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 Volume 2Issue 14 FREE October 31,2008

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heyearwas 1948 and I wastenyearsold. I called himMr.Brown. Mr.Brownc alled meMr. Sidi.Mr. Brown, somewhereinhis90s, wasanold blackmanand I wasayoungwhiteboy.

 Wewereriends. He waseducated; JohnsIsland educated. Mr. Browntold meoneday, “Iyou know, you knowand iyou don’t know, well,you just don’t know.” Mr.Brownelt it was hisdutyto teach meeverythingI should knowand Mr.Brown said I should knowaboutBrutusGarrett. It seemsthat Brutus,100 yearsearlier, had panickedinahurricaneand that Brutuswasnowa haint:

Brutuscomebakeach yearinOctoberwhendeullmoonbe highand you canseethemarsh shinesalldewaytoKiwah. Inthemday,Mr.Legarehad somekind o’chinewhat himcould lookonand distingtellde pression. WasOctoberdelast. Mr.Legarepingdebell andsayotellebybodymust cometodebighouse. Himsaydepressionislowand wemust takecareoebyting. Wasmaybeit wasagalecomin.Ebyanimal,all depeoplemust leavedecreeksidean gotoBig Field(BigField iswhereMullet HallEquestrianCenter isnow located). BigField had abarn bigenuto holebybody.

Peoplesay Brutusmusta beenliquored up. Brutuslaugh and Mr.Legaresaydechinedonknowwhat himtalkinbout. HetakeGal;GalbeenemuleanhimrideGalout to JemmyIlant (JemmyIsland isout inthe marsh oppositeRhett’sBlu). Say hima piclast littlebit ocotton. WhenMr.L egarehear what Brutusdone,he jump onhe horseand takeLaboard wit himto etch Brutus. Whendemget todecreek detidebeencominasand dewind blowand demturnback. Whendepeople seeem cominand ain’t got much asGalwit dem, deycussBrutusawhile but denprayo em. Heget realdarkand dewind blow.Dewinblowsohard he ringdebell. PreacherBishop sayBrutusringdebell. Depeoplestart owailinand nashindeyteet. Mr.Legaresay oebybodyget inde lo odebarnand huddleup. Wasaterrublenight.

Indemawninwasrealquiet. Mr.Legaresayoeed de critterandtakeem backhome. Hesend Laboard,thepreacher and Boobietolook orBrutus. Deya in’t fnd hidenor hair.

I knowsyou gwynnax bout Gal. Wella mulebe smart, smartestanimaldeyis. Mr. Bryansaywhendestormobor, Galbeenstannininheyard.

Debuzzart fnd Brutus. Laboard takea bateau and lookon himandsayhewastoobad tobringtothehillso himburyhiminde marsh.Mr.Legaresay it wasn’t right toleaveBrutusin themarsh but ebybody heax toetch emcomebacksaydeycouldn’t fnhim. Hebinwayindemiddleo demarsh and deyloosede placewherehe been. Brutusheain’t looseem. He knowain’t posed tobe buried inde marsh. Every 

A true tale fromMullet Hall

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 A bout thistime last year, mywie, JanandI headed downthe ChechesseeRiverinanticipation o thisHarvest moonrise.

It wasnearingsunset and high tide whenweanchored ontoasmall oysterbank. Terewas just enough high ground tobringout mytripod,chairsand a picnicbasket with dinner. I mountedmycamerawith a 500mmlensontothe tripod. With allattentiononthe horizon,in thiscaseParrisIsland,we awaited theemerginglight tothesoundsothe tidewashingagainst theoyster

shells.

Photographingthemoon inthe alloersadistinct advantage. Duringautumn, thepath o themoonisshorterthanusualwith a decreasedperiod odarknessbetween sunset and moonrise.  What thismeans tothe photographeristhat youhavemoreto workwith increatingan image.InthiscaseI had thetreelineo ParrisIsland, atwilight blueskya nd theorange moonas it lited

Shooting the moonEricHoran| novEmbEr/2008

The Moon continuedon page4True Tale continuedon page14

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Folly Beach now has its own newspaper fromlynnpierotti, publisher

 he FollyCurrent isabrand newpublicationromLuckyDog Publishing, theLowcountry’s island

communitynewspaper company. Ourocus willbeentirelyontheissuesand concernsthat aremostrelevant totheresidentsoFollyBeach. Wewillwork 

hard tobea non-partisanorumoropendiscussionand willeaturecomprehensivecoverageoFollynews

and events, rompoliticstoisland lieas wellasaciviccalendar, ageneralhappenings calendar, surand tide

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Demographics (Source: Charleston Regional Business Journal Market Facts 2007)

South Carolina’s Lowcountry islands continue to be a magnet for afuent residents and newcomers. Sullivan’s

Island, Seabrook Island, Kiawah Island and the Isle of Palms lead the way based on 2006 per capita income gures of 

households around $50,000. Isle of Palms, a bedroom community to Charleston with a population of 4579, tops the

“most afuent” list with a median household income of $87,806.

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Sllivan’s Island 1912 (Iland Eye New) 455 800 (Mltri Nws)

Isl Palms 3185 (Iland Eye New) 1352 1170 (Mltri Nws)

Kiawah Island 1838 (Iland connetion) (s blw) n/a

Sabrk Island 2822 (Iland connetion) (s blw) n/a

Flly Bach 1571 (Folly current) 381 n/a

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1 Isl Palms 4579 $87,806 $48,202

2 Kiawah Island 1128 $86,451 $50,127

3 Sllivan’s Island 1897 $82,653 $52,650

4 Sabrk Island 1213 $73,367 $52,307

5 Mnt Plasant 57,932 $68,476 $33,362

6 Flly Bach 2263 $55,020 $31,350

Charleston’s top 6 most afuent municipalities

Lucky Dog Publishing of South Carolina has been producing quality community newspapers for more than

ve years in Charleston’s Lowcounty. The Island Eye News is the company’s agship newspaper, serving Sul-

livan’s Island and the Isle of Palms since May, 2005. After a successful two years and an amazing response from

the island communities, LDP launched its second bi-weekly publication, The  Island Connection, serving the

islands of Kiawah and Seabrook and nearby Johns Island. Less than a year later, LDP was encouraged to bring

the same quality news service to Folly Beach and on October 31, 2008, The Folly Current made its debut.

 

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My wife Marla and I have been readersof The Island Eye since it was rstdistributed on the Isle of Palms.

The Island Eye has an excellent handle onthe pulse of the island, the residents andcommunity. I like that the paper builds asense of community that other largepublications are not able to.

 As a member of IOP City Council, Ind the paper’s political reporting to befair and balanced. Often, a voter will citeinformation they found in the paper inconversation.

Mike LoftusIsle of Palms Town Council 

I have had 9 people want to rent my 3ofce spaces. they ALL learned of thespace from The  Island Eye ad.

 Aussie Greer Ilderton Contractors  

The  Island Connection is one of the Town’s primary vehicles for disseminating information to our residents. The reporting onmonthly Town Council meetings, for example, is both comprehensive and accurate. More importantly, The Island Connection iseffective for us because it is read by our residents. The articles are timely, informative and pertinent.

Frank McNulty  Mayor of Seabrook Island 

When Seabrook Island needed to get the word out about our $31 million dollar new amenities building program to theother Charleston area island communities, we chose the newspapers of Lucky Dog Publishing as one of the primary vehicles. Their creativity, consistency and reach to that specic audience was exactly what we needed to spread the word.

 Joe Salvo Seabrook Real Estate 

I can tell you, without hesitation, that citizens and visitors alike have really enjoyed The  Folly Curren t. Before The  Folly Current ,they only had The  Post and Courier and a newsletter published by the Civic Club, which is good, but did not begin to cover allthe happenings on Folly.

Toni W. Connor-RooksCity Administrator Folly Beach 

As I walked into a meeting with a prospective new client, she declared, “ I read your article and saw your advertisement inThe Island Connection paper this morning.” Obviously I thought it was a good start to our meeting…

Bobby CummingsCummings Financial 

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