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SEPT. 19, 2011 - At 15 months old, Sarah Windham was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, a potentially devastating illness that can completely change the life of a child and their family. She would often wake up and not be able to walk. She had multiple doctor visits and no one could determine what was wrong. She eventually saw Dr. Richard Silver at the Medical University of South Carolina and was recognized as having this often-severe form of childhood arthritis.
After multiple treatment failures, she was started on a new medication called Etanercept. It helps keep the immune system from attacking the body's own joints. In Sarah's case, treatment resulted in amazing recovery. Now at 14 years old, Sarah is on the varsity volleyball team at Summerville High School and is a star on a traveling softball team! In addition to the wonderful support Sarah attributes to her mother and Dr. Silver, the success she has seen highlights the amazing advances in arthritis treatment as a result of diligent research.
Everyone knows arthritis hurts. It can devastate a body and mind and rob an individual of their livelihood. It affects an entire circle of family and friends who watch their loved one lose their ability to walk and take care of themselves. There are even forms of arthritis that can kill. What many don't realize is that arthritis affects all ages, including children. It encompasses a whole host of illness from Rheumatoid Arthritis to Lupus and Lyme disease, and can strike anyone at anytime. What is wonderful are the advances that arthritis treatment has seen in the past several years. Before, arthritis treatment focused mainly on just pain relief. Now we have seen treatments that can help arrest the destructive process of arthritis and in some cases come near to a cure.
I doubt there are many of us who have not witnessed firsthand the devastating effects arthritis has had on someone close to us. I all too often feel helpless which I am confronted with someone damaged by arthritis and have also been encouraged by some of the amazing recoveries like Sarah's. Five years ago, a small group of dedicated individuals in Charleston got together with a sole purpose of making the lives of those with arthritis a better one. The result is the D'Vine Affair. It is a Gourmet Food and Wine Event with live music and silent auction with all proceeds benefiting the Arthritis Foundation - a non-profit organization that supports education, research and treatment into all forms of arthritis.
This year we're also focusing on the children affected with arthritis. Our new Art for Arthritis program pairs children who have arthritis with local artists to create their own masterpieces that will be on the auction block at the event. Sarah is one of the thousands of children in South Carolina affected by arthritis and one of the local children participating in the D'Vine Affair's Art for Arthritis program. She has worked closely with local artist Katherine Zuger over the summer on their paintings. Theirs and the other six pairs of children and artists' works will be on display at the D'Vine Affair. The D'Vine Affair seeks to go beyond a traditional evening event and brings a more comprehensive perspective to our cause. Our goal is to have an entertaining evening to help raise money while educating, moving and inspiring everyone about arthritis. If you are looking for an inexpensive, entertaining evening of fine wine, gourmet food, live music and good friends for a wonderful cause that affects us all, please join us for the D'Vine Affair. You will not be disappointed! For more information and tickets, please visit our Web site at www.dvineaffair.org.
 'Partnership for Prosperity' charrette set next week By WHIT BLANTON, AICP Special to Charleston Currents SEPT. 19, 2011 -- On Monday, Sept. 26, I will arrive in Charleston for a week-long charrette at Sterett Hall (1530 7th St. and Hobson Avenue on the former Navy Base) for the Berkeley Charleston Dorchester Council of Government's Partnership for Prosperity: A Master Plan for the Neck Area of Charleston and North Charleston. I will be joined by a larger team of urban designers, planners, and engineers who are familiar not only with the local area but also with areas around the country that are facing similar issues.
With about 27 square miles, two municipalities, many neighborhoods, several large real estate developments, and a growing number of the region's major employers, the study area that includes the traditional "Neck" area and its immediate surroundings is a key piece in the region's future. It has several plans in place, such as the Lowcountry Alliance for Model Communities' Revitalization Plan, the Noisette Plan, the Magnolia Plan, transportation studies for Boeing, SCSPA's new terminal plan, as well as municipal and neighborhood plans. The Partnership for Prosperity does not intend to replace these plans but to identify an overarching and unifying vision for the area, understand and resolve critical conflicts, and focus on the key roadways and locations in the area where the master plan can provide better clarity and certainty for the future. The five-day charrette includes both interactive public meetings and professional working design sessions, and will be driven by community input. Our central goal is to create a master plan that embraces the vision expressed by participants at a previous community input forum on May 19: a master plan that preserves and enhances the area's natural systems, honors the community's heritage and strengthens neighborhood character, promotes quality growth, and improves neighborhood accessibility and connectivity.
That is a tough balancing act, but we are focused on the best ways to achieve that goal working in close partnership with citizens, businesses and government agencies. We are beginning to understand potential opportunities and ways to resolve existing conflicts through our discussions and base maps that integrate the existing plans, zoning, and transportation routes - vehicular, truck, rail, pedestrian, bicycle, and boat, but we need on-the-ground, local experiences and ideas to shape our analysis and recommendations. Computer imagery can take existing conditions and show how small improvements can change them over time, but we need your feedback on what changes are realistic and what are merely hopes. If you live or work in this area, travel around or through it on a regular basis, or understand that larger regional issues are connected to the future of this area, please mark this week on your calendar and join us. Public
sessions include:
Prosperity
for the Charleston metropolitan region will always be tied to the prosperity
of this region: It is hard to hold your head up high without a strong
neck supporting it. Experience around the country has shown me that plans
do not become actions until the community makes the commitment to be involved.
SEPT. 19,
2011 - The Lowcountry has some terrific shopping-center restaurants -
you know, those hidden gems nestled inconspicuously, unassumingly, in
strip shopping centers. They tend to fly under the radar, which is both
a good thing and a bad thing. It's bad for the restaurants because they
don't usually get the recognition they deserve, but it's good for you
and me because that means these places tend to be "our little secret"
-- places that we always see people we know, always have favorites on
the menu and always feel almost as comfortable as if we were eating at
our own kitchen table.
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East Cooper
Meals on Wheels has been chosen as this years' recipient of the national
Outstanding Socially-Progressive Small Business award, given by The SCORE
Foundation and sponsored by the Office Depot Foundation. SCORE,
which mentors to America's small businesses, serves over 375,000 clients
annually and honors their most successful clients at The SCORE Foundation's
annual award ceremony. Goodwill launches donation drives for new Johns Island store Goodwill Industries is in the final stages of completing its new retail store and Job Link Center located at 1758 Main Road on Johns Island. In preparation for the store opening, Goodwill will be holding weekly Donation Drives each Saturday through October.
The Donation Drives will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays through Oct. 29 in the Piggly Wiggly parking lot at 3575 Maybank Highway on Johns Island. Those who make a donation not only will receive a receipt for tax deductions, but will be registered to win a 60-second shopping spree at the store grand opening when they sign up for a Goodwill Rewards Card. The revenues generated through the sale of donated goods at the retail store will support mission services for people with disabilities and other barriers to employment living in the Johns Island area. Goodwill is proud to report that over 90 cents of every dollar earned in its retail stores support mission revenues to provide sustainable and consistent programs and services. The new retail store is scheduled to be completed soon with a Grand Opening Celebration in November. SC Aquarium president to serve on national board South Carolina Aquarium President and CEO Kevin Mills will serve on the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Board of Directors, the aquarium announced Friday.
The AZA
is dedicated to the advancement of zoos and public aquariums in the areas
of conservation, education, science and recreation. Mills will work with
a team of nine to advance the mission of the AZA to inspire people to
respect, value and conserve wildlife and wild places. Biotech
firm relocates to Columbia, draws SCRA investment
Leading the company as CEO is Lawrence T. Friedhoff, MD, PhD, FACP. Dr. Friedhoff also serves as President and CEO of Pharmaceutical Special Projects Group, LLC. Dr. Friedhoff has a history of six successful drug approvals over his 25 year career in the pharmaceutical industry, one approximately every four years. Drugs developed by Dr. Friedhoff and his team have cumulative sales of over $50 billion. Igor Roninson, Ph.D. is the Founder and President of Senex Biotechnology, and served as Director of the Cancer Center at Ordway Research Institute, Albany, New York. Dr. Roninson's study on the effects of CKI protein p21 was recognized in 2000 by the first annual Life Extension Prize from the Regenerative Medicine Secretariat. Dr. Roninson was most recently named an Endowed Chair at the South Carolina College of Pharmacy through the South Carolina SmartState Program. SCRA CEO
Bill Mahoney also presented Knowledge Economist Awards to state Sen. Nikki
Setzler and South Carolina SmartState Program Chair Regan Voit for their
contributions in leading and shaping the Knowledge Economy of South Carolina. Trident hospitals named to national top performers list Three of Trident Health System's local hospitals were named last week to the nation's top performers list on key quality measures by the Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in America. Trident
and Summerville were the only hospitals in the Charleston area to receive
this important distinction for the quality of care they deliver. 2011 Miss South Carolina headlines Alston Middle fundraiser You can help break the chain of unhealthy eating in our schools. The 2011 Leadership Dorchester CHEFS Fest, a fundraiser for the healthy eating initiative at Alston Middle School, will take place on Sept. 29 at the Woodlands Inn in Summerville from 6-10 p.m. The guest speaker will be 2011 Miss South Carolina Bree Boyce, who will share her nationally known story on her amazing journey of weight loss. Other guests will include 2011 Miss Teen South Carolina Caitlen Patton.
Painter and writer Washington Allston was born on Nov. 5, 1779, in Georgetown, to William A. Allston Jr. and Rachel Moore. He descended from an eminent South Carolina family that had settled along the Waccamaw River in the seventeenth century. His father was a colorful figure during the Revolutionary War, serving as a captain under General Francis Marion. The landholdings of the Allston family were extensive and included the property that became Brookgreen Gardens. While still an infant, Allston's father died and his mother married Dr. Henry Collins Flagg of Newport, Rhode Island. Flagg had left Newport to serve as surgeon general of the Army of the South from 1779 to the end of the Revolutionary War.
Attending Mrs. Melescent Calcott's school in Charleston by 1784-1785, Allston's artistic interests blossomed early. Like some of his contemporaries, including Charles Fraser and John Blake White, he was most likely exposed to the work of engraver and painter Thomas Coram and European-trained, neoclassical artist Henry Benbridge, who painted portraits of several family members, including Allston's mother and his half-sister, Elizabeth. In 1787 Allston left Charleston to attend Robert Rogers's school in Newport before matriculating at Harvard University, from which he graduated in 1800. Having declared to his family his intention to pursue an artistic career, Allston made a final visit to Charleston to settle his affairs before traveling abroad to continue his studies. Miniature portrait painter and Newport native Edward Greene Malbone, who had a profound effect on the later career of Charles Fraser, accompanied him. Even though Allston never returned to South Carolina, most scholars agree that growing up on a well-to-do southern plantation influenced his artistic sensibilities. Throughout his career he paid deference to and acknowledged to his southern origins, particularly his exposure to African American tales and myths. In turn he received the support and patronage of many South Carolinians.
From 1800
to 1818, excepting three years that he spent in Cambridgeport, Mass.,
Allston was in Europe, where he studied at the Royal Academy with Benjamin
West, traveled to Paris with John Vanderlyn, then traveled on to Rome
where he came into contact with the innovative group of German classicists,
including Joseph Anton Koch and Gottlieb Schick. During this time, Allston
revealed his mastery of classical landscape with such works as Diana
and her Nymphs in the Chase (1805) and Italian Landscape (circa
1805-1806), and his interest in literary, particularly Biblical, themes
with The Angel Releasing St. Peter from Prison (1814-1816) and
Donna Mencia in the Robbers' Cavern (1815). Distilling
a variety of artistic influences, Allston gave rise to a romantic American
vision. He did not limit himself to portraiture, like many of his predecessors,
but explored the full scope of visual expression. Not prolific, he left
many works unfinished, but his philosophy of art elevated the image of
American artists from mere artisans to romantic idealists. After an extended
illness, Allston died in Cambridgeport on July 9, 1843.
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issue together is always a tough process when choosing between a number
of truly great places. This year we tried something new and allowed the
Outside community to help us in the decision making process," said
Outside Editor Chris Keyes. "In addition to possessing all of the
great characteristics that we look for in determining the quality of life,
Chattanooga was a town that everyone rallied to support." "Everybody gets
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Girls' Night Out:
4:30 to 7:30 p.m., Sept. 19, Savory Sushi and Catering at 1956-B
Maybank Highway, Terrace Shopping Center. A free Girls Night Out event
featuring a wine tasting and pairing with Savory's Gourmet-to-Go selections,
a trunk show of Stella and Dot Jewelry, and access to special deals from
Go Charleston Deals. The bonus for the first 50 guests will be a Goodie
Envelope filled with savings coupons from all event presenters. Space
is limited and RSVPs are requested. More: Call 843-762-3338 or go
online. Minx Launch Party: 7 p.m., Sept. 21, The Chart, 1078 E. Montague Ave., North Charleston. Minx, a new monthly publication for Lowcountry women, debuts with the hope to inspire readers with a desire to become uninhibited and empowered with strength through humor and uplifting information. There will be food, drink and live entertainment. Pour It Forward: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Sept. 21, The Square Onion Too, 411 Coleman Blvd. Local animal rescue, SWAT (Southern Women Animal Task Force), will be the beneficiary of the September installment of Pour It Forward, a monthly wine tasting and giving event. A $10 donation is requested. (NEW) A Night for the Children Gala: 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., Sept. 22, McCrady's Restaurant. Event features both a live auction and a silent auction, live music and dancing, and McCrady's fabulous cuisine. Funds raised benefit Carolina Youth Development Center's programs, which help children who are victims of abuse or neglect, or who are at risk of engaging in delinquent behaviors. Ticket info, more online.
(NEW) Women In Defense: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sept. 30, Carrabba's, 2150 Northwoods Boulevard, North Charleston. Keynote speaker is Beth Smith, chief operating officer, Federal Government Services, Deloitte LLP. In this role, Smith serves on the Operating Working Group and Board Council for Deloitte U.S. Firms. She supported the Global and Risk Committees and is currently supporting Strategic Investment and Partner Evaluation and Earnings Committees. Prior to her COO role, Smith was Deloitte's Lead Client Service Partner for the Defense Navy and United States Marine Corp clients. $20 member / $25 non-member. Cash only at door. RSVP, more online. Roper Free Prostate Screenings: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Sept. 22, at Roper Hospital, Charleston; Roper Hospital, Berkeley; Roper St. Francis Cancer Center, Bon Secours St. Francis campus; and Roper St. Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital. Roper St. Francis Cancer Care is offering free prostate cancer screenings. Participants can expect to spend less than an hour at the event. Men must register in advance to ensure that a slot is available. The free screenings will be available for men who meet the following criteria: African American and Hispanic men, 35 years and up and all other males 40 years and older; not currently under the care of a urologist; no prior history of prostate cancer; at least 12 months since last prostate screening. Register by calling 843-402-2273. (NOTE CORRECTED DATE) Ballet At The Gibbes: 6:30 p.m., Sept. 22, Gibbes Museum of Art. Charleston Ballet Theatre will perform a series of New Orleans-themed dance vignettes at the Gibbes Museum of Art. New Orleans Through the Years will be?a musical response to the Gibbes Museum exhibition In Search of Julien Hudson: Free Artist of Color in Pre-Civil War New Orleans. Tickets are $15 for members of the Gibbes Museum of Art and members of the CBT Connoisseur Society and Dance Partners. Tickets for non-members are $25. Tickets can be purchased online by calling 843-722-2706 ext. 22, or in person at the Gibbes Museum of Art Store. Time Stands Still: 7:30 p.m., Sept. 22 to Oct. 14, PURE Theatre, 477 King St. PURE Theatre's production of Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies. Sept. 23, 24, 29, 30, Oct. 7, 8, 13, 14 at 7:30 p.m. with a Sunday Matinee Performance at 2 p.m. on Oct. 9, and a Pay What You Can Preview Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, $25, are available at puretheatre.org or by phone at 866-811-4111. Tickets can also be purchased the night of the show at the Box Office, which opens 30 minutes before showtime. Seating is limited. CALENDAR:
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Art Exhibition: Open now through Oct. 19, City Gallery at Waterfront Park. Special Moments: Works from the Collection of Dr. Harold Rhodes, a 2011 MOJA Arts Festival exhibition. Features art by Leroy Campbell, Arianne King Comer, Tom Feelings, Tyrone Jeter, Cassandra M. Gillens, Jonathan Green, Terry K. Hunter, John W. Jones, Leo Twiggs and others. Admission free. (NEW) Latin American Festival: Noon to 6 p.m., Oct. 2, Wannamaker County Park. The 20th Annual Latin American Festival celebrates the sights and sounds of the Latino world. All ages will enjoy live salsa and merengue music performed by bands West End Mambo and Bachaco, as well as dance demonstrations and a salsa dance contest, authentic food, craft items and plenty of activities for families. No pets, outside food, or beverages permitted. Fee: $10 adults or 6 Greenbax; $5 discount for students or military personnel (with ID); Free: Gold Pass holders & ages 12 and under. Tech Entrepreneur Training: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesdays from Oct. 4 to Dec. 12 at the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, 4500 Leeds Ave. BizBuilderSC, which offers statewide entrepreneur and small business training, is offering the 10-week course "NxLevel for Tech Entrepreneurs." Tuition is $345, and includes materials. For more information or to register, visit online or contact Laura Williams at 843-805-3102. (NEW) Open House about McLeod Plantation: 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Oct. 6, James Island Charter High School cafeteria. McLeod Plantation is a 37-acre property on James Island recently acquired by the Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission. Consultants are working with the commission and a steering committee to create a master plan and a stabilization plan for McLeod Plantation. Join the consultant team as well as CCPRC representatives at a public open house to discuss the project. A formal presentation of the project will be given at 6 p.m. Free of charge. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER
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Think
of the Med Deli in the South Windermere Shopping Center, or J Paulz in
the James Island Shopping Center. And in Mount Pleasant, there's a bunch,
including Graze, Eurasia, Langdon's, Five Loaves, and Bambu.
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SEPT.
19, 2011 -- The American College of the Building Arts is leading the way
for 'green roof' installations. They recently set up a storage shed in
Marion Square with a green roof, provided in part by Green Roof Outfitters.
Roofs being covered with green vegetation is becoming more common in this
country and Charleston would seem a pretty good place to add more.
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: 
"This
is truly an exciting time for Goodwill as we prepare to move into the
Johns Island area," said Robert Smith, President & CEO of Goodwill
Industries of Lower South Carolina. "We are not only excited to bring
jobs to Johns Island but are also looking forward to addressing the tremendous
training and employment needs of the Sea Island Community. With the community's
support, we will soon open a Job Link Center where individuals will have
access to computers for job searches, training and educational needs."
The
company offers a technology that targets a signaling pathway which is
activated by cellular damage and is involved in cell senescence, or aging.
This Cyclin-dependent Kinase Inhibitor (CKI) pathway plays an important
role in cancer and a range of diseases associated with the aging process,
such as Alzheimer's disease, renal disease, atherosclerosis, and arthritis.
This pathway has also been implicated in viral diseases, including HIV.
It
must be those pesky mountains that Charleston lacks. Outside magazine
selected Chattanooga, Tenn., as the winner in its search to determine
the best Outside Town in America, but Charleston was among the finalists.
Outside scoured the nation to find dream cities that offered a balance
of great culture, perfect scenery, stress-free and reasonable cost of
living, and, of course, easy access to the outdoors. Here is the list
of finalists:
