ON SALE: Tickets are on sale now for the annual MOJA Arts Festival in Charleston, which runs from Sept. 23 to Oct. 3. Performers include internationally renowned jazz artist Jonathan Butler, who will perform under the stars Sept. 25 at 8 p.m. at Porter-Gaud School Stadium, 300 Albemarle Road, West Ashley. The festival, which features jazz and other musical art forms, also will include dance, health and recreation events, literary and visual arts events, a Caribbean Street Parade and theater performances. To buy tickets, go to the box office at 180 Meeting St., call 843-724-7295, or go online. Photo provided.

THE LIST
:: Five top preachers

CHARLESTON GREEN
:: Energy efficiency standards needed

GOOD NEWS
:: Scout helps, L.I.M.E., Trident doc

FEEDBACK
:: Good scouting feature

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TODAY'S FOCUS
Lowcountry Local First pushes local buying, sustainability
By AMY GRAUL
Lowcountry Local First
Special to CharlestonCurrents.com | permalink

SEPT. 2, 2010 - For those of you who aren't familiar with Lowcountry Local First, I'd like to introduce the organization. For those of you who know us, I hope to enrich your understanding of what we do.

Graul

LLF is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization that formed in 2007. We are the 44th chapter of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, a national organization that promotes the development of local economies. LLF advocates the benefits of a local living economy by building community support for independent, locally owned businesses in all industries.

The concept is simple -- where you chose to spend your money can positively affect change in your community. For every $100 spent at a Charleston-based business, $68 stays within our community, whereas for every $100 spent at a non-locally owned business, only $43 stays within the community. In these trying economic times, what better way to help each other than by helping local businesses to remain competitive and to make it possible for them to contribute to the character and vitality of our community?

LLF has two initiatives: a Buy Local Initiative and a Sustainable Agriculture Initiative. We work to support local businesses and we work to build the sustainable agriculture field, although many associate LLF with one or the other. Here's the breakdown on each:

Buy Local Initiative
Buy Local is an ongoing grassroots campaign to encourage all Lowcountry residents to Think Local when they make purchases, to Buy Local whenever possible, and to Be Local by supporting businesses that keep our community distinct.

Each year in the early autumn, we produce the Directory of Local Independent Businesses, a fantastic tool for locating locally-owned businesses to support in the Charleston region. In it all of our member businesses and sponsors (now over 300 strong) are listed. We print 20,000 each year, and they are distributed throughout the tri-county area. We welcome all members to monthly member meetings, happy hours, and workshops - all of which are hosted to facilitate learning about locally owned businesses and connecting local business men and women.

For the past three years, LLF has held a "Buy Local Week," where we encourage people to spend a percentage of their holiday dollars in local businesses. Also, we are excited to announce our newest addition to the Buy Local initiative: "Real Time Deals." By signing up for this program, members have the opportunity to post exclusive specials, discounts, and deals to our Web site, made available to anyone who visits the page. Check it out on our home page.

Sustainable Agriculture Initiative
This initiative focuses on strengthening local farms and producers by creating partnerships with local restaurants, food institutions and markets. One of LLF's first actions was to partner with the S.C. Department of Agriculture to create the "Fresh on the Menu" program, which recognizes restaurants that choose to buy their raw ingredients from local producers.

Since then, LLF launched its Growing New Farmers Incubator Project. This is an apprenticeship program to educate the next generation of farmers and food system leaders. Apprentices are given the opportunity to attend quarterly Growers Group meetings, a FastTracSC/Clemson Food & Entrepreneurship course, and, as of this fall, a Continuing Education Sustainable Agriculture course open to the public.

Concurrently, LLF pioneered the Farm Fresh Online Market, where seven local chefs work directly with three local farms. The Online Market explores new pathways of getting local product from farm to plate to ensure sustainable agriculture is viable financially for both farmers and chefs. We are thrilled to join forces with the Coastal Conservation League to create a wholesale Central Market to expand the opportunity for all local chefs to purchase directly from local farmers daily. With these measures in place, Charleston will have a strong regional food system that will include a diversity of rural farms and an urban farming component that will invigorate these much-neglected economies.

We could not accomplish any of this without the incredible enthusiasm of the people of Charleston. Each of us has the power to shape our community here in Charleston by voting with our dollars and investing in each other.

Amy Graul is administrative coordinator for Lowcountry Local First.

CURRENTS
Tail-wagging and tailgating news: from Bi-Lo to football
By ANN THRASH, contributing editor| permalink

SEPT. 2, 2010 - The nation's ongoing economic woes have affected more than just our human families. They've affected our pets as well. Countless families have had to give up a beloved dog or cat that they can no longer afford to feed, and others who have had to give up a pet because they lost their home sometimes find a "No Pets Allowed" policy when they downsize to an apartment or move in with family or friends.

Thrash

Today we're happy to tell you about a new promotion at Bi-Lo grocery stores to help change things for people and their pets. Through Sept. 28, customers at all Bi-Lo stores who buy a $5 bag of the chain's PAWS Premium pet food and donate it to a local food bank will get an extra 5 cents on their "fuelperks!" rewards cards.

The program kicked off Sept. 1. All you have to do is buy the pet food, place it in the donation bin at the store, and Bi-Lo will take care of the rest. In the Charleston area, the food will go to the Lowcountry Food Bank (a nonprofit partner of CharlestonCurrents.com).

This is the second year for the program, which Bi-Lo calls "Feed the Love," and the company has set a goal of doubling the 30 tons of pet food it collected and donated to 87 food banks across the Southeast last year.

"This effort is particularly critical in light of the current economic situation, as many food banks face the dual challenge of diminished contributions and an increased number of individuals in need of food not only for themselves, but for their pets as well," says a company statement. "Bi-Lo's goal is to help reduce the number of animals being abandoned by their owners or sent to shelters by assisting the families already receiving support from the food banks."

You probably see a local Bi-Lo store somewhere on your daily commute, but if you need a list of locations in the tri-county area, click here. As a lifelong animal lover who can't even begin to imagine how crushing it would be to have to give up my own dog and cat, I salute Bi-Lo for this effort. In fact, I'll be heading to my neighborhood Bi-Lo this afternoon to donate some pet food while I'm shopping for tailgating goodies. And speaking of tailgating …

Kicking off football season

College football is back beginning tonight, when the University of South Carolina kicks off the season nationwide in a game against Southern Miss (ESPN, 7:30 p.m.). To get you primed for the season, we found a couple of interesting Palmetto State football facts in our favorite statewide history book, Dr. Walter Edgar's "South Carolina Encyclopedia" (USC Press). Let's kick it off with a trivia question…

• Which in-state rivals battle it out in "the Bronze Derby"? (The answer is at the end of the column.)
  
  
• The first official football game played in the state took place on December 14, 1889. Wofford beat Furman 5-1; at that time, each score counted for 1 point.
  
  
• USC played its first game in 1892, losing to Furman 44-0 in Charleston. In 1896, Clemson played its first game, beating Wofford 14-6 in Greenville.
• 1896 was also the year Clemson and Carolina played each other for the first time. Carolina won 12-6. (This was the first "Big Thursday" game, held in conjunction with the State Fair.)
  
  
• College teams were racially segregated in the state until 1970, when Jackie Brown became the first black player at USC. Clemson's first black football player was Marion Reeves in 1971.
  
  
• The longest rushing play in Citadel football history is 96 yards. The record was set Nov. 12, 1994, by Wando High School graduate Travis Jervey in The Citadel's game against VMI. Jervey went on to play for the Green Bay Packers, San Francisco 49ers and Atlanta Falcons.
  

So who plays in the Bronze Derby? Presbyterian and Newberry.

Ann Thrash, a Mount Pleasant writer, is a contributing editor to Charleston Currents.

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Nice article on Jack Schaaf's Eagle Project. He is one of our scouts in Troop 20 in Mount Pleasant where I am Assistant Scoutmaster.

-- Chris Brooks, Mount Pleasant, SC

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CHARLESTON GREEN
Legislature should develop state energy standards
By GREG GARVAN, contributing editor | permalink

SEPT. 2, 2010 - At a recent business roundtable on creating new energy policies for the state, Hamilton Davis of the Coastal Conservation League urged the Legislature to develop a comprehensive energy standards portfolio.

Garvan

With standards in place, South Carolina could create more than 22,000 new jobs in the next 15 years, according to leaders. A Columbia Chamber member noted, "We're not real far down the road, but I think there is a realization that we've got to get there."

NOTE: The Center for a Better South outlined the importance of energy standards in its 2007 work, "Getting Greener." Click here to read more.

• Recycling goals: The 11 states that have economic incentives for recycling bottles report a 63 percent recycling rate. South Carolina, without that incentive, reports a 22 percent rate, which has declined in the past two years. For more on how you can help grow our recycling efforts and help the state make money, go online.
  
  
• One-stop green shopping: Charleston-based Green Wizard, LLC, is similar to a flight consolidator: Adam Bernholz, the founder, is creating a green business that offers one-stop shopping for green designers and builders. After years of hunt and peck process to find the materials that green consumers want, Adam has a Web site with more than 22,000 green products. Check them out at Greenwizard.com.
  
  
• Save the date: Charleston Green Fair at Marion Square Sept. 26.

Greg Garvan of James Island is president of Money with a Mission, an 18-year-old, fee-only financial planning firm that specializes in socially responsible/ 'green' asset management. On the Web: moneywithamission.com.

GOOD NEWS | permalink
Lowcountry firms named among state's Best Places to Work

Six area companies have been named by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce as being among the state's most innovative and top-notch employers.

The Chamber partnered with the Society for Human Resource Management and the publishers of SC BIZ Magazine in selecting the Best Places to Work. The companies will be honored Oct. 5, at which time the 2010 rankings will be announced.

The local 2010 winners among small and medium-sized employers (15-249 employees in South Carolina:

• Barling Bay, LLC, North Charleston
  
• Buist Moore Smythe McGee P.A., Charleston
  
• Johnson & Johnson, Charleston
• Life Cycle Engineering, Charleston

The local 2010 winners among large employers (250 or more employees in South Carolina:

• Blackbaud, Inc., Charleston
  
• Select Health of South Carolina Inc., Charleston

Charleston cost of living index below national average

The cost of living in Charleston is just below the national average. But overall, our cost of living is considered high, while our salaries are lower.

According to the second quarter 2010 ACCRA Cost of Living Index, Charleston's cost of living index was 97.2, which is 2.8 percent below the national average (100.0) cost of living among the 314 urban areas participating.

The Cost of Living Index is published quarterly by C2ER -- The Council for Community and Economic Research. The composite index is based on six components -- housing, utilities, grocery items, transportation, health care and miscellaneous goods and services.

Charleston is below the national average in housing with 92.6 and transportation -- 94.8. Yet grocery items are higher with 103.5. When compared to the other cities in the 2010 regional economic score card that was recently released by the Charleston Regional Development Alliance and the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce - Center for Business Research, Charleston's overall Cost of Living is high. At the same time, incomes in the Charleston region are 12 percent below the national average and housing prices remain above many of these areas as well.

"We know people want to live in our region because of the quality of life offered by our coastal location. All the same, the region must continue to work to close the gap in income and wages of our area. The Cost of Living Index is a measure that helps us understand how we are doing compared to other regions," Mary Graham, senior vice president, public policy/regional advancement for the Chamber, said.

State's first Azalea Society of America chapter takes root here

Following a recent meeting at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, local gardeners began a process to establish South Carolina's first chapter of the Azalea Society of America.

Twenty-five ASA members met at Magnolia to organize the local chapter, which if approved by the ASA, will be called the Rev. John Grimke Drayton Chapter. It could become one of 11 chapters nationwide affiliated with the society, founded in 1977 at Washington, D.C.

Miles Beach, Magnolia Plantation and Garden's director of horticultural programs, took this picture at Magnolia Gardens during the spring of 2010.

The local chapter was named for Drayton (1815-1891) to "recognize his contribution to azalea research and propagation in the South," Miles Beach, director of the horticultural collections at Magnolia, said. Drayton developed the gardens following the Civil War as a gift to his wife Julia Ewing Drayton.

Tom Johnson, director of Magnolia Gardens, elected to be the local chapter president, said the group's mission is to seek out azalea experts who can teach local gardeners about the different varieties of azaleas and how they can be used in the landscape.

Jim Thornton of Conyers, Ga., a former president of the national society, said Charleston is a natural location for a chapter given its abundance of azaleas. The city has not had a chapter, he said, because up until now no one has "had the gumption to get the ball rolling."

Beach said anyone who wants to join the local chapter in the next 90 days can do so and be classified as a charter member. The local Azalea Society chapter will meet at 7:30 p.m. on the third Monday of each month in the Carriage House at Magnolia Gardens.

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SC ENCYCLOPEDIA | permalink
Hockey skates South

The traditionally Canadian sport of hockey had a minimal presence in South Carolina until the 1990s. Requiring cold weather for ice or expensive indoor ice rinks, the sport attracted little interest.

This changed during the 1990s when interest in hockey saw unprecedented growth in the state, sparked by the migration of many northerners to the state and the development of roller hockey.

Following close on the heels of this rising interest was the appearance of the state's first professional minor league hockey team, the South Carolina Stingrays. The Stingrays, who play in North Charleston, joined the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) in 1993 and garnered many fans in the Lowcountry. Other ECHL teams soon followed: the Pee Dee Pride in 1997 (renamed the Florence Pride in 2003), the Greenville Grrrowl in 1998, and the Columbia Inferno in 2001.

According to USA Hockey, hockey's governing body, the number of players in the Southeastern District (which includes twelve states and the District of Columbia) grew from 4,462 in 1990-1991 to 28,662 in 2001-2002, of which 1,292 were in South Carolina. Beginning as a northern transplant with few southern devotees, hockey has gained a substantial following in South Carolina.

-- Excerpted from the entry by Benjamin Petersen. To read more about this or 2,000 other entries about South Carolina, check out The South Carolina Encyclopedia by USC Press. (Information used by permission.)

LAGNIAPPE| permalink
Pre-butterfly

Red Zeppelin photographer Bill Thrash of Mount Pleasant snapped a close-up of this caterpillar munching on some parsley Monday in his garden. His wife, contributing editor Ann Thrash, says she thinks the stuffed insect soon will be a black swallowtail butterfly. Thanks Bill and Ann!

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THE LIST | permalink
Preaching to the preacher

Woods

So who does your preacher enjoy listening to on a Sunday morning?

Here's a list of five of the favorite local preachers of Rev. Steve Wood of St. Andrew's Mount Pleasant.

• Anthony Kowbeidu (Assistant Pastor at St. Andrew's Mount Pleasant)
  
• Bishop FitzSimons Allison (Retired Bishop of the Diocese of South
  Carolina)
  
• Buster Brown (Sr. Pastor at ECBC)
  
• Kendall Harmon (Theologian Diocese of South Carolina)
  
• Greg Surratt (Sr. Pastor at Seacoast)
  

QUOTE | permalink
You, universally speaking

"When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about."

-- Albert Einstein, The World as I See It, physicist (1879-1955)

CALENDAR: THIS WEEK | permalink

(NEW) David Stern exhibition opening: 5-7 p.m., Sept. 2, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston School of the Arts. The exhibition, David Stern: The American Years (1995-2008), will run until Oct. 8. It is a comprehensive examination of painter David Stern's work since his immigration to the United States in 1994. The show is comprised of roughly forty paintings and drawings by Stern, who was born in 1956, educated in Germany and who has lived in New York City since 1994. More online.

Is He Dead? 8 p.m., Sept. 2-4 and 9-11; 3 p.m., Sept. 12. Footlight Players Theatre launches its 79th season with the premier of Mark Twain's previously unpublished play, "Is He Dead?" Written in 1898 in Vienna as Twain emerged from one of the deepest depressions of his life, the play illustrates its author's superb gift for humor operating at its most energetic. Tickets are $25 for adults, $22 for seniors, $15 for students. To purchase tickets, contact the Footlight Players box office at (843) 722.4487 or go online. Footlight Theatre, home to Footlight Players, is located at 20 Queen St. in downtown.

Artists Helping Artists Preview: 6 to 9 p.m., Sept. 2, Michael Mitchell Gallery, 438 King St. The Charleston Symphony Orchestra League and Michael Mitchell are holding a Pre-Benefit Party featuring the works of many live and silent auction artists that will be featured at the October Artists Helping Artists Black Tie Benefit. Food and spirits by Poogan's Porch. Casual attire. Suggested donation $10 at the door.

Landscape art exhibition: 5-8 p.m., Sept. 3, 43 Broad St. Local landscapist, Bernie Horton, first debuted his outstanding work in 1997 and has been a Charleston favorite ever since. The work of the gallery's guest artist, Sara Stenlund, also will be on display. Contact the gallery for more information at 843-727-4343 or bernie@berniehortongallery.com.

2nd Annual Lowcountry Jazz Festival, Sept. 3-5. The city will come alive as local and international artists join forces at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center and other locations around the city. Confirmed artists include legendary contemporary jazz band Spyro Gyra; saxophone journeyman Euge Groove, formerly of Tower of Power; Paul "Shilts" Weimar, former bandleader of Down To The Bone; and noted Charleston jazz musician Charlton Singleton. All proceeds from the festival will benefit "Closing The Gap In Healthcare Inc." More info online or call (704) 534-4228.

(NEW) Rock at the Dock: Sept. 3-19. Charleston Stage celebrates its return to the historic and renovated Dock Street Theatre with the rocking musical, "Hairspray." Based on the cult John Waters film "Hairspray," and set in 1960s racially divided Baltimore, it tells the story of "pleasantly plump" Tracy Turnblad, a girl with a big heart, big hair and an even bigger passion for dancing. Suitable for all ages, tickets can be purchased online.

CALENDAR: ONGOING AND SOON

2011 Piccolo Spoleto applications: Deadlines in September. The City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs is accepting applications for the 2011 Piccolo Spoleto Festival. Applications online.

Books for Young Readers: 4-6 p.m., Sept. 7, Blue Bicycle Books, 420 King St. Michelle Zink, author of "Prophecy of the Sisters" will be signing copies of her second work, "Guardian of the Gate." The two books are the first in a trilogy. 843-722-2666.

ABCs of Nutrition: 6-7 p.m., Sept. 8. Good nutrition doesn't have to be difficult, time-consuming or scary. Tina Whetzel, owner of EatFit LiveFit + CrossFit Mt. Pleasant, hopes to give individuals and families the tools they need to be healthy with her free course, The ABCs of Nutrition. The event is at 1118 Park West Blvd. in Mount Pleasant. Children are welcome. Attendees will leave with quick recipes, ideas for healthy snacks and practical information about nutrition and its role in a healthy lifestyle. For more information, call 843-475-2459 or e-mail Whetzel at tina@eatfitlivefit.com

(NEW) The Glass House documentary: 8 p.m., Sept. 10, Room 309 of the Simons Center for the Arts on 54 St. Philip St. The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art presents "The Glass House" with Director Hamid Rahmanian. The documentary film screening and Q & A session with the director is free and open to the public. "The Glass House" is a story about six underclass Iranian women as they strive to pull themselves out of the margins of society by attending a one-of-a-kind rehabilitation center in uptown Tehran. This is the first film screening in the 2010-2011 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers, a program of South Arts. More online.

(NEW) All-day arts event: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sept. 11, Memminger Auditorium. OPEN kicks off Charleston's ball season as a multi-disciplinary arts event, open to the public, featuring an abundance of artistic and cultural offerings in the tri-county area. Come experience a cultural marketplace of interactive arts booths where you can buy tickets, memberships and merchandise. There will be performances, multi-media presentations, a family fun arts corner, art installation and an open-air courtyard of vendors and street performers that will give you a sampling of Charleston's arts for FREE. For more information, please call 843.724.6440.

Fishing Tournament: Registration begins at 6 a.m., Sept. 11. Get ready to catch some fun at the Folly Beach Fishing Pier's end-of-the-season tournament on Sept. 11. For more information, call (843) 588-FISH (3474) or go online.

Spirituality and writing: 9 a.m., Sept. 11. The Charleston County library is sponsoring a discussion on spirituality and writing featuring novelists Denise Hildreth, Beth Webb Hart and Nicole Seitz. Admission is free to the session, which will be held at the main library, 68 Calhoun Street, Charleston. More: Phone 843-805-6947.

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FOCUS ARCHIVES

9/2: Graul: Lowcountry Loc 1st
8/30: Pearce: Pro terminal
8/26: Roof: Great tax credit
8/23: Rawl: New education
8/19: Peters: Getting lead out
8/16: Frazier: Magnolia gardeners
8/12: Myers: Redux art
8/9: Ginn: Opportunity Next
8/5: Barnette: Hedwig show
8/2: Deaton: Lured back
7/29: Hannah: SCRA center
7/26: Parezo: Personal chefs
7/22: Bender: Shark Week
7/19: Witty: Growth in down market
7/14: Carroll: Networking
7/7: Blanchard: Financial planning
7/1: Shaffer: Picky Eaters Group

• More of Focus in the archives

ANN THRASH ARCHIVES

9/2: Tail-wagging and -gating
8/26: Urban gardening
8/19: Nirvana, Class of '14
8/12: History is interesting
8/5: Robert, Variety Store
7/29: Lazy? Boiled peanuts
7/22: Purple Toes book
7/14: Art opens doors
7/1: Lots to do on 4th
6/24: Ways to nab skeeters
6/17: Dump the Pump, more
6/10: Lots to do locally
6/3: Dancin' for dollars

• More Ann Thrash in the archives

ANDY BRACK ARCHIVES

8/30: Gulf pix make impact
8/23: Thank a teacher
8/16: Pharmacy, juice
8/2: Cherry juice, Gardner
7/26: Biden on Hollings
7/19: About Turkey
7/7: Campaign trash
6/28: Impatient electorate
6/21: Haley's thin record
6/14: Daddy-daughter trip
6/7: Gulf spill report

• More Andy Brack in the archives

PETER LUCASH: BUSINESS INDIGO

8/26: On biz interruptions
8/12: Pecha Kucha 7 coming
7/29: TwelveSouth again
7/14: Tech After 5 hits Chas
7/1: TwelveSouth scores praise
5/27: Facebook on privacy
5/13: Spark Charleston, more
4/22: Green Wizard, more
4/1: Encouraging biz signs
3/18: Biz fair, CED venture
3/4: Lowcountry tech hub
2/4: Advice on working with Boeing
1/21: Co-working group
1/7: Free library text questions

GREG GARVAN: CHARLESTON GREEN

9/2: Energy standards needed
8/19: Investing can be tied to ideals
8/5: Trident Tech green grant

LIST ARCHIVES

9/2: 5 great preachers
8/30: 5 local runs
8/26: 5 great cookbooks
8/23: Creative five
8/19: 5 local blogs
8/16: More plaudits
8/12: 5 local dog romps
8/9: New heritage sites
8/5: 5 around Chucktown
8/2: Bedside reading
7/29: Five for fall
7/26: Hollings library
7/22: Wine + Food fest
7/19: New Chas app
7/14: Chas at top
7/7: SC films
7/1: Keeping cool

• More Lists in the archives
  
  
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