Join us for shuckin' and shmoozin' at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, at beautiful Sand Creek Farms (Scenic Highway 174) for EIOLT's yearly Oyster Roast and Annual Meeting. Hosts will be Anne and Lex Crawford. There will be food, fun and live music by Everett & Bubba from the Edisto Gumbo Band. The event will also include a brief "state of the organization" report on EIOLT by Executive Director Marian Brailsford.
Event sponsors will include EIOLT's Premier Corporate Partner for 2009 Edisto Sales and Rentals Realty – Matthew K. Kizer. For ticket information, or to charge by phone, call EIOLT at (843) 869-9004.
See you there!
(photo right: Good times and good fun are guaranteed for all at EIOLT's Oyster Roast and Annual Meeting in November.) |
Fun – and Learning -- in the Field: Back to Nature
Was a Success!
Where can you walk on a beach that has fossils from the Pleistocene Age? Or gaze across the water to Fig Island – crowned with sugar maple trees and home to one of the Lowcountry's most significant shell middens? Where can you paddle among dolphins, spot a red-tailed hawk or board a shrimp boat? 
Answer: EIOLT's successful Back to Nature Celebration May 16-17. "Thank you!" to the experts who donated their time and great talents as outings leaders: Patrick McMillan, Sid Gauthreaux & Carroll Belser, Anne Mattox, Billy McCord, Lindsey Young, Meg Hoyle, Irene Weber, Pat Levi, Bob Sanders, Susan Roberts, Elaine Freeman and Capt. Jimmy Bell. Locations ranged from Edingsville Beach and Seabrook Plantation to Botany Bay and Edisto Island Serpentarium. Event co-chairs were Catherine Douglass and Sid Gauthreaux.
Lead sponsors were Edisto Sales and Rentals Realty - Matthew K. Kizer and PalmettoPride S.C. Anti-Litter Organization. Supporting sponsors were Youmans Gas & Oil Co., Inc. and Piggly Wiggly Carolina Co., Inc.
(photo left: Bob Sanders at the Back to Nature Celebration)
Nature Day 2009
(photos above: shrimping with Captain Jimmy Bell; Denise Gray painting
gourd birdhouses ; and
birdwatching.)
Dr. Sid Gauthreaux's rendering of a Bachman's Warbler (left) provided the signature image for EIOLT's 2009 Back to Nature Celebration. The bird adorned t-shirts, posters and other items. Once seen regularly in South Carolina, the Bachman's Warbler became extinct when its wintering grounds in Cuba were eradicated in pursuit of sugarcane revenues
View the 2008 Bird Count From the Back
to Nature Celebration
View the 2009 Bird Count From the Back
to Nature Celebration
Teeing Off At Tomato Golf
The second Tomato Open Golf Tournament attracted a field of nearly 40 players to the
the beautiful Plantation Course at Edisto in June. A fundraiser for Edisto Island Open Land Trust, the tournament included a $25,000 hole-in-one contest, putting contest, a big raffle, Mulligans and an awards ceremony over a barbecue lunch. "We're very grateful to all involved, said event chair "BoBo" Lee, who also heads the EIOLT Board of Directors. Participants included not only players but also businesses that served as hole sponsors and raffle prize contributors. "As always, our dedicated volunteers really gave their all," added BoBo.
Lead sponsor was Edisto Sales and Rentals Realty-Matthew Kizer, EIOLT's Premier Corporate Partner. Other event sponsors were Piggly Wiggly Carolina and the Bank of Walterboro.
Tomato Open Golf Tournament Sponsors
2009
Lead Sponsor
Edisto Sales and Rentals Realty - Matthew K. Kizer
Event Sponsors
Piggly Wiggly Carolina Co. Inc.
Bank of Walterboro
Grand Prize Sponsor
Leland Vaughn and Dwight Funderburk (Golf Weekend at The Plantation Villas)
Contest Sponsors
Edisto News -- Putting Contest
The Waterfront – Hole-in-One Contest
Top Raffle Prize
Egrets Pointe Townhouses (Weekend Stay for Up to Six) |
Hole Sponsors:
Atwood Vacations
Broadway Tackle of Augusta, GA
Andy Cook CPA
Edisto Island Serpentarium
Edisto News
Edisto Seafood
Enterprise Bank
Flowers Seafood
Hammermill Glass
Bill Hackett/Coastal Insurance Services
Terry Hoff Construction
Jim Kempson, Realtor/Coldwell Banker Sea Island Realty
King's Farm Market
McConkey's Jungle Shack
Old Firehouse Restaurant
Old Post Office Restaurant
Piggly Wiggly - Edisto Island
PoPigs Bo-B-Q
Sea Cow Eatery
Slo Boat Construction
Southern Affairs Catering
Stevens Irrigation and Landscaping
True Value Hardware
Walter Construction Co.
Whaley's
Youmans Gas & Oil Co., Inc. |
Raffle and In-Kind Contributors
Broadway Tackle
CentraArchy Restaurant Management Co.
Edisto Eats
Edistonian Gift Shop & Gallery/Surf & Turf Beachwear
Flowers Seafood
Grover's Seafood Bar
Island Bikes & Outfitters
Island Video & Ice Cream
King's Farm Market
McConkey's Jungle Shack
Piggly Wiggly - Edisto Island
Plantation Grille
PoPigs Bo-Q
Saltwater Sports Club
Sea Cow Eatery
Sea Spirits
The Waterfront Restaurant
With These Hands
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Photos from the Tomato Open 2009
