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GREEN: Don’t be clueless about your insurance policy

By Bill Green, special to Charleston Currents | If you’re anything like me, then you have a box or a drawer somewhere that you store your important papers. You shove them in there; stuff you need but never actually read. The deed to your house, for example, or the lease on your car. Stuff that’s important to keep, but not what you think about on a daily basis… until something bad happens.

When the rubber meets the road? It’s usually fast. And dramatic. And it often results in your scrambling through that same box, frantically trying to read something you never paid attention to in the first place.

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Do you have any idea what’s in your homeowner’s insurance policy? Do you know what your car insurance REALLY covers?

by Charleston Currents · 07/31/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news

GOOD NEWS: McLeod to host one-day Gullah Geechee photo exhibit

Staff reports | A one-day pop-up photography exhibit on Aug. 20 at McLeod Plantation Historic Site will feature photos from award-winning photographer Pete Marovich from his exhibit entitled Shadows of the Gullah Geechee.

Marovich’s photographs explore the lives and culture of the Gullah Geechee people in communities from Hog Hammock on Sapelo Island, Ga., to Mosquito Beach on Sol Legare Island in Charleston County.

by Charleston Currents · 07/31/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

FEEDBACK: On the common good, New Hampshire

Judy Hines: “Wonderful article [on the common good], embodying so much of what I believe is essential if we are to get out of this quagmire of partisan bickering and selfish decision-making. ” Other comments from Anne Saunders and Janet Segal, both of Charleston.

by Charleston Currents · 07/31/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Feedback

MYSTERY PHOTO: Twin towers

This just might be too easy for many of our sleuths, but we liked this reminder of a great place submitted by a reader. Where could it be? And why are there two towers? Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live. Please also write “Mystery Photo” in the subject line.

by Charleston Currents · 07/31/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

HISTORY: Swiss settler and publisher John Tobler

S.C. Encyclopedia | Promoter and publisher John Tobler, born in Appenzell, Switzerland, became that canton’s governor until he was removed from office in a power struggle. He then worked with other prominent members of his community to bring Swiss settlers to South Carolina.

by Charleston Currents · 07/31/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Features, S.C. Encyclopedia

CALENDAR, July 24+: Books, business and music

John’s Island book sale. Charleston Friends of the Library will hold a two-day book sale July 28 and 29 at the John’s Island Regional Library, 3531 Maybank Highway, to raise money for the charity. Paperbacks start at $1 and hardbacks at $3. There also are lots of other materials, such as DVDs, CDs and children’s books. The sale starts at 9 a.m. each day and ends in late afternoon. More: CharlestonLibraryFriends.org.

Financing a small business: 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Aug. 3, Trident United Way building, Suite 101, 6296 Rivers Ave., North Charleston. The Small Business Administration will offer a two-hour workshop with financial experts who will share lending options and experience for people looking for business capital. Cost: $20. To register or learn more, visit www.charlestonsbdc.com or call 843-740-6160.

Reggae Nights concert series. James Island County Park. Gates open at 7:30 p.m. with performances starting at 8:30 p.m. for this county concert series with Mystic Vibrations, Aug. 4.

by Charleston Currents · 07/24/2017 · Comments are Disabled · calendar

GOOD NEWS: Food Bank gets $82,500 grant to help seniors

Staff reports | The Lowcountry Food Bank will get an $82,500 grant to support the food bank’s senior meals. It’s one of 12 grants awarded nationally by . The grant is one of twelve awarded by Feeding America, a national network of food banks, and is made possible by funding from the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation.

by Charleston Currents · 07/24/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

Huntington working on a sculpture of a horse.

HISTORY: Anna Hyatt Huntington

S.C. Encyclopedia | Sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington was born in Cambridge, Mass., on March 10, 1876, the daughter of noted paleontologist, naturalist, and Harvard professor, Alpheus Hyatt. She planned to become a concert violinist before her sister encouraged her to try sculpture. As early as 1898 she began to exhibit her work, and by 1906 she had established a reputation as a fine sculptor of animals. She studied briefly under Henry Hudson Kitson of Boston and in the Art Students’ League in New York, and she received valuable criticism from Gustav Borglum. She also studied with Hermon Atkins MacNeil, George Grey Barnard, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, and Malvina Hoffman.

by Charleston Currents · 07/24/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Features, S.C. Encyclopedia

MYSTERY PHOTO: Where’s this silver sculpture?

Here’s something you won’t see in South Carolina, but where is this silver sculpture? Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live. Please also write “Mystery Photo” in the subject line.

by Charleston Currents · 07/24/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

CALENDAR, July 17+: Reggae, ladybugs, history and books

Reggae Nights concert series. James Island County Park. Gates open at 7:30 p.m. with performances starting at 8:30 p.m. for this county concert series with Jah Works, July 21; and Mystic Vibrations, Aug. 4. (NEW) Ladybug release: Magnolia Plantation and Gardens will release 150,000 ladybugs into the gardens 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 22, 3550 Ashley River Rd., Charleston. […]

by Charleston Currents · 07/17/2017 · Comments are Disabled · calendar