Riverside, and will be attending Universiteit Twente in the Netherlands.
Will Schmidt started at Hilton Head High
and will be attending Duke University.
Brantley Leaphart is from Columbia
and will be attending Brown University.
Jillian Marlowe (Sage's roommate) is from Mauldin
and will be attending Clemson University.
Ian Wilde is from Cowpens and will be attending
the South Carolina Honors College at USC with our legacy.
Nick Peckich is a GSSM Junior from HiltonHead High
and has not yet chosen a college.
Top Lee is from Bermuda and the Cayman Islands
and will be attending Clemson University.
These are rising GSSM Seniors whom Sage tutored:
Most. Compassionate. Administrator. Ever.
Steven Coté was instrumental in Sage's success at GSSM.
The inimitable Dr. Timothy Staples
deftly guided Sage through D.C. for her Senior Interim.
Isobel Mulvaney is from Indian Land
and will be attending Georgetown University as a legacy.
Isobel and Sage went to Prom together.
That's one of Isobel's two Great Danes, Guinness (Harper was out of frame).
Isobel Mulvaney and Sage Kuhens
GSSM Senior Prom 2017
Isobel and Sage galavanted across southern Europe
together during their Junior Interim (here in Barcelona).
Isobel is an utter delight with
her brilliance balanced primarily by her kindness.
Sage's hard-won South Carolina Governor's School
for Science and Mathematics Diploma.
The medal that accompanies Sage's GSSM degree:
Our First Inheritance
Bob is still alive in their minds.
The passing of our parents (Joan; Culver; Jackie) and of our siblings (Pam; Michael)
left not only loving memories, but also many final expenses which we are thankful to have been prepared to absorb.
However, with the recent loss of Donna’s father, Bob Hennequin, we received not only the beautiful memories of
a noble man to cherish deeply, but also his last true partner and pet service dog, Athena.
Robert Michael Hennequin
1939 - 2017
Bob (right) on Air Force leave in Germany
Bob served 25 years in the Air Force, Navy and Navy Reserve and 20 years as a
Greenville City Police Officer. This never made him wealthy, per se, but the connections he made along the way allowed him the
ability to adopt Athena, an 11-year-old German Shepherd domestically born from two German immigrant parents.
Trained and handled by Washington K-9, Athena had an accomplished career serving
as a Certified Narcotic Detector Dog and has since spent her retirement continuing to serve in hospitals and nursing homes
across South Carolina as a Registered Therapy Dog.
With
his family by his bedside in the hospital to the very end, Athena only added to the peace, love and contentment Bob experienced
on his way to join his beloved Jackie.
Ginger and Fu do not seem impressed by Athenas special breeding.
Hurricane Matthew
No
Match For
Hilton Head Islanders
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Sage was safely evacuated from The Governor's School in Hartsville to her grandfather's home near Greenville where she also stayed with a family who generously hosted
other GSSM evacuees.
The Rotarian motto of "Service Above Self," resonated deeply within our decision to remain on the island. In the days leading up
to Hurricane Matthew's arrival, Donna, a Registered Nurse, assisted in the evacuation of dozens of patients
from Hilton Head Hospital, while Brian gathered provisions to distribute to others who would not be leaving
before the bridge closed. As such, we were unable to secure our own home's safety until well after our Governor made the evacuation
order mandatory and the National Guard closed the bridge.
Once we finished boarding up our windows and
ensured we were as prepared as we could be, we treated ourselves to a surreal bike ride around our virtually deserted island and beach, all the while whistling in the dark and knowing it.
The first load of waters to distribute:
Nothing like a good ol’ fashioned
Mandatory
Evacuation Order to clear
our beaches of all those pesky tourists.
The beach was virtually deserted.
A happily inebriated local couple took this photo
of us with what one of them kept calling `that skinny girl.`
Donna captured this quintessential shot of the
steadfast and blissful ignorance one will only find in South Carolina.
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Our street the morning after the storm:
Our home emerged from the hurricane completely unscathed.
1st dune gone-2nd dune breached-3rd dune intact!
$100 Million 2016 HHI Beach Renourishment completed just in time!
Two of our septuagenarians were holed up here...
...at Palmetto Bay Marina.
Palmetto Bay Marina was completely destroyed.
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The Kuhens Family - Summer 2016
As a rising Senior at the Governor's School,Sage's Summer 2016 Internship was in Columbia where she studied the factors influencing attendance to Class A Minor
League Baseball games, with a concentration on theColumbia Fireflies.
Sage's Summer 2016 Internship Office in Columbia
Studying the Factors Influencing Attendance to Class A Minor League Baseball Games
During Sage's internship in Columbia, we stopped by to see an old friend and mentor. We first met Kobayashi Sensei in
1987, quickly becoming friends and students of his language, culture and cuisine. After having travelled across the globe
(including Asia) in the three decades since then, we have yet to experience a better Japanese sushi meal anywhere. Kobayashi Sensei's humble demeanor, kindness and generosity
is matched only by his mastery of whatever he touches. Should you find yourself near South Carolina's state capitol, please
don't miss the opportunity to have one of the best dinners of your
life:
Mother's Days are always
appreciative, loving and joyous for The Kuhens Family, but Summertime Father's Days tend to be geared more towardfun and adventure.
Sage attends the SC Governor's School as a member of the Class of 2017
Click the photo to learn more about this remarkable STEM boarding school.
For her 2016 Interim course for theGovernor's School, Sage studied the history of art and architecture of the Mediterranean coast through Spain, France and Italy. Of the hundreds of interior and exterior photos
she sent home, here are just a few.
Overlooking Barcelona
La Plaza de Toros de las Ventas - Madrid
Sage's father and grandfather were at the same spot almost 50 years ago.
 is from Mauldin)
