The Seabrook Island Property Owners website, sipoa.org, includes everything you need to know about fitness classes, semi-private classes, cancellations, The Lake House Spa as well as The Lake House Guide. Once in the SIPOA website, look at the area close to the top of the home page for The Lake House. There is a dropdown menu with all this information.
To view the August Fitness schedule, click here or go to sipoa.org.
Please note that Water Aerobics at 8:00 am on Thursday, August 12 will be canceled.
This week begins a new special interest group – Seabrook Island Spikers. This water volleyball club will meet two times a month August through October. The first Seabrook Spikers Happy Hour will be Sunday, August 8, 2021 at 5:00 pm. The second meeting in August will be Friday, August 20. Go to sipoa.org for more details.
-Submitted by Jamie Mogus Mixson, The Lake House Manager
Don’t miss this blast from the past! The 2021 World Tour for Styx, the famed 70’s band, makes a stop in Charleston on Saturday August 7.
The event will be held at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center and starts at 8:00 pm with doors opening at 7:00 pm. Parking costs $10. Tickets are available now through this link.
Nesting activity is winding down, but hatchling activity is ramping up! The Seabrook Island Turtle Patrol added 1 new nest this week, bringing the total for the season to 72. There have been nests laid in August during 3 of the past 5 years, so it is still possible there will be more. So far, 11 of the 72 nests have completely hatched out. Remember to watch your step on the beach and refrain from using white flashlights if you are on the beach at night!
Saturday, July 24 – Nest 72
Bill and Pat Greubel walked Zone 3 this morning and called in a promising crawl just North of Boardwalk 6. Bill probed the area to find the eggs for nest 72. Sandy MacCoss helped to relocate 101 eggs a little further north.
Live Stranding: Meet “Pyrite” aka Christy!
On the evening of Sunday July 25, the Seabrook Island Turtle Patrol received a call for a sea turtle stranding near boardwalk 8. Joshua Shilko responded and found that an angler had caught a juvenile Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle – the most endangered of the 7 extant sea turtle species. This is the third Kemp’s Ridley caught by a fisherman from our shores this year, and we are grateful that a beachgoer contacted us and that the angler kept the turtle comfortable until we could respond. We were not able to remove the hook on the beach, so the turtle was transported to the Sea Turtle Care Center at the SC Aquarium, Charleston for care. The folks that caught the turtle asked if we would mind calling it “Christy” to honor someone special to them, so we will call it Christy, but at the aquarium you will find our turtle referred to as “Pyrite.” The doctor noted that it is one of the smallest turtles they have had in their care (1.29kg; about 22 cm curved carapace length). The hook was removed the next day and they are treating our turtle for mild metabolic acidosis. At this point we don’t have information on how long it will be at the aquarium or if it will be in a visible tank. Send some good vibes to Pyrite aka Christy and we’ll share more information as we get it!
For more information on what to do if you catch a sea turtle while fishing, please click here to read our article on the topic.
This Week’s Inventory Results
Nest 3 was found by Jane Magioncalda and Sandy MacCoss. It hatched in 60 days. Egg Shells: 106 Unhatched: 28 Live: 2 Dead: 1 Hatch Success: 73.1% Emergence Success: 71%
Nest 2 was found by Judy Morr, Kathy Hanson and Kathy Thompson. It hatched in 63 days. Egg Shells: 68 Unhatched: 74 Live: 5 Dead: 0 Hatch Success: 44.4% Emergence Success: 41.1%
Nest 6 was found by Pat and Bill Greubel. It hatched in 63 days. Egg Shells: 116 Unhatched: 10 Live: 3 Dead: 2 Hatch Success: 86.5% Emergence Success: 82.8%
Nest 8 was found by Judy Morr, Kathy Thompson, and Kathy Hanson. It hatched in 59 days. Egg Shells: 40 Unhatched: 11 Live: 0 Dead: 0 Hatch Success: 54% Emergence Success: 54%
Nest 4 was found by Jane Magioncalda and Sandy MacCoss. It hatched in 65 days. Egg Shells: 59 Unhatched: 55 Live: 0 Dead: 2 Hatch Success: 43.7% Emergence Success: 42.2%
Year-to-date statistics: Mean Hatch Success: 68.9% Mean Emergence Success: 67%
For more information about Seabrook Island Turtle Patrol, go to siturtlepatrol.com
Enjoying the Olympics on TV? Why not head out and watch some sports in person? The Charleston Battery soccer team plays their next home game on Friday, August 6 at 7:30 pm against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds.
Charleston Battery is the local soccer club and is a member of the United Soccer League. It was founded in 1993, which makes it the oldest continuously operating professional soccer club in the US. They recently began welcoming fans to their new stadium at Patriots Point Soccer Complex.
For information on schedule, tickets, club merchandise, or other news, click here.
The next monthly Brown & White Pickup is Friday, August 6, 2021.
Bulk items can be left curbside by 7:00 am. Place items including furniture, appliances, grills, lawn furniture, or other similar household items where you would normally leave your trash and recycling.
Hazardous waste such as old paint cans, electronics, batteries, fluorescent lights, and old yard or household chemicals can be taken to the Maintenance Area (adjacent to the Community Garden) that morning between 9:00 am and 2:00 pm. Hazardous materials must be handed directly to the attendant on duty. The materials cannot be left on the ground.
If you are planning to put bikes out on Brown & White Pickup day, Sarah Quinn is collecting them for the Bicycles for Humanity (B4H) Program. You can call her to pick them up. Her phone number is (843) 768-4407. Sarah has saved more than 1,800 bikes from the landfill! Find out more about B4H here.
Before you put your used furniture or other items on the curb for Brown & White Pickup on Friday, consider recycling it with Sea Island Habitat for Humanity Restore. Contact the store at 843-559-4009 for more information and to arrange for free pick-up of large items.
Click here for the 2021 SIPOA Garbage, Recycling, Yard Debris Pickup Schedule.
Farmer’s Market – Every Monday on the Village Green there is a Farmer’s Market featuring fresh organic produce, local food products and Lowcountry crafts. Stop by from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm to purchase some goodies.
Shag Night – Are you a shag dance pro wanting to dust off your dancing shoes? Or are you new to the area and want to learn the basic steps to the official dance of South Carolina? Go to the Lakeside Dock on Tuesday, August 3 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm to enjoy beach music tunes perfect for shagging.
Acoustic Night – Head over to the Lakeside Dock on Thursday, August 5 to listen to local acoustic musicians. The performance will be from 6:30 pm until 8:30 pm. Bring beach chairs and blankets and enjoy some great music.
All the music and movie events are complimentary and family-friendly.
The Charleston Library Society and Buxton Books are virtually hosting best-selling author Martin Walker to celebrate The Coldest Case, the latest release in his hit detective series, Bruno, Chief of Police. Walker will be zooming in from France to talk about the newest book in the series. This Zoom is free and open to the public, but requires an RSVP to attend. Click here for more information and to reserve your spot.
NOTICE: Zoom event links and passwords are always distributed on the day of the event to the email you RSVP with in the form. The email that will be sending the link and password will be dreutter@charlestonlibrarysociety.org. If you have any questions, please call 843-723-9912
For a calendar of more events offered by CLS, click here.
The Gibbes Museum of Art, one of the oldest arts organizations in the country, will exhibit a collection of artwork by French masters of the Impressionism movement. Light Effects: The French Impressionists will be on display at the Gibbes from September 3, 2021 – February 20, 2022, showcasing principal artists of the movement such as Edgar Degas, Paul Cezanne, Auguste Renoir, Paul Gaugin, Mary Cassatt and others.
La ferme de la Groue a Osny by Paul Gauguin
Light Effects: The French Impressionists will feature works by French masters that showcase short, loose brushstrokes, bright colors and a focus on modern life that became the language of Impressionism. Selected from private collections located across the country, including Charleston, this show is organized as part of the museum’s collectors’ series with the assistance of The Fine Art Group. The exhibition will be on display in galleries two and three on the museum’s second floor.
For images of Light Effects: The French Impressionists, click here. For more information, click here.
The Charleston Library Society and Buxton Books are virtually hosting best-selling author Martin Walker to celebrate The Coldest Case, the latest release in his hit detective series, Bruno, Chief of Police. Walker will be zooming in from France to talk about the newest book in the series. This Zoom is free and open to the public, but requires an RSVP to attend. 
