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(23819, 4, '2015-07-23 13:19:56', '2015-07-23 17:19:56', '<h3>By Celia Strong</h3>\r\nLife can be so trying sometimes. Unhappy weather, long lines at grocery stores, friends staying too long at your house, beach sand in your carpet - so many things. Yuck! But, thankfully, we can always count on having new wines. Week after week. And, no matter what the ups and downs of everyday life are, there is a sense of security in knowing our new wines will go on. And, too, a sense that these new wines, and all of our old familiar ones, will make it all seems better.\r\n\r\nThis week, we are going way down south. Back to Argentina, the largest wine producing country in South America. Even though it is the second largest size-wise, it has over 1,000,000 square miles of vineyards. Most of them located in the foothills of the Andes Mountains, three quarters of them in the Mendoza region. The combination of vineyards on arid, dessert valley floors and at high altitudes of up to 5,000 feet above sea level gives Argentina their aromatic, intensely flavored wines.\r\n\r\nThe history of grape growing and winemaking in Argentina dates back to 1534 when two immigrants, Father Cidrón and Juan Juffré, who founded the town of Mendoza, planted the first grapes. Artificial irrigation, necessary for their vines, was already established in the western part of the country. The flow of melting snow and ice coming down the mountains was channeled to where it was needed. In the 19th century, Italian and Spanish immigrants brought better, European techniques and grape varieties. The presence of Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot led to much better quality in Argentine wines. In the 1990’s, Argentina became a big, successful wine producer. As we know, Malbec has become their main claim to making great wines. But, as we keep exploring new wines, we can learn that others are just as good. Today, that is our assignment!\r\n\r\nOur winery this week is Bodega Luigi Bosca. Founded in 1901 by Don Leoncio Arizu, this is the oldest family-owned winery in the whole country. Today, it is managed by Alberto, Sr. and Alberto, Jr., third and fourth generation Arizu family members. Besides being the oldest winery in Mendoza, Luigi Bosca is also a leader in many other facets of their industry. In 1988, they were responsible for establishing the Lujan de Cuyo Denomination of Origin (DO) appellation. This DO has stricter rules for aging and viticulture. Including wines labeled as DO have to come from vines that are a minimum of 50 years old. Further, Bosca is one of the first to look to improving their wines using biodynamics and biodiversity. Each vineyard’s ecosystem is maintained. Bodega Luigi Bosca makes several tiers of wines, ours today are the Luigi Bosca label. These wines come from the best, estate vineyards.\r\n\r\nHaving said that Argentine wines have grown beyond their Malbecs, our first wine this week is made from the country’s second most grown red variety - Cabernet Sauvignon. These grapes grow in Bosca’s east-facing El Paraiso vineyard in Lujan de Cuyo. The vines are an average of about 45 years old and grow at just over 2,500 feet above sea level. The soil here is well drained, shallow and a mix of limestone and silt. The grapes are hand-picked and sorted and destemmed when they get to the winery. Fermentation is in stainless steel tanks at cool temperatures and the wine is aged for 14 months in French and American oak barrels. It is lightly filtered. And delicious. Fresh and fruity and velvety. It has aromas and flavors of black and red fruits (dark cherries, black currants) violets and chocolate. It is full bodied with good structure and goes well with red meats and game, grilled for sure, and hard cheeses. This wine is 100% Cabernet. For $14.97.\r\n\r\nOur second wine this week is way less common a variety for Argentina. But only because the big wide wine world hasn’t discovered it yet. It’s the Luigi Bosca Pinot Noir. These grapes, in fact, grow very close to Bosca’s Cabernet grapes, and these Pinot grapes are handled exactly like the other Bosca varieties. But the wines are aged only 12 months in new and second-use French barrels. Milder oaking for a milder wine. Also 100%, this Pinot explodes with flavors and textures. Red cherries, strawberries, cranberries, violets, chocolates, espresso, truffles. Yum! This wine is a perfect blending of Old World and New World style Pinot Noir. Fruit flavors and earthiness. It goes well with seafood and poultry and game birds. And soft cheeses. My thinking is this is a better surprise as we try our new wines, because it can open our eyes to some missed opportunities in Argentine wines. For $14.97.\r\n\r\nSo, yep, two new wines. And both outstanding. And both a lesson well learned. On we go for another week of hot humidity. But we are now well armed to get through it. Enjoy.', 'Drink at Luigi’s and dream of Argentina', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'drink-at-luigis-and-dream-of-argentina', '', '', '2015-07-23 13:20:22', '2015-07-23 17:20:22', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23819', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23822, 4, '2015-07-23 13:21:18', '2015-07-23 17:21:18', '<h3>By Lee Scott</h3>\r\nOne of the most remarkable things that I have noticed living along the coast in South Carolina is the blue sky in the summertime. It is just something I am not used to seeing. When we first moved down to Beaufort in 2014 and experienced our first “hot” summer, we were pleasantly surprised that even though it was hot outside, the sky was still blue.\r\n\r\nWhen you live near a big city all your life, you get used to seeing a hazy white sky during the summer. Either because of the natural haze or the smog, the sky never seems to really get blue. We always had our “air quality alerts” in the Washington DC area in the summer. We got very accustomed to hearing the “color code” of the air quality index for the day. The National Weather Service posts the six colors to correspond to the range in the Air Quality Index values. The colors go from green (good air) to yellow (moderate air) to Orange (Unhealthy for sensitive groups) to Red (unhealthy) to Purple (very unhealthy) to maroon (hazardous) when reporting air quality. A large percentage of the population experiences adverse health effects when the air quality is poor.\r\n\r\nThe local weather reports always included the Air Quality index code and we were used to the orange and red codes in the summer. Those were the days when you knew it was going to be hot and hazy and you really wanted to be in air conditioning. Many towns would open community centers for people who did not have air conditioning to come in and relax. The shopping malls were always packed with people trying to breathe better air. The recommended actions on the Red Alert days included, limiting your daytime driving, using public transportation, not refueling your vehicle until after dusk and postponing the use of gasoline mowers. Anyone with respiratory disease such as asthma was warned to limit prolonged outdoor exertion. By the fall, these reports would fall away as the cooler breezes would help to bring down the AQI into the green range again.\r\n\r\nSo it is a pleasant surprise on these hot summer days here when the heat index registers above 100 degrees, that the sky is still blue. Henny Penny the sky was not falling. It was just a Code Red alert that day.', 'Henny Penny the sky is blue!', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'henny-penny-the-sky-is-blue', '', '', '2015-07-23 13:21:46', '2015-07-23 17:21:46', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23822', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23824, 4, '2015-07-23 13:15:40', '2015-07-23 17:15:40', '<h3>By Cherimie Crane Weatherford</h3>\r\nThe sweet scent of suntan lotion, fried chicken and diesel fuel linger as we approach the ever climatic second weekend of Water Festival. We are proud of our tans, our resilience and our ability to stay out of the 10 p.m. news. We have made new friends, new memories and new home remedies for long nights that turned into longer mornings. The first week was a success so we forge confidently into infamous weekend two.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11738032_10207437240235741_6096287818284355360_n.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-23826\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11738032_10207437240235741_6096287818284355360_n-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"11738032_10207437240235741_6096287818284355360_n\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>The tide drops low and gives way to a notorious Beaufort tradition. Come Saturday morning the faithful will stake their claim, toss their anchor and set up for a day of boat hopping, cooler swapping and belly flopping fun. The Beaufort Sandbar comes alive with music, laughter, folly and faux pas. People watching at its best will offer fodder for many months ahead. There will be adventure, suspense and drama that can easily rival the most celebrated theatrical performance. It is a time honored tradition that takes no prisoners, unless DNR catches you, and then prisoners most certainly will be taken.\r\n\r\nEven if just for one day this small island of utter dysfunction will clamor with the sounds of summer. Hundreds of teenagers, twenty-something, thirty something and up will flock to the sandy soiree from all backgrounds. It is a day of delightful debauchery, comedic chaos and a reminder of why our beloved Water Festival comes but once a year. Cares fade into the sweet summer haze of things better left off social media. Boats become dance floors, sections of sand serve as BBQ cafes and gym memberships pay off as bikinis and board shorts walk the red carpet of summer.\r\n\r\nIt is an experience best experienced by those that have experience. Veterans caution newcomers to pace themselves as locals try to explain the enigmatic tradition to tourists. It takes skill, panache and a ninja like speed to avoid incriminating photos. It builds character, it builds friendships and it builds police reports with ease. It is the beautiful Beaufort Sandbar, beholder of all things Beaufort, all things summer and all things we lose each year. May the tide run low, the laughter run high and the newspaper not run your name.', 'It builds friendships and it builds police reports', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'it-builds-friendships-and-it-builds-police-reports', '', '', '2015-07-23 13:57:59', '2015-07-23 17:57:59', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23824', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23828, 4, '2015-07-23 13:54:19', '2015-07-23 17:54:19', 'He’s a graduate of The Ohio State University who has been Beaufort High School’s head wrestling coach for 26 years. Now Bill Damude teaches history during the school year, but he stays mighty busy over the summers as well by volunteering for the Beaufort Water Festival. This year Bill served as Commodore of the Festival.\r\n\r\n“The Water Festival has a great group of volunteers that not only put on the best Festival each year, but who also contribute to many other festivals and events around Beaufort,” Bill says. “Our volunteers can be found in many other volunteer groups and helping with numerous events. I think our motto should be ‘we’ll help’ because we always seem to and that’s another thing that makes it so much fun.”\r\n\r\nOver the last year, Bill learned that staying flexible and having a good time is the best way to enjoy the year as Commodore.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/DSC_9380_cmyk.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-23830\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/DSC_9380_cmyk-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9380_cmyk\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>Bill’s career choice combined three loves: teaching, history and the sport of wrestling. He still helps with the wrestling team, which means he is truly doing what he loves. With “a year or two of teaching left” to add to his current 32 years as a teacher, Bill considers education something of a family business.\r\n\r\n“I come from a family of teachers,” he says. “My mom, two sisters, brothers-in-law and nephews all teach.”\r\n\r\nHe says the great thing about teaching is that every day brings new experiences. His goal is to inspire kids to be productive and lead happy, successful lives as well as to enjoy learning and know that school doesn’t equate to misery.\r\n\r\n“I’m fortunate to have worked with some great teachers over the years,” Bill says, “and have students who make teaching enjoyable.”\r\n\r\nBill and his wife, Marcia, are parents to son Taylor, age 23, and daughter Jylian, age 21. He also volunteers with Waters Edge United Methodist Church. One of Bill’s claims to fame is that he’s the world record holder for the John Boy and Billy Big Show’s Wordy Word game.\r\n\r\nWhen asked about his post-teaching plans, Bill says he doesn’t know what will come next. He plans to take things as they come and enjoy the beautiful small town atmosphere that makes Beaufort so special. We want to thank Bill for all his hard work this year and for making the 60th Water Festival extra special. The Buckeyes might want you back but you are a Beaufortonian now!', 'Transplanted Buckeye rounds out his year as the Beaufort Water Festival Commodore', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'transplanted-buckeye-rounds-out-his-year-as-the-beaufort-water-festival-commodore', '', '', '2015-07-23 13:55:46', '2015-07-23 17:55:46', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23828', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23831, 4, '2015-07-23 13:26:46', '2015-07-23 17:26:46', 'With a federal grant covering most of the costs, a day dock in downtown Beaufort’s Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park is closer to construction with the goals of increasing boater access to downtown shops and restaurants.\r\n\r\nEngineer David McSweeny presented initial design ideas to the Beaufort City Council recently during a work session.\r\n\r\n“There’s a large element in the public that’s been waiting to see this happen,” Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling said at the meeting. “I don’t want to see us slip backwards” with endless debate about where along the almost 1,000-foot seawall to build the day dock.\r\n\r\nWhile no formal action is taken during City Council work sessions, Keyserling asked City Manager Bill Prokop to prepare recommendations on next steps, including siting, for the July 28 meeting.\r\n\r\nSeveral people spoke in favor of building the 200-foot by 10-foot structure at the east end of the park, near the playground, public restroom and parking. Mike Sutton, a former Beaufort City Councilman, said having a day dock there wouldn’t block views of the river, would be convenient to amenities and is closest to the core commercial district and restaurants.\r\n\r\nTo comply with Americans with Disabilities Act requirements, there will be an 80-foot ramp leading from the seawall to the floating day dock.\r\n\r\nConversation touched briefly on whether the day dock should be built at the western end of the seawall, near the Waterfront Park pavilion and the Downtown Marina. While water is deepest there, the current also runs strong—plus it’s the favored docking site for cruise ships that ply the Intracoastal Waterway, noted Rick Griffin, who manages the Beaufort Downtown Marina.\r\n\r\nA federal Boating Infrastructure Grant awarded to the city in February will help fund the project’s cost, McSweeny said. The day dock is a focal point of Beaufort’s Civic Master Plan. It will serve day-use boaters who could enjoy the park and patronize adjacent downtown businesses through this facility.\r\n\r\n“Right now, there’s no safe way for me to take people on my boat to go downtown for cocktails and dinner, because there’s no place to tie up my boat,” Sutton said. He pointed to the hundreds of boaters in Beaufort, Lady’s Island, Dataw and surrounding areas who are potential downtown customers if access from the river can be arranged.\r\n\r\nThe City of Beaufort, through a series of other grant and local funding sources, has set aside $300,000 toward the $500,000 budgeted project, said Kathy Todd, finance director for the city. In addition, the City has welcomed two public partners: Main Street Beaufort and Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce. These partners pledged a combined $22,368 toward actively marketing the day dock to transient boaters on a local, regional and national scale. The Downtown Marina has emerged as the largest market opportunity for improving revenue from tourism. Transient boaters represent a demographic of above-average disposable income and are a substantial opportunity for economic development in Beaufort’s core commercial area. Dozier’s Waterway Guide, an authoritative annual publication for Intracoastal Waterway boaters, estimates the typical transient boater has an above average income and eats in restaurants 33 percent of the time they are boating. Environmental impacts are minimized by not offering fueling and pump out services at the day dock and by incorporating solar lighting.', 'Beaufort day dock project presented to City Council', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-day-dock-project-presented-to-city-council', '', '', '2015-07-23 13:26:46', '2015-07-23 17:26:46', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23831', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23833, 4, '2015-07-23 13:29:02', '2015-07-23 17:29:02', 'Pictured from from left to right: Sharonda Brantley, Assistant Manager, Bank of America; Chet Houston, Exec. Director,  LowCountry Habitat for Humanity; Jennifer Cheuvront, Banking Center Manager II, Bank of America; Jack Cunningham, Senior Vice President, Merrill Lynch.\r\n\r\nLowCountry Habitat recently received a generous donation of $5,000 from the Bank of America and Merrill Lynch to our construction program. Along with our many regular volunteers, Bank of America and Merrill Lynch employees have expressed a desire to help LowCountry Habitat with the Mint Farm construction sites and to assist with building. According to Habitat’s Executive Director, Chet Houston, “We are grateful for the ongoing support from Bank of America and Merrill Lynch.”\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Bank of America and Merrill Lynch support local Habitat for Humanity', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'bank-of-america-and-merrill-lynch-support-local-habitat-for-humanity', '', '', '2015-07-23 14:05:19', '2015-07-23 18:05:19', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23833', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23836, 4, '2015-07-23 13:34:39', '2015-07-23 17:34:39', '[gallery columns=\"4\" ids=\"23838,23841,23840,23839,\"]\r\n\r\nLast Friday, Picklejuice Productions, Plum Productions, The Independent Film Association and The Island News offered a carb loading breakfast at their offices on Charles Street for Beaufort Chamber of Commerce members. More than guests stopped by to enjoy the coffee, homemade lemonade, fresh fruit and DONUTS! What a nice way to start a weekend – with new friends, old friends, compatriots, and business associates. Thanks everybody for coming!', 'Breakfast on Charles Street', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'breakfast-on-charles-street', '', '', '2015-07-23 13:54:34', '2015-07-23 17:54:34', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23836', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23843, 4, '2015-07-23 13:35:16', '2015-07-23 17:35:16', '<h3>By Shafiya Eve</h3>\r\nAre you haunted by previous experiences or events in your life, by things you did, others did, you didn’t do, others didn’t do? Do you feel blocked from moving forward by some unknown barrier? Is your happiness like a “coming event” when a certain something happens, THEN you will be happy, only it doesn’t bring the expected happiness? What would it be like to be free from these mysterious self-defeating patterns and beliefs?\r\n\r\nEFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) also referred to as “tapping” is an emotional version of acupuncture (without the needles) wherein we stimulate certain meridian points by tapping on them with our fingertips while focusing on an emotionally charged memory. Since emotional stress can contribute to pain, disease and physical ailments, we often find that EFT provides astonishing physical relief.\r\n\r\nThe nature of some of this emotional baggage which I refer to as energy disruptions are from negative experiences imprinted in our subconscious. When we experience a trauma or repetitive negative input we develop an energy disruption. When a trauma, drama or negative experience occurs and is left unresolved, we carry it in our energy body which ultimately manifests in our physical body. Our magical Universe is always conspiring to heal us by revealing our old, yet still active wounds, whether they are physical, emotional or mental; often when we least expect it.\r\n\r\nAs an example, many years ago I accepted a job which required air travel across the US. On my first trip out of town I arrived at Richmond International Airport to depart, as soon as I entered the airport I began crying, for no reason. It was one of those sobbing cries, most embarrassing and quite befuddling to me. Once I got on the plane, I was fine and had no further upset through flight changes and my return flight home.\r\n\r\nThe following month on another trip out of Richmond, as I entered the airport the tears began to flow. I was at a loss as to what was going on with me. Life was good. Finally it dawned on me, the last time I had seen my brother, a Marine pilot, and he was waving goodbye at that very airport before his departure. He died a few months later in a mid-air collision flying off an aircraft carrier. There was 20 years between his passing and my airport sobbing experience. Once I made the connection and worked with my grief issues regarding my brother, those trips out of town were no longer tearful as I experienced greater peace about my brother’s passing.\r\n\r\nAnother example is with a client who I’ll call Sam. Sam couldn’t understand why his business was not flourishing. He was a veteran marketer and knew he had all the right ingredients for success but everything seemed blocked. Sam revealed he had been immensely successful but with the turn in the economy had lost everything. It had been a deeply painful and bitter experience for him. It became apparent he was terrified of his success because he might lose it all again. Together with the use of EFT, we were able to clear the energy around his previous experiences allowing him to re-open the channels of abundance and enhancing the growth of his business. The session was a great success to Sam and he has emailed me many times with gratitude and news of how well his business is going now.\r\n\r\nSo, where are you holding emotional blocks? To get a clear idea, begin looking at what is or isn’t showing up in your life.\r\n\r\nHeal the past, enjoy the present, and look forward to a happier future.', 'How you can find freedom in your emotions', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'how-you-can-find-freedom-in-your-emotions', '', '', '2015-07-23 13:35:16', '2015-07-23 17:35:16', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23843', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23845, 4, '2015-07-23 13:38:33', '2015-07-23 17:38:33', '<b>Allhusen joins Community Foundation of the Lowcountry</b>\r\n\r\nJim Allhusen of Hilton Head has joined the board of Community Foundation of the Lowcountry as a director. Jim has extensive experience in consumer financial services in the United States and in Asia Pacific with several companies. Immediately prior to his retirement 2014, Jim was president of Visa Canada Corp. Jim’s prior board experience includes The Center of Science and Industry (Columbus, Ohio), Ballet Metropolitan, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Central Ohio, The Leukemia Society of America (Central Ohio), and The US Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. He has also led a board-directed review of long-term strategy for Germantown Academy in Philadelphia. Jim’s current community commitments include serving as vice chair of the Hilton Head Institute, and as member of the finance committee of the Sea Pines Country Club. Prior to joining the Community Foundation’s board of directors he served on its Grants Committee. Jim is a native of Long Island, NY. He graduated from Colgate University as a General Motors Scholar before furthering his post-graduate studies in banking at Rutgers University and Colorado University.\r\n\r\n<b>Community Foundation names new communications associate </b>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/WHOS-NEWS-CF_Lowcountry_Wendy_Jones.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-23846\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/WHOS-NEWS-CF_Lowcountry_Wendy_Jones-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"WHOS NEWS - CF_Lowcountry_Wendy_Jones\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Wendy Jones has joined Community Foundation of the Lowcountry as communications associate. She will assist with the Foundation’s communications and marketing efforts as well as its biennial Public Art Exhibit on Hilton Head Island. Wendy brings extensive nonprofit marketing and public relations experience to her position at Community Foundation of the Lowcountry. She previously served as marketing and special events director at The Literacy Center. Prior to The Literacy Center, Wendy served as communications and media relations director at Brevard College in Brevard, NC. She has also held marketing/PR positions for the South Carolina Bar, Savannah Chamber of Commerce/Convention &amp; Visitors Bureau and The Anderson Group, a marketing firm on Hilton Head Island. Jones earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of South Carolina. Wendy resides in Beaufort with her husband and son.', 'Who’s News for the week of July 23rd-29th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', '23845', '', '', '2015-07-24 09:53:30', '2015-07-24 13:53:30', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23845', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23850, 4, '2015-07-23 13:50:32', '2015-07-23 17:50:32', '<em>Photo above: Local farmer, Joey Oswald III of JCO Farms, says that their irrigation has been running constantly throughout the months of June and July to keep up with the dry conditions. </em>\r\n\r\nThe S.C. Drought Response Committee has upgraded the drought status of the entire state of South Carolina. Beaufort and Jasper counties have been upgraded to Incipient Drought (first stage of drought) Status by the Committee. All 46 counties in the state were upgraded a drought level with 18 counties moved into Incipient Drought level and 28 moved to Moderate Drought, the second drought stage. Beaufort and Jasper counties’ drought status was changed due mainly to soil conditions. Beaufort Jasper Water &amp; Sewer Authority reports, “From a water supply standpoint, lake levels in the Savannah Basin are at seasonable levels and BJWSA remains in very good shape.”\r\n\r\nThe purpose of the moderate declaration is to increase awareness that drought conditions are intensifying. Water systems are asked to review their Drought Response Plans and Ordinances and implement as needed.\r\n\r\n“It’s clear that drought is affecting folks all across the state. Irrigation has helped provide moisture to some crops, but it doesn’t replace a good soaking rain,” said S.C. Department of Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers. “This summer’s weather furthers illustrates the partnership that farmers have with Mother Nature. The short-term forecast isn’t optimistic, but we’ll continue to pray for relief from the heat and drought.”\r\n\r\n“Duke Energy strongly supports the Drought Committee’s moving the drought classification to moderate based on the very low stream flows, dry soil moisture and widespread low rainfall amounts over the last 30 days. Duke Energy is concerned with lake levels and is carefully managing hydroelectric operations under these conditions,” stated George Galleher, principal engineer with Duke Energy.\r\n\r\n“Due to below normal rainfall over the past several months, streamflow levels have dropped considerably and are well below normal for this time of year,” reported Scott Harder, S.C. Department of Natural Resources hydrologist. “These low streamflows have caused small but steady declines in most of the state’s major reservoirs and most of the reservoirs are currently below their target levels.”\r\n\r\nBobby Brock with the Marlboro Water Company and Northeast Drought Committee said, “Several farmers in Marlboro County agree that the combination of hot weather and lack of rainfall is having an impact on their farming operations, particular those without irrigation. It certainly has affected the corn crop and will impact peanuts and soybeans if we do not get rain soon.”\r\n\r\nAccording to Hope Mizzell, SC State Climatologist, “Rainfall totals within each county are highly variable, for example in York County some areas are reporting less than 2” since June 1 while others have received over 7”. Since our last Drought Committee meeting in mid-June, rainfall totals have decreased statewide. The drought impacts have been intensified due to the much above normal temperatures.”\r\n\r\nDrought Response Committee Chairman Ken Rentiers stated, “The Committee will continue to monitor the situation closely and if conditions deteriorate the S.C. Department of Natural Resources will reconvene the committee as needed.', 'Beaufort now under first level drought status', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-now-under-first-level-drought-status', '', '', '2015-07-23 13:50:32', '2015-07-23 17:50:32', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23850', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23856, 4, '2015-07-23 14:11:00', '2015-07-23 18:11:00', '<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Photos by SK &amp; Assoc.</em></p>\r\n[gallery columns=\"5\" ids=\"23873,23872,23870,23864,23865,23867,23863,23861,23860,23859,23879,23880,23881,23882,23883,23884,23885,23886,23887,23888,23889,23890,23891,23892,23893\"]', 'Water Festival Photo Gallery', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'water-festival-photo-gallery', '', '', '2015-07-23 14:46:10', '2015-07-23 18:46:10', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23856', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23862, 4, '2015-07-23 14:11:18', '2015-07-23 18:11:18', '<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Country legend and Water Festival headliner, Neal McCoy, reveals his goal of making sure “you have a great experience” in an exclusive interview</em></h2>\r\n<h3>By Molly Ingram</h3>\r\nThe 60th annual Water Festival is barreling along and shortly coming to a close with the Commodore’s Ball on Saturday night. What a great week we have all enjoyed. Floating beds, croquet, fishing tournaments, amazing water skiing just to name a few. Oh so many things to remember and so many things to look forward to next year.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/WF-Concert-4005.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-23871\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/WF-Concert-4005-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"WF Concert-4005\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>This was my first Water Festival as I just moved here last November. I have to admit that the Festival more than lived up to its hype. It is hard for someone who has never experienced the Water Festival to understand what an all-out community event that spans basically the whole summer is really like. It’s hard to imagine hundreds of families enjoying the face painting and bouncy houses when it is around 100 degrees with the same amount of humidity. It is hard to envision how one performer, all- be-it a great performer, can so completely captivate an audience that you think he must be a local boy done good. But this year, the organizing committee for the Festival picked the perfect singer to start the festivities off last Saturday night. Neal McCoy, a not-so-young man who was named the entertainer of the year in 1998 and 1999 and has multiple Grammies, Platinum Albums and #1 hits under his belt, came to Beaufort and mesmerized the crowd.\r\n\r\nI got to spend some time chatting with Neal before the concert and came away thinking “this is a guy who gets it. He understands his audiences and knows why they come to see him perform.”\r\n\r\nNeal and his four piece band don’t work with a set list of which songs to play when. The entire performance hinges on how well Neal interacts with his audience. “It’s not ok if you don’t like me,” he says. Further, “My job is to make sure you have a great experience at this event. We do about 100 shows a year which puts us on the road for about 200 days a year and that is a lot of time to invest if your audience is just lukewarm at the end of a show.” Well, nobody was lukewarm on Saturday night!\r\n\r\nNeal has an amazing ability to somehow translate his honesty, respect for others and his personal ethic of simply treating people “right” into something magical. He is authentic, genuine and loves what he does. Almost as much as he loves his wife, Melinda, of 34 years. And then there are his two children and two grandchildren. And then there are his three dogs, Hero, Gatsby and Miles. Yup, he loves them too! Imagine a picture of the three pups lounging poolside at his home in Texas. It just doesn’t jibe with what you expect a country singer to have waiting at home for him. Yet, Neal isn’t your typical anything. He is a one of a kind, Miracle Whip liking guy that gives you, the customer, what you want each and every time he plays a song. I can’t begin to tell you how rare it is to find somebody like that. You would think he was a Beaufortonian from way back.\r\n\r\nSo there you are sitting waterside delighting that the rain has stopped and the show will go on. And out comes Neal in his very pink Water Festival t-shirt. Right then and there you know all is right in the world.', '60 Years of lovin’ to “Shake”', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', '60-years-of-lovin-to-shake', '', '', '2015-07-23 14:12:15', '2015-07-23 18:12:15', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23862', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23897, 4, '2015-07-30 11:15:12', '2015-07-30 15:15:12', '<strong>Winter craft fair calls for craft vendors  </strong>\r\n\r\nJoin more than 100 of the most unique, eccentric and high-quality crafters in the Southeast on December 13, 2015 in Columbia, S.C. for Crafty Feast. This annual winter craft fair is in its seventh year and is the place where lovers of local small businesses and all things handmade converge to cross items off their holiday shopping list. Applications close July 31st at midnight. Visit www.craftyfeast.com to register.\r\n\r\n<strong>Hear Brittney Hiller read from her first book</strong><b>  </b>\r\n\r\n“The Little Laughing Yogini” is a story of a young girl who ventures into the woods to find her bliss - along the way she meets new friends who help her experience and share her bliss. The reading will take place at the Beaufort County Library during their story time segment on Monday, Aug. 3rd at 11 a.m. The book was created in South Carolina, the author is from Beaufort, and the publisher and illustrators are from Charleston!\r\n\r\n<strong>Volleyball tryouts at Battery Creek HS</strong><b>  </b>\r\n\r\nThe Battery Creek High School volleyball program will conduct tryouts for the 2015 season from 6 to 8 p.m. on August 3rd at the BCHS Gym. In order to participate in the tryouts, all female-student athletes must have a valid physical dated after April 1, 2015. For more information on the upcoming tryouts, call Coach Christy McCullough at 678-521-0024.\r\n\r\n<strong>Are you ready for a great burger?</strong><b>   </b>\r\n\r\nCome to Fat Patties on Tuesday August 4th when 10% of sales from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. will be donated to the Beaufort Exchange Club. Exchange Clubs, or America’s Service Clubs, are a group of men and women working together to make communities better places to live through programs of service in Americanism, Community Service, Youth Activities, and its national project, the Prevention of Child Abuse. So enjoy a great burger and help a family at the same time.\r\n\r\n<strong>Free Reiki Infused Yoga offered twice in August  </strong>\r\n\r\nOn Thursday, August 6th and 20th 6:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m., join the Outdoor Yogini, Brittney Hiller and Reiki Master, Chris (Sutty) Suddeth at the Port Royal, SC Wetlands Amphitheater for a Free RIY Event. Gentle Yoga stretching and the Spirit-Guided Life-Force Energy of Reiki combine for a family friendly opportunity for healing and unwinding after a long day. Commune with nature in the evening shade with friends and Lowcountry neighbors. What to bring: Yoga Mat or towel to practice on and a water bottle. Consider bringing a notebook to write down inspirations that may come. A “Kajarma” will be available if you’d like to leave a gift. Text or call Brittney 843-263-0320 or Sutty 843-263-2397 with any questions.\r\n\r\n<strong>Republicans to meet in Bluffton on August 7th </strong>\r\n\r\nThere has been a great deal of interest in getting together to discuss the upcoming Fox News debate on August 6th. The Greater Bluffton Republican Club has decided to host a cocktail party to discuss the debate on Friday, August 7th from 5 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. at the Rose Hill Golf Club. We are assembling an All Star Panel to share their views and opinions. The panel will include local political leaders and will be announced soon. It will be a moderated discussion with ample participation from the audience. We will also provide complimentary hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. We will conclude with a straw poll. Come out and represent your candidate and make your voice heard.\r\n\r\n<strong>Networking opportunity with Beaufort’s Black Chamber of Commerce</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce will have its First Friday Networking Event at Quality Inn on Friday, August 7, 2015 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The event will be hosted by 5LINX owner Jemyma Gervero. Learn how to create residual income and save money on the products and services you already use. RSVP by calling (843) 986-1102.\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort Sport Fishing and Diving to meet</strong>\r\n\r\nBeaufort Sport Fishing and Diving to hold meeting Beaufort Sport Fishing and Diving Club August meeting will be held Thursday August 13th at the Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club located off of Meridian Road on Lady’s Island. The social begins at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. A special guest presenter from the SC Dept. of National Resources will be undercover hero Eric Vaugh. He and his other colleagues will be talking about the steamy world of poachers and how they hurt our fisheries. They will also include ways on how we can assist them. Additionally, new information will be handed out on the additional materials deployed at the Gordon, 5 miles off Bay Point. Guests are always welcomed and do not need a reservation. For additional information call Captain Frank Gibson at 843-522-2122.\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrate the Vietnam Veterans on August 8th</strong><b>  </b>\r\n\r\nJoin the members of the Healing Heroes of the Lowcountry Fund at a tribute to Vietnam Veterans on August 8th at 7 p.m. for an evening of music, laughter and more importantly, recognition. The Parris Island Marine Corps Band &amp; Color Guard will be performing and the HHLF is pleased to announce that Medal of Honor and Bronze Star winner, Major General Robert E. Livingston, Jr. US Army Retired, will be the keynote speaker. Location of the event is yet to be determined. HHLF is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization established in 2013, to honor, empower and support our wounded military heroes, first responders and their families/caregivers. For additional information, contact Dick Rooney at 410-991-3780.\r\n\r\n<strong>Cousteau to speak at Port Royal Sound Foundation fundraiser </strong><b>  </b>\r\n\r\nPhillipe Cousteau, grandson of famed ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau, will be the featured speaker at the Port Royal Sound Foundation’s anniversary celebration of its Maritime Center on Lemon Island. “Night on the Sound,” which includes a cocktail reception, locally sourced foods, live music and a silent auction, supports the Port Royal Foundation’s education and research efforts. The event will be held Oct. 31st. Cousteau – explorer, social entrepreneur and environmental advocate – is a CNN special correspondent reporting on environmental and humanitarian issues around the world. In 2004, he founded EarthEcho International, an environmental education organization that aims to create a new generation of environmental citizens. The Port Royal Sound Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving land and improving water quality in the Port Royal Sound area. The foundation was formed to support and promote research in the Port Royal Sound area and educate people about the sound’s environmental, cultural, historical, artistic and economic contributions to the region’s quality of life. To learn more about “Night on the Sound,” ticket sales and sponsorship opportunities; contact Alicia Taylor, Director of Development, at 843-645-7774 or ataylor@portoyalsoundfoundation.org.\r\n\r\n<strong>Learn to shag with the Lowcountry Shaggers   </strong>\r\n\r\nLowCountry Shaggers meets every Tuesday at the VFW at 37 Castle Rock Road from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Enjoy Carolina Shag Lessons with Tommy and Sheri O’Brien and other instructors. An occasional Ballroom Dance is taught as well. Plus, once a month a Line Dance is taught. Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced lessons. Visit their website, www.lowcountryshaggers.com or you can email us at lowcountryshaggers@aol.com.\r\n\r\n<strong>Learn how to develop a business plan</strong><b>  </b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce (BCBCC) and SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives) will offer a business class focusing on developing a business plan, accessing a business loan and other financial strategies. The class will be held on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on August 24, 26 and 28, 2015 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Call 843-986-1102 to enroll. Classes will be held at the chamber office located at 801 Bladen Street in Beaufort. Cost for the class is $25 which will be reimbursed once the course has been satisfactorily completed.', 'What To Do the week of July 30th-August 5th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-to-do-the-week-of-july-30th-august-5th', '', '', '2015-07-30 11:16:14', '2015-07-30 15:16:14', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23897', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23900, 4, '2015-07-30 11:21:03', '2015-07-30 15:21:03', '<h3>By Dr. Parker T. Barker</h3>\r\nOkay, I’m beginning to understand what they mean when they say South Carolina is hot and humid during the summer. I mean really hot and humid. I used to complain when it would get to 85 degrees with no humidity in Connecticut. I have to admit that adjusting to the new-to-me weather down here has been challenging to say the least. But it has brought up an issue I want to talk about today and that is heat stroke in dogs.\r\n\r\nWorking up a good sweat in the hot summer months may be good for you pet owners, but it can lead to heat stroke in your dog and kill him in a matter of minutes. Heat stroke is a dangerous condition that takes the lives of many animals every year. A dog’s normal body temperature is 100.5 to 102.5 degrees Fahrenheit. If it rises to 105 or 106 degrees, the dog is at risk for developing heat exhaustion. If the body temperature rises to 107 degrees, your dog has entered the dangerous zone of heat stroke. With heat stroke, irreversible organ damage and death can occur.\r\n\r\nAnd any dog exercising on a hot, humid day, even with plenty of water, can become overheated. As a pet owner, you should know the dangers of overheating and what to do to prevent it. You should also know the signs of heat stroke and what to do if your dog exhibits those signs.\r\n\r\nMom sweats when she gets really hot and that is how she cools her body down. I can’t do that. I only sweat through my paws and so I have to pant to try and get cooler. And it is a very inefficient method of returning to a normal temperature. Some dogs are more prone to heat stroke than others. Here is a list of at-risk types of dogs:\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">• Dogs who have a thick coat, heart and lung problems or a short</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">• Puppies up to 6 months of age</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">• Large dogs over 7 years of age and small dogs over 14 years</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">• Overweight dogs</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">• Dogs who are overexerted</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">• Ill dogs or those on medication</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">• Brachycephalic dogs (short, wide heads) like pugs, English bulldogs and Boston terriers</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">• Dogs with cardiovascular disease and/or poor circulation</p>\r\nSo what does heat stroke look like in a dog?\r\n\r\nThe earliest sign of heatstroke is excessive panting with excessive salivation. As the condition gets worse, a dog’s gums will turn dry and dark pink, and the animal will become weak and may have trouble standing. At its most severe, dogs with heatstroke can develop seizures and severe bloody diarrhea. He will also appear sluggish, unresponsive and disorientated.\r\n\r\nIf your dog exhibits any of these signs, treat it as an emergency and head to your veterinarian immediately. On the way, you can cool him down with wet towels. Once at the vet and your dog is seen by the staff, they may perform various blood tests to assess the extent of vital organ dysfunction caused by overheating.\r\n\r\nMildly increased temperature (less than 105°F) may only require rest, a fan to increase air circulation, fresh water to drink and careful observation. Markedly increased temperature (greater than 106°F) must be treated more aggressively.\r\n\r\nThe best treatment is prevention. Make sure your dog always has access to plenty of fresh water. Avoid exercise during the hottest part of the day. If you are concerned your dog is becoming overheated, you should cool him down as quickly as possible with cool, not cold, water. That’s why God made shade and water hoses. So be careful out there in this hot and humid weather. Keep an eye on old Fido in the back yard even if he is just sitting peacefully. Remember, he doesn’t have to be doing something in order to get heat stroke. Watch for the panting. Hot is one thing but heat stroke is a whole different ball of wax. What does that mean by the way? Never knew…', 'How hot is too hot? Heat stroke in dogs', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'how-hot-is-too-hot-heat-stroke-in-dogs', '', '', '2015-08-02 10:50:48', '2015-08-02 14:50:48', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23900', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23901, 4, '2015-07-30 11:19:50', '2015-07-30 15:19:50', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/PETS-Cora.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-23904\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/PETS-Cora-300x260.jpg\" alt=\"PETS - Cora\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cora is beautiful cat with a very sweet disposition. She loves to be scooped up with hugs and is up for lots of play time. She is spayed, microchipped and up to date on her vaccinations. Come visit with Cora today!</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/PETS-Attila.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-23903\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/PETS-Attila-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"PETS - Attila\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Attila is a sweet and playful senior who absolutely loves attention. He enjoys rolling over on his back for belly rubs and will bring you a tennis ball when he is ready to play fetch. This senior has no adoption fee, but all other adoption criteria still apply. He is neutered, microchipped and up to date on his vaccinations.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Palmetto Animal League Adoption Center is open Monday – Saturday from 12 to 7 p.m. Email us at info@palmettoanimalleague.org or call 843-645-1725 for more information.</em></p>', 'Pets of the Week', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'pets-of-the-week-11', '', '', '2015-07-30 11:19:50', '2015-07-30 15:19:50', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23901', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(23906, 4, '2015-07-30 11:20:33', '2015-07-30 15:20:33', '<h3>By Prof. Percy Pussycat</h3>\r\nNow that I have become a celebrity writing for <em>The Island News,</em> I decided it was time to upgrade my Beaufort domicile. Mamma wasn’t so keen on it, but the two of us saw the perfect “cat house” on the Animal Planet channel. That and Wild Kingdom are the only stations watch. Anyway, check out www.kittymansions.com. They have some great spaces for us kitties to make our own.\r\n\r\nMy personal favorite is the Redwood Cat Tree. The green fabric and brown sisal rope gives me a feeling of being outdoors amongst the trees while actually being safe inside my home. It isn’t too big or too small, it’s just right.\r\n\r\nAnd it has some really cool features:\r\n\r\nScratching Post: Cat Trees with scratching posts gives us a place to sharpen our claws, and exercise. Saves the furniture!\r\n\r\nBedroom: I like nothing more than having my own space where Harley, my canine sibling, can’t get into. The bedroom offers a nice enclosure where I can take a nap — alone!\r\n\r\nPlatforms: Platforms on cat furniture allow us to lie down and relax.\r\n\r\nMulti-Levels: Cat Trees with more than one level support our instinct to climb. We climb because we feel safer on a higher level, away non-felines, like Harley.\r\n\r\nNow, all I have to do is steal the Visa card…', 'Cat houses of the rich and famous', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'cat-houses-of-the-rich-and-famous', '', '', '2015-08-02 10:49:31', '2015-08-02 14:49:31', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23906', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23910, 4, '2015-07-30 11:22:25', '2015-07-30 15:22:25', '<h3>By Lee Scott</h3>\r\nThe fact that I am not a robot was recently proven by the Beaufort County Library System. The process for that verification started when the Friends of Beaufort Library notified me that the Library was starting to send out e-mails to card holders and the community about information that might interest them. If you wished to participate then all you had to do was click on the link that would connect you to the Beaufort County Library website. Once there, it was explained that the library was going to use Mail Chimp, an e-mail marketing service, to deliver messages to cardholders and if I was interested I needed to sign up. The first step in the Mail Chimp process was to provide my e-mail address and my name. The next step asked me to click on a box that said “I am not a robot” and to take a test to prove I was human.\r\n\r\nThe first screen had about nine pictures on it. The directions said: “Click on the pictures that reflect a bowl of soup.” Well, I clicked on two of them easily, but that third one looked like either a bowl of spaghetti or a bowl of soup. I clicked on it and then hit send.\r\n\r\nWell, it must have been wrong because they asked me to retry. This time the pictures were of a variety of animals and I had to figure out which one was similar to the one in the main box which was a cat. With sweat pouring off my brow, I clicked on pictures of different cats; although truthfully one of them might have been a lion. It was then I was told I was on the e-mail list. Eureka, I had passed! This “test” actually replaces the distorted text used by many websites. You know those strange boxes that say “Type the letters and symbols in the box”. In the box you find something like the following (jKl50gF.) So then you ask Is that the letter “L” in lower case or is that a one? What about the “0”? Is that the letter “O” or the number “0”? Personally, I have no problem with the Beaufort County Library wanting me to prove that I am not a robot. It makes sense to send e-mails to actual humans. And of course, now I have proof that I am not a robot.', 'No, I am not a robot and I have proof!', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'no-i-am-not-a-robot-and-i-have-proof', '', '', '2015-07-30 11:23:23', '2015-07-30 15:23:23', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23910', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23913, 4, '2015-07-30 11:26:59', '2015-07-30 15:26:59', '<h2><em>The Rauch Report</em></h2>\r\n<h3>By Bill Rauch</h3>\r\nThe numbers show the difference Beaufort’s Betsey Robinson (1945-2015) made.\r\n\r\nIn 1989 her 13 year-old son, Reynolds, was accidentally shot and killed by a nine year-old neighbor who was playing with his family’s .22 rifle. The tragedy was the impetus for Betsey to take on the cause of children and gun safety. Reynolds’ death, Betsey knew, had been a preventable tragedy and she did not want other families to have to suffer as she and her family had. One life saved would be worth the effort.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_23914\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/FullSizeRender.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-23914 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/FullSizeRender-e1438269927639-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Betsey Robinson\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Betsey Robinson[/caption]\r\n\r\nIn 1990, 10 more South Carolina children (aged 0-17) were killed by the accidental discharge of a firearm, according to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control’s (DHEC) statistics. That was the year Betsey set her strategy.\r\n\r\nFrom 1990 through 1994, Betsey Robinson crisscrossed South Carolina, traveled up and down the coast to Washington and anywhere someone would listen quietly promoting her Children’s Firearm Protection Act, a proposed new South Carolina state law that would, along with some mandatory educational aspects, make it a misdemeanor for an adult to leave a gun unsecured, if that gun is then used by a minor to injure someone.\r\n\r\nThe purpose of the proposed law was to get South Carolinians to keep their guns locked up when they weren’t using them. In the five-year period from 1990 to 1994, according to DHEC’s figures, 50 South Carolina youngsters were killed by the accidental discharge of firearms, or 10 young lives lost per year.\r\n\r\nGetting the new law passed was an uphill fight from the start, a fight that came to a head in 1995. That year, Betsey’s husband Bill says, the effort took over Betsey’s life. She went everywhere and talked to everyone trying to cobble together enough votes to get the bill through the South Carolina House. She told her story. She told Reynolds’ story. She told the stories of other families who had lost a child. Again and again she told the stories. She worked tirelessly in 1995, and for a mom who had lost a child this was a wrenching kind of public work where all her emotions were on the table. There were stories in the papers, interviews on television, and features in magazines. Everyone, pro and con, was talking about it.\r\n\r\nThat year, according to DHEC, 11 more South Carolina children were killed by the accidental discharge of a firearm.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Screen-Shot-2015-07-30-at-11.25.54-AM.png\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-23915\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Screen-Shot-2015-07-30-at-11.25.54-AM-300x202.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-07-30 at 11.25.54 AM\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" /></a>As the 1995 legislative session drew to a close it became clear the coalition Betsey put together would be unable to beat the National Rifle Association (NRA) who, according to Betsey’s son, Clark Robinson, had made stopping the new law a 1995 priority. “Whenever Mom would reflect on this she would talk about the NRA as the main obstacle to her efforts,” he recalled last week, drawing the distinction between gun control -- that he does not favor -- and gun safety that he does. Like many Beaufort youngsters, Clark Robinson grew up hunting and fishing with his dad. In the fall it was deer season, followed by ducks in the winter with an occasional dove shoot thrown into the mix. Clark and his dad, Bill, know guns and they do not favor limiting their use. But they are careful to lock them up when they aren’t using them.\r\n\r\nThe great battle ended, as these things do, with a whimper. Betsey was unable to gather up the votes, and so she had lost. And defeated is certainly how she felt as she returned home to Beaufort, to Bill, to go back to working at the church, to go back to reading to children in the schools, and to be a loving grandmother in the ensuing years to her 12 grandchildren.\r\n\r\nBut DHEC’s numbers don’t tell the story of a defeat. In 1996, the number of South Carolina children who were killed by the accidental discharge of a firearm dropped to seven. In 1997, it was five. By 2000, it was two, and since then six is the highest number it has reached. Thus in broad terms it can be said the frequency of these tragedies has been cut more than in half since 1995. The figures tell a particularly dramatic story because South Carolina’s population grew by roughly 25 percent from 1990-2010, from 3.4 million in 1990 to 4.6 million in 2010, according to the U.S. Census’ figures.\r\n\r\nFrancis Rushton, a Beaufort pediatrician for 32 years, a former president of the South Carolina Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a key part of Betsey Robinson’s Children’s Firearm Protection Act coalition continues to follow the children with guns issue. “Both the Robinsons and I were astonished to realize that although our legislation never passed, the gun owning public appeared to have listened to the public health message,” Dr. Rushton explained last week. “The gun owning public has become much more safety conscious about the issues with children and firearms, and there is a decrease in the number of firearms that children come into contact with.”\r\n\r\nBetsey Robinson’s legacy, The Children’s Firearm Protection Act campaign, as we view it now, was a textbook case of effective public advocacy. The message was right. The messenger and the level of her intensity were right. The time was right. And even if ultimately the politics were wrong for getting the bill passed, the public education that resulted from the effort stuck, and the message took on a life of its own with pediatricians, teachers, pastors and parents picking up what Betsey started.\r\n\r\n“This effort took a lot of Mom’s time,” Clark Robinson added last week. “From time to time she talked about quitting. But then in 1995 she said ‘I’m going to give it my all for just this one more year.’”\r\n\r\nThe numbers show that there have now been about a hundred South Carolina children whose lives were saved because Betsey Robinson didn’t quit. We, and they, don’t know who these children are. But they are out there today playing in schoolyards, going camping and hunting and fishing with their families, and bringing joy to their grandparents. Moreover, because of her efforts and the efforts of those who took up her cause the lives of more South Carolina youngsters are saved each year. That is the difference, it is now clear, that Betsey Robinson made.', 'The good that has come from a Beaufort tragedy', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-good-that-has-come-from-a-beaufort-tragedy', '', '', '2015-07-30 11:26:59', '2015-07-30 15:26:59', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23913', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23917, 4, '2015-07-30 11:28:20', '2015-07-30 15:28:20', '<h3>Provided by Family Features</h3>\r\nSummer is in full swing, so now is the perfect time to throw caution to the wind and break some long-standing grilling adages. Doing so will help you get the most out of your grilling—and more importantly, enjoy your food\r\neven more.\r\n\r\nRuss Faulk, author of the cookbook “Cook: Out” and grill master for Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet, and Meathead Goldwyn, of Amazingribs.com, offer three grilling rules you can break with abandon.\r\n\r\n<strong>Rule #1 - Only flip once</strong>\r\n\r\nWhile many avid grillers stick by the “only flip once” rule, Faulk advises grillers to flip as often as they want. “Especially with steaks and chops – turning more frequently can lead to more even cooking. You can build up a very flavorful crust,” he says. Just don’t flip too early. Be sure to wait for the food to release itself from the grill grate.\r\n\r\n<strong>Rule #2 - Oil the grill grates</strong>\r\n\r\nTo prevent food from sticking, many opt for the rule of spreading oil right on the grill grates. Instead, as Goldwyn recommends, brush oil on your food, not the grates. He explains that when the food is placed on the grill, the oil will penetrate the small crevasses in both the food and the grates, creating a smooth and slippery surface that will help to prevent sticking.\r\n\r\n<strong>Rule # 3 - Load up the grill</strong>\r\n\r\n“Keep at least 25-30 % of open space on the grill with no fire below it,” said Faulk. This space can be used to move food to when the action heats up.', 'Break these rules for better summer grilling', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'break-these-rules-for-better-summer-grilling', '', '', '2015-07-30 11:28:20', '2015-07-30 15:28:20', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23917', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23919, 4, '2015-07-30 11:29:02', '2015-07-30 15:29:02', '<h3>By Celia Strong</h3>\r\nReally, just so you know, that title has nothing to do with anything. But I couldn’t stop myself. My “working” title was “A New Wine Rolles In.” Referring to a new grape with a multitude of names. And, Rolle is not the only new name we’re going to get to learn today. It seems, as we do our explorations, that many varieties are known by more than one name. And, over the years and lessons, it’s come to us as DNA testing to get some of them right. CSIs—that we are.\r\n\r\nNow, starting at the beginning, we have our new variety for this week. Vermentino. This is a white grape variety that is found primarily around the Mediterranean. In Italy, it is widely planted in Sardinia as well as Liguria and Piedmont. (In Liguria, it is called “Pigato,” and in Piedmont it is called “Favorita.” See, already we have three names for one grape. Four, really, really.) A few plantings in Tuscany are making richer style wines from Vermentino. In southeastern France, in the Languedoc and Provence areas, it is grown as “Rolle.” And, recently, there has been success with the variety from Corsica, too. (Actually, some Vermentino is grown in parts of California, too! But, we need to limit ourselves today.) Over the years, there have been many discussions and studies on whether this variety, under these different names, is actually the same or related or what. For us, this week, let’s assume if they aren’t the same that they are at least related to each other. Phew.\r\n\r\nOverall, wines from Vermentino are dry, with bright acidity. They have citrus aromas, with a clean minerality; they are medium bodied and are not often barrel aged. In Sardinia, where wine producers have started to really concentrate on Vermentino, there is a range of styles beginning to be noticed. They tend to be rich and fuller bodied with lemon, ginger and assorted nut flavors. From some specific Sardinian areas, they can also show an herbal character. From Liguria, the wines are a bit lighter bodied, but still crisp. From Tuscany, they have more texture with citrus, floral and mineral notes. No matter where these wines come from, though, the food pairings that work best with them are seafood. Fried, of course! Ceviche. Steamed or boiled with fresh squeezed lemon or lime juice. Seafood dumplings and empanadas. Even stuffed fish, like flounder. But, let’s move on to our Vermentinos. As you can imagine, there are not tons and tons of them available. But, aren’t we lucky. The ones we do have here are excellent!\r\n\r\nOur first Vermentino is from Corsica. It is the Orin Swift Corse, made from 100% Vermentino. Many of us are familiar with this producer’s “Location” series of wines. Made from grapes grown in different wine areas around the world. Corse is the newest one in this collection. The powers that be at Orin Swift spent three years researching and developing the vineyards and winery for this project. All to make a truly Corsican style Vermentino wine. These grapes are fermented in stainless steel tanks and not barrel aged. So - the wine is crisp and lively with floral aromatics and flavors that include fresh, green apples, bittersweet almonds and Thai basil. This wine is great for drinking all year long, with seafood for sure, but also with light vegetable dishes, Asian foods, and mild pasta salads. Yum! (The label on this wine needs a quick mention. It is a picture of a hand-crafted shepherd’s knife, like so many Corsicans carry.) For $17.99.\r\n\r\nOur second Vermentino wine is from the Provence area of southern France. This wine is a collaboration between the Perrin family, known for their wines in the Rhône Valley, and Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, known for other things. The grapes are actually grown in the vineyards at Chateau Miraval, owned by the Jolie-Pitt family. The Vermentino grapes grow in the northwest part of the property, where the soil is clay and limestone. With subsoil that is particularly well suited for this white variety. But, it is still called “Rolle” here. Not Vermentino. Ninety percent of these grapes are fermented in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks, ten percent in barrels. There is a little bit of Grenache Blanc blended in. This wine is bright and clear and very pale. Its nose has white flowers, peaches and sweet spices like licorice. (Sounds strange, but it is delicious!) The mineral character runs through it, from front to back. And lingers forever. A minimal label on this bottle lets us really see how light the wine is. For $29.99.\r\n\r\nSo, again, we have some great new wines to try. Really new. Again, for this wonderful weather and the great summer foods we eat here. So, while they may or may not be known for other things, we should make sure we know them. Enjoy.', 'Known for other things, she said', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'known-for-other-things-she-said', '', '', '2015-07-30 11:29:02', '2015-07-30 15:29:02', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23919', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23921, 4, '2015-07-30 12:19:34', '2015-07-30 16:19:34', '[gallery columns=\"5\" ids=\"23923,23925,23926,23927,23930\" orderby=\"rand\"]\r\n<h3>By Molly Ingram, Photos by SK &amp; Assoc.</h3>\r\nIt was my first Water Festival and first Lowcountry supper on the waterfront. I really wasn’t sure what to expect. But what I got was what I have come to expect from my Beaufort neighbors and friends.\r\n\r\nFirst, there was a plan. I was to be in line no later than 5:45 p.m. which, being a good girls scout, I was. Quickly joined by Elizabeth Harding Newberry, co-publisher of The Island News, and Nikki Hardison (our General Manager) and her husband, Bubba, the gang was now assembled. Before we could say “Hey y’all”, a staffer was there to take our tickets and put a very complicated wrist band on us. By the time the line started moving, there was literally no waiting. A lovely lady at the very front of the food line asked politely, “Do you just love shrimp?” to which I gave an affirmative and a huge pile of gorgeous shrimp appeared on my plate. Yummy sausage, corn, cole slaw, a roll and watermelon followed in quick succession.\r\n\r\nAnd off we trundled to find a spot to enjoy this feast. Amazingly to me, finding a great place to sit wasn’t that hard. Clearly people who have done this before know exactly where they want to sit and there were seats arranged artfully for the family to assemble. And as soon as we had our spot, two of the team headed off to secure some cocktails to go with our lovely supper.\r\n\r\nFinally seated, and thirst quenched, Elizabeth asked me if I know how to peal the shrimp. “No, not really,” I said. I figured I would just bulldoze my way through it. How hard could it be? She says, “Well, first you put your thumb here, and kind of wiggle the tail.” “Then you put your fingernail through the center part and pop the shrimp from his shell.” Piece of cake. By golly, I’ve got it! Did it taste better than any other shrimp I’ve ever had? Maybe. It was darn good which could have been a function of the master chef’s they had working in the kitchen or the ambiance of sitting by the water while listening to Marjory Lee perform, or maybe it was the company. It doesn’t really matter. What I saw all around me were friends and families talking, laughing, and enjoying the evening. That seems to be the underlying formula for a successful Water Festival. Have fun with your friends. Bed races down the main street? Dragon boats from a different century flying across the water? Outstanding performers during the evening? Local craftsmen offering so many wonderful things to take home? All these things come together every day to make the Water Festival the special summer event that it is. If you missed it this year, put it on the calendar for next year because I am convinced that this needs to be a yearly “must do” for all of us. They could call it “Shrimp for the Soul” because that is exactly what it feeds.', 'A first timer’s experience at the annual Lowcountry Supper', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'a-first-timers-experience-at-the-annual-lowcountry-supper', '', '', '2015-08-01 21:54:06', '2015-08-02 01:54:06', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23921', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23924, 4, '2015-07-30 12:19:31', '2015-07-30 16:19:31', '<h3>Photo by SK &amp; Assoc.</h3>\r\nIt takes dozens of volunteers with a variety of titles to put together the Beaufort Water Festival every year. Chris Canaday spent time as assistant treasurer, treasurer, sponsors coordinator, sales and admissions coordinator, parks coordinator and sports coordinator before taking on the role of program coordinator in this, his 11th year of volunteering.\r\n\r\n“My wife, Stacey, actually volunteered for two years as the chairperson for Children’s Day before I became involved,” Chris explains. “I attended a Water Festival crew picnic with her and when Jack Little, who was the event treasurer at the time, said he was looking for an assistant, I said I would do it. I’ve been a Beaufort Water Festival volunteer ever since that day.”\r\n\r\nAs program coordinator, Chris oversees the other nine coordinators on staff. His experience in many of the positions comes in handy as he offers assistance and guidance as they each work toward meeting the individual requirement of their respective positions.\r\n\r\nBorn and raised in Beaufort, Chris says he can’t imagine living anywhere else. It’s possible, though, that Port Royal comes in a close second to Beaufort. Chris spends his days as the finance manager for the town of Port Royal. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Financial Management from Clemson University, a Master of Science degree in Sports Administration from Florida State University and he’s a Certified Government Finance Officer through the Government Finance Officers Association of South Carolina.\r\n\r\nIn addition to his wife Stacey’s involvement with Water Festival (this year she’s serving as the productions coordinator), Chris’s dad was a Water Festival volunteer when Chris was young. But it was under Chris’s watch as sports coordinator last year that the family’s most interesting Water Festival story occurred.\r\n\r\nAs Chris tells is, “The last Friday of Festival is the day of the Bed Race where one person sits on a hospital bed/gurney and four runners push the bed down Bay Street for about a quarter mile hoping for the fastest time. Last year a big storm rolled in just as the Bed Race was finishing. In the downpour/water spout that ensued, someone actually made off with two of the beds! Don’t know how or why, but they did.”\r\n\r\nChris and Stacey are parents to Hayden, age 11, and Rowan, age 7. Both boys attend Riverview Charter School. The family enjoys boating and spending time at the beach.\r\n\r\nWith his heart in Water Festival, Chris encourages others to get involved with the Beaufort community. “Have fun. Volunteer for the right reasons. Remember that what we do is about the community and not us as individuals. If you aren’t having fun and you are just looking to pad your resume, get out. Water Festival volunteers are like one big family. We are there for each other through thick and thin. We have the best volunteer crew ever! And I cannot wait for next year!”', 'Meet the Commodore for the 61st Water Festival', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'meet-the-commodore-for-the-61st-water-festival', '', '', '2015-08-01 21:55:26', '2015-08-02 01:55:26', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23924', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23928, 4, '2015-07-30 12:19:28', '2015-07-30 16:19:28', '<em>Photo above: Tim Lovette of Higher Ground demonstrates the paddle technique while a storm brews up river.</em>\r\n<h3>By Kim Newton</h3>\r\nClaiming to be allergic to salt water and not being excited about any type of exercise, I must admit that I wasn’t too thrilled about being challenged by Nikki Hardison, our general manager, to a paddle boarding adventure with my colleagues. I don’t enjoy sweating or sore muscles, but Tim Lovette of Higher Ground assured me that if I would just give him a chance, he would prove to me that paddle boarding would be my new favorite activity.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_23933\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"268\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SOCIAL-PROS-e1438270934911.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-23933\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SOCIAL-PROS-e1438270934911-268x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kim and Nikki paddling along the Lady’s Island Marina. \" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" /></a> Kim and Nikki paddling along the Lady’s Island Marina.[/caption]\r\n\r\nMy biggest fear was falling off the board and being swept away by the river. I could picture myself flopping around like a flounder trying to get back on that board. Tim assured me that no one had ever fallen off during one of his paddle boarding excursions. That statement just convinced me that I would be the first…but I was wrong!\r\n\r\nNot only was it easy to stay on the paddle board, it was exhilarating. The ease of pushing the board through the water reminded me of paddling a canoe, but it was more fun because you are standing up, so you get a magnificent view of the river and the amazing Lowcountry scenery.\r\n\r\nMuch like riding a bike, the faster you go, the more stable you become. Tim instructed us to look at the horizon, lean forward just a bit, and start paddling. Off we went! My sister, Elizabeth, quickly took the lead. Of course, she is 10 years younger and in pretty good shape, but Nikki and I were right on her heals, proving that anyone can do this!\r\n\r\nWe paddled along in front of The Fillin’ Station and then on past the Lady’s Island Marina. We enjoyed the summer breeze, the dolphins passing by and the egrets in the trees. What an amazing place we live in, and how different it is viewed from the river with no boat engine humming in the background. Only the sound of the soft lapping of the water hitting your board. We even went over a few waves when a boat went by. And none of us fell off!\r\n\r\nYou wouldn’t believe how quickly I turned into a really fast paddler when I heard thunder in the distance. Those summer storms can sneak up in a hurry! I zipped right past the crowd and back to the dock. But even after my burst of energy, I still wasn’t too sore the next day. I would recommend that you give this activity a try, even if you feel like you’re not necessarily the active type. When you have an instructor like Tim who brings the equipment for you and shows you the ropes, it’s a breeze. Give Tim a call and for only $40 you can enjoy a relaxing day on the river. And get a little exercise too! Yes, I might actually do it again!', 'On the water with The Island News crew', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'on-the-water-with-the-island-news-crew', '', '', '2015-07-30 12:20:59', '2015-07-30 16:20:59', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23928', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23934, 4, '2015-07-30 11:45:05', '2015-07-30 15:45:05', '<h3>By Dr. Stephen W. Durham</h3>\r\nDentures are sometimes the solution for people who have lost the strength and structure of their own teeth. But today people who get dentures often find greater relief than they imagined.\r\n\r\nToday’s dentures offer advances over what people might have grown to expect, and the improvement in appearance is often far greater than people imagine, for at least two reasons.\r\n\r\n<strong>Not just good-as-new. Often better.</strong>\r\n\r\nThe true-to-life look available in today’s ceramic and composite materials is better than ever. And importantly, the fit of dentures today can be tailored with greater precision than what was available even just a few years ago.\r\n\r\n<strong>Beyond comfort.</strong>\r\n\r\nBut more than just appearance, dentures today can be a solution for a disorder that is said to cause more than 92% of headaches. As many as three-fourths of all people may have some degree of bad alignment affecting their jaws and the muscles around them – the strongest muscles in the body.\r\n\r\nThe results of this misalignment – Temporomandibular Disorder or TMD – range from trouble sleeping, to ringing in the ears, pain behind the eyes, numbness in the shoulders and down the arms and yes, headaches, even migraines. So neuromuscular dentures often change people’s lives far beyond appearance and comfort.\r\n\r\n<strong>Relaxing the jaw.</strong>\r\n\r\nTo find each patient’s unique, ideal alignment the patient’s jaws are fully relaxed – sometimes for the first time in the patient’s adult life. Today’s techniques make this possible within an hour in most cases.\r\n\r\nThen the ideal, relaxed bite position is recorded in data from EMG and CMS images – a computerized bite analysis of your jaw’s most natural position.\r\n\r\n<b>The natural result of dentures.</b>\r\n\r\nNeuromuscular dentures designed from this analysis fit better of course, and they serve every day as a kind of orthotic, encouraging the jaws to align in the most natural position for each patient, and relaxing those powerful muscles.\r\n\r\nThe results can be more beautiful than the patient ever imagined.', 'The beauty of being pain–free', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-beauty-of-being-pain-free', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:30:08', '2018-07-12 15:30:08', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23934', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23936, 4, '2015-07-30 12:04:02', '2015-07-30 16:04:02', 'In a continuing effort to improve cardiac care for patients suffering a ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)—the most dangerous type of heart attack—Beaufort Memorial teamed up with the emergency medical service providers from Parris Island Fire Department to practice its STEMI process, ensuring patients suffering this type of cardiac event receive expedited treatment.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_23937\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/HEALTH-STEMI-drill-July-2015.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-23937\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/HEALTH-STEMI-drill-July-2015-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Parris Island EMT Nathan Hildreth delivers a heart attack patient (fellow EMT Charles Bumgardner) to the Beaufort Memorial Emergency Department and updates staff members Christina Crosby, RN, Annalise Kirk, RN and Chelsea Gratton on his condition. \" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a> Parris Island EMT Nathan Hildreth delivers a heart attack patient (fellow EMT Charles Bumgardner) to the Beaufort Memorial Emergency Department and updates staff members Christina Crosby, RN, Annalise Kirk, RN and Chelsea Gratton on his condition.[/caption]\r\n\r\n“When EMS is called, they are able to get your care started sooner,” BMH STEMI quality coordinator Sabrina Faircloth said. “They will confirm and transmit the EKG and alert the emergency department staff, who in turn gets the process started by alerting the Cath Lab Team that you are on the way in.”\r\n\r\nDuring this unannounced drill, a “patient” was picked up by Parris Island EMTs on the base and transported by ambulance to Beaufort Memorial, where the Emergency Department and Cath Lab teams ran through all procedures as if this was an actual STEMI emergency.\r\n\r\n“These drills offer a unique opportunity for the Fire Department to interact with our receiving hospital and to test our abilities in the field as well,” said Parris Island Paramedic and Training Officer Nate Hildreth. “And they allow us to see firsthand how the STEMI system works once our patient reaches the emergency room.”\r\n\r\nSTEMIs occur when there is a sudden blockage of one of the three coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart. Without blood, the heart muscle will die. To increase the patient’s chance of survival and limit the amount of heart muscle that is permanently damaged, the clotted artery needs to be opened as quickly as possible.\r\n\r\nStandard of care across the US is less than 90 minutes from first medical contact to opening the vessel. BMH continues to beat this standard.\r\n\r\nRemember that time is muscle. So, if you think you’re having a heart attack, please call 911 to get your care started sooner!', 'Partnership with Parris Island Fire Department proves successful', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'partnership-with-parris-island-fire-department-proves-successful', '', '', '2015-07-30 12:04:02', '2015-07-30 16:04:02', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23936', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23939, 4, '2015-07-30 12:05:15', '2015-07-30 16:05:15', '<h3>By Susan Stone</h3>\r\nLast Sunday I heard a sermon on <em>Safe Harbors.</em> The talk primarily focused on personal safety and the state of our world at this time. However my mind went on to ponder the question; in what ways can I/we be a safe harbor for others?\r\n\r\nIf someone shares a secret or a personal situation with you, do you honor that trust and keep it to yourself? In the past I have trusted close friends with personal matters, only to hear about it from someone else I know. This lesson of discernment and finding out who your friends really are can be a painful one. On the flip side, there are those who may never trust me again because I thought it wouldn’t hurt to just tell one person…or two. In my ministerial training I was asked to sign an agreement. The promise I made and signed my name to seemed simple enough, but it has been a challenge to keep. Our human nature is a curious one. We love to know things that other’s do not. A juicy bit of news is hard to keep to myself and yet, if I am to be trustworthy, I must.\r\n\r\nAnother issue of safety concerns speaking your truth. If you are criticized for your opinions, you will not feel safe speaking them. If you want your children, your spouse, your friends, your co-workers to tell you the truth, you must be a person who can hear it…even if you don’t like it. When my daughter was little, I told her that I was her soft place to fall in this world. I told her I would never hold truth against her. I could take it, whatever it was. As a result she told me things that made me want to tell her father and other parents, but I didn’t. The only exception I ever made was if what she told me could result in harm to her or another. And even at that, I told her ahead of time and explained why I had to do the right thing.\r\n\r\nAre you a safe harbor? Would a lost child find you kind and helpful? Would a homeless person, a Muslim, a homosexual? If someone needs a shoulder to cry on or a sympathetic ear…are you a soft place to fall? Are you only safe with people you are similar to? Not being a world traveler, I have little experience with being in a strange place, with language I don’t understand. I can only imagine that it would take some getting used to. We don’t see high profile military units or machine guns every day in America, so I am sure it feels unnerving to unseasoned travelers.\r\n\r\nPersonal safety is a global concern. We have spent billions of dollars since “9/11” to make America safer. What an illusion. If we choose a steady diet of “talking heads” on the news, we may never feel safe again! We have managed (through our fear) to give away much of our freedom in the name of “safety”. No laws and no amount of military spending will keep you from the inevitable. At some point, we will all go home. We cannot stop it. We will all drop our bodies at some point and go. It is the most natural thing you will do, next to arriving here in the first place.\r\n\r\nWe either feel safe in the world or we don’t, based on our life experience and what we allow others to tell us about the world. It is not a debate, it is a feeling. I have lived through some perilous times…most of my own making and I have come away feeling like I have an Angel on my shoulder.\r\n\r\nI believe that if I want to feel safe in this world, then I must help others to find a safe harbor too.', 'Exploring the importance of being a safe harbor', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'exploring-the-importance-of-being-a-safe-harbor', '', '', '2015-07-30 12:06:52', '2015-07-30 16:06:52', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23939', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23942, 4, '2015-07-30 12:07:29', '2015-07-30 16:07:29', 'As a result of the shooting at Chattanooga Armed Forces recruitment centers, Governor Nikki Haley and Major General Bob Livingston, working together with law enforcement including South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel, are undertaking efforts to ensure the safety and security of service members, their families and South Carolina National Guard facilities across the state.\r\n\r\nGov. Haley said, “In the wake of the shootings in Chattanooga, I have ordered a full review of all South Carolina National Guard facilities and installations statewide. The safety of our men and women in uniform is paramount, and I fully expect that this rolling review, starting this week, will result in the arming of some of our guardsmen.”\r\n\r\nSteps the governor has authorized General Livingston and his team to undertake, which ensures safety while balancing public access to facilities, include: guard officials will conduct site-by-site visits for vulnerability assessments of all guard recruitment stations, facilities and installations across the state; based on vulnerability assessments, designated officials will be armed at recruitment stations, facilities and installations across the state as necessary; continue active shooter exercises with local law enforcement; continue active coordination and training with law enforcement; Provide a method of instant contact with law enforcement; improve all physical security measures at all Guard facilities based on vulnerability assessments.', 'Efforts made to increase security measures announced', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'efforts-made-to-increase-security-measures-announced', '', '', '2015-07-30 12:07:29', '2015-07-30 16:07:29', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23942', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23944, 4, '2015-07-30 12:08:26', '2015-07-30 16:08:26', '[caption id=\"attachment_23945\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"200\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/nurnberg_130123_07147_7015.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-23945\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/nurnberg_130123_07147_7015-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"As part of the 12-week program, LifeFit Wellness coaches will show you how to incorporate effective and scientifically proven exercises into your routine, while developing healthy habits that will enable you to reach—and maintain—your fitness goals.\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /></a> As part of the 12-week program, LifeFit Wellness coaches will show you how to incorporate effective and scientifically proven exercises into your routine, while developing healthy habits that will enable you to reach—and maintain—your fitness goals.[/caption]\r\n\r\nWho isn’t? Beaufort Memorial and LifeFit have teamed up to create a 12 week comprehensive program to help all of us achieve our weight loss and fitness goals. Be honest. Has the time come to really do something about those extra pounds? This program might be just the answer to keep you motivated and engaged while learning the proper way to exercise for maximum effectiveness and eat healthy sustainable food. The program starts this August at the LifeFit Wellness Center at Beaufort Memorial.\r\n\r\nThis comprehensive wellness program, which is appropriate for all ages and fitness levels, will help you develop life-long healthy habits that will enable you to mold your ideal body. During the course of your body makeover, LifeFit Wellness coaches will show you how to incorporate effective, scientifically-proven exercises designed to burn fat (e.g., High Intensity Interval Training; boredom-busting cardio) and build lean, long, and strong muscles. Plus, a Registered Dietician will help you create a manageable, sustainable, and specialized nutrition plan designed just for you. Nutrition education sessions also will even include a healthy cooking class and a field trip to the supermarket.\r\n\r\nWhatever your health goals, the 12-week program is designed to get you where you want to be, and the small group format will offer the personal attention, accountability, structure and social support you’ll need to meet your goals. To keep participants motivated, the program will also include a little friendly competition. Points will be awarded for attending classes and events, reducing inches, improving your fitness analysis score and keeping a food log, with prizes awarded to those who accumulate the most points.\r\n\r\nThe program begins August 20 and runs through November 14, with a celebration banquet of delicious healthy food planned for Nov 17th. Cost is $600.00 (if paid in full) or three monthly payments of $225.00.\r\n\r\nMore information can be found on the Beaufort Memorial website www.beaufortmemorial.org. Space is limited, so register today by calling the LifeFit Wellness Center at (843) 522-5635.', 'Ready for a Body Makeover program?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'ready-for-a-body-makeover-program', '', '', '2015-07-30 12:08:26', '2015-07-30 16:08:26', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23944', 0, 'post', '', 2),
(23947, 4, '2015-07-30 12:09:08', '2015-07-30 16:09:08', 'The Healing Heroes of the Lowcountry Fund is proud to host the inaugural Vietnam Veterans Celebration on August 8, 2015 at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park in downtown Beaufort in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. This event seeks to honor our nation’s Vietnam War Veterans of all branches of the military for their service and sacrifices to our country during a difficult era in our history.\r\n\r\nThe event will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. and is free and open to the public. The Keynote Speaker is Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston, Jr., U.S. Army Retired. Following his remarks, The Parris Island Marine Band, the Parris Island Color Guard along with the Sweetgrass Angels, Brad Smith &amp; Keith Alston, Katie McAllister, and City Councilman Mike McFee will perform. Katie McAllister says, “I am particularly honored to be singing the National Anthem, and a couple other patriotic songs, with the Marine Corps Band, as my father was a Vietnam Vet, Air Force Colonel, fighter pilot, and hero to many, especially me.”\r\n\r\nDonnie Beer, HHLF Chairman remarked, “Some ask ‘why do this now?’  Vietnam was a long time ago and best forgotten. To those that served and to the families who lost a loved one it happened yesterday. This is for them.”\r\n\r\nFor more information visit www.hhlcf.org.', 'Healing Heroes hosts Vietnam Veterans Tribute', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'healing-heroes-hosts-vietnamveterans-tribute', '', '', '2015-07-30 12:10:37', '2015-07-30 16:10:37', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23947', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23949, 4, '2015-07-30 12:10:13', '2015-07-30 16:10:13', 'For the 13th straight year, Beaufort Memorial earned a spot on the list of the nation’s Most Wired Hospitals, putting it in the company of some of the most prestigious academic medical centers in the country.\r\n\r\nOnly 338 US hospitals met the American Hospital Association’s set of rigorous IT criteria designed to reduce the likelihood of medical errors. BMH was one of eight hospitals in South Carolina to earn the Most Wired distinction.\r\n\r\n“We’ve continued to look at technology solutions with the goal of improving patients’ quality of care,” said BMH Chief Information Officer Ed Ricks. “It’s especially gratifying to make the Most Wired list since we moved from the ’small and rural hospitals‘ category and are now included with some of the largest hospital systems and medical centers in the nation, including Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City and Cedars-Sinai Health System in Los Angeles.”\r\n\r\nEach year, Hospitals &amp; Health Networks magazine, the flagship publication of the AHA, conducts a survey that asks hospitals and health systems nationwide to answer questions regarding their information technology initiatives. The 2015 survey was completed by 741 respondents, representing 2,213 hospitals, or more than 39 percent of all U.S. hospitals.\r\n\r\nAccording to the survey, hospitals are taking more aggressive privacy and security measures to protect and safeguard patient data.\r\n\r\n“With the rising number of patient data breaches and cybersecurity attacks threatening the healthcare industry, protecting patient health information is a top priority for hospital customers,” said Frank Nydam, senior director of Healthcare at VMware, sponsor of the 2015 Most Wired survey. “Coupled with the incredible technology innovation taking place today, healthcare organizations need to have security as a foundational component of their mobility, cloud and networking strategy and incorporated into the very fabric of the organization.”\r\n\r\nThis spring BMH created the position of director of information security and hired Jason Eddinger, an IT professional with 25 years’ experience in the health care field, to ensure the hospital is in compliance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule and all other federal regulations designed to protect electronic health information.\r\n\r\nThe hospital also has added helpful new functions to its patient portal—MyBMH—to get patients actively involved in their health care.\r\n\r\n“The portal is an intuitive health management tool that allows patients to view their medical records, giving them ownership of their health,” said Shauna Bishop, Beaufort Memorial’s e-health director of information systems. “Whether they are focused on prevention, recovering from an illness or managing chronic conditions, it improves their ability to self-manage their health, resulting in better outcomes and enhanced patient satisfaction.”', 'BMH makes list of Most Wired Hospitals in US', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'bmh-makes-list-of-most-wired-hospitals-in-us', '', '', '2015-07-30 12:10:13', '2015-07-30 16:10:13', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23949', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(23953, 4, '2015-07-30 12:12:34', '2015-07-30 16:12:34', 'Live Oak Builders, a custom home builder in Beaufort and the Sea Islands, announced that they collaborated with Home &amp; Garden Television (HGTV) on their <em>Vacation Home For Free </em>TV program this spring. “We were contacted in January by the producer and was eventually chosen from a field of five local contractors, based on our small company structure” explains Todd Bradley, owner of Live Oak Builders. “It was important to them to have access to an on-site project manager for communications and a project coordinator to facilitate material orders. Those are two key positions in custom home building,” he said.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/EXTERIOR.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-23954\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/EXTERIOR-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"EXTERIOR\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" /></a>With a list of renovation tasks and a budget of $60,000, Live Oak Builders was charged with completing the work in six weeks at the home of Ann and Bill Lamm at 508 Craven St. in the historic district. A new kitchen and powder room, removal of interior fireplace and wall removal to create open space, repainted interior and exterior, refinished all original pine flooring, new light fixtures &amp; fans throughout, added a gas lantern on front porch and freshened front landscaping were the main renovations. Eighteen local subcontractors assisted Live Oak Builders with the renovations.\r\n\r\nHGTV’s <em>Vacation Home For Free </em>is hosted by Matt Blashaw, a contractor and renovation expert. He helps couples realize their wish to own a vacation home.\r\n\r\nHe helps them shop for and renovate a “diamond in the rough” home in their dream location to command top dollar as a vacation rental. The idea is for the homeowner to be able to rent out the vacation home for 16 prime rental weeks at maximum income, covering all their annual expenses. For the rest of the year, they live in their <em>Vacation Home for Free</em>!\r\n\r\nHGTV will air the show Sunday, August 23 at 12 noon, EST.', 'Local builders collaborate with HGTV’s Vacation Home For Free', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'local-builders-collaborate-with-hgtvs-vacation-home-for-free', '', '', '2015-07-30 12:12:34', '2015-07-30 16:12:34', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23953', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23957, 4, '2015-07-30 12:13:37', '2015-07-30 16:13:37', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/COMMUNTIY-PENN-CENTER.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-23958\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/COMMUNTIY-PENN-CENTER-300x141.jpg\" alt=\"COMMUNTIY - PENN CENTER\" width=\"300\" height=\"141\" /></a>On July 19th the Multi-Cultural Association of Beaufort County presented six local organizations with a total of $95,000 in honor and recognition of the association’s founding member and president, Margie Kline Jenkins. The association was organized to combat cultural disparities in our communities.\r\n\r\nPenn Center, Inc. is honored to be one of the six local organizations to receive support from the Multi-Cultural Association of Beaufort County. Other organizations that received funding are: Circle of Hope Ministries, the historic Grand Army Hall and its partner organization Woman’s Relief Corps #1 of South Carolina, Beaufort County Youth Conference and Wesley United Methodist Church. Penn Center’s new Executive Director, Dr. Rodell Lawrence, was honored and grateful to have received funding from the association. Dr. Lawrence has served in his new position for approximately four months; he looks forward to working with St. Helena Island, Beaufort and the surrounding communities to advance the vision and mission of Penn Center.', 'Beaufort organizations received funding from the Multi-Cultural Association', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-organizations-received-funding-from-the-multi-cultural-association', '', '', '2015-07-30 12:13:37', '2015-07-30 16:13:37', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23957', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23960, 4, '2015-07-30 12:14:06', '2015-07-30 16:14:06', 'Lifestyle Furniture Outlet has grown from a sparsely populated store to a thriving quality driven showroom. General Manager Jo Stutts remarks, “How nice is it to finally find exactly what you want and be able to take it home that day? We offer stylish coastal furniture to make your house into a home.”\r\n\r\nWith retail shops closing, Beaufort is enjoying a strong resurgence of successful shops geared to our very sophisticated and world-travelled residents. Between the military and our more permanent residents fleeing the cold up north, Lifestyle Furniture sets a great example of how to tailor a retail environment to the wants and needs of their customers. The Island News hopes you will still be growing in another 18 months!', 'LFO hits 18 month milestone', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'lfo-hits-18-month-milestone', '', '', '2015-07-30 12:14:06', '2015-07-30 16:14:06', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23960', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23962, 4, '2015-07-30 12:15:36', '2015-07-30 16:15:36', '[caption id=\"attachment_23963\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/COMMUNITY-BETTY-DAVIS.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-23963\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/COMMUNITY-BETTY-DAVIS-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Betty G. Davis\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Betty G. Davis[/caption]\r\n\r\nKim Harding and Elizabeth Harding Newberry, co-publishers of<em> The Island News</em>, announced recently that Betty G. Davis has joined The Island News sales team from a similar position at 95.5 The Coast radio station. “We are really delighted to welcome Betty to our ever growing Island News team. She brings a wealth of experience in so many areas, we are very lucky to have her,” said Ms. Harding.\r\n\r\n“Her work for our Chamber of Commerce puts her in a terrific position to know many of the movers and shakers in Beaufort and her ability to orchestrate special events is second to none. Elizabeth and I are really excited to have Betty as part of<em> The Island News</em> crew,” Ms. Harding continued.\r\n\r\nBetty has a Bachelor’s of Sociology from the College of Charleston and lives in Beaufort with her husband, George. She is also the proud mother of two and grandmother of two! Welcome aboard Betty! You can reach Betty at betty.islandnews@gmail.com or call her at 843-252-9076.', 'Sales Executive joins The Island News', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'sales-executive-joins-the-island-news', '', '', '2015-07-30 12:15:36', '2015-07-30 16:15:36', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23962', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23965, 4, '2015-07-30 12:16:46', '2015-07-30 16:16:46', 'Over the next few months the Parris Island History and Museum Society will host a series of speakers and discussions on the history of Parris Island to commemorate the Centennial of training Marines on the Depot.\r\n\r\nThe series was to kick off this Thursday, July 30th but that is now being rescheduled due to technical difficulties. Stay tuned to find out when Dr. Larry Rowland and Dr. Stephen Wise will discuss the history of the Island from the Native Americans-thru today. This event will be held at the Shed on Paris Ave. in Port Royal. (Please bring lawn chairs for comfortable seating, limited chairs available.)\r\n\r\nAugust 27th –­ 6 p.m. –­ Discussion by the Santa Elena Foundation –­ Union Church –­ 11th St., Port Royal. Historic Port Royal Foundation and Santa Elena Foundation\r\n\r\nSept. 10th –­ 6 p.m. –­ Women Marines on Parris Island –­ Union Church-11th St., Port Royal. HPRF\r\n\r\nSept. 24th – noon –­ Court Martial at Parris Island –­ The Ribbon Creek Incident –­ Battery Creek High School\r\n\r\nOct.7th –­ 6 p.m. –­ The HarborMasters in Concert –­ present Patriotic Songs –­ the Shed on Paris Ave., in Port Royal. (Please bring lawn chairs for comfortable seating, limited chairs available.)\r\n\r\nOct. 24th –­ 11 a.m. –­ Grand Parade –­ Paris Ave. followed by the Premier of a documentary 100 Years –­ Making of Marines on Parris Island –­ the Shed on Paris Ave., in Port Royal. The documentary will be shown at noon, 1:15 p.m. and 2:15 p.m.\r\n\r\nThese events are a collaborative effort with Parris Island Historical &amp; Museum Society, Historic Port Royal Foundation, Beaufort County Historical Society, Santa Elena Foundation and the Beaufort District Collection of Beaufort County Library and the Town of Port Royal.', 'Off base speakers series celebrating the of training Marines to begin', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'off-base-speakers-series-celebrating-the-of-training-marines-to-begin', '', '', '2015-07-30 12:16:46', '2015-07-30 16:16:46', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23965', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23968, 4, '2015-07-30 12:18:25', '2015-07-30 16:18:25', '<em><span style=\"font-family: \'Calibri\',sans-serif;\">Photo above: Volunteers at The Literacy Center during a 2014 tutor training. </span></em>\r\n\r\nHilton Head-based nonprofit The Literacy Center helps adults in the greater Beaufort County area achieve the reading, writing, math and speaking skills necessary to be successful in the family, the workplace and the community. Recently, the organization returned to the city of Beaufort after a hiatus in local programming with its newest tutoring program at Port Royal Baptist Church.\r\n\r\nFinancial success from Lowcountry Giving Day partially supported the expansion – The Literacy Center raised $30,000 from the May 5th event. Funding will primarily help the organization serve the expected 700+ students in classes at Bluffton and Hilton Head Island this academic year.\r\n\r\n“Timing was excellent,” said Pam Wall, Executive Director of The Literacy Center since mid-May. In addition to new programming, The Literacy Center will also survey the Beaufort community this fall to measure its client market, enabling the organization to better understand the needs of the community for future program sites in 2016.\r\n\r\nFor now, The Literacy Center still needs 6-10 additional volunteers at its Hilton Head Island learning center for classes beginning in September. Tutors don’t need previous teaching experience, as The Literacy Center equips them with curriculums, tutor training and assistance throughout the school year.\r\n\r\nTutor training kicks off in mid-August, and the deadline to submit a tutor application – available online at www.theliteracycenter.org – is August 5th. Email Mike Powers at mpowers@theliteracycenter.org with questions or to learn more.\r\n\r\n“It’s a very rewarding, inspirational opportunity for people to tutor,” explained Pam. By expanding to Beaufort and continuing current programs, The Literacy Center will bring that experience to many more tutors and provide life-changing opportunities to adults across all of Beaufort County.', 'Literacy nonprofit returns to Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'literacy-nonprofit-returns-to-beaufort', '', '', '2015-08-03 12:25:25', '2015-08-03 16:25:25', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23968', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23975, 4, '2015-07-30 12:26:21', '2015-07-30 16:26:21', '<em>Photo above: Salvador-Ochoa Eduardo</em>\r\n\r\n<strong>Congratulations Private Salvador-Ochoa Eduardo</strong>\r\n\r\nA Beaufort Native, now a United States Marine. 3rd Battalion Platoon 3054 — Company Lima Parris Island, SC\r\n\r\n<strong>Local graduate promoted to Naval Service Training Command</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_23976\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/WHOS-NEWS-EVANS.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-23976\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/WHOS-NEWS-EVANS-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Rear Adm. Stephen Evans\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Rear Adm. Stephen Evans[/caption]\r\n\r\nRear Adm. Stephen C. Evans relieved Rear Adm. Richard A. Brown as Commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC), in a traditional change of command ceremony, July 21.\r\n\r\nThe ceremony was held in the USS White Hat at Training Support Center (TSC), on Naval Station Great Lakes. USS White Hat, known as the “ship in a bottle,” is a partial replica of a ship at Boatswain’s Mate “A” School used to train the Navy’s future boatswain’s mates.\r\n\r\nRear Adm. Michael S. White, commander, Naval Education and Training Command (NETC), was the principle speaker at the ceremony.\r\n\r\n“It’s a privilege to be here today as we gather to take part in a very time-honored Navy tradition to witness the transfer of command,” said White to the more than 100 family, friends, NSTC staff members and Sailors from area commands.\r\n\r\nNSTC, headquartered at Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois, oversees 98 percent initial officer and enlisted accessions training for the Navy. This training includes the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) program at more than 160 colleges and universities. NSTC also oversees Officer Training Command (OTC), at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island, Recruit Training Command (RTC), the Navy’s only boot camp, at Naval Station Great Lakes, as well as the Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) and Navy National Defense Cadet Corps (NNDCC) citizenship development program at more than 600 high schools worldwide.\r\n\r\n“The motto of Navy Education and Training Command is ‘Fleet Readiness Starts Here’ and that is literally the case for Naval Service Training Command,” said White. “NSTC is the ‘Source of the Force’ and under the guiding hand of Rear Adm. Brown the results have been nothing short of spectacular.”\r\n\r\nRear Adm. Evans reported to NSTC following assignment as the senior military assistant to the Secretary of the Navy. After graduating from Battery Creek HS, Evans received his commission as a member of the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps in 1986 from the Citadel while earning a Bachelor of Arts degree.\r\n\r\nHis sea tours include the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), destroyer USS Deyo (DD 989), destroyer USS Hewitt (DD 966) and as executive officer of the guided-missile cruiser USS Hue City (CG 66) before taking over as commanding officer of the guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57). He went on to serve as deputy commodore of Destroyer Squadron 24 and commodore of Destroyer Squadron 50 where he commanded Combined Task Force 55 (Middle East Force) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Combined Task Force 152. He made numerous deployments to the Arabian Gulf, Mediterranean, North Atlantic and Western Pacific areas of operation earning the Battle Excellence Award in every ship assigned.\r\n\r\nHis shore commands include Professional Development Division and Chairman of the Admissions Board, United States Naval Academy, and his most recent assignment as Senior Military Assistant to the 75th Secretary of the Navy.\r\n\r\nHe holds a Master’s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College.\r\n\r\n“It is truly an honor to assume command of NSTC,” said Rear Adm. Evans. “I thank Rear Adm. Brown for his leadership of such a professional staff and their devotion to producing the highest quality Sailors for our fleet. I am excited to lead and I look forward to continuing in the tradition of excellence for our Naval accessions training.”', 'Who’s News for the week of July 30th-August 5th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'whos-news-for-the-week-of-july-30th-august-5th', '', '', '2015-07-30 12:26:21', '2015-07-30 16:26:21', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23975', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23979, 4, '2015-07-30 12:28:53', '2015-07-30 16:28:53', '<em>Photo above: New Ribaut Road fire station making steady progress.</em>\r\n\r\nBeaufort’s new Ribaut Road fire station is on schedule for completion by December and is within budget at the halfway point, city leaders said. As of mid-July, the heavy steel framing is complete, the electrical and plumbing rough-in installations are underway, site drainage and the site sewer system are about 90 percent done and the water system connections are about 75 percent complete.\r\n\r\n“Even with our almost daily thunderstorms and occasional heavy rain, the crews have done a great job to keep this project moving forward,” Beaufort City Manager Bill Prokop said. “It’s a much-needed project and we are looking forward to making it operational.”\r\n\r\nIn coming weeks, roof sheeting will be installed and brickwork will begin. An access road will be rough-graded. The site is geographically positioned between Port Royal’s main station and Beaufort’s current Fire Headquarters near the intersection of Ribaut and Boundary Street.The total cost of the project, including land, furnishings and technology, is $3,299,837. Costs include storm water improvements for the immediate area.The new facility will replace the outdated one beside Beaufort Middle School and across from Mossy Oaks Elementary on residential Mossy Oaks Road. City Council hasn’t decided what to do with that property after the new facility opens.\r\n\r\n“The location of this new fire station will provide seamless coverage between the main Beaufort station and our main fire station in Port Royal,” Port Royal Town Manager Van Willis said. “It’s good to see the project rising up so fast.”\r\n\r\nWhen the new station is completed, firefighting equipment will be moved from the Mossy Oaks Road facility. Fraser Construction is leading the work on the new firehouse.\r\n\r\n“Fire protection is such an important service for the residents of Beaufort and Port Royal, and building this new station is essential to the Beaufort-Port Royal Fire Department. So far we are very pleased with the progress,” said David Coleman, senior projects manager for Beaufort.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Fire Chief Sammy Negron said the new Ribaut Road location offers: direct access to the main artery between Beaufort and Port Royal, easy and efficient travel times to the entire coverage area for this fire station, excellent geographical positioning to reinforce and enhance the ISO 2 rating that helps reduce commercial fire insurance premiums, limited impact on neighborhoods, greater distance from large schools than the current Mossy Oaks station, and smooth traffic flow for fire vehicles, including direct access to the rear of the facility (eliminating fire trucks having to back into the bays).', 'New Beaufort fire station on schedule, on budget', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'new-beaufort-fire-station-on-schedule-on-budget', '', '', '2015-07-30 12:29:07', '2015-07-30 16:29:07', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=23979', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(23982, 4, '2015-07-30 17:21:29', '2015-07-30 21:21:29', '<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Looking for Real Estate in Beaufort County?\r\nClick here to </strong> <strong><a href=\"http://bit.ly/1NEfFyC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEARCH LOCAL REAL ESTATE</a> </strong><strong>MLS listings now!</strong></h2>\r\n<iframe src=\"//e.issuu.com/embed.html#0/31846288\" width=\"623\" height=\"603\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http://issuu.com/theislandnewsrealestatereview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View ALL issues</a></strong></p>', 'Real Estate', '', 'draft', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'real-estate', '', '', '2021-06-02 17:18:25', '2021-06-02 21:18:25', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?page_id=23982', 0, 'page', '', 0),
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(24158, 4, '2015-08-10 21:14:50', '2015-08-11 01:14:50', '<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http://bit.ly/1UpWM3Z\"><img class=\"wp-image-24181 size-full\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/PhotoContest1.png\" alt=\"Island News Photo Contest sponsored by LowcountryBride.com\" width=\"700\" height=\"190\" /></a></h1>\r\n<h1></h1>\r\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>We love seeing your LOCAL photos!</strong></span></h1>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #18b7bb;\"><strong>See your photo printed in The Island News paper &amp; showcased on our website &amp; social media!</strong></span></h3>\r\n<strong>\r\nHow to enter:</strong>\r\n\r\nPlease submit photographs and requested information online through our website below. We do not accept photographs submitted through the mail. Submit no more than five (5) photographs per week. We do not accept more than one contestant per e-mail address. High-quality scans of non-digital photographs are acceptable. Digital photographs should be taken at the highest resolution possible. Use the online entry form on our website. Complete a separate form for each photo submitted. Photographs must be in a .jpeg, .jpg or .gif format. Files submitted may not be larger than 5 MB.\r\n\r\n<strong>A new photo will be chosen each week to be featured in The Island News print publication, on our website - yourislandnews.com and on our social media.</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>THANKS FOR ENTERING!</strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[vfb id=1]\r\n\r\nYou retain your rights to your photograph; however, by entering the contest, you grant The Island News (and those authorized by The Island News) a royalty-free, world-wide, perpetual, non-exclusive license to publicly display, distribute, reproduce and create derivative works of the entries, in whole or in part, in any media now existing or later developed, for purpose, including, but not limited to, advertising and promotion of the newspaper and its website, exhibition, and commercial products, including but not limited to The Island News publications. Any photograph reproduced will include a photographer credit as feasible. The Island News will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such uses. The Island News may collect a photograph’s metadata upon entry.\r\n\r\n<strong>Conditions of Entry</strong>\r\n\r\nAll entrants hold the Sponsors and their respective regents, directors, officers, employees, emeriti, fellows, interns, research associates, and volunteers (the “Indemnified Parties”) harmless from and against all claims of any nature arising in connection with entrant’s participation in the contest and acceptance or use of a prize. The Indemnified Parties are not liable for any costs, damages, injuries, or other claims incurred as a result of entrants’ participation in the contest or winner’s acceptance and usage of a prize. The Indemnified Parties are not responsible for incomplete or misdirected entries, technical or network malfunctions or failures, or causes beyond their control. Entrants are solely responsible for their entries. Entrants may not submit materials that introduce any software viruses, worms or other programs designed to damage software, hardware or telecommunications equipment or are off-topic, partisan-political, contain advertising, nudity, personal attacks or expletives, or is otherwise abusive, threatening, unlawful, harassing, discriminatory, libelous, obscene, false, sexually explicit, or that infringes on the rights of any third party.\r\n\r\nThe contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law. The Island News reserves the right to cancel the contest or modify these rules at its discretion. In the event of a dispute regarding the winners, The Island News reserves the right to award or not award the prizes in its sole discretion. The Smithsonian reserves the right to disqualify any entrant whose entry or conduct appears in any way to: inhibit the enjoyment of others; tamper with the competition; violate these rules or other applicable law or regulation; infringe on the rights of third parties; or act in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Decisions of the The Island Newsare final and binding.', 'Photo Contest', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'photo-contest', '', '', '2015-08-11 05:55:30', '2015-08-11 09:55:30', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?page_id=24158', 0, 'page', '', 0),
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(24035, 4, '2015-08-02 16:31:17', '2015-08-02 20:31:17', '&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_24037\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_0831.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-24037 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_0831-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0831\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Simmons reading the 12th green before making the birdie.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDefending champion, Rob Simmons wins the Beaufort City Amateur amid intermittent rain showers at Cat Island today with a final round even par.  He defeated Josh Fickes, currently on the Clemson University golf team.  Simmons led after the first round but trailed by one shot  to Fickes going into the short par 4 number 11 where Fickes\' chip came up short leading to a bogey while Simmons one putted for the birdie.  The 15th hole, a par 5, proved to be the key.  Simmons laid up short after 2 shots.  Fickes, instead, went for the green in 2 and appeared to clear the hazard but could not find his ball and had to drop for the penalty giving Simmons a 3 shot lead with 3 to play.  Fickes birdied the 18th but it wasn\'t enough, giving Simmons the win by 2.  \"I would go for it again,\" commented Fickes about the approach on the 15th.  Simmons, a former University of North Carolina collegiate player, admitted that he didn\'t hit the ball as well as he would of liked today but felt that he played a very smart game to take home the win in what was essentially a match play situation.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_24036\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_0852-e1438545848367.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-24036 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_0852-e1438545848367-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Josh Fickes\' approach to the 18th green[/caption]', 'Simmons wins the Beaufort City Golf Championship for the Second Year in a Row', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'simmons-wins-the-beaufort-city-golf-championship-for-the-second-year-in-a-row', '', '', '2015-08-06 16:58:56', '2015-08-06 20:58:56', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24035', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24048, 4, '2015-08-06 07:39:26', '2015-08-06 11:39:26', '<strong>Free Reiki Infused Yoga offered twice in August</strong><b>  </b>\r\n\r\nOn Thursday, August 6th and 20th 6:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m., join the Outdoor Yogini, Brittney Hiller and Reiki Master, Chris (Sutty) Suddeth at the Port Royal, SC Wetlands Amphitheater for a Free RIY Event. Gentle Yoga stretching and the Spirit-Guided Life-Force Energy of Reiki combine for a family friendly opportunity for healing and unwinding after a long day. Commune with nature in the evening shade with friends and Lowcountry neighbors. What to bring: Yoga Mat or towel to practice on and a water bottle. Consider bringing a notebook to write down inspirations that may come. A “Kajarma” will be available if you’d like to leave a gift. Text or call Brittney 843-263-0320 or Sutty 843-263-2397 with any questions.\r\n\r\n<strong>Republicans to meet in Bluffton on August 7th</strong><b> </b>\r\n\r\nThere has been a great deal of interest in getting together to discuss the upcoming Fox News debate on August 6th. The Greater Bluffton Republican Club has decided to host a cocktail party to discuss the debate on Friday, August 7th from 5 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. at the Rose Hill Golf Club. We are assembling an All Star Panel to share their views and opinions. The panel will include local political leaders and will be announced soon. It will be a moderated discussion with ample participation from the audience. We will also provide complimentary hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. We will conclude with a straw poll. Come out and represent your candidate and make your voice heard.\r\n\r\n<strong>Networking opportunity with Beaufort’s Black Chamber of Commerce</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce will have its First Friday Networking Event at Quality Inn on Friday, August 7, 2015 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The event will be hosted by 5LINX owner Jemyma Gervero. Learn how to create residual income and save money on the products and services you already use. RSVP by calling (843) 986-1102.\r\n\r\n<strong>Beaufort Sport Fishing and Diving to meet</strong>\r\n\r\nBeaufort Sport Fishing and Diving to hold meeting Beaufort Sport Fishing and Diving Club August meeting will be held Thursday August 13th at the Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club located off of Meridian Road on Lady’s Island. The social begins at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. A special guest presenter from the SC Dept. of National Resources will be undercover hero Eric Vaugh. He and his other colleagues will be talking about the steamy world of poachers and how they hurt our fisheries. They will also include ways on how we can assist them. Additionally, new information will be handed out on the additional materials deployed at the Gordon, 5 miles off Bay Point. Guests are always welcomed and do not need a reservation. For additional information call Captain Frank Gibson at 843-522-2122.\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrate the Vietnam Veterans on August 8th  </strong>\r\n\r\nJoin the members of the Healing Heroes of the Lowcountry Fund at a tribute to Vietnam Veterans on August 8th at 7 p.m. for an evening of music, laughter and more importantly, recognition. The Parris Island Marine Corps Band &amp; Color Guard will be performing and the HHLF is pleased to announce that Medal of Honor and Bronze Star winner, Major General Robert E. Livingston, Jr. US Army Retired, will be the keynote speaker. Location of the event is yet to be determined. HHLF is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization established in 2013, to honor, empower and support our wounded military heroes, first responders and their families/caregivers. For additional information, contact Dick Rooney at 410-991-3780.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sports registrations open for YMCA</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Wardle Family YMCA of Beaufort, located at 1801 Richmond Avenue, Port Royal, is now accepting registrations for Youth Flag Football (age 4-12) through Aug. 10 and Adult Outdoor Soccer (age 18+) through Sept. 7. The youth flag football season is Aug. 24 through Oct. 15, 2015 and the adult outdoor soccer season is Sept. 15 through Nov. 9, 2015. Flag football will be held at the Wardle Family YMCA, 1801 Richmond Avenue, Port Royal and adult outdoor soccer will be held at the St. Peter’s Catholic Church fields on Lady’s Island. Cost: Youth Flag Football ($50 member/$60 non-member); Adult Outdoor Soccer ($250 per team OR $40 member/ $50 non-member). For more information contact Lisa Redwine, Aquatics and Sports Director, ymcasportsco@gmail.com or 832.522.9622 ext. 224. Register at the Y front desk or on our website at ymcabeaufortcounty.com.\r\n\r\n<strong>Senator Tom Davis to speak at LIBPA August meeting  </strong>\r\n\r\nSenator Davis will be the guest speaker at the Tuesday, August 11th meeting of the Lady’s Island Business and Professional Association which will be held at 8 a.m. in the Beaufort Realtor’s Association headquarters (located behind BB&amp;T on Lady’s Island Drive). The meeting is open to the public. Senator Davis was elected to the South Carolina Senate, representing District 46 (Beaufort and Jasper County) in 2008 and reelected in 2012. He is a graduate of Furman University and received his law degree from the University Of Maryland School Of Law. He has practiced law in Beaufort since 1985 at Harvey &amp; Battey, P. A. Prior to assuming his present office he managed Governor Mark Sanford’s 2002 and 2006 gubernatorial campaigns, served in Governor Sanford’s administration as senior policy advisor, co-chief of staff, deputy chief of staff, and chief of staff and chaired the bi-state Jasper Port Negotiating Committee. Senator Davis presently serves on the Senate Committees for Banking and Insurance, Corrections and Penology, Finance, Labor, Commerce and Industry and Medical Affairs.\r\n\r\n<strong>District 4 Community Listening Meeting </strong>\r\n\r\nBeaufort County Councilwoman Alice Howard and Beaufort County School District Board Member Joseph Dunkle, both of District 4, will host a Community Listening Meeting on Tuesday, August 11, 2015. Discussion topics will include the Beaufort County Stormwater Utility Rate Study and the unitary status for the school district’s desegregation agreement and bond referendum. The meeting will be held from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at Technical College of the LowCountry (TCL), Building #23 (the former Fellowship Hall), 921 Ribaut Road, Beaufort. The purpose of the meeting is to allow residents of District 4 an opportunity to share their concerns. Residents do not need to register in advance for the meeting.\r\n\r\n<strong>Learn how to buy a home from local realtor</strong>\r\n\r\nYou are invited to attend FlameLilly Real Estate Group’s <em>Home Buying Made Simple: Home Ownership Series </em>August 12th between 6 to 7 p.m., 710 Boundary St., Beaufort. RSVP as space is limited to 843-605-3092.\r\n\r\n<strong>Local authors to have book signing</strong>\r\n\r\nLocal authors Jack Gannon and Cindi Williams-Barnier will host the Port Royal debut of their new fiction novel, “Dawn of the Living Ghost,” on Wednesday, Aug. 12, at 3 p.m. at Helena Place Senior Living. Attendees can enjoy Happy Hour refreshments while the pair discuss their novel and how their mutual high school dream of becoming authors came true after 35 years when they self-published their first novel. The event is free and open to the public of all ages. Helena Place Senior Living is located at 1624 Paris Avenue directly across from the Port Royal Post Office. For more information, please call (843) 252-3001 or e-mail rewing@enlivant.com.\r\n\r\n<strong>Learn how to develop a business plan</strong><b>  </b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce (BCBCC) and SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives) will offer a business class focusing on developing a business plan, accessing a business loan and other financial strategies. The class will be held on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on August 24, 26 and 28, 2015 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Call 843-986-1102 to enroll. Classes will be held at the chamber office located at 801 Bladen Street in Beaufort. Cost for the class is $25 which will be reimbursed once the course has been satisfactorily completed.\r\n\r\n<strong>Cousteau to speak at Port Royal Sound Foundation fundraiser </strong><b>  </b>\r\n\r\nPhillipe Cousteau, grandson of famed ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau, will be the featured speaker at the Port Royal Sound Foundation’s anniversary celebration of its Maritime Center on Lemon Island. “Night on the Sound,” which includes a cocktail reception, locally sourced foods, live music and a silent auction, supports the Port Royal Foundation’s education and research efforts. The event will be held Oct. 31st. Cousteau – explorer, social entrepreneur and environmental advocate – is a CNN special correspondent reporting on environmental and humanitarian issues around the world. The Port Royal Sound Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving land and improving water quality in the Port Royal Sound area. The foundation was formed to support and promote research in the Port Royal Sound area and educate people about the sound’s environmental, cultural, historical, artistic and economic contributions to the region’s quality of life. To learn more about “Night on the Sound,” ticket sales and sponsorship opportunities; contact Alicia Taylor, Director of Development, at 843-645-7774 or ataylor@portoyalsoundfoundation.org.', 'What To Do the week of August 7th-12th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-to-do-the-week-of-august-7th-12th', '', '', '2015-08-07 07:42:51', '2015-08-07 11:42:51', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24048', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24050, 4, '2015-08-06 07:43:06', '2015-08-06 11:43:06', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/PETS-Albus.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-24052\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/PETS-Albus-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"PETS - Albus\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Albus is a handsome and playful boy with lots of love to give. He likes to go on long walks, and is great on a leash. He would like a family without small children. He is neutered, microchipped and up to date on his vaccinations.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/PETS-Neo.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-24051\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/PETS-Neo-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"PETS - Neo\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Neo is a handsome cat who loves to cuddle and spend time napping. He enjoys observing in high places, will purr when you pet him and enjoys being brushed. This senior has no adoption fee, but all other adoption criteria still apply. He is neutered, microchipped and up to date on his vaccinations.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Palmetto Animal League Adoption Center is open Monday – Saturday from 12 to 7 p.m. Email us at info@palmettoanimalleague.org or call 843-645-1725 for more information.</em></p>', 'Pets of the Week', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'pets-of-the-week-12', '', '', '2015-08-07 07:47:19', '2015-08-07 11:47:19', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24050', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24054, 4, '2015-08-06 07:48:27', '2015-08-06 11:48:27', 'Did you get a new pet? Maybe it’s time for a change with your pets diet. Before buying, check these sources.\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Dog Food Advisor:</strong> This prolific site lists over 900 reviews of more than 3,900 pet food products, and includes an extensive forum for information-sharing.\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Dog Food Analysis:</strong> This website provides information on more than 1,500 dry dog foods. The site is part of www.boxerworld.com and has been providing food reviews for 10 years.\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Pet Food Ratings:</strong> Quick reference guides help users on this site along with a list of 19 of the best dry dog foods. It gives rankings for several grain-free dry dog foods and provides a glossary of terms often found on the ingredients lists of dry dog food labels.\r\n\r\n4. <strong>FDA.gov: </strong>This is stop No. 1 for dry dog food recall information. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration posts voluntary recalls by dog food makers as well as those mandated by the FDA for safety reasons.', 'Good internet research sites for pet food', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'good-internet-research-sites-for-pet-food', '', '', '2015-08-07 07:52:30', '2015-08-07 11:52:30', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24054', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24056, 4, '2015-08-06 07:48:40', '2015-08-06 11:48:40', '<em>Photos above: Hand feeding is recommended for rescue dogs to slow their eating by only allowing them to eat what’s in hand. </em>\r\n<h3>By Dr. Parker T. Barker</h3>\r\nMany years ago when I first came to live with Mom and my sister Peanut, I would practically swallow all my food in a Nano second and then sit right behind Peanut, who is a perfect lady and eats slowly, chews her food, and never rushes,. As soon as she got rattled, I would scarf down her food too. Mom figured this out pretty quickly which is why I currently eat in the laundry room…but that is a story for another time.\r\n\r\nWhat I have learned is that gulping down your food can be really bad for you and cause lots of problems that, believe me, takes away all the good thoughts you were having while ingesting at the speed of light.\r\n\r\nKnow the old saying “wolfing down food?” That expression started because wolves don’t get to eat every day. If no food is available, they simply don’t eat. So when food is plentiful, they gorge themselves. Since dogs once came from wolves, there is some of this DNA that tells a dog “this might be the last meal you see in a while kiddo.” Even if they have always had two meals a day, there can be this lingering thought that this is their last supper. And for rescue dogs, very seldom do you really know what life was like for this pup before they got to a shelter so food may have been scarce for them. But no matter what the reason, eating quickly is bad for all dogs.\r\n\r\nJust like in some human families, siblings may cause some problems with everyone getting their share of the food. If your dog eats it really fast, he might be saying that is the easiest and safest way to make sure no one else gets his food. So what’s the big deal?\r\n\r\nIt’s a big deal because it can cause something called bloat. In med school we learned that bloat is when a dog swallows too much air while eating and it causes their stomach to swell and rotate. It also puts pressure on the organs in the body. Because air, water and food become trapped in the stomach it can quickly become life threatening if the blood flow is cut off causing low blood pressure, internal organ damage and shock. Not good.\r\n\r\nThe main symptom of bloat in dogs is unsuccessful vomiting. This is when your dog attempts to vomit but nothing comes up except maybe some mucous and/or foam. Among other symptoms, they won’t be acting like their usual self, may be anxious and appear in pain. If you suspect this, and know your dog is a quick eater, please get him to the Vet as soon as possible. Death is possible in as little as one hour.\r\n\r\n<strong>Breaking the Habit </strong>\r\n\r\nMany dog owners think the problem of eating too fast will just go away or fix itself. The truth is that it may even get worse without intervention. The good news is there are remedies that work. Here are some ways to limit the amount of food your dog can get all at once.\r\n\r\n<strong>Hand Feeding</strong>\r\n\r\nHand feeding allows you to monitor food intake. Mom recommends this for all rescue dogs when you first get them. This quickly tells a new and potentially unsure new dog, who is in charge in the household. Only the “big cheese” can be the one who hands out the food. By allowing your dog to eat a few pieces of food at a time from your hand will certainly slow down their eating and also create a bond between a dog and their new owner.\r\n\r\n<strong>Floating Kibble</strong>\r\n\r\nSimply pour a small cup of water in the food dish then add the kibble. The floating food is more difficult to “catch” and will slow down the eating process. In addition, this will help release gases that are formed when the food is compacted.\r\n\r\n<strong>Specialty food bowls</strong>\r\n\r\nI have a bowl with a big dome in the middle so the food sits around the outside and I can’t take it all in one big gobble. There are many versions of this type of bowl that can work. Plus lots of “kitchen hacks” that can also do the job. For example, you can use a Bundt cake pan, a cookie sheet (very hard to get all those little kibble pieces when they are spread out), a muffin pan (the dim sum approach to feeding), or try putting a large rock in the middle of the bowl. Not pretty but effective. (But make sure the rock is too big to eat or simply take out of the bowl.)\r\n\r\nThe idea is to prevent me from eating all my food in a single bite. Plus, it makes eating kind of fun if I have to work at it a bit. Do I still eat too fast? Probably, but I really do try to take it at a more moderate pace. There is something in my memory that I have repressed but which makes me have to have any food that appears. That wolf DNA is really strong in me. Either that or I am just hungry all the time. Mom says I’m a bottomless pit. Could be worse I guess. When’s dinner?', 'So what if I like to gobble my food, Mom?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'so-what-if-i-like-to-gobble-my-food-mom', '', '', '2015-08-07 07:52:02', '2015-08-07 11:52:02', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24056', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24059, 4, '2015-08-06 07:54:03', '2015-08-06 11:54:03', 'You are invited to participate in a 10-week course to reawaken your creativity by connecting to your inner self through exploratory discussions, readings, writing prompts and activities at TheraVista: Conscious Community Haven on Sunday evening, starting August 23, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. This 10-week course aims to help you develop a greater sense of self-awareness, confidence and enthusiasm to bring to your creative practice as well as everyday actions. The course is open to a maximum of 10 participants. A gratitude offering of $5-$10 is suggested. TheraVista: Conscious Community Haven is located on serene lowcountry grounds at 263 Brickyard Point Rd. South, Beaufort, 29907. For more information, please visit theravista.org or email Emily at emilydfj@gmail.com.', 'This is your chance to find your voice and put yourself at the center of creativity', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'this-is-your-chance-to-find-your-voice-and-put-yourself-at-the-center-of-creativity', '', '', '2015-08-07 07:54:32', '2015-08-07 11:54:32', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24059', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(24061, 4, '2015-08-06 07:54:51', '2015-08-06 11:54:51', '<h3>By Cherimie Crane Weatherford</h3>\r\nFleeting moments of silence are both rare and recently uncomfortable as they can be cause for panic or unwelcome reflection, both equally tied to parenthood. When my pint size partner isn’t sleeping, silence is the quiet before the storm. The rare occasion that she is in another’s care affords free time that is consumed by thoughts of her. Either is just as exhausting as chasing her throughout my day. It is the cruel joke of parenthood.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_24062\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/VOICES-Cherimie.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-24062\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/VOICES-Cherimie-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Life is all about balance, and for me that means running in high heels.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a> Life is all about balance, and for me that means running in high heels.[/caption]\r\n\r\nSomehow the stars aligned, technology failed and storms saturated an otherwise overwhelming and overbooked day. Left to my own devices, laundry was done, dogs bathed and what wasn’t available for worry was created as such. There is no quiet as silent as the absence of a child. Unable to turn to technology for pointless perusal, I found myself in an odd predicament. There was interrupted time for thought.\r\n\r\nFailing to see the point in much needed self-maintenance, I simply sat down. Another odd event that has grown less familiar over the past two years. My mind drifted to a time long ago when humans were forced to think, socialize and exist without the immediacy of technological contact. Difficult to remember exactly how humanity behaved during such an archaic phase, I imagined the culture of the future. Will my daughter know quiet moments? Will she find hours that rely solely on her, completely void of the never-ending often over sharing input from the technological society?\r\n\r\nHow do I teach her to find joy in stillness? Her genetic make-up gives her no favor in inactivity. Will she know how to just “be”? With less than 15 minutes left to my seemingly eternal hour prior to her little feet running through the door, I find myself wanting a simpler time, a quieter time and time when conversations were had, not seen. A time when a friend was a thing to cherish, not to collect. A time when boredom led to imaginative creation and imaginative creation often led to memories.\r\n\r\nJust as my mind is dancing with thoughts of her future, society’s path and a Mothers fear, the door opens. Silence is but a memory and the race is on. The storm passes, TV, Internet and telephone fills the room and the awkwardness of thought loses to tickle fights and technology. Added to my complicated journey of raising a child, is the desire to teach her how to exist without technology, if I can remember how myself.', 'I’ll teach her how to exist...if I can remember how', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'ill-teach-her-how-to-exist-if-i-can-remember-how', '', '', '2015-08-07 07:57:56', '2015-08-07 11:57:56', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24061', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24064, 4, '2015-08-06 07:56:39', '2015-08-06 11:56:39', '<h3>By Lee Scott</h3>\r\nThe world is full of two types of people. The early birds and the night owls. Those that love getting up early in the morning to start their day. And those that like to wake up late and stretch the day out as long as possible. I am an early bird. I love sitting with a cup of coffee in the dark and waiting for the right moment to snap a picture of the sun as it comes up. It is the quiet part of the day when the world is slowly waking up.\r\n\r\nThe night owls love the closing of the day as the sun sets. For them, taking a shower at 8:00 p.m. means you are getting ready for a night out. Night owls like to eat dinner late and spend hours sitting around the table chatting. On the other hand, early birds are taking their showers at 8:00 p.m. just like the night owls, but they are doing it in order to get to bed by 9:00.\r\n\r\nI know quite well the difference between early birds and night owls. I grew up in a house of night owls. As the lone early bird, I would walk through the house down to the kitchen and savor the silence of the house. As one of eight children, the silence was so rare that you had to grab it whenever available.\r\n\r\nOn Sunday mornings, I would go to church at the 9:00 a.m. service with my father (so he could go play golf afterwards) while the rest of my siblings waited for the 12:15 service with my mother. I would be sitting there reading the Sunday comics as siblings wandered out of the bedrooms in pajamas.\r\n\r\nIt is a joy to be married to someone who is also an early bird. We wake in the mornings without alarms. We take early flights out of airports and leave the house at dawn when we take road trips. We applaud ourselves on those rare days when we actually stay up till 11:00 p.m. “We are adults” we say to one another as if finally getting permission to stay up past our bedtimes.\r\n\r\nThere is nothing wrong with early birds or night owls. Both groups have their own circadian rhythm. But for our visiting friends and family, we remind them that the coffee pot comes on at 5:30 a.m. and our lights go out at nine. Welcome to Beaufort!', 'The differences between early birds and night owls', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-differences-between-early-birds-and-night-owls', '', '', '2015-08-07 07:57:19', '2015-08-07 11:57:19', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24064', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24066, 4, '2015-08-06 07:58:58', '2015-08-06 11:58:58', '<h3>Provided by Family Features</h3>\r\nEarly August and there is much to celebrate and summer parties are in full swing. As you plan your “last of summer” entertaining, Stephen Cardino, VP and Fashion Director for Home at Macy’s, has some helpful tips to host an unforgettable bash that is both stress-free and fun for everyone.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WINE-2-refreshment-768743_1280.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-24069\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WINE-2-refreshment-768743_1280-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"WINE 2 -refreshment-768743_1280\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>Set the scene</strong>\r\n\r\nTo start, here are some ideas for setting the scene, by infusing the season’s trends and the best that summer has to offer.\r\n\r\n• Blue is a hot hue this year and there are many ways to apply the color of the sea to your summer tablescape. For a subtle look, try soft blue dinnerware layered with neutral table linens and flatware. To achieve a bolder statement, choose plates and serveware in indigo or with patterns of dots and stripes. Glassware in a variety of blues and greens can also enhance your table.\r\n\r\n• Surface texture is just as important as pattern. Choose a table runner and napkins made of linen, a popular material right now, to serve as the foundation of your space. Add charm and interest with textured glassware, such as ones with etching, facets or bubbling.\r\n\r\n• Whether dining al fresco or indoors to beat the heat, fresh flowers are a must for the summer season. For a colorful option, set single flowers in a suite of glass bottles – a little goes a long way. Full flowers, like peonies and dahlias, are great for this, or try a variety of white flowers placed in low, white ceramic urns for a monochromatic pairing.\r\n\r\n• For easy refreshments, use glass pitchers, since it allows guests to help themselves. Fill one with water and citrus slices, another with lemonade or iced sweet tea, and the last with sangria or punch. Be sure to set out a large bucket of ice and glasses with your pitchers.\r\n\r\n<strong>Serve sensational sips</strong>\r\n\r\nIf you’re looking for cocktail ideas to kick off end of season celebrations, try these:\r\n\r\n• To enhance your cocktails, use fresh summer produce – really ripe fruits and vegetables. Buy peaches, strawberries, rhubarb and other fruits to make an amazing punch, which is always a crowd pleaser.\r\n\r\n• The night before your party, use the largest container you have and fill it with water to make a giant ice cube. On the day of, make a concoction of herbs, fruits and vegetables with gin, or something light and botanical. Place the ice cube in a bowl and pour the punch mixture around it. The large ice cube will not melt down and dilute the punch, but will keep it cold and refreshing. It also serves as an eye-catching centerpiece that everyone at the party will talk about.\r\n\r\n• With leftover fruit, such as peaches or pineapple, throw on the grill for a light summer dessert – perfect after a heavy meal.', 'How to host an effortless summer soiree', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'how-to-host-an-effortless-summer-soiree', '', '', '2015-08-07 08:00:44', '2015-08-07 12:00:44', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24066', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24071, 4, '2015-08-06 08:00:55', '2015-08-06 12:00:55', '<h3>By Celia Strong</h3>\r\nOff we go again. More learning, more tasting, more fun. Part of the fun this week, I think, is we’re going to visit a region we don’t go to very often. And, we’re going to taste a grape that we don’t do very often. Which means, an extra big amount of learning. Yay!\r\n\r\nOur region is the Dry Creek Valley in Sonoma County, California. This AVA, established in 1983, is located northwest of the town of Healdsburg. Dry Creek is actually a big creek, a tributary of the Russian River. It’s about sixteen miles long and two miles wide. Truth be known, this is a pretty dry area, where vineyards are using water from the nearby Lake Sonoma reservoir to irrigate. There are more than fifty wineries located in the Dry Creek Valley, and more than 160 wineries make wines with Dry Creek grapes. At the end of the 20th century, Dry Creek was one of the most important areas for Zinfandel and Sonoma Cabernet production. Sauvignon Blanc became the most important white variety.\r\n\r\nBut, (always the “but”) our grape this week is Pinot Blanc. Pinot Blanc is a white variety related to Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris. But, from that fact on, studying more about Pinot Blanc can be confusing and frustrating. It’s been said that “P-no no one really knows” could be its’ name. Pinot Blanc’s leaves, clusters and berries resemble those of Chardonnay to the point where Chardonnay was called Pinot Chardonnay once. Even though it’s not a Pinot at all. Both grapes grew together in Burgundy, back several hundred years. And, as grapes traveled to other countries, including the United States, there was no guarantee what was being planted was Chardonnay or Pinot Blanc or, even, several other similar varieties. DNA tests on what were thought to be Pinot Blanc vines in California showed most of them were Melon de Bourgogne (another name for Muscadet).\r\n\r\nBut, let’s move on. The characteristics of Pinot Blanc wines. They have a noticeable roundness. A feeling in your mouth. Usually, these wines have less body and less acidity than Chardonnay wines. Their flavors are full, lots of apples and citrus fruits, floral notes, and stone fruits. And, more than most other wines, they are extremely food friendly. Good news for us! All kinds of foods, from all over the world. Seafood for sure. In cream sauces, cheese sauces, smoked, raw. Asian flavors, herbs, tomatoes. Onion tart. Goat cheeses. Chicken and veal in cream sauces, especially with mushrooms. Roast duck and goose. Omelets. Sausage dishes, with sauerkraut. Smoked meats and cheeses. Salads. Risottos. Almost an endless list.\r\n\r\nNow, hungry and thirsty, let’s look at our winery for this week. Michel - Schlumberger. Jean-Marc Michel, a native of Switzerland, planted vines in the Dry Creek Valley in 1979. He had looked all over northern California for the perfect location for his winery. He recognized that the soil and climate of Dry Creek would be perfect, especially for red grapes. In 1991, Jacques Pierre Schlumberger joined Michel’s winery team. He brought with him his family’s 400 year background in Alsatian wine making. They became partners and the Michel - Schlumberger brand was created. Today, the style of the winery is a combination of Alsatian and Spanish. Europe and California history blended together. They are committed to sustainable farming, meeting the needs of today without infringing on the future. All of which means we get to taste their wine now. The La Bise Pinot Blanc. This wine is 100% Pinot Blanc. True Pinot. The grapes were harvested on cool mornings in September, which helps to enhance the apple and peach flavors in the wine. It also means there is a lower sugar level in the grapes so the wine is drier. The grapes were fermented at cool temperatures and the wine was aged for no more than six months. In stainlees steel. Interesting? The wine developed complexities from sitting on its lees, without adding any “wood” flavors. And, what does “la bise” mean? It’s French for “kiss.” But, I won’t tell if you don’t tell. P-no one knows. For $15.99. Enjoy.', 'Learn about the P-No no one knows. Intrigued?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'learn-about-the-p-no-no-one-knows-intrigued', '', '', '2015-08-07 08:01:27', '2015-08-07 12:01:27', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24071', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24073, 4, '2015-08-06 08:01:46', '2015-08-06 12:01:46', 'More than 200 Beaufort County School District coaches and athletic directors from middle and high schools gathered at Battery Creek High School last Thursday for training and inspiration at the third annual district-wide Coaches Convocation.\r\n\r\nWorkshops and guest speakers addressed topics related to the theme “What is the Strategy for Our Next Play?” Chief Student Services Officer Gregory McCord said this year’s convocation built on last year’s sessions.\r\n\r\n“Last year we focused on the fundamentals of good coaching,” McCord said. “This year we focused on the psychology and heart of good coaching.”\r\n\r\n“Our mission is bigger than any one person or any one team,” McCord said. “Coaches occupy important positions in kids’ lives, and they realize that they have to teach more than just the fundamental skills of their sports. They also teach life skills. They teach kids how to win with grace and class, and how to lose with grace and class. They teach kids about humility and passion.”\r\n\r\nThis year’s convocation keynote speaker was Wes Simmons, a former college football player and coach who built on last year’s presentations by Dr. Jeff Duke, author of “3D Coaching.”\r\n\r\nCoaches also received updates on South Carolina High School League regulations and on laws that affect middle and high school athletics.', 'Middle, high school athletics coaches gather for district-wide convocation', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'middle-high-school-athletics-coaches-gather-for-district-wide-convocation', '', '', '2015-08-07 08:02:12', '2015-08-07 12:02:12', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24073', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24075, 4, '2015-08-06 08:02:25', '2015-08-06 12:02:25', 'The SC Badkatz 14U softball team came in 2nd place in the USSSA Mid-Atlantic Championships in Rock Hill on July 25th.  The team had to battle back through the loser’s bracket beating the eventual champions in the first championship game to force the final ‘If’ game before ultimately falling in the final.  Standout performances for the Badkatz were Alisa Depew (.500 Avg., 8 RBI’s, 5 runs), Emily Crosby (.500 Avg., 1 run, 4 RBI’s) and Journeigh Doray (.400 Avg., 3 RBI’s, 2 runs).  Also congratulations to Cheyenne Strong for throwing a no-hitter in bracket play.  If you would like to find out more information about the SC Badkatz organization, please go to www.scbadkatz.com.', 'SC Badkatz 14U finish in 2nd', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'sc-badkatz-14u-finish-in-2nd', '', '', '2015-08-07 08:03:58', '2015-08-07 12:03:58', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24075', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24078, 4, '2015-08-06 08:04:18', '2015-08-06 12:04:18', 'Whale Branch Early College High School graduate Dee Delaney is headed into his sophomore season with the Citadel football program.\r\n\r\nAs a freshman in 2014, Delaney appeared in all 12 games for the Citadel football team, making 11 starts. The Whale Branch High School graduate was named to Southern Conference All-Freshman Team. He recorded 51 tackles, including three for losses, with two interceptions and three pass breakups. Delaney also returned three kickoffs for 59 yards and was named Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Week after recording three tackles and intercepting a pass at the 1-yard line in a 28-26 win on the road at Mercer. A 2013 graduate of Whale Branch Early College High School, Delaney lettered four times each in football, basketball and baseball and twice in track and field.\r\n\r\nDelaney served as a team captain for Whale Branch High School during his senior year when he caught 35 passes for 899 yards and 14 touchdowns, returned two punts for scores and intercepted three passes his senior season. He was named the Region 5A Wide Receiver and Offensive Player of the Year and was selected to play in the North/South All-Star game. Delaney made 27 receptions for 512 yards and seven touchdowns and picked off two passes during his junior year in high school. He earned all-region wide receiver of the year accolades for the first time in his career. The productive Delaney caught passes for 182 yards and three touchdowns as a high school sophomore. A versatile performer, Delaney was an all-region and all-area selection in basketball and baseball during the 2011-12 school year and a gold medalist in the 4x100 meter relay when his team won the Class A state championship. A member of the National Honor Society, Delaney is the son of Leslie Bing.', 'Dee Delaney headed into sophomore season at the Citadel', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'dee-delaney-headed-into-sophomore-season-at-the-citadel', '', '', '2015-08-07 08:05:27', '2015-08-07 12:05:27', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24078', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24080, 4, '2015-08-06 08:05:42', '2015-08-06 12:05:42', 'Former Battery Creek High School standout Greg Jones is in a familiar place. Having retired last spring, Jones, a longtime Jacksonville Jaguars fullback, now finds himself back in training camp as one of four intern coaches with the NFL franchise. The Jacksonville Jaguars drafted Jones in the second round of the 2004 NFL Draft. Jones joined Jacksonville after starring at Florida State University.\r\n\r\nIn nine NFL seasons, Jones rushed for 913 yards, amassed 471 receiving yards, scored 13 touchdowns and didn’t lose any fumbles. He retired as one of the NFL’s top fullbacks. Along with Jones, former Jacksonville linebacker Mike Peterson, Troy defensive line coach Bam Hardmon and Princeton assistant Leon Wright are serving as intern coaches.\r\n\r\nGus Bradley is headed into his third season as the head coach of the Jaguars. Bradley was named the fifth head coach in Jacksonville Jaguars history on January 17, 2013. Jones is expected to remain with Jacksonville throughout the team’s training camp before joining the staff of a local high school football team.', 'Battery Creek High standout Jones returns to Jaguars as intern coach', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'battery-creek-high-standout-jones-returns-to-jaguars-as-intern-coach', '', '', '2015-08-07 08:06:02', '2015-08-07 12:06:02', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24080', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24082, 4, '2015-08-06 08:06:08', '2015-08-06 12:06:08', 'Whale Branch Early College High School defensive tackle Nyles Pinckney will announce his college choice on Aug. 20. The heavily-recruited Pinckney is scheduled to make the announcement at the Whale Branch High prior to the Warriors taking to the road for a scrimmage.\r\n\r\nIn July, Pinckney received an offer from Alabama. Pinckney holds additional offers from Clemson, Duke, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Florida, Florida State, Miami, North Carolina and South Carolina. In-state programs Clemson and South Carolina appear to be the frontrunners in Pinckney’s recruitment.\r\n\r\nPinckney has thrived throughout his high school football career. During his junior season in 2014, Pinckney posted 98 tackles, 27 of which went for losses. Pinckney also registered nine sacks, blocked three field goals, logged 10 forced fumbles and made eight fumble recoveries as a junior.\r\n\r\nPinckney (6-3, 290) is rated a four-star prospect by Rivals and 247Sports. Last summer, Pinckney was ranked No. 95 in Rivals’ top 100 recruits in the Class of 2016. Whale Branch is scheduled to visit Hilton Head for a season-opener on Aug. 27. Kickoff for the Whale Branch-Hilton Head football game is set for 7:30 p.m.', 'Pinckney to announce college choice on August 20', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'pinckney-to-announce-college-choice-on-august-20', '', '', '2015-08-07 08:06:30', '2015-08-07 12:06:30', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24082', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24084, 4, '2015-08-06 08:10:14', '2015-08-06 12:10:14', 'The Red Piano Too Art Gallery is full of excitement and anticipation as new art has started coming in for the 23rd Annual Summer Show. The theme this year is “creating in the spirit.” Gallery owner, Mary Mack, told the artists that their work should reflect where their spirit has taken them. There is no central theme to this show. Simply put, each artist’s work will be reflective of how they were moved by the spirit of creativity. All gallery artists were invited to participate. The featured artist this year is Pawley’s Island native, Asher Robinson.\r\n\r\n<strong>More about Asher Robinson</strong>\r\n\r\nAbout six years ago a Pawley’s Island resident, visiting Beaufort, made a side trip to the Red Piano Too Art Gallery. She wanted to talk about an artist that she thought had real talent. She had met him selling his work outside of the grocery store. She brought a painting of a folksy fish to prove her point. That introduction led to an ongoing relationship between the Red Piano Art Gallery and the very delightful Asher Robinson.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_24085\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"225\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ARTS-Red-Piano_cmyk.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-24085\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ARTS-Red-Piano_cmyk-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Robinson admits that painting his “folksy beach art” makes him a happy man.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a> Robinson admits that painting his “folksy beach art” makes him a happy man.[/caption]\r\n\r\nWhen Asher Robinson began marketing his folk art along the beach, he took the advice of his mentor and friend, Ernest J. Lee (another Red Piano Too artist), who encouraged Robinson to paint what made him feel good and what he loved. Lee believed that if Robinson followed his passion and painted the things he loved that success would follow.\r\n\r\nRobinson does paint the marine life, the flora and fauna of the South Carolina Lowcountry, which surround his home in Murrells Inlet. He paints what he sees in his backyard which just happens to be the ocean. “Just look around you....I will never run out of things to paint,” Robinson said. Asher paints everything from sea turtles to giant Gerber daisies that grow outside of his outdoor gallery. He also accepts commissions and paints other genres of art as well.\r\n\r\nRobinson gets a kick out of watching people gaze at his art. He knows that some people turn their noses up at his work. Some collectors of “high art” have no appreciation for what he paints, but when told that his art makes people happy, Asher says, “that is why I do what I do, people love it.” It doesn’t bother him that his work appeals to a more basic audience because he paints for the love of the art. Robinson knows he has a niche because people return year after year to buy his art. People choose his work for their own reasons but they all seem to make some sort of connection with the paintings. Many people buy the work for their children. Robinson’s creativity does not stop at the end of his paintbrush. He has taken his paintings and brought them to life in a children’s book entitled, Willie the Wren, which is about a sour-pitched bird in search of life, music and love. Willie is trying to sway a lady bird to take an interest in him and seeks the advice of an older wiser bird that sings with a strong voice. Buddy the bluebird advises Willie to “sing with more soul, sing what you feel inside.” Willie gets the girl in the end, and tells her something characteristically Robinson, “Someone told me today to be sincere and to just sing from my soul and so here I am.”\r\n\r\n<strong>Other participating artists</strong>\r\n\r\nMonique Cooper has also promised lots of work, such as a large collage of a woman and paintings ranging from shrimp to cows to cats to barns to boats and more. Zayid Majid, recently completed work on a children’s book. He has also created a new collection of Gullah paintings featuring children at play.\r\n\r\nMany of the gallery regulars tell us they looked around their studios, found materials they meant to use at some point, and let the spirit move them to create new work, outside of the box, and to create things that were previously only ideas. Meet the artists at the show, Saturday, August 8th, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Free and open to the public, the gallery is located at 870 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island.', 'Summer Art Show at Red Piano Too Gallery', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'summer-art-show-at-red-piano-too-gallery', '', '', '2015-08-07 08:10:26', '2015-08-07 12:10:26', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24084', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24087, 4, '2015-08-06 08:10:57', '2015-08-06 12:10:57', 'A group of artists named <em>The Thursday Painters,</em> who have been working together quietly for over 20 years, has popped up on the local radar screen.\r\n\r\nThis group of 14 have kept a low profile all these years, meeting quietly in locations not known to the general public. Their meetings offer no instruction; each artist follows her/his own star whether it be watercolor, oil, acrylic, pastel or colored pencils and the work they create spans the spectrum from realism to abstract.\r\n\r\nApart from the energizing effect of working with other artists, of particular benefit to the group are the critique sessions that are take place each meeting. There is no pressure to display work for critiques, but this group knows that the fresh - and critical - eye from a fellow artist is often just what is needed to finding solutions to problems or even dealing with “painters’ block!” As a result of their long association with one another, the members of this group are honest with their opinions and their discussions may even become “lively” arguments.....but the love for their art and the bond that exists between them makes the critiques worthwhile, albeit at times a little heated.\r\n\r\nThe Thursday Painters have now agreed to show some of their work in a Featured Artists’ exhibit and a special celebration will be held on Friday August 7, 2015 at the Beaufort Art Association Gallery, 913 Bay Street. The artists will be present and “exposed to view” from 5:30 to 7:30. There will be refreshments and all art, including those of 60 other member artists, will be offered for sale. The show will hang at the gallery from August 2 - Sept 26.\r\n\r\nCome see what has been hiding “under the radar” all these years!!!\r\n\r\nThursday Painters whose work will be on exhibit: Phyllis Crimmel, Pam Hagan, Barbara Hunt, Jacqueline Jones, Carol Kamm, Renée Levin, Ellen Long, Jack Mayers, Audrey Montgomery, Hetty Nijman, Carol Newsome, Beverly Peacock, Joyce Howell, Peckham, and Cynthia Zeiss.', 'A secret painting society flying “under the radar” is exposed', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'a-secret-painting-society-flying-under-the-radar-is-exposed', '', '', '2015-08-07 08:11:25', '2015-08-07 12:11:25', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24087', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24089, 4, '2015-08-06 08:11:40', '2015-08-06 12:11:40', '<em>Photo above: Tournament Champions, Sodexo Food Services consisting of Randy McKinny, Christopher Whittemore, Trent Jones, Matt Pennell photographed with Dr. Moss (third from left) and Larry Wilson.</em>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County School District’s sold-out “Swinging with the Superintendent” golf tournament raised more than $70,000 to support a new scholarship program that will pay two years of college tuition to qualified students. The Building a Better Beaufort Scholarship – dubbed “B3” – covers up to two years of tuition costs at the Technical College of the Lowcountry for Beaufort County high school graduates who have at least a 2.75 GPA.\r\n\r\n“This was our second annual fund-raising event to support B3 scholarships,” said Superintendent Jeff Moss. “Thirty-six students attended TCL tuition-free last year, and our hope is that many more will be helped this year.”\r\n\r\nThirty teams played in the event at the Callawassie Island Golf Club. The first-place team, which finished with a 17-under-par score of 55, was composed of Trent Jones, Randy McKinney, Matt Pennell and Christopher Whittemore. In second place at 55 was the team of Alex Brown, Cory Byrd, Gregory McCord and Jeff Moss.\r\n\r\n“Our second tournament was particularly exciting because we had so many teams come within just a few strokes of the top score,” said Board of Education Chairman Bill Evans. “We’re already looking forward to next year’s event.”\r\n\r\nMoss had special praise for the tournament’s community and business sponsors, including title sponsor Sodexo. Other sponsors were Durham School Services, Thompson Construction Group, Compass Municipal Advisors, GCA Services Group, the McNair Law Firm, Edgenuity, TenMarks, Varsity Brands, Hite Associates, McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture, Public Consulting Group, Dell, HG Reynolds Management, Inc. and Palmetto Electric Cooperative. Moss said that guidance counselors and educators are spreading the word about the new scholarship and its GPA requirement. Interested students from the Class of 2015 should apply to TCL, fill out the FAFSA form and apply for the B3 scholarship.\r\n\r\n[gallery columns=\"4\" ids=\"24090,24091,24092,24093,24094,24095,24096,24097,24098,24099,24100,24101\"]', 'Second annual golf tournament raises $70,000', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'second-annual-golf-tournament-raises-70000', '', '', '2015-08-07 08:33:52', '2015-08-07 12:33:52', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24089', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24102, 4, '2015-08-06 08:15:00', '2015-08-06 12:15:00', '<em>Photo above: Business of the week. Congratulations to this week’s Chamber Business of the Week - Carolina Air!  Each week, the Chamber highlights one member business or organization as a thank you for their investment in the Chamber and our community.  Special thanks to Sonic of Beaufort for sponsoring Business of the Week!</em>\r\n\r\n<strong>UPCOMING EVENTS</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>• Thursday, August 6: Beaufort Networking,</strong> 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Beaufort Hilton Garden Inn, 1500 Queen Street, Beaufort. Topic: “Did you know?  The Blood Alliance provides blood to more than 40 hospitals and medical facilities in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.” Learn why it matters for you to donate. This is a free networking opportunity! Bring your business cards!\r\n\r\n<strong>• Thursday, August 6: The Blood Alliance Blood Drive, </strong>8:00 to 12:00 noon at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1500 Queen Street. Donate blood and enter to win a free night hotel stay!\r\n\r\n<strong>• Thursday, August 13: Business After Hours,</strong> 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. hosted by Hosted by Southern Carpet Wholesale, 41D Robert Smalls Parkway. This event is free for members, $5 for guests.\r\n\r\n<b>•</b><strong> Thursday, August 20: Emergency Preparedness 2015, </strong>sponsored by SERVPRO from 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. at the Quality Inn Town Center Jasmine Room. Do you or does your business or company have a Hurricane Emergency Plan? Officials from Beaufort County Emergency Management, NOAA, WTOC Meteorologist John Wetherbee, area insurance professionals and more will give us important information and tips to help prepare for the hurricane season. The time to prepare is now and you will learn what you need to do to protect your family, home and business. This event is $5 for members, $15 for guests.\r\n\r\n<strong>• Friday, August 21: Coffee With Colleagues,</strong> 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. hosted by Beaufort Lands End Tours, Viking Spirit Yacht in the Downtown Marina (NOTE:  location change), yacht is located in Slip 1-D. This is a free networking opportunity! Bring your business cards!\r\n\r\n<strong>• Saturday, August 29: Military Appreciation Day Festival,</strong> 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Atlantic Marine Corps Communities Welcome Center, 600 Laurel Bay Road, Beaufort. This event is free for our military families! Food, fun, jump castles, entertainment, games &amp; more! Great opportunity for our community to say “Thank you!” to our military men and women.\r\n\r\n<strong>BEAUFORT BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Are you ready for the next step in your life?</strong>\r\n\r\n<em>If so, join the Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce on Monday, August 10, 2015 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at 801 Bladen St., Beaufort. </em>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce presents an inner-active workshop entitled Life Reimagined with Marie D. Lewis. Get to know yourself better while planning your “what’s next.” is a simple and smart approach that helps you rediscover gifts, consider your options, get specific about the possibilities that lie ahead and how to approach them and discover your hidden talents and skills. Life Reimagined involves six practices that serve as a personalized guidance system. Start with where you are in your life, and see where the possibilities lead you! The event is limited to 15 participants.There is no fee and materials are included. To register, call 843-986-1102.', 'The Chamber Corner for August 6th-12th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-chamber-corner-for-august-6th-12th', '', '', '2015-08-07 08:20:08', '2015-08-07 12:20:08', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24102', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24107, 4, '2015-08-06 08:20:32', '2015-08-06 12:20:32', '<h3>By Barbara Alexander</h3>\r\nHow do we hear what the Universe is telling us?\r\n\r\nRecently a new student asked me, “What can I do to get clearer on what the Universe is trying to tell me?” For those that are attuned to the fact that the Universe can even connect with us, this is an awesome question! It is probably the most valuable life-skill we have in our lives.\r\n\r\nThe best way to find clarity of your soul’s guidance and direction is to create the time for meditation or prayer in your daily practice. You must learn how to hear the subtlety of the level of vibration. But, what if you have difficulty meditating or if what is bothering you is so overwhelming, you can’t get any clarity?\r\n\r\nThe first steps I share with students are practical tools to find that inner connection. It requires that you master the art of quieting your mind so that you can learn how to listen to your heart.\r\n\r\nThere are countless ways to do this, but one way many people find relief from the inner chatter is by being in nature. Each of us resonates with different energy that exists in specific places; if you pay attention, you can feel the inner release when you are there. Think of a place that brings you comfort naturally—it could be that special place outdoors or you’re your favorite animal. For example, I find a great sense of peace and clarity being next to gently moving water that flows over small rocks making that trickling sound. These small creeks feel like a cleansing meditation, like a Gregorian chant sung by the water.\r\n\r\nAfter I am there for a little while, just watching and listening, I lose the awareness of separation, and it feels like the gentle stream flows through my mind and body, washing away any disconnection, fear or confusion. I begin to feel the resistance fall away and I can more easily open to that flow.\r\n\r\nOpening to that flow is the state of Being-ness that is necessary for the healthy connection to all that is. Each time I do this, it feels as if I have come back home to the real me. Once I can feel that wonderful cellular shift in my awareness, I can hear my heart’s direction with clarity and I find a familiar sense of relief. There is great comfort in connection to the Universe.\r\n\r\nI have also found another level of deep peace with horses. They are like a fast-track to Universal wisdom once someone learns how to ‘be’ within themselves so that they can hear from the inner connection. This deeper level of connection doesn’t come only by being in nature or around horses, although for those that are attuned, it is.\r\n\r\nIt is not just something that happens anytime, although for those that are practiced in the art of allowing the reciprocal connection to the Universe, it is.\r\n\r\nThis level of connection is only truly available when I come to another sentient being without any expectation, when I am open to what is there for me to hear. This is the critical key to connection and clarity. Being open to the wisdom of the Universe is the same thing. If we come with an agenda, we cannot hear any guidance at all.\r\n\r\nWhat is that you can do to find the sense of inner quiet and peace? Try it today and you can open your heart to what the Universe is saying.', 'The universe is calling — here’s how to answer', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-universe-is-calling-heres-how-to-answer', '', '', '2015-08-07 08:30:40', '2015-08-07 12:30:40', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24107', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24110, 4, '2015-08-06 08:30:52', '2015-08-06 12:30:52', 'Beaufort Memorial Hospital’s main campus and Bluffton Medical Services laboratories have been re-accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP), ensuring patients are receiving the highest level of service.\r\n\r\nThe prestigious designation was awarded to the hospital following an extensive on-site assessment by CAP inspectors. During the peer-based review process, inspectors examined the laboratories’ records and quality control procedures for the last two years. They also checked laboratory staff qualifications, equipment, facilities, safety records and overall management of the department.\r\n\r\n“Beaufort Memorial’s lab has been in compliance with the rigorous standards of the CAP program since 1997,” said Dr. Brad Collins, the facility’s director. “Our excellent technologists and management staff are dedicated and committed to providing best practice services to our doctors and patients every day.”\r\n\r\nThe CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program was started in the early 1960s to improve patient safety by setting stringent standards and ensuring laboratories meet or exceed regulatory requirements. Teams of practicing professionals lead the on-site inspections every two years. More than 7,600 clinical laboratories around the world are accredited through the program.', 'BMH Labs receive accreditation from College of American Pathologists', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'bmh-labs-receive-accreditation-from-college-of-american-pathologists', '', '', '2015-08-07 08:31:26', '2015-08-07 12:31:26', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24110', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24112, 4, '2015-08-06 08:31:41', '2015-08-06 12:31:41', 'She considered Brown, Clemson and Columbia, but in the end Kierra Grayson chose Cornell because she felt it would put her in the best position academically for medical school.\r\n\r\n“Once I visited the campus I knew I made the right decision,” the Battery Creek High School Valedictorian says.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/DSC_9420.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-24113\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/DSC_9420-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9420\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a>The 18-year old received a distinguished diploma for completing more than 100 hours of community service and other academic criteria during her high school years. She juggled advance placement courses, health science classes and a variety of clubs while never getting anything less than an A on her report cards. The payoff for her hard work includes the full scholarship from Cornell as well as local scholarships from the Nu Delta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Zeta Phi Beta, Ladies of the Lowcountry, and The Robert Smalls Association. Additionally, she received the South Carolina Student Readiness Award from the ACT College and Career Readiness Campaign.\r\n\r\nKierra credits her mother, Michelle, for being the guiding force in her life. “She has always allowed me to be exactly as I am,” she says. “She was never the type of parent that forced me into a mold. She gave me the tools to lead a successful life.”\r\n\r\nThe self-described risk-taker says she loves to try new things and doesn’t always take the conventional path to accomplish her goals. In fact, it’s the advice she offers to students heading to their first year of high school.\r\n\r\n“Try new things. Believe in yourself. Don’t be afraid to let go of things and people that aren’t progressing along with you on your journey. It is never too early to start investing in your future.”\r\n\r\nHer advice for high school seniors reflects the wisdom of someone who understands the changes ahead of her.\r\n\r\n“Everything is temporary so enjoy your last year of carefree living while you can. Don’t place too much emphasis on minor details. Do things just because and don’t procrastinate anything.”\r\n\r\nKierra plans to attend medical school after graduating from Cornell, with an eye toward specializing in obstetrics and gynecology. She also wants to start a non-profit organization for young people to constructively cultivate interests, learn new skills, seek advice or just hang out.\r\n\r\n“Today’s youth are growing up too fast,” she says. “They need to know it is okay to be a kid. I want to create an organization that supports the need for children to find their innocence again.”\r\n\r\nWith the drive, focus and determination that created this valedictorian, there’s little doubt that Kierra will accomplish each of these goals and more.', 'Battery Creek High Valedictorian awarded scholarship to Cornell', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'battery-creek-high-valedictorian-awarded-scholarship-to-cornell', '', '', '2015-08-07 08:34:50', '2015-08-07 12:34:50', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24112', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(24119, 4, '2015-08-06 08:34:55', '2015-08-06 12:34:55', 'Over 700 paddlers ranging from the age of 16 through 80 converged on Henry Chambers Waterfront Park on Saturday July 25th for the 3rd annual Dragonboat Race Day as part of the 60th annual Water Festival. A total of 32 teams each comprised of 22 paddlers, manned 42-foot long dragonboats in a series of races during the daylong event.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_24121\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Team-Madness-warmed-up-the-crowd-before-a-full-day-of-races.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-24121\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Team-Madness-warmed-up-the-crowd-before-a-full-day-of-races-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Team Madness warmed up the crowd before a full day of races.\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" /></a> Team Madness warmed up the crowd before a full day of races.[/caption]\r\n\r\nDragonboat Race Day has continued to grow over the past few years attracting a variety of community teams throughout Beaufort County for the exciting and colorful event which raises money for Dragonboat Beaufort’s cancer survivor support outreach mission. This year participating paddlers exceeded their fundraising goal by raising over $65,000 for Dragonboat Beaufort.\r\n\r\nThe Opening Ceremonies featured a welcome by Mayor Billy Keyserling and a blessing by Father Paul MacNeil from St. Peter’s Church for all those touched by cancer and for the safety of the day’s participants. The Opening Ceremonies included the Official Team Roll Call which featured each team’s drummer parading across the Pavilion stage at Waterfront Park dressed in spirited and sometimes outrageous attire. After a full morning of races, participants paused at mid-day to reflect and remember those who they’ve lost to cancer and those currently battling cancer during a special Carnation Ceremony. Immediately after, the mood was raised with a mini concert by local favorites The Sweet Grass Angels.\r\n\r\nThe event drew teams from a five state area and an estimated 3000 spectators to the seawall for the afternoon races which culminated awards ceremony honoring division and fundraising winners.\r\n\r\nOverall Highest Fundraiser - Barbara Westcott; 2nd Highest Fundraiser - Linda Etchells; 3rd Highest Fundraiser - Corinne Woodman; 4th Highest Fundraiser - David Aldrich; 5th Highest Fundraiser - Mark Heyward; 6th Highest Fundraiser - Jeffrey and Sandy Gott; 7th Highest Fundraiser - Missy Buskirk; 8th Highest Fundraiser - Jan Brown; 9th Highest Fundraiser - Alan Schneider; 10th Highest Fundraiser - Victoria Liggett; Team with the Most Individual Donors - Dragon Slayers; Drummer Raising the Most Money on Race Day - Ride the Tide Leadership Dragons; Best Dressed Drummer - Ride the Tide Leadership Dragons; Best Tent Décor - Dragonboat Atlanta; Best Team Spirit - Swamp Dragons; Best T-Shirt Design - Princess of Tides - Nuances.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_24122\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Fastest-Local-team-Medal-Ceremony.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-24122\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Fastest-Local-team-Medal-Ceremony-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Fastest local team, Hampton Inn Heroes.\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" /></a> Fastest local team, Hampton Inn Heroes.[/caption]\r\n\r\nParticipating teams included #AmberStrong - Indigo Salon &amp; Friends of Amber Black and We are OARsome sponsored by Advantage Construction; Bauer Strong - Friends and Family of Jimmy Bauer; Beaufort Memorial Basilisks - Beaufort Memorial Hospital; Charleston Firebreathers/Blue - Charleston Paddle Club; Charleston Firebreathers/White - Charleston Paddle Club; Dancing Dragons - Revolution Ballroom; Dragon Slayers - Habersham Friends &amp; Neighbors; Dragonboat Atlanta - Atlanta, GA; Dragonboat Charleston - Charleston, SC; Educate OARS - Beaufort County School District; Hampton Inn Heroes - Hampton Inn Beaufort; Healing Dragons of Charlotte - Charlotte, NC; Healing Dragons of Lake James - Morganton, NC; Houseboat For Sail - Beaufort County Association of Realtors; JDBC Flash - Jacksonville Dragonboat Club; JDBC Mammoglams - Jacksonville Dragonboat Club; Kentucky Thorough-Breasts - Highland Heights, KY; Madness: It’s in the PAIN – Madness; MOES for Milbrey - Family &amp; Friends of Milbrey Gnann; Pinnacle Plastic Surgery - Dr. Audrey Klenke, Bluffton, SC; Port Royal Superheroes - Port Royal Elementary School; Princess of Tides – Nuances, Port Royal, SC; Rack Attack - Hilton Head Hospital; Ride the Tide Leadership Dragons - Leadership Beaufort; Sea Island Rotary Club - Beaufort, SC; Sun City All Stars - Anonymous Donor; Swamp Dragons - UBS - The Bankhead Group; Team Badfish - City Walk/Pinckney Retreat; Torture Chamber - Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce; Tri Command Peacekeepers by CenturyLink – CenturyLink; Where’s the Water? - Jacksonville Fire Dragons, Jacksonville, FL.\r\n\r\nGold, silver and bronze medals were awarded for four divisions, Cancer Survivor division as well as the fastest local teams:\r\n\r\n<strong>Division D</strong>\r\n\r\n1st Houseboat for Sail, 2nd Kentucky Thorough-Breasts, 3rd Healing Dragons of Lake James\r\n\r\n<strong>Division C</strong>\r\n\r\n1st Sea Island Rotary Club, 2nd Beaufort Memorial Hospital Basilisks, 3rd Healing Dragons of Charlotte\r\n\r\n<strong>Division B</strong>\r\n\r\n1st Pinnacle Plastic Surgery, 2nd #AmberStrong (OARsome), 3rd Dragonboat Charleston\r\n\r\n<strong>Division A</strong>\r\n\r\n1st Charleston Firebreathers/White, 2nd Charleston Firebreathers/Blue, 3rd Jacksonville Flash\r\n\r\n<strong>Cancer Division</strong>\r\n\r\n1st Jacksonville Mammoglams, 2nd Dragonboat Charleston, 3rd Healing Dragons of Charlotte\r\n\r\n<strong>Fastest Local Teams</strong>\r\n\r\n1st Hampton Inn Heroes of Beaufort, 2nd Team Badfish - City Walk/Pinckney Retreat, 3rd Bauer Strong - Family &amp; Friends of Jimmie Bauer\r\n\r\nThe mission of Dragonboat Beaufort is to provide cancer survivors the opportunity to heal and regain physical and psychological strength and wellness through the camaraderie and competition of dragon boat paddling and racing. Money raised by Dragonboat Race Day goes to support cancer patients and survivors with needs not covered by usual means. Examples include paying for patients’ gasoline so they can afford to drive to medical treatments, delivering food to recovering cancer patients, paying for nutritional supplements, daycare, medical supplies, dental work and stipends toward medical insurance. Money also goes to help heal and support our cancer survivor members and their supporters through paddling. As a volunteer organization with no added administrative cost, DBB is solely responsible for the maintenance of team’s boats, equipment and participation in competition.\r\n\r\nAll proceeds go to the DragonBoat Beaufort Fund housed under the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. More information can be found at www.dragonboatraceday.com.', 'Raising funds and having fun at the annual Dragonboat Race', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'raising-funds-and-having-fun-at-the-annual-dragonboat-race', '', '', '2015-08-07 08:37:38', '2015-08-07 12:37:38', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24119', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24124, 4, '2015-08-06 08:42:02', '2015-08-06 12:42:02', '<em>Photo above: Jasper County residents talk during the July 16 Promise Zone Meeting. Courtesy of www.scpromisezone.org. </em>\r\n\r\n90,000 residents. 28% in poverty and 15% unemployment. This is reality for the South Carolina Lowcountry Promise Zone, a federally-designated region encompassing portions of Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper Counties. Through the combined efforts of partners, supporters and local communities, the SC Promise Zone aims to bring millions of dollars in federal funding to spur economic development and improve quality of life for the region.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_24131\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/PHILANTHROPY-scpz-map.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-24131 size-medium\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/PHILANTHROPY-scpz-map-300x281.png\" alt=\"PHILANTHROPY - scpz map\" width=\"300\" height=\"281\" /></a> The SC Promise Zone encompasses six counties in the southern region of the state. Courtesy of Google Maps.[/caption]\r\n\r\nLed by the Southern Carolina Regional Development Alliance (SCA), the Promise Zone involves more than 30 institutions across the southern tip of the state, including Center for a Better South, Technical College of the Lowcountry and the S.C. Association of Community Economic Development. The Promise Zone designation lasts for 10 years and helps the region in two ways: counties in the zone will receive staffing assistance to create compelling grant applications, and those applications will receive extra points in the scoring process.\r\n\r\nFor the past several weeks, Center for a Better South led town hall meetings across the SC Promise Zone to educate community members about the opportunities available through the Promise Zone. Andy Brack, President of the Center, said, “I didn’t expect 650 people over four days. I was blown away by the positive reaction and engagement that the people in the communities provided.”\r\n\r\n“They shared their area’s strength and vision – it was exciting,” continued Brack. “What the town hall meetings did is pull together communities in a way that hasn’t been done in a past.”\r\n\r\nIn the next few months, the SC Promise Zone will publish a strategic plan based on feedback from the town hall meetings that narrows the group’s focus. Nonprofits in Beaufort County are potentially eligible for Promise Zone funding if their projects primarily help people living in the Promise Zone. To learn more, visit www.scpromisezone.org or email sca@SouthernCarolina.org.', 'SC Promise Zone aims to bring more to nearby rural counties', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'sc-promise-zone-aims-to-bring-more-to-nearby-rural-counties', '', '', '2015-08-07 08:44:39', '2015-08-07 12:44:39', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24124', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24125, 4, '2015-08-06 08:30:04', '2015-08-06 12:30:04', 'Back to school shopping will be a little easier on the pockets of all of us beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, August 7th until midnight on Sunday, August 9th thanks to the annual Sales Tax Holiday approved by South Carolina’s lawmakers and supported by the South Carolina Retail Association (SCRA). “South Carolina’s annual Sales Tax Holiday is important to the state’s consumers and business owners, the retail market and especially to the overall economy,” said SC Retail Association Executive Director Lindsey Kueffner. “It’s a popular tax break on back-to-school necessities for hard-working families. Shoppers enjoy the sales and savings, and retailers get a nice boost from it. It’s a win-win.”', 'Tax free weekend in time for back to school shopping', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'tax-free-weekend-in-time-for-back-to-school-shopping', '', '', '2015-08-07 08:47:10', '2015-08-07 12:47:10', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24125', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24127, 4, '2015-08-06 08:39:02', '2015-08-06 12:39:02', 'With dreams of riding the shiny red fire trucks and battling back flames, a new class of 16 future firefighters started 15 weeks of training Monday with the Beaufort-Port Royal Fire Department.\r\n\r\nThe reserve firefighter training typically lasts 10 hours per week with classes on Tuesday nights and Saturday mornings. The training includes two live fire burns and multiple training days in the fire training building.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_2202.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-24129\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_2202-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2202\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Over the past several years, the Beaufort-Port Royal Fire Department has rekindled its reserve firefighter program – what used to be called “volunteer firefighters.”\r\n\r\n“We now have ‘reserve firefighters’ because they have the same level of training and basic skills that we require of our entry-level career firefighters,” Beaufort Fire Chief Sammy Negron said. “Our reserves have nearly 100 hours of hands-on training plus hundreds of hours in the books to complete the knowledge requirement for an internationally-recognized firefighter certificate.”\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort-Port Royal Fire Department’s reserve firefighter coordinator, Matthew Bowsher, handles the training, equipment, and scheduling for reserve firefighters.\r\n\r\n“Reserve firefighters play a vital role in our department,” Bowsher said. “First, they are able to assist our paid staff during emergencies. The most important asset of any business is it people, and ours are the best.\r\n\r\n“Second, our qualified reserve firefighters become our hiring pool. These are trained, qualified folks, who have already proven their dedication to the Beaufort residents we protect. We know that our reserve firefighters are a good fit with our department – it’s a great way to get a foot in the door,” he said.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_2213-e1438951720685.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-24130\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_2213-e1438951720685-300x269.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2213\" width=\"300\" height=\"269\" /></a>Over the past three years, the Beaufort-Port Royal Fire Department has conducted five recruitment drives for reserve firefighters. During an average recruitment drive the department receives about 45 applications; of those, two-thirds typically make it through the screening process to the interview, and 20 are accepted into the training program on average. Men and women are encouraged to participate.\r\n\r\n“It’s a tough process, with a high attrition rate, but we have to keep high standards because each firefighter has the potential to be the first person arriving on the scene. They have to be ready to get to work saving lives and property,” said Capt. John Robinson, training and education officer for the department.\r\n\r\nSome of the department’s active reserve firefighters have freely given their time for more than 15 years. In the past three years, 11 people who earned the title of Reserve Firefighter with the Beaufort/Port Royal Fire Department have been hired as full-time firefighters by the Beaufort-Port Royal department or another Beaufort County fire agency.\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort-Port Royal Fire Department operates out of three fully-staffed fire stations which are strategically located to minimize response times. A new fire station is under construction on Ribaut Road and will replace an outdated facility in the middle of the Mossy Oaks neighborhood.\r\n\r\nThe department is a combination fire department, in that it utilizes both career/paid firefighters, as well as volunteers from the community. The department typically has a roster of 37 uniformed career personnel and about 25 reserve firefighters.\r\n\r\nAt a minimum, firefighters receive the basic training and qualifications in the following areas:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>NFPA Firefighter II</li>\r\n	<li>Hazardous Materials Operations</li>\r\n	<li>Emergency Medical Technician</li>\r\n	<li>Arson detection for the first responder</li>\r\n	<li>Emergency Vehicle Driver Operations</li>\r\n	<li>Pump Operations</li>\r\n	<li>Automobile Extrication</li>\r\n	<li>L/P Flammable Gas Firefighting</li>\r\n	<li>Basic Rope Rescue</li>\r\n</ul>', 'New firefighters start training in Beaufort-Port Royal', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'new-firefighters-start-training-in-beaufort-port-royal', '', '', '2015-08-07 08:48:58', '2015-08-07 12:48:58', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24127', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24135, 4, '2015-08-06 08:44:58', '2015-08-06 12:44:58', '<em>Photo above: Summer camp kids participating in swim lessons through offsite camps based at the Penn Center.</em>\r\n\r\nAs part of the Y’s commitment to reduce drowning rates and keep kids safe in and around the water, the YMCA of Beaufort County will provide scholarships for swim instruction and water safety to children from underserved communities in northern Beaufort County.\r\n\r\nAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fatal drowning is the second-leading cause of death for children ages one to 14 years old. In ethnically diverse communities, the youth drowning rate is two to three times higher than the national average, according to a USA Swimming study. Additionally nearly six out of 10 African American and Hispanic/Latino children are unable to swim, nearly twice as many as their Caucasian counterparts.\r\n\r\n“Educating children how to be safe around water is just as important as teaching them to look both ways before they cross the street,” said Lisa Redwine, Aquatics &amp; Sport Director, YMCA of Beaufort County. “The Y teaches children of all ages and backgrounds that water should be fun, not feared, and this practice not only saves lives it builds confidence.”\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Y has been a leader in providing swim lessons and water safety for almost 20 years. There are a variety of programs to choose from, including Learn To Swim, part of our traditional summer camp program both here at the Y Port Royal facility as well as administered through our offsite camps based at Penn Center, Lady’s Island Elementary, Hardeeville Elementary and Ridgeland Elementary in Jasper County; individual and group swim lessons; and our competitive youth swim team, the Tigersharks.\r\n\r\nThe Y will be accepting registrations for Fall swim lessons starting in August. This includes parent/child lessons for children age 6 months to 3 years, evening lessons in age appropriate groups (ages 3 and up) and private swim lessons are available.\r\n\r\nIn addition to learning lifesaving water safety skills, children can increase their physical activity by swimming. Swimming also motivates children to strive for self-improvement, teaches goal orientation and cultivates a positive mental attitude and high self-esteem. It also teaches life lessons of sport and sportsmanship, so that children can learn how to work well with teammates and coaches and how to deal with winning and losing—skills that last a lifetime.\r\n\r\nTo register for swim lessons stop by the Y located at 1801 Richmond Avenue in Port Royal or go online to www.ymcabeaufortcounty.com. To learn how to qualify for financial assistance, please call 843-522-9622.', 'Let the Y teach your children how to swim', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'let-the-y-teach-your-children-how-to-swim', '', '', '2015-08-07 08:46:36', '2015-08-07 12:46:36', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24135', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24139, 4, '2015-08-06 08:47:35', '2015-08-06 12:47:35', '[caption id=\"attachment_24149\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"240\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Dave-Headshot.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-24149\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Dave-Headshot-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"David Shipper\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" /></a> David Shipper[/caption]\r\n\r\nIt is not surprising David Shipper has a passion for photography. His father was a photographer and as a child, David would hang out with his dad in the home darkroom watching him develop film and make prints. The entire photographic process was a part of family life growing up and because of these early influences, this passion runs in the family. His sister and brother are both excellent photographers and even his youngest son seems to have inherited the trait, leading David to joke that perhaps this phenomenon is a result of his father’s exposure to darkroom chemicals!\r\n\r\nDavid’s earliest memory of taking pictures was with a Polaroid when he was 6, but it was the camera he received at 16 that opened his eyes to the amazing power of the photograph. Late one afternoon, David was taking pictures of some friends performing skateboard tricks on the neighborhood quarter-pipe. By chance, he took the perfect photo of one of his friends executing an unbelievable turn at the top edge of the pipe. It wasn’t until the film was developed that David realized he had taken a stunning picture, preserving an incredible moment in time!\r\n\r\nThat photo was a revelation, and David began taking photography more seriously. He began attending weekend workshops offered by local professional photographers and in addition, became a photographer for his high school yearbook staff. David continued taking pictures in college while earning a degree in Wildlife Conservation. Despite a full schedule, he even managed to squeeze a few photography classes in along the way.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/5D3_1016.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-24150\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/5D3_1016-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"5D3_1016\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>After college in 1983, he and his wife Leigh moved to Beaufort and fell in love with the area. Photography took a back seat as they began their careers and started raising a family. Eventually, their children’s involvement in sports rekindled David’s photographic passion as he took photos of them playing baseball and soccer.\r\n\r\nMotivated and inspired by his sister’s work in portraits and landscapes, David developed a deep, burning desire to hone his skills with a camera. He enrolled in the New York Institute of Photography and completed their course in professional photography. As his skills increased and he built his portfolio, he began dreaming of the possibility of turning his passion into a vocation.\r\n\r\nWith the Lowcountry’s abundant wildlife and breathtaking scenery providing endless inspiration, David’s interest in photography naturally gravitated towards his other passions: nature, wildlife and the outdoors. Because of his mother’s love of hummingbirds, David developed a special interest in bird photography. However, true to his nature, he just loves taking pictures, shooting outdoor portraits and events in addition to nature and wildlife.\r\n\r\nHis dream of becoming a successful, independent photographer became a reality when David was invited to join the amazing group of artists that make up the Thibault Gallery family. Since joining the gallery, he has been honored to have his photographs recognized in competitions and galleries from South Carolina to Arkansas and has been thrilled to be invited to attend prestigious art shows throughout the southeast. I truly am living my dream!”', 'Local photographer is living the dream in Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'local-photographer-is-living-the-dream-in-beaufort', '', '', '2015-08-07 08:56:47', '2015-08-07 12:56:47', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24139', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24141, 4, '2015-08-06 08:28:32', '2015-08-06 12:28:32', 'ABLE, the Disabilities Foundation of Beaufort County is proud to announce the 2015 annual commemorative/collectable ornament has arrived and is now available for a cost of $15 per ornament. Each year the ornament honors something iconic from our Lowcountry area and this year the “blue crab” was selected.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/COMMUNITY-ABLE-ornament-e1438951843437.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-24142\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/COMMUNITY-ABLE-ornament-e1438951843437-260x300.jpeg\" alt=\"COMMUNITY - ABLE ornament\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" /></a>ABLE is a nonprofit organization that supports services and programs assisting individuals with developmental disabilities and special needs. ABLE’s ornament sales help fund Camp Treasure Chest summer program for children ages 6-21 with special needs. ABLE offers a one week camp in both Beaufort and Bluffton.\r\n\r\nWithout this camp many children would likely not have a summer camp experience because of their severe needs. Many families also do not get any help or assistance with care in the summer months so this also gives them a small break. Funds from the state for summer services have been virtually eliminated and the camp is almost solely supported through local fundraising, grants, ornament sales and a few other organizations. Any donations are greatly appreciated to help fund the camp.\r\n\r\nMany people have been collecting the ornaments for years and have grown to love adding to their collection each year. So now is the time to start your collection. It is a great way to send special children to a wonderful camp where they can create a summer of memories.\r\n\r\nOrnaments are available at several locations in the Beaufort area including: New Image Salon, 1615 Paris Avenue, Port Royal; Smiles by Wyle’s Dentistry, 27A Kemmerlin Lane, Lady’s Island; Budget Print, 510 Carteret Street, Beaufort; Lime Lite Salon, 612 Carteret Street, Beaufort; Deals, 724 Bay Street, Beaufort; LuLu Burgess, 917 Bay Street, Beaufort; Technical College of the Lowcountry(TCL), Testing Center, Bldg. 1, Ribaut Road, Beaufort; Dawn Frank CPA, 23 Professional Village Circle, Ladys Island; Offices of Disabilities and Special Needs Dept., 100 Clear Water Way, Beaufort\r\n\r\nPlease visit us on Facebook or check out our website at www.ablefoundation.org for more information.', 'ABLE 2015 collectable ornament is here', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'able-2015-collectable-ornament-is-here', '', '', '2015-08-07 08:51:24', '2015-08-07 12:51:24', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24141', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24144, 4, '2015-08-06 08:51:32', '2015-08-06 12:51:32', '<em>Photo above: Dr. Robert Bohnstengel</em>\r\n\r\n<strong>Bridges Prep Board names news interim Head of School</strong>\r\n\r\nDr. Robert Bohnstengel, a 40-year education veteran with experience as a teacher and principal, is the new interim Head of School at downtown Beaufort’s Bridges Preparatory School. Bohnstengel started work Monday after the Bridges Board of Directors approved his hiring in an emergency session July 24. His contract is through Dec. 31. This fall, the Bridges board anticipates mounting a search for a permanent head of school.\r\n\r\n“Bob Bohnstengel is well-prepared for the task of getting Bridges Prep ready for the upcoming school year and we are excited to have his expertise,” said Dee Matthews, board chair. “He is fully vetted and checked and ready to go at Bridges Prep.”\r\n\r\nBohnstengel earned a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of South Carolina, a Master’s degree and Educational Specialist degree from The Citadel, and his doctorate in education administration from USC. Teachers return to Bridges Prep Aug. 5, and students start classes Aug. 12.\r\n\r\n<strong>New Director of Career Services joins USCB</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_24146\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WHOS-NEWS-Leta-J.-Salazar.png\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-24146\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WHOS-NEWS-Leta-J.-Salazar-150x150.png\" alt=\"Leta J. Salazar, M.S.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a> Leta J. Salazar, M.S.[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe University of South Carolina Beaufort has named Leta J. Salazar, M.S., Director of Career Services for the university. Salazar will be responsible for assisting students with the choice of a college major, helping them to choose a career, career planning and assisting in the search for the right job or graduate school.\r\n\r\nSalazar received a Bachelor of Science degree in Recreation Management from the University of Southern Mississippi, and a Master of Science degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management from Auburn University.\r\n\r\nPrior to joining the university staff, she filled a number of leadership roles in the Lowcountry tourism and hospitality industry. Most recently, she served as Research Analyst and Bluffton Marketing Manager for the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce Visitor &amp; Convention Bureau. She was responsible for managing research projects intended to promote economic development and tourism in Bluffton and the Lowcountry.', 'Who’s News for the week of August 6th-12th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'whos-news-for-the-week-of-august-6th-12th', '', '', '2015-08-07 08:54:16', '2015-08-07 12:54:16', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24144', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24152, 4, '2015-08-06 08:59:08', '2015-08-06 12:59:08', 'Just two years after attaining state approval to perform emergency interventions on patients suffering deadly heart attacks, Beaufort Memorial Hospital has earned the American College of Cardiology’s top honor for cardiac care.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Heart-center-interior-sign-2-2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-24154\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Heart-center-interior-sign-2-2-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"Heart center interior sign 2-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" /></a>The 2015 ACTION Registry “Get with the Guidelines” Gold Performance Award from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry recognizes Beaufort Memorial for consistently following the treatment guidelines and recommendations of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) for eight consecutive quarters.\r\n\r\nBMH is one of only 78 hospitals nationwide to win the prestigious award.\r\n\r\n“To receive the gold citation after just two years is a phenomenal accomplishment,” said BMH President and CEO Rick Toomey. “It reflects the effort our emergency department and cardiac team have made to provide the highest quality care to our patients. By following the guidelines and expediting treatment, we’re saving lives and improving patient’s long-term life expectancy.”\r\n\r\nBMH had to meet a performance standard of 90 percent for specific measures, including the time it takes to open the blocked artery of a patient suffering a STEMI heart attack or ST elevation myocardial infarction.\r\n\r\nIn every STEMI case brought into the hospital, cardiologists have been able to perform the procedure in far less time than the maximum 90 minutes recommended by the AHA and ACC. Research has shown shaving even a few minutes off the time it takes to restore blood flow to the heart improves outcomes.\r\n\r\n“The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association commend Beaufort Memorial Hospital for its success in implementing standards of care and protocols,” said Dr. James Jollis, ACTION Registry-GWTG chair and professor of Medicine and Radiology at Duke University Hospital. “The implementation of these guidelines requires successful coordination of the hospital’s cardiovascular team and emergency personnel and is a critical step in saving lives and improving outcomes of heart attack patients.”\r\n\r\nLast year, BMH was honored with the GWTG Silver Performance Achievement Award after following treatment guidelines for four consecutive quarters and meeting specific criteria and standards of performance for all types of heart attacks.', 'Beaufort Memorial wins top national honor', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-memorial-wins-top-national-honor', '', '', '2015-08-07 08:59:20', '2015-08-07 12:59:20', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24152', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(24194, 4, '2015-08-13 07:30:38', '2015-08-13 11:30:38', '<h3><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/DSC0102.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-24196\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/DSC0102-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC0102\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" /></a>By Bob Sofaly</h3>\r\nBeaufort County residents and businesses are asked to join forces last week to “pack the bus” with school supplies for students in need.\r\n\r\nAmong the event’s supporters are Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Comprehensive Health Services, Sodexo Food Services and Durham School Services. Individuals and groups  dropped off school supplies at the Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Health Services.\r\n\r\nUseful items that were donated are No. 2 pencils, scissors, filler paper, spiral notebooks, composition books, colored pencils, hand sanitizer, crayons, backpacks, markers, calculators, pens, highlighters, pocket folders, glue sticks, erasers, rulers, pencil sharpeners, pencil cases, index cards, protractors, three-ring binders, dividers, ear buds, composition paper, zip-lock plastic bags, paper towels and facial tissue.\r\n\r\nChief Student Services Officer Gregory McCord said, “We had a tremendous response from the community and our business partners, too. The bus was chock-full of basic school supplies, not to mention about 750 backpacks that we were able to give to students at last weekend’s big Back-to-School Expo at Battery Creek High. We had more than a thousand people at the expo.”', 'Pack the bus with school supplies huge success', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'pack-the-bus-with-school-supplies-huge-success', '', '', '2015-08-20 07:41:15', '2015-08-20 11:41:15', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24194', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24198, 4, '2015-08-13 07:10:34', '2015-08-13 11:10:34', '<em>Photo above: The Parris Island Color Guard from left are Sgt. Loan Nguyen, Sgt. Matthew Sidell, Sgt. Dustin Miller and Sgt. Jonathan Diehm.</em>\r\n<h3>By Bob Sofaly</h3>\r\nThe Healing Heroes of the Lowcountry Fund hosted the inaugural Vietnam Veterans Celebration on Saturday, August 8, at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park in downtown Beaufort in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. About 700 people crowded into the waterfront park to honor Vietnam War Veterans of all branches of the military for their service and sacrifices to our country during a difficult era in our history, according to Donnie Beer, chairperson of the Healing Heroes of the Lowcounty Fund.\r\n\r\n“I was extremely pleased with the turnout”, Beer said. “The number of veterans who showed up with their families made all our work worthwhile.”\r\n\r\nThe Parris Island Marine Band, along with the Sweetgrass Angels and other local talent performed during the celebration.\r\n\r\n[gallery columns=\"5\" ids=\"24200,24201,24202,24203,24205\" orderby=\"rand\"]', 'Vietnam Veterans Celebration at Waterfront Park', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'vietnam-veterans-celebration-at-waterfront-park', '', '', '2015-08-20 07:56:23', '2015-08-20 11:56:23', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24198', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24209, 4, '2015-08-13 07:56:36', '2015-08-13 11:56:36', 'Just off of Highway 21 going into Beaufort, past Spanish moss draped trees and down a winding, country road, you’ll find a South Carolina tradition that’s been thriving for well over 100 years. Rest Park Farm is a family owned and operated produce farm in Seabrook, SC, that’s been passed down through the McCleod family since 1884.\r\n\r\nRest Park Farm is the home of Pinckney’s Produce, the largest Community Supported Agriculture program in South Carolina. Urbie West and his son Ashby took on this unique model of providing their freshly grown produce to South Carolina families in 2011.\r\n\r\nA “CSA” as it’s called, operates based on customers pre-ordering their “share” in the farm. By purchasing your share of the crops they grow in December, Urbie and Ashby are able to order and plant seed, tend to the land, and prepare crops in a sustainable way that helps keep the farm thriving and your kitchen stocked with fresh produce come April. Once the harvest is underway, the West family delivers these shares to their members on a weekly basis. Pinckney’s Produce serves the Beaufort, Bluffton, Hilton Head Island, Charleston, Summerville, Orangeburg and greater Columbia areas.\r\n\r\nSince 2011, the West family has served 400 - 800 families each season. There are two growing seasons per year, spring and fall. Each season is usually 12 weeks long. During those 12 weeks, members receive a once-weekly delivery of their share of the harvest for that week. Most weeks have at least 6 - 12 different items, and all items are grown by the Wests, and are harvested and packed the day before members receive them. This labor-intensive model ensures a superior quality product, longer shelf life, higher nutrient content and better tasting produce.\r\n\r\nMembers then head to their chosen drop site on their designated pick up day, take their boxes home, and enjoy them until next week’s delivery. Pinckney’s Produce even provides clean, bright green boxes for members to exchange weekly to add to the convenience of getting your produce.\r\n\r\nTheir Membership Coordinator, Katie Thompson, has also been with the program since 2011. She searches diligently for recipes to help members make the most of their boxes each week. Every Monday, Urbie sends out an email updating members on what’s in harvest that week, and sends along several recipes, as well as crop updates, and member photos and contributions from their very active social media pages on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest.\r\n\r\nWhile Pinckney’s Produce was originally started in Holly Hill, SC in 2009 by another father and son team from the Thompson family, the Wests have carried on the tradition and have helped grow the program by providing longer and better growing seasons with their coastal location in Seabrook. While members sign up to take on the risk and rewards of Mother Nature with supporting the farm this way, Pinckney’s Produce has had twelve very successful harvest seasons and are preparing for their thirteenth harvest this fall.\r\n\r\nThe season will start with all of your summer favorites, such as melons, sweet corn, squash, zucchini, cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes and more. Once the weather starts to cool, you’ll see more hearty varieties such as lettuces, broccoli, cauliflower, kohlrabi, cabbage, and root vegetables such as turnips, rutabagas, and sweet potatoes. Pinckney’s also usually partners with another local farm to provide pumpkins each fall.\r\n\r\nPinckney’s have planted over forty-five different varieties of vegetables in anticipation for a great harvest this fall. There is still time to join the fall season for Pinckney’s Produce. You can choose from a selection of share sizes and also the 12 week or 4 week delivery option. Pinckney’s offers small, medium, large, and extra-large sized shares, with their medium share being the most popular and their member’s best value for families of two to four people.\r\n\r\nTheir 12 week fall season runs September 15th - December 11th, with a delivery each week except for the week of Thanksgiving. There are also three smaller 4-week “Sessions” that member can sign up for if they’d like a small commitment. These smaller sessions run Weeks 1 - 4, Weeks 5 - 8, and Weeks 9 - 12. There is also a small delivery fee of $2 per week for each share delivered more than 35 miles from the farm to help offset gas and maintenance fees for their refrigerated delivery truck.\r\n\r\nJoining Pinckney’s Produce is easy, just log onto PinckneysProduce.com and follow the prompts to sign up for your share of some of the freshest SC grown produced delivered to you weekly.', 'How to get the absolute freshest produce without picking it yourself', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'how-to-get-the-absolute-freshest-produce-without-picking-it-yourself', '', '', '2015-08-20 07:59:13', '2015-08-20 11:59:13', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24209', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24212, 4, '2015-08-13 07:40:39', '2015-08-13 11:40:39', 'Are you looking for a good book to read? The Beaufort County Library is pleased to introduce the Well-Read podcast, a bi-weekly conversation about books between two of our experienced librarians and avid readers: Ann Cox and Halle Eisenman.  In each episode, Ann and Halle discuss reading recommendations, what they’re currently reading, and other book-related fun!\r\n\r\nThe duo has an assortment of episodes for listeners to download while they await the next episodes. Recorded episodes include:\r\n\r\n<b>Episode 1: </b>Beach Reads\r\n\r\n<b>Episode 2: </b>What to Read After Girl on the Train\r\n\r\n<b>Episode 3: </b>Page to Screen\r\n\r\n<b>Episode 4: </b>Young Adult Books for Adults\r\n\r\n<b>Episode 5: </b>Books That Make You Cry\r\n\r\n<b>Episode 6: </b>Books That Make Us Laugh\r\n\r\nTheir most recent episode has 3,150 plays so far and in the last 30 days the podcast has been downloaded 10,880 times. 75% of Well-Read listeners are in SC and 98% are from the US, but they have listeners from as far away as Australia, Ghana, Peru, and Japan.\r\n\r\nThe podcast is available to download through the Library’s website, on iTunes, and on podcast apps through Google Play. For more information on Well-Read or to place a hold on any of the books mentioned in the podcast, visit the Well-Read page on the Beaufort County Library’s website at beaufortcountylibrary.org/well-read.', 'Beaufort County Library launches new “Well-Read” podcast', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-county-library-launches-new-well-read-podcast', '', '', '2015-08-20 08:00:54', '2015-08-20 12:00:54', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24212', 0, 'post', '', 0);

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(24275, 4, '2015-08-13 09:05:45', '2015-08-13 13:05:45', '<h3>By Susan Stone</h3>\r\nAugust gardens are usually past their peak…many flowers have already gone to seed. But there is a lot for you to still do. Don’t miss this golden this opportunity to start planning for next year! Gather! This is the gathering season! When the garden looks the saddest is usually when it gives the most. The beautiful salvia will have dropped enough seed heads by now to give you a second show in the fall, but for now grab a sharp pair of shears, envelopes or paper bags and take a walk.\r\n\r\nLate in the day is best, after the sun has dried the garden. Successful gardens next year depends on the quality of seed you decide to gather this year. Look for colors that you particularly liked, flowers and vines that performed well and herbs that you’ll need this winter. Pods and large headed flowers like zinnias and purple cone flower dry well and are less likely to mold if you hang in bunches to dry. Drying herbs this way is pretty, but collects dust. So try a warm oven or a dehydrator for edibles. Make sure to mark your envelopes with the type of plant if you know it, if you don’t, describe it. You think you’ll remember what is what, but trust me…seeds all look alike after a while. The date is important. Seeds generally are only viable for two years. Store your seeds in a well-ventilated and dry environment.\r\n\r\nNatural areas are great for gathering seeds not usually available in seed catalogues. Diversity creates a healthy garden, bringing different species of birds and butterflies to feed and roost. Keeping a few native species in your gardens will not only give your garden diversity, but they attract the predators away from hybrids and ornamentals. The big benefit is that they require very little care or water.\r\n\r\nSome flowers make for beautiful fall arrangements, especially when dried. Hydrangeas are my favorite. Air drying is best for Hydrangeas. You can collect flower heads from August to October. I’ve tried to save the color by collecting them fresh and drying them in silica, but the color doesn’t hold. You can hang them in a bunch or if the stems are strong enough, just place them in a vase.\r\n\r\nHappy Gathering!', 'Starting to think about next year’s garden', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'starting-to-think-about-next-years-garden', '', '', '2015-08-20 09:07:16', '2015-08-20 13:07:16', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24275', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24279, 4, '2015-08-13 09:07:20', '2015-08-13 13:07:20', '<h2><em>The Rauch Report</em></h2>\r\n<h3>By Bill Rauch</h3>\r\nOut of respect for their heritage, and appalled at seeing it eroding, The City of Santa Fe, New Mexico’s leadership passed in the 1990’s an inclusionary zoning ordinance. It was one of the first of these programs in the United States.\r\n\r\nFeeling its way, Santa Fe has continuously tweaked the program.  The program today calls for twenty percent of all the houses in new developments to be affordable, down from thirty percent before 2009. Developers are exempted from the city’s roads, police, fire and parks impact fees, and they are exempted from the city’s expansion fee and water offset fee for these units. The total savings of forgiven city development fees is about $10,000 per affordable unit, Matthew S. O’Reilly, the city’s Asset Development Office Director explained last week. Developers also receive as a part of the current incentive package a density bonus of about three quarters of a unit for each affordable unit they build.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_24280\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/McDonalds-in-Santa-Fe.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-24280\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/McDonalds-in-Santa-Fe-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"This McDonald’s Restaurant on Pacheco Street in Santa Fe is not in the historic district. Yet the city’s development ordinances required the owner to significantly flatten and reduce from two to one the “golden” arch, and to use building materials that are reflective of the area’s pueblo revival architecture.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a> This McDonald’s Restaurant on Pacheco Street in Santa Fe is not in the historic district. Yet the city’s development ordinances required the owner to significantly flatten and reduce from two to one the “golden” arch, and to use building materials that are reflective of the area’s pueblo revival architecture.[/caption]\r\n\r\nJust as Beaufort was a hundred years ago a town of small farmers, shrimpers and traders, a hundred years ago Santa Fe was comprised mostly of small farmers, small ranchers, and traders. Then came the painter Georgia O’Keefe in the 1920’s when the town’s population was about 7,500. She was followed by a steady stream of artists, actors and musicians, and then by an influx of flower children from all over the world in the 1970’s and 80’s.\r\n\r\nToday Santa Fe’s population is about five times Beaufort’s, or about half that of Charleston’s.\r\n\r\nSanta Fe and Beaufort share many key similarities.  Each has, for example, its own architectural style.  In Beaufort it is the five elements of the “Beaufort style.”  In Santa Fe it is the “Santa Fe style,” sometimes also called “pueblo revival.” After government work, in each city the major employer is tourism.  Both are also destinations for active retirees.\r\n\r\nAs more and more well-heeled newcomers arrived in Santa Fe in the 1980’s, the city’s historic district became increasingly unaffordable to the longtime residents. That’s when the city’s leadership moved to impose inclusionary zoning.\r\n\r\nOut of respect for the dignity of those in the affordable units the city requires that the affordable units be scattered throughout new developments and that they be architecturally indistinguishable from the market-priced units.\r\n\r\nFounded in 1610, Santa Fe is the oldest capital city in North America, and the home of the second oldest national historic landmark district in the U.S. (after St. Augustine, FL). Its historic district covers about a sixth of the city.  The City imposes architectural standards on all commercial and multi-family buildings throughout the city. The standards for buildings within the historic district are however, as is customary, more stringent.\r\n\r\nBy contrast Beaufort imposes architectural standards on buildings in its historic district, and on its key corridors, but the five elements of the Beaufort style — the raised basement, that the building faces due south, the second story porch, the wing rooms and the wide center hall — are largely lost outside the historic district. A notable exception is Beaufort’s new City Hall that reflects each of the five elements.\r\n\r\nIn the boom years of the 1990’s Santa Fe and the unincorporated area just outside its borders engaged in a development rivalry that is reminiscent of the 1990’s David Taub vs. Tom Taylor days in Beaufort. But in 2009 the New Mexico city and county buried the hatchet and reached an agreement on densities and inclusionary zoning reminiscent of Beaufort County’s 2009 Northern Area Plan. Today Santa Fe County requires fifteen percent of the units in new developments to be affordable, down from 30 percent when the county’s program was first instituted.\r\n\r\nSince the 1990’s about 4000 affordable homes have been built in the City of Santa Fe as a result of the city’s programs, O’Reilly added.', 'Santa Fe, NM – a glimpse into Beaufort’s future', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'santa-fe-nm-a-glimpse-into-beauforts-future', '', '', '2015-08-20 09:10:38', '2015-08-20 13:10:38', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24279', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24283, 4, '2015-08-13 09:10:48', '2015-08-13 13:10:48', '<h3>By Lee Scott</h3>\r\nLying in the hallway under a plastic cup sits a large Palmetto bug that I just caught. My spouse, who is out working in the yard, has not agreed to come in and kill it and so I was forced to catch it. He, the bug, was running as fast as he could but I managed to trap him. Now two cocker spaniels are being kept out of the hallway because I know one of them will walk over, tip the cup over and let him loose. They are not fast enough to stop him.\r\n\r\nHe is doing circles around the cup seeking a way out. There is enough pile on the carpet that he is still getting air. He gets up every once in awhile and does another circle. I get up from my desk and look at him from a distance.\r\n\r\nWhen I moved here, I realized I was going to have to put up with certain things. Long warm winters, a beach nearby, Palm trees blowing in the breeze and sunsets that take my breath away. But what I wasn’t prepared for was the Palmetto bugs. Let’s face it. We know what they really are and I don’t want to acknowledge that word. I will use the other popular name, Water bug.\r\n\r\nWe did order the Termite and Pest control service when we first moved here. The problem emerges every time we have a very heavy rain or when the bug control guy comes to spray. I swear I can hear the little spiders and bugs yelling under the house. “Everyone go upstairs. That man with the suit is spraying!” I know that because for at least twenty-four hours after he sprays, I find dead bodies around.\r\n\r\nThis one sitting in the hallway under the cup was brought in by accident. I had an old baby gate outside for several weeks and brought it in the house before checking it. He was hiding behind the gate and I didn’t see him until I started to wash down the gate. I’m not sure who jumped higher, him or me, but I did manage to get the cup in time to catch him before he disappeared into a wall.\r\n\r\nFortunately, I hear my husband’s movements in the garage. He is coming. My little friend will soon be a memory and the plastic cup will go into the trash.', 'Bugs come with life in the Lowcountry', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'bugs-come-with-life-in-the-lowcountry', '', '', '2015-08-20 09:11:47', '2015-08-20 13:11:47', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24283', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24286, 4, '2015-08-13 09:12:07', '2015-08-13 13:12:07', '<h3>By Dr. Parker T. Barker</h3>\r\nMisconceptions in the world of dog ownership seems to be rampant. I am constantly amazed at what I hear our humans say to each other, with total conviction, which is totally wrong. It seems there are quite a few myths out there about dogs behavior so I thought now would be a good time to clear up some of the most ridiculous.\r\n\r\n<strong>Misconception #1: A dog’s mouth is cleaner than a human’s mouth.</strong>\r\n\r\nI will admit to occasionally licking my private parts. Most dogs, boys and girls, do. And we say hello by sniffing a dogs butt. So that is where my mouth goes. While it’s true most of the germs in a dog’s mouth are dog-specific and harmless to humans, that does not include where that pups mouth might have been. Licking the concrete, eating grass, lapping up dirty rain water, sampling some geese poop and all kinds of other gross items you would never eat yourself can make their way onto your face or even get in your mouth from your dog.\r\n\r\nDogs that do not get their teeth brushed can also have tarter buildup and excess bacteria in their mouth. Another possibility that humans can get is worms. Double yuck. Imagine that the poop Fido sampled has microscopic worms that are easily transmitted. Maybe accepting that sloppy wet kiss from me isn’t the smartest thing to do.\r\n\r\n<strong>Misconception #2: Only male dogs hump other dogs.</strong>\r\n\r\nWrong. Females do it too. Even those ones that are spayed and supposedly well behaved. Research tells us humping another dog (or leg) is an act of dominance and is perfectly normal.\r\n\r\n<strong>Misconception #3: Indoor dogs don’t need heartworm prevention.</strong>\r\n\r\nWrong again. See that mosquito that just flew inside your house and eyed your dog like a buffet? Mosquitoes spread heartworms, and they can land on Fido indoors or outdoors. Heartworm prevention is very important to your dog’s health. A dog infected with heartworms faces a long, expensive treatment process, and that’s only if the damage isn’t too severe when found.\r\n\r\n<strong>Misconception #4: Dogs eat grass only if they are sick.</strong>\r\n\r\nMost recent research indicates that quite simply put, dogs just like to eat grass. If the grass is treated with chemicals then it could be hazardous to your pet. Some Vets do believe that dogs will intentionally consume large amounts of grass to induce vomiting if they feel unwell or have consumed something toxic, but this should not be a consistent behavior. Eating too much grass (or too often) may require a trip to the Vet’s office.\r\n\r\n<strong>Misconception #5: Dogs are colorblind.</strong>\r\n\r\nThe canine retina indicates that dogs can see some colors, primarily blues, yellows, greens and shades of gray.\r\n\r\n<strong>Misconception #6: Dogs get all the exercise they need in the backyard.</strong>\r\n\r\nDogs go outside to do their business and maybe investigate around, but they are natural pack animals and want to be by your side. If not with you, then napping in the shade is another option if you leave Fido outside. But it is doubtful that your dog is running laps in the backyard to get his cardio in for the day. You should plan to take your dog for a daily walk, hike, swim or any activity that gets them moving. Regular exercise helps promote stable weight and increases health benefits. Plus it’s good for you too.\r\n\r\n<strong>Misconception #7: All dogs hate cats.</strong>\r\n\r\nWhile it’s true some dogs may chase a cat and the cat may hiss and flick a paw or two, this misconception is false and is totally dependent on the dog and cat in question. For me, if it is small and furry, it must be a toy on the run, or a new kind of squirrel, so I will chase a cat every chance I get. My sister, Peanut, couldn’t care less about cats and just ignores them. That is why some cats and dogs can live well together. I will admit it is easier if you have grown up with them rather than being introduced to a cat after learning how to chase squirrels.\r\n\r\n<strong>Misconception #8: A little chocolate won’t hurt.</strong>\r\n\r\nChocolate is toxic and life-threatening to dogs. Dark chocolate is more toxic to dogs than milk chocolate or white chocolate. But it is ALL toxic and can make Fido a very sick dog. As little as 1 ounce of dark chocolate may be enough to kill a small dog. So if I manage to get in the Halloween candy and those KitKat bars and Hershey Kisses are missing, I should probably go to the Vet right away. This is truly a case where “just a little can’t hurt him much” is just wrong.\r\n\r\n<strong>Misconception #9: A wagging tail is a sign of a happy dog.</strong>\r\n\r\nThis is not always true. Tail wagging can also be a sign of fear, anxiety or impending aggression. The tail may wag slower, erratically or while inverted on a dog’s back. Look at the total body language before approaching a dog you don’t know. And just because his tail is wagging, don’t go sticking your face in his face. Be smart about meeting a new dog.\r\n\r\n<strong>Misconception #10: Don’t waste your money on flea and tick products.  Just feed your dog lots of garlic.</strong>\r\n\r\nGarlic may keep pests at bay during a short walk, but it should not be seen as a standard flea and tick preventative. Opinions differ on the consumption of garlic by dogs, but most agree that trace amounts are okay. So a small piece of garlic bread might be ok depending on the size of the dog. But a whole loaf? Probably not a good idea. The difficulty with garlic is knowing at what amount it becomes toxic to your dog. I recommend using a tried and true flea and tick medicine that your Vet recommends. Too much garlic can cause an anemic reaction, gastrointestinal problems and red blood cell damage, according to the ASPCA, all of which are not good for ol’ Fido.\r\n\r\n<strong>Misconception #11: A dry or warm nose is a sign your dog is sick.</strong>\r\n\r\nDog noses are not always cool and wet, and occasional dryness is perfectly normal. There are also many reasons your dog may have a dry nose. A runny nose, colorful discharge or a crusty buildup is not good, so head to the Vet if you notice these symptoms.', 'Dogs are not colorblind and other misconceptions debunked', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'dogs-are-not-colorblind-and-other-misconceptions-debunked', '', '', '2015-08-20 09:15:12', '2015-08-20 13:15:12', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24286', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24288, 4, '2015-08-13 08:15:36', '2015-08-13 12:15:36', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Cindy-2.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-24290\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Cindy-2-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cindy (2)\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cindy is a loving and playful girl with a bright personality. She enjoys the outdoors and is sure to become fast friends with her new family. Come spend some time with Cindy today! She is spayed, microchipped and up to date on her vaccinations.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Kiara.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-24289\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Kiara-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kiara\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Kiara is a curious kitten with a charming personality. She is both shy and very loving, earning her trust is extremely rewarding! Intelligent and lively Kiara will enjoy playing little games with you as you get to know each other. Come visit with Kiara today! She is spayed, microchipped and up to date on her vaccinations.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Palmetto Animal League Adoption Center is open Monday – Saturday from 12 to 7 p.m.\r\n</em><em>Email us at info@palmettoanimalleague.org or call 843-645-1725 for more information.</em></p>', 'Pets of the Week', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'pets-of-the-week-13', '', '', '2015-08-20 09:18:05', '2015-08-20 13:18:05', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24288', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24293, 4, '2015-08-13 09:18:12', '2015-08-13 13:18:12', '<b>See a great movie for $6.  </b>\r\n\r\nBoulevard (rated R), Directed by Dito Montiel and starring Robin Williams, Bob Odenkirk, Kathy Baker Monday, August 17 at 7 PM at USCB Center for the Arts, 801 Carteret Street, Beaufort Box office: 843-521-4145. Starring the remarkable Robin Williams in his final dramatic performance, Boulevard centers on a married but closeted 60-year-old bank officer, Nolan (Williams), whose spontaneous turn down an unknown street upends his monotonous life and marriage.\r\n\r\n<b>Purifying Breaths and </b><b>Yogas of Tsa Lung</b>\r\n\r\nYou are invited to experience the self-healing practice of Tsa Lung, an ancient Tibetan Bon tradition, at TheraVista: Conscious Community Haven every Monday evening, starting August 17, from 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. Tsa Lung engages your mind, body, and spirit with purifying breathing and gentle yoga exercises. You will learn: Inner Refuge Meditation, Nine Purification Breaths, and Sitting Yoga Exercises to revitalize your life force energy and connect to your deep self. A donation of $5-10 is suggested. TheraVista: Conscious Community Haven is located on serene Lowcountry grounds at 263 Brickyard Point Rd. South, Beaufort. For more information, please visit theravista.org or email Emily at emilydfj@gmail.com\r\n\r\n<b>Beaufort Democratic Club to meet   </b>\r\n\r\nThe Northern Beaufort County Democratic Club will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, August 20, 2015 at Grand Army Hall, 706 Newcastle Street, Beaufort, with a social gathering at 6:30 p.m. and meeting starting promptly at 7:00 p.m. Please join us; all are welcome.\r\n\r\n<b>Citizens against Domestic Abuse offers volunteer training </b>\r\n\r\nCODA will be holding their next volunteer training beginning August 22, 2015. Training hours will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on August 22nd and will continue on August 24th, 25th, and 26th from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. All four sessions must be completed prior to beginning volunteer activities.  CODA volunteers will be trained in working with victims of domestic violence, answering the 24-hour crisis line and a variety of activities working either on site in CODA’s offices and/or the shelter, or at various community events as representatives of CODA. Applicants must pre-register and an interview is necessary prior to the start of training.  Interested individuals should contact Theresa Lacey at (843) 770-1074 ext. 225, or visit www.codalowcountry.org and click on the volunteer tab.\r\n\r\n<b>How to make a budget and become debt free class </b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce (BCBCC) will offer two free classes in August at the Chamber Office.  On Tuesday, August 18 we will offer a two-hour class on learning to do a budget and becoming debt-free. On the following Tuesday, August 25 we will offer a two-hour class on credit repair.  Both classes will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at 801 Bladen Street in Beaufort. All are welcome to attend. Call 843-986-1102 X 2.\r\n\r\n<b>Local business to hold fundraiser to save Gullah-Geechee properties </b>\r\n\r\nLane J Independent Associates will hold the first business-sponsored fundraiser to benefit the Pan-African Family Empowerment &amp; Land Preservation Network (PAFEN) to support their work to redeem and pay taxes on Gullah-Geechee property to preserve current ownership. Lane J Independent Associates will donate 25% of all proceeds from the sale of their affordable legal and identity theft programs plans.\r\n\r\nThe “Help save Gullah/Geechee Land Fundraiser” will be held on Thursday, Aug. 20th  from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., in the training room of One Beaufort Town Center, 2015 Boundary St., in Beaufort. The event will also serve as an after-hours business networking opportunity, and a “You be the Judge!” identity theft protection workshop.\r\n\r\nInvited speakers for the ID theft workshop include John Hall, an ID theft risk management specialist; SC state rep. David Mack; and Eddie Smith, Regional Manager.\r\n\r\nIdentity theft protection and legal service plans will also be available for purchase on during the event at the Lane J Independent Associates office, suite 329, also at One Beaufort Town Center.\r\n\r\n<b>Law School for non-lawyers</b>\r\n\r\nThis fall, the South Carolina Bar Pro Bono Program will be presenting a “Law School for Non-Lawyers” course at the Technical College of the LowCountry\\Beaufort Campus, located in the Auditorium of Building #12 at 921 Ribaut Rd in Beaufort. The “Law School for Non-Lawyers” is a seven (7) weeks course, on different areas of the law, which is offered to the public. The course meets one night a week, (6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.) for seven consecutive weeks (September 1-October 13, 2015). The cost of the course is $45.00, which includes the textbook and all materials that will be needed for the course. This course will give the public much needed legal information and a chance to meet some of their local attorneys.\r\n\r\nThis is a wonderful course that provides an insight into the legal system. The textbook and other materials that you will receive are a great resource for later use. If you, your staff, or members of your organization are interested in attending this course, please call Technical College of the LowCountry to register, at 843-525-8205, or online at www.tcl.edu/continuing-ed/howtoregister as they will be handling all registration. Registration for the course ends at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 26, 2015.\r\n\r\n<b>The Downtown Beaufort Farmer’s Market</b>\r\n\r\nThe downtown Beaufort Farmer\'s Market is held on Wednesdays from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. offering fresh local produce, plants, artisans, home baked and canned foods, crafts and more at Pigeon Point Park.\r\n<h2><b>Upcoming library events </b></h2>\r\nTo be held at the <strong>Beaufort Branch Library </strong>at 311 Scott St., Beaufort.\r\n\r\nEvent: <b>Go Green, Save Green\r\n</b>Date: Saturday, August 22 at 11:00 a.m.\r\nDescription: Discover how ecological choices can be economical ones, too, from energy to household products. Learn what you can do as an individual to help the planet and your wallet at the same time.\r\n\r\nEvent: <b>One on One Computer Help\r\n</b>Date: Monday and Thursday evenings from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.\r\nDescription: Bring your Smartphone, iPad, tablet, or laptop in for assistance. Or need help with your resume? Drop in for one- on-one assistance. Computers will be available for those that do not bring your own device. FREE! Questions? Please email Stacey Inman at sinman@bcgov.net or call the Reference Desk (843)-255-6458.\r\n\r\nEvent: <b>Wee Play (Too!)\r\n</b>Date: Mondays at 11:00 a.m. and Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m.\r\nDescription: Listen to stories, songs, and finger plays. For ages 0-4 and their adult caregiver.\r\n\r\nEvent: <b>Reserve A Librarian\r\n</b>Date: By appointment; please contact Stacey Inman at sinman@bcgov.net or call 843-255-6458\r\nDescription: One on one time with a librarian. All inquiries welcome, including smartphone assistance, etc.\r\n\r\nEvent: <b> Southern Author Kim Boykin\r\n</b>Date: Tuesday, September 1 from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.\r\nDescription: Romance and women’s fiction author Kim Boykin will discuss her new book <em>A Peach of a Pair</em> and her journey to becoming a published writer. Book signing to follow.\r\nContact Ann Cox at (843) 255-6458 or acox@bcgov.net for more information.\r\n\r\nEvent: <b>Poison Pen Mystery Book Club\r\n</b>Date:  Monday, September 14 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.\r\nDescription: Enjoy a discussion of mysteries over refreshments. In September, we’re reading The Cutting Season by Attica Locke.\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Synopsis: Caren Gray manages Belle Vie, a sprawling antebellum plantation deep in Louisiana where the past and the present coexist uneasily. Outside the gates, an ambitious corporation has laid siege to the generations-old sugarcane farms, buying up land and replacing locals with illegal laborers. Tensions mount when a migrant worker’s body is found in a shallow grave on the edge of the property, and as the investigation gets under way, the list of suspects begins to grow. Certain the police are on the wrong path, Caren treads into dangerous territory, pursuing the truth about Belle Vie’s history and her own, and unearths startling facts about a very old mystery -- one that an increasingly desperate killer will stop at nothing to keep buried.</p>', 'What To Do the week of August 13th-19th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-to-do-the-week-of-august-13th-19th', '', '', '2015-08-20 09:29:15', '2015-08-20 13:29:15', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24293', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24297, 4, '2015-08-20 15:04:53', '2015-08-20 19:04:53', '<p><b>Adaptive Golf to meet this weekend  </b></p>\r\n<p>Meet up this weekend August 22 at the driving range at the Legends of Parris Island Golf Course to get tuned up for next month’s first annual Adaptive Golf. The plan is to play 9 holes after the clinic if anyone is interested. Invite your friends or anyone that would benefit from the experience. Contact Steve Giammona at sgiammona@bmhsc.org or (843) 522-5850 for details.</p>\r\n<p><b>Join Live Oak Builders for a reveal party   </b></p>\r\n<p>As you may know, Live Oak Builders of Beaufort worked with HGTV on a renovation project on Craven Street this past spring. The air date and time for the <em>HGTV Vacation House for Free</em> is scheduled for Sunday, August 23 at 12 noon. Live Oak Builders is hosting a “Viewing Event” at the Holiday Inn &amp; Suites at 2225 Boundary Street, Beaufort from 11:30 to 1:30 p.m. They will be in the bar area where there are four TV screens and plenty of space. Join them and celebrate the “REVEAL” with the local contractors who worked on this project and with Dataw Island residents who were filmed during some of the scenic clips. Light refreshments will be served. For planning purposes, please let us know if you plan on attending by calling 843-524-2343.</p>\r\n<p><b>Learn how to develop a business plan  </b></p>\r\n<p>The Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce (BCBCC) and SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives) will offer a business class focusing on developing a business plan, accessing a business loan and other financial strategies. The class will be held on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on August 24, 26 and 28, 2015 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Call 843-986-1102 to enroll. Classes will be held at the chamber office located at 801 Bladen Street in Beaufort. Cost for the class is $25 which will be reimbursed once the course has been satisfactorily completed.</p>\r\n<p><b>SC Bar to sponsor Law School for Non-Lawyers in Beaufort  </b></p>\r\n<p>Do you know what your rights and responsibilities are under the law? While you may not be an attorney, it’s important to know the law and how it affects you. The SC Bar Pro Bono Program is sponsoring “Law School for Non-Lawyers,” a seven-week program designed to give the public an overview of the South Carolina legal system and insight into common legal problems people face. The series will be held on Tuesday evenings, Sept. 1 continuing through Oct. 13, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Technical College of the Lowcountry (921 Ribaut Rd., Beaufort). The deadline to enroll is Wednesday, Aug. 26. The course will cover the following topics: Sept. 1—Overview of state courts and alternative dispute resolution, Sept. 8—Juvenile justice and overview of child protection hearings, Sept. 15—Family law, real estate and landlord-tenant law, Sept. 22—Wills, estates and probate, health care and elder law, Sept. 29—S.C. workers’ compensation and employment law, Oct. 6—Bankruptcy law, consumer law and debt collection, Oct. 13—Criminal law and torts. The seven-week course costs $45 and includes all course materials. Registrants are not required to attend all of the classes and may choose to attend only those that interest them the most. To register, call (843) 525-8205 or visit www.tcl.edu/continuing-ed. For all other questions, contact the SC Bar Pro Bono Program at (803) 799-6653, ext. 158.</p>\r\n<p><b>Nearly New sale returns to St. Helena </b></p>\r\n<p>Back-to-school clothes, designer outfits and quality menswear – and more! – will be available at bargain prices as the Nearly New and More! Sale returns to the Parish Church of St. Helena. The sale is Aug. 29 and 30 in the Parish Hall at 507 Newcastle St. in downtown Beaufort. Shopping hours are 1 to 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 29, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 30. Nearly New was not held on St. Helena in 2014. “We are back by popular demand,” says sale chair Pat Jones. “And we’re adding framed pictures, framed art work, furniture, lamps, and silk plants to our offerings.”</p>\r\n<p>Clothing for men, women and children will be on sale as always, along with shoes and accessories like belts, scarves, and pocketbooks. Everything is gently used; some items still have their store tags. Proceeds from the sale go to church missions. “We are doing this for the community, to serve God and share God’s love,” Jones says.</p>\r\n<p><b>Register for classes at the Literacy Center  </b></p>\r\n<p>Registration for fall classes at The Literacy Center will be held on August 31st at 6:30 p.m. Port Royal Baptist Church, 707 Pinckney Blvd, Port Royal, SC 843-521-1994. Registration fee: $80 Class offered are: pre GED, Basic Literacy (beginner, intermediate, advanced) and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Classes start September 9, 2015 and run through March 31, 2016.</p>\r\n<p><b>Donate blood this October to save lives </b></p>\r\n<p>Please help Marine Federal CU save lives this October. We want to host a blood drive here at the branch on Oct. 26th, but need 20 pre sign-ups to make it happen. All we need is your name, phone number and email address for the pre commitment to the Blood Alliance. Stop by the branch at 819 Parris Island Gateway or call us at 800.225.3967, ext. 5151 or 5153. Refreshments and a gift from MFCU will be given to each participant in October.</p>\r\n<p><b>Local Military Oﬃcers host conference   </b></p>\r\n<p>Men &amp; women of Beaufort’s Low Country Chapter, Military Officers Association of America, host MOAA’s biennial SC conference, October 9th-11th, MCAS Beaufort &amp; hold 50th Anniversary banquet Oct. 10 at Lyceum, Parris Island. We’re current/ former/retired officers strongly committed to national defense, troops &amp; families. Conference is open to the public; focus is on military/vets’ issues &amp; how to help all who’ve served! $10 registration. Register today at www.lcmoaa.org/lcmoaa@gmail.com or call (413) 345-1524.</p>\r\n<p><b>Compete in a chili cook-off to help a local camp</b></p>\r\n<p>Hosted by the Lowcountry Jaycees and managed and produced by Plum Productions, the only local International Chili Society sanctioned cook-off is coming on Oct. 17th. Proceeds from this event will benefit the Jaycee’s Camp Hope. This event will feature 2 levels of International Chili Society competition: Traditional Red Chili and Home-style Chili. Plus there will be fun for all ages. Register your team today at www.chilipartyinthepark.eventbrite.com.Amateurs and professionals are all welcome. For more details, check out www.chilipartyinthepark.eventbrite.com. First place in the Traditional Red Chili category is $1000! Chefs also have the opportunity to compete for the “Spiciest Space” award for best themed booth. A People’s Choice Chili champion will also be named. Attendees will choose their favorite chili by casting their votes through cash donations for Jaycee Camp Hope. The chef with the most donations wins! Mark your calendar for Saturday, October 17, 2015 at Southside Park in Beaufort. Gates will open rain or shine at 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Bring the whole family and spend the day at the new Southside Park, at the intersection of Battery Creek Rd and Southside Blvd. Live music, craft beer, plenty of activities for kids of all ages, and a variety of food vendors for even the non-chili eaters. Plenty of parking is available. The 2nd Annual Party in the Park Chili Cook-off is open to the public with FREE admission.</p>\r\n<p>Purchase all-you-can-taste chili wristbands for $20 each online at www.chilipartyinthepark.eventbrite.com and/ or at the gate on event day. Registered chefs will begin cooking promptly at 11:00 a.m. and end at 2:00 p.m. with judging beginning at 2:30 p.m. Awards will be announced before the conclusion of the event. An award for the best themed team and display will also be a highlight of the day.</p>\r\n<p><b>Cousteau to speak at Port Royal Sound Foundation fundraiser   </b></p>\r\n<p>Phillipe Cousteau, grandson of famed ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau, will be the featured speaker at the Port Royal Sound Foundation’s anniversary celebration of its Maritime Center on Lemon Island. “Night on the Sound,” which includes a cocktail reception, locally sourced foods, live music and a silent auction, supports the Port Royal Foundation’s education and research efforts. The event will be held Oct. 31st. Cousteau – explorer, social entrepreneur and environmental advocate – is a CNN special correspondent reporting on environmental and humanitarian issues around the world. The Port Royal Sound Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving land and improving water quality in the Port Royal Sound area. The foundation was formed to support and promote research in the Port Royal Sound area and educate people about the sound’s environmental, cultural, historical, artistic and economic contributions to the region’s quality of life. To learn more about “Night on the Sound,” ticket sales and sponsorship opportunities; contact Alicia Taylor, Director of Development, at 843-645-7774 or ataylor@portoyalsoundfoundation.org.</p>\r\n', 'What To Do the week of August 20th-26th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-to-do-the-week-of-august-20th-26th', '', '', '2015-08-20 15:05:55', '2015-08-20 19:05:55', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24297', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24301, 4, '2015-08-20 15:07:52', '2015-08-20 19:07:52', '<h3>By Prof. Percy Pussycat</h3>\r\nTake it from me. Cats are complicated animals and trying to decode what they are saying to you requires you put several things together – the sound they are making, their body language, and their mood.\r\n\r\nAnimal behavior experts have discovered 24 different meows that a cat can make – 16 for humans and 8 for other animals. So when your cat is meowing at you, they are in fact trying to communicate something directly to you. It is usually about feeling good and wanting something from you like “lift me up or it’s time for dinner” or “follow me to my bowl right now, please.” Or it could be a meow that says “touch me at your own peril. I am in a grumpy mood.”\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_24302\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"231\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/PETS-CatLanguage-LetterSize.jpg-i-WILL-GIVE-YOU-ATTRIBUTION-LATER.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-24302\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/PETS-CatLanguage-LetterSize.jpg-i-WILL-GIVE-YOU-ATTRIBUTION-LATER-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"Used with permission of Lili Chin and available for download at www.doggiedrawings.net/freeposters.\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" /></a> Used with permission of Lili Chin and available for download at www.doggiedrawings.net/freeposters.[/caption]\r\n\r\nDiscerning between the above requires you understand cat body language. For example, if you watch the TV show, My Cat from Hell with Jackson Galaxy you will see him sometimes do a slow eye blink with a cat. If the cat returns the slow blink, it means they are comfortable with you. If they don’t do it that is a red flag you should pay attention to and probably retreat to a safer place.\r\n\r\nCats also yowl on occasion. This is very different from a meow. It can sound like a long drawn out meoooowwww and can be very loud. Mostly, a yowl tells you that your pet is in some kind of distress. They could be forgotten in a closet, or they might be looking for you if they are in pain. If you hear a yowl, you should investigate.\r\n\r\nPurring from a cat is usually a sign they are content and happy. But not always. Sometimes a cat will issue a low purr when they are sick or anxious. Again, know your cat body language to tell between the two.\r\n\r\nIf you come across a cat that is growling, hissing or spitting, they are easy to decipher. They are annoyed, frightened, angry or aggressive. Leave this cat alone. Don’t be foolish enough to think,” I know what this means but they would never bite or scratch me.” If they are scared enough to growl, they will most certainly bite or scratch. Keep those hands to yourself.\r\n\r\nA cat’s body language provides lots of tips to what the cat wants to communicate. If you pay attention to your cat’s eyes, ears, body and tail—they’re all telling you a story. Here are some basic (though sometimes contradictory) clues:\r\n\r\n<b>Ears — </b>Forward: your cat is alert, interested or happy. Backward, sideways, flat airplane ears: They are irritable, angry or frightened. Swiveling or radar ears: They are attentive and listening to every little sound.\r\n\r\n<b>Eyes — </b>Pupils constricted: offensively aggressive, but possibly content. Pupils dilated (large): nervous or submissive (if somewhat dilated), defensively aggressive (if fully dilated), but possibly playful.\r\n\r\n<b>Tail — </b>Erect, fur flat: alert, inquisitive or happy. Fur standing on end: angry or frightened. Held very low or tucked between legs: insecure or anxious. Thrashing back and forth: agitated. The faster the tail, the angrier the cat. Straight up, quivering: excited, really happy. If your cat hasn’t been neutered or spayed, he or she could be getting ready to spray something.\r\n\r\nSo now you have figured what your cat sounds like, and what their body language is when they are trying to tell you something. If you put it all together, you can tell what kind of mood your cat is in which can be very helpful. Here are some additional clues to look for when determining what kind of a mood your cat is in:\r\n\r\n<strong>Content:</strong> Sitting or lying down, eyes half-closed, pupils narrowed, tail mostly still, ears forward and purring means a very happy cat.\r\n\r\n<strong>Playful:</strong> Ears forward, tail up, whiskers forward and pupils somewhat dilated—playing is hunting behavior; your cat may stalk her prey (a toy, another animal in the house), then crouch down with her rear end slightly raised. A little wiggle of the butt, then…pounce! Your cat will grab her prey, bite it, wrestle it the floor and kick it with her hind feet: Her toy is now dead.\r\n\r\n<strong>Irritated or over-stimulated:</strong> Pupils dilated, ears turned back and tail twitching or waving—your cat may growl or put his teeth on you as a warning to cease and desist. Intense play can quickly turn into overstimulation in some cats, resulting in biting and scratching.\r\n\r\n<strong>Nervous or anxious:</strong> Ears sideways or back, pupils dilated and tail low or tucked between legs—your cat may slink through the house close to the floor, looking for somewhere to hide. This is a very unhappy cat.\r\n\r\n<strong>Frightened, startled or defensive:</strong> Think Halloween cat—ears back and flat against her head, whiskers back, back arched, fur standing on end and tail erect or low. They may yowl, growl, hiss and spit.\r\n\r\n<strong>Angry, aggressive:</strong> Ears back, pupils very constricted, and their tail may be up or down with the fur standing on end. This can quickly escalate to a fight.\r\n\r\nSo there you have it. Piece of catnip, right? If I had to say what to look for first, it would be the ears in concert with their tail. Those two things will usually put you on the right road to decoding the message. Good luck friends. You will need it!', 'Understanding what cats say isn’t so easy', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'understanding-what-cats-say-isnt-so-easy', '', '', '2015-08-20 15:08:52', '2015-08-20 19:08:52', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24301', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24305, 4, '2015-08-20 15:09:33', '2015-08-20 19:09:33', '<b>Africa Fashion Week to be showcased </b>\r\n\r\nFrom August 24th through 29th ARTworks will present Africa Fashion Week, the premiere international event showcasing African designers, African inspired designers, clothing, and textiles which connect the undeniable influence of African culture on the world’s fashion runways! Presented by Ngome Couture and the Ngome Collective Boutique located at ARTworks. Go to www.facebook.com/AFWLC for more info, event times, and tickets.\r\n\r\n<b>Songwriters in the Round returns on September 3rd</b>\r\n\r\nCarroll Brown, Big Frank Waddell, and David Owens will delight audiences with their Southern Charm and musical talents. More like a back porch get together with friends than a concert. Expect a laid-back evening where laughter flows freely and songs inspire other songs in a free flowing dialogue between the performers. Presented by ARTworks. Tickets are $20 each. Click here to purchase: www.beaufortcountyarts.com or call the box office at 843-379-2787.\r\n\r\n<b>Don’t miss the Short Story America Festival and Conference</b>\r\n\r\nThe kickoff event on Thursday, the 24th, is an evening book launch party at the Arts Council of Beaufort County (aka ARTworks). The featured book is Richard Hawley’s forthcoming novel, Greeves Passing. On Friday, the 25th, an evening reception be held off-site at the Lewis Reeve Sams House, overlooking the water in Beaufort’s downtown historic district. Saturday’s events will be held at the Arts Council, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. There will be  a catered reception where the winners of the annual Short Story America Prize will be announced.', 'Arts Notes for the week of August 20th-26th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'arts-notes-for-the-week-of-august-20th-26th', '', '', '2015-08-20 15:09:33', '2015-08-20 19:09:33', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24305', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24307, 4, '2015-08-20 15:10:52', '2015-08-20 19:10:52', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ARTS-RADICAL-SON-new-play-Photo-Actors-Theatre-of-SC.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-24308\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ARTS-RADICAL-SON-new-play-Photo-Actors-Theatre-of-SC-300x293.jpg\" alt=\"ARTS - RADICAL SON new play -Photo -Actors Theatre of SC\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" /></a>From October 8-17, the Actors’ Theatre of South Carolina will present Radical Son, a play about Charleston’s own John Laurens, an unsung Revolutionary war hero and one of America’s first abolitionists. Starring co-writer and Broadway veteran Clarence Felder, it will take place at Threshold Repertory Theatre in downtown Charleston.\r\n\r\n“Not only was John Laurens one of George Washington’s top aides at Valley Forge, but we believe he had secretly freed his black servant almost 90 years before the Emancipation Proclamation. He is a fascinating figure in history for South Carolina audiences to discover”, shared Mr. Felder, who plays John’s father, Henry.\r\n\r\nChris Weatherhead, the play’s director and co-author said, “Especially in light of recent events, this play is timely in its themes of courage, love and reconciliation. It is meant to start a lot of discussions.” Alan Stello, Director of the Powder Magazine, a National Historic Landmark in Charleston, added “Radical Son is a unique way to connect audiences with a largely unknown man that influenced not only a city, but a state and a young nation.”\r\n\r\nPerformances are October 8-10, 15-17 at 7:30 p.m. and October 11 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $22 adults, $20 seniors, $15 military, and $10 students and can be purchased through www.ActorsTheatreOfSC.org.', 'New play, “Radical Son”, explores race and freedom', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'new-play-radical-son-explores-race-and-freedom', '', '', '2015-08-20 15:10:52', '2015-08-20 19:10:52', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24307', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(24310, 4, '2015-08-20 15:12:15', '2015-08-20 19:12:15', '<h3>By Lee Scott</h3>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_24311\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"291\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/VOICES-sisters.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-24311\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/VOICES-sisters-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured from left to right: Aunt Bernadette, my mother Claire, Aunt Rita and Aunt Mary.\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" /></a> Pictured from left to right: Aunt Bernadette, my mother Claire, Aunt Rita and Aunt Mary.[/caption]\r\n\r\nLike many people across the country, I attended a reunion this summer. Although there are different kinds of reunions, mine was a family reunion and included the celebration of my maternal aunt’s 93rd birthday. She is the last of the four Kelly girls, my mother’s oldest sister. Visiting with her, my siblings, my cousins and the next generation, I was once again reminded of how lucky I am to have been born into the Kelly Clan. We are largely a Catholic Irish group although we have branched off as new blood has been brought into the fold and we are spread out all over the United States.\r\n\r\nAs one of twenty five cousins in my generation, we were thrown together as children and regardless of the fact that we only saw each other for a week or two at a time each year we became friends. Of all the things that my mother and her three sisters passed along was the sense of family. And now as we take on the roles as grandparents, I see that we have passed along that sense of family.\r\n\r\nCousins and second cousins I have not seen in years hugged and kissed and asked about my son and daughter. Facebook has connected another generation and they have already seen pictures of my grandchildren online. We are all reminded that we are connected through the four Kelly girls, as my mother was connected with all of her aunts and uncles through her mother. I remember as a child visiting Rhode Island, my aunts would take me to visit, Aunt Kitty, Aunt Loretta, and Uncle Bill. This list goes on of the elderly relatives that would reach out hug me and say, “Claire’s daughter.” I see this within my own family now. My older sister’s grandchildren, who live several hours away, come up and hug my own grandchildren as long lost friends. This spring, I saw one of my granddaughters grab two of her step cousins and say, “Come on. Let’s sing and dance together.” And off they went.\r\n\r\nOur last big reunion picture with the four sisters was taken over twenty years ago. We took another picture this time, and there she sat, Aunt Mary in the midst of her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and nieces and nephews smiling into the camera. My family, the Kelly Clan.', 'The Kelly Clan. Alive and well with a reunion to prove it.', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-kelly-clan-alive-and-well-with-a-reunion-to-prove-it', '', '', '2015-08-20 15:13:43', '2015-08-20 19:13:43', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24310', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24314, 4, '2015-08-20 15:13:46', '2015-08-20 19:13:46', '<h3>By Cherimie Crane Weatherford</h3>\r\nSleepy eyes stare off into distant spaces, summer hair fails to see reason in early encounter, backpacks and snack sacks are filled lovingly with sweet treats and hopeful thoughts. Once quiet roadways are bustling with big yellow buses, morning moms and teachers all making their way to a new year, a new adventure and a new set of challenges yet realized. Freshly polished floors, disinfected walls and recently replaced fluorescent lights lead the way down halls to knowledge centers both of academia and the real world. It is back to school, back to schedule and back to wishing Friday had a twin.\r\n\r\nIt wasn’t too terribly long ago I walked for what seemed like a treacherous trail down a long dusty gravel road just to catch the one bus that dared to venture into the woodiest backwoods of Mississippi. I remember the weight of a new book bag almost as much as the weight of expectation. Possibly God intended the long walks to bus stops for time of reflection or opportunity to imagine but intention often goes awry. Distinctly I recall the inner debate of walking straight toward the unknowns of the first day or taking a sharp left into the dew soaked rye grass that held much less challenge and far more comfort. Fear of my Momma’s realization that I, yet again, chose the rye grass was often a powerful deterrent.\r\n\r\nFew things in life are as timeless as first days of school. The styles may change, classes may evolve and commutes may differ; however, the anticipation, the sounds and the smell of Comet remain. Parents, grandparents and loving friends send off their young ones as best they can. For the first time, many will learn of the world’s cruel ways, confusing standards and which way to open a tiny milk carton. Dreams begin regardless of background, color, gender or brand of shoe. Small hands, small desks and small worlds all collide to form memories not soon forgotten and/or repaired. Parents do the best they can for the best they have hoping their first days lead them to a kinder world. It is a day that spans the test of time with only the names changing.\r\n\r\nWith a name like Cherimie, hair like a horse and temperament of a hornet, my first days were often an adventure in futility. To my fellow unique name holders, breathe deeply and answer to the closet semblance. To all the small hands attached to big dreams and heavy books, may your first day be the beginning of a wonderful year full of opportunity, knowledge and square pizza. May your outcome not be tied to your background but to your ability, not to your parent’s profession but your performance and should you take a sharp left instead of straight ahead, may your rye grass be as comfortable as mine. Happy First Week of School Beaufort South Carolina.', 'Should you take a sharp left instead of straight ahead?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'should-you-take-a-sharp-left-instead-of-straight-ahead', '', '', '2015-08-20 15:13:46', '2015-08-20 19:13:46', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24314', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24316, 4, '2015-08-20 15:15:18', '2015-08-20 19:15:18', '<h3>By Celia Strong</h3>\r\nFun in Tuscany. I’m thinking that this week’s wine and lesson are the result of remembering that just about a year ago I was going to Italy. To a villa up a hill from Florence. In Tuscany. Seems obvious, right? Nonetheless, here we go.\r\n\r\nIf you view, in your mind, the map of Italy as resembling a high-heeled boot, then Tuscany is just above the knee on the front (western) side of the leg. There are 33 DOC wine designations in the region. And, 9 DOCGs, the highest rated of Italian wines. The history of wine in Tuscany goes back to the 8th century BC. The Etruscans, then the Greeks, and, of course, the Romans all played their part in the development of wines the area. After the fall of the Roman Empire and through the Middle Ages, Catholic monasteries were the main grape growers and sources for wines. With the emergence of aristocratic and merchant classes, share-cropping and a system known as “mezzadria” became the norm. Those owning land provided use of their lands and resources for planting in return for half, “mezza,” of what was grown. In Tuscany, many landowners used their half of harvested grapes to make wines they could sell to the merchants in Florence. The first wine merchant’s guild was created in 1282. The “Arte dei Vinarrieri” guild established regulations for where and when wine could be sold. Not within 100 yards of a church, not to children under the age of 15 or to prostitutes, ruffians or thieves. Hmmm. In the 14th century, almost eight million gallons of wine were sold every year in Florence. Nice!\r\n\r\nLeaping forward, to the end of the 20th century, we come to our winery for this week. Brancaia (bran-kigh-ah). In 1981, a Swiss couple, Brigitte and Bruno Widmer fell in love with and bought the abandoned Brancaia property. It was known as Castellina in Chianti. Two years later, one of their wines made first rank in an important Chianti Classico tasting. More land purchases and more great wines followed. Since 1998, Barbara Widmer, the daughter of Brigitte and Bruno, has worked as oeneologist and manager of the three wine estates the company now owns. Brancaia, today, is one of Tuscany’s leading wineries.\r\n\r\nThe three estates we just mentioned need to be looked at for a moment. The original purchase of Castellina in Chianti was augmented with Poppi (Radda in Chianti) in 1989, and the founding of Brancaia in Maremma (only 6.2 miles from the Mediterranean coast) in 1998. These three estates account for just over 200 acres of vineyards. Barbara, the daughter, lives on her land and walks the vineyards every day. For sure, she and her workers know their grapes well. Many of these workers are employed year round. That means they are involved in growing the grapes and making the wines. At Brancaia, the feeling is if they do more, they will care more. Having drunk these wines frequently I can agree! Besides caring for their employees, Brancaia uses sustainable farming and other top quality techniques. In the fields and in the winery. And it shows, too.\r\n\r\nOur wine this week is our proof. Brancaia Tre is named for the three estates its grapes come from. And the three varieties in it. This is a Tuscan red that is a blend of 80% Sangiovese and 20% Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. Sangiovese is the main grape of all Chianti DOCG wines, and its many clones are responsible for other Tuscan wines, DOC and DOCG. Young Sangiovese wines have fruity strawberry flavors and a little spiciness. With some barrel aging, they gain more depth and complexity, sour cherry and earth flavors, tea leaf notes and mild tannins and acidities. Blended with Merlot and/or Cabernet Sauvignon they reach new heights. With the quality of grapes and techniques used at Brancaia, we get a very highly rated wine. The grapes are hand harvested. Gently pressed. Fermented and macerated for 18 days, then aged for 12 months in barrels and at least two months more in bottles. This wine is elegant and well-structured with terrific fruit flavors, smooth textures and a long, lingering finish that keeps you remembering it. A very special addition to our drinking repertoire. For $16.99.\r\n\r\nFor those of us who really want to appreciate Brancaia, they also make a wine called Ilatraia. Lucky or not, this was my introduction to Brancaia. (I say lucky because it is so good. Unlucky because it does cost more. Worth every penny, but not for every day. Not my everyday anyhow. This wine is bound to elevate your perception of great red wines from Tuscany. And, they do make a ton of great ones. Ilatraia is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. The exact percentages vary from vintage to vintage, but always in that order. What doesn’t vary is the power and energy and full mouthful of flavors and textures. One sip and it owns you. For $46.99.\r\n\r\nSo, two wines from a great Tuscan producer. Both with dozens of reasons to try them and love them and buy them. Just like the Widmers did when they first saw the abandoned winery. Owning them is the best. Enjoy.', 'To own and be owned by a glass of wine', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'to-own-and-be-owned-by-a-glass-of-wine', '', '', '2015-08-20 15:15:18', '2015-08-20 19:15:18', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24316', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24318, 4, '2015-08-20 15:21:26', '2015-08-20 19:21:26', '<em>Photo above: Cubano panini with kale salad and gourmet popcorn.</em>\r\n<h3>By Molly Ingram</h3>\r\nMeet Tyler Slade, owner and chef at 10 Market- A Chef’s Kitchen in Habersham. This quirky little restaurant isn’t what you might expect from one of the top restaurants in our area. First, reservations are required for weekend dinners which start promptly at 7:30 p.m. Secondly, it is only counter seating for dinner for a grand total of nine diners and these exceptional dinners are normally sold out weeks in advance.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/DSC_9817.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-24323\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/DSC_9817-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9817\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a>With his dad, Richard as his sous chef, left hand, right hand, maître d’, and partner, 10 Market has been open for just five weeks. Their dinner on the weekends is a prix fixe priced four course meal based around a theme which drives the menu, music, and décor (such as it is at the counter) for “episodes”. The “episodes” or themes might be tied to a movie or to a type of food or region where the food comes from. Think “Grease” one weekend followed by and Italian theme the next. They are also offering both a Vegetarian (August 28th and 29th) and a Gluten Free “episode” coming up in the fall. There aren’t many places you can go if you are a vegetarian or gluten intolerant where the entire four course gourmet meal is totally developed around what you can eat and where it will be enjoyed by other meat or grain eaters as well.\r\n\r\nTyler makes most of the food that is served from scratch. Imagine everything from the aioli to the mayo to his pickles to the pear sorbet is all made by hand. And boy is it good! We were there for lunch and tried several Panini’s like the Roasted Vegetable Panini which had about five seasonal vegetables and goat cheese with roasted garlic aioli on really great bread. And this healthy creation was served with gourmet popcorn rather than fries or chips. And with that you can get a Kale salad with golden raisins, sunflower seeds, Manchego cheese, olive oil and lemon dressing. Double yum. I have to circle back to the gourmet popcorn. It changes daily but an example might have Parmesan cheese and rosemary on it, or something else Tyler dreams up. It went perfectly with our blackberry lemonades.\r\n\r\nWe also tried the Muffuletta, the Cubano, the Grilled Cheese (with 3 types of cheeses) that gets a triple yum as well as the special Panini of the day, meatloaf. I have to admit that the meatloaf didn’t taste anything like what I am used to and consequently was delicious.\r\n\r\nI’m not sure how, but we all saved room for some homemade ice cream or sorbet. I tried the peach ice cream but others had, and wouldn’t share, the cheesecake ice cream, and the Ginger Pear with Riesling sorbet.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_24321\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Muffuletta-with-quinoa-salad.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-24321\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Muffuletta-with-quinoa-salad-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Muffuletta with quinoa salad, gourmet popcorn, and blackberry lemonade\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a> Muffuletta with quinoa salad, gourmet popcorn, and blackberry lemonade[/caption]\r\n\r\nSo where did Tyler, who is definitely under 30, get all his training you ask? He attended the New England Culinary School and then worked on Martha’s Vineyard for a short while before becoming the kitchen wizard in Asheville, NC for the last five years.  What makes 10 Market such an unusual place is the basic concept behind it. They offer exceptional food to just nine people sitting around a counter. Their guests might not know each other when they arrive but by dessert, the conversation bounces between all nine diners and feels inclusive and relaxed. You will leave 10 Market with new friends, a full tummy, and a feeling you should call to make another reservation before it is sold out.\r\n\r\nBut I don’t want you to think Tyler just sits around and works on a weekend menu. He serves lunch, offers a selection of “gotta have it” food stuffs on his shelves and in his cooler like eggs (from a local farm) for the locals, and hosts culinary classes for both adults and children. Coming up is a class on “Gnocchi” and we all just missed the “pasta by hand” class. Some of these are just demonstrations by Tyler and some are very hands on – depends on the class. I think I’d like to take them all. They are expecting to have their beer and wine license by this fall but at the moment, bring your own. So did we like it? You bet. But you should really try it. Stop by for lunch on the patio this fall and meet Tyler and Richard. They are quite a team. And the food will be memorable and the meal most enjoyable. It is totally reason enough to drive to Habersham and enjoy a wonderful outing.\r\n\r\nCheck their website out at www.10Market.com to see what they have cooking – literally and figuratively.', 'The Lunch Bunch goes to 10 Market – A Chef’s Kitchen', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-lunch-bunch-goes-to-10-market-a-chefs-kitchen', '', '', '2015-08-20 15:23:33', '2015-08-20 19:23:33', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24318', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24325, 4, '2015-08-20 15:27:22', '2015-08-20 19:27:22', '<em>Photo above: Tailgating Port Royal style.</em>\r\n<h3>By Bob Sofaly</h3>\r\nThe summer series of Port Royal’s Street Music on Paris Avenue kicked off last week with yet another night of perfect weather and great music provided by Shelly Waters and her band.\r\n\r\n“This is the 17th series and the 65th concert we’ve had since 2007” said Port Royal Town Councilman Joe Lee. “The crowds have been super for every event, and we’ve had every kind of music imaginable” he said. Lee also said the many “regulars” come to the popular outdoor events even if they didn’t like that kind of music. “They just come out and have a good time…and it’s free” he added.\r\n\r\n[gallery columns=\"5\" ids=\"24326,24327,24328,24329,24331\"]\r\n\r\n<em>From left: Shelly Waters Band knocked another concert “out of the park” Saturday night; Many concert goers also bring their dogs. Here, Port Royal resident Martha Chaplin sits with her eight-year-old Yorkie, Tootsi; Gary and Shirley Noble start the dancing Saturday in Port Royal; Some of the laid back crowd gathered for the summer kickoff concert on Paris Avenue; Jeremy Hayden of JBH Entertainment keeps the music mixed just right.</em>', 'Port Royal Summer Music on the Street Series debuts with an awesome evening', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'port-royal-summer-music-on-the-street-series-debuts-with-an-awesome-evening', '', '', '2015-08-20 15:28:40', '2015-08-20 19:28:40', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24325', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24333, 4, '2015-08-20 15:31:41', '2015-08-20 19:31:41', 'The number of participants in high school sports increased for the 26th consecutive year in 2014-15 – topping the 7.8 million mark for the first time – according to the annual High School Athletics Participation Survey conducted by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).\r\n\r\nWhile boy’s participation dipped 8,682 from the previous year, girl’s participation increased for the 26th consecutive year with an additional 20,071 participants and set an all-time high of 3,287,735. The boy’s participation total of 4,519,312 is No. 2 all-time behind the 2013-14 total of 4,527,994.\r\n\r\nWhile track and field remained the No. 1 sport for girls with 478,726 participants, volleyball (432,176) moved ahead of basketball (429,504) to secure the No. 2 spot. Ten years ago, basketball was No. 1 for girls, followed by track and field, and volleyball. After outdoor track and field, volleyball and basketball, the remainder of the top 10 girls sports are soccer (375,681), fast-pitch softball (364,103), cross country (221,616), tennis (182,876), swimming/diving (166,838), competitive spirit squads (125,763) and lacrosse (84,785).\r\n\r\nEleven-player football remains the runaway leader in boy’s participants with 1,083,617, followed by outdoor track and field (578,632), basketball (541,479), baseball (486,567) and soccer (432,569). The remainder of the top 10 is wrestling (258,208), cross country (250,981), tennis (157,240), golf (148,823) and swimming/diving (137,087).\r\n\r\nAmong some of the non-traditional high school sports on this year’s survey, archery and riflery registered significant increases in participation. An additional 2,877 participants (boys and girls) in archery brings the overall total to 7,744 with schools in eight states sponsoring the sport. Riflery was up 1,010 participants for a total of 4,238 with competition in 10 states. Also, while boys wrestling was down by more than 11,000 this past year, the number of girls participating in the sport increased by 1,592 for a total of 11,496.', 'High school sports participation increases for 26th year', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'high-school-sports-participation-increases-for-26th-year', '', '', '2015-08-20 15:33:22', '2015-08-20 19:33:22', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24333', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(25008, 4, '2015-09-24 16:14:51', '2015-09-24 20:14:51', '<b>V.F.W. - Aux. Attic Sale this Saturday, Sept. 27</b>\r\n\r\nV.F.W. - Aux. Attic Sale at 37 Castle Rock Road, Beaufort on Sat. September 27 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Please support local veterans of foriegn wars! Call 843-524-8760 for more information.\r\n\r\n<b>Beaufort Garden Club to hold yard sale </b>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Garden Club (the ones who sponsor the yearly Garden a Day Tours) is holding a Yard Sale at 1301 Bay Street in Beaufort on September 27 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. This is a “don’t miss” sale of furniture, garden art, home décor, collectibles, handbags, jewelry, scarves and lots more. You’re sure to find a treasure!\r\n\r\n<b>New race for kayaks, canoes, and SUPs to be held in Port Royal</b>\r\n\r\nPort Royal Paddle Battle, a new race for kayaks, canoes and SUPs on beautiful Battery Creek in cool, coastal Port Royal. Both 3.5 and 7.0 miles races on Sat. Sept. 26 – check in starts at 8 a.m. Races begin at 10 a.m. NO DAY OF REGISTRATION so sign up ahead of time. Races will begin and end at the Parris Island Boat Landing in Port Royal. For more information, please go to www.prpaddlebattle.com. The “big ticket” raffle prizes are a Adventure 11’6” Paddleboard ($1,000 value) and a Epic Wing Paddle ($299 value).\r\n\r\n<b>Play golf and support cancer research</b>\r\n\r\nFifth Annual KAY YOW Cancer Fund golf tournament on Saturday, September 26 at Lady’s Island Country Club. It’s Captain’s Choice shot gun at 9:30 a.m. The cost is $50.00 per person which includes golf, cart, tee gifts, lunch, and beverages while playing. Many prizes, Nike items for sale and auction. Call pro shop to sign up at 843-524-3635.\r\n\r\n<b>Wesley United Methodist has bazaar</b>\r\n\r\nThe Wesley United Methodist Church will hold its Annual Fall Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., on Saturday, October 17, at the Wesley Educational Building, located at 810 Duke Street (corner of Duke and West Streets), Beaufort, SC. There will be Lowcountry Dinners for $10 per plate beginning at 10:30 a.m., crafts, books, baked goods, clothes, homemade canned goods, gift baskets and plenty of music, fun and fellowship. Please call the church at 843-524-9487 for more information.\r\n<h2><b>Upcoming library events </b></h2>\r\nTo be held at the <b>Lobeco Branch Library</b> at 1862 Trask Parkway, Lobeco.\r\n\r\nEvent: <b>Lego Club\r\n</b>Date: Tuesdays in October at 4:30 p.m.\r\nDescription: If you enjoy playing with Legos, join us for an hour of Lego fun. This event is geared toward ages 4-11. Lego Club is free. Call or email Jenn Ryan at (843) 255-6479 or jryan@bcgov.net for more information.\r\n\r\nEvent: <b>Stained Glass Art\r\n</b>Date: Saturday, October 10th at 2:00 p.m.\r\nDescription: Drop in to make window art. This event is geared toward ages 4-11 and is free. Call Jenn Ryan at (843) 255-6479 for more information.\r\n\r\nEvent: <b>Candy Pumpkin Building Contest\r\n</b>Date: Wednesday, October 21st at 4:30 p.m.\r\nDescription: Think you can build the highest tower? Drop in and give it a try! This event is for ages 4 and up and is free. Call Jenn Ryan at (843) 255-6479 for more information.\r\n\r\nEvent: <b>Halloween Bash\r\n</b>Date: Saturday, October 24th at 2:00 p.m.\r\nDescription: Wear your Halloween costume and stop by for games, a spooky movie and delicious treats. Children of all ages are invited to the free event. Call Jenn Ryan at (843) 255-6479 for more information.\r\n\r\n<em>For information on any of the programs, visit beaufortcountylibrary.org or call (843) 255-6456.</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'What To Do the week of September 24th-30th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-to-do-the-week-of-september-17th-23rd-2', '', '', '2015-09-24 16:15:29', '2015-09-24 20:15:29', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=25008', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24339, 4, '2015-08-20 15:35:58', '2015-08-20 19:35:58', '<em>Photo above: Nick Henry, right, waits his turn as sister Abigail finds her name on the student list at Beaufort Elementary School.</em>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_24340\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/DSC00171-e1440099326262.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-24340\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/DSC00171-e1440099326262-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"Katherine Brutcher, center, second grade teacher at Beaufort Elementary School, discusses a classroom glitch with her principal Melissa Holland. A couple of her 1st-grade students were lost to local charter schools but other “late arrivals” were added at the last minute.\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" /></a> Katherine Brutcher, center, second grade teacher at Beaufort Elementary School, discusses a classroom glitch with her principal Melissa Holland. [/caption]\r\n<h3>By Bob Sofaly</h3>\r\nIt’s no secret that Beaufort County public school children have gone back to school.  We see pressed uniforms, kids getting up early, the terror of the first time on the bus, students scurrying around with heavy backpacks on, and everyone ready to tackle another year. At Beaufort Elementary School, Principal Melissa Holland started the new year off last week with a meet-n-greet with parents, students and teachers. Parents also got their car pass to gain access to the school driveway to pick up their children and others got their bus assignments. After solving a simple mathematics problem, the answer of which was the student’s new classroom number, parents and students were off to meet their new teachers and try out their new seating assignment.The evening was capped off with a hotdog dinner in the school cafeteria. Not a bad way to start a new year.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'It’s that time of year again – who’s ready for school?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'its-that-time-of-year-again-whos-ready-for-school', '', '', '2018-07-12 10:59:00', '2018-07-12 14:59:00', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24339', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24345, 4, '2015-08-20 15:00:47', '2015-08-20 19:00:47', 'Battery Creek High School is offering athletic season passes for half price through Aug. 31. The passes are valid for all regular-season home games at Battery Creek High School and are available at the school. Prices for the passes are $40 for adults (high school graduates and older), $25 for students (middle school and high school students) and $10 for elementary students (K through 5th grade). After Aug. 31, the season passes will be regular price. For more information or to purchase passes, call Battery Creek High School Athletics Director John Drafts at 843-322-5574.', 'BCHS offering athletic passes half-price', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'bchs-offering-athletic-passes-half-price', '', '', '2015-08-20 15:38:55', '2015-08-20 19:38:55', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24345', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24347, 4, '2015-08-20 14:30:28', '2015-08-20 18:30:28', 'Nyles Pinckney of Whale Branch is making his decision for college on August 21st at 2:00 p.m. NOT August 20th as printed in the August 6th issue of <i>The Island News</i>.', 'Correction for the August 6th issue', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'correction-for-the-august-6th-issue', '', '', '2015-08-20 15:38:20', '2015-08-20 19:38:20', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24347', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24349, 4, '2015-08-20 15:41:15', '2015-08-20 19:41:15', '<em>Photo above: Carolina native, Andy Brown, talks sewing and stock cars.</em>\r\n<h3>By Molly Ingram</h3>\r\nVery seldom do you get to meet someone who is really honestly interesting and who has lived a life worth both remembering and sharing. I had that great pleasure last week when I stopped in to chat with Andy Brown, owner for 40 years of Carolina Auto Trim.\r\n\r\nAndy has no formal education past some high school yet he has managed to embrace his two passions in life – stock car racing and sewing. No, they aren’t normally linked but for Andy, one was a means to the other.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_24350\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Andy-Brown-with-Fremont.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-24350\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Andy-Brown-with-Fremont-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"Andy with his one of his English Black Labs.\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a> Andy with his one of his English Black Labs.[/caption]\r\n\r\nAndy started out in Columbia, SC where he was born and then in 1972 he moved to Lands’ End on St. Helena where he lives today. In the early days he lived in a small apartment near Fort Fremont he called the Frogmore Hilton. In those days he worked at a local garage and raced late model stock cars on dirt tracks on nights and weekends. Fixing cars turned out to be too “greasy” for him so he switched to an auto body shop (“hated sanding”) and finally to Smitty’s Auto Trim shop. Here Andy found his professional calling – to make top notch upholstered cushions for boats, cars, or whatever you want to sit on or lean against as long as it moves.\r\n\r\nAfter a bad motorcycle accident, Andy opened his own shop called Carolina Auto Trim in Beaufort which is celebrating its 40th year in business. But he was still involved in auto racing. He may not have been racing himself like in the old days but he had morphed to the “owner” slot. “My driver, Hal McGraw in 1983, ran the first Grand National Race at Daytona Speedway. Oglethorpe Speedway furnished the car to run because Hal had won their Championship. We were in the garage next to Dale Earnhardt Sr. Our crew chief was Gary Hargett who was at one time a partner with Earnhardt Sr. and who was also his crew chief. Dale Sr. later picked Hargett to become Dale Jr’s mentor.” And so a lifelong friendship started between the two Earnhardt’s, Hargett and Andy.\r\n\r\nAndy met his wife, Pam, who was working at the Oglethorpe Speedway Park, a dirt track down in Pooler, GA when we was competing there. When asked what he is most proud of, Andy responded, “Being smart enough to marry Pam and see all she has contributed to the Beaufort County Sherriff’s office where she has worked for the last whole-bunch-of years.” Along with Pam, Andy loves his two English Black Labs, Fremont and Ruby, a brother and sister team who come to the office with him every day. Never one to mince words, Andy said, “What’s not to love about English labs?” I have to agree with that.\r\n\r\nAs we chatted about all things car related, Andy shared a story that is so typical of the friend-helping-friend attitude you find in Beaufort. “We used to have an old wrecker; you know a truck with a big crane on it? Anyway, a local Veterinarian, Dr. Murphy, called one day and begged us to bring the wrecker down to his practice which we did. What we found when we got there was a HUGE bull who had collapsed and couldn’t get up. Well, we hooked him up to the wrecker and got him standing again but I tell you, I laughed for days.”\r\n\r\nAndy has a 1931 Model A with a late model engine in it so it will cruise on the highway with no problem. You can’t miss it with the yellow flames all over the sides if it. It is the perfect car to represent Andy — a vintage hot rod with a big time engine would be exactly how I would describe him — a very sweet vintage hot rod at that.', 'Beaufort shop owner shares memories of the past', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-shop-owner-shares-memories-of-the-past', '', '', '2015-08-20 15:41:15', '2015-08-20 19:41:15', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24349', 0, 'post', '', 1),
(24353, 4, '2015-08-20 15:46:46', '2015-08-20 19:46:46', 'Last Wednesday, more than 100 diehard shoppers, imbibers and nibblers met at Zoe’s Accessories located on Ribaut Road behind Agave Restaurant for a wonderful Island Girls Night Out yet again. Zoe’s provided a delightful selection of red and white wines plus beer and soft drinks along with some scrumptious hors d’oeuvres like asparagus wrapped in prosciutto and stuffed mushrooms. No one needed dinner afterwards unless it was to recharge after buying tons of wonderful items all on sale. For those of you who haven’t been to Zoe’s before, besides accessories, she offers interesting clothes as well. We were even treated to a mini-fashion show of the four ponchos’ she is offering for this winter. And each one was prettier than the next. So if you missed this Island Girls Night Out, stop by and see what great items she offers. Zoe’s is certainly more than accessories! And save the last week in August for another Island Girls Night Out this month. It is going to be a two-fer August! Stay tuned for details.\r\n\r\nHere is a list of the lucky winners: Scout Southern Market candle to Holly Murphy, Hot Heads Salon gift certificate to Sarah Rectenwald, Modern Jewelers gift certificate to Sharon Rectenwald, Gigi Zumba gift certificate to Maria Combess, Bronze by Mimi spray tan sessions to Debbie Everett, Tavern at Royal Pines gift certificate to Liz Entwistle, Holly Hocks scarf to Paula Moser, Monkey’s Uncle gift bag to Lynn Crouse, Zoe’s Accessories gift certificate to Shirley Hawley, Holly Hocks scarf to Joelle Zingg, Tavern at Royal Pines gift certificate to Marcia Rohrbaugh, Zoe’s Accessories moonshine candle to Hannah Crosby.\r\n\r\n[gallery columns=\"4\" ids=\"24367,24366,24365,24361,24362,24364,24360,24358,24357,24354,24355,24356\"]', 'Zoe’s Accessories offers more than baubles to local ladies', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'zoes-accessories-offers-more-than-baubles-to-local-ladies-at-island-girls-night-out', '', '', '2015-08-20 15:47:28', '2015-08-20 19:47:28', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24353', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24371, 4, '2015-08-20 15:48:59', '2015-08-20 19:48:59', '<h3>By Ali Titus</h3>\r\nThe Expansion Arts Fund of Coastal Community Foundation seeks applications from individual artists and arts groups from Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper Counties engaged in “expansion arts.” Expansion Arts are defined as the works of new and emerging arts groups and artists – especially those from minority, rural or disadvantaged communities – that expand the definition of traditional art.\r\n\r\nThe goals of the Expansion Arts Fund are to improve the climate for expansion arts, and to encourage initiative and change in expansion arts organizations and artists. For the 2015 grant cycle, individual artists may apply for up to $2,500, and arts groups may apply for up to $5,000. Grants are intended to support the work of professional artists and arts companies, so projects that focus on arts as a social service or educational program are not eligible for funding.\r\n\r\nExamples of eligible organizational projects are performances of original works of art or preservation of art forms unique to the Lowcountry from 501(c)3 organizations. Past grantees include Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce (visual arts sponsor) and Hampton County Arts Council (visual and performing arts). For individuals, eligible projects may include professional development or the production of new work. Local artists Kim Keats (fabric sculptor), Dede Ondishko (composer), and J. W. Rone (theatre) received past support from the Expansion Arts Fund.\r\n\r\nThe Expansion Arts Fund was created in 1988 when the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) presented local donors with a $60,000 matching challenge. Funding is available every other year for alternating regions of Coastal Community Foundation’s service area: the Southern Lowcountry – Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper Counties – and the Northern Lowcountry – Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester and Georgetown Counties.\r\n\r\nApplications are available online at http://coastalcommunityfoundation.org/grants/list-of-grants/ and provide additional details about guidelines and qualifications. Applications are due by October 8th to Grants@CoastalCommunityFoundation.org, or by mail/hand delivery to 635 Rutledge Avenue, Suite 201, Charleston, SC 29403, by 5:00 p.m. Mailed applications must be postmarked by October 7th. Additional questions about the Fund may be directed to Program Officer Ali Titus at Ali@CoastalCommunityFoundation.org.\r\n\r\n<em>Each week, Coastal Community Foundation highlights organizations, donors and other charitable news in The Philanthropy Corner. For more information about the Expansion Arts Fund, contact Program Officer Ali Titus at Ali@CoastalCommunityFoundation.org. If you’re interested in learning more about philanthropy in the Lowcountry, reach out to our regional Stewardship Officer, Gloria Duryea, at Gloria@CoastalCommunityFoundation.org or (843) 379-3400.</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Expansion Arts Fund of CCF announces 2015 grant cycle', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', '24371', '', '', '2015-09-10 08:41:55', '2015-09-10 12:41:55', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24371', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24376, 4, '2015-08-20 15:51:21', '2015-08-20 19:51:21', '<h3>By Brittney Hiller</h3>\r\nNow, now before you look at that title and ask, “What has this yoga teacher been smoking?” Let me explain. One of my power people in life is Danielle LaPorte and she is phenomenal at getting me to think outside of my box.\r\n\r\nOne of her amazing tools is Core Desired Feelings and how do we want to use them in our life? My CDF’s are CALFS and they translate to Courageous, Abundant, Loved, Freedom, and Sensuous. I want to begin to bring these into my life more and more. I want to feel this everyday!\r\n\r\nSo, where do we begin? We begin by asking ourselves a simple question, “How do I want to feel?” Our feelings are different than emotions, she states beautifully on her website, <em>“What if, first, we got clear on how we actually wanted to feel in our life, and then we laid out our intentions? What if your most desired feelings consciously informed how you plan your day, your year, your career, your holidays — your life?”  </em>- DanielleLaporte.com\r\n\r\nFor me, an example this would look like: Courageous – how can I do one thing today that scares me? What “but you can’t do that” thing can I achieve? This has been a huge enjoyment feeling for me as it has lit a fire in me to begin things I would not have thought I could achieve – EVER. For example, my new children’s book I recently had published, “The Little Laughing Yogini”.\r\n\r\nAbundance – this is my intention for the year and it has brought me the questions, “Where am I already abundant in my life?” “How can I add abundance to this year?” Abundance of time with family &amp; friends, creating more money and adventure – all of these and more, are created through this intention of abundance.\r\n\r\nLove – With love, I have begun to incorporate this in my work environment. I want every client I see, teach, touch, and listen to; know, feel, and express love. I give love through listening, through healing, and through laughter. Many of us are taking our days as a simple beat down of ourselves and my intention with love is to bring the joy back into others’ lives.\r\n\r\nFreedom – This one is simple, I want to be free to be me. I want to travel, I want to experience new adventures, I want to live a worry-free life for the most part and I want my family to experience the same. It starts first with me and therefore, freedom is one of my CDF’s that I am working on with a day-to-day intention.\r\n\r\nSensuous – aka bringing my sexy back – literally. Believe it or not – this girl has an issue with bringing out her ‘girlie’ side. For those of you that have known me for many years, you may find this odd as I did have a license plate that read just that – GIRLE. Alas, finding me in yoga pants and tank-tops six out of the seven days a week, Sensuous is somehow lost. Yes, even with the ever evolving yoga clothing out there… I get it. However, work clothes don’t equal sexy to me. I will be honest here, this CDF is my most difficult to cultivate even past abundance. I want to feel sexy {sensuous}, I want to feel like a girlie girl, and I want to dress up like I am heading out to the Academy Awards without needing an excuse like, going to the Academy Awards.\r\n\r\nMy gift to myself as of late, to bring out my sensuous side, has been my amazing eye lashes that I got from our awesome local gal, Takiya at The Boutique, Lash + Brow Company. They have allowed my girlie girl self to shine through without any work on my part. Which is great for this girl in yoga pants.\r\n\r\nNow, I will ask you – how do you want to feel? What intentions can you create with your desired feelings? As it may seem to most of us, it can be daunting to choose just five, but take this moment for yourself to sit, breathe, ask, and listen. Then write it down and know that you can visit Danielle’s website to see if that feeling truly resonates with you. The beautiful thing out of all of this is – if it doesn’t work – choose another.\r\n\r\nHowever you choose to use CDF’s I hope they inspire you to have more fun with your future as you now have an inspirational tool to guide you through.', 'I desire to feel my Core Desired Feelings, my CALFS', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'i-desire-to-feel-my-core-desired-feelings-my-calfs', '', '', '2015-08-20 15:51:43', '2015-08-20 19:51:43', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24376', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24379, 4, '2015-08-20 15:53:17', '2015-08-20 19:53:17', 'Social Security is an important cornerstone of many retirement income plans. Yet, most Americans aren’t aware of the variety of benefit options and claiming strategies to consider – beyond deciding at what age to begin collecting benefits. This is especially true if you are married, have been divorced or widowed. Because Social Security benefits can account for a significant percentage of your income in retirement, it’s important to educate yourself and evaluate your options before you begin taking your benefits. The difference in various options can amount to tens of thousands of dollars over the course of your lifetime. And, once you’ve made your decision, in most cases it is irreversible.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_24380\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/BUSINESS.png\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-24380\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/BUSINESS-300x228.png\" alt=\"Source: Social Security Administration (www.ssa.gov)\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" /></a> Source: Social Security Administration (www.ssa.gov)[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe first thing to consider is whether you want to begin taking benefits early—as early as age 62—before your “full retirement age” (FRA). FRA is based on the year you were born and is 66 or 67 for most of today’s retirees. You will receive a higher monthly benefit for each month you delay collecting benefits until age 70. The amount you receive when you first retire sets the base for the amount you will receive for the rest of your life.\r\n\r\nWhen considering at what age you want to begin receiving Social Security benefits, you should remember that your retirement may last longer than you think. The average life expectancy for a 65 year old man today is 84 and for a woman 87. This can mean spending 20-30 years in retirement. Social Security benefits, which last as long as you live, can help supplement your personal retirement savings. Everyone’s circumstances are different so you will want to weigh your health and personal circumstances carefully before making any benefit claiming decisions.\r\n\r\nChoosing when to begin receiving benefits is just one factor in your decision making process. You also need to be aware of strategies that may help you maximize your Social Security benefits like the “spousal benefit”, which applies to current spouses, widowed spouses and ex-spouses.\r\n\r\nAs a spouse, you can claim Social Security benefits based on your own earnings record. Alternatively, you can collect a spousal benefit that will provide you up to 50% of the amount of your spouse’s Social Security benefit as calculated at their FRA, depending on when you claim. If you claim spousal benefits before reaching FRA, the Social Security Administration will automatically calculate the higher of the two benefits and that is the amount you will receive.\r\n\r\nAfter you reach full retirement age, you can choose to receive only the spousal benefit, and delay receiving your retirement benefits until a later date, allowing you to potentially receive a higher benefit later based on the effect of delayed retirement credits. Note, you cannot collect a spousal benefit until your spouse files for their own benefit.\r\n\r\nIf you are a widow or widower you can collect a survivor’s benefit as early as age 60. Once you and your spouse are receiving Social Security benefits, upon the death of your spouse, you will continue to receive the larger of your benefit, or your spouse’s, but not both. Planning for survivorship benefits remains an important consideration for couples who have a significant disparity in ages or health circumstances that may impact life expectancy.\r\n\r\nIf you are divorced, you may be eligible to receive Social Security benefits based on your ex-spouse’s work record. However, at most, your benefit will be 50% of what your ex-spouse would receive at their full retirement age, if this amount is larger than what you could receive based on your own work record. Other factors that determine your eligibility to collect on an ex-spouse’s record include your ages, how long you were married and your current marital status.\r\n\r\nAs you can see, there are a number of factors to consider before you begin claiming your Social Security benefits. Because retirement can last longer than you think, the impact of when and how you choose to take your Social Security benefits can be significant. There are many online Social Security calculators that can provide you with a quick view of different scenarios. However it’s important to understand your full retirement plan when considering what Social Security option is best for you. If you prefer some assistance, many professional financial advisors have access to calculators and other planning tools. Regardless of which route you prefer, you worked hard and paid into the program for decades, so why not try to make the most of your benefits?\r\n\r\n<em>This article was written by Wells Fargo Advisors and provided courtesy of Katie Cuppia Phifer, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and Financial Advisor at 211 Scotts Street, Beaufort, SC 29902.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>Investments in securities and insurance products are: NOTFDIC-INSURED/NOT BANK-GUARANTEED/MAY LOSE VALUE. Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, Member SIPC, is a registered broker-dealer and a separate non-bank affiliate of Wells Fargo &amp; Company. </em>\r\n\r\n<em> ©2015 Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC. All rights reserved. 0715-04521</em>', 'Claiming Social Security: What’s right for you?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'claiming-social-security-whats-right-for-you', '', '', '2015-08-20 15:54:13', '2015-08-20 19:54:13', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24379', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(24383, 4, '2015-08-20 15:59:19', '2015-08-20 19:59:19', '<em>Photo above: An honor guard from the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office stands at parade rest during the dedication of the Fallen Officers monument.</em>\r\n<h3>By Bob Sofaly</h3>\r\nA black marble monolith dedicated to fallen law enforcement officers in Beaufort County was unveiled on Friday, August 14th between the Beaufort Police Department and City Hall.\r\n\r\nThe memorial was the Eagle Scout project of Logan McFee of Boy Scout Troop 251. But for some in attendance it was much more than that. Many officers recalled the tense day when Beaufort County Deputies Dyke Coursen and Dana Tate where gunned down while responding to a domestic call in early 2002. Their killer, Tyree Roberts, is still awaiting execution for the double killings.\r\n\r\nSome even recalled the day when Deputy Russell Bell was killed with own revolver while escorting a mentally ill man. The man pulled Bell’s service revolver, killing him with his own weapon while being transported.\r\n\r\nOr the tragic day in the fall of 1985 when S.C. Highway Patrolman Bruce Smalls was shot and killed after stopping an RV on I-95. His killer, Richard Johnson, also killed the RV owner, Daniel Swansen. Johnson was executed in 1991.\r\n\r\nThe names of three other officers killed in the line of duty were also inscribed on the monument. They are Deputy Edward Langford, killed in 1927; S.C. Highway Patrolman Richard V. Wood, 1969 and SC. Highway Patrolman David O’Brien, 1991.\r\n\r\n[gallery columns=\"4\" ids=\"24388,24386,24387,24384\"]\r\n\r\n<em>From left: Staff Sgt. Chris Cushman of the City of Beaufort Police Department bids his final farewell to fallen comrades; Eagle Scout Candidate Logan McFee, left, is greeted by Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling; Boy Scouts for Troop 251 unveil the black marble monument with the names of the fallen officers from Beaufort County inscribed on it; An honor guard from the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office stands at parade rest during the dedication of the Fallen Officers monument.</em>', 'Gone but not forgotten — fallen law enforcement officers memorial unveiled', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'gone-but-not-forgotten-fallen-law-enforcement-officers-memorial-unveiled', '', '', '2015-08-20 16:00:19', '2015-08-20 20:00:19', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24383', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24390, 4, '2015-08-20 16:02:15', '2015-08-20 20:02:15', '<em>Photo above: Artist rendition of the addition of Tabby Place located on Port Republic Street.</em>\r\n\r\nFor over 100 years, The Beaufort Inn has welcomed guests to its Victorian inn and surrounding cottages in the heart of downtown historic Beaufort. They are now excited to announce the addition of Tabby Place as its newest and largest event venue space.\r\n\r\nTabby Place is located on Port Republic Street, just one block from the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. The venue is designed to accommodate larger groups and events. Tabby Place is the next step in previously announced plans that will more than double the number of rooms at the Inn as well as increase the number and variety of events that can be hosted in downtown.\r\n\r\nDick Stewart, owner of The Beaufort Inn comments, “Residents and visitors alike enjoy being downtown. Many of our guests have asked for an outside venue with an adjacent inside space so that they can be sure of a great event given our changeable weather. Tabby Place is the perfect choice for these discerning guests and we look forward to having many groups that have long wanted to come to Beaufort to be able to join us.”\r\n\r\nConstruction on Tabby Place began in June and will be completed by the end of September.', 'New event venue opening in downtown Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'new-event-venue-opening-in-downtown-beaufort', '', '', '2015-08-20 16:02:43', '2015-08-20 20:02:43', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24390', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24393, 4, '2015-08-20 16:03:54', '2015-08-20 20:03:54', '<em>Photo above: Pablo Lezy Dancers at the 10th annual Lands End Woodland River Festival.</em>\r\n\r\nThe Land End Woodland, Inc. of St. Helena Island will celebrate the 11th Annual Lands End Woodland River Festival on Labor Day weekend, September 4-5, 2015. The festival is a multicultural community celebration of the Gullah ancestry and history of the people of St. Helena Island, one of the largest Sea Islands at the heart of the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor.\r\n\r\nThe River Festival has become an annual favorite for residents and visitors looking to enjoy cultural festivities. On Friday, September 4th join us for Caribbean Night and enjoy savory local crabs, fried fish and reggae music beginning at 5:00 p.m. on the river banks. Be entertained by master storyteller, Aunt Pearlie Sue, author of the hilarious Gullah Folktales. On Saturday, September 5th, the all-day festival will be held from 11:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. featuring center stage performances by Gullah storyteller and singer, Aunt Pearlie Sue &amp; the Gullah Kinfolk, and many more. A live on-air broadcast by the Gullah Peoples Radio (100.7 FM) of Beaufort will invite visitors to share their family stories on “My South Carolina.” Family fun will include cultural exhibits, local arts and crafts, a “taste of Gullah”, and tours of the historic tabby ruins on the former Riverside Plantation, Fort Fremont and the historic Penn Center, Inc.\r\n\r\nThe Lands End Woodland, Inc. is the oldest African-American landowners association in South Carolina now operated by descendants of formerly enslaved Africans. Members continue to struggle to raise revenue to conserve 320 acres of desirable woodland and waterfront property.\r\n\r\nSince 2013, the Lands End Woodland, Inc. has participated in the “Sustainable Forestry African American Land Retention Program”, led by the Center for Heirs Property Preservation and funded by the US Endowment of Forestry and Communities, Inc., USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and USDA Forest Service. Landowners from six counties received training and technical assistance in sustainable forestry management practices to increase timber sales and forest-owner income, and to avoid selling timber to dishonest companies. Local African American landowners who would like to learn how to make timber harvesting more profitable are invited to attend a free workshop and tour the Lands End Woodland Demonstration Forest on Saturday, September 5 th at 9:00 a.m. For more information, please call (843) 263-5261 or email rbrowne@embarqmail.com.', 'Celebrate the annual Lands End Woodland River Festival', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'celebrate-the-annual-lands-end-woodland-river-festival', '', '', '2015-08-20 16:03:54', '2015-08-20 20:03:54', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24393', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24396, 4, '2015-08-20 16:09:55', '2015-08-20 20:09:55', '<em>Photo above from left: LaShanta Smith and John McGraw, MD.</em>\r\n<h2>Arts Council hires Outreach and Theater Director</h2>\r\nThe Arts Council of Beaufort County is proud to announce LaShanta Smith as the new Outreach and Theater Director to further develop class programming and community outreach.\r\n\r\nLaShanta comes to the Arts Council with a wealth of experience, having spent the last twenty years in education and the arts. In her experience of program planning, recruiting, management, and curriculum development, LaShanta brings welcome skills to the Arts Council as they are in the process of expanding their class offerings and developing a long-term strategic plan.\r\n\r\nDick Stewart, President of the Arts Council of Beaufort County says, “We are delighted to have LaShanta as part of our team. LaShanta brings artistic skills, teaching and mentoring experience and community ties to complement our mission. The Arts Council is in its third decade of making Arts more accessible and exciting. We will be announcing more classes and programs in the near future. LaShanta is the perfect person to participate in those exciting new initiatives.”\r\n<h2>New psychiatrist joins Beaufort Memorial Sea Island Psychiatry</h2>\r\nBeaufort Memorial Sea Island Psychiatry has a new physician on staff. John Melbourne McGraw, MD, has joined Medical Director Wynn Hill, MD, in the growing practice.\r\n\r\nDr. McGraw, who is board certified in both psychiatry and neurology, was in private practice in California for 23 years before moving to the Lowcountry to join Beaufort Memorial Physician Partners. In his former practice, he specialized in treating patients with co-occurring psychiatric illnesses, including major depression, bipolar, post traumatic stress, obsessive compulsive and panic disorders.\r\n\r\nPrior to opening his own practice, McGraw served as associate medical director of three substance abuse treatment programs in Northern California. He received his B.A. in Human Biology at Stanford University and earned his medical degree at the University of Colorado.\r\n\r\nOver the past year, BMH has added several new staff members to Sea Island Psychiatry to help meet the need for mental health services in the area. Most recently, professional counselor Richard Archer joined the group. To make an appointment with any of the practitioners at Beaufort Memorial Sea Island Psychiatry, call (843) 522-5600.\r\n<h2>Palmetto Animal League appoints new board member</h2>\r\nPalmetto Animal League (PAL) is proud to announce that Laurie K. Brown, founder and owner of Aunt Laurie’s, has been elected to PAL’s board of directors. Laurie brings extensive experience in leadership, strategy, finance, philanthropy, and marketing to the board.\r\n\r\n“I am honored to be joining Pal’s board,” said Laurie. “I have tremendous love for animals and our community, and I look forward to working with all the other board members to grow and strengthen the organization.”\r\n\r\nLaurie holds a Master’s Degree in Organizational Management and several certifications in leadership, strategy, and project management. She has over 29 years of experience in the automotive industry and her most recent role was as an executive at Volkswagen Group of America. She is a member of Women on the Fast Track, South Carolina Human Affairs Commission, and a non-trustee committee member at Leader Dogs for the Blind.', 'Who’s News for the week of August 20th-26th', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'whos-news-for-the-week-of-august-20th-26th', '', '', '2015-08-20 16:10:58', '2015-08-20 20:10:58', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24396', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24401, 4, '2015-08-20 16:13:56', '2015-08-20 20:13:56', '<em>Photo above: Su working out at the YMCA fitness center.</em>\r\n\r\n<em>Su Mercier has been a resident of Beaufort for 45 years. Originally from New York, she is a retired teacher, having taught at Broad River Elementary, and English as a Second Language (ESL) at Beaufort High and Battery Creek High. Last year, while on vacation out of the country Su suddenly had a problem walking. This is her Y story…</em>\r\n<h3>By Su Mercier</h3>\r\n“When I was on a trip to Russia last year all of a sudden I could not walk very well. I was pulling my right leg and felt as if I could not take another step. At the time I thought, “Well, it’s just because I’m tired and the excitement of being on vacation has me a little off”. But it kept getting worse and by the time I was on my way home I had to use a wheelchair in the airport.”\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_24403\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/COVER-YMCA-SUE-AT-fitness-center-1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-24403\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/COVER-YMCA-SUE-AT-fitness-center-1-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"Su Mercier\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" /></a> Su Mercier[/caption]\r\n\r\n“When I returned to Beaufort, I went to my doctor and got an MRI. The MRI showed I have damage to my lower spine. So my doctor sent me to a neurologist where I had three more MRIs. The neurologist told me “Hopefully you won’t get any worse, but I don’t know if you’ll ever get any better.” He recommended physical therapy. It was then that I decided that I was not going to let this thing defeat me!”\r\n\r\n“Before I went to physical therapy, Mike Bostwick (YMCA CEO) told me to bring back the exercises I need to do and that he would help me with them. He said, “I’ll go back there (the fitness center) with you and make sure you use the equipment correctly.”\r\n\r\n“So he did just that and helped me get started. If it hadn’t been for Mike I don’t think I would have made it very far. So I started the exercise regime and Mike checked on me regularly. Plus, the other members in the fitness center were also supportive and encouraging when I was having a tough day.”\r\n\r\n“I had no idea the other members were paying any attention to me! I thought they were probably scoffing, saying “the old goat is back there!”, but it was actually quite the opposite! They would tell me, “You can do it!”\r\n\r\n“Honestly, I don’t think I could have done this without all the support. I don’t think those Y members realize how much they have all helped me just by the encouragement.”\r\n\r\n“Now I am back seeing my regular doctor and on a sustainable diet. So far I’ve lost 60 pounds. I think losing weight and adding exercise has had a lot to do with where I am today. No longer do I use the walker. I WAS a diabetic on pills and insulin shots. Now I am NOT a diabetic!”\r\n\r\nI have been able to reduce or eliminate many medications so that now all I take is 1 pill a day where as I was taking 6-8 prescriptions a day! My blood pressure is better that it has ever been.”\r\n\r\n“My secret is the Y … the Y and eating right.”\r\n\r\n“I will say that motivation has kept me on my diet for 6 months – with no cheating! I made up my mind that I wanted to do this and I am committed to sticking to it. Yes, it is a long hard road, but it’s a steady pace that will win the race.”\r\n\r\n“There are many times when I thought I would not get this far and my journey toward better health would fail. It takes commitment and a ‘don’t give up attitude.’ I have good people to back me up – My GP, Dr. Trask, Mike Bostwick, my friend Pat Sanders, and the Y members – without them I truly believe I would not have made it so far.”', 'How the YMCA made all the difference', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'how-the-ymca-made-all-the-difference', '', '', '2015-08-20 16:16:18', '2015-08-20 20:16:18', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24401', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24405, 4, '2015-08-20 16:15:49', '2015-08-20 20:15:49', '<em>Photo above: Collin and Brock Durham at Space Camp. Not pictured: TJ Miller.</em>\r\n\r\nBrock Durham and his brother Collin, and JT Miller, all local residents and students at Bridges Prep, recently attended SPACE CAMP® at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, in Huntsville, Alabama. The weeklong educational program promotes science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), while training students with hands-on activities and missions based on teamwork, leadership and decision-making.\r\n\r\nBrock and JT were part of the Space Camp Program which is designed for elementary school students who have a particular interest in science and aerospace. With their other 14 crew members, they spent the week as part of a team that flew a simulated Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Once aboard the ISS, the crew participated in experiments and successfully completed an extra-vehicular activity (EVA), or spacewalk. Space Camp trainees also climb the tallest mountain on the red planet with the Mars Climbing Wall and experience four times the gravity of Earth with the liftoff force of the Space Shot™ simulator. They get an astronaut’s view of Earth while watching amazing films in the IMAX® Spacedome Theater and Digital Theater. Brock and crew returned to Earth in time to hear retired Space Shuttle astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger speak at their graduation.\r\n\r\nCollin attended Space Academy for middle school students, a different program than what his brother participated in. Here he took a simulated walk on the moon in the 1/6th gravity chair and gained understanding of what it’s like to work in a frictionless environment in the manned maneuvering unit. His team built and launched a two-stage model rocket gaining teamwork and management skills at Area 51, the leadership reaction course. The trainees are equipped with modern spaceflight knowledge and as they prepare to be future space pioneers.\r\n\r\nSpace Camp operates year-round in Huntsville, Alabama, and uses astronaut training techniques to engage trainees in real-world applications of STEM subjects. Students sleep in quarters designed to resemble the ISS and train in simulators like those used by NASA. Nearly 700,000 trainees have graduated from Space Camp since its opening in Huntsville in 1982, including STS-131 astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger and European Space Agency Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. Last year, children and teachers from all 50 states and 64 international locations attended Space Camp.', 'Local brothers head to outer space', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'local-brothers-head-to-outer-space', '', '', '2015-08-20 16:17:08', '2015-08-20 20:17:08', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24405', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24430, 4, '2015-08-27 07:53:56', '2015-08-27 11:53:56', '<b>The “smell” center of a dog’s brain is 40 times larger than yours.</b>\r\n\r\nDogs can smell thousands of times better than humans. Their noses have millions more scent receptors—for example, a human nose averages 5 million while a Dachshund’s has 125 million—making them useful in sniffing out drugs, finding people, locating explosives, and more.\r\n\r\n<b>No two dog noses are the same.</b>\r\n\r\nA dog’s nose is the equivalent of a human fingerprint, with each having a unique pattern of ridges and creases.\r\n\r\n<b>Dogs are as smart as a two-year-old toddler.</b>\r\n\r\nAccording to canine researchers, your 2 year old toddler and pup are about on par when it comes to brains. Dogs can count, understand over 150 words, and even trick people or other dogs in order to get treats. Intelligence varies based on breed—we believe Border collies are the smartest.\r\n\r\n<b>Tail wagging has its own language.</b>\r\n\r\nIf your dog excitedly wags their tail, it means they’re happy to see you, right? Not necessarily. According to researchers, dogs wag their tails to the right when they’re happy and to the left when they’re frightened. Wagging low means they’re insecure; and rapid tail wagging accompanied by tense muscles or dilated pupils can signal aggression.\r\n\r\n<b>Dogs have a “sixth sense.”</b>\r\n\r\nMany pet owners reported their pets acting strangely right before a storm, and a significant percentage said their pets behaved oddly right before something bad happened. The top clues? Whining, erratic behavior, or trying to hide in a safe place. There are even reports that dogs can sense illnesses, like cancer.', 'Little known facts about your dog', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'little-known-facts-about-your-dog', '', '', '2015-08-27 07:53:56', '2015-08-27 11:53:56', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24430', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24432, 4, '2015-08-27 07:55:27', '2015-08-27 11:55:27', '<h3>By Dr. Parker T. Barker</h3>\r\nBelieve me when I say, nobody likes food more than I do. But we have rules in my house that prevents me from begging at the table. Yet many houses aren’t like my house. I hear lots of chatter at the dog park about how easy it is to get some dog owners to give in to a big eyed hopeful stare, a little whimper, or a paw on the knee during dinner.\r\n\r\nSome families don’t allow their pups to beg at the table and other families seem to accept it, encourage it or just believe it to be a behavior that they can’t change. Guess which of these things is wrong? First, begging is a learned behavior for the dog. Just like learning to sit or to come when called. Somebody in your household had to have shown the dog that by exhibiting those cute faces shining up right below the table was a successful way to score food.\r\n\r\nSome dog owners actually encourage begging because they think it’s cute. It is not cute. It can lead to all kinds of problems for your pup like digestive issues and obesity. Table scraps are not appropriate food for dogs and giving your dog extra food does not show you love them -just the opposite. It shows you don’t care enough about them to protect them from problems that arise from eating too much or the wrong things.\r\n\r\nAdditionally, and you have heard it from me before, if you are the ”alpha dog” in your house or the pack leader as Cesar says, you would never, ever let a subordinate dog eat before you or with you. They have to wait their turn. If you ignore this theory, you jeopardize your position in the eyes of your dog. I know it sounds silly but dogs really are pack animals and all packs have a hierarchy. If you aren’t the “top dog” why should they obey you at all? Therein lies the rub – how is a dog to know when they should obey you and when it is ok to break the rules of dogdom if you vacillate on things like begging?\r\n\r\nIs it hard to train a dog that has been begging for years how not to beg? In a word, yes. But it can be done. First, feed your dog before you sit down to dinner so he isn’t hungry. Then put them in a “stay” somewhere where they can’t make eye contact with you but can see you. You will need to put him back in his “stay” as many times as necessary until he gets the message that this “stay” means just that, “stay.” Give him his favorite toy so he has something to distract him as the roast beef gets passed around.\r\n\r\nIf he is successful in maintaining a stay all during dinner, you can reward him with a dog treat.\r\n\r\nThe key to success in this endeavor is to make sure you are consistent – no slip-ups. If you stick to the routine for five days and then at Saturday dinner with the neighbors, let him beg for food, you have to start all over and all you have basically done is confuse him. You have to decide if this is something you want to do and then the whole family has to agree to follow your rules.\r\n\r\nIn my house, Mom has a signal when I have to get out of the kitchen when she is cooking. I am usually underfoot hoping something might drop on the floor, but when I get that signal, I scamper right to the door of the kitchen and sit down. My sister and I are never allowed in the dining room when the family is eating. Peanut doesn’t care about food (I am still trying to understand this) and she goes to the sofa or her bed and just snoozes and I sit just outside the dining room and watch. And usually I get a bite of something yummy when everybody has finished.\r\n\r\nThere are two secrets to really giving your dog a new behavior like “no begging.” First, everybody has to be on the same page. Your wonderful children can’t still sneak ol’ Fido the broccoli under the able and claim they ate all their veggies. And secondly, you have to be consistent. Your pup needs to learn where he is allowed to go during dinner and, at least until it becomes routine, he should be rewarded for it. Good luck.', 'Does your dog begging at the table make you crazy?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'does-your-dog-begging-at-the-table-make-you-crazy', '', '', '2015-08-27 07:56:14', '2015-08-27 11:56:14', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24432', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24435, 4, '2015-08-27 07:59:27', '2015-08-27 11:59:27', '<h2><em>The Rauch Report</em></h2>\r\n<h3>By Bill Rauch</h3>\r\nThe shadow of Clementa Pinckney hangs long over the State Senate District 45 special election, the key Democratic primary voting for which will be held this Tuesday, September 1.\r\n\r\nFor example, in the days before his tragic death on June 17 as one of the nine killed at the Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston where he had served as Senior Pastor since 2010, State Senator Pinckney had shepherded into South Carolina law the state’s police body camera bill. The need for the measure had become obvious to Pinckney after he viewed a bystander’s video of the senseless April 4th shooting of Walter Scott by a North Charleston police officer. On Wednesday evening August 19th at their one debate the Democratic Party candidates vying for Pinckney’s seat stumbled over each other to pledge that they would continue Pinckney’s work.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_24436\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/VOICES-Hodges-and-Washington-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-24436\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/VOICES-Hodges-and-Washington-photo-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"Rev. Kenneth F. Hodges (left) and his Campaign Chairperson, Rev. McKinley Washington, stood together after the August 19 debate.\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" /></a> Rev. Kenneth F. Hodges (left) and his Campaign Chairperson, Rev. McKinley Washington, stood together after the August 19 debate.[/caption]\r\n\r\nOf the 11 candidates seeking to succeed Senator Pinckney only one, the Rev. Kenneth F. Hodges, has substantial ties to the Beaufort area. Hodges is the longtime pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church on Craven Street in Beaufort and he owns and operates the LyBensons Art Gallery around the corner on Port Republic Street.\r\n\r\nThe good news for Rev. Hodges’ candidacy is he’s without question the most experienced candidate in the race. Hodges is a ten-year veteran of the South Carolina House representing District 121, and a friend and colleague of Pinckney’s during those years. Moreover, from 1989-1995 Hodges served on the Bennettsville City Council. The only other present or former elected official in the crowded field is Colleton County School Board member William Bowman, Jr.\r\n\r\nThe importance of Rev. Hodges’ experience in government was reinforced by the lawmaker’s campaign chairperson, the legendary Rev. McKinley Washington from Edisto Island, who held Senate Seat 45 from 1990-2000, when he observed on the front page of the July 29th Charleston Chronicle that “Rev. Hodges will go to the Senate with some seniority … he can hit the ground running.”\r\n\r\nThe bad news for Rev. Hodges’ candidacy is he lives in tiny Green Pond and most of the votes and candidates in 89,000 person District 45 are from around Charleston. District 45 is comprised of parts of Allendale, Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties.\r\n\r\nBut that discrepancy didn’t seem to trouble the lawmaker as he faced off on the 19th against nine of the ten candidates with whom he shares the September 1 ballot. (One candidate, R. Keith Horton, missed the debate.) While the other nine were confined to talking about what they would do, Hodges enjoyed the luxury of speaking about what he has done and will do.\r\n\r\nA fighter for small businesses, Hodges is the author and chief sponsor of the South Carolina Microenterprises Development Act that was passed into law last year and that directs the state’s Commerce Department to provide grants and loans to community and microloan delivery organizations that support microenterprises in South Carolina. “Microenterprises” are businesses that require less than $25,000 for their start-up capital, and have fewer than five employees.\r\n\r\nFor his efforts on behalf of business development Hodges was recently awarded the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce’s 2015 Business Advocate Award. A fighter for education, the environment and affordable health care as well, Hodges’ present district includes some of the poorest areas in South Carolina. Should he win the State Senate seat, District 45 includes more of the state’s poorest places.\r\n\r\nAs the only legislator in the group, Hodges was the only one at the August 19th debate who could say, as he did, that he had voted for Senator Pinckney’s body camera bill. Answering a subsequent question about whether the tapes from the police body cameras should be immediately available to reporters, the candidates offered enthusiastically their various opinions. However, in a telling moment, Hodges was one of the last whose turn it was to answer. In reassuring tones and exhibiting his experience with lawmaking, he observed those issues would be examined when the new law’s mandatory review comes up next year. His was the answer of a pro, and it set him obviously apart from the others.\r\n\r\nWhether it is pushing for an outlying field for the Air Station’s new F-35’s, or straightening out a bureaucratic tangle for a new business, or tracking down a senior citizen’s lost check, Rev. Hodges has been famously accessible to his constituents. That reputation will serve him well next Tuesday.\r\n\r\nSo will the tradition of District 45. Rev. McKinley Washington served 16 years in House seat 116 before moving up to Senate District seat 45 where he served ten years. Senator Washington was succeeded by the martyred Rev. Clementa Pinckney who served four years in House seat 122 before moving up to Senate District seat 45 where he served 14 years. Tuesday Rev. Kenneth Hodges will seek to continue that tradition. He is the only one running who is qualified to do so.', 'Beaufort’s Rev. Hodges on Tuesday ballot', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beauforts-rev-hodges-on-tuesday-ballot', '', '', '2015-08-27 07:59:27', '2015-08-27 11:59:27', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24435', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24438, 4, '2015-08-27 08:00:18', '2015-08-27 12:00:18', '<h3>By Lee Scott</h3>\r\nRecently on a road trip with my two younger sisters, one of them asked, “Do you talk to everyone?”\r\n\r\n“Yes!” I replied. “Because when I give a smile, I get a smile.” I have been this way all of my life. I have discovered that by talking to people that most of them talk to me and we exchange smiles.\r\n\r\nWhen driving with my sisters that Friday afternoon, we stopped to get fuel at a remote service station in rural Maryland. While my sisters were using the facilities, I chatted with the lone employee who told me that she was working until 10:00 that night. She worked two jobs but she was paying her bills and raising her kids. When I was leaving I wished her good luck. I then told my sister the woman’s story. There in the middle of the rural area, someone took the time to talk to her and smiled at her.\r\n\r\nAnother time that we stopped at one of those large rest areas on the turnpike, I went looking for food and chatted with the clerk behind the counter. I told her that the Hershey bars with almonds were calling to me, but that I had walked by them and found the bananas and apples. I told her that I wished the fruit called to me like the chocolate. This somber looking woman smiled and said, “Well, you should hear the potato chip section singing to me all day. We laughed together. I gave her a smile and she gave one back.\r\n\r\nWe are all so used to saying “Have a nice day!” And yes, I am guilty of that too. But sometimes all we have to do is stop and say someone’s name, especially if they are wearing a nametag. Greet them like they are a person instead of a robot. Find out who they are and before long, when you are having a bad day, they will greet you with a smile.\r\n\r\nOn this same trip, we stayed at a hotel chain that provided breakfast each morning. My older sister pulled out a $20.00 bill and said, “A little extra for Eva.” Eva was our wonderful breakfast bar waitress that we met that weekend who greeted us warmly with a fresh pot of coffee and a smile every morning. Oh yes, sometimes those smiles earn you a little more than just a smile.', 'Because when I give a smile, I get a smile.', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'because-when-i-give-a-smile-i-get-a-smile', '', '', '2015-08-27 08:00:18', '2015-08-27 12:00:18', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24438', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24440, 4, '2015-08-27 08:01:11', '2015-08-27 12:01:11', 'We have all seen someone “sniff” wine before they drink it. Granted, they look a bit strange while doing it, or maybe pretentious is the right word, but it can add greatly to the enjoyment of the wine.\r\n\r\nYou start by putting a small amount of the wine in a glass. Too much wine and you will end up wearing it as it sloshes on everyone nearby. So how do you do it?\r\n\r\n1. Keep your glass on the table and rotate it three or four times so that the wine swirls around inside the glass and mixes with air. As you swirl, the aromatic compounds in the wine vaporize so that you can smell them. Your first instinct of what you smell, no matter how far-fetched, is probably correct.\r\n\r\n2. Then stick your nose right over the glass opening and take either short sniffs or inhale deeply – personal preference – while your mouth is slightly open.\r\n\r\n3. Let your mind wander and think about what you are smelling. Do you smell fruit? Or it is like being out in the woods? Or the clean, fresh scent after a rain storm? Or is it spices?\r\n\r\nThe point behind this whole ritual of swirling and sniffing is that what you smell should be pleasurable, maybe even fascinating, and that you should enjoy the process.\r\n\r\nThis should be fun. Don’t criticize yourself because you don’t think you have a keen enough “nose” to do this correctly.  Smelling wine is really just a matter of practice and attention. No one knows what Anise smells like unless they have been exposed to it multiple times. If you start to pay more attention to smells in your normal activities, you’ll get better at it.', 'How to “sniff” wine and not look like an idiot', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'how-to-sniff-wine-and-not-look-like-an-idiot', '', '', '2015-08-27 08:01:11', '2015-08-27 12:01:11', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24440', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24442, 4, '2015-08-27 08:01:55', '2015-08-27 12:01:55', '<h3>By Celia Strong</h3>\r\nWe’ve talked about blends many times before. How more than one grape variety in a wine gives us more flavors and textures when we drink it. I’m guessing that since we all keep drinking them, we all pretty much agree that more flavors and more textures are good things. So, this week, why not another blend? And, off we go to visit California for our new wine.\r\n\r\nThe Hess Collection Winery is it. A truly distinguished Napa Valley company. Their years of operation, three decades, tell a story of commitment to quality and innovation. If we take a look at the long list of “firsts” in their thirty years, we can see what makes our Hess wine for this week as special as it is.\r\n\r\nIn the second half of the 19th century (1876-1884), the first pioneers to settle in the Mount Veeder area of Napa were of German descent. H. Hudermann settled on the property that is now the site for Hess. Hudermann established his “Sprout Farm,” a botanical garden resort. Along with all the other plants, he planted a twelve acre vineyard. And, he built a small stone winery.\r\n\r\nFrom 1884-1900, Rudolph Jordan owned the property. Now the “Lotus Farm,” Jordan made significant contributions to the winemaking techniques used for the wines. He was the first to use cool temperature fermentation and yeast inoculation (adding the yeast of your choice to augment certain flavors and the textures in the wines).\r\n\r\nColonel Theodore Gier held the property from 1900 to 1929, and planted more vineyards and built the three-story building that now holds the Hess Collection’s barrel chai and their art gallery. Gier was a wine merchant and played a role in the development of the California wine industry.\r\n\r\nFrom 1930 to 1986, the winery was owned and operated by the Christian Brothers. Today, we really only associate this name with California brandy, but when they bought the site in 1930, it was to use it as a new novitiate, school and winery. They expanded the winery and produced award winning wines under the Mont La Salle label. Two brothers in particular were very active with the winery - Brother John F.S.C. (Stanley S Hoffman) and Brother Timothy F.S.C. (Anthony G Diener). Bother John’s vision and energy led the winery to eminence as one of California leading wineries. Brother Timothy was a world-renowned winemaker. He made a reputation for wines from the Mount Veeder area of Napa.\r\n\r\nFinally, in 1978, Donald Hess came to the area. He bought 900 acres of Mount Veeder land, in 1982, set aside 600 of them to stay undeveloped to support wildlife, fish friendly farming and biodiversity, and began vineyard development with the direction to “nurture the land and return what you take” from it. In 1986, he established the Hess Collection Winery. Originally, Hess rented the winery facilities from Christian Brothers. In June of 1989, Hess Winery opened to the public. It included a 13,000 square foot hall for Donald’s collection of contemporary art. He also leased 125 acres of vineyards, including the Brother Timothy vineyard. In 1992, Hess Winery hosted the first Natural Farming Symposium. More than 100 winemakers and growers attended.\r\n\r\nIn 2007, Hess Winery held a seat on the Napa Valley Vintners Association steering committee. They helped to set up the “Napa Green” program - sustainable farming in Napa vineyards. Hess was one of the first ten wineries to receive Napa Green certification. Hess bought two dozen goats to clear ground and manage underbrush. Turns out all 24 goats were pregnant. Some people have more luck than the rest of us! Even today, goat herds are released into the vineyards to eat weeds. Almost no machines touch the vines. In 2011, Donald Hess retired, but family members, the fifth generation, still manage the company.\r\n\r\nIn the last several years, Hess Collection Winery has continued to move forward. They have celebrated decades with some of the same winemakers, hired some new assistant winemakers, (women winemakers), survived extensive damage and the loss of several thousand gallons of wine from the 2014 earthquake, received certification from the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance for both their Mount Veeder and American Canyon vineyards and upgraded the visitors’ rooms at the winery so that their visitors get the best possible experience. With the release of their 2012 wines, Hess Collection Winery celebrated 30 years of stellar wine production.\r\n\r\nOur wine this week is the Hess Winemakers Blend Treo. A red wine from the Hess Select tier of their wines - wines that are more affordable for everyday drinking. This wine is named for the trio of Hess family members who work together on the wine. And, it is a blend of three varieties - Petite Sirah, Syrah and Zinfandel. The fruit flavors in Treo are bright and full, red fruits and some black fruits. Truly this wine is made for everyday. Meaning every dinner. Pot roast to pot luck, chicken, burgers, meatloaf, casseroles, Mexican flavors, grilled fish, mushrooms, peppers, onions, sausages. Smooth textures, mild tannins, a long finish. Everything we’ve trained ourselves to look for and like. Good things do come in threes. For $14.99. Enjoy.', 'It is true...good things come in threes', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'it-is-true-good-things-come-in-threes', '', '', '2015-08-27 08:01:55', '2015-08-27 12:01:55', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24442', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24444, 4, '2015-08-27 08:10:42', '2015-08-27 12:10:42', 'Beaufort Academy just added four new filtered water fountains in each of the school buildings! They dispense filtered water, and students can enjoy filling up their water bottles with ease. Eighth grade student, Ellie Muniz shows how excited students are with the new updates on campus!', 'Better water at Beaufort Academy', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'better-water-at-beaufort-academy', '', '', '2018-07-12 10:59:00', '2018-07-12 14:59:00', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24444', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24447, 4, '2015-08-27 08:11:38', '2015-08-27 12:11:38', 'When Holy Trinity Classical Christian School opened its doors in 2012, there were 50 students in grades K-5th. This year, the school welcomed 189 new and returning students in grades K-8th. When Holy Trinity preschoolers start their school year next month, total enrollment numbers are projected to reach 240.\r\n\r\nThe student body is not the only growth the school has experienced. Holy Trinity’s teaching staff for grades K-8th has more than doubled in size, maintaining small class sizes averaging 14 children, with a faculty/student ratio of 1:10. Administrative positions also saw growth with the addition of a lower school principal, financial administrator, and communications director in 2015.\r\n\r\nThe school credits the growth to some key factors, such as strong community support, a talented pool of committed faculty, dedicated parents, and students who thrive in the joyful classical learning environment offered at Holy Trinity. Headmaster Rev. Chad E. Lawrence posits, “We are honored to fill families’ desire for a classical Christian education in Beaufort; it’s a privilege to partner in their children’s education.”', 'Holy Trinity Classical quadruples enrollment', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'holy-trinity-classical-quadruples-enrollment', '', '', '2018-07-12 10:59:00', '2018-07-12 14:59:00', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24447', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24449, 4, '2015-08-27 08:13:14', '2015-08-27 12:13:14', '<em>Photo above: Larry Scheper. Photo by Eric Horan Photography.</em>\r\n\r\nThe American Tennis Association held its 98th Annual Tennis Championship in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from August 2-9, 2015. Larry Scheper, of Scheper Tennis Academy in Beaufort captured the Men’s 45 Singles Championship for the fourth consecutive year, maintaining the top spot in the national ranking. Competing in three events, Scheper, along with partner Maurice Green of Salt Point NY, won the Men’s 45 Doubles Championship Event. Scheper’s 13-year-old-daughter Jayda Scheper also competed in Juniors events receiving the Sportsmanship Award. Scheper is also the high school tennis coach at Beaufort Academy.', 'Larry Scheper of Scheper Tennis Academy captures two National Titles', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'larry-scheper-of-scheper-tennis-academy-captures-two-national-titles', '', '', '2015-08-27 08:13:57', '2015-08-27 12:13:57', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24449', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24452, 4, '2015-08-27 08:15:16', '2015-08-27 12:15:16', 'To help nurture and inspire kids to discover their potential, the YMCA of Beaufort County is offering an afterschool program to school-aged children throughout Beaufort County. Through a holistic approach to youth development, the Y’s afterschool program offers activities in a caring and safe environment where youth can achieve, feel a sense of belonging, build friendships and explore new interests.\r\n\r\n“When the school day ends, continued learning can have a positive influence on how well youth perform in school, boosting school attendance, academic performance and reducing gaps in academic achievement particularly among children from disadvantaged households,” said Kaylin Garst, Operations Director, YMCA of Beaufort County. “With the support of nurturing adults, youth in afterschool programs cultivate the values, skills and relationships that lead to positive behaviors, better health and education achievement.”\r\n\r\nSome of the programs and activities included in the afterschool program include ARF &amp; Tail Waggin’ Tutors, yoga, and bible study with volunteers from The Parish Church of St. Helena and Y clubs. Y Clubs include swimming, sports, Togetherhood junior, career club and more. In the new career club various occupations will be explored by the students, with professionals from the community visiting the club to describe their job, their educational achievements and why they love their career.\r\n\r\nIn the YMCA’s afterschool program youth receive homework assistance and can also explore literacy and math activities, nutrition education, arts, service learning, 21st Century Skills, physical fitness, and swimming. Financial assistance is available to those in need, to ensure every child and teen has the opportunity to learn and grow at the Y.\r\n\r\nThe YMCA of Beaufort County has adopted a set of Healthy Eating and Physical Activity standards in our afterschool programs that will build a healthier future for our nation’s children by providing healthy environments rich in opportunities for healthy eating and physical activity.\r\n\r\nFor more information about the YMCA of Beaufort County’s afterschool program, please contact Kaylin Garst, Operations Director, 843-522-9622 or visit ymcabeaufortcounty.com.', 'When the school day ends, learning and nurturing continues at the YMCA afterschool program', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'when-the-school-day-ends-learning-and-nurturing-continues-at-the-ymca-afterschool-program', '', '', '2018-07-12 10:59:00', '2018-07-12 14:59:00', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24452', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24455, 4, '2015-08-27 08:25:08', '2015-08-27 12:25:08', '<em>Photo above: Megan Bullock, left, and Melena Argetsinger lead the way through the back store room where every kind of chocolate imaginable was made available to patrons.</em>\r\n<h3>By Bob Sofaly</h3>\r\nFriday night, August 21st, marked the 31st annual All You Can Eat Night at Beaufort’s Chocolate Tree on Boundary Street and those who attended got their sweet tooth indulged.\r\n\r\n“A lot of chocolate gets devoured”, said co-owner Joy King as both young and old meandered through the small candy store. “Tiger paws, sea-salt caramels and English toffee are the big eats”, she said.\r\n\r\nThe event is so popular it has to be done on two shifts. The first shift is from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Then the store is straightened up, floor vacuumed and trays of chocolates re-filled. Then the doors open again for the late crowd at 8:15 p.m. For an added treat, co-owner Gene Green mixed up a batch of fresh Beene Brittle for the patrons who watched and waited patiently for the candy to cook, hoping it would be finished soon enough for sampling.\r\n\r\n[gallery columns=\"4\" ids=\"24458,24466,24463,24462,24457,24464,24456,24459\"]\r\n\r\n<em>From left: Ashlyn Houston makes sure all the display boxes are filled; Isaac Leonard is followed by his sister Eden as they meander through The Chocolate Tree. Following the duo with glasses of fresh milk is grandmother Evelene Stevenson; Co-Owner Gene Green sprinkles salt to a copper kettle filled with butter, corn syrup and water while cooking up a batch of Beene (sesame seed) Brittle; Some patrons try to decide which morel to try next while others dive right in and try them all; Elan Spoeyerer cleans up the floor before the second opening for All You Can Eat Night at Chocolate Tree; All You Can Eat Night at the Chocolate Tree on Boundary Street is a very well organized free-for-all for of confectionary delights; Long-time employee, Mary Fox, left, puts out more chocolate covered coconut clusters; Judd Arnett pulls candy from sealed containers to refill display boxes.</em>', 'Beaufort’s Chocolate Tree on Boundary hosts 31st annual All You Can Eat Night', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beauforts-chocolate-tree-on-boundary-hosts-31st-annual-all-you-can-eat-night', '', '', '2015-08-27 08:25:08', '2015-08-27 12:25:08', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24455', 0, 'post', '', 1);
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(24468, 4, '2015-08-27 08:27:30', '2015-08-27 12:27:30', '<h3>Provided by State Farm</h3>\r\nLife insurance isn’t just for married couples with children. The need for life insurance is much broader. “Anybody who would experience a financial loss or an emotional loss after a death will need some type of life insurance,” says Marvin Feldman, president and CEO of the Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education.\r\n\r\n<b>Who is it for? </b>\r\n\r\nHaving dependents of any kind necessitates life insurance. Here are examples:\r\n\r\nUnmarried couples. Unmarried individuals may have a significant other who relies on their support. Life insurance can help provide for them.\r\n\r\nStay-at-home spouses. Life insurance isn’t just for breadwinners. It can help cover the cost of replacing the services of stay-at-home parents.\r\n\r\nSingle parents. These individuals are typically the sole source of support for their children. Life insurance can help provide for children financially should their parent die.\r\n\r\nSingles. Single individuals could be responsible for aging parents or may have significant debt. “Life insurance helps make sure those debts are paid,” Feldman says.\r\n\r\nRetirees. Insurance can help replace income from part-time work, Social Security benefits, pensions or other employer benefits. It helps spouses continue living as they’re accustomed.\r\n\r\nEmpty nesters. Older adults may have custody of a grandchild or provide support for other family members. Life insurance may help this care to continue.\r\n\r\nBusiness owners. Life insurance has many benefits for business owners, such as helping protect family members from taking on a person’s professional debt, or providing funds for survivors to buy out the deceased’s interest.\r\n\r\n<b>What can it cover? </b>\r\n\r\nBeyond paying for final expenses, loved ones can put these death benefits toward:\r\n\r\n• Paying off debt\r\n\r\n• Financing an education\r\n\r\n• Settling estate taxes\r\n\r\n• Contributing to charity\r\n\r\n• Creating an inheritance\r\n\r\n• Replacing income\r\n\r\n• Replacing employer benefits\r\n\r\n<b>Are there additional benefits?</b>\r\n\r\nSome policies also offer living benefits. Whole policies and universal life policies accumulate value that can be tapped as retirement income or used to help cover unexpected expenses. Universal life policies also may have riders allowing chronically ill policyholders to withdraw the face amount during their lifetimes to help cover long-term care costs or to prepare loved ones financially before passing. Decide which type of policy best suits your needs.\r\n\r\nHow much insurance might you need? And for more assistance, contact your State Farm® agent.\r\n\r\n<em>Unpaid loans and withdrawals will reduce the guaranteed death benefit and policy cash value. Loans also accrue interest. See more at: https://learningcenter.statefarm.com/insurance/life/do-you-really-need-life-insurance/#sthash.AsKbmUHf.dpuf</em>', 'Do you really need life insurance?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'do-you-really-need-life-insurance', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:25:14', '2018-07-12 15:25:14', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24468', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24470, 4, '2015-08-27 08:30:34', '2015-08-27 12:30:34', '<em>Photo above: Congratulations to this week’s Chamber Business of the Week – </em><em>Pike Appraisal Company</em><em>! Each week, the Chamber highlights one member business or organization as a thank you for their investment in the Chamber and our community. Special thanks to Sonic of Beaufort for sponsoring Business of the Week!</em>\r\n\r\n<b>Emergency Preparedness 2015 (sponsored by SERVPRO):</b><b> </b>During the event on Aug 20, the Chamber featured a number of speakers including officials from Beaufort County Emergency Management, NOAA, the Red Cross, area insurance professionals, as well as WTOC Meteorologist John Wetherbee, and several more who shared important information and tips to help members of our business community prepare for a hurricane and protect their business, livelihood, and families.\r\n\r\n<b>Coffee With Colleagues: </b>Beaufort Lands End Tours hosted this networking event on the Viking Spirit Yacht in the Downtown Marina on Aug 21. Great crowd with lots of business cards exchanged! If you missed this networking opportunity, please be sure to join one of the Chamber’s many upcoming events.\r\n\r\n[gallery columns=\"4\" ids=\"24471,24472,24473,24474\" orderby=\"rand\"]', 'The Chamber Corner for August 27th-September 2nd', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-chamber-corner-for-august-27th-september-2nd', '', '', '2015-08-27 08:31:20', '2015-08-27 12:31:20', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24470', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24477, 4, '2015-08-27 08:32:10', '2015-08-27 12:32:10', '<h3>By Deb Duer</h3>\r\nBy now, almost everyone has heard of mindfulness in some form or fashion. It’s a technique being employed in such places as hospitals to help patients control pain, by schools to help students focus and prisons to aid inmates in uprooting old behaviors in favor of more adaptive behaviors. The applications of mindfulness are almost unlimited and its benefits can’t be over-estimated.\r\n\r\nAfter researching about 20 authoritative sources, I have found this to be the most prevalent definition of what mindfulness is: It is paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, without making judgements. Without mindfulness it is hard to know what we think at all, or to understand why we react the way we do. Mindfulness notices whatever comes up. It observes change, looking at whatever is passing through the mind but not attaching or holding onto any one thought or impression.\r\n\r\nWe are rarely in the moment. We constantly think about the past, ruminating over our emotions and experiences, or we think about what will happen next or what the future will bring. We are bundles of habits, seldom aware of what we are doing. We cruise through life on autopilot. This practice helps us free ourselves from thoughts, which more often than not are our own personal terrorists. In mindfulness we begin to see ourselves exactly as we are. It does not want to achieve anything, it just looks inside, outside or both without judgement.\r\n\r\nMindfulness does not have to be practiced only in seated meditation, it can be done anywhere, at any time. You can walk, sit in a chair or lie down in the grass. Nor is it dependent on what emotional state you are in. You do not have to change whatever state you are in to practice it. You don’t need to move slowly, you don’t even have to be calm, in fact, you could be solving calculus problems at the same time as being mindful, which might be a little difficult at first…\r\n\r\nResearch tells us that we navigate life in a way dominated by left brain thinking, missing out on right brain activity and thus the balance of the two. We spend too much time thinking and franticly doing, and not enough time in being. Mindfulness allows us to step back from automatic behaviors and habitual thought patterns to see things more clearly. Within being we are much more likely to find solutions to our problems, creative ways of doing something, or other previously hidden bits of knowledge and insight. Mindfulness can bring calmness, a silencing of brain chatter and help us shift out of the fight or flight habit of the left brain.\r\n\r\nSo, how do you do this practice? You begin. I recommend starting this way; take yourself for a 10 minute walk. While walking, be an unattached observer to your environment. You see trees plants, cars, sky. You hear sounds you have thoughts. Try your best to let everything you perceive flow through you. When you become aware that you are holding something in your mind, let it pass and continue your observation. You will be amazed at how much you notice in ten minutes, you might even become aware of things you have never been seen before. My teacher once asked me to write about what it is like to be a blade of grass. I thought at the time I would not be able to write more than 3 or 4 things. I ended up filling two sheets of paper with perceptions about being grass and it was really fun!\r\n\r\nAfter you have gotten these visual observations down pretty well, turn your attention to ways you think, feel and react. Again, for ten minutes while walking sitting or jogging, just observe these constructs and let them pass. This will expand your self- awareness, bringing you wisdom and patience. What else were you going to practice for the rest of your life anyways! Please email me your questions or comments, I’d love to hear how mindfulness is working for you!', 'What is mindfulness and how can it be cultivated?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-is-mindfulness-and-how-can-it-be-cultivated', '', '', '2015-08-27 08:32:10', '2015-08-27 12:32:10', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24477', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24479, 4, '2015-08-27 08:40:24', '2015-08-27 12:40:24', '<em>Photo above: Team photo of volunteers from both groups and their children.</em>\r\n<h3>By Bob Sofaly</h3>\r\nThe Stroller Warriors is a running club based at local military installations and is headed by an active duty military spouse. Membership is both male and female, active duty service members and dependents, spanning all ages, ranks, and branches. Children are not required, nor are strollers, so workouts allow for anybody who is a member to participate. These workouts serve as the cornerstone of their organization providing a way to meet other people in a similar situation, make new friends, and help service men and women around the world.\r\n\r\nWe know being a new Marine recruit can be a lonely adventure for some who have no family or friends situated locally. They have no one to come on family day or graduation to cheer them on. Then in steps the Stand Alone Marines Bag Project to help fill the gap. SAM members collect donations to pack into goodie bags for the new Marines as a way to thank them for their sacrifice and congratulate them on their accomplishment.\r\n\r\nWhether it is cookies, candy, playing cards, paperback books, international calling cards or beef jerky, it is all appreciated by our newest Marines.\r\n\r\nThe Stroller Warriors and the Stand Alone Marine Bag Project members got together at Gilligan’s Restaurant to assemble these bags for soon to graduate recruits as well as to send some “goodie boxes” to active duty military overseas. Jessica Curren, spokesperson for the Stand Alone Marines Bag project, said, “We put together bags of items these young Marines would need so they would not feel alone when they graduated as well as send out goody bags to other active military.”\r\n\r\nRecently they assembled about a dozen gift bags for the Stand Alone Marines at Parris Island and another 40 boxes to be mailed to service men and women deployed around the world. Gilligan’s restaurant in Beaufort lets them use a banquet room and donates storage space as well.\r\n\r\nThe Warriors, together with the Stand Alone Marine Bag Project members, assembled more than 620 bags last year alone. “We are part of our Marine Corps Family,” Curren said. “Our men and women on active duty are not alone anymore”.\r\n\r\n[gallery columns=\"4\" ids=\"24480,24481,24483,24484,24482,24486,24487,24489\"]\r\n\r\n<em>From left: </em><em>Jessica Curren, left, said “for many of the military wives this is their way of serving and a chance to say ‘thank you, thank, you, thank you”; </em><em>Samantha Clinton puts chewing gum in boxes while carrying her nine-month-old son Blake on her back; </em><em>Volunteers Richard Rooney, left, and Donnie Beer get some of the items organized into groups; </em><em>Bob Regier, right, loads the packed boxes into his pick-up truck for transport to the Post Office; </em><em>Even the children get involved in putting boxes together; </em><em>Children of some of the volunteers; </em><em>It all goes in a box; </em><em>Jessica Curren, right, describes how to fill out a customs form and what needs to be listed.</em>', 'Stroller Warriors and Stand Alone Marines Bag Project team up', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'stroller-warriors-and-stand-alone-marines-bag-project-team-up', '', '', '2015-08-27 08:53:55', '2015-08-27 12:53:55', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24479', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24491, 4, '2015-08-27 08:31:12', '2015-08-27 12:31:12', 'If it’s been a long time since you’ve been to church – or thought seriously about what you believe – you might want to consider attending the next Alpha Course at the Parish Church of St. Helena. It’s a 12-week spiritual adventure that’s a safe place to ask questions like, “Why am I here?” “Why is there so much suffering?” “Is the Bible relevant today?” It’s also a great place to meet others who want to have a genuine discussion about faith issues and explore the meaning of life.The Alpha Course is a worldwide phenomenon with more than 3 million people attending in more than 8,000 churches across 127 denominations in the USA and 25 million globally. The course is offered not just in churches, but in universities, prisons, military bases, hospitals and workplaces as well. The Alpha format was simple: a delicious meal, a short talk on an engaging topic and open discussion afterward. No pressure. No follow-up. No charge.\r\n\r\n“Alpha is for everyone. No question is out of bounds and you’re free to discuss as much or as little as you wish,” says Rev. Matt Rusch, Curate and Director of the Alpha Ministry at Parish Church of St Helena. “We don’t assume any background knowledge or belief.”\r\n\r\n“We try to make everyone feel welcome – especially those who are not comfortable in a church setting,” says Debbie Ten Eyck, Alpha Director of Hospitality. “We have a delicious meal, served family-style in a fun and relaxed environment. It becomes like a weekly night out with friends.” Many participants so enjoy the Alpha fellowship they continue meeting with their discussion group after the course ends.\r\n\r\nThe next Alpha Course begins Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. in the Cranmer Room in the Parish House of St. Helena’s at 507 Newcastle St. in downtown Beaufort. Special programming is offered for the participants’ children during the course. Questions? Contact Linda Tully, Alpha Coordinator, at linda14tully@gmail.com or call her at (843) 812-6007.', 'Nervous about going back to church? The Alpha Course can help.', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'nervous-about-going-back-to-church-the-alpha-course-can-help', '', '', '2015-08-27 08:41:55', '2015-08-27 12:41:55', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24491', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24493, 4, '2015-08-27 08:32:19', '2015-08-27 12:32:19', 'The start of the new school year brought a partnership between the Santa Elena Foundation and Beaufort Middle School, an art-integrated school with Classical Studies program of choice led by instructors Dr. Brooks Thomas and Mrs. Melanie Blanton.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_24494\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"225\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/COMMUNITY-SANTA-ELENA-PROJECT_cmyk.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-24494\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/COMMUNITY-SANTA-ELENA-PROJECT_cmyk-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Beaufort Middle students were photographed during an archaeology project related to developing a children’s archaeology learning station in the future Santa Elena History Center.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a> Beaufort Middle students were photographed during an archaeology project related to developing a children’s archaeology learning station in the future Santa Elena History Center.[/caption]\r\n\r\nIn the coming weeks, when students learn about the earliest years of American History and the explorations of the 16th century, Santa Elena will become a much more familiar term. The school itself is less than ten miles from the actual site of the 16th century Spanish settlement. And as the Foundation prepares to open the Santa Elena History Center in downtown Beaufort, the Classical Studies students will offer their perspective and insight on creating an interpretive center that captures young imaginations.\r\n\r\n“The first week of school provided an exciting introduction to the relevant learning this partnership offers. The students are already deeply involved in the creative processes of planning how this history will be shared.” said Dr. Thomas.\r\n\r\nThe partnership will support the vision of both programs. Students at Beaufort Middle School will make connections with the community as leaders, thinkers, and good citizens while learning, promoting and preserving the history of the 16th century Spanish settlement of Santa Elena. Educational outreach is a key component of the Foundation’s efforts.\r\n\r\n“This opportunity allows for hands-on, real world experiences for our students as readers, writers and historians,” Mrs. Blanton noted. Because the teachers collaborate on curriculum and weave key themes throughout a variety of subjects, the Santa Elena story will also engage students in their music, art, drama, English, Spanish, social studies, and science classes.\r\n\r\nForty Classical Studies sixth-grade students are immersed in this partnership, and the learning experiences have stirred excitement and commitment with eighth-grade teachers through their curriculum, South Carolina History. Additionally, academic arts teachers are planning ways students will integrate their learning through the creative process.\r\n\r\n“Learning this missing piece of history has become a school-wide endeavor. By assisting in this local rediscovery of 16th century history, the Classical Studies program will build on the past to develop responsible, knowledgeable, creative 21st century citizens,” shared Carole Ingram, principal of Beaufort Middle School, “and the ripple effect will be felt throughout our school.”\r\n\r\nIn September, the students will have the unique opportunity to meet Spanish Count Alvaro Armada, the current <em>Adelantado of la Florida</em> and direct descendent of 16th Century founder of Santa Elena, Pedro Menendez de Aviles. This also sets the stage for another learning opportunity as Spanish Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 to October 15.\r\n\r\n“Together we are learning much more about our country’s heritage and the ‘lost century’ of American history,” noted Dr. Andy Beall, Foundation Executive Director. “To have these bright, young minds engaged in the process is simply sensational, and we appreciate the partnership with Beaufort Middle School. We hope that all schools and textbooks will eventually share more information about this important part of American history.”', 'Partnership with local school announced by Santa Elena Foundation ', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'partnership-with-local-school-announced-by-santa-elena-foundation', '', '', '2015-08-27 08:43:57', '2015-08-27 12:43:57', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24493', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24497, 4, '2015-08-27 08:33:13', '2015-08-27 12:33:13', 'If you have lived in Beaufort for very long, it is quite possible that you have heard of Mama’s Furniture. Since 1988, we have been a part of a town that we love ~ Beaufort. We have served Beaufort in many ways but one that we are most proud of is our support of local churches. Since inception, we have donated $67,247 to our local churches and military USO.\r\n\r\nWith over 100,000 satisfied customers, we have filled the needs of many families with our furniture—closeouts, bargains and deals. Please check us out online at www.mamasfurniture.com or visit our store at 115 Ribaut Road, Beaufort, SC.', 'A message from Mama’s Furniture', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'a-message-from-mamas-furniture', '', '', '2015-08-27 08:48:53', '2015-08-27 12:48:53', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24497', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24499, 4, '2015-08-27 08:55:08', '2015-08-27 12:55:08', '<em>Photo above: A clown makes a balloon animal at the 2014 Military Appreciation Day Festival.</em>\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce is proud to host the annual Military Appreciation Day Festival on Saturday, August 29th from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Atlantic Marine Corps Communities Welcome Center (600 Laurel Bay Road, Beaufort, behind the Welcome Center in Laurel Bay).\r\n\r\nMilitary Appreciation Day is a free event for all military families and their friends as a thank you for their service and sacrifices. The Chamber, along with Atlantic Marine Corps Communities at Tri-Command in partnership with: Pepsi, Tanger Outlets and University of Phoenix are proud to host this year’s event. Military Appreciation Day offers free family-fun, games, bounce houses, face painting, prizes and plenty of food and drinks. For more information visit www.BeaufortChamber.org.', 'Don’t miss the Military Appreciation Day Festival in Beaufort', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'dont-miss-the-military-appreciation-day-festival-in-beaufort-august-29th', '', '', '2015-08-27 08:54:45', '2015-08-27 12:54:45', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24499', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24503, 4, '2015-08-27 08:35:00', '2015-08-27 12:35:00', '[caption id=\"attachment_24504\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/COMMUNITY-Spanish-moss-trail1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-24504\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/COMMUNITY-Spanish-moss-trail1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A couple walks along the Spanish Moss Trail between Allison and Depot roads.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a> A couple walks along the Spanish Moss Trail between Allison and Depot roads.[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe Friends of the Spanish Moss Trail (FSMT) announced that the much-anticipated Phase 4 of the Spanish Moss Trail will break ground this week from Depot Road to Broad River Boulevard bringing the Lowcountry a 7-mile connected Trail by the end of 2015.\r\n\r\n“This fully-funded segment is an important improvement to our community’s Trail that will connect the three completed segments between Port Royal and Beaufort to the communities south of the Marine Corps Air Station,” said Dean Moss, Executive Director of the FSMT. With a grant from the Federal Highway Administration, Beaufort County will implement Phase 4 of the Spanish Moss Trail (2.1 miles) – partnering with Trail experts, the PATH Foundation of Atlanta, who constructed the first three phases of the Spanish Moss Trail. Phase 4 (also known as Segment 5 of the Trail’s Master Plan) features the Battery Creek Trestle designed to accommodate fishing as well as Trail users.\r\n\r\nToday, there are 5 miles of the Spanish Moss Trail open to explore by bike or on foot. Its 10-Phase Master Plan, which when complete, will be a 13.6-mile long, 12-foot wide, paved trail – dedicated to pedestrians and bicyclists. The first three phases (5 miles) are open – connecting the heart of the City of Beaufort to the Town of Port Royal (with parking at Depot Rd., Broome Ln., and Westvine Dr.) and an additional segment that reaches near the Marine Corps Air Station (with parking at Roseida Rd.).\r\n\r\n“In addition to this new construction, we are also working hard to build the appropriate partnerships to ensure the Trail is sustainable, well-appointed and a safe outdoor recreational experience here in our community,” said Moss. “We are advocating and securing funds for continued Trail development as well as for enhancements – like long-term sponsorships for Rest Area Trailheads and individual benches.”', 'Phase 4 of the Spanish Moss Trail will open Fall 2015', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'phase-4-of-the-spanish-moss-trail-will-open-fall-2015', '', '', '2015-08-27 08:48:04', '2015-08-27 12:48:04', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24503', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24506, 4, '2015-08-27 08:36:40', '2015-08-27 12:36:40', 'The YMCA of Beaufort County helps youth in our community realize their potential to be active, engaged and thriving members of the community.\r\n\r\nSummer camp is a cornerstone of youth development at the Y and this summer the YMCA of Beaufort County registered record 734 youth ages 3-15 in its programs! These camps were held at 8 different sites in Beaufort and Jasper Counties, and included Penn Center on St. Helena Island, Whale Branch Elementary, Roberts Smalls International Academy, Hardeeville, Ridgeland, Port Royal Elementary, Lady’s Island Elementary as well the main YMCA facility in Port Royal.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Y-camp-nutrition-Whale-Branch.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-24507\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Y-camp-nutrition-Whale-Branch-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"Y camp nutrition Whale Branch\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" /></a>When kids have a chance to break from the routine of school and explore in a new setting, YMCA camps are there to help them discover who they are and all they can achieve. The YMCA of Beaufort County offered 28 different camps ranging from Traditional Camp, Literacy Camps, Specialty Camps, and Sports Camps.\r\n\r\nAdditionally they welcomed over 80 participants into their Youth Boating Program. This program focuses on STEM-based (science, technology, engineering, math) practices, education, safe boating environment awareness, leadership development and physical fitness. Participants undertake classroom training taking the SC DNR Boating License class and exam as well as hands-on learning out on the water utilizing power boats, sailboats, stand-up paddle boards, canoe and kayak.\r\n\r\nAt camp, youth have the opportunity to build new skills and talents, foster relationships with friends and role models, and develop a sense of belonging so they feel comfortable to be themselves. The Y summer day camps provide kids with imaginative activities that make sure they have fun while making new friends, building self-confidence and discovering the world around them.\r\n\r\nDuring the 2015 Y summer camps, participants read for a total of 522,000 minutes and participated in 1,092,000 minutes of physical activity! These activities included swimming, sports, games and even triathlon training during one of specialty camps. They also taught 259 free swim lessons, teaching the community’s children fundamental water safety and swimming skills they will utilize for a lifetime. All this pool time equals 850,000 minutes of water fun and learning for hundreds of Y campers during summer 2015.\r\n\r\nAt the Y, campers enjoyed free healthy meals - they served 18,520 lunches this summer! That’s a lot of apples, carrots, milk and whole grain sandwiches!\r\n\r\nOne of the main goals of the YMCA’s Board of Directors is to not turn anyone down due to lack of funds. With this in mind, financial assistance was awarded to 320 summer camp families in addition to free swim lessons. This figure is broken out as follows: 29 families from Robert Smalls International Academy, 48 from Whale Branch, 98 from Jasper County, 61 from Penn Center/Lady’s Island/ Mossy Oaks and 96 from the Port Royal YMCA.\r\n\r\nAnnual scholarship campaign donors make it possible for programs like Y summer camp to be available the many children and families in our community who otherwise would not be able to afford a camp experience.', 'YMCA Summer Camp 2015 makes local lives better', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'ymca-summer-camp-2015-makes-local-lives-better', '', '', '2015-08-27 08:55:59', '2015-08-27 12:55:59', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24506', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24513, 4, '2015-08-27 08:42:11', '2015-08-27 12:42:11', 'The Old Village Association of Port Royal will host a two-day celebration of Oktoberfest with “Party Port Royal Style,” on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 25 &amp; 26, 2015. There is no better way to celebrate the end of summer than with great food, good friends and world-class micro-brews.\r\n\r\nOn Friday, Sept. 25, from 6-10 p.m., an evening of craft beer tasting will be held at The Shed on Paris Avenue in Port Royal. This adults-only event will feature beers from both local and national craft breweries. Live entertainment for the evening will be provided by the Brewer Band. Wine, sodas and food will also be available for sale. Tickets are $30 per person at the door; $25 in advance. Each admission includes a commemorative glass.\r\n\r\nOn Saturday, Sept. 26, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. the festival continues on Paris Avenue. In keeping with Oktoberfest tradition, a variety of craft and domestic beer will be available for purchase for those 21 and over. Activities for all ages will be available including a variety of food vendors, craft booths, a Kid’s Fun Zone, a classic car show and a diversified line up of live music including Souls Harbor, Broke Locals and internationally renowned accordion player Nick DeMarco. Plus, the Larew Dance Center will perform traditional German dance routines. Definitely put this one in the calendar!', 'Party “Port Royal Style” at the Oktoberfest celebration', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'party-port-royal-style-at-the-oktoberfest-celebration', '', '', '2015-08-27 08:56:43', '2015-08-27 12:56:43', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24513', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24515, 4, '2015-08-27 08:57:51', '2015-08-27 12:57:51', 'There’s a new ‘buzz’ going around Beaufort these days and it isn’t coming from pests. The buzz is about the Greenbug System and I hear if you have one in your yard, you DON’T have pests.\r\n\r\nLocal entrepreneurs Louise and Dan Hodges have created the Greenbug System to offer safe, effective and completely natural pest control for mosquitoes, fleas, no-see-ems, fire ants, mole crickets, ticks and garden pests. The Greenbug System lets an irrigation system serve two functions – 1) Regular watering and 2) Automatic pest control. By using a small reservoir of Greenbug Concentrate like an I.V. drip into your irrigation system, creates pest free areas wherever water is directed.\r\n\r\nCarolyn Roos of Lady’s Island states, “Before the Greenbug System, my cats had fleas. After the Greenbug System, they do not.”\r\n\r\nHow does the Greenbug System work? The Greenbug System distributes Greenbug Concentrate through the irrigation system for 2 minutes per zone per day to create a barrier of protection. The active ingredient in Greenbug is cedar – just like in the old cedar chests and closets where you never see a bug. That is because cedar is deadly to pests yet harmless to humans, animals, the environment and beneficial creatures like honey bees and butterflies. By creating a Greenbug barrier, no pests will enter, so your entire yard (and home) is pest-free.\r\n\r\nWith more than 100 Greenbug Systems installed in Beaufort County, the buzz keeps growing as customers discover pest free living here in Beaufort. John and Joanne Davenport of Cat Island have enjoyed being pest free and remarked, “Our only regret is we didn’t get the Greenbug System sooner.”\r\n\r\nFor more information, contact Greenbug at 843-271-6755 or go to www.GreenbugSystem.com.', 'Meet the Greenbug System and say good-bye to pesky pests', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'meet-the-greenbug-system-and-say-good-bye-to-pesky-pests', '', '', '2015-08-27 08:58:34', '2015-08-27 12:58:34', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24515', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24518, 4, '2015-08-27 08:47:48', '2015-08-27 12:47:48', '<em>Photo above: AJ Johnson in front of MADNESS.</em>\r\n\r\nMADNESS is a new gym focused on personal growth and fitness which was recently opened by Arlan (AJ) Johnson this past April. It’s a place dedicated to an individual’s personal needs, while also promoting a collective momentum.\r\n\r\n“I like to go to a gym where I’m meeting my goals and expectations in a daily workout, but I don’t want to feel like I’m competing with someone next to me. This is the core to the MADNESS credo. It’s an awesome, gritty, personal sweat, inspired by the sense of a shared experience,” says Connie Chambers, a member since the gym opened. “After each class, with endorphins raging, we smile. We did it!” Cathy Tillman, also a member says, “It’s the place where people meet, regardless of their age or athletic ability and truly feel inspired to connect with their better selves.”\r\n\r\nAJ Johnson was named Beaufort’s top personal trainer in 2015. His philosophy about fitness is from his soul and is simple. He believes, “It’s in the pain and pain brings change; and remember, don’t let your sweat dry.”', 'Beaufort’s top personal trainer opens new fitness facility', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beauforts-top-personal-trainer-opens-new-fitness-facility', '', '', '2015-08-27 09:01:16', '2015-08-27 13:01:16', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24518', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24521, 4, '2015-08-27 08:39:58', '2015-08-27 12:39:58', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ARTS-OR-COMMUINITY-HISTORY-OF-BEAUFORT.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-24522\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ARTS-OR-COMMUINITY-HISTORY-OF-BEAUFORT-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"ARTS OR COMMUINITY - HISTORY OF BEAUFORT\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" /></a>The Beaufort District Collection (BDC) collaborates with the USCB Libraries to spotlight the recent completion of the second volume of the Magnus Opus of local history entitled Rebellion, Reconstruction, and Redemption, 1861-1893: The History of Beaufort County, South Carolina, Volume 2 by Dr. Larry Rowland and Dr. Stephen Wise.\r\n\r\nAmazon describes the book as follows: “In Rebellion, Reconstruction, and Redemption, 1861-1893, the second of three volumes on the history of Beaufort County, Stephen R. Wise and Lawrence S. Rowland offer details about the County from 1861 to 1893, which influenced the development of the South Carolina and the nation. During a span of thirty years the region was transformed by the crucible of war from a wealthy, slave-based white oligarchy to a county where former slaves dominated a new, radically democratic political economy.” Copies of the book will be available for purchase and autographs. Co-sponsored by the USCB Libraries. Only 50 seats available. Registration is required. To do so, please email gracec@bcgov.net or call 843-255-6468. The free event will be held on Thursday, September 17 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Beaufort District Collection at Beaufort Branch, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort.', 'Beaufort District Collection hosts history of Beaufort County authors ', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-district-collection-hosts-history-of-beaufort-county-authors', '', '', '2015-08-27 09:03:05', '2015-08-27 13:03:05', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24521', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24524, 4, '2015-08-27 09:05:54', '2015-08-27 13:05:54', '<em>Photo above: Riptide players.</em>\r\n<h3>By Theresa Baker Wallace<b> </b></h3>\r\nWhile many 12 year olds were relaxing and enjoying their last days of summer at the beach or the pool, a special group of boys were living their dreams. They were playing baseball at the Cooperstown Dreams Park and being inducted into the American Youth Baseball Hall of Fame.\r\n\r\nAccording to the Cooperstown Dreams Park website, “Each year, the participants of the Cooperstown Dreams Park National Invitational Tournament, in honor of their accomplishments, regardless of outcome, are inducted into the American Youth Baseball Hall of Fame. Much like the National Baseball Hall of Fame for major league baseball players, each participant, upon induction, receives the coveted American Youth Baseball Hall of Fame ring and officially becomes one of the Cooperstown Dreams Park Little Majors. The studio photo of each player with his teammates is affixed to the Commemorative Induction Plaque for future enshrinement on the walls of the American Youth Baseball Hall of Fame.”\r\n\r\nCooperstown Dreams Park invited 104 teams to play in their prestigious tournament this year and Beaufort Riptide’s 12 + under baseball team was one of the teams selected and the only team representing South Carolina. Having spent the majority of their summer practicing, competing in numerous other tournaments plus fundraising so the whole team could go to Cooperstown, the Riptide was more than ready for the competition in New York.\r\n\r\nThe team started their week off with the opening ceremonies followed by the skills competition. Riptide finished 2nd in the “Around the Horn Plus” competition and Christian Londono finished 2nd in the” Road Runner” competition. After the skills competitions, the next step was to enter the pool play to determine the seeds for bracket play – the BIG tournament.\r\n\r\nAt the end of pool play, Riptide had 5 wins and 1 loss and was seeded 16th, losing to Citius USA who later became the tournament champions. Moving on to the single elimination tournament bracket play, Riptide battled their way to being among the final eight teams remaining. Riptide was eliminated by the Virginia Nationals only one game away from the finals leaving them with a record of 3 wins and 1 loss in bracket play and the honor of 5th place overall.\r\n\r\nThe Riptide had 132 hits out of 262 at bats giving them a batting average of .504. Thirty four of those hits were home runs. Along with earning their 5th place finish at Cooperstown, Riptide won the USSSA South Carolina State Championship Title in Lexington, SC in June and then went on to win their 2nd in a row USSSA Global World Series Championship Title in Myrtle Beach in July. Riptide finishes their season with a record of 60 wins and 7 losses and begins 13+ under competition in September.\r\n\r\nThese exceptional players are: Matthew Bornscheuer, Joshua Denton, Wes Graves, Oliver Holmes, Kyle Hooker, Samuel Horton, Hayden Jennings, Josh Kross, Christian Londono, Colin Peterson, Rush Riley, Rhogue Wallace, and Mason Westerfield.\r\n\r\nThe Riptide Coaches are Brett Westerfield, Richard Jennings, Bobby Graves, Ryan Albridge and Al Wallace.\r\n\r\nThe Riptide players and coaches would like to thank the Beaufort community and the businesses that helped support them throughout the year. Your support helped make their dreams come true.', 'Beaufort\'s Boys of Summer', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beauforts-boys-of-summer', '', '', '2015-08-27 09:07:34', '2015-08-27 13:07:34', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24524', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(24528, 4, '2015-08-27 09:18:41', '2015-08-27 13:18:41', '<em>Photo above: Sgt. John Kornegay, drill instructor with the Third Recruit Training Battalion, wears a CamelBak water bladder on his back for immediate hydration if a recruit needs it. Photo by Bob Sofaly.</em>\r\n<h3>By Bob Sofaly</h3>\r\nIt’s 0630 on a typical hot, muggy morning and the recruits of India Company, Third Recruit Training Battalion at Parris Island Marine Recruit Depot are already running and doing other physical training on their way to becoming Marines.\r\n\r\nBut it’s mid-June. The heat and humidity of the Lowcountry is already extremely high and extra care has to be taken to ensure these recruits don’t fall victim to heat related problems or dehydration. A “red flag” day means it’s too hot for outdoor training. “Yellow flags” indicate it’s getting warm and be cautious. A “green flag” mean it’s safe for all outdoor activity. A “black flag” means NO outdoor physical activities.\r\n\r\n“These recruits come to us in pretty good shape already” said Capt. Jhan Ruiz, of India Company. “We have classes on hydration and teach them about the heat. We have 560 recruits right here. There is no down time for them. They are constantly moving and sweating. We’ll have one or two who will struggle with the heat.”\r\n\r\nEach drill instructor, about four to a platoon of about 95 men, is trained to recognize the signs of heat prostration and dehydration. Each recruit is instructed to monitor his own body signals as well. If a recruit is having problems, there are Navy Corpsmen standing by with emergency vehicles to take them to a medical location for treatment.\r\n\r\nOnce a recruit is taken to the Accurate Care Area Cool Room at a medical branch facility, his core temperature is re-taken and his overall condition assessed. Internal core temperatures from 102.5º - 107.9º are not uncommon, according to HM3 Patrick Lowrey. “Active cool procedures will have already been started in the field”, he said. “Ice will be placed in all core areas in an attempt to reduce the patient’s temperature before they get here. We will place the patient on a stretcher over an ice tub, soak sheets in ice water and place them over the legs and torso. Sheets are alternated every 15 seconds”.  Lowery said they will also pump fluids into the patient to rehydrate him. “Depending on how well the recruit recovers depends on how quickly he will return to training. It takes anywhere from one to five minutes to bring his temperature down,” he said. “But either way, the recruit is done for the day”.\r\n\r\n[gallery columns=\"4\" ids=\"24555,24548,24550,24554,24553,24559,24551,24549\"]\r\n\r\n<em>From top left: With so many recruits training at the same time it becomes more difficult to spot heat related problems. The recruits themselves are trained in how to identify heat issues and report it to their drill instructors; Recruits from India Company, Third Recruit Training Battalion do “lunges” during the early morning hours as the sun comes up behind the oak trees; Lance Cpl. Christopher Anderson gets out the green flag of Headquarters &amp; Service Battalion and then returns the green flag back its place after it becomes too hot and humid for unlimited outdoor physical training; Hot, tired and sweaty, these Third Battalion recruits catch their breath before moving on to the next exercise. These recruits are in their first phase of training;  Staff Sgt. Joseph Fierimonte, senior drill instructor, monitors his recruit’s progress; HM3 Zachary Catz soaks a sheet in ice water which would be placed over a recruit to help keep cool them off. Three stations remain constantly ready for recruits suffering from heat related problems; Recruits with India Company, Third Recruit Training Battalion can get a lot of physical training in before it becomes too hot and humid for outdoor training; As the temperature and humidity rise, the yellow flag flies over Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island cautioning all who do outdoor physical training.</em>', 'Marine recruits fight debilitating heat & humidity', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'marine-recruits-fight-debilitating-heat-humidity', '', '', '2015-08-27 09:18:41', '2015-08-27 13:18:41', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=24528', 0, 'post', '', 0);
