TWO SHIPS PASSING IN THE ... Just as the city itself is a mélange of the old and new, the ships in Charleston Harbor evoke history and modern times. A loaded Maersk Line cargo ship makes its way out to sea as a schooner tour boat returns to port. (Photo by Marsha Guerard.)

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TODAY'S FOCUS
Setting a course for our economic future: Measuring success
By DAVID T. GINN
President and CEO, Charleston Regional Development Alliance
Special to CharlestonCurrents.com

AUG. 9, 2010 - Over the coming weeks, the Charleston Regional Development Alliance and a team of economic development experts will be reaching into every corner of the three-county region, seeking public input on a critically important effort: the development of a new regional economic roadmap.

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And while the team will cultivate much insight from their one-on-one work (50+ interviews, numerous focus groups), perhaps the most important component of this program concerns every one of you. We are inviting -- and relying on -- the public to help shape this strategy by sharing their vision for the region.

An online survey can be found at www.opportunity-next.com. We invite all residents - from business owners to employees, students to retirees, urbanites to rural residents alike - to take a moment to help shape our shared economic future.

Will your opinions matter?

I can assure you, they will. Public involvement helped create our most recent regional economic strategy. Six years ago, a similar effort led us to adopt a cluster-based strategy focused on five specific industry sectors: advanced security, aerospace, automotive, biosciences and creative.

That strategic focus has paid real dividends for our communities. Now it's time to dust off the crystal ball and consider our opportunities for the future. Public input will be layered into analysis of economic conditions, workforce demand, regional assets and global trends.

The CRDA is this region's economic development arm, and our efforts rely on leveraging the region's physical and intellectual assets to compete globally for high-value jobs and business investment. We will be successful when economic prosperity touches every resident, in every corner of our diverse region.

This three-county region has made much economic progress in recent years. Even with the Great Recession's continuing impacts, we're well-positioned to rebound more quickly than many other communities. Recent developments like Boeing, Southwest Airlines and Clemson's wind turbine testing facility will have lasting economic benefits.

But our work is not done. Indeed, a recent comparison of our region's economy to others found that while we have many strengths, we also face some significant challenges. For example, we underperform in areas of innovation and in the mismatch between earnings and cost of living (view this report at www.crda.org/economicscorecard/).

While that assessment is the beginning of a story, we all have the opportunity to shape the upcoming chapters. With your help in directing the storyline, I'm betting on an instant bestseller with a very happy ending.

CURRENTS
So how many med schools does our state really need?
By MARSHA GUERARD, editor

AUG. 9, 2010 -- When I hear that leaders in South Carolina are revving up to open a third medical school, I reach protectively for my wallet. Don't get me wrong - I'm not a tea-chucking, anti-tax purist. I think we should spend more for education programs that work, for infrastructure, for the state's parks and historic sites, among other things.

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But does a state of 4.5 million people -- roughly one million fewer than the metropolitan area of Atlanta -- need a third medical school?

On Friday, the boards of the University of South Carolina and the Greenville Hospital System approved a plan to expand their existing collaborative program and open a four-year medical school in Greenville. The hospital system figures it will pay $35 million to $39 million during the next decade or so, and the University says its contribution will come from the tuition paid by medical students.

So what's the problem? That doesn't sound like tax money.

First, let's be honest here. While the state may not reach directly into your pocket to pay for this medical school, someone will. If you live in Greenville, expect to pay more for medical services at the Greenville Hospital System. Those costs rose about 3 percent this year, according to the GHS website. Higher medical costs aren't limited to patients in individual cities - they're absorbed by insurance companies and passed on to policyholders. And, if you plan to attend medical school at USC or in Greenville, get ready to swallow a tuition hike - it was nearly 10 percent last year.

What does this plan to open a third medical school say about our state's priorities in a time of severe economic crisis? For that matter, did we even need the second medical school at USC, or was that a purely political decision made during better financial times? Our Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston has been nationally recognized for research and education quality. Instead of dividing limited resources three ways, why not beef up this Charleston success story?

Over the past two years, South Carolina legislators have been steadily hacking away at higher education appropriations. Our state spends $2,000 to $3,000 less to educate each college undergraduate student than surrounding states - we can't even say 'thank God for Mississippi' in this instance.

And our state colleges and universities have approved tuition increases of 4.5 percent to 14.75 percent for the coming school year. That's understandable, since their state appropriations are evaporating. But the fact is, it costs $9,386 per year in tuition for a South Carolina undergrad to attend USC. In North Carolina, an in-state student pays only $4,815 to attend the nationally ranked University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

The proponents of this new Greenville medical school argue that the state needs more primary care physicians in rural areas. That's no doubt true, but there's little guarantee that medical students will spend at least $120,000 to obtain a degree in order to serve there. In fact, there's no guarantee they'll even stay in South Carolina.

Here's hoping someone with clout will look at this process and think clearly about what South Carolina needs most.

Marsha Guerard, editor of Charleston Currents, can be reached at editor@charlestoncurrents.com.

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GOOD NEWS
Local Unitarian Church recognized as American treasure

The Unitarian Church in Charleston has received a $200,000 federal grant through the Save America's Treasures program to preserve and rehabilitate its 160-year-old sanctuary.

Ninety-six grants totaling $20 million from the Department of Interior, National Park Service were are to conserve significant U.S. cultural and historic treasures. The Unitarian Church in Charleston was the only Save America's Treasures grant awarded in South Carolina for 2009.

The second-oldest church building on the peninsula, the English Perpendicular Gothic Revival-style building is designated a National Historic Landmark. The grant will be used to complete the restoration of the interior of the Church to its former glory, including replastering and repainting the beautiful fan-vaulted ceiling in the nave and chancel, considered among the finest in the country.

For more information on this project, please contact the Unitarian Church in Charleston at 843-723-4617 or go online to see pictures of the restoration. (www.charlestonuu.org)

Green Challenge winners announced

What do a restaurateur, a soccer team and a computer software firm have in common? They're the city of Charleston's first Green Pioneer Award recipients.

The Green Business Pioneer Awards were presented to Tony Bakker, The Charleston Battery and Blackbaud. Mayor Joe Riley announced the winners, private sector business candidates who early on made a choice to think and act sustainably, at the city's Best in Green (B.I.G) and Local Expo competition on Friday.

Tony Bakker was recognized for his sustainable leadership of The Buccaneer, Queen Anne's Revenge, and McCrady's restaurants. Bakker's sustainable practices include using unbleached and biodegradable cups, bags, and to-go containers, recycling all of the glass, plastic, and paper used in the restaurants, installing energy and water-saving kitchen equipment, and the use of local produce in many menu items.

Andrew Bell, director of soccer and stadium operations for the Charleston Battery soccer team, accepted the second award. The Battery plays at Blackbaud Stadium, which includes one of the largest private solar panel arrays in the region. Installed in 2008, there are 60 solar panels located behind the goal posts generating 11 kilowatts of power -offsetting approximately 12 tons of carbon dioxide per year. The team also switched from incandescent bulbs to compact fluorescent lights, uses high efficiency units for beer coolers and eliminated the sale of bottled water.

The third award went to software company, Blackbaud, which has adopted a beach and does regular beach sweeps, supports an oyster reef restoration project with DNR and uses energy efficient machines. Blackbaud employees are creating a community garden, called Sprouts, complete with composting.

The Green Business Challenge will help local businesses save money and resources, support environmental stewardship and be recognized for sustainable business leadership. Companies interested in participating can contact Carolee Williams, city of Charleston, 843 -724-3776 , by email at CharlestonGBC@charleston-sc.gov or go online. ()

Community Foundation gives $242,250 in local scholarships

The Coastal Community Foundation has awarded $242,250 in scholarships to 142 area students for their continuing educations in colleges, universities, and technical schools.

The scholarship funds and endowments at Coastal Community Foundation were established as living legacies or to commemorate a lost loved one. All of the students who received scholarships have goals and dreams of helping their communities and striving to make the world a better place.

Established in 1974, Coastal Community Foundation is a public grant making foundation fostering philanthropy for the good of the community in Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, and Jasper counties. Thousands of families, businesses, individuals and organizations have built more than 550 individual funds and endowments. To learn more, go online.

Budding entrepreneurs graduate from farming class

Students recently graduated from the first Charleston class of the FastTrac Food and Farming business planning course.

From farm hands and restaurant owners to a candle maker and a healthy foods school startup, 22 budding entrepreneurs and small business owners have spent the last nine weeks learning how to grow their companies into successful businesses.

Lowcountry Local First, which encourages businesses and consumers to support the local economy and environmental sustainability, helped tailor the course for entrepreneurs interested in cultivating a stronger local food system.

Classes were led by Will Culler of the Clemson Institute for Economic and Community Development. Culler is Clemson's statewide representative of FastTrac, a coalition of education and business groups that helps entrepreneurs create, manage and grow successful businesses.

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Lawyer, politician, planter, poet, essayist. Grayson was born in Beaufort District on November 12, 1788. An avid reader, Grayson attended boarding schools in the North and graduated at the top of his class in 1809 from South Carolina College. He married Sarah Matilda Somarsall of Charleston in 1814 and amassed a fortune as the owner of two Wando River plantations and 170 slaves. Throughout his life he held numerous public offices, serving terms in the S.C. House of Representatives (1813-1815 and 1822-1826); the S.C. Senate (1826-1831); the U.S. House of Representatives (1833-1837); and as Charleston's customs collector (1841-1853).

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While editor of the Beaufort Gazette, Grayson promoted nullification, winning his Congressional seat in 1832 on the states' rights ticket. He experienced a change of heart after his return to South Carolina and joined the Whig Party, fearful that the South's dependence on cotton would lead to economic disaster. The stridency of Robert Barnwell Rhett and other "fire-eaters" also appears to have chastened Grayson's earlier flirtation with radical political theory. He despaired over the high emotion in American public life and particularly the debates about slavery. As a devoted classicist, Grayson believed that Romanticism's celebration of "human folly and madness" portended cultural decline, a theme he frequented in his late-antebellum essays for Russell's Magazine. On the eve of disunion, Grayson's defense of classicism, "What is Poetry?" (1859), articulated his view that in all human endeavor, reason and order must guide behavior and expression.

Grayson is best remembered for his proslavery verse, The Hireling and the Slave (1854), a rejoinder (structured in heroic couplets) to Harriet Beecher Stowe's depiction of slavery in Uncle Tom's Cabin. Grayson found abhorrent the wage labor systems of England and the North, characterizing them as an even greater injustice than slavery. But Grayson was also a Unionist, and vigorously defended the principles of America's founding throughout the sectional crises of the 1850s. In a pamphlet (1850) addressed to Governor Whitemarsh B. Seabrook, Grayson prophesied, "Union is the source of peace, prosperity, and power to the Nation." Secession would herald the victory of abolitionism, the triumph of anarchy. Only the "imprudence" of the southern people and "the rashness" of their leaders, warned Grayson, could make manifest such a catastrophe. For this and his satirical essay, The Letters of Curtius (1851), in which he ridiculed the South's material inability to wage war with the federal government, Grayson was removed from the office of customs collector in 1853.

In his Autobiography, written during the early years of the Civil War, Grayson mourned the destruction of the United States, whose repair he could not foresee. "I witnessed the death of the great Republic with sorrow. I was born with it and I survive it. It seemed to me an unnatural event for an individual to be longer lived than a powerful State." His attenuated war diary (May-November 1862) captures the emotional tautness of Charleston during the Union Army's first sustained attempt to capture the city.

Grayson died at his daughter's home in Newberry on October 4, 1863, and was buried in Charleston's Magnolia Cemetery.

• To read some of Grayson's poetry, go online to Coastal Carolina University's "200 years of Palmetto Poets."

-- Excerpted from the entry by Elizabeth Robeson. 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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THE LIST
New heritage sites

The World Heritage Committee last week wrapped up its annually session in Brasilia and named 21 new sites to the overall list of 911 properties that are considered to have outstanding universal value. Among them were five natural sites you should add to your list of dream vacations.

• China Danxia is the name given in China to landscapes found in southwest China characterized by spectacular red cliffs and a range of erosional landforms, including dramatic natural pillars, towers, ravines, valleys and waterfalls.
  
  
• La Réunion National Park, Reunion Island, in the southwest Indian Ocean. Dominated by two towering volcanic peaks, massive walls and three cliff-rimmed cirques, the property includes subtropical rainforests, cloud forests and heaths.
  
  
• The Phoenix Island Protected Area, marine and terrestrial habitats in the Southern Pacific Ocean. The property encompasses the Phoenix Island Group, one of three island groups in Kiribati, and is the largest designated Marine Protected Area in the world. Includes one of the world's largest intact oceanic coral archipelago ecosystems, together with 14 known underwater sea mounts (presumed to be extinct volcanoes) and other deep-sea habitats. The area contains approximately 800 known species of fauna, including about 200 coral species, 500 fish species, 18 marine mammals and 44 bird species. PIPA represents one of Earth's last intact oceanic coral archipelago ecosystems with reefs being what a reef might have looked like one thousand years ago.
  
  
• The Putoransky State Nature Reserve, in northern Central Siberia. Situated about 62 miles north of the Arctic Circle. The area includes subarctic and arctic ecosystems in an isolated mountain range, including pristine taiga, forest tundra, tundra and arctic desert systems, as well as untouched cold-water lake and river systems. A major reindeer migration route crosses the property, which represents an exceptional, large-scale and increasingly rare natural phenomenon.
  
  
• Sri Lanka's highlands, in the south-central part of the island. The property comprises the Peak Wilderness Protected Area, the Horton Plains National Park and the Knuckles Conservation Forest. Home to an extraordinary range of flora and fauna, including several endangered species such as the western-purple-faced langur, the Horton Plains slender loris and the Sri Lankan leopard. The region is considered a super biodiversity hotspot.

QUOTE
… The root of all …

"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to."

-- Dorothy Parker

CALENDAR: THIS WEEK

(NEW) North Charleston City Gallery: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday, through Aug. 31. Local artist Pedro Rodriguez presents expressionistic acrylic paintings of real and dream-world places with characters as ethereal as the cityscapes this month. The Gallery is located in the public areas of the Charleston Area Convention Center and admission is free.

(NEW) Childhood Notions Exhibit Launch: 6-7 p.m., Aug. 9. Photographer Mahmood Fazal will speak at the Second Monday Lecture Series tonight at 7 p.m. after kicking off his "Childhood Notions" exhibition opening at the Charleston Center for Photography, 654-D King St. Fazal is a self-taught photographer based in Charleston for the last 15 years. The current series 'Childhood Notions' has been a deliberate departure form 'pure' photographs via the injection of a heavy dose of digital manipulation and digital content creation. Come and get an inside look from the artist himself. Free.

Setting legislative priorities: 4 to 6 p.m., August 10. The annual South Carolina Chamber of Commerce Grassroots Meetings are the first step in forming the 2011 Competitiveness Agenda, the business community's annual list of legislative priorities. Join fellow business leaders to discuss legislative issues that need to be addressed by the General Assembly from 4 to 6 p.m. at Trident Technical College. Register online.

Waterfront Fun Day: Aug. 11. The town of Mount Pleasant has a full day of fun free events planned at its Memorial Waterfront Park, beginning at 10 a.m. with Splash Day. Children are invited to come and slide on two water slides and one slip-and-slide. Parent or guardian must stay with child. Event ends at 2 p.m. Parents also can bring their children to do a fun, free activity at the park's playground from 10 a.m. to noon. Then, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the Pier Plaza across from the pier store, musician Nick Collins will entertain with classic rock, blues, and bluegrass with some jazz undertones. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. Bring your own chair. Benches and tables are available on a limited basis. Onsite parking available at 50 cents per hour. More.

(NEW) Brilliant Branding: 5:30-7:30 p.m., Aug. 11. The Center for Women hosts a workshop in Summerville on smart ways to shape and improve perceptions of you and your business with Shari Schleis of Splash Marketing. Networking and refreshments from 5:30-6 p.m., program begins at 6. Cost: $20. Registration required. Greater Summerville Chamber of Commerce, 402 N. Main St.

(NEW) Emotional Legacies Brown Bag Lunch: Noon, Aug. 12. Barbara Currey, M.Ed., leads a discussion of the relationship between mothers and daughters and their emotional legacies. Explore what you have inherited from your mother and your grandmothers. It may surprise you. Cost: Free. Registration required:Call (843) 763-7333.

Fishing Tournaments: Registration begins at 6 a.m., Aug. 14. Aug. 21 and Sept. 11. Get ready to catch some fun at the Folly Beach Fishing Pier's annual Big Kahuna Tournament on Aug. 14. The Mount Pleasant Pier's final tournament of the year will be Aug. 21, and the Folly pier will hold its end-of-the-season tournament on Sept. 11. At the Big Kahuna tournament on Folly, competitive fishermen and women can compete at Folly's pier for a chance to win a boat, motor and trailer with a state record catch of Whiting. For more information, call (843) 588-FISH (3474), the Mount Pleasant Pier at (843) 762-9946 or go online.

Mad Science Saturday: 10 a.m., Aug. 14, The Charleston Museum will offer this two-hour science time to allow students the opportunity to examine the stages of matter and experiment with dry ice. Free for Museum members; free for nonmembers with general admission. More online.

First Day Festival, 1 p.m., Aug. 15, Liberty Square, downtown Charleston. The City of Charleston hosts the 8th First Day Festival to help students transition back to school. Not only will they be able to play in a Kids Zone, they'll be able to tour the S.C. Aquarium, get school supplies and get their face painted. Last year's festival drew more than 10,000 kids. Learn more.

CALENDAR: ONGOING AND SOON

(NEW) 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.

(NEW) Comic Gallagher at RiverDogs: First pitch at 7:05 p.m., Aug. 18. Be prepared to get messy. His act is legendary. His signature hair and mustache are iconic. He is a man so renowned that he goes by only one name. Get ready for a smashing good time, as world-famous comedian Gallagher brings his watermelon-smashing antics to Riley Park during the RiverDogs' game against the Rome Braves, the Single-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. Fans of the outrageous performer are encouraged to get seats up close to the action as Gallagher and his "Gallagear" always gets the audience involved in the act. Ticket information online or call the RiverDogs Box Office at (843) 577-DOGS (3647).

(NEW) Human Resource Workshop: 7:30-11 a.m., Aug. 18. Experts will discuss important legal updates concerning employment and labor law, immigration and e-verify and non-compete agreements during the Labor Climate Network Human Resource Workshop at the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, 4500 Leeds Ave., Suite 100, in North Charleston. Industry experts and HR professionals will discuss how they can connect businesses with the right resources. Cost: $55 Members, $95 non-members, which includes breakfast. Register.

(NEW) Port Tour: 2-6 p.m., Aug. 19. The Charleston Metro Chamber's annual Port Tour and Briefing will feature an update from Port leadership on plans to recapture Charleston's national position among ports by attracting new business. The tour includes a bus tour of the new terminal site and waterside view of all terminals. Cost: $75 for Chamber members $150 for non-members. Register.

(NEW) Date and Bait Event: 6-8 p.m., Aug. 19. Face to Face Charleston combines business networking and a dating event at Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina in the Reel Bar at 20 Patriot's Point Drive. This event caters to men ages 30 to 60, and brings them together with some of the best women in the Charleston area. Happy hour drink specials and live acoustic guitar by Brantley Harris provides a great backdrop to mingle and meet new people. Attendees can fill out profiles in advance to be specially introduced by professional matchmakers. Required reservations are $10. Go online or call 843-529-9960. No payments at the door will be accepted.

Hospitality Networking: 7:05 p.m. Aug. 19, RiverDogs game. Charleston Hoteliers and Exchange Club will host an after-hours get together at the game at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park. Hoteliers, caterers, tour management companies, museums, plantations, meeting planners and others in the hospitality business are invited, whether members or nonmembers. More online.

Let's Do Lunch: Noon, Aug. 20, Fish Restaurant. Have a great meal at Fish Restaurant and help out Louie's Kids, a local organization that raises funds to help treat childhood obesity, which afflicts 25 million American children today. King Street Marketing Group will host and each guest will receive a King Street Goodie Bag, free parking and an opportunity to take home valuable prizes from King Street and Charleston Peninsula businesses. Ticketed admission is $18. More online or call (843) 303-1113.

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.

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

10/7: Bailey: YESCarolina book
10/4: Crosland: HeadsUp on injuries
9/30: Starland: Visual arts
9/27: Vural: Art, essay contest
9/23: Blanchard: House in order
9/20: Barry: Going "social"
9/16: Hutchisson: Being green
9/13: Schleissman: Wood workshop
9/9: Kirby: Sobering success
9/6: Brooks: Great volunteers
9/2: Graul: Lowcountry Loc 1st

• More of Focus in the archives

ANN THRASH ARCHIVES

10/7: New film on Jews, baseball
9/30: Making It Grow
9/23: Diving into the Lowcountry
9/16: Curbing domestic violence
9/9: Shrimp-baiting time
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

10/4: Dupree and Senate
9/27: Haley-Sheheen race
9/20: Political, energy efficiency
9/13: British invasion
9/6: Meet Dave the Potter
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

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

8/5: Trident Tech green grant

LIST ARCHIVES

10/7: 5 back helpers
10/4: 5 for recruiting
9/30: 5 kids' books
9/27: 5 for kayaks
9/23: 5 for pets
9/20: 5 at the Gibbes
9/16: 5 date nights
9/13: 5 fall plants
9/9: 5 wine resources
9/6: 5 magical moments
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

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