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TODAY'S
FOCUS
Weathering a storm over summer dress codes
By GEORGE A. REEVES III
Attorney, Fisher & Phillips
Special to CharlestonCurrents.com
JUNE
14, 2010 – Now that summer is upon us, your dress code at work
may be feeling the heat. It’s a constant balancing act to keep
everyone cool and comfortable while maintaining a professional work
environment that minimizes distractions and liabilities.
Reeves |
If
you’re in a leadership role at your organization, you may already
be feeling added pressure to relax your dress standards, and this
pressure may increase as the temperature rises. But before you give
in, be sure to consider the potential business impact, and be prepared
to ask yourself some tough questions.
If
you already have a dress code, the question is whether to throw
out your existing policy and implement something new or leave things
as they are. The best answer may be to leave your more restrictive
policy where it stands and turn up the A/C. After all, a drastically
relaxed dress code with vague standards that shift with the seasons
may also cause employees to relax their approach to dealing with
co-workers, customers and the public at large. That puts your organization’s
public image at risk and may even expose you to perceptions of discrimination
or harassment that can tear at the morale of any workplace, not
to mention your pocketbook.
If
you presently lack a written dress code, then perhaps now is the
time to put one in place. While many offices simply rely on employees
to use common sense in terms of acceptable attire, experience also
tells us that when the temperature hits 95 degrees, the summer heat
can get the better of employee judgment. This is especially so when
the latest fashions encourage even traditionally conservative employees
to test the waters as if they were dressed to go out clubbing or
to the beach.
- If
you feel that your need for an organizational dress code is rising
with the mercury, consider the following:
- What
kind of working environment am I hoping to achieve, and how would
relaxed standards impact our overall corporate culture?
- Have
we relaxed standards on Fridays or on other occasions in the past,
and if so, have employees held up their end of the bargain?
- Is
there any risk of implementing a policy that alienates employees
by treating them like children or singling them out on the basis
of gender, race, religion or any other protected characteristic?
- How
big an issue is this among employees to begin with?
- When
it comes to revealing and inappropriate attire, where is our organization
prepared to draw the line, and what steps can we take to enforce
it?
- What
is the most effective way to communicate the standards to employees,
new hires and candidates alike?
The
bottom line is to try and maintain a policy that makes good sense
for business reasons (such as upholding a positive public image),
and to be prepared to explain the rationale behind it. If you can
satisfy yourself in each of these areas, chances are you are well
on your way to a successful summer – casual or not.
George
Reeves practices labor and employment law for the South Carolina
office of Fisher
& Phillips, LLP.
CURRENTS
Big father-daughter
trip fun, educational
By ANDY BRACK, publisher
WASHINGTON,
D.C, June 14, 2010 – The first annual Great Father-Daughter
Summer Trip got underway Friday with a 540-mile car journey from
Charleston.
Brack |
My
passenger? Six-year-old Avery Brack (“I'm six and a half, Dad.”)
In
the years since the birth of our daughters – Avery, followed
by now 3-year-old Ellie – the notion matured that it might
be a good idea for an annual father-daughter trip to show a new
part of our country to one daughter each year. It's a big country
and what better way, I thought, to enjoy it than a week-long immersion
in different states? Particularly places where I had never spent
major time? That would make it fun for both of us.
First
up, I picked, would be Kansas – America's heartland, a place
of flowing plains filled with wheat and corn. I don't know much
at all about Kansas, but figured there would be some interesting
things we could see.
But
when recalling that my first big trip with my dad was when I was
about 7, I figured Avery might still be too young for a Great Father-Daughter
Summer Trip (GFDST) this year. Why, I wondered, take a child on
a trip that she won't really remember? Seven, not 6, might be the
right age. On my trip years back, I have vague recollections of
the Jefferson Memorial, the Mayflower Hotel, losing a Snoopy comic
book and driving from Washington to Philadelphia so my dad could
go to a meeting.
So
I figured Avery might need to be a little older to get something
out of a GFDST.
Then
came the chance to visit my sister in Washington this summer. Perhaps,
we thought, it could serve as a kind of test drive (literally) for
next year's trip to Kansas. We jumped at the opportunity to leave
the heat of Charleston for the humidity of Washington.
And
it's been fun, without as much whining as you might expect. Some
observations:
- Six
is not too young for a child to get ensnared in the first Harry
Potter book. We got the book-on-CD from the library. For the first
30 minutes, the reader's English accent seemed a little off-putting
to Avery, but soon she was asking to hear more the story. We've
got half left for the trip back and she's looking forward to it.
- It
is a good idea to make a “no whining on the trip” rule.
We've made a game that if Avery catches anyone whining in her
Aunt Catherine's house, she gets $10, but that Avery can't whine
either. If she does, she forfeits any “winnings.” So
far – little whining and the adults haven't had to cough
up any money (yet).
- It
is not a good idea to walk as much as we did Sunday. In a four-hour
foray, we hiked from the Capitol, visited the Native American
museum, enjoyed the escalator ride in a modern art museum, saw
a lot of rainbows at a gay pride celebration and wandered inside
the U.S. Botanic Garden on the Capitol grounds.
- A
chocolate milkshake will rectify any problems caused by a dad's
forced march on a hot day.
This
summer's experiment with a GFDST has worked well and we'll go to
Kansas next year. If you've got any suggestions for future states
to visit, drop us a line and make your case for why we should travel
there.
Andy
Brack, publisher of CharlestonCurrents.com and Statehouse
Report, can be reached at: publisher@charlestoncurrents.com.
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GOOD
NEWS
Family
event to focus on connection to the ocean
A
family ocean education event and fundraiser next week at the Charleston
Maritime Center will celebrate how we’re all connected to the
ocean. Local author and science educator Merrie Koester Southgate
will be featured at the free event with both storytelling and improvisational
theater from her new ocean adventure novel, “Agnes Pflumm and
the Secret of the Seven.” (http://www.agnespflumm.com)
Southgate will donate proceeds of the sales of the novel to the
21st Century Spirit Ocean Adventure dropout prevention and literacy
program offered by the South Carolina Maritime Foundation.
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The
event is planned for 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. June 23 at the Maritime Center.
A professional drum circle, Inner Rhythm, will perform, and there
will be free Papa John’s Pizza for the first 100 people, as
well as ice cream, a chance to win an evening sail about the Spirit
of South Carolina, and a chance for middle-school teachers to win
a classroom set of the Southgate’s “Agnes Pflumm”
science education books, which also include “Agnes Pflumm and
the Stonecreek Science Fair,” “No Place Like Periwinkle”
and “Pond Scum by Agnes Pflumm.”
Families
can also visit marine scientists and get a tour of the Spirit of
South Carolina tall ship. The event is free and open to the public
and is sponsored by the South Carolina Maritime Foundation, the
South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston Maritime Center, and Papa John’s
Pizza.
Bag
some books at June sale to benefit local libraries
The Charleston Friends of the Library will hold “That SUMMER
Book Sale” June 18 through June 20 at the main branch of the
Charleston County Library, 68 Calhoun St. Sale hours will be 9 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m. June 18 and June 19, and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. June 20.
A members-only sale for Friends of the Library members will be held
from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. June 17—and if you’re not
a member, you can join at the door. Individual memberships start
at $20 a year.
The
Charleston Friends of the Library is a 501c3 membership organization
that raises money for more than 4,000 library programs, including
summer reading programs for kids and teens, computer classes, the
“Opera at the Library” program, concerts, film screenings,
author events, new technology and more.
For
more information, go
here online or call 805-6930.
Chefs,
kids team up to fight obesity
Seven
of the Lowcountry’s top chefs will team up with Louie’s
Kids, a local nonprofit organization that raises funds to help treat
childhood obesity, for the second annual Big Chef/Little Chef fundraiser.
The event will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. June 17 at Lowndes
Grove Plantation, 266 Margaret St., downtown.
At
the competition, seven “little chef” contestants, who
are current participants in Louie’s Kids programs, will be
paired up with a “big chef” as part of a friendly, collaborative
cooking competition. Guests will taste and rate each team’s
culinary creations, and a judging panel will include Emmy-nominated
television host, chef and author Marvin Woods; Biggest Loser Season
6 finalists Heba Salama and Ed Brantley; and local television personality
Ryan Nelson. The contestants will be judged on the flavor,
originality, and nutritional value of their dishes.
The
participating chefs are Craig Deihl of Cypress; Michelle Weaver
of Charleston Grill; Marc Collins of Circa 1886; Mike Lata of FIG;
Sean Brock of McCrady’s; Nico Romo of Fish; and Fred Neuville
of Fat Hen. Live music will be provided by Hank Futch of the Blue
Dogs.
The
big chefs and little chefs met recently to select ingredients and
create a menu. Louie’s Kids founder Louis Yuhasz says it was
an eye-opening experience for everyone. Many of the Louie’s
Kids participants had never had a chance to go behind the scenes
of a restaurant kitchen, and many of the participating chefs have
never had a chance to work one-on-one with a child battling obesity.
“I’m
daunted by this crisis and astounded how close to home this is for
all of us,” says Lata, the chef at FIG restaurant and the 2009
James Beard award winner for Best Chef Southeast. “As
chefs, we have the platform and opportunity to educate a world of
kids about food. The philosophy for me is a lot like that of the
Southern Foodways Alliance, who encourages us to ‘set a common
table, where black or white, rich and poor, will all gather and
consider the history, future and spirit of reconciliation.’
”
Tickets
are $45 in advance or $50 at the door (the ticket price includes
beer and wine). For details or to buy tickets, visit http://www.louieskids.com.
Walking tour
company relaunches fundraising program
Last
year Bulldog
Tours, a local walking-tour company, raised more than $2,500
for Family Connection South Carolina, an agency that helps parents
of children with disabilities, by donating $1 to the agency for
each mile its guides walked on tours. This summer, the company will
continue the effort, this time to benefit Hugs for Harper, a charity
set up on behalf of 9-year-old Harper Drolet, who was diagnosed
with soft tissue cancer in October 2009.
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Harper
and her family live in the same neighborhood as Bulldog Tours owner
John LaVerne, so selecting Hugs for Harper as the benefiting charity
was an easy call for LaVerne. The charity was set up to help absorb
the tremendous costs of Harper’s treatments (find out more
at the Facebook page
here).
Bulldog Tours has been featured on the Travel Channel and the Food
Network, as well as in publications such as USA Today, Southern
Living and the New York Times. The company has raised $1.3 million
to date for historic preservation work downtown. Founded in 2001,
the company offers two culinary tours, four ghost tours and a history
tour. For details, go to http://www.bulldogtours.com,
follow the company on Facebook,
or call 722-8687.
Statewide
lifeguard competition coming to local sites
The
lifesaving skills and athleticism of competitors from across the
state will be on display in the Lowcountry next week during the
S.C. Recreation and Parks Association’s 13th Annual Lifeguard
Competition. The contest takes place on June 25, with events starting
at 8:30 a.m. in Mount Pleasant and continuing at 1 p.m. on Folly
Beach.
Organized
by the Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission and the
Mount Pleasant Recreation Department, the day-long event will bring
together beach, pool and waterpark lifeguards from across South
Carolina. The Aquatics Branch of the SCRPA sponsors the event to
encourage lifeguards to further hone their skills and training.
Pool
events in the morning at the R.L. Jones Center pool will feature
team competition in both speed races and lifesaving techniques,
including categories such as Spinal Injury Management, Brick Tow
Relay, 50-Yard Sprint, Submerged Deep Water Rescue with CPR, 500-Yard
Swim and 100-Yard Relay. The action-packed beach events on Folly
center around Folly Beach County Park and include teams running
in and out of the water as they simulate rescues and compete in
fitness tests, including the Run-Swim-Run, One-Mile Run, Beach Flags
and Active Rescue events.
An
awards ceremony will immediately follow the competitions, all of
which are open to the public. For more information, call 795-PARK
or e-mail mbradley@ccprc.com.
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ENCYCLOPEDIA
Helen von
Kolnitz Hyer
(1896–1983)
Poet
and writer Helen von Kolnitz Hyer was born on December 30, 1896,
in Charleston, to George von Kolnitz and Sarah Holmes. She attended
Simmons College from 1917 to 1918 and married Edward Hyer in 1921.
The couple had four daughters.
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From
childhood she had a love of poetry and memorized poems from a book
of nineteenth-century English verse, reciting them to visitors at
her grandparents’ home in Mount Pleasant. At Ashley Hall in
Charleston, one of her poems was selected as the school song. Hyer
won youth poetry prizes as well. Her first poem appeared in Romance
when she was seventeen; she then was published several times in
Adventure Magazine.
Hyer
joined the Poetry Society of South Carolina in 1920. Although younger
than most group members, she impressed her peers. “What really
burnt them up was our first poetry contest,” Hyer recalled.
“I won it; they didn’t think a young girl should win.”
Her first poetry collection, Santee Songs, was published in 1923.
That volume was followed by Wine Dark Sea (1930), The Wimp and the
Woodle, and Other Stories (1935), Danger Never Sleeps (1970), and
What the Wind Forgets a Woman’s Heart Remembers (1975).
In
1974 Hyer became South Carolina’s second poet laureate—a
fitting honor for a poet whose work reflected a deep love for her
state. Frequent topics of Hyer’s verse include Confederate
heroes, South Carolina history, and southern romance. … Hyer’s
more serious compositions were balanced with playful poems. …
“Portrait of Two Ancient Ladies” jests: “Her waist
is small, her shoes are tight, / She wears black silk and diamond
broaches, / Her parlor’s full of Hepplewhite / Her kitchen’s
full of roaches.”
Hyer
cared about spreading a love of poetry in South Carolina, particularly
among the state’s young people. She fulfilled her role of poet
laureate well, traveling and giving poetry readings, allowing many
to hear the musical rhythms of her verse firsthand. She died in
Beaufort on November 14, 1983, and was buried in Charleston’s
Magnolia Cemetery.
–
Excerpted from the entry by Amy L. White. 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.)
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LIST
The Gadsden
Flag
This is Flag
Day, so today’s list offers a few facts you might not know
about Charleston’s connection to one of the first flags considered
to be a flag of our country: the Gadsden Flag. You still see it
around Charleston sometimes today, more than 230 years after it
was introduced – a bright yellow flag with a gray, coiled rattlesnake
and the words “Don’t Tread on Me.” Here’s some
history on the flag from “The South Carolina Encyclopedia,”
by Dr. Walter Edgar (which is also the source for the History feature
in each issue).
- Christopher
Gadsden, a Charleston native and delegate from South Carolina
to the Continental Congress, is credited with creating the flag.
“Returning to Charleston from Congress, Gadsden presented
‘an elegant standard’ to the South Carolina Provincial
Congress on February 9, 1776. This flag was that day ordered preserved
in the hall of the South Carolina Provincial Congress.”
- Gadsden
was a member of the Naval Committee of the Continental Congress,
and he had also presented the flag to Esek Hopkins, commander-in-chief
of the Continental Navy, who used a version of the flag as the
first Navy jack.
- S.C. naval
forces later used the rattlesnake and motto in another flag “as
fitting symbols of the defensive posture of the disgruntled colonists
by 1776,” the encyclopedia says.
- Gadsden
(1724-1805) had an extremely successful mercantile career; by
1774, he owned four stores, several merchant vessels, two rice
plantations worked by more than 90, a residential district called
Gadsdenboro in Charleston, and one of the largest wharfs in North
America.
- Gadsden
is buried at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church downtown.
QUOTE
On
an appetite for life
“Bear
in mind that you should conduct yourself in life as at a feast.”
–
Epictetus, Roman slave and philosopher of Stoicism (55 A.D.-135
A.D.)
CALENDAR:
THIS WEEK
Feminine
in Film: June 18 and June 19, Gage Hall, Unitarian
Universalist Church, 4 Archdale St., downtown. Jungian analyst and
author Dr. Virginia Apperson will lead a lecture and workshop on
"The Feminine in Film," sponsored by the Jung Society.
The June 18 lecture is titled "Floozies, Shrews and Ingenues";
June 19 workshop is titled "An Unlikely Heroine." Cost:
for June 18 lecture, $15 society members, $25 nonmembers; for June
19 workshop, $60 members, $80 nonmembers; to attend both days, $65
members, $95 nonmembers. To register: e-mail info@charlestonjungsociety.org.
More
info online.
Sustainable
Seafood Dinner: 6:30 p.m. June 18, Fish Restaurant, 442
King St. Fish and the S.C. Aquarium's Sustainable Seafood Initiative
will sponsor a four-course dinner that highlights local sustainable
seafood. The menu will include local clams, grouper and porgy, all
paired with wine, as well as a dessert course. Cost: $50 per person
(not including tax and gratuity). Fish will donate 10 percent of
the proceeds to the aquarium's Sustainable Seafood Initiative. Reservations
(required by June 16): Fish, 722-3474.
Sweetgrass
Class: 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. June 19, Charleston Museum,
360 Meeting St. Learn to make traditional sweetgrass baskets with
basketmaker Sarah Edwards-Hammond, who comes from a long line of
basketmakers and has passed down the tradition to her own children,
grandchildren and others in the community. The instructor will share
a brief history of the art form, then participants will get started
sewing their own basket. Workshop fee includes a starter and all
supplies. No experience required; program is designed for adults.
Cost: $40 museum members, $45 nonmembers. Registration (required):
Online
or call 722-2996, ext. 235.
Self-Defense for Women: 10 a.m. to noon June 19, Charleston
Krav Maga, 1250 Wappoo Road. Offered by the Center for Women. Learn
the best ways to keep themselves safe in any dangerous situation
or environment. Wear comfortable gym clothes and bring water. Cost:
$20 Center for Women members, $40 nonmembers. Registration
(required).
Scouts
Day at Whirlin' Waters: June 19, Whirlin' Waters Adventure
Waterpark, Wannamaker County Park, North Charleston. Lowcountry
Scouts are invited to the Charleston County PRC's Ninth Annual Scouts
Day. Scouts can enjoy the water park, earn a patch on animal safety,
win prizes, and enjoy a tasty catered picnic at Luau Landing. (Patches
and catered picnic additional cost.) Lunch reservations must be
made by June 16 (on-site registration not available). Cost: $12.99
per Scout and family members. Register
online or call 795-4FUN (4386).
Food
and Farming Course: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursdays for nine weeks,
beginning in June. The Food and Farming Entrepreneurship Course
is offered by FastTracSC and Clemson Extension for those who are
interested in becoming food-system entrepreneurs (urban/rural farmers,
local food artisans, chefs/caterers, bakers, food media, processors,
etc.). Cost: $145. More info: elizabeth@lowcountrylocalfirst.org.
Colonial
Art Tour: 4 p.m. each Thursday, Through June 24, Heyward-Washington
House, 87 Church St., downtown. Explore the art of portraiture and
satirical engravings popular with wealthy colonial Charlestonians.
The Charleston Museum's art collection at the house features portraits
by Jeremiah Theus, Samuel F.B. Morse and Henry Benbridge; later
copies by Johann Stolle and George Whiting Flagg; and original,
irreverent engravings of William Hogarth. Cost: $10 adults, $5 ages
3-12; free for Charleston Museum members. Reservations not required.
More info: 722-2996, ext. 235.
CALENDAR:
ONGOING AND SOON
Hurricane
Business Plans: 7:30 a.m. to noon June 24, Charleston
Metro Chamber of Commerce, 4500 Leeds Ave., Suite 100. The chamber’s
Business Continuity Planning Council is hosting a workshop to help
businesses prepare for hurricane season, including instruction on
how to write a business continuity plan and how to test it before
a disaster hits. Cost: $25 chamber members, $35 nonmembers. Registration.
Blogging
Tips: 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. June 24, Charleston County
Main Library, 68 Calhoun St. This month's Small Business & Nonprofit
Networking Lunch looks at the differences between blogging, blogging
professionally and having a professional blog. Presenter Heather
Solos of Home-Ec101.com will cover tips and strategies for using
a blog as part of your small business marketing strategy. Registration
is not required. More info: 805-6930.
(NEW)
Book
Signing: Noon to 2 p.m. June 25, Waldenbooks, Charleston
Place. Authors Daan Muller and Frank Glenn will sign copies of their
book “Charleston from Above,” which features aerial photos
of the Charleston region. More
info.
Kindness
Beats Blindness Auction: 6 p.m. June 26, Joseph P. Riley
Jr. Park on the banks of the Ashley River. The Charleston RiverDogs'
11th Annual "Kindness Beats Blindness RP Auction" raises
money for the MUSC Storm Eye Institute. Live and silent auctions
featuring items such as tickets to a Broadway show, use of an Edisto
Island beach house, fine jewelry, a seven-day cruise for two, and
lots of sports memorabilia. All fans that enter the ballpark are
eligible to bid. More
info online or 577-DOGS.
Jaycees
Networking: 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. June 29, Harbour Club,
35 Prioleau St., downtown. The Charleston Junior Chamber of Commerce
will be hosting a professional networking event with light refreshments.
You do not necessarily need to work in an occupation that sells
goods or services to attend. In addition to mixing, mingling and
networking, there will be a program featuring social media consultant
Ashley Caldwell of Modern Connections sharing a few social media
tips. Cost: $5 per person; benefits Jaycee Camp Hope, a statewide
residential camp for citizens with intellectual disabilities. RSVP/more
info: Jennifer “Juice” Davidson, 343-7578 or jenniferdavidson31@gmail.com,
or Jeremy Mills, 814-5739 or jeremy_mills@ymail.com.
(NEW)
Revolutionary
War Tours: 4 p.m. Thursdays in July, Heyward-Washington
House, 87 Church St. The museum house will offer the special tours,
which focus on the connection the house and its previous residents
had to the Revolutionary War. Cost: $10 adults, $5 children (free
for Charleston Museum members). Reservations not needed. More info:
722-2996, ext. 235.
(NEW)
Fused
Glass Workshop: 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. July 6 and 5:30
p.m. to 7:30 p.m. July 13. The Charleston Museum and Blue
Heron Glass are offering the workshop, in which students will learn
how to cut glass to a pattern, the basics behind the science of
fusing glass (melting compatible glasses together), and how to embellish
with fused accents to create a crazy-quilt effect. Students
will have a decorative 8-inch panel to take home. The workshop
begins at the museum with a tour of “Crazy Quilts.” The
rest of the workshop will take place at Blue Heron Glass in West
Ashley. Participants are responsible for their own transportation. Advance
registration required. Cost: $75 museum members, $90 nonmembers
(includes all supplies). Register
online here or call 722-2996, ext. 235.
FOCUS
ARCHIVES
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
THRASH
ARCHIVES
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
BRACK
ARCHIVES
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
PETER
LUCASH: BUSINESS INDIGO
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
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ARCHIVES
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
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