pool. 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath Guest house + Kitchenette. 3 Car Garage, tem-perature controlled area (additional 6 cars or living space). $899,000

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Island Realty

“Given the major health crisis in my life, I know the value of good health.”

Premiere real estate agent, Barry Ginn understands the value of positive relationships.

With 34 years of Lowcountry real estate experience, including service to out-of-town buyers, he has streamlined the process of buying or selling a home.

The start of the New Year is time for change. Renew your commitment to good health — mind, body and spirit.

Few things are more precious to quality of life than a well-functioning mind. Evidence that the brain is able to change according to use — “neuroplasticity” — means brain health matters at every age. The brain is a dynamic organ that continues to grow into adulthood. To promote mind and brain health:

• Increase your exercise of living — take the stairs, park further away from the store, and stand up more than you sit down. Garden. Fish. Start a physical fi tness routine — walk the beach, bike, and join a health club to build muscle mass.

• Eat a nutrient-dense diet, mostly plants.

• Reduce toxins: Sugar is toxic. It reacts with proteins in the blood and deposits them in the brain, resulting in memory loss over time. Excessive alcohol kills brain cells and shrinks the brain. Bran scans prove it.

• Mental exercise: When we participate in an activity that requires persistent visual, mental or physical repetition, neural pathways grow and reorganize, forming templates for that activity. Without purpose, weaker synaptic connections wither away—so, “use it or lose it.”

• Reduce stress: Cortisol, the stress hormone, causes brain cell death. Be positive. Focus on your spiritual wellness –- seek strategies to promote peace and renew your relationship with God, including studying spiritual literature. Reconnect with friends and family. Value nature and take care of plants and animals. Be loving and kind and adapt an attitude of gratitude.

Rudy Kachmann, MD

I love you, mean it.

Barry Ginn

CHANGING YOUR MIND

a dynamic organ that continues to grow into adulthood. To promote mind and brain health:

• Increase your exercise of living — take the stairs, park further away from the store, and stand up more than you sit down. Garden. Fish. Start a

• Eat a nutrient-dense diet, mostly plants.

• Reduce toxins: Sugar is toxic. It reacts with proteins in the blood and deposits them in the brain, resulting in memory loss over time. Excessive alcohol kills brain cells and shrinks the brain. Bran scans prove it.

• Mental exercise: When we participate in an activity that requires

and reorganize, forming templates for that activity. Without purpose, weaker synaptic connections wither away—so, “use it or lose it.”

Barry [email protected]

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JAN. 1Bluffton Polar Bear Run on New Year’s Day: 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 1, Buckwalter Place. The ninth annu-al Publix Bluffton New Year’s Day Polar Bear Run & Walk will start and finish at Publix Buckwalter Place and will take participants through Buckwalter Place and down both Buckwalter and Bluffton parkways. In addition to the 5K, there will also be a 1-mile Fun Run and Health & Dog Walk. All participants will receive a New Year’s Day Polar Bear 5K long sleeve T-shirt. www.bearfootsports.com.

JAN. 4Film “Cowspiracy”: 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 4, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Lowcountry, 110 Malphrus Drive, Bluffton. The Sustainability Secret is a groundbreaking feature-length environmental documentary following intrep-id filmmaker Kip Andersen as he uncovers the most destructive industry facing the planet today — and investigates why the world’s leading environmental organizations are too afraid to talk about it. The doors will open to the public at 6 p.m. Tickets are $5 a per-son at the door. www.cowspiracy.com

JAN. 5-31“Les Feminine” Watercolor Paintings by Gayle Miller: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Sundays Jan. 5-31, SOBA Gallery,

Bluffton. Opening reception Sunday, Jan. 10 from 3-5 p.m. The Society of Bluffton Artists Gallery welcomes Gayle Miller as their featured artist. Her show “Les Feminine” presents a bountiful selection of beautiful ladies depicted in flowing watercolor. For more information, visit www.sobagallery.com or call 843-757-6586.

JAN. 6Candace Lovely Coloring Event: 3-5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, French Bakery, Shelter Cove Waterfront Park. Feast on Croissants and tea while coloring with Candace Lovely! Bring questions and your own art, and the event is $20. Seating is lim-ited; for reservations and information please call the French Bakery at 843-342-5420.

JAN. 6, 8American Red Cross Blood Drive: 12-6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, American Red Cross Palmetto Chapter, 59 Sheridan Park Circle, Bluffton, and 1-6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8, Palmetto Bluff, Bluffton. This January, during National Blood Donor Month, the American Red Cross encourages people to roll up their sleeves to give blood to help maintain a suf-ficient blood supply for patients, a difficult task this time of year because extreme winter weather and seasonal illnesses often impact donor turnout. For more information, visit www.redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-733-2767.

JAN.10Second Sunday Film Series, “Merchant Ivory Film Festival”: Matinee, Sunday, Jan. 10, Coligny Theater, 1 N. Forest Beach Drive, Hilton Head Island. This January, Community Arts at Coligny is reviving the Second Sunday Film Series, beginning with two filmsfrom the Merchant-Ivory genre: “Surviving Picasso” and “Remains of the Day.” Proceeds from the series will benefit The Glen project, Habitat for Humanity’s first affordable-housing development on Hilton Head Island. Tickets purchased for the series will be tax-deductible. For more information, visit http://www.colignytheatre.com.

JAN. 12Film “Consumed”: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, Park Plaza Cinema, 33 Office Park Road, Hilton Head Island. A dramatic thriller explores the complex world of genetically modified food. Tickets are $10 each.

JAN. 13Retina Specialist to Speak at Country Club of Hilton Head at Hilton Head Plantation: 10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, Country Club of Hilton Head, Hilton Head Plantation. Dr. Peter Liggett, a Hilton Head retina specialist, will conduct an educational seminar on macular degeneration. To register for the seminar, call Heather Bragg at 843-415-3490 or RSVP at www.hhmr.org/lionsclub.


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CALENDARJANUARY

FEATURED EVENTS

Paul Taylor 2 performance and workshop: Paul Taylor Dance Company is one of the most notable dance companies in the world. In 1993, Taylor formed Taylor 2, which brings many of the choreographer’s masterworks to venues around the world. At 8 p.m. Jan. 16, the company is coming to Hilton Head Island for a one-night event at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina. Tickets are $50 a person and can be purchased by calling the arts center box office at 843-842-2787 or going to www.artshhi.com. As part of the appearance, a master dance class will be presented by a company member at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 15. For reservations, email [email protected].

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JAN. 13Stardust Orchestra in Concert at First Presbyterian Church: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13 First Presbyterian Church, Hilton Head Island. The Stardust Orchestra will perform in a free concert for the kickoff of First Presbyterian Church’s family night. The event is a benefit for the Wounded Warrior Project, and donations will be accepted. The Wounded Warrior Project aids injured service members, helps them assist each other, and offers unique, direct pro-grams and services to meet their needs. For information, contact the church at 843-681-3696.

JAN. 13-15Dance Lessons with Karina Smirnoff: Wednesday, Jan. 13 through Friday, Jan. 15, Fred Astaire Hilton Head Bluffton Dance Studio. Ukrainian-born Karina Smirnoff of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” will be at the Fred Astaire Hilton Head Bluffton Dance Studio in January. Not only is she a professional ballroom dancer, but also a beauty, health, fitnessand fashion icon. Smirnoff is a season 13 Mirror Ball Trophy winner who choreo-graphs all her own partnered routines and has been designing costumes for both herself and her partners since day one. For more information, or to sched-ule a private coaching session or enroll in her workshops, call the Fred Astaire Dance Studio at 843-837-6161.

JAN. 14Film “Not My Life”: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, Hilton Head Lexus. The Lowcountry Coalition Against Human Trafficking will host documentary filmmaker Robert Bilheimer, creator and director of “Not My Life,” a film about human trafficking and contemporary slavery, named Best World Documentary at the Harlem International Film Festival

in September 2012. Registrants will have an opportunity to meet Bilheimer, ask questions and learn more about a worldwide issue that affects an estimat-ed 20.9 million people. Refreshments will be served in the Lexus dealership’s café. Seating will be limited. Guests are encouraged to register early by emailing [email protected].

JAN. 15Lowcountry Coalition Against Human Trafficking Annual Conference: All day Friday, Jan. 15, Christian Renewal Church, Hilton Head. The Lowcountry Coalition Against Human Trafficking, an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization, is proud to announce its fifth annual conference. Guest speakers and program leaders will include documentary fil -maker Robert Bilheimer, creator and director of “Not My Life,” and Assistant Attorney General Camila Wright, who prosecutes human trafficking cases. The day-long event is open to the general public as well as members of the crimi-nal justice system, health care workers, educators, spiritual leaders, counselors, advocates and anyone interested in learning more about an issue that affects an estimated 20.9 million people world-wide, including those who live here in the Palmetto State. Seating is limited to 250 registrants. To learn more, visit www.lcaht.org.

JAN. 163rd Annual Chowder Challenge & Silent Auction: Noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, Reilley’s Plaza, Greenwood Drive, Hilton Head Island. A fun event for the entire family. Vote for your best local restaurant’s chowder. Silent auction, Kids Zone and music by The Headliners. Admission is $5, and $1 per tasting ticket. For more information call 843-363-2303 or visit theheathertrewfounda-tion.org or www.trewfriends.org.

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JAN. 15-17“Take it From the Top” Theater Workshop: Jan. 15-17, Hilton Head Preparatory School’s new Main Street Theatre. Registration for Broadway veteran actor Paul Canaan’s “Take it From the Top” workshop is open to performers of all ages. Space is limited and the cost for the workshop is $145, or discounted to $95 if you were a cast member of productions of “13”, “Music of the Night” or “Guys and Dolls” There will be a reunion of all casts this special weekend with Canaan. Contact Broadway Carolina Youth Centre Stage at [email protected] or call 843-816-0754 to reserve your spot in this Broadway musical theater master class.



JAN.16Gullah Museum’s Annual Gala: 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Jan 16, Spanish Wells Clubhouse, Hilton Head. The nonprofi t Gullah Museum of Hilton Head Island is holding its annual gala with the theme of “Honoring the Music”. Tickets are $75 per person, includes an oyster roast and Lowcountry boil by Bluffton Oyster Factory, live music and cash bar. For tickets, please call 843-681-3254. gullahmuseumhhi.org.

JAN.21, 28“A Taste of Judaism: Are You Curious?”: 7-9 p.m. Jan. 24 and 28, and Feb. 4, Congregation Beth Yam, Hilton Head. An excellent opportunity for anyone who is interested in learning more about Judaism in a free, three week course. A TASTE OF JUDAISM® is a course for beginners, interactive with informal classes and where questions and discussion are encouraged. We do require that a registration form be com-pleted and that those attending plan to attend all three sessions. To register for the class and to obtain a registration form contact Phyllis Napoli at 843-785-3331 or [email protected].

JAN.24“Westin Presents” the Equinox Quintet: 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24, The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa. The Westin is proud to present the Equinox Orchestra Quintet inside The Carolina Room. The Equinox performs your favorites from Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and more. Share your love of the Great American Songbook with the community while enjoying our exqui-site three course menu featuring locally inspired ingredients for $29.95 — 10 percent of the evening’s sales will be

donated to the Junior Jazz Foundation. Parking is easy with complimentary valet. Visit westinhhi.com for more details or call 843-681-4000.

JAN.26WACHH Evening Speaker Series: 5:15-7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, Country Club of Hilton Head. World Affairs Council of Hilton Head pres-ents the Evening Speaker Series on “Domestic and International Security Issues” every fourth Tuesday each month. Subscription is $80. For more information visit www.wachh.org or call 843-384-6758.

JAN. 29-3116th Annual Low Country Home & Garden Show: 2 p.m.-7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29, 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, and 11 a.m. Sunday, Jan 31, Savannah International Trade & Convention Center, 1 International Dr., Savannah. Find over 4,000 square feet of gar-dens, landscapes, water features, DIY seminars and more at the 16th annual Savannah Low Country Home & Garden Show at the Savannah International Trade & Convention Center.

JAN. 30Bluffton Rotary Annual Oyster Roast: 5-8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, Bluffton Oyster Factory Park, Old Town Bluffton. The community is invited for a unique evening on the banks of the May River to enjoy succulent local oysters, enter-tainment, good company and a bonfi re. Local favorite Low Country Boil returns to entertain the crowd with its bluegrass sound. Soda, beer and wine will be available for an additional cost. Get your tickets soon, because this event often sells out. Advance tickets are $25 per

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JAN.30The Miss Hilton Head Island Scholarship Pageant: 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, Hilton Head Island High School’s Seahawk Cultural Center, Hilton Head Island. The search is on for the next Miss Hilton Head Island and Miss Hilton Head Island Teen. The Miss Hilton Head Island Organization is proud to welcome local contestants as well as contes-tants from around the state to the competition for the Miss Hilton Head Island and Miss Hilton Head Island Teen Competitions. If you are interested in competing and are between the ages of 13 and 24, please contact Jeremy Culpepper, executive director, at 864-202-0558. For competition applications and information, please visit www.misshiltonheadisland.org or email [email protected].

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person, $30 day of the event. For tickets, call 843-815-2277, visit blufftonrotary.org or ask any Bluffton Rotarian for tick-ets. For the latest event updates, “like” the Bluffton Rotary Annual Oyster Roast on Facebook.

JAN. 31Osprey Village Pro Bowl Open 2016: 6-10 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, Station 300 at Buckwalter Place, Bluffton. Osprey Village Pro Bowl Open 2016 is the sec-ond annual Pro Bowl Open party held to raise funds for Osprey Village Inc. operating expenses and to support a project to construct a planned neighbor-hood in Bluffton serving adults with developmental disabilities. The event, emceed by former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Ken Anderson, is a Pro Bowl watch party also featuring bowl-ing, a wide variety of food and drink, a golf putting area, and a silent auction. General admission tickets $50. For more information, visit www.ospreyvillage.org or contact Susan Doubles at 843-298-3401 or Sue Hall at 843-816-3447.

ATHLETIC EVENTSJAN. 22-24Van Der Meer Adult Tennis Clinic: 2-5:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22, and 9 a.m.-noon Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 23 and 24, Van Der Meer Shipyard Racquet Club, 116 Shipyard Dr., Hilton Head Island. Learn and refi ne the fundamen-tals of the game through tactical drills and point play. For players with a USTA ranking 2.0-4.5, $310 a person. For more information, call 800-845-6138, or visit www.vdmtennis.com.

JAN. 25-29Van Der Meer Adult Weeklong Tennis Clinic: Week of Jan. 25, Van Der Meer Shipyard Racquet Club, 116 Shipyard Dr., Hilton Head Island. Learn and refi ne the fundamentals of the game through tactical drills and point play. For players with a USTA ranking 2.0-4.5, $425 a per-son. For more information, call 800-845-6138 or visit www.vdmtennis.com.

JAN. 29-31Van Der Meer Adult Tennis Clinic: 2-5:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29, and 9 a.m.-noon Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 30 and 31, Van Der Meer Shipyard Racquet

Club, 116 Shipyard Dr., HiltonHead Island. For players with a USTA ranking 2.0-4.5, $310 a person. For more information, call 800-845-6138 or visit www.vdmtennis.com.

COASTAL DISCOVERY MUSUEMJAN. 6Bald Eagles of the Lowcountry: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, Coastal Discovery Museum, Hilton Head Island. Tom Murphy, a retired biologist from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and principal investigator for the Bald Eagle Program for 33 years, will share his knowledge of the natural history of Bald Eagles. Learn how our national bird became an endangered species, about the efforts that helped bring them back, and what we can do to secure their future. $7 per person; reservations are required by calling 843-689-6767 ext. 223.

JAN. 7-FEB. 18Nature Photography at the Coastal Discovery Museum: 2-3:30 p.m. Thursdays, Jan. 7 through Feb. 18, Coastal Discovery Museum. Professional photographer Scott Moody will teach the “tricks of the trade” of nature photogra-phy. After a brief introduction indoors, participants will explore the scenic and historic Honey Horn grounds to learn about lighting, subject matter, and composition. Cost is $40 per person and reservations are required by calling 843-689-6767 ext. 223. The class is appropriate for those 12 and older and space is limited.

JAN. 16-FEB. 27 Sweetgrass Basket Making Classes: 10:30 a.m.-noon Saturdays, Jan. 16 through Feb. 27, Coastal Discovery Museum. Sweetgrass Basket Making classes will continue to be offered this winter. Learn about the history of the sweetgrass basket, one of the Lowcountry’s best known art forms, from a local Gullah basket maker. Then, try your hand at starting a basket of your own using locally found natural materials. The cost is $65 and reserva-tions are required by calling 843-689-6767 ext. 223.

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JAN. 20“Shrimp and Crabs: All about Crustaceans”: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, Coastal Discovery Museum, Hilton Head Island. Bob Bender, artist, naturalist and curator of the Lowcountry Estuarium, will present a program on Crustaceans. Dating back to mid Cambrian period, some 500 million years ago, the more than 67,000 described species of crustacea include some very tasty critters found in local waters today. Live critters will be shown. Cost is $7 per person and reservations are required by calling 843-689-6767 ext. 223.

JAN. 27The Biogeography of the Carolinas: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27, Coastal Discovery Museum, Hilton Head Island. Dr. Chris Marsh will give a bird’s eye view of the biogeographical regions of the Carolinas, discussing how unique habitats add to the region’s diversity of plants and animals. The program is for an adult audience; tickets are $7 per participant and reservations are required by calling 843-689-6767 ext. 223.

FEB. 3The Uniqueness of Port Royal Sound: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3, Coastal Discovery Museum, Hilton Head. Kristen Marshall Mattson, an environmental educator, will explain why Port Royal Sound stands apart from other estuar-ies on the East coast. The submerged coastline created by rising sea level, exceptionally high tides, and unique geology results in a vast expanse of salt marsh, and a critical marine habitat. The program is $7 per person and reserva-tions are required by calling 843-689-6767, ext. 223.

MEETINGSJAN. 6Palmetto Plant Eaters Meeting: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Lowcountry, 110 Malphrus Road, Bluffton. Join the local & free Palmetto Plant Eaters (a PlantPure Nation Pod group) meetings on the 1st Wednesday of each month at 6:30pm at This com-munity group is for learning why and how to adopt a plant-based diet based

on information presented in the fi lm “PlantPure Nation.” It’s a free way to learn how to improve your health, help the environment, and practice compas-sion. Please contact Carla Golden with any questions at [email protected]. Sign up at PlantPurePods.com

JAN. 26Camera Club of Hilton Head Island Meeting: 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, 2 Matthews Court, Hilton Head Island. This month’s meeting will feature guest speaker Scott Schroeder, who specializes in wedding and family-style photogra-phy. Newcomers and guests welcome! Free; for more information, visit www.cchhi.net. JAN. 27Liberal Men of the Lowcountry: Noon, Wednesday, Jan. 27, the Golf Club at Indigo Run, 101 Berwick Drive. John Gilbert a retired Air Force colonel with more than 40 years of experience in nuclear and missile technology, strategic operations, and arms control will speak on “The 2015 Iran Nuclear Agreement — Facts, Features, and Developments.” $15.To attend, please contact Richard Hammes at 847-921-8188.

MLK EVENTSJAN. 14Ecumenical Community Worship Service: 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, Queen Chapel AME Church, 114 Beach City Road. Accomplished vocalist and musician Melanie DeMore will con-duct a service centered on the theme “Tightening the Weave of Community: Dr. King’s Dream Then & Now.” Local clergy and young people especially invited to attend. Reception following the service in the Parish Hall. Free and open to the public. Non-perishable food Items will be collected for Sandalwood Community Food Bank. For additional information call 843-681-3881.

JAN. 15Shabbat Service at Congregation Beth Yam honoring Dr. King: 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, Congregation Beth Yam Synagogue, 4501 Meeting Street. Melanie DeMore will join the choir and congregation in music. Free and

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Glass slippers are back. G2K “Cinderella,” a magical fairy tale reborn with the

Rodgers and Hammerstein hall-marks of originality and charm, has been adapted for youth performers by the Rodgers and Hammerstein Musical Theatre Library. It will be presented by the middle school performers of Hilton Head Preparatory School at 7 p.m. Jan. 14-16 the school’s Main Street Theatre.

Originally presented on televi-sion in 1957 with Julie Andrews in the title role, the musical was the most widely viewed program in the history of the medium. The beloved story of a girl who overcomes her circumstances by believing in herself explores themes of self-esteem, resource-fulness and forgiveness. As adapted for the stage, with great warmth and more than a touch of hilarity, the hearts of children and adults alike still soar when the slipper fi ts.

The beautiful score includes the memorable “Impossible” and “Ten Minutes Ago,” as well as the familiar “In My Own Little Corner.” Hilton Head Prep’s production is directed by middle school performing arts director Pamela Capriotti Martin.

“It’s a rich, romantic score with many moods explored as the character of Cinderella fi nds her own voice and turns her impos-sible dreams into her own hap-pily ever after,” she says.

Costumes designed by Kathy McGill, with choreography directed by J. Kathleen Watkins.

“Working with younger stu-dents is defi nitely a challenge,” Watkins says. “I’m so impressed with how hard these students

Hilton Head Prep presents

Cinderella, G2K DETAILSWhat: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella, G2K”When: 7 p.m., Jan. 14-16Where: Main Street TheatreTickets: $10More info: 843-715-8508 or [email protected].

work in between athletic practices and carrying a full academic load.”

The set design is by Colleen Murray, with lighting design by Johnathan Dowbiggen and prop construction under the watchful eye of Heather Lucier. The sound and set construction is directed by Nick Turturro.

While all of these talented and creative adults support these young performers, students will take the lead backstage. “It’s impor-tant for the students to understand that while the magic happens on stage, it isn’t all pixie dust and glitter. There is a tremendous amount of planning and prepara-tion that goes into constructing a set, lighting a stage, constructing a costume — the acting and sing-ing are integral, but this really is a team that needs to work together,” Martin says. “The students have been working all term to choose the show, help with the props, and learn to work the tech side. While there is no doubt that it is sometimes easier for an adult to accomplish the task, for me, it is all about the learning curve and help-ing them understand the many interrelated facets in producing something of this magnitude.”

This marks the fi rst time Hilton Head Prep middle school perform-ers have produced a play in a true theatrical space. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased online at www.hhprep.org or at the door on the night of the show. M



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The 19th annual Hilton Head Heart Ball, one of the Lowcountry’s most popular and prestigious

social events of the year, will be held Jan. 30 at The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa.

The ball, one of the premier American Heart Association fundraising events both locally and across the nation and spon-sored for the second year by Audi Hilton Head, celebrates the lives saved and improved by the community’s ongoing commit-ment to making heart health a priority.

“Each year, more than 400 guests attend the black-tie gala to raise funds for cardiovascular research,” said Carla Raines, director of development for the American Heart Association.

The money raised goes back into the community throughout the year in the form of research and educational programs.

“Heart disease is by far the No. 1 killer of both men and women,” Raines said. “So much of it is lifestyle related, and that’s where we’re trying to make a difference in our community pro-grams. Events like the Heart Ball and sponsors like Audi Hilton Head help us put our mission into action.”

Hilton Head Heart Ballamong top social events of the year

DETAILSWhat: 19th annual Heart BallWhen: Saturday, Jan. 30Where: The WestinDetails: VIP reception with auction preview, cocktail party followed by an elegant seated dinner in the ballroom, silent and live auction, entertainment and dancingMore info: 843-540-6338 or [email protected].

The Heart Ball helps pay for community programs like CPR training and the HeART Project, which teaches children at the Boys & Girls Clubs about the importance of nutrition and exercise.

On average, the Heart Ball raises more than $190,000 each year — and most of the money stays right here in the Lowcountry to fund research. Currently, the American Heart Association is funding $4 mil-lion in cardiovascular research at South Carolina hospitals. Over the years, funding from the association has led to the discovery of artificialvalves, pacemakers, bypass surgery and other medical breakthroughs.

For more information about the Hilton Head Heart Ball, contact Carla Raines at 843-540-6338 or [email protected]. Or go to hiltonheadscheartball.heart.org for information about the event and to purchase tickets. M

open to the public. Non-perishable food items will be collected for Sandalwood Community Food Bank. For additional information, call 843-681-3881.

JAN. 16Gullah Music Workshop: 10 a.m.-noon, Saturday, Jan. 16, Main Street Theater. Experience rhythmic stick pounding from the Sea Island slave era. Melanie DeMore welcomes island residents and visitors of all ages to participate. Participants are invited to perform Monday in the MLK Memorial Program. Free and open to the public. Non-perishable food items will be collected for Sandalwood Community Food Bank. For additional information, call 843-681-3881.

JAN. 17Service Honoring Dr. King: 10:15 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 17, All Saints Episcopal Church, 3001 Meeting Street. Accomplished vocalist & musician Melanie DeMore will join with the choir and lead the parish in hymns and gospel music to honor Dr. King. Free and open to the pub-lic. For additional information, call 843-681-3881.

JAN. 18MLK Memorial March: 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 18, starting and end-ing at the Hilton Head Island High School parking lot. Community members, church groups, civic groups and school groups are invited to participate. Hilton Head High Marching Band and the Junior ROTC unit will participate.

JAN. 18MLK Memorial Program: 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 18, Hilton Head Island High School Seahawk Cultural Center. Enjoy a Gullah stick-pounding performance and Melanie DeMore will engage and involve the audience in music honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Screening of the 2015 Lions Club Lions Club Peace Posters and the winners of the Essay Contest focused on “Building a Beloved Community on Hilton Head Island,” and presen-tation of the 2016 MLK Community Service Award.

JAN. 18Community Luncheon: 12:30 p.m. Monday, Jan.18, Hilton Head Island High School cafeteria. Luncheon pro-vided by local resort hotels. Free and open to the public. Non-perishable food items will be collected for Sandalwood Community Food Bank. For additional information, call 843-681-3881.

JAN. 18Screening of the Peter, Paul & Mary video “Carry It On — A Musical Legacy”: 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18, All Saints Episcopal Church Hall, 3001 Meeting Street. Free and open to the public. Non-perishable food items will be collected for Sandalwood Community Food Bank. For additional information, call 843-681-3881.

SEA PINES EVENTSTUES., THURS.Freshwater Fishing: 10-11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sea Pines Resort. Other times available by appointment. Enjoy fishing for cat-fish, crappie and bream by the beau-tiful lakes in the Sea Pines Forest Preserve. Supplies and instruction provided; catch and release program. Reservations required; contact 843-842-1979. Minimum of 6 guests. $15 per adult, $13 per child (ages 12 and younger).

WEDNESDAYSGolf Croquet: 10 a.m. Wednesdays, other times available by appoint-ment. Sea Pines Resort. An introduc-tion to the fastest-growing version of croquet due to its simplicity and competitiveness. Reservations are required; contact 843-842-1979. $10 per person.

THURSDAYSForest Preserve Wagon Journey: 3:30-5 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 6 guests. $15 per


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Lean Ensemble presents

The Waverly Gallery

Art gallery owner Gladys Green’s mem-ory isn’t what it used to be. As a mat-ter of fact, it’s beginning to splinter into a kaleidoscope of images, dia-

logue fragments and events that no longer tell a coherent story. As Gladys struggles to hold onto the socially passionate woman she once was, her daughter, son-in-law and grandson, Daniel, grapple with her slide into senility, only to inadvertently slip into the same symptoms: misremembering names and incidents and repeating themselves over and over. Mix in Don, an aspiring young painter whose art will be the gallery’s last show, and confusion reigns — all with heart-rendering yet hilarious results.

Kenneth Lonergan’s “The Waverly Gallery,” a 2001 Pulitzer Prize finalist, features Lean Ensemble Theater members Jeffrey Watkins and Blake White. Making their Lowcountry debuts will be actress Anne Cooper of Los Angeles, actor Greg Hernandez of Atlanta, and Boston-based Sarah Newhouse. The production is directed by ensemble member Nick Newell and features scenery and lighting design by Terry Cermak. M

DETAILSWhat: “The Waverly Gallery.” When: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 28-39 and 2 p.m. Jan. 21. Where: Hilton Head Preparatory School Main Street Theatre Tickets: $40 for evening performances; $35 matinee; $15 students/active military. Details: 843-715-6676 or www.leanensemble.org

Daniel Reed (played by Greg Hernandez) in Lean Ensemble Theater’s production of Kenneth Lonergan’s “The Waverly Gallery,” a comedic drama.

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adult, $12 per child (ages 12 and younger).

ONGOINGIntroduction to Fly Fishing: Daily; call for reservation. Learn the art of fly casting and the basics of fly fis -ing in the scenic Sea Pines Forest Preserve. Targeted species include bass and bluegill. Reservations are required; contact 843-842-1979. $200 for up to two anglers, $75 for each additional angler with a maxi-mum of five anglers.

ONGOINGAlligator & Wildlife Boat Tour: Daily; call for reservation. Enjoy a one-hour guided boat tour through the freshwater lakes of the Sea Pines Forest Preserve and get an up-close view of Hilton Head Island’s indige-nous plant and animal life, including the American alligator. Reservations required; contact H2O Sports at 843-671-4386. $29 per adult, $20 per child (ages 12 and younger).

ONGOINGForest Preserve Trail Rides: Daily; call for schedule, Sea Pines Resort. Lawton Stables offers one-hour guid-ed trail rides for adults and children ages eight and older. Experience the preserve from horseback while being immersed in the natural beauty of the Lowcountry. For more informa-tion, call 843-671-2586.

SAVE THE DATEFEB. 53rd Annual Mardi Gras Party to benefit NAMI Lowcountry: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb 5, Sonesta Resort, Hilton Head Island. Enjoy live music by Lavon Stevens and Louise Spencer, a silent and live auction, and a New Orleans-inspired dinner at NAMI’s annual Mardi Gras party. For more information, visit www.namibeaufortcounty.org.

FEB. 8-14UltimateBridge Event: Monday, Feb. 8 through Sunday, Feb. 14, Hilton Head Marriott Resort & Spa. The Hilton Head Island Bridge Club will host the Lowcountry Classic

Mid-Atlantic Bridge Conference Regional Tournament, the second largest regional bridge tournament in the United States. Attracting some of the highest caliber players in the country, the tournament is a popular draw for snowbirds and locals. The tournament costs $11 for each session, but pre-registration is not required. For more information about the event, call Ann at 843-384-0786.

FEB. 12Debby Graves Organ Concert: Noon, Friday, Feb.12, St. Andrew By-The-Sea United Methodist Church. Enjoy Debby Graves’ per-formance of pieces by J. S. Bach, Gabriel Faure, Maria-Theresia V. Paradis and two contemporary composers; David Lasky and Michael Burkhardt. The concert is free and will be approximately 45 minutes long. For more information, please call the church at 843.785.4711 or visit www.hhiumc.com.

FEB. 13“An Evening of Love” The Children’s Relief Fund’s 20th Annual Valentine Dinner Dance: 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, Sonesta Resort Hilton Head Island, Shipyard Plantation. “An Evening of Love” includes a cocktail hour with hors d’oeuvres, dinner, music for danc-ing, and silent and live auctions featuring dozens of items. Tickets are $125 per person. For information on tickets or personal or corporate donations/sponsorships, please call Rose Fotia at 843-681-7668 or 843-342-5267 or email [email protected].

FEB. 18Public Forum: “Corridor of Shame-Highway of Hope”: 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, Congregation Beth Yam, Hilton Head. The public is invited to meet with a panel of informed experts with various roles impacting the future of education in our state. The goal of this meeting is to inform, educate, and share ideas regarding the educational system in rural South Carolina with the spotlight on Jasper County. For more information, contact Congregation Beth Yam at 843-689-2178.

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There are many volunteer opportunities and fund-raisers this time of year — auctions, golf tourna-

ments, oyster roasts, wine tastings, etc. These events can be fun, and sometimes there’s a prize to be won, but more important is the chance to give back to the com-munity. And a chance to do just that is coming up in Savannah.

This year marks the fifth annual Children’s Relief Fund Sporting Clays Shoot, to be held at the famed Forest City Gun Club in Savannah, the oldest private sporting clays club in the country. On Jan. 29, dust off the guns, gather your team, enjoy the cama-raderie of the group, take a walk in the woods and bust some clays. The day begins at 10 a.m. with registration and an opportunity to warm up on the practice stand, followed by a lunch catered by Jim ’N Nick’s and a shooting dem-onstration by Michael Perry. Each team of four will pair off and head for the course on golf carts to shoot 100 rounds. After the shoot-ing, there will be a silent auction, bourbon and cigar bar, awards presentation and reception with hors d’oeuvres at the clubhouse.

The CRF Clays Shoot partners with sponsors, participants and

Sporting Clays Shootbenefits Children’s Relief Fund

volunteers who share the same passion and have returned year after year. CRF continues to address the needs of the commu-nity by proactively partnering and funding the necessary resources.

The event will always be about helping the special needs community, and this year the proceeds will benefit Pockets Full of Sunshine, a 501c3 orga-nization whose mission is to cre-ate vocational opportunities for special-needs residents and to help them parlay their individual skills into a job. The goal is to help special-needs members of the community become more active while endorsing a clean environ-ment by crafting recycled materi-als into sellable products. For more information, contact Carol Bartholomew at 843-384-1315 or go to www.thechildrensrelieffund.org. M

Jane Brown, Susan Ketchum, Jeannie Hedger, Nancy Thomas and Lila Critz.

DETAILSWhat: Sporting Clays ShootWhen: Friday, Jan. 29Where: Forest City Gun Club, SavannahDetails: 10 a.m. coffee & 5 stand warm-up (optional), 11 a.m. registra-tion & lunch; 12:30 p.m. exhibition, 1 p.m. clay shoot begins, 4 p.m. awards & receptionMore info: www.thechildrensrelief-fund.org or 843-384-1315


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Hilton Head Marathon, Half Marathon set T he Publix Hilton Head

Island Marathon & Half Marathon is set for 8 a.m.

Feb. 13. Runners will depart from Jarvis Creek Park and follow a course that will take them on the Cross Island Parkway, through several parks, numerous neigh-borhoods and over Broad Creek.

Both the marathon and half marathon will feature all standard male and female divisions. Publix Marathon Race Day will also feature a 5K Run/Walk, Children’s Fun Run, and Post-Race Party with live music, vendors and a craft beer garden with more then 20 different styles of beer.

“The half marathon course takes participants through two beautiful parks and over the Broad Creek,” said race director Mark Weisner. “The marathon travels over the Broad Creek

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John Montes crosses the finish line to win the 2015 Hilton Head Half Marathon in a time of 1:15:43.

twice, runs through Spanish Wells Plantation, Point Comfort and Honey Horn. The marathon is a Boston (Marathon) qualifier,and it’s fast and flat — except, of course, for the bridge crossings.”

A percentage of proceeds will benefit several Hilton Head Island area charities, including

Hilton Head Rotary Club, the Hilton Head Island High School athletic department, Hilton Head High’s ROTC program, Hilton Head Christian Academy and others.

“Over the course of the past 12 years, this event has donated over $42,000 to area charities, and in 2016, we look forward to increasing our total,” Weisner said.

The Publix Hilton Head Island Marathon, Half Marathon & 5K is presented by Hilton Head Hospital, Island Car Wash, Village Park Homes, Kennedy & Blackshirt and Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport.

The race day is also spon-sored in part by Dick’s Sporting Goods, Collins Realty Group, The Hilton Head Westin Resort & Spa, Cera Sport, Destination

Vacation, Spinnaker Resorts, Palmetto Running Company, Samuel Adams and Coastal Connections.

Late registration and packet pickup is from 4-7 p.m. Feb 10 at The Westin, with registration and packet pickup on race day from 6:30-7:30 a.m. at Jarvis Creek Park Park.

Volunteers are needed to help with course management, water stations, refreshments, registra-tion and the finish line. They will receive an event T-shirt and refreshments, and they’ll also be eligible to win door prizes.

The Hilton Head Marathon, Half Marathon & 5K will be limited to 2,500 participants. To register or for more information, call Bear Foot Sports at 843-757-8520 or visit www.bearfoot-sports.com/heels.htm. M



SOCIAL SPOTLIGHT

Monthly’s 2015 Readers’ Choice Party at the Sonesta Resort was a smashing success!

Thanks to all that came out and made it such a special night. Extra special thanks to The Greenery for their beau-tiful flowers and plants, Sonesta Resort for hosting the event, and the fantastic musicians in White Liquor and the Jazz Corner Quintet. Proceeds benefitedHospice Care of the Lowcountry.

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The town of Bluffton Christmas Parade drew a record crowd and fantastic weather for December. The three-mile route stretched from Pritchard Street to Red Cedar Elementary School.

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band Candlebox performed an inti-mate yet awesome acoustic set at the Big Bamboo Cafe.

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can share them directly from your Facebook page by liking us on Facebook. All photos courtesy those pictured unless otherwise noted.

The Miss Bluffton Scholarship Program has three new ambassadors. Shown from left are Miss Bluffton Britney Wilson, Miss South Carolina pageant director Ashley Byrd, Miss Bluffton Teen Barbara Frederico and Miss Bluffton Pre-Teen Angelina Facenda.

Jackie Dout and Sandro Virag, her instructor from the Fred Astaire Dance Studio, traveled to Scotsdale, Arizona to compete in the World Promotions Sunburst Pro-Am Ballroom Competition.

Fat Patties and Salt Marsh Brewing celebrated with the Greater Bluffton Chamber of Commerce during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at their grand opening.

Charter One Realty announced that it will be donating $30,000 to Volunteers in Medicine over the next two years. Front row, from left: Rich Reed, Tom Reed, Rick Murray, Lisa Drakeman, Brian J. Fatzinger, Charles Sampson. Back row: Brad Wilson, Andy Reed, Dick Patrick.

Bluffton United Methodist Church presented its annual Christmas Concert to the congregation on Dec. 13. The choir was directed by Ella W. Davis, director of music, and narrated by William Court and his daughter Annabel N. Court, members of the congregation, who are pictured at the left. The Rev. Joey McDonald led the service.

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The Kappa Delta Low Country Alumnae Chapter gathered for an ornament exchange and to gather donations for The Deep Well Project. Front row from left: Katie Peterson, Vicki Giammona, Jeanette Davis, Mimi Carman and Kate Yachini. Back row: Pat Strickland, Kay Williams, Maggie Denison, Linda Fletcher, Sue Gallucci, Vicki Melton, Tammie Blank, Jo’anna Bradley, Jennifer Kaple, Jennifer Clegg, Dana Zendzian, Judy Horton and Maryann Way.

A team of The First Tee The Lowcountry play -ers were invited to participate in a recent tournament at Sea Pines Country Club. Tripp Heddens (9), Hudson Buck (11) and Ben Batson (11) played with adult Bryan Buck. The team shot 18 under par to win the event.

The Hilton Head Civitans helped the Student Impact Club collect Christmas presents for homeless and critical needs students. Thomas Love and Christine Spado helped collect everything. Pictured are Mark Yarbrough of the Hilton Head Civitans and Jake Wisner of the Student Impact Club.

The Wexford Plantation Charitable Foundation recently held its fourth annual gala and auction. The event saluted the veterans of World War II on the 70th anniversary of the end of the war.

The Monthly team took over Station 300 for a fan -tastic bowling Christmas party. Owners Marc and Anuska Frey show their holiday disguises.

Paul Beckler, cofounder of the Dove Street Festival of Lights and Denise Spencer, president & CEO of Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, are shown at this year’s celebration.


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See you at the Symphony!

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HAPPY NEW YEARPASSION & MUSIC

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VALENTINE ROMANCESUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2016 4PM MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2016 8PM

John Morris Russell, Conductor Goeun Melody Sims, Violin (First Prize Winner of

the 2015 HHSO Youth Concerto Competition)

Music of love and passion is in the air with our Valentine Romance concert. Orchestral favorites

create a program that will be familiar and fun!

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet

Sibelius: Violin Concerto, 1st Movement Debussy: Claire de Lune

Rogers/Walker: Carousel Waltz Stitt and Brown: Waiting for Wings

Williams: Por una Cabeza Bernstein/Peress: West Side Story Overture

Saint-Saëns: Dance Bacchanale

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oin us as we ring in 2016 with the wildly exciting Berlioz Symphony Fantastique and hear the return of Elliot Wuu, winner of HH International Piano Competition. He will be performing Rachmanino� ’s dazzling Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini. We look

forward to seeing you on January 17 and 18 with the HHSOAnd plan to a� end on January 31 and February 1 for the transcendent orchestral tone poem Tod Und Verlarung by Richard Strauss. � e sensational young violin virtuoso Paul Huang returns to perform the Saint-Saens elegant 3rd violin concerto. Beethoven’s rollicking 8th symphony � nishes an evening of orchestral splendor. Hailed by the Washington Post as “an artist with the goods for a signi� cant career”, Huang is quickly gaining a reputation for his eloquent music-making, distinctive sound, and e� ortless virtuosity.� en think ahead to Valentine’s Day and join us for a heartfelt concert. � e return of the senior division of the International Piano Competition takes place March 7-14. If you love Gilbert and Sullivan, you won’t want to miss that concert in late March. And then come out to Honey Horn for the wonderful Symphony Under the Stars when the weather warms up in April. Tickets for Symphony Under the Stars are available now and the tickets for the Hilton Head International Competition will be available on January 5, 2016. We hope you will join us o� en.

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FROM THE HILTON HEAD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA! We wish you all a joyous and happy New Year!

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Eat your greensWe know kale is the “It” green right now, and we do

love it, but there are a variety of other delicious and nutritious leafy greens available this time of year that are worth checking out.

Beet greens, chard, mustard greens, collards, sorrel, bok choy — the list goes on and on.

Often called “winter greens,” these hardy cultivars are closely related to cabbage and thrive as the temperatures get cooler. Leafy greens are a great low-calorie source of fi ber as well as vitamins and minerals like beta-carotene, vitamin C, vitamin K and calcium.

If you have avoided leafy greens because of their bitter reputation, it is time to give them another chance. Those bitter compounds are actually disease-fi ghting phytochemicals like polyphenols, fl avonoids, glucosinolates and betalains.

When shopping for greens, look for brightly col-ored, crisp leaves free of blemishes or wilting. Avoid any that are heavily yellowed or have slimy edges. Smaller bunches are often more tender and less bitter. To maximize freshness, wrap the stem ends in a damp paper towel, loosely bag in plastic and store in the fridge. Make sure to wash greens well before cooking to remove any sand or grit. M

INGREDIENTS1 cup evaporated milk

4 ounces cream cheese, softened1/2 cup mayonnaise

2 large handfuls chopped greens, steamed and excess water pressed out 1 jalapeño, minced (optional)

1 garlic clove, minced3 tablespoons sautéed onions, chopped

2 green onions, minced1 cup Parmesan cheese, grated

4 slices crispy cooked bacon, crumbled1 (8-ounce) can water chestnuts, chopped and drained

Black pepper to taste

Hot Leafy Greens Dip

Recipe by Carrie Hirsch | Serves 6-8

WHAT’S COOKIN’WHAT’S COOKIN’WHAT’S COOKIN’A HEAPING HELPING OF LOCAL RESTAURANT NEWS

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, whisk together evaporated milk, cream cheese and mayonnaise

until smooth. Stir in all remaining ingredients. Butter a 6-cup baking dish and bake until lightly browned and bubbling, about 30-35 minutes. Serve hot with chips,

crackers or toast points.

Any leafy green works well with this dip, but avoid using any tough, thick stems. Baby spinach is simply spinach that

has been harvested earlier, which offers a smaller, more delicate leaf that is ideal for salads. For cooking, regular

spinach works just fi ne. No need to add salt since the Parmesan brings in the saltiness.

CHEF TIPCOLLARD GREENS

SALLIE ANN ROBINSON | COOKBOOK AUTHOR

“I love collards! They are nutritious and easy to grow. We grew summer and winter collards when we were growing up on Daufuskie Island. My parents sent me out with a bowl to pick the collards fresh from our garden. Cut out about two-thirds of the tough stems or spines so they won’t be bitter. One of the keys to tasty collards is to tear the leaves, don’t cut them. To give them a good fl avor, cook them with smoked turkey wings or ham hocks, and be sure to add in some chopped onion and a bit of salt and pepper. Collards should be cooked slowly — use enough water to cover the leaves, then cover the pot while cooking. Both collard and turnip greens are my favorite side dishes for holidays and great as a Sunday dinner vegetable.” Cookbook author Sallie Ann Robinson, “Gullah Home Cooking the Daufuskie Way” and “Cooking the Gullah Way, Morning, Noon and Night”

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DINING

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Open for lunch & dinner 7 days a week11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.

(hours may vary seasonally) Reservations are recommended but

walk-ins are welcome.843-689-2662

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BOMBORAS GRILLE

Managing the daily challenges and long hours that come with being in the

restaurant business reflect a unique ability — few are up to the task, but some relish it. After moving to Hilton Head Island from Cincinnati, Ginny and Rocky Whitehead purchased The Art Café in 2008, then launched Bomboras Grille in early 2011 at its original location off Coligny Circle. Their plan was to have a family business, a few in fact, and soon their daughters Stacey and Brittany and son Taylor all became involved in the day-to-day operations and all aspects of running their success-ful enterprises. The members of this entrepreneurial family bring their talents and strengths together, which has earned

Rocky the nickname “Norm at the end of the bar,” since he enjoys chatting with the custom-ers. And if you want to engage Rocky in a conversation, start with the Cincinnati Bengals and dress in orange and black on game day — or any day, for that matter.

Why have the locals and the tourists been coming to Bomboras Grille in droves since they opened? “ ‘Bomboras’ means a big wave by a beach break or ‘massive wave’ in surf-ing lingo,” says general manager Stacey Romoser. The menu of “social plates” for sharing, slid-ers, chicken mulligatawny soup, fresh seafood, creamy grits and award-winning smoked chili are some the restaurant’s signature dishes and draw in the crowds, and will keep them coming

BOMBORAS GRILLE, ART CAFÉ NOW UNDER ONE ROOFTHOSE WHO GIVE YOU THEIR FOOD GIVE YOU THEIR HEART.

Pictured from left: Brittany Scheriff, Taylor Whitehead, Ginny Whitehead, Rocky Whitehead and Stacey Romoser. Photo by Butch Hirsch.

back for more as the restaurant moves to its new location.

“Our customers enjoy our family feel and our laid-back atmosphere,” Romoser said. “The new dining room exudes an eclectic Lowcountry beach feel, which was achieved by our muralist by making impressions in the wall with actual palm fronds. The artwork is by well-known local artist Uschi.”

Its new location on Lagoon Road will allow Bomboras Grille to double its indoor seating capacity, and will also offer more outdoor seating. Live music has always been an integral part of the dining experience and it will continue at the new location, both indoors and out.

“We’re doing a menu expan-sion, and we’re adding more seafood, now that we have room for a steamer in the new kitchen, then we’ll do a lobster night and all-you-can eat crab night as well,” Romoser says. “Bar man-ager Taylor Perry will be offering Bomboras Vodka as our house vodka, which we bring in from Australia, along with five taps of Sierra Nevada selections, ten taps of local craft beers, wines

on tap, and cold-pressed coffee on nitro. Every Thursday night, diners are encouraged to dress up for the ‘1920 Speakeasy” theme. The front of the house dresses up for the event — gang-ster and flappers welcome.”

The new bar is designed with a rolling glass door that allows customers to sit either inside or outside, which is one of the architectural highlights within the space.

The Art Café, formerly located at The Gallery of Shops, is now located the restaurant’s second floor, just up a winding staircase painted with inviting characters. “Parents can drop off their chil-dren to hand-paint ceramics and do other art-related activities, then come back downstairs and have a dinner or they can paint together,” says Ginny Whitehead, who designed the newly revamped space with a window for children to watch as their ceramics are fired in the kiln.

That’s not the only kid-friendly element, Whitehead says. “The ‘Bomb Diggity’ children’s menu offers, in addition to the favorites, healthy and organic selections including a vegetable platter.”

Technology will also play a role at the new location: there are USB ports and cell-phone charging capabilities at most tables, a Tesla electric car-recharging station in the 60-space parking lot will be installed, and call-ahead parking will be an option for diners. M

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843Alexanders

Big Bamboo CafeBlack Marlin Bayside Grill

Buffalo’sCharlie’s L’etoile Verte

Chart HouseCoast, Oceanfront Dining

Cowboy Brazilian SteakhouseCrane’s Tavern Steakhouse & Seafood

ELA’S Blu Water GrilleFrankie Bones

Heyward’s RestaurantHH Prime

Hugo’s Seafood & SteakhouseLinks, an American Grill

Marley’s Island GrilleMay River Grill

Michael Anthony’s Cucina ItalianaNicks Steak and SeafoodOMBRA Cucina Rustica

Old Oyster FactoryOne Hot Mama’s

Poseidon

Red Fish BlufftonRed Fish Hilton Head

River HouseSea Grass Grille

Skillets Cafe & GrillSkull Creek Boathouse

The Jazz CornerThe SmokehouseTrattoria Divina

Truffl es Cafe BelfairTruffl es Cafe Sea Pines

WiseGuys

CHAMBER RESTAURANT WEEK RETURNS

*Available list as of press time. View the latest list and menus at www.ChamberRestaurantWeek.com

BY JUSTIN JARRETT

Nothing heats up the winter menu on Hilton Head Island like Chamber Restaurant Week, which brings local diners out in droves to enjoy value-

priced menus at their favorite eateries or explore new ones.

Chamber Restaurant Week returns for the eighth year from Jan. 23-30 with a wide array of Lowcountry restaurants participating in hopes of fi lling their dining rooms during the island’s quieter season. For one week every January, local restaurants put the offseason on the back-burner as business picks up to levels typically expected only during the high tourism season.°

“It has a great impact,” said Chris Katon, director of restaurants at the Sea Pines Resort. “Traditionally it’s when all the locals come out to visit our restaurants and we love to have them.”

Sea Pines has two restaurants participating this year – Coast at the Sea Pines Beach Club and Links American Grill in the newly-reno-vated Harbour Town Golf Links clubhouse – and both are offering two- and three-course prix fi xe menus.°

“We always get a great response from it,” Katon said. “It’s a great opportunity to show-case our chefs and give a sampling of what they can do in the kitchen.”°

Katon admits he often fi nds himself on the other side of the Chamber Restaurant Week experience, too.

“Personally, I take advantage of the pro-gram just as much as everyone else,” he said. “If I have the night off during Chamber

Restaurant Week, my family will go out to din-ner on a night we otherwise might not and go somewhere we wouldn’t normally go. It’s a great week to get out and try something different.”°

Modeled after similar popular events held in New York City and Los Angeles, the annual event continues to grow locally. More than 75 restaurants participated last year, and that number fi gures to rise even higher in coming years. Some of this year’s participants include island favorites Charlie’s L’etoile Verte and ELA’s Blu Water Grille and Bluffton hotspots May River Grill, Truffl es Café and Red Fish Bluffton.

“Chamber Restaurant Week provides a great opportunity for restaurants to bring in business during the winter season,” said Dorothy Guscio, chamber events manager. “Growing every year in popularity and partici-pation, it’s a win-win for everyone involved.”

From waterfront dining at Skull Creek Boathouse or island icon Hudson’s On The Docks, to Italian cuisine at OMBRA Cucina Rustica or Michael Anthony’s Cucina Italiana, or even barbecue at The Smokehouse or One Hot Mama’s, there’s something for every palate.°

Diners can make reservations now to ensure their opportunity to check out the special menus at their favorite spots or make sure they get a table at the hot new restaurant they’ve been waiting to try. See which restaurants are participating and what they’ll have on the menu at°www.ChamberRestaurantWeek.com. M

PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS



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DINING

The world famous Salty Dog Café is opening a new location at the

Tanger 2 shopping center in Bluffton, where Robert Irvine’s Nosh used to

be located. The new restauant’s menu will focus on pizza and Italian food.

The café is expected to open in early 2016. While Tanger 2 recently added a collection of food trucks, the Salty

Dog will be the center’s only sit-down restaurant. The orginial Salty Dog

Café inside of Hilton Head’s Sea Pines Resort is a popular eatery and family fun destination for both locals and

visitors. Much of the restaurant’s fame comes from it’s popular T-shirts. Salty Dog opened a T-shirt factory story in

the Tanger 2 center in 2013.

SALTY DOG OPENING

RESTAURANT IN TANGER 2

OYSTER BAR TO OPEN IN BLUFFTON

CHARBAR ADDS ANOTHER

BURGERS & BREW AWARD

ARTISAN TEA COMPANY OPENS IN BLUFFTON

The 26th annual Taste of the Season, presented by the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce on Dec. 20 at the Country Club of Hilton Head, was well represented as more than 27 area restaurants vied for the honors of “best cuisine.” The People’s Choice winner was Michael Anthony’s Cucina Italiana for executive chef Chris Johnson’s Veal Agnolotti with Butter Sage Sauce. Runner-up went to Red Fish for execu-tive chef Chaun Bescos’ Seared Chilean Sea Bass with Wild Mushroom and Piedmontese Ox Tail Ragout. Best decor was awarded to ELA’s Blu Water Grille.

Red Fish executive chef Chaun Bescos recently took the Food Network on a tour of Hilton Head Island. The “30 Chefs in 30 Days” program focused on Bescos’ culinary background and his passion for farm-fresh, locally grown produce. On the show, he plated local mahi-mahi with barbecue spices, brown sugar bacon grits, watermelon radishes and buckwheat greens with a blueberry salad. He also showed off Red Fish’s garden, where the restaurant grows vegetables and flowers. Bescos grew up on an organic farm in Hawaii and went on to graduate from the Western Culinary Institute in Portland, Oregon. He is a member of the prestigious James Beard Foundation.

A new oyster bar will open soon in Bluffton. Thee Oyster Bar will be located at 15 State of Mind St. at the Calhoun Street Promenade in Old Town Bluffton. The building is the former home of Mulberry Street Pizzeria. It will be the third Old Town restaurant opened by James Soules, who also owns Agave Side Bar and The Bluffton

Room. Thee Oyster Bar will offer oysters from all over

the United States and Canada. Signature

dishes will include local May River oysters, and the second floor of

the building will be converted into a

Lowcountry boil room.

Hilton Head has spoken: Charbar Co. has the best burgers on the island. Burgers & Brew was held Oct. 24 at Shelter Cove Community Park. Eleven restaurants competed to claim the title of Island’s Best Burger. Charbar has won the event four years in a row. Second place went to The Lodge. Lagerhead Tavern took third place. All event proceeds ben-efited the Hilton Head Island Recreation Association’s Children’s Scholarship Fund and the University of South Carolina Beaufort’s hospitality program.

Lisa Kling has launched Bluffton Tea, a new regionally focused artisan tea company. Bluffton Tea’s focus is on small-batch artisan loose tea blends made with high-end ingredients. The company offers 40 blends for sale each Sunday at the Palmetto Bluff farmers market. The tea is also sold at many stores in Old Town Bluffton. Labels for the tea were created by Bluffton artist Murray Sease. For more infor-mation, go to www.blufftontea.com.

MICHAEL ANTHONY’S NAMED ‘BEST CUISINE’ AT TASTE OF THE SEASON

RED FISH CHEF FEATURED ON FOOD NETWORK


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COFFEE SHOP OPENS IN POPULAR CABIN

A gourmet coffee shop has opened in the historic Hilton Head Island cabin located next to Barnacle Bill’s. Maywood Davis specializes in handcrafted coffee, toffee and chocolate. The cabin was built in 1976 and has served as a general store, visitors center and as a gas station over the years. Owner Alex Snyder, who named the shop after his parents, has partnered with Savannah’s Perc Coffee Roasters and makes regular trips there to ensure freshness. Try the “Pour Over Coffee To Go:” each week, customers can arrange to have their favorite coffee waiting for them to pick up. Hours are 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

INGREDIENTS1 tablespoon olive oil1 cup chopped onion

1 cup chopped red bell pepper1 clove garlic, minced

1.5 – 2 cups cooked fi eld peas or black-eyed peas1 teaspoon salt

.5 teaspoon black pepper1 cup raw jasmine or basmati rice

1 sprig fresh thyme

Hoppin’ John

Rinse, sort, and cook peas. Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onion, bell pep-

per and garlic and cook until translucent. Add the fi eld peas, stirring to combine. Add 2 1/2 cups

water, the salt and the pepper and bring to a boil.

Add the rice and the sprig of thyme; stir once. Bring back to a boil, cover and reduce heat.

Simmer for 20 minutes, then remove from the heat and let stand, covered, for an additional 10 minutes. Uncover, add salt and pepper to taste.

Fluff with a fork and serve.

A Southern dish of peas and rice. Here in the Lowcountry, it is made with black-eyed peas or fi eld peas and rice, chopped onion and sliced

bacon and seasoned with salt.

SOUTHERN TRADITION:



HILTON HEAD NORTH ENDAtlanta Bread Company: 45 Pembroke Drive 843-342-2253. BLD

Bella Italia Bistro and Pizza: 95 Mathews Drive in Port Royal Plaza. 843-689-5560. LD

The Carolina Room: The Westin Resort, Port Royal Plantation. 843-681-4000, ext. 7045. BLD

Chart House: 2 Hudson Road. 843-342-9066. LD

Crazy Crab (north): 104 William Hilton Parkway, 843-681-5021, www.thecrazycrab.com. LD

Fiesta Fresh Mexican Grill (north): 95 Mathews Drive. 843-342-8808. BLD

Frankie Bones: 1301 Main Street. 843-682-4455. LDS

Hudson’s Seafood House On the Docks: Hudson’s employs the largest and one of only two remaining fishingfleets on the island, which brings fresh local seafood straight from the docks to your table. TRY THIS: Fish N’ Chips; Fat Tire beer batter, malt vinegar, tartar sauce. $18. 1 Hudson Road. 843-681-2772. www.hudsonsonthedocks.com. LD

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. TRY THIS: Vitella Piemonteste; veal scalop-pine sauteed with mushrooms and Italian mild sausage in a light cream sauce, $16.95. 200A Museum Street. 843-342-9949. ilcarpaccioofhiltonhead.com. LD

LagerHead Tavern: 155 High Bluff Road, Hilton Head Plantation. 843-684-2184, www.lagerheadtavern.comLD

Main Street Café: 1411 Main Street Village. 843-689-3999. LDS

Mangiamo!: 2000 Main Street. 843-682-2444. LD

Munchies: 1407 Main St. 843-785-3354. LD

New York City Pizza: 45 Pembroke Dr. 843-689-2222. LD

OKKO: 95 Mathews Dr. 843-341-3377. LD

Old Fort Pub: 65 Skull Creek Drive. 843-681-2386. DS

Outback Steakhouse: 20 Hatton Place. 843-681-4329. LD

Pan Fresco Ole: 55 Matthews Dr. 843-681-5989. LD

Plantation Café and Deli: 95 Mathews Drive. 843-342-4472. BL

Reilley’s North End Pub: 95 Mathews Drive. 843-681-4153. LDSO

Ruan Thai Hut: 1107 Main Street, 843-681-3700. LD

Ruby Lee’s: 46 Wild Horse Road. 843-681-7829. LDS

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 Street. 843-681-2900. LD

Turtles Beach Bar & Grill: 2 Grasslawn Avenue at the Westin Resort. 843-681-4000. LDO

WiseGuys: 1513 Main Street. 843-842-8866. DO

Yummy House: 2 Southwood Park Drive. 843-681-5888. LD

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HILTON HEAD MID-ISLAND843: 890 William Hilton Parkway, Fresh Market Shoppes. 843-686-8843. LD

Alexander’s: 76 Queens Folly Rd. 843-785-4999. LD

Alfred’s: European-trained chef Alfred Kettering combines some of the most appealing elements of classic American and Continental cuisine in this tiny Plantation Center hideaway. Grab a seat at the chef’s counter to watch the master at work. TRY THIS: Roast Rack of Spring Lamb with mashed potatoes and vegetables $34.95. 807 William Hilton Parkway, #1200, in Plantation Center, 843-341-3117, alfredsofhiltonhead.com D

Arthur’s Grille: Arthur Hills course, Palmetto Dunes. 843-785-1191. LD

Big Jim’s BBQ, Burgers and Pizza: Robert Trent Jones course, Palmetto Dunes. 843-785-1165. LD

Bistro 17: Cozy, waterfront French cafe to the right of Neptune’s statue,

overlooking picturesque Shelter Cove Marina. Casual bistro dining with a European cafe flair. Serving lunch and dinner with additional menus for kids and puppies. Nightly specials. TRY THIS: Wild Salmon. Peppered mus-tard, mixed greens, pine nuts, dried cranberries, red onions and gorganzola. $25. 17 Harbourside Lane in Shelter Cove. 785-5517. www.bistro17hhi.com. LD

Bonefish Grill: 890 William Hilton Parkway. 843-341-3772. LD

Bucci’s Italian Cuisine: 13 Harbourside Lane, Shelter Cove. 843-785-3300. 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: Hilton Head Island Beach and Tennis Resort, 40 Folly Field Road. 843-842-0043 DO

Conroy’s: Hilton Head Marriott Resort & Spa, Palmetto Dunes. 843-686-8499. DS

Dye’s Gullah Fixin’s: 840 William Hilton Parkway, Atrium Building. 843-681-8106, www.dyesgullahfixinscom. LD

ELA’s Blu Water Grille: Featured in Bon Appetit and the winner of numer-ous Open Table awards. Fresh-caught seafood and prime-cut steaks of the highest quality complement the exten-sive boutique wine selection. ELA’s is known for the best water views on the island. Serving lunch Monday-Friday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Dinner nightly starting at 5 p.m., and now offering “Sunday Brunch on the Water” com-plete with live jazz music every Sunday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. TRY THIS: ELA’s Calamari; lightly bat-tered long strips, served with wasabi and red pepper remoulade. $10. 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.

843-842-8200. D

French Bakery: The bakery was established in 1998 by the Leon fam-ily, 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 neigh-bors, as well as for tourists. TRY THIS: Signature Chicken Salad; white meat chicken salad, lettuce, tomato on cranberry-apricot bread. $7.99. 120 Shelter Cove Lane, Shelter Cove Towne Centre. 843-342-5420. BL

Gator’z Pizza: HHI 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

Island Bagel & Deli: South Island Square. 843-686-3353. BL

DINING



DINING

Jamaica Joe’z Beach Bar: Hilton Head Island Beach & Tennis Resort, 40 Folly Field Road. 843-842-0044.

Lucky Rooster Kitchen + Bar: 841 William Hilton Pkwy, Unit A, South Island Square. 843-681-3474. www.luckyroosterhhi.com. DO

Maywood Davis: 612 William Hilton Pkwy. 843-368-2839, www.maywooddavis.com.

Mediterranean Harbour: 13 Harbourside Lane, Unit B, Shelter Cove Harbour. 843-842-9991, www.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 of The Wall Street Journal. Wine Spectator magazine bestowed its “Award of Excellence” for the restaurant’s wine

list and knowledge of wine. TRY THIS: Potato Crusted Black Grouper served with garlic Parmesan rice and julienned vegetables, finished with a horseradish cream, $24.99. 101 Marshland Road. 843-681-6040. www.oldoysterfactory.com. DO

Orange Leaf: 38 Shelter Cove Lane, 843-689-5323, www. orangeleafyogurt.com.

Pazzo: 807 William Hilton Parkway in Plantation Center. 843-842-9463. LD

Pelican’s Point Seafood & Steakhouse: 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. 843-785-8576. LD

Scott’s Fish Market Restaurant and Bar: 17 Harbour Side Lane. 843-785-7575. 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. 843-785-3838. LD

Sea Grass Grille: 807 William Hilton Parkway. 843-785-9990. LD

Starbucks: 32 Shelter Cove Lane. 843-842-4090.

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. 843-785-2650, www.waybackburgers.com.

XO Lounge: Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort in Palmetto Dunes. 843-341-8080.

YoAddiction!: 890 William Hilton Parkway. 843-341-3335.

HILTON HEAD SOUTH ENDAmigos 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. 843-341-2664. LD

Asian Bistro: 51 New Orleans Road. 843-686-9888. LD

Aunt Chilada’s Easy Street Cafe: 69 Pope Avenue. 843-785-7700. LD

Beach Break Grill: 24 Palmetto Bay Road, Suite F. 843-785-2466. LD

Bess’ Delicatessen and Catering: Lunch specials include fresh home-made soups and assorted salads, and freshly oven-roasted turkey breast. Bess’ features Boar’s Head meats and cheeses. TRY THIS: Soap’s Delight; freshly baked turkey breast, cranberry mayo, bacon, Swiss and lettuce on wheat. $7.50. 55 New Orleans Road, Fountain Center. 843-785-5504. www.bessdeli.com. BL

Big Bamboo Cafe: 1 North Forest Beach Drive, Coligny Plaza. 843-686-3443, www.bigbamboocafe.com. LDO


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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. TRY THIS: The “Bomb” Kobe Beef Sliders: Two Kobe beef burgers on Lowcountry-made brioche buns with American cheese, South Carolina toma-to and topped with cornichons. Served with three house dipping sauces. $10. 101 A/B Pope Avenue, Coligny Plaza. 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. 843-686-6736. LDO

Bullies BBQ: 3 Regents Pkwy. 843-686-7427. LD

Callahan’s Sports Bar & Grill: 49 New Orleans Road. 843-686-7665. LDO

Captain Woody’s: Many restau-rants 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 loca-tion at 6 Target Road. Woody’s now offers more seating, an expanded menu and an attractive outdoor patio

with an attached bar. TRY THIS: Grouper Melt, fried and topped with sauteed onions, mush-rooms and melted cheese. Served open faced on a kaiser roll with home-made chips, $13.99. 6 Target Road. 843-785-2400. www.captainwoodys.com. LDO

Carolina Crab Company: 86 Helmsman Way, Palmetto Bay Marina. 843-842-2016. LD

Casey’s Sports Bar and Grille: 37 New Orleans Road. 843-785-2255. LDO

Catch 22: 37 New Orleans Plaza. 843-785-6261. 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. TRY THIS: Champ Burger; signature beef blend on toasted brioche with sharp cheddar cheese, bacon marma-lade, dijon mustard and dill pickles. $10. 33 Office Park Rd., Suite 213. Park Plaza, 843-85-CHAR (2427).

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. TRY THIS: Local cobia grilled with mango vinaigrette, $29. 8 New Orleans Road. 843-785-9277. www.charliesgreenstar.com.D

Kobe Beef SlidersTwo hand-pressed Kobe beef patties served with American cheese, tomatoes and three dipping sauces. $9.99. Available at Bomboras Grille.



Chow Daddy’s: Located in the old Dry Dock building on Executive Park Road, using local, organic ingredi-ents 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. TRY THIS: Pork tacos; sriracha aioli, arugula, avocado and peppadew pep-per sauce. $8.50. 14B Executive Park Road, Hilton Head Island, 843-842-CHOW, www.chowdaddys.com.

Coast: Sea Pines Beach Club. 842-1888. 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 Pkwy, Unit B6, The Village at Wexford. 843-715-3565, www.cowboybraziliansteakhouse.com.

CQ’s: 140A Lighthouse Lane. 843-671-2779. 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: 32 Palmetto Bay Road in the Village Exchange. 843-785-3633.

Dough Boys Pizza: 1-B New Orleans

Road. 843-686-2697. www. doughboyshhi.com. LD

DryDock: 840 William Hilton Pkwy., 843-842-9775. LD

Earle of Sandwich Pub: 1 North Forest Beach Drive in Coligny Plaza. 843-785-7767. LD

Electric Piano: 33 Office Park Road. 843-785-5399. 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, flatbreadgril -hhi.com.

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, 843-842-1444, www.seapines.com. LD

Harbour Town Bakery and Cafe:

She Crab SoupA culinary icon of the Lowcountry. Lump crab mixed in a creamy broth, served in one of the most scenic locations in the South. $7. Available at Salty Dog Café.


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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 invit-ing space features an open kitchen, an indoor/outdoor 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 smalls 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. TRY THIS: Asian Shrimp Taco; Crispy shrimp topped with a house soy aioli, cotija cheese, pickled onions and cab-bage, cilantro and sriracha on a fresh corn tortilla. $3.95. 33 Office Park Rd., Suite 228. 843-681-8226. LD

Hugo’s Seafood & Steakhouse: 841 William Hilton Parkway. 843-785-HUGO. 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. 843-842-8620. 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. 843-785-9070. LDO

Kenny B’s French Quarter Cafe: 70 Pope Avenue in Circle Center. 843-785-3315. BLDS

Kurama Japanese Steak and Seafood House: 9 Palmetto Bay Road. 843-785-4955. D

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

Live Oak: 100 North Sea Pines Drive, 843-842-1441, www. liveoaklowcountrycuisine.com

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. TRY THIS: The Gump Pie; shrimp, scal-lop sausage, calamari, roast tomato, goat cheese and arugula. 843-842-7437, [email protected].

A Lowcountry Backyard: 32 Palmetto Bay Road at The Village Exchange. 843-785-9273. BLD

Lodge Beer and Growler Bar: 7B Greenwood Drive, Hilton Head Plaza. 843-842-8966. DO

Mellow Mushroom: 33 Office Park Road in Park Plaza. 843-686-2474. www.mellowmushroom.com. LDO

Mi Tierra (Hilton Head): 130 Arrow Rd. 843-342-3409. LD

Market Street Cafe: 12 Coligny Plaza. 843-686-4976. LD

Marley’s Island Grille: 35 OfficePark Road in Park Plaza. 843-686-5800. DO

Michael Anthony’s: Now celebrat-ing its 12th year in business, Michael Anthony’s has been recognized by OpenTable diners as one of the “Top 50 Italian Restaurants” in the United States. TRY THIS: Bistecca alla Fiorentina; Tuscan-style herb encrusted bone-in ribeye. $38. 37 New Orleans Road. 843-785-6272, www.michael-anthonys.com.

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 dis-tinguished Philadelphia chef Nunzio Patruno have teamed up to open this upscale Italian restaurant in the Village at Wexford. Many dishes were created hun-dreds 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. TRY THIS: Carpaccio di Manzo; thinly sliced raw “Piemontese” beef, arugula, olive oil and shaved Parmigiano, $14. 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. 843-785-9020. BL

Pomodori: 1 New Orleans Road. 843-686-3100. D

The Porch: Beach House hotel. 1 South Forest Beach Drive. 843-785-5126. BLD

Porter & Pig: Quality beer, propri-etary cocktails and select wines with accompanying charcuterie, cheeses and shared plates. TRY THIS: The Gourmet; Gruyere, Boursin and Gouda with roasted toma-to aioli, smoked thick bacon and fresh basil. 1000 William Hilton Parkway, The Village at Wexford. 843-715-3224. www.porter-pig.com. D

Quarterdeck: 149 Lighthouse Road, Harbour Town, Sea Pines. 843-842-1999. LDO

Red Fish: Upscale dining at its finest.Head chef Chaun Bescos takes advan-tage 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.

TRY THIS: Lowcountry Shrimp and Grits; served with Keegan Filion Farms chorizo gravy and fried okra over a bed of sauteed kale, $24. 8 Archer Road. 843-686-3388. www. redfishofhiltonhead.com.LD

Reilley’s Grill & Bar (south): 7D Greenwood Drive. 842-4414. LDO

Relish Cafe: 33 Office Park Road, Park Plaza. 843-342-4800.

Rita’s Italian Ice: 1 North Forest Beach Drive, Coligny Plaza. 843-686-2596, ritasice.com.

Roy’s Place: Special menu items such as kosher, organic, gluten free, vegan and vegetarian menus are available. 33 Office Park Rd., 843-785-4646, www.roysplacehhi.com.

Salty Dog Cafe: One of Hilton Head’s favorite outdoor cafes for more than 20 years. Fresh seafood. Located at South Beach Marina, overlooking Braddock Cove. Both indoor and outdoor seating are available. Live music and children’s entertainment nightly during the season. TRY THIS: Crab Cake Dinner; two freshly prepared Chesapeake-style lump crab cakes with homemade remoulade sauce. Served with Captain’s Au Gratin potatoes and fresh vegetables, $22.99. South Beach Marina Village, Sea Pines Resort. 843-671-7327. www.saltydog.com. LD

Sage Room: 81 Pope Ave., Heritage Plaza. 843-785-5352. D

Sea Shack: 6 Executive Park Drive. 843-785-2464. LD

Signals Lounge: 130 Shipyard Drive, Sonesta Resort. 843-842-2400.

Signe’s Bakery & Cafe: 93 Arrow Road. 843-785-9118. BLS

Skillets Café: Coligny Plaza. 843-785-3131. BLD

The Smokehouse: 34 Palmetto Bay Road. 842-4227. BLDO

Smooth: 11 Palmetto Bay Road in Island Crossing shopping center. 843-842-9808.

Southern Coney & Breakfast: 70 Pope Avenue in Circle Center. 843-689-2447. BL

Spirit of Harbour Town: 843-843-363-9026. www.vagabondcruise.com.

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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. 843-785-2070. LD

Stellini:15 Executive Park Road. 843-785-7006. D

Stu’s Surfside: 1 North Forest Beach Drive, Coligny Plaza. 843-686-7873. LD

The Studio: 20 Executive Park Road. 843-785-6000. D

Sunset Slush: 81 Pope Avenue, 843-785-7851.

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. TRY THIS: Chicken Pot Pie; tender breast meat, carrots, mushrooms, sweet bell peppers and white wine cream sauce covered with a puff pastry. $12.95. 71 Lighthouse Road, Sea Pines Center. 843-671-6136, www/trufflescafe.com.LD

Urban Vegan: 86 Helmsman Way, Palmetto Bay Marina. 843-671-3474. LD

Vine: 1 North Forest Beach Drive in Coligny Plaza. 843-686-3900. LD

Watusi: A place for breakfast, lunch and coffee. The cafe’s interior mir-ros a warm, cozy living room where families and friends can gather and enjoy food in a casual home-style setting. TRY THIS: The Pope Avenue; roasted red peppers, sundried tomato, goat cheese, provolone, tomato and balsamic vinaigrette on a fresh house-baked french baguette. $11.95. 71 Pope Ave. 843-686-5200. www.islandwatusi.com. BL

Which Wich?: 70 Pope Ave., Suite 13. 843-715-9424, www. whichwich.com

Wild Wing Café: 72 Pope Ave. 843-785-9464. LDO

Wine and Cheese If You Please: 24 Palmetto Bay Road, Ste. G. 843-842-1200.

Wreck of the Salty Dog: South Beach Marina Village, Sea Pines. 843-671-7327. D

BLUFFTONAgave Side Bar: 13 State of Miind 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.

Ahi Tuna TacosPan-seared rare ahi tuna, wasabi aioli, Asian slaw and basmati rice. $14. Available at Big Bamboo Cafe.



DINING

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, 843-815-6736. 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. TRY THIS: Grouper Melt, fried and topped with sauteed onions, mushrooms and melted cheese. Served open faced on a kaiser roll with homemade chips, $13.99. 17 State of Mind St. in the Calhoun Street Promenade. 843-757-6222. www.captainwoodys.com. LDO

The Carolina Tavern: 5 Godfrey Place. 843-757-9464. thecarolinatav-ern.com 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. 843-815-7675. 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 snacks. The daily happy hour is 4-6 p.m. TRY THIS: Pork tacos; sriracha aioli, aru-gula, avocado and peppadew pepper sauce. $8.50. 15 Towne Drive, Belfair Towne Village, 843-842-CHOW,

chowdaddys.com.

Claude & Uli’s Bistro: 1533 Fording Island Road. 843-837-3336. 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

Dolce Vita: 163 Bluffton Rd. Unit F. 843-815-6900, dolcevitarustica.com D

Downtown Deli: 27 Dr. Mellichamp Drive. 843-815-5005. BL

El Super Internacional: 33 Sherington Dr. 843-815-8113. LD

Fat Patties and Salt Marsh Brewing: 207 Bluffton Rd., 843-379-1500, fat-patties.com

Firehouse Subs: 32 Malphrus Rd., #109. 843-815-7827. LD

Fiesta Fresh Mexican Grill: 876 Fording Island Road (Hwy. 278), Suite 1. 843-706-7280. LD

Giuseppi’s Pizza and Pasta: 25 Bluffton Road. 843-815-9200. LD

Hana Sushi and Japanese Fusion: 1534 Fording Island Road. 843-837-3388. hanasushifusion.com LD

Hinchey’s Chicago Bar & Grill: 104 Buckwalter Place, Suite 1A. 843-836-5909. LD

HogsHead Kitchen and Wine Bar: 1555 Fording Island Rd. 843-837-4647.

Honeybaked Ham: 1060 Fording Island Road. 843-815-7388. BLD

Island Bagel & Deli: Sheridan Park. 843-815-5300. 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

Katie O’Donnell’s: 1008 Fording Island Road (Kittie’s Crossing). 843-815-5555. LDO

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Plantation Drive. 843-837-3353. BLDO

Kobe Japanese Restaurant: 30 Plantation Park Drive. 843-757-6688. LD

Longhorn: Inside Tanger I. 843-705-7001. 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

Mellow Mushroom: 872 Fording Island Rd. 843-706-0800. mellowmushroom.com. LDO

Midnight Baker: 14 Promenade St. 843-815-5355. LB

Mi Tierra: 27 Dr. Mellichamp Drive. 843-757-7200. LD

Mi Tierrita: 214 Okatie Village Drive. 843-705-0925. LD

Moon Mi Pizza: 15 State of Mind Street. 843-757-7007. LD

Moe’s Southwest Grill: 3 Malphrus Road. 843-837-8722. LD

Mulberry Street Trattoria: 1476 Fording Island Road. 843-837-2426.LDS

Napoli Bistro Pizzeria & Wine Bar: 68 Bluffton Road, 843-706-9999. LD

NEO: 326 Moss Creek Village. 843-837-5111. LD

Old Town Dispensary: 15 Captains Cove. 843-837-1893. LDO

Orobello’s Bistro & Pizzeria: 103 Buckwalter Place, Unit 108. 843-837-5637, 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: A kitchen and bar, just opened recently in Old Town. 55 Calhoun St., 843-757-5511

Plantation Cafe & Deli: 1532 Fording Island Road. 843-815-4445.

Pour Richard’s: 4376 Bluffton Parkway. 843-757-1999. DO

The Pub at Old Carolina: 91 Old Carolina Road. 843-757-6844. D

R Bar: 70 Pennington Drive. 843-757-7264. LD

Red Fish: Upscale dining at its finest.Head chef Chaun Bescos takes advantage of his close relationship with local grow-ers and farmers markets, tailoring Red Fish’s menu around foods in season. TRY THIS: Lowcountry Shrimp and Grits; served with Keegan Filion Farms chorizo gravy and fried okra over a bed of sauteed kale, $24. 32 Bruin Road, 843-837-8888. LD

Red Stripes Caribbean Cuisine and Lounge: 8 Pin Oak Street. 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: G1017 Fording Island Road Ste 105. 843-706-9222. LD

Sigler’s Rotisserie: 12 Sheridan Park Circle. 843-815-5030. D

Southern Barrel Brewing Co.: 375 Buckwalter Place Blvd., 843-837-2337, southernbarrelbrewingco.com

Squat N’ Gobble: 1231 May River Road. 843-757-4242. BLD

Stooges Cafe: 25 Sherington Drive. 843-706-6178. BL

Truffles Cafe: Fresh local seafood, Black Angus steaks, baby back ribs, homemade soups and garden salads. TRY THIS: Chicken Pot Pie; tender breast meat, carrots, mushrooms, sweet bell peppers and white wine cream sauce covered with a puff pastry. 91 Towne Drive Belfair Towne Village. 843-815-5551. trufflescafecom. 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 M

DAUFUSKIE ISLANDEagle’s Nest: 56 Fuskie Lane, Bloody Point, 843-341-5522.

Marshside Mama’s Cafe: 15 Haig Point Road on County Landing. 843-785-4755. LD M

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LAST CALL

It’s not a question of gen-der, race, religion, geo-graphic location or wealth. Regardless of any of the

aforementioned attributes, there are good people and there are bad people — it is just a simple as that.

Since mass media tends to favor negative news and underreports positive events, bad people get more publicity than good people. As a con-sequence, one could be led to believe that the world is going to hell in a handbasket.

Bad people are creating havoc, for obvious and some-times for obscure reasons, but more often than not these acts make the headlines. Since the beginning of time, there have been confrontations between good and bad, and guess what? The good people are winning.

It is unfortunate that there is not more of a balanced pic-ture of the world in the news, because the constant parade of negative headlines without equally highlighting the good things that happen creates an atmosphere of negativity and fear — and sometimes panic.

I have no respect for fear mongering, whether the person is a cyber bully, a politician or a terrorist. Human society at large is made up of good people, but good can’t win without stand-ing up for what is right. Just like freedom is not free, good is not going to win over bad without pushing back.

It is, however, sad to see the crop of presidential hopefuls acting like World War III is upon us. Islamist extremism has been a problem for decades, and only an international collaboration on multiple levels can unravel the situation. In a country where we average a mass shooting a day, the San Bernardino attack should be put into proper perspective. We all painfully remember the 9/11 attacks and yes, we likely are going to be attacked again, but this is no reason to panic and no reason to lose sight of our long-term goals, which should be centered around global sustainability and not focused around a small part of the world where a very small group of very bad people are trying to steer us off course.

Why don’t we celebrate good and important news? Maybe it is our own fault that a Hollywood divorce gets more media attention than a scientifi c breakthrough that is awarded a Nobel Prize.

So, you ask, what is there to celebrate? The list is long and all you have to do is look beyond the obvious to see it. Here is a short and very incomplete list of recent positive events: Gas prices hit a new low; the U.S. is not nearly as dependent on imported oil as just a decade ago (which makes you wonder why we are squandering billions on our military presence in the Middle East); the U.S. economy is rebounding and the Fed lifted

interest rates for the fi rst time in eight years; Saudi Arabia elected 21 female representatives into the government for the fi rst time in history; same-sex rights are being recognized; FIFA, the larg-est sports federation in the world, has rejected corruption and ousted its long-standing leaders; and scientist discovered a new phase of carbon, a new spe-cies of human ancestors, water on Mars, etc. Power solar wall batteries might enable us to be independent of the electric grid. Brain mapping is being funded to the tune of $7 billion, which could lead to cures for mental diseases. The Paris climate talks are just a beginning, but already strides are being made to com-bat global warming. The list goes on and on, but the point is that there are positive forces at work that often don’t get the attention they deserve.

For my part, in 2016 and beyond I will continue to believe in the good. It is the only sensible way to live, and it is worth fi ghting for day in and day out. M

The truth is…THERE ARE ONLY TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE. GOOD PEOPLE AND BAD PEOPLE.

SOUND OFFPlease send your comments to [email protected]. I would like to get your feedback on this idea.

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For centuries commedia dell’arte masks have been used in theatre and often represent the battle between good and evil.

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