in
this issue
Jarvis
Park
Scheduled for a late spring opening, Jarvis Park will be the
largest passive park in the Town's park plan. The first phase of
the 53 acre park will include a floating dock on the 11 acre
manmade lake, fishing pier, picnic pavilion and shelter,
playground, and a wetlands boardwalk.
Designed in 1999, the park
had been on hold as budgeted monies went first to the active
park at Singleton Beach and the Shelter Cove Community Park.
Jarvis Park, once part of the Honey Horn Plantation in the
northern island area, is a beautiful piece of land, filled with
live oaks and pines, and home to a multitude of wildlife,
including some migrating waterfowl. To retain the charm and
historical character, the park's buildings are rustically
designed.
Amazingly, the park helped fund itself. The dirt from
the lake's excavation was sold for more than 500 thousand
dollars. This certainly gives new meaning to "dirt
poor." The park is located between the Gum Tree Road exit
of the Cross Island Expressway and Wal Mart.
Free Software
Try this site for some outstanding free
software. All you pay is S&H. This
is full version stuff and not pirated,
and the site is safe.
MyFreeSoftware.com
(PC Treasures, Inc)
Windows Computing Tip
After installing a new application, it usually appears
at the bottom of your start menu. When you have done this a
number of times it may appear to be disorganized, and difficult
to find the desired app. To reorganize this rats nest, right
click anywhere in the menu and chose sort by name, and it will
place things in alphabetical order. If you currently do not have
this option, download Internet Explorer’s latest version and
it will add the option.
Virus Alert
Bugbear, a sneaky virus with a Trojan
horse, is designed
to eat credit cards and passwords. When it infects a machine it
searches for addresses and will send a message to each found
address attaching random executable file. In the address “From
Line” it will insert a random return address. This
insertion disguises the actual origin, and makes it difficult to
alert someone his system is infected.
Bugbear does not represent a new form
of attack vector or functionality, rather it propagates because
of an old and known flaw in Microsoft Outlook. “The flaw, if
left unpatched, allows the virus to execute on a victim’s PC
merely if Outlook displays the message text.” Once a system is
infected Bugbear can terminate protections provided by many
firewalls and anti-virus tool. Moreover, it installs a key
logger to capture passwords Only Windows OS are vulnerable. For
more information on Bugbear visit
http://www.sophos.com/support/bugbear.html
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Timeshare News :
Not
very much has been heard or seen regarding Ken Taylor’s
project on Skull Creak. The parcel slated for this project is
the Bluewater Marina land at the end of Gum Tree Road. The old
rotten dock has been replaced, but not much else has been done.
This
land, a few years ago, had many problems with buried debris. We
hear Mr Taylor has been busy in Branson, Missouri trying to keep
his Branson project afloat. He also may be busy fighting the
more than 2.5 million dollars in federal tax liens and numerous
law suites filed against Southwind Sales and Marketing, the
sales and marketing company which handled Shipyard’s Egret
Point and the Waterside project near Coligny.
Three
Rescued: Three visiting teenage young ladies were pulled
from the surf by local swimmers. The young girls aged 12, 13,and
17 were swimming near the folly at Singleton and Bradley Beach
when they began to struggle with the current. Locals were
quickly able to pull the girls to safety, exhausted, scared, but
unharmed.
The
Island’s waters are known for being calm, but there are two
areas where one needs to be watchful. The folly area is one, and
the other is at South Beach where there is a confluence as the
ocean and Calibogue Sound converge. Please be careful in these
two sections, and do not swim alone.
More
Matting: After installing the beach matting at Coligny, it
was discovered excess materials had been ordered from the French
manufacturer. The boardwalk at Driessen’s Beach Park is the
recipient of this excess. The 84 feet of excess matting was
recently installed and reaches from the boardwalk to the high
tide line. How well the matting works is still to be learned,
but it is expected to ease beach access for those who use
walkers or are in wheelchairs. It certainly will aid those of us
with tender feet.
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| Greetings,
Thank you for all the favorable responses we received
on our last newsletter, your letters were very much appreciated. In
this issue we are continuing with the town park series,
and you will notice we have added a cool site
section
which we think you will enjoy. While keeping you
abreast of the latest malware, we are maintaining the computer tips
simple. Of course, we will attempt
to continually inform you of the Island's happenings.
Until next time, take care and happy trails.
Cheers,
Steve Sardell
Hhidirect.com
mailto:Steve@hhidirect.com
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!5 Million for Beach
Nourishment
The Town has budgeted 15
million for the third beach nourishment project slated
to take place in 2004-2005. The project, involving
dredging off shore sand, pumping it to the beach, and
then spreading, will be the Town’s third since
1990.The first two projects moved several million cubic
yards, and spread the sand over more than seven miles of
beach. The combined cost of the first two projects was
nearly 18 million dollar.
According to Scott Ligget, the
town engineer, since the town is unsure as to when the
dredging will occur, or where it will dredge, the extra
monies budgeted are to ensure the project can get
completed. The town is getting an early start planning
the project, and soon will be meeting with the
permitting agencies, and soliciting a contractor. On
November 6, the Town Council will be meeting with Erik
Olsen of Olsen Associates, the firm hired to study
erosion rates, to discuss the current situation and
available options.
The Island’s worst beach erosion
remains in front of the Marriott, the old Hyatt in
Palmetto Dunes. The budgeted monies are derived from the
“beach preservation fee”, a 2 percent tax on
overnight lodging. This tax brings to the town coffers
more than 3 million annually. So, we thank all you
visitors, and hope you continue to return. When you plan
to return click our One Step Rental Finder,
and we will do an Island wide search to find your
perfect vacation rental.
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Concours
D'Elegance
 On November 2nd
and 3rd Hilton Head will seem like Monaco as
it hosts a Concours D’Elegance, This “Competition of
Elegance”, a displaying and judging of elegant and
collectable automobiles, will be held at the Coastal
Discovery Center in Honey Horn Plantation. The two day
event will showcase some of the finest automobiles in
the South East.
Scheduled for Saturday is an exhibit of more
than a hundred prototypes, competition cars, and cars of
historical significance. Included in the first day event
are T Birds, Vettes, Jags, Woodies, Muscle Cars, and
Street Rods. Sunday’s concours will be the coup de
grace. Some
of the most beautiful cars ever manufactured will be on
display, and will certainly delight all in attendance.
Among Sunday’s hundred entries to be judged on
appearance will be a Cadillac Phaeton, a 1931
Auburn Speedster, and a 1932 Austin Martin LeMans.
Thousand are expected to attend, and proceeds will
benefit the Hilton Head Orchestra’s Youth Program and
the Island’s Boys and Girls Club. For more information
contact The HHI Concours office 785-7469.
Cool Sites
For those who like music from the
fifties and early sixties visit
http://www.bobforrest.com/JukeBox.htm.
Bob has an excellent collection of oldies. If you want
to download any tunes just ask your children or grand
kids how to do it. It is actually quite simple, and
maybe they will show you how to burn a CD.
Want to see what mars looks like.
NASA has made available some free, super shots, taken by
the Mars Global Surveyor. The newest 18,812 images have
recently been added to their collection. These images
taken between August 2001 and January include some
outstanding high resolution shots. http://www.msss.com/mars_images
Want some fun? Try flying a
helicopter by remote control. This one can be real
addictive. I made it nearly 800 feet, but had to tear
myself away to attempt some work, but I will go back.
http://www.seethru.co.uk/zine/south_coast/helicopter_game.htm
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Renaissance
Art Auction
 The fourteenth annual
Renaissance art sale, the third consecutive on Hilton
Head, will be presented Friday October 25, at the Self
Family Arts center. Conducted by Morris and Whiteside
Galleries, the year’s premier art event is expected to
ring more than a million dollars in sales. This year’s
theme is southwestern, and features an oil by W.R. Leigh
expected to bring more than $400,000 before the gavel
strikes. Works by local artists Walter Greer and Joe
Bowler are included in the auction. Works can be
previewed starting October 21 in the Greer Gallery of
the Arts Center. There is no charge for admission. For
more information call the Morris and Whiteside Gallery
843-842-4433. Auction catalogues are $25
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Island
Flotsam
 Sales tax Increase
to be on ballot
On November 5 when voters
head to the polls, they will decide whether the local
sales tax will increase another percentage point. The
proposed increase is to raise 63.8 million dollars for
the purpose of widening highway 278 to six lanes from
Simmonsville road to Garveys Cornor (the intersection of
278 and 170), and secondary road projects in the
Bluffton area. If the voters decide yes on the increase,
it will be in effect for three years or until the
necessary funds are raised, which ever comes first. Of
the 63.8 million budgeted for the projects, more than
60% is expected to come from visitor’s expenditures.
Again, we thank y’all for visiting our Island.
Traffic Problems:
If you have ever driven onto the Island any week day
morning or on any summer Saturday then you know the
Island has a traffic problem. In its most recent traffic
analysis, traffic consultants from Wilbur Smith
Associates suggest that if developmental patterns
persist, then William Hilton Parkway between the bridge
and Matthews Drive needs to be expanded to six
lanes.
Moreover, the report
continues to suggest over passes be built at Squire Pope, Wild Horse, and Queens
Folly roads. The report further states that if
development in the north island area, lands owned
primarily by native Islanders, and representing the
majority of undeveloped large tracts, be reduced by 25%,
then some of the improvements would be unnecessary. This
last statement raised the ire of many native Islanders
who reside in the north end, prompting one northender to
exclaim; “it just seems to me that the perfect
solution is for the native Islanders to sell all their
land and get the ….
off the Island.”
This traffic problem did
not suddenly appear, but rather has been brewing for
years. Indeed, everyone says something needs to be done,
however, it is the something few seem to agree upon.
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