It appears that the offended house owners are willing to sell their neighbors' rights to a peaceful night's sleep to anyone willing to pay the price. They should place life's priorities in their correct order. This is a letter about my friend, Bill Alge. He was taken from us, leaving an unfillable void in our lives. Throughout the course he was meticulous, careful, ultimately fair, conscientious, with an infectious good humor.
Many beautiful memories are part of that time.
Later, we became neighbors on Owen Street in Parkdale and became closer, particularly through the friendship our children shared. We cooked together in the aftermath of storms and shared food from our powerless freezers during the long days after Hugo. It was a monumental step for a small group such as ours, but he did it and did it well and we will always be grateful for the growth of the movement of the Lowcountry Open Land Trust. Bill was a lover of the beauty of the Lowcountry, of jokes, of people, but particularly of his wife and children. He was a man of great character not often found in people, but found in him and recognized while he was with us.