County encourages recycling of live Christmas trees
Recycling live Christmas trees saves valuable landfill space. Beaufort County residents who have decals are encouraged to bring live Christmas trees to any County Convenience Center during normal Center hours. Trees should be placed in the yard waste bins.
For residents who do not have Convenience Center decals, Christmas trees can be brought to the Shanklin Road, Beaufort or Simmonsville Road, Bluffton locations only.
Please make sure all ornaments, lights, and other decorations are removed from the trees prior to recycling them.
In anticipation of increased amounts of post-holiday waste and as a courtesy to other County residents, please remember to flatten all cardboard boxes before placing them in the appropriate dumpsters.
Bubble wrap and air pillows can be recycled in the Plastic Bag & Film Collection bins at the Bluffton, Hilton Head, Shanklin and St. Helena Convenience Centers.
Remember too, after the feast, recycle the grease. For more information about recycling household grease and other accepted recyclables at the Convenience Centers, go to http://tinyurl.com/4knbmttk.
For more information on locations and hours of Beaufort County Convenience Centers, please visit www.beaufortcountysc.gov/recycle or call 843-255-2736.
Tanner to speak at January LIBPA meeting
Sheriff P.J. Tanner will be the featured speaker when the Lady’s Island Business & Professional Association meets at 8 a.m., Friday, Jan. 9, at the Beaufort Realtors’ Association Headquarters at 22 Kemmerlin Lane, Lady’s Island. Stop by for coffee and conversation concerning the community.
January Indivisible Beaufort meeting to focus on opioids, fentanyl
The next meeting of Indivisible Beaufort, slated for 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 13 at the Downtown Beaufort Library at 311 Scott Street, will focus on the opioid and fentanyl epidemic in the community.
In 2021, there were 700 more opioid deaths than there were fatalities as a result of automobile crashes.
The featured speaker will be Len Levesque, a 35-year veteran of the American Emergency Services, as well as a veteran of the United States Army
Currently a member of the Burton Fire District, Levesque is serving as a first responder for the Beaufort County First Responders Project, a federally funded community drug abatement task force that serves all of Beaufort County. Levesque address this drug epidemic in our area and will outline how you can be prepared should you encounter a drug emergency.
The event is free and open to the public.
Lowcountry Ques Seafood Bash
The brothers of The Omega Alpha Alpha Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity is hosting a Seafood Bash from 2 to 6 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 13 at Live Oaks Park, 904 14th Street, Port Royal.
The event will consist of an oyster roast with fried fish, Lowcountry boil and sides. The organization holds this event annually, but took off a few years during the pandemic because of the Covid restrictions.
Tickets can be purchased from most of the local brothers of the Lowcountry Chapter. Omega Alpha Alpha serves Beaufort, Jasper and other parts of the Lowcountry. Proceeds raised at the event go to help fund scholarships given out by the Fraternity.
For more information or to purchase tickets you can call 843-476-1070. All are welcome to come out and enjoy good seafood and enjoy themselves.
Tanner to speak at Beaufort Tea Party meeting
Beaufort County Sheriff P.J. Tanner will be the guest speaker at the January meeting of the Beaufort Tea Party, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 15 at AMVETS Post 70, 1831 Ribaut Road, Port Royal. Tanner will discuss current public safety issues, crime prevention, other resources and address questions and concerns.
Seating will be limited, so RSVP to btp@islc.net. Include your name and any guests accompanying you.
Beaufort Republican Women’s Club holding membership drive luncheon
The Beaufort Republican Women’s Club will hold its annual membership drive luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 10 in the Carolina Room at the Dataw Isand Club, 123 Dataw Dr., St. Helena Island.
The buffet luncheon is $42 per person. To reserve a seat or seats, please mail checks to BRWC, P. O. Box 1835, Beaufort, S.C. 29902 by January 27. For additional information, call Diane Rooney at 843-838-4972.
– Compiled from staff reports
