Looking ahead
Hearing on dock at restaurant
A public hearing is set for 6 tonight at Folly Beach Town Hall on a proposal to build a pier at the Sandcastle Restaurant, formerly called Anchor Line.
The restaurant owner has applied to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control and the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management for a permit to construct a 109-foot dock in Oak Island Creek. The proposed dock would provide public waterway access to a restaurant in the Folly Beach area that will seat about 50 people.
Dock opponents from the Folly Islands Voters Association contend it would negatively affect 1,032 square feet of estuarine substrates and emergent wetlands and pose a hazard for nonmotorized craft in Oak Island Creek.
Artist to appear at gallery
Janice Culver, a watercolor artist born in California, will appear at The Bridge Gallery & Frame Shop, 83 Center St. Folly Beach, all of September and October.
According to the gallery, Culver hails from a creative family. She's a self-taught watercolor artist with a distinctive approach to her visual surroundings. The city of Escondido, Calif., commissioned her work for the cover of its annual calendar. This is the first show for Culver in a gallery on the East Coast.
The shop is open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and can be contacted at 588-2007.
Tap, jazz, ballet classes offered
The city of Charleston James Island Recreation Complex, 1088 Quail Drive, offers dance classes in tap, jazz and ballet on Mondays for ages 3-5. The instructor is Barrie Roland. The cost is $60 per six-week session. Call 720-3802.
Theater arts education studio
Artistic director and acting instructor Sheri Grace Wenger is bringing theater arts education to James Island. The Acting Studio at 1551 Regimental Lane offers classes in film, special events and makeup for the stage, taught by artist-in-residence Ryan Ahlert.
Classes are designed for beginning acting students, as well as the more experienced. Covered will be acting techniques, improvisation, building a character, mastering a monologue, scene work and audition techniques. Emphasis will be placed on voice, diction and basic body conditioning. Classes are offered to ages 5 through adults.
Call 557-1163 or visit www.midtownproductions.org.
Special Olympics kayak contest
Special Olympics of South Carolina will host its first official kayaking competition Saturday at James Island County Park. Opening ceremonies begin at 8:15 a.m., followed by competition, awards and a cookout. Enter the park at 861 Riverland Drive and follow the signs to the competition viewing area. Contact Lucy Swaffield at lucyswaffield@bellsouth.net for information, and if interested in starting a kayaking club.
Moonlight Mixer at fishing pier
Local DJ Rob Duren will spin oldies and beach music at a Moonlight Mixer 7 to 11 p.m. Sept. 12 at the Folly Beach Fishing Pier. Only 600 tickets will be sold at $10 ($8 for Charleston County residents) on-site. Advance purchase is recommended. No refunds or exchanges. Call the Charleston County Park & Recreation Commission at 795-4386.
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Posted by STREETLAW on September 8, 2008 at 1:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Looking ahead to the ruling on the legality of the Town of James Island. Certainly nice of the judge to delay his ruling until after the election that never happened. Perhaps it would have been an issue.
Don't see much in the Journal about the Town these days. That is not too suprising when you consider who is running it.
If you wonder what kind of people hold the purse strings on your tax dollars, take a while and get the financial disclosures for the Mayor and the councilmen from the Ethics Commission and see if any of them reported the large expenditure for a campaign ad in the Post and Courier before the election in 2006.
See if you think a conspiracy took place to obstruct justice in this matter, since it appears none of the candidates reported their portion of this expenditure.
Ask why the Ethic Commission did not impose its draconian penalties in a timely manner if violations of disclosure rules took place.
It is little wonder in South Carolina the incumbents have the edge. State ethics laws are so strict people who might be serious candidates for office are frightened off, while apparently the Ethics Commissions lets incumbents off the hook, even when they should know better.
I personally support the idea of a Town of James Island, but there are some people who I would just as soon not see in charge of it.
I think if the public at large knew a little more about their elected officials, they just might agree.