Each year, the parents of approximately 15,600 kids will hear the words βYour child has cancer,β according to CureSearch for Childrenβs Cancer. Across all ages, ethnic groups and socioeconomics, this disease remains the No. 1 cause of death by disease in children. One local company is creating a ray of sunshine in the lives of children with cancer. For the past three years, … [Read more...]
Cobblestone Quilters Guild: Creating Community Togetherness One Block at a Time
According to the website Quilting-in-America, βThe term βquiltβ comes from the Latin βculcita,β meaning a stuffed sack. The word has come to have two meanings. It is used as a noun, meaning the three-layer stitched bedcovering. It is also used as a verb, meaning the act of stitching through the three layers to hold them together.β To get a grasp on how quilts are βput … [Read more...]
Art on the Half Shell: Oyster Art
Chicago had cows, Lexington had horses, Los Angeles had angels and Charleston is getting its oysters. These little shelled mollusks are not just the inherent seawater-filtration system and cuisine delicacy we know them as, but they have also been crafted into jewelry dishes, chandelier ornaments and many more decorative items. β¦ And, in the Town of Mount Pleasant, oysters … [Read more...]
Top of Their Games: A Look into the Lives of Local and Statewide Athletic Directors
With few exceptions, a universityβs director of athletics occupies a vice presidentβs hectic seat on a campus organizational chart. Commonly referred as the βAD,β the leader of the collegeβs department of athletics β large or small β has accepted an awesome responsibility. At the University of South Carolina, Ray Tanner was a national championship coach. At Clemson University, … [Read more...]
Success Beyond a Diagnosis: Living and Thriving with a Learning Disability
Kerri Yates remembers never being able to differentiate between Bs and Ds. She also remembers reading a . paragraph and not being able to recall a single word. As a child, she was lucky enough to attend a small school of only eight students where the teacher was able to give her one-on-one attention. It wasnβt until her late 20s that she was formally diagnosed with … [Read more...]
Sol Food: Roots Rock with Mount Pleasant Roots
If youβre hungry for good local music, Sol Food serves up great tunes to bar patrons and music lovers around East Cooper. Musicians Lonnie Greene with lead vocals and guitar, Nick Collins with guitar and vocals, Scott Funkhouser on bass and Scott Bell on drums have been playing together for about two years, gaining a faithful following of their rootsrock style. Not only do … [Read more...]
We Are Mount Pleasant
The same question comes up in our small publishing powwows almost every time we are vetting possible candidates for the next βWe Are Mount Pleasantβ feature: What makes someone βMount Pleasantβ enough for this? Easily put β itβs complicated. I was born and raised in Mount Pleasant. It has always been my home. When people discover that in casual conversation, most are shocked to … [Read more...]
Beyond the Green Screen: Local βBig Threeβ Weathermenβs Perspectives of Hurricane Season
With the 2019 hurricane season upon us and the 30th anniversary of Hurricane Hugoβs devastating hit to the Lowcountry looming in September, the time seemed right to find out a little more about the broadcast meteorologists who bring us our routine weather forecasts day in and day out, then go into high gear when potential storms are on their way. The three chief … [Read more...]
The Citadelβs Quarters One
Contractor βMoved Heaven and Earthβ to Complete Presidentβs House Six Weeks Early Gen. Glenn M. Walters, a member of The Citadel Class of 1979, assumed his responsibilities as the 20th president of The Citadel in October 2018. However, before he and his wife, Gail, could call Quarters One home, the 65-year-old presidential house needed a partial face-lift to repair the … [Read more...]
Black Baseball East of the Cooper: Looking Forward to Sunday
The batter slaps a bouncer into the hole on the left side, just out of the reach of the third baseman. The shortstop, who almost always possesses the strongest arm in the infield, glides easily to his right and snatches the ball on its third hop, sets his feet and fires a bullet across the diamond. His accurate throw thuds into the first basemanβs waiting mitt, arriving at the … [Read more...]