News and Updates from the Daufuskie Front Porch News

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Dear Front Porch Readers,

Please note the following:

From the Daufuskie Island Council:

Later this year, the elections committee of the Daufuskie Island Council will be asking for nominations. There will be three Council positions available. Please consider serving your community.

Sheriff J. P. Cooler will be at the monthly Council meeting to answer any questions next Monday (September 24, 5:30 PM at Mary Field School), and Bloody Point will have a presentation concerning some exciting news and events.
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Gas and diesel are now being sold at the Melrose Maintenance Area on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 9:00 to 12:00, lowest price on the Island.
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Girls Night Out!
Meet at the Eagles Nest last Wed. of every month for Happy hour 4:30-6:00 PM (starting next Wed., Sept. 26th. No meetings or agendas......just a time to get together with the
girs and have some fun! Spread the word and see you there!
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Election Day is Tuesday, November 6th. The polling location on Daufuskie Island is the Janie Hamilton School located on Haig Point Road between the Billy Burn Museum and the Daufuskie Island Elementary School. The polls will be open from 7 AM to 7 PM. Bring a photo ID or your voter registration card.
To be able to vote, you must be registered by the 31st day before Election Day. For the upcoming election, that would be October 6, 2012. Voter registration forms are available on the Beaufort County website. There are a number of national, state and local races on the ballot along with a state constitutional amendment, two countywide referendums and the Daufuskie Island Special Tax District Referendum. Only those registered voters residing within the boundaries of the proposed Special Tax District may vote on the referendum question of creating the Special Tax District.The boundaries of the proposed Special Tax District currently include all of Daufuskie Island with the exception of those properties located in Haig Point. Voters who are on the poll list with an address within Haig Point, but who own property outside of Haig Point, may NOT vote on the Special Tax District Referendum.
Karen Opderbeck – Daufuskie Precinct Poll Clerk
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Best regards,

Paula Nickels
Editor, The Daufuskie Front Porch
www.thedaufuskiefrontporch.com

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