The Folly Current - September 16, 2011

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The similarities are hard to ignore. Forstarters, both Folly Beach Directoro Public Saety Dennis Brown and

ctional lawman Andy aylor both speak with a down-home, southern twang. Likethe popular television sheri, Brown doesn’tcarry a weapon while on duty. He actually hails rom a small town — Tomasville,North Carolina — located about thirty minutes rom where the ctitious towno Mayberry, North Carolina supposedly existed. He even has the whistling themed

song o “Te Andy Grifth Show” as theringtone on his cell phone.

Even though Brown is the ace o law and order or a community oten reerredto as “Mayberry by the Beach”, he’ll bethe rst to tell you; he’s no Andy Grifthpeacemaker. o Brown, Folly Beach ismore like Disneyland than Mayberry. It’sa place where people come to have unand enjoy the sights while a team o hard working people do their jobs to make sureeveryone has a sae and memorable Folly Beach experience.

Chie Dennis Brown took over the reinso the Public Saety Department on April1. Upon his arriva l, a suggestion was madeto the new director that it would perhaps

best serve the community i the police andre departments remained separate. Atergiving ear to such recommendations, the26-year law enorcement veteran decidedthat keeping the departments separate was not the best option. He decidedto utilize and maximize the currentresources the city already had, ratherthan create more bureaucracy.

According tChie Brown, whoserves as chie o

both the police andre departments, new

employees will no longerbe hired on the basis o

doing just one thing; thatemployee will have to

work wearing dierenthats. Police ofcers will have to ght

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By Joel Flores

The New Sheriff in Town

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Filing Closes for City

Council Special Election

During the wee hours o Friday, September 9, a vehicle struck the ence at thenew West Cooper Avenue playground. Jerry Poore, the volunteer landscaperor the park, had just completed the rontage or the park that aternoon.

Sharon Halley, along with Mary Ohl o the Parks and Recreation Committee andEric Lutz havebeen workingto see fnali m p r o v e m e n t scompleted on thisproject designedor the pleasureo Folly's childrensince opening

this spring. Nosuspects areknown at thistime.

West Cooper Playground

Hit By VehicleProvided by Charles MCCarty

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he replacement or ormer City Council member Laura Beck's vacated seat will be decided in an election on uesday, November 8.

Friday, October 7 is the last day to register to vote in person in time orthe election, and Oct. 8 is the deadline by mail. Voting will occur at the BaptistFellowship Hall, with polls opening rom 7 am to 7 pm on the 8th.

Te candidates or the open

City Council seat are:

Vernon Knox - 216 West Cooper Ave.

Sandra Hickman - 710 East Eerie Ave.

Dale Stuckey - 11 Red Sunset Ln. Alan Kleineld - PO Box 394

Lewis Dodson - 512 East Cooper Ave.



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Hurricane Irene may not haveattacked Folly Beach head on,but it dealt a side swipe with its

turbulent waters that ate away at hugechunks o the island’s beach. Folly BeachCounty Park was among the worst hit

areas. Te storm let behind walkwayssuspended eerily over a dozen eet o empty space where dunes once stood.

Te county announced on September2 that the park would be closed or theduration o 2011 or repairs, and dumptrucks have since commenced shippingsand in to ortiy what’s let o the slivero beach.

Tat announcement came inconjunction with the kicko o LaborDay weekend, a crucial tourist inux orFolly businesses hunkering down or theo-season. Te city sent out a press releaseacknowledging “’hype’ going around”that the beach would be closed or the

weekend, and denying those rumors.But residents and those that have visited

the beach since Irene are crowded intosmaller areas than beore. At high tide,

waves clip at rocks at the Washout, wherevirtually no beach remains. wo homes atthe island’s ar east end suered most romthe storm, with at least one losing its A/Cunit as waves washed underneath.

Even beore Irene, Folly Beach already met the erosion parameters required torequest unding or a renourishmentproject through the Army Corps o Engineers, says Mayor im Goodwin.Te storm simply exacerbated an existingproblem.

On uesday, September 6, Goodwinhosted state Sen. Chip Campsen (R – Isle

o Palms), Jennier Hightower, regionaldirector or U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint (R –S.C.), and Kathy Craword, district directoror U.S. Rep. im Scott (R – Charleston)on a tour o the damaged beach.

“Folly is a unique case,” said Campsen,

explaining the island’s agreement withthe U.S. Army Corps o Engineers thatacknowledges the ederal government’sresponsibility or renourishing Folly, due tothe detrimental eect that the placement o the Charleston Harbor jetties has on accretionon the island (a 1992 study attributes 57percent o Folly’s erosion problems to the

jetties, constructed in 1896).

Te ederal government pays 85percent o renourishment costs, accordingto the agreement, while the city coversthe remaining 15 percent. Folly rstreceived renourishment in 1993, and setsunds aside each year or uture projects.Currently, in conjunction with $660,000

supplied by Charleston County Parksand Recreation, Folly has $2,560,000budgeted and ready or renourishment,

just $140,000 shy o t he unds needed orthe projected $18 million project.

Although Folly could use renourishmentimmediately, the soonest Mayor Goodwinanticipates receiving ederal unds is withinthe 2013 ederal budget, determined at theonset o the 2012 scal year.

“Te time is getting closer and closerto when we need to get everything really ramped up,” says Goodwin, who says thatdespite extensive damage rom Irene, S.C.doesn’t qualiy as a disaster area and thushas to wait on unding through the regular

budget. “But when you look at the end o the island and the breakers are breaking

directly into the river, you know you’vegot t rouble.”

im Scott representative Craword saidthat she would begin inquiring with the

Army Corps about their 2013 budget,assuring that Folly Beach was included.

Goodwin raised concerns that Folly couldbe overlooked, with priorities being placedon dredging Charleston Harbor to meetthe completion o the Panama Canal

widening.

“We don’t want to get lost in theshufe,” says Goodwin.

Campsen reiterated the ederalgovernment’s obligation to Folly, clari yingthat a contractual agreement written intoa budget is not an earmark and that theproject isn’t something covertly ‘slippedinto’ the budget.

Built On A Sandy FoundationC i t y G e t s B a l l R o l l i n G o n R e n o u R i s h m e n t R e q u e s t

By STRATTON LAWRENCE

State Sen. Chip Campsen scans the damage at the Folly Beach County Park



res and dispatch. Fireghters will haveto become what is called ‘limited swornocers’ so they can help with some thingsthat concern the beach, like parking. Withall Public Saety members participating

in this type o cross-training, they willbecome better aware o just how importanteach other’s job is and how it impacts ourcommunity.

Another resource Brown plans tocontinue utilizing is the Beach ManagementPatrol (BMP). As ambassadors o the beach,

this group helps maintain a proactiveapproach toward the issues concerningthe beach by communicating with a smileand a trash bag, rather than a threat o apossible ne.

Public Saety will always be a work inprogress, says Brown — “Once we stopmoving orward. Tat’s when we startmoving backward.” o maintain thePolice/Fire/BMP team efort, the NorthCarolina native plans to put orth a series

o ideas into ruition. For example, by next season, Chie Brown plans on havingall BMP members CPR-trained. Duringthe of season, ocers will be required toperorm one “oot patrol” per shit to helposter a bond between the community and its public saety department. Brownhopes this initiative will provide theshop-keepers and citizens an opportunity to approach their public servants in anon-conrontational and non-emergency setting, thus improving dialogue betweenthe two parties.

Also, in an efort to build a bridgebetween the people o Folly Beach and thePublic Saety Department, Chie Brownis extending the space and capacity o

the Public Saety training room and itsavailability to anyone in the Folly Beachcommunity or parties, meetings, socialgatherings and other community uses.

One o the rst initiatives taken by the new Director to make this positiveinteraction possible was to make hisocers more approachable, starting with

their appearance. Te staf has been very receptive o uniorm changes aimedat improving ocer morale and theconditions they work under. Chie Brownhad the department change rom the dark,traditional military oriented uniorms tothe more relaxed, comortable, shorts-sporting uniorms already seen on ourmen and women in blue this summer.(Appropriately enough, it’s a shade o bluethat says “Yes. I serve and protect a beach

community” while perhaps also proudly proclaiming “Go Carolina Panthers!”) With the much more relaxed uniorm,Brown hopes his staf will come across asmore engaging. He’s encouraging FB’snest to go out and be more interactive with the people o the community.

“I don’t believe in orced compliance. Ibelieve in voluntary compliance,” the chie explains. “We’re not here to write t ickets.”

Brown’s hope is that when approachedby an ocer, the party in question willvoluntarily rectiy the situation so that theocer won’t have to.

In regards to the Fire Department, theissue wasn’t the type o uniorm the reghters were wearing so much as it was

the lack o uniorms. For the last ten years,Folly Beach re department personnel hadno uniorms. Tanks to Chie Brown’seforts, now they do.

With on-going hot-button issues suchas drinking on the beach, litter on thebeach, and dogs on a leash, Chie Brownbelieves that between the acilities, thetraining and resources made available

or he and his staf, the Public Saety Department will succeed in meeting the will o the people when it comes to dealing with these and other beach related matters.In act, with all o these items, the biggestchallenge Chie Brown oresees involvesthe return o the dispatch system andhow to make sure all the entities that allunder the Public Saety umbrella get equaltreatment upon its return.

Finally, ask Chie Denni s Brown why he

doesn’t carry a gun while on duty and he’lltell you it’s a distraction. In his experience,a sidearm has only proven to be a diversiono ones attention rom what he is trying tosay to — “Oooo. Look! A gun!”

alking to the people o Folly Beachis something Chie Brown hopes to doeven more now that the season has passed.Especially since Folly Beach is now bothChie Brown’s place o employment andhome to he and his wie, Amanda, andtheir two dogs. But, he doesn’t want tobe the only one doing all the talking. Inact, i you happen to catch Chie Browntaking a walk around the streets o Folly Beach, don’t be araid to address our new chie as “Dennis.”

“Only the people I work with call me‘Chie’. Everyone else calls me Dennis.”he remarks, adding that he hopes Folly’scitizens will want to know who theirdirector o Public Saety is and eelcomortable approaching him with ariendly “Hey!” Te way our new Directoro Public Saety sees it, when it comes toFolly Beach, “It’s my hometown now.”



Sheriff continued from cover

Sheriff Dennis Brown at work.



Fall is nally here! Te ne shingthat accompanies this change inseason has already begun. No more

need to be on the water at rst light toscratch out a ew hours o shing beore thehot temperatures turn the bite o. Anglerscan expect all species o sh to eed moreaggressively. And, oh yeah, there will bemuch less trac on the water to boot!

Recently, we’ve been casting articialsto redsh on the fats at low t ide and oundthem to be nicky. So, back to the triedand true cracked blue crab. Set up yourboat a good distance rom the school and wait or the redsh to come back to you. We’ve been using size 3/0 circle hooks andit’s really important to make sure the hook point comes out nice and clean rom thecrab to ensure a good hook set. It’s best toput the rod in a holder and only pick it uponce the drag starts singing.

Te top water trout bite has really beensmoking rst thing in the morning. A creature o habit, I usually start with SuperSpook Jrs. My avorite colors are black head/chartreuse body and silver shad. I these aren’t working, I’ll switch over to alure with a slimmer prole like Yo Zuri’sbanana boat. Remember to alternate yourrate o retrieve until you nd one that

works. As an added bonus, we’ve beenhaving big redsh bull rush these luresand absolutely crush them.

Te founder season has been one o the better ones in recent memory. Fingermullet shed under a popping cork hasbeen working very well. Some o our bestbites have come at low tide either aroundrock piles or along sandy bottoms. It hasn’tbeen unusual or a client to tell me they are stuck on something only to watch therod tip start dipping up and down. Severalfounder in the 3-4lb. range have made itinto the boat recently.

Fly shing has been best during big hightides or “tailing tides” when the redsh

are way up in the grass. Tis produces

very exciting shing as anglers can seethe backs and tails o redsh as they puttheir noses in the mud to orage or crabs.Spoon fies have been particularly eectiveand we’ve been using Dupre’s spoon fy intheir root beer color quite oten. Whencasting to redsh, remember to lead thesh by several eet — hitting them squareon the head will cause them to spook andrace away.

See you on the water!

Capt. Geo Bennett operates Charleston

Charter Fishing providing y fshing and light tackle charters. Clients choose rom a ull menu o y rods, artifcial and live bait fshing options with charters tailored to their desires.USCG licensed and insured, Capt. Bennett is committed to providing a sae and enjoyable charter to anglers o all skill levels and ages.For more inormation, call Capt. Bennett at 843-324-3332, visit his website at www.charlestoncharterfshing.com or email him at [email protected].

September Fishing Report

By Captain Geoff Bennett

Captain Geoff Bennett of Charleston Charter Fishing with a massive Spot Tail Bass.




Sudku

S olution on page 11Level: Medium

It’s not a dogwood, but it does have alittle bite.

One o the loveliest trees o the eastern

United States, it is airly common romPennsylvania through the Appalachianssouth to Georgia, down through the Floridapanhandle and into Louisiana. It likes highground, usually on blus and slopes, otenin sandy woods in the company o sassaras,hickories, persimmons, blackjack oak, andpost oak.

Tis is a small tree, usually no morethan about 30 eet tall. Large specimensmay have a trunk about a oot in diameter. When I was in school, we were taught a way to recognize this species in a orest:once the trees attain some size, the trunkscommonly lean over a bit.

Te leaning isn’t always prominent, and

there are better ways to recognize it. Ona sizeable tree, the bark will be gray andblocky. Its twigs are mostly smooth, andsomewhat reddish. Te leaves are up to 8 orso inches long, shaped like a slender ootball(some people compare them to the leaves o a peach tree), with a distinctive margin o tiny, sharp teeth, especially toward the tip.

Chew on one o the leaves and you will be rewarded with a strong, and not

unpleasant, sour taste, something likesorrel. Te shiny green leaves have anothersurprise in store or us, as they will turn abrilliant red in the all, and you can seethem starting this display now. It is one o the best all-color plants around, and orthat reason is popular as a yard tree.

Blooming time is mid-summer, andowers appear in spray-like clusters on theends o branches. Individual owers aresmall, white and tubular, and look a bit like

a blueberry ower. (In act, our Mystery Plant is a member o the blueberry, or“heath” amily, along with rhododendrons,mountain laurel, and heather.) Each owerhangs, prominently down-turned.

Again, a wonderul treat is provided:honeybees go crazy or these blooms, andsome o the world’s fnest honey is maderom it. Bee keepers sometimes move thehives around, at just the right time, tomake sure that these trees are available tothe little helpers at just the right time.

As the owers age, and as the youngcapsules begin to develop, the ower stalk will curve upward. Eventually, the ripeseed-pods will be sticking straight up, and

ater splitting open, releasing plenty o tiny,tiny seeds.

John Nelson is the curator o the Herbariumat the University o South Carolina, in the Department o Biological Sciences, ColumbiaSC 29208. As a public service, the Herbariumoers ree plant identifcations. For more inormation, visit www.herbarium.org or call 803-777-8196.

Mystery plant

By John nelSon

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Photo by Linda Lee





Only On FOlly Police Blotter

By Blake Bunch

Not Getting Pricked

Two officers responded to a call onMay 18 in regards to a man sleeping

on the beach near 11th Block. Uponarrival, at 7:18am, the off icers noticeda white male asleep in a sleeping bag;beer cans strewn around him. Onceawake, the subject stood up revealing aplastic baggy in his pocket. The baggy produced had ten grams of pot in it,and the officers found a hypodermicneedle on the subject as well. Afterstating that he had just gotten a job outon the beach, and had nowhere to live,the man was cited with possession of marijuana and given a verbal warningabout sleeping on the beach. Theaforementioned syringe was disposedof in a biohazard sharp container, and

must have been used for taking watersamples. Hypodermic needles aresketchy, unless you are a diabetic.

Bubble Gum Fraud

On June 1 an officer wa s dispatched to216 East Cooper Avenue in regards totheft from a vehicle. Upon his arrival,the officer spoke with the complainant,

who stated that someone had brokeninto his friend’s car. The thief madeoff with a 1911 Eddie Plank baseballcard, which was valued at $25,000 -$175,000. Obviously the passengerside window was shattered, and theenvelope containing the card was takenout from the center console. Duringquestioning, the complainant liedseveral times, stating that the cardbelonged to his “dead step father,”and was also very uncooperative. Theowner of the car was very difficult withthe officer as well, failing to provideconcrete answers to general questionsand being very evasive. Since theofficer received aid from neither thecomplainant nor owner of the vehicle,he left this case open. With the end of summer quickly approaching, surely allbar flies could use that kind of cash.

Getting Ripped Off?

On July 25, units from the PublicSafety Department were d ispatched tothe pier regarding to a burglar alarmactivation. Upon their arrival, theofficers noticed two subjects insidea gated structure on the pier withinplain view of “no trespassing” signs.

The male subject was handcuffed, with the female subject followingshortly. The female subject then beganto use profane language towards theofficer, and smelled strongly of booze,maintaining an “altered mental status.”

While refusing to hand the officers hershorts, which she wasn’t wearing, sheaccused the officer of trying to “touchher ass.” She continued to be belliger ent,and was arrested. Officers found abag of synthetic herbal “marijuana inthe male’s pocket, of which he was notcharged. Both subjects were charged

with trespassing, and given a benchtrial date. Officers further went tolocate the female subject’s purse, whichhad several more bags of synthetic stuff in it. It is amazing what lengths people

will go to get stoned, but in this casethey didn’t get charged for fake herb.

The Second Time is a Charm

On July 27, a Deputy was on patrolon West Ashley Avenue when he

was flagged down by a Loggerhead’semployee. The employee informed theDeputy that a subject had been advisedto leave the establishment, and refusedto do so. Once the officer checked

the scene, the subject was hanging outunder the new deck, so he approachedthe man, who stated that he was goingto leave with his friends. No problems,so far. However, later on in theevening the officer was stationary atthe corner of West Indian Avenue andCenter Street, when he used his radarto determine the vehicle was travellingat 44 miles per hour. After initiating atraffic stop, the officer asked the driverto exit the vehicle. He then performeda “terry frisk,” at which point thesubject informed the officer that he hadherb in his possession. As it turns out,the subject was the same knuckleheadrefusing to leave Loggerhead’s, and wasarrested for possession of marijuana, as well ascareless operation of avehicle. If you get a

break once, man, call ita night.

S e v e r a l c l a S S i c c a S e S o f c r a z y , a S w e l l a S a f e w t h a t g o t l e f t o u t



Folly Current Calendar

September 16 - October 1

Friday , September 16

Movies In the Park Join us at James Island County Park or moviesunder the stars! Event is ree with regular gateadmission. Call 795-4386 or more inormation,or visit www.ccprc.com or movie titles. Nopre-registration required! 8 – 10 pm. Free.

S aturday , September 17

Bill Noel Book Signing Copies o Folly, Te Pier, Washout, Te Edgeand the latest installment in the Folly BeachMystery series, Te Marsh will be available.Piggly Wiggly, 5 -7 p.m.

Fishing Pier Tournament Join us at the Folly Beach Fishing Pier, thesecond largest pier on the East coast! An adultchaperone is required or participants ages 15and under. ournaments held rain or shine.Online registration now available; but willend at midnight on the Tursday beore eachtournament. On-site registration available and will begin at 6:00am. ournaments end at4:00pm and prizes a re awarded at 4:15pm. Foradditional inormation, call the Folly BeachFishing Pier at 588-3474.

Fee: $14/$12 CCR Discount. 6 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Jump in the Park Come out and play at Jump in the Park! Ki ds will love the jump castles and other inatableequipment. With plenty to entertain the kids,parents are sure to have a relaxing day under theshade at the nearby picnic tables and benches,and still be able to keep an eye on the youngsters.It’s a playully un addition to your amily’s day out at the park! An adult chaperone is requiredor all participants. For more inormation call795-4386 or visit www.ccprc.com. Age: 3-12.11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Fee: $5

monday , September 19

Sip, See, Shop, and SocializeIt’s a well known act: women like great ood, wine, jewelry, and shopping. Combine all our

you get a girls’ night out event or Charlestonarea women to meet, sip, socialize and shop.Te ree event takes place September 19 rom4:30 until 7:30 at Savory Sushi and Cateringat 1956-B Maybank Highway in the erraceShopping Center. During the evening womenare invited to enjoy a wine tasting and pairing with Savory’s Gourmet-to-Go selections, atrunk show o Stella and Dot Jewelry, andaccess to special deals rom Go CharlestonDeals. Attendees may purchase jewelry, deals, wine and Gourmet-to-Go casseroles. Doorprizes will be awarded. Te evening’s bonus orthe frst 50 guests will be a Goodie Envelopeflled with savings coupons rom all eventpresenters. Space is limited and RSVPs arerequested and can be made by calling Savory Sushi at 762-3338 or by reserving space at

www.su.pr/2JkK6.

thurSday , September 22

Yappy Hour at James Island County Park Join us ater work at the James Island County Park dog park or beverages and live music by singer Nathan Calhoun. Mingle with riendsold and new while your dog runs around withhis avorite pals. Tis event is ree with regularpark admission. Outside alcohol and coolersare prohibited. Call 795-4FUN (4386) ormore inormation. 4 p.m. – sunset

Friday , September 23

Moonlight MixerDance the night away under the stars at theFolly Beach Fishing Pier as loc al DJ Jim Bowersspins the hottest oldies and beach music around!Beverages will be available or purchase on site.Only 600 tickets will be sold or this event.Call 795-4FUN (4386) or more inormation. Ages 3 & up. 7 – 11 p.m. $10

S aturday , September 24

Kites For a CureTis amily riendly kite y will raise money orUniting Against Lung Cancer, a research undin honor o Dr. Keisha Kirkland, an athletic

non-smoker currently fghting the disease.Te y will occur rom 10 am to noon on thebeach in ront o Te ides hotel. Lung canceris the worldís number one cancer killer, killingmore than the other top our cancers combined(breast, prostate, pancreatic, colon) yet undingor lung cancer research lags dramatically behind. One in 16 women will develop lungcancer. Kites and t-shirts will be provided orthe event, and all donations go to researchor treating the disease. Call Kathy Dingee at478-2697 or email [email protected] or acopy o the registration orm.

Folly Beach Anglers Annual JimmieBrownlee Beer TossTe anglers will hold their annual toss by theides Hotel rom 11 am to 4 pm. Tis causesupports amilies in need on Folly Beach. Comeout or lots o amily un.

Parent and Child rips: Folly River Kayaking

Enjoy the great outdoors and learn new skills while spending quality time as a amily. Teseprograms are or children and their parents. A registered and paid chaperone is required orparticipants ages 15 and under. Join us or abeautiul paddle along Folly River. Te tidalcreeks and marshes o the Folly River are ull o natural beauty. Bring Mom or Dad and work onyour kayaking skills. Pre-registration Required.9 – 3 pm. Meets at James Island County Park.$34.

Sunday , September 25

United Methodist Church 65th Anniversary Home Coming (see story page 11)

WedneSday . September 28

Dog Park Dynamics Join experts rom Bark Busters Home Dograining to learn about canine behavior at thedog park! With time split between classroominstruction and observation in the dog park,humans will learn how dogs communicate,how to identiy emotions in dogs rom theirbody language, how a dog’s temperament and

experience play a role in their dog park trip,and tips or how to keep dogs sae and happy at the park. Tis un program is ree with park admission and is or humans only. Meets atEdisto Hall. 6 – 7 pm.

thurSday , September 29

Home Energy Conservation WorkshopTe Sustainability Institute’s signature HomeEnergy Conservation Workshop will teachyou simple low cost and no cost ways to savemoney on your monthly energy bill and reduceenergy consumption. Come learn about how energy is used in the home and best pointso attack to cut energy waste, save money,and improve the health and comort o yourhome. Pre-registration is required, howeverthe program is ree. 6 – 8 pm. Meets at JamesIsland County Park.

S aturday , october 1

Shag Club Fishing Tournamenet Te Islanders Shag Club & the GreaterCharleston Ski Club will be holding theirannual Inshore Fishing ournament onSaturday October 1st. Te Captains meeting will be held at the Folly Beach Crab Shack onuesday, Sept 27 th time 6:30-8:00 pm. Cashprizes will be awarded or trout, sheephead,bass and ounder. All proceeds will beneftthe Ronald McDonald House. Applicationsare available online at charlestonskiclub.org orislandersshagclub.com. For more inormationcall Debbie Disher at 588-6010 or Julie illmanat 588-0123.

For a ull listing o kayak, stand-up paddleboard, climbing wall, birding, and other coursesand activities at the James Island County Park,visit www.ccprc.com

Want to Join FIDO and let your dog of-leash on Folly Beach?

Visit the sign-up sheet ororientation dates and registration at www.wix.com/ollydogclub/fdo





Local Man Diagnosed With A Phobia o Phobias

FOLLY BEACH, SC--- An area Folly bartender was recently diagnosed with anirrational phobia o phobias. Te man, who requested anonymity out o ear o seeinghis name in the paper, barely made it to the doctor to obtain the diagnosis. A riend and

ellow coworker tricked him into thinking they were going downtown to go drinkingand buy V-neck t-shirts, which happen to be two o the only things he’s not araid o.

“Te doctor told me he’d never seen anything like it…that he ound me to be scaredo nearly everything, even the thought o being scared,” he said via text, his only ormo communication with people not tipping him or buying him shots. “I ear ear.”

When asked to provide examples o this irrational behavior, he said he once screeched when seeing a moth and told riends he had a ying dinosaur in his house or weeks.He also said he’ll only watch true crime V shows during daylight hours and reuses toride his bike by himsel ater dusk.

Local Man Meets Bill Murray, Fulflls Dreams o Being 6 Degrees From Kevin Bacon

FOLLY BEACH, SC--- Te island ound itsel abuzz this past week as comedian andCharleston’s most amous resident, Bill Murray, led a pub crawl around the beach intothe wee hours. Folly’s avorite village idiot, Alex Hunter, ollowed Mr. Murray rom barto bar until able to shake the actor’s hand.

“I’m pretty sure he knew I was ollowing him…any time he’d see me looking at himhe’d close his tab and move on,” said Hunter, oten reerred to as a ‘simpleton’ by those who know him best. “So I moved on and went to his next spot. Finally, at Sur Bar, Ibought him a shot. He told me he didn’t want it because I bought it or him but thathe’d take it anyway. We took the shot and I grabbed his hand and shook it beore hecould pull it back.”

Hunter urther explained he didn’t care about meeting the Ghostbuster as much asbeing 6 degrees to Kevin Bacon.

“At that moment I’d nally done it…cross it of the bucket list, ellas. Huntershakes Murray’s hand, who was in Groundhog Day with Andie McDowell, who starredalongside Michael Keaton in Multiplicity, whom im Burton directed in Batman beoredirected, o which who was part o the cast? You guessed it…Kevin Bacon!” At thatmoment I’d nally done it…cross it of the bucket list, ellas. Hunter shakes Murray’shand, who was in Groundhog Day with Andie McDowell, who starred alongsideMichael Keaton in Multiplicity, who lent his voice to oy Story 3 with om Hanks, who starred in Apollo 13 with Kevin Bacon!

God Unveils Plans For Heaven’s Launch O Steve Jobs

HE HEAVENS--- God, Father to Christ and Almighty Creator o the Universe,announced to the congregation o all Angels and Saints today his plans or Heaven’slaunch o Apple Founder and CEO, Steve Jobs. Long rumored amongst the Choir o Angels (though not so much amongst the Saints), God’s announcement puts to restthe long rumored inormation. Notoriously secretive in his human lie on Earth, Jobsannounced ater years o health problems his plans to step down rom his day to day operations at Apple.

“In doing that, Steve al lowed us to start with phase 1 o his launch up here in Heaven,and boy, let me tell you…we are excited,” said an unusually ecstatic God.

Known or reinvigorating a dying company with innovative, culture-changingtechnology such as the iPod, the iPhone, and most recently, the iPad, one can only imagine what Mr. Jobs has in store or Heaven, a place with supposedly limitlesspossibilities.

“O course I know what Steve is going to accomplish up here,” explained a moredeensive God. “Ater all, I’m God.”

Folly Fantasy League Drat o Be Held Tis Weekend

FOLLY BEACH, SC--- Move over Fantasy Football…a whole new antasy game willbe starting next week: Te Folly Fantasy League. With the end o the busy seasonand the exit o mass tourism, local Folly Beachers are about to get their island back. Inyears past, th is meant estivals once a month and that’s about it. o ramp things upthis time around, the city announced that it will hold the rst ever drat or the Folly Fantasy League, a game which will assemble teams to score points based on drunkenaccomplishments and escapades during the of season.

Get hit by a car? 25 points. Face plant on your mountain bike and break your nose?10 points. Forget to pay your tab? 1 point. Remember to pay your tab? -1 point. Inbed by midnight? -5 points. Etc.

Go to the Folly Beach Library this Sunday at noon to sign up or the dra t. Players will be ranked based on past perormance as well as uture potential. Full sheets o how to score points will be provided at the drat. Stay tuned to the Folly Current in two weeks or the rst set o standings.

The Folly FonionBy DaviD CrawforD Get your music on!

Te October 14 issue o the Folly Current is the Music Issue!

Do you have a favorite musical memory on Folly Beach? We want to hear it!

Are you in a band? We want to list you in our directory and

put your music on our website.

Venue owner? Let us know your avorite acts that perorm at your

establishment, and why you love hosting local, l ive music.

I you have any suggestions or would liketo contribute to our music issue, please

email [email protected]

Deadline or submissions is October 4.




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Vince Perna is a Folly Beach real estate expert who also loves music. I you want to know i you can live on Folly, you can fnd him at 31 Center Street or by calling 588-3800.

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After Midnight…

Yes, We Let it all Hang Out?By Fay a.

Ihave always been one to pay a gooddeal o attention to people aroundme and how they behave in dierent

environments. Tere seems to besomething that happens to just abouteveryone ater Mother Nature’s lights go

out. Sometimes when I sit outside, I think about people I know in other places whoeither just saw, or will soon be seeing, thesame stars that I’m enjoying. Sometimesit causes me to be contemplative, oremotional, and sometimes… they makeme go a bit out o character.

wilight seems to give people thecourage and patience to enjoy to the ul lestevery single morsel o resh air that they aregited. Being wrapped in moonlight, warmgentle breezes, and shadow, not only makesour pupils dilate, it make our personalitiesbroaden. All things, though more hidden,are much clearer in the elusive dark cornerso twilight. Te truth seems to come outthere. I believe we all eel saer, more

mysterious, and more receptive to exposingparts o ourselves that don’t normally seethe bright light o day.

Darkness inevitably invokes somethingin people that gives them the liberty torelease the oodgates, i you will; all o their inhibitions seem to wash away. Teirreak ags y at ull mast, and at the endo the day, i they are one o our ellow Folly olk, we all understand, orgive, andorget; because every one o us has beenthere beore. Almost anyone I know that considers themselves a regular to thescene knows that sometimes we all down,sometimes we all on the way up, we allor each other, we fght, we make ools o ourselves, we clearly umble in the midsto both good decisions and bad ones.

ucked up in the middle o all o that aorementioned craziness, and my coincidental alliterative “” kick, is onelovely notion, however. It’s oten aterthe sun has set that we fnd ourselvesmeeting those people that we are the mostcompatible with. It’s when so many peoplefnd themselves alling or each other.

I wonder i that’s why the golden ruleo not dating people you work with exists?Maybe meeting people at the end o yourday; when the stress is on hiatus until thealarm rings again, ater a martini, ater adeep breath and the chance to sink back

into yoursel once more… maybe, this isthe best time to meet someone that youcan actually spend comortable quality time with.

Let’s be honest, I am quite possibly biased about this whole darkness thing,as I am mysel nocturna l. I worked thisevening on our beloved Center St. got home

at 3:48 a.m., showered, started writing,and now the clock reads 5:37. Yet, I willsay, as an avid observer o the night timecrowd, some o the best pairings I haveever seen — be them beautiul riendshipsor more — have occurred between people who were in a state o truthul relaxation.No one was pretending, there wereno ulterior motives; just people beingpeople… letting it all hang out.

Tose are, to this day, the relationshipsthat have lasted. And those are still thereason that Folly is Folly. Everyone whocomes here alls in love, not only with thebeauty o our secret little island, but withus, because we are a cumulative ‘Us.’ Weare a Folly amily that everyone wants

to be a part o, but only the chosen ew actually get to experience.

As another summer comes to a close, we will fnd our streets clearing out as allo the tourists return to wherever they came rom, and it will just be us again.Let’s be sure to savor it.

I suppose this is my love letter to you,my Folly riends and amily, or all o ourmishaps, missteps, misunderstandings,mistakes, and misbehaving… we stillhave each other; one big conglomerate o miscreants. And I love you all. 5:56a.m…Fay A. signing o.

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J

ust days after Hurricane Irene

swept across our shores, TheCharleston Bocce League

ventured out to Folly Beach to commencetheir semi finals and finals for theseason’s Championship Tournament.Upon arriving at the beach, it was all tooclear that a major storm had just passed.The water line was up to the dunes andthere were patches of dune grass strewnthroughout the beach. Where 12 inchesdeep of deep soft white sand used to lie,the beach had been washed away andreplaced by a hard, unforgiving black grit.

The ocean was still churning,murky at best, with gray foaming white

caps. The clouds were dark and rainfelt imminent. What used to be blueskies, white beaches and a bluish-greenocean was transformed into a muddledmixture of grays. Clearly, the mood wasset for the f inal leg of the tournament.

First up in the semi-finals wasour 2nd season team Coach andK-Dog (Paul Stevens & Kevin Ward)currently the 4th place seed enteringthe tournament, taking on the 1st placeseed and freshman team Balls to theVol (Aaron Alexander & Slim). Afterthe first couple of rounds Coach andK-Dog had a commanding lead up 3-0.

But Balls to t he Vol weren’t going to roll

over and play dead. They fought back and took the lead with some impressiveball skills. A few unfortunate tosses by Coach and K-Dog were all it took to sealtheir fate as Bal ls to the Vol advanced tothe finals.

Concurrently, the second leg of thesemi-finals was being battled out by 2nd place seed and freshman teamBocce Bros (Matthew Johnson & ZachCarichiuta) taking on the 6th placeseed and 2nd season team Bocce andBullwinkle (Katie & Adam Webb –yours truly). Unbeknownst to eitherteam was the bocce battle that wasabout to ensue! Bocce and Bullwinkle,

being the only coed team in the semi-finals, had something to prove. Aftertwo rounds Bocce and Bullwinkle wereable to squeak a 2 -1 lead, but it wouldn’tlast long. Bocce Bros battled right back to take the lead at 3-2. Then someimpressive skills and a good turn of luck led by Katie gave Bocce and Bullwinklea commanding 6-3 lead (playing to 7).Bocce Bros had other plans however.

A few key rounds with some defensivemaneuvering and great tosses breathednew life into this game. After what musthave been a 45 minute battle the BocceBros were able to take the lead and then

the win with a 8-6 final score, moving

on to the finals.The battle for 3rd place between

Coach and K-Dog & Bocce andBullwinkle was short and to the point.Bocce and Bullwinkle still pumping

with adrenaline and fuming from theirloss, they made short work of Coach andK-Dog. With 4 points in round 1 and3 in round two Bocce and Bullwinklesecured 3rd with a commanding 7-0

win.

The sun was setting as the finalsbegan between Balls to the Vol andthe Bocce Bros. It was a great spectacleto watch! Here were the two teamsthat rightfully belonged in the finals.Neither team had missed a single matchout of the 42 played throughout theseason, and neither team dropped below the top 3 for the season. It was truly abattle between the best and both wereout to prove a point. The name of thegame with these two teams is the longball. If they had a motto it could be “golong or go home”.

Balls to the Vol started out strong,and after only a few rounds had a 3-0lead. The Bocce Bros weren’t going togo out without a fight though. They fought hard and threw well to take thethird round with a single point bringing

the score to 3-1. Balls to the Vol wasn’t

having it though and made the last tworounds game changers. You know it’struly impressive to see these two teamstoss a 107mm ball what must have been30 plus yards at a target the size of a golf ball and land within 6 inches of it timeand time again! But that’s exactly whathappened, and Balls to the Vol showeda commanding presence with the lastfew rounds to close out the match witha 7-1 victory!

Loggerhead’s Beach Grill, thisyear’s league sponsor, hosted the awardceremony and the end of the yearcelebration. Balls to the Vol took the1st place trophy along with $300 prize

money and ensured that the CharlestonBocce League Championship Trophy stayed another season on Folly Beach!Bocce Bros took the 2nd place trophy and $200 prize money followed by Bocce and Bullwinkle in 3rd place with$100. Also honored was The Good, TheBad, The Bocce (Vanessa During &Chad Garrett) for the Baddest Ballersand Bocce Said She Was 18 Officer(Will Phillips & Bart Smith) for bestteam name! All in al l it was a great endto another successful season for theCharleston Bocce League.

Balls DeepB o c c e L e a g u e c L o s e s o u t t h e s u m m e r w i t h

s e a s o n e n d i n g t o u r n a m e n t

By AdAm WeBB

The Charleston Bocce League wrapped up their 2011 season with a tournament on Folly Beach at afterparty at Loggerhead’s. Congratulations to winning team Balls on the Vol





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In the middle o a beach volleyball

game at a crowded Mexicanresort this summer, I caught the

unmistakable utter o wings out o

the corner o my eye. Excited aboutthe thought o adding another bird

to my lie list, I quickly bailed on theongoing game, grabbed my camera rom

a nearby lounge chair, and spent thenext hour crouched next to a piling o

rocks, marveling at the incredible yellow color and black and white markings on

this risky little ycatcher. Being in

Mexico, I knew I would see a variety o birds unknown to North America,

but the Great Kiskadee was not one Ihad anticipated encountering; mainly

because shore birds are my ocus and I

would not expect a passerine to spend

time oraging along the water’s edge.

Once back in Charleston with a

reliable internet connection, I discovered

that the Great Kiskadee eats anythingrom insects and small lizards to ruit

and can occasionally be ound divingor fsh, making it one o the ew fsh-

eating passerines. Interestingly enough,this opportunistic behavior has allowed

the Great Kiskadee to expand its ra nge,permitting them to ourish in most urban

habitats throughout Central and South America as well as parts o Southern

exas. Tis particular individual was

photographed during a recent trip toPlaya del Carmen, Mexico.

The Great KiskadeeBy Lindsey Graham

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To paraphrase Saturday Night Live icons Hans andFranz, hear me now, believe me later; the ChicagoBears will be holding the Vince Lombardi trophy

at the end o the 2012 NFL season.

Keep in mind that this a team that was just one tender-oot o a quarterback and a mere seven points away rombeating last year’s eventual Super Bowl champions in theNFC Championship. With enough o the team still intact(and having ound some real keepers by dumpster divingthrough the Dallas Cowboys reuge — bull-rusher-soon-to-be-blocking-or-Matt-Forte Marion Barber, unheralded wide receiver Sam Hurd and sadly over-rated receiverRoy Williams), the Bears now have the sta, the deense,the oense, the depth and, as long as Devin Hester stayshealthy, the special teams to give them that little extraedge they’ll need to dethrone the reigning Super BowlChampions.

Te deending NFC North Division champions willhave an unorgiving September to get their year going,but i they can get past the Falcons, the Saints, and the

Packers with at least one win, the remainder o theirschedule should be easier to get through than a MissSouth Carolina spelling bee contest. Tis means that onceagain, the Bears will win their division and eventually runinto the Atlanta Falcons, whose staunch oensive line willnally meet their match in the deep and over-poweringstampede that will be the Chicago Bears deensive line.

Tat will make the dierence in this year’s NFCChampionship game. Ater that, it’s on to Indianapolisor Super Bowl XLVI (or Super Bowl 46, or the Romannumerically challenged) where they will play the team

who should just go ahead and become the ocial sponsoro the NFL’s season-ending spectacle and have their nameprecede the words ‘Super Bowl.’ When it comes to SuperBowl victories, the Pittsburgh Steelers have been there,done that, and have come close to doing it again moreoten than any other NFL team. Unortunately or Steelerans, Ben Roethlisberger will either be watching rom thesidelines or playing at less than 100% due to a late seasoninjury.

Enter the stifing Chicago Bears “D.” Pittsburgh’s

running game will be stued like a Folly Beach PO Boxduring election season. Roethlisberger will be orcingthrows, turn-overs will incur and the underdog ChicagoBears wil l be there to pick them clean, thus walking out o Lucas Oil Stadium with a surprising Super Bowl victory in tow. With that having been decided, here’s a rundowno how your avorite team will are by the end o thisootball season.

Super Bowl Champion wanna-be’s.

Did I say the Bears? I’m sorry, No, see, what I really meant to say was the…

..Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers, Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles.

“T’ank you! Come again!”

Like Marlon Brando in “On the Waterront,” these

teams could have been contenders:New Orleans, New York Giants, New York Jets,

Baltimore Ravens, Houston Texans, Detroit Lions, SanDiego Chargers, San Francisco 49rs.

Also rans.

Tese teams are like the Little Lebowski Underachievers:eams o promise that just didn’t have the means ora higher…actually they did have the means, but likeDonnie, were simply out o their element:

Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins, St. Louis Rams,Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Minnesota Vikings, Kansas City Chies, Bufalo Bills, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Denver Broncos.

Never had a chance.

Remember that movie “Rudy”? Yeah, well, these teams

are like the ‘Rudys’ o the NFL, except Rudy actually showed up to play.

Seattle Seahawks, Arizona Cardinals, Carolina Panthers,Oakland Raiders, Cleveland Browns, Tennessee Titans, Miami Dolphins.

So a priest, a rabbi and a monk walk into a bar inCincinnati…

Actual ly, I orget how that joke ends, but like the 2012NFL season, when it does, everyone will be laughing atthe Cincinnati Bengals dismal 0-16 record. Okay. Maybe1-15. Maybe.

Folly Beach Dude's Fearless FootballForecast for NFL Season 2011-12

BY JOEL FLORES

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