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In September's Hilton Head Monthly

Upcoming Events:

Cassidy P.A.’s Wealth Seminar: “Real Estate Investment Strategies”
Christine Cassidy P.A.’s accounting firm will present a wealth seminar, “Real Estate Investment Strategies,” on Tuesday, August 26, from 5:30 – 7 p.m. The program, the third in the company’s 2008 Wealth Strategies Seminar series will take place at the Coastal Discovery Museum, at Honey Horn, and will be free and open to the public. Christine Cassidy has been practicing accounting on Hilton Head since 1996 and founded her own firm in 2000. Her areas of practice include: partnership planning and compliance, tax controversies, business planning and compliance, S-corporations, estate planning and compliance, asset protection and business management consulting. For more information please call (843) 689-2800 or ccassidypa.com.

ISCA’s Annual “Evening of the Arts”
For more than 25 years, Evening of the Arts, an Island School Council of the Arts event, has provided talented local artists with this opportunity to auction their creations for the betterment of arts education in the Lowcountry. This year’s highly anticipated event, sponsored by Monthly Media Group and Gulfstream, will take place at historic Honey Horn on Saturday, September 27. For more information, to purchase tickets or to make a donation to this worthy organization, please call (843) 342-5487.

Monthly's Annual Readers Choice Awards
Don't miss your opportunity to nominate your favorite area people, places and things! Watch the September issue of Hilton Head and Lowcountry Monthly (and hiltonheadmonthly.com) for Monthly's Annual Readers Choice Awards ballot. Winners will be recognized at Monthly’s 2nd Annual Readers Choice Awards Party at Honey Horn, December 4, and also within the December 2008 issue. If you have questions call (843) 842-6988, x241 or email editor@monthlymag.com.

Monthly Solicitations

Annual Photo Contest Returns!
Are you an amateur photographer with great shots of Lowcountry people, places/landscapes, or wildlife? If so, we would like you to submit your photos for Monthly's annual photo contest!

The top winner of each category - three total - will be published in our October 2008 issue within a 4-color feature, which will include a photo of the photographer and a full-page version of his or her winning photo. The 2nd and 3rd place photos will also be included in this special feature. In order to be considered for the contest, please email hi-resolution (300 dpi+) images to hiltonheadmonthly@gmail.com by September 8, 2008.

Hard copies may be mailed to:

Monthly's Photo Contest
52 New Orleans Road, Suite 300
Hilton Head Island, SC 29928

Please include your name, contact information and photo description. Include a SASE if you would like hard copies returned.

Questions? Call (843) 842-6988 x240

In Case You Didn't Know...

Hilton Head Smoking Ban to be Enforced on May, 1, 2007
The Town of Hilton Head smoking ban will be enforced at 12:01 am on May 1, 2007.

The key provisions in the Ordinance include:

Prohibition on smoking in the workplace and requirement for employers to provide a smoke free environment for their employees in the work place.

Exceptions to the smoking ban are:

o       Private residences

o       Up to 25% of designated rooms in Hotels, Motels, Time Share Units and Bed and Breakfast Homes

o       Retail tobacco stores

o       Smoking by performers in theatrical events

o       Religious ceremonies where smoking is part of the ritual

o       Business comprised of only one individual that are not collocated in a structure with other businesses

Businesses must post a “ No Smoking” sign at the main entrance to the business

Smoking is not permitted within a reasonable distance outside the entrance of the business

The smoking ban will be enforced beginning at 12:01 on May 1, 2007 and violators may be subject to a penalty of up to $500.00.

- From HiltonHeadIsland.org