Author: Margaret Evans

Dear L. A. Plume, Last year for Christmas I received a gift certificate for a local restaurant from a colleague. My co-worker used her similar gift certificate and found it was for fifty dollars. Mine, when I went to use it recently, turned out to be for one dollar and twenty four cents.

A Christmas Wish I have not seen my oldest daughter nor heard a word from her in almost two decades. I, now, would not recognize her if she passed me in the super market. I have seen her once since she was 11. She has not been in touch with my other daughters, my brothers and sisters—with any member of my family since she was 11.

 The Hilton Head Island Wine & Food Festival is proud to present its inaugural Official Poster Competition. Student Artists who are students 18 years or older, enrolled in Art and/or Graphic Design programs of study and residents of South Carolina and Georgia may submit original works for consideration in the design contest for the 2012 Festival Poster.

With cooler weather comes the start of FWDG’s 21st Annual Coat Drive – and a goal of collecting 4,500 jackets, coats and sweaters to distribute to needy in Beaufort County.

EC Montessori students will travel to New York City in April to participate in the Montessori Model United Nations.   No matter your religious views, no one can deny that this time of year brings out the best in people. Acts of kindness, appreciative gifts and donations to those in need are abundant throughout the joyous month of December. And yes, children can be a bit materialistic this time of year; but, for the most part, we do our part in reminding them of those less fortunate and the true meanings of Christmas, Hanukkah and other celebrations of faith.

A closer look at South Carolina’s principal advocate for natural resources  In a previous career, I was the Naturalist at Hunting Island State Park, one of 47 State parks in SC. I was awed daily with the environment of the ever-changing barrier island and the many species that called it home. I became intrigued with the dynamics of the salt marsh, the varying habitats of the maritime forest, the fragility of the sand dunes, and the impact of the human element that influenced the island’s ecology on a daily basis.