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CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BUFORT COUNTY.
[1. Call to Order]
UH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2025.PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD.
UH, LET'S STAND AND RECITE THE PLEDGE.
THOSE OF YOU AT ZOOM, FIND YOUR FLAG AT HOME.
I THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ALL RIGHT, MARK AND BUFFY, WHY DON'T YOU START THE INTRODUCTIONS.
BUFFY CAMP PITARO, NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY VIA ZOOM.
MARK RENNICK, NORTHERN BUFORT COUNTY.
APPARENTLY CARLOS COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.
UM, WHAT'S YOUR LAST NAME? CHRISTIAN.
CHRISTIAN AND I WORKED TOGETHER AT SOUTH ATLANTIC.
CHRISTIAN HAS SERVED ON THIS BOARD BEFORE, AND, UH, HE'S COMING BACK ON THE BOARD.
UH, PENDING APPROVAL BY THE, UH, COUNTY.
AND UH, AND THEN WE HAVE ONE OTHER COMING ON THE BOARD, UH, PENDING, UH, APPROVAL OF COUNTY COUNCIL, WHICH WILL BE, UH, FOR, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, THE, UH, MILITARY, UH, COMPONENT BACK.
AND WHAT IS HER NAME? ARIEL PERRY.
THE REST OF YOU WOULD ALL SURE.
UH, ROSA, ATHLETIC SUPERVISOR.
ADMINISTRATION WITH PARKS AND REC.
WITHOUT HIM, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
[4. Approval of Agenda]
TO GIVE A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR AGENDA TODAY? SO MOVED.[5. Review and Approval of July Minutes – July 10, 2025 (backup)]
ALL RIGHT.HAS EVERYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE MINUTES OF, UH, THE JULY MEETING? I, UH, HEATHER, DID YOU, DO YOU TAKE THESE MINUTES? UM, I HELP.
WELL, THERE'S, THESE ARE EXTREMELY DETAILED AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON THAT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE, UH, MINUTES? IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE? YES.
[6. Public Comment]
HERE FOR, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY? OKAY.IF YOU WOULD GO UP AND IDENTIFY.
WELL, YOU, YOU DIDN'T IDENTIFY YOURSELF, SO PLEASE DO THAT.
I'M THE COMMISSIONER OF THE LOW COUNTRY PICKLEBALL LEAGUES, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR CHARITABLE ASSISTANCE WITH, UM, OUR, THE LEAGUE GIVES BACK TOURNAMENT FUNDRAISERS THAT WE, WE'VE HELD HERE.
I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT RECOGNIZING YOU.
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SO, I'M HERE TO GIVE A RECAP OF OUR SPRING TOURNAMENT, UH, THAT WAS HELD ON BEHALF OF, UM, SECOND HELPINGS.UH, WE, UM, OUR TOURNAMENT WAS HELD NOVEMBER 16TH THROUGH THE 18TH.
UH, WE HAD OVER 200 PARTICIPANTS, UH, FOR THOSE THREE DAYS.
AND WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO RAISE $12,687, WHICH WE DONATED TO, UH, SECOND HELPINGS.
UM, WE ALL HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF OUR FINANCIALS FOR THE, UM, FUNDRAISER, AND WE'VE ALSO MADE A COMMITMENT TO AMY COLLINS, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF, UH, SECOND HELPINGS, UM, TO ASSIST THEM WITH THEIR UPCOMING NOVEMBER THANKSGIVING TURKEY DRIVE.
UH, WE FOUND OUT VIA A MEETING WITH AMY THAT, UH, LAST YEAR THEY HAD A, A REQUEST FOR ABOUT 146 TURKEY FOR THANKSGIVING, AND THEY WERE ONLY ABLE TO HAND OUT 48.
SO THE LEAGUE MADE A COMMITMENT TO, UH, SECOND HELPINGS TO PROVIDE WHATEVER AMOUNT OF TURKEY THEY NEED FOR THIS UPCOMING THANKSGIVING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
UM, HERE, HERE ON MOVING FORWARD.
UH, THE OTHER COMMITMENT WE MADE TO SECOND HELPINGS IS WE, UH, UH, VERY, VERY BENEFICIAL MEETING WITH AMY.
FOUND OUT THAT THEY ARE THE PRIMARY HUB FOR FOOD, UH, THE FOOD CIRCULATION FOR ALL THE COMMUNITIES OR CHARITABLE COMMUNITIES IN THE AREA.
UM, SO WE MADE A COMMITMENT THAT, UH, EVERY FUNDRAISING TOURNAMENT THAT WE HOST, WE WILL INVITE THEIR TRUCK AND OUR GOAL WAS TO FILL THE TRUCK.
UH, WE DID PROVIDE THEM WITH CLOSE TO 3000 POUNDS OF FOOD AT THIS LAST TOURNAMENT.
I SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED THAT AS WELL.
UH, TO DATE, WE'VE DONATED APPROXIMATELY 5,000 POUNDS OF FOOD THROUGH OUR TOURNAMENTS TO SECOND HELPINGS.
WE, THIS, OUR NEXT TOURNAMENT IS PLANNED FOR THE FALL.
UM, WE'VE HAD, THIS WILL BE OUR FIFTH TOURNAMENT AND WE'VE RAISED NORTH OF $40,000 IN CASH FOR LOCAL CHARITIES.
OUR FIRST GOAL IS TO REACH THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS MARK.
UH, OUR SECOND GOAL IS TO OBVIOUSLY EXCEED THAT.
UM, BULL COUNTRY PICKLEBALL LEAGUES ADOPTED THE LEAGUE, GIVES BACK FUNDRAISING TOURNAMENT, UH, TO HELP OUR LOCAL CHARITIES.
UH, SO WE, WE SELECT LOCAL CHARITIES VIA OUR CAPTAIN'S COMMITTEE AND OUR, OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
UH, AND OUR, OUR GOAL IS SEDDON IS AS MUCH CASH AND WHATEVER NEEDS THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE TO THE, THE, THE NEEDY PEOPLE IN OUR, OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I COME TO YOU WITH ANOTHER ASK IN HOPES THAT WE CAN SCHEDULE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF BRANDON A TOURNAMENT IN THE FALL, A THREE DAY TOURNAMENT IN THE FALL, UH, WHICH WOULD COMMENCE FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY.
UH, SO THAT, THAT'S MY ONLY ASK.
UM, BUT WE'RE HERE, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE TO HELP OUR LOCAL PEOPLE IN NEED AND OUR LOCAL CHARITIES.
THAT'S, THAT'S OUR COMMON THREAD OF GOAL.
SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND IF, UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, UM, DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE SPECIFIC DATES? WE, WE DO NOT YET.
RIGHT, RIGHT NOW WE'RE KIND OF REBUILDING THE LEAGUE.
WE'VE CHANGED OUR SPORTS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
WE'RE UNLEASHING OUR, OUR FIRST AND BRAND NEW WEBSITE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.
UH, WE ALSO ADOPTED ANOTHER PLATFORM FOR PLAYER RATING SYSTEM.
SO THE, THE PAST THREE MONTHS HAVE BEEN LONG DAYS AND A LOT OF WORK.
SO WE, OUR WOMEN'S DOUBLE SEASON STARTS ON SATURDAY.
UH, ONCE WE GET THE SEASON UP AND RUNNING, THEN WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BREATHER COME UP, GRAB A LITTLE AIR, AND UH, WE'LL SIT DOWN AND TRY TO CALCULATE DATES FOR OUR FALL TOURNAMENT.
WE'RE THINKING SOMETIME EARLY NOVEMBER.
SO OUR NEXT MEETING IS NOVEMBER.
I'LL WORK WITH YOU ANY WAY POSSIBLE.
I MEAN, I'M AT YOUR LIBERTY, SO WHATEVER DATES DON'T WORK, WE CAN, WE'LL, WE'LL DO A WORKAROUND.
OUR GOAL IS JUST TO GET ANOTHER TOURNAMENT UP AND RUNNING SO WE CAN SUPPORT OUR LOCAL CHARITIES.
AND I, I GUESS WHAT I WOULD ASK IS, IS, UM, IS THE FACILITY THAT YOU'RE GONNA USE, IS THIS FACILITY HERE, CORRECT? CORRECT.
IN THE, IN A SIMILAR FASHION TO HOW YOU USED IT LAST YEAR? 100%.
AND WHAT I'M, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, THIS, UH, ROUGHLY 12,700, THAT WAS ALL THAT WAS DONATED PLUS FOOD PLUS THE OTHER SYNERGISTIC THINGS YOU PUT TOGETHER OR IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
WE TAKE THE ONLY, WE, WE, UM, BEAR EXPENSE ONLY.
'CAUSE THERE'S NO PAID SALARY.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S COMING OUT OF THESE FUNDS OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE PUT IN, LIKE FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND THE RE AWARDS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND REMIND ME, DO THEY, YOU PAY FOR YOUR OWN REFUSE REMOVAL AND ALL
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THAT STUFF? I DON'T DID, DID YOU? NO.THAT WAS PROVIDED BY, IT WAS PROVIDED BY US LAST YEAR, YES.
BUT INSURANCE AND ALL THAT, I TAKE CARE OF THAT.
WELL, UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRIAN OR ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS? I APPRECIATE YOU COMING BACK AND TELLING US ABOUT IT.
I, I'LL COME BACK AS, AS OFTEN AS I NEED TO.
'CAUSE I'M, I'M PROUD OF OUR LEAGUE.
I'M PROUD OF OUR MEMBERS AND I'M, I'M PROUD OF WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR OUR, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
I WAS GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING.
SOMETHING ALONG A SIMILAR VEIN.
UM, WE BUILD THESE FACILITIES FOR USE OF THE PUBLIC AND TO THE EXTENT THAT, UM, UH, WE CAN HAVE GROUPS SUCH AS YOURSELVES UTILIZE THOSE TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, I'M ALL FOR THAT PERSONALLY.
AND I THINK, UM, IT'S FANTASTIC WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND, UH, UM, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR, UH, ONE QUESTION.
HOW MANY COURTS ARE LEFT OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC TO USE WHILE YOU'RE HAVING YOUR ATTORNEY? SO WE, WE LIKE TO UTILIZE ALL EIGHT COURTS.
THE, THE, THE MORE PARTICIPANTS, THE BIGGER THE, THE BANG FOR OUR, OUR CHARITY.
SO, UH, THE THREE DAYS GO BY PRETTY QUICK AND FORTUNATELY WE HAVEN'T HAD VERY MANY PEOPLE WALK UP AND SAY, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON? UH, WE ADVERTISE, WE GET IT OUT THERE.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM BEAUFORT THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN OUR LAST TOURNAMENT.
UH, WE GO FROM HILTON HEAD ISLAND TO NORTH OF BROAD.
SO, AND, AND CAN WE, DO WE PUT OUT, UH, PARKS AND REC? DO WE PUT A SCHEDULE OUT THAT ON OUR WEBSITE THAT WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, AS OF THAT WE'RE CLOSED AS OF THIS DATE AND WHAT WE'RE CLOSED FOR AND IT'S A BENEFICIARY TOURNAMENT WE'RE RAISING MONEY FOR.
SO MY PRESU, I DID, I'M SORRY, I DID WORK WITH JEREMY ON LAST TIME, BUT WITH ADVERTISING AND NO MORE GOOFY PICTURES, BUT, WE'LL,
MY, UH, MY PRESUMPTION WOULD BE THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING REGULARLY SCHEDULED FOR A PARTICULAR WEEKEND, IF WE GET A, IF YOU ALL CAN NEGOTIATE THESE DATES IN ADVANCE FAR ENOUGH, THEN WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO NOT HAVE ANY, I WOULDN'T THANK ANY BRENDA, WORK WITH THEM ON THAT.
SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE ONE SINCE OUR NEXT MEETING'S NOVEMBER 6TH.
UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THOSE OF YOU IN, UH, ZOOM LAND? NO.
SO, UH, THAT'S A VERY SHORT MO MOTION THERE.
UH, TECHNICALLY I CAN'T MAKE A MOTION, KEN.
I CAN OFFER A CHANGE TO THE, CAN I OFFER MY DISCUSSION WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD, UH, UH, THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER RESTATING THAT, UH, INDICATE THAT, UH, UH, WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO, UH, DO A, UH, TOURNAMENT FOR THREE DAYS AT DATES THAT ARE ACCEPTABLE TO US IN THE SAME FORM AND FASHION AS LAST YEAR.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.
AND FOR THE RECORD, YOUR STAFF HAS BEEN FANTASTIC AND VERY EASY TO WORK WITH.
IT'S JUST PROFESSIONAL AND, AND VERY ACCOMMODATING.
AND YOU WILL COME BACK AGAIN AFTER? ABSOLUTELY.
ANYBO, ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT?
[7. Proposed Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Meeting Dates - 2026]
ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE ON PAGE TWO, THE PROPOSED, UH, ADVISORY BOARD MEETINGS FOR NEXT YEAR.UM, HAS EVERYBODY REVIEWED THESE AND DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY ISSUES? THEY LOOK ALL PRETTY GOOD TO ME.
I DON'T SEE ANY, UH, CONFLICTS WITH ANYTHING.
CAN I TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR MEETING DATES AND LOCATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR? MOTION TO APPROVE.
APPROVE THE, UH, DATES FOR 2026 A SECOND.
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YOU'RE KILLING.WERE YOU IN THE CHOIR WHEN YOU WERE IN SCHOOL?
AND, AND JUST, UH, WE'RE MEETING HERE NOW INSTEAD OF IN, UH, AT THE COUNTY COUNCIL.
NOW THE CHAIRS AREN'T AS CUSHY HERE, BUT, UH,
[8. Department Report]
REPORTS.UH, WE HAVE SOME EXCITING NEW NUMBERS FOR YOU TO GO ALONG WITH OUR FACILITY CHECK-INS WE INSTALLED AT BUCKWALTER AND BURTON WELLS FOOTFALL COUNTERS, UM, THAT'S PEOPLE WALKING INTO THE BUILDING, BUT NOT NECESSARILY CHECKING IN.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, BASKETBALL SEASON WHEN WE HAVE ALL THE PRACTICES AND WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE COMING IN, UM, WE TOOK THE ORIGINAL NUMBERS AND SUBTRACTED THEM TO 30% OFF.
UM, DUE TO PEOPLE GOING OUT THE WRONG, YOU KNOW, THEY GO BACK OUT THE ENTRANCE DOOR RATHER THAN THE EXIT DOOR TO HELP WITH SOME OF THAT.
DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE? SO THOSE, THESE ARE PEOPLE EXITING.
OH, THEY'RE ENTERING, MM-HMM
BUT WE, WE TAKE SOME OFF BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE READS THE SIGNS ON THE DOORS AND GOES OUT THE EXIT DOOR.
THEY GO OUT THE ENTRANCE DOOR INSTEAD, THERE'S SOME ROOM THERE FOR MESSINESS,
SO I, I WOULD THINK 30, 30% WOULD BE, UM, A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION.
DO YOU, I MEAN, HOW'D YOU COME UP WITH 30%? JUST QUESTION? IT'S A START.
THERE ARE TWO EXIT DOORS AT BUCK WALTER AND, AND ONE ENTRANCE ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT DOORS THERE.
UH, AND THEN KIND OF PROJECT TESTING PHASE OF WHETHER OR NOT OH, SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE TESTING THE CHECK-INS VERSUS THE EXIT NUMBERS TO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE COUNTING THE NUMBER OF TOTAL PEOPLE IN.
THE NUMBER OF, UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE AT DIFFICULT TO SEE ON THE TOP.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IS, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, A HUNDRED WALTER.
AND THEN, SO, SO IS, I MEAN, IS EVERYONE REQUIRED TO CHECK IN? NOT, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY DURING BASKETBALL GAMES AND YOU'VE GOT SPECTATORS, YOU'VE GOT RIGHT.
IN ADDITION TO THE PLAYERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, SO, CORRECT.
JUST SO WHO REQUIRES A SPECIFIC CHECK IN THE ONE YOU WALK IN? SO ANYONE WHO'S USING THE FACILITY ASIDE FROM RENTALS, SO SOMEONE RENTS THE CLASSROOMS, YOU MIGHT HAVE 50 PEOPLE GOING IN, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA CHECK THOSE PEOPLE IN, WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE THEY'RE GOING INTO THE CLASSROOM.
UM, BUT ANYONE THAT USES THE FACILITY TO, UM, USE THE WEIGHT ROOM WITH THE BASKETBALL COURTS, UM, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CHECKING IN.
I NOTICED WHEN I WALKED IN TODAY, IT SAID IF YOU LEAVE, YOU CANNOT REENTER UNTIL THE NEXT DAY.
DID I READ THAT CORRECTLY WHEN I WALKED IN? I DON'T THINK SO.
OH, I THOUGHT SOMETHING SAID THAT.
MAYBE MY COMPREHENSION IS NOT UP TO PAR WAS JUST BRUCE FINE.
I DIDN'T WANNA WALK BACK OUT TO MY CAR.
UM, BUT YOU'RE THE DATA ANALYTICS GUY, SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW.
WE WANNA TRY TO, UH, UM, KEEP TRACK OF ALL THAT.
SO, SO AT CHARLES LYNN BROWN CENTER, AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S CONSTRUCTION GOING ON.
UM, SO WE HAVEN'T INSTALLED ANYTHING THERE AS OF YET BECAUSE THEY'RE MOVING AROUND IN THERE.
THEY HAVE THE GYM TORN APART AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO, SO THAT WOULD BE THE OTHER FACILITY WE WOULD DO THAT AT? YES.
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THESE NUMBERS? ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? JUST, JUST THOSE ARE THE SAME THINGS ON BOTH SCREENS, CORRECT? YEAH.
THAT TOP ONE'S KIND OF DIFFICULT TO SEE, BUT THE BUCKWALTER FOOTFALL COUNTER WENT IN ON JULY 18TH, SO THAT TOP NUMBER IN BASKETBALL ENDED IN EARLY TO THE SECOND WEEK OF AUGUST, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
UM, SO WE'VE GOT BASKETBALL ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL THE SECOND, FIRST OR SECOND
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WEEK OF AUGUST THERE.SO THAT TOP NUMBER IS JUST JULY 18TH THROUGH THE 31ST.
AND THEN IN AUGUST WE'VE GOT THE ENTIRE MONTH NUMBER.
BUT KEEPING IN MIND THE BASKETBALL STOPPED DURING THAT MONTH, SO THAT'S GONNA BRING YOUR SPECTATOR COUNT WAY DOWN.
BUT THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UH MM-HMM
IT'S, AND THEN, UH, BURTON WELLS, WE DIDN'T DO A RESET, UM, UNFORTUNATELY ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH, AND THAT ONE WENT IN EARLY JULY, AND I'M NOT SURE OF THE DATE.
SO THAT'S APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS FOR BURWELL'S AND THEY HAVE THE SAME, UH, BASKETBALL SCHEDULE.
WELL, IT'S INTERESTING THAT IT RUNS ABOUT 10% OF THE TOTAL IN THE OTHER, UM, HOW, HOW ARE, HOW ARE CHECK-INS LOOKING HERE? I MEAN, WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENT GOING AROUND AND ARE WE SEEING ANY INCREASE IN UTILIZATION HERE? YES.
UM, BUCK WALTER WASN'T ALWAYS STEADILY AT THE 4,000 MARK AND IT IS NOW.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR, UH, HEATHER ON THAT? THANK YOU.
HOW WE DOING? GOOD, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD.
SO WE'VE GOT OUR CURRENT NUMBERS, UH, FOR BEAUFORT FALL YOUTH SPORTS THERE AT THE TOP.
UM, WE WERE UP IN EVERY SPORT EXCEPT FOR OUR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL THIS SEASON.
SOFTBALL STAYED EXACTLY THE SAME.
UM, BASEBALL IS DOWN A LITTLE BIT COMPARED TO FALL OF 2024.
UM, AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM HERE ARE OUR SUMMER ADULT SPORTS THAT WE ARE WRAPPING UP HERE SHORTLY.
UM, SO ALL THESE LEAGUES AT THE BOTTOM WILL BE FINISHED BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
UM, BUT WE WERE PRETTY CONSISTENT IN ALL THOSE, UH, GAINED ONE ADULT BASEBALL TEAM, ONE ADULT KICKBALL TEAM, AND STAYED EVEN AT 17 IN COED SOFTBALL.
ANY QUESTIONS THERE? THAT'S A PRETTY BIG NUMBER IN BASEBALL TO, TO GO DOWN.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE NOTICED, UM, WITH BASEBALL IN THIS AREA OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, UM, WE'VE SEEN AN ADDITIONAL THAT I KNOW OF, UH, SEVEN TRAVEL BASEBALL TEAMS START IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF AND FOUR TRAVEL SOFTBALL TEAMS. UM, SO THAT'S PUTTING A, A LITTLE BIT OF A DENT IN OUR NUMBERS.
UM, BUT I WOULD EXPECT SOFTBALL ABSOLUTELY TO GO UP PRETTY HEAVILY IN THE SPRING.
AND MORE OF THOSE TRAVEL BALL KIDS DO COME BACK AND PLAY IN OUR PROGRAMS IN THE SPRING, WHICH IS, UH, THEIR LIGHTER SEASON COMPARED TO PLAYING A LOT OF TOURNAMENTS IN THE FALL.
AND ARE THEY, UH, THESE ADDITIONAL TRAVEL TEAMS, WHERE ARE THEY PRACTICING? ARE THEY RUNNING FIELDS FROM US? THEY'RE MAINLY RUNNING FIELDS FROM US.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY OF THEIR OWN PLACES.
UM, THERE'S ALSO A NEW FACILITY THAT OPENED UP IN BEAUFORT, UH, CALLED HITTERS UNIVERSITY THAT A LOT OF THESE TEAMS ARE UTILIZING.
UM, SO THAT'S A VERY POPULAR FACILITY FOR THESE TRAVEL TEAMS TO PRACTICE THAT AS WELL.
BUT IN TERMS OF, OF US HAVING ENOUGH FIELDS FOR US TO USE, OBVIOUSLY OUR, OUR, OUR LEAGUES ARE FIRST AND EVERYBODY'S COEXISTING WELL, CORRECT.
FOR THE FALL SEASON, I HAD ALL OF OUR TEAMS THAT WERE PLAYING, UH, GET THEIR SCHEDULES IN PLACE FIRST AND THEN OPENED UP FIELDS FOR ALL THE TRAVEL TEAMS IN THE AREA TO UTILIZE SPACE THAT WE DIDN'T NEED ON THE GIRLS SOFTBALL.
I MEAN, THAT STAYING WHERE IT'S AT WITH THOSE ADDITIONAL TEAMS, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT THE LAST TWO YEARS, UM, OUR, OUR SOFTBALL PROGRAM HAS GONE UP ROUGHLY 40 TO 50 PARTICIPANTS, UM, ESPECIALLY IN THE SPRING SEASON.
I THINK WE WERE AT 1 1 15 TO ONE 20 THIS PAST SPRING IN SOFTBALL, AND WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP ALL THE LEAGUES FOR BEAUFORT HERE IN BEAUFORT AND NOT HAVE TO COMBINE WITH BLUFFTON.
AND THOSE ARE SOME BIG, UH, INCREASES IN THE ADULTS TOO.
WE, UH, WE WENT TO THE, UM, TEAM REGISTRATION FEE FOR ADULT BASEBALL FOR THE FIRST TIME DURING THE SUMMER SEASON.
UH, THEY WERE ALL VERY RECEPTIVE TO THAT.
SO WE PLAN ON DOING THAT AGAIN FOR THE FALL SEASON, WHICH YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE HERE.
AND AS I'VE JUST MENTIONED, WE'VE GOT, UH, FALL ADULT SPORTS UPCOMING FALL.
UH, ADULT BASEBALL REGISTRATION JUST OPENED UP, UH, JUST THREE DAYS AGO.
UM, WE'RE STILL WRAPPING UP OUR SUMMER SEASON.
THEY'LL FINISH PLAYOFFS ON MONDAY.
UM, SO ALL THOSE COACHES ARE AWARE AND ARE READY TO GET THEIR TEAMS REGISTERED AGAIN FOR THE FALL SEASON.
AND THEN, UM, FALL ADULT BASKETBALL, UH, WE PLAN ON HOLDING AGAIN.
WE DID THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME, UH, LAST FALL.
UM, AND THEN WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE A LEAGUE FOR THE SPRING SLASH SUMMER SEASON.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA GIVE IT ANOTHER GO ROUND IN THE FALL WITH THAT REGISTRATION OPENING UP ON SEPTEMBER 22ND.
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AND THEN DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, AS YOU SEE, IS OUR WINTER YOUTH BASKETBALL.UH, THAT REGISTRATION ALSO JUST OPENED ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, UM, AND WILL BE OPEN THROUGH OCTOBER THE 10TH.
SO WE'VE GOT QUITE A WAYS TO GO ON OUR WINTER YOUTH BASKETBALL AS WELL.
AND WE'LL PASS IT OFF TO EVAN.
UM, SO SAME AS, UH, BUFORT, OUR FALL SPORTS.
UM, OUR FLAG FOOTBALL, SOCCER AND CHEER ARE STARTING THIS WEEKEND.
UM, BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL IS GONNA GET STARTED NEXT WEEKEND.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A DIP IN BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, UM, SOCCER AND CHEER.
UM, FLAG FOOTBALL JUMPED A GREAT AMOUNT.
UM, I THINK SOME OF THOSE KIDS PROBABLY WENT FROM, UH, SOCCER OR BASEBALL TO FLAG FOOTBALL.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL SAME AS BEAUFORT.
I THINK TRAVEL BALL'S HURTING, UM, ESPECIALLY IN THE FALL WHEN KIDS AREN'T PLAYING ON THE WEEKENDS.
UM, JUST WITH THE FIELD USAGE IN BLUFFING, YOU KNOW, OUR ADULT SPORTS TAKE OVER OSCAR FRAZIER AND MC, UM, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
UM, SO REALLY THE ONLY TIME FOR THE YOUTH BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL IN THE SPRING, OR I'M SORRY, IN THE FALL IS FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS.
UM, SO THAT, THAT, THAT HURTS AS WELL.
UM, OUR ADULT SPORTS, UM, KICKBALL, WE WENT UP 52 PARTICIPANTS, UM, THAT ACTUALLY ENDED LAST NIGHT, UM, WITH OUR TOURNAMENT.
UM, VOLLEYBALL AGAIN, WENT UP 39 PARTICIPANTS.
UM, AND THAT TURN THAT ENDS THIS EVENING AS, AS HE WAS KIND OF TALKING ABOUT IT, IT'S PRETTY EASY FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET ALL OF THE FALL REC TEAMS FIELD TIME AND THEN OTHER PEOPLE VERY EASILY FIELD TIME OVER HERE, WHICH WOULD BE THE EXACT OPPOSITE.
THE EXACT OPPOSITE AND LEFT, CORRECT.
YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE NEAR THE AMOUNT OF SPACE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE MORE PARTICIPANTS.
WE HAVE MORE TEAMS. UM, WE HAVE MORE ADULT SPORTS, MORE ADULT SPORTS, UM, AND LESS FIELDS.
UM, SO YEAH, THAT'S VERY MINIMAL FOR US TO, TO RENT OUT, UM, TO TRAVEL ORGANIZATIONS OR SCHOOLS OR WHATEVER.
UM, THERE'S A 6 45 SPOT HERE, MAYBE A 6 45 SPOT ANOTHER DAY OF THE WEEK.
BUT AS FAR AS SOMETHING REGULAR, IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S VERY SLIM.
UH, ESPECIALLY ONCE GAMES START.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO JAM IN ALL THEIR GAMES INTO FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY.
UM, SO THAT, THAT, THAT HURTS DEFINITELY IN THE FALL FOR BLUFFING.
UM, OUR YOUTH WINTER PROGRAMS, BASKETBALL, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, JUST OPENED UP, UH, I THINK THAT NUMBER WAS 38 THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS MORNING WHEN I LEFT.
UM, THAT REGISTRATION GOES TO THE 17TH.
UM, OUR ADULT SPORTS, UM, WE'VE GOT OUR NORMAL FOUR DIVISIONS FOR ADULT SOFTBALL BACK.
UM, EVERYTHING STAYED THE SAME.
UM, AND NOW, UM, THE SENIORS HAVE COME BACK TO US.
UM, SO WE, WE HAVE FOUR TEAMS THAT HAVE REGISTERED FOR OUR SENIOR SOFTBALL LEAGUE, UM, THAT THEY'LL PLAY ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS, UM, OUT AT OSCAR FRAZIER.
UM, OUR ADULT VOLLEYBALL, UM, THAT'S TOOK A HUGE JUMP.
UM, YOU SAW ON THE LAST SLIDE HOW OUR NUMBERS JUMPED UP FOR THE OUTDOOR ONE, UM, AND CONTINUED OVER FOR VOLLEYBALL OR FOR INDOOR VOLLEYBALL.
UM, WE'VE GAINED 51 PARTICIPANTS.
13 TEAMS OVERALL, UM, FOR OUR ADULT VOLLEYBALL.
SO THESE WERE THE REASON, UH, THE ADULT SOFTBALL, THEY, THEY LEFT AND WENT AND PLAYED SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THEY WERE PLAYING ON HILTON HEAD.
UM, THEY BASICALLY, FOR, THEY WERE DOING EVERYTHING THEY WERE PROVIDING, THE UMPIRES, THEY WERE PROVIDING THE BALL IS THEY WERE LINING THEIR OWN FIELDS.
UM, THEY REALIZE THAT THAT WAS A LITTLE HARDER THAN JUST SHOWING UP, PLAYING.
UM, NOW THE ORIGINAL, THE ORIGINAL GROUP THAT STARTED WITH US, THEY'RE NOT THE ONES THAT ARE BACK.
UM, THIS IS A DIFFERENT GROUP.
BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE 'EM BACK.
UM, 'CAUSE I KNOW WE MISSED IT.
AND THEY CAN PLAY ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
SO THEY'LL AT, AT ONE FIELD, RIGHT? UH, YES.
UM, THERE'S FOUR TEAMS, SO WE'LL HAVE TWO DIFFERENT GAMES GOING ON.
UM, SO THEY'LL PLAY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS AND THEN WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO OUR GOAL DIVISION AFTER THEM WEDNESDAY NIGHTS.
DO WE HAVE TO RELINE THOSE FIELDS AFTER THEY PLAY? WE DON'T.
UM, SO TOURNAMENT UPDATE, NEW PROGRAM.
UM, WE HAD THE MLB PITCH HIT AND RUN SINCE THE LAST TIME WE TALKED.
UM, WE HAD AN OSCAR ON THE 19TH OF JULY.
UH, WE HAD ALMOST 150 PARTICIPANTS SIGN UP.
UM, NOBODY ADVANCED TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
UM, BUT IT WAS A GREAT EVENT, GREAT TURNOUT, UM, RAN VERY SMOOTH,
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UM, AND DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK TO DO AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.UM, WE JUST RECENTLY HAD ANOTHER, SO TOP GUN SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT IN AUGUST.
UM, WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP THE 13TH, UM, AT OSCAR FRAZIER, AND THEN AGAIN IN NOVEMBER, UM, AT OSCAR FRAZIER AND BURTON WELLS.
UM, SO THE LAST TOURNAMENT THEY HAD, UM, THEY RAN IT AT BOTH BURTON, BURTON WELLS, AND OSCAR FRAZIER.
THEY HAD GREAT TURNOUT FOR BOTH TOURNAMENTS.
UM, I THINK THE ONE, THE ONE IN BLUFFTON ENDED UP GETTING RAINED OUT A COUPLE GAMES BEFORE THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
UM, AND I THINK BLUFF BEAUFORT GOT TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND ENDED UP GETTING RAINED OUT AS WELL.
UM, SO THEY KIND OF TOOK THE SEATING, AWARDED THE WINNERS, AND, UH, THEY WERE DONE WITH IT.
AND WE RENT THOSE AT ARE NORMAL RATES, RIGHT? WE DO, YES, SIR.
SO THEY, THEY PAY, UH, PER FIELD FOR THE DAY.
UM, AND THEN THEY, THEY RUN THE TOURNAMENT AND RUN EVERYTHING ELSE.
UM, SO THE, HOW MANY TEAMS DID THEY HAVE? DO YOU HAVE? UH, THEY HAD 10.
10 IN ONE AGE GROUP, AND I BELIEVE FOUR IN THE OTHER IN BLUFFTON.
UM, AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY HAD IN BEAUFORT.
THEY HAD FOUR, FOUR FOR 12 YOU, FOUR FOR 12 YOU.
UM, SO JUST KIND OF GOING BACK A FEW SLIDES TO OUR ADULT, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE GROWTH THAT WE'VE HAD, UM, IN OUR ADULT SPORTS.
UM, SO BEAUFORT KICKBALL WENT UP 20% OVER THE SUMMER OF 24.
UM, BASEBALL, 45%, UM, BLUFF AND KICKBALL 60% AND THE BEACH VOLLEYBALL IN 90%.
UM, SO YOU DEFINITELY SEE A, A GOOD GROWTH, UM, IN OUR ADULT SPORTS.
YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT TO BETTER SOCIAL MEDIA OR WHAT? UH, SOCIAL MEDIA.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING THE WORD OUT.
WE'RE TRYING THE OUTDOOR VOLLEYBALL, UM, WHICH HAS TAKEN OFF.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, ADDING, UM, UMPIRES TO OUR KICKBALL, I THINK THAT HELPED OUT A LITTLE BIT.
WE RAISED, RAISED THE REGISTRATION PRICE A LITTLE BIT AND INCLUDED UMPIRES.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S HELPED OUT AS WELL.
UM, IT'S, IT'S JUST A GOOD TIME.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY GET TO GET OUT THERE AND PLAY AROUND FOR AN HOUR AND, UH, I THINK WORDS KIND OF SPREADING HOW, HOW MUCH FUN IT IS AND HOW WELL IT'S RUN.
DO YOU HAVE TROUBLE FINDING KICKBALL? UMPIRES? WE DON'T ACTUALLY.
UM, YOU DO FINDING BASEBALL UMPIRES, RIGHT? WE, WE DO
UM, I KNOW, I KNOW KEN HAS BEEN WORKING HARD ON THAT.
UM, WE'VE HAD UMPIRES IN THE OFFICE.
UM, I KNOW HE'S DOING SOME TRAINING WITH 'EM.
WE HAD SOCCER TRAINING LAST NIGHT.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY MOVING FORWARD, UM, YOU KNOW, THE OFFICIAL PROBLEM, OFFICIAL SLASH UMPIRE PROBLEM IS TAKEN CARE OF.
WHAT ABOUT GENERAL COMPLAINTS? I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY.
UM, IT'S THE, I THINK THE, THE BIG ONE IS PEOPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T PRACTICE ON THIS NIGHT.
CAN YOU SWITCH ME TEAMS? UM, WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT ON US.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE TEAMS ARE MADE, ROSTERS ARE ORDERED OR UNIFORMS ARE ORDERED, SWITCHING PEOPLE AROUND, UM, I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST ONE.
UM, WHICH WE'VE MOVING FORWARD, WE'VE STARTED ADDING, YOU KNOW, DATES AND TIMES OR WE, WE CAN'T GUARANTEE WHAT TEAM YOU'RE GONNA BE ON, WHAT NIGHT YOU'RE GONNA PRACTICE.
UM, SO PEOPLE KNOW BEFOREHAND, BEFORE THEY SIGN UP THAT, WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO WORK WITH YOU, BUT THERE COMES A CERTAIN POINT WHERE THERE'S, OUR HANDS ARE KIND OF TIED.
WELL, I, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, BUT WHAT I ALWAYS, WHAT I'VE ALWAYS SAID IS, IF PEOPLE AREN'T CALLING ME COMPLAINING AND THEY'RE NOT CALLING YOU COMPLAINING, THAT MUST MEAN THAT YOU'RE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR.
SO AUGUST WAS, AUGUST 21ST WAS NATIONAL SENIOR DAY.
UM, SO THEY, WE HELD, HELD OUR, UM, BASICALLY ANNUAL EVENT, BUT THIS IS OUR SECOND MAJOR EVENT FOR ALL THE SENIOR CENTERS.
THEY ALL CAME HERE, UM, CO-HOSTED WITH THE SPRINGER HEALTH, UM, HAD A GREAT TIME WITH A, WITH A LUAU PROGRAM.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF MOVEMENT IN THE SENIOR FACILITY PROGRAMS. SO BOOKER T HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR A COUPLE, FEW MONTHS AT THIS POINT.
WE GOT BASICALLY THE INSIDES COMPLETELY REDONE, BEAUTIFUL FLOORING, REPAINTED MORE A DA ACCESSIBLE.
WE'RE IN THE MOVE IN PHASE BACK FOR THAT.
SO THE SENIORS ARE, ARE HAPPY TO KIND OF GET BACK INTO THAT AREA.
AND THEN WE ARE, UM, WORKING ON THE, THE NEXT CENTER.
SO, UM, SCOTT CENTER IS, UM, IMMINENT, THAT CONSTRUCTION'S IMMINENT WHERE, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT ON A LATER SLIDE.
UM, THEY'VE, THEY'VE BEEN MOVED TO GLORIA POTS AND THEN SOME GREAT, UH, FIELD TRIPS LAST MONTH.
AND OUR MEALS AT THE BOTTOM HERE BASICALLY ARE ON, ON PAR WITH OUR NORMAL, ABOUT 3000 A MONTH FOR HOME DELIVERY AND, UM, GROUP DINING MEALS.
I MEAN,
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I'LL BE BACK.UM, AS OF SEPTEMBER 2ND, OUR HOURS HAD TO CHANGE.
SO MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WE ARE ONE TO SEVEN, I MEAN ONE TO SEVEN.
AND FRIDAY IS EIGHT TO 12, ONE TO SEVEN SATURDAYS ARE CLOSED.
THE REASONING BEHIND THIS IS 'CAUSE WE HAVE OUR SCHOOL SWIM LESSONS MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, AND THAT THAT IS NINE 30 TO 1130.
UM, WE STARTED A WATER AEROBICS CLASS AT BATTERY CREEK POOL, TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, FIVE 30 TO SIX 30.
OUR CHECK-INS FOR BATTERY CREEK FOR JULY WAS 457 AND AUGUST 287.
NOW DOES THAT INCLUDE, DID WERE THE FINS THERE? NO.
SO THAT, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY SWIM TEAM? NO SWIM TEAMS. OKAY.
SO FOR OUR BEAUFORT POOL, UM, STARTING NEXT WEEK, STARTING SEPTEMBER 8TH, THE HOURS ARE CHANGING THERE AS WELL.
SO MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FROM EIGHT TO NINE AND ONE TO SEVEN, FRIDAY, EIGHT TO 12, ONE TO SEVEN SATURDAYS, DEPENDING ON WHICH DAY IT IS.
SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH IS 11 TO FOUR 30 FOR THE INFLATABLES.
UM, SCHOOL SWIM LESSONS START THERE ON MONDAY AS WELL.
AND THAT'S MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, NINE 30 TO 1130.
THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE, THE AEROBICS ENDED IN JULY, BUT THEY WILL START BACK UP IN OCTOBER.
UM, WE HAD SCUBA GOING ON DURING THAT TIMEFRAME, AND THEN THE SCHOOL FRIDAY FOUR 15 TO 6:00 PM SECOND FOR THE BEAUFORT POOL FOR JULY 968, AUGUST, 1083.
WHY DID, WHY DID THE OTHER POOL GO DOWN AND THIS ONE WENT UP?
I THINK IT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE HOURS AND THE FACT THAT BEAUFORT POOL HAS, THE SWIM TEAM HAS THE HIGH SCHOOL SWIM TEAM.
UM, BATTERY CREEK DOES NOT HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL SWIM TEAM.
WE'VE TRIED AND NOBODY WANTS TO SWIM OUR BLUFFTON POOL, UM, STARTING NEXT WEEK AS WELL, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, EIGHT TO NINE 30 AND TWO TO SEVEN.
FRIDAY, EIGHT TO ONE, TWO TO SEVEN.
SATURDAY, SAME THING IS NORMALLY IT'S EIGHT TO ONE, AND THEN FOR THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH, IT'S 11 TO FOUR 30 FOR THE INFLATABLES.
THEIR SCHOOL SWIM LESSONS ARE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, NINE 30 TO 1230.
UM, THE PROGRAMS, WE HAVE THE PHYSICAL THERAPY ONLY ON FRIDAYS FOR ONE HOUR.
WE HAVE THE FIN SWIM TEAM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, STILL FIVE TO EIGHT.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS AS WELL, UM, SIX TO 8:00 PM AND THEN THE CHECK-IN FOR THEIR FACILITY FOR JULY WAS 1,282.
I DON'T 100% UNDERSTAND WHY IT WENT DOWN OTHER THAN SCHOOL GOING BACK IN.
AND WHEN, UH, SO IT LOOKS, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE GOT OVERLAP.
WHAT YOU, YOU'VE GOT THREE SWIM TEAMS THERE, RIGHT? YES.
AND WE DO AFTER AFTERNOON SWIM LESSONS, THERE IS STILL A LANE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT IT IS VERY, VERY CROWDED AT THAT POOL AFTER FOUR O'CLOCK.
AND, AND SO WE ONLY HAVE ONE LANE OPEN FOR SOMEONE IF THEY WANT TO GO THERE AND SWIM.
AND HAVE WE HAD ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT? NO.
WE HAD A LOT OF COMPLAINTS WHEN THE POOL WAS CLOSED.
BUT THOSE WERE MAINLY FROM SWIM TEAM MEMBERS? YEAH, CORRECT.
AND THEN OUR ALVIN SETTLES OUTDOOR POOL.
UM, WE OFFICIALLY CLOSED FOR THE SEASON FOR CHECK-IN FOR JULY, 3000 213.
THAT WAS THE HIGHEST THAT I'VE SEEN IN A LONG, LONG TIME.
AND THEN FOR AUGUST 507, AND THAT'S BECAUSE SCHOOL WENT BACK IN AND THE MOMENT SCHOOL WENT BACK IN, NO CAMPS ARE COMING
SO, UM, THE EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP, WE HAVE OUR DOGGY DAY THIS SATURDAY.
UM, THE DIFFERENT TIMES DEPENDS ON THE PRICE, UH, THE WEIGHT AND EVERYTHING.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE GREAT PUMPKIN SPLASH THAT WE'RE GOING TO HOST AS WELL.
THAT ONE WILL BE AT THE BLUFFTON POOL AND THE ALVIN SETTLES POOL.
SO TWO DIFFERENT DATES FOR THAT ONE.
SO THE POOL IS STILL, IS STILL,
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IT'S NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT WE CAN, WE DO HAVE EVENTS THERE OCCASIONALLY.WE, FOR THOSE EVENTS, THE POOL WOULD NOT BE OPEN, LIKE FOR SWIMMING OR ANYTHING.
IT WOULD JUST BE FOR THAT EVENT ITSELF.
DID, SO I, I THINK CARLOS ISN'T HERE, BUT DID, DID THE, UH, DID WE SIGN ANOTHER COMMITMENT WITH THE, UH, SCHOOLS FOR THE, UH, SWIM LESSONS? I THOUGHT THAT WAS LIKE A THREE YEAR COMMITMENT THAT WE HAD PRIOR.
THE AGREEMENT WAS JUST RENEWED PRIOR TO FOR ANOTHER, THIS MEETING.
WELL THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THERE'S NOW NO, THAT'S WHY THE HOURS HAVE CHANGED.
SCHOOL CAMPUS, YOU CAN'T GO AND WALK IN A SCHOOL THERE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT AGREEMENT AND EVERYBODY'S HAPPY.
I THINK THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SCHOOLS IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR POLLS? OH,
SO I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UM, A COUPLE OF EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING IN RECREATION.
FIRST, WE'RE GONNA START WITH OUR EVENTS.
SO, UM, WE HAD OUR VERY FIRST, FIRST BACK TO SCHOOL, UM, KICKOFF THAT WAS HELD HERE IN THIS ROOM, UH, BACK IN AUGUST, AUGUST 8TH.
AND I WANNA SAY THAT THAT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
WE PARTNERED WITH, UM, SOME COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAME OUT, UM, ISSUED SOME SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND FOR THE FIRST EVENT I WOULD SAY IT WAS REALLY, REALLY NICE.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT AGAIN.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, ALSO WE ARE HAVE SOME UPCOMING EVENTS.
SO AS ANNIE MENTIONED, WE'VE TEAMED UP AND WE'RE GONNA DO THE PUMPKIN SPLASH, UM, WITH HER AS WELL AS THE TRUNK OR TREAT.
AND WE ARE DOING THE TRUNK OR TREAT THIS YEAR AT TWO LOCATIONS.
SO PREVIOUSLY WE'VE DONE IT JUST AT THE CHARLES LYNN BROWN, BUT THIS YEAR WE'RE GONNA HOST IT AT BUCK WALTER AS WELL.
HOW, HOW DOES SOMEONE, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THAT? DO THEY SIGN UP OR, UM, SO AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITY GO, THEY JUST COME OUT AND ENJOY THEMSELVES.
SO THIS YEAR WE ARE REACHING OUT TO THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE COUNTY TO SEE IF THEY WOULD PARTICIPATE AS FAR AS, UH, DECORATING A TRUNK AND PASSING OUT CANDY.
SO THE COMMUNITY, THEY JUST COME OUT AND ENJOY THEMSELVES, GET SOME CANDY.
SO, SO YOU, YOU JUST ADVERTISE IT AND IF, IF I WANTED TO COME BRING A, UH, A VEHICLE AND GIVE AWAY CANDY, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE FACILITATING? NO, WE'RE, NO, WE'RE NOT OPENING IT.
HOW DOES THAT WORK TO THE PUBLIC? HOW DOES THAT WORK? NO, NO, NO, WE'RE NOT OPENING IT TO THE PUBLIC.
SO WE PARTNER WITH THE GREAT GRAND FOUNDATION AS WELL AS ON THIS SIDE OF THE BROAD BEAUFORT CITY POLICE.
SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHERE THE TRUNKS WILL COME FROM.
THE POLICE CARS, THE CLASSIC CARS AND OH, NICE.
UM, THE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT PARTICIPATE, UM, SEEING, LIKE I SAID, WE, FOR THIS YEAR, WE ARE GONNA DO OUR FIRST EVENT WITH THE AQUATICS, WITH THE PUMPKIN SPLASH AROUND THE HOLIDAY TIME.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THE TURNOUT FOR THAT.
UM, AND THEN ONTO CLINICS, WE HAVE TWO NEW CLINICS.
ONE THAT'S ALREADY STARTED WITH LOW ONE, THE LOW COUNTRY VOLLEYBALL CLINIC THAT STARTED THIS TUESDAY.
SO, UM, FIRST DAY I'LL SAY WENT PRETTY WELL, SO, UM, I'M SURE THAT WE'LL HAVE A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT THERE.
AND IN OCTOBER, WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE A FALL ACROSS CLINIC, RIGHT.
UM, NEW PROGRAMS. SO WE LAUNCHED THREE NEW PROGRAMS. UM, ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS WE ARE HELD AT THE CHARLES LYNN BROWN CENTER.
SO YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST CHAIR EXERCISE WITH SENIORS, AND WE PARTNER WITH OUR SENIOR PROGRAM WITH THAT.
SO WHAT I MEAN BY THE SENIOR PROGRAM, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THEM.
WE REACHED OUT TO EACH, UM, CENTER AND ASKED THEM TO CHOOSE THE WEDNESDAY WITHIN THE MONTH TO COME OUT, BRING THEIR SENIORS IN, PARTAKE IN THAT PROGRAM.
SO WE'VE HAD REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK WITH THAT.
UM, FLEX AND FLOW ACTUALLY BEGINS THE FIRST DAY FOR THAT IS FRIDAY.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET A GOOD TURNOUT WITH THAT.
AGAIN, THESE ARE NEW PROGRAMS, SO WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF ADVERTISING.
WE PLAN TO HAVE FLYERS AT DIFFERENT EVENTS TO, UM, ADVERTISE THESE PROGRAMS. WHAT IS FLEX AND FLOW? SO FLEX AND FLOW IS LIKE A STRETCH AND MOBILITY FITNESS CLASS.
UM, TONE IT TUESDAY AND THURSDAY IS LIKE A STEP AEROBICS.
AND ALONGSIDE THESE, WE STILL OFFER THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WERE ALREADY GOING ON, UM, ACROSS THE THREE FACILITIES.
UH, BUCK WALTER HERE AT LYNN, UM, HERE AT BURTON WELLS AND LYNN BROWN.
DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE TOUCH IN THESE PROGRAMS
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ON A MONTHLY BASIS? I DON'T RIGHT NOW, BUT NEXT TIME I WILL.UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, HIRED A REC COORDINATOR FOR OUR BLUFFTON CENTER.
SO WE LOOK TO PUT SOME PROGRAMS IN BLUFFTON CENTER HERE SOON AS WELL.
AND SO PROGRAMS THAT'S COMPLETED SINCE, UM, WE LAST MET, UM, SUMMER CAMPS.
I'D SAY WE HAD A REALLY GOOD, UM, SUMMER WITH OUR SUMMER CAMPS.
UH, THE BULL SHARKS WRESTLING CLUB ENDED ON LAST WEEK.
THE ALTITUDE ACADEMY LENDED, THEY PROBABLY ENDED MAYBE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING SOMETHING ELSE WITH THEM AS WELL IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THEY'VE ENDED.
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UH, SO AUGUST WAS A BUSY MONTH FOR, UM, ALL OF OUR MANAGERS AND EM AND EMPLOYEES.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, PARKS AND REC HAS A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED EMPLOYEES, UM, ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION.
UM, SO WE ALL WERE DOING OUR EVALUATIONS LAST MONTH.
UM, ALL OF THE MANAGERS, MANAGERS WERE ASSIGNED THREE OVERARCHING GOALS.
SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.
UH, ONE IS TO FOSTER AND FACILITATE INNOVATION AND QUALITY ASSURANCE.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT CUSTOMER SURVEYS, PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, I, WE'VE GOT A GREAT GROUP OF MANAGERS.
UM, SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO TAKE ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THINGS MORE EFFICIENTLY, HOW TO DO FIELDS MORE EFFICIENTLY, UM, GET MORE FEEDBACK FROM THE CUSTOMERS SO THAT WE CAN IMPROVE OUR LEAGUES AND OUR RECREATION PROGRAMS, ET CETERA.
SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR GOALS FOR ALL OF OUR MANAGERS.
UM, INCORPORATE STRATEGIC PLANNING.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT ONE IN THREE YEAR OUTLOOKS FOR EACH OF THE DIFFERENT GROUPS.
AQUATICS, SENIORS, UM, RECREATION, ATHLETICS, AND COMING UP WITH WHAT OUR, WHAT OUR GROUP NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
UM, SO WE CAN DO STAFFING, UH, PLANNING, ET CETERA.
SO WE'RE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT IMPROVEMENT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THE THIRD GOAL WAS TO STRENGTHEN EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT AND RETENTION.
SO TO DEVELOP EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION PROGRAMS AND, UM, DO ADDITIONAL TRAINING THIS YEAR TO KIND OF IMPROVE THE DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE.
UM, SO ON THAT TRAINING NOTE, WE'LL WE, SEVERAL OF US WILL BE GOING TO NRPA IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, SO LATER, LATER THIS MONTH.
UM, THEN OUR GROUNDS FACILITY MAINTENANCE STAFF WENT THROUGH ALL DAY SAFETY TRAINING, UM, END OF AUGUST.
AND, UM, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF FOLKS GO THROUGH DEFENSIVE, UH, DRIVING COURSES AS WELL, REALLY FOCUSING ON IMPROVING US MOVING FORWARD.
NOW, WAS THAT HAPPENING BEFORE? WHICH ONE? THE TOP, I MEAN, YOU OBVIOUSLY ALL, I'M PRESUMING WE ALWAYS HAD ANNUAL EVALUATIONS, BUT ARE THEY ALL IN AUGUST OR IF SOME, IF AN EMPLOYEE COMES IN AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALWAYS IN AUGUST.
WELL, THEY, THEY, THEY ALL WERE IN AUGUST.
UM, IF YOU CAME IN AFTER, UM, IF YOU'RE, YOU GOT TRANSFERRED INTO A NEW POSITION AFTER JANUARY 1ST, YOU DIDN'T GET AN EVALUATION.
AND IF YOU WEREN'T HIRED AS A NEW EMPLOYEE PRIOR TO, UM, JU JULY 1ST OF LAST YEAR, THEN YOU DIDN'T GO THROUGH AN EVALUATION PROGRAM.
THEY'LL HIT, THEY'LL BE HIT THE NEXT ONE.
UM, AND THEN ALL EMPLOYEES GO THROUGH A SIX MONTH EVALUATION, UM, FROM AT THE END OF THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD.
SO YOU KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS INTERMITTENTLY THERE.
MY PRESUMPTION IS WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THESE EVALUATIONS, YOU, I'M GUESSING YOU ASKED THEM IF THEY'RE SATISFIED WITH THEIR JOB AS WELL? UH, NOT, NOT, NOT REALLY EXPLICITLY.
ALL EMPLOYEES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A SELF EVALUATION.
UM, SO THEY'LL GO THROUGH THE SAME EXACT PROCESS THAT THE MANAGER WILL DO.
UM, AND THEN THE MANAGER CAN USE THAT AS, AS, AS WELL AS THEIR OWN FEEDBACK TO DEVELOP KIND OF THEIR OWN SYSTEM FOR OR OWN EVALUATION FOR THE EMPLOYEE.
AND THEN WE MEET WITH THE EMPLOYEE.
AND THEN ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE DO ASK, OR AT LEAST THAT WE DO ASK, IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF? YOU KNOW, IS THIS, IS THIS WHERE YOU WANT TO END UP? ESPECIALLY AS I DO ALL OF THE MANAGERS KIND OF UNDERSTANDING WHERE, WHERE THEY WANT TO END UP ON THE, ON THE FLIP SIDE.
BUT, UM, THE COUNTY ITSELF IS GOING TOWARDS A, I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED A 360 EVALUATION MODEL.
UM, THAT'S THE PLAN, WHICH IS BASICALLY, UM, AND NOT NOTHING'S IN STONE, BUT EMPLOYEES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE THEIR MANAGERS AS WELL.
SO YOU GET KIND A, A DUAL, A DUAL SIDE THERE.
AND, AND OBVIOUSLY FINDING QUALITY EMPLOYEES IS DIFFICULT.
UM, AS I LOOK THROUGH THE ROOM HERE, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE RETAINING PEOPLE PRETTY WELL.
UM, WHICH I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF THAT? I MEAN, IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE MORALE IS BETTER.
UH, IT HAS BEEN BETTER SINCE I THINK FROM A MANAGER STANDPOINT.
WE'VE, WE'VE GOT, I THINK WE'VE GOT VERY GOOD RETENTION.
THERE ARE CERTAINLY AREAS WHERE WE ARE, AND THAT'S KINDA THE REASON FOR THAT GOAL.
THINGS LIKE LIFEGUARDS ARE VERY HARD TO RETAIN, RIGHT? SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO RE REACH OUT INTO THOSE AREAS, UM, TO, TO IMPROVE THAT MORALE AND GET, HAVE PEOPLE REFER OTHER PEOPLE AND HAVE PEOPLE STAY.
UM, FROM A MANAGER LEVEL THOUGH, IT'S
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THE ATTRITION IS, IS OBVIOUSLY GONNA BE A LITTLE LESS.BUT YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE, WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE SEVERAL NEW FACES.
I MEAN, ALEX LEFT MIDYEAR,
UM, BLUFFTON POOL, ONE OF THE LAST PIECES OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WAS TO REPLACE THE POOL PUMP, WHICH WAS DONE, UM, AT THE END OF AUGUST TO KIND OF COINCIDE WITH A THREE DAY WEEKEND.
SO THAT WAS SUCCESSFULLY DONE.
UH, OSCAR FRAZIER, WE'VE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING A NEW BARRIER NET BETWEEN OSCAR FRAZIER ONE AND THE FOOTBALL FIELD SO THAT, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ERRANT BALLS FROM THE, UM, THE ADULT LEAGUES GOING WHERE THEY SHOULDN'T.
UM, SO THAT'S, WE'LL CALL THAT 40% COMPLETE AT THIS POINT.
UM, BUT THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE, WE'RE HOPEFULLY GETTING DONE BEFORE SEEING, UH, THE STOP THE ADULT SOFTBALL STARTS.
UM, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TROUBLESHOOTING SOME DRAINAGE CHALLENGES ON OSCAR FRAZIER ONE AND TWO.
WE HAD A FIRST ATTEMPT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, DIDN'T QUITE DO THE TRICK, SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM 'CAUSE FIELDS WANTED TO NEED SOME WORK.
UM, BUCKWALTER AND BURTON WELLS, YOU, WHEN YOU CAME IN, YOU PROBABLY NOTICED A SMELL AND WE HAD ALL OF OUR WOOD HARDWOOD QUARTS, RESER RE POLYURETHANES, UM, ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO AT THIS POINT.
UM, SO ALL FIVE BASKETBALL COURTS AND FOUR RACQUETBALL COURTS WERE DONE.
UH, WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING NEW LIGHTING, UM, AT BUCKWALTER, SPECIFICALLY IN GYMS ONE AND TWO.
'CAUSE THERE THOSE LIGHTS ARE END OF LIFE, SO THEY HAVE TO BASICALLY RE RETROFIT THEM.
UM, SO THAT'S WHERE IN THE PRO THEIR, THE, OUR FACILITIES GROUP IS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING MULTIPLE QUOTES PER REQUIREMENTS.
OUR AGNES MAJOR AND WESLEY FELIX FACILITIES WERE, WE'VE STARTED OUR PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETINGS.
SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF IN THE LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT LOOK PICKING ROOF COLORS AND WALL COLORS, ET CETERA.
UM, AND THAT WILL HOPEFULLY BE STARTING IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
OUR SENIOR CENTERS WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT A LITTLE BIT.
OUR BOOKER T IS EFFECTIVELY COMPLETE.
SCOTT CENTER AND BLUFF AND CENTER ARE THE NEXT ON THE DOCKETS.
WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME, UM, ELEVATOR DESIGN CHALLENGES.
I THINK WE MIGHT BE DONE WITH THOSE FOR BLUFF AND CENTER SO WE CAN ACTUALLY START THE WORK.
UM, BUT THAT'S KINDA THE HOLD UP AT THIS POINT.
UH, CHARLES AND BROWN, THEY HAVE STARTED THE GYM, UH, RETROFIT.
SO THE FLOORING IS COMPLETELY GONE.
UM, AT CHARLES LYNN BROWN, THEY'VE REPLACED THE CURTAIN AND THE BASKETS THERE.
AND THEN THE NEXT IS TO GET ACTUAL HARDWOOD, UM, IN THAT FACILITY TO KIND OF SPRUCE IT UP.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SEE HOW THAT'S GONNA LOOK.
AND THEN OUR FY 26 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH BUDGET CHALLENGES AND WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE IN FY 26.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A FINAL LIST YET.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SHANE? THANK YOU.
ERIC, YOU'RE NOT GONNA TALK TO US THIS MEETING? NO, SAME.
I'LL SAY THAT THE TWO NEW, I KNOW YOU CAN AND WE CAN'T HAVE A MEETING WITHOUT YOU GETTING UP HERE.
I WILL SAY THAT THE TWO NEW FACILITIES AT AGNES AND WESLEY, FELIX IS 85% DONE AS FAR AS PERMITTING.
WE GOT 15% LEFT WITH DEALING WITH, UH, SOME DIFFERENT COUNTIES, UM, THAT WE SHARE MAYBE WATER OR, OR SUB TANK WITH OR THOSE, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS STARTING, UM, IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT GONNA BE.
I, I SHOULDN'T SAY THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO SOON.
UM, AND SOON COULD BE DECEMBER, SO SOON, SOON GIVES YOU A LITTLE WIDER RANGE.
SOON COULD BE ONE MONTH, THREE MONTHS.
DON'T, YEAH, I DON'T GET DATES.
IT'S NOW MORE THAN THREE MONTHS, MAN.
AND, UH, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT OUR NEW PROJECTS, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, UM, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT EVERYTHING.
WE JUST GLAD TO BE A PART OF RECREATION, UM, THESE DAY AND AGES.
AND I'M SAYING, UM, AND I WAS TELLING STAFF DON'T GET UP THERE AND BE SAYING.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY, UH, COMMENTS ON THE BOARD OR ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANYBODY? I HEARD, UH, ERIC MAKE A VERY NICE PRESENTATION TO THE, UH, BLUFFTON KIWANIS CLUB LAST NIGHT, AND HE REPRESENTED YOUR, YOUR DEPARTMENT VERY WELL.
WELL, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
UM, AS I SAID EARLIER IN THE MEETING, UH, WHEN YOU DON'T HEAR COMPLAINTS, UH, THAT USUALLY MEANS YOU'RE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB.
UH, SO, UM, I THINK, UM, UNDER ERIC'S LEADERSHIP, SHANE'S LEADERSHIP, UH, YOU ALL ARE EXECUTING VERY WELL.
UM, GOOD INTERACTION WITH THE SCHOOL SCHOOLS, WHICH
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WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT FOR A LONG TIME.I THINK SO, UM, UH, MYSELF, WHEN I LOOK AT THAT, I'M VERY PLEASED WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND I APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT, I'LL TAKE,
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UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS.CHRISTIAN, I THINK YOU'LL BE OFFICIALLY ON THE BOARD AT THAT POINT.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU MAKE SURE I OFF OVER THERE? HERE? OKAY.
BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU MAKING YOURSELF AVAILABLE ON ZOOM.
UM, ACTUALLY YOU'RE MUCH MORE ENJOYABLE OVER THE PHONE.
SO I'LL TAKE A, UH, MOTION TO ADJOURN.
WISH I COULD SAY THE SAME
WITHOUT SAYING, DO I HAVE AN MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOVED.
I AM AM CAMPBELL, AND THIS IS BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENTS.
I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FOOD TODAY.
THE FOOD HAS BEEN A GREAT PART OF OUR LIFE IN TERMS OF GATHERING FOOD AND PREPARING THEM.
OUR FOOD IS BASED ON THE LAND AND THE SEA.
THE LAND FOOD HAS ALWAYS BEEN RICE.
WE DON'T FEEL WE HAVE EATEN DINNER UNLESS WE'VE HAD RICE.
RICE WAS MIXED WITH VARIOUS ITEMS FROM THE SEA, LIKE OYSTERS OR SHRIMP.
AND WHEN THEY COOKED WITH RICE IN ONE POT, WE CALL IT A RICE OR A SHRIMP, OR AN OYSTER PERLOW.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE WATERMELONS AND THE SWEET POTATOES.
SWEET POTATOES WAS ALWAYS EATEN WITH FISH AND FRESH FISH WITH GRAVY AND THE SWEET POTATO.
OKRA HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR FOOD WAYS.
WE, WE, WE RAISE THEM AS WELL AS WE PREPARE THEM WITH SHRIMP AND TOMATOES.
AND SOME PEOPLE WOULD CALL THAT A GUMBO.
AND THAT'S WHAT EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
AND SO ENJOY THE FOOD OF THE LOW COUNTRY BECAUSE IT'S BEEN VERY MUCH A PART OF OUR HISTORY.
THIS HAS BEEN YO BEFORD COUNTY MOMENT.
TO SEE MORE BEAUFORT COUNTY MOMENTS GO TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY LIBRARY HOMEPAGE AND CLICK ON THE LOCAL HISTORY TAB.