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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY FORUM TODAY, BUT WILL STILL GO AHEAD AND MEET.
WE JUST CAN'T DO ANY MOTIONS OR ANY BUSINESS CAN BE TRANSACTED.
UM, FIRST THING WE'LL DO IS WE, UH, WE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
YEAH, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR I HAD TO GO WORK.
OKAY, WE'LL GET OUR, GET OUR INTRODUCTIONS TAKEN CARE OF.
I'M THE SOUTH OF BROAD MARK REDDICKS, NORTH OF BROAD.
I ARSON SOUTH OF BROAD CAMP AT LARGE.
HEATHER LYNCH, ROCK BOND ATHLETIC SUPERVISOR IN BEAVERT.
SHANE STEGER, DEPUTY DIRECTOR,
WE DO NEED TO REQUEST TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO REMOVE THE, UH, FEE WAIVER.
THAT PERSON WILL NOT BE HERE THIS TIME.
UM, THEY WILL PROBABLY BE PRESENT THE MAKE FIRST VERSION, BUT MAKE NUMBER SEVEN OFF.
OFFICIALLY, WE CAN'T APPROVE THE AGENDA 'CAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE, DON'T HAVE A QUORUM, BUT WE'LL GO BY IT.
UM, ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS TO THE MINUTES? WE CAN APPROVE 'EM AT THE NEXT MEETING, BUT ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE JANUARY 9TH MEETING? NONE.
WE'LL PASS THAT ON TO THE MAY MEETING FOR APPROVAL.
GO DEPARTMENT REPORTS, OPERATIONS,
CAN SHANE SAGER, DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
UH, SO OUR OPERATIONS, UM, WE'RE GONNA KIND OF TWEAK THIS IN THE FUTURE I THINK, BUT UH, FOR THIS TIME WE'RE JUST REPORTING ON OUR, UM, ADMISSIONS FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.
YOU CAN SEE FAIRLY ROBUST ACROSS THE BOARD.
UH, BUCK WELD OBVIOUSLY IS THE, HAS THE BULK OF THE ADMISSIONS.
WE DID LOSE SEVERAL DAYS IN JANUARY THOUGH DUE TO THE SNOW FACILITY WAS CLOSED FOR FIVE-ISH DAYS, UH, FOR THE SNOW AND ICE WEST.
FUTURE PIECES ON THE OPERATIONS ADMIN SIDE, NO, SORRY, I'M NOT GONNA REPEAT THAT, ALL THAT, BUT NEXT TIME.
HEY ATHLETICS, YOU GOT PLENTY HERE.
ALRIGHT, UM, LOUGHTON, RIGHT NOW ALL OUR REGISTRATIONS ARE BASICALLY CLOSED.
UM, GETTING READY TO START SOCCER.
UM, WE HAVE OUR MEETING TOMORROW, OR I'M SORRY, TONIGHT FOR SOCCER, TOMORROW FOR FLAG FOOTBALL.
THEY HAVE THEIR OPENING WEEKEND OR OPENING DAY THIS SATURDAY.
UM, A COUPLE OF YOUNGER KIDS ARE PLAYING AND THEN GAMES WILL START ON MONDAY.
UM, FOR THE SEVEN AND UPS, UM, LACROSSE IS GETTING READY TO CRANK UP.
UM, I THINK THEY HAVE THEIR FIRST TOURNAMENT.
THEY'VE HAD A COUPLE SCRIMMAGES.
UM, THEY HAVE THEIR FIRST TOURNAMENT.
IS IT NEXT WEEKEND, BOB, OR A GAME TONIGHT? UH, TONIGHT.
AND THEN, UH, ON THE WEEKENDS, UM, REGISTRATION'S OPENING RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE HAVE THE DIAMOND U SOFTBALL, WHICH IS THE 13, 13 TO 16 GIRLS.
UM, AND DIXIE BOYS BASEBALL, UM, WHICH IS 13 TO 15, UM, FOR ADULT SPORTS.
UH, WE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO START LAST NIGHT, BUT THE STORM KNOCKED US OUT.
UM, SO THAT, THAT LEAGUE'S GETTING READY TO START.
WE'VE HAD A SCRIMMAGE ON MONDAY AND THEN THE LEAGUE WILL GET STARTED ON THIS COMING MONDAY.
UM, BUT THAT REGISTRATION IS CLOSED AS WELL.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THE ONLY THING WE HAD GOING ON YOUTH WISE WAS, UH, YOUTH BASKETBALL.
UM, WE JUST GOT DONE, WE HOSTED THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT THIS PAST WEEKEND.
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AND THEN WE'RE HOSTING THE STATE TOURNAMENT THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND.UM, FOR AS FAR AS OUR TEAM STILL IN IT, UM, THE ONLY TEAMS WE HAVE LEFT ARE THE EIGHT U GIRLS FROM BLUFFTON AND THE 10 U GIRLS FROM BLUFFTON.
UM, THE EIGHT U GIRLS GOT AUTOMATIC BID TO THE STATE.
10 U GIRLS WON THEIR DISTRICT TOURNAMENT.
YEAH, PRETTY MUCH THE SAME FOR BEAUFORT.
ALL OF OUR REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.
WE DO HAVE DIAMOND YOUTH SOFTBALL AND DIAMOND YOUTH BASEBALL AS WELL.
AND FOR THOSE, WE'RE LOOKING AT SIX FOR SOFTBALL AND 19 FOR BASEBALL, UH, WHENEVER I LOOKED EARLIER TODAY.
SO I ACTUALLY JUST REMEMBER THOSE NUMBERS.
UM, SURPRISINGLY IT'S NOT VERY COMMON THAT THAT HAPPENS.
UM, AND THEN WE STARTED AN INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE FOR ADULT.
UM, SO THAT STARTED ON TUESDAY.
UH, WE'RE STARTING THAT DOWN AT LYNN BROWN JUST 'CAUSE THAT'S THE FLOOR ACTUALLY CURRENTLY THAT'S KIND OF SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR THAT SPORT.
UM, PLUS WE HAVE SOME BASKETBALL PRACTICES STILL GOING ON AT UH, BURTON WELLS, BUT ONCE CONSTRUCTION STARTS AT LYNN BROWN, WE'RE GONNA SHIFT THAT OVER TO BURTON WELLS, UM, AND KEEP THAT LEAGUE GOING OVER THERE.
OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAD SOCCER MEETINGS WITH COACHES YESTERDAY OR, UH, EXCUSE ME, MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND THEN WE HAD FLAG FOOTBALL MEETINGS LAST NIGHT AND TOMORROW.
OTHER THAN THAT, BASEBALL SOFTBALL IS PRACTICING AND GETTING GOING.
WE'RE GONNA START, UH, I THINK A WEEK AFTER BLUFFING IS WITH BASEBALL AND THEN GO FROM THERE.
UM, LACROSSE, SORRY, BACK ON THAT LAST ONE.
IT'S OUR FIRST SEASON DOING IT, BUT WE'RE GONNA DO, UM, THREE DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS.
IS THAT RIGHT? BROCK? TWO AGE GROUPS.
TWO AGE GROUPS, UM, WITH SMALLER SIDED TEAMS. UH, AND WE'RE JUST GONNA STAY IN IN BEAUFORT.
UH, WE, WE HAD A MEETING WITH SOME OF THE PARENTS AND THEY DECIDED THAT, YOU KNOW, RICHMOND HILL AND STUFF IS A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR OF A DRIVE FOR, FOR BUFORT AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING UNTIL WE CAN GET THIS PROGRAM KIND OF BUILT UP AND A LITTLE BIT BIGGER.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL RE-EXPLORE THAT, THAT OPTION.
BUT FOR NOW, EVERYONE'S HAPPY JUST KIND OF PLAYING SMALLER SIDED, STAYING IN BEAUFORT AND UH, GOING FROM THERE.
AND THEN AFTER THE WINTER WE HAVE, WE ALSO HAVE OUR EIGHT U UH, GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM PLAYING IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT, WHICH WILL BE HERE.
UM, WE'RE HOSTING A COUPLE TOURNAMENTS UP AT BUCK WALTER, OR SORRY, WE'RE AT BUCK WALTER UP AT BURTON WELLS.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THAT ON THE EIGHTH AND THE NINTH AND KICKBALL IS COMING TO A CLOSE.
WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THAT WITH WEATHER.
SO OUR SEASON WENT A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
WE LOST A WEEK WITH THE SNOW AND THEN IT JUST SEEMS SERENE EVERY THURSDAY AFTER THAT.
UM, SO WE'RE WRAPPING THAT UP HOPEFULLY NEXT THURSDAY, BARRING ANYMORE BAD WEATHER.
AND THEN EVAN ALREADY MENTIONED THE TOURNAMENTS THAT WE'RE HOSTING COMING UP FOR, FOR SCAP BASKETBALL.
UM, YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE HOSTING AND WHO'S HOSTING WHERE THE AGE GROUPS.
UM, WE'RE POTENTIALLY ADDING A SUMMER ADULT BASKETBALL LEAGUE, UH, OVER IN BEAUFORT.
AND WE'RE WORKING ON STRUCTURE OF WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
UM, POTENTIALLY GETTING SOME PARTICIPATION FROM THE YMCA, UM, WORKING WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, UH, TO MAKE SURE IT'S STILL FULLY OUR LEAGUE, BUT ALSO TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE PARTICIPATION AND NOT IN A, IN A COMPETITIVE SENSE, UM, FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, PATRONS.
BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THAT.
UH, AND THEN LIKE I SAID, ADULT SOCCER LEAGUE AND LACROSSE LEAGUE UP AND RUNNING AND GOING.
WELL, ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT? AWESOME, THANKS.
SENIOR PROGRAMMING PICK ME 'CAUSE I'M THE CLOSEST TO BEING A SENIOR.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM, QUITE A BIT OF, UH, HOME DELIVERY MEALS AND IN CENTER DINING.
UM, THAT PROGRAM SEEMS TO BE REALLY THRIVING.
A LOT OF FIELD TRIPS THAT HAPPENED IN, UH, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
UM, AND WE ARE LOOKING TO START GOING UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR OUR BOOKER T WASHINGTON FACILITY IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS OR SO TO KIND OF GET A, A FACELIFT INSIDE FLOORING, PAINTING NEW CABINETS, ET CETERA.
UM, AND ON A LATER SLIDE, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF STARTING TWO NEW SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTERS, UM, AGNES AND WESLEY.
IS IT OPEN GUYS? OKAY, SO BATTERY CREEK POOL.
SO BATTERY CREEK IS STILL THE SAME AS ALWAYS.
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STILL HAVE OUR SCHOOL SWIM LESSONS GOING ON.UM, FOR BATTERY CREEK, THE FIN SWIM TEAM IS THE ONE THAT COMES TO THAT POOL.
I GAVE YOU THE DIFFERENT NUMBERS FOR THE FINS AND THE PUBLIC ADMISSION.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT BATTERY CREEK POOL? COOL.
OKAY, SO BEAUFORT POOL, SAME AS ALWAYS.
UM, WE HAVE OUR SCHOOL SWIM LESSONS THAT GO ON THERE.
THE PROGRAM THAT GOES THERE IS THE ISR, WHICH IS THE INFANT SWIM LESSONS AND THE WATER AEROBICS AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN OUR REGULAR CHECK-IN.
ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, NEXT ONE.
THESE TWO ARE BOTH CLOSED
SO, UM, THE ALVIN SETTLES POOL AND THE BLUFFING POOL ARE STILL CLOSED FOR RIGHT NOW, SO HOPEFULLY OPENING SOON.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE OUR SWIM LESSONS.
WE HAVE PRIVATE SWIM LESSONS, GROUP SWIM LESSONS, WE HAVE OUR STROKE IMPROVEMENT CLASSES.
THOSE CAN BE ALL OFFERED ONLINE.
YOU JUST GO ON THEIR REGISTER AND THEN YOU'RE PUT INTO A PROGRAM.
WE JUST HAD A LIFEGUARDING CLASS AT OUR BATTERY CREEK POOL.
OUR NEXT ONE IS COMING UP, UM, AT THE END OF MARCH AT OUR BEAUFORT POOL.
HOW MANY SHOWED UP FOR THAT? FOR THE LIFEGUARDING ONE THAT WE JUST HAD, THERE WERE THREE IN THAT CLASS, SO IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN JANUARY, BUT THAT WAS THE SNOW TIMEFRAME, SO IT GOT PUSHED TO, UM, FEBRUARY.
AND THEN I'M HOPING WE'LL GET ENOUGH FOR MARCH.
WE DO HAVE ANOTHER CLASS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL AS WELL, SO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT POOLS? OKAY, RECREATION.
SO WE HAVE SOME NEW CLASSES THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO START, UM, PICKLEBALL IN APRIL.
WE HAVE THE KIDS FITNESS AS WELL AS THE, UM, TONIC CLASS STARTING IN MARCH.
THE KIDS FITNESS IS FOR KIDS AGES SIX TO 11.
UM, THE TONIC CLASSES FOR ADULTS STARTING AT 18.
UH, BOTH OF THESE WILL, ALL THREE OF THESE WILL BE HELD AT THE, UM, CHARLES LYNN BROWN CENTER.
UM, THESE CLASSES ARE IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE ALREADY OFFER, UM, WHICH IS ACROSS THE BOARD FROM BUCK WALTER IN, UM, CHARLES LYNN BROWN, FAR AS CAMPS.
WE STARTED OUR NEW OUT OF SCHOOL CAMP.
THE KIDS WERE OUTTA SCHOOL FOR I THINK LIKE THREE DAYS.
SO TWO OUT OF THOSE THREE DAYS WE HELD A TWO DAY CRAFTY CAMP AT LYNN BROWN.
ALTHOUGH THE PARTICIPATION WAS LOW, THE KIDS HAD A BLAST.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO OFFERING MORE, UM, IN THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET MORE PARTICIPATION.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SPRING BREAK CAMP, UM, OFFERED AT BUCK WATER AND BURTON WELLS FROM, UM, APRIL 14TH TO THE 17TH.
SO THAT'S A MONDAY THROUGH A THURSDAY FOR AGES SIX TO 12, UM, AS WELL AS OUR SUMMER CAMP WILL BE OFFERED AGAIN THIS YEAR AT BLUFFTON CENTER.
BUCK, UM, BURTON WELLS AND POSSIBLY CHARLES LYNN BROWN.
UM, WE HAD TECH EVENT IN FEBRUARY THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE, UM, SELECT HEALTH, UH, MEDICAID PROGRAM.
SO THEY CAME OUT AND THEY HAD VENDORS FROM, UM, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, UH, LET'S SEE WHO ELSE WAS OUT THERE.
WE HAD FIRST CHOICE, UH, FIRST STEPS THAT CAME OUT AND THEY GAVE INFORMATION AS WELL AS SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR THE CHILDREN.
UM, AT THAT EVENT, WE SAW ABOUT 200 KIDS.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD A COMMUNITY BABY SHOWER COMING UP IS GONNA BE HELD AT OUR BURTON WELLS CENTER.
IT'S ALSO THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH FIRST CHOICE.
SO AN UPDATE ON OUR PARTNERSHIPS.
WE CONTINUE TO, WHILE WE STARTED OUR ADAPTED BASKETBALL PROGRAM, UM, SO IN THE FALL WE DID ADAPTED SOCCER.
SO THIS IS, UH, ADAPTED BASKETBALL.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING THAN OUR ADAPTED SOCCER.
SO HONESTLY, IF I'M, WE'LL PROBABLY GO BACK TO SOCCER IN THE FUTURE.
UM, BUT IT'S JUST TO GIVE FOLKS WITH, UH, CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO KIND OF GET THEIR SKILLS AND SOCIALIZE, ET CETERA.
UM, SO WE HAD OUR FIRST ONE LAST SUNDAY.
THERE WERE, IT'S ON SUNDAYS AND WE HAD GOOD PRESS COVERAGE IN THE FIRST, IN THE FIRST ROUND.
WE'LL SEE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THIS SECOND ROUND HERE.
UM, WE'RE ALSO STILL KIND OF PARTNERING WITH THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS BASKETBALL PROGRAM, SO THEY'LL BE USING OUR BLUFFTON CENTER CENTER GYM TO GET SOME OF THEIR PRACTICES IN.
UM, JUST AS KIND OF TRYING TO FURTHER THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH, UH, SO SPECIAL OLYMPICS OR, UM, OFF, OFF HILTON ISLAND.
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AND THEN CONTINUE TO HOST SOME OF THE PRIVATE, PRIVATE PUBLIC, UM, SCHOOLS USING OUR FACILITIES ACROSS LADIES ISLAND, UM, HILLMAN CHRISTIAN, ET CETERA.SO MORE ON THE SOFTBALL BASEBALL AS WE KIND OF PIVOT TO THAT.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD SOME BASKETBALL GYM USAGE KIND OF IN THE WINTER PIECE.
UM, CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THUMBS UP AND AS, UH, VITA MENTIONED THE HEALTH CONNECTIONS.
AND THEN CONSTRUCTION WISE, AS I MENTIONED IN THE, IN THE PREVIOUS, WE ARE IN THE KINDA THE INFANT PHASE OF PLANNING THE NEW COMMUNITY CENTERS AT WESLEY, FELIX, FELIX AND AGNES.
UM, SO THAT'S GONNA BE A, A, A FUN KIND OF EVOLUTION AS WE WORK TO SEE WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND, AND INCORPORATE THAT INTO THESE NEW COMMUNITY CENTERS.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE STARTING THE BOOKER T RENOVATION SOON.
UM, CHARLES LYNN BROWN, YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD SEVERAL FOLKS MENTION THAT WE'RE KIND OF GETTING A, A, A FACELIFT IN THE GYMNASIUM, NEW FLOORS, NEW RIMS, NEW BLEACHERS, ET CETERA.
UM, SO THAT'LL KIND OF, UM, GET, BRING THAT FACILITY BACK UP TO THE KIND OF QUALITY THAT WE EXPECT.
UM, SO WE ARE NOT ADVERTISING A DATE YET ON WHEN IT WILL REOPEN.
WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THE CONTRACTORS FREQUENTLY.
WE WERE JUST THERE EARLIER THIS, YEAH, EARLIER THIS WEEK TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH AND SEE WHERE WE STAND.
THE WALL IS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH, WHICH WAS THE LONGEST LEAD.
AND WHAT WAS DECEPTIVELY LONG.
AND THIS IS KIND OF THE THING THAT WE EXPECTED TO BE DONE A WHILE AGO.
UH, BUT, AND IT IS IN THEORY SUPPOSED TO BE HERE BY THE END OF THE MONTH, UM, AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THE INSIDE'S GETTING KIND OF A MORE OR LESS A FULL FACE LIFT.
NEW TILE, NEW FLOORS, PAINTED, UM, NEW STALLS, UM, NEW VENTILATION.
IT'S THE, THE POINT OF THIS REALLY WAS TO DO CLIMATE CONTROL IN THERE TO KIND OF MAKE IT SO THAT WE WEREN'T FIGHTING AGAINST OURSELVES WITH HVAC, ET CETERA.
BUT THEY'RE ALSO DOING, UM, SOME KIND OF FACELIFT STUFF.
SO WE'RE HOPEFUL SOON, UH, BLUFF AND CENTER.
WE ALSO HAVE PLANNED RENOVATIONS FOR THE INSIDE OF THE SENIOR CENTER AND THEN ALSO THE GYMNASIUM AND THEN A LARGER SCALE PROJECT TO KIND OF LOOK AT THE FIELDS AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THEM POTENTIALLY TURF.
UM, REDO THE BASEBALL FIELDS TO GET A LITTLE MORE DISTANCE ON THEM.
NOT A, THAT'S NOT A NEAR TERM PROJECT, BUT IT IS IN THE WORKS TO KIND OF GET THAT MOVING.
TRY TO MEET THE DEMAND OF BASEBALL FIELDS IN THIS AREA.
UM, THE SHELL POINT PARK, WE HAVE PARTIALLY CLOSED SHELL POINT PARK.
UM, THE, THERE'S A TENNIS COURT AND A COUPLE PICKLEBALL COURTS THERE.
THERE'S BEEN ROOT INTRUSION, WHICH IS TEARING UP THE COURT.
SO WE'VE CLOSED IT, UH, FOR SAFETY PURPOSES AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WHAT WE HAVE QUOTES FOR GETTING IT COMPLETELY RESURFACED, UM, AND GETTING THE COURT DOWN TO BRING THEM AGAIN BACK UP TO OUR STANDARDS.
AND THEN SOUTHSIDE PICKLEBALL, IF YOU HAVE SEEN IT, IF YOU, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO OUT THERE.
WE HAD, WE ADDED SEVERAL NEW PICKLEBALL COURTS, UH, A BRAND NEW BASKETBALL, OUTDOOR BASKETBALL COURT THERE AS WELL.
UM, HOWEVER, WE HAD TO RE REDO THE, THE CONSTRUCT.
THE CONTRACTOR HAD TO REDO THE FLOOR OF THE PICKLEBALL COURT 'CAUSE IT WAS PUDDLING.
UM, SO THEY'RE IN THAT PROCESS NOW.
UM, SO WE'RE NOT OPENING, IT LOOKS TO THE PUBLIC LIKE WE SHOULD BE OPEN, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE COURTS LAST A LONG TIME, WHICH MEANS KIND OF SMOOTHING OUT THE, THE SURFACES SO IT DOESN'T PUDDLE AND DECAY.
UM, WE ARE ALSO MONITORING, AND I MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED THIS ON THE SENIOR PIECE, BUT WE ARE ALSO MENTIONING MEN WATCHING THE, UM, CONTINUING RESOLUTION.
UM, OUR SENIOR PROGRAM IS FUNDED HEAVILY BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
UM, THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION FROM THE FISCAL SIDE.
IF IT IS NOT, IF A BUDGET ISN'T PASSED, THEN WE WILL HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE CONTINUING TO RUN THE SENIOR PROGRAM AND THOSE, THE, THE DINING PIECE OF THAT.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WATCHING CLOSELY.
UM, AND OTHER THAN THAT WE'VE WE'RE, WE'VE GOT OUR ADVERTISEMENTS OUT FOR OUR CAMP AND LIFEGUARD POSITIONS FOR THE SUMMER.
SO IF YOU KNOW FOLKS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR SOME
UH, HEATHER, YOU JUST MAKE A NOTE THAT OUR NEXT MEETING IS MAY 1ST AT UH, BEAUFORT COUNTY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
WE DO NEED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM TODAY OR FROM THE JANUARY MEETING AT THAT MEETING, NO PROBLEM.
BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY OTHER BUSINESS BEING CARRIED OVER.
OH MY TOM RUNNING THIS MEETING.
WE ONLY YOU'RE WAY 21 MINUTES.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING.
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I'M DESTINY PAA PARKS NATURALIST AND NATURE ENTHUSIAST.
JOIN ME AS WE TAKE IT OUTSIDE THE LOW COUNTRY'S HOME TO SOME OF THE MOST FASCINATING CREATURES IN NATURE.
AND THE PASSIVE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS LUCKY ENOUGH TO SHARE AN OFFICE WITH A FEW HERE AT CRYSTAL LAKE PARK.
TODAY I WANNA INTRODUCE YOU ALL TO THE CRITTERS OF CRYSTAL LAKE.
WE HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT FROGS AND TOADS, TWO YELLOW BELLY SLIDERS AND EASTERN BOX TURTLE AND TWO CORN SINKS.
THE FIRST COTS I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO IS OUR CUTE LITTLE CHORUS OF FROGS.
WE HAVE A FEW SPECIES IN OUR ENCLOSURE, BUT THE ONES YOU'RE PROBABLY MOST FAMILIAR WITH IS THIS GUY HERE, THE GREEN TREE FROG.
FROGS, LIKE ALL THEIR FROGS AND TOADS ARE AMPHIBIANS.
ONE DEFINING FACTOR OF AN AMPHIBIAN IS THE PROCESS OF METAMORPHOSIS OR THE DRASTIC PHYSICAL CHANGE THESE CRITTERS UNDERGO WHEN THEY GROW INTO ADULTS.
GREEN TREE FROGS ARE VERY COMMON HERE IN THE WORLD COUNTRY.
MANY PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THEM HANGING OUT ON THEIR HOUSE, WINDOWS, BACK, PORCHES, INDOORS, WAITING FOR THE NEXT MOSQUITO OR GNAT TO FLY BY.
HOW LUCKY ARE WE TO HAVE THESE LITTLE GUYS PATROLLING OUR HOUSES FOR BOOKS INSIDE THE SAME ENCLOSURE IS ANOTHER AMPHIBIOUS CREATURE, A FOWLER'S TOAD.
THESE GUYS CAN COMMONLY BE CONFUSED WITH THE SOUTHERN TOAD, BUT YOU'LL NOTICE HE HAS VERY DEFINED MARKINGS ON HIS BACK AND HIS WORDY APPEARANCE IS MINIMAL.
WHEREAS A SOUTHERN TOAD HAS MUCH BUMPIER SKIN, DESPITE WHAT YOU MAY THINK TOADS NEED TO KEEP THEIR SKIN MOIST.
SO THEY'RE OFTEN FOUND LIVING IN ENVIRONMENTS WITH DAMP SOIL AND LEAF LITTER.
MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT TOADS IS THEIR DEFENSE MECHANISMS OTHER THAN THEIR CAMOUFLAGE SKIN.
TOADS HAVE TWO GLANDS BEHIND THEIR EYES CALLED OID GLANDS.
WHEN THREATENED TOADS WILL SECRETE A TOXIN FROM THESE GLANDS OFTEN CAUSING THE THREAT TO SPIT THEM OUT.
THEY MAY ALSO PUFF UP THEIR BODIES TO PREVENT THEMSELVES FROM BEING SWALLOWED IF THE TOXINS AREN'T ENOUGH TO DETER A PREDATOR.
THESE TWO RAMBUNCTIOUS REPTILES ARE CALLED YELLOW BEED SLIDERS.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE MOST COMMONLY SEEN FRESHWATER TURTLES AND GET THEIR NAME FOR A COUPLE OF OBVIOUS REASONS.
ONE, THEY TEND TO SLIDE INTO THE WATER AND TWO, THEY HAVE VERY DISTINCT YELLOW BELLIES.
THEIR BROWN AND OLIVE COLORED SHELLS ACT AS CAMOUFLAGE ALLOWING THEM TO BLEND IN WITH ANY VEGETATION, ROCKS OR FLOATING LOGS.
BOTH OF THESE TURTLES ARE ROUGHLY A YEAR AND A HALF OLD AND HAVE LOTS OF GROWING TO DO.
MALE YELLOW BOW INSIDERS CAN REACH FIVE TO NINE INCHES IN LENGTH WHILE THE FEMALE CAN REACH ANYWHERE FROM EIGHT TO 13 INCHES.
THAT'S BIGGER THAN MOST DINNER PLATES.
ANOTHER TYPE OF TURTLE WE HAVE HERE IS THE EASTERN BOX TURTLE.
YOU CAN SEE HE'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM HIS SEMI-AQUATIC FRIENDS.
SOME OF THE MAIN DIFFERENCES ARE HIS DRY SKIN, HIS UNWED TOES, AND HIS BOXY SHELL.
YOU CAN GUESS THIS GUY PROBABLY DOESN'T FARE WELL IN WATER AND HIS BEST LEFT TO EXPLORE MOIST WOODSY SOILS, SWAMPS AND GRASSY MEADOWS EASTERN BOX TURTLES ARE PROTECTED IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA DUE TO GREAT HABITAT LOSS, THE ILLEGAL PET TRADE DISEASE AND ROAD TRAFFIC.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT POSSESSION AND PERMITTING CAN BE FOUND ON SOUTH CAROLINA DN R'S WEBSITE.
AND OF COURSE IF YOU EVER SEE A TURTLE CROSSING THE ROAD AND IT IS SAFE TO DO SO, I ALWAYS ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO HELP THEM CROSS IN THE DIRECTION THE TURTLE IS ALREADY HEADING TOWARDS.
THIS PROTECTS THEM AND YOU FROM ANY
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POTENTIAL COLLISIONS ON THE ROAD.LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST ARE OUR TWO BEAUTIFUL CORN SNAKES.
ANOTHER COMMONLY SEEN REPTILE CORN SNAKES ARE NON VENOMOUS AND CAN BE FOUND IN MANY TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTS.
JOKINGLY, I LIKE TO SAY THAT CORN SNAKES GOT THEIR NAME BECAUSE THEY CAN SOMETIMES BE FOUND IN OLD CORN BARNS.
BUT I REALLY THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH THE CHECKERED PATTERN ON THEIR BELLIES THAT LOOK SORT OF LIKE MAZE BECAUSE OF THE PATTERN ON THEIR BACKS.
CORN SNAKES ARE OFTEN UNFORTUNATELY CONFUSED WITH THE VENOMOUS COPPERHEAD.
SOMETHING I LIKE TO CONSIDER IS THAT IF CORN SNAKES MARKINGS ARE OFTEN SQUARED WHILE A COPPERHEADS MARKINGS LOOK MORE LIKE HERSHEY KISSES.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CRITTERS I'VE SHOWN YOU TODAY, THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS A LOT OF GREAT AND USEFUL INFORMATION ON THEIR REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF SOUTH CAROLINA WEBPAGE.
FOR A MORE PERSONAL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, JOIN ME AT CRYSTAL LAKE FOR OUR NEXT CRITTERS OF CRYSTAL LAKE CLASSROOM PROGRAM.
ALL OF THE PASSIVE PARKS NATURE PROGRAM SCHEDULES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE@BUFORTCOUNTYSC.GOV OR POSTED WEEKLY ON OUR BUFORT COUNTY FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM PAGES.
THANKS FOR JOINING ME TODAY AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU THE NEXT TIME WE TAKE IT OUTSIDE.
THIS IS ONE OF OUR CORN SNAKES FROM THE NATURE CENTER AND I KNEW IT WAS UH, GRAB, SO I BROUGHT IT HOME AND SET IT UP HERE.
YOU NOTICE THIS NUM MOSS IN A CONTAINER AND IT'S LAID IN EGG AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY GONNA LAY A BUNCH MORE.
LET'S DO ON THAT EGG A LITTLE BIT.
I DON'T WANNA DISTURB HER TOO MUCH.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS COME BACK AND SEE IF SHE LAYS MORE.
SO GUYS, I'M BACK AND IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S LAID FIVE EGGS AND OH MY GOSH, HERE COMES ONE RIGHT NOW.
SO SHE'S ABOUT TO LAY AN EGG AND SHE'S KIND OF HAS CONTRACTIONS AND SHE'S JUST PUSHING THAT EGG OUT OF ONE OF HER OVERDOG.
AND THE OTHER THING YOU NOTICE IS THESE EGGS HAVE A TENDENCY TO ADHERE TOGETHER.
SO THEY STICK TOGETHER WITH KIND OF A CLUE LIKE SUBSTANCE AND THAT KEEPS THE EGGS FROM UM, ROLLING AROUND.
AND IF THEY STAY KIND OF IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION, THEN THE EMBRYO DOESN'T DIE.
YOU NOTICE THEY'RE REALLY SOFT WHEN THEY'RE FIRST LAID, BUT THEN THEY KIND OF, UH, GET A MORE LEATHERY SORT OF OUTSIDE COVERING.
SO THAT SIX EGGS AND IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S GOT A LOT MORE INSIDE HER.
I'M GONNA BACK HER OFF AND GIVE HER SOME SPACE.
AND YOU CAN SEE SHE'S DONE LAYING.
IT LOOKS LIKE SHE HAS ABOUT 18 OR SO EGGS.
SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S DOING FINE.
THE EGGS LOOK TERRIFIC, BOY, THEY'RE NICE AND WHITE AND PRETTY LEATHERY SHELLS.
SO WE'RE GONNA PUT THESE IN VERMICULITE FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS AND THEY'RE GONNA HATCH INTO CUTE LITTLE EIGHT INCH CORN SNAKE BABIES.
I'VE PUT 'EM IN VERMICULITE AND YOU CAN SEE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REAL COMMONLY USED FOR NURSERIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I'M GONNA COVER 'EM UP JUST A LITTLE BIT AND THEN I'M GONNA PUT A LID ON THEM.
AND THIS GOT A COUPLE LITTLE AIR HOLES.
AND THEN I'M GONNA PUT THIS IN A WARM PLACE IN THE GARAGE AND THEN I'M GOING TO COME BACK AND CHECK IN IN A WHILE IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS ACTUALLY.