In this issue… • What’s next on the water issue? • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers presents plan • Who’s AECOM and should we care? …and more

September 2013 FREE The Newspaper of Edisto Island and Edisto Beach, South Carolina FREE Vol. 8 No. 9 The Water! So where do we go from here?

Recently I sat down with Bob Doub and talked water. Interestingly, he likes to talk about water. He should. He has been involved with it for over 21 years. Bob has also served in the Army National Guard and Reserve and retired as a Captain. He has a commanding presence — one he apparently acquired from his military service — which you will appreciate when you talk to him. WATER! (continued on page 2) Army Corps Presents Storm Plan

The Town of Edisto Beach and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, AECOM asked It’s held a public meeting to present their recommended plan to reduce for town meeting and gets it. politicking the effects of a hurricane or storm to the front beach area of Edisto Beach. The United States Senate passed But did they “get it”? time again a law establishing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) A meeting was requested Norm Anderson, AECOM Vice Four of our local and a draft of the integrated report by AECOM in a phone call President of Design-Build gave the citizens have thrown and Environmental Assessment to Councilman Mann. Mann presentation that lasted over an their hats into the ring has been made available for the confirmed that AECOM had hour. Anderson again confirmed for Edisto Beach Town public to review from Aug. 19 to contacted him and he passed the that he contacted Tommy Mann and Council. Babe Hutto and Sept. 18 on the internet and can be request on to the mayor. Mayor asked for an opportunity to present Tommy Mann will be viewed or downloaded at: http:// Lyons approved it and set the time to Town Council and the water running for re-election and www.sac.usace.army.mil/Missions/ and date for the council and the committee their capabilities and Susan Hornsby will make a CivilWorks/NEPADocuments. water committee to meet. The a different approach to the Town’s come-back bid to return to This study suggest several mayor repeatedly stated the meeting water problems. Anderson offered her position on the council. alternatives to reduce damage was being done at no cost to the background on the company, stating Patty Smyer is a new comer from a storm to the beachfront and town and asked specifically that it that AECOM is the world’s largest to politics and is eager to ultimately recommends the be published in the Edisto News so engineering company with be involved.  CORPS (continued on page 6) that “it didn’t cost the town a dime”. AECOM (continued on page 5) Page 2 The Edisto News September 2013 WATER! (continued from page 1) grown by 1.5 million gallons each year. That’s a Bob started his career working for Nivens 3,000,000 (3million gallon) increase. That means Engineering on a project for the Town of Holly Hill; the two storage tanks, that total 300,000 gallons he was responsible for updating the Town’s water must refill three to five times per day. What we system; drinking water and wastewater. He helped need is a 500,000 gallon elevated tank. Therein create a study of the system as well as managed the lies the problem, no one wants to see it, no one installation of a 500,000 elevated water tank. After wants to pay for it, so nothing gets done. The 5 years with Nivens Engineering, Bob was hired mayor and others have constantly reminded us by the Town of Holly Hill as the manager of the about the potential disaster of a house fire in the Utility Department in Holly Hill where he spent middle of the tourist season. No one really knows an additional 5 years and received the SCRWA if we would have the water to fight it. If the tanks “Wastewater Operator of the Year” award in 1999. were low, the pumps would be hard pressed to Bob’s current position is the Utilities Director at the Bob Doub has received numerous Starfish Awards. deliver the water to fight the fire. Town of Edisto Beach, where he has been for the But, disasters aside, we are using more water past 11 years. He currently possesses an “A” Water hydrants on the available six inch or greater lines. than ever before. Although we are approaching a Distribution, “B” Biological Wastewater, “C” Water The town has two storage tanks, the elevated total build-out of available properties, the houses Treatment and “C” Wastewater Collection license, tank at town hall that holds 100,000 gallons and that are being built or are replacing the older not to mention an Asbestos Certification for the the 200,000 gallon ground level tank on Palmetto ones, are much larger and in turn use more water. Public Works sector. Road. The ground level tank has two wells and The strain on the system is increasing by the When we started our conversation, I asked two booster pumps to push the water across the upsurge in use. The old lines and valves are failing about the history of the system. According causeway and onto the beach. The elevated tank with greater regularity and some of the pumps are to records, the Town of Edisto Beach was uses gravity to push the water through the system. not as efficient as they were. incorporated in 1970 and in 1976 started buying The booster pumps were replaced recently after According to Doub, we need to implement some of the small water systems that local continued problems and now are in relatively the scheduled repairs as outlined in the Capital residents had pulled together on their own. good shape. The large tanks are routinely Improvement Plan. Each year Bob sets a list of This included parts of Jungle Shores, areas of inspected and flushed on a yearly rotation. The goals that he determines are the highest priorities Wyndham, Bay Point and the Sea Island Water tanks are in good shape at present. to keep the town running. However, there is one Company which owned the Lions Club well that So what do we need? Most desperately, we problem; money. He has a budget, and if something is still in use today. need to increase our storage and well pumping fails or has to be repaired, that takes away from The present system includes 26 miles of pipe capacity. The pump at Bay Creek can run at 550 the objectives he had set. So getting to a preventive ranging in size from 10 inches down to two inches. gallons per minute (gpm) and the Docksite pump maintenance program is very difficult. Some of it is the original pipe from the ‘70s and can run at 265 gpm. The others are in between. The cost of maintaining the town’s utilities is those are in need of attention. The larger original The old pump at the Lions Club only produces 85 surprising: pipes are made of cement and asbestos and the gallons per minute. We need two more wells that • Electricity can run as high as $5,500 or more joints and valves are failing on a regular basis. On can run at about 400 gpm or better. each month. Point Street, the smaller lines were replaced last As for storage there is a problem during the • SC Department of Health and Environmental month with 6 inch lines and 6 new fire hydrants busiest parts of the season. For the last two years Control (DHEC) user fees — $18,000 were installed. The town has a total of 147 fire the water use around the Fourth of July has • Maintaining the water tanks and inspections — $17,800 • Fire hydrant service and testing $6,000 • Then there is the cost of licensing each utility employee — $1,000 each.

Utility employees are licensed, not certified. They go to school and take a test. It requires 28 hours of classroom instruction then they have to pass the exam. And they must have continuing education on a regular basis. So even if we can’t drink the water, we still need it. And if we don’t start taking care of the pipes and pumps and valves, they are going to fail. We can fix them at the time of our choosing or we can Band-Aid the system until it totally fails. As Bob Doub says,”The wells and pumps are like the heart of the Town of Edisto. If they fail, just like the heart in a human body, the community dies.” Imagine having no water at all! When not working, Bob enjoys outdoor activities and the beach with his family. That include his lovely wife of 24 years, Harriett, three children and five grandchildren.  The Edisto News September 2013 Page 3 Water, water everywhere, but not a drop fit to drink!

Recent rains have caused 1. Dispose of old tires, buckets, localized flooding around parts of aluminum cans, plastic Edisto Beach and Edisto Island. The sheeting or other refuse saturated ground caused the water that can hold water. Empty to stand for most of the day after accumulated water from trash a recent downpour that dropped cans, boats, wheel barrows, pet about three inches in a little over dishes, and flower pot bottoms. two hours. Utility crews made If possible, turn these items certain that drainage ditches were over when they are not in use. clear but the water had nowhere 2. Clean debris from rain to go. So it puddle along Palmetto gutters and unclog obstructed Boulevard and on the lower end of downspouts. Clogged rain the beach for most of the rainy days. gutters are one of the most The Edisto Beach State Park overlooked breeding sites for received 8.63 inches of rain between mosquitoes around homes. July 28 and August 26. The average Remove any standing water on high temperature was 87.8 and flat roofs or around structures. the average low temperature was Repair leaking faucets and 76 degrees for the same period. air conditioners that produce Colleton County had received 44.9 puddles for several days. inches of rain as of July 21 this 3. Change water in bird baths year. The average yearly rainfall for and wading pools at least once Edisto Island and the surrounding a week and keep swimming area is 45.4 inches. pools cleaned and chlorinated. While the mosquitoes have Ornamental pools can be not been too bad, on the beach aerated or stocked with this year they came out with a mosquito-eating fish. Aeration vengeance after a mid-August / water movement helps deluge. The Town of Edisto Beach because mosquitoes prefer will begin their spraying program quiet, non-flowing water for the first of September or sooner. egg-laying and development. The most effective way to reduce 4. Fill or drain ditches and the number of mosquitoes around swampy areas, and other soil homes and neighborhoods is to depressions and remove, drain, find and eliminate their breeding or fill tree holes and stumps site; standing water. Regardless with mortar or sealant to of our recent weather patterns, prevent accumulation of water. there are plenty of potential Eliminate standing water places in which mosquitoes can and seepage around animal develop. An old birdbath, stagnant watering troughs, cisterns, swimming pool, or clogged rain and septic tanks. Be sure that gutter can produce hundreds of cistern screens are intact and new mosquitoes in a just a few that access covers fit tightly. days. Any place where rainwater 5. Irrigate lawns and gardens has collected can be a bug heaven. carefully to prevent water from Large areas of standing water, such standing for several days. as swamps, slow moving streams or ditches require efforts beyond Using of a mosquito larvicide the ability of individual property may help when you have water that owners and Edisto Beach and can’t be easily drained. Larvicides Tell our advertisers Charleston County have programs are insecticides that are used to to help with those. control the lava that swim in the that you saw their ad However, there are a few steps stagnant water. These products can that you can take to minimize eradicate the immature mosquitoes in the Edisto News mosquito breeding on your before they have a chance to develop property: into biting adults.  Page 4 The Edisto News September 2013 Letters to the Edisto News

Dear Editor, coming to Edisto for 10 years now. The last three We recently voted and rejected a water winters were extended visits. I always look forward referendum. This is the second time in recent to reading your paper when on the island. I really history we have done this. It was rejected twice miss keeping up with the news when we are home. for the same reason; the citizens do not trust the Now, I can feel connected while we look forward to council to spend the money wisely. We would all our next trip to Edisto. Thanks! welcome better water, but it must be done in a way D Mathews that we can live with financially. We have each compensated for the poor water in our own way. We are all aware of the issues of water quantity Sign up for the Tablets & Smartphones and quality but the problem comes with the price training at the Edisto Library on Monday, tag for the solution. We advertise ourselves as a September 16th from 10:30–Noon. Call or come family beach, when in reality we are a retirement by to register. community, with the majority of us living on fixed incomes. When the cost to live on Edisto Marilyn Bowman becomes a burden; we risk losing the laid-back Edisto Branch Library simplicity that attracted us. 843-869-2355 or 843-603-0966 Perhaps the town should investigate a capital improvement plan that would give us a blueprint to deal with not only water but our aging The Annual Blessing of the Animals will take infrastructure. With set goals and timelines it place at Trinity on Sunday, October 6, 2013 at 4 will be possible for Edisto Beach to plan ahead PM. Please come and show your pets that you love and find a workable solution, not just putting a them almost as much as they love you. bandaid on a problem. Susan Hornsby Ken Korpanty Animal Lovers of Edisto, Canine Rescue Editor, CLICK IT We want to clear up one issue that has come up a few times lately. There are two projects related to OR TICKET 526 that have been in the news recently. One is a County project and the other is not. Note: Letters to the Edisto News are printed as The Mark Clark Expressway Completion EDISTO submitted, neither altered nor corrected, with Project is a Charleston County project and we will DAY AND NIGHT formatting changes only. continue to answer any questions that come our way as the information becomes available. Please see the project information on County Council’s webpage at: http://www.charlestoncounty.org/ departments/Council/index.htm The I-526 Widening Project is NOT a Golf cart operators must have a Charleston County project. This falls under the valid driver’s license. South Carolina Department of Transportation, and information can be found on its website at: http://www.scdot.org/inside/i-526/I526.aspx Thank you

Shawn Smetana Media Relations Coordinator Charleston County Government Office: (843) 958-4007 Cell: (843) 696-1199 [email protected] www.charlestoncounty.org 4045 Bridge View Drive North Charleston, SC 29405 No golf carts on Palmetto Boulevard. I can’t tell you how happy I was to find your publication on line. My husband and I have been The Edisto News September 2013 Page 5 AECOM (continued from page 1) design point for the system at over 40,000 employees and has an estimated price of $30,000 to completed projects in 130 countries. $40,000. We just spent $59,983 Their total sales were over $8 billion on the URS study. (That would in 2012. AECOM’s specializes be $100,000 just for studies in less in water, wastewater, storm than a year) water, water resources and civil • This would establish hard engineering to local municipalities, numbers for the cost to build and regional authorities and the Federal operate a reverse osmosis system government. They have reverse for the Town of Edisto Beach osmosis systems in 10 states with In the end when asked about the one reverse osmosis plant in the total cost for a system, Anderson Hilton Head. said it would likely exceed $7 Anderson focused on the million. There was a collective sigh progressive design-build solution for of disappointment in the room. Edisto Beach and listed the steps in progressive design-build: Question and answer period • Select the design-build team based followed the presentation. The primarily on experience and following is a list of notable qualifications through an RFQ questions and answers. (request for qualifications) 1. Question: On 30 percent • Selected design-builder works estimate, does the URS work with the client staff (for a fixed give you some of what you fee) to develop innovative ideas for need? Answer: We would meeting project objectives and costs, utilize the information as completion of a 30 percent design much as possible. and provide a guaranteed maximum 2. Question: On the deep well price for the owner’s approval. in the URS proposal is this • If agreement on a fixed price is what you would recommend? reached, then the project proceeds Answer: We are not convinced to completion. If agreement the deep well strategy is the can’t be reached on price, then best option. the client can take the partially 3. Question: In the URS proposal, completed design and use it as the the additional O&M for the basis for completing the design RO plant was listed as $383K and proceeding with a design- per year. Is that reasonable? build procurement. Answer: Yes, it’s reasonable. If the town agreed on the price, 4. Question: What is a typical AECOM could complete the project project timeline for AECOM in about 13 months. AECOM would from start to plant operation? also offer to operate the plant for a Answer: 13 months fee if they wanted them to. 5. Question: You mentioned a Anderson ended his presentation project that uses well water with these advantages in using the and wastewater as the sources progressive design-build approach: of the RO plants input. Is that • Lowest investment cost for the doable here? Answer: Available Town in a design-build selection technology today allows us to (in a conventional process, the use any source including sea Request For Quote process would water. It’s just a matter of cost. identify qualified bidders to 6. Question: Have your cost develop proposals in response estimates and completion to the Town’s detailed proposal dates been met? Answer: Cost requirements through the request estimates are typically met. for proposal process) Three I’m personally familiar • Lowest cost to establish firm cost with came under the fixed cost to complete a system and a firm estimate. Schedule compliance cost of operating and maintaining is much the same. the system. ( URS came up with 7. Question: Is incremental $380,000 cost to operate the approach okay with bond system for each year. Anderson companies? Answer: This must agreed that that was reasonable.) be identified upfront to the • Aecom would work to a 30 percent AECOM (continued on page 9) Page 6 The Edisto News September 2013 CORPS (continued from page 1) Report elements and requirements ADVERTISEMENT construction of a berm and dune are denoted with a “*” at the end of system using sand from offshore. the section title. America’s Best Barbeque! The renourishment would be similar By Jane and Michael Stern mustard sauce—and side it to what was done in 2006. They Study Authority Concierge.com, MSNBC.com with a panoply of true-South also proposed the lengthening of The Edisto Beach Coastal July 3, 2008 vegetables such as turnip 23 existing groins for a total of Storm Damage Reduction General greens and squash casserole, 1,130 feet. The Corps of Engineers Investigation (GI) Feasibility Study Is there any food that better plus hush puppies. True to representatives presented the study is being conducted in response to a conveys summer than barbecue? classic pig pickin’ hours, findings in compliance with the resolution adopted on April 22, 1988 After all, no cuisine is more Po’ Pig’s is open only on NEPA law at this meeting. by the Committee on Environment easygoing, begging to be eaten weekends. Parts of the study: and Public Works of the United with a wipe-your-hands-on-your- 2. Hitching Post - Casmalia, Calif. States Senate: shorts brio—and nothing tastes 3. Harold’s - Atlanta, Ga. FEASIBILITY REPORT AND “Resolved by the Committee on as good when the heat of July 4. McClard’s - Hot Springs, Ark. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Environment and Public Works of sweeps in. And while we’re all for 5. Cozy Corner - Memphis, Tenn. COASTAL STORM the United States Senate, that the cooking in the backyard, a quest 6. Leon’s - Chicago, Ill. DAMAGE REDUCTION Secretary of the Army in accordance for America’s best barbecue makes 7. LC’s Bar-B-Q - Kansas City, with the provisions of Section 110 of a heck of a good excuse to get Mo. EDISTO BEACH, the River and Harbor Act of 1962, out and explore our country’s little 8. Plataforma Churrascaria - COLLETON COUNTY, is hereby authorized to study, in towns and back-road byways. New York City, N.Y. SOUTH CAROLINA cooperation with the State of South 9. Moonlite Bar-B-Q - Carolina, its political subdivisions Compare those succulent spareribs STUDY OVERVIEW from Leon’s in Chicago with the Owensboro, Ky. and agencies and instrumentalities whole-hog barbecue in North 10. Louie Mueller’s - Taylor, Texas This Draft Feasibility Report and thereof, the entire Coast of South Carolina’s Skylight Inn, while 11. Skylight Inn - Ayden, N.C. Environmental Assessment presents Carolina in the interests of planning a trip to Memphis for 12. Payne’s - Memphis, Tenn. the results of studies to examine the beach erosion control, hurricane barbecue spaghetti (you read that feasibility of federal coastal storm protection and related purposes. right). Here are our picks for some JANE & MICHAEL STERN damage reduction for the Town of Included in this study will be the of the best, representing smoke- ROADFOOD AUTHORS / Edisto Beach, South Carolina. As development of a comprehensive pit passions from coast to coast. TRAVELING FOOD CRITICS an integrated report, it includes all body of knowledge, information, It’ll make you glad to be American. Jane and Michael Stern write elements that are required for a U.S. and data on coastal area changes the monthly column “Two For The Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and processes for such entire coast.” 1. Edisto Island, South Carolina Road” for Gourmet Magazine, Feasibility report, as well as an About an hour southwest an ongoing, cross-country guide Environmental Assessment (EA) Non-Federal Sponsor of Charleston, Edisto Island dedicated to ferreting out the per the National Environmental The non-Federal sponsor for this seems barely connected to best in American food. The Sterns’ Policy Act (NEPA). Sections which project is the Town of Edisto Beach, the mainland. Lying among a relentless quest takes them all over integrate both NEPA and Feasibility CORPS (continued on page 8) series of tangled waterways, the country — checking out the it has no traffic lights, and offbeat and often going off the beachside residents are beaten path to places as varied as required to turn off all outdoor Mom’s Cafe at the crossroads in lamps and to be quiet after Salina, Utah, to the foremost knish dark so sea turtles can come palaces of New York. ashore and lay their eggs The Sterns are the authors of in peace. The buffet line at more than 20 books, including Po’ Pig’s Bo-B-Q (named for Roadfood, Eat Your Way Across proprietor Robert Bobo Lee) is the USA, and Chili Nation: The also proudly primitive, harking Ultimate Chili Cookbook with back to the old Carolina Recipes from Every State in the ritual of a pig pickin’—where Nation. They also run the web site everything is laid out, “from www.roadfood.com, featuring the beard to the tail” (barbe over 1,000 of the greatest local à queue). All of the meat is eateries along highways, in small cut and pulled from slow- towns, and in city neighborhoods. smoked hogs, and you’ll find Witty, clever, and downright dark meat, light meat, pork delightful, they and their team of cracklin’s made from the skin, foodies, travel the highways and even pig innard hash to ladle byways to explore the sleeves-up over white rice. Decorate the food made by cooks, bakers, pork with any of four different pitmasters, and sandwich-makers barbecue sauces—including who are America’s true culinary a uniquely South Carolinian folk artists. The Edisto News September 2013 Page 7 Page 8 The Edisto News September 2013

CORPS (continued from page 6) South Carolina. The study is being cost shared 50/50 per a feasibility Back To Nature Fall Excursion Series cost sharing agreement that was Saturday, Sept. 21 and Saturday along with a great chance to view threatened and endangered species signed September 29, 2006. Oct. 5 many of our protected properties such as woodstorks and bald After this report is approved along Store Creek. Two trips are eagles. This is an all-day trip with and the project budgeted for This fall’s Back to Nature scheduled for Sept. 21; the first trip lunch and beverages provided. construction, the USACE can Excursion series kicks off with a is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (lunch The cost is $75 per person and is conduct negotiations with the boat tour on Store Creek led by afterward), and one from noon to limited to 15 participants. non-Federal sponsors regarding local biologist and EIOLT Board 3 p.m. (lunch prior to the tour). Advance payment is required for the PPA and submit a draft PPA member, Meg Hoyle. The excursion You will embark from and return both of these fantastic excursions. package to higher authority for will include lunch and beverages to historic Sunnyside Plantation Call 843-869-9004 or visit www. review and approval by the ASA- at historic Sunnyside Plantation, on Peters Point Road. Each trip is edisto.org for more information.  CW. The PPA would be executed limited 12 people and the cost is only after approval of this report and enactment into law of an $75 per person. Appropriations Bill providing funds Also featured is a special for the project. Federal construction Birding Trek on Oct. 5, conducted funds for the project would not be by EIOLT Board member and allocated by the Chief of Engineers renowned ornithologist, Dr. Sid until the ASA-CW approves the non- Gauthreaux. We will visit Bear Federal sponsors’ financing plans Island Wildlife Management Area, and the PPA has been executed. owned by the SC Department of Natural Resources. It has Views of the Non-Federal Sponsor the National Audubon Society The Town of Edisto Beach fully designation as a “South Carolina supports the tentatively selected Important Bird Area” and is plan. A sponsor letter of support managed to provide quality habitat will be included with the Final Draft for wintering waterfowl and of this report.  other wetland wildlife, including The Edisto News September 2013 Page 9 AECOM (continued from page 5) bond companies. Otherwise it is okay. 8. Question: Won’t we pay more with longer timeline? Answer: We advise our clients to consider rising bond rates. There are 30 or more cities on their watch list. This is causing a ripple effect on rates. A longer timeline will likely raise cost. 9. Question: Do you feel you can save us money? Answer: We wouldn’t be here if we didn’t think so. 10. Question: Could we use shallow wells for supply? Answer: You may not get enough flow but Doty Art Exhibit could do it “at risk”. they can expect in return from 5. Finally, the actual customer 11. Question: This was posed to Featured at the plant and when. performance expectations Town Council as a statement: will still be the Town’s to We need to address first the 3. If the Town elects to go Edisto Island “fighting fire” problem during define. Will they consider forward with any water system starting with a phased peak season before any of the upgrade, we would urge Museum other problems are addressed. approach utilizing the current Town Council to go to the water system demand with Answer: We took care of voters first. If they elect to go this in previous work. (Note: provisions to add more later forward with the progressive as the initial design basis or Obviously the response doesn’t design-build approach, then fully answer the question) stick with 40 percent extra ask the voters to first approve capacity on day one? This is the expenditure of the fee EBPOA Observations: a key question? EBPOA has negotiated with the selected 1. First, it is not clear at all where stated its belief all through the design-build team to develop a this is going or what Town URS proposal development “not too exceed” cost estimate Council’s intentions are on that an assumption for for the project by completing Beginning on Wednesday, future actions. the initial design capacity a 30 percent design. Once being based on a 10-20 year Sept. 4, the Edisto Island Museum 2. AECOM is a major player in the cost estimate is complete build-out projection plus a will be featuring the paintings of the water systems field and has return to the voters for their generous contingency is overly local artist, Bonnie Doty. Doty an excellent track record as far approval to proceed with the conservative. Rather EBPOA is this year’s Edisto & Beyond as we can tell. We certainly got project based on the “not too recommends that the designer tour artist. Her work will be on a confirmation on this from exceed” project cost. utilize a phased approach as display through December. The Hilton Head PSD management. described above which would exhibit will feature a seven-year 4. This presentation raises the AECOM offers their clients allow taking advantage of retrospective of Doty’s paintings question with us why the multiple ways to move their technology advances as well in watercolor, oil and mixed progressive design-build project(s) forward including as being considered for future media. Her passion is interpreting approach as proposed by the conventional approach of grants. It would also avoid landscapes, especially those of AECOM was not seriously completing the design first overbuilding. It should be noted Edisto Island. considered versus the adopted and then separately selecting that a progressive approach Doty grew up in Summerville, feasibility study approach a construction contractor and and a phased approach is not S.C. and earned her BFA from which obviously must be the progressive design-build the same in our judgment. the University of North Carolina followed with the selection approach discussed in the Progressive simply means a in Greensboro, majoring in of a design-build contractor. AECOM presentation. The step by step process. Phased commercial art. Since she and Certainly we have heard progressive approach does approach means meeting your her husband, Bud, retired to discussion of the design-build seem to have a real advantage current water needs now but Edisto Island. She has placed a and progressive design-build for a small municipality like providing the ability to add conservation easement on her approach throughout the Edisto Beach in that for only more capacity later if needed. property to guarantee that there a relatively small increment development of the Town’s will always be natural vistas for of the overall cost the Town referendum proposal but it 6. Below is the AECOM artists on Edisto. can get a “not too exceed” cost was not proposed as a way to written description on The museum is located at 8213 which the Town could then develop a “not too exceed” Progressive Design-Build Chisolm Plantation Road and is open present to their voters as well project cost estimate to be which was handed out at the Tuesdays through Saturdays.  as confirming to them what considered by the voters. presentation.  Page 10 The Edisto News September 2013

Edisto Beach Loggerhead Turtle Project (EBLTP)

This has been an exciting year The EBLTP volunteers do for loggerhead sea turtle nests on many things throughout the year Edisto Beach. Our beach averages protecting sea turtles and natural 80 nests a season and this year resources, and educating the public. we have reached 108 nests. Most Our free one hour turtle talks are of them had to be relocated due offered every week in Wyndham to the high surf and sand erosion Resort at the Recreation Center. cutting into the dunes making Our turtle T-shirts are on sale at steep embankments in which I The Waterfront Restaurant during am sure that you noticed this operating hours and in booths summer. Last year was a record during one-day festivals and outdoor year for sea turtle nests with events. The Edisto Beach State Park Edisto Beach reaching 173 nests. Turtle Volunteers offer night time We ran out of supplies like nest turtle walks and nest inventory signs, nest stakes, ribbon, DNA times once or twice a week. Each vials and nest data cards. This morning during the Dawn Patrol, season has run rather smooth with our volunteers pick up litter on the a few minor issues but all in all, beach and in the dunes. I bet not the South Carolina Department of many people knew that. Palmetto Natural Resources (SCDNR) Sea Boulevard street lights have been Turtle Program with the help of shielded to prevent light from the EBLTP volunteers dedicated shining onto the beach. EZ-Shop many hours providing a safe nesting site for the knowledge? With this genetic data, we are finding overhead gas pump lights have been converted to hatchlings to make it to the ocean. out that some sea turtles are traveling very little “turtle-friendly” lighting. That means the light rays With the help of a federal grant, this was the and lay eggs on the same or neighboring beaches emitted by those lights are not seen by sea turtles fourth year in a row that genetic samples were while others travel great distances from Georgia or not as brightly seen by sea turtles. Our beach taken from each nest on a South Carolina beach beaches to North Carolina beaches. community has great people who enjoy this way of in order to find out who the mother sea turtle The nesting season is not over yet. Our beach life. Protecting our natural resources will sustain was that laid each nest on our coastline. Through still has many sea turtle nests so do your best this lifestyle for generations to come. this study many new facts have been discovered. to keep all the beach front house lights off at In conclusion, this has been another great year Some of them we always knew, but others struck night. The lights remaining on, especially the for the nesting loggerheads on Edisto Beach. You us by surprise. For instance, two of our nests this flood lights outside and lights under the houses can also adopt a turtle nest anywhere in the world year, the mother sea turtles have been identified can cause the hatchlings to disorient themselves. for $25 by going to www.seaturtle.org. If you choose laying other nests through the years. Mrs. That just means that the baby sea turtles Edisto Town Beach, then a portion of that donation Loggerhead 3626 laid a nest in Topsail Island, emerge out of the nest a night and crawl to the will come to the EBLTP. We use our collected N.C. in July of 2007 and on Botany Bay Island in brightest light source instead of crawling to the and donated monies for purchasing t-shirts, June of 2013, and on Edisto Beach in June of 2013. ocean which has the reflection of moon of and caps, nesting supplies, and donate a majority Another mother loggerhead, 1504, laid a nest on starlight. If the hatchlings disorient, they can of the remaining funds each year to the South Edingsville Beach in May of 2010, then Edisto be killed by land predators (feral cats, raccoons, Carolina Aquarium Sea Turtle Hospital located in Beach State Park, she laid three nests in June and ghost crabs, birds, coyote, fox), become Charleston, S.C. The hospital still has a green sea one in July of 2010. Then Ms. 1504 laid a nest on entangled in thick dune vegetation, or run over turtle named Eddie found stranded last year near Edisto Beach in June of 2013. How amazing is that by vehicle traffic in the highway. Live Oak landing by one of our volunteers.  The Edisto News September 2013 Page 11 Animal Lovers of Edisto K9 Rescue Says: Ask Rosie, Our Paradise Found Massage & Healing Arts Longest Resident Therapeutic Massage Dear Rosie, What is animal lovers of Edisto K9 Rescue? Hand, Face, Foot & Body Massages It’s a S.C. Non Profit group of volunteers or “humans with kind hearts” including Margaret Facial Massages Arnold, Amie Carter, Melba Good, Carol Hegarty, Jeannean Jenkins, Ken Korpanty, Body Scrubs & Wraps Dana Rasmussen, Nate and Susan Rish, Dana Sharbrough, Margaret Towe, and Denise Tutas. and Hot Stone Massage They volunteer their time to take in and care medium and little ones. This year alone we’ve had for Edisto’s stray and abandoned dogs. They lab mixes, pit mixes, hound mixes, boxer mixes, give us a place to stay, food to eat, take us to the hunting dogs and even a couple of spaniels. Check Book online: paradisefoundmassage.com vet for all our vaccinations and to be spayed or facebook.com/AnimalLoversOfEdisto for the or call: 843-217-8084 neutered. They also give us lots of love, petting most up-to-date pictures of the dogs waiting for Laura Steenburg, B.A., LMT, SC#8023 and exercise and they work hard finding us a forever home. You”ll know you’re in the right loving forever homes. place because the first thing you’ll see is a picture of me! You can also check www.petfinder.com or Dear Rosie, Who can volunteer? www.adoptapet.com in the 29438 zip code area for Anyone who loves dogs, isn’t afraid to get a pictures and information about all the dogs. little dirty, and appreciates a lick as a form of gratitude. Anyone can be our human with heart Dear Rosie, How do i go about adopting a dog? — big, little, young,old — we don’t care. We love You can adopt at any time — just get in touch everybody! If you would like to be one of the kind with the group by calling 843-869-3869 or hearted humans who take care of us just contact emailing [email protected] for is free everywhere! one of our volunteers, call 843-869-3869 or email an adoption application. You can even inbox [email protected]. our Facebook page to ask about a dog. I love our www.EdistoNews.com Facebook page. I’m featured on it all the time! Dear Rosie, Where is the rescue located? Check Facebook to find out about our adoption News • Photos • Polls • Respond To News Some very, very nice people let us use a great events too. Advertising Specials spot on their private property right off Oyster Get it on the go! Factory Road on Edisto Island. Very nice Dear Rosie, Can I come over for a visit? accommodations if I do say so myself. Large airy Sure, but because we are located on private rooms with a view of the pond (for some of us), property please check with a volunteer to give you a little house inside to relax in and a wonderful directions and meet you. dog walk road. The only beef I’ve got is there’s no couch, but I guess they’ve got their reasons. By Dear Rosie, How do I get in touch with you? the way, did you know there used to be an oyster Email or call my humans. You can reach factory on Oyster Factory Road? See, I’m not just Margaret at 843-869-3869 or Dana by email at another pretty face, I’m smart too! [email protected].

Dear Rosie, What kind of dogs are available? Dear Rosie, How can I donate to your wonderful Well, good dogs, of course! It changes, sometimes group? daily. I swear sometimes I think they should Donations can be mailed to Animal Lovers put in a revolving door. All kinds of dogs show of Edisto K9 Rescue, 8112 Palmetto Rd., up on our figurative doorstep. We get a lot of Edisto, SC 29438 or made online at www. mixed breeds like myself (I’m a boxer mix), big, AnimalLoversOfEdisto.com 

Rosie is one girl who has stolen the hearts of many of the ALOE volunteers. This girl is an American Staffordshire terrier/boxer mix who is two years old, perfectly healthy, spayed, microchipped, and full of energy. Rosie loves to go for walks, play fetch, swim, and snuggle up to her person and watch TV. A little exercise goes a long way for this beauty queen who gets a little overly hyper without it. Rosie does not like other dogs or cats, and will need to be in a home without either of these animals. Page 12 The Edisto News September 2013 25th Annual Beach Sweep/River Sweep Set for Sept. 21

The 25th annual Beach Sweep/River Sweep is groups, civic and conservation clubs and businesses. scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 21 from 9 a.m. until Volunteers either organize their own cleanups at 12 p.m. Each year thousands of people volunteer sites that are not already covered or they may sign for the Sweep, South Carolina’s largest one-day up to assist at the scheduled cleanup locations. litter cleanup of beaches, marshes and waterways. Last year over 4,000 dedicated volunteers The S.C. Department of Natural Resources removed around 40,000 pounds of litter from the is once again partnering with the S.C. Sea Grant state’s beaches, marshes and waterways. Consortium to organize the statewide event, which To participate in coastal counties, contact Susan is held in conjunction with the Ocean Conservancy’s Ferris Hill at (843) 953-2092 or susan.ferris.hill@ International Coastal Cleanup. Anyone can scseagrant.org. Inland counties, contact Bill Marshall participate — individuals, families, schools, youth at (803) 734-9096 or [email protected].  Edisto’s Summer Reading Super Heros Summer Literacy Partnership between Edisto Schools and the International Order of King’s Daughters and Sons

Jane Edwards Elementary and Edisto Beach This summer the King’s Daughters partnered The children were monitored by King’s Daughters Elementary partnered with the International with both Edisto Island schools to help local volunteers and by school personnel to encourage Order of King’s Daughters and Sons to encourage children maintain their reading skills over the their reading. challenging reading this summer. Many Edisto summer. Many children do not read enough On Aug. 7, the children and volunteer children accepted the challenge, and eight Edisto during the summer to maintain their reading chaperones from King’s Daughters, the Lions Club children accomplished their goals. By July 25, eight skills. Many of the King’s Daughters have been and Jane Edwards boarded a bus for the field trip to children had met their individual reading goals: educators and are aware of how much instructional the South CarolinaAquarium. Each child had their Abby and Ethan Roberts, Ella van Bakergem, Sierra time is needed in the new school year to review and own chaperone so they could view the exhibits and Shontae Moultrie, Logan Gressette, Jordon re-teach skills that have been lost. at their own pace. The children really seemed to Bailey and Cheyenne Grimball. In reward, they were With that concern in mind, the King’s enjoy this flexibility. They had one to one attention treated to a trip to the South Carolina Aquarium in Daughters approached both school principals at times, but could join with friends whenever Charleston. Lunches and snacks were provided. with a plan to encourage and reward children who they encountered them. A highlight of the trip voluntarily read challenging books assigned by was a visit to the famous Turtle Hospital, which their teachers, based upon the child’s individual is an optional tour. They were fascinated by the needs. Both county librarians were involved and rehabilitation process occurring in the basement of also supported this plan. King’s Daughters sent the Aquarium and kept the staff busy answering a home permission slips for children who had myriad of questions. The group had a boxed lunch finished second grade through those who had while sitting and overlooking the harbor. The finished the sixth grades. Once parental permission sights included boat activity, a dolphin sighting or was obtained the principals and the teachers two and a dredging operation. The Aquarium staff developed a specific, targeted summer reading list was out and about offering binoculars, artifacts for each child enrolled. At Jane Edwards, Principal and information about aquatic life. Susan Miles was able to provide each child with a All commented on how fast the day went and bag of the required reading books to insure that the how happy they were that they had accepted and children had access to the recommended books. accomplished the reading challenge! 

Upper left photo: Ella vanBakergem, Sierra Moultrie, Ethan Roberts, Abby Roberts, Cheyenne Grimball, and Shontae Moultrie. Bottom left photo: Cheyenne Grimball. Bottom center photo: Sierra and Shontae Moultrie. Bottom right photo: Ella vanBakergem, Ethan Roberts and Abby Roberts. Missing from the field trip was Jordon Bailey and Logan Gressette. The Edisto News September 2013 Page 13 Edisto Island Tide Predictions – September 2013 Sun. Sep. 1 5:13 a.m. 5.38 H 11:20 a.m. 0.83 L 5:35 p.m. 6.15 H 11:58 p.m. 1.13 L Mon. Sep. 2 6:04 a.m. 5.60 H 12:08 p.m. 0.66 L 6:22 p.m. 6.34 H Tue. Sep. 3 12:41 a.m. 0.87 L 6:50 a.m. 5.86 H 12:54 p.m. 0.50 L 7:06 p.m. 6.52 H Wed. Sep. 4 1:22 a.m. 0.64 L 7:33 a.m. 6.10 H 1:39 p.m. 0.36 L 7:46 p.m. 6.65 H Thu. Sep. 5 Y 2:01 a.m. 0.43 L 8:11 a.m. 6.32 H 2:22 p.m. 0.27 L 8:24 p.m. 6.71 H Fri. Sep. 6 2:41 a.m. 0.26 L 8:48 a.m. 6.48 H 3:05 p.m. 0.22 L 9:01 p.m. 6.69 H Sat. Sep. 7 3:19 a.m. 0.15 L 9:25 a.m. 6.59 H 3:48 p.m. 0.24 L 9:40 p.m. 6.60 H Sun. Sep. 8 3:59 a.m. 0.09 L 10:05 a.m. 6.65 H 4:31 p.m. 0.32 L 10:22 p.m. 6.45 H Mon. Sep. 9 4:40 a.m. 0.10 L 10:51 a.m. 6.65 H 5:17 p.m. 0.47 L 11:10 p.m. 6.27 H Tue. Sep. 10 5:25 a.m. 0.17 L 11:43 a.m. 6.62 H 6:07 p.m. 0.67 L Wed. Sep. 11 12:04 a.m. 6.09 H 6:14 a.m. 0.31 L 12:42 p.m. 6.59 H 7:04 p.m. 0.86 L Thu. Sep. 12 , 1:04 a.m. 5.97 H 7:11 a.m. 0.46 L 1:45 p.m. 6.59 H 8:08 p.m. 0.94 L Fri. Sep. 13 2:06 a.m. 5.94 H 8:17 a.m. 0.54 L 2:48 p.m. 6.63 H 9:16 p.m. 0.85 L Sat. Sep. 14 3:09 a.m. 6.01 H 9:27 a.m. 0.48 L 3:52 p.m. 6.73 H 10:21 p.m. 0.58 L Sun. Sep. 15 4:13 a.m. 6.19 H 10:35 a.m. 0.28 L 4:56 p.m. 6.87 H 11:21 p.m. 0.23 L Mon. Sep. 16 5:16 a.m. 6.47 H 11:37 a.m. 0.02 L 5:56 p.m. 7.04 H Tue. Sep. 17 12:15 a.m. -0.12 L 6:16 a.m. 6.79 H 12:35 p.m. -0.20 L 6:51 p.m. 7.17 H Wed. Sep. 18 1:07 a.m. -0.39 L 7:10 a.m. 7.09 H 1:29 p.m. -0.33 L 7:41 p.m. 7.22 H Thu. Sep. 19 3 1:55 a.m. -0.54 L 8:00 a.m. 7.27 H 2:20 p.m. -0.34 L 8:28 p.m. 7.15 H Fri. Sep. 20 2:42 a.m. -0.55 L 8:46 a.m. 7.32 H 3:08 p.m. -0.21 L 9:12 p.m. 6.96 H Sat. Sep. 21 3:25 a.m. -0.43 L 9:30 a.m. 7.21 H 3:52 p.m. 0.04 L 9:56 p.m. 6.67 H Sun. Sep. 22 4:07 a.m. -0.18 L 10:14 a.m. 7.00 H 4:36 p.m. 0.39 L 10:41 p.m. 6.32 H Mon. Sep. 23 4:48 a.m. 0.15 L 11:00 a.m. 6.72 H 5:18 p.m. 0.79 L 11:27 p.m. 5.97 H Tue. Sep. 24 5:29 a.m. 0.52 L 11:47 a.m. 6.43 H 6:00 p.m. 1.19 L Wed. Sep. 25 12:16 a.m. 5.66 H 6:11 a.m. 0.88 L 12:37 p.m. 6.18 H 6:46 p.m. 1.54 L Thu. Sep. 26 ; 1:06 a.m. 5.44 H 6:58 a.m. 1.19 L 1:28 p.m. 6.00 H 7:37 p.m. 1.78 L Fri. Sep. 27 1:58 a.m. 5.31 H 7:51 a.m. 1.40 L 2:19 p.m. 5.91 H 8:34 p.m. 1.86 L Sat. Sep. 28 2:50 a.m. 5.30 H 8:50 a.m. 1.47 L 3:11 p.m. 5.91 H 9:33 p.m. 1.78 L Sun. Sep. 29 3:43 a.m. 5.38 H 9:49 a.m. 1.40 L 4:03 p.m. 5.98 H 10:26 p.m. 1.56 L Mon. Sep. 30 4:37 a.m. 5.57 H 10:45 a.m. 1.21 L 4:55 p.m. 6.13 H 11:15 p.m. 1.27 L

Edisto Island Tide Predictions – October 2013 Tue. Oct. 1 5:28 a.m. 5.85 H 11:36 a.m. 0.96 5:44 p.m. 6.32 H Wed. Oct. 2 12:00 a.m. 0.96 6:16 a.m. 6.18 H 12:24 p.m. 0.71 L 6:31 p.m. 6.52 H Thu. Oct. 3 12:44 a.m. 0.66 7:00 a.m. 6.51 H 1:11 p.m. 0.47 L 7:14 p.m. 6.68 H Fri. Oct. 4 Y 1:27 a.m. 0.39 7:41 a.m. 6.82 H 1:57 p.m. 0.28 L 7:55 p.m. 6.79 H Sat. Oct. 5 2:09 a.m. 0.17 L 8:21 a.m. 7.06 H 2:43 p.m. 0.15 L 8:36 p.m. 6.82 H Sun. Oct. 6 2:52 a.m. 0.03 9:01 a.m. 7.20 H 3:29 p.m. 0.11 L 9:18 p.m. 6.75 H Mon. Oct. 7 3:35 a.m. -0.04 L 9:45 a.m. 7.23 H 4:15 p.m. 0.16 L 10:03 p.m. 6.61 H Tue. Oct. 8 4:21 a.m. -0.01 L 10:33 a.m. 7.16 H 5:03 p.m. 0.30 L 10:54 p.m. 6.42 H Wed. Oct. 9 5:08 a.m. 0.12 L 11:29 a.m. 7.02 H 5:54 p.m. 0.50 L 11:52 p.m. 6.24 H Thu. Oct. 10 6:00 a.m. 0.33 L 12:30 p.m. 6.87 H 6:51 p.m. 0.69 L Fri. Oct. 11 , 12:54 a.m. 6.13 H 6:59 a.m. 0.55 L 1:34 p.m. 6.76 H 7:53 p.m. 0.79 L Sat. Oct. 12 1:58 a.m. 6.12 H 8:06 a.m. 0.71 L 2:37 p.m. 6.69 H 8:59 p.m. 0.73 L Sun. Oct. 13 3:00 a.m. 6.21 H 9:17 a.m. 0.70 L 3:39 p.m. 6.68 H 10:03 p.m. 0.51 L Mon. Oct. 14 4:03 a.m. 6.40 H 10:24 a.m. 0.54 L 4:39 p.m. 6.70 H 11:00 p.m. 0.22 L Tue. Oct. 15 5:03 a.m. 6.65 H 11:25 a.m. 0.32 L 5:37 p.m. 6.77 H 11:53 p.m. -0.04 L Wed. Oct. 16 6:00 a.m. 6.93 12:21 p.m. 0.13 L 6:31 p.m. 6.82 H Thu. Oct. 17 12:43 a.m. -0.23 L 6:51 a.m. 7.16 H 1:13 p.m. 0.03 L 7:19 p.m. 6.83 H Fri. Oct. 18 3 1:30 a.m. -0.31 L 7:38 a.m. 7.30 H 2:01 p.m. 0.02 L 8:04 p.m. 6.77 H Sat. Oct. 19 2:14 a.m. -0.27 L 8:21 a.m. 7.31 H 2:46 p.m. 0.12 L 8:46 p.m. 6.62 H Sun. Oct. 20 2:57 a.m. -0.13 L 9:02 a.m. 7.21 H 3:29 p.m. 0.31 L 9:27 p.m. 6.39 H Mon. Oct. 21 3:37 a.m. 0.09 L 9:43 a.m. 7.01 H 4:09 p.m. 0.57 L 10:09 p.m. 6.12 H Tue. Oct. 22 4:16 a.m. 0.36 L 10:24 a.m. 6.75 H 4:48 p.m. 0.87 L 10:52 p.m. 5.83 H Wed. Oct. 23 4:55 a.m. 0.66 L 11:08 a.m. 6.47 H 5:26 p.m. 1.17 L 11:38 p.m. 5.57 H Thu. Oct. 24 5:34 a.m. 0.96 L 11:55 a.m. 6.21 H 6:06 p.m. 1.43 L Fri. Oct. 25 12:28 a.m. 5.38 H 6:18 a.m. 1.24 L 12:45 p.m. 6.02 H 6:51 p.m. 1.61 L Sat. Oct. 26 ; 1:19 a.m. 5.28 H 7:07 a.m. 1.46 L 1:35 p.m. 5.89 H 7:42 p.m. 1.70 L Sun. Oct. 27 2:11 a.m. 5.29 H 8:03 a.m. 1.58 L 2:27 p.m. 5.85 H 8:38 p.m. 1.65 L Mon. Oct. 28 3:03 a.m. 5.41 H 9:05 a.m. 1.55 L 3:18 p.m. 5.87 H 9:35 p.m. 1.46 L Tue. Oct. 29 3:55 a.m. 5.62 H 10:05 a.m. 1.37 L 4:10 p.m. 5.97 H 10:28 p.m. 1.17 L Wed. Oct. 30 4:47 a.m. 5.92 H 11:01 a.m. 1.09 L 5:02 p.m. 6.11 H 11:18 p.m. 0.83 L Thu. Oct. 31 5:37 a.m. 6.30 H 11:53 a.m. 0.76 L 5:52 p.m. 6.30 H Page 14 The Edisto News September 2013 September 2013 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 TOWN HALL CLOSED Arts & Crafts Market ■ Bay Creek Park Methodist Church 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Clothes Closet ■ 10–1 and 3–6 TIDE Committee Meeting ■ Council Chambers Whaley’s – Karaoke 10 a.m. ■ Whaley’s – Trivia Labor Day Rosh Hashanah 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Methodist Church Town Council Arts & Crafts Market Municipal Court Clothes Closet Work Session Bay Creek Park Council Chambers 10–1 and 3–6 Council Chambers 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 2 p.m. ■ 10 a.m. ■ ■ Whaley’s – Karaoke Whaley’s – Trivia Town Council Meeting Council Chambers 6 p.m.

Patriot Day Yom Kippur 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Methodist Church Arts & Crafts Market Kings Daughters Beach & River Sweep Clothes Closet Bay Creek Park Edisto Island United Edisto Beach State Park 10–1 and 3–6 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Methodist Church Sponsored by EdistoPride ■ ■ 9:30 a.m. ZBA Meeting Planning Commission Council Chambers Work Session 5 p.m. Council Chambers ■ 4 p.m. Whaley’s – Karaoke ■ Whaley’s – Trivia

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Methodist Church Planning Commission Arts & Crafts Market Municipal Court 3rd Annual Clothes Closet Meeting Bay Creek Park Council Chambers Shrimp Fest 10–1 and 3–6 Council Chambers 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 2 p.m. Bay Creek Park ■ 5 p.m. ■ Whaley’s – Karaoke Whaley’s – Trivia

Autumnal Equinox 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 Methodist Church Open Air Market Clothes Closet Bay Creek Park 10–1 and 3–6 9 a.m.–5 p.m. ■ ■ Whaley’s – Karaoke TIDE Committee Meeting Council Chambers 10 a.m. ■ Whaley’s – Trivia

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Art Guild Methodist Church Town Council Arts & Crafts Market Municipal Court Clothes Closet Work Session Bay Creek Park Council Chambers Fall Show & Sale 10–1 and 3–6 Council Chambers 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 2 p.m. The Edistonian ■ 10 a.m. ■ ■ ■ Whaley’s – Karaoke Whaley’s – Trivia Town Council Meeting Edisto & Beyond Council Chambers Plantation Tour 6 p.m.

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Friends of the Library announce dates and times for that BIG Book Sale

The Charleston Friends of the That BIG Book Sale Library are proud to present That October 11, 12, & 13 Edisto Book Club BIG Book Sale, Oct. 11, 12, and 13 Friday 9 a.m.–7p.m. at the Omar Shrine Auditorium. Saturday 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Many of you may the library. We are reading Over 60,000 books, DVDs, CDs, Sunday 10 a.m.–3 p.m. remember that we started A Walk in the Woods by Bill books on CDs and tapes, VHS, sheet Omar Shrine Auditorium, 176 a book club here at the Bryson. Copies of the book music and maps will be on sale to Patriots Point Rd., 29464 Edisto Island Library a few are available here if you would the public with prices starting at just Admission is FREE months ago. We have been like to get one. Come by and 50 cents. For the price of one movie having good meetings and pick up a copy when you have ticket or one new paperback book, Admission to That BIG Book discussions of interesting a chance. shoppers can walk out with a basket Sale is free. Items will be half price books. If you were not able to full of books, DVDs and CDs that on Sunday, with the exception of participate when we began, Thanks, they can enjoy over and over again, tote bags. A special preview sale here is a reminder that you Marilyn Bowman or pass on to a friend. The event will for Friends of the Library members can start anytime. Edisto Branch Library also feature a rare book auction. will be held during the evening of Our next meeting is on 843-869-2355 The Charleston County Library Thursday, October 10th from 6-8: Tuesday, Sept. 3 at 3 p.m. at or 843-603-0966 system continues to see a huge p.m. Checks, cash, and major credit surge in patron interest: from cards accepted. You can become people attending computer and a member of the Friends of the resume preparation classes, to those Library for $20 at the door. enjoying free writing workshops The Friends of the Library is a non- led by Charleston’s best writers, to profit volunteer organization dedicated children’s story hours, Metropolitan to assisting the county library by Opera simulcast, and of course providing annual funding for more books, DVDs, CDs, and more. And than 7,000 community programs and it’s all free. For over 30 years, The classes which are free throughout the Friends of the Library, a non profit, county’s 16 branch library network. has been busy raising money to For information visit www. help the library support all of these charlestonlibraryfriends.org or call exciting community events. 843-805-6882.  The Edisto News September 2013 Page 19

We Know Where You Will Want to Be On Saturday, October 26

Edisto Island is about to become a mecca for people who love world-class acoustic music in a classic Lowcountry setting. THE EDISTO ISLAND BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL, produced by EIPA and PETERS POINT PRODUCTIONS, promises to be everything you had always hoped a music event would be. Okay, repeat after me . . . I will go right out and buy my tickets to the Edisto Island Bluegrass Festival! Advance tickets are available: ONLINE at http://www.edistoislandbluegrass.com/Tickets.html and LOCALLY at McConkey’s Jungle Shack - 108 Jungle Road, Edisto Beach Kings Market - 2559 Highway 174, Edisto Island Hubee D’s - 975 Savannah Hwy. next to Coburg Cow in Charleston. This all-day music extravaganza (11:30 am to 10:00 pm) is sure to please. The Music: Americana music, the Festival’s theme, is defined as music that incorporates elements of bluegrass, country, roots-rock, folk, R&B, and blues. For a taste of the music you will hear at the Festival, check out videos of Lonesome River Band, Shovels & Rope, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen. (Video links are featured on http://www.edistoislandbluegrass.com/artists.html). These three nationally acclaimed headliner bands will be appearing, along with is free everywhere! the best of Lowcountry bluegrass including Flatt City, Blue Plantation, Bluestone Ramblers, and Southern Flavor Bluegrass. The Location: Picture yourself relaxing with a cool beverage, surrounded by views www.EdistoNews.com of the N. Edisto River, live oaks draped with Spanish moss, pinewoods and farm fields, enjoying great entertainment on the big stage. News • Photos • Polls • Respond To News • Advertising Specials The Food: Scrumptious Lowcountry delights await you — award-winning barbeque, fried shrimp, fish tacos, grass-fed burgers and much more. Get it on the go! So, don’t wait. Tickets are limited, and they are selling fast, so buy yours today! And don’t forget the net proceeds from your tickets and other purchases will help support the Edisto Island Preservation Alliance’s, including stewardship of the Edisto Island National Scenic Byway. And the generosity of our sponsors also supports EIPA’s preservation efforts. Our 2013 Festival Presenting Sponsor, The Huffines Company, is a long-time EIPA supporter. Other 2013 Edisto Island Bluegrass Festival sponsors include Prudential TM Kapp/Lyons - the 2013 Festival Accommodations Sponsor; Atwood Vacations / Real Estate; Palmetto Brewing; Terry Hoff Construction; Barr, Unger & Edisto Pro Wash McIntosh; Indigo Farm; Evada-Bug; and Spot on Graphix. Special thanks go to Creating A Cleaner Image TM Skidmore Creative Services for the festival website and Facebook pages and to Caroline Matheny Designs for all the festival graphic arts design. We hope to see you there! Marian Brailsford, Chair Homes . Business . Marine Edisto Island Bluegrass Festival Jon Kizer/Owner [email protected] office 843-869-3934 Pressure Washing www.edistoislandbluegrass.com www.facebook.com/TheEdistoIslandBluegrassFestival cell 843-830-8667 Call for a FREE estimate Page 20 The Edisto News September 2013 South Carolina Chamber of Commerce Releases 2013 Legislative Scorecard 30 legislators earn perfect scores

Columbia, S.C. — The South Carolina is grateful to have members of the General • Representative Phyllis Henderson (Greenville) Chamber of Commerce, the state’s unified voice Assembly who are committed to creating a pro- • Representative Chip Limehouse (Charleston) of business, has released the 2013 Legislative business climate in South Carolina,” said Otis • Representative Dennis Moss (Cherokee) Year In Review and Scorecard, with 30 legislators Rawl, president and CEO of the South Carolina earning perfect scores. Chamber of Commerce. • Representative Phil Owens (Pickens) Through the South Carolina Chamber of Legislators who scored a perfect 100 percent • Representative Andy Patrick (Beaufort) Commerce’s direct advocacy efforts at the State and thus will receive a Business Advocate Award • Representative Samuel Rivers (Berkeley) House in 2013 and through strong business are: • Representative Mike Ryhal (Horry) alliances with other industry trade associations, • Senator Sean Bennett (Dorchester) South Carolina will benefit from more than $1.4 • Representative Garry Smith (Greenville) • Senator Chip Campsen (Charleston) billion in legislative changes designed to make • Representative Roland Smith (Aiken) • Senator Greg Gregory (Lancaster) businesses more competitive and profitable. • Representative Mike Sottile (Charleston) Each legislative session, the Chamber tracks • Senator Greg Hembree (Horry) key business roll call votes and tallies them to • Representative Eddie Tallon (Spartanburg) • Senator Brad Hutto (Orangeburg) determine an overall score for each member of • Representative Bill Taylor (Aiken) the General Assembly. In 2013, the Chamber • Senator Shane Massey (Edgefield) • Representative Mark Willis (Greenville) tracked key votes on a variety of business issues, • Senator Thomas McElveen (Sumter) including: infrastructure funding, the Department • Senator Harvey Peeler (Cherokee) The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, of Employment and Workforce Integrity bill, the nation’s first state chamber Accredited • Representative Nathan Ballentine (Richland) expanding 4-year-old kindergarten and funding with Distinction by the U.S. Chamber, is for the Manufacturing Skills Standard Council, • Representative Bruce Bannister (Greenville) South Carolina’s largest statewide broad- among other business priorities. • Representative Mike Burns (Greenville) based business and industry trade association “This year, Governor Haley and the General representing more than 18,000 businesses • Representative Derham Cole (Spartanburg) Assembly showed leadership in passing the and more than one million employees, with first major infrastructure funding since 1987. • Representative Bill Crosby (Charleston) 90 percent of membership comprised of small While this was a significant first step, the South • Representative Kirkman Finlay (Richland) businesses. As the unified voice for business Carolina Chamber will continue to advocate • Representative Mike Forrester (Spartanburg) and industry, the Chamber is a catalyst for for a comprehensive road funding plan that will increasing prosperity and enhancing the state’s spur job creation and put South Carolina at the • Representative Kevin Hardee (Horry) global competitiveness in order to improve the forefront of economic development. The Chamber • Representative Bobby Harrell (Charleston) quality of life for all South Carolinians. 

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The Edisto News September 2013 Page 21 DNR asks public to report sightings of banded wood storks

During 2013, the S.C. Please report any sightings of Department of Natural Resources banded wading birds to DNR at (DNR) banded over 50 wood [email protected] and also storks with field-readable bands. to the Bird Banding Lab at www. The bands used in South Carolina pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/bblretrv/index. are orange with black numbers. cfm? or 1-800-327-BAND begin_of_ Several other color combinations the_skype_highlighting 1-800-327- are being used for other projects. BAND FREE end_of_the_skype_ Researchers throughout the highlighting. We often can provide southeast are banding storks as you with information about where part of a collaborative project to the bird was banded. learn more about their movements, Satellite transmitters are also demography, and longevity. being used by researchers to answer If you see wood storks, you can a variety of management questions check to see if they have bands by about wood storks. Nine wood storks looking at their upper legs. Some were outfitted with transmitters at storks have multiple bands, but the Washo Reserve in South Carolina typically only one of the bands last year. You can learn about their has a code made up of numbers travels on the Wildlife Tracking and/or letters. If you see a banded website and on the Washo Wood stork, you can contribute to this Storks Facebook page. project by recording the following In addition to the storks that information: nest in South Carolina, many storks 1). color of band that nest in other states visit South 2). color of engraved code Carolina during the fall to feed. Storks 3). code are regularly seen throughout the 4). location of band on stork – lowcountry, sometimes in large groups. which leg Storks are also occasionally seen 5). color and location of any farther inland. For more information additional bands or transmitter about storks and other wading birds on stork in South Carolina, please see the DNR 6). location where stork is located Wading Bird website.  Page 22 The Edisto News September 2013

Edisto Elves Deliver Christmas in August at Jane Edwards

The Edisto Elves are busy all profits at the event. On August 19, year round, not just at Christmas the Edisto Elves delivered over $500 as stated by the motto they live by, worth of supplies to the school. The “Spreading cheer throughout the Elves have planned and organized year.” Thanks to the efforts of Emily events during the holiday season Johnston and Amanda Kelsey, our that have resulted in thousands classrooms are fully stocked for of dollars in gifts over the past learning! The Edisto Elves planned, few years. Each gift is selected organized and held a Volleyball specifically for a child in need because Tournament on Edisto Beach to the Elves believe that each child raise money for school supplies for should have something special that Jane Edwards Elementary. they wished for. Everybody needs a There is a local group that little help sometimes, even Santa. This plays volleyball every Sunday on past year they were able to help over Edisto Beach and as Johnston 50 families in the Edisto community stated, “We decided to take one and hope to continue growing in their day to pay it forward.” efforts. Invitations to events are sent There was a $10 donation via Facebook and spread by word of fee to be placed on a team and mouth so keep your ear to the ground refreshments were provided on a for your next chance to be a part of per donation basis in order to boost something big. 

The Churches of Edisto Sunday School 9 a.m. Church Service 10 a.m. Allen AME Church 8060 Botany Bay Road 869-3715 Rev. Arnold Good Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Bible Study 7 p.m. Bethlehem RMUE Church 8017 Point of Pines Road 577-5521 Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Rev. Wesley A. Moore Sr. Calvary AME Church 8318 Pine Landing Road 869-3672 Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Rev. John Alston Jr. Edisto Beach Baptist Church 414 Jungle Road 869-2662 Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m. Rev. Rob Heath Edisto Island United Methodist Church 3319 Palmetto Road 869-3456 Adult Bible Study 8:45 a.m. Worship Service 9 a.m. Rev. Scott Efird Edisto Presbyterian Church USA 1890 Hwy. 174 869-2300 Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m. Rev. McKinley Washington Jr. Episcopal Church on Edisto 1644 Hwy. 174 Worship Service 10 a.m. Greater Bethel AME Church 945 Hwy. 174 869-1961 Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m. Rev. Alice Salters Greater Galilee Church Steamboat Landing Road 869-1138 Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Rev. Harrison Jenkins Mount Olive Baptist Church Pine Landing Road 869-0990 Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Rev. Marion Gadsden New First Missionary Baptist Church 1644 Hwy. 174 869-2432 Sunday School 8:30 a.m. Worship Service 9:45 a.m. Rev. Albert (Chick) Morrison Presbyterian Church on Edisto Island 2164 Hwy. 174 869-2326 Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m. Dr. Ted Dennis St. Frederick and St. Stephen Catholic Church 544 Hwy. 174 869-0124 Saturday Mass 5 p.m. Sunday Mass 11:45 a.m. Rev. Antony Benjamine Traditional w/organ 8 a.m. Casual w/band 9 a.m. Trinity Episcopal Church 1589 Hwy. 174 869-3568 Rev. Weyman (Wey) Camp Sunday School 10 a.m. Choir w/organ 11 a.m. Zion Reformed Episcopal Church Hwy. 174 753-2273 Worship Service 10 a.m. Rev. Moses Rollerson The Edisto News September 2013 Page 23 Rebel Troop monument graces Presbyterian churchyard

By H. I. Story

This new monument in the Presbyterian Church on Edisto Island churchyard on Highway 174 is dedicated to the men of Company I, 3rd South Carolina Cavalry known as the Rebel Troop. Under the leadership of Major John Jenkins of Edisto Island, the men of Company I were recruited from residents of Edisto Island and surrounding areas. The unit served from 1862 until the end of the War Between the States. The men participated in numerous skirmishes and served as guides and scouts while they were stationed at Adams Run and on the Sea Islands. As Sherman and his Union forces approached Savannah during the “march to the sea”, the 3rd S.C. Cavalry moved to the area of Pocotaligo, S.C. and participated in the Battle of Honey Hill and other confrontations with Federal troops. The 3rd Cavalry harassed marauding Union soldiers as they drove to Columbia and into North Carolina. Company I is credited with stopping the Union army from destroying Florence, S.C. Following Lee’s surrender to Grant, the men of Company I generated by the sale of the pavers to were furloughed to return to individuals and groups contributed their homes from the York, S. C., to the funding of the monument. area at the orders of Confederate More funds are needed for President Jefferson Davis. the landscaping and care of The monument was erected the monument as well as for by the 3rd S.C. Cavalry Company contributing to the maintenance I, of Edisto, Camp #131, Sons of of the cemetery. Pavers are still Confederate Veterans in May 2013. available for purchase at $100 It contains the names of all the each. All interested parties are officers and men of Company I encouraged to become a benefactor and the engagements of the unit. of the monument through donations Some of these men, including or purchase of pavers. Pavers can be Major John Jenkins, are buried in dedicated by the purchaser to any this churchyard. Around the base individual, group, or organization. of the monument are brick pavers Please contact Jim Arnett (843- inscribed with the names of other 869-0593) or Tom Boozer (843-889- Confederate soldiers and sailors, 3390) for applications, donations organizations, and memorials to or further information. Donations other men and women. Funds qualify for tax deduction.  Page 24 The Edisto News September 2013

News Release

For Immediate Release Contact: Ashley Keyes, (843) 740-6793 August 13, 2013 [email protected]

New Morning Foundation Selected as Recipient of the Communities In Schools “Community of Excellence” Award New Morning received this national honor for its work with Communities In Schools of Charleston.

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Communities In Schools (CIS), one of the leading organizations dedicated to empowering students to stay in school and achieve in life, has selected New Morning Foundation as one of four recipients of the “Community of Excellence” award, a newly established national honor that spotlights successful efforts by local community partners to achieve collective impact through partnering with Communities In Schools. New Morning Foundation has worked closely with CIS Charleston for almost 10 years.

“Our community partners are vital in making sure we connect students with resources such as teen health education and referrals, so students can remain in school,” said CIS Charleston executive director Jane Riley-Gambrell. “We are proud to recognize New Morning Foundation for its work, and we look forward to the continued success of our strong partnership.”

Nearly one-third of all females who drop out of school do so because they are pregnant. CIS Charleston originally began working with New Morning in 2004 to implement a teen pregnancy prevention program to the students at St. John’s High School and Clark Academy. The program was so successful (averaging 0-2 pregnancies a year), New Morning expanded into North Charleston and Stall High Schools in 2012.

“As a funder, we are extremely proud of the progress our partnership with CIS has brought to the work of teen pregnancy prevention in South Carolina, although there is still much work to be done,” said New Morning Foundation executive director Bonnie Adams Kapp. “I truly believe that together, our organizations have made great strides in improving the lives and academic success of young people. Our results would not be possible without the valuable efforts of committed community partners like Communities In Schools.”

The Communities In Schools model places site coordinators inside partner elementary, middle and high schools to work with school staff to identify students at risk of not graduating. By assessing school and student needs, and establishing relationships with local businesses, social service agencies, health care providers and organizations such as New Morning Foundation, site coordinators then can harness needed resources to help students achieve their full potential.

Representatives from New Morning and three other Communities In Schools community partners from around the country will be presented with their awards during a special ceremony in Charlotte, N.C., in January 2014. The Edisto News September 2013 Page 25

News Release

For Immediate Release Contact: Ashley Keyes, (843) 740-6793 August 13, 2013 [email protected]

Jane Edwards Elementary Selected as Recipient of the Communities In Schools “School of Excellence” Award The winner of this national honor, Jane Edwards Elementary partners with Communities In Schools of the Charleston Area.

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Communities In Schools (CIS), one of the leading organizations dedicated to empowering students to stay in school and achieve in life, has selected Jane Edwards Elementary as one of five recipients of the “School of Excellence” award, a newly established national honor that highlights the successful implementation of the proven Communities In Schools model in a partner school. Jane Edwards has worked closely with CIS Charleston for almost four years.

“We are delighted to recognize the work of Jane Edwards and its dedicated staff with the “School of Excellence” award,” said Jane Riley-Gambrell, executive director of Communities In Schools of Charleston. “Our affiliate is fortunate to partner with excellent schools in Charleston and Berkeley Counties, giving us the opportunity to work together to ensure that students have the support they need to stay in school.” The Edisto News is

CIS Charleston serves all 128 students at Jane Edwards Elementary. Jane Edwards has a strong emphasis supported by our on school and the community. The principal and staff have been able to fully embrace the CIS model. advertisers. Every year, Jane Edwards builds upon its success, increasing their academic achievements. Without their support “We are honored at Jane Edwards Elementary to be the recipient of the “School of Excellence” award there would not be a from Communities In Schools,” said principal Susan Miles. “Our students and their families have been greatly impacted in a positive fashion by CIS student support specialist Amanda Fox. She has been able local paper. to provide students assistance, bridging the gap from at-risk to able to learn in the classroom. Their lives are forever changed by Communities In Schools.” Please thank them for supporting your The Communities In Schools model places site coordinators inside partner schools to work with school staff to identify students at risk of not graduating. By assessing school and student needs, and newspaper and ask establishing relationships with local businesses, social service agencies, health care providers and other other businesses to organizations, site coordinators then can harness needed resources to help students achieve their full potential. help in keeping us all informed. Representatives from Jane Edwards and three other Communities In Schools partner schools from around the country will be presented with their awards during a special ceremony in Charlotte, N.C., in January.

Various works using folded dollar bills, by Dan Tague Dan Tague may not be the first artist to point out the central role money plays in American politics and culture, but few have used the currency itself to illustrate their argument so effectively. After his studio was ruined by the flooding which devastated New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Tague had a lot of time on his hands. He used that time and those hands to start folding dollar bills — and in doing so came across a new way of both expressing his frustration and making a political statement. Page 26 The Edisto News September 2013

30th Anniversary of Charleston County 9-1-1 System Approaches A look back at the start of service to the present day Consolidated Dispatch On August 11, 2013 Charleston police, fire and medical personnel, house. First you see the foundation staffs 24 Telecommunicators and County will mark the 30th a public awareness campaign was being laid and before you know it, Supervisors per shift to provide their anniversary of its first 9-1-1 call. set in motion to educate the citizens more and more rooms are being internationally accredited service to After signing a contract with AT&T of Charleston County about the added.” Hoskins says of her early the public, law enforcement officials, in November of 1981, Charleston new emergency telephone system. years as a City of Charleston Police firefighters and emergency medical County embarked on a two-year Telephone stickers with the message and Mount Pleasant Dispatcher services personnel. preparation period in order to that citizens should now call 9-1- before joining the Charleston County Full consolidation will occur convert Rural Route Numbers to 1 for emergencies versus dialing Consolidated 9-1-1 Center. “First, the in January of 2014 when the City physical street addresses as well as zero for the operator were placed in technology was just buttons and push of Charleston Police transition name all unnamed streets in the water bills. Emergency vehicles were to talk and as the years progressed, to the Consolidated 9-1-1 Center. county to build the 9-1-1 database. outfitted with 9-1-1 stickers that were you have a completely computer Using the latest 9-1-1 technology The database enables the 9-1-1 placed on the rear quarter panel of driven system where security is of the and information sharing tools, centers to identify the physical each vehicle so that citizen could utmost importance.” the Consolidated 9-1-1 Center address of the caller by what is clearly see the message. The Charleston County will process over 1.3 million calls known as an enhanced 9-1-1 system. Once the groundwork was laid, Consolidated 9-1-1 Center began a year with an operating budget Working with a staff of merely the mapping system in place and operations at the Lonnie Hamilton of approximately $12 million to three in the early stages of the project, the database complete, the first Public Services Building in support a staff of 150 Consolidated the County’s first 9-1-1 Director, Enhanced 9-1-1 call in all of South January of 2009. The Consolidated 9-1-1 Center employees. William F. Kopacka, watched as Carolina, North Carolina and 9-1-1 Center moved from that his team created mylar addressing Georgia was made in Charleston building to a newly constructed Charleston County 9-1-1 timeline: grids with “old school” drafting County on August 11, 1983. 38,000-square-foot facility on March • First call August 11, 1983 technology. The countless hours of After 28 years of service as a 9-1-1 5, 2013. The new facility houses • Charleston County Sheriff’s work and overtime yielded a complete Call Taker and Dispatcher, Shelly the Consolidated 9-1-1 Center and Office and EMS consolidated in uniformed addressing system. Hoskins reflects on her career as her Emergency Operations Center at January 2009 With the combined assistance of retirement date quickly approaches. a cost of $27 million to construct. • Dispatch moves into new facility the United States Postal Service, local “It’s like watching someone build a The Consolidated 9-1-1 Center in March 2013  The Edisto News September 2013 Page 27 NSA Officers Spy on Love Interests

in a one-year period, NSA Chief Compliance Officer John DeLong emphasized in a conference call with reporters last week that those errors were unintentional. He did say that there have been “a couple” of willful violations in the past decade. He said he didn’t have the exact figures at the moment. An undated aerial handout photo NSA said in a statement Friday shows the National Security Agency that there have been “very rare” (NSA) headquarters building in instances of willful violations of any Fort Meade, Md. kind in the past decade, and none have violated key surveillance laws. By Siobhan Gorman; “NSA has zero tolerance for willful The Wall Street Journal violations of the agency’s authorities” and responds “as appropriate.” WASHINGTON—National The LOVEINT violations involved Security Agency officers on several overseas communications, officials occasions have channeled their said, such as spying on a partner agency’s enormous eavesdropping or spouse. In each instance, the power to spy on love interests, U.S. employee was punished either with an officials said. administrative action or termination. The practice isn’t frequent — Most of the incidents, officials one official estimated a handful of said, were self-reported. Such cases in the last decade — but it’s admissions can arise, for example, common enough to garner its own when an employee takes a polygraph spycraft label: LOVEINT. tests as part of a renewal of a Spy agencies often refer to security clearance. their various types of intelligence Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.), collection with the suffix of who chairs the Senate intelligence “INT,” such as “SIGINT” for committee, said the NSA told her is free everywhere! collecting signals intelligence, or committee about a set of “isolated communications; and “HUMINT” cases” that have occurred about www.EdistoNews.com for human intelligence, or spying. once a year for the last 10 years, News • Photos • Polls • Respond To • More In NSA where NSA personnel have violated News • The NSA, Spying, and Your Love NSA procedures. Advertising Specials Poems She said “in most instances” • NSA Officers Spy on Love the violations didn’t involve an Get it on the go! Interests American’s personal information. • Obama Calls Syria an Issue of She added that she’s seen no evidence ‘Grave Concern’: Excerpts that any of the violations involved the • Now Declassified: FISA Court use of NSA’s domestic surveillance Ruling Documents infrastructure, which is governed • Transcript: White House by a law known as the Foreign The Edisto News is supported by our Comments on Heathrow Intelligence Surveillance Act. advertisers. Without their support there Detention “Clearly, any case of would not be a local paper. noncompliance is unacceptable, The “LOVEINT” examples but these small numbers of cases Please thank them for supporting your constitute most episodes of willful do not change my view that NSA newspaper and ask other businesses to help misconduct by NSA employees, takes significant care to prevent any officials said. abuses and that there is a substantial in keeping us all informed. In the wake of revelations last oversight system in place,” she said. week that NSA had violated privacy “When errors are identified, they rules on nearly 3,000 occasions are reported and corrected.”  Page 28 The Edisto News September 2013

h u n T ing GeNeRal ruleS and regulationS

The importation or sale of live wolves is pro- Transporting Firearms general information hibited in South Carolina, except for exhibition There are no SCDNR restrictions on trans- or scientific purposes upon the approval of on hunting porting firearms by licensed hunters and Hunting is defined as trying to find, seek, the SCDNR as provided by regulations (50- fishermen in a vehicle to and from the place obtain, pursue, or diligently search for game. 11-1765). It is unlawful to import coyotes. The of hunting and fishing except on WMA lands. Regulations in this section apply to both possession and sale of live foxes and coyotes For regulations on WMA lands see Weapons private and public lands statewide, unless is restricted by law (50-11-2630). A person 3.4 on page 61. otherwise specified. may not have a live wolf in his possession without a SCDNR permit. Federal law pro- Calls, Recorded or Licenses and Permits hibits importing, exporting, selling, buying, Licenses and permits are required for hunt- receiving or acquiring big cats across state Electronically Amplified ing in South Carolina. Detailed information lines. For information and exceptions, contact It is illegal to hunt, catch, take, kill or attempt on types of licenses and permits is located the US Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast to hunt, catch, take or kill any game bird or on page 12. All residents and nonresidents Region, 1875 Century Blvd., Atlanta, GA 30345. game animal with the aid of recorded calls or born after June 30, 1979 must successfully Prohibition of Sale, Purchase, Donation, or sounds or recorded or electronically amplified complete a hunter education course that is Transfer of Ownership Wildlife as Pets - The imitations of calls or sounds (50-11-40). Crows, approved by the SC Department of Natural Department of Health and Environmental coyotes or hogs are not game birds/animals Resources (SCDNR) before a hunting license Control’s (DHEC) Rabies Control Act (47-5- and therefore can be hunted using electronic can be obtained. For exceptions, see page 9. 50) prohibits the sale, purchase, donation, or calls on private lands and WMA lands. transfer of ownership of nondomesticated Game Zones & WMAs carnivores (raccoons, foxes, skunks, bobcats, Trapping South Carolina is divided into six game zones, coyotes, wolves, wolf dogs, weasels, civet cats, There were substantive changes in law this as defined on the maps on page 50. spotted skunks, and lynx or the offspring year. Trapping regulations are available in a The SCDNR sets and regulates the methods born to any combinations of crossbreeding separate publication or online at http://www. of harvest, bag limits and other requirements (hybrids) between these wild animals and dnr.sc.gov/regs/furharvest.html. for hunting on Wildlife Management Areas domestic dogs or cats) to private individuals (WMA) statewide. in this State. It is illegal to import native fur- Commercial Fur Harvest The SC General Assembly establishes sea- bearing species into the state for any purpose There were substantive changes in law this sons, limits and methods for private land except with a permit issued by the SCDNR. year. Regulations are available in a separate statewide. The SCDNR is responsible for law Requests for importing furbearing animals publication or online at http://www.dnr.sc.gov/ enforcement statewide. for private possession violate the spirit of the regs/furharvest.html. Rabies Control Act and will be denied. Protected Game youth Hunting Days Note: The SCDNR does not advocate or en- The following species may be hunted ONLY Youth Hunting Days are scheduled for many courage keeping wildlife in captivity. during legally established seasons: bear, bea- species of game and allow youth 17 years of ver, bobcat, deer, fox, mink, muskrat, opos- age and younger to hunt as long as they are sum, otter, rabbit, raccoon, skunk, squirrel, equipment and accompanied by a licensed adult 21 years or weasel, waterfowl (goose, brant and duck), Methods older. Only the youth may take or attempt Golf cart operators must have a bobwhite quail, mourning dove, rails (marsh to take game and license requirements are hen), coot, gallinule, ruffed grouse, crow, wild Archery waived for the youth hunter (50-9-740). See valid driver’s license. turkey, common snipe and woodcock. Archery means a longbow, recurve bow, com- Page 82 for youth hunt day list. pound bow or crossbow (50-11-565). There Protected Nongame are no restrictions on draw weight/length, Free Hunting Days The following species are protected and may arrow weight/length, or broad head weight, December 27 & 28 not be hunted, molested, caught, transported, width, or style. Free hunting days allow all South Carolina sold or possessed in any manner: birds of residents to hunt without a state hunting li- prey (eagles, hawks, osprey, owls, kites and Crossbows cense or other required permits, to include vultures) and nongame birds (except Eng- Crossbows may be used on private lands and Wildlife Management Area (WMA) permit, lish sparrows, pigeons, Eurasian collared WMA lands statewide during all archery, or Migratory Waterfowl Permit (formerly State doves and starlings). Falconers must possess muzzleloader or gun seasons for deer, bear Duck Stamp). It is important to note that Free a SCDNR permit. and turkey. Hunting Days are offered by the State of South Importation and Possession Primitive Weapons Carolina and do not waive any Federal require- ments for a Federal Migratory Bird Hunting It is unlawful to import, possess or transport For special primitive weapons seasons, primi- & Conservation Stamp (Federal Duck Stamp) for the purpose of release, or to introduce or tive weapons include bow and arrow, cross- No golf carts on to hunt migratory waterfowl. bring into this state any live wildlife of the bows and muzzleloading shotguns of twenty Free hunting days are available only to SC Palmetto Boulevard. following types without a permit from the gauge or larger, and rifles of .36 caliber or residents and apply to all lands in which hunt- SCDNR: a member of the family Cervidae larger with open or peep sights or scopes, ing is allowed, to include private lands and (deer, moose, elk, etc.), bear, turkey, furbearers which use black powder or a black powder Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) through- (fox, raccoon, opossum, muskrat, mink, skunk, substitute that does not contain nitrocellulose out the state that are not otherwise closed to coyote, otter, bobcat, weasel and beaver), a or nitro-glycerin components as the propellant hunting. The list of open WMAs can be found nondomestic member of the families Suidae charge. There are no restrictions on ignition by visiting the Managed Lands tab of the DNR or Tayassuidae (pigs), or Bovidae (bison, an- systems including flintstone, percussion cap, website at https://www.dnr.sc.gov/mlands/lookup/. telope, mountain goat, mountain sheep) (50- shotgun primer, disk, or electronic. During Please note that all existing seasons, bag limits 16-20). The importation or possession of live primitive weapons season, no revolving rifles and methods of take still apply. alligators is illegal without a permit from the are permitted (50-11-310). Falconry Allowed. Department (50-15-50).

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10 Cool Facts About Mosquitoes

Ah, mosquitoes, the insects that are universally hated the world over. These that irritating buzzing sound you hear just before a mosquito lands on you pesky, disease-carrying pests make a living by sucking the blood out of just about and bites. anything that moves, including us. But take a moment to look at things from the 6. Mosquito mates synchronize their wing beats to perform a lover’s duet. mosquito’s perspective — it’s a pretty interesting life. Scientists once thought that only male mosquitoes could hear the wing beats of their potential mates, but recent research on Aedes aegypti 1. Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals on Earth. That’s right, more mosquitoes proved females listen for lovers, too. When the male and deaths are associated with mosquitoes than any other animal on the female meet, their buzzing synchronizes to the same speed. planet. Mosquitoes may carry any number of deadly diseases, including 7. Salt marsh mosquitoes may travel up to 100 miles from their larval malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, and encephalitis. Mosquitoes also breeding habitat. Most mosquitoes emerge from their watery breeding carry heartworm, which can be lethal to your dog. ground and stay pretty close to home. But some, like the salt marsh 2. Only female mosquitoes bite humans and animals; males feed on flower mosquitoes, will fly lengthy distances to find a suitable place to live, nectar. Mosquitoes mean nothing personal when they take your blood. with all the nectar and blood they could want to drink. Female mosquitoes need protein for their eggs, and must take a blood meal 8. All mosquitoes require water to breed. Some species can breed in in order to reproduce. Since males don’t bear the burden of producing puddles left after a rainstorm. Just a few inches of water is all it takes young, they’ll avoid you completely and head for the flowers instead. And for a female to deposit her eggs. Tiny mosquito larva develop quickly in when not trying to produce eggs, females are happy to stick to nectar, too. bird baths, roof gutters, and old tires dumped in vacant lots. If you want 3. Some mosquitoes don’t bite humans, preferring other hosts like to keep mosquitoes under control around your home, you need to be amphibians or birds. Not all mosquito species feed on people. Some vigilant about dumping any standing water every few days. mosquitoes specialize on other animals, and are no bother to us at all. 9. An adult mosquito may live 5–6 months. Few probably make it that Culiseta melanura, for example, bites birds almost exclusively, and rarely long, given our tendency to slap them silly when they land on us. But bites humans. in the right circumstances, an adult mosquito has quite a long life 4. Mosquitoes fly at speeds between 1 and 1.5 miles per hour. That might expectancy, as bugs go. sound fast, but in the insect world, mosquitoes are actually rather slow. 10. Mosquitoes can detect carbon dioxide from 75 feet away. Carbon dioxide, If a race were held between all the flying insects, nearly every other which humans and other animals produce, is the key signal to mosquitoes contestant would beat the pokey mosquito. Butterflies, locusts, and that a potential blood meal is near. They’ve developed a keen sensitivity

honey bees would all finish well ahead of the skeeter. to CO2 in the air. Once a female senses CO2 in the vicinity, she flies back  5. A mosquito’s wings beat 300–600 times per second. This would explain and forth through the CO2 plume until she locates her victim. The Edisto News September 2013 Page 31 Page 32 The Edisto News September 2013

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