Month: February 2024

Get Ready for RiverDogs Baseball

It’s time to play ball! The Charleston RiverDogs will open the gates to fans for home opening night on Tuesday, April 5, 2024, at 7:05 pm at “The Joe” when they welcome the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers to the Holy City.  Plan to come out and cheer on the RiverDogs baseball team!

Coming off of three championships, and due to unprecedented demand for tickets, the RiverDogs announced Monday Jan. 29 that single game tickets are on sale now. Coinciding with that announcement, the Tampa Bay Rays Single-A affiliate unveiled dates for the top promotional highlights of the season as well. Tickets are available for purchase directly from the team at RiverDogs.com, and will be conveniently delivered and accessible on a mobile device.

The Charleston RiverDogs are the Single-A Affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. They play in the Joseph P. Riley Stadium, also known as “The Joe”, which sits near the Ashley River and catches the breezes from the river and adjoining marshland. It has been rated one of the best stadiums in the minor league and collegiate levels. (The Citadel baseball team plays there as well.)

–Tidelines Editors

(Image credit: Charleston RiverDogs)

Traffic Alert: Nikki Haley Visits Freshfields on Feb 17


Nikki Haley will be making a campaign stop on Saturday, February 17 at Freshfields Village (on the Green) from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm.

Visitors and residents should plan for increased traffic and security measures throughout the area for the duration of this event. Please provide extra travel time and expect some travel delays if traveling through the Freshfields area.

Follow us on X, formerly known as Twitter, at TidelinesAlert to receive instant information about traffic issues as we receive it.

–Tidelines Editors

Update on Captain Sam’s Spit


The following article appeared on the Kiawah Island Community Association Blog:

Agreement Conveys a Portion of Captain Sam’s Spit to the Kiawah Island Community Association

The Kiawah Island Community Association (KICA) is pleased to announce that Kiawah Partners has agreed to transfer by quitclaim deed the non-buildable land at Captain Sam’s Spit, as stated in the Amended and Restated Development Agreement, to the community association to hold in common for the benefit of the membership.

Captain Sam’s Spit is approximately 155 acres of undeveloped land at the western end of Kiawah Island, surrounded by water on three sides, where the Kiawah River inlet meets the Atlantic Ocean. This agreement means that a portion of the spit will be held by the community association, which represents all members on Kiawah Island.

Dolphins strand feeding at Captain Sam’s Inlet

The land to be conveyed is a refuge for wildlife, providing the sandy shores for a rare and captivating hunting behavior: bottlenose dolphin strand feeding. It’s one of the few places in the world where dolphins corral fish along the shore, and then create a wave to push the fish and themselves onto the beach to eat the fish before sliding back into the water. It’s also a restful retreat for migrating shorebirds like red knots and the piping plover. Kiawah’s bobcats roam the spit and loggerhead sea turtles use the oceanside beach as their nesting ground each summer.

Captain Sam’s Spit has been owned by Kiawah’s master developer, now Kiawah Partners, since the 1970s. It’s one of Kiawah’s few remaining pieces of undeveloped land, and now Kiawah Partners has taken the significant step to convey the non-buildable property to the community association.

To read more about this issue, click here.

–Tidelines Editors

Earth Day 5K Fun Run Apr 20

On Saturday, April 20, 2024, the Barrier Island Environmental Education Program at St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center is hosting an Earth Day 5K Fun Run and Festival. The fundraiser will raise money for the education program’s scholarship and outreach, creating opportunities for South Carolina schools and students in need of financial aid to visit and experience the environmental programming of Barrier Island and become generational stewards of nature.

Whether you are looking for a fitness challenge, a fun exploration, or a pleasant Saturday morning stroll, the Earth Day 5K will guide participants through a network of beautiful maritime ecosystems and coastal scenery. Runners and walkers will experience five environments in five kilometers: maritime forest, salt marsh, dunes, estuary, and beach.

A festival with a silent auction, food trucks, games, activities, education tents, live music, and live animals will immediately follow the Fun Run at St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center.

The 5K will begin at 8:30 am and festival events will begin at 10:00 am. You may register ahead of time for both the 5K Fun Run and the Festival, or just the Festival. We also welcome volunteers, donations, and race sponsors.

Register here.

-Submitted by Jared Crain, Coordinator of Outdoor Encounters and Local Outreach, St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center

(Image credit: Barrier Island Environmental Education Program)

TOSI Special Committee on Finance Feb 15

February 15, 2024 @ 9:00 am
Watch Live on YouTube
Seabrook Island Town Hall, Council Chambers
2001 Seabrook Island Road
Seabrook Island, SC 29455

Virtual Participation: Individuals who wish to participate in the meeting via Zoom may call (843) 768-9121 or email kwatkins@townofseabrookisland.org for log-in information prior to the meeting.

AGENDA

  1. Call to order, Pledge of Allegiance, roll call and FOIA statement
  2. Committee member introductions
  3. Discussion of goals and objectives for Finance Committee
  4. Regular meeting schedule
  5. Committee comments
  6. Adjournment

-Submitted by Town of Seabrook Island

Expect Traffic Delay

Expect Traffic Delay at Beachwalker Drive and Kiawah Island Parkway
Due to a tree service company working behind Kiawah Island’s main gate, there is a slight traffic backup and drivers may experience a delay at the intersection of Beachwalker Drive and Kiawah Island Parkway.
Town staff are on-site directing traffic. Thank you for your patience as they work to get vehicles through the area as quickly as possible.

-Submitted by Town of Kiawah Island

Charleston Stage Presents “The Trip to Bountiful”

February 28 – March 17, 2024
Historic Dock Street Theatre

Follow 80-year-old Mama Watts as she sets off on the adventure of a lifetime, determined to run away from her son’s cramped city apartment and controlling daughter-in-law and return to her home town of Bountiful, TX one last time. But what will she do when she’s stuck at a train station in the middle of the night, finding out the last resident of Bountiful, TX died two days ago? Watch as Mrs. Watts leans on new friends, fond memories and her steadfast faith to sing and dance her way through troubling times. This heartfelt Tony award-winning classic by Horton Foote, author of the award-winning screenplay “To Kill a Mockingbird”, asks the age-old questions; what is home, and can you ever really go home again?

Click here for information and tickets.

–Tidelines Editors

(Image credit: Charleston Stage)

SIPOA Annual Meeting 2024

Annual Meeting 2024
Saturday, February 17, 2024
10:30 am
Seabrook Island Club Atlantic Room

A quorum is essential to transact business at the SIPOA Annual Meeting. Nine hundred six (906) votes must be represented at the Annual Meeting, in person or by proxy, to constitute a quorum for the meeting.

All Proxy Appointment Forms must be received by SIPOA’s Secretary before 8:00 am on Saturday, February 17, 2024. Proxy forms received after 8:00 am on February 17, 2024, will not be valid.

Electronic Ballots were sent to the Property Owners primary email address on file from announcement@associationvoting.com, on Wednesday, January 17, 2024.

If not received, follow these steps:

  1. Visit vote.associationvoting.com/sipoa/
  2. Click Help at the top
  3. Enter your name and email
  4. Request Help
  5. Receive details from webmaster@associationvoting.com

Electronic Voting Instructions: 

Be sure to follow EACH step below to ensure your vote(s) are cast property.

  1. Visit vote.associationvoting.com/sipoa/
  2. Enter your login credentials provided in your voting email from announcement@associationvoting.com or webmaster@associationvoting.com.
  3. Proceed to the Proxy Appointment Form 
  4. Assign Proxy and Proceed to the Ballot page
  5. Mark your choices on the Ballot
  6. Click the Green button at the bottom of the Ballot page
  7. Confirm your choices on the next page
  8. Sign your name electronically
  9. Click “Cast My Vote“

Complete all steps to finalize your vote. After clicking “Cast My Vote“, a confirmation email will be sent to you from support@associationvoting.com containing your choices.

Reminder:

Weekly reminder emails will be sent from announcement@associationvoting.com to those who haven’t completed the voting process by February 16, 2024. For queries about your voting status, feel free to contact Rhiannon Schalaudek at rschalaudek@sipoa.org or Kristen Riedmayer at kriedmayer@sipoa.org or call 843-768-0061.

Paper Voters:

For mail voting, kindly return your signed Proxy Appointment form before 8:00 am on Saturday, February 17, 2024, in the enclosed prepaid envelope. Alternatively, you can drop it off at our office: 1202 Landfall Way, Johns Island, SC 29455.

Note: SIPOA and Seabrook Island Club have separate voting processes. You are encouraged to participate in both.

If you have already voted, please disregard this message, and thank you for voting!

To view Meet the Candidates Night, click here.

-Submitted by Seabrook Island Property Owners Association

SC’s Critical Role in the Survival of Arctic Nesting Shorebirds with a Focus on Red Knots

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Speaker: Felicia Sanders
When: February 22, 2024, 7:00 pm
Location: The Lake House Live Oak Hall
Cost: Free for SIB Members, $10 per person for guests

7:00 pm: Registration and refreshments
7:30 pm: Program
8:45 pm: Program ends

Program Description:

Recent research on the federally threatened Red Knot estimates over 17,000 knots utilize Seabrook and Kiawah Islands, making this area a critical spring stopover site for this migratory shorebird that has declined over 85% in recent decades. Red Knots undertake astounding migrations every year, some flying nearly 19,000 miles from their wintering grounds, as far south as Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of South America, to their breeding grounds above the Arctic Circle. On Seabrook and Kiawah Islands, knots rest at high tide and at low tide, feeding on the abundant coquina clams that live at the surf zone. On our beaches they transition into breeding plumage and build muscle and fat reserves that fuel their next flight. In May 2023, biologists deployed satellite transmitters on knots. These tags are glued to the bird’s back and have a solar panel energy source. Join us to learn about SCDNR’s Red Knot tagging project, that allows us to track knots’ local movements and to follow them to their nest sites in the Arctic. These projects and partnerships are making tangible conservation achievements in the protection of knots!

Speaker Bio:

Felicia Sanders has been working 30 years on conservation efforts for a wide diversity of bird species and joined South Carolina Department of Natural Resources in 2001 and leads South Carolina’s Seabird and Shorebird Projects. Her primary tasks are promoting conservation of important sites for nesting and migrating coastal birds, surveying seabirds and shorebirds, and partnering with universities to research their life histories. She is a coauthor on numerous scientific publications and has traveled to the Arctic five times to participate in shorebird research projects. Felicia Sanders went to graduate school at Clemson University, majoring in biology. In 2020 she was awarded the Biologist of the Year by the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, whose members include 15 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

It is not too late to join or learn more about the Seabrook Island Shorebird Steward Program! ​We invite you to visit the Seabrook Island Birders webpage and visit the Shorebird Stewards tab. Sign up with your spouse or a friend, or meet new friends during the upcoming training sessions. Send an email to SIBStewards@gmail.com to join the group or ask for more information. It is a rewarding experience that you will surely come to cherish.

Donations to support Shorebird Research can be made at this event, either via PayPal, a check or cash. Details will be presented at the event.

-Submitted by Judy Morr

(Image credit: SIB)