Mount Pleasant Magazine Nov/Dec 2019

55 www.MountPleasantMag a zine.com | www.BestOfMP.com | www.ReadMPM.com feature O h, Mount Pleasant. How very interesting a town we live in – it’s where people are flocking to come, and where locals are reluctant to leave. As with every one of these “We Are” features, we try to shed light on some of the people who make our town special. You don’t have to be born here, you don’t have to have lived here for any minimum number of years, but we like to introduce our readers to the people who make our town so very, well, pleasant. In this segment, we feature four people who have made impacts in very different ways: Judith Ewing, a chaplain who has been at the sides of many of us in our darkest times of need; Jack Hurley, a restauranteur whose iconic hot dog joint has anchored a point on Highway 17 for years; Anna Dassing, Lucy Beckham High School’s first principal who is eagerly awaiting its grand opening in 2020; and Sparky Witte; a veteran and lifelong Mount Pleasant resident who remembers Mount Pleasant as a much different place than what we know today. If you see them, say hello. We Are Mount Pleasant BY ANNE SHULER TOOLE www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.ILoveMountPleasant. | .B stOfMP Photo by Thomas Runion.