Is the Sun Setting on Sunset Cay?
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POSTAL PATRON POSTAL PERMIT NO 27 BEACH, SC FOLLY PAID US POSTAGE STANDARD PRESORT AUGUST 2016 Folly Beach’s Newspaper Issue 8, Volume 7 Is the Sun Setting on Sunset Cay? CITY, STATE Aim to shut down the “ship Store” AT SUNSET CAY MARINA By Bill Davis | Staff Writer Look! Up in the beautiful sunset! Is it a bar? A ship’s store? A social club? No, it’s a never-ending lawsuit. For decades, locals have been sauntering over to a second-floor haunt above the Sunset Cay Marina to grab a cold one and watch the best sunset on the backside of Folly Beach. But for the past year, the City of Folly Beach and several state agencies have been trying to shut down the watering hole. And its lawyers have been fighting, successfully so far, to keep the good times rolling. Next Tuesday, Sunset Cay Ship Store’s owner, John Oliver, will have yet another chance in front of City Council to keep the doors open. The owner of the ship store/social club, represented by lawyer Ian O’Shea, leases the spot from the marina. The business could be seen as a convenience store where boaters can buy supplies and do with them what they want. Boaters can for instance buy a single unopened beer continued on PAGE 10 It’s Healing Time on Folly ANOTHER SOLD-OUT SURFERS HEALING TO TAKES PLACE By Lorne Chambers | Editor Surfers Healing has camps in South Carolina, proud of. On Aug. 25, the ninth annual Surfers They paddle out together on tandem boards to North Carolina, Florida, Maryland, Virginia, Healing event will be held on Folly Beach. catch the waves. The response from the children North Carolina, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Many children with autism struggle with is truly inspiring. Island, Washington, California, Hawaii and even sensory overload; in other words, simple “Our Folly Beach Camp has evolved over the Mexico and Australia. However, the charity is sensations can overwhelm them. The last nine years from probably the smallest stop synonymous with Folly Beach. That’s because for weightlessness and rhythms of the ocean offer on the Surfers Healing tour to a completely the last decade Nancy Hussey and company have a therapeutic experience, a respite from the full event, with hundreds on a waiting list,” helped build an event out here that locals are constant assault on their senses. So every year says Hussey, who founded Folly’s chapter of Surfer’s Healing takes kids with autism surfing. Surfer’s Healing and IN THIS ISSUE continued on PAGE 4 FOLLY NEWS................ 4 BEACH BLOTTER .......... 6 CANNONBALL CHRISTMAS LETTERS TO EDITOR ....12 PART OF COMES EARLY A&E ......................... 13 FOLLY’S Author Bill Noel FOLLY FOLLY BUZZ ..............14 HISTORY drops an early present with FLASHBACK DINING ..................... 16 Public Safety Folly Holiday Folly’s news stand Working To Make mystery Silent FOLLY FLASHBACK ...... 20 was The Bert’s of Crosswalks Safer Night the 1950s FUN & GAMES ............. 21 For Pedestrians FISHING REPORT ......... 22 ......... page 4 ...... page 13 ......... page 20 What’s a party without a ?! SHACK’S PARTY PLATTER “Skip the lines, skip the mess, enjoy yourselves and we’ll handle the rest!” Platter Menu Crab Dip | Crab & Artichoke Dip Frogmore Stew | Chicken Tenders | Peel & Eat Shrimp Crispy Fried Shrimp | Whole Key Lime Pie Nick Thomas and Missy Johnson at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado COOSAW CREEK FOLLY BEACH WEST ASHLEY 8486 Dorchester Road 26 Center Street 1901 Ashley River Road 843.552.7171 843.588.3080 843.763.4494 P.O. Box 597 • Folly Beach, SC 29439 • (843) 270-5075 EDITOR Lorne Chambers, [email protected] ADVERTISING DIRECTOR FOLLY FUN FACT Lindsey Chambers, [email protected] STAFF WRITERS In the summer of 1962, the first surfboard arrived on Folly Beach. It was a 9’6” Malibu “popout” and was shared Bill Davis, [email protected] Warren Cobb, [email protected] by five teenagers. This was just the beginning of the surfing boom that was about to explode. THE FOLLY CURRENT {3} CARRY Carry The Folly Current out of town, snap a photo, email it to Regina Anderson at the us (or snail mail it), and receive a FREE slice of pizza. If you’re Leaning Towner of Pisa wearing a Woody’s T-shirt in the photo and receive a whole pizza! in Pisa, Italy. mail to: email photos to [email protected] or Folly Current at P.O. Box 597 • Folly Beach, SC 29439 Melissa, Abbey, and Jake Butts with John and Jonathan Williams at Firefly Music Festival in Dover, Deleware FIND THE Nick Thomas and Missy Johnson at Red Rocks Amphitheatre Every month The Lost Dog will be hidden somewhere in Morrison, Colorado in the paper. Be the first to spot him and win a $20 gift certificate from The Lost Dog Cafe. Post his location on our Facebook page. facebook.com/follycurrent Congratulations to last month’s winner Ralph Wright, who won a $20 gift certificate to The Lost Dog Café, located at 106 W. Huron Ave. For more info, call (843) 588-9669 P.O. Box 597 • Folly Beach, SC 29439 • (843) 270-5075 or visit www. lostdogfollybeach.com. * Cannot win in consecutive EDITOR CURRENT CONTRIBUTORS months Lorne Chambers, [email protected] Charlie Stonecypher Stratton Lawrence ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Miranda Steadman Lindsey Chambers, [email protected] Miranda Jordan Drive-By Proud Members Of: Alan Kleinfeld Media STAFF WRITERS Anton Dumars LLC. Bill Davis, [email protected] Geoff Bennett Warren Cobb, [email protected] Chris Kemp {4} NEWS AUGUST 2016 Healing Time On Folly ... continued from PAGE 1 Parking O’Plenty PaRKING ON FOLLY BEAch doesn’t hAVE TO BE A HEADACHE, JUST LEARN THE RULES By Alan Kleinfeld | Contributing Writer has been the driving force behind the charity locally. Parking. It’s an issue Public Safety deals With community support and the charity’s with year around, but it grows exponentially exposure at an all-time high, Hussey hopes every summer, as tourists, visitors and guests this year’s Surfers Healing event will be drive everything from Hondas to Hummers on the best one yet. “Every year we try to see to Folly Beach. how we can better serve our incredible If Public Safety had to inform only the families that come for Surfers Healing,” says approximately 2,400-year-around residents of Hussey. “By really listening to the parents the parking rules, the issue would be the size and volunteers, we try our best to make of a pea. In no time, everyone would know the improvements and tweaks that will help the rules. For Folly Beach (Public Safety, The City, day run smoothly and pack in as much fun residents) it’s an unending education because as we can.” there is a constant flux of new guests arriving. According to Hussey, there are now team Paid parking is available at every beach leaders for the various volunteer jobs on access and the parking on Center Street is the beach, making a huge difference in the free. If people take a chance in the Right of organization of the event. “We have so many Way (ROW), they have to know the rules, absolutely incredible volunteers, many have which include: been with us since the beginning with new friends joining in all the time,” she says. “It’s • No parking on roadway. All four tires must a beautiful thing and a joyous feeling when be off the road. If white lines are painted, everyone comes together for Surfers Healing. tires must be inside the white line. The terms ‘giving back’ and ‘paying it forward’ Most of the signs in the Right of Way (like this one) are unauthorized as the City are used a lot. It’s true, but in my heart I believe • No parking on sidewalks. doesn’t often approve requests for City-issued signs that the volunteers, friends, sponsors, the Folly • No blocking public or private driveways. For a quick, easy rundown, visit the City of issued signs. Beach community, and everyone who comes • No parking within 15 feet of a fire hydrant. out feel as though they receive much more Folly’s web site (http://www.cityoffollybeach. City of Folly Beach Mayor Tim Goodwin than they give. I know I do.” • No parking in a crosswalk. com/city-departments-services/public-safety/ recently appointed a committee (Council folly-rules/#parking-rules) has the parking Member Laurie Hull, Zoning Administrator Prior to the big event on Aug. 25, there • No stopping, standing, or parking in a rules listed. will also be a benefit for Surfer’s Healing roadway. Aaron Pope, and Deputy Chief of Public Safety on Saturday, Aug. 6 from noon until 5 p.m. Ignorance of them doesn’t provide an Steve Mims) to look at parking on the island, • No diagonal parking unless posted. All excuse. and part of their work is considering new at Loggerhead’s Beach Grill, located at 123 parking must be parallel to the roadway. West Ashley Ave. One-hundred percent of The City currently has an ongoing project recommendations on private signs in the ROW. the proceeds form the event benefit Surfers • No parking on dunes or revetments. to paint yellow lines along the intersections Another common issue is illegal Healing Folly Beach Camp. • No parking against traffic. All vehicles where parking is prohibited. But if you let us obstructions to the ROW, such as plants, In the future, Hussey says she would like must park with the flow of traffic. know about areas that need a no parking sign posts, signs, etc.