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(50957, 4, '2021-06-30 14:33:52', '2021-06-30 18:33:52', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Two men were arrested last week in connection with the 2020 shooting death of Malcolm Moore at a pool party on Seaside Road on St. Helena Island.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On June 9, more than a year after the shooting, a Beaufort County magistrate issued warrants for the arrests of Tey\'Veon Smalls, 22, of Ridgeland, and James Stafford Jr., 25, of St. Helena Island, for Murder and Possession of a Weapon during the Commission of a Violent Crime.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":50959,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Screen-Shot-2021-06-30-at-2.35.30-PM.png\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Screen-Shot-2021-06-30-at-2.35.30-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50959\"/></a><figcaption>Smalls & Stafford</figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On Wednesday, June 23, with the assistance of the Jasper County Sheriff\'s Office and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), Smalls was located and arrested in Ridgeland.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On the morning of Friday, June 25, Stafford turned himself in to Sheriff\'s Office deputies in Beaufort.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 9:55 p.m. on May 25, 2020, Sheriff\'s Office deputies responded to a report of a gunshot victim at a pool party on Seaside Road, St. Helena Island.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When deputies arrived, they located a wounded man — later identified as 27-year-old Malcolm Moore of Beaufort — and secured the scene for Beaufort County Emergency Medical Services to respond, treat and transport him to the Beaufort Memorial Hospital.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On the way to the hospital, Moore died as a result of the gunshot wounds.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to investigators, there were more than 100 people at the party and some in attendance may have witnessed the shooting, but no subjects were immediately located or identified.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Over the past year, Sheriff’s Office investigators continued to locate witnesses and conduct interviews.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Eventually, in those interviews, witnesses identified the subjects responsible for Moore’s shooting death as Smalls and Stafford.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After his arrest, Smalls was taken to the Jasper County Detention Center to be held pending transport to Beaufort County later that day. Stafford was taken to the Beaufort County Detention Center.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As of press time, both remain incarcerated at the Beaufort County Detention Center.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Two arrested in connection with 2020 St. Helena pool party killing', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'two-arrested-in-connection-with-2020-st-helena-pool-party-killing', '', '', '2021-06-30 14:37:26', '2021-06-30 18:37:26', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=50957', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(50961, 4, '2021-06-30 14:38:24', '2021-06-30 18:38:24', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort City Council passed the City of Beaufort’s operating budget of $23,769,178 for Fiscal Year 2022 at its June 22 Regular Meeting. The fiscal year begins on July 1, 2021, and ends on June 30, 2022.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The budget includes a modest reduction in property taxes and reflects the City’s expectation that tourism will rebound in the coming year.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The $23.7 million comes in at 3.24 percent over the FY 2021 budget, and includes a 1.1 millage reduction, which means that homeowners will pay less in property tax.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>General Fund appropriations, which includes most City of Beaufort departmental operations and debt service, are estimated to be $18.7 million. The Parks &amp; Tourism Fund appropriations, which include some police operations, marine operations, Waterfront Park operations, parking operations and various downtown operations, are budgeted at $3.3 million.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Stormwater Utility Fund is budgeted at $1.1 million, and the State Accommodations Fund, which includes various tourism and marketing functions, as well as grants, is budgeted for $491,686. The Fire Impact Fund is budgeted at $70,400.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Homeowners will see an increase in their monthly trash refuse fee, which last went up in 2014. It is increasing from $16.20 to $20 a month beginning with the July billing cycle. Capital Waste Services of Columbia will take over the City’s trash and recycling services beginning July 1.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The budget sets various fees for FY 2022, from special duty fees for police services to park deposit fees to building permit fees, which remain at FY 2021 levels.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The budget reflects no new debt.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The budget ordinance can be found at https://bit.ly/2TnhRG.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'City Council passes $23.7 million budget', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'city-council-passes-23-7-million-budget', '', '', '2021-06-30 14:38:26', '2021-06-30 18:38:26', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=50961', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(50963, 4, '2021-06-30 14:39:45', '2021-06-30 18:39:45', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>A big success for Jasper County</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We have just completed a wonderfully successful first for Jasper County – hosting a PGA tournament at Congaree Golf Club and bringing millions of television viewers into our backyards. The benefits of this golf tournament will ripple through Jasper County and the Lowcountry for months and maybe years to come.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to the PGA Tour, the Palmetto Championship at Congaree is expected to have an estimated $50 million impact on the South Carolina economy, plus a $54 million value in media coverage. I hope many of you were able to see some of the tournament on TV or in person so you have a feel for how important this media coverage is to our county.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Working with partners big and small, this community pulled together a major tournament in a matter of three months – something that usually takes a year or longer to organize.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From the volunteers on the course to the emergency services, from the people who helped with the COVID testing to the golfers and their support teams that came through the Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport and other local airports, from our sheriff’s office to Congaree’s members and leaders, from the PGA to our state leaders, I share a heartfelt thank you from Jasper County Council.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As our airport continues to expand and improve, as our roads and highways are upgraded, as our economy grows, I see exciting things in the very near future for Jasper County.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>– Barbara Clark, Chair, Jasper County Council</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'LETTER TO THE EDITOR', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'letter-to-the-editor-51', '', '', '2021-06-30 14:39:47', '2021-06-30 18:39:47', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=50963', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(50965, 4, '2021-06-30 14:43:20', '2021-06-30 18:43:20', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort’s Dominic Christofek, 35, enlisted in the Navy in Cleveland in 2004. After Boot camp at Great Lakes, he trained as a Medical Corpsman including Combat Medicine. He served at MCAS Beaufort and then was embedded with the Marines in Iraq and with the Navy CBES in Okinawa and Afghanistan where he treated all branches and foreign forces. He’s also served at NAS Pensacola and for six years at MCRD Parris Island before retraining as a respiratory therapist and an assignment to Naval Medical Center Camp Legeune. Christofek was medically retired this year and now serves his community at Coastal Carolina Hospital.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":50967,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Dominic-Christofek-as-Young-Sailor-Crop.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Dominic-Christofek-as-Young-Sailor-Crop-1015x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50967\"/></a></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>– Compiled by John Chubb, American Legion Post 9. For nominations, contact jechubb1@gmail.com.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'VETERAN OF THE WEEK DOMINIC CHRISTOFEK', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'veteran-of-the-week-dominic-christofek', '', '', '2021-06-30 14:43:23', '2021-06-30 18:43:23', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=50965', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(50969, 4, '2021-06-30 14:44:49', '2021-06-30 18:44:49', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After moving here last year from western North Carolina, just south of Asheville, Sofia Karen Dow of Lady’s Island admits, “The beauty of this area continues to amaze me.” Dow snapped this photo from the bluff in Port Royal toward Parris Island during one late afternoon as a balmy day was just starting to become a serene evening. To submit a Lowcountry Life photo, you must be the photographer or have permission to submit the photo to be published in The Island News. Please submit high-resolution photos and include a description and/or names of the people in the picture and the name of the photographer. Email your photos to theislandnews@gmail.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'LOWCOUNTRY LIFE', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'lowcountry-life-165', '', '', '2021-06-30 14:44:50', '2021-06-30 18:44:50', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=50969', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(50972, 4, '2021-06-30 14:56:55', '2021-06-30 18:56:55', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Make way for more shopping opportunities </strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br><em>BEAUFORT </em>- Plans for a 197,000-square foot commercial development, Beaufort Station, are inching forward, receiving preliminary approval from the city last week. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The development on 30 acres of heavily wooded land owned by the John Gray family is located at the intersection of Robert Smalls Parkway and the Parris Island Gateway, across the highway from Walmart Supercenter, Belks and T.J. Maxx stores.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It’s probably a good thing the project is moving forward since S.C. Department of Transportation is busy erecting a new stop light as well as traffic medians along the Parkway to serve the development.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The city even issued a “heads up” notice to the public last week that the road work was progressing but according to a very reliable source the Highway Patrol is already writing warnings enforcing the as-yet-none-existent medians.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Charlotte developers representing the Beaufort Station told the city Design Review Board last week planning for the project has been in the works for the past three years. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They did NOT say who the tenants would be, although they stated the smaller units were already “60 to 70 percent occupied with very little effort.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Names like Starbucks, Chipotle, and Old Navy were dropped into the discussion which board members said they hoped would bring some traffic relief to the existing Starbucks on Boundary Street.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It’s going to be interesting to see the race to see that strip of Robert Smalls be developed. Starting with what was the Beaufort Plaza, where the marketing team there is looking for tenants to neighbor the proposed new Publix which hasn’t broken ground yet.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then there’s the car dealership community, farther south and the new Harbor Freight, … a new carwash and a new Verizon store, less than a mile from where the existing Verizon is located.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With the new apartment complexes being built along the Parkway, closer to the Broad River Bridge and the new residences being built on old Salem Road, developers with their high-priced land consultants apparently know what they’re doing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>P.S. The DRB also gave conceptual approval for redevelopment of the former Carver Brothers building supply at the intersection of Parris Island Gateway and Boundary Street/U.S. 21.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Developers want to turn that vacant structure into a storage facility, to store all the retail stuff folks are going to have the increased opportunity to buy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br><strong>Now Dragonboat looking for a home</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BEAUFORT – While new development keeps taking up more land and clearing more trees, another non-profit boating activity is facing the threat of homelessness.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dragonboat Beaufort found out last month they would no longer be welcome at the Port Royal Landings, now that Safe Harbor Marinas is the new owner.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The nonprofit, which raises dollars to help those with cancer, have used the Landings docks since 2013.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For those not familiar with Dragonboat Beaufort, it’s an international organization of rowing teams who band together to raise money and support for cancer patients. The teams compete around the country and when the event is held locally, hundreds of participants and visitors flock to the area, booking hotel rooms, eating in restaurants, etc.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Rowing Club had to vacate their home dock when new owners of the dock tripled the rent.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Representatives of both groups are contacting private communities, land owners and other marinas hoping for water access.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All while the same Safe Harbor that owns the former Port Royal Landings and is believed to be the potential buyer of the Grey Ghost LLC property on Battery Creek, plan what has been described as a 300-boat marina.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br><strong>Update on Grey Ghost</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>PORT ROYAL – Wording changes that could facilitate the sale of the former Port of Port Royal property on Battery Creek, cleared the Municipal Planning Commission last week, advancing action into the Town Council’s court.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In a special meeting held to accommodate current owners of the property, Grey Ghost Properties LLC, and the potential buyers, the MPC members spent an hour tweaking changes to the 2017 Planned Unit Agreement, or PUD, which outlines what can, or cannot be built on the waterfront property.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Commission’s approval sends the proposed changes to the Town Council for a public hearing on July 7.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Stay tuned. A lot of people are eager to see something done on the property … they’re just not sure what.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Lolita Huckaby Watson is a community volunteer and former reporter/editorial assistant/columnist with The Beaufort Gazette, The Savannah Morning News, Bluffton Today, Beaufort Today and The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.). She can be reached at bftbay@gmail.com.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Lowcountry Lowdown', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'lowcountry-lowdown-41', '', '', '2021-06-30 14:56:57', '2021-06-30 18:56:57', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=50972', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(50974, 4, '2021-06-30 15:08:59', '2021-06-30 19:08:59', '<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2><strong>Local activist focusing on area’s boys&nbsp;</strong></h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br><strong>By Margaret Evans</strong><br><br>Tim Garvin knows that meaningful change starts at home.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Last summer, when protests were breaking out in big cities across the country following the death of George Floyd, instead of heading off to Charleston or Columbia, Garvin and his friend Jacorey Wright led a demonstration right here in Beaufort, in front of the old Piggly Wiggly on Boundary Street.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I stepped out on faith last summer,” Garvin said. “I wasn’t even sure I could do it. I didn’t know the rules or guidelines for protesting. I just went to the sidewalk and drew up my signs.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":50851,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/TimGarvinProtest.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/TimGarvinProtest-933x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50851\"/></a><figcaption>Tim Garvin protests near the corner of Boundary Street and Ribaut Road in the days following the murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, Minn. Photo by Jeff Evans.&nbsp;<br></figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br>Within a week, 500 people had joined Garvin and Wright on that sidewalk at the corner of Boundary and Ribaut – folks of all races, ages, and occupations, all standing with Beaufort’s Black community, calling for racial justice. The protest movement – which came to be known as Unified Beaufort – lasted for weeks, culminating in a Father’s&nbsp;Day March through downtown Beaufort.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Garvin is proud of the numbers and diversity they attracted, and especially proud that the protests remained peaceful.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A year later, Tim Garvin is stepping out on faith again. As the founder and president of Unified Beaufort, Inc. – now an official 501c3 non-profit – he’s creating an organization for boys and young men called Unified Gents.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Unified Beaufort’s mission is ‘striving for unity in the community by cultivating equality and justice for all,’” Garvin said. “And we’re starting with our youth. That’s our first step. There aren’t many activities for young people in this town; not many opportunities for fun and friendship. We no longer have a movie theater, we no longer have a roller rink, and now even the bowling alley has closed. That was the last place kids had to hang out together … besides on their phones.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"left\",\"id\":50852,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Tim-FB-headshot.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Tim-FB-headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50852\"/></a></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Garvin envisions Unified Gents as an organization where boys can find face-to-face encouragement, fellowship, and just plain fun. They’ll also be mentored in important life skills like Basic Everyday Etiquette, Written and Verbal Communications, Dating Guidelines for Gentlemen, and Grooming Guidelines.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Garvin has an enthusiastic supporter in the Dean of USCB’s Beaufort campus, Bob LeFavi, who offered him the Center for the Arts auditorium for his kickoff event.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Last summer we had USCB students unite with us and join our forces,” Garvin said, “and Bob LeFavi was in full support. At that time, he told me, ‘if you ever need anything, ask me.’ So when I had the idea to start Unified Gents, I went out on a limb to see if he would keep his word. Bob LeFavi kept his word. I respect him. He’s a good man.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There are currently four speakers lined up for Unified Gents’ inaugural event – people in law enforcement, city government, and mental health – and Garvin plans to include other community leaders at future events. He has a great partner in his fiancé Shaquelia Smalls, who’s been hard at work making drawstring pouches for the young “gents” who attend the kick-off. Each pouch will be filled with various gifts and supplies, including a necktie. (Yes, these boys will learn to tie a tie.)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":50975,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/unified-pouch.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/unified-pouch.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50975\"/></a></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The event is open to boys age 8-17, who will eventually break into two groups: 8-12 and 13-17. Fathers are welcome to attend the first event with their sons.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When asked what he thinks boys might be lacking today, as opposed to girls, Garvin, who has two sons of his own, answered emphatically, “Love. Boys are supposed to be so tough. Not show emotion. But they need someone to talk to, too. They need somebody to encourage them, somebody to say, ‘It’s okay, you can do it!’ Sometimes, a young man needs a shoulder to lean on, too.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Garvin wants Unified Gents to be that shoulder. He hopes to create a racially and socially diverse group of boys who form a “brotherhood bond” and know they are loved. He wants to make a lasting impact on their lives.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I just want people to see a difference,” he said. “I want their parents and teachers to say, ‘I don’t know you’re doing, or what program you have him in, but he’s a whole different kid now.’”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Garvin said the idea for Unified Gents was inspired by the Gentleman’s Club programs that were once in some of our area schools, but have folded. Does he foresee a time when Unified Gents will operate in the schools? Maybe a club in every Beaufort County school?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I don’t know about all that,” he laughed. “I want to crawl before I walk. But if it gets that big one day – Lord willing – then I say, Amen.”<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><strong>What: </strong>Unified Gents Kickoff Event</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>When: </strong>3 to 5 p.m., Monday, July 12</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Where: </strong>USCB Center for the Arts Auditorium, 801 Carteret Street, Beaufort</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Who: </strong>Boys ages 8-12 and 13-17 (Fathers welcome with their sons)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>For more information: </strong>Contact Tim Garvin at Tgarvin843@gmail.com or 843-949-1600.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br><em>Margaret Evans is co-publisher of Lowcountry Weekly and The Island News. 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And she’s so positive about everything she does.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With Cummings and Hala leaving soon for the Tokyo Olympics, Desvarieux will train from Florida for the next few weeks.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I’ll keep training, tying to stay confident, and when he says we have a meet, we’ll be ready for that,” she said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Ian Graham</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“This kid (a couple years) ago could not qualify for the youth nationals – you talk about progress,” Jones said. “He did things that he’s never touched in his life.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Graham bested his personal record in the Snatch by 2 kg (105 to 107) and he beat his best in the Clean &amp; Jerk by 6 kg (125 to 131).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It felt good, and I think it was something I was planning on doing” Graham said. “I had a lot of people behind me supporting me – a lot of my family, my friends, my coach, people on my team, my nutritionist, even my therapist.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A bit of a late bloomer – both Graham and Jones agree – he’s been lifting for about seven years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I was definitely trying to find my niche,” Graham said about focusing on weightlifting. “Sports weren’t doing anything for me. 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(51086, 4, '2021-07-07 13:34:48', '2021-07-07 17:34:48', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Larry Dandridge</strong><br><br>If you can’t work because of a military service-connected disability, you may qualify for “Individual Unemployability (IU).” This means you may be able to get disability compensation or benefits (health care primarily) at the same level as a Veteran who has a 100% disability rating. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There are two ways to apply for and receive a 100% military service-connected disability rating from the VA.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol><li>The first way is to apply for 100% service-connected disability based on one or more service-connected disabilities, which were caused by wounds, injuries, illnesses, or hazardous material (HAZMAT) contaminations. The specific instructions for filing a claim for service-connected disability are found at https://www.va.gov/disability/how-to-file-claim/ .&nbsp;</li><li>The second way to apply for 100% service-connected disability is to submit a VETERAN’S APPLICATION FOR INCREASED COMPENSATION BASED ON UNEMPLOYABILITY, using VA Form 21-8940 and VA Form 21-4192. This application is based on you having a service-connected disability that keeps you from working, regardless of your VA service-connected disability rating.&nbsp;</li></ol>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The VA web site https://www.va.gov/disability/eligibility/special-claims/unemployability/ explains what IU is, what qualifies you for IU, and what forms and evidence you need to submit to file a claim for IU.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You may be eligible for IU if you meet both of the requirements listed below.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You have at least 1 service-connected disability rated at 60% or more disabling, or 2 or more service-connected disabilities, with at least 1 rated at 40% or more disabling and a combined rating of 70% or more, and</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You can’t hold down a steady job that supports you financially because of your service-connected disability. Odd jobs don’t count.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Also, in certain cases, you may qualify for IU at a lower than 60% or 70% disability rating, based on an exception, like marked interference with employment or frequent periods of hospitalization. For more information on exception rules see https://helpdesk.vetsfirst.org/index.php?pg=kb.page&amp;id=1963 .&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Applying for IU is so important that a Veteran should use a Veterans Service Officer (VSO) or another certified adviser to help prepare an IU claim. There is a State of SC Veterans Service Office in every SC county. See a list of SC County Veterans Service Offices at https://scdva.sc.gov/county-veterans-affairs-offices. The Beaufort County Vets Service Office is located in the Disabilities and Special Needs Building, at 100 Clear Water Way, Beaufort, SC 29906, phone number (843) 255-6880, and FAX (843) 255-9445. Call ahead to make an appointment.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The VA can only consider disabilities that have already been awarded by the VA as service-connected. So, if you have a service-connection VA disability award for hip and back injuries of 60% but the main reason you cannot work is because you have unclaimed serious Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), the VA will not consider your PTSD in your IU claim.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The VA does not make its decision on IU based on a Social Security Disability Award. However, if your social security disability award is for the same service-connected disabilities the Veteran is making an IU claim for, then include the award letter in your claim and all the service-connected disability evidence you submitted to the Social Security Administration.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>IU is not always rated as a permanent condition. The VA may require you to undergo periodic medical exams to evaluate your IU. There are safe-guards in place to prevent unjustifiable removal of an IU determination. The VA must provide you with prior notice of their plan to take away your IU benefit. The Vet has 60 days to show evidence that his condition(s) have not changed. The Vet also has an option to request a pre-determination hearing.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The most important evidence a Veteran can submit to support an IU claim is a professional opinion (letter and medical records) from a doctor and Vocational Expert. Supporting letters from an Occupational, Physical, or Speech Therapist, Chiropractor, etc., are also strong evidence of unemployability. Ideally you need to get a VA Doctor, Physician’s Assistant (PA), or Nurse Practitioner (NP) to write an opinion supporting IU in your medical records and in a letter stating “it is more likely than not” that your service-connected disabilities make you unable to work.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A similar letter from a civilian doctor, PA, or NP would also be powerful proof of IU. Since no one knows your illnesses, injuries, wounds, and HAZMAT contaminations better than you, it is a good idea for you to help your doctor and vocational experts prepare supporting letters because they may not be familiar with IU claims. Letters supporting your claim and signed, by your past and present employers, co-workers, and other lay witnesses are also important. Letters should end with, “the information in this letter is true to the best of my knowledge”.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some of the veterans the author knows have filed for IU based on mental illnesses like PTSD, major depressive disorder, major panic disorder, and other disabling conditions. Those claims were supported by detailed letters and recorded interviews from the Vet’s mental health doctor. Those letters included detailed diagnosis and explanation of the mental illnesses, effects of that illness, treatments, sleep deprivation, medication, and how the military caused or worsened the Vet’s mental health. Those letters also included references to medical studies supporting IU for the conditions the Vet is suffering from, and, if applicable, a Military Discharge Review Board decision.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The VA Form 21-8940, VETERAN’s APPLICATION FOR INCREASED COMPENSATION BASED ON UNEMPLOYABILTY is complex and four pages long. Go to https://www.vba.va.gov/pubs/forms/vba-21-8940-are.pdf to download the form</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Section I of the form requires the Veteran’s identification information including the name, Social Security Number, VA File Number, date-of-birth, mailing address, email address, and phone number.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Section II of the form requires submission of the disabilities preventing you from working, the name and address of your doctors (Military, VA, and Civilian), dates of treatment by doctors, and dates of hospitalization.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Section III of the form requires your dates and places of employment for the last five years you worked, the date you last worked full-time, the type of work you did, the hours you worked per week, the date your disability affected employment, the date you became too disabled to work, time loss from illness, highest earnings per month, Reserve or National Guard status, total income for the past 12 months, current earned monthly income, dates and type of work you have applied for, and more.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Section IV of the form requires you to list your education and training, training dates, detailed remarks, and your signature and two witnesses.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The VA Form 21-4192, REQUEST FOR UNEMPLOYMENT IN CONNECTION WITH CLAIM FOR DISABILITY is two pages long. Go to https://www.vba.va.gov/pubs/forms/VBA-21-4192-ARE.pdf to download the form. This form is a request from the VA for employment information from employers the Veteran has worked for in the past five years. The form asks for the Vet’s name, SSAN, VA File Number, date-of-birth, dates of employment, type of work performed, amount earned during last 12 months of employment, date last worked, date of last payment, gross amount of last payment, Reserve or National Guard duty status, what disabilities does the Vet have that prevent working, and much more.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is best if you can personally explain the IU claim process to the employer and help the employer to fill out VA Form 21-4192.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In summary, the VA focuses on whether your service-connected disabilities prevent you from getting a job, keeping a job, and limiting you to jobs that pay below the poverty level. The difference between 60% to 70% service-connected disability and 100% disability may be as much as $2,000.00 per month. If you are a disabled and qualified Veteran, do not miss out on this benefit --- you earned it!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Larry Dandridge is a Vietnam era wounded warrior, a combat and 100% disabled veteran, an ex-Enlisted Infantryman, an Ex-Warrant Officer Attack Helicopter Pilot and Test-pilot, and a retired Lt. Colonel. He is a past Veterans Service Officer, and a current volunteer Patient Adviser, CEO Advisory Council Member, and Patient and Family Advisory Committee Member at the RHJ VA Medical Center. He is also the Fisher House Charleston volunteer Good Will Ambassador and the VP for Veteran and Retiree Affairs for the Coastal Carolina Army Association Chapter. Larry is the author of the award-winning, non-fiction, and action-packed BLADES OF THUNDER (Book One) and contributing free-lance writer with the Island News, you can email him at: LDandridge@earthlink.net.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>EDITOR’S NOTE</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These columns are not meant to replace carefully reading the Federal Veterans’ benefits information at www.va.govand other locations or the State of SC Veterans benefit information at https://scdva.sc.gov. Anyone seeking advice on veterans’ benefits are advised to seek the advice and assistance of a Veterans Assistance Officer or another certified Veterans Advisor.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Larry Dandridge is not an employee of THE ISLAND NEWS and his opinions are his alone. Although every precaution has been taken in the preparation of these articles, the publisher and author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions. Neither is any liability assumed by the author or THE ISLAND NEWS for damages resulting from the use of information contained herein.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'What is Veterans Administration (VA) Individual Unemployability (IU) and how do I file for it?', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'what-is-veterans-administration-va-individual-unemployability-iu-and-how-do-i-file-for-it', '', '', '2021-07-07 13:34:51', '2021-07-07 17:34:51', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51086', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51088, 4, '2021-07-07 13:35:43', '2021-07-07 17:35:43', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Marines attending the Marine Corps Instructor of Water Survival (MCIWS) Course on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island endured various events together during the five-week training course before graduating June 25. The course is designed to teach and train Marines through events such as casualty rescues, distance swims, practical application and underwater endurance exercises designed to reduce fear, raise self-confidence, and develop Marines with the ability to survive in any situation in the water. Aboard the depot, the role of a MCIWS is to train recruits in basic swim qualification and develop their confidence in the water. Photos by Sgt. Dana Beesley, USMC.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'WATER SURVIVAL', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'water-survival', '', '', '2021-07-07 13:35:46', '2021-07-07 17:35:46', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51088', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51090, 4, '2021-07-07 13:40:52', '2021-07-07 17:40:52', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Laura Kaponer</strong><br><br><em>I am a family member</em> <em>of an individual who died by suicide. My son David, who was on the spectrum (autism) and extremely high functioning, did not want to be recognized as different from his peers. He wrote a letter declaring his ‘love’ for a young lady at school. She, not knowing how to respond, shared the letter with friends who shared the content with others. Some of these students started teasing him. David came home from school and ended his life.” </em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This was shared by Maria Beth Smith.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Suicide is something we just don’t talk about. When we don’t talk about suicide it’s impossible to understand the mindset of an individual experiencing thoughts, feelings or actions of suicide.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Defining suicide as something ugly and shameful takes away a safe place to seek support. Support that is necessary for both the individual at risk as well as their loved ones. How do we break this turbulent cycle?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We start the conversation.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We need to approach the conversation of suicide with an open mind in order to break through any misconceptions or prejudices we may have. It’s important to know the language of suicide in order to have the conversation that will promote the greatest possibility of change.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Previously it was said a person “committed suicide.” This strongly indicated that suicide was a deliberate choice. This also insinuated some level of malicious intent such as a person who “commits a crime.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now the language of suicide reflects that with the term “died by suicide.” Suicide is a death caused by an illness.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), warning signs may include:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Talk: </strong>Of wanting to kill themselves, feeling hopeless or a burden, having no reason to live;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Behavior: </strong>Increased use of substances, withdrawing from activities, giving away prized possessions, isolating from family and friend;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Mood: </strong>Depression, anxiety, humiliation/shame, relief or sudden improvement.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Risk factors are characteristics and conditions that increase the liklihood of a suicide attempt. Mental health conditions, substance use problems, serious physical health conditions, prolonged stress or harassment, and stressful life events such as divorce or financial crisis are some possible risk factors listed by the AFSP.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Smith said,”David didn’t have the typical warning signs for suicide, but he did have some risk factors. David came from a ‘broken home,’ his parents were divorced. He had a family history of mental health conditions and suicide, a personal history of episodic depression, and was being harassed by his peers that day. He tended to be an introvert and not share his embarrassment or distress to anyone in the family when he got home from school.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Knowing all the warning signs and risk factors isn’t a guarantee of suicide prevention. Often those left behind blame themselves for not doing or saying something. The most important thing to remember is that suicide is no one’s fault. We can take a proactive role to learn more and offer support where it’s needed. When someone dies by suicide, we all lose. <br><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>MORE INFORMATION&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some further resources on this topic can be found at www.survivorsofscuicide. com, Suicide Prevention Resource Center (sprc. org) and Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (save.org).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Laura Kaponer is a mental health advocate, blogger and Certified Peer Support Specialist. You can find her on social media by searching #Laurakaponeris1in5. </em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'When someone dies by suicide, we all lose', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'when-someone-dies-by-suicide-we-all-lose', '', '', '2021-07-07 13:41:19', '2021-07-07 17:41:19', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51090', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51093, 4, '2021-07-07 13:43:34', '2021-07-07 17:43:34', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is Friday and it is early. This morning I’ve got my coffee (Major Dickason’s Blend), a tangerine and a the expectation of a couple of days in the North Carolina mountains. As soon as Susan wakes we will begin our journey that will take us to the Blue Ridge.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This morning the slate-gray, overcast sky reminds me of those mornings when our military family was about to leave for another the post and, for me, a chance to re-invent myself on a blank canvas.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One morning — standing beside a military train from which I had just disembarked in Bad Kreuznach — I looked into a still dark German sky wondering what kind of life Landstuhl Army Hospital would hold for me.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As I stood in the pre-dawn darkness I was certain the United States was a solid source of goodness in the world. And, of course, knew that the Soviet Socialist Republic — its young soldiers now waking up about 100 miles to the East — was evil. That morning I believed I was “on the right side of history” however small, insignificant and insubstantial my own role.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>My mother and father came from dramatically different geographies — South Carolina and Ohio — but agreed that Catholicism would be our theology. Both of my parents were attracted to the youth and the idealism of John Kennedy although they couldn’t wear political buttons to assert their preference on post.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>My mother was southern-born and brought some of the Lost Cause sentimentality into the family. My father, who’s ancestor rode with George Custer, was secure in the seriousness of his medical research.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In our family there were some, peripheral notions of injustice and inequality — the enlisted families lived in separate, lesser housing.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But the U.S. Army in Europe (USAEUR) was integrated and every morning I rode the bus to Kaiserslautern American High School with black students. There were problems in Mississippi (in 1962) but those problems were not, as far as I could tell, manifest in Vogelweh.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then, in the late 1960s, something changed. That something might have been the perceived futility and folly of Vietnam. Maybe the assassinations of John Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy were too much for our psyche to ignore. Maybe it was Richard Nixon and Watergate. Whatever it was we began to question our national character, our innate goodness.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This could be cyclical.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Every nation goes through periods of feeling positive, followed by doubt, maybe the United States needed to confess its sins and then seek absolution. Maybe this troubled passage is a healthy, necessary step on our way to recovery.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But the worry here is that rage that currently inhabits our social landscape will continue; the contempt for our Congress will metastasize; that redemption and recovery will not happen.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The concern is that the criticism, contempt and anger will spill over into some kind of conflict. That we will have a second Civil War.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One of my friends, a good friend, points to the current impasse in the Congress — and yes, I know the Democrats have a slim majority — as symptomatic of the death of representative government in the United States. He believes there is no solution.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And there is no argument that many in government refuse to compromise. They have a religious, faith-like certainty that they are right.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It does take one back to 1558 when the Brits were evenly divided between Protestant and Catholic and were busy burning and be-heading each other over their theological differences — differences that seem trivial today.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>By 1583, these internal wars had weakened Britain’s Queen making her a target for assassination and invasion. France and Spain, both Catholic, thought this was the right time to invade, capture the tortured island, and drag the faithless Brits back to the Church and to the truth.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our founding, slightly flawed fathers — Jefferson, Madison and Hamilton — knew how close Britain had come to collapse. They knew the danger of a make-no-deals, take-no-prisoners, burn-your-opponent-the-stake religiosity — and did their best to keep that pathogen out of their new compact. (And, yes, one can say that some of the compromises — like the electoral college and slavery—were bad.)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But this morning — as we prepare to leave for the cooler, temperate mountains — I choose to believe our fever will break. Like 16th Century Britain we will recover, continue our quest for perfection, and be a reliable source of goodness for the rest of the world.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Scott Graber is a lawyer, novelist, veteran columnist and longtime resident of Port Royal. 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(51095, 4, '2021-07-07 13:44:40', '2021-07-07 17:44:40', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>LowcoSports.com</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It was a big weekend for pro golfers from the Lowcountry, as Beaufort’s Mark Anderson posted his best result yet on the PGA Tour and Bluffton’s Bryson Nimmer tied for third place in the second event on the newly-minted Forme Tour.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Anderson blazed to a 15-under-par 273 at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit, posting a pair of rounds of 2-under-par 70 to make the cut and turning it on over the weekend to tie for eighth — his best finish in 98 career events on the top tour. He moved into contention with a 5-under 67 on Saturday and kept himself in the hunt with a 6-under 66 on Sunday, finishing just three shots back of champion Cam Davis, who defeated Troy Merritt and Joaquin Niemann in a playoff for the title.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After missing six straight cuts earlier in the season, Anderson appears to be rounding back into form with his fourth made cut in his last six events and his first top-10 finish on the PGA Tour since a tie for 10th at the 2017 Puerto Rico Open.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Anderson is in the field for this week’s PGA Tour stop at the John Deere Classic in Silvis, Illinois, as he looks to build off his newfound momentum.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nimmer made a splash in the second event on the new Forme Tour, carding four consecutive rounds in the 60s to tie for third at the Auburn University Club Invitational. After opening with a pair of rounds of 6-under 66, Nimmer posted a 67 and 69 on the weekend to lock down a solid result and finish three shots behind champion Philip Knowles.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Bluffton native and former Hilton Head Christian Academy and Clemson standout also tied for 44th in the Forme Tour’s initial event, the L&amp;J Golf Championship at Jennings Mill Country Club.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Anderson, Nimmer post top-10 finishes on PGA, Forme tours', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'anderson-nimmer-post-top-10-finishes-on-pga-forme-tours', '', '', '2021-07-07 13:44:41', '2021-07-07 17:44:41', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51095', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51097, 4, '2021-07-07 13:46:40', '2021-07-07 17:46:40', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>LowcoSports.com</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort’s Jerry Bruns continued his strong play last week with a top-three finish in the 70th annual Grant Bennett Florence Junior at the historic Country Club of Florence.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bruns raced out to the 18-hole lead with a blistering 5-under-par 66 in the opening round, but he was unable to maintain the incredible pace and hold off a strong field of golfers from throughout the Palmetto State.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The rising junior at Beaufort High School was just one shot off the pace after shooting even-par 71 in the second round, but he could get only one birdie putt to drop in a final round 72 as Greenville’s Walker Jennings carded three straight rounds in the 60s to finish at 8 under and win by three shots over Rowan Sullivan of Charleston.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bruns finished tied for third with Simpsonville’s Major Lenning. <br><br><em>Photo courtesy of SCJGA</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort’s Bruns ties for 3rd at Florence Junior', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beauforts-bruns-ties-for-3rd-at-florence-junior', '', '', '2021-07-07 13:46:43', '2021-07-07 17:46:43', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51097', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51101, 4, '2021-07-07 13:53:28', '2021-07-07 17:53:28', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For many people, the hot summer days are often spent swimming at the pool. But even though the water is usually clear with chlorine, it doesn\'t mean you should be looking underwater. it could cause temporary damage to your eyes.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The next time you dive into a pool, you might want to reconsider opening your eyes underwater.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"Chlorine is a pretty powerful disinfectant and can, in fact, cause some damage to the outer layer cells that protect the cornea,\" says Dr. Muriel Schornack, a Mayo Clinic optometrist.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The occasional glance should be OK, but extended eye opening underwater can cause damage.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"The eye becomes red, irritated. You might become photophobic, or sensitive to light. Your vision might blur a little bit, and your eyes are going to feel irritated or even, frankly, painful,\" says Dr. Schornack.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Most of the time, those symptoms are uncomfortable but temporary. If you really want to look underwater, the doctor-recommended tip:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"… I\'m a huge fan of swimming goggles for a couple of reasons. No. 1, you can protect the front surface of the eye. No. 2, a lot of folks who are highly nearsighted or highly farsighted like to wear their contact lenses while they\'re swimming. And if chlorine soaks into those lenses, now you\'ve got a reservoir of chlorine on the surface of the eye that\'s likely to do damage,\" says Dr. Schornack.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>By Jason Howland/ Mayo Clinic Minute <br><br><em>Exclusive content from CARE Magazine</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Should you open your eyes underwater?', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'should-you-open-your-eyes-underwater', '', '', '2021-07-07 13:53:30', '2021-07-07 17:53:30', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51101', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51103, 4, '2021-07-07 13:54:38', '2021-07-07 17:54:38', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Regardless of whether a person has a food addiction or eating disorder or simply wants to improve their intake of nutritious foods, they may wish to give up unwanted eating behaviors.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Seek help: </strong>Anyone who suspects that they have an eating disorder or food addiction can contact the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) helpline at 800-931-2237. People looking for help with their nutritional intake can also seek the guidance of a registered dietitian. Alongside the appropriate therapy, nutritional advice can help people manage their health.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Modify the environment: </strong>Environmental cues, which include the sight, smell, and even appearance of foods, may trigger food cravings.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Individuals can adjust their environment without creating restrictions by:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>portioning adequate amounts of food for meals, and then storing the remainder away and out of sight&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>sitting away from buffet tables and reframing the dining experience to focus on the social aspects of human engagement and conversation rather than the foods available&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>placing nutritious foods in visible places to serve as reminders and encouragement for healthy eating — for example, putting fruits in a bowl or plate on the kitchen counter&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>increasing the intake of whole foods and nonstarchy vegetables in preference to highly processed foods, when possible&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Small changes go a long way: </strong>It is important to resist the urge to try fad diets that promise rapid results in a short time, as most people who have dieted to lose weight regain the majority of this weight within five years.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Instead, a person should plan to make gradual but sustainable dietary and lifestyle changes, including regular exercise, to support good health and disease management.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/is-food-addiction \">https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/is-food-addiction </a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Exclusive content from CARE Magazine</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'How to give up unwanted eating behaviors', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'how-to-give-up-unwanted-eating-behaviors', '', '', '2021-07-07 13:54:40', '2021-07-07 17:54:40', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51103', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51105, 4, '2021-07-07 13:55:59', '2021-07-07 17:55:59', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>A study involving nearly 500,000 people finds that drinking coffee significantly lowers the risk of developing liver disease.&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The health benefit applies to all kinds of coffee, including caffeinated, decaffeinated, ground, and instant coffee.&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The study finds that drinking 3–4 cups per day provides the greatest benefit.&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For many, coffee is their favorite—some might say indispensable—part of each day. Yet there is also a constant stream of often contradictory research offering evidence for both coffee’s benefits and risks.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>A large new study has now found that coffee of all kinds lowers the risk of chronic liver disease, fatty liver disease, liver cancer, and death from chronic liver disease.&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The greatest benefit is derived from drinking 3–4 cups of coffee, even decaffeinated, per day. Coffee from grounds is slightly more beneficial than instant coffee.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The study, from researchers at the Universities of Southampton and Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, appears in the journal <em>BMC Public Health</em>.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Liver disease and a welcome study&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Worldwide, liver disease causes 2 million deaths annually, with 1 million people dying from complications of cirrhosis and another from viral hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>According to the study, the area most profoundly affected by liver disease is sub-Saharan Africa. Central and South America, Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia follow.&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Liver disease risk factors include consuming alcohol, having overweight, and having diabetes.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cleveland Clinic’s transplant hepatologist Dr. Talal Adhami called the study “absolutely amazing” thanks to its scope.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“There have been smaller studies, and there was an association [between liver health and coffee], but this study actually drew a much bigger association just from the sheer number of patients,” he said.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Compared with the participants who did not consume coffee, coffee drinkers’ risk of chronic liver disease was 21% lower.&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They also had a 19% reduced risk of developing chronic liver or fatty liver disease, and they lowered their risk of hepatocellular carcinoma by 21%. Coffee drinkers were also 49% less likely to die from liver disease.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>For people who drank coffee from ground beans, the reduction in risk was even greater.&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Their risk of developing either chronic liver disease or chronic liver or fatty liver disease was reduced by 35%, of developing hepatocellular carcinoma — by 34%, and of dying of liver disease — by 61%.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dr. Adhami explained that “coffee actually can help in early stages of liver disease,” as the liver becomes inflamed in response to a pathogen.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It can also affect the scarring tissue process, and later on in cirrhosis patients or patients with advanced scarred tissue who are prone to have primary cancer of the liver. Coffee is helpful at that level too,” he added.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/drinking-any-coffee-reduces-the-risk-of-liver-disease-study-finds \">https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/drinking-any-coffee-reduces-the-risk-of-liver-disease-study-finds </a><br><br><em>Exclusive content from CARE Magazine</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Drinking coffee can reduce the risk of liver disease', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'drinking-coffee-can-reduce-the-risk-of-liver-disease', '', '', '2021-07-07 13:56:02', '2021-07-07 17:56:02', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51105', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51107, 4, '2021-07-07 13:59:34', '2021-07-07 17:59:34', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One of the highlights of the summer season is the incredible bounty of fresh produce, and grilling these vegetables gives them a smoky, delicious dimension. Here are some simple tips for flavor perfection:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When preparing vegetables, slice them to expose as much of the vegetable to the grill surface as you can.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Coat vegetables with olive oil before placing them on the grill. This will help prevent them from sticking to the grill.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Use the right tool for the job. Accessories like grill toppers and skewers are perfect for keeping smaller foods like cherry tomatoes and onions from rolling around or falling through the grate.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Don\'t leave vegetables unattended. Vegetables are delicate and can easily overcook if not monitored.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Grill extras. Leftover grilled vegetables are great in soups, salads, sandwiches and on pizzas and pasta.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When grilling vegetables, consider this popular recipe. <br><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Grilled Zucchini Rolls&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Ingredients</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;medium zucchinis, sliced 1/4-inch thick, lengthwise</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;tablespoon olive oil</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ounces chevre (soft goat cheese), at room temperature</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pinch of freshly ground black pepper</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pinch of kosher salt</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;tablespoons sun-dried tomatoes, oil-packed and minced</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;teaspoon oil from the sun-dried tomatoes</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;teaspoon fresh thyme, minced</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;tablespoons Parmesan cheese, freshly grated</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Directions</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Preheat the grill on medium.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Brush both sides of sliced zucchini with olive oil and sprinkle with salt. Place on the grill and cook for 4 minutes per side.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When cooked, set on a wire rack to cool.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In a small bowl, combine the chevre, salt, pepper, sun-dried tomatoes, oil and thyme.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Using a small spatula, spread the cheese mixture thinly over one side of the zucchini.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lightly roll the zucchini, and place seam side down on a small, parchment-lined baking sheet. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Place baking sheet on top rack of the grill for 15 minutes.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Remove to a platter and serve.Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.broilkingbbq.com/\">www.broilkingbbq.com</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Tips for perfectly grilled vegetables', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'tips-for-perfectly-grilled-vegetables', '', '', '2021-07-07 13:59:36', '2021-07-07 17:59:36', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51107', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51109, 4, '2021-07-07 14:06:29', '2021-07-07 18:06:29', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ouch! If you’ve got a pinched nerve, you’re likely aware of it day and night because of the pain and numbness it produces. But many people with pinched nerves around the spine—a highly common problem—have no idea how they’re diagnosed or treated, according to Kaliq Chang, MD.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A colloquial term that describes nerve compression, pinched nerves leading from the spine can trigger troublesome symptoms much farther away, such as in the arms and legs. That’s because these extremities are connected to nerves along the neck and back, Dr. Chang explains.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If your pinched nerve is located in your neck, pain, tingling, numbness or even weakness can show up in your arms and hands. In your back, a pinched nerve can lead to similar symptoms in the buttocks, radiating down the back of the upper leg.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“These symptoms can be all over the map—brief or long-lasting, minor or terrible,” explains Dr. Chang, an interventional pain management specialist. “Many people feel pinched nerve symptoms for just a day or two before they quickly resolve, but if they’re long-lasting and severely impact your days, you’d be wise to get checked by a doctor.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Risk factors and causes&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The first thing your doctor might determine is whether you’re predisposed to a pinched nerve due to various risk factors. Dr. Chang says these include:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Overweight or obesity</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Pregnancy</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Diabetes</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Occupations requiring repetitive motions</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Family history&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beyond risk factors, certain habits or medical conditions can also lead directly to pinched nerves, Dr. Chang says. Your doctor is likely to observe and check for:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Injuries</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Poor posture</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Holding your body in one position for long time periods</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Arthritis</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Spinal bone spurs</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Herniated or bulging discs in spinal vertebrae&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Taking a comprehensive medical and personal history is the first and most important step toward accurately diagnosing and treating pinched nerves,” Dr. Chang explains. “Only after this step should your doctor decide which tests might unearth the cause and determine the best treatment approach.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Diagnosis and treatment</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A variety of diagnostic tests can point to the exact reason for your pinched nerve, Dr. Chang notes. These include:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Nerve conduction studies</em>: These use electrodes to measure electrical nerve impulses, as well as muscle and nerve function.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Electromyograph</em>y: This assesses the electrical activity in muscles both at rest and while contracting.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>MRI imaging</em>: These detailed images reveal possible nerve root compression.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The best news possible involves pinched nerve treatment. “Most patients need only rest, temporarily avoiding any activities that worsen symptoms,” Dr. Chang says.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Your doctor may also recommend other treatments that include:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>NSAIDs </em>(nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) such as ibuprofen or naproxen to soothe nerve pain and inflammation.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Physical therapy </em>to stretch and strengthen muscles surrounding the pinched nerve site, relieving pressure on the nerve.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Epidural steroid injections</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Surgery</em>, a last resort if nonsurgical measures don’t work and your pain and other symptoms are severe and long-lasting.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“For the vast majority of people with pinched nerves, this is a short-term bother,” Dr. Chang says. “This is one case where time (usually) does heal.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kaliq Chang, MD, is an interventional pain management specialist board-certified in anesthesiology at Atlantic Spine Center. Atlantic Spine Center is a nationally recognized leader for endoscopic spine surgery with several locations in NJ and NYC. http://www.atlanticspinecenter.com, www.atlanticspinecenter.nyc <br><br><em>Exclusive content from CARE Magazine</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'How pinched nerves are diagnosed and treated', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'how-pinched-nerves-are-diagnosed-and-treated', '', '', '2021-07-07 14:06:31', '2021-07-07 18:06:31', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51109', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(51111, 4, '2021-07-07 14:10:55', '2021-07-07 18:10:55', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Emergencies come in many forms: fires, hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, violent storms. In the event of extreme weather or a disaster, would you know what to do to protect your pet? Leaving pets out of evacuation plans can put pets, pet owners, and first responders in danger. Even if you try to create a safe place for them, pets left behind during a disaster are likely to be injured, lost, or worse. Be prepared: make a plan and prepare a disaster kit for your pet.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Before an emergency:</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To get started, familiarize yourself with the types of disasters that could affect your area and consider your options for providing care for your pet(s).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Disasters can happen without warning, so be prepared:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Make sure your pet(s) wear collars and tags with up-to-date contact information and other identification.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Microchip your pet(s) – this is one of the best ways to ensure that you and your pet are reunited if you are separated. Always be sure to register the microchip with the manufacturer and keep your contact information up to date with the microchip company.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Keep a leash and/or carrier near the exit.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Make sure you have proper equipment for pets to ride in the car (carriers, harnesses, pet seatbelts).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Prepare a Pet Disaster Kit so evacuation will go smoothly for your entire family. Ask your veterinarian for help in putting together your pet’s veterinary records.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Make a Plan</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Plan where you and your pet will stay in case you need to evacuate your home. Pets may not be allowed in local shelters, unless they are service animals. Many disaster evacuation centers (such as Red Cross evacuation centers) do not accept pets and other animals.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Identify shelters or out-of-town friends or relatives where your pets and other animals can stay.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Locate boarding facilities or animal hospitals near your evacuation shelter and in the case you are unable to return home right away.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Create a buddy system in case you’re not home during an emergency. Ask a trusted neighbor who can check on your animals and can evacuate your animals if necessary.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Locate a veterinarian or animal hospital in the area where you may be seeking temporary shelter and add the veterinarian’s contact information to your emergency kit.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Create an emergency kit for your pet</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Prepare an emergency kit for your pet ahead of time.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Purchase a pet carrier for each of your pets (write your pet’s name, your name, and contact information on each carrier).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Food and water for at least 2 weeks for each pet</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For cats: litter box and litter</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For dogs: plastic bags for poop</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Medications for at least 2 weeks</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Medical records, including record of vaccination for rabies and other diseases, prescription medications, and medical history.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sturdy leashes or harnesses</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Microchip number</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Contact information (cell phone, work phone, home phone) of owner and close relative or friends</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>During an Emergency</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sheltering during an evacuation</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Remember, during a disaster, what is good for you is good for your pet. If you leave your pets behind, they may be lost, injured – or worse. Never leave a pet chained outdoors.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Contact your local emergency management office and ask if they offer accommodations for owners and their pets. If accommodations are needed for your pet(s):&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Contact local veterinary clinics, boarding facilities, local animal shelters, family or friends outside the evacuation area, or a pet-friendly hotel, particularly along evacuation routes.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Remember to take your pet’s emergency kit with you.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Learn what to expect if you take your pet to an evacuation center.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sheltering in place</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When sheltering at home with your pet, make sure the room chosen is pet-friendly in the following ways:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Select a safe room, preferably an interior room with no (or few) windows.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Remove any toxic chemicals or plants.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Close off small areas where frightened cats could get stuck in (such as vents or beneath heavy furniture).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Diseases that can spread between pets and people during a natural disaster: </em>Natural disasters can contribute to the transmission of some diseases. Exposure to inclement weather conditions, stagnant water, wildlife or unfamiliar animals, and overcrowding can put your pet at risk for getting sick. Some of these illnesses can be transmitted between pets and people (also known as zoonotic diseases or zoonoses). Some common disaster-related diseases that pets can pass to people are the following: rabies, leptospirosis, and diseases spread by mosquitoes, fleas, and ticks.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>After an Emergency</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After an emergency, familiar scents and landmarks may have changed. Pets can become confused and lost, so it’s important to keep pets on leash or in a carrier when they’re being transported or when you go outside. Some hazards to be aware of for pets and people include snakes and other wildlife, especially after flooding, and downed power lines.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Returning home</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Check your home for sharp objects, spilled chemicals, and exposed wiring to protect your family and your pets from injury.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The behavior of animals may change dramatically after a flood, flash flood, thunderstorm, or hurricane. Normally quiet and friendly animals may become irritable.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Monitor animals closely and only release them in a safe and secure environment.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Contact a veterinarian if you notice any signs of stress, discomfort, or illness in your pets.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Finding a lost pet</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Make sure that your family is in a safe location before you begin your search.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you are in a shelter that houses pets, inform one of the pet caretakers. Give the pet caretaker a missing pet flyer.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"right\",\"id\":51112,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-07-at-2.08.38-PM.png\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-07-at-2.08.38-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51112\"/></a></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Many shelters and organizations will house pets lost during disasters. Contact your local humane society, animal welfare organization, or county or state animal response team to find the shelters or organizations near you. The National Animal Rescue and Sheltering Coalition may also be able to help find the right local response organization.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition to shelters and rescue organizations, you can contact local animal control about your lost pet and post missing pet flyers in the area once conditions are safe.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If your pet has a microchip, call the microchip company to let them know your pet is missing and make sure all the information about your pet including your current contact information is updated and current.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sources:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/emergencies/index.html\">https://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/emergencies/index.html</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Pet Disaster Preparedness Kit</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Pets in Evacuation Centers</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Humane Society of the United States: Making a disaster plan for pets <br><br><em>Exclusive content from CARE Magazine</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Pet safety in emergencies', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'pet-safety-in-emergencies', '', '', '2021-07-07 14:10:57', '2021-07-07 18:10:57', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51111', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(51114, 4, '2021-07-06 14:11:00', '2021-07-06 18:11:00', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Okatie’s McAlister graduates from Bradley</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Okatie native Richard McAlister graduated with a BSME in Mechanical Engineering Biomedical Engineering from Bradley University in May. McAlister was among the 1,000-plus students who earned degrees. Bradley University is a top-ranked, private university in Peoria, Ill.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>4 area students graduate from Coastal Carolina</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Coastal Carolina University recognized nearly 1,200 students during its in-person Spring 2021 commencement ceremonies, held Friday, May 7, and Saturday, May 8, in Brooks Stadium. Among the graduates were: Devin Hyatt of Beaufort (29907), Will Durbin of Beaufort (29907), Xavier Jackson of Beaufort (29902) and Anna Mayfield of Okatie (29909).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Coastal Carolina University is a dynamic, public comprehensive liberal arts institution located in Conway, located just minutes from the resort area of Myrtle Beach.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'EDUCATION BRIEFS', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'education-briefs-34', '', '', '2021-07-07 14:13:08', '2021-07-07 18:13:08', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51114', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51116, 4, '2021-07-07 14:17:13', '2021-07-07 18:17:13', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Veteran administrators have been selected to lead nine Beaufort County School District (BCSD) schools. Superintendent Frank Rodriguez announced the new principal selections for this fall during the Wednesday, June 30 Board of Education meeting. Seven of the selections by Rodriguez were internal moves, and two were external hires from outside the district.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The nine new principals are:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>M.C. Riley Elementary School </strong>– Melissa Holland, principal of Beaufort Elementary since 2015, replaces Adrienne Sutton, a 30-year district veteran who retired after serving as principal of M.C. Riley Elementary School for more than a decade and prior to that, principal of Hilton Head Island Early Childhood Center. Holland’s 20-plus-year career at BCSD began as a teacher at Hilton Head Island Elementary School. She has held assistant principal positions at Bluffton, Lady’s Island, and Beaufort elementary schools. She holds master’s degrees in Early Childhood Education and Educational Administration, both from the University of South Carolina.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort Elementary School </strong>– Michelle Sackman, principal at Mossy Oaks Elementary since 2017, replaces Melissa Holland. Sackman began her 20-plus-year educational career at BCSD as a multi-age teacher at Broad River Elementary School and has held positions at Coosa, Beaufort, and Whale Branch elementary schools. She currently serves as a curriculum writer and facilitator for the S.C. Department of Education. She holds a master’s degree in Education Leadership from Capella University.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Mossy Oaks Elementary School </strong>– Melissa Vogt, principal at Whale Branch Elementary School since 2018, replaces Michelle Sackman. A veteran educator with 20-plus years of experience at BCSD, Vogt began her career teaching at M.C. Riley Elementary School and has held assistant principal positions at Bluffton, Broad River, and Red Cedar elementary schools. She holds a master’s degree in Education Leadership from Georgia Southern University.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Whale Branch Elementary School </strong>– Marva Neal, an assistant principal at Okatie Elementary School since 2011, replaces Melissa Vogt. Neal began her career with the United States Air Force, serving as an Information Manager and Air Cargo Specialist. She has been with BCSD for 20-plus years and has held positions at St. Helena and Okatie elementary schools. She earned a master’s degree in Educational Administration from the University of South Carolina, and she holds two additional master’s degrees from Lesley University in Technology in Education and Curriculum and Instruction.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Lady’s Island Elementary School </strong>– Davina Coleman, an assistant principal at Robert Smalls International Academy since 2018, replaces Marvelle Ulmer who retired after serving as Lady’s Island Elementary School’s principal for more than a decade. Coleman began her educational career as a math teacher in Hawaii and has held positions at Beaufort Middle School and Robert Smalls International Academy. She holds a master’s degree in Education in Administration from the University of South Carolina.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Robert Smalls International Academy </strong>– Bradley Tarrance, Godwin Heights Public School Principal in Grand Rapids, Mich., replaces Celeste LaVan, Ed.D., who has been promoted to Executive Director at the District Office. Tarrance has 20-plus years in education, having served as a middle school language arts teacher and principal of two turn-around middle schools in San Antonio, Texas, where he has also held results oriented, leadership-focused positions. He holds a master’s degree in Education Leadership from Trinity University in San Antonio.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>H.E. McCracken Middle School </strong>– Ryan Milling, an assistant principal at H.E. McCracken Middle School since 2020, replaces Lindsey Skirtich who left the district for a position in the private sector. Milling began his educational career as a school counselor and held positions in Darlington, Fort Mill, and Florence School District 3 before joining BCSD in 2020. He holds master’s degrees in Educational Leadership and Counseling and Development, both from Winthrop University.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Hilton Head Island Middle School </strong>– Tanja Wheeler, Ed.D., an educator with international school principal experience, replaces Patricia Freda who retired after 35-plus years in education. Wheeler has 30-plus+ years of educational experience, beginning her career as a family and consumer science teacher in Hamilton, Ohio. She went on to serve as principal at Nacel International School Systems and Future International School. Wheeler holds a doctorate degree in Educational Leadership and Management from Capella University.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Battery Creek High School </strong>– Denise Lessard, an assistant principal at Battery Creek High School since 2017, replaces Chad Cox, Ed.D., who has been promoted to Executive Director at the District Office. Lessard began her 30-year educational career in Early Childhood Education in New Hampshire, later becoming a secondary social studies teacher, district new teacher mentor, and class transition director. Lessard joined BCSD as a social studies teacher at Whale Branch Early College High School in 2015 and subsequently served as an instructional coach at Battery Creek High School. 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(51120, 4, '2021-07-06 14:20:00', '2021-07-06 18:20:00', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Port Royal Cypress Wetlands</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Open to the public everyday during daylight hours, located on Paris Ave. Free. Experience the wonders of the wetlands as you stroll the boardwalk and visit the rookery. This is a working organic laboratory and stormwater system for the benefit of all. A photographer’s paradise with nesting birds, alligators, turtles, etc. For more information visit www.friendsofportroyalcypresswetlands.org , Facebook at FriendsofPRCypressWetlands, or on Instagram at friendsofprcypresswetlands.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The Historic Port Royal Museum</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>10 a.m. to 3 p.m. or upon request, Thursdays through Sundays, The Historic Port Royal Museum, 1634 Paris Ave. The museum features the turn-of-the-century businesses and industries of Port Royal: Shrimping, crabbing, oystering, the railroad, the school and the mercantile. Great gifts featuring local artists are available. For more information. visit www.portroyalhistory.org, email unionchurch1004@gmail.com or call 843-524-4333.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Ancestor of the Land – Rufus Daniel Mitchell</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursdays through Saturdays, Beaufort Arts Council Exhibition Hall, Mather School Museum, Technical College of the Lowcountry, 921 Ribault Road, Building 1. A Tribute by Bernice Mitchel Tate, Andy Tate and Dr. Derek Mitchell Tate to the Beaufort County Rural Black Farmer. An authentic Beaufort County, S.C. Gullah Cultural Heritage photographic, visual art, digital art, material culture exhibition and instillation experience celebrating the life and times of Rufus Daniel Mitchell (1913-1987), his family and the historic Sheldon farming community.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club June meeting</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>7 p.m., Thursday, July 8, Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club located on Lady’s Island off of Meridian Road. Social begins at 6:30 p.m. Guests are welcome. Reservations are not needed. Captain Mike Rentz, local guide, for Salty Seas Charters will discuss Trout. He will present rods and reels, and baits/lures of choice. This information will also include how to select best fishing spots, dealing with water clarity, tides, and currents. Beaufort Boat &amp; Dock Supply, Butler Marine, and Adams Marine Seminars again are drawing sponsors. Weigh in your favorite catch at the Port Royal Landing Marina – Safe Harbor – during regular hours. Congratulations to John Mucha for winning the monthly $50 drawing for May. Winners must be present at the next month’s meeting to receive the cash award. or additional information, contact Captain Frank Gibson at 843-522-2122 or email fgibson@islc.net.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>I A Mobility Outlet grand opening</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, July 10, 30 Robert Smalls Parkway. I A Mobility Outlet is holding its grand opening. Speak with a member of the team for the answer to any mobility-related questions. The event will be joined by the Gullah Express food truck, as well as the Rolling Cow Creamery.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Maye River Quilters Guild meeting</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>10 a.m., Saturday, July 10 via Zoom. To get the link for the meeting, visit mayeriverquiltguild.com. For additional meeting dates and times, and for membership forms to join the group, visit the website or call 843-530-1244.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Artistic Enchantment: Fiber &amp; Fabric Creations</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, though July 16, USC Beaufort Center for the Arts. Free and open to the public. Masks and social distancing are required. Art exhibit featuring enchanting fiber and fabric creations. Experience nature-inspired hooked rugs by Dot Schaphorst and unique quilts by Suzanne Aulds.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>An evening with Preslaysa Williams</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6 p.m., Tuesday, July 13, USC Beaufort Center for the Arts, 801 Carteret St., Beaufort. A conversation and book signing with award-winning author and actress Preslaysa Williams. Her latest novel, A Lowcountry Bride, was released June 1. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased online at www.uscbcenterforthearts.com or by calling 843-522-4145. Books will be available for purchase at Center for the Arts and a meet-and-greet book signing will follow.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Northern Beaufort County Democratic Club meetings</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6:30 to 8 p.m., Thursday, July 15, Washington Street Park. After a year of masks, social distancing, hygiene measures and vaccinations (you have yours, right?), we can finally meet in person. Meetings at the beautiful, newly refurbished Washington Street Park at the corner of Washington Street and Newcastle Street in Beaufort.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>LIVE After 5</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5 to 8 p.m., Thursday, July 15, downtown Beaufort. Every third Thursday of the month is downtown Beaufort’s newest recurring monthly party with live music, local artists, late night shopping and drink and food specials. Rain or shine. Free entertainment, sponsored by Activate Beaufort, featuring Wayne Grabenbauer and Southbound 17.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Lions Club pancake breakfast</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>8 to 11 a.m., Saturday, July 17, Sea Island Presbyterian Church, 81 Lady\'s Island Drive. The Beaufort Lions Club will hold its semi-annual pancake breakfas. For 75 years, the Beaufort Lions Club has provided assistance to northern Beaufort County residents with vision needs such as surgeries, glasses, or equipment. This year\'s menu will consist of fluffy pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, cheesy grits, orange juice, luscious sausage gravy and biscuits, and coffee. Tickets may be purchased at the door or from a member of the Beaufort Lions Club. For information, call 843-522-0066</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'WHAT’S HAPPENING', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'whats-happening-60', '', '', '2021-07-07 14:22:29', '2021-07-07 18:22:29', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51120', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51122, 4, '2021-07-07 14:28:45', '2021-07-07 18:28:45', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort-Jasper Water &amp; Sewer Authority (BJWSA) Engineering Department will hold a virtual public meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 15 at 6 pm, to present plans for the North Street Transmission project. Register for the meeting at https://bjwsa_beaufort.eventbrite.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This project consists of connecting existing water mains on Hamar Street and Robert Smalls Parkway with a 20-inch transmission main. These improvements keep BJWSA in compliance with South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) requirements.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Benefits include an increase in water flow and consistency of water pressure throughout the service area, improved service to customers in downtown Beaufort and Lady’s Island and an increase in capacity for emergencies such as fire protection. Additionally, these improvements will allow the authority to maintain a high ISO rating for the fire departments, which translates to insurance rate savings for customers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Customers with questions regarding the project may go to www.bjwsa.org/current-projects or contact projectinquiry@bjwsa.org for additional information.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'BJWSA to hold meeting on North Street Transmission Main project', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'bjwsa-to-hold-meeting-on-north-street-transmission-main-project', '', '', '2021-07-07 14:28:48', '2021-07-07 18:28:48', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51122', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51124, 4, '2021-07-07 14:31:13', '2021-07-07 18:31:13', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Once again, the Burton Fire District responded to four motor vehicle collisions over a holiday weekend that resulted in injuries.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Over the July 4 holiday weekend – Friday, July 2 to Sunday, July 4 – the Burton Fire District responded to four motor vehicle collisions, all of which resulted in injury.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On Friday, July 2, just after 1:30 p.m., Burton firefighters and Beaufort County EMS responded to a motor vehicle collision at the intersection of Laurel Bay Road and Bay Pines Road.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Emergency crews arrived and found two passenger vehicles with moderate to heavy damages. Both drivers suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Laurel Bay Road was closed for approximately one hour while emergency crews assisted the injured and removed roadway hazards.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Later that evening, just before 9 p.m., Burton firefighters and county EMS again responded to a motor vehicle collision with injuries on Bay Pines Road, this time at the intersection of Parker Drive. The extent of injuries is unknown.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On Saturday, July 3, just after 11 p.m., Burton fire crews and county EMS responded to a single-vehicle collision at the Broad River Blvd. and Jennings Road intersection. Emergency crews arrived on scene to a single vehicle in the tree line with heavy damage.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Firefighters helped remove the occupants from the vehicle, three of whom, including a child, were transported to the hospital with potentially serious injuries.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On Sunday, July 4, just past 7 a.m., again on Broad River Blvd, Burton and county EMS responded to another single-vehicle collision. Emergency crews arrived on scene to a passenger vehicle off the roadway and lying on its roof.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Firefighters stabilized the vehicle so the driver, who appeared to have non-life-threatening injuries, could be safely removed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>During the previous Memorial Day weekend, Burton firefighters responded to four motor vehicle collisions, as well. All resulted in injuries.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Four car crashes, multiple injuries over holiday weekend in Burton', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'four-car-crashes-multiple-injuries-over-holiday-weekend-in-burton', '', '', '2021-07-07 14:31:15', '2021-07-07 18:31:15', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51124', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51126, 4, '2021-07-07 14:33:43', '2021-07-07 18:33:43', '<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2><strong>At least 3 sickened, 1 dead from chicken contaminated with Listeria</strong></h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tyson Foods Inc., is recalling approximately 8,492,832 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) chicken products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced July 3.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The frozen, fully cooked chicken products were produced between Dec. 26, 2020 and April 13, 2021. The products that are subject to recall are listed can be found at https://bit.ly/3xfWjdY. The products are sold mostly under the Tyson label, though there are a handful sold under other brands such as Little Caesars’s, Marco’s Pizza and others. Labels of the affected products can be found at https://bit.ly/3xj9efm.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST. P-7089” on the product bag or inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped nationwide to retailers and institutions, including hospitals, nursing facilities, restaurants, schools and Department of Defense locations.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On June 9, FSIS was notified of two persons ill with listeriosis. Working in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state public health partners, FSIS determined there is evidence linking the Listeria monocytogenes illnesses to precooked chicken produced at Tyson Foods Inc. The epidemiologic investigation identified three listeriosis illnesses, including one death, between April 6 and June 5.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, a serious infection that primarily affects older adults, persons with weakened immune systems, and pregnant women and their newborns. Less commonly, persons outside these risk groups are affected.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Listeriosis can cause fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions sometimes preceded by diarrhea or other gastrointestinal symptoms. An invasive infection spreads beyond the gastrointestinal tract.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In pregnant women, the infection can cause miscarriages, stillbirths, premature delivery or life-threatening infection of the newborn. In addition, serious and sometimes fatal infections in older adults and persons with weakened immune systems. Listeriosis is treated with antibiotics.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Persons in the higher-risk categories who experience flu-like symptoms within two months after eating contaminated food should seek medical care and tell the health care provider about eating the contaminated food.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumer and institutional freezers. Consumers should not eat these products. Institutions should not serve these products. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When available, the retail distribution list(s) will be posted on the FSIS website at www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Consumers with food safety questions can call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854) or live chat via https://ask.usda.gov/s/ from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Eastern Time), Monday through Friday</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Tyson recalling more than 8 million pounds of chicken products', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'tyson-recalling-more-than-8-million-pounds-of-chicken-products', '', '', '2021-07-07 14:33:46', '2021-07-07 18:33:46', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51126', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51128, 4, '2021-07-07 14:40:00', '2021-07-07 18:40:00', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Photos by Bob Sofaly</strong><br><br>Above, a small boat flies the Stars and Stripes as it cruises through by the sea wall Saturday, July 3, near Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. <br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":51070,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07032021-Out-and-About-for-the-Fourth-3-7993.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07032021-Out-and-About-for-the-Fourth-3-7993-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51070\"/></a><figcaption>Many homes in Port Royal were decorated with American flags and patrotic bunting.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":51072,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07032021-Out-and-about-for-the-Fourth-5-8014.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07032021-Out-and-about-for-the-Fourth-5-8014-888x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51072\"/></a><figcaption>How big is the Garrison Flag that usually flies on the Richard V. Woods Memorial Bridge in Beaufort? Big enough to cover all four decks of the observation tower at The Sands in Port Royal.<br><br></figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":51069,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07032021-Out-and-About-for-the-Fourth-2-7989.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07032021-Out-and-About-for-the-Fourth-2-7989-837x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51069\"/></a><figcaption>A lone American flag is reflected off an old mirror at Maggie Mae’s on Saturday in Port Royal.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":51074,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07032021-Out-and-About-for-the-Fourth-7-8000.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07032021-Out-and-About-for-the-Fourth-7-8000-1024x700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51074\"/></a><figcaption>Barbara Berry said on breezy days she has to adjust the bunting and flag on the second floor at her 8th Street home in Port Royal. Here she unwraps Old Glory from its pole Saturday.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->', 'Out and about on Independence Day weekend', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'out-and-about-on-independence-day-weekend', '', '', '2021-07-07 14:41:11', '2021-07-07 18:41:11', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51128', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51131, 4, '2021-07-07 14:42:55', '2021-07-07 18:42:55', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sherri and Tommy O’Brien of Kobuch’s Fireworks on Savannah Highway were busy selling fireworks for home use Friday afternoon. The O’Briens said all their fireworks are made in China, and delivery concerns made maintaining inventory impossible this year. They were able to stock most of their shelves but were not able to reorder. “What you see is all I got,” Tommy O’Brien said. Photo by Bob Sofaly.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'A BOOMING BUSINESS', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'a-booming-business', '', '', '2021-07-07 14:42:59', '2021-07-07 18:42:59', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51131', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(51133, 4, '2021-07-07 14:47:04', '2021-07-07 18:47:04', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Above: Club Vocational Services chair Andy Borgert poses with FWDG owner Larry Mark and his wife Robyn Mark. Larry Mark was awarded an Ethics in Business Awards in the category of Locally Owned Business. Photo courtesy of the Rotary Club of Sea Island.</em><br><br><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Rotary Club of Sea Island – Beaufort celebrated its 40th anniversary on Tuesday, June 29 at Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club and awarded two Ethics in Business Awards in the categories of Locally Owned Business and Local Not-for-Profit Organizations.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>President, Carole Ingram, presided over the ceremonies, which also included the installation of officers and board members for the coming year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the category of Not-for-profit Organization, Sea Island Rotarians nominated Beaufort Memorial Hospital and, specifically, two members of the BMH professional staff for that award – Corporate Director of Quality/Patient Safety Officer Ashley Hildreth, RN, and Director of Operations and Special Projects Courtney K. Smith.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It was an honor to accept this award on behalf of Beaufort Memorial,” Hildreth said. “The appreciation shown for the commitment BMH has to our community’s health and well-being was humbling.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“All that we have accomplished, including the administration of more than 45,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, could not have been done without the vast number of staff who took on extra roles and the valuable assistance provided by community volunteers,” said Smith, who runs the Beaufort Memorial Vaccine Clinic in Port Royal. “Members of the Sea Island Rotary have helped at mass-vaccination events and at the clinic.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":51066,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Ashley-Hildreth-MSN-RN-CEN-SANE-and-Courtney-Smith-Accepting-Sea-Island-Rotary-Award-June-29-2021a.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Ashley-Hildreth-MSN-RN-CEN-SANE-and-Courtney-Smith-Accepting-Sea-Island-Rotary-Award-June-29-2021a-729x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51066\"/></a><figcaption><em>Beaufort Memorial Hospital Corporate Director of Quality/Patient Safety Officer Ashley M. Hildreth, RN, and Director of Operations and Special Projects Courtney K. Smith, accepted the Sea Island Rotary Club’s award for outstanding ethical practices as a not-for-profit business on Tuesday, June 29. Photo courtesy of Beaufort Memorial Hospital.</em></figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Andy Borgert, Club Vocational Services chair, said those staff members continue to help make the BMH vaccine program a success through their tireless efforts and are always the first employees in each morning and the last to leave each day while assuring the program is successfully implemented. He said the larger organization has demonstrated the qualities expected from a trusted partner while meeting all the expectations of honesty, integrity and demonstrated ethical business practices as the primary health care provider in Beaufort region.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BMH prioritized the delivery of the Pfizer vaccine to those in greatest need, from the elderly through those of 16 years of age and above. The logistical management of resources included efforts to ensure that no vaccine would be wasted and that all required supporting medical tools would be utilized to implement a safe and effective program.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BMH also had to development and train personnel qualified to implement the program while not impacting the daily operations of the hospital system and its medical partners.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Under the senior leadership of CEO Russell Baxley, and Kurt Gambla, MD., Vice President &amp; Chief Medical Officer, in concert with South Carolina DHEC and CDC, BMH developed a plan of implementation to broadly provide the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccination. Hildreth and Smith then implemented the medical aspects of the vaccination program.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the Locally Owned Business category, FWDG, and its owner, Larry Mark, were presented the Ethics in Business Award by Borgert, who said, “It\'s almost impossible to find a family-owned furniture business these days, but FWDG defies those statistics.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>FWDG was founded in 1972, by then 20-year-old Mark and his father, Ernest, on the idea that they could provide lower prices to Beaufort residents on reliable, well-known furniture brands and provide furniture built in the Carolinas to its customers. FWDG has continued to make that original idea their goal in business.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They have been a stable contributor to the Beaufort economy by making creative financial decisions to “ride the wave” of economic prosperity and recessions that have severely impacted other area businesses since the 1980\'s.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Borgert said, “Mark and company successfully persevered through the gauntlet of Beaufort bureaucracy and built a new home for their business that has allowed them to remain accessible to their customers in Beaufort County marketplace. They have weathered continuing change in the furniture industry over time and sought to find creative ways to keep prices as low as possible.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":51067,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Rotary-Ethics-in-Business-Award-2020-2021.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Rotary-Ethics-in-Business-Award-2020-2021-729x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51067\"/></a></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>FWDG is now part of a National Co-op that affords it greater buying power which translates into lower prices for its customers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition to supporting working families, they have sponsored the FWDG Coat Drive for 30 years and have collected more than 45,000 items to donate to needing community families. The Coat Drive specifically benefits two local non-profit organizations – Help of Beaufort and The Deep Well Project of Hilton Head Island, which provide maximum benefit to Beaufort County citizens. Additionally, FWDG recycles cardboard waste locally and buys locally to support other community businesses. In 2020 and 2021 they have also sponsored multiple blood drives through One Blood to support and sustain the Beaufort community.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Sea Island Rotary gives two Ethics in Business Awards', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'sea-island-rotary-gives-two-ethics-in-business-awards', '', '', '2021-07-07 17:46:14', '2021-07-07 21:46:14', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51133', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51135, 4, '2021-07-07 14:50:47', '2021-07-07 18:50:47', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Port Royal promises more fireworks</strong><br><br>PORT ROYAL - Imagine the dismay of the town officials who invited hundreds of guests to their Fourth of July soiree only to discover the fireworks wouldn’t … well … work.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That was the case in Port Royal on Sunday night. The weather was perfect, folks were happy to be outside, hugging one another, and no fireworks to top off the evening.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mayor Joe DeVito bravely turned to social media on the town’s Facebook page on Monday to explain the situation, that the electrical wiring used by the professional fireworks folks malfunctioned and party-goers were treated to a much lesser show. He apologized and promised the town would “make it up” to folks with another fireworks show later in the year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And DeVito, being a man of his word, will make sure it happens.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It’s interesting to reflect on the fireworks failure and speculate about the outcome of Wednesday night’s Town Council meeting where the final reading of changes to the town’s agreement with Grey Ghosts Properties, LLC is scheduled to take place.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The changes are designed to make the waterfront property more attractive to a potential buyer, rumored to be Texas-based Safe Harbor Marinas.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If the changes are approved, it’s still no guarantee that the sale will go through and the mega-marina which has its state permit and the hundreds of homes and commercial buildings planned for the tract get built.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Port Royal folks have been waiting for years for that waterfront development, and like the fireworks show, we’ll have to wait to see what happens.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br><strong>Capital Waste starts to work</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BEAUFORT – Beaufort residents have been practicing patience for the last two weeks as the switch-over continues from the old Waste Pro to the new Capital Waste.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It’s the proverbial “out with the old, in with the new” as the beat-up Waste Pro containers line the streets, waiting for the final collection and the new, shiny Capital Waste containers show off their colors.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But alas, on the first day of an official schedule come reports Capital drivers were seen COMBINING those two containers – household garbage and recycling – into one truck.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Anyone who knows recycling … or anyone that DOES recycling … knows that’s a dead give-away of disrespect for the process and must be nipped in the bud.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If we’re to have a mutual friendship for the next two years … maybe five, Capital Waste needs to step up and separate that waste.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Don’t fault the city folks; they’ve been working tirelessly to facilitate this transaction.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No, Capital Waste … we hold you responsible. We separate, you collect it.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We’ll be watching.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br><strong>And a tip of the hat to ...</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To Mrs. Diane Chmelik of Callawassie, who was recognized last week by the Beaufort County Council for her 20 years of service on the county Zoning Board of Appeals and, most recently, the Planning commission.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mrs. Chmelik made it clear she was not retiring because of her health.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I’ve run out of patience,” she told the elected officials.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br><em>Lolita Huckaby Watson is a community volunteer and former reporter/editorial assistant/columnist with The Beaufort Gazette, The Savannah Morning News, Bluffton Today, Beaufort Today and The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.). She can be reached at bftbay@gmail.com.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'LOWCOUNTRY LOWDOWN', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'lowcountry-lowdown-42', '', '', '2021-07-07 14:50:50', '2021-07-07 18:50:50', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51135', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51137, 4, '2021-07-07 14:52:05', '2021-07-07 18:52:05', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County Council passed the $132.66 million Fiscal Year 2022 budget Wednesday afternoon, June 30, at a specially called Council meeting.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The County budget was the only item on the agenda. Council voted 11-0 to approve the budget.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“This balanced budget is the result of a collaboration of efforts among numerous agencies, offices, departments, and staff county-wide,” Beaufort County Adinistrator Eric Greenway said in a release.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We worked hard to present a budget that improved our services to County residents, anticipated the continued population growth, and was the best use of tax dollars.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Budget highlights listed in the County Council’s media release include:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Froze operations millage rates in the property tax formula to minimize any tax increase;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>8 percent increase of tax revenue from population growth lead to a $2 million budget increase;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Realized approximately $800,000 in personnel cost savings by eliminating unfilled staff positions;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Provided a $1.97 million increase to Emergency Medical Services, in part to provide a pay raise;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Reduced capital requests by $2 million from the general fund because of new federal spending programs;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Provided a $1.6 million increase to Parks and Recreation to expand services and explore expanding after-school and summer camp programs for children;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Established a Solid Waste and Recycling Enterprise Fund to provide long-term stability and ensure designated resources are used to improve this service.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The staff was able to provide a balanced budget that accomplishes the goals set by the Council without having to change the property tax formula,” Deputy County Administrator Whitney Richland said. “Great care was taken to apply resources strategically and equitably across the departments and County as a whole.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The County is also developing plans for capital improvement projects funded by directed state and federal budget money, the Federal American Recovery Act, federal grants, and the possible federal infrastructure bill.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To watch a replay of this meeting find 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 The County Channel’s website at www.beaufortcountysc.gov/ thecountychannel.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'County Council approves $132.66 million budget', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'county-council-approves-132-66-million-budget', '', '', '2021-07-07 14:52:08', '2021-07-07 18:52:08', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51137', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51139, 4, '2021-07-07 15:01:13', '2021-07-07 19:01:13', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort County Sheriff\'s Office Emergency Management Division is monitoring Tropical Storm Elsa for potential impacts to our area.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As of 2 p.m. Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center was projecting Elsa will develop into a hurricane before making landfall along the north Gulf Coast of Florida early Wednesday, July 7.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A tropical storm watch remains in effect for Beaufort County through Thursday morning, July 8.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The storm is expected to move northeast over Florida and Georgia and may reach Beaufort County by early Thursday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County residents and guests may see 3 to 5 inches of rain into Thursday, as well as tropical storm force winds between 39 and 57 mph, raising the potential for downed trees and power lines.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Low-lying areas, especially near the direct coast, may experience flooding.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The National Weather Service in Charleston issued a warning Tuesday morning of waterspouts off the South Carolina coast and urged boaters in the Port Royal Sound and Calibogue Sound, at the Savannah River Entrance, Fripp Island Reef and Fripp Island Wreck to seek safe harbor.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The South Carolina Emergency Management Division recommends the following:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bring in lawn furniture and other loose objects, such as garbage cans, that may become hazards in high winds.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Double check to make sure you have all emergency supplies listed in the South Carolina Hurricane Guide. Include items like hand sanitizer and face masks to guard against COVID-19.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Those along the coast may experience isolated power outages and should prepare keep your cell phones and mobile devices fully charged.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Have multiple ways to get emergency warnings for your area. Some options include Wireless Emergency Alerts on your mobile phone, NOAA Weather Radio, and CodeRED Emergency Notifications.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Also utilize the state’s new hurricane preparedness site, hurricane.sc.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Heed warnings issued by local public safety officials. When you hear an official alert, take safety precautions immediately.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you are unable to remain in your home:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Residents who live in mobile homes or in low lying areas prone to flooding may need to consider staying elsewhere during the storm. Stay with friends and family as a first option. Go to a motel or hotel, if possible. Emergency shelters will open if necessary.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Be aware of potential flash flooding:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If there is any possibility of a flash flood, move to higher ground. Do not wait to be told to move.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Do not walk through moving water. Three to six inches of moving water can make you fall. If you have to walk in water, walk where the water is not moving. Use a stick to check the firmness of the ground in front of you.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Do not drive into flooded areas. If floodwaters rise around your car, abandon the car and move to higher ground if you can do so safely. You and the vehicle can be quickly swept away.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Do not ever try to drive around or move barricades that are blocking a street. <br><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>MORE INFORMATION&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Where to go for more information on Tropical Storm Elsa:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County Sheriff\'s Office website: https:// bcso.net/&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>National Hurricane Center: https://www.nhc.noaa. gov/&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>National Weather Service Charleston: https://www. weather.gov/chs/&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>S.C. 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(51142, 4, '2021-07-06 15:01:00', '2021-07-06 19:01:00', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The South Carolina State Fair is accepting entries for this year’s competitive exhibits now through Wednesday, Sept. 1. The exhibits will showcase South Carolina\'s finest agriculture, art, crafts, flowers and livestock at the S.C. State Fair, to be held Oct. 13-24.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Those wishing to compete can view the department Exhibit Guide and enter online at scstatefair.org/competitions.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Our competitive events are a hallmark of our annual fair and showcase the amazing talents of South Carolina residents,” said General Manager Nancy Smith, who served as the 2020 chair of the International Association of Fairs and Exhibitions. “We are thrilled to bring people together again to celebrate South Carolina’s rich history — while showcasing the best from local artisans and farmers alike.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>More than $300,000 in premiums will be offered for winning entries in competitive exhibits, including agriculture, art, crafts, flowers and livestock during this year’s fair.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The S.C. State Fair, the state’s largest annual event, returns this fall in Columbia. The S.C. State Fair is a charitable organization dedicated to preserving and promoting South Carolina’s agricultural roots while supporting statewide education.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Even during the year of this pandemic, the South Carolina State Fair awarded $300,000 in Ride of Your Life Scholarships to 50 South Carolina high school students to pursue their studies at any public or private college, university, or technical college in the state.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'SC State Fair accepting entries for competitive exhibits', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'sc-state-fair-accepting-entries-for-competitive-exhibits', '', '', '2021-07-07 15:02:38', '2021-07-07 19:02:38', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51142', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51144, 4, '2021-07-07 15:03:57', '2021-07-07 19:03:57', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beginning July 23 and continuing monthly on the fourth Friday of each month, the Friends of Port Royal Cypress Wetlands will offer guided tours to the public beginning at the amphitheater on Paris Ave.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These tours will be conducted by Master Naturalist Jill Moore from Moore to Life.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you are interested in attending, reserve a spot by email at FOPRCW@outlook.com. For more information about the Friends of Port Royal Cypress Wetlands, visit https://friendsofportroyalcypresswetlands.org. For information about Jill Moore visit https://moore2lifesc.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Friends of Port Royal Cypress Wetlands, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to support the cypress wetlands and rookery, increase community awareness through education, and advocate for maintaining this stormwater retention system as a working organic laboratory.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Friends of Port Royal Cypress Wetlands offering tours', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'friends-of-port-royal-cypress-wetlands-offering-tours', '', '', '2021-07-07 15:04:00', '2021-07-07 19:04:00', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51144', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51146, 4, '2021-07-06 15:04:00', '2021-07-06 19:04:00', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Walmart is hosting on-the-spot interviews at its hiring events at its Beaufort County stores from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, July 8.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Walmart is looking to hire local residents who would like to join the team at their neighborhood Walmart with full-time or part-time positions. This includes positions at both the associate and team lead levels across each area of the store and all shifts.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There are also hourly supervisor positions open throughout the market.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Those interested must apply for positions in advance at Walmart.com/careers or text “jobs” to 240240.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The hiring events are taking place at the following Walmart Supercenters:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Store 728 </strong>– 25 Pembroke Drive, Hilton Head Island</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Store 1383 </strong>– 350 Robert Smalls Pkwy, Beaufort</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Store 2832 </strong>– 4400 Hwy 278, Hardeeville</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Store 6395 </strong>– 4 Bluffton Road, Bluffton</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Store 7181 </strong>– 265 Sea Island Pkwy, Beaufort</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Walmart hosting one-day hiring event', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'walmart-hosting-one-day-hiring-event', '', '', '2021-07-07 15:04:41', '2021-07-07 19:04:41', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51146', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51148, 4, '2021-07-07 15:06:03', '2021-07-07 19:06:03', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort’s Bruce Vance, 85, enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in Chicago in 1954. After Boot camp at Parris Island, Combat Training and training in Aviation Ordinance, he was assigned to a squadron in Hawaii, deploying to Okinawa and the Philippines. In 1965, he was sent to Da Nang, Vietnam. After returning he became a Warrant Officer in Yuma with tours in Camp Pendleton, a second tour in Da Nang, El Toro, Hawaii, Yuma, Iwakuni and then MCAS Beaufort as Group Ordinance Officer. His final tour was in Norfolk on the senior aviation staff. He retired in 1985 as a Lieutenant Colonel with more than 31 years service. After returning to Beaufort he works at St. Peter’s Catholic Church.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":51063,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bruce-Vance-young.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bruce-Vance-young-916x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51063\"/></a></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>– Compiled by John Chubb, American Legion Post 9. For nominations, contact jechubb1@gmail.com.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'VETERAN OF THE WEEK – BRUCE VANCE', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'veteran-of-the-week-bruce-vance', '', '', '2021-07-07 15:06:06', '2021-07-07 19:06:06', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51148', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(51232, 4, '2021-07-14 13:17:13', '2021-07-14 17:17:13', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The more things change the more they stay the same.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"left\",\"id\":47235,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/OPINIONS-Bill-Rauch_bw.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/OPINIONS-Bill-Rauch_bw.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47235\"/></a><figcaption>Bill Rauch</figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Longtime readers of this column may remember a study that was referenced here in 2015 that concluded that, according to Beaufort County and Beaufort County School District figures, 60- plus percent of all the money raised in the seven bond and penny sales tax referenda that were passed by Beaufort County’s voters from 1995- 2015 went to improvements in the Bluffton area.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is no longer any surprise to taxpayers in the northern part of the county that we have been paying year-after-year for the 1991 Beaufort County Council’s naïveté when they unanimously green-lighted Sun City’s PUD without giving any consideration to the inevitable explosion of costs for the necessary public improvements (schools and roads for starters) outside Sun City’s gates.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While we have shelled out millions, Del Webb and its now parent company, PulteGroup, Inc., the developers of Sun City Hilton Head, have pocketed millions more. PulteGroup’s stock (PHM on the NYSE) has nearly doubled again on revenues of $2.7B just in the past 12 months.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So, what’s new?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Last week a list fell into my hands, one for requested earmarks that has been sent by Beaufort County to Washington for U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham’s consideration.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The list tells a tale that is all too familiar to those who have been watching events for the past decade or so. It suggests that the northern part of the county and The City of Beaufort in particular are about to come up short again. And it is not because the city’s population is too small to matter. Beaufort does matter. It is because Beaufort won’t swing for the fences, and the Beaufort County municipalities south of the Broad River will and do.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There are 37 items on the county’s current wish list that total $465,727,192. Of these Beaufort is asking for $14 million, or about three percent of the total. There’s nothing wrong with what’s being requested, $5 million for the Cyber Security Training Center, $6 million for a stormwater study, and $3 million for a study of how to address sea level rise in the city, except that it is not enough.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Meanwhile — excepting items for The Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority, The Beaufort Memorial Hospital, The Technical College of the Lowcountry, and The University of South Carolina at Beaufort that the Senator’s office will not consider to be asks from the respective municipalities, but that will instead be considered asks from the institutions themselves — Bluffton has $65 million on its list and Hilton Head Island has $186.2 million on its list.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There’s a simple political principle at work here. It goes something like this: political considerations all being equal, the more you ask for the more you get.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let’s say each municipality gets 10 percent of its ask. Beaufort would get $1.4 million, Bluffton would get $6.5 million and Hilton Head Island would get $18.6 million. Those numbers imply that there are four times the number of residents in Bluffton than there are in Beaufort, or even more incredibly that the population of Hilton Head Island exceeds 200,000. But it is not that. It is that (calling on my old New York vocabulary) the municipalities South of the Broad have the chutzpah to ask.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>By the way, according to the list, The Town of Port Royal is asking for $10 million for its Spine Road ($6 million) and Shrimp Dock ($4 million) projects which is in my view, understanding how the game is played, also not enough.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In his wisdom maybe Senator Graham and his competent and experienced staff will end up funding the items, irrespective of their sponsors, for which there is the most need, and the earmarks he puts into place will be determined fairly with a cool and apolitical eye to what’s best for the county, state and nation.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Or maybe they won’t. That ship — which is being fitted out now — will sail in September.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But here’s why this is important going forward. The President has negotiated in principle and indicated he will sign, and the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a version of a $1.2 trillion “Infrastructure Bill,” the details of which are currently being negotiated on a bi-partisan basis in the U.S. Senate.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Whether or not you agree that such a measure is a wise thing for the country’s and for your grandchildren’s financial future, if it passes it is a sure thing that we will all pay our share of the bill’s price tag now and for many years to come. Moreover, if a Federal trillion dollar Infrastructure Bill does get signed into law, as at this writing it seems likely one will be, there is also no doubt there will be a lot of new money (our money) for capital projects sloshing around in Washington and in Columbia, the most those capitol cities will very likely see for a generation.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Get ready, because then it will be up to Beaufort’s and Port Royal’s leadership to think a lot bigger than they have been, to get organized and prepared to make their cases, or else to risk having their people get left behind once again to give more than they got.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Today is not too soon for them to begin to face the challenge.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Bill Rauch was the Mayor of Beaufort from 1999 to 2008 and has twice won awards from the S.C. Press Association for his Island News columns. 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You can bet the farm that in Houston in the 1940s and 1950s, such “colored” folks were not called that.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lots of Hispanics (you can be equally sure they weren’t called that or Latinos, either) and a few Asians did attend Houston’s public schools with us “white folks.” But there were NO black students; the only Blacks inside the school were kitchen staff and janitors.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The New Testament (John 8:32) tell us that Jesus said, \"Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.\"&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Truth is a rare species in today’s vicious and divided public discourse, most especially when it comes to the two Big Uglies: genocide of Amerindians (the original Americans) and slavery, with its equally bad and ugly twin Racism.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Today, a rancorous movement among a large segment of white folks who are attempting not just to sweep these major epics of American History “under the rug,” but to lock them tightly in Davy Jones’ locker, or perhaps Pandora’s box, never to be reopened.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I have often asserted that “If you yell the Truth loud enough and long enough, some folks will believe you.” Truth is essential to crafting good decisions, and as it relates to political honesty (isn’t that an oxymoron?), it is essential to engendering social trust, which is fundamental to a society’s well-being.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I continue believing that “truthfulness” is critical for resolving divisions that characterize our society today. Critics of what is called “Critical Race Theory” (aka CRT) now are asking state legislators to pass laws banning the teaching of unpleasant truths about our historical past. Perhaps such legislators have not read the Constitution, in particular, the First Amendment; perhaps they don’t care?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Every society has done some naughty things: Spain and its despicable Inquisition and the annihilation of native peoples of the southern New World; Germany’s Nazi government and its indescribable Holocaust; Turkey’s long-denied genocide of Armenians; China’s current wholesale imprisonment of its Uyghur Muslims of Xinjiang. This litany of bad things continues. It is important to note that Germany mandates teaching its bad/ugly/vicious history of the Third Reich in every school.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If we are exceptional, and The Good we have done certainly suggests this is so, it is because we have been willing to accept the truth of The Bad; for example, the foolish and destructive wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan; some aspects of The Ugly too. We should welcome this dialogue in our public places as evidence of the evolution of our national ethos of liberty and freedom. Therein lies the strength of our republic.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our commonly shared vision of America as a nation of free, vital, honest and open debate is tarnished when some state governments now resort to mandating, by law, closing our open minds. Knowing the Truth of our history may not make us “free,” but it most certainly will make us stronger.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These dimwitted legislators who are passing laws to ban teaching “The Ugly” of racism and its root causes, say this is necessary because they don’t want any student to “feel discomfort, guilt, anguish or psychological distress” because of their race or gender. What kind of gibberish foolishness is this? NO history of ANY country that teaches its history, no matter how sanitized, would NOT prevent someone from feeling these emotions.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Such sentiments are evidence of serious thinking and, perhaps, even a desire to do better in the future. How can any normal rational human being write such nonsensical garbage into a LAW, let alone actually believe it? These mysteries of stupidity always amaze me!&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The roads we now travel all seem to lead inexorably to censorship, propaganda, puffery, expurgation, and continuing toxic infections of the racism virus that yet poisons us today. Alas, we have not invented an efficacious vaccine against it. The fantastic invention of DNA-based new incredible vaccines notwithstanding, I am pessimistic that we shall conquer this Big Ugly anytime soon.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>President Madison’s brilliance gave us our splendid Constitution and its first 10 amendments, rightly called the “Bill of Rights.” Regrettably, he left out one very important right — the right of free thinking. America’s educational systems have always been the linchpin of America’s exceptionalism. If our educational systems are now prevented from telling our true story – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly – we will never come to know the Truth and the Big Uglies will remain entrenched in our culture, and sadly perhaps even come to define it.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let us pray our nation rededicates itself to the majestic promises set forth in the opening stanza of our grand Constitution: “WE THE PEOPLE, of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity …”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses commanded (or at least as Yul Brenner opined), “So let it be written, so let it be done.” Amen!&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>“Well, all I know is what I read in the newspapers.” – Will Rogers.&nbsp;</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>David M. Taub was Mayor of Beaufort from 1990 through 1999 and served as a Beaufort County Magistrate from 2010 to 2015. You can reach him at david.m.taub42@ gmail.com.&nbsp;</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'The good (lots), the bad (some)and the ugly (two biggies)', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-good-lots-the-bad-someand-the-ugly-two-biggies', '', '', '2021-07-14 13:54:22', '2021-07-14 17:54:22', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51235', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(51238, 4, '2021-07-14 13:26:40', '2021-07-14 17:26:40', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Being raised in the parts of Mississippi that rarely grace pages of southern novels and are seen only in the dimmest light on a movie screen, I developed an absolute comfort in amateurish portrayals. After all, it is far easier to claim erosion than to explain the intricate displacement of layers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our notoriety as southern women is equal parts earned mixed with an artistic covering of century-worn edges. We are all hardened in our own right, just salted differently depending on proximity to the river or the marsh.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is highly doubtful that history will lend chapters to the post-pandemic deepening of a southern woman\'s roots; if so, it will be sugar-coated, draped in seersucker, and politely set on a shelf next to a dusty jar of pickled okra. The authentic account will live on in whispers of those whose lives were intimately affected. An unscheduled reminder of who we are, from where we came, and how we survived. It may take decades, but our stories always delight the palate far greater when seasoned with time. Seasoning is everything.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The great discontent of 2020 magnified the reactionary habits of southern women. Containment of natural resources always comes at a cost. Even canning vegetables is a high-risk activity. Anything less than adequate pressure-processing is a monstrous gamble.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The pandemic tossed us into a boiling water bath if by no other injurious attempt than to simply hold us captive. It was a rude interruption of life and civility. If we admit to any ineptness, it is that we cannot handle impolite disruption.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It\'s well known an attempt to force a southern woman\'s hand is to recall the tide or reverse the river; the outcome is similar at best. Our submissive traits have long been gone with the wind. Momentarily we may oblige but only until we get bored. If historians found favor in brutal honesty, facts would show southern women have undoubtedly been the catalyst of war.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Amid the recent battle, signature coping mechanisms rose to the occasion, allowing some to delve deeply into religious comforts while others delved into spirits slightly less celestial. We are not above admitting our sins are as personal as our penance and our approach reflective of both. What the Bible can\'t calm, bourbon softens.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We blessed hearts over toilet paper, cleaned the paint right off our baseboards, and perfected every cookie recipe passed down from the Civil War. Fairly certain our prayers, or maybe our stares, held the 2020 east coast hurricane season at bay.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our insanity was the very glue that held our society together. Without the insanity of southern women, there would be no southern men. We maintain credit for their fondness and skill of solitary sports. It is not by chance that men rediscovered the great outdoors. They are often revered as the premier hunter-gatherers when they fear Mother Nature far less than a Mother Interrupted.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Every generation has a tale of battles fought; we are no different. We are rising from the ashes of scorched normality, learning once again to survive by southern definition politely and definitively. There are tales to be told, stories to share, and secrets buried far beneath the pluff mud.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The pandemic sorted us like an unavoidable pile of laundry. We will design our path forward in perfect form, knowing well that our roots have deepened, tempers sharpened and those notable characteristics of an infamous category of women beautifully solidified.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Cherimie Crane Weatherford is the owner/founder of SugarBelle, a long-time real estate broker and a lover of the obscurities of southern culture. To contact her with praise and adoration, email CCWIslandNews@gmail.com. To complain, call your local representative.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'THE GREAT DISCONTENT', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-great-discontent', '', '', '2021-07-14 13:50:51', '2021-07-14 17:50:51', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51238', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51240, 4, '2021-07-14 13:30:48', '2021-07-14 17:30:48', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When Andrew Smith said, “People fear what they don\'t understand and hate what they can’t conquer,” he was laying out the blueprint for the modern conservative movement, especially the Trumpist Republican Party. There is plenty of information available that could provide understanding and clarity, but then where would they get fuel for the lies they tell?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I was in church a few years ago when the assistant worship leader stepped to the microphone and began rallying the audience to the appeal of living in God’s grace versus the punitive aspects of traditional, “rules-based” Christianity. He was making a good case when, suddenly, he got political.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“American media is the greatest terrorist organization on this planet. Their singular purpose is to instill fear into the American public.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Duuude,” I groaned to myself.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I let the comments pass, because I knew he didn’t know me well enough to know I was a journalist. But I took note, though, on several occasions after that the pastor urged members of his congregation to \"turn off the TV, turn off the news\" and find the truth in the Bible and in their own personal experiences.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I couldn’t argue with that sentiment, but I did wonder, how were these people so sure the media had bad intentions if they never read or watched? What were they basing their opinions on?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>How could they make such confident assertions about something they knew nothing about? It might have helped me then to know how commonplace that would become in later years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>See, I don’t dislike conservatives because they are conservative. I get that their natural instincts are to preserve the status quo. The status quo works for them, so why change?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But the ways they try to preserve, the things they do and, more dangerously, the things they say, are too often based on ignorance. Sometimes, prideful ignorance. And that drives me nuts.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Right now, the western United States are on fire as they sit under another “heat dome,” an atmospheric pocket of extreme high temperatures. Pacific coast cities like Portland (112 degrees) and Seattle (104) are cooking under temperatures they have never seen. The New York Times reported more than 200 heat-related deaths in Oregon and Washington State in the month of June.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While “heat domes” are natural occurrences, the rising temperatures are being exacerbated by global warming. Temperature increases that were predicted to happen later this century are happening now.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But, according to Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, climate change Is “bull___t.” Government attempts to curb its progress by transitioning from fossil fuels and adopting new technology and new regulations are “self-inflicted wounds,” he told a group of fellow Republicans.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, in an effort to undermine the premise behind critical race theory, told Fox News, “We know most of our forefathers, all of our main Founding Fathers were against slavery, recognized the evils of it.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>She is partially correct. They recognized its evils, and some even wrote against it. But they also enslaved people. It’s one thing to decry the inhumanity of holding another human being in bondage, but that cotton wasn’t going to pick itself. I mean, somebody had to plant and harvest and cook and clean and build and maintain and get beaten within an inch of their lives for trying to escape or learn to read, right?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the recent CPAC conference, some of the loudest cheers were for speakers who bragged about not getting the COVID-19 vaccine. I have heard excuses ranging from fears about the vaccines rewriting DNA (they don’t), not knowing what\'s in them (we do know) to their containing tissue from aborted fetuses (they don’t). I actually found one article that addressed all three of those concerns, and the person I shared the article with wouldn’t budge.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The latest reasons for not getting the vaccine are downright conspiratorial: The government wants to control us. Vaccines will make recipients more vulnerable to the next round of outbreaks. Planned door-to-door outreach to promote the vaccine will instead be used to … confiscate guns and Bibles? Why settle for simply being wrong when you can throw anti-government paranoia into the mix?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In newspapers, we used to talk about feeding readers spinach or cake. Cake was the good news they liked; spinach was the boring news they needed. Too many of our political leaders are feeding us something else entirely (ask Ron Johnson) and we’re letting them get away with it.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Terry E. Manning lives and works in Savannah, Ga. He is a Clemson graduate and worked for 20 years as a journalist. He can be reached at teemanning@gmail.com.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Truth?', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'whos-afraid-of-the-big-bad-truth', '', '', '2021-07-14 13:49:40', '2021-07-14 17:49:40', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51240', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51242, 4, '2021-07-14 13:35:30', '2021-07-14 17:35:30', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is Monday and I’m on the Statehouse grounds in Columbia.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is dark, late, and my wife and I are walking the manicured grounds looking at Ben Tillman, Wade Hampton and Strom Thurmond — each illuminated man set off against the modest, beautifully proportioned capital dome which is also illuminated.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tillman, known as Pitchfork Ben, stands defiant as does Strom Thurmond. And, if one looks carefully at Senator Thurmond’s pedestal, one can see that “four children” has been changed to “five” so as to include his African-American daughter, Bessie Mae Thurmond.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wade Hampton, Robert E. Lee’s legendary calvary officer, forever rides his horse and will forever have a great view of the capital’s newest monument — the monument detailing South Carolina’s African American Experience.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The African-American entry is actually a curving metal tableau beginning with the first boatload of slaves to arrive in Charleston, then there is Emancipation, then Jim Crow and, then Evacuation to the North. Finally we get a sculpture of Beaufort’s own Joe Frazier.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the center of this curving metal timeline there is a polished granite map showing that most of the slaves came from Senegal, Ghana and Congo. There is also a ship — the stylized metal skeleton of a ship — showing how the Africans were packaged into the hold. There is no commentary on this prone passenger placement. None is really needed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is interesting (to me) that right at the moment there is a case in front of our Supreme Court that questions the constitutionality of the South Carolina Heritage Act.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Heritage Act, signed into law on May 18, 2000, states that no monuments or memorials erected on public property will be relocated, removed, disturbed or altered. Any proposed change to such memorials or monuments shall require a two-thirds vote of both the South Carolina Senate and the House.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The current lawsuit alleges that the Heritage Act violates two separate constitutional prohibitions. The first is the placing limits on the General Assembly’s ability to amend or repeal an earlier law. The second constitutional prohibition is disregarding home rule and local governments (who may want to take a particular statue down).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is true that John C. Calhoun was taken down by The City of Charleston in June of 2020. However, Calhoun’s statue was privately owned and he was perched on private land leased to the City of Charleston. Calhoun was lifted off his column on the parade ground in front of The Old Citadel.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All of these successfully removed relics go into hiding at a local museum; or at the end of some dusty hallway at South Carolina’s Confederate Relic Room. But going into obscurity probably extends the life of these statues in that they get located in a secure, climate controlled building. But there is no question that their disappearance helps people forget.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some might argue that forgetting Ben Ryan Tillman is a good thing. But I believe that knowing Pitchfork Ben — and knowing what he did to South Carolina’s Black population — is as important as knowing Robert Smalls and what he did for South Carolina’s African-American population.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the 1880s, Benjamin Ryan Tillman, a self-described farmer from Edgefield County, emerged as a political force who traded in anger and resentment. At first that resentment was aimed at the Charleston aristocracy that then ruled South Carolina. Soon, however, that resentment was redirected to South Carolina’s Black population.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tillman’s mounting popularity was concentrated on a state-wide convention that would rewrite South Carolina’s Constitution. And in 1895 he got his convention.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That convention removed Charleston’s influence; stripped-away voting rights from almost every African American man; mandated separate schools for Black and white children and segregated everything from trolley cars to Charleston’s Battery. Tillman, with a little help from his brother, removed or reversed every single advantage that came out of Reconstruction.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tillman’s legislation would remain in place for 75 years — until the Civil Rights legislation of the early 1960s. Even then it would be delayed and fought by Strom Thurmond who stands about 50 yards from Tillman.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So, what to we do if the Supreme Court says the two-thirds requirement is unconstitutional?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I say we leave Ben in place; but change the words on his plinth to say:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Benjamin Ryan Tillman, architect of the 1895 Convention that removed Blacks from the voting rolls; segregated schools and sent hundreds of thousands of African Americans North to Philadelphia and New York.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As Joe Friday would say, “Just the facts, ma’am.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Scott Graber is a lawyer, novelist, veteran columnist and longtime resident of Port Royal. 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(51244, 4, '2021-07-14 13:38:31', '2021-07-14 17:38:31', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Larry Dandridge</strong><br><br>As a volunteer Patient Adviser at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center (RHJVAMC), the Fisher House Charleston Ambassador of Good Will, the VP for Veteran Affairs for the Coastal SC Association of the US Army Chapter, and a disabled veteran, I am frequently asked, <em>“How can I help Veterans and their families in the LowCountry of SC?” </em>I recommend the following:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>1. Volunteer at or Donate (Tax Free) to the RHJVAMC, one of its Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC), or Fisher House Charleston. </strong>Contact the RHJVAMC Voluntary Services, located at 109 Bee St., Charleston SC 29401. Voluntary Servies phone is 843-789-7230 and the email is VHACHAVAVS@va.gov. Read all about volunteering at and donating $$$$$ and things to the RHJVAMC at https://www.charleston.va.gov/giving/index.asp. The RHJVAMC owns and operates seven CBOCs, inlcuding the Clinics in Beaufort, Goose Creek, Trident 2/Ladson, North Charleston, and Myrtle Beach SC and the Savannah and Hinesville GA Clinics.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>2. Volunteer to bring food and cook for guests at FISHER HOUSE CHARLESTON. </strong>Begin with the Fisher House Charleston web site at https://www.charleston.va.gov/services/Fisher_House.asp. Then go to the MEAL TRAINS WEB SITE at https://mealtrain.com/986m8v and read the instructions. Then contact the RHJVAMC Voluntary Services at 843-789-7230 or contact Christopher Jackson, Assistant Manager at Christopher.Jackson@va.gov and phone 843-805-8200. Fisher House Charleston is at 150 Wentworth Street, Charleston, SC 29401. Jacalyn Slemmer is the Manager of Fisher House Charleston. To drop off donations, call the Fisher House at 843-805-8200.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>3. Donate $$$$$$ and Things (Tax Free) directly to Fisher House Charleston. </strong>Contact RHJVAMC Voluntary Services at 843-789-7230. Donation checks should be payable to the RHJVAMC Fisher House with the memo section of the check indicating: Fisher House. 100% of all (tax-free) donations that are made direct to the RHJVAMC or Fisher House Charleston go to supporting Veterans and their families. Read more about how to donate directly to Fisher House Charleston at https://www.charleston.va.gov/services/Fisher_House.asp.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>4. Donate $$$$$$ to Fisher House Charleston through the Friends of Fisher House Charleston (FHC). </strong>Although the FHC is owned and operated by the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, every Fisher House relies on community support to underwrite incidental expenses that are not covered by appropriated funding. The Friends of Fisher House Charleston is the surviving independent charitable organization and 501. (c)(3) corporation that raised over $5.5 million dollars to purchase the land that Fisher House Charleston is built on and to refurbish the historic Carriage House. To make donations to FHC through the Friends of Fisher House Charleston, go to www.friendsoffisherhousecharleston.org and donate on line or make checks payable to the Friends of Fisher House Charleston, PO Box 1678, Charleston, SC 29402-1678. The Friends of Fisher House Charleston has a 90 out of 100 rating on Charity Navigator.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>5. Volunteer to drive for the RHJVAMC VETERANS’ TRANSPORTATION NETWORK. </strong>Call the VA Medical Center Volunteer Services at 843-789-7230 or email VHACHAVAVS@va.gov to find out how to become a VA Volunteer, who drives the donated buses and government vehicles that provide free transportation to and from the VA Medical Center and its Clinics.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>6. Help a Veteran and their family find out what the Veteran’s VA benefits are and who can help them to file a claim with the VA and the State of SC. </strong>Veterans and their families can receive free help with preparing claims from a VA accredited representative or an employee at a local VA Office. Many accredited representatives work for Veterans Service Organizations (VSOs), and may provide help free of charge. There is a State of SC Veterans Service Office in every SC county. See a list of SC County Veterans Service Offices at https://scdva.sc.gov/county-veterans-affairs-offices. The Beaufort County Vets Service Office is located at 100 Clear Water Way, Beaufort, SC 29906, phone number (843) 255-6880. Call ahead to make an appointment.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>7. Become a volunteer or assisting organization with the Tri-County (Charleston, Dorchester and Berkeley Counties) Veterans Support Network (TCVSN). </strong>Go to TCVSN.org and Facebook page Facebook.com/TCVSN . The TCVSN is a non-profit, 501. (c) (3) Corporation and serves as a clearing house and focuses on proactively identifying and seeking out veterans and their families who are in a crisis. The network assesses the veterans and their family’s needs and ensures they are quickly connected to the relevant services from over 100 Veteran Service Agencies in the LowCountry. Call Tim Taylor at 843-410-3616 or email him at tim@tcvsn.org. You can download TCVSN local resource and national resource directories at the web site. You can donate to TCVSN at tcvsn.org/donate. Charity Navigator rates this charity at four stars and 94 out of 100.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>8. Lead the effort to establish a Quad-County Veterans Support Network for Beaufort, Colleton, Jasper, and Hampton SC Counties. </strong>Call Tim Taylor the Director of the Charleston, Dorchester, and Berkeley County (Tri-County) Veterans Support Network (TCVSN) 843-410-3616 or email Tim Taylor at tim@tcvsn.org to get a run-down on how he and many others started and operate the highly successful TCVSN.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>One last word of caution. </strong>There are thousands of scams trying to defraud people into donating, in the name of our military members, veterans, and their families. Before donating to anyone, other than the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, where 100% of donations are used to support veterans, go to one or more of the Charity Rating Organizations like Charity Navigator at https://www.charitynavigator.org, Charity Watch https://www.charitywatch.org, and Consumer Reports www.consumerreports.org/charities/best-charities-for-your-donations/ and make certain the charity you are considering is reputable and has a high rating.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Larry Dandridge is a Vietnam War era wounded warrior, a combat and 100% disabled veteran, an ex-Enlisted Infantryman, an Ex-Warrant Officer Attack Helicopter Pilot and Test-pilot, and a retired Lt. Colonel. He is a past Veterans Service Officer, and a current volunteer Patient Adviser, CEO Advisory Council Member, and Patient and Family Advisory Committee Member at the RHJ VA Medical Center. He is also the Fisher House Charleston volunteer Good Will Ambassador and the VP for Veteran and Retiree Affairs for the Coastal Carolina Army Association Chapter. Larry is the author of the award-winning, non-fiction, and action-packed BLADES OF THUNDER (Book One) and contributing free-lance writer with the Island News, you can email him at: LDandridge@earthlink.net.</em><br><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>EDITOR’S NOTE</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These columns are not meant to replace carefully reading the Federal Veterans’ benefits information at www.va.gov and other locations or the State of SC Veterans benefit information at https://scdva.sc.gov . Anyone seeking advice on veterans’ benefits are advised to seek the advice and assistance of a Veterans Assistance Officer or another certified Veterans Advisor.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Larry Dandridge is not an employee of THE ISLAND NEWS and his opinions are his alone. Although every precaution has been taken in the preparation of these articles, the publisher and author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions. Neither is any liability assumed by the author or THE ISLAND NEWS for damages resulting from the use of information contained herein.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Eight ways to help our Veterans and their families in the Lowcountry', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'eight-ways-to-help-our-veterans-and-their-families-in-the-lowcountry', '', '', '2021-07-14 13:45:06', '2021-07-14 17:45:06', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51244', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51246, 4, '2021-07-14 13:40:03', '2021-07-14 17:40:03', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>LowcoSports.com</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>More offers were sure to come for Whale Branch football standout Xavier Chaplin, but the Warriors’ two-way lineman already had the one he wanted.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Chaplin committed last week to continue his career at Virginia Tech next year on a full athletic scholarship.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The offers were relatively slow to come for Chaplin, but he had interest from numerous NCAA Division I “Power 5” schools, including the University of Georgia, Whale Branch coach Jerry Hatcher said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Hokies were the first big-time program to make an offer, though, and they made landing Chaplin their top priority to solidify their offensive line. The 370-pound rising senior ran a 5.2-second 40-yard dash when he worked out at Virginia Tech, and the Hokies wanted to make sure he didn’t get away.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Chaplin was a first-team All-Lowco pick on the defensive line in 2020, but he was one of the Warriors’ anchors in the trenches on both sides of the ball, helping pave the way for a powerful ground game and shutting down opposing teams’ rushing game.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Whale Branch star Chaplin commits to Hokies', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'whale-branch-star-chaplin-commits-to-hokies', '', '', '2021-07-14 13:52:32', '2021-07-14 17:52:32', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51246', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51248, 4, '2021-07-14 13:41:05', '2021-07-14 17:41:05', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Athletics’ first baseman Matt Gronichec reaches for a dropped fly ball after colliding with second baseman Bobby Askew during the first inning against the Beaufort Royals during Beaufort County Adult Baseball League play on Tuesday, July 6 at Burton Wells Park. Cornicheck recovered the ball and tossed it to second base for the out. The Royals went on to beat the Athletics, 12-4. Photo by Bob Sofaly.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'JUST HOW THEY PLANNED IT', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'just-how-they-planned-it', '', '', '2021-07-14 13:43:15', '2021-07-14 17:43:15', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51248', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51252, 4, '2021-07-14 14:03:33', '2021-07-14 18:03:33', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Mike McCombs</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>C.J. Cummings got on a plane Monday morning in Savannah and headed for Hawaii, a step closer to his Olympic dream in Tokyo.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cummings will continue to train with Coach Ray Jones in Hawaii in a “bubble” with his teammates, including two heavy sessions, before heading to Tokyo on July 22.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The delay and the delay and the delay with C.J., it’s like enough already,” Jones said. “It’s finally going to happen for him. I’m happy for that.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":43942,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/RES3856.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/RES3856-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43942\"/></a><figcaption>C.J. Cummings. Photo by Bob Sofaly.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 21-year-old weightlifter is scheduled to compete in the men’s 73-kilogram weight class beginning at 7:50 p.m. on Wednesday, July 28. That means to watch him compete in Beaufort, you’ll have to get up early because of the 13-hour time difference.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cummings’ group will compete at 6:50 a.m. Beaufort time. The competition can be streamed live at NBCOlympics.com or can be watched via tape delay at 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 28.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After competing, Cummings should return July 31 to Hawaii, where his mother, Savasha, and several other family members will be waiting for him. Cummings’ father, Clarence Cummings Sr., won’t be making the trip for health reasons.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Though C.J. Cummings was featured in a billboard on U.S. 21 across from Stokes Toyota, Clarence Cummings Sr., said he wasn’t aware of any local plans for a watch party of any sort.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Mike McCombs is the editor of The Island News and can be reached at TheIslandNews@gmail.com.<br></em><br><em>Top photo: A billboard on U.S. 21 wishes Beaufort’s C.J. Cummings good luck in the upcoming 2021 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. Photo by Bob Sofaly.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Cummings departs Beaufort for Hawaii; Tokyo next', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'cummings-departs-beaufort-for-hawaii-tokyo-next', '', '', '2021-07-14 14:05:34', '2021-07-14 18:05:34', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51252', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51254, 4, '2021-07-14 14:09:43', '2021-07-14 18:09:43', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Vitamin B-12 is very important to your overall health, it helps maintain normal brain and nervous system functions. A B-12 deficiency can be caused by anemia, gastritis, Crohn’s Disease, Celiac Disease, Lupus and other Auto-Immune Diseases. You get most of your B-12 in meats and dairy products. If you follow a vegan diet you may be B-12 deficient. Symptoms of a Vitamin B-12 deficiency are:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Memory Issues&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Afternoon Exhaustion and Fatigue&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Weakness, Tired Body, Muscle Fatigue&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Pale Skin&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Blurred-Spotty Vision&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dizziness&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Pins and Needles, Numbness&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Anxiety and Depressive Mood- Swings&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you have many of these symptoms, you should contact your doctor. You will receive blood tests to properly diagnose a deficiency and receive proper vitamin dosage. If you go with this deficiency for too long you can develop nerve damage so getting your mind and body in check is important.<br><br>Exclusive content from CARE Magazine</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'careTALK: Vitamin B-12', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'caretalk-vitamin-b-12', '', '', '2021-07-14 14:09:48', '2021-07-14 18:09:48', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51254', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51256, 4, '2021-07-14 14:11:39', '2021-07-14 18:11:39', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>Use these tips to remain active and independent for as long as possible.&nbsp;</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>1. Eat and drink healthy. </strong>Make healthy choices—like fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean meats, low-fat dairy products, and water.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>2. Move more, sit less throughout the day. </strong>Being active can help you prevent, delay, and manage chronic diseases; improve balance and stamina; reduce risk of falls; and improve brain health. TIP—Aim for moderate physical activity, like walking, at least 150 minutes a week (22-30 minutes a day) and muscle strengthening activity, like carrying groceries, at least 2 days a week.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>3. Don’t use tobacco. </strong>If you use tobacco, take the first step towards quitting by calling 1-800-QUIT-NOW for FREE help.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>4. Get regular checkups. </strong>Visit your doctor for preventive services, not just when you’re sick. This can prevent disease or find it early, when treatment is more effective.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>5. Know your family history. </strong>Share your family health history with your doctor, who can help you take steps to prevent chronic diseases or catch them early.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>6. Be aware of changes in brain health. </strong>Everyone’s brain changes as they age, but dementia is not a normal part of aging. See your doctor if you have questions about memory or brain health.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more about how to prevent chronic disease and maintain a healthy lifestyle, follow @CDCChronic on Twitter or visit www.cdc.gov/ chronicdisease <br><br>Exclusive Content from CARE Magazine</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'SIX TIPS FOR HEALTHY AGING', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'six-tips-for-healthy-aging', '', '', '2021-07-14 14:11:43', '2021-07-14 18:11:43', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51256', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51258, 4, '2021-07-14 14:13:59', '2021-07-14 18:13:59', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Most women suffer some form of breast pain at some point in their lives. It may be mild or severe, constant or intermittent. It may be in the form of soreness, sharp burning pangs, or tightness. “Breast pain, or mastalgia, is usually straightforward to diagnose and treat,” says plastic surgeon and breast specialist Dr. Constance M. Chen. “While it is seldom a sign of something serious, pain that doesn\'t go away after one or two menstrual cycles or that persists in women after menopause should be evaluated by a doctor.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Most breast pain is cyclical – linked to hormonal fluctuation associated with the reproductive cycle. Women describe cyclical breast pain as the breasts feeling heavy, tender, swollen, and achy. It is caused by increases in estrogen and progesterone that occur before the menstrual period and cause the breasts to swell. Cyclical breast pain generally affects both breasts, intensifies in the week or two leading up to the menstrual period, then recedes. It most often affects women during their childbearing years and as they are approaching menopause. Breast tenderness can be eased with over-the-counter pain relievers and by reducing salt, fats, and caffeine in the diet. Birth control pills – or switching to a different formulation – can also help.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dr. Chen notes: “The breasts may remain tender during the first trimester of pregnancy in response to increased hormone levels and that continuing breast soreness often accompanies a missed menstrual period as an early sign of pregnancy.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Fibrocystic breast disease, also triggered by hormones, is characterized by dense, lumpy breast tissue that may become painful in response to the monthly cycle. The lumps are fluid-filled cysts and can be clearly differentiated from more dangerous lumps composed of a solid mass of cells that may signify a benign or malignant tumor. Cysts may resolve on their own but any lump in the breast must be evaluated by a doctor via mammogram, ultrasound, or aspiration – drawing fluid from the cyst.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Non-cyclical breast pain -- unrelated to reproductive hormones – most often occurs in one breast and in a localized area though the pain may spread throughout the breast. There are several causes:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mastitis is most common in breast-feeding women (lactation mastitis) but can occur at any time. It is characterized by inflammation of the breast tissue that causes swelling, redness, pain, and warmth and sometimes fever and chills. During lactation, mastitis is usually caused by a blocked milk duct or by bacteria entering the breast through an opening in the skin or a cracked nipple. It is generally treated with antibiotics.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Injury to the breast can be from a previous surgery, from an accident, or from sports. There may be a sharp pain at the time of the trauma followed by tenderness for days or weeks. A doctor should be seen if pain doesn\'t subside or if there is redness and warmth, which could indicate the presence of infection, if there is severe swelling, or if there is a bruise that doesn\'t go away.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Support issues are most often experienced by women with large, heavy breasts but poor support can cause the ligaments to stretch and cause pain in breasts of any size, particularly after exercise. Pain may also affect the neck, back, and shoulders. A properly fitted, supportive bra should be worn at all times and a sports bra when exercising.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Medications can cause breast pain as a side effect. Hormonal therapies used in infertility treatment, birth control pills, and hormonal replacement after menopause can cause breast tenderness. Some psychiatric medications and those used for coronary disease can also have this effect.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Many women worry that breast pain might be a sign of breast cancer,” says Dr. Chen. ”While this is unusual, it\'s not impossible. Inflammatory breast cancer, which accounts for 1%-5% of breast cancers does cause pain as well as redness, swelling, and thickened or dimpled skin. The important thing for women to know is that while most breast pain isn\'t dangerous, any condition that doesn\'t resolve over the course of the menstrual cycle or a week or two should be evaluated by a doctor. In the vast majority of cases, treatment will be rapid and effective.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Constance M. Chen, MD, is a board-certified plastic surgeon with special expertise in the use of innovative natural techniques to optimize medical and cosmetic outcomes for women undergoing breast reconstruction. She is Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery (Plastic Surgery) at Weill Cornell Medical College and Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery (Plastic Surgery) at Tulane University School of Medicine. www.constancechenmd.com <br><br>Exclusive Content from CARE Magazine </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Why do my breasts hurt?', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'why-do-my-breasts-hurt', '', '', '2021-07-14 14:14:03', '2021-07-14 18:14:03', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51258', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51260, 4, '2021-07-14 14:17:36', '2021-07-14 18:17:36', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Seeing a double chin in the mirror may be a sign of weight gain or obesity, but that is not always the case. There are many exercises that target the fat under the chin and neck. There are also other treatments that can be used to support these activities.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Causes</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A double chin is caused by an extra layer of fat that develops beneath the chin.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A few different factors combine in the body to create a double chin. Understanding these factors may help with understanding ways to get rid of the double chin itself.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Age. The skin can start to lose its elasticity as the body ages, which can lead to the appearance of extra or saggy skin that may contribute to a double chin.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Diet and weight. While weight gain is not always the cause of a double chin, it can contribute to it. A diet high in calories, processed foods, and unhealthful fats may influence weight gain and a double chin as well.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Genetics. Genes may play a role in people developing a double chin. Anyone with a family history of skin with little elasticity or double chins might be more likely to develop one themselves.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Posture. Poor posture can weaken the muscles of the neck and chin. This may contribute to a double chin over time, as the surrounding skin loses its elasticity when the muscles are not used.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>There are many simple exercises for a double chin.</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While there is little scientific research on the effect of these exercises, they target the muscles of the neck and face. Working these muscles could help burn fat in these areas and may be a crucial part of getting rid of a double chin.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Around the world (warm up)</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As with any exercise routine, it is important to warm up the muscles to avoid injury. To warm up the neck, gently rotate the head forward and down and then back and up using a clockwise, circular motion. After a few rotations, reverse the direction.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The same circular motion is used to stretch the jaw. Gently extend the jaw left, then forward, then right, and then back, holding each position for a second or two. Now the muscles are warmed and ready for exercise.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Whistle at the ceiling</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This exercise is great for strengthening the muscles and giving the neck a break during time spent at the desk. Sit with a straight back and relaxed shoulders.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tilt the head back to look at the ceiling. From this position, close the lips into the position used while whistling. The lips should be relaxed but held tight enough to feel a contraction on both sides of the neck.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hold this position for 10 to 20 seconds depending on the comfort level of the individual. Ten repetitions of this exercise are usually enough for one sitting.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Kiss the sky</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This exercise is similar to the previous one, with a few differences.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Stand straight and tall with the arms and shoulders loose and relaxed. Tilt the head back to look at the ceiling. Pucker the lips and try to kiss the sky, extending them as far away from the face as possible.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When done correctly, the muscles throughout the neck and chin should feel flexed but comfortable. Hold this position for 5 to 20 seconds and then relax. Repeat 10 to 15 times per set.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The ball squeeze</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Keeping an exercise tool on hand is an excellent way to help some people remember to do their exercises.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For neck exercises, it may help to keep a ball somewhere near the desk, bed, or in a place where a person will do the exercises. The size of the ball can range from 5 to 10 inches based on personal comfort and should be easy to squeeze.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The ball squeeze is done best from a seated position with a straight back and relaxed shoulders.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Place the ball under the chin. Use the chin to push down against the ball in a steady, firm motion. This can be repeated 10 to 30 times during each sitting.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The pouting stretch</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Another effective way to target the muscles in the chin and neck is to do a pouting stretch.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Standing or seated, stick the bottom lip out as far as possible to form a pouting face. Hold the position for 3 seconds. With the lip still in full pout, use the muscles of the neck to tilt the chin towards the chest without moving the upper back.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hold this position for 3 seconds. Relax the muscles and start again. Repeat 10 to 20 times or until the neck feels the workout.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Gum chewing</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Chewing gum may not seem like much, but it may be useful for people looking to get rid of a double chin in multiple ways.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A study posted to the journal Appetite found that individuals who chew gum after a meal may feel more satisfied with what they have eaten. This makes them less likely to reach for additional snacks. Chewing gum can help people who are losing weight to reduce the number of calories in their diet.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Chewing gum is a minor workout for the muscles of the face, especially the jaw. Regular gum chewing may contribute to an overall loss of fat in the chin though it probably will not do much by itself.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>The lion’s yawn</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The point of this exercise is to open the mouth wide while sticking the tongue out as far as possible, much like a yawning lion.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It can be a great exercise to strengthen many muscles in the chin, neck, and face.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sit or stand with a relaxed posture. Open the mouth as wide as possible while extending the tongue out as far as it will go.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When done correctly, the muscles of the neck, chin, and jaw should tighten.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Push the tongue out for 10 seconds and relax. Repeat this process 10 times and move on to another exercise.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Source: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com — Written by Jon Johnson&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Medically reviewed by Cynthia Cobb, DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC, FAANP&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Additional sources:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dennis, E. A., Dengo, A. L., Comber, D. L., Flack, K. D., Savla, J., Davy, K. P., &amp; Davy, B. M. (2009, August 6). Water consumption increases weight loss during a hypocaloric diet intervention in middle-aged and older adults. Obesity, 18(2), 300-307<br><br>Exclusive content from CARE Magazine </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2859815/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2859815/</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>FDA. (2015, April 29). FDA approves treatment for fat below the chin [News release]</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.fda.gov/newsevents/newsroom/pressannouncements/ucm444978.htm\">https://www.fda.gov/newsevents/newsroom/pressannouncements/ucm444978.htm</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hetherington, M. M., &amp; Regan, M. F. (2011, October). Effects of chewing gum on short-term appetite regulation in moderately restrained eaters [Abstract]. Appetite, 57(2), 475-82</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21718732\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21718732</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Konda, D., &amp; Thappa, D. M. (2012, December 14). Mesotherapy: What is new? 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(51262, 4, '2021-07-14 14:20:14', '2021-07-14 18:20:14', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In your secret soul, do you harbor a belief that bigger is more? That more is better? Does something deep down cry out for family size, even though the nest is as empty as a candidate\'s eyes?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Take yourself by the hand, and turn away from the habits of a lifetime, in favor of a new life. Take the shackles from your wallet and the shades from your eyes and repeat with joy: I\'m not paying for economy size anymore!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It\'s not economical to buy a bag of chocolate chips that can make enough cookies to stock all the airline lounges in the Western Hemisphere until 2014. It\'s not economical to have more trash barrels than the doggy day care.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let someone else do it. Let someone else clean it. Let someone else make the payments.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let it go. Here\'s to ‘no more’. <strong>Give it up:</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol><li>The three-dozen-egg carton, the 2,000-pack of Sweet\'N Low and the crowd-size bottle of ketchup (unless you’re throwing a family cookout).</li><li>Super-sized fries (no one in the minivan to take the last handful or take the edge off the guilt).</li><li>The minivan. How about a snazzy car, a smart car, even a wiseguy car?</li><li>A brand-new model four-over-four house — even on the golf course. Even if your kids live next door. Especially if your kids live next door.</li><li>A one-horse open sleigh. Yes, you\'ve been meaning to get the horse but …</li><li>A shopping warehouse membership. You\'ll never need that many paper towels, unless you run a car wash. You\'ll never need (a year of COVID-hoarding nothwithstanding) that much toilet paper unless you run … out.</li><li>The gym ultra-membership. How about the dog, the shoes, the SPF 50 and the open road?</li><li>Those seven, nine or 20 unfinished quilts and birdhouses.</li><li>All those teaspoons, fruit spoons, salt spoons, cheese knives, crab picks and lobster crackers liberated from the restaurant along with the extra lemon, the fistful of sugar bags, the multitude of baskets for rolls.</li><li>Fourteen matching place settings … 14 unmatched place settings are more fun, funky and functional.</li><li>Just one extra shot — tequila, espresso, Botox.</li><li>Your very own chickens (really, really not).</li><li>Four-inch heels for the wedding reception.</li><li>Another cat.</li><li>Another hat.</li><li>Another hobby.</li><li>A bigger flat screen.</li><li>A bigger boat.</li><li>A bigger mortgage.</li><li>More than 700 channels in one night.</li><li>More than 700 calories in one hand.</li><li>Double cheese.</li><li>3-D.</li><li>Four-wheelers.</li><li>Quintuplets.</li></ol>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>A humorous look at the joys of downsizing (an oldie but goodie redux by Jacquelyn Mitchard, a best-selling author of 21 books)</em><br><br>Exclusive content from CARE Magazine</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', '25 things we don\'t need now that we\'re over 50', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', '25-things-we-dont-need-now-that-were-over-50', '', '', '2021-07-14 14:20:17', '2021-07-14 18:20:17', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51262', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51264, 4, '2021-07-14 14:23:15', '2021-07-14 18:23:15', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Children spend a lot of time outside enjoying going to the pool, taking part in sports or just outdoor playtime. Likely, they are outside with sunscreen to protect their skin. But a question that sparks a lot of interest from parent centers around eye protection and sunglasses.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mayo Clinic Health System providers say children receive more annual sun exposure than adults. This increased exposure to sunlight increases risk of eye damage from ultraviolet (UV) light — an invisible electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sun. Unlike adult eyes, children\'s eyes are still maturing and cannot filter out the harmful UV rays as effectively.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"Children\'s eyelids and skin around the eye are delicate and more vulnerable than adult skin,\" says Nitika Arora, M.B.B.S., Mayo Clinic Health System glaucoma specialist in ophthalmology. \"Damage from UV rays builds up over time. Long-term eye problems not specific to children could include cataracts and age-related macular degeneration that can blur vision, dull colors and lead to the development of a pterygium, which is a noncancerous growth of tissue on the surface of the eye.\"</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There also are some short-term physical side effects from too much UV light, including photokeratitis, also known as \"snow blindness.\" This occurs when UV rays reflect off sand, water, ice, and snow, or if you stare at the sun. Photokeratitis is like having a sunburned eye.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Fortunately, sunglasses will protect the skin around the eye and the eye itself. Consider having your children wear sunglasses every day. UV rays can still damage eyes on cloudy days.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Keep these tips in mind with selecting sunglasses for your children:</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol><li><strong>Look for UV protection. </strong>Sunglasses should conform to the American National Standards Institute\'s guideline ANSI Z80.3, which specifies UV protection and impact protection. Angela Schneider, optician at Mayo Clinic Health System advises to choose sunglasses that block 99%–100% of both UVA (long-length) and UVB (short- length) rays. Look for large wraparound-style sunglasses that cover a lot of skin. If your children need to wear corrective lenses, you may want to consider photochromic lenses, also called transition lenses, to eliminate the need for sunglasses. Photochromic lenses automatically change from clear lenses to darkened lenses in the presence of sunlight. These lenses block 100% of the sun\'s UV rays.&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Make sure the sunglasses are durable. </strong>Schneider says active children need sunglasses made of impact-resistant polycarbonate with scratch-proof lenses. She says frames should be bendable but unbreakable so make sure the fit is snug.</li><li><strong>Consider activities. </strong>Some sunglasses come with amber or green lenses and can increase contrast, which may be useful for sports.</li><li><strong>Let kids choose. </strong>Kids are more likely to wear sunglasses if they\'ve been allowed to pick them out. Let them choose among a few pairs of sunglasses.</li><li><strong>Be the keeper of the sunglasses. </strong>To prevent the sunglasses from being lost, broken, or forgotten, parents may want to consider keeping their children\'s sunglasses in a safe place when they are not being worn.</li><li><strong>Listen to your children or observe them. </strong>If your children resist wearing glasses or sunglasses, observing their behavior, or talking to them further might give you a clue to the barriers, such as poor fit or discomfort while wearing them.</li><li><strong>Set a good example. </strong>Your eye health is important. Set a good example for your children by wearing your sunglasses consistently and make wearing them part of your children\'s routine.</li></ol>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As an added protection, have your children wear wide-brimmed hats and sunscreen to further reduce their UV exposure. Sunglasses block UV rays that come through the lenses. 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(51267, 4, '2021-07-14 14:29:02', '2021-07-14 18:29:02', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Above: Volunteers work together to remove a section of the old plywood decking at the Port Royal Skate Park on Friday afternoon. About 35 volunteers helped to repair the popular park.</em> <em>Photos by Bob Sofaly</em><br><br><strong>By Bob Sofaly</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A small army of about 35 volunteers from all walks of life converged on the Port Royal Skate Park on Friday and Saturday to do one thing – renovate the park to make it safe for skateboarders and BMX cyclists.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Many of the ramp surfaces were worn and sagging in the middle and all the metal rails were worn and rusted. The popular park had not been renovated or repaired since 2017 and was in dire need of serious work, according to Rev. Conrad Meier, Pastor of Praise Assembly of God.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":51221,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07092021-Skate-Park-Makeover1-9649.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07092021-Skate-Park-Makeover1-9649-746x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51221\"/></a><figcaption><em>Rafael Nieves, a BMX cyclist, volunteers his time to help repair the Port Royal skatepark on Friday afrernoon. Here he uses a claw hammer and a pry bar to pull up the plywood decking of one of the worn ramps.</em><br></figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Meier said many people and companies, including the Town of Port Royal, chipped in money to purchase materials specific to skateboarding. Skate Lite and Transformer Rails, companies dedicated to the popular sport, sold their surface and infrastructure materials for half price.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sagging plywood and wooden frames were cut out and replaced, as were as all the metal rails.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":51223,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07092021-Skate-Park-Makeover-2-8235.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07092021-Skate-Park-Makeover-2-8235-1024x808.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51223\"/></a><figcaption><em>The Rev. Conrad Meier, Pastor of Praise Assembly of God, cuts one of the legs off a rail at the Port Royal Skateboard Park. </em></figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br>“You know when you hear people say ‘someone needs to do something’ about a particular problem?” Meier said while cutting away a heavily rusted hand rail. “Well, I am that somebody.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We are ALL that somebody,” he said proudly while looking around at all the volunteers working.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Port Royal Skate Park gets a makeover', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'port-royal-skate-park-gets-a-makeover', '', '', '2021-07-14 14:29:51', '2021-07-14 18:29:51', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51267', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(51270, 4, '2021-07-13 14:30:00', '2021-07-13 18:30:00', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Northern Beaufort County Democratic Club meetings</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6:30 to 8 p.m., Thursday, July 15, Washington Street Park. After a year of masks, social distancing, hygiene measures and vaccinations (you have yours, right?), we can finally meet in person. Meetings at the beautiful, newly refurbished Washington Street Park at the corner of Washington Street and Newcastle Street in Beaufort.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>LIVE After 5</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5 to 8 p.m., Thursday, July 15, downtown Beaufort. Every third Thursday of the month is downtown Beaufort’s newest recurring monthly party with live music, local artists, late night shopping and drink and food specials. Rain or shine. Free entertainment, sponsored by Activate Beaufort, featuring Wayne Grabenbauer and Southbound 17.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Artistic Enchantment: Fiber &amp; Fabric Creations</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, though July 16, USC Beaufort Center for the Arts. Free and open to the public. Masks and social distancing are required. Art exhibit featuring enchanting fiber and fabric creations. Experience nature-inspired hooked rugs by Dot Schaphorst and unique quilts by Suzanne Aulds.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Coffee with Colleagues</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Friday, July 16, SK Signs, Designs &amp; Marketing, SK Digital Studios, 1002 8th Street, Port Royal. The event is free. Chamber members and nonmembers must register in advance at https://bit.ly/3dSYA7l. Sponsored by the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce. SK will be giving away a set of Beaufort Water Festival Tickets and attendees will have a chance to shoot a 30-second spot to advertise their business on a green screen.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Lions Club pancake breakfast</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>8 to 11 a.m., Saturday, July 17, Sea Island Presbyterian Church, 81 Lady\'s Island Drive. The Beaufort Lions Club will hold its semi-annual pancake breakfas. For 75 years, the Beaufort Lions Club has provided assistance to northern Beaufort County residents with vision needs such as surgeries, glasses, or equipment. This year\'s menu will consist of fluffy pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, cheesy grits, orange juice, luscious sausage gravy and biscuits, and coffee. Tickets may be purchased at the door or from a member of the Beaufort Lions Club. For information, call 843-522-0066</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Morning Math Fun summer camp</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Session I: 10 a.m. to noon, Tuesday, July 20 to Thursday, July 22; Session II: 10 a.m. to noon, Tuesday July 27 to Thursday, July 29, Washington Street Park Pavillion (Washington Street at Newcastle Street), Beaufort. Free to the public. Ages 7 to 11. Registration is 10 a.m. to noon, Monday, July 19 at Washington Street Park Pavillion. Skills to be adressed include rhythm counting, simplifying fractions and eyeballing percentages. For more information, contact Local Ties at mng1335@gmail.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Springhill Suites Job Fair</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1 to 5 p.m., Wednesday, July 28 and 8 a.m. to noon, Thursday, July 29, Holiday Inn &amp; Suites Beaufort, 2225 Boundary Street, Beaufort. Hiring 35 positions for the new Springhill Suites by Marriott. Benefits include paid time off, employee discounts, referral program and health, dental and vision insurance.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Maye River Quilters Guild meeting</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 7, Palmetto Electric Cooperative, 1 Cooperative Way, Hardeeville. The social will begin at 9:30 a.m. with the meeting following. For more information, call 843-530-1244.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'WHAT’S HAPPENING', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'whats-happening-61', '', '', '2021-07-14 14:31:23', '2021-07-14 18:31:23', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51270', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51272, 4, '2021-07-14 14:35:22', '2021-07-14 18:35:22', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Penn Center, in conjunction with Penn Circle, Inc., is hosting a book singing with the three authors of Gullah Days: Hilton Head Islanders Before the Bridge 1861-1956.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Thomas C. Barnwell, Jr., Carolyn Grant, and Emory Shaw Campbell, authors of this book that celebrates their Gullah heritage and culture, will be at the York W. Bailey Museum on Thursday, July 22. The recemtopn begins at 6:30 p.m., followed at 7 p.m. by a chance to meet the authors and then the book signing at 7:30 p.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The event is free to the public.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Gullah culture, though borne of isolation and slavery, thrived on the U.S. East Coast sea islands from pre-Civil War times until today, and nowhere more prominently than on Hilton Head Island.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On this barrier island, descendants of the first generations of Gullah people continue to preserve Gullah language, customs, arts, and cuisine. and in this book, they chronicle the amazing history of their secluded community from the Civil War through the 1950s, when real estate development connected Hilton Head Island to the mainland with a bridge.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The history of these Gullah islanders, little celebrated until now, is an amazing American story. Hilton Head Island was one of the first areas liberated by Union troops after Fort Sumter. With plantation owners absent, the society of formerly enslaved Gullah people embarked on the activities of freedom: enlisting in fighting for the Union army; creating the first black-governed community in the South, complete with a police force; and, when formal emancipation arrived, running for office, campaigning, and voting.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This book illustrates in vivid detail the story of that vibrant post-Civil War era and the tangled perils of Reconstruction that followed, along with all of the progress and setbacks of African Americans in the South over 150 years via the lives of Gullah Hilton Head Islanders. Authors rely on the historical records and amazing first-person accounts they have gathered from their relatives and other community members to tell this riveting story.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>About the authors</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Thomas Curtis Barnwell, Jr. was born on Hilton Head Island on June 2, 1935 to Hannah White, a schoolteacher, and Thomas Barnwell, a farmer. Barnwell grew up on Hilton Head Island when the only transportation on and off the island was by boat. He graduated from St. Helena High School on St. Helena Island in 1954 and enrolled in Clafin College in Orangeburg.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After a year at Clafin, Barnwell joined the U.S. Air Force. In 1959, he received an honorable discharge and enrolled at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. In 1960, he began working as a longshoreman, Local 1414 in Savannah.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Barnwell traveled extensively to continue his education. He studied sociology at Fisk University in Nashville in 1961; community development at the University of West Indies in 1963; group dynamics at the University of Ontario in Bethel, Maine in 1964 and community development and community education at the University of Puerto Rico.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Barnwell began his work in community service at Penn Community Service, Inc. While at the Penn Center, he worked in community organization, program planning, federal program orientation and implementation. His community service work continued as he held positions as Assistant Director for Beaufort-Jasper Hampton Economic Opportunity Commission, Executive Director of Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Comprehensive Health Services, Inc. and the Regional Director of National Consumer Cooperative Bank, Charleston South Carolina branch. Barnwell is a former board member of the Bluffton Oyster Cooperative and the Hilton Head Fishing Cooperative. He testified before the United States Committee on Hunger and Malnutrition and Human Needs in 1969 and participated in President John F. Kennedy’s To Fulfill These Rights Committee.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Carolyn Grant is a former staff writer for the Island Packet and the Greenville News. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Spellman College, a Master of Science degree in journalism from Northwestern University, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health from Walden University.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition to writing for newspapers, Grant works in the healthcare marketing and public relations field. She serves on the board of directors for numerous organizations and is a freelance writer. Although now closed, Grant worked with her family’s restaurant business, Abe’s Native Shrimp House, which preserved Gullah history and culture through the preparation of Gullah cuisine. Grant is a member of Mt. Calvary Mission Baptist Church, which is 103 years old.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– Cultural heritage chief executive and author Emory Shaw Campbell was born on Oct. 11, 1941 on Hilton Head Island, where he attended elementary school. Campbell traveled to the nearby city of Bluffton to attend Michael C. Riley High School, where he graduated as class valedictorian in 1960. He received his B.A. degree in biology in 1965 from Savannah State College, and in 1971, he earned his M.A. degree from Tufts University in Boston.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Campbell served as the Director of Community Service Education at the Beaufort-Jasper Comprehensive Health Services in Ridgeland, South Carolina for 10 years before becoming Director of the Penn Center in 1980. During his tenure at the Penn Center, Campbell spearheaded efforts to create a family connection between the Gullah people and the people of Sierra Leone in West Africa.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Campbell’s work to preserve the Gullah culture has led him to write several publications, one of which is \"Gullah Cultural Legacies.\" He also worked on a project to translate the New Testament of the Bible into the Gullah language. In 2005, he received the Carter G. Woodson Memorial for outstanding work. He retired from Penn Center in 2002 and is the President of Gullah Heritage Consulting Services.<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><strong>Who: </strong>Authors Thomas C. 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(51276, 4, '2021-07-14 14:42:54', '2021-07-14 18:42:54', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Governor Henry McMaster on Friday called on the S.C. Board of Health and Environmental Control to “issue direction to agency leadership and to state and local healthcare organizations prohibiting the use of the Biden Administration’s ‘targeted\' \'door-to-door\' tactics in the State’s ongoing vaccination efforts.\"&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>South Carolina ranks 39th with just fewer than 40 percent of the population vaccinated.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“A South Carolinian’s decision to get vaccinated is a personal one for them to make and not the government’s,” Governor McMaster wrote. “Enticing, coercing, intimidating, mandating, or pressuring anyone to take the vaccine is a bad policy which will deteriorate the public’s trust and confidence in the State’s vaccination efforts.\"&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The governor continued: “The prospect of government vaccination teams showing up unannounced or unrequested at the door of ‘targeted’ homeowners or on their property will further deteriorate the public’s trust and could lead to potentially disastrous public safety consequences.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'McMaster to DHEC: Rebuff Federal ‘Door-to-Door’ vaccine efforts', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'mcmaster-to-dhec-rebuff-federal-door-to-door-vaccine-efforts', '', '', '2021-07-14 14:42:55', '2021-07-14 18:42:55', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51276', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(51279, 4, '2021-07-14 14:47:04', '2021-07-14 18:47:04', '<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2><strong>County-wide event aims to raise $75,000 for clean, safe water </strong></h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Registration is now open for the fifth annual Beaufort County Walk for Water on Saturday, Oct. 9.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County Walk for Water promotes awareness of the global water crisis while raising money to provide sustainable, safe water around the world. All money raised benefits Water Mission, a nonprofit Christian engineering organization based in Charleston that builds safe water solutions in developing countries and disaster areas.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The walk will take place in dozens of locations across Beaufort County. Participants can find a convenient host location on the Walk for Water website at walkforwater.com/beaufortco and join that team, or create their own teams with family, friends, neighbors and co-workers. All preregistered participants get a free T-shirt, and those registered by Sept. 1 are guaranteed their preferred size.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Participants will be encouraged to carry a bucket of water on part of the 3-mile walk to symbolize the burden millions of women and children in developing countries carry daily to collect water that’s often contaminated. That unsafe water has dire consequences: a person dies from water-related illness every 37 seconds somewhere in the world, according to Water Mission.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“As little as $25 can provide one person safe water for life,” Beaufort County Walk for Water committee chair Jim Pickard said in a release. “$500 can create latrine sanitation for a community, and just over $1,000 can build solar panels for a power source.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Last year’s walk attracted nearly 400 registered walkers and raised more than $58,000, despite the pandemic and the necessity of shifting from a large group event to small neighborhood walks. Based on that success, organizers have set aggressive goals of 750 participants and $75,000 raised through registration fees, sponsorships and donations.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We’re hoping a record number of people will help us ‘pick up the bucket’ this year,” Pickard added.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information, to register or donate, visit the website at walkforwater. com/beaufortco or call 843- 769-7395. For sponsorship information, contact Robert Lasher at 843-906-8118 or rlasher5519@gmail.com.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort County Walk for Water set for Oct. 9', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-county-walk-for-water-set-for-oct-9', '', '', '2021-07-14 14:47:07', '2021-07-14 18:47:07', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51279', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(51282, 4, '2021-07-14 14:58:31', '2021-07-14 18:58:31', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Mike McCombs&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For the second time, add Beaufort County to the list of plaintiffs suing Beaufort County auditor Jim Beckert.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The county, represented by attorneys M. Dawes Cook and John Fletcher of Barnwell, Whaley, Patterson &amp; Helm, LLC, is essentially suing Beckert in an effort to force him to do his job.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Defendant Beckert has had (and continues to have) and contentious and adversarial relationship with various other officials and employees of Plaintiff Beaufort County. This contentiousness has manifested itself in Defendant Beckert’s frequent threats or promises not to do things that state law plainly requires him to do,” the suit alleges. “Defendant Beckert has repeatedly sought to usurp the power of other officials and officers and to avoid fulfilling his legal obligations when they are at odds with his own personal wishes.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As an elected official, Beckert can’t be disciplined by the county and can only be removed by the governor, which is not likely to happen. Gov. Henry McMaster has indicated he would likely only consider removing an elected official if that official were charged with a crime. And still, that’s no guarantee.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ultimately, the county is seeking that Beckert be compelled to do what he is “statutorily required to do.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is the second time Beaufort County has sued Beckert in an effort to get him to do his job. The county previously filed suit in September 2020. That suit has been combined with the Town of Hilton Head Island’s suit against Beaufort County and remains pending.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In that suit, the County took issue with two of Beckert’s acts, or failures to act.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Firstly, Beckert refused to include service charges related to the County providing law enforcement services to the Town of Hilton Head Island on those citizens’ tax bills, saying he did not believe the county had the authority to do so.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Secondly, “for the 2020 tax year, the proper tax millage to produce revenue equivalent to the relevant debt service is 4.8 mils for Rural &amp; Critical Lands debt service” as reflected in the county budget ordinance. Beckert, who is supposed to use no discretion in levying for debt service, instead imposed a higher millage rate (5.8), which he unilaterally determined. This caused a delay in 2020 tax bills.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to the suit, the issues brought forward in this lawsuit involve his conduct that violated state laws. They are:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Unauthorized conduct with regard to special tax districts. Beckert is accused of failing to assess and collect revenue from certain tax districts, in effect “abolishing” those districts, which only Council has the authority to do.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Failure to maintain or produce an abatement book. County Auditors are required to keep as a permanent record in his/her office a book in which he/she enters separately each abatement of taxes granted and allowed. Beckert has not produced one upon request since 2017 and did not create or maintain one for 2020.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>4 percent vs. 6 percent tax issues. S.C. law permits the assessor to change the assessment on residential properties from 4 to 6 percent if it is believed the 4 percent assessment was wrongfully claimed. Aggrieved owners may appeal to the Board of Assessment Appeals. The assessor is not permitted to have any role in this process. The County cites at least one instance where Beckert has interfered in the process and believes there to be more instances.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Refusal to adopt assessor’s valuations. Beckert has begun to refuse to adopt proper valuations of the assessor and has also begun to refuse to calculate interest on underpayments and overpayments.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Refusal to comply with dispute resolution process. Beckert is supposed to notify the offices of the county treasurer and county assessor of applications for tax refunds. Beckert has stopped doing so. The County believes Beckert is adjudicating them himself.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Failure to comply with the Bailey Bill. Under the bill, the County may grant a special property tax assessment to real property that is “rehabilitated historic property” or low and moderate income rental property. Once the special assessment is granted, the owner can apply to the auditor for the special assessment. Beckert is allegedly refusing to apply the special assessments granted by the County. He has no discretion to do this.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Defamatory statements and interfering with matters outside his statutory duties. Beckert allegedly continues to make defamatory, disparaging and disrespectful statements about Beaufort County and its officials and employees. He has sent defamatory letters to external auditors, orchestrated the filing of a baseless grievance and interfered with the operation of other County officials and offices.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The County is asking for a writ of mandamus, compelling Beckert to perform his duties, as well as a declaratory judgment and an injunction requiring him to do his job.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beckert, elected to a four-year term in 2018, is also facing two separate harassment suits from Beaufort County Treasurer Maria Walls and former Beaufort County Financial Officer Alicia Holland.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Last year, the county moved Beckert’s office from the Beaufort County Administration Building to an office in the Beaufort Industrial Village.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Mike McCombs is the editor of The Island News and can be reached at TheIslandNews@gmail.com. </em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort County sues County Auditor Beckert', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-county-sues-county-auditor-beckert', '', '', '2021-07-14 14:58:35', '2021-07-14 18:58:35', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51282', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(51285, 4, '2021-07-14 15:04:29', '2021-07-14 19:04:29', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>County auditor chalks up another lawsuit for which we’ll pay</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BEAUFORT<em> </em>– In case you missed it, the Beaufort County Auditor is being sued by Beaufort County. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The County,” we’ll assume is actually the Beaufort County Council since the elected body of 11 call the shots, they decide how the tax dollars are spent. But they talk about these things – who they’re going to sue – in closed-door sessions so we don’t know much about what the council was thinking.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We do know this latest lawsuit against Jim Beckert happens to the fourth he’s racked up since being elected by the people to a second four-year term in 2018. The county Treasurer Maria Wall has filed a lawsuit against him as has the county’s former chief financial officer Elisa Howard, both charging harassment.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The County Council, which is being represented in this latest suit by a Charleston-based law firm, already had one suit against him for “failure to do his job.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The County Council has also decided to put the question of whether the Auditor and the Treasurer should continue to be elected officials or appointees of the Council, a question that will be on the ballot in November.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>How can this be, you might ask? Wasn’t the Auditor, elected by “we the people?” And aren’t “we the people,” Beaufort County? And aren’t “we the people” going to be paying the legal fees for this, as county taxpayers. The answer is yes.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>HBF enters courtroom in challenge to 303 projects </strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BEAUFORT – It’s been relatively quiet on the downtown development front as the futures of a proposed parking garage, four-story new hotel and a new three-story apartment complex have all moved into the courts.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Historic Beaufort Foundation last week filed an appeal of the city’s Historic Review Board’s approval of the parking garage and new hotel, projects that were already being challenged by downtown property owner Graham Trask.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Trask and now HBF charge the city review board was wrong to permit the projects under existing building codes.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>303 Associates and Beaufort Inn, LLC, developers of the project, are also named in the lawsuits.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Holy Trinity School, Beaufort Elementary, Robert Smalls Middle move forward with expansion </strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BEAUFORT – Holy Trinity Classic Christian School’s plans for a new campus got a blessing last week from the city’s Design Review Committee.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The school, located on Burroughs Avenue, will soon celebrate its’ 10th anniversary and launch a two-phase building program that will include a 19,000 square foot gymnasium-fellowship hall and, eventually, a new classroom building for K-12 grades.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Located in the former Battery Creek Elementary School, Holy Trinity purchased the 1950’s school campus and has grown to the current enrollment of 315 students. With the new expansion plans, the enrollment will be capped at 450.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And on the topic of school construction, Beaufort Elementary renovations are drawing closer to completion after more than a year of construction trucks outnumbering school buses at the Bay Street school.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The renovation project, which includes a complete overhaul of the building’s interior and a big, old brick security fence along the Prince Street side of the campus, was one of the six major projects included in the $344 million referendum approved by the voters in 2019.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The largest single school building project in the bond referendum is the Robert Smalls International Academy, formerly known as Robert Smalls Middle School, which is slated for complete replacement beginning this summer.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Battery Creek High School is also slated for a new replacement building, with both Robert Smalls and BCHS scheduled to be completed by December 2022.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All projects contingent, of course, on finding construction workers.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Hey, did you know there’s gonna be a new bridge to HHI? </strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>HILTON HEAD ISLAND – Okay, so Hilton Head Island’s going to get a new bridge. Not “our” problem (as North of the Broad-ers)?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Not necessarily true since we, alas, don’t live in an isolated bubble, and almost everyone, unless you just don’t go out at all, has to cross over to that island every once in a while. (If you haven’t driven on U.S. 278 coming on or off the island on a Saturday, you’re REALLY in for a traffic surprise.)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>True, we NoBs probably don’t have much stake in the future of those bridges as the 39,907 residents who live there or the hundreds who drive onto the island every day for work.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But since no man is an island, as the poet John Donne pointed out, a basic synopsis of the new bridge story, thus far, is that it’s expected to cost $290 million, the current bridge is going to be demolished and a six-lane bridge will be its’ replacement.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After that, it’s up to the town council, their consultants, the citizens and our friends at the S.C. Department of Transportation.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If, for some reason, you would like to know more, check out <a href=\"https://www. scdot278corridor.com/public-hearing\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https://www. scdot278corridor.com/public-hearing\">https://www. scdot278corridor.com/public-hearing</a>. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Lolita Huckaby Watson is a community volunteer and former reporter/ editorial assistant/columnist with The Beaufort Gazette, The Savannah Morning News, Bluffton Today, Beaufort Today and The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.). She can be reached at bftbay@gmail.com. </em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'LOWCOUNRY LOWDOWN', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'lowcounry-lowdown-2', '', '', '2021-07-14 15:04:31', '2021-07-14 19:04:31', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51285', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51287, 4, '2021-07-14 15:07:47', '2021-07-14 19:07:47', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Mike McCombs</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Historic Beaufort Foundation (HBF) filed a petition on Friday in Circuit Court appealing the June 9 decision by the City of Beaufort’s Historic Review Board (HRB) to allow construction of a four-level parking garage and a four-story hotel by 303 Associates in Beaufort’s National Historic Landmark District.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to state law, HBF had 30 days to appeal the decision of a local review board to circuit court and did so on the last day.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Of the HRB’s decision, HBF Executive Director Cynthia Jenkins said “We pretty much knew immediately, as a nonprofit, that we wanted to go through the steps with our board, we wanted to get an attorney, we wanted to compile all the info we needed … we wanted to appeal.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jenkins said shes is of the understanding that for the appeal to be heard by court, it could be 90 to 100 days. She said the organization was in the process of raising money to fund the appeal.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I think it’s an incredibly wasteful use of resources,” said developer Dick Stewart of 303 Associates. “(There will be) no changes but we’ll continue to waste time.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We feel the buildings approved are not in character or appropriate for the Beaufort National Landmark District,” Jenkins said. “The buildings’ height, mass and scale overwhelm neighboring buildings. (And we believe) errors were made in the review board process.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It’s kind of ironic that this is tourism based on (Beaufort’s) architectural character. These buildings could easily kill the goose that laid the golden egg. I do want to make certain people understand the Foundation is in support of development.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to its website, Historic Beaufort Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit education foundation created to preserve, protect and present sites and artifacts of historical, architectural and cultural interests throughout Beaufort County.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We’ve participated in a system that has worked well for the city for well more than 50 years,” Stewart said. “It’s worked well for the citizens and the property owners and the developers, and now a third party wants to have a say.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mike McCombs is the editor of The Island News and can be reached at TheIslandNews@gmail.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'HBF appeals Historic Review Board’s decision on hotel, parking garage', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'hbf-appeals-historic-review-boards-decision-on-hotel-parking-garage', '', '', '2021-07-14 15:07:49', '2021-07-14 19:07:49', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51287', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51289, 4, '2021-07-14 15:09:32', '2021-07-14 19:09:32', '<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2><strong>We are completely alone</strong></h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Remember the big story in May about the cyber attack on Colonial Pipeline, one of the largest pipeline operators in the U.S.? The demand for ransom shut down the pipeline for days and caused panic gas buying up and down the East Coast.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Stories are more and more frequent about hackers attacking businesses, local governments, schools, demanding millions and wreaking havoc. You think this is only happening to thebig guys, right?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No. It happened to me.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Recently, hackers disabled my computer and demanded money to make it operational again. In the meantime, while \"fixing\" it, they installed software in my computer and took over everything in it. I paid the ransom. Now, I have had all their software removed, changed passwords for all financial info, and am opening new bank accounts.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I am retired, living on Social Security and retirement income, and obviously not rich. Know that if it could happen to me, it could happen to you.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nothing, and I mean nothing that you have on your computer such as virus protection software, etc., will protect you from determined cyber thieves. We need more awareness, law enforcement help and expertise out there. Now, we are completely alone when dealing with this serious threat.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>– Terry Gibson, Lady’s Island</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'LETTER TO THE EDITOR', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'letter-to-the-editor-53', '', '', '2021-07-14 15:09:36', '2021-07-14 19:09:36', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51289', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(51296, 4, '2021-07-14 15:23:26', '2021-07-14 19:23:26', '<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2> <strong>Port Royal Veterinary Hospital closed indefinitely </strong></h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Mike McCombs </strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As a tornado that came out of Tropical Storm Elsa ripped through the Town of Port Royal late Wednesday and early Thursday morning, it damaged 44 homes, displaced two families and laid waste to trees and power lines all down Paris Avenue.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But the storm left a serious mark on three local businesses, particularly the Port Royal Veterinary Hospital (PRVH), which is closed indefinitely while awaiting repairs.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The tornado damaged boats, the building and the floating dock at Butler Marine Dry Stack and Sales of Port Royal. The storm also left a live oak laying on the back of popular 10th Street restaurant Madison’s.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When reached by phone Monday, both businesses had recordings stating they expected to re-open in the coming days after repairs and both have re-opened.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Butler Marine was back in operation on Saturday despite more than $250,000 of damage, according to Chris Butler, who said his business lost about 75 percent of its staging dock. And he said he’s going to have to wait 16 to 24 weeks to have his 40-foot-by-24-foot garage door repaired.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I’ve been in the car or boat business since 1993,” Butler said, “and it’s the worst loss I’ve ever taken … just the deductible.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Butler said he’s not sure exactly what his deductibles are since the damage came from a wind event during a named storm, but he’s expecting $100,000.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“That’s a big whack,” Butler said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In a Facebook message Tuesday, Madison’s announced they were back open for regular business hours.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Thank you everyone for the constant support,” the post read. “We are back open regular hours (11 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday) as of today! Stay safe everyone and we will see you when your stomach starts yelling!”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No such luck for PRVH. If fact, any re-opening is likely a long way off.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We had three trees impact our buildings. On to our front corner and pergola, part of a live oak came down causing minimal damage,” said Dr. Marikay Campbell, who purchased the practice in 2009 before a large expansion two years ago. “But in the back, a couple of other trees came through our roof, broke a couple rafters, came through the attic floor and came down into the surgery suite.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The back corner took a major amount of structural damage and allowed a great amount of water inside. There was water standing in the majority of the new part of building built just a couple of years ago.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Campbell said a crane was supposed to come Tuesday morning to remove trees from the roof. The damage is still being evaluated.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Right now, we’re considered a red flag, not fit for occupancy because of the dangers from the structure,” she said. “We’ve gotten the water out through the work of the regular cleaning company. ServPro came by on Friday to cleaning up debris. We’ve had dryers, blowers, de-humidifiers running, … all trying to pull as much additional water out as possible.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Right now, the hospital, which handled 11,000 office visits from July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2021, is not operating at all, though Campbell said they are allowing people to pick up prescriptions if they’ve already been ordered.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We can’t see any patients, we can’t let anyone in the building, we’re closed for an undetermined time,” she said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Campbell and PRVH are asking for the public’s help to get back on their feet. Since PRVH is east of I-95, it is considered coastal and in the case of a wind event, has a 5 percent deductible.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"left\",\"id\":51297,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-14-at-3.19.33-PM.png\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-14-at-3.19.33-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51297\"/></a></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It’s not 5 percent of the damage, it’s 5 percent of the total coverage,” Campbell said. “(They’re) estimating that will be about $90,000 we need to pay, and then they will pay above that. That is a considerable amount of money to come up with.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Campbell said she was advised by a number of people to reach out and let the community know what the situation was.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We’ve had many notes from community members (who are) sad for us,” she said. “They tell us they care, hoping we’re up and running soon, offering help.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Not only does PRVH have to worry about the $90,000 deductible, Campbell said the hospital has roughly 30 employees that need work.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“One of our huge priorities is making sure all of those people continue to have a job,” Campbell said. “Taking care of those people that take care of us everyday.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Mike McCombs is the editor of The Island News and can be reached at TheIslandNews@gmail.com.</em><br><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A<em>bove: Tree limbs and damaged power lines hang on businesses on Paris Ave. after a tornado associated with Tropical Storm Elsa touched down in Port Royal early Thursday morning. 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(51299, 4, '2021-07-14 15:31:24', '2021-07-14 19:31:24', '<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2> <strong>St. Helena’s Smalls named Executive Director of Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor </strong></h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&nbsp;<strong>By Mike McCombs&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sometimes a job is just that, a job.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And then sometimes, it’s what you’ve been working toward your entire life.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That’s how it is for St. Helena Island’s Victoria Smalls. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Smalls, a National Park Ranger with the Reconstruction Era National Historical Park Beaufort, as well as a public historian, educator, arts advocate, and cultural preservationist, has been named the executive director of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor, a four-state National Heritage Area under the National Park Service that extends from North Carolina to Florida.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Everything I’ve done has prepared me for this job,” Smalls said Monday.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Smalls served on the 13-member federal commission as a South Carolina Commissioner from 2016- 2020. On Monday, July 26, she will return to lead the corridor with her extensive knowledge as a primary resource in the Gullah Geechee community, working in cultural education and development, across the corridor and internationally.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor was established in 2006 by Congress to recognize and preserve the cultural treasures of Gullah Geechee people, direct descendants of enslaved people brought from primarily Africa’s rice-producing regions who were forced to work for almost two centuries on coastal plantations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and northern Florida.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 2013, the Secretary of the Interior and the National Park Service approved the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Management Plan in an effort to support the recognition of important contributions made by Gullah Geechee people, their history, traditions and origins.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Guiding the Corridor through its re-authorization process this year is an important first responsibility for the new executive director.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dionne Hoskins-Brown of Savannah, Ga., chairs the Commission and leaves the role of acting director as Smalls assumes leadership.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“(Being a) commissioner really helped me to get more involved in the Gullah Geechee Corridor’s management plan, which is a guidebook really. It speaks to our purpose and structure as it pertains to the public law that established the corridor,” Smalls said. “As far as education, economic development, documentation and presentation, the plan guides us through challenges we face in our communities and through our approaches.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I am absolutely ecstatic that we are able to place someone as capable as Ms. Smalls at the helm of our organization,” Hoskins-Brown said in a release. “She is eminently qualified, uniquely prepared, and profoundly representative of the community.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It’s safe to say that Smalls wasn’t necessarily expecting this opportunity to arise. After leaving Penn Center, she applied for the job with the Reconstruction Era National Historical Park Beaufort. After a long vetting process, Smalls got the job.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I just knew this was where I was going to retire,” Smalls said. “I love talking about the history of this place. But seven months in, I’m being asked if I would even consider being the executive director of the Gullah Geechee Corridor. My heart told me to say yes.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A member and descendant of the Gullah Geechee community, Smalls began her professional work in Beaufort County in 2012 at the Historic Penn Center, one of the country’s first schools for formerly enslaved people on St. Helena Island, serving five years as the Director of History, Art, and Culture and Director of the York W. Bailey Museum.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 2019, Smalls returned to serve in various roles, serving as the cultural, historical, and creative diplomat for Penn Center, and provided leadership and strategic direction for the department, articulating positive impacts of the Penn Center’s 159- year history to the public.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Smalls’ other roles have included Commissioner with the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission and Riley Fellow with Furman University’s Riley Institute’s Diversity Leaders Initiative.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Smalls served the International African American Museum (IAAM) as Program Manager, the Joyner Institute for Gullah and African Diaspora Studies at Coastal Carolina University as a Cultural Consultant, and most recently, with the Reconstruction Era National Historical Park Beaufort, which educates the public on the Reconstruction era, (1861-1900).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Smalls, who has also worked as an early childhood educator in Beaufort County Schools, is also a studio artist and arts educator and spent time working with artists at the famous Red Piano Too art gallery on St. Helena Island.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At all of these jobs, Smalls feels like she has been gathering tools that have prepared her for the current challenge.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I feel that I have all the tools necessary to lead, but I know that I don’t have all the answers,” Smalls said. “But I have excellent advisers and scholars and community members who are going to help and assist me.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Of course, for Smalls, this a dream job for more personal reasons.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Just being a Gullah Geechee lady, someone who has lived within my culture, being Gullah Geechee but not even knowing what that meant as a child,” she said. “Someone who was ashamed to speak my first language. 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