Native Plant Sale Exceeds Expectations

A huge number of native plants will put down roots and residents on Seabrook, Kiawah and Johns islands will be watching them grow as a result of a November 3 plant sale on the Green at Freshfields Village. 

Ninety-three plant packages totaling more 4500 individual plants that had been pre-ordered were assembled on the Green and then volunteers from the Seabrook Island Green Space Conservancy and the Kiawah Conservancy, which jointly sponsored the event, helped residents load the plants into their vehicles. Each package came with a design template showing how the plants can be arranged in striking patterns in a yard, and planting and maintenance instructions also were included. 

“We knew many homeowners were interested in native plants, but the support and the number of plant packages we sold far exceeded our expectations,” said Sean Cannon, a staff member of the Kiawah Conservancy and a chief coordinator of the sale. 

Given the high interest and success, the two conservancies are considering a second native plant sale in the spring. 

This was not a fundraising event for Seabrook Island Green Space Conservancy and the Kiawah Conservancy; the plants were sold at wholesale prices. The conservancies believe that people want to be good stewards of the land and native plants gives them an opportunity to act, to be part of a collective effort to help counter the continuing loss of natural habitat and to mitigate wildlife decline. 

Meg Carter, Carl Voelker and Susan Leggett, board members of SIGSC

-Submitted by Stan Macdonald, board member, Seabrook Island Green Space Conservancy

(Image credit: Adam Wolf, Kiawah Conservancy)

Seabrook Island 2023 Turkey Trot

Leave the cooking for later or for someone else and join us at The Lake House on Thanksgiving morning for Seabrook Island’s Annual Turkey Trot. This (just over a) 5K race will take you through the front half of the Island. Event shirts are sold out.

Sign up now! Registration forms are available online here.

Remember, there is no better way for Seabrookers and their guests to start Thanksgiving Day!!

Volunteers Needed for Thanksgiving Turkey Trot

The Lake House is looking for volunteers to assist with Seabrook Island’s Thanksgiving Turkey Trot on Thursday, November 23. Volunteers will be asked to meet in the lobby of the Lake House at 7:15 am. The race should be completed by 10:00 am. Responsibilities may include directing participants on racecourse, hydration support (water station), and cheering on participants.

If you are interested in volunteering for this super fun event, please email jmogus@sipoa.or

RUN NOW, GOBBLE LATER!

-Submitted by Jamie Mogus Mixson, The Lake House Manager

SIAG December Artist of the Month, Brenda Tilson

The year was 1974. Richard Nixon was President of the United States, Leonid Brezhnev was President of the USSR, and Brenda was a new graduate of the University of Cincinnati and ready to step into the real world. Equipped with a hefty backpack, an SLR camera, and sturdy hiking boots, she set out to trek through western Russia and Finland in the spring and summer of 1974.

It is now 2023. A few images from that experience are on display in December. Seen together, they illustrate the contrast of Czarist Russia and Bolshevik Russia as well as previously occupied Finland and Czechoslovakia. Included are classic churches and cathedrals, propaganda posters anchored to architectural monuments, as well as a view of daily life in Russia in 1974.

Thanks to today’s technology, these film images were revived from their film status to December’s exhibit…to live again.

Brenda’s background includes degrees from Fairmont State College (BA Art), and the University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, and Art (BS Science) and she is a Juried member of the Pastel Society of America.

Brenda’s 40-year design career was spent collaborating with architects and clients on interior spaces and planning.

Please join Brenda for the Artist of the Month reception
Tuesday, December 5, at The Lake House from 4:30-6:00 pm.

For information on the Seabrook Island Artist Guild click here.

-Submitted by Bonnie Younginer, Seabrook Island Artist Guild

(Image credit: Brenda Tilson)

Steeplechase of Charleston Sunday, Nov 12

The 2023 Steeplechase of Charleston is Sunday, November 12!

8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Stono Ferry, 5000 Old York Course Road, Hollywood, SC

It’s not too late to make plans to go out to the Charleston Steeplechase tomorrow! Bring your friends and family for a splendid day spent outdoors watching world-class horse racing. In between the races, take advantage of early holiday shopping by visiting our Merchant Market – filled with the best of Lowcountry artisans. Bring a tailgate spread and enjoy an afternoon of fun.

With deep roots in southern heritage, this Charleston tradition began in 1792 and will be ushered into its new era. The family-friendly Sunday event will feature five high-stakes races with coveted titles on the line. So pack your coolers, grab your big hats and bow ties. We’ll see you at the races! The Steeplechase of Charleston is a National Steeplechase Association sanctioned Race Meet.

For all information related to this year’s Charleston Steeple Chase please click here.

It’s time to start looking for your best floppy hats and bow ties!

–Tidelines Editors

(Image credit: steeplechaseofcharleston.com)

World Kindness Week Nov 13-19

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This year’s World Kindness Week will be celebrated November 13-19, 2023. The first World Kindness Week began in 1997 when several humanitarian groups came together to promote kindness in society.

This week, take a moment to spread a little kindness. Offer compliments, write a note of encouragement or thank someone for influencing your life, or practice a random act of kindness each day.

Kindness connects us to other people. One small act of kindness can make a big difference in someone’s day.

–Tidelines Editors

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Veterans Day Saturday, Nov 11

Veterans Day is a day to reflect on the sacrifice and courage of all U.S. Veterans. It is the day that our country honors and thanks those men and women for their service.

To hear the official Veterans Affairs march Salute to Veterans, composed by COL Eugene W. Allen and performed by The United States Army Band, Pershing’s Own, click here.

Some Background on Armistice Day and Veterans Day

November 11, Armistice Day, marked the end of World War I. On “the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month,” in a forest near the French city of Compiègne, French, British, and German leaders met and signed an armistice that officially ended “the war to end all wars” that claimed the lives of more than 16 million people over four years.

President Woodrow Wilson originally proclaimed November 11, 1919, as Armistice Day to honor the country’s servicemen who served during World War I. The date wouldn’t become a National Holiday until a Congressional Act in 1938 made it so. It would remain a holiday for this select group of soldiers, sailors, and marines until President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill that expanded its intention to celebrate the service of all servicemen and servicewomen from every American war.

It would remain known as Armistice Day for the next 35 years until Congress changed its name to Veterans Day on June 1st, 1954. That name has remained unchanged ever since. The date of the Veterans Day celebration has also remained unchanged, except for a brief period of seven years when it was changed to the fourth Monday of every October in 1971 to make sure that it complied with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. This decision was eventually reversed in 1978 and this holiday has been celebrated on November 11 ever since.

–Tidelines Editors

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Grief Support Group Nov 15

The Grief Support Group meets on the third Wednesday of the month. The next meeting is on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, at 4:30 pm in the Eagle’s Nest Studio at the Lake House. New members are always welcome to join. Participants in the group include but are not limited to those who have lost a spouse as well as those who have lost a child.

After the death of a loved one, it feels complicated to understand who we are, how we fit, and what normal could possibly mean in this new world. In a support group, there is an opportunity to share with others who understand this challenge.

For more information, please contact Mary Fleck at marybfleck@gmail.com. 

–Tidelines Editor

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Shriners Children’s Charleston Classic Basketball Tournament Nov 16, 17 & 19

Don’t miss the Lowcountry’s premier college basketball event!

The Shriners Children’s Charleston Classic is an early-season Division 1 college basketball tournament played each November at TD Arena in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. The tournament, entering its 16th year in 2023, features a bracket format with 12 games over three days. Each team competes in one game per day regardless of results. The 2023 Shriners Children’s Charleston Classic will be played Nov. 16, 17 & 19 and feature Dayton, Houston, LSU, North Texas, St. John’s, Towson, Utah and Wake Forest.

For more information on this tournament and to check ticket availability please click here.

–Tidelines Editors

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Toys for Tots Drop-Off at Seabrook Island Town Hall

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Once again, the Town of Seabrook Island is holding a toy drive in support of the Toys for Tots program. The Toys for Tots program was established in 1947 by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and has been managed by the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation since 1991. Each year, the program collects and distributes toys to children whose parents cannot afford to buy them gifts for Christmas. Since its founding in 1947, the Toys for Tots program has collected and distributed more than 500 million toys to children across the country.

New, unwrapped toys and books may be dropped off at Town Hall anytime between now and December 7, 2023.

–Tidelines Editors

Visiting Artists at the Gibbes

The Gibbes Museum of Art welcomes Charleston-based artists Alice Colin and Elizabeth Williams as part of their Visiting Artists program. They will be in residence at the museum now through December 3. Alice will hold open studio hours Monday – Friday from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm and Sundays noon to 5:00 pm, and Elizabeth’s open studio hours will be Monday – Wednesday, Fridays and Saturdays from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm for the public to see these artists at work.

Alice Colin

Alice Colin’s creative process aims at expressing emotions and thoughts through colors and pattern, while balancing shapes and shades. Her inspiration comes from her travels, the many places she’s called home and the facial expressions of people she has encountered. Her portraits try to capture the emotional charge, history and experience a figure may exude. Originally from Bordeaux, France, she has studied, worked and lived in many countries before landing in Charleston. Influenced by a background in communication, she developed a love of creating visual artworks using acrylic colors combined with recycled elements from daily life such as newspaper, leather, fabrics, discarded packaging, and jar labels.

Elizabeth Williams 

Elizabeth Northcut Williams is a fine artist who lives in Johns Island, SC, with her husband, three children, rescue dog, and parakeet. She grew up in Louisville, KY with family who valued making beautiful things. With that encouragement, she received her BFA in painting from the University of Evansville and has been blessed with art “work” ever since. Using a range of painting and drawing mediums, she combines figurative realism with expressive abstraction on oil-primed linen, panels or paper. In blending traditional portraiture with conceptual storytelling, she can connect the “who” with the “why.” Williams says, “I see this exploration of artmaking as an extension of hospitality, and for that act of connection, I am forever grateful.”

-Submitted by the Gibbes Museum

(Image credits: gibbesmuseum.org and alicecolin.com)

Veterans Day 2023 Hours

Veterans Day is Saturday, November 11, 2023. It is a federal holiday which means that non-essential federal government offices are closed and every federal government employee is paid for the holiday. If a holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday can be treated as a holiday.

You should check with your local bank, credit union, school, etc. to see if they are open on Friday, November 10 and/or Saturday, November 11.

The local holiday hours are as follows:

  • SIPOA offices will be closed  Friday, November 10 and they are not open on Saturdays. SIPOA does not impose any contractor rules for this holiday.
  • Town of Seabrook Island offices will be closed Friday, November 10 and they are not open on Saturdays.
  • Vincent’s Pharmacy will be open on both Friday and Saturday with normal hours. (These are new hours.)
  • Post and Computer Center will be open on both Friday and Saturday with normal hours. On Saturday, November 11, the Post Office will not be picking up or delivering but UPS and FedEx will still be making their runs.
  • Harris Teeter will be open on Friday and Saturday with normal hours.

The U.S. government recognizes 12 federal holidays: 11 annually and Inauguration Day every four years.

–Tidelines Editors

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