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(6137, 4, '2012-03-16 10:04:47', '2012-03-16 14:04:47', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/winespecta.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6157\" title=\"winespecta\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/winespecta-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Seems I’m the No. 1 topic of gossip this week and yes, I am getting married to fellow Island News Columnist Terry Sweeney (The Happy Winos). We met and fell in love 30 years ago in New York City, and Marianne Harrison was nice enough to offer us a party at her apartment in New York on the date, April 21. And when I started inviting our New York friends, they started suggesting, “Hey, why don’t you get married here? It’s legal here now.” So we decided, “Yes!” I guess 30 years is a long enough “trial.”  Thanks so much to all the well wishers who have congratulated us.  We will send pics back from the wedding so you can be apart of it too!\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Lobster1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6140\" title=\"Lobster1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Lobster1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>A real New England Lobster and Clam Bake — in Beaufort</strong>\r\n\r\nIf you happened to drive down Bay Street this past Saturday afternoon, you might <a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Lob3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6138\" title=\"Lob3\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Lob3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>have noticed what looked like a big garden party happening in the front yard of Keyserling’s Cottage (Billy Keyserling’s mother’s house). What it actually was was a real New England Lobster and Clam Bake hosted by new Beaufortonians Steve Ruberti and Barbara States who <a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Lob5.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6141\" title=\"Lob5\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Lob5-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>are renting the house.  They moved here six months ago from Gloucester, Mass., and decided to introduce their friends and neighbors to their New England version of a Southern backyard barbecue.  They’ve been so grateful for the warm welcome that they’ve received from friendly Beaufortonians, they wanted to “return the love,” so <a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Lob6.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6139\" title=\"Lob6\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Lob6-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>to speak, so Steve drove down dozens of fresh lobsters (in coolers) and a whole bunch of sweet Little Neck clams, all of which were expertly steamed by Steve and fellow former Massachusetts resident Peter Wolf.  A great time was had on a blessedly bug free warm spring day.  Here are some pics for you.', 'Yes, I\'m getting married!', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'yes-im-getting-married', '', '', '2012-03-16 12:35:13', '2012-03-16 16:35:13', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6137', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6142, 4, '2012-03-15 10:06:00', '2012-03-15 14:06:00', 'By Mark Siegel\r\n\r\nAge-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of severe vision loss among Americans ages 65 and over. Knowing your risk factors, being aware of your family history, and keeping regular appointments with your ophthalmologist can help reduce your risks for vision loss from macular degeneration. In its most severe form, known as wet AMD, the disease can lead to permanent loss of central vision which is essential for driving, reading, and recognizing faces.\r\nThe past few years have been marked by significant improvement in understanding the causes and the treatment of AMD. New research and clinical advances are helping us to better treat both the “dry” AMD and “wet” forms of AMD. One strong risk factor that people may not be aware of is family history. It’s important to find out whether your relatives have had AMD, and to tell your ophthalmologist, if you have a history of AMD in your family. Knowing your risks can save your sight.\r\nHere are the top five risk factors for AMD:\r\n• Being over the age of 60\r\n• Having a family history of AMD\r\n• Cigarette smoking\r\n• Obesity\r\n• Hypertension.\r\nIf you have any two of these risk factors, you should schedule an appointment with your ophthalmologist  for a complete evaluation. Your ophthalmologist  may recommend certain preventive measures which can reduce your risk of vision loss from this disorder.\r\nPeople who are at risk should know the symptoms of wet AMD, the form most likely to cause rapid and serious vision loss. These include sudden, noticeable loss or distortion of vision, such as seeing “wavy” lines. See an ophthalmologist right away if these symptoms occur. Current treatments for wet AMD provide an excellent chance of stopping vision loss and may actually restore some vision when macular degeneration develops. Earlier diagnosis of wet AMD gives a better chance of successful treatment.\r\nThere are some AMD risk factors that a person can change such as smoking and diet  to reduce the risk of vision loss from AMD. Other risk factors such as genetic factors cannot be changed. However, knowing your family medical history is one way to learn whether you may be genetically predisposed to a disease. One way to reduce AMD risk is to quit smoking or never start. For patients at high risk for developing late-stage AMD, taking a dietary supplement of vitamin C, vitamin E and beta carotene, along with zinc, has been shown to lower the risk of AMD advancing to advanced stages by 25 percent. Patients should check with their ophthalmologist and primary care physician  before starting any dietary supplement.\r\nAbout AMD\r\nThe disease takes two forms, termed “dry” and “wet.”\r\n• Early-stage AMD: Yellow deposits called “drusen” develop under the retina, the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye that focuses images and relays them to the optic nerve. At this stage, most people  do not have reduced vision.\r\n• Intermediate AMD: Patients have more and larger drusen and more pigment changes in the macula (the part of the retina responsible for central vision); they are at higher risk for both advanced dry and wet AMD. The majority of those with intermediate AMD do not progress to an advanced stage, but should be followed by an ophthalmologist so they can be treated if needed.\r\n• Advanced “dry” AMD: Patients with more advance dry AMD may have a blind spot in their central vision. Currently there is no proven therapy to restore vision lost from advanced dry AMD. Low-vision technologies, including improved lighting and magnification, help maintain their quality of life.\r\n• Advanced “wet” AMD: In this stage, abnormal blood vessel form under the retina. These blood vessels can leak fluid or bleed and cause sudden and drastic loss of central vision.\r\nAlthough only about 10 percent of the 10 to 15 million Americans with AMD have the “wet” form, it is responsible for the most severe vision loss. New, highly effective treatments such as the injectable medications ranibizumab and bevacizumab are dramatically reducing damage from “wet” AMD and can stabilize vision in more than 90 percent of patients and actually improve vision in up to 30 to 40 percent of patients.', 'Are you at risk for age-related macular degeneration?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'are-you-at-risk-for-age-related-macular-degeneration', '', '', '2012-03-15 10:06:00', '2012-03-15 14:06:00', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6142', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6145, 4, '2012-03-15 13:11:42', '2012-03-15 17:11:42', '<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"CENTER\"><strong><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Crime-Armed-Robbery-Web-Graphic_20100616125822_320_240.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6148\" title=\"Crime-Armed-Robbery-Web-Graphic_20100616125822_320_240\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Crime-Armed-Robbery-Web-Graphic_20100616125822_320_240-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>LADY’S ISLAND, SC</strong> (March 15, 2012/10:00 AM) – The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an armed robbery that occurred at a Lady’s Island gas station last night.</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAt approximately 10:30 pm, Sheriff’s deputies responded to the Tiger Express (1 Fairfield Rd) in reference to a silent hold-up alarm activated at the business. Upon arrival, deputies made contact with two female store employees who advised that a robbery had occurred moments earlier.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe clerks reported that a masked black male entered the store at approximately 10:20 pm, armed with a handgun. The suspect forced the clerks towards the registers, demanding money. After being given an undisclosed amount of cash, the suspect fled the store, running towards Fairfield Rd. Neither employee sustained any injuries, and no customers were present in the store at the time of the incident.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe suspect was described as a black male, approximately 5’11”, 170 lbs of unknown age. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with a distinct orange, red and yellow bird on the back, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black ski mask.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with information to contact either Investigator Sgt. J. Gobel at 843-255-3421 or the Beaufort County Dispatch Center at 843-524-2777.', 'Tiger Express on Lady\'s Island Robbed at Gunpoint', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'tiger-express-on-ladys-island-armed-robbery', '', '', '2012-03-15 13:51:23', '2012-03-15 17:51:23', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6145', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6149, 4, '2012-03-15 13:10:52', '2012-03-15 17:10:52', '<blockquote>At  around 10 am this morning Beaufort Middle School students were evacuated when one of the teachers noticed white smoke and an electrical smell emitting from the ceiling. Years off fire drills seemed to  pay off when teachers were able to  remove all of the students quickly without incident. Several fire trucks and firefighters arrived to access the situation, leaving students outside for about an hour on this beautiful March day.</blockquote>\r\n<div></div>\r\n<blockquote> It was determined that an air conditioning unit in one of the classrooms on  hall D8 was the problem.  The unit was disabled and all breakers were turned off.  Students are back at work and parents have no reason to be alarmed.</blockquote>', 'Fire Trucks Descend on Beaufort Middle School', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'fire-trucks-descend-on-beaufort-middle-school', '', '', '2012-03-15 15:59:00', '2012-03-15 19:59:00', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6149', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6163, 4, '2012-03-20 10:01:26', '2012-03-20 14:01:26', '<img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6159\" title=\"home-invasion\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/home-invasion-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />\r\n\r\n<strong>ST. HELENA ISLAND, SC</strong> (March 19, 2012/6:30 PM) –\r\n\r\nThe Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is currently searching for a suspect wanted in a St. Helena Island home invasion that occurred early this morning.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAt 4 AM, Sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence on Dulamo Bluff Rd in reference to a home invasion that had occurred approximately 20 minutes earlier. Upon arrival, deputies met with a 24-year old male and his 51-year old mother, who advised that five suspects had broken into their home.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe victims reported that the suspects entered the home, armed with handguns and an assault rifle and restrained them using duct tape. The male victim was pistol-whipped about the head as the suspects stole a TV and cell phone from the residence. The suspects then fled the area, stealing the female victim’s car, which they quickly abandoned several houses away. The male victim was transported to Beaufort Memorial for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe victims were able to identify one of their attackers as a family member and provided deputies with a description of the vehicle that they were believed to be riding in. The information was broadcast to local law enforcement, and the vehicle, a grey Ford van, was spotted by a Beaufort Police officer on Carteret St. Officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop, with the van initially pulling over on Carteret St. at Duke St. However, the driver quickly put the van into drive, leading officers on a vehicle pursuit.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSheriff’s deputies took over the pursuit as the vehicle approached the area of the Marine Corps Air Station, with the pursuit continuing to Hwy 17 and Kinlock Rd. At that time, two suspects bailed out of the van. The three remaining suspects were apprehended from the vehicle. During the pursuit, an AK-47 was thrown from the fleeing suspect vehicle. The weapon was recovered. A search of the van yielded the recovery of two pistols and the stolen TV.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMembers of the Sheriff’s Office K9 Tracking Team responded and began a manhunt for the two suspects at large. The Reverse 911 system was utilized to notify all residents in the Big Estates area of the incident. Several residents reported seeing suspicious persons in the area of the cemetery on Bull Corner Rd. Deputies located and detained one of the fleeing suspects on Bull Corner Rd.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe perimeter was terminated at 9:30 AM, however, several deputies will remain in the area to continue searching. Residents in the area are asked to exercise caution and be aware of and report any suspicious persons. The final suspect is described as a black male in his 20’s wearing black pants with no shirt on. The suspect will likely be wet and/or muddy from fleeing. The Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with information to immediately contact 911.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFive suspects are in custody following this morning’s home invasion and subsequent manhunt.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe following suspects have been arrested, all on charges of 1<sup>st</sup> degree Burglary, Kidnapping, Assault and Battery High and Aggravated, and Criminal Conspiracy:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Eric Wendell Mack (age 24)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n20 Peppermint Dr, St. Helena\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Veronica Ruby Mack (age 25)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n20 Peppermint Dr, St. Helena\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Jamin Jamal Anderson (age 23)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n5600 Dorchester Gardens Apt 405, Charleston\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Robert Lee Lane (age 23)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n4208 Barnwell Ave, North Charleston\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Michael Eugene Hawkins (age 23)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n3211 N Carolina Ave, Charleston\r\n\r\nAdditional charges may be pending as the investigation continues. At this time, it has been established that Veronica Mack is the stepdaughter of the female victim, and stepsister of the male victim. Eric Mack is Veronica’s husband (son-in-law to the female victim, and brother-in-law to the male victim).\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFurther information will be released as it becomes available.', 'St. Helena Home Invasion Update', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'st-helena-home-invasion-update', '', '', '2012-03-20 10:04:06', '2012-03-20 14:04:06', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6163', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6169, 4, '2012-03-21 17:54:19', '2012-03-21 21:54:19', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/OldJail_run.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6170\" title=\"OldJail_run\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/OldJail_run-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>BEAUFORT -- A 40-year-old man was sentenced to life without parole Wednesday for the 2010 armed robbery of a St. Helena Island gas station.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOn Wednesday afternoon, a jury convicted Terrence Seabrook, of St. Helena Island, of one count of armed robbery for the October 4, 2010 hold-up of Exxon Fast Lane #5 on Sea Island Parkway. During the robbery, Seabrook emerged from the gas station\'s bathroom wearing a skeleton mask and holding a nickel-plated handgun. He placed the gun to the clerk\'s chin and stole cash and cigarettes.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSeveral days later, investigators tracked down a dark-colored SUV matching the one caught on surveillance tape at the gas station, finding Seabrook and his friend inside. During the trial, the vehicle\'s driver testified that he dropped Seabrook off at the gas station on the night of the robbery.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n\"When you hear hooves, you think of horses and not zebras,\" said assistant solicitor Jim Bannon, who prosecuted the case. \"In this case, the evidence pointed to a repeat offender. Ultimately, what convicted him was witness testimony from a friend who had dropped him off and the surveillance camera footage. You can see what he was wearing when he got out of the vehicle and you can see he was wearing those same clothes when he committed the robbery.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSeabrook faced a mandatory life without parole sentence because he had previously been convicted of the 1998 armed robbery of a video store, a crime for which he was sentenced to 13 years in prison.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n\"He had been out of prison for a little over a year and was already back to his old ways,\" said Bannon, a member of the Career Criminal Prosecution Unit. \"He will never get that opportunity again.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'St. Helena man sentenced to life in prison', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'st-helena-man-sentenced-to-life-in-prison', '', '', '2012-03-21 17:55:44', '2012-03-21 21:55:44', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6169', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6172, 4, '2012-03-21 23:41:55', '2012-03-22 03:41:55', 'Expert to speak about Port Royal Sound\r\nPort Royal Sound is not just a beautiful, bountiful body of water that defines a good part of our Lowcountry geography, but an ecological gem, a combination of ocean and expansive salt-marsh unique in North America. Its high tides, salinity and geology combine to make Port Royal Sound a critical wildlife resource — a varied marine habitat extending inland for 10 miles. Fripp Audubon is fortunate to present leading expert on Port Royal Sound, Dr. Chris Marsh. Dr. Marsh is a biology professor, former Executive Director of the Lowcountry Institute and mentor to SC Master Naturalists.  He’ll explain the vital role of Port Royal Sound and the importance of our continued stewardship, Thursday, March 22, 7 p.m. at the Fripp Island Community Centre. Presentation is free. Meet and greet at 6 p.m. Contact Pete Richards, 843-441-2153 or pete.richards@comcast.net and visit www.islc.net/audubon.\r\n\r\nLast sessions in series ‘Returning Catholics’\r\nOn Thursday mornings, March 22 and 29, the six-week series for “Returning Catholics” ends with two presentations on the “The Mass.” Deacon Michael Beeler will help participants understand the externals of the liturgy on March 22, at 10:30 a.m. in the main sanctuary of St. Peter Church, 70 Lady’s Island Drive.  Dr. R. Thomas Richard will present the interior significance of the Liturgy to everyday life. Dr. Richard’s presentation will take place in the Adult Ed. Room of St. Peter’s Educational wing.  Both presentations begin at 10:30 a.m. and end at noon. Catholics considering a return to the practice of their faith, as well as those Catholics newly returned, and new converts are welcome. For more info contact deborahm@catholic.org or call 575-3742.\r\n\r\nWine tasting fundraiser for March of Dimes\r\nThe annual wine tasting and silent auction event will be held Sunday, March 25 from 12:30 to 3 p.m. at Emily’s Restaurant and Tapas Bar, 906 Port Republic Street. Tickets are $25 per person or $40 per couple. Proceeds benefit the March of Dimes. For more information, call 843-986-2444.\r\n\r\nJesse Winchester in concert on Fripp\r\nDon’t miss this unique opportunity to hear famed singer/songwriter Jesse Winchester in concert!  This premier, internationally acclaimed artist will perform at Fripp Island on Sunday, March 25 at 5 p.m. at the Fripp Island Community Center.  Admission is $20 for adults and $10 for students.  Tickets are available at the door.  There’s a free pass for Fripp at the island gate and everyone attending this event gets to meet Jesse at a catered gathering after the performance.  More info 838-6655.\r\nwww.islc.net/friendsofmusic.\r\n\r\n‘Catholic School Girls’ on stage at ARTworks\r\n“Catholic School Girls” is produced by Misspent Youth Productions and written by Casey Kurrti and will be in the black box theater at ARTworks March 22 - 24 at 7:30 p.m.; March 25 at 3 p.m.; March 29 - 31 at 7:30 p.m.; April 1 at 3 p.m. In this satire of Catholic school life in the 1960s, four actresses play the nuns and the first through eighth grade girls at St. George’s School in Yonkers. An amusing portrait emerges, of girls maturing to the threshold of adolescence as they experience bonds of friendship, reprimands from authority figures, pressures from home, as well as the Beatles, the Addams Family, the Supremes and the election of a Catholic president. The black box theater at ARTworks is in Beaufort Town Center, at 2127 Boundary Street. Tickets are $17 and online at www.ArtWorksInBeaufort.org; Thursdays March 22 &amp; 29 are “Pay What You Can” ($5 minimum.)\r\n\r\nAAUW to meet at TCL\r\nThe Beaufort Branch of the American Association of University Women will meet on Tuesday, March 27 at 6 p.m. in building 22 at TCL on Ribaut Road. The guest speaker will be Jamie Rivers the Executive Director of AMIkids formerly Beaufort Marine Institute. AMIkids is a residential facility that serves as an alternative to prison for juvenile offenders for their non-violent offenses. For detail contact Diana Steel at 522-2796 or steele.diana@comcast.net.\r\n\r\nDoctor to speak on caring for aging seniors\r\nAre you stressed because you are caring for an aging senior citizen? If you are, there is help. Caregiver support services will be the topic Dr. Kurt Gambla addresses at a free seminar on Tuesday, March 27, from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Quality Inn in Beaufort Town Center. Dr. Gambla, an internist at Beaufort Memorial Primary Care, will discuss services available to those who are caregivers, and what resources are available.\r\nAlso on hand to answer questions will be John Beal of Hospice Care of South Carolina, Arlene Hull of Alzheimer’s Family Services and Eric Fennell of Helena House. Supervised adult care is available with advance notice. Light refreshments will be served. The Quality Inn is located in Beaufort Town Center on Boundary Street/Highway 21 next to Beaufort City Hall. Please call (843) 521-9190 or (843) 812-3695 today for more information and to reserve your seat.\r\n\r\nSt. Helena has free organ performance\r\nOrganist Rhonda Sider Edgington, of Holland, Michigan, will give a free performance at the Parish Church of St. Helena (Episcopal), 505 Church Street, on Friday, March 30 at 7 p.m. This will be the first evening organ recital scheduled by the church as part of its Tricentennial Celebration Spring Concert Series. For more information, contact Pat Gould at patgould@islc.net or 843-522-1712 or visit www.sthelenas1712.org.\r\n\r\nFraternity sponsors annual car wash\r\nThe Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., XI Gamma Lambda Chapter of Beaufort County will sponsor their annual car wash in support of March for Babies- March of Dimes. Piggly Wiggly Grocery Store, 1900 Boundary Street on Saturday, March 31 from 9 a.m. to noon.\r\n\r\nBay Street Outfitters holds fly fishing classes\r\nOne day fly casting classes will be held Saturdays 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 24 and May 12. Fly tying classes will be on the third Thursday each month at 6 p.m. Please call for details and to reserve your spot. Bay Street Outfitters is located at 815 Historic Bay St. For more information, call 524-5250 or visit www.baystreetoutfitters.com.\r\n\r\nGrace &amp; Glory Uptown is giving away chickens!\r\nChicks for Chicks Event will be held Saturday, March 31, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at GRACE &amp; GLORY Uptown,  1029 Boundary Street (next to Talbots). Through World Vision (www.worldvision.org) we are donating chickens to hungry families.  Help us reach our goal!\r\n• Every $100 you spend on March 31st we will give a chicken to a hungry family in Africa.\r\n• We are offering a “Pick a Chick” discount 20-50% off one item;\r\n• Food, Fun and Fabulous Fashions\r\nWe’re giving away chickens! Why chickens?\r\n• Fresh eggs raise the levels of protein and other nutrients in a family’s diet;\r\n• The sale of extra eggs and chickens can pay for vital basics like rice, milk and school supplies;\r\n• Families can sell the offspring for extra income or share them with other families in need.\r\n\r\nTidal Creek Fellowship holds grand opening\r\nFor the past nine years, Tidal Creek Fellowship Church has been meeting in the Coosaw Elementary School gym with two services and most recently moved to a permanent home on 20 acres at 290 Brickyard Point South on Lady’s Island. The attendance has almost doubled in total attendance since the move. The public is invited to a Grand Opening Celebration weekend. Saturday, March 31 from 1:30 - 3:45 p.m. there will be a Children’s Carnival with games and treats for family fun. On Sunday, April 1, there will be three Worship Services at 8, 9:30, and 11:30 a.m. Call Administrative Pastor Jim Riley for details at 843-524-0565.\r\n\r\nCome hear bluegrass at Pickin by the River\r\nPickin by the River (venue is bluegrass, oldtime,country and folk) will be held Saturday, April 7, from Noon  to 5:30 p.m. at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. Pickers and listeners are welcome. Bring a chair and join us for the day. There are plenty of places to eat on the waterfront or bring a picnic lunch. No alcohol, no drums, no glass bottles, no charge. Stage show and open jams (throughout the park). Beginners to advanced players are welcome. It’s a great time to hone your talent or just to learn. If you have a group that would like to play on stage, please call Pat at 843-379-9084.\r\n\r\nChurch to hold Spirit Fill Service ‘The Cross’\r\nA Spirit Fill Service will be held at The Foot Of The Cross on Saturday, April 14, at 6:30 p.m., 168 Martin Luther King Drive, St. Helena Island. For more information, call  Bennie Dudley at 843-838-3909.\r\n\r\nWomen’s coastal skills weekend clinic\r\nWeekend workshop to expand women’s knowledge of the Lowcountry outdoors! Weekend begins on the afternoon of Friday, April 13 with a Naturalist-guided “Secrets of the Salt Marsh” tour. Twelve educational, hands-on programs will be offered, including a History of the Lighthouse, Birding 101, Cast Netting, Salt Marsh Kayaking, Shell Fishing, Beachcombing, How to Make a Dreamcatcher and more. Meals included, camping accommodations at Hunting Island and a special rate on a hotel in nearby Frogmore available. Event runs from afternoon of Friday, April 13 through afternoon of Sunday, April 15, at Hunting Island State Park, 2555 Sea Island Parkway Hunting Island. The cost is $189 per person, plus cost of accommodations (deadline is April 1, limited to 60 women, 16 and over). Contact for reservations, more information, and accommodations is Amanda C. Wood at 843-838-7437.', 'What To Do', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-to-do-31', '', '', '2012-03-21 23:41:55', '2012-03-22 03:41:55', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6172', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6173, 4, '2012-03-21 23:42:46', '2012-03-22 03:42:46', 'Would you like to see if your dog has what it takes to be a therapy dog?  Beaufort Chapter No. 229 of Therapy Dogs International will host a therapy dog test at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 31, at BayView Manor LLC, 11 S. Todd Dr. in Beaufort.\r\nTherapy dog and handler teams visit assisted living and nursing homes to bring emotional support to residents. They also participate in the “Tail-Waggin’ Tutor” program, helping children with their reading skills, at various elementary schools and the local YMCA. For information on TDI and on what is included in the test, visit the TDI website at www.tdi-dog.org. Only dogs who are being tested should attend this event.\r\nSpace in the test is limited, and the deadline to register is March 26.  For more information or to register, call Chapter 229 Director Dick Hoagland at 522-2073.', 'Beaufort therapy dog chapter to hold test', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-therapy-dog-chapter-to-hold-test', '', '', '2012-03-21 23:42:46', '2012-03-22 03:42:46', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6173', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6174, 4, '2012-03-21 23:43:39', '2012-03-22 03:43:39', 'A recent article in The New York Times (“The Downside of a Balmy Winter? Long Walks With the Dog Aren’t Carefree”) cautions that while we are not going to experience a tick explosion this year, we need to be aware that the ticks are fully active now.  Balmy weather throughout the winter has kept our tick friends front and center instead of sending them shivering wherever it is they go.\r\nTicks, no doubt the South Carolina state parasite, are small arachnids, or spiders, that live on the blood of mammals, birds, occasionally reptiles, amphibians and certainly, your dog.\r\nAs they go through their life stages (larva, nymph, and adult), ticks usually change hosts. The seed or larval ticks will attach to small animals (mice, moles)  and be dispersed by them. Nymphs will climb up higher plants to latch onto larger hosts (possums, raccoons). Adult ticks can perch on plants for months waiting for a host to come by (that would be you and your Best Friend). Ticks may also seek out prey by detecting heat and carbon dioxide emanating from a potential host, dropping from bushes or trees.\r\nOn dogs, ticks tend to go for the warm, secluded areas like inner ears, under the collar or between the toes. Their harpoon-like mouth arrangement, a series of barbs that angle backward, anchors it in place while feeding. The barbs are why ticks are so difficult to remove once they take hold.\r\nIt takes five to six hours for a tick to become firmly attached and up to ten days for it to become fully engorged with blood. Primary tick offenders are often female, so once you find her, be sure to check around nearby for an opportunistic male or two. Adult female ticks can feed for several days or upwards onto a month because she needs a blood meal in order to lay her eggs. On the flip side, they have been known to survive for one year without a blood meal.\r\nMy first reaction, though it is much better than it was when I first arrived here, is usually an “Ugh!” The second being “Get it off right now!” The goal of removal is to kill the tick first so it will wither up and withdraw its probe-head from the skin. There is a risk of infection if the tick’s head is left under the skin as there would be a risk of infection if anything is left under any skin, let alone something with a face.\r\nA swift and reliable removal practice, once demonstrated by my kindly VT veterinarian, is to dab the head end of the tick, not the head exactly because that is buried in your dog, but the shoulders of the tick, with a swab soaked in some kind of bug killer. My vet used Bio-Spot because that’s what she had handy. (I use GreenBug). Upon application the tick will wave its legs about frantically but then die obligingly, all within about three seconds. Using tweezers, grab Miss Creepy close to the skin and give a smart tug. It may surprise you how tightly these bugs have clamped on; they definitely mean business when they set up for a hot meal. Try not to grab the body of the tick, the now puffy part, as you want to minimize the risk of potential disease-carrying saliva back-flow into your dog. In this area, ticks can carry Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.\r\nRecently, a couple of my local dog friends have contracted Rock Mountain Spotted fever from tick bites in spite of systemic preventatives. Should your dog exhibit symptoms of high fever, depression, lethargy, swelling of the eyes and swelling and pain in the limbs, visit your vet right away. Just to be safe, let’s all remember to give our Best Friends a close going-over everyday. They’ll appreciate the attention and it will give us a little peace of mind.', 'Anticipate a tickish summer ahead', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'anticipate-a-tickish-summer-ahead', '', '', '2012-03-21 23:43:39', '2012-03-22 03:43:39', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6174', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6175, 4, '2012-03-21 23:45:12', '2012-03-22 03:45:12', 'By Harlene Deane\r\n\r\nDon’t have a frittata recipe? Well, without a doubt, you’re missing out on one of the most versatile, inexpensive dinner options around. Oh, and let’s not forget quick and easy!\r\n\r\nMediterranean frittata\r\nIngredients\r\n• 8 large eggs\r\n• 1/2 cup whole milk, half-and-half, or heavy cream\r\n• 1 Tbsp. all-purpose flour\r\n• Kosher salt and fresh ground pepper\r\n• 1 cup chorizo, cut into small dice and browned*\r\n• 1 cup kale, trimmed, sauteed, drained and chopped*\r\n• 1/4 cup fresh chives\r\n• 1 tsp. minced garlic, sauteed\r\n• 1/2 cup Fontina cheese, grated\r\n• 2 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil\r\n\r\nDirections\r\nPosition rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350.\r\nIn a bowl, lightly whisk eggs with your choice of dairy, the flour (don’t panic if flour forms small lumps), 1 to 1 1/2 tsp. salt and several grinds of pepper. Fold chorizo, chives, cheese, kale and garlic gently into the egg mixture. Heat the olive oil in an ovenproof 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat. When the oil is hot, add the egg mixture, spreading everything evenly. Reduce the heat to low, cover and cook until the eggs are set about 1 inch from the sides of the pan, 8 to 12 minutes. Uncover the pan and finish the frittata in the oven until the top is puffed and completely set, about 15-25 minutes.\r\nRemove pan from the oven and run a rubber spatula around the sides of the pan to loosen the frittata. Slip it out of the pan and onto a cutting board. Cool for 10 minutes before cutting and serving. You can also let it cool to room temperature or for that matter, serve it cold!! Serves 4-6 as a main dish; 8-12 as an appetizer.\r\nChange it up by using spinach instead of kale or bacon instead of chorizo. Swap out the cheese and try Romano, scallions for garlic and chives for basil. You get the idea, right? Serve with a tossed salad and you’ve got dinner in no time.\r\n*Portuguese Chorizo (Publix, right by the hot dogs)\r\n*Please allow cooked ingredients to cool before adding to egg mixture. Warm is fine, but hot, not so much. Enjoy!!', 'the home chef ... does eggs for dinner', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-home-chef-does-eggs-for-dinner', '', '', '2012-03-21 23:45:12', '2012-03-22 03:45:12', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6175', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6176, 4, '2012-03-21 23:46:02', '2012-03-22 03:46:02', 'By Celia Strong\r\n\r\nWhat was bound to happen? This week I’m going to hold off a bit before I give it away.  But, when we get there, you’ll see. It was bound to happen.\r\nAnyhow, our wine this week was a real treat to find. It comes to us from New Zealand and, I guess, it will not surprise any of us that it’s a Sauvignon Blanc. This is a green skinned grape variety that originated in Bordeaux. It most probably got its name from the French word “sauvage” for wild and “blanc” for white.  It is probably a descendant of the Savagnin grape, now extinct.  Good thing for us its offspring is still around because without Sauvignon Blanc to drink when I want it, things, wine-wise, would be pretty bleak.  Depending on the climate it grows in, the flavors of Sauvignon Blanc wines can range from aggressively grassy to sweetly tropical.\r\nHistorically, this variety traces its origins to the Loire Valley and Bordeaux regions in western France. There is research that suggests that it did come from the “no longer with us” Savagnin, but some grape researchers, (ampelographers I believe they are called), also assert that Sauvignon Blanc is related to Carmenere of Chilean wine fame. Whichever it came from, at some point this vine paired with Cabernet Franc to become the parents of Cabernet Sauvignon. (It always surprises me that two lesser grapes made such a big boy.) Anyhow, in the 19th century, plantings in Bordeaux were often the red and the white varieties all mixed  up together.  Sometimes there were even pink mutations. It was these mixed up vines that got taken to Chile in the 19th century when phylloxera destroyed most of the vineyards in Bordeaux.\r\nAs a rule, the Sauvignon Blanc grapes ripen early. This lets it do well in sunny climates that don’t have excessive heat. In warmer areas, like California, South Africa and Australia, does better in cooler and usually higher vineyards. If the grapes get too hot and ripen too fast, their wines are dull and flat.  And let’s face it, the reason we love Sauvignon Blancs is because they are dry and crisp and refreshing.  Great for warm weather drinking as long as they don’t come from warm weather.  And, that, is a slogan to drink by!\r\nIn New Zealand, grape growing and wine making go back to their British colonial days. In 1851, New Zealand’s oldest existing vineyard was established by French Roman Catholic missionaries in Hawke’s Bay. Economic conflicts (the importance of animal agriculture and the exporting of protein) and governmental issues (prohibition and temperance movements) and cultural resistance to wine (beer and liquor were the alcoholic beverages of choice) all worked against the growth of the wine industry. Then, at the end of the 1960’s and the beginning of the 1970’s, these three deterrents all had their own problems. Vines and wines all of a sudden became attractive products.  The habit of “6 o’clock swill” for one hour only after work changed and new “BYO” laws let patrons bring wine to restaurants. Wine became not only an economic success but an acceptable cultural phenomenon.  At the same time that all of this was happening at home, young New Zealanders traveled around the world and brought home with them a love for wine and the energy to develop it.\r\nIn the 1970’s, Montana in Marlborough started making vintage dated wines that were labeled for their grape variety. The first production of Sauvignon Blanc in 1977 was duly noted.  Several other varieties, both red and white, were also very successful that year.  Areas all over the country started planting vines until, 1984, the government paid growers to rip out vines to minimize the glut of wines that were being produced.  Even though this abundance of New Zealand wines didn’t last, I think they still manage to price some of their wines like they’re in short supply.  By the 1990’s New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs were being rated as some if the best in the world.\r\nThe wine regions of New Zealand are mostly located in free draining, alluvial valleys.  The sandstone of the alluvial soils varies slightly and this accounts for the various styles of their wines. The majority of the vineyards are located on latitudes comparable to Bordeaux and Jerez, Spain.  It is a maritime climate with the sea breezes moderating the weather. Even in the hottest summers they have cool nights that slow down the ripening of the grapes. Almost all New Zealand wine makers use stainless steel fermentation. When their industry started growing, the dairy industry was waning.  But there sat all those stainless steel tanks from the milk.  Waste not, want not!  As a group, New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs fresh and crisp -”alive with flavors of cut grass and fresh fruits,” in particular grapefruits.\r\nAnd, that brings us to this week’s wine.  The Seeker is part of a new group of wines that have been named “wines without borders.” Yes, the Seeker Sauvignon Blancs is from New Zealand.  But, their Cabernet is from Chile, their Chardonnay is from California, their Pinot Noir is from France and their Malbec is from Argentina. They are all coming to us from Kobrand, a company that carries good wines from around the world.  Each of the Seeker wines is made by one of their superior wine makers from grapes they live with.\r\nAbout a week ago, I got to taste all of the Seeker wines.  The Sauvignon Blanc just loved me and I loved it!  It is 100% Sauvignon Blanc, fermented in stainless steel, aged on it lees but not in any oak and full of aromas of citrus and nectarines with a hint of fresh cut grass. It’s juicy in our mouth, kind of sweet and tart at the same time.  Luscious!  And, get this, only $11.99, from New Zealand, all of it, really!\r\nAnd, here’s the fun part.  Each of the Seeker labels is a drawing of that wine’s character flying around the world in some sort of apparatus — balloons, funky planes, they’re cute.  The Sauvignon Blanc dude is Captain Cornelius Weatherbee. He wears a tricorn hat and has a curled mustache.  Despite his stature, he is said to intimidate even the heartiest of men. His flying machine, a large balloon with a propeller that sails, backed by spirits, toward whatever and whoever needs finding.  Some say Weatherbee was a mindless wanderer, a man with his head in the clouds and not a penny of sense.   Very soon now, Weatherbee and all of other characters on The Seeker wines are going to appear on Facebook and Twitter to let each other know where they are and what they’re doing. And, my understanding is, we’ll get to get in on their “conversations.”  I truly advise join at our own risk, have a bottle of wine near by and be prepared for whatever happens. Facebooking our wines?  It was bound to happen. Enjoy!', 'It was bound to happen', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'it-was-bound-to-happen', '', '', '2012-03-21 23:46:02', '2012-03-22 03:46:02', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6176', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6177, 4, '2012-03-27 01:48:59', '2012-03-27 05:48:59', 'By Pamela Brownstein\r\nIs the cute little Thai restaurant near Bellamy Curve on Boundary Street a fabulous place to have lunch? Yes, indeed.\r\nAs Beaufort has grown, so have its options for ethnic food. But when Yes! Thai Indeed opened four years ago, it was the only Thai restaurant in town, says owner Narissara Saardwong. This original spot is still extremely popular.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6178\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Mango shrimp.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Yes-Thai1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6178\" title=\"Yes Thai1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Yes-Thai1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAs a starter, half of the Lunch Bunch had a salad with ginger dressing and the other half had the Tom Yum Goong, a shrimp soup specially seasoned with lime juice, lemon grass, hot pepper and mushrooms. I had the soup and it was an aromatic and flavorful way to begin the meal.\r\nWe almost all ordered dishes from the daily specials menu. Buck and Nikki both tried the slightly sweet pineapple fried rice with chicken, beef and pork.\r\nKim had the delicious seafood duo with fried shrimp and scallops, while Elizabeth enjoyed the perfectly cooked crisp basil duck served over white rice with broccoli, peppers and onions. April stayed with the classic Pad Thai.\r\nTess and I both wanted the mango shrimp. Served over white rice, the blend of mangoes, peppers and onions and giant grilled shrimp in a sweet sauce was outstanding — and colorful, almost too pretty to eat.\r\nEven though we were all pleasantly full, our helpful waiter Kevin brought out two plates of fried bananas with mango ice cream for dessert. The presentation was so lovely, it was too enticing to pass up. The cool\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6179\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Fried bananas with mango ice cream dessert\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Yes-Thai4.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6179\" title=\"Yes Thai4\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Yes-Thai4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nice cream and whipped cream was just the right contrast to the warm, yet crunchy, sweet bananas. It was melt-in-your-mouth goodness.\r\n“Our goal is to give good service and good food,” said Narissara. She wants people to know that they use fresh ingredients and that the food is not too spicy: it can be made mild or hot, depending on the customer’s specifications.\r\nI have never had a bad meal at Yes! Thai Indeed. My husband and I like to go there for the intimate dining environment, but sometimes when we’re feeling lazy, we just order our food to go. When Beaufort Daily Deals recently offered an attractive deal ($30 worth of food for only $15), we bought it in a hurry. We also like to bring visitors from out of town because the food is so excellent and a real crowd pleaser.\r\nYes! Thai Indeed is located at 911 Boundary Street, Beaufort. For take out, call 843-986-1185. The restaurant is open Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for lunch and 4:30 to 9 p.m. for dinner. Friday and Saturday, dinner is from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m.; Sunday brunch is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.', 'Always inspiring and outstanding Thai food at YES! THAI INDEED', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'always-inspiring-and-outstanding-thai-food-at-yes-thai-indeed', '', '', '2012-03-27 10:37:21', '2012-03-27 14:37:21', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6177', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6180, 4, '2012-03-21 23:50:09', '2012-03-22 03:50:09', 'By Elizabeth Gibson Chaplin\r\nOne of my fondest memories as a teenager was back in 1976. It was a week day and we didn’t have school so my father, Earl Gibson, promised me I could go to work with him. He was an accountant for Dowling Law Firm downtown. We lived on Lady’s Island and the bridge was broken so no one could get to Beaufort from any of the islands. We hopped in our boat which was tied up at the end of our dock and drove to the downtown marina. It was only a short walk across the street to get to his work. Later that afternoon, I met some friends at the Breeze Theatre where you could see a movie, have some popcorn and a drink for less than one dollar. What a great memory!\r\n\r\n<em>Beaufort Then &amp; Now: This moment in Beaufort’s history is an excerpt from the book “Beaufort ... Then and Now,” an anthology of memories compiled by Holly Kearns Lambert. Copies of this book may be purchased at Beaufort Book Store. For information or to contribute your memory, contact Holly at lowcountrymemories@hotmail.com or beaufortmemories@gmail.com.</em>', 'History with Holly', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'history-with-holly-4', '', '', '2012-03-21 23:50:09', '2012-03-22 03:50:09', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6180', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6181, 4, '2012-03-21 23:51:41', '2012-03-22 03:51:41', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Lifestyle-Jr-Cotillon.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6182\" title=\"Lifestyle-Jr Cotillon\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Lifestyle-Jr-Cotillon.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"61\" height=\"91\" /></a>The National League of Junior Cotillions announces its expansion into Beaufort with the selection of Mary Kennerty as the director.  Charles Winters, President of the National League, had the highest praise for longtime NLJC director Mary Kennerty.  “Mary has demonstrated her passion and dedication as a teacher of etiquette and dancing to children since 1994.”  Beaufort’s National League of Junior Cotillions program features character education, etiquette, and social dance training for fourth through eighth grade students.  For more about the program, please call Mary at (843) 881-8755 or the National Headquarters at 1-800-633-7947, or visit the award-winning website at www.nljc.com.', 'Beaufort Junior Cotillion director named', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-junior-cotillion-director-named', '', '', '2012-03-21 23:51:41', '2012-03-22 03:51:41', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6181', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(6183, 4, '2012-03-21 23:53:04', '2012-03-22 03:53:04', 'If the TV show “Criminal Minds” fascinates you, then you’ll be enthralled hearing Beaufort’s own former FBI profiler Gene Rugala when he shares stories from the front lines on Monday, March 26, 11:30-1:30 at Sweet grass restaurant, 100 Marina Drive, Dataw Island.\r\nMr. Rugala worked in the unit made famous by the book and movie “The Silence of the Lambs”.  He specializes in the behavioral analysis of violent crimes to include homicide, intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and stalking.\r\nThis event benefits local survivors of domestic violence and their children who receive shelter and support through CODA (Citizens Opposed to Domestic Abuse). The cost is $30 and includes a box lunch, tea, water and cash bar.\r\nGuarantee your space by credit card or check. For credit card charges, call Delores at CODA 770-1074 ext 221. Seating is limited, so please make your reservations now.', 'Former FBI profiler to share stories', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'former-fbi-profiler-to-share-stories', '', '', '2012-03-21 23:53:04', '2012-03-22 03:53:04', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6183', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6184, 4, '2012-03-21 23:54:09', '2012-03-22 03:54:09', 'Richard Pingree recently won the men’s 3.5 doubles title at the <a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Athlete-of-Week-3-22.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6185\" title=\"Athlete of Week 3-22\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Athlete-of-Week-3-22-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Fripp Island tournament. Congrats, Richard!', 'Athlete of the Week', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'athlete-of-the-week-14', '', '', '2012-03-21 23:54:09', '2012-03-22 03:54:09', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6184', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6186, 4, '2012-03-21 23:54:54', '2012-03-22 03:54:54', 'The Lowcountry Warriors Classic brings outstanding martial artists to the Lowcountry from nine states, numerous counties, and many cities within South Carolina. This martial arts tournament will be held Saturday, March 31, and is hosted by Al Yisrael, former U.S. Marine and Shihan (Master Instructor) of the Beaufort Karate Center. Entry fee for each event is $15, or $50 for all events. There’s a $10 spectator fee; children under 5 free. Registration begins at 9 a.m., the tournament will begin promptly at 10 a.m. Al Yisrael is also the director of the Education and Martial Sciences Program that teaches youth to excel in academics while increasing their focus, conflict resolution skills, increase self respect, and self discipline, while instilling an anti-bullying, ant-drugs, anti-gang, and an early teen pregnancy mentality. Special guests Grand Master Ronald Duncan and Grand Master Victor Moore will also attend. For more information, call 843-757-1503 or 843-476-2328.', 'Martial Arts Tournament', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'martial-arts-tournament', '', '', '2012-03-21 23:54:54', '2012-03-22 03:54:54', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6186', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6187, 4, '2012-03-28 04:57:11', '2012-03-28 08:57:11', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/shark-fest-2012-032.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6188\" title=\"shark fest 2012 032\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/shark-fest-2012-032-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Six Club Karate students and their instructor competed in the Shark fest karate tournament held in Myrtle Beach this past weekend. They all did a fantastic job.\r\nPictured at left, Front row, left to right: Ryan Giles — second in kata and second in fighting; Grayce Houchins — first in kata and second in fighting; Hunter Rast — first in weapons, third in kata and third in fighting. Back row: Emani Alston — first in weapons, first in kata and third in fighting; Sam Alston — first in weapons, third in kata and third in fighting; Chuck Elias and Faye Alston — third in kata.', 'Shark Fest no match for Club Karate students', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'shark-fest-no-match-for-club-karate-students', '', '', '2012-03-28 10:17:11', '2012-03-28 14:17:11', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6187', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6189, 4, '2012-03-21 23:59:28', '2012-03-22 03:59:28', '[caption id=\"attachment_6190\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"B.C. United (U10 boys team) and B.C.United Green (U11 boys team) both teams took first place at the JYS 3v3 Challenge March in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday, March 3. Pictured above are the Under 10 years old boys, from left to right: Sonny Quintanilla, Aki Carter, Sebastian Laverde, Thomas Holladay, Uriel Zarracan and Merritt Patterson, captain.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/B.C.UNITED.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6190\" title=\"B.C.UNITED\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/B.C.UNITED-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6191\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"150\" caption=\"The B.C. United GreenAge group is Under 11 years old boys. The coach is Yoshihisa Tanaka; Assistant Coach is Christian Trask. The players pictured above from left to right are, back row: Maxfield Trask, Gabriel Guadagno, Herbert Gray; front row: Peyton Langford and Benjamin Trask. For more information, visit www.bcunitedsoccerclub.com.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/B.C.UNITED-Green.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6191\" title=\"B.C.UNITED Green\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/B.C.UNITED-Green-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]', 'B.C. United wins in Jacksonville', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'b-c-united-wins-in-jacksonville', '', '', '2012-03-21 23:59:28', '2012-03-22 03:59:28', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6189', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6192, 4, '2012-03-22 00:00:08', '2012-03-22 04:00:08', 'By Tess Malijenovsky\r\nLast Thursday, Beaufort Academy, the independent college preparatory school (pre-K through 12th grade), hosted a community luncheon to send the message that “Beaufort Academy is not just a school for the privileged” and also to facilitate this conversation among leaders of Beaufort’s youth service organizations.\r\nMembers of The Boys &amp; Girls Club of the Lowcountry, The Junior Service League, YMCA, United Way, Historic Beaufort Foundation and Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina joined along with Beaufort Academy staff members MJ Simmons and Bethany Byrne, Head of School Julie Corner, and two B.A. students, Michael Bible and Xavier Lemont.\r\nThe school sends 100 percent of its students to college and accredits their small staff of dedicated teachers that make personal relationships with each student. The close-knit environment of the school pushes and drives students to excel, says Julie Corner. Beaufort Academy will also have a full time staff dedicated to college advising as well as weekend SAT prep courses for B.A. and non-B.A. students.\r\nNow Beaufort Academy is reaching out to the community to invite first generation college-bound students to their classrooms. The luncheon sparked interesting points from different community members around the table. Karen Golden of The Boys &amp; Girls Club was to quick to ask about Beaufort Academy’s public transportation system. Also, with tuition rates averaging $9,445 a year, some inquired how students of low economic backgrounds could afford to attend.\r\nMoney shouldn’t deter anyone, Beaufort Academy answered. The attending staff members of B.A. insisted that there are means of accommodating interested students whether it’s carpooling or financial aid. As Julie Corner pointed out, a guardian’s investment before college is as important as the college investment.\r\nThe spring luncheons are just one of the ways Beaufort Academy is reaching out to the community to dispel the perception that it’s only a school for the privileged. They warmly welcome suggestions and open conversation about their school and enrollment.\r\nContact Bethany Byrne if you or your organization is interested in more information or would like to attend a luncheon (843-524-3393, bbyrne@beaufortacademy.org, or visit the school website at www.beaufortacademy.org).', 'BA fosters discussion', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'ba-fosters-discussion', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:38', '2018-07-12 15:04:38', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6192', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6193, 4, '2012-03-22 00:00:48', '2012-03-22 04:00:48', 'Twenty-seven Beaufort County schools — a record number for the district — have earned 2011-12 Palmetto Gold or Silver awards for student academic achievement, the South Carolina Department of Education announced today.\r\nThe district’s 27 school recognitions were an improvement over last year’s 15 winners and a dramatic increase from three winners in 2006-07.\r\n“We are very proud of the way our schools have sustained academic progress over time.  With the economic downturn, we had to cut budgets and lost a number of valuable assets such as science and technology coaches. For students to continue making academic improvements, year after year, is a glowing testament to their hard work and also to the determination and creativity of our teachers, school and district leaders, staff and community and business partners,” said Superintendent Valerie Truesdale.\r\nThe Palmetto Gold and Palmetto Silver program was created by the South Carolina General Assembly to recognize schools that attain high levels of absolute performance, high rates of growth and substantial progress in closing achievement gaps between groups of students.\r\nSeven schools were “double winners” recognized for general performance and closing achievement gaps: Bluffton Elementary, Coosa Elementary, Hilton Head Island International Baccalaureate Elementary, Hilton Head Island High, Michael C. Riley Elementary, Okatie Elementary and Red Cedar Elementary.\r\nFour district schools were first-time winners: Bluffton Middle, Lady’s Island Middle, Pritchardville Elementary and Riverview Charter.', 'New record for schools earning Palmetto awards', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'new-record-for-schools-earning-palmetto-awards', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:38', '2018-07-12 15:04:38', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6193', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6194, 4, '2012-03-22 00:03:04', '2012-03-22 04:03:04', '• Thursday, March 22, is the second grade Poetry Palooza at Riverview Charter School.\r\n• Thursday, March 22, Beaufort Academy’s Parent Association Meeting, 7 p.m.\r\n• Thursday, March 22, is Chick-fil-A Night for Lady’s Island Elementary School, 5:30-7:30 p.m.\r\n• March 22-24, Beaufort Academy fifth graders to Nemours.\r\n• Friday, March 23, St. Peter’s Catholic School will host a special evening enactment of Stations of the Cross, 5:30 p.m. All are welcome.\r\n• Saturday, March 24, Beaufort Twilight Run at Habersham will benefit Riverview Charter School.\r\nSaturday, March 24, Annual Beaufort Academy Yard Sale, held in the morning in the BA gym.\r\n• Monday, March 26, Beaufort Middle School’s School Improvement Council meeting will be held in the Media Center, 5:30 p.m.\r\n• March 26-30, “Child Find Screening” at Lady’s Island Elementary School.\r\n• Tuesday, March 27, fourth graders at Lady’s Island Elementary School present “The Adventures of Lewis Clark” at 2 p.m.\r\n• Wednesday, March 28, is the deadline to submit nominations for three new positions on the Riverview Charter School Board of Directors.\r\n• Wednesday, March 28, Beaufort Academy’s Upper School dodgeball game, 6 p.m.\r\n• Wednesday, March 28, AMES Arts Night for Beaufort Elementary, located at the BHS Performing Arts Center, 6 p.m. A Basket Raffle will also take place at this event. Please invite friends and family to help celebrate and encourage the children.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6195\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Pictured is Mrs. Pat Horton’s 4th Grade team from Broad River Elementary, which had 100% participation in raising funds for the American Heart Association’s Jump Rope for Heart.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Jump-Rope.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6195\" title=\"Jump Rope\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Jump-Rope-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nJump Rope for Heart\r\nBroad River Elementary picked a pretty lofty goal when they set out to raise $3,000 for the American Heart Association’s Jump Rope for Heart. They are happy to announce that not only did they meet their goal, but they passed it with a grand total of $5,001.29! This was definitely a schoolwide effort — 16 out of 18 classes met their goals and 184 students and staff members became “Heart Heroes” by making contributions. Each day the W-BRES News Team gave a Heart Healthy Fact of the Day, heart themes were used in art and music classes and many students made Jump Rope for Heart T-shirts. In one class, students were even able to earn real money, which was donated to Jump Rope for Heart. Physical Education teacher, Mrs. Debbie Hahn, motivated not only the students but the staff also as she reminded them to make everyday a “Heart Healthy Day.”\r\n\r\nCamp Invention\r\nCoosa Elementary School is excited to be hosting Camp Invention again this year. Children entering grades 1 through 6 will be immersed in a weeklong adventure of creative problem solving, critical thinking and lots of fun. This year’s camp will be directed by Karyn Levesque. Register now at www.campinvention.org to take advantage of the early registration discount before March 30.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6196\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Third grade students of Coosa Elementary enjoyed a visit from “Melinda Long” while learning about the world of publishing.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/coosa-elem..jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6196\" title=\"coosa elem.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/coosa-elem.-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nA visit from Melinda Long\r\nA few weeks ago, third grade students at Coosa Elementary had a visit from popular children’s author Melinda Long. Mrs. Long explained to kids how long and involved the writing and publishing process can be. This visit was funded through www.donorschoose.org on behalf of Mrs. Lynda Jernigan. Thanks Mrs. Jernigan!\r\n\r\nJulie’s Mission supports premature and sick babies\r\nBroad River students presented Julie’s Mission representative, Mrs. Anne Otten, a check for $350. Julie’s Mission (juliesmission.com) is an organization that makes and distributes homemade blankets, hats and other items to premature and sick babies.  The students raised the money through the sale of pickles and “Positive” T-shirts, which they wore during their recent performance.\r\nBA celebrates Einstein’s birthday\r\nIn addition to collecting more than 1,000 canned goods (the goal was 314), which were donated to the Franciscan Center, Beaufort Academy students also celebrated Pi Day by decorating the school for Einstein’s birthday (also 3.14) and eating circular foods. To wrap up the day, all middle and upper students took part in a photo of “Pi = 3.141…” taken with the assistance of the Fire Department.\r\n\r\nTaking a seat in a F-18\r\nLady’s Island Middle School Junior Leadership class visited the Marine Corps Air Station at the end of February. Lance Corporal RJ Driver greeted the class and explained that the main mission of the Air Station is to support the marines in the war in Afghanistan. The class also visited the Aircraft Rescue and Firefighter Facility, better known as ARF, where a few marines on hand demonstrated how their gear works and the responsibilities of a fire fighter on base. The class was highly impressed by the food at the chow hall before making their final stop to a fighter attack squadron. Captain Mitchell explained what it takes to be an officer and what it takes to fly an F-18.', 'School Briefs', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'school-briefs-24', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:38', '2018-07-12 15:04:38', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6194', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6197, 4, '2012-03-22 00:03:47', '2012-03-22 04:03:47', 'The Beaufort County Board of Education gave its unanimous approval tonight to a new military academy program at Robert Smalls Middle School.\r\nAimed at developing leadership skills and personal discipline, the new academy will be a partnership involving the middle school and the nationally recognized JROTC program at Battery Creek High School. Any rising seventh- or eighth-grader in Beaufort County will be eligible to attend when the new school year begins in August.\r\n“With the tremendous success generated by Battery Creek High’s JROTC and academic programs, the new military academy at Robert Smalls Middle School is sure to generate a lot of excitement among parents and students,” said Superintendent Valerie Truesdale.  “The staffs at both schools are very enthusiastic about this partnership.”\r\nRobert Smalls Principal Denise Smith said that her school can accommodate 200 seventh- and eighth-graders in the new program. The new academy will carry no additional costs for the school district, and the uniforms will be donated by community partners.\r\nSmith said that a key component of the new academy will be to get students past the belief that everything that happens in their lives is inevitable, given their personal circumstances. Research studies show that resilient children — those able to overcome obstacles and challenges in their lives — exhibit the personal discipline, independence and high self-esteem that researchers have linked to academic achievement.\r\nAt least one grade-level team will be dedicated to students attending the military academy at Robert Smalls, Smith said. This will create a cluster of teachers and students to focus on thematic units centered on military science, technology, engineering and mathematics.', 'Board approves military academy program at Robert Smalls Middle', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'board-approves-military-academy-program-at-robert-smalls-middle', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:38', '2018-07-12 15:04:38', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6197', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6198, 4, '2012-03-25 00:06:25', '2012-03-25 04:06:25', 'By Lanier Laney\r\n\r\nI’m sure you’ve seen them: the colorful groups of kayaks floating serenely together with paddlers out in the tidal creeks. Or the racks of empty kayaks being driven around town on a trailer. Kim Gundler and David Gorzynski have had this truly “mobile” business since 2002 when they started one of the first kayak companies in Northern Beaufort County.  They take clients on fun, information-based kayak tours to places that give paddlers the most up close and intimate look of Beaufort’s stunning natural beauty.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6199\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"David Gorzynski and Kim Gundler of Beaufort Kayak Tours.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Profile-David-Gorzynski-and-Kim-Gundler1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6199\" title=\"Back Camera\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Profile-David-Gorzynski-and-Kim-Gundler1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnd although they give tours day in and day out, all year long, Kim says, “We never get tired of it! For example, in the summer we are at Hunting Island a lot — people ask if we ever get tired of kayaking in the same place and the honest answer is NO! Each tour is different, with a kaleidoscope of people of differing abilities and interests, and each day is different. We might see the first eagle of the season, or see a dolphin in the lagoon at low tide, or find  thousands man-o-wars (jellyfish) on the beach, or see the first ‘sharks eye’ sand collars of the season or discover a large wash-up of sand dollars, or see the shrimp are getting big enough to move offshore, or the painted buntings are finally back or whatever! There is so much going on out there!”\r\nDavid and Kim lead the tours themselves along with a handful of  helpers when they need them.\r\nThey say, “We have an awesome part-time staff, unique to Beaufort — many kayak companies use college students — we have a retired Marine, a retired Army Ranger, and a retired FBI profiler.”\r\nThey pride themselves on excellent customer service, adds Kim, “Our tours are highly interpretive — no one leaves without learning something about this unique place.”\r\nThe two met when both were working at Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia. David was a keeper and Kim had just started her first job out of college working in the zoo commissary (where the animals’ diets are made). David said, “The first day I walked into the commissary to pick up the food for my animals and saw Kim there, I knew my/our destiny.” They will celebrate their 20th happy anniversary next year.\r\nKim has a  Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and a Masters in Natural Science Education. David has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and they both are Master Naturalists. They love all things related to natural history and the outdoors and have fashioned their life and work around this.\r\nSays Kim, “I had made my career in science and outdoor education, we both loved being outdoors and especially on the water, and David came up with the great idea of leading kayak tours for a living!”\r\nKim was raised in the Midlands of South Carolina, and David is from “God’s Country” — right here in the Lowcountry. He left Beaufort to finish college in Columbia because the University of South Carolina Beaufort only offered a two-year program at the time.\r\nI asked Kim why they came back to Beaufort: “David has pluff mud in his veins — those who leave always come back. ... We sailed in on a sailboat we were living on at the time for a quick visit with his parents — that was 10 years ago,” she said with a smile.\r\nWhat do they love about Beaufort? David quickly lists the reasons: “Lots of water! It’s beautiful, easy on the eye, scenery, nice people, small town feel with some big town accouterments.”\r\nAs for their plans for the future,  Kim says, “Beaufort Kayak Tours is here to stay! We have the best office view in town.”\r\nThey have also started a new business in Asheville, N.C., called “Active Accommodations” — it is a short-term rental house that offers mountain bikes and, of course, kayaks free with your stay (www.vrbo.com/404405). So now you know where to head when it gets too blistering down here come summer.\r\nIf you would like to find out why Beaufort has one of the most unique wetland ecosystems in the United States, then let Kim and David lead you and your party on a wonderfully informative tour that will put you “up close and personal” with some of the most stunning pristine natural sites and spectacular wildlife the Lowcountry has to offer.\r\n\r\nTake to the Water: Contact Beaufort Kayak Tours: 843-525-0810\r\nwww.beaufortkayaktours.com\r\ninfo@beaufortkayaktours.com', 'Kim and David of Beaufort Kayak Tours: Have paddle will travel', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'kim-and-david-of-beaufort-kayak-tours-have-paddle-will-travel', '', '', '2012-03-26 10:10:25', '2012-03-26 14:10:25', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6198', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6200, 4, '2012-03-22 00:07:14', '2012-03-22 04:07:14', 'Beaufort Memorial is pleased to welcome Randy Dalbow, MD, an internal medicine specialist, who is joining Dr. Philip Cusumano at Lady’s Island Internal Medicine.  He will begin seeing patients in April.  Call 522-7240 for information or an appointment. Dr. Dalbow recently moved to Beaufort with his wife and children from Pennsylvania, where he was associated with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center(UPMC).  From 1998, he served as Chairman of UPMC Passavant Continuing Medical Education Committee and Chairman of the Library Committee.  Prior to joining UPMC, Dr. Dalbow was in a solo internal medicine practice in Wexford, PA.  During that time, he was also Medical Director at Mariner Healthcare in Wexford, a sub-acute facility for post-hospitalization and long-term care nursing home patients.', 'Internist Dalbow Joins Beaufort Memorial Lady’s Island Internal Medicine', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'internist-dalbow-joins-beaufort-memorial-ladys-island-internal-medicine', '', '', '2012-03-22 00:07:14', '2012-03-22 04:07:14', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6200', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6201, 4, '2012-03-22 00:07:59', '2012-03-22 04:07:59', 'By Martha O’Regan\r\nThe more I learn about the proper use of the mind in bringing health, happiness, and success, the more I wish for a “do over.” As it turns out, we can have what we wish for ... it is called imagination. The brain doesn’t know the difference between what we perceive and what is imagined — they both create neural pathways that affect our health, behaviors, relationships and even our surroundings. We can go back to an experience from decades ago that at the time we perceived as “bad” and imagine it again with a perception of “good” and it will actually create a new network in the brain, completely changing our physiology. We don’t change the facts, only the energy in which it is stored.  How cool is that?  Allow me to explain.\r\nFirst, remember that everything is energy including every thought, feeling, word and deed. Simply put, positive energy is expansive and alive with frequency, while negative energy is contractive and sluggish in frequency.  Every experience is “neutral” until you decide which energy to charge it with, positive or negative, and that perception immediately translates into your physical body as either one of survival (contractive) or ease (expansive).\r\nNext, we have our mental hard drive (aka the brain) where every experience we have ever had is stored, including everything we have ever seen, heard, touched, tasted or smelled. This includes everything coming into our peripheral awareness from in utero to date. So, many stored memories are actually due to other people who were in our lives during our development years. Each experience gets placed in a file in that hard drive based on the perspective that we deemed appropriate for it in that moment.  When we were younger, these experiences were placed with the energy of the “big people” who were guiding us.  These files set up a “neural pathway or network” that can be instantly retrieved for future use, whether it be for learning, becoming proficient in a hobby or sport, determining the best course of action in a project, or just basic survival.  These pathways also have an energy attached to it that will emit into our physical body or surroundings. Those experiences that we perceived as negative with either great intensity or long duration can set up a message into the body that over time can become a symptom or a behavior that we “wish we didn’t have.”  So, an experience that created immense fear for a short time can get us just as “stuck’’ in the mental hard drive as long-term worry.  Both can set up a mental loop that can lead to such things as tight muscles, high blood pressure, self-sabotage or procrastination.\r\nThink about an experience that you wish had never happened and tune into how it feels in the body.  Notice how fast you were able to retrieve that stored memory? Think about the gazillion stored memories that we judged as “negative” in our lifetime that are controlling our physiology 24/7/365! Eewwwhhhh ... Not interested in that.\r\nSo, knowing what we know now about the brain, we can go back to an experience and without changing the facts, see the lesson or look at it again through the lens of forgiveness, gratitude, love, peace or joy, creating a brand new neural pathway in the brain, allowing for more appropriate physiology. Aahhhh ... now that feels better already. Live Well ... Have Fun.', 'If I knew then what I know now ...', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'if-i-knew-then-what-i-know-now', '', '', '2012-03-22 00:07:59', '2012-03-22 04:07:59', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6201', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6202, 4, '2012-03-22 00:09:21', '2012-03-22 04:09:21', 'By Dennis Tavernetti\r\nSince no Indie film is being shown this week at USCB Center for Arts, the “Corner” will focus on the availability and selection process of the films that the center exhibits.\r\nThe films that USCB has access to are films that have “limited distribution.” These are the films created mostly by Independent movie makers and normally cover Indie, Documentaries, and World (Foreign) films. However, some major movie companies have formed their own Indie companies with limited distribution.  For example, the award-winning “Midnight in Paris” was made by the Indie division of Sony. This movie would never have been screened in Beaufort, except for USCB’s Center for Arts.\r\nIn order to understand how USCB Center for Arts selects the films, we interviewed Bonnie Hargrove, Director of the center.\r\nIN: About how many films are available to the center from Emerging Pictures?\r\nBH: They have over 100 films available at any one time. They constantly change.\r\nIN: What is the mission that you keep in mind during the selection process and how has that influenced your selection?\r\nBH: The USCB Center for the Arts’ mission is to entertain, educate, and enlighten residents, students, and visitors through the visual and performing arts. Yes, we entertain, but we also strive to inform and educate.  This is why we have selected documentaries such as “The Whale” and “Turtle”; World films, like “The Women on the 6th Floor,” which reveal different cultures; and Indie films that present different social issues, like diversity in “Toast.”\r\nIN: When we go to some of the major multi-screen facilities, it seems that frequently only 10 -15 people are there.  What is your experience at CFA?\r\nBH: Our largest audiences have been for special interest films that Beaufort groups rally around, like “The Way,” where members of St. Peter’s had a special interest and “Turtle,” where we had more than 200 supporters of Hunting Island State Park attend. For other types of films, we have been building our audience and now are averaging about 30-40 per showing. It is a bargain opportunity for high quality big screen entertainment in very nice surroundings. These films are not available anywhere else in Beaufort County.\r\nIN: So how do you go about selecting the movies?\r\nBH: Our exhibitor partner, Emerging Pictures, has a very well informed programmer, who has firsthand knowledge as to how the films have been accepted in the other 139 venues. We also learn as we go.\r\nIN:  What do we have to look forward to in April and May?\r\nBH: So far, we have had more drama than comedy, and the next two months we are going emphasize lighter, brighter fare, fitting for spring.\r\nIN: See you at the movies!', 'The Indie Film Corner: An interview with USCB Center for the Arts director Bonnie Hargrove', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-indie-film-corner-an-interview-with-uscb-center-for-the-arts-director-bonnie-hargrove', '', '', '2012-03-22 00:09:21', '2012-03-22 04:09:21', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6202', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6203, 4, '2012-03-22 00:10:16', '2012-03-22 04:10:16', 'Magnolia Court Guest Suites, a Beaufort business that offers short-term rental of furnished homes in the heart of Uptown Beaufort, has recently expanded its campus to include a three-bedroom, two-bath craftsman-style house.\r\nBrenda Hood, who owns and operates Magnolia Court on Pigeon Point Road, purchased the property in 2004 and began renovations shortly thereafter.  When it originally opened in 2006, Magnolia Court was a collection of three boutique apartments housed in the native tabby building on the property.  The rentals  included one 1-bedroom and two 2-bedroom furnished apartments.  Each rental had its own personality, unique décor, and name: including The West Indies, The Manhattan, and The Tuscan. The neighboring house, known as The Craftsman, expands the rental mix with a 3-bedroom, 2-bath house.\r\nThe large front porch, which spans the width of The Craftsman, provides a perfect setting to relax and watch the boats traversing the Intracoastal Waterway across the street. The house — which sleeps six to eight — includes 9 ½ ft. high ceilings, heart-pine floors, back-to-back fireplaces in the living room and dining room, a bay-window dining area, and a host of other amenities. The side patio provides a peaceful garden setting with table, chairs and a grill.\r\nBut while these accommodations are all beautifully appointed, Hood says what really factor sets Magnolia Court apart is its location.  Nestled in a quiet residential neighborhood, Magnolia Court is just across the street from a park overlooking the Beaufort River, one block from Pigeon Point Park, and is in easy walking distance to the Historic District, the Waterfront Park, shopping and dining.\r\nWhen locals think of vacation rentals in Beaufort, they may believe them to only be relevant for visitors to vacationers.  Not true, according to Hood.  A good portion of her business comes from people who live here permanently.  Why? There are a variety of reasons, she says.  Many people have downsized to smaller homes and don’t always have adequate room for family and friends —particularly around holidays and special events such as weddings or festivals.  That’s where Magnolia Court comes in. These beautifully furnished homes offer a pleasant alternative to a hotel and provide both guest and “host family” all the privacy needed during such a stay.\r\n\r\nOwner Brenda Hood says Beaufortonians should keep furnished rentals like Magnolia Court Guest Suites in mind when anticipating a larger number of guests than they can accommodate themselves, when a neighbor experiences damage to a home, or when their business will have a consultant in town.  Magnolia Court is the perfect “Home Away for Home.” For more information, contact Brenda at 843-812-5175.', 'Magnolia Court Guest Suites expands', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'magnolia-court-guest-suites-expands', '', '', '2012-03-22 00:10:16', '2012-03-22 04:10:16', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6203', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6204, 4, '2012-03-22 00:10:47', '2012-03-22 04:10:47', 'Anytime Fitness, the world’s largest and fastest growing 24-hour co-ed fitness franchise, is pleased to announce it is open for business in Beaufort. A grand opening celebration will take place on Saturday, March 31, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The official ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held on Friday, March 30, from 4 to 5 p.m.\r\nWith 24/7 access, Anytime Fitness offers convenient and affordable exercise. At Anytime Fitness, members can workout any time of the day or night, every day of the year. They use a security-access key to enter the club, even when it is not staffed. Once inside, members have full use of state-of-the-art strength training and cardiovascular equipment. Anytime Fitness also offers membership reciprocity among its clubs, which allows members to use any of the more than 1,800 clubs that are currently open in the United States, Canada and Australia.\r\nClub tours will be available during the grand opening celebration. Membership information is available at the club, by calling 843-379-2348, or by visiting www.anytimefitness.com.', 'Anytime Fitness announces grand opening', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'anytime-fitness-announces-grand-opening', '', '', '2012-03-22 00:10:47', '2012-03-22 04:10:47', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6204', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6205, 4, '2012-03-22 00:11:50', '2012-03-22 04:11:50', 'By Jack Sparacino\r\nBack at work, we sometimes used the term “cool beans” to express our admiration for a job particularly well done, a really creative new idea, or something that just made us very appreciative.  I’ve come across some fun facts and events lately, some of which seemed to warrant a “cool beans” designation, and wanted to share just a few of them.\r\n1. Let’s start with beans.  They’re inexpensive, tasty, colorful, and full of fiber and protein.  Plus they come in dozens of varieties.  If you add a little vinegar and keep them refrigerated, they’ll last for weeks.  Cool.\r\n2. Now let’s jump in the old time machine.  If you ordered a beer at Yankee Stadium during the 1949 World Series, it sold for 35 cents.  They kept it cold with gigantic hunks of ice.  Pretty nice price, by 2012 standards at least.\r\n3. I had some time on my hands one afternoon recently while waiting between medical procedures.  I drove to a nearby store with a large parking lot, took out my notebook, and did some quiet thinking, daydreaming and scribbling.  You can’t do that kind of thing everywhere, but it’s easy here in the Lowcountry.\r\n4. Online banking and bill paying would have seemed almost inconceivable in the not too distant past.  Today, millions of people do it regularly in the U.S.  Saving $1.45 while paying a $100 electric bill, for example (45 cents for a stamp plus a dollar cash back from your credit card company), may not sound like much but across many of your bills it can certainly add up over the course of a year.\r\n5.  The Beaufort International Film Festival just keeps getting better.  Wonderful movies are shown in a very comfortable setting, often with the opportunity to interact with the people who made the pictures.  I even thoroughly enjoyed a movie with subtitles this year, something not normally my cup of tea.\r\n6. Savannah’s airport is just the right size, clean and bright and easy to get to.  Convenient passenger drop off and pickup, ample parking, plenty of restrooms and places to check the status of your flight.  The clocks are even accurate, unlike the ones in Philadelphia, for example, where I once noticed three of them at the same gate, all showing different local times.\r\n7.  Having lunch outdoors in Beaufort reminds me of some lovely meals that Jane and I enjoyed al fresco in France and Italy.  The views here are certainly just as good in many places.\r\n8. Tired of old-fashioned cookbooks?  One can now avoid clunky if not all cookbooks by going on-line to Epicurious.com among many other excellent sites.\r\n9. Howdy Holmes is President of Chelsea Milling Company, makers of Jiffy cornbread mix.  He’s a former race car driver who competed in the Indianapolis 500 and with a name like “Howdy,” how can you lose at making great muffins in a “jiffy”?\r\n10. Motorized shopping carts are a real boon for shoppers who need some assistance in getting around the store.  They’re remarkably maneuverable and pretty fast, too.  Recently, I learned that these carts made their debut way back in 1985 when Sage Industries in Arkansas introduced them in Klein’s Supermarket in Tomball, Texas.\r\n11. Speaking of specialty vehicles, Mercedes (model SLS AMG) gull wing doors are about the coolest looking car doors on the planet. The rest of the car isn’t bad either and I hear they’re fast, at least if you consider top speeds approaching 200 mph as fast.\r\n12.  The February barbecue event in Port Royal was for a great cause, Friends of Caroline Hospice, and really nicely organized.  What really got me, though, were the great names over the various booths, if memory serves. Green Eggs and Spam. Can’t Quit Smoking. Big Hairy Grillers. There were a lot more, but I got so full from all the delicious rib samples that my brain nearly crashed and I forgot them!\r\nWell, that’s my list for now, and I’m sure there’s plenty more out there.  Now THAT’s cool beans.', 'Cool Beans', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'cool-beans', '', '', '2012-03-22 00:11:50', '2012-03-22 04:11:50', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6205', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6206, 4, '2012-03-22 00:12:41', '2012-03-22 04:12:41', 'By Jim Hicks, Lady’s Island Planning Commission Representative\r\n\r\nRecently, Aslan Whitehall, LLC, the present owners of the 19 acre Whitehall property, requested the City of Beaufort rezone six lots on Harborview Drive from strictly residential use to allow a form of neighborhood commercial.  The lots in question were not part of the original Whitehall property and consisted of single family residents adjoining the property. As the Whitehall property went through a series of owners the homes and lots were purchased, the homes demolished and along with the rest of the property annexed into the City of Beaufort.  A key element when considering the requested rezoning is consideration of and fairness to the residents of Harborview Circle who live adjacent to the six lots in question.  Should zoning other than residential be allowed for these six lots that in the past were part of a residential neighborhood? The remainder of the Whitehall property is presently zoned neighborhood commercial which allows a wide variety of residential and commercial uses.  Approval of the request would have all of the Whitehall property with the same type of zoning — neighbor commercial.\r\nThe City of Beaufort Planning Department and the Office of Civic Investment, which is leading the city’s effort to transition to a form based code for development, recommended denial of the request at this point or at least until form based zoning is implemented or the owner proposes a specific design as part of planned unit development.\r\nThe Whitehall property is a beautiful piece of undeveloped land and an environmental jewel with its large oaks and waterfront view.  In the early part of 2000 the rumor of the day had it being the site of a large hotel (early 2000), the property was then purchased by 303 Associates which annexed it into the City in 2005, shortly after annexation the property was purchased by Kean and Company of Charleston which then sold it to Aslan in 2006.  Aslan cleaned out the undergrowth on the property and demolished the building which was serving as Bataux Restaurant.  Aslan designed a couple of marketing plans for the development of the property, all based on a high density, but with the 2007 drop in the real estate market Whitehall like so many other similar projects throughout the United States went into a holding pattern.\r\nThe City of Beaufort Office of Civic Investment has evaluated the property for development as part of the plan for implementation of a form-based code and as part of their report in regard to Whitehall indicates: “... of the few places capable of handling development at high density within the sensitive ecosystem in which Beaufort sits, this (Whitehall) is one.  The volume of water that flows along the Beaufort River at this point provides for the greatest amount of natural flushing.  Instead of sprawling on Lady’s Island in the form of shopping centers and car-dependent commercial uses, a town center located at Whitehall would serve the community more efficiently and provide more opportunities for residents working life style opportunities not dependent on car use and long commutes.\r\nOur (Office of Civic Investment) plan saves a tremendous amount of trees and still provides a marketable and successful building program that leaves about 25 percent of the property open.  The main street of Whitehall and the buildings that front Sea Island Parkway will have riverfront and park views.  Through proper design, the new village center would allow the waterfront walk to continue forming an important anchor for pedestrians and cyclist enjoying the now extensive and unique waterfront experience we have begun to envision, stretching from maybe the Hospital all the way to Whitehall. Imagine landing a boat at the marina and being able to walk three miles, a little over a mile and a half in either direction, through plazas with cafes and shops, into parks, along boardwalks that lead to points where you can access the water by Marina or boat launch, by kayak and boat, and cross the river by foot on the bridge.”\r\nIt is hard to find fault with this vision but the lessons of the last decade have been very clear that the impact of high density developments can overwhelm our roads and rivers. Over the last decade the Whitehall property has frequently changed owners and with each new owner has come an increased value for the land and a new “concept” for its development.  Like so many similar properties purchased at the peak of the land boom decisions by the owner of the Whitehall property as to its future must be dictated by financial considerations. Understanding this and appreciating the fact that it must be developed, the manner in which this is accomplished will have a significant long term impact on both the City of Beaufort and Lady’s Island. Hopefully, any future development of the Whitehall property can be accomplished in a cooperative effort between the developer and the City of Beaufort with a full appreciation of the impact such development will have on the entire area.', 'Signs of life for Whitehall development?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'signs-of-life-for-whitehall-development', '', '', '2012-03-22 00:12:41', '2012-03-22 04:12:41', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6206', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6207, 4, '2012-03-22 00:13:16', '2012-03-22 04:13:16', 'The Island News Favorites winners: Contact us to place a thank you ad\r\nPlease look for The Island News Favorites Winners thank you ads in today’s paper and also the next few weeks.  Because we just totaled the Favorites votes, we have not had enough time to personally notify all the winners for 2012.  Our General Manager Buck Boone will be contacting them over the next couple of weeks to present their certificates.  If you are a winner and would like to schedule a meeting with Buck, please contact him at 843-321-9729.\r\n\r\nThe Island News announces its first press association award\r\nAt an awards ceremony on Saturday, March 17, at Folly Beach, the South Carolina Press Association announced its winners. Editor Pamela Brownstein took third place in the Column Writing category for weekly papers with a circulation more than 6,000. She submitted three samples of her column Pam’s POV. The press association contest recognizes newspapers statewide for writing, design, photography and websites. This is the first press association award in the news contest for The Island News.', 'Notes from the staff', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'notes-from-the-staff', '', '', '2012-03-22 00:13:16', '2012-03-22 04:13:16', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6207', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(6208, 4, '2012-03-22 00:14:42', '2012-03-22 04:14:42', 'By Will McCullough\r\nI’ve lived almost exactly 21 years of my life in the North and 21 years in the South. Because of this, I’ve always personally enjoyed noting both the differences and the similarities of a life lived in either location. For example, if you grew up in the North, you’d likely consider hazardous driving conditions, multi-car accidents and collecting an ever-growing series of dents on your car a normal aspect of life. New Northern transplants to the Beaufort area may find comfort in the fact that we consider all of that normal as well. We just call it “parking at Publix” as opposed to “winter.”\r\nBeing involved in a local real estate transaction for the first time is no different. Depending upon where you are from originally, some aspects of a local transaction will be familiar while others will be downright alien. Below are a few of these factors that you may find surprising.\r\nJoint Closings: In many areas, the actual real estate closing is a formal and potentially high stress event. The seller, the buyer, both of their attorneys, both of their agents, the lender and a collection of paralegals all sit down around the same table and execute their respective agreements together. This is occasionally also an opportunity for last minute negotiations and debate.  Many buyers are shocked to find this rarely the case in and around Beaufort. Locally, the parties involved rarely attend a joint closing, they instead close individually at their own attorney’s office. While the pros and cons for each format are debatable, the fact remains that our format does come as a surprise to many.\r\nRadon Gas vs Termites: Radon is a colorless, odorless gas that seeps from the earth into a home and poses at least the potential for causing health issues if found. Inspecting for it and mitigating its presence is an important factor of real estate transactions in some areas of the country. Due to soil conditions, it’s essentially a non-issue locally.  What we instead deal with in this area that others may be unaccustomed to is termites. These, along with other factors that may degrade the stability of a wood structure, are normally discovered by what we call a CL100 inspection conducted in advance of a closing by a pest control company.\r\nBasements: For my native Beaufort friends, a basement is a large area found under nearly every home in many geographic locations.  For some, they are considered nearly essential storage space and are filled to the rim with keepsakes, tools, boxes, knick-knacks and things “you might need again someday.” For my Northern friends looking to now call the Lowcountry home, we have them as well. We just instead call it a “garage” and locate it beside the home as opposed to underneath it.\r\nHeat Pumps: If you’re moving to the Beaufort area from a colder climate, you’ll likely be really surprised to learn that, for the most part, we heat with electric. While it may not be as efficient as the furnace that used to rest in your basement (natives: please see above), you’ll soon realize that a heat pump does the job quite well for an area where the coldest temperatures are akin to what you used to consider normal for early April. That being said, you should know that it is prudent to allow your faucets to drip slightly on those rare annual local nights that it does drop below freezing.  Our pipes are simply not insulated as well and this small amount of moving water can mean the difference between a pipe cracking or not.\r\nFiscal Factors: A “transfer tax” is normally a 1%-3% fee levied by local government on the sale of a property. Many folks moving to the area are thrilled to learn that we have no such transfer tax. In addition, our overall property taxes are considered much lower than those found in most other areas of the country. Another important factor to consider is insurance. Even if not required, buyers not accustomed to living in a coastal region should investigate their options with regard to wind, hail and flood insurance.\r\nWhen it comes down to it, there are many aspects of life in the Lowcountry that new residents may find surprising.  But one aspect that should come as no surprise to any of us is quality. I personally first moved to the Beaufort area in 1993 to serve as a drill instructor at Parris Island. Despite having lived all over the world, it was quickly apparent that Beaufort was the ideal place to call home and begin raising a family. So while I may presently balance at the even 21-year mark between North and South, I can guarantee you that my remaining years will be spent in Beaufort, happily adding to the South column. And I’m pretty sure you’ll never regret doing the same.\r\n\r\n<em>Will and Deena McCullough of Lowcountry Real Estate can be reached directly at 843-441-8286 or via email at RealEstate@BeaufortSC.net.</em>', 'North vs. South', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'north-vs-south', '', '', '2012-05-03 12:06:44', '2012-05-03 16:06:44', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6208', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6209, 4, '2012-03-28 00:16:59', '2012-03-28 04:16:59', 'For the ninth consecutive year, the Duke Symphony Orchestra is taking its show on the road to raise money for Beaufort Memorial Hospital’s Healing Arts Program and the Keyserling Cancer Center.\r\nSome 60 musicians from the prestigious North Carolina university will travel to Beaufort to perform a benefit concert March 31 in the Arts Center at Beaufort High School.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Duke1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6210\" title=\"Duke1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Duke1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>“Everybody loves this trip,” said Duke Orchestra Director Harry Davidson. “The only students who miss this concert are seniors who have job interviews.”\r\nDuring their whirlwind weekend visit, the young musicians stay in the homes of area residents. They have a chance to visit the historic downtown and attend a post-concert reception in the home of an alumnus.\r\n“This is a great event all the way around,” said  Beaufort resident and 1966 Duke University School of Law graduate D.C. Gilley, who has served as host to the conductor since the first concert was presented in 2004. “The students love to come to Beaufort, residents enjoy the performance and we raise money for our community hospital.”\r\nThis year, Gilley and his wife Nancy were selected to be the first honorary chairs of the event—one of\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6211\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Nancy and D.C. Gilley\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/nancyanddcgilley1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6211\" title=\"nancyanddcgilley1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/nancyanddcgilley1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nBeaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation’s biggest annual fundraisers. It was at a surprise party for Nancy that Foundation Executive Director Alice Moss met Davidson and came up with the idea for the benefit concert.\r\n“It’s been great on so many levels,” Moss said. “The energy these young musicians bring to the community makes it a truly magical event.”\r\nOver the years, the popular fundraiser has generated more than $157,000 for the hospital foundation.\r\nDuring the two-hour concert, the students will play a repertoire of 18th to 20th century symphonic classical works, including Mozart’s Symphony No. 36 in C major. One of the highlights of the 2012 program will be Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1 to be performed by sophomore music major Jameson Kuang, winner of Duke University’s 2011-12 Student Concerto Competition.\r\nOnce again this year, Beaufort High School’s The Voices will be joining the orchestra on two of the evening’s selections. Directed by Jordan Norris, the 50-member advanced choral group will perform Mozart’s Ave verum corpus and a medley of three songs from Broadway’s hit musical, “Wicked”.\r\n“It’s a fun performance for the students,” Norris said. “They generally are accompanied by a piano, and maybe a drum and guitar. They enjoy hearing how they sound with a full orchestra.”\r\nGeneral admission tickets to the 7 p.m. concert are $35. Patron tickets are $75 and include premium seating and the conductor’s reception following the concert at the home of 1977 Duke graduate William B. Harvey III.\r\nFor more information on the concert or to purchase tickets, visit www.bmhsc.org or call 522-5774.', 'Duke Symphony Orchestra to perform', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'duke-symphony-orchestra-to-perform', '', '', '2012-03-28 08:50:21', '2012-03-28 12:50:21', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6209', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6212, 4, '2012-03-22 00:17:58', '2012-03-22 04:17:58', 'The Council on Accreditation (COA) announced Thursday, March 15, that it has approved the accreditation of the Child Abuse Prevention Association (CAPA) through January 31, 2016.\r\n“CAPA’s achievement represents the fulfillment of countless hours of hard work and the dedication of many people, most notably by members of their staff and board of directors,” stated Richard Klarbert, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Council on Accreditation.\r\nCAPA was first accredited in 2007 and is required to go through the reaccreditation process every four years.\r\nKidFest, a free celebration for children and their parents, happens on Saturday, March 31st,  at Cross Creek Shopping Center located on the corner of Highways 170 and 280 in Beaufort. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., more than 60 area programs will host the fun events and games with performances by local agencies and individuals. Marine Corps Community Services, the Child Abuse Prevention Association (CAPA) and the Exchange Club of Beaufort sponsor the event. Now in its 17th year,  KidFest is designed to provide lots of fun activities for children, and educational/awareness information for parents about many of the services available in the local community.\r\nCAPA will also host a Step Up for Kids Rally on Friday, April 20,  at 7 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center at Bluffton High School and a 5K/10K Run/Walk in Beaufort on Saturday, April 21,  featuring keynote speaker Elizabeth Smart. The abduction of Elizabeth Smart was one of the most followed child abduction cases of our time. Rally tickets begin at $15 each. Walk/run participation is $35 and $15 for junior walkers, ages 8 to 12.\r\n“CAPA is excited about this unique opportunity to bring Elizabeth Smart here with her powerful message about her abduction and recovery which motivates parents, law enforcement and leaders worldwide to focus on children’s safety,” Susan Cato, CAPA Executive Director, said.\r\nFor ticket and sponsorship information, go to www.capabeaufort.org or call 843-524-­4350.', 'What’s happening at CAPA?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'whats-happening-at-capa', '', '', '2012-03-22 00:17:58', '2012-03-22 04:17:58', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6212', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6213, 4, '2012-03-22 00:18:40', '2012-03-22 04:18:40', 'The 4th Annual Beaufort Twilight Run (BTR) and Oyster Roast will be taking place this weekend.\r\nFriday March 23, from 4-7 p.m., folks can sign up for late registration and runners can pick up their race bags with T-shirts early while hanging out at the BTR expo and Habersham Farmer’s Market. (Race packets can also be picked up between 2-5:30 p.m. race day; registration for Kid’s Fun Run and the 5K closes at 4:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m. for the 8K.)\r\nThe Beaufort Memorial Hospital mobile unit will be on hand offering a variety of health screenings at low or no cost. And don’t forget the pre-race dinner! Habersham’s own Piace Pizza will be serving a choice of vegetable lasagna or baked penne with Vodka Bolognese for dine-in or carry-out (reservations required at 379-3287).\r\nAlso in Habersham, the race takes off Saturday, March 24. Participants can enjoy running beneath canopies of live oaks and along scenic views of the marsh. They’ll also have their choice of races: the quarter mile Kid’s Fun Run, the 5K run and fun walk, or “the Lowcountry’s biggest 8K” (beginning at 4:30 p.m., 5 p.m. and 6:15 p.m.).\r\nNow, the Beaufort Twilight Run isn’t just a race. Even the folks that opt to take a raincheck on testing out the course can have fun at the post-race Oyster Roast party with food catered by Sea Eagle Market and live music by The Brewer Band. All race participants over the age of 21 with photo ID will receive a coupon for a free beer.\r\nAlong with the party at 7:30 p.m. will be the Awards Ceremony, and there are many cash prizes. The 8K promises $1,500 will be dished out to the top three overall, masters overall, active duty military and hometown hero (Beaufort County resident). Awards will be given to the top three male and female overall winners of the 5K. Also, there are age group awards for both races. The first 300 kids to register and participate in the Fun Run will receive a medal.\r\nAnd after accomplishing your race and winding down with oysters and live music, don’t forget you did it all benefiting Riverview Charter School. Funds raised by the run will help provide scholarships, replace school materials, buy new technology and provide ongoing professional development opportunities for faculty and staff.\r\nRace registrations, oyster roast tickets and kids meal tickets can be purchased online at www.BeaufortTwilightRun.com.', 'Beaufort Twilight Run this weekend', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-twilight-run-this-weekend', '', '', '2012-03-22 00:18:40', '2012-03-22 04:18:40', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6213', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6214, 4, '2012-03-22 00:19:15', '2012-03-22 04:19:15', 'By Terry Sweeney\r\nLately, I feel I have been slipping down a slippery slope not of my own making; thanks to this “Spring Forward” nonsense which required me to move my clock ahead an hour. I recently realized that when I am beginning my usual 5 o’clock Happy Hour, in reality, I’m actually starting to knock-em-back at 4 o’clock!! Yet I’m still pretending it’s really 5 along with my fellow delusional countrymen. Soon I’ll be meeting friends for a pre-drink at 4 (really 3!) and then, before you know it, I’ll be having a glass of wine with my lunch at 12 which is really 11 o’clock which means I’ve started drinking in the morning before it’s even noon! Perhaps I should just call the Betty Ford Clinic now and book a room before they fill up with more confused drunken daylight-savers like myself, and I can’t get in.\r\nYou can’t mess with Happy Hour like this! It has its own unique history that dates back to the 1920s and the U.S. Navy.  Apparently, back then, the sailors had on-ship shows at the end of a hard day of sailing and drank themselves silly and got “happy.” When I say shows I don’t mean cornball musical numbers from “South Pacific,” I mean men putting on boxing and wrestling bouts with both betting and booze contributing heavily to their ship-board “high spirits.”\r\nHappy Hour was so young and naive then ... he had no idea the trouble that was brewing along with his beer. Soon came that godawful Prohibition and the passing of the 18th amendment prohibiting the sale of alcohol. One of the darkest periods in our country’s history. Literally.  People gathered in the dark in clandestine “speakeasies” to have cocktails before going out to dinner since restaurants could not serve alcohol. Thus giving birth to the 5 to 6 o’clock Happy Hour time frame. Years later, in 1959, the Saturday Evening Post, reporting on this now-entrenched phenomena of pre-dinner cocktails, coined the term “Happy Hour.” By 1960, it had become mainstream. Restaurants started offering discounted savory appetizers together with discounted drinks about that time.  Once again everybody was happy with the new improved Happy Hour (now two or three hours ) especially the “Mad Men” style ad execs and their oversexed secretaries who liked to take a long lunch and hanky-panky it up.\r\nBut not everyone stayed happy. Fast forward to 2012. The Utah state legislature recently passed a ban on Happy Hour that went into effet\r\nJan. 1. What?  Who doesn’t like Happy Hour? What’d Happy Hour ever do to them? Does this mean if I ever find myself stranded in Salt Lake City, I can’t meet Marie Osmond at 5 for a cheap glass of wine and some fried cheese? Sometime in the future, will  legislation be introduced that spreads this kooky restaurant joy killer to other states in this great big hard-drinking country of ours? What about Nov. 12: National Happy Hour Day? Will that too be canceled? I hope not. What a grim Big Brother scenario that would be. Leave my Happy Hour alone! Or I will be forced to move to France, (where every hour is Happy Hour) and drink barrels of French wine and eat triple cremes and eat creamy sauces and pates and probably get gout!   Let me tell you something: If I end up in a French gutter in rags holding out a paper cup asking, “Buddy, can you sparez-vous  a Euro?” I’ll know who to blame — the Happy Hour Haters of this world!  Enough said, it’s 4 o’clock ... Happy Hour! Cheers!', 'It’s 4 o’clock somewhere', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'its-4-oclock-somewhere', '', '', '2012-03-22 00:19:15', '2012-03-22 04:19:15', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6214', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6215, 4, '2012-03-22 00:21:40', '2012-03-22 04:21:40', 'By Tess Malijenovsky\r\n“In the end we will conserve only what we love. We love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught,” said Margaret Rushton at the podium on stage at ARTworks. Her quote encapsulated the philosophy of “River of Words: Musings on Port Royal Sound Through Poetry and Art.”\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6216\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Students read poems on stage at ARTworks.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/River1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6216\" title=\"River1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/River1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nRushton is the project director and fine arts coordinator of the project, and at its reception Friday, March 16, she warmly congratulated the 16 Beaufort County schools involved, the 80 teachers, 2,400 students, as well as artists, Master Naturalists and community partners who took part in this special learning experience about the Lowcountry ecosystems.\r\n\r\n“River of Words: Musings on Port Royal Sound Through Poetry and Art” has a goal of educating the next generation of stewards — the children — about the Lowcountry ecosystems and their importance. In an age where more children play virtually than outdoors, there exists a fear that children will become ecologically illiterate. To combat this detachment from nature and to instill an understanding and love of the Port Royal Sound, teachers and members of the community volunteered for “River of Words” in an effort to extend learning beyond classroom walls and into the beaches, marches and maritime forests.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/River2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6217\" title=\"River2\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/River2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Outdoors students tested the waters, researched the importance of water reclamation and the uniqueness of our tidal zone. They observed the dolphins and fiddler crabs, practiced net casting, recorded the day’s catch and learned about the impact of humans on the environment.\r\nFrom second grade to high school, all students returned to class expressing their internal knowledge and sensory experiences through art and langue arts, in color and poetry. Each painting, collage and poem was a child’s reflection of “home.”\r\nThanks to the educational advocacy demonstrated by Beaufort County’s teachers, artists, naturalists and community members, River of Words culminated in an exhibition of student art on display at ARTworks. Students also braved the stage to read poems about Labradors in the plough mud, ospreys and mud minnows. But, what everyone was most excited for was the presentation of the full-color published book of original student work titled “River of Words: Musings on Port Royal Sound Through Poetry and Art.”\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', '‘River of Words’ teaches ecology through art', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'river-of-words-teaches-ecology-through-art', '', '', '2012-03-22 00:21:40', '2012-03-22 04:21:40', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6215', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6218, 4, '2012-03-26 00:24:05', '2012-03-26 04:24:05', 'By Lance Cpl. Brady Wood\r\nThe Marines of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251, also known as the Thunderbolts, deployed from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort to the Mediterranean Sea on the USS Enterprise on Friday, March 9.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/251-8.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6219\" title=\"251-8\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/251-8-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>During their deployment, VMFA-251 will support Operation Enduring Freedom, providing intelligence and reconnaissance and conducting close air support for the Marines on the ground.\r\n“We will also be providing theater support, security operations, detachments to other countries and making port calls which are where we show other countries how Marines act,” said Lt. Col. Simon Doran, VMFA-251 commanding officer. “On top of that we will do combined missions with other countries ... which will improve not just our readiness but their readiness as well.”\r\nThis is expected to be the last cruise for the Enterprise before it is retired, said Doran.\r\nDoran explained that most of the unit’s Marines have only been back home in Beaufort for a total of five months before they had to start their training     for this deployment.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Deploy1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6220\" title=\"Deploy1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Deploy1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>“We had to work on regaining our qualifications, our currency and getting the new pilots up-to-speed with operating on a ship,” said Doran. “We did a monthlong deployment to the Naval Air Station in Fallon, Nevada, where we honed our skills with the air wing. We practiced all the various skill sets that we could possibly do on deployment   and then we did a weeklong deployment aboard the Enterprise, which was meant to work on the pilot’s proficiency with launching and landing from the aircraft carrier.”\r\nThe squadron had also just returned from a monthlong sea period conducting a Joint Task Force exercise.\r\nAll the pre-deployment work done by the Thunderbolts is essential, especially to those who were not on the squadron’s last Enterprise deployment.\r\n“This is my first deployment on a ship,” said Cpl. Christopher Thrower, a VMFA-251 hydraulic nomadic instructional mechanic. “I had to (work up to) everyone else and I’m getting the experience of what it’s like to be on a flight deck.\r\n“It’s a new experience which is something I like about the Marine Corps; you get to familiarize yourself with new jobs and I’m looking forward to this experience.”\r\nThrower also added he is looking forward to working with the squadron and spending time with the unit.\r\nDoran feels as though all the training the unit has gone through has made them more than ready to deploy.\r\n“We are ready to go,” said Doran. “We are absolutely trained in top-notch fashion, that’s tribute to all the Marines in the squadron who are ready to accomplish any skill set that they are called upon to do.”', 'Thunderbolts deploy: Flying for Freedom', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'thunderbolts-deploy-flying-for-freedom', '', '', '2012-03-26 13:26:09', '2012-03-26 17:26:09', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6218', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6221, 4, '2012-03-27 00:27:25', '2012-03-27 04:27:25', 'The Island News’ Favorites 2012 online contest gave our readers a chance to vote for their favorite food, services, businesses, people and places in 139 categories. After tallying the more than 2,500 votes, we are proud to announce this year’s winners. Thank you everyone who participated!\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/TIN-Favs-2012-solo-copy1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6223\" title=\"TIN Favs 2012 solo copy\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/TIN-Favs-2012-solo-copy1-300x285.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" /></a><strong>Best All Around Restaurant:</strong>\r\nMaggies Pub\r\n<strong>Favorite Antique Shop:</strong>\r\nPearls Before Noon\r\n<strong>Best Annual Community Event:</strong>\r\nWater Festival\r\n<strong>Favorite Appliance Repair Co.:</strong>\r\nDenny’s Appliance Service\r\n<strong>Favorite Budget Friendly</strong>\r\n<strong> Restaurant:</strong>\r\nFuji\r\n<strong>Favorite Fundraiser:</strong>\r\nBeaufort Twilight Run\r\n<strong>Favorite Dining Atmosphere:</strong>\r\nBreakwater\r\n<strong>Favorite Dinner Spot:</strong>\r\nBreakwater\r\n<strong>Favorite Lunch Spot:</strong>\r\nPlums Restaurant\r\n<strong>Favorite Appliance Store:</strong>\r\nLowes\r\n<strong>Favorite Art Gallery:</strong>The Gallery\r\n\r\n<strong>Favorite Attorney:</strong>\r\nDerek Gilbert\r\n<strong>Favorite Auto Repair Shop:</strong>\r\nBeaufort Auto\r\n<strong>Favorite Auto Parts Store:</strong>\r\nAdvance Auto Parts\r\n<strong>Favorite Automobile Salesperson:</strong>\r\nMichael Coxwell\r\n<strong>Favorite Automobile Dealership:</strong>\r\nStokes Honda\r\n<strong>Favorite Bakery:</strong> Suzara’s Kitchen\r\n<strong>Favorite Bank:</strong> SCB&amp;T\r\n<strong>Favorite Happy Hour Deals:</strong>\r\nBricks on Boundary\r\n<strong>Favorite Bar Atmosphere:</strong>\r\nBreakwater\r\n<strong>Favorite Bar:</strong> Maggies Pub\r\n<strong>Favorite Barbecue:</strong> Q on Bay\r\n<strong>Favorite Beaufort Destination:</strong>\r\nHunting Island State Park\r\n<strong>Favorite Bed &amp; Breakfast:</strong>\r\nCuthbert House Inn\r\n<strong>Favorite Bike Rental Shop:</strong>\r\nLowcountry Bicycles Inc\r\n<strong>Favorite Boat Dealership:</strong>\r\nButler Marine\r\n<strong>Favorite Book Store:</strong>\r\nBeaufort Book Store\r\n<strong>Favorite Breakfast:</strong>\r\nBlackstone’s Cafe\r\n<strong>Favorite Buffet:</strong> Golden Corral\r\n<strong>Favorite Burger:</strong> Maggies Pub\r\n<strong>Favorite Candy Store:</strong>\r\nChocolate Tree\r\n<strong>Favorite Car Wash:</strong> Custom Clean\r\n<strong>Favorite Carpet Cleaning Service:</strong>\r\nCarolina Carpet\r\n<strong>Favorite Carpet/Flooring Store</strong>:\r\nCreative Interiors\r\n<strong>Favorite Caterer:</strong> Southern Graces\r\n<strong>Favorite Chef:</strong> Richard Wilson\r\n<strong>Favorite Cell Phone Provider:</strong>\r\nVerizon\r\n<strong>Favorite Charity Worker:</strong>\r\nJoe Gazdak\r\n<strong>Favorite Children’s Clothing Store:</strong>\r\nDoodlebug’s Childrens Boutique\r\n<strong>Favorite Chiropractor:</strong>\r\nLowcountry Chiropractic\r\n<strong>Favorite Cleaning Service:</strong>\r\nMerry Maids\r\n<strong>Favorite Coffee Shop:</strong>\r\nCommon Ground\r\n<strong>Favorite Builder:</strong>\r\nAllen Patterson\r\n<strong>Favorite Convenience Store:</strong>\r\nCircle K\r\n<strong>Favorite Credit Union:</strong>\r\nNavy Federal\r\n<strong>Favorite Dance Studio:</strong>\r\nLow Country School of Performing Arts\r\n<strong>Favorite Day Spa:</strong> Aqua Med Spa\r\n<strong>Favorite Day Care Center:</strong>\r\nHobbit Hill Preschool\r\n<strong>Favorite Deli:</strong> Publix\r\n<strong>Favorite Dentist:</strong> Dentistry At Habersham, William J. Zimmer\r\n<strong>Favorite Elementary School:</strong>\r\nCoosa Elementary\r\n<strong>Favorite Event Rental Company:</strong>\r\nAmazing Event Rentals\r\n<strong>Favorite Kayak Outfitter:</strong>\r\nHigher Ground Outfitters\r\n<strong>Favorite Dry Cleaner:</strong>\r\nTucker Dry Cleaners\r\n<strong>Favorite Fast Food Restaurant:</strong>\r\nChick Fil A\r\n<strong>Favorite Finance Company:</strong>\r\nWells Fargo Advisors\r\n<strong>Favorite Fishing Charter:</strong>\r\nDanny Rourk, Tailwind Charters\r\n<strong>Favorite Fitness Center:</strong> Earth Fit\r\n<strong>Favorite Flower Shop:</strong>\r\nBitty’s Flower Shop\r\n<strong>Favorite Fried Chicken:</strong>\r\nMaryland Fried Chicken\r\n<strong>Favorite Friend:</strong> Brian Lazenby\r\n<strong>Favorite Furniture Store:</strong> FWDG\r\n<strong>Favorite Gift Shop:</strong>\r\nLulu Burgess\r\n<strong>Favorite Golf Course:</strong>\r\nLady’s Island Country Club\r\n<strong>Favorite Grocery Store:</strong> Publix\r\n<strong>Favorite Pet Groomer:</strong>\r\nBeaufort Dog\r\n<strong>Favorite Hair Salon:</strong> Bangs\r\n<strong>Favorite Hair Dresser:</strong>\r\nAmy Duncan\r\n<strong>Favorite Hardware Store:</strong> Grayco\r\n<strong>Favorite Health Store:</strong> GNC\r\n<strong>Favorite HVAC Service:</strong>\r\nCarolina Air\r\n<strong>Favorite High School:</strong>\r\nBeaufort High School\r\n<strong>Favorite Historic Tour Company:</strong>\r\nSouthurn Rose Buggy Tours\r\n<strong>Favorite Home Technology</strong>\r\n<strong> Company:</strong> ISLC\r\n<strong>Favorite Hospital:</strong>\r\nBeaufort Memorial Hospital\r\n<strong>Favorite Hotel:</strong> City Loft Hotel\r\n<strong>Favorite Ice Cream Shop:</strong>\r\nBruster’s Real Ice Cream\r\n<strong>Favorite Insurance Agency:</strong>\r\nKinghorn Insurance of Beaufort\r\n<strong>Favorite Insurance Agent:</strong>\r\nAmy Bowman\r\n<strong>Favorite Interior Designer:</strong>\r\nCarol Waters\r\n<strong>Favorite International Restaurant:</strong>\r\nBerto’s Tex Mex Grill\r\n<strong>Favorite Investment Group:</strong>\r\nLarry Beaupre\r\n<strong>Favorite Jewelry Store:</strong>\r\nModern Jewelers\r\n<strong>Favorite Karaoke Show:</strong>\r\nSteve Curless\r\n<strong>Favorite Kitchen Store:</strong> Lowes\r\n<strong>Favorite Landscaping Service:</strong>\r\nMother Earth Landscaping\r\n<strong>Favorite Lighting Store:</strong> Ferguson’s\r\n<strong>Favorite Liquor Store:</strong>\r\nBill’s Liquor Stores Inc\r\n<strong>Favorite Live Entertainment Spot:</strong>\r\nLuther’s Rare and Well Done\r\n<strong>Favorite Local Artist:</strong> Chris Jones\r\n<strong>Favorite Local Band:</strong> Broke Locals\r\n<strong>Favorite Nail Salon:</strong> Best Nails\r\n<strong>Favorite New Business:</strong>\r\nLowcountry Produce Market\r\n&amp; Cafe\r\n<strong>Favorite Manufactured</strong>\r\n<strong> Housing Center:</strong>\r\nClayton Homes\r\n<strong>Favorite Marina:</strong>\r\nPort Royal Landing Marina\r\n<strong>Favorite Massage Therapist:</strong>\r\nMarie Belden - YMCA\r\n<strong>Favorite Medical Group:</strong>\r\nLowcountry Medical Group\r\n<strong>Favorite Men’s Shop:</strong>\r\nBay Street Outfitters\r\n<strong>Favorite Middle School:</strong>\r\nBeaufort Middle\r\n<strong>Favorite Mortgage Company:</strong>\r\nWells Fargo\r\n<strong>Favorite Movie Theater:</strong>\r\nPlaza Stadium Theatre\r\n<strong>Favorite Moving Company:</strong>\r\nCarolina Moving and Storage\r\n<strong>Favorite Non-Profit Organization:</strong>\r\nLen Miret Memorial\r\nScholarship Fund\r\n<strong>Favorite Nursery:</strong> Mother Earth\r\n<strong>Favorite Oil Changing Company:</strong>\r\nZippy Lube\r\n<strong>Favorite Optical Service:</strong>\r\nShell Point Optical\r\n<strong>Favorite Orthodontist:</strong>\r\nDr. Skeet Burris\r\n<strong>Favorite Pest Control Company:</strong>\r\nCollins Pest Control\r\n<strong>Favorite Pet Supply:</strong> PetSmart\r\n<strong>Favorite Pharmacist:</strong>\r\nClair Hannon\r\n<strong>Favorite Pharmacy:</strong> Walgreen’s\r\n<strong>Favorite Photographer:</strong>\r\nBetty Laurent\r\n<strong>Favorite Physician:</strong> Dr. Clark Trask\r\n<strong>Favorite Pizza Parlor:</strong>\r\nPiace Pizza at Habersham\r\n<strong>Favorite Public Relations Firm:</strong>\r\nAdagio Creative\r\n<strong>Favorite Tire Store:</strong> Barnard’s Tire\r\n<strong>Favorite Plumber:</strong>\r\nKeith’s Plumbing\r\n<strong>Favorite Copy Shop:</strong>\r\nMurr Printing\r\n<strong>Favorite Realtor:</strong> Lisa Evans\r\n<strong>Favorite Real Estate Company:</strong>\r\nLow Country Real Estate\r\n<strong>Favorite Retirement/Assisted</strong>\r\n<strong> Living Center:</strong>\r\nSummit Place\r\n<strong>Favorite Seafood Restaurant:</strong>\r\nDockside\r\n<strong>Favorite Shoe Store:</strong> Divine Shoes\r\n<strong>Favorite Sporting Goods Shop:</strong>\r\nHigher Ground Outfitters\r\n<strong>Favorite Sports Bar:</strong>\r\nHecklers Unique Sports Grille\r\n<strong>Favorite Stable:</strong>\r\nDeep Sigh Horse Farm\r\n<strong>Favorite Sub Shop</strong>: Subway\r\n<strong>Favorite Tanning Salon:</strong>\r\nPalm Beach Tan\r\n<strong>Favorite Tack Store:</strong> Tack n Tow\r\n<strong>Favorite Tax Service:</strong>\r\nMims, McDuff and Wood P.A.\r\n<strong>Favorite Taxi Service:</strong>\r\nADR\r\n<strong>Favorite Teacher:</strong>\r\nMs. Joanne-\r\nSt. Helena’s Kindergarten\r\n<strong>Favorite Toy Store:</strong>\r\nWalmart\r\n<strong>Favorite Vacation</strong>\r\n<strong> Rental Company:</strong>\r\nSeaside Getaways\r\n<strong>Favorite Veterinarian:</strong>\r\nDr. Rob McBreyer-\r\nPalmetto Veterinary Clinic\r\n<strong>Favorite Video Store:</strong>\r\nVideo Warehouse\r\n<strong>Favorite Wine Shop:</strong>\r\nBill’s Liquor Stores Inc\r\n<strong>Favorite Women’s Clothing Shop:</strong>\r\nGrace and Glory\r\n<strong>Favorite Yoga Studio</strong>:\r\nDancing Dogs Yoga', 'And the winners are ...', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'and-the-winners-are', '', '', '2012-03-27 08:37:03', '2012-03-27 12:37:03', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6221', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6224, 4, '2012-03-22 00:40:19', '2012-03-22 04:40:19', 'By Lanier Laney\r\n\r\nQ on Bay was packed to the gills with more than 300 attendees at the St. Paddy’s Day fundraiser for Beaufort Academy. Amazing silent auction items were on display and a great time was had by all! Special big thanks goes to the Shamrock Shakedown Committee: Director Jessica Miller, Marjorie Gray, Wendi Lynn, Louise Coleman, Bradi Dinkins, Leigh Ann Pingree, Frances Stowe, Casey Tumlin and Liz O’Herron and the committee chairs in charge of sponsorships: Joe Floyd, Andy Luckey and Warren Richards. Big congrats also to the Pot O’ Gold sponsors Bill’s Liquor and Grayco. The event raised more than $52,000 for the school. Here are some pics for you:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/BA1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6225\" title=\"BA1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/BA1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0426.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6226\" title=\"IMG_0426\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0426-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0433.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6227\" title=\"IMG_0433\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0433-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0434.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6228\" title=\"IMG_0434\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0434-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0436.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6229\" title=\"IMG_0436\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0436-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0438.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6230\" title=\"IMG_0438\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0438-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0440.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6231\" title=\"IMG_0440\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0440-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0443.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6232\" title=\"IMG_0443\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0443-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0444.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6233\" title=\"IMG_0444\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0444-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0449.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6234\" title=\"IMG_0449\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0449-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/BA13.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6235\" title=\"BA13\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/BA13-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0453.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6236\" title=\"IMG_0453\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0453-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0458.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6237\" title=\"IMG_0458\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0458-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0463.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6238\" title=\"IMG_0463\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0463-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0464.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6239\" title=\"IMG_0464\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0464-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0467.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6240\" title=\"IMG_0467\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0467-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0471.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6241\" title=\"IMG_0471\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0471-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0473.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6242\" title=\"IMG_0473\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0473-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0475.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6243\" title=\"IMG_0475\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0475-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>', 'Shamrock Shakedown — A Night of Fundraising Fun!', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'shamrock-shakedown-a-night-of-fundraising-fun', '', '', '2012-03-23 12:41:03', '2012-03-23 16:41:03', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6224', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6254, 4, '2012-03-28 23:48:06', '2012-03-29 03:48:06', 'On Saturday, April 14, from 10 a.m. -2 p.m., come to the 4th Annual Pet and Kids Fair. The event will be expanding this year to include performance groups and a low-cost wellness and rabies clinic.  In addition, Jumpin Jaxx will have activities for children and The Green Room will be hosting contests and games for the dogs. Visit the website at www.BeaufortPetandKidFair.info to learn more and post your cutest, ugliest, owner look-a-like, most disturbing, most spoiled and more pet pictures.  Great prizes from local businesses will be given for winners. Please come out to the Habersham Marketplace. Make your reservation for the vet clinic as soon as possible. Here is a schedule of the entertainment:\r\n• 10-10:20: Junior Orchestra Performance\r\n• 10: Dog Agility Demonstration\r\n10:20-10:40: Dog Contests and Games\r\n• 10:40-11: Gymnastic Performances\r\n• 11-11:30: Studio B Dance Performances\r\n• 11:30-12: Dog Contests and Games\r\n• 12: Dog Agility Demonstration\r\n• 12:30-1: Karate Demonstrations\r\n• 1: Picture Contest Winners Announced\r\n• 1:30-2: Final Games and Contests\r\n• Kids Activities: All Day', 'Annual Pet and Kids Fair at Habersham', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'annual-pet-and-kids-fair-at-habersham', '', '', '2012-03-28 23:48:06', '2012-03-29 03:48:06', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6254', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6255, 4, '2012-03-28 23:48:59', '2012-03-29 03:48:59', 'By Tracie Korol\r\n\r\nAfter spending billions on bomb-detection equipment, the Pentagon now says the best tool for the job is ... a dog. They’re called the Vapor Wakes and they are the newest, and the oldest, defense against bad guys with bombs. The Vapor  Wakes are currently hard at work in New York City.\r\nA good dog is a natural super soldier: strong yet acrobatic, fierce yet obedient. It can leap higher than most men and run twice as fast. Its eyes are equipped for night vision, its ears for supersonic hearing, its mouth for subduing the most belligerent prey. But its true glory is its nose. In the 1970s, researchers found that dogs could detect even a few particles per million of a substance; in the ’90s, more subtle instruments lowered the threshold to particles per billion; the most recent tests have brought it down to particles per trillion.\r\nJust as astonishing, is a dog’s acuity — the way it can isolate and identify compounds within a scent, like the spices in a soup. Drug smugglers often try to mask the smell of their shipments by packaging them with coffee beans, air fresheners, or sheets of fabric softener. To see if this can fool a dog, behavioral scientists will flood a laboratory with different scents, then add minute quantities of heroin or cocaine to the mix. In one case, says Paul Waggoner, a behavioral scientist at the Canine Detection Research Institute, at Auburn University, home of the Vapor Wake Detection (VWD) program, “the whole damn lab smelled like a Starbucks,” but the dogs had no trouble honing in on the drug. “They’re just incredible at finding the needle in the haystack,” Waggoner said.\r\nSince 2001, the number of uniformed police in New York has dropped by 17 percent. In that same period, the canine force has nearly doubled. It now has around a hundred dogs, divided among the narcotics, bomb, emergency-response and transit squads.\r\nThe difference between a Vapor Wake dog and a regular search dog — one that can locate stationary explosives or contraband — is that Vapor Wakes are trained to pick up on the moving scent of explosives in a crowd, enabling officers to scan a large amount of people in a short time. The VWD dog samples the plume of air coming off a person and/or what they are carrying as the person passes through a crowd.  The dog can also detect an explosive’s vapor-wake after a person has left an area and follow the vapor-wake to the explosive source.  An account of a police dog’s search for explosives in a staged simulation in Grand Central Terminal had me stunned. A decoy, with a small amount of explosives in a backpack was sent on a pre-set route through the train station. Thirty minutes later, as trains were moving in and out of the terminal and thousands of passengers are moving in and out, the Vapor Wake dog, Ray, a female Labrador, was released to track her target.  And she found him. Her reward? A good game of fetch with her tennis ball.\r\nA VWD dog is specifically bred and prepared its entire life to succeed in this line of work. A puppy enters the Detector Dog Raising Program upon birth.  Various environmental exposures are engineered to help develop the puppy’s natural abilities during the first 12 months of its life. Auburn uses primarily sporting breeds in this line of work because they can operate within a crowd causing less or no disruption.  After a puppy, or now adult canine, completes the Detector Dog Raising Program, it returns to the Canine Detection Training Center.\r\nA dog then receives six weeks of vigorous training at the center before a handler is assigned. Upon the student/handler’s arrival, they enter, as a team, into a 10-week basic explosives handler course. Upon graduating the basic course, the team receives a minimum of two additional weeks of training in their operational environment. Continued training in the operational environment is critical to the team’s continued success. Training and breeding Vapor Wake dogs costs $20,000 per animal.', 'The Vapor Wakes', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-vapor-wakes', '', '', '2012-03-28 23:48:59', '2012-03-29 03:48:59', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6255', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(6256, 4, '2012-03-28 23:50:19', '2012-03-29 03:50:19', 'By Celia Strong\r\n\r\nToday, we have a piece of California wine history that involves one winery and one person. But the two of them are so closely intertwined that our lesson is big and important, and interesting and fun too.\r\nBuena Vista Winery is the oldest commercial winery in California. It was founded, in Carneros, in 1857, by Agoston Haraszthy. Haraszthy was born in Hungary in 1812. He came from a noble family: noble but not very wealthy.  Still, his background gave him a far better education than most other immigrants at the time. He also had a great ambition and talent for self-promotion. Today, it can be difficult to separate fact from legend when it comes to Haraszthy, but here goes. He arrived in New York in 1840 and traveled to Wisconsin with a cousin. While there, he laid out a town that became Sauk City, raised livestock and grew wheat and hops. Then, he travelled to Budapest to see his wife, parents and three sons. In 1842, the whole family returned to Wisconsin. This time Haraszthy bought land, ran a steamboat line and experimented with “vitis lambrusca” grape vines. (These were native American vines, not the “vitis vinifera” vines that were in Europe.). Wisconsin winters were not friendly to Haraszthy’s health though, so news from California of gold and wonderful weather prompted him to move his family to the West Coast. They settled in San Diego.\r\nIn San Diego, Haraszthy went into various businesses, got himself elected sheriff, built a new jail, and, not to be left out, planted Mission grape vines. When California became a state, Haraszthy was elected to the state legislature which resulted in his family moving to San Francisco. And he bought more land. In 1853, Haraszthy and one of his sons, Geza, along with some partners, took advantage of a federal program that let them claim land in a canyon south of San Francisco called Crystal Springs. It was on this land that he first experimented with “vinifera” grapes.\r\nAt the same time as he was planting European grapes south of the city, Haraszthy, along with other Hungarian partners, opened a business to assay and refine gold. Luckily, in 1854, the first San Francisco branch of the U.S. mint was opened. Haraszthy was appointed assayer for the mint. Not so luckily, discrepancies were found in the mint’s numbers, Haraszthy was charged but eventually found not guilty. The damage was done though — his reputation was badly tarnished and working in close proximity to the heat and melting metal dust did damage to his health.\r\nThe vines that he’d been planting in Crystal Springs he now tore up and replanted in Sonoma. This location was named Buena Vista for its beautiful views. It was here his plantings became most successful. Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Merlot and Syrah all got attention from him. And, Zinfandel, which became so important to Sonoma and California wine making. Buena Vista was Haraszthy’s most successful business venture, although not one that he could stay with for too long.  In 1863, financial support for the winery was taken over by the Buena Vista Horticultural Society with Haraszthy as the superintendent. Then, in 1866, he was forced to resign as superintendent of the winery.  After filing bankruptcy in 1868, Haraszthy found new funding and went to Nicaragua to set up and run a sugar plantation.  His wife died of yellow fever and Haraszthy fell off a tree branch trying to cross an alligator filled river. He died on July 16, 1869, although his body was never found.\r\nBuena Vista Winery is still located where Haraszthy built it, just east of the town of Sonoma. In 1857, he started to bore tunnels into the sides of a nearby mountain. At the entrances to the tunnels he built stone winery buildings. There were underground tunnels and the latest wine making machinery available. Buena Vista was the first stone winery in California. Haraszthy kept adding more land to his holdings and, eventually, he had over 5,000 acres of valley and hillsides. He believed strongly in hillside vineyards, claiming the vines should grow without irrigation.  Some of his land he divided into smaller plots that he encouraged friends to come to Sonoma to see and he planted vineyards for them on “their own” land. In the middle of the property, he built a villa that he and his family lived in.\r\nIn 1858, Haraszthy wrote a 19 page report on grapes and vines in California. It was published by the state agricultural society that he became president of in 1862. In 1863, Haraszthy incorporated the Buena Vista Horticultural Society. This was the first California, if not United States, corporation dedicated to the wine making business. And, in 1861, Haraszthy was appointed by the governor to prepare a report for the state legislature on why and how to develop the state’s wine business. In preparing for this report, he travelled through Europe investigating winery styles and methods, and gathering vine roots for planting (more than 100,000 vines, more than 350 different varieties). He offered to sell the rootstocks to the state, to plant them and see which varieties were best for California, to give them to wine makers across the state and more. None of his offers were accepted, and the massive expenditure was partly responsible for his later bankruptcy.\r\nOne last piece of the Haraszthy story is the Zinfandel controversy.  His legend claims that he was responsible for bringing Zinfandel rootstock to California. In the 1870’s and 1880’s, one of his sons claimed that his father was the first to bring Zin into the state in 1852.  Because this son was a well known sparkling wine producer in San Francisco and the president of the state board of agricultural commissioners, his claim was widely believed. Despite some challenges over the years, truth or legend, Haraszthy is still considered to be the founder of the California wine business. His title as the “Count” is a tribute to his  accomplishments and legacy.\r\nToday, Buena Vista Carneros Winery, its new formal name, makes a wine to honor their founder called “The Count.”  Of course it is.  It is a blend of grapes from Sonoma vineyards, each fermented separately, aged in American, French and Hungarian oak as needed and then blended into the finished wine. The grapes in it are Merlot, Syrah and, yes, Zinfandel. And it definitely delivers as the tribute it is meant to be. The bouquet is rich and opulent with black currant, cherries and hints of espresso. The flavors are those plus more - plum, blackberry, baking spices like cinnamon and cardamom. And the texture? Big, full, juicy, silky smooth.  There is a subtle power to this wine the comes across in all its layers. As you go through your first glass, every sip is your new best friend. Truly amazing, and for $17.99.  How often do we get to have a glass with a Count?  Now we can have “The “Count,” by the glass or the bottle.  Makes us all royalty, for a bit at least.  Enjoy!', 'Count on The Count', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'count-on-the-count', '', '', '2012-03-28 23:50:19', '2012-03-29 03:50:19', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6256', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6257, 4, '2012-03-28 23:52:25', '2012-03-29 03:52:25', 'By Pamela Brownstein\r\nLunch Bunch spared no calories as we indulged in the yummy comfort food at Carolina Wings &amp; Rib House in Port Royal.\r\nAfter sharing a plate of their renowned Mozzarella cheese sticks with marinara sauce, Elizabeth and I both hit the salad bar. (It makes me feel less guilty, and a trip to the salad bar is included with the Wing Plate.)\r\nApril ordered a salad too made with iceberg and romaine lettuce with shredded carrots, red cabbage, bacon, tomatoes, onion, croutons and buffalo chicken with honey mustard dressing.\r\nKim tried Rob’s Chili: a hearty meat and tomato based chili with beans and just the right amount of heat.\r\nBuck savored a grilled chicken wrap on a tomato basil tortilla and filled with strips of grilled chicken, lettuce, tomatoes and ranch dressing, with a side of sweet potato fries.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6258\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Boneless chicken wings with Wing Chips.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/CW1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6258\" title=\"CW1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/CW1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nElizabeth sampled the Wing Plate with 10 boneless wings and Wing Chips. The wings were covered with hot sauce, so they definitely had a kick.\r\nI also had the Wing Plate, but mine came with nine regular wings — half honey mustard and half lemon pepper flavor — as well as a side of Wing Chips,  Carolina Wings’ legendary potato chips that come with a side of ranch dressing. They are so good. I could dip everything into that ranch sauce.\r\nNikki knew exactly what she wanted: the riblet strips. She chose CW’s classic sauce to cover the slow-cooked riblets, and also a side of Wing Chips.\r\nWith TVs at almost every individual table, as well as above the bar and around the restaurant, Carolina Wings provides the perfect atmosphere to watch multiple sports games at once, especially now that baseball season is upon us. It has a jovial environment that’s family friendly in the large dining area, or you can choose to just sit at the bar.\r\nCarolina Wings is located at 1714 Ribaut Road in Port Royal. For take out, call 843-379-5959 or visit www.carolinawings.com. Open Sunday through Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Thursday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; bar stays open until 2 a.m.', 'A great place to watch the game and bring the family: Carolina Wings', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'a-great-place-to-watch-the-game-and-bring-the-family-carolina-wings', '', '', '2012-03-28 23:52:25', '2012-03-29 03:52:25', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6257', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6259, 4, '2012-03-28 23:53:45', '2012-03-29 03:53:45', 'By Frances Pringle Cherry\r\nWhen most people think of a bank they envision an institution that gives and receives money. However, if you were to ask any child growing up in Beaufort in the 60’s and 70’s what the bank was to them, they may say the best adventure playground a child could ever have.\r\nI grew up on Lady’s Island on Factory Creek. At that time there weren’t as many houses lining the water as there are today. This meant miles of bank. The bank became the connector to neighborhoods that you weren’t allowed to go to by road. It was also a great challenge riding your bike to not fall off while going down the bank into the marsh. The bank, with its steepness, was also used as a slide from the dumped rakings of the leaves from past Saturday family raking days. The bank on Factory Creek had many downed majestic oaks fallen after the hurricane in 1959. The oaks still clung to life with their roots entrapped in the sandy soil on the bank. The trunk of the tree spread along the marsh. This was the perfect fort or boat for any child’s adventure. The roots formed a cool sandy cave fort that shaded us from the tough summer sun. The washed up goods from the Beaufort River and the Oyster Factory helped supply our fort or boat needs.\r\nWhen we weren’t on the ground we were in the creek swimming from dock to dock or across the creek to another bank. The mud bank across from the Aimar’s and Webb’s houses gave us hours of pleasure. The mud bank was perfect for sliding, throwing and rolling on pure black soft mud.\r\nEven with all the development around Beaufort my children have been able to enjoy banks around the Beaufort River. I hope all children experience the joy that this land gives.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Then &amp; Now:<em> This moment in Beaufort’s history is an excerpt from the book “Beaufort ... Then and Now,” an anthology of memories compiled by Holly Kearns Lambert. Copies of this book may be purchased at Beaufort Book Store. For information or to contribute your memory, contact Holly at lowcountrymemories@hotmail.com or beaufortmemories@gmail.com.</em>', 'History with Holly: By the river banks', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'history-with-holly-by-the-river-banks', '', '', '2012-03-28 23:53:45', '2012-03-29 03:53:45', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6259', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6260, 4, '2012-03-28 23:55:48', '2012-03-29 03:55:48', 'FRIENDS of Caroline Hospice is pleased to announce that the 9th Annual Fashion Show will be hosted at The Shed located in the center of downtown Port Royal on Wednesday, April 25 from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. The theme of this year’s show is “Transitions,” featuring spring and summer fashions showcasing the changes in attire that many of us go through on a daily basis.  Fashions will be highlighted in three sections including Sporty, Smart and Sassy.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Fashion Show co-chairs Janet Thompson and Sharon Dwyer.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Lifestyle-janet-andsharon-Fashion.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6261\" title=\"Lifestyle-janet andsharon Fashion\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Lifestyle-janet-andsharon-Fashion-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe fundraising event will showcase the romantic colors and styles for spring from locally owned retailers including Bay Street Jewelers, Bay Street Outfitters, Beaufort Clothing Company, Carolina Wiggle Wear, Divine Shoes, Grace &amp; Glory, Her Favorite Store, Higher Ground, Lulu Burgess, Modern Jewelers, Sweet Grass Apparel, and Diane Hultari of Custom Tailoring as well as FRIENDS of Caroline Hospice’s Red Door.\r\nThe event will include a gourmet luncheon by Catering by Debbi Covington; entertainment by “Music to Go” Ed and Kris Robertson; and auctioneer, Deanna Bowdish.\r\nTickets are $55 each or $500 for a table of 10. Tickets can be purchased online at www.friendsofcarolinehospice.com or by calling 843-525-6257 for reservations.\r\n“We are so excited about our new venue, which is located in the community where you will find the Friends of Caroline Hospice office. Now as we prepare for our largest attendance ever, the 2012 Friends Fashion Show will be held at The Shed, where there will be a completely different look,” explains Fashion co-chairpersons Janet Thompson and Sharon Dwyer, pictured at right.', 'FRIENDS of Caroline Hospice holds annual Fashion Show', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'friends-of-caroline-hospice-holds-annual-fashion-show', '', '', '2012-03-28 23:55:48', '2012-03-29 03:55:48', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6260', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6262, 4, '2012-03-28 23:56:45', '2012-03-29 03:56:45', 'Junior Service League of Beaufort (JSLB) will host the JSLB BBQ on Saturday, April 14 from 6 to10:30 p.m. at The Arsenal, 809 Port Republic Street. The event raises funds for the league’s grant process which benefits agencies and organizations serving women, children and families. Tickets for the event are now on sale for $40 per person and include a barbecue buffet catered by Q on Bay, open bar, silent auction, and live music by The Broke Locals. Tickets may be purchased online at www.jslbeaufort.org. “This is the seventh year of the BBQ and over the past six years the event has raised over $100,000 for our community,” said Emily Harris, league president. For more information about the league or how to sponsor the event, please visit www.jslbeaufort.org or call 803.315.7339.', 'JSLB to host annual BBQ fundraiser at The Arsenal', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'jslb-to-host-annual-bbq-fundraiser-at-the-arsenal', '', '', '2012-03-28 23:56:45', '2012-03-29 03:56:45', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6262', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6263, 4, '2012-03-28 23:59:35', '2012-03-29 03:59:35', 'By Tess Malijenovsky\r\n\r\nAfter 10 years of congregating in the gymnasium of Coosaw Elementary School, Tidal Creek Fellowship, a nondenominational Christian church, recently moved to its new, permanent 20-acre home at 290 Brickyard Point South on Lady’s Island. The number of churchgoers has nearly double since the move, what volunteer Patricia Powers calls “a modern miracle given trends in church attendance.”\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6264\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Tidal Creek Fellowship Church is located at 290 Brickyard Point South on Lady’s Island.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Tidal-creek1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-6264\" title=\"Tidal creek1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Tidal-creek1-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAccording to Pastor David Holland, a smaller percentage of people go to church in Beaufort County than any other county in South Carolina. After being a minister for 17 years, Pastor Holland was inspired to start a church that had a different approach from traditional churches, one with a neutral environment in which everybody would feel welcomed. “We want to change the method, not the Christian message,” said Pastor Holland.\r\nPlans for the construction of Tidal Creek Fellowship church were drawn five years ago, however it’s taken a few capital campaigns and help from the bank to finance Pastor Holland’s vision. Early February 2011, the church broke ground and its first Sunday service was March 4, 2012.\r\nArchitecturally, the new church was designed to make everybody, especially new churchgoers, feel comfortable by building an environment that was as contemporary and familiar as, for example, a coffee shop.\r\nWalking through the doors, members step into an open lobby with flat screen TVs scrolling church information and with an offering of doughnuts and Fair Trade coffee. Three large screen panels display hymns and scripture during service so that everyone can easily and accessibly read from any seating arrangement. The intention was, not to discourage bringing in a bible, but to encourage new churchgoers who may not be familiar with navigating scripture. Lastly, the new Tidal Creek Fellowship church has a children’s area with an advanced security system, flat screen TVs for the video-driven curriculum and colorfully painted murals.\r\nThis weekend Tidal Creek Fellowship will welcome the public to its Grand Opening Celebration “Come as you are,” spiritually and physically (flip-flops and jeans won’t be shunned at this church). From 1:30 to 3:45 p.m. on Saturday, March 31, is the Community Children’s Carnival with jump houses, games and carnival treats. There will be tours of the new campus and WLFS will be broadcasting live.\r\nThen at 4 p.m., catch the Community Celebration Service honoring the community partners and everyone else who made the dream of the church building a reality; followed by a reception in the Gathering Area at 5 p.m.\r\nSunday, April 1, hear the “Good News” based on scripture that delivers a message in a relevant style to all ages with services at 8, 9:30, and 11 a.m.', 'Tidal Creek Fellowship celebrates grand opening', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'tidal-creek-fellowship-celebrates-grand-opening', '', '', '2012-03-28 23:59:35', '2012-03-29 03:59:35', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6263', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6265, 4, '2012-03-29 00:00:22', '2012-03-29 04:00:22', 'By Peggy Chandler\r\nIf you are looking for a good food and great entertainment on a Friday night, do I have the place for you! Last Friday night, a group of Royal Pines friends, including the Sherards, Schmidts, Chandlers, Wilsons, Benders and Nocillas, took a ride to Port Royal and went to Moondoggies. Our neighbor and friend Gary Stoeffler, (Pickens St.), along with Jeff Harris, the owner of Moondoggies, play their brand of dinner music every Friday night. We spent a few hours having dinner, which received a very good review by everyone. We also enjoyed the music and we all found ourselves singing along to the favorite tunes from the 60’s, 70’s era. Marisa Sherard was having a hard time staying in her seat and controlling her “happy feet.” Gary Stoeffler has been playing there since May 2011. My favorite part of the evening was the when the “boys” sang and played “Amie” by Pure Prairie League and “Michelle” by the Beatles for their spouses Amy and Dawn Michelle. Fabulous! They sing and play from 6 to 9:30 p.m. every Friday evening.\r\nThe March 8 meeting of the Royal Readers was held at the home of Marianne Hamilton (Egret Dr.). According to the club leader Pat Davidyock (Wade Hampton), our book was “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet” by Jamie Ford. It is a bittersweet story about young love, lost love and enduring hope, and of conflict between father and son and the injustice done to Japanese Americans living in Seattle during WWII. As is all our selections, it is provocative and recommended by all the readers. My failure to review last months book “The Red Tent” was largely due to my inability to put into words the magnificence of the book. My most favorite book, a must read.\r\nCongratulations to Bob and Annette Rauenhorst (Wade Hampton) on their 24th wedding anniversary. We wish them many more wonderful years ahead.\r\nKathy and Bill Adams hosted a wonderful St. Patrick’s Day party at their home on Wade Hampton.  Kathy organized games and encouraged party goers to recite an Irish limerick.  Participants were Marisa Sherard, Maryanne Bender (who composed a fabulous limerick), Amy Stoeffler, Marie Colucci and Terry Mitchell, who was the hands down winner with a limerick I cannot put into print!\r\nIf you have something to share, news to tell, funny story to relate — I can be contacted at buddysoma@embarqmail.com.', 'Little Bits of Royal Chatter', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'little-bits-of-royal-chatter-13', '', '', '2012-03-29 00:00:22', '2012-03-29 04:00:22', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6265', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6266, 4, '2012-03-29 00:01:48', '2012-03-29 04:01:48', 'The Habersham Marketplace in Beaufort will launch the third season of its First Fridays Series on Friday, April 6, with “Island Time,” beginning at 4 p.m. The event will feature the Marketplace drenched in island decor, Hilton Head Island Reggae band Patwa, an expanded Farmers Market complete with local and regional growers, as well as arts, crafts and specialty food vendors from 4-9 p.m. Family friendly and children’s activities will also be offered. There is no cost to enter.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Summer-2011-First-Fridays-Event.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6267\" title=\"Summer 2011 First Fridays Event\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Summer-2011-First-Fridays-Event-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>The schedule for “Island Time” is as follows:\r\n• Expanded Farmer’s Market: 4-7 p.m.\r\n• Live Local Music: Patwa Reggae Band, 6-9 p.m.\r\n• Children and Family Activities: ongoing.\r\n• Food Vendors: Berto’s Tex-Mex Grill, Maggie’s Pub and Piace Pizza, among specialty local and regional offerings, 4-9 p.m.\r\nThe First Fridays Series continues monthly through October with the following themed events: Cinco De Mayo Bash (May 4), Beaufort’s Got Talent Show (June 1), Footloose Friday (July 6), Rock the Block Back to School Rally, End of Summer Soiree, and Blues and Brews Festival (October 5).\r\nThe Habersham Marketplace is located at 13 Market St. in the Habersham Neighborhood, off of Joe Frazier Road in Beaufort. For more information, event schedule and entertainment listings, visit www.habershammarketplace.com.', 'Habersham kicks off First Fridays Series', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'habersham-kicks-off-first-fridays-series', '', '', '2012-03-29 00:01:48', '2012-03-29 04:01:48', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6266', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6268, 4, '2012-03-29 00:03:50', '2012-03-29 04:03:50', 'By Tess Malijenovsky\r\nIt’s a small world after all here in Beaufort — a small piece of France meets every month at the French Club meetings. In fact, for more than 29 years the French Club has brought together friends who share a passion for the French culture and language. So if you’ve been waiting for an occasion to brush up on your French and the sound of a wine bottle popping open makes you nostalgic, then this club is for you.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6269\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Members of the French Club gather from all over Beaufort County.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/French-Club.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-6269\" title=\"French Club\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/French-Club-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe French Club hosts members from Fripp to Sheldon to Sun City to Okatie to — bien sûr — Beaufort and its neighboring islands. Its members volunteer, taking turns to host a meeting once a month either at their homes or at a restaurant. Seeing as a large part of the French culture revolves around the table — the dining table — it’s only natural that their meetings have food and drink to encourage conversation. While fluency is not required by any means, French will be the only language spoken.\r\nIn March, Corinne Woodman hosted the French Club’s meeting at the Griffin Market where Chef Laura Bonino prepared a delicious menu specially for the club’s luncheon: Antipasti Misti, mixed green salad with lemon vinaigrette, a choice between three main courses and two desserts. Even owner Riccardo Bonino of Northern Italy also joined in speaking French.\r\nAt the meetings, members meet and greet each other, reminisce of their travels and lives spent in francophone countries, and along the way embrace in conversation. It’s a friendly and welcoming atmosphere to once again get in touch with your inner Frenchness without feeling silly or discouraged. Sometimes there are even mini-presentations of vacations or a member will bring along a French-speaking visitor.\r\nMeredith Mims, the current president, as well as the other members, would love to invite more locals of the area into their group. Meredith can be reached at jyvais@roadrunner.com. Meetings take place on Wednesdays, generally sometime between 12-4 p.m. À la prochaine!', 'Parlez-vous français?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'parlez-vous-francais', '', '', '2012-03-29 00:03:50', '2012-03-29 04:03:50', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6268', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6270, 4, '2012-03-29 00:04:32', '2012-03-29 04:04:32', 'Second Trimester Academic Honors for Beaufort Academy\r\nHeadmaster’s List (all A’s)\r\n5th grade: Piper Beasley, Campbell Dukes, Quinn Fleming, Emma Hincher, David Mathai, Joe Stowe.\r\n6th grade: Joe Bhoi, Kate Gray, Drew Luckey, Alex Mazzeo, Sarah Suber, Will Warren.\r\n7th grade: Hope Gray, Amanda Kahn, William Lindsay, Skyler Nuelle, Katie Smith.\r\n8th grade: Mary Margaret Achurch, Jake Bhoi, Maya Dixon, Anna Sheppard, Sarah Sheppard, Rosie Stewart.\r\n9th grade: McKenzie Blake, Xavia Lemott, John Mathai, Xavier Westergaard.\r\n10th grade: Caroline Fontenot, Patrick Mazzeo, Rebecca Strawn.\r\n11th grade: Conner Akers.\r\n12th grade: Michael Bible, Sarah Chahin, Katherine Neal.\r\nHonor Roll (all A’s and B’s)\r\n5th grade: Margaret Aimar, Wells Bowden, Joshua Bhoi, Anna Daubert, Herbert Gray, Gracie Guest, Hunter Harley, Lawrence Lindsay, Nelson McMillen, Caroline Moss, Miciah Pendarvis, Daniel Richards.\r\n6th grade: Sarah Blocker, Micaela Borreggine, Abby Dalton, Lane Harrell, Nathaniel Kilcoyne, Rahzel Lemott, John Manos, Kathleen Simkins, Peter Trask, Jennings Tumlin.\r\n7th grade: Preston Coleman, Mary Keane, Gavin Palmer, Will Turner, Jackson Warren.\r\n8th grade: Cali Blocker, Will Dukes, Kirsten Floyd, MacMillan Griffith, Jock Joyce, Alec Melville, Ting O’Regan, Cain Richards, Michael Schwartz, Frances Stowe.\r\n9th grade: Bridget Baggerly, Michael Bass, Mike Bhoi, Brynna Ferry, Katie Gay, Ben Hetherington, Casey Kahn, Drummond Koppernaes, Jackson Miller, Jack Olsson, George Sanford, Natalie Simkins, Taylor Vincent.\r\n10th grade: Caroline Avera, Zach Bachtell, Jack Dailey, Jeffrey Miller, Lauren Noonan, Nicole Schmiege, Miranda Weslake.\r\n11th grade: Mary Catherine Carmody, Megan DeBardelaben, Charlotte Delfosse, Tommy Fang, Lawton Harper, Charlie Humphries, Hope Keane, Finn Koppernaes, Laura Roddey, Charles Sanford, Grace Stewart.\r\n12th grade: Adam Chahin, Nathan Cheung, Madeline Griffith, Megan Kahn, JaneAnn Laffitte, Shelby Mixson, Eric Nguyen, Kelly Schnaubelt, Payton Turner.', 'Honor Roll', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'honor-roll-4', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:37', '2018-07-12 15:04:37', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6270', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6271, 4, '2012-03-29 00:06:42', '2012-03-29 04:06:42', 'The University of South Carolina Beaufort hosted its annual Scholarship Luncheon on March 2. The 33 students receiving academic scholarships, and the donors who fund these financial awards, were recognized.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6272\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Chancellor Upshaw with USCB students.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/School-USCB-Scholarship-Luncheon.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-6272\" title=\"School-USCB Scholarship Luncheon\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/School-USCB-Scholarship-Luncheon-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe luncheon provided an opportunity for scholarship recipients and supporters to connect with each other. Chancellor Jane Upshaw spoke to attendees about the importance of these scholarships at USCB.  “Because everyone does not have the financial resources to fund their post-secondary education, financial aid plays an enormous role in helping our students to obtain their educational goals.” Approximately 85% of students at USCB utilize some source of financial aid. According to Upshaw, “USCB has disbursed $16.6 million in federal, state, institutional, and private funding for the 2011-2012 academic year.”\r\nStudents and donors were also given the chance to speak about the opportunities they have been provided through these scholarships and how pivotal these relationships are for USCB, with many students commenting that they may not have been able to achieve their academic goals without the assistance they received from these scholarships.', 'USCB honors scholarship donors and recipients', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'uscb-honors-scholarship-donors-and-recipients', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:37', '2018-07-12 15:04:37', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6271', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6273, 4, '2012-03-29 00:07:34', '2012-03-29 04:07:34', 'School to host free career expo April 18\r\nThe Technical College of the Lowcountry will host a career expo Wednesday, April 18. The fair, which is free and open to the public, will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the MacLean Hall (building 12) student center at TCL’s Beaufort Campus on 921 Ribaut Road.\r\nThe expo will allow participants to learn more about area employers’ businesses and industries, hiring preferences and career opportunities, according to TCL career and transfer services manager Melanie Gallion.\r\nParticipating employers include Regions Bank, Sam’s Club, Hilton Garden Inn, CareCore National, Hargray Communications, S. C. Vocational Rehabilitation, Lowes, the U.S. Army and more.\r\nThere is still time for businesses to register to participate. To register or for more information, contact Melanie Gallion at (843) 525-8224 or mgallion@tcl.edu.\r\n\r\nTCL, air station partner to train Marines\r\nA cohort of Marines recently completed 128 hours of training in electrical installation and troubleshooting offered by the Technical College of the Lowcountry’s Continuing Education Division.\r\nRebecca W. Bass, TCL’s Dean for Continuing Education said, “We are proud to play a significant role in training these young Marines. Through this training, they will be prepared to handle basic electrical systems issues during their upcoming deployment.”\r\nFirst Lt. Sharon A. Hyland, Public Affairs Director for Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, said, “The partnership with the Technical College of the Lowcountry is another great example of the way the community supports Beaufort Marines. We appreciate the dedicated instructors at TCL and the administration who helped supplement our Marines’ training by teaching them this valuable trade.”', 'What\'s happening at TCL', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'whats-happening-at-tcl', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:37', '2018-07-12 15:04:37', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6273', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6274, 4, '2012-03-29 00:11:04', '2012-03-29 04:11:04', '• Thursday, March 29, Beaufort Academy’s Middle School dodgeball game, 5:30 p.m.\r\n• Thursday, March 29, Riverview’s Chick-fil-A Spirit Night 5:30-7:30 p.m.; also the 5th grade Parent’s Field Trip Meeting.\r\n• Friday, March 30, report cards go out for most schools.\r\n• Friday, March 30, Hoops for Heart will be celebrated at Beaufort Middle School. Any student who raises $50 will be eligible to participate in basketball, soccer, flag football, or cardio ball that day.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6277\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"As a result of her sketches in the regional competition, Beaufort High School Sophomore Sketch Artist Libby Bergmann was chosen to compete in the State Mock Trial Competition on March 10 at the Federal Courthouse in Columbia. Libby was awarded first runner up in the state.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/libby.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6277\" title=\"libby\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/libby-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAny student who raises an additional $50 will get to select a friend who will also be eligible to participate in the activities. Proceeds will go to support the American Heart Association.\r\n• Friday, March 30, Uniform Free Friday for Riverview Charter School.\r\n• April 2-6 is SPRING BREAK for Beaufort County public schools. Extended Learning Time for students that have been notified prior.\r\n\r\nTeacher of the Year\r\nCongratulations to Abby Mitchell for being named the 2012-2013 Teacher of the Year at Coosaw Elementary.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGuilty of Excellence\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6275\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Beaufort High School’s Mock Trial team competing in the Lowcountry regional competition at the College of Charleston School of Law.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/BHS-mock-trial.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-6275\" title=\"BHS mock trial\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/BHS-mock-trial-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe 2012 Beaufort High Mock Trial team competed in the Lowcountry regional competition at the College of Charleston School of Law on February 25. The following students received recognition for their performances: Rachel Taylor, Charlotte Bellomy, and Julian Amrine as Outstanding Lawyers; Julian Amrine, Ryan Blagburn, and Joshua Forbes as the Best Witnesses. The other members of the team included Dustin Mullins, Sam Peterson, Avery DeLoach, Jordan Larch, Tanner Powell, Emily Weatherford, Natalie Alvarez, Meg Lacombe, Libby Bergmann, and Teacher Coach Mr. Joe Taylor.\r\n\r\nRecipients of the Heritage Classic Foundation Scholarship\r\nSeniors Michael Bible and Katherine Neal have been selected as 2012 Heritage Classic Foundation Scholars.  As scholarship recipients, each student will receive $4,500 a year for four years towards college tuition.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6276\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Dr. Jennifer Wallace and Crystal Sprouse RDH, from Palmetto Smiles of Beaufort, visited E. C. Montessori School classes for a lesson in good oral care during Children’s Dental Health Month.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/smiles-2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6276\" title=\"smiles 2\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/smiles-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nOdyssey of the Mind\r\nRiverview Odyssey teams competed at the Odyssey of the Mind State competition on Saturday, March 17. The 6th grade team came in second place and earned an invitation to the World Competition. The 7th grade team earned third place.\r\n\r\nA poem by Joseph Galtelli (Battery Creek High School)\r\nJoseph read his poem at the Senior Scholar Banquet last Thursday. Along with 26 other students in Beaufort County, Joseph has a 3.5 grade-point average or above, is in the top 10 percent of his classes, and has earned at least an 85 average in each quarter of each course throughout high school.\r\n“Everybody wants to be a master,\r\neverybody wants to show their skills.\r\nEverybody wants to get there faster, make their way to the top of their own hill.\r\nEach time you try, you get just a little bit better.\r\nEach day you try, it’s one more step up the ladder.\r\nIt’s a whole new world we live in, it’s a whole new way to see.\r\nIt’s a place where you and I can be the best we can be.\r\nIt’s time to set the example, and lead the pack.\r\nFrom here on, there is no looking back.\r\nBut you can make a difference, with courage you can set things right.\r\nThe gift to dream and make dreams real is in your grasp, in your future, and in your sights.”', 'School briefs', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'school-briefs-25', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:37', '2018-07-12 15:04:37', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6274', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6278, 4, '2012-03-29 00:12:12', '2012-03-29 04:12:12', 'Be the Beaufort winner who advances all the way to Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game in Kansas City for the National Pitch, Hit and Run Competition! This event will be held Saturday, April 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Burton Wells Ballpark and St. Helena Ballpark. It is free for boys and girls ages 7 to 14. To participate, contact Bob Semmler at (843) 263-3482 or Ken Davidson at (803) 446-1839.\r\nSponsored by MLB and Aquafina, the Pitch, Hit and Run competition is hosted by Beaufort Kiwanis and Beaufort County PALS.', 'Pitch, hit & run competition', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'pitch-hit-run-competition', '', '', '2012-03-29 00:12:12', '2012-03-29 04:12:12', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6278', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6279, 4, '2012-03-29 00:13:39', '2012-03-29 04:13:39', '[caption id=\"attachment_6280\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Beaufort County Gamecock Club Vice-President Neal McCarty and President Phillip Lynn presented a $5,000 check for USC student athletes. The funds were raised at the club’s annual Gamecock Classic Golf Tournament sponsored by DuPriest Construction Co. It will be held again Saturday, June 9 in Beaufort.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Lifestyle-Gamecocks.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6280\" title=\"Lifestyle-Gamecocks\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Lifestyle-Gamecocks-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]', 'Gamecock Classic', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'gamecock-classic', '', '', '2012-03-29 00:13:39', '2012-03-29 04:13:39', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6279', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6281, 4, '2012-03-29 00:16:43', '2012-03-29 04:16:43', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/BTR1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6282\" title=\"BTR1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/BTR1-179x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"300\" /></a>The 4th Annual Beaufort Twilight Run and Oyster Roast was held Saturday, March 24 at Habersham Marketplace to support Riverview Charter School. Even though it rained earlier in the day, the weather cleared up in time for the 8K, 5K and Kids Run starting at 2:30 p.m. There was a big turnout, and The Brewer Band performed at the post-race party and the event was success. For a full list of race results, go to www.beauforttwilightrun.com.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/BTR2.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6283\" title=\"BTR2\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/BTR2-179x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/BTR3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6284\" title=\"BTR3\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/BTR3-179x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"300\" /></a>', 'Scenes from Beaufort Twilight Run', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'scenes-from-beaufort-twilight-run', '', '', '2012-03-29 00:16:43', '2012-03-29 04:16:43', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6281', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6285, 4, '2012-03-29 00:17:58', '2012-03-29 04:17:58', 'By Terry Sweeney\r\nAround this time of year, all I can think about is a big old country ham ... No, not Paula Deen, but you were close. A dry-cured Easter ham with that uniquely scrumptious combination of tender smoked meat cooked over hickory wood and aged for months; and the sweet sweet crust that just crackles with down home goodness and melts in your mouth. It always reminds me how lucky I am to be a Southerner (well ... actually a Southern Long Islander — close enough!). But, still, the greatest challenge of this Easter holiday for a happy wino like myself is what wine do I drink with it?\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Easter-ham.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6286\" title=\"Easter ham\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Easter-ham-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>Talk about your “Salt Life.” Smoked ham is exceedingly salty which can really be a wine killer, especially for most of your reds.  Don’t believe me? One wrong sip and Miss Piggy will be reading you the riot act: “Nay to Cabernet!” “No to Bordeaux!” “Go to Hell, Zinfandel!”  You can almost hear her indignantly stamping her pig’s foot. Luckily though, through trial and error, I think I have found not one but two perfect matches for this hard-to-please porker. Both Riesling. One Alsatian Trimbach Riesling and the other from Washington State, a Chateau St. Michelle Riesling.\r\nThe Trimbach family has been in the wine business since 1626. If they haven’t gotten it right by now, they never will. But good news, they did!  Maybe it’s the limestone-flecked soil around Ribeauville where their Maison Trimbach vineyards are located. Or maybe it’s the Vosges Mountains that protect the vineyard’s plain from too much rain, giving it the perfect Alsatian microclimate. Or maybe it’s the fact I drank two bottles one Easter Sunday with a luscious Honey Baked ham that had me hippity-hopping around my house.  I don’t know, but I do know I’m crazy about this wine. The Trimbachs say their Riesling is “long-living, fruity, and elegant” and that’s everything I strive to be.\r\nBack home in Washington State — which my Happy Wino readers know I love — I return once more to Chateau St. Michelle known for its fine value wines. Their 2009 Riesling received a rating of 89 points from Wine Spectator, but the best part is this bargain basement beauty can often be found for under $10 dollars. The Wine Spectator described the wine as “bright and jazzy with lively pear and floral aroma flavors.” I second that. The good people at Chateau St. Michelle were nice enough to make us 647,275 cases.  I just hope that’s enough!\r\nRiesling is often the go-to wine when pairing a wine with traditional Thai food which often uses smoky, salty and sweet flavors in its preparation, very similar to the characteristics of a traditional Southern baked ham.  There are some fantastic German Rieslings to be found out there too that could also be pleasingly paired with a Southern country ham since, as we all know, the Germans, like Southerners, love pork.\r\nNot in the mood to pig out? Well I suppose you could always have lamb this Easter, but then where would you be?  I’ll tell you in next week’s Happy Wino column: “Wines That Are Cheap and Go With Sheep.”\r\nCheers!', 'Stand by your ham', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'stand-by-your-ham', '', '', '2012-03-29 00:17:58', '2012-03-29 04:17:58', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6285', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(6287, 4, '2012-04-03 00:20:05', '2012-04-03 04:20:05', 'By Lanier Laney\r\n\r\nRick Toomey has been President and CEO of Beaufort Memorial Hospital for the past five years during which the hospital has seen unprecedented growth. The many additions include a new Women’s Imaging Center, expansion of their Bluffton Medical Services facility, a new da Vinci robotic surgery program, expanded breast care programs, and the development of the Beaufort Memorial Physician Partners program which recruits new physicians to better serve the needs of the community.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6288\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"222\" caption=\"President and CEO of Beaufort Memorial Hospital Rick Toomey.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Profile-Rick-Toomey.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-6288\" title=\"Profile-Rick Toomey\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Profile-Rick-Toomey-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAlso, construction has begun to double the size of both the Pratt Emergency Center and the LifeFit Wellness Center. Beaufort Memorial has consistently been named among the “Most Wired” hospitals in the nation for its early adoption and integration of medical technology to improve patient care, and has also been recognized for its commitment to patient safety, low infection rates and patient satisfaction.\r\nRick oversees 1,400 employees who provide medical services to more than 10,000 patients admitted every year, 40,000 ER visits and almost 140,000 outpatient registrations a year. Says Rick, “Our employees are excellent — focused on providing exceptional care — with our core values of integrity, communication, compassion, responsibility and safety. We also have a nine member board that is very dedicated in providing governance, oversight and direction. They represent the community and invest many hours to help assure we are addressing the needs of the community.”\r\nRick grew up in Greenville, S.C., where his father was President and CEO of the Greenville Hospital System and involved at both the state and national level. Rick said, “I was able to travel with him to many meetings.  Everyone I met was both interesting and seemed to enjoy their work — I decided that being in health care administration would be a great field to be in. I am very lucky to have known what I wanted to do and to have had the chance to be involved in the career I thought I would love early on.”\r\nRick attended Duke University where he got his undergraduate degree and a Master’s Degree in Health Administration and later on received a Doctorate in Health Administration from MUSC. He went on to work for Nash Health Care, a top-ranked general hospital in Rocky Mount, N.C. In January 1998 he was appointed president of Nash and also married Dr. Linda Hawes, his wife now of 14 years who was a nephrologist at Nash with a large group practice in Rocky Mount. His life certainly changed as he joined a family of three young girls. His stepdaughters are Katie (now 26), Emily (24) and Julie Bynum (21).\r\nRick had grown up spending summers all along the S.C. coast, from Hilton Head in the 60’s all the way up to Litchfield. He knew he always wanted to retire to the area because of his genuine love of the Lowcountry and the welcoming people he had met here.  When Rick heard that Beaufort Memorial was looking for a CEO, he thought “someone was opening the door and I had to investigate.” And although BMH was a smaller facility than Nash, Rick said, “I saw such great opportunities (and challenges) in the area that made me excited about joining the BMH team.”  He was excited to be selected by the search committee and the board and has loved being a part of the BMH team. Rick said the philosophy behind his work is: “Let people do their jobs, help them solve issues, and create an atmosphere of team work. I believe that one’s life needs to be in balance — you need to look forward to coming to work — to have an environment at work where you enjoy what you do, and hopefully you look forward to going home. If your life is not in balance, something will suffer. We can try to provide a great place to work.”\r\nThe only bump in his own home life “balance” came when Rick, who is an avid Duke fan, first attended a Duke vs. UNC basketball game with his new wife Linda who went to UNC Medical School and worked for years in UNC Hospitals and was big a UNC fan.\r\n“Duke won at the last minute,” Rick said. “We left the game and did not know what to say to each other. And we knew since I had bought Duke season tickets, we would be attending many more games. Friends say that I slowly brain washed her as she went over to the Dark (blue) side. We have been to several final fours.”\r\nIt’s a good thing they are both Duke fans now because BMH is affiliated with Duke Medical Center in heart and cancer care, which has been a great asset in improving top quality services to the Beaufort community, he said.\r\nRick has been on several board of directors for other organizations and was just re-elected to a second three year term on the S.C. Hospital Association. He is also justifiably proud of the job that Beaufort Memorial is doing. “Our mission is to deliver superior healthcare services to our patients and to improve the health of the community,” Rick explains.\r\nThe hospital first opened in 1944 and now has an operating budget of more than $180 million a year.  It’s unique in that it’s the only nonprofit or tax-exempt hospital between Savannah and Charleston. “Our net income is retained to replace equipment, add new technology and to invest in new services or buildings,” said Rick.\r\nThat’s why the Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation, which raises charitable funds for the hospital programs and facilities though wonderful annual fundraising events — like The Valentine Ball, The Duke Symphony Orchestra in Concert and the Honor a Caregiver campaign — are so crucial to the future of the hospital. Says Rick, “Alice Moss (Executive Director) and her staff and all the volunteers have done just an amazing job helping the hospital and our community through all of their fundraising efforts.”\r\nAs for his future, Rick says, “Linda and I plan to be here for a long time (work plus retirement).  We just love all the diverse activities available through the year and the great people of this community.”\r\nThanks so much Rick and also the entire staff and doctors of the Beaufort Memorial Hospital and the foundation for your ongoing contributions to help make Beaufort a much better, healthier place for all of us to live.', 'Rick Toomey, Beaufort Memorial Hospital\'s Enterprising Innovative CEO', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-memorials-ceo-rick-toomey-is-skilled-at-how-to-run-a-healthy-hospital', '', '', '2012-04-03 11:45:07', '2012-04-03 15:45:07', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6287', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6289, 4, '2012-03-29 00:21:01', '2012-03-29 04:21:01', 'Beaufort Memorial Hospital (BMH), has been recognized by the South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA) and NC Prevention Partners (NCPP) for providing the highest standard of excellence in employee quit tobacco systems for the tobacco cessation resources offered to their employees. It is the first hospital in 2012 to receive the award; the hospital joins seven S.C. hospitals in achieving this level of excellence. Hospitals receiving this acknowledgment are considered Gold Star Hospitals as a part of the Working Well initiative. Funded by The Duke Endowment, managed by SCHA, and informed by NCPP’s success in developing infrastructure for effective worksite wellness programs in North Carolina, Working Well is an effort to improve the health of hospital employees across the state of South Carolina by establishing worksite wellness culture where the healthy choice is the easy choice.', 'Beaufort Memorial receives 2012 Gold Star award for employee quit tobacco efforts', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-memorial-receives-2012-gold-star-award-for-employee-quit-tobacco-efforts', '', '', '2012-03-29 00:21:01', '2012-03-29 04:21:01', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6289', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6290, 4, '2012-03-29 00:22:35', '2012-03-29 04:22:35', 'Moments of Wellness with Danette Vernon\r\n\r\nMany of us are familiar with the story of Jonah. God orders him to spread the unpleasant news, to the people of a certain city, of their up and coming destruction. Jonah finds this assignment a bit much, and takes off.  He manages an escape — he thinks — by setting sail in the other direction. He doesn’t get far however, as God sends a mighty storm, and in the end Jonah is thrown overboard to calm the seas before everyone on board perishes. Jonah is saved from drowning in the waves, in a manner of speaking, by being swallowed by a whale. And it is there in the quiet of the dark of the whale, that he changes his mind, and therefore changes everything.\r\nWe ourselves are much like this, we run off from what is planned for us, or what we ourselves hope for, in the “maybe” of tomorrow.\r\nWhy? The stuff of dreams requires giving up the old, for the new, which can feel daunting, overwhelming — and can even be met with great  resistance from the very people who we feel love us the most. Our father, who has watched us a with a critical eye through the years, still finds our ideas, our dreams, wanting of any proper substance. “Wait,” he says, “till the grandchildren are a little older, to spend on money on such a cockamamie scheme.” Our children, grown into adults themselves, may set their feet against us falling in love, or marrying again, can’t we give “mom” yet another try? Maybe she’s ready to give up the “pool boy,” that she found so attractive, and “the family” can be back together again. “Wait,” they say.\r\nBut how long can we “stay at the dock” betting against the old adage, “A ship in the harbor is safe, but that’s not what great ships are built for?”\r\nAnd what makes for the “tipping points” wherein we are fueled for the future with a passion?\r\nOne, when we start to believe that all that befalls us is for our greater good. How so? When our belief system shifts, we will no longer need commiseration when something “bad” happens, or we “feel” really bad. As we now recognize these times as the call of the Phoenix, the bird of desire that arises from the fire of our destruction.\r\nIn fact, we can echo Kevin Trudeau, a well-known speaker on the making of life changes, and say to ourselves, “I have no idea how, but this will work out to my advantage. In fact, something outstandingly good will come of this!”\r\nThis simple statement can give us the quiet space Jonah found in the whale, to change our minds, and therefore change everything. And we will be ready for the “next step” in finding our dreams.\r\n\r\n<em>Therapeutic Solutions: Offering a unique approach to your active health care needs using a variety of healing modalities, nutritional and wellness coaching to empower you to a new state of health and well-being. 73 Sams Point Road, 524-2554.</em>', 'Jonah and his whale', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'jonah-and-his-whale', '', '', '2012-06-18 12:59:36', '2012-06-18 16:59:36', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6290', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6291, 4, '2012-03-30 11:25:02', '2012-03-30 15:25:02', 'By First Lt. Sharon A. Hyland, United States Marine Corps, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Public Affairs Officer\r\n\r\nIt was a letter dated August 8, 1918 which bore the subject: “Enrollment of women in the Marine Corps Reserve for clerical duty” that changed the course of history.\r\nFor women who sought to serve their country in the most honorable way, it was a call to arms and an opportunity to step away from the traditional life of their female counterparts.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6292\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Captain Nicole &quot;Cougar&quot; Jansen-Hinnenkamp, a Weapons System Officer for the F/A-18 Hornet, is attached to Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224 at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0457.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-6292\" title=\"IMG_0457\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_0457-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nFemale Marines originally only performed clerical duties at Headquarters Marine Corps and various recruiting stations, but within 30 years women were actively serving stateside during World War II, in more than 200 previously male-dominated roles.\r\nIn the 1940s, the Women’s Marine Reserve held the distinct honor of being called Marines, even while their service sisters assumed monikers of “WAVES” and “WACs”. It was the 17th Commandant of the Marine Corps, Lieutenant General Thomas Holcomb, who asserted that women Marines are Marines and they will be called as such.\r\nNearly 100 years after the first women provided administrative support for the Marine Corps, female Marines can be found in nearly every military occupational specialty, leading female engagement teams and convoys through the valleys of Afghanistan.\r\nLong are the days of “Free a Marine to Fight!”, and times when the worst run was found in her stockings, today, a young woman who joins the Marines endures the same recruit and officer training as her male counterpart, runs the same physical fitness and combat fitness tests, qualifies with the same weapons, carries the same fighting load, and leads the same Marines.\r\nThe distinction between what a male Marine and a female Marine does is nearly unrecognizable. A female Marine is no longer a secretary or telephone operator, she’s a pilot, a plane captain, a military police officer, a squadron sergeant major and a commanding general.\r\nIt took nearly a century to achieve these ranks and it was fought for by every woman who proudly earned her Eagle, Globe and Anchor, and our fellow Marines who treated us as equals.\r\nPrivate Opha Mae Johnson may have been the first woman to make Marine Corps history in 1918, but I contend that every proud Marine who served since that day left her own mark in Marine Corps history.\r\nWhat started as approximately 300 women volunteering during the World War I, is now a little more than 13,000 female Marines on active duty, still volunteering to protect their country, their families and the Marine to her left and her right.\r\nFor every service member who ever served, thank you for your service and sacrifice. For every young lady who walked into a recruiting station to raise her right hand, thank you, it’s because of your courage that we so proudly serve in your footsteps, and boldly make our own.', 'From clerks to combatants: Honoring women Marines', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'from-clerks-to-combatants-honoring-women-marines', '', '', '2012-03-30 15:08:01', '2012-03-30 19:08:01', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6291', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6294, 4, '2012-03-29 00:25:47', '2012-03-29 04:25:47', 'The Beaufort Film Society has announced that it is now accepting entries for the 7th annual Beaufort International Film Festival (BIFF) held in Beaufort.  Categories for competition are: Features, Documentaries, Short Films, Student Films, Animation and Screenplays. The festival will be held February 13-17, 2013. The Early Bird deadline for submissions is July 31 with the final deadline being October 31. BIFF 2012 set a new attendance record when  nearly 7,000 people enjoyed some part of the four-day festival.  For more information about the festival or to submit a film or screenplay, please visit www.beaufortfilmfestival.com. All press inquiries contact Ron Tucker at 843-522-3196 or email at sandbar@hargray.com.', 'Call for Entries: 2013 Beaufort Film Festival', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'call-for-entries-2013-beaufort-film-festival', '', '', '2012-03-29 00:25:47', '2012-03-29 04:25:47', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6294', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6295, 4, '2012-03-29 00:27:24', '2012-03-29 04:27:24', 'Super soprano Anna Netrebko will sing the title role in Jules Massenet’s “Manon” when The MET: Live in HD brings Laurent Pelly’s new production to the stage on Saturday, April 7.\r\nWith the intensity and dramatic freedom she brings to her roles, the Russian diva will portray the tragic heroine Manon, whose need for wealth and pleasure proves to be her downfall.  Her lover, des Grieux, is played by Piotr Beczala, her brother, Lescaunt, by Paulo Szot, and the Comte des Grieux by David Pittsinger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6296\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"199\" caption=\"Anna Netrebko as the title role of Massenetâ.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/manon-jpeg.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-6296\" title=\"MANON ; ROH,19th June 2010\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/manon-jpeg-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nNetrebko’s on-stage magnetism and Manon’s sensuous melodies bring to life the drama and conflict of a young woman who, though bound for life in a convent, falls in love with a dashing young nobleman.  But as much as she loves des Grieux, she has learned to love the life of luxury provided by numerous admirers more.  Predictably, she comes to a bad end while regretting their lost happiness. Arguably Massenet’s best work, “Manon” is in five acts and takes place in 18th century France during the reign of Louis XV.\r\nWith the recent technology upgrades to USCB Center for the Arts, the larger screen and improved sound will provide an even greater sense of “you are there” to the live performances from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House. For additional information on the operas go to www.metopera.org/hdlive.\r\nBy popular request, all seating is assigned. Adult/Senior $20; Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Members $16.\r\nFor additional information, contact USCB Center for the Arts director, Bonnie Hargrove, at 843-521-4145 or hargrov@uscb./edu.\r\nThe Met: Live in HD series is made possible by a generous grant from its founding sponsor, The Neubauer Family Foundation; Global corporate sponsorship is provided by Bloomberg; The HD broadcasts are supported by Toll Brothers.', 'See The Met: Live in HD at USCB', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'see-the-met-live-in-hd-at-uscb', '', '', '2012-03-29 00:27:24', '2012-03-29 04:27:24', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6295', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6297, 4, '2012-03-29 00:28:40', '2012-03-29 04:28:40', 'By Dennis Tavernetti\r\n“Carnage” from The Indie Series presented by Emerging Pictures in HD at USCB Center for the Arts on Monday, April 2, at 7 p.m.\r\nSynopsis:  “Carnage” is a razor sharp, biting comedy centered on parental differences. After two preteen boys duke it out on a private school playground, the parents of the “victim” invite the parents of the “bully” over to work out their issues and gain an apology. A polite discussion of childrearing soon escalates into verbal warfare, with all four parents revealing their true colors both in parenting skills and as “adult” couples. None of them will escape the carnage, however no blood is spilled. This is all about verbal confrontation, which is quite humorous.\r\nRatings &amp; Reviews: The two leading film web sites grant this film an IMDb rating of 7.2 and Rotten Tomatoes critics rating of 71 and audience of 72. Good marks. Sun Herald: “A wickedly dark delight”; UK Observer: “... Wickedly funny”; Cleveland Plain Dealer: “... four outstanding performances. Loved it!”; Roger Ebert: “The point isn’t the plot, it is the performances.”; Rex Reid: “Scathing and funny and cynical ...” and The New York Times: “... beneath the surface of civilized behavior lurks an unquenchable animal impulse, a principle of aggression we labor in vain to suppress. I know these people. Why be coy? I am these people.”\r\nPreviewer’s Comment: This Indie film is an adaptation of an award winning successful play. It was filmed by Roman Polanski, who loves tight confined spaces. The confined space of the apartment and the hallway forces the characters/actors and audience to face the interaction of each other without escape.  It is funny, but it a serious funny and the result is perhaps a “Who is Afraid of Virginia Woolf” with biting humor. It resonates with audiences because it reveals parts of our personalities we spend a great deal of time and effort working to keep hidden from everyone, other than ourselves. None of the characters in this film escape discovery of their inner self, which is hung out for all to see.  Luckily we can escape into humor for relief, because the space doesn’t get any larger.\r\nRated: Rated R for adult content and profanity.\r\nTickets for adults are $8, seniors $7, students $6. Call USCB Center for the Arts box office at 843-521-4145 or purchase day of performance. Box office opens one hour prior to show time.\r\n\r\n<em>Dennis Tavernetti is a resident of St. Helena Island who retired to the Lowcountry having a lifelong interest in the arts. He encouraged USCB‘s Center for the Arts to investigate the possibility of bringing Indie, World and Documentary HD films to Beaufort.</em>', 'The Indie Film Corner: \'Carnage\'', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-indie-film-corner-carnage', '', '', '2012-03-29 00:28:40', '2012-03-29 04:28:40', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6297', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6298, 4, '2012-03-29 00:31:26', '2012-03-29 04:31:26', 'The winners of the Beaufort Art Association’s 51st Annual Spring Show and Sale have been chosen.\r\nJudge J. Christian Snedeker from Charleston gave the Best in Show award to Mary Grayson Segars for her painting “The Swimmer.” The first place Bill Cochrane Memorial Award went to Mary Ann Putzier for “Peruvian with Pet Parrot,” while Kimberly Bisger won the second place Letty Lee Saville Memorial Award with “Paris Painter.”\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6299\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Best in Show: Mary Grayson Segars, “The Swimmer.”\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Best-in-Show_MG-Segars_the-Swimmer.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-6299\" title=\"Best in Show_MG Segars_the Swimmer\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Best-in-Show_MG-Segars_the-Swimmer-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nFrom among the student entries, Snedeker chose “One Shy Eye” by Von Stroppel from Beaufort High School as Best in Show and winner of the Geneva Litchfield Memorial Prize. First place went to Jordie Promislow from Beaufort High School for “Classic.”\r\nOther awards include:\r\nThird Place: Vickie Jourdan, “Painter’s Blocks.”\r\nJ. Carroll Stevenson Memorial Award for Watermedia: Audrey Montgomery, “Let’s Play.”\r\nRick Stevenson Memorial Award for Photography: Margery Boyle, “Ghostly Watch.”\r\nBAA Founders Award:  Linda Sheppard, “Ifetayo.”\r\nAgnes Neighbors Carter Award:  Hetty Nijman, “Mother and Child”\r\nLeith Paul Trask Award:  Joan Templer, “Fire Storm”\r\nGrant Nathaniel Bosserman Award:  Richard Jarrett, “Eagle has Landed”\r\nDorothy K. Meadlin Award:  Laura Coty, “Crabbing”\r\nJoy Keyserling Award:  Eve Miller, “Sparrow Nest”\r\nKris Cox Award:  Susie Stockholm, “City Rhythms.”\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6300\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"J. Carroll Stevenson Memorial Award for Watermedia: Audrey Montgomery, “Let’s Play.”\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Watercolor_A-Montgomery_Lets-Play.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6300\" title=\"Watercolor_A Montgomery_Let\'s Play\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Watercolor_A-Montgomery_Lets-Play-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAwards of Merit:\r\nSharon Logan, “Hunting Isle Palm &amp; Pine Collide.”\r\nMary Ann Berger, “Picnic”\r\nLydia Kaeyer,  “Coming Home.”\r\nEllen Long, “Seagulls on Speed.”\r\nHonorable Mention:\r\nPat Kelly, “Flowers on the Square”.\r\nRobert Ryzner,  “Pearly Nautilus.”\r\nLarry Kay,  “Magnolia.”\r\nSandy Dimke,  “Spreading Her Angel Wings.”\r\nS. Wright Gift Certificate:  Beverly Peacock, “Man and God.”\r\nEBA Giclee Gift Certificate:  Robert Steinmetz, “On Axis.”\r\nSavannah Framing Gift Certificate:  Cheryl Eppolito, “The Drifter.”', 'Best of BAA: Awards given at 51st Spring Show & Sale', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'best-of-baa-awards-given-at-51st-spring-show-sale', '', '', '2012-03-29 00:31:26', '2012-03-29 04:31:26', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6298', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6301, 4, '2012-03-29 00:32:15', '2012-03-29 04:32:15', 'By a State Farm Agent®\r\nThe fender bender you were just in appears to be minor. No one looks injured and there is minimal damage to the vehicles. First breathe a sigh of relief — then take these precautions to help prevent your small accident from becoming a big problem.\r\n• Don’t drive away.\r\n• Do stay at the scene and move your vehicle to a safe place out of traffic even if there appears to be no damage. If the other car is parked and the owner isn’t around, leave a note with your name and contact information.\r\n• Don’t assume there aren’t injuries.\r\n• Do assess yourself and your passengers. Even low-impact collisions can cause injuries, some not appearing until days after the accident.\r\n• Don’t sign any documents and avoid accepting or offering cash for repairs. You may end up paying out-of-pocket to repair damage to your car that only appears minor, or you could pay the other driver more than necessary.\r\n• Do stay calm. Take notes and photos, and exchange information with the other driver, including your name, address, phone number, driver’s license number, license plate number, insurance company and policy number.\r\n• Don’t assume an accident is too minor to be reported.\r\n• Do call the police or file a report on your own. This will help your insurance agent handle your claim. An accident report could also help protect you from issues that may arise later about the extent of damage to your vehicle or injuries to you and the other driver.\r\n• Don’t forget to notify your State Farm agent.\r\n• Do discuss your options for handling potential claims.\r\nThe State Farm Pocket Agent® smart phone app makes it easy to capture the essential details of an accident. Pocket Agent can help you diagram the accident scene, record witnesses’ names and numbers, contact your agent, and even locate nearby repair shops.\r\nLearn more about what to do after a car accident.\r\n\r\n<em>The information in this article was obtained from various sources. While we believe it to be reliable and accurate, we do not warrant the accuracy or reliability of the information. These suggestions are not a complete list of every loss control measure. The information is not intended to replace manuals or instructions provided by the manufacturer or the advice of a qualified professional. Nor is it intended to effect coverage under any policy. State Farm makes no guarantees of results from use of this information. We assume no liability in connection with the information nor the suggestions made.</em>', 'The do’s and don\'ts of a minor car accident', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-dos-and-donts-of-a-minor-car-accident', '', '', '2012-03-30 09:04:25', '2012-03-30 13:04:25', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6301', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6302, 4, '2012-03-29 00:33:04', '2012-03-29 04:33:04', 'By Cherimie Crane Weatherford\r\n\r\nThere are rare, precious moments throughout my week that are void of catastrophe, humiliation, and strategically placed stressed. When those moments occur, I find myself somewhat lost, drifting aimlessly in unfamiliar peace. Although they do occur frequently, sometimes even weekly, they are always a surprise. Similar to tax season or a hangover, I know they are coming yet shocked as can be when they do in fact arrive. I find myself currently enjoying such a moment and quite frankly it is slightly uncomfortable. Pessimism isn’t my color, but positive precaution seems to bring out my baby blues. When not otherwise preoccupied with extinguishing and/or fanning the flames of an unusually hectic career in real estate, my brain tiptoes around thought as if terrified of waking an unsuspecting creature of chaos. In other words, I am bored.\r\nIt is in boredom where I often find myself in some sort of trouble. Whether it be over estimating my ability to rearrange, renovate or refinish some inanimate object, fancy myself as Jane Fonda and hit the weights, challenge Rachael Ray’s latest humanly impossible recipe, or at my worst, cut my own hair. So to avoid an unfinished do-it-yourself disaster, an emergency room visit, and having to call my hairdresser to undo my do, I reckon it is best that I sit and ponder.\r\nIn my preventative ponder, I realize that life occurs memorably in those unprotected moments. As deep as in thought a person can go, it is impossible for me to retrieve either a pleasurable or painful experience that was gained through sitting still and minding my manners. Obviously, minding my manners gained useful experience but nothing really overly outstanding came from it; not that I can easily recall anyway. It makes me wonder if life is best lived well, live?\r\nEach delicately placed freckle, wrinkle and scar remind me of the moments that were without prior planning, precaution, and in some instances, the common sense God gave a squirrel; however, each is like a turned down page in my favorite book. By looking at them, I am transformed immediately to a moment in time that either makes for a tremendous story and/or taught me to look before leaping, especially into a glass door. It happens.\r\nNo matter how hard I try, I just can’t find any moment in my peculiarly positioned existence that is worth remembering where there wasn’t some occurrence of questionable measure. Obviously it is likely that I buried deeply into the abyss that is recollection many a moment that didn’t showcase my finer characteristics, but that is perfect example of free will, and it is free will that is the basis for every story worth telling, or worth hiding.\r\nIn conclusion of my sitting still and behaving, even if just for a few moments, it is crystal clear that my flare for the fiery, my tendency towards trepidation, and my speak-now-think-later approach has made for a relatively interesting, although absurd, life. The “what if’s?” and “why nots?” and “heck yeahs” make it worth the ride. After all, like my extremely eccentric and often intoxicated college professor used to eloquently slur: “Fifty percent of LIFE is ‘if,’ the rest is just filler.”', 'The rest is just filler', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-rest-is-just-filler', '', '', '2012-03-29 00:33:04', '2012-03-29 04:33:04', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6302', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6303, 4, '2012-03-29 00:34:50', '2012-03-29 04:34:50', 'By Pamela Brownstein\r\nI thought it appropriate that March 12 marked the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts during Women’s History Month. I was a Girl Scout for many years (well, technically, I was a Brownie and then graduated to the green garb) but during that time I learned many important skills — how to get out there and sell cookies, work with other girls (without being too bossy) and the adventures of camping (even if it was in a cabin).\r\nMy mom was the leader of our troop for seven years, and when she passed away in 2010, I received messages from almost every girl in Troop 419 telling me how much she meant to them and thanking me for those memories from elementary school.\r\nThe Girls Scouts as an organization is devoted to giving girls confidence, and our troop learned how to be active, engaged members of our community.\r\nAt a time when women have more choices, and with that more challenges, the positive message that the Girls Scouts represent is just as relevant as ever.\r\nThis emphasis on being a strong woman makes me proud to live in Beaufort: we have a history of electing women representatives (Harriet Keyserling, Shannon Erickson), and all over town there are inspiring women role models as business owners, working moms and community leaders.\r\nGirl (Scout) Power!', 'For all the ladies in the house ...', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'for-all-the-ladies-in-the-house', '', '', '2012-03-29 00:34:50', '2012-03-29 04:34:50', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6303', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6304, 4, '2012-03-29 00:35:38', '2012-03-29 04:35:38', 'By Jack Sparacino\r\n\r\nWell finally, some good news from the rough and tumble language front: the Adage Re-visitation Team was successfully launched last month.  Seven members, plus four backup players, ready to look before they leap into action at a moment’s notice. Their charter is to take a careful look at some of the most notable old expressions and sayings — adages — that most of us grew up with.  Knock the rust off them, they were urged. Look under the hood. Kick the tires. Run them up the flagpole. And tell us which of them is basically true and which may be bogus.  Talk about some heavy lifting!\r\nWe gave our team plenty of high-tech tools — an easel loaded with paper, colored markers, Post-It notes, scrap paper, a pocket calculator and a nice big wicker waste basket.  Oh yes, and access to the library and the Internet. We’re proud to present their initial results.\r\n1. Opposites attract, or birds of a feather flock together? Turns out the former sounds good, but it’s just not true and the birds have it right. Sure, we all know couples who seem to have some really interesting differences.  But the fact is, lots of research shows that in GENERAL, with fascinating exceptions, couples tend to share basic values, opinions and viewpoints. They are likely to come, overall, from similar backgrounds, to share similar levels of education, and to display similar personality traits, related behavior patterns including hobbies, and even physical characteristics. Red Sox fans tend to pair up, for example, as do Yankee fans.  So do taller men and taller women, maybe so they can see (you guessed it) eye to eye.\r\n2. A stitch in time saves nine.  Absolutely true, our team reports, though they felt the “nine” was probably very conservative. Highly competitive manufacturing companies spend a significant amount of time and money on preventive maintenance for a reason.  Not to mention practically everyone who drives a vehicle.  Sew there!\r\n3. Cross that bridge when you come to it.  We had an architect and a mechanical engineer on the team, so that helped with this one. Also three amateur philosophers and (ahem) a dentist.  But they couldn’t agree on where the bridge was located or how fast they were approaching it, so the team went around in circles.  Fortunately, the circles started expanding and eventually they came to the Woods Bridge and crossed it.  Happily, it was lunch time so they took a well deserved break before getting back to work.\r\n4.  Actions speak louder than words.  True, said our team. Then they asked to be reimbursed for their lunch. They claimed that action would speak louder than a mere thank you.\r\n5.  It’s not what you know, it’s who you know. Actually, it’s both what and who you know. And what people THINK you know. Say what?  Who’s on first? You know.\r\n6.  Knowledge is power.  You bet.  The team also emphasized their belief that it’s as important to know what you don’t know as what you think you know.  This was followed by a brief argument about power cords, power mowers, and what Tyrone Power’s best movie was.\r\n7.  Lightning never strikes twice.  Oh sure it does, just ask the people of Haiti about hurricanes and floods. Or the people who have won multiple lotteries.  Or our poor team leader, “Lucky,” who was bonked on the head twice when the easel fell over on him. (He cast the tie breaking vote on this one.)\r\n8.  Neatness counts. A resounding “YES” on this one. Neatness vs. sloppiness or disorganization, whether in a factory, a financial service, or a medical practice, for example, often spells the difference between success and failure.  “A neat process or operation is better poised for success, in part through the virtues of simplicity as opposed to clutter, and cleanliness as opposed to dirt or contamination,” claimed one of our team members, Squeaky.  (He was nominated to clean up the room after they finished each day.)\r\n9.  Never ask a barber if you need a haircut. Our team was hesitant to endorse any adage with the word “never” in it but they reluctantly agreed with this one.  This prompted a discussion on hair do’s and don’ts and pretty quickly they all decided they needed to get their hair cut.  One of them noted that “a neat haircut helps make a great first impression,” perhaps in an attempt to create a new adage, and a long break ensued.\r\n10.  One person’s trash is another person’s treasure. A big YES on this one, especially from those on the team who liked to watch “Antiques Road Show” and “Storage Wars” or go to tag sales.  They were quickly drafted by Squeaky to help him clean up the room.', 'Adage Re-visitation Team launched', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'adage-re-visitation-team-launched', '', '', '2012-03-29 00:35:38', '2012-03-29 04:35:38', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6304', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6305, 4, '2012-03-29 00:36:45', '2012-03-29 04:36:45', 'Proposal for Whitehall property\r\nLast May I sent this proposal to the Beaufort County Open Land Trust  ... that the Whitehall property would make an incredible natural park, with its view of Beaufort over the water. And it should be named in honor of Harriet Keyserling.\r\n\r\nSupport the performing arts at USCB\r\nWhen I moved to Beaufort from Washington, DC, earlier in the year, I did not expect the sophisticated level of cultural entertainment that I left behind.  But, lo and behold, I discovered USCB’s splendid blend of theater, independent film, and musical performances whose pricing and accessibility easily topped what I was used to in DC.  The latest French film, “Women on the Sixth Floor,” was one of the most endearing and enjoyable movies I’ve seen in years. I have been disheartened, however, by the often sparse attendance and it concerns me about the future of these programs.  USCB’s program offers a varied and thoughtful selection of performances in a spacious,  lovely, and technically up-to-date setting, close to a number of restaurants for a pre- or post-performance meal. I want to make sure other Beaufortonians are not missing out on these opportunities because they are not aware of them.  If we are to be the vibrant and expansive community that we want to be, we must all support these excellent efforts — and for just the price of parking at the Kennedy Center!\r\n\r\nSpeed limit ignored on new McTeer bridge\r\nDoes anyone really know what the speed limit is on the new McTeer span? It seems that many are taking the limit sign to mean minimum speed. I thought only in Italy or Germany would you find vehicles riding right up your tailpipe. Try 60 or 65!\r\n\r\n<em>Did you get a boot on your car parking downtown or would you like to thank a stranger for a random act of kindness? Here’s your chance to sound off about what you love and hate. Send your comments to LowcountryBroil@gmail.com and you could see them in our new column called Lowcountry Broil. Don’t worry: They’re all anonymous. (Any specific negative references to people or businesses will not be published.)</em>', 'Lowcountry Broil', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'lowcountry-broil-4', '', '', '2012-03-29 00:36:45', '2012-03-29 04:36:45', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6305', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6306, 4, '2012-03-29 00:37:30', '2012-03-29 04:37:30', 'In what Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling called “a bold decision, a historic decision, an important decision,” the Beaufort City Council Tuesday night unanimously put the gears in motion to annex, buy and rezone a 167-acre Commerce Park near the Marine Corps Air Station.\r\nFinal consideration and votes on the Commerce Park purchase and annexation are scheduled for Tuesday, April 3 at 7 p.m.\r\nCurrent owners of the Commerce Park parcels petitioned their land to be annexed into the city limits. At the same time, City Council approved on first reading the purchase of the Commerce Park for $1.85 million —less than what the property had been appraised at last year. The contract with SCBT bank calls for the deal to close within 60 days.\r\nThe council also approved initial reading of an ordinance to amend the Unified Development Ordinance to create an “industrial park” zoning district for the Commerce Park. The site will be used for heavy and light industrial purposes.\r\n“This is a big first step in providing a brighter future for Beaufort, for the families of Beaufort, the children of Beaufort and the military stationed in Beaufort,” Keyserling said. “We have a lot of work ahead of us before this is finalized, and we’ll get a lot of questions. Our job is to provide a lot of answers and see this through.\r\n“The time is now to go after better paying jobs for the people of northern Beaufort County,” Keyserling said. “This is a patience game. It doesn’t happen overnight ... We need to do everything we can to diversify the economic base.”\r\nThe Commerce Park is located near Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.  The park was most recently owned by the Lowcountry Economic Network and prior to that it was owned by a group of private investors.\r\nEach year, Beaufort sets aside funding for land purchases and currently has $1.034 million available. Several options, to include financing, are available for the balance, and none of them require a tax increase for city residents, Keyserling said.\r\nPart of Beaufort’s comprehensive plan includes expanding the city’s economic base while growing and grooming its core areas through infill development. The City Council uses the comp plan to guide its decisions.\r\n“This is one more way we are approaching ‘City-building,’ by seeking ways to expand Beaufort’s economic base,” Beaufort City Manager Scott Dadson said.', 'Beaufort takes first steps to buy Commerce Park', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-takes-first-steps-to-buy-commerce-park', '', '', '2012-03-29 00:37:30', '2012-03-29 04:37:30', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6306', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6307, 4, '2012-03-29 00:38:15', '2012-03-29 04:38:15', 'Reproductive health advocates from across South Carolina echoed many of the same messages being heard at the national level when they hosted their annual legislative action day on Wednesday, March 28. The 10,000 member grassroots coalition Tell Them presented a “Reproductive Bill of Rights” to lawmakers calling for uncensored reproductive health education and access to services for all South Carolinians.\r\nThe “Bill of Rights” was designed to challenge mounting legislation in South Carolina that puts basic health rights at risk.  Some state lawmakers want to take away access to birth control, in-vitro fertilization (IVF), emergency contraception for rape or incest victims, and even undermine the standard of care established with the Hippocratic Oath.\r\n“The recent national focus on reproductive health rights has inspired many everyday citizens to learn more about their own state policies,” said Tell Them member Deborah Billings, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Health Promotion, Education and Behavior at the Arnold School of Public Health; Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of South Carolina. “It’s troubling to see how many long-standing health protections are in jeopardy in South Carolina.”\r\nDuring the last three legislative sessions, 41 ideologically motivated bills related to women’s reproductive health were introduced in the South Carolina General Assembly including the controversial “Healthcare Freedom of Conscience Act” (H.3408). If passed, this legislation would allow health care professionals and institutions to use their personal ideology as a reason to deny patients information and services. That means any provider could legally interfere with decisions made by a patient and a doctor. For example, a pharmacist could legally refuse to fill any prescription (including birth control, HIV medications, and even cancer medications) based on personal values versus what is in the best interest of the patient.\r\n“Our Reproductive Bill of Rights is about a person’s ability to make decisions about their own health and the health of their families,” said Emma Davidson, Tell Them Program Manager. “We will ask lawmakers to protect these rights and in doing so create a stronger, healthier South Carolina.”\r\nWhile previous efforts in South Carolina have focused on issues like sex education, funding for DHEC family clinics, and pregnancy prevention programs, these recent policy attempts are reaching into areas that compromise basic health care. Experts point to similar movements across the country to restrict health rights, specifically women’s rights. Currently, 13 states allow some health care providers to refuse to provide services related to contraception; 18 states allow some health care providers to refuse to provide sterilization services; and a recent ballot initiative in Mississippi sought to ban many forms of birth control and assisted reproduction like in-vitro fertilization.\r\nTo learn more about the “Reproductive Bill of Rights” and legislation currently being considered in South Carolina, please visit www.tellthemsc.org.', 'Reproductive rights take center stage at Statehouse', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'reproductive-rights-take-center-stage-at-statehouse', '', '', '2012-03-29 00:38:15', '2012-03-29 04:38:15', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6307', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(6308, 4, '2012-03-29 00:39:11', '2012-03-29 04:39:11', 'By Chris Damgen\r\n\r\nNo one I know has ever called Beaufort architecture boring or mundane. However, it can certainly be understood that visitors to our area often get overwhelmed with the T-floor plans, the two-story piazzas, and the differences between federal and neoclassical chimney designs.\r\nIt is interesting though whenever I take out-of-town visitors for a walk around the historic district that the one building that always draws measured interest is the very one that doesn’t fit the vernacular of our antebellum district. It is the federal courthouse building.\r\nThe courthouse has been sitting on the Bluff like a forgotten beauty on prom night for many decades. What was once an ornate county courthouse on the tight corner of North and Bay gave way to a beautiful and elegant Art Deco design of the WPA era, as was the popular architectural trend at the time. Although having sat quietly in recent years as court cases moved away, the building received a fresh coat of spectacularly white paint only last year and has certainly aged gracefully.\r\nNow we hear that this building took the top honors in a list of courthouses across the country that are scheduled to be shuttered, leading to the inevitable discussion of what to do with this building.\r\nBeaufort County (which has first dibs on the property) has already expressed interest in utilizing the building and is all but measuring drapes and imagining mundane cubicles scattered about the old court room. Dissatisfaction with the complex on Ribaut Road has even led some to suggest that County Council meetings ought to be held in this space.\r\nAll I can say is that I hope we can find a much better use for this property.\r\nIn the past few years, Beaufort has demonstrated an awesome ability at adaptive reuse of older properties. Take the corner properties at Carteret and Port Republic streets. What was once a furniture warehouse and bottling plant has become two the top restaurants in town. A rundown motor lodge from the 1950s became an upscale boutique hotel. A former post office and city hall has become a produce market and café.\r\nThere is no reason to believe that the federal courthouse could not be turned into the next Breakwater, Wren, City Loft or Lowcountry Produce.\r\nFurthermore, the courthouse’s anchor position on the south end of Bladen Street can serve as a catalyst for future mixed-use development on that corridor. The City of Beaufort has already completed a streetscaping project on the northern blocks of Bladen Street and will be completing the second phase of this project on the south end this year. Nearby MidTown Square will be adding close to 20 newly constructed homes less than two blocks from the courthouse. Individual renovations of properties across the Northwest Quadrant continue to bring improvements to the area.\r\nThink of the possibilities for what can be achieved for that building. Converted loft apartments. A community theater space (motion pictures or stage). A microbrewery. Senior assisted living. USCB dormitories. These are just some of the suggestions that I have heard from my friends when discussing the situation on Facebook the other day.  Any of the above uses would go a long way to helping the Bladen Street area develop into a true “midtown” mixed use district.\r\nThere are many other possibilities out there. One thing though is for sure:  the highest and best use for a building of such prominence and beauty should not be limited to government uses for only five days a week. Consider as well that there are several government owned buildings within a mile’s distance of the courthouse that are sitting empty or at half capacity. Before investing in converting the building for county use, perhaps the county could actually sell the land and make some money to pay for improvements to its existing buildings.\r\nWhile the verdict may be inevitable on the immediate future use of the building, let it not be said that there was alternative testimony in the case of the courthouse’s future. Before we rest this case, let us consider all available possibilities so we can have an outcome worthy of the building itself.\r\n<em>Chris Damgen lives in Beaufort and is a city planner in South Carolina.</em>', 'Jury is out in the case of the courthouse', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'jury-is-out-in-the-case-of-the-courthouse', '', '', '2012-03-29 00:39:11', '2012-03-29 04:39:11', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6308', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6309, 4, '2012-03-29 00:40:56', '2012-03-29 04:40:56', 'Beaufort Beauties is back this Saturday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m. at The Shed in Port Royal, 809 Parris Ave.\r\nProminent local businessmen put their best “high heel” forward by dressing as women and competing in a hilarious beauty pageant complete with choreographed musical numbers to raise money for four local charities. The event will be hosted by former “Saturday Night Live” Alum, Terry Sweeney, as the <a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Beaufort-Beauties-Logo1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6310\" title=\"Beaufort Beauties Logo(1)\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Beaufort-Beauties-Logo1-300x114.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"114\" /></a>poison-tongued “Lucinda Ravenel.”\r\nThis year’s contestants are Mike McFee, Hometown Realty and Beaufort City Councilman; Will McCullogh of Low Country Real Estate; Karl Wells with 104.9 The Surf; Bob Cunningham, Merry Maids; Hank Herring of Green Herring Art Gallery; and Worth Liipfert of Griffith, Saddler and Sharp Law Firm.\r\nTicket sales and silent auction items will benefit Main Street Beaufort, USA as well as FRIENDS of Caroline Hospice, the Lions Club of Beaufort and Thumbs Up. Miss Congeniality will be crowned according to the man/woman who raises the most money. Your tax deductible tickets can be purchased ahead of time for $25 from Main Street Beaufort at (843)525- 6644 or 101 West Street Extension in downtown Beaufort. Online at WePay Beaufort Beauties 2012. Or $35 at the door. You can also donate money towards a specific beauty’s quest to become Miss Congeniality and cheer on your favorite candidates in person. It’s a truly great evening of fun and laughter!', 'Best drag race in the Lowcountry returns this weekend', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'best-drag-race-in-the-lowcountry-returns-this-weekend', '', '', '2012-03-29 00:40:56', '2012-03-29 04:40:56', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6309', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6311, 4, '2012-03-29 00:42:47', '2012-03-29 04:42:47', 'Hundreds of Beaufort County school supporters clapped and cheered in Columbia’s Koger Center for the Performing Arts last Tuesday as Beaufort Middle School and Hilton Head High School were announced as winners of 2012 Palmetto’s Finest Schools Awards.\r\nWith the double victory in the middle and high school categories, Beaufort County became only the third South Carolina district in the award’s 34-year history to have two winners in the same year, according to the South Carolina Association of School Administrators.\r\n“To be the last schools left standing after such a long and rigorous statewide selection process is simply amazing,” said Superintendent Valerie Truesdale.  “And to have not one, but two winners in the same year is extraordinary.”\r\n\r\nThe extensive judging process for Palmetto’s Finest includes evaluations by previous award winners and fellow educators who focus on student achievement, faculty training, program goals, teaching quality, office practices and community involvement. Awards are presented to two elementary schools, one middle school and one high school.\r\nEntrants in the Palmetto’s Finest competition submitted 20-page applications last fall and received on-site visits by independent review committees.\r\nThis was Beaufort Middle School’s second consecutive year as a finalist. A Red Carpet award winner, the school’s strong academic focus resulted in 24 Junior Scholars in 2011 and also 67 seventh-graders who qualified to participate in Duke University’s Talent Identification Program. The school also has a strong arts curriculum that has earned it designations as both a Distinguished Arts Program School and an Arts in the Basic Curriculum School. Beaufort Middle’s football and basketball teams both won Lowcountry championships in 2011.\r\nLast week, Beaufort Middle also learned that it had received a Palmetto Silver Award from the South Carolina Department of Education — its second consecutive such recognition — for improving student achievement.', 'Two Beaufort County schools win Palmetto’s Finest award', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'two-beaufort-county-schools-win-palmettos-finest-award', '', '', '2012-03-29 00:42:47', '2012-03-29 04:42:47', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6311', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6312, 4, '2012-03-29 00:46:17', '2012-03-29 04:46:17', 'The Photography Club of Beaufort’s semi-annual print competition was held Monday, March 19.  Three local artists served as judges for the club:  JW Rone, director of ARTWorks; Stuart Lathrop, IT director and visual artist; and Bob Sofaly, photojournalist. They studied each of the 40 entries, analyzing each for composition, technical quality and interest. Often they rose from their seats and checked the focus or close up detail of the prints.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6313\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Patricia Powers &quot;In Flight&quot;\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/PatriciaPowers-In-Flight.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-6313\" title=\"PatriciaPowers In Flight\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/PatriciaPowers-In-Flight-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAs the judges deliberated, club members were able to view the same images, submitted digitally on a projected screen.  As a learning tool, judges constructively commented on each image as the scores were tallied.\r\nThe top winners of the 2012 Spring Photo Competition for the Photography Club of Beaufort are:\r\nExpert: Lamar Nix, “Three-Gabled Manse”\r\nAdvanced: Phyllis Kaupp-Seas, “Cloud Cover”\r\nIntermediate: Ellen Corbett,   “Singin’ the Blues”\r\nThree-way tie for Novice:   Charlotte Gonzales, “Flower and Bee”; Tom Brady, “Dragonfly”;  Patricia Powers, “In Flight.”\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6314\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Charlotte Gonzales: “Flower and the Bee.”\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Gonzales_Flower-and-Bee.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-6314\" title=\"Gonzales_Flower and Bee\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Gonzales_Flower-and-Bee-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nEllen Corbett’s “Singin’ the Blues” was also part of the club’s American Music exhibit at the Beaufort Library in December and won the People’s Choice Award.\r\nThe Photography Club also instituted a Best in Show ribbon which was awarded to “Cloud Cover.”\r\nThe club meets the second Monday of every month at 7 p.m. at ARTworks on Boundary Street in Beaufort. Please check out www.photoclubbeaufort.com for more information.', 'Behind the lens: Spring photo club winners', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'behind-the-lens-spring-photo-club-winners', '', '', '2012-03-29 00:46:17', '2012-03-29 04:46:17', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6312', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6315, 4, '2012-03-30 00:52:28', '2012-03-30 04:52:28', 'By Lanier Laney\r\n\r\nThe weather and facilities were perfect at the recent CAPA Golf Challenge fundraiser at Hampton Hall.  The title sponsor was Waste Management and CAPA really appreciates the company’s support over the past  years. Big “job well done” goes to CAPA’s Executive Director Susan Cato, co-chairs Paul\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6316\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"First Place Team, from left: Bill Westfall, Ed Saxon, Chris Legare and Al Legare.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/First-Place-Team-L-R-Bill-Westfall-Ed-Saxon-Chris-Legare-Al-Legare.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6316\" title=\"First Place Team L-R Bill Westfall, Ed Saxon, Chris Legare, &amp; Al Legare\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/First-Place-Team-L-R-Bill-Westfall-Ed-Saxon-Chris-Legare-Al-Legare-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nDenning and Cheryl Comes, and Howard Fister, the Waste Management representative on the tournament committee. Ashleigh Whitmore did a very fine job coordinating everything as events director for Hampton Hall Club.\r\nThe tournament brought in more than $30,000  and all funds go to child abuse prevention programs, parenting classes, and the “Open Arms Shelter” for abused and neglected children. The shelter serves the five county area — Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton, Colleton and Allendale.\r\nHere’s a rundown of the winners:\r\n• First Place team: Bill Westfall, Ed Saxon, Chris Legare, Al Legare\r\n• Second Place team: Jerry Linn, Bob Douglas, Bob Mullen, Ron Grindle\r\n• Third Place team: Zane Ferris, Rich O’Connell, Charles Taylor, Brandon Barwick\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6317\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Second Place Team, from left: Jerry Linn, Bob Douglas, Bob Mullen and Ron Grindle.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Second-Place-Team-L-R-Jerry-Linn-Bob-Douglas-Bob-Mullen-Ron-Grindle.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-6317\" title=\"Second Place Team L-R Jerry Linn, Bob Douglas, Bob Mullen, &amp; Ron Grindle,,,\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Second-Place-Team-L-R-Jerry-Linn-Bob-Douglas-Bob-Mullen-Ron-Grindle-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n• Golden Circle winner: Bob Mullen\r\n• Closest to the Pin Hole #7: Thomas McDaniel\r\n• Closest to the Pin Hole #14: Stuart Mitchell\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/CAPA1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6318\" title=\"CAPA1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/CAPA1-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" /></a>', 'CAPA Golf Challenge at Hampton Hall', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'capa-golf-challenge-at-hampton-hall', '', '', '2012-03-30 09:50:28', '2012-03-30 13:50:28', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6315', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6321, 4, '2012-03-29 01:01:36', '2012-03-29 05:01:36', 'By Lanier Laney\r\n\r\nThe annual meeting of the members of Historic Beaufort Foundation was held Monday, March 19. The featured speaker was Nancy Tinker of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.  HBF gives their highest Preservation Honor Award every year to exemplary restoration or adaptive use projects. This year’s winners for the Restoration Award were Beek Webb and Ashley Hefner for 302 King Street, owned by Ann and Sam Bluntzer. The Adaptive Use Award was given to the Garrett Family and Campbell Thorp. Chuck Ferguson was the contractor who remodeled 302 Carteret Street — the former City Hall that became Lowcountry Produce Market and Cafe.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6322\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"From left: Preservation Award Winner Beek Webb with HBF Trustees Conway Ivy, Chairman Randy Kohn and Bo Mohr.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/L-R-Preservation-Award-Winner-Beek-Webb-with-HBF-Trustees-Conway-Ivy-chairman_-Randy-Kohn-and-Bo-Mohr..jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-6322\" title=\"L-R Preservation Award Winner Beek Webb with HBF Trustees Conway Ivy, chairman_ Randy Kohn and Bo Mohr.\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/L-R-Preservation-Award-Winner-Beek-Webb-with-HBF-Trustees-Conway-Ivy-chairman_-Randy-Kohn-and-Bo-Mohr.-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6324\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Adaptive Use Award winners Noel Garrett and Campbell Thorp of Lowcountry Produce Market and Cafe.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Adaptive-Use-Award-Winners-L-R-Neil-Garrett-and-Campbell-Thorpe.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6324\" title=\"Adaptive Use Award Winners (L-R) Neil Garrett and Campbell Thorpe\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Adaptive-Use-Award-Winners-L-R-Neil-Garrett-and-Campbell-Thorpe-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'HBF bestows awards at its annual meeting', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'hbf-bestows-awards-at-its-annual-meeting', '', '', '2012-03-29 01:01:36', '2012-03-29 05:01:36', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6321', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6408, 4, '2012-04-10 16:24:02', '2012-04-10 20:24:02', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/crime-scene-tape.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6409 alignleft\" title=\"crime-scene-tape\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/crime-scene-tape-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>SEABROOK, SC – The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is on the scene of a\r\nshooting incident that occurred outside a Seabrook home earlier this afternoon.\r\n\r\nSheriff’s deputies responded to a home on Fawnwood Ln just before 2 pm today in reference to a reported gunshot victim. Upon arrival, deputies made contact with a 23-year old male victim who was transported to Beaufort Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.\r\n\r\nAt this time, few details are available of the events leading up to and including the shooting. The only information available from witnesses involved two possible black male suspects seen fleeing the scene in a white Chevy Tahoe.\r\n\r\nThe victim’s identity remains undisclosed pending notification of next of kin. Further details will be released as they become available.', 'Sheriff’s Office Investigating Murder', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'sheriffs-office-investigating-murder', '', '', '2012-04-10 17:20:11', '2012-04-10 21:20:11', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6408', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6327, 4, '2012-04-02 08:39:37', '2012-04-02 12:39:37', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/city-council-members-nov.-2009-008.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6333\" title=\"city council members nov. 2009 008\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/city-council-members-nov.-2009-008-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>1. How much land is available at the Commerce Park?\r\n\r\nThe Commerce Park includes 167 acres of which about 135 are buildable. The remaining 32 acres of wetlands are also marketable as they can be used to meet open space requirements for respective businesses that choose to settle in the park.\r\n\r\n2. Are all utilities in place?\r\n\r\nYes, the Commerce Park is served with electricity, water, sewer, natural gas and environmentally approved and constructed storm water management system.\r\n\r\n3. Is this a done deal, created in a back room by City Council with the public being kept out of the process?\r\n\r\nNo. While the City Council has the authority to authorize the City Manager to sign a purchase and sale contract, Council chose to go the ordinance route which started with a presentation to Council and the public at a Work Session where votes are not taken. This will be followed by the required two readings at which time the public will have an opportunity to learn the facts, ask questions and make recommendations.\r\n\r\n4. Where is the property located relative to interstate highways and ports?\r\n\r\nThe Commerce Park is located off U.S. Highway 21, almost midway between the ports of Charleston and Savannah, about 12 miles east of U.S. 17 and about 18 miles from I-95. The site is located essentially across US 21from the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort and its soon-to-arrive F-35 Joint Strike Fighter squadrons and high-tech training center. The Commerce Park is also situated an hour and fifteen minutes from Boeing in Charleston and 45 minutes from Gulfstream in Savannah. Lockheed Martin will be moving to the area to support the JSF and authorities say that some of their suppliers and vendors are likely to follow. According to a high level aeronautics official, one could not find a more centrally convenient location for aeronautics supply chain operations than this Commerce Park.\r\n\r\n5. What are the advantages of the Commerce Park being annexed into the City of Beaufort?\r\n\r\nWhen annexed, the land will be subject to Beaufort\'s planning and development requirements and compacted development processes. The City will institute internal rules that all necessary permitting is ready for consideration and approval within 30 days of a business submitting a complete application - addressing an oft-voiced complaint about bureaucratic roadblocks to new businesses. While we don\'t control other permitting agencies we can commit to a speedy City process.\r\n\r\n6. If high-tech companies want to locate at the Commerce Park, they won\'t wait 10 years for a trained workforce to develop. What are the short-term plans to provide skilled workers?\r\n\r\nOver the past nine months, city officials and private professionals have been working to establish the Transition Work Force Education Assistance Collaboration, an organization which will include the Beaufort County School District, the Technical College of the Lowcountry and USCB, which has brought the USC School of Engineering and Computing and the McNair Center for Aerospace to the table. By harnessing the expertise of each of these organizations working in collaboration, TWEAC\'s mission is to train future employees with specific skills for specific jobs for which there currently aren\'t workers with necessary skills. In Beaufort\'s three military installations, we have a large and untapped economic development asset in the disciplined, focused and experienced Marines and Sailors who, with appropriate training, can provide a workforce unlike any other. TWEAC will engage in the transition from the service to the private sector process offered to all leaving the service. In some cases, we hope to start training while they are still on active duty.\r\n\r\n7. Will all of the jobs be high tech opportunities for which members of the community will not be qualified?\r\n\r\nNo! We anticipate a variety of job opportunities with varying skill sets and anticipate salaries will range from an average of $14 per hour plus insurance ($3 an hour value) to considerably higher salaries for more highly skilled positions.\r\n\r\n8. Will you target only Southeastern firms, US firms, or international firms?\r\n\r\nBased on the capacity of the Park, and a desire to create a diverse workforce, we anticipate small to medium sized businesses based on clean industries. This would suggest 50 to 600 employees. Recent studies indicate our area is likely best suited to healthcare, aerospace, logistics/supply chain and environment technology-oriented businesses.\r\n\r\n9. How much will sites cost?\r\n\r\nThe 167 acres at the Commerce Park can be configured to specific business needs and prices will be negotiated on a case by case basis. We hope to work in tandem with the SC Department of Commerce and Beaufort County Council to satisfy requirements for competitive incentives such as land and site development costs based on the number of jobs, the company\'s capital investment and other criteria as set forth by the SCDOC.\r\n\r\n10. Is there a timeframe to build?\r\n\r\nInfrastructure is already in place and the Commerce Park is ready to accept new businesses immediately.\r\n\r\n11. Are there a minimum number of jobs required for businesses interested in the Commerce Park?\r\n\r\nThe Park is most suitable for seeking businesses that provide 50-600 jobs. It is also good to note that many incentives kick in for companies that create a minimum of 10 new employees and $2.5 million in capital investment over a five-year period.\r\n\r\n12. Does the City get any money from the proceeds of a future sale?\r\n\r\nShould a business buy land at the Commerce Park and eventually decide to sell, deed restrictions that protect the taxpayers\' investment are likely to be included in the terms of the sale. The City\'s intent is to, over time, recover the cost of land purchase, closing costs and legal fees through the generation of new income and taxes that will multiply throughout our economy with the addition of new businesses and new jobs\r\n\r\n13. Will there be a written, streamlined permitting process?\r\n\r\nThe City already has a streamlined process that can move a project through at the staff level, which will guarantee completed applications that meet, health, safety and environmental requirements are approved within 30 days. While the City does not control some permitting, the City will be an active advocate for state and federal approvals if necessary.\r\n\r\n14. Have any specific businesses indicated a willingness to take advantage of this?\r\n\r\nYes. Beaufort City leaders are in conversation with three businesses exploring locating in the Commerce Park or elsewhere in the Beaufort area. While these discussions remain confidential at this time, which is normally the case in competitive situations among private businesses, the potential is 800 new jobs. That being said, we will be competing with other states and other cities that have extraordinarily generous incentives for locating new businesses to their areas.\r\n\r\n15. Will this opportunity be available to local, existing businesses looking to expand?\r\n\r\nYes. The City encourages local and nearby existing businesses to consider the Commerce Park for expansion opportunities.\r\n\r\n16. What are the other possible uses for the City\'s land acquisition funds, such as pay down debt, install a day dock or build a parking facility?\r\n\r\nThe land acquisition fund, created many years ago, is a percentage set aside from the annual fund balance. Thus far, the fund has been used to participate along with Beaufort County and the Open Land Trust to purchase scenic vistas along Boundary Street and Highway 21 on Lady\'s Island as well The Green on The Point in downtown Beaufort and the site for the new city complex. Funds are not restricted to these uses. Furthermore, as the city has inventoried existing land holdings, the fund will be enhanced over time when the City sells some of the underutilized land assets.\r\n\r\n17. Why is the City competing with private businesses?\r\n\r\nThe City is not competing with private business. If private investors were interested, they would have purchased the park when it became available months ago. This is the only Park of its kind in Northern Beaufort County. That said, there is other industrial zoned, privately held property in Northern Beaufort County (Dale and Yemassee, to be specific) that will be marketed to prospects which are not appropriate for the improved park and those that have specific desires not to be in the Park. Since 2009, Beaufort leaders have worked with the community to create a new vision for the City\'s future through a transparent Civic Master Planning process. The City Council and Beaufort Redevelopment Commission are working to revitalize Beaufort\'s economy and already have seen successes including attracting Lowcountry Produce to renovate the former Post Office and old City Hall on Carteret Street as well as the MidTown Square residential project. The Commerce Park, once annexed into the City, provides a unique opportunity for further economic growth. Beaufort leaders are putting in place a Transition Workforce Education Assistance Collaboration (TWEAC) that brings together local K-12 and higher education to address high-tech and other workforce needs. At the same time, Beaufort is in talks with the Marine Corps to find ways to help retiring Marines find jobs that take advantage of their skills, especially those in aerospace and avionics.\r\n\r\n18. Why does the City think it can do a better job with the Commerce Park than has been done in past years?\r\n\r\nThe reason there are three prospects looking at the Park today is because infrastructure was constructed into the property and the Alliance never stopped selling it. And now, the City of Beaufort is making it possible to have the chance to take a prospect to the \"deal making\" stage. The timing of the property is right because the market is returning and folks are looking to invest. It is important that we understand as a community that this is not a process of \"instant gratification.\" This is a long-term investment that will slowly, over time, yield returns. \"This is the right thing to do, at the right time in our City\'s regrowth and renewal,\" Mayor Keyserling told the City Council March 20. \"This is our next step in City Building. Together, we can make this work. Together, we can help build a better Beaufort, now and for the future.\"\r\n\r\n19. What is the role of the failed \"Lowcountry Economic Network\" and how is it different from the \"Lowcountry Economic Alliance\"?\r\n\r\nWhile some of the participants, including the City, supported the LEN, the two organizations are not the same. The S.C. Secretary of Commerce is committed to working through the Lowcountry Alliance. He made it very clear, when he spoke through the Greater Beaufort Chamber of Commerce, that it is difficult to send prospects to communities that have no place to locate new industry or in communities that will not match state investment in such. The two new companies that settled in Jasper County settled there largely because there were suitable available buildings which Beaufort County does not have. Alliance staff extensively searched for buildings in Beaufort County but we did not have any that were suitable. While local officials have been actively participating in the courtship of new businesses, Alliance staff have taken them to Columbia and assisted in developing the paperwork required to compete for state and county investment in infrastructure and site improvements. That being said, City Council does not expect any one group to do all of our work and is, therefore, prepared to become actively engaged in courting and recruiting jobs to the area regardless of the unresolved issues within the alliance.\r\n\r\n20. Why is the City going to spend money to bring new jobs when it does so little to help struggling, existing businesses survive and grow?\r\n\r\nFirst, it isn\'t true that the City hasn\'t been supportive of local businesses. Years ago the City created a loan pool to help small businesses grow, but not one business applied. More recently, between the $1 million a year to pay for debt service on The Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park rehabilitation and maintenance efforts to maintain and beautify the downtown, plus the investment of about $550,000 a year of ATAX funds by the City and County Council, just under 10 percent of the City\'s budget has been invested annually in supporting efforts to bring people to Beaufort to visit and hopefully consider locating here. After serious consideration Council has determined, based on a study commissioned by the Redevelopment Commission, that Beaufort has more retail capacity and restaurants than our population can support. By bringing better paying jobs to the area, giving families more disposable income, retail and dining venues will have more customers. We\'ll hopefully be able to expand the retail mix so there will be consumers for more goods and services and we will not be solely dependent upon tourists -- which is good business, but not the only business we should rely on.\r\n\r\n21. What will the City pay for the Park?\r\n\r\nWhile the council has not yet formally considered the Mayor\'s proposal, and contract negotiations must be kept quiet initially, one can say that the amount proposed by the Mayor is less than the Banks paid for the property at foreclosure. The purchase price is likely lower that the dollars invested to install the infrastructure that puts the park in a \"ready to go\" position without additional City investment.\r\n\r\n22. How do we define success with the Beaufort Commerce Park?\r\n\r\nFirst, success comes in owning and protecting the purpose of the property. Having an industrial park for existing business and new businesses is key to our diversification strategy. Second, success can be defined by the ability of the Park to meet the needs of the business community. While we know it will not be a fit for all business types, are we attracting business interest? Do we have prospects looking? So, it\'s about our ability to be \"in the hunt,\" so to speak. And finally, are we able to assist businesses to grow and create jobs? Have we met our public purpose in fostering job creation on this property?The timetable for success cannot be measured in neat campaign cycles. It will come as the market allows it to and our ability to adapt to market changes on this property and in our community. So, it\'s important we understand we are in this for the long haul and will keep the public informed as we work toward our goals.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about the Commerce Park', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'answers-to-frequently-asked-questions-about-the-commerce-park', '', '', '2012-04-02 08:55:56', '2012-04-02 12:55:56', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6327', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6329, 4, '2012-04-01 08:59:25', '2012-04-01 12:59:25', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/april-fools-20121.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6331\" title=\"april-fools-2012\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/april-fools-20121-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>Wild ponies??  Really??  Gotcha!', 'Happy April Fool\'s Day!', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'happy-april-fools-day', '', '', '2012-04-01 10:25:29', '2012-04-01 14:25:29', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6329', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6336, 4, '2012-04-04 21:11:31', '2012-04-05 01:11:31', 'Mr. Rob McFee, Director of Beaufort County Engineering and Infrastructure Division, will be the guest speaker at the Tuesday, April 10 meeting of the Lady’s Island Business and Professional Association. The meeting will be held at 8 a.m. at the Beaufort County Realtors Association Headquarters in the Palmetto Business Park (behind BB&amp;T on Lady’s Island Drive) and is open to the public.\r\nMcFee was raised in Beaufort, graduated from Beaufort High School and earned his BS degree in Civil Engineering from the University of South Carolina. After graduation he joined the South Carolina Department of Highways where he held various positions, including bridge project manager, resident maintenance engineer and resident construction engineer. In 2008 he accepted the position of Director of the Beaufort County Engineering and Infrastructure Division which is responsible for engineering, traffic and transportation engineering, disaster recovery, public works, airports, solid waste, facilities and stormwater utility.  Of special note is the fact that his division has overseen the planning and execution of the transportation projects for which the voters of Beaufort County approved the collection of $152 million through the use of a 1% sales tax.\r\nMr. McFee has been requested to discuss the following:\r\n• Steps necessary to cope with increasing cost of solid waste collection and disposal.\r\n• Impact of the reduction in the amount of impact fees collected due to less residential construction.\r\n• What did the study of a northern bypass tell us?\r\n• What future infrastructure projects should receive attention?\r\n• Update on Beaufort County and SCDOT partnership.\r\n• Status of projects presently under way and upcoming projects.', 'Rob McFee to speak at LIBPA meeting', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'rob-mcfee-to-speak-at-libpa-meeting', '', '', '2012-04-04 21:11:31', '2012-04-05 01:11:31', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6336', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6338, 4, '2012-04-04 21:12:14', '2012-04-05 01:12:14', 'With a year of reorganization behind them and hope for a growing economy ahead, the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors crafted a new vision and mission during their springtime retreat.\r\n“It was an intense day, but I think we achieved a lot and set a strong path for the coming 12 months,” said Jon Rembold, chairman of the board of directors. “We’re seeing good indicators that our local business economy is improving. There’s a new sense of excitement with new businesses coming to the area, including downtown Beaufort.”\r\nThe chamber’s new vision statement is: “To be the most influential organization in the region creating the preferred community to invest, prosper and enjoy.”\r\nKey phrases from board members focused on growing the local economy, advocating for area businesses, serving the community and partnering with other organizations to boost the Lowcountry for relocating families and tourists.\r\nDuring 2011, the chamber added 176 new members, conducted 15 ribbon cuttings for new businesses, earned an international award for its campaign for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighters at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, set new standards for member services, reorganized tourism marketing and hired Blakely Williams as its president.\r\nThe chamber board also adopted a new mission statement: “The Beaufort Regional Chamber exists to manage and build capacity for continual community growth by advocating for a pro-business environment and building quality workforce development in order to enrich the region’s quality of life.”\r\nThroughout the retreat, work centered on the chamber’s five “pillars”: Tourism, the military, economic development, improving education and workforce development, and member services and business growth.\r\n“We have dedicated board members who are passionate about their work and their service, and that makes us a stronger chamber,” Rembold said.', 'Chamber sets new vision, mission during spring retreat', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'chamber-sets-new-vision-mission-during-spring-retreat', '', '', '2012-04-04 21:12:14', '2012-04-05 01:12:14', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6338', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6339, 4, '2012-04-04 21:13:05', '2012-04-05 01:13:05', 'I’ve been thinking about pregnancy for a while now, actually about seven and a half months, to be exact. I thought it would be informative to those who are expecting to recognize the effects that pregnancy can have on their eyes and vision.\r\nEyes may change somewhat during pregnancy due to fluid retention, increased blood volume, hormonal fluctuations and other physical shifts that are part of pregnancy. Usually these changes are temporary and resolve after the baby is born, or after weaning a breast-fed child. Vision changes tend to be minor and don’t require a new eyeglass prescription. LASIK surgery should not be done when a woman is pregnant or breastfeeding.\r\nA condition known as dry eye may result from hormonal fluctuations. Talk to your ophthalmologist about lubricating drops and other treatments that are safe during pregnancy. Wearing contact lenses may be less comfortable when dry eye is present. Eating foods high in omega-3 fatty acids (DHA and EFA), such as salmon, flax seeds and walnuts, may help resolve dry eye and also supports general good health. Many prenatal vitamins now contain higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids as well.\r\nIf vision becomes very blurry, it may signal high blood pressure or pregnancy-related diabetes. Contact your doctor right away.', 'Healthy eyes during pregnancy', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'healthy-eyes-during-pregnancy', '', '', '2012-04-04 21:13:05', '2012-04-05 01:13:05', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6339', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6340, 4, '2012-04-04 21:13:42', '2012-04-05 01:13:42', 'By Martha O’Regan\r\nIf you went to your car and let some air out of one of your front tires and a little more out of one the back tires, how long will your car will maintain its alignment and function?  Do you think it will be like your body and compensate for minutes, hours, days, weeks, months or years? Or will you begin to hear squeaks, rattles and thumps as soon as you begin driving down the road?  Once you become aware of the imbalance, will you wait to fix the situation or will you begin re-balancing the air in your tires right away?  Why is it we are more aware of the misalignments in our car than the imbalances in our physical body until they become a full blown “symptom?” As a culture, we are taught to ignore or cover up these subtle messages until they become louder and stronger to the point of pain or disease.\r\nTuning in to the subtle changes in our body allows us to “course correct” more quickly, possibly avoiding some of the aches and pains that are often attributed to “getting old.” When I hear someone mention their bum hip or shoulder as a result of getting old, I love to ask how old the other hip or shoulder is and why aren’t they a problem.  True, the longer we have been around, the greater the chances for wear and tear but it’s our imbalances rather than age that play a bigger part in how we feel each day.\r\nSome basic things to understand about our physical structure are that we are designed to stand to gravity like there is a string coming out the top of our head, equal in balance right to left, front to back, head to toe, allowing our skeletal system to be in proper alignment.  Also, simply put, muscles move bones and every muscle crosses a joint.  When a muscle gets tight from overuse, underuse, injury, or poor posture, it will pull two bones closer together.  Over time, this tension wears away the various cushions in between the two bones, creating inflammation and ultimately becoming an “itis” of some sort — arthritis, bursitis, tendonitis, etc.  Now we have a symptom that might have been avoided had we been aware of the imbalance in the first place.  Stand in front of a mirror and notice if one shoulder is higher or more forward than the other. Is your head in front of your spine?  Is one hip higher or more forward than the other? If the answer is yes, then your body is not in balance and if pain is not already present, it won’t be long.\r\nAwareness is the key because if you aren’t aware that you may be using your body improperly, how can you ever change it? For example, if you have hip or knee pain, notice if you are a pivoter? As you are rushing through life and need to course correct, do you plant one foot and turn quickly to head the other direction? Over time, this action can really tweak a hip or knee.  If you have neck pain or headaches, notice where your head is positioned on your spine. When the head is forward of the spine, the neck muscles have to work harder to prevent your head from resting on your chest. Eventually, this imbalance increases tension resulting in pain.  So, whether you are currently experiencing pain or would like to avoid it, start to tune in to your personal quirks and patterns and begin to create greater balance.  Live Well ... Have Fun', 'How is gravity treating you?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'how-is-gravity-treating-you', '', '', '2012-04-04 21:13:42', '2012-04-05 01:13:42', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6340', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6341, 4, '2012-04-04 21:15:51', '2012-04-05 01:15:51', 'You know a Mediterranean Diet is good for your heart, but it also has a powerful impact on brain health, according to Beaufort Memorial Hospital neurologist Dr. Paul Mazzeo, who will present “The Mediterranean Diet &amp; Brain Health” on Wednesday, April 18, in Beaufort.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6342\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Paul Mazzeo, MD\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/MazeoPaulMDcolor.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6342\" title=\"Mazeo,Paul,MDcolor\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/MazeoPaulMDcolor-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe free seminar will be held from 8 to 9 a.m., at The Quality Inn at Town Center.  A light, continental breakfast will be served. Seating is limited and registration is required.\r\nThe seminar will explore how the Mediterranean Diet:\r\n• Reduces the overall risk of Alzheimer’s Disease\r\n• Delays the onset of Parkinson’s Disease\r\n• Reduces stroke risk\r\n• Provides an astounding array of overall health benefits.\r\nBeaufort Memorial Clinical Nutrition Manager and Registered Dietitian Roxanne Davis-Cote will also be available to answer questions.\r\nThe lecture is part of a new “Life, Lived Better” community series hosted by Beaufort Memorial LifeFit Wellness Services. Series lectures focus on overall wellness, prevention, and health improvements for the best quality of life, and will be held throughout the year.\r\nTo register for “The Mediterranean Diet &amp; Brain Health” call the Beaufort Memorial Hospital registration line at (843) 522-5585, or toll-free at (888) 522-5585, by Friday, April 13. The Quality Inn at Town Center is located at 2001 Boundary Street in Beaufort.\r\nFor information about Beaufort Memorial LifeFit Wellness Services and Dr. Paul Mazzeo visit www.bmhsc.org.', 'Free seminar focuses on The Mediterranean Diet', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'free-seminar-focuses-on-the-mediterranean-diet', '', '', '2012-04-04 21:15:51', '2012-04-05 01:15:51', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6341', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(6343, 4, '2012-04-04 21:17:24', '2012-04-05 01:17:24', 'By Will McCullough\r\nThere’s been a common theme in my conversations with other local real estate agents lately. I won’t bore you with numerous quotes but, in general, the theme goes something like this: “I haven’t been this busy since 2006.” For the first time in years, many local agents are once again finding themselves absolutely swamped by a steady stream of potential buyers. For local sellers, this is obviously good news because not only does it seem as if overall buyer interest has picked up significantly, it’s doing so in advance of what we traditionally consider the “busy season.” However, while buyers are once again out there buying, they are, for the most part, buying properties that are priced competitively and “passing” on the rest. If your property is currently on the market, now might be a very good time to take a hard look at your asking price and determine if you may need to adjust it.  One of the toughest decisions a seller may ever have to face is “should I lower my asking price?” In order to answer that question, you may find it helpful to ask yourself a few additional questions.\r\n\r\nIs my home being marketed well?\r\nThe first step in determining if a price reduction may be in order is to analyze the current marketing for the property. Your agent will almost certainly be happy to review his or her marketing efforts with you. While this topic alone could fill many columns, the bottom line for the moment is to make sure you are satisfied with the marketing and, if not, to work with your agent at making the changes needed to obtain that satisfaction.\r\n\r\nDoes my home show well?\r\nThis is another topic that many columns could be dedicated to but, in short, before considering a price reduction, you may wish to assess how well the home actually shows to a hypothetical buyer. This is a topic to discuss in detail with your agent but, in general, ensure that it is clean, free of clutter and the landscaping is fresh and attractive. You may wish to also seek the service of a professional home stager. While their service comes at a cost, it can often pay dividends. Most importantly, verify that you have addressed any negative trends that may have arisen during past showings and open houses.\r\n\r\nAm I not having many showings?\r\nIf you have determined that you are satisfied with the level of marketing for your home but are experiencing very few showings, my opinion would be that you should have a serious discussion with your agent about the potential need for a price reduction. In general, buyers are out there buying and, hopefully, that trend will increase as we head further into spring. If those buyers aren’t touring your property, there’s a very good chance that the market is trying to tell you something. While the market may not always be kind, it’s also very rarely wrong.\r\n\r\nAm I having a lot of showings but no offers?\r\nIn my opinion, this is the surest sign that a property is in need of an immediate price reduction.  Here’s the deal, if you are not receiving offers even though it’s showing regularly (without any real trends in negative feedback), you are almost certainly overpriced. You’re probably close though, just at the higher end of the spectrum when compared to the competition. I personally feel strongly that, once this situation is recognized, you should lower immediately. Reason? If you wait for someone to finally make an offer, enough time may pass that you’ll only get a “lowball” offer because “it’s been on the market so long,” effectively netting you less than if you’d just adjusted earlier in the process when interest was at its peak.\r\nLowering an asking price is never an easy decision and should not be taken lightly. The best way to avoid this is to ensure that your property is initially offered at a price that reflects what comparable properties have actually recently sold for. However, I hope that you find the above thoughts helpful should you find yourself in a situation where a price adjustment becomes a potential consideration.', 'Price adjustment: A tough choice', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'price-adjustment-a-tough-choice', '', '', '2012-05-03 12:06:20', '2012-05-03 16:06:20', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6343', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6344, 4, '2012-04-04 21:18:03', '2012-04-05 01:18:03', 'A new concept in fitness, The Studio focuses on instructional classes and provides fun, fitness and nutrition in the least intimidating of atmospheres. This is a place for people of all ages to come and enjoy themselves and work out at their own pace. Stay active with many beginner fitness classes or feature classes such as ballroom dancing basics. For those who that want to step it up, consultations with a certified health coach are offered. Choose to get in shape through private or group personal training and bootcamps. Besides typical workout classes, The Studio also offers “feature classes” that will be energetic and entertaining, unlike classes typically found at a gym. This fitness center appeals to beginners and experienced exercise buffs.\r\n“I want The Studio to be a place where people of all ages and fitness levels feel comfortable coming in and working out,” says owner Kellie Langan. “I want beginners to come in and just take a class for fun and work their way up or just come and have fun without the pressure or ‘gym-like’ atmosphere that can be intimidating to some. For the more advanced, we have plenty too including Spin-It Indoor Cycling Class, Personal Training, Bootcamp and Running Club.”\r\nIf you are just looking to change your diet, then come and meet with health coach Shelly Hudson, RN. Shelly helps with diet and much more. Just looking to treat yourself? Cheryl Smith, LMT, will work her magic with her large menu of services in massage. Cheryl also helps to make your workout more enjoyable by offering a 20 minute sports massage.\r\nLangan says The Studio, located on Boundary Street, is a place where everyone can come and achieve their fitness and nutrition goals. For more information, visit www.thestudiofitnessandnutrition.com or call 843-397-FITT.', 'Stay fit at The Studio', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'stay-fit-at-the-studio', '', '', '2012-04-04 21:18:03', '2012-04-05 01:18:03', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6344', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6345, 4, '2012-04-04 21:19:28', '2012-04-05 01:19:28', '• Watercolor with Pencils, ages 6-9, with Jean Norton Torjussen on Tuesdays: This class encourages an atmosphere of discovery while familiarizing students with the laws of perspective, overall good design and the use of color.\r\n• Assemblage, ages 12-16, with Terry Brennan on Tuesdays: In this class we will explore a wide range of material with the emphasis on found and discarded objects and how to use them in art. We will harness our own instinct to repurpose these materials in a fun and creative way.\r\n• Collage, ages 6-9, with Deanna Bowdish on Wednesdays: This class explores all formats of collage, working with several different types of paper and other natural and man-made materials as well. We will explore the elements of color, line, shape, texture and composition. We will be creating both abstract and representational work.\r\n• Who is Jonra and what does she want with me? ages 9-16, with Lisa Rentz on Wednesdays: Comic books, song lyrics, stories, scripts and poems — all these “genres” are fun and challenging to write. In this creative writing workshop students will bring in their own writing projects, start new pieces, contribute to the group story, share and hear what other kids are writing, and get plenty of feedback, all supplies included.\r\n• Performance Skills, ages 10-16 with Heather Denardo on Thursdays: A fun and exciting class for the actor in all of us. Students will learn many warm-ups and exercises that will enhance their performances onstage (and off). We will explore the stage and each student will have chance to be actor and director.\r\n• Metal Embossed Masterpieces, ages 9-12, Jean Norton-Torjussen on Thursdays: In this class students will create decorative embossed metal art from original designs. After copying designs onto flexible metal, students will work their projects by adding details using metal working tools, sanding, and staining. Once completed each project will be finished to become a one-of-a-kind piece of jewelry, metal artwork mounted on wood, or metal cladding for embellishment of found items. Let your creativity loose while learning to work with metal.\r\nThis creativity-inspiring after school program at ARTworks is $50 per class per seven week session, 4 to 5:30 p.m. This session begins April 17 and runs though May 31. Call 843-379-2787 or in person at ARTworks in Beaufort Town Center, 2127 Boundary Street.', 'After school events at ARTworks', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'after-school-events-at-artworks', '', '', '2012-04-04 21:19:28', '2012-04-05 01:19:28', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6345', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6346, 4, '2012-04-04 21:20:35', '2012-04-05 01:20:35', 'Lowcountry Figurative Workshop with nationally acclaimed oil painter Daryl Urig will be held April 20-21 at ARTworks in Beaufort Town Center for $165. Urig will take you through all the steps to paint figures in a true-life Lowcountry setting. This comprehensive but compressed workshop will include how to use plein-air studies and photography to compose and finish a larger, more complex painting in the studio. Demonstrations and <a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Arts1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6347\" title=\"Arts1\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Arts1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>practical explanations will help the student to better understand color mixing of paints, creating a dynamic composition and lighting to place a model in a setting will be covered during this workshop. All mediums welcome, demonstrations will be in oil paint and drawing with a brush and painting knife. Space is limited to ensure individual instruction. Visit http://www.beaufortcountyarts.com/workshop.htm to register, and for the supply list.\r\nDaryl Urig is an adjunct professor with the University of Cincinnati. He created a four-year program for the University of Cincinnati as its academic coordinator. He has painted all through his career while his work has hung in the Columbus Art Museum and the Toledo Art Museum. He has won major awards all across the United States and is represented by many galleries including the prestigious Hilligoss Galleries of Chicago, Illinois, on the Magnificent Mile. He has won awards with the Portrait Society of America and is the premier painter for the Indian Hill Historic Society in Indian Hill, Ohio. His blog “The Adventures of an American Oil Painter” is read by more than 50,000 viewers annually. His unique painting understanding and ability to teach makes him a worthwhile resource for entry level to professional artist.\r\nARTworks is located at 2127 Boundary Street, along with KMart and BiLo. It is a community arts center, applying the many creative tools of The Arts to strengthen artists, and enrich audiences, collectors, and visitors through high quality arts experiences and arts education programs 365 days a year. For more information, contact 843-379-2787 or visit www.artworksinbeaufort.org.', 'Watching your figure', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'watching-your-figure', '', '', '2012-04-04 21:20:35', '2012-04-05 01:20:35', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6346', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6348, 4, '2012-04-04 21:21:48', '2012-04-05 01:21:48', '“La Traviata” by Giuseppe Verdi is a romantic tragedy featuring some of the most unforgettable music in all of opera. And once again this popular favorite will be brought to the stage on Saturday, April 14 by The MET: Live in HD in a stunning production by Willy Decker.  Soprano Natalie Dessay is Violetta, Matthew Polenzani will sing the role of her lover, Alfredo, and Alfredo’s father will be sung by Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Fabio Luisi will be on the podium.\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Arts-MET-La-Traviata.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6349\" title=\"Arts-MET La Traviata\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Arts-MET-La-Traviata-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a>Long a favorite of aficionados and casual opera goers alike, “La Traviata” is based on a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas.  It tells the story of a beautiful and popular courtesan in 18th century Paris who falls in love with a young admirer, Alfredo, and gives up her lavish and self-indulgent lifestyle to live with him in the country.\r\nFor three years they live happily until one day Alfredo’s father visit’s Violetta and asks her to give up Alfredo for the sake of his family’s good name and reputation.  Reluctantly she agrees to end their affair and goes back to Paris.  When Alfredo returns home and reads her note, he believes she has left to join another lover. He follows her to Paris to denounce her, but later, after discovering the truth of her sacrifice, he returns to beg her forgiveness.  Finding her near death with consumption, he has only a short time to tell her he was wrong before she collapse in his arms and dies.\r\nTicket Sales: By popular request, all seating is assigned. Adult/Senior $20; Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Members $16. For additional information, contact USCB Center for the Arts director, Bonnie Hargrove, at 843-521-4145, or hargrov@uscb./edu.\r\nThe Met: Live in HD series is made possible by a generous grant from its founding sponsor, The Neubauer Family Foundation; Global corporate sponsorship is provided by Bloomberg; The HD broadcasts are supported by Toll Brothers, America’s luxury home builder.', 'The MET: Live in HD presents ‘La Traviata’', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-met-live-in-hd-presents-la-traviata', '', '', '2012-04-04 21:21:48', '2012-04-05 01:21:48', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6348', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6350, 4, '2012-04-04 21:23:01', '2012-04-05 01:23:01', 'By Dennis Tavernetti\r\n“The Gold Rush” from The Classics Series presented by Emerging Pictures in HD at USCB Center For the Arts Wednesday, April 11 at 7 p.m.\r\nSynopsis: Despite its reputation as one of the great masterpieces of silent cinema, “The Gold Rush” has long been unavailable in its original form. Now, in collaboration with the Cineteca Bologna, the Chaplin Estate, Janus Films, Emerging Pictures is proud to present a restoration of the film, complete with a newly recorded orchestral score.  Moving, hilarious, and full of invention, this famous silent comedy has never looked — or sounded — better. A lone prospector ventures into Alaska looking for gold. He gets mixed up with some burly characters and falls in love with the beautiful Georgia. He tries to win her heart with his singular charm. This 1925 version is true to the original.\r\nRatings &amp; Reviews:  The two leading film websites give this film an IMDb rating of 8.3 and Rotten Tomatoes critics rating of 100 and audience of 91. Outstanding marks! The original 1925 New York Times review stated:  “... one is often moved to mirth with a lump in one’s throat. Chaplin takes strange situations and stirs up tears and smiles. In his more boisterous moments he engineers incidents that at this presentation provoked shrieks of laughter ... you find yourself stirred by the story, gripped by its swing and filled with compassion for the pathetic little hero. Here is a comedy with streaks of poetry, pathos, tenderness, linked with brusqueness and boisterousness. It is the outstanding gem of all Chaplin’s pictures, as it has more thought and originality than even such masterpieces of mirth as ‘The Kid’ and ‘Shoulder Arms.’ ”\r\nPreviewer Comments: Charles Chaplin is very effective in merging comedy with real pathos. He had experienced starving, often rejected in love, often bullied, and always stretching for new experiences beyond the fringe. He was a risk taker: He financed most of his own films, he formed his own motion picture company, and he was outspoken about politics and cared for the underdog.  He very effectively takes all those realities in his real life and turns them in to comedic actions, which belittle the reality of the disappointments ... so we laugh at Charlie Chaplin, the tramp, as we laugh away our own disappointments and problems in life.\r\nRated:  Unrated, but can be considered likely to be G.\r\nPreshow Interview: Host Dennis Tavernetti, will relate the development of silent films and the biography of Charlie Chaplin at 6:40 p.m.\r\nTickets for adults are $8, seniors $7, students $6. Call USCB Center for the Arts box office at 843-521-4145 or purchase day of performance. Box office opens one hour prior to show time.\r\n\r\n<em>Dennis Tavernetti is a resident of St. Helena Island who retired to the Lowcountry having a lifelong interest in the arts. He encouraged USCB‘s Center for the Arts to investigate the possibility of bringing Indie, World and Documentary HD films to Beaufort.</em>', 'The Indie Film Corner: \'The Gold Rush\'', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-indie-film-corner-the-gold-rush', '', '', '2012-04-04 21:23:01', '2012-04-05 01:23:01', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6350', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6351, 4, '2012-04-04 21:24:20', '2012-04-05 01:24:20', 'By Pamela Brownstein\r\nAfter rejoicing over the birth of our first child, my husband and I have been on a crash course trying to comprehend the basics of parenthood. We’ve been reading books, scanning blogs and listening to advice. Yes, we’ve received some helpful hints, but for the most part, we are learning by trial and error. Three months in and I’m happy to report that our baby is healthy and jolly and beautiful. The more he grows, the less I feel certain about what I know. But here are some things I have learned so far that I feel strongly about:\r\n\r\nDocs who rock\r\nI can’t say enough about all the talented medical professionals in Beaufort who helped us along the way. From Dr. Tolbert and Donna Andrews at Coastal OBGYN to the wonderful staff at the birthing center at Beaufort Memorial to the Keanes at Sea Island Pediatrics, we have received excellent care.\r\n\r\nStaying out of the kitchen\r\nWith my husband working and taking graduate classes and me working and taking care of the baby, our life is hectic right now and the last thing either of us wants to do at the end of a busy day is figure out what’s for dinner. That’s why Gourmet on Wheels has been an absolute godsend. We order the meals online, they’re delivered right to our house, and we’re covered for the week. Not only is the food healthy and delicious, but the people are really nice too. I would recommend this to any new parents; it’s like having a personal chef.\r\n\r\nPlaying the name game\r\nPeople’s reactions are mixed when I tell them my son’s name: Wolfe. It’s not common (it’s actually his middle name), but it’s strong and it fits him. We debated about the name basically the whole pregnancy and now, as his personality develops, I know we made the right choice.\r\nThe most important thing I have learned though is that every kid is different and most parents don’t know what they’re doing, they’re just doing the best they can.', 'The Baby Diaries: Surviving the first three months', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-baby-diaries-surviving-the-first-three-months', '', '', '2012-04-04 21:24:20', '2012-04-05 01:24:20', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6351', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6352, 4, '2012-04-04 21:25:19', '2012-04-05 01:25:19', 'By Cherimie Crane Weatherford\r\n\r\nAnother glorious season arrives in beautiful Beaufort. The birds are singing, the flowers are in bloom, the golf courses are a buzz, and baskets of all shapes, sizes and contents are being assembled with love, joy, and artificial grass. It has always been one of my favorite holidays. Mom would spend weeks sewing dresses of linen and lace; Daddy hid eggs in the darndest places and we could smell Mammaw’s cherry pie from down the road.\r\nBesides the floral fashion, the family feast, and doing my absolute best to sit still during the Easter Sunday service, there was one piece that completed the Easter puzzle. Each year someone, somewhere near our small little town managed to cross my path with brightly colored baby chickens. It never failed: we would see them outside Walmart, at the fruit stand, sometimes they even knocked on our door.  As a child it never occurred to me that this was abnormal. It seemed perfectly appropriate to obtain pastel poultry. It was Easter and the chickens were purple, it made perfect sense.\r\nMy parents consistently objected until my impressive negotiation skills and intolerable, incessant chatting weakened them to submission. Mom would tell me that the tiny pink chick would, in fact, grow up to look just like the ones we already had as Daddy would insist it was cruel and unusual to dye God’s tiniest creatures. Their points were both fascinating and true; however, had very little effect on my desire to take at least one home.\r\nIt was beyond me how anyone could resist a tiny pink, purple or baby blue chicken. Obviously, no Easter would be complete without the chirping, awkward little soul. Mom would eventual tire of my lengthy bouts of begging and Daddy, well Daddy couldn’t seem to give me one good reason why his daughter shouldn’t have one more chicken.\r\nYear after year, I managed to get my Easter wish. It was a moment full of joy, appreciation and victory. Oh how I loved to walk through the house with my little friend in tow. I distinctly remember sweet purple Polly as if it were yesterday, she was by far my favorite Easter chick. She handled cuddling like a champ and didn’t even mind the occasional bonnet. Polly and I were obvious soulmates. Obvious until Polly turned in to Peter and began resisting wardrobe changes and started wanting to spend more time in the barn than with me. Apparently Polly’s early morning chirping was a sign of things to come.\r\nPolly was my last Easter chicken. I knew even then that the purple feathers would fade and that our relationship would evolve into that of corn thrower and corn eater; but it never changed my fascination or desire for tiny little pastel colored poultry. I never cared much for the chocolate rabbits, marshmallow-shaped everything, or huge baskets full of eggs you can’t scramble.\r\nNow that adulthood has taken over my holidays, I can’t help but look for the chirping creatures. I wonder if that is just a Mississippi thing or if children in South Carolina are pleading their way towards a pastel pet. Mom no longer makes my dresses to match my sister’s, Daddy no longer hides eggs in places only Sherlock Holmes himself could detect, but I still do my best to sit still through Sunday Easter service.\r\nIt is a splendid time indeed. May each of you have a beautifully colored Easter full of love, laughter, happiness and baskets of artificial grass. If it is pink, purple, or blue baby chickens you desire, I am sure there is a truck in Mississippi somewhere with baskets full. Happy Easter, y’all.', 'It was Easter and the chickens were purple, it made perfect sense', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'it-was-easter-and-the-chickens-were-purple-it-made-perfect-sense', '', '', '2012-04-04 21:25:19', '2012-04-05 01:25:19', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6352', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6353, 4, '2012-04-04 21:27:11', '2012-04-05 01:27:11', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Sports-B.C.UNITED-4-5.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6354\" title=\"Sports-B.C.UNITED 4-5\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Sports-B.C.UNITED-4-5-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" /></a>The B.C. United Soccer Club under 10 boys team took second place at the Piggly Wiggly Shootout in Mt. Pleasant on Saturday, March 24 and Sunday, March 25. Pictured in back row, from left, Sebastian Laverde, Sonny Quintanilla, William Tumlin, Uriel Zarracan, Aki Carter and Coach Tanaka. Front row, from left, Merritt Patterson (captain), Dawson Coleman, Ethan Goodwin, Thomas Holladay and Benjamin Trask.', 'B.C. United soccer wins again', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'b-c-united-soccer-wins-again', '', '', '2012-04-04 21:27:11', '2012-04-05 01:27:11', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6353', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6355, 4, '2012-04-04 21:28:00', '2012-04-05 01:28:00', 'Parris Island Iron Mike Bike/Walk Tour\r\nThe Parris Island Iron Mike Bike/Walk Tour is free and open to the public on Saturday, April 14, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Parris Island Historical and Museum Society will be sponsoring its sixth Iron Mike Bike Tour (bicycle) and Walking Tour of historic Parris Island.  The bike tour is 14 miles and takes riders on a 16 stop tour of the depot’s colonial plantation and military historic sites.  The walk will be 3 miles covering historical portions of mainside Parris Island.  At stops along the way, museum representatives will be available to explain the history and significance of these locations to Parris Island.  Both the bike and walking tours start at the museum.  A driver’s license, registration and proof of insurance are required to access the base.  Base policy requires cyclists to wear helmets and follow the rules of the road for safety purposes. For more information, call 843-228-2951\r\n\r\nGolf tournament nets a little more ‘bounce’\r\nBasketball coaches from around the country are taking to the links on Lady’s Island in May to benefit the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. Yow was the women’s basketball coach of North Carolina State University for 32 seasons. She died of breast cancer in 2009 after conquering cancer twice before.\r\nThe second annual event May 7 at Lady’s Island Country Club is being organized by Carol Meegan of Lady’s Island — who coached many teams, including those at Beaufort Academy and Coker College — and Mary Ann Grimes, a former college basketball coach from Ohio. They also netted the support of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association, which Yow helped found.\r\n“Kay Yow was an inspiration to her players, as well as players and coaches around the country, no matter at what level they competed,” Meegan said. “This tournament is one way to honor her memory and help others battling cancer.”\r\nMeegan and Grimes have invited coaches from all over the country to play in the tournament and  “Tee It Up for Kay Yow.”\r\nYow was named national Coach of the Year eight times. She was one of only six Division 1 head women’s coaches to rack up 700 wins and one of only three to post 1,000 games at one school. She lead her teams to 20 of 27 NCAA Tournaments, making it to the Sweet 16 11 times and to the Final Four in 1998. She was named to seven halls of fame, including the Women’s Sports Hall of Fame.\r\nThe scramble-format tournament begins at 12:30 p.m. Beverages and snacks will be available on the course and dinner and prizes will follow. Cost is $60 per person. Call Lady’s Island Country Club at 843-524-3635 to sign up your threesome.', 'Recreational Events', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'recreational-events', '', '', '2012-04-04 21:28:00', '2012-04-05 01:28:00', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6355', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6356, 4, '2012-04-10 06:29:48', '2012-04-10 10:29:48', '[caption id=\"attachment_6357\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"From left: Molly Smith, Eli Smith, Jack Jepson and Jackson Cooper.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Sports-Stacking-4-5.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6357\" title=\"Sports-Stacking 4-5\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Sports-Stacking-4-5-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nFour stackers from Lady’s Island competed at the National Sport Stacking Championships on March 24-25 at The Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO.  Jack Jepson, Anna Smith, Eli Smith and Molly Smith teamed up with fellow South Carolinian Jackson Cooper of North Augusta to win 18 awards, including one first, four seconds, three thirds, four fourths, and two fifths. The groups’ 10U relay team placed third in the cycle relay.  Jack and Jackson had a great fourth place 10U doubles performance with a 12.56. Eli’s top performances were a second place 3.16 in the division 9 3-6-3 and a fourth place 2.43 in the 3-3-3.  Molly had a fourth place 9.58 Cycle in division 9 and was the ninth all around girl in the tournament. Anna set a new division 13 state record of 2.06 in the 3-3-3, finished second in 18U doubles, finished fifth in child/parent doubles with her dad, and was the third all around girl in the whole event.', 'National Sport Stacking Championships', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'national-sport-stacking-championships', '', '', '2012-04-10 13:36:23', '2012-04-10 17:36:23', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6356', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6358, 4, '2012-04-04 21:30:27', '2012-04-05 01:30:27', 'Starting May 1, the YMCA of Beaufort County is encouraging parents to help keep their kids physically active and mentally engaged by signing them up for the Y’s Day Camp programs. Summer is a critical out-of-school time when children and teens can benefit from enriched learning, new experiences and making new friendships. The Y’s camp offers all of this and more.\r\n“While summer should be a time of exploration, youth are sometimes less involved in activities that stimulate their mind and body,” says Kaylin Garst, Y Childcare Director. “When at Y camps, kids have the opportunity to get outdoors and learn about nature, take on new responsibilities, gain independence, and develop essential social skills and new relationships. As a result, they become more confident, open to trying new things and grow as individuals and as part of a group.”\r\nThe YMCA of Beaufort County provides exciting and educational camp programming for children and teens, and their parents, including: traditional camp where campers will receive virtual learning; Kiddie Kamp for ages 3 and 4; CIT (Counselors in Training) Camp for teens 13 to 15, and specialty and sports camps for various ages.\r\nA variety of camp hours are available to meet the needs of working families starting from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. And, to ensure that all youth have the chance to experience camp, the YMCA of Beaufort County offers financial assistance.\r\nAccording to experts, there are five reasons why children and teens should attend summer camp:\r\n• Adventure: Summer camp is all about a wide variety of fun adventures and new experiences, and especially exploring the outdoors.\r\n• Healthy Fun: Day and resident camps offer fun, stimulating activities that engage the body and mind, and also help children and teens learn the importance of nutrition to help improve their eating habits.\r\n• Personal Growth: While being away from the routine back home, youth have a chance to learn new skills, and develop confidence and independence by taking on new responsibilities and challenges.\r\n• New Friendships: Amidst the fun of camp games, songs, swimming, fishing and talent shows, campers meet new friends.\r\n• Memories: Summer camp is an unforgettable experience that will give each camper memories to last a lifetime.\r\nFor more information about YMCA summer camp, visit www.ymcabeaufort county.com or contact Kaylin Garst at 843-522-9622, childcareymca@gmail.com.', 'Summer camp helps youth learn, get outdoors', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'summer-camp-helps-youth-learn-get-outdoors', '', '', '2012-04-04 21:30:27', '2012-04-05 01:30:27', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6358', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6359, 4, '2012-04-04 21:33:06', '2012-04-05 01:33:06', 'Racing at top speeds of up to 40 miles an hour, over 100 professional male and female cyclists will compete in downtown Beaufort during the 6th annual Beaufort Memorial Cycling Classic, a celebration of active, healthy living in the Lowcountry, on Tuesday, May 1, at 5 p.m. It’s all free and open to the public.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6360\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Last year’s race on Bay Street. Photo by Paul Nurnberg.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Cycling2-Nurnberg.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6360\" title=\"Cycling2-Nurnberg\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Cycling2-Nurnberg-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe format will offer spectators the opportunity to watch the best of the best in American criterium racing up close as they ride at top speeds for up to two hours on the .6-mile course. Cyclists representing most of the national professional cycling teams will participate in the race.\r\nThe evening will kick off with a kids’ race at 5 p.m. on Bay Street and will be followed by the women’s race at 6 p.m., then men’s race. The professional races will follow a .6-mile course that begins and ends at the clock tower on Bay Street.\r\n“As the community’s primary healthcare provider, we are delighted to once again be a part of Beaufort’s pro cycling event,” said hospital President &amp; CEO Rick Toomey. “The Beaufort Memorial Cycling Classic truly celebrates active, healthy living, and we always look forward to this event.”\r\nThe Beaufort Memorial Cycling Classic is a part of the USA Crits Southeast series that kicks off in Athens, Ga., on April 28 with the “Athens Twilight,” and continues with a total of seven races in nine days — each in a different Southeastern city.\r\nAmerica has a rich history of criterium racing, a unique form of cycling that stresses high-speed racing contested amidst an urban atmosphere. Criterium racing’s ability to combine the most exciting elements of popular sports with the large-scale appeal of downtown festivals has made it the most enduring form of cycling in North America with an ever-growing following of fans.\r\nBecause professional criteriums are run on short lap courses through city streets, they offer spectators the opportunity to watch the competitors up-close as they ride at top speed for up to two hours. This has made the criterium format the most spectator-friendly form of cycling.\r\nThe event is managed by Lowcountry Velo, with corporate support from Beaufort Memorial Hospital and additional support from local sponsors, volunteers and cycling clubs. For more details about the Beaufort Memorial Cycling Classic please visit www.lowcountrycyclist.com.', 'Beaufort Memorial Cycling Classic set for May 1', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-memorial-cycling-classic-set-for-may-1', '', '', '2012-04-04 21:33:06', '2012-04-05 01:33:06', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6359', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6362, 4, '2012-04-05 00:19:12', '2012-04-05 04:19:12', 'Palmetto Animal League is hosting a Pounce into Spring adoption event through April 7, offering to fill your Easter Basket with the love of a furry friend. For a week, PAL is offering low or no adoption fees to help find homes for dogs, cats, puppies and kittens.\r\nThe Palmetto Animal League Adoption Center (Riverwalk Business Park, Highway 170, Okatie) has a variety of socialized, healthy and happy animals that need to get adopted to make room for other cats and dogs in need of their second chance at life. All adult cat adoption fees are being paid for by Lowcountry Paver. And through their continued generosity, Lowcountry Paver will underwrite the adoption fee for any puppy, adult dog, or kitten bringing the reduced adoption fee to only $50 (including spay/neuter, vaccines, parasite control and microchip). These adult cats make wonderful office or warehouse companions, reducing stress and brightening the work environment. PAL also sponsors yearly vaccinations for these cats to keep them healthy. All adoption standards apply. For more information, visit www.palmettoanimalleague.org or call 843-645-1725.', 'Pounce into Spring adoption event at PAL', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'pounce-into-spring-adoption-event-at-pal', '', '', '2012-04-05 00:19:12', '2012-04-05 04:19:12', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6362', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6363, 4, '2012-04-05 00:20:25', '2012-04-05 04:20:25', 'By Tracie Korol\r\n\r\nA U.S. federal judge has recently ordered the Food and Drug Administration to begin proceedings to withdraw approval for the use of common antibiotics — tetracyclines and penicillin — in animal feed citing concerns that overuse is endangering (human) health by creating antibiotic-resistant superbugs. The FDA began such proceedings in 1977 but the approval remained in place.\r\n“In the intervening years, scientific evidence of the risks to human health from the widespread use of antibiotics in livestock has grown, and there is no evidence that the FDA has changed its position that such uses are not shown to be safe,” said U.S. Magistrate Judge Theodore Katz. The FDA must now withdraw approval for non-therapeutic use of antibiotics unless makers of the drugs can produce evidence that their use is safe.\r\nSo how does this ruling affect my dog?  Follow the trail: once an antibiotic-laden protein (chicken, cow, pig, duck, buffalo, fish) has been stripped of all products suitable for human use, the remains are shipped to the dog food plant. Via a complicated series of steps, these antibiotic-laced leftovers eventually end up in your dog’s food bowl. Over time, with a passive yet constant stream of antibiotics into your pet’s system plus the addition of intentional antibiotic use from the vet, a dog’s natural intestinal bacteria can be replaced with pathogenic microbes (the bad guys), for instance, Candida.\r\nCandida albicans, which causes candidiasis, is a single-celled organism classified as both a fungus and a yeast. It occurs naturally in the digestive and genital tracts, and in healthy bodies is kept in check by beneficial bacteria — most of the time. In humans whose good bacterium has been damaged, Candida contributes to thrush (fungal infection in the throat and mouth), diaper rash, athlete’s foot, jock itch, vaginal yeast infections, digestive problems, seasonal allergies, ringworm, nail fungus and ... wow!  Bad stuff, indeed.\r\nLike all yeasts, Candida thrives on sugars including those from grain, starches and other carbohydrates. When feeding a typical commercial dog food, based to a great degree on grains, you are in essence adding sugar to the digestive tract, excellent food for the yeast. Add passive antibiotics that kill off all bacteria, good and bad, and you have the recipe for an unhappy and uncomfortable dog.\r\nCandida symptoms are often misdiagnosed as allergies manifesting as rashes or skin outbreaks on the feet, face, armpit, underbelly, or genital areas. How many dogs do you know that spend large parts of their days chewing at their front paws? Recurring hot spots or infections of the ears, eyes, bladder or urinary tract can also be attributed to Candida overgrowth. Often these conditions are accompanied by a secondary infection (which is what usually get treated and usually with antibiotics) but the underlying cause is rarely addressed by conventional medicine.  In addition to fatigue, lethargy, immobility, joint pain, and discomfort all caused by yeast toxins, the infected dog may also experience severe itching leading to endless biting, chewing and hair loss. The dog’s skin may turn black, become dry and flaky, or develops a greasy grit on the surface. And then there’s that heavy doggy funk.\r\nTreatment with antibiotics and steroids brings temporary relief but 10 days to two weeks after your course of meds later your dog has a flare-up and you’re back at the vet. If left unchallenged, Candida changes into a multi-celled fungus with hairy root-like projections called rhizoids. The rhizoids penetrate the intestinal wall and that affects a body’s ability to absorb vitamins, minerals, amino and fatty acids leading to nutritional deficiencies and leaky gut syndrome.  So now you have a dog that not only is miserable on the outside, but miserable from the inside, too. Leaky gut causes chronic low-grade infections, inflammation and more allergic responses.\r\nAlternative therapies, such as medicinal herbs and diet, have few side effects and help correct the problem’s underlying causes.  For human patients, menu plans such as the Atkins diet, which is high in protein and fat and very low in carbohydrates are recommended because it starves yeast cells without harming beneficial bacteria. Go a step further with a modified Atkins-dog diet and feed clean proteins — no hormones, no antibiotics — and healing can occur even quicker.', 'Fighting antibiotics in feed: It’s about time', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'fighting-antibiotics-in-feed-its-about-time', '', '', '2012-04-05 00:20:25', '2012-04-05 04:20:25', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6363', 0, 'post', '', 0);

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(6381, 4, '2012-04-05 00:41:20', '2012-04-05 04:41:20', 'By Lanier Laney\r\nIf Beaufort had a upcountry “sister city,” it would be Aiken. The towns are similar in size and both have beautiful historic homes.  There are a surprisingly number of former Aiken residents in Beaufort,  Judge Mary Sharp being one of them.\r\nSays Mary, “Aiken was a great place to grow up, and is the kind of place where you can go back, and feel like you never left. And, like Beaufort, it’s beautiful in the spring and fall.”\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6382\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Judge Mary Sharp.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Judge-Mary-Sharp.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6382\" title=\"Judge Mary Sharp\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Judge-Mary-Sharp-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nMary grew up there because her father was a nuclear engineer at the nearby Savannah River Plant and her mother taught English at Aiken High School.  Both she and her sister had their mother as a teacher in the 10th grade, which Mary says, “It may sound bad, but it was probably harder for her than for either of us.” Her parents retired to a house on Lady’s Island in 1996 which is how Mary found Beaufort.\r\n“I moved, I thought temporarily, to Beaufort with my parents after taking the bar, and planned to look for a job from Beaufort. While driving through the Penn Center one afternoon, I noticed the Neighborhood Legal Assistance Program (NLAP) offices, which was at Penn at the time, and called that afternoon to find out whether they had any need for some free help. Martha Dicus, the executive director, called me back that afternoon, and told me, sight and resume unseen, that she would love to have me, and within the week I was working there full time, and she had introduced me to literally every lawyer and judge in Beaufort. She also introduced me to Mitch Griffith and Nancy Sadler, and persuaded them they needed to hire an associate, which they reluctantly did,” said Mary with a smile. “Fortunately, things worked out and now 18 years later we have grown from a three lawyer, three staff member firm to an eight lawyer, ten staff member firm,” she added.\r\nNot only is Mary a partner now at Griffith, Sadler &amp; Sharp, she’s also been a municipal judge for the City of Beaufort since 2000 and shares that job with Judge Ned Tupper.\r\n“Ned and I split the duties between us.  He typically does morning bond hearings, and I do the afternoon. He typically does Monday and Thursday afternoon bench trials, and I handle the jury selection and jury trials, which we have about once a month. In South Carolina, people charged with any misdemeanor including speeding tickets, can get a trial by jury, rather than by judge, at the outset of their case, which is not typical. But we treat those trials just as seriously as a larger court would a bigger crime, because we understand how important they are to the people who are charged.  And our City of Beaufort residents, who sit on the juries, treat them seriously too,” described Mary. Of serving with Ned Tupper, who has a reputation for his courtroom wit and sense of humor, she said, “Ned is definitely funnier than I am.  But recently someone approached us who had been in front of both of us, and said that while Ned was ‘funnier,’ I was ‘fairer,’ and we both took it as a complement.”\r\nMary went to N.C. State where she developed a great love of ACC basketball.  Then she got her law degree from Wake Forest. She says, “My father thought I should be an engineer, and I think still wishes I had been.  As the only lawyer in the family, I have spent a lot of time over the years giving free help to friends and family, which I actually don’t really mind, but I mentioned that a family member had asked my advice on a problem one time to my Dad, and he said ‘I told you you should have been an engineer.  Nobody has ever asked me for free nuclear engineering advice.’ ”\r\nMary is a civil trial lawyer, and handles cases for individuals, businesses and insurance companies in state and federal court. That’s civil law, as opposed to criminal law, and civil litigation involves really any kind of dispute people have, usually over money.  Working in a smaller firm, in a smaller town, has allowed Mary the leeway to handle a wide variety of cases including premises liability, automobile accidents, contract disputes, real estate litigation, homeowners association litigation, environmental litigation and construction litigation. She’s tried over 40 jury trials and recently has started serving as a third-party mediator to help parties resolve their disputes before a trial is necessary.\r\nSays Mary, “One thing I like about being a lawyer is that the days are never the same, and you never know exactly what might happen when you walk in the door in the morning.  I guess that could be a bad thing, but generally it’s good.”\r\nShe also feels it’s better to practice law in a small town than a large city,  saying, “Beaufort is a great place to practice law.  The lawyers in this town are a collegial group all in all, and most can argue against you in court one day, and invite you to dinner that night. It’s a nice way to live.”\r\nMary appreciates that she can be in a formal federal courtroom in Charleston or Greenville one day and in a Magistrate’s Court courtroom in a convenience store in a small town in South Carolina the next. One of the first jury trials she ever had was at the Woods Store on Highway 17. Says Mary, “We had a jury of six people in Magistrate Woods’ small office which was off to the left of the store, and the lawyers had to stand directly over the jurors to argue. There was not much room. I objected to a question the other lawyer asked, and the judge said, ‘All right, meet me in tackle,’ where we argued the objection.”\r\nMary’s work philosophy is simple: “I work hard, and try to figure out at the outset of a case what it is the client wants in the end, and try to get them there as efficiently and effectively as possible. I work with other like-minded attorneys, which is why our firm has been successful.”\r\nShe is passionate about a number of things, including the equality and empowerment of women, and has been involved in advocacy on those issues, on the national and state levels, through the legal profession.  In 2010, at the American Bar Association (ABA) Meeting in San Francisco, she was elected President of the National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations, and she’s currently its Immediate Past President.  She is a past liaison to the ABA’s Commission on Women in the Profession, which was first chaired by Hillary Clinton. She served on the Board of South Carolina Women Lawyers Association from 1997 to 2005, and in 2003, served as its president. She is currently a South Carolina Liaison to the ABA Section of Litigation Woman Advocate Committee.\r\nIn 2009, Mary was honored as one of 10 South Carolina “Leaders in the Law,” by South Carolina Lawyers Weekly, in their inaugural year of presenting those awards. She was also just named a 2012 South Carolina Super Lawyer. The annual selections for Super Lawyer are made using a rigorous multi-phased process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, and an independent research evaluation of each nominee’s background and experience. The designation is given to those who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only five percent of the lawyers in S.C. are selected for inclusion in South Carolina Super Lawyers.\r\nMary is also active in the community, and currently serves on the boards of Lowcountry Legal Volunteers, the Historic Beaufort Foundation, The Surgery Center of Beaufort, and Broad River Healthcare, and has served as a member of the Beaufort Memorial Hospital Institutional Review Board.  She also served as President of the Board of the Friends of Caroline Hospice, from 2004-2007; as President of the Board of Low County Legal Aid, Inc., from 2009-2010; and was on the board of the Child Abuse Prevention Association from 1995-2001.\r\nShe says, “I really love living in Beaufort because of the people, and the good friends and family I have here, and the people I practice law with. That’s what makes it home to me.” And Beaufort is lucky that Mary has chosen it to be her home.', 'A Sharp legal mind: Judge Mary Sharp', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'a-sharp-legal-mind-judge-mary-sharp', '', '', '2012-04-05 00:41:20', '2012-04-05 04:41:20', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6381', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6383, 4, '2012-04-05 00:43:11', '2012-04-05 04:43:11', 'By Jack Sparacino\r\nHello seafood fans, and that’s practically everyone, isn’t it? The Florida stone crab, menippe mercenaria, is actually fairly plentiful in Lowcountry waters — welcome information for newcomers. For those who have been thinking about trying their hand at recreational crabbing, this clunky critter is one of the absolutely tastiest things you can harvest from our tidal creeks and rivers. It is also one of the potentially most dangerous to handle.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6384\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Stone crab claw.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/crab-claw.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6384\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/crab-claw-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nLet’s start on the bright side.  Though you may very occasionally catch a stone crab while fishing (I do this roughly once every two years) or shrimping, stone crabs are commonly mixed in with the blue crabs one catches in conventional traps.  They are attracted to the same protein-based bait and aren’t terribly picky (the remains from cleaned fish work great, but chicken necks or backs are a reasonable substitute and if you can get them, whole menhaden, mullet or other small bait fish are also quite effective).\r\nMy experience has been that stone crabs are more readily trapped when the water temperature is 75-85 degrees.  That’s right, if you are taking a break from fishing because of intense summer heat, you can always keep a trap or two in the water and hope the stone crabs find you.  On many occasions, I’ve found nothing BUT stone crabs in my traps in the dead of summer, some of them rather large.\r\nNow for the warning.  While handling blue crabs with a long handled pair of tongs is a good way to avoid getting bitten, they don’t usually do any lasting damage if they do get hold of you.  We’re talking about an annoying pinch.  Stone crabs, on the other hand, generate tremendous crushing power, enough to overcome oysters, for example.  So taking off one of your fingers would not be unthinkable.\r\nFortunately, stone crabs aren’t as aggressive as blue crabs or nearly as fast.  (Nor do they swim or look as pretty.)  I prefer to use tongs to get them on their backs, then quickly and firmly grab each claw by hand (heavy gloves are a good idea).  One must be sure to leave the crab with one remaining claw, the smaller of the two, and if you achieve a nice clean break (garden shears do this nicely), the crab will regrow the lost claw and live to fight another day.  Which is the idea, in the name of sustainable fishing.  Speaking of which, be sure to check DNR size and other regulations.\r\nNow the fun part, deciding what to do with your catch.  First, steam the claws as you would a batch of blue crabs.  Many restaurants then simply chill them, crack off most of the shell, and serve them with melted butter or cocktail sauce.  They can also be made into crab cakes, or added to sautéed minced onions and celery and served over pasta.  Or substituted in any of your favorite recipes for blue crabs. If you REALLY want to impress your family and friends, you might try serving whole cracked claws (or just the meat) with mango ceviche.\r\nIf stone crabs were human, it would be easy to come up with appropriately colorful nicknames.  Crusher.  Crabzilla.  Rocky.  Smasher.  Once in your kitchen, you can think of friendlier terms and you are absolutely certain to serve up a real local treat. A “killer” appetizer or main course, as it were.\r\nBon appetit!', 'Stone cold delicious: Our local stone crabs', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'stone-cold-delicious-our-local-stone-crabs', '', '', '2012-04-05 00:43:11', '2012-04-05 04:43:11', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6383', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6385, 4, '2012-04-05 00:45:20', '2012-04-05 04:45:20', 'By Tess Malijenovsky\r\nBeaufort Dog at Habersham and The Green Room present the Fourth Annual Beaufort Pet &amp; Kid Fair, a benefit for rescue animals. This event is not exclusive to your adorable, furry friends — bring the whole family for a jam-packed day of performances, demonstrations, veterinarian clinics, contests, entertainment and more from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 14.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6386\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Is your dog as cute as Lefty the black Lab? Go to www.beaufortdog.com and submit photos of your dog to win prizes.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Lefty-Pet-Fair.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6386\" title=\"Lefty-Pet Fair\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Lefty-Pet-Fair-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nWhen Kelley Blackston of Beaufort Dog at Habersham took over the annual Pet Spring Fling four years ago, she brought Beaufort the Pet &amp; Kid Fair. Its first year coincided with the opening of Beaufort Dog. “The concept was to have a benefit where all the rescues could come out at one time,” said Kelley.\r\n“A lot of people don’t realize that there are local rescues that have just golden retrievers and labs and puppies. People are shying away from going to rescue sites because they want a certain type of dog.”\r\nThe Pet &amp; Kid Fair raises money for all participating rescues, but everyone can benefit from the fun and games. There will be music by Beaufort’s Junior Orchestra, gymnastics with the Sports Academy, dance with Studio B and a karate demonstration. Kids can run and play on the inflatables and playground or participate in kid activities put on by Jumpin’ Jaxx throughout the day.\r\nCome with your pooches for some dog agility demonstrations, dog contests and games. There will also be a low cost wellness and rabies vaccine clinic (make your reservations at the vet clinic).\r\nOne of the ways the fair is raising money for the participating rescues is through its photo contest. Submit your cutest, ugliest, silliest and most talented pictures of your dog for a chance to win prizes from stores in the area. Log onto BeaufortDog.com and click the link to submit your photos. The cost to enter or vote is only $1 and 100% of the proceeds go to charity.\r\nBeaufort Dog provides a variety of services for your pets while you’re away at work or vacation including dog boarding, daycare, grooming and training. The Beaufort Pet &amp; Kid Fair is a free event at the Habersham town center, located off Joe Frazier Road.', 'Fourth Annual Pet & Kid Fair', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'fourth-annual-pet-kid-fair', '', '', '2012-04-05 00:45:20', '2012-04-05 04:45:20', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6385', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6387, 4, '2012-04-10 00:47:04', '2012-04-10 04:47:04', 'Barbecue and men may be the natural order of things, but don’t tell the women at the Junior Service League of Beaufort (JSLB). The civic group’s annual BBQ by the Marsh has raised more than $100,000 for local charities.\r\nNow in its seventh year, the finger-licking feast will take place from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 14, at The Arsenal on Craven Street in downtown Beaufort. Proceeds from the event will be distributed as grants to nonprofit agencies and organizations serving women, children and families in the area.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6388\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Carson Bruce.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Carson-Bruce.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6388\" title=\"Carson Bruce\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Carson-Bruce-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n“It’s our signature event,” said Carson Bruce, a member of the JSLB board and service committee chair. “It’s always a lot of fun. We have live music, an open bar and really good barbecue.”\r\nA graduate of the College of Charleston, Bruce helped found the Junior Service League in 2005 with a dozen like-minded friends who wanted to make a contribution to the community.\r\n“We were a very enthusiastic group with a clear vision of helping others,” said the 35-year-old Beaufort resident. “Instead of whipping out the checkbook and giving a donation, we wanted to do something more personal.”\r\nEach spring, the JSLB solicits requests for volunteer assistance from local organizations. This year, they’re helping the Child Abuse Prevention Association and Citizens Opposed to Domestic Abuse. They also organized a blood drive for the Blood Alliance and a “Prom Boutique” to give high school girls free prom dresses.\r\nAfter attaining tax exempt status as a nonprofit organization, the group started a grants program to provide funding for local charities. Most of the money available for the grants is raised at the annual BBQ by the Marsh.\r\n“Put a group of women together in a room and they can get amazing things accomplished,” said Bruce, who works for the Savannah College of Art &amp; Design. “The success of the barbecue is a testament to how hard we work.”\r\nAlong with their civic projects, the group hosts several social events each year, including a “meet-and-greet” in August, a holiday gathering and an end-of-year celebration.\r\n“We get in our fun time, too” Bruce said. “A lot of great friendships have been born out of the JSLB.”\r\nTickets to BBQ on the Marsh are $40. This year’s event will feature a barbecue buffet catered by Q on Bay, cocktails, a silent auction and live music by The Broke Locals. To purchase tickets or sponsor the event, visit www.jslbeaufort.org or call 315-7339.', 'Junior Service League of Beaufort prepares for signature event, BBQ by the Marsh', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'junior-service-league-of-beaufort-prepares-for-signature-event-bbq-by-the-marsh', '', '', '2012-04-10 08:49:06', '2012-04-10 12:49:06', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6387', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6389, 4, '2012-04-05 00:48:14', '2012-04-05 04:48:14', 'Following DHEC approval, Beaufort Memorial Hospital’s entire Emergency Department (ED) will begin moving Monday from its current location to a temporary location at the Cochrane Heart Center entrance to allow the renovation and expansion project to move forward.  The entire move will take a few days.\r\nThe temporary Emergency Department entrance will be used for EMS, walk-in patients and visitors. The patient assessment (triage) and Fast Track areas will be located on the first floor in a newly renovated space adjacent to the heart center lobby. The main patient treatment area will relocate to the second floor of the hospital. Private ambulances will drop off and pick up patients at the Birthing Center/Surgery Center entrance.\r\n“We will have eight months of very tight quarters, but there’s no getting around it,” says ER Director Kevin Kremer, RN.  “We have to make room for the new construction to continue, so we’ll make the best of it.”\r\nKremer advises the public to be aware that parking around the temporary ER will be even more limited than it has been up to now.  He encourages people to remain patient, because space will be at a premium.  He also encourages people to limit the number of people accompanying a person to the ER to one if at all possible.\r\nUpon completion of the construction project, the Level 3 ER will be expanded from 9,500 square feet to 20,500 square feet with 26 private treatment rooms — two of them trauma rooms, a decontamination room, and  a waiting area to receive test results.\r\nA $1.5-million donation made by Beaufort philanthropist Dr. Bruce Pratt in honor of his parents provided the start-up money to launch the ambitious project. Last year, the hospital renamed the ER the George N. Pratt and Sarah Meyer Pratt Emergency Center.\r\nIn addition, major upgrades will be made to the hospital’s infrastructure, including increasing the capacity of the cooling system, which is vital to the operation of the advanced technology currently being used in the ER. Three new Caterpillar 800KW generator sets have been installed in a new power house, along with the latest in electrical switchgear technology.\r\nThe larger footprint also will allow for other hospital improvements.\r\n“I think our doctors, patients and staff will be thrilled with the changes we will be making in the new facility,” said ER Director Kevin Kremer. “It will take us some time and inconvenience to get there, but we are very excited about it.”', 'Hospital’s emergency department temporarily relocates entrance ', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'hospitals-emergency-department-temporarily-relocates-entrance', '', '', '2012-04-05 00:48:14', '2012-04-05 04:48:14', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6389', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6390, 4, '2012-04-05 00:49:47', '2012-04-05 04:49:47', 'Seeking a brighter future for Beaufort’s children and for military families, the Beaufort City Council on Tuesday, April 3, approved the purchase of the 167-acre Beaufort Commerce Park for $1.85 million.\r\nLast week, the owners of the Commerce Park parcels petitioned their land to be annexed into the city limits. At the same time, City Council approved on first reading the purchase of the Commerce Park for $1.85 million, less than what the property had been appraised at last year.\r\nAlso on March 27, the City Council approved initial reading of an ordinance to amend the Unified Development Ordinance to create an “industrial park” zoning district for the Commerce Park. The site will be used for heavy and light industrial purposes. Both the annexation and rezoning require additional steps before they are finalized.\r\n“I feel a passionate sense it’s our time to take the lead (on local economic development). It’s a new day,” said Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling.\r\n\r\nhe area will help Beaufort’s families stay in Beaufort, and also will create opportunities for local military to take their unique skills to a local job.\r\nThe Commerce Park has all utilities available on site. Located across U.S. Highway 21 from the Marine Corps Air Station and its soon-to-arrive F-35 Joint Strike Fighter squadrons and high-tech training center, the Commerce Park also is within an hour and 15 minutes of Boeing’s new Charleston facility and 45 minutes from Gulfstream’s Savannah operations.\r\nIn Beaufort’s three military installations, “we have a huge untapped economic development asset in the disciplined, focused and experienced Marines and sailors who, with appropriate training, could provide a workforce unlike any other,” Keyserling has said.\r\nBeaufort City Councilman Mike Sutton agreed, saying Tuesday night, “We have a very vibrant city ... City-building is important to us. We are missing a reason for kids to stay here. We don’t have the magic bullet ... but (the Commerce Park) might be the catalyst to new growth.”\r\nThe agreement to buy the land requires the deal be closed within 60 days after environmental reviews and other due diligence.\r\nThe Commerce Park was most recently owned by the Lowcountry Economic Network, a public and private-funded group that collapsed after it couldn’t pay the loan on the park.\r\nEach year, Beaufort sets aside funding for land purchases and currently has $1.034 million available. Several options, to include financing, are available for the balance, and none of them require a tax increase for city residents, Keyserling said.', 'City of Beaufort to buy Commerce Park', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'city-of-beaufort-to-buy-commerce-park', '', '', '2012-04-05 00:49:47', '2012-04-05 04:49:47', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6390', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6391, 4, '2012-04-05 00:53:08', '2012-04-05 04:53:08', 'HUNTING ISLAND EGG HUNT: Hop over to Hunting Island State Park on Saturday, April 7 at 11 a.m. for an Easter Egg hunt. One hunt is for ages 6-12 and one for children 5 and under. There will also be a drawing contest. Go to www.southcarolinaparks.com and download the coloring sheet and bring it on the day of the hunt or color one on site. Prizes will be awarded for both hunts and both age categories for the coloring contest. The Easter Bunny will also make an appearance.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6392\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Eighth graders at St. Peter Catholic School portrayed a live Stations of the Cross for the parish of St. Peter Catholic Church.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Cover-Easter.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6392\" title=\"Cover-Easter\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Cover-Easter-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nCOMMUNITY BIBLE: Beyond the Cross: Easter Musical, will be Good Friday, April 6 at 7 p.m. The Easter Message, Easter Sunday, April 8, is at 9:15 and 11 a.m. at Community Bible Church, 638 Parris Island Gateway, Beaufort, www.cbcofbeaufort.org.\r\nAn Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 7 at 10 a.m. will be at Pick Pocket Plantation in Beaufort, off Burton Hill Road. Free egg hunt, games, jumpers, hot dog lunch, puppet shows and music. For more info, contact 843-525-0089.\r\n\r\nST. HELENA:  Good Friday, April 6, will have three service choices: 12 p.m. Good Friday Service; 12 p.m. Children’s Good Friday Service; and 7 p.m. Stations of the Cross. There will be two opportunities for baptism on April 7, Holy Saturday. Baptisms in the river will be at 11 a.m. and baptisms in the church will be at 2 p. m. Easter Sunday, April 8, will begin with a Festival Eucharist of the Resurrection at 7 a.m. Another Festival Eucharist of the Resurrection and Flowering of the Cross will be held at 9 a.m. Two more services will follow at 11:15 a.m. and 6 p.m. The Parish Church of St. Helena is an Episcopal church located at 505 Church Street in Beaufort. Please call 843-522-1712 for more information.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Easter-basket.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6393\" title=\"Easter basket\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Easter-basket-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>JUST FOR DOGS: Easter Egg Goodie Hunt will be Saturday, April 6, from 10-11 a.m. at Pigeon Point Park, featuring a “Golden Egg Pasture.” Each Golden Egg is only $5 with prizes valued at $15 and up. $5 for three eggs or $10 for 7. Teams (dog and human) will hunt for hidden treats and great team prizes. The proceeds will benefit Chain Free Beaufort.', 'Happy Easter: Celebrate with a weekend of events', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'happy-easter-celebrate-with-a-weekend-of-events', '', '', '2012-04-05 00:53:08', '2012-04-05 04:53:08', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6391', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6394, 4, '2012-04-05 01:05:15', '2012-04-05 05:05:15', 'By Lanier Laney\r\nThe charity fundraiser “Beaufort Beauties” sold out at the Port Royal Performance Center (aka The Shed) with a great audience that was as entertaining as  the action on stage.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6395\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Ivey Liipfert and husband Worth as Crystal Balls --The Winner of Beaufort Beauties!\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Ivey-Liipfert-and-husband-Worth-as-Crystal-Balls-The-Winner-of-Beaufort-Beauties.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6395\" title=\"Ivey Liipfert and husband Worth as Crystal Balls --The Winner of Beaufort Beauties!\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Ivey-Liipfert-and-husband-Worth-as-Crystal-Balls-The-Winner-of-Beaufort-Beauties-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe judges this year were Holly Jahn, Judge Ned Tupper, Representative Shannon Erickson, City Councilman Mike Sutton and Attorney Jared Newman. They were all great sports during host Lucinda Ravenel’s (Terry Sweeney’s) withering introductions.\r\nAttorney Worth Liipfert took the highest honors with his character Crystal Balls and also won Miss Congeniality (for raising the most money) and won the talent competition for his amazing banjo rendition.\r\nCouncilman Mike McFee as Michelle De Tainedalot came in a close first runner-up and also won the Evening Gown competition. Hank Herring as Hot Chocolate came in third.\r\nOf special mention, Brad of Bliss Salon did the best hair of the night with Mike’s amazing curly red hair high rise ‘do. Dusty Conner and Allison Barlow did the great make-up.  Richard Van Bortel of Amazing Rentals did a fabulous job converting The Shed into a glamorous pageant venue complete with a mirrored ball. And\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6396\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Bob Cunningham as Bobalina and Mike McFee as Michelle De Tainedalot.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Bob-Cunningham-as-Bobalina-and-Mike-McFee-as-Michelle-De-Tainedalot.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6396\" title=\"Bob Cunningham as Bobalina and Mike McFee as Michelle De Tainedalot\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Bob-Cunningham-as-Bobalina-and-Mike-McFee-as-Michelle-De-Tainedalot-e1333601783278-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nthe Greenery helped out with the plants.\r\nPaul Nurnberg “saved the show” by bringing in much needed lighting for the stage at the last minute from his photography studio across the street. And Deanna Kraszewski volunteered her time to teach “the girls” their great opening dance number.\r\nThe whole event was saved by a miracle as all the power went off in Port Royal for four hours due to a storm and it only came back on four minutes before the doors opened and the nearly 300 attendees lined up were allowed in.  And the show went on!\r\nThe event and silent auction items raised money for four great charities — Friends of Caroline Hospice, Thumbs Up! and Lions Club of Beaufort along with Main Street Beaufort USA.  Special thanks go to all the men who participated as “Beauties”: host Terry Sweeney; the judges; the great audience; Modern Jeweler’s Kevin Cuppia; sponsor Holly Zahn; all the\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6397\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Host Terry Sweeney as Lucinda Ravenel\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Host-Terry-Sweeney-as-Lucinda-Ravenel.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6397\" title=\"Host Terry Sweeney as Lucinda Ravenel\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Host-Terry-Sweeney-as-Lucinda-Ravenel-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nvolunteers; the drama department of Beaufort High School; along with all the hard work by Androula and LaNelle of Main Street without which this event would not have happened.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6398\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Hank Herring as Hot Chocolate.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Hank-Herring-as-Hot-Chocolate.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6398\" title=\"Hank Herring as Hot Chocolate\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Hank-Herring-as-Hot-Chocolate-e1333601897292-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6400\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Karl Wells as Hellen Heels.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Will-McCullough-as-Selma-House1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6400\" title=\"Will McCullough as Selma House\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Will-McCullough-as-Selma-House1-e1333602092383-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a></dt>Will McCullough as Selma House.</dl></div>\r\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\"><dl id=\"attachment_6402\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 160px;\"><dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Karl-Wells-as-Hellen-Heels1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6402\" title=\"Karl Wells as Hellen Heels\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Karl-Wells-as-Hellen-Heels1-e1333602277980-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]', 'Beaufort Beauties: Drag show fundraiser was a smashing success', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'beaufort-beauties-drag-show-fundraiser-was-a-smashing-success', '', '', '2012-04-05 01:05:15', '2012-04-05 05:05:15', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6394', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6484, 4, '2012-04-19 01:19:31', '2012-04-19 05:19:31', 'By Tracie Korol\r\n\r\nVaccines are miraculous life-saving agents, in most cases. The diseases they prevent in our dogs range from always fatal (rabies) to serious and sometimes fatal (distemper, parvovirus, leptospirosis) to rarely fatal (bordetella and coronovirus).  Dog lovers of the world are grateful for the gift of modern vaccines.\r\nHowever, as with most medical breakthroughs, a long period of refinement and tweaking usually follows.  The first X-rays, at the turn of the last century, were hundreds of times more powerful than was ever needed and birth control pills now contain far lower levels of hormones than they did when they first appeared on the market.  Due to growing concerns about antibiotic-resistant microbes, doctors no longer prescribe antibiotics for every scratch and sniffle. (Or at least I hope they don’t.)  There are parallels in the veterinary world:  the organophosphorus and carbamate insecticides used for parasite control were fairly toxic to every living thing and vets today prescribe lower doses of corticosteroids than they once did. (Or at least I hope they do.)\r\nVeterinary vaccines have been around long enough that their use is absolutely routine and expected. It could be acceptance of this “standard” protocol that is causing a growing number of veterinarians worldwide to speak out about the increasing frequency of vaccine-associated diseases.\r\nBefore house pets became big business, a dog owner would visit the vet with pup in hand, for the distemper and the rabies vaccination. And that was it for the life of the dog. Things have changed. Most dog owners are unaware that the practice of annual administration of most vaccines is based on the manufacturers’ recommendations As a former marketeer, I know that a company that makes money selling vaccines is not going to sponsor a clinical study to determine how many years a dog owner can safely NOT vaccinate his dog. They recommend you do it every year.\r\nVeterinarians, who supposedly have our dog’s best interest at heart, also have to make a living. Selling vaccination services traditionally represents a healthy share of a vet’s income. To be fair, the annual “booster” visit can be a valuable tool; it’s the best way to get a dog in front of a vet to ensure prompt diagnosis and treatment of disease before it gets out of hand. I highly recommend a yearly visit to the vet for that reason only.\r\nBut as vaccine use has become more prevalent, so have vaccine-related problems, both acute and chronic. It was the “holistic” or “alternative” vets that first sounded the alarm implicating vaccinations as a basis for disease. My mentor, Marty Goldstein, DVM, and author of “The Nature of Animal Healing” was branded decades ago for tagging vaccines as causation for many animal ailments. Today he operates the premier integrative veterinary medicine clinic in the country and is Martha’s vet, for what it’s worth. He’s an awfully nice guy, too. The veterinary establishment paid little attention to claims of “vaccinosis” until respected researchers began to confirm some of those suspicions.\r\nW. Jean Dodds, DVM, with a referral practice in hematology and immunology in California, was the first brave vet, in 1983, to suggest autoimmune disease was the result of over-vaccination. She also found that certain families of dogs were at greater risk to adverse reaction — Weims, Akitas, double-dilute Shelties, harlequin Danes and albino dogs, in particular.  Dr. Dodd, still in practice, is currently gathering funds to support a seven-year rabies vaccine challenge study in the U.S.\r\nBut what is over-vaccination? Certainly, the benefits of vaccinations clearly outweigh the dangers. But the goal is a healthy middle ground — enough to confer adequate protection but not so much as to mangle the immune system.  For an example of reasonable moderation, 12 years ago the Colorado State University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital (and a few other institutions) knocked back their vaccination protocols to include the standard puppy package, rabies at 16 weeks, boosters a year later and, if the titers suggested lower levels of immunity, a re-booster for the specific disease only.\r\nNext time: Titers? What’s that?\r\nMany thanks to the devoted reader and good pet steward who suggested this topic.', 'Are you over-vaccinating?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'are-you-over-vaccinating', '', '', '2012-04-19 01:19:31', '2012-04-19 05:19:31', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6484', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6413, 4, '2012-04-11 22:53:22', '2012-04-12 02:53:22', 'Faith Memorial Baptist celebrates 57 years\r\nGuest churches and speakers nightly at 7:30 p.m. are: Thursday, April 12, Reverend J.W. Williams and Mt. Nebo Baptist Church; Friday, April 13, Rev. Sam T. Spain and Lady’s Island Baptist Church. Services will conclude on Sunday, April 15 at 12:30 p.m. with Rev. Lawrence Miller and Grace Chapel AME Chapel.  At 2:30 p.m., the church will commemorate the “The Life and Legacy” of our late pastor Dr. Horace Williams, Jr. DRE, with Rev. Abraham Murray and Brick Baptist Church as guest. The public has a cordial invitation to attend both services. For more information, call  843-271-6473 or 838-838-5826.\r\n\r\nBeaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club meets\r\nThe Beaufort Sportfishing &amp; Diving Club April meeting will be held Thursday, April 12 at the Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club located off Meridian Road on Lady’s Island. The social will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting at 7 p.m. Well-known local Captain Dan Utley, aka the Fishin’ Coach, will be the guest speaker. Captain Dan is a 30+ year veteran fishing the near shore and inshore waters surrounding Beaufort and Hilton Head Island. His topic will be Cobia, where he will discuss their arrival time at the artificial reefs and Broad River, how and where to anchor, and what to expect when the big one is hooked. Captain Dan will offer his professional opinion on fishing techniques, baits of choice, rigs, rods, and reels. For more information, please call Captain Frank Gibson at 843-522-2020.\r\n\r\nSpecial tea to be held for DAR state president\r\nThe Thomas Heyward, Jr. Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will hold their next meeting on Thursday, April 12 at The Fellowship Hall, First Presbyterian Church, 1208 North Street, Beaufort, beginning at 2 p.m. This will be a tea held with the Emily Geiger Chapter of the DAR from Bluffton honoring special guest Marilyn Altman, State President of the South Carolina DAR. The chapter is very proud to host this tea, providing both chapters’ members a unique opportunity to meet and visit with Mrs. Altman. For more information, please call Regent Nancy Crowther at 521-0134.\r\n\r\nBeaufort singing groups to perform at BHS\r\nThe Beaufort Harbormasters and the Beaufort Belles will be in concert Friday, April 13 and Saturday, April 14. Performances of “Walkin’ on the Waterfront” will be held at 7 p.m. (Friday) and 3 p.m. (Saturday) in the Beaufort High School Auditorium.  Tickets are $15 for the evening performance and $12 for the matinee.  Group discounts are available and tickets may be purchased online at www.beaufortharbormasters.org or call 843-368-6544.\r\n\r\nOldfield Club to host Business After Hours\r\nOldfield Club will host the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce’s monthly Business After Hours on Thursday, April 12 from 5:30 – 7 p.m. Oldfield Club is located at 136 Oldfield Way in Okatie. This month’s Business After Hours will feature an intercambio, or cultural exchange, as part of our Hispanic business outreach partnership with La Isla Magazine.  Additionally, Oldfield is preparing a menu for the event that will span the many different segments of Hispanic culture represented in Beaufort County.\r\nThe event is open to chamber members for $10 and all others for $20. Please RSVP to Renee Faucher at (843) 525-8537, via email at renee@beaufortsc.org or online at http://beaufortchamber.chambermaster.com/Events/details/april-business-after-hours-oldfield-club.\r\n\r\nLibrary commemorates Titanic 100 anniversary\r\nThe Beaufort library will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic with a one-man theatrical presentation by Howard Burnham on Saturday, April 14 at 11 a.m.  The acclaimed one-man show, “Take her to the Sea, Mr. Murdoch,” is a 45-minute fully costumed dramatic monologue in which actor Howard Burnham, in costume as Captain E. J. Smith, will trace the history of transatlantic steam navigation while providing his take on the Titanic’s disastrous demise. There is no charge; space is limited to 75 persons.\r\n\r\nWomen’s group hosts fashion show luncheon\r\n“Springing into Fashion Do’s” by Belks with the Beaufort Christian Women’s Connection will be held Thursday, April 19, at St. Helena Parish Hall located at 507 Newcastle Street. Doors open at 11:45 and lunch is served at 12:15. Speaker for the day is Martha Cahoon, artist and author, whose topic will be “Painted Hope into Her Life”.  Luncheon and program is $12 and reservations must be in by Friday, April 13. To make reservations, email or call Karen Whitehead at 838-7627 or mommakaren@islc.net.\r\n\r\nWomen of Shell Point Baptist have conference\r\nThe women of SPBC are having their 2012 Spring Women’s Conference on Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21. The theme for the weekend is “Running Unhindered.” Topics of discussion are: Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, Throwing off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles us, and Running with perseverance the race marked out for us.” Music, snacks and lunch are provided. Tickets are $20. For more information, call 843-575-2200.\r\n\r\nWhat are the Sea Island Quilters doing?\r\n• The SIQ will have a workshop open to the public by Fiber Artist Jeanne Flanagan on Saturday, April 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Participants will learn fabric dying, fabric folding techniques and go home with 5 yards of fabric with their very own chosen colors. The cost is $60. For details, contact Trudy Flanagan at 843-838-7166.\r\n• The Sea Island Quilters will meet on Thursday, April 19, at 6 p.m. at Praise Academy, 800 Paris Island Gateway. Barbara James, Fabric Artist, will discuss how to “Add mystery and depth to quilts through use of hand dyed and printed fabrics.” For details, call Sharon Kimber at 838-2870.\r\n\r\nClassic car show will be at Soft Shell Crab Fest\r\nThe Classic Car and Truck Club of Beaufort will host a show to coincide with the Soft Shell Crab Festival on Paris Avenue in Port Royal on Saturday, April 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The cars and trucks will be judged by the participants and the public, with trophies given to the owners of the top 25 cars for Best Ford, Best Chevy, Best Mopar, and Best of the Rest and Best in Show. Awards are due to be given at 2:30. Cost is $20 to register a vehicle. Details at www.classicsofbeaufort.com.\r\n\r\nAnnual service held at Old Sheldon Church\r\nThe Parish Church of St. Helena will celebrate Old Sheldon Sunday, April 22, at 12:30 p.m. This annual event will be held at the Sheldon church ruins in Yemassee. The Rev. Canon Jim Lewis will be the guest preacher. A picnic lunch on the grounds of the ruins will follow the service. Call the church at (843) 522-1712 with questions.\r\n\r\nLecture looks at Atlantic Coast shorebirds\r\nA special LCMNA Lecture about the Hemispheric Conservation of Atlantic Coast Shorebirds will be held Friday, April 27 at TCL, 921 Ribaut Building 12, Beaufort. Social at 5:30 p.m., lecture at 6:30 p.m. Open to the public. The ecosystems of the world are linked by birds, and nowhere is that more apparent than the Atlantic Coast, where some shorebirds nest and rear their young, while huge flocks of other species pause to refuel on their long treks to their breeding grounds in the Arctic.  Stephen Brown, Ph. D., Director of Shorebird Science at the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, will discuss the research and conservation work conducted at Manomet, focusing on this imperiled group of birds that depend on coastal habitats like those of South Carolina to survive.\r\n\r\nBlack chamber to hold free cancer screenings\r\nThe Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce and the American Cancer Association announces free cancer screenings, mammograms and pap smears.  Women between the ages of 47- 64 years old and are without insurance (no Medicaid or Medicare) might be able to take advantage of this program if they meet the income qualifications.  Anyone who qualifies must take advantage of this opportunity before June.  Interested, call 800-227-2345 or 843-812-4374.\r\n\r\nLowcountry Patriots host NRA banquet\r\nJoin the Lowcountry Patriots as they host a special benefit for the nonprofit NRA Foundation, Saturday, April 28 at Beaufort’s Quality Inn. Live and silent auctions plus games and door prizes. Come away with fine firearms and shooting gear. Enjoy an evening of fun, friends and barbecue by chef Bob Brower. Proceeds support youth shooting sports, firearms education, JROTC, women’s safety classes, wildlife conservation and shooting range development. Doors open 5:30 p.m.  Details: 843-263-3671/ skip82965@hotmail.com  Tickets $30 (age 16 and under $15), available at Port Royal Gun &amp; Pawn or online at www.friendsofnra.org.', 'What To Do', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'what-to-do-34', '', '', '2012-04-11 22:53:22', '2012-04-12 02:53:22', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6413', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(6414, 4, '2012-04-11 22:54:22', '2012-04-12 02:54:22', 'By Tracie Korol\r\n\r\nYou are at the local coffee shop, sitting at an outside table with your well-trained dog lying quietly at your feet. You have chosen a safe, out-of-the-way spot for your Best Friend so as not to impede traffic. As you and Giant (who is named Giant for a reason) are enjoying the moment, suddenly the table rocks, your coffee spills, and your now-standing dog is giving a warning to the stranger who startled him. What just happened? And how can you prevent another occurrence — or worse, an act of aggression? On another occasion, you and Giant are at a big box pet store picking up supplies. As you browse the aisles, you notice a stranger heading directly for your dog without permission from you. It is likely Giant will be as uncomfortable with this approach as you are. How can a potential confrontation be avoided? We know the importance of socializing our dogs and are always on the lookout for opportunities to expose them to new experiences. But what about the well meaning but inexperienced dog lover who rushes up to our dogs with no warning? Or, my personal horror-movie-waiting-to-happen, the squealing, flapping, unattended 3, 4 or 5 year old charging at an unknown doggie?\r\nInvariably these good people make direct, unblinking eye contact, and step quickly and directly toward the dog while making high-pitched “ooh!” noises. They’ll walk up to the dog from the rear and enthusiastically rub her cute little bum. They’ll approach a dog by looking directly at her with arms extended and clap, clap, clap their hands or click their fingers right at the dog’s face. They’ll crouch over at the waist, outstretching their arms and very slowly slink toward the dog while looking directly into her eyes. Or they’ll assume that because they love dogs, all dogs love them, too, and that they possess a special affinity for dogs, and they with them, and therefore they can forego the formalities that ordinary humans should observe.\r\nDogs have their own language and protocols for meeting strange dogs (and people) and it’s high time we learned what they are. After all, it just doesn’t seem fair that the full burden of figuring out how to live with another species should fall entirely on our dogs. We need to hold up our end of the relationship by learning to politely greet a stranger.\r\nSo ... how do you greet a strange dog? Here are some do’s and don’ts:\r\nDon’t approach the dog. Pretend you are ignoring the dog. Dogs prefer not to be zeroed in on by strangers. Have you ever noticed how well-mannered dogs meeting for the first time turn their heads away from each other?  Ask the dog’s person for permission to meet their dog. Assuming they say yes, follow the steps below:\r\n1. Stay relaxed. You can yawn, put on an easy smile, or slowly blink your eyelids. Keep you body loose. All these signal to the dog that you are not a threat.\r\n2. Do not look the dog in the eyes. While eye contact signals trustworthiness to human Westerners, in the dog world it signals aggression or threat.\r\n3. Turn your body so you are not facing the dog. Again, being face-to-face is polite to most of us, but can signal threat or aggressive intentions to a dog. Notice how well mannered dogs greet — as they approach they make a half-moon curve as they pass each other and turn nose to butt.\r\n4. Stand straight or squat. Do not crouch over the dog. I doubt you want to be crouched over by a stranger and neither does your dog. It’s threatening.\r\n5. Allow the dog to come to you. Most dogs are naturally curious and they will let you know if they are interested in you. If not, don’t take it personally.\r\n6. If the dog shows interest by sniffing you with a relaxed posture, tail wag (not all dogs will wag and not all wagging is friendly), perhaps looking at you with soft eyes — then you can slowly offer the dog your hand (fingers in) for investigation.\r\n7. Let the dog sniff your hand, if she wants to, and then gently touch the dog on the shoulder, neck or chest, not the top of the head.\r\n8. The dog will clearly tell you if she wants more interaction or if she is finished with you. Listen to her.\r\n9. If at any time during the interaction the dog backs away, stop what you are doing. Dogs will love you for it.', 'May I pet your dog?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'may-i-pet-your-dog', '', '', '2012-04-11 22:54:22', '2012-04-12 02:54:22', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6414', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6415, 4, '2012-04-11 22:55:02', '2012-04-12 02:55:02', 'April is an extremely busy month for Palmetto Animal League:\r\nOn Sunday, April 15, PAL hosts a three-hour vaccination clinic offering rabies and distemper shots for cats and dogs as well as low-cost microchipping.\r\nFrom Friday, April 20 to Monday, April 23, the annual Bid for PAL online auction returns with hundreds of items going to the highest bidders. There are items ranging from dining certificates to getaways, spa treatments to golf, pet portraits and services and boarding. The preview has begun but the bidding does not start until 8 a.m. April 20.\r\nOn Sunday, April 22, celebrity chef Robert Irvine opens his NOSH restaurant for a special private dinner to help raise funds for PAL. Each “household” will receive an Irvine cookbook and he will sign them.\r\nFor more information, call Amy Campanini at 843-645-1725.', 'April busy month for Palmetto Animal League', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'april-busy-month-for-palmetto-animal-league', '', '', '2012-04-11 22:55:02', '2012-04-12 02:55:02', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6415', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6416, 4, '2012-04-11 22:56:36', '2012-04-12 02:56:36', 'By Celia Strong\r\nIt’s interesting how we remember certain wines that we’ve loved. Just as interesting, but much less discussed, are some of the wines that we remember drinking too much of and the suffering that came afterwards. The wine we’re going to learn about today is one of those less discussed for me.  Fortunately, the drinking of it, and, yes, a horrible afterwards, are so long ago I can claim they were part of a different life.\r\nWe’re in Italy for this wine, the region of Emilia-Romagna. This region is in northern Italy, with the city of Bologna as its capital. The hyphenated name of this region tells us the two sub-regions that make it up. Today, Emilia-Romagna is one of the richest and most developed areas in Europe and has the third highest GPD per capita in Italy. The region is a major cultural and tourist center — it is a major food center, home to much of Italy’s car production (including Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati), has a beautiful coastline with resorts and is full of history with three well known Renaissance cities (Modena, Parma and Ferrara).\r\nThe name “Emilia-Romagna” itself is a piece of history. It’s legacy is from ancient Rome. The “via Aemilia” was the highway that connected Rome with northern Italy. It was completed by the Roman consul Marcus Aemilius Lepidus in 187 BC and named for him. During the Middle Ages trade, culture and religion all flourished in the area. The numerous monasteries and the University of Bologna (one of the first in the world) were centers of learning and the development of civilization. With all the growth, though, there were lots of politics in the region also. During the Renaaissance, many noble families lived in and around Bologna. After the Renaissance, the ruling of the region was divided between the church, the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza; and the Duchy of Modena and Reggio. (Is anyone besides me seeing a lot of well-known food names in all of this?). In the 16th century, most of these separate entities were included into the Papal states except Parma, Piacenza and Modena remained independent until Emilia-Romagna came into the Italian kingdom in 1859-1861. (We tend to forget that Italy was not a unified country until the mid-19th century.)\r\nBacking up to the food thing for a moment — the Renaissance was more that just about art, literature and architecture. Part of making life better had to include fancier foods and better wines. Emilia-Romagna is known for its egg and filled pastas. Soft wheat flour is used for the pasta here instead of the semolina more common in southern Italy. The city of Bologna is known for such wonders as “tortellini” and “lasagna.” There is a piece of history that says tortellini pasta (little knots filled with various meat and cheese) was invented by a chef in one noble’s kitchen. It was modeled after the noble’s wife’s beautiful navel with whom the chef was having an affair.  On a less romantic note, great cheeses are made here, the most well-known being Parmesan-Reggiano.  It is obviously named for the cities of Parma and Reggio. Duh! And let’s not leave out all the sausages and salamis the region is known for. Guess where our bologna was first made?\r\nThe best-known wine from Emilia-Romagna is Lambrusco. And I know you just groaned. Out loud.   But hang on. Having talked last week about how Americans, by nature, have sweet palates and that there is a massive trend in wine in this country toward more sweet wines, I figure we should take a look at this one. Of course, many of us remember Lambrusco as a cheap, sweet red wine that we drank when we didn’t know any better or couldn’t afford any better.  If we try it again, now, maybe we’ll find that it’s a perfect warm weather quaffer, just right for grilling menus, fried seafood and much more.\r\nLambrusco is the name of the wine, but it is also the name of the grape variety that makes it. There are many versions of where the name came from. My favorite is the story by Luigi Bertelli who wrote a verse about Lambrusco. This version says that during the war between Bologna and Modena over the possession of the Stolen Bucket, Venus, Mars and Bacchus all came to support the Modena side. On their way to the fighting, the three deities stopped at a local inn to eat. When Bacchus ordered the wine, the inn keeper asked him if he preferred sweet or dry. Bacchus replied that he loved dry- “Io l’amo brusco.”  Lambrusco.  (True or not, that’s a great story and I’m sticking to it! And who fights over a stolen bucket anyhow?)\r\nThere is archaeological evidence that shows the Etruscans, who pre-dated the Greeks and the Romans, cultivated Lambrusco vines. In Roman times, these vines were highly valued because they produced such a large amount of grapes. Lots of grapes means lots of wine. The ancient romans used the term “labrusca vitis” to describe the wild vines that grew around the borders of cultivated fields. Virgil, Cato and Varro all mentioned Lambrusco vines in their writings. In the 14th century, a Bolognese author, Pier de’Crescenzi, was the first to discuss the wine that came from all these vines. From that point on, Lambrusco became one of the most important wines in Italy.  And one of the most widely consumed wines in the world.\r\nOur Lambrusco comes from the Cavicchioli family. This family has been growing grapes in the Modena province of Emilia-Romagna for over a century. In 1928, Umberto Cavicchioli started using his family name on their bottles. The bottles now have that date on them  His two grandsons, Sandro and Claudio, are still part of the business today. (Sandro runs the commercial side of things and Claudio is the wine maker.) They are one of the largest land owners in the area with 95 hectares (1 hectare is 2.471 acres). Of the six varieties of Lambrusco grapes, 70 hectares are planted in the prized Sobrara variety. The family focus is on vineyard ownership, low yields from their vines and DOC (the top legal level for Italian wines) production.\r\nThe Cavicchioli Lambrusco we have is designated “Lambrusco di Modena.” It is slightly frizzy, “frizzante,” semi-sweet, “amabile,” and, truly, quite good. It is made from five varieties of Lambrusco grapes, each bringing its own flavors to the wine, and vinified with a short, cold fermentation. The slight foam that forms when you pour it is violet colored and the flavors are berries and flowers. I happen to have (not really, I always have) some spicy salami in the house today. Sliced up and sipping the well-chilled  Cavicchioli Lambrusco, I have an excellent Sunday afternoon. I plan on doing this again. Be brave and try it yourself. Go back all those years. Now that we’ve learned how to control our drinking, there’s no need to worry about the afterwards.\r\nEnjoy!', 'Liquid history: Learning about the background of Lambrusco in Italy', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'liquid-history-learning-about-the-background-of-lambrusco-in-italy', '', '', '2012-04-11 22:56:36', '2012-04-12 02:56:36', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6416', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6417, 4, '2012-04-11 22:57:10', '2012-04-12 02:57:10', 'This year marks the 150th anniversary of the founding of Penn School, one of the nation’s most historically significant, African-American, educational and cultural institutions.  In celebration of its founding and in recognition of 150 years of service to the community, Penn Center, Inc. will hold the ninth annual 1862 Circle Gala and Awards Banquet on Saturday, April 28, at The Crowne Plaza on Hilton Head Island.\r\nThe 2012 Gala will honor two individuals and one organization for diverse contributions they have made in support of Penn Center:  Louis Dore, John Gadson and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.\r\nLouis O. Dore: A Beaufort native, Louis O. Dore is an educator, businessman, civic leader, lawyer, historian, and politician. His many contributions to community and state include service as chairman of the South Carolina Board of Education. There he worked with leaders and legislators to pass the Education Improvement Act which funded remedial education programs and statewide pre-school kindergarten. He has been a friend of Penn Center dating from his work in the 1970s with the Black Land Program. Mr. Dore was a member of the Board of Trustees for more than eight years.  He also advised Penn Center with legal matters during a critical time in its history, and still provides such assistance.\r\nJohn W. Gadson, Sr.: A native South Carolinian, John Gadson served as Penn Center’s Executive Director from 1969 - 1976.  Under his leadership, the York W. Bailey Museum was created, and Penn Center’s 50 acre campus was recognized as a National Historic Landmark, one of three in South Carolina. His subsequent professional career in state government and higher education focused on enabling small business ventures throughout the state to compete successfully.  John Gadson says that his philosophy is consistent with that of Penn Center, emphasizing the long-term effectiveness of working with people, enabling them and their communities to affect conditions in which they live.\r\nThe University of North Carolina: In 1962, Penn Center first placed its records in the nationally ranked library system of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Housed in the Southern Historical Collection, The Penn School Papers consist of more than 32,000 items, such as Laura Towne’s original 1862 diary, an outstanding collection of 3000 photographs dating from the 1860s to the 1960s, correspondence and financial records from the earliest days to recent years, and audio recordings of meetings, interviews, storytelling, and community sings.  UNC Chapel Hill and Penn Center maintain an active partnership, now working together to improve access to documents through digital technology and online presentation of documents.\r\nThe 1862 Circle recognizes local and national leaders who embody the spirit of Penn Center and who serve as advocates for the enduring history and culture of the Sea Islands.\r\nEstablished in 2003, the 1862 Circle has inducted noteworthy individuals and organizations, including:  Congressman James Clyburn, Congressman John Lewis, Senator Ernest F. Hollings, Courtney Siceloff, Emory Campbell, James Denmark,  Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Jonathan Green, Juan Williams, Phillip Simmons,    Thomas Barnwell, Vernon Jordan, Phylicia Rashad, Mary Inabinett-Mack, Pat Conroy, Roland Gardner, the Penn Club, Inc. and Sankofa Circle.\r\nHistoric Penn Center, located on St. Helena Island in Beaufort County is funded through grants and donations only.  The 1862 Circle Gala fundraiser will include fine dining at 7 p.m., with the doors opening at 6 p.m. for live entertainment, a silent auction and a cash bar. Formal attire is preferred.  Reservations are $100 or $150 per person. Event sponsorships are available from $2,500 to $25,000.  For reservations and corporate sponsorship packets, contact the Penn Center at 843-838-2432 or email info@penncenter.com. All proceeds will benefit Penn Center, Inc., a non-profit organization.', 'Penn Center hosts 1862 Circle Gala', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'penn-center-hosts-1862-circle-gala', '', '', '2012-04-11 22:57:10', '2012-04-12 02:57:10', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6417', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6418, 4, '2012-04-11 22:59:04', '2012-04-12 02:59:04', 'By Burton Sauls\r\nI remember mule wagons in the Piggly Wiggly parking lot. Women in sundresses would come out of the grocery store, balance their paper grocery bag on their head, and open an umbrella over the bag to keep the sun off of the groceries while they walked home. The Piggly Wiggly was located on Port Republic Street and always had a dozen or more people around the front, some waiting while their friend shopped some swapping news. And the house next door to the grocery store was so overgrown with vines and bushes that it wasn’t visible from the road.\r\n\r\n<em>Beaufort Then and Now: This moment in Beaufort’s history is an excerpt from the book “Beaufort ... Then and Now,” an anthology of memories compiled by Holly Kearns Lambert. Copies of this book may be purchased at Beaufort Book Store. For information or to contribute your memory, contact Holly at lowcountrymemories@hotmail.com or beaufortmemories@gmail.com.</em>', 'History with Holly', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'history-with-holly-5', '', '', '2012-04-11 22:59:04', '2012-04-12 02:59:04', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6418', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6419, 4, '2012-04-11 23:00:11', '2012-04-12 03:00:11', 'The Beaufort class of Community Bible Study will hold an informational Visitor’s Day Brunch for women on Thursday, April 19, at 9:15 to 11:30 a.m. at St. Helena’s Episcopal Parish Hall, 507 Newcastle St., Beaufort. This event is open to all area women interested in joining Community Bible Study for the 2012-13 class study of the book of Acts beginning in September.\r\nCommunity Bible Study is a non-denominational class presenting an in-depth study in a caring format. The Beaufort class is beginning its 12th year and meets from September to May on Thursday mornings and is open to women and their children, infants to age 12; classes are limited.  Childcare will be provided for the Visitors Brunch, advanced reservations are required for visitors bringing children. To make a reservation or for more information, email fishnet@islc.net or call Sandi Fischer 838-0212 or Carol Griffis, 522-6825 or visit www.beaufortcbs.org.', 'Women invited to Bible Study spring brunch', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'women-invited-to-bible-study-spring-brunch', '', '', '2012-04-11 23:00:11', '2012-04-12 03:00:11', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6419', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6420, 4, '2012-04-11 23:03:11', '2012-04-12 03:03:11', '<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/LifestyleColonial-Dames-Mar-2012.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6421\" title=\"LifestyleColonial Dames Mar 2012\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/LifestyleColonial-Dames-Mar-2012-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" /></a>Recently the Dr. Henry Woodward Chapter of the Colonial Dames XVII Century met at the home of Treasurer Betty Waskiewicz. President Anita Henson introduced guest speakers Dana Cheney and Jack Jackson of Walterboro. Both Cheney and Jackson are Colonial period reenactors. Cheney was dressed as Quartermaster of the Fort Dorchester Garrison (Summerville) while Jackson portrayed a rice and Indigo planter of the Lowcountry. During the meeting, Historian Leola Fanning reported on four awards the chapter received during the recent South Carolina State Conference. Secretary Marnie Fyfe and Treasurer Betty Waskiewicz presented gift certificates of appreciation to both Cheney and Jackson for their portrayals and presentations on this period in South Carolina history. Pictured above, from left, is Jack Jackson, Marnie Fyfe, Betty Waskiewicz and Dana Cheney.', 'Colonial Dames meeting', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'colonial-dames-meeting', '', '', '2012-04-11 23:03:11', '2012-04-12 03:03:11', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6420', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6423, 4, '2012-04-11 23:03:57', '2012-04-12 03:03:57', 'Third annual Earth Day event at Habersham\r\nPlease join us on Friday, April 20,   from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Habersham Market Place to celebrate Earth Day. This family friendly event is designed to educate the community on options for a greener way of living. The Habersham Green Committee is proud to host the second annual art show “Up-Cycled Art in Downtown Habersham” which will feature art exhibits by both youths and adults. The winners will be recognized and awarded during the festival.  There will be fun and educational children’s activities throughout the marketplace.  Meet local farmers and sample their goods while listening to live music by Billy Drysdale. Various “green” groups, organizations and exhibitors will showcase their products and services.\r\n\r\nEarth Day Celebration at the ReStore\r\nLowCountry Habitat for Humanity ReStore will celebrate Earth Day on Saturday, April 21, with a variety of earth-friendly activities for the whole family.  The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the ReStore, located at 612 Parris Island Gateway in Beaufort.\r\nGreat bargains can be found at the Plant Sale featuring beautiful new annuals and perennials and at the Book Sale with lots of wonderful used books.   A Kids Craft Corner will help children learn that it is never too soon to develop a “green” attitude.\r\nThe highlight of the day will be a silent auction of Recycled Art created by prominent local artists.  The artists have borrowed ordinary items from the ReStore and re-purposed them into fabulous new creations that will amaze you.  These unique items are currently on display at the ReStore and you are invited to stop by and vote for your favorite piece!  At the same time you may also place a silent auction bid on any of the items.  The winner of the contest will be announced at 1:30 p.m. and silent auction bidding will also close then.\r\nAdding to the fun on Earth Day, live music will be provided by Peter Zamuka.  The Beaufort County Solid Waste and Recycling Agency will also be on hand to provide helpful information to all.\r\nAll proceeds from Earth Day will help provide materials to build another LowCountry Habitat for Humanity home with a local family. Contact the ReStore at 843-525-0055 for further information.\r\n\r\nEarth Day, every day at farmers market\r\nCelebrate Earth Day 2012 on Saturday, April 14 at the Port Royal Farmers Market at Heritage Naval Park from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Many environmental agencies and groups will be on hand so you can learn about what’s going on in Beaufort County while enjoying local foods at the Farmers Market.\r\nCall Beaufort Conservation District for Details at 522-8100 or email shelby.berry@sc.nacdnet.net.', 'All about Earth Day', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'all-about-earth-day', '', '', '2012-04-11 23:03:57', '2012-04-12 03:03:57', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6423', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6424, 4, '2012-04-11 23:04:55', '2012-04-12 03:04:55', 'On Saturday, April 21, at Naval Heritage Park, residents will join together and walk for healthier babies.  “Each step we take at March for Babies brings us closer to the day when every baby will have a healthy start in life,” said Ryan Connelly, 2012 Ambassador Family.\r\nThe most urgent infant health problem in the U.S. today is premature birth. It affects more than half a million babies each year. The March of Dimes is committed to reducing this toll by funding research to find the answers to premature birth and providing comfort and information to those affected.\r\nThe Connelly family understands firsthand what it can mean if a baby is not born healthy.\r\n“We thought we’d planned for everything in our pregnancy, from the anticipated due date to the best chances in gender selection, but when the doctor humored us with an ultrasound at only one week pregnant, we had not planned for twins! And girls! Twenty-five weeks later, we found ourselves attempting to plan again in celebrating with friends and family at a co-ed baby shower when yet again the girls had other plans,” the family describes. There wer issues with Emilia’s ‘Baby A’ placenta. “The babies were born by emergency C-section the next day. Emilia was born first at 10:03 a.m., weighing 2 lbs., and Olivia right behind her at 10:05 a.m., weighing 1 lb, 14 oz. After months of 3 a.m. feedings for two hungry babies with at least one screaming heart monitor, everyone is healthy and doing great.”\r\nThe family will share their story to help the March of Dimes raise awareness and funds to help all babies get a healthy start by fighting serious threats to infant health.\r\nIn Beaufort, the March for Babies presenting sponsor is Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Other sponsors include Beaufort Pediatrics, MCAS of Beaufort, Beaufort OB/GYN, Stokes Honda, Toyota and Used Cars, All Children’s Pediatrics, Navy Federal Credit Union, and Carolina Sportscare &amp; Physical Therapy. To register, visit marchforbabies.org.', 'March of Dimes ready to take steps for healthy babies', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'march-of-dimes-ready-to-take-steps-for-healthy-babies', '', '', '2012-04-11 23:04:55', '2012-04-12 03:04:55', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6424', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6426, 4, '2012-04-11 23:07:55', '2012-04-12 03:07:55', '“Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the African American Quest for Freedom” will be the topic at Dinner &amp; a Lecture at the Verdier House, 801 Bay Street, April 23 at 5:30 p.m. One of a monthly series of educational lectures sponsored by Historic Beaufort Foundation, it will be presented by historian Ron Roth and is funded by The Humanities Council SC.\r\nThe story of the Underground Railroad is one of the most epic in American History and one that played a role in Beaufort County history when abolitionist Harriet Tubman raided plantations on the Combahee River guiding slaves to freedom.\r\nThis presentation describes the heroic efforts of African Americans and whites to hide and guide runaway slaves in their desperate journeys to freedom in the north and in Canada. Highlights include first person narratives of escaping runaway slaves and their encounters with slave catchers and kidnappers; the courageous work of railroad “conductors” like Tubman; and the role of plantation slavery, African American churches and slave uprisings like the Stono Rebellion in South Carolina in generating the growth of the Underground Railroad.\r\nRoth, the curator of the current exhibit at the Verdier House, “The Beaufort Volunteer Artillery: Guardians of the Lowcountry Since 1776,” was director and CEO of the Reading (PA) Public Museum and director of the Museum of Nebraska Art before moving to Bluffton.\r\nOpen to HBF members and non-members, the lecture series features a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception, 5:30 – 6 p.m. The program is 6 – 7 p.m. followed by audience questions. Admission to the lecture is $15/$25 per member/member couple respectively, and $20/$30 per non-member/non-member couple respectively. Seating is limited; call 379-3331 to make reservations. A three-course dinner at Saltus is offered at $19 per person for attendees at the lecture. Call Saltus directly to make dining reservations.', 'Underground Railroad topic of historical lecture', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'underground-railroad-topic-of-historical-lecture', '', '', '2012-04-11 23:07:55', '2012-04-12 03:07:55', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6426', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6427, 4, '2012-04-11 23:08:49', '2012-04-12 03:08:49', 'Explore creativity through upcoming TCL classes\r\n• Cake Decorating, the Essentials: Take a one-day class and learn the essential skills to decorate cakes and cupcakes. The class will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, April 14 at the TCL Beaufort Campus. Students will make their own icing, learn how to properly handle their icing bag, learn about basic bag icing tips and their uses, and learn to make the most popular flowers. Cost is $79.\r\n• Memoir Writing: The Technical College of the Lowcountry Continuing Education division will offer a six-week memoir writing class on Mondays, April 16 through May 14 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Beaufort Campus, 921 Ribaut Road. The class will allow you to recount and record those tales you’ve been telling your family, children and grandchildren for years. Whether you choose to write about a specific experience or cover a number of years, you’ll learn the skills necessary to organize and craft a written legacy for yourself, your family or for publication. The class will be taught by Katherine Tandy Brown, who has been a successful freelance writer for 20 years and has led a wide variety of writing workshops on freelance, travel, memoir and peaceful life writing (based on meditation and recollection).  She is also a Coaches Training International writing coach. Cost is $110.\r\n• Creative Organization for Writers: TCL welcomes local writer Stephanie Edwards who has joined Continuing Education to get writers organized! The class will be held Saturday, April 28, 10 a.m. to noon at the Beaufort Campus. This is a course for writers in how to get organized, to be more productive, and stick with and enjoy the writing process.   Each student should have a basic knowledge of computers and the word processing program they use. Cost is $59.\r\nFor more information or to register for any of these classes, please call 843525.8205 or visit www.tcl.edu/ce.\r\n\r\nGet your computer application skills certificate\r\nThe Technical College of the Lowcountry Division of Continuing Education is offering a Computer Application Skills Certificate Program. This program teaches students to properly prepare and edit business documents, successfully communicate with internal and external clients on the phone and in person, manage multiple tasks and priorities, and make effective presentations. Students in the program also learn to use Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint effectively.\r\nThe Computer Application Skills Certificate curriculum is designed to give the student the necessary education, training, and skills to obtain an entry-level position in the secretarial/administrative assistant field.\r\n\r\nTCL to host college preview nights\r\nHigh school graduation is right around the corner, but many high school seniors are still trying to figure out their next steps. The Technical College of the Lowcountry will hold two College Preview Nights to assist those, like high school seniors, who are looking to begin college or start training for a career.\r\nThe first open house will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, April 26 at the New River Campus, 100 Community College Dr.,  Bluffton. The second will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, May 3 in MacLean Hall at the Beaufort Campus, 921 Ribaut Road.\r\nTCL offers fully accredited degree, diploma, certificate and transfer programs in industrial technologies, business technologies, arts and sciences, and health sciences. Experts from TCL’s admissions, financial aid and academic divisions will be on hand at the open house to walk students through the entire application and registration process as well as answer questions that students may have about the college. Parents are also encouraged to attend. Federal and state financial aid options are available through the TCL financial aid office. Additionally, most South Carolina residents qualify for S.C. Lottery Tuition Assistance, which is not based on need or income, and can pay more than half of TCL tuition.\r\nFor more information, please call 843.470.8405 or visit www.tcl.edu/openhouse.', 'What\'s happening at TCL?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'whats-happening-at-tcl-2', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:36', '2018-07-12 15:04:36', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6427', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6428, 4, '2012-04-11 23:11:19', '2012-04-12 03:11:19', '• April 12-13: No school for all Beaufort County public schools for Heritage days. (Beaufort Academy closed for Spring Break.)\r\n• April 16-20: The Spring Book Fair at Riverview Charter School.\r\n• Tuesday, April 17, second graders at Beaufort Academy begin swim lessons at the YMCA twice a week. This free program will last four weeks.\r\n• Monday, April 16: Riverview Charter School is kicking off the Hawaiian Luau Scholastic Book Fair with a Pizza Party at 6 p.m. The Riverview Community Cooperative (RCC) will be accepting nominations for 2012-2013 RCC Officers for the following areas: President, Elect, Secretary, Treasurer. The RCC will also have positions open for standing committees.\r\n• Tuesday, April 17: Hawaiian Luau Spirit Day at Riverview Charter School. Wear a Hawaiian shirt or lei with a uniform bottom to show your school spirit.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6429\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"The PreK-4 class from Beaufort Academy poses with their letter from President Obama.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/School-President-letter.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6429\" title=\"School-President letter\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/School-President-letter-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nA letter from President Obama\r\nBeaufort Academy students in grades PreK-3, PreK-4 and kindergarten received a letter from President Barack Obama in response to writing him on President’s Day. In addition to letters, they sent drawings and a request for him to visit them at school.\r\n\r\nPerfect college acceptance\r\nBeaufort Academy’s class of 2012 has already reached 100 percent college acceptance As of April 5, BA seniors have been accepted to 63 different schools, including Washington &amp; Lee University; Trinity College, (Conn.); New York University (NYU-Poly); Clemson; University of Georgia; Vanderbilt University; and Wake Forest University.  “Congratulations to all for a job well done. We are very proud.”\r\n\r\nLIMS students meet elected officials\r\nLast month, Lady’s Island Middle School’s Junior Leadership class met three Beaufort County leaders: State Senator Tom Davis, Mayor Billy Keyserling and State Representative Shannon Erickson in the chambers of the new City Hall complex. They discussed the roles of government, local issues and how to develop solutions. The class was impressed that all three politicians had full time jobs and families as well as their leadership positions. They also learned how city, county and state politics are handled, how to become an active citizen in school and community, and how to properly discuss the issues.  The second half of the day, students learned about Beaufort’s past. Larry, from the Southurn Rose Buggy Tour Company, escorted them through time as he not only brought the history alive to the class but engaged the students in discussions that aligned with Beaufort County’s Social Studies standards.\r\n“Thanks to Mayor Keyserling, Representative Erickson, Senator Davis and the Southurn Rose Buggy Tour, our students are on the way to becoming active leaders in our community,” said the school staff.\r\n\r\nRiverview to move to Shell Point Elementary\r\nRiverview is moving to Shell Point Elementary school this summer and Riverview students will attend classes there beginning August 20. The move was approved by the Board of Education at a recent work session. “We appreciate the district’s support. This move will provide Riverview students with many facility related learning spaces that don’t exist at Burroughs — a gymnasium, a media center, a fully functional commercial kitchen and 30 classrooms,” Riverview said. The charter school still intends on fulfilling its long-term goal of building a permanent campus on Old Salem Road.\r\n\r\nVolunteer for Riverview Book Fair\r\nRiverview Charter School would love to see some new faces at the Book Fair. They need parents to help set up/break down the book fair, help at the pizza party, and to sign up to work shifts during the week. Book Fair hours are 8:15-9 a.m., 12-1:30 p.m. and 3:30-4:45 p.m., Tuesday through Friday.', 'School briefs', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'school-briefs-27', '', '', '2018-07-12 11:04:36', '2018-07-12 15:04:36', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6428', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6430, 4, '2012-04-11 23:13:04', '2012-04-12 03:13:04', 'By Terry Sweeney\r\nI don’t know what rituals you and your family had around the dinner table, but in my family as soon as the meal was served and my mother sat down to join my father, my older brother and myself, everybody just dug in.\r\nNo holding hands, no grace, no thanking God. Not the Sweeneys! As my mother loved to point out, God hadn’t slaved over the stove for hours, she had. And if we had to thank anyone, she felt it should be her. So I developed a slightly unusual ritual of my own that drove my family crazy. Before starting in on my food I would loudly say, “Thank you, God,” hoping to shame the heathens around me, and then I would dramatically bend over my plate (my thick dorky eyeglasses steaming up) and reverently sniff each and every item on it. The fresh pungent garlic my Italian mother had rubbed on the London Broil mixed with the savory meaty beef juices. Next to it, I inhaled the glorious aroma of salt and melting butter on a fluffy baked potato whose charred earthy skin whisked me outdoors where the sweet smell of fresh picked peas from my mother’s garden danced around my head. I was floating on an aromatic cloud in Foodie Heaven!\r\nBut the sound of my dear, sweet mother’s voice brought me back to earth. “FOR CHRISSAKE, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!! THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR FOOD!!,” she would screech.\r\n“Maybe ‘four eyes’ needs stronger glasses,” my jerky older brother was only too happy to volunteer.\r\n“Shut up stupid!” my father would yell at my brother, which would prompt my mother to scream, “Don’t you dare call him stupid! Even if he is!” Which would then cause my brother to shout, “This is all your fault!” then slug me, which caused me to throw my milk in his face and then the usual nightly all-out screaming, slapping, melee would erupt. (The truth is, I had started it all with my crazy food smelling fetish, I giggled secretly to myself).\r\nI tried to explain to these bozos that the nose was where the most important tasting began and ended. For instance, when you had a cold, you couldn’t taste anything. Blank stares were their response. They just didn’t get it. More proof, as far as I was concerned, that I was adopted and that my real parents (aristocrats fleeing some awful coup) had haphazardly left me on this depressing cookie cutter Long Island doorstep, where they would hopefully return (perhaps tomorrow??) to reclaim me.\r\nAs the years went by, and I got around my peers, I thought it best to hide my food smelling fetish — that is until now. In my career as a wine educator, I realized that I can now proudly sniff until my Happy Wino heart is content. Swirling glass after glass of wines from around the world, I am happily challenged to identify and describe the many nuances of The Grape so that my Happy Wino friends might know what to expect if they order them.\r\nWhat a delightful cornucopia of smells now fills my sense memory. With white wine — peaches, ripe melons, green apples, limes, mangos, grapefruit, and these are just a handful of the fruit essences that tickle my nose. With the reds — black cherries, strawberries, pomegranates, raisins and plums all compete for my olfactory attention. At this point, there are so many fruits dancing in my head, I sometimes feel like Carmen Miranda. (Note to younger readers: you will just have to Google her and scare up one of her campy, fruity publicity shots.)\r\nOf course, there is an entire gamut of non-fruity smells that I’m sure you have read about or maybe even smelled first hand in your very own wineglass: things like saddle, leather, mushroom, burnt toast, tobacco, licorice, even bacon. The best analogy I heard concerning this process of swirling and sniffing of wine and the inhaling of its aromas was from wine expert Philip Seldon, who likened it to hearing a full orchestra in concert. One listens to a symphony in its entirety, yet one can pick out an oboe here, or a cello there, and the various harmonies and melodies that float throughout it. All of it together makes the music all the sweeter. So too with wine. The color, the aromas, the taste and the texture all play their part in the wine tasting experience.\r\nSure the tongue can taste sweetness and salt, sourness and bitterness, and most certainly can determine the texture of your wine. (Smooth or rough, heavy or light bodied). But as any professional wino will tell you, most wine flavors are actually aromas that are vaporized in the mouth and perceived through the rear nasal passage. Or “retronasal passage” if you prefer true wine geek speak. That’s why the real pros make that annoying slurping sound as they bring the air over the wine in their mouth to deliver the wine’s aroma to their retronasal passage to better “taste” the wine. (I personally do it to show off and make others feel less sophisticated).\r\nSince hearing about it, I have tried to work the term “retronasal passage” into my daily conversation whenever I can. When someone asks, “How are you?,” I have now taken to replying, “My retronasal passages are worn to the bone!” So far no one seems the least bit impressed by my new highly esoteric terminology. Once more, “Pearls before Swine’” — the story of my life.\r\nCheers!\r\n\r\nP.S.: Follow your nose to this year’s Spring for the Cure event: A Spanish wine tasting at The Tooting Egret to benefit the American Cancer Society on Thursday, April 19 from 5-7 p.m. The very knowledgable Matt Pieper will be on hand to offer nine extraordinary wines along with some mouth watering tapas. The cost? Just $25 bucks (tax deductible). Worth every penny!', 'The days of wine and noses', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-days-of-wine-and-noses-2', '', '', '2012-04-11 23:13:04', '2012-04-12 03:13:04', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6430', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(6431, 4, '2012-04-15 23:14:58', '2012-04-16 03:14:58', 'By Lanier Laney\r\n\r\n“The word ‘Aria’ is of Italian origin and is defined as a piece of music written for an operatic solo. In more generic terms, it is used to define individualism and as something that stands apart,” says Elizabeth Parker, salon owner. “I chose this name for all of the above meanings. I have been involved in music ever since I learned to talk. All my life I have been involved with community, school and church choirs. I also play piano and, once upon a time, the flute. I am currently a member of The Sea Island Chamber Singers here in Beaufort.”\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6432\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Elizabeth Parker and Lynn Groff of Salon Aria.\"]<a href=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Profile-Elizabeth-Parker-and-Lynn-Groff.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6432\" title=\"Profile-Elizabeth Parker and Lynn Groff\" src=\"http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Profile-Elizabeth-Parker-and-Lynn-Groff-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nHer partner Lynn is known as one of the best hair stylists in Beaufort, and together they have opened the new Salon Aria downtown, just off Bay Street.\r\nElizabeth describes how she met Lynn: “Lynn and I met in Beaufort when I applied to work at his Redken Salon in Habersham. We’ve  known each other for five years. Two and half years ago, our relationship became more of a personal one. We share a very high mutual respect for each other and we believe that is the key to success for any business and/or personal relationship.”\r\nLynn attended several world-renowned academies such as Sassoon, Jean Louis David, and Tigi. Says Lynn, “I am always researching and surfing the Internet for the most current fashion trends and hair styles. It’s almost like a drug; when I find something that jumps out at me, I get so excited and instantly start thinking of one of my clients whose looks and personality would compliment my new found style. I find myself thinking, ‘I can’t wait to do this haircut!’ I am inspired by European (especially British) hair fashions as they are consistently about two years ahead of us when it comes to their style. The haircuts you see on the majority fashion-forward Americans today were most likely done years ago in England, Italy, etc.”\r\nThat’s why they both believe in regular trainings from Redkin and trips to major hair shows.  Says Lynn, “We like to keep our clients evolving so that they don’t get stuck in an outdated look. Fashion evolves each season — both color and cut. In 2013 we hope to go to the big hair shows in London and Paris that occur just before the major fashion shows.”\r\nElizabeth trained at an elite Redken Salon in Atlanta. She said, “As a little girl, my biggest fashion influences were all of the Disney princesses. I remember being Ariel for Halloween when I was 7 and even wore a long red wig to make the costume seem  more realistic.  I probably wore that wig for three months, everyday after school, until I went to bed. I love HAIR!”\r\nElizabeth’s specialty is color. Says Elizabeth, “I find color to be my passion because even the slightest color change of brightness and/or depth and shine can dramatically improve someone’s appearance taking in consideration the skin pallet, eye color, face shape and even lifestyle for maintenance purposes. A clients’ color transformation is instant gratification for both the guest and myself, and best of all, it can be altered slightly or dramatically at anytime. I especially recommend varying or tweaking someone’s color when seasons change. For example, our skin tends to be lighter in the fall/ winter months, so balancing the color to marry with tones of the skin is always important and always exciting. I get bored doing the same-old, same-old, so even if the change is as subtle as slightly altering a low light tone, it opens up new future possibilities and prevents complacency. “\r\nAs a child, Elizabeth would vacation on Edisto Island, and Lynn used to visit his grandfather in Summerville, where he fell in love with the Lowcountry. They both moved here six years ago and love how Beaufortonians are so friendly, social and polite. Since being here, they both have been involved in the Locks-for-Love charity and helped raise money for breast cancer awareness.\r\nTheir beautiful new salon off Bay Street has been open since October 2011. As a business owner, Elizabeth said she has implemented a “level program,” inspired by the salon where she worked in Atlanta. This system guarantees a life-long career path in which the goal is for the stylist to become a salon stockholder. With this particular system, Elizabeth and Lynn are pioneering a way for future employees to become co-owners of the salon. They look forward to welcoming more hair stylists to the Aria team.', 'Salon Aria Off Bay: A song for your hair', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'salon-aria-off-bay-a-song-for-your-hair', '', '', '2012-04-16 09:29:29', '2012-04-16 13:29:29', '', 0, 'http://www.yourislandnews.com/?p=6431', 0, 'post', '', 0);
