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Daufuskie Island residents work together to get home-grown foods By JOSH McCANN jmccann@islandpacket.com 843-706-8145 Published Sunday, June 27, 2010 Comments (0) | Recommend (0)Email Article | Print Article | Feeds | | Search the Archive tool nameclose tool goes here Mouse over the photo to enlarge When you live on an island without a grocery store or a bridge to the mainland, getting necessities such as milk and eggs can be a frustrating chore. Milk is heavy to lug to and from a boat, and eggs often break during the journey. That's one reason many residents of Daufuskie Island's sparsely developed 5,000 acres have collaborated to create a cooperative farm they expect will diminish their need to venture off the island. Since February, aided by more than 100 volunteers from all corners of the sometimes fractious community, organizers have built a goat barn, chicken and turkey coops and established beehives at what they call Green Wood Farm. They also have

Daufuskie residents chip in to save bankrupt golf course By JOSH McCANN jmccann@islandpacket.com 843-706-8145 Published Monday, June 28, 2010 Comments (3) | Recommend (3)Email Article | Print Article | Feeds | | Search the Archive tool nameclose tool goes here Mouse over the photo to enlarge The Melrose golf course on Daufuskie Island looks remarkably lush and green considering it has operated without electricity for more than two months. The course shut down for about a month and a half after the Daufuskie Island Resort & Breathe Spa filed for bankruptcy protection in January 2009, but a skeleton crew of workers has since reopened it and kept it alive on a shoestring with dues voluntarily paid by a loyal group of members. To ensure the ocean-side course continues to receive such care, its annual tournament for members has morphed into a fundraiser. Organizers of this year's Firecracker Open, scheduled for Saturday, plan to put all proceeds toward the cours

Residents trying to save coastal SC golf course The Associated Press Published Tuesday, June 29, 2010 Comments (0) | Email Article | Print Article | Feeds | | Search the Archive tool nameclose tool goes here Related Content http://www.islandpacket.com DAUFUSKIE ISLAND, S.C. — Residents are trying to keep a South Carolina island golf course in shape even though it's been under bankruptcy protection. The Island Packet of Hilton Head reported the Melrose course on Daufuskie Island is lush even though it's operated without electricity for more than two months. The course closed for about six weeks after the Daufuskie Island Resort & Breathe Spa filed for bankruptcy in 2009. Head pro Patrick Ford and superintendent Nick Bright reopened the course and are maintaining it with dues voluntarily paid by residents. But the course is getting only about 10 rounds per day, compared with an average of 160 rounds before bankruptcy. The annual members' tourname