45th annual tournament taking place April 15-21, 2013 at Harbour Town Golf Links

The Heritage, which was established by Sea Pines founder Charles E. Fraser in 1969, has raised millions for charities over the years through the Heritage Classic Foundation and is credited with putting Hilton Head Island and The Sea Pines Resort on the world map. Sea Pines officials say the improvements are part of an islandwide resurgence that will help ensure the RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing stays put and the island remains a hot spot for tourists.

This April marked the 43rd Heritage Tournament on Hilton Head Island, and hopefully not the last. While as of this writing the tournament's future is in doubt, (more on that in a moment) the immutable fact is this event has been a marquee stop on the PGA Tour, and both a fan and player favorite for more than four decades. It seems impossible to consider the tournament disappearing, but if all good things must come to an end, at least there are some indelible memories, and an incredible roster of past champions to hang our collective community hat on.

The tournament has had more name changes than the late Elizabeth Taylor. It began as the Heritage Classic in 1969. It morphed into the Sea Pines Heritage Classic a few years later. Then it was the MCI Heritage Classic, then the MCI Classic, then the Worldcom Classic, The Heritage, the Verizon Heritage, and now once again, The Heritage. But with apologies to Shakespeare, a PGA Tour event at Harbour Town in springtime, by any other name, would smell as sweet. It goes beyond the seaside setting, the gentle breezes swaying moss-draped hardwoods, the sunlit fairways, and the bonhomie of what can generally be described as an ultra good-looking and well-dressed crowd.

In recent weeks many have joined educators, school district officials and unions in mobilizing against the tax cap.
These opponents are arguing that a tax cap would not lower anyone’s tax bill, and could instead end up costing people more in fees for programs and services as schools and municipalities seek other ways to cover costs.

At issue is Act 388, a controversial tax change approved by the legislature in 2006. It exempted owner-occupied homes from property taxes that fund school operations. The act also increased the statewide sales tax by 1 cent on the dollar to replace the lost revenue.

Read more here: http://www.islandpacket.com/2013/04/12/2460287/state-sen-davis-property-tax-reform.html#storylink=cpy

Everyone wants visitors to Beaufort County to have a good time, to get outdoors, to enjoy the golf courses and fishing holes. No one wants a $200 ticket to put a damper on a vacation. But what is worse, a $200 fine or the loss of a limb? Yes, This becomes an awareness eversince people start to interact with alligators around the vicinity which is totally alarming.

We should remember this - Alligators are large, semi-aquatic carnivorous reptiles with four legs and a huge tail. The tail is half the animal's length; it helps propel the alligator through the water, is used to make pools of water during the dry seasons (gator holes), is used as a weapon, and stores fat that the alligator will use for nourishment during the winter. Alligators are cold blooded (ectothermic); they do not make their own body heat. They gain body heat by basking in the sun. And once fed, they become aggressive. When that happens, they are extremely dangerous and must be killed. As the old saying goes, "A fed gator is a dead gator."

The availability of multiple options to make use of the real estate assets has proved skeptics wrong in that it can now be put to effective use. The short-term funding requirement of any individual can be met with least hassles if one has immovable property in prime locations yielding lucrative return on investment . Over the years, the scheme has been widened to cover more areas with flexible norms for speedy disbursal of the loan amount.

However, jumbo loans often come in three sizes: small, medium and large. The bigger the loan size, the tougher the lending requirements.


At national lender EverBank, a jumbo loan up to $1.5 million requires a 20% down payment and 12 months of reserves, or enough money in liquid accounts to pay the mortgage for a year if something happened to the borrower's cash flow. Anything above $2.5 million will see thresholds climb to 35% down, with two years of cash reserves.

Many home owners are receiving official-looking letters as though they are from the County or a mortgage lender urging them to request an “official” copy of their Grant Deed in order to prevent foreclosure, prove that they own their home, and to be in compliance. The catch: you have to pay as much as $83 for the copies.

THE FACTS

• You can obtain a copy of your Grant Deed directly from your
County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. No third party assistance is
needed.

• The County Registrar-Recorder mails the original Grant Deed document
to the homeowner after it is recorded. Therefore, you should already
have your original Grant Deed.

Developers released more details First week of this month about the Kroger Marketplace that will anchor one end of Hilton Head Island's new Shelter Cove Towne Centre, formerly the Mall at Shelter Cove.

"We see opportunity in the growing year-round population of this beautiful place ... and in the millions of visitors that return year after year," Kroger chief financial officer Mike Schlotman said.
The Kroger is expected to open in early December, said Don Barnett of Kroger Real Estate. Collins and Arnold Construction of Atlanta will build the store.