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“This book is a combination of people I know and

people I’ve admired from afar for a long time,” said Pol-

litzer, who was born and raised in Mount Pleasant.

For example, the essay by Mike Veeck, former owner

of the Charleston RiverDogs, is meaningful to Pollitzer

because her first

job after graduating

from Clemson with

a degree in Parks,

Recreation and

Tourism Manage-

ment was with the

local baseball team.

“Mike taught

me how to have fun

at work. I’ll never

forget that lesson,”

she said.

Another contributor, Mary Alice Monroe – the best-

selling author who lives on the Isle of Palms – has been a

friend and mentor since the two met while Pollitzer was

working with the Loggerhead Sea Turtle Conservation

Program at Hunting Island State Park.

“She was the only person I wanted to write the forward

for ‘Salt and Iron,’” Pollitzer said affectionately.

A book launch was held at Second Sunday on King

Street on May 8. Mother’s Day was a fitting date since

Pollitzer dedicated “Salt and Iron” to her mother, Shirley

Nilsen, who works as the manager of community relations

at East Cooper Medical Center.

Mount Pleasant ties run deep for Pollitzer. Her parents have

lived here for more than 40 years and her brothers, Chance

and Joey, still reside here. She has been best friends with Sully

Witte, editor of the

Moultrie News,

since first grade.

“From Whitesides to Wando, I learned unity and

diversity here,” Pollitzer said. “I wanted to really demon-

strate with this book what makes Charleston special – the

relationships that are formed.”

Currently the community manager for Relay For Life,

Pollitzer lives in Beaufort with her daughters, Abbie, 12,

and Julia, 11, and continues to instill in her girls the love

of the Lowcountry she experienced growing up in Mount

Pleasant, especially on the water through boating, fishing

and swimming. Today, Pollitzer enjoys stand-up paddle

boarding because “it gets me close to the water and allows

time for reflection. That’s where I get the most accom-

plished … where my ideas are born.”

Previously, Pollitzer wrote about the history of the

Isle of Palms in 2005 and Port Royal in 2006 as part of

Arcadia Publishing’s “Images of America” series. In 2014,

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