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April at Bloody Point Golf Club. This is the perfect time to schedule your vacation to Daufuskie Island

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Environmental Committee works for sustainable living at Haig Point

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By Special to the Packet and Gazette Hilton Head Island Packet February 19, 2014   The residents of the Haig Point community on Daufuskie Island are united by their love of the area’s natural beauty. And for the past four years the community’s Environmental Committee has been working to make sure its natural beauty endures.  “We want to be recognized for being a sustainable and green community,” said Yvonne Clemons, chairwoman of the seven-person group that has brought recycling and water conservation initiatives to the residential development where electric golf carts are the only mode of private transportation.  “The things we are doing are good for the residents and good for the community,” she said.  The committee also has positioned Haig Point to be a leader in building environmentally sound homes, complete with water conservation methods and native plants that will reduce the amount of water needed for lush, green law

HAIG POINT RESIDENTS WORKING TO SAVE AND ENJOY ISLAND’S RICH HISTORY

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HAIG POINT RESIDENTS WORKING TO SAVE AND ENJOY ISLAND’S RICH HISTORY 29 Jan 2014 Written by Editor of Hilton Head Monthly Jo Hill and her husband Jack relocated to the private community of Haig Point on Daufuskie Island from Atlanta because of the quiet lifestyle and the beauty of the natural surroundings. But once they settled in as full-time residents in 2005, it was what they didn’t know that got them hooked. Together, they explored outside of the community gates and learned more about their surroundings. “We rode our bicycles all over the small island and we got to meet people outside our gates,” Hill said. “We began to understand that this was a historical district. I had an interest in history, but never got that involved in anything like this.” But, times have changed for Jo Hill. She now is president of the Daufuskie Island Historical Foundation, and more than twothirds of the residents of Haig Poi

Random Pics of Daufuskie Island, SC 29915

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 Old Gullah Cottage  Gator was actually on the Bloody Point Golf Course. Hopefully he has since been relocated.

Minor fire reported on Daufuskie ferry

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By REBECCA LURYE rlurye@islandpacket.com January 22, 2014   Updated 14 hours ago Read more here: http://www.islandpacket.com/2014/01/22/2906769/minor-fire-reported-on-daufuskie.html#storylink=cpy A fan in a Daufuskie Island public ferry caught fire Wednesday afternoon as the boat was returning to Hilton Head Island, according to the Town of Hilton Head Island Fire & Rescue Division. Fortunately, a fire chief was among the ferry's 50 passengers, Hilton Head division Battalion Chief Mick Mayers said. Daufuskie Island Fire District Chief Eddie Boys used a fire extinguisher to put out the flames, which originated from a fan in the bathroom shortly before 4 p.m., Mayers said. The fire was out by the time the boat arrived at the Haig Point Embarkation at 4:06 p.m., Mayers said. The fire, which spewed smoke throughout the ferry's cabin, caused about $1,000 in damage, he said. No one was injured. Read more here: http://www.islandpacket.com/

Hilton Head Island liquor store owner, distiller team up with Gullah women to produce moonshine

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By ERIN SHAW eshaw@islandpacket.comJanuary 21, 2014 Updated 16 hours ago Hooch, White Lightning, Hillbilly Pop, Radiator Whiskey and Mule Kick are just a few nicknames for moonshine, an illegal spirit distilled in backwoods Appalachia since the 1800s. Moonshine has Lowcountry roots as well. On Daufuskie Island, the Gullah called it "scrap iron," perhaps for the metal still it was made in or the iron will it took to drink it. If the self-explanatory monikers are any indication, then moonshine is not something one consumes quickly or easily. The original name, "moonshine," is said to emanate from bootleggers who illicitly distilled the unaged corn whiskey by the light of the moon, far away from the prying eyes of Prohibition revenuers. Thanks to new South Carolina micro-distillery laws, moonshine is now legal -- if the appropriate taxes are paid -- and coming back in a big way. In accord

If you are a golfer Daufuskie Island is for you.

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With three amazing courses: Haig Point, Bloody Point and Melrose on the Beach, Daufuskie Island has something to offer every golfer.