IslandVibesIOP.com 31 With Labor Day kicking off September, I wanted to ask people about their first job and their current one. My questions included: What was your first job? When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? What did you end up becoming? Isle of Palms Police Department Sgt. Sharon Baldrick “My first job was when I was 15 years old, working at Dairy Queen in Greenville, South Carolina. That was more than 35 years ago, and I still dream I have ice cream orders I need to make! As a kid, I always knew I wanted to be a police officer, and I ended up being a police officer, just like I wanted! Currently, my rank is sergeant, and I oversee the Detective Unit, the Code Enforcement Unit and the Traffic ISLE OF PALMS CROSSWORD PUZZLE Kids' Corner Labor Day: Celebrating hard workers By Suzette Head ACROSS 1. Alack’s partner 5. Speck 9. Plant trunks 14. Fizz drink 15. Part to play 16. Mush up 17. Tel __ 18. Adolescent 19. Carrot cousin 20. Marred 22. Person from Africa 24. Neither’s partner 25. Says (slang) 26. Live-in babysitter 28. December 29. Madagascar franc (abbr.) 32. Capital of Morocco 33. Strange 35. MGM’s Lion 36. City 37. Dozen 38. Mythological water nymph 40. Jell 41. Thicket 43. Shades of color 44. Vane direction 45. Highest trump in some loo 46. Saturated 47. Family group 49. Flightless bird 50. Attacks 53. Ref 57. Short person 58. Ancient Indian 60. Jacob’s son 61. Author of “The Inferno” 62. Upper part of shoe 63. Put down 64. Guide 65. Dueling sword 66. Women’s magazine DOWN 1. University (abbr.) 2. Like 3. First letter of the Arabic alphabet 4. Tropical grassland 5. Aorta 6. Has toed 7. Bullfight cheer 8. Wild animal collection 9. Afford 10. National capital 11. Little Mermaid’s love 12. Plateau 13. Was looked at 21. Brand of cold remedy 23. Central points 26. Nominates 27. Lessen 28. Rationalism 29. Pitch 30. Meaningful 31. Idols 32. Thorned flower 33. Wide 34. Lay to rest 39. Needle-shaped rock 42. Opaque gem 46. Mexican cloak 47. Ala __ (menu listing) 48. Criminal imprisoned for life 50. Totals 51. Hit a fly 52. Reasonable 53. Apex 54. Bluish-green 55. Cruel 56. Sit in a car 59. Doze SEPT 2025 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 www.CrosswordWeaver.com AUGUST 2025 FUN & GAMES Unit for the Isle of Palms Police Department. The best part of my job honestly depends on which hat I am wearing. When I am working in the Detective Unit, I have a tangible victim who needs my help to get justice served for them. When I am focused on traffic safety, I can prevent someone from becoming a victim by stopping a speeder or arresting an impaired driver before they hurt themselves or someone else.” Judge Mary Paige Adams “At 14, my first job was at a retail store in Mount Pleasant. My second job was at the Wild Dunes Tennis Center. I wanted to be a news anchor. It was in the era of investigative journalism on TV, and it was the beginning of shows like “Dateline.” I was always fascinated by that research and storytelling. My undergraduate degree is in broadcast news and one summer during college, I worked for a law firm called Ness Motley (now Motley Rice), which was suing the tobacco companies. I had an incredible experience and realized the training I was receiving in researching was very similar to what a trial lawyer does. And you are also a storyteller for your clients in a lot of ways. At that moment, I decided to go to law school. I was a trial lawyer, then a litigation consultant and then a special assistant administrative law judge in Georgia. I was appointed last year as a magistrate judge for Charleston County. I really enjoy serving the community that raised me.” Vince Iwinski “While growing up on the South Side of Chicago, an older friend of mine had a job delivering newspapers. It was a 365-day-a-year job delivering three papers to around 40 houses. When my friend retired, I begged the owner of Ray’s News Agency for the opportunity. I was only 7 years old when Ray gave me the chance. I was the youngest paperboy he had ever hired. As a kid, I wanted to become a writer, like Henry David Thoreau, and write books about nature. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame I went into advertising, and shortly afterwards began managing the jam rock band Umphrey’s McGee, which I still manage today. Over the years, I’ve worked with many additional artists, taught a class at the College of Charleston and have produced music festivals and events around the world. Recently, we did a music festival in Marrakech, Morocco. I was able to take my son, Leo, and daughter, Ivy, with me, which was a very magical experience! Vince Iwinski Sgt. Sharon Baldrick
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