DI News History - June 11, 2020

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

The June 9, 2005, issue featured stories associated with dairy month. It was reported that South Carolina was a milk-deficit state, even though the SC Dairy Industry was generating $200 million in economic activity. More milk was being consumed than was being produced within the state.

In school news, the Berkeley County Daniel Island School Committee met to discuss recommendations regarding name, mascot, and colors for the new school. The three school name recommendations were: the Daniel Island School, the Daniel Island Public School, and Bridge View School. The three mascot recommendations were: bobcats, diamondbacks, and ospreys.

TEN YEARS AGO

Foreclosure was the main focus of the June 10, 2010, issue. Like the rest of the state and nation, Daniel Island was coping with an increase in foreclosed properties. The Property Owners Associ-ation was actively tracking some 115 properties that were logged in a foreclosure database, while attorney Cheryl Fletcher of the Daniel

Island Collaborative Law Firm shared firsthand knowledge about many of the area’s “at risk” properties.

In school news, Daniel Island School Guidance Counselor Carolyn Aarons was one of three counselors in the state to be named as finalists for the 2010 South Carolina Higher Education Awareness Readiness Transition (HEART) Award.

FIVE YEARS AGO

The June 11, 2015, edition included photos from the Ninth Annual Rotary Duck Race. The Duck Race was canceled for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In other news, Matt Sloan, president of The Daniel Island Company, spoke at the Daniel Island Neighborhood Association meeting regarding island development. One project discussed was Faison Properties’ Central Island Square plan to include residential rental and retail properties on Island Park Drive.

Also, the Scott Park playground, located inside the Scott Park pool area, was renovated to include a fencing system, allowing the playground and picnic area to be used year-round.