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(39748, 4, '2019-04-25 08:37:18', '2019-04-25 12:37:18', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Carteret Street UMC to host annual closet sale</strong><br> Carteret Street United Methodist Church will hold its annual spring closet sale 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, May 3 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the Fellowship Hall at 408 Carteret Street. Gently used and nearly new fashions in all sizes, jewelry, handbags and shoes are available for men, women and children. Proceeds support the mission work of United Methodist Women. For more information, call Sally Fordham at 843-812-3311.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Spring activities at Hunting Island State Park</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There are fun, interesting and educational activities every day hosted by Park Ranger and Lowcountry Master Naturalist Megan Stegmeier.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mondays: Secrets of the Salt Marsh, 4 p.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tuesdays: CCC Video, 1 p.m.; Beach Walk, 3 p.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wednesdays: Alligator Talk, 11 a.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Thursdays: Feeding Frenzy, 3 p.m.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Saturdays: Creatures of the Night (owls, raptors, bats), 2:30 p.m. (May 11, 25).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For a description of these programs and a complete calendar of activities, go to southcarolinaparks.com/hunting-island and click on “Programs &amp; Events.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All are invited to attend these free events, though there is an entry fee to Hunting Island State Park and reservations are needed for lighthouse programs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information, call 843-838-7437 or go to the Friends of Hunting Island website and the Facebook page: FOHI Sea Turtle Conservation Project.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Port Royal hosting Air Show After Dark</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Beaufort County, the Town of Port Royal, and the Chamber\'s Military Enhancement Committee, is proud to host Air Show After Dark from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 27.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This free event following Saturday\'s MCAS Beaufort Air Show will feature meet-and-greet time with the Blue Angels and other air show performers, musical selections by the Parris Island Marine Corps Brass Band and a fireworks display to end the evening. The festivities will be hosted at the Port of Port Royal.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Food will be available for purchase at an eclectic mix of food trucks on site. Port Royal neighborhood restaurants will also be open as normal.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Tour historic Fort Fremont</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Travel back in time to the 1890s and the Spanish American War at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 27, &nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>at the St. Helena Branch of the Beaufort County Public Library at 6355 Jonathan Francis Senior Road, St. Helena Island. Learn the history, see a scale model of Fort Fremont as it stood in 1898 and take a guided tour of the remains of the fortifications. The tour lasts approximately two hours.&nbsp;No reservations are necessary and it’s free and open to the public..</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information, call the St. Helena Library at 843-255-6487 or visit fortfremont.org.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Royal Pines holding community sale</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Royal Pines will be holding a community yard and garden club sale on Saturday, April 27 from 8 to 11 a.m. The rain date will be Saturday, May 4.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br>\n<strong>YMCA to offer CPR classes</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Wardle Family YMCA, located at 1801 Richmond Ave in Port Royal, offers CPR classes for community members on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon on the following dates in 2019: May 11, June 8, June 22, July 20, August 17, September 7, September 19, and November 23.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cost is $35 for this YMCA-certified course and those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Questions? Contact Lou Bergen, Aquatics Director to register for this class. Call the Y at 843-522-9622 or visit beaufort-jasperymca.org</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>YMCA Puppy Plunge&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>YMCA’s Puppy Plunge will be held from 9-11 a.m. on the third Saturday of the month (weather permitting) at the Y outdoor pool (1801 Richmond Ave., Port Royal). Pups can splash, swim and play in our safe, enclosed outdoor pool area. The cost is $10 per pup and all proceeds benefit the Y’s Learn to Swim program, which teaches local children and adults to swim at a reduced cost or for free. Dogs must be well-behaved, current on all required vaccines and leashed until inside the pool area. Owners must be present at all times and humans are not permitted to swim in the Puppy Plunge. Visit beaufort-jasperymca.org or call 843-522-9622 for more information.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Get moving with Beaufort Track Club</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Join the Beaufort Track Club at the Beaufort High School track from 6:30-7:30 p.m. each Tuesday night for an open community track workout. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced workouts are posted each week to ensure that you are getting the workout that you need.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Visit the Facebook page “Beaufort Track Club” for more information.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Alligator talk at the Port Royal Sound Foundation</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Join the Port Royal Sound Foundation for its Tuesday Talk series and learn all about local alligators from 5:30-7 p.m. April 30 at the Port Royal Sound Foundation Maritime Center in Okatie.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tom Murphy, a wildlife biologist with more than 40 years of experience working with alligators, will present information on the research he has conducted while working for S.C. Department of Natural Resources. He’ll talk about how alligators function in their environment and relay information on his recent work with alligators inhabiting golf course ponds.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>RSVP is required for this event. Tickets a $5 per person, free for those under 16. Call 843-645-7774 for more information.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Lowcountry Ladies Luncheon</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The next Lowcountry Ladies Luncheon will be back in Bluffton on May 3 at the Oak Terrace at Rose Hill. The Luncheon event is intended to help support local women owned businesses and to help women network in effort to grow personally and professionally.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Registration is now open, and seating is limited. Tickets are $30 each and can be purchased online at Register lowcountry-ladies-luncheon. Interested vendors are to contact Laurie Brown at laurie@auntlauries.com for pre-approval. Vendor display tickets are $45 and include lunch. Vendor spots typically sell out, so register early.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Birthday for the Birds coming to Port Royal</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Town of Port Royal will celebrate the 7th Birthday for the Birds from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. May 4.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This one-of-a-kind event showcases Beaufort County’s wonderful natural resources, the Port Royal Rookery and Wetlands, along with the incredible wildlife within.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Representatives from the Fripp Island Wildlife Department will be onsite as they showcase many inhabitants of the wetlands including alligators and other species. Master Naturalists will be there to escort you educationally through a tour of the boardwalk through the wetlands, answering any questions.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There will be a Scavenger Hunt, wildlife tattoo stickers, local school children’s artwork, a Birthday Cake and did we mention Kazoos to play in the background as you tip your bird hats?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information or to volunteer, call Kate Hamilton Pardee at 508-221-7355 or email <a href=\"mailto:garyh2otreatment@gmail.com\">garyh2otreatment@gmail.com</a> or <a href=\"mailto:capecodh2o@comcast.net\">capecodh2o@comcast.net</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Biologist Folk headlines HBF Dinner and a Lecture</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lowcountry biologist Travis Folk will return to the Verdier House Dinner and Lecture Series at 5:30 p.m. Monday, April 29 with a program on recent investigations into the famed South Carolina rice fields and the historic economic and ecological forces they set in motion. The presentation at 801 Bay Street will focus on the recent mapping of the extent of the fields by Folk and biologists from Nemours’s Foundation and Clemson University, Ernie Wiggers, Rob Baldwin and Daniel Hanks.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The rice fields of the ACE Basin were once bottomland hardwood forests covered in giant cypress trees. The thousands of acres that were cleared by slave labor resulted in a habitat that benefits coastal South Carolina today, making it an ecological mecca for game animals, songbirds, reptiles and amphibians and unique plant material.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Dinner and a Lecture” is open to Historic Beaufort Foundation members and non-members. The lecture series features a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception from 5:30 to 6 p.m., followed by the program until 7 p.m. Audience questions will follow. Admission to the lecture is $15 or $25 per member of member couple, respectively, and $20 of $30 per non-member or non-member couple,&nbsp; respectively. Seating is limited, call 379-3331 for reservations. Dinner and beverages are offered at a discount for attendees. Call Saltus River Grill at 379-3474 directly to make dining reservations.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Christian Women holding luncheon</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Christian Women’s Connection hosts its Welcome Spring luncheon from 11:30 a.m. until 1 :30 p.m., Thursday, May 16 at Sea Island Presbyterian Church, 81 Lady’s Island Drive, Beaufort.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our guest speaker, Norma Jean Baxter, will speak on “Where to stand when the bottom drops out”. There will be a ‘surprise’ guest feature. $18 covers the cost of your lunch and program. Reservations are requested by Friday May 10. Call, text or email Marti Myers at 843-321-0962 or <a href=\"mailto:puddlesportia@gmail.com\">puddlesportia@gmail.com</a>. This is our last luncheon until next September. Please join us and bring a friend! <br>\n</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Poets set to read work at Conroy Center</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, 10 writers from “Archive: South Carolina Poetry Since 2005” will perform a free public reading of their work at the Pat Conroy Literary Center located at 905 Port Republic St.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Archive: South Carolina Poetry Since 2005” is the first major anthology of South Carolina poetry in more than a decade, featuring 46 contributing writers in a 200-page volume documenting 13 years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This National Poetry Month special event will feature poets Fred Bassett, Michael Bassett, Susan Baukhages, Emily Davis-Fletcher, Jacquelyn Markham, Quitman Marshall, Frances Pearce, Emily Rosko, Warren Slesinger, and Olivia Stiffler.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Copies of Archive will be available for sale and signing after the reading.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"http://www.patconroyliterarycenter.org/\">www.patconroyliterarycenter.org</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Parish Church of St. Helena to hold Old Sheldon Church service<br>\nThe Parish Church of St. Helena will host a service of morning prayer and a picnic beginning at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, April 28 on the grounds of the Old Sheldon Church ruins in northern Beaufort County.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is a Parish Church tradition since 1925. The guest preacher for the day will be Rev. Ken Weldon, Rector at St. John’s Anglican Church in Florence, S.C.<br>\nThe public is invited to join with parishioners of St. Helena’s for this annual event. Plan to bring a picnic lunch, folding chairs, and bug spray.&nbsp;<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'What To Do', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'what-to-do-175', '', '', '2019-04-25 08:37:20', '2019-04-25 12:37:20', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39748', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39708, 4, '2019-04-17 12:47:50', '2019-04-17 16:47:50', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Port Royal Vet Hospital hosting open house</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Port Royal Veterinary Hospital will host an open house from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, May 4, to mark the grand opening of its new state of the art facility.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The public is welcome to come tour the facility and meet the doctors and techs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The #StuffySurgery staff will be on hand to provide any needed Teddy Bear surgery or assist anyone with stuffed patients that needs some TLC.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Also present will be FrankenTeddy, Noah\'s Arks, Humane Association of the Lowcountry, Little Friends Wildlife and 104.9 The Surf.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Call 843-418-0100 for more information.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Business Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'business-briefs-18', '', '', '2019-04-17 12:47:53', '2019-04-17 16:47:53', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39708', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39710, 4, '2019-04-16 12:49:15', '2019-04-16 16:49:15', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you’ve been dragging your feet when it comes to estate planning, you aren’t alone. According to a <a href=\"https://www.caring.com/articles/wills-survey-2017\">2017 survey by Caring.com</a>*, nearly six out of 10 American adults lack even basic estate-planning documents. Even if you’ve put some documents together, are you sure you have what you need?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Anyone who has assets needs to get organized and engage in estate planning for the benefit of those they leave behind,” says John F. Padberg, Planning &amp; Life Events Specialist at Wells Fargo Advisors. “While each person has unique circumstances to plan for, there are some key documents that can form the foundation for most estate plans.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 10 documents outlined here can serve as that base set. Six of the 10 are best kept as signed hard copies; the remaining four can be stored digitally (if you wish).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Signed documents to safeguard as hard copies:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol><li> Will. This important set of instructions directs assets that you own individually (with no beneficiary designation), can designate a guardian for minors, and appoints an executor to administer your estate after you pass. You may opt to send copies to certain interested individuals, but keep the signed original in a secure place, like a safe deposit box, that’s known to people who will need access to it, such as an executor or close family members.</li><li> Power of attorney (POA) for financial matters. This POA names someone you trust as the person to help manage your financial affairs. It could be structured to become effective at the time you sign it or could be triggered to take effect upon becoming incapacitated.&nbsp;</li><li> Durable power of attorney for health care. This POA appoints an agent to make medical decisions for you if you can’t make them yourself.</li><li> Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) release authorization. As a stand-alone document or as part of other documents, such as a durable POA for health care, this privacy-related document allows you to explicitly declare who should have access to your important medical information.</li><li> Living will. Also called an advance directive, these instructions dictate your wishes about prolonging your life in cases like a terminal illness or if you’re in a permanent incapacitated state.&nbsp;</li><li> Revocable living trust. Like a will, this document also directs how your assets will pass to your beneficiaries, but it may be funded during your lifetime and can provide for incapacity planning, as well. A revocable trust can provide some benefits that you wouldn’t typically get with a will, with more privacy and without the costs and hassle of probate court.</li></ol>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Documents that you can keep in a digital format:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol><li> Current net worth statement. This lists all of your assets and liabilities and what they’re worth. You could even include how various assets are titled. A net worth statement can be a big help in the process of getting organized, reveal the true scope of your estate, and provide your advisors with a very useful tool as they work to put together a customized plan for you. It can also save your successors significant work in figuring out all that you have. Keep this document updated so that it reflects current information about all of your accounts, real estate, liabilities, and other items.&nbsp;</li><li> List of professional advisors. Includes contact information for important advisors, such as your financial advisor, attorney, CPA, insurance agents, and doctors.</li></ol>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol><li> Medical condition record. This is an informal way to let your trusted agent know about your health status when there’s a need.&nbsp;</li><li> A guide to these documents (both physical and digital). Those you’ll leave behind will appreciate a simple catalog of all the estate-planning documents you\'ve prepared and their locations so they can find them without hassle.</li></ol>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“This list is a good place to start, especially for those who haven’t prepared any estate-planning documents at all,” Padberg says. “But remember that each plan is different, and there certainly could be a need for other items, especially as the level of planning gets more sophisticated.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With the assistance of your financial advisor and estate-planning attorney, you can get a basic estate plan put in place, and, as appropriate, discuss other strategies for preserving wealth. A financial advisor can talk you through options that can save you time and money when you sit down with an attorney.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One final important tip: Set a time on your calendar for a regular review to keep all these documents up to date.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>*<a href=\"https://www.caring.com/articles/wills-survey-2017\">https://www.caring.com/articles/wills-survey-2017</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Trust services available through banking and trust affiliates in addition to non-affiliated companies of Wells Fargo Advisors. Wells Fargo Advisors and its affiliates do not provide legal or tax advice. Any estate plan should be reviewed by an attorney who specializes in estate planning and is licensed to practice law in your state. </em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>This article was written by Wells Fargo Advisors and provided courtesy of Katie C. Phifer, Associate Vice President, Investments and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ in Beaufort, SC at 843-982-1506.  Any third party posts, reviews or comments associated with this listing are not endorsed by Wells Fargo Advisors and do not necessarily represent the views of Katie Phifer or Wells Fargo Advisors and have not been reviewed by the Firm for completeness or accuracy.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Investments in securities and insurance products are: NOT FDIC-INSURED/NOT BANK-GUARANTEED/MAY LOSE VALUE</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Wells Fargo Advisors is a trade name used by Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, Member SIPC, a registered broker-dealer and non-bank affiliate of Wells Fargo &amp; Company.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>© 2018 Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC. 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(39712, 4, '2019-04-17 12:52:27', '2019-04-17 16:52:27', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Croquet players from across the Lowcountry will converge at Brays Island on May 4 to help AMIkids Beaufort raise money to support its residential education and treatment program for boys who made bad choices.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>AMIkids Beaufort is a residential facility in Dale that provides education and numerous hands-on educational opportunities, treatment and behavior modification for troubled boys. Though a part of a national organization, AMIkids Beaufort is locally governed.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For 27 years, the Croquet Picnic has been the primary means of raising local money to help the program succeed.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That success pays off: Young men who complete AMIkids typically don’t run afoul of the law, and many leave the program with job training such as nationally-recognized certificates in welding and food service.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“These young men are with AMIkids because they want a second chance at life,” AMIkids Beaufort chairman John Harris said in a release. “Our croquet picnic at Brays Island is our main way to provide what’s needed for our local program. The people are very generous to help us, and Brays Island has been such a gracious host to share their property with us year after year.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Every year, Brays Island and its owners donate the golf course practice range tee in which eight 30-by-40-foot croquet courts are groomed to the finest playing conditions for the event, Harris said.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We really consider Brays Island and its residents to be our partners. We couldn’t do this without them, and it’s such a spectacular setting for croquet,” Harris said.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Croquet Picnic will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Brays Island off U.S. Highway 17 in Sheldon. A Captain’s Party for all participants will be held the evening of May 3 at a waterfront home in Beaufort’s Spanish Point.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Teams of four to eight people compete in the friendly croquet tournament. While some experienced teams participate, most teams are there just for fun.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information or to sign up a croquet team, call Dr. Mike Harris at 843-524-3770 or Mike Ingram at 843-846-3149. To learn more about AMIkids Beaufort, visit www.amikidsbeaufort.org.&nbsp;<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Brays Island hosting AMIkids croquet fundraiser', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'brays-island-hosting-amikids-croquet-fundraiser-2', '', '', '2019-04-17 12:52:29', '2019-04-17 16:52:29', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39712', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(39715, 4, '2019-04-17 12:54:15', '2019-04-17 16:54:15', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For the 10th year in a row, Palmetto Animal League is giving folks a great excuse to shop during their Bid for PAL Online Auction. This event is a unique opportunity to treat yourself and save homeless pets at the same time.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Funds raised benefit abandoned, abused and neglected animals in our community.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The auction gets under way Thursday, April 25 at <a href=\"http://www.PALauction.org\">www.PALauction.org</a> and continues through Sunday, April 28.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Register now and browse the online catalog which is filled with hundreds of items from all around the Lowcountry and beyond. By registering now, you’ll also get reminders when the auction goes live and updates on the status of your bids once you start shopping.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Products and services up for bid include golf packages, vacations, pet items, spa treatments, artwork and much more. Proceeds help PAL provide a home-like environment for homeless pets until they find a family.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“With so many options in one place, it’s fun to browse the online catalog and shop from home,” Stephanie Bashaw said. Bashaw is in charge of this year’s auction. “You can set a maximum bid on your favorite items and check back later to see how your bid is doing. It’s easy and so much fun!”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>PAL makes a lifetime commitment every animal that comes into its care – an assurance that no matter their medical needs, they will receive all the love and care they need until they are adopted. Auction proceeds support Palmetto Animal League’s “no kill” Adoption Center, located in Okatie’s Riverwalk Business Park.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Compassion is the driving force behind PAL, and we are often an animal’s last chance at life,” PAL president Amy Campanini explained in a release. “By taking part in the Bid for PAL Online Auction, you are changing a homeless pet’s life forever.”&nbsp;<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'PAL\'s online auction returns', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'pals-online-auction-returns', '', '', '2019-04-17 12:54:18', '2019-04-17 16:54:18', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39715', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(39718, 4, '2019-04-17 13:25:44', '2019-04-17 17:25:44', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Battery Creek’s softball team stayed perfect in Region 8-3A play with a pair of lopsided wins over Lake Marion on Thursday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Alexis Ortiz struck out all nine batters she faced and went 2-for-3 with a homer and three RBIs in an 18-0 win in the first game, and Journeigh Doray racked up 12 strikeouts in a five-inning one-hitter in a 15-0 win in the second game.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In game 1, Emily Crosby was 2-for-2 with a double, two runs, and two RBIs, McKenzie Young was 2-for-2 with two runs and three RBIs, and Jamiah Johnson was 2-for-2 with two runs and two RBIs.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In game 2, Doray helped her own cause, going 3-for-4 with two runs and three RBIs, Margaret Schubert was 3-for-4 with three runs and three RBIs, Jasmine Nolan was 3-for-4 with a double, three runs, and an RBI, Johnson was 2-for-4 with two RBIs, and Elisa Williams was 2-for-3 and scored a run.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A day earlier, Ortiz struck out 15 in a two-hit shutout as Battery Creek blanked Thomas Heyward 9-0 in a clash of area softball powers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ortiz issued one walk and hit one batter in the gem, and Doray was 2-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs to lead the Dolphins at the plate. Kelsey Hill was 3-for-4 with an RBI, and Young and Crosby each went 2-for-4 and scored twice for Battery Creek.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Dolphins (10-7, 6-0) wrap up region play with a doubleheader at Wade Hampton on April 22.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Battery Creek’s Alexis Ortiz, unleashes a fastball during the top of the second inning Thursday during the first game of doubleheader with Lake Marion High School. Ortiz pitched a perfect three innings, fanning each of the nine batters she face before the game was called. <strong>Photo by Bob Sofaly</strong></em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Dolphins continue dominant run with three straight shutouts', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'dolphins-continue-dominant-run-with-three-straight-shutouts', '', '', '2019-04-17 13:25:51', '2019-04-17 17:25:51', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39718', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(39721, 4, '2019-04-17 13:28:57', '2019-04-17 17:28:57', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Mike McCombs<br></h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>SEABROOK – The Island News was given roughly 10 minutes with Elizabeth Warren, the senator from Massachussetts and 2020 Democratic candidate for president, prior to her organizational rally on Monday night at Whale Branch Middle School.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>MM: In the last election, there was a battle in the Democratic Party between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, which Clinton won and then she moved on to the general election. And there’s a lot of people who may question who they voted for in that race. And then you have a (potential) candidate like Joe Biden … didn’t run last time. You may get some people from the last election who have some regrets. What makes these voters say Elizabeth Warren is the choice over these guys?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Warren: I don’t think it’s about 2016. I think it’s about 2020. Right now, we have a government that’s working great … for the rich and powerful. It’s just not working much for anyone else. Right now is our big chance to change it.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>MM: Do you think having a big field like the Democratic Party does this election is a positive?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Warren: That’s something, I’m sure, all the pundits have an opinion about. I’m just here talking about the reasons that I’m running for president. I’ve done more than 50 town halls, taken more than 250 un-screened questions. People want to talk about the price of prescription drugs. And the cost of child care. They want to talk about student loan debt. And a decent public education. They want to talk about off-shore drilling. And a government, 50 different ways to slice it, that keeps working great for giant corporations. For billionaires. And not for them.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>MM: You mentioned prescription drugs. Health care.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Warren: Uh huh. It’s killing people.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>MM: You’ve tried to tackle it once. What’s the solution?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Warren: So, I believe that health care is a basic human right and we fight for basic human rights. I strongly support Medicare for all. Right now, we have three jobs in front of us. First is to defend the Affordable Care Act. This administration is trying through the courts, through the agencies, to do everything that they can to roll back protections for millions of Americans. To take away protections for those who have pre-existing conditions. To knock kids 18 to 25 off their parents’ health insurance plans. So between now and January 2021, we need to be in the trenches fighting to protect the health care access we have. It’s not perfect, but we don’t want to lose what’s there.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Part 2 is we need to come in and pick the low-hanging fruit. Washington works great for giant drug companies. It just doesn’t work great for people trying to get a prescription filled. We can import drugs from Canada that meet our safety requirements but that can be as little as one 10th the cost that we pay here in the United States. We can authorize Medicare to negotiate with the drug companies. We can adopt my proposal on generic drugs, to reduce the cost on more than 90 percent of the prescription drugs out there. We should do the things that we can do, and we could do them fast. We just need the political courage to step up against the giant drug companies.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And the third (part) is, we’ve got to find our path to Medicare for all. There are a lot of different proposals out there. Some say start lowering the age for Medicare from 65 to 60 to 55 to 50. Others say build it from the bottom up, cover everybody under 30, then everybody under 35, then everybody under 40. Others say let employers buy in. Others say let employees buy in. There are a lot of different paths and different time frames. No one thinks we’re going to be able to flip a light switch. But we need a clear commitment that we’re going to get everybody covered at the lowest possible cost. And everything we know points toward Medicare being the way to do that.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>MM: How do you convince people that hear Medicare for all, and it doesn’t matter how you go about doing it, they’re instantly opposed? What can you say to those people to try and change their minds?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Warren: You know, I look at it this way. I have three brothers. One’s a Democrat, two are not. There’s a lot of things we disagree on. But we all agree that nobody should go bankrupt over a medical problem. We all agree that our children and grandchildren should be covered by health care that they can afford. We all agree that people shouldn’t die just because they don’t have the money to pay medical bills. We all agree that rural hospitals shouldn’t close because they’re trying to cover too many patients that don’t have health insurance or a government plan to back them up. Our values are very much the same. We just have to figure out a right way to get there. I think we start by talking about our values. What it is that we care about. I think that’s the place where we begin.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>MM: Obviously, (Beaufort) is a small town with three military bases in a very small area. This is a military town. There’s a lot of retired military here, as well. Really, two parts. One is veterans and their issues, coming home from what has really been a two-decade war. How do we better handle how we’re treating the people who are defending our country?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Warren: All three of my brothers joined the military. I saw, up close, the sacrifices that they made, and the sacrifices of the families of those who serve make. When people are willing to step up and make those kinds of sacrifices, then we, as Americans, have a commitment to honor our promises with them. And that means we don’t use our military to try and solve non-military problems. It means that when they have served us, so honorably and selflessly, that we make sure that they have the full range of health care that they need. And every other federal benefit that we promised them. And that we do everything that we can to help them when they leave the military, to find good jobs, good housing and be the honored civilian members of our country.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>MM: The other side of that coin, we’ve been at war for 20 years. Is there an end to that road, or …</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Warren: I’ve been. I serve on the Senate Armed Services Committee. I’ve been to Afghanistan and Iraq. I was in Afghanistan with John McCain on what I think was his last trip to visit our troops, Fourth of July, a year and a half ago. The question I ask everyone on the ground in Afghanistan is “Describe to me what winning looks like and how we can measure if we’re coming closer to that or slipping further away.” I asked civilians and military. I asked generals and privates. I asked people in the Afghan government and people who have served in our own government. And nobody could give an answer. Endless war is not an answer. Great nations do not fight endless wars. Right now, after having spent 17 years (in power), the Afghan government controls less than 60 percent of the land. The border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, that criminals, terrorist, smugglers can move back and forth at will. The opium trade is stronger than ever. There are multiple terrorist groups that are supported by different outside interests that are taking root in different parts of the country. That’s not success. And spending more of the time of our honorable men and women who serve, and putting them in harm’s way in Afghanistan. It’s not in our national interest. We’ve got to bring them home.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Q&A with Elizabeth Warren', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'lowcountry-life-96', '', '', '2019-04-17 13:50:37', '2019-04-17 17:50:37', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39721', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39733, 4, '2019-04-17 13:40:48', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>SEABROOK – More than 450 people – supporters and those whose curiosity got the best of them – packed Whale Branch Middle School on Monday night to hear U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren speak as part of her 2020 campaign for U.S. President.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 69-year-old Warren (D-Mass.) was the third Democratic presidential hopeful to visit Beaufort County over roughly a week’s time, joining former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper and former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Warren spoke for roughly an hour before taking questions from randomly chosen members of the audience.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Among the positions Warren touched on were raising the minimum wage, “common sense” gun legislation, protecting Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, health care as a human right, a wealth tax, discriminatory practices in the housing industry, her support for unions and attacking corruption in government head-on.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I thought she was really good. I like a lot of her ideas,” Kate Hines, of Beaufort, said. “I’m not sure how easy they’re going to be to accomplish. But I liked her enthusiasm. I liked the fact that she has plans and has spelled them all out.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After the question-and-answer portion of the evening – during which she said she was “all-in” on legalizing marijuana – Warren enthusiastically took the time for photos with those who were willing to wait.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Warren opened the event talking about her youth in Oklahoma, touching on her mother taking a minimum-wage job after her father’s heart attack to save the family home from foreclosure, something she pointed out could not be done today.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“She has extreme enthusiasm for the middle class. Not middle America. The middle class,” Larry Hines, husband to Kate, said. “The way she related it to her own life. I remember the same thing in my life. If you worked, everyone was OK. Now, most of us are not.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Warren was emotional when talking about doing more to reduce gun violence. She pointed out that seven children are killed every day by guns in America and that if gun violence was an illness, we would have addressed it by now.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The reason (we haven’t acted) is that the NRA holds our Congress hostage,” Warren said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Larry Albany of Dale agrees with Warren on guns.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Get the guns off the street,” Albany said. “We have young people being killed every day. We had two just yesterday in Beaufort. And I’m tired of it.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Albany believes Warren has a real shot. But it’s not for any particular policy stance.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“She has a great chance. I like her because she’s not afraid of Trump,” Albany said. “Anybody that’s not afraid of Trump can have my vote. So she’s got a great chance.”<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Supporters pack Whale Branch Middle for Warren', '', 'draft', 'closed', 'closed', '', '', '', '', '2019-04-17 13:40:48', '2019-04-17 17:40:48', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39733', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39724, 4, '2019-04-16 13:30:00', '2019-04-16 17:30:00', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>National Park Service staff and partners will be celebrating National Park Week from Saturday, April 20 through Sunday, April 28 at at the Reconstruction Era National Historical Park in Beaufort County.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Special programs and exhibits will be offered throughout the week as part of the celebration, which will showcase the park and highlight stories of Reconstruction.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The celebration will kick off on Saturday, April 20 at Darrah Hall, located at the historic Penn Center on Saint Helena Island. American Gullah, an exhibit by local artist Sonja Griffin Evans, will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and a ceremony celebrating Reconstruction Era National Historical Park will take place there at 1 p.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Activities will be offered daily at various sites throughout the park.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Reconstruction Era National Historical Park was designated in January of 2017 as a National Monument. The new National Historical Park designation came about as a result of recent legislation.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Activities during National Park Week will focus on the park and its stories. These activities are open to all and are free of charge.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The schedule of events are as follows:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Saturday, April 20 – Darrah Hall at the historic Penn Center, Saint Helena Island<br>\n10 a.m. to 4 p.m. – American Gullah Exhibit <br>\n10 a.m. – Reconstruction and the Sea Islands program<br>\n11 a.m. – Reconstruction and the Sea Islands program<br>\n1 p.m. – National Park Week Celebration Ceremony</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sunday, April 21 – Park Visitor Center at 706 Craven Street, Beaufort<br>\nNoon to 4 p.m. – Military and Veterans Recognition Day, special programs offered on the hour and special gifts for veterans and military members.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Monday, April 22 – Earth Day Celebration at Park Visitor Center<br>\n9 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Special activities for kids and kids at heart. Video exhibit showcasing the national parks.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tuesday, April 23 – Transportation Day at Park Visitor Center<br>\n9 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Port Royal Railroad exhibit and National Parks video exhibit</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wednesday, April 24 – Darrah Hall<br>\n10 a.m. – Nature walk focusing on survival on the Sea Islands during Reconstruction</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Thursday, April 25 – Park Visitor Center</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>9 a.m. to 4 p.m. – National Parks video exhibit</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Friday, April 26 – Park Visitor Center</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>10 a.m. – Robert Smalls program and walk</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Noon – Robert Smalls program and walk</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2 p.m. – Robert Smalls program and walk</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Saturday, April 27 – Darrah Hall</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>10 a.m. – Reconstruction and the Sea Islands</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>11 a.m. – Reconstruction and the Sea Islands</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Noon – Reconstruction and the Sea Islands</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information on the park and programs, visit <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/ReconstructionNPS\">www.facebook.com/ReconstructionNPS</a> or visit the park website at <a href=\"http://www.nps.gov/reer\">www.nps.gov/reer</a>.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Reconstruction Era National Historical Park to celebrate National Park Week', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'reconstruction-era-national-historical-park-to-celebrate-national-park-week', '', '', '2019-04-17 13:55:45', '2019-04-17 17:55:45', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39724', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(39726, 4, '2019-04-16 13:30:51', '2019-04-16 17:30:51', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At approximately 2 a.m. Saturday, Beaufort County Sheriff\'s Office deputies responded to a shooting incident that occurred outside of a residence on Laurel Street East in Burton.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to the Sheriff’s Office, when they arrived, deputies learned that 36-year-old Clinton Robinson of Lady\'s Island had been shot and killed by an unknown male subject.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That subject allegedly fled the scene after the shooting.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Crime Scene Unit remained on the scene to process for forensic evidence, and investigators continue to conduct interviews of witnesses.<br>\nBeaufort County Coroner Edward Allen advised that a forensic autopsy was to be performed on Tuesday at the Medical University of South Carolina to aid in the determination of the cause and manner of Robinson\'s death.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The investigation is ongoing, and additional information will be released when available. Anyone with information is urged to call Lance Corporal Dario Sosa at 843-255-3435 or Crimestoppers of the Lowcountry at 843-554-1111.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Lady’s Island man shot, killed in Burton', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'ladys-island-man-shot-killed-in-burton', '', '', '2019-04-17 13:53:52', '2019-04-17 17:53:52', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39726', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39728, 4, '2019-04-16 13:32:19', '2019-04-16 17:32:19', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A jury of five men and seven women on Thursday, April 11, found a Shell Point man guilty of murdering a disabled neighbor shortly after she received her monthly disability check and filled her prescriptions for pain medication.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Brian David Walls, 38, was found guilty of killing 56-year-old Teresa Seigler in December 2016. Walls was sentenced to 40 years in prison, following the verdict from a Beaufort County General Sessions Court jury.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Teresa had chronic pain and a number of prescriptions. Beyond these drugs, she was not a person of means,” said Hunter Swanson of the 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office, who prosecuted the case. “Nonetheless, she would provide her neighbors a soft landing when they couldn’t pay their bills or afford groceries. Brian Walls and the people he lived with were at her house often.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Brian knew when Teresa’s disability check came, and he knew when her prescriptions were filled. In other words, he knew when to pounce.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Swanson called 18 witnesses over two days of testimony. Circuit Court Judge G. Thomas Cooper handed down Thursday’s sentence.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Walls’ criminal history includes convictions for simple assault, fraud, multiple counts of simple possession of marijuana, multiple counts of assault and battery, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>John Dontue Priester, 27, and Courtney Elizabeth Brock, 24, are also charged with Seigler’s murder, and Priester is accused of the arson of Seigler’s mobile home. Walls faces first-degree criminal sexual conduct, use of a vehicle without permission and conspiracy to kidnap charges in an unrelated incident shortly after Seigler’s murder. &nbsp;<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Walls convicted in 2016 killing of Seigler', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'walls-convicted-in-2016-killing-of-seigler', '', '', '2019-04-17 13:51:51', '2019-04-17 17:51:51', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39728', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39730, 4, '2019-04-16 13:34:08', '2019-04-16 17:34:08', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Wardle Family YMCA will again host the Beaufort River Swim (BRS), now in its 13th consecutive year, on Saturday, May 18.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Competitive swimmers, triathletes, high school, college and recreational fitness swimmers will have a chance to challenge themselves beyond the pool in the 3.2-mile Competitive open water race.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 1-mile Fun Swim allows those who are new to open water swimming the opportunity to see what it takes to swim in a saltwater, tidal river.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Registration for both races is open. The price for the 3.2-mile race is $60 per person through May 12, when the cost increases to $65. The price for the Fun Swim is $35 per person through May 12, when the cost increases to $40.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All registration for both swims is completed online. Visit <a href=\"http://www.beaufortriverswim.com/\">beaufortriverswim.com</a> to register and get more details, including the course map. Swimmers who have already registered can pick up their race bag at the Wardle Family Y in Port Royal (1801 Richmond Ave.) on Friday, May 17 starting at 3 p.m. or simply get it at check-in on race day starting at 6 a.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Note that swimmers registered after May 3 are not guaranteed to receive a T-shirt or race bag –&nbsp; available on a first-come, first-serve basis for day-of registrants.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The start-time for the 3.2-mile race is 7:15 a.m., while the Fun Swim starts at approximately 7:45 a.m., when the competitive swimmers have passed the Beaufort Memorial day dock (the fun swim start location).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Check-in starts at 6 a.m. at the downtown Beaufort Marina parking lot. As in years past, all swimmers will be bused to their respective starting points by Y staff and they can pick up their belongings at the race finish.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The spectator boat departs from the downtown Beaufort marina. The spectator boat cost is $30 per person and tickets can be purchased at the YMCA in Port Royal prior to race day or the morning of the race at the check-in. There are limited spots on the boat. There is free parking in the downtown Beaufort waterfront park parking lot until 12 noon.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Swimmers competing in the 3.2-mile race who win their age category will go home with one of the coveted Bobble Head BRS trophies, although wearing a wet suit in the 3.2-mile swim disqualifies a swimmer from placing and receiving a trophy.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Fun Swim participants are allowed to wear a wet suit, use fins and snorkel if they like, but are not trophy-eligible since the Fun Swim is not timed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All participants who finish will receive special BRS medals this year as well.&nbsp;<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Registration open for 2019 Beaufort River Swim', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'registration-open-for-2019-beaufort-river-swim', '', '', '2019-04-17 13:55:12', '2019-04-17 17:55:12', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39730', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(39738, 4, '2019-04-17 13:58:41', '2019-04-17 17:58:41', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Mike McCombs</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>SEABROOK – More than 450 people – supporters and those whose curiosity got the best of them – packed Whale Branch Middle School on Monday night to hear U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren speak as part of her 2020 campaign for U.S. President.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 69-year-old Warren (D-Mass.) was the third Democratic presidential hopeful to visit Beaufort County over roughly a week’s time, joining former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper and former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Warren spoke for roughly an hour before taking questions from randomly chosen members of the audience.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Among the positions Warren touched on were raising the minimum wage, “common sense” gun legislation, protecting Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, health care as a human right, a wealth tax, discriminatory practices in the housing industry, her support for unions and attacking corruption in government head-on.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I thought she was really good. I like a lot of her ideas,” Kate Hines, of Beaufort, said. “I’m not sure how easy they’re going to be to accomplish. But I liked her enthusiasm. I liked the fact that she has plans and has spelled them all out.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After the question-and-answer portion of the evening – during which she said she was “all-in” on legalizing marijuana – Warren enthusiastically took the time for photos with those who were willing to wait.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Warren opened the event talking about her youth in Oklahoma, touching on her mother taking a minimum-wage job after her father’s heart attack to save the family home from foreclosure, something she pointed out could not be done today.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“She has extreme enthusiasm for the middle class. Not middle America. The middle class,” Larry Hines, husband to Kate, said. “The way she related it to her own life. I remember the same thing in my life. If you worked, everyone was OK. Now, most of us are not.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Warren was emotional when talking about doing more to reduce gun violence. She pointed out that seven children are killed everyday by guns in America and that if gun violence was an illness, we would have addressed it by now.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The reason (we haven’t acted) is that the NRA holds our Congress hostage,” Warren said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Larry Albany of Dale agrees with Warren on guns.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Get the guns off the street,” Albany said. “We have young people being killed every day. We had two just yesterday in Beaufort. And I’m tired of it.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Albany believes Warren has a real shot. But it’s not for any particular policy stance.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“She has a great chance. I like her because she’s not afraid of Trump,” Albany said. “Anybody that’s not afraid of Trump can have my vote. So she’s got a great chance.”<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Supporters pack Whale Branch Middle for Warren', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'supporters-pack-whale-branch-middle-for-warren', '', '', '2019-04-17 13:58:44', '2019-04-17 17:58:44', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39738', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(39741, 4, '2019-04-17 14:06:46', '2019-04-17 18:06:46', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>Photos by Bob Sofaly</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hundreds of children swarmed the field after a helicopter dropped plastic eggs during the second annual Great Helicopter Egg Drop on Saturday, April, 13 at Beaufort Academy. Some of the prizes tucked away in the eggs included tickets to Disney World, a Nintendo Switch and free tuition to the school.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"ids\":[39743,39744,39745]} -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/RES8754-1024x757.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39743\" data-link=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?attachment_id=39743\" class=\"wp-image-39743\"/></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/RES8698-1024x736.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39744\" data-link=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?attachment_id=39744\" class=\"wp-image-39744\"/></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/RES6631-1024x708.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39745\" data-link=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?attachment_id=39745\" class=\"wp-image-39745\"/></figure></li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort Academy hosts Great Helicopter Egg Drop', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-academy-hosts-great-helicopter-egg-drop', '', '', '2019-04-17 14:06:49', '2019-04-17 18:06:49', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39741', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(39750, 4, '2019-04-25 08:41:10', '2019-04-25 12:41:10', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Scott Graber</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is Saturday, early, and I’ve got Lavazza\'s Gran Selezione and the Wall Street Journal.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Today’s Journal tells us that Britain has, again, rejected Theresa May’s exit plan. But I do not linger long on the front page; rather I turn to a section called ‘Review’ where one finds an essay on cremation.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This piece — featuring a lengthy discussion on container options — leads me back to 1966, when I was involved in an automobile wreck.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The injuries suffered in that accident very nearly presented my parents with these unhappy options.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I was with a classmate, Ken Tucker, and we were on our way to William and Mary for a rendezvous with two coeds.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I don’t remember much about the wreck itself. However I do remember waking up on the highway and then crawling into the median of I-95.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ken had not been ejected, and he crawled out of the overturned Corvair. Together way lay in the median watching a comet streak through the night-time sky.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Ikeya-Seki Comet had been discovered by Kaoru Ikeya and Tsutomu Seki earlier that month, but it could not be seen in Charleston where we were students at The Citadel. As we lay in the median, waiting for the ambulance, we spoke of this comet and our great good luck in seeing it.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Later we were transported to the emergency room in Emporia, Va., where further work was done on my skull, clavicle, sternum and spleen. Later that same night my parents were told by the young surgeon&nbsp; that I would not survive the night.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But I did survive, and more whole-body restoration took place at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. And it was there — several days later — where I was reunited with my William and Mary girlfriend, who seemed genuinely happy that she would not be called upon to deliver my eulogy.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It was also there, on the 14th floor, where I was given a continuing course of Demerol — a pain-masking drug that, apparently, made me say things I wouldn’t have ordinarily said.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To this day I do not know exactly what I said. I do not have a transcript of those late night remarks with my then girlfriend. But after three or four visits, I sensed our long-distance romance was over.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With her departure, I had an opportunity to examine my life without distractions — especially a college career that had been disappointing. Yes, by that time I had encountered the inspirational Larry Moreland and his course on Constitutional Law, but I had acquired no rank.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One must understand that getting promoted, getting stripes on one’s sleeve at The Citadel was partly based on peer approval. And it was obvious that my classmates had little regard for my leadership skills.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I was mostly known for elaborate practical jokes that usually involved fish heads and ketchup mixed with an “accelerant,” usually cherry bombs.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As I lay in my hospital bed, I wondered if my classmates really liked me. If they did, why didn’t I have any rank? Maybe it was time to leave the military school.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But then 20 of my classmates from India Company crashed into my room. Apparently they had just caravanned the 6-hour, 400-mile trip from Charleston to Richmond.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At first there was male banter: “I actually think the skull surgery has improved your Quasimodo-like looks. You’re not going to frighten the children in Charleston anymore.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then, an hour later, as they were heading for the parking lot and a long slog back to Charleston, my roommate stopped, leaned over my bed and said, “If you miss much more time you won’t graduate with our class. And we want you on the stage with us when we graduate. 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(39752, 4, '2019-04-25 08:46:39', '2019-04-25 12:46:39', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Bill Rauch</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As the tributes roll in for South Carolina’s late U.S. Senator, Ernest F. (Fritz) Hollings, I am reminded of the steady, businesslike manner with which the Senator helped Beaufort 20 years ago.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Those were different times.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 1998 as Beaufort’s Mayor pro tem I could talk to the offices of both Hollings’ and Senator Strom Thurmond, and I did regularly. Thurmond was a Republican and Hollings was a Democrat. The notion is almost unimaginable in today’s politically polarized environment.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>During the Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) rounds of 1991, 1993, and 1995 Beaufort’s leadership worked regularly with Senator Thurmond, who was then the senior member and former chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, to ensure the future of MCAS Beaufort and the MCRD Parris Island.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But in 1998 we faced a problem that posed another challenge to the business community.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here’s the story.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In those days, sitting in the little shack atop the Woods Memorial Bridge from which the bridge is operated was a bridge operator named Malcolm McGregor. Bridge operators are employees of the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT), known in 1998 as the Highway Commission.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>McGregor was a letter-writer whose letters appeared regularly in the papers, and from them, it became clear he was a better friend to the sailing community than he was to the rest of us who from time to time had reason to drive our cars over the Woods Bridge to and from Lady’s Island.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then, standard operating procedure was that the bridge could be opened for sailboats on the hour, at 20 minutes past the hour and at 40 minutes past the hour. The bridge could then, as it can now, be opened at any time for barges. But most of the bridge openings were, then as they are today, for pleasure boats, mostly sailboats.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What do people who have things to do do when they get stuck at the bridge while one guy skippering one sailboat under power passes slowly against the tide through the opened bridge?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They look at their watches.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sitting regularly in the line of traffic at the bridge, looking at my watch and knowing the schedule, it became apparent to me that the bridge operators were swinging the bridge pretty much any time they felt like it.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What do Mayor pro tems do when they think something’s amiss?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They tell the city manager.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>John McDonough, a can-do guy and one of the city’s great city managers, was the manager at the time. He said, “Well, I’ll check it out,” and the next day he climbed up the ladder to the bridge operator’s shack to visit with the operator on duty, who happened to be Malcolm McGregor.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Well I got to the bottom of it,” McDonough reported the next day. “There were three clocks up there: one on the wall, one on the desk and Malcolm’s wristwatch, and all three had different times. They were altogether nine minutes apart. So I suggested to Malcolm that he synchronize the clocks to the correct time which he did while I was there. So maybe that will fix things.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Maybe. But it didn’t.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So the next step was to bring in the big guns: Senator Hollings who was then the ranking member on the Interior and Environment Subcommittee of the all-powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, the subcommittee that then had oversight over the U.S. Coast Guard’s budget. The Coast Guard is the federal agency with exclusive control over Intracoastal Waterway bridge opening times.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In discussions with Hollings’ staff it was determined what opening times for any Intracoastal Waterway bridge in South Carolina were the most generous to the motorist: every hour on the hour and on the half-hour with several hours off to protect the motorist during the morning and afternoon rush hours. Then we asked the Senator to get us those times.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Senator was coming to Beaufort for Water Festival, and he suggested a meeting. The meeting was in my office. I invited several prominent members of the downtown business community.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Duncan Fordham, who had Fordham Hardware right there at the foot of the bridge, Tony Royal from Bay Street Outfitters and several others were there. The gathering was very good-natured, low key and business-like. The Senator was running for re-election in the fall. He didn’t mention that. We all knew it, and he knew we knew it.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After the formalities the Senator took charge of the meeting and went around the room soliciting statements from the participants. Everyone said the same thing: “What we have now isn’t working. It’s like no schedule at all. You never know when they’re going to open the bridge. We need the hour and half hour schedule.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then the Senator said, “I’ll get it changed, but it won’t be until next January because that’s when the Coast Guard comes to me for their budget, and as a part of that process they ask if I have any issues, and I will raise these bridge opening hours, and they will change them.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That was it. We all thanked him. He thanked us for alerting him to the problem, and – Fritz Hollings being who we knew he was – there was never any thought he might not keep his word.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sure enough, the Senator won re-election handily in November, and the next February, a notice appeared in the Federal Register that the Woods Memorial Bridge opening hours had been changed to the hour and half hour with two hours off weekday mornings and evenings to protect the motorist at the rush hours schedule.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No fanfare, no press releases, no speeches, no ribbons cut. No bells rung nor whistles blown. Not even a phone call.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Just done.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And that’s the way it’s been ever since.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Thanks Senator.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Senator Hollings: A portrait of power wielded with humility', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'senator-hollings-a-portrait-of-power-wielded-with-humility', '', '', '2019-04-25 08:46:41', '2019-04-25 12:46:41', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39752', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39754, 4, '2019-04-25 08:48:24', '2019-04-25 12:48:24', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Lee Scott</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Calendar in my kitchen drawer has many of the events and appointments we have planned for 2019. When I looked at this month’s calendar it said “April 27, 2019 – BLUE ANGELS.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I had to stop for a minute and look at it again. That’s not right, the Blue Angels fly in May, at the United States Naval Academy Graduation in Annapolis, not April.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then I saw the flyer under the calendar. The Marine Air Corp Station Air Show starts on April 27, 2019. My Blue Angels will be back here in Beaufort.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For me, there is a nostalgia of being able to see the Blue Angels perform. When I was in banking in Annapolis, we would go up on the roof of our building and watch the show from there.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then for many years, I had the opportunity to watch them from boats. It was incredible to see them flying up the Severn River and buzzing the Maryland State House in Annapolis.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But the best time to see them was in the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium while watching newly commissioned officers in the Navy, Marines and Air Force. It was always spine tingling.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now we get to see them here as they buzz around the Lowcountry.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What is interesting is that my husband and I just watched a documentary about F6F Hellcats on the Smithsonian Channel. These were the planes which were built in WWII and were the first planes used by the Blue Angels.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>History has it that after the war, Admiral Chester Nimitz wanted to create a flight exhibition team to raise the public’s interest in Naval Aviation. The F6F Hellcats were chosen and then in 1949 the first jets were used.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The F95-2 Panther had a maximum speed around 575 mph compared to the Hellcat, which had a maximum speed of only 379 mph.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Since 1986, the Blue Angels have been using the F/A-18 Hornets, which have a top speed of Mach 1.8! Translated, that means up to 1,190 miles per hour. Admiral Nimitz, who died in 1966, would have been very impressed.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As for you history buffs, you might want to check out the Blue Angels website <a href=\"https://www.blueangels.navy.mil/\">https://www.blueangels.navy.mil/</a>. It has lots of information.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So, hopefully, the weather will be good for the air show, but regardless, the show goes on rain or shine.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You can still see numerous exhibits at the Marine Air Corp Station and there is also a Kid’s Fun Zone.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As for me, even though my favorite part is still seeing the Blue Angels fly, I am hoping for a day out boating, eating a picnic lunch, and watching all the air show.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now it really feels like home.<br>\n<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Now Beaufort feels like home', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'now-beaufort-feels-like-home', '', '', '2019-04-25 08:48:27', '2019-04-25 12:48:27', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39754', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39757, 4, '2019-04-25 08:51:26', '2019-04-25 12:51:26', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Historic Beaufort Foundation’s highest honors were awarded recently to individuals who have contributed to the preservation and promotion of Beaufort County’s historic resources. Master craftsman Rick Wightman, longtime community activist Maxine Lutz and homeowners Catherine and Wallace Scarborough and their team, architect Bill Chambers and contractors Powell Brothers Construction Inc., were recognized by the foundation.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wightman received the Howard E. Danner Award for Lifetime Achievement in historic preservation for his work to preserve tabby ruins throughout the Lowcountry. Wightman has developed techniques for preserving historic tabby and reproducing it. He was also recognized for his skills reproducing buildings and furnishings at AuldBrass Plantation, the Frank Lloyd Wright home in northern Beaufort County.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Danner Award is named after the founder of the Committee to Save the Lafayette Building (Verdier House) in 1945 and HBF in 1965.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Wyatt B. Pringle, Sr. Outstanding Service to Historic Beaufort Foundation was given to Lutz who recently retired after 21 years as an HBF employee, the last six as executive director.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Historic Preservation Honor Awards which recognize exemplary projects in restoration, additions and adaptive reuse were given to the Scarboroughs, Chambers and Brian and Eric Powell for a sympathetic addition at the ca. 1790 Robert Means House at 1207 Bay Street.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The team successfully removed modern bathrooms and kitchen from the footprint of the historic house and created an addition that serves modern uses.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Historic Beaufort Foundation gives out highest honors', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'historic-beaufort-foundation-gives-out-highest-honors', '', '', '2019-04-25 08:51:28', '2019-04-25 12:51:28', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39757', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39759, 4, '2019-04-25 08:54:27', '2019-04-25 12:54:27', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>More than 250 people attended the 4<sup>th</sup> annual William Trask and Holly Konoza Trivia Night fundraiser on April 6 in support of Beaufort Young Life, a non-profit organization that serves hundreds of area teens.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Honoring Konoza and Trask, who founded Beaufort Young Life in 2006, this year’s event grossed more than $30,000 through ticket sales, sponsorships and a silent auction.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Young Life area director Andrew Lancaster said in a release, “Trivia Night is a unique fundraiser in Beaufort. It involves fun yet challenging questions, dressing up in wild and crazy costumes and of course, lots of laughter.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Trivia Night featured 24 themed teams, who enjoyed friendly, yet intense competition among their friends and neighbors. This event gives adults the opportunity to experience what teens enjoy at our weekly meetings and camps – fun, laughter, and genuine relationships.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The silent auction included a vast array of items given by generous Young Life supporters – vacation homes and other family events, gift certificates to restaurants and businesses, gift baskets, jewelry, dock parties, golf foursomes, fishing charters, hunting events and even a kayak.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lancaster is delighted by the support from the Beaufort community.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We are so grateful for everyone who sponsored, participated, donated, and helped this event be a success. It is because of them that we can continue to impact the lives of teens in Beaufort,” Lancaster said. “Young Life activities reach middle school students, high school students, and teen moms in Beaufort, with nearly 250 participating on a weekly basis.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Title sponsors for the event were Moe\'s Southwest Grill and Durham Dental. Corporate sponsors included Chick-Fil-A, Southern Palmetto Landscaping, Pendarvis Law, Charleston ENT, Southern Tree Service, Ameris Bank, Carolina Sportscare, Clark Troutman Group Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, It’s Retail Therapy, Lowcountry Real Estate, Collins Pest Control, Ribaut Medical Partners, Aesthetic Dentistry, Where’d Ya Get That, Keith\'s Plumbing, Modern Jewelers, Palms on Parkway, Carpet One and Gilbert Law.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Young Life staff and volunteers focus on what matters to Beaufort teens — fun, adventure, friendship and a reminder that they are loved.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"Young Life is all about relationships,” Lancaster said. “Our adult leaders are involved in kids’ lives every day.&nbsp; These friendships earn them the privilege to share the truth about God and his love for them.\"</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you are interested in becoming involved with Beaufort Young Life, contact Lancaster at 919-921-2338 or visit <a href=\"http://www.beaufort.younglife.org/\">www.beaufort.younglife.org</a>.&nbsp;<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort Young Life’s trivia night a success', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-young-lifes-trivia-night-a-success', '', '', '2019-04-25 08:54:30', '2019-04-25 12:54:30', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39759', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(39762, 4, '2019-04-25 08:55:24', '2019-04-25 12:55:24', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>SOFTBALL</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Dolphins get final tune-up before playoffs</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Battery Creek went 2-1-1 against a strong field at the Palmetto Invitational over the weekend.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Dolphins started off with a 1-1 tie with Ashley Ridge, then came back for a 5-2 victory over Cane Bay in their second game. Battery Creek suffered its only loss of the tournament, 3-2 to eventual champion Fort Dorchester, before closing out the weekend with a 10-9 win over Summerville.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Battery Creek was scheduled to play a doubleheader against Wade Hampton on Monday, but the Red Devils forfeited those games. The Dolphins (14-8-1) will be the No. 1 seed in the Class 3A District 8 tournament and open the double-elimination tournament at home against Loris on Thursday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>BOYS SOCCER</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>BA breezes past Cathedral</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Academy’s boys maintained their winning streak with a 4-1 victory over Cathedral Academy on Monday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Edward McCormick scored two goals, and Elijah Fess and Ben Trask added one apiece for the Eagles.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BA (12-1, 6-0) hosts Charleston Collegiate at 6 p.m. Thursday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Holy Trinity falls to JPII</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Gabe Orta-Carrillo scored a hat trick to lead John Paul II’s boys to a 4-2 win over Holy Trinity on April 17.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sebastian Laverde added a goal for the Golden Warriors, while Marcello Vera had two assists and Noah Brock added one.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Levi Dyer and Jacob Beach each scored a goal for the Lions, who stayed in the game thanks to 15 saves from Addison Wilson.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Holy Trinity (3-4) hosts Beaufort Academy on May 1.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>GIRLS SOCCER</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Lions blank JPII&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Holy Trinity’s girls shut out John Paul II 3-0 on April 17 to remain undefeated.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mills Langehans scored two goals and Lydia Mahan added one for the Lions, while Mary Clanton Bozard made seven saves to record the clean sheet.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Lions (6-0-1) are off until May 1, when they host Beaufort Academy for a region matchup.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>BASEBALL</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Eagles go 2-1 at H.I.T.</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High went 2-1 at the Hanahan Invitational Tournament earlier this week.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Eagles lost 13-0 to Riverside (Va.) in their first game before rebounding for an 11-5 win over Nansemond River (Va.) and a 6-5 victory over South Lakes (Va.).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Eagles (20-5) will be the No. 1 seed in the Class 4A District 7 tournament and open at home against Brookland-Cayce on Tuesday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>BOYS TENNIS</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>BHS closes regular season with win</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High swept both doubles courts to edge Summerville 4-3 in a non-region matchup Monday to end the regular season.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Griffin Stone and Diego Ladino teamed up for the clinching victory in the deciding No. 1 doubles match. Ladino and Merritt Patterson also won singles matches, and Casey Hoogenboom and Bodie Daniel teamed up to win at No. 2 doubles.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Region 7-4A champion Eagles (10-2) have a first-round bye in the Class 4A playoffs and will host a second-round match Tuesday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Sports Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'sports-briefs-17', '', '', '2019-04-25 08:55:27', '2019-04-25 12:55:27', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39762', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(39766, 4, '2019-04-25 08:57:54', '2019-04-25 12:57:54', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Laura Kaponer</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Addiction: the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, such as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In my opinion there is no hierarchy when it comes to addiction. All addiction is painful and often</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>traumatic to the person experiencing it.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Addiction Recovery is an ongoing process, one cannot simply be “cured.” However they can retain long periods of sobriety.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Addiction isn’t about simply liking something a bit too much or the occasional overindulgence; it’s about a carnal need to obtain something.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From an early age I was addicted to food. The specific foods I craved don’t necessarily matter – it wasn’t fresh vegetables. What’s important here is the sense of powerlessness I had over my food, the incessant thoughts about food, planning my life around food, a hunger that was far beyond anything physical.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There were definitely periods in my life where I had more of a handle on my addiction. I could use the various coping skills I had learned throughout therapy to not give in.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But for me, addiction doesn’t live in a vacuum. There are so many outside factors that directly impact where I am in my recovery at any given moment.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Last year, I was experiencing severe stress from my employment situation that led to a relapse in my</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Binge Eating Disorder. I do not blame my former employer because I am the one who has the</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>responsibility to maintain my health and wellness. I have countless years of experience in professional</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>training in order to manage my illness and it was my decision not to use any of those highly effective</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>coping skills.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Why didn’t I use my coping skills? Because giving into my addiction was easier and had</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>instant gratification. Simply put, it felt good, and who doesn’t want to feel good when life is making them feel bad?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That’s the dark road I started to walk down. It started off small because to me a cookie is never really just a cookie, it’s the gateway to the entire box of cookies.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&nbsp;In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders V (DSM V) which is the “bible” mental</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>health professionals use to both diagnose and treat those with mental illnesses, Binge Eating Disorder is, in fact, an actual diagnosis all on its own.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There is a huge difference in someone making poor eating choices and someone having a food addiction/eating disorder. It was so easy for those from the outside looking in to berate me about not making better food choices.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>DSM V explains it better than I ever could:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Recurrent episodes of binge eating. An episode of binge eating is characterized by both of the following: 1. Eating, in a discrete period of time (e.g., within any 2-hour period), an amount of food that is definitely larger than what most people would eat in a similar period of time under similar circumstances. 2. A sense of lack of control over eating during the episode (e.g., a feeling that one</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>cannot stop eating or control what or how much one is eating).”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There was so much shame surrounding my binge eating, and I would often go out of my way to hide what I was doing from the people in my life.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I remember once, when I was married, eating a snickers in the bathroom, then burying the wrapper in the trash.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There were countless times I ate myself, not only to the point of extreme discomfort, but often to physical illness. 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Jospeh was actually from Chablis, but moved south into the town of Beaune (still in the Burgundy region) where much of the region’s wine industry was based at the time.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>His descendants still own and run the company and follow guidelines for superior wines that he set. They own a vineyard called Moulin de Vaudin in Chablis. The 18th century watermill of Vaudon. They produce a Chablis that bears both the family name and the mill name.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Good news is these grapes are excellent quality because they grow very close to Grand Cru vineyards. Bad news, there are not always enough grown, and the Drouhin Vaudon Chablis is limited production. So limited that some years none is made.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The soil in the Vaudon vineyards is Kimmeridgian limestone. It’s sort of a white mortar that is full of tiny marine fossils that, hundreds of millions of years ago, all sank to the bottom of the ocean and mingled together.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This specific soil is part of what makes Chardonnay wines from Chablis and other sites in Burgundy have their unique flavors. The grapes for Vaudon Chablis are grown with traditional vineyard pruning and ploughing. They are hand-picked and very gently pressed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>An old Drouhin tradition that augments the wine’s flavors and textures dictates that the last of the juice from the crush is not used. The wine is aged in used French oak barrels for 12 months before bottling.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The finished wine is a pale gold color with hints of green around its edges. It has fresh aromas of lemons and grapefruits, subtle green apples, ferns, and spices like coriander. It is medium- to full-bodied on the palate, dry, crisp and smooth.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And, it has a long, minerally finish. This wine is meant to age up to seven years. At which point its aromas and flavors expand.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Stewed lemons. Limes. Lychee nuts. Butter. Baked apples. Dried flowers. Marzipan. Chalk notes. More herbs that include tarragon and bay leaf. And rich cream.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A very classic Chablis profile.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Also, as it ages, the crisp acidity mellows a bit, which adds more roundness to its mouthfeel. The current vintage, 2016, has had several years in its bottles before it got here. So part of this aging is already accomplished.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Vaudon Chablis pairs well with any cream-based sauce or casserole, poultry, seafood, veal, double and triple crème cheeses, like Brie.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And mustard sauces, of course. Dijon, where great mustard is made is in the Burgundy region. So, of course, Burgundy wines pair extremely well with mustard.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I hope the original wine meaning for “Chablis” is clarified. It’s real meaning?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All that remains is the tasting and drinking. Enjoy.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'The real deal: Clearing up Chablis', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-real-deal-clearing-up-chablis', '', '', '2019-04-25 09:14:09', '2019-04-25 13:14:09', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39803', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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Norberto made it for us right there on the spot.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39813,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":403,\"height\":279} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Salsa-Chips-1024x713.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39813\" width=\"403\" height=\"279\"/></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hope said it was the best she’d ever tasted. Nobody disagreed, and with the zesty salsa and crispy chips we’d already been served, our feast was off to a fabulous start.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Several in our group lamented that this was Lunch Bunch, not Supper Club, as the house margaritas were calling our name. But we all had to work later, so we behaved as professionals.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39809,\"align\":\"left\",\"width\":419,\"height\":296} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Vegitarian-Quesadilla-1024x723.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39809\" width=\"419\" height=\"296\"/></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Betty ordered the Grand Burrito, then changed her mind and went with the Vegetarian Quesadilla on a whim.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I never order quesadillas,” she said. “But I’m so glad I did. This is absolutely delicious!”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hope chose the Taco Salad with Chicken and was equally happy with her selection.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“This taco salad is different,” she raved. “It’s not standard. Not basic.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39810,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":380,\"height\":254} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Taco-Salad-with-Grilled-Chicken-2-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39810\" width=\"380\" height=\"254\"/></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>She cited the black beans, particularly flavorful, and the chicken, seasoned to perfection.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“And it’s grilled, not shredded!” she added with delight.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When Hope finished her salad, we all took turns nibbling on the crunchy bowl. Yum!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39811,\"align\":\"left\",\"width\":421,\"height\":232} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Fish-Tacos-1024x565.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39811\" width=\"421\" height=\"232\"/></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I had the Tacos Mexicanos and after pondering a long list of choices, I decided on the fish. Oh, how I love fish tacos, and these did not disappoint.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Berto’s makes its soft corn tortillas by hand, and you can taste the difference. Wrapped up with cilantro, onions, tomatillo salsa, and flaky white fish, these are some of the tastiest tacos you’ll find in the Lowcountry.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Next we come to Jeff. A native Californian and avid traveler, he considers himself a Mexican food aficionado. In short, it’s his favorite and he’s tried it almost everywhere. Jeff ordered the No. 3 Lunch Combo, which included a taco, an enchilada, and rice. We watched him dig in with baited breath. Would the No. 3 pass the Jeff Test?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With flying colors.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39812,\"align\":\"right\",\"width\":373,\"height\":251} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Pastor-Taco-Cheese-Enchilada-1024x688.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39812\" width=\"373\" height=\"251\"/></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jeff was especially emotional about his “al pastor tacos,” which are tacos with spit-grilled pork. He enthusiastically cleaned his whole plate and in the end, proclaimed his lunch “as good as any Mexican food I’ve had anywhere. Including Mexico.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We all agreed if we had to choose one word to represent Berto’s, that word would be “fresh.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Over and over we were struck by the freshness of the ingredients – something you just can’t fake.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As we finished our meal, we browsed the menu’s list of House Specialties and vowed to come back soon at a more festive hour, still thinking wistfully of those margaritas.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I would be remiss if I failed to mention our server, the lovely Aurora Lopez, daughter of Norberto. She was bright and cheerful, informative and competent – everything you want in a server and nothing you don’t. Together with her father, she made us feel welcome and eager to return.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Thank you. Here’s to another 10 years!<br><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Berto’s Tex-Mex Grill</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>9 Market Street, Habersham</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>843-644-1925</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Nothing standard about Berto\'s', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'nothing-standard-about-bertos', '', '', '2019-04-25 09:23:38', '2019-04-25 13:23:38', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39805', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(39815, 4, '2019-04-25 10:12:05', '2019-04-25 14:12:05', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Justin Jarret</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>C.T. Pan raised his arms in a triumphant V and celebrated, not surrounded by cheering throngs of well-hydrated fans, but alone on the driving range at Harbour Town Golf Links.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Just minutes earlier, he had lipped out a birdie putt on the 18th green that certainly would have sealed his first PGA Tour victory. The miss left just enough of a crack through which one of the contenders still on the course might be able to slip, so Pan immediately headed to the range to prepare for a playoff that never came.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Patrick Cantlay’s tight lie in the rough on 18 kept him from taking a real run at the flag, and his chip for a tying birdie didn’t come close, and Shane Lowry couldn’t cash in a miracle eagle on the last hole, leaving Pan as the last man standing on another Sunday in which the RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing champion came from well back to slip into a tartan jacket.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39817} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/rbcheritage19d4e0004-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39817\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It was very surreal, for sure,” Pan said. “I just didn’t envision my first win like this. I was ready for the playoff. It was so hard to convince myself that I actually had a shot at winning, so I just tried to get myself ready, get prepared for the worst outcome.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It was anyone’s title to win from the start Sunday, as 19 players began the day within four shots of the lead. Pan was one of them, just two shots behind 54-hole leader Dustin Johnson, but he was mostly an afterthought with names like Johnson, Ian Poulter, Patrick Cantlay, Matt Kuchar, and Webb Simpson still in the hunt.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>By the time the final pairing had played two holes, there were five players tied for the lead, but Pan was not among them. He was still two back at 8-under and even through his first four holes. A short birdie putt at the par-5 5th hole jumpstarted his round, and he added back-to-back birdies at Nos. 9 and 10 to move into serious contention.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While the rest of the contenders faltered one-by-one, Pan remained dialed in, sticking his approach at the par-4 12th to 7 feet for a birdie that took him to 12-under. His only hiccup was at the par-5 15th, where he blocked his tee shot right into the trees and had to punch out before failing to save par from the greenside bunker.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Honestly I feel like I got lucky there,” Pan said, “because I hit four really bad shots and I walked away with a bogey only.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>His response is likely the reason he is a PGA Tour winner. Pan hit his approach at the par-4 16th to 9 feet and buried the birdie putt, then saved par from the bunker at 17 and played the 18th flawlessly to fend off Kuchar, who had slipped into the clubhouse at 11-under and was waiting for Pan to slip up.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I had to make that birdie on the last. That was a thrill,” said Kuchar, who gave a fist-pump after sinking his 9-foot birdie putt at No. 18. “I thought 11-under might get in a playoff. Hats off to C.T. It was a tough hole. He played awfully steady and solid golf.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Pan was the No. 1 amateur in the world for a period in 2013 while starring at the University of Washington, where he was a four-time All-American and a finalist for the Ben Hogan Award in 2015. And he won the Mackenzie Tour’s Players Cup in just his fourth professional start, so he had the pedigree that would foreshadow success on the PGA Tour, but it hasn’t come easily.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":39818} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/rbcheritage19d4e0005-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39818\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He made the cut only 14 times in 29 starts in his first full season on the PGA Tour in 2017, and he earned nearly $2 million last season but had only two top-10s, including a runner-up finish at the Wyndham Championship, where he was tied for the lead heading to the 18th hole on Sunday but pushed his tee shot out of bounds and made double bogey.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“That definitely change my perception on the last couple of holes down the stretch of what I should do,” Pan said. “The last three holes I would say I played really well here, a lot of good shots just because I told myself I need to focus on the details, the little things, and just stay in present. … That\'s something I didn\'t do at Wyndham.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Pan wasn’t too thrilled about his “colorful” third round Saturday in which he made four bogeys and a double bogey along with six birdies and an eagle. He was back at Harbour Town at 9 a.m. Sunday — almost five hours ahead of his tee time — to put in some work and get dialed in.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He studied the Sunday pin placements Saturday night and formulated a game plan, feeling like if he could get through the first four holes in even par or better, the birdie opportunities would be waiting. And he executed the plan to perfection, picking up a life-changing win in the process.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It’s really hard out here, everyone is so good,” Pan said. “Even if you do everything right there\'s a chance that you don\'t win. 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(39840, 4, '2019-05-03 08:57:24', '2019-05-03 12:57:24', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Shorts at High Noon</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Shorts at High Noon is a collection of indie short films, student films and animation films included in the Beaufort Film Society\'s library of films and they are screened each Wednesday. Screenings are free.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These films were official submissions and finalists at our film festivals and in some cases winners at the Beaufort International Film Festival from 2007 to the present.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Screenings will take place at the Technical College of the Lowcountry, Beaufort campus located at 921 Ribaut Road, Bldg. 12 Auditorium.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Check in at 11:30 a.m. Screenings begin promptly at noon and will conclude by 1 p.m. School is in session. Please allow yourself some time to find a parking space. Vehicle parking is available immediately adjacent to Maclean Hall (film screenings take place here) and the opposite side of Ribaut Road adjacent to the Administration Building (Building 3).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A pedestrian walkway is available under Ribaut Road from Building 3 parking to Maclean Hall. It is kindly requested that guests refrain from parking in posted faculty and staff parking spaces. Curb-side drop off is available at the front doors of Maclean Hall prior to proceeding to general parking.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>More information can be found at our website, <a href=\"http://beaufortfilmfestival.com/\">beaufortfilmfestival.com</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Schedule</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>May 15</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bob &amp; Edgar (12 min), Chicago, Ill. (BIFF 2019) (Short)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Trailer: <a href=\"https://vimeo.com/295498262\">https://vimeo.com/295498262</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wrong Side Up (15 min), Denver, Colo. 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(BIFF 2015) (Student)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Casey229 (14 min) New York, N.Y. (BIFF 2019) (Short)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>May 29</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bean (19 min) Los Angeles, Calif. (BIFF 2010) (Student)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Trailer: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESUUARd7zmw\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESUUARd7zmw</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Grandpa (11 min) Boiling Springs, S.C. (BIFF 2019) (Short)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Trailer: <a href=\"https://vimeo.com/265905515\">https://vimeo.com/265905515</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Last Night at the Ellington (12 min) Charleston, S.C. (BIFF 2015) (Short)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Passive Aggressive Dads (5 min) Brooksville, ME (BIFF 2019) (Short)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Indivisible Beaufort holds May meeting</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Indivisible Beaufort’s May meeting features George Kanuck of Sun City, social justice advocate and co-chair of the Lowcountry Immigration Coalition since 2009, and be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at the Beaufort County Library at 311 Scott Street.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kanuck, who has resided in Sun City with his wife Cheryl since 2007, will speak on the topic of Immigration. He is a former Senior Public Health Analyst with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services. Prior to that he worked with the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the U.S. Customs Service.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information, contact <a href=\"mailto:JusticeIndivisibleBSC@gmail.com\">JusticeIndivisibleBSC@gmail.com</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Lions Club hosting spaghetti dinner</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Lions Club will hold the annual spring spaghetti dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 17, at Sea Island Presbyterian Church. The menu will include spaghetti, salad, garlic bread, and sweet or unsweet tea. Carry out will be available. Stop on your was home from work to pick up a great family dinner and support the citizens of Beaufort County needing assistance with vision issues. Tickets are&nbsp; $8 for adult, $4 for children. Pay at the door or get tickets early from a Lions member. Visa and MasterCard will be accepted. 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Airplanes will fly overhead during the event. The airport is at 39 Airport Circle, Beaufort, across from the new Walmart.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information, contact James P. Atkins at <a href=\"mailto:jamesatkins100@gmail.com\">jamesatkins100@gmail.com</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br> <strong>Carteret Street UMC to host annual closet sale</strong><br> <br>Carteret Street United Methodist Church will hold its annual spring closet sale 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, May 3 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the Fellowship Hall at 408 Carteret Street. Gently used and nearly new fashions in all sizes, jewelry, handbags and shoes are available for men, women and children. Proceeds support the mission work of United Methodist Women. For more information, call Sally Fordham at 843-812-3311.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Spring activities at Hunting Island State Park</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There are fun, interesting and educational activities every day hosted by Park Ranger and Lowcountry Master Naturalist Megan Stegmeier.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mondays: Secrets of the Salt Marsh, 4 p.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tuesdays: CCC Video, 1 p.m.; Beach Walk, 3 p.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wednesdays: Alligator Talk, 11 a.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Thursdays: Feeding Frenzy, 3 p.m.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Saturdays: Creatures of the Night (owls, raptors, bats), 2:30 p.m. (May 11, 25).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For a description of these programs and a complete calendar of activities, go to southcarolinaparks.com/hunting-island and click on “Programs &amp; Events.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All are invited to attend these free events, though there is an entry fee to Hunting Island State Park and reservations are needed for lighthouse programs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information, call 843-838-7437 or go to the Friends of Hunting Island website and the Facebook page: FOHI Sea Turtle Conservation Project.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>YMCA to offer CPR classes</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Wardle Family YMCA, located at 1801 Richmond Ave in Port Royal, offers CPR classes for community members on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon on the following dates in 2019: May 11, June 8, June 22, July 20, August 17, September 7, September 19, and November 23.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cost is $35 for this YMCA-certified course and those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Questions? Contact Lou Bergen, Aquatics Director to register for this class. Call the Y at 843-522-9622 or visit beaufort-jasperymca.org</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>YMCA Puppy Plunge&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>YMCA’s Puppy Plunge will be held from 9-11 a.m. on the third Saturday of the month (weather permitting) at the Y outdoor pool (1801 Richmond Ave., Port Royal). Pups can splash, swim and play in our safe, enclosed outdoor pool area. The cost is $10 per pup and all proceeds benefit the Y’s Learn to Swim program, which teaches local children and adults to swim at a reduced cost or for free. Dogs must be well-behaved, current on all required vaccines and leashed until inside the pool area. Owners must be present at all times and humans are not permitted to swim in the Puppy Plunge. Visit beaufort-jasperymca.org or call 843-522-9622 for more information.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Get moving with Beaufort Track Club</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Join the Beaufort Track Club at the Beaufort High School track from 6:30-7:30 p.m. each Tuesday night for an open community track workout. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced workouts are posted each week to ensure that you are getting the workout that you need.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Visit the Facebook page “Beaufort Track Club” for more information.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Lowcountry Ladies Luncheon</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The next Lowcountry Ladies Luncheon will be back in Bluffton on May 3 at the Oak Terrace at Rose Hill. 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(39843, 4, '2019-05-03 09:01:48', '2019-05-03 13:01:48', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Scott Graber</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It’s Monday afternoon and I’m aboard MetroNorth — a train running south along the eastern shore of the Hudson River. This afternoon I’m traveling with my wife, my friends David and Terry Murray, and we’re about two hours north of New York City.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This particular train races down the Hudson River Valley past granite, rain-slicked mountains, past marble mansions that once defined great wealth, past sleep-deprived cadets who have learned a measure of discipline and perhaps some calculus at West Point.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Shortly we will slide into the crowded, chaotic caverns under Grand Central Station.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Fifteen years ago, my wife, wanting to escape the heat and febrile marshes of Beaufort County, bought an unfinished space in a long-deserted textile mill in North Adams, Mass. The Eclipse Mill also came with Grover Askins — a retired publisher who had turned his energies to old, used, out-of-print books.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And so, for the past three days I’ve been hanging out in Grover’s loft working my way through great stacks of classic fiction hoping to find something that will entertain and inspire.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Askins is tall, gray-headed and somewhere along the way he learned how to sell books to people who may or may not actually read those books. And he doesn’t care if they love fiction or non-fiction. Or if they prefer short stories to novels. Or if they want their books signed by the author.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The only thing that Grover cares about is the fact that there are still people — a diminishing group to be sure — who remember a stained-with-coffee collection of poems that were read on a train from Paris to Dijon. Or remember reading Cat’s Cradle to a pale, dark-haired woman on a beach in Majorca. Or remember an annotated, well-worn Nevil Shute novel read (sipping a single cappuccino) in a trattoria off Piazza del Popolo.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Grover also knows there are still folks who love rare, leather-bound books full of maps … or illustrations of lemurs. He knows there are still people who collect first editions or want texts on 19th-century medicine. He understands there are still people who love the feel, the look and the texture of books and wallpaper their New York City, view-of-the-park high-rise with heavy volumes that deal with Chinese porcelain.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And so Grover gets a call — more often an e-mail — asking if he has a copy of Thomas Templeton’s Condensed Survey of Ceremonial Masks in Senegal. Sometimes, not often, he has that very book hiding in the floor-to-15-foot-high-ceiling bookshelves in his loft.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If it’s not there, it may be in his warehouse in Chatham, N.Y. If not in Chatham, he remembers it may be owned by collector he dealt with 10 years earlier — now was that man from Boston or Baltimore?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When he calls the collector, a woman informs Grover that her husband died two years earlier and she has grown tired of his books.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Would you be interested in buying Marvin’s collection?” she asks.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Knowing that the widow wants to sell everything, Grover — at this point — has to decide whether or not he can afford the entire collection. That means driving to Boston and going through the books one by one to determine whether the widow has enough rare, salable books to warrant his buying everything. And if there are enough salable books where in the world will his store the 500 books he can’t sell?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For many years, collectors came to Grover’s loft in the Eclipse Mill doing what I did this past week — searching hundreds of titles looking for that long lost Graham Greene novel that will redefine their lives.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“But these days people go straight to the Internet,” he says. “Very few people want to drive to North Adams anymore. Or spend time searching.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And the Internet has had another impact on in this business.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Today, a used book buyer can put an app on his cell phone that will tell him the going price of any used book,” Grover says. “The buyer simply swipes the barcode and is told — by someone in the ether — what he should pay.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The older books have no barcode and still require that Grover examine the binding, touch the pages and know something about the passion of the collector — to have some instinctive, institutional knowledge of the book and those who seek the book.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But the business is changing and will require Grover to adapt, to be nimble if he wants to stay in the game while the rest of the world turns to algorithms.<br>\n<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'While the books remain magnificent fossils, the business evolves', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'while-the-books-remain-magnificent-fossils-the-business-evolves', '', '', '2019-05-03 09:01:49', '2019-05-03 13:01:49', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39843', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39845, 4, '2019-05-03 09:04:06', '2019-05-03 13:04:06', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Lee Scott</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>My friend Al stopped me in the gym the other day and told me about a plant he and his wife Sheila had bought.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When Sheila opened the box and looked at the instructions, she was a bit surprised. The first step: Dig a hole.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When Al told me, I burst out laughing. Talk about your basics.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But I told him I had gotten away from reading instruction books lately because some things are just intuitive, like digging a hole for a plant. Besides for the most part, the manuals seem so onerous with all the cautions and disclaimers.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then I told him about my new vacuum cleaner. I put the instruction booklet in a plastic bin where we keep all the other operating manuals.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After using the vacuum several times, I realized I did not know how to empty the canister. It was not evident, so I went looking for the instructions.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The book contained more than 100 pages.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“How much is this vacuum cleaner capable of doing that it requires one hundred pages of instructions?” I asked myself.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then I realized that the first 10 pages were in English and the other 90 pages were in different languages. No problem. I tore off the non-English sections and threw them away.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then I got through all the cautions. Do not let a child around any of the plastic bags. Do not operate in water. Etc.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Finally, I got to the actual operating instructions and discovered “how to empty the canister.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As it turned out, the clip on the bottom comes undone. They also should have written: Caution – empty canister over a garbage container. Live and learn.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then I discovered there were three filters on the machine that I had to clean. I also found that one of the attachments I was ignoring was specifically made to pick up dog hair. If I recall, that is the reason I bought the machine in the first place!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There have been other instruction booklets that we have put aside, like the TV remote manual. Now the remote is something you would think would be easy to use, until the electricity goes out and you have to reprogram the television set. Or you are hooking up to a new device, so you must find “Source” and determine whether you need HDMI, AV, or some other option.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Fortunately, our remote’s instruction manual has pictures for challenged consumers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So, Al thanks for telling me about your plant’s instruction book.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>My fear now with my next electronic purchase, is the instructions will read like your plant instructions.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Dig a hole and throw the unit in, because you are not bright enough to operate it.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now those are instructions I can understand.&nbsp;<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'The instruction booklet', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-instruction-booklet', '', '', '2019-05-03 09:04:08', '2019-05-03 13:04:08', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39845', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(39847, 4, '2019-05-03 09:05:12', '2019-05-03 13:05:12', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>GIRLS SOCCER</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Creek girls win playoff opener</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Battery Creek’s girls breezed to an 8-0 win at Aynor on Monday in the first round of the Class 3A playoffs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Gigi Magbee scored two goals, and Gabbi Morales, Ashley Guillot, Carmen Cruz-Woodley, Jasmyn Cruz-Woodley, Adriana Heath, and Ruthie Floyd each added a goal.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Guillot and Grace Harris split time in goal to record the shutout.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Dolphins were scheduled to travel to top-seeded Bishop England for a second-round game Wednesday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Eagles ousted in first round</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High’s girls ended their season with a 4-2 loss at Dreher in the first round of the Class 4A playoffs Monday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Eagles finish the season with a 5-13 record.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>SOFTBALL</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort High falls short in district tourney</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High’s softball season ended with a 3-2 loss at Lakewood on Monday in the Class 4A district playoffs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After falling behind 3-0 early, the Eagles finally broke through on Kidron Martin’s two-run double in the sixth, but Kylie Rast was thrown out at the plate trying to score the tying run and the Eagles were retired in order in the seventh.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Martin and Lillian Bearden each had two hits for the Eagles. Bearden was charged with the loss despite a solid performance, allowing three runs (two earned) and three hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High rallied for three runs in the seventh inning to claim a 4-2 win at Lakewood in the first round of the tournament, as Martin was 2-for-3 with two runs and an RBI, Madison Sanchez drove in two runs, and Karley Rouse added an RBI for Beaufort. Bearden pitched around five errors, limiting the Gators to two runs (one earned) and four hits with four strikeouts.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Eagles couldn’t keep the momentum going in a 7-0 loss at top-seeded North Augusta in the second round. Bearden shut out the Yellow Jackets for four innings before the Eagles’ defense lapsed in the fifth. Bearden was charged with seven runs — only one earned – in a six-inning complete game. Essence Champion and Maliyah Hagan each had a hit for the Eagles.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Eagles finish the season with an 8-16 record.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>GOLF</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Eagles finish second at region meet</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hilton Head High’s boys golf team claimed the Region 7-4A title with a six-shot win over Beaufort High on Monday at Dataw Island Club.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Led by individual medalist Nolan Hawkins’ round of 1-over-par 73, the Seahawks posted an 18-hole team score of 304 to edge the Eagles (310). Bluffton (340) was third, followed by Colleton County (429).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hawkins won by two shots over teammate Derek Bunce and Beaufort’s Jerry Bruns and Riley Kase. Hilton Head High’s Jack Lashinger and Tyler Kriney and Beaufort’s Jack Lubkin also made the all-region team.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Next up is the Class 4A Lower State qualifier at Hackler Golf Course in Conway on May 6.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort (310) — Jerry Bruns 75, Riley Kase 75, Jack Lubkin 79, Max Kase 81, George Cooler 91</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>TENNIS</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Eagles open playoffs at home</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After a first-round bye earned by virtue of their Region 7-4A title, Beaufort High’s boys were scheduled to open the Class 4A playoffs at home Tuesday. With a win, the Eagles would also host a Lower State semifinal match Thursday against Wilson or North Augusta.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Sports Roundup', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'sports-roundup-3', '', '', '2019-05-03 09:05:14', '2019-05-03 13:05:14', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39847', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39849, 4, '2019-05-03 09:10:19', '2019-05-03 13:10:19', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High swept the team titles and had the most individual qualifiers at the Region 7-4A track meet Thursday at Beaufort High School.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The top four finishers in each event advanced to the Class 4A state qualifying meet next weekend at Columbia International University.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High’s boys racked up 301 points to easily outpace runner-up Hilton Head High (114). The Eagles had 19 individual qualifiers and won 12 events, including multi-event winners Desmond Gaillard (long jump, triple jump), Tre’john Smalls (100, 200), and Dexter Ratliff (shot put, discus).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort’s girls compiled 287 points, while Hilton Head High was second with 122 and Bluffton was third with 91.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Eagles had 21 individual qualifiers and won 12 events, including a sweep of the three relay races.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the Region 8-3A meet at May River, Battery Creek’s girls finished second with 130 points, four points behind the host Sharks, while the Dolphin boys were third. The Dolphins had 12 girls qualify for next weekend’s Class 3A Lower State meet at Waccamaw, including three champions, while the boys had five qualifiers and one champion.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the Region 5-2A meet, Whale Branch finished second in the girls standings and fourth in the boys standings. The girls had 13 athletes qualify for the Class 2A qualifying meet next weekend in Columbia, while the boys had six qualifiers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Individual qualifiers</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort High boys:</strong>Desmond Gaillard (long jump, 1st; triple jump, 1st; 200, 2nd; high jump, 2nd); Tre’john Smalls (100, 1st; 200, 1st); Dexter Ratliff (shot put, 1st; discus, 1st); Marlon Belden (3200, 1st; 1600, 3rd); Aydreyan Laurie (400 hurdles, 1st; 110 hurdles, 3rd); Shylik Smalls (400, 1st; 200, 3rd); Kenneth Williams (high jump, 1st; triple jump, 2nd; long jump, 3rd); Alex Macias (pole vault, 1st); Trayvon Day (400, 2nd); Joshua Wilborn (800, 2nd); Elijah Moreno (high jump, 3rd); Kendrick Williams (triple jump, 3rd); Dyron Clark (triple jump, 4th); Nash Mills (3200, 4th); Jonathan Pozas (800, 4th); Charlie Bennett (1600, 4th); George Williams (110 hurdles, 4th); Marcus Goodwater (400, 4th); Edward Warren (400 hurdles, 4th)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort High girls:&nbsp;</strong>Reyonce Black (100, 1st; 200, 1st; long jump, 4th); Layla Warren (100 hurdles, 1st; 400 hurdles, 2nd); Isis Henderson (400, 1st; 200, 3rd); Nigeria Davila (400 hurdles, 1st; high jump, 2nd); Charlize Antia (3200, 1st); Anaiya Houseal (high jump, 1st); Trelayah Wright (long jump, 1st); Jasmine Torrence (discus, 1st); Darhonna Freeman (400, 2nd); Zoe Lyons (pole vault, 2nd); Shannon Smith (1600, 2nd; 800, 4th); Tiana Litman (shot put, 2nd); Makayla Johnson (100 hurdles, 2nd); Anna Lyles (high jump, 3rd; pole vault, 4th); Anna Brown (800, 3rd); Brianna Binyard (shot put, 3rd); Darien Watkins (triple jump, 3rd); JyYan Simmons (shot put, 4th); Summer Pozas (400 hurdles, 4th); Chasmere Washington (100, 4th); Kiasia Walker (100 hurdles, 4th)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Battery Creek girls:</strong>Charisse Cohen (triple jump. 1st; long jump, 2nd); Erica Tobin (high jump, 1st; 100, 3rd; 200, 3rd); Daje Bartley (400, 1st; triple jump, 2nd); Taaliyha Preston (400, 2nd); Myra Smith (100, 2nd; 200, 2nd; long jump, 4th); Laila Walker (100, 4th); Gabrielle Huggins (3200, 3rd); Margaret Armes (3200, 4th; pole vault, 4th); Tiana Gray (pole vault, 2nd; 400 hurdles, 2nd; 100 hurdles, 3rd); Kierra Barnett-Brown (long jump, 3rd); Dazanni Hinton (discus, 3rd; shot put, 4th); Trezure Siplin (shot put, 3rd)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Battery Creek boys:&nbsp;</strong>Jordan Wilson-Smalls (high jump, 1st; triple jump, 4th); Aaron Depass (200, 2nd); Alex Frazier (400, 3rd); Ezri Gregg (discus, 4th); Brandon Wilson (shot put, 3rd)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Whale Branch girls:&nbsp;</strong>Erin Rivers (discus, 1st); Theresa Anderson (long jump, 2nd; triple jump, 4th); I’Queria Jackson (100, 2nd); Allona Carter (discus, 2nd); Jaresia Pryor (200, 2nd; 100, 4th); Destiny Pryor (200, 3rd); Camara Middleton (400, 3rd); Tanaiya Brown (100 hurdles, 2nd); Diamond Wright (100 hurdles, 3rd; 400 hurdles, 3rd); Kaylyn Caldwell (triple jump, 3rd; 100 hurdles, 4th); Whitney Salters (high jump, 3rd); Jasmine Love (shot put, 3rd); Ja’Kayla Kelley (high jump, 4th; long jump, 4th)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Whale Branch boys:&nbsp;</strong>Christopher Sanders (triple jump, 1st; 110 hurdles, 2nd; 400 hurdles, 4th); Makhi Spicer (discus, 1st); Trenoyne Greene (100, 3rd; 200, 3rd); Richard Parker (110 hurdles, 3rd); Anthony McCollum (1600, 3rd); JacQuez Frazier (discus, 3rd); Jamarcus Monroe (800, 4th)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Eagles Sweep Region Titles', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'eagles-sweep-region-titles', '', '', '2019-05-03 09:10:21', '2019-05-03 13:10:21', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39849', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39852, 4, '2019-05-03 09:11:53', '2019-05-03 13:11:53', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort County School District will host two public forums for community members to learn more about the school district budget being developed by the Beaufort County Board of Education for the 2019-20 school year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The first will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 9, at Battery Creek High School. The second will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 14 at Bluffton High School. Both forums will be held in their respective school media centers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Participants at each forum will receive a presentation on the budget and will have a chance to ask questions and make comments to board members.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Developing the school district’s annual budget is one of the Board’s most important tasks, and that process needs to be public and transparent,” Board chair Christina Gwozdz said in a release. “Board members want feedback from parents and community members on next year’s preliminary budget proposals, and we hope they will attend one of our two public forums so they can learn more.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The board hopes to officially certify the district’s 2019-20 budget at its May 21 meeting at the Hilton Head Island Library. Beaufort County Council’s timeline calls for a third and final reading of the district’s budget on June 10.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Two public forums set for school district budget', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'two-public-forums-set-for-school-district-budget', '', '', '2019-05-03 09:11:56', '2019-05-03 13:11:56', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39852', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39854, 4, '2019-05-03 09:13:11', '2019-05-03 13:13:11', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lloyd W. “Fig” Newton, the son of a S.C. sharecropper who rose through the ranks to become a four-star general in the U.S. Air Force, will deliver the keynote address when USC Beaufort conducts its 59th Commencement Ceremony at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 3 on the Bluffton Campus.<br> An F-4D Phantom pilot, Gen. Newton flew 269 combat missions in Vietnam, 79 of them over enemy territory. Later, he was selected as the first African-American to join The Thunderbirds, the elite U.S. Air Force Aerial Demonstration Squadron. Gen. Newton will receive an Honorary Doctor of Public Service at the ceremony.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>William Rivers “Skeet” Von Harten, who retired from the U.S. Marine Corps after 20 years of service, then went on to distinguish himself as vice chairman and then chairman of the Beaufort County Council, will be honored as well. Von Harten was commodore of the Beaufort County Water Festival in 1983, former chairman of the Beaufort County Economic Development Board, and grand marshal of the Beaufort County Veterans Day Parade and Ceremony in 2012. Von Harten will receive an Honorary Doctor of Public Service at the ceremony.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Harris Pastides, Ph.D., who will retire in July after serving 11 years as president of the University of South Carolina, will deliver his remarks after USCB Chancellor Al M. Panu, Ph.D., welcomes administrators from both universities, faculty, distinguished guests, the graduating Class of 2019, parents and friends.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The commencement ceremony will take place at Library Plaza on the Bluffton Campus. Distinguished guests at the ceremony will include representatives of the University of South Carolina Board of Trustees, the Beaufort County Higher Education Commission and the Beaufort College Trustees, 1795.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>USCB will award 345 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees at the commencement ceremony.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Military men to highlight USC Beaufort commencement', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'military-men-to-highlight-usc-beaufort-commencement', '', '', '2019-05-03 09:13:13', '2019-05-03 13:13:13', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39854', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39856, 4, '2019-05-03 09:14:42', '2019-05-03 13:14:42', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Leaders needed for Fripp Audubon Club</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The terms for Sandra Rice and Sally Jessee, co-presidents of the Fripp Audubon Club end soon and the club needs to fill three vital leadership roles – president, vice president (or co-presidents), and treasurer.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Each position is for a 2-year term. However, term length for president and vice president could be shorter in order to start a rotation.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The president and vice president lead the Fripp Audubon Board in establishing annual goals and programs; set up and conduct monthly meetings during the October-May season; utilize social media and general mailings to communicate upcoming programs and area events; and serve as liaison with organizations such as S.C. Audubon and Port Royal Cypress Wetlands.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The positions don’t require extensive birding skills, just good organizational skills.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The treasurer maintains the Fripp Audubon Club financial records; deposits membership and donations funds; pays annual tax and insurance bills; pays or reimburses operating expenditures such as speaker honorariums and operating expenses; and publishes a quarterly financial summary.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To fill any of these positions or for more information, contact SandraRice at <a href=\"mailto:sandra.rice@me.com\">sandra.rice@me.com</a> or Sally Jessee at <a href=\"mailto:skjessee365@gmail.com\">skjessee365@gmail.com</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Rotary Club, City of Beaufort add Little Library</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Rotary Club of Beaufort, the oldest of Beaufort’s three Rotary Clubs, donated a “Little Library” to the City of Beaufort on Thursday, April 25.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The library, located at the Washington Street Park, at the corner of Washington and Newcastle Streets in the Northwest Quadrant, was built by Rotarian Steve Lanier, and installed by employees of the City of Beaufort Public Works Department.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Lions Club hosting Candy Day</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Lions Club is holding a Candy Day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Bi-Lo on Parris Island Gateway on Saturday, May 4.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>People who make a donation will get a mint. All proceeds go to S.C. Lions Vision Services to finance eye surgeries. Donation boxes for used eyeglasses, unused contacts, cell phones, and hearing aids will be available.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort Co. holding 2nd meeting on Bob Jones Field sale</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County will hold a second public input meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 2, about the possible sale of the county-owned Bob Jones Field to Holy Trinity Classical Christian School. The meeting will be held at the school, located at 302 Burroughs Avenue. A previous meeting was held April 11.<br>\nResidents do not need to register in advance for the meeting. For more information, please contact Beaufort County Council member Alice Howard at 843-255-2202, <a href=\"mailto:ahoward@bcgov.net\">ahoward@bcgov.net</a> or by mail at Beaufort County Clerk to Council, P.O. Drawer 1228, Beaufort, SC 29901.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'News Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'news-briefs-108', '', '', '2019-05-03 09:14:45', '2019-05-03 13:14:45', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39856', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39858, 4, '2019-05-03 09:18:31', '2019-05-03 13:18:31', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Though South Carolina’s official sea turtle nesting season runs from May 1 to Oct. 31 each year, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) announced the beginning of the state’s a week early last week after two unusual nesting events.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sometime during the night of Thursday, April 25, a loggerhead female came ashore on Kiawah Island and laid the first reported nest of the season.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“To my knowledge, this is the earliest we’ve seen a sea turtle nest in South Carolina,” SCDNR biologist Michelle Pate said. “May 1 is the average, but we’ve had a warm winter and several reports of mating loggerheads over recent weeks – so we knew it was just a matter of time.\"</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beach-goers on Hilton Head Island were then treated to an even rarer sight – another female sea turtle nesting in broad daylight. When the animal came ashore, volunteers noticed she did not resemble the typical loggerhead sea turtle that nests on South Carolina beaches. SCDNR biologists confirmed that the turtle was in fact an endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“This is only the fourth confirmed Kemp’s nest in South Carolina since record-keeping started in the 1970s,” Pate said. “An exciting kick-off to the season, to say the least.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This year’s warm winter prompted the early arrival of sea turtles in South Carolina waters, many in pursuit of cannonball jellyfish and other favorite food items. SCDNR biologists are anticipating a successful year of high nest numbers, following a dip in 2018.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Volunteers from 30 different nest-protection programs will spend the next several months patrolling South Carolina’s beaches, including the beach at Hunting Island State Park, each morning for crawls, the telltale tracks left by a female sea turtle as it trundles ashore. Between bright lights, hazardous debris, and natural or man-made obstacles, beaches can be treacherous places for nesting females. Incubating eggs face additional threats, including erosive high tides and predators such as coyotes and raccoons.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Four sea turtle species nest on South Carolina beaches: loggerheads, greens, Kemp’s ridleys, and leatherbacks. Loggerhead nests comprise the vast majority of the state’s total number each year. All four sea turtle species are classified as endangered or threatened and are protected under the Endangered Species Act in addition to local and state ordinances.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sea turtle clutches average 120 eggs and hatch after approximately 60 days. Nesting females may remain in South Carolina waters and continue to nest every two weeks, laying up to six nests per season. Throughout this stressful time, the turtles also abstain from eating.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>South Carolina beachgoers can help the state’s sea turtles by keeping beaches clean, turning beachfront lights out to avoid disorienting turtles, and giving all sea turtles and nests a wide and respectful berth when encountered on the beach.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>SCDNR Sea Turtle Nesting Season Tips<br></h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Report all sick/injured/dead sea turtles and nest disturbances to the SCDNR at 1-800-922-5431.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Respect boating laws and boat cautiously, especially in small tidal creeks where sea turtles like to feed. Boat strikes are the leading cause of death for sea turtles in South Carolina.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Keep artificial lights off the beach at night during nesting season – this includes beachfront property lights and flash photography, which can disorient nesting mothers and hatchlings.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Always respect sea turtles by observing them from a distance on the beach. Individuals that violate federal law by harming or interfering with sea turtles or their nests can be subject to civil penalties of up to $25,000 and up to a year’s imprisonment.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Keep our beaches and ocean clean by avoiding single-use plastics. Plastic bags and balloons are among the most common trash items found on South Carolina beaches and can cause injury or death when sea turtles mistake them for food.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Promote and support the SCDNR’s program (https://tinyurl.com/y58ba7sc) for continued conservation of sea turtles in South Carolina.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em><strong>Photo by Amber Kuehn:</strong> Day-nesting sea turtles are unusual enough – but then volunteers discovered this turtle, on Hilton Head Island, was a rare Kemp\'s ridley sea turtle.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Sea Turtle nesting season has opened in SC', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'sea-turtle-nesting-season-has-opened-in-sc', '', '', '2019-05-03 09:18:33', '2019-05-03 13:18:33', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39858', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(39861, 4, '2019-05-03 09:20:09', '2019-05-03 13:20:09', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In recognition of Women’s Health Month, Beaufort Memorial is offering the opportunity to purchase screening mammograms for $99 through MDsave now through May 31. Mammograms are available in both Beaufort and Bluffton and can be purchased online at MDsave.com/Beaufort. Patients who purchase the $99 mammogram by the end of this month will be able to schedule their screening appointments any time within six months of purchase.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>MDsave is an online healthcare marketplace designed for patients who have no health insurance or high-deductible health plans. Through MDsave patients can receive discounts on a wide range of medical services, including lab work, imaging tests, physical therapy, primary care visits and a variety of same-day surgeries – and avoid complicated hospital billing. Rather than receive separate invoices from the hospital and physicians, the services are bundled into one bill and paid directly to MD Save.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Patients who wish to purchase a $99 screening mammogram should:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><li>VisitMDsave.com/Beaufort and select a service and preferred location now through May 31.</li><li>Pay online with a major credit card, debit card, FSA or HAS card and receive a service voucher.</li><li>Call (843) 522-5015 to schedule an appointment any time in the next six months.</li><li>Present the voucher at the time of the appointment.&nbsp;</li></ul>\n<!-- /wp:list -->', 'Beaufort Memorial to offer $99 mammograms through May 31', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-memorial-to-offer-99-mammograms-through-may-31', '', '', '2019-05-03 09:20:11', '2019-05-03 13:20:11', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39861', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39863, 4, '2019-05-03 09:21:42', '2019-05-03 13:21:42', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Dr. Mark S. Seigel</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Did you know that most vision problems are preventable?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It’s true. Vision loss doesn’t have to be a natural part of getting older.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Use our everyday tips to help set yourself up for a lifetime of seeing well.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wear sunglasses (even on cloudy days!)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sure, sunglasses are a great fashion accessory. But more importantly, they can protect your eyes from the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays and help keep your vision sharp.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When shopping for shades, look for a pair that blocks out at least 99 percent of both UVA and UVB radiation. Bonus: add a wide-brimmed hat when you’re out and about for extra protection.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Eat eye-healthy foods&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It’s true: carrots are good for your eyes. In fact, a diet rich in a variety of fruits and vegetables, especially dark leafy greens like spinach or kale, is important for keeping your eyes healthy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Research also shows that fish high in omega-3 fatty acids such as salmon, tuna, and halibut can help protect your vision.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Get plenty of physical activity&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Regular physical activity comes with a lot of great benefits. It can boost your mood, reduce stress, help you stay at a healthy weight and protect you from serious eye diseases.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Anything that gets your heart beating faster can help keep your eyes healthy, so try going for a quick jog or walk after work.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Give your eyes a rest&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Do your eyes ever feel achy at the end of the day?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you spend a lot of time at the computer or staring at your phone, you may forget to blink and that can tire out your eyes.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Try using the 20–20–20 rule throughout the day: every 20 minutes, look away from the screens and focus about 20 feet in front of you for 20 seconds. This reduces eyestrain and helps your eyes (and you) feel better at the end of the day.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Protect your eyes — at work and at play&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>About 2,000 people in the United States get a serious work-related eye injury every day. And people with sports-related eye injuries end up in the ER every 13 minutes.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The good news is that you can help protect your eyes from injury by wearing protective eye wear like safety glasses, goggles and safety shields.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To make sure you have the right kind of protective eye wear and you’re using it correctly, talk with your eye doctor.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Get regular eye exams</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The American Academy of Ophthalmology encourages everyone to take charge of their eye health and preserve their sight. Regular eye exams for young adults and older can detect and treat eye disease prior to potential vision loss. These eye exams can even detect other diseases elsewhere in the body that can cause damage and lead to morbidity and mortality such as high blood pressure, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Some tips for your vision and its future', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'some-tips-for-your-vision-and-its-future', '', '', '2019-05-03 09:21:45', '2019-05-03 13:21:45', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39863', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39865, 4, '2019-05-03 09:22:58', '2019-05-03 13:22:58', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Celia Strong</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Information can be a great thing. It gives us confidence. And strength. And the ability to do better.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With wine, it opens doors to new worlds of flavors and textures.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Being able to read and understand a label on a particular wine bottle can decide whether you try it. Or leave it sitting in the shelf.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For many, German wine labels have always been more difficult to decipher. Complex? Yes, but they actually include more information than labels from any other country.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here’s some help:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Like elsewhere in Europe, German wines are named for the region or town from which they come. A “Piesporter” is from the town of Piesport.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And German lables list the producer or winery, vintage, region and country. But, after that, they include more information than their neighbors’ labels.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They list a quality level, the grape variety, the vineyard and the wine’s style.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There are four German wine quality levels. From lesser to better, these are Deutscher Wein, Landswein, Qualitätswein (QbA) and Prädikatswein.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>QbA and Prädikatswein wines make up the majority of German exports. QbA wines, or quality wines, follow their regional laws that ensure place of origin, only approved varieties are used and the grapes must have reached sufficient ripeness. Chaptalization, adding grape sugar to achieve alcohol levels, is allowed and adds body to the wines.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Prädikatswein is a step up from quality wines and includes graduating levels of sweetness. Kabinett –&nbsp; light, aperitif style wines with a potential alcohol level of 8.8 percent. Kabinett wines use ripe grapes and tend to be dry or medium dry and fruity. Spatlese – this name, literally, means late harvest, and grapes are harvested by the bunch. A potential of 10 percent alcohol and more sweetness makes these wines pair well with richer or spicier foods.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Auslese – these wines have a potential 12-percent alcohol content and are also late harvest. But these grapes are picked individually so they all have more a consistent ripeness and the wines are more intense. Beerenauslese, Eiswein and Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) are the last three stages of ripeness, and not as often seen.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is worth noting that the emphasis on the grapes’ ripeness, and sweetness at harvest is because the weather in Germany does not always allow them to ripen as easily or completely as in most other wine producing countries.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While the terms Kabinett, Spatlese and Auslese describe the style of a wine, that style is based on the ripeness. And, without Chaptalization, when legally allowed, some wines would never get made. Or achieve QbA or Prädikatswein status.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The test, now, is trying out some of this new information.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A couple of wine choices would probably make learning this information easier. Like trying one producer’s Kabinett and Spalese and Auslese?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Read the labels. Taste the wines. Repeat.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And try some German wines that may not be as highly rated.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Doesn’t mean they don’t taste great; they just have less complex labels.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Enjoy information.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Enjoy drinking smarter.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Enjoy!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Drink Smarter? Do as the Germans do.', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'drink-smarter-do-as-the-germans-do', '', '', '2019-05-03 09:23:00', '2019-05-03 13:23:00', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39865', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39867, 4, '2019-05-03 09:23:54', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Moms are the focus of the Downtown Beaufort Merchants Association’s First Friday for the month of May.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Downtown shops will feature specials and promotions this Friday, May 3, and many will have refreshments and activities for shoppers to enjoy while looking for that special something to show mom how much she’s loved and appreciated.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bay Street will be closed to traffic from 5 to 8 p.m. while the public enjoys an evening of dining, shopping, live music.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The musical duo of Velma Polk and Elaine Lake will be at the clock tower adding their special touch to some favorite tunes.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Shoppers and diners will also get a sneak peak of the upcoming Beaufort Children’s Theatre’s May 17-19 production of The Wizard of Oz. An ensemble from the cast will perform excerpts from the show.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It’s a busy weekend downtown, as the Taste of Beaufort Festival begins on Friday and runs through Saturday. As an extra bonus, downtown shoppers can take unused Taste of Beaufort Festival food and beverage tickets, (valid 2019 festival tickets valued at $1 each), to participating Merchants Association member businesses and use them toward purchases they make from Friday through Monday May, 6.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>First Friday events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Downtown Beaufort Merchants Association at <a href=\"mailto:dbmerchantsassociation@gmail.com\">dbmerchantsassociation@gmail.com</a>.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'May is for moms during First Friday celebration', '', 'draft', 'closed', 'closed', '', '', '', '', '2019-05-03 09:23:54', '2019-05-03 13:23:54', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39867', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39868, 4, '2019-05-03 09:25:18', '2019-05-03 13:25:18', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Moms are the focus of the Downtown Beaufort Merchants Association’s First Friday for the month of May.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Downtown shops will feature specials and promotions this Friday, May 3, and many will have refreshments and activities for shoppers to enjoy while looking for that special something to show mom how much she’s loved and appreciated.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bay Street will be closed to traffic from 5 to 8 p.m. while the public enjoys an evening of dining, shopping, live music.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The musical duo of Velma Polk and Elaine Lake will be at the clock tower adding their special touch to some favorite tunes.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Shoppers and diners will also get a sneak peak of the upcoming Beaufort Children’s Theatre’s May 17-19 production of The Wizard of Oz. An ensemble from the cast will perform excerpts from the show.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It’s a busy weekend downtown, as the Taste of Beaufort Festival begins on Friday and runs through Saturday. As an extra bonus, downtown shoppers can take unused Taste of Beaufort Festival food and beverage tickets, (valid 2019 festival tickets valued at $1 each), to participating Merchants Association member businesses and use them toward purchases they make from Friday through Monday May, 6.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>First Friday events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Downtown Beaufort Merchants Association at <a href=\"mailto:dbmerchantsassociation@gmail.com\">dbmerchantsassociation@gmail.com</a>.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'May is for moms during First Friday celebration', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'may-is-for-moms-during-first-friday-celebration', '', '', '2019-05-03 09:25:19', '2019-05-03 13:25:19', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39868', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39870, 4, '2019-05-03 09:28:29', '2019-05-03 13:28:29', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The seventh Birthday for the Birds, hosted Saturday, May 4 by the Town of Port Royal, is a one-of-a-kind event that showcases Beaufort County’s natural resources, the Port Royal Rookery and Wetlands and the wildlife thriving within.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The celebration runs from 9 to 11 a.m. and is free to the public.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The event was created by Pete Richardson, who wished to share his love of birding.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The importance of the birthday is making wildlife and birds accessible to community, families and children,” Richardson said in a release.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With support from the Fripp Island Audubon Club and other local organizations, the birthday will provide educational and information resources focused on the various species living in the rookery and wetlands.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Representatives from the Fripp Island Wildlife Department will be onsite as they showcase many inhabitants of the wetlands, including alligators and other species.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Master Naturalists will escort a tour of the boardwalk through the wetlands, answering questions along the way. There will also be a scavenger hunt aimed at finding all the unique species, allowing participants the chance to claim “I found all the wildlife species at the Port Royal Rookery.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There will be wildlife tattoo stickers for all to wear, local school children’s artwork to view and a birthday cake for all to enjoy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Did we mention kazoos to play in the background as you tip your bird hats? Look for the Costumed Bird Greeters, the 1979 Silver Toyota Land Cruiser Pick-Up festively decorated with Birds for the occasion and a morning of fun and education for the whole community.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information or to volunteer, contact Kate Hamilton Pardee at 508-221-7355 or email <a href=\"mailto:garyh2otreatment@gmail.com\">garyh2otreatment@gmail.com</a> or <a href=\"mailto:capecodh2o@comcast.net\">capecodh2o@comcast.net</a>.<br> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em><strong>Photo of Great Egret chicks by John Albert</strong></em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Celebrate Birthday for the Birds in Port Royal', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'celebrate-birthday-for-the-birds-in-port-royal', '', '', '2019-05-03 09:28:31', '2019-05-03 13:28:31', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39870', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(39876, 4, '2019-05-03 09:36:11', '2019-05-03 13:36:11', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Battery Creek’s softball team began its mission toward a Class 3A state championship in impressive fashion with blowout wins in the Dolphins’ first two games of the district tournament.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Senior pitcher Alexis Ortiz was dominant in both games, striking out 13 in a five-inning no-hitter in a 15-0 win over Loris in the first round and tossing a one-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts in an 11-0 victory over Strom Thurmond in the second round.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At press time, the Dolphins (16-8-1) were set to host Strom Thurmond for the district championship on Wednesday. With a win, they would host a first-round game in the Lower State tournament Saturday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the opening win over Loris, Kelsey Hill was 3-for-4 with an RBI and three runs, Margaret Schubert was 3-for-3 with two runs and an RBI, and McKenzie Young was 3-for-4 with two runs for the Dolphins. Journeigh Doray added two hits, two runs, and two RBIs, Emily Crosby was 2-for-2 with an RBI and four runs, and Bailey Emmert drove in three runs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ortiz followed up her no-hitter in the first round with a one-hit shutout of the Rebels, allowing only two baserunners while striking out 11. She also hit a two-run homer.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>McKenzie Young was 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBIs, Emily Crosby was 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs, and Journeigh Doray and Jamiah Johnson each added two hits against Strom Thurmond.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For updates on the Dolphins’ progress after press time, visit LowcoSports.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>Photo by Bob Sofaly:</em></strong><em> Battery Creek’s Journeigh Doray beats out the throw to Loris High School’s Jeanana Fowler for one of the Lady Dolphins’ 15 runs scored on 15 hits during their first-round playoff game at BCHS. At left is plate umpire Peggy Burgoon. The Lady Dolphins went on to win the game 15-0 with pitcher Alexis Oritz pitching a five-inning no-hitter. </em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Ortiz pitches Dolphins into district championship game', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'ortiz-pitches-dolphins-into-district-championship-game', '', '', '2019-05-03 09:36:13', '2019-05-03 13:36:13', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39876', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(39879, 4, '2019-05-03 09:43:35', '2019-05-03 13:43:35', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The regular-season was nothing short of magical at times for Beaufort High’s baseball team, which thrived on thrilling victories en route to a Region 7-4A title.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The postseason had just as many close games, but the Eagles twice found themselves on the wrong end, resulting in an early exit from the Class 4A playoffs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High squandered a dominant outing from Ethan Graham in its opener, losing a 1-0 pitchers’ duel to visiting Brookland-Cayce on Tuesday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Graham struck out nine and walked six in a one-hitter, but the top-seeded Eagles managed only three hits and Adam Krissinger, who matched Graham’s nine strikeouts in the shutout.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Bearcats pushed across the game’s only run in the second inning without the benefit of a hit, as P Edwards was hit by a pitch leading off the inning, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt, took third on a passed ball, and scored on a double steal with two outs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Reed Reichel, Jeffrey Smyth, and Christian Londono each had a hit for Beaufort.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Eagles scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh Thursday to claim a 2-1 win over visiting Darlington and stay alive in the double-elimination tournament.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Brendan Bowersox delivered a walkoff two-run double with two outs in the seventh to keep the Eagles’ season alive. Wes Graves earned the win, striking out five and walking three while allowing one run and five hits in a complete game.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But Beaufort’s season ended with another heartbreaking loss to Brookland-Cayce, 5-4 on Saturday. The Eagles rallied for four runs in the seventh inning to take a 4-3 lead, but the Bearcats scored in the bottom of the seventh to tie it and won it in the eighth.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bowersox hit a two-run homer during the four-run outburst in the seventh, and the Eagles retired the first two batters in the bottom of the inning before hitting one batter and walking another to open the door for the tying run to score on an error. Brookland-Cayce’s Hayden Thomas then delivered a game-winning RBI single in the eighth.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Eagles finish the season with a 21-7 record.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort High bounced from district tourney', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-high-bounced-from-district-tourney', '', '', '2019-05-03 09:43:38', '2019-05-03 13:43:38', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39879', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39881, 4, '2019-05-03 09:50:40', '2019-05-03 13:50:40', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Mike McCombs</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When Cory Booker walked out onto the isolated square stage Friday, April 26, on the floor of the gymnasium at Whale Branch Middle School, it didn’t take long to figure out this political rally was quite different from the last one here, held just a week before in the same building.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A room away, the previous Friday, fellow Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts had shown a keen grasp of the issues and a sharp intellect. She was smart, likable and seemed to have answers the partisan crowd liked.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A week later, surrounded on three sides by occupied folding chairs and on a fourth by fans in the bleachers, Booker, the senator from New Jersey and 2020 Democratic candidate for President of the United States, gave many similar answers, policy-wise, to the more than 200 in attendance.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Politically, Booker’s positions weren’t all that far from Warren’s. But there, the similarities ended.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From the first moments, Booker’s event was not so much a political rally as it was a revival of sorts.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There was neither the tent nor the fire and brimstone of a Baptist preacher.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Instead the theme that flowed through Booker’s two-hour talk was love.<br>\n“I think people on both sides of the aisle know we need a revival. A revival of civic grace, a revival of a deeper empathy for each other, a revival that doesn’t have us hating each other just because we vote differently,” Booker said. “We need to get back to the sense of a common cause, of a common purpose, because we definitely have a common pain. So for me a lot of the focus of this campaign, the reason why I wanted to run is because I felt like this was the spirit our country most needed.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Booker said a country can only be judged by how it treats it’s most vulnerable citizens, and on that note, America has lost its way.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He cited the justice system’s tilt toward those with money and its bias against the poor, black, brown and mentally ill. He also cited the nation’s treatment of women.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He supports a single-payer health care plan. But before such a plan could work, he said, we first have to defend the Affordable Care Act and expand Medicare.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I believe health care in America is a right,” Booker said.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Booker said he would lower prescription drug costs by allowing Medicare to negotiate lower prices.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Teege Culp of St. Helena Island was impressed with the whole package.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The whole thing struck me. I liked his upfront honesty,” Culp said. “I liked the fact that I didn’t see a lot of narcissism coming out of him. That was refreshing. I like his ideas. I liked what he had to say.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Climate change, healthcare, poverty, race. That’s where it is.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Booker pushed for more affordable housing, a theme for him since he was mayor of Newark, N.J. In his first term there, he doubled the rate of affordable housing construction while cutting the city’s deficit in half.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Charlene Piantanida is a retired police office from New Jersey. She lives in Bluffton, now.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I know Senator Booker’s record in Newark better than a lot of people. If he can do for this country what he did for that city, we’ll be so much better off,” Piantanida said. “By the time he left that city, he had changed things so much. He had really progressive ideas and found a way to pay for them.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Booker wants to ban the Federal government from asking about felony convictions on job applications, protect Planned Parenthood and address student loan debt.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And he wants to ease the middle class tax burden by rolling back the “toxic” Trump tax cuts.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Booker got emotional when asked about gun control and mass shootings.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I am tired of going to funerals that are such a peversion of nature where parents are burying their children,” Booker said. “Faith without works is dead. 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Curb-side drop off is available at the front doors of Maclean Hall prior to proceeding to general parking.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>More information can be found at our website, <a href=\"http://beaufortfilmfestival.com/\">beaufortfilmfestival.com</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Schedule</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>May 15</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bob &amp; Edgar (12 min), Chicago, Ill. (BIFF 2019) (Short)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Trailer: <a href=\"https://vimeo.com/295498262\">https://vimeo.com/295498262</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wrong Side Up (15 min), Denver, Colo. (BIFF 2015) (Short)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Trailer: <a href=\"https://vimeo.com/87622199\">https://vimeo.com/87622199</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1426 Chelsea St. (28 min) Los Angeles, Calif. (BIFF 2013) (Short)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Trailer: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdPcnBHZ6UA\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdPcnBHZ6UA</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>May 22</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Shoot the Moon (22 min) Los Angeles, Calif. (BIFF 2013) (Student)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Trailer: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNQzU-aylGE\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNQzU-aylGE</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sea Odyssey (12 min) Savannah, Ga. (BIFF 2015) (Student)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Casey229 (14 min) New York, N.Y. (BIFF 2019) (Short)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>May 29</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bean (19 min) Los Angeles, Calif. (BIFF 2010) (Student)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Trailer: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESUUARd7zmw\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESUUARd7zmw</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Grandpa (11 min) Boiling Springs, S.C. (BIFF 2019) (Short)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Trailer: <a href=\"https://vimeo.com/265905515\">https://vimeo.com/265905515</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Last Night at the Ellington (12 min) Charleston, S.C. (BIFF 2015) (Short)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Passive Aggressive Dads (5 min) Brooksville, ME (BIFF 2019) (Short)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Register for Beaufort River Swim</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 13th Annual Beaufort River Swim is Saturday, May 18. There is a 3.2-mile competitive open water swim and a one-mile fun swim in the Beaufort River to support the Wardle Family YMCA Learn to Swim Program. Register online at <a href=\"http://beaufortriverswim.com/\">beaufortriverswim.com</a> or day of at the downtown Beaufort Marina starting at 6 a.m. The 3.2-mile race starts at 7:15 a.m. and the fun swim starts at 7:45 a.m. Spectator boat tickets are available at $30 per person. Purchase at the Y in Port Royal (1801 Richmond Ave.).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Lions Club hosting spaghetti dinner</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Lions Club will hold the annual spring spaghetti dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 17, at Sea Island Presbyterian Church. The menu will include spaghetti, salad, garlic bread, and sweet or unsweet tea. Carry out will be available. Stop on your was home from work to pick up a great family dinner and support the citizens of Beaufort County needing assistance with vision issues. Tickets are&nbsp; $8 for adult, $4 for children. Pay at the door or get tickets early from a Lions member. Visa and MasterCard will be accepted. For more information, contact <a href=\"mailto:cluetzow2@gmail.com\">cluetzow2@gmail.com</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Registration open for game design and development classes</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Digital Corridor announces TWO summer camp sessions of Game On! – game design and development geared toward middle and high school students. Registration is now open for this limited seating opportunity.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The courses will be held at the Beaufort Digital Corridor’s BASEcamp facility from 9 a.m. until noon, Monday-Friday, June 10-14 and July 15-19.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Among the topics will be game strategy, puzzle design and a final project.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is a special curriculum by Seth Konoza, an animation, game design and computer science educator at Beaufort High School. Students are introduced to the theory, tools, and practice required to create their own games.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Helping students to discover a passion for game design, computer science and coding, Game On! presents kids with the possibility of continuing their education in technology.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Program manager Shelley Barratt adds, “In our third season of offering this course, we are well awareof the tech skills that the newer generation gains early on. The goal is to offer other skills — like critical thinking and user experience — to augment that, and the real work commences once they follow that curiosity throughout their education and into a potential tech career.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Fripp Island Marina to host Memorial Day Fishing Tournament </strong><br> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Fripp Island Marina\'s 2019 Fishing Tournament will take place May 23-25. Fisherman are invited to compete for a more-than-$5,000 payout in the traditional Memorial Day event. Prizes will include largest in the King Mackerel and Spanish Mackerel categories and more. For more information, call 843-838-1517, register on our website at <a href=\"http://www.frippislandresort.com/\">www.frippislandresort.com</a> or contact us via email at <a href=\"mailto:kingfishtournament@gmail.com\">kingfishtournament@gmail.com</a>. Proceeds for the event go to benefit the Pledge The Pink initiative.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br>\n<strong>Spring activities at Hunting Island State Park</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There are fun, interesting and educational activities every day hosted by Park Ranger and Lowcountry Master Naturalist Megan Stegmeier.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mondays: Secrets of the Salt Marsh, 4 p.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tuesdays: CCC Video, 1 p.m.; Beach Walk, 3 p.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wednesdays: Alligator Talk, 11 a.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Thursdays: Feeding Frenzy, 3 p.m.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Saturdays: Creatures of the Night (owls, raptors, bats), 2:30 p.m. (May 11, 25).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For a description of these programs and a complete calendar of activities, go to southcarolinaparks.com/hunting-island and click on “Programs &amp; Events.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All are invited to attend these free events, though there is an entry fee to Hunting Island State Park and reservations are needed for lighthouse programs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information, call 843-838-7437 or go to the Friends of Hunting Island website and the Facebook page: FOHI Sea Turtle Conservation Project.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>YMCA to offer CPR classes</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Wardle Family YMCA, located at 1801 Richmond Ave in Port Royal, offers CPR classes for community members on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon on the following dates in 2019: May 11, June 8, June 22, July 20, August 17, September 7, September 19, and November 23.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cost is $35 for this YMCA-certified course and those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Questions? Contact Lou Bergen, Aquatics Director to register for this class. Call the Y at 843-522-9622 or visit beaufort-jasperymca.org</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Get moving with Beaufort Track Club</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Join the Beaufort Track Club at the Beaufort High School track from 6:30-7:30 p.m. each Tuesday night for an open community track workout. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced workouts are posted each week to ensure that you are getting the workout that you need.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Visit the Facebook page “Beaufort Track Club” for more information.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Christian Women holding luncheon</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Christian Women’s Connection hosts its Welcome Spring luncheon from 11:30 a.m. until 1 :30 p.m., Thursday, May 16 at Sea Island Presbyterian Church, 81 Lady’s Island Drive, Beaufort.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our guest speaker, Norma Jean Baxter, will speak on “Where to stand when the bottom drops out”. There will be a ‘surprise’ guest feature. $18 covers the cost of your lunch and program. Reservations are requested by Friday May 10. Call, text or email Marti Myers at 843-321-0962 or <a href=\"mailto:puddlesportia@gmail.com\">puddlesportia@gmail.com</a>. This is our last luncheon until next September. Please join us and bring a friend.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Three-part workshop at Pat Conroy Literary Center in June</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Self at the Center of Creativity is a three-part workshop for writers and artists that will include discussions, readings, writing prompts, and activities to stabilize and deepen your creativity and to bring more authenticity and enthusiasm to your own unique creative practice.<br>\nThe workshop will be held the from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. the first three Tuesdays in June (June 4, 11, and 18) at the Pat Conroy Literary Center in Beaufort. <br>\nSpace is limited to 10 people, and two full scholarships are available. Those interested in applying should email a brief statement of financial need by May 27 to course instructor, Emily Davis-Fletcher, at <a href=\"mailto:emilydfj@gmail.com\">emilydfj@gmail.com</a>. Applicants will be notified by June 1. Three-part workshop fee is $100. For full information and to register, please visit: <a href=\"https://selfatthecenter.brownpapertickets.com/\">https://selfatthecenter.brownpapertickets.com/</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Starting a garden in the Lowcountry</strong><br> The Beaufort Library will host “Starting a Garden in the Lowcountry” at 4:30 p.m. Monday, May 13. The program is presented by Urban Horticulture Agent and Master Gardener Laura Lee Rose of the Clemson Extension and includes a demonstration. Program is at the Beaufort Branch Library, 311 Scott St. For more information, call 843-255-6458 or visit <a href=\"http://beaufortcountylibrary.org/subscribe\">beaufortcountylibrary.org/subscribe</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Coupons for soldiers</strong><br> Did you know that manufacturer\'s coupons expired in the U.S. can still be used by overseas military members? Drop by the Beaufort Branch Library to help clip, sort, and bag coupons to prepare for shipping. Friday, May 17 between 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Saturday, May 18 between 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Monday, May 20 between 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. For more information, call 843-255-6458 or visit <a href=\"http://beaufortcountylibrary.org/subscribe\">beaufortcountylibrary.org/subscribe</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Book launch for Trouble The Water</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Trouble the Water, the debut novel from Rebecca Dwight Bruff, is inspired by the larger-than-life true story of Beaufort’s Robert Smalls, the first African-American hero of the Civil War. On Monday, May 13, the 157th anniversary of Smalls’ escape from the Confederacy, at 5:30 p.m., Trouble the Water’s launch event will be held at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Beaufort, featuring a welcome by Rev. Kenneth Hodges, an introduction by Victoria Smalls, remarks by the author, and a musical performance by Marlena Smalls. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A book signing and reception will follow at the Conroy Center. These events are free and open to the public. Pre-register at https://troublethewaterlaunch.brownpapertickets.com/. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On May 13, 1862, the enslaved Smalls commandeered the Confederate vessel The Planter in Charleston harbor, which he sailed to the Union blockade, securing freedom for his own family and the enslaved crew with him. 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(39898, 4, '2019-05-09 13:32:48', '2019-05-09 17:32:48', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Lee Scott</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>My mother was a member of The Greatest Generation and one of those women who became a mother in the late 1940s and 1950s.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These women produced the infamous Baby Boom Generation. Like many of the women of her era, Mom judged her own parenting skills on what Dr. Benjamin Spock, the famous pediatrician, had written in his best-selling book “Baby and Child Care.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But it did not stop there. She was also expected to emulate those perfect mothers in the sit-coms of the day. Shows like, “Leave it to Beaver” and “The Donna Reed Show” that depicted women in their starched cotton dresses wearing a string of pearls and dealing with mundane parenting issues.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>However, sometime during the period between 1949, when she had her first baby, and 1965, when she had her last baby, Mom threw out Dr. Spock’s book and turned off the television.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From that point on, parenting was based on her Motherisms. Now these were a group of phrases Mom threw out at us kids daily. Things like “I will give you something to cry about young lady.” Or “How would you like to be the first person on the moon?”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Naturally, that phrase went out the door in 1969 when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Or another good one, “If your brother told you to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, would you do it?” (By the way, it was never a good idea to answer her questions.)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But she also included philosophical phrases like “Take everything with a grain of salt,” “Trust your gut,” and my all-time favorite “If it doesn’t sound right, it probably isn’t.” </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It was very strange for me during my own child-rearing years when I started to hear my mother’s voice coming out of my own mouth. All those Motherisms rolled easily off my tongue.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I remember calling one of my sisters and saying, “Oh no, I have turned into our Mother!”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That’s when she told me that she found herself yelling at her boys for getting in the pool too soon after eating. Mom would say “No swimming for at least 20 minutes after lunch, or else you will get cramps and drown.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I think she made this one up so she could get a break from watching us all swim.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But some of her Motherisms I have used throughout my life and now hear my own children say them to my grandchildren.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When I heard my daughter say to her son “If you believe that one, I have a bridge to sell you.” I had to burst out laughing. Classic Mom.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So, Happy Mother’s Day, Mom. You may be gone, but your Motherisms are alive and well.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Motherisms', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'motherisms', '', '', '2019-05-09 13:32:50', '2019-05-09 17:32:50', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39898', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39900, 4, '2019-05-09 13:34:13', '2019-05-09 17:34:13', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Bill Rauch</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort County Economic Development Corporation (BCEDC) is on track to meet its goal of attracting $50M in business investment into Beaufort County this fiscal year.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The fiscal year will conclude on June 31, and the BCEDC’s executive director, John A. O’Toole, says 14 projects that represent more than $40 million in business investment are in hand now, and another handful with anticipated investment totals that together exceed $10 million are about to be announced.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beyond that, O’Toole says, BCEDC is aware of and working with another $30 million of business investment in the near-term pipeline</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After years of expensive disappointments handed to taxpayers by predecessor economic development groups, how did BCEDC do it?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Well, it’s a couple of things,” O’Toole explained last week. “We work with everyone: the Southern Alliance, the Digital Corridor, the Don Ryan Center for Innovation, the Commerce Park; we tell people right away if we think their business isn’t a good fit. For example, we screened out a group that needed to bring in and out 150 18-wheelers daily – we told them “no” right off; and most importantly we go hunting for rabbits and deer … not elephants.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Those rabbits and deer piled up pretty quick this year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 14 projects that BCEDC has announced already represent 313 new jobs and 104 retained jobs that represent over $15 million in annual compensation. The average annual wage for these new and retained jobs is $48,000, BCEDC’s figures show.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“These are scaleable projects that in and of themselves don’t change the landscape,” O’Toole adds. “They’re not alarming to people.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Not counted in the $50 million figure is the $150 million that is either being spent now or is expected to be spent next year on solar farms in Beaufort County. That’s because after they are constructed, solar farms aren’t jobs producers, and BCEDC’s mission is to bring in businesses that create jobs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The largest of the businesses on O’Toole’s list is Lockheed Martin who now has 75 people on the ground at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, and it is expected to be announcing additions to that number soon.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lockheed Martin is the manufacturer of the Marine Corps’ F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>MCAS Beaufort is a key home field and training facility for these new Generation 5 military aircraft.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Also high on the list are Burnt Church Distilleries, a Bluffton-based spirits manufacturer that is employing 35 people, and Watterson Brands, the holding company that owns Burnt Church Distilleries and a number of other companies that have been initiated by recent Bluffton transplant Billy Watterson. The holding company employs 19.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Also on O’Toole’s list is Alpha Genesis, a primate research and products center in Yemassee that is ramping up its activities. Alpha Genesis has added 32 jobs this year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Here’s what we also work on,” O’Toole added. “The environment, we have to guard it fiercely because it’s what brings people here; K-12 education, because that’s what equips the group who are going into the jobs that come here; transportation, because that’s how the goods and services that the jobs that come here produce get moved to market; and workforce housing, because the people going into the jobs that come here have to have an affordable place to live that’s not two hours away from the workplace.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That’s the formula.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Its current success has certainly been helped by the recent strong economy. But, good times or bad, it’s pretty tough to dispute that O’Toole’s common sense approach is one that fits Beaufort County.&nbsp;<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Common sense formula works for county’s jobs development group', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'common-sense-formula-works-for-countys-jobs-development-group', '', '', '2019-05-09 13:34:15', '2019-05-09 17:34:15', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39900', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39902, 4, '2019-05-09 13:36:35', '2019-05-09 17:36:35', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Scott Graber</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is Wednesday, and I’m in the lobby of the Arthouse Hotel, just off Broadway, on the Upper West Side.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The lobby features an unpainted brick wall and a poured and polished concrete floor. The bricks and concrete are softened by illuminated book cases, dark gray sofas, and people who are speaking in tongues — foreign tourists whose animation is testament to the fact that New York City is exceeding their expectations.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>My wife and I first visited New York just after our wedding in 1968, and we chose to stay on the Upper West Side. We chose this part of the City because my wife’s sister, Kathy, lived on West End Avenue and gave us her apartment for a week as a wedding gift.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From that point forward Zabar’s, Citarella, Papparadella, the Beacon Theatre and the young, ambitious folks living just off Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues became our destination.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The West Side was less desirable than the East Side where uniformed doorman kept the unwashed at bay. And there were homeless folks, car thieves with screwdrivers and rotting garbage on every feces-smeared sidewalk in those in those sepia-tinted, long-gone days.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But if you could get past the stench of the garbage, there was also excitement and expectation in the air.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the 1970s, our West Side weekend visits meant talks with my brother-in-law, John Littlewood, who was then a rising star in advertising. He, and several others, introduced the Pillsbury Doughboy to biscuit-eating Americans.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I, by contrast, was under the influence of a young, irreverent law professor (at George Washington University) named John Banzhaf who would eventually win acclaim by banning cigarette smoking on airplanes. In the meantime Banzhaf was going after deceptive advertising at the Federal Trade Commission.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>John Littlewood and I would meet at Allstates Cafe, on 72nd Street, and would start with Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War. But we always worked our way round to the advertising business — debating the selling of cigarettes or oil companies that put lead into gasoline or Campbell’s that put marbles in the bottom of the bowl when photographing their vegetable soup.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It was good, content-rich talk that pitted the unregulated commercialism of New York against rule-making bureaucrats in Washington. It was ‘buyer beware’ versus ‘buyer forewarned and forearmed.’&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And I must confess that I was impressed by my brother-in-law and his friends. They were creative, they travelled (John also handled the Pan American Airlines account) and were well-paid. I began to believe I could live, even flourish on the Upper West Side.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A law school graduate has one important decision to make after he or she graduates — where does he or she take the bar examination?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is a hard test and a hard decision because you only want to take this test once. And where you take the test determines, for most, where you will spend the rest of your life. My choices were New York, Washington, D.C. and South Carolina.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There was a natural gravitation pull back to the South where my people lived, died and were buried. But my wife was from Connecticut — rode the New Haven Railroad into the City — and the ferment, the demonstrations, and excitement of the 60s and 70s were focused in Washington and New York City. These things were not focused in South Carolina. And so I was sleeping on West End Avenue when I got a call from my mother telling me I had passed the bar. In South Carolina.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Yes, in the end, I went back to South Carolina and moved to a small, obscure place called Beaufort County — a place not then known to most New Yorkers, whose singular contact with South Carolina was a place called ‘South of the Border.’&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In an hour or so, I will meet my son and his lovely, longtime girlfriend at Viand — a diner on Broadway and 75th Street — and we will talk of bagels, rugelach and his 104th Street, Upper West Side life.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He made his decision, and I made mine, and those decisions set us upon different seas. We don’t regret these decisions but sometimes wonder about the road not taken. <br>\n<br>\n<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Pondering the road not taken', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'pondering-the-road-not-taken', '', '', '2019-05-09 13:36:38', '2019-05-09 17:36:38', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39902', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(39904, 4, '2019-05-09 13:38:58', '2019-05-09 17:38:58', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>BOYS GOLF</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Eagles qualify for Class 4A state meet</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Led by Jerry Bruns’ second-place finish, Beaufort High’s boys golf team placed fifth at the Class 4A Lower State qualifier Monday at Hackler Golf Course in Conway to qualify for next week’s state meet.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Eagles posted a team score of 320 to finish fifth, just six shots behind Hartsville and Myrtle Beach.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bruns shot 1-over-par 73 to tie for second, two shots behind Myrtle Beach’s Keegan Vaugh.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hilton Head High will host the Class 4A state championship Monday and Tuesday at Port Royal Plantation’s Barony Golf Course.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High (320) — Jerry Bruns 73, Max Kase 80, Riley Kase 80, Jack Lubkin 87, George Cooler 92</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>BOYS SOCCER</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>BA boys roll in playoff opener</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Academy’s boys moved one step closer to claiming their sixth consecutive SCISA 1A state championship with a 3-0 win over visiting Pee Dee Academy on Monday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Thomas Holladay, Ashton Bell, and Ben Trask scored for the Eagles.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BA (14-1) was slated to host Christian Academy of Myrtle Beach in a semifinal game Wednesday with the winner advancing to the state championship game at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Porter-Gaud in Charleston.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Trio of Dolphins named to all-region team</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Battery Creek’s Alex Cruz, Sonny Quintanilla, and Camden Vuocolo were named to the All-Region 8-3A first team.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Dolphins won their first-round playoff match 6-3 over Lake City before losing 7-1 to top-ranked Bishop England in the second round.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>GIRLS SOCCER</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Holy Trinity goes into playoffs on high note</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Holy Trinity’s girls finished off an undefeated regular season with a 4-2 win at Hilton Head Prep on Friday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hannah Reedy scored two goals, and Mills Langehans and Lydia Mahan added a goal apiece for the Lions, while Mary Clanton Bozard posted 17 saves in goal.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Lions (8-0-1) were scheduled to host Charleston Collegiate in the SCISA 1A semifinal on Tuesday with the winner advancing to play either Beaufort Academy or Cambridge Academy in the state championship game at 5:30 p.m. Friday at Porter-Gaud.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>TRACK &amp; FIELD</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Holy Trinity competes at SCISA state meet</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Holy Trinity’s boys collected seven points at the SCISA State Championships on Saturday, with Logan Lawson playing a part in all of them. Lawson placed fifth in the 800 and was part of the fourth-place 4×400 relay — along with Thomas Smith, Parker Smith, and Ruben Pena — and he joined Parker Smith, Pena, and Ethan Marquardt on the 4×800 relay team that finished sixth.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Holy Trinity’s girls scored one point on a sixth-place finish in the 4×800 relay.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Sports Roundup', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'sports-roundup-4', '', '', '2019-05-09 13:39:00', '2019-05-09 17:39:00', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39904', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39906, 4, '2019-05-09 13:40:21', '2019-05-09 17:40:21', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Eagles rack up state qualifiers</strong>Beaufort High’s boys set themselves up well for a run at a second consecutive Class 4A state championship, and the Eagles’ girls also put themselves in position to compete for a team title with a strong performance at the Class 4A Track &amp; Field State Qualifier in Columbia.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The defending state champion boys qualified 10 individuals and two relays for this weekend’s state meet, while the girls had 10 individual qualifiers and had all three relays advance.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dexter Ratliff, Marlon Belden, Tre’john Smalls, Kenneth Williams, and Desmond Gaillard all qualified in multiple events, as did Layla Warren and Nigeria Davila.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the Class 3A Lower State qualifier Saturday at Waccamaw High School, Battery Creek’s girls sent five individuals and two relay teams to state, while Jordan Wilson-Smalls won the high jump for the Dolphin boys.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the Class 2A qualifier in Columbia, Whale Branch had seven individuals and two relays qualify on the girls side, with Theresa Anderson leading the way with two runner-up finishes, and the Warriors had four boys qualify.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The SCHSL State Championships are Friday and Saturday at Spring Valley High School in Columbia.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>STATE QUALIFIERS</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Girls</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort High:</strong>Layla Warren (100 hurdles, 3rd; 400 hurdles, 6th); Anna Lyles (pole vault, 1st); Zoe Lyons (pole vault, 1st); Shannon Smith (1600, 4th); Anna Brown (800, 5th); Charlize Antia (3200, 5th); Reyonce Black (100, 7th); Nigeria Davila (high jump, 3rd; 400 hurdles, 7th); Anaiya Houseal (high jump, 6th); Trelayah Wright (long jump, 4th); 4×100 (3rd); 4×800 (2nd); 4×400 (4th)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Battery Creek:</strong>Myra Smith (long jump, 3rd; 100, 4th); Erica Tobin (high jump, 2nd); Tiana Gray (400 hurdles, 3rd); Daje Bartley (400, 4th); Charisse Cohen (long jump, 4th); 4×100 (1st); 4×400 (2nd)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Whale Branch:</strong>Theresa Anderson (long jump, 2nd; triple jump, 2nd); Tanaiya Brown (100 hurdles, 4th); I’Queria Jackson (100, 5th); Jaresia Pryor (200, 5th); Camara Middleton (400, 5th); Kaylyn Caldwell (triple jump, 6th); Ja’Kayla Kelley (long jump, 8th); 4x100 (2nd); 4x400 (4th)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Boys</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort High:</strong>Dexter Ratliff (discus, 1st; shot put, 8th); Alex Macias (pole vault, 1st); Jonathan Pozas (800, 3rd); Marlon Belden (1600, 4th; 3200, 6th); Aydreyan Laurie (400 hurdles, 3rd); Joshua Wilborn (800, 5th); Shylik Smalls (400, 8th); Tre’john Smalls (100, 5th; 200, 8th); Kenneth Williams (long jump, 1st; high jump, 6th); Desmond Gaillard (triple jump, 2nd; long jump, 5th); 4×800 (7th); 4×400 (2nd)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Battery Creek:</strong>Jordan Wilson-Smalls (high jump, 1st)<strong>Whale Branch:</strong>JacQuez Frazier (discus, 1st); Makhi Spicer (discus, 2nd); Richard Parker (110 hurdles, 6th); Ch</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Eagles rack up state qualifiers', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'eagles-rack-up-state-qualifiers', '', '', '2019-05-09 13:40:23', '2019-05-09 17:40:23', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39906', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39908, 4, '2019-05-09 13:41:20', '2019-05-09 17:41:20', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High\'s boys tennis team saw its playoff run end with a 6-0 loss to a strong Myrtle Beach team in the Class 4A Lower State finals on Monday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Eagles cruised through their first playoff match, beating visiting North Myrtle Beach 5-1 as Griffin Stone, Diego Ladino, Merritt Patterson, and Mitchell Russell each won singles matches and Casey Hoogenboom and Bodie Daniel won in doubles.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Stone and Ladino teamed up to win the clinching doubles match and give the Eagles a 4-3 win over visiting Wilson in the Lower State semifinals. The visiting Tigers won three of the five singles courts, but Beaufort’s Mitchell Russell was able to grind out a three-set win at No. 5 and Tucker Martin and Bodie Daniel won in straight sets at No. 2 doubles, forcing the deciding No. 1 doubles match.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Eagles finished the season with a 15-3 record.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Eagles fall in Lower State final', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'eagles-fall-in-lower-state-final', '', '', '2019-05-09 13:41:22', '2019-05-09 17:41:22', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39908', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39910, 4, '2019-05-09 13:43:12', '2019-05-09 17:43:12', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort Co. high school seniors getting air time</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Seventeen seniors preparing to graduate from Beaufort County School District high schools will discuss their experiences and share their opinions during a one-hour television program airing on the County Channel.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The seniors, selected by their high schools, will answer questions posed by Superintendent Herb Berg.&nbsp; Berg will ask the seniors to share their experiences and suggest ways to improve the district’s schools.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“This is an absolutely outstanding group of young people,” Berg said. “Their intelligence and their maturity speak well not only of the students themselves, but also of their parents and the Beaufort County educators who worked so hard to make them successful. Anyone in our community who watches this show will be very proud.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The show will air on Comcast’s Ch. 2, Hargray’s Chs. 9 and 113, and Spectrum Ch. 1304 for the rest of May at 2:30 p.m. Saturdays, 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and 10 a.m. Thursdays.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition, the show will be archived by the County Channel and can be watched any time via the channel’s “Video on Demand” feature.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Students featured on this year’s program are:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Battery Creek High – Brandon Benke, Lucas Bukoffsky, Adriana Heath, Gabriella Morales.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bluffton High – Trevor Rizzo, Ana Dominguez, Perla Jimenez, Caleb Watkins.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hilton Head Island High –Abigail Hartberger, Trinity Feltner, Zach Waters.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>May River High – A’Nya Marshburn-Foushee, William Shropshire, Joshua Yeddulayyagari.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Whale Branch Early College High – Keona Dopson, Hezekeiah Jackson, Allie Rodgers, Christopher Sanders</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Locals looking for performers for children’s choir</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Local singer and performer, Marlena Smalls along with Beaufort Middle School chorus teacher, Karen Harmon, are casting a traveling children\'s show choir. The selected ensemble will travel the Lowcountry showcasing song, dance and spoken word performances inspired by the reconstruction era.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Auditions will be held from 4-6 p.m. May 14 -15 in the Beaufort Middle School chorus room. Spaces are limited to middle school and high schoolers ages 11-17 years old. Candidates should prepare two songs between 2-3.5 minutes long each in addition to a reading from a poem, book or monologue.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To reserve your spot or for more information, please contact Karen Harmon at <a href=\"mailto:Karen.Harmon@beaufort.k12.sc.us\">Karen.Harmon@beaufort.k12.sc.us</a> or Marlena Smalls at <a href=\"mailto:marlenasmalls@yahoo.com\">marlenasmalls@yahoo.com</a> or 843-271-8157.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Join TCL for graduation ceremonies</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Technical College of the Lowcountry is holding these commencement exercises this week:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Physical Therapist Assistant Pinning, 10 a.m., Thursday, May 9, Building 4 Auditorium, TCL Beaufort Campus, 921 Ribaut Road</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Associate Degree Nursing Pinning, 10 a.m., Thursday, May 9, MacLean Hall Auditorium, TCL Beaufort Campus, 921 Ribaut Road</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Commencement Ceremony, Honoring 275 associate degree, diploma and certificate graduates, 6:30 p.m., Friday, May 10, Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'School Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'school-briefs-40', '', '', '2019-05-09 13:43:14', '2019-05-09 17:43:14', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39910', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39912, 4, '2019-05-09 13:45:08', '2019-05-09 17:45:08', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Businesses in unincorporated Beaufort County must renew licenses</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County gives notice that in accordance with chapter 18 of its Code of Ordinances, businesses operating in the unincorporated areas of Beaufort County must renew their county business license by May 31, 2019. Businesses paying the renewal tax after the due date are subject to a 5 percent delinquency penalty of the unpaid tax for each month or portion of the month past the due date until the tax is paid.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Businesses operating in the unincorporated areas of the county without a valid business license are subject to additional penalties, as all businesses in these areas are required to have a county business license prior to operation. Further, an individual shall be deemed to be in business and required to obtain a business license if that individual owns and rents two or more residential units. This applies to both short-term and long-term rentals.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Businesses operating without a valid license are subject to penalties in addition to the appropriate business license tax. The county has mailed renewal forms to business license holders of record. Any business not receiving a renewal form or needing to obtain an application can do so at <a href=\"https://tinyurl.com/y4f628th\">https://tinyurl.com/y4f628th</a>. For more information, contact the Beaufort County Business License Department at 843-255-2270.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort Co. offers free electronics recycling event May 18 </strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort County Public Works Department Solid Waste and Recycling Office will host two free electronics recycling events for County residents from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 18 at the following locations: Beaufort County Public Works, 9 Benton Field Road; Bluffton Beaufort County Public Works, 140 Shanklin Road, Beaufort.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Any personal computers, laptops, CRT monitors, LCD monitors, CRT televisions, non-CRT televisions, printers, hard drives and miscellaneous electronics (microwaves, cell phones, radios, fax machines, and typewriters) will be accepted.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you have questions about Beaufort County recycling events, please call the Solid Waste and Recycling Office at 843-255-2736 for more information or visit their website at www.beaufortcountysc.gov/recycle.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Fort Fremont closed immediately, indefinitely</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County’s <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNTAyLjU0NTgzMTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNTAyLjU0NTgzMTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ2NzAwNCZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;101&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/planning/passive-parks/Passive%20Parks%20and%20Facilities.html?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Fort Fremont Preserve</a> will be closed to the public until further notice, due to construction beginning Wednesday, May 15. A re-opening notice will be issued at a later time.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Fort Fremont is a Spanish-American War coastal defense artifact built in 1898 to defend the Port Royal Sound. The site and its historical ruins, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, were acquired in 2004 by Beaufort County Council into the County’s Rural and Critical Lands Program.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Located on Lands End Road, St. Helena Island (<a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNTAyLjU0NTgzMTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNTAyLjU0NTgzMTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ2NzAwNCZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;102&amp;&amp;&amp;https://www.google.com/maps/place/Fort+Fremont,+at+Lands+End+on+St.+Helena+Island+in+South+Carolina/@32.3063988,-80.6449766,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x88fc6d11637c1fbf:0xebbe316c83f0ef7b!8m2!3d32.3063988!4d-80.6427879?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">map</a>), project improvements at the site will include the construction of an interpretive center to provide an educational experience to the visitors of the Fort Fremont facility. The interpretive center will have many artifacts and display items representing the Fort’s history. The scope of work also includes the installation of a picnic pavilion, walking paths, and public restrooms.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information, contact Beaufort County Passive Parks Manager Stefanie Nagid at <a href=\"mailto:snagid@bcgov.net\">snagid@bcgov.net</a> or 843-255-2152.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>County Council’s Glover to host St. Helena meeting</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County Council member <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNTAyLjU0Mzg4NzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNTAyLjU0Mzg4NzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ2NjgzMiZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;101&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/council/council-members/glover-york.html?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">York Glover (District 3)</a> will hold a public meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14 about Horse Island <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNTAyLjU0Mzg4NzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNTAyLjU0Mzg4NzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ2NjgzMiZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;102&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/stormwater/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">stormwater matters</a>. The meeting will be held at the St. Helena Baptist Church, 1608 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A guest speaker will be Eric Larson, Beaufort County’s Director of Environmental Engineering and Land Management.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Residents do not need to register in advance for the meeting. For more information, please contact Beaufort County Council Member Glover at <a href=\"mailto:yglover@bcgov.net\">yglover@bcgov.net</a>, 843-986-7395 or c/o Beaufort County Clerk to Council, P.O. Drawer 1228, Beaufort, SC 29901.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>SCDHEC clears Beaufort River</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) has approved Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority (BJWSA) to remove signs at boat landings on the Beaufort River.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The precautionary signs were erected April 29 after wastewater was released from the Parris Island discharge force main into the Beaufort River. The overflow occurred due to pipe failure.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information, please visit <a href=\"http://www.bjwsa.org/\">www.bjwsa.org</a>.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Penn Center taking part in Summer Food program</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Penn Center is participating in the Summer Food Service Program, providing meals to all children 18-years-old and younger without charge.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Acceptance and participation requirements for the program and all activities are the same for all regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability. There will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Meals will be provided at the following sites: Thumbs Up, St. Paul Baptist Church, Independence Circle, Grays Hill Community Center, Wesley Felix Complex, Seabrook Center, Lands Inn, Parkview Apartments, Powell Place, Gift of Love Ministry, First Zion Baptist Church, True Foundation Outreach Ministry, Powell Place, 12 Jewels of Life, Grace AME, Penn Center Dining Hall, Parker Hill, August on Southside II, Yemassee Heights, St. Helena Library, Evans Hill and Powell Place.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tentative dates for program operation are June 1–Aug. 17.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>SCDNR accepting applications to hunt alligators</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) is accepting online applications for the 2019 Public Alligator Hunting season at <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNTAxLjU0MDM2MzEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNTAxLjU0MDM2MzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ2NjUxNyZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;http://www.dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/alligator/index.html?utm_content=&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_name=&amp;utm_source=govdelivery&amp;utm_term=\">www.dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/alligator/index.html</a>.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Last year, hunters took 337 alligators during the public alligator hunting season, with the average size being just under 9 feet in length.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A $10 nonrefundable application fee is required to apply for the Public Lands Hunt. A randomized computer drawing based on a preference point system will determine the selection of hunters. Applicants can only apply and pay fees online or at one of the walk-up counters at an SCDNR Regional Office in Clemson, Florence, Columbia, or Charleston. No paper applications will be accepted. This year’s season will begin at noon on Sept. 14 and run until noon on Oct. 12. The deadline to apply is 5 p.m. June 15.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If selected, a $100 fee for the permit and one harvest tag is required to be paid online through the same online alligator hunting application system. Unsuccessful applicants will accumulate preference points for future alligator hunt drawings. Preference points add to the likelihood of being drawn in future years. All hunters will be notified beginning in mid-July of their selection status.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hunters participating in the Public Alligator Hunting Season may take alligators in public waters and on private land where permission is granted, but alligator hunting is prohibited on Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) and USFWS Wildlife Refuges. In addition, public alligator season permits cannot be used on lands enrolled in the Private Lands Alligator Program.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Only alligators four feet or greater in length may be taken and the hunter must tag the animal immediately with a harvest tag provided by SCDNR for any of the alligator hunting programs.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>New Coastline discusses staying cool in the heat</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A new episode of The County Channel’s series <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNTA2LjU1NTE2MDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNTA2LjU1NTE2MDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ2NzkzOCZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery&amp;v=CEE1QY02wfc\">Coastline</a> discusses how to protect yourself during the summer heat. Joining host Rick Forschner is Beaufort County EMS Crew Chief AJ Drake, and Beaufort County EMS Training Coordinator Karen Morris and Executive Director for the Greater Bluffton &amp; Jasper Volunteers in Medicine Pam Toney.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Suggestions on ways to remain cool and safe during extremely warm weather include drinking plenty of fluids to stay hydrated, finding places with air conditioning, such as libraries, shopping centers, and community centers and avoiding the outdoors during the hottest time of the day.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Coastline airs on The County Channel Sundays at 9:30 a.m., Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m., Thursdays at 8 p.m., and Fridays at 9 a.m.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Coastline is a monthly news show filmed in-studio and produced by The County Channel. Watch all programming for The County Channel on Comcast Ch. 2, Hargray Chs. 9 and 113, and Spectrum Ch. 1304. Viewers can also watch programming live and on-demand at <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNTA2LjU1NTE2MDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNTA2LjU1NTE2MDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ2NzkzOCZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;101&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/the-county-channel/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">The County Channel’s website</a> at <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNTA2LjU1NTE2MDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNTA2LjU1NTE2MDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ2NzkzOCZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;102&amp;&amp;&amp;https://www.beaufortcountysc.gov?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">www.beaufortcountysc.gov</a>.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'News Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'news-briefs-109', '', '', '2019-05-09 13:45:11', '2019-05-09 17:45:11', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39912', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39914, 4, '2019-05-09 13:46:05', '2019-05-09 17:46:05', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The U.S. Marine Corps’ request for $37.2 million to modernize and improve a live-fire training range at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island may be approved after all.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Representative Joe Cunningham of South Carolina’s first district announced last week that the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs had voted to approve an additional $546 million to fund Navy and Marine Corps construction projects that were not included in President Trump’s budget request for 2020.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Among those unfunded projects was the Marine Corps’ request for $37.2 million. Cunningham also <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/RepJoeCunningham/videos/2131716000239223/\">advocated</a> for Parris Island’s range modernization project in his March testimony before the House Committee on Armed Services.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Before recruits aboard Parris Island are able to graduate, each of them must qualify with their service rifles on the depot’s training ranges. Without the funding necessary to complete the Marine Corps’ range modernization and improvement project, training may need to be curtailed, potentially disrupting the flow of new Marines and diminishing military readiness.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“As one of two training depots in the country that makes enlisted Marines, and the only depot that makes enlisted women Marines, Parris Island plays a critical role in ensuring our national security,” Cunningham said in a release. “It is absolutely critical Parris Island has the resources it needs to continue to prepare our best and brightest to fight and win our nation’s battles. I urge House appropriators to protect this funding during the full committee markup so that we can get it through the House floor later this year.”<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Marines, Parris Island may get $37.2 million for range', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'marines-parris-island-may-get-37-2-million-for-range', '', '', '2019-05-09 13:46:07', '2019-05-09 17:46:07', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39914', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39918, 4, '2019-05-09 13:49:44', '2019-05-09 17:49:44', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It’s almost Mother’s Day and to celebrate, Palmetto Animal League is waiving adoption fees for adult female cats and dogs through May 11.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All PAL pets are spayed/neutered, microchipped and up-to-date on vaccinations.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“If you’re thinking about getting that special mom in your life a furry friend this Mother’s Day, stop by PAL now through Saturday to meet our adorable, adoptable pets,” PAL Marketing Coordinator Lindsay Perry said in a release.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The PAL Adoption Center, located in Okatie’s Riverwalk Business Park, is open from noon to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday. This comfortable, upbeat facility serves as a temporary residence for some 200 cats and dogs while they wait to find a loving home.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We have so many beautiful animals waiting for a caring and committed adopter to come in and make their life complete.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Palmetto Animal League is a private, non-profit, no-kill animal rescue organization. When you adopt from PAL, it allows them the space to save even more homeless animals. For more information, visit <a href=\"http://www.palmettoanimalleague.org/\">www.PalmettoAnimalLeague.org</a> or call 843-645-1725. <br>\n<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'PAL waives adoption fees in honor of Mother’s Day', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'pal-waives-adoption-fees-in-honor-of-mothers-day', '', '', '2019-05-09 13:49:47', '2019-05-09 17:49:47', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39918', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(39921, 4, '2019-05-09 13:50:58', '2019-05-09 17:50:58', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The League of Women Voters of Beaufort Area is sponsoring a celebration of women who were instrumental in shaping American history during the Reconstruction period.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The event, to be held from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 18, will include a luncheon and informative presentation at the Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce at 711 Bladen Street.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The event is open to the public.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Talks will be given by Rufus Pinckney, Manager of the Mather Museum and President of the Mather School Alumni Association and Alvesta Robertson, Vice President of the Mather School Alumni Association.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Historical fiction writer, producer and actor Suzie Parker Devoe will also speak. The three will discuss the contributions of Harriet Tubman, Rachel Crane Mather, Susie King Taylor, Charlotte Forten and Laura Towne.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling will introduce the program with an update on Beaufort’s own Reconstruction Era National Historical Park.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lunch will be catered by Hank’s Low Country She Crab Soup.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tickets are $30 for league members and $35 for nonmembers and include lunch.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information and to purchase tickets, email lwvbeaufort@gmail.com, or call Jane Caffrey at 732-259-1935 or Jennifer Sharp at 864-382-9144. Cash, credit cards or checks will be accepted. Checks should be made out to League of Women Voters Beaufort Area.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Reservations are required by May 10.<br><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Want to go?</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What: League of Women Voters Celebrate the Women of Reconstruction Luncheon &amp; Presentation</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When: Noon-3 p.m., Saturday, May 18</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Where: Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cost: Tickets are $30 for members, $35 for nonmembers. Lunch is included.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort League of Women Voters celebrating women of Reconstruction', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-league-of-women-voters-celebrating-women-of-reconstruction', '', '', '2019-05-09 13:51:01', '2019-05-09 17:51:01', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39921', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39923, 4, '2019-05-09 13:54:45', '2019-05-09 17:54:45', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As part of National Water Safety Month in May, the Beaufort-Jasper YMCA of the Lowcountry and the Wardle Family YMCA in Port Royal encourage parents to take an active role in fostering a relationship between their children and swimming — beginning with water safety. The following are safety tips to practice when in and around the water:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>— Only swim when and where there is a lifeguard on duty; never swim alone.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>— Adults should constantly and actively watch their children.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>— Inexperienced or non-swimmers should wear a Coast Guard-approved life jacket.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>— Parents or guardians of young children should be within an arm’s reach.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>— Children and adults should not engage in breath holding activities.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition to learning lifesaving water safety skills, swimming is a great way to increase physical activity. Swimming also motivates children to strive for self-improvement, teaches goal orientation and cultivates a positive mental attitude and high self-esteem.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It’s never too early to get children involved in swimming—it’s an important for safety reasons, but also a great way to keep active and healthy,” Wardle Family YMCA aquatics director Lou Bergen said in a release. “In fact, newer studies show that children as young as 1-year-old can benefit from formal swim lessons. There are so many options for parents, but the best place to start is by learning basic water safety skills that helps get kids familiar with the water that often continues with swim lessons and competitive swim programs and can even lead to a career.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kids are not the only age-group that should learn to swim. The Lowcountry is 51 percent marsh, river and ocean — the ‘land’ is quite literally surrounded by water — so it is obvious that learning how to swim well is a necessity for adults as well as kids.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than a third of adults in the United States can’t swim the length of a pool, which puts them at risk of being 1 of the 10 people who drown every day in the U.S.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 2018 the Wardle Family Y taught over 7,000 swim sessions to local kids and adults, over half for free or at a reduced cost. This is made possible through donations to the YMCA Annual Scholarship campaign, the Y Learn to Swim program, grants and funds raised at the <a href=\"http://www.beaufortriverswim.com/\">Beaufort River Swim</a>, which is coming up on Saturday May 18. This 3.2–mile competitive water swim and 1-mile fun swim is now in its 13th year and is the only open water swim in Beaufort County.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As a leading nonprofit committed to youth development, the Y has been a leader in providing swim lessons and water safety locally for more than 23 years. The Wardle Family YMCA continues to help youth and adults experience the joy and benefits of swimming, so they can be healthy, confident and secure in the water. There are a variety of programs to choose, including:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>— Age group lessons including parent/child and private swim lessons.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>— Lap swimming.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>— (BYAC) Tiger Sharks Swim Team with 3 levels of teams members (Shark Pups, TigerSharks Level 1, &amp; TigerSharks Level 2).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>— Water aerobics group exercises classes.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>— Fluid Fitness (work out ON the water!).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>— Aqua Camp (specialty summer camp).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>— Lifeguard Training.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>— Masters Swim.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>— 100-Mile Swim Club.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>— Scuba.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To ensure that everyone has an opportunity to participate, financial assistance is available. To learn more about Wardle Family YMCA swim programs, please contact Lou Bergen at 843-522-9622 ext. 236 or <a href=\"mailto:l.bergen@wardlefamilyymca.org\">l.bergen@wardlefamilyymca.org</a>.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To learn more about the Beaufort River Swim, contact event director Denice Fanning at 843-522-9622,&nbsp; ext. 223 or <a href=\"mailto:d.fanning@wardlefamilymca.org\">d.fanning@wardlefamilymca.org</a>. <br>\n<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'YMCA: Take an active role in your kids’ relationship with the water', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'ymca-take-an-active-role-in-your-kids-relationship-with-the-water', '', '', '2019-05-09 13:54:48', '2019-05-09 17:54:48', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39923', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39925, 4, '2019-05-09 13:56:40', '2019-05-09 17:56:40', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Celia Strong </h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Summer weather always changes drinking patterns. Everything gets lighter, color and weight.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>More white liquor is consumed than dark. More white and rose wine than red.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No reason to be shocked, though. The same thing happens with food, clothing and much more.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The chore is to find new wines to keep things interesting and tasting good.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sauvignon Blanc is a white variety that has become more popular recently. Partly because different styles from different countries and regions have become available. And, partly, because wine drinkers have continued to search out new wines.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In Sonoma County, Sauvignon Blanc is the second most popular white grape. Partly because the wines from Sonoma Sauvignon Blanc grapes, as a group, compare well with both Old World and New World style wines.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Which means they find more fans among more consumers.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>More than 10,000 tons of Sauvignon Blanc are crushed in Sonoma County every vintage at a cost of just under $2,000 per ton.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This variety is an old one, actually one of the parents of Cabernet Sauvignon. Its name comes from French term for “wild, or savage.” It has had great success in the Loire Valley of France and New Zealand. And now Sonoma.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Green flavors and aromas are one of the attractions of Sauvignon Blanc wines. These can range from fresh cut grass to green grapes, gooseberries to dry hay or straw.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>How much of any of these flavors depends on the micro-climate where the grapes are grown and techniques used in its wine making.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Within Sonoma County, different sun-regions, or AVAs, produce distinct styles of wines. Alexander Valley, with its gravelly soil, shows less greenness in its wines. Dry Creek Valley Sauvignon Blancs are a bit fruitier.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From the Russian River AVA the wines are more deeply fruity. Bennett Valley produces a cooler climate, lighter style of wine. Sonoma Valley wines are a bit fuller bodied.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Outlot Winert is located on the Magnolia Peninsula near Healdsburg in Sonoma County. The Dry Creek is to its north, the Russian River to its south.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This area of Sonoma County, since the 1800’s, has been recognized by farmers for its very rich, very deep soil, … 24 feet deep in some places. Outlot wines strive to be a tribute to this heritage. Including the magnolia on their labels.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our particular Sonoma County Sauvignon Blanc, Outlot, is a blend of grapes from of several AVAs. It is 55 percent Dry Creek Valley grapes, 40 percent Russian River grapes and 5 percent Alexander Valley. (Legally, to claim a particular AVA as the source for a wine, 85 percent of the grapes must come from that AVA.)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Like blending several grapes to make a more complex wine, blending one variety from several sources also makes a more multi-layered and flavored wine. Over the growing season in all three of these AVAs, warm days and cool nights let the grapes ripen with lower sugar levels and an extremely bright acidity.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the vineyards, canopies of leaves protect the grapes from too much direct sunlight. &nbsp;Harvesting whole berry clusters, at night, enhances these characteristics as well.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Fermentation is done in 100-percent stainless steel. With controlled temperatures.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Outlot Sauvignon Blanc is a pale straw color. 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(39927, 4, '2019-05-09 13:58:20', '2019-05-09 17:58:20', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Alan Schuster</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And now she’s back, this time on stage – believe it or not – in the starkly dissimilar role of a nun in the Met’s HD season finale of Francis Poulenc’s “Dialogues des Carmelites.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, memorable for her Nov. 2018 Met performance as a deceitful thief in the title role of “Marnie,” is one of the most in-demand opera singers in the world today.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It’s also a terrifying finale for 16 nuns, who are beheaded one by one – and amplified by swishes of the guillotine – for refusing to renounce their vocation.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Summary: The opera begins during the French Revolution. To escape the violence enacted on members of the aristocracy, Blanche de la Force forsakes the outside world and joins a Carmelite monastery.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Mother Superior corrects her way of thinking; the monastery cannot protect her, it must be her that protects the monastery. Later, as the Mother Superior lies dying, she places Blanche into the service of Mother Marie before passing away in great pain, claiming to be forsaken by God.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This deeply bothers the witnesses to her death. Sister Constance wonders to Blanche if the Mother Superior had been given a death meant for someone else, suggesting that a peaceful death will come to someone else.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When the chaplain has been forbidden to preach, the future of the monastery seems uncertain. Although Mother Marie wishes to give her life to change the situation in France, the new Mother Superior informs her that only God may decide who will become a martyr.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When the monastery falls under the ownership of the state, a police officer comes, insisting the nuns to give up their religious habits. Mother Marie convinces the other nuns to take a vow of martyrdom; although they all agree, Blanche has run away. Mother Marie goes off to search for her, finding her in the library of her father.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Blanche’s father was sent to the guillotine, and so Blanche finds herself at the mercy of her former servants. While Mother Marie is away, the nuns have all been arrested and sentenced to death. The chaplain shares his belief that by being away at the time, God has chosen to spare Mother Marie, thus she cannot martyr herself alongside her sisters.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When the time comes for the execution of the nuns, Blanche appears to join the doomed company. As the others are beheaded one by one before the guillotine, Blanche begins to sing a hymn offering her life to God. (Source: Met Opera)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>New York Times critic Anthony Tommasini has written this about the opera: \"Poulenc\'s subtle and intricate tonal language is by turns hymnal and haunting. Though scored for a large orchestra, the instruments are often used in smaller groups selected for particular effects and colorings. The most distinctive element of the score, though, is its wonderfully natural vocal writing, which captures the rhythms and lyrical flow of the libretto in eloquent music that hardly calls attention to itself yet lingers with you.\"</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Opera historian Charles Osborne wrote that \"\"The inexorable dramatic movement of the work is impressive and, in the final scene in which the nuns walk in procession to the guillotine chanting the “Salve regina,” is extremely moving. &nbsp;Google: Salve regina Carmelites; then select XV FAO.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cast: Joining Isabel Leonard as the young Blanche de la Force will be Met legend Karita Mattila, Adrianne Pieczonka, David Portillo and Dwayne Croft. Met Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducts.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tickets are now available at the USCB Center for the Arts, 801 Carteret Street, Beaufort. All seats are general admission. Adults $20; OLLI members $18; Students $10. Order online at <a href=\"http://www.centerforthearts.com/\">www.centerforthearts.com</a> or call 843-521-4145. Transmission begins at noon.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', '“Dialogues of the Carmelites” ends Met Opera HD series', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'dialogues-of-the-carmelites-ends-met-opera-hd-series', '', '', '2019-05-09 13:58:23', '2019-05-09 17:58:23', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39927', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39929, 4, '2019-05-09 14:00:14', '2019-05-09 18:00:14', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>USC Beaufort’s Center for the Arts and The Beaufort Children’s Theatre will present the musical “The Wizard of Oz, young performers edition” May 17-19 at the USCB campus in Beaufort.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Show times are 7 p.m. Friday, May 17 and Saturday, May 18 and 3 p.m. Sunday, May 19.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tickets are on sale now, and prices are $20 for adults, $18 for senior/military and $14 for students. For more information or to purchase tickets, go to uscbcenterforthearts.com or call 843-521-4145.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This one-hour edition begins when a tornado rips through Kansas, whisking Dorothy (Scarlett Mercier) and her dog, Toto (Maren Tillapaugh), away in their house to the magical land of Oz.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They follow the Yellow Brick Road toward the Emerald City to meet the Wizard, and en route they meet a Scarecrow (Sara Rose Lyda) that needs a brain, a Tin Man (Carter Thibault and Mason Herrmann) missing a heart, and a Cowardly Lion (Dakota Wright) who wants courage.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Children’s Theatre “The Wizard of Oz” cast features more than 90 talented young actors between the ages of 7 and 18.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The cast includes Audrel Litteral as Aunt Em, Cole Mueller as Uncle Henry, Carter Thibault and Mason Herrmann as Hickory, Dymante Scotland as Zeke, Garrett Doe as Hunk, Sophi Mercier as Farm Hand, Ledare Pingree as Miss Gulch, Emmett O’Brien as Professor Marvel, Brycen Ambrose as Glinda, Holland Perryman as Wicked Witch and Jack Fleming as the Wizard of Oz.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Winkie Guards are played by Noah Shaffer, Kael Forrestall, Timmy Irwin, Ian Brooks, Patrick Sanders, AJ Robinson, Garrett Seckinger, Henry Lovett and Nikko-Micah Schaeffer. The Nikko friends are Thomas Faivre, Layna Schaefer and Hayden Strawn.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Olive Ann Florence, Lily Severtson, Angel Hampton, Karlie Fiocco, Ava Keller, Hannah Grace Meyer, Morgan Green, Savannah Gordan, Isabella DuPont, Erin Crosby, Marie Sophie Alvarez, Mackenzie Goodrich, Raynor Gault, Katie Bertagna, Blakely Gecy, Lucy Mae Nicka, Kaitlyn Jackson, Luci Zappa, Paige Fosberry, Judah Schaeffer, Liam Martin, Aemiliana Ledesma, Finn Brock, Grayson Odom, Lukas Copeland, Caroline O’Kelley and Sophia-Rayne Dickinson are Munchkins.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Emerald City Ensemble and supporting cast include Vivian Kinsey, Anna Claire Stansell, Rials Gault, Aly Dennison, Mia Ramirez, Natalie Dardes, Megan Alvarez, Mary Ruff, Maggie Stephens, Lauren Grice, Bridget Long, Caylin Gecy, Jasmine Rivers, Lelia Green, Nora O’Brien, Brea Parker, Audrey Litteral, Ledare Pingree, Dyamante Scotland, Cole Mueller, Eleanor Dolan, Emily Breaux, Tallie Pendarvis, Peyton Brock, Jaclyn Bacon, Carolina Gordan, Timani Smith, Arden Luikey, Katie Martin, Amelia Raino, Sara Mae Toler, Blythe Averill, Lelia Gould, Rachel Hampton, Piper Kennedy, Caroline Patterson, Nicole Robinson, Ava Sink, Kaylee Chavers, Caron Crosby, Kori Mueller, Addy Norris and Virginia O’Kelley.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Wizard of Oz is directed by Noah Krepps and choreographed by Angela Brooks. Meredith Smith is the music director.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Written in 1900 by L. Frank Baum, \"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz\" was the first totally American fantasy for children and one of the most-read children\'s books according to the Library of Congress. The 1939 film starring Judy Garland was nominated for six Academy Awards but lost Best Picture to Gone with the Wind. It did win Best Original Song for \"Over the Rainbow.\" </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em><strong>Photo by Susan DeLoach</strong></em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'USCB, Beaufort Children’s Theatre putting on The Wizard of Oz', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'uscb-beaufort-childrens-theatre-putting-on-the-wizard-of-oz', '', '', '2019-05-09 14:00:16', '2019-05-09 18:00:16', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39929', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(39932, 4, '2019-05-09 14:03:21', '2019-05-09 18:03:21', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By Bob Sofaly</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Although she didn’t cause a complete rain-out or cancelation, Mother Nature once again threw the annual Taste of Beaufort festival a curve ball as thunderstorms pounded the popular event Friday night and Saturday, May 3 and 4. Even so, hundreds of people were still able to gather at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park and sample what area restaurants had to offer.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Taste of Beaufort crowd wet but happy', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'taste-of-beaufort', '', '', '2019-05-09 14:22:26', '2019-05-09 18:22:26', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39932', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(39938, 4, '2019-05-09 14:07:56', '2019-05-09 18:07:56', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From left, 8-year-old Bellamy Barrett, Michelle Fraser of the 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office and Nila Barrett of Lady’s Island surround dozens of donated blankets from Quinnie’s Covers, a local organization created by the Barrett family following the September 2017 death of 13-month-old Quinn Barrett. Each blanket is marked with a special hand-sewn tag. Since its inception, Quinnie’s Covers has donated nearly 900 blankets to local hospitals and other service providers across the country. “We just want families to know that they are loved, that they’re prayed for and that someone cares,” Nila Barrett said. To learn more about Quinnie’s Covers visit <a href=\"http://www.quinniescovers.com/\">www.quinniescovers.com</a> or read about it in The Island News at https://staging.yourislandnews.com/getting-through-the-grief/.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Quinnie\'s Covers wrap families in love', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'quinnies-covers-wrap-families-in-love', '', '', '2019-05-09 14:07:58', '2019-05-09 18:07:58', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39938', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(39942, 4, '2019-05-09 14:09:14', '2019-05-09 18:09:14', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While teachers got a lot of attention statewide last week as a result of the 10,000 or more who took part in the SC for ED demonstration at the Statehouse in Columbia, a few in Beaufort County, along with their support staff counterparts, got a little more attention later in the week when they were announced as 2019-2020 Teachers of the Year and Support Staff of the Year for their respective schools.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The teachers and support staff were surprised Friday with flowers, pep rallies, and breakfasts as Board of Education members made surprise visits to announce the honors.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We have so many strong teachers and support staff,” Board of Education chairwoman Christina Gwozdz said in a release, “and this is a day when we recognize a group of them to represent all of our outstanding professionals. The fact that they were selected through a process that involved their peers makes their recognition even more significant.\"</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Teachers of the Year are selected by their peers according to criteria established by the schools, the S.C. Department of Education and the district’s teacher forum. Teachers honored Fiday will be eligible for District Teacher of the Year honors next fall.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Support staff honorees are selected by school staff and can include social workers, school nurses, bookkeepers, office managers, teacher assistants, school secretaries and technology and data specialists.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Staff honored Friday will be eligible for District Support Staff Person of the Year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here are the 2019-2020 Beaufort County Teachers of the Year and Support Staff of the Year listed by school:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Battery Creek High: Beth Ann Melton (teacher), Barbara Layman (support)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Elementary: Christene Johnson-Holmes, Sharlene Washington-Robinson</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High: Wendy Lacombe, Melissa Lather</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Middle: Rhonda McCauley, Cynthia Ytyarte</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort-Jasper ACE: Raquel Bryan, Antoinette Heyward&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bluffton Elementary, ECC: Rachel Gauvreau, Nancy Toggweiler&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bluffton High: Michelle Gordon, Kitty Bryant</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bluffton Middle: Donna Floyd, Monica Prieto&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Broad River Elementary: Arriel Young, Austin Major</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Coosa Elementary: Cynthia Jeffrey, Tammi Ivey</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>H. 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Riley Elementary/ECC: Deborah Hammett, Ani Burkart</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Okatie Elementary: Amanda Hogshead, Kari Dollar</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Port Royal Elementary: Corey Hollis, Charis Sanders</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Pritchardville Elementary: Deree Ward, Laura Dimaria</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Red Cedar Elementary: Leanne Black, Jennifer Kreiger</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Right Choices: Nancy Wolff, Alexander McBride</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>River Ridge Academy: Kim Fields, Ashley Herrington&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Robert Smalls Intl. 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(39944, 4, '2019-05-09 14:10:14', '2019-05-09 18:10:14', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Jane Way drainage area near Beaufort Middle School in the Mossy Oaks neighborhood has been the site of numerous flooding events over the past three years. Now, the city is undertaking a multi-million dollar drainage improvement project to alleviate flooding in the area.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As part of that project, the Department of Health and Environmental Control has issued a permit allowing maintenance and repair of portions of the Jane Way drainage area. This work will increase rainwater capacity and reduce the potential for flooding.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The permit includes the following areas:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Drainage ditch to the North West of the Beaufort Middle School (2501 Mossy Oaks Road)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– To the rear of the residences found on Elizabeth Lane (S.C. State Road S-7-409)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– To the rear of the residences and the Beaufort Middle School along South Drive (S.C. S-7-250)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Portions of Center Drive East (S.C. S-7-251) from South Drive South to Mossy Oaks Road&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The area will be cleared of all obstructions, vegetative growth and garbage to facilitate improved drainage. Every effort will be made to preserve trees that do not impede drainage.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Contractors will access the area via Beaufort Middle School and impact to affected homes is expected to be minimal.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This work will not interfere with any school activities. Maintenance is expected to last approximately two weeks.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Contact Neil Desai at ndesai@cityofbeaufort.org or 843-525-7054 with any questions.&nbsp;<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'City addressing drainage issues in Mossy Oaks', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'city-addressing-drainage-issues-in-mossy-oaks', '', '', '2019-05-09 14:10:17', '2019-05-09 18:10:17', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39944', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39947, 4, '2019-05-09 14:13:19', '2019-05-09 18:13:19', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Battery Creek’s softball team is back in the Class 3A Lower State championship game, and this time the Dolphins are in the driver’s seat.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Alexis Ortiz threw a three-hit shutout and went 2-for-2 with a double and a homer to lead the Dolphins to a 4-0 win over visiting Hanahan on Monday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Dolphins (19-8-1) will host either Aynor or Hanahan for the Lower State title Friday. The visiting team will need to defeat Battery Creek twice to advance.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>McKenzie Young went 3-for-4 with a triple and a run, Emily Crosby was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI, and Margaret Schubert drove in a run for the Dolphins in the win over Hanahan.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ortiz continued her dominant postseason run, striking out five and walking three in her fourth shutout in five playoff games. Ortiz has allowed one run, 10 hits, and four walks with 54 strikeouts in 32 postseason innings.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ortiz racked up 15 strikeouts in a two-hitter in a 1-0 win over Gilbert to open the Lower State tournament. The Dolphins were hitless until the sixth inning, when Kelsey Hill doubled with two outs and scored the game’s only run on Emily Crosby’s double.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Battery Creek lost to Hanahan in the Lower State championship game last season.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Alexis Ortiz, left, and McKenzie Young celebrate after winning against Strom Thurmond High School on Wednesday, May 1. The Lady Dolphins also went on to win over Gilbert High School, 1-0, during the Lower State softball tournament. <strong>Photo by Bob Sofaly</strong></em><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Dolphins determined to finish the job', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'dolphins-determined-to-finish-the-job', '', '', '2019-05-09 14:13:22', '2019-05-09 18:13:22', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39947', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(39950, 4, '2019-05-09 14:15:18', '2019-05-09 18:15:18', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Academy breezed to its second consecutive SCISA 1A boys golf championship with a dominant performance last week at the Hackler Golf Course in Conway.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Led by fourth-place individual finisher Cal Harvey, the Eagles opened up a 22-shot lead after the first round and pulled away even farther Tuesday. BA posted a team score of 337 in the final round for a two-day total of 690, 42 shots ahead of runner-up Cambridge Academy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Harvey posted rounds of 82 and 77 to finish 12 shots behind individual medalist Carlos Garre of North Myrtle Beach Christian. William Tumlin (171), Joe Stowe (180), Jack Carter Worrell (180), and Edward McCormick (210) rounded out the lineup for the state champion Eagles.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'BA claims second straight SCISA 1A golf crown', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'ba-claims-second-straight-scisa-1a-golf-crown', '', '', '2019-05-09 14:15:21', '2019-05-09 18:15:21', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39950', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(39969, 4, '2019-03-21 16:24:09', '2019-03-21 20:24:09', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Being asked to serve as an executor or a trustee for an estate is certainly an honor, but it’s also a considerable responsibility. And knowing and understanding those responsibilities can help you be prepared.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Many people don’t realize what they are taking on and all the duties required, says Lisa Montano, an estate planning strategist for Wells Fargo Advisors.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Depending on the estate’s level of complexity and the assets in the estate that need to be administered, it can be very time-consuming,” she says.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here are five things you need to know now:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>It’s not an easy job. </strong>Serving as executor or trustee typically requires a significant amount of time, patience, and organization. It can take up to a year, maybe longer, to completely wrap up someone’s financial affairs, Montano says.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>You need to know what the assets are and how to find them. </strong>Ask where the will or trust is located and how you will be able to access those documents when the time comes. Also, consider asking for a detailed list of assets and where they can be found.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>You can seek professional help.</strong> You can hire a lawyer to help you manage the most complicated duties or to oversee the whole process. You can also engage a CPA to help with tax issues. “Even if the estate is simple, consulting with an attorney is a good idea. There are responsibilities and deadlines you have to meet that are laid out by state law. You also need to follow the instructions as laid out in the will or trust. Sometimes people do things on their own and it gets them in trouble. The court may remove them as executor or trustee, or they may be held personally liable for actions they have taken,” Montano says.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>You may be entitled to compensation.</strong> Trustees and executors are typically entitled to collect a reasonable fee, Montano says. The amount may be regulated by state law or specified in the will or trust. You may choose to waive the fee, but you might still want to be reimbursed for travel and other expenses.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>You can decline to serve. </strong>It’s okay to say you are not comfortable serving, Montano says. If you do, then someone else or a corporate trustee or a third-party executor such as a bank, trust company, or a professional who has experience dealing with estates will need to be chosen.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Our firm does not provide tax or legal advice.&nbsp;</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Trust services available through banking and trust affiliates in addition to non-affiliated companies of&nbsp; Wells Fargo Advisors. Any estate plan should be reviewed by an attorney who specializes in estate planning and is licensed to practice law in your state.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>This article was written by/for Wells Fargo Advisors and provided courtesy of Whitney McDaniel, CFP®, Associate Vice President – Investment Officer in Beaufort, SC&nbsp; at (843) 524-1114.&nbsp; Any third-party posts, reviews or comments associated with this listing are not endorsed by Wells Fargo Advisors and do not necessarily represent the views of Whitney McDaniel or Wells Fargo Advisors and have not been reviewed by the Firm for completeness or accuracy.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Investments in securities and insurance products are: NOT FDIC-INSURED/NOT BANK-GUARANTEED/MAY LOSE VALUE</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Wells Fargo Advisors is a trade name used by Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, Member SIPC, a registered broker-dealer and non-bank affiliate of Wells Fargo &amp; Company.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>© 2018 Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC. All rights reserved.&nbsp;</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'What to Expect as an Executor or Trustee', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'what-to-expect-as-an-executor-or-trustee', '', '', '2019-05-13 16:30:35', '2019-05-13 20:30:35', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39969', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(39973, 4, '2019-05-16 10:51:17', '2019-05-16 14:51:17', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Shorts at High Noon</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Shorts at High Noon is a collection of indie short films, student films and animation films included in the Beaufort Film Society\'s library of films and they are screened each Wednesday. Screenings are free.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These films were official submissions and finalists at our film festivals and in some cases winners at the Beaufort International Film Festival from 2007 to the present.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Screenings will take place at the Technical College of the Lowcountry, Beaufort campus located at 921 Ribaut Road, Bldg. 12 Auditorium.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Check in at 11:30 a.m. Screenings begin promptly at noon and will conclude by 1 p.m. School is in session. Please allow yourself some time to find a parking space. Vehicle parking is available immediately adjacent to Maclean Hall (film screenings take place here) and the opposite side of Ribaut Road adjacent to the Administration Building (Building 3).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A pedestrian walkway is available under Ribaut Road from Building 3 parking to Maclean Hall. It is kindly requested that guests refrain from parking in posted faculty and staff parking spaces. Curb-side drop off is available at the front doors of Maclean Hall prior to proceeding to general parking.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>More information can be found at our website, <a href=\"http://beaufortfilmfestival.com/\">beaufortfilmfestival.com</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Schedule</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>May 22</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Shoot the Moon (22 min) Los Angeles, Calif. (BIFF 2013) (Student)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Trailer: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNQzU-aylGE\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNQzU-aylGE</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sea Odyssey (12 min) Savannah, Ga. (BIFF 2015) (Student)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Casey229 (14 min) New York, N.Y. 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(BIFF 2015) (Short)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Passive Aggressive Dads (5 min) Brooksville, ME (BIFF 2019) (Short)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Lions Club hosting spaghetti dinner</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Lions Club will hold the annual spring spaghetti dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 17, at Sea Island Presbyterian Church. The menu will include spaghetti, salad, garlic bread, and sweet or unsweet tea. Carry out will be available. Stop on your was home from work to pick up a great family dinner and support the citizens of Beaufort County needing assistance with vision issues. Tickets are&nbsp; $8 for adult, $4 for children. Pay at the door or get tickets early from a Lions member. Visa and MasterCard will be accepted. For more information, contact <a href=\"mailto:cluetzow2@gmail.com\">cluetzow2@gmail.com</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Registration open for game design and development classes</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Digital Corridor announces TWO summer camp sessions of Game On! – game design and development geared toward middle and high school students. Registration is now open for this limited seating opportunity.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The courses will be held at the Beaufort Digital Corridor’s BASEcamp facility from 9 a.m. until noon, Monday-Friday, June 10-14 and July 15-19.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Among the topics will be game strategy, puzzle design and a final project.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is a special curriculum by Seth Konoza, an animation, game design and computer science educator at Beaufort High School. Students are introduced to the theory, tools, and practice required to create their own games.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Helping students to discover a passion for game design, computer science and coding, Game On! presents kids with the possibility of continuing their education in technology.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Program manager Shelley Barratt adds, “In our third season of offering this course, we are well awareof the tech skills that the newer generation gains early on. The goal is to offer other skills — likecritical thinking and user experience — to augment that, and the real work commences once they follow that curiosity throughout their education and into a potential tech career.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Fripp Island Marina to host Memorial Day Fishing Tournament <br>\nFripp Island Marina\'s 2019 Fishing Tournament will take place May 23-25. Fisherman are invited to compete for a more-than-$5,000 payout in the traditional Memorial Day event. Prizes will include largest in the King Mackerel and Spanish Mackerel categories and more. For more information, call 843-838-1517, register on our website at <a href=\"http://www.frippislandresort.com/\">www.frippislandresort.com</a> or contact us via email at <a href=\"mailto:kingfishtournament@gmail.com\">kingfishtournament@gmail.com</a>. Proceeds for the event go to benefit the Pledge The Pink initiative.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br>\n<strong>Spring activities at Hunting Island State Park</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There are fun, interesting and educational activities every day hosted by Park Ranger and Lowcountry Master Naturalist Megan Stegmeier.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mondays: Secrets of the Salt Marsh, 4 p.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tuesdays: CCC Video, 1 p.m.; Beach Walk, 3 p.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wednesdays: Alligator Talk, 11 a.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Thursdays: Feeding Frenzy, 3 p.m.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Saturdays: Creatures of the Night (owls, raptors, bats), 2:30 p.m. (May 25).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For a description of these programs and a complete calendar of activities, go to southcarolinaparks.com/hunting-island and click on “Programs &amp; Events.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All are invited to attend these free events, though there is an entry fee to Hunting Island State Park and reservations are needed for lighthouse programs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information, call 843-838-7437 or go to the Friends of Hunting Island website and the Facebook page: FOHI Sea Turtle Conservation Project.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>YMCA to offer CPR classes</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Wardle Family YMCA, located at 1801 Richmond Ave in Port Royal, offers CPR classes for community members on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon on the following dates in 2019: June 8, June 22, July 20, August 17, September 7, September 19, and November 23.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cost is $35 for this YMCA-certified course and those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Questions? Contact Lou Bergen, Aquatics Director to register for this class. Call the Y at 843-522-9622 or visit beaufort-jasperymca.org</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Get moving with Beaufort Track Club</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Join the Beaufort Track Club at the Beaufort High School track from 6:30-7:30 p.m. each Tuesday night for an open community track workout. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced workouts are posted each week to ensure that you are getting the workout that you need.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Visit the Facebook page “Beaufort Track Club” for more information.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Christian Women holding luncheon</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Christian Women’s Connection hosts its Welcome Spring luncheon from 11:30 a.m. until 1 :30 p.m., Thursday, May 16 at Sea Island Presbyterian Church, 81 Lady’s Island Drive, Beaufort.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our guest speaker, Norma Jean Baxter, will speak on “Where to stand when the bottom drops out”. There will be a ‘surprise’ guest feature. $18 covers the cost of your lunch and program. Reservations are requested by Friday May 10. Call, text or email Marti Myers at 843-321-0962 or <a href=\"mailto:puddlesportia@gmail.com\">puddlesportia@gmail.com</a>. This is our last luncheon until next September. Please join us and bring a friend.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Three-part workshop at Pat Conroy Literary Center in June</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Self at the Center of Creativity is a three-part workshop for writers and artists that will include discussions, readings, writing prompts, and activities to stabilize and deepen your creativity and to bring more authenticity and enthusiasm to your own unique creative practice.<br> The workshop will be held the from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. the first three Tuesdays in June (June 4, 11, and 18) at the Pat Conroy Literary Center in Beaufort. Space is limited to 10 people, and two full scholarships are available. Those interested in applying should email a brief statement of financial need by May 27 to course instructor, Emily Davis-Fletcher, at <a href=\"mailto:emilydfj@gmail.com\">emilydfj@gmail.com</a>. Applicants will be notified by June 1. Three-part workshop fee is $100. For full information and to register, please visit: <a href=\"https://selfatthecenter.brownpapertickets.com/\">https://selfatthecenter.brownpapertickets.com/</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Coupons for soldiers</strong><br> Did you know that manufacturer\'s coupons expired in the U.S. can still be used by overseas military members? Drop by the Beaufort Branch Library to help clip, sort, and bag coupons to prepare for shipping. 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(39975, 4, '2019-05-16 10:52:45', '2019-05-16 14:52:45', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By SCOTT GRABER</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is Saturday, May 4, 2019, and I’m back in Port Royal listening to weather warnings slip-slide across Port Royal Sound from Parris Island.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Many of you know that when thunderstorms move in from Georgia there are loudspeakers on PI that say, “take cover, take cover.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While I’ve never actually taken cover, I have found these 1950s-era warnings comforting over the 40 years or so that I’ve been in Port Royal.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This morning, I’ve also got my Wall Street Journal, and it tells me that local newspapers are fading or failing. It says that “Nearly 1,800 newspapers closed between 2004 and 2018.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nico Mele at Harvard says that “its hard to see a future where newspapers persist.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This fading, failing newspaper story is not lost on Beaufort folks who have been at local government meetings where there is no journalist reporting decisions of council; have been to football games, festivals and fundraisers where there is little, if any, print coverage; have seen presidential candidates arrive in Beaufort County (Elizabeth Warren) where there is only one (print) journalist present.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We have all seen this profound shrinkage and lament (at dinner parties) the absence of journalists who dutifully document our short, passing, uneven existence in this place.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The problem, as explained to me by my friend, Mike McCombs, editor of The Island News, is the cost of newsprint and printing, the cost of distribution, and the fact that the ad revenue — the lifeblood of any publication — has declined as information goes digital.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The economics are easy to see, and understand, but the effect is in the newsroom.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When the costs of paper, ink, printing and distribution increase; when the ad revenue goes to over Google and Facebook; the first casualties are the journalists.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Those are the young, just out of journalism school kids who show up at the planning board; who sit through County Council meetings; who warm the bleachers while reporting the hits and strikeouts at high school softball games.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They are the first to go. Reporting — investigative and otherwise — is replaced by something else.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That something else is often a press release that is written-up by a hospital, a dentist, a banker or a lawyer. These releases tell you that Scott Graber has been named a fellow at the American College of Name Change Lawyers and, by the way, is now accepting new clients who are unhappy with their old names.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Wall Street Journal goes on to say that Warren Buffet began buying up local newspapers in 2011, ‘betting they could overcome the horrible economics of the print business by making a transition to the internet.’ Buffet had watched the Wall Street Journal charge for its for its online articles in 1996; watched the New York Times do the same thing in 2011; and thought he could somehow replicate their successful transition from print to digital.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But in 2018 the “Oracle of Omaha” told Yahoo Finance that newspapers are “toast” and — with the exception of the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Washington Post — “are going to disappear.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now, you must understand that I write for the Island News and have skin in this game. I do not come to this topic without bias and some personal concern.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But I believe there is place in our ever-changing landscape for a print newspaper. Let me be more specific — I believe there is a necessity in our current and future landscape for a print publication that has local news and, perhaps, even a “newsroom.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I believe there are people who wake up, fix themselves a cup of Eight O’Clock Coffee and want the actual, tactile sensation of newsprint.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>People who covet news from their dysfunctional council and/or school board. People who want to know if the high school team won or lost the night before. People who want to know who died and where and when there will be a service and interment.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Warren Buffett is telling us that newspapers, with a couple of exceptions, are going the way of the Buffalo.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Wall Street Journal is saying that local news, both print and digital, is going the way of Tyrannosaurus Rex.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Call me a curmudgeon. Call me a Luddite. I simply cannot imagine Beaufort without some kind of local reporting.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'I can’t imagine Beaufort without a newspaper', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'i-cant-imagine-beaufort-without-a-newspaper', '', '', '2019-05-16 10:54:27', '2019-05-16 14:54:27', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39975', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39977, 4, '2019-05-16 10:53:51', '2019-05-16 14:53:51', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>By LEE SCOTT</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>My husband and I are both middle-children. We grew up with older sisters and younger brothers, although I had more of both.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our older sisters constantly tormented us. There were the annoying practices like poking us in the waist while riding in the car.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Mom, she’s poking me.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“No, I wasn’t!”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Yes, she was.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And so, we learned how to torment our younger brothers and sisters.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We also learned how to act innocent when the younger kids went running to our parents.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Who me? What did I do? I was just sitting here watching TV.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It was during our courtship that my spouse and I discovered our mutual “Middle Child” status and started to revert to our own childish middle-child shenanigans.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now, at this point in our lives, we have taken it to a new level.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This brings me to our current dilemma. Last year, after my friend and neighbor Sally died, the house sat vacant for a while, and we began to take our childish behavior, which had formerly been restricted to the house or car, to the outdoors.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On top of our antics, we started to yell at the dog to get in the house, scream at deer to stop eating the flowers, and occasionally venture out in our skivvies on the back porch. It has been glorious to act like kids with no parental controls and no one screaming at us saying “You two kids knock it off!”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But Sally’s house has been sold and the children, the two of us, will have to take our behavior back into the house. Our first indication was a week or so ago when we had just come back from a sail. The current was rushing, and the wind was howling and by the time we got to the dock, we were advising one another on to the execution of the landing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The conversation went like this:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Him: “Get the forward spring line tied.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Me: “You are not the boss over me.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Him: “Big deal! Boss over nothing.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You get the idea.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This continued for several minutes until I realized there were people walking towards the house on Sally’s dock.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The prospective new owners, no doubt.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I was horrified, knowing they had heard us. When Bill, Sally’s son came by to say his goodbyes, I told him about our “middle child” banter and was concerned that they may have heard us.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He told us not to worry.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Besides,” he said, “there is nothing better than to hear kids laughing, even if they are senior citizens.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So welcome to the neighborhood, new neighbor.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The kids next door are going to try to behave.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But if you hear laughter, it is just us playing.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'The kids now have kids next door', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-kids-now-have-kids-next-door', '', '', '2019-05-16 10:53:54', '2019-05-16 14:53:54', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39977', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39980, 4, '2019-05-16 10:56:57', '2019-05-16 14:56:57', '<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>AMIkids Beaufort thankful after croquet fundraiser</h4>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On behalf of the AMIkids Beaufort Board of Directors, I want to thank everyone who helped make our 28th Annual Croquet Picnic fundraiser a success on May 4.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Despite having to call the event an hour early due to bad weather and lightning, we raised more than $115,000!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Many thanks to those who donated throughout the weekend and to those who participated in our silent auction, all of it helping the at-risk young men we serve at our AMIkids Beaufort program.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We had an amazing line-up of items for auction, and among the top-sellers was a basket of National Champion Clemson clothing, a football signed by coach Dabo Swinney, four (Clemson) game tickets against Boston College and field passes – which netted us more than $6,000!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While our non-profit program is the big winner, we’d also like to congratulate Team Merrill Lynch for taking first place in the abbreviated tournament with 36 wickets; Brays Island Pheasant in second with 31; and Brays Island Dove tied with Brays Island Chukar for third place with 29 wickets.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Winning best-dressed woman was Cathy Thomas and best-dressed man was David Gardner. Our choice for the best picnic spread was the Croquet Club of Dataw Island.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We offer a special thank you to Brays Island, which for 28 years has generously shared part of its community and its driving range for our croquet. We appreciate all our supporters and thank our entire community for decades helping us help young men separate a troubled past from a bright future.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information or to make online donations or pledges to continue helping our local mission, visit www.amikidsbeaufort.org.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>John Harris</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Chairman, AMIkids Beaufort Board of Trustees<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Letters to the Editor', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'letters-to-the-editor-19', '', '', '2019-05-16 10:57:00', '2019-05-16 14:57:00', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39980', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39982, 4, '2019-05-16 10:58:00', '2019-05-16 14:58:00', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>GIRLS SOCCER</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Lions roar to SCISA 1A championship</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Holy Trinity avenged last season’s loss in the championship game and won the SCISA 1A girls soccer state title with a dominant 8-0 victory over Cambridge Academy on Friday at Porter-Gaud in Charleston.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Lions played flawlessly, controlling possession with crisp passes and shutting down Cambridge’s attempts to mount an attack.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mills Langehans scored five goals for the Lions — including four in the first half — and needed just 32 minutes to record a hat trick. Lydia Mahan scored two goals and Grace Glover added one.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>BOYS SOCCER</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Eagles’ streak ends at 5</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Academy’s boys were denied in their bid for a sixth consecutive SCISA 1A soccer championship Friday, falling 4-2 to The King’s Academy at Porter-Gaud in Charleston.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>TKA grabbed an early 2-0 lead before BA’s Joe Stowe cut the deficit in half. The Eagles had a chance to tie it midway through the second half, but Ben Trask was denied on a penalty to preserve the Lions’ 2-1 lead.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After the Lions extended the lead to 3-1, Thomas Holladay scored to pull BA within one, but TKA put it away with another goal with seven minutes left.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Sports Roundup', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'sports-roundup-5', '', '', '2019-05-16 10:58:03', '2019-05-16 14:58:03', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39982', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39985, 4, '2019-05-16 10:59:06', '2019-05-16 14:59:06', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High’s boys blazed to their second consecutive Class 4A track and field state championship with a dominant performance Friday and Saturday in Columbia.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Eagles displayed their depth by racking up 93 points — 36 more than runner-up Hilton Head High — despite only three individual champions. Alex Macias won the pole vault, Desmond Gaillard claimed the triple jump title, and Dexter Ratliff won the discus to lead the way, and Kenneth Williams claimed third-place finishes in both the high jump and long jump. Joshua Wilborn was third in the 800 and the Eagles placed third in the 4×400 relay.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High’s girls placed third with 58.5 points, while Hilton Head High (30) was eighth. Anna Brown had a runner-up finish in the 800 and Layla Warren placed third in both the 100 and 400 to lead the Eagles. Beaufort also placed second in the 4×400 and third in the 4×800.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In Class 3A, Battery Creek’s girls placed 13th and the boys were 22nd. Battery Creek’s Jordan Wilson-Smalls placed second in boys high jump, and the Dolphins placed third in the girls 4×100 relay.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In Class 2A, Whale Branch finished eighth in the girls standings and 10th in the boys standings. Theresa Anderson was second in the long jump and the 4×100 relay finished second to lead the girls, while Makhi Spicer and JacQuez Frazier finished second and third in the discus to lead the boys.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Eagles claim second straight state title', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'eagles-claim-second-straight-state-title', '', '', '2019-05-16 10:59:09', '2019-05-16 14:59:09', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39985', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39987, 4, '2019-05-16 11:00:50', '2019-05-16 15:00:50', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort’s LaRocque recognized at CCU </strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High School’s Abbigail LaRocque, a theatre arts major, was honored as the Outstanding Sophomore from the Department of Theatre on April 25 by the&nbsp; Thomas W. and Robin W. Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts at Coastal Carolina University in Conway.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Students in the college were awarded recognition for outstanding academic work within their departments of study in a Student Achievement Award ceremony. Outstanding freshmen, sophomore and junior students were recognized, along with various competition winners.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>South Carolina Corps of Cadets commencement 2019</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Six students from Beaufort were among the more than 500 members of the S.C. Corps of Cadets accepting diplomas during The Citadel\'s commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 4 in McAlister Field House in Charleston.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Local graduates included Brian Riddle, Edwin Heape (Business administration), Matthew Livingston (Business administration), Sarah Kardohely (Biology), Robert Bowles (Business administration) and John Lee (Civil engineering).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Graduates accepted their diploma from Citadel alumnus Gen. Glenn W. Walters, USMC (Ret.), who was officiating as president for the first time.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Five students honored by Beaufort Academy</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Randy Wall Memorial Fountain is surrounded by 100 bricks and five benches in the Beaufort Academy courtyard honoring five students each year who exemplify one of the Beaufort Academy core values: integrity, intellect, leadership, pride and respect. Each year, Beaufort Academy hosts a ceremony at the memorial fountain with our five core values recipients. This year’s winners: Margaret Aimar (intellect), Jeffery Rushing (integrity), Cierra Haynes (leadership), Jayda Scheper (pride) and Alyssa Lewis (respect).<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'School Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'school-briefs-41', '', '', '2019-05-16 11:00:53', '2019-05-16 15:00:53', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39987', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39989, 4, '2019-05-16 11:01:55', '2019-05-16 15:01:55', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As a barrier island, Hunting Island is constantly undergoing change. Change at the hands of the wind, the tides and especially the power storms of the late summer and early fall.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now the Hunting Island State Park’s Visitor Center is undergoing a complete transformation of its own over the coming year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To kick off the work, six Beaufort Academy art students from Paula Quinn’s class came to the park on Monday to see the initial sketches and meet the artists.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Artist Aki Kato is painting a complete surround mural depicting the various ecologies of the island, including the salt marsh, the maritime forest, the dunes, the beach, and the ocean.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The skies and landscapes will include many of the plants and animals that live on the island. Aki Kato will complete the murals in about five months.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Classically-trained Kelly Richard is a Hilton Head Island sculptor who works in papier mache — not the papier mache we remember from school days, but a mushy material she calls mud made from paper that can be molded into exact replicas of the creatures she represents.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These will be nearly life-sized models and will be flying into the room or perch on a tree — all integrated with Aki Kato’s murals.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition, the room will house a theater for films and a touch screen display presenting five short videos about important features of the island: The Lighthouse, The Turtles of Hunting Island, The History of Hunting Island, Barrier Island Ecology, and the Civilian Conservation Corps Builds the Harbor River Swing Bridge.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To commemorate the swing bridge connected Hunting Island with Saint Helena Island, Merlin Redfern, a former Friends of Hunting Island board member, architect, and builder, is constructing a scale model of the bridge.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The model will open and close using the actual lever and lights from the bridge’s wheelhouse. For the next few years, until the bridge is replaced, a temporary lever will be used.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The second year, additional displays will be added to the room, including a virtual lighthouse so those who cannot climb to the top can see the 360-degree view.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Visitors are welcome to watch the transformation by viewing the changes through the glass doors from the lobby, or from 2-3 p.m. on Tuesdays, Aki Kato will welcome visitors into the main room to see the progress of his work and ask questions.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information, contact Carol Corbin at 770-265-7630 or <a href=\"mailto:carolcorbin@yahoo.com\">carolcorbin@yahoo.com</a>. Visit the Friends of Hunting Island website at www.friendsofhuntingisland.org.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Hunting Island Visitor Center getting a remake', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'hunting-island-visitor-center-getting-a-remake', '', '', '2019-05-16 11:01:58', '2019-05-16 15:01:58', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39989', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39992, 4, '2019-05-16 11:05:33', '2019-05-16 15:05:33', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Two County Channel shows earn Emmy nominations</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Two of The County Channel\'s award-winning nature series, “Coastal Kingdom” and “Night Skies of Beaufort County,” have been nominated for Southeastern EMMY Awards for 2019 in multiple categories.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Coastal Kingdom,” hosted by naturalist and educator Tony Mills and a production partnership between The County Channel and <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNTEwLjU3NTYwODEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNTEwLjU3NTYwODEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ3MDA3NiZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;105&amp;&amp;&amp;http://www.lowcountryinstitute.org/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">The LowCountry Institute</a> on Spring Island, received two nominations for the episodes \"Remarkable Birds\" and \"The Sandhills.\" Mills, who won last year for best on-camera talent, was nominated again this year, as well.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The stargazing series “Night Skies of Beaufort County,” was also nominated for its episode \"Supermoons &amp; King Tides.\"&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is not the first Emmy nomination for The County Channel, but it is the first time Coastal Kingdom has received three nods in one year.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNTEwLjU3NTYwODEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNTEwLjU3NTYwODEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ3MDA3NiZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;103&amp;&amp;&amp;https://www.youtube.com/watch?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery&amp;v=JhLzYfdqr34\">T</a>he Southeast Emmy Awards&nbsp;are a division of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNTEwLjU3NTYwODEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNTEwLjU3NTYwODEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ3MDA3NiZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;104&amp;&amp;&amp;http://emmyonline.com/academy?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences</a>. Winners will be announced in June.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Watch all programming for The County Channel live on Comcast Ch. 2, Hargray Chs. 9 and 113, and Spectrum Ch. 1304. Viewers can also watch programming live and on-demand at <a href=\"http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNTEwLjU3NTYwODEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNTEwLjU3NTYwODEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzQ3MDA3NiZlbWFpbGlkPXRoZWlzbGFuZG5ld3NAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD10aGVpc2xhbmRuZXdzQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&amp;&amp;&amp;106&amp;&amp;&amp;https://beaufortcountysc.gov/the-county-channel/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">The County Channel’s website</a> at <a href=\"http://www.beaufortcountysc.gov/\">www.beaufortcountysc.gov</a>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>African Queen to address PAFEN 5th Anniversary meeting</strong><br> <br>Her Majesty Queen Mother Dowoti Desir Hounon Houna II, Queen of the Palace of Dada Daagbo Hounon Houna II Guely, Supreme Spiritual Chief of Vodun Hwendo, Benin, West Africa, will be the keynote speaker for the 5th Anniversary annual meeting of the Pan-African Family Empowerment &amp; Land Preservation Network from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18. The free, public event will be held at the St. Helena Island Branch Library.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Pan-African Family Empowerment &amp; Land Preservation Network is a part of leading regional efforts to protect the ownership of black-owned ancestral homes and land. Since 2015, PAFEN\'s \"HELP SAVE GULLAH-GEECHEE LAND CAMPAIGN\" has helped to prevent the loss of Gullah-Geechee-owned property with an assessed value of more than $6 million, according to tax records in Beaufort, Colleton, Georgetown, and Horry counties.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>TCL hosting appreciation event for military, veterans </strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Technical College of the Lowcountry is hosting its fourth annual “Day of Service” event. Active duty military, veterans and their families are invited to a free barbecue from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, May 18.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The event will be held outside Building 12 at the TCL Beaufort Campus at 921 Ribaut Road and will include barbecue and bingo, plus bounce houses and face painting for children.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Day of Service is presented by Technical College of the Lowcountry through support of the Veterans Resource Center, Jim ‘n Nick’s Bar-B-Q and Coca-Cola.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cash donations are appreciated and will benefit Student Veterans of America. For more information,&nbsp; visit <a href=\"http://www.tcl.edu/service\">www.tcl.edu/service</a> or contact Christina Welsch-Copeland at <a href=\"mailto:cwelsh-copeland@tcl.edu\">cwelsh-copeland@tcl.edu</a> or 843-525-8264.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Marines will hold live-fire training</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island will be commencing live-fire training from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, May 20 and Tuesday, May 21.<br> The marsh and waterways in the range impact area will include Archers Creek, Ribbon Creek and Edding Creek. These areas will be closed to boater traffic. For questions regarding firing times and waterway closures, please contact the Weapons and Field Training Battalion Range Control at 843-228-3170.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>City permit fees can now be paid online</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The City of Beaufort has announced the ability for all citizens to pay for city permits online through the Beaufort Self Service portal found at <a href=\"https://beaufort.munisselfservice.com/\">https://beaufort.munisselfservice.com</a>. This is a quick, easy, and secure way for citizens to make payments for permits from the comfort of home or on the go from a mobile device. For more information, contact the Economic Development Department at 843-525-7011/7049.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Davis, Covert will speak to Beaufort Tea Party</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>State Senator Tom Davis and Mike Covert, a candidate in Congressional District 1, will be the guests at the Beaufort Tea Party’s May meeting held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. May 20th at Fuji’s Teppanyaki Restaurant on Lady’s Island. Come early, as seating will be limited.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>SC’s shellfish season closes May 31</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>South Carolina’s 2018-2019 season for the harvest of oysters, mussels, clams and all other bivalves from State Shellfish Grounds and Public Shellfish Grounds will close on Friday, May 31, 2019 at one half hour after official sunset, according to S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) officials.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Because higher bacterial levels occur when water temperatures exceed 80 degrees Fahrenheit, shellfish harvesting during the summer months is limited to commercial harvesters who can meet rigorous handling requirements.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Coastal waters will remain closed to recreational shellfish harvesting until the fall, when water temperatures begin to cool and ensure that shellfish are once again safe for harvesting and consumption. Shellfish harvesting is expected to reopen Oct. 1.&nbsp;<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'News Briefs', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'news-briefs-110', '', '', '2019-05-16 11:05:36', '2019-05-16 15:05:36', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39992', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(39994, 4, '2019-05-16 11:07:38', '2019-05-16 15:07:38', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Board-certified mental health nurse practitioner James Benn Jr. has rejoined thestaff at Beaufort Memorial Sea Island Psychiatry, where he will work with board-certified psychiatrists Drs. Wynn Hill and John DeWitt, as well as fellow certified mental health nurse practitioner Margaret Benton and licensed social worker Patricia Rickenbacker.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Benn, a registered nurse with nearly 35 years of experience, holds a Master ofScience in Nursing from the University of North Dakota. A three-year veteran of the U.S. Army, he earned his Associate of Science degree in Nursing at Norfolk State University in Virginia and his Bachelor of Science at the University of South Carolina Upstate.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Benn previously moved to the Lowcountry in 1986 to take a job at BMH, where he held positions as a staff nurse in the hospital and the mental health unit, and later as a nurse practitioner with Sea IslandPsychiatry. He has also been a critical care and emergency room nurse and, for the past two years, worked as a telemedicine mental health nurse practitioner in Arizona.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Nurse practitioner Benn joins Sea Island Psychiatry', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'nurse-practitioner-benn-joins-sea-island-psychiatry', '', '', '2019-05-16 11:07:40', '2019-05-16 15:07:40', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=39994', 0, 'post', '', 0);
