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(51636, 4, '2021-08-04 13:29:50', '2021-08-04 17:29:50', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is Tuesday and we’re in Kure Beach, N.C. I’m sitting on the balcony at the Seven Seas Motel — a perch that gives me an unimpeded view of the long, gray rollers breaking just off the narrow beach. Earlier this morning I swam, in the semi-darkness, waiting for the sun to make its North Carolina appearance.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is hard to swim in the Atlantic. At first one tries the crawl stroke putting your head down, mostly under the surface, and that pretty much wrecks the view. So one settles for a head-raised-up breaststroke; permitting one to dive under the just-about-to-break waves. It’s not efficient movement, but when the sun raises itself out of the Atlantic it is magic.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As I did my ocean-modified laps, my thoughts took me to a movie called, “Two For the Road.” I first saw this film with my then girlfriend, Susan, who is now sleeping in the room ($178 plus tax) behind me. The plot involved trips taken through France by a couple at different times during their lives.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One early scene involves a sudden downpour where the backpacking couple seek shelter in a large, unburied drainpipe conveniently left on the side of the road. These two attractive people — elated that they have escaped the rain — fall into each other’s young arms and then fall asleep.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When they wake and look out of their pipe the outside world appears to be in motion. Then they realize that the pipe has been picked-up, put on a flatbed truck, and now they are moving at 60 mph across France on their way to a beach in Provence. It’s a bit of excitement and a small victory — a moment that this fictional couple will never, even in their old age, forget.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Two For the Road” is a good movie, not a great movie, because Mark (played by Albert Finney) simply cannot compete with Joanne (Audrey Hepburn) in the emotion and empathy departments. Mark comes across as self-centered, ambitious and in a great hurry to be successful. Joanna has the eyes, the smile and the vulnerability to make us care about her happiness. Mark does not.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All of which leads me me to an encounter, yesterday, as Susan and I raced up U.S. 17 on our way to the Southport Ferry.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We got a late start, were distracted, and I was worried because I wanted to catch the 3:15 ferry that transports one from Southport, N.C. across the Cape Fear River to Fort Fisher, N.C. We didn’t depart Beaufort until 10:30, and I knew it was going to be a close thing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Unlike South Carolina, North Carolina operates ferryboats connecting it’s long Atlantic Coast and what are called the Outer Banks. Small, white-painted ferries run between Cedar Island and Ocracoke ($15); Swan Quarter and Ocracoke ($15); Currituck and Knotts; Cherry Branch and Minnesott Beach, and, finally, between Southport and Ft. Fisher ($7).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These trips are cheap and come with bathrooms and elevated decks providing a breathtaking panorama. The only thing lacking is a wine bar or a small trattoria where one might buy melon wrapped in thinly sliced prosciutto. And, importantly, only the Ocracoke crossings take reservations.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As we drove north, I remembered this was a small boat, perhaps 40 cars at most, and it was first come, first served. I knew, as we drove through the architectural detritus of Myrtle Beach, that there was a good chance there wouldn’t be a space for us on the 3:15 ferry.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When we reached the embarkation gate at Southport, the young female attendant said, “Stop, I think the boat is full. I’m going to check and see if there is any room.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Its a Honda Accord,” she said into the radio connecting her with the crewman in charge of loading. I tried to tell her we were driving a Honda Fit — a model that is smaller than the Accord — but she was listening to the crewman who was apparently measuring the remaining deck area.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There was two, maybe three minutes of conversation and then I heard, “Send them on down.” We, of course, let out a 75-year-old “Yes!” and I maneuvered the Fit into a golf cart-sized spot on the stern.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I know that we felt the same exhilaration that Mark and Joanna felt as they looked out from the drainage pipe. They were together, their romance would continue, and they were in motion.</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. He can be reached at cscottgraber@gmail.com.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'The romance continues, we are still in motion', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-romance-continues-we-are-still-in-motion', '', '', '2021-08-04 13:29:54', '2021-08-04 17:29:54', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51636', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51638, 4, '2021-08-04 13:46:11', '2021-08-04 17:46:11', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Please stop saying you understand our concerns, because if you truly did, you would do the right thing. You would do what the medical community and CDC have been urging the schools to do and implement universal masking.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They have made it clear that it is not safe to put our children who cannot receive the vaccine in enclosed classrooms without masking. One unmasked child can infect an entire classroom, because the viral load of the Delta variant is 1,000 times greater than the original virus. That data is published on the CDC website. This makes it considerably more infectious, more potent, and more severe for our children.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Simple cloth masks will not protect the children who choose to wear them from the ones who don’t. Children have died from this, there are many others on respirators, and many others suffering long-term health conditions from the Delta variant.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you do not implement a mask mandate, you will knowingly put our children into an unsafe environment without adequate protection. Sanitizing surfaces will not suffice. You may as well hand our children water guns to fight off a wildfire.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And the virus is spreading like wildfire throughout the states with low vaccination rates. More than half of those eligible in S.C. have not been fully vaccinated and nearly two-thirds of our total population is not fully vaccinated if you take our children into account.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The worst part about your policy is that you won’t even provide a virtual option to give parents the ability to protect their children in a safe environment. Nor have you offered parents the option to choose between a masked classroom and an unmasked one even though I suggested it nearly two weeks ago.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the very least, give us options until a vaccine becomes available to them.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Listen to the medical community instead of the governor. Stand up to him and tell him that forcing our children into an unsafe environment and stripping our children of the most effective form of protection will be an unmitigated disaster. By threatening to pull funding, he is holding our children hostage for the sake of political gain.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It will be much easier to apologize to him, than to the parents who will lose a child, who will be left managing children with long-term complications, and who will be paying massive medical bills when it could have been prevented. While you’re at it, apologize to our children for knowingly putting them in peril.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You know what to do. For the love of our children, do it. Implement universal masking.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Monica Wiser is a resident of Beaufort County with children enrolled in the Beaufort County School District.</em>&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'An open letter to the Beaufort County School District', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'an-open-letter-to-the-beaufort-county-school-district', '', '', '2021-08-04 13:46:13', '2021-08-04 17:46:13', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51638', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51640, 4, '2021-08-04 13:48:06', '2021-08-04 17:48:06', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Community Foundation of the Lowcountry has announced its 2021-2022 academic year scholarship recipients. In total, 151 students received $769,765 through 196 scholarship awards. Scholarship recipients will be attending more than 71 different colleges and universities, spanning the continental United States, from California to the East Coast.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Since 1994, Community Foundation of the Lowcountry has awarded more than $8.5 million in scholarships.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“This is always an exciting time of year for us,” Community Foundation of the Lowcountry President and CEO Scott Wierman said in a release. “We are extremely proud of these students and what they’ve accomplished, but also appreciative of the generous donors who’ve chosen to support education and invest in these deserving young people as they accomplish their educational and career goals.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Each scholarship has its own unique criteria and donors who establish the scholarship funds determine what those are. Some scholarships are one-time; others can follow the student through their undergraduate and graduate degrees.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information about each scholarship, visit cf-lowcountry.org.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Scholarships and award recipients are:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Alexandria Patterson Scholarship: </strong>Montaijah Colleton, TBD; Moses Grant, TBD; Trinity Heyward, Clemson University; Fatimah Rivers, TBD; Kayla Rowell, Clemson University; Kayleigh Washington, TBD; Arianna Watson, TBD; Elisa Williams, TBD.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Amazing Grace Sulak Scholarship: </strong>Courtney Balerna, University of Connecticut Storrs Campus; Hayden Bird, Georgia Institute for Technology; Mills Campbell, Charleston Southern University; David Chacon, Clemson University; Taylor Gilmore, Clemson University; Taylor James, Winthrop University; Hudson Kramer, Georgia Southern University; Rachel Riddle, Anderson University.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Arnold Fields Scholarship: </strong>Bradham Gooding, Clemson University.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort County Law Enforcement Scholarship: </strong>Trezure Siplin, University of South Carolina.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Cypress Scholarship Program: </strong>Dominic Bostick, Georgia State University; Jack Clark, Savannah College of Art and Design; Amy Hughey, Winthrop University; Amanda Katon, University of South Carolina; Sarah Katon, University of South Carolina; Caroline Khumalo, Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College; Gabriel Maxwell, Prairie View A&amp;M University; Endya Pagan, Fashion Institute of Technology; Faith Sulak, Furman University; Melissa Taylor, Technical College of the Lowcountry – Hampton; Lawanda Tyson, International College of Health Science; LaShona Wiggins, ECPI University.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Dan D. Nale Engineering Scholarship: </strong>Nicholas Bradley, Mercer University; Bradley Getlinger, Michigan Technological University; Andrew Huynh, University of California Los Angeles.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>David W. McCoy Scholarship: </strong>Alex Skillman, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Dominique\'s Musician Corner Scholarship: </strong>Dillon Watkins, Georgia State University.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Drs. Keith and Monica Taylor Scholarship: </strong>Trinity Heyward, USC Upstate; Hannah Reilley, Clemson University; Trezure Siplin, University of South Carolina; Shawn Smith, TBD; Kayleigh Washington, Clemson University.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Ellie and Michael Agresta Scholarship: </strong>Kalaylah Chisolm, Winthrop University; Karina Dorris, University of South Carolina – Beaufort; Damon Kenny, Clemson University; Alexandra Qualls, Clemson University; Cameron Qualls, Clemson University; Lauryn Qualls, Clemson University; Tania Ramirez, USC Beaufort; Charlotte Schmidt, University of South Carolina; Ashleigh Snyder, TBD; Courtney Tsakanikas, University of South Carolina; Kelsey Wallace, Clemson University; Olivia Waters, TBD.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Fred &amp; Susan Breidenbach Scholarship: </strong>Katlyn Davis, University of Georgia; Ma Princess, Empel Georgia Institute for Technology; Hannah Gordy, Georgia Institute for Technology; William Hancock, Georgia Institute for Technology; Lucas Morais, Henrique Georgia Institute for Technology; Jackson Hogan, Georgia Institute for Technology; Andrew Huynh, University of California Los Angeles; Sher Isada, Baylor University; Cameron Landin, University of Chicago; Udai Teja Mallepoola, Georgia Institute for Technology; Manjot Minhas, University of Georgia; Riley Murphy, Georgia Institute for Technology; Vincent Nguyen, Georgia Institute for Technology; Faith Shupard, Clemson University; Daniel Vidal, Georgia Institute for Technology; Tu Vu, Georgia Institute for Technology.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Gulfstream Aerospace Alton \"Al Wright\" Youth Apprentice Scholarship: </strong>Riley Murphy, Georgia Institute for Technology; Ivy Richburg, Georgia Institute for Technology; Daniel Vidal, Georgia Institute for Technology.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Gulfstream Aerospace West Michigan Aviation Academy Scholarship: </strong>DaVin Hoffman, University of Michigan; Luke Koenigsknecht, University of Notre Dame; Karlie Platz, Hope College; Benjamin Rich, Davenport University.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Gulfstream Goldie Glenn Scholarship: </strong>Oliver Beech, Georgia Institute for Technology; Nicholas Bradley, Mercer University; Logan Brown, University of Georgia; Katlyn Davis, University of Georgia; Matthew Gehrt, University of Wisconsin – Madison; Hannah Gordy, Georgia Institute for Technology; Matthew Grant, Clemson University; Lucas Morais, Henrique Georgia Institute for Technology; Jackson Hogan, Georgia Institute for Technology; Andrew Huynh, University of California Los Angeles; Sher Isada, Baylor University; Rebecca James, Mercer University; Sarah Katon, University of South Carolina; Cameron Landin, University of Chicago; Kathleen Maguire, University of Georgia; Manjot Minhas, University of Georgia; JeAnais Mitchell, Clemson University; Donald Nelson, Georgia Institute for Technology; Kathy Nguyen, University of Georgia; Vincent Nguyen, Georgia Institute for Technology; Riley O\'Connell, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Adelaide Robertson, Georgia Institute for Technology; Samuel Robertson, TBD; Emma Schoenfeld, University of Florida; Faith Shupard, Clemson University; Tu Vu, Georgia Institute for Technology; Kathryn Wyman, Liberty University.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>HHIBAC Delta Sigma Theta Scholarship: </strong>Kimbraia Brown, TBD; Kayleigh Washington, Clemson University.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Jack Ward Endowed Scholarship: </strong>David Chacon, Clemson University; Hanna Giblin, Clemson University.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>James L. Krum Memorial Scholarship: </strong>Olivia Allain, Clemson University; Owen Andrews, Clemson University; Jacob Bierman, Gettysburg College; Hayden Bird, Georgia Institute for Technology; McKenzie Bradley, Clemson University; Michael Calamari, Clemson University; David Chacon, Clemson University; Kierstin Clark, Cleveland State University; Micheal Claudio, Clemson University; Mya Clayton, Tri-County Technical College; Jaclyn Couch, University of South Carolina; Anna D\'Amico, Belmont University; Sarah DeLoach, University of Richmond School of Law; Emma Dewey, University of Tennessee Knoxville; Karina Dorris, USC Beaufort; Shelby Dorth, Clemson University; Emily Eicherly, Charleston Southern University; Nazli Flores, Liberty University; Shirley Fontanie, Duke University; A\'Nya Marshburn-Foushee, University of North Carolina; Madison Frank, Clemson University; Hanna Giblin, Clemson University; Taylor Gilmore, Clemson University; Ethan Helms, Champlain College; Julia Herrin, Auburn University; Joseph Hutchinson, Clemson University; Helen Inglis, Emory University; Mhakayla Haynes-Joseph, Howard University; Caleb Kelly, College of Charleston; Niklas Kronlein, Clemson University; Benjamin Likins, Medical University of South Carolina; Savannah Littlejohn, Wake Forest University; Karana Lobaugh, Columbia College Chicago; Meaghan Lyons, University of Notre Dame; Madison MacCabe, TBD; Justin Mlodzinski, University of South Carolina; Natalie Mlodzinski, Auburn University; Sara Muller, College of Charleston; Nicholas Myhre, College of Charleston; Connor Nold, Reed College; Samantha Norton, Furman University; Kendall Ocello, USC Aiken; Brennan O\'Gorman, St. John\'s University Law School; Kiara Parker, University of Pittsburgh; Maile Paulmeier, Stanford University; Samantha Perkowski, Indiana Wesleyan University; Thor Pullon, Baylor University; Rachel Riley, Furman University; Ella Simons, Syracuse University; Abigail Snyder, Hillsdale College; Mackenzie Starnes, University of Kentucky; Victoria Sulak, San Diego State University; Bailey Sullivan, University of Maryland; Andrew Swanson, Clemson University; Sophia Topping, University of South Carolina; Gabrielle Volz, College of Charleston; Kelsey Wallace, Clemson University; Zachary Waters, Liberty University; Caleb Watkins, Clemson; Dillon Watkins, Georgia State University; Jordan Wilhelm, Lafayette College; Liliana Witkowski, Franciscan University of Steubenville.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Jeff Katon Scholarship: </strong>Michael Calamari, Clemson University; JeAnais Mitchell, Clemson University.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Joan and Wade Webster Scholarship: </strong>Hayden Bird, Georgia Institute for Technology; David Chacon, Clemson University; Shelby Dorth, Clemson University; Chandler Edmonds, University of South Carolina; A\'Nya Marshburn-Foushee, University of North Carolina; Hanna Giblin, Clemson University; Joseph Hutchinson, Clemson University; Helen Inglis, Emory University; Niklas Kronlein, Clemson University; Jack McGoldrick, University of South Carolina; Kendall Ocello, UNC Aiken; Elizabeth Sulak, University of South Carolina; Olivia, Waters TBD; Zachary Waters, Liberty University.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Joseph S. Onisko, Jr. Environmental Sciences Scholarship: </strong>Lilah Delbos, Clemson University.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Lucrecia C. Lester Memorial Scholarship: </strong>Christian Green, Charleston Southern University.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>McClure Family Scholarship: </strong>Christian Green, Charleston Southern University.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Mina Larson and Mandas S. Mulrain Scholarship: </strong>Karina Dorris, USC Beaufort.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Oak Advisors, LLC Scholarship of Excellence: </strong>Logan Harsta, TBD; Elliott Jones, Davidson University; Samuel Summa, University of California.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Okatie Rotary Club Scholarship: </strong>Samantha Aguero, Clemson University.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Richard H. and Ann M. Gerken Scholarship: </strong>Shelby Dorth, Clemson University; Ashna Patel, University of South Carolina; Charlotte Schmidt, University of South Carolina.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sarah Creech Performing Arts Scholarship: </strong>Dillon Watkins, Georgia State University.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sigma Pi Phi Epsilon Mu Boule Scholarship: </strong>Nicholas Cumingham, University of South Carolina; Gajmere McLemore, Clemson University; Xavier Pierce, USC Aiken; Jaylen Roberts, South Carolina State University.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>TidePointe Community Educational Scholarship: </strong>Nnennaya Agwu, University of South Carolina; Shav\'ae Johnson, Savannah College of Art and Design; Kasey Meredith, Drexel University; Regena Morris, Technical College of the Lowcountry.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Community Foundation gives nearly $770,000 in scholarships', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'community-foundation-gives-nearly-770000-in-scholarships', '', '', '2021-08-04 13:48:08', '2021-08-04 17:48:08', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51640', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51642, 4, '2021-08-04 13:51:20', '2021-08-04 17:51:20', '<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2><strong>Veteran educator also named girls basketball coach</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>Beaufort Academy has named Andrew Ienuso its new Upper School Division Head and International Baccalaureate (IB) Director.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ienuso joins Beaufort Academy with more than 15 years experience in education, including nine years overseas working in Singapore and Indonesia. Ienuso will be joined on campus by his wife, Maureen Ienuso, who will be teaching the third grade at BA. The Ienusos have two children, McKinley (Kindergarten) and Walker (PK2) who will also be joining the BA community this August.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ienuso recently served as Head of Campus at the Mount Zaagkam School in Papua, Indonesia, which is considered to be the world’s most remote IB world school. In his new role at Beaufort Academy, Ienuso will work closely with Upper School students, parents and faculty to continue building the strong traditions of the school by providing an educational experience that is second to none.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Amy Melville will continue her role as Middle School Division Head and will work alongside Ienuso to support Beaufort Academy’s growing student body.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ienuso brings extensive experience in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program, helping to facilitate multiple school accreditations from the IB, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), as well as foreign governments.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Andrew comes to us with a rich background with the IB model. His expertise will guide Beaufort Academy as we take the next steps toward becoming an IB school,” Beaufort Academy Head of School Dan Durbin said in a release. “He is the right person for leading this important effort.\"</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ienuso is excited to bring his experiences and expertise to Beaufort Academy as we transition to the IB program in the coming years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We are thrilled by the adoption of the IB program here at BA.” Ienuso said in a release. “Beaufort Academy’s vision, mission and core values are so interconnected to IB that it makes for a perfect transition. I look forward to working with the great teachers and students here at BA as we begin the transition to the International Baccalaureate program.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ienuso will also be the Head Girls Basketball Coach this winter. As an assistant and Head Coach at the varsity level for both boys and girls programs, Ienuso’s 15 years of coaching experience and basketball leadership span across the world.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ienuso’s basketball career started while playing college ball at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, N.C. He also has one year of semi-professional basketball in Singapore’s SBL League under his belt.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I am thrilled to have Andrew on board leading our girls basketball program,\'\' Beaufort Academy Athletic Director William Howell said in a release. “The success he had as a former collegiate and semi-professional player and coaching experience in the states and overseas brings a unique dynamic that can be passed on to our athletes.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It is a great privilege to be named the Head Girls Basketball Coach here at Beaufort Academy,\'\' Ienuso said. “I look forward to working with fellow coaches, players and parents to continue building on the successes and traditions of the program.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'BA names Ienuso Upper School head, IB director', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'ba-names-ienuso-upper-school-head-ib-director', '', '', '2021-08-04 13:51:23', '2021-08-04 17:51:23', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51642', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51644, 4, '2021-08-04 13:53:58', '2021-08-04 17:53:58', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club’s August meeting will be held at 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 12, at the Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club located on Lady’s Island off of Meridian Road. The social begins at 6:30 p.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The topic is Spanish Mackerel. Captain Adam Sauernborn of Tide Ryder Charters and Captain Frank Gibson will discuss live baiting verses planers and spoons. This will include inshore and close by offshore locations, rods and reels, and bait of choice.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Boat &amp; Dock Supply, Butler Marine, and Adams Marine Seminars again are drawing sponsors. Remember to weigh in your favorite catch at the Port Royal Landing Marina – Safe Harbor – during regular hours. John Anderson won the monthly $50 drawing for June. Winners must be present at the next month’s meeting to receive the cash award.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Guests are welcome. Reservations are not needed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For additional information, please contact Gibson at 843-522-2122 or email fgibson@islc.net.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Captain License OUPV-6 PAK will be held in Beaufort beginning Aug. 23 – nine evenings and one weekend. Tuition is $625 and includes test books and all equipment needed. The course is sponsored by Adams Marine Seminars. For more information, call 877-447-1950, email info@adamsmarine.com or visit www.adamsmarine.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Sportfishing and Diving Club meeting set for Aug. 12', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'sportfishing-and-diving-club-meeting-set-for-aug-12', '', '', '2021-08-04 13:54:01', '2021-08-04 17:54:01', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51644', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51646, 4, '2021-08-04 13:55:11', '2021-08-04 17:55:11', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 23rd Annual Beaufort City Golf Championship returns Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 14-15 to Fripp Island Resort’s Ocean Point Golf Links and Ocean Creek Golf Course.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The tournament is a 36-hole individual medal play tournament. Competitors will be flighted based on scores from the first round of play. The entry fee is $175 per player.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Open Division will play the gold tees and will be flighted after the first round. The Pro Division will play the gold tees, as well. The overall City Champion will come out of the Open or Pro Division.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Senior Division is open to those who are ages 60 and older and will play the blue tees.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Play on Saturday, Aug. 14 will be on the Ocean Point Golf Links, and play on Sunday, Aug. 15 will be on the Ocean Creek Golf Course. Tee times start at 8 a.m. both days.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The fee includes green fees, cart fees, lunch Sunday after final round, practice balls, tee gifts and prizes. Entry deadline is Monday, Aug. 9.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you would like to stay on Fripp for the weekend, please call group sales at 843-838-1507.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To enter, send name, address, phone number, email address and division you plan to compete in, along with entry fee, to Char Cormier, Director of Golf, 2119 Sea Island Parkway, Harbor Island, S.C. 29920.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'City Golf Championship returns to Fripp Island', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'city-golf-championship-returns-to-fripp-island', '', '', '2021-08-04 13:55:13', '2021-08-04 17:55:13', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51646', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51649, 4, '2021-08-04 13:59:32', '2021-08-04 17:59:32', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Brackin Lambert</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There will be some new faces on the sidelines at Battery Creek this season. The Dolphins had a busy offseason, as athletics director Sarah Hayes has announced six coaching staff changes for the 2021-22 school year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Billy Allen (baseball), Summer Dupont (cross country), Ally Keane (swimming), Michael Jordan (track and field) and Torri McCullough (volleyball) all resigned their positions before the end of the school year, but Hayes is pleased with the qualified, experienced coaches who will take the reins.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>New volleyball coach Michael Paul was hired before the end of the spring semester and adds almost 30 years of coaching experience to Creek’s coaching staff. Prior to his time at BCHS he was the head coach at Wade Hampton High School for three seasons after spending eight seasons at Jefferson High School as its volleyball coach.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We are excited about the hiring of Coach Paul as our new volleyball coach,” Hayes said. “His experience and record of success will certainly build upon and continue the success of our volleyball program here at Battery Creek.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kimberly Trapp, the daughter of legendary tennis coach Larry Scheper, has mastered the game of tennis and is currently working toward obtaining further professional certification in tennis instruction. A four-time tennis state champion at Dutch Fork High School, she has a great passion for both playing and instructing the game of tennis.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We are very excited to announce the hiring of coach Kimberly Trapp as our new tennis coach,” Hayes said. “Her experience as a player and her excitement to teach and develop our student-athletes makes her a great addition to our coaching staff.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jared Eddy has been handed the reins of the cross country team. Eddy began his running career at Chattanooga Central High School in Tennessee and as part of the Chattanooga Jets Track Club. During his four years in high school, he was a two-time state medalist in the 4X400m relay at the Tennessee Indoor State Championships, an AAU National Qualifier in the 3000m, an all-region cross country selection, and placed seventh in the 4X800m at the Tennessee State Championship.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I could not be more excited to add coach Eddy to the Battery Creek coaching staff,” Hayes said. “His experience at the collegiate level along with his enthusiasm will make him a great addition to the Battery Creek family.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Emily Raymonda takes over for Keane and has plenty of experience to continue to add to a strong Battery Creek swim program.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I am so excited to add someone of the caliber of coach Raymonda,” Hayes said. “Her enthusiasm, her drive and her excitement to join this program makes her an ideal fit with our Creek family. I look forward to seeing what she can do with our student athletes.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Raymonda began her swimming career during her middle school days in Bel Air, Md., and quickly earned local and state rankings in the 200m backstroke and the relay events. Raymonda attended Winthrop University, where she was instrumental in reinstating the swim club in Rock Hill. She currently serves as the Visual Arts teacher at Beaufort Middle School where she coaches the Gryphons’ girls soccer team.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Daryl Daleen takes over for the departing Jordan and will inherit a strong track and field program coming off a region championship.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Coach Daleen is going to make a great addition to our coaching staff,” Hayes said. “I am excited to see what he brings to our track and field team. His enthusiasm and excitement for the program’s future is what made him the ideal candidate.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Daleen, a graduate of Newberry College, has a number of years of experience at both the high school and collegiate level. His most recent stop was Pikeville (Ky.) College, where he was the head track and field coach.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lastly, Chad Schildt will take over in the dugout for the Dolphins. The baseball team’s 2021 coaching staff will be retained and will look to rebuild a program that went 6-12 last season.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A native of Taneytown, Md., he attended Mt. Saint Mary’s University and earned a bachelor’s degree in History while playing baseball. Schildt then returned home to coach at his high school alma mater, Francis Scott Key, where he coached baseball, basketball, and football. In 2008, he moved to Myrtle Beach and began coaching baseball at Carolina Forest. After spending 10 years at Carolina Forest, he then moved to Laurel, Miss., where he was tasked with rebuilding the baseball program.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I am very excited to announce the hiring of Coach Schildt to lead our baseball program,” Hayes said. “The experience he brings from his time at Laurel and Carolina Forest is exactly what we need to build this program.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Battery Creek names 6 new head coaches', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'battery-creek-names-6-new-head-coaches', '', '', '2021-08-04 13:59:35', '2021-08-04 17:59:35', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51649', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51651, 4, '2021-08-04 14:05:43', '2021-08-04 18:05:43', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>BEAUFORT HIGH SCHOOL</strong><br><br>The Beaufort High School Eagles were in high gear during preseason practice Monday morning as ball carriers and interior linemen went through their drills. The Eagles were 5-2 last year. This year’s season opener is at home against Richmond Hill on Friday, Aug. 20. Photos by Bob Sofaly.<br><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":51597,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08032021-BHS-football-2-8965.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08032021-BHS-football-2-8965-1024x740.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51597\"/></a><figcaption>Beaufort High School head football coach Bryce Lybrand, center, gives some last-minute instructions to some of his receivers before running a drill.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BEAUFORT ACADEMY<br><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":51598,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08032021-BA-football-1-8929.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08032021-BA-football-1-8929-1024x641.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51598\"/></a><figcaption>Beaufort Academy football head coach Mark Clifford talks to his team before taking a water break during preseason practice Monday. The Eagles had a 5-6 record in 2020. Clifford said his Eagles lost some key players to graduation, and he’s not sure what kind of season they will have this year. Their season opener will be Aug. 27 at St. John’s Christian Academy. The Eagles’ first home game will be Sept. 10 against Colleton Prep. Photos by Bob Sofaly.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":51595,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08022021-BA-football-2-8888.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08022021-BA-football-2-8888-1024x749.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51595\"/></a><figcaption>Beaufort Academy Eagles head coach Mark Clifford keeps a close eye on routine drills looking for fundamental mistakes during preseason practice Monday morning.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->', 'THE BOYS OF FALL', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-boys-of-fall', '', '', '2021-08-04 14:05:45', '2021-08-04 18:05:45', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51651', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51653, 4, '2021-08-04 14:08:02', '2021-08-04 18:08:02', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nearly six in 10 U.S. adults (57%) believe employees should be required to wear a mask when working at an on-site work location, even after being vaccinated for Covid-19, according to results from the latest American Staffing Association Workforce Monitor® online survey conducted from June 10–14 by The Harris Poll among 2,066 U.S. adults aged 18 and older.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Notably, 70% of Blacks/ African-Americans and 64% of Hispanics/Latinos believe employees should be required to wear a mask when working at an on-site work location, even after being vaccinated for Covid-19, compared with 50% of Whites/ Caucasians. Two-thirds of parents with children under 18 (65%) feel this way, compared with 53% of nonparents of minor children.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“While government officials are [indecisive about] rolling back Covid-19 requirements throughout the country, many workers aren’t ready to give up their masks just yet,” said Richard Wahlquist, ASA president and chief executive officer. “As brick-and-mortar workplaces reopen, workers are anxious about being around their colleagues once again. Employers must clearly communicate what steps they are taking to make their workplaces safe for their employees as they reopen.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Workforce Monitor also uncovered a tension between the right to know about co-workers’ vaccine status and the right to privacy about one’s own status. While two in three U.S. adults (66%) believe employees have a right to know if their co-workers have been vaccinated against Covid-19, a majority (60%) also say their personal vaccine status is no one’s business but their own.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In particular, 70% of Baby Boomers say employees have a right to know co-workers’ Covid-19 vaccine status compared with 66% of Millennials and 60% of their Generation X counterparts. The largest support for privacy regarding their own Covid-19 vaccine status comes from Generation X (68%), closely followed by Millennials (67%), with half of Baby Boomers (52%) sharing this sentiment.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“As work sites reopen across the country, employee concerns about Covid-19 are creating a challenging privacy paradox,” said Wahlquist. “Employees want to know whether their fellow co-workers have been vaccinated but don’t want to make their own status public. In balancing these interests, employers must keep workplace safety considerations top of mind.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you want to know more about the research behind this article, learn more about the ASA Workforce Monitor, americanstaffing.net/workforcemonitor.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Method&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Harris Poll conducted the survey online within the U.S. on behalf of ASA from June 10–14, 2021, among a total of 2,066 U.S. adults aged 18 and older. Results were weighted on age, gender, education, race/ethnicity, household income, marital status, household size, and geographic region where necessary to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the U.S. population. In addition, the data were adjusted for differences between the online and offline populations.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>About the American Staffing Association&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The American Staffing Association is the voice of the U.S. staffing, recruiting, and workforce solutions industry. ASA and its state affiliates advance the interests of the industry across all sectors through advocacy, research, education, and the promotion of high standards of legal, ethical, and professional practices. For more information about ASA, visit americanstaffing.net.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>About the ASA Workforce Monitor </strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The ASA Workforce Monitor is a periodic survey commissioned by ASA and conducted online by The Harris Poll among 2,000 or more U.S. adults aged 18 and older. The survey series focuses on current workforce trends and issues. For more information about the survey series, visit americanstaffing. net/workforcemonitor.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>About The Harris Poll&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Harris Poll is one of the longest-running surveys in the U.S.—tracking public opinion, motivations, and social sentiment since 1963—that is now part of Harris Insights &amp; Analytics, a global consulting and market research firm that delivers social intelligence for transformational times. To learn more, visit theharrispoll.com.<br><br><em>Exclusive content from CARE Magazine</em> </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Masking Anxiety: Many U.S. adults believe workers still need masks in the workplace', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'masking-anxiety-many-u-s-adults-believe-workers-still-need-masks-in-the-workplace', '', '', '2021-08-04 14:08:04', '2021-08-04 18:08:04', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51653', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(51655, 4, '2021-08-04 14:13:25', '2021-08-04 18:13:25', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Teen anxiety and depression are not medically different mental health conditions from adult anxiety and depression. However, the symptoms of these conditions may present differently in teenagers than they do in adults.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This may be due to the different developmental and social challenges that teenagers typically face, such as hormonal changes, developing brains and bodies, and peer pressure.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Anxiety and depression in teenagers have been linked to high levels of stress, a lower quality of life, and, in severe cases, suicide.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to the National Institute of Mental Health, around 3.2 million people aged 12–17 years in the United States had at least one major depressive episode in 2017. This represents 13.3% of all teenagers in the U.S. People with depression often also have anxiety disorders.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Causes</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There are many possible causes of anxiety and depression in teenagers. These include:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Genetics: </strong>Teenagers with a family history of mood or anxiety disorders may be at higher risk of developing them.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Trauma: </strong>Teenagers with a history of trauma—such as sexual abuse, violence, or involvement in an accident—may be more likely to experience anxiety and depression.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Environment: </strong>A teenager’s social, school, and home environments can have an impact on their mental health. Difficulties such as abuse and neglect, divorce in the family, being bullied, poverty, learning disabilities, and struggling to fit in may all contribute to depression and anxiety.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Differences in the brain: </strong>Teenagers’ brains are structurally different than adults’ brains. Changes in teenagers’ brain circuits that are involved in responses to danger and rewards can increase stress levels. Teenagers with depression and anxiety may also have different levels of neurotransmitters—such as dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine—in their brains. These affect the regulation of moods and behavior.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Substance misuse: </strong>Drug and alcohol misuse may affect teenagers’ moods and lead to depression. They may turn to these substances to self-medicate their emotions.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Stresses of puberty: </strong>Teenagers who are experiencing puberty may go through hormonal changes that affect their mood and deal with the stresses of a changing body, which can make them feel different than their peers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Negative thought patterns: </strong>Depression and anxiety in teenagers may be linked to negative thought patterns. If teenagers have regular exposure to negative thinking—often from their parents—they may also develop a negative worldview.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Symptoms</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It can be difficult for a parent or caregiver to differentiate between behavior that is a normal part of growing up and behavior that may indicate a mental health condition.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If behavioral changes last for weeks or months, and if they interfere with a teenager’s daily life, they may be symptoms of depression, anxiety, or both.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If a teenager is presenting some of the following symptoms, they may be experiencing depression or anxiety:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They have low energy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They have lost interest in things they used to enjoy.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They sleep too much or too little or seem constantly tired.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They have difficulty concentrating.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They are spending more and more time alone and avoiding social activities.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They diet excessively.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They engage in self-harm behaviors, such as cutting or burning their skin.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They drink alcohol, use drugs, or smoke.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They feel deep sadness or hopelessness.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They experience anxiety and panic.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They are often irritable and lash out.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They engage in risky or destructive behaviors, either alone or with friends.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They have suicidal thoughts.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Diagnosis</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A teenager can receive a full clinical diagnosis from a healthcare professional such as a doctor, psychologist, or psychiatrist.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Certain medical concerns can mimic anxiety and depression. These include thyroid disorders and substance use disorders. For this reason, it is necessary to rule those out to obtain a proper diagnosis.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) endorses a universal depression screening guideline for people aged 12 years and above. Healthcare professionals may use the AAP guidelines or adult guidelines for older teenagers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The doctor, psychologist, or psychiatrist will perform a psychological evaluation of the teenager by asking a series of questions about their behaviors, moods, and thoughts. They will also take into account the teenager’s family history, peer relationships, and school performance.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A teenager must meet the criteria outlined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition to receive a diagnosis of anxiety or depression.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Treatment</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A healthcare professional will treat a teenager’s depression, anxiety, or both based on the severity of the condition. They may suggest psychotherapy (talk therapy), medication, or both.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Usually, a combination of the two is the most effective treatment. An antidepressant, or a combination of antidepressants, can help correct the chemical imbalance in the teenager’s brain. Meanwhile, talk therapy may help combat negative thought patterns and behaviors.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning that antidepressants may cause some children and teenagers to experience suicidal thoughts. The FDA has approved two drugs to treat depression in children: fluoxetine (Prozac), for children aged 8 years and older, and escitalopram (Lexapro), for children aged 12 years and older.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Experts state that they need more pediatric studies, as many antidepressants with approval for adults are not proven to work in children.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The FDA requires that all antidepressants include a warning about the increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in children, adolescents, and young adults up to the age of 24 years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Remedies</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Aside from drug treatments and talk therapy, teenagers who are experiencing depression and anxiety may get some relief from:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>exercising and staying active, even if it only involves a short daily walk</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>spending time with friends and family</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>breaking up large tasks into smaller, simpler, more manageable ones</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>trying to maintain a regular sleep schedule</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>eating a healthy diet</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>asking for help</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Speaking with a support group may also help teenagers manage their depression or anxiety. Some organizations that offer help include:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Teen Line</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Give Us the Floor</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Support Groups Central</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Risk factors</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Factors that may increase a teenager’s risk of experiencing depression or anxiety include:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>having difficulty adjusting socially</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>having a family history of depression and anxiety</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>having a lack of emotional support</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>being bullied in person or online</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>living in an abusive or violent home</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>experiencing a crisis, such as death or divorce in the family</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>experiencing past trauma</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>having a chronic illness</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>having difficulty with their sexual orientation or gender identity</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Advice for caregivers</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Parents or caregivers of teenagers who have depression, anxiety, or both can help them by viewing the condition as a serious matter that requires professional attention.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They should help their teenagers find a therapist that they feel comfortable talking with and discuss a treatment program with a medical professional.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Parents and caregivers can also try to encourage their teenagers to exercise, be social, schedule their activities into manageable chunks, and find an outlet for their emotions, such as a journal or support group.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Summary</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There are many potential causes of depression and anxiety in teenagers. These include genetics, trauma, their environment, differences in the brain, substance misuse, the stress of puberty, and negative thought patterns.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The symptoms of depression and anxiety in teenagers may include low energy, a lack of interest in things they used to enjoy, disrupted sleep, and feelings of hopelessness.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The most effective treatment for depression and anxiety is usually a combination of talk therapy and medication.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Aside from medical treatment, teenagers may be able to improve their symptoms by exercising, making large tasks more manageable, socializing, maintaining a regular sleep schedule, and asking for help.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Medically reviewed by Alex Klein, PsyD — Written by Caitlin Geng on July 27, 2021</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sources: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/teen-anxiety-and-depression</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Anxiety and depression in children. (2021).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/childrensmentalhealth/depression.html\">https://www.cdc.gov/childrensmentalhealth/depression.html</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Arain, M., et al. (2013). Maturation of the adolescent brain.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3621648/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3621648/</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beirão, D., et al. (2020). Depression in adolescence: A review.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://mecp.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s43045-020-00050-z\">https://mecp.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s43045-020-00050-z</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Child and adolescent mental health. (2019).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/child-and-adolescent-mental-health/\">https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/child-and-adolescent-mental-health/</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>FDA: Don’t leave childhood depression untreated. (2014).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/fda-dont-leave-childhood-depression-untreated\">https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/fda-dont-leave-childhood-depression-untreated</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hall, W. J. (2018). Psychosocial risk and protective factors for depression among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer youth: A systematic review.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5634914\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5634914</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lee, J. H. (2018). The contributing factors to adolescent depression.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3834&amp;context\">https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3834&amp;context</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Major depression. (2019).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/major-depression\">https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/major-depression</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Teen depression: More than just moodiness. (n.d.).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/teen-depression/\">https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/teen-depression/</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The teen brain: 7 things to know. (2020).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/the-teen-brain-7-things-to-know/\">https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/the-teen-brain-7-things-to-know/</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Understanding teenage depression. (n.d.).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/topic/default?id=understanding-teenage-depression-1-2220\">https://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/topic/default?id=understanding-teenage-depression-1-2220</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Your teenager: Just moody… or something more? (2015).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/February-2015/Your-Teenager-Just-Moody-or-Something-More\">https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/February-2015/Your-Teenager-Just-Moody-or-Something-More</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Zuckerbrot, R. A., et al. (2018). Guidelines for adolescent depression in primary care (GLAD-PC): Part I. Practice preparation, identification, assessment, and initial management.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/141/3/e20174081\">https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/141/3/e20174081</a><br><br>Exclusive content from CARE magazine</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'What to know about teen anxiety and depression', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'what-to-know-about-teen-anxiety-and-depression', '', '', '2021-08-04 14:13:28', '2021-08-04 18:13:28', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51655', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51657, 4, '2021-08-04 14:15:37', '2021-08-04 18:15:37', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A well-rounded fitness routine contains several elements, including aerobic fitness, strength training, core exercises, and flexibility and stretching. The fifth element is balance training.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Balance refers to the ability to stay upright and steady, whether you\'re standing, kneeling, sitting, or squatting. Several sensory systems in your body contribute to good balance. Your vision, inner ear and joint receptors provide a sense of where your body is in space. The neuromuscular system synthesizes this information to give you the stability you need to keep your body upright, with your weight evenly distributed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>During exercise, balance helps you move more efficiently for improved performance and injury prevention. Balance training helps stabilize your core muscles and improves your body\'s ability to react quickly to everyday missteps, which in turn helps prevent falls.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Incorporating balance training into your daily activities or exercise routine can be easy and fun. These exercises should be tailored to your skill level. You should be challenged, but not to the degree that it is difficult to do them safely.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Here are some ways to incorporate balance activities into your day:</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Change your base of support. </strong>Try standing with your feet closer together, walking by putting one foot directly in front of the other or balancing on one leg. Pretend you\'re on a balance beam and walk one foot in front of the other while maintaining balance. Balance on one foot any chance you get: during TV commercials, waiting for the bus, reading the news.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Change your surface. </strong>Stand on a pillow, foam pad or disk, progressing to less stable surfaces, such as a balance training ball. Try venturing out for a walk on variable terrain, such as a sandy beach or hiking trail.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Close your eyes. </strong>Try closing your eyes as you stand with your feet together, pretending to walk on a balance beam, or balancing on one leg or walking on a varying surface. Use caution and rely on a partner for support, if needed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Turn your head, or look up and down. </strong>Start with varying foot and leg positions, as noted above, or try an unstable surface. If you need a challenge, try both at the same time —and try closing your eyes.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Add movement elsewhere. </strong>While standing on one leg, put your arms out in a T position and make small circular motions for 30 seconds. Then try circular motions in the opposite direction. Work to increase your time. Once this becomes easy, try simultaneously turning your head side to side.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Connecting with others can help make your fitness goals more fun. Share your progress and get encouragement from others.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Source: https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/consumer-health-balance-training-easy-fun-and-important/<br><br>Exclusive content from CARE magazine</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Balance training—easy, fun and important', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'balance-training-easy-fun-and-important', '', '', '2021-08-04 14:15:39', '2021-08-04 18:15:39', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51657', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51659, 4, '2021-08-04 14:17:45', '2021-08-04 18:17:45', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce’s August Business After Hours function will be held at Kazoobie Kazoos from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 5.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Members and guests are invited to network with other area business leaders while celebrating Kazoobie’s grand re-opening after a makeover of the factory’s showroom and kazoo museum.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“After having a kazoo museum for 10 years, we thought it was time to refresh,” Kazoobie Kazoos owner and City of Beaufort Mayor Stephen Murray said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Murray said the renovation, a year in the works, was made easier by curator Boaz Frankel, a friend from Pittsburgh who has friends who offered to help with the design and implementation.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“In March, my father-in-law and I started building displays,” Murray said. “Then Sarah (Barnwell) built a really amazing, almost 3,000-kazoo American flag.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The museum re-opened in the second week in May.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It’s a much more modern space that’s more of a museum that it was,” said Murray, who has been in the kazoo business 20 years. “Given the investment, we thought it was appropriate to have a party.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Those interested in attending are asked to register at https://bit.ly/3x6vhos.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There will be light bites, libations, and music by Campfire Tyler. Attendees can enter to win a door prize, \"Band in a Basket,\" valued at $100.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Attendees are asked to park in the grassy lot across the street. The ribbon cutting ceremony will take place at 5:30 p.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Business After Hours to celebrate grand re-opening of Kazoobie Kazoos’ museum', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'business-after-hours-to-celebrate-grand-re-opening-of-kazoobie-kazoos-museum', '', '', '2021-08-04 14:17:46', '2021-08-04 18:17:46', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51659', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51661, 4, '2021-08-04 14:19:35', '2021-08-04 18:19:35', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host a Children\'s Book Fair featuring a dozen local children\'s book authors and artists as part of the Coastal Discovery Museum\'s annual Family Fun Day. Meet them from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 10 under the pavilion at Honey Horn (70 Honey Horn Dr., Hilton Head Island). Attendance is free and open to the public.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Books by participating authors will be available for sale and signing. The Storybook Shoppe (www.thestorybookshoppe.com) from Bluffton will also be on hand with a selection of other local and bestselling children\'s books.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Conroy Center will have a selection of additional gift shop items for sale, as well as a preview of the Camp Conroy 2021 anthology, Free to Be.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Participating authors and artists include:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Angela May, co-author with Mary Alice Monroe of New York Times bestseller The Islanders;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Susan Diamond Riley, author of The Sea Island’s Secret and The Sea Turtle’s Curse;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lisa Anne Cullen, author and artist of Little Orange Honey Hood and Three Wild Pigs;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Rebecca Chamberlain, author and artist of Maralee and the Turtles of the Sea;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ann Lilly, author of Scoot’s New Home and Scoot’s Savannah Rescue;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mary T. Jacobs, author of Big Daddy and Friends on Fripp Island and Hurricane on Fripp Island;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Donna Chapman, author of The Adventures of Harriet the Sausage Dog;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Doreen Baumann, author of Sid the Fiddler and the Coastal Critters;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ann Beavers, author of Bike and Seek: Geocache on Hilton Head;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Miho Kinnas, author of Today, Fish Only and Move Over Bird;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>and Mira Scott and Bill Borg, author and artist of the forthcoming book Hilton Head’s Myrtle the Loggerhead Turtle.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Find additional details about the full range of activities and special events at the Coastal Discovery Museum’s Family Fun Day at www.coastaldiscovery.org/explore/events/family-fun-day.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Conroy Center to host Children’s Book Fair', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'conroy-center-to-host-childrens-book-fair-2', '', '', '2021-08-04 14:19:37', '2021-08-04 18:19:37', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51661', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51663, 4, '2021-08-04 14:21:58', '2021-08-04 18:21:58', '<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2><strong>Mandatory masking, other precautions in place to protect patients, staff</strong><br><br></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>Due to the recent increase in community spread of COVID-19, Beaufort Memorial Hospital (BMH) is implementing visitor restrictions and reinforcing safety measures to protect patients, staff and visitors.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The following visitor guidelines were to be enforced, beginning Thursday, July 29:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Main Hospital</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hospital inpatients (with exceptions noted below) may have two designated visitors between the hours of 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. Only one may visit at a time, however. Visitors need to:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Be designated at admitting (only the same two visitors will be allowed during the entirety of the patient’s stay.)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Be at least 18 years of age.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Be a family member or caregiver.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wear a mask at all times (regardless of vaccination status).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Social distance while waiting to be given a visitor badge.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Please note that PUIs (patients under investigation) and positive COVID-19 patients may not receive visitors.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Emergency Room</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Visitors will not be allowed to accompany patients and are asked to wait in their vehicle to minimize crowding in the waiting room and patient care areas. Exceptions will be made for parents of minors and caregivers accompanying disabled patients.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Intensive Care Unit (ICU)</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Visitors will only be allowed in extenuating circumstances.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Collins Birthing Center</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Collins Birthing Center patients may have two visitors plus their birthing coach/partner with them for the duration of their stay.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Surgical Pavilion/Outpatient Surgery Center</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Surgical patients may have one visitor who meets all of the criteria above. Visitors are encouraged to provide a contact phone number and wait in their vehicle/home. They may wait in the surgical waiting areas provided social distancing measures can be maintained. If distancing cannot be maintained, visitors will be asked to wait in their vehicle/home until their patient is recovered and/or the surgeon has an update.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Outpatient Facilities/Physician Practices</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>No visitors will be allowed in waiting rooms or patient care areas at outpatient facilities, including physician practices, lab and imaging centers. 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Patients with COVID-19 related symptoms visiting the Beaufort/Port Royal and Bluffton locations are asked to park, call the number located on parking lot signs, and wait for a staff member to check them in curbside.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>2 East/Mental Health Unit</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Visitors are only allowed into the unit to participate in family meetings. 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(51667, 4, '2021-08-04 14:33:38', '2021-08-04 18:33:38', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Above: Beaufort’s Chuck Elias appears with Chuck Norris on July 17 at the annual United Fighting Arts Federation (UFAF) International Training Conference in Las Vegas. </em><br><br><strong>By Ron Marcell</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort karate instructor Chuck Elias was promoted to ninth degree black belt in July by none other than Chuck Norris, while a Ridgeland karate family was breaking records.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Elias, owner and head instructor at Club Karate on Lady’s Island, was in Las Vegas for the annual United Fighting Arts Federation (UFAF) International Training Conference where he received the rare ninth degree rank from Norris during a dinner and awards ceremony in the Grand Ballroom of the South Point Hotel and Casino.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Promoted alongside Elias was his longtime friend and training partner Steven Hammersley of New Smyrna Beach, Fla.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":51606,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/EliasHammersley.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/EliasHammersley-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51606\"/></a><figcaption><em>Friends Chuck Elias of Beaufort and Steven Hammersley of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., have achieved their second through ninth degree black belts at the same time.</em><br></figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Though the two Masters made their first degree black belt on different dates, they have promoted together for every other rank all the way to ninth degree. Testing together meant being partners as they demonstrated their expert skills before boards of Master instructors – fighting each other, executing self-defense techniques, and all the while building a deep respect for one another’s abilities.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>UFAF is a worldwide martial arts membership organization founded by Norris and is the governing body of the Chuck Norris System, UFAF Krav Maga and UFAF Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, overseeing the growth, development, and certification in these dynamic styles.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>UFAF’s official charity, Kickstart Kids, is an award winning in-school character development program that uses karate to teach life-changing values to thousands of middle school and high school students.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There are more than 80 schools associated with the Chuck Norris System, including schools in Mexico and Norway. There are three 10th degree black belts in the UFAF Chuck Norris System – Norris (founder), his brother Aaron Norris (CEO), and Ken Gallagher (President).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Counting Elias and Hammersley, there are only 10 ninth degree black belts in the system.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The annual conference spans five days, and includes presentations to help school owners manage the business and marketing aspects of teaching karate, an opening ceremony, instructor development series presentations, a Master rank induction ceremony for those advancing to fifth degree black belt, a pool party, hands-on seminars, demonstration team exhibitions, two days of World Championship tournament competitions in fighting, kata, and weapons, and the gala dinner and awards ceremony.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This was the 20th year that Elias was the Director for the annual World Championship karate tournament portion of the conference. He also coaches the UFAF Competition Team. Master Elias is a member of the prestigious South Carolina Black Belt Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Legends of Carolina Martial Arts in 2017.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This year’s Master rank induction ceremony included 17 phenomenal martial artists advancing to fifth degree black belt (roughly twice as many as a normal year, since the 2020 ITC was limited to virtual seminars due to COVID-19 restrictions).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A notable inductee to Master rank this year was Carole McComas Taylor, who after 15 years of training donned her fifth degree at age 83.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>UFAF’s Region 7 encompasses South Carolina and the southeast United States. Region 7 had two other promotions to high-ranking black belt at the Las Vegas ceremony.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":51627,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/WoodsFamily.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/WoodsFamily-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51627\"/></a><figcaption><em>Master Lindy Woods and daughter Master Andi Lynn Woods of Ridgeland. Photo by Tristin Leonard.</em><br></figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Master Alice McCleary, owner and chief instructor at Premier Martial Arts in Power Springs, Ga., promoted to eighth degree. And Master Lindy Woods, owner and chief instructor at Dunamis Karate in Ridgeland, promoted to seventh degree. Woods is also the Chair for the Southeast region.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>World Champions in the UFAF system are awarded the Norris Cup, a trophy earned by the top competitors in each tournament division. Age, gender, and competitive categories are such that there are 10 Norris Cups.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Elias took home the Norris Cup in Men’s Senior Fighting at age 64 in 2017, the oldest person to ever win a Norris Cup. This year, fifth degree Master Andi Lynn Woods (daughter of Lindy Woods), dominated her three divisions (kata, weapons, and fighting) to take a record three Norris Cups back home to Ridgeland. In 2008, Andi Lynn Woods won Youth Forms Grand Champion to win her first Norris Cup. Now, she has eight Norris Cup wins on her record.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Ron Marcell is a freelance writer and amateur historian living in Beaufort He holds a second degree black belt in the Chuck Norris System, and a black belt in Wado Ryu. He can be reached at rvamarcell@gmail.com.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort’s Elias promoted to 9th degree black belt', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beauforts-elias-promoted-to-9th-degree-black-belt', '', '', '2021-08-04 14:33:42', '2021-08-04 18:33:42', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51667', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(51670, 4, '2021-08-04 14:36:30', '2021-08-04 18:36:30', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As a result of an updated mask guidance for all Department of Defense Installations issued by the Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks on July 28, masks are once again required in indoor settings aboard MCAS Beaufort and MCRD Parris Island.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Both installations made the changes known via their official Facebook pages.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“In areas of substantial or high community transmission, DoD requires all Service members, Federal employees, onsite contractor employees and visitors, regardless of vaccination status, to wear a mask in an indoor setting in installations and other facilities owned, leased or otherwise controlled by DoD,” the memorandum reads.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Service members, Federal employees, onsite contractor employees, and visitors who are not fully vaccinated also need to continue to physically distance consistent with applicable CDC ad DoD Force Health Protection guidance.”&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 -->', 'Masks are back at MCAS Beaufort, Parris Island', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'masks-are-back-at-mcas-beaufort-parris-island', '', '', '2021-08-04 14:36:33', '2021-08-04 18:36:33', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51670', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51672, 4, '2021-08-04 14:44:30', '2021-08-04 18:44:30', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Republican Women’s Club President Elaine Gantt, right, is pictured with Abigail Snyder on Saturday, July 24 at the Beaufort Water Festival Parade. Snyder, who helped to pass out cases of cold water to parade participants and some parade watchers, as well, is the recipient of the Beaufort County Republican Scholarship to Hillsdale College. Submitted photo. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'JUST REWARDS', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'just-rewards', '', '', '2021-08-04 14:44:33', '2021-08-04 18:44:33', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51672', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(51674, 4, '2021-08-04 14:46:02', '2021-08-04 18:46:02', '<!-- 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>Port Royal Farmers Market</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>9 a.m. to noon, Saturdays, year round, 1615 Ribaut Road, Port Royal. Rain or shine. For more information, visit http://www.portroyalfarmersmarket.com/, visit @portroyalfarmersmarket on Facebook or call 843-295-0058.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Evolve Furniture Studio grand opening</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5 to 8 p.m., Friday, Aug. 6, 1010 Middleton Street, Beaufort. Off Depot Road, near Spanish Moss Trail. Follow gravel road between two metal buildings and through gate. Parking is next to loading dock. Grand opening/ribbon cutting at 5 p.m., cocktail reception with light bites and studio tours to follow. Evolve specializes in 18th-century antique restoration and reproduction, as well as David J. Lunin’s surreal adaptations of traditional furniture. Visitors will see Lunin’s workspace, a showroom filled with original designs and his DaVinci-inspired wood lathe. For more information, visit evolvefurniturestudio.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Street Music on Paris Avenue</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6 p.m., between 9th and 10th streets on Paris Avenue, downtown Port Royal. Free and open to the public. Bring you own chairs. Schedule: Saturday, Aug. 7 – Randall Bramblett; Saturday, Aug. 21 – Katie Henry; Saturday, Sept. 4 – Wayne Baker Brooks; Saturday, Sept. 18 – Big Al &amp; The Heavyweights.</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 via Zoom. To get a link for the meeting, visit mayeriverquiltguild.com. For more information, call 843-530-1244.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort SC Drum Circle</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5 p.m., Monday, Aug. 9, Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park Pavilion. All are invited to share some good vibes with the Beaufort SC Drum Circle. Everyone is welcome to attend this family-friendly event. No experience is necessary. Rain or Shine. Please bring a chair, a friend, and maybe an extra drum or hand percussion instrument if you have one to share. For questions or to join our mailing list, email us at beaufortscdrumcircle@gmail.com or contact us on our Facebook page \"Beaufort SC Drum Circle\" or call Samuel Jones at 843-812-0032.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Lady’s Island Business Professional Association meeting</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>8 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 10, Beaufort Realtors’ Association Headquarters, 22 Kemmerlin Lane, Lady’s Island. State Senator Tom Davis will be the featured speaker for the August meeting. The public is welcome to stop by for coffee and conversation.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club August meeting</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 12, 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. The topic is Spanish Mackerel. Captain Adam Sauernborn of Tide Ryder Charters and Captain Frank Gibson will discuss live baiting verses planers and spoons. This will include inshore and close by offshore locations, rods and reels, and bait of choice. 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. John Anderson won the monthly $50 drawing for June. Winners must be present at the next month’s meeting to receive the cash award. For 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>CPR re-certification</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>8 a.m to 12:30 p.m., Saturdays, Aug. 14, Sept. 25, Nov. 13, at the Wardle Family YMCA, 1801 Richmond Ave., Port Royal, offers CPR. Cost is $25 for YMCA certified course. Those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first come, first serve basis. Questions? Contact William Howell, Aquatics Director, 843-522-9622. To register visit the Y front desk or online at beaufort-jasperymca.org and click ‘Register for a Program’ at the top of the page.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Northern Beaufort County Democratic Club fundraiser</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6 to 9 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 18 at the Port Royal Beer Garden across from The Sands Beach. Advance tickets are $15, while a few tickets will be available at the door for $20 each. Musical entertainment will be provided by Debbie McDaniel and Mark Flasch. David Taub, a former Mayor of Beaufort and the former Beaufort County Democratic Chair, will be the guest speaker. You can pay in advance by credit card or PayPal at https://bit.ly/3xXW08c, or, if you prefer to pay by check, do so as soon as possible by mailing it to to NOB Dems, P.O. Box 690, Beaufort, S.C. 29901 and drop us a line at nobdems@gmail.com to let us know to look for your check. If you pay in advance, bring digital proof of payment.</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., every third Thursday each month, downtown Beaufort. 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. Entertainment schedule: Thursday, Aug, 19 – TD Hicks; Thursday, Sept. 16 – Wayne Graberbauer; Thursday, Oct. 21 – Alan Price; Thursday, Nov. 18 – Nick Poulin.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>CPR training</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>8 a.m to 12:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 21, Sept. 18, Oct. 16, Nov. 20, Dec. 11, at the Wardle Family YMCA, 1801 Richmond Ave., Port Royal, offers CPR. Cost is $35 for YMCA certified course. Those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first come, first serve basis. Questions? Contact William Howell, Aquatics Director, 843-522-9622. To register visit the Y front desk or online at beaufort-jasperymca.org and click ‘Register for a Program’ at the top of the page.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>29th Annual Beaufort County Youth Conference</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 25, virtually on Zoom. This years theme: \"This Is America. Quest for the Best.\" Planned by teens for teens, the conference includes workshops, entertainment, door prizes and T-shirts will be available for middle and high school participants. Contact Carrie Major at 843-812-4399 or Janie W. Brown at 843-592-0013 for more information. Register on the Beaufort County Youth Conference Facebook page.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Lowcountry boil to benefit Lowcountry Legal Volunteers</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5 to 8 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 25., Community Beer Garden at The Sands in Port Royal. A Lowcountry boil featuring live music will support a local nonprofit that provides free legal representation to those in need. Tickets are $50 and include all-you-can eat Lowcountry boil catered by Sea Eagle Market and live music provided by The Cluster Shucks, a Beaufort-based bluegrass-rock band comprised of Jason Ward, Ben Coppage and Worth Liipfert. Lowcountry Legal Volunteers are located at 108 Traders Cross in Okatie. To learn more about Lowcountry Legal Volunteers or to buy a ticket, visit lowcountrylegalvolunteers.org. Sponsorships for the Lowcountry boil are still available by calling 843-815-1570 or by emailing Beverly Bauman at beverly@lclv.org.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'WHAT’S HAPPENING', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'whats-happening-64', '', '', '2021-08-04 14:46:05', '2021-08-04 18:46:05', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51674', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51676, 4, '2021-08-04 14:47:25', '2021-08-04 18:47:25', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>BBQ judges training event set for Saturday</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you have wanted to become a certified barbeque judge, a training seminar has been set for Saturday, Aug. 7, in Columbia.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The training, sponsored by the S.C. Barbeque Association, will be held starting at 10 a.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at 1715 Bull Street in Columbia.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The cost to attend is $50 per person and includes lunch prepared by one of our SCBA Pitmasters. You must be a current member of the SCBA in order to attend. An individual membership is $45 and $60 for a family membership.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To join the SCBA and register for the upcoming seminar, please visit the events calendar at scbarbeque.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>OktoPRfest returning Sept. 25</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All are invited to the Town of Port Royal\'s annual OktoPRfest celebration from 11 a.m to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 25.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Local chefs, restaurants and food trucks will prepare German-inspired dishes such as brats, pretzels and American food favorites which can be washed down with a variety of craft, imported and domestic beers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Live musical acts include The Rhinelanders who will perform from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Rhinelanders specialize in fun, German-inspired music, beer drinking songs, the Alp horn (Ricola music) and ballroom dance tunes.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Traveling from Nashville to perform from 2:30 to 5 p.m. is the Dark Waters Project. The band plays what they like to call “Darkgrass,” a blend of multiple genres influenced by bluegrass and alternative rock.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The event takes place on Paris Avenue in the heart of the Old Village of Port Royal. Admission is free. No pets.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For full details on getting involved in the event as a sponsor, volunteer, attendee or as a vendor, visit www.portroyalova.com.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'NEWS BRIEFS', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'news-briefs-192', '', '', '2021-08-04 14:47:28', '2021-08-04 18:47:28', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51676', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51678, 4, '2021-08-04 14:49:41', '2021-08-04 18:49:41', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The County announced Wednesday, July 28 that the new decal program at County Convenience Centers had saved taxpayers $290,000 over the last six months. Full implementation of the decal program will be on November 1.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The decal program has done what it was designed to do, stop illegal dumping by contractors and citizens from outside the County,” Beaufort County Solid Waste and Recycling Director Cindy Carter said in a release.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Almost 50,000 properties have registered for the new Convenience Center decal system, which began in October 2020. Residents without decals will be notified by Convenience Center staff that the decal is required by November 1. Citizens using the recycling bins do not need a decal.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Many have found the program to be easy and efficient. You can sign up online, and you are issued a sticker decal and a digital decal that can be used on your phone or printed,” Carter said. “Our team has been working tirelessly to help citizens that are having trouble registering and did specific outreach to heirs property owners.\"</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From January 2021 through June, the County saw a 30 percent drop in volume at the Convenience Centers. Fifteen hundred fewer containers were pulled from the centers. The decline in illegal dumping produced a savings of $290,000 compared to the same time period in 2020.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County also saw a 6 percent decrease in disposal costs amounting to a savings of $160,000. Disposal costs are what the County pays for all garbage collected by waste management companies to dump at Oakwood Landfill in Ridgeland.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Citizens who have not applied for a decal can submit their information using the online form at https://bit.ly/3xmF35W. If they have applied for a decal and have not received it, there is a problem with the information received on the original application. For inquiries about the status of a decal application, please go to https://bit.ly/3ynElqB.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Reminders for the new decal system:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Visits will be limited to three per week per address (Sunday-Saturday).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Renters of single-family homes should request the decal from property owners.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Citizens who rent from large apartment complexes will use the trash service provided by the complex; for large items, they should go to the landfill.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Commercial properties are not eligible for a decal.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Commercial business owners are not eligible for a decal.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>County residents who choose not to apply for a decal can make arrangements for an individual from a permitted waste hauler of their choice and at their own expense.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'County: Decal program working well', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'county-decal-program-working-well', '', '', '2021-08-04 14:49:45', '2021-08-04 18:49:45', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51678', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51680, 4, '2021-08-04 14:55:09', '2021-08-04 18:55:09', '<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2><strong>Guidance also encourages access to vaccines for ‘staff, students, families’</strong><br></h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong><br><br>The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has issued its COVID-19 interim guidance for K-12 schools as students, teachers, parents, and staff all prepare for the 2021-2022 school year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>DHEC’s interim guidance includes recommendations that reflect the latest COVID-19 trends and is meant to protect everyone who plays a role in South Carolina’s students receiving a quality education safely. It is important to note that this guidance may change as the situation evolves.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The full school guidance is available at https://bit.ly/2Vonhm3. Here are some of the key points:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Schools are strongly encouraged to work with local public health officials and healthcare facilities and professionals to provide factual information and education about COVID-19 vaccination and to increase access to COVID-19 vaccines by coordinating vaccine clinics for staff, students, and families who wish to be vaccinated.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>DHEC strongly recommends mask use for all people when indoors in school settings, especially when physical distancing is not possible. Children younger than 2 years old, anyone who has trouble breathing, or anyone unable to remove the face covering without assistance should not wear a mask. DHEC recognizes mask use cannot be mandated per the S.C. General Assembly but is providing the following guidance for teachers, staff, and parents.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At least three feet of distance between each student should be maintained to the greatest extent possible.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Case investigation and contact tracing are critical strategies to identify and isolate cases and test and quarantine close contacts to reduce transmission.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mask use is required on school buses and other public transportation per federal CDC Order regardless of the mask policy at school or the individual’s vaccination status; school systems should take appropriate steps to ensure compliance with this requirement by students, staff, and others.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Our first priority is the safety of our children and teachers,” DHEC Director Dr. Edward Simmer said. “That is why, above all else, we’re urging all eligible South Carolinians to roll up their sleeves and get vaccinated if they haven’t already done so. The last thing we want is for COVID-19 to spread through our schools causing avoidable illness. Our students and educators deserve the right to learn and teach in a safe, healthy environment, and vaccinations will make that possible. The use of masks and other precautions recommended in our guidance will also help ensure a safe, healthy environment in our schools especially with the emergence of the Delta variant.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'SC DHEC recommends masks indoors in schools', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'sc-dhec-recommends-masks-indoors-in-schools', '', '', '2021-08-04 14:55:12', '2021-08-04 18:55:12', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51680', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51682, 4, '2021-08-04 15:03:11', '2021-08-04 19:03:11', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Above: The Old Hunting Island Light Station. Photo courtesy of Friends of Hunting Island.</em><br><br><strong>By Theodore Panayotoff</strong><br><br>On August 7, 1789, President George Washington signed into law the ninth act passed by the very first Congress of the United States of America.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Public Works Act brought the lighthouses of the new country, then about a dozen, under Federal control and established what became known as the U.S. Lighthouse Service. This organization of dedicated Federal workers devoted their lives and those of their families to the safety of mariners along the nation’s coasts, bays, harbors, and rivers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Before railways and usable roads, the entire nation’s economy depended on moving goods and people by water safely and efficiently, day and night. Lighthouses were the key.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Like our Hunting Island Lighthouse here in Beaufort County, many today are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and represent the height of the engineering technology of the day.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":51625,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Theodore-and-Ellen-copy.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Theodore-and-Ellen-copy-741x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51625\"/></a><figcaption><em>Theodore Gaillard, the last Principal Keeper at Hunting Island Light Station, and his wife Ellen Gaillard. Photo courtesy of Friends of Hunting Island.</em></figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It was the end of the 20th century before all US lighthouses were automated and all the keepers withdrawn. For more than 200 years, keepers and their families staffed U.S. lighthouses. Some were single family stations and others had two, three or more families, often in very remote locations, many miles, even days from the nearest town.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Hunting Island Light Station, which had three families stationed here, was a day’s travel from Beaufort, making medical emergencies, educating the children, obtaining supplies and mail difficult. The tender (supply vessel) from Charleston visited the station only about once a quarter.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On Saturday, August 7, 2021, we celebrate National Lighthouse Day and honor those dedicated and brave keepers and families that served all of us for more than 200 years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Theodore Panayotoff is the Lighthouse Director for The Friends of Hunting Island.</em><br><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE HUNTING ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The historic lighthouse at Hunting Island State Park is the only publicly accessible lighthouse in South Carolina. The original structure was built in 1859 and rebuilt in 1875 after it was destroyed during the Civil War.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A unique feature of the lighthouse is that it was constructed of interchangeable cast-iron sections so it could be dismantled should it ever need to be moved. Severe beach erosion made it necessary to relocate the lighthouse 1.3 miles inland in 1889.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":40613,\"width\":783,\"height\":978,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Hunting-Is.-Lighthouse-Hi-Rez.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Hunting-Is.-Lighthouse-Hi-Rez-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40613\" width=\"783\" height=\"978\"/></a><figcaption><em>Hunting Island Lighthouse. Photo by Bob Sofaly.</em></figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The lighthouse was closed for repairs in May 2003 when cracks were discovered in several of its cast-iron steps. In a renovation that spanned more than 18 months, construction crews not only repaired the cracks, but installed steel braces beneath them for reinforcement. Left unpainted, the silver-gray braces stand out in sharp contrast to the black cast-iron stairs. The contrast helps distinguish between the original structure and modern improvements, which protect the lighthouse’s historic integrity.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For an admission of $2, visitors can climb the 167 steps and walk around the observation deck for a lofty view of the barrier island and surrounding seascape. Visit https://southcarolinaparks.com/hunting-island/lighthouse for visitation rules and reservation procedures.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>– S.C. 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(51684, 4, '2021-08-04 15:05:39', '2021-08-04 19:05:39', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Penn Center is hosting a Welcome Back to School Family/Community Event from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 15 at the entrance to Penn Center. The event will offer a giveaway of school supplies and uniforms for students attending St. Helena, Lady’s Island and Coosa elementary schools.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“In the area and schools Penn Center’s Welcome Back to School event is serving, many of the families cannot afford the cost for buying the mandated and necessary school supplies,” Director of Education for Penn Center Tonya Jenkins Allen said in a release. “It is an honor and part of Penn Center’s mission to give back to the community by way of presenting this event.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“When we focus on the cost for school supplies and uniforms for students, the concept of free education for all students falls by the wayside,” Penn Center Administrator Charlene Spearen said. “For it is clearly is evident that providing education for our children is not free.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The event will also feature resource speakers and grab-and-go meals.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Donations to this initiative are still being accepted, and drop-offs of either school supplies or uniforms take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays through Aug. 12. The location for drop-offs is the S.C. Coastal Community Development Corporation Building (SCDC), 10 DeGullah Way (Behind Gullah Grub Restaurant), St. Helena Island.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information, contact Spearen at 843-838-2432; Jenkins at 843-812-5519; Barbara Gardner Hunter at 347- 497-9326; or Sara Reynolds Green at 843-473-0477. <br><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>WANT TO GO?&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>What: </strong>Penn Center’s Back to School Giveaway: Family Community Initiative&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>When: </strong>4 to 6 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 15&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Where: </strong>Penn Center, Inc., 16 Penn Circle West, St. Helena Island&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Penn Center hosting back-to-school event to help with uniforms, school supplies', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'penn-center-hosting-back-to-school-event-to-help-with-uniforms-school-supplies', '', '', '2021-08-04 15:05:42', '2021-08-04 19:05:42', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51684', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51686, 4, '2021-08-04 15:09:08', '2021-08-04 19:09:08', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The City of Beaufort has rescheduled its first public session to review the working draft of the City’s 2021 Comprehensive Plan to Aug. 10, instead of Aug. 5. Sessions also will be held on Thursday, Aug. 12.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Members of the public will be required to wear masks to attend these meeting, which will be held at City Hall.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>City Planning staff will be available to explain various elements of the Comprehensive Plan and answer questions. Members of the public are encouraged to submit comments about the plan either electronically or on paper at these sessions.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The sessions, which will be held at City Hall, are:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 10;&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>and 2-4 p.m. and 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The working draft of the 2021 Comprehensive Plan has been shared with City Council, the Metropolitan Planning Commission and area stakeholders. The City’s Planning staff is asking for feedback and comment as it continues to refine the plan. Input and feedback should be emailed to Senior Planner Dan Frazier at dfrazier@cityofbeaufort.org.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The working draft of the Comprehensive Plan can be found at https://bit.ly/37gVoyq, with each section its own PDF. The sections include population, economic development, natural resources, cultural resources, community facilities, housing, land use, transportation, and resiliency. The Comprehensive Plan guides all planning, zoning-, and development-related decisions.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Public comment via electronic means will be closed on Aug. 20.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'First public session for City Comp Plan moved to Aug. 10', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'first-public-session-for-city-comp-plan-moved-to-aug-10', '', '', '2021-08-04 15:09:10', '2021-08-04 19:09:10', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51686', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51688, 4, '2021-08-04 15:15:32', '2021-08-04 19:15:32', '<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2><strong>Product is a collaboration with Hilton Head Island’s Coastal Discovery Museum </strong><br></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>An exhibition on Santa Elena, the earliest European settlement in what is now Beaufort County, opened to the public last week at the Beaufort History Museum. Although not permanent, Bill Skipper, the Museum’s Board Secretary, says that it will be there for a while, and that the Board hopes there will be an eventual long-term placement.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>First occupied by the French with the establishment of Charlesfort in 1562 and later by the Spanish with the settlement called Santa Elena in 1566. Although now a buried archaeological site, the location on Parris Island was once home to the first European capital in North America.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":51613,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/IMG_1106-1.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/IMG_1106-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51613\"/></a><figcaption><em>Bill Skipper the Beaufort History Museum’s Board of Directors works alongside Rex Garniewicz and Elizabeth Greenberg from the Coastal Discovery Museum to get all the panels installed in the new Santa Elena exhibit. Photo courtesy of the Beaufort History Museum.</em><br></figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The museum’s current Santa Elena Exhibit was created by the Santa Elena History Center, which was housed in the historic courthouse building on Beaufort’s Bay Street before it closed in 2020. The Coastal Discovery Museum acquired all of the content from the Santa Elena History Center and is working on building a new museum on Hilton Head Island to tell this fascinating story. Until that opens, the Beaufort History Museum is the only place to learn about this important story.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to the Coastal Discovery Museum President, Rex Garniewicz, “This collaboration between the Beaufort History Museum and Coastal Discovery is important to help tell this story of the founding of our Country. Many people don’t know the significance of this place, and how much happened right here in Beaufort County. We are pleased that the Beaufort History Museum is helping tell this story as we work to finish building our new museum on Hilton Head. We also hope this collaboration continues and that we can both work together to continue to tell this story to both local residents and visitors.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The exhibit is open to the public in the old Arsenal Building at 713 Craven Street in Beaufort during the Beaufort History Museum’s regular hours, usually Tuesday to Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 3 or 4 p.m., depending on the day.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information about the Santa Elena Exhibition contact Elizabeth Greenberg at egreenberg@coastaldiscovery.org. For more information about the Beaufort History Museum, contact Bill Skipper at bill.skipper@yahoo.com.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2><br></h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->', 'Beaufort History Museum opens Santa Elena exhibit', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-history-museum-opens-santa-elena-exhibit', '', '', '2021-08-04 15:15:34', '2021-08-04 19:15:34', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51688', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51690, 4, '2021-08-04 15:17:05', '2021-08-04 19:17:05', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort attorney Mary E. Sharp took office as President of the South Carolina Bar on May 6.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>An experienced litigator and certified mediator, Sharp founded Sharp Law Firm, LLC, in March 2017.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Judge Stephanie McDonald of the S.C. Court of Appeals swore Sharp in during a virtual annual meeting of Bar members.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I am proud to have the opportunity to serve my fellow lawyers and state in this new capacity,” Sharp said in a release. “Our profession includes so many dedicated problem solvers committed to making a difference in South Carolina, and I look forward to working with these leaders to improve the profession, our communities and access to justice.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sharp has a strong history of advocating for the role of women in the legal profession and is a past president of both the National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations (NCWBA) and the S.C. Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA). Sharp was honored by SCWLA with its annual Jean Galloway Bissell Award, in 2019.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In her law practice, Sharp represents clients in trial and appellate proceedings, in civil matters including those involving personal injury, business litigation, construction litigation, and insurance coverage.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>She has served on the S.C. Bar Board of Governors since 2014 and is also a past president of the Charleston Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. Sharp previously served as NCWBA’s liaison to the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession and on the Board of Directors of the S.C. Bar Foundation.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition to serving the legal profession, Sharp is also active in the Lowcountry community. She currently serves on the advisory board of the Penn Center and is a past president of the Board of Lowcountry Legal Volunteers and the Board of Friends of Caroline Hospice.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>She received her juris doctorate from the Wake Forest University School of Law in 1993 and a B.A. in business administration from North Carolina State University in 1990.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Other executive officers inducted for 2021-2022 were Hagood Tighe of Columbia, president elect; Rusty Infinger of Greenville, treasurer; Shaheena Bennett of Moncks Corner, secretary; Christopher Koon of Columbia, House of Delegates chair; and Roy Laney of Columbia, immediate past president.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The South Carolina Bar is a statewide organization dedicated to improving the legal profession, the law and the administration of justice for all South Carolinians. It serves more than 17,000 lawyer members and provides resources to educators and citizens of the Palmetto State. Learn more at www.scbar.org.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort’s Sharp sworn in as SC Bar President', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beauforts-sharp-sworn-in-as-sc-bar-president', '', '', '2021-08-04 15:17:08', '2021-08-04 19:17:08', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51690', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51692, 4, '2021-08-04 15:19:07', '2021-08-04 19:19:07', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Palmetto Animal League is giving people the power to rescue homeless pets during their most important fundraiser of the year. The Bid for PAL Online Auction begins at 8 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 5 and run through 8 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 8 at www.PALauction. org.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“PAL’s online auction is a fun and impactful way for people to help animals and learn about local businesses that support animal rescue,” PAL President Amy Campanini said in a release.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>People can bid on a variety of items and gift certificates from popular restaurants, shops, and service providers. Each item in the auction represents life-saving support for PAL’s compassionate, no kill rescue programs.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“When you go online to browse and bid on the wonderful items featured in our online catalog, you are saving an animal just as sure as if you were wrapping your arms around them yourself,” Campanini said. “Your participation in this fundraiser means life for a pet waiting for rescue.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bid for PAL showcases some of the most sought-after products and services our area has to offer. With just the click of a few keys, folks can find themselves golfing in Bluffton, dining in Beaufort, wine tasting in Hilton Head, or staying overnight in Savannah.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“After the auction, you can pick up the items you win at PAL and visit with the adoptable animals you are helping,” PAL Development Coordinator Stephanie Bashaw said.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From golf rounds at renowned clubs to restaurant certificates, relaxing getaways, clothing, jewelry, home decor and more, PAL’s online Auction has something for everyone.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“If you don’t want to shop for yourself but still want to help, you can bid on essential equipment for the PAL Adoption Center that will help animals for years to come,” Bashaw said. “We also offer animal sponsorships where you can sponsor a special needs pet, a hospice pet, or even a freedom flight saving dozens of animals at once!”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The auction also allows community members to see which big-hearted Lowcountry businesses support PAL.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We love that bidders get to see the small businesses that are supporting animal rescue, even while times are tough, so they can feel good about patronizing these companies in the future,” Bashaw said.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'PAL’s 12th annual online auction starts Thursday, Aug. 5', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'pals-12th-annual-online-auction-starts-thursday-aug-5', '', '', '2021-08-04 15:19:12', '2021-08-04 19:19:12', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51692', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51694, 4, '2021-08-04 15:22:58', '2021-08-04 19:22:58', '<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2><strong>Adams Outdoor Advertising found guilty of violating county code </strong></h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Above: Adams Outdoor Advertising was recently found guilty of violating Beaufort County code for work conducted on two billboards, like the one seen here, along Highway 21 near Stokes Brown Toyota. Photo courtesy of Beaufort County.</em> <br><br><strong>From staff reports </strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Judge Nancy Sadler on Friday, July 23, found defendants Bo Hodges and Adams Outdoor Advertising guilty of two violations of Beaufort County Community Development Code provisions 5.6.50(E) for failing to obtain proper approvals and engaging in prohibited restoration of signs that have become structurally unsound.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Adams Outdoor Advertising clearly violated Beaufort County Ordinance by choosing to rely on South Carolina DOT permits and failing to obtain the required Beaufort County permits and approvals,” Beaufort County Deputy Attorney Brittany Ward said in a release.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The two billboards at issue are along Highway 21 near Stokes Brown Toyota. The existing supports were rotten and splitting and had been braced in previous repairs.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County issued a stop work order on the billboards on April 12 and took a “citations code enforcement action” for violation of the ordinance, Beaufort County Administrator Eric Greenway told The Island News in May. The case was heard July 14.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The county contended that Adams Outdoor Advertising, a privately held company which has been called the fourth largest out-of-home advertising company in the United States, illegally built the signs by installing new support poles in new locations, in violation of the Ordinance which prohibits “replacement, rebuilding, ... or re-erection of a sign.\"&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sentencing will be held at a later date.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In May, Greenway said the county was also preparing for “a more protracted and longer legal battle” because of Adams Outdoor Advertising’s history of suing municipalities that impose restrictions on billboards.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Adams sued the town of Mount Pleasant in 2020 after the town rejected the company’s requests to erect new digital billboards and convert traditional billboards to digital signs and has challenged billboard regulations in Virginia Beach, Va., and Madison, Wis.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition to the modifications on current signs in Beaufort County, The Island News reported in May that Adams has applied for permits to convert 10 existing signs at locations throughout the county to illuminated digital signs.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County does not currently allow new billboards and does not allow internally illuminated signs.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Original reporting on this story in the May 13 edition of The Island News was done by Mindy Lucas. </em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Judge rules for County in billboard dispute', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'judge-rules-for-county-in-billboard-dispute-2', '', '', '2021-08-04 15:23:00', '2021-08-04 19:23:00', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51694', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(51696, 4, '2021-08-04 15:26:07', '2021-08-04 19:26:07', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Remembering a brother</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Back in May, I saw an article by Andy Kinghorn about the building of the original Harbor Island Bridge in 1939. Reading the article reminded me my older brother William worked on that earlier bridge as well and I felt moved to tell his story:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One of the contractors working on that project had rented a second-floor apartment in our home on Ribaut Road. Of course, in the comings and goings, he met William who was a high school student at the time and old enough to drive.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It was in the late spring or early summer, school was out and most of the young fellows were looking for a job so the contractor offered William one.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As work began on the bridge, I think I am right in saying the first part was the causeway from the mainland to the river. After this, they were able to transport materials for the bridge to the river.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some of this was concrete, mixed on the mainland and ready for use. William was hired to drive a small tractor from the mainland area where the concrete was mixed, out the causeway to the work area where it was dumped for use. He would then return to the mainland for another load, back and forth all day long.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All went well until two bolts holding the seat on the tractor began to irritate the driver and a boil developed. Poor William had to take off a few days until our mother could doctor the area and get him going again. This time, she also made him a nice pillow to protect him from those bolts.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I’m not sure how long he kept at the job, which came first – the completed job or return to school!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>– Betty Logan Waskiewicz, Beaufort</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Note: </strong>William Logan was the younger brother of the late J.W. Logan and Hal Logan and died at the age of 20 in the Pacific where he was stationed during World War II with the U.S. Navy. The new Harbor Island Bridge, connecting St. Helena to Harbor Island, opened this Spring after more than a year in construction.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br><strong>The Island News needs fresh talent</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In his column in your July 22 issue, David Taub rightly criticized name-calling and character assassination as “the lowest form of debate.” But in his July 29 column, he labeled his political opponents “idiotic” and “reckless,” and pronounced them guilty of “terminal stupidity.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I can’t be the only reader who noticed this hypocrisy. Mr. Taub generally wouldn’t have much to write if it weren’t for his own continuous practice of character assassination, from one week to the next.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Maybe the paper needs some fresh talent in its roster of weekly columnists.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>– Steve Walton, Port Royal</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br><strong>Graber’s Op-Ed was excellent</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I very much enjoyed Scott Graber\'s excellent Op-Ed \"We must acknowledge our past sins, and seek absolution\" in your July 20 edition. It was well thought out, well written and probably the most sensible thing that I have seen written on the subject of \"Critical Race Theory\" by anyone.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On the other hand the good Dr. Taub really does need to make an effort to get over Trump Derangement Syndrome, and move on with his life and his Op-Ed\'s. Maybe a trip back to Mexico, that was interesting.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Thanks for a great little paper.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>– Jim Dickson, St. Helena Island</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'LETTERS TO THE EDITOR', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'letters-to-the-editor-36', '', '', '2021-08-04 15:26:09', '2021-08-04 19:26:09', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51696', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51698, 4, '2021-08-04 15:28:15', '2021-08-04 19:28:15', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort’s Pat Garrett, 81, enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in Warren, Ohio in 1958. After Boot Camp at Parris Island and Infantry training, he entered the field of Aviation Supply. Not including schools, he moved 15 times during a career that spanned 39 years and saw him rise from boot enlistee to Colonel. Along the way he served two tours in Vietnam (Marble Mountain near Da Nang), three tours at MCAS Beaufort and in Hawaii, and others in Japan, Okinawa, Norfolk, Pendleton, El Toro, and Mechanicsburg, Pa., before his final tour as Assistant Chief of Staff for Supply and Services at MCRD Parris Island. He retired in 1997. Thereafter he was the director of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society in Beaufort for five years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":51621,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Pat-Garrett-young-copy.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Pat-Garrett-young-copy-865x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51621\"/></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 – PAT GARRETT', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'veteran-of-the-week-pat-garrett', '', '', '2021-08-04 15:28:22', '2021-08-04 19:28:22', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51698', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51700, 4, '2021-08-04 15:29:48', '2021-08-04 19:29:48', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort’s Jennifer Picklesimer found this alligator hanging out in the duckweed earlier this year at the Port Royal Cypress Wetlands. 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-170', '', '', '2021-08-04 15:29:51', '2021-08-04 19:29:51', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51700', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51702, 4, '2021-08-04 15:41:08', '2021-08-04 19:41:08', '<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2><strong>Beaufort Memorial, City encouraging citizens to get vaccinated </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>As COVID numbers continue to climb again across the state of South Carolina and the nation as a whole, Beaufort is right there in the middle of the surge.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The statewide numbers reported Tuesday by the S.C. DHEC, reflecting Sunday’s data, indicate there were 1,651 positive new cases and 414 probable new cases statewide. The positive test rate was a staggering 19.7 percent, a number similar to those at the pandemic’s prior peak in January 2021.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As of Sunday, Beaufort County’s seven-day average for new cases was 88.7, a 91 percent increase over a week prior, when that number was just 46.3. Another week prior to that, the number was a paltry 11.6.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to a heat map published by S.C. DHEC, as well as a report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Beaufort County is now officially a COVID \"hotspot.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As of Monday afternoon, Beaufort Memorial Hospital had 23 COVID patients, including six in the ICU, all on ventilators. None of those hospitalized patients have been vaccinated.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus, in combination with an unmasked, nearly fully open economy and a reluctance of a large segment of the population to get vaccinated have formed a perfect storm.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“A virus\' job is to survive. Adapt, mutate, replicate, in order to survive,” Beaufort Memorial Hospital President and CEO Russell Baxley said Monday. “That is what this&nbsp;particular bug has done, continued to mutate and infect. Both that and letting our guard down has played into the spread of the Delta variant and thus a surge in cases. Low vaccination rates play a big role as well.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to Baxley, the hospital\'s ability to function properly has not been affected and he doesn’t believe it will be affected in the future. He says the hospital is prepared to receive more COVID-19 patients.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The last year and a half has taught us a lot, we feel well prepared in terms of PPE, additional ventilators, and COVID-19 treatment protocols,” Baxley said. “Right now the situation is manageable, but not what we want, and we do not want it to get worse. We do not want history to repeat itself. The best thing people can do right now is get vaccinated if they are not and follow CDC guidance as it is updated.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Return of the mask?&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While his COVID-19 State of Emergency was in effect, S.C. Governor Henry McMaster’s executive order prohibited local governments from enacting their own mandatory mask rules or mandates. However, the State of Emergency expired in June, and local governments could move toward reinstating such rules to help stop COVID’s spread.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Earlier this week, Beaufort County Council Chair Joe Passiment reportedly told The Island Packet he would support a countywide mask mandate if the council again brought up the issue.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Just a few days ago, City of Beaufort Mayor Stephen Murray didn’t endorse a local mask requirement, but still indicated it could be a possibility.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“As the numbers rise, those are the conversations us in leadership are having,” Murray said. “In the meantime, I’m encouraging people to go get their vaccines. If people don’t want additional restrictions and they don’t want masks, now is the time to go get vaccinated. If numbers continue to increase, all options are back on the table.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On Thursday July 29, the City of Beaufort sent out a release encouraging citizens to get vaccinated and recommending that both customers and employees of retail locations and other businesses open to the public wear masks when inside a building.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The City also announced a requirement that any visitors to City facilities, including City Hall, wear masks and follow social distancing guidelines. These were to begin Monday, Aug. 2.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Like Murray, Baxley hopes Beaufort can avoid returning to mask mandates and emphasizes the importance of getting vaccinated.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“… Mask mandates mean we have regressed back to the worst of it,” Baxley said. “That said, BMH continues to enforce universal masking at its facilities and we believe that everyone should use good judgment, whether vaccinated or unvaccinated, and mask when appropriate, following CDC guidance.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Even if local leaders decide it’s necessary to return to masking, the wild-card is McMaster. The Governor could take action at some point, and that may frame or limit what individual counties or cities do.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For comparison’s sake, New York City just mandated that proof of vaccination is now required to dine indoors or use a gym. Conversely, in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott just signed a bill prohibiting businesses from requiring proof of vaccination to do business.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Getting vaccinated&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Like Baxley and Murray, most officials agree – more people need to get vaccinated. The recent surge has had some effect on the numbers, but not much.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We have seen a small uptick in those wanting the vaccine,” Baxley said, “but not enough to make a dent in the 50 percent still unvaccinated in Beaufort County.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Roughly 45 percent of South Carolina residents ages 12 and older have been vaccinated. In Beaufort County, the number is almost 50 percent.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Baxley said health and government officials must continue to educate the community and make the vaccines convenient and accessible at all times.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The vaccine has proven to be effective and safe,” he said, “and pushing vaccination rates higher is what we need to do right now.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Mike McCombs is the editor of&nbsp;The Island News and can be reached at TheIslandNews@gmail.com.</em>&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'COVID surges in Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'covid-surges-in-beaufort', '', '', '2021-08-04 15:41:46', '2021-08-04 19:41:46', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51702', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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Drafted by the county planning staff and consultants DesignWorkShop, the document which is required by state law, has been in the proverbial works since March 2020 and been presented to at-least four in-person hearings plus a community session last month held by Councilmembers Paul Sommerville and York Glover.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The latest draft addresses the major concerns raised in public comments – affordable housing, heirs property, protection of historic cemeteries, sand mining, public water supplies and equity of public resources, a point stressed by the Lowcountry Equitable Land Trust and the Coastal Conservation League.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The document will be reviewed one more time by the Commission before it goes to County Council for public hearing and three votes.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And in the city of Beaufort, public meetings on its document are scheduled Aug. 10 and 12.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So as a concerned citizen interested in the future of the county, you still have time to do that summer reading.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br><strong>Another example of officials with tied hands </strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BEAUFORT – With the recent upswing in Delta variant COVID cases has come the mask debate.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As we all cross our fingers and hope we don’t have to go back to mandatory masking, school districts across South Carolina already have their marching orders from Columbia – there will be no mandatory masking when classes begin later this month.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This directive happens to be, strangely enough, tacked into the state budget which was passed by the Legislature when it went back into special session on June 9 … to deal with the budget. 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It was another Trask-owned structure in the 200 block of Carteret Street, behind what was Fordham Hardware, where the roof partially collapsed in March as the building was being renovated.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ironically, it’s concern about the structural impact on these historic buildings that has many residents worried about the potential impact of the massive new buildings proposed by Dick Stewart and 303 Associates – you know, the parking garage, three-story apartment building on Charles and a new hotel on Scott Street.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br><strong>Corrections</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The July 22 column reference to Henry Robert’s RULES OF ORDER prompted two comments for correction. One, it’s “Robert”, not with an “s” and two, the military commander was not born in Jasper but the Beaufort District, which included what we now know as Jasper County. 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(51751, 4, '2021-08-11 10:27:50', '2021-08-11 14:27:50', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This article continues to describe VA dental care benefits and the state-of-the-art Dental Clinic at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center’s North Charleston Annex.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You can read more about VA dental care and the dental care benefits at https://www.va.gov/health-care/about-va-health-benefits/dental-care/. Veterans may qualify for some or all of their dental care depending on several factors, including the vet’s military service history, current health, and living situation.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Specifically, veterans dental care benefits fall into the following 11 categories:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol><li><strong>Receiving VA Compensation. </strong>If the veteran has a military service-connected dental disability or condition for which he or she receives compensation (monthly payments), the veteran is in Class I of the VA’s care hierarchy (Priority Group) and may qualify for any needed dental care.</li><li><strong>POW. </strong>If the veteran is a former prisoner of war, the veteran is in Class IIC of the VA’s care hierarchy and may qualify for any needed dental care.</li><li><strong>Rated 100 percent disabled. </strong>If the veteran has one or more service-connected disabilities rated at 100 percent disabling, the veteran is in Class IV of the VA’s care hierarchy and may qualify for any needed dental care. However, if the veteran is being paid at the 100 percent disabling rate, based on a temporary rating, that does not qualify you for this benefit.</li><li><strong>Unemployable. </strong>If the veteran is unemployable (unable to work), and gets disability compensation at the 100 percent disabling rate due to service-connected conditions, the veteran is in Class IV of the https://missionact.va.gov and may qualify for any needed dental care. However, if the veteran is being paid at the 100 percent disabling rate, based on a temporary rating, that does not qualify you for this benefit.</li><li><strong>Gulf War. </strong>If the veteran served on active duty for 90 days or more, during the Gulf War era, he or she is in Class II of the VA’s care hierarchy and may qualify for one-time dental care if the veteran meets all of the requirements listed below:The veteran did not receive a dishonorable discharge, and</li><li>The veteran applies for dental care within 180 days of discharge or release, and</li><li>The veteran’s DD214 certificate of discharge doesn’t show that he or she had a complete dental exam and all needed dental treatment before being discharged. Please note that, if a veteran got a dental award letter from Veterans Benefit Administration (VBA) dated before 1955 stating that your dental conditions aren’t compensable, then you are no longer eligible for Class II outpatient dental treatment. This is because of Public Law 83, which was enacted June 16, 1955, and which amended veterans’ eligibility for outpatient dental services.</li><li><strong>Non-compensable service-connected disabled. </strong>If the veteran has a service-connected non-compensable dental condition (a dental condition that the veteran is not getting disability payments for) or a disability that is the result of combat wounds or service trauma, the veteran is in Class IIA, the veteran may qualify for any dental care needed to make sure the veteran has and can keep a working set of teeth. A Dental Trauma Rating (VA Form 10-564-D) or VA Regional Office Rating Decision Letter (VA Form 10-7131) will tell the veteran his or her tooth/teeth conditions that are trauma rated.</li><li><strong>Linked to service-connected health condition. </strong>If the VA dental care provider has concluded that the veteran’s dental condition is linked to a service-connected health condition and is making that condition worse, the veteran is in Class III of the VA’s care hierarchy and may qualify for dental care to treat the oral condition that is making the veteran’s service-connected health condition worse.</li><li><strong>Active in U.S.C. Chapter 31 VRE. </strong>In the veteran is active in a 38 U.S.C Chapter 31 Veteran Readiness and Employment (VRE) Program, the veteran is in Class V of the VA’s care hierarchy and may qualify dental care that a VA dental provider concludes is needed to achieve at least one of the following goals:Make it possible for you to be in the employment program, or</li><li>Make it possible for you to reach the goals of your Veteran Readiness and Employment program, or</li><li>Prevent you from having to stop your employment program, or</li><li>Help you get back to your employment program faster if you’ve had to stop (and are in “interrupted” or “leave” status), or</li><li>Help you get back to your employment program faster if you’ve had to stop (and are in “discontinued” status) because of an illness, injury, or dental condition, or</li><li>Make it possible for you to get and adjust to a job during the period of employment assistance, or</li><li>Make it possible for you to be fully independent in your daily living</li><li><strong>Making health condition harder to treat. </strong>If a veteran is getting VA care or scheduled for inpatient care for a health condition and the veteran needs dental care for a dental issue that is making his or her health condition harder to treat, the veteran is in Class VI and may qualify for dental care to treat the dental issue that a VA dental care provider finds is making the health condition the veteran is being treated for harder to treat.</li><li><strong>Homeless Vet dental program. </strong>If the veteran is signed up to get care through the Homeless Veterans Dental Program (VHA Directive 2007-039), the veteran is in Class IIB and may qualify for a one-time course of dental care that a VA dental care provider concludes the veteran needs to achieve any one of the following: Relieve the veteran’s pain, help the veteran get a job, or treat gum infections that can lead to pain, swelling, and bone and tooth loss.</li><li><strong>Domiciliary Care. </strong>If the Veteran is getting care in a hospital, nursing home, or other supervised homelike setting, the veteran is in Inpatient Status and may qualify for dental service that a VA dental care provider, working with the veteran’s primary care provider, concludes the veteran needs to manage a health condition a doctor is currently treating the veteran for.</li></ol>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If a Veteran cannot get VA dental care benefits, they may be able to buy dental insurance at a reduced cost through the VA Dental Insurance Program (VADIP) if the veteran meets at least one of the requirements listed below.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol><li>The veteran is signed up for VA health care or</li><li>The veteran is signed up for our Civilian Health and Medical Program (also called CHAMPVA, a health insurance program for dependents of Veterans).</li></ol>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Multiple plan options allow individuals to select a plan that provides benefits and premiums that meet their dental needs and budget. You may click each insurer’s link for specific information regarding registration, rates and services, or call Delta Dental at 1-855-370-3303 or MetLife at 1-888-310-1681. Read about VADIP at https://www.va.gov/healthbenefits/VADIP/.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Eligible Veterans in the Lowcountry and Savannah and Hinesville, Ga., should sign up for VA Medical Care at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Health Care System (previously RHJVA Medical Center), one of its seven Community Based Out Patient Clinics (CBOCs &amp; Annex), or online at https:// www.va.gov/health-care/apply/application/introduction.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Find the VA Enrollment for Health Care Application Form and instructions at https://www.va.gov/vaforms/medical/pdf/10-10EZ-fillable.pdf.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As the author of this article, I (Larry Dandridge) thank the Chief of the Ralph Johnson VA Dental Clinic, Doctor Ryne Johnson and the RHJVAHCS Public Affairs Officer, Howard (Wayne) Capps for allowing me to interview them on VA Dental Benefits.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Larry Dandridge is a Vietnam War era wounded warrior, a combat and 100 percent 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 Health Care System. 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 of the U.S. Army (AUSA) 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><strong>EDITOR’S NOTES</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 S.C. Veterans benefit information at https://scdva.sc.gov. 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(51755, 4, '2021-08-11 10:37:32', '2021-08-11 14:37:32', '<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2><strong>Col. Bradley Ward’s career path has brought him back where he began</strong></h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Sgt. Dana Beesley</strong><br><br>The hallowed and historic yellow footprints are every aspiring Marine’s first steps aboard MCRD Parris Island. In 1988, Recruit Bradley Ward found himself on those footprints, and only a few years later Drill Instructor Sgt. Ward was the Marine welcoming recruits off the bus to stand on them.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now, nearly 33 years later as the Recruit Training Regiment Commander, Col. 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Ward was the first and only member of his family to make the decision to join the Marine Corps and he said it was the challenge that initially drove him to want to enlist.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":51722,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/6762930.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/6762930-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51722\"/></a><figcaption><em>Col. Bradley Ward, right, graduated from Parris Island in 1988 and returned to serve as a drill instructor aboard the depot before making the decision to become a Marine Corps officer. Photo courtesy of Col. Bradley Ward, USMC.</em></figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I suppose pride had everything to do with me walking into the recruiting office,” Ward said. “It was tackling the hardest challenge and not going the easier route with one of the other branches of the military.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ward still credits his drill instructor, Sgt. Lee, as the inspiration behind his own desire to train recruits. He submitted a package for Drill Instructor School once he reached three years in service and eventually found himself on Parris Island once again. He said he had already planned the rest of his enlistment out after that point, intending to pursue a college degree in the civilian sector once his contract was up and he had completed a tour on the drill field.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What Ward didn’t anticipate was being meritoriously promoted to staff sergeant while serving as a drill instructor. With a new rank and set of responsibilities, he decided to remain on active duty to complete his college degree. He ultimately achieved his goal, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal science from Park College; today he not only possesses four master’s degrees from various universities, but is also a graduate of multiple esteemed military schools.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ward said his strongest desire to become a commissioned officer came after he left Parris Island to train Marine Corps Officer Candidates as a sergeant instructor on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. After realizing the opportunities available to him upon his promotion and the completion of his degree, Staff Sgt. 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Ward still remembers standing at the foot of his company commander’s desk and responding, “This candidate is right where he belongs.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The rest of Ward’s illustrious career as a commissioned officer spans multiple states, countries and continents. He went on to become a Marine Officer Instructor (MOI) at George Washington University. He served at the behest of the 36th Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford. He commanded both air and ground combat elements. Through the myriad experiences he has had and Marines he has mentored, he says he credits his success to maintaining his infectious positive attitude and remaining humble in every aspect of his life.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":51721,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/6759380.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/6759380-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51721\"/></a><figcaption><em>Col. Bradley Ward, Recruit Training Regiment Commanding Officer, gives a few words of encouragement July 17 to a new Marine during an Eagle, Globe and Anchor ceremony aboard MCRD Parris Island. Ward graduated from Parris Island in 1988 and returned to serve as a drill instructor aboard the depot before making the decision to become a Marine Corps officer. Photo by Sgt. Dana Beesley, USMC.</em></figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I believe in being a good human being first,” Ward said. “I don’t know that one can be a good or effective leader if they’re not first a good person. In order to ‘reach’ your Marines it’s important to know them and treat them as you would want to be treated.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In contrast, Ward sees this leadership style as how he plans to approach his new position as a commander in charge of thousands of drill instructors, officers and recruits, having been in each of their shoes at one point in his life and seeing the toll that the drill field can have on each of his Marines.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I hope to earn the trust of the Drill Instructors because they all know I know what they deal with every day,” Ward said. “The psychology behind the pressures of a drill instructor largely go unnoticed. Understanding this helps me shape my interaction and communications with our drill Instructors – I can only hope my approach makes a difference.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When asked how his unique experiences as a prior enlisted Marine and drill instructor have benefitted him as a commander, Ward first insisted that he was not set apart from other officers because of his years on the enlisted side.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I remain humble because I know I’m no better than anyone else,” Ward said. “I’m older, with a great deal of experience and have enjoyed promotions along the way, but I’m not better. I recognized early in my career that rank and years of service doesn’t equate to intelligence and value; so, I treat everyone as though they might have the answer to the most difficult problem of the day. If you give yourself completely to your Marines then there’s nothing else left to offer.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'A Trail of Footprints', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'a-trail-of-footprints', '', '', '2021-08-11 10:37:34', '2021-08-11 14:37:34', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51755', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51757, 4, '2021-08-11 10:42:16', '2021-08-11 14:42:16', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As a person with invisible mental disabilities, can I relate to someone with visible physical disabilities?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I definitely don’t believe in a disability hierarchy. There is no disability more valid or deserving of services than others. There’s a variety of challenges the disabled community shares as a whole.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the very same time there are some challenges unique to specific disabilities.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I’ve never had a physical disability, but I have had physical impairments. And this is my bridge.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 2008, I was in a car accident that should have killed me. My compact car was crushed between two much larger cars. Fortunately, I walked away with relatively minor injuries.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>My side airbag deployed directly on my left arm. As a result I lost all use of that arm. In this moment, it became very real to me how much I had taken for granted having two fully functioning arms in a world built for two-armed people.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Suddenly everything seemed insurmountable: getting dressed, preparing a meal, and even simple hygiene tasks. Showing up to work with clothes not fully buttoned or zipped and hair not completely combed was the least of it. The reality was that things had to get done and it was up to me to make it happen.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The uncertainty of it all made me the most frustrated. Was this a permanent condition? To what degree could I heal? What were possible long-term limitations? These unanswered questions created a heavy emotional burden.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I was prescribed physical therapy. It was there that I had to relearn everything. There was a fine motor skills exercise where I had to use tweezers to pick up grains of sand. There were conditioning exercises to prevent atrophy. There were machines to send shock waves up my arm to “wake up” the nerves. These all had varying degrees of success.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I had to accept there were certain things I couldn’t do without assistance from someone else. There were other things I could do on my own, yet much slower and less effective.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I was beyond frustrated that my arm just couldn’t do things like it used to.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I definitely had the “why me?” and “this isn’t fair” moments. A whole lot of them.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Eventually, with a lot of work, I got better. Mostly better. My left arm will never be what it was before the accident because some of the nerve damage is irreversible.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From the shoulder down to the elbow I’m hypersensitive. From the elbow down to my fingertips I have lost some feeling. Often my arm just randomly goes limp and lifeless for no apparent reason. Other times I get shooting pains like fireworks under my skin.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I do not consider my left arm a physical disability. I consider this a physical impairment or a physical limitation. Next time I’m in a room and the question is asked, “Who can relate to a physical disability?” I’ll be sure to raise my left arm.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Laura Kaponer is a mental health advocate and blogger, as well as a volunteer with the local chapter of NAMI. You can find her on social media by searching #Laurakaponeris1in5. </em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'THE BRIDGE BETWEEN', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-bridge-between', '', '', '2021-08-11 10:42:18', '2021-08-11 14:42:18', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51757', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51759, 4, '2021-08-11 10:45:05', '2021-08-11 14:45:05', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sweaty palms, nervous twitching, and a flushed face squirm in the small wooden desk engraved with years of first-day jitters, I know what is moments away. Poised before an audience of supremely sharpened pencils held in little hands, Mrs. Burns reads through monikers of those that will determine my mood for an entire year.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Amy, Todd, Sam, and Emily all raise their hand. Names that melodically fill the air spoken with enviable confidence absent of the standard pause. Then it happens; the polite yet stern teacher\'s eyes land acutely on the line that forever stumps them all. Ruffled brow, squinted eyes, and her glance across the morning faces attempting to utilize the process of elimination validate my concerns. How can this all-knowing human be doubtful of a collection of letters?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Blood rushes to my face as my hand rises gradually, knowing her hesitation is to my credit. I can feel the stares of better-named classmates as the whispers swarm around me like angry hornets. Finally, the torturous recitations of future nicknames cease.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Unable to take one more obliteration, \'It\'s Cherimie,\' I proclaim somewhat aggressively. It was this verbose event that first taught me life might be problematic.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Would my arrival into this world have been any less joyous without such a complex title? Did they assume it would build character each time I faced creative interpretations? Was it not enough to have a face showered in freckles, hair as thick as horsetail, and an inclination for mud puddles?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Every mispronunciation caused a wave of giggles that splashed laboriously against my self-esteem. Cultivating a sense of humor and thick skin was self-preservation; creating an unnoticeable swift kick was a bonus.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now the sweaty palms and nervous twitching come from my freckled-face little girl. The countdown is winding down to a new school year. Pencils perfectly sharpened, blank notebooks primed for knowledge, and the scent of erasers mixed with glue remind me of those challenging years — it is her turn.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>She has her Daddy\'s eyes and her Momma’s temperament. She will have challenges all of her own. Unfortunately, I can\'t protect her from the obstacles of navigating the world of academics, but I did name her MaryElen, and that is a good start.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Good luck to all the students walking through challenging doors, and God bless the teachers who pronounce their names.&nbsp;</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 -->', 'And now it is their turn', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'and-now-it-is-their-turn', '', '', '2021-08-11 10:45:07', '2021-08-11 14:45:07', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51759', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51761, 4, '2021-08-11 10:51:59', '2021-08-11 14:51:59', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is Thursday, and I’m in Washington, D.C. This morning, I’m standing in the semi-darkness of Level C3, “Slavery and Freedom,” in the National Museum of African American History and Culture. I’m here with my wife, Susan, and my friends, Bill and Karen Stansbury.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The National Museum of African American History and Culture has been open for a couple of years but COVID kept it closed for most of 2020. My wife and I have had this museum on our list but had been told — even as late as last month — that there were no time slots available in August. We decided to come to the Mall anyway, and try a forced frontal assault in the manner of the Proud Boys, but then discovered there were tickets available. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And so I’m standing next to a slave cabin — the actual cabin and not a simulation — looking at photos taken on St Helena Island. The photos show groups of newly freed slaves (aka “Freedmen”) standing in a ragged line, unsmiling as they stare straight into the camera, dressed in way that tells one everything they need to know about the institution of slavery.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As one moves away from the cabin, one encounters more photographs, these taken at Perryclear Plantation on Port Royal Island. Then, later, one encounters Robert Smalls. I’m not talking about a photograph (although there are some of these), I’m talking about a full-sized, bronze, standing-up statue that one might pose next to for the soon-to-be-obligatory photo opportunity. There are, in fact, so many photographs, artifacts and references to Beaufort County, one finally believes Larry Rowland who sometimes says, “American History began in Beaufort County, S.C.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When we arrived we were advised by the attendants — of which there are many — that the downstairs History Galleries were full of people. We were told we should ascend to the Culture Galleries where we would encounter James Brown, Sam Cooke and the Shirelles.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At that moment I did not want an encounter with Billie Holliday or with Nat King Cole — although I do love their music — and so I persuaded my wife and friends that we ought to descend into the “Transatlantic Slave Trade” in the bottom of this remarkably open building. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now, I must tell you that I’ve been to Africa — actually to the Isle de Goree\' just off the coast in Senegal. I’ve seen the slave pens with my own eyes and also seen the columned mansions built by this trade in Bristol, England. I also count descendants of these stacked and shackled voyagers — now living on St Helena, Coosaw and Warsaw — as friends.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Make no mistake about my biases in this department.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I also descend from a line of North Carolina farmers who owned slaves. They didn’t own many — mostly in the single digits — but I’ve seen their last wills and testaments and know they conveyed “Mollie, Betsy and Caesar” to their children. So make no mistake about the emotional turmoil I sometimes encounter in places like this.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The presentation of facts in this museum is largely straight-forward and unemotional. In the beginning we get the statistics and few artifacts. There is, for example, the number of slaves carted off by Portugal, 3,894,056, that pretty much dwarfs everyone else including the United States—377,613. We are also told that it was sugar, an insatiable European appetite for sugar, that pulled the chain on the “trade” and that the many of those transported ended-up in Barbados and Brazil.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As one wanders in the semi-darkness one ascends to “The Civil War,” then to “Freedom” and then we come face-to-face with Robert Smalls. Now I must tell you that recently I came face-to-face with his descendants.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There is a cottage on the Old Point that once belonged to Smalls, but came with covenants held by the Historic Beaufort Foundation. Recently it was sold by Smalls’ heirs and Historic Beaufort; and I had a part in this transaction. In that effort I had to contact each of the heirs about the price and the contract.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These heirs are now doctors, preachers, university professors, museum curators and live throughout the United States. Almost every heir is accomplished and was responsive to the contracts and deeds sent by me to them.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I came to believe that Robert Smalls still lives in these people. And that they have overcome a soiled and sordid beginning. And while inequities remain, complete ascendancy is inevitable.&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. He can be reached at cscottgraber@gmail.com. </em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Robert Smalls still lives in these people', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'robert-smalls-still-lives-in-these-people', '', '', '2021-08-11 10:52:02', '2021-08-11 14:52:02', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51761', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51763, 4, '2021-08-11 10:57:36', '2021-08-11 14:57:36', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>USC Beaufort Director of Athletics Quin Monahan removed the interim tag and promoted Cory Cottrell to head coach for both the USCB men\'s and women\'s golf teams on Monday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I\'m pleased to announce that Coach Cottrell has accepted the head women\'s and men\'s golf coach position, and know that our program is in exceptional hands,\" Monahan said in a release. \"Cory exemplifies the tradition of excellence in our golf programs and will continue to be an outstanding mentor to our young golfers. The tide is rising and Sand Shark Athletics just got better today.\"</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“From being a student athlete at USCB to now being the head coach, it is something that will always be very special to me,” Cottrell said. “I am looking forward to continuing the academic and athletic championship success the women\'s and men\'s golf programs have had, not only at the NAIA level, but as we make the transition to NCAA Division II.\"</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>During his time as interim (2020-21 season), he elevated both the men\'s and women\'s teams to new heights. Under his tutelage, Cottrell guided the men\'s golf team to one team victory, nine top-five team finishes, 19 top-10 individual finishes and an appearance at the NAIA Championship during the 2020-21 season. He also saw his team reach as high as fourth in the national rankings, according the GolfStat.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On the women\'s side in 2020-21, Cottrell led the women\'s team to four top-five team finishes, 13 top-15 individual finishes and the fifth-highest team GPA (3.68) in the entire country.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cottrell returned to USCB as the assistant men\'s and women\'s golf coach in the Spring of 2020. He graduated from USCB in 2016 with a Psychology degree and was a member of the men\'s team from 2012 to 2016.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After his time at USCB as a student-athlete, Cottrell went on to receive his Masters degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Sport and Exercise Psychology from Georgia Southern University. While at Georgia Southern, Cottrell worked with athletes on mental performance and taught classes in the Physical Activity and Healthful Living Program.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Upon graduating from Georgia Southern, Cottrell moved back into golf and Bluffton full time and worked as a mental performance coach for the International Junior Golf Academy (IJGA), where he provided classroom and individual mental performance sessions for junior golfers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Prior to joining USCB, Cottrell started his own company, Aware Performance Group, and continues to provide mental performance consultations and training.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Cottrell is extremely active in continuing education in Sport Psychology and holds membership in the Association in Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) and is a part of a committee dedicated to furthering the reach of AASP and sport psychology.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Cottrell to coach men’s, women’s golf at USC Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'cottrell-to-coach-mens-womens-golf-at-usc-beaufort', '', '', '2021-08-11 10:57:39', '2021-08-11 14:57:39', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51763', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51765, 4, '2021-08-11 11:01:50', '2021-08-11 15:01:50', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Photos by Bob Sofaly</strong><br>With two outs in the second inning, the Braves’ Jake Anderson steals second base before Royals second baseman can field the throw during Beaufort County Adult Baseball League action Thursday at Burton Wells Park. Anderson eventually scored, but the Royals went on to win 4-2.<br><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":51725,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08052021-Braves-vs.-Royals-2-9155.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08052021-Braves-vs.-Royals-2-9155-883x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51725\"/></a><figcaption>Royals pitcher Weldon Smith hurls a fastball toward a Braves batter during Beaufort County Adult Baseball League action Thursday. </figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->', 'A ROYAL VICTORY', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'a-royal-victory', '', '', '2021-08-11 11:01:53', '2021-08-11 15:01:53', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51765', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51767, 4, '2021-08-11 11:06:15', '2021-08-11 15:06:15', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>COVID-19 numbers continue to increase both across the state of South Carolina and here in Beaufort.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Statewide, South Carolina reported 1,954 new cases and 11 deaths on Tuesday.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There are 1,248 COVID patients hospitalized statewide. That number is at its highest since two days before Valentine’s Day.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Locally, the average for confirmed positive cases for the past seven days is 118.43, the highest since the pandemic began. The previous high seven-day average was around 113 cases in mid-January.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Memorial Hospital (BMH), as of Tuesday afternoon, had 39 COVID-positive patients, including eight in the Intensive Care Unit and five on ventilators.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 39 patients is the highest for BMH since it’s all-time high of 44 back on Jan. 8. That day was the third of a three-day stretch with at least 43 COVID-19 patients at BMH.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The number of COVID deaths in Beaufort County remains low, with six coming since mid-June. The death rate, however, typically lags behind reporting of positive cases and hospitalizations.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'COVID surge continues in county, state', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'covid-surge-continues-in-county-state', '', '', '2021-08-11 11:06:16', '2021-08-11 15:06:16', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51767', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51769, 4, '2021-08-11 11:07:25', '2021-08-11 15:07:25', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Although the COVID-19 vaccine is not mandatory for students to return to school, the Beaufort County School District (BCSD) has partnered with Beaufort Memorial Hospital (BMH) in offering two free drive-through Pfizer vaccination clinics this week for anyone 12 and older.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A parent/guardian must accompany any child.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>South of the Broad</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The first event runs from 3 to 6 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 12 at Bluffton Middle School at 30 Mustang Drive, Bluffton.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sign up at www.BeaufortMemorial.org/aug12vax.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>North of the Broad</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The second event runs from 3 to 6 p.m., Friday, Aug. 13 at Lady’s Island Middle School at 30 Cougar Drive, Lady’s Island.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sign up at www.BeaufortMemorial.org/aug13vax.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BCSD encourages anyone who desires the vaccine to sign up as soon as possible so that the hospital can plan accordingly. These clinics are open to anyone in the community.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information, email CommunityComments@beaufort.k12.sc.us.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'BCSD, BMH team up for 2 vaccination clinics', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'bcsd-bmh-team-up-for-2-vaccination-clinics', '', '', '2021-08-11 11:07:27', '2021-08-11 15:07:27', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51769', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51771, 4, '2021-08-11 11:09:02', '2021-08-11 15:09:02', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Along with May River High School, Robert Smalls International Academy has been authorized to offer students prestigious international academic programming that prepares them for the rigor of college. Part of the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, the Cambridge International Secondary Program is offered for students ages 11 to 19. Battery Creek High School will be kicking off its second year of the curriculum this fall.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cambridge International secondary programming has three stages, Lower Secondary, Upper Secondary and Advanced, each providing students with a clear path for educational success via world-class curriculum, high-quality support for teachers, and integrated assessment.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Robert Smalls International Academy will participate in the Cambridge Lower Secondary stage and May River High School will initially participate in the Cambridge Upper Secondary stage and transition to Cambridge Advanced.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>High school students will be able to choose advanced level courses that allow them to earn college credit for qualifying scores on Cambridge exams at no cost to them, and students who pass enough of those courses can earn the prestigious Cambridge International diploma in addition to a traditional South Carolina high school diploma.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Former Robert Smalls International Academy Principal and current district Executive Director, Celestine LaVan, Ed.D., praises the relevance of the Cambridge International Program for Lowcountry students.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Cambridge curriculum emphasizes critical elements comprising the profile of the South Carolina Graduate. The courses allow students to exercise the intellectual challenges and rigor they will find in their high school and college careers,” LaVan said in a release. “The innovative and active learning experiences cultivate the types of thinking and collaboration needed to compete and be successful in a global society, truly supporting the ‘international’ aspect of Robert Smalls International Academy.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nearly a million students from 10,000 schools in 160 countries prepare for their futures with Cambridge programs and qualifications. Success with Cambridge can give students admission to universities in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia and other countries.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“This Cambridge International authorization is just the latest example of the great things happening at May River High School and Robert Smalls International Academy,” District Superintendent Frank Rodriguez said, noting the curriculum’s capacity to increase academic achievement. “These are very exciting days for our students and families as Cambridge International Programming offers them a clear path for educational success.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Interested May River High School and Robert Smalls International Academy students and families can contact their school’s guidance counselors for more information.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Robert Smalls joins Battery Creek with Cambridge International program status', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'robert-smalls-joins-battery-creek-with-cambridge-international-program-status', '', '', '2021-08-11 11:09:06', '2021-08-11 15:09:06', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51771', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51773, 4, '2021-08-11 11:10:42', '2021-08-11 15:10:42', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort County School District has been awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) of the United States and Canada.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This recognition is based on the district’s comprehensive annual financial report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The report was judged by an impartial panel to meet the high standards of the program, which includes demonstrating a constructive \"spirit of full disclosure\" to clearly communicate its financial story and motivate potential users and user groups to read the report.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to the GFOA, “The Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents a significant accomplishment by a government and its management Government.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Superintendent Frank Rodriguez credits the District’s Chief Financial Officer Tonya Crosby and her staff with this recognition.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Our finance department is top-notch, continually demonstrating superb financial acumen and transparency,” Rodriguez said in a release. “This award only reinforces what I have experienced with Ms. Crosby and her team since I joined BCSD as Superinte&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'BCSD acknowledged for excellence in financial reporting', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'bcsd-acknowledged-for-excellence-in-financial-reporting', '', '', '2021-08-11 11:10:43', '2021-08-11 15:10:43', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51773', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(51775, 4, '2021-08-11 11:15:48', '2021-08-11 15:15:48', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>How to ask other parents if they are vaccinated</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you and your child have been vaccinated for COVID-19, you may be wondering if their friends’ families have been vaccinated too. But, is it okay to ask? </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I think most of the time a conversation resolves a lot. Keeping things mysterious and unknown and everybody wondering, ‘Should I, shouldn’t I, is it okay, is it not okay?’ increases anxiety for all of us,” said Vanessa Jensen, PsyD, pediatric psychologist for Cleveland Clinic Children’s.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dr. Jensen said if you’re worried about having your child around someone who isn’t vaccinated, then there’s nothing wrong with asking. However, it is important to remain respectful.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For example, if your child’s friend invites them over and the parent tells you they are not vaccinated, avoid lecturing them. Instead, politely thank them for the invitation and suggest getting the kids together outside another time.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you have a specific reason why you’re concerned, like an elderly relative, you could share that if it seems appropriate.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We want to try to help model for our kids. We don’t want to judge people for taking different positions on this one. I know some people are very intense, they have very strong opinions—I don’t feel putting kids in that position is going to be helpful,” explained Dr. Jensen.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>She said parents should also be mindful of how they’re explaining to their child why they can’t go to a friend’s house. You don’t need to give a detailed reason, keep it simple and in terms they can understand.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Recovering from sports injuries&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Common sports injuries like ligament tears or sprains can sideline athletes for weeks or even months. Often it can seem like elite athletes bounce back quickly from injury. Dr. Kelechi Okoroha, a Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon, explains what everyday athletes can do to speed up their recovery process after injury or surgery.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Elite athletes tend to return to play faster after an injury than everyday athletes. Dr. Okoroha, who works with professional athletes and knows what factors they have working in their favor.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"They have very high motivation. They want to get back to their sport. Often, it\'s their job, so they have to get back to that quickly,\" says Dr. Okoroha. \"They\'re in better shape than the common-day athlete, their muscles already pretrained, and it\'s easier to recover.\"&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While it may be unrealistic to think the average athlete can bounce back as quickly, Dr. Okoroha says there are steps anyone can take to aid in their recovery process.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"Sleep and nutrition are very important. Sleep plays into a factor of fatigue. If you\'re tired, you can have poor mechanics, and then you always want to make sure you optimize your nutrition.\"&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If an athlete is recovering from an injury that required surgery, physical therapy plays a huge role.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\"Orthopedists do the surgery, and they stabilize the ligaments and repair the tissues, but physical therapy is just as important in getting patients back to sport. I tell them (my patients) that you have to make sure you\'re adequately going to physical therapy two to three times a week, and they kind of guide your process in terms of recovery,\" says Dr. Okoroha. <br><br><em>Exclusive content from CARE Magazine</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'careTALK©', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'caretalk-3', '', '', '2021-08-11 11:15:51', '2021-08-11 15:15:51', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51775', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51777, 4, '2021-08-11 11:17:49', '2021-08-11 15:17:49', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We all know that one family member or friend who seems to always be craving their favorite sugary drink or snack. While having a craving for soda or sweet tea is normal, one that is constant should raise the alarm for a much more serious health issue.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Q: I\'ve been craving sweets lately - could that mean I have diabetes?&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A: Nope. Craving sugar is not one of the symptoms of diabetes, or hyperglycemia (too much blood glucose). Symptoms to look for are frequent urination, excessive thirst, fatigue, weight loss, and blurry vision.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you skip meals often you may be experiencing hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar. When your blood sugar starts to dip, you naturally long for a sugary snack to get it back up. But the body processes sugar fast, so the energy surge quickly wears off and you\'re left craving another cookie.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Another common culprit? Low levels of serotonin, the brain chemical responsible for making us feel happy. If you have chronically low levels, your sugar yen could be your body\'s attempt to fix the problem—studies suggest that sugar increases the absorption of the amino acid tryptophan, which the body uses to make serotonin.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The good news: You can break the cravings cycle. First, stick to three or more healthy meals a day—no skipping! Blowing off a meal can cause your blood sugar to drop and your body to seek a solution—like a hit of chocolate or pint of coffee ice cream. Instead, choose good-news fare that keeps you satisfied. (Source: “What the Yuck”, medical editor Dr. Roshini Raj, whattheyuck@ health.com)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>However, you may be diagnosed with <strong>hyperglycemia</strong>— an elevation of blood sugar often caused by the Standard American Diet (SAD) and a sedentary lifestyle. The cause is either insufficient production of insulin by your pancreas (type 1 diabetes) or inefficient ability of insulin to perform its normal functions, which is called insulin resistance and is found in type 2 diabetes. A highly elevated level of blood sugar can become life threatening, resulting in coma,” says Dr. Vikki Petersen, certified clinical nutritionist, chiropractor and certified functional medicine practitioner.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>What are some common symptoms that are associated with high blood sugar? Here are the top 6 symptoms to look out for when it comes to hyperglycemia:&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>SYMPTOM #1: Fruity smelling breath&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This is not something you can detect on yourself, but if a friend or family member displays very sweet breath, have them check into it, especially if they display other symptoms. This could very well be due to elevated blood sugar levels that need to be brought under control.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>SYMPTOM #2: Fatigue and weakness or dizziness&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The state of excess sugar is a toxic situation for your body and one that puts it on high alert. The body’s energy goes towards trying to handle the toxic levels of sugar, leaving you tired and feeling weak. If you or someone you know experiences regular fatigue or dizzy spells, consider checking blood sugar levels.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>SYMPTOM #3: Headache, brain fog, trouble concentrating&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Your brain and nervous system uses glucose as fuel but it needs to be in the correct amount. Both too much blood sugar and too little (hypoglycemia) can cause headache and brain fog. With the amount of sugars present in processed foods and sweet treats, it’s good to check if your blood sugar levels are too high if you experience frequent headaches.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>SYMPTOM #4: Blurred vision and later blindness&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Excess blood sugar damages the vessels of your retina, creating clouding of your vision and eventually permanent damage as blindness. This of course is advanced stages of untreated high blood sugar, meaning if you check on a regular basis and control blood sugar levels, you can prevent damage before it happens.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>SYMPTOM #5: Increased thirst and urination&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Your body is very clever and it increases your thirst as a means of trying to dilute the excess sugar and excrete it from your body with more frequent urination. If you have the ability to check your urine you will see elevated glucose in it.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>SYMPTOM #6: Weight loss&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The reason that weight loss occurs is that without the insulin normally produced by the pancreas, the body is forced to start burning fat stores at a high rate of speed in order to keep all of your organs functioning and your brain firing neurons to the rest of the body.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Additional source: https://diabetic. news/16-signs-hyperglycemia/9/&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'ALWAYS CRAVING SUGAR?', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'always-craving-sugar', '', '', '2021-08-11 11:17:51', '2021-08-11 15:17:51', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51777', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51779, 4, '2021-08-11 11:20:12', '2021-08-11 15:20:12', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sure, it\'s easier to say yes, but at what price to your peace of mind? Here\'s why saying no may be a healthier option for stress relief.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Is your plate piled high with deadlines and obligations? Are you trying to cram too many activities into too little time? If so, stress relief can be as straightforward as just saying no. Saying no is a complete sentence.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Why say no?</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The number of worthy requests isn\'t likely to lessen, and you can\'t add more time to your day. Are you doomed to be overcommitted? The answer is no, not if you\'re willing to say no. It may not be the easy way, but it is a path to stress relief.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Keep in mind that being overloaded is individual. Just because your co-worker can juggle 10 committees with seeming ease doesn\'t mean you should be able to be on several committees. Only you can know what\'s too much for you. Each person knows their own mental and physical limits.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>Consider these reasons for saying no:</em></strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Saying no isn\'t necessarily selfish. </strong>When you say no to a new commitment, you\'re honoring your existing obligations and ensuring that you\'ll be able to devote high-quality time to them.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Saying no can allow you to try new things. </strong>Just because you\'ve always helped plan the company softball tournament doesn\'t mean you have to do it forever. Saying no gives you time to pursue other interests.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Always saying yes isn\'t healthy. </strong>When you\'re overcommitted and under too much stress, you\'re more likely to feel run-down and possibly get sick.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Saying yes can cut others out. </strong>On the other hand, when you say no, you open the door for others to step up. Or you can delegate someone to take over the task. They may not do things the way you would, but that\'s OK. They\'ll find their own way.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>When to say no</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sometimes it\'s tough to determine which activities deserve your time and attention. Use these strategies to evaluate obligations — and opportunities — that come your way.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Focus on what matters most. </strong>Keep the main thing the main thing. Keep first things first. Examine your obligations and priorities before making any new commitments. Ask yourself if the new commitment is important to you. If it\'s something you feel strongly about, by all means do it. If not, take a pass.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Weigh the yes-to-stress ratio. </strong>Is the new activity you\'re considering a short- or long-term commitment? For example, making a batch of cookies for the school bake sale will take far less time than heading up the school fundraising committee. Don\'t say yes if it will mean months of added stress. Instead, look for other ways to pitch in.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Take guilt out of the equation. </strong>Don\'t agree to a request you would rather decline out of guilt or obligation. Doing so will likely lead to additional stress and resentment.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sleep on it. </strong>Are you tempted by a friend\'s invitation to volunteer at your old alma mater or to join a weekly golf league? Before you respond, take a day to think about the request and how it fits in with your current commitments. If you can\'t sleep on it, at least take the time to think the request through before answering.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>How to say no</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“No”. See how simple it is to say one little word, allowing you to take a pass on tasks that don\'t make the cut? Of course, there will be times when it\'s just not that easy. Here are some things to keep in mind when you need to say no:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Say no. </strong>The word no has power. Don\'t be afraid to use it. Be careful about using vague substitute phrases, such as \"I\'m not sure\" or \"I don\'t think I can.\" These can be interpreted to mean that you might say yes later.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Be brief. </strong>State your reason for refusing the request, but don\'t go on about it. Avoid elaborate justifications or explanations. Be clear and be decisive.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Be honest. </strong>Don\'t fabricate reasons to get out of an obligation. The truth is always the best way to turn down a friend, family member or co-worker.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Be respectful. </strong>Many good causes may land at your door, and it can be tough to turn them down. Complimenting the group\'s effort while saying that you can\'t commit shows that you respect what they\'re trying to accomplish. For example, you could say something similar to, \"Thank you for the opportunity, but I have a full plate right now.\"</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Be ready to repeat. </strong>You may need to refuse a request several times before the other person accepts your response. When that happens, just hit the replay button. Calmly repeat your no, with or without your original rationale, as needed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Saying no won\'t be easy if you\'re used to saying yes all the time. But learning to say no is an important part of simplifying your life and managing your stress. And with practice, you may find saying no gets easier.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>By Mayo Clinic Staff</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/stress-relief/art-20044494?\">https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/stress-relief/art-20044494?</a><br><br><em>Exclusive content from CARE Magazine</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Stress relief: When and how to say no', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'stress-relief-when-and-how-to-say-no', '', '', '2021-08-11 11:20:15', '2021-08-11 15:20:15', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51779', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51781, 4, '2021-08-11 11:21:32', '2021-08-11 15:21:32', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Processed foods, such as ready meals, baked goods, and processed meats, can have negative health effects.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Most food needs some degree of processing, and not all processed foods are bad for the body.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>However, chemically processed foods, also called ultra-processed foods, tend to be high in sugar, artificial ingredients, refined carbohydrates, and trans fats. Because of this, they are a major contributor to obesity and illness around the world.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In recent decades, ultra-processed food intake has increased dramatically worldwide. These foods now account for 25–60% of a person’s daily energy intake throughout much of the world.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>What are processed foods?</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The term “processed food” can cause some confusion because most foods are processed in some way.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Mechanical processing</strong>—such as grinding beef, heating vegetables, or pasteurizing foods—does not necessarily make foods unhealthful. If the processing does not add chemicals or ingredients, it does not tend to lessen the healthfulness of the food.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>However, there is a difference between mechanical processing and chemical processing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Chemically processed </strong>foods often only contain refined ingredients and artificial substances, with little nutritional value. They tend to have added chemical flavoring agents, colors, and sweeteners.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These ultra-processed foods are sometimes called “cosmetic” foods, as compared with whole foods.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Some examples of ultra-processed foods include:</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>frozen or ready meals</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>baked goods, including pizza, cakes, and pastries</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>packaged breads</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>processed cheese products</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>breakfast cereals</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>crackers and chips</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>candy and ice cream</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>instant noodles and soups</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>reconstituted meats, such as sausages, nuggets, fish fingers, and processed ham</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>sodas and other sweetened drinks</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Are processed foods bad for you?</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ultra-processed foods tend to taste good and are often inexpensive.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>However, they usually contain ingredients that could be harmful if consumed in excess, such as saturated fats, added sugar, and salt. These foods also contain less dietary fiber and fewer vitamins than whole foods.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One large study involving more than 100,000 adults, found that eating 10% more ultra-processed foods was associated with above a 10% increase in the risks of cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, and cerebrovascular disorders.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The researchers reached this conclusion after accounting for saturated fat, sodium, sugar, and fiber intake.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Another large study involving almost 20,000 adults, found that eating more than four servings of processed food daily was linked with an increased risk of all-cause mortality. For each additional serving, all-cause mortality risk increased by 18%.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Other research indicates that eating highly processed foods can lead to weight gain.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Here are seven reasons why processed foods can increase the risk to a person’s health.&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Added sugar</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Artificial ingredients</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Refined carbohydrates</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Low in nutrients</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Low in fiber</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Quick calories</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Trans fats</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Summary</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In recent decades, ultra-processed foods have become common in diets worldwide. However, eating large amounts of these foods increases risks to health.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To rebalance the diet or make it more healthful, a person can replace ultra-processed foods with whole foods, including grains, nuts, seeds, lean meats, fruits, vegetables, and legumes.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Source: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/ibd-and-covid-19?utm_source=Sailthru Email&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_campaign=MNT Daily News&amp;utm_content=2021-07-19&amp;apid=37763034&amp;rvid=3424e32faa971ce2c1b02d01eed1022831fc564614ad3f53b1cc99363570ba22#outlook<br><br>Exclusive content from CARE Magazine</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'How do processed foods affect your health?', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'how-do-processed-foods-affect-your-health', '', '', '2021-08-11 11:21:34', '2021-08-11 15:21:34', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51781', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51783, 4, '2021-08-11 11:23:26', '2021-08-11 15:23:26', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Do you feel an overwhelming need to move your legs when sitting or lying down? Do these sensations make it hard to fall or stay asleep? These can be signs of Restless Legs Syndrome, also known as RLS.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>RLS is caused by problems with the way the nerves in the brain and body communicate with each other. These problems result in a strong, sometimes overwhelming urge to move the legs. This urge often comes with unpleasant feelings like tingling, burning, or throbbing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Up to 7 to 10% of people in the U.S. may have RLS. Women are more likely than men to have the condition. Genes appear to play some role in who’s at risk.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Symptoms may be mild and not interfere with daily life. But they can get worse over time. Four core symptoms define the disorder, explains Dr. Christopher Earley, a nervous system specialist at Johns Hopkins University.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One is the urgent need to move the legs. Second, leg discomfort is triggered by rest, like sitting or lying down. The third is that discomfort is relieved by movement.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“People feel better as soon as they get up and walk around,” Earley says.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Fourth, symptoms get worse throughout the day, peaking in the evening and night.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Severe symptoms can affect people’s everyday lives. They can particularly impact your ability to get a good night’s sleep. This can, in turn, make it hard to work, drive, or do other daily activities.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Treatment for RLS depends on its severity. Certain lifestyle changes can help some people with mild to moderate symptoms (see the sidebar box for tips). If lifestyle changes don’t help, medications may bring some relief.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The medications used for RLS affect different chemicals in the brain. It may be necessary to try different ones to see which work for you.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Drugs used to treat seizures can help rebalance the brain chemicals involved in RLS. Other drugs mimic the effect of a brain chemical called dopamine. Dopamine helps regulate movement and other functions. Certain pain medications and anti-anxiety drugs may also help.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Recent research suggests a lack of iron in the brain can trigger RLS. Doctors now often recommend iron supplements as part of treatment. Tests for iron in blood samples don’t show whether the brain lacks iron. Some people with RLS have normal blood levels of iron, but still benefit from extra iron, Earley explains.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>His team tested whether high doses of iron, given by IV, help people with RLS. The treatment improved some people’s symptoms—even if they didn’t have low levels of iron in their blood.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>High doses of iron may prevent RLS from developing, too. But first, Earley says, they need to learn how to tell who’s at risk of RLS because of low iron in the brain.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For now, symptoms are the only way to diagnose RLS. If you have think you may have this condition, talk with your health care provider. They can help you find ways to get some relief.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Source: https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2021/07/disruptive-leg-movement<br><br><em>Exclusive content from CARE Magazine</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Managing Restless Legs Syndrome', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'managing-restless-legs-syndrome', '', '', '2021-08-11 11:23:29', '2021-08-11 15:23:29', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51783', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51785, 4, '2021-08-11 11:25:22', '2021-08-11 15:25:22', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County Council chair Joe Passiment is among 25 county officials from across the state who graduated August 2 from Levels I and II of the Institute of Government for County Officials at the S.C. Association of Counties’ 2021 Annual Conference, held July 30-Aug. 3.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Passiment graduated from Level II.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It is an honor for me to recognize members of the class of 2021,” 2020-21 SCAC President Johnnie Wright Sr. (Orangeburg County Council Chairman) said when recognizing graduates at the conference’s opening session August 2. “Thank you for your dedication to county government, as demonstrated by your graduation today. Congratulations!”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Institute of Government for County Officials provides county officials the opportunity to enhance their skills and abilities to function more effectively. SCAC partners with the College of Charleston’s Joseph P. Riley Jr. Center for Livable Communities to offer the Institute of Government three times per year. Clemson University’s Master of Public Administration program sponsors the Institute.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>County officials must complete 27 hours of instruction to graduate from Level I, and 18 hours of instruction to graduate from Level II.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>SCAC, chartered on June 22, 1967, is a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization whose membership includes all 46 counties in South Carolina. Governed by a 29-member board of directors elected each year by county officials at the Association’s annual conference, SCAC is the only organization representing county governments in the state.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Council chair Passiment graduates from SCAC program', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'council-chair-passiment-graduates-from-scac-program', '', '', '2021-08-11 11:25:25', '2021-08-11 15:25:25', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51785', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51787, 4, '2021-08-11 11:26:29', '2021-08-11 15:26:29', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County Council Vice Chairman Paul Sommerville was among five elected to the a four-year term on the board of the South Carolina Association of Counties (SCAC) when the organization held its 2021 Annual Conference July 30 through Aug. 3.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Oconee County Council Vice Chairman Paul A. Cain was elected President, succeeding Orangeburg County Council Chairman Johnnie Wright Sr., who served as 2020−21 SCAC President.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I am deeply honored and grateful to have the opportunity to serve as president of SCAC this year,” SCAC President Paul A. Cain said in a release.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The newly elected president offered some advice to anyone who has not been vaccinated.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I strongly encourage everyone to get vaccinated,” said Cain, noting that he and his wife, Amy, were vaccinated mid-April against COVID-19. “As we see the rise in the highly-contagious Delta variant of the COVID-19, we also see serious illnesses and deaths rise throughout South Carolina. At this point in the pandemic, almost all of the people who are dying are unvaccinated.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“If you don’t want to get vaccinated for your own safety,” he pleaded, “please at least think about your family and friends who would be devastated if you passed away from COVID-19, and get vaccinated for them.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Other officers elected include First Vice President Debra B. Summers, Lexington County Council; Second Vice President Roy Costner III, Pickens County Council Vice Chairman; Third Vice President William E. Robinson, Allendale County Council; Secretary Steve Willis, Lancaster County Administrator; and Treasurer Belinda D. Copeland, Darlington County.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Other board members elected include Julie J. Armstrong, Charleston County Clerk of Court; Steven J. Brown, Greenwood County Council Chairman; Cecil M. Thornton Jr., Calhoun County Council; and Robert Winkler, York County Council Vice Chairman.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>SCAC voted for Dwight L. Stewart Jr. (Clarendon County Council Chairman), SCAC’s Immediate Past President for 2020−21, to serve the unexpired term of SCAC Third Vice President William E. Robinson (Allendale County Council).</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>SCAC, chartered on June 22, 1967, is a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization whose membership includes all 46 counties in South Carolina. Governed by a 29-member board of directors elected each year by county officials at the Association’s annual conference, SCAC is the only organization representing county governments in the state.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Paul Sommerville elected to SCAC board', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'paul-sommerville-elected-to-scac-board', '', '', '2021-08-12 06:29:07', '2021-08-12 10:29:07', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51787', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51789, 4, '2021-08-11 11:28:31', '2021-08-11 15:28:31', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce announced that Megan Thibault Morris has joined the staff team as Director of Member Services.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In her role, Megan will be responsible for developing content, programming, and marketing opportunities to support Chamber member businesses.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Morris is a Beaufort native. She earned a degree in marketing from the University of South Carolina. Previously she served as executive director of the Santa Elena Foundation.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>She has also served in communications roles for the Beaufort County School District and Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation. Recently, she and her husband Erin “Tank” Morris led the 2021 Beaufort Water Festival, and they have two children in local schools.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Input on events and programs that will best support the business community can be sent to Morris at mmorris@beaufortchamber.org.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Morris joins Chamber staff', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'morris-joins-chamber-staff', '', '', '2021-08-11 11:28:34', '2021-08-11 15:28:34', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51789', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(51792, 4, '2021-08-10 11:28:00', '2021-08-10 15:28:00', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Beaufort Jasper Hampton Comprehensive Health System (BJHCHS) and health centers nationwide are celebrating the 2021 National Health Center Week through Aug. 14. This year’s theme is “Community Health Centers: The Chemistry for Strong Communities.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The BJHCHS is celebrating by continuing efforts to protect communities by offering several free community vaccination events.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>– 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 12</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Piggly Wiggly (Partnership with Port Royal WIC), 1347 Ribaut Road, Port Royal, S.C. 29935</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>– Noon to 4 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 14</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Robertsville Community Center (Partnership with The Singleton Family Foundation), 9731 Cottonhill Road, Pineland, S.C. 29934</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>– 4 to 6 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 15</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Penn Center (Partnership with Penn Center’s Back to School Event), 16 Penn Circle West, St. Helena Island, S.C.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'BJHCHS holding free vaccination events', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'bjhchs-holding-free-vaccination-events', '', '', '2021-08-11 11:30:28', '2021-08-11 15:30:28', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51792', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51794, 4, '2021-08-10 11:30:00', '2021-08-10 15:30:00', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Friends of Port Royal Cypress Wetlands guided tours</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>9 a.m., fourth Friday of each month. The Friends of Port Royal Cypress Wetlands (501c3) offers tours to the public. Tours begin at the amphitheater (Paris Avenue), and you will be guided through the rookery, viewing the many varieties of birds and wildlife and learning the benefits of this stormwater system &amp; working organic laboratory. Tours will be conducted by Master Naturalist Jill Moore from Moore To Life. Those interested in attending, reserve a spot by email at katkatbray@gmail.com. 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>Port Royal Farmers Market</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>9 a.m. to noon, Saturdays, year round, 1615 Ribaut Road, Port Royal. Rain or shine. For more information, visit http://www.portroyalfarmersmarket.com/, visit @portroyalfarmersmarket on Facebook or call 843-295-0058.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Beaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club August meeting</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 12, 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. The topic is Spanish Mackerel. Captain Adam Sauernborn of Tide Ryder Charters and Captain Frank Gibson will discuss live baiting verses planers and spoons. This will include inshore and close by offshore locations, rods and reels, and bait of choice. 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. John Anderson won the monthly $50 drawing for June. Winners must be present at the next month’s meeting to receive the cash award. For 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>CPR re-certification</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>8 a.m to 12:30 p.m., Saturdays, Aug. 14, Sept. 25, Nov. 13, at the Wardle Family YMCA, 1801 Richmond Ave., Port Royal, offers CPR. Cost is $25 for YMCA certified course. Those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first come, first serve basis. Questions? Contact William Howell, Aquatics Director, 843-522-9622. To register visit the Y front desk or online at beaufort-jasperymca.org and click ‘Register for a Program’ at the top of the page.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Northern Beaufort County Democratic Club fundraiser</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6 to 9 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 18 at the Port Royal Beer Garden across from The Sands Beach. Advance tickets are $15, while a few tickets will be available at the door for $20 each. Musical entertainment will be provided by Debbie McDaniel and Mark Flasch. David Taub, a former Mayor of Beaufort and the former Beaufort County Democratic Chair, will be the guest speaker. You can pay in advance by credit card or PayPal at https://bit.ly/3xXW08c, or, if you prefer to pay by check, do so as soon as possible by mailing it to to NOB Dems, P.O. Box 690, Beaufort, S.C. 29901 and drop us a line at nobdems@gmail.com to let us know to look for your check. If you pay in advance, bring digital proof of payment.</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., every third Thursday each month, downtown Beaufort. 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. Entertainment schedule: Thursday, Aug, 19 – TD Hicks; Thursday, Sept. 16 – Wayne Graberbauer; Thursday, Oct. 21 – Alan Price; Thursday, Nov. 18 – Nick Poulin.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Street Music on Paris Avenue</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6 p.m., between 9th and 10th streets on Paris Avenue, downtown Port Royal. Free and open to the public. Bring you own chairs. Schedule: Saturday, Aug. 21 – Katie Henry; Saturday, Sept. 4 – Wayne Baker Brooks; Saturday, Sept. 18 – Big Al &amp; The Heavyweights.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>CPR training</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>8 a.m to 12:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 21, Sept. 18, Oct. 16, Nov. 20, Dec. 11, at the Wardle Family YMCA, 1801 Richmond Ave., Port Royal, offers CPR. Cost is $35 for YMCA certified course. Those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first come, first serve basis. Questions? Contact William Howell, Aquatics Director, 843-522-9622. To register visit the Y front desk or online at beaufort-jasperymca.org and click ‘Register for a Program’ at the top of the page.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>29th Annual Beaufort County Youth Conference</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 25, virtually on Zoom. This years theme: \"This Is America. Quest for the Best.\" Planned by teens for teens, the conference includes workshops, entertainment, door prizes and T-shirts will be available for middle and high school participants. Contact Carrie Major at 843-812-4399 or Janie W. Brown at 843-592-0013 for more information. Register on the Beaufort County Youth Conference Facebook page.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Lowcountry boil to benefit Lowcountry Legal Volunteers</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5 to 8 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 25., Community Beer Garden at The Sands in Port Royal. A Lowcountry boil featuring live music will support a local nonprofit that provides free legal representation to those in need. Tickets are $50 and include all-you-can eat Lowcountry boil catered by Sea Eagle Market and live music provided by The Cluster Shucks, a Beaufort-based bluegrass-rock band comprised of Jason Ward, Ben Coppage and Worth Liipfert. Lowcountry Legal Volunteers are located at 108 Traders Cross in Okatie. To learn more about Lowcountry Legal Volunteers or to buy a ticket, visit lowcountrylegalvolunteers.org. Sponsorships for the Lowcountry boil are still available by calling 843-815-1570 or by emailing Beverly Bauman at beverly@lclv.org.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'WHAT’S HAPPENING', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'whats-happening-65', '', '', '2021-08-11 11:31:43', '2021-08-11 15:31:43', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51794', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(51796, 4, '2021-08-11 11:35:26', '2021-08-11 15:35:26', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Mike McCombs</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Help remains available for Beaufort County renters struggling during the Covid-19 pandemic, as S.C. Housing’s SC Stay Plus assistance program is still taking applications.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>SC Stay Plus provides payments directly to landlords and utility companies for “cost-burdened” renters who meet certain criteria.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As of Monday, fewer than 10 percent of the county’s nearly 5,000 “cost-burdened” renters had taken advantage of the program. “Cost-burdened” renters are those who pay rent above 50 percent of their household income.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Federal guidelines say rent should occupy close to 30 percent of the household income. After that point, housing costs become a burden, preventing renters from paying for necessities such as food, transportation and child care.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the two weeks since The Island News’ original story on the program, applications in Beaufort County have risen by about 20 percent, according to S.C. Housing spokesperson Chris Winston. Several other media outlets have had coverage of the topic, as well.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“(Increased) media coverage and the approaching end of the (eviction) moratorium resulted in a boost in applications. People are seeing it and paying attention,” Winston said. “It’s still not the number we would have expected at this point, but it’s doing better.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As of Monday morning, statewide applications were up 14 percent, according to Winston, meaning Beaufort is slightly ahead of the curve.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>CDC extended the eviction moratorium at the beginning of August for counties with “high and substantial” COVID transmission. This extension covers all of South Carolina.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Winston added that between tax refunds, child-tax refunds and other stimulus payments, there are other ways some struggling renters may have stayed current, as well.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>SC Stay Plus provides assistance for renters in three key ways:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol><li>SC Stay Plus will pay up to 12 months of back rent brought on by COVID-19 related financial instability. The money is paid directly to the landlord.</li><li>SC Stay Plus will offer up to three additional months of future rental assistance for those at risk of homelessness or eviction.</li><li>SC Stay Plus will offer utility assistance paid directly to the utility companies for past-due utility and energy costs.</li></ol>\n<!-- /wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Applicants are already qualified if they are collecting SNAP, WIC, unemployment benefits or Medicaid. There is no citizenship requirement, and there doesn’t have to be a formal lease. Renters must simply show they are consistently trying to pay rent.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Winston said there are a large number of partial applications in the system, and S.C. Housing officials are trying to determine what required items are giving applicants trouble and why.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“(We need to) make sure help is going to the right person, the person who needs help, if it means possibly going without them providing a document that they may be challenged to produce,” Winston said. “Also, for instance, if an entire zip code is below a level that qualifies (but is still struggling), maybe that’s an area that needs help and we need to request help.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The SC Stay Plus application can accessed online at SCHousing.com/Home/SC-Stay-Plus. For those without reliable internet access, residents can sign up online or visit any Beaufort County Branch Library, which are offering free public access to computers, free Wi-Fi and informational flyers about the SC Stay Plus program.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“As a valued community resource, the Beaufort County Library exists to connect residents to a wide variety of resources,” Beaufort County Library Director Amanda Dickman said in a release. “With five branch libraries uniquely positioned across the County, residents have reliable access to computers, Wi-Fi, and general information about the SC Stay Plus program.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Residents can visit www.beaufortcountylibrary.org for a complete list of locations, hours and services available.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more information, call 803-336-3420, 1-800-476-0412 or email scstayplus@schousing.com.</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 -->', 'Help still available for struggling Beaufort renters', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'help-still-available-for-struggling-beaufort-renters', '', '', '2021-08-11 11:35:29', '2021-08-11 15:35:29', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51796', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51798, 4, '2021-08-11 11:41:38', '2021-08-11 15:41:38', '<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2><strong>Striebinger will be 1st SC woman ordained by Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests&nbsp;</strong><br></h2>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Mike McCombs&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On Sunday, Aug. 15, Beaufort’s Jill Striebinger will become the first woman priest in South Carolina ordained by the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests in a private service “promoting the equality of women in the Catholic Church.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Striebinger is obviously not being ordained through the institutional Roman Catholic Church. The Church does not allow women or married persons to join the priesthood, signaling two roadblocks for Striebinger.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Striebinger said her husband, as well as her family and friends have been supportive along her chosen path.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I have been fully supported in my journey, which I know is not always true of other women in the group because of different feelings people have growing up Roman Catholic,” Striebinger said. “I just see it as bringing more inclusivity and acceptance to people who have grown up Catholic.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Striebinger, who has worked in disability advocacy and as a peer advocate for mothers of children with developmental disabilities, said there are too many people out there trying to tell Christians “how to believe” and who can or cannot participate, specifically the LGBT community, divorced people and remarried people. She said this behavior is borderline abuse and has excluded certain people from God.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“If I can offer any bit of comfort to people who do not feel included,” she said, “then I wish to do that with all my heart.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"right\",\"id\":51740,\"width\":454,\"height\":696,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/RCWPAlogo.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/RCWPAlogo-668x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51740\" width=\"454\" height=\"696\"/></a></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to a news release by the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests (ARCWP), Striebinger’s ordination is “a prophetic act of obedience to the Spirit for gender equality and a clarion call to action in response to Pope Francis’s failure to revise Canon Law on Women’s Ordination and his failure to include women in decisions affecting the care and control of their bodies.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Striebinger said she sees the group as a “community of equals, and that’s what appeals to me. It’s much more representative of Jesus and his message. Love your neighbor, not take control of your neighbor.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to the ARCWP, the women’s priest movement “embraces an inclusive, Christ-centered and Spirit-empowered model of Church as a community of equals where all are welcome to receive Eucharist and other sacraments, including the LGBTIQA, and divorced and remarried population. We are helping the church move from a clerical model of priesthood to a people powered community of faith.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The movement has grown from seven women priests ordained in 2002 to nearly 300 members today.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>As of Tuesday evening, a message left with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston had not been returned.&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.&nbsp;</em><br><br><em>Photo of Jill Striebinger, above, by Jasmina Kimova.&nbsp;</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Beaufort woman set to be ordained as priest', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'beaufort-woman-set-to-be-ordained-as-priest', '', '', '2021-08-12 16:36:19', '2021-08-12 20:36:19', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51798', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51800, 4, '2021-08-11 11:46:21', '2021-08-11 15:46:21', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bass player Michael C. Steele and drummer Seth Henderschot of the Randall Bramblett Band keep the rhythm going during the Port Royal Street Music series on Friday on Paris Avenue in Port Royal. <br><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":51727,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08072021-First-Friday-2-9230.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08072021-First-Friday-2-9230-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51727\"/></a><figcaption>It was absolutely packed as hundreds of people showed up to listen to world class music and dance the evening way to the Randall Bramblett Band on Friday. Photos by Bob Sofaly.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->', 'LISTEN TO THE MUSIC', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'listen-to-the-music', '', '', '2021-08-11 11:46:24', '2021-08-11 15:46:24', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51800', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51802, 4, '2021-08-11 11:49:09', '2021-08-11 15:49:09', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>G</strong><strong>loria </strong><strong>E</strong><strong>lizab</strong>e<strong>th </strong><strong>C</strong><strong>uthb</strong>e<strong>rt&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Gloria Elizabeth Cuthbert, 73, of the Lands End Community of St. Helena Island, SC entered into eternal rest at her residence Wednesday, June 9, 2021. Viewing at Helen Galloway\'s Memorial Chapel of Chisholm Galloway Home for Funerals. Funeral services were Thursday, June 17, Lands End Woodland Beach, St. Helena Island, South Carolina 29920. Burial in the Riverside Cemetery.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>D</strong><strong>oris </strong><strong>C</strong><strong>haplin </strong><strong>D</strong><strong>i</strong>c<strong>k</strong>e<strong>rson&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Doris Chaplin Dickerson (family to the Cuthbert\'s of St. Helena Island); Doris Chaplin Dickerson services were held in New York July 9, 2021 at Greater Allen AME Cathedral of NY, 110-31 Floyd H. Flake Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11433. Burial in the Pine Lawn Memorial Park in New York.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Minist</strong>e<strong>r Carri</strong>e A<strong>lfor</strong>d<strong>Gar</strong>d<strong>n</strong>e<strong>r</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Minister Carrie Alford Gardner, 82, of the Warsaw Island Community of St. Helena Island and wife of Walter Gardner entered into eternal rest June 30, 2021 at the Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Funeral services, July 6, in the rear garden of Ebenezer Baptist Church, 53 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, St. Helena Island. Burial in the Warsaw Island Cemetery, off Major Road on Warsaw.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Willi</strong>e<strong>Ma</strong>e S<strong>in</strong>g<strong>l</strong>e<strong>ton Dupont</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Willie Mae Singleton Dupont, 60, of the Tom Fripp Community of St. Helena Island, SC entered into eternal rest at her residence Thursday, July 1, 2021. Viewing Wednesday, July 7 in Helen Galloway\'s Memorial Chapel of Chisholm Galloway Home for Funerals. Graveside services Thursday, July 8, in the Tom Fripp Cemetery, St. Helena Island.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Clar</strong>e<strong>n</strong>ce L<strong>arry </strong>Be<strong>nn</strong>e<strong>tt</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Clarence Larry Bennett, 66, of Port Royal, South Carolina entered into eternal rest at the Beaufort Memorial Hospital on Saturday, July 17, 2021. Funeral Services were Saturday, July 24 in Helen Galloway Memorial Chapel, Chisholm Galloway Home for Funerals, 808 Bladen Street, Beaufort. Internment services was Tuesday, July 27 at the Beaufort National Cemetery with full Military Honors.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Juli</strong>e <strong>Johnson Ealy</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Julie Johnson Ealy, 72, formerly of the Orange Grove Community of St. Helena Island, SC entered into eternal rest in Lowell, Massachusetts on July 18, 2021. Funeral services were held in Massachusetts on Friday, July 30. Burial services were at 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, August 3, at the Orange Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, 189 Orange Grove Road on St. Helena Island.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Christin</strong>e F<strong>lor</strong>e<strong>n</strong>ce H<strong>ous</strong>e<strong>al</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Christine Florence Houseal, 101, of Evans, Georgia entered into eternal rest at the Camellia Walk Assisted Living &amp; Memory Care facility in Evans, GA, July 16, 2021. Family members gathered at Chisholm Galloway Home for Funerals. Christine Houseal is formerly of Fripp Island, SC. Graveside services were at 12 Noon, Monday, July 26 at Beaufort National Cemetery, Boundary Street.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>D</strong>e<strong>a</strong>c<strong>on </strong><strong>C</strong><strong>harl</strong>e<strong>s </strong>Sw<strong>inton</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Deacon Charles Swinton, 92, of Ridgeland, South Carolina entered into eternal rest at his residence on Friday, July 16, 2021. Visitation was Tuesday, July 20 at Zion Oak Grove Baptist Church, 3595 Coosaw Scenic Drive, Ridgeland. Funeral Services were July 21, at Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Center, 3763 Bees Creek Road, Ridgeland. Burial with Military Honors, Beaufort National Cemetery .</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A<strong>l</strong>c<strong>i</strong>e Le<strong>on E</strong>dw<strong>ar</strong>d<strong>s</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Alcie Leon Edwards, 61, of the Burton Community of Beaufort, South Carolina entered into eternal rest at the home of his brother, Cedric Edwards and sister-in-law, Mary Edwards on Saturday, July 10, 2021. He was the son of Annie B. Freeman Edwards and the late James Edwards. Graveside services were on July 16, at the Beaufort National Cemetery with Military Honors.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>C</strong><strong>ora </strong>S<strong>i</strong>mm<strong>ons </strong>B<strong>ro</strong>w<strong>n</strong>e</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Cora Simmons Browne, 78, of the Eddings Point Community of St. Helena Island, SC entered into eternal rest Thursday, July 22, 2021. Funeral services were at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, July 31, 2021 in the yard of the Adam Street Baptist Church, 736 Lands End Road, St. Helena Island, South Carolina. Burial in the Eddings Point Cemetery on St. Helena Island.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'DEATH NOTICES', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'death-notices-17', '', '', '2021-08-11 11:49:12', '2021-08-11 15:49:12', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51802', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51804, 4, '2021-08-11 11:51:22', '2021-08-11 15:51:22', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort’s Bob Heck, 91, enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in Cleveland in 1948. After Boot Camp at Parris Island, he was assigned to the Marine Barracks in Norfolk, Va. Follow-on tours took him to Lejeune, including a Med deployment, then to Korea where he made the landing at Inchon, helped recapture Seoul and fought northward to the Chosin Reservoir in what is now North Korea. Returning to Lejeune, he transferred to the Reserves until 1966, when he resumed active status and deployed to Chu Lai, Vietnam. His later assignments included Okinawa, MCAS Beaufort, Florida, Iwakuni and Lejeune. He retired in 1982 as a Master Sergeant with 32 years service.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":51733,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Bob-Heck-young.jpg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Bob-Heck-young-755x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51733\"/></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 – BOB HECK', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'veteran-of-the-week-bob-heck', '', '', '2021-08-11 11:51:24', '2021-08-11 15:51:24', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51804', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51806, 4, '2021-08-11 11:53:04', '2021-08-11 15:53:04', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Phil Saracin took this photo entitled, “Fly fishing the spartina grass at Coffin Point.” 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-171', '', '', '2021-08-11 11:53:06', '2021-08-11 15:53:06', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51806', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51808, 4, '2021-08-11 12:02:50', '2021-08-11 16:02:50', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>By Mike McCombs </strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Uncertainty. Apprehension. Nervousness.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For parents and students, alike, these can be common emotions as the beginning of a new school year draws near. But this year, they are for all the wrong reasons.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With the delta variant and a low vaccination rate helping COVID numbers to spike, it could be a risky time for students to return to in-person learning. Gov. Henry McMaster’s efforts to prohibit any mask mandates for the state’s public schools only exacerbates the risk.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Both the Centers for Disease Control and S.C. DHEC recommend vaccinations and masks for children returning to an in-person school setting.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Getting eligible children vaccinated is a top public health priority as we start a new school year,” said S.C. DHEC Director Dr. Edward Simmer said last week. “The COVID delta variant we’re tracking now is highly contagious, and the best way to prevent your child or a loved one from getting sick or requiring hospitalization is by being fully vaccinated and wearing a mask indoors when at school.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County School District (BCSD) published its 2021-2022 Reopening Plan in June and added a Frequently Asked Questions page a few days ago. Both can be found at <a href=\"https://bit.ly/3iDpL8S\">https://bit.ly/3iDpL8S</a>. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But what can’t be found in either of those documents is any sort of safe option for kids younger than 12 who are returning to school.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Until there is a vaccine approved for children younger than 12, vaccination isn’t an option. And mandating masks has been made illegal. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With virtual schooling options far fewer this year, that’s forcing parents into a situation where they have no real option but to send their unvaccinated children into a risky situation.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County School District Superintendent Frank Rodriguez has heard the complaints. While acknowledging the limitations the school district is forced to deal with, he emphasizes that the BCSD is trying to be proactive.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I think what I would say is I understand everyone’s concerns,” Rodriguez said by phone on Tuesday. “Don’t forget I’m a parent, also, with two children in school. I think one of the things that is important to just get some of the technical components out of the way.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Proviso 1.108 doesn’t allow us to mandate masks in school. We have to abide by it. It’s the law. But it is silent about buses, so we are mandating masks on buses. It is silent about visitors, so we’re mandating all visitors wear masks. The same goes for health care areas and athletic training areas.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Essentially, BCSD is requiring masks anywhere they can.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Rodriguez added that schools are not allowed to have more than 5 percent of students enrolled in virtual instruction.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“That doesn’t allow parents to go virtual because you simply can’t offer it,” Rodriguez said.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Another rule forces the school district to offer five days a week of instruction, not allowing for any sort of staggered schedule.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But Rodriguez said, if parents want them to, their students can wear masks voluntarily, and he hopes many will. He says the schools will be making an effort to enforce social distancing, and there will be plexiglass barriers available in classrooms.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He said an additional strategy will be the use of DHEC-recommended quarantines for students exposed to the virus. Vaccinated students will quarantine 10 days, while unvaccinated students must quarantine 14 days.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“We have to follow and operate within the law,” Rodriguez said, “so that’s what we’re doing. Our goal is to keep our students and our staff as safe as possible and to keep our schools open for kids.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Rodriguez said superintendents across the state had made their concerns known, but the situation was one they didn’t control.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When asked what would have to happen for the current situation to change, Rodriguez couldn’t answer.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I think that’s not a question for Frank Rodriguez, that’s a question for somebody else,” he said. “My job is to operate the schools and try to keep kids safe within the provisos.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When asked if he would require students to wear masks if it were legally possible, Rodriguez paused, choosing his words carefully.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Last year, we operated with mask requirements for almost the whole year,” he said. “It was one of our mitigation strategies. I think that’s what I would say.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br><strong>At the private schools</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort Academy started school Wednesday. The school is recommending masks, but not requiring them, according to Beaufort Academy Director of Communications and Marketing Lisa Gallagher.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Gallagher said the school would be paying close attention in case it needed to make any alterations to its plan.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Some teachers are requesting (masks), and that’s OK. We’re asking those students to wear masks,” Gallagher said. “And the families seem to be OK with it. Also, if there are families that want to wear masks, they are more than welcome to.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>BA, at the beginning of this school year, hopes to replicate what it did last year with an ambitious and detailed back-to-school plan that utilized masks, social distancing, sterilization and the utilization of the school’s unique building structure and outdoor spaces to keep students and faculty safe.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>John Paul II Catholic School is recommending but not requiring masks be worn in indoor spaces. The school is requiring masks for mass.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Otherwise, JPII, much like Beaufort County Schools, is following S.C. DHEC’s guidelines on testing and quarantines for students who are exposed to the virus. 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In fact, several different eras ago. For sale, of course.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And when it’s sold, it might take three or four men to move it.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Three women walk in and begin to browse the handful of racks of ladies clothes that still remain.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“All of the clothing is 30 percent off, ladies,” Connie Kling tells them in an accent that betrays her Irish origins.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Toward the back are two big, heavy wooden tables. Those came from the old Belk’s store when it was downtown, Kling says.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There are display shelves and drawers and dress forms and framed artwork. All for sale. Like Kling and Deals itself, by the end of the month, it will all be gone.&nbsp;<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A fixture on Bay Street since 1985, Deals is closing, and its owner, Kling, is looking forward to retirement.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It’s going to be a new phase in my life,” Kling says, “and I think I’m ready to not have the responsibility of owning a business anymore.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kling came from Ireland – Clare, in the West of Ireland – in 1982. She didn’t intend to stay.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I just wanted a change, something different. I came to see some friends on Hilton Head, and then just happened to come to Beaufort and met my husband and I’ve been here ever since.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>She didn’t own Deals, initially. In fact, she says, it just happened.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>She actually worked at the store for original owner Randy Dennis.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I told the owner that I was looking for something myself, and he said, ‘Well, why don’t you buy this?’” Kling says, “and that’s how I ended up with the store.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kling made a change early on, going from selling men’s and women’s clothing to essentially just women’s clothing. Turns out she made a good call. But that wasn’t all she changed.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There are several shelves of men’s hats and a selection of Irish charms, as well as some Irish rugby jerseys. And some Irish artwork and fragrances.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The Irish imports have just sort of taken over over the years,” Kling says. “People just sort of enjoyed the caps, the hats, the jewelry, the fragrance. So I just built it up part Irish and clothing for ladies.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kling says the Deals’ business has been very consistent over the years. She credits the store’s very loyal customers, as well as a lot of people who live in the area part-time but always return. But clientele hasn’t been the only factor.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It’s been a very good location. The fact that we have a big window has always been our best advertisement,” she says. “People would drive by and look at our windows or just walk by and see our window displays, and we sold more from window displays than we did from any advertising.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":51731,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08092021-Connie-King-2-0642.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08092021-Connie-King-2-0642-1024x729.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51731\"/></a></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kling says Deals’ business has been very consistent over the years. But Deals – not necessarily the business – may have been the constant.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While Deals has remained solid, Kling has seen the shops around her come and go for the better part of four decades. She guesses there have been between 10 and 15 businesses in the two spots next to hers in the same building.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I wish I’d written down the names of all the people that have come and gone, either next door or over here,” she says. “So many. It’s just too many to remember, really.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But Kling says one thing she’s always noticed about Bay Street is that when a business closes, another business opens. It’s seldom there’s a vacant space.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“About the only time I remember a vacant space on Bay Street was the last recession,” Kling says. “There were several. In fact, one particular time, I was the only tenant in this building. The two places next to me were empty. And at the time, the landlord we had was wonderful. She never raised the rent. She was just happy to have somebody here. But now, of course, it’s different.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kling says she thinks the early 1990s were a turning point for businesses in downtown Beaufort. She credits Streetscape and an effort to draw people to Bay Street. And she credits Pat Conroy’s books, of course, for “Beaufort getting on the map.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now she thinks it’s getting tougher to own a business downtown. The rent is simply too high.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I think everybody has a dream when they open up a business, but I do think it’s a little more difficult,” Kling says. “I think rents are increasing and pushing some of the smaller mom and pop businesses out of downtown.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The last couple years may have set Kling up for the perfect time to walk away. The pandemic was hard on the vast majority of businesses.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It was very challenging. We even had a rent increase in the middle of COVID,” Kling says. “Our landlord deferred our rent for two months, but we still had to pay it back. Considering other parts of the country, I think we did reasonably well here last year.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It wasn’t all bad, though.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“This year has been a really good year,” she says. “I mean, it’s been some of the best months I’ve ever had in the store. So I’m happy to be going out on a high.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kling has no intention of going anywhere else. She may be Irish, but Beaufort is now her home.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Truly, I wake up everyday and I’m just happy to live here in such a beautiful place.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Kling says she is looking forward to doing some volunteer work and has already set up some meetings. But outside of that, she has no idea what she’ll be doing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“It will be the first time I my life that I haven’t really worked,” she Kling says, “so I don’t know what to expect.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The remaining time that Deals will be open should now be counted by the days, rather than the weeks. Kling says she has until the end of August to sell everything and be out and she’s confident she will.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Despite being prodded, Kling insists there aren’t many things she’ll miss about coming to work each day. She says there aren’t any routine tasks from her work days that she’ll find herself absent-mindedly performing over the coming weeks and months.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When it comes to something Kling will struggle to leave behind, she says there’s only one thing.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“The people, definitely the people,” Kling says. “I’ve had the most wonderful customers who have supported me. In the last couple of months when people have known that I’ve been closing, just the outpouring of love from people and how much they’ve enjoyed and love the store has been amazing.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“They’re just sad to see the store go, but they understand it’s my time to retire. 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At three minutes per speaker, that meant the board was in for a long night, but the board decided against shortening the time limit and committed to hearing all the speakers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All in all, those opposed to masks slightly outnumbered those in favor among the public comments. Among those present, a majority were against masking, while those in favor were a clear majority among those who commented by phone.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Though lengthy, the process was orderly and respectful, for the most part. Citizens on both sides shared a lot of “data,” quoting everyone from John Lewis to Ronald Reagan to Beaufort County Education Superintendent Frank Rodriguez to even Captain America.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Many opposed to masks cited freedom of choice, faulty science, government overreach and child abuse. And many threatened to pull their kids out of Beaufort County schools or to take legal action.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“You are lying to our children and forcing them to join you in wearing tin foil hats,” Eric Lawson told the board.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On the other side, those in favor of masks lamented that after following the science last year, the school district was not doing the same this year. 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My fevered, febrile mind immediately takes me to the Dixie Cups who came to the Citadel in 1966 (maybe 1967) for one of the formal dances called “Hops.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Dixie Cups consisted of Joan Marie Johnson, Rose Hawkins and her sister, Barbara Hawkins. They were from New Orleans and had remarkable three-part harmony. In 1964 they took a slow ballad, gave it a little bit of leaded petrol, and “Chapel of Love” climbed to the No. 1 spot on the Hot 100.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The lyrics of “Chapel of Love” are not nuanced or complicated. “We’re going to the Chapel and we’re going to get married” are the often-repeated words and the “we’re” in those days meant a young man. It was a hit with every teenage girl because — in those long gone days — every girl looked upon marriage to a young man as her ultimate destination.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Most of the cadets in the audience had commissions in the U.S. Army and would soon be platoon leaders in Vietnam. The idea of marriage was not a foreign or frightening concept. It was, rather, what their own father did in 1944 before shipping out to the Philippines or to France.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Dixie Cups were only one of many groups that came to The Citadel’s Field House in 1966. We also heard Dionne Warwick and the Lettermen, but “Chapel of Love” and it’s “going to get married” lyrics had particular relevance that would be acted on by many of the First Class seniors later that same year.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For many of my classmates the idea of marriage was bolstered by the notion of a 20-year-long military career. Assuming one survived Vietnam, there would be a salary, housing allowance, free medial care and, multiple, inexpensive nights at the Officer’s Club.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Importantly, there would be a life-long pension eventually sending many of my classmates to The Villages in Florida when they retired.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Many of my more perceptive classmates knew, or sensed, that having an attractive, capable wife would enhance their chances of rapid advancement. Maybe, if they were lucky, she might pin a couple of stars on his collar. Actually, eight of my classmates did become general officers.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Today, marriage is a less-desirable goal for many young men and women. Today the median age for marriage is 27 for women and 29 for men. This is in stark contrast to 1960 when those numbers were 20 and 23. These days an unprecedented percentage of Millennials will remain unmarried through 40. In the end the Millennial rate will be around 70 percent; down from the Boomer rate of 91 percent.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Today the prospect of reliable, life-long employment and a retirement pension is unlikely or illusive. While there is some tax advantage to a joint filing, any other economic advantage of marriage has disappeared. However, the cost of tuition for one’s heirs ($25,000 to $75,000 a year) is more certain.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is clear that “We’re going to the chapel and we’re going to get married” would not have the same appeal today that it had in 1966. The “Dixie Cups” themselves had only one other song, “Iko Iko”, that made it to the Hot 100 listings. In fact, the Dixie Cups never made much money from any song they sang. It is reported by David Kirby in the Wall Street Journal that each Dixie Cup got $482.67 for the 3 million copies sold of “Chapel of Love”.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I know that some Chapel of Love-inspired marriages thereafter foundered. But some of those wartime marriages did survive. And just about every cadet — who was in the Field House that night — can remember the tune, and the lyrics, and holding a young woman in his gold-chevroned arms that evening. Just about every cadet can close his eyes, smell the perfume, and feel the sense of anticipation, excitement and determination to get himself over to the Summerall Chapel.</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. He can be reached at cscottgraber@gmail.com.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Marriage is a less-desirable goal for many these days', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'marriage-is-a-less-desirable-goal-for-many-these-days', '', '', '2021-08-18 14:07:51', '2021-08-18 18:07:51', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51857', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51859, 4, '2021-08-18 11:15:43', '2021-08-18 15:15:43', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Things are getting busier, and wetter, in the coastal plain of South Carolina. Sea levels are rising, and our tides are getting higher. At the same time, new residents are pouring into the Lowcountry. That means flooding is increasing and there are more buildings to flood. And it’s only going to get worse.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our coast is feeling the squeeze. Neither the flow of people nor the flow of water is going to let up anytime soon. We have to act now to prevent future flooding and to shore up our properties and landscapes so they can withstand stronger and wetter storms and hurricanes.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort County Council is considering two new ordinances that would make a big difference in future flooding. The Coastal Conservation League supports them, and we hope you will support them, too. We are encouraged that council’s Natural Resources Committee endorsed both of them last week.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The first would limit developers’ ability to bring in dirt to fill in and develop low-lying areas. It’s a no-brainer.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When you fill in the low areas, where water flows during heavy rains, the water will go somewhere else. Most of the time, that means onto a neighbor’s property. And such practices often encourage clear-cutting trees on the to-be-developed property, and sand mining in other areas to get the needed dirt.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This ordinance doesn’t prevent landowners from developing their properties. It simply encourages them to maintain the natural drainage patterns of the site by using other methods, such as pilings, to raise buildings higher.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The second ordinance is the Coastal Resilience Overlay. Don’t worry, it’s not as wonky and technical as it sounds. It simply means that when someone is selling a property, he or she must disclose if it is in the floodplain, which means it is likely to experience more flooding caused by rising seas, stronger storms, and more intense rain events over the next 30 years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let’s face it, our days of densely developing in the floodplain must end. The Lowcountry was a fragile and fluid environment before any of us arrived here. Now it’s saturated with both water and people. We have to develop differently.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>By 2040, Beaufort County will experience up to 7 inches in sea level rise. By 2100, we could see 60 inches. And trends are pointing toward an exponential increase in tide height, meaning it’s rising faster than scientists originally anticipated. We’re already experiencing higher and more frequent king tides, which cause a phenomenon called “sunny day flooding” and push our groundwater closer to the surface.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While we often feel overwhelmed by these problems, we are not powerless. Each of us can take action, and our policymakers can adopt measures to improve the longevity of our communities and maintain the quality of life we enjoy now. That’s what we call improving resilience. And that’s exactly what these two ordinances do.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And, it might help to know, we’re not alone. Norfolk, Va., adopted such measures in 2018. And closer to home, Charleston has a resilience office that is tasked with combating and adapting to climate change.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Even a major city, like Boston, has put policies in place to educate newcomers and improve resilience. Some communities have invested millions of dollars in buying back properties that are prone to flooding and building complicated infrastructure to adapt to higher tides and more intense rain events. Others have created zoning codes that are influenced by elevation. These are all ideas Beaufort County will want to consider in time. But for now, these ordinances provide a good starting point.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They give us the opportunity to thoughtfully approach our futures and adapt to changing times. If we don’t act, that opportunity will slip away. And we no longer know which opportunity will be our last.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>J<em>essie White is the South Coast Office Director for the Coastal Conservation League.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'A good starting point to combat flooding', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'a-good-starting-point-to-combat-flooding', '', '', '2021-08-18 11:15:45', '2021-08-18 15:15:45', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51859', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51863, 4, '2021-08-18 11:22:55', '2021-08-18 15:22:55', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Recently I found myself sitting in a room full of business professionals anticipating a presentation that, of course, would take my business to the next level even though the level at which I reside has me fearful of looking down. It is partly due to obligatory attendance mixed with sheer curiosity and my eternal need to learn as a decorative garnish.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Originality was not on the agenda, motivational music trumpeting in an attempt to suggest the audience was attending a concert rather than a presentation touted to alter our lives. The chairs were cold and stiff to guarantee maximum discomfort.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In keeping with a mind that never rests, I could quiet the music, block out the chatter of restless attendees, and ponder the sheer hilarity of it all. Large gatherings always provide ample fodder for the thinking types.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The speaker was enthusiastic enough to require a third cup of coffee, so I made my way to the underwhelming beverage station. Begrudgingly I poured from a spout that was inevitably going to add to my dry cleaning bill.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Equipped with the necessary tools to survive at least another hour, I trudged back to my cold throne of pain. The speaker had arrived at the rousing personal triumph portion that usually precludes the pulling of heartstrings, the status quo for concealing a sales pitch underneath the guise of enrichment.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Realizing that I had counted my teeth with my tongue enough to polish the enamel, decorated my Styrofoam cup with equally spaced fingernail indentions, and silently recited most of the Canterbury Tales, I nudged myself back to reality.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Have you ever noticed the undeniable changes in facial features when humans surrender to no longer feigning interest? The glazed eyes, long rest between blinking, and a resemblance to lifeless art prevail.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sitting here, we wait for the part that elevates our business and catapults our intellect while mentally scheduling appointments to see a chiropractor. A familiar phrase arrives that foreshadows closing comments. A presentation to a dominantly female audience would not be complete without the glass ceiling reference.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A clear indicator of an elaborate eye roll, deep sigh, and the piercing pain of knowing I paid for this is imminent. Absurdity settles as comfortably as a rooster attack as I realize the glass ceiling phrase is as watered down as the mediocre coffee.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Is glass symbolic of some grandeur defined?” I ask myself while I make my sixth trip to the water fountain. Within moments, my mind is spiraling out of control, trying to understand the association of achievement to a non-crystalline, often transparent amorphous solid.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From glass slippers to glass ceilings, it\'s no wonder women occasionally enjoy bouts of justified insanity. Cinderella is idealized for wearing it, and we are to endeavor to shatter it.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Lost in the thicket-laden maze of my thoughts, I missed it. The end is the life-changing, elevating business portion. Yet, here I am with a caffeine crash, impressive spinal compression, numerous questions regarding glass, and a solidified belief that a good book in a comfy chair is the better approach to education.&nbsp;</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 -->', 'Passing time, my mind on glass', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'passing-time-my-mind-on-glass', '', '', '2021-08-18 11:22:57', '2021-08-18 15:22:57', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51863', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51865, 4, '2021-08-18 11:30:00', '2021-08-18 15:30:00', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The old aphorism \"... safety in numbers,” has a biological and evolutionary basis. Primates, human and otherwise, evolved as social critters. Banding in even small groups provides protection against predators.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From humankind’s earliest history, there is evidence that they lived first, in small bands; later human associations grew into tribes, then clumped into cities, and then nations and empires.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Put another way, humankind evolved as social animals. Live outside your social order and you won’t live long. Living as part of a social group is existential, and that is why gathering in clusters has been embedded into our DNA over the course of 35 million years of primate evolution.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So, we humanoids have a built-in inclination to do whatever is necessary to be accepted (and remain) as part of the tribe, whether all its individuals actually believe their “dogma” or just pretend to do so. The outcome is what counts, and that is staying a bona fide member of The Tribe.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Well known journalist and author, Jonathan Rauch (no relation to our former Mayor) just published The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth. No matter what you believe, reading it will help you understand the basis for why you believe what you believe. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Do you not think it strange that most new and deadly infections of COVID-19 (Delta version), come from states in the deep South? Fewer than 40 percent of southerners are vaccinated.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The shared, unifying culture of the Antebellum South was torn asunder by the (un)Civil war, and was further deconstructed during “reconstruction” times. Perhaps today, descendants of those southern tribes are now drawn to reconstruct that unity of being a member of a Tribe. Quien sabe?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One thing is certain – a very large number of southern folks defy being vaccinated against COVID-19 because they robustly (even if falsely) claim it impinges upon their God given rights of freedom. Perhaps death is the ultimate “freedom”?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sharing a Tribe’s common “belief” does not make it true. Indeed, over time we have discovered that many beliefs have proved to be utterly and dangerously false. Some folks call that progress.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Rauch’s keen insights, based on scientific research, provide several keys to understanding why we think we understand what it is we think we understand.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While knowing the truth may not set you free, keeping the culture does make you safer. Remaining part of the Tribe is the most important thing. So, to stay a member in good standing, everyone buys into the ethos of the Tribe, true or not. Belonging is everything. This is why so many can believe so much with so little proof.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Faith” notwithstanding, those in power who spew disinformation (when did we start to call lies disinformation?) about COVID-19 immunizations as being unsafe or being a conspiracy to do away with non-white folks are wrong. In this case, they and those who drink that toxic Kool-Aid are dead wrong.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I don’t know if they lack reason (some surely do), are fearful (some surely are), care only about being re-elected at the cost of the lives of those who elect them or because of a genuine but misguided concern for their health and well-being. None of that gaslighting means anything. That has not made a tinkers’ damn bit of difference, except in the wrong direction.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. Get immunized and live; if not, you exponentially increase your chances of becoming infected and dying.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In the meantime, the unvaccinated are infecting and killing others besides themselves, now mostly young people, negatively impacting the economy and filling hospitals and ICUs to over-capacity.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The stunning numbers of new infections tell the tale. Ignore the truth of those numbers at your own risk, and ours. Those are some of my truths to share.&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 -->', 'An evolutionary truth: There is safety in numbers', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'an-evolutionary-truth-there-is-safety-in-numbers', '', '', '2021-08-18 14:09:44', '2021-08-18 18:09:44', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51865', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51867, 4, '2021-08-18 11:33:13', '2021-08-18 15:33:13', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Rick Toomey has been appointed to the Area Commission for the Technical College of the Lowcountry by S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster. He will represent Beaufort County.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Toomey earned his undergraduate degree in management science and master’s degree in hospital administration from Duke University. He also holds a Doctor of Health Administration from the Medical University of South Carolina. He has more than 32 years of public health administration and executive management experience, most recently as director of the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control and as President and CEO of Beaufort Memorial Hospital.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Toomey and his wife, Dr. Linda Hawes, make their home on Lady’s Island.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Rick’s extensive background in public health administration and connections to Beaufort County make him the perfect advocate for the College,” TCL President Dr. Richard Gough said in a release. \"Given the ongoing demand for qualified workforce in the dynamic healthcare sector, it’s more important than ever that we have such knowledgeable leadership.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The TCL Area Commission sets policy and oversees regulatory compliance. Members are appointed by the governor upon recommendation of the local legislative delegation, and represent TCL’s four-county service area: Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Other members include James Boozer, Randy Dolyniuk and Heath Duncan representing Beaufort County; David M. Smalls representing Colleton County; Dr. William Small Jr. representing Hampton County; and Sheree Darien representing Jasper County.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Technical College of the Lowcountry, a public, two-year, multi-campus community college serving approximately 5,000 students annually, is the region’s primary provider of higher education and workforce training.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>For more information about the commission or its members, visit www.tcl.edu/about-tcl/tcl-commission.</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Former BMH, DHEC head tapped to serve on TCL’s governing board', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'former-bmh-dhec-head-tapped-to-serve-on-tcls-governing-board', '', '', '2021-08-18 11:33:15', '2021-08-18 15:33:15', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51867', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(51869, 4, '2021-08-18 11:38:33', '2021-08-18 15:38:33', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Above: Jamie Allen</em><br><br><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Veteran administrators have been selected to lead two Beaufort County School District (BCSD) schools in the Whale Branch cluster. One of the selections was an internal move and the other was an external hire from outside the district.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Whale Branch Middle School</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Jamie Allen, an assistant principal at Broad River Elementary School, replaces Freddie Lawton, who now serves as Capital Programs Educational Program Manager for the district. Allen has 15 years of educational experience, all at BCSD. She started her education career as a third grade teacher at Broad River Elementary School in 2006 and went on to serve as a literacy interventionist, TAP mentor/master teacher, and as an assistant principal at Broad River Elementary School. Allen served in the United States Army from 1998 through 2005, earning two achievement medals for accomplishing large tasks in minimal time.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I am humbly honored and excited to serve the beloved Whale Branch community,” Allen said in a release.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Allen and her husband are personally vested in Whale Branch, having raised their own children there for 15 years.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Allen earned a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from the University of South Carolina Beaufort and a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis in literacy from Lesley University. She also holds an education specialist degree in educational leadership from Capella University.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Whale Branch Early College High School</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Patricia Brantley-Moore, Principal of North District Middle School in Hampton District One, replaces Mona Lise Dickson, who now serves as a district executive director. A veteran administrator with more than 35 years of experience, Brantley began her educational career as a secondary math teacher and JTPA coordinator in Estill, where she went on to become a teacher specialist with SDE. She then served Hampton District Two as the director of alternative school, assistant principal of Wade Hampton High School, and 10 years as principal of North District Middle School in Hampton District One.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"right\",\"id\":51821,\"width\":387,\"height\":454,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/PatriciaBrantley-Moore.png\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/PatriciaBrantley-Moore-871x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51821\" width=\"387\" height=\"454\"/></a><figcaption><em>Patricia Brantley-Moore</em></figcaption></figure></div>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Brantley spent more than 25 years working in a traditional high school environment, but looks forward to leading a school with significant degree avenues for students.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I am excited to lead Whale Branch Early College High School because of its rich history and the opportunities afforded to students wishing to simultaneously earn a high school diploma and an associate degree,” she said in a release.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Brantley earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a master’s degree in secondary education from the University of South Carolina. She has also taken 30 hours of coursework above the master’s level at Columbia International Theological Seminary.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Every great district has strong school leaders, and I’m confident that these educators will be effective leaders in the Whale Branch community.” Beaufort County School District Superintendent Frank Rodriguez said. “They’re experienced, they understand the importance of hard work, and the value of teamwork. Their No. 1 priority will be moving academic achievement forward and ensuring their students’ success.”</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Whale Branch cluster gets 2 new principals', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'whale-branch-cluster-gets-2-new-principals', '', '', '2021-08-18 11:38:35', '2021-08-18 15:38:35', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51869', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51871, 4, '2021-08-18 11:42:38', '2021-08-18 15:42:38', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Above: While parents registered their children during Penn Center’s back to school celebration, the kids seemed more interested in the photographer taking their picture Sunday afternoon, Aug. 15, at Penn Center. The children picked up free books, backpacks full of back-to-school items and personal toiletry items specific to their grade in school. Beaufort County School District students started school Monday. Photos by Bob Sofaly.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":51827,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08152021-08152021-Penn-Center-back-to-school-1-0726.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08152021-08152021-Penn-Center-back-to-school-1-0726-1024x637.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51827\"/></a><figcaption>Beaufort/Jasper/Hampton County Comprehensive Health offered free COVID-19 screenings and vaccinations during Penn Center’s back to school celebration Sunday afternoon, Aug. 15. With COVID cases on the rise in northern Beaufort County, many people remained in their cars to get the shots.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":51830,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08152021-Penn-Center-back-to-school-4-9601.jpeg\"><img src=\"https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08152021-Penn-Center-back-to-school-4-9601-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51830\"/></a><figcaption>Madie Orage-Green, program coordinator with the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, gives a woman a small child’s backpack full of hygiene supplies with instructions and other helpful tips on how to stay healthy at DHEC’s display during Penn Center’s back to school celebration. At right, assisting Orage-Green is Christina Vickers, also of DHEC.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->', 'GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'getting-ready-for-school', '', '', '2021-08-18 11:42:41', '2021-08-18 15:42:41', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51871', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51873, 4, '2021-08-18 11:43:52', '2021-08-18 15:43:52', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Due to a technical issue, the toll-free call center telephone line normally available to assist customers with the sale of S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR)-issued hunting and fishing licenses or watercraft registration renewals went down Monday, Aug. 16 and was to be unavailable for an indeterminate period of time.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Recreational hunting and fishing licenses, tags, and permits can still be purchased online at https://www.dnr.sc.gov/legallicense.html. A small convenience fee may be included for online transactions.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Licenses and permits can also be purchased at any of more than 500 license vendors located across the state, including big-box retailers and locally-owned sporting goods, hardware, or bait-and-tackle shops, or at regional SCDNR offices.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Boating transactions can be processed by mail. Visit the boat registration and titling page on the SCDNR website for more information, frequently asked questions, downloadable applications and other assistance related to the requirements for registering and titling boats and motors at https://www.dnr.sc.gov/boating/Titling_and_Registration/index.html.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'SCDNR’s licensing, registration call line down', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'scdnrs-licensing-registration-call-line-down', '', '', '2021-08-18 11:43:54', '2021-08-18 15:43:54', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51873', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51875, 4, '2021-08-18 11:45:17', '2021-08-18 15:45:17', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ben Schneider chips his way onto the 18th green during the first round of the City Championship Golf Tournament on Saturday at Fripp Island’s Resort\'s Ocean Point Golf Links. Photo by Bob Sofaly.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'City Golf Championship', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'city-golf-championship', '', '', '2021-08-18 11:45:20', '2021-08-18 15:45:20', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51875', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51877, 4, '2021-08-18 11:46:41', '2021-08-18 15:46:41', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Athletics’ catcher Blake Gruel shows umpire Rueben Cedeno the ball after tagging Red Snappers’ Travis Jackson out at home during their game Tuesday, Aug. 10, at Burton Wells Park. Despite being tagged out after trying to score all the way from first base, the Red Snappers went on to win 12-11. The Beaufort County Adult Men’s Baseball League Championship game will be held at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 26, at Burton Wells Park. Photo by Bob Sofaly.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'OUT AT HOME', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'out-at-home-3', '', '', '2021-08-18 11:46:43', '2021-08-18 15:46:43', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51877', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51879, 4, '2021-08-18 11:52:03', '2021-08-18 15:52:03', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>LowcoSports.com</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The high school football season kicks off Friday, and two Beaufort County public schools begin the season ranked in the top 10 in the state in their classifications in the S.C. Prep Media Football Poll coordinated by high school sports writers throughout the Palmetto State.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Whale Branch checks in as the highest-ranked local team at No. 4 in Class 1A. The Warriors put together the first undefeated regular season in program history last year before dropping an 18-15 heartbreaker to Bamberg-Ehrhardt in the second round of the playoffs.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Warriors return a trio of first-team All-Lowco performers in OL/DL Xavier Chaplin (Virginia Tech commit), RB/LB Joseph Hicks, and LB D’Ante Parker, as well as second-team All-Lowco standouts LB Mason Griffin and DB Keith Chisolm.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Beaufort High is ranked eighth in Class 4A as the Eagles aim for a third consecutive region title. The Eagles return All-Lowco Offensive Player of the Year Tyler Haley at quarterback, along with first-team All-Lowco standouts RB Amariee Morris, WR/DB Kacy Fields, and DL Eamon Smalls.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>May River received votes in the Class 4A poll but fell just short of the top 10 as the Sharks look to replace a number of key seniors, including star QB Ahmad Green.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>S.C. Prep Media Football Poll — Week Zero</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Preseason rankings for S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, Aug. 17. First-place votes in parentheses</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Class 5A</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. Dutch Fork (10)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. Fort Dorchester</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>3. Northwestern</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>4. (tie) Dorman</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>4. (tie) T.L. Hanna</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6. Ridge View</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>7. Gaffney</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>8. Byrnes</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>9. Sumter</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>10. River Bluff</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Others receiving votes: </strong>Spartanburg, Chapin, Hillcrest, Nation Ford, Mauldin, West Ashley.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Class 4A</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. A.C. Flora (7)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. Myrtle Beach (2)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>3. Greenville (1)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>4. Catawba Ridge</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5. South Pointe</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6. North Myrtle Beach</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>7. Westside</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>8. Beaufort</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>9. Irmo</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>10. Greer</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Others receiving votes: </strong>North Augusta, <strong>May River, </strong>Greenwood, Airport</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Class 3A</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. Daniel (10)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. (tie) Chapman</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. (tie) Camden</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>4. Oceanside Collegiate</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5. Wren</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6. Dillon</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>7. Chester</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>8. Gilbert</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>9. Brookland-Cayce</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>10. Union County</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Others receiving votes: </strong>Aynor, Woodruff, Clinton, Fairfield Central, Hanahan, Palmetto</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Class 2A</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. Abbeville (10)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. Gray Collegiate</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>3. Marion</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>4. Barnwell</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5. Chesnee</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6. Newberry</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>7. Andrews</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>8. Saluda</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>9. Batesburg-Leesville</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>10. Christ Church</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Others receiving votes: </strong>St. Joseph’s, Andrew Jackson, Woodland, Pelion, Cheraw, North Central, Chesterfield, Silver Bluff, Blacksburg</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Class 1A</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. Southside Christian (10)</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. Lake View</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>3. Lamar</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>4. Whale Branch</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>5. Bamberg-Ehrhardt</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6. Blackville-Hilda</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>7. Baptist Hill</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>8. Wagener-Salley</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>9. C.A. Johnson</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>10. Lewisville</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Others receiving votes: </strong>Carvers Bay, Johnsonville, McBee, North/Hunter-Kinard-Tyler, Ridge Spring-Monetta, Allendale-Fairfax, C.E. Murray, Great Falls, Denmark-Olar</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>This Week’s Voters: </strong>Lou Bezjak, The State Newspaper; Jed Blackwell, Prep Redzone SC; Tyler Cupp, WHRI; Ian Guerin, Prep Redzone SC &amp; My Horry News; Travis Jenkins, News &amp; Reporter; Wes Kerr, Lowcosports.com; James McBee, Boiling Springs Journal; David Shelton, Charleston Post &amp; Courier; Pete Yanity, WSPA; Alex Zietlow, Rock Hill Herald.<br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>FRIDAY’S AREA SCHEDULE</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Richmond Hill at Beaufort High, 7:30 p.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Calhoun County at Whale Branch, 8 p.m.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>John Paul II at Hilton Head Prep, 5 p.m.<br><br><em>Above: Whale Branch RB/LB Joseph Hicks is a First-Team Preseason All-Lowco selection. 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(51881, 4, '2021-08-18 12:25:12', '2021-08-18 16:25:12', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>headaches by disrupting REM or other sleep stages and producing proteins that trigger migraines, lowering a person’s pain threshold to withstand headaches. Other possible causes of headaches include sleep apnea and teeth grinding.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Prolonged limited sleep can have long-term effects, including a higher risk of obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes, as well as other conditions.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The optimal amount of sleep varies according to age. For most adults, it is 7 hours or more per 24 hours.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A person can treat or prevent headaches relating to a lack of sleep by using OTC medication, prescription medication, acupuncture, and massage. They can also take steps to improve their sleep hygiene.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A lack of sleep can cause headaches as a short-term consequence, but it will not cause chronic headaches in people without this condition. Researchers have linked sleep to headaches in various ways, with the connection seeming to exist in both directions.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A person’s sleep needs change as they age. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) note that the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society recommend:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>4–12 months of age: </strong>12– 16 hours of sleep per 24 hours, including naps&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>1–2 years of age: </strong>11–14 hours of sleep per 24 hours, including naps&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>3–5 years of age: </strong>10–13 hours of sleep per 24 hours, including naps&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>6–12 years of age: </strong>9–12 hours of sleep per 24 hours&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>13–18 years of age: </strong>8–10 hours of sleep per 24 hours&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>18–60 years of age: </strong>7 or more hours per night&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Side effects of little sleep:&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>REM sleep&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Studies suggest more painful headaches. The authors of a review article found that a lack of sleep increases proteins in the body that contribute to chronic pain. These proteins can reduce the body’s ability to withstand pain and can trigger migraine headaches.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>REM sleep begins within about 90 minutes of falling asleep and causes the eyes to move rapidly from side to side behind the closed eyelids.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>During REM sleep, a person’s breathing becomes faster and more regular, and their heart rate and blood pressure increase to levels like those during wakefulness. Mixed frequency brain activity also becomes closer to the activity levels that occur when a person is awake.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is possible that deficits in other stages of the sleep cycle can contribute to headaches and other types of pain too.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Sleep and headache cycle&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2017 research found that sleep problems can trigger tension headaches and migraine episodes and that the headaches can, in turn, promote sleep disturbances. The reason for this is that sleep and headaches share common brain structures and mechanisms.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The research also indicates a link between headaches, sleep disturbances, and depression, suggesting that depression lowers a person’s pain threshold.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Reduced pain threshold&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A lack of sleep may reduce the body’s ability to withstand pain. Research has found that people with insomnia and other sleep problems may have a lower pain threshold than those who do not have trouble sleeping. This lower pain tolerance may result in headaches that are more painful following a lack of sleep.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Snoring and sleep apnea&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If a person snores regularly, they may be at higher risk of chronic headaches. Snoring is one of the main symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea, which is a condition that causes temporary pauses in breathing during sleep.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sleep apnea disrupts sleep and often results in people waking with a headache and feeling unrested. Symptoms of sleep apnea include:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>pauses in breathing&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>waking up&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>needing to urinate during the night&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>daytime sleepiness&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>sweating during the night&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>However, not all people who snore have obstructive sleep apnea. Snoring that results from other issues, such as allergies or congestion, is also linked to headaches.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Teeth grinding&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A person may experience a dull, constant headache and jaw pain from grinding their teeth while they sleep. Frequent teeth grinding is called bruxism, and it can be a symptom of poor sleep and excessive stress. However, bruxism itself does not cause sleep deprivation.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Other side effects of little sleep&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A lack of sleep can be detrimental to a person’s physical and mental health. The effects of not getting enough sleep may include an increased risk of:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>moodiness&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>poor productivity levels&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>motor vehicle crash&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>brain fog&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>injuries&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Over the long term, medical problems can develop, such as:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>obesity&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>high blood pressure&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>type 2 diabetes&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>stroke&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>heart disease&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>poor mental health&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Tips for better sleep&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to the CDC, a person can take steps to improve their sleep. These include:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>going to bed and getting up at the same time each day, including on weekends&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>removing electronic devices, such as televisions, phones, and computers, from the bedroom&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>quitting smoking, if applicable&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>ensuring that the bedroom is dark, at a comfortable temperature, and quiet&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>avoiding caffeine, large meals, and alcohol before bedtime&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>exercising and being physically active during the day&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sources: </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>https://www.medicalnewstoday. com/articles/headache-from-lack-of-sleep?utm_source=Sailthru%20 Email&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_ campaign=MNT%20Daily%20 News&amp;utm_content=2021-08-06&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&amp;apid=37763034&amp;rvid=3424e32faa971ce2c1b02d01ee&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>d1022831fc564614ad3f53b1cc99363570ba22&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Additional sources:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Are you getting enough sleep? (2021).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/features/getting-enough-sleep.html\">https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/features/getting-enough-sleep.html</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Brain basics: Understanding sleep. (2019).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>https://www.ninds.nih.gov/ Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Understanding-Sleep&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Durham, P., et al. (2011). REM sleep deprivation promotes sustained levels of proteins implicated in peripheral and central sensitization of trigeminal nerves: Role in pain chronification.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>https://www.jpain.org/article/ S1526-5900(11)00174-X/ fulltext&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Fernández-de-las-Peñas, C., et al. (2017). Sleep disturbances in tension-type headache and migraine.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ pmc/articles/PMC5784553/&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Haack, M., et al. (2019). Sleep deficiency and chronic pain: Potential underlying mechanisms and clinical implications.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>https://www.nature.com/articles/ s41386-019-0439-z?proof=t&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Migraine. (2019).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/ migraine/&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Peckel, L. (2018). The symbiosis of headache and sleep.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>https://www.neurologyadvisor. com/advisor-channels/headache-migraine-advisor/the-symbiosis-of-headache-and-sleep/&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sivertsen, B., et al. (2015). Sleep and pain sensitivity in adults [Abstract].&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih. gov/25915149/&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sleep disorders and headache. (2019).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https://americanmigrainefoundation.org/resource-library/sleep/\">https://americanmigrainefoundation.org/resource-library/sleep/</a></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Why lack of sleep is bad for your health. (2018).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/ sleep-and-tiredness/why-lack-of-sleep-is-bad-for-your-health/ <br><br>Exclusive content from CARE magazine.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Lack of sleep and headaches: What to know', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'lack-of-sleep-and-headaches-what-to-know', '', '', '2021-08-18 12:28:11', '2021-08-18 16:28:11', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51881', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51883, 4, '2021-08-18 12:26:41', '2021-08-18 16:26:41', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It’s estimated that more than six million people are living with Alzheimer’s Disease in 2021, and it’s the fifth leading cause of death in older adults. Like most things that effect so much of the population, there are a lot of myths and misinformation circulating out there. What are the facts?&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>William Nields, M.D. from Cognitive Health Centers (https://www.thecbh.com/) says there are five myths that everyone—from patients to caregivers and even medical professionals—should be aware of.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Myth 1 - Only older people get Alzheimer’s: </strong>Early onset Alzheimer’s and cognitive decline can occur in people as young as 30 years of age, so it’s important to get tested and know your cognitive assessment score. Even though symptoms such as memory loss and loss of executive function become more prominent after age 65, the underlying causes may be detectable much earlier on when there’s still time to stop the disease and even reverse it.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Myth 2 - Alzheimer’s and Dementia are hereditary: </strong>Alzheimer’s and other dementias are caused by multiple risk factors, including genetics. Even if a family member did have the disease, the good news is there are ways to protect yourself. New research has revealed that lifestyle choices as well as other health conditions also play a role when it comes to Alzheimer’s.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Myth 3 - A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s is a death sentence: </strong>Early stages of Alzheimer’s and cognitive decline can be slowed, stopped and in some cases, reversed. Most people with the disease live from give to 20 years after diagnosis, with the eight-to- 10-year range being the most common. Life expectancies are growing as current treatment and care plans can mitigate the symptoms of these diseases.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Myth 4 -There are no treatments that stop the disease from getting worse: </strong>This is simply not true! Cognitive decline in its early stages can be reversed. Knowing your brain health is key to understanding what can be done. As with most diseases, later diagnosis decreases the probability of success. Early detection is so important and can lead to proactive measures to improve your brain health.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Myth 5 - Nothing can reduce your risk for Dementia: </strong>Research is ongoing and numerous studies indicate that certain medical interventions and lifestyle changes may reduce your risk of cognitive decline and dementia. Elimination of infections, hormonal adjustments, detoxification, appropriate nutrition and nutritional support, regular exercise, not smoking, light to moderate alcohol consumption and brain challenging activities can reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s by up to 60%. <br><br>Exclusive content from CARE Magazine</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Breaking the biggest myths around Alzheimer\'s Disease', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'breaking-the-biggest-myths-around-alzheimers-disease', '', '', '2021-08-18 12:26:43', '2021-08-18 16:26:43', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51883', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51886, 4, '2021-08-18 12:31:10', '2021-08-18 16:31:10', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Returning to school after learning remotely </strong><br><br>The first day or week of school is happening and some kids may be nervous about heading back to class, especially if they spent the last year learning remote. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“I think schools have really learned a lot about how to calm kids’ anxieties and their worries and how to help keep them safe, but again, be prepared,” said Vanessa Jensen, PsyD, pediatric psychologist for Cleveland Clinic Children’s. “These kids have not been around other kids. It’s almost like when a new child goes to daycare for the first time.”&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dr. Jensen said if your child is feeling nervous, it’s perfectly normal. Her advice, be sure to offer them reassurance and remind them that other kids are going through the same changes.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You could also help them get used to socializing again by doing some back-to-school shopping or taking them to a restaurant, that way they know it’s okay to be around other people.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If they ask you about wearing masks or vaccines, Dr. Jensen said make sure your explanations are simple and to the point.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>“Don’t feel like, as parents, you have to give them the $10,000 explanation that goes into the vaccines and the immune system. As kids get older, they’ll ask questions if they have questions. Little kids, they need the little bits, ‘we want you to do this, it’s important to us’ and most kids do want to please mom and dad at that age,” she explained.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dr. Jensen said it’s also important for parents not to minimize their child’s concerns. For example, if they keep looking for reasons why they can’t go to school, then it may be worth talking to a medical professional. <br><br>Exclusive content from CARE magazine. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'parentPULSE©', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'parentpulse', '', '', '2021-08-18 12:31:12', '2021-08-18 16:31:12', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51886', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51888, 4, '2021-08-18 12:33:33', '2021-08-18 16:33:33', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Calzones provide a fun and tasty alternative to pizza and this version is a healthier one.&nbsp;</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Recipe credit: from “Clean Eating for Busy Families” (Fair Winds) from author Michael Dudash, R.D.&nbsp;</em></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Editor’s note: This recipe takes some time to prep and cook (about an hour, or a bit longer if you’re a lovingly slow home chef).&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Serves 7 <br><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Ingredients&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>For the dough:&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1 1⁄2 cups warm water (105 F to 110 F)&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1 3⁄4-ounce envelope quick-acting dry yeast&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2 cups unbleached white whole-wheat flour, plus additional for dusting&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2 cups unbleached bread flour&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1⁄4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, divided&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1 1⁄2 teaspoons Italian herb seasoning&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Olive oil spray&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>For the filling:&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1 8-ounce package crimini (baby bella) mushrooms, finely chopped&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>4 cups lightly packed baby spinach, finely chopped&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2 teaspoons minced garlic&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1⁄2 cup soft goat cheese&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1 cup whole milk ricotta cheese&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1⁄4 cup grated Parmesan cheese&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1⁄2 cup basil leaves, chopped small&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1⁄4 cup drained sun-dried tomatoes in oil, chopped&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1 tablespoon flaxseed meal&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1⁄4 teaspoon salt&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1⁄4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>For serving:&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1 1⁄3 cups marinara sauce <br><br></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Directions&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>To make the dough:&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Pour the water into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, sprinkle in the yeast, and let it sit for 5 minutes. Add the flours, 3 tablespoons of oil, and salt and seasoning; mix for 10 minutes on medium-low speed until the dough is elastic in consistency. Cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and place it in a warm area until the dough doubles in size, about 90 minutes. If you don’t have a warm area in your kitchen, heat the oven to 200 F. Turn off the oven and wait 5 minutes before placing the dough in the oven to proof. Once the dough has risen, punch down. Coat a large sheet pan (or 2 medium sheets) with olive oil spray, shape the dough into 7 equal balls, cover, and let rest for 15 minutes.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>To make the filling:&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Heat a large frying pan over medium heat and add oil. When the oil begins to shimmer, add mushrooms and sauté for 3 minutes; add spinach and garlic and cook until water releases and evaporates. Remove pan from heat and stir in the goat cheese. Add ricotta, Parmesan cheese, basil, tomatoes, flaxseed meal, salt, and pepper and stir. Transfer to a container and chill.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>To assemble a calzone:&nbsp;</strong></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Preheat oven to 500 F. Dust the counter, rolling pin, and a dough ball with flour. Flatten the dough into a 5-inch circle, rotating after every few rolls Place 1⁄3 cup of filling on the front half of the dough, leaving 1⁄2 inch around the border. Fold the dough over until the edges meet, forming a half-moon. Fold over 1⁄2 inch. Press the edges with your fingers to seal and score lightly with a fork. Gently, but quickly, transfer the calzone back to the sheet pan. Repeat this process with the remaining dough and filling. Brush the calzones with 1 tablespoon of oil and using the kitchen shears, cut four 1⁄2-inch slits into the tops of each. Bake on the middle rack until lightly golden on top and bottom, 15 to 18 minutes. Complement with warm marinara sauce when serving. <br><br>Exclusive content from CARE magazine</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Whole-Wheat Spinach Ricotta Calzones', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'whole-wheat-spinach-ricotta-calzones', '', '', '2021-08-18 12:33:35', '2021-08-18 16:33:35', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51888', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(51890, 4, '2021-08-18 12:35:16', '2021-08-18 16:35:16', '<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Niacin is found naturally in many foods, and is added to some foods. You can get recommended amounts of niacin by eating a variety of foods, including the following:&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Animal foods, such as poultry, beef, pork, and fish&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some types of nuts, legumes, and grains&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Niacin is also available in multivitamin/multimineral supplements. It is also available in B-complex dietary supplements and supplements containing only niacin. The two main forms of niacin in dietary supplements are nicotinic acid and nicotinamide.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Niacin (in the form of nicotinic acid) is also available as a prescription medicine used to treat high blood cholesterol levels.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Many components of healthy living can reduce a person’s risk of heart disease. For people who have high cholesterol levels,&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>prescription medication has long been relied on to keep those levels in check. However, there may be other options at a person’s disposal, including a common B vitamin.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While it isn’t as well known as many of the statin drugs used to treat high cholesterol, niacin is a cholesterol busting vitamin that has been recommended for its ability to lower cholesterol levels for years. Also known as nicotinic acid, niacin is a member of the complex B vitamin family. Many people get the recommended daily allowance of niacin from their diets, especially those who routinely eat fortified cereals, lean meats and green leafy vegetables. Higher levels of niacin that can be prescribed by a doctor can be effective in reducing cholesterol levels by slowing the breakdown of triglycerides, a type of fat found in the blood.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>According to doctors at Harvard Medical School, niacin decreases triglycerides by 30 to 60 percent. It also decreases LDL, often referred to as “bad cholesterol,” by 15 to 20 percent, while raising HDL, or “good cholesterol,” by 15 to 35 percent. The body requires as much as 1,000 to 2,000 mg of niacin for the vitamin to be effective, which means it can only be used under a doctor’s supervision.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is important to note that high levels of niacin can cause some side effects, including headaches and flushing, a red, hot rash that forms on the face for up to 30 minutes after dosing. Those with gout, diabetes or peptic ulcers may find symptoms worsen, and those with chronic liver disease or certain other conditions should avoid niacin. For the average patient, after about two weeks of therapy, flushing and the headaches may be reduced as the body learns to tolerate niacin.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Although niacin can reduce LDL, including the small LDL particles that can be the most damaging in arteries, and raise HDL, doctors advise that there has been no evidence to suggest that niacin can prevent heart attacks.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A 2011 study sponsored by the United States government found that including niacin with traditional statin medicines to boost HDL and lower LDL did not provide any protection against heart attacks. Conventional wisdom suggests that lowering bad cholesterol reduces a person’s risk of heart attack, and researchers have long theorized that increasing good cholesterol, and using niacin to do so, would help, too. But studies have yet to offer such proof.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This doesn’t mean niacin is ineffective. Individuals can talk to their doctors about trying niacin as a first line of defense in helping counter high cholesterol. It is always best to discuss treatment options with a doctor before using over-the-counter niacin on your own.&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sources: https://ods.od.nih.gov/ factsheets/Niacin-Consumer/&nbsp;</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih. gov/20208032/ <br><br>Exclusive content from CARE magazine</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'The role of niacin in heart health', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'the-role-of-niacin-in-heart-health', '', '', '2021-08-18 12:35:18', '2021-08-18 16:35:18', '', 0, 'https://staging.yourislandnews.com/?p=51890', 0, 'post', '', 0);
