Mount Pleasant Magazine 6.4

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I’mwriting this as a brand
new Mount Pleasant homeowner! Yep,
I just purchased my own little piece of
East Cooper right before this issue you’re
holding went to press. The process of
finding, financing and closing on my own place
was nothing short of a roller coaster – but I learned
a lot along the way from a variety of people.
Throughout the odyssey of buying property,
I’ve also been working on our July/August edition,
which is our education issue as well as our pet issue.
Call me crazy, but it seems like whatever’s going on
in my actual life always ties into the magazine. For
example, I recently spent eight days house-sitting for
my friends on Daniel Island. They have a montage
of animals, from dogs to snakes, which kept me entertained as I read over your
engaging, touching submissions for the East Cooper’s Favorite Pets feature.
It was a tough call figuring out which pet would grace the front cover, but I
have to say the Jack Russell terrier CC Bloom took the cake, or the dog treat. CC
Bloom woke her owners, Kieran and Barbara Mays,
pictured on our cover, from a house fire inside their
former home in Awendaw, essentially saving their lives.
The Mays family, now residing in Mount Pleasant, is
joined by two town of Awendaw firefighters: Battalion
Chief Paul Kondor, left, and Engineer Bobby Hodge.
Shot on location by Jenn Cady on a sunny day, the
cover is a reminder that pets can serve as our heroes,
lifting our spirits and aiding us during a crisis.
This issue is brimming with features that will teach
you about what’s going on in the area, how to keep
Mount Pleasant’s beloved traditions alive, which dental
professionals are enhancing our smiles, what committees
are working to make housing more affordable and more.
And let’s not forget my personal favorite of all our supplements, the
Independent School Directory. We’re fortunate to have a number of awesome
schools throughout the tri-country – many featured in this issue – and each has a
different way of enabling students to be their best.
In fact, the whole issue is a smorgasbord, in my opinion, and you’ll finish
these pages feeling satisfied, not to mention smarter. It’s summer, so I have to give
a shout-out to all our seasonal editorial interns as well: Alexandra Kent, Samantha
Sullivan and Alyssa Zapinski. I couldn’t have done it without them. And even
though they’re all years younger than me, I’ve learned a lot from them. As my pal
Preston says, life is irony.
Until the weather cools off and the days shorten, we hope you enjoy the issue
and that you keep an open mind to new ideas.
Yours,
Denise K. James
Editor
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From the Editor
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CC Bloom with owners
Kieran and Barbara Mays
and Awendaw firefighters
Battalion Chief Paul Kondor
and Engineer Bobby Hodge.
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