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Youth triathlon set Aug. 15 at The Ponds

Thursday, July 2, 2009

The Summerville Family YMCA has announced that, along with The Ponds Conservancy, it will host a youth triathlon Aug. 15. The event will take place in The Ponds development and will include swimming, biking and running. The course will take participants around the development, in th...

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Wise up with water, event urges

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Many of us live in the Lowcountry because of the water. Whether you fish or eat fish, or sail, surf, swim, kiteboard or kayak, it's important. Some of us plan our decisions by the tides. And sometimes we pay the price of inconveniences, from preparing for or enduring a hurricane to avoiding downtown flash floods from deluges.

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Campgrounds invest in going green

Thursday, July 2, 2009

HOPKINS TOWNSHIP, Mich. — There's a lot about Clay's Park Resort that appeals to Janet Durtschi, including its ongoing effort to get "greener." She and her husband, Donald, have bought seasonal memberships to the northeastern Ohio campground for the past seven years. When there, she ...

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Teach your kids to swim

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Every time I hear about a kid drowning, it comes back to me. One summer day in my childhood, I remember visiting family friends who had access to a big community pool. My parents weren't pool people and gravitated to the great indoors. So, like any kid, I was loving life — all that splashing, and playing, and freedom in all that beautiful blue water on a hot summer afternoon.

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Fourth of July — one day early

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Want to get a jump on your Independence Day celebration? Kiawah Island Golf Resort will hold its annual Patriotic Bike Parade and Independence Festival in the Park on Friday.

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Green in grand style

Thursday, July 2, 2009

You could call it one of Gary Santos' life mottos: "The answer is always 'no' until you ask." Ten years ago, despite scoffs and dismissals from some peers, Mount Pleasant Town Councilman Gary Santos took it upon himself to ask for a waterfront park.

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Bike parades all-American

Thursday, July 2, 2009

It's the Fourth of July equivalent of dyeing Easter eggs or carving a Halloween pumpkin.

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Run into the Fourth

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Active.com declares Independence Day "the biggest racing day of the year" and lists 339 running, biking and swimming races nationwide that are happening this weekend.

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110 compete in Daniel Island Kids Tri

Thursday, June 25, 2009

It was hot, but the kids didn't seem to care. At the fourth annual Daniel Island Kids Triathlon, 58 girls and 52 boys swam, biked and ran, all for fun and fitness. All but three finished, according to Will Rishovd, race director and Daniel Island coordinator for the Charleston Recreation Department.

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Garden event Saturday on Daniel Is.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

After several projects downtown and west of the Ashley, the Charleston Parks Conservancy is headed to Daniel Island to help residents beautify one of their main parks. From 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, the conservancy will host its first Garden in the Park event at Etiwan Park.

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Mark your calendar

Thursday, June 25, 2009

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Triathlete swims around Key West

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Dr. Zach Stroud (pictured), who turned 29 Sunday, is an accomplished triathlete, having won the Charleston Sprint Triathlon Series Championship in 2005 and 2007 and finishing three Ironman triathlons, all while under the rigors of medical school.

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Support region in your personal life

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Sometimes you have to spend money to save money. Usually this applies to preventive maintenance — on your car, your house, your body — but in a recent case, it was just my rationale for doing something that seemed too wrong in these troubled economic times.

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Garden project helps children learn

Thursday, June 25, 2009

It had the quality of a good, old-fashioned treasure hunt. Darlena Goodwin of the Charleston Area Children's Garden Project talked with a group of day campers from the East Side's Martin Park gathered around several small plots of organic vegetables and flowers planted in front of the temporary location of Sanders-Clyde Elementary last Friday morning.

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Local families can launch activity that exercises their building skills

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Getting kids (or grown-ups for that matter) to put down their cell phones for more than 30 seconds these days can be a bit of a challenge. Which is why if you expect to keep their attention, you need to plan an activity that is out of the ordinary. Like space travel!

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