DI News History - March 8, 2018
TEN YEARS AGO – What to consider when looking for a summer camp
The feature article in the March 6, 2008 issue of The Daniel Island News spotlighted the summer camp process. The article’s author, Dr. Linda Karges-Bone, a professor at Charleston Southern University at the time, had several tips to share with parents beginning the process of looking for summer camps for their children. She encouraged parents to look over the camp schedule carefully. Would there be a balance of physical, social, and cognitive activities? What are the qualifications of the staff? Is there time for rest and reflection or is it all “go…go…go?” How does your child’s personality match up with the flavor of the camp?
As always, she mentioned, talk to parents who were satisfied (or not) with the program and setting of the camp. Be sure to consider your own child’s style as you make the decision. Use all your senses, especially your intuition as you weigh the options, and if in doubt, ask an experienced mom or dad.
Also in the news was an article about the possibility of Berkeley County having the opportunity to vote on a seven-year, 1-cent sales tax increase to fund road projects. The sales tax increase, if approved, was expected to raise between $15 million and $17 million dollars. One of the projects listed that would affect the Daniel Island area was the widening and resurfacing of Clements Ferry Road from St. Thomas Island Road to Jack Primus Road. The total estimate at the time was $20 million. Fast forward 10 years and with the 1-cent sales tax increase having passed, the Clements Ferry Road project is currently underway.
FIVE YEARS AGO – Pork and Pearls benefit for Windward Farms
In the centerspread article in the March 7, 2013 issue of The Daniel Island News, readers learned more about a fun annual event on Daniel Island: Pork and Pearls, an oyster roast that benefits the young residents at Windwood Farm Home for Children. Located on a 110-acre site, nestled among the oaks and marsh grasses along the Wando River in Awendaw, Windward Farms is a safe haven where kids who have suffered unspeakable abuse and neglect come to be rescued from their pasts. Here, as the facility’s website explains, “they gain the confidence to stand tall, break out into joyous laughter, and recapture a glimpse of a childhood denied to them for far too long.”
“Windwood has a way of touching your heart and soul,” stated Daniel Island resident David Hand, who served on the facility’s Board of Directors at the time.
In other news, an article featured the Daniel Island School (DIS) trebuchet team. A group of middle school students at DIS put their science and engineering skills to the test at the “3rd Annual Storm the Citadel” trebuchet competition. The students, with help from teachers and parents, worked over several weeks to design and build their hand-painted trebuchet for the event, which attracted schools from all across the Lowcountry. Crafted using specific measurements and criteria, each trebuchet had to be capable of accurately tossing a ball between 50 and 200 feet.