Summer: that time of year when school is out and old people shake their fists and scream "get off my lawn" at kids who should be at home eating Pop-Tarts and playing video games. It's a time of year, back in the good ol' daze of 1908, when an outraged Teddy Roosevelt, who thought he saw a man wiping his nose with the American Flag, gave the guy five or six good whacks with a small wooden rod (rods were apparently strewn plentifully about in 1908). On Flag Day at that. Turns out the man was wiping his nose with a blue hankerchief with white stars. T.R. apologized, but still gave him another whack anyway for making him "riled up with national pride," which was just a clever excuse to get in a seventh whack. Get your pride riled this Sunday, Flag Day, at a Flag Dedication Ceremony and Party at the Triangle Park on Isle of Palms (112th Avenue) at 1pm. Wipe your nose beforehand, if needed, at home.

Plant sea oats, grow a sand dune
If you own a shovel (and we think you do) bring it to the Sunset Beach Pavilion Saturday, June 20th at 8:30am and help plant sea oats. It's pretty easy to do (no heavy lifting at all) and we're usually done planting before noon. We've got 12,000 free seedlings to plant near Land's End, Sunset Vista Park and near the Lion's Club, all on Sunset Beach. If you don't have a shovel, a small wooden rod will do nicely. Seriously.

Does your home flood during a heavy dew?
You can be flooded with requests, have a flood of ideas but you never actually want to be flooded. Stop by TI City Hall on Wednesday, June 17th at 1pm for a Flood Protection Program. A big question and answer session follows where you can find out what's best to protect your property and life from flooding.