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FOCUS: Ways to ensure a summer full of safe, fun swimming

Staff reports | A day of enjoying the sun and swimming may seem relaxing, we have to beware and prepare for the inherent risks of the water.

Charleston County Parks highlights safety is a top priority as 10 people drown unintentionally every day. To ensure a safe summer during the swimming season, the park system has lifeguards at its beach swimming areas and waterparks. Lifeguards undergo extensive education and training on drowning prevention and recognition. The county parks organization employs more than 275 lifeguards per season to ensure guest safety.

While lifeguards are the final link in the chain to prevent drownings, swimmers can do their part to ensure their own safety. Officials recommend following five easy safe swimming tips:

by Charleston Currents · 07/12/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news

NEWS BRIEFS: Blood donations needed across the Lowcountry

Staff reports | More than 60 blood donation sites will be open over the next two weeks to help the American Red Cross meet what it calls a “severe blood shortage.”

“Right now, the Red Cross needs to collect more than 1,000 additional blood donations (nationally) each day to meet current demand as hospitals respond to an unusually high number of traumas and emergency room visits, organ transplants and elective surgeries,” the agency said in a news release.

by Charleston Currents · 07/12/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

Chloe Misseldine and Jose Sebastian in La Follia Variations. Photo: Todd Rosenberg Photography.

CALENDAR: Big ballet to be in Charleston July 17

Staff reports | The American Ballet Theatre will be in Charleston July 17 for a free outdoor performance at The Citadel’s parade ground, Summerall Field. To attend, you are asked to RSVP for the first-come, first-served performance.

by Charleston Currents · 07/12/2021 · Comments are Disabled · calendar

MYSTERY PHOTO: Rear view

A reader sent in this rear view of a church and what apparently is a companion pump house. Where is it? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live. And if you’ve got a clever mystery photo for our readers, send it to the same address (Try to stump us!)

Our previous Mystery Photo

Last week’s mystery, “Tough photo ahead,” showed the gated entrance to the Wild Dunes complex on Isle of Palms.

by Charleston Currents · 07/12/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

NEW for 7/12: On safe swimming, obscene pay hikes, blood needed

IN THIS EDITION
FOCUS: Ways to ensure a summer full of safe, fun swimming
COMMENTARY, Brack: Big pay hikes in Columbia leave a stench
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Charleston RiverDogs
NEWS BRIEFS: Blood donations needed across the Lowcountry
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Rear view
CALENDAR: Big ballet to be in Charleston July 17

by Charleston Currents · 07/12/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

FOCUS: Survey seeks input for priorities leaders should pursue

By Skyler Baldwin | One Region, a partnership of regional government and business groups, has released a survey aimed at further understanding the needs of the residents and businesses in Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties, along with input on what opportunities leaders should pursue.

“One Region is going straight to the source to hear from the Berkeley-Charleston Dorchester community, so we can build on the lessons learned from COVID-19 and anticipate potential threats to our region’s economy,” said One Region chair Kendra Stewart. She is also director of the Joseph P. Riley Jr. Center for Livable Communities at the College of Charleston.

by Charleston Currents · 07/05/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news, News

BRIEFS: Changes expected for state public charter school law

BIG CHECK. Representatives from Jersey Mike’s Subs in the Charleston area presented a $250,000 check to MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital on June 23 for money raised during the company’s 11th annual Day of Giving in March. Photo provided.

PLUS: Changes expected to state public school charter law

by Charleston Currents · 07/05/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

CALENDAR: From music to markets and more

On the calendar:
Party at The Point: 6 p.m., Fridays in July, Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina, Mount Pleasant. The long-beloved Happy Hour concert series is back with live music and plenty of food and drinks. Each event is limited to 600 general admission ticket holders. Tickets are available at citypapertickets.com.

by Charleston Currents · 07/05/2021 · Comments are Disabled · calendar

MYSTERY: Tough photo ahead

Here’s a photo of a location in the Lowcountry that may look familiar, but where is it? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live. And if you’ve got a clever mystery photo for our readers, send it to the same address (Try to stump us!)

Our previous Mystery Photo

Last week’s mystery, “Curious bridge,” was one of the toughest ever. Only one person, Chris Brooks of Mount Pleasant, identified it correctly as a pedestrian bridge that connects to the West Ashley Bikeway near Playground Road.

by Charleston Currents · 07/05/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

NEW for 7/5: New survey, Declaration, more

IN THIS EDITION
FOCUS: Survey seeks input for priorities local leaders should pursue
COMMENTARY, Brack: New challenge: Read the Declaration of Independence
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: SC Clips
NEWS BRIEFS: Changes expected for state public charter school law
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Tough photo ahead
CALENDAR: From music to markets and more